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be holden therefor at in the coun
' Y ot on the Jay of and
nay of m each year; the counties
° ,, eV ^US3C^» Washington, Taze
well, Giles, Wythe and Grayson shall
compose another district, and a supe
rior court of chancery shall be holden
theiefor at in tire county of on
the day of and dav of in
each year; the counties of Mecklen
burg, Lunenburg, Brunswick, Greens
ville, Dinwiddie, Priuce George and
Sussex shall compose another district,
and a superior court of chancery shall
be holden therefo^at in the countv
oi j^on the jay of and
dav of in each year; the counties
of Southampton, Nansemond, Isle of
Wight, Norfolk, Princess Ann, Eli
zabeth City, Surry, Northampton and
Accomack shall compose another dis
k trict, and a superior court of chance
ry shall be holden therefor at in
the county of on the day of
a id day of in each year ; and
the counties of Westmoreland, Rich
mond, Lancaster, Northumberland,
Essex, King and Queen, Middlesex,
Mathews, Gloucester, Charles City,
James City, New-Kent and Warwick
shall compose another district, ar. J a
superior court of chancery shall be hol
den therefor at in the county of
on the day ».f and day of
in each year; and if any of the
said.days shall be Sunday, the court
shall in that case begin on the succee
ding dav.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the
judge of the present Williamsburg dis
triet chancery court to hold a court at
• on the days herein before menti
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, nmt * »- illiail LTV* 111C UUIV SJl l[\£
judge of the present Richmond dis
trict chancery court to hold a court at
on the days herein before menti
oned ; and it shall be the duty of the
judge of the present Staunton district
chancery couit to hold a court at
on the daj s herein before mentioned.
— Ami if any of the said judges shali
from any cause fail to attend any of his
courts on the first day of the term,
sui ’i court shall stand adjourned from
day to day until a court be made, if
that shall happen before four o’clock of
that day, and if a court,shaU not sit in
any term, or continue to sit the whole
^term, or before the end of the term
shall not have heard and determined
aii matters ready for its decision, all
matters and things depending in said
court and undetermined, shali be con
tinued until the next succeeding term ;
and if from any cause any of the said
judges shall not sit on any day of the
term after said court shall have been
opened, there shall be no discontinu
ance, but so soon as the cause is remo
ved the judge shall proceed to busi
ness until the end of thru term, if the
business depending in said court be not
sooner dispatched.
Sec. 3. Re it further enacted, That
the present clerks of the chancery dis
trict courts shall he clerks of the dis
trict courts in which they now reside.
Sec. 4. I he courts hereby estab
lished and each of the judges thereof
in term time, as well as in vacation,
shall be subject to the same rules and
regulations, and shall have and exer
cise the same jurisdiction and power
within their respective districts, in all
and every matter and thing as the pre
sent chancery courts, or the inrlo-ec
thereof, now possess in their respect
ive districts, including the mode of ar
ranging the business in said courts,
of issuing process, serving and retur
ning the same, entering and enforcing
decrees, granting and receiving ap
peals, general and special writs of ne
exeat, injunctions, bill of review, ge
neral and special, appointing clerks and
officers subjected to the same constitu
tional and legal restrictions as the said
district courts of chancerv are now
bourn! by.
Sec. 5. All causes which shall he
depending in the present district chan
cerv courts, on the dav of
shall he arranged by the clerks thereof,
according to the districts herein descri
Intel, and with the paper.1? therein, de
livered by them to the clerks of the !
* different districts hereby established, J
together with the state of the costs |
which may have accrued in each suit,
to the time of such del.very.
S< r. f*. Whenever there may be
more than one defendant in a suit, the 1
plaintiff or pi.timid*, as the case may'
He, shall have liberty to institute his or ;
their suit, in that district where either j
of the defendants may reside, and in
such cncc tlv* clerk of the court in
which such suit is instituted, shall is- :
sue a nvbpcMrf to the sheriff or she- j
riffs of the county or counties out of j
the district where the cither defendant J
or defendants niav reside, authorising
him or them, as the case may lie, to
execute ami retu .» the same; and the
same bt-ing returned, the like proceed
ings mav li" ha I thereon, as if the de
fendant or defendants rctided within
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the district where the suit was institu
ted.
