Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-14 00:00:00, page 3

• FROM THE BALTIMORE Wni6:
^ TIIE ELECTIONS
In New Hampshire and Rhode Isl.
ar.d, are supposed by many to have
terminated in favor of federalism.—
As things have been so grossly mis
managed by nominal republicans du
ring tne three last sessions of congress,
we candidly confess, we had rather see
. ^ more feds in the house. They
V\ arejreferable to quids and dastardly
; and the increase of their
L. iKimbtrs may drive the democrats from
^^gj^mission to union, energy, resistance
—honor. But, the following little re
mark on the election, from a New
Hampshire republican paper, proves,
that the five months1 yawning at Wash
ington, has benumbed democracy in
the remotest corners of the Union .*_
4k We have seldom discovered a
greater degree of apathy among our
republican brethren, than has been gen.
eraliy manifested.”
Nevertheless we consider the feder
alists not a little ungrateful, in thus en
deavoring to exclude the other sub
mission men from congress; Si ingrati.
. tilde is a black sin.
V\ Have not the majority made them
^Js^lves liars at your nod ?
Yes ; they first adopted Campbell’s
report; resolved not to submitand
then rescinded all they had done or
said.
When England assailed our flag, St
murdered our seamen ; did they not
act with Christian gentleness and “ dig
nified moderation ?”
Yes ; they behaved with due sub
mission ; they did nbt demahd life
for life—they soon Forgot the Leopard
and the Chesapeake, and began to talk
about profit and loss, and very civilly
agreed to accept such crumbs of
commerce as England «4 permitted”
\Sk to pick lip.
paper constitution too was in
Tctroed to form a better union ; to unite
all for the protection of each ; but each
citizen has not been protocted by our
energetic government—10,000 are es
timated to be fighting the battles of
}■ ngland, having been kidnapped into
her fleet. Did our magnanimous con
gress insist 011 their release, and the to
tal abandonment of impressment ?
You cannot accuse them of being so
rude to Old England !
Do you seek to revive Alexander
Hamilton's banking schemes ? Galla
tin is as zealous for the British stock
holders as you could be for your lives,
and the house smiles on his projects—
if that does not please you, there is
another unconstitutional bank law be*
fore the sena e. What more could
you yourselves perform ? indeed, in
deed, you are ungrateful. England
has not repaired one grievance, not
expiated one single outrage ; yet, our
submission men send them our flour,
cotton, rice and tobacco, and act to
wards her in all cases with due hu
mility. Federalists could do no more
—unless they should make a more for
mal renunciation of the declaration of
independence, and declare war against
France to manifest onr 4fc filial piety”j'
to Great Britain. You could display
more courage wc grant; for, to exhib
it less would be impossible.
But, perhaps you are desirous of
.forming an alliance offensive and de
fensive with mother Britain, Fertli.
nand VII. and Louis XVIII? and
would create a crusade in favor of the
i__,1 —_ „r __ _■ r . t r
.. VS.VUVMM VI IIIV OUU A A WUiDIII %Jl
conscience—yovt tvatn to restore the
inquisition, and expel the infidel des
cendants of the Franks from Eu
\ rope. Aye, there I have found you
out—‘you are bold, ambitions, and ex
* iceedingly pious ;—but—go to—you
are ungrateful. Quere : I)o vou con
template the recall of Aaron Durr and
his attendant “ spirits,” in the first
year of recovery ?
t See Doctor D. C. L. Pinkney’s eulogi*
uni.oh British charity.
. Washington Ci ty, Sep^. to.
The Secretary of State has returned
to Baltimore.
FnKDKuicft bsro, Sept, 8.
ABSTRACT OF PRODUCE
Exported from the port of Fredericksburg
and ^almouth, commencing the 31st day
cf Atigoit, 1809, and ending the 31*t
day of August 1810,
\ Bushels Wheat, 310*935 1-2
Barrels Flour, 83 2<\7
Bushel. Corn, 1^7 459
Ditto Brin, 10 040
Hhds. Tobacco, 899
Ditto Lampblack* 230
Tierces Flaxseed, 940
Anderson McWilliams, Sur.
