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The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-24
81. To amend the act, Concerning the dis
tribution of Public Arms.

2i. To amend the act, Concerning the dis
tribution of Public Arms.
The executive arc required to distribute
the a'ms now in the capitol aud armory,
and those hereafter manufactured, by send
ing them to the commandments of regiments.
so that there snail not remain uDdistributed,
at any time, more than 600 muskets, 500
rifles, and 1900 swords. Such p,,blic arms,
as can be repaired at less expense than 70
fabricate new ones, TO be ascertaiped by
three disinterested artists previously sworn
for that purpose are to be repaired, by di-
rection of the executive, by private contract
or otherwise: Cannon, which may be noun
ted ON carriages, may be distributed by the
executive as the pubic service may REQUIRE.
The amount of repairs tobe paid cut of any
money i'll the treasury.
(To from the passing.)
Concerning the OvERsEERs of the
Poor.
The overseers of the poor shall hereafter
hold their annual meeting on the first Mon
day in June, and may adjourn from tire to
till the business is Completed.
90 commence from the passing)
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-24
IL. TO. amend the act entitled an act con-
corning coroaerS.

This act provides, that when a coroner
shall take possession OF the estate of A person
found guilty of murder, who shall have fed,
he shall render a true inventory and APP
nraiscutcnt OF the estate, I'M in every res
Pcct stand as an administrators Suits de-
peHtling against the coroner shall not abate
bv the experimenting or surrender Of shc fn-
g;tive, but may progress; giving the coroner
power to retain funds sufficient to discharge
all Judgments which may be rendered against
him, in favor of q creditor. Provided, that
the coroner, befS'e he snail exercise the
powers granted by this act, shall take an
oath to render Il true inventory of the real
and personal estate Of the fugitive, and en-
ter into bond before the court, for the faith
ful performance ofthe duties Hereby impo-
sed. And the wife and children OF the flu
gitive, it any, shall be supported ~ of his
estate, at the discretion OF the Court who
are to appoint commissioners TO make the
allotment. In the event of the death Of the
fugitive, without being taken or surrender
ing, the power Of the coroner shall cease,
and he shall account to the administrator or
executor, under the general law, and deliver
over the whole estate to those entitled.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-24

This az declares, that the inspectors shall
not be allowe,2 any compensation, by tic
commonwealth. fo,' bands who nave to at
tend the warehouses under their care.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-22
TIMOTHY p1cxsR1se-A rock on Which


the storm may beat.
By Rabert LIE Roy Livingston.
The Spirit OF venty-Six--it appears bee
fore us In mani, characters-beforc it ceas-
IS to exist, may 1t appear IN blood.
Extract ia letter from Bordeaux, ~ a mer-
ch1alt IN Ne1o-2ork, rece.oed PER the Be
tQvlal, dated 18th December.
s. The American ship Batavan, expect.
Rochelle in ballast, as soon as the existing
embargo shall be taker off there, series as
conveyance to the prestnr letter. ) shall
say nothing about politics, ton dang>r-
GUS topic in a country like this. Our
armies have advanced again into SPAN :--
Madrid has capitulated: the remainder
YOU will see by the public newspapers.--
Trade here is nearly at a stand, and this
once brilliant, happy city, on the brink Of
ruin. Never at any former period have
brandies or wines been offered Tor sale at
lower rates than at this moment. Indeed
at present prices neither disviiler nor vine
holder clears his culturing expences and
the quantity on hand is such, that even
partial navigation would raise the prices
very little.
The holders of colonial produce, par
ticularly those who have specuatcd at the
high prices, find themselves most cruelty
disappointed, and fare stlll worse, ii possi-
BE, than the land holders. Many pattiaI
and unlocked for arrivals from our Wrst-
India Islands, the posslbilin OF their beng
followed bv others, the decrease Of con.
sumption, but chiefly the pressing pecunia-
AIRY wants felt by people ln-5ens rel, inde-
pendent Of the ever varying M asures Of
government, which ever SHAPES It's course
by the success of its armies only, have al.
ready disheartened many, and prevent no.
MED men either from relieving the needy.
or from venturng on such precarious com.
modities themselves and although prices
have already dropt so per cent. from what
they were months ago, yet the produce
remains dull, and it is thought will not come
round until they shall be again at III usual
rates in common times. Immense fortunes
are lost by colonial produce, and our own
ship owners, who have been so 49,.
pulne IN their AP1UrarIul!S, VIII NOT CltW
their outfits at the usual rates, not TO meH-
ton the extraordinary hazards they have
run"
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-22

