Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-11-18 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
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 IN WHICH WILL BE INSERTED,  I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code.  II. A compilation of the several laws for the establishment of the James River, Potomac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Canal companies; in all of which the state has an interest.  III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia.  IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck.  V. A Table of Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and Amercements, designating such as are to the use of the Commonwealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particular object.  VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads.  VII. Acts authorising the erection of Toll Bridges.    All the Acts comprised in this volume, have been carefully collated by a gentleman of the bar—Notes of reference to former and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
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ALEXR. QUARRIER.
Richmond, Oct. 15th, 1806.
Valuable Property for Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us, by Peter F. Archer, for the benefit of John G. Jefferson, will be SOLD, for cash, on the premises, in the county of Amelia, on the 24th day of November next, that valuable TRACT OF LAND called Fox Harbor, containing by estimation about 660 acres, with more than one third uncleared, a great part of which is prime Tobacco land, lying on both sides of the road which leads from Pridaville to Bevil's bridge—Also, the following SLAVEs, Simon, Dacey and her three children Leonard, Sam, John, Phil, Sukey and her three children, Dacey, Sarena and her two children, Phoebe and her two children, Joe, Tom Big, Tom, Bristol, Murrier and her three children, or so much of the said property as shall be sufficient to satisfy the purpose of the said deed of trust. The sale will continue from day to day till it is completed. A minute description of the many advantages which would attend the purchase of the above said tract of land is thought unnecessary, as it is imagined that those inclined to purchase, will view it and judge for themselves.
JOSHUA CHAFFIN, WILLIAM CASSELLS, WILLIAM BENTLEY, } Trustees.
Oct. 9th, 1806.
FOR SALE.
THE LOT & HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately paled in, a Warehouse and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf.
Also, 271 1/2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken.
Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to
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August 2.
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JAMES LOWNES.
10th Month, 3d 1806.
I DESIGN the ensuing year, with the aid of a qualified teacher, to attempt the Tuition of 15 Females—Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic will be taught. Strict attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their morals be neglected. The price will be $8 each scholar finding her own bed—15th of the price to be paid in advance.
Gerard Banks.
Goochland, 27th Sept 1806.
A. HEWES & CO.
Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market,
 Salt in sacks  Jamaica and Antigua Rum  New England Rum  Port & Sherry Wine  Old Cognac Brandy  Loaf and Brown Sugar  Molasses  Coffee of superior quality  Alexandria Crackers  Rhode Island Cheese  Imperial Tea  Herrings and Shad  Alexandria Beer in bottles  English Walnuts  Brown Soap  Mummeys  Pepper  Alspice  Mace  Cloves  Starch  Fig Blue, &c &c &c. 
A general assortment of CROCKERY and STONE WARE, and Rhode Island LIME. Richmond, July 4th, 1806.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this place, on the 13th inst. BENJAMIN WILLS, a soldier of the public guard, about thirty years of age, about five feet eight inches high, dark hair and eyes, fair complexion, and very large whiskers: he is a very well set man, and has in his possession some clothing which he received when in the United States' army. It is very probable he may have gone down to Suffolk as he has some relations there, and money due him from them. Also, DURHAM BRACK, who deserted on the 6th inst. about twenty years of age, about five feet 6 inches high, blue eyes and light hair, fair complexion: the clothing that he has taken with him is unknown; he is a native of North Carolina, of Granville county, and it is very probable he may have gone there as all his relations live there.
Also, THOMAS BENNETT, who left this place at the same time, about twenty-three years of age, dark complexion, about five feet six inches high, blue eyes and light hair, a carpenter by trade, and came from the county of Chesterfield, where all his relations live, but it is uncertain whether he will go there or not: he has taken with him the uniform of the guard and what other clothing it is unknown. Any person taking up the said deserters and delivering them to me or either of the officers of the said guard, shall receive the above reward, or for the delivery of either of them.
ALEX. QUARRIER, C. P. G.
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FOR THE ARGUS.
Observations in opposition to the opinions and principles, contended for in a pamphlet called War in Disguise. (Concluded.)
No. XVI.
Maritime rights of Great-Britain opposed.
Page 217. "I protest (says the author) in every event in behalf of the British planter against the further settlement of Cuba, by a relaxation in any mode of the rules of maritime war. During the last war the produce of that vast Island, was at least doubled, and if the present system continues, it will be soon doubled again, to the destruction of our sugar colonies; for the consumption of the West-India produce has natural limits; and the Jamaica Assembly has satisfactorily shown, that those limits are scarcely now wide enough to receive the actual supply at such prices as the British planter can afford to accept."
Is not this language both plain and candid? The writer has left nothing for doubt. The Jamaica planters, he says, will complain, if there is any relaxation in the principles which are contended for. Because in that event they will not get satisfactory prices for their sugar. And why forsooth? Truly because the increased cultivation of Cuba will increase the quantity of sugar, and thereby lessen the advantages which the proprietors of Jamaica now enjoy. The prices in that event will fall, and the poor of every country will have a chance, now and then, to purchase a few pounds of that useful luxury and necessary of life.
This may do as an argument in favor of the proprietors of Jamaica, and other British Islands, or for those who will neither listen to, or understand any thing which militates against the projects of that government; but how will it stand the test in the United States, in continental Europe, with the poor of England, or with every benevolent mind, no matter to what clime or class of beings he may belong?
Will the citizens of the United States, oppose the establishment of a future order of things, which will give them sugar at six cents a pound instead of twelve; and coffee and molasses at the same reduced rates? No reasonable answer can be offered in reply to these plain questions. But instead of an answer we discover, that the advocates for the British policy are consequently advocates for a continuation of the high prices of these necessaries, when it is admitted that if the policy was either relinquished or overthrown, the quantities of sugar, coffee, &c. would be doubled and doubled again.
Although the United States neither do nor ought to participate in the splendor and glory of the British naval exploits, yet the American partisan, indirectly acknowledges that he prefers to subject the people of this country to the payment of double prices for sugar and coffee, and to the receipt of half prices for corn and flour, rather than, by an increased cultivation of the Spanish & French Islands, the quantities of sugar and coffee, and the demand for corn and flour should be increased, in like manner.
If these fatal delusions were confined to a few theorists and declaimers, they would not deserve notice: But the poison spreads far and wide; collateral matters are introduced; the real questions as just stated, are not brought forward; but we are industriously and craftily excited to hate, fear, curse and oppose the emperor of France. We are invited to array ourselves in battle by the side of the English, to fight in their cause; and for what? Why, truly, to lessen the quantity of sugar, coffee and molasses, and to diminish and circumscribe the demand for corn and flour? We must by all means hate and execrate Bonaparte, because he says that the seas shall be free, and that we may be thereby supplied with sugar at six cents a pound, instead of twelve, &c.; while on the other hand the British rulers, and their adherents say, that the civilized world shall not be fully supplied with these articles upon any terms, and that none shall have privilege of obtaining them who can not pay such prices as will satisfy a few Jamaica lordlings.
A man who enjoys a large income does not regard the prices of sugar and coffee, because compared with his other expenses, whether sugar be six-pence or one shilling and six-pence a pound, will make but little difference to him. But to one who does not clear more than six-pence a day, if he is obliged to purchase sugar, this difference of price, will make the difference of working three days in the week, instead of one to procure an article of necessity.
Let the advocates for the British doctrine, examine its tendencies by this short and simple argument. As far as it may be explained they will find that the public voice against them will be not only general but loud.
It is not worth while to go to England to enquire among the poorer classes of people in that country, whether they would prefer to purchase Spanish sugar at six-pence a pound, in preference to Jamaica sugar, of no better quality, at one shilling and six-pence a pound. And if the increased cultivation of Cuba would have that effect in favor of indigent industry, can any thing be said to favor a war which has nothing better to support it than the complaints of a few lordlings of Jamaica, who from the soil of America and sweat of Africa, are enabled to live in London, in the stile of Sovereign Princes, while to support their splendor the sweat, blood and treasure of Europe are most profusely wasted?
