Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-02 00:00:00, page 3

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RICHMOND,
FRIDAY, October 2, 1810.
To COKRESI'ONDENTS.
“ Marcus” is received and shall an.,
pear soon
** Corporal Trim** is still on Qle. The
/“ writer has cnly to disclose his name to
JR the printer, and the Corporal shall imnae_
| OJately have a place.
\ “ Tom Ploughshare” in our next.
REPEAL of the FRENCH DECREES.
We may be permitted to hope, and
we sincerely do hope, that the late
news horn Europe of the abrogation
of the Bnlin and Milan decrees, may
lead to events which will place the U
nited States in an erect attitude. We
think it probable that this will be the
care ; for, to speak upon conjecture,
we may vny rationally presume that
the rescinding of Napoleon’s decrees
will probe the cabinet of St. James so
closely as to make the British ministry
smart, and scream out sun^ethii.g that
will no longer leave any man a pie*
tence to doubt of the real intentions o!
-his Britannic Majesty.—But on this
pbint wo beg leave to lie considered as
«-j(pressing no decisive opinion of the
merits of the late repealing decree of
Bonaparte ; not only because we have
not yet lights enough to scrutinize it
properly, and because we are given to
understand that our administration
have as yet received no official notifu
cation cf the existence of such a de
cree ; but because all the kuowledg
we have of, it comes through an Eng
lish channel ; and, therefore, it is pos„
sible that the whole may be a sheer fa*
brication. The probability, however,
is, that the repealing decree is genu
ine, and 2s surh we shall consider n
until we find it contradicted from some
authentic source.—Under this impres
sion, let us remark the conduct ol the
federal presses at the very first blush
of this news. They seem to be alarm
fd lest it should be true; fearing, no
doubt, that it would place Great,-BrL
tain in an aukward situation, for the
^federalists know, and it is a solemn
^truth, that the outrages of England
upon neutral rights have found great
apparent palliation in the enormities
committed upon our trade by France ;
aud, should Bonaparte be sincere
(which wo think likt-ly enough) in re
pealing his decrees, Great*B itain will j
stand alone, and our enemy then being j
■Single^ we shall be able to cope with j
her in any shape. The federal presses |
also announce positively that Great-!
Britain will not relinquish her paper
blockading system. How have they
learnt that ? Have they received pri
vate intimations to that effect? Or,
do they conclude so from the uniform!
policy of Great-Britain towards the
, United States ? We think the fede
ralists judge from the latter circum
stance ; and, perhaps, they decide
correctly. But why should they, why
should the federalists be so anxious to
declare that the English will do no
thing to relieve us from our present
embarrassments ? It would have been
modest in them to have let the Eng
lish ministers themselves* proclaim it.
Thar, however, would not have shewn
their devotion to Great Britain; thtir
zeal would be doubted, and the secret
service mone) might have been curtail
ed. If these scribblers for the federal
presses had any regard at all for tlu
United Spates, they would unite their
voices wun rnose ot me republicans in
requiring from England (as well as
from France) a revocation ot her or
ders and a relinquishment of her block
ades.-Blockades ! Aye, there’s the
rub. Great Britain cannot give up—
will not give up—her blockading sys
tem, quoth the federal presses. And
wherefore ? Because, (say they,) the
system is founded upon immemorial u
sage. Now, do they believe this ?
l)u they reallv think that the present
system oj blockades^** pursued by ttie
British, is justified by immemorial u.
sage ? If they do believe it, their ig
norance is deplorable ; if they do not
believe it, their hypocrisy is quite as
bad. The genuine principle of block
«de is, that a force sufficient to make
the immediate entrance to a port dan
gcrous, shall be placed before it. Do
the British observe this principle, or
do they practice upon it? No. They
blockade by order in council, without
having a single ship before the port de
clared blockaded j and if a vessel is
found destined to it, let her be in what
latitude or longitude she will, she is
ffeized and condemned for the benefit
of the captors. Such a practise ns this
i never was admitted as lawful among
civilized nations ; and the British mi
nistry would not dare to avow it, much
#1 less to practice it, it they did not rel\
upon the power of their overgrow n na
vy to enforce what they know to hr
wrob^.
