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ry and practice of that reprehensible
and insufferable system of policy,
which may emphatically be called Bri
tish—a system which has never, since
we were a nation, ceased to infringe
our most essential rights and to threat
en the existence of our independence ;
and which from its nature must conti
nue its encroachments in proportion to
our acquiescence.
THE VOLUNTEER.
■4 *L Petersburg, Oct. °.3.
T1IE MERINO SHEEP.
The sale of Messrs. Dunlops’ 27
Merino Sheep which was advertised
for Friday last, was not effected—ow
ning to a want of bidders!—The Sheep
^^ere paraded before the door of
^Messrs. W. St H. Hax dl, in very ex.
^Wllent condition, and there were a
number of spectators present; some
from the country, and men of fortune
too ; but no one seemed anxious - to
purchase—at least no disposition was
shewn to give any thing like the price
which was looked for—After dwelling
some time, with no encourgement, the
auctioneer laid by his hammer, the
company dispersed, and the Sheep
were suffered to be carried hack to
Koslin!—How gnat is the difference
in public sentiment, as regards these
Sheep, in some parts of the Union,
irom what it is in others !—In the
Nor them and Eastern Sutes, the Me
rioocs are sought aft.T with the u.most
avidity, and the most extravagant pri
ces given. Whereas iu Virginia, the
greatest indifferente is manifested a
bout them ! Perhaps the cause may
be found iu the spi. r of manufacturing,
which more generally pervades the
-former than the laittr. We pretend
not to decide—Th? farmers and agri
culturalists, should be the best judges
I. . : • l __!• _
VI IJli. I V/IUC11 1UW.U tllllUVUlUiV^ VUU
ceres them.
Arrived in Hampton Roads on Fli
rt y U*t, brig Ann, Gary, 40 days from
Liverpool—hound to City Point— with
a full cargo of Dry Goods'* Left at
Liverpool Sepr. 2, sh’pa Rolla, Sand
fcrd, for City Point in i days .* Geo :
and Susan, Wood, for ditto, next day.
PATRIOTIC CELEBRATION.
Abingdon, (Va October 2.
’Saturday next will be dedicated to
tbeteelcbraiion of an event nisst glori- ■
fctflrfor the cause ot liberty, ai d hon-'r- >
a%It: to the counties oi Washington and j
Sullivan. On that day will be assem- |
bled in Abingdon the body of the mi- j
litia of this county to ctltbrate the bat
tle of King’s Mountain, to pay a just'
tribute of veneration and thankfulness
to the few surviving heioes of that day,
and 'o shed a tributary tear at the re
membrance of the 1 .te of those heroic
spirit , who, disdaining to be slaves,
sealed with their bl od the victory they
had participated in achitving.
1
BATTLE OP KING’S MOUNTAIN. I
Extract of a letter from Col. Isaac Shel
r s,.„^/. Arthur Campbell of Wash
dated N. Carolina, October
L IJ^ive herewith tb.e honor to ac
* cpuiiitt you that on Saturday the 7rh ,
instant, in the afternoon, alter a forced
march of 45 miles on that day and the j
night before, a detachment from, our
little army of mountain-men oj about
jiinc hundred, under command of Col.
Avilliara Campbell, came up with Col.
Fmguson who lay encamped cn the
of king’s Mountain.
1 “ The forenoon of the day was wef,
Wit we Were fortunate enough to con e
on him undiscovered, and took his p;
quets. We w'ere soon formed in such
order as to attack the enemy on all
quarters* The Washington and Sul
livaja regimints began the attack on
the Aont and left flank-the North
Gax^Kna regiments, under Colonels
Wiluanrtfl, Sevier and Cleveland at
tacked the rear and the other flank—
the firing in about fifteen minutes be
came general, and was kept up with
fury on both sides for near an hour.
On the first onset the Wdfsnington mi
litia attempted rapidh/to ascend the
mountain, but werej^fet by the British
rWftlars with fixe^nayoncts and forc
ed to retreat—'ifi'-y were soon rallied
by their gallant commander and some
of his active officers, and by a constant
and well directed fire of our^rifles we
drove them back in our turn and reach
ed the summit of the mountain, where
the enemy, being closely surrounded,
^^Virrendcred prisoners at discretion.
