Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1807-02-03 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1335.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1807.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
Table with 4 columns: Item, Price, Unit, Remarks. Items include Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, Corn, Hemp, Bacon, Pork, Whiskey.
ON Monday the 16th day of February next, will be SOLD, at the tavern of Haley Cole, in the county of Chesterfield, for Cash,
Five Negroes, to wit:
Two women and three children, conveyed to me in trust by Richardson Harris, to secure the payment of a debt due to William Trabue...
Rich'd B. B. GOODE. 3d Jan. 1807.
FOR SALE.
My tract of Land,
In Powhatan county, containing between nine hundred and a thousand acres, and lying within two miles of the courthouse, and on both sides of Fine creek.
SAM. BASKERVILLE. Powhatan, Jan. 4th, 1807.
MAY be purchased on a long credit, and low terms, the
TENEMENT
On which the Subscriber lives, situated on Church-hill, within about one half mile of the Richmond market—Containing two acres of ground, well enclosed and highly improved.
JOHN ELLIS. Dec. 29th, 1806.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
A. HEWES & CO.
Dissolved the 31st of December, 1806. The business in future will be done by
Job Greene,
Who will discharge the debts due from the concern, and to whom those indebted will make payment.
J. Greene. A. Hewes, Jun.
J. GREENE has removed from the store occupied by A. Hewes & Co. to the store formerly occupied by Henry Toler, jun. & Co. where he will keep for sale, a general assortment of
GROCERIES, &c. &c.
J. GREENE. January 1st, 1807.
Marshal's Sales.
WILL be SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States for the fifth circuit in the Virginia District, between Phineas Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross, and others, defendants—THREE
Valuable Plantations,
In the counties of Pittsylvania and Bedford, upon Staunton and Pigg rivers, stated in the deed of trust in the proceedings mentioned, to contain three thousand acres, more or less, but supposed to be considerably more extensive, comprehending all the lands that on the 5th day of June, 1795, belonged or appertained to the three plantations known by the name of the Mountain plantation, mouth of Pigg River plantation, and the Fryingpan plantation.
ALSO, at the Oxford Iron Works in the county of Campbell, on Tuesday the third day of March next, will be sold under the said decree, upon the same terms, a number of very valuable SLAVES.
BENJ. MOSBY, d. m. for JOS. SCOTT, m. v. d. eptds. Jan. 8.
M'CAY and COWAN,
HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London, a large and fashionable assortment of WATCHES, with a variety of articles of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK—ALSO, an assortment of WATCH MAKERS' TOOLS and MATERIALS—which with their former stock, renders their assortment very general—all of which they offer at the lowest prices, for cash.
Richmond, October 9th, 1806.
Will be sold for CASH,
To the highest bidder, at public auction, in the town of Charlottesville, at the tavern of Triplet T. Estes, on the tenth day of February next,
A tract or parcel of Land,
Lying and being in the county of Albemarle, containing six hundred acres, at present occupied by James Rossen, and adjoins the lands of John Watson, John Gilliam, jr. and &c. conveyed to me in trust by Matthew Henderson, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives and Co.
MARTIN DAWSON, Trustee. Milton, Jan. 13, 1807.
Will be SOLD, FOR CASH,
On the 18th day of February, 1807, at the present residence of William Clarkson, in the county of Albemarle, a certain tract or parcel of
LAND,
Lying in the said county, adjoining the land of Benjamin Robertson, James Herring, Benjamin Dowell, Milly Dowell, and Patience Dowell, and containing by survey forty-six and three-quarter acres, being the land conveyed to the subscriber in trust by John Dowell, to secure the payment of a debt due from him to John Key & Co. and for the payment of which the land will be sold, by
JULIUS CLARKSON, Trustee. Jan. 13, 1807.
ANDREW JAMIESON'S Alexandria Crackers.
NOW landing, a consignment by Mr. Jamieson, direct from the Bakery of "far famed excellent CRACKERS," barrels, half barrels and kegs. Also Superfine
PILOT BREAD.
And for sale (at the bakery price in Alexandria and charges) at the store lately occupied by Messrs. Granberry and Hancock, by
JAMES SMITH, Who has in store low priced Blue, sack list Cloth, and assorted FLANNELS, which he will sell at a bargain. Also INLA PIECE GOODS very cheap. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1806.
TO RENT,
THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr.—Possession may be had by the last of this month Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises.
JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 3d 1806.
DESIGN the ensuing year, with the aid of a qualified teacher, to attempt the Tuition of 15 Females—Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic to be taught. Strict attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their morals be neglected. The price will be £28 each scholar finding her own bed—1.6th of the price to be paid in advance.
Gerard Banks. Goochland, 27th Sept. 1806.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this place, on the 14th inst. JAMES LOWNES, a soldier of the public guard, about 28 years of age, five feet 7 or 8 inches high, fair complexion, with red hair and large whiskers, with blue eyes. It is unknown where he will go, as he is very fond of spirits. Any person taking up said deserter and bringing him to this place, and delivering him to me, or either of the officers of the said guard, shall receive the above reward.
ALEX. QUARRIER, C. P. G
N. B. All masters of vessels are forewarned from carrying him out of this place. A. Q.
Richmond, Nov. 18th, 1806.
FOR SALE,
70 3-4 Acres of Land,
FOUR and a half or five miles from this place—about 25 or 30 acres of which are cleared and well enclosed—There is on the place a small Dwelling House, a log Kitchen, a log house not quite finished, a small Apple Orchard, a young Peach Orchard, and an excellent Garden. For terms apply to Mr. J. West, or to the subscriber living in Cumberland.
JOHN SEAYRES. Cumberland, Jan. 13, 1807.
WHEREAS some time past, I purchased a piece of land in Goochland county, of one William Lovell, for which I gave him two bonds, one for eighteen pounds, payable the 25th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the other bond for 27 pounds, payable the 25th of December, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and as the said Lovell has gone away without making me a right to the said land agreeable to bargain, I do forewarn all person or persons in trading for the above-mentioned bonds, as I do not intend to pay them unless I get a right agreeable to bargain.
WM. SHEPPARD. 9th November, 1806.
MATTRESSES.
Can be had on very short notice, MATTRESSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the large corner white house, opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the Market Bridge—BEDS made & MATTRESSES repaired.—Horses TAILS & MANES purchased.
Jno. S. Pleasants. Jan 1st. 1807.
By virtue of a decree of the county court of Albemarle, pronounced in the case of Micajah Chilley's executors against Menan Mills, will be SOLD, for ready money, on the premises, on the 16th day of February next,
The Houses and Lot
In the town of Charlottesville, formerly the residence of Micajah Chilley—ALSO on the premises on the 17th day of the same month, a certain tract or parcel of LAND, supposed to contain five hundred and sixty seven acres, being the land whereon the said Menan Mills now resides, situated in Albemarle county, about 12 or 13 miles above Charlottesville, on or near the road leading from Charlottesville to Amherst courthouse—The above mentioned property will be sold for the purpose of satisfying the above mentioned decree by the
COMMISSIONERS. The above property was to have been sold in last month as formerly advertised—the sale was then postponed at the request of Mr. Mills, but will certainly take place at the time now mentioned.
Jan. 7th, 1807. tds
Land & Negroes for Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Thomas Randolph, to secure the payment of a debt due Isaac H. Cole, I will sell, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the dwelling house of the said Thomas Randolph, on Monday the 16th day of February next, one hundred and fifty acres of LAND, lying on Appomattox river, in the county of Amelia, being a part of the land on which the said Thomas Randolph now resides, and known by the name of MONVENS. Also NINE NEGROES, viz. Ned, Jesse, Kitty, Alexander, Dandridge, Spencer, Sukey, Richard and Caroline, or so much of the said property as will be sufficient to discharge the debt mentioned in the deed.
J. COLES, Jr. January 23d, 1807. tds
THE FIRM OF J. Joseph & Co.
HAS this day dissolved by mutual consent—all persons indebted to the late firm are requested to make payment to Mr. L. Joseph, who only is authorised to receive the same, and grant receipts.
J. Joseph. Wm. Warner. Richmond, Jan. 12, 1807. st
PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION, DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA, or Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences. IN TWENTY VOLUMES QUARTO. CONDITIONS.
THE work will be printed in large quarto, with new types, cast for the purpose, on a superlative wove paper, each volume will contain from eight hundred to a thousand pages. A half volume, in boards, will be published regularly every two months, PRICE THREE DOLLARS, PAYABLE ON DELIVERY.
Between six and seven hundred plates, engraved in a superior style of elegance, will be comprised in the course of the publication, by far a greater number than is to be found in any other Scientific Dictionary.
** To Subscribers. The four first half-volumes are ready for delivery at the Book-Store of Samuel Pleasants, jun. Richmond. wtf Nov. 6.
JUST RECEIVED & FOR SALE,
In addition to our extensive assortment of BAR-IRON, a quantity of SHEET-IRON, NAIL-RODS, and best polished WAGGON-BOXES.
We have also received several Tons Broad Bar-Iron, Suitable for plantation use.
RUSSELL & WALLACE. Richmond, Jan. 19, 1807. 3m
JUST RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE,
Jefferson's Manual Constitutions of the United States Darwin on Female Education Moore on Female Education Blair's Lectures Steuben's Exercises Epinasse's Nisi Prius Ainsworth's, Young's and Entic's Latin Dictionaries Sallust Delphini, Horace do. Ovid do. Virgil do. Ruddiman's Rudiments Cicero's Oration, with translation Lucian's Dialogues Greek Grammars, Lexicons and Testaments, Jan. 20.
BLANK BONDS
For sale at this Office.
WILL be SOLD, for Cash, on the twenty-fourth day of the present month, at the house of Robert Draffen,
A tract or parcel of Land,
containing by estimation seven hundred and twenty-two acres, be the same more or less, being the tract of land on which the said Draffen now resides, and adjoining the lands of George Divers, Thomas Garth, sen. &c. lying on the waters of Ivory creek in the county of Albemarle—Also, two NEGRO MEN, Sancho and Squire, twelve head of Cattle, five head of Horses, fifty head of Hogs and five Feeder Beds and Furniture, conveyed to me in trust by said Robert Draffen, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. and for other purposes as in said conveyance expressed—Being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey title to said property as trustee.
