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^nlch , about the navigation of the Mobile
iiver. As they are both legitimate govern
ors of the same province or Teiritory, both
having a respectable military force, it is a
cubject of some speculation how atjy hegoci
•\tion could be opened between them,
(Louisiana Gazette. J
& nee the above articles were in type we
have received the following eornmunica»
tiort.frvm a gentleman whose offic ul situ
aXton as a Clerk in the Department of
State entitles his information to the seri
ous attention of our readers. Comment
{s needless.—N at. Int.
Tow THK NATIONAL INTELLIGENCES.
The address ol Robert Smith, Esq. to the
people of the United States, has placed ine
in a situation where silence would give a
sanction to imp >sture. My relative official
position with regard to the late Secretary
of State, may have impressed the public
mind with ideas of the gratitude which 1 j
may be supposed to owo him ; and, certainly,
there has been no period of time at which 1
1 have no*, endeavored to respect him. It
is for thcMorld to decide how far a personal !
motive ought to weigh against the perform- |
ancc ol an act of public justice: Hu* it appears j
to me that no obligition of friendship im • :
poses the duty of concealment on one paity, 1
when he other has perverted facts, and em- i
ploy ed that perversion for an improper pur
pose. Without pretending to satisfy the scru |
pies of men who have hatreds to gratify or
views of ambition to accomplish I must call
the attention ofmy fellow-citizens to this sim
pie Truth, that it has been the voluntary act
of Mr Smith himself, that he has placed
me in a dilemma whieh c impels me to speak,
or to be faithless to the government which
2 have sworn o suppoit. It is to me, I can
assure him, the most painful of all task*';
ana in executing it with every ,)Oi*i!>le ten
derness. I do it with a reluctance that gives
a pang to tny heart. i.
I declare, then, to the American people,
that the letter inserted at page 17 of the 1
pa n hlet of Mr. Smith. addressed to Gen. |
John Armstrong, and the letter inserted at
page 23 of the same pamphlet, addressed'
to Gen. Turreau, were written by myselt, i
with die exception tone paragraph in »he j
batt*’., which I have und- rsood was written !
ly \1t. Madison ; that ihey are, without ]
any particular dictation from Mr. Smith,
the prifttuction of my pen ; that the mo
tive* and the views connected with the let
ter to Gen. Turreau, concomitantly declar.
ed by Mr, Smith, are known to me ; that
those motives and those views involved con
siderntions of a personal nature, hostile to
M>. Madison and his administration . ore
than they embraced any views of public
good ;t that at th»- time writing the letter
tut-.^n Turreau, I verbally remnnstridhd
’c/ith VIr. Siniih against the proceeding in as
bold a manner as decorum would permit ;
thn views,both personal and political, were
con* ect_d with that letter, and wi ll the
wr.o’e of ?<4r. Smith's subsequent < flicial
conduct ; anti that, generally, I am under j
the full conviction, from actual knowledge, ’
that the facts and the inferences presented !
to public view in Mr * Smith's address, are j
fabricated,- misrepresented, or strained, cal- 1
ciliated mere to foment the possums of par- |
ty than to develope >he truth;.and I ami
persuaded, from Mr. Smith’s own declara-j
tions, hat with respect to the alledgediX
isf-nee of French influence in the cabinet,*
Mr Smith does not; hi inseif seriously be _
lieve what he insinuates, ■ - s I
• Wi ll respe *.t to the two letters in que:ti |
on. I wrote them for the good ot my coun-;
try—At all timesr I hive -been willing to
lend the exertions of inv mind for her be
nefit. Whilst the letters were appropriat
ed to no other use, I never claimed them.
But now that they have been converted
into instruments of reproach to the govern
ment, and prostituted to unauthorised purr;
poses I feel myself justified in declaring
them mine. I wish it to be distinctly under
stood, however, that T consider this decla
ration as m otherwise important than as it
exposes a fraud practised upon the com mu.
ni y.
It Mr. Smith, or those who are more de
voted t ■ him than to republican principles,;
should object to this statement as being
vague and indefinite, he or they have no
thing more to -lo than to authorise me to
descend to particulars, and to speak with
out any reserve.
J. B. COLVIN, j
The Ch'cf of Hayti lias issued an ordinance j
prohibiting'foreign merchants from selling j
goods by retail within his dominions.