When a poor Englishman hears, that his son has been seized by a press gang, & is compelled to fight on shipboard, his parental feelings are suppressed by recollecting that the life of poor Tom is about to be risked in the cause, and for the honor and glory of old England. But if he should be informed, that Tom is about to fight the French and Spaniards, because they are willing to supply the world with sugar at six-pence a pound, and because in that event, the Jamaica lordlings will not be able to get one shilling and six-pence a pound for the same article, then indeed parental feelings will receive no anodyne, and the disconsolate father will curse the day that gave existence to a hapless being, who is doomed to add another link to the miseries of mankind.
The explanations which are given in relation to this single point, may be sufficient to illustrate the causes of the war, & although there are many other pretences, all of them when explained will appear equally ridiculous, absurd and indefensible. As respects this, it will be recollected, that the writer, not content with the usual modes of argument, informed his opinion by a protest, no doubt intending, by that formal method, to show, that he greatly relied upon this point.
Those who advocate the conduct and future views of Bonaparte are influenced by the facts which exist and a reliance upon his public and voluntary declarations. On the other hand they perceive in the policy, and projects of Great-Britain, injustice, selfishness and oppression. They perceive that both at home and abroad the rulers spare nothing which can promote their views. The taxes are already so high, that one of their most intelligent writers has declared, that they must be collected at the point of the bayonet.
If such be the internal situation of Great-Britain, can it be pretended that any change which may be introduced by Napoleon can make it more deplorable? Perhaps indeed, it may be the will of the Supreme Being, that Napoleon shall change the destiny of that people. But let this fact be what it may, whether Napoleon is to be deemed the instrument of divine justice, or pursues his own ambitious course, it seems that the miseries and oppressions of that people can be much increased. With respect to the facts the testimony is complete, and they may now choose between positive evil of the most intolerable kind, and the anticipations of those who sound an alarm against others: But these even if they should come to pass, cannot be more oppressive than those which are now in full vigor.
Page 226. We find (says the pamphlet, that he, meaning Napoleon) says, that there is room enough in the world both for himself and us. To which the writer replies, "it is false; there is not room enough for him and the liberties of England." The first part of this sentence shows that Napoleon aims only at an equality of rights and privileges. These are denied to him in the most positive, peremptory and indecorous stile; and the sentence is finished by a plain declaration, which explains in a few words, the entire project of the cabinet of London; in this, that if Bonaparte be permitted to obtain equal privileges upon the ocean, the liberties of England will not have sufficient scope, or in other words, the liberty, right or privilege of seizing, searching and controlling the commercial ships of all other nations will be abridged in so great a degree, that a perpetual state of war will be preferable.
If, after all, it shall happen that the U. States will be compelled to declare in favor of one or the other; that is, either to form a coalition or alliance with G. Britain, or to embark in such a war as that power can now wage against us; it will be found necessary to satisfy ourselves whether we ought to embrace the cause and quarrel of those, who have never missed an opportunity to plunder our commerce, and insult and oppress our citizens; whose subjects tell us in the plainest language, that the whole ocean is a part of the British empire: Or with France, who has heretofore pursued, and promises still to pursue an opposite course? With France, who denies to Great Britain, the empire of the seas, and who, at this moment wages war against that Island for no other ostensible reason; who has offered peace upon just, reasonable and equitable conditions? The answer ought, without hesitation to be given, not only by every American, but by every man of an enlarged and liberal mind to whatever country or clime he may belong. As respects us, let this be our firm and constant answer. If we shall be compelled to draw the sword, let it be against those, who unblushingly tell us, that they prosecute the war, because they claim exclusive maritime rights and privileges; that they consider themselves masters of the ocean, and that it is from their courtesy and clemency, that other nations more feeble than themselves, in naval strength, are permitted to navigate in safety.
If it were true, that Great Britain had been endowed, by the omnipotent Jehovah, with this great inheritance, it would be then true, that they might prescribe the terms upon which other nations might navigate the seas. But they do not pretend to claim any such pre-eminence. They found their right altogether upon the ability to enforce it, and exercise the assumed privileges with as much pertinaciousness and insolence as if they could shew a divine charter under the great seal of heaven.
How different are the conclusions which are afforded by the history of maritime nations, from the ancient days of Phoenicia, when Tyre and Sidon flourished in all the pride and splendor of prosperity, to the present day. Historical illustrations upon
this head have been already given in former numbers of these essays. The reader will there perceive that there is no part of Europe which has more feeble pretensions to claim exorbitant privileges, from antiquity, and that no nation (meaning the rulers) of any region or clime, ever appeared more disposed to enforce by the sword as much as the sword can give.
Having now said as much as appears to the writer to be sufficient to accomplish the purposes for which he has devoted so much time, he will hasten to a conclusion, but not without again showing to the writer of the pamphlet that degree of respect which is due to his talents, by a few other quotations.
Page 227. "A temperate assertion of the true principles of the laws of war in regard to neutral commerce, seems as far as human foresight can penetrate, essential to our public safety."
The reader must here understand by "the true principles of the laws of war," the enforcement by arms, of those rights which the British government claims, and without which the writer of the pamphlet as well as many others admit, not only that their prospects are cheerless, but that their safety and existence are at stake. The writer then proceeds to his conclusion in the following fascinating and pious stile.
"In him at whose command nations and empires rise and fall, flourish and decay, let our humble confidence be placed; and may we be convinced, that to obey his righteous laws is the soundest political wisdom; the best provision we can make for our national safety at this momentous period."
This paragraph would very well suit one whose heart was devoted to peace, tranquility and universal justice, and is well enough calculated to mislead the incautious and ignorant. But when we contemplate all which preceded this pathetic submission to the decrees of heaven, as well as the succeeding paragraph, we must ascribe to the writer, the same respect which we should bestow upon the weeping and tearful Crocodile, or the piteous cries of the ferocious and relentless Hyena.
But (says the pamphlet) if he (meaning the omnipotent and all bountiful Jehovah) wills the end, he wills also the adequate means. Let us not therefore abandon the best means of defence if he has given. Let us cherish our volunteers—our navy—our maritime rights."
By all this, the writer meant to have said, and in fact did say, let every nerve be exerted, to enforce by death, desolation and destruction, the full exercise of those claims which all other nations disclaim, and which all writers as well ancient as modern condemn. Those claims for which the four quarters of the globe have been lit up into the blaze of war. Those claims which have been denied by all nations, and in opposition to which the emperor Napoleon has declared eternal opposition. He has said "I will never make peace with England, until the seas shall be free."
And now the writer of this article asks, what man of benevolence or justice in any region of the earth, will withhold a sincere and honest invocation, that the success of this just and generous determination, may not be speedily obtained, established and perpetuated forever and ever; until time itself, worn down by age, shall cease to be, and ALL creation, and ALL that belongs to it, shall dissolve, disappear and leave no trace behind.
PACIFICATOR.
SALES at AUCTION.
Will be sold without reserve, by the subscribers, on Wednesday the 19th inst. about twelve thousand dollars worth of
DRY GOODS,
CONSISTING OF
 Superfine and fine Cloths  Coarse Cloths and Flannels  Casimers, single and double milled  Coratouys, Thicksets and Velveteens  Blankets, rose and striped  Cambric 4-4, 9-4 and 6-4  Cotton Shirts and Dimity  Calicoes and Chiniz  Shawls, Silk and Cotton  White and black Thred Lace  Linen and cotton HK's  Sewing Silk of all colors  An assortment of Nuns & cold Thread  Men's and Women's cotton Hose  Men's Worsted do.  Silk, Leather and Cotton Gloves  Bed-ticks and Durants  Silk and cotton Umbrellas  Silk, cotton and leather Suspenders  Platillas and Dowlas  India Cottons  Spanish Indigo  A large assortment of Cutlery and Hardware
Terms of sale—All sums under $ 50, cash—above $ 50, and not exceeding $ 200, 90 days—above $ 200, 3 and 6 months. Notes negotiable at the Bank, with approved indorsers, will be expected.
