Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1804-05-30 00:00:00

THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[Vol. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1156.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1804.
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Advertisements, not exceeding a square in length, are inserted in this paper for seven-five cents the first time; three dollars for three weeks (6 times); and for every additional insertion thirty-three cents. Long ones in the same proportion—unless a special contract be made by the year.
Land for Sale.
I AM disposed to sell my tract of land in the county of Amelia, whereon I at present reside, containing 400 acres. It is advantageously situated on the north side of West creek, just above its junction with Deep creek. There is on this tract about 280 acres of cleared land, under good fences, and in good farming condition, the balance stands in woods and is of prime Tobacco quality. The creek, (by which it is bounded on the south,) has a considerable quantity of swamp land attached to it, which abounds with fine large timber of white oak, poplar, ash, &c. and lies convenient enough to every part of the plantation to furnish rails without cutting any of the high land. There is also about 40 acres of first rate meadow land, which lies in one body, beautifully situated, and produces natural grass sufficient to winter one hundred head of cattle annually—about 20 acres of this meadow is reclaimed, and the balance may be put in the same situation with but little trouble or expense—it may be necessary to observe that no part of it is liable to flood, owing to a considerable distance from the creek, and sufficiently dry to produce either Tobacco or Corn. The improvements consist of a new dwelling house, 34 feet by 18, with a brick chimney at each end, 2 rooms below and 2 rooms and a passage above stairs, also a commodious cellar, with a fire place, underneath the house, a smokehouse and kitchen, all of which are newly painted on the out side, tobacco barns, &c.
Those who are inclined to purchase such property are invited to view the premises, which I presume will be a better recommendation than anything I can say.
I will treat with any gentleman privately until the first day of July, on which day it will be sold at public sale, on the premises, if not previously disposed of at private sale. The terms will be one half cash when possession is given (which will be when demanded) and the other half in twelve months—to secure the payment of which a deed of trust on the property will be required. There is at present 120 bushels of wheat sowed on the best part of the plantation, which the purchaser may take, or not take; also 3 prime laborers, which he may have the balance of the year—Application to be made to the subscriber, on the premises.
J. ROBERTSON.
Amelia, 1st February, 1804.
Scheme of a Lottery,
For the benefit of WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE
FIRST CLASS.
8000 Tickets at 10 dollars. 80,000
2 Prizes, dollars. 10,000 20,000
60 of 500 30,000
2,000 of 15 30,000
80,000
Subject to a deduction of 15 per. ct. 12,000
Expense of drawing, 2,000
Dollars, 10,000
First Ticket drawn, Dollars. 500
Last drawn, 10,000
1 other Prize of 10,000
50 other Prizes of 500 dollars. 25,500
2,000 of 15 dollars, 30,000
Dollars, 80,000
All tickets drawn blank may be renewed in the next class, at 10 dollars. each; the price of all others will be 15 dollars.
All prizes of 15 dollars may be renewed for the next class, or paid, at the option of the person entitled. If they be not claimed within three months after the drawing commences, they will be considered as renewed in the second class.
The drawing to commence in the city of Williamsburg, on the 1st day of June, 1804, under the management of James Madison, John Bracken, William Nelson, Robert Greenhow, Burwell Basset, Robert Saunders, Samuel Tyler, Champion Travis, William Lightfoot, Littleton W. Tazewell, George Tucker and James Semp.
SECOND CLASS.
5,938 Tickets at 10 dollars. 59,380
4,635 ditto at 15 dollars. 70,930
130,310
Deduct loss on 2,062 tickets renewed at 2 1-2 5,155
Dollars. 125,155
3 Prizes of 20,000 dollars. 40,000
2 ditto of 10,000 dollars. 20,000
3 ditto of 5,000 15,000
50 ditto of 1,000 50,000
1 ditto 155
125,155
Deduct 10 per cent. 12,500
Expenses of drawing, 2,500
Dollars. 10,000
Sum raised, Dollars. 10,000
Ticket first drawn, Dollars. 1,000
Ticket last drawn, 20,000
One other prize of 20,000
Two ditto of 10,000 20,000
3 ditto of 5,000 dollars. 15,000
40 ditto of 1,000 40,000
1 ditto 155
Dollars 125,155
TICKETS
May be had of George Tucker, Thomas Taylor, and Samuel Pleasants, jr. in Richmond; Robert Birchett, and Watkins Leigh, Petersburg; Thomas Newton, Dr. Barrand, & Littleton W. Tazewell, Norfolk; Hugh Mercer, Fredericksburg; Henry Tucker, Winchester; Chapman Johnson, Staunton; and in all the towns in Virginia, and in many places in the country.
The famous high-blooded English horse,
HAMBLETON,
Bred by the Duke of Grafton, a beautiful bright bay, near sixteen hands high, of high form and elegance, rising thirteen years old, in good health and great perfection, imported last spring by William Lightfoot, Esq. of Charles City county, and now his property, will stand the ensuing season at the subscriber's, in Charlotte county, five miles below the courthouse, and three from Boulden's old stores, to cover mares at Six Guineas the season, for which a note will be required, dischargeable by the payment of Twenty Dollars, at any time before the 10th of August next, when the season will expire, with One Dollar to the groom for each mare, paid at the stable door. Good and extensive pasturage, well enclosed, with a creek and branches running through, the flat land affording as good forward pastures as any in this part of the country, gratis. Servants that may be sent with mares will be boarded without charge, and mares fed, if required, on reasonable terms. The utmost attention paid and care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible for any that may happen.
HENRY LESTER.
March 5, 1804.
PEDIGREE.
HAMBLETON was got by Dungannon (one of the best sons of O'Kelly's famous Eclipse, who was esteemed to be the best horse of his day, and covered at fifty guineas,) his dam by Snap, sister to Jupiter, bred by Mr. Cross 1773—her dam (young Marske's dam) by Blank, Stirling, Miss Magnet, by Partner, Greyhound, Curwen, Bay Barb, Lord D'Arcy's Arabian, Whirligig, old Montague mare. Thus it appears he descended from the best running stock in England.
PERFORMANCE.
This horse ranks very high as a racer, both for speed and bottom, as he proved successful in twenty races before he left the turf, four of which he walked over, none venturing to start against him. In 1794, at Hambleton, Yorkshire, on Wednesday May 14th, he won a sweepstakes of ten guineas each, for 3 year olds, six subscribers, two miles, beating Mr. Bethel's b. f. by Magnus Bonum, Pierce's b. f. by Young Marske, Turner's Confederacy, and Craddock's ch. c. Leicester. At York he won 50l. for three year olds, beating Laythier's b. c. Griffin, Crompton's ch. c. Ambush, Shepherd's Madcap, Clifton's b. c. Cedar, and Garforth's ch. c. even betting on Ambush against the field. At Manchester in June, he won 50l. for three year olds, two mile heats, beating Foreigner and Loyalist. At Stockton September 20th, he won a sweepstakes of twenty guineas each, five subscribers, then Sir H. Williamson's property, formerly Mr. Hutchinson's, beating Highflyer, est. of Wren, and Turner's Delpine—In 1795, Hambleton won five times, to wit—a handicap plate of 50l. two mile heats, at four years old, beating Inace, Blacklegs, and Watkins' b. c. five years old. At Edinburgh July 20th, he won his majesty's plate of 100 guineas four years old, four mile heats, beating Pyebald—and on the 23d walked over the ground for 50l. all ages—and on the 24th 30 guineas for all ages, four mile heats, beating Gregson's b. h. Archer, 6 years old, Mr. Peacock's ch. g. Farmer, and Mr. Wilson's Creeping-Kate. At Dumfries in October, he won 50l. beating Lord Darlington's b. m. Constant.—In 1796, Hambleton won at Kelso, 5th October, a purse of 50 guineas, beating Mr. Baler's Black Cock.—In 1799 he won eight times, to wit—at Middleham, in Yorkshire, a sweepstakes of 10 guineas each, five subscribers, 3 mile heats, beating Merry Lad and Arthur. At Edinburgh on Wednesday the 26th, 50 guineas for all ages, beating Eliza Fox and Beesey. On Friday 28th, the ladies subscription purse of 50 guineas, beating Fletcher's Jane. At Montrose in Scotland, August, he walked over the ground for a 50l. plate—and also walked over the ground for a subscription of 50l. At Kelso, October 16th, for a plate of 50 guineas, he walked over the ground—and also his majesty's 100 guineas given to the Caledonian Hunt, for any horse, &c. carrying 13 stone, four mile heats, then six years old, he won against Mr. Wentworth's Trimbush, Piermont's Trimner aged, and Kincaid's Heder aged—and Saturday following a purse of 50l. given by the Hunt, free for any horse, &c. beating Farewell and Rolliker. At Carlisle he won 100 guineas of Mr. Sitwell, beating his b. f. by Meteor.—In 1798, he won at Edinburgh, August, 50l. for all ages, beating Maxwell's Arab, and Mr. Maule's Hippopotamus.—At Montrose he won a plate of 50 guineas, for all ages, beating Pitforth and Contractor. See the Racing Calendars for the foregoing years.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
The Celebrated English Stallion,
DRAGON,
LATE the property of his grace the Duke of Bedford, and sire of Speculator, Tarantula, Jenny, Spinner, Creeper, Phenix, Hospitality, &c. will stand the ensuing season, near Farmville, at Ten Guineas and a Dollar to the groom for each mare. The season will commence the first day of March next, and end the 1st day of August following; extensive pasturage of superior quality will be furnished gratis, and the greatest attention paid, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes. The money will be expected for the season of such mares as are pastured before they are removed, and notes sent with those that are not to be left with the horse, payable the 1st of August next. Apply to
RICHARD KNOWLES.
Agent for John Randolph.
Bizarre, Jan. 18, 1804.
P. S. Farmville is 8 miles below Prince Edward courthouse, and 35 from Cartersville. Mares fed if required.
BLANK BONDS
For Sale at this Office.
ADMIRAL NELSON,
EIGHT years old last spring, a beautiful well formed brown bay horse, imported last fall by William Lightfoot, Esq. and now his property, fifteen hands three inches and a half high, full of strength, health and vigor, and inferior to no horse either for speed or bottom; of fine bone and muscle and unequalled activity; Will stand at my stables this season, in Powhatan county, 20 miles above Richmond, on James river, and will be let to mares at Three Guineas the leap, paid down, and Six the season, with 4s 6d to the groom; but the season may be discharged by the payment of 20 dollars on or before the 1st November. The season will end 1st August. Good and extensive pastures gratis, and servants found while attending their mares. No responsibility for involuntary escapes or accidents.
This horse has not run many races, but his performances will sufficiently justify the opinion of Lord Grosvenor and his son, who certify that they considered him the best three year old in England, which may be seen under their hands and seals.
In October 1798, at New-Market, he won a sweepstakes of 1400 guineas, 12 subscribers at 200 guineas each, half forfeit, colts carrying 8 stone 3lb. fillies 8 stone, beating Sir Harry, Mr. Cookson's b. c. by Sir Peter, Mr. Perrin's b. c. Young Javelin, Sir Francis Standish's ch. c. Split Pigeon—5 to 4 against Admiral Nelson, 7 to 4 against Sir Harry, 6 to 1 against Split Pigeon, and 10 to 1 against Young Javelin.
