Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-06-19 00:00:00, page 1

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
XVlIIru YEAR.] A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE. ' ,7
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_Tuesdays aud Friday.,) by SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jumon, Prater to tic Co«k<h.w^ItI
[<Fw Dollars Ptr Annum—Paid in Advance.] , T U E S D A T% JUNE 19 mo " ~77T~“7
....... t ■ . ■_- ^ ’ ‘ (I- 1*1 f.ents o;flr,cM
Jfrxitt Current*
fcORRKCTSD Wkrklt.3
CASH*
D. C.
Tobacco, - • • 5 00
Wheat, nero, • - 1 17
Fleur super-fins, - . 8 CO
Flour, fine, • - - 7 SO
. 3 50
hemp, per ton', • - 275 00
Iron, • - - 110 00
• Bacon » - - 00 09
W hiskey - - - 00 70.
BV virtue cf a deed or trust executed
to the subscribers by Robert and Geo.
Turner, and Ann the wife of the said
George, bearing date the first day ofJanu
ary 1806, and admitted to record*, will be
sold, before the door of the iBell Tavern,
iu the city of Richmond, on the 99th dav
of this present month (June) fer cash, ail
Uiat PARCEL of LAND, lying in the
County of Henrico, adjoining the city, and
bounded as follows, to wit: llegiuning at A
dain Craig*3 corner on the road leading from
the Market house towards Mount Counte t,
thence along lire road 176 yards to xfbv~
ner ditch, thence along the d tch N^63
degrees, West 130yards to a diich which
divides it from tue Lot sold Dy Thomas
Wilson to M’Pherson, thence down the
diich to a gum at bacon's Branch, thence
•No. 68 degrees^ East 2C9 yards to the
beginning, containing by survey of Richard
Voting 6 acres 17 pole* ; or so much ol
the property as will be sufficient to raise
said sum of 2CC0 dollars, besides interest,
and all costs attending the execution of the
tl Ut t.
. ANDREW STEVENSON, ? _
. W. ALLEN, j Trustees
June 12, 1810.
Public; Auction.
this day, will be sold at pub
^ lie auction, at the House lately occu.
pied by Mr Thomas Gilliatt, all his
'Household and Kitchen
•FURNITUR
. *5'
Charriot & Harness.
Tesnfis of sale—AM sums under fifty doll9.
cash, above fifty dollars^ six mouths ere.
dits Notes with approved feudbrsefrs will
be requited.
Thomas Taylor, Auc’t.
June 19th, 1310.
Dissolution oj Partnership.
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V tUUD•
In Halifax County court, In Chancery
27th March, 1810.
Kobeit Watle, Plaintiff
against
James Gideon. Roger Gideon and John
Wade, Defendants.
The defendants, not having entered
their appearance and given security ac.
Cording to the act of Asset
rules of this court, and it apt ,t
satisfaction cf the court thaf p
j'liiuhiants of this Coming
motion of the plaintiff ly i,
»s 6fd*red, that the s;jci tie!
j ar here on the fourth Me _
j-txf, anti answer the Bill of the piamtiffer
and that a copy of this order be forthwith
Inserted in one ot the news-papers pab*
lished in the city of Richmond tor eight
weeks suci easiveiy and posted at the front
door ol the couil hou»t of the said coutu
ty.
[A CopyJ Teste,
_ Samuel Williams, d. c. h. c.
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BARTLh r r S 1'ILL
j Tobacco Broker and Vcimu ]
Commission Merch!
Richmond, Virginia.
/irehclans Hughes,
COM Mil S tOM MFRCHANT,
* f f)n the Bor.io, STORKS and SKI
\ V kind of PRODUCB on the usual
MON.
lie has for Sa/et
SO Illh. Cut Herrings,
110,000 Wt. Isle of Wn.'ht Ba:on.
