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r ttBlts* Oar treatment in the North is I
‘ «uch •« we might have expected—State* 1
which deserted neutral {ights, will be
excluded from cammercc—because they
are favourable to the pretensions, since
they do not resist the measures, of the
tyrant af the ocean. Our prediteflion
for, or our fear of Old England has pro*
duced half the mischiefs under which we
smart. But, we will become very wise, no
doubt, when it is too late*
Whig.
The desertion of the French Gen.
of Brigade Sarrazin has created much
astonishment in France and curiosity its
England. He seems to have been ra„
ther a favorite of Bonaparte, and no
reason, whatever, has been assigned
* for lits quitting the service. The
French pronounce him a traitor, and
the British seem determined to treat
him as a spy* A paragraph in a Lon
don paper says, he will be ordered out
of the country, or sent to the Uui'ed
States. The general seems to have
got himself between two fires.
Even. Post.
> w Noxfolk, Aug. 24.
FLOUR, when capt. Powell sailed
from the Havannah, was as high as
$ 35 a barrel!
Ltxciibcbo, Aug. If.
Creston alias Walsinghatn. noticed in
our last, who carne*' off Tu hel.’s wife
and child, pu an end to his existence in
Fincastle jad on Friday night last., by
cuHh g his own threat, thigh*, and face
in a mofii shocking manner wrh a razor.
*1 he desperate resolution of self destruc.
lion formed by ibts unfortuna c man wat
carried into complete effect as the prin
cipal blood vessels he jugular and femo
ral arteries were entirely cu through. It
is conjeeured that the motives wtilth in
* duced h,m to disfigure his face were to
t>r«*v.-nf hta hsinw ipa/lilv h(*
•---n-/
was heard to declare, that he should na.
ver appear in any court of Justice, and
that the principal circumstance* of hisca'e
should lor ever remain a sec «'.»•*»He was
in possession of very large sums of mo.
nev, of wli ch a considerable portion re
port says 16 or 17 'heusard dollars, was
in Bank No es. These tis sa d he de
stroyed before he perpetrated his last a.
a booimable crime.
Star.
FussB.Lrri.LBj (Kr.) July ST.
A late Indian Engagement.
A manuscript containing the following
statement was handed ho Nditnr on Tue .
day by a gentleman from I- vmgston
c U'.ty, and has heatd it confirmed by o
th; r authority* If this should be tiue
we much fear that our red brethren
wifi con» nuc the hostility they have cam.
iner red t
As a Mr. P yerwas descending the O.
hio river with a bra load of whiskey. he
was so unfortunate as to get bis boat stn k
in a violent »torm or. the 28 h ul im«>
Dear Wtlk r.s nvitle. When he had by
}il* eaer ion* iega:ned some baueistthia
Wlit.-kty, l.cic came 15 Mohav k Indian*
and some ntjuam .nd children in canoes,
who abused Mr. P ye« and took 12 bat.
Tf Is ot his whiskey, put it into their ca
noes ai d desicendfd the river. Mr. P
»l>tn te u.nfcd re fort Massack and infor.
Tried 'be commanding officer of the 'real.
SDCf-t he received. A aergaantand twelvr
imp v.eif dispa ctird w h him in pursuit
of the Indians—they fou. d .b m on tkc
bank of the Mississippi 20 miles above
the Mouihof < )hio—when the chief dis
covered Mr. P. he drew his knife and
» e»n| eel to stab him—Mr. P. wav mak.
in g -be If st ritftnee he could whrn the
BcrgMni m* cl nt« gun a d shot his an.
tagoi is*.. and ordered a fi<e n the rest
they killed fc.ut, and wc uncled as many
ii,ore—ihe remainder fl: d pric’pi aiely 10
the woods.*—This c< n.bat look place on
k the 13.h mst. (July )
f&O** The above s'a ement is cnrro
bciMtd by a gen leTmn fr< m ihe west
's-* d, arrived in Lexington on Saturday
last J
KENTUCKY ELECTION.
Frankfort, August 11.
Bit hard M. Johnson is re-elected to
represent this district in Congress.
l-en. Desha is re-elected without op
position.
S. M‘Kee is also re-elected without
opposition.
Messrs. Ilenrv Clay and W. T. Bar
rv, are elected without opposition:-—
Mr. Clay to the 12 h—and Mr. Bar.
ry to sl -ply the place of Mr. Howard
in the lnh Congress.
RALEIGH (N. C.) August 23.
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.
