Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-06-12 00:00:00, page 2

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* TWBSDAY. I**t 19,' ltIA_
The Mite of lords Auckland and
/« Holland, tacked tov the tail of the re
. jected trea y, is the twin-brother of
* Champagnv s note of February 14th.
- Both con thin the ekxy taw propositi
‘ oosi'M will be aeenlo; the Wtewiag
ungarbled quotation which •#«; nuke
from each:
Mngmn jyou, ;
** Without ana*4a
donment on the part
of the rneny of tub
Unjust pretensionf.'dr
security by tM ten.'
duct or assurances
of did United States
that (bey wilt not.
submit, his. majesty
•will not conawier
■ tmaself bound-by the
signature of big tom -
mi*stoner* to ratify
the treaty, or pro.
eluded f*om adopt*
iogsach measure* ar
may seem necessary,
for coan drraetiqg.the
dcsigaa trf jus asm*
®y* . , >
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The fcdefal paper* ire very tthidh
vexed that the republican print* re pro
* bate die conduct of -^rahce £ and why
arc th»-y vexed.? „ Bocrose it proves
there is no'Frriich influence in the ad
ministration t because it prove* the fe
deralist* have been..propagating false
hood* in their stories of'French influ
ence. That’s the reason they hate it:1
It spoils their trade : the ’ poor vermin
have nothing now to say r they writhe
and twist, and are in dreadful agonies.
It in almost a pity to tread upon their
old worn out rales t but they force us
to h, aped we must furnish them with
a few precious /recollections .now-and
them
CATECHISM,
for the~iuc of well mea mg People, and
for the edification of the fortes*
Q. What was'tha object of the em
bargo l
'. A. To keep American seamen, ves
sels. and produce in American ports
when they were threatened with d**u
.iruction in Europe.
■Q. Who laid it out
A. The Republicans
Q. Who toi.k it off?
A. Tories, federalists, Mr. Ran
dolph, fhe legislature of Massachusetts,
/ 8cc. Ac-&c. • c,
Q. What was the effect of tricing off
the embargo?
•A. Our ships,seamen, and produce
went into European purrs.
Q. What has happened to thtrU
there T
A. The British have got r>o*t c f
the profit, and the French have selx.i
cd most of thepriucrpirl.
Q. Then the torics, the federalists,
Mr. Randolph, and these who followed
their hue andcry,arc the cause -of these
losses? ... *
A. To be sure they are.
The Independent American, pub- !
lished at Georgetown iGolu.nbia) is
becoming quite witty J It formerly
excittd the pity of the public ) but it
4s now generally laughed at.
The Editor of the Spirit of *76,
'(printed somewhere on the bank of
the Potomac) h s published lately. a |
column or two of vulgar abuse of the;
Post Master General, because Mr.
Granger would not employ his Journal!
a vehicle lor advertisements^ It ts
-certainly very cruel in the P. M. G.'
not to prom'ite the welfare of so </?*- |
inlcrcXrti a patriot \ And how very 1
unconstitutional it is for the ad mini*-1
tra»ion at Washington wot to eilcoa • *
rage a newspaper which treat*them;
wiih such Angular politeness! v As:
M p. Granger l<k the seat of the o UN |
onal government for Ohio a little tia»e j
be lore this terrible attack upon him, it I
is supposed that he had previous nonce
of it, and ?© scudded off. JLooky p*
•cafir ! If the Spirit-cminurs his gi
gantic labors, It-it thought tha* he may ;
an time come to be *a post-master hi.o
ic.lf, though nobody e er surspec cd
him of asking Me. Jefferson for such a
One effect of federal '<*iwergeiicy,t’
has been the condemnation of several
Vessels from ‘ assachtisetts, in the
courts of Ifeaasara. Such was the:
fvi'C of the Paciuc from Salem t it was
urged, rhat « Massachusetts, the state
»u which Stlem appertain#, bad deni
ed Iheir -government, and were dec tar
*
rrencn iron*.- .
