The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-07-11

| Tue ignorance OF ms own anna
nuensis, or to the blunders of CoLEMAN'S
types
His stay of eleven weeks at North Bergen
without any assigned reason of detention,
looks A little like sporting with time on truth.
| hat he should remember. 10 forget the
name ct the Captain OF the French privateer,
rs remarkable circumstance-Gne who
has such a tenacious memory for injuries,
does not readily forget their authors.
| Had he travelled but once from St. Ma.
loe's to Verlen, and that on foot he
, might have imagined the distance, three
| hundred and fifty miles, to have been 500
| but he repeats the same fictitious tourat his
leisure.
His tefe a fete familiarity with Gen Arm
strong at the LRrem6urgh Gardens, follow.
ed by the propositions said tobo made by the
General, and his abrupt transition TIA rage,
| is So very like the story of Joseph and Ma
dam Potiphar, that the accusing male prude
evidently adds a wanton sacrifice of truth
To the meditated sacrifice of every other vir-
tue.
The frequent repetition OF the phrase, mere
lformdiie, SO often made to salute the ear.
from the forgotten captain Of the prvatcer,
the gems d'armes, the cominissary of marine,
&c. &c. &c may. for anght know be con-
siStent with the iiiom of the French Ian
guage, and the gcuius of the French man
ners. But do know that it is so mach like
the cry of " annihiidtion IF commerce"
embargo unconstitutional" "imEressmens
lazy ~. fdrfidAfy 10 France,' /" BRITISH
lfIfendshih," &c. coined in the mint of i,os-
ton torgeries. last fall and winter, and cii Gu
lated and echoed by thousands of homes.
dupes in the county; that I am seriously
induced to believe that $. Folcer, who has
begun this pubic fraud by a forgery upon
his own name, is but another signature for
OUR WRITER'S"
To this h,inaa tdcie evidence, which is
sufficient to satisfy every MN Of sense, of
the Character of the EUcming Post state
| menf / will add, for the convisiiou of MIR.
| Coleman, Major Russell, and others, the fol-
towing
Captain LADAN FoLGER, the hero of the
above political fiction. sailed from Boston,
Feb. 1906, in the brig Acorn OF 1870 tons, o,,
| the voyage as stated above. He was not part
| owner of the brig Acorn.
On his return, he sailed Tor Cherbur, in
France, with freight, and i, is believed did
not put into North Bergen. he arrived ia
| safety at Cherburg, where he DISCHARGED his
cargo, and had his freight paid him, took in
| another freight for a port in the north of
Europe, put into Guernsey and was there
seized, but was cleared at the expense of
more than one thousand tlollar ~ Il, his owners
lie then returned To France again, where ne
| remained several months, spent the freight
the vessel had earned, and run in debt no
wards OF 10000 livres. He then took the
briggs long boat, fled his creditors, and left
his nate in charge OF the brig.-The govern
ment never took possession OF the brig till
after his escape, and proof of her intercourse
with England. The mate, George Thar
ter OF bingham. young man of good cha
! racter, was committed to prison by the
French government, where it is believed he
! still remains. Captain Waterman. to whom
| it is said Gen. Armstrong refused his aid,
came from England with Folger; but we
have heard nothing of his complaint of Cen
As conduct,
The strange circumstance of captain F's
statement being sent to New York for publ
/ cation-the still stranger reason offered by
the Editor of the Evening Post for its lying
/ dormant till Folger's absence, his pompous
aid Jesuitical preface To this congeniai es-
say of N. England folly and disgrace-with
Major Russeps threat to publish the state
rnent, unaccompanied with the hardihood of
execution, or the candor of retractioD, have
induced an investigation, from which has re-
suited the above statement, which is offered
and can be substantially supported as the facts
| in the case.
|, To the Editor OF the Patriot, 1t will ever
! be more agreeable to maintain republican
! truths, than to confront federal false hoods
but when such tissue Of fraud, evidently
designed for the most miSchevous and dis
honorable purposes. is palmed upon the ma
ton, with an art and impudence calculated
to impose ON the public credulty, it becomes
a duty to detect the fraud, and expose the
| feions.... Boston Patriot.
WAsHINGToN July s.
! The National Anniversary was Yesterday
celebrated in this city with the highest de-
monstrations of joy. The dawn was ushered
in by grand salute at the Ncvv Yard, fol-
lowed by several discharges Of artillery dl-
ring the day. The national armed vessels
were in full dress. At 10 o'clock In the
morning, the Declaration of independence
was read by Gen. Mason, and an elegant and
| impressive Grafton pronounced by Mr. Bar
low, in Mr.. Laure's Church, before large
and respectable audience, including the
| President of the u. States, the Heads of
Departments, and many strangers of dis
] tinction. AT noon numerous company
waited on the President, among whom re-
freshments were literally distributed A.
bout o'clock the military passed in review
| the President. The numerous and varega-
ted companies of militia made a very respeC-
table and martial appearance. At the ord-
nary dining hour several respectable parties
| OF citizens assembled, the chief Of which
were those assembled at Longs Hotel. & at
the Centre Market house--the former COM
posed OF the citizens of Washington gene rail-