Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-21 00:00:00, page 3

Tlie queen of Prussia died at Sire
•' litz on the ,19ih of July.
On the $:une day, the king of Prus
sia issued an edict at Berlin, “to close
all his ports against American vessels
* wholly and without exception.” This
-order is intended to maintain the con
tinental system,4 in concurrence with
the French imperial court.* The whole
proceeding is occassioncd by the pros
titution of our flag to the purposes
ot British smuggling, or by British foi*.
geries of our papers.
* LONDON PARAGRAPHS,
In the massacre of the crew of the
Boyd, by some of the inhabitants ol
New Zealand (not the Fijee islands)
|\it appears that the boy (Davi/iion) whe
AVas. saved, owed the preservation ©I
| bis life to his being club footed_the
natives taking him for a sou of the De
vil!
• Mr. Hoste of Norwich, clipped thi.«
year from a Merino double-cross Ram
14 3 -4 pounds of wool.
There seems to have been a very un
equal distribution of wives among tht
Bonaparte family. Jerome has hat]
two; Napoleon two and a half; ancJ
Lauis but half of one!
At one of Bonaparte’s levees, wher
the Queeik of Holland entered the a
partment, far gone in pregnancy, a
French general who was present, ex
claimed to Fouche (king Louis having
* been absent from Paris, and his GJueer
\thcre nine months) 4 Eat il possible
AdPouche replied,—4 Oui—tou^stpossi
^Tle pour le Grand Napoleon.’
On Saturday, a weaver in Spstalfields,
of the name of Sutton, for a bet of 2
guineas, carried4 half hundred weights
in each handy the distance of400 yards,
without* resting. He performed the
feat with apparent ease*
Mrs. Claik is preparing to give the
World 4 more last w erds.’ Her budget
of love-letters is not yet exhausted.
There is no woman existing has so
happy a knack of making her friends
and admirers ridict^ous.
Three hundrfc#houses, were, on the
V‘5hh of May, df^^oyed at Newhansel,
in Hungary, b* thAexpIosion of a pow
der magazine—8(^persons lost their
lives, and near 200 were dug out of the
ruihs alive, but mutilated and most
dreadfully bruised.
Mr. r . 'ond, author of Adrian ar.d
Orrill.., ..l4d many other dramatic pie
ces, has produced a new play, entitled
4 The Doubtful Son; or, Secrets of a
Palace’—which has been performed at
the Hay-market Theatre with applause.
In Toulon, a ship of 120 guns has
la-ely been launched; it is called the
Wagram.
Tt is rumoured, that Sir David Dun_
> is about to resign the olRce of
fimander in Chief, and that his sue
or will be one of the Royal Milita
ry Dukes.
The people of England are becoming
very polished in their compliments. At
the launch on Tuesday, one of the prin
cesses was told by a fruit woman,
“ That the Royal Charlotte man of war
had the honor to be v£ry like her name
eake.”
A short time ago a physician to an
io ill that several
canvassed to Sue
s' however very
ids thought some
' their conduct j
ed them by ob
would have the
is not dying, he
lorgive their can
perhaps not suf.
amateur patrens
it these disgrace
Ily originate with
an speaking of
ay to stop it was
fence.
being accused of
»g, and styled an
Orti scarcely ever
nded htmscll by
»ya with tnem at
erected a few lit
kirtsofthe town,
he name should
I country, h is m
rbry Place ! !
longer confided
—A captain of a
ed out ot a chop
bouse, at Wcppmg, by a waterman,
with the following address—*** Ajx’c;
please your honor, the tide is waiting
for you.”
To breakfast at 4 o’clock in the after
noon, to dine at 12 at.night, and sup at
7’o'clock the following morning, is the
ton at present.
A number of insipid young meft of
fashion have instituted a society called
the Spur Club, the principal of which
is to b|i|t)w more attention on their
heels thai\ their heads*
The variety of the shapb of those
numberless gigs that are drawn about
town,If it does not manifest the taste,
at least shews the folly of the own
ers. He who makes the ugliest,
the most shapeless, and most danger
ous, carries away the palm from all his
brother tradesmen. ,
At a day school in the country the
following notice appears—*4 Reading
and working teached herp at fourteen
pence a week. Young ladies who learn
manners must pay two-pence more*
Scraps from late London Papers.