Nkw.York, June 18, I
The British sloop of war Tartarus, has;
arrived off Sandy Hook from Halifax, with
dispatches, and the sloop of war Attalan
ra, is also off the II<mk waiting to take the
answers to the dispatches to Halifax. |
FUOM HA 1.1 FAX 5* APP.flS.
Ham fax. June 56.
□ We observe with nl««miro, that a subscription
has bem raised in <h-s town, for a British sea
man lately on board the American ship Presi
dent ; who has from a sense of duty returned to
his Majesty’s service.
J one 28.
The frigate President again. We believe it to
hz a fact welt ascertained, that on perceiving
the Little B*-lt to be a vessel of war, Orders
tv»re instantly given, on board the American, to
e-ad all hands to quxrte**s, clear the ship, and
prepare for action -and it is a circumstance
•e/hieh ought not to pass unnoFced, that only a
few weeks before, H. M. brig Colibri wu chas
ed, and a shot discharged at her, at eleven o'
clock »t night, by the American frigate United I
States.
We understand that Captain Grassin of the
French privateer Diligente, after an investigate j
on before the Mayor on a charge of arming h;s
vessel contrary to a law of Congress, was hound
over in the turn of $ 5000 and two sureties in
2500<•« h to appear at the next Circuit Court
of the U S. foe this district, to answer to the :
charge—and n it being able to procure surely,
he was commuted to prison.
Phil, jfournal.
[ An article in the Aurora says, C ipt. G. cou d
have procured sureties, but would not because
he thought he had not violated our laws.]
The moderation and firmness with which the
late examination before the Mayor was conduc
ted, did infinite credit to the Chief Magistrate
or our city. A very important consideration waa
invol"ed in the inquiry, namely, whether, under
any circumstances, the vessels of war of any ia
tiun, sliotlM be pormitied to augment their
means of offeree within our p.rta. It was im
oo' taru to let the world know, that although
French v-*ael« were admitted to t he hospitality
of our ports, they were not allowed to abuse
-• t v violating our neutrality Tha journalists m
Kngt«nH have dwelt oa thia subject with pecu
liar venemence, and have iodiacrmiiiiat'*'v char
ge. U ft. with permitting th-se prac ices
«;* I , • *. —— We behevt* 'there, baa been
hut one,snlitrry instmee to sustain this charge,
an 1 tliis instance, ifit redly (lid exist, occurred
m New-Orlc >n*, where »he feeldeneas, or turpi
tude ul the officers of government, tolerated it
Phil. Gaa.
THE NEW COALITION*
Federal foil'*, in alliance with disappointed
ambition, never broached a more ridiculous and
'utile scheme than that now playing oft* under
the management of Robert Smith, to destroy the
confidence of the people in their government
Since Jjinet Elliot\ letter* upon “ French In
fill -ucc" -uid Timothy Etch-ring's letter* upon
hittueUI—have only served the public as food
tor laughter, Robert Smith is now brought for
ward, with Air “/efrera,** to prove that President
Madison is a weak, incapable man, and tiiat all
tlie wisdom and all the energy of the cabinet"
were concentrated in himself I
Federal felly is at the bottom of the plan—but
the disappointed ambition of a minor section of
the republican party, comes in to its aid. The
coalition have pitched upon so high a key, that
before they get through the tune, it is a won
«l“r if they do not give us some s’riking exam
ple* of the “ art of finking /'* Impeach the Pre
sident, exclaim the leaders, and every petty fe
deral country trader, give* lectures from behind
bis counter, upon the indispensable necessity of
impeaching the President I !—but for what overt
act he is to be impeached, not a soul of them can
tell, unlcsa it is for not pleasing the federalists
by selling bis country’s honor, rights andliberty
•*> England l-1—Before these mrn talk of im
peaching the President, they had better acquit
themselves, at the b<r of the nation, of the gros
sest’ absurdities, of which it is possible for a
ny party to be guilty.
