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The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-18
RICHMOND PRICES CURRENT.
IN RICHMOND HvsTlNos Court,
fQn0

Upon consideration of several late and con
~ dnued instances OF the appearance OF the
SMALLPOX in this City, notwithstanding
the most vigilant care to have the patients remo-
we'd rs soon as known to be injected, and OF
the Importance of avoiding general incubation,
while cffectual means should be used tor
ensmr;nS the extinguishment Of the disease IN
the City. 1t is ordered by the Court, that the
work-house be continued, as lately authorised by
certain magistrates place of reception for per-
SONS who shall casually break out with the small.
pox, and have not some other lice nsed place to
retire to. 1t is farther ordered, that it be recon-.
rended to the inhabitants of the City, to have
their families and dependents forthwith vaccina-
ted at their respective homes, it will be atten-
ded with no danger by contagion, with in
convenience unusual restraint. And upon con-
sideration, that some poor persons may not be a
BILE to encounter the expence of employing ply
sicians for adopting the course recommended
1t Is ordered that any magistrate of the City
may in his ward, and not elsewhere, upon appli.
cation, if in his opinion the applicant be object
ofthe public assistance, grant an order addressed
to such physician as may be chosen by the appli-
can't to attend him or her, or his or her family
through the course recommended and for this
service, when performed to the satisfaction of
the magistrate, there shall be paid from the funds
ofthe city, TO the physician, one dollar for every
person vaccinatad. It is further ordered, that
the work-house as far as it will afford room, and
for incubation for the smallpox provided that
no person shallbe admitted thereat after the 10th
ofneXt month.
A Copy. TIL c. HOWARD, elk.
We the Subscribers, practitioners Of physic in
fhe City Of Richmond, inform the inha5itants,
shat they are noqD uaccafng with matter which
-ley recommend az genuine.
T411ES LION,
e. Il. FOUSEEE,
SfAlizES DREW McCAW,
JAMES GREENHOW,
4. TRENT,
JOHN ADAMS.
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EMBARKED AT coRvNNA.
Cavalry 2,S72
Engineers, Artillery Dri- ~
vers, &c. 1856
Infantry 1859
Total, sick included--25,0s 7
EMBARKED AT Woo.
General Crauford's Brigade $500
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CT PUBLISHED THOMAS RITcHIK, eP-
YosITE THE GLOBE TAVERN, AT FIVE DOL
BARS PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE
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Grand Total 28,197
Which, added to Gen. M'Kenzie's bril-
gade in Portugal, consisting of between 6
and 900 men, makes the grand total about
IS, 900 men.
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ID EMOVAL.-The Subscribers lin conse-
~ quence of the late Fire) have removed to a
brick tenement belonging to Messrs. J. & r
Gamble, on the street leading to Mayo's Bridge,
opposite Messrs Brown and Rives's Accompt-
ing House, where they have for sale, general
assortment of GERMAN GOODS,
.....coNsISTING on.
Oznaburgs & Ticklen- Fine Shifting Linen,
burgs, Bed Tick,
Dantzic Rolls, Damask Table Cloths,
Brown Rolls, Looking Glasses,
Sheeting, Liquor Gases,
Dowlas, Quart, Pink and ! Pint
Platillas, Decanters.
Also, Fresh RED CLOVER SEED
BONN & HUBNER.
April 4. CIV
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NJ OTICE--All persons indebted to the estate
~ ofthe late JOHN STROBIA, are desir-
ed to make Immediate payment, aud those who
have claims against the estate are requested to
make them known to the Subscriber, properly
authenticated, that they may be instantly dschar-
ged.
JOHN II STRoBIA, Adnn'r
April II. 2w
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FROM BELLS WEEKLY MESSENGER OF rE.
sRUARY Is
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-31

duke del lnssssado, the latter was supposed to
be in New Csstilc. and not far from Madrid, bat
the Spanish goyernrnsrt strictl, prohibit the pub
lication of all uniavor,5e accounts, and it was
almost impossible to obtain any correct informa.
ton respecting the situation or force of the ar.
mics. A detachment of 5000 French had been
within two days march Of Seville, but had re
treated again. II was expected the government
would soon remove to Catiz.
:" General Redng, by the latest accounts was
at 'farragona. with %, QUO men, and another ar.
my under the marquis dc Luxan, had obtain.
ed some advantages over the French in Catalo.
MIA. III. st-~>..
" Sarragossa was still, defended with the mos,
heroic vaior. On tle,e2d December, marsh.ls
Moncey and Mortier sent Hag in and ,lemar,-
ded a surrender of'the city which was refused
in the most determined manner, by the intrepid
falAfux." 49,
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CITY OF new York, March e5.
LATEST NEWS DIRECT FROM SPAIN


