Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-07 00:00:00, page 3

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the best ef all is, the federal editors
' hav^-christened this affair «»Demo
• cratic civility.** - ib.
Philadelphia, Sept. 1.
LATEST Vrom SPAIN.
Capt. Stewart, of the three masted
schr. Transit, arrived this morning in
31 days from the Guadiana, states that
'information had been received at Aya
* monte on the 27th July, that Masse- j
na,at the head of 50,000 French troops,
had advanced against-Ciudad Rodrigo.
Lord Wellington’s head quarters were
at Elva*-~-and his army^ consisting of
30,000 British and 40,000 Portuguese,
r. occupied a very strong position on the
frontiers of Portugal, and severe fight
ing was daily expected. >
' . Captain S. repeats the intelligence
heretofore received of gen. Crauforfi,
commanding an advanced division,
having been forced to cut his "way
** through a superior body of French,
with considerable loss.
The communication between Seville
and the interior^ even in the plains of
La Mancha, was intercepted by the
Spanish detachments, and the couriers
and small parties of the French were
daily cut off.
King Joseph had been at Seville, in
the beginning of July whence it was
supposed he had gone towards Grena
da
Capt.Stewart has brought, in’the
Transit, ONE HUNDRED & FIF
TY MERINOS, which had been sc
. lected with the greatest care from the
Duke D’lufantado’s flock, the best in
Spain.
Cadiz, July 27.
In consequence of the dullness of
American produce, we have concluded
• to go to Gibraltar with a part of our
cargo, tor which place we shall sail in
‘ a few days.
The French are said to be but 1000
yards trom the Spanish and English
land force, wnich consists of 30,000
"Spaniards, and between 8 and 10,000
English. The French are but 15,000
.men—a constant bombardment is kept
^ tip between them.
‘Baj.timohk, Sept. 3.
COMMUNICATION.
CAUTION.—Was set on fire, on
Friday morning between two and three
o’clock the dwellinghoust No. 46 Han
• ver s»reetthe property of Jacob H'ff
man, the fire originated from a R. t
which cbnvey ed a lighted candle from
the fire hearth, to a closet where the
hole was, the lire originated at the bole
«nd made its progress through the
ceiling f but was happily discovered
belore any material damage was done.
It is singular that the rat was foonu
d ad after the fire was extinguished.
It is hoped the aboYc will be a cau
tion to those who are in the habit ol let
ting lighted candles stand in low places
after retirtqg—Fed. Gaz.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 3,
NAVY OF THE~UNITED STATES.
\ 'e understand that the following is the em.
pigment of our public vtsseli of war at ihit>
Tine i
The frigate President, Commodore Rogers,
iv stationed at New Yo»k; the Constitution,
Captain Hull,, in the Delaware Buy ; the brig
Argus, at Boston; and he schooner Revenge,
at New Port, Rhode Island—with orders to
make abort cruizes and return occasionally to
ttycir respective stations.
The frigjfie Wnh«d States^ Commodore De*
citur, ana the f.igaie F.asex, Captain Smith,
are stft ioned at Hamp'on Hhodea i the Jonn a
~ti ams, Captain Dent, at St. Mary’s? the shin
M asp. Captain Jonrs, and the brig Ferret, Lt
Cildsden, at Charleston, Sooth Carolina=-:the
br*g Siren. Captaiu Ta»bell, at Savannahseeche
brig Nauri!h , at Wilmington, North Carolina,
with similar orders.
Tn brig Hor el. Captain Hunt, is on foreign
aervicctseeand the brig Vixen, Lieutenant Bain
bridge, amt the schooner Ktverprize, L:eutenant
Read, are stationed at New Orleans, wi.sre
there are shout twenty gun boats also stationed.
The frigate United States, the Wasp, the Si
ren, and the Ferret, are now cruising near our
Southern extremity. ail the British armed ves
let* ia*rly about Amelia Island have disappear*
ed an. gone, it is believed, to Halifax.
