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YEAR 2.
Thursday, March 26, 1807.
No. 22.
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The following are the Extracts from the Statements alluded to in our last, forwarded by the Hon. M. Clay. They will afford much information on a subject, in which not only the whole nation, but every man in it, are more or less interested—PUBLIC MONEY.
LETTER
FROM THE
Secretary of the Treasury, TRANSMITTING
A Statement
OF GOODS, WARES, & MERCHANDIZE,
Exported from the United States, during one year, prior to the 1st day of October, 1806.
FEBRUARY 26, 1807.
Ordered to lie on the table.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Feb. 24, 1807.
SIR,
I have the honor to transmit herewith a statement of goods, wares, and merchandise, exported from the United States during one year prior to the first day of October, 1806, and amounting to $101,536,963. The goods, wares, and merchandise of domestic growth, or manufacture, included in this statement, are estimated at $41,253,727
And those of foreign growth & manufacture at, $60,283,236
101,536,963
The exports from Savannah which may be estimated at $2,250,000, and consist almost altogether of domestic produce, not being included in this statement, the total amount of exports for that year, may be estimated at near $104,000,000, of which about 43,000,000 and a half consisted of articles of domestic growth or manufacture.
The foreign goods may be divided into three classes, viz:
 1st. Articles, on the importation of which no duty had been collected, they being free of duty by the laws of the U. States and amounting to, $2,383,910  2d. Articles liable to duty, & which were, on re-exportation thereof, entitled to drawback. 49,334,739  3d. Articles liable to duty but which 
were not, on re-exportation entitled to drawback,
$8,564,587
60,283,236
The duties collected on the importation of the articles of the 3d class, and which not being paid by consumers within the U. States, are derived directly from the carrying trade, amount to $1,297,535 exclusively of additional duties, which constitute the Mediterranean fund.
It appears by the additional statement (A) that the articles of domestic growth, or manufacture exported during the period aforesaid, may be arranged under the following heads, viz:
Produce of the Sea $3,116,000 Forest 4,861,000 Agriculture 30,125,000 Add for Savannah 2,250,000 32,375,000 Manufactures 2,707,000 Uncertain 445,000 43,504,000
I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant,
ALBERT GALLATIN.
The Hon. the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS
The produce and manufacture of the U. States commencing the 1st Oct. 1805, and ending the 30th of Sept. 1806.
Total value $41,253,727
AMOUNT OF EXPORTS
The produce and manufacture of foreign countries, commencing the 1st Oct. 1805, and ending on the 30th Sept. 1806.
Value $60,283,236
A Summary
Of the value and destination of the Exports of the United States, agreeably to the preceding statement.
Total value to the dominion of each power.
Russia, $12,000 Prussia, 168,114 Sweden, 357,030 Swedish W. Indies, 4,230,855 Denmark & Norway, 20,419,519 Danish W. Indies, 20,419,519 Danish E. Indies, 20,419,519 Holland, 23,229,936 Dutch W. Indies & American colonies, 23,229,936 Dutch E. Indies, 23,229,936 C. of Good Hope, 23,229,936 England, Man & Berwick, 23,229,936 Scotland, 23,229,936 Ireland, 23,229,936 Guernsey, Jersey, Sark & Alderney, 23,229,936 Gibraltar, 23,229,936 British African ports, 23,229,936 British E. Indies, 23,229,936 British W. Indies, 23,229,936 Newfoundland & British fisheries, 23,229,936 British American colonies, 23,229,936 Other British colonies, 23,229,936 Hamburg, Bremen the other Hanse towns, &c. 6,424,224 French European ports on the Atlantic, 18,575,812 Do do on the Mediterranean, 18,575,812 French W. Indies & American colonies, 18,575,812 French E. Indies, 18,575,812 Bourbon & Mau-
ritius, Other French African ports, Spanish European ports on the Atlantic, Do do on the Mediterranean, Teneriffe & other Canaries, Manila & Philippine Islands, Floridas, Honduras, Campeche, & Mosquito shore, Spanish W. Indies & American colonies, Portugal, Madeira, Fayal & other Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, Italy, Trieste and other Austrian ports on the Adriatic, Turkey, Levant & Egypt, Morocco, & Barbary states, China, E. Indies (gen.) W. Indies do. Europe do. Africa do. South Seas, North-West of America, Total
A Summary
Of the value of the Exports from each State.
New-Hampshire, 795,263 Vermont, 193,775 Massachusetts, 21,199,243 Rhode Island, 2,091,935 Connecticut, 1,715,828 New-York, 21,762,845 New-Jersey, 33,864 Pennsylvania, 17,574,702 Delaware, 500,106 Maryland, 14,580,905 District of Columbia, 1,246,146 Virginia, 5,055,396 North Carolina, 789,805 South Carolina, 9,743,782 Georgia, 82,764 Ohio, 62,318 Territory of the U. States, 8,54,1030 Total 101,536,963 * Georgetown, 254,835 Alexandria, 991,793 1,246,146 * Michigan, 221,260 New-Orleans, 3,887,323 4,108,683
NOTE.—No returns have been received from the District of Savannah, in the State of Georgia.
A Summary Statement
Of the value of the Exports of the growth, produce or manufacture of the U. States, during the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806.
THE SEA
1. Fisheries.
Dried fish or cod fishery, Pickled do. or river fishery, herring, shad, salmon, mackerel, Whale (common) oil and bone, Spermaceti oil and candles, 3,116,000
THE FOREST 2. Skins & furs, Ginseng, 3. Product of wood Lumber (board, staves, shingles, hoops, & poles, hewn timber, masts, &c. Oak bark and other dyes, Naval stores (tar, turpentine, pitch, rosin,) Ashes, pot & pearl, AGRICULTURE, 4. Product of animals, Beef, tallow, hides live cattle, Butter & cheese, Pork, pickled, bacon, (live hogs,) Horses & mules, Sheep, 5. Vegetable food, Wheat, flour, and biscuit, Indian corn and Rice, All other, (rye, oats, pulse, potatoes, apples, &c.) 6. Tobacco, 7. Cotton, 8. All other agricultural products, Indigo, Flaxseed, Brown sugar, Hops, Wax, Various items, (poultry, Flax, mustard,) MANUFACTURES, 9. Of domestic materials, Soap & tallow candles, Leather, boots, shoes, saddlery, Hats, Grain, (spirits beer starch,) Wood, (including furniture, coaches, & other carriages,) Cordage, canvas, linseed oil, Iron, Various items, (snuff, silk shoes wax, candles, tobacco, lead, bricks, turpentine spirits, wool & cotton cards,) Of foreign materials, Spirits of molasses Sugar refined, Chocolate, Gunpowder, Brass & copper, Medicinal, UNCERTAIN, 10. Articles not distinguished in returns, Manufactured, Raw produce, TOTAL,
4,861,000 80,125,000 3,274,000 11,050,000 6,572,000 8,332,000 897,000 2,707,000 445,000 445,000 41,254,000
LETTER
FROM THE
Secretary of the Treasury, TRANSMITTING
A Statement of the Public Debt
On the first days of January, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807 respectively: Together with sundry explanatory statements and notes: prepared in obedience to a resolution of the House of the 8th ult.
