Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1800-11-14 00:00:00

The VIRGINIA ARGUS.
No. 59 of Vol. VIII.]
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[Weeks No. 786]
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14th, 1800.
[12 1/2 CENTS SINGLE.]
Slaves for Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of trust made to us by William Cannon of the county of Buckingham, to secure to Cunnings and Guerrant, of New Canton, the payment of a certain sum of money therein mentioned, we shall SELL, to the highest bidder, for Cash, in the town of New Canton, on Tuesday the second day of December next, eight valuable
VIRGINIA-BORN SLAVES,
to wit; Charles, Frank, John, Major, Lewis, Kit, Lucy and Charity.
Wm. Anderson, } Trustees Daniel Bagby, } Oct. 27, 1800. tds
THE BRITISH ARMED SHIP,
Aurora,
Now at City Point, for Glasgow, having three fourths of her cargo engaged, will positively sail by the 15th proximo; for freight of the remainder, or passage (having excellent accommodations) apply to the Captain, on board, Robertson & Brown, Norfolk, Buchanan, Dunlop & Co. Petersburg, or
Robert Pollok & Co.
Richmond, 28th Oct. 1800. tf
THE SUBSCRIBER,
Has just received a large assortment of
GOODS,
Suitable for the season;
CONSISTING of Rose and Striped Blankets; Kendal Cottons; Half-Thicks; Kerseys; Yorkshire Cloths; Superfine and Coarse Cloths; Farnoughs; Coatings and Ticklenburgs; which he will dispose of very low by the BALB or piece, on a credit of six months
ALSO FOR SALE,
A few Bales of India Cottons;
Twenty-four casks of Broad Hoes;
And a few Cases of
OLD SHERRY WINE,
In Cases of 4 dozen bottles.
WILLIAM WISEHAM.
Richmond, Oct. 13, 1800. (2m)
S. and S. Myers,
Have received an Assortment of
India and German
GOODS,
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Richmond, 20th October, 1800. (exa)
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175 Acres of Land,
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By ST GEORGE TUCKER,
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VOL. II. PART I.
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JAMES GALT.
Williamsburg, Nov. 7th, 1800. (3w)
TAKEN up by the subscriber living about four miles from Manchester, three stray Hogs, two Sows and a Barrow—the Sows are red spotted with black, and the Barrow white, supposed to be eighteen months old, marked with a half crop in the right ear, and a hole in the left—appraised to four pounds five shillings.
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A MAP OF THE RIVER RHINE,
From NIMESGUEEN to BASLE;
Showing the actual STATE OF WAR, between the French and Austrians.
—ALSO—
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Nov. 1.
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LONDON October 6.
Government received this morning dispatches of importance from Paris. They are supposed to contain the final answer of the Chief Consul. The ship which brought them, brought us Paris papers to the 4th inst. the contents of which are of considerable importance. Malta has at length surrendered to the English. On the 2d September a Council of War was held, at which, on account of the total want of provisions, it was agreed to send a flag of truce to Major General Pigot, with a proposal to surrender the Island.—On the 5th the articles of capitulation were agreed upon and signed. The garrison are considered as prisoners of war, and are not to serve against his Britannic Majesty until they have been regularly exchanged.
This event is of considerable moment. It removes one of the obstacles to the arrangement of a naval armistice, and will enable Great-Britain to negotiate with more effect at the Congress of Lunéville.
The negotiations between France and America have been brought to a conclusion, and a convention of amity and commerce was signed on the 1st inst. at Paris, by the French and American Plenipotentiaries.
Congress of Peace.
The Emperor is gone back to Vienna The Count de Lehrbach is daily expected at Strasburg on his way to Lunéville, where very active preparations for the Congress are making. The Chief Consul's brother, Joseph Buonaparte, is to be the negotiator on the part of the French.
Spain and Sweden.
The affair of the capture of the two Spanish frigates in the harbour of Barcelona, by the two English frigates, has been taken up by the Court of Spain, in the most serious manner. Our readers will recollect that the frigates were captured by means of a Swedish ship, on board of which a strong body of English officers and sailors was put; who got the ship alongside of one of the frigates, boarded, took her, and turned her guns against the other frigate, which was also obliged to strike. The circumstance of converting a neutral vessel into an instrument of hostility, has been considered by Spain as a violation of the rights of neutral nations.
A circular letter has been addressed to all the Foreign Ministers at Madrid, enclosing a letter to the Swedish Ministers of Foreign Affairs. The Court of Stockholm is required to demand reparation, and the restitution of the Spanish frigates, and is informed, that if its representations to the Court of London are not attended with the desired effect, before the end of the year, his Catholic Majesty will adopt such measures of precaution towards the Swedish flag.
On the 30th and 31st of August, Lord Keith sailed from Minorca, with 15,000 troops. He proceeded to the Eastward, and is supposed to be gone either to Naples or Egypt.
Two of the frigates which did so much damage on the coast of Africa have been taken.
PARIS, September 29.
It was remarked that at the dinner which the First Consul gave on the 1st Vendémiaire, a toast was given to the 16 United Departments.
It was said that Gen. Clark was to set out last night for Lunéville.
The accounts from Italy state, that the French government have demanded and obtained from the Pope, the removal of the Neapolitan troops from Rome; it appears also that General Mylins has surrendered the command of Ancona to gen. Koezevich.
It is said that Joseph Buonaparte, Councillor of State, is to go to the Congress at Lunéville as negotiator on the part of the French Republic.
September 30.
Gen. Clarke did not set off for Lunéville till last night. It is said that the French government were determined to consent to an armistice, by the declaration made by Prussia, that the northern powers will not see with a favourable eye, the ulterior progress of the French; and that if they continued to drive the Austrian army back Prussia would reinforce the cordon, which occupies the line of demarcation, with 60,000 men, and that another army of the same force would have orders to hold itself ready to march.
On the 22d Sept. the Emperor returned to Vienna with Count Lehrbach.
The five counsellors of state, who were directed to present another mode of escape from the emigrant list, have presented their reports to the consuls.
LUNÉVILLE, Sept. 28.
Yesterday the sub-prefect and secretary arrived here and proceeded to the castle to agree upon the repairs to be made in that superb edifice, in which the interest of so many nations are to be discussed. A theatre is to be established here.
[Lunéville, the place appointed for the Congress, is a small, very old, and anciently fortified town of the province of Lorraine, which province now forms the three departments of Meurthe, Meuse, and the Vosges. It is about 140 miles E. of Paris.]
MODENA, Sept. 15.
Lucca has been entirely evacuated by the French. The Austrians have also evacuated Ferrara, and repassed the Po. Before they left it, they expected a contribution of 80,000 crowns.
HANAU, Sept. 22.
The French were yesterday in the environs of Fulda. It is said there was a slight attack of advanced posts near Neuhoff.
The Emperor set off yesterday morning for Vienna, with Lehrbach.—The greater part of the French army is retiring from Bavaria into Suabia, where it is to resume its cantonments.
STRASBURG, Sept. 29.
We expect here Mersen and count de Lehrbach, who have not passed through our city, as was reported. We learn that the bearer of the new armistice, reached gen. Angereau too late, for hostilities had already commenced on the right bank of the Mein. A column of our army had penetrated to Fulda, after having beaten the enemy near Neuhoff.
Ratisbon is again occupied by gen. Bonnet.
ARMY OF BATAVIA, right wing.
The army is informed that there is a prolongation of the armistice for 45 days, on condition of the surrender of Ulm, Ingolstadt, and Philippsburg—which has been consented to by the emperor.
(Signed) ANDRECSI.
STUTTGARD, September 23.
We have received the news that Ulm is already open.
AUGSBURG, September 24.
It has been this day announced as certain, that the emperor has signed the preliminaries of peace, but they are to be secret. It is added that they differ in the tenor from those signed at Paris.
ULM, September 27.
Gen. Colaud, who blockaded our city, came here the 24th, to concert with Gen. Petrich upon the surrender of the fortress; on the next day, he ordered the gate of the Danube to be occupied by the French troops. In three days the forts raised round the city, will be surrendered to Gen. Richepanne.
BARCELONA, September 20.
A flag of truce with provisions on board arrived here from Mahon, in six days. The prisoners declare that on the 27th August three entered Mahon an English brig, and that immediately after they saw troops embark on board the ships of war which sailed on the 30th and 31st with eighteen or twenty transports, and fifteen thousand troops under admiral Keith, on board the Fondroyen, of 84 guns having on board the consuls for Algiers, and 30 French officers prisoners. The squadron sailed Eastward.
PHILADELPHIA, November 5.
FEDERAL CONSISTENCY.
