Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-11-01 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1308.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1806.
[12 1/2 Cents Single.]
Fitzhughson & Potter, BOOK-BINDERS & STATIONERS.
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Each constantly on hand, warranted of the best materials and workmanship.
A GREAT VARIETY OF Day Books, Journals and Ledgers, of different sizes. Record and Sheriffs' books. Receipt and Music books. Copy & cyphering do. Memorandum and Pocket do.
Which, with every other article in the Blank Book line they offer for sale on liberal terms.
They have also an extensive assortment of Writing and Letter Paper.
Music and Drawing do. Blank and Playing Cards. Dutch and English Quills. Excellent penknives. Sportsmens' & Pocket do.
Ink-Powder, Japan, copying and durable Ink. Spectacles of various sorts.
Sealing Wax and Wafers. Slates and Pencils. Recee's Water Colors.
Large Office Wafers. School-Books, Bibles, Testaments, Hymn-Books, &c. &c.
Books ruled and bound to any given pattern. An extensive assortment of MUSIC just received.
Orders from the country punctually attended to. Sept. 16th, 1805. w3w
LEATHER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
BENJAMIN TATE, TANNER AND CURRIER. INFORMS the public in general, and his friends and customers in particular, that he continues to carry on the TANNING & CURRYING BUSINESS, extensively, at his Tanyard, near the Market, and Currying shop near the Bell Tavern. He offers for sale, on reasonable terms, for ready money, or approved acceptances at 60 days, a COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF LEATHER, VIZ:
But & Dintle, Slaughter & Spanish Hide, Seal. Skirting & Harness, Brown & Black Bridle. Coach Lining and Covering Hides. Fair and Black, Bag and Bellow Hides. Waxed and Russel, Upper and Kips. Waxed, Black-grained and Fair Calf Skins. Hog and Sheep Skins, Tanned and Tawed (white) Lamb Skins. SHEEP & LAMBS' WOOL. Calf & Cordovan Boot Legs—3-4 & 1-2 do. Calf and Cordovan Roundings. Lamp Oil by the tierce—Liver Oil per barrel or retail. Cow Hide Whips by the gross—Jack Screws. TANNER'S & CURRIER'S TOOLS. Ready money given for well cured Oak Bark, Green and Dried Hides—those cured with salt preferred. Richmond, October 15, 1806. w3t
FOUND
BY the Patrol of this neighborhood in a negro-quarter, a Man's SADDLE, about half worn, plated behind and before, with a small Saddle Cloth. The owner may have it by satisfying me of his title and paying the expense of this advertisement. HORATIO TURPIN. Powhatan, Oct. 12th, 1806. w4t
COMMITTED to Hanover Jail, on the 20th of Sept. last, a negro fellow named BOB, who says he is the property of John Freer of Albemarle. The owner is desired to call, pay charges and take him away. The Jailor. October 8th, 1806. w4t
We have lately received, FOR SALE,
12 bds. sugar 15 boxes cotton & wool 30 bds. do. do. 4 tons castings assort 3000 lbs. green coffee 100 lbs. cut herrings 10 bds. Antigua rum 50 do wine do 5 do Windward Island do. 15 do shad 14 bds. N. E. rum 40 lbs Spanish indigo 14 bds. do do 15 do numeg 17 bds. molasses 100 pr men's fine shoes 8 casks Malaga wine 50 do coarse do 2 tierces & bds. whisky 500 lbs Glauber salts 4 peps apple brandy 15 bds. do do 12 crates Liverpool ware assorted 10 do stone do
We have also on hand,
Iron Leaf sugar German, Crawley and Blistered Steel Tanners' & Linseed oil Nova Scotia grind Race & ground ginger stones Pepper Ground plaster in bbls. Apples Good manufactured tobacco by the keg, for retailing Shot, assorted sizes Tar French brandy Wending hoes Rice Nests woodware Wrought and cut nails, Bed cords, leading lines, assorted sizes and twine Snuff Necklaces Glass ware, viz. 1-2 pt. Stone jugs, butter pots, tumblers and decanters, assorted sizes chamber pots, wash basins, bafe pans, chums, &c. &c. &c. We daily expect to receive, a quantity of Sherry Wine, Window Glass, Copers and Allum, all of which articles, we will sell at a small advance, for cash, approved paper or country produce. Shepard & Lucke. Richmond, May 8, 1806.
1459 1-2
ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE: 772 of which lies in the county of Powhatan, upon the branches of Elkhorn, and Shocoe creeks, adjoining the lines of Joseph Terry, James Johnson, and others. The greater part of this land is excellent tobacco land, the whole lies well, is well watered, and timbered and all in wood 400 acres in the county of Buckingham, on the waters of Frishy, and middle State river, adjoining the lines of Charles Macey, Nicholas Conner, and others—this land is also uncleared, lies well, well timbered and watered, and a good proportion fit for the culture of tobacco, and a most excellent situation for the raising of stock of all kinds. 287 1-2 acres on the head of Hatcher's creek, in the said county of Buckingham, adjoining the lands of Capt. Peter Macey, Leonard Givens, and others—about one half of this tract is cleared, the greater part of which has lain fallow a number of years; consequently in prime order for the putting in of small grain this fall, which it would bring well, if properly put in—the other half is in woods, and of good growing timber, and on this land a pretty good dwelling house, two rooms below and one above, with a brick chimney, with a fine place in the two lower rooms, and some necessary out houses. The whole of the above lands are now offered for sale, and upon moderate terms, but if not sold privately, the first trade, will be held off the land, and sold, to the highest bidder, at Hatcher's Old Town (now Peytonsville) a few miles below the said land, on the first Monday in November next, part cash and part upon credit. The other two, if not sold before, will at Buckingham court, on the second Monday in November next, be sold, to the highest bidder, as a body; in the meantime, any one who will buy, may treat with the proprietor, living in Buckingham county. Henry Bell. Buckingham, Aug. 5, 1806. (w4k 10)
NOTICE is hereby given, that a petition will be presented to the next Assembly of Virginia, praying to remove the Court house of Warwick county from the place it is at present stands, to Stony-run, on the land of Richard Cary, Esq. Richmond, 19th Sept. 1806. w2m
LATEST FOREIGN ADVICES.
NEW-YORK, October 23.
FROM LONDON.
At a late hour last night, our Boat returned from the West Bank, where the ship Hardware, Law, ram Liverpool, had arrived. By this arrival the editors of the New-York Gazette have it in their power to present their readers with important News, as late from London as the 3d ult. The Hardware left Liverpool on the 4th, and sailed from the Rock the 6th of September—at which time, capt. Law says, it was currently reported, that Mr. Fox was DEAD, and that Lord Lauderdale was on his return to England, the Negotiations for Peace having been broken off. The London papers state, that the last Hamburg mail brought accounts that Prussia has assumed a warlike attitude, and her armies are every where in motion. All absent generals have been ordered to Berlin, to receive their several commands. The rapacity of France is the cause assigned for these preparations. Bonaparte, it is said, has demanded the cession of East Friesland, Rendsden, and some other little corners of Prussia, to give them to the new king of Holland, and has sent his army to carry his views into effect. It was confidently asserted, that the Russian negotiator, M. d'Oubril, has been completely duped by Talleyrand. He was made to believe that the treaty with England was ready to be signed, and that any delay on his part, in signing a preliminary treaty for Russia, would be sacrificing the interests of his master. Within a few hours after he had signed the treaty, he discovered that he had been imposed upon, which was the cause of his setting off so precipitately from Paris for St. Petersburg. The Emperor Alexander is said to be still favorable to Great-Britain. He has an army of 360,000 men; and there appeared to be some foundation for the report of a Northern Confederacy. LONDON, Sept. 3.—Contrary to all expectation and probability, no messenger has yet arrived from France. It is reported, upon the authority of a private letter from Gibraltar, that the army of Massena has been defeated in Calabria, by the British forces and the Calabrian loyalists, who fought with great courage. The homeward bound East-India fleet of 15 sail, have arrived at Portsmouth. The letters brought by the Lisbon mail state that the Portuguese are much alarmed at the squadron of Earl St. Vincent, now laying in the Tagus, particularly as transports with troops were expected to arrive from England. None of the Royal family of Portugal, nor the Secretary of State, have been seen since the arrival of this force. Sept. 1.—Yesterday Mr. Fox was tapped a second time—about 14 quarts of footed water was taken from him. PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24. Letters have been received in New-York, from Boston, announcing the arrival there of the ship New Galen from London, with intelligence to the 4th of September, at which time the expectation of Lord Lauderdale's speedy return to England, and the prospect of continued war, had caused a great depression of the stocks. Mr. Fox, it is added, had experienced a relapse, and was so unwell that little hopes were entertained of his surviving more than three or four days. The intelligence we gave yesterday, of the probable failure of Lord Lauderdale's mission to France, is corroborated by the following extracts from Evening Papers.
DALE's mission to France, is corroborated by the following extracts from Evening Papers.
An article under the head of Paris, Sept. 5, after detailing the progress of the negotiation between Russia and France, from its commencement to its conclusion, proceeds thus:
"However, M. Ruffin, chancellor of the French consulate in Russia, arrived yesterday from Petersburg, and brings intelligence, that in consequence of a change of ministers, the effect of the new principles adopted by the Russian government, and the extraordinary influence which the English party has obtained over the new cabinet, the treaty of the 20th of July has not been ratified."
"Thus hostilities between France and Russia, are about to recommence. The conquerors at Ulm and Austerlitz, are again assembled under their standards, and approach the field of their triumphs—More powerful in number, more formidable than ever, by the organization which has never been equalled, they wait with impatience the impulse of the great soul which animates them."
"However, nothing can induce us to presume, that a general continental war will be renewed."
"In every event, the Emperor, as well as the French people, are prepared for all chances, and the armies of his Majesty will be found wherever it shall be necessary to combat for a durable and glorious peace."
PARIS, Sept. 6.