We have not receivtd complete re
turns from all the Congressional Dis
tricts s hut, in addition to the informa
tion given m our last, we add, that
there is no doubt of the election ol
W’iMiam K. King, for the Wilmington
District, and of A. M'Hrvde, for the
Fayetteville District { Willis Alston is
re-e!cc:ted for the Halifax District, by
a majority of 9.12 votes Over hiu oppo
nent, Mr. J. H. Bryan—and Lemuel
Sawy r for the F.denton District, over
opponent, Air. Himon,
275^
#
From the Rockingham District, we
have received a return of the votes for
Randolph. They were fof Cochran
871, for Lacey 331.
From Burke District, no returns
have yet reached us.
In the Salisbury District, Mr. Pear
ion,.was opposed by the Rev. James
Wallis. ThefoIIOwing is the state of
the polls:
Wallis. Pearson.
Rowan, 741 1558
Cabarrnus, 109 424
Mecklenburg, 505 406
1355 2388
1355
Majority for Pearson, .1033 .. .
The following, we believe, to be a
correct return of the majorities of
votes for the Member of Congress for
Newbern District :
r Blurkledge Gaston
Johnston 234
Wayne .64
Lenoir 275
Greene OS
Jones 55
Craven 249
Carteret 204
822 342
342
Maj. for B. 480
Cancers cured.-It i's now com
pletely ascertained by his constant suc
rcssful practice (and we publish the
fact for the cond.ort of those who may
be afflicted with this dangerous and a
larming disease) that Hczekiah St r„
buck,of Guilford County, in ibis State, j
can cure Cancers, howtrer obstinate
and dangerous.
CB—... I -1‘ —U_11U_
?frents.
RICH M O N D,
TUESDAY, August 28, 1810.
When we reflect upon the vicissi
tudes of fortunes which nations under
go, there appears to be something in
them like divine retribution; and in
no instance has this been more signal
than in the recent calamities which
have overwhelmed the Spaniards of
Europe. If the Incas of Peru or the
race of Mont* zuma could, after cen
turies of death, revisit the world, they
would be amply gratified for the cru
ellies they suiTered from Cortez and
Pizarro, by the horrid ravages of the
French in the Penninsula. The fate
of Charles the fourth and Ferdinand
is not very much unlike that of the a
boriginal princes of the southern part
of the American continent. Cortez
seizedgMonrezuma in his palace, and
Pizarro followed the example in rela
tion to the reigning Inca. Bonaparte
imitated these plundering conquero s,
' and laid violen* hands upon the whole
! royal family of Spain, bearing them
| ofT from Madrid to captivity in France,
j W ilh respect to the essential iniqui
j quity of these several transactions, we
j see no particular difference. The 011c
party being Indians and the other Spa- j
niards, cannot alter the case : And, I
i£ any thing, we should decide th.*t the i
fate of the Indians was the w rse. be
cause their subjugation and mas acre
was not so immediately (it at all) ne
cessary for the consolidation of the
power of the then sovereign of Spain.
COMMUNICATION.
Departed thi-> life on Wednesday
the 22d instant, Colo. CHAMPION
TRAVIS, of Williamsbufg, aged 63
years, having suffered better tnan lour
years under an cute and painful dis
ease almost without intermtBsiop,
which he bore with all that Christian
fortitude so chaiacteristic of a good
man. This much esteemed gente
man was one of the proprietors of
James Town Island, th# first perma
nent settlement of Virginia, which he
received through the line of an honor*
a‘/le ancestry. He was educated at
William and Mary College, where he
acquired those attainments which well
prepared him lor the duties of private
and social life, and which he discharg
ed with never-failing perseverance and
integrity. '
He was a member of the Legislature
previous to the revolution, and conti
nued several years to represent his
coun y after that period. He was in
the Convention which established the
rights and constitution of this Slate,
to which he remained devoted to his
last breath, with that ardent and unde
viating spirit of sound Patriotism
which no trials however severe
throughout our struggle c.»u d move,
and which no change of political opi
i nions since those v r.uous times could
alter. He was just and uptight in
all his dealings, and nothing did he
more despise than the contrary cha
racter* He was uo time seiving sy
cophant; would not bend his head to
Caesar, nor ask a favor which could
not reciprocate with gracitud- a* d plea
sure ; he possessed charity in the true
sense of the term ; was not puffed up,
nor vain-glorious, llew.ts an affecti
onate and tender husband and parent,
a kind and indulgent master ; too much
so for his pecuniary interest; but he
would not suffer any motive or consi
deration. to he drawn in comtuu*ison
with the duty he performed in clispen
ing around him a share of those com
forts he received from the labor of "0
thers. . , " »
1 his character is given by a friend
of the diseased who is of the same age,
and from their infancy were in habits
of uninturrupted friendship, was edu
cated partly with him at the same
school, was a companion in the pub
lic councils of his country, and can
justly pay this tribute to his great vir
tues.
