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[Fottf Dclhrs Per Annum—Paid in Advance.} R PI D A T. APRIL G, 1810. fi2 1-2 Cent$ Single]
FOR SALE BY
D, McLaughlin,
Ir. the Lower Tenement of Col.
Mayo’s Building,
Genuine Herabaccous
Ritters,
MADE SOLELY BY
James G art land,
T9, North Second street. I’hilade’phia.
*T*0 prevent or cure Fevers, Biilious, ft Bow*
el complaints, Head Aches, loss of appe«
taie, cost iv* nets. melancholy, kc.
USE. If your body be regular lake 3 tea
fcpoona full of the bittrrb in a tea cup full of
co'd water, mcrr.ing und night { and a little in
Yhe course of the day, in any diink yen aie ac«
Atus'omcd to take.
If two Lixatives^Take the bitters in camo
mile tc~, with a few' diops of spiiits oi lavcn_
der.
If Costive—^increase the quantity of the bit.
ters.
Moderate eating and drinking, with these
rules, v* I pr^v^nt fevers;
In case of a tacks—r Take a vomit of string
camomile tea, and drink lrre!y cf weak camomile
to work it off, after whiol. drink freely of the
bitters in camomile tea, audit will carry off the
fir v< r by perspiration, but if the body be debili.
tated previous thereto, add some good red wine,
« brandy or geneva. All new liquors arc pcrnici
iu..
* The ted bitters may be tired wi'h red wines
and brandy. The yellow with white vinca or o
ther iiqu ts. Both have the same effect.
Taki g these bitters so as to keep the body
regular, w’iil prevent or cure the other com.
plaints.
lia valuable effects on the human frame mav be
ascertained bv any person who will take ebon' |
so id inch of I resit killed beef and immerse it in
* gli*» of the bitters for about two hours, f.jrposr
it afterwards in the shade, Under heat, »:r dew
and rim and no putrefaction twill emucs
it may be rafcly take t by both -»■
penmens tl.e proprietor marie^
wl ;n Fahrenei’s Thermomej
day* abou £0 degtasand n
it* most, extensive scale to
it, or «r-ertairt tb«r. t i
pans or ii.giedie^MLjher;
dcr that bead CttHpplarq
Prj e .illeeqtt per b tile
allowed on returning the bet!
H e-has also fo
J
An Ointment forpii^ extirpation of RUGS.
US" Clean ydur Eedstettds we'I, tub the un
derneath and rft-tde, the mortises, the tenons aid
every crevice with the ommients— »'*«• 2 or 3
inches of the fret next the floor, th’s will pre
vent them creeping up. If too thick heat the
, bott e.
If going to ride rub a few drops to yon.- horse’s
cars it wi.i prevent bint behvg annoyed in that
tender part by flics of any tietcripii n, and will
thereby tend to keep hint cheerful on the jour
ney. .
IF npxed with green paint made or raw oil
• and laid on your bed chamber or ceiling, it will
prevent flies or musquitoes resting thereon.
Price 25 cent*.
Likewise a LIQUID BLACKING prepared
in nil that will nourish and prefer vs ;hc leather
on Gent’emeft’a boots and shoes.
R ice 25 crr.is.
7 he Alcoholized Acid\
For eradicating all stains from Uoot*Tops And
piesertrirg their original colour in all cases,
withotr injury *o the Leather,
USE. Shake the bottle well, pour rome rn
a saucer, wet the Root-Topi with a sponge dip
ped in water; w hile tvet, rub ’ho Acid v« ty hard
on With a piece of white flannel, rolltd hard in
** your hand, repeati ng tt »i*I all tlie stains disap.
prarmot hen sp mge »ir the composition win* c ear
v*arer, and wipe it with your sponge, dry them
by the lire or snn. Those who like th*m glossy,
wnen about dry, tub them with * piece c.f cleaa
flannel.
Prepared on!y by JAMES GARTLANDj
No 78 North Second street Philadelphia Sol <,
wholesale end ref*'1,, by him, rt«>.ied by’most
of the principal Jiom.Mskcrs. Price in bottles
50 rentsesch, sod in quarter pints at 23 -ent*.