Tfcir commander Col. Furguton at
ftrnpted, a little before th* close of the
Action, to make his escape on horse
A hack, but was intercepted by a few ri
^vtemen of the Sullivan regiment, and
fell dead when forcing his way.
“ The post taken by the enemy gave
them confidence, that any force the
Americans could bring against them
couid not defeat them. 'Truly the si
tuation of the jrouud gave liicm great*
ly the advantage, as the mountain was
high and exceedingly steep in front,
and interspersed along the top with
craggy clifts of rocks ; in short, it was
almost equal to storming regular
u*r|u.
“The enclosed list contains an ac
couxtjpf the loss of the enemy. Ours
is small as to numbers, being about
30 killed and something over fifty
wounded. Among the former are
some brave men and of our best offi
cers, whose sei vices their countrymen
ought long to remember with grati
tude.”
j r
Nashviille, (Tenn.) Oct. 5.
For the information of our readers
at a distance*.we rem^k, that for se
veral weeks wfrhave experienced a ve
ry sewere drought—mnch so that ve
gefi^ n has nearlyufeased, and springs !
have failed runuifig that never failed
before. The jhnor of the farmers have
however bcari abundantly rewarded by
a plentiful crop of corn, wheat, he tup,
&c, but it is expected the cotton har
vest will turn out indifferently this sea
son.
By the mail last n’ght we learn that
a revolution has taken place in Florida.
Governor Folch, governor general oi
the Floridas had arrived from Havan
na and meditated some treach rv a
gainst the late convention, but his tool
and minion IX Lassus was arrested in i.
by the bravery of the patriots, and him
self and suit made prisoners. . The
strong port of Baton Kouge is now it.
the possession ol the a ihei ents of the
convention, who intend to defend itanu
the couutry against Folch and ©th«.r
j adversaries.
Natchez, Sept. 26.
At ajite hour last night we received
the subjoined extract of a letter,
which wc lose no time in laying be-!
fore our readers. From this itwillj
be seen that the Florida Convention j
have beeu compelled to h.«ve re
course to military forCe, and that ihe
fort of Baton Roug«- & Gov. llelas
sus is in the power ot the Patriots
We are informed that a Fw day#
since the Convention received intel
ligence that they were betrayed and
that Gov. Folch had a galley at GaU
vestown, in which he meant to em
bark the Conventi n for Pensacola,
and that he himseif was in the east
ern part of the province alarming
and sowing dusention among the
people. In this dilemma, prompt
a^^vigorous measures become ab
solutely necessary, and the result L
here related.
® Pinkncyville% SepU 2 f, 1810.
“ We have information directly from
Baton Rougr, that on Saturday night
about 150 men, under the command of
Gen. Thomas, entered the fort of Ba
ton Rouge. Young Grand Pre, who
commanded, gallanriy atieinp » d to de
fend it, and received a severe wound:
in hi# neck, with a broad swor 1. One
of the guard fired on the assailants,
and was immediately shot down by one
of Capt. Johnson’# drago >tis—ano her
of the Spanish guard w^s wounded, no
damage received by the troops of the
(convention. Having quitted every
thing in the Fort, they proceeded to
! ^<utan Vs i a I < v r 11 a n r? tr t \ r r* nr • I
him uut, and carried him to the Fort
witlf two boxes of money found in his
room* and loaded him with irons—but
not without having to knock him down
with (re butt end of a musket. The
Convention had abov.t 250 men in the
place when the ir.es tnger left it, and
every th ng was quiet.’*
FRUIT TREES.
'T’HOSE parsons who are desirous ©f
* procuring from Juhn Hastings, a sup.
ply ot
Fruit Trees,#
are requested to send their orders Jrorne*
dintetv 10 FliZWHYLSON 8c POT i'EKj
that they may, at the end ot this month,
be forwarded for execution.
F. 8c f*. have just received a large ad
dit.onito their former stock of stotionaryj
with assortment of Piays and New Pub*
licauqqt.