COMMUNICATION.
Died in Goochland, on the 4th inst.
of a lingering illness, Mrs. Betset
Gunrrant the affectionate, consort of
Major Daniel Guerrant: The writer
of this will not attempt a va-n eulogium
of this amiable woman ; he knew her
worth in her family and society, and
offers th s as a plain and earnest tri
bute of respect to her memory, which
will be long dear to her relatives and
Iri i;ds. In the various relations of
Wife, Mother and Daughter, she was
through life, fond affectionate and du
t: f It Iu tier last illness both tedious
and severe she exhibited the charac
teristic t». its «f a truly pious and de
voted Christian; gradually wasting a
way, she long foresaw the inevitable
approach of death j and with a patience
and fortitude seldom evinced she seem
ed to ‘‘ wait the ilm. Oil
her change should come.” This she
an icipaied fersome hours before her
exit, when havi g with exemplary
composure offered her pious, appro
pi iate and affectionate admonitions to
her disconsolate husband aud tender
little daughters around her bed ; ex
pressed her gratitude to her kind neigh
bors and triends; and commended her
i,oul to him who gave it; she with chris
tian fortitude in fervent hope of erer
n 1 life thiough the merits of a Cru.
cified Saviour, bid a solemn and affec
tionate adieu to the surrounding ob
jects of her affection ; and without a
murmsrt cheerfully resigned her iono*
cent life to the 41 G >d of Spirits.”_
Whilst the happy prospects which o
p ned to the closing scenes of her
whose death we now deplore, afford
much consolation to her surviving
friends, her affectionate husba d and
tender offspring with an ag^-d Mother
(who in her h-a lost ihe last member
of a numerous family) will ever feel
and lament their irreparable loss; and
her relatives and those who knew her
best, will with heart-felt grief drop a
sympathetic tear.
A FRIEND.
Goochland, August 18th 1810.
PROMOTION.
Charles Cotesworth Pmckney of
South Carolina, from the presidency
ofthejockc) Club to the presidency
of the Bible Society in Charleston. —
44 The kingdom of heaven sulfere’.h
violence, and the violent take it by
turce’’—■ IYI i-rc-iirv.
PICTURE OF EUROPE.
T«n or fifteen yeais since someth;ng
like a republican or democratic spirit was
prevalent not only in the official preten
sions and varying constitutions of France
—jut in the poll ical and literary char,
tcter of the limes. . A great and rapid
change has taken place.' Despotism has
gained twice what it lost by the Frtnch
revolution There is no:, a republic lef
in Europe. The very name of the peo
pie is buried in oblivion.
In England the great concerns upon
which the ps stuns of the nations con*
ci otra e Ibetnse.ves, are in.rigues a'd
ca^als^ol princes and ministers to sup.
plai t one ano hcr,*nd the prices of seats
at the Playhouse.
In F a nee and the rest of Europe,
king making and king breaking, orders
of chivalry and dissolution of mamage ;
washerwomen prmc.sses and jacobin*
giubs bursting butterfly.princes, oukea
and counts; conscuptiois and c;>ntributi«
>ns; oppression grinding people into
soldieis ; soldiers spinning into sul an*
—.up tart sultans wallowing in more than
Asiatic luxury, and an iron harrow tear,
mg np the bowels of the nations. This
is the picture of modern Eu ops.
(Bust. Pa'.)
FROM CAPE FRANCOIS.
Capt. Foster of the brig Joseph,
(arrived at Boston) from cape Fran
cois, interim, that on the 20th July,
I one of the Presid nt s aids arrived in
! town from tne Mole, who brought ne wi
j th t general I.aman who commanded
that place, was killed % that the wo.
men and children were leaving tin
town j some going on bward Pction’i
i fleet at the Mole, and others flcringto
Christoph'*, for pro ection. The morn
ing that captain. F. left Gape Fran
cpis, (July 25th) president Christophe
arrived in town, and appeared tr> be
in high spirits. He said that in two
days he should have possession of
the Mole ; that part of his troops were
in the town, and that he had no doubr
of success* Ch'istophe’s naval force
consisted of one frigate of 44 guns, one
sloop of *war, two corvettes, four brigs
and a. uutnbtfr of schooners, which
were off cape Nichola Mole, blocka
ding it.
A decoction of garden larkspur will
destroy the vermiu which infest bed
steads. Boston Pal.