In 1799 he won a sweepstakes of 1600 guineas, 14 subscribers at 200 guineas each, beating Lord Egremont's b. c. by Preaker, out of Bob Tail, Mr. Perrin's b. c. Javelin, and Mr. Golding's Boaster—3 to 1 on Admiral Nelson. In 1800, he got so much injured in his practice that he did not come on the turf again until 1803, when he won a purse of 500, 4 mile heats, beating several fine horses—See Sporting Magazine for this year.
PEDIGREE.
ADMIRAL NELSON was bred by Lord Grosvenor, got by John Bull, and foaled in 1795; his dam Olivia, by Justice, her dam Cypher by Squirt out of Fribble's dam, by Regulus.—See Supplement to the Stud Book, page 51.
JOHN HARRIS.
N. B. Notes for the six guineas must be sent with the mares.
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The beautiful Spanish Horse,
APPALUSIA,
NOW standing at my plantation on Chickahominy, near the new bridges, will be let to mares at Twelve Dollars the season, payable the first day of October next, but Notes (to be sent with the mares) may be discharged by paying Ten Dollars on or by the 1st of August, when the season will end. Insurance Eighteen Dollars, (notes sent as above payable the 1st March, 1805). Five Dollars cash the lean. In either case Half a Dollar to the Groom, to be paid down.—Mares will be fed with Clover and Lucerne gratis, and Corn if required, at the selling price. I have 20 spare stalls in a strong new stable, with substantial locks, where they may be kept of nights, but will not be answerable for escapes.
APPALUSIA is lately from South America, about nine years old, 15 hands high, of a beautiful snow white color and most elegantly formed. It is unnecessary to point out the great superiority of this excellent breed of horses for the saddle, harness, &c. as it is generally known that they are well gaited, gentle and the most hardy and thrifty horses in the world, and many live to be upwards of 50 years old.
BENJAMIN DU VAL.
Richmond, May 21st, 1804.
NOTICE.
A petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that the James River Canal Company may be compelled to carry their Canal into Tide Water.
23d May, 1804.
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Foreign Intelligence.
Translated from late French papers, received at the office of the New York Morning Chronicle.
M. Le Comte de Cobentzel; M. Le Marquis de Luchesini; the ministers of the elector of Baden, of Wirttemberg and of Bavaria, of the Helvetic confederation, the Ligurian republic, and the Batavian republic, have expressed to the first consul, through the minister of foreign relations, the profound indignation their governments feel at the news of the infamous conspiracy against the government of France. They add that their governments are penetrated with the importance resulting to the tranquility of Europe, from these troubles being timely prevented.
The elector of Baden issued an order on the 17th March that all the French emigrants established in his territories should depart at a very short notice.
Under the head of Madrid March 10, the Moniteur mentions that M. Frere the English minister at that court is profoundly affected by the news arrived from Paris. A few days previous he advanced a singular opinion in conversation with the prince of peace. In a conversation with that prince he said, that assassination and murder were justifiable in the actual situation of England to rescue the country. The prince of peace replied briskly, "but sir, should France adopt the same principle, the nations would fight through means of assassins, instead of combating with fleets and armies"—I will not disguise to you that this sentiment will be considered with horror by his most catholic majesty. For my own part I can only say that the example of all ages has proved that crimes terminate in the destruction of those who have ordained them or have become their instruments."
The Moniteur in a note to the above, adds, "this saying of the prince of peace, is about to be verified, and at the moment when England avails itself of the count d'Artois as an agent, one of that house perishes in regeneration of that crime under the sword of the law—infamous andishop of Arras, behold the recruit of thy counsels!"
It is stated that at Bordeaux on the 19th March, a printer and two other persons were arrested, concerned, it is said, in the conspiracy. The printer had with him copies not yet dry, of a proclamation of Louis the XVIII. freshly printed.
The duke of Enghien, of the house of Conde, was shot, in pursuance of his sentence noticed in a former paper.
A detachment of gens d'armes, provided with the necessary passports, left Geneva, on the 9th March to receive at Trieste, the famous brigand, surnamed Le Diable.
MINISTRY OF THE GRAND JUDGE.
LIST OF THE BRIGANDS ARMED BY THE
BRITISH MINISTER TO ATTACK THE
LIFE OF THE FIRST CONSUL.
First landing on the 21st August, at the foot of the Cliff de Beville from an English cruiser Capt. Right.
1. Georges, ex chief of the brigands.—2. Villeneuve.—3. Lahay St. Hilaire.—4. Querel, called Courson, arrested on the 11th October, in the Rue de Rochefoucault.—5. La Bonte, called Chertcher, his real name is Breche.—6. Picot, called La Petit, arrested the 7th Feb. Rue de Bacq.—7. Froche, the son, arrested at Eu on the 1st Feb.—8. Jean Marie, under the name of Lemaire, confidential clerk of Georges.
Second landing at the same place in the beginning of December, from an English vessel of the royal navy, Captain Thomas Right.
1. Jean Marie—the same as before.—2. Costor, called St. Victor, one of the accomplices of the 3d Nivose, arrested on the 8th February, in the Xantonge.—3. Armand Polignac, arrested in the Rue St. Genie. 28th February.—4. Jean Louis.—5. Lemercier.—6. Tamerlane.—7. Lelan, called Brutus.—8. Pierre Jean.
Third Landing on the 16th January from an English cutter, capt. Thomas Right.
1. Jean Marie—the same in the preceding disembarkations constantly returning to England to bring the other brigands.—2. Pichegru, Charles, Ex-general, arrested at Paris the 27th February.—3. Lajolais Ex-general under the name of Frederick, and Deville sent to London in November last by Moreau to Pichegru, upon his return to Paris he was the go-between between Moreau and Pichegru. Arrested at Paris 14th February.—4. Ruzilon, known among the brigands by the name of Gros-Major. Arrested at Paris the 5th March.—5. Julius Polignac, second son of the duke of that name, arrested on the 3d of March.—6. Rochelle, called Rochetta Brun Richemont, arrested on the 5th of March.—7. Armand Gaillard of Rouen.
Accomplices who did not land at Beville; some have been to France for several years, others landed in Brittany, and were to recruit brigands there to send them to Paris.
1. Gaillard Rioul of Rouen, known, by the name of St. Vincent, Houvel, and Duval.—2. Desol de Grissolles, concealed at Paris where he waited for Georges: he went in a coach on the first September to St. Leu and brought him to Paris; arrested on the 16th of November on the Boulevard Italien.—3. Bouvet de Lozier, one of the principal confidants of Georges charged to procure him lodgings at Paris and the environs.—4. Abraham Augustus Charles d'Hosier.—5. Reuber Lagmouderie, who came from Rennes to join the assassins; arrested on the 7th February, in one of the houses of the Band rue de Bacq.—6. Barbon Milaby called Barco.—7. Roger, called Loiseau, came from England by way of Brittany, went to Paris with a forged passport from Rennes; arrested Rue Saintonge, on the 8th February.—8. Herve, shoemaker at Rennes.—9. Merelle of St. Pairs, a subaltern assassin, arrested on the 7th February.—10. Noel Ducorps, commissary of the brigands, arrested at Aupame on the 28th January.—11. Louis Ducorps, his son, an ex-Chouan, and robber of diligences.—12. The ex marquis de Rovere, the confidant of the Count d'Artois. The portrait of that prince was found upon him with this inscription: "Given by the Count d'Artois to his faithful aid de camp de Rovere, for the perilous journeys taken in his service." Arrested on the 3d of March. The names of seventeen others are given but they are of no note.
30. Moreau, general, had an understanding with the enemies of the state; communicated with Pichegru; sent to London, ever since the war, to confer with the enemies, through the medium of Pichegru; held communications with Georges through Fressiere and Villeneuve—since Pichegru's arrival at port Paris, he saw him several times. Once Pichegru was in company with Georges; Moreau communicated with Pichegru through Dolland, Lajolais, and Fressiere. Arrested on the 14th February.
13. Fressiere, private secretary to Moreau, communicated with Georges thro' Villeneuve, principal confidant of Pichegru, and brought Pichegru several times to Moreau.—He is fled.—33. Badouville, former aid de-camp to Pichegru, spy upon our armies, correspondent of Wickham, agent of Pichegru was there. Arrested on the 3d March.—34. The Abbe David, charged with trying the first knot of all his plot, arrested on the 6th December last year, as he was going to London to Pichegru. Brought to the temple on the 13th December.—35, 36, 37, 38. Victor Couchery, Roland arrested on the 13th February, Freche, sen. arrested on 3d February, and Monnier, arrested on the 5th February.
The Grand Judge. (Signed) REGNIERE.
PARIS, 1st Germinal (March 22.)
SPECIAL MILITARY COMMISSION.
JUDGMENT.
IN THE NAME OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE. This day, 30th Ventose, (March 21) in the 13th year of the republic, the special military commission formed of the first military division by virtue of a decree of the government dated the 21st inst. founded upon the law of the 19th Fructidor, year 5, and consisting of seven members, viz. citizens Hulin, general of brigade, president; Guillon, colonel, commandant of the first regiment of cuirassiers; Bazancourt, colonel commandant of the first regiment of light infantry; Ravier, colonel, commandant of the 18th regiment of infantry of the line; Barrois, colonel, commandant of

2d, Of having rendered his services to the English government, the enemy of the French people.
3d, Of having received and accredited near him the agents of the said government, of having procured for them the means of contriving to establish a channel of intelligence in France, and of having conspired with them against the internal and external safety of the state.
4th, Of having put himself at the head of an assemblage of French emigrants and others, in the pay of England, formed on the frontiers of France, within the counties of Fribourg and Baden;
5th, Of having procured intelligence from Strasbourg tending to excite an insurrection in the neighboring departments for the purpose of creating a division favorable to England; and
6th, Of being one of the abettors and accomplices of the conspiracy contrived by the English against the life of the first consul, and that in case of the success of this conspiracy, he was to enter France.
The sitting having been opened, the president ordered the reporter to read all the evidences for and against the accused.
The reading being ended, the president ordered a guard to bring forward the accused, who was introduced before the commission free and unlettered.
He was asked his name, surname, age, place of nativity, and domicile.
He answered, his name was Louis-Antoine Henride Bourbon, Duke of Enghien, thirty-two years of age, born at Chantilly, near Paris, having left France ever since the 15th of July, 1789.
After having gone through the interrogatories heard the reporter sum the evidence and the defence of the accused, and the latter having declared he had nothing further to offer in his justification, the president requested to know if the members had any observations to make. On their replying in the negative and before collecting their opinions, he ordered the accused to retire. The accused was reconducted to prison by his escort; and the reporter, the secretary, and the citizens present retired at the invitation of the president. The commission deliberating with closed doors, the president put the question on the articles of accusation separately beginning with the youngest in rank, the president gave his opinion last; and on each the accused was unanimously declared guilty.