REPORT
Of a Committer appointed hv ths Prcsi,
dent of the Culprper Society for t»*o
promotion of Agriculture and Domestic
Manufactures, held at the Court house
- - on Saturday tue 1st Se.ptemocr, 1810.
To Mrs. Sarah Ann Norm, lor the
S'!)}! appr ived Cotton Counterpane, a ffre.
mi Min of Tv*o Dollars.
lo Mr . Surah Ann Norris, for the
/ 7 J •
taost appraved Cation and Yarn Ceanasri*
pane, a premium of Ten Dollar*. |
To Mis* Elizabeth Shackelford, far ihe
most approved piece of Cotton Cloth, (tor
Vest* or Breeches) Ten Dollar*.
lo Miss Elizabeth Hilton, for the tnat
approved pair of Cotton Stockings, Five
Dollars.
Three other Cotton Counterpanes manu.
factured by Mrs Saran Woodvilie, altUo’
not entitled to a premium, do, in the o.
pinion of the Committee, great credit t6
the owner;
|Teste,
David Jam-son, Sec’ry.
Charlotte Court, 3d S;pt. 1810.
William Watkins, executor of Ben.')
jamin Watkins, dcc’d. pltf. 1 in
against )-Chance.
Campbell^ Bell & C->. nnd Robert ( ry,
Campbell U William Harris, Defts.J
defendant Archibald Camp;
*■ the partners of the the said F—
bell, Be I k Company, not having
pearance according to the act n‘
1 the rulei of this court, and it appmnngpo Jile ta.
lisfaction of the court that he j»\st aq>ffihabL
tantof i his state, on the motion onffepiaintiff
by his attorney, it is ordered, that he appear nere
on the first day of December Court next, and
enter his appearance and answer the plaintiff's
bill, and give secu ity for performing the de
cree of the c urt, and that a copy of-his order
be inssricd in one of the newspapers printed in
Hichnhond for two months successively and pos
ted at the front door of the courthouse of the
said coun y,
A copy—Teste,
w3tp Thomas Read, c. t.
N0IlC*rr**?c?'k M^yfWUliamson has
absented herself trom my bed and board for
the fifth time, without any provocation on my
part that I know of—I iherefore take this me
thod of notifying and forewarning ail persons
from taking an assignment froth her in my name
or on my account, as I am deietmined to pay no
account or accounts or demands bf he#n»n«acti.
ions whatsoever—and I further m;tif«th a: she
I the said Mary Williamson, shall be M. lib -rty to
I r?:u™ to my bed and b3»rd at any tite she may
think proper, orboa d in any otner place at her
own n»k and not mine, as I am, as befo.e obser
v»d^ determined to pay no accounts of that kind
whatsoever.
She at her elopement took off two negro girl*
by the names of Agg) and Rhod*—1 also W
wa' n-all persons fcpm buying, hiring or harboring
saul negroes, or they will be dealt with as the
law directs.
John Williamson.
Hanoverj august 20, 13l0. 2p
LAND FOR SALE~
BY virtue of a deed of trust of record in the
cjunties of Powhatan and Fluvanna, erecu.
ted lwTflichard Lijon to the subscribers to se
sure the payments of several debts due to Gilpin
Gocke 8t Co. as specified in said rie»,< ffyi u*
sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money,Vi
Tuesday thr l6 h of Oflober next /tin iha prenm
ses.cn* HOUSE and LOT, in thrown IrjeffX
son, Powhatan county, forme* ly /ccupief by sXd
I.igon as a tavern—and on Sai/ruay til 20th|of
the same mon h, in the town fcf CoiJnbis Tin
Fluvanna county, one TRAC rVf LAND. Jon
taining two hundred and thirty A,ore
or less, lying in the county of Fluvanna and boun
ded by the lands of John Manly, John Forbes"
RicUid Knut, Harrison Payton and Patrick
vFidumson ; deeds of conveyance will be ex
ecu ed to the purchaser conveying the tide in us
vested.
