Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-09 00:00:00, page 2

"fihcre was the tinny > there were the
' Cannons planted in the streets and
squares; theie were the armed boats
' brought up the Thames and stationed
‘opposite the honorable house. There
' whs bo getring rid of hese facts ^nd,-1
unlessxheV could be gotten rid of, it
' was, thiborough-mongers saw, iu vain
to attempt'to' cheat this world into a
belief that the1 friends of sir Francis
were a 4* contemptible rabble ” The
next fetch wa; to : c use the friends of
sir Francis wi h vhlefitand murder
otis actions ; with firing of pistols, in
the streets, at the army ; and with hav
ing formed a design to block'up thu
‘ ends of the streets, and turn1 le dotvq
t';:e bri; ks and iles upon the heads ol
the armv. if this had been true, it.
would have afforded nothingin support
'of the assertion of the friends of sir
Francis being 44 a contemptible rabble”
*—btit it wps notoriously false ; and we
have now pretty good pro f» of the
falsehood in the failure of the offer of
500/. to bring forth any evidence of a
trnnsgres ion of the law having been
committed by the people, while it has
been proved upon the oaths of two ju
ries, that some of the life guards did
commit wilful‘murder upon two at
least, of the people.** There is no get
'ting over this. S ddiers are sent to aid
in executing an order of the 4t Repre
sentatives of the peopleand, iu this
execution, ’the said soldiers commit
murder upon the people—while it has
» ct, in any case, been proved, that the
peopl.-, though some of them were
murdered by the soldiers, committed
any ac' of vioLnr« upon the s Miers.
\Y hat th.t»n wprp lhc» hfiroiirrh.mtmcy.-r*
s»nd their hirelings to do? Why. r s rt
' to their old expedient—namely, abuse,
defame, villify th** person*, by whom
this exposure has been produced. For
this purpose the accident of Mr. O*
Coru.or’s being in the house of air
F. at the lime of ii« being broken oper,
was eagerly seized on, particularl bj
one writer, who in his contlu-1 upou
this occasion, has discovered a deg t e
of malignity and of cowardice rartly
to be met with even in the crew to
which he belongs, ard never to be found
in any oilier description of men. The
baseness of this man’s attack upon Mr.
O’Connor is tru'y unspeakable. No
•words can do justice »o it. It was not
merely u w anton atta k—Mr. O’Con
nor was not only an uooffendiug party
in this case, and it was not only attack
ing him for the alledgt d crimes °f H
brother, since kingdom, as
well ns while he jyflHn. In additi
on to ail this th^re mt^/ifhe reflection
that the a s lilant was f iv< r d by u
strong popular prejudice, txistiog in
England, agaii.bt the veiy name of
O’Connor an 1 the aR*>ai!ant, however
deficient in point of und rstnnding and
taU?vr, had tunning enough to perceive,
that the prejudice wo Id, in some de*
gree, at any rate, \y rk for him and
nis abominable cause* There was
however, something 30 detestably un
just in the tutar V, hat voy lew per
sons were ii.Puen cd b it. Detesta
tion was the feeling tha: it grnerallj
excii d, y< t, I could ro satisfy mysell
that 1 had done my duly', without
. bringing the ra • *f .Mu O’Connor
fully before .he Ei j.li h public—a ri,
therefore, for »he norpose of doinp
which, I begged him t ) furnish in*
with a nnrrai vc o'what pissed in rt -
spcct to accusations again t him by
the governtiu r.t—which narrative, in
deed, I Wi.s the m re a xi us to pos
•tss, irom roving ne,*r*i tr.at liberal
minded, kin*!, «jid honest rr. n, l)f.
L'tivr. nee, 9;*y, ’hat n ver v/:;s treat
ment mere ut. worthy than that whic
this very grrule.nan had r ctived, ard,
concerning which treatment, « D
sent ir.e some p-prrs, du ing the a„
ministration ol ik r. 1*\ x a.;d lord G» n
V ile. ^
'Ihis circumrtancr naturally gav.
