Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-05-25 00:00:00, page 3

i 0ttnm:a Wcgus.
RICHMOND,
FRIDAY, Mat 25, 1810.
Since the appearance of the last Ar
gus, we have received the National In
telligencer of Monday, the 21st, in
V? stant, which contains some editorial
r strictures on the contents of-lord Wel
lesley’s letter to Mr Pinkney. Wc
have, however, laid them by, to make
room for “ Rcgulus,” who treats the
subject in a style somewhat different,
yet harmonizes in every respect with
tho Washington paper. In thus giv
ing a preference to Regulus, we ipere
ly pay a compliment to an old corres
pondent, who appears to have well con
sidered his subject & to have manag
ed it in a very dispassionate and can*
did manuer. We regret to learn that
nothing further is to be expected from
England by the John Adams, the let
ters already published being duplicates
of the despatches that may arrive in
that irigate. The readers of the Ar
gus will now recollect how often we
have wafned them of the approach of
this state of things ; how often we pro
nounced that nothing but a determin
ed and uniform system of resistance
would preserve us from it. It haa now
occurred, however, and we must meet
it like men. We must rally round Pre
sident Madison, and repress the ma*
chinations of that Evil Genius, which,
however it may have prevailed with
certain members of the House of Re
presentatives, is moat obnoxious to
the people.
To the Editor of the Virginia Argus.
Sir,
The public will be obliged to the
Execuiive for the prompt publication
bf the Correspondence between Mr.
Pinkney and lord Wellesly, on tne
unmeet of the rupture of Mr Jackson’s
/Tmcnhmvsc wiih the American Gov
| e(roie\t. The disclosure of the des
SmAih Aecaoustrates an uniformity of
\5udcue in the conduct of the Presi
dent and developes the existing com
plexion of the British Cabinet i whilst
it sets bounds to the volatility of our
hopes and furnishes a lesson which in
culcates self-respect and manly brm
ness
Mr Pinkney’s lelterembodies a spi
rit of the mildest explanation* It would
be impossible tor any minister, in such
a situation, to couch an official note in
more inoffensive terms, to mauifest a
gentler temper, or to invite to iricndly
accommodation in a softer tone. The
exti erne solicitude to soothe which it
displays, is ample evidence of the
glowing ardor of the writer for a spee
dy adjustment of differences and satis
factory proof cf the sincerity of ths
American administration in its pro
fessions of desire for alriendly under
standing with Great Britain* There
j, uoibing to aggravate j nothing to in
flame ; ff thing to corrode. The mi
nister of tint United States utters no
reproach j and he speaks without pas
sion and*without guile*
Such a letter, preceded too by Ver
bal communications between Mr Pink
ney and lord Wellesley, ought to have
drawn irotn his lordship a speedy and
I . *__U..4 _ a*_1_• .1
I4U OUJTI VI « nw 11 11 v J | )Y IU1
no small degree of surprize, that for
iw»> months and twelve days the Brit
ish cabinet preserved a most profound
mid a most unaccountable silence. The
delay of a fcpiy lor long period
would, psth ten of little mo
Sia tne ration oi the sub
1' l.is lor ’s procrastinated Sc
ii tluciai ns had corr sponded
nia orig and ora: professions.
^ i.in'ji of Jenson appears so have
produced a change of sentiment; and
th: avowiiirinteniion of Great Britain
to send ;yminst«r'tof respectability to
sucteoyMr Jackson, pronounced to
J\lr. Pinkney in a pnvate -conference
liy lord Wellesley in December, had,
Lv the 1 vtu of March, dwindled into
a resolution to order Mr Jackson44 t.i
+* deliver over t e charge oi his ma
•‘jesty** affii tin America, to a per
44 son properly qualified to curry on ths
i **o>rc/au.'Jit, iat«rcour9e iietw en the two
uv^f%(P^nls !” Whether this devi
ation can be traced to miuiteiial ca
price, or to reaton: produced by infor
mation received from America during
J.-r,| Wellesley’s silence of seventy
days, the public will decide. It may
(lv. useful, nevertheless, to recollect,
■ the peri6d of Mr Pinkney’s ver
V \ A.mmuuication with ths noble
\^atJbison the rupture with Mr Jack
's**^. he British ministry were only in
possession of the presiden ’i iness.ge,
ol the resolutions of Mr Giics in sup
i pert of the execu-ive, of the project of
a law for tho more direct and exem..