MARRIED,
On the 18th ult. capf. Joseph Wea
ver* to Mibb Kitty Spinnek, of Mil
ford to tn hip, Bucks c jUiU , Pennsyl
vania. It is eipetted ti»at this con
nexion will not be unfavorable to home
. manufacture.
INTENDING *«ry shortly to visit the Wes.
tain paitt of the state of Virginia, as wtfl
• s tbe slates of Ohio^ Kentucky and 1 ennessre ;
1 wilt undertake, anJ 'auluully execute, agen
cies in the exploring and selling of lands, inves
tifsting land mles, collect irg monies, paying
taxes on land*, and enuring them with the com.
ynitsioners of »be revenue, pursuant to an act
passed at the last Mission of the General As*
senrhly of VirginiSj entitled, •« An act to com,
i* pel persons who own lanus in tnis common
•• wra th to r.au*« the same to he entered ,n the
•• book* of the comm is tor era of the revenue,
•' and for nftier purpo-e*." ApphiAin<ns ta me
prrif'tiiHjf, lo.Hv r..*d* M the ■ilfice of the Gen
eralCotniliii iticnmcnd, and letters, (post pain)
sdttriMrii to pie either at Kiuirttond, or (after
my departure, which will be on the 25th day oi
October nest^a* Lr.xtrg on, in Kentucky, will
be promptly attended to. Those ronfidHtg hu
I\ suncse-to my care, may »ely om the a-m »*t pane*
tuallf/ .n its exew tu.u, of *h ch tke most taiis
2actorj testimonials can be&tvcn.
Jftttginta Wcmtg.
* RICHMOND, -:n'>
FRIDAY, SEPTtHiia 7t 181$, ,L’^
, The Secretary of State ha* returned
to Washington City.
Td the Editor of the Virginia^ Argus.
Sir, '• w '
Party politics have so much occupi
ed public attention, that we have sel
dom found in our public prints a sin.
gle remark upon constitutional questi
ons ; and yet, it must be admitted by
all reflecting men that there is no sub
ject which would have a better ten
dency under discussion, than a ration
al enquiry into thfc^ constitutional
powers of the government of the tJ.
States. There is no other temperate
method of insuring an adherence to
constitutional principles than by com
paring the practice of our -politicians
with the prescriptions of the written
fundamental law.
j If there be any braachof the govern
I ment more apt than another to run
into excess by mistaking its powers,
it is the House of Representatives ; &
it arises from this single circumstance,
to wit ; the Representatives of the peo
ple forget that they are not the people
themselves. The public may remem
ber certain occasions when members
of the House in debate have taken up
on themselves to censure the Senate
in terms by no means decorous. Mr,
Randolph is in the constant habit of
calling the Senate the regular army ;
and a member from Maryland (John
Montgomery it is believed) took the
ltnerty or denouncing that body as
holding a rod over tJte Jfouse of Repre
sentatives. I do not pretend to say
a little whipping would not be/bene
ficial to the House ; but such expres
sions argue a total ignoranc* of the
dignity and constitutional power of
-he Senate, as well as a peevishness
and envy at supetior Senatorial good
behavior.
It was never intended that the
House of Representatives should be
eq i»l to the Senate ; and the distinc
tion is very broadly drawn in the ar
ticles of the constitution. For exam,
pie ; a man who is merely a citizen,
and is of the age of 25 years, may be
a member of the House of Represen
tatives'"; whereas, to be a Senator, a
man must be thirty years Old and have
been nine years a citizen of the Uni
ted States. Thus, in the particulars
of age and residence, the Senate has
the pre-eminence. The House of
Representatives is completely dissol
ved every two years, whilst the Sen
ate is in perpetual existence ; which
gives to the Senate the superior char
acteristic of stability. The House of
Representatives are simplv legislative
representatives of the People, and
therefore only a constituent part of
sovereign power; whereas the Senate
is not onl) a constituent part of one
‘oyer? ign power, but is the absolute
representative of another sovereign
power, to wit: the representative of
the state sovereignties. Tnu gives
the Senate superiority of dignity.
