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destroyed mv reputation by their calumnies,!
tiia: I have neither power aor influence to do j
any thing i *r my country, to assist her in Iter
present distresses or guard her against future
Calamities
Nothing remains to me but the right of pri
vate judgment, and that I exercise fretly, and
communicate my sentiments as freely to those
who wish to know them.
1 am toilsviribus, [with my whole strength]
against my division of tbt union, by the North
river or by IsSdaware river, or by the Potomac,
or any miter river or by any chain of moun
tains. I am for maintaining the independence
of the nation at all events.
I am v.o a ivocate for Mr. Gore's declaration !
of war against lranee. Knowing, as I do, !
irom personal experience, the mutually friend- :
ly dispositions bet .veer, the people of France and \
tie people of America, Bonaparte out of the 1
question, i should be very sorry to see them j
converted into ill will and our old Eng/isC Ore- !
jttdiccs revised Lasting injuries and misfor- '
tunes would arise to this country from sues a j
change.
1 am averse also to a war with England, and
wish to maintain cur neutrality us longaspos- ;
stble. without conceding important principles.;
It either cf the belligerent powers force us into
a war, I am for lighting that power, which
ever it may be.
I always consider the whole nation as rr*v
children : but they have almost all been undu- t
tiiul to me -ou two gentlemen are almost j
the only ones out of my own house, who have 1
for a long time, ard I thank you fer F, ex- !
pressed a filial a flection for
JOHN A1) Ml \ :
JL". JJcr,:, ' li right, if Air. Era. ;.::*
J-y• -'sri, . VorlhuiujEoii.
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COT Id\ 1 ] a T I ,yl f 1 ~i 11 Xr ? >
sj ran o. iy, ap ril i 5.
fj* :%s
DIED, early on Sunday Morning- last,
after a severe it, din fed,'ion, in 'he :sth
year of her arge, Mrs. Eliza -ieM Isaacs.
ivifc of Ralph Isaacs, Hsy a ltidy reem ty
Jr am Connecticut, vgho ‘was universally
esteemed by all who had the fileaswe of
her acquaintance. He raid.
Mr. Thomas Pai*:e, [say3 the National
Intelligencer) was not dead on Tuesday, (the
28th ult.) but was so ill that little hope was
entertained of his rocoverv.
PhHadelhhia, March 25.
In conseqti nCe of orep rs from the
Governor of this state, an armed detach
ment from the Philadelphia militia was
yesterday morning posted iu*he front
tmd rear of the property of 1 he late D.iv.
JlittenhouSe, Esq. (situate or. the north
West corner of A’*ch and Seventh
streets) to protect his repreaeutatn cs
from the operation of process directed
to be issued against tliem by the Su
preme Court of the United butts 1
Richmond, (Vik.) March 28. 1809.
FIR h ! !
The inhabitants of this city were ■
alarmed yesterday about 11 o’clock A.
Tvl. by this hideous cry. Ihe fire broke :
out in the main street in a house occu
pied by Mr. Marks, Hatter—and is
said to have originated from the heat
of an iron pipe, which passed thro’ the ;
house. The Fire appeared first upon
the lvofoflhe house, and as the wind !
was extremely high, the most serious
alarms were immediately entertained,
of the progress of the devouring ci» -
menu Mr. Marks’s house was con
sumed to tlie ground. The wind being
notherly, the fire passed down the !
street. It caught and consumed the
neighboring tenement, occupied by Mr.
M“Cay, and Mr. Neal Nelson—and a
wooden building, occupied by a
grocer. The devastation next (intend
ed to the Vendue-Store of Mr. James
Brown—and consumed the store on the
main street, together with the Ware
houses behind, with a large quantity of j
groceiv.s-, Sugar, Coffer, Flour See.
A small alley next presented itself, j
between the vendue office and the store !
of Messrs. Bohn and Hubner—the fire
cross.:! this obey, and consumed the
kitchen, 1 the b k-yard, attached to
this h.st tenement.—The store of Mes
siers Bohn and Hubner escaped, partly
owing to its superior elevation to the
contiguous buildings, and partly to its ;
roof being composed of slate. From
the kitchen, the fire extended to li.e
roof oft ha suite of brick buildings, lie
low M ssrs. Bohn and Hubncr’s, be
longing to Gtrv.'s ,Stuns Esp. which
suite was completely destroyed. This
stilt was composed of various tenements, j
occupied by Mr. Wcivq. tr.ylor, Messrs.
Johnson and Real, jewellers, Messrs.