William Clarke,
David Meade,
Powhatan, September 10, 1810. ^tds*
\W"ILL UK SOLD, on Friday the 26th of
▼ * October next, at the former residence of
the late Theodorick Goods (in Chesterfield
ty) for cash, all the estate belongin'
deceased, consisting of UOUS
KITCHEN FURNITURE sum
NEGROES, CROP OF COIM
PLANTATION utensils,
HWtjS and HOUSES, yfil person
against the estate of said Theod*
sired io bring them forwa.d propenymnu-ntica
ted on or before the day of sale, tnat provision
niay oe made for the payment of the same.
Fraricis Goode, Adm’r,
September 12th, 1310. w3t
"PURSUANT to a decree of tfee worshipful
A court of Amelia, we shall proceed to sell for
cash, at Ame>ia court house, on Thuudtj the
27th September next,
A Likely Negro
The property of Josepn Brown
of Grief Truly. /
Richard hgg
Wm, T. ilgg!esUJn,
August 24, 1010. w2pS
„ . *--—-;—
I'j * virtue of a decree of the superior court of
chancery lor the Richmond district, pronoun,
ced on the 26th June, 1810 in a suit then there,
in depending wherein 4/iies oelden wss plain
lid and Eime Smock defendant we shad on
it/onday the twewy.first of Oaober next, before
the lront doOr ol tnc late dwelling house of £s
me 8muck, about one mile from the cny of Rich*
rn >nd, sell at public auAion, on a credit of three
and six month*, so much of the TRACT of
LaND, called j
FAIR FIELD/
Wherron the said Smock latelv residfd at will
rtise the sum of eighteen hundred pound* with
mtesest thereon at six per cent, per annum
troftf tne said 26th ol June, 1810, together witn
the costs.
The 'and will be laid out in lots to suit pur.
chasers. Bond with approved security will be
required, and ..A an additional security a deed of
trust on the lots will oe taken.
James Wood.
William Mayo.
Richard Adams.
John Adams.
Richmond, Rtb September i»io. tdt
N* O I ICE — I intend to petitioii ttie
General Assembly atr their nlxt
tession, f >r a divorce from rrty ^ife
ALICE, for causes whiclL sWftlUrr-.eis
and there st t forth.
ROSWELL CHARTER.
September 8th, 1819. 4.wp. I
jfttfcgima •attgiig.
RICHMOND,
FITDAY, SRPTiCMBRR 14. J810.
FOR TIlE ARGUS.
The Patriot of Richmond, whose
remarks are- so ingenious and pro
found, whose irony is so su*-pri4inglv
keen, and who, if genius and ability
are the passports to office, is likely to
continue an opposition Patriot all his
days, thinks it ought to make repub
licans blush to acknowledge “ that our
merchantmen are hilt too frequently
indebted to British civility f«r con
voy. ’ We are obliged to the Patri
ot lor the remark, because it recalls to
mind a point in national politics which
cannot be too fully explained.
The British orders in council have
Pr°Pbi5S trac*e to the continent
jaur5^» unless American vessels
willksa^tondAr the authority of Eng
lish Ticenc^r The consequence of
this infraction of neutral rights is, that
American vessels do procure and pav
for those licences, and so long as they
thus pay a tax to the British govern
ment the British navy affords them
convoynot only on account of their
having licences, but also because the
greater portions of their cargoes are
British property. The political effect
of this usurpation is, that the merchants
of the United States are by degrees
alienated from their own government
and led to consider Great-Britain as I
their naval protector. And this spe
cies of seduction, if fully triumphant,
places our country, with respect to its
foreign affairs, in a state of close con„
nection and absolute dependence on
t P Hrif taU _HM i •
— - vMviuvi. i iicic is very
little ditrerence between such a situa
tion on our part and that of English
colonies ; and the government of the
United Stares will, in that event, be
reduced to a mere institution of inter. 1
nal police. The reader will now per
ceive why the Patriot of Richmond is '
so voluble in praise of British civi
lity” with respect to convov.
