The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1809-03-31 00:00:00

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WILLIAMSBURG, March 1809. The members of the Protestant Episcopal Church are earnestly requested to take notice, that the second Tuesday in May next, is the time appointed for holding the annual convention in Richmond.
J. MADISON, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Virginia. March 28.
JOHN KING, has just received an additional supply of Fanny and other GOODS, which he will sell at his usual cheap rates for cash. February 7.
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EUROPE.
APPENDIX
TO THE FRENCH BULLETINS.
INTERCEPTED LETTERS.
Letter from the Steward of the Duke of Medina-Celi, to His Excellency, dated the 3d December, from the town of Medina-Celi: MYLORD.
Our army of Navarre and Rioja, under the command of General Castanos, has been routed; most of the runaways have taken Sarragossa on their way to Madrid, and the others have passed through this town. This flight is the result of two attacks made by the enemy; the one at Cascante and the other at Alunzeza. The whole country is in the greatest consternation, as it is well known that the General is repairing to Madrid by this road.
The retreat is making in the greatest disorder; only soldiers wounded, without shoes, and starving with hunger, are to be seen, and they all complain of the want of talents of the General. I have to remark to you, that I have seen no officer with the troops which have passed this way. The town, in order to avoid being plundered, has determined upon making new efforts, in order to furnish to these soldiers the bread of which they are in want; that they may, the more speedily, repair to Siguenza, which is to be the rallying point.
As I am well acquainted with the generosity of your excellency, I have, according to your excellency's intention, caused half a peceta to be given to each soldier, and I take the first opportunity of informing you thereof.
P. S. I have this moment been assured, that General Castanos has been taken in the place of the Bishop of Siguenza, and that he is going to be carried to Madrid.
SIGUENZA, 4th Dec. 1808. The army of the centre is arrived here, with its General, and exhausted with fatigue and want. All the officers were on foot, having lost their equipages, and they were starving with hunger; the rear is pursued by the enemy, who, however, we know is withdrawing to Calatayud.
P. S. This army set off for Quadalavara on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The runaways who had lost their way are daily arriving here; several thousands of them are already reckoned. The disorder is at its height, and our misfortunes are so great, as to be with difficulty conceived.
Letter from an officer of Siguenza, dated 2d Dec.
MY DEAR UNCLE, The situation of our unfortunate army, is melancholy beyond description; this is the day on which it was to be sacrificed. Castanos, so favored by the country, was, it is said, the author of this dreadful disaster. On the 20th ult. all the different divisions received orders to meet at one point, which they did. The first division which occupied Calabarra, set off at 12 o'clock at night—the enemy entered it a few minutes afterwards and killed all who resisted. They then pursued our rear, and if the 4th division had not arrived in time, the disorder would have been still greater; our army is, nevertheless, pursued by the enemy; it fled in the greatest disorder as far as Cascante, near Tudela, where the disorder augmented; the French attacked that city, and when we were just about affording it succours with so much courage, they gave us battle, threatening to cut off our left wing; and they carried this project into execution.
After nine hours fighting, they took eight thousand prisoners of our army of Valencia; four thousand men were killed, among whom is general de Piedra. On that same night our right wing was attacked by 600 cavalry, by which we should, no doubt, have been cut off, if the commandant of Campo-Mayor, with his battalion and two from Africa had not come up. These two corps kept up a cruel fire of three hours, and I was myself ordered upon that duty.
In that battle we had 3,000 killed; all the infantry has been dispersed. The African colonel retreated with sixteen grenadiers, and they were followed by the few who remained. Our baggage waggons and a great deal of property remain in the hands of the enemy.
At Alacua, an action took place the day before yesterday with the van, under the command of Venegas, it was then that the battalion of Campo-Mayor, the military orders and the regiment of Burgos were completely routed; of these three corps scarcely 300 men out of 7,000, of which they consisted, have rallied.
This is our dreadful situation; and what is worse, is, that upwards of 800 men have died with hunger.
Yesterday the command of the army was taken from Castanos, and an enquiry is instituted respecting his conduct. All the soldiers accuse him of treason, and I believe them, since he has deceived us during two months.
SIGUENZA, 4th Dec. MY DEAR FRIEND, I suppose you are informed of all that has happened; I will, nevertheless, add, that our army, which was under the command of Castanos, and consisted of 60,000 men, has passed through this city, in a disorder difficult to be believed; it is impossible to describe the damage they have caused throughout the country, by their robbery and pillaging. Only 10,000 men now remain.
General Castanos has been put under arrest; he is to be carried before the supreme Junta; we cannot say what will be the result.
We found at Madrid, in the Palace of the Duke of Infantado, two caskets, containing papers belonging to the Princess of Asturias, in which matters of the highest importance are spoken of. This passage of a letter from her mother, dated 15th January, 1806, makes known what opinion the Queen of Sicily herself has of the English.
These letters are full of proofs of the conspiracy which was forming to break the friendship that subsisted between France and Spain.
Copy of what is written in sympathetic ink in the letter from Queen Charlotte to the Princess of Asturias, the 15th January 1806.
My beloved child, I am infinitely uneasy about your situation, about the increase of grief which you will experience upon learning our cruel situation. But rely upon my truth. Believe in no fright which people will not fail uncharitably to give you, and be prudent. I will always write to you, and very sincerely, and believe in no other news, for I promise to the heart and tenderness of my dear child to conceal nothing from you; thus believe only in me. We all support ourselves in good health. We are very uneasy; Massena is with 30,000 men at our frontier, since that fatal and cursed disembarkation of the English, who with a perfidious and unexampled cowardice, after having compromised us, quitted us at the moment when the danger was the most violent. These people have ruined us. Bonaparte causes nothing to be said or written, and in all likelihood we shall be undone. We have only 800 men in arms; for the two years and a half, that the French have been in our country, they required that we should not recruit our army; they thereby rendered all our forces useless, and behold we are now at their mercy, without any hope of defence against a force of 50,000 men, and if they please of 100,000 men. Austria destroyed, disabled, and for fifty years annulled; in fine, it is an unexampled misfortune, to which nothing but our holy religion can make us be resigned, that sole consolation under all misfortunes. Your dear father and the whole family are in desolation. Every thing is packing up, for from the entrance of the frontier to come to Naples is the affair of six or seven days, and one cannot let one's self be taken prisoner; thus, we are preparing every thing for a disastrous and eternal departure, and this renders my heart. The king has sent the Cardinal General Ruffo to Rome, and has dispatched to Paris. But neither Fesch, nor Alquier, nor Eugene Beauharnais, nor Massena are able, according to their declaration, to stop the march of the troops; thus St. Theodore, who has been dispatched in order to join Gallo, and speak to him of all that, has remained at Rome to superintend our affairs, and the Cardinal is set off in search of Bonaparte, either to Munich, or to Paris, wherever he may be to be found, to endeavor to save us.
Your good father is ready in order to satisfy the general wish, to abdicate and leave Francis' king, reserving to himself a good pension, the fruit of part of the money which he has advanced to the royal finances. Many people think that this will suffice to lay the storm, but I do not think so, and am convinced that they wish to have the kingdom of Naples. If the danger approaches, we shall retreat to Messina and Calabria, in order at least there to defend ourselves, and prevent the taking of Sicily: Think, Leopold, your two sisters, my daughter-in-law seven months gone with child, who will lie in at Messina, Palermo, God knows where, two little children so interesting: in fine, every body is weeping; nobody is willing to remain; every one frightened at the thoughts of last time, wishes to set off. We have neither squadron nor vessel, nor scarcely any thing but two ships; in fine it is a desolation. Be prudent. Show no ill humor at the wicked things that will be told to you. Let them talk; that is nothing; God will judge us and posterity. No false interpretations. Your two sisters are in desolation. Leopold and Francis will go to Calabria to defend the posts. In fine, God has permitted it; his holy will be done. Think, my dear child, of re-establishing your health, of being well. Behave yourself well; life is short; the other is eternal and sure; think not of afflicting yourself with any thing; give no credit to any ill news. I shall find means to give you information of every thing that concerns and regards us; but do not be uneasy, God will help us. Adieu, my very dear child, think of your health. Endeavor to recover your strength. I bless you, I embrace you, and am for life your tender mother and friend.
In the relation of Cotugno, there is nothing written. Write me word whether you have received the whole untouched and can read me well. Adieu from my heart and soul, and notwithstanding my violent sorrow, wholly yours.
Copy of what is written in sympathetic ink in the letter from Queen Charlotte to the Princess of Asturias, of the 30th January 1806.
Dearly beloved child, be not uneasy about
our fate. Only take care of your health. God will take pity on us, and nothing will happen to us. If we are obliged to fall back upon Sicily, I will endeavor, when we are settled there, to send a vessel under pretext of tranquilizing the heart of the Queen for her daughter; but tin really for the purpose of assuring you, my very dear child, of our fate. Be very prudent, do not speak and let them say every thing. I have no reproach to make to myself; it is Joseph Bonaparte who is thought to be destined for the throne of Naples; that is very roguish; but God permits it, we must bend our heads. Francis conducts himself in an exemplary manner and as well as possible. Isabella is in her eighth month; but happily she is so apathetic, foolish and unthinking, that she takes nothing at heart, and that is good for her health. Your sisters and I have not the same happiness. I cannot tell you my dear child, our torment; but God will help us; be not uneasy and think only of your health. Let the talkers criticize, hear every thing without grieving yourself. Be attached to your good husband; be prudent and wise. I rely upon you.
Adieu, dear child, I shall have a great many things to say to you; but my time is too much taken up. I embrace you from the bottom of my heart, and am your tender mother and friend. I write to the Queen and to your husband; to the former in order to speak to her of her daughter; to the latter, to teach him that it is his duty to write to me and to let me see it. Adieu; I will endeavor to write to you. Keep your mind at rest about us. I embrace you; adieu.
The Hereditary Prince of Sicily.
FRENCH DECREES.
Extract from the minutes of the Secretary of State's Office.
IN OUR IMPERIAL CAMP AT MADRID, 4th Dec. 1808.
Considering that the council of Castile, have shown in all their actions as much duplicity as weakness;
That after having published thro'out the kingdom the renunciation of king Charles IV and the princes D. Fernando, D. Carlos, D. Francisco, & D. Antonio to the crown of Spain, and after having acknowledged and proclaimed our legitimate rights to the throne, they have the baseness to declare before Europe and posterity, that they signed these different acts only with mental and perfidious restrictions;
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. The members of the council of Castile are dismissed as cowards and unworthy of being magistrates of a brave & generous nation.  2. The presidents and attorney-generals shall be put under arrest and detained as hostages. The other members of the said council shall be held to remain in their dwellings in Madrid, under pain of being prosecuted and punished as traitors. Are excepted, nevertheless, from the present provisions those of the members of the said council who have not signed the deliberations of the eleventh of August, 1808, which was as disgraceful for the dignity of a magistrate as for the character of a man. 
[Signed] NAPOLEON.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. The court of Cassation created by Tit. II. Art. CL. of the constitution of the kingdom of Spain shall be immediately organized. 
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. The tribunal of the Inquisition is abolished, as militating against the sovereignty and civil authority.  2. The property belonging to the Inquisition shall be sequestrated, and added to the Spanish domains, in order to serve as a guarantee for the vales and all other bonds or obligations of the government. 
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. One and the same individual can be commandant of only one place.  2. From and after the first of January next, any individual who may be commandant of more than one place, shall make choice of the one he wishes to preserve as commandant; and the others shall return to the disposal of the king. 
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
Considering that the friars of the different monastic orders in Spain are too numerous; That if a certain number is useful in order to assist the ministers of the altars in the administration of the sacraments, the existence of a number which is too considerable, is hurtful to the prosperity of the state. We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. The number of the convents which at present exists in Spain shall be reduced to one third.  This reduction shall be effected by joining the friars of several convents of the same order into a single house. 
From the date of the publication of the present decree, no novitiate, nor any religious profession shall be permitted until the number of friars and nuns is reduced to one third of the number at present existing.
In consequence, and within fifteen days, all the novices must leave the convents into which they may have been admitted.
 III. All regular ecclesiastics who may wish to renounce living in communities, in order to live as secular clergy, shall be at liberty to leave their convents. 
 IV. The ecclesiastics who renounce living in communities agreeably to the preceding article, shall be admitted to the enjoyment of a pension, the amount of which shall be fixed according to their age, and which can 
not be less than 3000 reals, nor exceed the maximum of 4000 reals.