I he House of Representatives is
barely a branch of the legislature :
the Senate is not only a branch o; the
legislature, but a branch of the execu
tive, without whose approbation official
appointments cannot be confirmed nor
treaties ratinea; and the Vice Presi
dent, the straond officer of the govern
ment, presides over its deliberations,
which marks its constitutional rank a
bove the House, whose Speaker is
chosen from the mass of members.
With all these features of superiori
ty designated by the constitution iu «
manner not to*be mistaken, whut else
but ignorance and envy can pretend to
place the House of Representative* a*
bove or even on a par with the Senate i
There is no other standard of compa
rison than the Convitution. The
House exercises its functions under
that instrument, and under that alone j
and the Senate derives its power from
the same source.
The Senate, indeed, appears to have
been designed as a check to the Presi
dent on the one hand, and to the House
of Representatives on the other ; as a
rampart against the anarchy of politi
cal fanaticism and the oppression of
executive despotism. It is well con
! siitmed for wisdom by the age and ex
j perience of its members, as well as by
i the mode of their selection. In fine,
it is the strongest branch of the govern
ment; and will, perhaps, be the body
where ths lust and most formidable
i stand wifi be made in favor of the
temperate liberty of the people. Al
present, it is a notorious fact, that all
[ foreign ministers pay more attention
to the proceedings of the Senate thus
they do to those of the House of Ke
j preservatives ; and this is chiefly ow>
i iog to the tumultuous transactions and
fluctuating resolutions of the latter.
I AcaNsmunoNALisr.
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i *0R THE ARGUS*
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M*. PINKNEY & ^la. JACKSON.
t We believe that every body will be
disposed to contrast the speeches oi
Mr. Pinkuey in England , with the
speech of Mr. Jackson in America.
The American, minister with justice
on hip side, attempts to propitia’c the
| nation and government in. a
strain of flattery;. Trie British miu
ister, under the auspice’s of Outrage,
Cruelty and Insult, denounces the ma
jority of the American People ajud
contemns the policy of. tlieif rulers.
If Mr. Pinkney had been animated
with that spirit which pervades the (rue
blood of a citizen ot the United States,
he might, in a cause so just as that in
which he is engaged, have made a
speech (if speech he would make) that
would have more enobled him than nil
the honors of fln English university,
and have elevated the character of his
couotry in the esteem of Europe.—
Mr. Jackson, in 9Q bad a cause as that
of Great Britain, has acted (consider
ing him as an Englishman) more wor
thily in bis ministry than Mr. Pinkney;
and notwithstanding the arrogance of
the man, we cannot refrain from yiel
d«ng him applause for the firmness
with whithhe has supported his sover
eign.
But we condemn, altogether, the
practice of ministerial spet ch^making.
An Ambassador cannot separate him
self from his official character and des
cend to the walk* of private life at
pleasure. Wher-ver be appears in
nf-rtnn th#» irluo U!. . r_
tion, from an inevitable association of
thoughts, accompanies himand what
soever he docs as a man, will in pub
lic opinion, be considered as being ap
proved by the minister. Three p-r
*o».s in one, it an attribute of the De
ity ; but duplicity of character has al
ways been considered incompatible
with human nature.
What, then! (say the cavillers,) do
you wish Mr. Pinkney to behave in
London like a surly, morose being, de
void of every sociable quality ? JBy no
means. We desire him, in every res
pect to demean himself as a gentle
man ; to assume that dignified attitude
which combines polished manners in
doing busmess, with firmness in sup
port of principles. If a man cannot do
this, he u ants the essential qualities
necessary for an ambassador. Because
we wish a mao not to play the part oi
a spaniel, it does not follow that we
with him to play that of a bear.
A id mark th*. conduct 6f the tones
on this subject* They applaud Mr.
Pinkney’s demeanor in London j and
they praise Mr. Jackson’s conduct here.
