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TIME MANcHEsrER REPuBLICAN BLUES
i rerequested to assemble on their usual Pa
rade Ground, on the fourth Of July, at half past
So'clock, A. NJ.
or It is confidently expected that every mem
Der will cheerfully attend at the hour appointed
to celebrate that glorious epoch.
By desire Of the Captain,
JAMES HEWLETT, Serg't.
Tune 49, (2D
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1IANUFACYURINC WIZ
z. LlLGLLLL u ~. rL-. s..I.aa.:L.--- I,

VALUABLE 1IANUFAcTURING MILL
& DISIILLERT'-The subscriber will
distiliery, containing FIVE stills of near 1000
gallons, the valuable MILL on Appomattox riv, r,
in Cumberland, lately owned BY William Skip
with. The house is GO feet long, 70 wide, and
three stories high, containing 9 pair best burr
and pair corn stones, with Evans's patent ma
chinery and Saw Mill in complete order. Boat,
pass under the Mil through one of the best lecks
ON the river--tFe ncighborbood affords an album
dant supply of wheat, and on the spot are two
commodous houses calculated for store and re-
sldence. IF sold, the purchaser may be accom-
modated with or 500 acres Of Land, one half IN
wood Terms my be known on application 60
Mr.. letters at the Mill or to me near Cenito
Bridge.
EDMUND HIRRLSON
dnsiia, -fbrfi 10 (Io,stf
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ITSfiE RIrLk voLuHrEERs will assemble, ON
the morning Of the 4th of JULY, precise
" AZ o'clock. on the Capitol SqsIe, compleat-
ly eouipped--with at least II blank cartridges.
By order Of the Captain,
B. C. TURNER, LIST. Sergt.
Juno %. (2t)
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or PUBLISHED NJ THOMAS RrTcHfE, OF
posrrr THE Yosr-orFicE, AT FIVE DOLLARS
PEA ANNuM. PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.
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u ROKERACE AND COMMISSION BUST.
- NESS-The subscriber resp. ctfully offers
his services TO his friends and The public, in the a.
bUve line of b, sness and solicits their patronage
G. GREE NROW.
Dec. Is. ToaItf1
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THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, DECEMBER 20, 1903.
Mr.. DANIELS Resolutions
(Laid before tie II. IF Delegates on s.
Nurdnu. J

fnTd0y. J
RESOLVED, that a committee be ap-
pointed to enquire, whether any, and if any
what amendments are necessary co the Ord.
nance of this Legislature, restrictive If RE
appointment of. its members to Office ~
Referred to Messrs. Daniel, Peyton. Mon
cure, McFarlanc, Hooe, Writ, Watson.
Harris and Wooding.
IL the object OF this resolution be Under
stood, few can be more patriotic and pro-
per. y similar one was three years ago
proposed by L. Boiling Robertson. Esq. then
a delegate from Dinwiddie, now Secretary
TO the territory of Orleans but frbm SOM.
cause or other it was lost or neglected.--Iti is
time that the object of this measure should
be enGratted into the rules ard regulations
ct the Legislature. Such a measure is es
sentlal to preserve the purity ard chastity of
that body, as far as respects the bower of
making ahflointmcnts.
The law alluded toin the Resolution of Mr..
Daniel, does not go far enourh. This law
passed on .be 24th of November. 1874. *
i'll tliefollowing terms.
IN Get concerning ahhointn1enfs 10 RI
pH oBftes.
/. BE 1t enacted bv the General Assemble
that no Senator o. delegate, shall. duriner
the time Ior which nc was elected. be an
pointed toany civil oD.te under the authority
OF the CoinInOnwcdith, which shall have bee n
created. or the emolJmcnts whereof shall
nave, been cncrc"sed or decreased during
such time
2. This act shall in force, from and az.
ter the passing hc1eof"
a similar restriction occurs in the Consti-
tutlcn ot the u. Stacs, ART. I &c. 6. in
these words: "i>p Senator or Representa-.
tive shall, during the time for which he was
eiec'ed' ne appointed tn any civil Office IN
DER tue authority che United States, which
ShaH Rave been crcued. or ihe emoluncnts
whereof shau have been Increased. during
sucn time --"an admirable provision ~
gains ycnallty, <@7ys Judge Fucker, Appen-
OK 70 Vol 4. p. t9) bit which. it is to be
lfarta, ,snot St.1loicNiiy 5aardcd 20 prevent
ne same provision occurs in the Consti-
[niIon OF fe"nsyy@rie. formed upon the
modei OF ti'Ai Of the L. s aud in the very
same "ofGS.---A similar oae is found in the
t"n'''tntlon Of Kentucky, with an adH,ion-
90 SHard AGAINST corruption; for there 40
2eHat"r "r Representative shall take an cf-
H0e "Hrh shall have been crcated--noi
% 9"rI7s- the d4iG fov waica he sl..,i
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Yesterday, in the House of Deiegates, Mr..
