Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-02 00:00:00, page 2

^c—aac* ■ ■ ■/ ■« isjg. jaee
•numerated in the first class, includ
•1 g cotton, wool, goat skins, rags, fea
thers, or hair of auy sort, should be
pt rmitted to report and enter without
being subject to quarantine, under the
terms and conditions therein mooli- j
oned—1 am directed to transmit to j
you a duplicate of the said order,
for the information of the merchants
•concerned in the trade to and’from the
continent of America. I am, sir, your
most obedient humble servant.
STEPHEN GOTTRELL.
The king of Sweden arrived at Leip
sic on the 31st ult. and thence, after
a sln rt stay proceeded on his way to
Berlin. It is rumored in the German :
■ papers, that he intended to proceed to
the Baltic. His progress in that di
rection, on a sudden, and at the mo
ment of a ciitical juncture in the ailVtrs
of Sweden, is altogether unaccounta
ble.
Mar.y intelligent native American
merchants, resident in London, are of
opinion, that the neutral rights of their
flag will in future be recognized by
France, nnd they concxir, on the au.
thori y of advices from France, in the
sentiment expressed in the preceding
extract from Paris.
August 17.
A private letter from Paris, which
we have inserted, repeats the rumor,
that the release of American property
is part of the commercial system of
N apuleon.
Globe.
Private Correspondence.
r ATI IS, AUg, v.
The decree you will receive with
this letter has been published here, and
may be considered of much impor
tance.——Bonaparte is convinced that
he cannot do without colonial produce
—art! that after all his prohibitions by
decrees, and after all his attempts to
prevent its introduction by douaniers,
it will find its way into his empire
through the north, if it cannot creep
through the south. The consequence
of this has hern, that the northern
kingdoms have derived all the a (van.
tc.ge from the revenue they have thus
■«-qvvT«d by its ad'oission thr ugh their
p rts, paving duties at their custom
h usee. Bonaparte is at present known
to he m want of money, and he has no
other means of filling his coffers,
emptied by the expensive war in Spain.
Under these circumstances, this plan
has been adopted for the purpose of
replenishing them. This indulgence,
wr fi-ar, must not be calculated upon
for any length of time, for as soon as
the emperor finds his revenue suffici
ently increased, which they do not
doubt will be shortly, he may put ano
ther prohibition up it the introduction
of col* nial produce
This cr.emc, we understand, has
b-r n for a long time in contemplation,
and it is upon that subject that the
chamber of commerce ha. h» Id so ma
ny meetings. That the trade would
have opened in this manner, we had
no conception till the decree appeared.
This is s opposed to have tlfl:r ed the
emperor * journey to Holland, but now
it i:; si: tied that h* will take Imdepar.
tore immediately, to arrange the af.
fairs of that country.
1 he r lease of all American pro
pert) is talked of, though we do not
know how to credit it: and it will be
a matt r of mu n difficulty, since the
uoguu. it is men.
tinned that another minister is to be
sent to the Uuited Sia ts for the pur
po-i: of inducing that country to re
coni iH tion with Fiance, and to a war
v/i Si England; but I apprehend that
tl is is merely a speculation, founded
upon these proceedings so favourable
to commerce in neutral vessels.
Tim decree has produced a power-,
ful sensation here though indeed the.
immense duties will act in a great de
gr< .* as a prohibition of the introducti
on ol the articles.
August 20.
A flag has arrived from rfoulogne at
Dover, with an officer and despatches
which weie put on board the Admiral’s
rnip in the l>owhs, Mipposed to relate
to the exchange of prisoners. 7’he ul
timatum of o’ur government upon this
furjtct wasdeliviredby Mr. M’Ken/.ie
to the French negociator on the 1st
ins!. W)d a fortnight was allowed for ;
consideration. I he period expired on !
i uc&day, It is hoped the answer is
favorable.
f.?-’ It was also reported that the op
posite ports of France were open to
neutral flags laden with colonial pro
duce.
Fore:gt> Office, Aug. 18.