N»t a month lias elapsed, since all the federal
papers bespattered Mr. Smith mith their slan
der,- th--y derided him aa h dunce,they stigma
tized him as a I,Tr nchman, they rejoiced over
bis “ dismissals," they applauded Mr. Madi
sons appointment of Mr. Munroe ; and hailed
ii aunt- om-n01 ;i reconciliation with O- u
Now Air Smith i a great, an honest, an inde
pendent Statetnian, who would not acc >rd with
Mr! Madison’s French partialities ; the Presi
dent is a French minion, and so is Ga'la ini, not
wit'standing his labors of love for the British
Bank—sml ( who could credit it ?) even Dunne
ami Irvine are becoming' good feder ilisU St the
Aurora and the Whig are quoted by the He
rald and the Repertory, because they have be
come Smith’.-; irtoutti-pieces ! I,et them explain
this conduct, let them untie this tangled knot of
inconsistencies, before they impeach the Presi
dent ! 'c,
WhHe we ore exposing, the inconsistency of
the federalists, we do not wish to he subjected
U» the same reproach. We are sensible, that
we have often said what Mr. Sraitn says of the
want of energy in the government. VVe have
often censured, in a decided manner, the imbe
cility of our political systems,k of those half-de
fensive measures which have only provoked ag.
gressihn. We have spoken the same language as
almost every republican gazette in the Union has
spoken, and as the people themselves have spo
ken in their elections. But is all the responsibi
lity to attach to the’President ? Should the bur
den lie heaviest upon his shoulders, or upon the
legislators who pretended to represent the will
<>f the nation ? Has not the tone of Mr. M*di
son's Messages been spirited unexceptiona
hl ? Would it have bee >m bin comba' the
inclinations of rep risen* ativei who had just
come from among the people and from all parts
of the country, or to dictate to them in stronger
terms than those he did u.*e? If lie must
share a part of the odium, let it be no more than
a just proportion, and let him also participate
in he honor, which we trust, > ill redound to the
next Congress, and to the Executive, of wip
ing away .lie disprac- With which the 10th and
the 11th Congress sullied the National’cbarac-!
ter.
From federalists, the administration can nei
ther expect or wish any thing, but indiscrimi
nate abuse. Federal clamor they must have
learnt to despise. It pours like the incessant
falling of a cataract, with a harmless noise_
But from republicans they ought to receive a
more just return/ Can we expect them to make
brick without ttrasjj or even stubble * Can we
expect them to preserve our rights without an
’“jury, our horror without a atain, amidst the.
revolutions and commotions of a Convulsed
world ?-*-!■ it -not enough for them to aland a
guinst the treacherous opposition of their con
slant foes, must their friends also fot-sake them
and court the alliance of federalism ? Shall we
weaken rather than atrengthen their hearts and
ha Ai » £ucti cannot be the disposition of the
republican party,- Such will not be their con
duct. The numbers of those who will leave the
republican ranks, to enlist themselves nn Jerthe
banners ol federalism and Robert Smith, must
be very small indeed. They will soon I »rn their
•weakness. They will soon feel ashamed of their
allies—and even ihc able editor of the Aurora
will find that his influence is feeble, when his
talents are exercised for the benefit of federal
ists.
As to Mr. Smith’s disclosure;, they ar» even
more pitiful than Elliot's—"full of sound and
fury,signijiing nothing." Supp ,4 m a|i true
-they do noi aftV t the Pre' dent’s character
in tho least degree.— National .Hgis.
Expeditions were to have left Cadiz about
the 10th of June, against Rota and St. Ma
ry's, while General Graham was to make an
i/track on Chirlana The Spaniards were
in high spirits, and expect that in two
months, 'hare would not h; a Frenchman in
Spain.—JforJoik Ledger.
The brig Union, arrived at this port yes
terday, was boarded off the Capes of Dela
ware, by his llritannic Majesty's schooner
Juniper. The boarding officer informed,
tie was ordered on that station 'till fir war.
joined by two British frigates, shorty ex
pected. —~Phtl. paper.
Extract of a letter, dated Gottenburgh,
May 28.
“ The Flattie swarms with French Pri.
vateers—Upwards of twenty have alread.i
gone through the canal. They have capfnr
ed the sh;p Atlantic, Jaunes, of JVew.York,
and the brig Catharine, Ackinton, of Sal
irm, on their passage from Cu'rlehnam to
Stockholm, and sent them into Dan'tie._
They had Wintered at Carlshaam. and the
brig had twice gone through the Courtv.
They had permission to discharge a''Stock',
holm A favorable report has beer. #- at to
Copenhagen. by the Commissionerj, on the
case of the Ariel."