Died—In London, Mr. Devaynea,
banker. Mr. D. made a curious will;
in which, after l aving his widow 1
200/. per annum and 800 botles of
wine to consummate her next wedding,
he desires that a bottle of fi.e old sher
ry, of which he possessed a great quan
tity, should be placed under each of
his arms in bis coffin.
Four thousand five hundred bales of
Spanish Wool, weighing about 90,000
lbs. sheared from the flock of Joseph
Bonaparte in one year, were to be sold
at Paris on the 18th of June, and would
probably sell tor a guinea a pound.
Mer. Advr.
[A TKAP.]
It is said that Bo >apar>e has determi
ned to open f ur j*o s in Fiance to the
trade of neutrals—The pons designated,
are Harre, Rochelle, L’O. ten . and Mar.
•edict.
Hell’s Phil* Gas.
The article ofte* for the London mar.
1 ket alone, gins employment to about 3,
000,000 of >be Chinese population and o
30,000 rnn« of English shipping, besides
adding 3,000,000 annually to the reveu.
' ue of Great Britain.
London Paper.
Richmond Theatre.
On Wednesday Eveiling, the 29th Au
gust, will be presented, the much
admired Comedy, called
TOWN & COUNTRY.
Reuben Glenroy, by Mr. Rob'rtann,
Cosey, Mr. Twuits.
To which will be added, the much ad*
mired entertainment called,
The Irishman in London,
*#* Doors to he opened a 6, and
the "rformance to begin at 7 o’clock.
t|t Ticke s to be had at Mr. D
vis’s Prin ing Office, and at the thea
tre.
Valuable Land for Sale.
RY virtue of a deed of trust, of record
in Goochland court, execu ed by G».
deon Mas ie^ and Susanna his wife to
Thomas flentfoid, Warner Lewis and
William G. Poindexter, to secure the
payment of several sums of Money there
in specifi d, and inlended to be secur d.
due to Elijah May, WILL BE SOLD on
<ne premise*, o ,ne ingnesi oiuner, lor
ready money, on ihe twer,'y nin h day of
September next, on* TRACT or PAR
CEL of LAND, lying in the coun y ol
G ochland on the little Byrd Creek, ad
jo nmg the Lands of Thomas Miller,
George Toler, James Scruggs and Wil
I.am George, containing six hundred
acres, be the same more or less. It is
believed hat the title to this I ud is indis
pu'&ble, but a€lmg as a trustee, I shall
c: nvey only such ti le as vested in me by
virtue of said deed of truv.
William G. Poindexter.
August 24th, 18lo. ids
Valuable Land for Sale.
ttY virtue of a deed of trust of reco»d
m Goochland court, cxe.cn ed by Gi.
deon Mdssie to Benjamin Anderson, John
S. Lee, and George Woods-,n Payne,
WILL BE HOLD, to ihe highest bidde
I for ready Money, on • lie premises, o<
■ the twenty nin h day of Sepieml»cr next
jone TRaCT or PARCEL of LAND
I lying in the coun'y ol Goochland, whereon
' ihe said Gideon \lsssie n,w lives, con.
aming by estimation five bundled ae c*t
or so much oi said tr»6\ as will be suffi
cient to pay the sum of seven bundled
and ten dollars and »iglr y three cents,
with lawlul interest th icon from the
r.Oth d.,y of Januaiy I8UB, due lo Augu
i hi BaueVj assignee of El’j^h May, whu
I was assignee of Archibald Hiyce, and he
cxpencesof recording said deed and ca .
rymg the same into effect It i* believed
j that the title to this land is ii'divpu.abie
hut acting as a trustee, 1 shall c-nvey
only such title as vasted in me by vtriue
of said deed of trust.
BENJAMIN ANDERSON.
> I August 24,h, 18 iO, i d a
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BY J' HNS N AKD WAHNfR,
Books c/lrrs V? Stationers, adjantng the
Market B> tdge, Richmond,.
Hening's Virginia justice,
The second edition revised. corrected,
greatly enlarged', and 'brought
down to the present time by
the Author.
THE PUBLIC are respectfully invited
to peruse this improved eiii ion, b .ih
a* i regards the Typographical ant) Edi. .
torial pars r f the wo*k To Justice >f
he Peace it »s indispen,;ble, *> ih- Hen
ilemen of the Bar »t will be found a m.;,t
u-eful com a- ion g many points f i.w,
which daily occur in practice being m i>e
fully d acuss^d in it, tha • in «nv ,rea st*.
In the p e«ent edition the following nefr
ti lr»h*ve been idiiel
- Age. Aliens, A im ny, Allegiunc'*, A*
mendme t, Approver C^un ifeitmg, E.