ANTIGUA, Mov. Il.
There is, we understand, late Barba-
does paper in town, which contains the ar
ucles OF capltulatlon concluded at Cayenne.
The most prominent features are, that Sid
ney Smith, who, 1t appears co-operated with
the Portuguese in the reduction of the place
has undertaken to convey Victor Hughes
and his troops to Europe, to be regularly
exchanged /; the French on their part engag-
ing not 10 serve Tor twelvemonth after
such exchange.
A valuable French brig was brought in
here this morning, by Fl. M's brig Express
which III company with the Pultusk, lad
chased her in, aud then cut her out from
under the guns CT fort Louis in Guada
loupe.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-22

sldered as Mr.. Jefferson's paper, and that if
the President shall establish an official press,
his communications for the public Informal
ton, will be dictated by the spirit OF an A
merican, and given in a plain, candid and
impartial form, exempt from those :" false
facts" of which his predecessor somewhere
speaks, and of the deceptive CLOSES and CO.
ionrngs ola political juggler.
AN OBSERVER.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-22

The ship Two Marvs, Riley, of N York
and brig Edward, Lewis, Philadelphia, were
both condemned, at Paris, on the 2lst Dec
with their cargoes, for having MET with a
British cruiser.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-22
AN OBSERVER.

MIR. Coles, VINO goes out bearer of des-
patches to France, and Mr.. Reed, of the ma
Wy, who goes on similar mission to Eng
land, have left this city for N York, whence
they will sail in the Mentor and Pacific.
9iomter.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-19

.verv respect that OF his imperial,
a' u and apostolic majesty.
Abe - complaints which appear to nave
Inc WI n the duchy of Warsaw, res
|s.;n ma the great difficulty attending differ
cum ur6oorta,ions from the Austrian monar-
sSp ~ { really some privatious have
" ean' r;;rnced, only relate to admins
wv ss;tate TO declare to be general,
$ !. no .aalv 10 all the country bordering on
'oaf i;ose where such measures may
h.sn mt into execution. He knows
IN he tenor of the instructions giv-
= VIZ u The chiefs Of the province, to adj
70 al ~ moment the possibility of par
IT 70, or obstacles, being exer-
y u .rainst no other country but that
|'sa SEQ By the French troops. he
FcuP,s a,ent of Gallicia, besides, has
Cor TOO long time tested, to be
Fen -. IN moment of peace, OF a partla-
y ia, never could be imputed to it even
~ the flames ofwar ragged on the great
:, Of our frontiers, and since the Proofs. OF
t. fsct have been pronounced by the en-
-ror Napoleon himself.
" The court of Vienna is far from forget
- measures taken by France, in the
|nsbv Of Warsaw for establishing tranqull-
= and harmony with its neighbors; and it
~ desirable, without doubt, that the same
;.ws and sentiments were those, exclusive
n,b;cb influenced all the authorities and
.,s of that new state. But without attrl-
~ more TO those last than they deserve,
u ;,oonsrial, royal and apostolic majesty,
n at cease to instruct the Administrations
rr,s PROVINCES, TO behave towards all his
.;;rhbors with the most exact impartiality ;
4, i ,hsre is no person employed,who ought
/. ~ his side to take care to enter COM
s,sly into the views of his court, in inter-
r,,nc its orders in sense the most strict
|, favor of places occupied by French
koops.
/ call the attention of his court to this sub
!, embraces the occasion to tender the as
uyances, &c"
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-19

town this morning. On the 21st ult. i was
publicly notified at Seville, that division Of
the Spanish army had taken possession Of
Alicantara, which had been previously eva
cuated by the French.
"Warsaw the capital of Poland, upon the
approach of the archduke Ferdinand has
been evacuated by the French. The van
Of the Austrian army entered that city on
the 10Th ult.
"By an official dispatch from the Aus
trian gen. Tains, we learn that the inhabi-
tants Of the Tyrol, have, with the utmost
enthusiasm risen in favor Of Austria and
have defeated the Bavarian troops ID seve-
raj engagements. Two generals and about
1900 Bayarians have been taken prison
ers."
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-19
Halifax, fune 90.