Darmstadt, Foster & Satchell, Auctioners. Richmond, 7th Nov. 1806.
DR. REES NEW
CYCLOPEDIA.
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ON COMMERCIAL RESTRICTION.
On the 13th of this month a change took place in the commercial regulations of this country...
The efficacy of regulations of this nature, in checking the lawless use of superior force...
The commerce of nations, like that of individuals, depends upon a dissimilarity of wants...
It is evident, that no country can be farther removed from a state of commercial independence...
It may not be very gratifying to British pride, to consider her importance as derived from the anvil and the loom...
fence; for in a mere estimate of profit and loss, the injury on one side, is as great as on the other.
There is no country on the globe, which in proportion to its population and wealth...
As the United States possess no other check upon the violence and injustice of Britain...
In the discussions, to which the controversy between Britain and this country, has given rise...
If Britain has exhausted all the accustomed modes of warfare, and is reduced to the necessity of annoying her enemy...
The subject of which we have undertaken the discussion, is too interesting and important...
The Western World and the Palladium have both been received at this office, down to the 25th of October.
Foreign Intelligence, Via Norfolk.
BERLIN, September 7. The King sets off immediately for the army...
The Chamber royal of war and domains has published in the name of the King...
They write from Petersburg, the 25th of August...
AUGSBURG, September 11. Letters have been received from Cracow...
arrived, and great numbers of deserters from the Prussian regiments.
They write from Trieste, that the English Consul had sent official information to the Exchange...
PARIS, September 18.
The day before yesterday Basilio arrived from London with dispatches for Lord Lauderdale...
The new Minister from Prussia, M. de Knobelsdorff, has very frequent conferences with the Minister for foreign affairs M. Benevent.
When the King of Sweden published manifestoes & made preparations against France...
This article is too long to translate now, but in the middle there is a terrible reproach and threat.
Letters from Berlin say, that the differences with Sweden are entirely adjusted...
CASSEL, September 6.
The King of Prussia has signified to our Elector, that he must follow his movements...
However attached we may be to Prussia, however devoted to its political system...
GENOA, September 6.
The English cartels having finished their quarantine, landed the 6000 French prisoners...
NAPLES, August 29.
Letters from Cozenza of the 22d, mention that General Verdier was making the tour of the country...
PARIS, Sept. 14.
A great number of waggons loaded with ammunition of war are daily passing through Brussels to Maestricht.
September 17.
This moment we received the unwelcome intelligence of the death of Mr. Fox.
September 19.
The day before yesterday, in the morning, a great number of squadrons of chasseurs, and horse grenadiers, with a detachment of flying artillery of the imperial guard...
detachment of flying artillery of the imperial guard, defiled before the Boulevards...
Those brave men who moved with so much rapidity from the borders of the channel to the gates of Vienna...
VIENNA, Sept. 3.
Government has published an official account of the military state of this country.
The French general Androssay is still in this capital, he has frequent conferences with the Austrian ministers.
Count Rasumowsky, who still remains here, notwithstanding the arrival of prince Kouskin...
HAGUE, September 9.
The garrison in this place, and his majesty's guard, have received orders to hold themselves in readiness for marching at a moment's warning...
September 12.
It is said that all the corps of the army of Holland have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march for the camp of Zeist...
HAMBURG, Sept. 11.
The contents of the note delivered by order of the king of Sweden to the minister of the two allied courts...
The return of the Swedish troops into the Duchy of Lauenburgh, and the re-occupation of that country...
Letters from Dresden say, that although nothing official has been published on the subject...
FRANKFORT, Sept. 9.
Yesterday the marshal Augereau received a courier from Paris.
The Electoral Prince of Hesse has hastily quitte Hanau with all his court.
tions with that of Prussia; and expects that war will break out immediately.
The several French Commissaries, appointed by Prince Berthier for the purpose of assigning to the confederate princes their new possessions...
Letters from Hesse mention, that all the military on furlough, have been ordered to join their respective corps...
Letters from Hamburg state that it is mentioned in several letters from Stettin...
They inform from Bucharest, under date of the 19th August, that the Princes of Moldavia and Wallachia are seriously alarmed...
STUTTGARD, Sept. 9.
The departure of the Austrian prisoners continues daily, and detachments of the French artillery are daily passing towards the Rhine...
All the Prussian troops which were stationed in the suburbs of Nuremberg, belonging to the king of Prussia, have departed for Beroth.
September 11.
A French chief of Brigade of the Corps of Marshal Ney, arrived here two days ago...
September 13.
We have just received the judgment of the extraordinary military commission, established at Bamau...
From the Boston Gazette, Nov. 6.
By the arrival of the brig Hylfield, Capt. Foster, in the very short passage of 37 days from Copenhagen...
The following Translations, obligingly furnished by Mr. Hauff, Swedish Consul in this place, shew that their contents are HIGHLY INTERESTING.
COPENHAGEN, Sept. 2.
They write from Koningsberg, that troops are embarking in several Russian ports, to be transported to Pomerania.
The combined Dutch and French army in Holland, is said to amount to 70,000 men.
From Hamburg, Sept. 26.
The number of Swedish troops in Lauenburgh increases, and it is said are to be joined by a body of Prussian troops.
From Paris, Sept. 17. The general opinion here is, that WAR is unavoidable.

Although it seems the English are not willing to exclude neutrals from trading to Buenos Ayres, yet it is supposed the duties will be such as not to encourage the importation of any other than British goods.
From London, Sept. 19.—Mr. Sheridan has declined the honor of the Westminster election. Earl Percy will probably be elected, having the support of Lord Grenville, and other distinguished friends.
Bets are laid that the negotiations will break off within a fortnight. Stocks—3 per cents. 63 1-4—62 1-8.—Omnium 7 1-2 3-4 1-4.
FURTHER INTELLIGENCE.
Capt. Foster left Cronstadt, the 13th. and Copenhagen, the 30th Sept. Previous to his departure from the former place, he learnt that no part of the treaty which had been signed at Paris by M. D'Oubril, was agreeable to the views of the Emperor Alexander, or in conformity to his instructions; and that such was the intimation of the Russian Court against this minister, for having violated the faith which he owed to his sovereign, that an order of banishment had immediately followed his return to St. Petersburg, and M. D'Oubril, was no longer to be found among the living, unless on his way to the deserts of Siberia;—That the greatest activity prevailed, in levying and embodying troops; that immense camps had been formed; that large bodies were marching towards the frontiers; and that nothing else was talked of but war against France,—a measure which appeared to be popular among all classes; that the Prince Constantino, brother of the Emperor, was spoken of as being highly in favour of the war; and had offered the utmost assistance which he could to the cause.
Capt. Foster further advises, that the day before he left Copenhagen, accounts were received at that place, per mail, that every hope of peace had finally vanished, and that hostilities had actually commenced between Prussia and France; that Lord Lauderdale had demanded his passports, and was on the point of quitting Paris, three several times during the negotiation, without having effected the object of his Embassy; but that from circumstances which were not known to the public, though not affecting the serious business of the Negotiation, he still remained at Paris, at the date of the last accounts from that city.
On the subject generally of a renewed continental war capt. Foster was desired to report, by his merchant at Copenhagen, that the safest calculations might be made on the certainty of its commencement, and a strong probability of its long continuance.
NEW-YORK, Nov. 9.
Captain Perry, of the ship Thames, sailed from Amsterdam the 20th of September at which time there was no prospect of peace.—He informs us, that the king of Prussia, the emperor of Russia, and king of Sweden, had joined their forces, and were on their march against the French; and on his sailing, it was reported, that an engagement had actually taken place. On the 21st, off Dover, captain Perry was boarded by the British gun-brig Virgin, and informed, that lord Lauderdale had returned from Paris, without effecting the subject of his mission.
A letter from a respectable commercial house in St. Thomas to another in this city, dated 12th October, says, that on the 10th of that month the British frigate Jason, and a brig of war, captured off the mouth of the harbor at anchor, an armed ship, with a crew of 90 men, having three schooners under her convoy, all belonging to Philadelphia, laden with coffee, bound to St. Thomas from Hispaniola and sent them into Tortola, where they had arrived.