The president then put the question relative to the application of the punishment; and the votes being again collected, were declared in the following manner:
"The special military commission unanimously condemn to the punishment of death Louis-Antoine Henri de Bourbon, Duke d'Enghien, as a reparation for the crimes of acting as a spy, of holding correspondence with the enemies of the republic and of an attempt against its internal and external safety."
Ordered, that the captain reporter read the present judgment immediately to the condemned in the presence of the guard assembled under arms; and that a copy thereof be forwarded in the usual manner, according to law, to the minister of war, the grand judge, and general in chief, governor of Paris.
Done and adjudged at the same public sitting the day, month, and year aforesaid; and the members of the commission, with the reporter and secretary having signed the minutes.
(Signed) GUITON, Sec. &c. NEW YORK, May 22.
By the ship Bristol Trader, capt. Phelps, in 38 days from Bristol, Bristol papers to the 12th and London to the evening of the 10th April have been received by the editor of the New York Gazette.
Nothing of importance had occurred since the date of our former advices. The papers contain nothing further respecting the fate of Moreau.
LONDON, April 9.—Last night a supplement to a Dutch paper called the New Merchant, reached town, which contains the first part of a report of the Grand Judge to the First Consul, on the subject of the late conspiracy. Our limits will not permit us to enter into a detail of this important paper, the object of which is to stigmatize the Ministers of this country with the most profligate and disgraceful practices, but for the information of our readers, we shall select some of the more important passages of this production. Perhaps the most laboured article that ever issued from the press.
After some prefatory matter respecting Mr. Drake, the English Ambassador to the elector of Bavaria, the report proceeds as follows:—
"It is promised, though Mr. Drake appears ostensibly as a public character, he is in reality (as his private instructions prove) the secret director of the English machinations on the continent; the sinews of which are gold, corruption, the foolish hopes of those concerned in the plot, and of all the ambitious people in Europe. His aim is plainly pointed out in the eighteen articles of instructions with which Mr. Drake furnishes his agents, and which form the first of the pieces added to this report."
"Nos. 2, 7, 8, 9, and 13 of these instructions, are sufficiently remarkable."
"Art. 2. The principal point in view being the overthrow of the present government, one of the principal means of accomplishing this is, the obtaining a knowledge of the plans of the enemy; for this purpose it is of the utmost importance to begin by establishing a correspondence in the different bureaus, for the obtaining particular informations of all the plans, both as to the exterior as well as to the interior. The knowledge of the plans suggests the best mode of rendering them abortive, and the want of success is the most effectual means of discrediting the government, the first and most important step towards the end proposed."
"7. To gain over those employed in the powder mills, so as to be able to blow them up, as occasion may require."
"8. It is indispensably necessary to gain over a certain number of Printers and Engravers, that may be relied on, to print and execute every thing that the confederation may stand in need of."
"9. It is very much to be wished, that a perfect knowledge may be gained of the different parties in France, and particularly in Paris."
"13. It is well understood, that every means must be tried to disorganize the armies, both in and out of the Republic."
"Thus you see that the real objects of Mr. Drake's mission are to bring fire and flames into the Republic, to blow up their powder mills to procure trusty printers and engravers for the purposes of forgery, to penetrate into the heart of every assembly, to arm one party against the other, and in fine to disorganize the armies."
"He has agents in whom he dares not confide. His doubtful correspondents write to him via Switzerland, Strasburg, Kehl, Offenburg, and Munich. He has subalterns in these cities, to take especial care of his correspondents. He makes use of forged transports, of fictitious names, of sympathetic ink."
"These are the modes of communication through which he transmits his ideas, projects and rewards; and, by these means, he is informed of the schemes planned by his orders for raising insurrection, in the first place, in four departments: for raising an army, increasing the number of the disaffected, and overthrowing the Consular Government."
"Mr. Drake had an agency at Paris: but other ministers, the instruments of discord and exciters of mischief like him, may also have agencies. Mr. Drake in his correspondence, unmasked all those that exist in France, by the very measure he takes to deny that he knows any thing about them. "I repeat (says he) that I have no knowledge of the existence of any other society besides yours. But I repeat to you, (he observes in several places) that if there does, I do not doubt but that you and your friends will take the necessary measures, not only to embarrass one another, but to be mutually serviceable to each other." In fine he adds (Munich, Dec. 9, 1803) with a brutal fury, and worthy of the part he plays—"It is of very little consequence by whom the beast is brought to the ground. It is sufficient that you are all ready to join the chase."
Pursuant to the system, on the first breaking out of the conspiracy that now employs the hand of justice, he writes: "If you see any means of extricating any of Grevier's associates, do not fail to make use of them;" and as his evil genius is never discovered, even in his disgrace, Mr. Drake will not have his friends give themselves up for lost in this unexpected reverse of fortune.
"I earnestly request you," he writes (Munich, 25 Feb. 1804, No. 9) to print and distribute, a short address to the army immediately (both to the officers and soldiers.)—The main point is to gain partisans in the army: for I am thoroughly persuaded that it is through the army alone that one can reasonably hope to gain the change so much desired."
"How vain these hopes were, is sufficiently characterised by the striking unanimity that prevails every where, now that the danger is discovered with which France was menaced."
April 10.—Price of stocks this day at one o'clock—Cons. for money 55 7-8; do. for May acc. 56 1-2; 4 per cent 70 3-4. On Sunday dispatches were received at lord Hawkesbury's office, from the continent, which caused a great deal of bustle among the ministers yesterday, and several of the foreign ambassadors had conferences with them. We do not pretend to know the cause: but report states that among other accounts, a declaration of Bonaparte to the Court of St. Petersburg has been received, stating, that in case any Russian troops from the Baltic should land in Mecklenburg, Holstein, or any where else upon the German continent, the French troops would immediately occupy the Hanse towns; and if any Russian troops from the Black Sea, should attempt to land on the Italian continent French troops would occupy not only the city of Naples, but every sea-port in that kingdom.
Letters from Genoa of the 11th ult. state that the Toulon fleet was still in port.
At Munich and other places, some emigrants from France have been arrested, at the instance of the French Envoy, Citizen Otto. Among them is the late bishop of Chalons, who has resided at Munich several years. He is now upwards of 70: but at the establishment of the Concordat he omitted to send in his resignation.
NEW YORK, May 21. Gen. James Wilkinson and suit arrived here on Saturday last from New Orleans, in the new ship Louisiana commanded by captain Ingersoll. As the ship passed fort Jay, a salute was fired. Shortly after the ship came to anchor, the Fort Jay Barge rowed by eight men in handsome uniform in which was captain Livingston, was dispatched to conduct the general on shore.
By the last from Liverpool we have received a London paper of the 6th ult. one day later. It notices a rumor that the Toulon fleet, in attempting to force its way out was attacked by lord Nelson, who, early in the action, was killed; but that ultimately 6 French ships of the line were taken. No account of it had reached the admiralty.
The Boulogne blockading squadron had been again driven from its station by westerly gales and anchored off Dungeness.
A portfolio belonging to Pichegru, containing the whole plan of the conspiracy, is stated to have been found, and given up to the minister of police; and in the apartment where Georges resided 200,000 pieces of gold have been discovered.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 23.
OFFICIAL. To the hon. ROBERT SMITH, Secretary of the Navy.
United States ship Constitution. Syracuse Harbor, Feb. 12, 1804. Sir—I have the honor to inform you, that the United States brig Syren, lieut. commandant Stewart, and Ketch Intrepid of 4 guns, lieut. commandant Decatur, arrived here last evening from a cruise. They left this port the 3d inst. with my orders to proceed to Tripoli and burn the frigate (late the United States frigate) Philadelphia, at anchor in that harbor. I was well informed that her situation was such as to render it impossible to bring her out, and her destruction being absolutely necessary to favor my intended operations against that city, I determined the attempt should be made.
I enclose you copies of my orders on this occasion, which have been executed in the most gallant and officer-like manner. By lieut. commandant Decatur, assisted by the brave officers and crew of the little Ketch Intrepid under his command. Their conduct in the performance of the dangerous service assigned them cannot be sufficiently estimated.—It is beyond all praise. Had lieut. Decatur delayed one half hour for the boats of the Syren to join him, he would have failed in the main object, as a gale commenced immediately after the frigate was on fire, and it was with difficulty the Ketch was got out of the harbor. The Syren, owing to the lightness of the breeze in the evening, was obliged to anchor a considerable distance from the city, which prevented her boats from rendering much assistance, as they might have done, had they entered the harbor earlier. Lieutenant Stewart took the best position without the harbor, to cover the retreat of the Intrepid, that the lightness of the wind would admit of—his conduct through the expedition has been judicious and meritorious—some of the officers of the squadron could be gratified by sharing in the danger and honor of the enterprise. In justice to them, I beg leave to observe that they all offered to volunteer their services on the occasion; and I am confident whenever an opportunity offers to distinguish themselves, that they will do honor to the service.
I enclose you lieut. commandant Stewart and Decatur's official communication, with the names of the officers on board the Ketch.
With the highest respect, I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obt. humble servt. EDWARD PREBLE.
United States brig Syren, Syracuse Harbor, Feb. 12, 1804. Sir,
I have the honor to enclose for your information the principal occurrences and observations during our late expedition, in company with the Ketch Intrepid, lieut. commandant Decatur, to effect the destruction of the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, and on the happy termination of that enterprise I heartily congratulate you. I only have to lament that a junction had not been formed with the Intrepid by the boats of the Syren under the command of lieut. Caldwell, as I make no doubt they would have been able to carry and destroy one or both of the cruisers lying near the frigate.
You will observe by my notes, that the boats were dispatched in due season to meet the Intrepid, agreeable to our arrangement; but circumstances rendering it advisable for lieut. commandant Decatur to enter upon the enterprise much earlier than was intended, the junction with the boats was consequently deferred until after the ship was on fire, and the Ketch retreating out of the harbor.
I have the honor to be, Your very obedient servant. (Signed) CHARLES STEWART.
Commodore Edward Preble, Commander of the U. States Squadron in the Mediterranean.
On board of the Ketch INTREPID, at Sea, February 17th, 1804. Sir,
I have the honor to inform you, that in pursuance of your orders of the 1st inst. to proceed with this Ketch off the harbor of Tripoli, there to endeavor to effect the destruction of the United States, late frigate Philadelphia, I arrived there in company with the United States brig Syren, lieut. commandant Stewart on the 7th, but owing to the badness of the weather, was unable to effect any thing until last evening when we had a light breeze from the N. E. at 7 o'clock I entered the harbor with the Intrepid, the Syren having gained her station without the harbor in a situation to support us in our retreat. At half past 9 laid her alongside the Philadelphia—boarded and after a short contest carried her—I immediately fired her in the store rooms, cock pit, and birth deck, and remained on board until the flames had issued from the spar deck hatchways and ports, and before I got from along side, the fire had communicated to the rigging and tops. Previous to our boarding, they had got their Tompions out, and hailed several times, but not a gun fired.
The noise occasioned by boarding, and contending for possession (although no fire arms were used) gave a general alarm on shore, and on board their cruisers which lay about a cable and a half's length from us, and many large boats filled with men lay around, but from whom we received no annoyance. They commenced a fire on us from all their batteries on shore, but with no other effect than one shot passing through our top-gallant sail.
