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YEAR 2.
Thursday, January 15, 1807.
No. 12.
Foreign News.
From Philadelphia, Dec. 27.
A letter from a very respectable gentleman in New-York to his friend in this city, dated yesterday noon, contains the following
IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.
"By a vessel from Nantz, we have papers to the 7th November, which give accounts of the French having marched out of Berlin, of which they had possession several days, attacked the Prussians, and after a severe engagement, which lasted two days, obtained a complete victory, having killed and taken upwards of 30 thousand. The king is among the number of wounded and the queen a captive. This vessel also brings accounts that the king of Holland, with his army, had entered Copenhagen."
THIRTEEN FRENCH BUL-LETINS
Have been received to the 19th of October. They describe a series of uninterrupted successes, during the course of which, the whole Prussian army appears to have been annihilated or dispersed, with the loss of 30 thousand killed, 40 thousand prisoners and 20 generals killed or taken. The Emperor declared to the Saxons that it was his intention to exclude Prussia from interfering in the affairs of Germany, and that Saxony must join the confederacy of the Rhine. Thus this confederacy or rather empire, will be extended to the frontiers of Poland, and almost encircle Europe.
From the Paris Argus.
ASSEMBLY OF THE JEWS.
The assembly of the Deputies of the Israelites of France and of the Kingdom of Italy, to their co-sectaries.
The benefits of the most high visibly declare themselves upon us. A great event is preparing what our forefathers had not seen for a long course of centuries, what we could not hope to see in our days, is going to re-appear before the eyes of the astonished universe.
The 29th October is the day appointed for the opening of a grand Sanhedrin, in the capital of one of the most powerful Christian empires, and under the protection of the immortal prince who governs it.
Paris is going to exhibit this spectacle to the world; and this ever memorable event will be, for the dispersed remains of the descendants of Abraham, a new era of deliverance and of felicity.
Animated with those sentiments which the same origin and the same religion inspire, we come to-day to express them to you in the effusion of joy.
Who could not admire with us the secret designs of that providence, who by ways unknown to our weakness, changes the face of human things, comforts the afflicted, raises the humble from the dust, puts an end to the trials ordained by his divine decree, reestablishes hearts faithful to his law in the esteem and benevolence of all nations!
Since our dispersion, innumerable changes have marked the inconstancy of human things. Nations have successively dispossessed each other, mixed together, and heaped themselves one upon another. We alone have resisted the torrent of ages and of revolutions. Every thing, prefigured to us a middle destiny, a less precarious existence; but this state of things was only a smiling prospect for it to become a reality, it was necessary that from the bosom of public forms, from the agitated waves of an immense people, there should arise conducted by a divine hand, one of those powerful heads round which nations rally from a natural instinct of preservation.
This benedict and comforting genius wishes to banish all humiliating distinction between us and his other subjects. His penetrating eye has been able to discover in our Mosaic code those principles of duration and strength which have enabled it to resist the ravages of time, and which formerly gave to our forefathers that patriarchal simplicity which our age still venerates, and that heroism of character the admirable models of which are recorded in history.
He has judged in his wisdom that it became his paternal wishes to permit that a grand Sanhedrin should be convoked at Paris. The objects and functions of this corps are pointed out in the eloquent speech delivered by the commissioners of his imperial and royal majesty. We address it to you to shew you that the spirit
which dictated it has for its object only to recall us to our ancient virtues, and to preserve our holy religion in all its purity.
The prayer we address to you to day for the co-operation of your knowledge, by giving to the decision of the grand Sanhedrin more consideration and weight, will produce that happy result of recalling us all to uniform principles of doctrine in more harmony with the civil and political laws of the different states which you have adopted for your country.
Your instructions will be useful to us, and government authorises us to claim its protection.
Be not deaf to our voices, dear brethren, choose men known by their wisdom, friends to truth and justice, and capable of co-operation with us in the grand work—Send them to take their places among us, and let them impart to us their wise and enlightened wishes.
It must be highly grateful to all the Israelites of Europe to co-operate in the regeneration of their brethren, as it must be glorious for us in particular to have fixed the attention of an illustrious sovereign.
Never had any men on earth such powerful motives as we, to love and admire this sovereign, because never had we congratulated ourselves on such shining justice, or on a more signal protection. To restore to society a people estimable for their private virtues, to recall them to the sentiments of their dignity by securing to them the enjoyment of their rights; such are the benefits we are indebted for to Napoleon the Great.
The sovereign arbiter of nations and of kings has given him this empire to heal its wounds, to restore to it the calmness which long storms had wrested from it, to aggrandize its destinies, to fix ours, and constitute the delight of two nations, which will forever congratulate themselves upon having intrusted him with the care of their happiness, after that of their defence.
Paris, 24th Tisri, 569, (Oct. 1806.)
Answer given by Mr. Furtado, President of the Assembly, to the Speech delivered by his Majesty's Commissioners.
GENTLEMEN,
The new communications which you have just given us on the part of his majesty, confirm us more and more in the hopes we had conceived of his peculiar wishes towards us.
Every man, endowed with an enlightened mind and with a beneficent heart, may have the idea of a political reform, advantageous to humanity; but the philanthropic conceptions remain for the most part without execution, thrown aside among the dreams of good people, either because in seeing the object, their mind has not scope enough to see the means of attaining it, or because the use of these means is beyond the reach of a private station.
It is not the same with a powerful and revered Prince, with one of those extraordinary men who draw every thing into their sphere, who give their name to the age which saw them reign, and whom an immense desire of doing good unceasingly solicits.
When, for the felicity of nations, heaven gives them such sovereigns, there is no magnanimous design but they conceive; there is none but, by their will as powerful as just, may have a full and entire success.
The ascendancy of their genius impresses on their establishments a character of force and permanence, which renders them in a manner inaccessible to the inconstancy of human opinions and passions.
Such, gentlemen, is the prince who governs us; his valor has acquired him the title of great; his paternal goodness will acquire him that of beneficent. It belonged only to him to close forever the sore which eighteen centuries of proscription and of anathema had inflicted on the unfortunate children of Israel.
Enflamed since their dispersion by a policy equally false and uncertain, the sport of the prejudices and the caprices of the moment, one remarks with surprise that among so many princes who have reigned in the different states; that among those who have appeared animated with the desire of bettering our condition, none has conceived with force and greatness, the idea and the means of wresting sober, active, industrious men from the civil and political nullity in which they were retained.
Ever excluded from society, the but of calumny, innocent victims of injustice, to be silent and suffer; such was for many ages their sad destiny.
His majesty could not see with indifference this state of things. In the midst of the interests which can absorb the attention of a mortal, our generation has been the object of his thoughts, and the new communications which are given to us sufficiently attest it. He has known how to draw good from the very source of the evil; he has known how to find, in one of the effects still subsisting of the North, in occasion of causing the felicity of the Israelites of the West. It is the red of Moses, which makes reviving water gush out of a barren rock.
Let us stop for a moment here, and let
us consider that, according to the principles of political law, all religious worship must be submitted to the sovereign authority, as far at least as may belong to human power. In the first place that it may not teach hurtful dogmas nor degenerate into absurd superstitions; in the next place that it may not divide itself into different sects; for if the nature of things would have it that there should be more than one positive religion in the same state, public order and social unity will also have it that each of their religions do not subdivide itself and do not engender particular sects to the great detriment of the internal peace of empires.
To prevent this danger, reason and the greatest interests of all, require that each positive religion shall present to the sovereign a responsibility and means of observing it; it must have, for this purpose, men defined by profession to study its principles, to preach its morality, to preserve its purity, to be in some measure its depositaries and its guardians, and such is the duty imposed upon the ministers of each worship.
These principles justify and consecrate the first communications which were made to us.
