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VIRGINIA ARGUS.
X\ lillH YEAR.] A >RE£ PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF Tilt PFOPLEa ' """ '*
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_», RICHMOND ■— Pk,„ted (ox Tpesdat. and Fh-dats.) „ SAMUEL. PLEASANTS. TO TUE c»K,wytum -*
L^_. [Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.] T U E S D A T% J U Jf £ 26, 1810 ~~ ~ ------* • A
23fcfju)0!tH t&rfce Current*
fCoaRKCTKa Weekly.')
cash.
' . D. C.
Tobacco, • m • 5 no
Wheat, nnv, - - 1 25
Flour super, fine, . . 8 00
FlourK fine, - - • 7 50
t>orrj9 - - - - 4 00
hemp, pci ton, . - 275 00
Iron, . • • 110 00
iiacort - • - 00 09
Whiskey ... 00 70
ToWsale.
6 Tons American Iron assorted,
10 Ton Swedish do. do.
300 Boxes Wiudow Glass, 12 by 14 10 by 12
8 by 10,
1^0 Kegs English white Lead,"3 Ground in Oil
60 Keg* Spanish ftrnwu _S Uiho
A few hundred gallons Linseed 8c Sperma.
cetnOiU
80 Boxes mould C.andlea fit for summjt^kse
4, 5, Sc 6, , "V
SO Kegs American and English tF^ao
Powdes,
20 Bags Green Coffee,
12 Bales Coiton, of a superior Quhlity,
60 HUtis. Pennsylvania Whiskey—
Together wiih Groceries »n general, will
be a> Id moderate.
Russell 8c Wallace.
Richmond, June 21st, 1810. 2m
Cbailotte Court, 6th June^ 1810.
Humphrey Belt, ' Pltf- jn ' j
• - * acaikst t Cl.all !
John Bradley and Wiiliam Row « c
ion, Ucfts.
avioiiuvub *'**• i
-“^ered his appearance according .to the
act oWtssembly and the rule* of t^jysywur^I
and it appearing to the satisGjtffoii oT^jhrj
court that he is not an inbidmau^of tils j
state, on the motion of the^piain^w by rfis
attorney. It is Ordered, ^iat htj£^pp»r
hire on the first day of Aptcmber cjAmj
lirxt, and enter his appearance any an. j
sxer the plaintiff’s bill ana^mrespnirity
for performing tho decree of tn^Tour,, and
that a copy of thi3 order be inserted in
one of the newspapers printed in Richmond ;
fur two months successively Rnd posted ti
the fiont door of the couria..usfe ot tac said
county.
A Cany—Troo _ ]
THOMAS K1£AD/C. C.
GUN POWDER
T^HK Proprietors of the HIC
1. POWDER MILLS, offer *
the keg or larger quantity, F a
POWDER, glazed and ung
ranted equal to «»ny importe
sonaide terms.
Ilf-tr Her* at liberty to retur.. ,
if not approved Ap,,ly tuJAS. _ OWN.
Jr*, or D i. KLHR.
Richmond/21st May, 1810. 2w wtf
fo7; cash.
BY virtue of a deed of trust rxecu’ed to
me bv Hez* kiah Arnold and Cio^hy C.
Arnold hit wife, of the county of Louisa,
and of record in the court ot «aid pountVj
will be offered ier sale, on the 26tl» (lay oi
Jwly next, to ihe highest bidder, «n thej>rr,
m'ses, for res.dy money, « nr ci ' — •
nr purr.fl ofLAND^ lying in tf
ty <ff Louisa* on the wutt i» off
c< nf.in i>g In c-sliniation *41
the same mor* or le >R. Al*<
property^ viz. one negro m.u
nr./, two feather beds, for tlil
sZtiafy mg a debt due George
i . . m l/L_ _ _
r If* * tl IU.OV vuv ▼ W — ■■■— a —3
mentioned in the Haiti deed. -Toe sunvcri.
ter will convey th^ title to the purchase!
**r puichasera r> vtnrd in him as trustee
ftnly. y
JOHN EDWARDS, Trustee
June 4, 181©. " St
To D.avid Chisholm, hi\’r. oi
Walter Chisholiu, dec’d.