The treaty of Peace between France and Russia, has not been ratified by the emperor Alexander. It would be difficult to find out an excuse or a plausible reason in the laws of public and private morality, for this strange refusal. We see no pretext nor even any subterfuge for ill faith. It cannot be alleged that the Russian plenipotentiary stepped beyond his authority. Never were powers more unlimited given, nor was there ever a promise to ratify a treaty more formal or more positive. A constant intelligence was remarked in the course of the negotiations between the courts of St. Petersburg and London, to advance, delay or break them off. The moment the treaty was signed, Mr. d'Oubril sent a courier publicly to London, to inform the Russian ambassador of what had just taken place. But this might be considered as the premature notification of a treaty which the Imperial word naturally held out as ratified. In these circumstances, Russia made extraordinary levies; England, it was well known, was preparing expeditions; but still upon the Imperial word, it was natural to believe the treaty would be ratified; and the emperor Napoleon gave so far this testimony of confidence in the good faith of the emperor of Russia, that he directly issued orders for the cessation of all hostilities. This generous precipitancy reminds us of the sending back of the Russian prisoners to Paul I, and to those sent back to his son last campaign; this continuation of generosity forms a singular contrast with the perseverance of hostile sentiments which the emperor of Russia observes towards the emperor of the French, and would alone suffice to mark the difference of their causes. The Emperor Alexander may openly set forth the new grievances he has against France. Faithful to the principles of the treaty of Presburg, she has only completed its execution. The organization of the Germanic confederation was its inevitable consequence; it consecrated the independence of the States which compose it, irrevocably regulated their relations and put them in harmony with their own interests. This association has been long foreseen and called for, as essential to the future repose of Europe. The communications made in this respect between the Members of the Germanic Body had commenced several months prior to Mr. d'Oubril's mission to Paris. The pact was made and known previous to the signature of the Treaty of peace and France was in the same attitude; she alone had a right to complain that a Russian division persisted in the occupation of a neutral territory. For want of plausible reasons, we may seek for the secret motive of this rupture—we shall find it, however, to be no more dictated by the interest of Russia, than it is by the laws of honor and justice. For these fifteen years past a war has been carried on against France, which has indeed often changed its name or its pretext; but the constant aim of which has been to lower or destroy the French power. However, the obstacles set against her have only served as steps to her elevation; the fate of arms has left no other bounds to her preponderance than her moderation; & such has been her fortune, that the most obstinate of her enemies saw peace as the only resource & the soul means of stopping the flight she had taken. At the time of the organization of the new ministry, there appeared under their auspices at London, a work in which this opinion was laid down in a spirit, which announced perhaps less the desire than the necessity of making peace. Whilst the author reproached the former ministers with their inconsistency, their precipitancy, their coalitions ill formed and ill conducted, he considered peace as the best means of one day attacking France with success, of extinguishing by degrees her military spirit, of ruining the alliances and repairing the loss of her allies, of concerting more feasible designs & of waiting for more favorable occasions. The Morning Chronicle of the 21st, and not following the same principles, does not fear to affirm that no power is now able
to attack the prosperity of France, and advises her enemies to adjourn their resentment.
Thus, according to the most moderate writers, the English government would never see any thing in peace but a means of more advantageously making war. The negotiations they open would be smears, the olive branch they held out, a poison. Under such circumstances, with such enemies, France owes thanks to him who, penetrating their designs, has found means to secure himself against them. But from the fatality ever attendant on their plots, after revealing their secrets, they have again betrayed their cause. Their position is not more favorable than at the end of last war.
They have neither more skilful generals, better exercised soldiers, nor better concerted designs. If they again find allies on the continent they devote them to certain ruin. The Emperor Napoleon has read their thoughts; he has known how to avail himself of the advantage of his victory; he has been obliged to keep his military attitude; and, happily for the future tranquility of Europe, those who wish only for truces, those who waited for his sleep, and can keep neither their word nor their treaties, will find him still more formidable than in the plains of Austerlitz.
HAMBURG, Aug. 25.
The Prussians have quitted the mouth of the rivers Elbe and Weser; the province of Lauenburg is restored to the Swedes, by which cession the King of Sweden has obtained every thing he wished for. Time will explain these phenomena.
LEIPSIC, Aug. 23.
Letters from Dresden state, that the Duke of Saxe Weimar had suddenly arrived at Toeplitz, in order to confer with the elector on several political objects.
The publication of the Ulkase, which orders the extraordinary levies in the Russian empire, in order to carry the army to 360,000 men, has given rise to several new calculations on the military forces of the four great military powers of the European continent, such as they were considered before the treaty of Presburg. A justly esteemed writer, has given the following statement of them.
   Infantry. Cavalry. Total.     France 525,000 88,000 604,000   Russia 340,000 62,000 402,000   Prussia 235,000 44,000 278,000   Austria 170,000 40,000 210,000  
The author observes, that with regard to France, he has only valued the purely French; for that in comprehending those of the Federative States, the forces of that Empire will amount to upwards of 820,000 men. With regard to Austria, her army, from not being recruited since the war, has even been diminished by dismissals. Before the campaign of 1805, it was estimated at 385,000 fighting men.
FROM THE NORFOLK PUBLIC LEDGER EX-TRA. SATURDAY EVENING, OCT. 25.
Last night the letter-bag of the Ship Shepherd, whose loss we announced in our paper of yesterday evening, was brought up to town. From our correspondent in London, we have received papers from the 30th of August to the 8th of September, inclusive, and our mercantile friends have politely furnished us with other papers of cotemporary dates, and Lloyd's List to the 6th of September. The contents of these papers are of the first interest, and induce us to issue an extra paper.
The circumstance which is deemed of most importance, is the refusal of the Emperor of Russia, to ratify the Treaty concluded with so much haste by his Minister at Paris. The utmost activity prevails throughout this monarch's dominions, and every thing announces the renewal of war.
The King of Prussia hasten the alarm, and is arming with great activity, his dispute with Sweden is in a fair way of accommodation, and a northern confederacy of Germany with Russia, Sweden and Denmark is forming. The new king of Holland and the king of Prussia are at variance. The negotiations between France and England from what we receive, have made no progress, the prevailing opinion appears to be against peace. The British and French armies in Calabria, have met, and we give the official detail of an action which has crowned the British with immortal glory. Less than 5000 British, defeated 7000 French with immense loss in slain and made prisoners. It does not appear that the consequences have corresponded with the brilliancy of the achievement. The proximity of Messina, with a powerful army, compelled the British to re-embark for Sicily. The arrival of Jerome Bonaparte in France, is celebrated as a naval triumph. Fortune and his heels, and not his courage, have given eclat to this young naval hero. The Gibraltar, of 80 guns, chased him for 48 hours, and having got very near to him, a shot from the stern chaser of Jerome, carried away the fore-topmast of the Gibraltar, and thus he escaped. It was Jerome who fell in with, and destroyed a large part of the Quebec fleet. A detail of further victories of the British in Calabria, subsequent to the grand action, will be given in our next. LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY, September 5. DOWNING STREET, Sept. 4, 1806. A dispatch has been this day received by the right hon. William Windham, one of his majesty's principal secretaries of state,
from major general Sir John Stuart, commanding his majesty's troops acting in Calabria, of which the following is a copy:— Camp on the Plain of Maida, July 6, 1806.
SIR, It is with the most heartfelt satisfaction that I have the honor of reporting to you, for the information of his majesty, the particulars of an action, in which the French army quartered in this province have sustained a signal defeat by the troops under my command.
General Regnier, having been apprised of our disembarkation at St. Lucia, appears to have made a rapid march from Reggio, uniting, as he advanced, his detached corps, for the purpose of attacking, and with his characteristic confidence of defeating us.
On the afternoon of the 3d inst. I received intelligence, that he had that day encamped near Maida, about ten miles distant from our position, that his force consisted at the moment of about 4000 infantry and 300 cavalry, together with four pieces of artillery, and that he was in expectation of being joined within a day or two by 3000 more troops, who were marching after him in a second division.
I determined therefore to advance towards his position, and having left four companies of Waterville's regiment under major Fisher to protect the stores, and occupy a work which had been thrown up at our landing place, the body of the army marched the next morning according to the following detail.
Advanced Corps.—Lieut. colonel Kemp, with two four pounders. Light Infantry battalion. Detachment royal Corsican rangers. Detachment royal Sicilian volunteers.
1st Brigade.—Brigadier general Cole, with three four pounders. Grenadier battalion, 8th regiment.
2d Brigade.—Brigadier general Ackland, with three four pounders. 78th regiment, 81st regiment.
3d Brigade.—Colonel Oswald, with four four pounders, 58th regiment. Waterville's regiment, five companies.
20th regiment, Lieutenant-colonel Ross, landing during the action.
Reserve of Artillery.—Major Lemoine, four 6 pounders and two howitzers. Total—Rank and file, including the Royal Artillery, 4795.
General Regnier was encamped on the side of a woody hill, below the village of Maida, sloping into the plain of St. Lucia; his flanks were strengthened by a thick impervious underwood. The Amato, a river perfectly fordable, but of which the sides are extremely marshy, ran along his front; my approach to him, from the sea side (along the borders of which I directed my march, until I had nearly turned his left) was across a spacious plain, which gave him every opportunity of minutely observing my movements.
After some loose firing of the flanking to cover the deployment of the two armies, by nine o'clock in the morning the opposing fronts were warmly engaged, when the progress of the rival nations seemed now fairly to be at trial before the world, and the superiority was greatly and gloriously decided to be our own.
The corps which formed the right of the advanced line was the battalion of light Infantry commanded by lieutenant colonel Kemp, consisting of the light companies of the 20th, 27th, 35th, 58th, 61st, 81st, and Waterville's, together with 150 chosen battalion men of the 58th regiment, under major Robinson. Directly opposed to them was the favorite French regiment of Premiere Legere. The two corps at the distance of about one hundred yards fired reciprocally a few rounds, when as if by mutual agreement, the firing was suspended, and in close compact order, and awful silence, they advanced towards each other, until their bayonets began to cross. At this momentous crisis the enemy became appalled. They broke, and endeavored to fly, but it was too late; they were overtaken with the most dreadful slaughter.
Brigadier general Ackland, whose brigade was immediately on the left of the light Infantry, with great spirit availed himself of this favorable moment to press instantly forward upon the corps in his front; the brave 78th regiment, commanded by lieutenant colonel Macleod, and the 81st regiment, under major Plenderleith, both distinguished themselves on this occasion. The enemy fled with dismay and disorder before them, leaving the plain covered with their dead and wounded.
The enemy being thus completely discomfited on their left, began to make a new effort with their right, in the hopes of recovering the day. They were resisted most gallantly by the brigade under brigadier general Cole. Nothing could shake the undaunted firmness of the grenadiers under lieutenant colonel O'Callaghan, and of the 27th regiment under lieutenant colonel Smith. The cavalry successively repelled from before their front, made an effort to turn their left, when lieutenant colonel Ross, who had but morning landed from Messina, with the 20th regiment, and was coming up to the army during the action, having observed the movement, threw his regiment opportunely into a small cover upon their flank, and by a heavy and well directed fire, entirely disconcerted this attempt.
This was the last feeble struggle of the enemy, who now, astonished and dismayed by the intrepidity with which they were assailed, began precipitately to retire, leaving the field covered with damage. Above 700 bodies of their dead have been buried on the ground. The wounded and prisoners already in our hands (among which are general Compere, and an aide-de-camp, the lieutenant colonel of the Swiss regiment, and

A long list of officers of different ranks, amount to above 1000. There are also above 1000 men left in Monteleone and the different posts between this and Reggio, who have mostly notified their readiness to surrender, whenever a British force shall be sent to receive their submission, and to protect them from the fury of the people. The peasantry are hourly bringing in fugitives, who were dispersed in the woods and mountains after the battle. In short, never has the pride of our presumptuous enemy been more severely humbled, nor the superiority of British troops more gloriously proved than in the events of this memorable day.
