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The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-29
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QTBox S-Gsllery rs cents-Children half
price-Tickets to be had at the Theatre, & FROM
MIR DAVIS. at his printing -oificc.-Doors To be o.
pened at 6 o'clock-Curtain to rs. at O'clock,
Pree'sely-lhe pubic are respectfully igformeds
that Smoking Segars, in thr Theatre. Is oyohi.
6ifed. September 29-It
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TO THE PUBLIC.-The subscribers, exc.
cutors ofJuhn McRal decd vii. on Tues-
day. the seventh day cf Ns.y. nxt, oil. r, nj pun,
lie sale, before che tavern Of ST. JAMS t)nrel.
of this tow, the following PROPERTY, viz /.
Twenty-f five or thirty Slsves, among which arc
several good carpenters, distilierS, baker,, cooks
and house servants Two brood Mares one OK
which is the celebrated running mare Caro- ma.
with Florizel colt by her side, and now in fosl
b. Sir Harry: the other high bred mare also in
ioaiby Sir Harry, together with six or eight sad
die and work horses, three mich Cows, carpen-
ter's tools, plantation, utensils, Sc.
The terms Of sale will be, for the slaves, a Gre
dit of one, two and three years, and for the bal.
ance of the property, credit Of twelve months
in all cases, bonds with approved security win Je
required. to carry interest from the date if not
punctuaily paid.
R[CHdRD HcRAE, and
DANIEL EPPES,
Fsee'r, IF John McRse, deeeasef.
Petersburg, Sept. %. 1otT
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u All persons having claims against the es-
tate Of John McRae, deed are rtquestedio bring
them forward for adjustment, and ali who are in-
debted 10 the said estate, to make immediate ar
rangements for pay, as mo indulgence can be gi-
ven. Mex. * D. l..
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w ANTED IMMEDIATELY 8 .r-l..s,
w per, at fhs Wa.5iSsnn 1sseya.
SstieAts1 20. u
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fredericksburg, September IS.
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CONGRESS.
H0JSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY, Feb. 10.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES.