Pp pleased to take notice, that ar
von htve rcmr.yed from <he C#mmrnw<,»lil» »»
y Vmia, and bays left no »g*n» ,,f *tt®r*»ej
litre we know of, that on in® 29tb day »>
Juneo®<r», between the hours of nine o'clock ii
tbe morning end *evcn o'clock in the evening
•t ihe o(Ti e of Georg* Greenhow, I »<]. no R>'
politic. In t echf of R n »i 1, ve ahaitjutyet;
to t >:<; ihr (if p-oS'Mon 0* j hi. V Pr‘C
t ience
which i tepcndlnf in the aupe.-ijr cj
e l by Uv ! > '.w b > d.- o J
• / r.r rt - u '■>•*'■. i, wi
Y-'-rs Mar’ha B ickner, Thom '»
h-’i King, Dd»othjr Km*. Intant
Mutha King , tlscM, by 8-.»ha H jc* their nra
friend, are Mainiiff*. and you O ivid Ohmholm
F.s»®. iior 'd the Trsiament and last W«H c
Walter Chi hjln, is Dcf-mdant.
SARAH PRICE,
Widow ol Peter Price*
MARTHA BUCKNER,
With** ol Elliot Buckner.
TfDMAS KING.
WILLIAM DuVAL,
Adm’r of William IVicd^cM,
who it interested in the said
"■* #ui;/*ud Attorney for Fhfc..
[•i t wj
n 6l
^Sy *yiiit/iority+ J
AN ACT
Regulating the Post Oiliee establish
ment,—Continued from our last.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted.
That if any person shall rip, cut, tear,
burn, or otherwise injure any port
mantua, valise, or other bag used, or
designed to be used by any person act
ing under the authority of the poat
master^general or any person in
whom hia powers are vested in the
conveyance of any mail, latter, packet,
newspaper or pamphlet, or shall draw
or break any.staple, or loosen any part
of any lock, chain or strap attached or
belonging to any such valise, portman
tua, or bag, with an intent to rob or
steal any mail, letter, packet, news
paper or pamphlet, or to render eir
ther of the same insecure, every such
offender upon conviction shall for e
very such offence pay a sum not ex
ceeding five hundred dollars, or h«
imprisoned not exceeding three years
at the discretion of the court before
whom such conviction is had.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted,
That every person who fi urn and after
the passage of this act shall procure,
aid, advise, or assist in the doing or
perpetration of any of the acts or
crimes by this act toi bidden to be done
or performed, shall be subject to the
same penalties and punishments as the
persons are subject to who shall cctu
r■«> ao or perpetrate any oi the said
acts or crimes according to the provi
sion of thio act.
Sec. M2. And be it further enacted
Taut every person who shall be im
I prisoned by a judgment of court un
der and bv virtue of thf eighteenth,
nineteenth, twentieth or twenty-first
sections of this act, shall be kept nt
hard labor during the period or such
imprisonment.
Sec. 23. And be it further enacted,
1 hat the-, postmasteis shall respec
publish, at the expiration of c
very th»»r* oitener, when l
the postmar.tcr-general sh .11 oo direct,
; in one oi the newspapers published at
jr nearest the place of his residence,
for three successive weeks, a list of
ail the letters remaining in their res
pective offices,*or inutejwl thereof, shall
make out a tuimber'a lists, and
cause .hern to be posted at such pub
lic places in their vicinity, as shall ap
pear to thorn best adapted for the in«
formation of the ponies concerned ;
ami at the expiration of the next three
months, thall send such of the said
Utters as then remain on hand, as dead
letters, to the general post-office,
where die eau.e shall be opened and ■
inspected ; ar.d if any valuable p.rperii
»»r matters of consequ-.nee shall be j
toun I thrrein, it shall be the duty oil
the postmaster-general to return such
letter to the writer thereof, cr cause a
d-scriptive list thereof to be inserted
in one of the newspapers, published at
H the place most convenient to the sup
posed residence of the owner, it with
in the United States ; and such let
ter, and the contents, shall be prea^rv.
^d to bt^delivered to the person to
whom the same shall be addressed,
upon payment of the postage, and the
exytnce of publication. And if such
letter, with its contents, be not de
manded by the person to whom it is
addressed, or the owner thereof, or
' his lawful agent, within two years at
. ter the advert.scinent^tticreof as afore
i said, the said content* shall be applied
' to the use of the United States, until
‘ the same shall b*y reclaimed by the
| proprietor thereof* The manner of
f such application to be specially stated
1 oy the postmaitcr-grneral to the Se
ct etary of the Treasury.
