Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-11-16 00:00:00, page 3

from O’Donnell, who hasthrbwB him-'
into Tarragon, and, by a judicious
eortie and decoy, has killed, wounded
and taken upwards of 1000 French.
This is gazetted to-day her*.
4i This city, since last Monday, has
rput me in mind of the French Revo
lution. Domiciliary visits—persons
«f the first property, character, &c. to
**~'\he amount of M>0 to 200, have been
V taken fromVtqi*beds, during the night
aud lodged ^various prisohs; no ac
^fcess—no cdrAnunication even with
child or wjje. mThis day, all are -or
dered to be put cm board ships now
preparing, to be transported, they say
to Cape de Verds.”
'I'hk Plot.—The mystery of the
foregoing arrests has been explained
to us through other channels as fd».
lows ; ** (
41 Lord Wellington had intercepted
a correspondence carrying on between
the enemy and a party in Portugal ini
mical to the English, in consequence
of which about two hundred persons
(principally nobility and persons in the
higher clNsses) had been arrested in
Lisbon, and embarked on ship board.
It is also understood, that a quantity
of concealed »riv» have been found.
Report states that their plan was, to
cause Lisbon to be set on fire iti stV
end {.1 .cts at once, and in the confu
to massacre all the English and
friends, at the same moment Mas
was to make a genet al attack rn]
1 Wellington’s army. Besides'
arrested in Lisbon, th,*re had
_a number arrested in the interior.
The explosion of the magazine at Al
meida is said to have been a part of
this plot.”
T.nvnnu Orf 1.
Dispatches have been received from
Lord Wellington,uhich contradict thfc
• report of a battle. The Dispatches
were dated the 24th Sept. His Lord
ship, was then on the north of the
Mondego, waiting 'for Massena, with
W Jiis army in high health and spirits.
\ His Lordship, we understand, writes
with great confidence that the enemy
will not he able to compel him to re
embark this season.
Some German papers arrived this
morning, but they contain only the
following article worth extracting :
w CoNBTAfiT’lNOPLE, Aug. "8.
41 Three ships of the line, which
coffered greatly in a violent tempest in
the Black sea, have entered into the
Canal to be repaired. They work with
the greatest rapidity in,repairing them,
in order to enable the pa to join the fleet
as soon as possible. We -are assured
that the Russian fleet which was at the
mr uth of the Danube^ was likewise
greatly damaged, and that the captain
Pacha, who was cruising off the coast
of Sebastopoli, which port he blocka
ded, had intended to take advantage of
this circumstance and attack the Rus
sian9.
a|l 41 Letters froim Rudschuck state that
IJ^keneral Kaminsky having made a re
trograde movement towards Tachlin
dere, detached from his army a corps
of 12,000 men, which he ordered to
take Rudschuck by assault, but the
Russians were vigorously repulsed by
the garrison, whic h, in concert with the
inhabitants, rose in a inass and brisk
ly pursued them. Two Russian Gen
erals were left upon the field of battle,
and the Turks made many piisoners
particularly in officers.
Stocks are recovering daily from
tlcir depression. Omnium was at C
discount this morning, and three pet
cents at 66.
The KcrLhombf rland and Curacoj
captured, pn thes 29;.h Sept, close ir
• v ilh UshArif^t^f French brig L’Ad
IS*. venturicr from the Isle of France and
^ Bomborr ^lie sailed from the formei
on the lMjuly, wid from the lattei
*n the 7"W. lirrdeparture was preci
pita ted* in order »o avoid falling int<
the b irds of the English, an arrnam- n
(c<ms’:sting of 14 r.hips) having arri
ved, «nd made n descent on Bourboi
the day <»4e i®*ded,
^k NaW You, November 9,
LATEmOM PORTUGAL*
. ^ Tie thip Kjeli ij\c*pi«*n Miller; tailed froi
▼ * Co»uor u on (be 7th or^lctober. Two d*y* prt
viro« to hin radio? espt. M. saw an official let:*
\addrr*ted to »he An-c*ka« Xon whirl* mer
tiot.vd that a icvc c and elk u>ive eogage'rer
\ t'.«.l* pl»c« ifcar Almeida, in Hrrti’gJMj on tl>
» 27ib S*p embef, between theM^enth and th
A rnir.bmor force* of England and Portugal ur
der ilielcmmand c.f Lord We'lir and cot
fttiord without Interniii&ion, until the evening e.
the 29th, when »hc French wore (ompelUd i
make a precipitate rotr-it^ with the 1o*> of 14,Of
tu*n, killed and ptiavten. The Iona of the coil
l«ir**l a mica wa* trifling compared with tha* (
the Kren.h. The i*».religiose troops behavt
wiMi the greatest gallantry co this occasion.
