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No. XXX.]
THURSDAY, MAY 22.....1806.
[Vol. I.
Lateft Foreign News.
NEW-YORK, May 3.
German Papers. —The papers by the ship Silenus , from Amsterdam, have been returned by the translator—though they are as late as the 22d of March, they contain but little News. The following articles, however, are deemed worthy of insertion.
AUSBURG, March 3.
The head quarters of the grand French Army left this city to day. Marshall Ney is expected here the day after to-morrow.
MUNCHEN, March 3.
Yesterday Marshals Ney and Davoust arrived in this city.
The French have taken possession of Wilzburg, in the name of the king of Bavaria.
FRANKFORT, March 8.
On the third instant the grand French Army arrived in this city from Augsburg, and the next day the city was taken possession of for the king of Bavaria. The head quarters of this Army was lately at Ulm.
All the French troops in Bavaria, and those that were stationed at the Leck, are all drawing through Swabia back towards the Rhine. The corps of gen. Marmont is marching towards Iftrian Dalmatia, where France is collecting a considerable body of troops, on account of its contiguity to Corfu, where there are a number of Russian troops.
The French are now busily employed in transporting the spoils taken from the Austrians, thro' Swabia to Strafsburg.
NAPLES, Feb. 24.
Since the occupancy of this city by the French, all correspondence with Sicily as well as Calabria has been prohibited. The post, however, goes regularly.
NEWS FROM ENGLAND.
From London Papers to the 15th March received by late arrivals.
There is reason to believe that the British government has issued orders, for a careful examination of the crews of British men of war, and for the immediate release of all Americans found among them.
In the British house of commons on the 14th March, Mr. Fox observed, "Every man knew that representations had been made by America, and that these representations at present occupied the attention of his majesty's government."
In the house of commons on the 14th of March, Mr. Lascelles moved for certain papers respecting the trade of India, and complained that neutrals participated too largely in it, although he was not for excluding them entirely. Foreigners, he said, enjoyed a share of that trade, beyond what was possessed by the India Company. Since 1801, there had been 114 American vessels at Calcutta alone. Mr. Francis seconded the motion. He said by treaty, the Americans had been permitted to carry to the United States, but they had now become the carriers to Europe from India.
It is stated that the Emperor of the French has been striving to induce the Prussians and Danes to exclude British vessels from their ports.
The Prussian account of the battle of Austerlitz has been published. It contradicts the French relation of that engagement. It states, that the whole loss of the Russians during the war did not exceed 17,000 men—that so far were they from having any colours taken, that they actually retained all their own and took one pair of French; that all their misfortunes at Austerlitz were owing to a scarcity of provisions and forage; that the allied forces were inferior in number to those of the French, and that the Russians commenced their retreat at the particular desire of the Emperor of Germany.
The French have not diminished the number of their troops in Germany. They have merely changed their positions. New divisions of the German territory are making, so that all may feel their dependence on France.
The Russians keep their armies formed and in perfect readiness for operations.
The official account of the capture of the Cape of Good Hope had reached England. It was said Mr. Tierney
was to be appointed Governor. In the capture the Dutch had 700 men killed and wounded; the British 247. A body of Dutch troops still remained in the interior.
LIVERPOOL, March 5.
The funds experienced a depreciation of one per cent. on Saturday. The only cause assigned for the fall was a discovery made by the present ministry that several deficiencies in the public accounts had been concealed, and that the government arrears were found to be much more considerable than had been generally supposed. The deficit will of course call for a material increase of the next loan.
Speech
OF THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON ON OPENING THE FRENCH LEGISLATIVE BODY.
"Gentlemen the Deputies from the Departments to the Legislative Body. Gentlemen, the Tribunes, and the Members of my Council of State.... Since your last session, the greatest part of Europe has entered into a coalition with England. My armies have never ceased to conquer, except when I ordered them to combat no longer. I have avenged the rights of the feeble states, oppressed by the strong. My allies have increased in power and consequence. My enemies have been humbled & confounded; the house of Naples has irrecoverably lost its crown the whole of the peninsula of Italy forms a part of the great empire, I, as supreme head, have guaranteed the sovereign, and the constitutions that govern the different departments.
"Russia only owns the return of the wreck of her army to the advantages of the capitulation which I granted it. Able to have overturned the imperial throne of Austria, I have re-established it. The conduct of the cabinet of Vienna will be such as will prevent posterity from reproaching me for any want of foresight. I have yielded an entire confidence to the protestations which have been made to me by its sovereign. Besides, the high destinies of my crown do not depend upon the sentiments and dispositions of foreign courts. My people will always support my throne against all the efforts of hatred and jealousy; no sacrifice will be painful to them to secure that first interest of the country.
"Bred in camps, and in camps that have been always triumphant I ought to acknowledge, that in the late events my soldiers have exceeded my expectations. It is pleasant also for me to declare, that my people have also fulfilled the extent of their duties. In the heart of Moravia, I never created, for an instant, to experience the effects of their love and enthusiasm. Never have they given me any marks of their attachment, which have penetrated my heart with sweeter emotions.
"Frenchmen! I have not been deceived in my hopes. Your love, more than the extent and the riches of your territory, constitute my glory. Magistrates, clergy, citizens all have shown themselves worthy of the high destinies of that admirable France, which, for too ages past, has been the object of the leagues, and the jealousies of its neighbours.
"My Minister of the interior will inform you of the events which have taken place in the course of the year. My Council of State will lay before you plans of laws, to ameliorate the different branches of the administration. My Ministers of Finance, and of the Public Treasury, will lay before you the accounts which they have presented unto me. You will perceive by them the prosperous state of our finances. Since my return, I have been incessantly occupied in giving to the administration, that spring and activity, which gave life to the extremities of this empire.
"My people will have no new burdens to bear, but new plans will be proposed to you respecting the system of the finances, the basis of which was established last year. I intend to diminish the immediate impositions which bear upon the territory alone, and to replace a part of these charges by indirect duties.
"Through the elements we have lost some ships, after an engagement imprudently undertaken. I cannot praise too much the greatness of soul, and the attachment which the king of Spain has shown in these circumstances for the common cause. I will for peace
with England. On my part it shall never be retarded for a moment. I shall always be ready to conclude it, in keeping for its basis, the stipulations of the Treaty of Amiens.
"Gentlemen Deputies to the Legislative Body, the attachment you have shown to me, the manner in which you have seconded me in your late sittings, leave me no doubt of your assistance. Nothing shall be proposed to you, but that which is necessary to guarantee the glory and safety of my people."
NEW-YORK, May 5.
The ship Hardware , captain Matlack, arrived at this port on Saturday evening in 38 days from Liverpool, bringing London papers to the 18th of March; from which we have made some extracts.
Captain Matlack informs us, that a peace was soon expected to take place between Great Britain and France, a French flag of truce having arrived at Dover, supposed to be the bearer of Bonaparte's propositions. The British merchants were alarmed at the proceedings of our congress, Mr. Wright's bill having excited a considerable degree of agitation in London. The Earl of Selkirk was appointed ambassador extraordinary to the United States; and it was expected he would sail immediately in the ship Science , bound to this port. The markets at Liverpool were getting better.