*,/r"
One Judge a fcllo \v nourious for
various felonies hcret fore committed
by him in the city of Baltimore, haviug
been lately convicted of house-bieak
ing, 8cc. at Halifax, in Nova Scotin,
was there branded and sentenced t *
two. years imprisonment. The sen
tence, however, was commuted fo
iervice on board a British man of war.
Thus, we l;arn, by the set of an Eng
lish coart ol justice, what the English
naval service is considered by English
men themselves. ‘To be consigned
to a man of war is equal to two years
infamous pucishtnent on Land. A
mericans / how will you feel, when you
learn this fac', and reflect that thou.
«ands of your country men are, by
British impressments, degraded to a
level with the villain Judge !
The federal Patriots are in great
dread lest their occupation should be
destroyed. The topic of French Influ
ence has been taken from them ; and
if Bonaparte should repeal his decrets
rhev would have nothing to harp upon.
This is the reason why the late news
0tnch.es them ; and they don't want to
believe that Napoleon will do what he
says.
. FIRE!!!
^n Thursday night last a very valu
able range of buildings at Col. John
Mayo’s seat near this city, used as sta
bles, granery, &c. was destroyed by
fire with all its valuable contents^ Thete
is too much reason to apprehend that
it wa3 the work of some diabolical in
cendiary'. On Sunday night another
attempt was made at the same place
by setting fire to a quantity of Plank
which lay near the’dwelling-house. It
was happily discovered and extinguish
ed without its doing much injury.
Census—The population of Boston
is 33,234—in 1300, it was 24,937.
Pori of Richmond.
October 2.
CLEARED
Sloop Ann Maria, Win. Barreit New
York.
Sch’r. Bachelor, Samuel Allen, d .
Greyhound, Jno. Baxter, Salem.
Helen, E. Pearson, Philadelphia.
ENTERED.
Sloop Little Jim, G tdwin. Norfolk.
Sch^Appomattox, L. Bau&haw, Nor*
\ folk.
Independent, Wm. Wilkinson,
Baltimore.
Ariadna, Richard Somers, Phil
. adclphia.
Dispatch, Wm. Smith Liverpool.
Brig Sally Barker, Henry Luce, Bal
timore.
u Liverpool, Aug. 22.
The information which was received
a Tew days ago, stating -hat the ports of
France were opened for the admission
of cotton, colonial produce and East
India goods upon the payment of the
annexed duties, has been succeeded by
intelligence of a more interesting na
ture.—1 he minister for foreign relati
ons has, it appears, addressed a letter
to Mr. Armstrong, dated the 5th inst.
in which, after some prefatory remarks
upon the previously existing state of the
relations bet a eeu France and Ameri
ca, he observes, that “ the ports of A
inerica are open to French comm rce,
and France is no longer interdicted to
the Americans. In short, Congress
engages to onnose such of the beliipe
rents as shall refuse to recognise the
rights of neutrals.”
He then proceeds to say, “ In this
new state of things, I ain uutlioiised to
declare to you, sir, that the Decrees of
Berlin & Milan are REVOKED ; and
that, ftom the first of November they
j will cease to he in force ; it being un
I derstood, that, inconsequence of this
j declaration, the English shall R; voice
| their Orders in Council, and renounce
the new principles of Blockade which
I they have attempted to establish, or that
1 the United States, conformably to the
Act which you have just communicat
ed, shall cause their rights to be res
! peeled by the English.