I « The GC'ioao troops were daily dcse.ting tl
french standard.
From the Naiiona’. Intelligencer.
^ he official paper relating to 3oai
i?»h affairs, in another part of this p;
per, will surprise those who peruse
h few days ago the despatches fro
the Deputies of Carraccas to their g<
YUw.neui, and who recollect the ovc
'iLn
V. ' ‘f*
lures Col. Robcftson tcis authorised i
to make to the Provincial government i
of Venezuela. The British' govern- i
ment has found itself in a singulars
dilemma, and, after dismissing the SpaX
□ish American deputies with smoottl
w^rcjs and fair promises, has publish \
ed it acceleration the Junta tf Spain,
whicR would be equivocal in its mean
ing, but for the commentary which we
find in the ministerial^rints of a con
temporaneous date. Speaking of the
blockade df Carraccas declared by the
Junta of Spain, the Times of Sept. 5
says “We are as much bound to res
pect this order of blockade as if there
wefe not a French soldier in the whole .
Peninsula.” If they are to respect
tins blockade, what has become of the
engagement ,to protect ih'e trade of
Venezuela against all attempts to.des
troy it? The official paper is nothing
more ^han a^flims^* veil thrown over
her tiquble doling with the Spanish
Junta, k It is abkjrd in the extreme for
the ffntish ministry to hold out the
idei uiat they wo^ld oppose any dis
memberment of th& kingdom, when
they have contemnea the authority of
the Regency by authorising a confttlen
tial agent to tempt the South Ameri
can provinces to depart from its or
ders, aud establish a separate com
mercial treaty with them.
A SPANISH AMERICA;
from, the Official Declaration of
i^^lritannic Majesty, relative to the
I^golution at the Carraccas communica
ted to the Spanish Government.
•• i he great object, which hi* Majesty has had
in view fiom the first moment when ihtelligenre
was received in this country of the glorious re
tistance cf ihe Spanish nation against the tyran.
ny and usurpation of France, was to assist, by
every meaus in his power, this great effort of a
brave, loyal, and high spirited peop’e and to se
CHtej it possible, the independence ot the Spanish
monarchy in ait pans of the world.
<• As long as the Spanish nation perseve e in
their resistance to their invaders, and as any rea
sonable hope can be entertained of ultimate suc
cess to their cause in Spain, hit Majesty; fycls it
to be his duty, according to every obligation of
justice and good faith, to discou.sge any p-p.
reeding which may have the effect of separating
the Spanish provinces in America from the pa
rent state in Europe; the integrity of the Spa
nish monarchy, npo.i principles of jurtice and
true policy, being not less the object of bis ma
jesty than ail loyal and patioic Spaniards.
•• If, h wever, conn ary to his majesty's most
anxious wishes, and, as he still continues to
think, well founded expiations, the Spanish
dominions in Europe shall be doomed to submit
to the yoke of the common enemy, ei her in con
sequence of aAual force or of any compromise
which may leave to them only the semblance rf
independence, an event which his majesty, rely
ing on the tried energy and patriotism of the
Spanish prop e, can in no degree consider as
probableAiir majesty will feel himse’f bound by
the same\iinci|iles which have influenced his
conduit two last years, in the cause pf
the SpanWh%a'ion, to afford every Aistance to
the provinces in America, which may render
them independent of French Spain,, may afford
a place of reiuge to those Spaniards, . who, in
disdaining eo submit to their oppressors, may
look to America as to their natural asylum^ and
may preserve the remains of a monarchy for ' heir
unfortunate sovereign, if It shall ever be his lotj
under such circumstance', to recover h;s libeity ;
his majesty, in thus explicitly declaring the mo
lives anti principles t>f his conduA, disclaims e..
very view of tenftory or acqnisiti »n for himself.