His majesty may, perhaps, still desire to appreciate more highly the achievements of this little army, when it is known that the second division which the enemy were said to be expecting had all joined them the night before the action; no statement that I have heard of their numbers places them at a less calculation than 7000 men. Our victorious infantry continued the pursuit of the routed enemy so long as they were able; but as the latter dispersed in every direction, and we were under the necessity of preserving our order, the trial of speed became unequal.
The total loss occasioned to the enemy by this conflict cannot be less than 4000 men. When I oppose to the above our small comparative loss as underneath detailed, his majesty will, I hope, discern in the fact the happy effects of that established discipline to which we owe the triumphs by which our army has been lately so highly distinguished.
I am now beginning my march southward, preparatory to my return to Sicily, for which station I shall re-embark with the army; as soon as his Sicilian majesty shall have arranged a disposition of his own forces to secure those advantages which have been gained by the present expedition. There seldom has happened an action in which the zeal and personal exertions of individuals were so imperiously called for as the present; seldom an occasion where a general had a fairer opportunity of observing them. The general officers, and those who commanded regiments, will feel a stronger test of their merits in the circumstances that have been detailed of their conduct, than in any eulogium I could presume to pass upon them.
The 52d, and Waterville's regiment, commanded by lieutenant colonels Johnson and Waterville, which formed the reserve under colonel Oswald, were ably directed in their application to that essential duty. The judgment and effect with which our artillery was directed by major Lemoine, was in our dearth of cavalry, of most essential use; and I have a pleasure in reporting the effective services of that valuable and distinguished corps.
To the several departments in the army every acknowledgment is due; but to no officer am I bound to express them so fully, on my part, as to lieutenant colonel Bunbury, the deputy quarter master general, to whose zeal and activity, and able arrangements in the important branch of service which he directs, the army, as well as myself are under every marked obligation.
From captain Tomin, the acting head of the adjutant general's department, and from the officers of my own family, I have received much active assistance. Among the latter, I am to mention lieut. Moore, of the 23d light dragoons, who being in Sicily for his health at the time of our departure, solicited permission to accompany me on this expedition; he was wounded in the execution of my orders.
From the Medical Department, under the direction of Mr. Grieves, the deputy inspector, I am to acknowledge much professional attention, the more so, as their labours have been greatly accumulated by the number of wounded prisoners, who have become equally with our own, the subject of their care. The scene of action was too far from the sea to enable us to derive any direct co-operation from the navy; but admiral Sir Sidney Smith, who had arrived in the bay in the evening before the action, had directed such a disposition of ships and gun boats as would have greatly favoured us, had events obliged us to receive. The solicitude, however, of every part of the navy to be of use to us, the promptitude with which the seamen hastened on shore with our supplies, their anxiety to assist our wounded, and the tenderness with which they treated them, would have been an affecting circumstance to observers even the most indifferent. To me it was particularly so. Capt. Fellowes, of H.M.'s ship Apollo, has been specially attached to this expedition by the rear admiral; and, in every circumstance of professional service, I beg leave to mention our grateful obligations to this officer, as well as to Captains Cocket and Watson, agents of transports, who acted under his orders. Captain Bulkeley, my aide-de-camp, who will have the honor of presenting this letter to you, has attended me throughout the whole of the services in the Mediterranean, and will therefore be able to give you every additional information on the subject of my present communication. I have the honor to be, &c.
J. STUART, Maj. Gen. Return of the killed and wounded of the British troops.
One officer, 3 serjeants, 41 rank and file killed; 11 officers, 8 serjeants, two drummers, 261 rank and file wounded.
September 3. Refusal of the Emperor Alexander to ratify the Peace with France—answer sent off to Lord Lauderdale's despatches—operations in Calabria—Preparations of Prussia.
Intelligence pours upon us from all quarters.—Dutch papers arrived last night to the 31st ult.—Paris to the 2d inst.—the Hamburg mails of Sunday and Wednesday—and Sicilian papers to the end of July.—An extraordinary Gazette with the official details from our brave army in Calabria, was published this morning.
The most prominent and important fact is, that
The emperor of Russia has refused to ratify the treaty concluded at Paris by M. D'Oubril.
M. D'Oubril arrived at Petersburg, as we stated yesterday early in August, on the 5th. A grand council was immediately summoned, at which his imperial majesty
presided in person. There were present besides
The baron De Buberg, minister for foreign affairs.
The prince Lapousckin, minister of justice.
The comte Ketchoubey, minister of the interior.
The comte Zavadofsky, minister of public instruction.
The comte Vasilioff, minister of the finances.
The comte Romenzoff, minister of commerce, and
General Vasilinoff, minister of the land forces.
The council, after taking the treaty into consideration, M. D'Oubril being present, decided upon the rejection, when it was immediately upon the breaking up of the council, officially notified to all the foreign ministers resident at Petersburg. Cautions were immediately sent off in all directions—to all the Russian ministers at the different courts—and by all the foreign ministers at Petersburg to their respective courts. This most important intelligence was brought by Basilico from Lord Lauderdale, who sent him off after the arrival of the courier Groshowsky with the intelligence from Petersburg. It is said, however, that his lordship had a conference with M. Talleyrand, after the arrival of the courier Groshowsky, and that Basilico was not dispatched till after that conference. The intelligence of the refusal to ratify the treaty with France, was also received from Mr. Thornton at Hamburg, whilst the cabinet council was sitting yesterday upon the despatches from Paris. Mr. Thornton received the information from the Russian consul at Hamburg, and instantly despatched Donaldson the messenger, to London. The cabinet council sate yesterday from two to half past three. There were present Lord Grenville, Lord Spencer, Lord Howick, Lord Sidmouth, Lord Henry Petty, and Mr. Windham.
September 6.
The important advices communicated to the public yesterday, from St. Petersburg, on the one side of Europe, and Calabria on the other, produced the most universal satisfaction. It was truly gratifying to receive, in one day, the most unequivocal proofs of the gallantry of our own troops, and the fidelity of our ally. The brilliant achievement with the bayonet, so eloquently described by Sir John Stuart, shews what may be done with British blood, when fairly led on. We only want a few such occasions to display the character of our troops, to make them on shore as formidable as they are at sea. If no other consequences are to be derived from it than that of making our soldiers acquainted with their own superiority, it would be truly dear to the country; but it will do more—it will show to the enemy the peculiar feature of our strength as a nation, & the way in which our means may be exerted with the greatest effect. It was the plan of our immortal Nelson, that a British army, in a campaign in a country like Italy, should ever be accompanied by a British fleet; by which they might be put on shore, or moved from post to post at pleasure, and thus be able to break the line of an enemy, and chase at all times the point of attack. This advice he gave to Mr. Pitt before the commencement of that memorable campaign which occasioned the loss to England of its most splendid warrior, and to the continent of Europe its dependencies. It is not yet, thank God, too late to profit from the advice for the preservation of our own independence. This taste of the British bayonet, and this simple plan of a covering fleet (tho' in the instance before us it was not brought into play) may warn the enemy of the consequences of invasion.
The other important advices of the day cheered the hearts and animated the hopes of the public.—The honorable fidelity of the emperor Alexander to his alliance, was regarded by Englishmen with that sympathy and affection which spring from genuine honesty. Englishmen found in it a feeling congenial with their own; and it was a consolation to them to think, that if they have been for years fighting for the protection of others, rather than for their own security, they have at least had some associates of integrity and truth. But it was observed by some, that though Alexander had refused to ratify the peace which D'Oubril had made for him, yet it was manifest that he had commissioned him to make a separate peace of some sort. This is true.—And so did we resolve to make peace with France, if fair and solid terms could be secured. It was obviously an arrangement between Great-Britain and Russia, that each should treat separately; but no doubt it was mutually understood upon what basis, at least, they were reciprocally to act. In this way the discussions began—and in this way they came to a close, if we may credit the Moniteur ; for it states that the negotiations with England had been actually concluded—when some new difficulty occurred. In all probability this treaty, extorted by subtlety, which beyond the arrangement, was the difficulty. If so, it is now removed. The crafty Frenchman has not succeeded. The British minister would not believe it possible that his honorable ally could have given his consent to a treaty different from the articles of their union—and hurtful as it was to delay, he stood upon his suspense till the fact was ascertained.—And accordingly it turns out that he formed a just estimate of the honor of the emperor of Russia. And he has given to the world a striking proof, at the same time, of his own firmness and sagacity. This appears to have been the motive of the late delay. This at least was the public sentiment on it yesterday; and judging that this was the cause, they hailed the event as a favorable omen to a peace; for now, they argued, the two parties are brought back to the point in which they stood before, but with the advantage gained, that it is less likely for the enemy to cajole either of them again.
September 8.
We last night received the Moniteurs , and other Paris papers, up to Friday last, the 5th inst.
The Moniteur continues silent in regard to the politics of Russia; and indeed no paper has been permitted even to announce the arrival at Paris of a messenger from St. Petersburg. The rigor of the police enables the government to deprive the peo-
ple of France of all the benefits of the press; and we have no doubt but that Bonaparte also hoped by the same means to keep Lord Lauderdale in the dark as to the great event of the rejection of the Russian treaty, by the emperor Alexander. We have no doubt but that he equally kept from the noble Earl, as well as from his own subjects, all knowledge of the defeats which his armies have sustained in Calabria. He has thus enjoyed for a time a certain advantage in the negotiation which might have been hurtful to our interests, if there had been eagerness for peace which the domestic enemies of our administration impute to them. His secrecy however has not availed him. It appears that Lord Lauderdale, with the sagacity which characterises his talents, soon discovered the motive for the increased attention which was shewn him; and according to a private account which we have received from a correspondent, he was fully informed of the whole, soon after he had despatched Basilico on Monday last.
Not a word appears in the Moniteur on the present state of politics in Europe. It announced, indeed, on Tuesday last, on the authority of a letter from Berlin, "that all differences between Prussia and Sweden were terminated to the satisfaction of both parties. And we are told, that all the recruiting parties of the king of Prussia within the limits of the confederation to the Rhine, were ordered forthwith to retire, under pain of imprisonment.—But there is the same reserve with respect to England, and the same silence on the subject of Russia, as we remarked in the former series of papers which came to our hand. In the journal de L'Empire of Thursday last, there is the following paragraph, which our correspondent assures us is the general feeling of all the people of Paris:—
"The recent departure of the messenger Basilico, has revived all our hopes of peace, not that we know any more than himself the tenor of the despatches of which he is the bearer, but because it is natural to augur favorable of a negotiation which seems to be carried on with so much activity."
