Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-08-03 00:00:00, page 3

New York, July £1T.
^ By the ship Highlander, from New
Orleans, we learn, that on the 1st of
July the Spanish ship Atalanta, with
IT'D slaves on board, anchored at the
Balize, a prize to the French privateer
Lespine. The privater was cruising
off the Brlize boarding every thing that
went out. The prize was going up to
New Orleans ior provisions, being in
distress. (
i Brigadier General Hampton, who
has been reported to be in bad health,
and retiring from the army, was at
Columbia, in South Carolina, on the
28th ult. where an entertainment was
given him by the inhabitants. The
general's head quarters, it appears will
be at that post until September, when
he returns to the army at Washington,
JH.T. N. Y. Pap.
New.York, July 28.
The London Gazette of May 9th con.
tains an order in council for permitting
the importation of provisions into New.
lounland, from America, by licences,
which shall not be issued after the SOthof
Sep embor next, but which are to be in
force for nine months, from the period at
which they may be granted*
Baltimore, July 30.
Flour at St. Croix July 14, sixteen
dollars ; salt Provisions very scarce.
REPORT.—The ship Superior,
Loscombe, from the Cape of Good
Hope, has arrived at the Lazaretto,
below Philadelphia. She is reported
to have touched at Madeira, whence
ahe sailed the twenty-fourth of June.
Her supercargo, says the Philadelphia
M Democratic Press,” states that *4 he
heard at Madeira that Cadiz wasboiv
barded.” No particulars accompany
this report.
From the Baltimore Whiff.
A Warning to the Republican,
A Nil
A MIRRORfor the Federal Partijj
Arc found in Erakine’s frank corres
pondence, which ou^ht to be rung in
every ear, or held to every face. The
“ clue” to the labyrinth of British po
licy is furnished by her own minister,
alluding to the great maxim of his per-,
•fidious court : Divide and govern. To
enlist a faction in this country, sub
servient to her views, has been her
plan ; and never did she lose an oppor
tunity of strengthening it by new re
cruits, engaged to her for hire, or at
tached from loyalty. Liston encour
aged this faction—witness his sending
Chisholm to England, and his under
standing with Blount. Burr was coun
tenanced by England also; and Mr.
Erskine, appears to have written large
ly to his government about the use
which might be made of the leaders of
the federal party in the United States
——particularly in New-England.
-What must an honest feder
alist think and feel, when he per
ceives that Britain classes him with
her allies, and his designing or trai
torous leaders ? We leave him to self
examination, when he surveys the fol
lowing extracts from Krskine’s offici
al letters,—jnst come to ligh. :—
“ List ! List ! O, List !”
“ I have endeavored, by the most
strict and diliL>ent enauiries into tli#
views and strength of the federal par
ty, to ascertain to what extent the)
would be willing and able to resist the
measures of the party in power, and
how far they could carry the opinions
oi this country along with them in their
attempts to remove the embargo, with
ou recurring to hostilities against both
Great Britain and France.”—Letter
of Dec. 4, 1808.
“ The weight and influence of the
F.asteru states has been sufficient to
force the ruling purty to abandon their
favorite system of Embargo, and that
too without the 44 painful alternative”
e>f President JefTeison of war being
substituted—but I doubt extremely
how far they could compel the Con
gress and President into a war with
Pranee, unless the U. S. could be called
upon to assert its neutral rights by the
temporary removal of his majesty’s
orders in council, to give them that op
portunity .’’—Dispatch of Feb. 15,
18»9.
44 It is true that a non-intercourse
law may be considered by the Eastern
States as very objectionable, but as ii
would be rather a nominal prohibition
than a rigorous enforcement, a resist
ance to it would be less likely to be
made, and of less importance if it
should take place.
44 The ultimate consequences of such
^ differences and jealousies arising be.,
tween the Eastern and SouthernStates.
would inevitably,tend to a dissolution
of the Union, which has been for some
1' time talked of, and has of late, as 1
have heard, been seriously contempla
ted by many of the leading people in
the Eastern division.
“I will tin however trouble you
with any observations upon that impor
tant topic at present,” &tc.
ibid.
They who sympathised with Burr,
they who extolled Pickering’s treason
ble letter to Gov. Sullivan, as well as
they who abhorred both treason andf
traitor, have matter here for serious
contemplation. If we use it aright, it
may, yet, prove our salvation.