The Anglo-federalists, with that modesty which is peculiar to them, urge very strenuously that there ought to be a compromise in the choice of electors of president, by our legislature, and that they ought to have a number proportioned to the federal votes given in the state at the last election. This is indeed the last shift of a struggling dying faction!
Why did they not preach that doctrine to their federal brethren in the legislature of New-Jersey? In that state it appears, that one third of the Senators and Representatives are republicans. Did the majority allow them one third of the electors? Not one seventh—not a single vote.
Messrs Schuylers are more democratic members of congress than Pennsylvania has Anglo federalists, and according to the plan proposed, they ought to have a proportion of the electors. Has federalism made any such provision there? Is there to be a single republican elector? No—no—not one!
Why then, can any man of common honesty expect the republicans will be duped into such a compromise? If the federalists, where they have the ascendancy carry all the electors, can they in justice expect that
the republicans will not, from mere motives of defence do the same?
Posterity will acknowledge that they were highly indebted to the monarchical faction of our country, for the manner in which their outrageous proceedings were condoned. Had they used little address, and continued the delusion, with which they had lulled asleep too many of their unsuspecting countrymen, they might have forged chains for us so strong that nothing but another convolution could have broken them asunder. But their alien laws, their sedition laws, & 8 per cent. loans, their military enterprises to overawe and intimidate, where half a dozen constables could have preferred the peace, their banding armies, their Pretorian bands, their frivolous and expensive embassies, their wanton waste of the public money, their Dayton and Pickeringian depredations on the public treasury, followed each other in such close succession, there were so many bold strokes, so many attempts to sow hatred and animosity, and with so much effect, that if they had not roused the good people from their lethargy, they would have richly deserved to fall a prey even to oriental despotism.
The greater the danger we have escaped, and that danger will from frequent discoveries daily prove to have been greater than was at first conceived, the stronger will be the public conviction of the necessity of a most vigilant watchfulness to guard against the inroads of designing rulers, who are eternally machinating against the liberties of their fellow citizens, whom they want to reduce to the state of subjects.
Extract of a letter from New-Haven, October 31.
“We have just completed the appointment of the electors of President and Vice-President, of the United States. The persons chosen are—Governor Trumbull, Lieutenant Governor Treadwell, the five Judges of our Supreme Court, viz. Jesse Root, Jonathan Sturgis, Stephen M. Mitchell, Jonathan Ingersoll, and Tappan Reeve, and Matthew Griswold, brother of Roger the boxer; and Jonathan O. Moseley. These men being all sound republicans, will probably comply with the wishes of Hamilton, in every particular; God be thanked that the people of Connecticut, though deprived of information and a knowledge of their true interests, will not be at the mercy of their misleaders in a national view.”
The federalists in Rhode Island are playing the same game in which their brethren of Maryland have been recently so forcibly defeated; they are, it seems, carrying on intrigues to procure the repeal of the law of that state which, obeying the dictates of the constitution, vests the right of voting for presidential electors immediately in the people. As the efforts of these folks to carry this favorite point in Maryland, have effectually routed the too long dormant spirit of liberty in that state; so we hope that the like cause may produce the like effect in Rhode Island. In fact if governor Farner and a few other characters, have not wholly discarded the principles which have actuated them in times past, Rhode Island may shortly rub off the rust of anti-federalism, and appear in all the brightness of her revolutionary character. By giving a GREENE to our enemies, the did much to refuse us from BRITISH TYRANNY: Let her now declare in favor of a JEFFERSON to preside over our councils, and share the glory of preserving us from DOMESTIC TYRANNY.
CHARLESTON October 25.
Mr. Michu, the botanist of the French republic who resided for a number of years in this state, in that capacity, we find is not to return here immediately, as the following extract of a letter from his son mentions. The letter is dated in Paris, on the 6th of August last.
“I have to inform you that my father appears to have abandoned absolutely the idea of again seeing Carolina. He has taken a direction entirely opposed to a voyage to that country; and it is with grief I announce to you, that he is to embark on board of one of the two vessels, which are destined for the South Seas. This expedition, the object of which is to make new discoveries, has been ordered by the First Consul, and the British government has granted passports for it. The National Institute has made a selection of learned men, who are to accompany it, and my father is one of them; they are to depart by the 15th of September, at the latest from Havre. Captain Baudin is to command the expedition. It is supposed they will be absent four or five years. My father expects to leave it at the Philippines, where the equator is to recit.”
November 1.
Yesterday arrived the Schooner Edward and Sarah, Capt. Naffan, N. P. 7 days. Five brigs and a lugger, were in the offing yesterday, bound in.
A number of American vessels have lately been carried into New-England; amongst them are the ship Little Martha, from this port for St. Sebastian, and the Schooner Buckskin, Fuller, from Africa. The ship Little Martha got on shore on Providence Reefs, and received so much damage that it was necessary to unload her immediately.

Extract of a letter from a gentleman in New-York, to his friend in this city.
Hamilton's pamphlet is the only subject of conversation. The apology made for him by some of his friends is that he must have written and published it in a moment of phrensy and sleep-deprivation. The republicans... It is feared that it will be the means of taking from Gen. Hamilton nearly all the votes that were calculated upon for him in New-England.
Extract of a letter from the second mate of the brig Charles and Henry, Capt. Tinkham, belonging to F. C. Mey, Esq. of this port, bound to Amoy, dated New-Providence, October 24.
"I take this opportunity of writing to you, and informing you of the disagreeable situation of our brig, and her wandering crew. On the 20th instant, in lat. 37, long. 56, we had the misfortune of falling in with the English frigate Antelope, capt. Lowrey, belonging to the Halifax station, which took us, sent the brig to Halifax and the crew to this place, except one man, who is kept on board of the frigate. We were plundered of every thing, and turned on shore without money or clothes. The situation of capt. Tate's vessel, by whom this goes, is such, that I am afraid if I venture in her, of being taken again, so that I intend to try my chance in the Friendship to St. Mary's, from whence I shall immediately proceed to Charlestown, when I shall be able to give you further information."
SAVANNAH, October 31. A gentleman from St. Mary's informs us, that Bowles and his adherents, consisting only of 16 ragged white and black men, were lately driven from their encampment above Coleraine and obliged to swim across the river, by a party of militia from that neighbourhood. One negro, who was in the camp was made prisoner.
COPPER & TIN WARE Manufactory.
THE subscriber returns his sincere thanks to a generous public, for the very great encouragement he has met with in his line of business; and begs leave to inform his friends & customers, that he has on hand a quantity of STRONG STOUT COPPER in SHEETS and bottoms, that they may be supplied with STILLs on the shortest notice, either with PATENT, COPPER or PEWTER WORMS. He has a number of STILLs of all sizes finished and ready for delivery, made on the best and most improved principles, which he is determined to sell at the most reduced prices.
WILLIAM COOK. N. B. All kinds of TIN WORK as usual. The highest cash price given for old BRASS, COPPER, PEWTER or LEAD.
To be sold, for ready money, On Friday, the 14th day of November next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, PART OF A
Tract of Land, Lying in Louisa County, known by the name of BOSWELL'S ORDINARY, to include the improvements, and to contain two hundred and ninety three acres; designated by bounds to be made known at the day of sale; according to the last will and testament of Col. John Boswell, deceased. RICHARD C. JOHNSON, Exor of THOMAS J. JOHNSON, Minors, the only Executor of Col. John Boswell, dec.
By Wednesday Evening's Mail.
CONTINUATION OF Latest Foreign Intelligence.
[By the America from London.]
MADRID, Sept. 28. The affair of the capture of the two frigates Barcelona, has been taken up very seriously by our government. Every one is indignant here at the event, and we know not how to characterize the spirit which influenced the English on this occasion. Our state of warfare not permitting the king's ministers to address complaints directed to the court of London, they have confined themselves to denouncing the fact by a circular letter to the ambassadors of all the foreign powers, who reside at Madrid, & to inform them of it, more particularly the ministers of his Swedish majesty, whom that event concerns more than any other, exhorting him to require from the British government a just satisfaction for the outrage done to his flag, and the punishment of the officers concerned. The following are the papers mentioned above:
Circular letter to the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers to the Court of Spain.
SIR, I have the honor to communicate to you a copy of the memorial which the king my master has ordered me to send to his minister at Stockholm, in order to be transmitted to the ministry of his Swedish majesty.
The principles which are established in it, and the event which has given rise to it, are of a nature to interest all the commercial nations of Europe, particularly the neutral powers.
His majesty is persuaded that your government will see the affair in the same point of view, and he flatters himself that he will concur in eliciting, as much as possible, from the annals of war an attack so destructive of the confidence and hospitality, of which neutral and friendly flags enjoy.
