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NOTICE.
Fjskfe Owner* of Merchant Mills sod otbva in
* *■ ViftltBt WhiJ are in arrears to Mr. Oliver
EVanV f rr erectiug and using hts patetb(®bpfove.'
tnents in the art of manufacturing floutjfi meal
&o. without a licence may now have ‘a|^^fab’e ,
bpnortunity of forwarding to me th^QPtent
finrs hr the members of the approaching leg is! a. :
tare. It Vy them o^thair directions l #>HI BehH cr •
return licences, Amount* hare been pnbliihe *
aCCordti g to the machine* they have fc* use, A
♦omj/liance will Oblige .
Your Obedient servant,
’ '* JOHN MOODY, Agfbrt for
OLIVER EVANS.
Mb. WILIAM POyELL^
Sib,
I observe in a late number of the Ar.
gusT a notification by you_, cautioning the
public against receiving a bond giggn by
you to me, “as it was obtained by^Lud. *
This is the first time I ever heard yy were
Indebted to me in my life. Be plcaHtl^ffb*
nest, honest Mr Poweil, to let us see deep*
er in the in 'll stone.
Yours,
EIlWW GAIWETt.
King Sc Queen, 29ih, Oct. 1810. St
] u l icis is hereby given, that the co.part.
JlAl nerdiip of D. BROmWELL & YORE,
la by mutual convene J'uolved. A I person*
having claims against said firm, are requested to
ccme forwatdftr settlement immediately am
determined to have yhe a (hairs of the conce J ad.
j«4i*d as sp cedi ally as possible, and early wPFRn
cation by .claimants will be to rh&ra advsmage*
•01.
JOHN YOKE.
Richmond, November 7fh, 1810.. 3t
Notice.
Y WISH to dispose of my TRACT OF
. LAND lying in New Kent couuty, cal*
led .
WARE CREEK,
and containing about two thousand Acres.
On this plantation are Buildings sufficient
for 4. Email family, and a Mill on a never
lading stream of water, which may be
made navigable to York River for Boats
with a little expence. Only about 500 a.
crea bf this Lar.rl are cleared, width are
divided into three shifts, well adapted to
the culture of Corn and W heat, the bal
ance very level and well limberetLe^x.
pecting those inclined to purchase vifemt
%imv tile land 1 Mi bear to rnumfwsl all
the advantages. If *tns I.r.rd is nowold
before the 6th of December next, i^pvill
thrn be set op, on the premises, t® the
highest bidder, on a credit of oce and two
years. Bonds and approved Security with
a deed of trust on the Land, will lie fe_
quired to carry imerfest Iron the date.
At the same time and place will be sold,'
nil the Corn, Fodder and stock if every i
kind, on the said plantation. Twelve months !
credit will be allowed purchasers,oh then !
giving bond and good security t:> cany in. \
hired from the date if not punctually paid.
Annulead Russel.
[d p t 6 d]
NOTICE.
Agreeobie to the Iwst Will and Testament
of Armistead Russel, dec’d
WILL BE SOLD,
At Ncw»Kent Court.house, ort the first
d«y of November court, if fair, if net on
me r.r?i any oi uecemuer
A T R A C T O*
LAN
Lying in New.Kent dftunty, r.alflh the
OLD PI. AC ft, and containing by old sur
vey 476 acre*. This land produce* well
urn and Wheat, and is pleasantly situs,
ted id an agreeable neighbourhood—is three
mites (ram the court-house, and two from
f.iwtuokey Hivpt. The Terms of Sale,
will be one half of the purchase money to
be paid in twelve months^ and the ether
in two years from the day of Sale. Bonds
with approved security, and a deed of trust
«n the land to secure payment, to carry
intercut front the date, if not paid when
pB do; will he required.
I will with pleasure shew the land to a.
ny poison inclined to purchase.
AfrMISTEAD KUS8EL,
Executor.
August 10,1210. ids
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Ju*t Received and for Sale at S.
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Printing Office.
The Refusal, a rtovel,
The Houses df lOsmit and Alrinerra—or
CafVeat of 8t. fldefonso, a tale> by Re
gina Maria Roche, auther of tbe Chil
dren ofthe Abbey, &c.