FEBRUARY 28, 1807. Ordered to lie on the table.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 27th, 1807.
SIR,
I have the honor to transmit a statement of the public debt, on the first days of January, 1801, 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 and 1807, respectively, together with sundry explanatory statements & notes, prepared in pursuance of the resolution of the house of representatives of the 8th of January last.
It has not been practicable to complete before the adjournment of congress, similar statements for the preceding years, but they will be prepared during the recess. Quarterly statements would have been attended with still more considerable labour, in investigation, as the accounts for several parts of the public debt are rendered only semi-annually, and they are all settled annually.
It appears from the statement herewith transmitted, that the whole public debt of the United States unprovided for on the days abovementioned, amounted to the following sums respectively, that is to say,
On 1st Jan. 1801, $81,996,268 49 do. 1802, 78,050,669 83 do. 1803, 74,728,023 58 do. 1804, 85,349,744 53 do. 1805, 80,530,159 78 do. 1806, 74,539,058 75 do. 1807, 67,727,756 76 The total amount of payments of the debt (including lands paid for in stock,) have been, in 1801, 2,325,418 55 in 1802, 3,657,945 95 in 1803, 5,627,565 42 in 1804, 4,114,970 38 in 1805, 6,588,879 84 in 1806, 6,563,292 19
and the difference between the anticipated provision made on the 1st Jan. 1807, and that which had been made on the 1st Jan. 1801, is, as will appear by statement C. 448,439
Making altogether, 29,268 Which deducted from the amount of debt on the 1st Jan. 1801,
Leaves a sum of, To which adding the debt contracted by the purchase of Louisiana.
Leaves it of the debt 1st of Jan. 1807, as above stated.
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Ditto, transferred in 1802, from Gov. Morris' account, being the balance of a sum formerly remitted for paying the interest on the debt due foreign officers, 41,787 10 8 367,022 17 10 Deduct balance due to De Wolf, in Antwerp, 387 367,635 17 10 at 40 cts. 147,054 35 2. Remittances paid at the treasury before the 31st Dec. 1800, credited by the commissioners, in 1801, 541,362 16 Deduct remittances credited by commissioners in 1800, but not paid at the Treasury until 1801, 249,936 12
291,426 04 at do. 116,570 48 3. Payments at treasury before 31st December, 1800, for remittances which have been protested for non-payment, and on that day not repaid into the treasury, 46,900 311,624 83 4. Proceeds of 2,200 shares of the bank of the United States, sold in 1802, & then applied to payment of the public debt, 1,287,600
1,599,224 83 Deduct interest accrued on 31st December, 1800, and paid subsequent to that day, viz. on domestic funded debt, 114,156 13 on Dutch debt, 316,941 66 on temporary loans, 96,200 on registered debt, payable by Simpson, 371 75 Beaumarchais' claim, 10 years, 24,671 85 561,341 39 1,037,883 44
PROVISION MADE BEFORE 1st JANUARY, 1802. Provision as per statement A, of report of commissioners of sinking fund, of 3d of February, 1804, 1,085,907 60 Proceeds of bank shares sold in 1802, and applied to payment of debt, 1,287,600
2,373,507 60 Deduct interest accrued on that day, and paid afterwards, viz. Dutch debt, 297,608 27 temporary loans, 325 payable by Simpson, 75 claim, 11 years, 415,444 05 958,063 55 the 1st JA-
ment F, 3 ers of 45 February, JA- 33 08 that iz.
sinking fund, of February 5th, 1806, 2,316,975 14 Deduct interest accrued on that day, and paid afterwards, viz. on Dutch debt, 137,363 33 temporary loans, 25,607 62 registered debt, 3,871 75 Beaumarchais', 34,540 59 Louisiana debt, 337,500 $38,883 29
1,778,091 85 PROVISION MADE BEFORE 1st JANUARY, 1806. Provision as per statement B, of report of commissioners of sinking fund, of February 5th, 1807, 1,647,475 89 Deduct interest accrued on that day, and paid afterwards, viz. on Dutch debt, 88,933 33 registered debt, 3,871 75 Beaumarchais', 37,007 77 Louisiana debt, 337,350 467,162 85
1,180,313 04 PROVISION MADE BEFORE 1st JANUARY, 1807. Provision as per statement G, of report of commissioners of sinking fund, of February 5th, 1807, 1,885,927 92 Deduct interest accrued on that day, and paid afterwards, viz. on Dutch debt, 53,533 33 registered debt, 3,871 75 Louisiana debt, 337,200 399,605 08 1,436,322 84
The Star.  Lynchburg. Thursday, March 26.
The Rev. Dr. Samuel K. Jennings will preach the FUNERAL SERMON of Mrs. CARTER, at Capt. Sackville King's, on Sunday the 29th Instant.
BURR TAKEN. We are just informed that Burr was apprehended a few days ago, and under a strong guard, was seen in North Carolina, on his way to the Federal City.
Our present State Senator has yet two more years to serve.
Time taken by the fore-lock!
MARRIED lately in Baltimore, J. Richardson, aged 15, to Miss Phebe Maria T. Fullerton, aged 13.
Miranda is said to have been appointed a Brigadier General in the British service, and to be now employed against the dominions of Spain in South America.
The Essay on Banks, in the last page of this day's paper, merits perusal.
The U. States Supreme Court have decreed "that the insured has a right to abandon, when he receives information that the property insured has been captured, and libelled, and may recover for a total loss." This decision settles the law of Insurance.
30 Applications for the establishment of Banks in the State of Massachusetts have been made during the present session of their Legislature—All rejected.
It appears from Dr. Rodger's deposition, that an oath of secrecy was required from all initiated in Burrish mysteries. Arrangements are such, 'tis said, that the extent of the plot cannot be well ascertained—A good look out is indispensable.
Judge Workman, and Lawyer Kerr, have been indicted by two Orleans Juries as conspirators.
Joshua Lewis, of Kentucky, is appointed Judge of the District of Orleans.
People, of Orleans, arrested as a conspirator, acknowledged that he was one of Burr's captains.
The Common Council of N. York disprove a non-resident being imposed upon them as Mayor. Hence Mr. Thomas of Albany, appointed to the office by the Governor, declines serving.
On the night of the eighteenth inst. there fell a snow here 5 inches deep—This has been the severest and longest winter known.