In the first place, the question was to know in what our religious dogmas are agreed with or differed from the laws of the state whether these dogmas too long looked upon as unfociable or intolerant, were really the one or the other. Strong from our conscience, from the sentiments which animate us, from the maxims which we profess, we have explained ourselves in the heart of the capital, and in a manner before the eyes of his majesty, with the same frankness and the same liberty of opinion, which we should have used in the midst of our families, and independently of all provocation on the part of the sovereign authority.
This boundless confidence in his justice and his virtues, was an equivocal homage paid to the illustrious depositary of his authority. In fine, he has acquired a certainty that the religious code of Moses contained nothing either in its principles or in its practices, which could justify the exclusion of its secretaries from the enjoyment of the civil, and political rights of the French.
But H. M. penetrated with this grand principle in religious belief, that persuasion alone must act, feels it is not sufficient but that it is necessary they should be received and avowed by the synagogues of France, and kingdom of Italy, in order that they may serve as a rule and example for those of the West. It is by virtue of this prudent reserve, this wise circumspection, worthy of our eternal beneficence, in the most powerful Prince of Christianity, that he resolves in his wisdom on the convocation of the Grand Sanhedrin, of which you have just heard, in order to beflow on the decisions of this assembly that religious sanction to which they are entitled.
Thus the regulator of the destinies of Europe, the dispenser of thrones, this Monarch every where respected, himself respects the independence of religious opinions and the sacred as his own consciences.
Thus a new monument of more durable glory than those of marble and brass arises for H. I. and R. M. His reign will be the period of the regeneration of our brethren—Europe will be indebted to him for millions of citizens, and what must be highly delightful in the eyes of his majesty he will have before him the spectacle of those he has made happy.
The more important attributions which H. M. vouchsafes to beflow on us, on laying upon us more difficult duties to fulfil would be calculated to alarm us, had you not promised us, Messrs. Commissioners, to assist us with your knowledge, in order to answer in a worthy manner the grand views of H. M. Removed by our past situation, and by the nature of our occupation, from the studies relative to the objects of so elevated an order, we can only bring to them the simple light of good sense, pure intentions and zeal that never grows dim; but these dispositions are not sufficient; we stand in want of all your indulgence, and we claim it.
[After this speech of the president he proposed to the Assembly to pass the following decree which was unanimously adopted.]
The Assembly of the representatives of the Israelites of France and the Kingdom of Italy, after having heard the official communications just made it from the Commissioners of H. I. and R. M.;
Considering that H. M. the emperor and king by permitting the union of a determined number of Doctors of the Law, and Notables amongst the Ladies in a Grand Sanhedrin, has anticipated the wishes and provided for the most pressing wants of all those who professed in Europe the religion of Moses; that this imperial beneficence manifests itself daily in to positive and brilliant a manner in favour of his Israelite subjects, that it imposes on them the duty of concurring together in order to complete those grand designs he has conceived for the happiness of all those professing their religion throughout the West;
Decrees that the president and secretaries of the assembly wait on the commis-
oners of H. I. and R. M. in order to intreat them to lay at the foot of the throne the homage of their profound gratitude and of their entire and respectful devotedness;
That a proclamation be addressed, by the assembly, to all the Synagogues in the French Empire, of the kingdom of Italy and of Europe, in order to inform them that on the 20th October a Grand Sanhedrin will open at Paris, under the protection and by the express permission of H. M.;
That the rabbies, members of the assembly, be requested to form a part of this Grand Sanhedrin;
That twenty five of the deputies, members of the assembly shall be elected, by secret ballot, to form part of it in like manner.
That H. I. and R. M. shall be humbly intreated to give the necessary orders, that twenty nine Rabbies, chosen from among the Synagogues, of this empire, and his kingdom of Italy, may come to Paris in order to be present at the Grand Sanhedrin.
That a committee of nine members shall be elected in the assembly, by secret ballot for the purpose of preparing, in concert with the commissioners of H. M. the Emperor and King, the matters to be submitted to the deliberation of the Grand Sanhedrin.
That the Assembly shall not separate until the Grand Sanhedrin shall have closed its sittings, that it interests the Imperial Commissioners to transmit to H. I. and R. M. the desire with which it is animated to lay at its feet the homage of its love and respect.
The Assembly also decrees that a copy of the present deliberation shall immediately, during the sitting, be transmitted to the commissioners of his majesty.
Latest From Europe.
By the Packet, arrived at N. York, we have received London papers to the 29th Nov. inclusive. Their continental details are four or five days later than those via France or Holland. We have only time, at present, to make the following brief extract of the most prominent articles.
London, Nov. 3.
Dutch papers to the 31st are received, but do not bring down the military operations farther than the 20th ult. At this time Bonaparte had his head quarters at Halle; and the divisions of Ney, Soult, and Murat, having formed a junction, had arrived at Magdeburg for the purpose of attacking that part of the Prussian army which had already fallen back on that fortress; in which object it was disappointed, the Prussians having previously withdrawn beyond the Oder.
It is stated that 30,000 Prussian troops under the Dukes of Wimar, and Brunswick Oels, have passed the Elbe at Havelburg, on their retreat towards the Oder; beyond which it appears the Prussians mean to make a stand, and where they expect to assemble a large force. One of the Minor Paris papers of the 29th states, that the 14th bulletin had arrived at Paris; that the King of Prussia was wounded, and that the Emperor Napoleon was at Berlin; but as the Moniteur of the 29th do not notice it, we presume it is not true.
A letter from Hamburg, dated Oct. 31, says, "On the 29th ult. his Majesty's Consul gave orders for the British captains in port, to hold themselves in readiness to depart at 12 hours notice."
Berlin, Oct. 24.
To day, at noon, the French entered this city. They are commanded by gen. Hulin.
Gen. Davoust has his head quarters at Potsdam. Gen. Hulin, who commands here, was last year French commandant at Vienna.
Nuremberg, Oct. 23.
According to the last advices, field marshall Mullenendorf is dead of his wounds.
Dresden, Oct. 26.
Several houses have been burnt at Jena, and the greatest excesses committed there for three days. Weimar, Gera, Naumburg, and several other places in the Saxon Territory have suffered much.
All Austrian merchants have been permitted to depart from Leipzig, with their merchandise.
Osnabruck, Oct. 26.
This morning Gen. Graft Jean took possession of the principality of Osnabruck, in the name of his Majesty, King of Holland. Four thousand Dutch troops are expected to morrow.
Stettin, Oct. 25.
We are informed a firm engagement took place yesterday near Neustadtortwalde, between the corps of prince Hohenlohe and the French. French troops are expected to arrive here to day or to morrow.
Altona, Oct. 21.
An action has taken place near Sempelin; a cannonade was heard here to day.
Altona, Oct. 31.
On the twentieth ult. the Dukes of Weimar and Brunswick Oels, passed the Elbe at Suedau, near Havelburg with 30,000 men.
Hamburg, Oct. 31.
The posts from Prussia and Austria have not yet arrived; but we learn by an Estafette, that part of Murat's division entered Berlin on the twenty-fourth. However disastrous the campaign may have been to Prussia, it is certain, that several corps of their army have not been in action, and are now assembled on the other side of the Oder, particularly the corps of the prince of Hohenlohe, the Dukes of Sax Weimar, and Brunswick Oels.
Gen. Wartenleben is governor of Magdeburg, and commandant of that fortress, the garrison of which consists of twelve thousand men; but the works are said to require a much greater number of men for their defence; as the magazines are not supplied for a siege, apprehensions may be entertained for its safety unless soon relieved.
Devastation and cruelty mark the footsteps of the French wherever they go. Weimar was not only given up to the plunder of a brutal and ferocious soldiery for two hours, but was afterwards set on fire, as were also Jena, Halle and Naumburg. Jerome Bonaparte, it is said, will accompany the army lined to act in Poland.
Berlin, Oct. 24.
The Emperor Napoleon, will to-morrow be at Sans Souci, and the next day at Berlin.
Welfphalia, Oct. 29.