A%Aiety of Day Books, Journals, Ledg
eis, Record and other Blank Bioks, on
hard. Oct. 19. 6 t
I ■■ —
j T HAVE now the pleasure to inform the
■ *- public, that the herew ivlills are casting
at the publitx Armory, where Screws of
both kinut ht\c been cJ*l and those who
have seen thi inVllow ijfey aracqnal^1 no*
superior in qualwk \>y Metal^ind work
manship to the iroaus tinm Philarienihia.
All orders inclotytgL the cash vfl he
ihankjaiy receivyn,^%il punctually com.
plied Caii—nhi^rc.i ew w. ill beAmt as di«
i ectedpiul a fnstunt supply rta.
oy lo^piale. 1 tender n.y^^^Kre re.
f.pects to * generous people, hojw^ioshare
u part oi tneir favours, with than*.* for all
past friendships.
I urn the public’s most obt.
ana very humbie set vt.
Jolm Moody.
N, B. It is acknowledged by those who
have the Screw 1 in u*e, they save one
third corn.
Kiofeunond, Oct-. 23, 191%. [1]
%
j&ntgmm Btgns. t
R I C H M O ND, ' I
FRIDAY. Octobkr 26, 1810.
The brief introduction which we
gave in our last Argu» to the corres
pondence between Mr. Pinkney aud
Lord Wellesley, was such as we tho’t
that correspondence required. We
are not, however, entirely destitute
of hope that England will return to a
true sense .of justice by meeting the
repeal of the French decrees in a plain
and open manner, without any refer,
cnce at all to Bonaparte’s municipal re
gulations, with which we have nothing
to do and cannot at all interfere any
more than we cau with the municipal
regulations of the English. , It is of
importance that rhe Ami rican public
.mould well understand the question j
lor* in the event of the British raising
ohjfA io^s, there will be no want of at- i
trmVpto mislead the minds of the
people byVconfusing- the subject. • We
shall therein, c, take occasion nowand
then A recur to the points which are
likely to be in issue between Great
Britain and ourselves, just remarking
at the present moment, that as one na
tion has no right to interfere with ihe
municipal or domestic regulations of
another nation, so the English have
no right to require from us as a preli.
mi; ary or poatliminary thit we should
compel Fiance to penult the uvipoi a*
tiou of British manufactures^ in .o the
ports of the continent of Europe.
The British have got themselves
into a ridiculous hooble. The Junta
at Cadiz has, it seems, declared the
u;..—r ...__ ..
--e>- .... i
af blockade ; and the British are bound I
to enforce it) A<! the same time,
tlm people of Caraccas h :ve just
the English certain privi
teg^o4#‘ade, for winch Great Britain
ha3 agreed to protect the commerct j
of Caraccas ! O ! the consistency of ,
the British policy. H >\v will the pa*- J
tizans of England defend this double
fisted dealing? What liecomes of
“Spanish Patriotism” supported b\
Brtti-h heroism n.w ? O B itain! thy
name must become tnjamous among
the nations.
Lord Talavera (viscount Welling
ton) could not see what was going on
■*t Almeida on account of the atmos- ;
phen. Good! And Almeida sur
rendered because a “ bomb-proof” J
powcer-magazine was blown up.—
Belter still! The English ministry
thinklthey can bubble the world with ;
such gross publications. If his lurd- '
rhip had advanced to the reliel of Al- |
me id a, we suspect marshal Massena
wouta have purified the atmotphere '
lor him, or at least have cleared his
eyesight.
Port oj Richmond.
October 26.
E NTE R E D.
SchrJ Sarah-Aan, Parker, N. Y <rk.
Hope, Middleton, Norfolk.
sio(%a'v«> Sisters, Townsend, Great
Egg Harbour.
C L E ARE D.
orig iYIarv, Jcnyns. N. York.
Sthr. Remittance, Pryer, Martinico.'
Washington, Pryer, N. York.
Jubilee, • Traverse, Ditto.
Young-Carpenter, Weeks, Phil.
Sloop Two Sisters, Townsend, Ditto.
Mr. Mat there Whiting,
AS 1 know n t >«ur place of r«s‘<i*ncc, I
take this method of giving you noj»r r that
• - l on the fi'it Jay ot Decern be die
t.welling house of Samuel GrimJuj
-u. ty, tie . cen the hours of
forenoon and 6o'clo.k in the
rtsyf prooed to take the affid
hi j David W. Robert son, U<
4l hI.itk a Goode, »en. and oihert^
evidence in the injun&iou now depending in the
! county couti of Henrico, wherein I am puf. &
you aie defendant.