V. From the amount of the property of the convents which shall be suppressed agreeably to article I. of the present decree, the sum shall in the first place be taken, which is necessary for augmenting the fund of the curates, so that the smallest salary to be paid them may not be less than 2,400 reals.
VI. The property belonging to the convents which are suppressed, that is disposable after the sum as stated in the preceding article is deducted, shall be added to the domains of Spain and employed as follows:
 1. The half of the said property to guarantee the vales and other public bonds.  2. The other half to reimburse the provinces, cities and towns for the expenses occasioned by the maintenance of the French and insurrectional armies, and to indemnify the towns and provinces for the damage, loss of houses or any other losses occasioned by the war. 
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. From the publication of the present decree the feudal rights are abolished in Spain.  2. All personal duty, all exclusive right of fishery, or drag or other rights of the same nature upon the coasts and rivers, all interdits of ovens, mills, or inns are suppressed. Every one shall be permitted, upon conforming to the laws, to give a free scope to his industry. 
Signed as above.
SAME HEAD.
Considering that one of the establishments which most oppose the prosperity of Spain, is that of the barriers existing between the provinces;
We have decreed and do decree what follows:
 Art. 1. From the first of January next, the barriers existing between the several provinces, shall be suppressed. 
The custom-houses shall be conveyed to, and established at the frontiers.
Signed as above.
GRAND DUCHY OF WARSAW.
WARSAW, Dec. 7.
The anniversary of the coronation of his majesty the Emperor Napoleon has been celebrated in the Duchy of Warsaw as a national fete. That day had been chosen for the first meeting of the Senate which meeting his majesty the king of Saxony was pleased to preside in person.
His majesty repaired to the Senate, preceded by his ministers, high officers of his court & aid-de-camp generals; & being seated upon his throne, he delivered the following speech:
"Agreeably to the constitution, before the meeting of the diet which I intend soon to convoke, I have called the Senate together in order that they may fulfil the functions imposed upon them by the constitution."
"Being desirous of giving more splendour to the assembly of the Senate, I have fixed for its first sitting, upon the solemn day of the anniversary of the coronation of the emperor Napoleon, my high ally."
"Senators, I augur favorably for the opening of your sittings on this day, which is consecrated by gratitude of the nation to him to whom the Duchy of Warsaw owes its existence, its constitution and its laws."
"It is pleasing for me to call upon men who are well known for their patriotism and zeal, in order to fill places with which they are entrusted by the constitution, being full of confidence that all their measures will tend to the welfare of the country."
The fete was announced the preceding evening by numerous discharges of artillery. In the evening of the day, the city and palace were illuminated, and there was a drawing room at court.
CONFEDERATION OF THE RHINE.
AUGSBURG, Dec. 15.
Some private letters mention in a very positive manner, that his majesty king Joachim has been at Sicily at the head of 30 thousand French, Italian and Neapolitan troops. These letters also add that her majesty the Queen has been declared Regent kingdom of Naples during the absence of the King. We are waiting with the utmost impatience for the official confirmation of this news.
(Journal de l'Empire.)
NAPLES, Dec. 10.
His Majesty issued on the 1st. inst. the following decree:
Joachim Napoleon, &c. Considering that the tranquility which now prevails throughout Calabria happily enables us to revoke the rigorous measures which were adopted in 1806, against that province, we have decreed what follows:
 Art. 1. The law of the 31st July, 1806, which declares Calabria in a state of warfare, is repealed.  2. From this time that province shall be administered the same as all the other provinces of our kingdom. (Idem.) 
CHARLESTON, March 21.
By the arrival of the British schooner INTREPID, Captain Casey, we have been favored with Havana papers to the 13th instant. From the difficulty of procuring translations, our extracts are necessarily limited.
In addition to the accounts published this evening, it is stated, that the Duke de la Infantado, with 23,000 men, was at Perales, about four leagues from Madrid, on the advance for that city—while the united British and Spanish armies, of 79,000 men, were advancing from Burgos. A report is prevalent, that the French had previously advanced to Sarragossa, where it is said they were defeated, with the loss of 20,000 men. We have not, however, seen any thing to warrant a belief in this rumor.
Madrid was evacuated on the 23d December. The Spanish accounts say, that their army had possession of the celebrated pass of Somosierra, the only road by which the
French army could retreat, and they were very sanguine in the hope of cutting them off completely.
It does not appear that Bonaparte had more than 30,000 men in Madrid.
[TRANSLATIONS.]
HAVANNA, March 13.
Don Juan Domecq de Victor, a gentleman well known in this city; & as remarkable for his probity, as the public situation he holds, has received a letter from his brother Don Josef Victor, an inhabitant of the city of Xeres de la frontera, of the following tenor:
XERES, 29th Dec. 1808.
DEAR DOMEQ,
"I have received by General Gregori, at seven o'clock this morning, an extraordinary dispatch, containing various and important news from Madrid, of which I had not time to send you a copy, as it is very long, and there is barely time to take one for the Captain-General, to whom I am about to forward it. The substance of it may be reduced to this:—The French who garrisoned and surrounded Madrid, alarmed by the failure of nine mails from Bayonne, and informed of the junction of the Marquis de Romana, and the Duke de la Infantado, with their armies, had resolved to evacuate Madrid, which they did, in two divisions, leaving very few of their people behind them, and took the road to Somosierra, on their way to which they must inevitably be cut off, and not one would remain."
"The accounts state, that the military and private property which they had plundered, was sufficient to load 1,500 waggons. They also assert, that the news from Arragon and Catalonia, had filled with consternation, both Joseph Bonaparte and his brother. This is all that my time permits me to communicate. "I remain, &c."
From the Cadiz Diary of the 13th Jan.
MURCIA, Dec. 29.
The arrival at Valencia of General Don Joseph Caro, with some troops, has cheered the drooping spirits of that city, by the good news he brings, and which he communicated on the night of the 22d, to the Junta governing there. He states, that his brother the Marquis de la Romana, writes him from Burgos, that he is at the head of an army of 70,000 men, Spaniards, English and Portuguese, all choice troops, and in excellent discipline; and that his destination is to recover Madrid. He adds, that we may now depend upon the co-operation of the Emperor of Russia, to whom, in order to induce him to join our cause, England has ceded Malta and Spain Mahon.
This news is confirmed by letters from Seville, which mention farther, that the Marquis de la Romana is about to establish his head quarters at Valladolid, and that the Supreme Junta established at Seville, has entrusted to him the entire direction of the military operations in the present crisis—Having communicated their plans to the Duke de la Infantado, who commands the central army, and is marching with the same object in view.
It is also asserted, that the Emperor of Russia has transmitted a note to the Emperor of the French, notifying to him, that he must immediately think of withdrawing his troops from the Spanish territory, as otherwise the treaties and conventions between them could not be carried into effect.
BALTIMORE, March 25.
LATEST FROM SPAIN.
The Editor of the Federal Gazette has received from his New York Correspondents, very late news from Spain, by the arrival at New York of the British brig George from Havanna.
Our correspondents enclose an extract of a letter from Havanna, and the Havanna Aurora extra of the eighth of March; their contents are below. It appears from these accounts, to the 2d or 3d of February:—
That Bonaparte by intrigue and by hard fighting has gained considerable advantages at Madrid, etc.
That the patriot army under Palafox, has gained perhaps equal advantages in a bloody and hard fought battle at Sarragossa, where the French division under Marshall Moucey was completely routed. Fed. Gaz.
NEW-YORK, March 23.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respectability, dated Havanna, March 8, 1809.
"By the British brig George, I have only time to send you an extra Gazette, containing the affecting news of yesterday, by a vessel in 25 days from Cadiz.—MORLA, Governor of Cadiz, has proved traitor, and invited the French to Madrid, which place Bonaparte left on the 23d December to attack Romana's army; since which time nothing official had been received from the armies. The whole of the Spanish are drawing to a point, and hopes are entertained that they will surround and take Bonaparte."
"The Supreme Junta was at Seville, but it was expected they would remove to Cadiz in a few days."
"At Cadiz they have Eighty four thousand French prisoners."
"The British have been roughly handled. One army is marching towards Corunna, from prudent motives; and the other towards the borders of Portugal."
"These movements indicate an expectation of the necessity of embarking at those points, to sail round to another more tenable."
"I do not like the information received, although many do, and believe that Spain will soon be cleared of the monster of Europe and his army. Indeed, I consider the news to be more affecting to the cause of humanity than any which has heretofore reached us."
TRANSLATIONS.
From the Havanna Aurora of March 8, received at the Office of the Federal Gazette: SEVILLE Jan. 27.
On the 30th December, died in this city aged, 81 years & 2 months, His Excellency Don Joseph Momino, Count of Florida Blanca, President of the Supreme Junta of the Kingdom, &c. &c. &c.

FROM SARRAGOSSA. On the 21st, in the morning the columns of the enemy appeared on the heights which command Mount Torrero and the battery of Bonavista; at the same time two strong columns of infantry and cavalry advanced to the attack through the defiles on our left; whilst on our right they attacked with impetuosity the Casa Blanca and carried it. The battery of Bonavista, thus become flanked and a grenade of the enemy setting fire to a magazine of powder it blew up; upon which the artillery retired to take another position and set fire to the bridge of America; this accident compelled our troops to retire within the redoubt of the Pelar situated at the head of the bridge de la Sherba, which they effected in good order. About midway seven columns of the enemy's infantry with a proportion of cavalry and a strong train of artillery showed themselves coming round the Arabel, on the opposite side of the river. Our captain general detached the brigadier, captain of the royal guards to take possession of this point, which he so well managed that he was able to sustain the hottest fire of the enemy for five hours. Don Manuel Velasco, colonel of artillery, pointed his guns so well and kept up so well directed a fire from the three batteries attacked by the French, that such was the havoc thus made, that this division of the enemy retreated in the greatest disorder; a corps of reserve then coming up, renewed the attack with great impetuosity, in which a partial but temporary advantage was gained over a portion of our troops. Our Gen. Neilly and Field Marshal Don Philip Santamaria, placed himself at the head of our broken line, and, sword in hand, rallied his troops, led them again to the attack; when, encouraged by the presence and undaunted valor of their chief, our troops rushed forward with an irresistible ardor, and gained a complete victory; in which the French were completely dispersed, leaving on the field and under the walls more than 4000 dead, and as many more taken prisoners, among whom were the grenadiers who fought so desperately. The field of battle afforded our troops immense booty, besides the most honorable triumph of war, the humiliation of those who came from the north.
This triumph, so honorable for this valiant city, has rendered it impregnable. It can only be taken when it wants arms to defend it; every house is a castle; each heart a strong fortress, and each battery a testimony of art, of talents and of valor. [Here follows a list of the officers and corps who particularly distinguished themselves.] Some skirmishes continued several days after the battle above, in the course of which many were killed and taken on both sides. By the latest accounts from Sarragossa, it appears, that while the enemy has not altogether relinquished his designs on that brave city, the besieged feel confident of ultimate success, as all classes are inspired with unconquerable courage, relying on the protection of God and the justness of their cause. On the 22nd December, the day after the unsuccessful attack, Marshal Moncey addressed the following letter to the Capt. Gen. and Magistrates of Sarragossa.
SIRs - The city of Sarragossa is now completely invested, and all communication with the country cut off. I can now employ against it all the means which are sanctioned by the laws of war. The 5th division of the Grand Army, under Marshal Mortier, and the troops under my command, are ready to renew the attack. The city of Madrid has capitulated and thus preserved itself from the misfortunes which must have resulted from longer resistance. Should not Sarragossa imitate the example of the capital, its total destruction is inevitable.
Marshal Mortier and myself indulge the hope that you will prevent the effusion of blood and the destruction of this beautiful city, so respectable for its population, its commerce and its wealth, by an immediate surrender; and thus entitle yourselves to the veneration & benedictions of its inhabitants. Be assured, gentlemen, that every thing will be done, compatible with my honor and duty to the emperor, to ensure to you, and to the inhabitants the undisturbed enjoyment of peace and tranquility.
I propose to you by this flag of truce the appointment of commissioners to meet those whom I may authorise, to treat for the accomplishment of this desirable purpose.
With great consideration, &c. MARSHAL MONCEY. Head-Quarters, Torrero, Dec. 22, 1808.
ANSWER. The general in chief of the army of reserve answers from Sarragossa. This city cannot think of surrendering. Marshal M. may therefore observe the laws of war, and measure his strength with mine. I have open an uninterrupted communication with all parts of Spain, and have abundance of every thing. Sixty thousand brave men, whom I am proud of the honor to command, who pant for battle, seeking no reward but honor and the deliverance of their country, forbid the listening to your proposal.