Ie6ti ns, F.x mina'inn*, Ful e r ewi. Ferl
riet, Fote«iaili'g, Impressments Justic %
o• the Peace, L m' a'ion, Lof cries, Ma «
ter aid Servant Ne txea** Partner hip*
Paymen., Penitentiary, Pmcco and
Wolves ] besides a vaii ty of Imorov*..
minis a d ne* P cedents Under the
•various titles the following have received
large additions* I lie Law D ctinnarr or1
explanation of law terms, A* au;t aud
Battery, At'achmenis, A*aid, C .ntr-s, •
Confess.on, Cons able,Criminals, E>r ay‘o,
Evidence, Execution, Forcible en ry add
De ainer, Horn cide ; including the late
law on Duelling, Runaways. Scire Facia*,
Sheiiffs. Slaves, Warrants, Weigh s ana
Measures, nd Wife. New forms of
| Deed ol Bargain at d Sale, and ofT us.;
have b en g.v n, and i.ei.her pains nop
expence have been spared to render tlu*
edition wor hy of .hat txensive patronage
Which the foi liter has enni>'H Th.
dofilrine of Al'tn'ny which hid beniuw
settled in ih a country, for a series i t
ea/s is traced with ciitical accuiacv 8c
ihe impel taut cast of Purcell ogain.t Pur
c 11, la ely decided io ihe superior court
.01 Chancery fur the Richmond Ui- , ,ck
J and ■ auctioned by ihe Ju ges of the C un
of Appeals, is inser ed in^he Addenda .0
j 'he work, in which the Jurisdiction and
I practice of the cou ts of equity in ca,ea
oi Alimony are cleatly established. To
1 the whuie Ira** been subjoined a new and
▼t.y copius Ind< x
This improved edition which contains
upwa ds o» Snen Hundred pages will bn
furnished a. IOUK DOLL\R$.
R chmond, August "5, 1610.(w 2 m)
JOHNSON & WARNER’S
Virginia Almanack,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
1811.
VVTTCE TO FARMERS AND MIL
LERS is her y iv°', tha* I H ,c
ju> received from Phila elphia two of
OLTV R ! VANb’ P A I tN l'ED SCR ?\V
MILL'S * perp nrlicul tr and hr riz-ntal
fo> m, in cast iron metal uf the hardest tem
per. I h^ve carr ed Mie screws to - he j ub
lic armory for th • •>«.,>. rtion of gentl men
farmers and mi Ws whodesir** to use t» *>m,
where I can hr ve oth^r cast for sale. The
Screw Mills of <*ithrr for r* will be aold at
the moderate price ot 65 D liars including
the pa’ent fee of twenty dollars. These
screw mills have he.en found noth ward y,
where tfuy are much in u<>e', to be a vwy
profitable machine, to farmers in breaking
the coiu und cobb together, to enable their
8*<ck to consume the whole substance w.tti
ease and benefit. It has been ascertained
that two barrels of corn and cobb broken
ai ic *rc iu<iy equal lO
three barrels ground fn the u\u,U way.
AlaO, for breaking Piaster of Maris in sm .If
lumps for grinding in mills for manure t
Also, those woo are in the habit of d'StU.
| ling spirits, m.,y extract an additional quan
tity fr'm corn and cobb brokn together,
I It mus> he ucknowiedged by all^ that s ock
would not eat the cobb by decrees As-they
generady do, wi re it not for the nourish
ment they receive from it. The screws may
be put in motion from a mill at small ex
pense, and larmers m y give them motion
by a crank similar to a gr ndsto e, The
p.-entre of toes- screws has auih< rised me,
his agent, to make such alterations in tho
constructions as to grind small humony,
but ti.es alter.! n n» w 11 no' affect the two
grand pr ncip e- of . ie nyention. I|,tv ng
had ‘Omeixperitncecfm.il operators, I
will chouse bolting cloths tor millers "the
best in this market, i he public m„y t>«
assured i will serve them with pleasure,
and hope to share their command*, which
will oe puuc.u-.ly attended to uy their m ist
obedient,
JOHN MOODY, *gC;,t
for Oliver Erns in Virgin'* and an tue
Moil'' etn Stales.
Richmond, August 22 , 1#JQ. w6t
kO” Ik the press, and shortht wile
. BE PUBLISHED, BY S. Pl.EA
SANTS, JR. RICHMOND,
BATES*
Virginia Almanack
FOR 1811. »
*#* It will contain, he drs the ”*«•
al astronomical calculati r.s. m id • for
the latitude and mcredian of Hich
mond. a gr« it v riety of useful »i d en
tertaining matter.\ Imetal al
lowance to wholesale j>arch**cr».
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