Swindling on a large scale. It is proper the public should be made acquainted with one of the most flagrant actions of this nature ever committed in this city.
A few days since a country dealer had for sale at Country's ship, ten thousand pounds of cheese, worth 12 hundred dollars, which he sold to some villain who represented himself to be a merchant. When the cheese was in part weighed and delivered, the countryman expressed some fears for the safety of his property; on which the buyer, putting his hand in his pocket, & taking out some money, exclaims, "are you afraid of your property?—I will pay at once." The countryman's fears were dismissed, and the residue weighed and delivered. The villain made off without paying, sold the cheese, and has not since been found. Country people ought to be on their guard how they deal with people to whose character and credit they are utter strangers.
PHILADELPHIA, November 12.
We make no doubt that the following letter is from general Wilkinson, but certainly the general has indulged in a strange style with regard to orders—we should pass this letter to the public without a remark, were it not likely from the tenor of this letter, that the general talks two languages—one in the COUNCIL OF WAR, and the other in his letters to his correspondents—both at variance. MEMENTO!—Aurora.
Extract of a letter from General Wilkinson, dated Rahda of Red River, Sept. 19.
"My orders, and the conduct of the Mexicans, are so much at variance, and the Spanish commander, at the head of 1500 or 1800 men, has treated the strong remonstrances of governor Claiborne and colonel Cushing with such slight, after having traversed the territory east of the Sabine, where he has taken his nearest post, and menaced our establishment at Natchitoches; that I foresee an inevitable appeal to arms in the course of 12 days, if the Spaniards should not receive, or receive counter orders. And as governor Herrera is an officer who has risen by his sword, and is reputed a man of great pride and spirit, I think it probable that he will adhere to his solemn promise to maintain and defend his master's territorial pretensions to a point within 7 miles of our post, and 50 east of the Sabine."
"Under these circumstances, but with a solemn determination to drain the cup of conciliation before I draw the sword, I have called for about seven hundred militia, which is the sum total I am to expect from this and the Mississippi territories, to be assembled at Natchitoches the first proximo."
"It is not improbable hostilities at this point will be instantly followed by an appeal to arms in West Florida. I will write to you again in about ten days, when I fear you will be informed blood has been spilt. I have two Spanish governors opposed to me—Herrera and Cordera, of whom, and their 2000 men, I shall, with less than 1200, give you a good account."
WASHINGTON CITY, November 12.
We have the satisfaction of informing our readers that in consequence of instructions from the court of Madrid, Col. Howard, acting ad-interim as Governor of Pensylvania, in the absence of Governor Folk, has ordered the Spanish officers on the Mobile to permit American vessels to navigate that stream, without being charged with other duties than such as are chargeable on Spanish vessels navigating the Mississippi.
AARON BURR.
Rumors, of which the name of Aaron Burr is made the vehicle, actually swarm around us; many of them of such a complexion that it might be criminal either to treat them with indifference, or to receive them as absolutely true. Under such circumstances it is our duty to record them. They will inculcate vigilance and the propriety of a state of preparation for any events which may occur. Let it not be imagined that we have any doubts of the virtue and patriotism of the Western States, or apprehensions of any machinations to separate them from the Union. On the contrary we believe their affection to the union and the administration unbounded. Notwithstanding, there may be men among them who are deluded by their ambitious views and who may form the most unpromising projects.
It is affirmed as an unequivocal fact that a contract has been entered into with Comfort Tyler for furnishing, on the waters of Ohio, about the beginning of October, provisions to the amount of forty thousand dollars, at the highest market prices. This is vouched by creditable men, who declare they have the information from those who have seen the contract. The fact is likewise corroborated by several persons to whom offers of purchase were made, but who declined entirely from the mysterious appearance of the business. It is affirmed as undeniable, that during the last winter Mr. Burr offered general Eaton a commission, which the latter rejected; in consequence of which the latter gentleman, at an entertainment at which Mr. Burr was present, gave a toast to this effect—"May the arm be withered, and the head paralyzed, that shall attempt or meditate a separation of the states."—Nat. Intel.
Josiah Quincy, Esq. for Boston, and Jacob Crowninshield, Esq. for Salem, are re-elected members of congress.
DEATH OF GEN. KNOX.
To the Editor of the Boston Gazette.
Warren, (Maine,) Oct. 26.
DEAR SIR, "It is with the deepest regret, I have now to inform you, that the great and good Gen. Knox, departed this life yesterday morning. He was confined about six days. It is supposed, that the cause of his death was his swallowing a sharp chicken bone which perforated his bowels, and produced a mortification. The event was very sudden, and unexpected by his physicians till a very short time before his death. It has covered us all with the deepest gloom. The funeral will be to-morrow, when every testimony of respect will be paid by all classes of people."
MR. BURR.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of respectability in Hampshire county, Mass. to his friend in the vicinity of Amherst, N. H. dated in September last.
"Gen. Eaton is now in this town; and he says, that he has seen a letter but a few days from Marietta, (Ohio) which informed, that col. Burr was there, and was undertaking, or endeavoring to undertake, an expedition—that he had actually engaged some boats, and offered commissions to a number of young gentlemen in those parts, to engage with him in what he (Burr) said "would be a laudable and honorable undertaking." Gen. E. has no doubt that Burr's intent is to erect a separate government west of the Alleghenies, and probably make himself either a sovereign, or be viceroy to some foreign prince. The latter I am inclined to think, cannot be the motive. Spain will not be in a condition to support such a colony as perhaps France may. Should Burr raise an insurrection, many things will be necessary, which we little think of."—Albany Gazette.
Extract of a letter from Gallipolis, (a few miles below Marietta) September 10.
"Mr. Burr's intended expedition is much talked of here. He has many proselytes; and reports are in circulation, that a large number of boats are building at Marietta, to answer his purpose: say 14 or 15, though I cannot vouch for the exact number, not having been there for some weeks. Yet it is certain that there are boats building there to descend the Ohio, and it is as certain, that Mr. Burr, made himself very busy while residing there."
We have been informed by a gentleman of respectability, that a silver mine has been discovered about 16 miles from this place, near the Clarksburg road. Our informant adds, that he saw the silver which had been extracted, and on cutting it with a knife, it appeared very pure. He also saw a quantity of the ore in a house in which was erected a small air furnace.
[Morgantown Gaz.]
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Advantages of union, with an inquiry into the compatibility of republican government with an extensive territory.
(CONTINUED.)
There is no political topic respecting which greater errors and prejudices have prevailed than on this. An experience of
the fate of other governments has been consulted, and found in every important feature fallacious. Because all the free governments which have heretofore existed have been found to be incompatible with an extensive territory, it has been superficially inferred that the union of these states will be equally perishable. A moderate degree, however, of reflection will be sufficient to satisfy us that the most important characteristics of our systems of government were either unknown to or unadopted by the ancients. Three powerful agents of influence have been since created; the press—the principle of representation—and that of federalism. Owing to the want of the first, there was no common or easy mode of diffusing information among communities, whose consequent ignorance made them the dupes of every impostor that sprung up among them; owing to the want of the second it was impossible to collect with any precision the public suffrage, except in very small societies; and owing to the want of the last established on principles of justice and reciprocity, and only taking cognizance of concerns of a general nature, small communities, individually too weak to protect themselves, were incapacitated from uniting themselves in a firm or advantageous alliance.
All these agents are now in powerful activity in the U. S. This united influence is not only vast, but almost irresistible. It will consequently be allowed they have effected a fundamental revolution from which the greatest effects may rationally be expected. They certainly ought so far to influence our judgments as to prompt us to dismiss as futile all the preposterous analogies that are attempted to be drawn between our situation and that of the ancient republics. Let us then, throwing aside all such fanciful reasoning, consider how far, according to the reason of things, a government such as ours is inconsistent with an extensive territory.
