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a PETITION win be presented to the next
4 \ General Assembly, praying thar an al may
pass FOR laying OF a part of the land belonging to
David Ross, opposie 10 Roske.,s, in lots, for
abe purpose Of shipping coal from.
August 90. lal5. w4r
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i
Con sacred subjset, say the British
reviewers, y IS particularly gratifying to
sound mind tomeet with an animated
and sublime Poenl.''
"Ihe natural images and happy ex-
pressions iDterspersed in this poem, will,
hike all real beauties in wriling. be al once
feit by the reader Of taste, without any
comment-Throughout this performance,
we have remarked with pleasure that The
author has hit upon what constitutes the
very soul OF descriptive poetry : the paTti.
lculariziDg Of circumstances"
The following is an extract from the
Poem aud the Notes:
Alas how different now the deeds OF men
Nnrs'd in the faith Of Chrifs the free made
slaves
storm rom their country, bornc acrofs the deep
Enehain'd, endunseon fore'd by stripes 20 live,
i Doom to behold their wives their littIe enes
Iremble beueash the white mans fiend like row
et cen TO scenes ike THE, the Sabbath brings
Alleviatios Of th' enormous woe
lhe ott-reitera.cd stroke Is still
Inc eio,sed seourge hangs hardening in H..
sfrouds.
But see. the Demon -n11u. Whole Grade /. blood.
With dann,ess front, convene his rseisn crew,
, To hear thc sacred service read Aeeurfd,
Inc Nfctchs oiie-tfng u IDS pFoians TIC word
or God seeurf76, he ventures 20 pronounee
The DeealOgno. nor fsuiters At that law,
Wherein It's Written. Thou s50tf dono Mwdsr
!. Perhaps vile yet tbs wards are on bic lips,
J RE hears dying mothers parsiee groan
lie hears her osphan'd child, with liiping plsint,
Attempt 70 route her from the Aecp OF death.
o ENGLAND England waih thy pu5plcd
hands
!, OF this foul Ga (') and never dip them more
f.! Ia guilt 70 damusbie then hlt thenz up
: 10 fupplicssion TO that God whole name
4 l. Mercy then thoa maya without the risk
4 OF drawing vsngesuee feom Iho larchsTg d clouds
= Implors protection 20 thy mense'd ihores
!, Then God will blaR ,hc tYians ann that grsip
y The thunterbot OF ruin Der thy head,
u Theu will he turn the VIOLIN race to prey
UpoS essh other, then viii he arrsh
l. The iGva torrent esu6ug it Fegorge
Z, Back TO lie source with hery dsiola,ion.
d q hold England literally and crflnsiy
i " culpabe in regard to the slave trad
A. The people Of Shetland raised their vol,
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tx SALE,

AVERY VALUABLE
KITCHEN SERVANT,
Who understands Cooking, Washing and Iron.
ing excetlently weil--aboutfo forty years ofage and
In as healthy ana aaivs as girl of seventeen.
xuquire OF the Printer.
Richmond, August s, 1895.
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BENJAMIN DU-VAL, :,
al me sigr Of The Golden Mortar.

