Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-09-16 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVITH YEAR.]
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[No. 1584.]
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Electoral Ticket.
THE following is the Madisonian Electoral Ticket, republished for the information of the citizens of Virginia: Joseph Godwin, sen. Nansemond. Benjamin Harrison, Prince George. Edward Pegram, sen. Dinwiddie. Richard Field, Brunswick. Col. Thomas Read, Charlotte. Joseph Eggleston, Amelia. Hugh Nelson, Albemarle. Col. George Penn, Patrick. Phillip N. Nicholas, Richmond City. Judge Spencer Roane, Hanover. John Roane, King William. Robert Taylor, Orange. Gustavus B. Horner, Fauquier. Robert Nelson, York. Mann Page, Gloucester. Richard Barnes, Richmond County. John T. Brooke, Stafford. Hugh Holmes, Frederick. Osborne Sprigge, Hampshire. James Allen, Shenandoah. Archibald Stuart, Augusta. Andrew Russell, Washington. Gen. John Preston, Montgomery. William McKinley, Ohio
FOR SALE.
A Likely Young Negro Man, WHO has been regularly bred to the Tanning and Currying Business, and is an excellent Workman, and of good qualities—For terms apply to the subscriber living near Louisa Court House.
John Edwards.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by James Pitman and Henningham his wife, to secure the payment of a sum of money to Joseph Brackett as expressed in the said deed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for the best price that can be obtained in money, on the premises, in the County of Cumberland, on Thursday the 6th day of October next, a valuable
Tract of Land,
containing 718 Acres and eight likely NEGROES, consisting of men, women and children. The land is situated on W. side of the river, not far from its confluence with James River, in the neighborhood of Cartersville; the improvements consist of a good dwelling house and other necessary out houses and one half of a good grist mill; possession as to 250 acres of said land can be given on the day of sale and a little made for the whole agreeable to the powers vested in us by the said deed of Trust.
JESSE MICHAUX } Trustees SAMUEL HOBSON } Secy.
Cumberland County, August 15, 1808. wids. Should the above day of sale be so unfair as to prevent the sale, the next fair day is intended to carry the intent of the deed into effect.
MR. JOHN GUNN, in his lifetime, I have the 12th volume of the Life of Frederick the 2d King of Prussia; translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft—the person who has it in possession, will please to leave it at the book store of Mr. Samuel Pleasants and they will confer a singular obligation on the owner. Richmond, August 30, 1808. 4t
Notice.
MR. HENRY TURNER, of the city of Richmond, is fully authorised by me to transact all business relative to the estate of the late Peter Baker, dec. of Goochland county. Christenia Baker, Adm'x. September 12, 1808. 4w
GERMAN GOODS.
The subscribers have for sale, a general assortment of German Goods, consisting of    Osnaburgs  Platillas    Ticklenburgs  Bed Tyke    Heasins  Damask Table Cloths    Brown Rolls  Fine Shirting Linen    Dantzic Rolls  Liquor Cases    Dowlas  Quart. pint & half pint    Rowan's Sheetings  Decanters    Brown Holland     And a general assortment of LOOKING GLASSES. Bohn & Hubner. September 12, 1808. 1N1
One Thousand Pounds WANTED,
FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation. Lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer September 8, 1808. 4t
NOTICE.
THAT a petition will be presented to the next Virginia assembly, held at the capitol, in the city of Richmond, to put down the ferry at Cat Point; Tuckey's Little Bridge, Farnham Bridge and the Great Bridge over Tuckey's to be made a toll bridge; all in the county of Richmond. August 30th, 1808. 3w
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Poetry.
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
PATRIOTIC ODES FOR THE YEAR 1808.
ODE VII.
TO THE HON. JOHN RANDOLPH.