Sheppard and Lu< he, and Vlr. Green,!
merchants. The back-houses attached
to these tenements, participated of the
same fate.—The progress of the fire
was at length arrested by a parapet or
party wall, attached to the tenement :
e copied by Mr, W. Temple, and s, p- i
crating the roof of that tenement from j
tort of Mr Green's.
'File wind was violent and the most'
serious fears were entertained of the i
Gteof .1! the buildings on tiie north side ;
’of the Market bridge. The flaming j
brands flew to an immense distance.
They set fire to several roofs on the
other side oi the street—to several cn
the same side below—they flew even
below Shockoe Creek and set fire to the
market-house, close to the market
bridge, and to several houses below.
The brands are supposed to have flown
in one direction nearly 600 yards.
No computation can yet be formed of
the injury and foss sustained. The
houses are generally valuable—thesuite
j of brick buildings was however insured
Iby the Mutual Assurance Society oi
i Virginia. A considerable quantity of
’ goods was detroyed,particularly in the
j vendue office and warehouses of Mr.
j Brown.
Tin-impetuosity of the flames was
immense. Avast number of people at
tended the fire—but there was little or-
I del’ and little discipline. There were
. four fir* engines on the ground. Some
individuals distinguished themselves by
| their intelligent and powerful exertions.
; Mr. Osgood displayed all his wonted
, fire and intrepidity.
1 histueiahcholy accident has demon
' strated at least thre’e truths to the citi
i zens of Richmond —Ist the necessity of
: separating their houses by a party or
parapet wall several feet high. 2d the
| necessity of covering their roofs with
file or si.ite instead of shingled. 3d.
The necessity of be tter discipline in the
. lire companies and a more complete
. apparatus used on thi se occasions, .such
as hooks, ecc*axd, ..Fay the inhabitants
pr fit by this melancholy experience of
j the losses of our fellow citizens 1 !
Charleston, April 6.
| Extract, of a letter from jYassau, dated
j the 2 8,h March.
“ The brig Experiment arrived this
day Irom Liv rp>ol, and brings London
accounts to the first of Fcbiuary, which
are very gibomy. Our armies had ar
rive:! in England from Spain, with the
Ess ol 8 or 9000 men, and that gallant
general sir John I wore, who was killed
under the wails of Corunna. However,
our ministry is determined upon send
ing between 50 and 60,000 men into
Spain and Poringd, notwithstanding
our heavy l. sses a ready sustained in
tin,t quarter, Prices rut rent in Liver
pool, Sea-1 si and Cott n, from 2s. 10d.
to 5s 4d ”
KINGSTON, (j AM.) MARCII 4.
Tlie* ship ihitndship, Smith, from
the* Cape of (mod-Houd. and the hrigh
Chunvell, Lamn from this port, are ay- i
i lived at Falmouth. The Friendship
sailed from Table Bay on the lotli of
! January, leaving there his Majesty’s
I ship Powerful, B.iisonable, Culloden,
; Racehorse, Se.a-fl.nver, and Camel,
1 (store ship) wilfi the Phoenix and Wcx
| ford homeward-oound Iniiiameti; also,
■ the ship RossjCapt. Brooks, from Ncw-
South-Wales, Botany-Bay, where it ap
-1 peared the inhabitants had dispossessed
Governor Blight of his authority, and
: appointed Mr. Johnson acting governor,
j On board the Rose were two gentlemen,
1 Lieut. Symmons of the navy, and a Mr.
Blackslone, charged with dispatches
from Mr. Johnson—on the arrival of the
Rose at the Cape, they were both put;
under arrest, by order of the Governor 1
there—Lieut. Symmonds was put on
board the powerful man of war, and
Mr. Blackslone confined on shore, and
their papers taken irom them. It was
reported at the Cape, that the inhabi
tants of the Isle of France and Bour
bon, (15,000 of whom were said to have ;
died for want of provisions, owing to the j
ports being strictly blockaded) had I
! made some offers to the British Govern- 1
j ment at the Cape, in consequence of
: which a Cutter had been dispatched to
i England in January.
IMPERIA LPA RLIA MENT,
HOU"-E OF LORDS, JAN. 23.
Ordert in Council.
Lord Auckland stated, that a noble ,
friend of his, (Lord Grenville) whose I
absence, on account of illness, he had to
regret, but whose illness would not, he ;
hop (1 be oflong continuance*, had re
quested him to state to the House, that
if he (Lord Grenville) had been en abled
to be present, he should have joined in i
every tribute of applause to the merits j
of Sir Arthur Wellesley. His nobis ,
friend had also r quested him to move, 1
that t!u* Lords be summoned for this
day fortnight, when li was the inten
tion of his noble friend to bring for- ,
ward a motion to address his majesty |
to rescind the orders in coum il ; mid to
found that motion upon the letier
which hud been published irom Mr. [
Pinakney, the American minister to 1
our government ; and the answer of;
the secretary of state. It was requisite 1
that those papers should he before the ;
House, and his lordship, therefore, i
moved for the production of the cor
j respondence between the ministers pi
the two governments.