The distribution of the French ar
mies in Spain is stated to be as fol
lows; With Massena, 85,000, con
sisting of Ney’s division, 31,000 ; of
Jun°kW25,COO ; and of Rcgnier’s, 16,
000 jk^ether with 13,000, which Mas
sena brdught witlj him from Francei
With Macdonald, in Catalonia, 17,
000 ; with Victor, at Cadiz, 16,000 ;
with Suchet, in Arragon, 16,000 ; with
Sebastiani, in Grenada, 16,000; with
Mortier, in Seville, 8,000; at Madrid,
JL.a mancna, otc. l/,000; making A to
tal of 175,000 nieo.
The Pope, it is said, has nothing
more than what may be deemed a pri
son allowance, as he has declared his
firm determination not to owe any
thing to Bonaparte, whom he has in
deed excommunicated, though unhap
pily the sentence cannot be carried in
to execution.—There are, however,
many devout persons who are anxious
to render every possible assistance to
the unfortunate Pontiff, and who afford
him many com torts.
One Hr.u'.e, which had accepted
bills to the amount of 30,000’. lor a
nother firm, which has lately appear
ed in the Gazette, received an assign
ment of bacon, estimated at 20,0001.
—but the pea season being nearly over, |
it is probable their estate will not only
be minus 10,0001. but ch *t they will be
gammoned out of an additional 8,0001.
by the diminished value of this Anti
Jewish security.
iV^ctter from a military officer at
Mir*, brought by the last packet
fro» lirdia, states that Lord Min to had
at llpgth succeeded in restoring h ir
moDy, and settled the differences be
tween the Company’s officers and the
government of Madras, on such a ba
sis as bids fair to insure permanent
tranquility to the British dominions in
that part of India.
A shipwright at Copenhagen, of the
name of \Y ilder, recently bequeathed
to the king of Denmark a fortune of
500,000 rix dollars, the fruits of a long
life bf industry.
Paris, July 10*
Extract from the Registers of the office of
the Secretary ot State.
Palace of Raniboui left,
July 9, 1810.
We, Napoleon, Emperor of the
French, King of Italy, Protecrorof the
CifTrtgderaiion of the Rhine, Mediator
of ffj Swiss Confederation, &c. have
decreed, and hereby decree what fol
lows :
Title I.
Art. 1. Holland is united to France.
2. The city ot Amsterdam, shall be
the third city of the empire.
3. Holland shall have six Senators,
six Deputies to the ^ouncil of State,
twenty-five Deputies to the Legislative
Body, and two Judges in the Court of
Cassation.
j "^^yhe officers by sea and land, of
whaler rank, shall be confirmed in
j theiM^nployments. Commissions shall
be delivered to them signed with our
hand. The Royal guard shall be unit
ed to our imperial guard.
Title II. *
Of the administration for 1810.
5. The Duke of Placentia, Arch- !
Treasurer of tr.e Empire, shall repair to
Amsterdam in the capacity of our Lieu
tenant General. He shall reside in the
Council of Ministers, and attend to the
dispatch of business. His functions
shall cease the 1st of January, 1 SI 1, the
period when the French administration
‘diat^jso m.nence.
Title III.
Of the Finances.
7. The present Contributions shall
continue to be levied until the 1st of Ja
The interest of the debt for 1808 and
1809 not yet paid, shall be reduced to
one third, and charged on the budget of
1810.
9. *1 he Custom-houses on the fron
tier, other than those of France, shall
be organized under the superinten
dance ot our Director general of the
Custom-houses.— The Dutch Custom
houses shall be incorporated there,
with*. %
The line of Custom-houses, now on
the French frontier, shall be kept up
until the 1st of January, 1811, when it
shall be rerrioved, and the communis
cation of Holland with thc Empire be
comes free*
10. The colonial produce, actually
in Holland, shall remain in the hands
of the owners, upon paying a duty ol
50 per cent ad. valorem. A declara
tion of the amount shall be made be
fore the 1st of September at farthest.
9. The said merchandize, upon pay
ment of the duties, may he imported
into France, and circulated through
the whole extent pf the empire.
Title IVi
IT. There shall be at Amsterdaift a
:.i a _:___
r/lt3UIVU W»CI
hy one of our Councillors of State,
which shall have the superintendance:
of, and the necessary funds to prnvj-fe
for the repairs of the dykes, polders,
and other public works.