The frigate was moored within half gun shot of the Bashaw's Castle, and of their principal battery. Two of their cruisers lay within two cable's length on the starboard quarter, and their gun boats within half gun shot on the starboard bow—She had all her guns mounted and loaded, which as they became hot, went off—As she lay with her broad side to the town, I have no doubt but some damage has been done by them—Before I got out of the harbor her cables had burnt off, and she drifted in under the Castle, where she was consumed. I can form no judgment as to the number of men that were on board of her—there were about 20 killed—a large boat full got off, and many leapt into the sea. We have made one prisoner, and I fear from the number of bad wounds he has received, will not recover, although every assistance and comfort has been given him.
I boarded with sixty men and officers, leaving a guard on board the Ketch for her defence; and it is with the greatest pleasure I inform you, I had not a man killed in this affair, and but one slightly wounded. Every support that could be given I received from my officers, and as the conduct of each was highly meritorious, I beg leave to enclose you a list of their names—Permit me also, sir, to speak of the brave fellows I have the honor to command, whose coolness and intrepidity was such, as I trust will ever characterize the American tars.
It would be injustice in me, were I to pass over the important services rendered by Mr. Salvador the pilot, on whose good conduct the success of the enterprise in the greatest degree depended—He gave me entire satisfaction.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, your most obedient servant, (Signed) STEPHEN DECATUR, Jun.
Commodore Edward Preble, Commanding the U. States Squadron in the Mediterranean.
The following is a list of the officers employed on board the Ketch Intrepid under my command in boarding and destroying the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli on the 16th inst.
James Lawrence, Joseph Bambridge, Jonathan Thom, Lewis Herman—Surgeon. Ralph Izard, John Rowe, Charles Morris, Alex. Laws, John Davis, Thomas M'Donough, Enterprize. Thos. Oakley Anderson, Syren.
OFFICIAL.
As a testimonial of the PRESIDENT's high opinion of the gallant conduct of Lieutenant DECATUR, in taking and destroying the frigate the Philadelphia, a commission to him as Captain in the Navy has been duly issued, and will without delay be transmitted to Commodore Preble, to be presented to him.
OFFICIAL.
Extract of a letter from Commodore Preble to the Secretary of the Navy, dated on board the Constitution, Syracuse harbor, Feb. 19, 1804.
Feb. 12th.—I received about 20 Maltese sailors and pilots from the island of Malta which by permission of the governor I ordered to be shipped there. These men I shall want to distribute among our sailors in latteen boats, as they are accustomed to them.
19th.—A prize to the Nautilus has this moment arrived, captured to the eastward of Tripoli. She is a brig from Malta under English colors bound to Tripoli, loaded with hemp and spars, ready made sails, bale goods and building stone, and has nine Tripolines on board.
Extract of a letter to the Secretary of the Navy from the commanding officer of a Detachment of marines sent hence to New Orleans, dated Havannah, April 23, 1804.
Having but 8 days water on board it was deemed expedient to put in here for an additional supply. The governor has manifested towards us the most friendly dispositions and has afforded us every accommodation in obtaining the requisite supplies. I have great pleasure in informing you that the governor has lately passed a decree prohibiting the French privateers from bringing American prizes into any of the ports of Cuba.
From the ENQUIRER.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Vestry and Church-Wardens of the parish of Manchester, in the county of Chesterfield.
vs. Overseers of the Poor of the said County.
In the Bill of complaint, which was laid before the Chancellor, the grounds of the title, which the Protestant Episcopal Church claims in the Glebe lands, are thus exhibited: "That the purchase of the said Glebe was for the benefit of the religious society called the Church of England, in the parish aforesaid, to be applied to the use of its ministers from time to time, but continuing as the property of the said society, even when there was no incumbent: that by the revolution, the establishment was destroyed, but the said society remained unimpaired in the rights of property; it being a fact, justified by the history of the day, that no member of the convention of 1776, in the most remote manner, ventured to suggest the deprivation of the church of their property; and the same convention, which sat again in November 1776, gave what your orators are advised, was so far an extemporaneous exposition of the new constitution, as to make plainly and unequivocally the distinction between an establishment which was to create future burdens for the support of a particular clergy, and the rights of the Church of England to the property already acquired: that your orators might if it were necessary, refer to the various acts of the legislature, acknowledging the identity of the protestant Episcopal church with the church of England in Virginia, and confirming the property of the latter to the former, as sources of title, altho' the said acts are repealed, a right vesting under a statute, not being divested by its repeal: that this identity being admitted by the members of the church of England itself, is not questionable by others, although if it were questioned, it is easily shown from the principles of a church: that for the incorporating act of 1794, and the subsequent acts of confirmation, the church of England, which the legislature itself repeatedly recognized to exist from the declaration of Independence to that time, would have been carried on by the appointment of vestries and ministers, as usual: that the petition for the act of incorporation proves that a new church was not created, but an old one preserved under a new name, for the avoidance of a denomination, which might be odious, and of cavils which the assumption of a new name might generate: that it is most unreasonable, that the modification of the old form, after being sanctioned by the legislature, should be construed into a legislative right, to deprive the religious society itself of its property, because the preservation of the old form was prevented by that very sanction: and that if a right of escheat is claimed, the usual course of a judicial enquiry ought to have been observed, on which, it is supposed, the right of the Commonwealth to the said Glebe, could never be obtained."
The answer of the Attorney General denied these several allegations, and demurred to so much of the bill as prayed for an injunction to stop the sale.
An appeal was granted by the Chancellor to the Court of Appeals.
COURT OF APPEALS, May 4th, 1804.
Present Judges LYONS, CARRINGTON, ROANE & TUCKER. Vestry and Church-Wardens of the parish of Manchester, in the county of Chesterfield, vs.
Overseers of the Poor of the said County. Mr. CALL (for the Appellants) laid down two positions.
1st. That the Glebes were vested in the church, when the act of 1801 passed.
2d. That they were not divested by this act. 1st. They were vested in the church both by the laws which were passed before and after the revolution. (See a summary of those laws in the 2nd part, vol. 1. Tuck. Blac.) The act of 1661 gave perpetual succession to the vestries. Hence they had the power of holding property and transmitting it to their successors. As this is one of the great rights of an incorporated company, the church may in this respect at least be considered as a corporation, although it had not received a technical charter, which should give it all the other rights of an incorporated company, such as the right of acquiring and alienating property.—Whatever property then is given to them at any one time, must be considered as belonging to it, so long as there remained any members of the church, who by this act are authorised to succeed to it. But the act of 1748 did confer certain property on it, inasmuch as it empowered the vestries to levy an assessment upon all titheable persons in their respective parishes, and apply it to the purchase of a Glebe for the use of the minister. Several laws were passed during and after our revolution, which acknowledged & respected this investiture of property. The act of 1776, passed by the very Assembly, which had overturned so many of our ancient institutions, expressly reserves to the use of the church, by law established, the several parts of the Glebe land already purchased. The act of 1784, which incorporates the church, gives to the minister (if there be one) and the vestrymen respectively and their successors forever, the power of holding the property already belonging to it in each parish. The act of 1785, which repeals this incorporating act, still saves to all religious societies, the property to them, respectively belonging—So that in the whole chain of legislative proceedings, from 1748 to 1758 or 1801, he could not discover a single law which is not either silent on the rights of the church, or which does not expressly acknowledge and reserve its right to the Glebe land.
2d. The acts of 1793 and 1801, however, interrupt this uniform admission of a vested right. The first repeals all the preceding laws: the last appropriates the Glebes to such purposes as a majority of the parishioners might direct. Mr. Call, however, thought that these laws could not affect the rights of property. If rights be acquired under an existing law, they are not lost by its repeal. If rights be vested by law, they cannot be divested by law—He hoped that the court would not in their judicial capacity sanction the attempt of the legislature to exercise a power, which was not given them by justice, by custom, or the constitution.
But (said Mr. C.) it is contended, that whatever rights were given to the Church before the revolution, were divested by that event; and whatever rights were acknowledged since the revolution, could not be given by the legislature, because the Bill of Rights expressly denies to them the exercise of any such power. Each of these positions is unfounded.
Why is it contended that the revolution destroyed the rights of the church? Because they say it abolished the church itself. And how is it contended that it abolished the church? Because they say, it abolished the king's office, with all its appurtenances.—Mr. Call, however, denied that in this country the king constituted any part of the church; that he exercised any authority in religious matters. This authority resided either in the clergy or in the civil officers. Even in England

the revolution of 1688, did not abolish the church. Tho' Cromwell usurped the functions of the government, the rights of the ecclesiastical body continued inviolate. Our revolution did not abolish the professorships of Wm. & Mary College. It has been changed from a College to an University, and old professorships have been put down; And yet by this change, as great as any which has taken place in the church, it has been held in the court of appeals, that the college is not dissolved. It has been said that the pretensions of the church are inconsistent with the Bill of Rights. Let the article be produced. The 16th article of the Bill of Rights relates not to temporal, but spiritual matters: to matters of faith and conscience, not of property. The general phrase used in this article is not to be taken in its utmost extent. The Court of Appeals has decided in a case (commonly called the case of county levies) that general words used for some one purpose should not apply to all other particular cases. The 4th section of the Bill of Rights denies to all persons particular privileges and emoluments. But the rights of the church do not come under either of those general descriptions of political favor. They are not privileges, because they do not confer on the church a right to do, or an immunity from doing any thing. They are not emoluments, because they are not a profit confined to particular persons. It is admitted that a salary may be an emolument, but then it would require some new act of the government to confer it: whereas these ecclesiastical rights have been already vested. Mr. Call also asserted that this section applied to officers of government only: because it says nothing about religion; and because this interpretation is supported by the very best authority: the contemporaneous exposition of the act of 1776, passed by the very same convention, which had formed the Bill of Rights.
From this series of statements, Mr. Call concluded, that the rights were originally vested in the church; and that there was nothing in the act of 1801, nothing in the resolution, nothing in the Bill of Rights, which could divest them. But even if they did, this property would not revert to the public: the public would have no right to confiscate and sell it.
Here Mr. Call produced some English authorities to prove, that a trust does not escheat to the crown. His conclusion was, that the property would not revert to the public, but to the original settler.