1h« Er.rl of Liverpool wished to
confine the production of papers to
those which had been published by the
American govern nient; and observed,
that no communication was made to
Parliament respecting America, be
cause our existing relations with the
United States were not in that slate
which would authorise such a commu
nication.
Lord Erskine expressed his decided
l opinion, that if the proposition of the
1 American government, respecting the
1 rescinding the orders in council, were
i agreed to, there would be war between
. j the United States and France in a
! month.
■ Lord Auckland moved, that there be
laid betore the House copies of extracts
- ot such correspondence as may ba\.
: tukm place between his majesty’s min
: isters, and the government of the- U.
r Sates»f America, since Januaiy 1808.
. Agreed 10.
LAW INTELLIGENCE.
' Courts of Common Pleas and Quarter
Session of the Peace, in and for
• Philadelphia County.
r Commonwealth x& John Green : v.:\ Hubert
; Chase, (black men) indictment for
1 Larceny.
• Green {dead. Guiliij,and Chase rid Guilty.
The counting House ol Mr. Joshua
- Ash, was broken open about the ißt!i
k of Dec. 1808, and a Pocket Book and
‘ Check stolen therefrom. The check
! whs- stopped at Bank, and the person
presenting it detained, it was traced
through several hands to Gklkn, who
| upon being charged, h'mostly confessed
7 jibe fact, and gave information that
Chase >vas concerned with him in the
1 robbery. The Constables accordingly
1 went in sea rob ol Chase, ant! came on
1 j him mmwates. Hs positively denied
■j every thing, protested that ho bad not
a cent of money in the world, cum
• plained very bitterly of the tooth-ache,
1 and to all appearance haJ one side of
i his jaw and check very much swollen.
■ But George Hi: mi, one of the coifstablus,
1 an odd sort of a fish, though by no
' means a scaly fellow, suspected the
1 shark, and ordered him to open bis
1 month. This Chase obstinately re-
I fustd, whereupon Shad tipped him a
j Mendoza with his right/?// under the
| prisoner’s left ear, and to the astonidi
| nient of every one present, out of his
! mouth flew three whole dollars, four
half dollars and three quarters of a dol
lar in silver, and thirteen and an half
; cents in copper ! ! !
j The swelling being thus removed,
! the prisoner found immediate relief
jfiomhis pretended tooth ache, and j
. probably thinking there was no more \
use in playing the sham, confessed his !
participation in the robbery.
Verdict, Guilty —Sentenced to there
years imprisonment at hard labor.
Account of a dead body.found under
the l’orcb of Chi ist Church, in Bos
ton, Massachusetts, in a high state of
preservation.
A circumstance occurred a short
\ time since, while the workmen were
repairing Christ Church in this town,
and erecting some new tombs under, ;
that deserves to be recorded. The ■
ground under the porch at the entrance ;
of the Church was directed to he dug j
; un, this spot having been given for the ;
erection of two tombs. At the dis
j
tance of six feet from the sutiace, a i
i grave was tli< overed, in which was ,
found a coffin ofhard pitch pine, com- \
monly called the Norway pine, very i
little decayed, which on being opened,
com fined another of the same wood,
i very Iran homely made, and not at all
injured; the lid of this being lifted shovv
' i d a body wrapped in tarred sheets,
1 that on being removed f rom the face,
presented the countenance of a man
, that appeared quite recently to have
died ; his face was fresh and florid as
ns though just shaved ; the flesh hard
i to the touch, and every appearance of a
new corpse, from a short and not pain
ful illness ; —two or three sprigs of
myrtle or box, given as just cut front
i the stock, were also laying on the out
i sich ' f the tan ed sheets.