*• His majesty observes with satisfaction, from
the papers which have bccu transmuted to him,
that the proceedings in the Caraccas appear in a
great measure to have originated in a belief, that
inconsequence of the progress of the French ar
rrties in the sou,h of Spain, and the dissolution
of the Supreme Junta, the cause of the parent
state had become despctatc. He trusts, there
fore, that as soon as the a&ual state of things
shall have been corteitly known in that quarter,
the geneVftl acknowledgment throughout Spain
of the Regency, and the unremi'ted exertions of
the Spaniards in defence of their country under
that authority; the inhabitants of the Caratrcas
will be induced to return to their connexion with
Spain as an integral part of the Spanish monar
chy.
f J it t« ti»rl mr\y*0 htrtt^nflrlv anio*
tain tbit expedition, from the considers Lit that
the Regency qiw es xbl'tshed at Cadiz appears
to have adopted 'he same wise and gencrotu pifn.
ciplcs, with reiped 'o the provinces in Atrerica^
as were previously adopted by die Supreme Jun
ta, in establishing the connexion be> ween cvery
part of the Spanish mona-chy, upon the m )»t li
beral footing, In regarding the American pro.
vinces aslnteg> al pans of the empire^ and in ad
• milting thefn in consequence to a place in the
, Cortes of the kingdom.
•• Mis majevy fec^s confident thSt the same
' gener ut and enlightened policy which has die.
t uted '.hete measures, wi'l induce the govern
ment of Spain to regulate the intercour e of th,
) American pibvinfeca with other parts of the
worldj upon such a basis as will contribu c tc
their growing prosperity, and at the same time
augment all the advant&gis which the parent state
msy just y expert to derive frrm them.”
i westTloridA.
, From the Natchez Weekly Chronicle of Octo
ber 15.
t One of the Editors of thin piper lef
e Baton Rouge, the cnpitol of West Flor
C *cla. oudie ’n*t*
i~ th4 V^nrtTition adjourned, to meet a
f gafljfJort the ft st Monday in Novem
'* ber hext^ They left three of tbeir owi
t. hodySviz. John H. Johnston, John W
d Lecn^l, and Edmond Hawes, esqrs
d as a committee of public safety, ant
~ authorised them to draft a cotostitu
tion,&c. The Editor understood th*
their constitution will be modelled afte
that of the United States.
Before the convention adjourned
i- they resolved on sending a miniate
t- to the United States, as soon as the
d adopt a constitution* On the 8t’n ins
m the convention authorised the eidis
>. ment of a standing force of lot met
r* to garrison tne lorv of Batan-Uuugi
mtf, before the Editor left that place,!
he number was so near completed,
the.mflitia were ^!l discharged &
iad returned home. . Tj£ c ommand
jfr the ifcgulir troops aad/fort, was
;^trdst%mtot.C<jl. John Bamemrer.
Tne ^Qphsafexpedition against the!
lories, had returned and all the disaf
fected, tha^ had not previously been
made prisoners, except onfe, (Win.
Cooper, a mctiiber of the Convention,
and notorious in North Carolina du
ring the American war for his cruelty
towards the whigs) had surrendered
and taken the oath of fidelity to the
new government. It was supposed
that all the prisoners’, confined for po
etical offences, would shortly be lib.
ei^ted, as the convention is averse to
ttfcjjMddmg of blood, except in ca
p*e utmost extremity. All was
fpi^t in the new republic, and the ut
most confidence prevailed of their be
ing able to repel any force that could
ne bro't against them.
tn the Convention of the State of Florida, at the
Town of Baton llouge asaemb’ed,
October, 5th, 1810.
On motion, Resolved, Thdt so much
of the ordinance of this convention, ol
the 22d of August last, as relates to
the tax on slaves imported into this
commonwealth be repealed, and the
same is hereby repealed accordingly.
And all persons residing within this
commonwealth, or allowed by the said
ordinance to obtain permission cf re
sidence within the same, shall be al
l >wf% |p import and bring into this
conrfffior\\viahh all slaves belonging to
them*,'Qi^vhich they ma} have in charge ;
without.paying any tax or duty there,
id-, whatever, any thing contained
in the said -ordinance to the contrary
notwithstanding.