Bonaparte has announced his readiness to make peace with Great Britain, on the basis of the treaty of Amiens. This declaration had not made a very deep impression in England. It occasioned a trifling rise of stocks: But Mr. Fox did not seem eager to embrace the offer—Mr. Fox, the minister, appears quite an altered man from the Mr. Fox, when in the minority.
Domestic Summary.
From New York, April 30. TO THE PUBLIC.
In this critical posture of our national affairs, insulted and oppressed as we are by the detested tyrants of the ocean, I have considered it my duty to this community to inform them that the common council have made an application to the president for a naval force. The following memorial was unanimously adopted and transmitted to the seat of government by this morning's mail.
TUNIS WORTMAN,
Clerk of the city & county } of New-York. April 28, 1806.
To the President of the United States.
The memorial of the mayor, aldermen and commonality of the city of New-York.
Respectfully sheweth—
That your memorialists repose full confidence in the wisdom and patriotism of the present administration of the United States. They are sensible that the general government is disposed to afford a sufficient and adequate protection to every portion of the nation.
A melancholy event has taken place. This day consigns to the grave the remains of John Pierce, a fellow-citizen inhumanly and wantonly murdered by the British. Our port is blockaded—our vessels intercepted—our seamen impressed—our commerce interrupted, and our jurisdictional rights most grossly violated. A British squadron is now before our harbor, evincing a disposition to renew its outrages and to perpetrate additional enormities.
We therefore, respectfully request that a naval force may be immediately stationed at this port, and that three or more American frigates may, without delay, be sent for our protection.
DEWITT CLINTON,
By order of the common council.
T. WORTMAN, City Clerk.
FROM A NEW-YORK PAPER.
By THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the U. States of America. A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS satisfactory information has been received, that Henry Whitby, commanding a British armed vessel, called the Leander , did on the twenty-fifth day of the month of A-
pril last past, within the waters and jurisdiction of the United States, and near to the entrance of the harbor of New York, by a cannon shot fired from the said vessel Leander , commit a murder on the body of John Pierce, a citizen of the United States, then pursuing his lawful vocations within the same waters and jurisdiction of the United States, and near to their shores, & that the said Henry Whitby cannot at this time be brought to justice by the ordinary process of law.
And whereas it does further appear that both before and after the said day sundry trespasses, wrongs and unlawful interruptions and vexations on trading vessels, coming to the United States, and within their waters and vicinity, were committed by the said armed vessel, the Leander , her officers and people; by one other armed vessel, called the Cambrian commanded by John Nairne, her officers and people, & by one other armed vessel, called the Driver , commanded by Slingsby Simpson her officers and people, which vessels being all of the same nation, were aiding and assisting each other in the trespasses, interruptions and vexations aforesaid.
Now, therefore, to the end that the said Henry Whitby may be brought to justice, and due punishment inflicted for the said murder, I do hereby especially enjoin and require all officers having authority civil or military, and all other persons within the limits or jurisdiction of the United States, where soever the said Henry Whitby may be found now or hereafter, to apprehend and secure the said Henry Whitby, and him safely and diligently to deliver to the civil authority of the place, to be proceeded against according to law.
And I do hereby further require, that said armed vessel, the Leander , with her other officers and people, and the said armed vessels the Cambrian and Driver , their officers and people immediately, and without any delay, depart from the harbors and waters of the United States. And I do forever interdict the entrance of all the harbors and waters of the United States to the said armed vessels, and to all other vessels which shall be commanded by the said Henry Whitby, John Nairne, and Slingsby Simpson, or either of them.
And if the said vessels, or any of them, shall fail to depart as aforesaid, or shall re-enter the harbors or waters aforesaid, I do, in that case, forbid all intercourse with the said armed vessels, the Leander , the Cambrian and the Driver , or with any one of them, and the officers and crews thereof, and do prohibit all supplies and aid from being furnished them or any of them. And I do declare and make known, that if any person, from, or within the jurisdictional limits of the United States shall afford any aid to either of the said armed vessels, contrary to the prohibition contained in this proclamation either in repairing such vessel, or in furnishing her, her officers or crew, with supplies of any kind, or in any manner whatsoever, or if any pilot shall assist in navigating any of the said armed vessels, unless it be for the purpose of carrying them in the first instance, beyond the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, such person or persons shall, on conviction, suffer all the pains and penalties by the laws provided for such offences: And I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, with vigilance & promptitude to exert their respective authorities, and to be aiding and assisting to the carrying this proclamation and every part thereof into full effect.
In testimony whereof, I have caused the seal of the United States to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Given at the City of Washington May 3, 1806, &c.
(Signed) TH: JEFFERSON. BY THE PRESIDENT. (Signed) J. MADISON, Secretary of State.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Pinckneyville dated April 3, 1806, to his friend in this city.
"The port of New Orleans has this season been crowded with shipping. Cotton has kept up, and is brisk, while the produce of the western country, say flour, pork, &c. has been a
mere drug, & will at this moment not sell at any price.
"This country has been long on the tiptoe of expectation, believing the government of the United States fraught with resources, would assume a dignified deportment, and not suffer any longer the violations on our commerce and our rights in other places to go unpunished. Perhaps, as I have myself been a great sufferer, I feel the violation too sensibly, and with what I ought not.
"A few months since. I was compelled by the governor of West Florida, to abandon an establishment I had in that territory, which I do assure you has in a very sensible manner injured me.
"An officer at Fort Adams, yesterday received a letter from another at Natchitoches, stating, that captain Johnson, with sixty-five men, had gone towards the Sabine river, to meet a party of four hundred Spanish cavalry, who were coming to take possession of and re-occupy a post near the Natchitoches, from which they have been recently driven by an officer and party of American troops, on the principle of its being within the American limits. It is confidently believed a fight will ensue, and be assured that no one wishes it more than I do."
American & Com. D. Adv.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 7.
The President of the United States yesterday left the city for Monticello.
It is with great pleasure we are enabled to state, that advices received from Mr. Monroe, of as late a date as March 11, are of a more favorable complexion relative to the amicable adjustment of our differences with Great Britain, than any previously received.
We understand that the Spanish agents at Mobile have agreed that that city shall be a place of deposit for goods brought in vessels of citizens of the United States arriving there; and that goods having been so deposited may be carried either up the river or outward.
We further learn that in consequence of the disturbed state of the frontier, a large portion of our army, amounting to about one thousand men, have been directed to station themselves at Fort Adams.
Several gentlemen from New-York, with whom we have conversed, inform us, that on the day after the murder of our countryman John Pierce, the citizens became so enraged, that the British consul, at the instigation of the mayor, had left the city, until the indignation of an insulted community had in some measure subsided, & that the English packet had been hauled into the stream, to prevent her being destroyed by the populace. We further learn, that the funeral of our unfortunate countryman, was the most numerous, solemn and impressive ever witnessed in this country. Between 30 and 40,000 citizens, not with their "inky cloaks" alone, but hearts of deep sorrow, followed this victim of British insolence to the place of interment.—Such an expression of the public sentiment, will, asail, like thunder, the astonished ears of the insolent Britons.