Nzw York, Ju’y 18.
FROM LISBON.
The brig Lydia, capt. Russell, arrived here
last evening in 42 days frdm Lisbon. Capt. It
left Lisbon or. the 4tn of June, an<l informs us
that the markets for American produce were ex
tremely dull Corn was the only rticte which
would pay any thing like a freight. With res
pect to the contending armies, the general opin
ion st Listion was, that the British had lost near
Iv half their f ree, and that Lord Wellington
had not now under hiscotnm.nd more tlnnfr< n>
20 to 30,010 British troops. The policy of 'dm
sena see-ned to be to hat rasa the British with
partial skirmishes, and then retrot ; by those
means he calctilat"'! t ► destroy the British army,
and Nfnder himself mss*»rof Portugal. Th u'
this will eventually be thq case, ia t?.e opinion ot
the beet infortuca mw ip Luton, Tuc ilritvib
officer* themselves, who bare been in the laU
sanguinary and bloo.lv conflicts, have offer
ed sentiments, not oniv -leapt. Russell, but t>
several other gentlemen,which corre8|>ond witi
the above.— .Morning Post.
CFrom the Hamburgh Correspondent qf Afaj
17.J
The Masters of Requests. Prefect of the De.
partment of the Mouths of the £lbe, to the
- Mayors of the Departments.
“ Gihtlehiv,
“Marriages are contracted by
young men in the Departments with a view of
avoiding the Conscription.
“ They appear to think that marriage can dis.
dense with a duty which attaches to all French
men.
“ The law* of the Empire contain no provisi
on which can give a color of pretence to this er
ror ; they establish no distinction between the
married and unmarried conscript.
“ It is to you. Gentlemen, that it belongs to
enlighten families and inform them, that they
can hope for no due advantages from these pre
mature unions so likely to make the married
state miserable.
“ I respectfully salute ton,
“BARON I)E CONICK.”
easn.«i" *■■. —
RICHMOND JULY 26. 1611.
i?~ THE FRENCH DECREES.
Had we no* seen.Aow orr a variety of on.,
casioos, the Federal prims have writhed and
twisted, like the wily snake, to elude the
blhw which was aimed at them ; how they
have denied facts as long 3s they had an
inch of ground to stand upon, 2c when these
facts could no longer be denied, how adroit
ly they havt conjured up other tacts, total
ly irrelevant to tov point at issue, merely to
put us upon a false trail and bewilder the
subject, and when such facts were no
longer within their reach, with what
matchlcs effrontery, they can contradict the
clearest inferences which may be drawn
fr*>m the most certain truths—we should
have supposed, that the last accounts f rom
France would have silenct U their opposition,
and imposed a gag upon their “ per loqua
cit\.'* But the\ has c tond-. ep a s'akeinthe
qu< stiou before us, to shift their ingenious
plan of tactics.. Their credit, as firofihcto,
is at stake—lor, they have a thousand times
repeated that France would neither rescind
her decrees, nor relinquish any of our ves
sels. As Mr. Madison rises in the opinion
of the people, they must necessarily sink—
thus, their clamours against his proclama
tion must therefore be supported—All their
feelings, as British partisans, are enlisted
j in the cause ; for things are now coming to
an issue It is no wonder then that they
should exert all their little sophiitry. and
casuistry, for the concealment of the true
j merits of this subject But it is all in vain.
The question itself is a clear one; and the
people are too keen sighted not t» pierce
i the delusiv* veil, which is gathering around
i it.
We will do cur opponents justice. Let
them speak for themselves !—We lav the fol
lowing before the reader, because it pre
sents us with the last accounts from France
and with the federal views of these account,
ensemble, cheek by jowl—the extract too is
from the Bostcu Repertory, a federal paper
of the first water.
, LATEST FROM FRANCE ’
Boston, July 13.
Yesterday arrived in this port, the brig
Phebe, Captain Joseph Dunbar, in 35 days
from Bordeaux.
From Captain Dunbar we have received
such particulars as enable us to state pre
cisely, what it ha3 pleased his Imperial
Majesty in hia unbounded affection for the
Americans, to concede in their favour.