Returning now from other side the ocean, The bard, (as Yankies say) has got a notion, To strike to thee, oh John, the tuneful string; And fain he would thy virtues sing. Full gladly would the bard declare Thy patience, gentleness, and prudence rare, And wisdom great beyond compare! That passion never sways thy mind, Nor makes thee to thy country's interests blind; That tropes of Billingsgate do ne'er enrich Thy decent dignity of speech! But TRUTH, alas! arrests the song, Sternly forbidding me to flatter: Such falsehoods gross, she says, would do thee wrong, And hurt thee worse than keenest satire. Oh John, (she bids me say,) how couldst thou aid Columbia's foes , through spite and malice? How couldst thou MADISON her friend up- braid? Why hast thou drunk of faction's poisoned cha- lice, The fumes of which thy mind have clouded o'er, And made thee to detest thy former friends? Thy genius and thy judgment shine no more, And frantic nonsense, from thy lips descends, While thou art talking, in thy moody fits, Of gruel , and strait-jackets , and depletion, Horn books, and sharks , and elephant's proboscis . (Like other sages who have lost their wits, Thy fancies crude devoid of all cohesion.) And chattering helter-skelter quantum possis . Thou loath the British party; yet with thee It seems the British ministry agree: They quote thy speeches to support their cause; Trusting to thee to back them, persevere In violating rights to freemen dear; Our independence scorn, and trample on our laws: Thou hate their principles ; and yet to them Give uniformly all your years and nays : Thou curse them; yet what they dislike con- demn; And art, thyself, the idol of their praise. All this is not thy fault indeed, Tho', sometimes, thou their utmost hopes ex- cited; For even CANNING owns thy embargo wise, Which thou (so flexible thy creed!) Didst one day move, the next day stigmatize. No wonder, tho', thy torrent backward ran; For lo! it came to light, That JEFFERSON approv'd the plan! Enough thy opposition to excite! So, ever since thy mournful change began, Whatever the majority have done, "Tho' there was nothing to forbid it," "With thee was wrong, because they did it." Now John, this evil spirit thou shouldst shun; For it has drawn thee into bogs and ditches, Like a night-wand'red astray by witches, And often in the mud has stuck thee fast. Take care, or thou wilt founder there at last. I've heard, indeed, that thou, of late, art kind, Civil, and condescending, and polite! Electioneering has reform'd thee quite, And all thy manners soften'd and refin'd. Thou, who wert overbearing, stiff and proud, (Fearing the people's angry frown, Which from thy dignity may hurl thee down.) Canst now debase thyself to court the crowd; Yea, visit vulgar planters at their houses, Fondle their children, and salute their spouses. Fine arts are these on ignorance to impose! But yet thy district well their object knows. Thy people, John, are not an English mob Whom treats or artifice can blindly lead: Since they have seas , 'twill be no trifling job For thee, on this occasion, to succeed. They thought thee once thy country's favor- ite son, But now they sad apostasy have seen: Thy race of glory has long since been run, And nought remains of what thou once hast been. They know, if thou wert sent to Congress back, Thou wouldst again pursue thy latter track. Hence all thy efforts will be vain to swerve them: Some other representative will serve them, Who (they may hope,) the public good will seek, And scorn to be misled by private pique. Should he deceive them, (as he may, no doubt,) Like wise republicans, they'll turn him out.
ORDERS OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN.
At the Court of Queen's Palace, the 11th of November, 1807,
Whereas certain orders, establishing an unprecedented system of warfare against this kingdom, and aimed especially at the destruction of its commerce and resources, were some time since issued by the government of France, by which "the British islands were declared to be in a state of blockade," thereby subjecting to capture and condemnation all vessels, with their cargoes, which should continue to trade with his M-jesty's dominions.
And whereas by the same order, "all trading in English merchandise is prohibited, and every article of merchandise belonging to England, or coming from her colonies, or of her manufacture, is declared lawful prizes."
And whereas the nations in alliance with France, and under her control, were required to give, and have given, and do give, effect to such orders,
And whereas his majesty's order of the 7th of Jan. last, has not answered the desired purpose, either of compelling the enemy to recall those orders, or of inducing neutral nations to interpose with effect, to obtain their revocation; but, on the contrary, the same have been recently enforced with increased rigor.
