Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-10-21 00:00:00

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Electoral Ticket.
THE following is the Madisonian Electoral Ticket, republished for the information of the citizens of Virginia:
 Joseph Godwin, sen. Nansemond.  Benjamin Harrison, Prince George.  Edward Pegram, sen. Dinwiddie.  Richard Field, Brunswick.  Col. Thomas Read, Charlotte.  Joseph Eggleston, Amelia.  Hugh Nelson, Albemarle.  Col. George Penn, Patrick.  Philip N. Nicholas, Richmond City.  Judge Spencer Roane, Hanover.  John Roane, King William.  Robert Taylor, Orange.  Gustavus B. Horner, Fauquier.  Robert Nelson, York.  Mann Page, Gloucester.  Richard Barnes, Richmond County.  John T. Brooke, Stafford.  Hugh Holmes, Frederick.  Osborne Sprigg, Hampshire.  James Allen, Shenandoah.  Archibald Stuart, Augusta.  Andrew Russell, Washington.  Gen. John Preston, Montgomery.  William McKinley, Ohio. 
At a Quarterly Court held
for Prince Edward County, August the 15th, 1808.
John Bibb Complainant. In chancery against Temple Davis and William Black, Defendants.
THE defendant, Davis, not having entered his appearance and given security according to an act of the general assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the complainant, by his counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendant, Davis, do appear here on the first day of November next and answer the complainant's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith with inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county.
A copy—Teste, F. WATKINS, C. C.
Virginia:
At a Court continued and held for Halifax County, the 24th day of August, 1808.
Richard Crews and Susanna his wife, formerly Susanna Jones, Plaintiffs. In chancery against Abner Vaughan and William Fourqurean, administrator de bonis non of John Murphey, dec. and the said William Fourqurean, administrator of Ann Murphey, dec. Defendants.
THE defendant, Abner Vaughan, not having entered his 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 he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendant Vaughan, do appear here on the fourth Monday in November next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill; and by consent of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, leave is granted the defendant, William Fourqurean, administrator de bonis non of John Murphey, dec. to file his answer without swearing to the facts therein stated: Whereupon, and upon hearing the bill of the plaintiffs, and the answer of the defendant, Fourqurean, administrator de bonis non of John Murphey, dec. It is decreed and ordered , that the said defendant, William Fourqurean, administrator de bonis non of John Murphey, dec. do retain in his hands, the goods and effects which he hath, belonging to the defendant, Vaughan, until the further order of this court; and it is further ordered, that a copy hereof, be forthwith with inserted in some one of the newspapers, published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county.
A copy—Teste, SAMUEL WILLIAMS, D. C. M. C.
Will positively be Sold,
On Tuesday the 25th inst. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
THE SCHOONER BETSEY , At Rocketts, as she now lays at the wharf, with all her rigging tackle, &c. to satisfy a debt due Warren Ashley, of Norfolk, to whom she is secured by deed of trust.
Shapard & Lucke. October 14th, 1808. tds
Wirt's Speeches.
The Editor of the Argus has lately published the SPEECHES of WILLIAM WIRT, Esq. on the trial of Col. AARON BURR, and others.—With a portrait by St. Memin.
In King William County
Court, April 22d, 1808. Daniel Ellett, Complainant. In chancery against John H. Boswell and Judith Boswell, administratrix of William Boswell, deceased. Defendants.
THIS day came the complainant by his attorney, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that John H. Boswell is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the complainant, It is ordered , that he appear here on the fourth Monday in October next and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county; and it is further ordered, that the defendant Judith Boswell, do not pay away or secrete any effects in her hands belonging to the said John H. Boswell, until the further order or decree of this court.
A copy—Teste, Ro. Pollard, Jr. D. C. C.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscribers by Cornelius Thomas, to secure the payment of a debt due to James Murphy & Company, as therein expressed, WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Saturday the 19th day of November next, in the town of Warminster.
A Tract of Land,
lying in the County of Nelson, (expressed in the deed lying in the county of Amherst, the deed being made before a division of Amherst county,) on the waters of the South Fork of Rockfish River, containing by estimation, Two Thousand Three Hundred and One Acres, more or less, adjoining the lands of William Johnson, Edward Harding, Norborne Thomas, Joseph C. Cabell and William Bowman. Also, a Tract of Land, lying in the county of Buckingham, containing Four Hundred Acres, adjoining the lands of Miles Gibson, and others. We will convey such title to the above mentioned tracts of land, as is vested in us by the said deed of trust.
REUBEN B. PATTESON, } Trustees. WILLIAM F. CARTER, } Nelson County, 12th Oct. 1808. 4w
For Sale.
THE subscriber being desirous of paying off his debts, will offer for sale on the 13th day of November, a large stock of Horses, Mules and Hogs, also a number of valuable plantation utensils, on six months credit, the purchasers giving bond with approved security. Will also be offered for sale, on that day, the Tract of Land, whereon I now live, containing 2,000 Acres, more or less, on Lickinghole Creek, within four miles of James River. Should the land not be sold, it will be rented. It is deemed unnecessary to say any thing more about the land, only that terms will be accommodated, as it is presumed the purchaser would view the premises.
WILLIAM M. RICHARDSON. Goochland, 7th Oct. 1808. tds
If any one will look into Morse's Geography, first vol. page 255, under the head of "Agriculture and Commerce," it will be seen that for fourteen years past, the exports from the United States have consisted of articles not of our own native growth or production, but of articles (such as coffee, sugar, &c.) which we had previously imported, merely with a view to foreign exportation.
Foreign nations now choose to relinquish the products of the East and West-Indies, or to bring those articles for themselves in their own vessels, directly from the places where they grew, and not any longer suffer them to be brought by American neutrals. Have we any right to complain against our own government for a measure, neither we, nor our government can possibly prevent, nor have any right to prevent!
If the affairs of Europe ever became settled, (at least if they ever became settled according to the dictates of justice) foreign nations will not receive from American vessels, any thing but American productions. This will be applied to all nations, and thus every nation will have its own proper share of commerce, and no more.
For many years past the nations of Europe have seen fit to abandon their mercantile navigation to neutrals—and to convert their own merchantmen into privateers; and their merchant sailors into fighting sailors.
The circumstances of Europe now dictate to the inhabitants of Europe a new, and to us unexpected policy. It does not behoove us to repine at our enviable lot.—And it is no matter how soon our fellow countrymen are told, that whoever are elected for congress, and whoever is president, we must not expect to see the American commerce half so extensive as it has heretofore been. More less property—all foreign seamen must be suffered to return to their native homes, if they are disposed to go; and the native young men of our own country, of enterprise and ingenuity, must turn their attention to agriculture, and the mechanic arts—and leave those to roam on the ocean, who cannot find a more permanent and useful employment.
This new state of things will cause many merchants and traders to return to the plough and to the workshop; which it would have been happy for our country if they had never abandoned.
The song of "I that once was a ploughman," ought to be sung at all our celebrations of independence, and the sentiments it inculcates, should be the predominant sentiments of Americans.—Statesman.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1808. CASE OF JOHN SMITH.
SPEECH OF MR. GILES.
(CONTINUED.)
Now, sir, take these sentences together, and let any candid mind say, circumstanced as Mr. Smith was, in relation to Burr, whether it was not perfectly natural for him to draw the conclusions he did? Whether these sentences do communicate to Mr. S. any illicit object on the part of Burr? Whether they do not contain a denial of any intention or effort on his part to effect a separation of the union? To my mind they do. I am not therefore surprised that Mr. Smith drew the inference from them which he did; and I should have been much surprised indeed, if from them alone he had drawn any inference of improper views on the part of Burr. I said there were passages in this letter which furnish the strongest presumption, that Mr. Burr had not communicated his illicit objects to Mr. S. Let me now call the attention of the Senate to some of them. One has been already mentioned. After speaking of his intention to settle the Washita lands, Burr writes thus: "I have some other views which are personal merely, and which I shall have no objection to state to you personally, but which I do not deem it necessary to publish; if these projects could any way affect the interests of the United States, it would be beneficially, &c. &c." If Burr had already communicated his views to Mr. Smith, why should he say in this letter, "I shall have no objection to state to you personally;" certainly if he had already stated them, this profession would not only have been unnecessary, but foolish. Burr again writes: "This is the first letter of explanation which I have ever written to any man, and will probably be the last. It was perhaps due to the frankness of your character, and to the friendship you once bore me. I shall greatly valued must be sacrificed on the altar of calumny. Be assured that no changes on your part can even alter my desire of being useful to you, and pray you to accept my warmest wishes for your happiness." Here follows this postscript: "It may be an unnecessary caution, but I never write for publication." From the whole tenor of this letter, the real connection between Mr. Smith and Burr, may be easily discerned; but it is particularly demonstrated by these last sentences. In them the real state of Burr's mind may be clearly seen. They discover a man, conscious of having abused the unguarded confidence and misplaced friendship of another, which he was about to lose by the public exposure of his views. They display despondency and regret at the circumstance, and attempt to make a miserable atonement by a renewal of professions. They demonstrate too, that there was no participation in the conspiracy.—In further corroboration of these conclusions, it ought not to escape notice, that on Burr's next visit to Cincinnati, he looked for lodgings at a tavern and avoided Mr. Smith's hospitality, which would doubtless have been still open to him; he having been more successful in regaining Mr. Smith's confidence, by the artful letter written by him than he had expected. This, I believe, to be the plain, obvious and natural import of this letter. To suppose that it was the effect of a preconceived arrangement between Burr and Mr. Smith, and intended to disguise the real connection between them, would be a strained, improbable, unnatural supposition, and therefore in my judgment, ought not to be relied upon in any case; but especially upon a question of guilt or innocence. The postscript of the letter itself, furnishes another strong presumption against this conclusion.
The next circumstance in point of time, from which inferences injurious to Mr. S. are drawn, happened on the 2d or 3d of December, at Frankfort, in Kentucky. At this time and place, Burr was attending on the court upon his second trial. Mr. S. was drawn thither by business, when a short interview took place between himself and Burr, very immaterial in its objects or consequences. The ground of crimination deduced from this circumstance is, that Mr. Smith did not voluntarily attend the court as a witness against Burr, and testify to the disclosures which Burr had made to him upon his last visit to Cincinnati. Mr. S. stated at the time his willingness to attend, but believed he knew nothing relevant to the ground of charge against Burr.