Sec. 7. Be it enacted that the judg
es shall hold a court in their respect
ive districts^ day in e.tcli term, un
less the business therein depending be
sooner dispatched.
LtST OF DM*EC TORS
OK Tile BANK or VIRGINIA, FOR THE
PRtsiNT Year.
Richmond. Fredericksburg,
Abraham R Venable, DavidC. K-rr.'
Benjamin Hatcher, John Minor,
Joseph Gallcgo, John T. Brooke,
Gcrvas Storrs, John ivlercer,
Samuel Pleasant?,jr. Hugh Mercer,
William Wardlr.w, Chs. L. Carter,
John H. Foushee, Thomas G jo.! win,
Richard Adams, Robert Patt »n,
John Tompkins, William S. Stone,
Robert G<mble, ‘Robert S. Chew-,
Midwd \v. Rootes, ‘Fielding Lucas,
•Robert Mitchell, ‘David Henderson,
ioJtii C. liubner, •John Scott.
•James Browu.
' Petersburg. A or folk.
' Robert Btrchett, Richard b\. Lee,
James Byrne, George Newton,
Alexander Brown, James Taylor, sr.
j JoeI Hammon, Samuel Marsh,
j VV illiam Uowdoin. William B. Lamb,
, Archibald Bail *»if Richard Bowden,
j William C l.uk, Win. A. Armistead,
I Paul Nash, Martin Fisk,
i Robert Walker, Christopher Fry,
I Thomas Atkinson. ‘John E. Holt,
! ‘Nathaniel Friend, *Wm B Setden;
‘Robert Pollok, ‘John Brown,
"William Hax.ll. ‘Arthur Taylor.
* New Members.
A l a uencral Meeting of the Members
p. the Mutual Assurance Society against
l .re on Building. of the State of Virginia,
. *1 • adjournment at tile Capitol in the
| jgq9°* ^■‘c*lfnon^ on the 30:h December,
Present in person and by proxy 13.14
* *e,,'bers o» the Society ; which num.
her contituting a majority of the Members '
of the S iciety ; Mr. Robert Tavlor v/ is !
called to the chair ; when the following i
resolutions were submitted and adopted u- !
nanitnously.
Resolved, that a Committee be appoint- !
cd to examine the accounts of this Socie
tVj and that the said committee do report {
to the General Meeting upon the receipts
and expenditures of the said Society dur- i
ing the year 1609. —As also concerning a
ny monies in possession nfthesiid Society :
and the claims winch are due in favor or
against the same.
Resolved, that a committee be appointed
to enquire whether any, and if any, what ,
alterations and amendments would be pro
per in the laws and regulations of the Mu.
tual Assurance Society and make report
thereupon to the General Meeting.
The loregoing resolutions were then re
ferred to a committee formed of the
toliowing Gentlemen, to wit ;
William Noland,
Samuel B. Archer,
William Wirt,
Robert B. Standard,
Andrew Stevenson,
Gerard Alexander, jr.
William Jones,
Charles F. Mercer,
William Brent &
Charles Brent.
No farther business being submitted to
the Meeting ;
Resolved, that the fame be adjourned
till Monday the first day of January.
•LEWIS M. RIVALAIN,
Secretary G. M
From the Republican Argus.
To the Editor of the Republican Argus- :
SiRwThe correspondence between Mr.
Smith and Mr. Jackson is so prolix, that I
dare say n:ne*tenths of your readers have
not yet had the patience to search for the
proofs of the offence given by Mr. Jackson
to our government. To save some trouble
on his subject, I luyre condensed the cor
respondence between those gentlemen into
the form of a Dialogue—and the sentiments
1 have attributed to them are fairly col
lected from Mr. Smith’s letter of the 9th
of October, 1809 and Mr. Jick-mn's reply
of Oct. 11th in the first Dialogue—the se
cond Dialogue is founded on Mr. Jackson's
Jotters of October 11th and Nov, 4th, and
Mr Smith's of October 19 and Nov. 1st,
1R09. Your renders may d- pend that 1
hnvc made the Speakers siy nothing hut
what is really, substantially, end without
exaggeration contained in the Documents
referred to^and I send you this, as an
accurate and honesty though concise state
ment of the dispute,
DIALOGUE THE FIRST.