The county of Lingen has been taken possession of, for the King of Holland, not by a military force, but by letter from the college of administration at Munster. All the Prussian eagles and other Prussian arms, have been taken down by order of Gen. Michaud, and the Prussian uniform is no longer to be worn.
Emsden and Minden have likewise been taken possession of by Dutch and French troops.
It is said that Marshal Mollenendorf & several other generals entreated his Prussian Majesty to give orders for attacking the French several days before the battle of the 14th, but in vain. He had however, come to a determination to engage on the 17th, in which he was unfortunately anticipated on the 14th.
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oct. 28.
The Mark of Brandenburg is now the theatre of war. Prince Hohenlohe's head-quarters were at Neustadt on the twenty fifth, and on the twenty sixth the Duke of Brunswick Oels passed the Elbe at Sandau, near Havelburg. We shall now see which of the two armies reach the Oder first, the Prussians or the French.
Magdeburg, Oct. 18.
The battles which were fought on the 14th, 15th, and 16th, inst. near Weimar, Kolin, and Naumburg, have annihilated the Prussian army; and yesterday the army of reserve under, prince Eugene of Württemberg, was defeated by Marshal Davoust between Lanchadt and Halle, and will probably to morrow visit our city, which is full of contused military. Yesterday the King arrived here but set out again for Berlin, & at this moment an adjutant of general Count Tauenzin is passing through this city for Weimar. Orders have been sent to Hamburg to detain all shipping bound from thence to this port.
Domestic.
From the Western World.
YES—there is a providence, which rules the destinies of men! How else can we account for the late events in our political affairs?—How else are we to account for the union between the Editors of the Western World—their emigration to Kentucky—their becoming the Editors of a news paper, without being printers, and without paper, types, or press? How are we to explain by what cause, even William Hunter, (whose Palladium has been devoted to the Spanish Conspirators, to the propagation of falsehood, and to impositions on the public mind,) has contributed to the public good? He printed the Western World, at the time he exerted all the effects of its publication to prevent that providence which we have discovered in the late events, from making the age our country's prosperity.
Kentucky, exposed to its enemies, to fore with Conspirators, and to the effects of dilution, was in a most serious and alarming public mind, impotent and shackled, by the influence of those who had insinuated the idea of a public confidence, and into which the Gazette and Palladium, by their defiance to investigation, and their destruction to all who had been the development of the truth, had at this hand of real folded republicans. When the Western World

new era in our political history, and gave a new and unexpected impulse to the public mind, our narrative of the Spanish Association , which would have been rejected by the prudent statesman or logical reasoner, upon the evidence within the Editor's possession, was drawn up by John Woot, whose credulity and confidence were to him confirmation sure as Holy Writ; nor could he be detected from commencing the publication by a representation of the sentiments, and even the vengeance of the implicated, with which he would be pursued. The publication was made; and the consequences which had been foreseen from a knowledge of the characters which it exposed or menaced, soon followed. The generous friendship and manly spirit of Joseph M. Street placed him in the post of danger, and determined him to take upon himself all the personal responsibility for a development, which he at first rather permitted than approved. Having escaped with a slight wound on his arm made upon his life; convinced of the substantial truth of the narrative, promised information from many, and assured of the support of a few, the narrative was continued by the Editors, and sustained in the manner which the public has seen—by a large subscription. At length, it was believed that evidence satisfactory to the minds & consciences of a majority of the legislature could be produced of the guilt of the late Hon. Benjamin Sebastian; and it was determined that an address should be passed, printed, and circulated among the people for the purpose of producing legislative enquiry. This determination being put into execution in all its parts, has succeeded beyond the most sanguine expectations of its projectors.
Be it the most perfect conviction of the treacherous intrigues of Sebastian; and of his holding a pension under the Spanish Crown; The Hon. Harry Innes, sole Judge of the Federal Court, has expelled with symptoms of guilt and apprehension, but seldom seen in a public capacity, whose conscience for years had quietly permitted him to hold the office of Judge of the United States—pocketed a salary of a thousand or fifteen hundred dollars a year—and as a cover to the intrigues with Spanish agents—and conceal from government an overture for dismembering the union. This Hon. Judge had been called upon in a committee of the House of Representatives, to give testimony on the charge against Judge Sebastian as a pensionary of Spain . He had taken the oath of a witness, to declare the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth; he had closed his testimony, and retired—but he had not yet spoken of the gracious and candidly-adding propositions of his most Catholic Majesty, made by the Baron D. Carondolet, through Dr. Powers to Sebastian himself, and others, to separate from the Union by the Allegany Mountains ; and to establish a new government on the western waters, subject to the monarchy of Spain. In the after part of the day, his honor reappeared in the committee, apparently agitated in the most extraordinary manner. He had something more to say—he was fancy—he desired to have room—his features were agitated—his whole frame was convulsed—he made protestations—he shed tears—A more moving spectacle has not been seen on the floor. He held papers in his hand; and after telling his story with burning lips and trembling hands, he began to read the correspondence between the Spanish Baron by his agent Powers, and the Kentucky Republicans, Sebastian, Innes, and Nicholas, (Murray I shall not name, for he had turned federalist, and could not be trusted) to dismember the United States, as has been said. And to the attentive observer of human nature, it was amusing to see how the shades of composition which had been painted on the faces of the committee, were dispelled by the tints of surprise, insult, and indignation, as the reading of this correspondence progressed:—but all description is beggared by the scene, and I will not attempt it further: nor shall I venture to give the particulars of the correspondence, which, however, will soon be published by order of the house of representatives.
The mind accustomed to combine effects with their causes, cannot contemplate the occurrences described or alluded to in this paper, without attributing them in a very great degree to the agency of "Western World" conducted by independent Editors. The legislature seem to be determined to improve the present occasion to the most important purposes, of information and utility, in relation to our Court of Appeals, who appear to be no longer the depository of public confidence.
Nor can a doubt be entertained, without suspecting the integrity and republicanism of our members in congress, that so soon as the official report directed to be transmitted to them, is received, but that they will take effectual measures to expel from office so faithless a public servant of the United States as his honor Judge Innes!
Judge! whose history written by the virtuous men furnished to his aid, of mere modesty, often to withhold from narrative of his innocence of 1788, with down, on the subject of Commercial Arrangements; nor has the latter the late volcanic erupt
he had to the document, it is believed in explaining the with Conspirators, from 1806, inclusive. To the printing press, public mind, is, it seems Spanish agent; and observed, is within
the recollection of the people who have read the news papers, or heard the speeches of George Nicholas, John Breckenridge, Caleb Wallace, and others.
But the Hon. Harry Innes claims our most particular attention. Were we to listen to Coburn, Bodley, and Littel, we should hear that this gentleman is a paragon of innocence, virtue, and patriotism. Should we take plain truth for our guide, we should perceive in him the hideous and detestable monster of depravity and treachery. In 1788, it has been asserted, that he was the agent of General Wilkinson, in procuring a petition to carry dispatches to the Spanish Governor, under circumstances of suspicion. In the month of March, three men were sent off in a canoe, with injunctions of great secrecy, care and dispatch. In the summer of that year, upon conferences relative to the propositions of independence suggested in consequence of letters of John Brown, in consequence of his conferences with Carondolet, it has been announced that this honorable gentleman, then Attorney General under the authority of Virginia, upon an annual salary of 500 dollars with more than his usual vivacity, gave his assent, by the emphatic acclamation—it will do!—it will do!! In the convention of November in the same year, he was heard to advocate the proposition for a total separation with more than patriotic zeal —and he was opposed to the adoption of the present Federal Constitution!!!
In 1792, he was, upon the recommendation of John Brown, as it is believed, appointed sole Judge of the Federal Court (after holding himself up for sometime to see whether the state or the United States would give him the highest salary) and he took the oath of office, and the oath to support the constitution of the United States , which gives to the president, with the consent of the Senate, the sole power of making treaties, whether of peace, war, or commerce; consequently there was no treaty power left with this Honorable Judge, who was placed upon an annual salary of 1000 dollars.