Richmond,
Las inst received very large and e,t.r .;,,s
- assortment of fresh MEDICINES GIN
CEONS' INSTRUMENTS, DRUGS i,yF.
STUFFS. PAINTS of All kinds. OIL. Van.
MsHES, PUTTY, &c. - : . !. .
Also, a complete assor,n,eps Of
" HAFTE RS HfATHRIdLs
coasIsrrxo OF
!1etsefs irons Crude Tartar
tsoswood m Bason Iruns
(, SrapPeras Bow-Srings
Fpssiek rsa,.oss,
;si%aish Indigo Tasse,' 3, y.
~ .. .v!'siol Rubbing Dishes
AZ .s!!. Ferris ssampers
s<y'eksiiver Trenchsrs. xe-
ssh'ch added TO his former Stock, compIetes an
assormsnt that was never equalled, in his l:ne
OF business. in thiscRy 81
ne thanks his Customers for past favors. and
hopes TO inerit continuation OF .their custom.
ftis former attention 10 the quality Of his Med;
Sines, importing them in their crude state. that he
mlghs be able ialge Of their quality. and q W.
uertng and preparing them under his Immediate
inspection, have contributed to his presen, esra.
olishSiens : and opposition he presun,cs viii not
relax ms exertonsto give general satisfaction il,
future. -
lbs experience for more than 10 years past. rs
fAPo.heeary ana Druggist an this city. added 10
small stock OF Medical Information acquired be
lore. enables hin, ne thinks to form tolerably
kored judgment as TO the quality of Drugs and
Med'oines. although he cannon boasrso of honory
conferred on him greater than the confidence of
numerons and respeasbc customers
In regard his WHIP sale prices, he promises
10 farasi. each OF his Wholesale customers with
afsia.ssl Pricf S,t0eht, as so,n as possible, and
Observation-Disclosures their appreciation Know
ing snat 10 onein this STATE can afford 70 uaIer,
gel, .s, iris he intend, do. not To ger others
oustorsSsS .eoua sher,S h'is.t Q secure his own
Any Articles that may be ordered and not ap.
proved OF as,oq quality. may be returned if in COED
oseeT, and IN a reasonable time.
Rie.srn oid. MAJ IS, 1905. f3,v&wtf
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BALTIMORE, August Is.

Arrived ship Elizabeth, Fordham, II
days from Marseilles. Left brig The.is,
for New York, 10 days, brig Traveller,
Of Boston from Sicily, under quarantine;
ship Two Friends for Philadelphia, il
days. June 8, eff Cape dc Gait, spoke
ship Sally, from Boston for Marseiles.
2S h, lat. Al, long. ii, spoke yellow sid
ed brig, with port holes, from Boston for
Narcotics, could not learn her name. |u-
ly 5, lat. Al, AZ, schooner Success, Smith,
from Salem for Copenhagen, on, l2 days.
July so, lat. 90 long, 81, brig Hope, from
Dominique for Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire.
Arrived, sch'r Ohio, Cush,nan, in IS
days from Cumana. Lett there, 29til ult.
the following vessels waiting an entry -
chooner Phnaix Woodward, OF Balti-
more; bri5 Mafius. 49,, do. Connecticut,
OF Hartford; schooner Dolphiu. Of Phi!a-
deiphla; and Federalist, Of Alexandria.
Spoke, IN lat SO, long. a. brig -r-.-,---,
Poor, from Martinique for Baltimore.
Also, schr. Nympit, Grover, from Point
petre, (Guad.)
The schr. Concord, Murphy, sailed s
days before; ship Cos,on, sailed IL DAYS
before; 1t was reported size he'd sprung
Ter maintopmast, and put into Bassa,eere,
bot WIGS not there when the Nymph passed
it.
CAPTAIN D. supposes that she may have
beer detained by the uncommon high winds
and The want ofiigh. sails, of which she
was totally destitute.
Lei brig Betsy. Walter, Baltimore in s
weeks ; schr. Beaver, for Philadelphia ia
ten days; and schr. Sally, Boston, five
days.
Ia lat, rs. long. &c spoke brig John, Of
Rhode Islaad, bound TO TURKS Island.
Also, schr, Concord, Murphy, from
Point Petre, Quad
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lat. so !ong- 81, spoke scao.,., :,
Emery, from Portland, oo,.u! ,'ss 3,
does, t'8h, in LAT. IS, long. Is. So o, !.
por,. Defknam, from Eosgo.s p Ga.
Falmouth, DAYS out. August -a b
long. "a, schooner Mount Vernon, h.,
10 New YORK, II days out. ''oal
Bfiisn brig Diana, B1rteau, :, /,
from jersey. June z, IN lat 80. la. ~
spoke snip Eliza, Richardson, Of and y
Saltm b uad 10 the Isle OF France 'a
Snip Marcella, Laughton, l4dav, 6
Hayanna. jay 90, of Cape Florida. ,,%
sloop Enterprize, Eil-ry, from p, ,r'As
bound To Nassau, from thence to y VIZ
Captain ElI1ry ,nio med that he saw, ~ =
belonging o aud bouad to New Y~,s
teaded win sugar, ashore IA DAYS b,,o,s
four wfeckers were laklng Out The earn.
and il va .appo> ID gceat part woo.o - =
saved capEa" l. was enlarged alter \.
was under " y coming od., for5 day. !,
consequence Of big Of sixteen gus -
ing ordered out to erase tor the New Pa,
SIdence.
lhe ship Eliza, Evans, of III. Do,
some time since carried into Cuta oy >
French PF,Vateer, was restored 10 ,as ca,
aboa. the 80 OF last menia. VI &c. ca,,
seonsis irg OF 100 puncneons Of Rom, DIV
so renamed. he vessel was plunged
Of sails. rigging and materials. 'coudpo,
proceed home without considerable real,,
and reh5menis
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p PHILADELPHIA, August -.
LateR from England.