Mr. Smith. S.r, we are very happy to
see you ; I have no doubt we shall come to
a good understanding. You are prepared, I
I suppose, of course, to explain to us why
his majesty thought proper to disavow the
arrangement made with Mr Erskine i
Jackson. I have no instructions to that i
offset. i
Smith. Perhaps then you arc prepared <
to offer satisfaction on the p.irv of his ma- <
j»sty, for the ou rage committed on the
Chrsapeake, I
Jackton I cannot r.flf.-r any declaration i
on that subject, unless you consent to shew
me b- fore hand, what kind of an answer
you will make ; nor shall any tleclsr Uion
oo my part be delivered one m ndcut in
|K»int of tune before your answer.
Smith. Move y< u atiy propositions to
m ke ns to the Orders of Council ?
Jack*on. None at all sir, hut i have no
objection io hear you on the subject.
Smith. Am ! to understand that your
government will not revoke the. Orders in
Council unless upon the three conditions
comprised in Mr. C inning’s letter to Mr
Emktne of the 23d of January f
»
Jackson. It Is a matter of perfect In lit
ference to Grr.it Britain whe lier the (Jr
ders ot Council be continu d, or so n: eq>u
v.ilent measure be agreed to on your part
But you may rest assured they will not i>
revoked, unless their object can be efF-ctei
in so ne way or other. (Letter of Novem
her 4th.)
Smith. Then I suppose you meat
to keep up your system of blockading
byxiroclam ttion ?
Jackson. Great Britain will conti
nue to interdict all intercourse, wiif
her enemy, her enemy’s friends, and
her enemy’s c denies. She may occa.
sionally modify the practice according
to circumstances of future expediency,
but she will never renounce the princi
ple.
Smith. I really am at a loss to per
ceive what br rnght you to America.
Jackson. I came to America, sir,
for the purpose of hearing what you
had to s y.
DIALOGUE THE SECOND.
Jackson. You and Mr. Erekine
might have colleagued together, and
concluded between you, that toe ar
rangement you two thought proper to
make was an equivalent for the con
ditions to which he was restricted;
but th re can be no doubt cf your ha
ving seen those conditions.
Smith. Rely on it, Mr. Jackson, if
we had known that Mr. Erskine had
no other instructions, we should never
have entered into the arrangement
which your court has disavowed.
Tnathe had no oth^*r instructions, w
have now learned for the first time
from you. His making that arrange
ment, was to os sufficient evidence
that he had a right to make it.
Torlrcnn WT.all f L a.1 J_
J- •• J.. ^ «. .««* V I'VIU V uu
before in my letter of the llth instant,
that Air. Erskine’s instructions to
which he was restricted by the dispatch
otthe 23d of January were made kno vn
to you by him : and I am glad you
admit it.
Smith. I admit, sir, that I saw
those instructions ; but how could I
know they were the only ones ? Es
pecially as Air Erskinc himself declar
ed to us that Air Gaaning’s dispatch of
the 23 1 of January formed but one
part of his instructions, and that in ef
fect he had several letters of instruc
tion on the subject? You have told
us that Air Ersklne was restricted to
the conditions contained in that dis
patch, but this is the first time our go
vernment has been apprized of this
circumstance. Permit me to say, that
it is unbecoming in you, sir, to insin
uate that Air Erskine informed us of
that which we solemnly declare we
never knew but from yourself.
Jackson. Insinuate sir ! I scorn to
insinuate anv thing unless I am able
to substantiate the fact.
Smith. Sir, your behavior is so im
proper, that I can hold no further
correspondence with you.
I again repeat that the above, tho’
a concise, is a fair statement of the dis
pute. For my own part, I can find no
parallel to the insolence of the minis
ter, but the injustice of the British
government. C.