I repeat the assurances of my consideration and esteem; and I am, Sir, &c. (Signed) CHEVALIER D'URQUIJO. St. Ildephonso, Sept. 17, 1800
Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the King of Sweden.
SIR, The King my master, has seen with the greatest indignation, by a report which the Consul of his Swedish majesty at Barcelona has transmitted to the captain general of Catalonia, containing the declaration of capt. Rubbart, of the Swedish gallot the Holmberg, that on the 4th of September last, in the afternoon, two English ships of the line and a frigate forced the said captain after having examined and found his papers according to rule, to take on board English officers and a considerable number of sailors, and to suffer himself to be towed at night-fall by several English chalops to the harbor of Barcelona, and under the cannon of its batteries.
That the English having reduced the said captain and his crew to silence, by holding a pistol at his breast, got possession of the helm and made at 9 P. M. by means of the gallot and the chalops surrounding it, an attack upon two frigates under the Spanish flag, who were at anchor, who not suspecting that this friendly and neutral ship concealed enemies on board, and could be made use of for the most attack, were taken almost by surprise and forced to surrender.
I refer you for the other particulars, and for the violence committed by the English on the Swedish ship, to the declaration of the captain hereunto annexed.
The king my master could not consider that event but as interesting the rights, and wounding the interests of all the powers of Europe, without excepting England; and above all, as the heaviest insult to the flag of his Swedish majesty. In fact, it is evident that the belligerent powers, by admitting neutral ships into their harbors and ports, wished to soften the scourge of war, and to preserve those commercial relations between the people of different nations, which their mutual wants require.
Every thing therefore that tends to render the navigation suspected and dangerous, injures in an equal degree the rights and interests of all nations. But in the present case, the rights and honor of the Swedish flag have been violated in so outrageous a manner, that few examples of such a violation can be found in the Naval History of Europe.
The attack if it were to remain unpunished, would tend to embroil the friendly powers, annihilate their commercial relations, and cause the flag which should suffer it to be considered as the secret auxiliary of the enemy's power, and would thus force Spain to take such measures as the interest of her vessels and the security of her ports should command.
Yet the king, my master, wishes still to believe that the Swedish captain has not been guilty of the least connivance with the English, and that he yielded only to their force and their great number.
Under this supposition the king has ordered me to lay before his Swedish majesty, this grievous insult committed against his flag; and not doubting the reparation which he will feel at a procedure equally low and dishonoral on the part of some officers of the British navy, he expects that the court of Stockholm will make to the English ministry the
most serious representations in order that the officers who have rendered themselves culpable upon this occasion, be punished severely, and that the two Spanish frigates be restored and carried off from the harbor of Barcelona by a frigate equally contrary to the rights of nations and the rules of war, be immediately restored with their cargoes, as having been illegally surprised by means of a neutral ship, which served as an instrument to the affair.
His Catholic majesty thinks himself so much the more entitled to consider the success of this reclamation as certain, as the English government even cannot dissemble that its enemies, by following a similar example, might themselves also make use of neutral vessels to infest its harbors and do in its ports all possible damage.
But if, contrary to all expectation, the steps of his Swedish majesty, at the Court of London, to obtain reparation for the injury done to his flag, as well as the restitution of the two Spanish frigates, should not have the desired success before the end of this year, his majesty will be obliged, though with much regret, to adopt towards the Swedish flag, measures of precaution which shall in future shelter his harbors and ports from an abuse so dangerous and revolting, as that which the English have just committed. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) CHEVALIER D'URQUIJO. St. Ildephonso, Sept. 19, 1800
Note.—The declaration of the Swedish captain gives an historical recital of the transaction.
LONDON, October 4. We are still without any certain information respecting the nature of the dispatches lately received by Government from France. It is thought, however, that those which arrived on Wednesday evening contained nothing absolutely decisive of the question of the proposed Armistice; and the explanatory communications on the subject, we believe, have not yet entirely ceased. The difficulties which present themselves on this occasion, must be, indeed, both numerous and serious. It should seem that we are called upon to make no less a sacrifice than the total relinquishment, for a given time, of the proud superiority which, as a maritime power, we now so eminently possess; and to this discouraging consideration we may venture to add our fears, that the jealousies and suspicions which the respective Governments entertain of each others views, are at the present moment of too marked and forcible a description to induce a reasonable hope of the existing differences being brought to a speedy or co-dial accommodation.
A Council of the Cabinet Ministers was held yesterday a-t noon at Lord Grenville's Office—a circumstance which gave rise to a report of some further dispatches having been received from France, but which we could not trace to any authentic source.
The Hamburg mail which became due on Wednesday, had not arrived when this paper was put to press.
Angereau's troops have now all marched up the Mayn, towards Lohr. In the environs of the Lahn and Nidda, not a single French soldier remains.
General Clark, the officer appointed to repair to the seat of negotiation at Luneville, is an Irishman, and a very confidential friend of the First Consul.
Lord Whitworth is now on his return to England, by the route of Hamburg.
The Preliminary Convention has been signed between the Courts of England and Denmark: The question of the right of searching ships is to be deferred to a future discussion. The Danish frigate la Freya, and the vessels which were under her convoy, to be instantly released, and the frigate shall find in our ports every thing necessary for her repair, according to the usage allowed among friendly and allied powers. To prevent similar occurrences from breeding disputes of a similar nature, his Danish Majesty shall suspend his convoys till the ulterior explanation upon this point shall have given rise to a definitive treaty. If it should come to pass, however, that any rencontre of the same kind should take place before the instructions to prevent them shall have had their effect, they shall not be productive of any serious consequences; and the arrangement of whatever may result from them shall be considered as comprehended in the object of the present Convention.
LONDON, Sept. 29.
Yesterday were received Paris papers to the 26th inst. The intelligence they present, is of the very first importance, as having the strongest appearance of peace.
The Hamburg mail due on Wednesday last arrived yesterday, and brought a confirmation of the prolongation of the armistice between France and Austria, the intelligence of which reached us on Wednesday in the Paris papers. The Emperor, according to the Vienna article, has sent to Paris a modification of the terms proposed by Buonaparte; and this circumstance has considerably revived the hopes of peace at Vienna. While an expectation of a favorable issue of the negotiation prevails, the means of defence are not however neglected; and his Imperial Majesty is making great and important changes in his army, which he now commands in person.—Nor is it, in the event of the renewal of hostilities, on the strength of the Austrian alliance, that the politicians of the continent calculate for the defence of Germany. Two large Russian armies, it is officially announced in the Peterburgh Gazette, amounting together to not less than 130,000 men, were collecting on the Russian
frontiers of Volhynia and Lithuania; and the co-operation of Prussia was also expected. A few days must develop important events.
The following intelligence was brought by the Hamburg mail which arrived yesterday:
Riga, Sept. 10, 1800. M. S. Publication.
The Emperor of Russia having learned that the English have made a violent attack upon Denmark, and have impeded the passage of the Sound, by sending a squadron of men of war to Elsinore, whereby the commerce of the Baltic Sea appears to have sustained an interruption, is hereby pleased to order that English property or capital in his Imperial Majesty's dominions be sequestered or detained, and that no part of it be suffered to be remitted or sent out until his Imperial Majesty shall have ascertained what the real views of England are, or that his Imperial Majesty shall have given his special permission to the contrary.
None of the property of the English shall, however, be taken from the possessors; nor shall any in eruption be given to the private concerns of the merchants possessing British property."
Extraordinary as this measure may appear to be, yet, as the motives which are alleged as having given rise to it have now ceased, it is to be presumed, that the edict directing it would be revoked almost immediately after it had been issued.
Letters from Lubeck, of the 15th, mention the arrival of an English vessel there from Riga: So that the embargo stated to have been imposed on our vessels in the Russian ports must have been but of short duration.
Before the Emperor of Germany quitted Vienna, to take the command of the army, prayers were said for his success, at which he was present, together with the Queen of Naples, the Empress, and all the females of his family.
In Bohemia the militia destined to defend the country under the Archduke Charles, will amount to 50,000 men. That of Hungary consisting of 80,000 men, is to be headed by Prince Esterhazy, and to serve out of the country; while the Archduke Palatine will command in the interior.
Luneville, the place proposed for a meeting of the plenipotentiaries of Austria and Great Britain, is a town in Lorraine, 14 miles ESE. of Nancy.
The mail of Friday brought us letters from the combined British and Turkish fleet off Alexandria, dated the 9th of July, stating that Sir Sidney Smith had sent Lieut. Wright, of Le Tigre to Cairo, charged with dispatches to gen. Menou.—The Grand Vizier was encamped with about 30,000 men at Jaffa, and was engaged in preparations to advance against the enemy, should the mission of Mr. Wright fail to induce them to evacuate Egypt. Sir Sidney Smith had only two English ships, but two others were hourly expected to join him.