200 Salt Pc'er’d Haws.
, Richmond, June 12th, 1810. (wl2m)
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*SjBy %-Aut/iority%
AN ACT :
I Regulation the Pdst Office establish
ment. '
BE it enacted by the Senate and
H,ouse of Representatives of the
Uni ted States of A me r ica, in Congress
assembled, That there be established,
at the seat of government oi the.'Uhi
ted States, a gener »1 Post Office, un.
der the direction ofa Post mttsier-Gen
eral. Thu Post Master General shalh
appoint two assistants,nnd such clerks
as may be necessary^ for performing
the business of his office. He shall
establish post offices and appoint Poat(
Masters, at all such places as shall ap
pear to him expedient, on the posr
roads that are or may be established
by law. He shall give his'assistants,
the post-masters, and all other per
sons whom he shall employ, or who
may be employed in any of the de
partments of the general post office,
instructions relative to their duty, he
shall provide for the carriage of the
mail on all post-roads that aie or mav
be established by law, and a3 of.en as
he, having regard to the productive
ness thereof, aud other circumstances,
shall think proper, he may direct the
route or road, where there are more
than one between places designated
by law for a post-road, which route
shall be considered the post road. He
shall obtain from the post masters their
recipts and expenditures once in three
months, or oftener, with the balances
thereon arising in favor of the general
nost-ofli^c. He shall nav ill *»vi
which may arise in conducting the
post-office, and in the conveyance of
the mail, and all other necessary ex
penSes aiising on the collection of the
revenue and management of the gen
eral post-office. He shall prosecute
offenses against the post-office esta
blishment. He shall once in three
months, render to the Secretary of the
Treasury a quarterly account of all the
receipts and expenditures in the said
department, to be adjusted and settled
hs other public accounts. He shall al
so superintend the business of the de
partment in all the duties that are or
may be assigned to it, Provided, -That
in case of the death, resignation or
removal from office of the Post Master
General, all his duties shall be per*
formed by his senior assistant, until a
successor shall be appointed and arrive
at the General Post Office to perform
the business.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted,
That the Post Master General, and all
other pi rsons e ■:ployed in the General
Post Office, or in the care, custody,
or conveyance of the mail, shall, pre
vious to entering upon the duties as.
signed to them, cr the execution of
their trusts, and before they shall be
entitled to receive any emolument,
therefor, respective ly, take and sub
scribe the following oath or affirmation,
b-fore some magistrate, and cause a
cniiii .rfic inercwi 10 oc nlecl m the
General Post Office; “ I. A. 13. do
swear, or affirm (as the case may be)
th. t 1 will iaichT.lly perform all the
doiic-t required of me, and abstain from
every th.ng forbidden by the laws in
relation to the establishment of the
Post < ffice and post roads within the
United States.” Every person who
shall be in any manner employed in
the care, custody, conveyance, or
management of the mail, shall be sub
ject to all pains, penalties and forfei
tures for,violating th e injunctions, or
neglecting the dudes required of him
by the laws relating to the establish
ment of the Post Oifice and post-roads,
whether such persons shall have tak-.n
the oath or affirmation above prescr ib
ed or not.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
Thar it shall be lawful fur the Post
master-general to provide by contract,
*ur the carriage of the mail on any
roadonwhijfea stage-waggon or o
iher stage fldPiage shall be established,
• >n condition that the expence thereof
shall not exceed the revenue thence
irisintf. It shall . IsO be lawful for the
rrostmas’er general to enter into con
tracts for a term not exceeding eight
year* lor extending ihe line of posts
•nd to auihorTe the p rsons so con
•ractirg, as a compensttion lor their
xpenses, to receive durirg the conti
uance of such contracts, at rate
uot txcccvtiug 1..0SU tor like distances
established bv this act, all the postage
which sha’l arise on letters, newapa..
pers, m»g**nes, pamphlets, and pack
ets, conveyed by any such posts ; and
the roads desigtiated in such contracts
i shall, during the continuance thereof,
jh<* ^5er*'e;I 8c considered as post-roads
I withib the provision of this act : And a
duplicate ot every such contract shall,
within sixty days after the execution
th reof, be lodged in the office of the
comptroller ol ths Treasury'cf the U
nited St tte*.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted.
