Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-28 00:00:00, page 3

French decrees, ' 7,073 00
Amount now under de
tention and not deter
mined, 80,000 00
8 238,796 05
Amount captured by the
British, 53,610 00
Restored by sen
tence reversed, 5,875,00
^ 8 47,735 00
Amount recaptured from
the French by the Brit
ish and restored, 59,313 50
On which the salvage
; and expenses were, 16,890 72
8 42,422 78
Thus it appears that there has been ac
tually lost by France, including Spain
while under her orders, the sum
of 208,796 05
And in jeopardy now, 30,000 00
8 238 796 05
Great Britain has captured, after de„
ducting what was resto
red, 47,735 00
! But she has credit/or
| property recaptured
and restored, 42,422 78
Actual loss, 8 5,312 22
Now in the face of this statement,
for the correctness of which we pledge
our veracity, will any man be so lost
to every sense of decency, as to repeat
the same story ? Will the democratic
papers republish this statement ?
I he reader is iuformed that these
losses are upon American property on
ly, lor it would have been uQcandid
to have put property insured for ac
count of either of the belligerents.
Ledger.
DiKD=On the 19th inst. at Blootningdale,
rear Ntw-York, Mr JAMES CHEET«
1IAM, Editor of the Amtrican Citizen.
C-R ^
N Frday the 26hof October, at 4
o'clock Jn the af err.oon, will be sold
on the p'emistSj for cash, agreeable to a
deed of trust from John Lockheart and
Sally his wife, to Williarti Davidson, for
the benyfit of Jc.hn Andrews, A LOW OF
GHOUND or TENEMENT, siuJFe on
basin of he Canal and knowr*A tht
of the city of Richmond by num.
203, or so much thereof as will be
cient o satisfy and pay the sum cl
3S0 Dollars bearing inlet est from the 1st
day of March 18C9, ill the day of sale,
together wi h all the costs of executing
&a;d trust, arrrl of 'he »a*e.
MARY DAVIDSON,
AdmTx of
WiTiam David-on, dec*d.
f FOUR DOLLARS REWARD. "
qTOLEN from theStable of Mrs, Brax.
i
Lumpkin in the City of Richmond^ shall
rtceive the above reward.
Wilson Lumpkin.
Sept. 26, 1810. In
HAVING quaified as Ext cu or ol
1 hr mas Gilliat, deceased, I am rea.
dy to receive wha' is due lo said estate
and to ?djus' any just claims again't it—
J f m duly authorised also to receive what.
ever js t]ue lo jate flim cf (;M|ja &
Ki:hv. Ard being desirous of #o.ir.g
li’tit metteis as expeditiously as jmsstble
thn«e irdeb’ed either to the a at or the
a.'tid la • fi m will please lake nqftce dial
Unless payment is made or satisfactory ar*
3k rargt mcnts are entered into wi hout de«
\ lay, 1 shall put all claims into the hands
of aitcrnies for collection*
JOSEPH GAL! EGO. F.xe'r
of 1 bomas Giilu1, dec'd*
Kichmmd^ S<pt 27 1810. tf
Lancaster county court,
2P«h Jone 18l0.
Fefer J/a«on and Louisa his wife, William-.
Cku ch and Betsy hi» wife, Phidp Did. J S’
lick tnd Alice his wife, Sally, janetra, I ^
| Alice, Hilhy snd Jesse Davis, children I sc
of Bs’tVy I)?.vis, deceased, , Phi
i gainst
Alt*: r,..c . .. tt a Irr mistral
am Davit, dec'd and Alt
and Judith his wife, ai.J i
and Ssliy his wife,
•VMK drfen len's Stcret Wil
* wife. nai having entered
a d given security according to la«ntnd tn^ulr*
of this court, and it spi earing to the satisfaction
of >his court that the said ddfe. dants a t not
inhabitan t of the commonwealth of Virginia
on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counted
Tt is ordeicd, that the said d. (endants appear
here on or before the ih td Minday in Septem.
her nea^, and answer the bill of the p aintiffs ;
anjj that a copy hereof be forthwith inserted in
fme Viiginia Argus, for two months successively,
and another copy pot’ed at ths front door of the
•curt.hon e of this county.
(A Copy) J, TOWLES, elk.
f_
The account of a fatal duel in Wythe
county in this state, lately published in
almost all the newspapers in the U. S.
we are authorised to say, is nothing,
more than a piece of low fun.
oj Richmond.