Alxxandria, July 27".
Extract of a letter from New Orleans,
to a getatleman in this place, dated
June 30th, 18lb.
“ A report has just reached town
and very generally believed, that the
inhabitants of that part of YVest Flo*
rida composing the settlements of Ba
ton Rouge and Bayou Sarah, have
come to a determination to declare
themselves independent on the 4th of
July, and ask protection of the Ameri
can government.”
Norfolk, July 30.
On Wednesday last, says the Charles
ton Courier of the 23d July, a boats*
cr^w belonging to a British three-mast
ed scr. lying at Amelia, deserted, and
made for Cumberland Island, on the
American side of the River—capt.
Frisstl of the British government brig
Plumper, also lying there, instantly
manned' a boat and jumped into her,
in pursuit of the deserters_When the
boats had got into the American wa
ters and near to the shore, the dt-ser*
ters were fired upon by captain Fris*
i ai me me same ume a ooat ue_
longing to one of the U. S. gun boaJs
lying near the spot fired upon the Plum
per’s boat, and the fire was re urned
by capt. Frissel; the deserters, howe
ver, reached Cumberland and made ofF.
When the crews of the Amrrican and
British boats met upon the beach some
very sever* language passed between
capt. Frissel and the American Lieu
tenant, and it is said the boatswain of
ithe Plumper was knocked down by
:the latter officer. This affair had ex
cited the animosity of both parties on
that rivtr, and it was feared that some
thing of a more serious nature might
take place between them.
We have these particulars from the
passengers in the Perseverance.
INDIANS.
Vincennes, June 13.
The Editor thinkit g that he could
not present any thing more accepta
ble to his readers than a particular ac
count of the causes of a'arm which
have existed here for some days past,
waited on Governor Harrison for the
purpose of procuring information, 8c
was favored with the following;
Siuce early in May, the Governor
has been possessed of information
communicated by Indian traders and
by friendly Indians, that the Shawanee
Prophet was again exciting the tribes
ot the Wabash to war against the U.
States and indeed that it was actually
agred upon by all the tribes West of
that river; this information was com
municated to the government and was
the cause of the detachment of troops
being sent here which we mentioned
in our last. Early in IVIay also, the
interpreter mamtained by the govern*
ment amongst the Delawares arrived
here, to inform the Governor that that
tribe had heard , of the hostile move*
menu of the prophet, and that they
had determined to send a solemn em
bassy to the tribes West of W’abash,
to warn them of the danger of fts;ea
ing to the advice of the propher. The
Governor did every thing in his pow
er to strengthen them in this resoluti
on, and composed a speech for them
to deliver to the other tribes. This it
appears was faithfully delivered, and
it is more than probable, that to the
influence of the Delawares, and the
impression made by them on the minds
of the other Indians, that the war has
been averted.
From the 10th to the 11th instant,
the governor was informed through
various channels, that the Indians were
collecting in very great numbers n
bout the Prophtt; that the Miamies
had been so intimidated as to agree to
attend his council—that the Wyandots
had come into his schemes, and they
had agreed with hitn, that every thing
had been done between white people
and Indians, since the treaty of Gren
ville, was void and good for nothing,
and that they were determined to
stop the progress of the white settle
ments. v
About the 9th and 10th inst. an In
dian came to Mr. Dubois (a French
geutleman who lives about a mile a”
bove this town) in the dead of ntj^ht,
& told him that his fr iendship for him,
had induced him to come to him for
the purpose of advising him hy all
means to remove over the MUsissip: i
with his family, as he might shor.lv
expect trouble if he remained where he
was. The old Piankashaw chief, Gru
biff, came also to the Governor, and
asked hisf permission to refife over
the Mississippi, observing, that he
heard nothing from the Indians above,
but the cry of war; that he was old
and did not wish any slu-.r« in it; that
he wanted to retire to a place of safe
ty ; themext day he informed the go
vernor that a particular plan had been
laid by the prophet for the surprise of
this town, and told him what the plan
was; about this time also, a boat which
had been sent up the Wabash with the
annuity salt for the Indians, returned
—the master informed the Governor
that the Prophet & the ICsckapoo tribe
had refused to receive the eight bar
rel* of salt destined foV them: that
the prophet’s brother had insulted him
in the^grosest manner (the prophet
b*ing present) shaking him violently
by the'hair, as well as some others of
hi* crew, and asking them whether
Americans (they were all young
Frenchmen.) Mr. Brouillet, a tra
der, who was suspected of being in
the employment of the government,
was also insulted, made to deny that
he was an Ameaican, and his house
immediately plundered of his provisi
ons and other articles. The Prophet
sent word to the Governor—“That
his people should not come any near
er to him, that $hey should not settle
on the Vermillion river—-he smelt
them too strong already.”