The gentleman from Massachusetts differs from Mr. S. in opinion on this point, & conceives that if Mr. S. had attended that court, and disclosed what he has since disclosed in relation to Burr's last communications to him, it would have been sufficient for Burr's conviction. I differ entirely from the gentleman on this point. All that we know relative to Burr's disclosure of his views at that time is furnished by Mr. S. himself. What was disclosed, it would probably be best to take it from Mr. Smith's own words:
"The candor discovered in the above recited letter (of October 26, 1806,) inspired my confidence, and when he made his second visit to Cincinnati, in November last, he disclosed his plan fully in my view, as I thought, which added strength to my confidence. He being about to take his leave of me, observed—Mr. Smith, my object in a few months will be disclosed; you will not find it dishonorable or inimical to this government, I feel superior to the mean artifice which are ascribed to me; calumniators I do not notice, for as fast as you put one down, another will rise up. This much I will venture to tell you, if there should be war between the United States and Spain, I shall lead a corps of volunteers, and be the first to march into the Mexican provinces; if peace should be preserved, which I do not expect, I shall settle my Washita lands, and make society as pleasant about me as possible. In this government I have been persecuted, shamefully persecuted, and I am sorry to say, that in all private confidence between man and man seems to be nearly destroyed. He showed me a deed for a large tract of land on Red river, and said if I would consent to let my sons go thither, he would provide well for them, to which I gave consent, though I never communicated it to my eldest son till last Saturday, the day on which he returned from Marietta, and not till he expressed a disinclination to co-operate with Col. Burr's object, till he knew whether it was hostile to the government of the United States or not. Col. Burr told me further, that very many of his friends in different parts of the United States would remove and settle with him, and that he would be the best neighbor this country ever had, and repeated that his object was not hostile to the people of the U. States, or dishonorable to himself, and further, that in a few months many of his enemies would be proud to call him their friend."
What is here disclosed? two objects only. The first to settle the Washita lands, to head a company of volunteers, and be the first to march into Mexico. What was the charge against Burr? A misdemeanor, by beginning and setting on foot, a military expedition or enterprise against a nation, with which the United States were at peace, &c. Would this evidence have had any tendency towards supporting this charge? Certainly not. Spain had nothing to do with the settlement of the Washita lands; and with respect to the contemplated military expedition into Mexico—it was to be undertaken only in the event of a war—and of course could be no violation or a law which forbids such enterprises, only against nations with which the United States are at peace. The evidence, therefore, could not support the charge; and whether such enterprise in time of war would have been lawful or not, would have depended upon the circumstance of the partisans acting with or without a commission from the U. States—but the gentleman from Massachusetts, remarks that this pretended condition, upon which the expedition against Mexico was to be undertaken, was too thin a disguise to impose upon the most credulous or ignorant. I will here admit that I always thought it a very thin disguise—but did every body think so? And particularly before Burr's other views were disclosed? It is known that many men of the first talents were deceived by this disguise long after this period. It was urged by many as a substantial ground of defence in favor of Burr, during the whole course of his trial at Richmond, and many adhered to it even after the trial was over. Why is it expected that Mr. Smith particularly ought not to have been the dupe of this disguise at that particular period? It cannot be because he is known to have reposed a blind confidence in Burr. It is probable that Burr's knowledge of that circumstance, induced him to suggest the disguise. It is certainly the circumstance, which lulled Mr. Smith's suspicions and made him the dupe of the artifice. It may be said, and truly said, he ought to have been more guarded—it would certainly have been better for Mr. Smith to have been a better judge of human nature, and his present condition is sufficient evidence of the misfortune of the want of that knowledge; but it is no evidence of a crime, or of a criminal intent. The only conclusion I draw from this circumstance is, that Mr. Smith furnishes a striking example of a plain dealing, unsuspicious man, involved in irretrievable difficulties, from the professions and flatteries of an artful and designing one.
The next observation made upon this part of the evidence disclosed by Mr. S. is, that he consented to let his sons go with Burr, from which a knowledge of Burr's illicit views is inferred.—It certainly would be an incorrect application of the rules of evidence to infer an object different from the one disclosed by the evidence; particularly when the one expressed is much more natural and probable, than the one inferred. Mr. Smith himself furnishes both the fact and the object. He says, he was induced to consent to his sons going with Burr, from Burr's promises to advance their fortunes, by giving them large portions of the Washita lands. Was not this a very natural object? What could be more natural or probable than for a father to be influenced by a motive of advancing his sons fortunes? But it is said this conduct discovered too much confidence in Burr, and too much simplicity in Mr. Smith; there must be therefore some other concealed motive for it. It is admitted that none is proved, and I believe none exists. It is perfectly consistent with all the rest of the evidence. It does demonstrate too much confidence and too much simplicity; but it demonstrates nothing else. It demonstrates no crime. It does not demonstrate any participation in the conspiracy of Aaron Burr. We have now passed through these scenes of inferences and suspicions, and arrived at the 14th December, 1806.
The gentleman from Massachusetts, with his usual candor, here states, that from this time Mr. Smith's conduct became exemplary; from this date every effort on his part was made to defeat the conspiracy; he contributed his full quota of exertion for that
purpose, and succeeded. How can this laudable conduct be reconciled with the inferences of guilt made against him? Why, sir, another inference more preposterous than any other, is brought up to support all the former inferences, in my judgment, sufficiently preposterous and improbable in themselves. It is said that this laudable exertion to suppress the conspiracy by Mr. Smith, was intended as a cover to his former misconduct. But certainly, sir, before this inference is drawn, the former misconduct ought to be proved. It ought not to be made evidence of the misconduct itself. It certainly cannot be a correct rule of evidence, to infer a wrong motive from a right action. But, sir, this inference is made against every rule of probability. It is not probable that if the conspiracy should be suppressed by Mr. Smith's exertions in common with others, that such suppression would cover his own misconduct. It would have been the most effectual mode of detecting and exposing it. What hope could Mr. Smith have indulged, that if he had been engaged in the conspiracy, and had turned traitor to the rest by exerting himself in its suppression, that he would have been exempted from exposure? Would not such conduct have tended to excite the resentment of the other conspirators against him, and to call forth from them every exertion to expose him! This conduct was placing them at defiance, and in my judgment, is one of the strongest circumstances of his innocence. It was not at all calculated to cover his participation, and it appears to me absurd to conclude, that it was resorted to for that purpose. But, sir, look at Mr. Smith's disclosure to the Secretary of War at this period. At this time he could not have anticipated any prosecution against himself. It was the day after the receipt of the President's proclamation.
(Mr. Giles's Speech to be Continued.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 15.
VERY LATE LONDON NEWS.
Last evening arrived at this port the British Packet Lord Chesterfield, Gibbon, in the remarkable short passage of 31 days from Falmouth, via Halifax, in 7 days from the latter port. Passengers, Mr. David Bethune, merchant of this city; captain Burke of do. Mr. Chepmell, of Petersburg, Vir. Mr. Bailey, Mr. Hatt and Lady, Mr. Alexander Halliday, Mr. Jolly, and captain Andrew Pinckham, of Nantucket; the latter gentleman took his passage from Halifax in a schooner for Boston. Mr. Bethune left London on the 7th of September, and is the bearer of Dispatches from Mr. Pinkney, our Minister at the Court of St. James, to the Secretary of State.
We learn verbally by the packet, that our affairs with Great Britain, were likely to be admirably settled, and in a short time; and that a French Senate Consultum had petitioned the Emperor Bonaparte to withdraw his troops from Spain, and leave the kingdom to the Patriots.
The Editor of the Mercantile Advertiser, has received by the Packet, London papers to the 11th of Sept. (14 days later than any previous advices) from which the following articles were selected. They compose a very small part of the great mass of intelligence which these papers contain, and which we shall continue to detail from day to day until every interesting circumstance has been given to our readers.
LONDON, Sept. 1
A mail from Gottenburg arrived this morning. The only article it has brought is the following; but, the report of an action between the British and Russian fleets is, we understand, unfounded.
Gottenburg, Aug. 19.
"Gen. Armfeldt did not resist the command of the western army to Gen. Coderstrom, as was first reported.
"Private letters of to-day's post from Stockholm report, that the Russian fleet, which appeared off Oldensholm on the 6th August, was met on the 12th, by an English fleet and totally put to the route.—This appears rather incredible, as we cannot conceive that a sufficient number of English ships for the purpose could have been so high up in the Baltic at that time."
The Brest fleet is said to have put to sea again. The postscript to a letter from an Officer of the Minorca frigate, says briefly—"the French fleet are again out." So great is the distress of the islands of Guadalupe and Martinique for provisions, that every effort will be made to relieve them. This, of course, will produce on our part the most active measures to prevent them. If it be true that the Toulon squadron put to sea with troops on board, it may be that the West Indies, and not the Atlantic Islands, was their destination—But it is probable that Martinique and Guadalupe will fall before any succours can reach them from Europe.
The expedition against Bilboa is said not to have been undertaken with the view of keeping possession, but of plundering it. After the houses and inhabitants had been pillaged of their most valuable property the French banditti are reported to have evacuated the town and retired to Vittoria.

Our commerce with Spain is already become very considerable. One house in London has received an order from that country for coarse woollens, sufficient to clothe 20,000 troops. Trade is looking up in the West Riding; and the intercourse between this country and Spain is already of great advantage.
Very considerable supplies of arms and ammunition have been sent from the ports in the Northwest of Spain, to the Bis-cayans.
September 2. COMPLEAT DEFEAT OF GENERAL JUNOT, AND PROPOSALS FOR THE SURRENDER OF HIS ARMY.
The glorious intelligence we have to announce will delight every heart, though we are persuaded that every one of our readers was prepared to expect it. The British arms have been eminently victorious over the French in Portugal in two battles and long before this time, to use the words of Gen. Castanos after the surrender of Dupont, we have no doubt, "that not a Frenchman remains in arms throughout the kingdom of Portugal."
The Park and Tower guns were fired this morning at eight o'clock, in honor of these great victories.
The glorious intelligence was brought about 8 o'clock last night to Lord Castlereagh's Office by Capt. Campbell. It was soon after communicated by his Lordship to the Lord Mayor.
COPY. Downing Street, Sept. 1, 1808.