7. i
E D.
ladelphia.
Norfolk.
New
York.
Victory, Godwin, Norfolk.
Manhattan, Allen, Ph ladelphia.
Greyhound, Baxter, Lisbon.
Sloop, Quick-lime, Robinson, Thomasl
Town.'
Example, Watson, Philadelphia.
Sally, Spencer, East-Greenwich.
CLEARED.
Sch. Charles, M’Lallen, Boston.*
Sloop Example, Watson, New York.
THE LATE NEWS.
.. . i
Columns might be filled with com
ments on the late news from Europe,
sa\s the Boston Pat iot. The various
items continue, as they transpire, to
present more distinctly to our view the
cevelopement and the effect of those
two great systems of policy—of naval
t\ ranny on the ocean, and military ty
ranny on the continent—which in their
mutual collisions, employ the ener
gies, absorb the resources, and war
upon the morals, of Christendom.
Wh !#» tVA Ottmul *1 _ C
--viiw VIVUUI \JX
this gtowntic conflict, it is our duty to
keep itrt-\>nstam view the principles on
which this universal war*are against
the rights of man is prosecuted—to
look to its consequences upon the ci
vilized world, and particularly to our
selves.
1 he time has certainly arrived in
which not only our statesmen, but our
merchants, making their calculations in
their own wav, must look a-head in
order to shape their course, either for
national honor or private interest.
^Che iron sided continental system,
.u^iunced in the D cree of Milan,
wfiyiinquest’onably be carried into ef
fect by the strong hand of its author*
whose sword was never backward to
execute the tyrannic deeds—promised
by his pen, unless the conqueror of
Europe, as some fondly dream, is
doomed like Alexander, to be conquer
ed by a woman—and his vast projects
of aggrandizement to be smothered in
the cradle by ih<-t female co-partner,
who unquestionably ere this feels as
deep an interest as himself in their
completion. Our only hope of any al
leviation of thia system rests on the
word of Napoleon, who avows its vio
lation of every principle of public law,
ar.d promises a recognition of the prio
cit'les of justice, wh-.n those evils are
j removed which he professes to coun
teract.
Those evils are that spirit of com
notlr.al monopol) and piratic outrage
■S'118* v.°y J a< kson
suprcivacv” which he
- — strenuously asserted)
which has been growingup for more than
two centuries past—which assumed a
body and form in the time of Crom
wtll, and which for more than fifty
years past has advanced w'.th regular
progressive strides till i< has trodden
. down every principle of public and of
British law in her courts of admiralty
and in her foreign relations.
i his great system of national policy,
now exe i plilird in the king’s procla
mation for taking our persons, and his
other Orders of Council for regulating
our commerce and taxing our proper
ty, has now become the confessed
standing nuisance of the world—jus
tified, even by its most partial advo
cates by no better plea than that of the
necessities of a nation boasting great
er resources than any other on ear'h.
These pictures are not flattet ing—they
are faithfully drawn. It is a public
duty to keep thsm constantly in view.
’ drops of justice.—I am glad to
w drops of justice in the show
gradation that is falling in ca„
taracts on our foreign commerce.
The New York Evening Post has
the fallowing ;
“3o determined was the Emperor
to lay hands on every thing American,
that he had sequestered vessels which
had been sailing under his own licence.
The schooner Three Apprentices,
capt. Irvine, of New York; the ship
-, capt. Coffin, of Nantucket, and
the chooner-, capt. Clark, which
had been trading under British and
| French licences, were seized and sold
I At Bordeaux in the month of June.”
if admit^that either England or
Jmc right to navi
flows ol course that
away at pleasure.
- :ir licences acknow^
ledge their right. \Even robbers h<vJ
on some occasions a proper sense ett
honor and justice. ' If they belief
their demand of our purses is founded
in right, they take them of course in
justice to themselves; if we acknow
ledge their right by presenting our
parses instead of our pistols, and of
#enng a,part for the impunity of the
they pay a just compliment
i decision by taking the
'd declare those outlaws in
honor, who make a das
tardly surrender of their own rights.
Boston Patriot.
4f TSSSKM
From the United States Gazette.
Extract of a letter from an American
^man at Bayonne, August 1,
>y of a decree which I lately
^decree of 5th July, 1810.,
io this paper on the 9th inst.J
r ndergo some modification as ma>
be seen by the one now enclosed which
I received from Paris a few days since.