M. Moncey will immortalize himself if, by a strict observance of the laws of war, he can obtain a victory which no one here will suppose. My glory will not be less in having preserved this city, by the valor of our soldiers, opposed to a system of despicable oppression, unknown to the ancient Marshals of France. Having sustained a siege of 61 days, the commander, who fears not death nor privations, will not now, when his army by reinforcements equals in numbers their besiegers, shrink from the glorious task imposed upon him.
The blood of generous Spaniards so plentifully shed is as glorious to the cause of Spain as it is evasive of the ignominy and cruelty of those who would enslave them. Marshal M. is assured that for 11,000,000 of people to be free it is sufficient to will it. Their enthusiasm and loyalty cannot be subdued. I would not willingly sacrifice the brave men whom I command; but there is not one of them who would not joyfully shed his blood in defence of the last inch of his beloved country.
Yesterday must have convinced your Excellency that, I might with equal propriety offer terms to your army, who will all perish under the walls of Sarragossa, ere it surrenders.
The commander in chief cannot credit the account of the surrender of Madrid, unless indeed he were informed of the treachery which alone could have proved the destruction of the brave, united and loyal inhabitants of that Capital. With respect, I am Your Excellency's, &c. EL GENERAL PALAFOX. Head-Quarters, Sarragossa, 22d, Dec. 1808.
FROM THE PHILADELPHIA POLITICAL REGISTER.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM SPAIN!
The intelligence which we this day publish from Spain is of the greatest importance. The statement of the distribution of the Spanish forces, & the determination of the people to die rather than abandon the cause of their country are well explained in the victory published by the Junta of Murcia, to whom the account of the marquis de la Romana's success had been communicated by the commissioner of Tarancón, which is equidistant from Murcia and Segovia, the scene of action, to which the combined armies of Spain and England, 90,000 strong, must have moved after junction in Leon.
A correspondence had taken place between general Palafox and marshal Moncey after an unsuccessful attack by the latter on Sarragossa, in which the French had been repulsed with great slaughter (supposed 8000 men); general Palafox had intimated that no more flags of truce, requiring him to surrender, would be admitted - as he had determined to conquer or perish.
TRANSLATED FOR THE REGISTER.
"CADIZ, Jan. 16. "Napoleon having gained advantages over some of the Spanish chiefs, has been enabled to divert the central army, and pass along by the unoccupied roads of Somosierra, advancing by Estremadura as far as Truxillo, and finally, in the beginning of December, with 40,000 men got possession of Madrid by capitulation, the inhabitants having been most shamefully deceived by the infamous traitor Moriaña, the 4th of that month, agreeably to the official gazette of the government."
"The Corsican flattered himself, that he had conquered the whole kingdom, in consequence of so many unexpected disasters; but he was deceived, and it is not improbable but he may soon become the victim of his own perfidy and temerity, which have only tended to inspire new horror for his name; and this nation, a most decided determination to die rather than submit to the domination of such an unprincipled adventurer."
"Our unprincipled commanders are dismissed; our dispersed armies are re-united and re-organised, under generals possessing our fullest confidence, and they have already in several battles, proved to the French what Spanish valor can do when well commanded; and these forces, being once concentrated, can only wish for an opportunity to establish a decisive victory."
"Napoleon is actually about 20 leagues to the north of Madrid, collecting his army - The duke of Infantado, with 40,000 men of the best troops, were upon Cuenca, extending his vanguard towards Aranjuez - Cuesta was in Estremadura, with a numerous army - Romana and the British, with 90,000 of the best disciplined troops, were upon Leon - Palafox was in Arragon, with the glory of having repulsed eighteen attacks of the enemy upon Sarragossa - Reding in Catalonia, in place of general Vivas - Blake in Asturias - The French have their head quarters at Burgos; their whole force in the kingdom, 120,000 men."
"The proposition made by the Corsican to England, has been rejected with contempt - It was that he would agree to make peace with her and all her allies, and that he would agree to her keeping all her conquests, provided she would agree on her part to withdraw all her troops from Spain, and acknowledge his brother Joseph as king of that country."
"The aid of every description already received from that inexhaustible island is beyond all calculation, and still more is destined for our use."
"The count de Florida Blanca is dead, and in his place the central Junta of government now sitting at Seville, have elected for their president the Marques de Astorga, Count de Altamira; the measures now adopted are the most efficacious, wisest, and most energetic, which, with the help of the Omnipotence, will have the most happy issue."
CITY OF NEW YORK, March 25. LATEST NEWS DIRECT FROM SPAIN
Yesterday arrived at this port the ship Bordeaux, capt. Law, in 51 days from Cadiz, which place she left first of February. Captain Law brought no papers except one containing the affair at Sarragossa, (which we published yesterday) of the 22nd December. He informs us verbally, that Mr. Erving, the American Chargé des Affairs who was at Cadiz, had received as surrogates from the Junta of Seville, that the American vessels at Algeciras should be released immediately; that the English army were attacked near Valladolid, and had retreated towards the mountains of Asturias, from whence they would proceed to Corunna, (where the British fleet were on their way from Lisbon) to embark for England; that their actual arrival at Corunna was announced by a cutter which reached Cadiz a few days before capt. Law sailed; that no account of any battle between the French and the marquis de Romana had been received; that the English under Sir John Moore were attacked about the 15th of January, and defeated with great slaughter on both sides; and that gen. Blake, and the principal officers of the Spanish patriotic army, had deserted to the French.
The following abstract is obligingly furnished us by the supercargo. "Ship Bordeaux, capt. Richard Law, left Cadiz on the 1st of February. A few days before the Bordeaux sailed accounts were received of a most obstinate battle having been fought near Valladolid, between the English army, under Sir John Moore and the main body of the French; after dreadful carnage on both sides an army of reserve commanded by Bonaparte in person, arrived on the field; night closed the sanguinary conflict, and the British were forced to retreat to the mountains of Asturias."
"The capt. of an English schooner which arrived at Cadiz, about the same time the above account was received, in a short passage from Corunna, reported that the British were marching into that place when he sailed. Some transport ships were waiting for them, but that they were so closely pursued by the French, that it was apprehended part of them would be cut off as there were not ships sufficient to receive them all - The government at Cadiz had endeavored to suppress the foregoing accounts, and several suspected characters had been arrested for having propagated them, but they were generally believed to be too true, and the majority of the people were in consequence very much alarmed. Great exertions were made by the present governor (Don Felix Jones) to render Cadiz impregnable; the Puente de Suazo, (a bridge originally constructed by the Romans, and which joined Cadiz to the Continent) has been destroyed, and a great number of laborers were daily employed on the fortifications at the gates."
"It was also reported, that after the retreat of the British, a division of the French army had marched in pursuit of the marquis de la Romana, who had been somewhere in the vicinity of Valladolid, but with whom the British never had effected a junction and who had in consequence retreated with his army with intention to join the
duke del Infantado, the latter was supposed to be in New Castile, and not far from Madrid, but the Spanish government strictly prohibit the publication of all unfavorable accounts, and it was almost impossible to obtain any correct information respecting the situation or force of the armies. A detachment of 6000 French had been within two days march of Seville, but had retreated again. It was expected the government would soon remove to Cadiz."
"General Reding, by the latest accounts was at Tarragona, with 24,000 men, and another army under the marquis de Lazan, had obtained some advantages over the French in Catalonia."
"Sarragossa was still defended with the most heroic valor. On the 22nd December, marshals Moncey and Mortier sent a flag in and demanded a surrender of the city which was refused in the most determined manner, by the indefatigable Palafox."
DOMESTIC.
A GLOWING PICTURE.
If a person were to judge of the state of politics in the United States, from the clamor of the federalists in the different states, he would naturally think, that the parties were nearly balanced, and that there was a prospect of the opposition soon getting the ascendancy in our councils; this, indeed, would be the conclusion from a retrospective view, but it is all wind all deception.
Let us, for a moment, look at the political situation of the United States; and judge if there is any danger - First, then we will begin with the general government - Our President and Vice-President are republicans; and in the next Congress we shall have twenty-seven republican Senators to seven federalists, and about one hundred republican Representatives to forty-five federalists. What then need we fear from the faction at head-quarters?
Next we will take a glance at the different states, & begin with New-England - New Hampshire has a republican Governor and republican legislature. Massachusetts has a republican Lieutenant Governor, who, in consequence of the death of Governor Sullivan, acts as commander in chief, with a federal legislature. Rhode Island has a republican Governor and a small majority of federalists in the legislature. Connecticut has a federal Governor and federal legislature. Vermont has a federal Governor and republican legislature. New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have republican Governors and large majorities of republicans in their legislatures. Delaware (about one thirteenth part the size of Massachusetts) has a federal Governor and federal legislature. Maryland has republican Governor and republican Senate, and a lean federal majority in the House of Representatives; obtained in consequence of a division among the republicans in some of the counties. Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, have republican Governors and splendid republican majorities in their legislatures. Thus it appears, that in the seventeen states we have fourteen republican Governors to three federal; and of the legislatures twelve are republican, five federal and one divided. Is not this a flattering prospect? Is there a republican that will look at this picture and be daunted? I presume no - but rejoice within himself that the principles of our revolution are esteemed and cherished by the great body of our citizens, notwithstanding all the arts and chicanery of Britain and her agents.
Some elections are to take place soon, and we are confident that the republicans will not be found from their posts; for acting in their integrity, they will meet their anglo opponents with firmness & overpower them with freemen's weapons - ELECTIVE SUFFRAGES - Col. Detector.
THE GENUINE REWARD OF PRINCIPLE.
We understand, and we rejoice in the information, that the Republicans of several towns in Norfolk county on Thursday last presented a donation by the hands of a committee selected for that purpose to the Poor of Middlesex. It consisted of 20 barrels of pork, 30 barrels of meal &c. On the news of the approach of the committee with the wagons, the inhabitants of the town immediately assembled, and with drums beating and colors flying, formed a procession of about five hundred persons, and at the entrance of the town met the committee and escorted them to the Town House, where they were received with three times three cheers. The wagons were not driven by hired men, but by independent farmers, who determined that the whole should be a voluntary offering to the noble spirit of patriotism which has characterised the incorruptible citizens of this "Pride of the Fisheries" in times which try men's souls.
In the evening a handsome entertainment was given by the citizens of the town to the committee, and "independent farmers," which was conducted with one genuine spirit of hospitality.
THE STORMS AND TENPESTS THUNDER ROUND ITS BOW.
"AND OCEANS BREAK THEIR BILLOWS AT ITS FEET" - Salem Reg.
This has been an interesting day. The report of the committee in the case of Olmstead, (which I sent you the day before yesterday) came up for consideration - considerable debate ensued. Mr. Thompson offered a resolution, as a substitute for one proposed by the committee, the object of which was a repeal of the law passed upon the subject a few years ago. The proposition was negatived. A resolution was offered by Mr. Darling, proposing to pay to Olmstead the money due him. It was also negatived. All the resolutions attached to the report (and published in our paper of Friday last) were adopted. Mr. Minor then offered a resolution, declaring that Penn. at every hazard, would resist the decree of the United States' Court, in the case of Olmstead. He observed, on offering it, that it was to try the sense of the House, and that he could not vote for it himself - that it was notorious that the Governor had called out the military force of the Commonwealth, to resist the execution of the process of the federal court - that the committee in their labored and ingenious report, had declared the right of the state, and had clearly intimated their determination not to receive it; but when the resolutions attached to the report were considered, they would appear mere milk and water things - that after all the blustering, the legislature had, to be sure, resolved - that the Governor should write to the President. He thought such a resolution, if the state was in earnest to resist, was weak and useless. If the great state of Pennsylvania really supposed her constitutional rights invaded, and had seriously determined on an appeal to arms, he thought the legislature should assume a manly and determined attitude, and declare so, openly and boldly. To bring the matter home - to test the sentiments of the House fairly - he had offered the resolution.
The year and nays were taken on the resolution, when it was negatived - only one voting in favor of it: the mover and seconder voting against it.
□ No wonder the embargo failed of its coercive effect - Mark the following.