In 1794, uncommon exertions were made to produce disturbances among the people, and to precipitate them into a state of insurrection; and as if this Honorable Judge had acted by design, it is believed, he ordered the Marshall of the district to summon the grand jury, from one or two particular counties, where the people were well affected and quiet.
In 1795, the Hon. Harry Innes is one of the few Kentucky Patriots , who sent Benjamin Sebastian envoy extraordinary, secretly, clandestinely, and contrary to the oath and duties of his office, as Judge of the United States Court, to treat of commercial arrangements with the Governor of his Catholic Majesty. However, by an unexpected train of events, the government of the United States, had anticipated the patriotic efforts of the Kentucky Envoys , by making a treaty with the king himself. And Sebastian's negotiation was rewarded only with a pension of 2000 dollars for life.
In 1797, this Hon. Judge is one of the distinguished characters, to whom the proposals on the part of his Catholic Majesty, were made for severing the United States by the Alleghany mountains, with offers of money, men, arms, and all things necessary for establishing the new government, subject to the royal crown of Spain; with offers of pay, salaries & indemnities, for personal services and losses. Alas! this time too was unpropitious! Ellicott had gone down the Mississippi to run the boundary line, and to take possession of the posts within the territory of the U. States; whose government was then vigilant, and whose troops were at their posts. Therefore, after a consultation between the Hon. Judge Sebastian and George Nicholas, it was deemed prudent to decline the offer at present, which it seems was done as Cæsar put by the crown offered him by Anthony—gently as if he had rather have had it. But surely this Honorable Judge gave information of all this matter to the President of the United States! Oh, no! never. The president was a federalist! and this Hon. Judge, was a pure republican —one of the emaculate band of Spanish Conspirators , who could be faithful to the constitution which he had sworn to support; but who could not so far betray the dignity of the patriot as to commune with a federalist president of the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. But I will pursue this subject no further. The unfaithful attorney of 1788, was the faithful Judge of 1795 and 1797, and is still the same in 1806, notwithstanding any appearances to the contrary.
Might I be indulged in the language of metaphor, I should say that our political bark is in the midst of a tempestuous and perilous sea; the crews in the round tops who handle the stay falls, are corrupt and disaffected ; but as the captain has taken the helm, would he but order a few of the traitors overboard , there is no doubt we should make the port in safety.
In plain language, every thing depends upon the real republicanism of the legislature. Reform is necessary—reformation of confidence to our courts is indispensable, and yet impossible with a loyal people, without reform. The crisis is all important. Much has been discovered, and much is to be done. Let all contribute to the public welfare in their places, as will
An Observer.
Baltimore, December 29.
Mr. Clark, the congressional representative from New-Orleans, left town this morning for Washington. He last evening received information from a member of congress there, that general Wilkinson had left his army near the Sabine, and returned to the city of
New-Orleans; around which, he was throwing up fortifications and manning them with the seamen from the shipping, &c. The cause, an apprehension of a naval attack, but by what power is not stated.
Extract of a letter from Governor Tiffin, dated Dec. 1st, 1806, to the Secretary of War.
"I have this night received yours of the 26th of November, directing that 150 or 200 volunteer militia may be immediately raised under the authority of the U. States, to take post at Marietta, for the express purpose of preventing the flotilla from moving from the Muskingum river, which is believed to have been built with hostile views, and observing that the troops so raised shall while in service receive the pay and rations allowed by law."
"The same mail that brought yours brought me also a communication from Judge Meigs of Marietta, informing me that in obedience to my instructions sent to him by virtue of a law of our state passed about a week ago (an account of which I enclosed to the President) a detachment of our militia on the night of the 10th inst. seized ten of the batteaux as they were descending the Muskingum river, and that four more remain on the stocks unfinished, which will be also arrested. These batteaux were 40 feet long, very wide, covered and constructed to carry one company of men each. 100 barrels of provisions were on board. It appears notice had been sent on of my orders being issued by some spy or other, and they were hurrying off; but they are happily secured. Comfort Tyler (styled by his men col. Tyler) was lying with a number of fast rowing boats at Blennerhassett's Island, and my informant adds with a number of men (50 were counted) armed indiscriminately with muskets, pistols, cutlasses, &c. waiting for the Muskingum flotilla to join them, in order to descend the river—that they were alarmed upon hearing of the militia being in motion, and had centinels placed, and lanterns burning at different parts of the island—that Blennerhassett and Tyler have pushed down the river, and left the boats to follow them, upon hearing of those upon the Muskingum being seized."
"In this state of things, I have thought it best, which I hope will meet with your approbation, to send off an express this night to Marietta, and another to Cincinnati. At Marietta I have appointed, by virtue of your letter, one major, one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, and directed to be raised a company of sixty non-commissioned officers, privates, and musicians, to guard the flotilla arrested, and guard the river Ohio; and arrest any boats or armaments which may come down. At Cincinnati I have directed to be raised two companies, each consisting of one major, one captain, one lieutenant, one ensign, and sixty non-commissioned officers, privates and musicians. These troops will be under arms in one day after my express arrives. I have at Cincinnati ordered two pieces of artillery to be planted on the bank of the river, to keep spies every ten miles up the river to give notice of the approach of the boats—to throw a bridge of boats across the river, and not to suffer a boat to pass unexamined, or sink every one which shall attempt forcibly to pass."
"I believe the Muskingum flotilla and Comfort Tyler's flotilla, were the whole of the boats prepared for this secret expedition, and that they were to take troops on board below our state, and depended on these boats and provisions, &c. to enable them to prosecute the enterprize. We have therefore completely frustrated their intentions. The Muskingum flotilla is secured, and I have no doubt but that I shall soon give you a good account of Tyler's."
Extract of a letter from Return J. Meigs, Esq. dated Marietta, Dec. 17.
"The governor of Ohio having commissioned me to carry into effect a law of the state, passed the 6th inst. entitled "An act to prevent certain acts hostile to the peace and tranquility of the United States, within the jurisdiction of this state." I have on the 9th, by a detachment of the militia, seized fifteen batteaux and about two hundred barrels of provisions prepared on the Muskingum river (by Harmer Blennerhassett, a colleague of Col. Burr) for a military expedition against the dominions of Spain, and for other purposes. I issued a warrant for the apprehension of Blennerhassett, who resided thirteen miles below this, and without the jurisdiction of this state. He fled immediately upon hearing of the seizure of the boats, in the night, with Comfort Tyler and about fifty men, in fast rowing boats. He is pursued by land in order to head him, at some point on the Ohio. Tyler's flotilla passed this in the night. Had not the mail failed us from Washington for a whole trip, we should have received the President's proclamation in time to have seized Blennerhassett, Tyler and his whole party."
"The batteaux preparing and prepared on the Ohio, at different places, for a length of 600 miles, are all of the same model, and will carry from 40 to 60 men, and are calculated to ascend shallow rivers."
"Capt. Stoddert, with the U. States' troops, have just left this place; the ice retards his progress."
The Star.
Lynchburg.
Thursday, January 15.
By a gentleman just from Richmond, we are obligingly favoured with the latest Foreign News—the confirmation of the re-capture of Buenos Ayres, &c. &c. given in the paper of to-day.
What now will become of the immense shipments made from Britain to South-America? And had the non-importation law yet continued in force, what would be the fate of British merchants and manufacturers? Utter ruin must have ensued—indeed, circumstanced as Britain is, her affairs wear a gloomy aspect. These States are at present the principal market for her superabundant commerce, which must be lessened and narrowed every year, from the attention paid in America to domestic manufactures, & a laudable principle of economy, which seems to gain ground throughout the whole country.