No confidence, however, should be
5^*1 licences, and as the aspect
chan5ing» it is very
w*!l *all through, a
Htpnody can rely upon their being exc
cuted. By the la->t intelligence from
Paris none had then been issued. The
sale of American cargoes had cam !
tnenced this day, and they will be sold
in the order of the enclosed list. We
l,avc an arrival here of a vessel under
t* renrh ml nnrfi urifk » _XT
-y " mviii lit
York. The cargo has becu admitted
to an entry, by which it is proved that
American produce can be imported in
1‘ rench bottoms, but the vessel must
have a French register.
THE FOLLOWING IS TIE LIST REFER
i ED TO t
List of the American' vessels' cargoes
I under sequestration by the French/
L Z°vernment, advertised to be sold the
r* v °J August, 1810. These cargoes,
vOflkcnty Jive in number, are such as
I are as yet arranged in lots for sale
I the others which remain, fourteen in
I number, willfollow soon after. They
will be sold in the following alphabc
tical order.
[Here follows the names of the ves.
sels]
The following is a copy of the decree
referred to in the above letter.
[For the United State's Gazette ]
11 Paris, 20 July, 1810.
Incenses in your department shall only be
given to depart from Bordeaux, notwith
standing merchantsof other cities may obtain
them on condition i f dispatching their vessels
from that port The same licence shall
arswer six months, sh ill be addressed to
me to be accompanied by a declaration
from the capt.dn in writing making known
the places he has visited^ what he
has clone, and every event of hi9 voyage.
The licenses shall be given according to
their title gratis. They shall contain an
obligation to export French wines and
brandies, to the amount of one half the ton
the other half shall be filled up in
brandies, grain of every kind ex.
j **38, and in the merchandise^ pro.
; duce ahd manufactures of the empire, the
1 exportation of which is not prohibited.
A ftiolon - k. ^ 11 I .L
| ... •••VIVl. »HUII WO Ult Ofl (||C
as those enumerated in the licences of the
second system, excepting such exceptions
as we may think, proper to grant at the
spcc.al solicitation of commercial hou
ses.”
From the Boston Patriot.
MAXIMS.
“ The truth is not to be spoken at all
times”—is a maxim much ottener re
j peated and practiced by men of indi
; rect, than of honest, independent,
' minds. As a maxim for general use,
it is in fact the first lesson in the art of
lying, and the devil could not have con
, trived a better one. It makes Truth
an article of convenience in ihe out set,
and Conscience a Judge with undefi
j nable discretionary powers—All this
is flattering to a free agent, hut poor
security for his morals. The ancients
considered the 41 suppression of truth”
as a species of falsehood ; and surely
Christianity was not intended to relax
ouAiprality. The difference between
hiiMio is cunning, cautious and cal
culalng in his suppression of the truth,
and him who disregards it altogether—!
is, that the former considers truth a
convenient hand-maid to his ruling
passion—-the latter thinks her not
worth keeping. There in another max
im of more use in the common concerns
of life ; because it assists our judgment
in the estimation of characters.
44 He who fears to tell, commonk
fears to hear, Truth.”—In other words,
that discretionary conscience, which in
our walks through life, instead of look
ing for truth as its object, is only look
ing for directions how it shall be evad
ed and when not told—“ makes cow
ards of us.”
Practical Improvement.
We see few men at the present day
who appear to be more afraid of the
truth, than those high priests of our
country’s disgrace who officiated at the
sacrifice of our country’s 41 rights, ho*
flour and indtpendence” at Washing.
£Xhis fear implies a sense of
ne '# and while there is shame in the
rt C|f man or woman, there is always
remaining virtue enough to encourage
the hope of reformation. 1 bear this
honorable testimony in favor of most
of our representatives in the lOth and
11th Congress, that I know them to be
ashamed, if not of their own conduc*,
at least of that pitiful, dastardly policy
which Congress has pursued. Whoe
ver can say more in their favor ou ,h:
to speak in their behalf—-he, who if he
says any thing, would say less, is a ti.
mid ill judging friend to them and to
his country. Whoever says that the
44 Truth,” in this important subject,
44 is not be told at this time,” is a fool,
or what is vastly worse, a temporizing
hypocrite.
HANCOCK.