The King has been pleased to cause
v to be sigi. litd by the Marquis Wei
desly II. M. hrin ipal Secreta»y ol
Stale for Foreign Allans, to the Min
\\A
3 1 -.1
inters of frit nelly *vnd 'n*_utial Powers
residing at the* Court, that the uects-;
sary measure* have been taken lor the j
lilorkache of the Canal‘of Corfu, and J
that from this tin e all the measure* 1
authorised by the laws of nations, and I
respective treaties between his ir.rvj- a- :
ty and neutral powers, will be adopted J
and executed with respect to all ves- ■
scls which may attempt to violate said
blockade.
liUSSXAN DEFEAT.
Vienna, Jully Tl.
Several mercantile houses in Buch-'
arcs: and Orsowu have received let
ters which #onfirin the new* of the
bloody buttle, which lusted 16 hours,
be'wccn the artnv of the Grand Vizier
and that ot the Russians, at 4 leagues
distance from Schumla. The Turkish
cavalry, commanded by English offi
cers, decided the victory. There is e
very appearance that the Russian ar
my will agaiu retire towards the Dan
ube.
London, Aug 14.
Dispatches were received this morn
ing at the Admiralty from S r C. Cot
ton. We understand they Atate, that
the Dey of Algiers his declared war
against France, and that all English
ships taken by the Aigeiincs are to be
restored immediately.
August 15.
Alexander M’Rae', Esq. of Virgi
nia, with dispatches for General Arm
strong at Pari*, from the American
Minister at this court, Mr. Pinkney,
sailed from Plymouth a fetv day3 since,
in a flag of truce, for Morlaix. The
vessel was hired expressly fer theDur
pose oT carrying Mr. M’Hae to the last
mentioned port.
August 10.
This decree, permitting the impor
tation ol the above articles of Coloni
al and E-;st India produce, is sttted in
a paper of tliis morning to have been
pu lished in the Moniteur of the 7th,
while according to other accounts, it
has been communicated in private let
ters. Not having seen the Moniteur
ol the 7th, we cannot answer for the
correctness of the former assertion ;
and, as there are several versions of
the decree in circulation, it is proba
ble that gome of them are derived
from private correspondence.
( 'i his measure being a contradiction
of that pol:cy which Bonaparte has pu1r.
sued with so much obstinacy it did
not gain full credit. But this is a
wrong view of his character ; for, how-'
ever obstinate his nature, it has been
more than once found to bend to the
necessities of the moment. He mav
letd the want of money, and may have
taken this course to enable his own
subjects to pay their contributions,
which they can only do by having a
vent for the produce and manufactures
of the country. He may further, by
opening his ports, draw again within
Im grasp, quantities of British and
Colonial produce, which, when safely
warehoused in France, he may anti
cipate the intercourse which is likely
to be opened between the U. States
and South America, and rnay desire to
be before hand with us in conciliating
the former, that lie may profit from the
new tources of trade to be opened._
Although the enormous weight of the
duties imposed would appear to amount
to almost a prohibition, and although
anfvw* /IrsnKre /xf«..4L_
ticity of the me.isure, it produced yes
terday a gr» at sensation in the com
mercial World.
Sugar, we understand rose 10 p'-r
cent, all other colonial produce in pro
portion, in consequence of the verv
large purchase* made in these arti
cles hy houses that have been in the
habit of trading to the continent. The
private letters from Paris, which are
to the 9th, s*ate, that it had produced
also a great sensation on the continent.
They add, that this Decree, under the
construction it has received, is rctros
pective in its operation; and that, on
the obedience of the proprietors to its
conditions, the aerates radon of all A*
mericsn ships and cargos it fo be ta
ken off. It had been practically acted
upon in the ports of S . Sebastian and
Bo.rfeaux, where the confiscation of
American vessels had been stipend• d.
V/c have also advices that a ship from
the United States, laden with cotton,
had entered the latter port, and had
been permitted to discharge her car
go, on conforming to the requisitions
ol the new tar if.
was j
posted at Lloyd's on Saturday.
“ Dvxkirk, Aug* 10, 1810. |
“The American vessels which had j
been detained here are ordered to be
reie- «cd.”