* plary punishment of insolent ministers,
and of the proposition of Mr. lroyip
an
; for the seizure oTBritish vessels hound
to South America ; but that at the date
of his lordship’s written answer, his
Britannic majesty was well informed
of the opposition made to the conduct
of the president through the medium
of speeches in Congress, paragraphs
from the press, proceedings of die le
gislature of Massachusetts ; and, may
1 npt add, by private letters from cer
tain well known characters in this coun
try too? From facts so broad and pal
pable, most men will conclude that
in her behavior to the U. States Great
Britain is not governed bv any fixed
principle, but acting upon notions of
expediency, varies her policy as the
American Congress Varies its proceed
ings.
In relation to the person to whom
Mr Jackson is to confide the affairs of
his majesty in America, his lordship
communicates information with-a spar
ing hand. From the annunciation that
he is to be a Gendeman “properly
“'qualified to carry on [nothing more
“ than] tht ordinary intercourse be
“ tween the two Governments,” it may
be rea&ouablv thought that he will not
be a very extraordinary personage :
By whom he is to be chosen is equivo
cal. Will he be selected by the king ?
or, will he be designated by Mr Jack
son? If by the late envoy, what else
can the American people see in the
procedure but a specimen of diploma
tic finesse, which whilst it formally
“ directs the return of Mr Jackson to
“ England,” virtually commands him
to remain in the United States, by con
fiding to his sole judgment the choice
of a successor ? YVhen we reflect upon
the whole tenor of the conduct of th«
British government, we mus% truly,
tryst more to our stars than toourun
i ._ •r • .«
ugj skuuuiug'*, 11 >vc tmi liuiiimur u# ir in
i upon that slender staff of expectation
which hasleebR' upheld the spirits of
the nation through three successive a
bortions, connected with the names of
Rose, Erskine, and Jackson. These
sentiments are corroborated by the as
surance of lord Wellesley, hoc that
the British ministry will make any
proposal for accommodation that can
be accepted by the president, but sim
ply, M t&at his majesty is ready to re
“ ceive any communication which the
“ United States may deem beneficial
jw to the mutual interest ot both coua
“ tries j” and which amounts to a re
pulsion of, any advance on our part to
wards afi amicable adjustment of dif
ferences a because vGrcat Britain, on
the subjects the'Chesapeake, i.n
ixrc&slasix of 'seamen, and the orders
1 in counc' l\hks preserved certain rules,
j in viulatiofl^f f oW neutral rights and
in contrayen ’ ion^.of our sovereignty,
to which, M iii one shape or unpiner,”
she has official declared wR deter
mination uhvayk to adheraT
With reopect n \hejfitsual courss,*’
which the m.trqu\s JFcllcaley appears
to think ought tojpive been pursued
; before intercom^*, with Air Jackson
was interr..ptj^ I foust bt permitted
to renw k, drat his rordship’s opiuion
ia not sunj^rted by\the law of nati
ons. VpjrI (hook 1, khap. 7, see. 95)
says, “ should a foreign miuistsr of.
t( ftmd the prince himacV, ha wanting
“ in respect to him, a#d by his in
“ trigucs raise disturbances in the state
“and couri, the injured prince, from
“ a particular regard to the minister’s
“ master, sometimes requires that he
li _1 J • tit ir • r ■
at'uuiu uc ICltlilCU , ur, II UlC liUlU
“ be more heinous, the prince forbids
u him the court till he receives an
“ answer from his master; but in
“ important cases he proceeds so far a*
44 to order him to quit his domioson
According to our constitution, the
president stands in the place of ths
prince. What greater offence could a
foreign minister offer to the chief ma
gistrate, than to impeach his veracity?