' <‘K tMn the
•witter of (iefrXi
can enter ttto ao en
gigement, ’ tSlt the
American rceosli
will- not OnbYirit to
the orders in council
uf EagUnd, of Hu.
vember IW, aor to'
any decree of block,
ade, unless tim
blockade should he
real, the undersign,
cd is authorised to :
oiee -of . ooo*e*tl*d
teodteg to rebrsHth*
truly of commerce*
with* America* bad
in which all thewea
scree proper to coo.
•Clidaie the cow.
meres eld the pros*
-perity of the Awe.
ncsoa* shall Wfro.
•tldedfor*
I To tkt Editor oj the Argus>
Sir, r
The fr«<|ueht alarms as wcU as con
stant solicitude created by the insur
rectionary teaftper of the Slaves, require
not oniyllte energetic' Vpowe rfut arm
of Government, hut likewise fhe'vigi-1
lance Of tveryjmbltc body or functi
onary whs may possess the power of
feeing waeftajU -Scarcely a year passes
over when*'the public 1 feeding'is dot
drawn to thisparticular select. From,
what hat happened as weU as from an
inquiry into' the .eausea^alfhies^of re
-ftectiow wiH admit that sdme'ghneraf
plans of precaution should fee adopted^
'which may not only lessen the oppor
tunities bf oonspirirtg,butklsd die pow
er of-bdtng dan g'ertfhs.
Sentiments of this sort are i»of ne w.
■They wttt'pfeKihetfin thin paper on
the 13th July, ‘607. The legislature
were then sitting—universal tranqui
lity then prevailed, and the’-attention
which they mt'rtted-#as ^iot ehcited.
We ere again altramed—-J—tnen are
called out in great' du-nfeefs'^orpeiu
fortstthe dudes of batrole*—tBSTf ba
■ si ness ini u«*ed—their ■'rest dieftrirtfed, |
tod their health endangered—add Vrhy,
is it soffit is because those from
whom ■ danger le dreaded; have every
opportunity ' fo riing a' conspiracy
and potsetswithout mating any eHort
the medi**' otf*domfe tnnch mischief.
The remark last made particularly
applies to the tcftniftertial towhe' of
Norfolk, Petersburg and. Richmcfad-i
in each of these there are grearcram
bers of people of colour employed *s
artists, dny men, drivers and Water
men i* they ale generallyhardy, active
men,' capable of great bodily eiertion
—for none others still answer the but
poses fa which they are employed, and
are sufficiently numerous, if confe'dg
anted, to do much mischief.
Tt was to’ prevent’ the apparent dan
ger? it was to remove or lessen the
cause of apprehension, that the article
alluded to was first prepared and pub
lished, and from the same reasons,
greatly increased by an event of recent
date, it is deemed worthy of repithli
■cation. Believing (hit at this time
‘it Will hSVe 1 /good effect, and may
not only codtnfaute to jgiye better se
curity and more tranquility to society,
but likewise to.better the condition of
such of the blacks as- deserve to be fa
vored, I think it it my duty to n.
quest that'it may be republished.
,* A SUUSCRIBER;
1 TOR THE ARGUS.
VJW ’ • *
•.A GREAT deal of solicitude is
manifested in relation to the public
'guard. This no doubt originates in
:ths apprehension that the insurrection.
1 ary temper of the slaves requires that
tins establish intent should be supported.
This is n-jt ah. The Value of She pub
lic 'property, both fixt and moveable
at Rittuhond, is such, that its -xaTety
and protection requires constant
Watchfulness. , These objects combi
ned, will require the vigilance of go.
Vsrn'nent Sided by men and money.
Wsih respect to the slaves,it is like,
ly that a general change of policy
would-be productive of greater bene,
fits than can be expected from the pub.
lie guard,such as It i». ^In order to
invite the attention of the public to
hub umj lonu ving rirnirK* ns
most respectfully submitted to no*!
lice.