Pope from the Special Committee appointed
for that purpose, made the following RE-
PORT, in part:
The Committee to whom we're referred
sundry resolutions touching, among other
things, our Foreign Relations, and til mea-
sures OF the administration consequent there-
on. beg leave now to Re. ,ort on this branch
of the subject;
That the French Edcts and British Orders
ofCouncii, although tie immediate causes of
the Embargo, were aot the first grievances
OF which we had to complain against those
fatiohs: they were the last links, only, of a
long chain OF jndignities and expressions,
which they had previously conspired to cast
upon us. Agreeing in nothing else, those
powers, seem to have agreed at least, il the
point, OF hcaping insults and injuries on the
United states, I'm total disregard of the rela-
tons ot amlty which subsisted between us.
and ia direct and gross violation of the best
settled principles OF the Law Of Nations.
as toGrcat- Britain, itstcnis to your com
mittcc, that, ever since she was, reluctantly.
com!cilcd to acknowledge our jndcpendence,
she has been pursiiuga system Of measures
caISh'ated to regain the ground which she
! had .Ostj TO brlng us back to our colonial sub
lection and dependence OH her, and thus 10
effect, 10y her policy, what She was unable &c
accomplish by her arms.
Availing herself Of the identity Of our Ian
guage, Sue has extended her laws of impress.
nent TO US; and, as IL we were still her CO.
lonies, has forced us 20 Contribute TO man her
! leets NJ this moment, at least, three thou
! sand free bonn American citizens. perhap.
/ many more, are mo,Gaing, On board the i}ri
tlsh tect' hopeless separation from all IN,
Gc@ho "ioi3 <1ca5Ssi 8 AeIrfesrts; ale Ynins
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On the authority of letter to a Tespecta.
bic gentleman in this city we announce tho,
death of hiseSceIlcncy, JAMES SULLIVAN
governor Ot the commonwealth of Massachu-
sets onSaturday the 1Osh,; Il man Justly adj
Inircd FOR his virtues and hi talents. Lieu
tenant governor LINCOLN, assumes OF
Course, We understand the rcins Of govern
inent. ..17oHifcr.
1l-s-----r---s~xs.-~s----------.
II vlfue Of q decd of trust, executed to the
~ subscribers BY Gerard Banks, 70 secure the
payment OF several sums OF money, due 30 Ioln
L. ija.iIs Z Go. which dccdas been Transferred
% Vm. 6. POipdextcr win be sold ON the pre-,
muses., on the 2tsl day OF January next. 10 answer
the pCrPosea specified in said decd, to TIC hixl-
st nddefS tcY ready mcney 50 much q, = sr9ct
OF LdND, in said deed mentioned. CONTAINING.
scven hundred and eigity-four acres king, in the
county OF Go0Chlsnd, adjoining che Lands of
Geo. Wayne, DuiStad Minis Gideon Minis.
and otl'ers, Is pny be ncccss-w. 60 nqv th. ba'.
ance iueo said deed, which is about r 1900, and
the cSPenocs attending the sale. The subscribers
acting Ss trustees, and being no way Interested.
will conveyto the purchaser, sucl, title oniv ne
accrued TO them by virtue Of the decd Of tr,.st A
foresMd. W7n MILLER,
,FAEDARlcK E.llsRLS, I'"ffee$'
pFe' ~ osw.Yy
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Extract from, evidezce Of Hhe British Or
ders, deAUsr.d before tie EngRsA Pcrlia.
.(contiqued)
IA. ~. BeNcaNed IL again

mir. Nm, BeHcaLiedin again.
Had you any occasion to know of or to eff
feet an insurance here of any vessel from
Virginia to any port in Sept. 1905 +! J rather
think had
At what premium did YOU eject the in
surancc I! At four guineas per Cent. TO any
port in Esrope, win liberty to call for or
Iders.