Fleming Turner, Trustee. Milton, January 1st, 1807.
Owing to the advertisement above, not having appeared in the newspapers three weeks previous to the day of sale, agreeable to the requisitions contained in the deed, the sale of the above property, is postponed (land, negroes, &c.) and will certainly take place on Tuesday, the twenty-fourth day of February next, at the house of said Robert Draffen, on the terms above mentioned.
Fleming Turner, Trustee. Milton, 24th January, 1807. 3w
WILL be SOLD, for Cash, on the twenty-third day of the present month, at the house of John Mullens, jr.
A tract or parcel of Land,
being the tract on which the said Mullens now resides and adjoining the lands of Bazel Brown, James Harrison, &c. supposed to contain two hundred acres, be the same more or less, conveyed to me in trust by said John Mullens, jr. to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. &c. as in said conveyance expressed—Being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey title to said land vested in me as such.
Martin Dawson, Trustee. Milton, January 1st, 1807.
Sale of above mentioned tract of land, by consent of parties, postponed till 25th day of February next—on which day, it will certainly take place at the house of said John Mullens, jr.
Martin Dawson, Trustee. Milton, 23d Jan 1 1807. 3w
Notice.
THIS day, by mutual consent, the copartnership of JOHN & GEORGE ROWLAND is dissolved. All those indebted to said concern are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given—and those having claims are desired to call on John Rowland, who will settle the business of the concern.
JOHN ROWLAND. GEORGE ROWLAND. Richmond, 25th Jan. 1807. 3w
We have lately received, FOR SALE,
Table with 2 columns: Item, Quantity. Items include 12 hhds sugar, 30 bbls. do., 3000 lbs. green coffee, 10 hhds Antigua rum, 5 do Windward Island do., 14 hhds. N. E. rum, 14 bbls. do., 17 hhds. molasses, 8 cases Malaga wine, 20 tiers & bis. whisky, 4 pipes apple brandy, 15 bbls do., 12 crates Liverpool ware assorted, 10 do stone do., 15 boxes cotton & wool cards do., 4 tons castings assorted, viz. pots, ovens, skillets, spiders, and irons, teakettles and waggon boxes, 350 sacks salt, 100 bbls cut herrings, 30 do whale do., 5 do shad, 40 lbs Spanish indigo, 15 bbls nutmegs, 100 pr men's fine shoes, 50 do coarse do., 500 lbs Glauber salts.
We have also on hand,
Table with 2 columns: Item, Quantity. Items include Iron, German, Crawley and Blisted Steel, Race & ground ginger, Pepper, Aspice, FF & F powder, Shot, assorted sizes, French brandy, Rice, Cheese, Wrought and cut nails, assorted sizes, Snuff, Glass ware, viz. 1-2 pt. tumblers and decanters, assorted sizes, Hats, Loaf sugar, Tanners' & Linsed oil, Nova Scotia grind stones, Ground plaster in bbls, Good manufactured tobacco by the keg, for retailing, Tar, Weeding hoes, Nests woodware, Bed cords, leading lines and twine, Necklace, Stone jugs, butter pots, chamber pots, wash basons, bake pans, churns, &c. &c. &c. We daily expect to receive, a quantity of Sherry Wine, Window Glass, Copers and Allum, all of which articles, we will sell at a small advance for cash, approved paper or country produce. Shapard & Lucke. Richmond, May 8, 1806.
To the Public.
THE Subscriber has removed to an house near the upper end of the Town on the Street leading from the Capitol square. He continues to practise law in all the Superior Courts held in the City of Richmond, and also in the District Court of Brunswick. His Clients may rely on his utmost assiduity and attention to the business entrusted to his care. WM. MUNFORD.
Just received and for sale at this Office,
War in Disguise Answer to War in Disguise An enquiry into the present state of the Foreign Relations of the union, &c. &c. The Literary Magazine and American Register, for October, 1806 The History of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French The Revolutionary Plutarch, or Memoirs of the Bonaparte Family Carr's Stranger in Ireland, Stranger in France, and Northern Summer
THE subscribers have on hand now for private sale, which they will sell on low terms, for approved endorsed notes, at 90 and 180 days—
1500 bushels Liverpool stoved Salt, 500 sacks Salt containing 4 bushels, Twilled Sacking, 50 Hhds. Sugar, a part of which of prime quality, 20 Barrels ditto, ditto, 20 Hhds. prime Antigua Rum, 3d proof, 30 Do. Windward Island ditto, 10 Pipes best Cognac Brandy, 4th proof, 15 Chests Imperial, and 50 Young Hyson Tea, Hyson-skin, Souchoong and O'd Hyson Teas,
A few kegs prime Nutmegs, 100 barrels Apple Brandy, the greatest part of which is Isle of Wight, 10 pipes Hollands Gin. Lisbon Wine of superior quality, in hhds pipes and quarter casks, 50 Hhds. prime Molasses, 50 Bags Coffee, 600 Weeding Hoes—and,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF DRY GOODS.
The Public Sales are regularly twice a week, every Monday and Thursday. PROSSER & MONCURE, Auctioneers.
N. B. A LIGHT, NEAT, Charriot & Harness,
ON LONG CREDIT.
Also, to be Hired, a NEGRO MAN, who is a good cook. P. & M. Richmond, Jan. 17, 1807. w4t
Virginia :
At a Court held for Halifax county, the 22d day of December, 1806.
Granville Craddock, plaintiff, against Daniel Wilson, Obadiah Smith and Henry Ligon, defendants.
THE defendant Daniel Wilson, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is Ordered, that the said defendant Daniel Wilson, do appear here on the fourth Monday in March next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that the defendants Obadiah Smith and Henry Ligon do not pay away, secrete or otherwise dispose of any monies, goods or effects which they may have in their hands belonging to the defendant Daniel Wilson, until the further order of this court; that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy, Teste, JOHN BARKSDALE, D. C. H. C.
Virginia :
At a Court held for Halifax county, the 22d day of December, 1806.
George Calhoun, plaintiff, against Daniel Wilson, Obadiah Smith and Henry Ligon, defendants.
THE defendant Daniel Wilson, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is Ordered, that the said defendant Daniel Wilson, do appear here on the fourth Monday in March next, and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that the defendants Obadiah Smith and Henry Ligon, do not pay away, secrete, or otherwise dispose of any monies, goods or effects which they may have in their hands belonging to the defendant Daniel Wilson, until the further order of this court; that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy, Teste, JOHN BARKSDALE, D. C. H. C.
Land for Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust recorded in the county court of Fluvanna, executed by Joshua Bartly, for the purpose of securing a debt due to Abraham Maury, WILL BE SOLD, on the premises, for cash, on the 14th day of March next,
A Tract of Land,
Lying on the Rivanna river, about two miles above the courthouse of the said county, containing by estimation between four and five hundred acres. This is a very valuable tract of land, and as it is most certainly to be sold, any person wishing to purchase, would perhaps do well to look at it and enquire of its local situation and advantages from the present occupant.
THE TRUSTEES. January 20th, 1807. 4w
FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE,
HENING'S
New Virginia Justice,
Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and release, mortgage, trust, &c.

THE next object which attracts our attention, in reviewing the proceedings of the Virginia Assembly, is the proposed address to the President of the United States, requesting him to consent again to be put in nomination as a candidate for that office. That address passed the House of Delegates, (Ayes 102—Nays 62,) but was rejected by the Senate, five members voting in its favor, & fifteen against it. And here, with the same candor we have hitherto displayed, it is proper to declare our complete disapprobation of the measure in question; altho' we doubt not the purity and patriotism of the motives of the gentlemen who voted for it. We are certain that the mean and servile intention of flattery did not influence their conduct upon this occasion, but they sincerely believed that Thomas Jefferson was the only person in whom they could confide to administer the government in the present situation of our national affairs. But this belief of theirs, in our humble opinion, is erroneous.
The great and exalted merit of Mr. Jefferson has always received the just tribute of our admiration and applause. We have always with zeal and sincerity advocated and defended the measures of his administration; because in no instance have we known him to deviate from the principles of true republicanism, or from a course of policy conducive to the good of his country. But we never can consent to depreciate all the other worthies of America, by declaring him the only man whose qualifications entitle him to be placed at the head of the nation. A declaration of this sort is degrading to our country, to the enlightened inhabitants of that land which produced a Jefferson, a Franklin, and a Washington, and we trust will exhibit to the world many other Washingtons, Franklins and Jeffersons. In the flourishing times of ancient Greece and Rome, so long as their republican institutions remained unimpaired, a continual series of great men appeared to conduct their public affairs with glory. In Athens, Aristides and Themistocles succeeded Miltiades, and were themselves followed by Cimon and Pericles. At Rome, when the renowned Marcellus was slain, and Hannibal threatened her gates, the youthful Scipio arose to repel the danger and extend her empire to the height, which it never before had attained. When he retired to private life, another Scipio, as successful as his predecessor, shone in the path which he had pursued. Now, since it is acknowledged that the federal republic of the United States is founded on purer principles than ever prevailed in Rome or Greece; that here no invidious distinctions of Patrician or Plebeian exist among the people, but all alike are authorised to seek, and attain, if they deserve them, the highest offices; why may we not hope that a series of patriots, heroes and statesmen, equal, if not superior, to those who appeared in ancient times, may arise in America? What lamentable cause can induce us to fear that only one statesman capable of administering the government can now be found among us?—If no person worthy of being compared with Jefferson in all his great qualities can be pointed out; if no one resembles him exactly in variety of literary acquirements; in genius and capacity for managing the most difficult and complicated affairs; in profound wisdom and prudence; in moderation happily blended with firmness; in attachment to the rights of man, and a thorough acquaintance with the best means of preserving them; in disinterestedness and love of true glory; yet there are many, who possess a sufficient portion of his spirit, to enable them, with the aid of his example, to tread in his steps, and conduct our public affairs as well as he has done before them. For our part, we believe that the difference in talents between him and Madison or Monroe, or many other enlightened citizens who might be mentioned, is not so great, but that a selection might easily be made from among them, of some individual well qualified to be his successor. Such a citizen may surely be chosen by the people, who, animated with the love of his country, and of republican government, may continue the happy system of administration, which Jefferson introduced and established.