It will be remembered, that among thc<
great benefits resulting from ihe Non-Inter- j
course law, passed by. our government :
against England and France, was the '
Rambouillet decree ; by which American
property, passing directly and voluntatily ,
from the United States into France, tho’ not
coming within the operation of the Berlin
and Milan decrees, was ordered to be seized 1
on the pretence of retaliating upon the
United Stat i. Captain Dunbar informs
us hat his M'josty has tier, fed that cat goes
of this lescriptton, (Pnoang !) which had
arrived alter the 2nd of November, may
be sold, by the American claimants, pro
vided the enormous taxes he has imposed
arc paid, and one half the amount of sales
j i/c fw;u in biiKs anu mner r rencn lyooas.
i I he Berlin and Milan Decree1-, are ne -
ther revok ed nor qualified (Ditto ! J Thgy
remain, as the Emperor ha- declared them,
the fund imental laws odds Empire. What
immense advantage is to be derived from
| the release ofveas-ls seized under the Kam
i bnuiUe’ decree,- considering die detention,
! and after the expenses and duties are paid,
i and with the restrictions laid on the export
cargo, let merchandtjudge*
Capt. 1) is the bearer of Despatches, frotn
Mr. Bussell, to our government, and from
the French government to its consuls in the
U. a. He. likewise brings about a hundred
private letters,and states that Bordeaux was
so closely blockaded, ( Ry whom ? The Bri~
•ivh !) 1'hat egres* wrffc very difficult 8c dan
gerous. ( Towhom ? To us ! )
L/n ’he 9’h of lun<- ther* were great r<rjoi_
cings by cannon, iltu HI illations, 8c bonfues,
at Bordeaux, in consequence of the baptism
nt (Napnleon II. probably) the King of
Itome
Lnpt. D left the ship Governor Gilman,
in quarantint’.bound to Bordeaux wi’h French
passengers from I.isbon, hut says he under
stood it was detcrmi ird to scize her, imme
diately on her going up to the city.
To re’urn again to the favor of Bona
par'e s last regulatioe (slh / clirtrh the
nail, f you can / Jit will beobserved that e
venthe relief from the Kambouillct decree is
,hut partial That absurd and insulting out
r'-,Kr still fixes upon all American property,
which arrived in France though direct from
'he U. S previous to the second of Nov.
last. I rom that ’imo, Mr. Madison declar
cd that the Berlin and Milan decrees would
cease ’ooperate. We now see how wide this
is of the truth. (Indeed ! )
B -napart*-, the Queen and Heir Apparent
I left Paris, on the 14th of May, on a tour.—
j flieir firststov wa* to be atBa-noouillet "
CO MM KJVTS.
This whole argument rests upon two
points; 1st, That these, releases were
not under the Berlia and Milan, hut the
Bambouilletdecree—2d, Thatthe property,
now given up, is very small in proportion to’
the bulk of that, on which this K. decree
•• srill fixe*.*’ —The first is false. i„ point
i'/ fact—’lie second prows nothing to aid the
federalists.
* ^And/Sr*—|t i3 not true, tLat these vt;s
i »t!i were sequestered under the Rambcuillei
decree—-as thut decree was repealed—For,
the D. Cadorc expressly tells Gen. Ann
strong, on the 12th September, 1310, that
“the decree of the 231 March, 1810, (the
“ It. D.) which ordered repris ils n const:
“ quence of the act of Congress of the 1st
** March, 1803, wus reflected, as soon as
“ we were informed o« the repeal of the
“ act of non-intercourse passed against
“ France.’*—But these sequestrations were
made alter the 1st of Aov.—What astonish
ingly pliant memories are the federal prin_
ters blessed with !
And. again !—these releases were m.sde.
In part at least, under the B. and M. de.
crees—for in the 1st place, the Duke oi Bas
sano states at the head oi the list of these
vessels, that they are “ A. vessels arrived
or carried into France since the 1st of Nov.
last, and now released under the B. and
M. decrees”—in the 2d place, our. Charge
d’/VfFairea (Mr. Smith) states in his note to
the counsel for tfie claimants of the Fox,»
that in this list, ‘'aremajiv that would have
violated the B. and M. decrees, hud they
been still in force'*—of course, they tie nor
still in force—and 3dly, the federal prints
have remembered to forget the Note of the
Duke of Massa on the 26th Dec. 1810 to
the President of the C >uocil of Prizes, which
luruisue* me wnoie ciue to tucse traiisac
lions. Tli is letter, reciting the elect a- j
ration of Champagiiv on the 5th of August, \
and the President’s I’toclamaiion, in conse
quence ot this declaration, goes on to order,
in the name of his majesty that all 'he
“ causes pending in the Council of Prizes
of captures of American vessels, made afer
the 1st Nov and those that may in future
be brought before it. shall .rial be judge- ;
according to the principles of the B and M. i
decrees—hut that they shall remain suspend -
ed—the rights of the proprietors being re.