October 1.
The Hamburg mail due on Saturday had not arrived when this paper went to press.
Nothing has transpired since our last with respect to the negotiations which are now upon the tapis for a maritime armistice between this country and France. The answer of the consulate to the last dispatches of our government on this subject is expected to arrive in the course of to-morrow.
The negotiation between the Courts of Petersburg and Berlin for an armed mediation to settle the affairs of the continent, have been carried on for some time past with great activity. It is reported, from a very confidential source, that the strenuous exertions of the Emperor Paul to draw the King of Prussia into this league, have not been effectual, the latter having very recently transmitted his refusal to the application. It is thought the King of Prussia has been promised a boon by the Chief Consul at the general peace.
The latest and most confidential letters from Spain mention, that troops are marching from all quarters of that Kingdom towards Portugal. Since the peace between the Emperor and the French Republic, the situation of Portugal is evidently become much more critical than before.
To agree to the measure of a naval armistice, purely and simply, would be to give up all our superiority in this contest, without any equivalent. It is not a suspension of arms, in which things remain as they were, and after which the belligerents might renew the war with the same relative advantages. France unquestionably gains all that is to be gained. The principle is wholly in her favour, and as soon as we begin to modify it, the provisions accumulate upon us so rapidly that the whole measure becomes a mass of jealous restrictions.
The mail brings a confirmation of the Emperor Paul's having taken off the sequestration on the effects of British subjects; it is to be regretted that it should have been so hastily imposed, and that a disposition should have been manifested, for which no provocation had been given.
The flag of truce which arrived the night before last, brought to Lord Grenville the answer of Citizen Talleyrand to the dispatches sent on Friday last to Paris, relative to the proposed naval armistice.
Respecting the particular points of restriction or equivalent, which are the present subjects of delay in the negotiation of the naval armistice, nothing certain will transpire till that object shall be finally accomplished or refused. Ministers by admitting and attempting to modify a similar proposition, evince their desire of procuring a general peace at the Congress of Luneville. Much difficulty will attend the present discussions, which naturally embrace so many
parts of the world, where France is in various modes coerced and confined by our maritime superiority. Many days of truce therefore will pass, no doubt, and repairs before such an armistice can be finally concluded, and the public will do well to guard itself against a renewal of speculation and imposture, to which, during every species of negotiation, it is always exposed.
The last Paris papers, mention that Gen. Berthier arrived at Madrid on the 30th inst. at ten in the evening. As he proceeded to the Hotel prepared for his reception, he was followed by an immense concourse of people, all eager to see him, and martial music played as he alighted from his carriage. He left Madrid next day, to go to St. Ildephonso; as he passed through the city, shouts of applause resounded from every corner. On his arrival at St. Ildephonso, he was presented by the Ambassador Alquier, to M. D'Urquijo, chief Secretary of State. Gen. Berthier then went to Court, and was presented to the King and Queen, by both of whom he was received with the most distinguished marks of honor.
The French army in Bavaria now consists of 70,000 infantry, 18,000 cavalry, and 4,000 artillery.
PARIS, September 27.
We have received from a Correspondent at Calais, a letter, dated the 23d containing the following particulars:—Yesterday, at twelve in the morning, an English flag of truce, brought over two dispatches, the one directed to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and the other to the Minister of Marine. They were instantly forwarded to Paris by a courier extraordinary, who will reach the city this evening. Nothing has yet transpired respecting the subject of the dis-atches."
The English cruisers have again appeared in great numbers off the coasts of Holland.
September 28.
We know not whether the British Cabinet will accept the conditions which the French Government has wisely proposed to it, and we doubt whether it be proper to desire that Envoys from England should assist at the Congress. But after the formidable position of our army, and the deplorable state in which the Emperor sees his own army, we should be much disappointed, if the result of the Congress was not a speedy pacification between the French Republic and his Imperial Majesty.
VIENNA, September 30.
On the news that the armistice was prolonged, our state paper rose 8 per cent.
What must greatly contribute to promote peace, or should it not be concluded, must have a great influence on the consequent events, is the armed intervention of two great Courts which in certain circumstances will take place. We have now received certain information that two numerous Russian armies, which will amount together to no less than 130,000 men, are assembling on the Russian frontiers of Volhynia and Lithuania. —We are also assured that another powerful court will not see with indifference the French carry the war into Bohemia.
LONDON, October 5.
From the Monitor of September 25. Telegraphic Bulletin.—Line of Stra- burgh
General Moreau, commander in chief of the army of the Rhine, to general Buonaparte, first consul of the republic.
"Head quarters, September 21. "I have concluded a new Armistice. The three places of Ingolstadt, Ulm and Philippsburgh, will be given up in 5 days, and evacuated in 10.
Atrocious copy. "CHAUVE." The following dispatches were brought by a courier extraordinary, who arrived on the morning of the 28th: The general in chief, to his royal highness the Archduke John, commanding the Austrian army.
"H. Q. Nymphenbourg, Sept. 28, 8th year Fr. Republic."
"General in chief,
"I have this instant received by the Telegraph the answer of the government to the dispatches of which your courier was the bearer from Vienna. I cannot communicate to you in a more satisfactory manner the orders which it has transmitted to me, than by literally transcribing them. "Announce to the commander in chief of the Austrian army, that the emperor refuses to ratify the preliminary of peace, and that you are compelled to recommence hostilities. You may, however, consent to an Armistice for a month, if the enemy instantly surrenders to you places of security. M. de Lehrspurs: You see, general, that the intentions of the first consul are conspicuously manifested in favour of Peace, the renewal of hostilities depends only on the ratification of the treaty of preliminaries concluded with M. de St. Julien; and that he thinks it his duty not to expose him to endless diplomatic discussions, without securities for the security of our enemy's intentions. I have charged the general of brigade, Laharpe, to proceed to the advanced posts of the army under my command, for the purpose of requiring of you the places of security for which new conjectures justify us in making the demand. Should the propositions which he has to submit to you be rejected, hostilities will be renewed after to-morrow as break of day, (3d complementary day, Sept. 20.) I beg your royal highness will receive the assurance of the high consideration with which I am, &c."
(Signed) "MOREAU." "Dessolle, Gen. of division, chief of staff."
Note communicated by the Minister of the Interior to the Citizens assembled in the Temple of Mars, for the purpose of celebrating the Festival of the Republic.
The First Consul to the Public Functionaries, &c. from the Department.
"Preliminaries of peace were signed at Paris on the 28th of July, between Citizen Talleyrand

minister of Foreign Relations, and the Count St. Julien. These were received within 24 hours by the confederates. Count Duroc was charged with conveying them to Vienna. The intrigues of the Austrian cabinet, which still appeared to enjoy some credit, prevented the Emperor from ratifying them. The motive of this refusal was stated to be that of a note from the King of England, demanding to have his envoys admitted to the congress at Luneville, conjointly with the plenipotentiaries of the Emperor. From that moment the government was obliged to break the armistice, that the remainder of the autumn might not be lost in idle conferences. Gen. Moreau was ordered to acquaint the General of the enemy with the preliminaries, the same that appeared in the Official Journal, and to inform him that if they were not ratified within 24 hours, or if the Emperor wanted further explanations, the three armies of Ulm, Ingolstadt and Philippsburg, should be given up to the French army, otherwise hostilities should be recommenced. The government has since informed the King of England, that it sees no inconvenience in admitting his envoys to the congress of Luneville, if he should consent to a maritime truce, which prevents to France the same advantages which the Emperor enjoys by the continuance of the continental truce. The government has received by the telegraph the news, that his Majesty the Emperor has consented to deliver up Ulm, Ingolstadt, and Philippsburg, which places are now occupied by the troops of the republic, and that Count Lechubac furnished with the necessary powers from his Majesty the Emperor, is at the head quarters of Albrecht, with orders to remit to Luneville. The difficulties naturally arising from the conditions of a maritime truce, must necessarily cause some delay; but if the two governments should not agree to the conditions of this truce, so that safe passage and his Imperial Majesty will meet separately for a peace, on the basis of the preliminaries. And if the English party (which there is no reason to suppose) should again be able to influence the ministers of Vienna, neither the truce, nor the progress of the season, shall then retard the progress of the troops of the republic; but they will prosecute the war to the utmost extremity during the whole of the winter, without giving the enemy time to form new armies. These are the principles of the government; extreme moderation in its conditions; but a determined resolution to pacify the continent. The most vigorous measures are taken to second the will of the French people in this essential object. These are all the secret politics of their government.
We are still without the means to judge of the issue of the recent interview between our Government and France. The Funds which rose on the admission of the principle of negotiation by our Cabinet, have declined with the probability of peace. England, from the relative situation of its Navy, is entitled to demand such conditions as may preserve that great superiority, while France, conceiving that the ensuing season will impose on us a virtual armistice, is unwilling to make the required sacrifices.