We have already seen that there are no physical or moral sources of disunion inherent in the states; we have seen on the contrary, that those circumstances, which a superficial observation has considered as having a tendency to divide, have in truth a powerful influence to unite the different sections of the community.
First, then, the existence of local interests cannot impair the duration of the union, because these interests are confided exclusively to the state governments. The powers of the general and state governments are in this respect so well defined, that there cannot hereafter arise any serious collision, unless from the deliberate intention of the one to trench upon the powers of the other. In this event, however, such a purpose may be entertained for a short time, it is scarcely possible to last long enough to accomplish its object. The ensuing elections, which cannot be more distant than one, two, three or four years, by an appeal to the people, the fountain of all power, as well that consolidated under the states as under the confederacy, will restore things to their original situation. Should an invasion of state powers be attempted by the general government, the states will be prompt to take the alarm, and a sense of common interest will not fail to unite them in the prosecution of vigorous measures of resistance; while any attempt of a single state to usurp or oppose federal powers, being an invasion of the common stock of power exercised by the representatives of all the states, will be felt as such by them, who will not fail to rally round the general government and enable it to resist the aggression.
In the second place, it will be remarked that all the powers reposed in the federal government are of a general nature, and such as are unsusceptible of exercise by any other than a general authority pervading the whole community. To prove this let us examine the leading powers bestowed on the general government.
It possesses exclusive power to regulate commerce. It will be admitted that this is a power of a general nature and our own experience has proved the incompetency of a part of the confederacy to exercise it. This experience has shown that if the regulations adopted be not co-extensive with the whole United States, they will operate greatly to the benefit of those portions of the union to which they do not extend, and of course detrimentally to those to which they do extend. It is likewise a truth as forcibly attested by our present as by our former experience, that it requires our undivided energy to resist the unjust aggressions made by foreign nations on our commercial rights. Cut up into different governments, the rivals, if not the enemies of each other, we should possess no power adequate to our protection against the most flagrant injustice of foreign governments.
It possesses the exclusive power of declaring war and making peace. It is the necessary effect of this power that no one state can wage war against another. Indeed it is the admirable effect of a federal government founded on proper principles, to extract all sources of serious collision from among its several subordinate members, thus destroying a large portion of the ordinary materials of warfare. Should any violent aggression be committed by one state on the rights of another, it becomes at once the duty of the general government to interpose. It is thus the peculiar attribute of such a system to establish an arbiter possessed not only of adequate power to curb and control violence, but likewise free from any undue bias towards either of the interfering states; possessed indeed of the confidence of both. In such cases it will not therefore be irrational to expect a just decision and effectual redress. It also ought not to be forgotten, that the power of the general government will be so superior to that of the state, that a consciousness on the part of the latter of its inability successfully to contend with the former, will in most, if not in all instances avert the necessity of using force. The undoubted ability to coerce will supercede the necessity of resorting to coercion. This however will only be in those cases in which the interposition of the general government is just. For in all other cases, as its power will be made up of the collective power of the several states, they will not hesitate to make a common cause with the injured state, and having the power, they will withhold the means without which the general government will be unable to take a decisive step. Here then we again perceive the admirable effects of
a confederated government grounded on correct principles. The consciousness that its strength alone consists in its justice will effectually prevent it from interposing, except in cases where it will be supported by the united exertions of the subordinate members of the confederacy, whose union can never be calculated upon when there is not a common interest.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
 (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)  Tobacco, 33s to 36s CASH.  WHEAT, 6s 6d do.  FLOUR, super fine, 34s 6d do.  FLOUR, fine, 37s 6d do.  CORN, 21s do.  HEMP, clean, (per ton) £55 do.  IRON, £36 do.  BACON, 8d do.  WHISKEY, 3s 6d do. 
The Subscriber,
THINKS proper to give notice, he has resumed the practice of the law, and purposes regular attendance in the Court of Appeals, the Federal Court, and the High Court of Chancery, holden in the city of Richmond, (to which place he is now preparing to remove his residence.) Due attention will be paid to such business as may be committed to his care.
WILLIAM COWAN.
Lunenburg, Nov. 14. tf
Valuable Property for sale.
THE LAND and MILL advertised for sale, by the subscriber in the Enquirer, to have been sold on the fifteenth of September last. It not previously sold, before Monday the 24th of this present month, that being Middlesex court day, to be held in the town of Urbanna: It will positively be sold on that day if fair, otherwise the first fair day (in the said town of Urbanna) to the highest bidder, on a credit till the first day of September next; the purchaser giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date, if not punctually paid, with a lien on the property to secure the payment. The sale to commence between the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, at Mr. Christopher Owen's Tavern, in the above mentioned place.
ROBERT BIRD.
Hanover, Nov. 14. 2
A YOUNG MAN,
ACQUAINTED with business, who can be well recommended, wishes employment as a Clerk, or Instructor of an English School.
Drafting, Posting and Copying, done by him on reasonable terms.—Enquire of the printer.
Nov. 10. tf
Manchester Turnpike Company.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the annual meeting of Stock-holders, will be held at Mr. Brooks' Tavern, in Manchester, on the first Monday in December next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
JAMES BRANDER, CLK.
November 12th, 1806. tdm
Powhatan county court, October 15th, 1806.
Alexander Marshall, executor & heir, or devisee of Mary Mary Marshall, deceased, Plaintiff. AGAINST Josiah Thompson, executor of Josiah Thompson, deceased, who was administrator of Patience Thompson, deceased, and Thomas Watkins, Defendants.
THIS day came the plaintiff by John Lane, esquire, his attorney, and the defendant Josiah Thompson not having entered his appearance and given security according to law and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said defendant is not an inhabitant of this state; therefore, on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney aforesaid, It is ordered, that the said defendant Josiah Thompson, appear here on the third Wednesday in February next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county for two successive court days.
A copy—Teste,
JAMES POINDEXTER, CLK.
NOTICE.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF Macmurdo & Fisher, WILL terminate with the 31st day of December next. The affairs of the company, after that period, will remain in the hands of Charles J. Macmurdo for settlement.
CHARLES J. MACMURDO.
GEORGE FISHER.
Richmond, Nov. 14, 1806. tJan*.
NOTICE.
THOSE having claims against the estate of Jeremiah Rawlins, dec. are requested to exhibit them to Wm Guy, of Caroline county, or Henry Rawlins, of Buckingham, on or before Caroline January court—as this notice will be plead in bar against all after that time; and those indebted to the said estate, are desired to make immediate payment, as suits will be instituted indiscriminately, if they fail to do so.
HENRY RAWLINS, Ex'or.
November 17, 1806. w4t*
FOR SALE.
54 low priced Silver Watches 1 elegant Gold Repeating Watch 500 lbs. Seine Twine 2000 lbs. best German Steel A large additional supply of IRON-MONGERY and HARD-WARE, just received by
BREAM & FOLLET.
Richmond, Nov. 17, 1806. w2
FOR SALE.
Three Brick Tenements,
In the city of Richmond, on the Main street, opposite to Messrs. John & Robert Gamble—Enquire of
B. TRUEHEART.
November 17, 1806. 2w
The Grand Lodge of Vir-
ginia will meet at the Masons' Hall, in this city, on the evening of the second Monday in the next month.
W. H. FITZWHYLSONN, G. S.
Richmond, Nov. 17, 1806. 18D
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Charles Craddock, to secure the payment of a sum of money therein mentioned, will be SOLD to the highest bidder for cash, at Amelia courthouse, on Monday the 8th day of December, TWO FEMALE SLAVES, to wit: Sally and Dicy.
EDMOND EGGLESTON.
Nov. 15, 1806. w2
FOR SALE,
ON the 5th day of December next, on the premises, the tract of land whereon I now live, containing 28—Acres, lying on the Buckingham road, a half mile below Cumberland Courthouse. The land is well improved and of a tolerable good soil—There is on this land a framed dwelling house, composed of three rooms, a framed kitchen, over which is a good apartment, saddle's shop, with three rooms, a good stable, a garden and other necessary improvements—with the addition of a good apple orchard which will be useful in a year or two.—This situation is a good one for a tavern as well as a mechanic of any kind.