Title
12. In thecourse ofthe presert month
there shall be nominated, by the Legi*.
lative body of Holland, a commissi n o»
15 member', to proceed to Paris in or
der to constitute a council, whose bu
siness shall be to regulate definitely all
that relates to the public & local debts,
and to conciliate the interests of the
union with the localities and interests
of the country.
13. Our Ministers are charged with
the execution of the present decree,
(Signed)
NAPOLEON.
By the Emperor,
(Signed)
*'* '• K. D. Duke of Bassano,
The Minister Secretary of State.
COMMUNICATION.
Married,—On Thursday the 6th
of this inst. by the K«?v. Willis Hop
wood, Mr. GEORGE FACKLOR,
partner of Johnson, Facklor & Hinton,
merchants at Pittsylvania court house,
to Miss POLLY WHITE, daughter
of Maj. Jeremiah White of Pittsylva
nia.
O happy days are come at last,
And sorrow and grief are gone :md past.
W null ■■atwji’nw . —
NOTICE that I have this day appoir
Richard Hines, of Goochland C
a torney in fact, and have fully cmpi
to tram*& my Business during my aL
do hereby revoke aH other po*er(
granted to any otlisr person
« PETER B. U__
landj September 14, 18IO, w2p
^solution of Partnership,
TH* firm of SITAPARD and LUCRE was
dissolved this day by mutual consent^ The
*c llemrnt of the concern has devrlved <WCos
T Avva Lucre, on whom all those who ■we any
claims «n said firm will cal! for settlci^!it, and
to whom those indebted 10 the same, will make
payment.
WILLIAM SlIAPARD.
GUSTaVUS LUCRE.
September I7tl», 1810. 4W
William Shapard
I-T AS commenced business on his own account
1 x af the late house of Shapatd a.*d Locke._
He has for sale a variety of article* in t|# *
Grocery Line, &cm
Ijri 'J.iil} expcctsticn of a fir 1 cr supply ;
Ihich articles he will sell low for cash!
* ice. or approved paper,
i giviO f r Bank Stock £< Flour.
Jcle Thomas,
’ports, Vol 1, Johnson's do.
vol 5, Sheppard's Touchstone, 3 vols in 2
Anthor's Edition, Ella Rosenberg, VVe.tl
ley's Sermons, Guthrie's Ged^iaj
mint., i.cv: edition, Li'e oi li<,
Shak ptare's Works, if vola.
Ji sl Hr reived and for
T/” A ^rfrai ts*nrmmt of LAW and
MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS as usual on
I Ll B *;n at, TRAMS.
Richmond; 2,« Sept. 18lo. J[ir t f)
, Lottery Notice.
On the 2*Jth of nnx' n«on»h, wii| ponsitlve .
ly commence the Draw rg of the 9
Vineyard Lottery,/
STtd will frbl Pr: wiry 'i> twelve weeks.
A. few Tickets r inrun unsold
at this Office.-Price 6 1-2 Dollars.
, Merino Sheep !
Jl^ST Arrived in the Schooner Grey_
hound Capt. Baxter, Iruni Lisbon.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN
Merino Sheep, /
which were Shipped by Wra. JarV*, Esd.
U. S. Consul. w
l ht-y wiil he landed to,morrow and
pastured at Fair Field, where they may
be keen.—tor verms of sale and other par*
liculars apply tb
„ SAMUEL MYERS.
Sept. 21, lglQ. t f
T intend to expose to Public Auction, be.
* fore t|i,e Doit if ihe Bell Tavern in the
Richmond i n T ue&uay me second
<d Oe/bber u*x*, i-etween tiie hours of 8
uu*i dkcreo o’clock the following valmu
ole . ■}
-Stock of Horses,
(TO Wll :)
HORNET, hy Diomcd out of the dam
of Lady Bollingbri ke^ five yeai s olu. This
Horse be ng ct it ’ am.ng at thrve
years old, was p i Ting at 4, and
nas proven himst l oal getter.