Next Wednesday will be All Fool's Day! This festival is noticed not with the design of calling to recollection, the dark measures, practised darkly against us, on that day, last year—Now is not the time to examine particularly, man by man, the "Corps of worthies," the "choice spirits," the "best blood" their object, &c. &c. Our intention is barely to introduce an historical fact, (for which, doubtless, we shall receive the grateful acknowledgements of the amateurs of anecdote) that explains why , the first of April has been called " All Fools Day ."
ARCHY ARMSTRONG,  The King's Fool.
The most celebrated of all the fools, of whom we have any satisfactory accounts, was Archy Armstrong .
It detracts nothing from Archy's merits, that he was lineally descended from the well known Johnny Armstrong , who was hanged high upon a tree for his much thievery, but that severe justice, James V. as we know from the veracious relation of the statistical accounts. Entering early into the service of king James, Archy learned wisdom , and wit , at the foot of Gaimalliel , and passing hereditarily to Charles I. he learned impudence , and impolicy , under the weakest of reigns. When Laud was about to establish the liturgy among the disciples of John Knox , in Scotland, Archy told the Archbishop what would be the consequence of attempting either to lead, or to drive the Calvinistic consciences of Knox's children. And when news came to court of the tumults in Scotland, arising from that cause, Archy asked the Archbishop, in an evil hour, who is fool now? Are you growing malapert , cried the Archbishop, (who could no more tolerate wit, or a true joke, than some of our own folks) will ye force me to use my authority. In this malapertness , Archy had his coat pulled over his head, was discharged the king's service, and was banished the court, on the 11th of March 1637-8. Archy returned to his own country , where dying in a good old age, he was buried in the church-yard of Arthur on the first of April, a day appropriated to Foolery all the world over.
For the Star.
What becomes of the Lynchburg Ware-House Commissioner in foul weather? Unless the duties of the appointment be mere matter of sun-shine, then more particularly should he visit the several Inspections, & take care that the staple of the country committed to the presumed fidelity, of his superintendence, be not damaged. Half a day—one hour's attention on such occasions, would be of more account than a week at another time. It is sufficiently obvious that perpendicular drops of rain from the roof, in still times, may not injure Tobacco stowed near the weather; but when very heavy, long continued rains are drifted violently, by strong winds, the damage may be considerable. The compensation by law for this service is ample, and the gentleman's discretion his sole rule for the frequency of attendance: hence the duties of the office should meet with correspondent care. This hint will, perhaps, suffice:—if not.....
HAWK,
For the Star.  CIRCULAR.
WASHINGTON, March 2, 1807.
SIR, I HAVE determined, from a sense of duty to the whole I have represented the present session of Congress, to offer for your consideration a summary of the most important measures which have been before us, & such information about the foreign relations of this country as has been communicated.
In noticing the occurrences of the present session, none more deserve attention, than the expedition of Burr . It has been rendered interesting by the celebrity of the man, the mischief he contemplated to the community and the manner in which his designs have been defeated. His schemes were a long time enveloped in mystery, and were secretly accomplishing under pretences which scarcely excited suspicion. It was generally believed he was preparing the means of an enterprise against the Spanish provinces, and as such it was announced to Congress, by the President of the United States, in his message of December 3d, "that a great number of private individuals were combining together, arming, and organizing themselves contrary to law, to carry on a military expedition against the territories of Spain." Some time elapsed before any thing more definite was known; until it was ascertained that efforts had been made to corrupt the commander in chief and army of the United States, with the design of seizing New Orleans, revolutionizing the country, and effecting a separation of the Union. This intelligence was received from Gen. Wilkinson, and was contained in a letter from Burr to him, which states, "the enterprise was begun, funds provided, and detachments of men were to meet on the Ohio, the first of November, under different pretences, that every thing favored his views, both internal and external—protection from England was secured—Truxton had gone to Jamaica, to arrange with the admiral on that station, and to meet at the mouth of the Mississippi." In another part of the letter, he says, "the project is brought to the point so long desired, and guarantees the result with his life and honor, the lives, honors, and fortunes of hundreds, the best blood of our country." It would indeed be a melancholy circumstance if this assertion were true. I feel certain, there are but few men in this country so depraved, so lost to every sentiment of virtue and patriotism, as to join in a plan which, if successful, would draw ruin on the nation, and imprint an indelible stain on its character; I therefore believe it a base aspersion; many who followed him, and participated in the expedition, were deluded by the artices of himself and emissaries. Events have demonstrated that the means by which these plans were to be executed, were (for obvious reasons) magnified and overrated—his expectations of aid from the western people, were unfounded; and the moment they were undeceived by the proclamation of the President, and opposed by the state authorities, they dispersed and abandoned a man, to whose banners they had repaired, under the supposed countenance of the United States; succors from England have equally failed him, and there is reason to believe that Truxton so far from co-operating, had given the earliest intelligence of his treachery. If the commander of the army (upon which he appears to have relied) had listened to his overture, and the army had yielded to seduction, in all human probability his objects would have been effected, and he would have remained in possession of Orleans for a short time; but happily for our country, they were rejected, and steps were immediately taken, which terminated in an arrangement with the Spaniards, in that quarter, which enabled the American forces to withdraw from the Sabine river, to New Orleans, and there resist any attempt against the place; the latest accounts state, that Burr and his party had surrendered themselves prisoners, and had been delivered in custody to the civil power of the Mississippi territory. Thus was ended this conspiracy, surpassed by nothing in the annals of our history, for baseness; crippled in its progress, by the vigilance of the general and state governments, and finally suppressed without bloodshed, by the patriotism of the people.
During the agitation and alarms of the public mind, produced by the conspiracy, and while its extent was unknown, the Senate proposed a bill suspending the writ of habeas corpus, for three months; this bill was rejected by a very large majority in the House of Representatives, as unnecessary to secure the tranquility of the country, and extremely dangerous as an example. I shall mention a few laws which have passed:—An act extending the time for locating Virginia military land warrants. The holders of these warrants are allowed a further time of three years to locate them in the tract of country reserved by the state of Virginia, and granted to the soldiers in her service during the last war. A law prohibiting the importation of slaves into the United States, after the 1st of December, 1807. A bill from the Senate to raise an additional number of regular troops, is now before the House of Representatives, but I believe it will not pass; for myself, I think the present military establishment with the aid of the militia on our frontiers, sufficient to repel the attempts of the adjacent Indians or Spaniards, if they meditate mischief, and am therefore unwilling to incur an expense of a million of dollars annually when there is no necessity existing. In November, when the Spaniards crossed the Sabine river, and occupied the country on this side claimed by the United States, our army was ordered to drive them back by force, if necessary; the commanding officer after ascertaining their real numbers, discharged 400 militia,
drawn from the Mississippi territory; from this circumstance, it is evident our present force is sufficient to maintain the country against the Spaniards, with any number of men they can collect from their thinly settled provinces to the south of the Mississippi, the important settlements of which are very remote and can only be brought to the field, with great difficulty, it is probable, after the arrangements between Gen. Wilkinson and the Spanish commanders, we shall be again molested, until our negotiations with Spain have terminated; they declare their instructions positively forbid any aggression on the United States, and have agreed not to enter the disputed countries until the title is settled by the two countries, but to provide against events which may require the interposition of military force we have authorized the President to accept the services of 30,000 volunteers, to be employed against any foe, for two years, to be paid and governed by the regulations of war, when engaged in actual service, provided the officers shall be appointed by the executive of the states to which they respectively belong. This number of men can be easily procured and always ready, without expense to government; they will be competent to avert danger until stronger measures can be adopted, and will relieve others from service, whose families and property would render them averse to military duty unless their country was really endangered, and required general exertions from the people.