HALIFAX, Jnfee I9'
The following paragraphs were extracted
from London papers OF the Goth ult. MAY
received at Newfoundland by a brig2O days
from Greenock.
The German papers contain 7tn, Btu,
and eth Austrian Official Reports. These
admit, that the French had, in general, the
advantage, though not to the extent which
their Bulletins hold out; and if credit can
be given to the subsequent intelligence re-
ceived by the way Of Hamburg, the Arch
duke Charles has been eminently success
full. He is stated after three days, hard
fighting, to have driven the enemy thirty
miles back, and to have taken or destroyed
upwards of 10000 of their troops. In tia
", the Archduke John is said to nave gain
ed on the 18th and 10th u]t. decisive VIC
tory over the French who lost. 5000 Kill
led and 10000 wounded and taken 20
pieces Of cannon and 8 eagles were taken.
The Austrians lost 10000 men, killed,
wounded and prisoners.
"Jerome Bonaparte has issued a procla-
nation, ordering the inhabitants of West
phalia, Ressia and Saxony, to DC deprived
Of every offensive weapon---even OF knives,
forks, scythes, &c.
"In Spain, thecause of the patriots has
assumed more. favorable aspect than tor
som. time past. The French are constant
~ marching off a part Of their army TOR L
tally.
".The French in Oporto, it is believed
wish to surrender to the British and from
an intercepted letter from general Kellerman
it appears that owing to the Austrian war,
he considers the situation of the French, on
the whole of the peninsula, as extremely
critical-The French gen. Loison was kil-
led in the streets of Oporto BY some Portu-
guese soldiers.
/" London, May ia messenger with dis
patches to the Spanish deputies arrived IL
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-19
alsrannrta Datlp 6a,ette.
WEDNESDAY, JULY l9.

Those who arrogate to themselves the
exclusive right of friends to the people, ex-
lhibit but indifferent proofs of friendship,
when they first injure to an alarming extent
the very people whom they profess to serve,
and then cunningly attempt to conceal the
injury from their sight If good intentions
and honest dealings animate and character
Use the conduct Of our rulers, no deceptive
mist need be thrown round their PROPOSE
tons, no false coloring need be given to
their plans, but acting in the sunshine of
political rectitude, they should in a manly
and open manner avow the measures and
the object of those measures, which the pub
lie good required. The ruinous effects of
the late embargo necessarily reached the
treasury. The secretary of that depart
ment has officially declared that sum not
less than three millions Of dollars will be
wanted for the ensuing year. Something
must be done. 1t was necessary to provide
for the current expences of our government
or its ".wheels would be stopped" What
has followed? A bill has been introduced
into the House of Representatives autho-
IlLLlS lllC Va IitC SttlkIllS
fund to borvozv m0aey to pay off a part of
the national debt. Why borrow money on
that account! These commissioners can
discharge by law, only eight millions Of
that debt during the year. This amount
with that of 100000 dollars for the civil
list, have priority of claim. There is mo-
ney enough g millions) in the treasury to
pay them. The commissioners do not want
it; but .he government wants it !; and he
majority unwilling to acknowledge power
IT, bro't on them by their own destructive
measures, are DESTROYS Of hoodwinking the
people, and imposing on them the belief,
that the popular measures of paying off {.
part Of the public debt alone induced them
to authorize the loan. Artifce should be
stripped of its power to delude, by the de-
tecting scrutiny of truth: the disingcnuous
and unworthy devices OF dcmagogues to
keep themselves in authority, by deceiving
(. the public, should be exposed in order to
/ be discountenanccd. They should under
stand the. true causes of every new tax,
which is imposed ON them, and every loan
which they must hereafter be taxed to pay
for. Nezv- lork Gazette.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-07-19
NORFOLK, 9uly IL.