And whereas his majesty, under these circumstances, finds himself compelled to take further measures for asserting and vindicating his just rights, and for supporting that maritime power which the exertions and valor of his people have, under the blessing of Providence, enabled him to establish and maintain; and the maintenance of which is not more essential to the safety and prosperity of his majesty's dominions, than it is to the protection of such states as still retain their independence, and to the general intercourse and happiness of mankind.
His majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order that all the ports and places of France and her allies, or of any other country at war with his majesty, and all other ports or places in Europe, from which although not at war with his majesty, the British flag is excluded, and all other ports or places in the colonies belonging to his majesty's enemies shall, from henceforth, be subject to the same restrictions in point of trade and navigation, with the exceptions hereinafter mentioned, as if the same were actually blockaded by his majesty's naval forces, in the most strict and rigorous manner; and it is hereby further ordered and declared, that all trade in articles which are of the produce or manufacture of the said countries or colonies, shall be deemed and considered to be unlawful; and that every vessel trading from or to the said countries or colonies, together with all the goods and merchandise on board and all articles of the produce or manufacture of the said countries or colonies, shall be captured and condemned as prize to the captors.
But although his majesty would be fully justified, by the circumstances above recited, in establishing such system of restrictions with respect to all the countries and colonies of his enemies, without exception or qualification; yet his majesty being nevertheless desirous not to subject neutrals to any greater inconvenience than is absolutely inseparable from the carrying into effect his majesty's just determination to counteract the designs of his enemies, and to retort upon his enemies themselves the consequence of their own violence and injustice; and being yet willing to hope that it may be possible (consistently with that object) still to allow neutrals the opportunity of furnishing themselves with colonial produce for their own consumption and supply; and even to leave open, for the present, such trade with his majesty's enemies as shall be carried on directly with the ports of his majesty's dominions, or of his allies, in the manner hereinafter mentioned.
His majesty is therefore pleased further to order, and it is hereby ordered, that nothing herein contained shall extend to subject to capture or condemnation any vessel or the cargo of any vessel belonging to any country not declared by this order to be subjected to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, which shall have cleared with such cargo from some port or place of the country to which she belongs, either in Europe or America, or from some free port in his majesty's colonies, under circumstances in which such trade from such free ports is permitted, direct to some port or place in the colonies of his majesty's enemies, or from those colonies direct to the country to which such vessel belongs, or to some free port in his majesty's colonies in such cases, and with such articles, as it may be lawful to import into such free ports; nor to any vessel or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, which shall have cleared out from some port or place in this kingdom, or from Gibraltar or Malta, under such regulations as his majesty may think fit to prescribe, or from any port belonging to his majesty's allies, and shall be proceeding direct from some port or place in this kingdom, or from Gibraltar or Malta, to the port specified in her clearance; nor to any vessel, or the cargo of any vessel, belonging to any country not at war with his majesty, which shall be coming from any port or place in Europe which is declared by this order to be subjected to the restrictions incident to a state of blockade, destined to some port or place in Europe belonging to his majesty, and which shall be on her voyage direct thereto; but these exceptions are not to be understood as exempting from capture or confiscation any vessels or goods which shall be liable thereto, in respect of having entered or departed from any port or place actually blockaded by his majesty's squadron or ships of war, or from being enemies property, or for any other cause than the contravention of this present order.
And the commanders of his majesty's
ships of war and privateers, and other vessels acting under his majesty's commission, shall be, and are hereby instructed to warn every vessel which shall have commenced her voyage prior to any notice of this order, and shall be destined to any port of France, or of her allies, or of any country at war with his majesty, or to any port or place from which the British flag as aforesaid is excluded, or to any colony belonging to his majesty's enemies, and which shall not have cleared out as heretofore allowed, to discontinue her voyage, and to proceed to some port or place in this kingdom, or to Gibraltar or Malta; and any vessel which, after having been so warned, or after a reasonable time shall have been afforded for the arrival of information of this his majesty's order at any port or place from which she sailed, or which, after having notice of this order, shall be found in the prosecution of any voyage contrary to the restrictions contained in this order, shall be captured and together with her cargo, condemned as lawful prize to the captors.