If it be said that this is doubtful, and that a risk will be run in making the choice of another, which would not be encountered in re-electing the man whose virtues and talents have been fully tried, it should be observed that this is a danger which necessarily attends every change of the kind, but ought not to prevent it, when considerations of greater moment require us to make it. Let it be recollected that, in a Republican government, the spirit of emulation should be cherished, for the purpose of producing great men, and keeping alive a race of those excellent characters, on whom the destinies of nations always depend. The land of freedom should not be content with having one great man only, in whom all virtues are concentrated, and to whom the renown of all others should be sacrificed, but should place its own glory in the number of its enlightened and patriotic children. In proportion as the chance of succeeding to the highest offices in the state is diminished, the noble spirit of emulation is checked, and the citizens are discouraged from the laborious task of rendering themselves worthy of filling those offices. The more the practice prevails of keeping one person for many years in the presidency, the less is the prospect of any particular individual's being elevated in his turn to that eminence, which is considered as the highest reward of virtue and talents. The principle of rotation in office is therefore of peculiar importance in this point of view. The risk that a character greatly inferior to the present president might be chosen, ought to be dreaded by none but those, who think that the people are not to be trusted with their own government and are incapable of making a judicious choice of a person to administer it. True it is that heretofore a John Adams succeeded a Washington; but, to make amends for the temporary in-
fatuation which possessed the people, a Thomas Jefferson succeeded John Adams. It is not contended that the people are incapable of error, but, (admitting the defects necessarily incidental to human nature,) that, generally, when they possess the degree of information, patriotism and republicanism at present enjoyed by the citizens of the U.S. they will be in the right. The present time, indeed, when the republican spirit of the people beats high; when the federalists, and other opponents of the administration have sunk in a very feeble minority, is the very time to prepare for the choice of a new president; because we may reasonably expect that the character selected will be a true republican, and will exert whatever talents he may possess for the good of his country. The danger of a change for the worse must sometime or other be encountered; and no time can be so eligible as that when Thomas Jefferson is still alive; when (notwithstanding his retirement from office) his patriotic mind will be watchful over the proceedings of his successor, and, no doubt, will assist him with his advice.
Other powerful considerations might be mentioned in favor of the utility of rotation in office; but it is unnecessary to repeat arguments, which have already been presented to the public so forcibly, and in so many various shapes, by other writers, and by the orators who delivered their sentiments on this subject in the House of Delegates.
That genuine virtue, which induced Mr. Jefferson to recommend measures to diminish his own influence, by reducing the enormous patronage annexed to his office; that pure and perfect devotion to the cause of freedom, by which his whole life has been distinguished; that philosophy and moderation which elevate him far above all the heroes and monarchs in the world, have combined to induce Mr. Jefferson to be desirous of retiring to private life, or, as Judge Carrington very happily expresses it, "to the exalted station of a private citizen." After a long career of glory; after honorably and usefully serving his country and the human race, by vindicating and maintaining their rights, for more than forty years, he wishes, in his old age, to be exempted from the fatigues of public life; to enjoy the blessings of leisure in his philosophical retreat at Monticello, and, at the same time, to set a noble example of moderation to be imitated by his successors. This being the case, he has wisely and judiciously mentioned his desire not to be put in nomination as a candidate at the next election of President; in order that sufficient time may be allowed for the people to look out for a proper person to succeed him. That in making this declaration, he acted with sincerity, and not for the hypocritical purpose of feeling the public pulse, with an intention of secretly directing his friends to set measures on foot to induce the people to urge him to accept the office again, and, thereupon, of yielding to their request, (as some of his enemies have suggested) must be believed by all those who have hitherto had a good opinion of his character. Yet the proposed address from the General Assembly of Virginia, proceeding from the zeal of affection not directed by sound judgment and discretion, would have attempted to counteract the rational inclinations of this old and faithful servant of the public, and subjected his feelings to a truly disagreeable dilemma. If, in obedience to an address from the Legislature of his native state, he had consented again to accept the presidency, the expectations of his enemies would have been gratified, and their triumph complete. With exultation they would have exclaimed; "We knew his intention was not to resign the power he loved, but to make a parade of disinterested virtue which he never possessed: we knew his wily policy was preparing a "plan to be continued in office for life; and that like the crafty Augustus Caesar, he pretended the cares of government were too weighty for him, only that he might rivet the chains of despotism on the people." If, on the contrary, he had refused to comply with the request contained in the address, those who are always ready to abuse every action of his life, would have said his refusal proceeded from pride and an ostentation of republicanism; and that he deviated from his own principles, in not obeying the voice of the people.
The most bitter enemy of Mr. Jefferson could not have contrived a better method of injuring his character, than this address presented, by injudiciously placing him in a situation from which he could not have been withdrawn, without being liable to the most mortifying imputations. In this point of view, therefore, the Senate acted wisely in rejecting the proposed address.
But, it was said, that no other individual so fully commanded the confidence of the people as Mr. Jefferson; and, therefore, that no other was so proper to be president. A republican, who maturely considers the subject, will be of a different opinion. The necessity of confidence in the executive was constantly preached by the federalists in the days of John Adams; but it is not a republican virtue. A certain degree of jealousy is useful to prevent a nation from sinking into a state of supineness and apathy, which prepares them for the loss of their liberties. We firmly believe that the confidence which the people have reposed in Mr. Jefferson was well-placed, and has never been abused: But we will also observe, that if that confidence had not existed to such an extent, more might have been done, for the service of our country and the preservation of its freedom (not by him we acknowledge) during the course of his administration. He has, indeed, done every thing in his power; but, if the people had not implicitly trusted in his virtues, the golden opportunity presented by our having a President, the whole of whose official influence has been exerted in promoting our rights, would not have been passed by with so little improvement: the great work of securing them from the arts of ambition by amendments to the constitution of the U. States would not have been neglected. If our happiness under his administration had not made us careless and thoughtless of future dangers, an amendment would, ere now, have been proposed and adopted, to render the President ineligible, after a certain period of service, and another, to diminish the enormous patronage annexed to that office, by vesting the appointment of the Judges, at least, in both houses of congress. These circumstances
prove that the nation is not benefited by having a President, in whom they place a very great or unlimited confidence. It was stated in the address, that the continuance of Mr. Jefferson in office, would tend to secure the attainment of those amendments: But for the reasons we have mentioned, it very possibly might have an opposition effect. We believe him to be friendly to those amendments, and to all others, conducive to the security of the liberties of America; but it should be remembered that it is not, and ought not to be, in his power to dictate their adoption; and that the contented confidence of the people in his administration would prevent their desiring any alteration in the constitution, and would probably be urged as an argument against any which might be proposed. The people, it would be said, are happy: Why then should any change be made? And, at some future day, when our rights are invaded by some invidious Caesar or Cromwell, we might have cause to lament that the proper amendments were not introduced in time, to guard against his machinations. It is much more probable that this will be done during the presidency of some individual not possessing the entire confidence of the people, against whom, therefore, they might be disposed to provide precautions, than during that of Mr. Jefferson, on whose talents and virtues they justly rely, but are perhaps thereby induced to rely too little on themselves.
As to the idea that Mr. Jefferson is better calculated than any other man, to reconcile and unite all parties; that union, if it could be accomplished, would probably be productive of no good, and is in itself altogether chimerical. The federalists never can be reconciled to the man they have so unmercifully abused; for, although the magnanimity of the person injured may forgive, those who are guilty of the injury never do; and, with respect to the divisions among the republicans, we never can expect men of an honest and independent spirit, who think for themselves, and deliver their opinions freely, to agree in every thing.
In every light, therefore, in which we have been able to contemplate the subject, the proposed address was improper. Very fortunately it was rejected by the Senate, which thereby relieved Mr. Jefferson from the painful task of answering it, and of assigning his reasons for rejecting the request contained in it, which we doubt not he would have had sufficient firmness and patriotism to have done.
The collision of opinions and conflicts of arguments, tend to elicit truth, and promote information among the people: for the factious Peter Pindar very justly observed, that opposition is like a razor, which
"Makes the state's face smooth, gives it an air, "Like my Lord North's, so jolly, round, and fair."
It is with great pleasure we find that the gallant General Eaton has come forward as an indubitable witness, to prove the detestable treason meditated by Aaron Burr, whose artifices and temptations were all unable to corrupt the fidelity of that brave officer. His deposition in our paper of this day will no doubt be uncommonly interesting to our readers. The horrible designs which are there revealed as intended to have been accomplished by Burr, afford a melancholy example of human depravity; but the facility with which they have been defeated, shews that a government having nothing in view but the public good, is in fact, the strongest in the world; that, rich in the grateful love of the people; that, rich in no other support, and has nothing to fear from foreign enemies, or domestic conspirators. The noble confidence of the President in the attachment of the people of the western country to the union was not imprudently or unguardedly placed, but founded in reason and good sense. Conscious of the uprightness of his administration, and knowing the general happiness of his fellow-citizens under it, he very properly supposed that, if any were so weak as to be deluded by the traitor, the great majority would be true to their own interests, and therefore faithful to the constitution. This is an advantage which virtue must always have over vice, and a free government over a despotism. While the latter is ever uneasy and suspicious, and stands in need of multitudes of guards to defend it, the former safely relies on its own merits as its only shield, and is never disappointed.
A gentleman who was present at the exhibition of the Tragedy of DOUGLAS, on Friday evening last, being asked, what he thought of the performance of Master Barret? replied—I go to plays for amusement, and never to censure: upon this occasion I acknowledge, with pleasure, not only that I am well pleased, but never before saw the part of Young Norval performed so much to my satisfaction; it far exceeded my expectations or hopes. Mr. & Mrs. Barret also deserve no less to be applauded for their performance, than for the agreeable surprise which they have given in the rare talents and endowments of their promising son.