, Sec. 24. And be it further enacted,
Fit at letters 8c packets, to 8c fr >ni the
* following officers of the U. States shall
>e received h conveyed by post, free
I ofpostage. Eac i postmaster,provided
ach of ids Utters or pickets shall not
exceed half an ounce in weight; each
nember of the Senate, and eath mem
irr and D legate of the House of
If-presents; ives to the Congress o!
he United SiUtes ; the Secretary of
cne Senate and Clerk of the House of
.1 rpreaeotatives, provided each let
ter «<r picket shad not exceed t’vo
>jr.cc* in weight, ai.d during their
jitual atiend^icc iu any session of
Congress.and twenty day# after such «
session, and in case of excess of weight <
that excess nlr>n<; shall be paid for : the i
President of the United States ; Vice >
President, the Secretaries of .State, 1
of the Treasnrv, ot War, of die Navy ; ;
the Attorney General; the Comptrol- t
!cr; Treasurer; Auditor; Register} I
Supervisor of the d’rect tax for the t
district of South Carolina ; Superior c
Cendant of Indian trade ; Purveyor; the f
Inspector and Paymaster of the Ar- t
•ny ; accountants of the War & Navy i
Departments; Postmaeter General; <
and the assistants Postmaster Gene- s
ral; John Adams, a former President; t
of the United States; and Thomas f
Jefferson late President of the United l
States ; and they all may receive their c
newspapers by post, free of postage ; j
Provided, That the members the t
Senate and House of Representatives, c
Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of j
the IJouse of Representatives, shall '
receive their newspapers, Iree of pos- t
t.ige, only during any session of Con- 1
arts*, and twenty days after the expi- t
ration of the same : And Provided, i
ITiatno letter or packet from any pub- t
t’C officer shall be conveved by post, <
Iree of postage, unless he shall frank t
the same, by writing his name ami of- <
lice on the outside of such lct’er or ;
packet, and until he has previously i
furnished the postma-ter of the office !
where he shall deposit the sirtagwuh i
a specimen of his signature. <
Sec. 25- And be it further enacted, <
That if anv oerson shall frank l*ii I .
other than those written by himself,
or by his order on the business of his
office, he shall, on conviction tlv reof, i
pay a fine of ten dollars.* Provided, i
That the Secretary of the Treasury, i
Secretary of State, Secretary ol Wat. j
Secretary ot the Maw, and Postmastei i
General may frank letters or pa-ketn ]
on official business, prepared in nn)
other public office, in the absence ol <
the principal thereof. And if af.y 1
person, having the right to receiv- |
his letters free of postage,shall receive
enJi e.ri to him any letter cr packet
addressed to a nertxjs nAt .Kcv.iotr that
right, it thall be his duty to return i
the same 10 the post office—marking ;
thereon the place from whence it i
came, that it may be charged with i
postage. And if auy person shall coun- |
terfc.it the had writing or frank of any i
person, or cause the same to be done, in
order »o avoid the payment of postage,
each peraou so offending shall pay lor
every such offence fifty’ dollars.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted,
That every printer of newspapers
may srnd,nne paper to each and every
other pointer of newspapers within the
United States, free ol postage, undo
such regulations as the Posmasicr
General shall provide. ,
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted,
That all newspapers conveyed in the
mail shall be under cover, open at one
eml, and charged with a postage ol
one cent each, for any distance not
more than one hundred miles, and
one and a half cents for any* greatei
distance; Provided, That the noitace
of a single newspaper frorn any one
Iplnce to another iu the same state,
;shell not exceed one cent; and that
I the Postmaster General shall require
I those who receive newspapers by po'it,
to pay always the amount ot om
quarter's postage in advance. If any
person employed in any drp riment
of the po9t office'shall improperly de
tain, delay, embezzle or drstroy any
newspaper, or shall permit any other
person to do the like, or shall open,
or permit any other to open any mdl
or packet of newspapers not directed
to the office where he ia employ*,
ed, he shall, on conviction thereof,
forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty dol
lars for every such offence. And if any
oj.her person shall open any mail or
packet ®r newspapers, or shall embez
zle or destroy the same, not being di
rected to himself, or not being autho
ri ed to receive or open the same, he
shall, upon conviction thereof, pay a
sum n®t exceeding twenty dollars for
every such off-nce. And if any per
son shall take or steal any packet,
bag «r moil of newspapers fro n or
o».t of an^ post office, or irom any per
son having custody then of, such
person shall, on conviction, be impVi
•oned, not exceeding three moiuht
for every such offence, to be ktp.