Indeed we are told that from one end of France to the other, the cry for peace is loud and universal. From all the corn, as well as the wine provinces, deputations have been sent to the emperor to represent to him that the accumulated harvests of two years are now upon hand, that there is no demand either for corn or wine, and that unless the government will accept payment of the duties in kind , the proprietors of the lands and vineyards, can no longer provide either the territorial, or the indirect taxes. We do not attach much interest to these representations, as they have been made at every period of the revolution; and we have uniformly seen that the most gigantic efforts have followed the rumors of their being in the grip of bankruptcy.—But the Moniteur itself announces these deputations. They had access to his imperial majesty—and it is even said that Fouché has had the boldness to lay before the emperor, a faithful picture of the country. Be that as it may, it is certain that such paragraphs could not be inserted in any journal of Paris, without the sanction of the government, and they are, no doubt, intended to raise the hopes of peace in the public mind, and to give exhilaration to the triumphal fete now going on.
After the publication of the supplement to the London Gazette extraordinary, announcing the continuance of our brilliant achievement in Calabria, we looked with anxious curiosity to those journals, for their account of the state of things in Italy.—We find only the following most equivocal letter from Naples.
NAPLES, Aug. 16. "The latest intelligence from Calabria announces that the whole country, from Lauria to Cosenza, has returned to a state of order. The brigands have been put to flight, and the inhabitants delivered from their yoke, have testified, in all parts, sentiments of fidelity towards King Joseph. General Verdier must by this time have joined marshal Massena, at Cosenza. General Regnier has subjugated the whole country as far as Crotona. Four Polacres (flags of truce) have arrived within these ten days from Messina. They had on board some French prisoners, who were disembarked, and the Polacres set sail on their return."
Upon this it may be remarked, that the writer carefully avoids particulars. We have no letters in an official form, with any marks of locality or of date, either from Verdier or Regnier. The last redoubtable hero has not stated, as he did in Egypt, that success of the English was owing only to the misconduct of the French general; nor does he tell us when and where the gallant army of Sir John Stuart re-embarked. In truth, both the French and the Sicilian accounts are equally inexplicit on this point; and we are left to conjecture, that though Sir John is returned to Messina, he has stationed a force equal to the possession of all the strong posts in Calabria; and that he has returned to concert with the ministers of Ferdinand the means of extending and completing the footing he has gained.
Yesterday morning at an early hour, Mr. Schaw, the messenger, arrived in town with despatches from Lord Lauderdale.
MR. FOX. The public will rejoice to hear the medical report of Mr. Fox's health yesterday. It stated, that his limbs were restored to their usual size, and that the urinary secretion was abundant, and of the most favorable character.
Mr. Fox took an airing in the grounds of Chiswick yesterday, and returned highly refreshed by the fineness of the day.
FROM MIRANDA.
The first of the following Proclamations was published by General Miranda on his leaving Coro; the other on his arrival at Aruba:
PROCLAMATION. Anxious to give proofs of moderation and affection to my fellow-citizens and countrymen, we have resolved to withdraw from the city of Coro the small number of troops
which we had brought, in order to remove the fears, which the fugitive commander of this district, and other agents of the Spanish government, have endeavored to infuse into the minds of the inoffensive people, and particularly the women and children. The inhabitants may re-enter tranquilly their own respective dwellings without fear or suspicion. With this view we transfer our head-quarters, to the shore, from whence we can equally afford the people of this country, without the least inconvenience, all the succor which they need.
The annexed letter, directed to the court and common council of this city is a proof of our equitable intentions, and that it is not in the cities, but in the field, that we wish to fight with the oppressors alone of the Columbian people. If this people wish for any farther proofs of the perfidy and infamy with which the Spanish governors conduct themselves in all their transactions, let them pay a strict attention to the proclamation recently published by order of the captain general of Caracas, by which they offer considerable sums of money to any one who would boldly assassinate a citizen who purely and sincerely defends the rights of that same people. Despicable and atrocious tyrants! They have not even courage enough to look their enemies in the face!
We trust that those wise persons, who have known and seen us act until now, will open the eyes of the rest of the citizens concerning their own respective interests, in order that approaching nearer to my person, we might mutually concert the interests and felicity of our country, the only object of my wishes.
Done at Head-quarters, at Coro, August 7th, 1806.
(Signed) FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA.
To the Court and City Council of the city of Coro.
Honorable Gentlemen of the Court and Common Council:
This notification is directed to you, in order to prevent, in time the fatal consequences of a useless resistance from the civil and military authorities of the city, that we may conjointly, and as members of the Spanish American people, concert those indispensable measures to preserve the peace, union and happiness of our countrymen and friends.
I make no doubt, but your prudence and patriotism will induce you to enter into a mutual accommodation, as useful as it will be honorable to both parties. Thus will the shedding of blood, and those disturbances, which are the unavoidable consequences of war, be wholly prevented.
The Count de Rouvray, commander in chief of the advanced posts of the army, is authorized to confer with you on this important business; to take possession of the city and to prevent all confusion or dispute with the civil and ecclesiastical authorities which are to remain in it, conformable to the enclosed proclamation.
Done at Head-Quarters on board the squadron before Vela de Coro, August 3d, 1806.
(Signed) FRAN. DE MIRANDA.
PROCLAMATION.
To the Inhabitants of Aruba.
If the present circumstances compel us to take possession of this isle by force of arms, be assured, that your persons, your property and your tranquility shall be inviolably protected. Obey your laws, respect your magistrates, in whose hands we shall rest all the civil authority; since we have already ascertained by experience, that they are persons of probity. It is not our intention to make any alteration whatever, in the government of the country.
Let your commerce continue as before with the Isle of Curacao and other neutrals, provided, it does not in any way tend to injure this expedition. Our principal object is the independence of the whole Columbian continent, for the comfort of all its inhabitants, and for the refuge of the human race. They alone, who are the agents or accomplices of a government of assassins, are our enemies. The Governor of Curacao, Vorconcelos, together with the magistrates, have offered, by a decree, 30,000 dollars and honors, to him who would assassinate a citizen of the country, who, thro' honorable means, defends the rights of his countrymen, and the glory of his country; like the Prince of Orange, in Holland; Washington in America, and Pelopidas and Dion in Greece.—Let those hypocrites tell us which of the divine or human laws authorize such a decree? Do they wish to renew in these times, and among the Americans, the cruelties and infamies of the government of Philip II. in Holland, which have disgraced forever, his name and the nation with permitted them.
Done at Head-Quarters at Aruba, Aug. 19th, 1806.
(Signed) MIRANDA.
THOMAS MOLINI, Sec.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 24.
NOTICE.
THE committees appointed by the Democratic citizens of the different wards in this city, for the purpose of addressing the president of the United States, are requested to meet at the District court room, the corner of sixth and Chesnut street, on Saturday evening next, at 6 o'clock.
The following are the committees appointed by the different wards for the above purpose:
Lower Delaware Ward—James McGathery, Britton Estlin, George Slesman.
Upper Delaware Ward—Col. Michael Bright, Anthony Simmons, captain Lewis Rush.
North Mulberry Ward—Alex'r. Cook, Daniel Broadhead, James Flanagan.
South Mulberry Ward—John Barker, James Sharswood, John Dennis.
Middle Ward—Thomas Leiper, Peter Gravenstine, R. Patterson.
North Ward—James Pearson, Benj. Ritzenhouse, major Daniel Sharp.
Chestnut Ward—Wm. Duane, Samuel Mecker, John Miles.
Dock Ward—Mathew Lawler, esq. Paul Cox, John Purdon.
South Ward—Walter Franklin, Doctor James Reynolds, John L. Leib.
Locust Ward—Tench Coxe, Hugh Ferguson, John Smith.
Cedar Ward—Cesar A. Rodney, James Stuart, Clement Humphreys.
Walnut Ward—Samuel Carswell, John Vallance, Anthony Taylor.
New Market Ward—James Carson, Theophilus Harris, James Thackara.
WASHINGTON CITY, October 27.
It is, with the sincerest pleasure, that we announce to our fellow citizens, the arrival of CAPTAIN LEWIS, with his exploring party, at St. Louis.
The President of the United States has received a letter from him, dated at St. Louis, September 23, at which place himself, Captain Clarke and their party arrived that day. They had passed the preceding winter at a place which he calls Fort Clatsop, near the mouth of Columbia river. They set out thence on the 27th of March last, and arrived at the foot of the Rocky mountains May 10, where they were detained until June 24, by the snows which rendered the passage over those mountains impracticable until then. He found it two thousand five hundred and seventy-five miles from the mouth of the Missouri to the great falls of that river, thence by land passing the Rocky mountains to a navigable part of the Kooskoskee three hundred and forty miles, of which two hundred would admit good road, and one hundred and forty miles over the tremendous mountains which for sixty miles are covered with eternal snows, thence seventy-three miles down the Kooskoskee into a south easterly branch of the Columbia, one hundred and fifty-four miles down that to the main river of the Columbia, and then four hundred and thirteen miles to the Pacific, in all three thousand five hundred and fifty-five miles from the mouth of the Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia. In this last river the tide flows one hundred and eighty-three miles, to within seven miles of its great rapids, and so far would admit large sloops; and from thence upwards may be navigated by batteaux and periaugurs. He speaks of this whole line furnishing the most valuable furs in the world, and a short and direct course for them to the eastern coast of China; but that the greatest part of these would be from the head of the Missouri. He says it is fortunate he did not send back from the head of the Missouri any part of his force, consisting of thirty-one men, as more than once they owed their lives and the fate of the expedition to their numbers. One man of his party had died before he reached Fort Mandan in one thousand eight hundred and four; every other one is returned in good health.
Capt. Lewis expected to remain at St. Louis some days to settle with and discharge his men, and would then set out for Washington by the way of Vincennes, Louisville, Abingdon, Pincastle, Staunton and Charlottesville. He is accompanied by the great Mandan chief, who is on a visit to Washington. Capt. Lewis speaks of his colleague, Captain Clarke, in the most affectionate terms, and declares his equal title to whatever merit may be ascribed to the success of this enterprise.
NORFOLK, Oct. 25.
LOSS OF THE SHIP SHEPHERDESS, BELONGING TO THIS PORT.
With regret we have to announce the disagreeable tidings of the fate of this excellent ship. The following letter, with which we were favored yesterday, will be sufficient for us to publish on this unfortunate occasion:—
12 miles southward of Cape Henry, on shore, 22d Oct. 1806.
Messrs. ARMISTEAD & TAYLOR,
Dear Friends, "I am very sorry to inform you that the Shepherdess is stranded and bilged. I shall want assistance and some waggons, and your advice how to proceed.
PASSENGERS.
Mr. Fred. Williams, wife and daughter.
Mr. White, wife and child.
Mr. Brown, Mr. Goodwin, and Mr. Gage.
"I was wrong informed of the bearing of the Cape, and stood on yesterday expecting to make it—when I found my mistake, was obliged to anchor, and rode out until about 2 o'clock, when our cable parted, and the other would not hold, we cut and made sail, but could not weather the land.