SUPERIOR, * L-d, three wears
o!d, sixteen hands lull Brm*r to
WranuleHTteshe is a ot greu/fcone,
a,,d 'fi!nost aPP10 *xi. Ilf, dam
L^dyvjpillingbioke reeder in A.
mer.cj*% 1
• . V +
A* B4Y COLT, t^b years oldj 4 feet 11
inches hialu i «t by St Harry, out i f tue dam
ot Superior—this Colt is tngaged in the Gup
S ake, lo be lUn first of October at Fair
Field*
"V IRGINIAj full Sist'ef to Desdemona.
£tio n Kal cy fonat—this mure is large
and handsome, only six years old.
The Sale will be for Cash or sixty day
no es negotiable in the Bank of Virginia,
<*nlt appioved euduisi-rs.
* jVliizrs Selden.
Sept. 15th, 1810. 1,
FOR SALE.
the plantation in Chesterfield county,
the residence of the iate Mr. Francis
lippes dec’d. will be sold on the 10th day
October next to the highest bidder, about
twenty valuable Negroes, cr-musting of men
wonrten uhd children—-among them is a good
carpenter, and a grtod miller.—Also the
stock of horses, mules, cattle, shevp and
hegs, a nfeat coachee ? nd harness for four
horses, a gig and harness, the plantation
tools, some household and kitchen furni
ture—amongst the horses are two Valua
ble brood m.-ires—Mary Gray the dam of
Wonder and Falafox—a bay Mare -out of
Mary Gray by Dare Devil.’ The stock of
Cattle and sheep are equ.%1 if not superior
to any in V.rginiH. Cash will L»e reqmred
for all sums of thirty dollars or, less—for
all jpurchases exceeding thirtu dollar a
credit oi twelve monttk will Ce allcJied,
on tke nVrchmers giviftg iJiids wit#thc
mosraimrove'.li S-. curity—Surest ticjl the
date Cit^te',bQnd» will oe JRnanded if 4hey
are nkt r»%ii.Aii«ii.» in.!#i r\
Sept. 13th, 1810.
At the same time and place tinny be
purchased of the representatives of the
late Mr. Eppep, that valuable plantation
EPPINGTON,
; Lying on Appnraatox iiiver abmt 24 miles
above Petersburg, containing one thousand
acres, about four hundred of which are in
woods. Mr. Childers, manager on the
plantation, will shew it to thost disposed to
purchase.
A Young Man of a liberal education and
and reputable moral cbaraccer, and
one who is acquainted wi'h School-Keep.
ins. with.. >n l>ul.lu> __i_ .
I > Y virtue of two de-'ds of trust, of re
Lr cord in Amelia Court, executed by
Efford Bentley to the subscriber*, to he u e
the payment of several sums of money
therein specified, duo to Thomas Pt rL.n.
son.mWill be sold to the highest b rider,
for ready money, at the residence of sa,d
Eflord Bentley, tn the county of Amelia, oo
sUa rvl .j _ r> rs 1
i trust deeds^or so msny of the said
(slaves as may he sufficient to rais? the
{several sums of money due on aaid dreds
j of trust, and »he expenses attending the
I sale. We will convey to the purchaser
jor purchasers of shu! slaves, the title veu
led in u« ms Trustees.
Armistnarl T. lowncs, 1
i Peter Kmoo, j- Trustees.
Amelia, S pt. 21, 1310. w 3 t p
4
X o T t C E.
y HE Subscriber has rented and removed
ins Counting Room t » the large new
Buck Lumbers use, near SHockue Ware
house, and lately occupied by .\lr. James
C Anthony. This Hou«e U calculi*'- i M $
Store upwards of J00 Hhds of ToMfc'.of
and several Thousand Barrels of Floui —|
,L£V.S*,U*t*£ co,,veni^ to the Basin of
Cf«al, atad rendered secure from Fne
by be mg'covered with Tile.
u. 3 THOMAS GUY.
Richmond 20th Sept. 18lo. 3 m
- -— ■ . _r .
One Cent Mewafrd.
^RSCONDEO from Ti^^bscrlber in
Jhly 1807, an ApprentJtRjy, &y thd B
name of Peter Pucket. ^^erso? wha/
will deliver the said apfJLuiJfcLo me. i,J
ving in the county of Wnesterf&ld, sii*,f
receive the above reward. *
WILUAM VVINFREE.
SeJjt. 17, 1810. 1 p.