“ Although it is probable that the do
cutrenl in question, will have arrived
in America before this communication,
yet we have thought it our duty to ac
quaint you, by the earliest conveyance,
with so recent and unexpected a change,
m the commercial policy of France, bs,
in whatever light it is viewed, it may
lead to the most important results, with
which our mutual interests, and future
prospects, are closely connected. If
’he Berlin and Milan decrees arc, in
principle and effect, virtually repealed,
and ii cur Orders in Council, which
were professedly issifrd as rciabative
measures, should be, in consequence,
revoked, one great obstacle to an ami
cable arrangement between Great Bri
tain and America wiil he, thereby, te
moved; but, oa the contrary, if the
Or cr a in Council should continue to
operate, anti the bi'>ck aui.g sjsu >• c
main in force, our relations, with y*nt
county, may become the suhjr t of re
newed anxiety, and the peri nl *>f an ac
conffThVlatioQ be rendered ai re dis
tant ^j|l uncertain.
\As tAe effects .whi- h might arise '
from any change in the a\ stem, by
which the regular channels of com
m-rce have been so long ob.tructed,
are involved in g^eat uncertainty, the
preceding intelligence has had vc«y lit
tle influence upon the value of A n ri
can produce. YVe >hall howevi r, brief
ly notice these alterations which have I
occurred since our circular of the 14*h
i*s > Tfce.de mail'd for Pot-Ashes has i
bee4 w]|tr more general, and the pri
ces of the iresh descriptions have been
advanced 1 a 2s. per cwt. Flaxseed
has experienced some littlfc improve
ment, and 62 a per hlul. are now
generally required-Clover seed is
still an object of speculation and mav
* “ om 100 a 120s. per cwt.
Bjf Cotton remain statinna
is, however, are more ex
thev have been for some
pd the confidence of the
as ratl^r»T5lcreastd. Tar
25 a 2». Ver bbl. Tur
pentine is in detnanl - a p.irctl, three
fourths soft, having obtained 17s. bu
the hard and inferior de^cnpu.ins are
hardly saleable at 12 a 14s. per cwt.
Fine Wheats are in tolerable good re
quest ; American at 1 Js. Sd. a 15s. Dd.
per 70 wt. Superfine Flour gees off
freely at 61 aGSs. per bbl. The wea
ther has, in the course of the last week,
assumed a more settled appearance,
and our prospects are in co iseauence.
| become more favorable. There has
been a good deal of enquiry for Quer
citron Baik for the, I.ondon market,
aud tl^e £ne yellow qualities arc r.ow
\vorthl4S a 48s. per cwc. As several
cargoes <K timber have lately arrived,
the pric s o 1 common Pine have fallen
to 3s a 3* 2d/er loot..
We areywith r^Mj^ct,
Your assured friends,
W. & R. RATHBONE.
Extract from a treatise on the diseases,
&?c. of Sheep ; by Sir George Stcuart
Mackenzie* Bart. Published by f.
Riley, N. Tork, 1810.
“The Sheep lately presented to his
Majesty, are of the Cabaua of Paular,
one of the very finest in point of pile,
and esteemed also above all others for
the beauty of carcase. In tyjth these
opinions, Mr. Hasteyrie, a French
writer on sheep, who lived many years
in Spain, and paid a diligent attention
to the Merino Sheep, entirely agrees ;
he also tells us that the Cabana of Ne
grete, from whence the sheep impor*
ted by his Majesty, in the year 1791,
were selected, is not only one of the
finest piles, but produces al9o the lar
gest carcased sheep of all the Merinos.
Mr.'B'J^goyne agrees with him in as
serting, \har the piles of Paular, Ne
grete, and Escuri.»l, have been with
held from exportation ; and retained
for the royal manufactory of Guada
iaxara, ever since it was first establish
ed. T>
“ The Cabaua of Paular consists of
86,000 sheep ; it originally belonged to
the rich Carthusian Monastery of that
name, near Segovia ; soon after the
Prince of Peace rose into power, he
purchased the flock from the Monks, ;
with the land belonging to it, both in
Es^emadura and in L,eon. All the
sheep lately arrived are marked with a
i*»rgq ivi.mc marie 01 uon Manuel."
jaaagy.ramu .. ._g
A CARD.
Col. MAYO returns his grateful'
thanks to all those oi lis fellmv.riii.
zens whose activity aril friendly exer.
tions, arrested the progress of the des
tructive and thr^ateni ug conflagration
which took place at the Hermitage on
Thursday night last.