Joseph Childress.
Oct. 24th, 1810. (w4t.)
AGREEABLE to an <>rder ot the
county court #» Goochland, m de
tiie l5di oi O'.i. lb 10, notice is her. by
givenythat the said court will proct td
to tht^djturibution ot the estate of Wi.
lianr* \Jdey, dec’d. at the next J'Mvrm
her erm, according to law. j£\t p»-i.
sons having claims against the est.'te
ot said dec’d. are dcsir .d to bring them
torward, proved as the law requites.
JOHN S. LEE, 1 .te deputy
tor •
WM. R. FLEMING,Sheriff.
Pel. 2()lh, 1810._( 7 t . )
if il. able Pr pet ty at 4c etton.
On Saturday the 8rd ot November next,
will be so.(I, Ht public A act'oh, po*
sitively without reserve, &
FOUR LOTS,
>yith the itaprt retinues i hereon, ly ip in
lU.Vnt'i V llage, nojotnir.g toe l.'m. of
ti. Ralston, Dt. Oreetihow, and V\ n». M’,
Cube. rbtlMa=»Ca. h.
Prosser 8c Mt;ncure, v. m.
Oc obvi 2*| 1310. tug
Preskeiery of Hanover. j
A ^fcYFTABLY to an crtli-r of the Pres
p Hanover at their last mee. 1
following ncccn. t of the origin'
auct prosen^ltute of the Tin olngical School j
t*nd^ Libj^C, lately established at H imp.
denT b^ney College, is i espect fully pre.
sented to the puohc, hy a Committee ap.
pointed for tiiat pur joe.
• Sometime in the year 1805, a number 1
of the members of Kuncver Piesbyte-y
anyar Uj obtain a more eatenh v< and
cr«ic*l knuwjedge of the Holy Scriptures,
atfthe^tame time that they sensibly felt *
th^ wBP of some bo L» ot much impor.
taAce flw a Hiaiical Student, eirered into
an. up||iiH iiyo in ike arrangements for
supplying liyK de-Gciency. j And as their
own sewirtyfunos were scarcely adequate
to the-txpence which the measure hi con-!'
temptation would require, it appeared io
them auviseable to have recourse for as.
instance to the liberality of their intimate
friends, who were known to have a pre.
dilecttwir for a learned anil well informed
(■(^qicj^Viiuibrry. . }*,„,• were they disapa
|)ohtt^® their expectations from these
GehtjQAz.n in,a short time Subscription
Wrr^ ootsiiiutl sufficient -o justify au at.
tempt to establish a IntcoL cioal h.
b h a k y at Hamjiden Sidnt y College. And
with this va w, Wolton’s Poiyglotte B hby
and several other scarce and valuable
books have been imported fro.n London.
But when the state of our C< untry in
is taken into consideration, it is
see, that it is not Books upon
hut more labourers in the great
he Gospel, that we want most,
in tJS view the ut-hty ot a iurd^
j tor the educati* n of pious youth for t *e
G.apel M-nstiy, was too obvious to escape
attention. Nor d'd the difficulties which
an establishment of this nature would hrvt
to encounter appear so gua.' ; & to forbid
the attempt. T.*e interesting case was,
therefore, submit.ed io the Ct usidemtioo
of Prcaoytery in 18u6, antV a*ter ms ure
d* Initiation uj>on the subject, :he follow,
it.g Kes- lutims were unanimously adopted
hi that linrtv •
be r.-istd by the crnnmitiee sha.l be vested
in the PresirieLt and T usteesof Hampden
Sicney College, the appropria1 ton, h'lwe
vi r, of ail such tunds shall lot ever reman,
with »he J icshytery.”
*e prosecu ion of this important bu.