I shall now take a view of a very important law passed this session, to expedite the payment of the whole of the national debt. In 1801, eighteen millions of dollars were annually appropriated for this purpose, and such has been the effect of this law, that on the first day of January last, twenty four millions dollars, principal of the debt, had been paid off, and during the present and next year nine and a half millions more will be paid—making on the first day of January 1809, thirty-three and a half millions of dollars, and leaving a balance of 37,491,833 dollars, due from the United States to their creditors. After the period last mentioned, from the terms of the original contract between the government and those who own the debt, only four millions and a half of dollars can be paid towards its extinguishment; this sum will in the year 1824, have discharged all demands against the United States, except the 3 per cent. stock, amounting to nineteen millions, and bearing an interest of 570,833 dollars; but if the public creditors will consent to modify the debt, and accept stock redeemable within seven years, (agreeable to the provisions of the law) the whole debt will be discharged in 1821; and calculating the revenue and expenditures of the government, to continue what they are at present, there would be an accumulation of at least fifteen millions surplus revenue. Another very material benefit will result to the United States, from the proposed commutation of the debt, without doing injustice or injury to the public creditors: Nineteen millions of the stock bear an interest of only three per cent. in perpetuity, unless the government shall choose to advance to the holders of it, the amount of its nominal value; while money continues worth 6 per cent. it is evident we shall never throw away what yields six per cent. to pay a debt bearing only three. In order to obviate this difficulty, the secretary of the treasury is authorized to compound with the owners of this stock, and purchase it up at the price at which it is bought and sold in the market, between individuals, by issuing a new six per cent. stock to that amount, redeemable at the pleasure of the United States, after they have satisfied all other claims, except that for the purchase of Louisiana. Instead, therefore, of being saddled with the perpetual charge of 570,833 dollars, annually, or paying nineteen millions of dollars, we shall be discharged from both by advancing about fourteen millions. Unless this measure had been adopted after 1809, the commissioners of the sinking fund would have had no other way of applying one half of the annual appropriation of eight millions, than by making purchases; and it is believed that purchases, annually, to the amount of four millions, would raise the six per cent. stock considerably above par, and the three per cent. to the highest price possible; as a necessary consequence, they would cease to purchase, and the United States would continue to be encumbered for a number of years with the eight per cent. and in perpetuity with the three per cent. annuities; years the most favorable for the extinguishment of the debt, would elapse, and periods might follow, when the pressure of annual payments would be sensibly felt; to improve the present time is most consistent with the public opinion, and the former acts of the legislature. Who can doubt the propriety of this policy? Is it not better to suffer these large sums to remain in the treasury, and at some future period to be wasted with prodigality, or employed for purposes of corruption, and in times of difficulty, overwhelm the community with taxes, which otherwise would never be wanted, either for purposes of defence, or internal improvement. It is a fact, that the revenue of the United States, even in its present state, would be sufficient to meet any emergency, but for the debt with which it is clogged; let it however be recollected, this debt is justly due, and ought to be honestly paid. It is the compensation given to those who rendered services, and furnished means by which our revolutionary war against England was maintained, and our independence achieved. It is the price we have paid for the liberty we enjoy, and the happiness we expect; but let it also be recollected, it is our duty to discharge it speedily, and not permit that which annihilated foreign tyranny to grow and establish domestic servitude. I have been minute on this subject, be-

use it is one of the most valuable effects which flow from that peaceable course pursued by the government of the United States; which is characterised by preserving strict neutrality towards foreign nations, treating them all with justice, and participating in the quarrels of none; refusing entire countenance in the people themselves, to repress insurrections, repel invasions, and preserve tranquillity; avoiding military preparations which can never be wanting to restrain freemen, and would be inadequate to resist foreign attacks, which only consume the public prosperity; in fine, which consists in the retrenchment of all useless expenses, the abolition of unnecessary establishments of every kind; the repeal of taxes, whose proceeds are almost absorbed in their collection, and serve only to enlarge the circle of executive patronage, without enriching the public treasury. Nothing, but the intervention of war can retard or defeat this career of national prosperity; and when I consider our distance from the nations of Europe, the unsettled state of that continent, and the motives which the principal powers have (especially while engaged in war with one another) to cultivate harmony with us, I cannot but hope our tranquillity will remain undisturbed, until we have effected the great purposes for which peace is so peculiarly desirable.
We have passed a bill continuing the Mediterranean fund until January next, & repealing the duty of eight cents, laid on salt, in 1797, on the 30th of June, and the remaining twelve after the 30th of September. I could have withheld the whole duty to be taken off at once, but the Senate has rejected the bill containing that provision. I think the present mode, if the Senate will concur, preferable to the continuance of the tax, probably for years.
The law passed at the last session, prohibiting the importation of certain articles of merchandise from England into the United States, has been suspended until July next. It was understood that negotiations were proceeding favorably, and promised an advantageous issue to this country, and that the further suspension of this law, by affording a proof of confidence in the friendly disposition of the British government, would tend to facilitate a final accommodation of all differences between the two nations. I was in favor of the measure, because I feel determined to adopt every plan which will secure peace, without surrendering the national honor.
An event has recently occurred, which supercedes the necessity of our enforcing the provisions of this law, unless indeed there shall be a repetition of injuries towards the commerce and citizens of the United States, we have been officially informed that a treaty was signed on the 31st of December, between this country and Great Britain, and although the terms are still unknown, from the character of the American minister, and the assurances we have received that the great points of difference have been settled, I feel confident its provisions will be satisfactory, all injuries will be redressed, commerce will be protected in future, and the seamen of this country preserved from impressment.
The late decree of the French emperor, declaring England in a state of blockade, and interdicting all intercourse with that island, gave great and just apprehensions to the people at large; they feared their vessels and property would have been seized and confiscated, and their country in resisting practice upon such a principle, would have been involved in unavoidable difficulties. A letter from the minister of marine in France, to Gen. Armstrong, (laid before Congress) assures him the decree is not intended to affect American trade, and that the convention of 1800 continues to form the rule by which the French cruisers will be governed towards us. It remains to be seen whether this explanation is authorized, and we should regulate our conduct by that result.