hard labor during the period
| of such imprisonment. If any person
*
hall enclose or conceal a letter or
:ther thing, or any memorandum in
writing in a newspaper, or among any
'ackage of newspapers, which he shall
iavc delivered into any post office, or to
my person for that purpose, in order
nat the same mav be carried by post,
ree of letter.postage, be shall forfeit (
he sum of five dollars for every such
•ifence; vnd the letter, newspaper,
•ackage, memorandum, or other thing,
hall not be delivered to the person to
ehom it is directed until the amount
>f single letter postage is paid for each
rticle of which the package shall be
6mposed. No ne.vapapers shall be
eceired by the postmasters to be con- '
eyed by post, unless they are sufli- !
iently dried and enclosed, in pro
•er wrappers, on which, beside the
lirection, shall be noted the number
d papers which at j enclose I, for sub
cribers, and the number of printers,
t he Postmaster Crene^al, in any con
ract he may enter into f >r the con'*
’cyance of the mail, may authorise 1
he person with whom such contract ’
s to be made, to cr.r'y newspapers, I
n.igazintss and pamphlets, other than j
h >sc conveyed in the mail. When
he inode of conveya ice and the biz *
>f the mails will admit of it, maga
une a, and pamphlets may b«? trans
ported in the mail at one cent n sheet*
or any distance not ex-ceding fifty
niles, at one cent and a'half lor any
Instance over fifty and not exceeding
me hundred m les, anl two cents for
mv greater distance.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted,
i uas. me postmaster-general be au*
Ucrised to allow to the postmasters
apectively such commission on the
nonietj arising from the postages of
etf era end p- ckets as shall be adequate
o their respective services an;l ex.
>en$ra : Pr vid*d, Tliit the said com* |
nission shdl not exceed •* irty pv-r j
:ent. on the first hundred dollars col- |
teted in one quarter, and twenty.five
>ei cent, on a sum over one hundred
md not more than three hundred ; and j
twenty per cent, on any sum over four
lime red and r.o> —,;-© *”v/ mou-1
land dollars; and eight per cent, on 1
mV sum collectvd, being over two;
.housand four bundr--d dollars ; except'
;o the post-masters who may be eru- '■
iloyed in receiving and dispatching'
oreign mails, whose compensation1
nay be augmented, not exceeding
.wcnty five dollars, in one quarter,
»nd txctp’ing to the postmasters ^t
nfficea where the m<*il is regularly to
xrrive, bctiveen the hours of nine
ciock at night and five o’clock in the!
morning; whose commission on the
first hundred dollars, collected in one
quarter, may be increased to a sum
not exceeding fifty per cent. The
postmaster general may allow to the i
postmasters respectively, a coni mis- j
ion of fifty per cent, on the monies J
Arising from the postage of newspa- •
pers, magazines and pamphlets; and
to the postmasters, whose compensa
tion shall not exceed vr* hnnrlvs«( •
ars, i:i one qaartrr, two cents fur eve- ;
ry free letter delivered out of the of
fice, excepting such as are for the
postmaster himself; and each post
master who shall be required to keep a
register of the arrival and departure
il the mails, shall be allowed ten cents
:or each monthly return which he
makes thereof to the general post-of
fice.
(Act to be Continued.)
new-hampshirk legislature.
Thursday, June 7.
At half past ten o’clock, the two hou,
jes H et in convention, whm lmexcellen.
-.y John Langdon, escorted by the com.
i.ittece (appointed lor that purpose,) and
Attended by the lion. Council, came in
*nd manifested his acceptance of the of
[ice nf chiel m-»g suaie. The Hon. Win.
Plumer, Esq. President of the Hena'e, ad
ministered to his Kxceltency the oath a*
ijreeable 10 die constitution, and th**n dc
’dared him Governor of the state of New.
ilampshnc; Al er which his excellency!
rlehvered’the following
SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the S*?na>e and
Gentlemen of <li« |luuie of Repre
senatiTcs,
My fellow-citizens have -again thought)
proper to call me to the chief magistracy )
>f the s'ate. for the present yea.-. Thu'
repca'ed and pnrt cqUr nv rk of their re
spect and cot.fi fence, dm.ind* my'g-aie
ul asknowledgemcu s. 4 1 have thought
U roy duty to accept ihe call of iuy conn, j
tnr, though I shall now fas I always Uve)
approach the office of chief rntgUtratt^
with great diffrdercs. feeling the want of
sufficient talent*, to do honour tu,(hivitn. !
portant station. However such &J^h:ie* ' .
as I am possessed of. shall be fa'i; bhiiljt
employed to support the irtr1tpeiKjkf.ee *
true interest of our rcpubQdm govern*
mint. • ' * *
Gen lemen. you will permit me roosc
sincerely to congratulate you, end toy
country in general, on the success of our
national g<.vemnftent, whose wisdom and
firmness^ratdst the convulsions of con.
tending'll (0ns end party spirit* have, uu
der the direction tf divine providence* hi.
therto preserved the p»-aee end inOepend- ,
eoce of the U. S. * eteiy »t i» our highest
duty, as a people, so gies.ly fayoted. to !
praise the Ivud for Ins gmdni:s and lor j
h*s wonderful woiks to the children of s
men.