My Uncle I noww.^ a novel
Lndy of the L*ke, by Walter Scott
A Sailor’s Fr*t ndsKtp, altd a Soldier's Love
The BriUsh C«tfv»wewor., « selection nf tW
^Oidat adowretl Speeches in the Bmdisl
Language, arrayed under three d*t>ocr
head* of Popular, Farliaif rotary and
Judicial Oratnty—Witn historical illus
tration*, 3 vnls
Eloquence of the British St»nat«^-bving a
collection of the brai Speeches of the
most distinguished English, Irish, and
ScMch Parliamentary Speeches frr.m
the beginning of tbe rfcign of Charles I.
to the present time, with notes blrtgih
phical, critical and£Kplan <tory, 2 Vuls»
Newcomb’s ohservatiras on our Luid.
^Tewcoihb's English Harmony
Livingston on Sheep
[Jana’s Sermons
Sside to Prayer
Touchstone of Sincerity
Ldck Hospital, or'a hew selection of liyrar
"ahfi Psalm Tunes
Mythology, or a history of the Fabulous
Deities
Valuable Secrets in Arts, Trades, fce.
Milner’s Letters c
rhe American's Guide—Containing the
Constitutions of the United States of A
merica, with the latest amendments
also the Declaration of Independence,
articles of Coufede-ation, and the Fed
eral Constitutor!, acts for the Govern
ment of the • Territories, Washington’s
Farewell Addres, anti the Inaugural
Speeches of the several Presidents.
a.e!fi'.t 1.11/pa nf PlA»u-v.k _tL..
most illustrious characters of antiquity—
A bridged fi om the original for the use
of Schools.
The Register of Arts^ or a compendious
view of some of the most usbiul modern
Discoveries and Inventions;
Tucker’s Blacksioue
Gass’s Journal of the Voyages and Tr*»
vels of >ii*pts. Lewis and Clark
Ennniurbv Mrs* Maria Ed^ii worth
Abbot’s Marat ime Law
F*»ay cn Soap Making
Doom of Murderers
Aonian Banquet, a selection of Poems
The Works of Mrs Chapone
Memoirs of Marine ntel
Memoirs of Samuol Foote,
Barlow’s Political Writings
Criminal Recorder
Cook’s Voyages
The Diet’s Assistant
The Wander.ng Philanthropist
E'la Rosenborg
Charlotte Temple
St. Clair, the Heiress of De3inonti
Horrors ot S;, Domingo
Fatal Revenge, by Murphy
Parent’s Avsistant, by Miss Edgewotth
Ri.sa, or American Gtn.us and Education
Opie’s Simpto Talcs
Beggar Boy
Advertisement for a Husband
Gamesters
Father and Daughter, by Mrs, Opie
Exile ot Erin
A ie I lino, the Bravo of Venice
Village Pasum and his Children
Romantic Tales, by Lewis
Don Sebastian
Scottish Chiefs
Theodore CyphoQ
Peregrine. Pickle ,
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De Valcourt, Nocturnal Visit, June Tal
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Castle Spetre, He ip fat Law, Stranger,
Secrets Worlll kuowinT iio ihrr«. I'lra n
Cabnl and LoVe, The Boor Cieinlcman,
Folly as It Flies, The Seem, The Wheel
oi kortune, W* y to get Married, West
Indian, viouniaimers, The Gamester,
Douglass,The Mourning Br de, The Or
phan, Klr*d«, Caractacus, Samson Ago.
histes, Reward am) iilonora.
Sterne's Works, III 5 Vol». ccbta ring his
Tristram Shandy, Sermons, . fntimental
Journey, The Koran, and his Letters
Pope’s Works
Josephus’s Works
Immortal Mrutur, or Man’s unerring Guide
Zimmerman on Solitude
Bums' Works
Tooke’s Diversions of Burley
Mat shall'a Life of Gen. Washington
H&maay'g Ditto
Ltirrk’s Bistuiy of Virgin!*
Carey’s family M.bles, Imm 4 to g 13
Walker’s pronouncing Dictionary
Johnson’s n:tto.
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v FUR 1MI ARGUS.
THE DOVE,
NO. II.
Tbo* flien. sweet bird, (qH pinions free,)
Commission'd from atbovs j
Thou Brest to seek for liberty,
The Olive-bianth of %cv*.
Go search the Globe with truip py«f •
The cac-cd pledg'd to fiudt
((pick hick to our araiut hif#
And greatly blyss maijkiti J.
Ewer the inviting window ubw>
Of great Columbia's ark :
Qdick ehtrf with the sacred bough,
And from the storm embark.