Yesterday arrived at this port the ship Bor
deaux, capt. Law, in 81 DAYS from Cadiz. Which
place size left first of February. Captain Law
brought no papers except one containing the af
iar al Sarragossa, (Which we published yester
day OF the 22d December. He informs us YER
baiiy, that Mr. Erving, the American charge
des Affairs who was at Cadz, had received as
suraIees rom tie Junta OF Seville that the a
merican vessels at Algesiras should he released
immediately /; that the English army were at
tacked near Vailadolid, and had retreated IN
wards the mountains of Astufias, from whence
they would proceed to Corrunna, (,vbere tb4
British fleet were on their way from Lisbon) 10
embark tor England that their actual arrival At
Corrunna was announced by n cutter ,vb;cI
reached Cadiz few DAYS before cant Ia,,
sailed that no account of any battle bet weep
the French and the marquis of Romano had
been received /; that the English under Sir Iohn
Moore were attacked about the 18th of Jgnnrv
and defeated with great slaughter on both sides :
ana that gen Blake, and the principal Officer
French ~ VIZ
The following abstract is obligingly furnished
us by the supercargo
:, SIlp Bordeaux, capt Richard Law, left Ca
dlz or the fst OF February. A few davs before
the bordeaux sailed accounts were received Of
most obstinate battle having been fought near
vaiIadohd, between the English army, under
~"' NV ibsiH DDQy oil tile French
aiter areadful carnage on both sides an army of
reserve commanded by Bonaparte in person. ar.
rived on the held night closed the sanr,linarv
conflict, and the British were forced TO retreat 10
the mountains of Asurias.
" The capt. ofan English schooner which mr..
rived at Cadiz, about the same time the above ac
count was received, in a short passage srom Cor
rama, reported that the British were marcb,r,-
INTO that place when he sailed. Some tsansoort
ships were waiting for them, but that they were
go closely pursued by the French, that il was nm.
pretended part ofthem would be cut off nc tharc
were not ships sufficient 10 receive them an :
The government at Csdiz lad endrayored IN
suppress the foregoing accounts, and several
suspected characters had been arrested for hay-
ing. proPagated them, but they were generally
believed TO be too true, and the majority of 1.-THE
people were IN consequence very much alarmed.
Great sxert'ons were made by the present gov
ernor Den Felix Jones) to render CaJiz inn
prcgnable the Puento de Suazo, "a bridge orr.
nally constructed by the Romans aud which ;oin.
ed Cadiz to the Continent) has been DESTROYED.
and great number oflaborers were dalv EN-.
pioyed on The Notifications at the gates
IL was also reported, that after the retreat of
the British, division Of the French army had
marched IN pursuit of the marquis de Ia Roma.
ma, who had been some where in the vicinity of
v aiiadohd, but with whom the British never had
Effected Junction aud who had in consequence
rsueHtcc WIN his army with intention to join the
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Observation-Disclosures

READING, (PEXNA) March 49,
SAILED rom this Port, OH tue 9th instant:
with air breeze for Philadelphia, &c
A SQUADRON. OF BOATS, fourteen I'M
number, Commodore JAcoB SAETLE, with.
the following country produce -
1650 Barrels of Flour,
1000 Bushels Of Wheat, -
Hogsheads of Rye Liquor. '''
7o0ibs. of butter, &c &c &c.
QuERE-Whatn numbered Wagons would
it require to convey the same quantity of proS
duce! '-5s
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PH1LApELpn1A, March %,

On Sunday evening last. the Pcnnypack
Paper Mills, with all their contents, the
property OF Messrs. ]. G. & w. LANG,
|sTRETH, were DESTROYED by fire. The loss
sustained, is estimated at about &C, Coos
Some suspicious arc entertained, that the
fire was Intentionally communicated.
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From THE PHrLADRLPzIA PoLirIcAL
= $50 REGISTER.
GLORIOUS NEWS FROM SPAIN !