Lynchburg narrowly and providentially escaped destruction yesterday morning. The chimney of a three story brick house caught fire, and the sparks thence communicated to the dry roof. The prompt and timely exertions of a few, extinguished the fire without damage.—From the season and the inflammable and defenceless situation of the village—"The danger is not over."
DREADFUL FIRE!
On the night of the 24th December, in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, a fire broke out—a store filled with brandy, rum, gin and other combustible articles which gave additional strength and destruction to the flames. The ravages that instantly ensued exceed description—The losses in houses and property are estimated at not less than 150 thousand dollars.
Sports of the Turf.
THE LYNCHBURG JOCKEY CLUB.
For the purpose of establishing a source of amusement, which has been ardently admired by the most polished nations of the world in all ages; and for the purpose of encouraging the raising of the noble animal, and turning the attention of the wealthy farmers and independent, spirited gentlemen
of the upper country, to the Horse of all brute creation the most serviceable to man, it is contemplated to form an association to be designated as above, and to have yearly fall races, regularly in October.
Within three quarters of a mile of Lynchburg, there may be obtained a very excellent race course, one mile in circumference: and the proprietor will afford every possible encouragement. Gentlemen desirous of promoting this object, or becoming members of the association will please to leave their names with Mr. Seth Ward of Lynchburg.
January, 1807.
The silver spoons noticed in our last still remain in the hands of the shop-keeper—When offered, suspicion was excited that they had been stolen, and as became an honest man, he instantly made the circumstance known to a magistrate, by whose direction they are still retained—The spoons are marked with the letter P. in cypher, and on the reverse W. R. (the maker's name) with an eagle.
The influx of tobacco for the last ten days was extraordinary, and the price excellent—from 27 to 38 shillings cash was given last week—What encouragement this for the Planters!
The quality of the present crop is said to be better, than that of any other for the last six years. It has generally been handled throughout with more care and neatness than hitherto, and the owners are amply requited by the important advance in the price. Such difference in the price of Tobacco was never before known here: and in two cases out of three it is exclusively owing to neatness care, and skill in the management .
An industrious German planter of Franklin county obtained the highest price yet given, this season. The liberal value set upon this planter's good management will operate as a premium , and will be considered highly honorable to the Lynchburg market.
JUDICIAL PURITY.
Don Sebastian has touched the Spanish! —What an extraordinary Court of Appeals they must have had in Kentucky. Recent developments have had such unexampled effect on this Tribunal that, it is questionable whether, a single member of it will shortly be able, either, to sit, or stand. Sebastian, Muter, Wallace, &c. &c. all, all are inclined to be off—nem: con.
By the last mails we have received no papers, either from Washington, or the Western country.
NEW TOBACCO INSPECTIONS.
Black-Water Ware-House (Cabel's) is a very fine building.—It is constructed of the best materials, in the very best manner—stone covered with slate, and when the contemplated plan shall be completed, for security, convenience, and durability, it will not be surpassed by any in the state. The influx of Tobacco already, circumstances considered, is very flattering.—To this Ware-house a new and excellent road has been lately opened from the Tabernacle, in Bedford County, with a good and safe bridge across Ivy Creek, and there is no doubt but that in the course of the ensuing summer, the road will be opened throughout, to the Peaks of Otter.—A new bridge over Black-water, at Lynch's Mills, just completed, affords a safe and convenient passage for waggons, &c. laden with Tobacco. There is also another bridge to be immediately built at public expense, over Black-water, to range with Brown's Alley, which will be every way beneficial to both the Town and country, more especially if, at a future day (perhaps not very remote) the opposite shores should be connected by a permanent or floating bridge, or ferry over James River, and a street across Cabel's Point, to range with the Lynchburg alley, already mentioned. Such plans, from present appearances, and a

superficial view, may appear visionary, and impracticable:—but in the face of perseverance, method, and firmness, ordinary obstacles must vanish.
Cabell's Ware-House possesses two solid advantages:—From its capacity, and the materials of which it is constructed, the utmost security is afforded to produce deposited there: Again, being erected on the bank of Black-Water creek, the expense of drayage is saved, which will be so much clear gain in the Planter's pocket.
Liberty Ware-House.
This Ware-house, built of brick, by Mr. John Lynch, was commissioned last Monday, by Campbell Court, the Inspectors sworn, &c. &c. and it is now prepared for the reception of Tobacco. The plan is extensive, and from assurances, there is every reason to believe, that it will be completed in the best manner.—Persons who highly prize their own judgement think that, it is the best situation for a Tobacco Inspection, in Lynchburg, being on a dry, gravelly eminence, with a gradual fall on all sides. Liberty Ware-house, is, to be sure, in Lynchburg's little end : but to this, Tobacco-rollers can have no possible objection, as it will be found on the very entrance into town, and exclusive of some labor, it will save all doubts and surmises, whether, in our streets, (as was often the case lately) people travel by land, or by water .
Planter's Ware-House.
This is a recent grant to Capt. Rowland Jones, by the present General Assembly.—The Captain has already commenced his operations. The Planter's Ware-House will be a square of 150 feet, of brick, covered with tile, and there exists no doubt but that it will be executed in the best possible manner.—This also is to be erected in the N. W. end of Lynchburg.
Friend's Ware-House.
Is conceived, and sanctioned. This too is a recent grant to Mr. William Davis, and when built, will probably rank amongst the first.
Such provision being made for the preservation and security of the staple of our country, it is not probable that in future ware-house damage shall again be mentioned to the prejudice of the produce of the upper country.
Some further discoveries were yesterday made relative to the Silver Spoons already mentioned. Other goods, presumed to be stolen, have been found, and two suspected persons taken into custody. A word or two on the subject next week.
Graves , we are told, when here, made very special enquiry relative to the particular time of the Mail's arrival and departure.
The Caspard , of 74 guns, one of Jerome Bonaparte's squadron, which was supposed to have been foundered, has arrived at Brest.
Society instituted at London for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce.
CHEMISTRY.
The gold medal was adjudged to Mr. MATTHEW GREGSON, of Liverpool, for the great attention which he has paid to render useful articles remaining after the calamity of public fires. To these investigations he was led by the great fire which happened in Liverpool in the summer of 1802. From the ruins of the warehouses he collected burnt sugar, wheat, rice, flour and cotton. The damaged articles of every description sold for little more than 13,000 l. but he conceives, that had the plan been resorted to which he since adopted, a saving of 44,000 l. might have been made on the article of grain only, and he thinks that nearly as much might have been gained upon rice, sugar, molasses, cotton, coffee, hemp, &c.
The process which he has tri-
ed and which completely answers, are as follows: 1. The burnt sugar was reduced to a fine powder, and made into a water colour paint.—It answered also as a varnish ground; an oil colour; and a painting ink.—2. Burnt wheat answered the same purposes.—3. The burnt American fine flour he successfully manufactured into paste. To the above named purposes, Mr. G. is sure the burnt materials are applicable, and may be converted with the greatest ease.
"That corn," says he, "when charred is incorruptible, is a fact that was known to the ancients; and if so there can be little doubt but the colour will be durable. It is not in my power to say whether it may be used for dyeing; but I am inclined to think that the Chinese make Indian ink of rice, or some vegetable black." The importance of this discovery, if it answers the sanguine expectations of Mr. Gregson cannot be doubted, since cargoes of grain and flour rendered almost useless in long voyages by heating, may be converted to these useful purposes, and thus their value greatly increased, and the drying quality will recommend their use, as lamp-black is much objected to on account of its slowness in drying.
Dr. Howison transmitted to this society a barrel of the preparation of tan, which weighed 54 lb. with documents to prove that 110 lb. had been prepared by him, at the rate of about sixteen shillings per cwt. but which in large quantities might be manufactured at the rate of ten shillings per cwt.
This tanning principle was extracted from Mangrove bark, & the apparatus used for the purpose consisted of four wooden cisterns resembling coolers, fitted with cocks, and so elevated one above another, as to admit of any liquid, contained in the higher cistern, running off into that immediately under it.