Esv the fast sailing ship Hercules, capt.
Bradford, arrived on Saturday evening
from Liverpool, we have received files OF
London papers to the eth Iune, and <.
tracts fronn Lloyd's L.lsts TO TIE 18Th. TEE
contents OF our papers are by no means
interesting. We however shall eoot:nue
to extract from them such articles as al.
peas 10 aay manner illustrative Of the pre-
sent situation CIR future prospects cf Eu-
rope. Our correspondents in London, ua.
des date Of June Gath, furnishes US with
the following brief summary of English
politics:
There is an unfortunate misunder.
stanGsng between the friends of MIR. Pitt
and lord S;dmoush. Without being in-
formed Of the particulars Of this rnisua-
Outstanding, We have reason TO think that
the difference between them arises from
tive points: The friends of Mr.. Pitt are
for leuient proceedings against lord Mel.
vile, and with that intent have instructed
the atrcrney.g general to throw in questions
and obstacles before the house, previous
TO his lordship's trial, for a criminal pro-
secltion; while the friends of the oppesite
party were for Impeachment and a speedy
punishment. The friends of lord SD
mouth complain of the severity with which
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1ori s., vincen. has been censurei since
he WA arst lord of the admiralty, onit
bacsnse he reformed many abuses, and
prevented much waste connived az by the
os6cer's ia a.itte kings yards az Plymouth,
Portsmouth, &c. and worked complete
reform in them; and contend ne was toe
best arst lord Of the admiralty the board
ever had, and that since his time the naval
departmentFhas been and is still badly me-
mayed. The friends of Mr.. Pitt contend
that the affairs Of the country have been IN
a retrogade situation ever since the peace
Of Amiens in 1901; and that that weak
and blamcable treaty laid the foundation of
all Bonaparte's designs for the supjA5atlon
of England. The friends OF lord SD
mouth go on complaining Favored by cir
cumstances lately that neither the army
or military force of the country is so
numerous to meet the theatre OF lavason,
nor the number OF ships at sea SO ttImlda-
bic against the foe now, as dunbg al5 adj
mirl.sration. The debates ot last Digit,
which shall send you herewlih, will shew
COW these charges are supported By COM
pari.on and calculation, an4 tao real tenn.
per of the parties, and the conclusion
but Pitt is match orthssa all, Sometimes
it is reported this schisfn is such, that ind
ing it difficult to act, Mr.. Pitt viii advise
his majesty to dissolve the parliament. on
else that he viii try to get rid Of lord SIC.
mouth and his party, and endeavor to form
coalition upon large scale which snail
include the leading men in opposition !:
Alr. Fox, Gray, Sheridan.
s. Be these things terminated as they
may am warranted in supposi;ioa BY
what | have read lately, Iaken from the
French and German papers thar Bona
parte, seeing he has mounted The ladder OF
his ambition to the topmost mound at Mi.
Ian, perceives that his dIgnties will be best
secured and maintained by finding out some
msans whereby general peace may be
brought about; and what is there, after
what We have seen, such a genius cannot
accomplish? This object however will de-
pend good deal upon what success the
English Ministry will meet with in thair
present conferences with the powers alrea.
dy mentioned. Bonaparte's hints already,
through the organs Of his ministers and
writers at Paris, there are two WAYS in
which general peace may be effected, Ell
Their by maintaining the treaty of Amiens,
or by admitting the rights and privileges OF
certain powers not provided for or menti.
onsd in that treaty. This expression,
though it docs not open the door to peace,
is putting hand on the latch.
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NORFOLK, August 10.