"R. WILLS."
PETERSBURG, October 28.
After a drought, which continued during the summer, we have latterly been deluged by heavy and almost incessant rains.—The river Appomattox, and indeed all the water courses, have been raised to an uncommon height—our citizens on the Sandy Beach have been driven from their habitations, and compelled to seek shelter under some hospitable roof; the nails have been prevented from arriving at the accustomed periods; & in fact, in all the adjacent country travelling has been retarded, and the face of nature completely veiled by the immense torrents that have issued from the surcharged clouds of heaven.
EDUCATION.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he will continue his SCHOOL at his house in the lower end of Albemarle county, where he teaches the Greek and Latin languages, the English language Grammatical, Composition, and the Rudiments of the Mathematics.
His price for boarding and tuition, where scholars find their own beds and furniture, is twenty-eight pounds for ten months, one third in advance, the balance at the expiration of the term—Two months of the year, May and October, are allowed as vacation. Where washing and mending are done, his price is thirty-two pounds, terms as above—For tuition alone his price is eight pounds; one half in advance, the balance at the end of six months.
Parents who place their children under his instruction, may rest assured, that particular attention will be paid to their morals, and every assistance afforded to promote their learning.
To accommodate parents who feel disposed to educate their daughters, I would board six or eight little girls.
JAMES G. WADDL.
October 7th, 1806.

WE have received a communication from Hanover, under the signature of "LEONIDAS," which recommends an alliance with Great-Britain, against France and Spain. Although this article is written in a style against which there is no objection, yet we differ so widely with the writer in the objects he recommends, that we must decline the publication.
Already two essays in the same spirit, from the same country, under the signature of "ALCIBIADES," have been published, one in the Enquirer, and the other in the Imperial Observer—so that the attention of the public has been sufficiently drawn to the subject. We are not only entirely opposed to the project, believing it to be the true policy of these United States, to remain at peace with the whole world, as heretofore, but at this time cannot discover any reason for entering into a dispute, much less to form an alliance, for military purposes, against France.
We have reason to believe, from a view of the public prints, that our Northern and Eastern friends, entertain an opinion, that at this time, there is a powerful party among the Republicans of Virginia, who wish to enter into such an alliance—and it neither suits the pursuits of the Argus, or the sentiments of the Editor, to give strength to that opinion. So far from it, we can assure our readers that the advocates for these opinions are not numerous—indeed it is our most deliberate conviction that there are not ten republicans in the state who will avow such sentiments—nor are they likely to gain many proselytes—at least we hope not.
FOR THE ARGUS.
COMMUNICATION.
THE RE-ELECTION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, ESQ. CONSIDERED.
The writer of this article has long entertained the opinion, that Mr. Thomas Jefferson ought not only to consent to be re-elected as President of the United States, but that the people, with one voice ought to urge him to accept the appointment. He was in hopes that the question would have been very fully and candidly discussed by many and much abler pens. Political events of great importance having lately happened, added to the near approach of the sessions of Congress, as well as the Legislatures of different States, induces him without more delay to submit the following remarks to public notice.
The writer of this, neither ever was, nor ever will be, a political partisan, or opponent of any man, from considerations merely personal. He has been uniformly opposed to that feature in the constitution which admits the re-election of a President. Yet, as the people have never taken the constitutional measures which were necessary to alter it; and as our public relations, both foreign and domestic, appear to require a cautious policy, as well as one which will obtain the general confidence of our citizens; he is not disposed to suspend his theory. From these & other reasons, it seems to be not only expedient, but absolutely necessary that Mr. Jefferson should be re-elected to the important office which he now holds.
The expression of this opinion, in terms so unequivocal, it is hoped, will induce other writers of better endowments, to turn their attention to it—so that a full and candid discussion may be submitted to the people, whose province it will be to make the momentous decision.
We perceive in the newspapers, that many of the inhabitants of Philadelphia and New-York, have formed Committees, to prepare addresses to the President, to induce him to consent to another election. Without justifying the practice of forestalling public opinion upon questions of importance, by the means of Committees or Caucuses, the writer thinks fit here to say that in this case, the proceedings seem to him to be, not only defensible, but necessary, because our public affairs both foreign and domestic, appear to be in a critical situation. If the disease is great, the remedies ought to be not only prompt, but powerful.
The public conduct of the President, as far as the writer of this can judge, and particularly in relation to late events, deserves the approbation and confidence of the people. Without examining & passing opinions at this time upon particulars, it will be sufficient to say, that he has, upon all occasions, given the most satisfactory proofs, that he will, if it be possible, preserve the peace of the United States, and will also avoid entangling connexions with any of the nations of Europe.
No country ever had more to expect from pursuing an open, just and pacific course:—No country ever had fewer inducements to change or abandon such a course:—No country ever had more to apprehend from war, and not merely from the customary chances and dangers of war, but from the spirit of distrust and disunion which exists among ourselves, or rather among some of those to whom we have committed and entrusted our great political concerns.
Much has been said, and no doubt much more will be said, and published, relating to the indefinite meaning of the arbitrary and compound term "national honor."—This term will be arrayed and adorned in the most fascinating manner by the aids of eloquence and ingenuity, so that the people will be greatly excited, and many will be tempted to forget and forego the benefits of national safety and individual prosperity, to fall into the meretricious embraces of this seducing Sorceress.—A Sorceress, who will allure that she may destroy—who will, indeed, lead her admirers into difficulties which no after conduct or repentance will be able to obviate or atone.
There surely cannot be a man in the U. States, no matter to what political sect he is attached—no matter what may be his hopes or fears—who does not firmly believe that, if the peace of the United States shall not be preserved, the future will not pro-
ceed from the actions or designs of Tho-
mas Jefferson. If this be the general opinion: If it be true that this skillful, and experienced helmsman will exert all the advantages which he has derived from long experience, great talents, patient industry, and extensive popularity, for so great an object, surely it will be better to delay a little while the enquiries into the abstract policy of a re-election, rather than deprive the public of so many and such great advantages.
Let peace be restored to Europe—tranquility to the world—confidence and quiet to the United States, and then the writer of this will be among the foremost, not only to oppose the re-elections of the president, but so to amend the constitution, as to disqualify the acting president, from holding any other public office, until he shall be completely restored to the body of the people, and from them once more to advance in the road of public honor.
If provisions of this kind should exist in the constitution, there would be no personal inducements for a president to make encroachments upon the liberties of his country, nor would he ever involve his country in prospects which might lead to a war, when it was known, that he would not have it in his power, to enjoy either the honors or emoluments which in a war might be expected.
We have had reason to believe, that Mr. Jefferson entertains opinions like these—and if it be so, the present crisis must afford to his mind, very embarrassing conflicts, between the positive duty which, as a patriot he owes to his country, and the opinion which relates to such innovations or amendments in the constitution, as will prevent all future disputes upon this important question.
A question of so much importance, both to the United States, and to the president will not fail to obtain, not only advocates but opponents of the first consideration and talents. At present, it seems to be generally believed that Mr. Jefferson will not countenance a re-election. His opinions frequently delivered upon this subject, will be not only relied upon but urged with peculiar earnestness, both by open and concealed enemies. To the writer of this it seems that Mr. Jefferson ought not to consider himself committed by those opinions, and even if he did, the voice of his country corresponding with a belief that it will be in his power to render public service, ought to have a pre-eminent influence; ought to induce him yet longer, to bear in patience the vilifications of those disappointed partisans who have measured his merits and demerits by their own passions, and disappointments.
MENTOR.
The importance of the life and public services of President Jefferson is now evidently felt.—His friends, who always knew, what his enemies seem willing at present to concede to him, that he has an uncommon share of real patriotism, are fully persuaded that he would willingly retire from public life. They know that from the beginning he resisted the thoughts of long continuance in the office. But conscious of their strength in his strength, they are disposed to resist his convictions upon the same principles on which he first admitted them, from a regard to the public good. All opinions must be judged in the circumstances in which they are found.—Says a Republican. "We have a right to demand these services." Our Philadelphia brethren have given us a good example, in addressing the President and requesting him to admit another election.—Salem Reg.
Alliance offensive and defensive with Great Britain.—On this important subject which has been lately brought up before the public, we cannot enforce the opinion we hold and have more than once expressed, in any way so well, as by presenting the following impressive extract from the farewell address of WASHINGTON.
"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good faith.—Here let us stop. Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collusions of her friendship or enmity. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality, we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?—Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground?—Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalry, interest, humor, or caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of PERMANENT ALLIANCES with any portion of the foreign world."
In these salutary counsels we implicitly acquiesce.—(N. Y. Ev. Post.)
FROM THE PEOPLE'S FRIEND.
"Far be it from us to say now, that, if money could purchase a certain and complete reprieve from the sentence which France and Spain have passed upon this country it should not be paid." "If there were any assignable bounds by which French rapacity and American tribute could with certainty be limited, we should be sorry to deprive the administration of the only means which seem to be within incompetence, of meeting the ruin that threatens the country." If the Editor of the People's Friend is to be understood as uttering the above sentiment otherwise than ironically, we take the
earliest opportunity to enter our unqualified protest against it—and explicitly to declare that—it is not, nor ever was, and we trust it never will be the language of the federalists in this city, nor in any other part of the U. States.
N. Y. Ev. Post.
The People's Friend ascribes to the hon. Fisher Ames the able papers lately republished in most of the federal prints from the Boston Repertory, entitled "Thoughts and reflections on the present state of affairs;" and says that the author there advocated the measures of An alliance offensive and defensive with Great Britain. Is Mr. Carpenter certain those papers were not written by young John Adams? It is not so material perhaps who is the author, if we are right in our denial that such a proposition was there recommended. We do then deny that a measure of an offensive and defensive alliance with England has ever been advocated by Mr. Ames or by the author of "Thoughts and reflections on the present state of affairs;" whoever he may be. No, the first federal paper that in evil hour consented to admit a recommendation of this measure was the People's Friend. Ibid.
In confirmation of the report of the death of Mr. Fox, capt. Daggett, for Charente, (at New York) informs, that on the 8th or 9th of September in the Bay of Biscay, he was boarded by the British frigate Cybelle, which the day before had spoken a Packet from Falmouth for Lisbon, and received from her the intelligence that Mr. Fox died just before her departure.
Such is the alarming increase of the poor's rates in England and Wales, that the total amount for the last twelve months, was 5,243, 607l. The average rates of the levies, for the counties of England, was 4s. 5d. in the pound, on the rents. The average rate in Wales, was 7s. 3d. in the pound.
The governor of Pennsylvania has refused to commission Frederick Wolbert, as Sheriff for the county of Philadelphia, and has appointed 7 persons commissioners to enquire into the legality of the votes taken for Sheriff.
The following is a complete list of the representatives of North-Carolina, in the next Congress.