Peterb. Repub.
The information collected from all the London papers, respecting our relations with England, is satisfactory: the prints of every party and description deprecate a misunderstanding between England and this country, and this is unquestionably the real and interested sense of the nation. The United States are equally and as interested averse to the continuation of such a state of things as has for a long time existed: The prevent was in the power of the English administration, and we are happy to find that this has in all probability been employed.
We are informed by the Court Gazette that the negotiation between our minister, Mr. Livingston, the minister of foreign affairs, & the Admiralty were progressing in the most satisfactory manner, and consonant with the wishes of our minister—the probability is, indeed, that before this time the conferences will have terminated in an honorable adjustment of differences.
This information is pleasing on several accounts:

It shews that the policy of Pitt, "the greatest statesman of the age!" is not pursued by his successor. It proves that the British ministry are sensible of and acknowledge the importance of our friendship.
It induces us to hope and believe that the recent murder and robberies at New York, were committed according to old instructions, and are not the authorised acts of the present British ministry.
It induces us to hope, that, instead of being promoted for these atrocities, as they would have been had Pitt lived, the captains will be punished. It is satisfactory, as these negotiations were conducted by Mr. Monroe, and as it induces us to hope that they will be honourably concluded without the aid of Mr. Pinckney, a federalist; and therefore,
It is satisfactory, as it will prevent the well earned reputation of Mr. Monroe from being assailed by the malevolence of federalism.
And above all it is satisfactory, as it promises that safety to the lives and property of our citizens, which was never before enjoyed.—Aurora.
OUTRAGE UPON OUTRAGE.
The LIEUTENANT of the LEANDER is now in this City.—Captain John Shepherd, of the Schooner Concord, from Norfolk, who, about six days ago, was boarded by the Lieutenant of the Leander, and cruelly treated, knows him well. Capt. Shepherd states that he yesterday morning saw on the battery, and elsewhere in the city, the LIEUTENANT of the LEANDER, disguised, in company with nine or ten FEDERALISTS! If his statement be publicly denied it shall be substantiated. Yes, fellow citizens, when the FEDERALISTS are hypocritically passing resolutions deploring the death of PIERCE—when by electioneering artifice they are endeavoring to turn the MURDER to the advantage of the BRITISH PARTY—when we were solemnly and religiously devoting the day to the awful funeral of our MURDERED COUNTRYMAN, behold the FEDERALISTS walking arm in arm with his MURDERER! Walking arm in arm and gay! Behold them DISGUISING the MURDERER to SCREEN him from the indignation of our citizens, and the offended laws of our country!!
American Citizen. Lord SALKIRK has been appointed minister plenipotentiary to the United States, in the place of Mr. MARRY.
MIRANDA.—We learn by the way of Havana, that Miranda has made good his landing on the Spanish Main, (where we know not) and has been joined by 25 hundred colonies. Bofton Paper.
The Celebrated Thorough bred Horse,
MERLIN.
Is covering mares the present season at New Glasgow, at the very low price of Twelve DOLLARS the season, dischargeable with Ten if paid by the first day of August next.—From his uncommon elegance of form, the purity of his blood, and efficiency of his size, he stands as well recommended as any horse—his colts are undoubtedly inferior to none.—Gentlemen who live near this have of his colts, which will not fail of doing him great credit.—A view of Merlin, his pedigree, and performances, cannot fail of giving entire satisfaction. The advanced state of the season is the cause of my not advertising him fully.
William L. Slaughter. Amherst, May 15,—1806.
ADVERTISEMENT.
The public are hereby informed that
B. ESSEX,
From Frederickburg, just arrived at this town, has taken a tenement in the house at present occupied by Mr. THOMAS WIATT, where he has commenced, and purposed carrying on the
TAILOR'S BUSINESS. He makes Gentlemen's clothes in the best mode, with neatness and dispatch, and is acquainted with the latest mode of dress.—He also makes Great Coats, Pelisses, Spencers, &c. in different fashions, and in the neatest manner. From his knowledge of, and attention to the above business, he hopes to be encouraged herein by the citizens of this Town and its vicinity.
Lynchburg, May 6, 1806.
LYNCHBURG.
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1806.
Delegates elected to the next General Assembly.
 Maj. Stephenson, } Berkeley.  P. C. Pendleton, }  Jacob Kenney, } Augusta.  John Wyatt, }  Philip Aylett, } King William.  William Gregory, }  Fredr. Hamilton, } Washington.  Andrew M'Henry, }  William Madison, } Madison.  Robert Hill, }  John Roberts, } Culpepper.  George Strother, }  John Love, } Fauquier.  Thomas Hunton, }  Thomas Wood, } Essex.  Taliaferro Hunter, }  Thos. Glutton Jr. } Brunswick.  James Harrison, }  John Runnels, } Kenhawa.  Edmund Morris, }  Lilah Mims, } Greenbrier.  James Anderson, }  Doctor Bennett, } Mason.  John Henderson, }  Col. Andrew Lewis, } Montgomery.  M'Henry, } 
"PHILANTHROPOS" shall have a place in our next.—Concise tracts of similar tendency, (or any other) having for their object, the promotion and diffusion of useful, and ornamental knowledge, shall always meet with respectful notice.
"THE EXPIRING DEMI-ROGUE TO HIS SON" will be attended to in due time.
"Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever sect or persuasion, religious or political."
Mind that, may it please your Worship. The rigid observance of this divine maxim through life, will excite neither grief, anguish, nor disquietude, in the breasts of any of you, in your last struggle.
The Lynchburg Gallery.
OR The April Festival of Fatuity.
With appropriate embellishments, will appear whenever circumstances shall make it necessary. This Gallery is a kind of Golgotha—a dozen skulls, classed, and arranged, according to their presumed contents (for 'tis absolutely supposed that they all hold something) with specimens of oratory, motions, resolves, bon mots, squibs, crackers, interludes, &c. &c. &c. all superlatively delectable. The heads are so sketched as to be readily recognised, by all such as have ever seen the originals. There never has been exhibited a more heterogeneous, or extraordinary assortment. One prize in particular would provoke the laughter of an Anchorite. This forces upon our recollection the stanza of the old ballad:
His face was the oddest that ever was seen, Forsooth it was washed, it never looked clean; And he shewed his teeth, when he happened to grin; And his mouth stood across 'twixt his nose and his chin.
Campbell Quarterly Term was held last week. The Court sat 5 days, and yet got through but little more business than what was allotted for the first. The election of Militia officers, a very heavy task, and a vast profusion of supernumerary professional chit, were however, the principal causes of this short reckoning.—Magistrates, to their credit be it told, have relieved to do justice to their own feelings, their character, and to the people. As the business is within the compass of ordinary regular term attendance, the docket we expect will be swept the ensuing August. It will undergo a kind of general jail delivery. This will be perfectly proper—we have laid to all along. Thus will the county be relieved from reproach.