In July, 1905, had you occasion to effect
an insurance from Virginia to any market
had.
AZ what premium At FIVE guiness per
cent to return two per cent. II size discbag-
ed in Great Britain, and one per cent. if at
any port cut of the Baltic, which came 10
the same thing.
IN January, 1907, and agicr the Berlin
decree, had You any occasion TO effect any
jinsuarce from Virginia to Nantes or Bor-
deeux? On,hc DIST January, 1907.
/ At what premium At four guineas per
/ cent. 10 Boz dcGux or Nantes, with liberty
TO ell at the island Of Rhe for orders.
! On shc first of January, or early in Janu-
airy, 1908, from Virginia g. Naa-cs, what
was the premium / paid ff,ocn guiness
/ but in about SIX days from that time, II
would have cost, believe about thirty;
think that was what they told me and that
same ship WAS warned into Falmouth, and
IS now dlscharging her cargo in the por; OF
| Bcudon.
! What do you conceive TO be the premi-
um NJ this time from America 70 France
ii British clause wsre added, and cargo
American ! do not imagine it could be
done at any price, not at ninety per cent
provided you arc determined 10 send the
ship on
Have you lately had any letters from youi
lcorTCsDOndeDts iu Holland. g obtaining ia for,
nation respecting the execution Of ths
= French decree IN that country? On the 17tl
LOT Sept. ] had a letter, dated the 9TH Of Sep
ltembeT, from our friends in Rotterdam
. saying "We are able TO assure ycu, the lat,
decree does not affect Americans that MAJ
have caliedin Englaud, provided they hav'
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navigabie great portion OF the year, Was
considered as the next link.
III. ScHULKILL AND SUsouEHANNAH.
Another company was Incorporated, ios'
the purpose of opening an inland navigati.-
on between Reading, on the Schuylkili, to
Middleton, ON the Susquehannah. Both
towns are N the great Lime stone valley,
beyond the Blue Ridge, and the distance
is seventy miles. It had been at first sup
posed tina, It would be sufficient 10 cut a ca
nal four miles in length, OF The summit le-
vel between the two rivers and thereby TO
unite the Tuipehocken which falls into the
with the Quit;pahilla, a branch
Iof the Swatara, which enpties into tho
ISusquehannah. But it was soon ascertain.
led that the original plan OF improving By
la succession OF dams the navigation Of
those small rivers was erroneous, and that
IL would be necessary 20 cut canal the
whole way.
The summit level is an elevation of $40
feet above the Sciuylkiil, and OF SOS fee;
above the Susauehannaii. Adjacent springs
are considered sufficient for the upper
locks; and the creeks would after short
descent afford an abundant supply. The
proposed dimensions Of the Caaa, were
breadth of twenty feet at the bottom, and
4 dept, OF three feet and a half: and the
expense was estimated 1t nearly 1,5C0 Geo
IaOllaIs.
The work was commenced: the canal
has kecn cut the whole distance of four
miles on tine summit level five locks made
iof brick have been constructed: land and
water rights have been purchased, and a
considerable capital has been expended
But although thc state of Pennsylvania has
permitted the company TO raise 266.000dol-
i.t 10 IN her
100000 dollars whenever the work shall
have been completed, itremains suspend
led fer want OF funds.
The great loclsage necessary for this ca =
nal, is the principal objection To that line
OF ccmmunica ion !: and 1t has been sug
gesred thai Canal from Columbia, on the
to tide water or to The great
Delaware and Chesapeake canal, would he
much less expensive, and equally bencj-
cial both to the interior country and to
PHILADELPHIA This question, as many o..
Tiers suggested in this report, cannot be
decided by any but practical and skilliui
engineers.
". a. ,oMATTox.
A company has been incorporated for o.
pening caDn from the upper end of the
falls that river, which is the south branch
of James river, 70 Petersburg on the head
lot the tide. The distance is five miles,
and the descent more than thirty feet TO a
bason, about sixty feet above the tide, in
which he canal viii terminate. The wa
ter is drawn from the river and the canal
sixteen feet widc, three deep, and admitting
boats Of six tons, is nearly completed. The
Icapital already expended amounts to sixty
Thousand dollars. But the company own
thirty negroes, and suppose that their Ia
Dor. and a further sum OF ten thousand dol.
lars, VIII be sufficient to build the locks,
land to dig about half mile which re-
mains to be cut in order to opcs the com
mumcation between the river and the ba-
SON. THIS work which has been carried
OH with much zeal, and at a small expense,
will open an important navigation OF near
hundred miles.