* • It will have the same tflcct on
Saddles and Bridles.
Country Orders executed on the
ab or test notice._
Janies River L«»vv Grounds
FOR SALE.
THE Subscriber intending to leave
the state, will sell to the highest bidder, on
the 10th da? of M«y next, on the premi
ses, hi* .TRACT of LAND in the c.ouo.
IV of Amherst, wheieon Jesse Spinner le.
aides; convening one hundred and fifty a.
errs rf low ground* and abou four bun
fired of high land. 1 he H>w ground* are
rniirc|y teclairned, end in fine older for
ihe culture of corn, *heat, lebacco. kr.
The htglt Nod •• fe< »n woods, but much
* oi it fifthwably suited for Tobacco.^ he
improvement* are calculated for setfjflng
H cop. Among many other advar^fc***
f,f/ll,u fand, a fe ry. and mill seat, may
j J roiVerak'd. And i:» contigui y to u,r
('* .ml\ron]wo ks and Lypchbu.g render
r.cro a FetWaale«bl« ar irlo «1 all iine*
Term* araAwo th< •t'.ar.d !s#fn f,afh, und
•tv ► thousand Ihe firm ol efch »i cc<tdmg
j nuarr, till ’he b timco be p id { which
bo secured by a deed of trust on the
Laud. _ ,
Robert Aiayo*
Powhalanj;Marc.i if, ,8,u* U,n
'0r
| \H.ut/iortty, )
For altering the time for holding the
District court in Ohio.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in Congress
Assembled, That the sessions ot the
district court for the district of Ohio,
by law appointed to be hidden at Ch;
licothe, in the said district, on the first
Mondays in February, June and Oc
tober shall hereafter be holdenat Chi-1
■ licothe, on the second Mondays cl
September and January annually.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That all writs, process, and recogni
zances which "may have been made
returnable, aud all suits, causes, pro
cess and proceedings, which may have
been continued to the first Mondav of
j June next,shall hr fc hereby arc made
returnable anil con inued over to the
I session of said court, which shall be
holden on the ^eccn J Monday ol'Scp
timber next, an;l aha!! be as valid am!
proceeded on in the same manntr, at
said September session of said court,
as if such wri's, process, recognizsn*
cts, suits, causes and proceedings bad
been originally made returnable to,
and continued to said Septem.bcr stSj
otcu of said court.
J. 13. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
: V/ * rv lun, ,
Vice-President o f the United State?,
and President cj the Senate.
IrA-ch 20, (6KH
I Improved,
/ JAMES MADISON.
/ AN ACT
To prevent the issuing of sea letter
except to certv*n vetvcla.
lie it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Uni
nit ed Su.te of America in Congress
a-sembled, That from anti af.er the
: thirtieth of June next, no sea letter nr
! other document certifying or proving
i any r<hip or ' essel to be the property
!of a citizen or citizens of the United
Stares, shall be issued exC"pT to ship1'
or vfja Is duly registered, or enrolled
land 1 censed ns ships or vessels of the
• United States, or to vcpsftels whrehat
j that time shall be wholly owned bv
j citizens of the United States, and fur
nished wi'hor entitled to sea letters
i or other custom house documents, a
| ny law or laws heretofore passed to
1 the contrary not with stanc jhig: IV
I vided nevertheless, 1 hat no scalettei
j shall be issued to any vcssrl which
! shall not at this time be furnished or
, entitled to a sea letter, unless such I
vessel shall return to some port or
! place in the United States or t«rrito- i
ries ihereo! on or before the said thir
' ticlh day of June next: Provided ne
' vertht less, That no sea h-tter or other
document, certifying or proving any
ship or vessel to he the property ol a
citizen or citizens of the United. States,
sii.ni noi .ii whs nine uc annisueci or ,
entitled to a si a letter, unless such
vessel slidll arrive at some port or!
place in the Un>t«?d States or territo
ties thereof, on or before the snid |
thirtieth <iay of June next; and pro
vided that'*’no thing herein containedj
shall be const! ued to operate against
any sucli vessel or vessels that now are,
or may he, prior to th* said thirtieth
of June detained abroad by the au
thority of any foreign power.