*ROM THE REPUBLICAN ARCUS.
Mr. Huston—-I find it so repeatedly
denied by the friends of Great Britain, that
the Milan and Berlin decrees were pro
voked by the previous misconduct of the
British government, that I am tempted to
send you a brief statement of the facts in or
der of time.
1st. Previous to the actual declaration of
war between France and Great Britain,
the latter country gave orders to capture
»I1 vessels of whatever nation, laden with
provisions and bound to French coasts: this
was made one of the subjects of complaint
in the French declaration of war, Feb. 1st,
1793 l his interdiction of provision vcsj
iels was again enforced by instructions of
lune 8th, 1793.
2dly. On the 8th of April, 1806, under
the administration of Charles Fox and
Lord Grenville, Mr. F»x wrote to Mr.
Monroe, that his majesty had judged it ex
pedient to establish the most rigorous block
ide at the entrance of the Ems, the We.
ler, the Elbe and the Trave, and to enforce
the same in the strictest manner.
3dly. On the 16th May, 1806, Mr. Fox
wrote to Mr. Monroe that his majesty had
thought fit io extend the block ide to all the
mast, ports and rivers of France from the
Elbe to Brest.
4thly. Toe French waited patiently for
lix months and five days before they ret.i..
iated by the Berlin decree of Novcmjer
21, 1806.
5lhly. O i January 7th and March 12th,
1807, the British interdicted the coasting
rade of France and her dependencies on
lentrals. In October of the same year,
the promulgated the recalling proclam itL
m of the 16«h and by consequence the sei.
sure and impressment of our seamen. ()„
.he 11th of November, issued the first set
>f the well known orders in council: on the
?6 h ihe rest.
6thly. On the 17tli December, 1807, and
not before, the French were provoked into
:he M ian decree.
7dily. On the 17.h of April, 1808, passed
the B ij'omie decree ?
8thly. On the 16th of April, 1809, the
>1'ck.ide modifications of tne British or.
Irrs of January and Njvem jer, 1307 were
adopted in conwqu nee of ihe miuakk
ii“tween Mr. Erskinenmi oor government
In the above enumeration, i nave noted
the principal, but by no means,' a li. the
flotation! on neutral and belligerent rights
adopted by Great Britain. Mr. Midi sun’s
- Jme«inge of the 21st December, 1809 con.
.ftams miny jnorfe.panicatariy reUtfnr to
- lblocn.de : torm.tance, .he block ide of all
. the ports of Holland, 22d March, 1799 :
p instructions concerning blockades, cannu.
1 nicated by Mr. Merry, Anril 12, 1801.
. I ic blockade of Curricoa, Fesc«rnp. See.
•»ll oFthem paper block ides, some in whole, I
i others in part, and all preceding the Milan
; decree. Hut the above is sufficient to shew '
who was the aggressor.
C.
ABSTRACT or PRODUDE
E.tported from the Portof Fredericks
burg and Falmouth—commencing
the 1st day of September, and end
ing the 3lstdiy of December, 1309.
39,53.) barrels of Flour.
215,3 ) 3 bushels of Wheat.
49,525 bushels of Corn.
4,815 bushels or Bran. (
801 hogsheads of Pobaccoi
1 398 tierces of Flaxseed.
78 hogsheads of Lampblack.
Anbekson Me Williams, Surveyor. :
Exports of December.
8,853 barrels of Flour.
17,320 bushels oT Wheat.
1,000 bushels of Corn. (
1 lO hogsheads of Tobabco. 1
423 tierces of Ftnxieed. f
50 hogsheads La npblack. !
■A-HsfcKsofi McWillta ns, Suroc^jor»
From Baltimore we learn that the *
manufactorv O i IVflfll I pn nrnA'I-j • r. n 1
flourishing state. Large quantities of
cluHis & kerseymeres are offered fur
sale on reasonable terms. The insti
tution of the Athenian Society com
menced on the 12th of January last_
the sales to the 1st of .March were only
356 dollars ; but from that time to the.
1st of December they amount to 17,252
dollars, averaging 1,905 dollars per
month.