90 De Continued
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'ects; of the English orders in council, be-.
l,eying that the Americans had an ntims-
ton that such orders were in con;empla"
ton on behalf of,be British government.
Was the non-impGrta,ion law in Anne"
RIGA no induceHeut to you TO suspend
your operations! Certainly in some small
degree we considered il as measure
| which carried with it some hostility, and
therefore would curtal our shipments in
some degree, but that would not aIioge-
Their have induced US 10 re,inqnish our
shipments, had not the retaliating- mea-
sures of the British government taken eff.
feet.
Do you conclude that the embargo was
in some measure owing to the orders in
council! have no doubt of it.
Is it your opinion. that the embargo i'm
America was not measure directed a.
gainst France, or any measure taken by
France, but solely against this county
conceive against them both ; that the
Americans seeing their property exposed
by the measures, which were ticking place
By The two great bellgs,enis Of Europe,
month after month, aud that the risks
were becoming 40 imminent. took pre-
lcautions to protect their property, as
much against the French edicts as The
English orders in council.
Did you MT, belo the month OF Fe<
!bruary, hear of a decree of the French,
called the Milan decree? Certainly.
Would that have had no share 10 pre4
venting your expectation of The repeal of
the American embargol conceive it
would, but that measure was viewed as
a measure consequent on the British or
decs in council.
Did you not know that in the month OF
August last, a great many Apercao yes-
ss!s were seized ard embaigoe in The
many were sc ,zed and conlemc ca but
n ne h Il heard of mhargoe 4 under what
as called the Rerlin decree.
| Have you no conception tia. that pro-
ceeding on the part OF France hsG icGuea~
| ced the American embargo icnncc re it
eas owing TO what ate termed b. Inc a.
| mericans, aggressIons proceeding from
both France and England.
| Do you know when ihe- orders of ccnn-
Gil were printed 50 as 10 sach Cowes, from
! whence MIR. Monroe embarked? No, L
| DO not; but the substance ofihem was i'm
a paper supposed 10 be under the influ-
| ence of government, mean tie Morning
Post hree weeks fore; thick they az"
! sr~ards in measure tetracted what they
bad stated. asd said that they IN igAt have
made a mistake.
| Are you aware of the construc, ion giv.
ell by Mr. Regnier by order of The Em~
peror OF France, of the Berlin decree! I
am not.
THEN you are not aware that that ex-
plana;ion is supposed to have been COM
municated 70 America by Mr.. Armstrong,
and to have had some considerable infiu-
emce in determining on the measure ofthe
embargo! consider the measure of
the embargo to be TO proteel themselves
against both France and England.
In the course of your business, did you
ever stop your shipments TO America in
consequence ofthe Berlin decree OF 1906
;. We certainly did not SO to the extent we
hac: dore before, conceiying hat il might
lead TO difficulties with this country.
(Hbrahom Maus9's eUidence 20 be continued
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90 De Continued. }
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-02
TIL: JEFFERSON.
Richmond, Feb. u, 1908.


DEAN SIR,
NV great anxiety to forward to you the.
account and receipt for the sum which Il
paid. For your mathematical Instruments at
London, when should acknowledSe, your
late kidd letter, prevented my answering It
sooner. To obtain them / was forced TO
ransack al my papers, which required much
time, and in truth did not succeed ii find
mo them till this morning. / have now the
Measure to inclose YOU those papers.
< y 4 X ssss
Ican assure you that no occurrences OF
nv whole life, ever gave ne SO much con-
Germ. as some which took place during my
absence abroad, proceeding from the pre-
sent administration. | allude more especl-
ally to the mission of Mr.. Pinckney, with
all the circumstances, connected with thse
measure. and the manner, in which the trea-
~. which he and | formed, which IN tact,
was little more than a project, was received.
do not wish to dwell on these subjects. l
resolved that they should form no motive OF
my public, or private conduct, and | pro-
ceeded to execute nv public duty in the
same manner, and to support and advance
to the utmost of my power, your personal
and political fame, as if they had not oc-
CURED. The latter object, has been felt by
me through life, scarcely as secondary one,
for from the high respect which | have en-
tertained for your public services, your ta-
Tents and virtues, have seen the national
inserest, and your advancement and fame,
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Ri;chmoae, Mnrcb 22d, 1903.