Yesterday, between the hours Of eleven
and twelve o'clock a man went into the
counting house OF merchant Of this place,
under the pretext OF making some frivolous
enquiry. He was answered, and went out
without any notice being taken OF him, when
a check on the Branch Bank of the United
States, which had been on the desk, was mis-
sed. The person in whose favor the check
was drawn, Immediately went to the bank to
stop the payment, but too late, as had been
paid few moments before. The teller re-
membered the denomination OF notes paid,
and had no doubt Of recognising the person
to whom it was paid, if he could see him.
About this time, Palner's Alexandria Pac-
ket was under way, when a person from the
shore hailed and desired to be taken on
board.
He was told there was no room tor him,
but he replied that he would sleep upon deck
or any where. The packet hove to, and he
went on board !: his anxiety to get on board
and some other circumstances had led the
passengers(who had heard Of the. circum-
stance) to suspect this person OF having
stelen the check. These suspicious were
confirmed by his pulling out parcel Of
bank notes. They were taken from him,
and upon being counted, proved to be
500 dollars, FIVE short of the amount otsthe
check which had been stolen. He was
brought on shore, and the teller being sent
for, instantly recognized him, and stated
the different denomination of notes paid at
the bank, which agreed with those taken
from the accused. He was committed to
Jail for further examination before the
Musings court; says his name is Aaarezv
BrYdse, and that he was lately from Phila-
deiphia; is decent well looking young
man about 81 years ofage.
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N O T I CsE.

THE property i'll the wharf. at the south
side of Prince street, proposed to be let ON
the 22d instant by. Robert Anderson, Alex
ander M.Kenzie, Thomas Lawrason & vii.
liam Newton, committee of the common
council, agreeable to the above advertise
rnent. as far as the lot lately occupied b
Elisha Janney, extends westwardly upon the
said street, is hereby made known to b
vested in the subscriber as trustee tor me
d;tors of The said Janney-Al persons are
therefore forewarned from renting the same
or any part thereof, in pursuance o. INC a~
yertisement aforesaid. r1.
Richard NJ. Scott, 171'1 q.
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BOSTON, Yulu $.

Yesterday, the 34,h Anniversary of the
political birthday of che American nation
as celebrated throughout the y. States.
In this metropolis the day was peculiarly
ouored-Its first moment was announced
by the commencement of a federal salute of
Pn1 Hundred guns from a park of artillery
fn the common. At sunrise, numerous n-
utss Of II guns were given, from various
parts Of the town and vicinity and the
tls rang peals. The salutes were repeat
ID at noon and sunset.
At ten o'clock, his rxcellency the COVER
Por, MS honor the lieutenant governor, and
honorable council, assembled in the senate
chamber, where they received and recipro-
Fated the congratulations Of the senator's,
REPRESENTATIVES, and the other civil, Judi
'al and military officers which composed
n' subsequent procession. A procession
S@ then formed in the following order -
Sheriff of Suffolk.
as 'xcellency the Governor, with his Aids
de-Camp.
His honor the Lieut.. Governor.
The hon. Council.
lion. Messrs. Adams, Paine and Gerry.
Spsaker OF the H. Of Representatives.
Chaplains.
Judges of the Supreme & Fed. Courts.
Attorney General, Solicitor general,
and District Attorney.
District Marshal.
Judges Of other. Courts.
Selectmen of Boston.
os.. Orator OF the Day.
'4'e's and Professors of the University.
mr. Clergy.
'1Sers OF the National Departments.
United States Officers.
Foreign Consuls.
Invited Strangers.
county and Town Officers.
Military Officers.
Citizens, sc.
r,s i ne moment this procession moved, a
sc = FEDERAL salute of one hundred guns
ATed from the artillery, on the COM
b. It was escorted by the indie.
~ - cadets, to the Old South Meeting
Z where, after prayers, by the Rev.
snrop, chaplain ofthe house, and Sc
pproprlate hymns, an GRAFTON was
Saced BY William Tudor, Jun. ESQ.
was received with repeated bursts of
M. We have not time 20 attempt an
OF this excellent address.
6s p'ocesslon was then escorted to the
sa.a Chamber, where collation.. was
sb sssilency the governo. gave din
kl0a s honor the lieutenant governor,
souncil, the sslscsmsn, tbs hon.
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Land for SAFE s.
GREAT BARGAIN.