Mr. Green, according to custom, though he appeared in the character of a villain, gave great satisfaction.
The following was received from our friendly correspondent in Washington City, by Saturday's mail.
MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States.
By the letters of captain Bissel, who commands at Fort Massac, and of Mr. Murrell, to General Jackson of Tennessee, copies of which are now communicated to congress, it will be seen that Aaron Burr passed Fort Massac on the 31st of December, with about ten boats navigated by about six hands each, without any military appearance: that the boats with ammunition were said to have been arrested by the militia at Loui-ville.
As the guards of militia posted on various points of the Ohio, will be able to prevent any further aids passing through that channel, should any be attempted, we may now estimate with tolerable certainty the means derived from the Ohio and its waters, towards the accomplishment of the purposes of Mr. Burr.
TH: JEFFERSON, January 28, 1807.
Nashville, January 8th, 1807. GEN. ANDREW JACKSON, SIR,
I received your instructions dated the 2d instant, and agreeably thereto I delivered your letter addressed, to General Thomas Johnson, to Colonel Cheatham, and it was forwarded to him immediately. I arrived at Centerville on the 4th instant, heard a report there that Colonel Burr had gone down the river with one thousand armed men; arrived at the mouth of Cumberland river that evening, and made inquiry concerning Colonel Burr, and was informed that he left that place on the 28th of December, 1806, with ten boats of different descriptions, had sixty men on board but no appearance of arms. I left there on the 5th instant, and arrived at Fort Massac that evening, delivered your letter to Captain Bissel, and received his answer; made some enquiries of him, and was informed that Colonel Burr had left that place on the 30th of December, 1806, with ten boats. He likewise informed me that he had been on board the boats and seen no appearance of arms or ammunition. On my return to the mouth of Cumberland river, I was informed that three boats had been stopped at Louisville, with a quantity of ammunition. There are about fifty men stationed at the mouth of Cumberland, under command of Colonel Ramsey.
I remain with the highest esteem, Your's, (Signed) JOHN MURRELL.
Fort Massac, January 5th, 1807 SIR,
THIS day per express, I had the honor to receive your very interesting letter of the 2d instant, and shall pay due respect to its contents. As yet I have not received the President's proclamation alluded to, nor have I received any orders from the department of war, relative to the subject matter of your letter.
There has not to my knowledge been any assemblage of men, or boats, at this or any other place, unauthorized by law or presidency; but should any thing of the kind make its appearance, which carries with it the least mark of suspicion, as having illegal enterprises or projects in view hostile to the peace and good order of government, I shall, with as much ardor and energy as the case will admit, endeavor to bring to justice all such offenders.
For more than two weeks last past, I have made it a point to make myself acquainted with the loading and situation of all boats descending the river. As yet there has nothing the least alarming appeared. On or about the 31st ultimo, col. Burr, late vice president of the United States, passed this with about ten boats of different descriptions, navigated with about six men each, having nothing on board that would even suffer a conjecture more than a man bound to market. He has descended the river towards Orleans. Should any thing, to my knowledge, transpire interesting to government, I will give the most early notice in my power.
I have the honor to be, Respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) DAN. BISSEL. Commanding captain. GEN. ANDREW JACKSON, Nashville, Tennessee.
MARRIED—On Thursday the 29th ult. Mr. DANIEL COUCH, of Little Creek, Coochland, to the amiable and accomplished Miss SALLY RICHARDSON, daughter of the late John Richardson, esq. of Westerville, in Hanover.
CUSTOM-HOUSE....RICHMOND. ENTERED. Sloop Cleanthe, Boyce, Norfolk. Schr. Clotilda, Jervel, New-York. Feronia, Block, ditto. Brig Sukey, Hadder, Norfolk. Sloop Friendship, Spencer, E. Greenwich. Schr. Active, Wallis, Baltimore. CLEARED. Schr. Concord, Sharp, New-York. Sloop Matilda, Pryer, Charleston. Schr. Amicus, Jackson, ditto. Active, Hassam, New-York.
WASHINGTON CITY, January 28.
Our dates by the last Western mail are to the 30th of December, from Natchez, and to the 8th of January from Nashville. From the latter place letters are received, which state that Burr had passed Fort Massac, on the Ohio, with ten boats, on board each of which there were six men. It is said there was no appearance of military stores or apparatus. Gen. Jackson, who had for some time held a body of militia in readiness, had, in consequence of this information, discharged them.
On Friday the following bill was passed in the SENATE, with closed doors, and, as we understand, without division. AN ACT
To suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, for a limited time in certain cases.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That in all cases where any person or persons charged on oath with treason, misprision of treason, or other high crime or misdemeanor endangering the peace, safety or neutrality of the United States, have been, or shall be arrested and imprisoned by virtue of any warrant or authority from the President of the U. S. or from the chief executive magistrate of any state, or territorial government, or from any person acting under the direction or authority of the president of the United States, the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall be, and the same hereby is suspended for and during the term of three months from and after the passage of this act and no longer.
January 23, 1807. Read three times and passed the Senate.
Attest, SAM. A. OTIS, Sec'y.
On Monday it was communicated in confidence to the house of representatives.
When read, it was immediately determined by a great majority to open the doors.
The bill having been read a first time—Mr. Burwell moved to reject it.
On this motion a debate ensued, which occupied the day.
Messrs. Burwell, Elliot, Eppes, R. Nelson, Sloan, J. Randolph, Smilie and Dana supported; and Messrs. Varnum and Bidwell opposed the motion. The former gentlemen all on the ground of hostility to the declared himself in favor of the bill, and Mr. Bidwell in favor of permitting it to go thro'
the usual forms of discussion, instead of deciding upon it on a first reading.
When a vote was taken by yeas and nays on the question—shall the bill be rejected? Which was carried in the affirmative—Yeas 113—Nays 19.
We have been obliged to defer to our next paper much interesting matter, to give room for the important message of the president containing a further development of the conspiracy, and the depositions of Gen. Eaton, Mr. Donaldson, Lieut. Wilson and Ensign Mead, in the circuit court of the District of Columbia, on the motion of the attorney for the district, to commit Messrs. Bollman and Swartwout into the custody of the marshal on a charge of treason. The same circumstance precludes the insertion of a detailed statement of the proceedings of the court in this case, and an highly interesting debate in the house of representatives, on the bill received from the senate, to suspend the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, for a limited time, in certain cases.
The outlines of the proceedings in the court follow: On Monday, Mr. Jones, the attorney of the district, produced the depositions of Wm. Eaton and James L. Donaldson, as given in our paper of this day.
On the arrival of the hour of one, Mr. Caldwell moved for an attachment against Lieut. Col. Wharton and Ensign Mead, for contempt of court, in not making a return to the writ of habeas corpus.
This motion was supported by Messrs. Caldwell, Dorsey and F. S. Key, on the usual legal grounds; and opposed by Mr. Jones on the ground, that there was yet no disobedience to the orders of the court—that three days at least were allowed to make a return, which would be made in due time.
The court, after advisement, delivered the following opinion:
The court is satisfied that although the practice at common law, before the statute of 31st Charles II. was that an alias and pluries should issue before the party to whom a habeas corpus was directed should be attached, yet that the practice since that statute has been to issue an attachment without an alias and pluries in cases not within the statute. That the practice has been founded upon the statute, the judges supposing it furnished a good rule of proceeding in cases out of the statute, and that in adopting the statute as a guide in one respect, viz. in doing away the necessity of an alias and a pluries, they also adopted it as a rule as to the time of the return, viz. in allowing three days to make it, and that therefore an attachment ought not to issue until the expiration of the three days from the service of the writ of habeas corpus.
On Tuesday, the depositions of Lieut. Wilson and Ensign Mead were adduced by the attorney of the district.
About 2 o'clock the opinion of the court was delivered on the motion of the attorney of the district.
Chief Justice Cranch stated that the members of the court differed in opinion. He said that his opinion was, that, so far as regarded Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout, there was no testimony given on oath, that induced him to think there was probable cause that they had levied war against the United States.
Justices Ducket and Fitzhugh concurred in opinion, that there was probable cause to believe that the accused had committed treasonable acts.
On which it was ordered that a bench warrant issue for the arrest of Samuel Swartwout and Erick Bollman, on the charge of treason, which warrant issued accordingly, returnable immediately.
Whereupon the said Erick Bollman and Samuel Swartwout, having been arrested and brought into court, it was upon their motion ordered, that they be heard by their counsel to-morrow at 10 o'clock. A. M. to show cause why they should not be committed for trial on the charge aforesaid; and in the mean time that they stand committed; and that their counsel shall have free access to them.
Return was then made to the writ of Habeas Corpus. The court enquired whether the counsel had any motion to make.
Mr. Key replied that they had none, that they considered any further proceedings under the writ of Habeas Corpus as entirely superceded by the allowance of the motion to arrest.
The following are the depositions made in open court, and alluded to in the foregoing statement.
THE DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM EATON, Esq.