The House resolved itself inro committee
Of til. ~ho!e-Mr. MAsqEns in the chair
on the bill tcr imposing additional duties
on aithe goods, wares and merchandise i'm
ported into TIE u. {.
The bill was amended so as 70 take effect
p" from and after the passage thereof"
The proposition oStrcd bv Mr.. d.. r.
UiItam@ when tie bill was before under
consideration was withdrawn.
Mr.. Ccok renewed the proposition, viz.
to continc the duties To be encrea,ed, to
goods imported from Great Britain & France
and the colonies OF either: and spoke an
hour ana a half III support Of bis motion
and in opposition to tie on-intercourse sys
tern. lie was in favor cf discriminating du.
ties because ne was opposed to the non-jn-
terCOuvse, which he considered the best
means 0t depressing our navigating inter-
est and advancing that OF Britain because
the produce of tne u. 5 would be carried
to some place OF depot IN the vicinity, and
thence be carried to Europe in Hritish bot.
toms, whilst a large proportion IL Ameri-
can shipping wC"id be inactive. lie thought
that under the aiming system VIC Csuld
trade will at least IS mach honor and with
much more profit, than under the noi-in-
tercOurse system. He contendcd that the
non. intercoui Sc system was preci civ calcu-
~ W t-stlbJ NNiL moral DtliltIp pc WHICH
had heretofore 50 strictly enforced our re.
venue laws that the system OF restriction
was partial, operating SO eqoaliy ON the
people Of the south, that no individuals par
ticuiarly suffered from it,, whilst IN the north
and east individuals were ruined by il. and
thus a general distress produced that it
would be the most discouragiuE act To The
mercantile interes' ever passed by the go
verunert, for it would throw. the tra.. in
ali che produce i.pt in the country by ;he
embargo, iH,D foreign harls ~ the exDsuce
cf the American merchant that the svs.
tom could no.b enforced with sorxtcnsiy e Il
Tr0-tier < sea coast AS VIC possess thar il Wps
- measure calculated to produce irIitation y
foreign nations without having inc least CO.
eralsc effect; that it was political suicide.
without the consolation o. company in it
Mr.. Coos was, wi II lis constituents, in IA
vor O. fur hcr negotiation an a firm dsser-
ton Of OR rights which. If refused tn We
Acknowledged he voiud maintaip. Il was
high Grac to abandon visionary schemes 3.
ing"acticablc Htejcct8, aud 70 pass good
plain cn1mon ecnyc laws. lie believed hat
this discrimination Of duties and armirg
our merchant vessels would be such a law.
Mr.. Cyuk's motion was negaLiyed by a
very large majority.
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1T should seem however that the enemy
took a different route ~ the capital. by pro-
cceding in a direction due sou.i, FROM he
Dcnro. b. Sariozierra, Buitriago, and the
roads that leat from thence 70 Madrid and
the unexpected defeat of General Catanos
having frustrated all the plans that had sccn
iorHcd, a retreat on the part OF our army,
became necessary. IL that is affected with
good order, it is conjectured that it wfil cor
c%cntrate itself upon the frontiers of Portugal,
to try the defence Of that country against 3o-
naPHrte, or to advance against Spain upon a
favorable opportunity. But the question
whether, without Spain, we cuu!d defend
Portugal against Ronapartc, appears to have
been DECIDED by our government, when it
advised the Royal Family to e~migrate to
Brazil
FALMOUTH, Dec. 6.
The Duke Of Marlborough Packet, bound
TO tie Brazils sailed from Madeira on the
18th OF November and on the SOth was cap
tured after an action of an hour, by the
French privateer La Josephine of Is guns,
from Bordeaux WHO after p~iupdering the
packet Of various articles. TIN owing her guns
overheard and taking out 8 men gave her.to
capt. Bull, who arrived this evening.
Arrived the Cleaner, from Lisbon in IL
DAYS. The Eliza arrived late last night at
st. Ives, with Il mail, from Ce.unua, IN four
days. Sir L. Dyer came passenger.
LONDON, Dec. IS.
The following is an extract of a letter
from an officer in one of the divisions Of the
army OF Gen. Baird:
"PiNa Franco, .Ncy. 90.
"I can only tell you that | am quite well,
and fare as we'll as circumstances will per
nit. | got to Astorgo from Oviedo ON the
"Wednesday evening and on Thursday morn
ing last esd inst. the army retreatcd, but
advanced again on the Friday. A courier
is going of to Lugo, by which | send this
iop must not De alarmed "a not nearing from
me often, as it is impossible. The French
are III great force, near 100000 men, it is
said, az Burg0s, Niiiadrlid, Nllluven, aud
their cavalry at Rio Seco, and advancing a.
bout. The two English armies have ma.
Joined. and it is uncertain when they will.
On Thursday last Esd | concluded we should
have retrcatcd much further. As it was, !
mad to march on a continuance about 80
MILES casks of rum were stove at Astoryo,
&c. and every one thought the French to be
very near; next day we advanced 20 our
Old positions. Biake's army. :. c. Ronana's
has been completely defeated and scattered
There were only 5000 men III Leon a week
ago. though the SpAniar;is would tell me G.
very where chat there were 80 or 49, 900 Ir
we cannot form a junction with Sir J Moore
or he with Us, which must be the case, as
we cannot leave the road TO Corunna open
tc the French, both armies must retreat. SUI
teur pas. This is n wretched country. |
am sure the French would do them good.
but as an l3ngiislman ] cannot wish them
to gain 4 footing here though / am afraid
they will eventually succeed. L. is said the
French have pushed on in q colemn 90 Owl.
edo to pass by Lugo, and intercept our re-
treat. but that is uncertain. The Spaniards
do not act with the spirit they might"
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SPAIN.
PRTVA T'E s.
C0RUNNA, Dec. 1

~NOkUNNA, Dec. /.
"AdviceSare this instant received of the
deicat OF Castaaos ny the French and of the
'"1al dispersion of his army. lie was com
Pic'eiy surprised, foy lie was induced 10 adj.
vance acro,s the E.bro, from false informant
on of the wCakress of the CORPS undo Mr..
shat McnCey, anu was drawn into atrap for
Ney fell upon his rear, rs soon AS the army
OF bakc was disposed Of. and the resnit
was fatally dreadful. No account has arri.
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EUROPE.
boston. Feb. l.