As if our own system of jurisprudence would not justify this violation of church property, precedents have been sought for in other countries to sanction this proceeding. The Attorney General at the discussion of this case before a former court introduced the case of the ecclesiastical property in France, with all the reasonings which have been assigned by its ablest advocate Mc. Intosh, to justify its confiscation. If Mc. Intosh's reasoning on as an authority, it would be sufficient to rebut it by the counter opinion of Calonne. But even from the positions of Mc. Intosh, no arguments can be gathered to countenance the confiscation of the Glebe lands in this state. His 1st position is, that a priesthood have only the usufruct of the property without the right of alienation; and that, therefore, the state has a right to confiscate it without any injustice to the usufructuaries. But, says Mr. Call, is not usufruct itself property? Is not a lease property? Even if it were otherwise, the position would not be applicable to our ecclesiastical property; because in France the property was given to the priesthood, but here it was given to the religious society for its own benefit. His 2nd position is, that a salary in money may be taken away, why not then land, if the use of land be substituted for a salary in money? This may be true, said Mr. Call, but it does not apply. It may be just to take away a salary, but not to take away property already purchased and vested. Yet, however accurate the reasonings of Mr. Mc. Intosh may have been on this subject, the particular case to which he applies them, is very different from our own. 1st. In France he asserts the property was conferred by the king: Calonne ascribes it to private benefactions. But here all the Glebes were not given by the state, or individuals; but most of them were acquired by the parishes. 2dly. Mc. Intosh was speaking of the powers of a convention of the people, who were called upon to form a constitution: here the question relates to the powers of an ordinary legislature, acting under a constitution already formed. Surely the legislature, would have no power to revoke a grant to an individual for services: and where is the difference between rewarding an individual and a society for its services? The church was supposed to be a useful society: a grant of lands was made to it. How can the legislature then revoke that grant? Can it resume the endowment of Wm. and Mary College? If they have power in one case they have it in others. 3dly. Mc. Intosh has pleaded the exigency of the times in justification of the confiscated property in France: but here what does the legislature perform? Without a single fault being laid to the church; without the smallest indemnification being allowed to it: without even the plausible pretext of state policy, its property is to be swept away.
So far from the position being true, that the rights of the church are contrary to the Bill of Rights, it may be contended, that this repealing law is itself unconstitutional. It is contrary to the 3d art. of the Bill of Rights, and to the 10th sec. art. 1. of the federal constitution. The first of these declares, that "government is or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people," &c. Now what kind of protection or security is that, where private property may be held out of the legislature; where the rights that are vested in any society may be completely destroyed without any indemnification on, without a single fault, without any plea of public necessity? It is declared in the section of the federal constitution above referred to (among many other things) that "no state shall pass an ex post facto law." Can any act be a more open violation of this clause of the constitution than the act of 1801? The legislature first vests certain rights in the church, and afterwards passes a law, which is intended to overturn these rights. He hoped that the court would arrest the proceeding. He hoped that they would think with him, that it was an ex post facto law; and if they did, that they would exercise the same power which they had once exercised in the case of Turner vs. Turner, and declare the law unconstitutional and void.
After having made some remarks upon the jurisdiction of the Chancery Courts in this case, Mr. Call concluded his speech.
* Vindicie Salice. [To be continued.]
THE question respecting the validity of the law authorizing the overseers of the poor to sell the glebe lands in the different counties in certain cases, having been fully discussed before the court of appeals—the court being divided, of course the Chancellor's decision stands—in consequence of which will be exposed to SALE, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on Monday the 2d of July next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, the GLEBE LANDS, in the parish of Manchester and county of Chesterfield, containing 409 acres. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchasers—bond and approved security as the law directs. THE COMMISSIONERS. Chesterfield, 23d May, 1804.
The Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND: WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 1804.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Items include Tobacco, Wheat, Flour Fine, Do. Sift., Corn, Hemp, Clean, Iron, Bacon, Whiskey.
MEMBERS chosen to serve in the next General Assembly of this Commonwealth. Berkely, Elisha Boyd, Samuel Boyd. Jefferson, George Tate, Abraham Morgan. Fluvanna, Wm. Pasteur, Barnett Payne.
Amendment to the Constitution adopted by South Carolina. The Legislature of South Carolina adjourned on Wednesday the 16th instant, at 12 o'clock. The proposed amendment to the Constitution was carried in the House of Representatives, 65 to 25; and in the Senate, 22 to 9. Thos. Lee, esq. is appointed one of the associate judges of the state, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of the Hon. Wm. Johnson, jun. No other public business was taken up.
The Circuit Court of the United States, for this district met in this city on Tuesday the 22d inst. The first four days of the court were almost exclusively devoted to the trial of THOMAS LOGWOOD for COUNTERFEITING BANK NOTES. He has been arraigned on four separate indictments and found GUILTY on each by the several juries in five minutes after retiring from court. We understand there are several other indictments against him, but that he will not again be brought to the bar till some day next week.
For the information of the Freeholders of the State, the following cored list of the persons who compose the Republican Ticket of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States, is published. The Election for Electors will be held in each county and corporation, on the first Monday in November next. PHILIP N. NICHOLAS, Chairman. J. H. FOUKE, Sec'y. Richmond, May 25th, 1804.
Richard Evers Lee, of Norfolk Borough. John Goodrich, of Isle of Wight. Edward Pegram, of Dinwiddie. Dr. Richard Field, of Brunswick. Thomas Read, of Charlotte. Creed Taylor, of Cumberland. William H. Cabell, of Amherst. George Penn, of Patrick. George Wythe, of City of Richmond. John Taylor, of Caroline. Larkin Smith, of King & Queen. John Minor, of Spotsylvania. William Elzey, of Louisa. William Dudley, of Warwick. Mann Page, of Gloucester. John Taliaferro, jr. of King George. Richard Brent, of Prince William. Hugh Holmes, of Frederick. James Dailey, of Hampshire. James Allen, of Shenandoah. Archibald Stuart, of Augusta. James McFarlane, of Russell. Gen. John Preston, of Montgomery. William McKinley, of Ohio.
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS. No. 11.
We have lost the noble art of antiquity, of writing elegant compositions in the form of dialogue. No wonder: for what dialogue can appear natural, when supposed to proceed from the mouths of men who will discourse on no subject, who preclude all pleasantries as vulgar, and supercede all knowledge as pedantic. As to sentiment it might find as much quarter in a modern comedy from a modern critic as from our puny establishers of the laws of conversation. The heart and the head are equally unconcerned; and to seem to know any thing or feel any thing are alike breaches of politeness. But, surely, sir, all this is directly opposite to the warmth and plainness of our old national character. We were wont, like Shakespeare's Claudius, to speak home to the purpose. If a man's mind is full of ideas, why not let them run over, and water the barren understanding, or refresh the fruitful wits of the company? Besides that, a man himself scarce knows what stuff he has in his thoughts, till he has drawn them out into discourse, and often forms his own opinion according to the impression that his words seem to make on his hearers. Answers too are produced, frequently given with more shrewdness on the spot, than on further consideration; and truth, as well as wit, is struck out by collision. I don't mean to turn every society into a tinder box, and to set argument and repartee, like flint and steel perpetually striking against each other; yet, if a spark is now and then lighted up, why should the officious hand of dullness be authorised, by supposed politeness, to extinguish it? Conversation is mentioned by Lord Bacon, among the chief benefits of friendship, "making day-light in the understanding out of darkness, and confusion of thoughts."
"Whoever, continues this great man, has his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the communicating and discoursing with another; he toseth his thoughts more easily, he marshalleth them more orderly, he seeth how they look when they are turned into words: finally, he waxeth wiser than himself, and
that more by an hour's discourse, than by a day's meditation. It was well said by Themistocles to the King of Persia, "That speech was like cloth of Arras, opened and put abroad, whereby the imagery doth appear in figure; whereas in thoughts they lie but as in packs. Neither is this fruit of friendship, of opening the understanding restrained only to such friends as are able to give a man counsel; (they indeed are best) but even without that, a man learneth himself, and bringeth his own thoughts to light, and wheteth his wits against a stone, which itself cuts not. In a word, a man had better relate himself to a statue or picture, than to suffer his thoughts to pass in another."
"Conference, says Lord Coke also, is the life of study: conference, says Lord Bacon again, makes a ready man, and if he confer a little, he had need to a present wit." In short, conversation is the great source of pleasure and information in society, and whoever contributes to dam it up, should be strenuously opposed by the rest of mankind. But, to suffer a by-word, a low cant term to deprive one of the means of entertainment and intelligence, is the meanest pusillanimity, and sacrificing good sense at the shrine of folly and nonsense.
I must beg leave, therefore, by an index expurgatorius to expunge hatch and bare from the modern vocabulary; not merely on account of the barbarity of the terms, but for the evil tendency of the ridiculous something, or less than nothing, implied by them; for they are not only framed by blockheads, destitute of meaning in themselves, but calculated to kill the seeds of good sense and humanity in other people. SIMPLEX. Richmond, 23d May, 1804.
A letter from an officer on board the Constitution, after mentioning the destruction of the Philadelphia, says, "Every officer strove to be employed in the expedition; but most of them were, of course, refused, but with assurances, however, that they should all have opportunities enough of displaying their courage in the course of the summer. Lt. Decatur, and midshipman Morris, were the first persons who boarded the Philadelphia. The united voices of the other officers and seamen employed highly extol their conduct on the occasion. The latter has been promoted. It is said the frigate had been completely refitted, was moored under the guns of the castle, and had between 2 and 300 men on board. The Constitution was preparing for a cruise of six months off Tripoli; and the Commodore intended to bombard the place, unless a favorable peace should be agreed to." (Phil. Gaz.)
Extract of a letter from Isle of France, Feb. 25. "An English ship from London, worth 300,000 dolrs. prize to a French frigate, arrived here this day. The signal is up for another."
Extract of a letter from Reading, May 15. "On Wednesday evening, the 2d inst. the notorious Hester McDowell, arrived in this town, and early next morning, set out in the Harrisburg stage. On her way, she called herself Mrs. Price, and said her husband was in Philadelphia, and would follow her in two or three weeks. She talked of going to Redstone and Fort-Pitt. For this latter place it is said, she took passage in a heavy waggon she found at Carlisle."
We can assert, with confidence, that there are seventy-five republicans, and not more than seventy-seven feds, as yet heard of, who are elected to the next General Court. It is notorious that the strong holds of federalism are included in this statement, and that the republican prospect is very flattering. (Boston Chron.)
The General Assembly of Connecticut convened at Hartford on the 10th instant. The Governor delivered his speech on the 11th. He recommends a rejection of the amendment to the constitution. As it was never expected that Connecticut would ratify the amendment, her rejection of it will create no disappointment.
AGAIN—BEWARE OF COUNTERFEITS!
TWO COUNTERFEIT 100 DOLLAR NOTES, of the office of Discount and Deposit, Baltimore, were yesterday detected at the bank of Baltimore. The plate, like those we noticed a few days ago, is well executed as are also the signatures. The date, the president's name, (John Swan) and the numbering, are somewhat clumsy, particularly the latter which is very much so, and is the only means by which a detection can be easily made, as the paper is much better than the general run of counterfeit bills. (Fed. Gaz.)
To Let—A HOUSE in the city of Richmond, on the west side of the Market Bridge and back of the house occupied by Mr. Joseph Joseph and Mr. John Miller, as dry good stores. Said house is constructed for the reception of two small families and is nearly finished. For terms apply to the said John Miller, but if any person should think it necessary to see the subscriber, he resides at his plantation three miles above Gregory's tavern, upper end of Henrico county. JOHN WALKER. May 17, 1804.
NOTICE.—Those gentlemen who have been so obliging as to dispose of Tickets in the Lottery for the College of William & Mary, are requested to make a return of their sales as speedily as possible to one of the commissioners in Williamsburg, in order that the drawing may commence at the time appointed.