a spur to the oth r motives, which l<d
me to desire to po-sess Mr. O’Con
narrative, which Iruv ng obtained,
1 hers present .t to my riders in hi.*
own words. Upon reading this nar
rative, where is the ju t ma i, wtn
will not join n.e In ex-entd g th • re
cta: attempt »o cxviif, o /rn< w, ft
eir.pirio^ o! his ch: ract r a rl his „ o
tiv*-*? Well may he set out *. i*h *b
serving that the people of En I-x. '
know worse than noti.ing about !r -
lrf d. Hut thin is i ot s range ; di
vide and oppress,” is, an rid maxim ;
ard it woull be stra ge indeed, if :m<
maxnn were forgotten by borough
mor.pcrsi.mi the r hireling*. Hence
themvef ceasing ralu . nus upon ih^
Irish p.opie. Who opm o seiving
the manner in which Air. (/Conner
h >s oeen ■'polrt d ol, /jr»cc the flair r-1
Piccadilly, would not i nagii.e, *ha: h»
was a low desperate ;dxen^uier or, at
least, n n an living opon Sir I'r. nvis .
a sort of hirJicg p tn*\ * in short *
man utmost as despicable if e wrrt
» tool, a guiper ol faliv os-1m under
a borough-inougrr; tlmoit is d-spi
Cftble ax if lie weic h jjuid<.) iq*u .u
he work of corruption. Vet is Mr. (
U’Coi.nor a gentleman of ancient fain- j
ily arid of independent fortune, having i
liis possesions in lands, being one of )
the owuets ot his native country, and '
having a course, all the motives that a i
man can pos&ibly have for preventing
that country from being robbed, for
preventing property from being taken
Irom the owners, of whatever uescrip
ion the robbers m.»y be, or under what
ever name they may approach^ With
;his preface I shalll submit the t\prra«
,:ve to n y readers, beseeching them tb
reQect, that Irishmen are not only men
us well as themselves, that they have
not only f clings as well as Englishmen;
but that Englishmen possess no rights,
lo theeij y mentof which Irishmen are
hot iully entitled, and that, to deny this
proposition is to declare open war against
he people of Ireland, and fully tojus
bfy every act that they have, or re. ay,
commit in 'hostility to England ; a
denial, therefore, which no one but a
traitor to his king anil country will ever
attempt to make.
[Mr. O'Connor 's narrative ih'our nr.vf.]
New York, Oct. 1.
LATEST FROM PJR1UOAL. j
By the ship Factor, Capt. Riddell,
Irom Lisbon, which port he left on the
27th of August, wc learn, that Lord
Wellington’s head-quarters wire at
Celerique, and the French head-quar
ters at Alra.'ida, about 30 miles dis
tant.
I'he French army were suffering for
the want of provisions and the Bri
tish army with the fever and ague.
A .’•rnc'al battle was shortly cxpect
The French commenced bom
rv A 1 m it., a.U *. . __I
o-- “ * •••«,*** • v,*w **
soirVif which consisted of 3000 men,
under Gem S:ott.
Great illuminations and other rejoic
ings had taken place at Lisbon, which
lasted three nights, in consequence of
the ir.a.riage at the Brazils of a Prin
cess ol Portugal to a Prince of Spain.
Flour at Lisbon 17 and an hall dol
lars.
Wc have received Lisbon papers to
the 25th of August, which state that,
3500 infantry, and 800 cavalry had ar
rived near Corunna, lrom England,
and several more troops were daily ex
pected.
Extract of a Letu r lrom Lisbon, da
ted Aug. 23.
“A packet saiUd this morning for
England with dispatches lrom Lord
Wellington. The news by telegraph
states, that the French had commenced
the attack on Almeidj,and were bom
barding it with great spirit, and that it
was necessary for Lord Wellington to
March his army and attack them im
mediately. The armies were within a
lew miles of each other,— 1 he French
about 70,000, and the E glish about
half that number, but receiving rein
forcements daily. Most of the peo
ple here are trembling for the events
ol a Wattle, which is momently expect
ed. The English have all things rca
d\ to embark,and the French are with
in 150 miles of this ph.ee. All the
guns that can he found in Por ug*l, t
ven the castle and fort guns of Lisbon
have been put on board English ships,
'gefher with the piop- rty of such ol
.he Portuguese nooihtv as intend to
leave the pl.ice should the French suc
ceed.”
Nrw.Ycrk, Oct. 2.
DECKEE,
ii c iv d per the Neptune from Keil,
arriv -d at Ph'diul- Inhia.
V.V Frederick, See. do declare, that
in consequence of particular circunv
• iincca, vve have ordered as follow* :
l*t. i'he line from Nieus»a It, in
ur Duchy of H Istein, river Ahrens
ok to S geberg, from hence to O •
desloe, from them e over Kilz' ury an.,
ti o siatl to the city and C-stle of
G’u k^ladt, from thence al mg the Elbe
o IJ unshut.le, and firth r to Buvun,
•h.dl be considered .» a par.iculcr line
of cus 6m, oyer which shall not he car
ded from our Duchies, neither by sea
r land, any produce which ia not of
Eu-opean origin.