It is much to be lamen'ed, that th^dil*
ferer.ce in political sentiment* among or .
citizens, should be carried ko la; as to
Produce a most violent oppas, ion to our
general government diahrain the pub*
he mind, and grea.ly disiu b the peace
ar.d t a; quihty of the sta.c.
It is painful to htar some men among
u*. eulogizing foreign r ations, who are
greatly inimical to us. and at the sanve
time c-iumn.a.ing , ut own most excellent
government- Permit me to ask you. gcn»
itemen a thinimpor ant crisis clour pub.
lie affairs, whe.her it is not highly inbuilt* |
bent upon u* ail as .he represen.a.ives of
■j free people to unite our hearts and en.
de;«vor to p;cmore the g neral welfare,
ATiri harm n «u . Ka ... r*. ^ 1 . r
ame time, imploring the divine bksaiug
upon our exertions.
Gentlemen, you ore convened at tv
most interesting moment of our public
concerns, to dtliboa e and decide on the
important matters of the state, a id com.
ing as y* u do from the different towns and
distiic.s of the same, yoa mus. bi the; Uest
acquainted with the wan s ai d wj.he*.of
cur fellow, citizsns. I since ely hep^and
exp.ct that yt:ur patriotism ai d unanimity
will be called forth in parsing sucti whole. 1
some laws, and taking suck maa-uic* a*
will contiibute to the wciiate and happi*
nt-sn of the state.
Whatever of the public business that
may have remained unfinished at the lam
*“"» with »£e general prudential ^f*
fa rs of the s^4te| w li claim your eiienti*
on. 1 he time ol one ol senators in co i.
giess. will expire the 4th of M uch next j
of course, souther must be cho.cu the
present year.
The failure of several of the backs in
this state, has been a great injury to me
public, and pui in the p>wei ol u swa. ni , f y*
speculators to plunder the citizens in a
rnrst barelaccd and shameful manner —.
livery measure therefore, in our power,
should be taken to prevent such evils ir»
future.
By the great exertions of the g- neral*
and otlie*- office;s, the rail tia of he state
are as well organized and trained as could
ber xpec-ed, yet every further atlei.l on
and encouragement tdicuid be given t y
the legislature, to this b-.jiJy of our ci izeu
sold.erSj who are our na-uial defence,
i he encouragement ci cur own rnanu.
laciure8, must ue considered ol g'eat ioi«
portance, and every reasonable nitusuio
should be taken io promo'e this deniable
purpose# Should the Itgisia u<e think
proper to appiopriate a small sum of mo*
ney for the enecuragf mem of introducing
and i -creasing *i»e breed of Merino She p,
whose Reeces art. much greater ihan those
ol our common Sheep, and of double the
v-.lt*, it would be of great advantage to
the community,
'ihe conui u mn of the state,contemp'.
lates that justice should be adminlatctcd
to its cilieens promptly and w thout delay.
The p esent mode of nansacting business
in the law courts, appears o me, to Irate
a tendency g eatly to procrastinate nrd
load it wi h intrle’aUe expenses. 1 ihere*
fore think that, (at a convenient sou on)
• liete should he a revision ot :h# indicia,
ry system. The discretionary power of
ihe judges to set us de the ve diets ol ju.
ne§. appears to me never snuuld br j, ;r~
muted, except upon very extraordma y
occasions, and whenever it shall take plae ,
the reasons lor so doing, thou d be static
el laige, in the recot- of the court, ih«t
they may be public.y known.
I flunk it worthy the attention of the I
gislature, that directions should be p vtn
lor liie better security of the sac and
couniy recalls bom fire.
The state of the ires ury wili t>« |a d
berorr yo.i, for your con idem on.
Should the it >norable legislature bf eh»e
to complett ihe punhc business *.! the
year, at the present Kri wa, it wouid i>«
a grea' saving to ih- ver*
I shall wi h tyreat pk su<e, pemkm*-.*^'
co cur with you in all cts and r«solves, f
t.iat ma/ he nought cm riucvi to the £•„
n«ral welfare. •
JOHN LANGDOI%
Concord, Juna r, 1 v.0t
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