Arrived, ship India Packet, Rindge, SO
days from ST Lucar. Left there July. /,
ships ! homas, Boush; Maria, Elatton,
Norfolk Olive Branch, Sellers. Phadel-
phia; Lexington, Donaldson, Baltimore !;
brig Tiger, Bartlett, Boston; and num-
Der OF others not recolected. July l6, in
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NORFOLK, December %

Captain DrummoDd, in the brig Fame, arri-
we'd here yeiterday from Gibraltar, in 49 DAYS.
from whom we have obtained the following
particulars.
The fever at Malaga had nearly fubGded,
that at Gibraltar not more than or 5 died in
% hours, the opulent part of the inhabitants of
Aicant had Quilted that city.
Captain Drummond further Rates, that it was
believed at Gibraltar, that a rupture between
the emperor of Morocco and the Urtcd States
would ihortly occur. 1t was not known at the
time capt d. failed that any further attack had
been made on Tripoli BY the American fqua-
dron, but as there are number of letters from,
the officers, we preiume full details of the ope-
rations of the fquadron will be prelented to the
public in a few days.
BY captain Drummond we firt her learn. that
there was every appearance of war between
Great Britain and Spain. A few days before
capt ID. failed, an embargo was laid on all vef-
ieis not cleared out LEDGER.
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The confcriptiou alnne preients a Onsis Of was
near one million Of folders. MIR Daru, has ob-
i,rved in work or the r, crui,ng iervice :hat
France Oh greet emergency, might ieie6t her
defenders from GS millions of men able 10 carry
arms.
Her Marine power is fsr Inferior 20 VIVA. If
WIS in the ign OF Louis the Fourteenth, or to
wha. il may Vet become under Bonsparte. A
navy is not formed with the fame promptitude
that an army is raitd but France poiei!es the
men, the flip builders, the inftruments, the en-
erey- above all, the powerful genius to car
~ every thing into operation, and 10 complete
il with eIie ct.-HenCe IT may, without preinmp-
ton, he believed that h-r Marine will rival her
army.
The nett amount of the revenues of France
in the year IL, $40, SOC. 600 Francs (about lis
millions of dolisrs.l Her public debt was ore
milarti, oSo,ooo,ooo Francs, the annual inter-
eft Of y ilh is millions.
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jfnrrigs, ,Sl,ts'iiofnrs,
PHILADELPHIA, Decembcr 81.

Captain Wills, ofthe nip Portland from L o.
rient, which place he ieft on the 2sth OSsDber
reports the capture of two valuable Spaniih
ihips laden with linen, bound from ST. Maloes
to Spain, (cargoes eliminated a. four millions of
livres) by a Britiii frigate. Thirty gun brigs,
boats, &c. had been c. ptured and deNroyed on
their psiiage from L'Orent TO Bref, b. two
Britifl figates. Provlions at L'Orjent were
plenty ard cheap; but lis once noNriihing
trade was greatly declined
Political q Cgn, Reg.
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Odober "a
Prie. Of Stoek1 Bis-day

FTitt u Sfotkf NfJ-day
3per Cent, Confols, for money 81 Is 8 per
cent Reduced Orsnium prem.
Part of Admiral Gravcs's dviion Of tine feet off
Bret, the FondyoyGnt, Cog1,, and Reptile returned to
Plymouth on Monday. More iriga,es have been
dispatched to cruze the cuthward, for the purpoic
OF OBTAINING the SPaniih hips homeward bound from
America.
4 morning Paper fates, that the Emperor ALEX
AMBER, ordered the French Charge d'Afaires to quit
Peteriburg in twenty four hours The E1onitea, of
the llth announces his having left Peterfhurgh in the
following manner. " M. RAYNEvAL Secretary of
the French Legation Petersburg" (he was we be-
lleve Charge d'Afares after the departure OF ,the
French Ambafador General Hedouville) Quilted hat
city On the fourth Complementary day, (Sept 2o)
Csasie,.
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N. CAROLINA.