 Nathaniel Macon,  Willis Alston,  M. D. Williams,  Thomas Kenan,  Richard Stanford,  William Blackledge,  Evan Alexander,  James Holland,  Thomas Blount,  Lemuel Sawyer,  Messrs. Franklin.  J. Culp-ter. 
Those in italic are new members.—The whole are republicans, except Culp-ter.
The Trenton True American says, from what we have yet learnt, we presume that Henry Southard, William Helms, John Lambert, Ezra Darby, James Sloan, and Thomas Newbold, The gentlemen composing the Republican ticket, are elected by a large majority.
Theodore Dwight, Esq. of Hartford, has been elected a representative to Congress from the state of Connecticut, in the room of John Cotton Smith, Esq. resigned.
The following gentlemen are elected to represent that state in the tenth congress: Jonathan O. Morse, Lewis B. Sturges, Timothy Pickering, jun. Benjamin Tallmadge, Ephraim Rodius Champion, Samuel W. Dana, and John Davenport, Esqrs.
During the American war, whilst colonel Burgoyne commanded in Cork, he saw a certain soldier among the spectators on the parade, whom he addressed as follows: "Who are you, sir? You must be drilled twice a day to bring down your corporation." "Who are you, sir? Please your honor (replied Pat) I am, sir, the skeleton of the 5th regiment of foot which has just marched over from America." The fact was so, for such was the carriage of that disastrous war, that only this fat soldier and capt. Webb, returned to Europe, out of a full regiment landed in America.—Aurora.
Paddy, who was arraigned before a court for horse stealing, after having pleaded not guilty, the judges asked by whom he would be tried? "By the rev've apostles," answered the prisoner. The judge informed him that would not do, for if he was tried by them, he could not have his trial until the day of judgment. "Faith (says Paddy) and I have no objections to that neither, for I am in no hurry about it at all, at all."
HINTS TO HEADS OF FAMILIES.
BY SIMON SHORTSPEECH.
 1. Don't scold. If you do, your children may dread, but they will not respect you.  2. Don't find fault with every trifle. Admonition and correction, to be effectual, must not be too freely used.  3. When you command or threaten, do not waver. If your children find they can beat you, they will grow fond of triumph. Pretty sad times when young children govern their parents!  4. Never treat your children with false promises. It is teaching them bad tricks.  5. Be prompt and steady in your government. "Good government is much easier in practice than bad."  6. Do you wish your children to appear well in the world? Be not niggardly in affording the means of information.  7. Do you wish them happy? Be careful you do not teach them vice by your example. 
DIED—On Wednesday the 15th Inst. at Mr. James Macfarland's, Lunenburg, Mrs. JANE TREDWAY, wife of Thomas Tredway, of Manchester, in the 23d year of her age. "How lov'd, how valu'd once, avails her not, By whom lamented, or by whom forgot."
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
"On eagle's wings immortal scandals fly, Whilst virtuous actions are but born to die."
Although it is chimerical to suppose that party spirit will ever cease to exist, in this country, or that the most virtuous and enlightened administration will ever be without its opponents, still at a crisis like the present, it might be expected that the amor patriæ would have a preponderance over the demon of faction. The critical state of our foreign relations, which has been produced by causes and events which the Executive could not control, has nevertheless been seized with avidity by the opposition party, and has long been made the subject of scurrilous and malignant attacks on the President. A brief review, however, of the measures which have been pursued, since the change of administration (as respects our external concerns) will, I trust, be sufficient to convince every candid and unprejudiced person, that these denunciations against the Executive are base, libelous and unfounded. On Mr. Jefferson's elevation to the executive chair, the U. S. were at peace with all the world, except the Bashaw of Tripoli, who notwithstanding the presents which he had occasionally received from the two former administrations, was committing depredations on our commerce in the Mediterranean. For the purpose of chastizing this pirate, as well as for the protection of our commerce, a squadron was dispatched to the Mediterranean. The result of this spirited measure is well known. The Bashaw, although in possession of 300 of our citizens (which accident threw into his hands) was compelled to sue for peace; to relinquish all ideas of a tribute being paid him in future, and to restore our captive citizens for a trifling ransom.
Our dispute with Spain next merits attention. It is well known that during the late war, a number of American vessels were captured by French privateers, and carried into Spanish ports where they were condemned by French tribunals. The Executive with a view to indemnify our citizens for these losses, directed the minister of the U. S. at Madrid to open a negotiation with the court of Spain, on the subject of these illegal condemnations. After various delays a convention was concluded (in 1802) whereby the Spanish government became responsible for the abovementioned losses sustained by American citizens in the ports of his catholic majesty. But before this convention was ratified, the Spanish Intendant at New-Orleans, by an arbitrary decree, prohibited our citizens from using the port of New-Orleans as a place of deposit, a privilege which was secured to us by a former treaty with Spain.—About this time it was generally known that Spain had retro-ceded Louisiana to France, and from a desire to prevent having so formidable a power for a neighbor, as well as to obtain this valuable province (through which flows the Mississippi, the only outlet for the produce of our western country) a negotiation was set on foot by the Executive, for the purpose of securing to the U. S. this important territory, in which he fortunately succeeded. The court of Spain, however, viewed this transaction with a jealous eye, and from that moment began to evince an unfriendly disposition towards the U. S. She has refused to ratify the convention of 1802, and has likewise withheld from us a small but valuable part of Louisiana. These and other acts of injustice have excited much indignation among our citizens. During the late session of Congress, it is well known, that some were in favor of an immediate declaration of war.—A large majority, however, were for previously resorting to negotiation, and an appropriation was made to enable the executive to treat for the purchase of the Floridas (that is, for such part thereof as we have no claim to) which if obtained would render our territories compact, and remove all future disputes respecting the boundaries of Louisiana. The Executive has accordingly opened a negotiation with the courts of France and Spain on this interesting subject. Various causes have prevented this negotiation from progressing as rapidly as the impatience of the public seems to require: and although the result is still uncertain, a short delay cannot prove injurious to the U. S. as government has not neglected any measures within its power to place the frontiers in a state of defence; which precaution may be necessary, in case the negotiation should terminate unfavorably.
The unjustifiable conduct of G. Britain in capturing our vessels and impressing our seamen, has not been viewed with indifference by the executive. Some time before the meeting of the late Congress, our worthy minister at the court of London, made spirited remonstrances against these outrages, and although they were ineffectual, it was not considered expedient by our national legislature to resort to hostile measures without another effort to obtain justice by negotiation. The indisposition of Mr. Fox, the British minister of foreign affairs, has retarded this negotiation. Commissioners however have lately been appointed to treat with our ministers, and there is reason to believe that our differences with G. Britain will soon be amicably adjusted.
From the above statement of facts it must appear evident to every person (except those whose jaundiced eyes, view every measure of the Executive through a false medium) that the President has on all occasions supported with firmness and dignity the honor and interests of his country. Every virtuous and patriotic citizen of the U. S. is therefore called upon in the name of his country, to rally around its constituted authorities, and should an appeal to arms be rendered necessary either to vindicate our rights or to avenge our wrongs, we cannot fail of being victorious.
FRANKLIN.
SUBSCRIBERS FOR
Brown's Family Bible,
Are informed that the Books are arrived at the store of Nicholas Hallam, in Richmond, near the Swan Tavern. They are requested to call immediately and receive them. H. W. NICHOLS. Richmond, Oct. 30, 1806. w3||
NOTICE.
THE purchasers of property, at the sale in Charlotte and Albemarle, conducted by Wilson Cary Nichols, esq. are requested to take notice, that the bonds executed by them for the amount of their respective purchases, are now in my possession, by virtue of an assignment, from Mr. Nichols. Punctual payment, at my office, on the day, on which the bonds become due, is expected. In every case of failure, a suit will certainly be brought, without delay.—As some of these bonds will become due, between the 15th and 22d of December, when I shall be necessarily absent on public business in Norfolk, Major Scott, the Marshal of this district, will act for me, from the time of my departure until my return. GEO. HAY, Attorney of the U. S. for the Va. District. Richmond, Oct. 28, 1806. w4t
Gloucester Low Grounds.
FOR SALE.
ON the premises, the second day of January, 1807, a TRACT OF LAND, lying on a branch of Severn River, in the county of Gloucester, containing by estimation 348 acres; about one hundred of which are cleared and very fertile, the remainder, well covered with oak and pine of a superior quality. The oak timber (which is most abundant) is supposed, by all acquainted with the land, to be the best, in this part of the country, either for staves, or ship building. From the timber alone, a nett sum may be made, equal to the purchase money. On the premises are a dwelling house, commodious quarter and large barn, all in good repair, likewise, a corn-house and stable. No situation possesses greater advantages than this. The neighborhood, a good one, and Severn River, justly ranking among the first, for fish and oysters, at your door. Should the purchaser be inclined to add to his tract, he may do it, most probably in what quantities he may think proper, as two tracts of land adjoining, will in a short time be divided among several legatees. Persons wishing to view the land, will apply to Mr. STERLING SEAWELL, on the premises, or to the subscriber residing in the neighborhood. Terms of sale will be made known on the day, and will be as accommodating as possible. JOHN B. SEAWELL, Esq. N. B. The above land sold by direction of the will of John Seawell, dec. gw J. B. S.
FOR SALE,
A TRACT OF LAND, containing 575 acres, lying on the waters of Falling river, in the county of Campbell, being part of a large survey held originally by Thos. and John Bolling, the greater part of which is of prime quality for the culture of tobacco. (Three annual payments will be allowed the purchaser, on giving good security and paying interest from the date.) The land lies near the Buckingham road, and adjoining the lands of Moses Watkins, jun. who will show it to any person that may wish to view it. For further particulars apply to Mr. Wm. Jones, (Merchant) who resides near the land, or to the subscriber, near Bent Creek in Buckingham county. A. R. jr. Trustee.
N. B If the above tract of land is not disposed of at private sale before November Campbell Court, it will be exposed to the highest bidder on the above payments on the first day of the court. A. R.
THE subscribers under the firm of DARMSDATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL, have opened an
Auction & Commission
STORE. At the foot of the Bridge, where they will sell publicly on every Wednesday and Saturday morning. JOSEPH DARMSDATT. JOHN FOSTER. JOHN SATCHELL.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
 40 hogheads } BROWN SUGAR  56 barrels }  2 pipes London Particular Madeira  Wine  6 tierces Old Apple Brandy  8 pipes Holland Gin  2 cases German Sheetings  2 do. do. Dowlas  1 do. Platillas  1 do. Messias  1 do. India Cottons.—And by the first arrivals from Liverpool, they will receive a large supply of COARSE WOOLLENS and CROCKER WARE. 
DARMSDATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL. Oct. 20, 1806. 4w
SALE OF LAND.