That no other than a free white person
shall he emoloyed in earning the
mail ol the United States, on anv oF
;he post-roaus, either as a post-rider
'or driver cf a carriage carrying th*
mail; and every contractor or person
who shall have stipulated or may here*
alter stipulate to emy the mail, or
wnose duty it shall be to cause the
*'rae be conveyed on arfy of the
post road', aforesaid, and who shall
contrary to this act employ any other
than a Iree white person as a post ri..
dar, or diver, or in any other
way to carry the mail on the sa tic,
shall for every such offence forfeit
a:.d pay the sum of fifty dollars ; one
moiety thereof to the use of the Un’ted
•states, and the other moiety thereof
to the person who shall sue for and
prosecute the same, before atly court
having competent jurisdiction there
of.
^ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
That the postmaster-general shall be
authoiised to allow the postmasters at
the several distributing Offices such
compensation as shall be atlcnnarc
to their several services in that re
spect .* Provided, That the same shall
not exceed, in the whole, five per cent. |
on the whole amount of postages on
letters and newspapers received lor
distribution.- Provided also, That it
toe number of -mails, received at and
dispatched from any such office, is not
actually increased by the distributing
•ystem, then no additional allow,
a'ce shall be made, to the postmas
ter.
S^c. 6. And be it further enacted,
1 hat whenever it shall be made to ap
peal- to the satisf action of the post-mas
ter general that any road established,
or which m *y hereafter be established
as a post road, is obstructed by fen.
ce«, gates, or bars, or other than those
lawfully used on turnpike roads to col
lect their toll, and not keep in good,
repair, with proper bridges and ferries |
where the same may be necesssary, it^
shall be the duty of the post-master
general to report the same to Congress
wi'h such information as can be ob
tained, to enable Congress lo estab
lish seine other road instead oi it in the
s-tme main direction.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted >
That if any person shall knowingly
and wilfully obstruct or retard the pa3
sage of the m iil, or of any driver or
carrier, or of any horse or carriage
carrying the same, he shall, Upon con
viction, for every 9Uch offence, pay a
fine not exceeding one hundred dol
1... k a :r_ r_ . ...
~ is uiij iti § y-in.in y.UUi Uy
wilfull negligence or refusal to trans
port the mail across any ferry, dtlay
the same, he shall forfeit and pay for
every ten minutes that the same shall
he so delayed, a cum nc*t exceeding
ten dollars.
Sec. 8. And he it further enacted,
That it shall he the duty of the post
tUiMter general to give public notice in
one or more of the newspapers publish
ed at the seat of government of the li
nked States, and in one or more of the
newspapers published in the state or
•tates or territory, where the con
tract is to be performed, for at least
aix weeks before entering into any con
tract for carrying the mail#, that such
contract ii intended to be made, and
the dny on which it is to be concluded,
describing the places from 8c to which
such mail is to be conveyed, the time at
which it is to be made up, and the day
and hour at which it is to he deliver
ed. He shall moreover within nine
ty days after the making of hny con
tract lodge a duplicate thereof, toge
ther with the proposds which he shall
nave received respecting it, in the
office of the Comptroller of the Tret
mry of the United States : Provided,
1 hat n* contract shall be entered in
to for a longer term than four years.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted,
That every post-master shall kee p an
office in which one or more person*
shall attend cn every tlav on which u
mail, or bag, or other packet o)r parcel
of letters shall arrive by land or wA
i ttr, as well as cn other days, at such
i hours as the post-master-general shall
; direct, lor the purpose ol performing
I the duties thereof; and it shall be the
duty of the post-master at all reasona
ble hours, on every day of the week,
to deliver on demand any letter, ph
per or packet, to the person entitled
to or authorised to receive the same ;
and all letters brought to any post of
[ See half aa hour before the time of
making up the mail at such office
shall be forwarded therein ; except at
such post-offices, where, in the opi
nion ot the post-master-general, it re*,
quires more time for making up the
mail, and which he shall accordingly
prescribe ; but this shall in no Case
exceed one hour.