Terms one half cash and a credit of six months for the other half, the purchaser giving bond with approved security. ALSO FOR SALE, at the same time and place, all my household and kitchen FURNITURE, &c.
WILL ALSO BE SOLD, on the same day, 30 1-2 acre. of land, of good quality, adjoining the above, which is well timbered.
SAML. ADAMS.
November 17, 1806. w3t*
The Subscriber,
RESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the public, that he has just received a good assortment of SADDLERY & HARNESS ARTICLES, in his line of business—likewise Good Skirting, Hog Skins, Bag and Upper Leather, Coach Glass 20 by 24, 22 by 20 and 20 by 18.
JOHN MENERY.
Richmond, Nov. 12, 1806. 4w
FOR SALE.
BY virtue of a decree of the county court of Albemarle, made in the case of Micajah Chiles' executors against Menan Mills, WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH, on the premises, on Friday the 19th day of December, 1806,
A Tract of Land,
Lying in the county of Albemarle, situated about 11 or 12 miles above the town of Charlottesville, and about two or three from the late dwelling of Richard Woods, and on the road leading from Charlottesville to Amherst courthouse, in a healthy neighborhood, and is well calculated for a Farm. Also by virtue of the same decree, will be sold for cash on the premises, on Saturday the 20th day of December 1806, A LOT OF GROUND with the improvements thereon, in the town of Charlottesville, being the Lot formerly the property and dwelling of the late Micajah Chiles, deceased—the improvements consist of a Dwelling-House two story high, three or four rooms below stairs, and several rooms on the second story; on this lot is also an Office-House, Stable, and several other convenient out-houses.
Martin Dawson, Charles Yancey, David I. Lewis, Alex. Garrett, Commissioners. tds
Fall and Winter Goods.
L. JOSEPH,
HAS just received an extensive and fashionable assortment of GOODS, suitable to the present and approaching season, which will be sold on his usual terms. Richmond, Nov. 13th, 1806. 3t
WHEREAS some time past, I purchased a piece of land in Goochland county, of one William Lovell, for which I gave him two bonds, one for eighteen pounds, payable the 25th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the other bond for 27 pounds, payable the 25th of December, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and as the said Lovell has gone away without making me a right to the said land agreeable to bargain, I do forewarn all person or persons in trading for the above-mentioned bonds, as I do not intend to pay them unless I get a right agreeable to bargain.
WM. SHEPPARD.
9th November, 1806. tf
FOR SALE,
20 Hhds. Molasses 10 Ton Sweets Iron 10 Hhds. Loaf Sugar 3 Chests Young Hysan Tea 20 Boxes Soap 15 Casks FF Gun Powder For terms apply to
HENRY HOVEY.
November 11. 3t
FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE, HENING'S
New Virginia Justice,
Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and re-lease, mortgage, trust, &c.

Miscellaneous.
IMPROMPTU.
On receiving a letter in blank verse.
YOU sent me what you call blank verse—verse— The very name you've hit: For blank, indeed, it really is Of either sense or wit.
THE STRANGER IN IRELAND.
Mr. Carr the celebrated tourist has paid a visit to Ireland last year, and published his observations on that country in a single volume, which we strenuously recommend to the perusal of all those who wish to receive correcter opinions respecting that country than they could have imbibed from the peccant writers who have hitherto indulged their vanity in writing about a people whom they have neither the heart nor understanding to appreciate. We think this a good sequel to the tour of the candid and philosophical Arthur Young.
We mean to give copious extracts from this work. If the style of Mr. Carr we own ourselves to be no admirers. An affectation renders it extremely hurtful, at times, to the ease of the classical scholar. But his conceptions are frequently correct, his reflections playful and not often injudicious. And he generally displays considerable felicity in hitting off the characteristic features of a people.— People's Friend.
"The common Irish marry very young, and hence there are very few spurious children in that country, and infanticide is scarcely ever heard of."
"The native pride of the low Irish is ill directed by ignorance, but the frequent source of many of their better qualities. Although there are many beggars in Dublin, and in other towns; yet to be reduced to beggary, is thought so odious, that no one would set up for a beggar, more than he would for a prophet, in his own country. No one, however pinched, would ask for alms in his own neighborhood. An intelligent friend of mine told me, that a miserable creature, who went by the name of Dr. Donnelly, although in a state of actual penury, would never accept of a bit of pork, a potato, or drink of milk, if offered to him; but preferred eating offal from a dunghill, to the idea of being supported as an object of charity in the place of his nativity. After a fast of three days, he has been known to refuse proffered victuals. This man one day went twenty-seven miles with a letter for a gentleman to his daughter at school: arriving early in the morning, the servant girl, upon opening the door, was much surprised to see this wretched rag, and without asking him any questions, she said; "go along, 'we have got nothing for you." The Doctor immediately returned home without delivering the letter, making a distance of 54 Irish miles without having broken his fast."
"There have been instances of gentlemen opening gratuitous schools upon their estates, and, from ignorance of the character of their own countrymen, they have been surprised to find that frequently the poor people would not send their children; they forgot that native pride which revolts at eleemosynary aid. In such an instance as this, if the independent spirit of the parent had been flattered, by calling for the payment of only a tester at the end of the year towards the discharge of some of the expenses incident to the establishment, the child would not have been withheld from it."
"The attachment of the low Irish to their children is very great. To play with her child is the highest delight of the mother; and, for this indulgence, she will, by an injudicious, but natural miscalculation of maternal duty, omit the care of herself and her house: nor is the piety of their affection to their parents less distinguishable. Ireland is not cursed with English poor-laws: there are no pauper-houses there, into which a child, in the full vigour of life and health, can cast the hoary-headed, infirm author of his days, as he would a loathsome encumbrance, to, languish out the poor remains of life under the neglect, or barbarity of a parochial officer, deserted by the being to whom he has imparted existence, and cut off from all the endearments of filial gratitude. It is a rare sight to see, in Ireland, an aged parent begging for bread; he has rarely the necessity of appealing, in want and anguish, to him."
"That doth the ravens feed, Yea, providently caters for the sparrow." "Of the extreme hardihood of the Irish, the following instances are given. Mr Gordon, in his History of the Irish Rebellion, says, "The hardness and agility of the labouring classes of the Irish, were on this occasion (speaking of an affair at Gorey) and other occasions, in the course of the rebellion, very remarkable. Their swiftness of foot and activity in passing over brooks and ditches were such, that they could not always in crossing the fields be overtaken by horsemen; and with so much strength of constitution were they found to be endowed, that to kill them was difficult, many, after a multitude of stabs, not expiring until their necks were cut across." Another remarkable instance is mentioned by the author, respecting the recovery of a rebel named Charles Davis, of Enniscorthy, a glazier, "who, after having subsisted on the body of a cock for four days, in a loathsome hole where he was concealed, was discovered in the act of running away from his lurking-place, and brought to Vinegar-hill, where he was shot through the body and one of his arms, and violently struck in several parts of the head with a pike, which however, penetrated not into the brain, and was thrown into a grave on his back, with a heap of earth and stones over him. His faithful dog having scraped away the covering from his face, and cleansed it by licking the blood, he returned to life, after an interval of twelve hours, and is now living in perfect health."
"In battle on shore and at sea, the Irish soldier and sailor have been remarkable for their valor, steadiness and subordination; no inconsiderable portion of the population of Ireland may be found on board of our ships of war. As far back as Spenser's time, the bravery of the Irish soldier was honorably mentioned. That happy genius says, "I have heard some great warriors say, that in all the services which they had seen abroad in foreign countries, they never saw a more comely man than an Irishman, nor that cometh on more bravely to his charge."