Ldng has the kaviso vessel tost,
’Midst proud and raging wav s l
Oft with fair fic*dom nearly losb
Who yet the temptst btaves.
The billows ebb, their foam has ceas’d,
The elements ate still’d,
Our consternation now is cas’d,
Our hearts with pieasute till’d.
Then enter wi h thy peaceful bough;
Oh, theu seraphic Dove !
A no as we teal in Heaven cur vow,
fcsrabli.ii it with Love. %
T.ach Colon’s daughter that *da Love*
Ai6ne trial's the soul;
That tuijes it to thirgs above
And does all ills cotmeul. 1
Te’;, ’t>s Love that calms all strife; )
And'givei domestic bibb ;
That augurs a sweet future life,
An . makes a hbavuu of thi8.
Tell her, the social passions toll
Into conjugal joy,
And its sacied stream’s the soul
. Of social Libit, y.
Tell Colon’s swains, oh ! happy bird,
That Love’s bewitching d*me
By gen*roos fouls should dc rever’d,
Because it exiles shame •
That his the only tis which can
Wi:t adamantine force,
Biwn to isir Freedom, her dear tnan.
Ana make tucik »ou!s icjolce.
Tell i'a'.h.rij brother*, sulci *j wives,
That thy pacific coo j
Once introduc'd, will charm their liveii
And bibs e ernize too.
Go tell the citizen ’tis Lovc^
i h*i make* his pleasure, rue <
That makes this state tike that Ibcve^
' —Does permanence ensure,
* Go, t^ll the Sfaicsman, Liberty,
ia erder 10 preserve, -
Hiw fellows mu t resemble ifise^
And pcacs “by tov» deiervei
Teil.him; behold thy fatally,
Mild, ubiestrain’d and Ires,
Dwelling in veacK and okstT'*
—Bid him resemble thee.
Tell him, that to be free and good^
He mint adore thy Love,
Abstain from inrcBfc', Ftasu and slooB
And imuais the osvg.
FLEBILIUS.
mams-—
STORY OF A SHEEP I
or%
THE EFFKCTtf-OF CROWDED SFFKCB.
[A true tale communicated to the Editors.3
“O sire, cried Robinson, the sheep ! the,
eheep! ]
What ol die sheep, replied the king, pray,
pray—
Dead, Robinson, dead, deid, or run away ?
Dead, answered Robinson —dead, dead i
Then like a drooping iilly hung his head.”
[Peter Pindar.
Not mnny weeks since, A gentleman in
Philadelphia purchased a coble Meriro ram
at auction, and sent him by a servant to Ins
country residence, to graze upon his farm,
['he gentleman being very rich, and occu
pied with business, seemed to speak'by
the second' and throw out his words with
out space or stop between them ; think mg,
perhaps, his servant m;ght have mere tirr-j
than he—“Hark’e, Sir, inform Mrs —
that on day of there will be
a numerous party to dinfe with us in me
countty and here*s a fine Merino ram ftee
that you keep him iri good order.”—Now,
by the food, he did not intend that the ram
should be eaten ! but that he should eat
the choicett grass and clover on his planta
tion. Unfortunately for this “patriarchal
ram,” hii name was coapled In the me»«
s.<gewith the dinner-party, and the servant
emptied the contents of thin budget in a
he p.
On the appointed day, the company asl
sembifd at the villa of Mr N ; the
dinner hour was not yet pronounced by the
clock nor pointed to by the dial. So, it
was proposed to take a turn over the held
to see the Merino ram, the flocks and tiers.
Hut. Mrs ., intim.ucd to them, that the
luckless Merino would be shortly on the
table* This was certainly a surprize upon
Mr. ——, who looked
“VVlute as the ghost who sought king
Priam's bed,
And told bun that his warlike son was
dead.”
Why, patient or impatient reader, should
1 say more to caution >ou agaiost contusion
of speech, or ail improper colocation of
words f L.
Whig.
geNftgv.i ■
From the National Intelligencer.
CORNUCOPIA.