I should be extremely gratified if I could announce the termination of all differences between this country and Spain, the only nation with whom we have any misunderstanding; the latest accounts mention a commissioner had been appointed, and had met the American minister to treat upon the subject, but the result has not transpired. I entertain very little doubt, that when the termination of Burr's conspiracy, and the warm,
Thirty first of December was substituted by the Senate and agreed to by the House of Representatives.
A copy of the treaty sent to Mr. Erskine arrived on the 3d of March, at Washington and was submitted to the American government. It was rumored, and I believe correctly, that the Senate would not be convened to ratify it; that the President would not sign it in the present form—because there is no provision for the impressment of American seamen, and previous to the signature of the British commissioners, they reserved to their government the right of making any regulations about neutral commerce, to counteract the effects of the French decree of blockade, if the provisions of that decree should be carried into effect by Bonaparte, or submitted to by the neutral powers—that they should not feel bound by the terms of the treaty, unless the conduct of or assurances of the American government gave full satisfaction in relation to that measure.
The explanation given by the French government, and the declaration, that the convention of 1800, was to be the basis by which American trade is to be respected, will readily produce the revocation of the above mentioned reiteration—and if it be true that the commissioners had once agreed to satisfactory provisions about our seamen, I indulge a hope that before the next meeting of Congress every difficulty will be adjusted.
W. A. B.
unshaken attachment of the western people to the Union are known in Europe, Spain will be convinced of the impossibility of dismembering the Union, the futility of tampering with our citizens and routed to a sense of danger for her weak, defenceless colonies, which are only preserved to her by the good faith of this government, and its exertions to retain those that are ready to wrest them from her. The treaty with England will have considerable effect; Spain will know where her ships are driven from sea, her distant settlements menaced by expeditions from England, it will be impossible to fend aid to her provinces adjacent to us, and that they must fall the moment they are attacked. From every view I am able to take of this subject, it does appear to me that we shall avoid a conflict with Spain; but if that should not be the case, I do not apprehend the least injury from any force she can oppose to that of the United States.
I cannot conclude without congratulating you on the happy fate of our country; while every other portion of the globe is doomed to suffer the miseries of war, and the oppression of despotic power, we enjoy profound peace, and exemption from violence; our national debt is rapidly extinguished, our commerce extended to every sea, our revenue growing with unexampled quickness, and our resources of every kind equaling the expectations of the most ardent friend of his country. The perpetuation of these blessings depends upon ourselves; the happy destiny of this country can never be changed while the union is supported, and the constitution maintained and administered in its true meaning and spirit.
I have now communicated what appeared to me most important to be known. I do not attribute to myself any merit for our prosperous condition, but I can with truth declare, I have never lost sight of what I thought was the public interest, and that as long as you continue to instruct me with your confidence, the same sentiments will govern my conduct.
Accept my best wishes.
WILLIAM A. BURWELL.
From the Virginia Argus.
ON NATIONAL EDUCATION.
No. I.
The importance of Education as connected with political Liberty.
The benefits resulting from an improvement and cultivation of the intellectual faculties, are capable of presenting motives for their attainment, either of a selfish or social nature in proportion as intellectual excellence is estimated, by its tendency to promote individual or general happiness. Great mental endowments and information of a certain kind, enable the possessor to perform with advantage to himself and his immediate connections, the private transactions of life, and to acquire opulence and distinction in society. There are few minds so insensible to the impulse of ambition or self interest, as not to be feelingly impressed with the benefits of instruction, when viewed in this aspect. But the mind which has been accustomed to consider instruction only as a means of self-aggrandizement, will feel no motives to seek the diffusion of it, to promote such a system of general education, as will enlighten the whole community, remove the sources of degrading inequality, and will enable the people to perform the functions of political sovereignty, as well as the drudgeries of private life. In fact, as an instrument for acquiring personal distinction, knowledge is most effectual in proportion as it is confined to a few, and the many excluded from the means of attaining it; it may become like some mechanic trades, a matter of mystery and monopoly, into the secrets of which, the vulgar must never penetrate. A love of fame, power and distinction is a motive which frequently impels to the performance of great and useful actions; it is therefore laudable, but is not to be ranked among the more exalted social virtues, which lead us to seek the general welfare. It is foreign to my present purpose to treat of the advantages of education to the individual on whom it has been bestowed, or of the disadvantages resulting from the neglect of it. The influence of mankind constant monitor to knowledge, in this respect of pursuit, and ignorance to consider it as an instrument for the social happiness, or to the performance of popular government. If we attend to the experience
the essential principles of human nature, we shall be convinced, that the possession of power must always be commensurate in its duration, with the ability to exercise it with judgement, utility and effect. Placing out of view the irresistible event of foreign conquest, republican government (which is only the possession of sovereign power by the people) will continue so long as that people retain sufficient energy, virtue and intelligence; no longer can it or ought it to continue. The progress from incapacity to govern, to the abuse, and thence to the loss of power and the extinction of liberty, depends on causes which in similar situations will evolve themselves in every society, and under every form of government; they derive their force from the laws of human nature, and cannot be controuled by human institutions. The power of directing and controuling the actions of others and rendering them subservient to our will, constitutes the most favourite object of human pursuit; of this truth private life presents us with a familiar evidence, in the avidity displayed in the pursuit of property, and public life, in the struggle for office. Hence political power, whether possessed by a monarch or a nation, becomes an object of strong and ardent desire to the artful and ambitious, who are ready to avail themselves of every relaxation of energy, every act of imbecility or indiscretion, to excite conspiracy, rebellion, or general anarchy. If the sovereign possesses such qualities as command respect, and confidence, this propensity of mankind will be stifled in the embryo, but where the rule of vice and weakness prevails, it will vegetate with rank and baneful luxuriance. A despotic government a weak prince will always be governed by courtiers, parasites, pimps and buffoons, who study his foibles and cater for his vices.
The voice of wholesome admonition is never suffered to approach him, or is rejected with disdain; misrule provokes, and weakness invites rebellion or conspiracy, and some successful usurper assumes the sceptre. The repetition of such events, in a greater or less degree, fill up the monotonous history of despotic governments. They excite no emotions of sympathy, whether of sorrow or of joy, because they are neither the causes nor indications of a change in the happiness and destiny of mankind. But when similar circumstances, and a series of causes, strictly parallel, announce the death of liberty, the rise of despotism, and the melancholy truth that a people is unfit for freedom and self-government, the mind which does not experience sensations of deep and agonizing sorrow, must be dead to every generous and noble feeling.