Twelve vessels loaded with stone, which are said to have been intended to block up the entrance to one of the Dutch ports, encountered a violent storm off the island of Greece, in which twelve of them are said to have perished; the other has returned to Sherbrooks.
We are concerned to state, that there are seven vessels of the last fleet from Jamaica, under convoy of the Queen, man of war, now in sight, viz. St. James's Planter, Ibbetson, and Caledonia, for London.
Clyde and Mentor, for Liverpool. True Briton and Hope, for Clyde. The Rebecca, Coran, arrived from Virginia, was boarded by a French privateer of 90 guns, on the 23rd inst. in lat. 48. 14. long. 14. who had a large ship from Jamaica for London in company with her, and was then going in chase of two others of the convoy.
The whole of the fleet, from the Leeward Islands, under convoy of the Leeward frigates, are arrived, except the lively, Creed, from Demerara, for London, which is supposed to be drove on shore near Gravelines.
A squadron of armed ships for the West-Indies, has for some days been delayed in the Downs. A fleet for the Elbe, Elbe, and Weser, was yesterday to sail from the Nore, under charge of the Albion, armed ship.
A fleet for Lisbon and the Mediterranean will sail from Portsmouth under competent convoy, as soon as the wind permits.
The Channel fleet has resumed its station off Brest.
Sir H. Popham yesterday arrived at the Admiralty, from the Downs, to receive, it is said, instructions, respecting a new enterprise, report, at least has alluded to him.
The Hamburg mail, due on Wednesday, has not yet arrived; from the present position of affairs in Germany, we cannot expect, thro' this channel, much news of interest.
The Dublin mail of the 30th, arrived yesterday. We learn with satisfaction, that at Waterford, potatoes had fallen in price from 2 to 1s. per stone; bacon sold at 1s. and butter at 9d. per lb. prices before unknown; ordinary loaf sugar, 8d. beef 6d. and mutton 7 to 8 pence per lb.
NEW YORK, November 5.
Seven of the prisoners who effected their escape from the State Prison on Monday afternoon, were apprehended at Hackenback, in the State of New Jersey—through which place they were marching in a body.
The editor of the New York Gazette received yesterday a letter from an officer on board the United States' frigate President, Commodore Truxton, dated Basseterre-Roads, Sept. 30, which says,
"On our passage out to this station, we made one capture, to wit, the English ship Ruth, from Martinique, bound to Newfoundland, loaded with the produce of the English Islands."
Enclosed in the above letter, was a copy of the following, from David M. Clarkson, Esq. to Commodore Truxton.
"Dear Sir, "I have dispatched a negro to Old Road, as you desired, and have written Capt. Shaw. "By a gentleman who left Curacao on the 4th of Sept. I was informed the French frigate la Vengeance had gone to sea in a very large situation, with only 155 men, and but very few seamen on board—Capt. Pitot was ordered by one of the agents of Guadalupe, who had gone to Curacao, to use his force in compelling the Americans there to pay for the damages that ship sustained in the engagement with the Constellation, which he refused; in consequence, he was threatened with arrestation, and to be sent to Guadalupe, immediately he made every
reparation to the ship he possibly could, and went to sea in a very crippled state; since when, I am informed, she has been taken and carried into Bermuda by a British 44 in a very wretched situation, as is also the British ship."
"I am most respectfully, Sir, "Your obedient Servant, "DAVID M. CLARKSON." Thomas Truxton, Esq. Commander of the U. S. Squadron. October 1, 1800.
PHILADELPHIA, November 6.
It appears from the Philadelphia Gazette, that HASSAM actually holds 515,167 acres of land in S. Carolina. But they have "reduced all his nobles to ninepence." lands averaged at one and a half dollars the acre, they allege to be worth no more than six cents! Yet the enigma remains where he could come by land thus lowly reduced worth 25,000 dollars! Did he make it by his practice as a lawyer? Did he save it out of his Congressional salary? Did he make it as aid-de-camp in the Hot Water War, or as a member of the Impeachment Committee? He could not have made so much at the speaker's card parties!
Allowing him to have lived like a Cameleon upon the air, during the six years he has been in Congress, all his congressional salary would not amount to half the sum, nor would the price of Messrs. Nicklin and Griffiths Wine, added to his salary, make good the deficiency—Mr. Abijah Dawes, who is his agent, appears to have been the author of the article in the Philadelphia Gazette—but when he undertook to answer or to explain, he should not have done it by halves or quarters, as all that remains unexplained must be admitted as fact.
Rarely has so great a change taken place in the minds of any people, as the state of Pennsylvania has exhibited. In the assembly before the last the Monarchy Faction had a majority—but in the present, they are sunk into a contemptible minority in the House of Representatives, of 23 out of 78.—This has evinced to the world, that all the plots, schemes, clues and contrivances; all the alien and sedition laws; all the allurements of office, have not been sufficient to perpetuate the delusion to which they owed their short-lived and infamously execrated power.
FEDERAL FORGERY.
A new mode of making a Federal Ticket. In the New York Gazette of Saturday last, an extract is published of a letter, said to be written in South Carolina, dated Charleston, October 17th, which is made to say this—"Our election is over—the Federal Ticket carried 16 out of 17."—Unluckily for this federal fabrication manifestly originates in New-York, the city of Charleston, including Saint Philip and Saint Michael's parishes, does by the constitution of that state, send no more than 15 representatives to the House of Representatives, so that neither 16 or 17 could have been elected.—Again, the same extract says, "the Federal Ticket carried," carried truly, by a new federal mode of carrying, that is by voting in eight of the candidates named on both tickets, the republican and federal; and thus giving in fact by what is called "carrying the federal ticket," a majority of one to the republicans. For the truth of this last fact, the Editor is indebted to a letter from a gentleman of high reputation in Charleston, stating the fact, and adding moreover "that a decided majority of republicans is elected to both houses of the legislature of that state."
THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND:
Friday, November 14, 1800.
Very Late and Important.
By the ship America, arrived at Philadelphia, in a very short passage from Europe, London dates have reached this office as late as the Sixth of October. The most prominent articles they afford, are
The Ratification of a TREATY or AMITY and COMMERCE between this country and France, which was officially announced at Paris on the 18th October. The Renewal of the Armistice on the Rhine, and the Formation of a Congress at Luneville, where representatives from all the belligerent powers will meet to conclude a GENERAL PEACE.
The Convention between Great Britain and Denmark, and the Discontinuance of the Embargo on British Subjects and Property in Russia, and
The Capture of Malta by the British. These and many articles of less importance, will be found under the head of this day's mail.
[Balt. Fd. Gaz.]
From several valuable friends, we have received complete files of London papers, to the 6th Oct. inclusive. We are sorry to notice in them the most distressing results of numerous riots which have occurred in the principal towns of England, on account of the scarcity of bread. In London, Portsmouth, Birmingham, Norwich, &c. the popular excesses have been great. The military authority has been called in, and the King's proclamation issued, to suppress these alarming outrages. There has been a dreadful riot in Wapping, Forty or fifty houses have been consumed.
The Convention between the Emperor and France, for the prolongation of the Armistice, stipulates the surrender of Ulm, Philippsburg, and Ingolstadt to the Republicans within 10 days, the garrison to retire with their ammunition, &c.; the Armistice, which is to extend to Italy, is to last for 15 days from September 21, commencing 15 days for notice of the resumption of hostilities, next the line of demarcation fixed by the convention of the 15th July is preserved. The French
army of the Rhine shall fall back and take position between the two banks of the Iser, and the Imperial army of Germany shall take post on both banks of the Iser, each at the distance of 3000 toises, whether from these rivers or the places situated on their course. A chain of advanced posts shall only be placed on the line of demarcation, as fixed by the convention of the 15th of last July (25th Messidor.)
(Phil. Gaz.)
Extract of a letter from a respectable gentleman in the Federal City, to his friend in this city, dated November 9th, 1800.
"Last evening, about 8 o'clock, from some accident not yet correctly accounted for, the office of the Department of War was entirely consumed by fire, with all the records from the earliest period of our revolution, except a few boxes of papers and books in the accountant's room and the passage of the office. Very little was to be expected from the exertions of the citizens in a place so thinly inhabited as our infant city; and it is not to be wondered at that the adjoining house was also destroyed. It is peculiarly fortunate that there were no other buildings contiguous, as they must inevitably have shared the same fate. The loss to our country at large, from this accident, must be immense, as it is morally impossible to repair the loss of the Records. The misery and distress of the family who lived next to the office, must be extreme indeed—at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the head of this unfortunate family was summoned to the mansion of peace, and his lifeless corpse had nearly been deprived of that respectful interment which his friends intended this afternoon."