On motion, Resolved Tn *t so mu h
of the ordinance of this co .Vcntion, of
the l22d of August last, as re) tts to
the tax on lands, be amended in such
manner that all lands within this com
monwealth, being reduced to three
classes ; those of the f:r;-,t quality, be
subject to a tax of*ix ri Is per hundred
arpentsthose of the second quality
four rials ; and those of the third qual
ity, two rials per hundred arper ts.—
And it shall be the du$v of the sever
al Alcaldes, each for the divisi n in
which he resides, to estimate the qual
ity of the lands subject to taxation
within his division, both of residents
and non-residents, and to express the
quality of each tract on the return
pf taxable property to
the opniT^andant of the district, who
shall nine his return i > the same
manner to thr Cl^rk of the Superior
Court. And it shall be the duty of j
the Alcaldes aforesaid, each for the I
division in whit h he re sides, to make
a return of the lands of non-residents,
at the same times, and in the same
manner, classing the n according to
quality, as the lands of the inhabitants
of the country. v
By order of the Convention,
JOHN RHEA, President.
By the Keproientat v-s of the People of .be
Ci mmonwe&Uh of Flotida, in Convention a*.
iemb'e'b • •
A PROCLAMATION.
The several districts of Wcst-Flor
ida having been declared a free and
independent state by a solemn act of
this Convention, made and published
this day* we^ hasten to congratulate
our fellow citizens oti this fortunate
event, and to assure them that no
thing shall be wanting on our part, in
order to eecure, to our constituents &
our country, the bKsaings of liberty
and equal rights, and to establish those
• 'O 7k j'vi uiniiwui iwuii"
da.ion. In the mean time the laws
heretofore observed in the adminis
tration of justice, and the determining
the right of property, remain in full
force, as far as the situation of the
re.untry will permit. The ordinances
;«nd resolutions adopted by the con
vention with the concurrence of the
Governor, on the 23d day of August
las considered as law, agreeably
to trfe proclamation of that date, e*«
reptfcj only that the powers vested
n tl^ Gdfrernor, by that ordinance,
will > e exercised by this convention,
f r the time being, and uhtil some
. permanent regulations be made for
the better govcinment of thiscifomon
L wealth.
D me in Convention, at the town o
* Baton lloug^, on Wednesday the
twentt -sixth day of September, it
the > ear of our Lord one thousant
1 eight hundred and ten, arc! of th<
* Iadepend'-nc." of Florida the first
( JOHN KHK A, President.
* Washington Citt, Nov 13.
t The United States’ bfig Hornet, whlc
x Was lately sent to Ear pe with me-senr-r
to our ministers in Fiance and England
has returned, having had a stormy p ,$s
’ during Wh ch they were compet ed tothrnt
r nverhotrd several of her guns. Liuten
j ’ant* Miller and Spence, who went out i
t# messengers) have arrived in this city,
NoRroi.K, November 12.
b The United State*’ Frigate, Esse:
‘f Capt. Smith, sailed from Hampton tto*i
this morning, with despatches for Mr Fink-1
ney and Gen. Armstrong.
©itsmia %Wi$*
RICHMOND,
»r4 «, .
FRBAY, November 16, 1810.
. ThsJhvs from Portugal places the
British in a very odd posture, as to the -
opiniop which the Portuguese enter,
tain of them. Heretofore, the Eng
lish h*ve represented the Portuguese
as very patriotic ; but now we find that
a conspiracy to destroy the British in
Portugal, ha& actually been discovered
among the native*. • Is this true? .
Are. we to consider it as matter of
fact ? Or, is it a fabrication which the
British, about to evacuate Portugal,
htive contrived, so as to serve as an
apology for their plundering the Por
tuguese when ihev embark from Lis
bon ? We put the qtaeRtions; and 1
leave the public to draw inferences.
Thtf’Battle, in f..vor df the English,
stated to have taken place near Almei
iiA, iv.ay well be doubted. But we 1
llrbeurSomment; for if the French
haye^peen beaten, they will he beaten
when the particulars a. rive ; and truth
cannHs ^r hv the delay.
Our f i nd, the Patriot, is discon
certed a! tb» impa* tiality of the Argus.