This is perfectly consistent ; for Mr.
Jackson’s conduct is insulting to us,
and Mr. Pinkney’s demeanor bring
rs down to the level of the insult.—^
1 he truth of these remarks must be
self-evident. ✓
Communicated for the Argus.
GOOD SHOOTING ! ! !
la the celebrated Victory which the Vir.
ginians and North..Caroliniaos gained over
Col, Ferguson on the King's Mruntain
after the Ba tie had raged some time the
Euemy began to fall into confusion, and
• seventeen of them got behind a large Rock,
fin order that thev mieht be screened from
the fatal precision of the Rifileioen—•-bul
they were all slain»and on examining
them they were all found tobeshot through
the Head, and no other part touched.
Th s singular fact comes from Colon*
Shelby, one of the five Colonels whc
commanded on that memorable day.
Mr. Samuel Harrison Smith has as
signed the National Intelligencer tc
his partner, Mr. Gales.
The Natchez Chronicle of the 6tl
ult. states “That we have received th«
subjoined address from our correspon
dent in West-Florida, as the result oJ
the first meeting of the Convention
From this address it will appear tha
West-Florida still acknowledges de
pendence ou the government of Spain
and is firm in her allegiance to Ferdi
nand VII. It will also appear, tha
there is to be a second meeting of th<
convention, on Monday the 13th inst
which it is believed will be much mori
interesting than the last. What wil
! be the result of the deliberati ons of thii
honorable body, is yet impossible to
I divine—However, as far as we are ca
pable of judging, their proceedings au
gur well. A degiee of prudential wis
i dcim marks the first meeting, that doei
honor to the deputies, and we sincere
ly hope that nothing may occur to dis
turb the tranquility, or endanger th<
peace and prosperity of the people.”
We understand, that a Vein of Coa
fine and fertile, has been discovered ii
Chesterfield, about three miles from thi
banks of the Apponaatox, and about twen
ty above Petersburg, Report s*yg, tha
j it was principally traced by the means c
the Compass, from the course of the riel
. vela a on the James River. It will uh
j doubtedly prove, In various lights, a coo
sivfeBrst'ia acquisition to the to^Q of P«
' tr rshufg ■ . .May not the game Veins ex.
tend northwardly, to the other watering
courses f Enq.
Arrived at Boston t h Friday, schooner
Industry, caps* Harris, SI days from Gib- 1
raltar =Capt. H furnishes. Gibraltar pa.
.per*.to the 21st July, but they afford no
poiitcal neVs of any . novslty. The ac.
counts from Spain and Portugal make no
mention of the reportg* battle between
the French and PortuguMe^they however
cdpfirm our previous accounts of the un.
healthy condition of the French armies in
Spain, of the continued and successful in.
cursions of the Spanish peasantry r and of
the increasing hatred which is manifested
A SpsnVsh gentleman, arrived at Gibral.
tar, from the environs of Seville, states,
that the French were attacked near Se.
ville, from the l*t to the 6th July, by. the
divisions of Ballesteros and .Capon, with
great success—that great numbers of dead
awl w unded were seen carrying into Se.
ville, and that when he came away, the
firing of cannon and musqnetry were still
conit need. The papers also state, that
King Joseph had returned to Madrid, and
had dismissed frogi bis life guards all the
Spaoiards who had been employed about
hia person.
Bos. Cen.
WM. COBBETT.
In yesterday’s paper we published
the sentence‘ of the Court of King’s
Bench, on Mr. Cobbett, for a libel.
As our readers may be curious to know
what the libel was, we shall give the
following outline of it, as taken from
the speech of the atorney general on
the trial. [N. Y. Gaz.