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DxAa SIR,
had tx pleasure to receive your letter
of the 1Oth instant, the day alter nay return
from Alb>In;i!l,. i j. distressing TO Ne,
to discuss with you the topics on which II
treats, but in the state in which things arg,
it is certainly best to come to perfect IN
dlsrst:n,iing on every po;nS, and TO repair
on both sides any injury which may have
been received. 10 do you an injcyJ, Or
indeed :.ay one ii the administration never
entered into MY mind, tor while | adore!
under a conviction not only that '1ae! 49,
injured, but that the friendly feeling "
YOU had SO long entertained Tor me, n;d
ceased 70 exist, never INDUCED any other
sentiment in consequence of it, than tfac OF
sorrow. At present | am happy to say,
that all doubt of your friendship for ne,
having experienced any change is complete
ly done away, and that the only anxiety,
which Ifeel, is to satisfy you, that the I'M
preston was not taken on slight ground,
nor irnputable to communications made me-
by persons out OF che administration.
The mission in itself of Mr. Pinckney, or
any other person, WOtld not hafo IA o.uSSd
such an effect. 1t resulted from a chain Of
circumstances of which that measure was
only part. When left Madrid, COM
municatcd to Mr.. Madison in aid of our
public dispatches, every idea which had
formed of the state OF our affairs there, III all
their relations, by sending him copy Of
my private journal, and adding in private
letters what it did contain. Although it
was my earnest desire to get home, and look
to my private concerns, which proposed
to do, soon after my return to London, |
minated to him, that was willing in con-
sideration Of the existing crisis, to act in any
situation in which might be useful. On
my return to London, found that the seiz-
ures which had commenced in my absence,
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answer was, that it was not: that the trea-
ty containing no provision against the I'M
pressment OF our seamen, and beng accom-
panied by kind Of protestatlora OF the BIZ
fish ministers which would leave that go
yernment free to considerit as treaty orr
treaty, according to their own convenience,
/ should not give them the trouble OF delibe-
rating. on it. This was substantially, and
almost verbally what / said whenever spok-
en- to about it, and I never failed, when the
occasion would admit of it, to justify your
| self and Mr.. Pinckney by expressing my
conviction that 1t was all that could be OBJ
tanned from the British government; that
you had told their commissioners that your
government could not be pledged to ratltyy,
because it was contrary to their instructors,
Of course that it should be considered but as
project: and in this light | stated 1T pub
licly in my messageto congress on the open
ing of this session. Not single article OF
the treaty was ever made known beyond
the members Of the administration, nor
would an article of it be known at this day
but for its publication in the newspapers as
communicated by somebody beyond the Wa
ter as we have always understood. But IS
to myself / can solemnly protest;,s the most
sacred Of truths, that never one instant lost
SIGHT ofvour reputation and favorable stand
ing with YOUR country, and never Omitted to
Justify your failure to attain our wish as one
which was probably unattalnable. Rcvlew-
Ing therefore the whole subject, cannot
doubt you viii become sensible that yoar
impressions has been without just ground.
/ cannot indeed Judge what ia.sehocds may
have been written or told you, but Il voa
have been made TO believe that ever did,
said, or thought thing l,neriendly to your
fame and feelings, you do ne injury as
causeless as it is affecting to me. ii the
present contest in wIich YOU ore concerned,
/ feel no passion, take 40 Ps,t,i express no
sentiment.
Which ever OF nv friends scaled 10 tsle
SUPREME cares OF the nation, Aso" that
they viii be wisely ana faithfully adm!n's-
tered; and IS far as iny individual conduc1
can influence, they shall BE cordially sup
ported. For nlysclf have nothing t;lrtber
to ask Ct the world tlan to preserve IL re-
tiremant SO much Of their esteem rs may
haze furry carmel, and 70 be 3ernittec 70
pass il tranquility, in the bosom OF my "a
l.ily and friends tie days which vet remain
fo: me. Having reached the haroor myself
shall view with anxiety (bat certainly net
with wish to be III 1heir place. these who
are still buHeting the STORM, uncertain Of
their fate. Your voyage has been 50 Tar
favorable, and that it may continue with en-
tire prosperity is tn. sincere PRAYER Of that
friendship which | have ever borne yoa, and
Of which now assure you, with the tender
OF my high respect and aitectioIate sa,usa-
tons.
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