"An Irishman and a bull form a twin thought in an Englishman's mind: long and inveterate prejudices have made them inseparable in reflection as a bull and his horns. I went to France in the full persuasion of seeing a race of lean men, and found them of the ordinary size and stature; and many of them of a bulk and vigor that an unravelled Englishman would reluctantly give credit to. I went to Ireland expecting a bull to fly out of every Irishman's mouth every third time he spoke. That the lower classes make bulls, I believe, because I have been well informed that they do, and because the lower classes of other countries make them also. It may happen that the lower Irish make more, on account of the uncommon quickness of their thoughts, and the volubility of their speech. A common Irishman seldom gives himself time for reflection; and before a question is half delivered, the whole of his answer is discharged, and another ready to follow; and moreover, if he knows nothing of the subject on which he is asked, he is sure to give some, and generally an instantaneous reply. The following circumstance, which occurred last year in London, is a tolerable instance of a low Irishman speaking with that sort of precipitation. An Irish labouring bricklayer laid a wager with his companion and fellow-labourer, that he could not carry him on his back (a frame with a haddle, which bricklayers use for carrying mortar upon their shoulders) up a ladder to the top of a high house and bring him down again safely; the bet was taken, and won. As Pat, who rode upon the load alighted, he said, "By Jasus, he tripped once as we were coming down, and I was in hopes I should have won my wager." A similar want of reflection induced the following whimsical observation. During a severe gale of wind, an Irishman, who was going to England to work in the harvest there, told the captain of the packet, who appeared to be much fatigued with his attention to his vessel; "Now, do go below, my honey, and take a nap; and, if we strike, "never fear but I'll tell you of it."
EDUCATION.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he will continue his School at his house in the lower end of Albermarle county, where he teaches the Greek and Latin languages, the English language Gramatically, Composition, and the Rudiments of the Mathematics.
His price for boarding and tuition, where scholars find their own beds and furniture, is twenty-eight pounds for ten months, one third in advance, the balance at the expiration of the term—Two months of the year, May and October, are allowed as vacation. Where washing and mending are done, his price is thirty-two pounds, terms as above—For tuition alone his price is eight pounds; one half in advance, the balance at the end of six months. Parents who place their children under his instruction, may rest assured, that particular attention will be paid to their morals, and every assistance afforded to promote their learning. To accommodate parents who feel disposed to educate their daughters, I would board six or eight little girls.
JAMES G. WADDIL. October 7th, 1806. 2m
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA.
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that HARRICANE, a slave the property of Jesse Perkinson, of the county of Mecklenburg, convicted by the court of the county of Southampton, of burglary, and sentenced to suffer death for the same, hath made his escape from the jail of the said county of Southampton: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the Council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of THIRTY DOLLARS, to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the jail from whence he escaped, the aforesaid slave Hurricane. And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the Commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said slave Hurricane, and convey him to the jail aforesaid.
Given under my hand with the seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 14th day of October, 1806. (Signed) WM. H. CABELL.
The said slave Hurricane, is a shoemaker by trade; short, thick negro, about 5 feet 3 or 6 inches high, and had on (when he escaped) an iron collar about his neck, which was riveted very strongly and securely. He had ran away from his master some time past, and was apprehended in Norfolk, carried home and confined with the collar, but released himself and escaped with it on him, and in that situation was apprehended previous to his trial.
M'CAY and COWAN,
HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London, a large and fashionable assortment of WATCHES, with a variety of articles of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK—ALSO, an assortment of WATCH MAKERS' TOOLS and MATERIAL—which with their former stock, renders their assortment very general—all of which they offer at the lowest prices for cash.
Richmond, October 9th 1806. tf
*** Gentlemen who hold subscription papers for the new and improved edition of FERGUSON'S LECTURES, (which is nearly through the press) are requested to forward in this office, as early as possible, a list of the names already obtained. The subscription will be kept open till the work is published. October 9th.
MARSHAL'S SALES.
TO BE SOLD , to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States, for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, between Phineas Bond, trustee for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others defendants, in order to raise the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty three cents, due and payable the first day of July last, and expenses and charges of sale, that valuable and well known estate, in the county of Botetourt, called FORT LEWIS —consisting of the said Ross to contain 2608 acres. The sale will take place on the premises, on the 14th day of November next. Also, under the said decree, and upon the same terms, will be SOLD at the Oxford Iron Works, in the county of Campbell, on the 18th of the same month, a number of VALUABLE SLAVES .
BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. September 26, 1806. tds
At the request of Mr. Ross, the sale of the land above mentioned called Fort Lewis is POSTPONED until the 29th day of NEXT MONTH , when it will take place, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond—and the sale of the negroes is Postponed until the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT , on which day it will take place at the Eagle Tavern aforesaid.
BEN. MOSBY D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. October 15, 1806.
Just received at this office, THE SECOND VOLUME OF Burk's History of Virginia. Subscribers are requested to call and take their books. August 27.
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN and for sale by the gr. ss. dozen, or single, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond;
The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807;
Being the third after Bissextile or Leap Year adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond.
Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Hanover county, Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county courts throughout the state, list of roads, &c. &c. &c. a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. ** Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers.
September 13th, 1806.
MATRASSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MATRASSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos. Darnsdatte's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store.—Also, BEDS furnished, and old matrassees worked over.
Jno. S. PLEASANTS. June 5 1806.
REMOVAL.
H. DARNEY has removed to the house on the Main street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Da midt's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES, on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only.
A consignment of snuff in packages of any size, from 15 to 60 lbs., will be sold below the usual price of that article. Richmond, August 11 1806. tf
REMOVAL.
THE Subscriber have removed their COMPTING HOUSE, from the Main Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Bason, where the Tenements occupied by G. and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Wirt and Bullock—where they continue their purchases of which as usual—They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran.
Thomas and Amos Ladd. 10 Mo 3d 1806
WILL BE SOLD, TO the highest bidder, at New Kent courthouse, on Monday the 24th of November next, for cash,
Twenty Likely Negroes,
Among which are eight or ten, consisting of boys and girls between the ages of six and sixteen years—the balance men and women, not exceeding forty years of age. The above negroes will certainly be sold on that day, if fair, if not, the next fair day, for what they will produce.
ARMSTEAD RUSSELL. October 9th, 1806. tds||
Gloucester Low Grounds.
FOR SALE.
ON the premises, the second day of January, 1807, a TRACT OF LAND, lying on a branch of Severn River, in the county of Gloucester, containing by estimation 348 acres; about one hundred of which are cleared and very fertile, the remainder, well covered with oak and pine of a superior quality. The oak timber (which is most abundant) is supposed, by all acquainted with the land, to be the best, in this part of the country, either for staves, or ship building. From the timber alone, a net sum may be made, equal to the purchase money. On the premises are a dwelling house, commodious quarter and large barn, all in good repair, likewise, a corn-house and stable.
No situation possesses greater advantages than this. The neighborhood, a good one, and Severn River, justly ranking among the first, for fish and oysters, at your door. Should the purchaser be inclined to add to his tract, he may do it, most probably in what quantities he may think proper, as two tracts of land adjoining, will in a short time be divided among several legatees.
Persons wishing to view the land, will apply to Mr. STERLING SEAWELL, on the premises, or to the subscriber residing in the neighborhood.
Terms of sale will be made known on the day, and will be as accommodating as possible. JOHN B. SEAWELL, Exr.
N. B. The above land sold by direction of the will of John Sonwell, dec. 6w J. B. S.
DISCOVERIES OF LEWIS AND HIS PARTNERS IN LOUISIANA.
A fresh supply of the above interesting work is just received and for sale at this office. October 26. if
DOCT. WILSON Has just received at his shop, opposite the store of Messrs. John and Robert Gamble, and Mr. Neil McCall, a general assortment of
MEDICINES.
He offers them for sale on lower terms than they can be procured at any other house in Richmond. He has on hand a variety of Paints, Varnishes and Oils—Also Spirits of Turpentine and Turpentine Varnishes by the Barrel at unusually low prices. Richmond, 10th September 1806. w3m
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
MEDICINES,
Have just come to hand, at the Apothecary Shop, on the main street (Shockoe Hill)—They are offered for sale on as low terms as they can be procured at any shop in Richmond.