Two opposing opinions now distract
the state. One set of natm, with ho
nest, generous, but imprudent seal,
a»m at a general and unconditional e„
mancipation. Others influenced by
motives'to^uatty pare, not only thwart
and oppose (hessfeomauc innovators,
hot take delight iooppressing,and. eVn
bitteriog the fate ot the unfortunates.
In both 6f the«c ea<»es, Cru^ policy is
perhaps neglected. The general weight
and influence of puiic har nony is lost;
the energies of the state are par lyted ;
and men of vqu d claims t> public fa
vor are jir^a' ed against fach other.
Other ertprsee Siigv. t hen to be ad op*
ted, which psmusc/not uniy to guard
against the evident evils of general
ectia tcip.dio v,1»ut ameliorate 4h* con
diuou of the slaves. •
Kv. ry slave ourghi to h rve the means
of protectnu agaui i Ms cruelty, m
and y<*t matit l oppressions of
inhuman aad fl nty heart d masters,
i his may be done by a co npetsnt »si
bunal. If upon examination the con
duct of the owner appeared blamable,
the slave ought tub i hired out at pub
lic vrndue for the owner’s bernfi , and
so to continue uatit the osner shall
sell the slave,-or until the slavp sl»«*fl
vdluntarily consent to Veturi to his
service. Io this event, the hirer would
be bound to observe a reasonable aad
customary ceurscmf conduct.
indiscriminate and general**.snci.
pstion ought not, at ihis Ci ne, to be
countenanced. So far from it, the pri
vilege ought to be extended, with care
and caution only, to such as, deserve
so great a boea by eminent terVi.e, or
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, THE CARACCAS, ,,:
Or Venezuela, (according to Robert*
son) the theatre of the present revolu
tion in South America,'emends about
400 mileealong the co**t of the A dan- '
| tic oceafr; N. of New; Grenada, and W.
I of Cumaaa, adjoining both these dts.
| tricts or provinces; from 4 to It de- j
grees N. latitude* The land ia fertile,
& the country populous 5 Cora, a large
town ehuatcd up the g ilph of Vene
zuela, near the coast. 60 miles W. of
La Guira; Leon de CarqeQas^ (the Ca
pital} on a rivcr ‘6ieagues south of the
ocean ; La Guira, Venazycl-t, and Por
to Ca^cll s are the principal towns of
note* This country isadvmnageousty 1
situated for carrying on .commerce,
gehlch it was the ssototer policy of
puni to depress;} add, baying such
facility of communication with all parts
<ff the world, is very suitable, in the
present circumstances, to take thelcad
| IQ a revolution^ which we hope, will
| extend through «U the Spanish provin
: ccs, South, west, and North*
| The .revolution, of Which we -have
just heard, seems to be WeU designed;
the leaders address a proclamation to
the people of the •. provinces, setting
| forth the situation of .Spain, subdued
by 'France, and expounding at length
| «11 the -other cause-* which required
the establishment of a government a*
raong themseivea, to preserve their
political existence. This is done in
the name of .Ferdinand VIL to disarm
prejudice and strengthen their force;
hut, the motto they plpce at the head
of their proclamations, ‘‘ The Welfare
of the people is the supreme law,” au
gurs well, though wc iear they are not
yet capable of republican .govern
ment.
; ^araccas (city; contained about (V 1
OOO inhabitants ; the district of Vene- !
mcla, 100/XJ0but, we have no accu
rate account of.the whole population j
probably ic amounts to hall a million.
* •. a— , .V • . Wh*.
The fpttowiwg article is copied front
the Boston Palladium of the 1st. tost.