FROM our papers received by last mail it appears that the utmost sensibility is excited throughout the United States, on account of the murder of the unfortunate PIERCE, an American seaman, at New York, by the execrable Whitby, commander of a British ship of war, noticed in our last. Had an act of similar atrocity been committed on a Chinese, and within the jurisdiction of China, where blood for blood is the law of the land, Whitby would have been instantly hanged. A specimen of Chinese spirit, and with that self same British, in an instance where the procedure originated in pure accident shall be given in our next.
The murder committed by Whitby may be the result of the dregs of Pitt's execrable administration, and if to his nation is chargeable—but if unauthorised, Whitby should swing. Of the present administration of Britain it cannot possibly be the act, as agreeably to the latest accounts, many of our seamen have been liberated from British vessels, and considerable progress is now made in the amicable adjustment of existing differences.
Nicholson's resolution, Whitby's atrocity, the President's energetic proclamation, the spirit of New-York, and the execration not only of all America, but of the whole civilised world will probably bring to her senses, and to a sense of justice, Great Britain, unless she be already possessed of that fatal fatuity, which constantly precedes perdition.
Julius Cæsar wrote with the same spirit and energy with which he fought.—His words and his blows were alike forcible and fortunate. They carried conviction—but in both he is surpassed infinitely by Bonaparte. In the annals of the world Bonaparte has no parallel. In the character of man he exhibits a phasis unknown before: but Bonaparte is an usurper!—After chalking the powers of the continent of Europe for fraud, rally, defection, treachery, plots, leagues and villainy in every shape, he quietly plants himself on the opposite coast, within about 20 miles of the British shore. What comfortable reflections must not proximity to such a man excite in the rotten aristocracy of a tottering, corrupt and despotical government!—Fox's must be a gigantic effort to save Britain from ruin. He has to encounter intellectual power, where analogy cannot aid him—for there is none.—A French cartel lately arrived at Dover, bearing a French agent with overtures. In England there are about fifteen thousand French sailors who, in the event of an exchange, could be more beneficially employed at home.—Time alone can tell the tendency and sincerity of this proceeding of Bonaparte. An official Paris paper concludes some remarks on pacification, with the following words—"France will never make peace with England until she has wrested from her the dominion of the seas."
Lord SALKIRK is appointed Ambassador Extraordinary, from the court of London, to the United States. This is the first visible good effect of the indignation manifested, & of the measures taken by America against the piratical predatory ravages, of British cruisers, &c. on the commerce and seamen of our country during the last three years.—America has and forever will have in her own hands the ample means of retribution & of enforcing justice with Britain—So all intercourse with the parent country, and colonies—neither lend to, nor receive, a cent's worth of manufactures or produce from either, even for the short space of six months, and the government of Britain must fall, and her colonies be destroyed by famine.
The Celtic Academy at Paris, at one of its late meetings, submitted to the test an ingenious contrivance of one of its members which communicates the faculty of corresponding and conversing with persons of whose language you are entirely ignorant, without any preliminary study, without expense, embarrassment, or the least mental exertion. It was tried by 25 Academicians on the European languages, and this trial demonstrated, that by means of this discovery a person may travel wherever he pleases without an interpreter, that he may ask for every thing he wants, converse on every kind of subject interesting to a traveller, and even excels metaphysical ideas. This process is intended to be made public.
Monthly Magazine, for Nov.
The Republican ticket for Members of Congress for the city of New York, has prevailed by a majority of 68.
The late arrivals from England, have furnished us with a mass of foreign intelligence—some of considerable importance. The most pleasing, however, to an American is that which informs us that our differences with Great Britain are likely to be adjusted, and our relations with that country established on a firm and permanent basis. Mr. Monroe and Mr. Fox had held several conferences, and orders had been given by the admiralty to release all American seamen detained on board British ships. In consequence of these orders, 25 Americans had been discharged from La Ville de Milan frigate, captain Sir Robert Laurie, lately employed on the Halifax station.
ADDRESS TO FRUGALITY.
BY THE CELEBRATED ROB BURNS. O Frugality! thou mother of ten thousand blessings!—thou cook of fat beef and dainty greens!—thou manufacturer of warm Sherland hose, and comfortable furtous!—thou old house wife, darned thy decayed stockings with thy ancient spectacles on thy aged nose!—lead me, hand me in thy clutching pallid fist, up those heights, and through those thickets, hitherto inaccessible, and impervious, to my weary feet!—Not those Parnassian crags, bleak and barren, where the hungry worshippers of Fame are, breathless, clambering, hanging between heaven and earth; but those glittering cliffs of Potosi, where the glittering cliffs of the all-sufficient, all powerful deity, wealth, holds his immediate court of joys and pleasures; where the sunny exposure of plenty, and the hot walls of profusion, produce those blissful fruits of luxury, exotic in this world and natives of paradise!—Thou withered sybil, my sage conductress, usher me into thy refugent, adored presence!—The power, splendid and potent as he now is, was once the puling nurdling of thy faithful care and tender arms!—Call me thy son, thy cousin, thy kinsman, or favorite, and adjure the god by the scenes of his infant years, no longer to repulse me as a stranger or an alien, but to favor me with his peculiar countenance and protection!—He daily bestows his greatest kindnesses on the undeserving, and the worthless; assure
him that I bring ample documents of meritorious demerits!—Pledge yourself for me, that for the glorious cause of Lucre, I will do any thing, be any thing—but the horse-leach of private oppression, or the vulture of public robbery.
In the Petersburg intelligence of the 29th ultimo (from which the narrative is now copied) "Eugenius" is thus handsomely introduced....Not one word more can be added, or better said, in recommendation of the intrinsic merits of the performance.
Mr. Jefferson.
We present to our readers, a publication under the signature of "EUGENIUS." It first appeared in the National Intelligencer, and has been re-published in other papers. The merit of the production induces us to aid its circulation. In a concise, luminous, and candid manner, events and facts are stated which refute and forever silence the numerous calumnies on the conduct of Mr. Jefferson, at the time Virginia was invaded by the British army. We are authorised to declare to the world, that the writer of this piece is no flatterer or apologist of Mr. Jefferson—that he was a living witness to the scenes recorded by him—that many distinguished characters of both parties, under the former administration, if occasion required, would testify to the same facts. The writer appears to have postponed this publication until the time should arrive when the tumultuary feelings of the nation were calmed—in the public mind was prepared to hear the truth, and also when no motives of party interest or influence could be ascribed to him. We cannot withhold our approbation of the season he has selected. It appears to be a well-alcertained fact, that Mr. Jefferson will not again offer for the Presidential chair, for this patriotic reason, "that in a republic the chief magistracy should not be too long confided to the same man;" the experience of five years of his administration, enables every man to form a proper estimate of his political principles and character. The narrative of "EUGENIUS" will arrest the attention of the faithful historian.
From the National Intelligencer.
SO much has been said and published concerning Mr. Jefferson; his enemies have been so bitter, and his friends have been so ardent, that between the extremes 'tis difficult to ascertain the real data upon which opinions should be founded. The writer of this article is not about to take a middle course, following the maxim, "in medio tutissime ibis;" but because truth & reason have given the invitation.