When a man wishes to regulate
hift conduct by a safe rule, he con*
suits the experience of his life, which
ulmonishes him what is proper robe
lone add what he should av id. It the
circumstances which are present ar^*
Irfce thf se which are past, one has on
ly to obsefvc wbut actions formerly
t*
■ produced good effects and what pro
Iducedbad consequences Tn affair's ol
J bus ice Wj and (he rule is easily fixed
by adhectog to the actions productive
of benefit-.- Nutn'us, being made up
of raeb, ought to pur-tie the saint
courses for sound politics in govern
ment are nothing more than what pru
rience is in p/ivatelifc. They both
consist in an application of the know 1.
edge, of even'a that have happened to
those which are to happen.
We nil say, in common parlance,
that the circumstances of Europe have
been wonderfully changed within
these last seventeen years. This, how
ever means very little more than that
the kingdoms of that quarter of the
globe are materially altered with tt
spect to each father "j ’ tor with regard
to the U. Slates, the actual change
in European1 policy is net to extraor
dinary as most people imagine. Let
us consider Europe as a chess board,
and the only difference as to this coun
try is, that France moves the kings,
bishops, and pawns, in 1S10, that Eng
land moved in 1793.
On the 25th of Alarch, 1793, Great
Britain entered into a convention with
Russia ; on the 25th of May follow
ing with Spain; on the I4:h of July
succeeding with Prussia j and on the
GO:h ot August, 1793, she concluded
a similar convention with Austria
All these conventions contained stipu_
lationa “not to permit the exportation,
in auy case, from the said ports for
PVotvr#* on«r m /> v
or corn, grain, salt meat or other pro
visions and “ to unite all their ef.
forts to prevent other powers, not im
plicated in the war, from giving any
protection whatever, directly or indi
rectly, in cpnsequende of their neu
trality, to the commerce or property oi
the French, on the sea or in the puns
of France.”* Thus was Russia, Eng
land, Austria, Spain, and Prussia* ail
united in preventing neutral trade with
France. This operated, in a great
measure, as an fntermcT to American
commetce with the continent of Europe
generally; because, if those powers
would not suffer provisions to he car
ried fr'ohi their own p< rts to France,
and obstructed neutral nations from
sending cargoes there from a country
not engaged in the v ar, it wr.s such
an interruption of the fair trade of the
United States as put down the enter
Srise of our Citizens, which could only
fid lucrative employment In going
from one port of Europe to another,
a cording to the laws of nations. And
to prevent all mistakes, ids Britannic
majesty issued, ou the 8th day of June,
1793, to the commanders of his ships
of war and privateers, additional in
structions u to stop add detain all Ves
sels laden wholly or in part with corn,
flour, olr meal, hound to ally port in
Fiance, or any port occupied by the
armies of France.”
The same powers that entered intin
conventions with England again'.t
France In 17S3, are; in 1810, combi
with France against England.
This is a s.id change for Great Britain;
because British merchandize cannoi
now find admission iu those kingdom:
to whose monarchs British council:
once dictated measures. But how
does the alteration affect the Unitec
RlUt**.? Pr^ril.li. AJikMn
Nation) ab the English combination did
in 17^3. Aimilean tradfi is nearly
excluded from the continent ; and,
strange as it :»iay appear j the mea
sures of Russia, Austria, Prussia and
Spain, under the control of Napoleon,
have contributed to produce the sanr.;
effect, a3 the measures of Russia, Aus
tria, Prussia and Spain did under the
cbotrdt <r>f the English, viz. the de
struction r.f American neutral corr
merce. Great Britain is still true t(
her originnl system ; and acts the $amt
part at present, without her allies, at
she acted at the outset in conjunction
with them.
j France, however, now relinqitiahe;
t her commercial interdictions; vfid* i:
I Grertt Brita n doe* not follow the ex.
; ampl?, it will be necessary Gr us to
| place ourselves in a defensive posturi
at least. In the selection of protect
j ing means* advantage miijf be dertveo
from a review of the past event's of oul
hiirory'j and, wi;h r.:»|>ect to tnreig;
i affairs, they may be designated by a tc
I currfcr.c to three epoohas.
• » how treaties may ail be seen in Bib;ft’-'
C oil<eu'rn
r;’ :*» ...
- ^■" 1 1 "■ jssr
The first, in 1794, when Pi evident-*
Washington, on apcount q1 British
• maritime 'depredations, iU5d an 4i)>*
{bargo on the shipping bf Great Bri
tain then in the American poric.t*’
And on sending Mr. Jay to England, ‘
the English government mads atouc-*
ment for the outrages, arid ufatters
were amicably adjusted. .