Wha* further and more groa3 disre
spect could an envoy manifest than, to
»cite#ate the charge of falsehood after
lie had been warned to forbear? If
44 a particular regard tor the minister’*
ma.ur” exist, then, “ sometimes, his
recall is required” before his functions
arc suspended ; but what 44particular
regard” could be expected to subsist
between the American executive and
the king of Great Bri'ain, who had
[just violated a formal arrangement
cor eluded with one minister, and
wt.Oie successor, under color of expla
nation, repeatedly outraged the feel
ings and dignity of tHh President ?
And if the course designated by lord
Wellesley be, indeed, 44sometimes”
pursued, it could not certainly be fol-j
lowed on an occasion so aggravated,
nor towards a minister so contumelious
as Mr Jackson. Besides, the govern
, ment of the United State* had in for
i mer instances, experienced the per
| nicious effects of too much forbearance
towards the functionaries of foreign
state*, who o» two occasions, had in
creased the'tr insolence in proportion
as they wero tolerated. The Prosi
'dent could not be expected t> put to
1 * K . ,r
hnzird the dignity and honor of the |
•‘country by elevating his Britannic mA-]
jesty into an umpire between the Pre
sident ao4 » servant of the Kuglish
crown ; iflyrap have given currency to
a vein of Xdicu'e, which would natu.
rally have\een excited in other go
vernmentSjVt the spectacle of the chief
mAffi^trate • the American republic
maintaining a contest about veracity
with Mr. Jackson. Surely, Great
Britain has experienced no “ inconve
nience” from the interruption of the
envoy’s correspondence with oar go
vernment ; and what would have been
the event of such a complaint as is pre
scribed by his lordship, we may learn
from the whole tenor of the letter cf
the noble marquis, who. as he in.
directly justifies %ie enjray after his
dismissal, could ^3ot rave failed of
countenancing hinWby the procedure
which l^feo it. IT
Lord j^llesly yrtainly possesses
a marveTO^ talenjffori converting his
own sileiKl%n a S:fenceless point% into
evidence of “ a .sincere dtairs to avoid
“any discussion which marht obstruct
“ the renewal of amicable intercourse
“ between the two countries*” His
lordship may well refrain from dis
cussion where he cannot press a sin
gle fact nor argument into his service,
because it is extremely natural that a
man should not dispute when it is ut.
terly impossible for him to maintain
disputation: but he must excuse me
when I say, that I think he calculates
too much upon American credulity,
if he supposes we can perceive any
thing else in the second paragraph of
his letter than the evasion ot a ques*
tion whiclwhe was afraid to encounter
and a tacirbid nisriou of the proprie
ty of the^Msident’a conduct in sus
pending U.nctions ot iVir Jackson.
The British ministry have not only
deceived Mr Pinkney, but have also
I misled the opinions of their own coun
[ tryraen ; for it has been for sometime
the prevaitfngopinion ofintelligcn* men
I as well as ot the public prints in Eng
land, that lord Wellesley oc our minister
had concluded a Iriendly arrangement.
Ilroct- the British public will lcnrti
with astonishment, aud perhaps with
some portion of indignaMon, that
they have been made the dupes cf a
very unjustifiable artifice.
REGUJLUS.
In Connecticut there has been no e
lecticm for governor by the people, 203
votes being wanted to make a choice.
The I^fJslature of that state met cn
Thuradawrast. The votes in that bo
dy lor gOT^rnor were
For John Treadwell, 121
Roger Griswold, 29
Asa Spalding, 42
r i
Majority 50
The Council gave an unanimous
vote for Treadwell, the candidate of the
Priests; Roger Gris .void, of spitting
memory, was elected lieut. governor
■ by th« people by a mojority of 360 ri
ver the other two candidates.