' .•* England Mreat»|us with justice* gc*
| nerouty and rispecl—protects our pro
perty every where, and sends a suc
cession of Ministers y rrfnflr tr-rnfra
tional injuries* and beg u to ba at
peace—yet the English wf treat with
the grossest insolence, k as much hos
tility as possible short of declared
r*r- \ : ’ <■'
In a Ut* <l«tate (mr* lh*n^a)H,h R
gister) Upon the sxcluMOft ,of Strangers
from ths gallery of tjk* British house of
commons, on i. Gate Jones's case, Mr;
Sheridan spoke with hw usual energy, in
favor of a relax alien of the standing order
of the -bourn s i that subject. A mapii >
differed from him in opinion span tbe ex.
pediency of the alterations but rhe whole
hou-e resounded With acclamations when
he spoke what feilewsa
M My honorable friend (Mr Vffyndham)
hao colled me a counsel for the press—
If I am so, 1 ana proud of the appellation,
sod 1 uwll always iA as suck without a.
fee. dir, I always have been a friend to
ths liberty of the press. Let ministers
hare a.agrtilt house of peers4 give them
s tut I add plunt house of commons j
give them the keys of tbe treasury, and
'he patronage ot the crown—and then
give me ths liberty of tbe PRUSgj and
w ih rfr* mighty eng me I will destroy the
vdifl n of cor uptien, and establish on its
fuiai# ths rights and prwilegss of tils pos
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'tibay Who a year a* !wa age bake lib i
anxious to*get (hair Ve» els abroad, ore
now more 0.1x179* to got thorn hotgt.—'
»' H&t »bo complained thfeu of bfiny Uy \
a time deprived of the proft v of trad; b'
the precaution of their own fotirnihnt;
now deplore the lorn of their etpital by.
the rapacity of other goveioihsntw ..
/,•?true"Anidticair* ;
MASSACHUSETTS. H
. ' -T ‘ , I
The Legislature qf Mt'hhaRtu do*» .1
vened on the 86:h' atu The whole ham )
her of member* dteeled to the H mbe ftt ,
Represent elites it 6*41 Mt *hmd$ttit- ,
tended; Every miihW «l thb senate ,,
w« prevent, bet owe-/
The House chorePer A Morton, Esq '
Speaker. THefetfowmg'wa* iho sute. 1
acDtpi *9iei t
mV Morten, Republican, SSe _
Mr Bigelow, Fcdecal, . 303
# Scattering : -'f t1 • \
'Tn the Senate, aeveml successive baL
tarings took 1 piaoe wuhoot affeft ,fbr a
SpSTa^r, and the Senate adjourned with.
om'mAr g a choice T>c talbwiog whs
he Uiiif >rm result of ~ath ballot*
Mr Otis, Pedaia), IP t ■
Fdf 'Mr'htti, Republican, 18 r
r . "Scattering .. * ' T1^
- A majo iiy of the whole number pre
feet >a trecessai y to a choice. f„ 1
. yn .hh Silt the Seha-$ made choice of
jbe huipqrobit Harcisbn G O ji as Prpair
dent. Mi Otis had 14 viftt aud Mr D»
ea 1 ft. Nathaniel Gotfiin, Evq was reel*
*GM ctttfc.
Bos TOW, June 9.
LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHU.
' *• ;v- SETTS.
Jooe is
l; . « .
The Report of the Committee for cnttn
ttag and. examining the votes for. Go.
temor ind Lt. Governor, war rc>d. sod
accepted by the Sena e a -d tha iV.use.
FOR GOVERNOR,
The wh'vle number of vote* . . 90 at?
Necessary to tndu a choice - ~4S 461
! Inn. Eibndga Gerry has 45,541
Hia Excellency Christopher
Gore fain 44,0? 8
Scattering 1M
Plurality for Mr Gerry (after
deducing illegal returns and -
. the plan anon vo *s) 3 463
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR.
The whole numbsr of votes 49 9 if
Necessary to make a choice 44 9 >9
Hon. Win. G ay has 46516
A rota mi tee wascboaen from th
ate and the House to inform toe above
gentlemen of their uleftion# It h.pre
turned they wilt ah* .he oaths of office,
inis day, at twehr* oVJ ck.