[ JThe British have shewn a further
|h^tijpty to American commerce, byf
prohibiting the introduction into Eng-'
land, iii'neutral bottoms, colonial pro
duce and dye-woods.
I Quere.—Would not the total pro
hibition of the importation into, or u^e
a, the United States or the territories
hereof, of articles the produce or man.
tincture of Great Britain or lur de
pendencies and authorising merchant
men to arm in defence of their trade,
bring Gieat Britain to a sense of du
ty ? 1 he experiment is \vor;hy of tri- 1
au B. American.
Dibdin, the great chief of English
wit, sentiment and song, is stated in
| London papers to be in such indigent
I circumstances, that a subscription has
ibeen opened for his relief, which has
been liberally filled up.
From the Trenton True American.
France and England in their strug
sMfr power, seem abo to be otriv.ng
wtrteh shall exceed the other in rapi
dly and perfidy*, Caustic’s riescrip
jtion is but too applicable to them
.both
ALL solemn treaties in their evea
Are merely Lllipu ian ties,
Go, m..ke a com,i«c with wHd gec*e,
Bind over wolves to keep the jwace—
Sign an agr. emenr, drawn in writing.
With ra tlesnakes to leave otf biting_
Co x blustering Boreas not to rave,
Blockade with straws Lotus’ cave,
Bail dry old ocean \?itn a Humble,
Or pierce the great globe with a wimble—
For ait these vast things may be doue
VVith greater ease by ten to one,
Than iorm a trca.y which vdlbini
Tyrants as Iaitbltas a» the wind.”
When Cobbett was about It aving A
merica for England, he boasted that
he was going to a country “ where
thieves do not break through and steal
five thousand dollars at once”_allu*
diug to the damages he had to pay Dr.
Kush for slander.—— \Ve suspect since
the sentence of the C :urt of King’s
no disposition to
tejjyg ihe superior excellence of
British jurisprudence.
^he Liberty of the Press,
That “ rare device, to favor’d mortal
given,
fn thf* I i I Krx..r.*.r _*T_
Oppression’s terror, Freedom’s surest
guard,
Guilt’s sharpest scourge, and virtue’s best
reward.”
Seems equally obnoxious to the do
tard on the British and the despot on
the Trench throne. While tine is
strangling *t by degrees, the other des
troys it at a blow. 1 he motto of both
s J I
\!r l^t out the lightmnd then."
NEW INVENTION.
It is with pleasure we notice the
r-pid progress of domestic manufac
tures—Scarce a day passes, tha-. tve
do not hear of some invention or im
provement ofbeneficial tendency.
Among the various instances, we
are happy to state that of a loom, late-j
ly invented in this town, by Mr. J.i
Richards. \VTe presume it is tipodfl
principles quite different from any here]
tofore introduced or practised upon i]
this country.—The whole machine isl
so ope rated upon by simply moving the
lay backward and forward, in a pecu
liar manner, that the weaving of any
kind of plain cloth, is greatly facilita
A person, who m an ordinary
In&Tis able to weave from 10 to 12
yaT££er d may* by this method.
turnr\»it from 30 to 40 yards in the same
time. It is also calculated to go by
water, merely by fixing a crank to the
lay—Ind. Whig.
at all time* m^R all person*.
fly EpiMJ^R i . from the
friends in^Rn(M|Lt.> the Friends
j IrelanjRtnd el-^ebi rc. m j.’ij
lished in the ** otftte«ntan,’^V«:cfived at
tins office, and contains the following, a*
mong much sound moral, religious nnd *
economical tru‘h. (
“ Now, dear friends, we would mention i
one subject, which ot th s time has hern '
under our notice ; a cauiion to all, to usa
moderation in their manner of living—hi.d
in this way to serk relief from the incre.i.
sing expense of the tunes in which we live,
rather than by engaging in mere ex *-n*ive
^n^Bfteu hazardous schemes in tr»de. "
\ ys ejjistle repot ts the exactions for
•ttlMfctnifltary demands, 8cc ih s year at
upwiJHs bf twelve thousand six hundred
snd seventy eight pounds sterling -and
many ot the young men are imprisoned
under the militia laws. It says, »* the E,
pisiie from Ireland has been particularly
grateful to us, and we have not failed tn
test ty our uni y with friends in that nation '
by a tew attectianate words of reply.”