" lON,E ED. ID.
Yesterday arrived here, the schooner
Bream. 1T. Mall, of ten guns, from Hall
fax. with dispatches for the British consul.
BY this vessel we have Halifax papers to the
31st ult. They merely give the following
article from the Newfoundland paper, with
out mme The officers of the Bream
say, the account was credited at Eialifax.--
The expedition under Gen. Provost, itad
arrived at Barbados, in thirteen days from
Halifax.
We have seen n file OF the official Madrid
Gazettes to the 29th November.
The following article was received on
Monday, in a letter from Halifax, by the
Triton, copied .ron a Newfoundland paper:
ST. JoHNs, NEWFOUNDLAND, Dec. %.
"On Saturday the brig Elizabeth. Way,
arrived here in 2S days from Lisbon. lie
reports, that on the evening before he sailed,
news reached Lisbon ola s neral battle be-
tween the united British and Spanish army
end the French that the iaUer was defeat
ed, with the loss o. ) 600 killed the loss of
the former being 1000 killed, Of whom we
are sorry to learn was Sir David Baird -
Our troops distinguished themselves and
much praise Yves bestowed on the 20.h Light
Dragons for their gailantry in the action"
FROM SPAIN DIRECT.
CAPTAIN Perciyal, who arrived here on
Monday, from Cadiz, in Spain, via the
Vineyard. informs, that he left Cadiz the
6fh December when they had not heard
OF a junction between the British and Spa
nish forces: [Cadi1 is one Of the most re.
mote places in Spain for the receipt ofiiifsr-
nation from the north that it was gene
rally believed the French were advancing
into Spain and that General Bike mad
been Compeliedto retreat that it was not
known that any decisive battle had taken
place, though there had been much hard
h~.:h.i2g-thAt the 5paniards still continued
favorable to the system Uf warfare recon-
mcnded by their Juntl that o! harrassinr
t. " enemy and retreating, rather thar
rIskjng great battles tiI4t the spirits Of the
nation continued good; tiatit was apparent
TO ANY one resident in Cadiz, that me Spa
niaid5 we're well united, and that n deter
n.ination pervaded ali ranks, TO emancipate
their country, or perish in thc struggle that
there was not the least appearance of the
existence of a Godoy (Prihcc Of Peace par
ty or the contrary, that q mass life would
be IN danger who should, utter Il word il ia
vorof tiat traitor that though ther, were
runcrs OF divisions in spain, it was impossi-
bic, from apPcayaDccs in Cadiz, to credit
them and that Barcelona still held out a
gainst the patriots. A letter from Valencia
(v1'ch is in nc vicinity Of barcclona) of the
- November, SAYS. II he French are p
bout evacuatiDg Barcelona p" It tiiis be true.
they must have been served U.t.
Extract Of a letter, dafri Codiz, Drccm
Der s, 1905.
"Private letters received this morr;ug.
mention the discovery OF a ccnsDiracv. In
consequence of which, twenty one uersons
-. 49,. ..--r 49,. a 4 n -
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DECEMBER Is.

An Idle report prevailed last night, that
Bonapaite was assassinated shortly afterh lis
arrival at Madrid, which he is said To have
reached the 2Sth ult. The Supreme Junta
left Arunjuez for Toledo, on the 23d.
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Eight thousand French, who had APP
preached within twenty leagues of the CAPT
tai, relying on the success of the negotiation,
have been cut of. Their intention was to
have seized on the Junta, and to have pat
the President, Florida 6ianca, to death
Every exertion is making TO fortify Mad
rid-all c!asses--ladies of the highest rank
work OH the fortiicaiions.
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FRIDAY, FEB. II.
EOE-rSTRRCOunSr.

The House again resolved Itself into =.
committee of!he whole on the bill interdict-
Ing commercial intercourse. &c.
Mr.. y. X. HlAio8o' motion of YESTERDAYS
yet under consideration, VIZ. 10 stri3e or
M touril Section Of the bill. and inert in.
lev of it a provision for layine Il di3cri1i-
na,io} duty Of 50 per cent. ON all fermer dn-
80 Oh goods imported from &. Britain and
France
Mr. LoUs called Tor a division Of .hs oueq-
tl"", so is 90 take il irst on striking out the
section.
The question was hen taken on strik;n~
olt the 1tl section IN order to insert Nc.
-. q. Nflfiams's amendment which was
fEGATttE Ed 50 20 H.. Mr.. WIS motion n
course WAS negatives.
some farther progress WI. made in the
OIL When the committee rose and obtained
leave to sit again.
SATURDAY, Feb 19.
The House was engaged the whole of ,b@
GaF ~ committee OF the who.e or the non.
intercourse bin. a motion to amend nc
50 as 60 keep IN tie cu ,argo altoge hey
vas Dcgatived Ayes s.. & motion 70 ame ri
me OH 50 as wholly w. repeal the en- RIO.
was nc5atiVcd 81 to s. Tnc G nm I -
went through the bill, Wish was rcpo,t d
to the House at near 8 o'cIock-NIatn tie
House adjourned without considering tho
rep"iI ot the Committee.
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Extract Of a letter, dat,a Codi-, Drcen
her :. iSIS.