Hot, notw thri'Ttding '.he hint • | he
Patriot we vaunot. indeed, constnt to i
praise the Ft each because he praises
the British. If he will unite in sup
porting trie rights of the American
pc pi*, we will join him heart and 1
hand. . <
/•
We have, in the French language, a i
** gt.o« ral order” and proclamation b)
Chris.ophe, announcing the reduction
of the Mole ; the garri-on c*f which, he
stales, was compelled to surrender at I
discretion.. The prisoners “ having
abjured their errors” are incorporated
with his trbops.—He further makes |
known the complete subjugation ot that
qu rter of the Island; invites all the
people of Ilavti to union—proposes a |
general amnesty, ard orders his troops
into their respective garrisons, and
cantonments, promising '.to reward
them in a most liberal manner. With
the marine he expresses himself well
satisfied, for the courage and skill they
displayed in blockading the port, 8tc.
Bah. E. Post.
Thfe Gieficrhi .Assembly of Mary
land c~ntfenedbh Alonday last. Some
busin s$ hnd^ieen began-the most
impor ant and generally interesting is
a string of resolutions introduced by
Mr. Bland, which concludes with a
request and direction to the Represen
tatives and Senators from th s state in
Congress, to oppose, by all means in
their power, tne establishment of a
National Bank, in what manner
soever it may be proposed to organize
such an institution. ib.
UNEXPECtED.
Mr. Jeremiah B. Howell, a repub-1
lican, has be< n elected a Senator of the
Unit«^ States, for six years, from the
4th of \!smch next, by the Legislature
of Rhode Island, by a majority of one
vote. I
Jac«o Swoon, Ke,ire*en»st»ve front this
§ts<e in Congress^ ha* resigned his se&t. Gen
S. Ri.ackburn, a Federalist^ it a candidate to
supply the vacancy.
The Charleston papers 'inform d«v that Gen.
Hamftou, (wh > is now tn |hat efty) his issu
ed order* for a detachment ot the troops *n gar
ri on In Charleston harbor, 10 proceed immediate
ly for the south' west frontier! Of the date of
T*V —
The Ba'imosie *« Federal Republican” says,
the l igate E««x ia to tail immediately from
H itu^ off Roads, for France and England with
dea,-a chea frsm Government ; and that Lieut.
Grayson, of the Mann* Corps, la ihfe meaitn*
gtT' maast
The Norfolk Ledger of Friday aayi Lieut
Grf.gory goe* om in the Essex at tlie bearer
ofdeapatcheat that the frigate sai •imi’.tidia-uly,
aod will touch firat in England. 1: it added by
the Ledger* that ihe Essex has been specially
cletpa ched wi*h the Hroc amation of the Pre»i.
den*, to be officially communicated to the two
Belligerent*.
Mapri~d, On Wednesday Evening last
by the Rev. Isa tC H. Judah, Mr L. Block,
ol Y< rk-t' wn, to the amiable M at Char*
i lotts Wolfe, of this city.
• sntinues to keep
in the tim>er ie.
bdoflpAg to
wher£he will
ten or ttv^c mem
during the ensuing Session,
1 Every exerim will be msde br her to g;ve sans,
s faction to those wt»o may favor her with theii
, custom.
:,l 15th Nov. 1810. 4tp.
» MOriCR -We shall petition the ena«.
a 1^1 fng Legislature for ie&Ve to Bring j|t>
this State certain slaves frrm the Sj®ei
of Georgia and Nor.h Carolina. w
JOHN WARE,
c, ANN WAKE.
Is Goochland, Nor, 13, lSfllB
' iA*
fctcfmumis orfybttt.
rhe Managers of the Theetre rcspecffi:,i>'
inform the public, that th«-v have m tit
an arrangement with Mr "DWYER to
pertorm six m - M s first op*
pea ranee will be A hfitlay slight,
VVhcn will be p» Skated, the Ce
lebrated Com Hr of the •
DRAM ST, 4 I
O CAN.
rhe part UTVabid hy Mr Dwrrar
£ a -v....
To which wll! tie added the much admir
ed Musical Emertainmeut^of the
Wives metamorphosed,
on l
THE,DEVIL TO PAY.
[obron the Cobler, Mr Twatt5»
— ■■ -- ■ __>...-L.., V , --— —
WAITE’S LIST OF PRIZES IN THE
Vineyard Lottery
jtfov) Drawing.
• THIRD DAY’S. DRAWING. .