On H'ednelagy tire oh at. botb bonfs ofthe
general qDembb ofN. CaroiIna adyoaynrG fine
die ,gfferba7ingPa0sdls oia1OJ, about 49, f.vb;cb
are Of a generalnafnre, the 5euaisAer far borfj-
e@iar bw7'ojeJ. On the fame day Mr.. W p. LiffIc
i"froaaeed TIE /oho1oiag rej6hHi2n in Tar HNafe,
1cbiebP a6ed that bodp 50 UoteJ to8.
p" Rglo|Oed, tbef iris general a1embt bqzs TIE
6iSbGf eo7hdenee ~ the integrity, Abilities and re-
P"DHe6"yN' Of fbePrcjeaf humanitarian of fbr
general GoVeynmenf offbe thifl4 Sloirl; ami tIat
TRY highly aPprove 9f Ire zUie, baciGe anil bonor-
aD/s nieGjipeJ PA,laed BY kbe aid administration
IN IRE "e7nihfioa gffbe inbortam and yaIuable
territory ofLouifana."
Tbs rg/olafio" q0aJ ea,ried m ne Aog)e Of conn
monJ, 81 10 10.
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PHILADELPHIA, December o..
Extra9 ofa leite,. from EaA;y,too.

Exfra7 Qfa letter from H'aJ5mgton.
"Wednesday the fecond of January next. is
the day appointed for the appearance of Iudre
Chate, to anfwer Tie articles of inpeachment
preferred aganit him by the Houfe of reprefen-
tativeS; hut it is underftood that further time
VIII De allowed him, if requefed, 10 procure
ms tetirlony ana prepare for bis defsnce. AS
fome of the witneles that will probably Be G,n,.
moAed, refde in Richmond, and Others in De-
!awarc and Philadelphia, the trial may not come
on until about the laft of January.-Very com.
modious and elegant arrangements are now ma
king IN the Senate Chamber preparatory TO this
great location. The Senate organized a,
court will be feated on the right and left of the
VIce-Prelideut; the members of the Houfe of
representatives will take the feats now occuni
ed by the Senate; the Judge and the managers
will have places dmgned to them in the cent-c
on the Chamber between TIE Court and the
n"uic OF representatives. An additional gallery,
that will afford the hef and mon convenient
ieatS IT the houfe, is now erecting c9r the fepa
rate accommodation of the Ladies; the lobby
OF the Senate Chamber will be for the ufe Of
iuch gentlemen as may be introduced into II bv
members Of the Senate; and the old gallery fol-.
ftrangers generally.''-7iwe liner.
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LONDON, Oaober 90

IVNDUNs VIIOvtI :
The Hamburg mails bring intelligence of the for
NATION OF Batavian Contribution, under the pa
tronage of Bonaparte and his mniiier Talleyraud
acknowledgements will be appointed the new chief
magiitrate, and he will enter into Office the 2o;!i
NIT tis power and authority will he more extern
1--WE shan that of Bouapartes landamman in Swtz-
erland He is TO pay to the Bonaparte family fifty
millions of horins, in years, for this foveresrty,
beiides annuties to 'raleyrand ard Co. a mi
Ltary capitalization, and political, commercial, and
iubidiary treaties with France, expected to be a.
mong the trit acts Of his government.
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wall from Msfop's lnan,ito theVirs;niaihore an
ohitrnction, and ;hs improvement at beG pro-
hlematical But this is begging the quelon--
On a FAIR admiiiion of my con,truGior, con-
tend, and have endeavoured 70 prove, tha, we,
polvlhng 10 iurifdic;ion over the river, it c4nnot
be touched By any 'egi0atiye a2 OF ours in any
point whatever. for'f i be touc he'd IN one
way, it may b in aaother. ana may finally end
IN whatever Arrangement Congrefs may thiu!,
eXpedient TO make.
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Sa.llsGir slriltaenfs.