PROPOSALS, BY JOHN L. COOK AND SEATON GRANTLAND, FOR PUBLISHING IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, A LITERARY & MISCELLANEOUS PAPER, TO BE ENTITLED
The Lady's Museum, AND WEEKLY MAGAZINE.
THIS paper, as the title shews, will be chiefly devoted to the amusement of the Ladies; and on their patronage must the success of our undertaking principally depend. Although we shall use our efforts to adapt the Museum to the taste of the fair sex, we nevertheless presume that the admirers of polite literature among the Gentlemen will not find it unworthy of perusal; upon such, therefore, we rely for a portion of patronage, assured that they will not be backward in promoting with a liberal hand the circulation of a paper, which has for its object, the improvement and gratification of those who contribute so materially to our happiness, and to the refinement of our manners.
CONDITIONS. I. The Museum shall be neatly printed, weekly, on a half sheet of good super royal paper. II. The price will be two dollars per annum; one dollar to be paid on the reception of the first number, and the other at the expiration of six months. III. As it is supposed that subscribers will preserve their papers for the purpose of binding, a handsome Title Page and Table of Contents will be furnished at the expiration of each volume. IV. The publication of the Museum will commence about the 1st of September, should a sufficient number of subscribers be obtained by that time. The Printers in this state will oblige the subscribers by giving the above a few insertions in their respective papers. Subscriptions to the above, are received at Mr. Samuel Pleasants' Book Store.
To the Public.
WHEREAS assertions have been circulated tending to injure my character, which are false and without any foundation, I will give the sum of five hundred Dollars to any one who will come forward and prove that I have ever acted in any wise contrary to the principles of honesty or honor. Testimony of my integrity can be had from a number of the most respectable inhabitants of Powhatan, Cumberland and Buckingham, in the first of which I was raised. JOHN MOSBY. May 25th, 1804.
MASQUERADE BALL.
OWING to the unfavorable weather on Friday evening last, the Masquerade Ball at the Hay Market Garden was deprived of many of the characters, who had engaged to attend, from appearing. The decorum and regularity that prevailed during the whole evening, and the manner in which this novel entertainment was conducted, gave singular pleasure to all that were present, and has induced a desire amongst them and many others, that preparations may be made at the same place, on Thursday evening next, for a similar entertainment: when it is expected the amusement will give equal satisfaction to a much greater number than that will attend. The managers, who are of much respectability, presume, that no attempt will be made to introduce improper characters. The rule of entering the Garden and Masquerade room with the face masked must be rigidly observed. Printed regulations will be hung up in the room. G. DRINKARD, manager of the garden. Hay-Market, May 28, 1804.
SPRING GOODS.
WILLIAM GALT. Has received by the ships Little William and Fame from Liverpool, and the Robey & Betsey from London, An Assortment of Goods, Suitable to the season, which he will dispose of on the usual terms.
He has also on hand SUPERFINE FLOUR, of a very superior quality, for family use. Richmond, May 29, 1804.
In the beginning of the year 1803 Anthony Turner and Thomas Turner executed a bond or bill to Judith C. H. Semple for fifty dollars, payable on the 25th Dec. ensuing, for the hire of Daniel; or at about the same time Thomas Turner and Anthony Turner executed a bond or bill to said Semple for 60 dollars, payable at the same time, for the hire of Peter. These two obligations have been lost. A reasonable reward will be paid to any person who may have found them, on delivery to the subscriber, who hereby forewarns all persons from taking or receiving either of them. CARY WILKINSON. Charles City, May 26, 1804.
WE are happy to observe that the dispute which has some time existed between Messrs. Thomas Tabb of Amelia county, Edward Randolph of Charles City county, and William Randolph, Jun. of Surry county, has been by the interposition of the subscriber, honorably accommodated. CHARLES H. GRAVES. Williamsburg, May 25th, 1804.
NOTICE.
AT a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Mutual Assurance Society, held at the General Office on the 18th of May, 1804. WHEREAS the power of varying and altering the rates of the Premiums on Insurances made by this Society is vested in the General Meeting only of the Members thereof, and not in the Board of Directors, and it being the opinion of this board that experience has evinced that the risk on insuring wooden buildings in towns and in the country compared with the present relative rates of the premiums on such insurances is unequal, Therefore, Resolved, That Declaration (not yet approved of or hereafter offered) for Insurance of wooden buildings, situated in towns established by law, shall be suspended until the day next after the adjournment of the next General Meeting of the members of the said society, or until further order of this board. Resolved, that the foregoing Resolution be published twice in each paper printed in this state. A true copy from the Records, W. F. AST.
POSTSCRIPT. NEW-YORK, May 24.
An indiscriminate massacre of all the white French inhabitants at Cape Francois took place on the 20th of April. In this dreadful carnage which continued for three successive days and nights; the murderers spared not "even the women and children!" An embargo was laid on the American vessels in the harbour previous to this work of death; and had not been taken off at the date of our correspondent's letter, which was the 29th.
BALTIMORE, May 23.
Arrived at the fort last evening, the ship Augusta, Capt. Clark, from Liverpool which she left on the 15th ult. By the politeness of a mercantile friend we have been favored with the London Courier of the 12th of April, brought by the Augusta, which was the only paper we could procure.—It is principally filled with a long and animated Debate in the House of Commons of the day preceding, on the Irish Militia augmentation Bill. Capt. Clark, states that it was reported at Liverpool just before he sailed, that George the III. had relapsed and died very suddenly; and that Moreau, Pichegru, &c. had been removed from Paris to the interior of France.
SALES at AUCTION, FOR CASH.
Will be sold, by the subscribers at their office on Wednesday 6th June next, all the valuable Household Furniture, Of a gentleman going to Europe, consisting of Dining Tables, Pembroke ditto, Card ditto, Chests of Drawers, Bureau, Book Case, Liqueur Case, Mahogany Bedsteads, Feather Beds, Matresses, Mahogany and Windsor Chairs, Looking Glasses, Plate and Glass Ware, &c. &c. &c. THOMAS TAYLOR & CO. m. 28th May, 1804. At the same time will be sold, three likely NEGRO WOMEN and a BOY, all accustomed to house work.
Sales at Auction, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNDERWRITERS.
Will be sold, to the highest bidder, for cash, on Wednesday the 30th inst. the following PACKAGES of GOODS, damaged on board the ship Little William, Capt. Dauley from Liverpool. 1 Case SADDLERY. 1 Bale. THOMAS TAYLOR & CO. m. 28th May, 1804.
Sales at Auction, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CONCERNED.
Will be sold, without reserve, for cash, on Saturday next the 2d June, the following PACKAGES of GOODS, damaged on board the schooner Harriet, Capt. Beckwith from Baltimore. 1 Hhd. BROWN SUGAR. 1 Piece PORTER. 1 Case DRY GOODS. THOMAS TAYLOR & CO. m. Richmond, 28th May, 1804.
A Journeyman Taylor WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
And shall receive as much or more wages than in Richmond. Enquire of ANDREW HETHERTON, Taylor, Manchester. May 29th, 1804.
TEN DOLLARS REWARDED.
FOR apprehending THOMAS WELCH, who ran away from the subscriber on the 25th of March last—he is in the eighteenth year of his age, and of a dark complexion, has a small round face on the lower part of his left cheek, has a down look and speaks quick, though not apt to force discourse; he is in general a person of few words. Thomas Welch was bound to me to learn the shoemaking trade, and has a very good notion of that business; he has made several eloements from me, and in one of his eloements went to Richmond, and he informed me that he was taken on board the schooner Nancy, the property of capt. Wm. Block of Richmond, and commanded by a Mr. Smith, captain, & carried to Charleston, where he continued for several months, and returned to Richmond, and was found in the employment of Mr. Ralph Allen of that city, altho' he was previously advertised. I expect he will aim for Richmond, as he is acquainted there, to get on board of some outward-bound vessel. I do forewarn all masters of vessels and all other persons from removing, employing or harbouring the said Thomas Welch at their peril. The above reward will be given to any person who will confine the aforesaid apprentice in any jail to that I give him or deliver him to me in Cumberland county. JAMES ROFF. May 24th, 1804.
Signior Manfredi, ARTIST OF AGILITY AND ROPE DANCING.
From the gardens of Paris, London, Vienna, Petersburg, Constantinople, &c. &c. lately from Philadelphia, who has performed in New-York and Baltimore with the greatest applause and encouragement, has the honor to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond, Manchester and their vicinities, that on Wednesday evening the 30th inst. he will perform the most astonishing feats of activity on the tight rope and ground an lolly tumbling in the Circus at the Hay-Market Garden, which is now fitting up in a commodious style for the purpose. The particulars of the entertainments will be expressed in Handbills. Monday, May 28, 1804.
IN consequence of the time it will require to arrange the Books to shew the balances remaining due to the Subscribers to the Bank of Virginia who have not obtained the full number of shares for which they subscribed, the commissioners for Richmond think it necessary to inform the concerned, that they expect the books will be fully arranged by the 10th June after which time, all to whom balances may remain due, will be paid on application, but it will be necessary that they appear in person, or grant proper authorities to agents for that purpose. By order of the Board, E. CARRINGTON, Chairman. Richmond, May 23, 1804.
Lawyers' Declarations For Sale at this Office.

Robert Gamble & Son, are receiving by the ship FAME and other arrivals from Europe, a general assortment of MERCHANDIZE, Suitable to the season—which they are disposed to sell on moderate terms for cash, country produce, or to punctilious customers, on the usual credit. Having a large and convenient WAREHOUSE, calculated to store flour, &c. those who may confide country produce to their care, are assured, that their endeavors will be used to give general satisfaction, and their charge for storage, &c. will be reasonable. Richmond, 17th Oct. 1803.
William M'Cay, WATCH MAKER, RICHMOND, RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has received by the late arrivals from Europe, a large and general assortment of Gold & Silver Watches, A LARGE QUANTITY OF FASHIONABLE SEALS, KEYS, AND CHAINS, which he will dispose of low for cash—he has also on hand, A Few Good Clocks. N. B. Clocks and Watches repaired as usual. Richmond, April 16th, 1804.
BURR MILL-STONE MANUFACTORY. THE subscriber takes this mode of returning his thanks to his former patrons, and forming the public in general, that he has (by desire of his friends) re-commenced the MANUFACTURING of BURR MILL-STONES; and having furnished himself with a supply of the best materials, and having had sixteen years experience in the business, in Baltimore, Petersburg, and Richmond, hopes to be able to give satisfaction to his employers. The stones he will warrant to be as good as any in the United States. Any orders left with Capt. WILLIAM PENNOCK, Norfolk; Capt. WILLIAM CHAMBERS, Staunton; Mr. WILLIAM HAY, Wythe county, or Mr. ROBERT MOORE, Petersburg, shall be duly attended to, and country produce received in payment, at the customary prices. TWO APPRENTICES will be taken to the above business, and short time required. WILLIAM DAVIDSON. Richmond, Jan. 10th, 1803. N. B. FOR SALE, PLAISTER of PARIS, in stone or ground, for the improvement of land, with directions for the use thereof.