! served until the 2d February, whe the U„
States having tidfiUed their engage men. s
! &c. the said captures shall he declared
null, and the vessels, Lic. restored to their
proprietors.”——Here there is a solemn
pledge to extinguish the effect of these de- j
crees from the 1st Nov. when the U.
had fulfilled 6'c-But as soon as the
despatches, by (hr John Adams had satis
lied the French Emperor in this respect,
hat does he do > He redeems the* pledge
which he had given—and gives a solid fir >of
of the repfeal of his decrees—5c their eil'et t
from the 1st Nov is substantially extinguish
ed. Can any man wish for a stronger proof
that they are bond fde repealed—federal
fibs to the contrary iiovwi'hstanding ?
But, in the second place—our property,
previous to the 2d of Nov is detained.—
True--- and what dors (his prove ? That
thre decrees are not repealed ? That Mr.
Madison ought not to have issued his pro
clamation ? Neither—tor Mr. M. did it
under the law—and that very law did not
look backwards, hut forwards—it was mere
ly intended to provide for the future security
ot our neutral commerce—it expressly s iys
“shall cease to violate, &c.
But take it in another point of view—the
rule, to be good, must work both ways-.
Now, did the Federalists, or even the ■(.
publicans, ever complain (hat the arrange
ment with Mr.Erskim did notaione for e
host of injuries, which G 11. had previous y
j inflicted * Were our impressed Stamen
testored, to the last man ? No, not one of
them. Was our pr iperty seized under the
| Orders in Council Jcc. restored? Not one
| cent of it. Tliey were left for a distinct and
future negociation—It is, juat so, with the
' French sequestrations made previous to the
2d Nov.
I N‘> sophistry will now avail to quiet
the honest resentment of the American pen
pie. Justice, su ict jus ice, alone can satisfy
them. Unless that is obtained, the day of
reckoning with G. B. must soon arrive
, * • SIR. I hud the honor of receiving your
note of to day, tlf in reply have to slate to yon
that 1 have officially informed this govern
ment of the admission of the American ves
sels that have voluntarily arrived in J ranee
since 1st Nov■ 1810, among which are ma
ny chat would have viola, ed the Berlin and
Milan decrees, had they been still in force
I trust that this will satisfy your inquiries, !
as l do not feel myself at liber y to comma, i
nicatr to you the despatches which I have j
received conlaninj this intelligence.
(Signed) JNO. SMITH.
No 18, Bentick street,
20 May, 1811.”
I fly Mi*. Smith says, that the letter to Gen
Armstrong, p 17 ot his pamphlet “ was pre- j
; pared by (me)”-nul that “ I prepar
ed” the letter to Turreau, F. 2.1-Mr
John B Colvin, of the Stale Department,
avers that they were written by himself— ■
Yer wc were calumniators, hessians, nsuli |
; mis Jagos for presuming to say, .h.tug we
I koew.it to be a fact, that, the in portnnt t • si
in relation to Jackson, were not the produc**
tions of Mr. Smith. Is there atnon that will .
not now believe it i If, as th* last j-t > u j
asse-ts, 'his charge “ goes to impeacn im m
ral character”—how does th rase stand
at this time, when Mr. C. Has even ch • ge.
him wi h "fraud" and “ im/toature * t T,.e
Aurora dares not meet this qo stion -If, as
the Aurora says, itis rvr w ho have provoked
Mr. Smith to make his vindication i* is sure
Iv the mns’ unfortunate one that ever was at- j
tempted; for it not only directly shrinks |
from the only charge, that we had ever |
urged, to wit, that he did not write the ’ct i
ters about Jackson—-— but what is infinitely j
worse, in the very act of making it, h-* palm* ;
two other letiet 3 up oh the world, aa his own, J
which prove tube »he producti(*is his own i
Clerk. We shall hereafter not.ee the re, :
marks of the F.ditor of the Aurora— whoso
ludicrous situation excites our derision fit a!~ !
j most our pity.