1 he governor being loath to create
an alarm until there should appear an
absolute necessity for it, from the
great injury that it mfght produce by
stopping the emigration to the countrv,
ana pernaps driving off the frontier
settler*, md not hitherto made public
any part of the information he had re
ceived—but as the danger appeared to
him to be extremely threatening, on
the ltfth inst. he assembled 17 or 18
of the leading citizens, viz. the Secre
tary of the Territory, a Judge of the
Supreme court, the Representatives
ol the countv of Knox, the Register
I land office, county officers, mer
chants, fee and having laid before
them the information he had received,
requested their atWic* upon the sub
ject of taking measures for putting
j the country in a state of defence—this
was unanimously advised, as well as
the immediate ordering two companies
of n ilitia into actual service.
Whilst these measures were pro
gressing, a principal Putawatamie
| chief arrived, being sent by the repre
sentatives of 16 villages west of the
Wabash to inform the governor that
they had abandoned the Prophet, and
had thrown away the tomakswk which
he had put into their hands. This
revolution in their* minds was produ
ced by the forcible representation of
jthe Delaware deputies above menti
1 oned, to a council which was convened
the latter end of May, somewhere in
the neighborhood of St. Josephs on
lake Michigan.
The governor assure* the editor,
that the chief who brought the a«
bove information is entirely to be de
pended upon, his fidelity to the U.
. Stales and personal friendship for
him, having been manifested in every
transaction with the Indians since the
treaty of Grenville.
j Two young Frenchmen arrived
'from Fort Wayne last night, as they
frucwwva WIV »VTTU LHC X IUJJUCl| U1C>
: were desired by Mr. Brouillette, to
j inform the governor that every thing
! appeared to be quiet above the Pro
phet’s town, but that another council
was shortly to be held—there are not
more than 400 warriors at the village
where the Prophet resides, and the
governor thinks that the whole num
ber which still adhere to him does not
exceed twice that number. Notwith
standing the above favorable appear
ances, we understand that the gover
nor will not countermand the order for
turning out the militia, until he disco
vers what measures will be taken by
the Prophet upon the defection of his
followers.
From St. Louis, (L.) June 21.
A gentleman just arrived here from
above the river Platt, on the Missouri,
reports that the Paune, Pauckas, Ma
ha, Otto, Missouri, Sieux, Osage, and
many other nations, are at present in
open war with each other; Rogers,
the Sliawonee chief, has received in
formation a few days ago of the mur
der of three of his people who were
out hunting on the Gasconade, by the
Osage*; if this information proves
true there is no doubt of a very formi
dable expedition consisting of Missis,
sippi and Wabash Indians, being ad
on foot this summer against the offend
ing party.
\FTER the fifteenth of the
motah the subscnUfr can dfromlw*
date 4 or 5 SMALL ROYS witffH® AM\>
WASHING and a LODGING lnf\t I
Thirty dollars per quarter, paid Iflwdvancfc
CHILLS TKKRfcLLc
KUducood, August 1st, 1910. wttp
j j -j Ah u. • V '/* vV’
! PROPOSITIONS,
Relating to a general sysam of Ranking,
| and the establishment of Turnpike
Roads, in Virginia.
I A CITIZEN of this State proposes to
' /a. address a short ueatise to the next.
Lrgiglvtne, relating to two! uporanr oh
j-6l* of internal policy—one of which will
muck depe'.d upon the other.
IsfV-An Establishment of a general Si n
fliforni system of banking in this common
weal.h, allowing to any Company whose
capital shall be of sufficient magni ude, &
not less than two hundred thousand dob
j J
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1
j
I
"... uc IC33C1ICU anu pcinapj will disap
pear altogether.