And whereas countries not engaged in war, have acquiesced in these orders of France, prohibiting all trade in any articles the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions; and the merchants of those countries have given countenance and effect to those prohibitions, by accepting from persons styling themselves commercial agents of the enemy, resident at neutral ports, certain documents, termed "Certificates of Origin" being certificates obtained at the ports of shipment, declaring that the articles of the cargo are not of the produce or manufacture of his majesty's dominions or to that effect:
And whereas this expedient has been directed by France, and submitted to by such merchants as part of the new system of warfare directed against the trade of this kingdom, and as the most effectual instrument of accomplishing the same and it is therefore essentially necessary to resist it:
His majesty is therefore pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered that if any vessel, after reasonable time shall have been afforded for receiving notice of his majesty's order at the port or place from which such vessel shall have cleared out, shall be found carrying any such certificate or document as aforesaid, or any document referring to, or authenticating the same, such vessel shall be adjudged lawful prize to the captor, together with the goods laden therein, belonging to the person or persons by whom, or on whose behalf any such document was put on board.
And the right hon. the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them shall respectively appertain.
II.
Whereas articles of the growth and manufacture of foreign countries cannot by law be imported into this country, except in British ships, or in ships belonging to the countries of which such articles are the growth and manufacture, without an order in council specially authorising the same:
His majesty taking into consideration the order of this day's date, respecting the trade to be carried on to and from the ports of the enemy, and deeming it expedient that any vessel belonging to any country in alliance, or at amity with his majesty, may be permitted to import into this country articles of the produce or manufacture of countries at war with his majesty:
His majesty, by and with the advice of his privy council, is therefore pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all goods, wares or merchandise, specified and included in the schedule of an act, passed in the forty-third year of his present majesty's reign, intitled, "An act to repeal the duties of customs payable in Great Britain, and to grant other duties in lieu thereof" may be imported from any port or place belonging to any state not at amity with his majesty, subject to the payment of such duties, and liable to such drawbacks as are now established by law upon the importation of the said goods, wares, or merchandise, in ships navigated according to law; and with respect to such of the said goods, wares or merchandise, as are authorised to be warehoused under the provisions of the act passed in the forty-third year of his present majesty's reign, intitled, "An act for permitting certain goods imported into Great Britain to be secured in warehouses without payment of duty," subject to all the regulations of the said last mentioned act; and with respect to all articles which are prohibited by law from being imported into this country, it is ordered, that the same shall be reported for exportation to any country in amity or alliance with his majesty.
And his majesty is further pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that all
vessels which shall arrive at any port of the united kingdom, or at Gibraltar or Malta, in consequence of having been warned pursuant to the aforesaid order, or in consequence of receiving information, in any other manner, of the said order, subsequent to their having taken on board any part of their cargoes, whether previous or subsequent to their sailing, shall be permitted to report their cargoes for exportation, and shall be allowed to proceed upon their voyage to their original ports of destination. (If not unlawful before the issuing of the said order) or to any one at amity with his majesty, upon receiving a certificate from the collector or comptroller of the customs at the port at which they shall so enter, (which certificate the said collectors and comptrollers of the customs are hereby authorised and required to give) setting forth that such vessels came into such port in consequence of being so warned, or of receiving such information as aforesaid; and that they were permitted to sail from such port under the regulations which his majesty has been pleased to establish in respect to such vessels. But in case any vessel so arriving shall prefer to import her cargo, then such vessel shall be allowed to enter and import the same, upon such terms and conditions as the said cargo might have been imported upon, according to law in case the said vessel had sailed after having received notice of the said order and in conformity therewith.
And it is further ordered, That all vessels which shall arrive at any part of the united kingdom, or at Gibraltar or Malta, in conformity and obedience to the said order, shall be allowed, in respect to all articles which may be on board the same, except sugar, coffee, wine, brandy, snuff, and tobacco, to clear out to any port whatever, to be specified in such clearance; and, with respect to the last mentioned articles, to export the same to such ports, and under such conditions and regulations only, as his majesty, by any licence, to be granted for that purpose, may direct.
III.