TOR THE ENQUIRER.
Curious Discovery,
\ The remains ot an elephant have been I
I recently discovered on the shore of York
River, afew-^ards within high water mark, I
I near the reat of Mr, (Hwm Corbin, about
! tJ miles belo.v VYillianisbur -. The River, j
gradually wash.ingaway the southern Hank,
j leaves exposed to view all these marine j
substances, which have been accumulated
by some viiler* inundation, as well as the |
remains of an-.mals, which had perished up
on the soriace of the earth, previous totlie I
inundation. A* the Bones lie, some.up nj
the surface of the F.arth > >me within one |
or two feet, we may benevr that the Ele- i
phant was buried about 25, feet deep, th t
being the general heigh: of the Bank.——
Some of the Bon**s, as the molares or gi ir.d
ers weighing from 4 !h to / 6c 1 2, arc in a j
l state of perferv orcsei ration, others m >uld<*r I
I when exposed to tb** air, or, are so decayed
as ho ;o withstand the force, p/ecess.uy ip
critical# u>sn; iicia lay mud , but the kywes •
of the p^Jvis, rib3 6c vertebras, have been
carefully collected. Two tusks were ttlsui
fount!, but could uoc be pot up entire; atthe
larger end they meast-Ted 2 feet in cwr
cutr. Terence, 6c by addingvthc ti.igmcnts to*
getber, or by completing the curves «:» the
convex 8t cot cavebidt s of the larger fra*
nent, abuu< 3 feet in length, the tusk appears
to have been, k- least 6 it et in length. From a
compam. n of the bones with the osteology of
the Elephant, n -doubt 'gp.aios of theirbe
longingto tfiat animal. These demonstrations
of the exi tence cf the Elephant in the
lower part *>f this s'ate, are new and form
a valuable accession to the College Muse?
| am,
! FOR THF ENQUIRER;
A question to Mir. R. SMITH.
Do you recollect to h ive told Mr. Morier, tfio
British C'targe d’AfF,ires, that you had in vain
nrgf-fl upon the T*re»id*-rt :« d'flerent and more
conciliatory course towards G. B th.m the P.
hail adopted ?
What has become, of Morier’s despatch to tho
I‘ withdrawn at the P's. instance, through you,
it containing allusion* to certain communications
made to him by Mr. S
A FRIEND TO TRUTH.
Married, mi Sunrt v the 7ih inst. at the
S' H l of Ctu. Brown, n*?;»r Wilmington N. C.
Alexanueh C Miller to Miss vIakv
Br.'wn.
^ DTUD. i n tht- 10th nut. Cat West H'ocJ) Air
Fortunptut Sjdrior
VIRGINIA — At a SupccnT Court of'Cliaa
t ry, hidden at the Capitol, in the City ot
Richmond the 1st day of June, 1311.
Wm. Robertson, Pl't.
Agamst
Charles Turnbull and Benjamin Harrison who
together with Tnoinas Turnbull, Robert Turn
bull, Ann the wife ot Benjamin Har-mon, Ar
ni;sit*»il Harwell and Mary his wife, Edward
Randolph and Margaret his wife, which said
I liomir-, Robert, Ann, .Maty and Margaret arc
the heirs at la- ol u.e sanl Robert Turnbull*
dec’d. Dijts.
» lie defendant Tliomjs Turnbull .not having
A'teted *ys* appearance *nd given security ac
cor ng tt the act of assembly and the rules of
this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction
o ihe court, that ne is notan inhabitant of thin
country, on motion ol the plaiut.lfoy his coun
sel, It it ordered, That the sa d defendant d»»
appear tiere on the tire', day of t.'.e neat term ar.d
a .swer the bill of the plamiitl ; and that a copy
ot this order he forth wit.■ insetted in some
newspaper published in the City ol Richmond,
tor two months euccts<.v3|y «ud posted at iba
front do-r of ti e Capitol in the said City
A Cepy. — 'l'este,
V. w. IIEN1NG, c. c.
Juiy 26 wSw
J MILLIGAN’S Prize List ofih Potomac
• and ineiiHiidoah Navigation Lottery of the
12lii day’s dra wing, Juty l'J.