September 30, 1810.
fttcfjmoirt Cfjcatre*
This evening (Tuesday) Oct. 2.
Will bt; presented (for th 2d time here,
a ce4ebf*ated Drama, in three acts,
intersperaed with Songs, Dances,
fkc. as performed at the various The
atres on the Continent with more ap
plause than any^otherymodern pro
ductiou, called the /
Foundling ojyylie Forest.
To which will beadded, the wvorite
farce of
THE PURSE,
Oh
The Generous Tar.
try* The public are respectfully in* ;
formed the peiformance on this even
ing, will not commehce until half past!
*ven o’clock,on account of Mr. Mar*
tin’s exhibition at the Gardens.
/here will be a performance on
Wedisgp.ay, Thursday, and Friday
this week (bring the last until after the
Petersburg Races) beginning each
night at a quarter before seven*.
("tor above the Bagla Tavern,
5 P'p-“London particular* Madeira Wine
12 ditto do d: TfiientFe do
11 lltuls old Antigua and Jamaica Kuio
2:* forces do Whiskey
3 Pipes Cogniac Brandy
3 do H'-lland G*n
Champagne, Claret, Port, Sherry aud
Malaga Wines
3 Tierces 8c > Dibberi's Brown Stout, &
30 Bbl*. 5 Pbilad. B .ttled Por«er
15 Chest* Gunpowder Pea, of the latest
importation
5 half Chests 4 qs do. and 30 cases Im
perial Teas
50 Boxes Spermiciti and Tallow Candles
100 Di'to Goshen Cheese
12 Dico Shaving Soap and Wash Balls
20 lihds New Orleans Sugar
20 Do and 50 Bnls Muscovado ditto
6 Do and 30 Bjis suyi^ior qualitied
Leaf do
50 Bags Grren and 15 White Coffee
10 Crates Liverpool Wate
10 Brxts Glass, assorted
10 Dining tens Liverpool and Canton
China
50 Tea Ditto conta ning from 47 to 62
pieces
6 Boxes e.ach do 35 short Setts Coffee
Cups and Saucers
250 C&sks each containing 4 bushels
Ground PlaiUer Paris
250 Sacks Liverpool Salt,
tiij, 5 ousheis each
200 Gross Bottle Corks
20 Boxes Spanish Seg^ t
25 lbs Fresh Nutmegs
30 Boxes Muscatel Uaislns,
Alexandria. Crackers by the
Best Lcndcn Mustard
Black and Long Pepper, Allspice, white
Ginger, Cloves, Cmnauv-n, Mace, and
Termer ck. Pearl Barley, Rice, Sago,
Currants, Cramhevnes
Barley Sugar, Lemon Candy, Pepper
mint Ilrnr-ft Rn«wi* Al.a»n:i/1« htul Pin
namon Cordial
Olives, C dsup, Capers, on I Anchioves
Refined Salt-Petr^ Alluoi, Cperas, In.
digo, Fig B!ae an\ Sulpher
Richmond and BraAdw. <ne Gun-Pow
der ^
Shot assorted', from i^o. B. to No. 10
Superfine l)e Silva an\ Merry Andrew
Playing Cards
Wr.iing P..pcr by the RAr.m
lOdVieces House Paper'
Rck*a superior qualities Sah.Petred'
hickiiJl Salmon and Trmilk
Chewing Tobacco, 'Kcotc i dfcuff
Stone Ware, consisting charge size
Butter Pots, Preserve and tickling
Pots, Jugs and Churns of various sizes
8 by 10 10 by 12 and 12 uy 14 Win
dow Glass by the Box
14 Cases .vitli white Gdt Battles and 50
Demtjchns
Large and Small Tea Trays and Wai*
tors
Six tons Swedish Iron, a^^orted sizes
All of which, wi.l be S Id at reduced
Prices for Cash, Country Produce, or ac •
ccptances in Town.
Edward Hallam.
Richmond, October 1, 1310. w t f.