Whereas the sale of ships by a belligerent to a neutral is considered by France to be illegal:
And whereas a great part of the shipping of France and her allies has been protected from capture during the present hostilities by transfers, or pretended transfers, by neutrals;
And whereas it is fully justifiable to adopt the same rule, in this respect, towards the enemy, which is applied by the enemy to this country;
His majesty is pleased, by and with the advice of his privy council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, that in future the sale to a neutral of any vessel belonging to his majesty's enemies, shall not be deemed to be legal, nor in any manner to transfer the property, nor to alter the character of such vessels, and all vessels now belonging, or which shall hereafter belong to any enemy of his majesty, notwithstanding any sale, or pretended sale to a neutral, after a reasonable time shall have elapsed for receiving information of this his majesty's order, at the place where such sale, or pretend sale was effected, shall be captured and brought in, and shall be adjudged as lawful prize to the captors.
And the right hon. the lords commissioners of his majesty's treasury, his majesty's principal secretaries of state, the lords commissioners of the admiralty, and the judges of the high court of admiralty and courts of vice admiralty, are to take the necessary measures herein, as to them shall respectively appertain.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Further remarks occasioned by Mr. Canning's Speech. Mr. Canning speaks of several messengers who had touched at France. This is fitted to produce a false impression, as the Osage only had arrived, when Mr. Canning delivered his speech. And the fact with regard to this vessel is, that she sailed in February from the United States while the discussions with Mr. Rose were depending, and rather for the purpose of accommodating our merchants than with a view of making communications to Great Britain on the subject of her Orders in Council. Why make such a communication? Our readers have already seen that Mr. Canning had shut the door on remonstrance in England, had actually declined hearing Mr. Pinkney, and had made Mr. Erskine the organ for communicating the Orders in Council, and consequently for receiving any answer that might be made to his communication. We will add that, at the time of the sailing of the Osage , a special, verbal answer had been given to a verbal communication of the orders by Mr. Erskine, which answer was requested with a view to its transmission to Mr. Canning. This verbal answer, or remonstrance, Mr. Canning must have received by the Osage , if not previously, and he must have received subsequently, but previous to the

te of his speech the written reply of the Secretary of State made to Mr. Erskine's written communication.
What more could have been done by our government? Before the orders were issued, Mr. Pinkney endeavored to prevent them; as soon as they were issued he remonstrated against them, although not officially informed of their existence; the British government replied that Mr. Erskine would be made the channel of communicating them as soon as they were tested by the judgments of practical men; they were accordingly transmitted to Mr. Erskine, who, in February, it appears, verbally communicated these orders to the Secretary of State, who made a verbal reply, with an express view to its transmission to Mr. Canning, which reply must have been sent by the Osage. On the 23d of February, Mr. Erskine made his first written communication, after the sailing of the Osage, to which Mr. Madison made a written reply, which went by the first conveyance, and was received long before the delivery of Mr. Canning's speech.
Mr. Canning must further have known, that without some reply by his government to the answer of Mr. Madison nothing further on the part of the United States was due. There can, moreover, be no doubt but that Mr. Pinkney, in his interview with Mr. Canning, on the arrival of the Osage, would have taken up the subject of the orders, had he not been discouraged by the belief of its inutility.
It results from these facts that the statement, ascribed to Mr. Canning, falsely, we hope, is untrue in every important feature of it; and it equally follows that the Executive here did every thing incumbent on them.
The fact is that there was no room to expect from Great Britain, by the return of the Osage, any thing of importance, unless it were some favorable change in the measures of G. Britain adapted to the known and just demands of the U. States. Had not, indeed, the Osage been detained in France or England, and returned within the time calculated, the public expectation would have been regulated by the state of things at the time of her leaving the United States; instead of intermediate events with which her mission could have nothing to do.