1 he Black Joke,lieut. Kennedy has i
Seen taken by twolarge privateers, and
:airnd to Algiers; She w-aa charged
with dispatches tro a Constantinople,
Malta, ar.d with overland dispatches
from India.
Accounts from Copenhagen, by late
arrivals, state, that upwards of seventy
sail of American vessels were detain* '
ed at that place, although thev had
stopped at Elsilfeu,and paid the Sound
duty.
Lokdon, Aug. ty.
The following is the amount of the
new duties, in English money .*
s. d.
Brazil cotton will pay a
duty of 3 0 a pound
Other cotton 2 5
Turkey coffee 2 5
Other coffee 1 8
R tw sugar 1 2 14
Clayed 1 8
Hyson tea 3 7 1-2
Green 2 5
O her teas 0 7 1-4
Fine cinnamon 8 4
Nutmegs $ 4
Cochineal 8 4
Cocoa 4 8
Cloves 2 5
The following h a copy of the Ber
! lin decree. Ourreaders will see in it,
that those persons are in- error who
consider it repealed by the new de
cree.
^ “ We, Napoleon, emperor of the
French, &c. decree as follows:
“ The British islands are declared to
j be in a state of blockade.
“ All commerce and all corrcspon
| dencc with the British isles are prohi
j bited.
_ i ne trane in English commodities
is prohibited, and shall cease ; and e
very article which belongs to England,
or is the produce of her manufactures
and colonies is declared good prize.
“ No ship which comes direct from
England, or the English colonies, shall
be admitted into any harbor.
M The present decree shall be consi
dered as a fixed fundamental law of the
empire, so long as England refuses to
acknowledge one and the same law as
applicable both to sea and land ; and
until she shall apply the rights of bloc
kade only to those places which she
has a force fully adequate to cut off
from communication.”
St. Petersburg, July 11.
Tbe papers of the merchant-fleet ar>
rived from Tene rifle, are still under
examination. The examination of
the papers of neutrals will hence-forth
be conducted by the Treasurer of the
Empire Baron Kampenhause.
His Majesty has, by a rescript ad
dressed to the Minister of the interior,
appointed a special commission to de.
liberate upon all matters that may bead,
vantageous to the manufacturers of the
empire, and particularly that of wool
len*.
1 .
Boston, Sept. 21.
FROM CADIZ.
Captain Snow, from C rtiz, sailed
on cite 13th of August. No new event
of any importance hal occurred.
There had been very large importations
of flour, and there was a good supply
of water. The inhabitants were con
fident of their security. An inces
sant fire was kept up on the positions
occupied by the French, particularly at
Trocadero.
w e nave oeen presented with Cadiz
prints to the 11th. They relate no-1
thing new as having occurred in that
city. The intelligence, in them, from
Badajoz, is to the 5'.h ; and furnishes
some particulars of the operation! of
the Spanish troops, under General
Charles O’Donnell,’against the rear of
Kegnier’s French division which had
crossed the Tagus—and Spanish Ks
tremadura was considered free from
the molestations of the enemy. A
opani-h expedition ol five ships had
landed troops at Santona, which took
the trench garrison, and, proceeding
on tiie road ot St. Andero, routed a
ho«Iy of ihe Gallic troops, and took in
port an American ship.
A letter from Henrick O’Donnell,
commander in chief of the army of
Catalonia, dated at Tarragona, July
2J, mentions, that the French army of
Arragon, 12,000 infantry and 1000 ca
valry, continued on the banks of the
F.bro, nrtir Toftosa; that there were
almost daily combats, in which the
patriots occasioned the invaders grc.it
losses ; that in an affair of the lith
°f July, at Tibisa, the enemy lost a
colonel, 17 other officer?, and a pro
portionate number of soldiers ; but
ihe French being reinforced, ths Spa >
iards retired to the positions they oc
cupied before the comfnt ;—that on
die Igih, a batt e took place between
10 or 12.CXK) French troops, under gen,
MiedWiald, and 9 or 10 GOO Spaniards,
including arni-d peasantry, near Gra-j
rollers j it hmed 6 hours, when the'
Ft each entered Barceloua. “ The en
emy lost 7( 0 men, and carried a great
uumb r of wounded into the city._
0;i our part we had from 120 to 140
kdTed, and 400 wounded. After this
battle the patriot troops engaged in it
retired to Iranzo, on the Lobregat, to
impede the tnemy should he m.arch for
this river or the position of Montser
rat ; and to keep open the intercourse
with Tarragona.'*
“ It is probable that the movements
of the French general Suchet, on Tor
tosa, [50 miles further down the Me
dit.-rranean-than Tarragona] were with
a design to attract our forces to that''
place, to leave Macdonald a better op
portunity to attack Tarragona ; but
on both aides we have divisions that
will intercept their communications,
and, when occasion offers, will renew
the scents of Villa Franca, Mauresa,”
See.