Sec. 10. And be it/urthcr enacted,
That no fees or perquisites shall be
r ciived by any person employed in
the general pos'-office on account of
the duties to be performed by virtue
of his appointm-nt.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted,
That the following rates of postage
shall be charged on all letters Sc pack
ets (excepting such as are hereinafter
exemp ed) conveyed by the posts of
the United Staes ; viz. for every
letter composed of a single sheet
of paper, conveyed not exceeding for
ty miles, eight cents ; over forty and
not exceeding ninety miles, ten cents ;
over ninety and not exceeding one
hundred and fiftv miles, twelve and a
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f wvwi UUC IIUI1U1CU «*11U
fifty and not exceeding three hundred
miles, seventeen cents; over three
hundred and not exceeding five hun
dred miles, twenty cents ; over five
hundred-miles, twenty-five cents. And
lor every double letter, or one conr,
| posed ol two pieces of paper, double
those rates ; and for every triple let.
ter, or one composed of three pieces
of paper, triple these rates ; and for
every packet composed -of four or
more pieces of paper, or other thing,
and weighing one ounce avoirdupois,
quadruple those rates, and in that
proportion* for all giea»er weight:
Provided, That no packet of letters
conveyed by the water mails shall be
charged with more than quadruple
postage, unless the same shall actually
contain more than four distinct let
ters. No postmaster shall be obliged
to receive, to be conveyed by the
mail, uny packet which shall weigh
more than three pounds : And the
postage marked on any letter or pack
age and charged on the postbill which
may a.company the same, sha'l, in
favor of the postmaster who dcliv- rt
out sa d letter be conclusive evidence
of the lawful postage thereon, unless
said letter shall be opened in the pre
sence of the saiJ postmaster cr hi.
clerk.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted,
That every letter or packet brought
into the United States, or carried from
j one port therein to another, in any p: i
'_L* „ __ f t_ 11 I 1 1
o»«i|s ui 9IIUI1 l/C LIUU^CU
with six cents, it delivered at the post
office where the same shall arrive, and
if destined to be conveyed by post to
any pla^e, with two certs, added to the
ordinary rates of postage.
bee. 13. And be it further enacted,
That if any post-master, or other per„
son authorised by the post-master ge
neral, to receive the postage of letters
shall fraudulently demand cr receive
any rate of postage, or gratuity or re
ward, cthtr than is provided by this
act, for the postage of letters or pack
ets ; on conviction thereof he shall
forteit for every such offence, one hun
dred dollars, and shall be rendered in
capable of holding any office or ap
pointment under the government of
tile United States.*
(Act to be Continued.)
— M»: —
| Sal km, June 6.
( We would w:sh to be caution* of charge
in* any association with foreign attach.,
me nts—but that appears to hr the case with
j tl»« “ Ancient and Hon. Artillery Company
we deem it a duty to state, that the Ian
“ British Ambassador/’ (the notoriou*
Jackson) wh* invited to dine with s*id com
pony, and that they only published 3 toa?-U
— I he Hrat, that of the Copenhagen Mon.
ster—the seem 1 that of a political pa ratio
—and the th.rd an indefinite thing by r mt
body. ——via.
“ By the British Ambassador. Per
petual harmony bciwciu die Unite
States and Great Britain — May thu
swords of the Ancient and Hocwrablc
Artillery be drawn against those who
would interrupt i».**
By the lion. j\lr. 0fr.v—“ .Mav our
prejudices against the British Nation,
like those against hrr iViinister, vmtUh
| upon a more intimate acquainance,5*
I By a Representative from Het'zvici
—Love <>f country—fidelity to nub
I’c trust. The man w ho i* ever gov
erned by them, will never be forsaken
of his country, or of those whose
friendship is worth preserving.5*
June 6.'
From BdgartowtH May 16.
“On the mnrniog of the 5 h msf. a vessel
I discovered stranded, on a shoal, about
one mile and a half from the E. part
f Martha’s V neynrrt. S veral boats were
i inunued with hardy f\nd rcsolu e dien, wiio
| bad often risqued their livts among the
breakers to saveo'hers^ attempted to tak**
the mei« who were hanging «n tnc roasts]
from the wreck. A isp.d tide and heavy
gaie « f wind, caused the sea to bteak so
high, that the terriiic foam appalled iheir
stcut hearts, arul they stood mnmentarii v t x.
pecting to see the unfortunate men swal
lowed ih the devouring sea.