The intelligence which we. this day pub
lish from Spain is of the greatest.importance
The statement ofthe distribution of the Spa.
nish forces. & the determination of the peo-
pie to die rather than abandon the cause of
their country are well explained in the vic
terry published by the tunta of Murcia, to
whom the account of the marquis lie la Ro-
mana's success had been commune ted by
the commissioner of rarancon. which is e.
quidistant from Murcia and Segovia. the
scene of action, to which the combined ar.
mics of Spain and England, 10000 strong,
must have moved after junction in Leon
! A correspondence had ken place between
general Palafox and marshal Money after
an unsuccessful attack by the latter on Sar
ragossa, in which the French had been re-
pulsed with great slaughter (supposed 5000
mcn;) general Palafox had minated tha,
no more flags Of truce, requiring him to SUR
render, would he adnitted-as ne had deter.
mined to conquer or perish.
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PHILApELPHIA, March :

Yesterday arrived here. via New Castle,
Madam TURREAU, lady of the French
Minister, and her two children, being on
their way to n. York, whence they are to
take passage in the dispatch ship Mentor.
tor France. At the same time. arrived MIR.
Coles. private secretary to the late presi-
dent; he carries with him the dispatches
for France.
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vadcd, and had seriously determined on an
appeal To arms. he Thought the legislature
should assume a manly and determined atsi-'
tude. and declare.so, openly and boldly. To
bring the matter homr--to test the sent.
ments Of the House fairly-he had offered
the resolution
The yeas and nays were taken on the re :
solution, when it was negatived-on one vo-
ting in favor of it: the mover aud seconder
veting againstit.
~ No wonder the embargo failed of its CO
ercive effect Mark the following
We have now before us !" A table of the cx..
ports from Quebec during tho year 1903" cor
rcctly copied from the custom house books of
thar mort. From this document we have taken
tho folio wing statements -
Total value ofexports for 1908. 6 5, 2SI996 IL
Number OF vessels cleared in do. 334
Tonnage of do. -. 7O275
Seamen, -...- $3.50
Comparative view of the tonnage for s vears-
1906, 1886
1907, 4,2oS
1908, 7O27S
Increase OF tonnage in 1907, 1897
In the embargo year, 1925
Comparative view nj the value of Pot & Pearl
Ashes exported III the last years SITS
: Value of these articles in 1SO23,
45,6,H7. $3.50, SIG so
Mean va = III those years. 2oS.S44 80
Value in 1903. 1Sl5.747 90
Gain OF embargo year. 1902 400 40
Comparative view of exports generally in the
last years
Total value of exports in 1923,
ass. and7, S 1916, 800
Mcar value in those years, 2,19l 147-
Value in 1908, 1881, 900 IL
Gais of embargo year, 1,79O,349 IL
So muck for the steady habits, religious and
moral principles, and patriotism of the eastern
States.
The votes for Governor from $50 towns of the
state of New Hampshire give
To Judge Smith 1899
-. MIR. Langdon 1902
Federal Majority SE
The whole number of incorporated towns is
about 100.
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q'nANsLA4ED FOR rms REcIsssR.


"CADIZ, Jan. 16.
Napoleon having gained advantages over
some of the Spanish chiefs. has beeu enabled
TO divert the central army, and pass along
by the unaccustomed roads of Somosierra,
advancing bv Estremadura as far as Trux-
lilo. and finally, in the beginning of Deem
Der. with 40 600 men got nessession of Ma
drid by capitalization. the inhabitants having
been most shamefully deceived by the infi-
meustraitor Meriavia, the Al, Of tn At month,
agTeeably to the Official gazette of The 60
vernment.
The Corsican fiattered himself. that he
had conquered the whole Kingdom, in conse
quence OF SO many unexpected disasters; but
he was deceived, and i, is not improbable
but he may soon become the victim of his
own perhdy and temerity, which have only
tended to inspire new horror for his name ::
and This nation. most decided determinati
ON To die rather than submit to the. dominion
OF such an unprincipled adventurer
Our unprinciped commanders are dis
missed, our dispersed arRes are re united
arc re organised, under generals possessing
our iui'est confidence, and they have alrea-
ay IN several battles, proved to the French
what Spanish valor can do when well COM
manded; and these forces, being once con-
centrated, can only wish for an opportunity
TO establish decisive victory.
"Napolconis actually about 90 leagues In
the north ut Madrid, collecting his army
] Ihe duke oil Infantado. with 40 GOO Me-. .:
the best troops, were upon Cuenca. extend
ing his vanguard towards Araniuez-Ccusta
was IN kStremadura, with a numerous army
l-Romana and the British, with 90 600 Of
the best disciplined troops, were upon Leon
-Palafox was in Arragon, with the glory Of
having repulsed eighteen attacks of the enc.
my upon Sarragossa -Reding in Catalonia.
in place of general Vivas-Blake in Asturia :
The French have their head Quarters at
Burgos their whole force in the Kingdom
1901 900 men.
The proposition made by the Corsican to
England, has been rejected with contempt
1t was that he would agree to make peace
with her and all her allies, and that he would
agree to her keeping all her conauests. pro-
.ided she would agree OH her part to with
draw all her troops from Spain, and acknow
ledge bis brother Joseph as king of that coun-
try.
The aid of every description alreasl- re-
ceived from that inexhaustible island il be-
You'd all calculation. and still more is des
tined for our use.
The count de Florida Blanca is dead and
in his place the central Junta of government
now sitting at Seville, have elected for their
president the Marques de Astoreo. Connt
de Altamira; the measures now adopted are
the most efficacicus, wisest, and most ener
getic. winch, with the help of the Omnipo
'ehoe' VIII have the most happy ISSUE"
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BALr1MoRz, March %.