Ths Boston Patriot Saturday last,
gives a list of tow y heard from
sines ths election fol entatives, with
a statement cf loss in, by which it
appearMOhs^. ths rs cans have a net
gam of StEmsentati n the same towns
smeo lasEStw Tint « of the Boston
a avui/v mmy? wav iuc ■p{iuvi>wnu ucv 54111
in the towns already ward strom is equal
to the entire Federal ^tjorii^pf last year,
and says, that there re no doubt of a Re.
publican majority in the house*
Mad .m Moreau’s hall on M nday night,
has on account of it* splendor, b»en tlr*
subject of*'in up h conversation. There whs
a gwaiarxbStMnblage of Faihlonablesj 00
ihiswcdKTob, than perhaps, on any si.ni.ai
000 \ tins city ^We are inlertnrd that her
bouivs fvimhe4 iu the gent««ie»t Parisi.
i an st^b ; ind^jwut the Ball and supper
were Hplennabeyond descr.ption.
N. Y. Gaz.
From the London Statesman of Feb, 5.
BURR.—The object ot Col. Burr’s visit
to Paris, is said to be, to submit to the
French Executive the project tor dnu.
niting the American States, and for other
1 measures of effectual hostility, in the event
of a rupture between the two countries.
I Mr Burr communicated ms plans to our
government, together with hit views of the
iitvans necessary tor tueir execution ; at
! the same time announcing his ueiernnna.
1 non of applying to France, in the event
of lire propOjals here being rejected.
The editor of the Raleigh (N C.)
Star, thus quaintly and severely noti.
ces a du-1.
/\j4nril was lately fought at Natch, j
es. JNo harm was done, except the j
wastd of a little powdir and lead, and I
the loss of one of the fellow’s lives.
[We were requested to notice the u
bove duel, but ws hope not to be
troubled with stmd ir req tests in fu
ture. We with to exhibit human ns
turc in it. most commendable tarm*;'
t .d » mil h rraftur seldom or never 1
oot.ee t.ie exploits ot either duellist*, |
horse thieves of pickpocket^! *
The diamond in Bonaparte's sword
is said to be worth 12 000,000 francs
or £2,200,000. . — the nupti-<l presents
to the new Empress, a<* estimated at
18,000,000 francs or &J,300,000—
Gracious Heaven ! H <w ma »y men,
women and children have perished ;
how many countries have beeu deso
lated ; how tnauy miserable creatures
groaned and sweated for years, that
these two persons should have a few i
baubles id no manner of use whatever!
^ • \ Balt. Even. Post.
Die^—Git Thursday the 10th,
inst. is the forty seventh year of his
age. Major MELCHEZIDECK
SPrAGINS, of Halifax county, after
a short & severe illness, which he bore
with uncommon fortitude.
A short time previous to his death,
he was elected by a considerable ma
jority of his county-mon to represent
them in the next general assembly.—
He was a man highly esteemed by hii
neighbours, and has left a disconsolate
wife and five children to experience the
loss of a tender and affectiauato hus
band and parent.
On the morning oF the 11th
inst. (May) Mrs. MARG ARET B.
P AYNE, the amiable consort of Smi11
Payne, Ksq. of Buckingham, after a
lingerinyUnrigiof three months, which
she bore^^mmpre than ordinary for
titude ; she nm left a husband Sc ele
ven children to lament her irreparable
loss.
At Hinghain, .Mass, on Wednes
day morning the 9th inst. Major-Gen
eral BENJ AMIN LINCOLN, late
collector of the Port of Bostoa and
Charlestown, and n meritorious officer
•luring the revolutionary war.
The Massachusetts Society of Cin..
cinati have directed the members te
wear crape on their left arm for thirty
day s, a3 a testimonial of their respect
for the deceased.
WAirr.’S
CORRECT LIST OF PRIZES,
'Drawn in Union College Lot:ery, No. 1
Eleventti Day,
33706, jTjkrize of 50 dolls.
8321, aJpB, prizes of 20 dolls.
Twelfth Day.
7897, a pRie of 500 dolls.