Both coffins had on their lids, in brass
! nails, the letters I. T. end a grave stone,
at the h’-ad of the grave, declared the
person interred there, to be Mr. John
j J homas, of the island of ILirbadoes,
[ aged 45 years, who died 25th June,
A. i). 1726, more than eighty-two yeais
! ago. Tin; number of persons who came
j to see this curious fact, from the fine
-1 ness of the preservation, and the man
ner til it, induced the wardens to dire t
i the coffin to be closed again and buried,
' which it is. at the N. E. corner of the
l church. The soil under the porch was
1 a yellow day, mixed with small stone*
and some grave!. Whether the brdy
; had been partially embalmed pr uus
to interment is not known: but tn vu
. dure of the sprigs of myrtle induces one
jto think it may be owing v ' Vjv to the
er.rJusion of external air ; v i,is bur g
oi IJarbadoes, and stu b rare itk n if
the corpse, with a view perli.g.:> ■ -
tnoval, would occasion one to inncm;
the intestines bad been taken <.u mrl
herbs substituted. The fact is, tu;\v-v
--| er, as stated, and the curious uu-y uuwv
their own conclusions.
«>;c* .
COTTON, 11 to 12 {
ASSiZii, or BR E A )). AU G U jS A ,
/>. r yJfn'l, 1809.
d lit- price of Superfine Flour being five
and ;1 half dollars per barrel,
1 '‘ hc 12 i cent a leaj amt I‘2 l or.
must wug.'i 2lk The o\tto.\lb.6oz.
jN kwk r. W. lieu bkn t , Ct i rfc.
, *v. wtsi !'w> :h*ht ■wc.-rac** Tt - IJV , jot %• • #
*-** are authorized to :
nounct* Samu e l Labx a Csn
' | Aidaie for the office of Sheriff for
the county of Richmond at tht
, t ensuing- Election.
March 95.
• Mount ITon .Seminar*’.
j hxtracffrom ihe loti A!hmti a<f the J) r;e.
tea hJ '..Hunt i'U' ti Co'/lttfe,
) “ Tlli ibiYihren jolu:oo ; , Seri
| von, and Waiter, were requested, and
» agreed to meet here the tiny before the
i : vernal vacation, to examine the puj-ja.,
J see that they ait furnished with pit ~u'
j books and Stat ianary, and observe u,..
• i stale o! the Uo..iding-UobVe. Voo-m
i brethren ;ire also to provide, in case of
I necessity, whatever Mixer or officers
may be require d by the institution, <lur
i‘! B -he tec ess oi tlie- general comniil
, tee,"
f In pursuance of their appointment,
, the brethren above named, assembled
, on the Mount at the time appointed, Sc
, as iar as possible, performed the duties
• assigned them.
; It is with ji ’ confidence they an
nounce to the j lie, that the sttio, m*
have, for the most put, madi respei ta
ble progress in llitir leaiing. That
Mr. William W. Molt, the principal of
the Seminary, a young m ;lj 0 p , rrt> .
prcnxhpbk- mor .Is and unwearied ;a I
duily,tmgugul to continue as principal
for the term of eighteen months. And
that the BO A K DING-HO USE, under
the care of Mr. Ssniut i Allci:, is kept
in a manner worthy the public patron
| Tlit Seminary under these Etor
! able diicumst nets, is just tnuiging
! from that depression under which it
j has unavoidably labored from succes
. siw disappointments, and inspires in
j the hearts of its friends, the m..sl pleas
ing Hopes of future success and useful
! ness.-/ Whenever the School slml* he
| so enurcased as to render an assistant
necessary, parents and guardians ore
assured ti nt speedy measures will be
taken Go provide a suitable character.
The public a. e again informed, tlc.t
i examination and exhibition at thisb'e
| miliary win take place on the Thuisday
| and 1 fiday before the last Sabbath in
■ October next,and the pleasing anticipu
i tion is |ndulged, that the students will
! acquit themselves in such a Trant er,
os will equal credit on them
-1 selves nml their teachers.
WILLIAM B. .B ENSON,
Cfiuirmun of the &/,c. ' Committee.
; Ahum J '.nun, A larch 31, i:.,; 9.
! NOTICE.
dgrcrcfhj to cn order of the honorable
htf ii ,r court of Columbia county ,
WILL BE SOLD,
On iho first Tuesday in Ality next ,
ONE House and Lot at said Con re
house.—Also, one Tract of Land
| in Puinam county near the Court-house,
on t!;<f first Tuesday in June text, part
1 of thgfteal estate of Harden Prior, dec.
I to he solo for the henefitp I P: • living
j and creditors of said deceased. Terms
of s«le made known on that day.
ARCHIBALD PRIOR, Adm'r.
February 18, 1809. 83
NOTICE.
NINE months after date application
will be made to the honorable the
inferior court of Richmond county for
leavt to -i! a tract ofland tn the sefxrMi
j district B, '.'!win county, known by N
! 47, conic : 02 f acres, drawn
John Utiiseli. i. x of Richmond c<
dec., to be sold for the benefit
heir* and creditors of said tier- v. <’.
Till) : LNAPEN .
' March G. 1809,