BALTIMORE, March ~. Z.
The Federal Republican" Of yeste rdav
morning, with us Usual regard for truth;
INFORMS that seangen cannon be had i'm snffi.
cient numbers TO carry on The small horizon
l9 commerce herntitted and, intimatcs:
they haze sought refuge in foreign NATIONS,
instead Of afhlyinS toihe iubors Of ogricuis
fHrf and the arss, as the REPUBLICANS haze
constantly stated. From hence thev gvouid
INFER Thar The embargo has nor hrcserued
cur seomen.'
IL iSJdct-that there are more than 500
seamen nozu in fort zvaiting for emhloy-
ment.
Ills faes-that very lately a large num-
Ger q mon zoere enlisted in this city ,for;
me O'',fed States, service and sent 10 Wdsh-
'ngton, &c.
1t is foct-that about 400 sean,en hayei
sailed from this f,ort sincc the fttcenthim-
Stnnt
IL rs fact-that scores of then, come in
from the country every day and thar ma
ny return rather Than risk their liberty on
tie ocean. 80
AisJ aet-that many trefer 10 doAarshe;.
month on land, 10 so dollars fer month on rva-
ter, in the Present state of things.
rs facf-that The zcages Of seamen arc
high (a6ou $50 and, Il is gerry certain.
they ought to be SO. EUery mans hroft
should Be in PROPORTION TO Tie risk he runs.
~ rs morally certain--tkdt nok1vithstan-
Ding the risk, as soon as the present high
4oages are knoscn through the country, thai
TINS city 4UiH haze q great many more sea-
men than zo;H find employment, epen at re-,
dueed Prices.
Hesay the" embargo has Preserved our
sednien, and that no man can, NTH justice,
denyH. Hundreds of scan,en have parious
trades; they are at zuork at these, and can
'rof. an a moment abandon them, admitfin,r
they .feh Perfectly free to rick Themselves
among the harhieS Of EUROPE Evening
Post.
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NEw-YoRx, March II.

|, The dispatch ships, Pacific for Falmouth,
DQd QehfocyNr l. Orient, viii sail IRON this
port to- morrow, windand weather permit
ting. z.
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LANCASTER, March Is