, The Hon. Nt hmid Morton, the Re.
publieaa candidate for |}ri*c«*l county, was
Chosen to fill up the epc—icv ip the Sen
a to. The senate now consist, of 30 Re
publicans and 30 Pedsrais a; previous to
file ckfit an of Me Mor.oo, the federal,
iata adop ed a rule that the Presiden
should apeak and rate on every question
By a eandingrule bribe Senate of this
it ale, the President was never catted on
lor a vote, unless in case of an equal nun<
her of vo*es on each aide—u. that case be
v,» te unloose the difficulty by a easting
vote | an no other ease was hia tote neces
sary. By he present order of things
hia vo*e will never be necessary unless it
be to arrest the progress of legislative
proceedings, and 10 play the dog in the
manger—If he cannot feed himself, to
etaive hi* neighbor *• Patriots
WAsanroTarW Citt, June 8.
lames Hillhouxe, Esq* has resigned bis
mat »n the seftate of the United States,
having accepted the office ot Commit*.on.
cr of the School Fahd, conferred on him
by the Legislature mi Connecticut at its
late session. >
Immediately oh accep’hig Mr Hill,
house*# resignation, the Assembly pro
ceeded Id the appointment of a successor,
and Samuel W. Dana was chosen to sup
ply tho vacancy. The mica in the Huusa
of Represents ives, were
For Samuel W. Dana Iff
Asa Spalding It
In the Coc cil the vatu Ibr Mr Dans
were cndnimoca.
-p i' X> A+
Mr laekson is on a visit to Boston with
his fismitf* * '
Gen- Terrene iv sard to be expected
there also* < } •••**
LYircnBuno, June I.
VIRGINIA BANK. NOTF.9.
A very clumsy attempt (neverthe
less in one or two instances practised
sudc^tsfullyl hay, we are told, late
ly been made to change 5 Dollar Va.
Bank Note* into Fir rr by the additi.
on of aft O and by tearing off the oppo
site corners of the Notes, after (he
letters FI which designate the amount.
This fraud is said to have originated
with a scoundrel in Bedford Cowrf,
who on tha discovery of his base mats
absented himself. Such are the devices
—such the numerous checks; end
such the elegance of design, and exe
cution, of the Virginia Bank Note***nd
dor which the Direction is entitled to
great praise, that no attempt in this
quarter has been until this, made, ei
ther to counterfeit, or alter thorn—As
Jhc inexperienced, only will be liable
v s" 'iVV ,i . f fV*.
h Vhhbstuty, strict emriTnatiow rrt* mM
heir pvt, will in future l>e necessary*. Mg
m receiving Bank Paper* - ^ fl|
Ciwcimmc \ti, roiito) May If* I
HORRID MtfitpER!?
One or the most aggravated specie* M|
>f'murder was last week committed* Ml
>y a m^w named Philips, m the eotm
y of Ch*r*pVigh,pn tlje per** of Hi*
rife* Shc sras laying on the languish- ' |
** bed of sickness, where her unoatti- . , *
•al hiisband approached hoi*, and With i
adore than brumal fury seized her per- • '
ion and after hexing He'r io the most * •
ihocking nxann-r. dragged her out of ‘ I
>ed Jto too door—la vain thesuppHant '
irifie implored fok mercy<‘—hetf groans
>f anguish 'Were Tost iu the ruge of
ier inhuman husband—her eric* wjMrtH
answered with repeated blows, (mk| .; ,1
ber pkayer for pity but added fire to 1
the indignation of hercruel dcstroye*.
At length, fatigued with the exercise*
accasioned h vtW uifticuonof his cruel
toryjrea, he appears to have res<jjr*i<l'
to another expedient, as if to pfbtraict
the : existenewofthe wife,’ thdl H^ tnighc ' -
wreak His vengeance with . redoubled 1 • V
pangs of thv—• ’ !
unfortunate sutt^^Tw... He soix-d apail ' i
of watfer, aodcUluged tbe ■ prostrate j
vied m, by ergp tying Its content* fre
q[u n ly u;rt»d ner ; then beat her with
rhi pail* In sO shocking a manner, ; 1
chat a true description of her situation,
woul I ahho <t cong'.al the vital Raid
of all who pdsftessthe common feelings
of sympathy—-.she languished a few >.•
hotnto and exp' red, 4 _• It is a matter of' *
consolation that bat few such barba«
r jus Bends exist in human form—* •
surely such a monster in creation is.
rate iv founds Philips Is now confined
in tyfbanfta jail, and it is hoped be will,
there continue, until satisfaction is
made to vie violated law* ot his coun
ty*;.; ’ - • ; -V* '•
BEai K. .