But this Patriot likewise thinks that i
the President is as culpable as the
congress. The gentleman talks at
random. Can the rays of the sun pe
netrate lead? Will a peck measure
hold a bushel ? Whilst we are puttiug
these questions, however, we forget
that the Patriot himself belongs to that
class of writers with whom philosophy
and reason are unavailing ; and the
sphere of whose minds is too circum
scribed to permit them to draw just
inferences from facts without a resort ,
to the tedious method of elementary
explanation.
TOR THE ARCUS.
MR. PINKNET’S VINDICATION.
THE editor of the National Intelli
gencer seems to think that Mr. Pink,
ney, our minister at London, has been
“ much abused in public opinion and
attributes it chiefly to the passion for
embellishment which reigns amorigthe
nauglvy prin s of the British metropo.
li* Mr. Pinkney will be much oblig
e^W^®^Uales for this volunteer vm
dicatiotf of his conduct; although the
apology does not obviate the principal
—j——•* a^me minis
ter 4 behavior. We have seen certain
corrections, from London papers, of
the exaggerations complained of in re
lation to Mr. Pinkney; yet, after the
English varnish is diminished, it very
plainly appears that our minister as
serted in relation to Great Britain that
which, in a moral point of view, 13 not
true ; and what, considering the poli
tical situation ol the two countries, is
Very degrading to the U. States. Our
objection to the man, however, is, that
he spd te at all; lor it is not his busi
ness tu make speeches at British con.
vivial entertainments, but to procure
redress of our *fcoags from British
ministers. ,
With respect to any thing that the
Argus has advanced in relation to Mr.
Pinkney, we are of opinion that he has
been treated with uncommon lenity.
Admitting that the London Gazettes
hav; transformed paste into diamonds,
and have honored our minister’s flu
ency of speech with the character of e
lociktion, these are but trivial subjects
of notice. We apprehend, neverthe
less, that even in these particulars the
English prints would hardly have em
bellished Mr. Pinkney unless they
| thought he 10'inhed to he embellished ;
janJ, as (the Intelligencer says) they
|“ adapt their productions to the dis
positions of their readers,” it is not ve
ry untftmrirable to suppose that they
consulted Mr. Pinkney’s “ deposition”
in what they said relative to his sen
timents and oratory. The truth is.
j Mr. Pinkney is a vain man, and the
English ministry understand him very
well.
It cannot, however; escape observa
tion, that the London prints which
praise Mr. Pinknev denounce the go
vern.lent of the United Stat-s. How
will the National Intelligencer ace nut
for this difference ? Does it not g,
vcr^far to prove that Mr. Pinkney and
hi government differ in opinion ? O ,
ra»«U>ltloa6 it not furnish sufficient
prfloffaran JP,u5onth u Pinkney’s !
in London does not corres
pond with me rights and injuries of
the United States? Wc could say
much upon this subject; and if press
ed* we will say it.
COMMUNICATION.
■ U*t°» at the Virginia Manufactor)'
of Arms on the 11th instant^ after a
short but painful ilness, Mr. LEVI
CHARTER* in the twenty-seventh
year ofliisage^a native of Connecticut,
a young man in the prim- of Life, who
was loved and respected by all who
were acquainted with him. He was
a worthy Mechanic, a pattern of indus
try, artd an honest man. He has left
an aged farther and a numerous ac
quaintance to mourn their loss: We
may justly say, how uncertain is Life !