3 prizes of 30 S each.
5 XU
44 12
106 IU
Gam of the wheel this day 32*2 dollars_
Total Gam i s.602 Unllars—Tickets and Sii-ien
f s .le »y josepu Mill g in, Bookseller, G . ;c
Taw a, Columbia, present price ol . ick., is ^ lit
Cut will be advanced to l j on Monday me
22a inst.
1 ickois examined and ail Lottery information
0:a;is
July 26. \f
FOR HALF.
IVaT - Hoc'.'* idi.i L.t-., a present in me occu
XvA pa'on ot Win. F. Cu. ter. e.-q.—Unless
. icViouslj ill-posed of ..y privim..: sale, in-.- . ..ve
property will e sold t Punbo Auct it on ilis
n st day ol August One fuurl of the purchase
momy wili be required in hand, tor the ba
Lnce a nberul cieun .» .11 be given For lur**
Lliei particulars apply to Mr. Davidson ti:uC<
lute. . '
TVm. RADFORD.
July 26.___tds
SAMUEL SHEPHERD,
HAVING engiged, to conduct the PtiIX*
TING-OFFICE, formerly owned by T.
- Mans ii, respectfully informs the citizen s oi’
Ric mond, and ihe public in general that the bu
s.n«ss wdl still be carried on in the same house,
near the u.arket, wnerc he wil continue to exe
cute
BOOK AND JOB PRINTING,
On the most reasonable terms ; and solicits that
share ot patronage which he may merit. Blanks
ot every description printed at the shortest no*
ticc. ‘
July 26, lt
Jrir subs r»ber bemf*1 about to remove to the?
. • :»Ut of Kentu • ;y, will 1! at Public Auc
tion Monthy the Sth day ot August, at the
fr nl door «t the t e Tjvern. in the C t\ of
Kicoitiond, hie truly valuable FAHM, distant
abom 2 nines frohi the said City—It is so well
known that a dcscrtpiiun is thought unnecessa
ry
Tlu’ terms ol Sai l will be one thousand dol
lars in ch-n , and ♦!)< Iithncc ol the purchase mo
iuy will be in: tj.- payable at one and two years^
l,t i arry inteie I i,e purclnta t giving a deed
ot trust out w premises to recure the payment
til encli instalment—Pimsessi' » -mi be given to
the purchaser, on payment ot Jj, 100O cash.
SAM HILL.
High Mca.low, July 26. eptf
IflFTEEN DOLLARS REWARD—Will
I be given ,nr apprehending a mulatto girl
named BE 1 S'.. Sn<- h* ui,. >1 tin suborn b"i*
house-s« i vartts, ami was muoli pleased v ith
Richmond, as to abscond, when Ins family r«.
to rued from thence. «bom the first inst. She in
a bright mulatto, about 18 years of age, oi small
jtKturi, has high cheek hones, a liri lcied face,
• smart, fc spe»k.s very fast, especially when a
t;'Ut.-d Sue is v .-II Known in Richmond, ar.dl
i» now undoubtedly harbored there.
c . _ . S ROANE. /
~Q*rdcn, Hanover, June vPi. 3t wtf £
J’HE subscriber wishes to sell about lr>o0 «.
bres ot land, either in one or more p iceis
lying from 3 n . miles from tiie City ot t<: fo
inood : it is w*di timbered and gt nerailv ,reo
jpsin land, there are rbout 100 acre* off v.irp
land, winch might be fcudy tec laimed t vn.nid
bi very pr :d active. A Small p >rtion being shortly
paid, and a credit of3 St 4 year* would be allow.
»*d for tlie rest. Contractors tor timber would
;ir,d these *..u t an object worthv die,r attention.
II' also Wish,* to rent or leas* the tobacco fac*
i.ory near the Powhatan Warehouse.
-. , . . Wm. MAYO,
rowbsw.n, Junr 25. „.ot/
IT LUJ*.,,u«,, ir. Hull's, 15 dollars in rZun
A. —Apply at lhi» oii.es.
tube 2b.
TU*E LETTERS Q F
PET EH PE YMI. E y, -
RVR i>AJ*£ At tj&is Ojtf/i,K,