I TAKE this opportunity of informing my friends and the public, that I shall open my House as a private
Boarding House,
And shall be well prepared to receive about twenty Members of the next Assembly. My House is among one of the most convenient stands—it is situated between the Bank and Barracks, and adjoining the Capitol square. I have also an excellent Stable for eighteen Horses. The price of board will be as low as the markets will admit, both for gentlemen and their horses—no pains will be spared to give satisfaction.
JOHN P. SHIELDS, wSt Nov. 10.
Valuable Family Medicines.
Just received direct from the Inventors, and for SALE WHOLESALE and RETAIL, by SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jr. Richmond, a large supply of the following very valuable Medicines, viz:
Dr. Cooley's Vegetable Elixir, or Cough Drops.
Superior to any other medicine ever before invented, for all complaints of the Lungs, and has been known frequently to effect a cure after all other medicines have failed. It is to be hoped that all those who are laboring under Consumption and other diseases of the Lungs will resort to this valuable medicine for relief.—Price 75 cents a bottle.
Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and Stomachic Bitters.
Which have proved to extremely serviceable for a few years past in reforming weak and decayed constitutions of almost every description, and for removing all those complicated complaints so common in the spring season—For a common bitter to use in families none can excel them for pleasantness. To show that these excellent bitters are held in high estimation by Physicians of eminence, we need only insert the following extract of a letter from Dr. John Wilson a respectable Physician, and post-master at the city of Vergennes.
VERGENNES, October 23d, 1804.
Sir I have been one of those who never put much faith in patent medicine until of late, but must acknowledge from actual experience that I have received more benefits from Dr. Rawson's Bitters than from all the medicine I ever before took. I have been very unwell with a flow remittant fever.
I am, &c. JOHN WILLCOX, M. D.
Dr. Lee's (Windsor) Bileous Pills, Which have proved to eminently useful for these 12 years past in all Bileous Complaints Indigestion, Jaundice, Dropsies, Obesity, Head aches, Gonorrhees, Female Complaints &c. Their virtues are too well known to need comment in an advertisement.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Thompson's Aromatic Tooth Paste, Which whitens and preserves the teeth gives an agreeable smell to the breath, and cures the fever in the teeth and gums. It may be applied at all times without in the least injuring the teeth. The very great and extensive sale this medicine has met with bespeak its intrinsic worth.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Anti Bileous Pills, or Family Physic.
A medicine which no family ought to be without, as those Pills are useful in every complaint where purgatives are necessary; they are certain to operate in a short time without occasioning the least pain or griping.—Price only 25 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Celebrated Corn Powder, The most proper medicine that can be given to children to destroy Worms & to remove crudities of every kind from the first passages.—Price 50 cents a packet.
Dr. Rawson's (Genuine) Itch Ointment, The most certain and safe application for that distressing complaint called the Itch, of any now in use. It also cures all kinds of eruptions on the face or skin it is very agreeable in smell, leaves the skin smooth & beautiful, it may be applied at all times with the greatest safety. Price only 42 cents a box.
Very particular directions accompany each of these valuable medicines.
PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION, DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA, OR Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences, IN TWENTY VOLUMES QUARTO. CONDITIONS.
THE work will be printed in large quarto, with new types, cast for the purpose, on a superfine wove paper, each volume will contain from eight hundred to a thousand pages. A half volume, in boards, will be published regularly every two months, PRICE THREE DOLLARS, PAYABLE ON DELIVERY.
Between six and seven hundred plates, engraved in a superior style of elegance, will be comprised in the course of the publication, by far a greater number than is to be found in any other Scientific Dictionary.
To Subscribers. The three first half volumes are ready for delivery at the Book-Store of Samuel Pleasants, jun. Richmond. wtf Nov. 6.
A General Assortment of
BLANK, CYPHERING, WRITING and MEMORANDUM BOOKS, for sale at this office.
GREENHOW & COLE.
MERCHANTS in Williamsburg, most respectfully inform their friends and customers, that by the ships Father and Sons from London; the Laura and the Juno, from Liverpool; they have received a select, and well chosen assortment of useful, and fashionable
GOODS;
Peculiarly adapted to the demands of the times—They are purchased with ready money, from the manufacturers themselves, with whom Robert Greenhow has long been in the habit of dealing, and whose custom to preserve, they have manifested particular solicitude. Being thus obtained good in their respective kinds, and on the very best terms; they will be sold as low as possible for cash, and at their usual credit, to punctilious customers. October 10th, 1806. 2m
A list of one Hogshead Tobacco remaining in Gray's Creek Warehouse, with the mark, number, weight and the name of the person for whom it was inspected, which if not claimed agreeably to law, will be sold at Surrey court house on the fourth Tuesday in February next (that being court day.)
D. B. No. 178, Gross 1543, Tare 143, Nett 1398, Dumaris Birdsong. PYLAND & DAVIS, Inspectors. Surry county, 29th Oct. 1806. 6w
THE subscribers under the firm of DARMSDATTE, FOSTER & SATCHELL, have opened an
Auction & Commission
STORE, At the foot of the Bridge, where they will sell publicly on every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
JOSEPH DARMSDATTE, JOHN FOSTER, JOHN SATCHELL.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
40 Hogsheads } BROWN SUGAR 50 barrels } 2 Pipes London Particular Madeira Wine 6 tipples Old Apple Brandy 8 pipes Holland Gin 2 cases German Sheetings 2 do. do. Dowlas 1 do. Plutillas 1 do. Hessians 1 do. India Cottons.—And by the first arrivals from Liverpool, they will receive a large supply of Coarse Woollens and CROCKERY WARE. DARMS DATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL. Oct. 30, 1806. 4w
Twenty Dollars Reward.
FOR taking up and securing so that I get him him again,
L E W I S,
A very yellow negro man, about twenty-one years of age, four feet eight or nine inches high, proportionably built, nothing notable in his countenance or speech, had on a short coat, overalls of nap't cotton, and oznaburgs shirt; he took off no other clothing known of. He was bought from the estate of James White, of Buckingham, near Ca-Ira; his mother belongs to Ann Rose White of Hanover; his grandmother lives with a Mrs. Gray in Richmond, and his father belongs to a Doct. Shore, in or not far from Petersburg, as he says. No doubt he will make for some of those places for refuge, but I mostly suspect the latter, where, in all probability, he will endeavor to get in some vessel, and thereby make his escape. I hereby forewarn all masters of vessels and others, from carrying off, or harboring the said slave, under the penalty of being dealt with as the law directs. JAMES TUCKER. Powhatan county, Belle-Meade, Oct. 13, 1806. 5w
FOR SALE.
THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given immediately. J. PENN. October 9th, 1806. tf
FOR SALE, ON A CREDIT OF SIX MONTHS, A PAIR
BAY HORSES.
Enquire of the Printer.
Just Received at S. Pleasants' Book Store
  Moore's Poems  Jet of Naval Power in the United States    War in Disguise  Chemical Pocket Book    Answer to Dr. Biddle's Address  Chapital's Chemistry    Journal of Parliament, Mary Practice, by Mr. Jefferson  6th vol East's Reports    Underwood on Children  East's Crown Law    Cheselden's Anatomy  Leonora, a new novel by Miss Edgeworth    Sacred Mirror  The Gamblers, a novel, by Carolina Matilda Warren.    Easy Instructor     Thoughts on the sub.   
A BARGAIN
may be had in three hundred casks of
FRESH LIME,
On board the Schooner INDUSTRY, Capt. JOHN HALL. Apply to the captain on board, or to
SAMUEL PAINE.
THE SAID SCHOONER
INDUSTRY,
WILL take a freight for Boston. She is a good vessel, and will be despatched—Apply as above. Nov. 10.
A YOUNG MAN,
ACQUAINTED with business, who can be well recommended, wishes employment as a Clerk, or Instructor of an English School.
Drafting, Posting and Copying, done by him on reasonable terms.—Enquire of the printer. Nov. 10. tf
BILLS OF LADING
May be had at this Office.