2d. It fined sugars ard syrups shall
not be i sported over s*id line.
3'h An exception shall be allowed
*or such quantities only »tcan be pro
ved f r retail com<vetce and domestic
ur.—S.x months provision for the
former and twelve months for the lat
r
4'h. Every vessel that clears from
one place to «no her, along the coast
•f tire Elbe, must give bends for 25
.ier cent on ;he valu-? of ship and car j
g »» * r the » -curdy of the discharge or
tb* same, at ihe place cleared for.
S .5. A l in s : goods which sre
fou d t oe tiaotportrd i eater to the
fro: t.ers rf '.host pieces designated as
ihe line, shaft b< c: nftata’e^, and the
persons ib rein in: tr t d .hall Ue fin
ed for the vdue ih.ieof.
ted till further notice* Dated at Fre
dericksburg, Aug. 9th* 1810.
Ills Roj hi Majesty is caused by cir
cumstances-, to ext rul the order ot
shuttiog the ports of liusum aud Ton
ningeu, for North American ships to
all the por s in the Duchy of 11 U cin,
aud that A meric an vessel which may
arrive after the publication ot this our
order, shall be turned»off, as has been
prescribed in t e order of the 15 h
June las f r ii.tsum and J onuiugcn.
J, 3d Aug. 1810
■— ...
Latest irom Denmark.
Capt. Jefferies arrived here on Sa
turday from Kiel, which he left the
18th Aug. informs that all the ports
in Holsttin and Denmark, have been
shut against American vessels. The
port oi Kiel was shut t«p wms be
fore he sailed, and a liao ^fLJdta«ii;trs
was drawn along the Danish lines, to
prevent the passage of colonial goods as
donaparte had determined thit all the
commerce of the continent should pass
through France. Upon the news of
these measures being received at Kiel,
kind of produce became a mere
rlw 1 he ports in Sle-swick were
n^Bhut when capt. J. sailed, but th y
, v^Wxp-'Cted to be closed immetli*
ately. It was thought the vessels
J carried in would be released.
Freeman’s Journal.
[Capt. J. in the above, says the
ports of Denmai'k and Holstein are
shut-then again, the ports of Schles
wick are not shut. Now* as this
duchy of bchleswick is a pa*t ct Den
mark, we do not exactly understand
captain Jeffries.]
[BaK Fed. Gaz.
SPANISH AMERICA.
IiALlIM VRF., O.t, I.
By the ■thooiic r Lhtsh, Capt. Aus<
tin^lj days ftbm L j/lira, we have ac-1
jcountifroin Serica’-o th 2nd '
of Stfttmber. J*e have b? n per
to use intrCnrraccas Gazettes
of 31<»t A’ gw^fnd lsV of Sep'enribrr;!
from tliemj^ give ihe official account
of the rcvjnuiion at St. Fe, which took
place on the 19f.h and 20th August,
sim lar to that at Carraccas of 19 h d
April. This emstd great rejoicing.
M Laguira, he. The gazette speaks
of this event in terms of enthusiastic
exultation.
He s ys, the 19*h April h 19th Aug.
are dajs nropiti us to the gloriouc
cause of Ferdinand VII, when an in
surmountable barrier was erected a
gainst the ambition of the detested
Bonaparte; a barrier which, wiih the
spirit ol liberty, aided by the friendship
ol G. B. shall extend from the shores
of Venezuela to the interior of Peru.
I he official account was published
wi-.h all speed by the Junta of Carrac
ca?.
C pt. A. add?, that an English ves
sel arrived at Laguira, whot'e com
mander informed that the Spanish
Islanders had declared the main iq a
state of insurrection; that cruizcrs
were fitting out at Portorico, &c. &c.
to blockade Laguira, Cumana, Porto
Caveilo, he. and declared their de
termination to- capture all vessels
bound to or from the blockaded ports
and districts.
. BATTLE IN HAYTI.
-Cajpt. Austin, to avoid the enrzers
mentioned nbbve, came round Tibc
roo i—Was becalmed off the Mole
one d-*y. At day light heard a heav)
cannonading, which continued till pant
11 o’clock. Soon after the firing com
mecced, saw seven sail stand in ; at
11 three of them returned and were
fired at by the fort as th y came
out. The other lour probably cap
tured.