THE following tracts of LAND, to wit: one containing 360 acres, situate in the county of Louisa, known by the name of Turner's, formerly the property of John Mitch, adjoining the lands of Anthony Winston, J. Ambler, Samuel Waddy, Sr. and George Davis, and is about nine miles below the courthouse. This land is well adapted for the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco, on which are improvements suitable for a family, with as good a spring of water as any in the county. Any person disposed to purchase will be shown the premises on application to Mr. John Waddy who lives adjoining, or the subscriber in Richmond. The terms of the Louisa Land, is one third in 3 months, one third in 3 months thereafter, and the other third in six months thereafter. It will be Sold privately at any time between this and November Louisa court next, if not sold before that time, then and at the said courthouse, it will be Sold at public Sale by Mr. John Waddy of said county, or the subscriber in Richmond.
ALSO, one other tract in the county of Hanover, containing 123 acres, about three miles from New-Castle, and adjoining capt. Robert King, on the main road leading from Richmond to Blackwell's Neck. Terms of sale will be six months for one half, and the other half in six months thereafter. This Land will be shew by the subscriber. Approved security will be required. WADDY TURNER, Agent for the Legatees of NATHL. TENNANT, Dec. October 20, 1806.

STREETS & MOORS.  A beam of tranquility beam'd in the West, The storm of the morning pursu'd us no more. And the wave, while it welcom'd the moment of rest, Still heav'd as remem'ring the ills that  Serenely my heart took the hue of the hour, Its passions were sleeping, were mute as the dead. And the spirit becam'd but remem'ber'd As the billow the force of the gale that was fled!  I thought of the days, when to pleasure alone My heart ever granted a wish or a sigh; When the saddest emotion my bosom had known, Was pity for those who were wiser than I!  I felt how the pure, intellectual fire In luxury loses its heavenly ray: Now soon, in the ravishing cup of desire, The pearl of the soul may be melted away!  And I pray'd to that Spirit who lighted the flame, That pleasure no more might its purity dim; And that sullied but little, or brightly the same, I might give back the gem I had borrow'd from him!  The thought was extatic! I felt as if Heaven Had already the wealth of eternity shown; As if, passion all chasten'd, and error forgiv'n, My heart had begun to be purely its own!  I look'd to the West, and the beautiful sky Which morning had clouded, was cloudless no more— "Oh! thus," I exclaim'd "can a Heavenly Eye Shed light on the soul that was darkened before!"
NOTICE.  THE PRICE OF TUCKER'S BLACK-STONE after the first of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The subscribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies, will not after that time be entitled to the subscription terms.  Philadelphia, July, 1806. 1st Jan  TICKETS in the third class of the Richmond Academy Lottery, for sale at this office
MARSHALL'S SALES.  TO BE SOLD , to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States, for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, between Finneas Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff and David Ross and others defendants, in order to raise the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty three cents, due and payable the first day of July last, and expenses and charges of sale, that valuable and well known estate, in the county of Buckingham, called FORT LEWIS —stated by the said Ross to contain 2808 acres. The sale will take place on the premises, on the 14th day of November next. Also, under the said decree, and upon the same terms, will be SOLD , at the Oxford Iron Works, in the county of Campbell, or the 18th of the same month, a number of VALUABLE SLAVES .  BEN. MOSEY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. September 26, 1806. tds
At the request of Mr. Ross, the sale of the land above mentioned, called FORT LEWIS , is POSTPONED until the 29th day of NEXT MONTH , when it will take place, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond—and the sale of the negroes is POSTPONED until the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT , on which day it will take place at the Eagle Tavern aforesaid.  BEN. MOSEY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. October 16, 1806.
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN. and for sale by the gross, dozen, or single, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond;  The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807;  Being the third after Bissextile or Leap Year Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond.  Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Henrico county, Virginia.  Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county Courts throughout the state, list of roads, &c. &c. &c. a great variety of useful and entertaining matter.  * Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers.  September 13th, 1806.
M'CAY and COWAN,  I HAVE just received by the late arrival from London, a large and fashionable assortment of WATCHES , with a variety of articles of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK —Also, an assortment of WATCH MAKERS' TOOLS and MATERIAL —which with the former stock, renders their assortment very general—all of which they offer at the lowest prices, for cash.  Richmond, October 9th 1806. tf
THE subscribers, Brewers of Porter and Ale , in Philadelphia, desirous of extending the consumption of their liquor in Richmond and the neighboring towns, will afford a complete supply of every article, and all the information necessary for carrying on a Porter Cellar, in the said place, on receiving sufficient security for final payment. Application to be made to them in Philadelphia, or to Messrs. Macmurdo and Fisher.  P. Hare & Son. August 8th, 1806. tf  Gentlemen who hold subscription papers for the new and improved edition of FERGUSON'S LECTURES , (which is nearly through the press) are requested to forward to this office, as early as possible, a list of the names already obtained. The subscription will be kept open till the work is published.  October 9.
50,000 a single ticket may gain.  NEW-YORK STATE LOTTERY. No. V.  For the Promotion of Literature, and other purposes,  To commence drawing on the second Tuesday in December 1806, and 600 tickets to be drawn each day until the whole is concluded. Prizes payable 30 days after.  The excellency of the present scheme is universally acknowledged to exceed any yet offered in the United States.  THE CAPITAL PRIZES ARE 50,000 Dollars, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, 2,000 Dollars,  Besides several of 1,000, 500, 200, 100, &c. &c. The first 4,000 blanks to be entitled to $ 500 each.  The whole subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. In this scheme there is a possibility for one Ticket to draw 50,000 Dollars. Notwithstanding the great number of capital prizes in this Lottery, there are less than two blanks to a prize.  TICKETS AND SHARES. FOR SALE AT G. & R. WAITE'S TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY OFFICES, No. 64 & No. 38, Maiden-Lane, New-York.  AT SEVEN DOLLARS EACH,
but will advance as the drawing approaches. By enclosing Bank notes (post paid) to G. & R. WAITE, Tickets and Shares will be punctually returned by post, to any amount, and the earliest advice sent to adventurers of their success. The public are requested to remark, that the drawing of the New-York Lottery is managed in a covered manner, as not to be subject to error. The time of drawing, and payment of prizes is punctual and guaranteed by the State Legislature. Schemes at large enclosed with Tickets—The many Capital Prizes sold by G. & R. W. in former Lotteries, (list of which will also be enclosed) it is presumed, will be an additional inducement to distant adventurers to purchase of them.  3m
Racing at Surry Courthouse,  WILL commence on Wednesday the 5th November, and continue three days.  First day, a Post Sweepstakes for Colts and Fillies, two years old, and the advantage mile heats, carrying each a feather; entrance Two DOLLARS, ten colts entered and subscription closed.  Second day, the Surry Jockey Club Purse of THREE HUNDRED and FIFTY DOLLARS, three mile heats.  Third day, (Friday) the Proprietor's Purse of ONE HUNDRED and FIFTY DOLLARS, two mile heats. All persons who start horses for this purse will be required to pay the sum of TWENTY DOLLARS, except members of the Club, and from them an entrance of EIGHT DOLLARS will be required.  The weights of the course are as follows: Aged horses, lbs. 130 6 years old, 120 5 years old, 110 4 years old, 100 3 years old, 95  CHARLES H. GRAVES, Secretary.  Agreeable to the rules of the club, a meeting will be held at Mr. David Price's, on Wednesday evening, the 5th November. Good stables and litter furnished race horses gratis, by  DAVID PRICE, Proprietor of the Course. Surry county, 8th September 1806. tf
THE LOT & HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately planted in, a Warehouse and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf.  Also, 271.2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Wicwasic's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken.  Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to  Thos. Newton. August 2. tf
FOR SALE, MY LAND , in the county of Goochland, whereon I now live, containing 690 acres; well situated, lying within two miles of James river, and five miles above Goochland courthouse; is wellimproved, and in fine order for an ensuing crop; it is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, corn & wheat. A farther description is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed the purchaser would wish to view the premises, which (in my absence, will be shown) by Capt. Humphrey Parrish, or Mr. Whitehead Ryan, who live adjoining thereto. I will undertake to sow thereon 80 or 90 bushels of wheat in good order. And in case of sale of the land, I will likewise sell the crop thereon of every description, together with the stock of cattle, hogs, and sheep, household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, &c. The terms of sale for the land, will be one third cash, & for the balance three equal annual instalments, on giving bond with approved security, carrying interest from the day, if not punctually paid. Young negroes will be taken (if approved of) in payment for a moiety, at least, of each payment; a deed of trust will be taken upon the premises to secure the three last payments. The personal estate will be sold on a credit of twelve months on giving bond with approved security. And the price of the land made known on application to the subscriber.  Craddock Vaughan. 16th Sept. 1806. 6w
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Excellent Horses.  Enquire of the printer. Richmond, August 2, 1806. tf  MATTRASSES.  CAN be had on very short notice, MATTRASSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos. Darnall's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store.—Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattresses worked over.  Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5, 1806.
REMOVAL.  H. DABNEY has removed to the house on the Main Street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Darnall's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES , on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only.  A consignment of snuff in packages of any size, from 15 to 60 lbs.; will be sold below the usual price of that article.  Richmond, August 11 1806. tf
A. HEWES & CO.  Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market,  Salt in sacks Jamaica and Antigua Rum New England Rum Port & Sherry Wine Old Cognac Brandy Lead and Brown Sugar Molasses Coffee of superior quality Alexandria Crackers Rhode Island Cheese  Imperial Tea Herrings and Shad Alexandria Beer in bbls English Walnuts Brown Soap Nutmegs Pepper Alspice Cloves Starch Fly Blue, &c. &c. &c.  A general assortment of CROCKERY and STONE WARE , and Rhode Island LIME.  Richmond, July 4th, 1806. tf
REMOVAL.  THE Subscriber has removed their COMPTING HOUSE , from the Main Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Basin, between the Teneum occupied by C and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Wyatt and Bullock—where they continue their purchase of wheat as usual—They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran.  Thomas and Amos Ladd. 10 Mo. 31, 1806. tf
Valuable Property for Sale.  BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us, by Peter F. Archer, for the benefit of John G. Jefferson, will be SOLD , for cash, on the premises, in the county of Augusta, on the 24th day of November next, the valuable TRACT OF LAND , called Fort Harber, containing by estimation about 650 acres, with more than one third uncleared, a great part of which is prime Tobacco land, lying on both sides of the road which leads from Pricetown to Revillies bridge—Also, the following SLAVES , Simon, Diley and her three children, Leonard, Sam, John, Phil Sukey and her three children, Davy, Sarah and her two children, Phoebe and her two children, Joe, Tom Big, Tom, Bristol, Murrier and her three children, or so much of the said property as shall be sufficient to satisfy the purpose of the said deed of trust. The sale will continue from day to day till it is completed.  A minute description of the many advantages which would attend the purchase of the aforesaid tract of land is thought unnecessary, as it is imagined that those inclined to purchase, will view it and judge for themselves.  JOSHUA CHAFFIN, } Trustees. WILLIAM CASSILS, } WILLIAM BENTLEY, } Oct. 9th, 1806. tds
EDUCATION.  THE Subscriber's present engagement, as a Tutor in the family of Doct. George Evans, of Chesterfield county, will end on the 1st day of January next; at which time he would willingly listen to proposals for establishing an Academy, or other public seminary in some neighbourhood, healthful and otherwise eligible neighbourhood in the state of Virginia.  His plan would embrace the following branches of instruction.—The Greek, Latin and English languages grammatically—a regular course of historical reading, accompanied with a knowledge of Geography and Chronology—the Rules of Logic, with a careful perusal of the best Authors, in the three languages above-mentioned—Arithmetic—Book-keeping—Surveying and the practical branches of the Mathematics.  The talents of the Subscriber, (such as they are) the attention with which he has discharged the various, delicate and difficult duties of a Teacher, and the system he has pursued, with the success attending it, are all sufficiently known to, and have happily met the approbation of a great many respectable and competent judges, of literary merit in the eastern and middle parts of this State.  To those who know him not, he respectfully asks permission to say, that for the last twenty years of his life, he has labored, with sedulous application and perseverance, to improve, and expand his own mind and the mental faculties of others, and that he now, though with unaffectioned diffidence, believes himself capable of rendering public and permanent services to the youth of a country, in which he has spent more than half the number of years he has lived, and the usefulness, happiness and prosperity of the citizens of which country, he shall never cease to pray for, and to the utmost of his abilities promote.  Of himself he has said as much as the occasion demanded, and he cherishes a hope it will not be found that truth or propriety required him to say less.  Letters addressed to the subscriber, to be left at Cole'sville, or the Richmond Post office, will be duly attended to, and should an engagement be entered into before the 15th of January next, public notice will be given thereof.  James Johnstone. Chesterfield county, 15th Sept. 1806.