"We have now before us "A table of the exports from Quebec during the year 1808," correctly copied from the custom house books of that port. From this document we have taken the following statements -"
Table with 2 columns: Item, Value. Rows include: Total value of exports for 1808, $3,281,996 12; Number of vessels cleared in do., 334; Tonnage of do., 70,275; Seamen, 3,330; Comparative view of the tonnage for 3 years (1806, 1807, 1808); Increase of tonnage in 1807, 8,297; In the embargo year, 27,275; Comparative view of the value of Pot & Pearl Ashes exported in the last 7 years (1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808); Mean value in those years, 223,344 80; Value in 1808, 1,315,747 26; Gain of embargo year, 1,092,402 46; Comparative view of exports generally in the last 7 years (1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808); Total value of exports in 1802, $13,146,889; Mean value in those years, 2,191,147; Value in 1808, 3,581,996 12; Gain of embargo year, 1,770,349 12.
So much for the steady habits, religious and moral principles, and patriotism of the eastern States.
THE VAIL GRADUALLY WITHDRAWING.
From a N. Y. Federal Print.
A splendid Entertainment, in honor of the Minority in Congress, was given in New-York, on Tuesday the 14th, at the Tontine Coffee House. Cornelius Ray, Esq., presided; and Richard Varick, Esq. and Gen. Stevens, officiated as Vice Presidents. The room was elegantly decorated with Portraits and Emblematical Paintings: among the former, the portraits of Washington and Hamilton held the most conspicuous stations. In the centre of the room was a pillar, with the figures '76 inscribed on each of the four sides; bearing a Gold Eagle on the top; and supported by the Genius of America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. As it was understood that the Hon. Mr. Pickering, the Hon. Mr. Hillhouse, and other Eastern Members were on their passage from Annapolis to this city, the Dinner was delayed until 6 o'clock. About half an hour after the company were seated at the table, their distinguished guests were announced at the door, and were conducted to the head of the room, amidst the music of the band and the animated cheers of the assembly. Soon after the arrival of the Guests, a curtain which had been extended on the front of the room, was withdrawn, exhibiting to the surprise and admiration of the company a large and elegant emblematical Painting, [executed by Mr. Holland,] of which the following are the outlines: In the centre, the figure of commerce - on the right hand the FEDERAL SHIP WASHINGTON, taking in a cargo - in the foreground two boys, one bearing a Cornu copie, the other receiving from it the fruits of the earth - in the background, a beautiful and distinct landscape, representing Agriculture - on the top of the whole piece, the American Eagle hovering over the figure of Commerce, bearing in his beak a scroll with the following appropriate inscription: "I am not the advocate of wrong deeds, to whatever country they may belong - whether Emperors or Kings, or the Administrators of a Republic; JUSTICE is my aim - TRUTH is my guide; and wherever she points the way, I shall not fear to go." The above is a quotation from one of Mr. Pickering's able speeches in the National Senate against the embargo system, wherein he proves with the spirit of a patriot and the wisdom of a Solon, the deleterious French influence which had poisoned our public councils and laid prostrate the honor and prosperity of our degraded country. Among the members of Congress present, were Mr. Dana and Mr. Davenport, of Connecticut, Mr. Livermore of Massachusetts, and Mr. Gardenier and Mr. Livingston, of this state. The greatest harmony and hilarity prevailed throughout the entertainment. The dinner was excellent, and served in the best style. The music was unusually good; a number of appropriate songs were sung; and after the regular toasts were drunk, the following, among other Volunteers, were given. By Col. Pickering. Lines to property, but no distinction of interest or limits to affection and principle between New England & N. York. By Mr. Hillhouse. The permanent union of these states. By Mr. Davenport. An infinite number of Slaves, not equal to the unit of a FREEMAN, an axiom in a government by representatives. By Mr. Dana. The Union of Americans, on American principles. By Mr. Gardenier, after Mr. Pickering retired. TIMOTHY PICKERING - A rock on which the storm may beat. By Robert Le Roy Livingston. The Spirit of Seventy-Six - it appears before us in many characters - before it ceases to exist, may it appear in blood. SMUGGLING - The vigilant and active officer, Captain Marrener, honorably and duly appreciates the abuse which the Tories bestow upon him with so much liberality. He has this day seized a ship of four hundred tons burthen from the Havana, called the St. Thomas, &c. strongly suspected of being a Bostonian covered with a little Spanish brown - N. Y. Pub. Adv.
THE DISPATCH SHIP, Pacific for Falmouth, and Mentor for L'Orient, will sail from this port to-morrow, wind and weather permitting.
PHILADELPHIA, March 22. Yesterday arrived here, via New-Castle, Madam TURREAU, lady of the French Minister, and her two children, being on their way to N. York, whence they are to take passage in the dispatch ship Mentor, for France. At the same time, arrived Mr. Coles, private secretary to the late President; he carries with him the dispatches for France.
PHILADELPHIA, March 22. On Sunday evening last, the Pennyback Paper Mills, with all their contents, the property of Messrs. J. G. & W. LANGSTRETH, were destroyed by fire. The loss sustained, is estimated at about 20,000$ - Some suspicions are entertained, that the fire was intentionally communicated.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
READING, (PENNA.) March 18. Sailed from this Port, on the 9th instant, with a fair breeze for Philadelphia, &c. - A SQUADRON OF BOATS, fourteen in number, Commodore JACOB SAETLE, with the following country produce: - 1,650 Barrels of Flour, 1,000 Bushels of Wheat, 5 Hogsheads of Rye Liquor, 700ibs. of Butter, &c. &c. &c. QUERE - What number of Waggoners would it require to convey the same quantity of produce?
BALTIMORE, March 24. "The Federal Republican" of yesterday morning, with its usual regard for truth, informs; that seamen cannot be had in sufficient numbers to carry on the small portion of commerce permitted; and, intimates, they have sought refuge in foreign nations, instead of applying to the labors of agriculture and the arts, as the republicans have constantly stated. From hence they would infer, that the embargo has not preserved our seamen." It is fact - that there are more than 300 seamen now in port waiting for employment. It is fact - that very lately a large number of men were enlisted in this city for the United States, service and sent to Washington, &c. It is fact - that about 400 seamen have sailed from this port since the fifteenth instant. It is fact - that scores of them come in from the country every day; and that many return rather than risk their liberty on the ocean. It is fact - that many prefer 10 dollars per month on land, to 30 dollars per month on water, in the present state of things. It is fact - that the wages of seamen are high (about $30) and, it is very certain, they ought to be so. Every man's profit should be in proportion to the risk he runs. It is morally certain - that notwithstanding the risk, as soon as the present high wages are known through the country, that this city will have a great many more seamen than will find employment, even at reduced prices. We say the "embargo has preserved our seamen," and that no man can, with justice, deny it. Hundreds of seamen have various trades; they are at work at these, and cannot in a moment abandon them, admitting they felt perfectly free to risk themselves among the harpies of Europe....Evening Post.
Another Statue of Gold!
ANDREW ALLEN, who founded the Anchor Club in Philadelphia in the year 1796-7; who afterwards went to England and returned, and who in fact has been the chief supporter of three at least of the Boston newspapers, has taken a passage for England, and no doubt may expect either a knighthood or a peerage for his services; he has by gold and ink accomplished more towards the degradation and enslavement and shame of America, than all the Howes and Gages and Cornwallises, and Burgoyne, and Donop, and 300,000,000 of pounds sterling, and 100,000 lives would accomplish....Aurora.
There were 14 clearances at the Custom House, Philadelphia, on the 22nd and 23rd inst.
for foreign ports, principally Madeira, which it would seem, is to be made the medium for trade with England during the existence of the Non-Intercourse law.
It is stated, that the Governor of the Havana had refused to acknowledge Mr. ANDERSON, as consul from the United States.
The Spaniards have never acknowledged foreign consuls in any of their colonies....C. Courier.
Account of a dead body found under the porch of Christ Church, in Boston, Massachusetts, in a high state of preservation.
A circumstance occurred a short time since, while the workmen were repairing Christ Church, in this town, and erecting some new tombs under it, that deserves to be recorded in the Anthology. The ground under the porch of the entrance of the church was directed to be dug up, this spot having been given for the erection of two tombs - At the distance of 6 feet from the surface, a grave was discovered, in which was found a coffin of hard pitch pine, commonly called the Norway pine, very little decayed, which on being opened, contained another of the same wood, very handsomely made, and not at all injured; the lid of this being lifted, showed a body wrapped in tarred sheets, that on being removed from the face, presented the countenance of a man that appeared quite recently to have died; his face was fresh and florid as though just slayed; the flesh hard to the touch, and every appearance of a new corpse, from a short & not painful illness; two or three sprigs of myrtle or box, green as just cut from the stock, were also laying on the outside of the tarred sheets.
Both Coffins had on their lids, in brass nails, the letters I T. and grave stone, at the head of the grave, declared the person interred there, to be Mr. John Thomas, of the island of Barbadoes, aged 43 years, who died 24th June, A. D. 1726, more than eighty-two years ago. The number of persons who came to see this curious fact, from the fineness of the preservation, and the manner of it, induced the wardens to direct the coffin to be closed again and buried, which it is, at the N. E. corner of the church. The soil under the porch was a yellow clay, mixed with small stones and some gravel. Whether the body had been partially embalmed previous to interment is not known; but the verdure of the sprigs of myrtle induces one to think it may be owe-

ing wholly to the excision of external air; yet his being of Barbary and such care taken of the corpse, with a view perhaps to removal, would occasion one to imagine the intestines had been taken out, and her substituted. The fact is, however, as stated, and the curious may draw their own conclusions. [Anthology.]
BOSTON, March 17.
THE SOVEREIGN OF COUNTERFEITERS. The following letter was received a few days since from that Rogue for life, BURROUGHS ; by which it appears that the callous wretch "glories in his shame."
LOWER CANADA, January 25th 1809.
GENTLEMEN, "HAVING often seen your 'Only sure guide to blank bills,' and admitting your kind labors for the public weal, in detecting the works of those 'ingenious rogues'—I have enclosed and forwarded to your Exchange Office a bill on the Shipton Bank (which has very recently commenced its operation) and I pray you will have the goodness to give the public the earliest notice, should spurious bills of that Bank be discovered to be in circulation. As I am a Principal Stockholder in the Shipton Bank, you will do me a favor for which I will amply reward you, by giving the genuine prototype thereof plate bills good credit at your office, and whatever premium you will give for the Shipton Bank Bills, you may be assured shall be paid you in Bank Stock."
"I wish, Gentlemen, you would be attentive to my request, and strictly examine all bills on the aforesaid Bank by the enclosed genuine bill—for such is the depravity of man, and such the success of counterfeiting, that I lately observed in one of your newspapers, that stolen buck wheat pancakes had been so exactly counterfeited in New Jersey, that none except the Officers of the Pancake Exchange could distinguish them from the originals!—I solicit your friendship, Gentlemen, in this important business, (to me) and am, Messieurs, "Your devoted humble servt. "S. BURROUGHS. "Messrs. Gilbert & Dean, Boston."
The letter inclosed a Carricature Counterfeit bill for sixpence—having on it a figure of an Orang Outang, from whose mouth issues a label with the words "Death or Botany Bay, ha, ha, ha."
It is universally conceded that every nation has a right to establish its own interior regulations, of the operations of which other nations have no equitable cause of complaint. The consequences resulting to those who engaged in the forced trade to Spanish America against the commercial restrictions of the Spanish crown were well known. The merchant undertook this perilous enterprise with open eyes, aware of all its difficulties; and in all cases where such voyages were frustrated by capture, the parties concerned met their fate without a murmur. The French Emperor has declared all vessels legal prize coming from England to France. The object he has in view, is a total interdict as well as war with Great Britain. However we may dislike the regulation, we have no right to interfere in its operation. It is well known that the British are in the habit of granting smuggling licenses to neutrals to procure from countries in a state of hostility with her, such commodities as she may stand in need of; or to vend her surplus produce or manufacture. A number of American vessels have been employed in this kind of illicit trade. Their captains, mindful of the beneficent purposes of the American embargo, remained in Europe procured English licences, and proceeded from England to Rochelle and Clarente for French brandies, with a full knowledge of the fate that awaited them, in the event of detection. The consequences are known to us by the arrival of the Batavian. The vessels have been sequestrated, and the captains and crews incarcerated. This has been produced in the tory prints as evidence of the hostile intentions of the French Emperor against America. The same reason might be adduced as evidence against the American government of its hostile intention against foreign powers, for the seizure and condemnation of foreign vessels caught in the act of violating our embargo or revenue laws. This cannot be considered as one of the wrongs inflicted on us by France; nor can it be taken into view in the adjustment of our differences with that power, nor have we any evidence that they are included in the captures, the condemnations whereof in the French council of prizes, have been the just theme of complaint against Americans. Balt. American.
WASHINGTON, March 27.