Early last winter, col. Aaron Burr, late vice-president of the United States, signified to me at this place, that, under the authority of the general government, he was organising a secret expedition against the Spanish provinces on our south-western borders; which expedition he was to lead, and in which he was authorised to invite me to take the command of a division. I had never before been made personally acquainted with col. Burr; and, having for many years been employed in foreign service, I knew but little about the estimation this gentleman now held in the opinion of his countrymen and his government: the rank and confidence by which he had so lately been distinguished left me no right to suspect his patriotism. I knew him a nation which from the tenor of the President's message to both Houses of Congress seemed probable, I should have thought it my duty to obey so honorable a call of my country; and, under that impression I did frequent interviews with col. Burr in this city—and, for a considerable time, his object seemed to be to instruct me by maps, netrating to Mexico—the feasibility of pursuing the idea that the measure was authorised by government. At length, sometime in February, he began by degrees to unveil himself—He reproached the government with want of character, want of gratitude, and want of justice. He seemed desirous of irritating resentment in my breast by dilating on certain injuries he felt I had suffered from reflections made on the floor of the House of Representatives concerning my operations in Barbary, and

from the delays of government in adjusting my claims for disbursements on that coast during my consular agency at Tunis; and he said he would point me to an honorable mode of indemnity. I now began to entertain a suspicion that Mr. Burr was projecting an unauthorized military expedition; which, to me, was enveloped in mystery; and, desirous to draw an explanation from him, I suffered him to suppose me resigned to his counsel. He now laid open his project of revolutionizing the western country, separating it from the union, establishing a monarchy there, of which he was to be the sovereign, New-Orleans to be his capital; organising a force on the waters of the Mississippi, and extending conquest to Mexico. I suggested a number of impediments to his scheme—such as the republican habits of the citizens of that country, and their affection towards our present administration of government; the want of funds; the resistance he would meet from the regular army of the U. States on those frontiers; and the opposition of Miranda in case he should succeed to republicanism in the Mexicans.
Mr. Burr found no difficulty in removing these obstacles—he said he had, the preceding season, made a tour thro' that country, and had secured the attachment of the principal citizens of Kentucky, Tennessee and Louisiana to his person and to his measures—declared he had inexhaustible resources to funds; assured me the regular army would act with him, and would be reinforced by 10 or 12,000 men from the above mentioned states and territory and from other parts of the union; said he had powerful agents in the Spanish territory—and, as for Miranda, said Mr. Burr, we must hang Miranda. He now proposed to give me the second command in his army. I asked him who should have the chief command? He said, General Wilkinson . I observed it was singular that he should count on Gen. Wilkinson: the elevated rank and high trust he now held as commander in chief of our army and governor of a province, he would hardly put at hazard for any precarious prospects of aggrandizement. Mr. Burr said gen. Wilkinson balanced in the confidence of government, was doubtful of retaining much longer the consideration he now enjoyed, and was consequently prepared to secure to himself a permanent one. I asked Mr. Burr, if he knew gen. Wilkinson? He answered yes: and echoed the question, I said I knew him well. "What do you know of him?" said Mr. Burr. "I know, I replied, that gen. Wilkinson will act as Lieutenant to no man in existence . "You are in an error," said Mr. Burr. " Wilkinson will act as lieutenant to me ." From the tenor of repeated conversations with Mr. Burr, I was induced to believe the plan of separating the union which he had contemplated had been communicated to and approved of by gen. Wilkinson, (though I now suspect it an artful argument of seduction) and he often expressed a full confidence that the general's influence; the offer of double pay and double rations; the prospect of plunder and the ambition of achievement would draw the army into his measures. Mr. Burr talked of the establishment of an independent government west of the Alleghany as a matter of inherent, constitutional right of the people; a change which would eventually take place, and in the operation of which the present crisis was peculiarly favorable. There was, said he, no energy in the government to be dreaded, and the divisions of political opinions throughout the union was a circumstance of which we should profit. There were very many enterprising men among us who aspired to something beyond the dull pursuits of civil life and who would volunteer in this enterprize, and the vast territory belonging to the United States, which offered to adventurers, and the mines of Mexico would bring strength to his standard from all quarters. I listened to the exposition of col. Burr's views with seeming acquiescence. Every interview convinced me more and more that he had organised a deep laid plot of treason in the west, in the accomplishment of which he felt fully confident. Till, at length, I discovered that his ambition was not bounded by the waters of the Mississippi and Mexico, but that he meditated overthrowing the present government of our country. He said, if he could gain over the marine corps, and secure the naval commanders, Truxton, Preble, Decatur, and others, he would turn Congress neck and heels out of doors; assassinate the President; seize on the treasury and the navy, and declare himself the protector of an energetic government. The honorable trust of corrupting the marine corps, and of sounding commodore Preble and capt. Decatur col. Burr proposed confiding to me. Shocked at this proposition, I dropped the mask, and exclaimed against his views. He talked of the degraded situation of our country, and the necessity of a blow by which its energy and its dignity should be restored—said, if that blow could be struck here at this time, he was confident of the support of the best blood of America. I told col. Burr he deceived himself in presuming that he, or any other man could excite a party in this country who would countenance him in such a plot of desperation, murder and treason. He replied, that he, perhaps, knew better the dispositions of the influential citizens of this country than I did. I told him, one solitary word would destroy him. He asked, what word? I answered, Usurper! He smiled at my hesitation, and quoted some great examples in his favor. I observed to him that I had lately travelled from one extreme of the union to the other; and, tho' I found a diversity of political opinion among the people, they appeared united at the most distant aspect of national danger. That, for the section of the union to which I belonged, I would vouch, should he succeed in the first instance here, he would within six weeks afterward have his throat cut by Yankee militia.
Though wild and extravagant Mr. Burr's last project; and tho' fraught with prome- dicated slaughter, I felt very easy on the subject, because its defeat he had deposited in my own hands. I did not feel so secure concerning that of disjointing the union. But the very interesting and embarrassing situation in which his communication placed me, left me, I confess, at a stand to know how to conduct myself with propriety. He had committed no overt act of aggression
against law. I could draw nothing from him in writing; nor could I learn that he had exposed his plans to any person near me by whom my testimony could be supported. He had mentioned to me no persons who were principally and decidedly engaged with him except Gen. Wilkinson—a Mr. Alston, whom I found was his son-in-law—and a Mr. Ephraim Kibby, late a captain of Rangers in Gen. Wayne's army. Satisfied that Mr. Burr was resolute in pushing his project of rebellion in the west of the Alleghany, and apprehensive that it was too well and too extensively organized to be easily suppressed; though I dreaded the weight of his character when laid in the balance against my solitary assertion, I brought myself to the resolution to endeavor to defeat it by getting him removed from among us, or to expose himself to all consequences by a disclosure of his intentions. Accordingly, I waited on the President of the United States; and after some desultory conversation, in which I aimed to draw his view to the westward, I used the freedom to say to the President I thought Mr. Burr should be sent out of this country—and gave for reason, that I believed him dangerous in it. The President asked where he should be sent? I mentioned London and Cadiz. The President thought the trust too important, and seemed to entertain a doubt of Mr. Burr's integrity. I intimated that no one, perhaps, had stronger grounds to mistrust Mr. Burr's moral integrity than myself; yet, I believed, ambition so much predominated over him that, when placed on an eminence and put on his honor, respect to himself would ensure his fidelity: His talents were unquestionable. I perceived the subject was disagreeable to the President; and to give the shortest course to the point, declared my concern that if Mr. Burr were not in some way disposed of, he would, within eighteen months, have an insurrection, if not a revolution, on the waters of the Mississippi. The President answered, that he had too much confidence in the information, the integrity, and the attachment to the union of the citizens of that country to admit an after-bonum of the kind. I am happy that events prove this confidence well placed. As no interrogatories followed my expression of alarm I thought silence on the subject, at that time and place, became me. But I detailed, about the same time, the whole projects of Mr. Burr to certain members of Congress. They believed Col. Burr capable of any thing; and agreed that the follow ought to be hanged ; but thought his projects too chimeraical and his circumstances too desperate to give the subject the merit of serious consideration. The total security of feeling in those to whom I had rung the tocsin, induced me to suspect my own apprehensions unreasonable, or at least too deeply admitted; and, of course, I grew indifferent about the subject.
Mr. Burr's visits to me became less frequent, and his conversation less familiar. He appeared to have abandoned the idea of a general revolution; but seemed determined on that of the Mississippi; and, although I could perceive symptoms of distrust in him towards me, he manifested great solicitude to engage me with him in the enterprize. We are of his importunity, and at once to convince him of my serious attachments. I leave the following toast to the public:—The United States —Pals to the brain that should plot to dismember, and leprosy to the hand that will not draw to defend our union !
I doubt whether the sentiment was better understood by any one of my acquaintance than Col. Burr. Our intercourse ended here—we met but seldom afterwards. I returned to my farm in Massachusetts, and thought no more of Mr. Burr, nor his empire, till sometime late in September or beginning of October, when a letter from Morris Belknap, of Marietta, to Timothy E. Danielson, fell into my hands at Brimfield, which satisfied me that Mr. Burr had actually commenced his preparatory operations on the Ohio. I now spoke publicly of the fact—transmitted a copy of the letter from Belknap to the department of state, and about the same time forwarded through the hands of the post master general to the President of the United States, a statement in substance, of what is here above detailed concerning the Mississippi conspiracy of the said Col. Aaron Burr—which is said to have been the first formal intelligence received by the executive on the subject of the conspirator being in motion.
I know not whether my country will allow me the merit of correctness of conduct in this affair. The novelty of the duty might, perhaps, have embarrassed stronger minds than mine. The uprightness of my intentions I hope will not be questioned.
The interviews between Col. Burr and myself, from which the foregoing statement has resulted, were chiefly in this city, in the months of February and March, last year.
WILLIAM EATON. Washington city, Jan. 26, 1807. Sworn to in open court this 26th day of January, 1807. WM. BRENT, Clk.
pressed great indignation at the plot and surprise that one so well acquainted with him as Burr should dare to make to him so degrading a proposal, and declared his determination of defeating the enterprize, or perishing in the attempt. He observed in addition that there were many agents of Mr. Burr then in the town, who had already been assiduous in their visits, and to whom he was determined to act with cautious ambiguity, so as at the same time to become possessed of the whole extent of the plan, the persons engaged, and the time of its execution, and also to prevent any attempt on his person, of which he declared he had serious apprehensions. Of the number of these agents he was not aware, but mentioned the name of two of whom he was certain, Messrs. Bollman and Alexander. From time to time, as his deponent had interviews with Gen. Wilkinson, he informed this deponent that he had received additional information respecting the movements and designs of Burr by means of these agents, of whom he considered Bollman as the principal. In the course of these transactions, this deponent was employed by Gen. Wilkinson in the copying of certain papers and documents, and preparing certain dispatches for the general government, which the general intended to forward by the brig Thetis . While thus employed at the general's lodgings, this deponent has remarked upon two different occasions, a person knock for admittance at a door with a window in it opposite the table where this deponent was sitting, who this deponent was informed by Gen. Wilkinson was Dr. Bollman. Upon these occasions the general has suddenly risen from his seat, and accompanied this person in a number of turns up and down a balcony in the front of the house, apparently engaged in deep conversation. Upon the latter of these occasions the general on his return into the chamber said to this deponent, "that is Dr. Bollman, his infatuation is truly extraordinary, he persists in his belief that I am with Burr, and has this moment shown me a letter from the latter, in which, he says that he is to be at Natchez on the 20th December with two thousand men, that 4000 will follow in the course of a few days, and that he could with the same ease, have procured double that number." Gen. Wilkinson then observed that he had obtained all the information he wanted, and that the affair would not be kept much longer a secret from the public.