MARYLAND ELECTION.
Total votes in Congressional district*
. Kent- Mercer.
Prince George 721 648,
Atibu Arundel 992 677
1713 1325
Majority for Kent 388
[We must be permitted to congra
tulate the republican electors of the
district ol Anne Arundel and Prince
Georges on their success. It w. s well
known that in that dis rict no avowe<L
federalist could succeed ; and, for tW®
purpose of creating division among the
Republicans, a candidate was selected
Jrom the ranks of those opposed to the
«resent administration, who had here
P0W> acted with Republicans, and had
y their favor obtained the highest of
fices in the state. So decided a victo
ry obtained over such a mar, uniting
to his reputation the most shining po
pular t .lent, is at once an honors >le
testimony in favor of Dr. Kent’s cha
racter and worth, and an evidence of
i the discernment and firmness of the
+ t -» - -Urn‘/civ• i E>-.r- i* ,*■. ^ ^
THE LOAN.
It will be recollected by our readers
that At the late session of Congress, in
order to supply the deficiency in the
sum unnU Uy appropriated for the'
paymcntot Public Debt, »he President
of the United States was by law em-i
pov/cM^I to .borrow a ,k sum not to ex- t
ceed w yt-inolpal of the public debt,
whictf^iU "be feimbursed, according
to lawful ing the pres-nt year,” at a
rate ot interest not exceeding six per
cent. The law also authorised the'
B-nk ot the Un ted States to lend the
said sum or ar.y part thereof; because'
it was known that from that institution
the money could be obtain'd wt..h
I grea er facility and at levs er interts*
for so short a time xs will elapse be
fore its reimbursement, than from in- J
dividual*. In pursuance cf those pro
visions, about three months ago a loan
was obuiined from the bank of.the U
nitrd States for the sum of 3,750,000
dollars, at six per cent.—the money to
be reimbursed on the 3Ut December,
181L If the charter of the Bank of
the United States shall not be renewed
orjtontinued, the m-vney loaned is to
beReimbursed to the Bank wittiin three
mtn^hs alter notice given by them.
Nat. lot*
■
Mr. Morier, the British Secretary
of Legation and Charge d* Affaires ad
interim, arrived in Washington on
Wednesday'.
"'not I CE,
ALL those' may concern, are
respect fall jNu ed, that arrange,
meats w.ll soon be* de for the #atuitons
instruction of suet ren as ail embu.
ctd in the ordin^ce 1 the Cnfnon Hall
of this City, paJKd on the 16th of July
lust. Application muy he made to Messrs.
Benjamin Tate, James Lownes and John
D. Blair, in the>r respective Wards.
By order of the Hoard of Ttustees.
John Butfianan, {Resident.
Richmond, 9.h October, 1810* (1)
A Runaway in Louisa Jail.
fly AS Committed to the jail of Louisa
>v cu'ty at a Itnnaw y, on or ah u
tlie 30fh tiny of July las:, a negro man wh'.
culls hmself by the name of
G H
and says he belongs to /a Mr
Jones ot the sta'eof S. Carolina,
says the said Jones purchased
time last Summer of a Mr. Ja
son of the county of Cvolin*',
The said Run «w.ty s .tvjot 5 fe
inches high, of a dark cok™
when committed to ini, at
Yarn jacket, cotton vest, and pantalo ns
The owner is requested to come forward, 1
prwve bis property, pay charges and take ,
him away, otherwise he will he dealt with ,
according to law.
J'*hn Edwards, D. S.
^ i«T
Malcolm Hart, ShflT. 1
^>ct. »th, IStO. (w 3 m) 1
T O RENT, ;
THE Upper Apartments adjoinflg nr./ ^
Book.Stor’. They consist I four 1
rooms, with Frc.plicts m each, a A large . t
airy passagesw*so attached to tns pre .
mises, are a Kitcnen and Cellsr,-*and
w.thin a few feet of the door, is a fountain
of good Spriug Water from the Bkndy 1
Run, be. v Vs
Samuel Pleasants, jr. t
Ott, 9. ft fj 11
■« ■ . ii ■■ •»
jumgmta mtgug.
RICHMOND,
TUESDAY, Qctobkr 9, 1810.