Since the three celebrated historical painters of our country, West, Copley & Trumbull, have attained so high a grade in the English school as to be ranked by the modern artists, we are happy to learn that Mr. Vanderlyn, a young man of New-York, is emulating their fame in Paris with flattering symptoms of success. At the last annual exhibition his picture of Marius on the Ruins of Carthage obtained great applause and was crowned with the medal of encouragement from the emperor. A Paris journal, the Courier de l'Europe , speaks of it in the following terms:—"This picture has procured the author a medal; an honor he merited; for his Marius is full of sentiment; it is correct, well drawn, and has a vigorous coloring. It is one of those pictures that ought to have been placed in a better light." Nat. Int.
Sailed from this port yesterday afternoon, with a fair wind, the Dispatch ships Pacific and Mentor, for Falmouth and L'Orient.
New-Orleans Dispatch. —On the 31st Jan. in the Legislature of Orleans territory, Mr. Hughes presented the petition of Edward Livingston, praying for a copy of a petition presented to the Legislature by the Council of Orleans, which appears to contain some charges against Mr. Livingston. Mr. Hughes moved to grant the copy asked. Mr. Blanque opposed the motion and moved that the proposition of Mr. Hughes be rejected. Mr. B's motion was agreed to nearly unanimously.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY. —Taken up by George Rinks, two stray COLTS, one a bay Horse supposed to be four years old next spring, appraised to $35: The other, a sorrel Mare, judged to be the same age, appraised to 30 dollars.
A Copy, R. ELDRIDGE, Jr. D. C. Dec. 31, 1808.
TO RENT, a small commodious BRICK-HOUSE, with a garden, stables, meathouse, &c.—Apply at this Office, March 31.
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, MARCH 31, 1809.
To the Freeholders of the Congressional District composed of the counties of Charlotte, Buckingham, Prince Edward, & Cumberland.
GENTLEMEN, A man whose heart beats in unison with that of your own, whose eye has been for some time anxiously fixed upon the destinies of our beloved country, begs leave to address you.
These are no times for shuffling or hesitation. The crisis is important beyond description. Never has a blacker cloud hung over these states, since our glorious Revolution. The Republican party, the bulwark of the rights and interests of this nation, is at stake. The federal party are animated by their partial successes to make the most extraordinary exertions to recover their ascendency. Every apostate opposed to the present order of things is co-operating in this struggle. The republicans should bring their whole strength into action. This is no time for that milk & water policy, which delights in relaxation and spots with principle. The prosperity of our country is our object: Energy and Union are our Watch words.
At such a time as this, gentlemen, will you permit me to ask, whether it is possible that Mr. John Randolph should be trusted with the suffrages of your district? You gentlemen, were friends of the administration of Thomas Jefferson. Why should I say, from the whole course of Mr. R's conduct, that he was violently opposed to it?
You have just given a most decided vote for James Madison as President of the United States. Will you then send a man as your Representative to the legislature, whose whole ambition will consist in checking and counteracting his administration? Mr. Randolph makes no secret of his inveterate hostility to Mr. Madison. He has pursued him with every obloquy, which his imagination could supply. He has declared on the floor of Congress that he has "no confidence in that man."
Mark my predictions!—Mr. Randolph is destined to lead the opposition to his administration. His passions will outstrip the moderated enthusiasm of Quincy or Key; and you, gentlemen, will have the honor of giving birth to the leader of the opposition. Can you reconcile this to your recent vote or present principles?
But the friends of Mr. R. are anxious to blaze forth his recommendations: And what are they? "That he is a man of talents"—he is able to give something more than a silent vote on great measures.—Admit the fact, what then? Talents are not, in themselves, valuable. They are only so from the bent and direction which they may receive from principles. Without these, they are only more noxious—they enable their possessor to accomplish much greater mischief. It was the talents of William Pitt, which have nearly ruined Great Britain. The genius of Bonaparte has covered Europe with blood. Timothy Pickering, is, in one sense, a man of abilities—he is sly, cunning, intriguing. But it is his sly, machinating talents, that have contributed to blow the flame of insurrection and disaffection in the Eastern states.
But where are these striking proofs of John Randolph's talents?—He is eloquent, satyric, severe—striking in his figures, happy in his allusions—bold, daring and self possessed. But compare such a representative with James Madison. The one "desultory"—the other argumentative—the one producing a confused, and passionate piece of declamation—the other presenting a clear and profound discussion of the subject, drawing into his service the lights of experience & the principles of philosophy. If to accomplish "noble ends by noble means" be the mark of a great mind, where are the pretensions of Mr. Randolph?
No doubt Mr. Randolph has a species of talents that will qualify him to take the lead of a certain class of party in a popular assembly. What then? Will you depute a man to lead the opposition in Congress? Is this your pride, gentlemen? Is this the guilty pre-eminence to which you would be pleased to see your representative raised? Would it soothe your generous spirits to see him in the van of such men as Key, as Gadsden, or Quincy? This cannot be the species of pride to which you would aspire. Because Mr. Randolph may be a man of talents, you would not on that account alone give him your suffrages. If you were a freeholder of Henrico, would you vote for Mr. Marshall? If you were a voter of Maryland, would you support Philip Barton Key, once, perhaps now, a pensioner of Great Britain?
"But Mr. R. is a man of principles—of stirring, republican principles." Let us understand each other, sir. Distinctions are sometimes necessary. What do you mean by principles? Those abstract and remote principles, which constitute the basis of a republic? Perhaps, you are right. For any thing I know, to the contrary, Mr. Randolph could easily swear to every article in the Virginia Bill of Rights—that all men are equal—that it is better to die a freeman, than live a slave—that the powers of government should be limited, and that limits should be raised between the different departments.—What then? Has Mr. R. those principles and opinions, respecting the present and probable state of our affairs, which qualify him to select such measures as are most propitious to the rights, honor and prosperity of our country? If he has them, where is the proof? Is it to be found in that course of opposition, which he has pursued during the last three years, to the measures of the republican party?—The majority of you think these measures correct. No argument is necessary to convince you on this point.
Or take the other side of the medal—Are Mr. R's wise principles to be seen in that wandering and circuitous course of measures which he himself has recommended? Do you find them in his project of a war with Spain in 1805—on account of the arrest of the Kemperons on the territory of these "good old U. States"? The act itself was disavowed—it was less outrageous than the act of our own officer last summer, who arrested some deserters on the Spanish territory. Neither of them was a just cause of war.
Do you find these noble principles displayed in his conduct towards G. Britain, in his truckling to her impression of our seamen, and to the ruin of our trade? Do you find it in his partial substitute for a general Embargo? You were told that he would not have suffered your produce to rot in your warehouses—that he would have laid an embargo upon our own vessels only, but suffered foreign vessels to take off your produce.
He would therefore have thrown all the profits of our trade into the favorite lap of G. Britain. He would have enabled you to have obtained a small price for your produce, at the expence of the honor and independence of his country—while he would have nearly extinguished the great resources of the Eastern States—banished their seamen into foreign bottoms, and chained their vessels to their wharves. He would therefore have adopted an embargo more partial and favorable to the southern states, and excited at once the jealousy and indignation of the east—for burdens are always borne with greater cheerfulness, when they are made to press as nearly as possible upon the different parts of the republic.—Yet is he now continually making his boasts of his own discernment in predicting the removal of the embargo; the very man who would have adopted a measure, that would immediately have thrown the whole eastern country into a flame.
Do you find these wise principles in the only measure which he was inrephid enough to recommend to the last Congress?—"Arming our merchantmen only!" A most sagacious scheme of resistance, to be sure! A most glorious plan for asserting the honor of our country. Mr. R. would then have put it in the power of British agents, by assuming our flag, to involve the United States in a war with France. He would have given a similar power to French spies to involve us in a British war. He would have placed the peace of this country at the mercy of any mad American Captain or vindictive merchant. But this is not all. As to the benefits which his poor scheme would have given to the mercantile interest, they are below the dignity of calculation. His arming our merchantmen would be an abortive, expensive & therefore unused expedient. It would be cheaper for a merchant to insure his vessel against capture—to protect it by a British license against the only nation that is very likely to disturb it—than to be at the expence of arming it. No one seems to know better than Mr. R. himself, what "slippery eels" these merchants are—and how dexterously they can "slip over or under" legal restraints. Under these circumstances what would become of the honor of our country? We should resume our trade with those very nations, whose insults and encroachments have borne the severest upon us. We should abandon our national sovereignty by submission to taxation & tribute—we should become the degraded and contemptible tributaries of the Aliens of the Atlantic.—And this is the course, which the enlightened principles of your Representative would have pursued. If it is ishis , certain I am, gentlemen, it cannot be yours . And if it be not yours, the man, who thus misrepresents your principles, should no longer bear the name of your Representative.
"That Mr. R. voted against the non intercourse law—that most obnoxious measure," is most true. But that mighty credit does not deserve for that vote? Did he oppose this law, because his mind was warmed in the defence of his country's rights—because it did not correspond with his ideas of the extent of the resistance, which we should exert against British encroachment?—No. It was not because he felt for the honor of the U. States, and was willing to go further in the vindication of their rights. Such was not the course of the Hon. John Randolph. Instead of adhering to the Embargo, he would have immediately abandoned it—abandoned it totally—without any efficient substitute. He would have rejected this measure too which has enabled you to obtain a higher price for your flour and tobacco, although he had so often labored to persuade you, that if his scheme of admitting foreign vessels had been adopted, your produce would not have perished in your barns. Such are the wise principles of your representative!
But if Mr. R. has those wise principles of conduct, which his friends have ascribed to him, where are they to be found? No man has been more inconsistent than himself. No man has ever more severely incurred the bitter pang of recanting his own previous confessions. If his principles are so pure, are they the principles which he brought with him into public life, or those which he now professes? Are they those of 1806—or of 1809? Are they those of the man, who was once a friend to an embargo, or of the man who is an enemy to it? Was Mr. R. correct when he ridiculed the scheme of attacking Canada, or when he comes forward with a proposition to seize not only upon Canada, but Jamaica to boot?
The melancholy truth, gentlemen, is this: Mr. Randolph's passions have swallowed up his principles—his talents have, to a certain degree, remained, but these passions have converted them into satire and gall. "Of what use are talents and sentiments, in the corrupt wilderness" of human passions, resentments and persecutions? "It is a rank and rotten soil, from which every finer shrub draws poison as it grows. All that, in a happier field and a purer air, would expand into virtue and germinate into usefulness, is thus converted into henbane and deadly nightshade." Such, gentlemen, is the melancholy picture of your late Representative. Guided by the overwhelming influence of his own distempered feelings, goaded by his unrelenting hostility to James Madison, his hatred to those men whom he is conscious of having unjustly injured, his disappointed love of superiority, his consistency in error, and that want of magnanimity, which disdains not to retrace the path of its own mistakes, the principles and talents of John Randolph, are for ever destined to be arrayed in the ranks of federalism, against the best measures of the republican party. Is this the politician, whom you would select to represent your interests and your feelings?
"But we want centinels to watch over the vices of the government."—Admit the fact; does it follow, that that man is a good watchman whose passions are continually inducing him to suspect and abuse the government without a just provocation? Remember the story and the fate of the Shepherd's boy in the fable. But depend upon it, centinels will never be wanting, so long as the race of the Quincys, the Gardeners and Pickering are not extinct. Federal zeal will always supply a sufficient number of spies and calumniators. Your suffrages, gentlemen, are certainly not wanting to assist the treasons of the Essex Junto or the labours of the pensioners of England.
These arguments in favor of Mr. R. then being dismissed, the question comes to this. Are you willing to be represented by a republican, or an oppositionist—by a man of your own principles, or by one of different principles; by a friend of the administration of Jefferson or by an opponent; by the warm supporter or the unrelenting foe of Mr. Madison? Will you be guilty of the inconsistency of electing Mr. M. as President of the United States, and of Mr. R. as your representative in Congress? Can you reconcile it to your principles, gentlemen, to
send a man into the assembled council of the nation, who will be substantially a federalist in his politics, will form a coalition with them, and whose zeal, differing from their's only in the degree in which it will outstrip it, will place him in the front ranks of the opposition to your republican administration? If such should be your choice, fellow-citizens, we must submit, however much we may regret the decision. A REPUBLICAN.