h all the
LATEST FROM EUROPE
By the several ships arrived at Bos
ton, New-Y ,rk and Philadelphia, we
have Lo idon accounts to the 28th of
July : Lisbon to the 25ih. No battle
had been fought in Portugal—The
Russians had beaten the Turks back
to Adrianople—Toe government of
Hoi and is no more—-Losses and com
plaints in Ireland and Great Britain—
The Westphalian troops refuse to
on wmcn Jerome or
dered out all conscripts, including boys
above 14 ■ ■■•Queen of Holland died
suddenly—The Danes will hot how
suffer any American ships to go to the
Island of Sylt, nor to anv port on the
west coast of Holstein, Schleswick, &
Jutland, t% tiplo id. A total exclusion
of tiic Antfric^jns is daily apprehend
wom our fttes oft.onTon Couriers,
we ascertain the English market:_
“ Corn Exchange, July 18—supplies
of wheat considerable, little of first
quality, which maintains price ; inferi
or very dull; wheat 78s. to 112; flour,
fine 95s. to 100. July 20—wheat, fine,
hardly at last prices; inferior, no Sale ;
flour 95s. to 100.” July 21, “the
Corn crops generally, we.are happv to
say, are of great promise.” July 23_
short supplies to-day of English wheat,
considerable foreign, which is heavy
and cheaper, except fine ; 7Rs. to 112,
fine 118 to 122 ; flour, fme, 95s. to 100,
seconds 90 to* 95s.
Balt. Fed. Gaz.
The late News from England pre
sents the strongest features of absolute
despotism on the continent—and the
strongest symptoms of dismay in En.
glandgtbat we have seen in the whole
coufsffjf present war —Napoleon
has hand upon Holland—its
king retires from her throne and she
ceases to be a nation. He is extend.,
ing his system of military, and En
gland, in spite of her insensibility, is
compelled to feel the counteracting ef
iects oi her own injustice and tyran
ny;
The articles selected from London
papers, give a sad comment on their
late vaunting accounts of national pros
perity. Whatever may be the reason
ing or the substitute for the reasoning,
of their Bankers, Stockjobbers, ex
change Brokers and Coffee-house poli
ticians—we have learnt something by
late {ycperience and capnnt but per
ceive tile affinity of thejr paper credit
sy*jkei#to the rise, progress, and de
ceAetf our.own,. a# exemplified by
bams without capiuil, and Jews and
Brokers without ns^rcy.' The rise of
stock in England7is probably at this
day, as much of a mystery to good-na
tured Englishmen, both to be inform
ed and willing to he cheated--as the
rise of the premium on Boston money
was to us, before we made the fortu
nate discovery—that money was mo
ney, all over the world, and that hank
bills were merely its representatives
like our own representatives in the
market of legislation—good, bad, and
indifferent.
Vigorous measures are pursued hy
the Frenclt Emperor to put his naval
force in ►WmldiMe situation.
I'riere is a report of a general bat
tle in Portugal between the 10'h St 15th
of July, in which Lord Wellington was
said to have been slain—The pains
taken by the Courier to prove the ne
gative, by asserting that no official in
telligence of such an event had arriv
| ed* is but ill calculated t^discredu the
l report. It may however be falae---we
hear of no tower guns, no celebration
>f a victory in London- -arrivals from
Portugal or Spain will in all probabili
-•w pi Jl
V
ly, conf.r m dr confute this rumor fn a
few (lava.
The Russians have met with con i.
derable success in the war with th-»
Tuilis, and the la fr ur- txpcclci
aoou to make a humiliating m*a;e
wi.h the former. Boat. Pat.
A late Liverpool paper, after givi
lng a particular account of the manu
factures in this country, observes;
“ b'rom this rtatem-nt it will be seen
what prodigious efforts the Am.tii.
raos have been malting, since toe ilj.
happy disputes with this country, to
render iliemseWes indfepenVf. nt of
European supply. They nave found
that without this their lately accj'.’.ir
ecl independence is but a name; amt',
that while they are depcudetu on ci
ther countries for some of the first
necessaries of life, they cannot pre
tend to maintain any na ional diynifv
in their intercourse with foreign pow
ers.” 1
teagt.!..1 ■
flicljinonti ‘3£ffearre.