When this deponent left the city of New Orleans, the inhabitants of that city were in a state of great alarm and apprehended a serious attack from Mr. Burr and his confederates, this deponent understood that mercantile business was much embarrassed and great fears were entertained of considerable commercial failures in consequence of the embargo which had been imposed—that gen. Wilkinson was taking strong measures of defence, and that four hundred persons were then actually engaged in the fortifications of the city.
And further this deponent saith not. JAS. L. DONALDSON. Sworn to in open court. WM. BRENT, Clk. Jan. 26, 1807.
DEPOSITION OF LIEUTENANT W. WILSON. I left New Orleans on my way to this city on the 15th of December last: at that time, and for some time preceding, the strongest apprehensions and belief universally prevailed among the inhabitants of that city, that Aaron Burr and his confederates had prepared an armed force, and were advancing to attack and plunder the city; in consequence of which the greatest alarms prevailed, a general stagnation of business ensued, and the danger was credited there as a matter of public notoriety;—That brigadier general Wilkinson with the army of the U. S. was at New Orleans, occupied in the most active military preparations for the defence of the place; repairing the forts, mounting cannon, collecting ammunition, &c. All under the firm persuasion and belief that such an attack was meditated, and about very speedily to take place, by the said Burr and his confederates; this deponent knows that the general was decidedly of opinion, from the most satisfactory information, that the said Burr and his confederates were advancing with an armed force against the place—and further this deponent saith not.
Signed, WM. WILSON. Sworn to in open court this 27th day of Jan. 1807. WM. BRENT, Clk.
The deposition of Ensign W. C. MEAD is precisely similar to that of Lieut. Wilson, except that the former states that he left New Orleans on the 19th of December.
The following Message, containing a further development of the CONSPIRACY, was communicated to the two houses of Congress on Monday.
TH: JEFFERSON. Jan. 26, 1807.
as the following facts may legally charge them with, on the honor of a soldier, and on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God—do declare and swear, that in the beginning of the month of October last, when in command at Natchitoches, a stranger was introduced to me by Col. Cushing, by the name of Swartwout, who a few minutes after the colonel retired from the room slipped into my hand a letter of formal introduction from Col. Burr, of which the following is a correct copy.
Philadelphia, July 25th, 1806. DEAR SIR, Mr. Swartwout, the brother of col. S. of New York, being on his way down the Mississippi, and presuming that he may pass you at some post on the river, has requested of me a letter of introduction, which I give with pleasure, as he is a most amiable young man, and highly respectable from his character and connections. I pray you to afford him any friendly offices which his situation may require, and beg you to pardon the trouble which this may give you. With entire respect, Your friend and obedient servant. A. BURR.
HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL WILKINSON. Together with a packet which he informed me he was charged by the same person to deliver me in private. This packet contained a letter in cypher from col. Burr, of which the following is substantially as fair an interpretation as I have heretofore been able to make, the original of which I hold in my possession. "I (Aaron Burr) have obtained funds and have actually commenced the enterprize—detachments from different points and under different pretences will rendezvous on the Ohio 1st November—every thing internal and external favors views—Protection of England is secured—T— is going to Jamaica to arrange with the admiral on that station; it will meet on the Mississippi—England—Navy of the United States are ready to join and final orders are given to my friends & followers—it will be an Host of choice spirits—Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only—Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers—Burr will proceed Westward 1st August—never to return—with him go his daughter—the Husband will follow in October with a corps of worthies—send forth—with an intelligent and confidential friend with whom Burr may confer. He shall return immediately with further interesting details—this is essential to concert and harmony of movement. Send a list of all persons known to Wilkinson west of the mountains, who may be useful, with a note delineating their characters. By your Messenger send me 4 or 5 of the commission of your officers which you can borrow under any pretence you please—They shall be returned faithfully—already are orders to the contractor given to forward six months provisions to points Wilkinson may name—this shall not be used until the last moment, and then under proper injunctions—the project is brought to the point so long desired—Burr guarantees the result with his life and honor—with the lives, the honor and fortunes of hundreds, the blood of our country—Burr's plan of operations is to move down rapidly from the falls on the 15th of November with the first 500 or 1000 men in light boats now constructing for that purpose—to be at Natchez between the 5th and 15th of December—there to meet Wilkinson—there to determine whether it will be expedient in the first instance to seize on or pass by Baton Rouge—on receipt of this send Burr an answer—draw on Burr for all expenses, &c. The people of the country to which we are going are preparing to receive us—their agents now with Burr say that if we will protect their religion and will not subject them to a foreign power, that in three weeks all will be settled. The Gods invite to glory and fortune—it remains to be seen whether we deserve the boon. The bearer of this goes express to you—he will hand a formal letter of introduction to you from Burr, he is a man of inviolable honor and perfect discretion—formed to execute rather than to project—capable of relating facts with fidelity and incapable of relating them otherwise. He is thoroughly informed of the plans and intentions of— and will disclose to you as far as you enquire and no further—he has imbibed a reverence for your character and may be embarrassed in your presence—put him at ease and he will satisfy you."—29th July
I instantly resolved to avail myself of the reference made to the bearer, and in the course of some days drew from him (the said Swartwout) the following disclosure—"That he had been dispatched by Col. Burr from Philadelphia, had passed through the states of Ohio and Kentucky, and proceeded from Louisville for St. Louis, where he expected to find me, but discovering at Kaskaskias that I had descended the river, he procured a skiff hired hands, and followed me down the Mississippi to Fort Adams, and from thence set out for Natchitoches, in company with captains Sparks and Hooker, under the pretence of a disposition to take part in the campaign against the Spaniards then depending. That Col. Burr with the support of a powerful association extending from New-York to New Orleans, was levying an armed body of 7000 men from the state of New-York and the western states, and territories, with a view to carry an expedition against the Mexican provinces and that 500 men under Col. Swartwout, and a Col. or Major Tyler were to descend the Alleghany, for whose accommodation light boats had been built and were ready." I enquired what would be their course. He said "This territory would be revolutionized, where the people were ready to join them, and that there would be some seizing he supposed at New-Orleans—that they expected to be ready to embark about the first of February and intended to land at Vera Cruz, and to march from thence to Mexico." I observed that there were several millions of dollars in the bank of this place, to which he replied, "We know it full well," and on my remarking that they certainly did not mean to violate private property, he said "they merely meant to borrow and would return it—that they must equip themselves in New-Orleans, that they expected naval protection from Great Bri-
tain—That the captain—and the officers of our navy were so disgusted with the government that they were ready to join—that similar disgust prevailed throughout the western country, where the people were zealous in favour of the enterprize and that pilot-boat built schooners were contracted for along our southern coast for their service—that he had been accompanied from the falls of the Ohio, to Kaskaskias, and from thence to Fort Adams by a Mr. Ogden, who had proceeded on to New-Orleans with letters from Col. Burr to his friends there."
Swartwout asked me whether I had heard from Doctor Bollman, and on my answer in the negative, he expressed great surprise, and observed—"that the Doctor and a Mr. Alexander had left Philadelphia before him with dispatches for me, and that they were to proceed by sea to New-Orleans where he said they must have arrived."
Though determined to deceive him if possible I could not refrain telling Mr. Swartwout, it was impossible that I could ever dishonor my commission; and I believe I duped him by my admiration of the plan, and by observing, "That although I could not join in the expedition—the engagements which the Spaniards had prepared for me in my front, might prevent my opposing it." Yet I did, the moment I had deciphered the letter put it into the hands of col. Cushing, my adjutant and inpect, making the declaration that I should oppose the lawless enterprize with my utmost force. Mr. Swartwout informed me he was under engagements to meet col. Burr at Nashville the 20th of November, and requested of me to write him, which I declined, and on his leaving Natchitoches about the 18th of Oct I immediately employed lieut. T. A. Smith to convey the information in substance to the President, without the commitment of names, for the extraordinary nature of the project, and the more extraordinary appeal to me, I could but dub its reality notwithstanding the testimony before me, and I did not attach much belief to Mr. Swartwout's report respecting their intentions on this territory and city until I received confirmatory advice from St. Louis. After my return from the Sabine, I crossed the country to Natchez and on my descent of the Mississippi from that place I found Swartwout and Peter V. Ogden at Fort Adams; with the latter I held no communication but was informed by Swartwout that he (Ogden) had returned so far from New Orleans on his route to Tennessee, but had been so much alarmed by certain reports in circulation that he was afraid to proceed. I enquired whether he bore letters with him from New Orleans, and was informed by Swartwout that he did not but that a Mr. Spence had been sent from New Orleans thro' the country to Nashville with letters for Col. Burr.
I reached this city the 25th ultimo and on the next morning Jas. Alexander, esq. visited me—he enquired of me aside whether I had seen Doctor Bollman, and on my answer in the negative, he asked me whether I would suffer him to conduct Bollman to me, which I refused. He appeared desirous to communicate something, but I felt no inclination to inculcate this young man and he left me. A few days after he paid me a second visit and seemed desirous to communicate, which I avoided, until he had risen to take leave, I then raised my finger, and observed "take care, you are playing a dangerous game"—he answered—"it is all success"—I again observed "take care"—and he replied with a strong affirmation—"Burr will be here by the 20th of next month"—In addition to these corroborating circumstances against Alexander, I beg leave to refer to the accompanying documents—A and B—from all which I feel no hesitation in declaring under the solemn obligation of an oath that I do believe the said Swartwout, Alexander and Ogden, have been parties to and have been concerned in the insurrection formed or forming in the states and territories on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, against the laws and constitution of the United States.