WILLIAM COWAN,
WATCH MAKER,
HAS Just received an n^sortmpnt of ar
ticles in his line, which with his for
mer stock, consists cf Warranted] Gold
and Silver Watches, Clo, ks and Time
Pieces, a general assortment of—Silver
Ware, peari set^ and plain Jewelry ^plated
Castors, Wine Strainers, ChayherJprJck
et, patent, and large CzmdlelticlJj(itw
e9t patterns) Snuff-rs, and SAffer Tmys,
Salts Etc. Pocket Books,’Pu^es, Tpread
Cases, Epaulets, and Sword kffWSy Pen
cil Cases, Sc ssars and Cases, Fruit and
Pen Knives, Segar and Snuff Boxes, Thim
bles, Lady’s and Gentlemen's Steel, Gilt
and Si.k Chains, Keys, Seals, See. All of
which he offers at the most reasonable pri
ces.
N. B. Watches and Clocks of every
description carefully repaired* Ordcs in
the above line will be strictly attended lo.
Richmond, Oct. 2d, 1810. w tf
PURSUANT to a deed of trust bearing
date on the 14th day of February last j
executed by James Hurt of the city ol
Richmond to the Subscriber, and recorded
in Henr’co county court, will be sold for
ready money, on the 20'h da)
month, (October) in the Str
Lot & parcel Of
situate, lying and being in the
Richmond, and known and designated in
the plan or plot of the 9aicl city by the
number 469, together with all and singular
the buddings, edifices, impt < Volhebts^
ways, casements, privileges and idvauta.
tages to the same Lot or parcel of Land
belonging or in anywiee appertaining, with
their, and every of their appurtenances.
Geo. Wm. Smith,
Trnstee.
City m Richmond, 29'h Sept. 1810 3 t w
---
BY virtue ol a deed of trust, of record
in Charles city rotmty court, executed
by Mdes Cary to William Lightfoot and
Robert Taylor—will be sold, to the highest
bidder, for ready money, on the premises,
on the 25th day of October next, one
Tractor parcel
lying and being in the cot:
City, whereon the said (.hi, .;•»*» lives,
Containing hy estimation six bunded acre'.,
nr so much of said tract as will be sudici.
ent to pay the syjm of one hundred and
fifty thtce pounds thirteen shillings and
four p<ncc, with lawful interest thereon
IrOTUthe SO h of Lin-, 17S8, due to the
sabscpfhrr, ass’er, of Wilii-itn Allen wt»o is
ExecV.hr of Wilburn L’ghtlftrt, and the
cxpcnces of record ng sr.id deed and car
rying the same ihto i hec?. It is believed
that the title to the said Laud is indispu
table,
Charles W. I.euis.
Richmond, Oct. c'.', lhio. t d s.
Valuable Improvement.
J'HE Subscribers hel g authorsed
pose of the right of making, us'n g ktid
rend ng th** fiighly improved puteu:
Window Spring,
nffer it to the public ns un Invention which
irom its simplicity of room ruction, cl»-; ; «
ness and utility, is far superior to any
thing of the kind hitherto known. It is so
calculated that the lower window sash inay
be raised, or the upper one let down any
dis’ance from one »ucl» to the whole len^tii
and remain where it is put without knv
danger of its falling, and when the windy* ""N
is down the spring bolt and key oper/te. f '
as qr-cqjnplete security against its bfng 1
opi»ned cu^tbe outside. They will UisjJLc I 1
ot t'tt'W of usinB for one house, thco^J^X
ty ^fiPaiclAiond, either ot the C3u-it:e3 in
the itWgfcr the exclusive right of making
and vending for the state of Virg uia. or
m any manner which inay best suit those
who wish to purchase. A moddel cf the
above may be seen a their Medical Store
where the terms will be made known.
Fresh & Genuine
Drugs & Medicines,
Paints, Dye Stuffs, &c. &ci As usual.
ALSO
Just received a number of New-Enc
land,
Cary Ploughs.