The arrival at New-York from Cadiz, dispels the tale of Spanish successes.—Let it be noted, that this vessel brings none but Spanish accounts, and that the Spanish defeats were not suffered to circulate in that atmosphere. But even from these accounts it appears, that Bonaparte had only left Madrid for a time, not evacuated it—that a corps of French had penetrated almost to Seville—that Bonaparte had encountered Sir John Moore, who had been roughly handled, and had retreated; that the British were retiring as fast as possible to C. runna to embark, and that there not being sufficient transports before that city, the rear of the British troops, it was supposed, would be cut off; that these troops were embarking, not to return on a more tenable point of the coast, but "for good and all;" that the Spanish Junta would retire to Cadiz; and that the governor of that city was making every preparation to resist the attacks of the French. Paifax seems to have made a brave resistance to Money; but for these particulars, we are indebted to the Spanish accounts alone.
It is said, that the effigy of Orange W. Smith , has been burnt two days ago at Fredericksburg. On the label to his back was inscribed, "Orange Billy Smith—Traitor to his country." On the one issuing from his mouth, these words: "Captain Brown, remember, if you deceive me, there is a God above you cannot deceive!"—words which were supposed to be addressed to the capt. to deceive the Custom-House officer, and to cover a violation of the Embargo.
Canada is the favorite soil of smugglers and counterfeiters —of the Burroughs and the Embargo breakers. For proofs, see this day's paper.
BURR AND THE FEDERALISTS!!
The two following Documents are from the Baltimore North American. According to the Editor of that paper, the letter of R. G. Harper and the following, are the only instances of negotiation that the Federalists had with A. Burr. The following irresistibly proves, 1st. that the Federalists in intrigued with Burr, to defeat the express and acknowledged will of the majority of the people , 2d. that Burr very eagerly bit at the bait; that he not only did not reject such propositions with indignant disdain, but that all he wanted, was to draw the Federalists on to more positive assurances; without positively committing himself . The fact of their mutual collusion is now established beyond the shadow of a doubt.
No. I.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 1800.
DEAR SIR, Having the fullest confidence in your honor and fidelity, and believing you incapable of betraying a private and confidential communication, I take the liberty of addressing you on a subject, not only of the highest importance to yourself, but in which, in my opinion, the honor, safety and happiness of the people of the United States, under God, entirely depend on you. Major Taliaferro has this day received a letter from Georgia, which mentions that the votes of that State for President and Vice President, were given for yourself and Mr. Jefferson. There seems no doubt but Tennessee and Kentucky will do the same. In this case, the votes will be equal with Mr. Jefferson and yourself; consequently the House of Representatives will have to decide between you, which of the two shall be President of the U. States.
Anticipating this thing, many of the most influential federal members have had the question before them, and I have no doubt but their suffrage will be given to you, in preference to the other, principally on these grounds: That you are a man of energy; that you will not neglect to encourage the means of national defence; that you will cherish & give sanction to a navy, competent to the protection of our commerce, which, we are persuaded, you will not abandon to any foreign nation; and, in short, that you are a practical and not a theoretical man, and will have a just sense of the honor and dignity of our common country.
All these things I have given a decided opinion on, and I can assure you, that under this impression, with an assurance of it from you, that the chair of the United States is within your reach. The friends of Jefferson among the opposition, will unquestionably be more numerous in our House than yours; but as you have been run equally with him, they cannot hold out so far as to leave the government without a chief magistrate, chosen in the manner designed by the constitution; and besides this, New-York must vote for you. Your Mr. Smith, who appears to be an honest man, has said to me as much. Whether he spoke only for himself or his colleagues, I could not ascertain, as I did not think it delicate to go further on the subject. Be assured of the verity of what I have said to you, which does not result from any motive of my own to court your favor as an individual, but with a view to the honor, the safety and the prosperity of our common country.
With high respect and consideration, I have the honor to be, Your obedient and very humble servant.
Col. Burr.
No. II.
A N S W E R.
TRENTON, 2d Jan. 1801.
SIR, The friendship and confidence displayed in your letter merit some other return than mere silence; yet it did not appear to me that any reply could be requisite, further than to assure you, that your confidence is not misplaced, and can never be violated.
It occurred to me also, that you had written on the first impression, and that any answer might therefore be unseasonable or unnecessary.
Accept my thanks for your politeness, and the assurance of my respectful regard. A. BURR.
* Now a senator from New York. [EDD. N. AM.]
JOHN CLOPTON in respect to the freeholders of the Congressional District which he continues to tender his services in the next congress of the U. S. and their favor, if considered on the merits, will be accepted with the same grateful sentiments as heretofore. His trial address in the form of a circular letter would have been made to them at, or about the close of the last session, but for a severe indisposition with which he was attacked about ten days before the close of that session, and before a final decision on the subject on the important subject of the embargo—a subject involving almost the only interesting matter agitated during the session: when therefore that decision was made he was rendered by the indisposition unable to make any communication. A relapse of it has prevented personal intercourse with the district since his return home. However he thanks God, that being in a state of recovery, he hopes to attend the elections in most of the counties, if not all. It is doubtful whether he will be able to attend that of Henrico. If not, it is a circumstance of deep regret to him. Nevertheless he trusts that, should he be absent, his pretensions will be weighed by his long experienced character as their representative together with the part, which he has particularly taken in respect to the momentous subject herein mentioned. If those hold him up to their view as a person whom their representative at this awful crisis of our national affairs, the hopes that the want of his personal presence at the election will no way affect their favorable sentiments towards him; whilst he assures them that, if elected, every power of his soul shall be exerted in support of the honor and interest of our country.
New-Kent, March 30.
THE serious injury to which our town was exposed on yesterday must kindle in the bosom of every philanthropist, of every man of feeling the genial emotions of sympathy. But the principal object of this communication, however, is not so much to ascertain the extent to which that sympathy for the losses and sufferings of our fellow citizens has or ought to have been carried, as to enquire whether they have not the means in their own hands of preventing on all future occasions the causes from whence they essentially spring? Certainly they have. If then it be admitted that they have the power of relieving themselves from injury and thereby alleviating the sympathy of their fellow-citizens so often and so strongly excited, I ask why is it that it is not employed? Is it from being blindly prejudiced against an institution which holds out an antidote to the rages of this destructive element? or is it from a too limited a knowledge of the merits of an assurance institution? It surely must arise from one of those causes! But it is sincerely hoped after the sad experience of yesterday, that no citizen will feel any hesitation in resorting to the only panacea against this evil, that those delinquent insured will step forward with alacrity & adjust their respective balances so as to enable the A. Society to discharge immediately the losses which the institution has just sustained.
It is also to be hoped that under existing circumstances, whatever may be the weight of objections heretofore urged against this valuable institution, they will now cease to influence the generous and humane.
SAM'L GREENHOW, Principal Agent M. A. S.
March 28.
•• We are authorized to state, that Louis TUEMEY, Esq. is a candidate to represent the people of Hanover, in the next General Assembly.
•• Such as may have effects belonging to others, which may have mixed with their own property in consequence of the conflagration of the late fire, are requested to leave notice of the same at the book-store of Mr. S. Pleasants.
ANY person who may possess a file of Virginia Papers for 1778, will render a service to the literature of the state, by forwarding it to this office; after it has served the purpose of utility for which it is intended, it will be thankfully returned in the same state of preservation in which it was received. In general, all authentic documents, either printed or manuscript, relative to the Revolutionary War, will be thankfully received, used and returned as before mentioned. Communications, by letter too, upon this subject, by those now living, who were engaged in the revolutionary struggle, or were eye-witnesses of important events, will be thankfully received.
March 31.
TO supercede the necessity, and to avoid disappointment to those who continue to write to me upon the subject of Cotton Spinning , and also to inform the public generally, of my expectations, at this time, I have thought it would not be improper to say that I expect to be in Richmond by the 15th of April next; that I have formed a connection to carry on the manufacturing of COTTON SPINNING MACHINERY at that place, together with various other articles in use, in Domestic Manufactures, in which they are determined to use every exertion to excelion to excel in point of materials and workmanship. What then must be the hope? Encouragement from the public to reward exertions unparalleled.
RICHARD HARRIS.
Providence, Rhode Island, March 12, 1809.
SALES AT AUCTION.
ON Wednesday, the 5th of April next, will be sold, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for ready money, and for the benefit of the underwriters, the BRICK WALLS AND CHIMNEYS , together with all the Iron Works , belonging to the House lately occupied by Mr. James Brown, Jr. as a Vendue Office. FOSTER & SATCHELL, Auctioneers.
March 31.
JOHNSON & REAT, JEWELLERS , have (in consequence of the late conflagration) removed their Store opposite to Mrs. Davidson, Milliner, where orders from their customers will be attended to with their usual punctuality. March 31.
WILL be sold, to the highest bidder, on Monday, 10th day of April, if fair, otherwise, the next fair day, at the late dwelling-house of Susanna Ellis, deceased: Seventeen likely NEGROES , consisting of Men, Women, and Children: One tract of LAND in the lower end of Goodland, containing 185, 2 others in Henrico, containing 224 acres each: Also, an excellent WAGGON , and elegant new GIG , and household and kitchen FURNITURE . Twelve months credit will be given on all sums above 10 dollars, the purchaser giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid. BY THE ATTORNEYS.
March 31.
THE Subscriber, offers for sale or lease, his BRICK TENEMENT , in the town of Manchester, it is one of the best stands in the place—the buildings are full and sufficient for whole sale retail, and rooms well finished for the accommodation of a genteel family. It is leased, the best term 7 years—if sold, one half in cash, the balance in two equal annual installments, or further particulars, apply to the subscriber, on the premises. DANIEL GORDON.
March 29.

SPEECH DELIVERED BY MR. GILES, IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 13, 1809, In support of the following resolution moved by him on the 8th of the same month:
(CONTINUED.)
Resolved, That the several laws laying an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, be repealed on the 4th of March next, except as to Great-Britain and France, and their dependencies, and that provision be made by law for prohibiting all commercial intercourse with those nations and their dependencies, and the importation of any article into the United States, the growth, produce or manufacture of either of the said nations, or of the dominions of either of them.
The acts of France complained of are admitted by Mr. Canning now to be merely nominal in relation to Great-Britain, that they are utterly harmless and contemptible, that they have ceased to be mischievously operative, &c. &c. Yet he tells you that he will not revoke the orders in council, for fear his motives in doing so may be mistaken; not that it is not itself just and proper to revoke them according to the principle of retaliation upon which they were originally adopted; but merely for fear his motive in doing an act of justice and propriety, may be mistaken or misconceived by others. But, sir, let us hear him in his own words:
"The struggle has been viewed by other powers, not without an apprehension that it might be fatal to this country. The British government has not disguised from itself, that the trial of such an experiment might be arduous and long, though it has never doubted of the final issue. But if that issue, such as the British government confidently anticipated, has providentially arrived much sooner than could even have been hoped; if the blockade of the continent, as it has been triumphantly styled by the enemy, is raised even before it had been well established, and if that system, of which extent and continuity were the vital principles, is broken up in fragments, utterly harmless and contemptible, it is nevertheless important in the highest degree to the reputation of this country, (a reputation which constitutes great part of her power) that this disappointment of the hopes of her enemies should not have been purchased by any concession; that not a doubt should remain to distant times of her determination and of her ability to have continued her resistance, and that no step which could even mistakenly be construed into concession, should be taken on her part, while the smallest link of the confederacy remains un-dissolved; or while it can be a question whether the plan devised for her destruction has, or has not, either completely failed, or been unequivocally abandoned." [Canning to Pinkney, Sept. 23, 1808.]
"The purpose of this letter is not to renew the discussion upon the subject of your proposal, but merely to clear up any misunderstanding which had existed between us in the course of that discussion. I cannot conclude it, however, without advertizing very shortly to that part of your letter, in which you argue that the failure of France in the attempt to realize her gigantic project of the annihilation of the commerce of this country, removes all pretext for the continuance of the retaliatory system of Great-Britain. This impotency of the enemy to carry his projects of violence and injustice into execution, might, with more propriety, be pleaded with him, as a motive for withdrawing decrees at once so indefensible, and so little efficacious for their purpose, than represented as creating an obligation upon Great-Britain to desist from those measures of defensive retaliation, which those decrees have necessarily occasioned. If the foundation of the retaliating system of Great-Britain was (as we contend it to have been) originally just, that system will be justifiably continued in force, not so long only as the decrees which produced it are mischievously operative but until they are unequivocally abandoned; and, if it be thus consistent with justice to persevere in that system, it is surely no mean motive of policy for such perseverance, that a premature departure from it, while the enemy's original provocation remains unrepented, might lead to false conclusions, as to the efficacy of the decrees of France, and might hold out a dangerous temptation to that power to resort to the same system on any future occasion." [Canning to Pinkney, November 22, 1808.]