“ I beg leave to briefly point out the
circumstance of the event on which
the libel is founded. The Local Mi
litia in the Island of Ely had mutinied
f .V Iirnrp.rl.rl In onrl n
verpowered their officers. The force
on the spot was not sufficient to sup
press the tumult ; and the German
Legion, who happened to be the near
est regiment, were ordered to the pro
tection of the inhabitants, and the sup
port of the laws.—Tranquility was re
stored, a regular Court Martial vrns
held and a few of the offenders pu^
nished. What does Mr. Cobb«tt make
of this? He represents it as an inno
cent difference about some petty sum
of money, between men who had been
equal a month before at the plough
tail. For th'19 any annimadversion
was insult, and any punishment, tyran
ny. He insults and taunts the soldi
ers for submitting to the punishment j
which the law, in its most regular
course, fie in its most lenient for n, ap
pointed* He set the German Legion
in a most odious light, and held them
up to the army and the nation, as men
expressly fitted and designedly brought
forward to execute the arbitrary pur
pose of an oppressive authority. How
is it possible to expect loyalty or cou
rage in either native troops, or in those
gallant foreigners whom the misfor.
• tunes of their own country have sent
to the cause of ours, if this language
is permitted to proceed from a licenc
ed libeller ? He insults the Islf? of E
!y for not rising in rebellion against
the government, which had the cruel
ty to put down the disobedience of the
soldier, and ttlfe obstinacy to persevere
in the execution of the laws. But
this, black as it is, is not the blackest
parts of the venom which the libeller
has prepared for the popular mind.
He turns off' from meaner considers,
tions, and fixes himself on the govern
ment of the country. He draws his
picture oi tne crueiiy wnicn xx .*poteon
is, according to his softened phra-’e^'
1 said to exercise. He draws his pic.
ture of the rigid spirit of the British
government, bids his readers look on
the sketch of his master hand, and
draw their conclusion. Is it to be
borne, that this libeller should tell the
people and the army, that the sword
of despotic power is hung over their
heads by a hair—that our taws ate ca
price, and our justice oppression ? Mr.
Cobbett is delicate : but his delicacy
L consists in palliating the conduct of our
, enemy, and his candour in defaming
our own. He charges the crime oi
calumniating that enemy ; upon whom ?
t Upon the loyalty of this country i up.
. on the obedient, the honest, the indus
’ trious, and the honorable ; for after all
! bis explanations, I feel that he means
I no others. This is the character of
, the libel.”
General garaxin, who ao singularly abandon*
ed hit post at Boulogne and went to Kngland,
' it is said, designs coming out to America,
» WILD CHERRIES.
This kind of fruit is uncommonly
5 plenty this year ; and it ought to h«
recollected that when put in brandy oi
I other spirits (but brandy is believed t«j
t be the best) it makes a cheap, speedy
! and pleasant cure for the flux, dysen*
* tary, and most other complaints ot the
t bowels. It is, besides a very agree*
1 able and wholsonie drink for those ir
' health. If a little pains were taken ir
due season, we need not resort so much
. to the Apothecary's shop for medi«
\ ‘ *1
|c*n*, nor to foreign countries forli
| quors.
, . . COMMUNICATION.
t)iiD—On Saturday the J8th of Ah.
gust last, after a severs and painfull ill*
ness, of 11 days Mr*. Letitia Ore.
oort, wife of John Mutnfnrd Gregoty.
Esq. of James City county and daughter
of Ralph Graves, deceased, of York coun
ty, io the 23th year ef her age, leavmg
threa little childreo and an affectionate
Rusband to lament their Irreparable loss..
She was much regretted by all her neigh-,
burs, who paid every atieotioo during htr
.illness.. She was an excellent economist,
delighted in a speedy progress of her
Spinners and Looms, and was'in the high,
est delight to ses white and black clothed
lo her own Manufactures, deeming it an
useless extravagance to buy, when her
own attention could make her indepen
dent, all In her place like this, careful to
make herself the wife, which she jusity
merits, with every endearing affection
where such was due, with an uncommon
care and tenderness to her family, gener.
ally .engrossed her every hour, a loss in.
estimable, ever to be regretted by her
tender babes and loving husb&od*
Died,—On the 23d instant,at Bed
ford, in the state of Pennsylvania, On
his way from the springs, Col. JUxvxit
Powell, Of Loudon county, in tfae ?4d *
year of his age. In the death of this
excellent man, hufamily have sustain
ed a loss not tdQ0b repaired, and the
public are deprived of a valuable and
useful citizen.