The same vices and defects which in despotic governments, produce a change of dynasties, transform republics into despotism. In civilized societies, superiority of mental endowments is the only ground of personal preeminence, when not counteracted by institution. The reign of physical force ceases with the commencement of civilization, and the empire of the mind keeps pace with the progress of refinement. It follows, that as the people must always possess the physical force of a country, it can never be in the power of an individual to enslave them, except by the ascendancy of mental talent, courage and address, over ignorance, weakness and credulity. What courtiers are to monarchs, such are demagogues to the people; in both cases the sovereign is flattered and deluded into false security and supineness, till the people are robbed of their power or the monarch hurled from his throne. An ignorant public estimate measures by liberty, nor men by any just
standard of merit: the theatre of political life will be abandoned to demagogues and traitors; the true patriot will be excluded from office by the very qualities which entitle him to it; the road to popular favor will lie through the foulest avenues of intrigue, flattery and venality. Is the existence of such a state of things to be expected to continue? Is its continuance even to be wished?
The ancient republics owed their downfall not only to the defective state of political science, but to the corruption of manners produced by the influx of wealth and luxury into the cities; and republican government at that time was confined to cities. From this latter source of degeneracy, the American people may fairly calculate on an exemption, since the art of printing has extended the sphere of democratic rule, and diffused it over a surface incompatible with the existence of idleness and luxury. But the press, which ought to be considered as the sacred palladium of liberty, the pure, unadulterated vehicle of truth and useful instruction, among an unenlightened people, will be rendered subservient to the gratification of a depraved, vitiated appetite for defamation and scurrility. The same absence of interesting and elevated thought which in private society, renders slander an interesting subject of conversation, transposes itself into the press, and some mercenary hireling becomes the dishonorable pander to the most degrading of human propensities. The United States have already witnessed a great perversion of the press; it only requires to be more general, to sap the foundations of popular government, and consign it to merited destruction. A scurrilous press is as certain a criterion of a depraved and brutal taste, as is the existence of a brothel, of licentious morals. Both must have customers or they could not exist.
It is customary with the seekers of popularity, to endeavor to ingratiate themselves, by false and fulsome compliments on the intelligence of the people. Measures of a dangerous and anti-republican tendency, have been defended upon the ground of their having received the approbation of all the virtuous and enlightened people; when in fact, the virtuous and enlightened people never bestowed a thought or a care about them. Such language can answer no other purpose than to induce unfounded vanity, apathy and supineness. The people seldom judge of measures by a calculation of remote consequences, and are only roused to a scrutiny of the conduct of the government, by a direct and palpable appeal to their mercenary feelings. Although I am disposed to allow my countrymen all due credit for the qualities which they really possess; for their prompt and principled submission to the laws, the alacrity which they have displayed in their support, and for their readiness to resist encroachment on their rights, wherever it has been seen or felt; yet the truth is too important to be concealed, that we are more indebted for our civil liberty, to accidental, local and temporary circumstances, than to any moral superiority which we possess. The simplicity of occupation, which is almost entirely agricultural, and the dispersed population of the country produces a simplicity of manners, favorable to the success of republican institutions. The facility of procuring subsistence, generates independence, and does not permit the debasing vassalage, which older and more populous countries subjects the poor to. There are no cities, filled with idlers and lawless once, violent
stances of external and physical situation should be perpetual. The progress of population is rapid; another generation may behold our country, in a situation very way dissimilar, both in the number of inhabitants and nature of their occupations. The fate of millions of the future inhabitants of America is now to be decided. It will depend upon the energy and patriotism of the present generation, to determine whether they shall consist of enlightened, free, virtuous and happy citizens, or an ignorant, debased populace, prepared to be the dupes, instruments and victims of such abandoned ruffians as Aaron Burr.
In two future numbers I propose to offer some observations to the public, first on the system of education most suitable to the citizens of a republic, and secondly on the means of effecting the general prevalence of such a system of education.
PHOCION.
6 Cents Reward !!!
RAN away lately, from the subscriber, living at the foot of Flat Top Mountain, on the waters of Goose creek in Bedford county, a bond named William Strickland, who will be 17 years old in July next. He was bound to me by the court of said county. Whether he moved towards Jerusalem or Jerico, Burr or Mexico is not quite certain: but the provision he has made, promises a distant trip, & such as might not naturally be expected from a chap of his years. He carried off 2 bacon hams—half a bushel of flour and by way of comforting his stomach, on his first pilgrimage a float bottle of good old whiskey. The above reward, but no other charges or expense will be paid, by the subscriber, for apprehending, and bringing home, the aforesaid fugitive.
JOSEPH PRIEAS.
23d March, 1807.
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Notice.
TO be sold to the highest bidder, at public auction, for Ready Money, on the 5th day of May next, in the town of Christianburgh, a LOT. No. 19 lying on the main street. The foregoing lot is sold under the deed of trust made by Patrick Glyn to Ja's Bratton for to secure the payment of a debt not exceeding two hundred dollars.
JAMES CRAIG, Trustee.
10th March, 1807.
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Miscellaneous.
The following beautiful allegory must please every reader of taste. The British constitution is likened to the British oak.
THE OAK OF OUR FATHERS.
Alas for the oak of our fathers, that stood In its beauty, the glory and pride of the wood! It grew and it flourished for many an age, And many a tempest wreck'd on its boughs. But when its strong branches were beat With the Malt, It struck its roots deeper and flourish'd more fast. Its head tower'd high, and its branches spread round, For its roots were struck deep, and its heart it was sound. The bees o'er its honey-dew'd foliage play'd, And the beasts of the forest fed under its shade. The oak of our fathers to Freedom was dear, Its leaves were her crown, and its wood her spear. Alas! for the oak of our fathers, that stood In its beauty, the glory and pride of the wood! There crept up an ivy, and clung around the trunk, It struck deep in its mouth, and its juices it drank; The branches grew sickly, depriv'd of their food, And the oak was no longer the pride of the wood. The foresters saw, and they gather'd a- round, Its roots still were fast, and its heart still was sound; They lopt off the boughs that so beauti- ful spread, But the ivy they spar'd on its vitals that fed. No longer the bees o'er its honey-dews play'd, Nor the beasts of the forest fed under its shade; Lopt and mangled the trunk in its ruin is seen, A monument now what its beauty has been. The oak has received its incurable wound, They have lopt off the roots, though the heart may be sound; What the travellers at a distance green flourishing see, Are the leaves of the ivy that poison'd the tree. Alas! for the oak of our FATHERS, that stood In its beauty, the glory and pride of the wood!
From the Aurora.
BANKS AS THEY OUGHT TO BE.
BANKS and bank charters are on different states, I will offer a bank to the consideration of the United States, and add suggestions in support of my pro- position to have one bank and as necessary for general
of the State reve- in as the citizens ut, that is any ci- money to spare draw six per out money cent, dile three times
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As this substance is employed in the formation of printing types, in pharma- and in the art of dying; and, as each of it is imported, yearly, from the United States, it might be to examine the vein. I cannot be the particular spot, but some of the inhabitants of the village (Sagharries) might point it out.