If these extensive *nd imporiant sys
tems should he well organized, the bene,
jfi’s will rapidly increase in a progressive
j ratio, until the inhabitants of every part of
this state, shall enjoy ail the advantages
which thfst systems are capable of im
parting; ^
7" V »
* virtue of a deed of trust bearing date
on the 2d day of August, 18«8, executed
by William Goodwin of, the sa d city- to
•he subscriber and William Davidson, late
of the said city, deceased, to secure the
payment, of a debt due Irom said Goodwin
to Francis Piatti^ of said city, and pnrsu
nnt to tlie request of said Piatti, on the 13ih
day of this present month (August) will be
offered for sale, to the highest bidder, for
ready money, upon the premises, and sub
ject to the claim of dower by Mrs. Good
win, the wife of said William Goodwin*
m the eVf nt of her surviviug her said hus
pa.n.‘!’ singular that LOT OR
* AiiVyCiLu OF
LAN D,/
Containing half an acre, more or less, and
TENEMENT, lying and being in that part
of said city called *» Rocketts” on the north
side of the road fr«m Rocketts y?s*'5h'',,o*>
to Watkins’s mill (now occupied by Mr.
John Werth) and between the Und or lot
j of Richard Youn$ (to the west) aud of Wil
liam Walker Weymouth (to the east) for
the purpose of paying to said Piatti. the
sum of 390 dollars yet due of said debt, to
gether with interest thereon from the 30iu
| day of June, 1809, up to the day of sale, and
the costs and charges attending the making
and securing 6aid deed and the execution
of said trust therein contained.
John miller,
Surviving Trustee.
Richmond, August 3d, 1*10. 3t
Land For Sale.
TN pnrfbance of a deed of trust executed
* by Jacob Cooper to the subscribers, lor
the purpose of securing to Philip Lawson
the payment of certain sums of money in
the said deed specified, the subscribers wdl
on Saturday tire first day of September next,
proceed to sell, to the highest hiUderVor
ready mouey, upon the prem'.sesJr ■ |
One Tract of LlnlfJ
Being in quan'ity thirty and oV» quarter
acres, or so much thereof as shall be suffi
cient to satisfv the purposes expressed in
said deed, which bears date on the 1st day
of November, 1808, and is of record in
Goochland county court; the said land is
bounded on the south by the lands of James
• . PHb^unts, on the east by the lands of
Robert Morris, on the north by the lands c»l
Mary Maddox^ and on the west by the lands
of William Webster.
JOHN SAFTERWHITE.
WILLIAM WP.BSTKK.
Goochland, July 3.8% 1810 w4tp
ASA OTIS,
Offers for Sale, first Door below the
Bell Tavern,
FIRST and Second quality Muscovado
Sugar in Hhds and Barrels, Loaf Hu.
gar in Hhds Tierces and Barrels, Prime
Green Coffee in Bags and Barrels, Imptui.
al, Hyson, and Young Hyson TeJ, Ap.
pie Brandy in Barrels, Madeira Wine in
qr. Casks. A constant supply of /London
Mustard at the New York price, fV mdsoi
Soap, Common do. Mould Candles, Glass
I VY-are, 10 by 8, 12 by 10 and 14 by 12
| VYindow Glass, Ptowder Shot, A Bum,
, Copperas, Brimstone, Nutmt-gs^ Cloves,
Mace, Gingor, Allspice, Peppi r, I’yct’j
Shining Liquid Black'rig lor Bools and
shoes, witn a variety of other articles.
— \LSC)—
. * A few hundred Gross Bottle Corks of s
I large »i*e.
l Richmond, August .14, 1810.
Land For Sale.
I die Is* of September .next, will h*
^ offt-red for sale;, at public auction, oa
the premises, thui ixiluablc
Plantation & Tavern,
i Belonging to the estate of 'fhcs. S. Thorop
son, deceased, lymg in Cumberland chiinty,
at the fork of Buckingham unX CtQines roll
It is an excellent stand, a>. l the situatjl
admirably calculated for a pa'.lie
The bouse is large and convenient,
good sttbles. A further discriptin.
presumed unnecessary, as no per on \
purchase without first viewing the premu
ses. The terms will be made known ou
the day of sale by the subscribers.