"My Lord—I have the honor to acquaint your Lordship, that Capt. Campbell arrived this evening with dispatches from Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Wellesley, dated Vimiera, the 22d ult. giving an account of two victories obtained over the French arms in Portugal—the first on the 17th at Zambujeira, over the advanced corps of the French, consisting of 6000 men, commanded by Generals Laborde and Brenier, in which the French were defeated with the loss of 1500 men, killed, wounded, and prisoners; the second over the whole of the French army in Portugal consisting of fourteen thousand men, commanded by Gen. Junot, wherein the French were completely defeated, with the loss of 13 pieces of cannon, 23 tumbrils of ammunition, and about 3,600 men, in killed, wounded, and prisoners."
"In consequence of this action General Kellerman arrived with a Flag of Truce at Head-Quarters on the 22d, to treat for terms."
"Lieut. General Burrard landed, and arrived in the field of action after the battle had commenced on the 21st ult.; but he generously declined taking the command from Sir Arthur Wellesley. On the 22d, Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Dalrymple landed, and took the command. I have the honor to be, &c."
(Signed) CASTLEREAGH. "To the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor &c." Private letters are said to have been received in town this morning, stating that the ports of Holland are open for the exportation of all goods except leather, bark, and salt.
September 5. A transport which left Massra on the 26th, is arrived at Penzance; she brings accounts that Sir John Moore's army was there with the Audacious 74 guns; that our army nor the French had made any change of position subsequent to the 23d; that an armistice had been agreed on; and that a Gen. officer had been detached to Sir C. Cotton with particulars.
Accounts have been received which state, that in consequence of some movements which had been observed among the French troops, our commander in the Baltic had found it necessary to remove all the Spanish troops from Langeland, which had been effectually done, and they were conveyed to Gotterburg (9000 men and 200 women), where the transports for bringing them to England are arrived by this time.
Orders had been received at Deal for the immediate embarkation of the brigade of guards there. This brigade at Chatham is also to embark—other regiments will join them, and this fresh embarkation will consist of about 10,000 men.
The embarkation at Cork, has been suspended.
A private letter we have received from Sicily, dated the 13th July, mentions an insurrection to have broken out at Rome. We shall not be surprised to find insurrections break out in every part of Italy.—Twenty thousand men might be advantageously employed in that quarter at present.
The opening of the ports of Holland is a most important fact. It is conjectured that this has been done by Bonaparte for the purpose of supplying the Colonies of Guadalupe, Martinique with provisions and other necessaries, of which they are in the greatest need. Others conjecture that he fears disturbances will break out in Holland, and thinks that by opening the ports he shall conciliate the Dutch and keep them quiet.—At any rate the measure furnishes a further proof of the wisdom of the policy that dictated our Orders in Council.
Sunday morning the Thunderer, of 74 guns, Capt. Talbot, was released from quarantine at Portsmouth. She sailed from Palermo on the 27th of July. On her passage to Gibraltar she spoke a Spanish boat, which told her that four of her ships of the line were at anchor to the eastward of Barcelona, and that they had destroyed a convoy going with troops from Toulon to Barcelona.—Dupont arrived at Cadiz on the 12th ult. On his arrival the mob in-
sisted on searching his baggage, in which they found vast quantities of church plate. He was badly wounded by the mob. The Thunderer took from Palermo to Gibraltar, Prince Le Poind second son of the King of Naples. He is sent by his father to claim the Regency of Spain as next heir to the crown of Spain.
We mentioned a rumor on Saturday circulated on the authority of a letter from Oporto, that there had been another action after the glorious victory of Vimiera, in which the French General Loison, with five thousand men, had been killed. Junot and Laborde prisoners on their way to Coimbra and Oporto, as the British Gen. would not concede to them any honors; that 33 waggons loaded with plunder had been taken; that the Russians, as soon as the French left the capital, hoisted Portuguese colours, and that there had been a Naval Engagement, in which the English destroyed a French Squadron, which was conveying to Portugal Prince Eugene, (our King!) with several thousand men to reinforce Junot.
No such intelligence has been received by government, and no credit is to be attached to the rumor.
Some letters from Holland, received on Saturday, mention that many members of the Confederation of the Rhine had manifested reluctance to assemble their quota conformably with the spirit and stipulations of the celebrated League. In Wirtemberg, it is said, the inhabitants rose en masse to resist a conscription which the king had recourse to for furnishing his contingent.
Letters from the British squadron off the Tagus mention, that a deputation from Lisbon had a conference with Sir C. Cotton on the subject of a general rising on the French, and that he dissuaded them from it until the British troops should have landed and approached the town.
A letter from Cadiz contains the following summary of the plunder taken by the Spanish armies from Dupont:—
17 000 suits of military clothing; 37 000 muskets, packed up; 120 pieces of cannon; 36 mortars, 186 coaches; 3000 excellent horses; 200 ammunition carts; 6 000 000 of hard dollars and the military chest; all the plate stolen at Cordova, and the other places thro' which the French army marched, had been melted into bars.
September 6.
The intelligence brought by the transport which is arrived at Penzance from Mafra, was not official intelligence brought to Government.—Ministers have not received any accounts from Sir Arthur Wellesley later than those contained in the Extraordinary Gazette.—But the Portuguese Ambassador is understood to have accounts, dated the evening of the 25th, and the Transport left Mafra on the 26th.—The landing of Sir John Moore at Mafra, in the rear of the French army, would quicken the surrender of the enemy.—The British army was on the 25th at Torres Vedras; the Portuguese at Madera; and the French in the same position to which they had retreated after the battle of the 21st. General Kellerman continued in the British Camp until the evening of the 24th, when he set out for the head quarters of General Junot, with the terms of capitulation, as signed by him, for the sanction of his Chief; and in the mean time an armistice was agreed upon, the duration of which was to depend upon the decision of General Junot, in respect to the terms upon which it was proposed he should surrender his army.
The Officer who had been sent from our army to Sir Charles Cotton, is reported to have been the bearer of the terms of Capitulation. Sir Charles' sanction being necessary on account of the surrender of the Russian Fleet in the Tagus being one of the articles of the Capitulation.
The removal of the Spanish troops from Langeland was deemed prudent in consequence of Bernadotte being in Funen, with 9000 troops, with which it was supposed he would attempt to pass over to Langeland. Immediately after the arrival of the Spanish troops at Gotterburg, eighteen victuallers arrived from England.
The two Spanish regiments in Zealand, have laid down their arms, and expressed their determination not to fight against the English.
A letter we have received from an officer of a ship in the Great Belt, gives us some reason to expect that an action will take place with the Russian Fleet in the Baltic.
We are in expectation of receiving news of importance from Italy.—A descent upon Naples is said to be in contemplation.—In a letter we have received from Sicily, there is a passage which mentions the frequent exchanges of flags of truce between Naples and Sicily.
The following are the goods permitted to be exported from Holland:—Butter, geese, genvana, earthenware, rushes, flower roots, tiles & pans, hoops, dried hides, cambricks, leather, plants, paper, pipes, Sack, Saturni, ground bark, bricks, starch, tobacco, farras, flax, fruits; clover, garden & flower seeds; —madders.
September 7.
The Mosquito sloop arrived at Yarmouth yesterday, with the intelligence of the Russian fleet of 12 sail of the line being off Stockholm.—Sir James Saumares was on the 23d ult. at Carlscrona, and our squadron, which had on the 19th received information of the Russians being at sea, were making every effort to give them the meeting.
A letter received from on board the Conqueror, off Lisbon, dated the 23d ult. says, that our fleet were clearing for action, expecting every moment to see our troops on the hills above Lisbon.
That war between Austria and France is on the eve of breaking out there can be little doubt. Three French camps have been ordered to be formed in Bavaria and Saxony have been commanded to hold themselves in readiness. The French troops have been withdrawn from Silesia, and Bonaparte is certainly expected at Strasbourg. The preparations of Austria correspond with the importance of the occasion; and the Archduke Charles is to have the command in Chief with unlimited power. The Archduke John, and the other Princes, are to have separate
commands; and Austria seems resolved to bring into this contest all her resources; toto corpore regni. If Germany catch the spirit that has animated Spain, we may expect to see victory declare against France on the Banks of the Danube, as well as on the Banks of the Ebro or the Gandalquivi; and the French may be doomed to find in Germany, not another Ulm and Austerlitz, and Jena, but another Baylen, Valencia, and Saragossa.
[Further extracts in our next.]
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15.
Votes for Governor as far as ascertained.
Table with 4 columns: County, Snyder, Ross, Spayd. Rows include Philadelphia City, County, Delaware maj., Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Lancaster maj., Berks, Northampton, Dauphin, Cumberland, York, Franklin.
These counties at the last election gave M c Kean a majority over Snyder of 7519 votes. The above majorities therefore make a difference of above 16000 in favor of Snyder. M c Kean's entire majority was but 6211.
Dr. Benjamin Say, Dr. John Porter, and Wm. Anderson, republicans, are elected members of Congress; and Dr. Say to serve next session, vice J. Clay, resigned.
The foregoing statement almost reduces it to a certainty that Mr. Snyder will be elected Governor by a great majority, and that there will be a large republican majority in the legislature.
October 17. THE ELECTION.
Our readers will, it is presumed, dispense with the publication of incidental letters or partial information, since the whole of the whig ticket, in the state has succeeded to the full amount of what was anticipated in this paper before the election.—We barely beg leave to observe that all the noise about the embargo has only produced confidence and respect for the administration. That the administration has only to repose with confidence on its firm friends, and be no longer deceived by the professions of men whose practice is at war with the best interests of the nation—and the public confidence must not only be more confirmed but its enemies frustrated. --Aurora.
WASHINGTON CITY, October 14.
Appointments by the President. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, Colonel of Light Dragoons.
John C. Boyd, Colonel of the 4th Regiment of Infantry.
Joseph Constant, of New York, Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Regiment of Infantry.
Electus Backus of N. York, Major of the Light Dragoons.
We have the gratification of laying before our readers another interesting letter from a merchant in London of the first character and fortune, and principally engaged in the American trade. The original is in our possession, and will be shown to any person of respectability. The name is withheld from the public by the gentleman, to whom it is addressed, from motives of delicacy, but will, with the letter, be cheerfully shown by application to the editor.
LONDON, July 20, 1808.