*■ —— t
li Y virtue of a deed of Tiust executed
to us tor the purpose ot securing tod
Payment «f a certain sum of tuouey due
f om John F. Hamm to J.»hn Jeter, will r>«
So.d, at Pajneville, on Saturday the 13tH
day of October ueict, lor ready mjnev *
r cut hundred and thirteen acres of m
land,/
lyihfchwhe county tjr Amelia, about three
Pamevil'e -also five Ni£
J“ck' EOku‘
\ \ Satu’l. Ford, > n,
Austin Seay, \ Arustce^
Amelia^ 13th Sept. 1810. .St
Twenty Dollars Reward.
D AN AWAY from the Subscriber about
the ust of July, a negro mau named
GEORGE.
lie has a yelJaV complexion, about the
ord-nAry stature, has a very bushy head
of hair, which he generally keeps well
combed, and is addicted to a peculiar
manner of chewing his tongue whin eng>,-^-*<
ged in business. He has heen atcnstoinfad
for many years 10 wait in a dm.ng ru/n J
and is a very good set vant in that capAi. M
ly, or any o.her about a house. He tfLdt
on when he went off. a |>|ue hcmesplL*
yarn and i otton t willed snr out coat abou^^*
h.*.lt W'»rn fit very Icing f irh rt — blrt wais a
coat and paruluuna of ootuav Virginia
cloth, and a glased Hat Wi h a silver ban k
Iejis veky fuuu ot suuaking and always
camiesii fbpfe^ He may a.tempt U> gc;
to wflpre on a former occasion hs
vra*app*iAerxaed, having paused ns a lit*
nian\ 1 toj^Aaru all persons against bar*
borntg hThij or carrying him out ui the
state. Whoever w.u deliver him to me
in 1 bwhatan county, or secure him so that
; I get unit again, snail receive the above
reward, besides being paid all reasouabi*
expeaces.
John Miller;
Powhatan, Sept. 18th, 1810. w 3 t p.
fifty Dollars Reward.
O AN AWiW trom the Subscriber Ujt
• Christmas, a negro man by the name
C E A S A R,
ef a tolerable black complexion, between 5
and 8 feet high, about thnty years oldaaiie
is a likely sensible artlul fellow, with a
pleasing counfinance, apt to smile or laugh
j in convei sution, the inside of his upper lip
Ijurns rut more than common, be h s a
liuantHkof whelks on his back, and seme *
fcann.jt^Rscr.bt his cloti.es, us he ciiaiig.cw
Vie in ■mAre *he leU the iieigkhourtoooilV
Whenn^taded lor NiW-Kent cour. y i"
iV* rtiom^^laiborne’s, wn«:o 1 bought
hiY» «4fc#dren he arrived in J^r.uary^
Mr. Cia.b .rne mste .d of sending iiini to
u:e, got him to work in ids plantation ana
kept him in his employ near five months
however lie informed rile of it=*I applied
buttl.e Negro got ou:of he way—1 then sold
him to a Mr. John Parbn of N.w^kent
at Eilham, iu a sham to try to get hi.n
but in vain. I wdlgive the above rew.tr.1
it delivered tome .a home in Campbell
county, Suuntoii River, ttrookc Jituf, «>r
twenty Dollars, to securw him m jail 5„ £
gel him.
JOHN BKOOKfc.
Sept. 10th, 181 j. a w
HOT PRESSED
BLANKS.
For Sale at S. Pleasants* Printing
Office, Richmond,
AVrent vviety of BLANKS, exj-m
'ted in a vvy superior style of ele-j
% mVn%flF,*Vne paper; amongsMI*
\ themarc f
E«l a*i^»>, Siting Dark Stock
j ihimfd Lanu^ for discount.
NegqTHk^W tes, Hank Check*.
Ditto with power Seamen’s Manifest *,
of Attorney an* £cc &c.
n< xed, for dcp.i*
] shall petition the next Central Awct
f>lv lot thi passage of an act, divorc ^
rr.c from my wife Milky, f - »
th* said r** i ion to bt avs’gned'V'bl v4
*be hhM Mill y nod all persons cone
will take notice.
j JOHXSHAR.—
M ?i ay cnm.iy, 15» * Sept. 1810. (>2h.J
gTTnui nt hf •
Patent Medicines ^
Foj Sals at the Ago vs Ottick* *