SALLY H. THOMPSON. Adm’x.
' iVfDW. HUG HRS
vI0S* BLACKETT.
August 1st, 1810, v, 5twp
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by the.Subscribers,
30 Hhtls Prime Antigua Rum,
Fresh Imperial, Young Hy»on
•nd .ou.ho.ig Tea in Chests
aud Boxes—Also, Imperial in
Lead Cadders, of superior
i quality.
SiO bis. Prime Green Coffee.1
Also in Store,
30Tierces prime Upland Whiskey
30 bbls Old double Distilled do.
1 Together with their usual supply of
HA R D W A R E*
I BRYSON & PARKHILL.
L Richmond, August 3d, 1810. (t. f.)
FRENCH TUITION,
j Mr. HYACINTH CUUSOLLES,
LA.TL.LA from Baltimore C 'liege, where i
lie has taught the French language, /
being now engaged in the Academy w.a*/
D. Doyle and lb Dabney, has the honor
of informing the inhabitants of the ci y of
Richmond, that he will give private les.
sons, in the French language. Applicat -
ons to be made to him at the Academy.
_ oo
NOTICE.
D Y Virtue of a Deed of Tiust, made to
the .Subscriber hv William Davidsuu
and Cunningham Burt<#i, dated the 14th of
, February. 1807", and recorded in the Court
J oi Hustings of the City ot Richmond, to se*.
cure the payment of a sum of money duo
to Prosser 8c Moncure,
Will be exposed >o sale at Auction, on,
the premise^ tor ready money, on the first
day of next mouth, the «
Lot of Ground J
mentioned in that Deed of Trust, fc which.
1 is described in the deed in the following
words. “ A certain Lot of (Ground lying
, and being in the City of Richmond, con
■ taining twenty .our Ceet on the main street,
i to ihc ime of Walter Shelton’s Lot^ thence
! back with the line of s.dd Shelton's Due
fifty feet, thence twenty four feet to the
j croks street leading by Todd’s Lot, thence
i fifty feet to the said mam street, it being
; part of the Lot No. twenty, and the sum*
| Lot or parcel of Land which the aforesaid
i William Dayidson and Cunningham Bur
! ton purchased of Isaac Hall and Mary his
i Wife, as per deed from said Hall and Wife
to said Davidson and Burton, dated thu
36th day of April 1806."
The Sale will commence at II o’
clock, A. M.
FREDERICK PLEASANTS, Trust##.
[t d *]
Richmond, August 3d, 1810.
GUN POWDciK.
rp11E Proprietors of the RICHMOND^
■*- POWDER MILLS, offer fur sale wf
tl»e keg or larger quantity, F and FF G'JN / /
POWDER, glazed and unglnzed / wlr.#
ranted equ.l to any imported^ and on rlaa ^
sonable terms. <•
Retailers at liberty to return the powefe^
ifnot approved Apply toJAS. BROWN,
Jr. or D J. BLHlt.
Richmond, 21st May, 3810. 2w wtf
20 Dollars Reward.
RUN\WAY some time in the month of
d/srch 1»07> & negro rosi^ named
DAVY,
then shout 21 years old, shout common *tac*re,
hit complexion not very dark, full forvhsa't,
rxiher hollow eysM and the hair in his
l.erd forming a peak. He was apprehend: d in a
■host fme atier be eloped some where m mo
county of Augusta but made htr escape, and I
have reaion to believe that he sra* lately tsk<W^
up in Csrtersville, Currhrrlsnd county, wbsre I .
am inlor tied he also effected his escape—by in /
ih* Lit instance cs I led him'elf Davy Csuci k />
•aid nr was free and by prefe lion a Waterman. tt
«* other times calls himself Davy Tea, Kin
highly pr bable that hi: is still employed in run
ning the Rivet from Lynchburg to Richmond. 1
do hereb; forwarn al> persons frem harbouring
or employing the said neg.o at iL ir peril, a d
; will givs the above reward of Twenty
I to any person delivering the said negro to ut«
living nrar Buckingham court.bouts or other,
wise secure him so that I gat him again.
LrVbLLIN JONES, Guatdtao tot
Jtfcl.W. JONES.
Julj 3rd 1810. 2mp.
Rees's Cyclopedia*
7lo. 24 r
Is just Received at this Qilice.