Returns from the different Counties of the Poll for Electors of President and Vice-President.
Adams. Jefferson. Augusta 1,040 7,185 Powhatan 402 237 Life of Wight 22 183 Amberst 20 257 Buckingham 49 303 Albemarle 60 501 Mecklenburg 33 563 Bath 109 292 Rockingham 55 112 Shenandoah 78 584 Frederick 41 710 Berkeley 111 527 Southampton 106 428 King George 90 293 Stafford 47 91 Orange 91 151 Fauquier 7 356 132 308 2,829 13,081 2,829 Republican Majority 10,352
Immediately on the receipt of the late intelligence from France in Philadelphia, Tobacco took a rise of one dollar per hundred weight.
John Rutledge is elected a Representative in Congress from the State of South-Carolina. Mr. Rutledge had 568 votes—Mr. Colcock, his opponent, 311.
General William Butler is elected a Representative to Congress from the State of South Carolina.
It is an old remark that facts are stubborn things; but facts, in the present state of politics, speak a language that ought to have a powerful influence upon the minds of American citizens.
The letter of Tench Coxe, contains many important truths, which he has pledged himself to substantiate, and which are known to hundreds of citizens beside. They are facts which call loudly for public attention, and which ought to impress upon the independent citizens of these states, an opinion whose force shall work the ruin of monarchical plans, and forever annihilate the popularity of those men who have so far abandoned their duty as to advocate such measures and principles.
If the facts and designs, which are justly to be attributed to Adams, Hamilton, Pinckney, and their associates, was fully made known, it would be impossible for the whig-ism or genuine love of liberty, which has hitherto shielded this country against a tyrannical outrage, to remain silent upon such solemn and interesting facts.
If the American revolution was founded in principle; if the virtuous and venerable Washington was among its most able advocates; if the talents and the independence of the country, were offered up upon the altar of liberty; if in the estimation of the freemen of these states, no price was too great to pay for the security of equal rights, and the universal establishment of liberty—if such be the impressive facts, which are
still fresh in the recollection of every mind, devoted to the cause of democracy in this country, it is certainly neither harsh nor severe, to number among the worst enemies of our liberty, those men who have praised the British monarchy, and who wish to form a strong coalition with that government, and the corrupt agents who are endeavouring to support this tottering system of manufacturing injustice.
It is not within the compass of possibility, that a system of such predatory iniquity, of such national injustice, can long continue to enslave the talents and the virtues of so many upright, well-informed, and well-disposed men, as now exist in the British empire. If that government can be simulated, a wretched model will be destroyed, which will eventually effectuate the ruin of American liberty, and destroy the ardent hopes of its real friends, not only here but in every part of Europe.
In the year 1790, Congress passed a law for the encouragement of Learning—this law it is said, originated in the propriety and justice of securing to those persons who should labour for the public benefit, a compensation for their exertions. This then being the object of the law, we cannot see with what propriety Mr. Hamilton can have any benefit therefrom, unless the business of educating and carrying on an intrigue with a married woman should be thought a branch of learning, in which there was some public utility. One of Mr. Hamilton's Pamphlets, according to that law of England which makes truth a libel is in fact a libel upon himself—The other is a libel against the President of the United States, according to another British law adopted in America, commonly called the Sedition Law, which allows you to speak truth provided you can prove it. If a man is allowed to secure the copyright of libels, the benefit arising from the sale might more than defray all the expense of prosecutions that might be brought against him, and the business of libelling not only become advantageous to Mr. Hamilton, but every vicious character who might undertake such wicked work. (American Citizen.)
ELECTIONS.
The following excellent "General Observations" were addressed to the citizens of Maryland, by James M c Henry, Esq. some years previous to his becoming Secretary at war.
1. Endeavour to elect men whose circumstances and situation will have no improper influence upon their public proceedings. 2. Such men who have always been found to direct their opposition even against the liberal thinkers of a different religious persuasion, when placed in competition with a person of their own church, these are enemies to equal liberty, and will facilitate almost every thing to a religious prejudice; yet it is difficult to determine, whether the human mind is more under the influence of interest or bigotry. Interest is a Scylla; bigotry a Charybdis. Ye friends of mankind! Ye lovers of civil and religious liberty! Keep far away from your councils, bigots and merited men! 3. Never trust a cunning man to make laws for you, when you can get an honest man; the first does every thing by trick, the last every thing by truth. The one is always candid—the other always a hypocrite, and when nothing else will do a liar. 4. The possession of power begets power. Do not give power to a weak man, for he cannot use it to your advantage; not to a bad man, for he will turn it to his own profit. It is only to be trusted in the hands of a good man, and even not long with him lest it should corrupt his virtue. 5. A long possession of power necessarily weakens the love of liberty, and creates an indifference to the approbation of good men. Power, by increasing men's influence, inclines them to rely more upon it, than upon virtue, for their re-election. 6. It is always dangerous to keep the offices of government filled by men linked together by the same ties of interest. Should this ever happen, and these men acquire influence to continue themselves in office, the liberties of the people will be swallowed up in their particular interest. To prevent this calamity, the bill of rights is continually reminding you, that "elections ought to be free and frequent;" and that a rotation in the higher departments of government is one of the but securities of permanent freedom.
The following anecdote of the celebrated French general Lecourbe, is told in a Swiss newspaper printed at Berne. A few days before the armistice, Lecourbe wished to reconnoitre in person some positions and some districts in contemplation of his attack upon Feldkirch. &c. The point was to disguise himself in such a manner as not to be recognized by the Austrians—A miller having come to wait on him about some requisitions of flour, a thought struck him to borrow the miller's clothes.
He invited him to dinner, and plied him with bumpers until he fell fast asleep.—In this situation Lecourbe ordered him to be undressed, and equipped in an uniform, laced hat, &c. and carried him out to a couple at some distance from the advanced posts.
Lecourbe then equipped himself in the miller's clothes, and covered himself with flour, and proceeded to make his observations. On his return, he met a small party of Austrian hussars, whom he accosted, and told them that at a little distance there was a French general asleep, whom they might take prisoner. The pretended miller pointed out the place, and then slowly withdrew till he was out of sight, and then made the best of his way to the French posts.
The surprise of the Austrians may be guessed, when from the accounts of the miller they discovered that they were within an ace of getting in their possession the active and enterprising Lecourbe.
From the Philadelphia True American. Mr. Bradford. Yesterday curiosity led me to view the extraordinary OX, now exhibiting in this city—and as an account of his measurements must give real pleasure to every true American, I beg you to insert the following account of him in your useful paper: I find that he measures nearly 20 hands in height, and 17 feet and 4 inches in length, and that now in his lean state, he weighs thirty-five Hundred; and is still growing. The proprietor informs me, that he was bred and raised in New Jersey, and is only 5 years old—By comparing the above dimensions with every account I have been able to meet with concerning similar European productions, I venture to say, that any judge of cattle kind, will give to this animal the decided preference, both as to size, beauty and symmetry. AN AMERICAN.
[The following is a very droll specimen of Yankee wit. It has actually appeared in a Providence paper, and if the Groceries of this Rhode-Island jester be as high flavored as his humor, he deserves a daily crowd of customers.]
To be sold by NICHOLAS BRANCH, At his Repository, West-End the bridge, Providence.
SOLID ARGUMENTS, Consisting of Bread, Butter, Cheese, Ham, Eggs, Salmon, New Tongues, Oysters, &c. ready cooked.
AGITATIONS: Cycles, Vinegar, Salt, Pickles, Sweet Oil, &c.
GRIEVANCES: Pepper-sauce, Mustard, Black Pepper, Coarse Salt, &c.
PUNISHMENTS: Wine, Brandy, Gun, Spirits, Bitters, Porter, &c.
SUPERFLUITIES: Snuff, Tobacco, and Sugars.
N. B. Any of the above articles to be exchanged for
NECESSARIES, viz. French Crowns, Spanish Dollars, Pistareens, Crowns, Dimes, or Bank Bills.
Credit given for
PAYMENTS: 30, 60, and 90 seconds, or as long as a man can hold his breath.
RUDIMENTS, Grain, &c. Those indebted for Arguments, Must not be Agitated, Nor think it a Grievance, If they should meet Punishment, For calling for such Superfluties, And supposing it not Necessary, To make immediate Payment.
Sales at Auction.
WILL BE SOLD, At the subscribers' Vendue-Office, on WEDNESDAY the 19th instant,
75 Pieces IRISH LINEN, assorted. 17 Pieces Bro. ditto.
Without reserve, being to close a Consignment.