Some writers have endeavoured to persuade their readers, that Mr. Jefferson deserves or will deserve the apotheosis, while others insist that he is a candidate for a conspicuous niche in the temple of infamy. Each of these classes of writers obtain numberless advocates, who comment upon the texts of their leaders with equal fervor and intemperance. Neither will admit, that the subject of their eulogy or invective, as the case may be, ought to be brought to the standard of human attributes. Upon this subject, not only the most angry and vindictive passions upon one side, and the most enthusiastic encomiums upon the other have been long exerted, but each has been aided by the seductive charms of eloquence, and the tremendous thunder of invective and recrimination.
It is high time to close these hyperbolic scenes—to weigh the character of Mr. Jefferson in the scales of impartiality, and to treat it with such deference and respect as is due to the chief magistrate of a great democracy, free, and enlightened people. To this end, let us view him in the execution of that office, and remember that he was, in the first instance, called to it by a constitutional and free election. And in the second, by a voice but little short of unanimity. Is it not, then, high time to close the scenes of these degrading contests, and to reject not only the style of those who regard him as a demigod, but also to discountenance the impassioned malevolent of others who ascribe to him all the worst attributes of man.
With an honest intention to accomplish such purposes, the writer has taken up his pen. He entreats that all those who will either read or listen, will discard the paroxisms of their own heated imaginations, and give way to the calm dictates of reason and truth. They are welcome to examine and to probe, but not to lacerate and disject.
Mr. Jefferson, as we all know, has so conducted himself during the administration of the first term of his Presidency as to increase the popular sentiment in his favour, so far as to silence the voice of opposition. Many enemies have been neutralized, others have been converted, and his friends have received satisfactory confirmations in their first opinions. The character of Mr. Jefferson, therefore, becomes more and more dear to the people of America. He cannot now be considered as the chief of a dominant faction, but as the legitimate representative of public rights and opinions. Our own character as a people, and the individual character of every American, participates in
that of our chief magistrate, because he is the man of our choice and has been fairly elected. Let us then admit of reasonable excuses for juvenile aberrations, if there were such. Let us take a grand, liberal, and comprehensive view. Let us sum up the items of merit as well as of demerit, and strike an impartial balance. If this shall be done, who will be hardy enough to point his finger and say to Mr. Jefferson, you have been weighed and are found wanting!
Do the enemies and defamers of Mr. Jefferson, who ascribe to him a whole life of vice and immorality, believe themselves? Do they recollect, when they emblazon the name of their chief magistrate in the pages of criminal accusation, and endeavour to sacrifice it on the altar of infamy, that at the same time they surrender the character of their own country, and that they involve themselves and all that belongs to them in the particular imputation? Will the enlightened men of Europe go to your court-houses, or coffee-houses, or caucuses, or will they read all the paragraphs of opposing partisans, to determine upon the weight of character which belongs to an elective chief magistrate? Far from it. They will look to the general character of the people. They will enquire by whom and under what circumstances the election has been made. If they find it has been free, and that the people are independent, patriotic and virtuous, they will conclude that the general conduct of the chief magistrate is not less so.
But if these enquiries are not made, and the opinions of distant nations shall be formed from hostile publications, it will be then natural to believe that the Americans are a base, ignorant, and degenerate race. They will believe, that the Americans delight in vices and crimes, and the more conspicuous any man is in the calendar of iniquity, the more acceptable he will be as a public servant. Ye calumniators and retailers of scandal! you are exhorted to pay regard to this admonition.
These observations open to the philosopher, patriot, and philanthropist, a wide and extended scope. They afford a vast and comprehensive view of the character of man. They invite us to open generous and general accounts of debit and credit with every individual; and when we find much for appraise, for justification, or for imitation, we ought not to disturb ourselves with measuring every trifling angle, which a particular individual, in the course of a long and active life, may have made.
But it is time to discontinue these general remarks, and to proceed to something which is more applicable to the case before us; something which will be more apt to occupy a place in the readers memory. For this purpose I shall particularly draw the readers attention to that part of Mr. Jefferson's conduct when he was governor of Virginia; because, upon that an illustration of his public character will greatly depend, and concerning which his constituents are, or ought to be most anxious to know the truth.
The writer of this was an eye-witness to some of those things which have been brought before the public, and now proposes to give a few details as they appeared to him. These details may be considered as replies to all which others have said, or as the evidences of facts, upon which, as far as they go, opinions may be formed.
Mr. Jefferson, was the governor of Virginia in the years of 1780, and 1781. In the winter of these years, and about Christmas, gen. Arnold made a short, unexpected, and predatory expedition to Richmond. The surprise, alarm, and consternation was great beyond description. The retreat was almost as precipitate, and Mr. Jefferson, no doubt with others, felt the force of the unexpected movement. Yet it has been well established, by the testimony of many witnesses, and is confirmed by facts of public notoriety, that he afforded great and timely aid in the most important public concerns. Be this as it may, the circumstances which attended this revolutionary event; the vindictive, sanguinary, and predatory character of the invader; the havoc and desolation which his followers spread around, could not fail to excite sentiments of caution in the minds of all to whom these things were known. The retreat of Arnold restored temporary tranquility to the capital, and this depredator next took up his quarters at Portsmouth.
While Arnold was at Portsmouth, Mr. Jefferson, with Baron Steuben, organized a plan of military and naval operations, to be assisted by the commercial hypothesis in James River, which were well calculated to make captives of Arnold and his forces; but the arrival of a superior British force, not only disappointed this well meant enterprise, but gave reason to fear that Virginia was about to become the theatre of war. The plan was abandoned, and after some time the vessels were either captured or destroyed, and marauding parties of a powerful foe made excursions and committed depredations in different directions.
One of these parties, headed by Arnold, appeared at Manchester, opposite to Richmond. The warehouses and other buildings were burnt. During the conflagration the writer of this saw Mr. Jefferson frequently, in different conspicuous situations on the hills of Richmond. About the same time the vessels already alluded to, were destroyed a few miles below Richmond, so that nothing prevented a detachment of the British from crossing and taking upon Richmond in the rear, and as little to prevent the crossing of another party at Westham, about six miles above Richmond, from either of which Mr. Jefferson might have been exposed to capture.
Although these things were evident to the weakest understandings, it did not appear that Mr. Jefferson felt any uncommon solicitude for his own safety. So far from it he engaged in minute attention to many things which appeared to be

necessary, and either gave orders or performed particular acts with apparent equanimity. He acted not like a man who feared for his personal safety, but like one whose anxiety for the public interest induced him to employ himself in minutiae. Every eye witness will admit that no man could manifest a more ardent desire to serve the public interest.
Perhaps it was Mr. Jefferson's greatest fault that he did not think himself competent to discharge those military duties which his situation required, and therefore he did not call his faculties into action. The part which he played showed that he was not restrained by the fear of danger. His conduct in all other things shows that he did not want talents. He had a great occasion to distinguish himself in the field, and abandoned it to others, and this is all.
This rapid sketch is thought necessary to give to the reader a competent knowledge of those events, as well as to lay before him the deportment of Mr. Jefferson while he seemed to direct the operations of the militia.