.the committee appointed a specia’
* s<»!»cit donations for the put poses
above sp'citied. Ana that the monies thus
obtained might be rendered a i-.s ing ad
vantage to .ne Church, a resolution was,
with the approba i«*n or' Presi ytcry adop
ted, «* That ail turure donat; : s -hould be
deposited in the h..nds of the I'rusiees ot
tlampden Sidney College, an a permanent
land—the ptncipal of whrh s; ould at no
time, and on no emergency be dimmish*
ed.”
The engagements of the committee’s
special agent wtre of such u nature is not
to permit him to devote much time to ih.
business with which he was intrusted.
The exertions however which he had it
in his power to make were a ccuded wrh
unexpected success. Out it was not I. vg
before an unproductive season, and . n
em'-arrassed state of our commerce in*
ttrrupfed his progress. habit riptions h . \ e
nevcrtheW ss ueen obtained to the a count
of £ 2556 38 And in consequeuce of au
agreement en.trcd into between the Pres*
bytery, and the Pie-ident and Trustees
I of Hampden Sidney Co ;■ ge for th t pur*
BBMp no iidvc urtii (i» .n ine
Aq.cU of the I (tier, i'h's sum now bears
HnuAerest at the rate ot t».x per ceut.
And agreeably to a recommendation ot
Presby.ery the Kev. M^sta Hog'- has been
appo tiled 1 eacher in our Theological
Seminary.
After this account of the nature and
design of our Theological institution, n
seems hard<y necessa y to suggest any ad*
ditional mouses o indue- aiy toe to be.
coma a cor.trmutor. When it is con*.Uer.
ed that the interest ordy ■% to be appro,
priated to the beneficent purposes in
view, it will be readily perceiv d that a
much larg- r capital will be necessary to
render it extensively efficient. And the
Contributions alieady receiv'd may jui'ly
oe considered as an earnest of the lt„e.
rai patron ge wo have to expect.
That the re’ig on of J-sus Christ is ad.
mirably cHcul-ied to promote the iir'r*
ests ot c v 1 Society^ has been gener ly
admitted, even by tli<-sc* w io are rot w.t.
ling to allow i' higher in r't, or any «u.
pernaturat efficacy. Bui a oeliever in its
divine origin must consider t the greatest
blessing ever liestowcd upon the sons of
Adan mind consequently fe 1 himself un.
much stronger obligations to adopt ;
I (Jt 4^t cflf.c'u I measures in his power i
i tBrxtend its influence among his fellow
■ nan. Much as he iov'-s lus Courtry, and
nr Ir al its interests iru-it ever lie to his
heart, yet he s coostr* ned *o consider the
situation of the Soul of infm e'y greater
• mportance* And »t is chlt-fiy mtUisfiew
that our infant it.st tutfr n » >1 c ts the f«s.
ter ng h*nd of a geoer-us pu d»c.
i B> veiy moderate contributions, it may i
ea .ily be rend'-ted sufficient for the anou.
! al support ot a considerable’ number of
j S'Udents. And ut this way lb; don r»
. will, there is reason to ex, ret, become
h ppily ii'ttnimencal to rescuing mary a
good gemus fiom the stj^ri. » of obscurity,
to publish the gt d ii;)>ngs o- s*iv«lioo to
a gu tty wcrld—h^pp ly instrumental in
| turning iD iOf to right' nnsm m—in saving
( mu' y tvuls tilin' Death, k that for a long
v nts ot -uccetdit g #| —*not improbably,
i uuUi th- *r£»v*l oi tnat au^picicui period j
*
when they shall teach no ncur?> rye-v mrui
his ne ghbour, ami <*v«-ry no .11 las Brother,
saving, Ki < w *ii< L* rd— ut wi>c.i %U
shall kimwr him l»<*m the te-.st urn Cue
greatest *nd thv Larth snail be toil of.
tie knowledge ut the Lord, as the wUr»
<u;e, } Commits
Lacy, > «i' ?/'
L. le. ) Presbytery,.
any person be di-pnsed to
thug u> ttris iiiS.ilutiC' it
in the following or some si.
i r term.
u I give to the President fc? TV u * tees
Ct of Hampden Sidney College, the sum
l< *f ■ • to be held by them and their
“ successors in trust, Jor the use of
11 the Theological School at said CoU
“ lege.”