Signed, JAMES WILKINSON. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of December, in the year of our Lord 1806 Signed, GEORGE POLLOCK, Justice of the peace for the county of Orleans. Jan. 30.
No business of national importance has been transacted in the House of Representatives for the last two days.
Agreeably to order of court, Messrs. Bollman and Swartwout were again brought up, on Wednesday morning. In consequence of the indisposition of Judge Fitzhugh, the court waved hearing counsel on the motion to commit, until the next day. Yesterday counsel were heard on that motion. Mr. Key opened on behalf of Messrs. Bollman and Swartwout. Mr. Jones replied. He was followed by Mr. Lee, on the part of the accused, who closed his argument about 10 o'clock in the evening, when the court adjourned. The Attorney General (Mr. Rodney) will close the argument this day.
Some advertisements and articles of intelligence unavoidably omitted this day.
Lesueur & Saunders Are now receiving and will constantly keep a large supply of Bar-Iron & Castings, Of superior quality. Feb. 2d 1807.
Land for Sale. By virtue of a decree of the county court of Charlotte, bearing date the second day of December, 1806 will be SOLD, at Public Auction, on the 25th day of February next, 320 Acres of Land, Lying on the waters of Cub Creek in said county and formerly belonged to William Roper, dec'd—About one half of said land is cleared and in good order for cropping. There is a good dwelling-house and other necessary houses on said land. A credit of one year will be given the purchaser for one half the purchase money, and the balance in two years. A good title will be made to the purchaser, on giving bond with approved security, by John Holcombe, Jr. Trustee. January 30th, 1807.

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS.
HUGGINS against WRIGHTS.
(CONCLUDED.)
Judge ROANE.—The distinguishing characteristics of the different species of the human race are so visibly marked, that those species may be readily discriminated from each other by mere inspection only. This, at least, is emphatically true in relation to the negroes, to the Indians of N. America, and the European white people. When, however, these races become intermingled, it is difficult, if not impossible, to say from inspection only, which race predominates in the offspring, and certainly impossible to determine whether the descent from a given race has been through the paternal or maternal line. In the case of a Propositus of unmixed blood, therefore, I do not see but that the fact may be as well ascertained by the jury or the judge, upon view , as by the testimony of the witnesses, who themselves have no other means of information:—but where an intermixture has taken place in relation to the person in question, this criterion is not infallible; and testimony must be resorted to for the purpose of showing through what line a descent from a given stock has been deduced; and also to ascertain, perhaps, whether the coloring of the complexion has been derived from a negro or an Indian ancestor.
In the case of a person visibly appearing to be a negro, the presumption is, in this country, that he is a slave, and it is incumbent on him to make out his right to freedom: but in the case of a person visibly appearing to be a white man, or an Indian, the presumption is that he is free, and it is necessary for his adversary to show that he is a slave.
In the present case it is not and cannot be denied that the appellees have entirely the appearance of white people: and how does the appellant attempt to deprive them of the blessing of liberty to which all such persons are entitled? He brings no testimony to show that any ancestor in the female line was a negro slave or even an Indian rightfully held in slavery. Length of time shall not bar the right to freedom of those who, prima facie , are free, and whose poverty and oppression, (to say nothing of the rigorous principles of former times on this subject,) has prevented an attempt to assert their rights. But in the case before us, there has been no acquiescence. It is proved that John , (a brother of Hannah ,) brought a suit to recover his freedom; and that Hannah herself made an almost contumelious claim as to her right of freedom, inasmuch that she was threatened to be whipped by her master for mentioning the subject. It is also proved by Francis Temple (perhaps the brother of Robert ) that the people in the neighborhood said "that if she would try for her freedom she would get it." This general reputation and opinion of the neighborhood is certainly entitled to some credit: it goes to repel the idea that the given female ancestor of Hannah was a lawful slave, it goes to confirm the other strong testimony as to Hannah's appearance as an Indian. It is not to be believed but that some of the neighbors would have sworn to that concerning which they all agreed in opinion; and if so, Hannah might, on their testimony, have perhaps obtained her freedom, had those times been as just and liberal on the subject of slavery as the present.
No testimony can be more complete and conclusive than that which exists in this case to show that Hannah had every appearance of an Indian.
That appearance , on the principle with which I commenced, will suffice for the claim of her posteriority , unless it is opposed by counter-evidence showing that some female ancestor of hers was a negro slave, or that she or some female ancestor, was lawfully an Indian slave. As to the first, there is no kind of testimony going to establish it. Robert Temple is not only entirely silent as to the color and appearance of the mother of Nan the mother of Hannah , but also as to that of Nan herself. The testimony of this witness, (to say nothing of his probable interest in the question,) is not satisfactory. His memory seems only to serve him so far as the interest of the appellant required. If Hannah's grandmother (the mother of Nan ) were a negro , it is impossible that Hannah should have had that entire appearance of an Indian which is proved by the witnesses.—If they tell the truth, therefore, Hannah's grandmother was not a negro slave. This is more especially the case, if the father of Hannah were other than an Indian; and it is not proved nor can be presumed, that, in this country, at that time, her father was an Indian: in that case, Hannah would have had so little Indian blood in her veins, as not to justify the character of her appearance given by the witnesses. The mother and grandmother of Hannah must therefore be taken to have been Indians: but this will not suffice for the appellant unless they (or one of them) be shown to have been Indian slaves.
This court in the case of Coleman vs. Dick and Pat , was of opinion that, since the year 1705, no American Indian could be reduced to a state of slavery: and if the act of 1705 had been previously enacted in 1691, as it would seem by the information of the manuscript act given by the judge who preceded me, the epoch on this subject would be carried back to that year; which would completely over-reach the date of the birth of old Nan and exclude every possibility of doubt on the subject. But, even under the act of 1705, the calculations and inductions of the appellees' counsel have entirely satisfied me that Nan could not have been brought into this country prior thereto. The chancellor was and we are now in the place of a jury: we have more power than the court had in the case of Coleman vs. Dick and Pat , who were acting upon a special verdict: and I will not only presume that Nan , (if brought into this country, which, however, is not shown to have been the case,) was an American Indian, but was brought in posterior to the year 1705.
But this is taking a stronger ground than is necessary to sustain the claim of the appellees: the appellant to prevail in this cause must show, on his part, that Nan or
some other female ancestor was brought into this country at a time, and under circumstances, which created a lawful right, under the then existing laws, to hold her and her posterity in slavery.
As to the variance in this instance between the case made by the evidence, and that stated in the bill, there is nothing in it. The liberality admitted in suits for freedom by this court will certainly justify the appellees in meeting the appellant on the ground he has taken, which they contend, and will establish by the judgment of this court, will suffice to justify their claim to freedom.
I am therefore of opinion that the appellees, on these grounds, are entitled to their freedom, and that the decree ought to be affirmed.
Judges FLEMING, CARRINGTON and LYONS President, concurring, the latter delivered the decree of the court as follows:
"This court, not approving of the chancellor's principles and reasoning in his decree made in this cause, except so far as the same relates to white persons and native American Indians, but entirely disapproving thereof, so far as the same relates to native Africans and their descendants, who have been and are now held as slaves by the citizens of this state, and discovering no other error in the said decree, affirms the same."
Documents accompanying the bill repealing the acts laying duties on salt, and continuing in force for a future time the first section of the act entitled "An act further to protect the commerce and seamen of the United States against the Barbary Powers."
COMMITTEE ROOM, December 12, 1806.
SIR, The Committee of Ways and Means, to whom has been referred that part of the message of the President of the United States of the 2d instant, which suggests the expediency of abolishing the duties on salt, and of continuing, for a limited time, those duties, the proceeds of which constitute the Mediterranean fund, have instructed me to request that you will furnish them with such information, in possession of the Treasury department, as you may deem connected with the subject.
I am, sir, with very high respect, your's, JOHN RANDOLPH. The Secretary of the Treasury.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, December 18, 1806.
SIR, I had the honor to receive your letter of the 12th instant, requesting such information as I might deem connected with the proposition for abolishing the duty on salt and for continuing, for a limited time, the duties which constitute the Mediterranean fund.
An examination of the report made on the 5th inst. in obedience to the provisions of the act supplementary to the act to establish the Treasury department, will show, that no other expenses whatever shall be incurred, but such as are already actually authorized by law, neither the salt tax nor the Mediterranean fund are any longer wanted. The propriety of continuing the last mentioned fund for a limited time, must be decided by considerations connected with the political situation of the United States. For it is only to provide for the speedy payment of any contemplated acquisition of territory, without creating a new debt, or in case of war, that the fund can be wanted. Under existing circumstances, I should think it consistent with prudence to continue it for one year longer.
As to the duty on salt, the only additional information which appears connected with the subject, is what relates to the allowance heretofore made to vessels employed in the cod fishery. For this perhaps exceeds the duties paid on the importation of the salt employed in curing the fish.
THE ALLOWANCE HAS AMOUNTED,
Table with 2 columns: Year, Amount. For the year, 1803, to 1804, 117,174. For the year, 1804, to 1805, 145,987. For the year, 1805, to 1806, 152,923.
The quantity of dried American fish exported, during the year ending on the 30th September, 1803, to 461,870
For the year ending on the 30th September, 1804, to 567,825
And for the year ending the 30th September, 1805, to 514,549
But the quantity of fish of that description, consumed within the United States, is not known.
The bounty paid on the exportation of pickled fish, pork, and beef, is said to be no more than the duty on the salt used in curing the same. Should there be any point on which further elucidations are wanted and the committee will be pleased to designate what they are, their directions will be immediately attended to.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN.