TO RENT, THE BRICK HOUSE , at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr.—Possession may be had by the last of this month. Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises.  JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 3d 1806. tf
I DESIGN the ensuing year, with the aid of a qualified teacher, to attempt the Tuition of 15 Females—Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic will be taught. Strict attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their morals be neglected. The price will be £28 each scholar finding her own bed—1-6th of the price to be paid in advance.  Gerard Banks. Goochland, 27th Sept. 1806. tf
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the History of France and England—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE , Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s  April 23, 1806. tf
A FRESH SUPPLY OF Church's Cough Drops  Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary, New York, and for sale at this office.
FOR RENT, AND possession given immediately, the HOUSE and LOT belonging to the estate of William Elliott, dec. on the hill near the Swan tavern. The house is very convenient for a general family, with a good garden, smoke house, &c. For terms apply to William M'Kim, or  ROBERT HYDE, Acting Executor of Wm. Elliott, dec. Richmond, Oct. 6th, 1806. tf
THE Subscriber has accommodations for twenty-five gentlemen of the Legislature. He has also stabling for as many horses.  ALEX'R. QUARRIER. Richmond, Oct. 15th, 1806. tf
WILL BE SOLD. To the highest bidder, at New Kent courthouse, on Monday the 24th of November next, for cash,  Twenty Likely Negroes,  Among which are eight or ten, consisting of boys and girls between the ages of six and sixteen years—the balance men and women, not exceeding forty years of age. The above negroes will certainly be sold on that day, if fair, if not, the next fair day, for what they will produce.  ARMSTEAD RUSSELL. October 9th, 1806. tds
FOR SALE, Opposite the street leading to Col. Mayo's Bridge.  20 ton Philadelphia iron assorted 20 ton Swedish ditto, square and flat bars German and blistered steel Spermaceti and Linseed oils Yellow ochre and white lead Window glass, 8 by 10 and 10 by 12 Patent shot by the bag and retail Double and single F. gun powder Cut and wrought nails all sizes Cotton and wool cards, &c. &c.  We have still on hand a few barrels good cut Herrings, and a few thousand weight Isle of Wight Bacon—With a general and good assortment of GROCERIES .  RUSSELL & WALLACE. October 14, 1806. 4w
GREENHOW & COLE,  MERCHANTS in Williamsburg, most respectfully inform their friends and countrymen, that by the ships Father and Sons from London; the Laura and the Juno, from Liverpool; they have received a select, and well chosen assortment of useful, and fashionable  GOODS;  Particularly adapted to the demands of the times—They are purchased with ready money, from the manufacturers themselves, with whom Robert Greenhow has long been in the habit of dealing, and whose custom to preserve, they have manifested particular solicitude. Being thus obtained good in their respective kinds, and on the very best terms; they will be sold as low as possible for cash, and at their usual credit, to punctilious customers.  October 10th, 1806. 2m
ON Tuesday the 4th day of next month, at the dwelling house of the subscriber, will be exposed to public sale, a variety of HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE , also, a Wagon in good repair and gears, and one or two horses, and two milch cows.  On Monday the 10th day of the same month on the premises, will be sold or rented, MY HOUSE , nearly opposite to Mr. Wm. Rose's, and situated on the main street—unless privately rented or sold before that day. And at Hanover court house, on the first day of the court in next month, will be rented, the farm about two miles distant from that place, called HICKORY HILL , containing about 300 acres of LAND, and having on it a convenient dwelling house with 5 rooms, and closes and cellars, and other convenient houses, and a variety of choice fruit trees. The terms of sale, or renting, will be made known on the several days.  GEO. WM. SMITH. October 14, 1806.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,  A PROCLAMATION.  WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that HARRICANE , a slave the property of Jesse Perkinson, of the county of Mecklenburg, convicted by the court of the county of Southampton, of burglary, and sentenced to suffer death for the same, hath made his escape from the jail of the said county of Southampton: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the Council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of THIRTY DOLLARS , to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the jail from whence he escaped, the aforesaid slave Harricane . And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the Commonwealth to use their best endeavours to apprehend the said slave Harricane , and convey him to the jail aforesaid.  Given under my hand with the seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 14th day of October, 1806.  (Signed) WM. H. CAELL.
FOR SALE.  THE said slave Harricane , is a shoemaker by trade; a short, thick negro, about 5 feet 5 or six inches high, and had on (when he escaped) an iron collar about his neck, which was riveted very strongly and securely. He had ran away from his master some time past, and was apprehended in Norfolk, carried home and confined with the collar, but released himself and escaped with it on him, and in that situation was apprehended previous to his trial.
FOR SALE.  THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given immediately.  J. PENN. October 9th, 1806. tf  DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA.  THE third number, or vol. II. Part I. of the above work, is just received and ready for delivery to Subscribers at this Office.  October 25.
Thirty Dollars Reward.  DESERTED from this place, on the 15th inst. BENJAMIN WILLIS , a soldier of the public guard, about thirty years of age, about five feet eight inches high, dark hair and eyes, fair complexion, and very large whiskers; he is a very well set man, and has in his possession some clothing which he received when in the United States army. It is very probable he may have gone down to Suffolk as he has some relations there, and money due him from them.  Also, DURHAM BRACK , who deserted on the 6th inst. about twenty years of age, about five feet 6 inches high, blue eyes and light hair, fair complexion: the clothing that he has taken with him is unknown; he is a native of North Carolina, of Granville county, and it is very probable he may have gone there as all his relations live there.  Also, THOMAS BENNETT , who left this place at the same time, about twenty-three years of age, dark complexion, about five feet six inches high, blue eyes and light hair, a carpenter by trade, and came from the county of Chesterfield, where all his relations live, but it is uncertain whether he will go there or not; he has taken with him the uniform of the guard and what other clothing it is unknown. Any person taking up the said deserters and delivering them to me or either of the officers of the said guard, shall receive the above reward, or for the delivery of either of them.  ALEX. QUARRIER, C. P. G.
Twenty Dollars Reward.  FOR taking up and securing so that I got him again,  LEWIS,  A very yellow negro man, about twenty-one years of age, four feet eight or nine inches high, proportionably built, nothing notable in his countenance or speech, had on a short coat, overalls of nap't cotton, and ozenburgs shirt; he took off no other clothing known of. He was bought from the estate of James White, of Buckingham, near Ca-Ira; his mother belongs to Amos White of Hanover; his grandmother lives with a Mrs. Gray in Richmond, and his father belongs to a Doct. Shore, in or not far from Petersburg, as he says. No doubt he will make for some of those places for refuge, but I mostly suspect the latter, where, in all probability, he will endeavor to get in some vessel, and thereby make his escape. I hereby forewarn all masters of vessels and others, from carrying off, or harboring the said slave, under the penalty of being dealt with as the law directs.  JAMES TUCKER. Powhatan county, Belle-Meade, Oct. 16, 1806. 5w
AGREEABLE to a decree of the Hustings court for the city of Richmond, WILL BE SOLD , to the highest bidder, on the 4th day of November next, for the benefit of the legatees of Samuel Couch, dec.  FIVE-TWELFTHS of THAT LOT OF GROUND,  With the improvements, containing in the whole 41 feet front; now occupied by Edward Wanton, Joseph Myers and Walter Potter. The terms of sale, will be one half in hand, and the balance on the 1st day of March next, secured by a note, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with a good endorser.  MICAJAH CREW, Commissioner. 10th Mo. (Oct.) 17, 1806. 4t
THE Subscriber will on the day above mentioned (4th of November) sell at AUCTION, SEVEN-TWELFTHS of THE LOT OF GROUND,  Spoken of in the preceding advertisement.  TERMS OF SALE.  Credit till the first day of April next; the purchaser giving an approved negotiable note with an endorser, negotiable and payable at the Bank of Virginia. But no conveyance of the property will be made, or possession thereof given until the note is paid, and on failure of payment of the note when it becomes due; the property will within one week after such failure (unless the subscriber shall then choose to extend the time of sale) be sold at auction for cash, and if on such sale, the property shall produce a sum less than the amount of the note and the expenses of sale; recourse will then be had on the note against the maker, and endorser thereof for the deficiency. But should the sum produced by the second sale exceed the amount of the note and expenses of sale, such excess shall be paid to the maker of the note.  CHARLES COPLAND. Richmond, 21st October, 1806.
GERMAN GOODS, Just received from Bremen, consisting of  LINENS.    Osnaburgs  Rowan Sheetings    Ticklenburgs  Dowlas    Twilled Sacking  Platillas    Hessians & Rolls  Bielefeld Linen.    Glass Ware.  Quart. Pint and Half Pint DECANTERS —Pint and Half Pint TUMBLERS .  BOHN & HUBNER. Oct. 21, 1806. ft
A General Assortment of BLANK, CYPHERING, WRITING and MEMORANDUM BOOKS, for sale at this office.  FOR SALE. ON A CREDIT of six months, a pair of LIVELY
BAY HORSES.  Enquire of the Printer.  FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE, HENNING'S New Virginia Justice,  Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and release, mortgage, trust, &c.