"What, sir, does Mr. Canning here tell us? Why, sir, on the 23d of September last, that the French blockading decrees were then broken up into fragments utterly harmless and contemptible, and on the 22d of November following, that they had ceased to be mischievously operative, &c. &c. Retaliation may be defined, an injury returned for a wrong received. Well, sir, if the United States had done no other wrong to Great-Britain but neglecting to repeal the wrong of France, & the wrong of France ceased to produce any injurious consequences, why not revoke the orders in council? What more destructive injuries upon the United States? Why, Mr. Canning in substance tells us, not that it would be wrong to do so, but he is afraid that the world would mistake his motive for doing right. And, sir, is the commerce of the United States to be destroyed—the people to be colonized and taxed, and the nation to be insulted and degraded, merely because Mr. Canning fears, if he should cease to inflict these wrongs, his motive for ceasing to do so may be misconceived or mistaken!—And are the people of the United States to be told that all these injuries and insults are to be continued merely to expiate Mr. Canning's idle and pretended fears, that his motive for his conduct may be mistaken? What, sir, can be more derogatory to the character? What more injurious to the interests? What more insulting to the understanding of the American people! Yet, sir, we are told there are no causes of war! We must wait for more degradation! Sir, Mr. Canning tells us he thinks this is no mean motive of policy for continuing these orders after the original causes ceased. Sir, I will not pretend to think against Mr. Canning upon this subject; but, sir, I think, and I know that it will be a mean, infinitely mean motive of policy on our part to submit to his injuries, his insults, and his degradation of his motives for them. But, sir, permit me again to ask if the United States had not a right to judge of the extent and mode of retaliation, and after having made their decision in Great-Britain, was an act of war against the United States, and according to her own principle of retaliation, the proper act of retaliation on their part was an act of war, not indeed through the directly back upon herself, and it ought instantly to have been resorted to upon her refusal to revoke her hostile orders."
But, sir, permit me to put this doctrine in a still stronger point of view. The right of retaliation, I presume, is equal and reciprocal amongst all nations, and when the British ministry ventured to retaliate upon their enemy through us, they adopted that policy upon their own responsibility—they subjected themselves to all its consequences; we certainly had a right to adopt a counter-retaliating policy; war would have been the natural, legitimate and correct act of retaliation. But, suppose I were now in a spirit of mitigated duty, equal to one half of the value of all the original productions of Great-Britain, and direct, either to Spanish America, or any of the American Indies, or to any other place under the protection of the laws of nations, should first call
at some port of the United States, either Boston, New York, Baltimore or Charleston, and there pay the tribute; and if they failed, or refused so to do, to authorize our armed ships to capture and bring them in for condemnation; would not the proposition be, though extravagant and monstrous, the proposition of a madman? Yet, sir, it would be more reasonable than the orders in council, which are the same in substance, but were adopted without provocation or pretext.
Yes, Sir, the pretext is false, it is insincere. The real ground of the orders in council will be found in the settled determination of the British cabinet, to monopolize the commerce of the world, or to render it subservient to their own views and interests, and particularly to involve in this general destruction, the commerce of the United States. Sir, I draw this conclusion not only from Mr. Canning's own prevaricating letters, and sophisticated expositions; but from various intimations to that effect by the British jurists, and particularly from a late pamphlet, written it is said, under the direction of the ministry, and for the express purpose of preparing the British nation and the world for the monstrous pretension. Indeed the production is ascribed to the elder Mr. Rose, one of the most influential advisers of the cabinet, and it is extremely probable we shall see the doctrine openly avowed in the British parliament, now expected to be in session. The pamphlet is entitled "Hints to both parties," from which I beg leave to read a few extracts:
"The orders in council have been stigmatized, as being at once absurd and contemptible, in relinquishing the principle of right on which their justification is founded, for a paltry consideration, of pounds, shillings and pence. But how can that measure be deemed absurd, which at once unites interest and policy? And so far from rendering Great-Britain contemptible, how can she possibly assume a more dignified character, than in thus showing the world that Bonaparte, with all his dependent kings, are but her tributaries; that they can receive no article either of comfort or necessity, without paying an acknowledgment to her maritime supremacy, and contributing to the expense of carrying on that war, which the ambition, injustice and aggressions of their tyrant have rendered necessary."
Here, Sir, we see a picture of the fantastic & gigantic attitude, which the inflated pride of Great-Britain has assumed. Bonaparte and all his dependent kings are her tributaries paying tribute to her treasury, and homage to her pride. Why, Sir, to be sure, this dreaming delusive vision, must be very fascinating to British pride, and gratifying to British cupidity, & I should have said nothing about the ministry's indulging themselves in these delightful reveries, if they had not included the United States in the magnificent train of their humble tributaries. It is true, Sir, they are not expressly included in this sentence, but they are made so in fact, and it was intended they should be so included, as I shall presently show by another quotation from this ministerial production. Yes, Sir, I will presently show you one single word, which is the key which unlocks the whole views of this energetic ministry in relation to the United States. But let me first present you another passage, Sir, which will serve to show you how far this ministry calculates upon effecting their objects by interfering in our political concerns, and by forming divisions and discords amongst us: After speaking with apparent exultation of the assassination of the emperor of Russia, in consequence of his interruptions of the trade of his subjects with Great-Britain, an event implicitly admitted to have been produced by British stratagem, the author thus proceeds in page 37:
"If any farther elucidation of the principle to which this event is ascribed were wanting, it promises to be found in the United States of America, where cultivators of the soil are deprived of the fruits of their labors, and the merchants of their commercial gains, by the present embargo. This forced state of things cannot be of long continuance. Already have the Vermont and persist in carrying on their trade with the Canadians across lake Champlain, while the Northern states manifest strong symptoms of discontent."
I shall only remark upon this sentence that it serves to show how greedily these events were seized upon, and how greatly they were ovated, and proceed to the 39th page:
"From what has been advanced upon the subject of privations, it may be inferred that the attempt to pursue this system, must be abortive. But Britain, in retaliation upon them. What they can only threaten, she can execute. While they can only restrict her commerce, her naval superiority gives her the means of annihilating theirs. The people thus reduced to misery and distress, will consider their rulers as ill-affected, will lead to revolt; through revolt to revolution; through revolution to a change of measures, and ultimately to peace."
Let then the principle of the orders in council be strictly enforced. When the enemy feels the pressure of our retaliations, and relaxes his decrees, we should reject, instead of admitting those commodities, by the sale of which he procures resources for his revenue, gives relief to his subjects, encourages them to the continuance of the war, and reconciles them to his authority."
Here Sir, we see the vital principle of all our wrongs, of all our sufferings. It is the supremacy of the British navy. What others threaten, Great-Britain can execute. While her commerce is protected, she has the means of annihilating the commerce of others. But this is not all of the horrid picture which is here exhibited. Although the British navy is admitted to be the destructive machine for inflicting all the wrongs upon the people of the United States, they will be told to look from the real cause of their sufferings to their rulers, as the authors of them; and this sentiment once excited, will lead to revolt, through revolt to revolution, through revolution to a change of measures, &c. and thus the people are to be deluded and made the unsuspecting instruments of their own slavery and sufferings. And Mr. President, permit me with the most humiliated feelings as an American citizen, to ask, whether the course of events in this country has not corresponded precisely with these anticipations? and whether there can be a doubt that the authors of these anticipations have not also been instrumental in practicing these delusions upon the people for the purpose of effecting their objects, and realizing their calculations and predictions? But Mr. President, may we not indulge the pleasing hope, that these unfortunate delusions of the people are nearly at an end? or that they will be so, as soon as the real authors of their delusions and sufferings are pointed out to them? I will now turn over to the next page, and there you will find the key which unlocks the whole iniquitous views of this energetic ministry towards the United States. The author is urging the country gentlemen in England to unite with the ministry in this gigantic project of universal dominion on the ocean, and thus he expresses himself:
"Many gentlemen connected with the landed interest, opposed the substitution of sugar for corn in the distilleries, as a discouragement to the agriculture of Great-Britain. How much more strongly ought they to oppose those licenses to trade in the staple commodities of France and Holland; not only on the same principle, but on every consideration of sound policy? The former measure is temporary, the latter is permanent. The former gives relief and encouragement to our own subjects; the latter gives relief & promotes the agriculture of our enemies. The former promotes the agriculture of our enemies. The
former enables us to consume an additional quantity of sugar, which is paid for in British coin, or manufactures; neither of which are taken in exchange for the commodities imported under the latter. The sugars imported under the former, are brought home in British ships, and add to that carrying trade which is the nursery of our naval strength; the articles imported under the latter, are brought in foreign vessels, and increase the naval strength of other powers. Let the country gentlemen, then, unite their efforts, and support the cause of British agriculture, British commerce, and the British navy, against the agriculture, the commerce, and the navy, of our enemies or rivals."
Here the United States are expressly included in this scene of general destruction meditated against commerce. Enemies or rivals! The word rivals, Sir, is the key which unlocks the designs of the ministry against the U. States. Do you suppose, Sir, the author did not know the meaning of the word rivals, or that it was slipp'd in without design? No, Sir, it was intended to tell the British nation that they must not stop at the destruction of the commerce of their enemies. The destruction must be indiscriminate; it must extend to rivals as well as enemies. And, Sir, who are the rivals of Great-Britain in commerce? The United States, and the United States alone. The term rivals, is as descriptive of the United States as the term United States itself. I think, Sir, from the combined influence of all the preceding circumstances, it is demonstrated beyond a doubt, that all our sufferings arise from the settled determination of the British ministry to exercise exclusive dominion upon the ocean; to monopolize the commerce of the world, or render it subservient to British views and British interests."
Permit me now, Sir, to select another act of this energetic administration towards the United States for a few animadversions. I mean, Sir, their interfering in our political concerns in many respects, but particularly by holding out inducements to our citizens to violate our laws; and even appealing to the people against their own government by some visible agency. I allude, Sir, to the order (b) issued shortly after the passing of our embargo laws, for receiving vessels which should violate those laws, even without the customary papers; and to the publication of Mr. Canning's letter addressed to Mr. Pinkney on the 23d of Sept. last, in one of the newspapers printed in Boston.
I consider both these acts as highly insulting to the American people and government; and they ought to have been repealed with indignation, and would have justified hostility itself. Sir, in issuing this order the British ministry appears to me to have set a dangerous example to other nations, particularly to the United States, because the United States might retort her favorite retaliatory system upon herself. Suppose, Sir, immediately upon the receipt of that order in the country, the United States had retorted by passing a law holding out inducements to British seamen to desert from their ships, and to afford them protection, and even to promise them protection and rewards upon bringing in the ships themselves; do you think, Sir, that Great-Britain would have been altogether free from apprehensions as to the effects of such a retaliatory measure? The British fleet, Sir, is extremely formidable to the government, the floating dungeons and severe discipline not always palatable to the seamen. They have several times been very much out of humor, and it is impossible to foresee the consequences of the inducements the United States have given their power to offer the disaffected. But, Sir, this subject presents another consideration to my mind. In the year 1793, Great-Britain entered into the war against France solely upon the ground of resisting the spirit of disorganization, which it was alleged France was introducing into all nations. It was for the alleged act of separating the people from their government. Now, Sir, how is Great-Britain likely to wind up the war? Why, Sir, she seems now to have become the champion of the very system, against which she originally entered into the war. She now seems to have become the common disturber of the peace of all nations. Surely, Sir, the British nation or parliament never can, upon cool reflection, approve of this profligate act of its ministry. (To be continued.)