These events happened in April or May 1781. The legislature were convened to meet at Charlottesville. There they were surprised by the cavalry of Tarleton and compelled to disperse, they next met at Staunton, and some time in the month of June at Staunton. Mr. Jefferson, while engaged in treating with some Indian chiefs became the subject of denunciation, and gen. Nelson, to whom Mr. Jefferson had confided the command of the militia was elected governor without opposition. Such was the popularity of the new governor, that the appointment appeared to give new life and vigor to the drooping spirits of the people.
The chief complaint alleged against Mr. Jefferson was, that he did not act with sufficient energy. The truth was this. Mr. Jefferson regulated all his conduct according to the constitutional powers of his office. He did not consider himself authorized to execute any important measure without the advice of council. Such he deemed his duty. Such was certainly his oath. This will be evident to any reader who will examine the different articles of that instrument.
A governor of Virginia, with a full knowledge of his duty and powers, and a friend to the chartered rights of his country, would not be willing to transcend his powers, unless upon occasions of indispensable necessity. So far as respected military operations, this necessity did not exist, because the militia had been ordered out, and the command had been entrusted to gen. Nelson. Upon other occasions it was necessary to take the advice of council. This was impossible, because the councillors, eight in number, with a small exception, had fled hither and thither: Mr. Jefferson was therefore deprived of the constitutional means.
It has long been the custom of some writers to condemn Mr. Jefferson for his general conduct upon this occasion. A little reflection will teach them that it is not to condemn him to his countrymen. For what is he blamed? It is because he did not usurp and exercise powers which were forbidden by the constitution, and against the exercise of which he had bound himself by a solemn oath. He had assisted in forming that constitution. He had sworn to support it. He was desirous that it should pass unimpaired into the hands of his successors. He complied with the sacred trust, and because he did, he has become the object of vilification. If Mr. Jefferson had acted otherwise, if he had taken upon himself the office of a military dictator, if he had forced the energies of the country into activity, as his calumniators seem to have wished, then indeed he would have exposed himself to the artillery of denunciation and public vengeance. By such conduct, even admitting the expediency, Mr. Jefferson would have forever forfeited the confidence of his country. Would any republican, who knew that Mr. Jefferson had availed himself of accidental circumstances, to assume and exercise foreign or dictatorial power, ever again confide to him the execution of other and similar important duties?
The articles of accusation with which Mr. Jefferson has been arraigned, ought to add lustre to his character. His general conduct, his forbearance, his having appointed a popular leader for the forces, all show, that he made his individual feelings yield to public interest. They prove, that he richly deserved and honestly executed the public trust with which he had been invested.
If Mr. Jefferson, when in the bloom of his life, would not, though invited to it by the popular voice, and extraordinary circumstances, assume unconstitutional power, may we not now expect that a similar deposit may be more safely confided to his age, his experience, and his judgment?
But let us return to general Nelson. Immediately after the appointment he took the field. His headquarters were always as near to the enemy as circumstances would admit. He did not regard that article of the constitution to which there has been an allusion, but proceeded according to public exigencies. All this was then deemed necessary and laudable, and ever since has been, not only justified, but applauded. No man can question the motives of that revolutionary hero, or will pretend to say, that anything was done which the exigency of the times did not require. Virginia then wanted a dictator, and general Nelson, without perhaps intending it, assumed and exercised the functions.
In Oct. 1781, the British army capitulated. In November following the Virginia assembly met at Richmond. Some persons, who were dissatisfied with the conduct of gen. Nelson, were not only clamorous, but threatened an impeachment. The patriotic veteran distained to justify himself. He felt and expressed all that honest indignation, which a sense of the services which he had rendered could not fail to inspire. At this time
Mr. Jefferson appeared in Richmond, both to meet the accusations against himself, and to discharge the functions of a member of the legislature: to which he had been elected.
It was remarkable that the same assembly, and at the same time, should have under its consideration, complaints against two governors for errors in their administration during the short space of five or six months. Mr. Jefferson was denounced, because he did not transcend his powers. Gen. Nelson was denounced because he had done more than the constitution authorized. Every body admitted that every thing which gen. Nelson had done was necessary, and yet he was blamed. At the same time the accusers of Mr. Jefferson blamed him because he did not act as gen. Nelson had done. It seems then that it was impossible to have given satisfaction. These are strange contradictions.
It is not now recollected whether the enquiry into the public conduct of Mr. Jefferson was demanded by himself, or moved by another; nor is it material to be known. Suffice it to say, that the subject came before the house, and that Mr. Jefferson appeared as his own vindicator. It will be impossible for those who were witnesses to the scene ever to erase the impressions from their memories. He rose in the house, not like one who was conscious of having deferred blame or censure, but with a countenance, and demeanor which seemed to speak the consciousness of his own rectitude. His attitude, his eye, his manner, all united to prepossess the audience. Nor were they disappointed. He opened his vindication with mingled portions of many firmness and modest diffidence, and in a way which the writer of this can neither forget nor describe. He will not therefore attempt to do justice to those impressions and sentiments which seemed alternately to awe and soothe the house, first into forgiveness, next into approbation, and finally into veneration. The commencement of Mr. Jefferson's speech was very impressive—the scene was awful and dignified—the vindictive and tumultuous passions of his accusers appeared to be neutralized and paralysed. The result as might be expected, was honorable to Mr. Jefferson, which was testified and recorded by an unanimous resolution.
It added not a little to the lustre of Mr. Jefferson's character, that he next appeared as the vindicator and champion of gen. Nelson. The legislature were made sensible of the services of that illustrious patriot, and did not hesitate to render necessary satisfaction. Gen. Nelson considered the clamor which had been excited against him as an act of the highest injustice and ingratitude, and was never reconciled to it. Those who knew gen. Nelson, used to say that there could not exist a better patriot or a more upright man. He put every thing at hazard, and saved his country, and his country was grateful.
In consideration of these things the following act was passed:
SESSION in November 1781. An act to indemnify Thomas Nelson, jun. Esq. late governor of this commonwealth, and to legalize certain acts of his administration.
Sec. 1. Whereas upon an examination it appears, that previous to, & during the siege of York, Tho. Nelson, jun. Esq. late governor of this commonwealth was compelled, by the peculiar circumstances of the state and army, to perform many acts of government, without the advice of the council of state, for the purpose of procuring subsistence and other necessaries for the allied army, under the command of his excellency General Washington.
Sec. 2. Be it enacted, That all such acts of government, evidently productive of general good, and warranted by necessity, be judged and held of the same validity, and the like procedures be had on them, as if they had been executed by and with the advice of council, and with all the formalities prescribed by law.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Thomas Nelson, jun. Esq. be, and he hereby is, in the fullest manner, indemnified and exonerated from all penalties and damages which might have accrued to him for the same.
The conduct of Mr. J. upon this occasion was the more honorable, because it was believed by many that Nelson had countenanced the denunciation at Staunton. Those however who knew the guileless heart of gen. Nelson never listened to the tale. But be the fact as it may, it afforded an opportunity to Mr. Jefferson to show that his mind was great and benificent.