31053, 100 do.Is,
245, 33120, 50 dolls.
1125, 20 dolls.
Thirteenth Day*
11901, 384Q8, 29951, 10© dolls,
14508, 15754, y 50 dolls*
5322, 13G3J, 22752, 20 dolls.
Fourteenth day.
6319, 24932, 50 dolls.
2084, 20 dol.s.
Fifteenth day*
20638 prizes ol 250 tickets
17491 500 dolls.
30813 200 dolls.
5140 130 dolls.
9600, 34458 20 dolls.
and 108 10 dolls.
Sixteenth day.
2431500 dolls.
19037W%#K 50 dolls.
23948% 50 dolls.
27068 W % 50 dolls.
25451 W 50 doll*.
5 of 20 dolt.
And 111 10 dolls.
Seventeenth day.
' 7285 20 dolls.
! 9320 20 dolls.
I 20*25 20 dolls.
1G1 10 dolls.
Eighteenth day
3142 590 doll*.
3639 20 do] 13,
8(83 20 dolls.
1676H 20 dolls.
16940 20 dolls.
83040 20 dolls.
%• A few tickets just received (War.
ranted undrawn the 18th on day) for sale
at this oil|(3fc.
At a mating of the directors of the
Richmond Turnpike Company, on WJHnesJay
ihe 23 d May, 1810. §
Resolved, That all shar# of de
linquent in said compiny be told on the 27th
da/ of the ne*t month, a; the Rag e Tavern^ in
the sity of Richmond.
N. Sheppard, Clk. •
TeAjOLLARS REWARD.
Strayed fw stolen on the 31st inst. from I
| the stable of Mr James Dennis’s, near
the court house of this
MORSES; one a very
the other a w hit'-. Thtfbro
8 y~nrs old, shod all lyunc!
whit* spots on hisfack,
by the saddle, has a stir
head and has a long croj
hair on the forehead
cut stet%, with a cr
on theleflkshoulder
and idTatiout i2 years oil, ]
them air marked by harness,
ever will deliver the above horses to
me in this city, near the court hou*',
or givo such information that I get
them aga.n, shall receive the above re
ward ; or 5 dollars for ei>hcr of them.
4“ SILAS H. HALL.
itiitamonJ, May 24, )Bio. lp.
Fresh Medicines.
VAIL&ROGERS
Have just received a large and com*
pletr assortment of fresh •elected MED!.*
ClNEh and DRUGS of the luie-v imp >r*
tatiohs—whicn, in addition to th.ir iormcr
stock, farm as extensive ft'** general a t
assortment in that line^ as can (k* Iouii-j itt
this C ty» Medical piacUtioiers.aDC Gen
tlemen who sell medicines, will now he a.
hie to get supplied on ms that wil uv.ee
their approbation, by Calling ut the Xst w«
Medicine Store,, a lew doors above (iia
M arket Bridge in this City.4
A few patent Medicines enu
merated (viz.)
Steer'a Chemical Opodeldoc
Bateman s Drops
British Oil
Essence Peppermint
Turliag'on’s Ba..*m of life
Dr Rawson's celebrated
Itch Otntmvut
do do , Genuine an'i.bilioua
and S'om ck.e Bhurs
do do Worm Powders
Wheatons Itch O ntmeut
Craig’* do do
Dr Lee's Genuine Windham
Bilious PiUs
Anderson’s do
Hooper's do
DcAtMk Thompson's aromatic
Paste
diita^ Eye Watsr
Febr^ge Electuary for
Ague and F«ver
Htinkley’s loiallible
remedy tor tbo Piles
Dr Cooley*.. Vegetable
Ehxer or Cougu Drops
Genuine Spice Jbtuera
' * . % f .
—ALSO—
4 General assortment of SURGJU
CAL INSTRUMENTS, oot uccrusry to
enumerate.
| An assortment of PERFUM RY,
1 combating ot Essence of Burgatnoc,
; der, Rows, Lemon, Milk of Kjscs, fcc.