Dr. H. divided 400 lb. of the bark (broke into small pieces) into three equal parts, one of which was thrown into each of the three highest cisterns. To the bark in the uppermost cistern he added 100 gallons of rain water, which were allowed to remain twelve hours. The infusion was then drawn off into the second, and after standing for a similar period, into the third, and lastly into the fourth, and which had been kept empty to receive the saturated infusion, to be farther concentrated by evaporation. The cocks belonging to each cistern, when once turned, were left open to admit of the infusion draining off completely.
The whole liquid collected into the evaporating cistern was exposed to the heat of the sun, until concentrated so as to resemble thick syrup, at which time the lixivium was reduced to about 8 gallons. It was then drawn off clear from its precipitate into a copper boiler, in which it was boiled on a slow fire, and kept stirring, until the extract acquired a consistence that would just admit of its being poured into the barrel; in this state it had the appearance of pitch.
For this communication, which may prove of great value in commerce, the Society of Arts adjudged Dr. Howison their gold medal. The Doctor has made a similar extract from Myrabolans, which is likely to be extremely useful both for tanning and dying.
The robenier, a tree generally known by the name of the false Acacia, is now extensively cultivating in France. It had heretofore been reared only for its fragrance; but citizen Francois de Neufchateau, having ascertained that the tree will, in ten or twelve years attain the size of an oak of thirty or forty years standing. Citizen Neufchateau planted a tract of about 2 acres of very poor soil, with the robeniers, about six feet from each other, and valued at no more than six francs; in ten years the timber was felled and sold for 36,000 francs; and in the ten succeeding years, he had three topping, or cuttings of
very considerable value. These trees, planted in hedges, and cropped every third year, form an impenetrable fence, rendering at the same time much useful wood. The slightest and most hungry soils will answer for them.
English paper.
SOUTH AMERICA.
Extract from the official accounts received at Havanna, relative to the re-taking of Buenos Ayres, by Don S. Liniers.
AUG. 1. Last night a detachment of 500 English attacked 200 Spaniards, encamped 4 leagues from the city, and made them leave the field, with 4 cannon and 8 prisoners: few were killed or wounded on either side.
5th. Our transports crossed from Sacramento to the river of Las Conchas, with a favourable S. E. wind, and landed 2700 men, with cannon, other arms, &c.
8th. A very heavy rain from the 6th, until last night. We have this moment received news that our troops are marching towards this city, suffering great hardships from the many swamps that lay between us, and impede the passage of the artillery.
10th. At 12 o'clock, gen. Liniers sent Don Hilario Quintance, Lieut. of infantry, to ask the British general to surrender himself in the course of 15 minutes; but that officer returned without an answer, as he was denied admittance into the fort. At 4 o'clock, the following letter was sent to the British General:
"Very excellent Sir,
"The fate of arms is variable—it is less than a month since your excellency took this capitol without any opposition; attacking with a very small number of troops a multitude of people, who surely were more deficient of a good commander, than courage to oppose your intention: But at present, penetrated by the highest enthusiasm and valor, they are ready to throw off a hateful yoke, and demonstrate that the courage shown by the inhabitants of Ferrol, the Canary Islands, and Porto Rico, is not a stranger to those of Buenos Ayres. I come at the head of well disciplined troops very superior to yours. The maritime forces that occupy the entrance of the river, will not leave a retreat for your excellency.—Thousands of inhabitants, well armed, full of honor and courage, only wait for a signal from me to overthrow the British troops. The just esteem due to the courage of your excellency, the generosity, of the Spanish nation, and the horrors that inspire the destruction of men, induce me to give your excellency this advice; and I expect that as your excellency is well acquainted with your perilous situation, without resource, you will let me know in the precise term of 15 minutes, if you are disposed to a desperate effort, and give your troops up to a total destruction, or surrender to a generous enemy.
"May our Lord guard your
"Excellency many years.
"(Signed)
"Santiago Liniers.
"Army before B. Ayres, }
"August 10, 1806.
"To the very excellent }
"Sir Wm. C. Beresford. }
This letter was answered with the following lines:
"I have taken this town after two victories: Its fate arms will decide.
"(Signed) Beresford."
On the 11th Aug. our troops attacked and entered by assault at the Retiro, where we took a guard of 50 men prisoners.—We entrenched ourselves here, and placed a 24 pounder facing every street All night several skirmishes between our patrole, and the advanced guard of the enemy took place.
12th. All this day and night several skirmishes between the Catalonians and the enemy; our artillery fired also on the British shipping and did damage. Our long expected long-boats, in which we place great hopes, are not yet arrived.
13th. At 10 o'clock this morning our brave Catalonians, the Blandengues and Dragoons on foot attacked the enemy on all points. Our artillery was
fronting the Retiro, and several 24 pounders at every street; taking the enemy between two fires. The attack continued very hot till evening, when the English flag was pulled down & the Spanish hoisted. The enemy surrendered themselves prisoners of war, but the officers are to have the honors. The British General and officers were quartered in several houses, and the troops locked up in the corporation houses. The enemy has had many killed and wounded and we have also great loss.—On the 14th Te Deum was sung with great rejoicings.
The English vessels at Barragan Bay have all escaped. Of four ships of the line that presented themselves before this harbor, one was sunk by the forts, two were stranded, and the other escaped.
From Lang & Turner's Gazette.
NEW-YORK, Dec. 29. —The British Packet Diana , captain Gibbons, who arrived here yesterday via Bermuda, sailed from Falmouth on the 12th ultimo, and brings us London papers and Marine Lists to the 7th.
The Papers are filled with the French success in Prussia. The latest date from Berlin is October 24th; on which day the French took possession of that place—the queen of Prussia had fled to the Baltic on her way to Custrin.
Lord Morpeth and suite arrived at London from Berlin on the first of November by way of Hamburg.
On the 12th Nov. 4 ships of the line, 2 frigates, a sloop of war, 10 cutters and 23 transports, having on board 4000 troops, including cavalry, sailed from Falmouth on a secret expedition. They were victualled for 12 months, and commanded by com. R. Stopford and gen. Crauford.—Another expedition was fitting out at Ramsgate and Margate.
Twenty thousand infantry, and a regiment of cavalry, British troops, were to be sent to the aid of the allies on the continent.
The trial of Captain Whitby was soon to be held at Portsmouth, on board the Gibraltar , "for a breach of neutrality, and for the murder of John Pierce, an American subject."
Death.
Died at Dennis Kelley's distillery, in Campbell county, Virginia, the 20th of December, 1806, Christian Lany , whose legal heirs may be benefited by an attention to his Estate, or an application at a proper time, to the person who may administer thereon.
Trust Deed.
WILL be sold to the highest bidder, for Ready Money, on the premises, the 14th day of February, 1807—By virtue of a Deed of Trust executed to me by Josiah Hughes to secure the payment of a debt due Martin Smith, a tract of LAND, containing 150 acres, lying and being in the county of Campbell, on or near Hat Creek—The sale will be conducted and the conveyance made agreeable to said Trust.
DENNIS KELLEY, Trustee. January, 1807.
Virginia.
At a Court of Quarterly Session, continued and held for Campbell County, on Tuesday the 11th day of November, 1806.
John Lynch, sen. Com'. } AGAINST } In Chancery Gersham Clemons Esq. } Kiel Clemens & Christo } pher Fletcher, Def'ts }
THE defendants not appearing, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court that they are not inhabitants of this country—It is ordered and decreed that they do appear here on the second Monday in February next, and answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith entered in some one of the Virginia gazettes for 2 months successively, and posted up at the front door of the said Court-house for two several court days.
A Copy—Teste.