—ALSO—
A large assortment of WOOLLENS, &c. &c. &c. VANDEWALL & MOSBY. Richmond, 13th Nov. 1800.
Notice
IS hereby given, that a Petition will be presented to the next General Assembly of Virginia, to revive the Warehouses for the Inspection of Tobacco, on Toluskey, in Richmond county.
FOR SALE,
At Samuel Phansant's Printing-Office, [By the Dozen or Single Copy,]
THE COLUMBIAN
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AN EASY AND ALLURING GUIDE TO SPELLING AND READING.
JUST RECEIVED, And for Sale at this Printing-Office,
AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES; WITH
AN EPITOME AND VINDICATION OF THE PUBLIC LIFE AND CHARACTER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. Sept. 4.

INFORMATION.
DESCRIPTION OF WORMS.
And the symptoms by which they are known.
Worms which infest the human body, are chiefly of four kinds; viz. The Tars or large round worm, the Ascarides, or small round worm, and lastly, the Taenia, or tape worm, so called from its resemblance to tape, this is often many yards long and full of joints—it is most hurtful and most difficult to cure.
Among the symptoms attending worms, are, disagreeable breath, especially in the morning—Red and corrugated gums—Itching in the nose, and about the seat—Convulsions and epileptic fits, and sometimes privation of speech—Starting and grinding of the teeth in sleep—Irregular appetite, sometimes loathing food and sometimes voracious—Purgings, with slimy and foetid stools—Yawning—Large and hard belly—Pains and tickness at the stomach—Pains in the head and thighs, with bowels of spirits—Slow fever, with small and irregular pulse—A dry cough—Ineffective thrust—Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated, and flushed.
Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms, should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, which have been constantly attended with great success in all complaints similar to those above described.
This medicine, which is innocent and mild, as it is certain and effectual in its operation, cannot injure the youngest infant or the most delicate pregnant lady, should no worms exist in the body; but will without pain or griping, cleanse the stomach and bowels, removing whatever is foul, or offensive within, particularly that slimy humor from whence worms and many fatal disorders proceed.
Children generally take this medicine with a garnish; having a pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste.
AS UPWARDS OF FIFTY THOUSAND PERSONS Of both sexes & of every age have received benefit from this extraordinary medicine, a multitude of certificates of cures may be seen in addition to those already published.
THE GENUINE PERSIAN LOTION,
Is celebrated among the fashionable in France, Great-Britain and Italy, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repellant minerals, (the basis of other Lotions) and of unparalled efficacy in preventing and removing cutaneous blemishes of the face and skin of every kind, particularly freckles, pimples, pits after the small-pox, inflammatory redness, scurf, tetter, ring worm, sun-burns, prickly heat, premature wrinkles, &c.
The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without irritating that natural essential perspiration which is intangible to health. Yet its salutary effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and smooth, improving the complexion and restoring the bloom of youth.
The Damask Lip Salve,
Is recommended (particularly to the ladies) as an elegant and pleasant preparation for chopped & sore lips & every blemish and inconvenience occasioned by colds, fevers, &c. speedily restoring a beautiful rosy colour and delicate softness to the lips.
THE RESTORATIVE POWDER, FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS.
This excellent preparation comforts and strengthens the gums, preserves the enamel from decay, and cleanses and whitens the teeth, absorbing all that pernicious lime and tartarous, which suffered to accumulate, never fails to injure and finally ruin them.
DR. HAHN'S True and Genuine German Corn Plaster.
An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them root and branch, without giving pain.
DR. HAHN'S Genuine Bye Water.
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes, whether the effect of natural wakefulness or of accident, speedily removing inflammations, detritus of rheume, dulness, itching and flies on the eyes, never failing to cure those maladies which frequently invade the eye, such as measles, and fevers, and wonderfully strengthening a weak eye. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues, when nearly deprived of sight.
Tooth Ache Drops.
The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
SOVEREIGN OINTMENT FOR THE ITCH.
An infallible and immediate cure, at once using without a particle of mercury or
any other poisonous ingredient in its composition. It is universally esteemed the most safe and effectual as well as effectual remedy ever discovered, and may be used with the greatest propriety by pregnant women, or on the youngest infants. (In boxes at three quarters of a dollar each.)
THE TASTELESS Ague and Fever Drops,
For the Cure of Agues, Remittent and Intermitent Fevers.
Thousands can testify of their being cured by these Drops, after the Bark and every other medicine has proved ineffectual; and not one in an hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle.
These Drops are particularly recommended to the inhabitants of low, marshy countries, where the worst sort of AGUE generally prevail, unless early attended to and speedily removed, injures the constitution exceedingly, and bring on Dropsies, Bilious Fevers, and a variety of complaints, of the most dangerous and alarming nature. Many other medicines are daily offered to the public for the cure of this disorder, which upon trial have been found either dangerous or useless. The Bark is the usual remedy made use of, but being a very nauseous medicine, and seldom taken in a sufficient quantity, it very often fails, and Children and those who have weak stomachs are frequently loath for want of a more easy and pleasant remedy.
Sold by Lee & Co. Baltimore, and by S. Pleasants jun. (only) in Richmond.
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE.
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers is recommended
DR. HAHN'S ANTI-BILIOUS PILLS,
Which have been attended with a degree of success highly grateful to the inventor's feelings, in several parts of the West Indies, and the United States, particularly in New-York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Charleston and Savannah. The testimony of a number of persons in each of the above places can be adduced, who have reason to believe that a timely use of this salutary remedy, has under providence, preserved their lives when in the most alarming circumstances. Facts of this concussive nature, speak more in favor of a medicine than columns of pompous eulogy founded on mere affixation could do.
It is not indeed presumptuously proposed as an infallible cure, but the inventor has every possible reason that can result from extensive experience, for believing that a dose of these pills, taken once every two weeks, during the prevalence of our annual bilious fevers, will prove an infallible preventative—and further, that in the earlier stages of these diseases, their use will very generally succeed in restoring health, and frequently in cases esteemed desperate, and beyond the power of common remedies.
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and in every age. They are excellently adapted to carry off superfluous bile, and prevent its morbid secretion—to restore and amend the appetite—to produce a free perspiration, & thereby prevent colds, which are often of fatal consequence—A dose never fails to remove a cold if taken on its first appearance—They are celebrated for removing habitual costiveness—tickness at the stomach and severe head-ache—and ought to be taken by all persons on a change of climate.
They have been found remarkably effectual in preventing and curing disorders attendant on long voyages, and should be procured, and carefully preserved for use by every seaman.
Dr. Hahn has appointed R. Lee & Co. Baltimore, his wholesale agents for the United States, and authorized them to place their signature on each box; without which none are genuine.
Sold in Richmond by S. PLEASANTS, Jun. only.
James P. Hopkins, TAYLOR,
BEGS leave to inform his customers and the public, that he has removed to the yellow house opposite Mr. Crouch's Tavern, where he still continues to carry on his business in all its branches. While he contemplates the uncommonly liberal encouragement he has received since his residence in this city, he hopes to merit a continuance of favor by his experience and attention.
October 23th, 1800. N. B. Wanted two or three AP-PRNTICES, who can come well recommended, to the above business.
ADVERTISEMENT.
This is to notify, that all persons indebted to the subscriber are forwarned, from making payment to any but the subscriber himself, or those empowered to receive the same, by the special order of the subscriber, as payment made to any other after this date, will not be deemed good, and this advertisement will be plead in bar. No debts contracted will be paid by me unless my signature is annexed. Daniel Cordon. Manchester, September 8, 1800.
Bound Almanacks FOR 1801.
For sale at this Printing-Office.
WERCQ & MARCHAND,
Beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that they are opening next door to Mr. S. Pleasants' Printing-Office.
A Dry Good Store,
Where gentlemen will always find a great variety of Superior Broadcloth, Lishlambie Cashmere, Swandowns, &c. &c. on the lowest terms.
Lewis Wercq,
TAYLOR & HABIT MAKER, informs his friends and the public, that he continues carrying on his business as usual, in the upper story of the house he occupies, and that he has provided himself with a sufficient number of Journey-men to furnish ready made clothes on the shortest notice.
Wanted an APPRENTICE, who can bring good recommendations. October 9th, 1800. (w2m)
20 Dollars Reward
RAN-AWAY from the subscriber, living in the lower end of Hanover, about the 20th day of May last, a tall, straight, black Negro Woman, by the name of POLLY;
about 24 or 25 years of age, with large, heavy white eyes, speaks very fast when a little agitated, and has sustained a small injury to the end of the middle finger of her right hand by a whittlow. She had formerly a husband in George a mulatto man servant belonging to John Mayo, Esq. near Richmond, and who eloped from his master about twelve months ago, and is not yet recovered. It is expected that the above woman has been enticed or taken off by him. Whoever will deliver the said negro woman to me, or secure her in some jail so that I get her again, shall receive the above reward. John Williamson. Richmond, August 23, 1800.