A PROPOSAL, BY WILLIAM YOUNG BIRCH & ABRAHAM SMALL, OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THAT CELEBRATED WORK, GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Together with MEMOIRS of the LIFE and WRITINGS of the AUTHOR. No book could be offered, which stands in less need of encomium and recommendation—it has been read in almost every European language.—The history of the long and increasing period from the reign of Augustus to the taking of Constantinople, and the death of Mahomet the II. is no where else to be found in the shape of regular and well-arranged history.—The Publishers presume to hope, that they do a service to their country in giving an Edition of it from the American press.—They will briefly speak of their intentions, and the superiority of this edition. 1. It will be the most complete Edition of GIBBON EXISTING.—Because it will be enriched with the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, written by himself.—This will be an addition to the London copy of nearly 200 pages. 2. It will be about one-third cheaper than the London Copy. 3. It will be executed in the best style.—The Publishers, with confidence, recommend to the public an inspection of the books, published by them within the last three years.—They are, Russell's Ancient and Modern Europe, 7 Volumes—The Domestic Encyclopedia, 5 Volumes, and Tucker's Blackstone, 5 Volumes.—They promise not to degenerate. CONDITIONS. 1. It shall be printed from the last London edition, and be published in Eight Octavo Volumes, during the year 1804. 2. It shall be delivered to those Subscribers who take it in Volumes, at Two Dollars per Volume, in boards. Those who wait for the completion of the Work, may have it either at Sixteen Dollars in boards; or in a good and handsome binding, at Twenty Dollars; payable on delivery. It will be enriched with Two whole sheet Maps—One of the Eastern, the other of the Western part of the Roman Empire—A Map of the parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople, and an elegantly engraved Head of the Author. Subscriptions received by SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jr. Richmond.
Wanted for the use of the BANK OF VIRGINIA, A HOUSE, As nearly adapted to the purpose as can be obtained; for which a liberal rent will be stipulated, and for a reasonable term of a few years—Propositions will be received immediately by the commissioners for this city. E. GARRINGTON, Ch. Man. Richmond, May 17, 1804.
Advertisement. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by George Booker to the subscribers, to secure certain debts therein mentioned, due by said Booker to James Morton & Co. of Prince Edward county, will be offered for sale, to the highest bidder, for cash money, on the ninth day of June next, at James Morton's store, FOURTEEN VIRGINIA BORN SLAVES, consisting of men, women, girls and boys, or so many of them as will satisfy the balance of said debts. EDWARD DILLON, } Trustees. SAM. ALLEN, jun. } April 30th, 1804.
SPRING GOODS. WILLIAM TEMPLE. Has received by the ship Rebecca, from London, and the Yorkshire, from Liverpool, An assortment of Goods, Suitable to the season, which he will dispose of on the usual terms. Richmond, 8th May, 1804.
By Authority. Scheme of a Lottery. TO BUILD AN ACADEMY IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. Dollars. 1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, 20,000 1 do. 10,000 1 do. of 1,000 make 5,000 16 do. of 500 — 8,000 10 do. of 200 — 2,000 20 do. of 100 — 2,000 100 do. of 50 — 5,000 250 do. of 30 — 7,500 420 do. of 25 — 10,500 1,500 do. of 20 — 30,000 3,000 do. of 15 — 45,000 1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250 1 do. after 2,000 do. 250 1 do. after 3,000 do. 250 1 do. after 4,000 do. 250 1 do. after 5,000 do. 500 1 do. after 6,000 do. 500 1 do. after 7,000 do. 500 1 do. after 8,000 do. 500 1 do. after 9,000 do. 500 1 do. after 10,000 do. 500 1 do. after 12,000 do. 500 1 do. after 13,000 do. 500 1 do. after 14,000 do. 1,000 5,325 prizes, 150,000 9,675 blanks—not two to a prize. 15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
This lottery has been authorized by the Legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purpose of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the Lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer, a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to partake in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce a rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorize it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next. Richmond, January 31, 1804. *** TICKETS to be had of Robert Pollard, Doct. John Brockenbrough, Jr. Wm. Price, (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, Jr. and William Prichard.
4439 Acres of valuable LAND, In the south of Kentucky, the greater part military, will be SOLD for good bonds, or exchanged for property in the state of Virginia.—Enquire of the printer. Dec. 26th, 1803.
Family Flour. A CONSTANT supply of FLOUR, of a superior quality, for family use, kept for SALE, by GEORGE WATT. Richmond, 5th March, 1804.
To be let, on building Leases, three beautiful, airy and elevated situations for dwelling houses. To any gentleman in the mercantile line, or other occupation, who wishes a pleasant and agreeable residence for his family, either of these sites would be truly desirable, as they are contiguous to the scene of active business, at the same time that they are removed from the dust and bustle of the town. Enquire at this printing-office. An experienced, sober and industrious GARDENER will hear of an advantageous situation on application as above. None of opposite character need apply. JAMES SEABROOK, MERCHANT TAILOR, HAS just arrived from Philadelphia, with an elegant and well chosen assortment of SPRING & FANCY GOODS, Which he will open in a few days, at his shop, a few doors below the Market, and sell on moderate terms.—He purposes also, making gentlemen's clothes, in the neatest and most fashionable manner—and the greatest attention, and strict punctuality, shall be observed on his part, to give satisfaction to those gentlemen who shall favor him with their custom. A correspondent in Philadelphia, will furnish him with every change in the fashions. April 21, 1804.
FOR SALE, 1065 Acres of Land, IN the county of Bedford, lying on both sides of Goose creek. This land is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, wheat and corn; its situation is inferior to no tract, in that country. There is about one third cleared, greater part of which is now in cultivation. Two valuable mill seats on said land, whereon mills might be erected at a small expense in comparison to their great value when built. As it is presumed that no one will purchase previous to viewing the premises, I shall dispense with further recommendations. The terms will be made known by Christopher Clark, esq. attorney at law, Bedford; Thos. Walton or Charles F. Nash, of Prince Edward county. STEPHEN PANKEY. May 10, 1804.
The Court of Hustings of the City of Richmond have established the following rules concerning applications for licences to manufacture tobacco within the said city, viz: All applications to the said court for licences to manufacture tobacco, must be made one month at least previous to the time of granting thereof, and the name or names of the applicant or applicants entered on the records of the said court, and inserted in all the newspapers published in the city of Richmond. In pursuance whereof, public notice is hereby given, that from the records of the said Hustings Court, it appears that George Tate, means to apply to the next succeeding court for a licence to manufacture tobacco within this city. (By order of court) HARDIN DAVIS, HAS FOR SALE, FLOUR, of a superior quality; a sample of which may be seen at Doct. Du-Val's. AND W. STEVENSON, D. C.
Loyal Company. A MEETING is earnestly recommended to the members, and proposed to be held at the Swan Tavern in Richmond, on the fourth Monday in May. All persons interested, it is hoped, will either attend themselves, or appoint some agent to represent them. May 8.
Mrs. Garraur, Has just arrived in this place, with a well-chosen assortment of Spring & Fancy Goods, Which she offers for sale on moderate terms, at the BELL TAVERN—amongst which are Calli-coes, Muslins, Handkerchiefs, Shawls, Checks, Dimities, Mouselines, Linen, Silk & Cotton Stockings, Ladies' and Gentlemen's Silk Gloves, Cotton Cambric, Bombazet, Striped Nankin, Velvet, Fans of different kinds, Suspenders, Millinery, and a variety of other articles too tedious to enumerate. 2w May 17, 1804.
Ten Dollars Reward. STRAYED or stolen out of my pasture at Martins Hill near Richmond, Friday or Saturday 11th inst. a GREY MARE, six years old, four feet nine or ten inches high, long tail and hanging mane, such as brood mares have generally, rather low in flesh, has a scratch on the left side of her rump, occasioned by the shoe of a stallion this spring, narrow behind, roach back'd near the hips, has broad holes, trots and canters; she had a pale sorrel colt filly by her side five weeks old, no white that I remember, delicately made.—Whoever delivers the said mare and colt shall receive the above reward. WILTSHIRE M. LEWIS. Henrico, May 16th 1804.
ICE, For sale at the Falling Garden. Apply at the Brick house in said garden, where constant attendance will be given. May 20.
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive that Joseph Caldwell and Robert Pearson, confined for horse stealing, and Cullen Demmory, confined for murder in the second degree, have (the two former for the second time) escaped from the penitentiary. I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of one hundred dollars for each of the convicts so escaped, to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey them or either of them to the penitentiary. And I do moreover require all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the penitentiary aforesaid the said Joseph Caldwell, Robert Pearson and Cullen Demmory. Given under my hand with the seal of the commonwealth annexed at Richmond, this 31st day of March, 1804. Signed, JOHN PAGE.
4439 Acres of valuable LAND, In the south of Kentucky, the greater part military, will be SOLD for good bonds, or exchanged for property in the state of Virginia.—Enquire of the printer. Dec. 26th, 1803.
Family Flour. A CONSTANT supply of FLOUR, of a superior quality, for family use, kept for SALE, by GEORGE WATT. Richmond, 5th March, 1804.
To be let, on building Leases, three beautiful, airy and elevated situations for dwelling houses. To any gentleman in the mercantile line, or other occupation, who wishes a pleasant and agreeable residence for his family, either of these sites would be truly desirable, as they are contiguous to the scene of active business, at the same time that they are removed from the dust and bustle of the town. Enquire at this printing-office. An experienced, sober and industrious GARDENER will hear of an advantageous situation on application as above. None of opposite character need apply. JAMES SEABROOK, MERCHANT TAILOR, HAS just arrived from Philadelphia, with an elegant and well chosen assortment of SPRING & FANCY GOODS, Which he will open in a few days, at his shop, a few doors below the Market, and sell on moderate terms.—He purposes also, making gentlemen's clothes, in the neatest and most fashionable manner—and the greatest attention, and strict punctuality, shall be observed on his part, to give satisfaction to those gentlemen who shall favor him with their custom. A correspondent in Philadelphia, will furnish him with every change in the fashions. April 21, 1804.
FOR SALE, 1065 Acres of Land, IN the county of Bedford, lying on both sides of Goose creek. This land is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, wheat and corn; its situation is inferior to no tract, in that country. There is about one third cleared, greater part of which is now in cultivation. Two valuable mill seats on said land, whereon mills might be erected at a small expense in comparison to their great value when built. As it is presumed that no one will purchase previous to viewing the premises, I shall dispense with further recommendations. The terms will be made known by Christopher Clark, esq. attorney at law, Bedford; Thos. Walton or Charles F. Nash, of Prince Edward county. STEPHEN PANKEY. May 10, 1804.
George Peery and William Peery, plaintiffs. AGAINST Thomas Inglis, Lon Brown, Joseph Davidson, Henry Farly, James Baily and Thomas Pickens, defendants. The defendant Thomas Inglis not having entered his appearance according to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court by the oath of Andrew Peery, that the said Inglis is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the plaintiffs by James Thompson their attorney, It is ordered, that the said Thomas Inglis do appear here on the first day of the next August term and answer the bill of the complainants; and that a copy of this order be inserted in some newspaper published in this state, and continued for three months successively, and that another copy be posted up at the front door of this courthouse. A Copy, Teste, JOHN WARD, C. T. C.