Sutpiciors had arifen in New-York, that tb,
ia'e ilre had been the efe6i of defgn: and eye
ny effort made for difcovery, but without -f-
teSt' The fufpicions have fnce been confirmed.
information having been lodged at the infp.c,
Tor Office of an attempt having been made TO
let IRE to houfe, o. PearI-Street. In conf
qGence, the city watch had been doubled.
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how only 10 De found ,hofe Princes Who have
aared AZ ms hands the plunder OF tie Empire while
the Others haze been hoo red by his .dnon,icns and
Tebrtes IN the North OF Germany, now for the
io-rih Sine within iixteen months, nc demands new
loan from the neutral City 81 Eanbur.,h The fun
required IS 100000 dollars, and fer this his military
nanciers have propoied TO mortgage The chalk and
ialt pits of lunenbTgh. The Senate called meet
any OF Ie Brrgeiies upon the sth TO take the de-
nand INTO confederation and iai for ieven hours we
freume, rpor the means of rafting the money, FOR
they niuil iuriih il. What is this but plumber ana
robbery! The King of ENGLAND, the lawful o =, ner
OF the morgaged property, has gwen formal rotc.
that he never will repay the fns thus faudule nty
and teono'ily obtained BY France upon The fecur;v
OF Hanover IN the late war, France, in the fame
way, borrow ed money from he neutral city cf F- OK
tort, which the Corican Adventurer is now h.idns
up to tale to the hsheh bidder. This viii BE- the
late OF Hnbursh, Lubsc and BREMEN. He will fire
make the citizens paupcrs and he will then fell them
as caves.
Two Gottenburgh Mails arrived this morning. BY
ny which we learn that the meeting of NionG, ar and
! ms ROYAL Brother Louis XVIII. took place at Cal
! mar on the 7th inh. II was fpe9acle Of a ,noh
tender and nterelting nature all who witneIed il
The Duke dAugou'eme was tprefent. Monfieur
purPoeS returning to England about tn, end of this
| month.
On the l7th infant arrived at Gottenbureh the
prince OF Wales packet, captain Hearn, win Mr.
| I9argrave, the Ergih MeHcu%er who immediately
let Ok Tor Stockholm. Upon he arrival of the Pack
ct courier was diipatchcd he King at itrallund
On the 2ith, courier arrived there from Stral-
innd' with di!patches FOR Saverbien, ii. London
London paper, Of the ed oaober, attributes
the blowing up of the spanih fgate Mercedes to the
dangerous methods OF ,,e Spaniards N loading their
guns BY ihell from the eaG1 where The powder !,
kept looie.
The crew OF the Mercedes ccnfRed of 500 men,
so OF whom only were Gved. Among thofe that
Perhed were the captain, his wife and children,
with 9 aides.
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MARYLAND.
BALTIMoRR, Dec. %

On Monday laft motion was made in the
houie of delegates Of this fate by MIR. Bond, of
Hartford county, for leave to bring in a bill, en-
titled, "an act, to provide fort election of the
i!t'css 6. the ley courts t the E,r,,1,r or ri,.
feveral counties of this itate.''
YEAS 81. NAYS On.
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S. CAROLINA.
Dec. 70.

letter was read By the Speaker, adj
drehed to the PRECEDENT Of the fenate, and the
Speaker of the houle Of representatives, from
Thomas Sumter, iupr. Efq. acknowledging the
receipt Of the joint letter Of thofe two gentle
men on the fuhjeGt of his appointment to the
oihce ID Northumberland, and rendering his
Acknowledgements TO the Legislature, in terms
highly reipectful, for their confidence in him /;
but declining the acceptance Of faid appoint :
ment' as being incompatible with his private
avocations.
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FROM TIIE BALTIMORE AMERICAN,
OF DzoEMBEa %.
FOUR DAYS LATER.

BY the politenels of Mr. CnAXLss WtKoMAN,
pahenger in the ,Tisa the editors OF the American
have been favored with London papers 70 the 26,h
October incluli.s, from which a lew articles have
been ieistted for this days paper.
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The Nantes Journal of the 9th of O6t. men-
tons the arrival of Gen. ArnGrong, our ciiui-
Ter to France, in that city, whence he was to
proceed, within few days, for Paris.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-03
71~ll4y, Des.mJey. e.

6fy. Lei1 prrien,ed a petition from tbe bo,-g -
dTst!of4 Of the Philadelphia 1vpocrspbieaI Co.ie,y
praying Congrss to lay additional duty on all BOOZE
imported into The United So.,se f,r fale.
Referred to ,he committee VI Commerce ard Nav
uiscturcs.