I he Cominee; h've thooght proper to
annex the to.lo ng particular ktftttineni
respecting the monies received by Fxtsbj A
Li ry
» he total amount of Sub«ciipucns g 253'>,33.
The sum cclccwdis 19V\?0
Of which sum
for R
tcjjmono Cijratce.
vemr g \Wny/1>e pretso*
ted, trie cc leb: iXrf jfnltdy of f
J .’llN bYi,. |
1*0 which wiil be add^Ve Musical Eh.
tertamufent 'c\ ™
SONGJrj SUPPER;
tm Tup
A Lawyer m die Sad.
The pub* c ire re'pertfttilv uiforrrei
tha Mr. & Mrs. CLARK’S U nent will
tukt pi ce. o- lo.M - v h rrire.
^^YV ILLIA d bi’cAiit,
/Watch & Clock Milk <rr,
Col. Gamble's, ALdn S.reet,
1 Richmond,
[•|cer4ly tumk'ul, to his numem
LVomr cin* r9. H~ continues to*
.cpisir Vr^ches anl Cmck* ol tv^-y
lescriptio , anil warrants taemto per*
form well. Ha h..s just received nu. /
-leg Qt ns ortment of G Id and Si ve*/
VY .itches and eignt dav tdocx •, WatdM
Glasses, Chain-', S.*aL & IC*iy% &«■;.
which he w.ll S-ll low, wh 1 sale o«»
retail.
N B. A man of steady habits who
ha* been r<g>Darly bred to tiic above
business, will get employment and li
beral wages.
/\ b'-y well recommended will be
t$|fen as an apprentice—one from the
f'ou MV will he preferred. 3*.
'I* A LjJL GOOD S.
TffKlSuJ Pcribrr has received by
the ship Averick. tro.n Condon,
a part of his Fall Goods, consisting o£
Superfine Cloths and Cassi acres,
Union and Bt dlord Cords,
Dinin’* Swm>down & T<»ilinette,
Sh iv Is,
Worst*. , Cot on, & Angola Sto.k*
ings,
Mus’ins, Suspenders, fee. fee.
13 the Brig C ra, from Liverpool,
and H ty from Glasgow, he expects a
general sjpplv or JYlanchesterv
Cpar-e WotAens, Saddlery, Cutler-*
ml rtar%Wr"«r-,vh:ch win re.iuer his
ai-ior uiaWt"comple.r.
IIc^btAuitmes to transact business on
coin mission, and has f«,r sal' pn con
signment, ti**fens Ware, Whiskey*
Shad and B r Iron.
ROBERT GAMBLE.
October 2.3U, 18*0. tf
TAKE NOTICE.
The Vineyard Lottery,
Will positively r.( msmet* drawing at >ri#
S-ate-Huiae Phi adeiohia,Cl v, n Mon.
day the 29th ins (Oct.) A I mtill he
certainly be hn shed in 11 w<«k» thefeaf..
*.tr.
TICKPTTS \ND SHARES
r R SALE AT £
O. & R. WAITE'S
Lottery and Exchange OJJice §
No. 17, North Seco id-street ;
Where Schemes xt Ur^e and nil I>tfe.
ry information may be oh ained gratis.
- G.&K. WAITE,
f-i^rintee to the public the faithful
pa> ifelt of all Prizes drawn in the V n«*
ylrdfnittr.rj, as well as punctuality iiiHine
dfctwfti |
• m* Tickets fw Sale at the Ar<us Office*
Hiti.m'W, Xhere B-.nk N tes of ;i« dlf.
fe.ient and Pr aes in the l.« bryh^
Baltimore and New York Lo'terios t k a
in {Hvmrn ._ *.
L OH SAUC. - id '• ik'.tUrtli, amt L» > t 4t
t prewit occupied by nft^. Woliaiii
Street, in the < my «»f Hicumoim^djuui 'hjJ
Shockue Warehouse.— It ciii>ffc»x »ix^J
ieet front anil rear, and extendsJom tirnM
to « n:» t— turn m .de knowiWp «; plym^^
to Mr. Street, the occupant, <>r to ti»e mb.
ktniKM . H the property "i* o i ud ^y
Chr-aunis, u will be ten.-d
Mattiuw CLij„
Ocu 19 kb, 18101,