£cc
A variety of SOAPS, Windspf,
Rose, Almond. V olet, Cestel, Vvniti<u., 8tc«
t Tice’s Chemical compound lor
j cleaning Boot-Tops and S«.dUles, vynicli.
vr 11 take out stain;,, produce a fi.ie colour
and give an elegant gloks.
PAIN i ERS ( OLUDRS of every
description, among wuith ur*. Waste
L ad, dry and ground m Ui- ivrarran.edj
Spaiubu Brown do. Rtd L ad, 8,. .niU*
Whiteuig, Pru. sian Blot, bjnuce YtlloWj.
Store dd. Pa tent uo klug'bdw VirinilUoix
Drop Lake, Reav’es Watci, Coloured
Brushes, btc htc
HA i 1 ER ’ MA 1 ERIaLS, a wry
General as*or'mcn.,com,>risin.-, u;ni eve
ry article used by Halt rs for ui^k ug their
colours, preparing ihor sk n», Uc, fco
UY*1^> can be supplied with aU
mos. tVt\y arncle us.:d oy tuetn in (lie/
I*ne of U^tM.nek . r
GLA^^is will also find Window
G.aas and Putty by c.liiug as above.
R ch no Ml, „3J M y, 1810
Richmond Turnpike
Company.
Notice is hereby given that the an- #
nual meeting of »hc sn*r*.uolderi m ihs s.itl w
company, wii' be he .I on he fir* M >n»ayin\M
n*-xt month a< the i_agie ave>n in »n_* c;iy
Richmond, at ll# o'clock in the fo.enotiii ot tbac
da7—R is hoped there will he a fu.i meeting**
N. Sheppard elk.
Me. 23d, 1810.
a" " 1 .
VIRGINI.
In Halifax Ci unty (court. In Chanccry,
37tU MttfCii, 16X0
Robert Wadt, Plaintiff
against
Jamrs Gideon, %oger Gideon n|»d
Wad*, Dejhida 's.
_ The defendants, not hOTiiig entepe<l
their apprurahce aud gtvSh security ac
cording to the act of 4./utmbly u;d the i
rules ot fbia^afiurt, and it? appearing to the w
*atistactBp1 nr the court tin*! they ur« uoeA
inhabuaiflfc of this Cfbun<>nv.s4 th j O’.0
motion ofTn^plainti.ynyt hs cou>>-ei, Ic
•a ordered^ that tht/aid tudcpcianis i'q ap„
pear her* oa 'he fourth Monday in Ju';y
next, and answer die bill of the plawiff-a
and that a copy of this ordefc bo torn with
inserted in one ot the nt-wt-papers puj—
lished in the city or Kudmittid tor eight
weeks successively and pustutP at he trout,
door o. the court hou*e ot the said conn.
ly«
r\ Copy,] Teste,
Samuel William^, d. c. h. c.
_ _|w 8 t p]
i Strayed from the subscriber on or
about the hrst oKAprii Mat, a REi>
COVV, about ten \ars ow - it pro
bable she has a calkei /m umc -t her
marks are, both ear^y/pt, a alit m the t
right j slim hams. oever wWtf
return said (Jow to t^oLsubscriucr, oaf
give information \J\tr# she may bP
found shall be ge/ironsl^ rew-riXi,
By J
GEORGE CHAITFEh.
Richmond, iVlay 24th, 1610. j.
A HOUSE STOLEN!
TIIE Subacri >er,s Horse, Saddle &
Bridle was st >leu t.vo (lays ago on thu
s’reet; he is a large black ho se with./
some wlfitfl spots on hi-, shoulder, a ,c/
a lock o/white fcair in his mane »w7
by the collar .* he has as » a reuiatkC
ble scar on the oa side ol on. o his
knees. A liberal r< w«M w»L bi giv
en to any perso > ,w o w.l ret r.. him.
VVILLfA>' WAK»ii«nvv.
Richmond, *>ia; 3J, 1 ly^ 4 v