The second; ih i799, yhen>r«fcU
dent Adam's, ob account q| spoliations
of American commerce by France,
sanctioned an act prohibiriog-.vet.aels
owned.by any person resident Within
the United Srat«.s ire in trading with
persons rnsid-nr within the dominions
of France ; and, in ^800;, when that
Was continued,^ This policy
(quickened by a lit tie naval exertion on
the part of the U. States) soon ter
minated all differences', as the fconven
lion of Sept. 30, Hub, will testily.
• The third, in 1807, when President:#
Jefferson advised the embargo ; and
1809,$ when hbh-intercourse was sub—;
btituttd for the embargo. These act*.
(and the embargo in particular) pro—*
duced the arrange in cut with ?.Ir^
Erskine. Buk the British, finding wet
had let go our strong measure, refu
*< d to tatify the act of their minister:
Had wfe kept on the embargo, or •au-'
ly adhered strictly to the non-inter^
course system, there is no doubt but
we should, at this day, have had our
diffi rences settled with Ev-glafid.
What, then, docs our Doluical nn*.
rience teath us ? Clearly, that when
ever we cut off communication wiih
ihe belligerebt powers, they will listen
to our just demands and redress our
grievances. Would it not, therefore,
be silly in us to hesitate, when the
policy which ha3 always breh success
iul corresponds so exactly with the gew
n.us of our goveinment, will promote
so extensively our inf.mt manufac
tures ; and is, in every respect^ so con
genial to Our views 'of national hap*
piness ?
It may be objected to these facts
and reflections, that they are all true &
jilst, but that a non-in ereburse law
cannot be enforced. To which I an
swer, that to admit a certain measure
to be salutary for the nation, end yet
to deny that the measure can he exe
cuted, is to declare the American peo
ple incapable of self government. It
can surely be enforced, if the citizens
will obe^ the act of their Representa
tives ; and nothing can be more absurd
than to ashert that they will rebel a
gainst a law which they l^ve them
selves made through their agents. If
such an argument were allowfcd to pre
vail, it would operate to the dissoluti*
on of all governments.
' CORNUCOPIA.
f Seer Laws V. States, Vol. 3, page 72.
| * See Laws U. State* Vol. 4, i are 129, Vol.
\ 5, p. 15. r *
| § See Laws tJ, State* enacted the first Rrtd
second »ea»:on» of the Ten h Cangrc»J.
CHANGE^OF TIMES.
An extract.
| From the subversion of the Roman Erti*'#'?
t>ire to the 14ih and 15th century, womenfV ‘
I spent most of their time alonr> almost eoiY*. *
tire strangers to the joys of social life, *
seldom Went abroad, but In be spectators of
such public diversions and amusement* fto
ihe fn*turns ot the times vniitil c* liritenantfe.
Francis the First was the first Who intfo
<iuce4 women on public day* to Court.
Before this time nothing was to be seen nt
sny Court of Europe lint giey beaded p- IU
liclafit, plotting the destruction oi ihe rights
and liberties ol mankind, and warhors clad
in complete armour, heady »op«t iheir plot*
into execution. In the 13th und 14 h cen*
iury, elegance had scarcely any existence,
inu even blranlir.ss* was hardly conslder*
ed us laudable. The use of im n was n it
known, and the most delicate of the fair
tfk, in those days, Wore wcmlhn shit*. In
the time cf HrNu* Vill. Fters of this
realm brought their wives behind them on
horseback when they came to town, and lr«
the same manner took them back to their
rountry s«*ts with hoods of waxed lio<.n
over their heads, wrapt in mantle* of clorh,
to secure them Irom the cold. And ittFa.
ris, durmg the reign of Francis the F*>r,
to nde in a two wheeled cart nloftg ihe
d.wty Street*, w*$ reckon* d h grain.* in c(
r so enviable a natorr, that he pionfb >ed
:pe wive* of tvs citisons iron* enjoying u
and at that time Inne was only tv b - t vl
''at '.he shops of apothecaries, wuctc it sss
IkM as a Cdaoi At..
The number of Mavrt in the terrftwy of
• | Or leans »* 29,474 , value of all the land »6,
(ll)04,4;7 doll*r»4 annual tsX on sHycs tiiL,
10> ) cW lands 34/Of ; sale* at attain* ) J*
’lem.
13Ail* ani DELIVEHY FOND*
| fir mlt at tint
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