A general statistical account of the
-merokee nation of Indians has been
lately communicated by Return [.
Meigs to the secretary of war. Their
population'll 12,395. They have 6,519
horses, 19,165 black cattle, 1,037 she^p,
19,/78 swine, 1,572 spinning wheels,
429 looms, 50 waggons, 567 ploughs,
13 grist-mills, 3 saw-mills. 2 salt petre
works, 1 powder mill, 49 silver-smith*, j
5 schools, 94 children at school, 341
white people, and 583 negro slaves.
The property which h»s been acquired
w'rhin a few years, is estimated at
671,500 dollars.
From Boston we have an account j
m a periodical work, the O nniam !
Gatheru n of the Boston Exchange!
Coffee House, which was com nenced !
in the spring ot 1895 and completed j
last spring. I is s ven stories high, i
exclusive of spacious cellars un ler the ;
whole, contains two hundred apart
ments, and coveys nearly an acre of
ground. It cost, including the furni
ture, about 509,000 dollars, and is the
most convenient and must super ; i
house of entertainme nt in America._
From New York we l am that the
New City Hull, now building, has al
ready cost 273,916 dollars. It is six !
years since the budJing was commen*
ced, and it will require t wo years more i
to finish it.—Watchman.
Chilltcotiie(Ouio,^) Nov. 27.
A tew days since, while digging a
well in the garden ol J. L. Morgan, of
Jefferson, Pickway Plains, the work
men, at the depth of seventeen and an
hall feet, discovered the remains of a
human being.— The corroding tooth
of time had made such an impression
on it, that only the arm bone could
be raised; From the more than ordi
nary size of which, it was conjectured,
that the whole skeleton had been at
tached to a being of larger dimensions
than 'he race ol the present day.
For a skeleton to be found incarce
rated in such an extraordinary depth,
may give rise to some impor.ant spe
culations, relative to the antiquities,
with which the western country a
bounds. Where these remains were
found, there is first a soil Of two or
three feet, then sand and gravel, and
intermixed with thick black mould.
[Republican*
Philadelphia, Dec. 29.
COLONIAL DEPENDENCE.
There is a report in circulation this
morning, that there are, at thin hour,
for sale, in this city, BRITISH LI
CENCES. To what a depth of de
gradation are we fallen ? Will the peo
ple fold their arms and cry “ a 1 trio
more sleep and a little more slumber,”
•vhil* tb«'ir best interests anJ their
learest rights are sacrificed to the Icars
ol men who love their dollars more
than their country ? Is it not ti ne for
the people to meet and instruct th‘*»r
representatives ? La id speculators ?t
Y'»zoo claimants are occupying th#
time of Congress while the nition
bleeds at every pore. Let Pennsylvi
nia instruct her representation and if
her instructions he not faithfully o
beyed let her put away all her unwor
thy servants.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker
of th- House of Representatives!
AND dh,W GREGG, President
of the Senate pro tempore.
December 19, 1809.
APPROVED
JAMES MADISON.
Jy" ^or 3ome interesting articles res*
pecting the infant Manufacures of cur
country, see last column of 4.U page of
this day's paper.
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BY virtue of a deed of tru.t ini fu:;h?i wru
lei »uih vity esteemed by Jamr.. Porks h-o
Tons. Hnrr- n. bearing date the i2t . day of F-«
bruaryj t806, and recorded in the county court
of Henric >, on tbe 7.h July, 1806 c nvcyinj
jeven nejf-oci, vie. Ed/ ant her six cl-td.erf
Judith, Hetty, Barilet., Lucy, S*rah an I it ..
b-cc*, for the pmpo.e of securir g a deb d e
from the said Park* to the e-tate of J tcoh
Smith, dsceared^ will be *o d, an the 20th Jty
ofthi* presen- month, the shove named negr*?«,
at the’ate dwell ng home of the said Paik*,
tnw Yielding D< mstal’s, in Henrico county fe’r
ready money, >y
THOMAS BUR TO*, Trustee.