TAKEN up by the subscriber, in the lower end of Prince Edward county, near Rice's meeting house, TWO COWS; one with a white back, marked with a crop in each ear and a hole in the right ear—appraised to 6 dollars and a half. The other a red brindle, 6 years old, marked with a swallow fork in each ear and underlined in the left—appraised to 5 dollars. John Smith. April 17, 1800. (w3t)
At a Court held for Prince Edward County, October 20th, 1800. Richard Blanton, plt. In Against John Blanton, deft. Chancery.
THE defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is Ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of March next, and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy. Test, Ben. Watkins, d. c.
FOR SALE, A tract of Land,
With in about two miles of Hanover Town, late the property of Mr. Bart. Anderson, dec. containing about four hundred acres. It has thereon a convenient dwelling house in pretty good repair, with tolerable convenient out houses. This tract is subject to Mrs. Anderson's dower. Also, One other Tract, called the Mill Seat Tract, within one mile of the mansion, containing about fifty five acres. For terms apply to M. Anderson, agent for M. W. Anderson & Co. Nov. 1, 1800. (w3t) My seat in Hanover county, known by the name of GOLD-MINE, is still for sale. M. A.
Notice.
In consequence of the death of AMBROSE HERRON, the Copartnership of CUNNINGHAMS & HERRON IS DISSOLVED. All persons indebted to said firm are earnestly requested to come forward and discharge their accounts; and those having claims against it will please exhibit them to the subscribers for settlement. John Cunningham. Ed: Cunningham. Cartersville, August 15, 1800. (1f)
FOR SALE at this Printing Office, A NEW AND MUCH IMPROVED (AMERICAN) EDITION OF FENNING'S Universal Spelling Book
THE SUBSCRIBER,
ANXIOUS to discharge every just claim against his proportion of the estate of Robert Bolling, Esq. of Buckingham county, deceased, will SELL upwards of one hundred acres of best James river
Low Grounds,
in Amherst county, near Lynchburg, and next to the lines of Mr. William Galt, with the adjoining High Lands, and a most valuable Mill Seat, not far from the mouth of Big Skovall creek. Also, two Tracts in Buckingham county (one of 300, and the other of 450 acres) of prime
Tobacco Land,
On the north branches of Willis's river. The Amherst land will be shown by any officer on the premises, and the Buckingham lands by the subscriber, for which one third of the purchase money will be required in hand, and the balance in two annual payments. P. BOLLING. Buckingham county. } both July, 1800. (1f)
TO MILLERS.
An Excellent Affortment of DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, ARE JUST RECEIVED, and for Sale at the Store of the Subscriber. Joseph Darmidatt. January 1, 1800. (1f)
To be Sold, A well Finished Three Story HOUSE,
With a Kitchen, Stable, Smoke-house, Coach house and Garden—on the main street a few doors below the courthouse, at present occupied by Jacob Abraham. For further particulars apply to the subscriber. Jacob I. Cohen. On Shockoe Hill. Richmond, Jan. 22. 1800. (1f)
THE public is respectfully informed that the Toll Bridge from this City to Manchester is now in far better order than it has been for some years, and will shortly be still further improved.
JOHN MAYO. Richmond, October 18th 1800.
CASH GIVEN FOR Wheat & Tobacco, BY BARTLETT STILL.
The subscriber wishes to sell his
HOUSE & LOTS, IN THIS CITY.
—ALSO— Eight hundred acres of LAND, within seven miles of the City, extending from James River, at Weckham, to the Three Notch'd Road—about 600 acres of the tract is wood land. Possession of both places may be had immediately, reserving the privilege of securing and removing the crops at present on the plantation. For terms apply to John Pendleton. Richmond, July 21, 1800.
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN.
And to be had, wholesale and retail, at his Printing-Office, in Richmond.
THE VIRGINIA ALMANACK, For the Year 1801.
The Astronomical part by ISAAC BRIGGS. Adapted to the Latitude of Richmond, Virginia. September 18, 1800.
Asher Marx,
Has just come to hand, an assortment of
INDIA GOODS, Consisting Of
Bordin Baftas, Tandahs Mamoodys, Alhabad Sannas, Abbad Coffas, &c. &c. Also, Plutillas Bed Tickings, Dowlas, Violins, Checks & stripes, Playing Cards, And a general assortment of
EUROPEAN & WEST-INDIA GOODS,
Which will be sold at reduced prices for Cash, Country Produce, or the usual Credit for approved paper. Manchester, Oct. 20, 1800. (1f)
Hair & Delivery Boads
For sale at this Printing-Office.
More Proofs
OF THE EFFICACY OF DR. CHURCH'S Cough Drops,
A Medicine unequalled by any other in the world; since first discovered by Dr. Church, it has restored to health many thousands of the most emaciated objects, both Asthmatic and Consumptive that were ever known to exist both in Europe, America and the West-Indies, and often when every other medicine had been used without effect, and the most eminent of the faculty continued in vain. It is a sovereign, speedy & effectual remedy in
 Sore Throats  Catarrhs  Shortness of Breath  Ticklings in the throat  Tightness in the chest  Hooping Cough  Wheezings  Congested Phlegm  Spitting of blood  Soreness of the breast & Rhamach &c. &c. 
ASTHMAS & CONSUMPTIONS,
and all disorders of the breast & lungs. For further proof of its efficacy, with a list upwards of one thousand attested cases of cure may be seen at the place of sale.
AFFIDAVIT.
City of New-York, ss. William McCoughlan resident of Gibb's Alley, in the city of New-York, cooper, voluntarily maketh oath that he was severe, ly afflicted with a consumption for upwards of 18 years, that he labored under the most inexpressible affliction with a violent cough and shortness of breath, that he could not be down in his bed for weeks together, but was obliged to be propped up by pillows or in an armed chair, and in the day time unable to attend his business; that at length he was reduced and wasted away, as to be scarce able to walk at all; that he had tried the skill of many respectable medical men, and has expended a very considerable sum of money, and has taken a great deal of medicines without effect. That at last he discovered of even getting cured, till he, through recommendation, took Dr. Church's cough drops, from which he found very present relief, and by persevering in the use of them, he is now perfectly restored to health, and has had no return or symptom of his disorder since. WILLIAM MCCOUGHLAN, Sworn to before me this 29th day of March, 1799. Jacob Dels Mostague, Alderman.
Copy of a letter from capt. Henry.
Dear Sir, In the year '95 I had the misfortune to break a blood vessel, which was succeeded by a severe complaint on my lungs, cough, shortness of breath, and spitting up of matter and blood, with every other disagreeable symptom of a disorder of the lungs; indeed to all intents was this disorder, that I could not rest at night, nor could walk 200 yards in the day, without stopping to cough and rest myself a number of times. This disorder continued to increase upon me, till I was much wasted in body, and exceedingly weak. Seeing your advertisements in the public papers, early in the last summer, I commenced taking your justly celebrated cough drops, which I persevered in the use of, for some time; I have now the happiness of informing you, my lungs are perfectly sound; I have no shortness of breath, or spitting up of matter or blood; my cough is a little troublesome in the morning, but no other time. I am, Sir, Your's ever respectfully, WILLIAM HENRY. Garden Street, New-York, April 3, 1799.
New-York, July 10, 1798: To Dr. CHURCH.
Sir, For upwards of Twelve Years, I have laboured under a severe cough, shortness of breath, spitting of matter from my lungs, and often clotted blood, till at length I was reduced as to be unable to walk across my room, and owing to the violence of my cough and shortness of breath could get no rest day or night. Hearing of your excellent medicine, the Cough Drops, I procured a bottle; I took a dose as soon as I got it, from which I found instantaneous relief, and by continuing it for three days, I blest God I am restored to perfect health. As I believe you to have been the instrument in the hands of Providence by saving my life, I must entreat you to publish this for the benefit of any who may be in my situation, as I am confident it is one of the best medicines in the world for those complaints. I am Sir, Your grateful servant, NICHOLAS STAGG. Little Robinson-Street
Wm. Mackenzie & Co.
HAVE RECEIVED THEIR
Fall Assortment,
Which they will dispose of on their usual terms. (6w) October 4th, 1800.
Indian Meal, Hominy & Bran,
Are kept for Sale at the Lumber-house formerly owned by Thomas an Ithaca-ville, near the canal bridge leading to the Market, where Corn will be received in exchange for Meal or Hominy at the usual toll of grinding. Richmond, October 7, 1800. (1f)
Blank Writs, Executions Subpoenas, &c.
For sale at this Printing-Office.