"I am favored with yours of 18th April. All your drafts have had due respect. James and York rivers tobacco, fit for the use of this country, are up to 10 to 12d. and will be higher if your embargo continues much longer. Maryland and common Virginia are without price or demand, not being fit for this country, and all the continental ports are shut against this country by the French. When all the Virginias are worked up, then the manufacturers must from necessity substitute Maryland's, and if the embargo should continue six or eight months longer, I hope by that time to run off a cargo of Maryland's. I have long had by me at 10 or 12d. or more; but all will depend on the continuance of your embargo. If it should be taken off and the orders in council, and French decrees should remain in force, your tobacco and other produce must come here, or be captured, and in this case tobacco and most other articles of your export will literally sell for nothing, not even the freight. In short it would perish on hand for want of a demand, for you are to be informed that not more than 1-6th part of your productions are consumed in England, Scotland and Ireland; and if there was no opening to export the other 5-6ths, it would be good for nothing, and even the 1-6th that could be consumed would sell for almost nothing under the glut that would be forced in the market. Indeed the orders in council and French decrees were cancelled with the embargo that would form a new case, and things would then be as they should be. From what I have learned during the whole course of Mr. Jefferson's administration, he has not done an act so wise and so laudable as the embargo; and I understand it is the least popular of any he has done. I hear it has been shamefully evaded. A nominal embargo is a weak thing and is unjust, because one part of the community benefits to the prejudice of the other. In short, if the embargo should be removed, and the orders in council and French decrees should remain in force, every man in America that attempts to trade to Europe will be ruined."
P. S. "Aug. 3." Nothing new in politics or commerce. Not the least demand for tobacco, because all the continental ports
remain shut against this country and are likely to continue so. If your embargo should be taken off and the orders in council and French decrees remain in force, your country will be ruined and disgraced forever."—Nat. Intel.
The following statement, from the American, gives, we believe, with great precision, the result of the Maryland election. The House of Delegates will, therefore, be composed of 40 republicans, and 39 federal members, and the Senate of 15 republican members. These will choose in joint meeting the Governor and federal Senator, who will command a republican majority of 16, and the government, consequently, in all departments, be likewise republican.—Of the representatives in congress six are republican and three federal.
The approximation, in the House of Delegates, of the federalists to the republicans, is no evidence of the relative strength of parties in Maryland, but is altogether the effect of the unequal numbers in the several counties, all of which are entitled to the same number of representatives, although the population of some counties is twice or three times as great as that of others. To prove this we offer the following table of votes given for representatives in congress, which contains a full statement so far as they have been received.
Table with 3 columns: County, Rep., Fed. Rows include Baltimore City, County, Ann Arundel, Talbot, Queen Anne, Caroline, Montgomery, Frederick, Worcester, Somerset, Kent, Cecil, Harford, Washington, Allegany.
FROM THE AMERICAN.
It will be seen from the returns of the election for members, to the house of delegates, from all the counties in the state, that there is an equal division of party. The house is composed of 80 members, 40 of which are republican. By the federal statement the republicans have 37 members, and the federalists 43. This is, however, inaccurate, as will be seen from the following schedule; which, from the best information, we are assured is correct.
Table with 3 columns: County, Rep., Fed. Rows include Baltimore City, County, Allegany, Annapolis City, Anne Arundel, Queen Anne, Cecil, Calvert, Charles, Caroline, Dorchester, Frederick, Harford, Kent, Montgomery, Talbot, Prince George, Somerset, Worcester, St. Mary's, Washington.
By the above statement it will be seen that there is a tie in the house. The federalists, however, claim Messrs. Ennals, Page and Hughtlett, who we are informed are decided friends of their country and of free representative democratic principles. Another circumstance must not be omitted: John Young, a member elect, for Caroline, is not eligible to a seat in the house of delegates, in consequence of his failure. He is not possessed of sufficient property to qualify. On the list of applicants to the Baltimore county court for relief, under the insolvent laws of Maryland, who have not had a final discharge, and whose time of hearing is past, will be found the name of John Young. Thus he stands disqualified by record, which gives a majority of one to the republicans in the house of delegates.
Thus it appears that federalism has no cause for exultation when they are reduced to the necessity of seeking a bankrupt representation.
Neither is the late election a test of the strength of parties, if the delegates elect are to be the criterion.
Baltimore city, the population of which amounts nearly to 40,000 inhabitants, and 4000 legal voters, is represented in the legislature by two members only, while Worcester, with not half the population, sends four. The cities of Baltimore and Annapolis send four members, a population conjointly larger possibly than any two counties in the state, the representation of which is double, yet these two cities are so nearly approximated in their representation, to the rotten borough system of Great Britain, that they enjoy no greater weight in the house of delegates than the smallest county in the state.
The only criterion of the state of public opinion is derived from a view of the congressional returns which are arranged in a proportionate ratio in the several districts. The republicans have succeeded in six districts, and the federalists in three—thus it appears that two thirds of the citizens of Maryland are in favor of the measures of the present administration, notwithstanding
the undue weight that federalism has acquired by a dissemination of the most deceptive and flagitious falsehoods that ever disgraced a free press. The congressional members elected are:
Republican—Roger Nelson, Nicholas Ruxton Moore, Alex. M c Kim, John Montgomery, Mr. Brown, (in the room of Edward Lloyd, declined)—and Archibald Vanhorne—6.
Federal—Philip Barton Key, John Campbell, C. Goldsborough—3.
Our Senate is decidedly republican, giving on a joint ballot, at least 15 efficient republican votes.
NORFOLK, October 17.
It is unnatural to rejoice at the misfortune of another; but, we declare, it is with pleasure we announce the capture of a schooner which some weeks ago sailed at night from Loyall's wharf with a cargo of flour. She was commanded by a man of the name of LEWIS—was captured, by one of the French privateers which plundered Capt. Stone, and sent into Samana (St. Domingo) Capt. S. saw Lewis on board the privateer.
Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND:
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1808.
FOR THE ARGUS.
BURR'S TOAST
EXEMPLIFIED IN THE UNION OF THE FEDERALISTS & MINORITY-MEN.
Address of the Monroe Committee of the 24th September. Address of the federal Caucus of the 17th October.
"A principal objection to the election of Mr. Madison, & one which we deem unanswerable, is derived from the present state of our affairs. Our foreign commerce is totally suspended, our ships are rotting, our seamen dispersed, and gone, and our produce shut up in our warehouses, our public revenue is cut off, and the deficiency resulting from that cause must be supplied by recourse to the expensive system of internal taxation. If Mr. Madison is elected we see no alternative but war or an embargo of indefinite duration. On the other hand, Mr. Monroe is elected, we think he will, at least, stand a better chance to extricate us from the critical dilemma in which we are involved."
What has long been predicted has at length come to pass. "The supporters of Monroe are confined to the minority—men and federalists. He will be identified with them and must share their fate." These sentiments were long since uttered; but were treated, at the time, as a base calumny. What will the friends of Col. Monroe now say? Do they expect that their shallow artifice will satisfy the people? Will they be believed when they tell us that there is no union between the federalists and the friends of Col. Monroe, when they agree perfectly in sentiment and purview? People of Virginia! Compare the above extracts, and doubt, if you can, whether the address of the federal caucus be not a mere echo of that of the Monroe committee. It is ridiculous for the friends of Col. Monroe, and his standing committee, to tell us that they have made no advances towards the federalists, when they stood committed in the opposition to all the leading measures of the administration. The truth is, that the bait was thrown out by the Monroe committee, and it has been eagerly caught by the federalists. They tell us, in so many words, that they have reason to conclude, from the last address of his committee, Col. Monroe's course of proceeding will be more agreeable to their sentiments. The united cry now is, "Monroe against the administration." Let this be the test of political orthodoxy. If these be not the sentiments of Col. Monroe, why does he not come boldly forward and deny them? Would it be more condescending in him than the venerable John Langdon, and many other illustrious characters, who have publicly expressed their approbation of the leading measures of the administration? Col. Monroe's committee have pledged his opposition to the embargo. Weeks have elapsed since they have made this public declaration; and Col. Monroe remains in sullen silence. They are his sentiments unless he publicly disavows them. Sons of the ancient Dominion! awake from your slumbers. You have no common enemy to contend with. Let every man be at his post on the first Monday in next month, and let every man be judged by his vote.
SOLON.
We have looked in vain at the following address to find out the new additional matter, which has induced this committee to appear a second time before the people. We find the substance to be precisely the same as that which was contained in the former, and the reasoning equally lame & unsatisfactory.
It is unnecessary for them to contend that they have a right to publish their real opinions to the world, without fear of insult and proscription. It is admitted and has never been denied. But we also lay claim to the right of publishing our own and to

examine the nature and tendency of their's at a period so critical, without the smallest inclination to insult. It would profane the sacred character of the cause in which we are engaged, to use such unworthy means, when according to our estimation of the subject, we are conducted in the light of truth, policy and true republicanism. It would indeed be unparadisable, when we believe that we are supported by a mass of evidence and a force of reasoning, sufficient to convince any person but that he is determined not to be convinced.
The members of this committee exhibit a temper of resentment at the idea of being connected with federalists, and being considered as deserters from the republican party. Whether they are united from principle, is a question unnecessary to discuss, but that they are united about the presidential election is a fact that cannot be denied, and the conclusion is too evident for contradiction, that they are quo ad hoc , all of the same party, pursuing the same course for the same object. Why then this irritability? We do not say that they or the federalists, and God forbid that any American should be said to entertain views hostile to the honor and interest of the American people; but we do say, and we presume that we have a right to say so, that their opinions and conduct are calculated to produce this result.
We hope that the time never will come when the incorrectness of an honest opinion will be ascribed to corrupt motives. They have a right to their opinions and to express them. They also have a right of changing them, and we have the right if we think so, to pass our strictures upon the change and inconsistency without subjecting ourselves to the charge of having given an insult. They have admitted that our present disagreeable situation arose from causes without our control, and yet they continue to point to it, as if it proceeded from the present administration. The design in describing our situation is too evident to be mistaken, and the people know and believe that Mr. Madison, if possible, will relieve us from it as readily as Mr. Monroe. He will not consent to do it however by adopting the rejected treaty. It is again repeated, that Mr. Madison stands fixed and committed on every question involved in our foreign relations. The evident meaning of this remark is, that he has done something wrong, or advanced some intolerant principle which is not necessary for the honor of the United States, or that he is determined to keep us in this situation merely through whim and caprice, or from a principle of hatred to Great Britain. These arguments have been already answered, and in fact they refute themselves. They are too false to deceive, and too weak to convince.