January 2J, 1810. 3vr
N b. At the wine time and pV.e, th« plao*
ation will be ren rd.
T<UR subscriber ha. OP&MEO bU SJHaUw
ROOM in the ne v badding adjoining tfi»
Cttstont house i-»’arerni and Guardian* who
have children to be taugh?, and who may wj ,
to become acquainted wifii hi* plan of rdue.,(j.
on are hereby invited to visit him for the pur.
pose.
CHILES TUtlRELL.
January lit, 1810. Jp
D1SSOLU riON.
PUR cor»ar*nership of VYm. Warner 2tr -» of
* New York, and A. L. Philip to c->. of tni.
pfa<$e, dissolved on the I ,t inst, by mutual cO i
Thnte indebted to the concerns a re e
nested to make immediate payment to A: 1*
1 hi ip, who a oic is authorised to make pay
| Pant and grant d' ..hargei,
I n A U PHILIP.
WILLIAM WARNER*
i A, L. Philip respectfully inform* his friend*
and th? puniic, that lie hi* m hand a large as*
sort.men: of D.tY (r.)O J$, which he intenda
tod'aptsac of very low for cam or eounr/ pro*
duel,
(3r>
diice aim ammunm jo, valued at tw.i Sc
a half millions, a li ut. g;n. a lieu:,
col*, and 70 naval officers, called ho ne
to Spain. She came in with a 13 itish
trign e, who tell in with her in so leaky
a condition, that the comman ier a*
greed to accompany her into porr.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman
at Ilavanna, dated 21 D c. io a m r
chant in Baltimore—*« You are no
doubt inform ed that this port has been
partially opened; and I an authorised
t° that it is co npletely so now.
\Ye expect the order will be published
in a few days.”
Baltimore, Dec. SO.
SOMETHING REMARKABLE.
The two twenty thousand Dollar prise*
ni the Baltimore College Lottery, were
drawn this morning wita only one tick t
intervening Between then. ’One of to*
tickets w.»s held by M ssrs, G. Dobbin S?
Mjrpny—the otner possessed by the Mail '
gers.
AN ACT
Extending the time for issuing andh
cating military land warrants.
O E it enacted by the Senate and House of
, Repr *'ii.at!\vs of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
b cretary of War be luthor s d to issae
military land warrants to suci persons as
have, or shall, before the first day of March, '
one tnousand eigot hundred and thirtce:.
produce to him satisf ictory ev.dence of the
v. .lnj,.y of their claims; which warrants
w. ta those aeretofore asued and not yet si
tisned, shall and m .y tie located in the
iiain^s of ihr holders or proprietors thercor
prior to the firs: day of October one thu.i..
sand eight hundred and thirteen, on iuiy
niilocaied parts of the fifty quarter tirtni.
snips and the fractional quar er townships,
reserved by law for original holde rs of mi«
litary land warrants.
PilILADELFHI 1, Ore. 37.
Ryan arrivalat New-Bedford, L ;.i
don dates have b en received t> the
14th ult. Tney contain but little im
portant news.
Accounts from Spiio 'tat--, tha* Ge
rona, which has long in ide h >noi\»ble
resistance to the French, has been o
bligsd to surrender.
Lord Wellington has beenappolnted
by the Portuguese, captain-geucralissi
no and supreme head of Portugal.
The following article is from the
ate3t paper.
Important Rumor—Letters hive
seen received from Swe leu to the 3 l
mtant. A report prevailed .t Gotten-'
jurgh, on the authority of com nuni
rations from Stockholm, that t»te fo:r
principal powers of the li.dtic, R »3sia,
Sweden, Denniirk, and Prussi.*, ha l
:ome to a determination to close that
>ea against the shipping of every other
ration, with the exception of the
French.
9 * ’ - M*
•The Supreme J unta of Spain has de
dared war agiirrst Dm.naric. One of
he reasons is, tne refu ;al or tne Danish
jovernment to receive an ambassadors
A Spanish 7\a'rived at Porto Rica
jn the 22 id ult in distress, in 33 days
rom Htvanna, hound to Cadiz, ha’v
up^ On hoorr* m . . __.