J. 15. VAKNUM,
Speaker of the House of Rrfjreaentativcs*
CEO; CLINTON,
Vice-President of the United States ana
J‘resident oj the Senate.
March 20>, IP’O.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
CARDS
2. jBJ.i.Lb,
LAWYF.US,
CLRK'3 is 6Hdl!lSh'& ft 1.4RAS, be
Akfc MCATt.Y
txp KXPanrrri /-.Lr1 Arina
AH6US OFFICE.
j Fox ThE VIRGINIA ARGUS, j
OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS. \
f No. V.
| There appears to me to be a fundamen
tal error in the calculations of those wri
ters and talkers, who draw a line of dis
tinction between agriculrjre and manu'cc- I
furea. There is no real difference. lie |
who tills the soil, is a manufacturer of to«1
Hi»cco# grain, or cotter j He who works1
ep raw cotton, wool, an l ftax, is a manu.
tactnrer of linen, cloth, ?<c. In addition to
those who make a distinctlou between ^
those two hranclu-sj there ard others whoi
mark out a difference of in'ereal hetwt en |
coirm^rce St agriculture and manufactures.!
\ brief examina ion of the question, how. j
ever, will convince the leader that there [
is no difference of i»*ercst whntctrtr be. \
tween them ; l>ut that rh* one promotes the
c:her ; and that if the one did not exist the
other w-uld not flourish. Take man ir. m
rude state; The whole duration or or.e
person’s life would rat he sufficient t > budd
him a bouse to shelter tvmselt from the
inclemency of the weather ; but wh»*n so.
c ctics are formed^ when ,«»e rran collects
the iron, another makes the axe, x third
c Is the tree, a fourth saws it, and a fifth
puts the house together the w« rk g«*cs
on rapidly, e.nd the tenement is eprrdiiy
constructed. While the man who m;krs
Hie axe cr l.e who builds tlfft'hc;i«.e, how
f\r*r. it I#, if._I
-r- / ~ —.VWWU^UMIIUy I.C ,
has not time to procure for himstif subsis
•rnce ; to procure that tubsistrnce, there
fore, lie builds a house or makes t.n ax*
for a man who raises grain, end receives
grain Inpayment forhis labor. Ti.u» be
gins a kind of barter. Ir. process cf timr
societies i;:cren«e, labor r.nd the prrduci
of labor nve multiplied, anti evvtrually «
si-rp’ns ol varices coma;qditU* is ci''-teu
*»tlfCtl Is otei- and r.fccrc wtict the commu
nity requires for its wants r.r can pjav.bly
enntuma. Now it is evident, when *rh<
productive labor of society has arrived a
that paint when all the wants of the so
ciety are suppliad, that^ there being, In
trinsically, no further excitement to Indus
try* things will remain stationary at a
plenum, and the progress of improvement
will cease, in the same way that a man
stops eating when tlio cravings of his sto
mach are satisfied. Commerce, however,
-teps in, and furnishes an outlet for a por
tion of the product of industry ; the two
barrels of flout, or tin* two hogsheads of
tobacco, or the two bags of cotton, which
before answered the wants (yr home con.
sumption, will not answer those wants new
one of them iadvmanded for exportation ;
labor must b» multiplied—three barrels o*
flour produced where before there were but
two-emulation is excited—the country
improves-the principle of barter proceed*
with celerity—the cilculatiou of all sorts
productions goes on with vigor, and the na
tion, in its remotest extremities, feels the
benefit of the activity occasioned by com.
merce. Ship-building too, which is tin
basis of foreign trade, puts into operation
the iron mines, renders the forests valua
uic, ana encourage the improvement of
hemp, of flax, and a thousand other arti„
cl'*, the raising and perfecting of which
require the utmost vigilance and ingenuity
of mm, Who i» there that is so dull as
not to see in all this an Identity of inter.
'ests i VVliat are the transaction* ofhuman
society, in f ict, hut a likeness of the ho.
in.n body, where agriculture and menu.
Mtuirea represent ti e Momsch and bow.