Mr. Jefferson was soon afterwards employed by the old Congress on a mission to France. He remained there until the present federal constitution was adopted. He desired to be recalled, and was soon after his return employed by President Washington as secretary of state. All these things have been often brought before the public, they are only now mentioned to connect the historical chain, & to show that, the old Congress saw nothing in his conduct as governor which rendered him unfit for the important duties of minister plenipotentiary to France, the most important appointment which at that time the government could confer.
EUGENIUS.
CHARLESTON, April 28. Two days before Captain Sayre left Havana, a vessel arrived from Jamaica, the master of which stated, that just before he sailed, a British Packet arrived with the accounts of the DEATH of GEORGE III. King of Great Britain. Several letters received from respectable Houses at Havana, mention the same intelligence.
Accounts of the landing of Gen. Miranda on the Spanish Main, were received at St. Domingo a few days before
Capt. Dove, of the Brig Lions, failed.
The Argus of Bordeaux of the 22d February, concludes some speculations on the existing situation of Europe, in the following manner: "If the war be still protracted between France and England, it will not be ascribed to the despotism of that power, who always attacked the first, always victorious, has left monarchies so powerful, which she might have subjected to whatever laws she pleased; who has so loudly declared that she was determined to restore to all nations the liberty of the seas, their common property; the enjoyment of their neutral substance; the development of their industry, and the equality of commercial rights. The emperor of the French can no longer acknowledge the maritime dominion which they still strive to represent as necessary to the existence; and hence the natural right, of England. It would be he who would undergo an abject submission ; if after so much labor and glory, he should be unable to accomplish the solemn promise he has made to his people."
A letter from St. Croix, received in Philadelphia, dated April 14. says "The Captain General of Carracas had received information of Miranda's expedition, and had distributed arms to the inhabitants, cut ditches across the high roads, suspended all kinds of internal business, put the mules and horses into requisition, embargoed all vessels, foreign and domestic, and in fine, taken every precaution to meet and repel an attack."
On the 19th ult. the Court house in Darlington District, S. Carolina, with all the records, &c. was consumed by fire. The fire is supposed to have been communicated by delinqu.
The British frigates Leander and Cambrian got under way yesterday, and put to sea.— Mer. Adv. of March 3.
I wish to hire 8 or 10 prime Hands,
FOR one month only, and will give liberal wages for them, payable in Bar Iron delivered at New London, Lynchburg or Liberty, at a moderate price, or Cash.
Jeremiah Callaway. Burbrook Otter, May 16, 1806.
To be Rented, THE HOUSES & LOT
OF excellent ground in Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia, about 23 miles from the Sweet Springs; where Messrs. Trigg & Wilson lately kept a Tavern. The dwelling-house is two story high, large and commodious, with a number of rooms on each floor; the Kitchen is also two story high, with two large apartments below, one of which was finished for the accommodation of a private family; there is a Lumber House and Stable; a Yard and Garden neatly inclosed; a large Ice-House, carefully filled with Ice, and now in fine preservation, in short all the buildings and improvements on the premises are in good order and admirably calculated to suit a Tavern Keeper.
Possession may be had at any time, and the terms known by applying to Mr. Robert Harvey or Maj. Matthew Harvey in Fincastle.
Mary Trigg. May 7th, 1806.
WILL BE SOLD
AT the plantation formerly owned by Dr. Charles D. Jones, on Saturday the 31st day of May—Three likely Saddle Horses—one Bed and Furniture—one Bureau—one Trunk of Books, among which are a number of Medical Authors—and a number of other articles too tedious to mention.—The terms of the sale will be made known on that day.
Jesse Anderson, Adm. May 20th, 1806.
HYMNS.
Just published and for sale at the Star Office, (Price, Twenty Five Cents,)
A choice selection of Hymns:
This first part, contains the newest and so much admired Spiritual Songs practiced with such beneficial effects, during the late Camp, and other Meetings, in the counties of Amherst, and Bedford, and in the vicinity of Lynchburg.
GAMUTS
Also For Sale at this Office.
RAN away from the subscriber living in Campbell County on Otter river, on Sunday night last, a NEGRO MAN by the name of JAMES, and a Girl named SALLEY, the man about thirty-five or forty years of age, of low stature, has a scar over his right eye, bald headed.—The girl thirteen or fourteen years of age, yellow complexion. It is likely he has a pass—any person that will deliver them to me, or Thomas Jones near Lynchburg, or secure them so that I get them again shall be handsomely rewarded. WIATT ARNOLD. April 29,—1806.
400 Dollars Reward.
THE above reward of 400 dollars is hereby offered for the detection and prosecution to conviction of the Villain or Villains who, on Saturday night last, set fire to the house of Dr. Waddy Tate, on the back street in the town of Lynchburg, now occupied by Paxton & Houlton Cabinet Makers.
On behalf of the citizens of Lynchburg and in pursuance of their subscription. JOHN WIATT, Mayor. April 9, 1806.
A Gold Watch Lost.
LOST on Thursday, the 11th of July, in the Town of Carter'sville, an ELEGANT GOLD WATCH, half capped and jewelled; horizontally constructed; Makers name, MAR-GETTS, London, No. 1. Gold chain, key, and Cornelian seal, set in gold. Whoever will deliver the said Watch, &c. to Mr. Samuel Irvine, of Lynchburg, or Mr. Edmund W. Rootes, of Richmond, or to the subscriber, in Amherst, shall receive thirty dollars reward. ALEXANDER B. ROSE. September 23, 1805
CHASE'S TRIAL.
This day is published BY SAMUEL H. SMITH. TRIAL OF SAMUEL CHASE. An ASSOCIATE JUSTICE of the Supreme Court of the United States, IMPEACHED By the House of Representatives, for HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS, before the Senate of the United States.
Taken in short hand By SAMUEL H. SMITH & THOMAS LLOYD.
In two large Octavo Volumes—in Boards, price—to subscribers four dollars and a half—and to non-subscribers five dollars.
A much greater delay has been incurred in the publication of this trial than the Editor contemplated. He has, however, the satisfaction of saying that no effort has been omitted by him to give it to the public at an earlier period. The delay has arisen from the revision of the speeches of the Managers and Council. The publication might long since have been made in a less perfect dress; but it was deemed highly desirable that in a case, which, independently of its own importance, might be a precedent in future times, to sacrifice time rather than precision. The work now appears before the public with the expectation of the Editor that it will be considered as meriting the character of an impartial, comprehensive and faithful statement of facts. All the speeches have been revised, and inserted at length, in connection with whatever else formed a part of the trial. Federal City, March 24, 1806.
Advertisement.
I have for sale 2000 acres of Land lying in Kenhawa County, on the eighteen mile creek, and on the main road leading from Point Pleasant to Charles Town,—the greater part of this land is of the best quality, with a considerable proportion of low grounds, and well timbered.—I will sell a great bargain in this land, either altogether or divide it so as to suit purchasers, or exchange it for land or other property in this country.—Terms may be known by applying to the subscriber living at Brown Lestwich & Co's store near the meadows of goose creek. JONAH DOBYNS. Bedford, 22d April, 1806.