The siege of Tortosa appears to
have been commenced by the French.
A corps of peasantry hover nearGje
ronn, and, in two successive rencontres,
with equal force of the cueiuy, have
beaten them.
T he papers contairi a journal of the
operations o( the 5000 troops, which
were sent from Cadiz to Alg airas,
under the command of gen. Lacy._
From the 17th of June to the 28th of
July, they were almost continually in
motion annoying the enemy. On the
latter day, they received orders to re
turn to Cadiz.
Nk tv ..York, Sept. 25.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.
The Heury, arrived at Boston from
Lisbon, (on quarantine,) left that place
the 14th Aug. The reports then cur
rent there, v.*erc, that a battle had been
fought in which the allied troops had
gained another advantage, and that a
bout 1000 French piisoncrS Were on
their way to Lisbon j— that the French
were on the retreat, hut from what
cause was no: stated —they were report
ed to be in great want of provision ;
and an intercepted letter frcW^Massc
na stated he had 24,000 »i&lti4)t9»hos
pitals;—That deserters from the for
eign battalions in the French service,
were continually arriving at Lisbon ;
and a French Lieutenant who came in
had been apprehended as a sp;, exam
ined and released.
•-GLORIOUS NEWS 1
M* —
Salem, Sept. 22.
Republicanism triumphant in New
Hampshire,
AFTER ALL!
By a Gentleman from Portsmouth last
evening, we have the pleasing inteili..
gmcc that the official returns of votes
for members of Congress are canvassed,
and that two Republicans are elected
and not a single Federalist.
The following is the official Statement
of the votes irom the Secretary of the
Coniuionwralth :
Republican Ticket.
Bartlett (chosen) 11546
Din-more (chtsen) 115^3
* Hall 11338
* Harper 11302
Morril 166
Federal Ticket.
• Sullivan 11*45
* Hale ] 14J6
• Vcse 11396
• Blaisdell 11334
Wilson 11179
Scattering 1035
Necessary for a choice 11430.
..vuua l j w,“ u- me can
didates at the ensuing election.
N. B. The three remaining candidates
on the Republican Ticket would have
been chosen, but from a mistake in the
Baptismal names on the returns from e«.
veral towns.
LAVS DEO ! So muck for Ftderdl j
boasting, and false statements !
Journal of the Times.
- A mi any, Sept. 21.
SPANISH SHfchP.
Great l umbers of these animals are
daily- arriving in the Un'ted States. To
shew how highly they are prized by the
farmers of this country, it is only necessa
ry to state, that they have been sold in this
place as high as $ 900; and several were
Bo'd a day or two since at au average
price of $ 360.
New-York, Sept. 15.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTION.
Messrs. Bartlett and Dinsmore, two of
the five republican canditatss for Con
gress, are elected : the remaining three
on the same ticket, it is said, woi^J
have been chosen, hut fora mistake in
the baptismal names in the returns from
several towns.
TORPEDOES.
On Friday morning the Cist inst.
the follow! eg gentlemen, appointed by
the Secretary ot the Navy to examine
and report on the principles and utility !
of Air. Fulton’s Torpedoes, met at the 1
City-Hotel, in this city —
Robt. R. I.iving^toJ, Morgan Tewis, j
Dhver Wolcott, C. D. Bolden, I
Col. Williams* Mr. Garret*
Dr. Kemp, Com. Roger*,
and Capt. Chauncej;.