FROM THE SPIRIT OF '76 TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
We the undersigned members of the Monroe corresponding committee, take leave once more to address you:
It is well known to you that we were appointed by that portion of the legislative body, which convened at the capitol on the 22d day of February last, to make arrangements proper and necessary to ensure the success of the Monroe electoral ticket.
Finding that there was a difference of opinion on the subject of the election, not only in this state, but in the United States generally, we conceived that when we were about to announce our ticket, we might take the liberty of submitting to the Public judgment, a few arguments, which seemed to us entitled to great consideration and influence. We thought, that in a free country, on a subject so interesting, and at a period so critical, honest men might publish their real opinions to the world, without fear of insult or proscription. We did publish our real, our honest, our independent opinions, and we expressed them in terms to which we were well assured no exception ought to be taken. We did nothing more than exercise our indisputable right: a right without which free government cannot exist: and we think that the manner in which it was exercised, was perfectly compatible with the respect due to the public, to our opponents, and to the candidate in whose behalf they are so much excited. For this conduct on our part, fellow citizens, for this exertion of an essential and indisputable right, for this performance of an important duty, for this avowal of our real opinions, in support of a man, so long and so well known to you all, we have been, with that intemperance, which marks the character of an American Gazette, charged not only with a departure from the republican principles to which we are most sincerely attached, but with entertained views, hostile to the honor and interests of the American people.
In reply to this last charge, we will not enter into any explanation. We disdain to do so. We know that our motives are pure: and we affirm that our solicitude for the honor and welfare of the United States is as ardent and sincere, though perhaps not so enlightened, as that of the president himself, or either of the patriotic men who have been named as his successors. On this subject we are perfectly at ease.
But the foundation of this charge is the wish which we avow to see Mr. Monroe President of the United States. We acknowledge again, before the nation, that the election of
James Monroe, to the presidential office, is in our opinion, a matter of the highest moment to the prosperity of this country. You all see and feel the difficulties in which we are involved. Our trade is at an end, and our people prohibited from carrying the produce of their land and labor, on the great highway of the nations of the earth. We say nothing of the causes which led to the present state of things. We enquire not whether it might have been prevented; nor will we undertake to say what course ought to have been pursued. This inquiry would be unavailing now. We confine our remarks to the actual condition of our country. It is known to you all, that Mr. Madison stands fixed and committed on every question involved in our foreign relations, and we therefore ask you, whether you can think that his administration holds up to us that hope of relief, which may be anticipated from the known opinions, conduct and character of Mr. Monroe?
It is very possible, that on the subject of this election we may be in a minority; but at this moment, no man can say, with confidence, what the issue will be. A great change has taken place in the public opinion, within a short time past, and we have good reason to believe that Mr. Monroe's interest is rapidly increasing in the other states as well as in Virginia. We therefore call on his friends to be firm & active, and not to suffer themselves to be intimidated by denunciations, from any quarter whatever, from delivering their opinions and exercising the unquestionable rights of free and independent citizens. The delusion produced by the caucus at Washington is now nearly at an end, & every man, who will open his eyes, may see, that the members composing it did not invariably speak the sentiments of their constituents. But admit that we may be in a minority, we shall at least have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted with firmness and independence, and that we have done our duty to our country and to ourselves.
Indulge us for a few moments longer. The friends of Mr. Monroe are charged with producing a schism among the republicans. We deny the accusation to be true. We do not hesitate to say that the friends of Mr. Madison, are alone responsible, because they adopted the measures from which it sprung. They withdrew from their political friends at the Capitol. They announced their intention to hold, and did hold a caucus, from which the friends of Mr. Monroe were excluded, they refused to engage in a fair and public investigation of the merits of the candidates; and they now denounce their opponents as schismatics, because they have not tamely acquiesced in a decision in which they were not permitted to participate.
But this charge about a schism is a mere delusion, as it relates to the presidential election. The person chosen president must have a majority of the whole number of the electoral votes. He who has them will be elected, whether the remaining votes are given to one, or divided among many. If the objection be urged to our conduct as having a tendency to promote the election of a federal president, it is obviously fallacious: because the whole force of the republican interest is employed in support of the republican cause, tho' not in behalf of the same person. The only effect of the division, may be to throw the election into the hands of the states in congress assembled. But if the objection be urged with a view to shew that our conduct in not acquiescing in the nomination at the Bell Tavern is improper, because it leads to schisms and divisions among the republicans, we must repeat that we disapprove the caucus there held, for the reason already given, and further urge that the objection goes to the subversion of the most precious of our rights, of that right without which the freedom of election is but an empty sound.
We have been charged also with forming a coalition with the federalists. We solemnly and upon our honor declare the accusation to be false. Those who make it, cannot seriously believe it. There has not been, nor is there now, any understanding, arrangement or compact between the federalists and the friends of Mr. Monroe.
The federalists perhaps mean to vote for him. They have a right to do so if they please. They are free citizens of the country and may exercise their rights as they think proper. Are we to abandon Mr. Monroe, because the federalists knowing that they cannot have a president of their own party prefer him? Would not such an abandonment be equally cruel and absurd, and if we really and conscientiously believe that Mr. Monroe ought to be president, is our regard for the welfare of our country, to give
way to that illiberal jealousy, which tells us not to vote for the man of our choice, because he has the suffrages of our political opponents?
In the conduct which we have observed in relation to the approaching election, we have done what we conceive to be our duty, and followed the dictates of our best judgment. We have done no more than to exercise our unquestionable rights, and we are confident that the conduct which we recommended is calculated to promote the real prosperity and happiness of this nation. We expect however, from past experience, that insult and abuse will be heaped upon us. All this we must bear. Conscious of the rectitude of our motives, and solemnly impressed with a belief, that the election of James Monroe, will be more conducive to the public welfare, than the election of any other citizen in nomination, we shall hear with perfect indifference the clamors which this address will not fail to excite. If the public voice shall decide against us, if the people shall proclaim Mr. Madison president, their "will be done." We shall acquiesce: but until the will of the nation is ascertained, by a formal declaration in the way prescribed by the constitution, we shall, without hesitation, adopt every fair and honorable means to ensure the election of James Monroe.
GEORGE HAY, EDWARD C. STANARD, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, JOHN BROCKENBROUGH. (JOHN CLARKE, Absent.) October 17, 1808.
Essex county, 19th Oct. 1808. MR. PLEASANTS, I must ask the favor of you to make known through your very useful paper, my determination to decline acting on the Monroe Committee for the county of Essex.
TUNSTALL BANKS. From the Enquirer.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER. SIR, I find, without any previous acquiescence on my part, that the friends of Col. Monroe, have placed my name on his Electoral Ticket. As I am satisfied that at the present crisis, every effort to elect Col. Monroe to the presidential chair, will be unavailing and injurious to the public weal—I cannot permit my name to remain on the Ticket of Electors, as announced in Mr. Stanard's paper, and you will very much oblige me, if you will be pleased to state in your next paper, that I do most peremptorily decline being considered as a candidate for the office of Elector, as stated in the Ticket which has been published in one of the papers of your city. With sentiments of very sincere respect, I am, Dear Sir, Your Obedt. Servt. RICHARD BRENT. Dumfries, Oct. 18, 1808.
* Mr. B. had been nominated in place of D. C. Brent, Esq. resigned.
Appointments by the Executive of Virginia. Gen JOHN PRESTON, Treasurer of the State. DAVID S. GARLAND, Esq. Register of the Land-Office.
POSTSCRIPT. WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 19.
Dispatches have, we understand, been received by our government from Mr. Pinckney as late as the 6th of Sept. At that time our affairs with England were nearly the same aspect as on the departure of the St. Michael. A definitive answer was soon expected from the British government to the proposition made on our part to suspend the embargo so far as respects England on her rescinding her orders in council so far as they respect us. As the Hope was daily looked for in England on her return from France, she may be soon expected with the answer. There is, however, one circumstance, that may produce some doubt of an early accommodation, to wit: the recent appearance of a pamphlet, attributed to a ministerial member of parliament, in which it is maintained to be the interest of G. Britain still to continue her orders, notwithstanding France should repeal her decrees.—Nat. Intell.
NORFOLK, Oct. 18. EXTRACT.
Schooner ENTERPRISE, at Sea, ? Saturday evening, Oct. 16, 1808. This evening we spoke the ship Shepherdess, capt. Miller, of and bound to Baltimore from Amsterdam, which place he left on the 16th September. Capt. M. reports, that Junot had surrendered to the British, who were in possession of Lisbon; and that the Russian fleet in the Tagus were also captured by the British; that the Spaniards had lately obtained a decisive victory over the French, killing 20,000 men! that King Joseph had made a precipitate retreat out of Spain, having a very narrow escape; that the French were driven entirely out of Spain; that 10,000 Spanish troops in the French service had revolted and were conveyed to Spain by the British—that the French Emperor had 500,000 men organized and equipped to march into Spain!! who were to be headed by Napoleon in person—that the whole continent had countenanced or embraced the views of the
Ruler of France—that the King of Sweden had declared War against England!—that every American vessel taken by virtue of the Berlin or Milan decrees had been condemned, and many of their crews impressed into the French naval service; and that it was said, every American vessel that touched at the Continent on any pretence whatever, would be considered as a good prize unless we removed our embargo. Capt. M. adds, that there is a strict embargo on all Americans at Amsterdam, where he left nine sail; he sailed by special permission to bring home seamen and others that had been taken by France and her allies, some of whom had travelled from Italy to obtain passages home!—That England enforced her Orders in Council with the most unrelenting severity! Such is substantially Capt. M's information.
NEW JERSEY ELECTION. A friend has favored me with the following returns from New Jersey, which proves that, that State is decidedly Republican.     Republican Counties. Federal Counties.     Essex Bergen   Sussex Somerset   Hunterdon Middlesex   Gloucester Burlington   Salem Monmouth   Cumberland Cape May   Morris   Demo. Members Fed. Members   30 22    Dem. Press.
In Council, July 16, 1808.