LANCASTER, marCh 10.
Ihts has been an interesting da, The
report OF the committeein the case of Dim
stead, (WHICH sent you the day before YES
terday) came up for coDsideration--co
siderable debate ensUed. Mr.. Thompson of.
! fercda resolution, a. "a substitute for one pro.
posed by the committee the object of which
was a repeal of the Law passed upon the sub
ject few years ago The proposition was
negatived. resolution was offered bv Mr.
harrington, proposing to paw to Olmstead
the money due him. 1t was also negatiyed
All the resolutions attached to the report
land published in our paper of FRIDAY last1
we're adopted. Mr.. Minor then offered re-
solution, declaring that Penn. at every ba-
2ard, would resist the decree ot the United
States Court, in the case of Olmstead. He
observed, ON offering it, that it was to try
the sense OF the House, and that he could
not vote for it himself--that it was notorious
that the Governor had called out the militia
ry force ct the Commonwealth, to resist the
execution OF the process of the federal court
that the committee in their labored and
ingenious report, had declared the right oc
the state, and had clearly intimated their
determination not to recede but when the
resolutions attached to the report were con
sldered, they would appear mere milk and
water things-that after all the clustering
the legislature had. to be sure, resolvcd-fb7t
me GoUernor should zyrite 10 HE Preside0f
lie thought such resolution, if the state
was IN earnest bout resisting, was weak and
useless. 1t the great state of Pennsylvania
really supposed her constitutional rights liz
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Account Ct a dead body found under the
porch OF Christ Church, in Boston, Mas
,sachusetts, III high state Of preservati-
circumstance occurred short time
since, while the workmen were repairing.
thirst church., in this town, and erecting.
some new tombs under it, that deserves to-
be recorded i'll the Anthology. The ground
under the porch OF the entrance Of the church
was directed to be dug up. this spot having
been given for the erection of two tombs -
AT the distance of feet from the surface.
grave was discovered, in which was found
coffin OF hard pitch pine, commonly called
the Norway pine, very little decayed, which
on being opened, Contained another Of the
same wood, very handsomely made, and not
at all injured the lid of this being lifted,
showed body wrapped in tarred sheets,
that ON being removed from the face, pre-
scented the CoUutcnance of a man that an
peared quite recently to have died his
face was fresh and Aorid as though lust sI,a-
we'd /; the flesh hard to the touch, and every
appearance Of a new corpse, from short &
not painful illness two or three sprigs Of
myrtle or box, green as just cut from the
STOCK, we're also laying OH the outside Of the
tarred sheets.
Both Collins had on their lids. in brass
nails, the letters 1 L. and grave stone. at
inc head OF the grave. declared the person
inferred there, to be Mr.. John Thomas. of
the island of Barbados, aged Is years, who
died 9th June, a. u. 1926, more than
efShtyf7oo years ago The numbe rof per-
sons who came to see this curious fact, from
the hneness OF the preservation, and the
manner of it, induced the wardcrs to direct
the collin to be Closed again and buried,
which it is, at the u. r.. corner of the
church. The soil under the porch was
yellow clay, mixed with small stones and
some gravel, Whether the body had L.cn
partially embalmed previous to nterment is
not known: but the verdurc of the spIigs
Of myrtle indueHs one to think it may be ow-
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Ino.hey Statue ofGoldy

Another Stdtae Of God!
ANDREW ALLEN, who founded the Anchor
Gus m Philadelphia in the year 1867 who
afterwards went to England and returned and
who in fact has been,elsc ehisfsuebsytey of three
at least OF the Boston newspapers, has taken n
passage for England, and no doubt may expect
either knigtthoo9 or peerage for his services |,
be has by gold and fnk accomplished more to-
yards the deg adation and enhancement and shame
OF America, Than all the Howes and Cages and
ConwaiLses, aud Bar:oynes, and Donors, and
2oo,000,O0o of pounds sterling, and 100, 600
lives would accomplish aurora. -'
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oSMUGGL1Ne.-The vigilant and active
oincer, CAPTAIN l1nrrcner. honorably and
,du'y appreciates the abuse which the Tories
qestow upon him with so much lberality
ne mas TINS day seized a ship of four hun.
dred tons burthen from the Havana. .c.iIed
the Ut. Thomas, &c. strongly sushecfed n,
being Bostonian covered with Htfke SIR.
n'sh 6roFvg."..N 7. Fub. Ady.
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Federal Majority

TIC WhoIe humbef OF Incorporated towns is
about 100.
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It's stated, that the Governor Of the Ha-
wanna had refused to acknowledge MIR. AN
DERsoN, as consul from the United States.
The Spaniards have never acknowledged
foreign consuls in any of their colonies....C
Courier.
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There were II clearances at the Custom
House, Philadelphia, on the 22d and Esd inst.
for foreign ports, principally Madeira, whichit
would seem, is to be made the medium for trade
with England during the existence Of the Nom
Intercourse law.
The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1809-07-05

time, his wife went to see what detained him
and ON looking into the well discovered only
tho crown of his head above water. Terri
fed and distressed, she ran to her iathcr's'
(Alr. Matthias Richardson a quarter Of . mile
wEo with his two sons Immediately hastcned
to her assistance. The eldest being more
active got 10 the well first and went down |;
when his father and brother came up they
discovered him in the bottom of the we'll mo-.
tionlcss. Mr. Richardson was then going down
himself when the youngest son urged that he
yas most able to render assistance and hav-
ing almost reached the bottom of the we'll fell
back andexpircd. Mr. Richardson now sup
p osed that there was damp in the wolk and
let down a,candlee which immediately wem
out, and fowl Let down with it, died instant-,
.y.-The bodies were Immediately drawn up
by means of hooks and ropes but every ex-
crtion to recover them proved abhortive.-.-.