Hon. John Randolph, Chairman of the committee of Ways and Means.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Jan. 3, 1807.
SIR, I have the honor to enclose a statement of the quantity of salt imported into the several ports of the U. States, and exported therefrom to foreign countries, during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1805.
I have the honor to be very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN.
Hon. John Randolph, Chairman of the committee of Ways and Means.
Statement, showing the quantity of salt imported into the several ports of the U. S. and exported therefrom, during the year ending on the 30th September, 1805.
Table with 3 columns: Ports, Imports, Exports. Portsmouth, bushels 66,686. Vermont, 5,958. Newbury Port, 123,805.
Table with 3 columns: Towns, Amounts, Notes. Gloucester, 21,306. Salem, 53,884. Marblehead, 49,219. Boston, 641,753. Plymouth, 23,748. Barnstable, 14,729. Nantucket, 24,640. New Bedford, 55,925. Dighton, 14,041. York, 7,706. Biddeford, 3,445. Kennebunk, 14,354. Portland, 243,897. Bath, 14,495. Wiscasset, 13,430. Waldoborough, 11,028. Penobscot, 10,022. Frenchman's Bay, 1,200. Pasamaquoddy, 637. Newport, 40,493. Bristol, 6,850. Providence, 74,439. New London, 92,405. Middletown, 39,229. New Haven, 48,099. Fairfield, 22,002. Champaigne, 2,186. Hudson, 23,378. Sag Harbour, 5,200. New York, 742,075. Perth Amboy, 989. Philadelphia, 153,073. Presque Isle, 20. Baltimore, 169,292. George town, (Columbia) 3,378. Alexandria, 47,615. Norfolk, 296,040. Petersburg, 27,653. Richmond, 9,329. Tappahannock, 7,184. Folly Landing, 257. Wilmington, (N. C.) 88,919. Newbern, 13,125. Washington, 22,115. Edenton, 24,937. Camden, 1,401. Beaufort, (N. C.) 706. Georgetown, (S. C.) 17,753. Charleston, 127,280. Savannah, 72,871. St. Mary's, 366. Miami, 34. Detroit, 13. Michillimackinac, 127. New Orleans, 42,915. Mobile, 7. Total, 3,652,276 15,544.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, REGISTER'S OFFICE, JOSEPH NOURSE, Register. January 2d, 1807.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT
For the relief of George Little.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers liquidate and adjust with George Little the account of damages, interest and charges, in the case of the brig Flying Fish, captured by him while commander of the frigate Boston, in the service of the United States, during the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and afterwards libelled in the district court of the United States, for the district of Massachusetts; in which case judgment was ultimately rendered by the circuit court, in pursuance of a decision of the supreme court of the United States; and that so much as may be necessary for satisfying the same, be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. January 17, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States for the year one thousand eight hundred and seven.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expense of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated, that is to say:
For the pay of the army of the United States, three hundred and two thousand nine hundred and fifty-two dollars:
For forage, four thousand six hundred and eight dollars:
For the subsistence of the army and corps of engineers, two hundred and thirty-five thousand five hundred and fifty-two dollars and fifty cents:
For clothing, eighty-five thousand dollars:
For bounties and premiums, fifteen thousand dollars:
For the medical and hospital departments, fifteen thousand dollars:
For camp equipage, fuel, tools and transportation, ninety thousand dollars:
For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, two hundred and eighteen thousand five hundred and forty-two dollars and five cents:
For purchasing maps, plans, books and instruments, one thousand five hundred dollars:
For contingencies, eighteen thousand dollars:
For the payment of such balances as have been ascertained and which may be ascertained during the years one thousand eight hundred and six and one thousand eight hundred and seven, from actual settlements by the accountant of the war department, and which cannot be discharged out of any existing appropriation, eight thousand dollars:
For the Indian department, one hundred thousand and six hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before
made, shall be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. GEO: CLINTON, Vice-President of the United States, and President of the Senate. January 10, 1807. APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Andrew Hetheron, TAYLOR,
FROM EDINBURGH, RESPECTFULLY informs the Gentlemen of Richmond and Manchester, that he has opened his SHOP in the street leading to the Governor's—in the house opposite Mr. Crouch's Tavern—and hopes from the experience which he has had in the most fashionable towns in Great Britain, that his ability in the business, is such as will give satisfaction to those who may favor him with their employment. Richmond, Jan. 12, 1807. 6tw||
RAN away from the subscriber, about Christmas, a negro man named JOHN: he is about six feet high, rather likely and extremely polite when spoken to. For two years past he lived with Mr. Anderson Barrett, and is generally known in Richmond, where he has a wife—he is about 35 years of age, and is a carpenter by trade. I will give five dollars for his delivery to me in New-Kent county, or secured in jail and I apprised of it. Armistead Russell. January 20, 1807. tf
Negroes for Sale.
ON Monday, the 16th day of February, 1807, will be SOLD, at the Vendue-Office of Messrs. Prosser & Moncure, Eleven Valuable Negroes, belonging to the estate of Otway Byrd, deceased, consisting of three young and likely Men, one of whom is an excellent Cook; a middle aged but likely Man, who is a good oster and driver of a Carriage; four fine boys, two of whom are accustomed to waiting on genteel company; two women, and a child.—Twelve months credit will be allowed, bond with good security being given, bearing interest from the date; but, on punctual payment of the principal, the interest will be remitted. ANNA BYRD, Admr'x. With the will annexed of Otway Byrd, dec'd. Richmond, Jan. 28th, 1807. tds
CONFORMABLE to a deed of trust, executed by John P. Shields and Jane C. his wife, to the subscriber, for the purpose of guaranteeing the payment of a debt due Samuel Ellison, of two thousand dollars, payable in two equal instalments, one moiety, due the 25th of December, 1806, the other the 25th of June, 1807—Will be Sold, on the premises, for Cash, without reserve, to the highest bidder, (between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, on Wednesday, the 25th of February next,) so much of the following
PROPERTY,
as will cover the first payment of the above debt, with all attendant charges, viz: one Lot of Ground, on Shockoe-hill, in the city of Richmond, numbered in Du-Val's plan, per Wm. G. Payne's survey, 101, and one fourth part of an adjoining lot, known in said plan as No. 102—both lots considerably improved. Arch'd. Pleasants, Jr. Trustee. Jan. 30, 1807. 3w
Valuable property for sale.
PURSUANT to a decree of the Wor-shipful Court of Hastings for the City of Richmond—the subscribers will expose to sale, on the twenty-eight day of February next, on the premises, for CASH, the
HOUSE & LOT,
In said city, formerly the residence of Jas. Rind, dec. and for some time occupied by Jedediah Allen. On this lot, which is well enclosed, there is a very good Dwelling-House, which has recently undergone a thorough repair, a new Stable, other convenient Offices, and a very good Garden, all which render it a desirable habitation for a family. Previous to the sale, Mr. Allen who lives on the premises, will show them to any person desirous to become the purchaser. Edmund Randolph, John Adams, Philip N. Nicholas, John Foster, Commissioners. Richmond, Jan. 15, 1807. tds
Attention!!
A MEETING of the Members composing the Washington and Jefferson Artillery Company, is requested at the house of Mr. Hugh Davis, opposite Byrd's Warehouse, on Wednesday, the fourth of next month, at 6 o'clock in the evening, to make arrangements for the 22d of February.
By order of the Captain. N. B. Those who have friends that wish to become members of the company, are requested to attend for the purpose of nominating them. Jan. 30, 1807. 2||
Notice.
ALL persons having any just claims against the estate of Smith Blakey, dec. of Henrico county, and against the estate of Thomas Blakey, dec. of Hanover county, and those who are indebted to the said estates are requested to make payment, as no further indulgence will be given. GEO. BLAKEY, Adm'r. of Smith Blakey & Thos. Blakey. 14th Jan. 1807. w4t
"DISCOVERIES OF LEWIS AND HIS PYR-ry IN LOUISIANA." A fresh supply of the above interesting work is just received and for sale at this office. October 25.
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VOLUME SECOND
REVISED CODE;
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1807;
Being the third after Bissextille or Leap Year. Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond.
Calculated by BENJAMIN DATES, Of Hanover county, Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county Courts throughout the state, list of roads, &c. &c. &c. a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. * Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers.
THE LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S POCKET ALMANAC, FOR 1807, IS JUST RECEIVED & FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE.
The Ladies' Book Contains, An Almanac, ruled pages for memorandums, observations and engagements, also for monies received, paid or lent, for every day in the year, select pieces in prose and poetry, new & celebrated songs, a marketing table and several useful tables.
The Gentlemen's Book Contains, An Almanac, ruled pages for memorandums, and cash accounts. Government of the United States, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, Commissioners of Loans and Agents for Invalid Pensions, Federal courts of Law, Departments of the Federal Government, Land Officers, Patents, Ministers, Consuls, &c. &c. and from foreign nations, Military establishment, Table of the pay and subsistence of officers, of the Navy, List of officers of the Navy, Marine corps, Navy agents, Navy yard at Washington, List of the whole naval force of the United States, Duties payable by law, extract from non-importation act, list of officers of the Customs, Light Houses, several useful tables.
December 24.
NOTICE.
BY virtue of a deed of trust, a parcel of choice NEGROES consisting of ten Men, that have been accustomed to live in the upper country, and as likely as any in the commonwealth, will be offered for Sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a debt due Carter Page, esq. by the Messieurs Deane's, at Cumberland courthouse, on Monday the 26th of January next, (being court day;) a credit of twelve months will be allowed, the purchasers giving bond and approved security. It is agreed by the parties that the subscriber shall act for the trustee. SAMUEL TAYLOR, Jr. Nov. 17, 1806. wtds
POSTPONEMENT.
In conformity to the wishes of all the parties concerned, the sale of the above mentioned NEGROES is postponed until the Fourth Monday in March next. SAMUEL TAYLOR, Jr. Agent for the Trustee. January 16, 1807. wtds
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Church's Cough Drops Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary, New-York, and for sale at this office.