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the ... Morgan—the said House is an excellent stand for a Store, and capable of accommodating a genteel family.—For terms apply to the subscriber living in Amherst county, near New-Glasgow—Mr. Thomas W. Cocke of Lynchburg, or Mr. Daniel Warwick of Richmond.
LINDSAY COLEMAN.
Jan. 14, 1807.
3w.
List of Letters
Remaining in the Post-Office at Lynchburg the 31st December, 1806, which will be returned to the General Post-Office as dead letters if not taken out by the 31st March, 1807.
William B. Banks, John Burris, Elijah Boley, Mr. Boart, Copper Smith. Harrison Chilton, John Carter, Doc. William Cochran, Robert Cardwell, Col. John Callaway, Edmund Cobbs, Caleb Callaway, 2. Addison Davis, Samuel Duvall, Valentine De Pietio, John Douglass, John H. Eoe
Henry Farmsworth, John Fowler, Savannah Gilleland, Daniel Gray, Richard Gilliam, Esq. Col. Charles Gwatkin.
William Hore, John Hanford, 2, Joseph Hardwick, Higginbotham Bown, & Co.
Christopher Isbell, Allen Jones, Jesse Irvine, William Jean, Robert Jennings 2, Benjamin & Nicholas Johnson, Lewellen Jones, Charles Johnson, Charles V. Johnson, William L. Jones, Esq.
Joseph Kennerley, Sackville King, Esq. Thomas B. King.
Shelly Lee, Edward Lankford. William D. & David F. Mafors, Thomas C. Moorman, Thomas M. Caleb.
Elisha Perkins, Richard Perkins, Elizabeth Powell, Thomas Purcell.
Harrison Ratcliff, Isham Royalty, George Reveley, Esq.
William Staples, John Sled, 2. capt. Robert Srott, Maj. Samuel Scott.
Caleb Tate, jun. William Talbott, Esq. John Timberlake, John H. Trent.
Mis. Maria Winfrey, Thomas Whittington, Mr. Weaver, Maj. Ward Capt. Elias Wills, John Walkers Capt. Woodroof, 2.
THOMAS W. COCKE, A. P. M.
Jan. 6th, 1807.
3w.
Negroes and Land for Sale
ON the 10th day of February next will be exposed to dwelling house, in the county of Amherst, Twenty likely Slaves, consisting of men, women, and children.—Also, the tract of Land, viz:—453 acres of Good Cre. k. on which I now live—Stanton river, at the mouth of the water—and 800 acres Mountain, the whole lies in the county of Bedford the greater part well calculated for the culture of Tobacco and Cotton. The terms of sale for the negroes cash—for half cash, and the other half in 6 months.
Jan. 5, 1807.
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This year it is Prussia. The En- government may vote coalition ar- s in the cabinet, but Bonaparte can ays prevent them in the field. This matter so very obvious to any man knows the scene of Europe and can ulate the probability of events, that a net must be sunk in ignorance and idity not to see it, and thus it is that lives of unoffending men are spoiled y.
As to the late negotiation for peace be- en England and France, I view it as a of war on both sides and the conceit which could outwit the other. The fth manifesto says—"The negotiation iginated in an offer made by the French vernment of treating for peace on the is of actual possession." Well! be it it makes the matter neither better nor se; for the fact is, though the British festo says nothing about it, that the fth cabinet had planned and was form- this coalition army of Prussians, Rus- sians and Swedes several months before offer was made and the French gov- ment had knowledge of it, for it is possible to keep such things a dead se- ret. The French government, therefore, ing, at last, what may be called supe- rior knowledge of this coalition intrigue de the offer to find out the whole of that ague that it might be prepared against And on the other hand, the British net closed with the offer and went in- the negotiation to give time to the ssians and Swedes to march and join Prussians, while the comedy of negoti- on was going on.
But the Cossack usurper, as they call n, has been too quick for them. He outwitted the coalition intriguers, and generalised the coalition usurpers. e fallen king of Prussia has to deplore fate, and the British cabinet to dread consequence.
In speaking of these circumstances it ght always to be remembered that the fth government began this war. It d concluded a treaty of peace with France called the treaty of Amiens, and soon after declared war again to avoid ful- filling the treaty. It will not be able to conclude another treaty so good as the treaty it has broken and must probably ne- treaty at all. That government must now abide by its fare, for it can raise no more coalitions. There does not remain powers on the continent of Europe to form another. The last that could be raised has been tried and has perished.
THOMAS PAINE. New York, Dec. 14, 1806.
On the Porticaland Mili- tary Affairs of Europe.
The battles which decided the fate of the King of Prussia and his government began on the 9th of October and ended on the 14th of that month; but the final event of the total overthrow of the Prus- sian army of 150,000 men on the 14th, was not known in England till the 26th or 27th of October. The first public notice of it is in a London paper of the 27th. The article in the London paper of the 27th, which announces this event, begins as follows: "London, October 27th— "It is with very great concern that we are obliged to check the pleasing expectations "that were entertained YESTERDAY "of the success of the Prussian army."
The manifesto and declaration of the English government on the failure of the negotiation for peace with France, and which throws all the blame of that failure on the French government, was published in the London Gazette (the official paper of the English government) on the 21st of October, five or six days before that gov- ernment knew of the overthrow of the Prussians. Query. Would the English government have published that manifesto had it been kept back till after the over- throw of the Prussians were known? I think not, unless it be true which fanatics have formerly said, that "those whom God intends to destroy he first renders mad."
It is a saying often verified by experi- ence, that "one story is good till the other is told." In a little time we shall have the manifesto of the French government, and then comparing the two with each other and with such circumstances as are known which is the only true way of interpreting manifestoes, we shall be enabled to form some judgment of the whole.
But as far as circumstances are alrea- dy known, Bonaparte has done exactly what I would have done myself, with re- spect I mean to the present war, had I been in his place, which thank God I am not. Why are coalitions continual- formed and forming against him, against the French nation, and the French gov- ernment? Or why does the government of England oppress and impoverish the people it governs by loading them with the burdensome expense of paying these condi- tions? It is they who pay all and I pi- ty them sincerely.
The opposers of Bonaparte say, "he is a usurper." The case is that all the kings in Europe are usurpers, and as to heredi- tary government, it is a succession of u- surpers. The present hereditary govern- ment of England is derived from the u- surper William of Normandy, who conquer- ed England and usurped the government. If there is any man amongst them all that is less a usurper than the rest, it is Bon- aparte, for he was elected by the French nation to the rank and titles he now holds. The others assume it by the sword, or succeeded in consequence of the first u- surpation.
As to the coalitions against France it is impossible in the nature of things they can succeed, while the French government conducts itself with the energy and activi- ty it now does. The English government may amuse itself with forming coalitions as it pleases, but they are of no avail. For there is no single power in Europe that is able to until a coalition ar- chments from differ- of Europe can be col- And in the second detachments of an in- my cannot be put in of assembling some- without its being the government. The always be that as soon ment knows that those motion, the French at its head will e first part of the co- come up with and o- ear the part was Aus-
THE Planter's and Farmer's ALMANACK For the year 1807,
Is now published and for sale, by Retail or otherwise, at the Star-Office.
VIRGINIA, to wit. At a Court held for Franklin Coun- ty, November 3d, 1806.
Samuel Irvine, Comp. } AGAINST } George Rives, Burwell } IN Rives, and William A. } Chancery. Burwell, Defs. }
THE defendant George Rives not having entered his ap- pearance 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 Commonwealth, on the motion of the complainant by his counsel, it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the first Monday in March next, and answer the complainant's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in this state for eight weeks successively, and posted up at the front door of the Court-house of this county.
A Copy—Teste, CALEB TATE, D. C. FOR JAMES CALLAWAY, C. F. C. 8w.
For Rent or Sale,
MY House and Lot opposite Mr. Seth Ward's Tavern, and at pre- sent occupied by Mr. J. Paxton. For terms apply to Mr. John Robinson. WADDY TATE. Lynchburg. 3w.