UtI =. IoVO.
"Private letters received this morning.
mention the discovery OF a Conspiracy. In
consequence of which. twenty one persons
have oeen hanged at Madrid. Count de I'll
ley IS one OF those engaged in it.
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n Thursday, the 10Th day OF March next,
W will be sold, to the highest bidder, in the
town of Manchesi -, ut the tavern of Zachariah
Brooks, upon "A credit OF twely. months, the fell
lowing PROPERTY, belonging to the estate oi
Wm.F Friend, decd. yiz. twelve ur fifteen likely
SLAYES, consisting Of men, women, boys and
girls, WfGGON and harness, a GIG and hav-
ness, srmdry articles Of Husbandry, n few valua-
BILE Books, & Il handsome Foyvtng Piece. Bond
and approved security will be required of the
purchasers.
THOMAS SRANCR. Executor.
Atthe same time ard place, will ne sold, on .
credit Of twelve months, .rnlry articles Of v:iu-
able mahogany FURNI7URE and Plate,
the property OF Mrs. Ann Friend.
" All persons having CT. ,ms against the es-
tate of Mr.. Friend, decd. arc again invited ia
bring them forward properly authenticated, aud
mcnt without delay.
TgTonAS BRANCH, Executor.
February 10. ct
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CT PUBLISHED BY rnoaA eIrcute, oP-
PosITE .CLo8g TAVERN, AT FIVE Dob-
Lars PER ASNUM, IN
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TOR SALE, six NEGROES. Enquire at this
n Office.
February "a. St
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TOR SALE, 4 likely Mulatto BOZ, about Is
u years Of age, has been accustomed TO house
service. For terms apply st this Office.
January -. 2awtf
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q YOUNG MAN, who can come vel! re-
"a commended, for industry, honesty and So
briefly, that understands the management OF Ne
groes, may hear OF employment, on application al
this Office.
February ID. tf
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BOOKS for Sale.

lust received and for sale by S. Plesants Rich.
) mond, few copies Of the following valuable
works 1.-The Amer an Annual Register vol.
4th--Bordley's Husbandry-Womsn a nav no'
vel by Miss. Oweoson--Burder's Village See.
System Of Short hand writing
--Fergusou'S Lectures, a new edition--A6ar.
shals Life Of Gen. Wsshingtou--TkOms
seasons, cheap edition for the use Of schools
Russell's ancient and modern Europe--Carey's
general atlas, (the best colls8ion Of Maps yes
made in this country)--Morse's Univcrsal Coo
graphy-Goldsmith' natural HiStory--a general
assortment Of quarto Family Bibles, With and
without plates, concordance, psalms, &c. &e
from g 3 so, to s II eaeh--Clbsoh's ssfysyipg
American Clerks Magazine Walkers pro.
nouncing Dietionsry--aiso, school Bibis9. Tesrs,
ments and Spelling Books.
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iirst emotion would be to thrust the
audacious message in the messengers
face, or foot him into the contiguous
kennel.
The procedure therefore, is mere
mask for an appeal to the people; and
for that reason it is, that We think it to
be now full time that the people should
take up the Appeal and act upon it.
and say at once whether this nation is
TO be eternally made the butt of every
desperate & aagitious emissary, which
Great Britain may chuse to send here,
to add contumely to her outrages, and
to beard our governmentinstead Of re-
dressing and requiring the loud crying
wrongs which this nation has suffered
from her. Aurora.
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this declaration, His 90 we are inSormed--we
are authorised, &C." are intended to impress
an idea on the public mind that he has his in
telhgence from the Office OF the Secretary of
State. But WE authorised to say, tina
Mr.. Secretary Smith never authorised Mr.. E..
dltor Smith to make the declaration contained
in tue above quoted paragraph"
Solely to suard against misconception, we
deem it proper to say. that the declaration
made IN this paper on the I'D instant. as quo-
ted above, is strictly correct. Nat Intel.
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From THE BALTIMORE WING.
FALsEHooD REFUTED.