T will sell from about fifty to sixty acres Of
i Land lying in this county. and binding
upon the. road now opening from Geo. Town
to Alexandra. This land is elegantly situat-
ed in point of building scites,, and has the
farther advantage of being furnished with de-
lightfu water, and from its high elevated si-
tuation the benefit of tie most saubrious air.
If necessary this property sill be laid out in
lots SO as to suit those who may be inclined
to purchase. Applications to be made to
JOHN LUKE, Esq or to
Charles Alexander,
-, (Ssn Of PhiGt, J
Alexandra County, July 10. "a
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N. O T ICE.

On SATURDAY, The 22d instent, at .fou.
s'cloek, p, M.sviW be LET 10 tile highest bid.
der, fore term not erceeding five ytars:
The.DOCK at the eaff end Of
Prince. street, with the privilege of the wharf
at the end, and on the south side of said
dock--by order Of the Common Council.
- ROBERT ANDERSON,
ALEX. MsKENZIE,
THOMAS LAWRASON,
WILLIAM. NEWTON,
- Committee of Council.
2strC ~ :.
IuIy 2
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BY THE LAST MAIL.
NETWORK, July II.

LATEST NEWS FROM LONDON.
The editor of the Mercan lie Advertiser re-
ceived yesterday, from valuable CORES
pondent, the following extracts from Lon
don papers to the Goth of May. t
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Me.srs. Adams, Paine, and Gerry, the
surviving delegates of Massachusetts,, who
signed the Declaration of independence,
the speaker of the house, the judges. the
president of the university, and number
of theaclergy, and various national, state,
civil and military officers.
A democratic procession was formed at
the state house, and moved to the meeting
house in Broomfeld's lane, where an ora
ton was delivered by William C.. White,
Esq. Afterwards second procession was
formed at the state house, in which beside
other novelties, was ship, fully rugged,
armed and manned, and drawn on wheels
by Is white horses; from which salutes
were fired when she stopped near the resi-
dence ofthe governor at Charlestown bridge
and at the arbor in Charlestown, under
which the company dined.
Nunerous companies dined together IN
this and the neighboring towns. The Gin
cinnati dined at the exchange coffee house,
the dragons at Ten Hills.
All the military corps in uniform, para
. ded on the occasion. The independent ca
diets who die. the commander in chiefs es-
scort duties, appeared with new and full
band of black music, in superb Moorish
dress. Their appearance was novel and
rich. The light dragons, under captain
Whitelccke the Winslow blues, fuslleers,
and Washington infantry went through a
number of evo u;ions and escort duties. The
day was fine, and the troops made an eX-
celler.s appearance.
At one o'clock third grand federal sa-
lutte of one hundred guns, was fred on the
common. These salutes were given under
the direction of the federal committee OF ar
rangements of the day as were the llluml-
nations of the coffee house and the TIRE
| works in the evening--which consisted OF
] numerous flights of rockets, bee hives, and
other pyretechnic exhibitions. The sPecta-
| tors were very numerous.
A collation. was provided for the artil-
lerists, whose duties during the day were
arduous, and we'll executed.
The ships as usual displayed their .colors;
the shops and stores were all closed and
! all business suspended during the day.
In the evening the dome aud fronts OF che
Exchange coffee house, the theatre and cir
Gus, were fancifully Illuminated.
The federal republicans of Charlestown,
celebrated the day with their usual festiyity
And gen. Austin, we learn, gave, a very
spirited and truly patriotic Grafton.
As On the anniversary of American in
dependence last year, all our shipping were
lying rotting at our wharves the exhibition
| on the present anniversary, of a ship NOV
ing CALAMITY through the streets must have
been highly pleasing, as showing the con-
trast between the two years. Every thing
demonstrated that the celebration of yester
day was the jubilee Of trade and commerce
restored, as well as independence.
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Imported from London.

VIA NORFOLK,
Ard for sale by the subscriber, at the store q
X. VEITCH and co.
FOR CASH OR APPROVED NEGOTIABLE NOTES,
A fmall felectlon Of Super1ne
Broadcloths, Kerseymeres, Felipe Cloths
Cambrics,-Mu slns,--Furniture Caiicoes.-s
Worked Colored Counterpanes, &c.
ALSO,
One case OF .Watchmakers' Tools.
T. II. Jones.
July 10. d.