We understand that ihe priucipal
object of these gentlemen is to minute
ly examine and test by experiment, if
necessary, the various modes which
Mr. Fulton has to propose lor placing
his Torpedoes under the vessel while
at anchor or under sail; for, from the
experiments which he has already made
by blowing up two brigs, it appears to
be admitted by all parties, that if the 0
Torpedoes can be sent under a ship,
and there explode, she will be destroy
ed. I his point acknowledged, the
question appears to be, whether a well
organized number of row-boats, and
combinations added to courage, cart
place or send Torpedoes under a ship
ol war in defiance of her courage and
fire, or any combination of obstructions
or resistance which she can make.
It having been rumoured that the
experiments expected to commence
yesterdaV, have detained many persons
in townj under the expectation of see^
inga vessel blown'up, vve think proper
to state, that no such thing is to take
place. The investigation will be in pri„
vate, at the Navy-Yard, principally in
a room, on models prcpaied lor that
pu. pose. On the mectingol Congress,
the1 experiment* are to be repeated at
Washington,/On the large scale, when
an essay will be nlade to blow up a
ship. Therefore, nothing is to be seen
at this time to gr .tily public curiosity.
We have deemed an inquiry' and this
statement necessary, that individuals
may not be disappointed in the expec
tations they may have firmed from the
notice of die course of experiments
which has been published.
(Columbian.)
Gf.org fc Town, Sept. 29.
muiMtrcu ivuiKncr.in
, elfeuing his escape from Baltimore
| county jail, was apprehended in Hali
i .'ax, after robbing a number of stores.
The governor of the province offered
him to any guard, which the authority
; ihe s’ate ot Maryland should appoinc
to receive him. i lie proposition was
declined. In consequence of which, he
was tried and convicted at Halifax. Af
j ter being branded (confer utably to the
1 sentence) with the letter T in each
I hand ; he hat! his choice of suffering
I imprisonm-tu f r two years, or enter
| ing on board a man of war, the latter
! of which he preferred, and embarked
j in the Penelope for England.
Washington Uity, Sept. S3,
We uncers ami that nt* information of
the late decree, fee. ot the Emperor of
France has reached . the b* at of govsm*
irentj other than that received through tne
medium of the British papers. Nat Jnt.
CHAHLtsroN^ Sept. 13i
THK STORM.
The Storm las: night, has done consi.
derable Cam ,ge Ine >ra n i ured in
torrents, and the wind blew prodigicusly
hard, chiefly from N. E all night, bi
ver*l of the wharves in the cily have
been slighdy damaged ; three sixull ves.
sels in Prioltau’* nock were siove and
one of them, a schooner, entirely torn to
pieces. We lament to state, that nearly
the whole of South Bay.stieer, irom K..ng
street to Meeting.stn et, is w *hed aw.iv
by the tide. The breaches made in this
Btreet by the last storm, had not i>een love
repaired-and row tne labor is to be p r
fonnrd anew. We trust that the Co.ln..
missiooers will profit of the experience
they must now possess of the excellence of
the nlan adorned in malm.o- w-..,
Bay.street, which, though in an unfiu su d
state, stood the storm, Without receiving
the least injury.
— -——-L!J-!— —
Charlotte^ court, 3d September. 1810.
Thomas Pauleit, Pitf.
aganst ) 1„
Biassinghame P^ulett and E- f,
i'a-abr*th Paule't, xdmmis- i* Chancery
tratix ot Thomas Paulett, 1 *
Detts;.
'J'HE defendant IBassingh^me not having
entered his appearance accord1ngyto^,*,^
the act of assembly and the rules of /n is /
Court, and it appearing to the SAt»sri»«ion/
of the Court that he is not an inhabitant oW
this sU e, On the motion of me plaintiff
uy his a t rney, It is ordered, That he Ip*
pear heie on the first day of December
Court rex'’, and enter his appearance and
answer the plaint.it’s bilf^ and give secu»
riiy for performing the d cree ot that
Court, and that a copy of this Order bo
inserted in one of the news papers prm.
in Ktc;i<nond for two months successively^
and posted at the front door of the Court
house of the said county.
(A Copy Teste)
Thomas Read, c. c.
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