VAIL & ROGERS,
near the Market Bridge, Richmond,
Qct» *•_ [w t f]
T*0 BE SOLD) on the i2d of October,
1 the
Personal Estate
of John Swan, sen. dec’d. at his late resi^
drnce.—.-Terms of sale. 12 months credit
With bona and approved security for ad
sums over Ten Dcliars, and under Ten
Dollars, cash. Persons having claims on
the Estate will present them on or before I
the day of sale; those indebted will be I
pleased to settle their accounts.rsrThe#
Land will be rented on shares or otherwise
to >uit>4hose inclined to rent, and some
yop. Negroes to hire deliverable at
Llu-tAnj *9% There will be sold at same
tiide^mloa the same terms, a small in*
oice oI,*k
Saddler's Tools
entirely new.
John T. Swan, adm’r
with the will annexed of
John Swan, dcc’d.
Oct. 2d, 1810 t U s
Notice
IS hereby given* that 1 intend to petit5*
nn the next General Assembly of Vug „
nia, for l ave to di-pose of some real pro^
periy in <he cny oi Kict mond, deviscuijy »
the late- Mr. Richard Bowler to myself std /
children, for the purpose of vesting t\ef
money arising therefrom in other reals,
property in said city.
Mary Bee.
W 4 t
Wholesale & Retail.
B. TATE,
Tanner & Currier,
INFORMS the public in general and his
friends and customers in particular* that
he has lately received from Philadc'p'Ua
and Lancaster, a large qu ntity of Soal, .
Skirting a >d Upper Leu'her, Calf Rkms
and Calf Skin Boot Legs, of excellent qual
By (purchased by humel-,) wtiich in ad*
dition to the large stock in hi9 Tunynrd,
makes a very extensive and compleat as*
v.hvuv A-.^aviici ui iuc Dei»c quality* %
fix; 1
Slaughter and Spanish Hide Snal/
Skirting, Harness, Black & Fair Bri
dle, 'VVax’d and Hussctte, Upper and
C-i^ch Lining. Covering and
Roof Hid in, Black and Fair Bag, and
BvdltiWj-lTidrs, Wax’d Black Grain’d
anti Fair Call Skins, Sheep and Lamb
Skins Tun’d and Taw’d, Wax’d Calf
and Cordovan Boot Legs and Cotdo
van Roundings.'
Also a few Hundred Spanish DryM
Hides,—For sale at rt asonable prices for
Ready Money, at his Currying Shop and
Leather Store, second door below the rtell
Tavern.
READY MONEY given for good UAW
HIDES an l BARK.
Richmond, Out- 2<f, 1810. [t 25 d.]
Merino Sheep.
TUSr RECEIVED per Schooner Orey
° bound, Capt. Baxter, from Lisbon,
ONE HUNDRED
M E $ 1 N^> S/{ E E P,
of.Ihe kin\an<Lln the Croanas of
P.iuly and Yqafrrcs which are ilia _
be* ifTSpain, Ind werrlfths prop.rty of the
Eidg and the P.mre of Xekcc. A
These Sheep were sbff>pc\by William farvias/
Ssq.' chargades atfa^s of ri\ | J. s. in PonejaT
and are warranted Xy him tA he pore end Mill
blooded. Satlsfa^irv certificates to this effect
wi.| be shewn by the Subscribe', who pr>w
hem for sale.- They are pftetttrrd at Fair fie.'d
where they maybe *e.*n. It nm sold hr lure
Wednesday the J.l (Stoner, the/ will ot, u..r
day be pnt op at Pubic Auction on a cedi of
jGband 00 d-.ys for negotiab’e notes, y ih ttiin
vod endorsers residing in Richmond ot Pet;n
burg.
SAMUEL MYEftS.
Sept. 5,1810. , di.
T shall petition the next General Assam*
the passage of a* act, d-vorcinje -
tnebfrrxn ir.y wife M.lley, Gr rensona/n •
ti'e*c^w petition to be assigned*—*cf v/Mch I
’he V.jTrMilley a;,d ail pe.-jon* ccnceficd I
will takerTotice. 1 "
„ f JOHN SIIAPA
Hali ax coxntjr, JJthSept. 1610. l>2m> J