Further—What communications could Mr. Canning have expected from the U. States other than were actually received when he delivered his speech in Parliament? Communications relative to our affairs generally? They had been put aside by the British administration having declined to negotiate with our minister relative to those parts of the treaty on which the two governments were not agreed. This fully appears in the printed correspondence. Relative to the case of the Chesapeake? Surely not, after the footing on which Mr. Rose had closed it, without subjecting us to the just imputation of an abject spirit. The sole difficulty of Mr. Canning to act upon the business in London arose from its implication with the general subject of impressments. These having been agreed to be separated by our government, and this difficulty removed, had Mr. Canning felt sincerely disposed to make us a satisfactory reparation for an act acknowledged by him to be decidedly wrong, the door remained open for him to have done so in London, on the return of Mr. Rose, and he would have, undoubtedly, with this view, addressed himself to Mr. Pinkney, who might and would in such case have honorably resumed the business. Relative to the orders in Council? Surely not, while a remonstrance remained in her cabinet unanswered.
It would seem, from Mr. Canning's remarks, as if all that had passed was considered as leaving Great Britain under no obligation to do or say any thing to this country; while it tied up the U. S. to propose something to, or solicit something from her. In the mean time a daring attempt is made to make the people of G. Britain believe that her government has silenced or satisfied that of the U. S. and to make the people of this country believe that their government has been either negligent or insidious in the management of the public interests.
From these facts the futility of the charge of negligence or forbearance by the administration in relation to the wrongs of G. Britain is abundantly established; a charge which is the more impudent, when compared with the unceasing efforts to create a belief that there has been an excess of zeal in arraigning the conduct of that particular nation. An intelligent man, standing aloof from the collisions of party, must be lost in astonishment at the ephe-
* The following extract from Mr. Canning's letter to Mr. Monroe of September 23, 1807, shows the footing on which Mr. C. then placed the subject.
"The difficulties in the way of such adjustment are already smoothed, by the disavowal voluntarily offered, at the very outset of the discussion of the general and unqualified pretension to search ships of war for deserters. There remained only to ascertain the facts of the part curat case , and to proportion the reparation."
"Is the British government now to understand, that you, sir, are not authorized to enter into this question separately and distinctly; without having obtained, as a preliminary concession, the consent of this country to enter into discussion with respect to the practice of searching merchant vessels for deserters?"
"Whether any arrangement can be devised by which this practice may admit of modification, without prejudice to the essential rights and interests of Great Britain, is a question which, as I have already said, the British government may, at a proper season, be ready to entertain; but whether the consent of G. Britain to the entering into such discussion shall be exacted as the price of an amicable adjustment, as the condition of being admitted to make honorable reparation for an injury, is a question of quite a different sort, and which can be answered no otherwise than by an unqualified refusal."
"I earnestly recommend to you, therefore to consider, whether the instructions which you have received from your government, may not leave you at liberty to come to an adjustment of the case of the Leopard and the Chesapeake, independently of the other question with which it appears to have been unnecessarily connected."
"If your instructions leave you no discretion, I cannot press you to act in contradiction to them. In that case there can be no advantage in pursuing a discussion which you are not authorized to conclude; and I shall have only to regret that the disposition of his majesty to terminate that difference amicably and satisfactorily, is for the present rendered unavailable."
"In that case, his majesty in pursuance of the disposition of which he has given such signal proofs, will lose no time in sending a minister to America, furnished with the necessary instructions and powers for bringing this unfortunate dispute to a conclusion, consistent with the harmony subsisting between G. Britain and the United States. But, in order to avoid the inconvenience which has arisen from the mixture of your instructions, that minister will not be empowered to entertain, as connected with this subject, any proposition respecting the search of merchant vessels."
meral slanders with which the opposition prints abound at this crisis, and more especially at the multitude of falsehoods so easy of detection. He would be apt to infer that their authors would be overwhelmed by the avenging voice of truth, and consigned to a contemptuous silence as soon as they should be exposed. But he would soon discover his mistake, by perceiving that the party print that it sheds the poison invariable refuses admission to the antidote, thereby securing, without check, its deleterious effect; and he would discover that falsehoods are systematically told to operate an instantaneous and temporary effect, which in fact is frequently produced before the antidote, however efficacious or immediate, can have any influence. Hence on the eve of an important election, days, and even hours are calculated, slander is kept in reserve till the last moment, and is propagated when it is impossible to overtake it. Hence the people are duped by falsehoods whose detection however sure comes too late. It is in vain that the federal prints are called upon to republish the most incontrovertible statements of facts. They are treated with sullen silence, or mutilated till every original feature is lost. It requires no gift of prophecy to say that this will be the treatment of these very remarks, and of those which have preceded them on Mr. Canning's speech.