The Abbe Nauy an extract ical Repository concerning the to be found in the Unit- ecuted, you could not favor than by sending
logists here doubt ing to you was lately a por- was
can find a remedy for the defect, or the means of removing the difficulty. But there will, notwithstanding, be powerful objections, and all manner of ingenuity let to work to defeat such a project by a very kind of misrepresentation and a- larm.
The motives which will lead to this, is interest, selfish interest . The stockholder who has been used to draw ten or twelve per cent. will be alarmed at a project which will yield him but six per cent. This indeed is natural; neither is it bla- mable, what men have been used to hold they consider as a right, and unwillingly discover it as a wrong, or relinquish it up as such. But here let the judicious reader recollect that all this has arisen from the error of legislation heretofore in having given to private companies, what belongs to the public only, [the right to make money or its representative] and thereby legitimated the taking of usury or more than six per cent. while the law of the land has made the same act pun- ishable by forfeiture and fine.
I will here again briefly observe, that there are to every bank in its operations, two parties, the money lenders , and the money borrowers . If the latter can be es- equally accommodated under a new bank, as under the old, they will be benefitted by the change, so far as each member of the community shares his part of a gen- eral good to the whole. As to the former, that is the money lender, will be dare to contend that he ought to have an ex- clusive privilege—that the government ought not to restrain him from taking us- ury on his money, that the government has not a right to resume what none could possess a right to give? If he does, let him grumble, the honest citizens, who are our thousand to one , will see in their own interest sufficient to determine their conduct on the question.
TEB.
From the Washington Intelligencer.
We are indebted, for the interesting information contained in the two follow- ing letters, to Mr. Mitchell of the Senate, to whom they were addressed—the first from Mr. B. D. Warden, Secretary to the American legation, dated Paris, Oct. 15; and the last from Mr. Frequent Mège, dated Athens, Geo. Jan. 24.
Paris, October 15, 1806.
Sir, I beg leave to inform you, that Mr. Godon, of Versailles, a very distinguish- ed mineralogist and chemist, proposes to emigrate to the United States, and seems to prefer the city of New-York, as a place of residence. His plan is, if en- couraged, to give, during the winter sea- son, a course of lectures on mineralogy. In summer, he proposes to take a miner- alogical survey of the country, and to col- lect, and analyse specimens of soils. Those he would designate and arrange, according to the best method. For this purpose, he provided the legislature is pleased to patronize his undertaking. If the trustees of Columbia college have a desire to promote a knowledge of this useful branch of science, they might appoint him Professor. As Mr. Godon is the proprietor of a small estate in this country, which affords a decent subsis- tence, he would be contented with a very moderate salary.
I have heard Messrs. Vauquelin, Do- lamtherie, and other chemists, deliver the most favorable opinion of the talents of Mr. Godon, which as clearly marked in several other sciences, as in those he proposes to teach. His political creed is found and rational. In his morals he is irreproachable.
As your labors, Sir, are so often, and so happily directed to the improve- ment of chemistry and its collateral bran- ches, I trust this project will interest you. Will you have the goodness to give Mr. Godon your advice, and to inform him what support he may expect. If your re- ply be favorable, he will embark for New-York, in the course of the ensuing spring.
I embrace this opportunity of trans- mitting, for your inspection, a bit of a metallic substance, of which there is a vein of considerable dimensions, at Sag- harries, near Eruptus. It is sulphuret of antimony, as you will perceive; and, al- though found several feet below the sur- face of the earth, and certainly not expect- ed to free since it was taken from the mine, several French chemists, and parti- cularly Mr. Godon, who analysed it, thinks it has undergone some subtle pro- cess.
As this substance is employed in the formation of printing types, in pharma- and in the art of dying; and, as each of it is imported, yearly, from the United States, it might be to examine the vein. I cannot be the particular spot, but some of the inhabitants of the village (Sagharries) might point it out.
The Abbe Nauy an extract ical Repository concerning the to be found in the Unit- ecuted, you could not favor than by sending
logists here doubt ing to you was lately a por- was
crop of corn, cotton, &c. were very a- bundant. It was an unusually healthy year. A few days before the great tem- pest, in which the ship Rose in Bloom, from Charleston to New York, suffered, we had a remarkably brilliant halo around the sun. The weather with us was se- rene in the latter part of August and thro' the month of September generally—but there was a peculiarity of meteorological phenomena worth noticing.
From a perfectly clear sky, in a few moments, would pour down a whirl of great violence, but of short con- tinuance. On the 7th of September, one of those fell, I verify, believe, almost per- pendicularly on this place—several trees were blown down, and my house was shak- ken as to its foundation. In fact the sky during three weeks frequently exhibited the characteristics of that of the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope, as described by St. Pierre, in Etudes de la Nature .
I have found in this neighborhood very good Manganese and marial pyrites . There is abundance of both. The Man- ganese exhibits in its fracture groups of prismatic crystals, intermixed with delicate fibres, sometimes laying parallel—and at other times diverging as radii from a center.
There is a gradual improvement in the vegetable products of our garden and field. This country will one day be as beautiful as any part of Italy. At present the culture of cotton prevents such a facility to the acquisition of money, that this pecuniary thing of any thing but the necessary quantity of corn and pork. I have seen the white clover in as great perfection here as in any other place. We shall, beyond a doubt, drink our own wine here one hundred years hence. The vine of various species grows every where, and in all seasons from the edge of the river and branches to the rock on the ridges.
I am an idle correspondent and idle only—I am delighted to see your name adorning my paper, if it be only on a newspaper. If I knew any thing on earth I love the propagation of the will, the be- nevolent and the good.
We have had intensely cold weather. On the 18th it was 5 above 0. I never before saw flower than 6 above 0.
We had a snow on the 18th, of about 6 inches. It yet whitens the hills, and the weather is cold.
NOTICE.
BY virtue of a decree of the Superior Court of Chancery held at Richmond, the subscribers will expose to sale on the premi- ses to the highest bidder, for cash, on Saturday the 4th of A- pril next, a tract of LAND, lying in the County of Pittsylvania, on Banister River, estimated to con- tain 1717 acres, more or less, whereon the widow of John Mark- ham, dec'd and others now re- side, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to raise the sum of 1871-3-5, with interest from the 10th day of June, 1806, on 405-13-6, part thereof until payment—interest on 400 also part thereof during the same pe- riod, and the expenses of the sale.
Isaac Coles, James Terry, Allen Womack, Will. Tunstall,
March 1, 1807.
A STOLEN HORSE.
ON Saturday the 28th of Februa- ry, was Stolen from my wagon, at Jenne Bridge, in Powhatan county, a large Grey Horse, upwards of five feet high, with a remarkably short bob tail and thick body. He was stolen by a mulatto man, who pursued up the Backus ham road as far as Chester's Tavern. As he often en- quired the way to Lynchburg, I sup- pose he may belong to that neighbor- hood, or Best Creek. I will give ten dollars on the delivery of the horse some in Charlotte county, or so far as that I may get him again.