■U, and navigation k commerce the limbs
necessary to give it htail.y ixcicse,
while, at the fame time, ihe latter
derive nourishment iind strength from the
[former. Agriculture and manufactures
might certainly rri*t without commerce—
ut what a sp-cta< le would they present <
j Precisely such a one as the trunk of the!
human body wonld pr«sent if deprived of
its limbs: a mere vegetnwng mass, with*
out energy, without proportion, without
grace, n sort ef breathing mummy, cenfi_
ned to a errtain space, and to certain fix*
ed operations, from which there wculd be
j no advancement at all towards the higher
ordinations of Divir.e Providence,
l
It appears to me, that the friends of
freedom («.erta;n vrdk trienda, I meat?,,
in order to get rid of the embarrassment*
of protecting commercej seek an apology
for theif w?mtof sagacity in the ridiculous
idea that commerce, end particularly for
eign commerce, is an evil that oujh: tu
be cut up by the roots. tsuch a silly no
tion must have been engendered by feeble
ness and despair. Fore gn commerce is
the lever by which cne nation or society of
men draws ndvantages fc -tn anotkor tta.
tion ; and that nation *«'hcr3c general concerns
are the most wisely managed v/tll *rcel in
wealth and in the arts of civilization. Itun.
doubtedly requires a great de 1 if political
courage, of knowledge, of reflection, of uc
live ia*elligencej t* regulate sons to protect
the coitiii * ce of a slare, and none butmeu
•f that very first character, of th* most land,
nous views, and if the must dinnterestsd vi. -
tu3 should be toitected for that purjiose. An
intimate Hrqu«t>nt;uice with aucicnt *t*'d
modern history, undent and modern geo.
graphy ancient and modern maritime, mer
cantile ant colonial policy, aieallotce*.
sary to enable a statesman to decide wi'h
propriety on the course he is tt> pursue in
relation to commerce; A legislator may
be very hmtwt, very veil disposed, aud
have a very good understanding, mid yet if
he is not in sumo measure a sage, locking
<*n circumstances p.rouud him w:th an eye
uni iindieed hv tk* Kiln nr nun., ».». -.m
unfit, not only to decide, but even to dc
libernie on a topic which comprise* within j
its sphere, more or less the movement* of
fiery human passion, prejudice. anu inter-'
cst- -
(-ON G *ri LI: S.
frGbSE OF jhJs.FF.4ifA.YJyJ7IPKS,
March 30.
ADJOURNMENT OF CON
GRESS.
Mr. W. Alston, lr<.on the jo'r*
committee, madr me same report
'o unfinished business as was \ester
day made to the Senate. '
Mr. W. Alston moved the follow
ing resolution, which lie wished 10 li.
on the table till Mo. day :
Rc'.clred by ;he Senate anil II m <*
c-f Representatives of the U. States of
America, in Congress assembled,!
i li.it the President of ths Senate andi
Speaker of the House of Represents-j
lives he and they arc he. cbv authorised
to adjourn their respective Houses o
Monday the ii3d of April next.
Mr. Love moved to postpone the
further consideration of the icsolu. i
on till Monday next.
Thi i motion was objected to h\
Messrs. Quincy, Livermore, Tab
nradge and Stmlie, and supported by
Messrs. Love, Fisk, Marion, W. Al
ston, l*hca, Stanford ami Macon,
i he reasons urged lor postpon
ing were that time ought to be allow
ed! lV»r the consideration of tho re
port of tlie committee ; that so touch!
business was before the House that it
would be impossible row properly to
fix the time of adjournment : and that
news might be daily expected from
Europe which would one way or other
ufl'ect the duration of the session. It
was said in reply that every one knew
without consullng the jeport of the|
committee, whst business was before
the 11 on s;*} that, when the time of ad
journment was lit d, the House would
do ps much in one d.:y as it now did
in three: nud that it an expectation of
new» from Europe was a reason for
piotracting the session, Congress
would rev. r arljoiirn.
I he pos p >nemrnt to Monday was
C'tried, YeasOi, Nays 58*
REDUCTION OF THE Alt
MY, See.