BY virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to us by William Harris, late of the county of Bedford, to secure certain debts due to William Brown & Co. and Brown, M'Credie, & Co. We shall on Saturday the 14th of June next, proceed to sell by way of public auction, a tract of
LAND,
Situated in Bedford county, on Elk creek, containing Two Hundred and Twenty Five Acres, more or less, adjoining and bounded by the lands of Joseph Slaughter, John North, Waddy Cobbs, Jesse Tait's Estate, and down Elk creek to the said Slaughter's line; the same being a part of a tract purchased of David Wright.
Also the following
SLAVES, to wit:
Rachel, Hannah, Rose, Harriet, Phoebe, Jude, Joanna, Linda, Sukey, Lett, Wallis and Pope.—The sale will take place on the Land, and for Ready Money.—A description of the Land is deemed to be unnecessary, as it is presumed that those who are disposed to purchase will make themselves acquainted with it.
William Callaway, } Trustees. Christopher Clark, } John Dabney, } May 10, 1806. (3W.)
RAN away from the subscriber in Pittsylvania County, on Monday the 21st of April last, a likely young NEGRO MAN named DICK, who was bought of a Mr. Harden last summer; he lays he was raised in Orange County, he is low well set, black, sensible, and artful—had on when he left me no other clothing but an ozanburg shirt, and Virginia-cloth pantaloons.—Any person who will apprehend and bring, or contrive said negro to me, shall be handsomely compensated for their trouble, &c. ARMISTEAD SHELTON. May 2d, 1806.
FOR SALE.
A Valuable Estate in Henry County, on the Horse Pasture Creek, known by the name of Jones' or Gooch's containing 1000 acres of the old survey, all of which is of prime quality; adjoining is a new survey of 86 acres well timbered, and on the opposite side of the plantation, 500 acres which tho' it does not join, is sufficiently near and convenient to furnish the necessary supplies of wood for fencing and fuel.
This plantation for 30 years last past has never rented for less than 7,500lbs. of Lynchburg crop inspected Tobacco, weighing 1250 or upwards per Hogshead—and during that period the rent was 500 dollars per annum.
At present, only one half of the cleared land is under lease for 5,250lbs. of Tobacco.—Immediate possession of the residue will be given, and further particulars made known by the subscriber, who has also for sale ONE tract of land on Otter about 6 miles below Lestwich's Mill, at present occupied by Mrs. Vannerson, and containing about 320 acres.
ONE tract of land on Jennings creek in Botetourt, containing 800 acres—occupied by John Johnson.
ONE Ditto.—Ditto—occupied by William Young, jun.—containing 200 acres.
ONE Ditto.—Ditto unimproved, containing 400 acres.
ANDREW DONALD. Bedford County, Feb. 24,—1806.
10 Dollars Reward
WILL be given to any person who will deliver me my POCKET BOOK containing a bond for 520 dollars, due 8th September next, from Burgess Griffin for Thomas Jefferson to Vernon Metcalf and assigned to the subscriber; also a bond from William Laine (waggoner) for seventeen pounds sixteen shillings and six pence to Dillard and Cabell, and one other bond from Richard Herndon to Elisha Edwards of Kentucky, due the 1st of March 1807.—with some other papers not recollected.
Said pocket book was lost on Monday last, on the road (it is supposed) from Jacob Wood's Mill in the county of Amherst to Mr. Sea Penns of said County.
The obligors in the bonds mentioned, are hereby requested to guard against any fraud which the holder of the above pocket book may attempt to practise, to wit: until applied to by the fa
WILLIAM PENN. Amherst Ct. House, 25th April, 1806.

Congress.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MONDAY, MARCH 10.
DEBATE on Mr. Gregg's Resolution.
[CONTINUED.]
Mr. Eppes's Speech.
After the discussion which has already taken place on this subject, I shall not consider myself authorized to occupy much of the time of this house.
Whatever difference of opinion may prevail within these walls, as to the course which ought to be adopted towards a nation which under the pretence of right has commenced a system of warfare and pillage, on our commerce;
The ground of difference between the United States and Great Britain, is too well known for me to dwell on this part of the subject. It has been stated on this floor by a gentleman from Massachusetts, in terms clear, forcible, & manly.
While, however, I have no doubt, as to the right of the citizen on the one hand to demand protection, and of the government on the other to extend it to him.
the world combined. I hope the period will never arrive when the substance of the citizen here shall be squandered on a navy competent to meet on the ocean the navy of Great Britain.
As, however, it will not be in order to argue propositions not immediately under consideration, I shall confine my observations to the resolution of the gentleman from Pennsylvania.
From the report of the secretary of the treasury at present on our table, it appears that the imports to this country from Great Britain and its dependencies amount to thirty-five millions nine hundred and seventy thousand dollars.
ty-two thousand dollars—I well know that national honor cannot be estimated in dollars and cents. There is no man who feels more forcibly than I do, the correctness of this principle, or will be more ready on all occasions to acknowledge it.
The risk of revenue, however, is not the only objection I have to this resolution. A total prohibition of British manufactures will be extremely injurious to our own citizens.
reaction to his commerce, would require time, trouble, and expence, and insure at least one year's loss in the profits of his profession.
What would be the effect on the planter? It would cause an immediate advance on all the articles of first necessity, particularly coarse woollens which could not immediately be manufactured at home.
Coaches and fashionable Gigs.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has just commenced the coach-making business in all its various branches in the Town of Lynchburg.
MILBY COTTINGHAM. Lynchburg, April 15, 1806. 8t
ANY person, having in possession my 3d and 4th Vols. of Moore's Tour through Italy, will please to return them immediately.
CHARLES HOYLE, junr. 1st April, 1806.
NOTICE. THOSE persons who have business with the subscriber, as Administrator of the estate of Doctor Charles D. Jones dec'd, are informed, that he has constituted and appointed Josiah Leake attorney at law of Lynchburg, his agent to adjust the business of said estate.
Land for Sale. BY virtue of a Decree of the county Court of Campbell pronounced at their February Term last, I shall proceed on the premises to ex, sale by way of public auction for ready money, a tract of land situated in the county of Campbell, being the same tract purchased by Daniel Gray of Samuel Galbraith, situate or lying near the waters of Falling river.
NOTICE. It is hereby given, that on the tenth day of June in the year of our Lord 1806, will be exposed to public sale on the several premises, in Bedford county the following Lands, Mills, and Slaves, to wit: ONE TRACT OF LAND, about two hundred and twenty three acres purchased by Joseph Nichols from L. Woodward,—ALSO—
As a Court continued and held for Amherst County the day of March, 1806. Dennett Witt, Plff. AGAINST James M'Clain & Robert Shields, Adms. of John Shields, dec. Defs.
THE defendant James M'Clain, 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 do appear here on the third Monday in August next and answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Lynchburg Star for eight weeks successively, and posted up at the front door of the Court-house of this county on some court-day. A Copy—Teste, S. GARLAND, D. C. A. C.