Si*ty years hence! few, Ve#y few,
who .sure now twenty year* of age, wilt
be found !—What a melancholy trufh t
—But a truth it is—a slahboro fact ?—
And what is s.till more melancholy, ma* -
Tiy, very 'many, of the live actors on " •
the stage of life, at the present day,
shall make their exit long ere sixty ’ ,
years “have roll’d aw>y.** Sixty
years! Could we .be sure of sixty
years, what are they l—A tale that is
told—a dream—an entity sound, that
passeth on the wing of the wind awav* i
'and is forgotten. Years shorten an.
man advances in age / “Like the de-> f
grees in longitude, man’s life dtcrea^
sett* as he travels towards the frozen
pole, until it dwindles to a point and
vanishes forever. , Is it possible that'
Life is of so short duration? Will
sixty years destr »y all the naneg over
he doors in the cities arid towns of this
E'Uftrishing ountry, and place new
ones in their stead ?—Alas, it can and
most assuredly will be so. This very
day before the sun reaches the margin
of the West, thousands will pa*s away*
Poulson. f
Married—0> Saturday, the 2d •
instant by the R* v. J. D. Blair, Mr- - i
JOHN HENRY SIR )BIA, to Miss
ANN MARIA LAMBERT, eldest
daughter of GoL jl>. Lambert, all of
this city.. ,1 j
muvr js-l iwij* —" ■■ ■ ■ ■ ■ *
Ten .Dollars Reward.
.15 UK AWAY fr>m the subscriber in Afa
bemurle eoanry, rie«sr Ch irlottesrille,
a K*«ho Max, by name AD\M. about 5
feet 10 or 11 inches nigh, Tory s ruigbt and
well made, small head and narrow visigCj,
prominent nose^ n sly countenance, his lees /
has been badly frostbitten, and ha* lose
some of hi* toes; he carried awsy With '
nim a drab surtnut eoat lined with red, m
velvet cape, blue bread elotn coat, a pair
of corduroy pantaloons, swensrfown met, a
pair of mwarrow boots, and a new forrtn! '
pat* It Is expected that he will ende tvor
to pass lor n free man,- Imd 1 presume he ’
has obtained a pass to that elf ct. I expect
he is lurking; about Culpeper, as he tor nerr
|y belonged to a Mr. Tutt, near thet place,
where he has also connections living, i
will give the above reward to any parson
that Will secare btm 1^ jail and give mo
inform*tiAn. an that- t r’ l^ita agate. j
NELSON BARKSDALE. " '
Albemarle, June 6, 1810. 4w j
VIRGINIA;
la Halifax County Cent, in Chancery,
May 98th, l*ffe * I
Francis Howard, ■ . } *it * Tltf.
AXD iity{ U J* *
James Matthew* St Wm. FletcfwpyTTJef**.
'T* Hj'j defendant JaMMs M* thowstfm ha*
A ring entered hit appe trance and gtre*
security agreeably to the act of assembly
and the rofet of this court, aa-f it appear*
Ing to the satisfaction of the court that ho
is not an inhabitant of this common wealthy
On motion of the plaintiff by his cnonsnl, n
t% ordered^ that the asid defendtm Jvnee
Matthew* do nppear hero on the fourth
Monday in Augast nsxt and answer tne
plaintiff ’* bill, X that a ce,»y of thi*order be
forth wl»h inserted in onee» ’h*j new* >»per*
published in the city o» R-e-im-m-! for ei |ht **i'
week* success'rely and p »siel at (He froot
door of the court noose of (his county, i
A ^»yy — r«*to.
SA 4CEL WILLIAMS, p. c. X. c.