1 ne Epistles from America are also men.
uoned. Want ot room prevents us front
republishing it enfre.
THE SUM otf RELIGION.
Written by Judge HALE, Lord Chief Jus
tice ot England.-It was found in his
Closet, amongst his o.her Papers,
after his Decease.
He that fears the LORD of H« a- ’
ven and Earth, w..lkshuinl>ly before
Him^tliUnkftillv lavs hold of the Mes
s^Sfe-of the Redemption by JESUS
and strives to express his
thankfulness by* the sincerity of his
obedience. He is sorry with all his
soul whec he comes short of his duty.
He walks watchfully in denial of him.
self anti holds uo, confederacy with
any lust or known sin—If he fails in
the least measure, he 19 resth ss till he
has made his peace by true Repent
ance. if? is true to his promises, just
in his dealings, charitable to the pour
sincere in his devotion. He wil not
flr*li it^ltt ,1 U_.1.1 •
secure of impunity. He ha:h his
hopes and conversation in Heaven—,
and dares not do any thing unjustly,
be it ever so much to his advantage ; ,
and this becau e he sees Him that is
itiviaiole, snd fears Hi <i be ause he
loves Him—.L ars Him as well for his
Goodness as his Greatness._Such
a m^n, whether ho be an Episcopalian
or a i »esi'yterian, an Independent or
i,naMkP tat—whether he wears a
- r weiir3 none—whether he
lwar%°rg3pjr, or hears none——whether
bfj die C mmumon, or for
3ake stands or sits—— he
hath the Life ot Religion in him;
and that Li*e acts in him, and will
cor,rorm his Soul to the image ol his
S AV lO UR and go along witn hi n iu
to Eternity, notwithstan ting his pr «c
tice or m,u practice of things iodnler
eiK.
On the other side, if a man fear not
the E'ernal GOD, can commie sin * f
with presumption, drink excessively,
swear vainly or lalscly, commit adul
tery, lye, cozen, cheat, break his pro
mise, live loosely—tho* lie may at the
s*me time be studious to prac ice e
very ceremony, to a scrupulous t xacu
ness, or may perhaps as stubbornly
oppose them. Although such a one
mav cry down Bishops or Presbytery
—iho’ he should be re-baptised every
day, or declaim against it as nerrsv_
and though he fast all the Lent' or
least out of pretence of avoiding su„
perstitipn—yet, notwithstanding these
aftef a thousand external conformities,
orfccalq^j i opposition of them, he wants
TII» L10L OF RELIGION.
~a
The Goapel of Jesus C»rist will
' never have ifs full and proper effect
upon mankind, until it is completely
disentangled from every human insti
tution. Leave it to itself—lrt it have
fnir play—clog it not with civil pains
and penalties—let it stand or fall by
-ts on intrinsic worth—-let neither
Lings nor Bi.h ps l*y their officious
hands upon it; and hrnsee how it
will make its way among men. The
greatest posa.ble motive, by which mail
can be animated, is t:ie salvation Of his
own soul. I* this wdl not move us,
nothing tlse will be of any av il.”
T^~the Publ7c.~
Council Chambkr Sept 26 1810.
Ou Weilmsd y th« 3d d iy of October |
tn« Kx cutive will proceed to ap*J
fpnint an additond agent, for the sale of
farii*,lea manufactured at the Penitent.aryl
nf sortie conVemont place on ShockoVj
[ Hill,
LDai&l L. Hylton, Clk C.
Rlphniond, Atpt 28 1810. (2 )
A S my wire M-iry robbed me at differ.
4 V ent nfiies early last spring of about
'->00 dollars in Bank Notes and Stiver, and
I the best of my house furniture and wearing
[cloathes, and has eloped, leavin? 7 young
children^ and one sritall and si« kly at the
breast, .her past and present conduits*- )
tinfies me she is now in the aims of volun* J
inciisness...and to gloss over her stumt-„ /
lul conduct has falsiy reported j had threat- f
rned to trtat her ilu««no word, h.m or a. }
'ey thing ol the kind everdrrm Iron* me.-I
1 as 1 never had any such thtu^ht or in en
| tion.rf.aud at this time cannot recollect l
a h. r:h Void to her jut whvn
»y hi’T furious temper or dissi
Jnct.*.therefore I will pay n >
T account dating her absence on
whatever.
Y ancey Holmain.
September 1J10, |