A long train of Measurements and insnu-
atoms having appeared in the Federal Re-
publican, charging our government with
closing the door of adjustment with Jack
sou) by hasty publication OF the rupture |:
the editor of the Intelligeucer has detected
the false co,ourings of the British agent,
Extract--from the N Intelligencer of Mon.
day.
"The hasty publication of the rupture"
is next inveighed against, and the "door of
adjustment is said to have been Intentional
" closed" To this plain fact will be the
best answer Mr.. Jackson on the Satur..
day preceding the publication alluded to
applied to the Office of state for his pass
ports"
D1voRcEs.-A general law on this sub
iect is contemplated by the Maryland legs.
laiure much OF whose time is often Occu-
pied by petitions for divorces. 1t is meant
we b. lieye 10 empower courts and juries to
determine the case, in future-under what
precise provision we do not know. As the
Law is not yet passed, perhaps the legisla-
ture may derive some light from the follow
iny -
The legislature of Tennessee is now in
session. towards of fifty petitions for di.
yorces have been passed The legislature
in order to check the progress of this grow
ing evil, are about to transfer the duty oil
investigating the pretensions Of petitioners
for divorces, to the courts, who shall en- =
pannel Jury as in other cases, whose duty
it shall be 10 hear the evidence OH both sides,
and upon verdict in favor of a divorce,
the clerk TO certify the same to the next
general assembly, who will pass a law for
the purpose, &c.
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"
7 N order 70 compete The rssilus OF me requisi-
= lions ofthc decree Of the honor he high ccur,
Of chaneery, for the Richmond ,e,tlicS. dsteA
the 10Th June, 1909. and published Ia this paoes
from the 18th Of August 10 the 1871 Ssp,ember.
inclusive, and an additions. decree da,ed tae ed
epembe,, 1902, in the cases of w liam Mar,
shall and Thomas 1a} lor. guardians Of E,saaor
and Lavinia Danisiuge. orphans OF william
Dandridge, dece ased, and o'hersy pltf..
William D val, administrator Of William Price,
deceased, Lucy Price, widow, and William d.
Price, Alexander Prce, I1hn Ilarvie p. isa, and
Anna Prize, infant heirs of the said William
Price, deceased, nef,s.
And also in conformity with 4 furthe- decree Of
the aforesaid court, dated the 22t sep en'b-r,
1893, in the case of Matthew Jordan, Plaintiff.
AGAINST
The same defendants as above.
We or one of us will positively proceed TO sell.
on tAe premises at public auction, on Tuesday
the 12,h day of December rext, at IL o'clocks
A. M it fair, if u1t the next fair day at the saG
hour, the Blue House aud Lo, on The street an
Shockoe Hill. mentioned in The first decree.
which the late register William Price, purcha.
sed of John Bfitain, subject co the cIsim of Mrs,
Iohn Britain, for supposed right of Bower,
she never having relinquished any CAIN which
she might have in the event of her living longer
than her said husoaud.--And imm sdia.ely there
after two lots of ground near the Federal Spring,
known by the numbers in DuyalI
addition to the city of Richmond. and three
lots near the late residence Of William Price OF
Sho- koe Hill kpewn by the nambess in Judge
Washingion's addition. IL, H. and 10 on ggo
years credit, from the day of sale with iate;ess
from date. Bonds with approved security will
be required, or so much thereof az viii be spfh-
cient TO satisfy William Marshall ami Thomas
Taylor Ksqrs guardians aforesaid-the resi-
due OF the originai sam decreed in their favor cf
400 dollars, with interest and costs OF said suit,
aHd Matthew Jordan. in the sam of 500 dolls
vith interest," from the ST day Of January.
1909 till paid, and the costs expended By him in
said su,, and al to discharge the balance Of
The ex 1enses of the previous and said sales yer
lnprovided for, as authorized BY the Aforesaid dee
crees.
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LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS.

Among many other important bills and
resolutions before the House of delegates,
are the following
introduced by Mr.. Bland.l
Resolved, Tha. the Chancellor and the
Judges of the Court Of Appeals be land are
hereby1 requested TO inquire and report to
the legislature, at the next session, all such
English statutes as existed at the time of
the first emigration of the people Of this
stare into the same, and which, by expert.
ence, have been found applicable to their
loci and other circumstances, and of such
others as have been since made in England
or G. Britain, and have bsen introduced,
used and practised, by the courts of law or
equity and aIss all such parts of the same
as may be proper 10 be introduced and in
corporated into the body Of the statute law
of this state
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LYNcHBuRc. Nov. Is.

- ~ ]" NJ W. TO-
9uERE-ls It not extraordinary that
II never entered the heads o. the Vir-
Snia BaRk Directory to establish a
Branch in Lynch5urgs The Couu.
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WAsH1rnron. NoY ..

" hsHiNIIUH5 lFUFi "
The following extraordinary article is ex-
tracted from the Independent American Of
yesterday:
@The National Intelligencer Of yesterday
has published Mr. Jscksons circular to the
British consuls with The following introduce
ton
"The following letter, said to be addressed
70 the Giiiish consals, is taken from the lude-
perCent American. We are authorised TO
Say tbst lis contents, co Ear as they contradict
the Htii,le Published in this paper on the 1871
Install relative tn t,,s course OF The uegooation
between our government and Mr.. Jackson.
are uniJaudcj."
at might 5e a. ell for Mr. Editor Smith. to
Inform tie pubic ~ what authority be makes