PURSUANT to an act of the General Assembly intitled an act, to amend an act for appointing Electors to choose a President and Vice President of the United States, It is advised that the following persons be appointed and commissioned in the respective counties, and corporations of Richmond, Williamsburg and Borough of Norfolk, for the purpose of executing the said law, viz.  Accomack, Thomas M. Bayley, George Layfield and Parker Barnes. Albemarle, George Divers, Rice Garland and Alexander Garrett. Amelia, Edmund Harrison, John Lane and Daniel Hardaway. Amherst, Samuel Meridith, Wm. S. Crawford and John Camm. Augusta, Chapman Johnson, Chesley Kinney and James Cochran. Bath, John Wilson, John Berry and Valentine White. Bedford, Jabez Leftwich, Charles Clay and Daniel Pegram. Berkley, Joel Ward, Erasmus Grant and William Sommerville. Botetourt, Martin M'Ferran, Charles Beale and Elijah M'Clanahan. Brooke, John G. Young, John M'Cormick and James Blair. Brunswick, Thomas Macklin, Philip Claiborne and Aaron Brown. Buckingham, Archibald Austin, Bolling Branch and Anthony Dibrell. Campbell, John Dabney, William J. Lewis and Thomas S. M'Clelland. Cumberland, William Daniel, John Hatcher and Charles Woodson. Caroline, Richard Hawes, George Buckner and William Anderson. Charles City, John Bradley, John Christian and George W. Minge. Charlotte, Joseph Wyatt, Williamson Price and William L. Morton. Chesterfield, Isaac Salle, Peter F. Smith and Richard B. Goode. Culpeper, Moses Green, John Roberts and Aylett Hawes. Dinwiddie, Williamson Coleman, Archibald Thweatt and John Wilder. Elizabeth City, George Wray, Augustine Moore and Thomas Jones, Jr. Essex, Tunstall Banks, James Webb and Threshley Reynolds. Fauquier, Augustine Jennings, Thomas Hunton and Richard H. Foote. Fairfax, Thompson Mason, George Summers and George Graham. Frederick, James Singleton, Henry St. George Tucker and William Castleman. Franklin, Henry Callaway, Moses Greer and Benjamin Cooke. Fluvanna, John Quarles, William Pasteur and Matthew P. Haden. Giles, George Pearis, Andrew Johnson and Thomas Shannon. Gloucester, Thomas Baytop, Richard Jones and William P. Byrd. Goochland, Nicholas M. Vaughan, James Carter and Archelaus Perkins. Grayson, Martin Dickinson, John Fielder and Enoch Osborne. Greenbrier, Jas. Anderson, Oliver Towles and Ballard Smith. Greensville, Lewis Dupree, Joseph Wilkins and Francis Hill. Halifax, John B. Scott, Berryman Green and George Carrington. Hampshire, John Higgins, William Donaldson and James Read. Hanover, Nathaniel Pope, William Pollard and Thomas White. Hardy, John L. Schen, Henry Judea and Edward Williams. Harrison, Jonathan Ratcliff, George Arnold and William Bartlett, sen. Henrico, Major William Price, William Young (Brooke) and George Savage. Henry, Joseph Martin, George Waller, Jr. and Patrick H. Fontaine. Isle of Wight, Jno. Barber (Everett's Bridge) Emanuel Wills and Andrew Woodley. James City, Champion Travis, William Lightfoot and Robert Greenhow. Jefferson, Ferdinando Fairfax, Jacob H. Manning and George Hite. Kanawha, John Reynolds, Morris Hudson and Charles Venable. King & Queen, Anderson Scott, John Hawkins and William Fleet. King George, William Hoce, Theodosius Hansford and Lawrence Berry. King William, Walter Hawes, Hardin Littlepage and John Lord. Lancaster, Martin Shearman, William Gibson and William Kirk. Lee, Peter Fulkerson, Joshua Ewing and Hiram Craig. Loudoun, John Littlejohn, Fleet Smith and William Noland. Louisa, William O. Callis, John Poindexter and Henry Pendleton. Lunenburg, Waddy Street, Joseph Yarborough and Robert Chapell. Madison, Abraham Maury, William Mallory and Benjamin Cave.
Mason, William Owens, William Sterritt and John M'Culloch. Mathews, Thomas Brooke, Levin Gayle and James Spark. Mecklenburg, Abraham Keene, Thomas A. Jones and Grief Green. Middlesex, Thomas Mose, Thomas Neely, Jr. and Richard M. Segar. Monongalia, William John, Benjamin Reader and William G. Payne. Monroe, John Byrnside, William Graham and Benjamin Hall. Montgomery, Daniel Trigg, Charles Taylor and James P. Preston. Nansemond, Lemuel Riddick, Fisher Da-shell and Richard Yarborough. Nelson, Landon Cabell, Shelton Crosswhite and Nelson Anderson. New Kent, William Chamberlayne, John Saunders and Edmund Pooke. Northumberland, Thomas D. Downing, Hiram L. Opie and John H. Fallon. Norfolk county, James S. Matthews, Bernard Magrini and William C. Holt. Northampton, Caleb Fisher, Hezekiah Pitts and Littleton Upshur. Nottoway, Francis Fitzgerald, Edward Bland and Peter Randolph, Jr. Ohio, Thomas Evans (merchant, Wheeling) Joseph Tomlinson and John Morgan. Orange, Robert T. Moore, James Barbour and Befield Cave. Patrick, Samuel Staples, Gabriel Penn and William Carter. Pendleton, Robert Davis, John Slavin and William M'Coy. Pittsylvania, Isaac Coles, William Tunstall and Joseph Carter. Powhatan, Samuel Pleasants, James Poindexter and Frederick Woodson. Prince Edward, Peter Johnston, John Purcell and Thomas Green. Princess Anne, Lemuel Cornick, John Read and William D. Woodhouse. Prince William, John Bronaugh, James Kempe and Stephen French. Prince George, Thomas H. Cocke, George Ruffin and Miles Seiden, Jr. Randolph, Robert Maxwell, Nicholas Gibson and John Currency. Richmond county, Peter Rust, Ezekiel Levy and Vincent Brahan. Rockbridge, James Caruthers, John Leyburn and Andrew Reid. Rockingham, George Houston, Benjamin Harrison and Daniel Smith. Russell, James M'Farlane, Nathan Ellington and Harry Smith. Southampton, James Gee, Griffin Smith and James Tozant. Spottsylvania, David C. Kerr, Hugh Mercer and Robert S. Chew. Stafford, Col. John Cooke, Hancock Eu-stace and Travis Daniel. Surry, Nicholas Faulcon, James B. Edwards and Charles H. Graves. Sussex, Benjamin Wyche, William Massey and John Jarrott. Shenandoah, Philip Williams, Jacob Rinker and William H. Dulany. Tazewell, James Thompson, George Peery and John Thompson. Warwick, William D. Gages, Thomas Pescud and Matthew Willis. Washington, Francis Preston, Robert Preston and Henry St. John Dixon. Westmoreland, Alexander Parker, Samuel Templeman and Richard E. Parker. Wood, John Sockley, James G. Laidley and Thomas Tavenor. Wythe, John Montgomery, John Stouger and Joseph Kent. York, William Howard, Samuel Shields and Peyton Southall. Richmond City, Alexander Quarrier, Benjamin Tate and John H. Foushee. Norfolk Borough, Robert Brough, William Lindsay and William Newsum, Jr. Williamsburg, James Semple, Robert Anderson and Littleton T. Jewell.  Extract from the Journal. DANL. L. HYLTION, Clerk of the Council.
In Council, October 18, 1808. IT is advised, that the list of Commissioners appointed to superintend the election of Electors to choose a President and Vice President of the United States, be published in the Richmond papers with the foregoing alterations; and any persons whose names are contained in the said list thus published, and who have not received their commissions, are requested, notwithstanding, to act, as their commissions have been issued and forwarded according to law. Extract from the Minutes. DANL. L. HYLTION, Clerk of the Council. A Copy.
Notice. A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that the land whereof John M'Murry died seized, may be sold for the payment of his just debts. Wm. OVERTON, Adm'r of John M'Murry. Charlotte, Oct. 12, 1808
Notice. A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying for the establishment of a town at Buckingham Courthouse. 4w Oct. 10, 1808.
Strayed or Stolen, FROM the commons of Richmond, on Monday the 29th August, a small chestnut sorrel Horse, about five years old, four feet ten inches high or upwards, short though tolerably well formed, inclined to be droop rumped, shews his hip bones a little, has a kind of flaxen mane and tail; his mane has been lately trimmed a little by an indolent hand, his tail bobbed some time past and almost grown out again, no braid nor any white about him recollecter, except a saddle spot next his right shoulder, no generally and was lately shod all round. Whoever will deliver said horse to the subscriber in Richmond shall receive five dollars, and on conviction of the thief thirty dollars. Robert Davis.
October 18th, 1808. NOTICE is hereby given, that one of my negro men found a Fifty Dollar Bank Note in the Race-field. The note is now in my possession, and will be restored to the owner on his proving property. BENJ. HALFY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a petition will be presented to the next Assembly, to alter the Site fixed on by the commissioners for the public buildings in the county of Nelson. October 17th, 1808.