A Court continued and held for Albemarle county, the ninth day of May, 1804. Richard Harrison, plf. Against Claiborne Sandidge and Jesse White, defts. The defendant Claiborne Sandidge not having entered his appearance according to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Claiborne Sandidge is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is ordered, that the said Claiborne Sandidge do appear here on the first day of the next August term and answer the bill of the complainant; and that a copy of this order be inserted in some newspaper published in this state, and continued for two months successively, and that another be posted at the front door of this courthouse. A copy—Teste, JOHN NICHOLAS, CLK.
A Court held for Washington county, the 20th day of March, 1804. Robert Craig, Complainant. AGAINST John M'Means and Sarah his wife, Defendants. The defendants not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of the commonwealth of Virginia: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the third Tuesday in July next and answer the bill of the complainant; and that a copy of this order be inserted in some public newspaper published in this state for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of the said county. A Copy, Teste, DAVID CAMPBELL, D. C.
The High Bred Imported Horse SILVER, NOW in high health and vigour—will stand at my stable in the county of Pittsylvania, about two miles from the courthouse, the ensuing season, commencing the 1st of March next; and will cover mares at TWENTY DOLLARS, payable the 1st of October next, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Pounds, if paid by the 1st day of August next, at which time the season will expire; TEN DOLLARS the single leap, to be paid when the mares are covered, and TEN POUNDS to enforce a colt, to be forfeited if the mare is parted with before it is ascertained whether she be in foal or not. Excellent high and low ground pasture gratis, and gentlemen may have their mares fed with grain if required at the current price. Servants boarded gratis, and particular attention will be paid to the mares, but I will not be responsible for accidents or escapes. PEDIGREE.
SILVER is a beautiful Dapple GREY, five feet two inches high, full of bone, proportionable shape, symmetry, and fine action, and is a sure and excellent foal getter:—He was got by Mercury, who was got by Cof. O'Kelley's Eclipse, out of a Tartar Mare; his dam was the famous Herod Mare, bred by Lord Middleington; his granddam Young Hag, by Skim; his great granddam Hag, by Crab; his great great granddam Ebony, by Childers; his great great great granddam Ebony, by Balo; his great great great great granddam by the Byerly Turk; his great great great great great granddam by Leeds' Arabian. PERFORMANCE.
SILVER, in the second October meeting, 1793, carrying 34, beat the Duke of Bedford's Golden Rod, 34. 3lb. one mile, for 50 guineas.—In the second spring meeting, 1794, 34. 3lb. he beat W. Taylor's St. George, 34. 7lb. two miles, for 200 guineas.—In the second spring meeting, 1794, 34. 3lb. he beat Mr. Howorth's Anthony, 34. half mile, for 100 guineas.—In the July meeting, 1794, he won 60 gs. two miles, beating the Duke of Grafton's Grouse, Lord Oxford's Bruiser, Lord Grosvenor's Excelsior, Lord Clermont's Paymaster and Lord Egremont's Seagull.—In the first October meeting, 1794, 34. 3lb. he received 20 guineas from Lord Egremont's Seagull, 34. 7lb. one and a half miles, for 200 guineas.—In the second October meeting, 34. 2lb. he ran a dead heat with Lord Egremont's Seagull, 34. 1lb. one and a half miles.—In the second October meeting, 1794, he won a handy cap plate, two miles, beating the Duke of Grafton's Garland, Lord Egremont's Cinnabar, Sir Charles Bunbury's Robin Gray, Mr. Taylor's Helmet, Duke of Queenbury's Bay Filly, by Dionet, and Lord Tichfield's Quetlavaca.—In the Craven meeting, 1795, 34. 3lb. he beat Lord Darlington's St. George, 34. 6lb. 4 miles, for 300 gs.—In the first spring meeting, 1795, he won the main of the Oatlands stake, 200 guineas, each two miles, beating Mr. Wilson's Bennington, Mr. Holme's Gabriel, and the Duke of Queenbury's Pecker.—In the Houghton meeting, 1795, 34. 4lb. received forfeit from Mr. Bowe's Volunteer colt, 74. one mile, for 100 guineas. I have the General Stud Book and Racing Calendar for '93, '94 and '95, and certificates from a number of respectable Gentlemen, to prove what is above asserted of Silver. WILLIAM TUNSTALL. February 24th, 1804. (own J.) N. B. Notes of hand will be expected with the mares put by the season, for Twenty Dollars, dischargeable as above. W. T.
Ten Dollars Reward. STRAYED or stolen from the subscriber on Wednesday the second instant, at the Fairfield races, TWO HORSES, viz: one dark bay horse about 9 years old, 5 feet high, with a dim star in his forehead, a bob tail, his fore fetlocks are cut short, and his back much scarified. The other is a brown mouse coloured horse, about 5 feet high, his off eye is not good, and has a small streak of white hair on his shoulder. Whoever takes up said horses and delivers them to me, at Mr. Robert Davis's Tavern in the city of Richmond, shall receive the above reward—any information (by letter or otherwise) of said horses will be thankfully received. JAMES JONES. Richmond, May 10th, 1804.
LOST, So e time in the latter end of the last year, FOUR BONDS, GIVEN by George Williamson, jr. to the executor of William Breedlove, dec. with William Deshazor security, which said bonds are dated September the 16th, 1803, and fall due on the first day of January, 1805, in the penalty of £48 1s. 11d. Any person having the said bonds in their possession, by delivering them to me, in King & Queen county shall be handsomely rewarded. I likewise forewarn all persons from taking an assignment of the said bonds, and the said George Williamson, jr. is hereby forewarned to pay the said bonds to any person or persons except the subscriber. JOSEPH MANN, Executor of William Breedlove, dec. April, 1804.
Plaster of Paris. I have just received from Nova Scotia, a cargo of PLAISTER of PARIS, said to be of the best kind, which I will sell on reasonable terms. SAMUEL PAINE. May 14, 1804.
Nicholas Hallam, Two doors above the Swan-Tavern, Richmond, has for sale, eight thousand wt. of American Cheese, Of the best quality, which he will sell on as good terms as can be bought in the state, by the single pound, or thousand. A constant supply of GROCERIES of the best kind—Also, A few bushels Northern POTATOES, for planting. w6m
ROBIN REDBREAST, A FINE bay, fifteen and a half hands high, imported from England last spring, will stand the ensuing season at my stable in Chesterfield county, on Appomattox river, 15 miles above Petersburg, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, for which notes will be expected, dischargeable by the payment of twenty dollars on or before the first day of October next; ten dollars the leap to be paid when the mare is covered, with one dollar for each mare to the groom. Good and extensive pasture gratis, having nearly one thousand acres of high and low land in six different inclosures, under strong fences, besides several clover lots. The greatest attention shall be paid to mares left in my care, but will not be liable for accidents or escapes. PEDIGREE.
ROBIN REDBREAST was got by Sir Peter Teazle, his dam Wren, by Woodpecker, his grand dam Papillon, (Sir Peter's dam) by Snap, his great granddam Miss Cleveland, by Regulus, his great great granddam Midge, by a son of Bay Bolton, Bartlett's Childers, Honeywood's Arabian, dam of the Two True Blues. (Taken from the general stud book.) PERFORMANCE.
In 1800 (the only year he ran) at Bridgnorth, June 19, 4 mile heats, at four years old, he won the maiden plate, beating Mr. Day's Raginer, by Precipitate, and Mr. Carl's Precipice. The next day, at the same place, 4 mile heats, he came in first and first, but lost the race for the want of a few ounces in weight the last heat. At New-Castle, July 3d, he won the members purse of £50, 4 mile heats, beating Mr. Harrison's Trumpator, & distancing Sir T. Mostyn's H. dera. At Nantwich, July 10, he won the town purse of £50, beating Mr. Smith's Sultan, and distancing Sir T. Mostyn's Heder. At Warwick, Sept. 2, he won his majesty's plate of 100 guineas, 4 mile heats, beating Lord Donegall's Fugleman, and distancing Mr. Tharn's Marquis. He won the purse at Litchfield, Sept. 11, 4 mile heats, beating Lord Donegall's b. h. by Potso's, and distancing Mr. Brooke's Baron Nile, Lord Oxford's Victoria and Mr. Cox's Cocoa Tree. He was never beaten 4 mile heats except at Bridgnorth, as above stated, where, although it was given against him, it was evident that he was much the best horse. THOMAS GOODE. March 1st, 1804.
FOR SALE, By Edward Hallam, At his Grocery Store, opposite the Swan Tavern. 5000 Wt. excellent Salt Petre Bacon. 1000 Wt. of prime Butter. Patent Shot, by the bag or 100. Madeira, Tenerife and Sherry Wines. Antigua, Jamaica and New-England Rum. Cogniac Brandy and Whiskey. Philadelphia Porter, by the bbl. 3 doz. each. Coffee by the bag—Molasses by the hhd. Loaf & brown Sugar—Hyson & Imperial Teas. 9 by 11 and 10 by 12 Window Glass. Bar Iron, Irish Potatoes, &c. The above articles will be sold low for ready pay. April 28, 1804. w7m
A fair of New-England MULES. In the Press, and speedily will be published, Irish State Trials, INCLUDING The SPEECHES of Mr. CURRAN at length. N. B. Such gentlemen as have been so kind as to collect subscriptions for the above work, will be pleased to forward their lists to the Editor, G. DOUGLAS, Bookseller, Baltimore. St
On Friday the first day of June next, A Camp Meeting Will commence near Poplar Spring Church, in Gloucester county; to break up on the Tuesday following. And on Friday the 8th another at Charity Chapel in Powhatan county to break up on Tuesday, &c. and a third at Major Benn's Meeting-House, near Smithfield, to begin on Friday the 15th, and to continue till the Tuesday following. The selling and buying spirituous liquors, &c. are strictly prohibited at the above meetings, and those who may attempt to misbehave in thirrespect, or other improper conduct, will be dealt with accordingly.
THE SECOND PART OF Lorenzo's Thoughts, In an Address to the People of Virginia, is now in the Press. PROPOSALS For Printing the Life, Travels and some singular Providences of the author are just published.
REMOVAL. WILLIAM D. WREN, COACH AND HARNESS MAKER, Begs leave to inform his friends, in particular, and the public in general, that he has removed his shop to the place formerly occupied by Greaves, Bolton & Greaves, coach-makers, and opposite the Governor's, where he will continue to carry on his business in all its various branches. W. D. WREN returns his thanks to his friends generally for the encouragement he has hitherto met with, and hopes that, by his assiduity and steady attention to business, to merit their further patronage. He can also assure them that he has on hand, a large quantity of well-seasoned timber, which (with the assistance of some of the best workmen in this state) will enable him to furnish carriages of the best quality, and on the shortest notice, with punctuality. N. B. W. D. W. is in daily expectation of a large quantity of COACH LACE, which, with what he has on hand, will make a general assortment, suitable for country coach-makers. As he receives it direct from the manufactory, he will have it in his power to sell at very moderate price. March 16, 1804. w3m
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