The fritriot of Richmond, with its
isual spirit, condemns the publication
n the democratic prints of Roger
3’Connor’s narra ive cf suli'ering^.—
de thinks it has been done fora 44 vc
y contemptible purpose” by the repub- P&
leans, and modestly informs us that
ie publishes 44 O’Connor’s narrative
viih very different views.1* Fur once
is to his own motive, ive bel cve him*
I'he democrats have given currency
0 this narrative to demonstrate the
■cal evils of the monarchical system of
jovernment generally, and of the
1 orrupted monarchy of England in par
icular. The Patriot has published it
4 with very different viewsthat is, he
ias published it for the purpose, as it
vould seem, of having ?n opportunity
:o vindicate the British Government
ram the odium which the particulars
)f that narrative are well calculated
:o cast upon it. This certainly shews a
Has, Why will the federal prints so
aften betray their pariialities l If
they love England, why do they not
iay so? Why will they attribute to
republicans motives of prejudice that
lave no existence, why do they revile
^hem for these supposed prejudices,
meiB* to have a pretext to apologize
forRie crimes of the English govero
iWnt? Why do not they say to us,
,4 Gentlemen t7e love England with
ill our heart**, we are dazzled with the
sarldoraa, the macquis t*-s, and the
dukedoms, with the monarchy and all
the nttrihut<** nf rfint rr>,.-tv oi-*l «>•
J 9-- —
W.wn o in rocluce the same system of
government here ?” * Why do they
not speak this ? Why do they not
come io the point fairly and openly,
and avoid all appearance of hypocrisy ?
Shall we tell you the re .son ? We
will. These Patriots have to deal with
a pure and simple republican people $
a people who are not to be easily wean
'd f om their democratic notions ; and
whi se minds, btfore they can be cor*
rupted, m -gr be gradually poisoned
by maxims which are odious ami op
pressive in thei.* very nature. This is
the r. ason why these precious Patriots
do not speak out. They are afraid:
they sneak and sk dk in veils and masks.
And^^sen the republican prints, for
tht»fOT>mutlon and preservation jfr -
publ can pr:n: ipl. t., paint the evils of
kingly rule, when they circulate in
th*ur columns such narratives as that
of O'Connor——a narrative remark r
ble no less for the simplicity and beau
ty of the style than for the monstrous
persecution which it d velopcs_
'htn these Patriots shew thi cloven
font and cant »nost volubly about “ con
temptible purp sea” a d democratic
artifices ;—then they smooth the ru tr
eed features of tSiitish oppression, (so
hideous that they will not bear the lignt
without horror,) and grace inquisito
rial persecutions with the gentle name
of «4 a species of oppression,” still
narrowing down the severity of the
oppression with the m s i >y.tl consid
eration that the unhappy sufferer was
an 4t Irishman ! ’
We W /ul i ask these Patriots, if the
fate of O’Connor, under lJrtish tyran
ny, has beenso drt-a ‘ftI—.if th- fare nf
a man of strong intellect, ancient and
nonoraoie family, and of immense
wealth, has been so terrible if such a
man has been tom from his homo, cast
into dungeons, tried by packed juries,
an*W»ported from Ireland to En
from England to Ireland_
«Tmf must be the lot of those poor
wretches whose minds are uncultiva.
t'd, whose homes are thatch -d cabins,
whose inheritance is poverty, and who
have no one to stand up for them f
A hat must be their fate i Look to
He history ol Ireland and you may
! arn* * he cottages of the peasants
iur t, the fathers of the families butch,
“•red, and their daughters ravished,
rhij is their fate: this is their desti
r.y under the discipline of the British
"overnm nt. And shall an American
epublican print f *r pourtraying these
nnnstroos villainies be dm >unctd as
fnHty of tricks und of meanness ? Shall
hath- calEd a 44 very contemptible pur
'lose" wh’ch exhibi 3 a narrative, ad
ntrable for its temperate language, the
itory of which shews how very irtcom
a 5nan 8tror»g mind, of great
>Vin'% of many connection, beloved
> lull I round him—h >w very in;om
>eKt that man ri, under such a go.
B-iertas that of Cl. B. to maintain
tie rights of’is domicile, his d well in r*
touse, his civil sanctum sanctorum, a.
jainst the giant arm of tyrannous
>owrr, wlvnev.r that a m is e> t-r((fl
d in hostility towards him ? Shell
he publication of such a narrative
ie revil'd as a trick, because every
cn ence of it warns us to beware of
he contagious spirit of British poll
ks ; to resist the first approaches of