(BY AUTHORITY.) LAW OF THE UNITED STATES. AN ACT
Supplementary to the act entitled "An act to amend the charter of George Town."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following shall, and are hereby declared to be the limits of Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, any law or regulation to the contrary notwithstanding, that is to say, beginning in the middle of College street as laid down and designated in Fenwick's map of the said town, at or near to the bank of the river Potomac, thence by a straight line drawn northerly through the middle of said street to the middle of First street, thence by a line through the middle of First street to a point directly opposite to the termination of the eastern line of the lots now enclosed as the property of the College, thence northerly by the eastern line of said inclosure as far as the same extends, thence in the same northerly direction to the middle of Fourth street, thence eastwardly by a line drawn along the middle of Fourth street to a point at the distance of one hundred and twenty feet westward, from the west side of Fayette street; thence northerly by a line drawn parallel to Fayette street at the said distance of one hundred and twenty feet westward, from the west side thereof, until it intersects a boundary line of Beaty and Hawkins addition to Georgetown; thence westwardly by said boundary line as far as it extends; thence by the courses and distances of the several said boundary lines of Beaty and Hawkins addition aforesaid; that is to say: westwardly, northwardly, eastwardly & southwardly, to a point opposite to the middle of Road street, and opposite or nearly opposite to the middle of Eighth street; thence eastwardly by a line drawn thro' the middle of Road street, as it now runs and as far as it extends; thence eastwardly by a line drawn parallel to Back street, and continued in the same direction to the middle of Rock creek; thence by the middle of the same creek and the middle of the Potomac river to a point directly opposite to the middle of College street aforesaid; thence to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the corporation of Georgetown be, and they are hereby authorized and directed to cause a complete and accurate survey to be made of the said town agreeably to the courses and limits prescribed in the preceding section of this act, and to establish and fix, from time to time, permanent boundaries at such places as they may deem necessary and proper for perpetuating the boundaries of the said town, and after the said survey shall have been so made, and approved by the corporation, the same shall be admitted to record in the clerk's office for the county of Washington in the district of Columbia.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That all the rights, powers and privileges heretofore granted to the said corporation, by the General Assembly of Maryland, and by the act to which this is a supplement, and which are, at this time, claimed and exercised by them, shall be, and remain in full force and effect, and may and shall be exercised and enjoyed by them within the bounds and limits set forth and described in the first section of this act.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said corporation shall have power to lay out, open, extend and regulate streets, lanes and alleys, with-
in the limits of the town, as before described, under the following regulations, that is to say: the mayor of the town shall summon twelve freeholders, inhabitants of the town, not directly interested in the premises, who, being first sworn to assess and value what damages would be sustained by any person or persons by reason of the opening or extending any street, lane or alley, (taking all benefits and inconveniences into consideration) shall proceed to assess what damages would be sustained by any person or persons whomsoever, by reason of such opening or extension of the street, and shall also declare to what amount in money each individual benefited thereby shall contribute and pay towards compensating the person or persons injured by reason of such opening and extension; & the names of the person or persons so benefited, and the sums which they shall respectively be obliged to pay, shall be returned under their hands & seals to the clerk of the corporation to be filed and kept in his office; and the person or persons benefited by opening or extending any street, and assessed as aforesaid, shall respectively pay the sum of money so charged and assessed to them, with interest thereon at the rate of six per cent per annum, from the time limited for the payment thereof until paid; and the sums of money assessed and charged in manner aforesaid, to each individual benefited in manner aforesaid, shall be a lien upon and bind all the property so benefited to the full amount thereof: Provided, always That no street, lane or alley, shall be laid out, opened or extended, until the damages assessed to individuals in consequence thereof shall have been paid, or secured to be paid: And provided, also, That nothing in this act contained shall be so construed or understood as to authorize the corporation of Georgetown to locate, lay out, or open any street, lane, alley or other way, thro' any of the squares or lots situated in that part of Thomas Beall's second addition to Georgetown which lies north of Back street, without the consent and permission of the owner or proprietor of such square or lot first had and obtained in writing, with consent and permission shall be acknowledged in the presence of, and such acknowledgement shall be certified by the mayor of the town aforesaid, or some justice of the peace for the county of Washington.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the recorder of the corporation shall be, and he is hereby declared to be a member of the board of aldermen to all intents and purposes whatsoever. J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives, IN: MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, pro-tempore. March 3, 1809. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
THE subscriber, who was brought up in a County Court office, and was upwards of ten years Clerk of the District Court held in Richmond, and during that time had constantly an opportunity of inspecting the records of the General Court, proposes to publish by subscription, a collection of the most useful and approved forms of process, judgments and orders used in the County and District Courts—also, of bonds usually taken in the said courts, and executions on judgments thereof; records on appeals from, and writs of supersedeas to, judgments of the District Courts; of proceedings on the arraignment of criminals in the last mentioned courts, and of the entries used on the trials thereof.—To which will be added, some forms of the most correct Declarations, in special actions, Indictments in Criminal cases and a few of the most unusual and difficult sorts of conveyances, and a complete index to the whole. The volume will contain about 400 pages of octavo.—The price whereof will be twelve dollars, as I expect to contract for printing a small number of copies, which will be bound in boards. The work can be printed in five or six months after it is put to press, and it is now ready for it, but will not be published till subscriptions for 100 copies are obtained, and ten dollars of the price of each paid. Those gentlemen who wish to be considered as subscribers, will be pleased to communicate it, and remit the above amount of their subscriptions to Samuel Shepard, Esq. Audr. of Public accounts in the city of Richmond, who will refund the money in case any circumstance should occur to prevent the publication. I shall endeavor to forward the copies to subscribers as soon as possible—upon receipt thereof the balance of the subscription money is to be paid. J. ROBINSON. March 28 1809. ep3w
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.—RANA-WAY, in Decr. 1805, a NEGRO MAN named JACK, 36 years of age, of the middle size, a good Oiler, and calls himself a Farrier, excels in driving a carriage, fond of strong drink, and when drunk is impertinent and quarrelsome—formerly belonged to Thomas Wilson of the City of Richmond, believed to have been raised by a Mr. Willis of Gloucester county. He has travelled much in Virginia & the Southern states as a body servant. He is very artful and apt to smile (as innocent) when charged with a crime. Probably has lost some of his foreteeth. Any person securing him, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward. HENRY M. CLAY. Halifax, Va. March 28. 34f
IN CHANCERY.—At a quarterly Court, continued and held for King and Queen County, at the Courthouse on Tuesday the 14th of March, 1809. Joseph Temple, senr. Plff. against John W. Semple and Edward Hill. Defts.
The defendant John W. Semple not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that he is not an inhabitant of this state. On the motion of the plaintiff by his Council; It is ordered, that the said defendant John W. Semple do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the Bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order, be forthwith published in some public news-paper, printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of this Courthouse. A copy. Teste, RO: POLLARD, c.c. March 24. oaw8w
TUITION.—The Subscriber, teaching School at the Green Springs in Louisa county, wishes to take a few more pupils. In consequence of the scarcity of money, Col. Morris has reduced the price of board. The terms are, for board, £24 per annum, (Teach boarder finding his own bed.) Washing and Mending £4, and Tuition £10—One half of each charge to be paid at the expiration of six months, and the other at the end of the year. Proper deductions will be made for those who commence after this time. Those gentlemen who intend to commit boys to the care of the subscriber, will please to notify him thereof, by letter directed to him, at Lindsay's Post-Office, Abbeville county. FRANCIS F. MAURY. March 17. now4w
BY VIRTUE of a deed of Trust executed to us by Robert Logan to secure the payment of three bonds due by the said Logan to Daniel and William Guerrant, each for the sum of £131 3s 3d, and bearing interest from the 1st day of November 1804—We shall offer for sale at the Warehouse door in New-Canton, the LOTT No. 1. in the said town, with the improvements thereon, viz. a two story dwelling-house, kitchen, smoke-house, garden, &c. The sale will take place on Saturday the 1st day of next month. STEPHEN GUERRANT, ROBERT MOSELEY, Jr. Trustees. March 10. law3w
NEGROES FOR SALE.—To be sold at Charlottesville in the county of Albemarle, if not previously disposed of at private sale, on Monday the 7th August next, being Albemarle court day, about forty NEGROES in families. The terms of sale will be one half cash, and for the other half bonds with approved security shall be required, payable in 6 months. Mr. Benj. Hackney my agent will conduct the sale. WILSON M. CARY. Williamsburg, March 10. law2m
PROPERTY FOR SALE.—The subscriber, desirous of removing to the western country, offers for sale his HOUSES & LOTS, in Richmond. He deems a particular description unnecessary, and wishes those inclined to purchase, to view the property. The dwelling-house, for elegance and convenience, is certainly not inferior to any in the city; the offices are commodious; the garden and yard will be laid out in a style adapted to the buildings, and the situation combines the advantage of privacy and retirement to that of proximity to the scene of business. A small portion only of the purchase money will be required at the time of the sale, and the residue in such instalments as may be agreed on, or slaves will be received in payment, for a part or the whole of the property. JOHN BROCKENBROUGH. January 27. oaw7f
TO THE FREEHOLDERS AND HOUSE KEEPERS OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, authorised to vote for common councilmen, take notice, that the election will take place on Wednesday the 5th day of April next, the poll will be opened at 10 o'clock at the following places: in Jefferson-ward, at the Court-House, in Madison-ward, at the Eagle Tavern, in Monroe-ward, at Mr. Thomas White's new Brick-House. JOHN F. PRICE, Sergeant of the city of Richmond, ept1st W.A. March 10.
LANDING from the Schooner RICHMOND, Isaac Seaman, Master:— 50 Boxes Raisins, 10 Boxes Soft Shelled Almonds, 5 Casks Green Coffee, 19 Barrels Prime Pork, and 1 Pipe London Particular Madeira Wine. IN STORE. 17 Hogsheads Brown Sugar, 25 do. Molasses, 5 Tierces Green Coffee, 73 Boxes Havannah Segars, 3 Bales Welch Planes, Family Flour in barrels and half barrels, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin and Souchong Tea, 10 Boxes Mould Candles, FOR SALE BY, GEORGE WATT. January 17. tf
JOHN ALCOCK, informs his friends, and the public, that he is carrying on his CABINET MAKING BUSINESS, in all its branches where he makes all kind of Mahogany Furniture in the best manner, and on the newest fashions.—Any gentlemen or ladies wanting any Furniture, will find good work executed, and on low terms, as can be bought in New-York, or any other place. Any orders left at my shop, in the Cross-Street, adjoining Prosser and Moncure's Vendue Store, or at Mr. George Greenhow's where I keep my Ware-Room, will be pointedly attended to, and great care taken to deliver it in good order. N. B. Two Apprentices wanted at the above business, who can come well Recommended. January 17. tf
THE CAROLINE JOCKEY CLUB RACES, will commence at the Union Tavern in Caroline County on Wednesday the 19th of April next. 1st. day.—A sweepstakes for 3 years old colts & fillies, 8 Subscribers, 60 bushels of wheat each, and closed. 2nd. day.—The Jockey Club purse—50 Subscribers, 5S each. 3rd. day.—The proprietor's subscription of 36S with the toll of that, and the preceding days, and 10S entrance. The P. pahanock Jockey Club Rules to govern. PHILIP SAMUEL, Sec'y. March 10. tdr
LAND FOR SALE.—I have for sale 500 acres of LAND, in the county of Cumberland, situate immediately on Appomattox river, adjoining the lands of Mr. Jerman Baker, Mr. G. Skipwith and Mr. Hughes. It is an eligible little Farm, well adapted to the culture of tobacco and grain. Some valuable low-ground, and the advantage of navigation are attached to it. The place is very healthy, and the neighborhood very agreeable. Mr. Baker will, at any time, shew the premises. ARCHIBALD THWETT. Petersburg, March 14. 6t
STORAGE & COMMISSION BUSINESS. The Subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he has taken one of the large and commodious brick Lumber-Houses adjacent to the basin of the canal, where he will receive on storage all kinds of produce, and sell the same on commission. From his general acquaintance in this as well as other towns on the continent, together with the great steadiness and attention which will be by him observed, towards the interest of those making him consignments, he hopes to give general satisfaction. Persons sending produce to his care, will save a considerable expense in drayage, and run no risk from fire, as his Lumber-House is detached from all other buildings and without chimneys. THOMAS GUY. March 21. 2w
HOUSES & LOTS—FOR SALE.—By virtue of the last will and testament of Robert Means, dec'd, will be sold, to the highest bidder, at public auction, on Monday the tenth day of April next, the following LANDS & TENEMENTS, in the city of Richmond—that is to say—
Some wooden HOUSES and a piece of LAND opposite to Crouch's Tavern, on the street leading up by the governor's. Several brick TENEMENTS on the cross-street leading to St. Luke's Warehouse. A HOUSE & LOT upon the Basin. A moiety of another HOUSE upon the Basin, and the third of the LOT belonging to it. The TENEMENT where Wm. Robertson, Esq. now resides. The TENEMENT where the Testator lived, and a naked LOT of LAND adjoining to it. Part of a naked lot of LAND, lying between a dwelling-house of Augustine Davis and the Basin. The sale will commence at the house where the testator lived, and will be adjourned to the other tenements successively, until the whole are sold. Twelve months credit will be allowed to the purchasers to give bond and approved security together with a deed of trust upon the property, to ensure punctual payment of the purchase money. DANIEL GALL, Executor of the late Will and Testament of ROBERT MEANS, Deed. tds March 21.
Merchant's, Lawyer's, Sheriff's and Constable's BLANKS, For Sale at this Office.