About 12 o clock, Lot Northern, junior,
Isaiah Pease, baison ?ea*e, and Henry
Worth, tooka boat from town to attempt,
their relief, i hey approached the breakers
in solemn silence • “ Shall we make the
attempt f” As one, they answered yes I'
And immediately took off jacket, boots and
every incumbrance, and prepared lor the
bold attempt : With resolution seldom
equalled, perhaps never exceeded they
pressed forward through the breakers
■ reached the wreck, and took ioiq thei^
small boat seven men, and under the pro
tect.ng hand of Providence,‘biought them
sale to land. Surh ir^fui,..... ,i
inanity cannot be too highly apivUutied,
nor too hbtrally rewarded. Mr'Muiiotu
who headed the enterprize, ha* a young
i.mtly, who depend win i,y on his industry ;
had he lost his life his family uituc Lave
been greatly distressed."
PuilauklfeiAj June 11.
There |* neu.room enough now for
those who preferred the speculations of the
day to the honor and independence of ihe
U. States; they complained grievously that
their property was locked up in our own
ports, but the time is coming when tht-y
will sing ihe same song, because it is lock*
ed up in other ports.
Aurora.
The Boston tories are determined to de
monstrate their devotion to the tyrant ol „b
years, and their contempt for the govern*
mvnt ot the United States : the icception
g ven to a minister dismissed for his in so*
ience and audacity^ is an admiraule tile**
iralicn of steady habttSj and oi icderafsm i
lb.
There is a remarkable dryness in the
news by the recent arrivu'a fro.n England ;
there is none of the flourishing news. Hint
has been so customary up n new arrivals,
ind there appoint. u be a »hyn< ss o'. i!ia«
cussion, no animadversion, an 1 le^ ot er *
‘ iacts Ironi Liiidcn newspapers, u an eti a«
ny former occasion in our iciucRiDtuiiCv.
the only facts we karri from the iicatou
prints, are, that embarkations were taking
place at CisLon and Cadiz — embarkation
:s English lor retreating ; and rctieac is
English i mining away. Cali you tins
“ backing your friends*" tins is bucking
with a vengence*— it is back.ng cut.
ib.
Charleston, June 2,
On the 8lh Mav a severe s'orm pas.
std j>ytr part rf St. Hartholemcw’s cn i St.
Pan.’* Parishes, t) he extent of ebout 30
miles It pas3 d over Mr Champney’s
plantation in St. Paui’s ai 12 o’clock from
he South East \ but the wind changt d
hordy af.erwarda :o North West, when
an immense quantity of nansparerit ire
fell in pieces, many of wh ch were 2 J.3
r ches lor*, 2 inches broad and nuirly 2
inches thick. 1. destroyed 26 acres of his
cotton t.nd in its course over other i>Iwst«
la:i*ns did cons'de able damage to the
cotton and coin fi Id*} killed the p uhry
and t onrte larf»e pig*. The Tbet m rne.
er stood at 7a, but immediately afte r he
• orm commerced It fell to 60, xml at
a o'clock P M. it was down to 50. J .»r
.everal succeeding at .(mugs tiie Tl« r
mumeter s cod at xiv to 52.
Cot.icr.
A very heavy had tto m wjj rvpc-rko.
red in '.he m ightn't bond 01 v. >nwa »
n Wed e*d y lad, wh'rU U* .ioi:„ c/t>.
sidetable inju.y to (tie !•»!<] i mcr w<■ to6 <t
i-a^-etl. Fortunately the vein was n t *r.
Vi \v de, being not mcne dun i». l 1
It* extern has no been ascertained,
(if the had aiones a*e ad to i.<.ve nv.<a»
iU»rd be ween 6 and f Irchcc :n cm;. w*
‘tience On » a e* tiia wc\cr
> .»! fit do ol c :u «• 't ch be vuicesnfcd, ex.
- h biifd 1-oiliitq, bui bare « *.k*, th* Untie*
hisi^ghcen totally be^cn from thru l*/
the hail
i Savannah Rcpvbietun ui M<*> <*.