Four hundred tickets drawn this day, a,
ngng which were the following prices;
1 prise of g 100— No. 8300 \ >
4 50—Nos. 4124, 5034, 6089.
... . 2022
3 20-Nos 6744 6372. 1*954
3 40—Nos. 3744, 6372, 16954
U f
FIFTH D AWING. ...
Prise of 500 doll ,_ 1450, [Erst dawn
5» numb-: ]
100 do No. 2133 , >
50 d) No. 4>06, 11095. 12126,
f-- ”, v, 13711,
20 do No. 5043.
And 106 piizos of £6.
Tickets and Shares [warranud undrawn} fof
ale at 'he A gut Office Ric mond.
Sales at auction.
% *: . • . * . — .
ON Tuesday the 20th Inst will be SOLTJ
without reserve, i.t the Vendue Oftice
if the Subscribers—the fallowing valuable
issortmcnt o^BRY 'GwOD'S, which are
ust received—- . jf
120 pieces of Iri^^/inen, a part of which,
ire very fine j J^k ^
3 Bales India
250 peices Capiccr, a^fcirt thereof Very M
ine. JW1 ■ m. ; m
AL?0..aFlanncl$, Coatings, Shawls,^
Carpeting, Bandannt Handkerchiefs, TVk.
lengburg, Point Blankets, Black Lustr It
kc. &c* Sco. . m.
TERMS—Cash for allj^ts under $50
,..50 8c not exceeding $V0Ur9O days cre
lit. .$100 k upwards, 4 months credit...
'or credit purchasers. Notes negotiable
»nd payable at the bank of Virgina, with
approved endorsers Vviilbc required, By
.Moncure, Robinson & Pleasants.
Richmond, November 14 h, 1810; 1
NOTICE.
..... T* ■ *
ON Wednesday the 2lst of this menth-^bf.'
sween^sc hour* of 12 and 3, will be sold t
RtiAioa to pie highest bidder in the street Vtid»
ng to Coi»m£er<y, TH^Plfi BRICK DWEL*
LlN6 HOUSES, partly situxtfd on the afore,
laid street, dndpaniy on Cary Street .• also tome
r a cant ground adjoining theretAj,— #
For the houses one third of the price will be J
Expected, in cat one third in six months and/
ihe remaining third in twelve months from they
lay of sale ; For the vacant ground one half will
»e expected in cash and the balance in six month),
Deeds of rust to secure the latter payments will b*
required—With respr £t to the value of the above
property, the subscriber will merely state, that
the houses rent for $ 500 per year, and that the/’
have been as seldom vacant as my houses of that
Inscription in the city t he forbears tossy any
thing or the probable increase of value of this
property, although few events may be expend
with more certainty, because he is iwne, at the
present day, that men can and will judge fof
themselves*
John Seabrcok.
November 15th, 1810 tf
WILLIAM TURNER*
N*. 31, South Strietj Nnn-Yirh
BRGSJeave to oiler his services to ue eiuacdl
of Richmond in the Commission lint of *
Business—'** flatten hirmeit tha* from hi ex. /
periencein the purchase and sale of Meichandise Jf
and partxul^ily all k’ndsof coun ry pronnee thaP
he ia capable of giving sa isf ftion to those who
miy favour hint with their Business.
November 3dj 1810. 4 t
TO RENT, *
T'H^tUpper Apartments adjoining m/
tlookiStore. Trey constat of four
rooiffcy with a fire piste in each, and large
airy passages—Also, attached to the pre4
mlses, are a Kitchen and Cellar,e^and
within a few feet of the door, is a fountain
of good Spring Water from the Bloody
Run, kc.
Samuel Pleasants, jr.
Oct. 8. ft f]
HOT PRESSED”
BLANKS.
Ok _
Fdr Sdfc^at S. Pleasartts’ Printing
Richmond, 1
A great variety of BLANKS, execu
ted in a very auperior style of ele
gance, on fine paper} amongst
them are
Bills of Exchange, siting Bank Stock
Bills of Lading f*-r discount.
I Negotiable Notes, Hank Checks.
Ditto with power Seamen’s Manifests,
of Attorney an* kc. kc.
noted, for 4ep.v
JUS ^PUBLISHED,
i And For S«ile#t S. Pleasants’ Print
fape Office ;md Pi Kik Store,
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