Mr. Randolph said he had some
itne ago submitted to the House s
motion proposing a reduction of ih*
military and naval establish incuts ol
the United States, which was referred
to a committee of the wh le House t»
whom was referred the bill imposint
s<l li.ionrtl duties. He said lie had burn
given to unde* stand by the chairmn ,
#1 the commi'tre r,l v* sys and mean,
thar it wi;s his iuteiHion to tall up tri
o il, a d consequently I is (Mr. RV
motion along v»uh it on last
But he perceived that gentleman (M-.
Eppesj had not since attended in his
place—his absence, he presumed, re
sulted from inci position. Mr. K.
saiu he thought it his duty ta give no.
ticc to the House that if it was not
called up sooner, he should move the
Mouse to go into committee on h s
preposition cm Monday next, lie
mentioned that, day because he said he
aid trust that in th'» Lat.ri^i the aouw
would dcCivlc finally on th<.‘ bill, u.e
^titles of which he could not rtcoU«‘ t,
but which, ii not out of order, he would
[call Macon’s Bdi.
COMMERCIAL INTER
COURSE.5
iMi. Macon called for the consider
ation o! the commercial Intrtc urse
bill; but, thia .being a day set apart
E>r private business, it could not be
taken up.
BAT TU RE.
T rve House resumed the considera
tion o* the bill providing the me n to
ascertain thr title to the ba'ture uear
N ®w-Orlcans.
his subject occupied the IfoUae
fur the remainder of ihe sitt ng w ith
out coming to a decision, i he house
adjourned at 5 o’closk.j
M<»ich 01.
On motion of Mr. Macon,
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be direcud taUy b .tuic un<t
house a st itement if the cross a tnu
al amount of expenditure, in rela;ioa
'otbe military Sc naval ««ta!'hsh.n nts
since the year 17U9 to the end oj t ,©
year 1809*
•i he bill from the Senae authori
ling tb-> aalo & grant of a certain q i n
tity of land to the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal companies ; the bill
authorises a subscription on the pare
of the United States to the stock of
the Ohio canal Company; and the
‘ufi extending the time ibr makihfr
payment For the public lands of the
Umt.d S at«s in certain cases were
severally read a first and second time,
ind committed, the two first to the
inns committee of the whole, and
tbe latter to the committee‘.pf public
lands*
Mr. Johnson made sundry reports
!rom the committee of tiaims, On©
oi these was on the petition of Ed*
ward Holland. The petitioner states
that he was with a vessel improperly
detained ata fort of the United Stat^a
anight; during which detention tne
l iver Iroze up, acd his vessel was sub
sequently cut up by the ice, which he
alleges would not have occurred bJt
for his deteution. The committee of
claims reported against him. On mo
tion ol Mr. Goldsbcrough, after de
bate, the report was cruet ed to lie on
the table, 51 to 2 b
BATTURE.
The House resumed the conaMera
tion ol the bill providing the means
to ascertain the title of the Bacture.
1 T he motion pending when the
House yesterday adjourned havi ~
been withdrawn*—
I he question recurred on the a.
mcndment at agreed to in commute ,
viz. to insert a section authorising the
President to make a compromise tvi h
any claimant to the Batture at any
time within a year. 7
Messrs. Nelson, Smilie, Holland ii
and Bibb, opposed the amendmn;, ■
and Messrs. Sheffey, Key and Lyon
supported it.
On the question, it was negatived 62
to 65.
The bill as amended i contjtminjr
merely Mr. GUolson’* propositi in)
was ordered to be engrossed lor a
thiid reading ro day.
COMMERCIAL BILL.
On motion of Mr. Macon, the
House resumed the consideration of
the amendments of the Senate to the
commercial bill.
And thr question on adherence tv »s
t.»ken without de ia e, as follow):—.
YKA5—VV. AI ton, An
leson, Bard, Bassett, Boyd, I,
drown, H. Brown, Butler, Calhoun,
eday, Cl pton, Cobh, Qpchran, Cos,
Crawford, Dawson, 1> cha, Finuley,
i'l.k, Franklin, Gannett, G .nftuar,
Vholson, G odvynn, HUins, H Viand,
tlow-rd, Hatty, J .huson,J ,n Love,
Lyle, M icou, .*i’Kee. M’Kim, ALIlcr,
Montgomery, N. K, M **re, Mouow,
Mumtord* NcLcuiy N-wLio.a, 2s c
ft