CLEMENT CARRINGTON. March 6th, 1807.
Runaway in Jail.
WAS committed to the Jail in this place, as a Runaway, on Thursday the 16th October, 1806, a negro man who calls himself
NATT
and says he belongs to a certain Rich- ard Herd, in the state of Georgia, Al- bert or Albert county—he is between 30 and 40 yrs 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 plain co- jacket, an osnaburg's shirt, an old of home spun yarn breeches with yellow, and an old F look and appear
ARAB,
Now rising five years old, fifteen hands and an half high,
WILL stand at Tho- mas Wilcox's Stable, in Amherst County, to cover mares at the moderate price of TEN DOLLARS the Season, payable the
1st day of March, in the year 1808, which may be discharged by the pay- ment of seven dollars made any time in the year 1807. Three dollars the single leap, paid at the time of service, and Fourteen Dollars to insure a foal. The blood, colour, fine limbs, and great muscular powers of this Coli, are calculated to raise the highest ex- pectations of him as an untried Stall- ion, and render the above prices for his services comparatively low.
ARAB was got by col. Hooper's celebrated horse Spread Eagle, unque- stionably the best and highest priced Stallion ever imported to this country from England, his dam by Milo, his grand dam by Celer, g grand dam by Eclipse, g g grand dam by Brutas, his g g g grand dam by col. Baylor's im- ported horse Sober John, g g g g grand dam by the same gentleman's imported & favourite horse Old Shock g g g g g grand dam by Mounter, ei- teemed the best horse of his day in Virginia.
JOHN WIATT. N. B. Notes of hand for the season or insurance will be required. 3*
Trust Deed.
BY Virtue of a Deed of Trust ex- ecuted to me by John Franklin, for the purpose of securing sundry debts due from him to John Davis, will be ex- posed to sale, for ready money, by way of public auction, at the Dwelling House of the said Franklin, that tract of
LAND
On which the said Franklin resides, situated in the county of Campbell, on the main road leading to Richmond, about two miles below Mr. Robert Hunters, containing Three Hundred and Twenty Acres, more or less; or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to raise the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Pounds, with interest thereon from the first day of September, 1806, with the charges attendant on the ex- ecution of the Trust—The sale will take place on Saturday the 9th of May next. It is presumed that those dis- posed to purchase will make them- selves acquainted with the quality of the Land previous to the day of sale.
JOHN DABNEY, Trustee. March 12th, 1807. 6w.
WILL BE SOLD
To the highest bidder, for ready money, at John Hook's Store, near Hailsford, in Franklin Coun- ty, on Friday the 24th day of April next, four likely slaves, viz: —BEN, about 38 years of age— YORK, about 26 years of age— SYLVIA, about 28 years of age— and JACOB, about 18 years of age; the same being made o- ver intrust to the subscribers, to secure and satisfy a debt due from James Wright to John Hook, a- mounting to £228, together with the accruing interest and charges incidental on the Trust Deed and the Sale; or so many of said Ne- groes as will be sufficient to dis- charge the debt aforesaid.
Bowker Preston, Benjamin Booth, } Trustees. Franklin City, March 16, 1807 6wp.
CAMP-MEETINGS
AT WHITSUNTIDE,—Colonel Tate's old field near Lynchburg; to commence on Friday the 15th and to end Thursday morning, the 21st May next.—On Thurs- day previous is appointed through- out the District, to be strictly ob- served as a day of solemn fasting and prayer, for God's blessing on the meetings.
It is expected this will be one of the greatest gatherings of both Preachers and People ever seen in the country—and none will be paid kind of spiri- suffered to be campment— beer.
MEETING Wood Meet- erst county, to Tuesday May—where be observed. Manager. 3w.
GOUTY
Imported last fall by Brown & Rivers
WILL stand the ensuing season, at my stable, in Amherst Coun- ty, five miles from New Glasgow, at Twenty five Dollars the season, dis- chargeable by Twenty, if paid by the first day of October next—The season to commence the first day of March, and end the first of August—Mares may be covered by the single leap, at twelve dollars, paid at the time of ser- vice; or forty dollars to insure them in foal, payable the first day of Janua- ry next—One dollar to the Groom in every case—Good and extensive pastu- rage gratis, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes.
Gouty
IS a beautiful Bay, ten years old, in high health and vigor, five feet three inches high, full of bone and muscle, fine points and elegant form—He was, after many month's research, se- lected by Mr. Weatherby (Author of the racing Calendar and General Stud- Book) as one of the best Horses that could be procured in Great Britain; In a letter from him he says—"There never was a higher bred horse shipped from Great Britain or any other Coun- try."
Gouty
WAS got by Sir Peter Teazle (an- questionably the best Stallion in Eng- land) his Dam the famous Yellow Mare by Tandem, grand dam Peruvia, by Herod, g grand dam Fair Forester, by Stoc, g g grand dam by Foresight, g g g grand dam by Partisan—Crock- bay Barb Makeless—Britannia son of Doulsworth's Barton Barb Mare.
Gouty
RUN but three times, owing to an in- jury received in the fore leg. In 1799, for the Derby Stakes— 3 years old—won by Archduke. 1800, for the Sweepstakes for all ages, with 25 Guineas added out of the Racing Fund—won by Gouty—beating Flugelmann, Vivandi, & c. &c. New-Market July Meeting £50 by subscription—won by Sotear- ger.
ROBERT RIVERS. February 10th, 1807. 8w.
Notice.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate of WILSON DAVENPORT, late of Lynchburg, are requested to make immediate payment to the subscriber, as the situation of the estate will not admit of indul- gence—And those to whom the estate is indebted are requested to bring in their accounts properly authenticated, that provision may be made to discharge the same.
WM. PRESLEY CLAIBORNE, Ex'r. 10th Feb. 1807. 1f.
To be Sold.
THE tract of LAND whereon I now live, on Stevens's creek in Amherst county, containing 331 acres, of which there are 100 acres cleared, now in cultivation, and in the best repair: This Land is adapted to the culture of Tobacco, Corn, Wheat, and Meadows in abundance— and an excellent Mill Seat on the same, with all necessary buildings for a fa- mily, &c. and an Apple Orchard of good fruit—it is well Watered and Timbered, and surrounded with an extensive range. It lies six miles from Madison Inspection and the Town of Lynchburg. The terms may be known by applying to the subscriber living on the premises.
BARTLETT EADS. March 5th, 1807. 1f.
Notice.
FOR sale a Tract of Land con- taining 100 acres or more, in the county of Bedford, on the South side of Big Otter River, and adjoining the said River, whereon Arthur Na- uman now resides. This Land lies about half a mile of Cornelius Noell's Mill. The terms will be one half cash, and the other half payable next Christmas. Any person wishing to view the land may be shown it by ap- plication to the subscriber living near the premises.
NICHOLAS MEAD. March 5, 1807. 4w.