Stauktok, Aug. 29i
Died,—-On Thursday last suddenly,
in the 43d year of her age, Mrs. Cath
erine Trempery consort of Laurence
Tremper, Esq. Post-master, of thia
place : she had eaten a hearty dinner.
anrl rl*>/\»%» —1 f- - L 1 • -
—™ uci ana
expired in a few moment* j she has left
a companion, with a son and a daugh
ter to la :ient their loss; on Friday her
body was conveyed to the silent tomU
attended by a larg' conc< urse of frien :ta
—- Her suddei. (ieat i sp» aka .n soh inn.
language to the living, prepare to me^c
thy God.
Lexingtoh. [K.] August IK
MEMBERS
Elected to se»ve in the 12th
Congress,
•■oiepu we;na-- opposition.
Sami. M*Kee——no opposition.
An bony New. by a majority of about
2000 over the apostate Lyon
Stephen Orntshy—«•— majority 00 over
Mr. Quinton.
W. T Barry—.to fill B. Howard’s seat
in the 11th congress.
‘
' Chartty Sermon.
A Sermon will be preached by th»
Rev. Mr. Lattimore, at the Method
ic Meeting House in this city, on Sun
day next, at ‘l.o’elock in the afternoon,
And a collection made ior the b Defit
of the Richmond Female Humane
Association.**
Richmond Theatre.
This Evening, Sept. 7, Will be pr' sentedj
a grand Dramatic K wiaice, written by
Colman, interspersed with Songs, Da aces,
Proeesrions, Sec called
BLUE BEARD,
OR.
female curiosity.
Description of Scenery. Act 1st. Vie*r
of a Turkish ViHage^Tha Train of
Abomelique appears crossing the Moun
tains to claim his intended bride, Grand
march and chorus. Act Sd -—The Ma*
gie Chamber. Grand vii w of an illumi
nated Turkish Palace.——This Scene en
tirely New. Act 3d-The Exterior of
Blue Beard's Castle, The cuvet a of Death,
where Fatima is rescued from the power
of Blue Beard by Selim, who destroy* the
Tyrant.
To which wi'l be added, a celebrated
Comedy in thrt-a Act*j called
ANIMAL MAGNETISM,
*#* Doors to bo opened at 6, *t.<f
the o'-rformance to begin at Y o’clock.
t|t Tickets to be had at Mr. Da
vis’* Priming Office, and ac the thea
tre.
■ rjY viitue of kd*.i, of t»us exeiuttd to us by
u Francis Taylor, ateci 8 h August, 1809 ro
secure a debt doc David Bullock, WILE U£
SOLD^ai pub ics«.e, on Monday the 8t'n of
October, at he from door <-f the Be l Tavern,
A House and Lot,
On the crott street Icidiiu i <m «h< rns.u street
•nd nearly opp si e Messrs. Hal*.on and
Pleasants’.
IAS. C ANTHONY.
ANUERnON HARk.lT.
Richmond, Septem * r 4 l»J )8I0. ti.
ONE CENT REWARD, fo dclive i .-,g „
the subscriber at Mow p* ter, in Chi*’**
Cuv County, an sppremt* boy, mu <f JOHN
WIU I T, sged jo year., ha* ited fo . m:
lime past in smerchant mi!! ami pos**>s,;s more
j »»» and dupllci y than is n*ua| fo bis *g* / he
rrple his elo|«rnent the 5 h of last mtm h, .nd
v ill likely wish to engage in * m II or n bo*r I
i ,t,M* *•*«!, All pen n* arc f)i(w,rn:.i fiota
«Riptoying or karbonng said boy
. . j. D. LADD. »
;l 9th ms, 4ib, 1810,
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