TO RENT And possession given the first day of October next,  The Tenement, OCCUPIED by Alexander Plainville, next door below Samuel Pleasants' Book-Store. For particulars, apply to  WILLIAM COOK. Richmond, 1st July, 1808. (tf)
Boarding, Lodging & Entertainment. THE subscriber is now keeping a boarding house in the commodious & conveniently situated house lately occupied by Major James Gibbon, on the main street, opposite to Harris's brick buildings, where she will accommodate ladies and gentlemen by the day, week, month, quarter or year, with genteel board, lodging and entertainment. No exertions shall be wanting on her part, to give satisfaction to those who will favor her with their company.  Anna Byrd. Richmond, August 3, 1808. (tf)
Mount Comfort, FOR SALE. SITUATED on Rappahannock in the county of Essex, within fifteen miles of Tappahannock and about the same distance from Urbanna and King and Queen Courthouse and very convenient to the post office at Montague's Tavern—there are upwards of one hundred and fifty acres of land attached to this seat, a considerable part of which is wood land and heavily timbered—The improvements are a dwelling house, forty feet by eighteen, a Kitchen, Smoke-House, Stable, Ice House, &c. on the Hill—And on the river bank, a store house, with a commodious Store and Counting-Room and an excellent Grange—all of which—except the Stable—have been recently built. Mount Comfort commands as good, if not the best view of the river of any seat on the Rappahannock, and the best fish and oysters may be had at the door, with very little trouble—It is well calculated for a merchant, being in a populous and wealthy neighborhood, where it is believed five or six thousand pounds worth of goods might be retailed annually—it would also be a convenient stand for a professional character—I would either sell on credit if the payments can be agreed on, or exchange for other lands without improvements. For further particulars apply to Reuben M. Garrett, or to  Carter Wood, Mount Comfort. (tf) June 3, 1808
Penitentiary Store. SHOES at the Manufacture of the Penitentiary have been lately REDUCED, considerably below their former prices.  D. J. BURR, Agent. 10th May, 1808
MATTRESSES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond.  J. S. Pleasants. May 31, 1808
William Lownes, RETURNS his thanks to his friends and the public generally for their liberal encouragement, and hopes his assiduity to business and punctuality will entitle him to a continuance of their favors. He has removed to the corner immediately opposite the Bell, formerly occupied by S. Grantham, where he intends carrying on the Book-binding-business in all its variety and in the most modern & fashionable stile, with punctuality, neatness and dispatch. Printed books bound in the most elegant manner in Morocco and Calf skin, full gilt and lettered; also in sheep skin, gilt, lettered and plain. Blank Books of every description ruled to any pattern and bound with the latest improved spring or patent backs. Orders from the country will be thankfully received and punctually attended to. Old books rebound. N. B. An apprentice will be taken to the Book Binding business, if immediate application be made, with good recommendations. August 23. (tf)  John Tyler. Green Way, Sept. 6, 1808. (tf)
FOR SALE, On private contract, the fine, high bred running horse  DOCTOR, Late the property of Doctor A. T. Dixon, out of Bill Bow, by Pantaloon. Also, A FILLY, 3 years old, by Preakness, out of the same mare, of the best and purest blood in Virginia. Doctor was by Play or Pay, is in high health and perfectly sound, six years old, a beautiful bay and 15 hands high. This horse has proved his bottom and speed in many trials, having from three years old been successful, except in two instances, which accident prevented. The filly is unrivaled, but she would be highly valuable to a gentleman whose wish it is to raise from a good stock. Apply to  John Tyler. Green Way, Sept. 6, 1808. (tf)
GERMAN GOODS. The subscribers have for sale, a general assortment of German Goods, consisting of Osnaburgs, Plaidas, Tuckenbergs, Bed Tyke, Hessian, Damask Table Cloths, Brown Rolls, Fine Shirting Linen, Danzig Rolls, Liquor Cases, Dowas, Quart, pint & half pint, Rowan's Sheetng, Decanters, Brown Holland, And a general assortment of LOOKING GLASSES. Bohn & Hubner. September 12, 1808. (tf)
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, And for sale at his Printing Office, Richmond, by the gross, dozen or single,  The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD  1809: Being the first after Bissextile or Leap Year, and thirty-third of American Independence. Adapted to the latitude and meridian of Richmond. Calculated by Benjamin Bates of Hanover County, Virginia. Containing, in addition to the Astronomical Calculations, a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. * * * A liberal discount will be made to wholesale purchasers.
Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of John Gunn, are requested to have them adjusted as the law directs, and exhibited for settlement, on or before the twenty fifth day of December next, at which time a dividend will take place. This advertisement will be plead in bar against any claim which may come against said estate after that date. JOHN TURPIN, Adm r .
One Thousand Pounds WANTED, FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation, lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1808. (tf)
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,  A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it appears to the executive, that William Mathews, late of the county of Augusta, presented by the grand jury for the district composed of the counties of Augusta, Rockbridge, Rockingham and Bath, for man slaughter, committed on the body of a negro girl named Hannah (the property of the said William Mathews) has fled from justice: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of State, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of five hundred dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey before some justice of the peace for the said county of Augusta the said William Mathews, that he may be dealt with as the law directs. And I do moreover hereby enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and carry before some justice of the peace for the said county of Augusta, the said William Mathews. Given under my hand, with the seal of the (L. S.) commonwealth annexed at Richmond, this 30th day of September, 1808. Signed, Alex r M c Rae.
THE FIRST VOL. OF ROBERTSON'S REPORT OF THE  TRIAL OF A. BURR, Is just received and ready for delivery to subscribers at this office.—A few copies for sale. Sept. 27. (6w)
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,  A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is represented to the executive, that the slaves Bill and Isaac, under sentence of death for felony, but reprieved and sold to Richard Terrell, for transportation beyond the limits of the United States, according to the directions of the act of assembly in such case made and provided, have escaped from the said Richard, and Terrell in the county of Botetourt, and contrary to law, are now going at large, endeavoring to evade the mild punishment which has been inflicted and is so justly due to their crimes; I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of twenty-five dollars to any person or persons, who shall apprehend either of the said slaves, Bill & Isaac, & deliver them at the penitentiary building in this city, in addition to all reasonable expenses which may be incurred in conducting the said slaves, or either of them, to that place. 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 and convey to the said penitentiary building, the slaves aforesaid. Given under my hand, with the seal of (L. S.) the commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 23d day of September, 1808. Signed, Alex r M c Rae.
Bill, late the property of Richard Smith of the county of Norfolk, was condemned by the court of said county, for felony. He is about 6 feet high, raw-bony make, of a yellowish black, a down look, a very sleepy, sullen countenance, one of his hands, believed to be his left and wrist, much scarred from a burn (the back of his hand) his back very much scarred from being often whipped, and above his left ear several scars which were made by strokes from a stick. Isaac, late the property of Samuel Fuqua of the county of Pittsylvania, was condemned by the court of the said county for felony. He is about 5 feet 7 1-2 inches high, black complexion, of a thick make, down, sly look, mild speech, and when spoken to, is apt to put his hand up to his jaw, and to lean his head on one side while he speaks, he also had, as well as is recollected at this time, a scar on his right jaw & one about one of his eyes, his upper fore teeth out, a sharp chin and good forward, and when standing, stood much back in his knees and was somewhat knock-kneed, and his eyes inclined to be of a reddish cast, viz the part that is common to be white. Just received and for sale at S. PLEASANTS, BOOK STORE, Richmond. Brown's Dictionary of the Bible, two volumes octavo, with elegant engravings—price seven dollars.
THE 3d NO. OF COL. TOUSARD'S AMERICAN Artillerists' Companion, Is ready for delivery to subscribers, at this office. A few copies for sale.
FOR SALE, A Small Tract of Land, Containing by a late survey, fifty nine acres, lying about six miles below the city of Richmond, and one from the road leading from said place to Four Mile Creek. This place will be shown to any person disposed to purchase, by John Turpin, living near it, and terms made known by the subscriber. SARAH GUNN. 2nd Oct. 1808.
WAS committed to the jail of this county on Monday last, a negro man, who says his name is WILLIAM TRABUE, and belongs to Erasmus Reams of Chesterfield county; he endeavoured to pass as a free man, but not producing evidence of being such, was committed to jail. He is of a dark complexion, about six feet high, has very large whiskers, appears to be about 30 years old, but says he is older, he has in his possession, a red leather pocket book containing the following papers viz. a printed bond given by Jos Powell of Chesterfield county to Pollok, Treadway & Co. for $17. 16. 2. dated 17th December 1806, on the back of which is endorsed a credit for the amount of said bond, another bond being given in lieu of it; also an account against Messrs. Joshua and John Powell to Joseph and William Friend & Co. for £9. 3. 6 1-2 at the foot of which, credit is given for the full amount, paid by John Powell; also an amount due by Joshua Powell to Pollok Treadway & Co. showing a balance to be due of £20. 9. 2. also a promissory note for £20 executed by William Sublet of Chesterfield county to John Powell, dated 1st March 1806; also a pass signed by Harry Hath, or Heth, the bearer of which, is stated to be a negro man, named Absalom, and by the pass was permitted to go from Chesterfield to Cumberland, dated 7th September 1808; also another pass stating William Trabue to be the bearer, and granting him permission to go to Hanover, where it also states, he was born free, which pass has neither date nor signature. Benjamin Pollard, Jailor. Buckingham County, Sept. 17, 1808.
FOR SALE  My Plantation, IN York County, known by the name of Graves's, in three miles of Williamsburg, containing by survey, Six Hundred and odd Acres. It has on it a comfortable dwelling house, with six rooms, a passage and six fireplaces; a brick dairy and smokehouse; a kitchen with two rooms; a family granary, barn and stable. The land is very rich excepting a very small part of it, which may be estimated with the lands in common. I believe it equal to any place on the continent for stock of all kinds. It lies in half a mile of the salt works, where the cattle go when it suits them. The only difficulty in hogs, is keeping them gentle. I raised a veal in the first of the spring, from a young cow, and never fed cow nor veal, and in six weeks was called the best in Williamsburg market. The man who leases this place of me has one year more in it. He works only two fellows, two women, and two very small boys. He told me he had made between three and four hundred barrels of corn, as many bushels of wheat, and as many oats, tending not more than about ninety acres. He leases but one half of the plantation. The other may be given possession to the purchaser directly, and the other Christmas twelve months. This land has a plenty of timber to pay for the land. The growth of timber is white oak, red oak, walnut, poplar, cedar, hickory, and chestnut. I look upon this land inferior to none in that part of the country; it has a large swamp, very easily reclaimed, filled with good ash. This place has been estimated to two thousand pounds, but I will take 1800 in good bonds, or 1500, half cash, and security on the land for the balance, or good bonds well secured. I would not sell upon any terms, but my family wishing to live at Mr. J. Pierce's place in James City, which is to be sold. JOHN M. GREGORY. Charles City Courthouse, Oct. 3, 1808. (6w)
To Rent, THREE Houses on the main street, one between Messrs. Ellis and Allan, and Mr. Manuel Judah, one opposite the Eagle Tavern, now occupied by Mr. Simpson Morris, the other is occupied by Mr. Benjamin Duval, next door to Gallego, Richard & Co's office; of the two first, possession may be given immediately, and of the other the first of January next. Also, a house situated in the alley, between the street going to Mayo's Bridge; possession to be had immediately. JOSEPH GALLEGO. Richmond, Oct. 6, 1808. (tf)
Fancy Furniture, JAPAN'D AND GILT, VIZ. CAIN seat, Rush, and Windsor chairs; Settees & Windsor Stools; Bedsteads, Bed and Window Cornice; Card, Pier and Ten Tables; Washstand and Workstands, and any articles in the Fancy line made to order. Pictures, Looking-Glasses, framed and re-gilt. Also, Coach, Sign and Ornamental Paintings; Freemasonry and Military Flags, done in the best manner and on the most reasonable terms, by J. S. W. COOK. In the cross street, leading from the Bell Tavern, one door of the Main Street. Richmond, Oct. 6, 1808. (11t.)
Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, a servant named Benjamin Travers; about 5 feet 10 inches in height, of rather stout form, with large whiskers; he has lost several of his front teeth, and is about fifty years of age. His wife lives on Mr. Younghusband's plantation, about four miles below Richmond, where he may probably be lurking. He has a variety of clothing. Any person who will find him and bring him to me at Mr. Pickett's, shall have the above reward. J. CURRIE. Richmond, Oct. 11th, 1808. (tf.)
Notice. Found in Manchester, on Saturday the first of October, a LONDON SILVER WATCH, the owner is required to prove it, pay for this advertisement, and take her. Enquire of the printer. Richmond, Oct. 4, 1808. (2w*)
FOR SALE, A Small Tract of Land, Containing by a late survey, fifty nine acres, lying about six miles below the city of Richmond, and one from the road leading from said place to Four Mile Creek. This place will be shown to any person disposed to purchase, by John Turpin, living near it, and terms made known by the subscriber. SARAH GUNN. 2nd Oct. 1808.
TO THE PATRONS OF THE  MONITOR. THE editor of the MONITOR is an enemy to long addresses, filled up with egotisms and promises of future performances. His works and not his professions constitute the standard by which he desires to be judged. He deems it necessary, however, at this time to offer a few concise observations to his patrons with respect to his paper. THE MONITOR is now ESTABLISHED; and with the fostering aid of republicans will flourish. Its friends need no longer fear for its continuance, nor its enemies utter their false prophecies of its downfall. The City of Washington has become the editor's permanent abode, which nothing shall be able to change but a removal of the seat of the general government: a circumstance which the editor hopes and believes will never take place. As the principal support of a Newspaper at this place is derived from subscriptions, the editor trusts that the friends who have heretofore promoted his establishment, will spare no diligence, when opportunity offers, to extend the circulation of the Monitor; an extensive circulation alone can give to him the means necessary for the correct management of his press. The editor can assure his subscribers that the Monitor shall be enlarged to a size as great as that of the National Intelligencer if not larger, by the meeting of congress in November next; and that the proceedings of that body, together with all public vouchers and documents, will be most faithfully and in an early day laid before the nation. In this particular the editor has no doubt of giving the most complete satisfaction to men of all parties. Washington, City, } September 20th, 1808. } 3t. Printers of Newspapers, who are disposed to encourage the Monitor, are respectfully solicited to give the preceding article one or two insertions.
Notice. THE ensuing General Assembly will be petitioned to pass a law, authorising the county of Fluvanna to build a toll bridge across the Rivanna river, at the most convenient site, near the town of Columbia, and to alter the road so as to pass by said bridge. Fluvanna, Sept. 30, 1808. (tf)
Land For Sale. THE subscriber offers for SALE, the TRACT OF LAND, on which he now resides, lying on Ward's fork, about two miles from its junction with Roan Oak, four miles from Charlottesville, and containing 300 acres, about 120 of which is cleared and inclosed with good fencing. The improvements are a good dwelling house, with 2 brick chimneys, a grist mill with 2 pair of stones, and a saw mill, on a stream which has never been known, in the dryest summers, to fail furnishing water sufficient to supply the above mills. Also, a good granary, and all other necessary houses. The soil of the above land is adapted to the culture of tobacco, corn, wheat, &c. Should I not meet with a purchaser, before the 6th day of Dec next, I propose offering the above land for sale (on the next day, being the 7th day of December) to the highest bidder on a credit of 12 months. Also, all my household and kitchen FURNITURE, CORN, PORK, CATTLE, and several likely NEGROES. Twelve months credit will be given on all sums above 9 dollars, the purchasers giving bonds with approved security, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. John W. Williamson. Charlotte, 4th October, 1808. (6w)
Four Slaves, to wit: Daniel a negro man, Phillis a woman, Squire a boy, and Pallas a girl, but as we are only trustees for the benefit of others, we will only warrant the title as to ourselves and those claiming under us. William F. Carter. Robert Franklin. Westminster, July 6, 1808. (wtf)
100 Dollars Reward. RUNAWAY from the subscriber the 5th November, 1806, a Negro Man, named ANDREW; he is about 24 years of age, about 6 feet high, well made, of a dark complexion; he has a pleasing countenance, and when spoken to has a stoppage in his speech. He was raised by Dr. John Shore, of Petersburg; his father and mother are living in Manchester, where it is probable he is now lurking. The above reward will be given to any one who will deliver the said negro to me near Petersburg, or secure him in any jail, so that I get him again. Masters of vessels and others are forewarned carrying him off or harboring him at their peril. Drury Birchett. Richmond, August 25, 1808. (w3m*)
At Private Sale, AT MYERS'S AUCTION STORE. JUST RECEIVED, 4 Bales Kendal Cottons 3 Bales blue & white mixed Kerseys 3 Bales Half Thicks, assorted—white, blue, green & mixed 2 Bales Welsh Plains—white & blue 3 Bales Coatings—blue & red 5 Cases London fashionable Beaver Hats—And an additional supply of the best Dutch Bolting Cloths. ALSO, IN STORE, Prime Muscovado Sugars, in hds. and barrels, Loaf Sugar, old Madeira Wine, Molasses, a quantity of Gin Cases and Demijohns. Oct 14th, 1808. (wtf)
JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE, A System of Notation; REPRESENTING THE SOUNDS OF ALPHABETICAL CHARACTERS BY A NEW APPLICATION OF THE ACCENTUAL MARKS IN PRESENT USE: With such additions as were necessary to supply deficiencies. BY WILLIAM PELHAM. October 12, 1808. (w6)
NICHOLAS HALLAM, (NEAR THE SWAN TAVERN,) Is in hourly expectation of a further supply of the Best Philadelphia Leather, Which will be continued, and for sale, on equally good terms as heretofore. Wax and fair Calf Skins First quality Cossack boot legs } do. do. Long, three quarter and half, draft, calf skin and Cordovan, do. } Calf and Cordovan roundings } and binding skins } Bridle and seal leather, &c. &c. Boots and Shoes.  Nails of all kinds. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF  WELL CHOSEN GROCERIES. Boots and Shoes made to measures at short notice, and rips mended gratis. A few thousand wt. of Hams and Middling  BACON. The above articles may be had low for cash, produce, or approved paper at short credit. August 2, 1808. (1awtf)
Penitentiary Store. THE subscriber, Agent for the Penitentiary, offers for sale the following articles, the manufacture of that institution, at very low prices for cash only at retail, and at 90 days credit at wholesale, for approved endorsed negotiable notes.  CUT NAILS. Wholesale prices. Retail prices. 3d 13 cents. 14 cents per lb 4 12 1-2 13 1-2 6 11 1-2 12 1-2 8 10 1-2 11 1-2 10 10 11 12 10 11 20 10 11 Slating nails 11 1-2 12 1-2
CUT BRADS. 8d 10 cents. 11 cents per lb 10 9 1-2 10 1-2 12 Do. Do. 20 Do. Do.
SPRIGS. 3d 39 cts. per lb. 50 per nz. 4 22 1-3 67 6 17 34
WROUGHT NAILS AND BRADS. 6d 13 14 per lb. 8 12 1-2 13 1-3 10 12 13 12 11 1-3 12 1-2 20 11 12 30 11 12 Spikes of all sizes same price as 30d. nails; Broad and narrow Axes, Hatchets, Hoes, Plough Shares and Coulters, Hinges, Wedges, Hammers, Fenders, Traces and Stretchers, Tin Ware, &c. &c.
Boots and Shoes. Fair tops, back straps, $ 9 Ditto 8 Suwarrows, 7 Half Boots, 5 Plantation and light fine shoes, 10 3/4 a 12 3/4 Do. second & third qualities, 7 3/4 a 9 3/4 Negro shoes (strong) 6 3/4 a 7 3/4 Girls do. 4 3/4 a 4 3/4 Boys do. 3 3/4 a 6 3/4 Childrens' shoeets, 3 3/4 a 4 3/4 Fire Buckets $ 4 1/2 a $ 5 per pair Bridles, Surcingles, Whip thongs, Spur leathers, Hame strings, Back Bands, Leading, Garden, Hambro and Fishing lines. Any of the above articles made to orders left at the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern. D. J. BURR April 26, 1808. (2aw1m 1awtf) The Shoes are reduced much below the former price.
TO BE RENTED For the Ensuing Year, THE valuable plantation in the County of Mecklenburg, known by the name of  RICHLAND, Containing 1019 Acres, of which 123 are low grounds, of excellent quality.—The high land is also generally fertile, and well adapted to the cultivation of corn, tobacco, and wheat. The dwelling house, which stands in a high and healthy situation, commanding a beautiful prospect of the river Roanoke, is large and commodious, with all necessary out-houses for a genteel family. The plantation is in good order, and furnished with a spacious granary, and tobacco-hands, sufficient to cure a good crop for 12 or 13 hands. Also to be rented, for the same time, a plantation adjoining RICHLAND, on Roanoke river, and Little Creek, (being the place where John Robinson formerly lived,) containing 164 Acres of Land, generally good, and having upon it convenient houses for an overseer and negroes, and for the reception of corn and tobacco. The premises will be shown by Erasmus Kenon, now living at Richland, and terms of lease made known on application to the subscriber. Possession to be delivered on the first day of January next. WM. MUNFORD. Richmond, Sept. 29th, 1808. (wtf)
A NEW WORK. JUST RECEIVED AND FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE, A System of Notation; REPRESENTING THE SOUNDS OF ALPHABETICAL CHARACTERS BY A NEW APPLICATION OF THE ACCENTUAL MARKS IN PRESENT USE: With such additions as were necessary to supply deficiencies. BY WILLIAM PELHAM. October 12, 1808. (w6)
Pamphlets, CARDS,  HAND-BILLS, LAWYERS, CLERKS & SHERIFFS BLANKS, &c. ARE NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY PRINTED AT THE ARGUS OFFICE,