This Evening Sepr. i4th, Wi'l be
presented, a celebrated Drama, :,4
three acts, interspersed with Songs,
Dances, &c. as performed at thevnr -
ous Theatres on the continent, wicn
more applause than any other mod
ern production, called the
Foundling of the Forest.
nfcvfen'l is fro,n tl,c Pcn ct Mr/
,f*“Mernan who ha* con.
tnbuted toafle Dramatic list with no ini
considerable degree of success. Its Inters
est arise* out of the perfidy of Baron
Dongueville, to whom the Count de V*i4
moot, on his departure for the wars, had
confined his castle, hii countess, and hii
• ntant son On his return he finds hii
castle in flames. «nrl •
ce8 of his wife and child. Wrung to ihe
soul with grief at the supposition of their
havtog perished in the flames, he retires
with hia nie.ce Geraldir.eyto another habi
tation* and passVj thnbugh the forest
P'cks up a child, l^Dri^p, whorn he'adopts,
Eighteen years are ^idbosed td have bei#
past by him in all jjLe wretchedness M£
heartlelt sorrow, only by the M
fectionate regard of hisWce and Flof^
an—when he discovers hi^countess in tfctt
person ot an interesting maniac, whose life
was preserved by a humane cottager*
whom this ectaircissement restores to rea
son. Me also discovers hisson in the perl
son of the youth, to whom in the seciusioA
ae ud f°r,necl a strong attachment. .The
perfidy or Longdeville is also discovered*
and the piece cndi with his punisnment
and the union of Florian and Geraldine.
description of scenery.
Act 1st. Scene 3d.— A Forest anti
Storm.—Scene 4th, Another part of
the Forest, more entagled and intri*
cate, the Tempest becomes violent* &
the stage appears alternately iilumin.,
ated by the lighting, and enveloped
in darkness--Scene 5, Th ? outside
f * Cottage in the Wood, alight bea*
thing in the casement.
AVlMln castle garden deco*.
cora'ftfdJar a Fete--A sham comi
bat with tile Broad-Sword and Shiel »*
between Master and Miss J. Placide
—A Pas Seul by Mids E. Piacide,n6c
6 years of age.
.. Act 3d, The rivei hank, the Rhine
flows across the stage at a distance, ou
one side a pavilion, through the lower
windows of which a light appears, the
Moon has just risen above the Ger
man hank, and sheds its radiance upon
the water.
To which will be added, the Muscat
Entertainment of
My Grandmother,
OR
THE LIVING PICTURE.
:t7* The publics re respectfully infnrnl(*A
Mns. PLAClDE’d BENEFIT, Will talc*
place on Monday Evening.
*#* DdorS to be opened it 6, and
the perfornmoce to begin at 7 o’clock,
tit Ticket to be had at Mr. Dr
Printing OiTice, and at the Thea
I& Ajst publisheTJT"
AncFrorjMeat S. Pleasants’ Print*
i»Sf Office and Book Store,
BATES'
Virginia Almanack
FOR 1811.
*** It contains, besides the ilst!^
al astronomical calculations, made for
the latitude and merrdian of Rich
mond, a great variety of useful and en
tertaining matter-CJ* A liberal al* *
lowance to wholesale purchaser*,
Ma. MICHAEL MENTON, of ths
City of New York,
r*^p- NOTICE that I than on the chirr* dav
* ofO.1-.StmM , be.Wren the h»ur* of ten
<f(>Otlc iifaibe torei, .-m *"i’. B.x r.’.-i fir W thr
ee l »<j take the *fli. f
Ann Dotvrtf and
*
city,of Kichm'end, in tbi* state, to Nj '«a«i
evWnce in tic ir.jtinAfon no<v cf Tperttlrng in th*
coumy couit if H nricq, wherein 1 %-n plain# **
and Rcdm^ni P. Barry, y-. irtelf, amf Willi* «
Davidson's administratrix, are daien !-.nt *•<
i alex. hake.
Kixhmni, Snenbs* 11 ivi).