Catrap.
TAKEN up by Jesse Richefon of Amherst County, near the Blue- Ridge, on the 29th April 1806, one
BAY HORSE,
upwards of fifteen hands high, adjudg- ed to be five years old this spring, has some marks of gears with a small white spot on his right hind foot, branded, as well as we can make out with the letters I. D. on his left shoul- der, appraised to £24 6s 8d current money of Virginia, by the subscribers.
Richard S. Ellis. Ino. Richefon. Moses Rucker.
Amherst, sc.
The above subscribers made oath before me a Justice of the peace for the county aforesaid to the above apprais- ment.
Josiah Ellis. April 29, 1806.
A copy of the depo- sited in my Office. Teste Wm. S. Crawford, C.A.C. 3w.
Hats for Sale BY CATLIN & MAYO.
THE above FIRM takes this method of informing the citi- zens of Lynchburg, and the public in general, that they have a large quan- tity of RORUM HATS, which they will sell at whole-sale or retail, for cash very low, at their Manufactory, in the tenement formerly occupied by Mr. Samuel Schoonfield, as a Shoe-Maker's Shop, directly opposite Mr. Higgin- botham's Store. They flatter them- selves that the quality of their hats, and their punctilious attendance to those who may become customers, will ob- tain them general patronage.
Lynchburg, Dec. 22. 1806. tf
PETER E. BOOKER Cabinet-Maker
TAKES this method of informing his friends and the public in ge- neral, that he has commenced the a- bove business, in the Old Printing Of- fice, formerly occupied by M. W. Weaver & Brothers, where he has laid in a sufficient stock for carrying it on with neatness and dispatch.
He wants two Apprentices (not to exceed 16 years of age) to the above business.
Country produce will be taken at the market price. Lynchburg, Dec. 19th, 1806.
NELSON C. DAWSON. 29th Dec. 1806. 3w.
GOUTY.
Lately imported by Brown & Rives
WILL stand the ensuing season at my stable in Amherst County, five miles from New-Glas- gow—the terms, his pedigree, and performances will be made known in due time—suffice it for the present to say, that he is as high a bred horse as ever was imported from Great Bri- tain or any other country, and that his size form and figure are greatly recom- mendatory.
ROBERT RIVERS. Dec. 20, 1806 4w.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of Lynchburg and its vicinity, that he has just commenc- ed the BAKING BUSINESS in the above place, and proposes to furnish all those who may choose to patronize him, with 16lbs of Bread to a barrel of flour.
He will bake pilot-bread, ship-bread crackers, butter-biscuit, rusk, pine cake, &c. &c.
JAMES ALBERT. Lynchburg, 27th Nov. 1806. tf
AMHERST May Court, 1806.
Thomas Johnson Plff. } vs. } John Lynch, jr. An- } drew Lynch, John Lynch } fr. Charles L. Terrell, } and Sarah his wife, Sa- } muel Mitchell, fr. Sam- } uel Mitchell, jr. Charles } Mitchell, and Edward } Mitchell, and Charles } Lynch, jr. Defs. } To Chancery
THIS day came the Plaintiff by his attorney, and the Defs. Sam- uel Mitchell fr. Samuel Mitchell jr. Charles Mitchell and Edward Mitchell still failing to file their answers, it is considered by the Court that the bill of the complainant as to them be tak- en as confessed and the matter and equity thereof decreed accordingly, unless the said defts file their answers at or before August Court next.
A Copy—Teste, Wm. S. Crawford C.A.C. 8w.
Lunenburg county, Nov. 10.
THE subscriber thinks proper to give notice, he has resumed the practice of the Law, and purpo- ses regular attendance in the Court of Appeals, the Federal Court, and the High Court of Chancery holden in the city of Richmond, (to which place he is now prepar- ing to remove his residence.) Due attention will be paid to such business as may be committed to his care.
WILLIAM COWAN. 8w.
NOTICE.
WILL be sold on Saturday the 24th inst. at Capt. Philip John- son's, in Amherst county, a Negro Woman and two Children, belonging to the estate of Wm. Dameron, dec'd. A small proportion of the purchase money will be required in hand—for the balance a long credit will be gi- ven, upon satisfactory bond and secu- rity being given, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid.
As a distribution of the estate will take place on the abovenmentioned day, it is requested that all those who may have claims against the deceased, will make them known to Captain Pleasant Dawson, on or before the day of sale, in order for their immediate payment.
THE COMMISSIONERS. 2nd Jan. 1807. 3w.
Notice.
LOST, or mislaid a bond for 40 dollars, executed some time in the month of June last, by Henry Robin- son of Amherst county, to Turner Penn, a free negro man, which bond was transferred to me by the same Penn for a boat, some time in the following month July,—I therefore forbid and forbear H. Robinson, aforesaid from paying the said amount to any other than to the subscriber, and I also for- warn all manner of persons from trad- ing for, or taking an assignment on the same.
DANIEL BURFORD, jun. Amherst, 5th Jan. 1807. 3w.
A School.
ON the first Monday in January next (1807) the Subscriber will open a School, in that airy and retired house, opposite Brown's newly inclosed Lot, on Lynchburg Hill— where will be taught Reading, Wri- ting, Arithmetic, English Grammar, &c. &c. The utmost attention will be paid to the morals, as well as to the education of his pupils.—The situ- ation is high and healthy, and there is good water convenient—considera- tions of the utmost importance for the successful management of an institution of this nature.
The School on the present establish- ment will be continued ELEVEN months, at fifteen dollars the scholar, to be paid quarterly.—The first quar- ter's quota to be paid in advance.
Two or three boarders will be re- ceived, on reasonable terms, to whose education special regard shall be paid.
THOMAS L. CLAYTON. 21st Dec. 1806. 4w.
To be Rented or Leased.
FOR one or three years, and im- mediate possession given, that commodious TAVERN at Campbell Court-house, occupied at present by the subscriber—Its Vicinity to the Court House, being situate on the di- rect opposite side of the street—The numerous apartments in the building for the reception of company—Its ex- tensive stables, having stalls for forty horses—The Well of excellent water in the yard—a good kitchen and large garden attached thereto, are such con- veniences as supercede the necessity of any other description—Several beds, and a variety of house-hold and kitch- en furniture, may be purchased of the subscriber. For terms apply to
Anne Elizabeth Ramsey. 24th Dec. 1806. tf.
HYMNS.
Just published and for sale at the Star-Office, (Price, Twenty-Five Cents,)
A choice selection of Hymns
This first part, contains the new- est and so much admired Spiritual Songs practised with such beneficial effects, during the late Camp, and other Meet- ings, in the counties of Amherst, and Bedford, and in the vicinity of Lynch- burg.
GAMUTS
ALSO for sale at this Of- fice.
FOR SALE
at the Star-Office
Sketches
of the
History of France
FROM THE EARLIEST HIS- TORICAL ACCOUNTS To the present time....1806; With some remarks concerning the Life and Achievements of the celebrated NAPOLEON BO- NAPARTE, now Em- peror of France. [By an American.]
Runaway in Jail.
WAS committed to the Jail in this place, as a Runaway, on Thursday the 16th October, 1806, negro man who calls his name
NATT,
and says he belongs to a certain Rich- ard Herd, in the state of Georgia, Al- bert or Elbert county—he is between 30 and 40 years of age, a very black skin, lost some of his upper fore teeth, has remarkable small hands and feet was but badly clothed when taken he had on an old green planes roun- jacket, an ozenburgs shirt, an old pair of home spun yarn breeches striped with yellow, and an old Felt Hat, is mild spoken and appears humble when spoken to—He says he was endeavor- ing to make his way to Maryland where he was entitled to his freedom by devise—The owner of said ne- gro is requested to come forward im- mediately, prove property, pay char- ges, and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs.
John Davis, Jr. J. C. L. Jan. 6, 1807. 3m.