Among the eminent merchants of the United States, who are decidedly friendly to the embargo, we take a pride in enumerating Col. Buchanan of Baltimore. Very much to his honor he has come forward in a public manner, with the most unequivocal expressions of his convictions. The following is given in the Baltimore Evening Post as a sketch of his remarks.
Col. BUCHANAN was repeatedly called on to address the meeting. He at length complied. Mr. Winder, said he, has portrayed our grievances and the evils of the embargo; but he has pointed out no remedy. He said he would not follow the gentleman first up, (Mr. Winder) through all his arguments, because he was not accustomed to public debate; but he would answer and correct the gentleman's mistakes on some commercial points. And being a merchant himself, he must be an egregious blockhead indeed, if he did not know something of the nature of commerce, and the effects which the orders and decrees, and embargo had upon it. He affirmed that instead of one million , the gentlemen had stated was said to have been saved, our floating capital has by the most intelligent merchants, been estimated at one hundred and twenty-five millions ; no man ever contended that the property out when the embargo commenced its operation could be affected by it, nor did the orders or decrees extend to any of our return cargoes, but we all know that as each ship arrives, agreeable to the course of trade she is immediately dispatched on another voyage; it is thus, in a few months, our whole capital would have turned into exports, and the amount been swallowed in the vortex of these orders and decrees. The embargo has, therefore saved to the U. States one hundred millions of dollars , and he appealed to any federal (mercantile) gentleman present to correct him, if he mistated a particle of fact. The gentleman had said, that he considered an embargo of short duration, and that duration limited, as proper only, when preparatory for war. An embargo, said Mr. B. in its very nature, must be indefinite as to duration, or it would be greatly absurd and utterly ineffectual. What! Should we proclaim to France or England, that we could endure an embargo for one month or two months, or until some given period, and no longer? If we did so, it would be saying to them—On such a day you may prepare to pounce upon our property, which we must by that time launch on the ocean, to provoke your hungry jaws. Let such an embargo be laid; and it would be completely absurd indeed.
The present embargo law was word for word the same with that imposed in 1794, under Washington's administration; if it lasted much longer, there was much greater cause for its continuance. The affairs of the world now, bore no parallel to those of former days. We must be guided by circumstances, and external circumstances, foreign and uncontrollable, which compelled us to lay an embargo—We were placed between two robbers, which strove which could excel the other, in depredating upon neutral commerce, under pretence of retaliating injuries upon each other. Unwilling to be longer a sacrifice for either, we had pursued the only wise policy that could be pursued; produce was low now, but a declaration of war would sink still lower the price of every thing. Occasional purchases were now made, in the expectation that commercial restrictions might ere long be revoked, but, if war be declared, the probability is, that it would last for three or four years, and few or none, would be adventurous enough to lay out money for domestic products on the forlorn hope of exporting it to a foreign market. But the eloquent gentleman who spoke first, was resolved to brook no insult—he would, it seems, take both France and England by the beard. Why, sirs, if we go to war with England & France, at the same time, where shall we find a market for a single pound of flour or a stem of tobacco?
Mr. B. made many judicious observations on the arrogance of the rival powers—and the dictatorial character of the British orders of Nov. 1807, which usurp the power of imposing tribute upon us; by these, every cargo intended for the continent must be first taken into an English port, and licence obtained upon payment of a certain sum. Of the article of tobacco about 80,000 hds. used to be exported annually, from the southern states; of which about 12,000 only were consumed in England. If the remainder be exported to France, we must first pay a tax to Britain upon it, and if it is sent to the dependencies of France, the whole is seized, because the vessel came from a British port! But England must circumscribe us still more. [Here Mr. B. stated that he had yesterday learned the result of a report of a late parliamentary committee, which recommended greater restrictions on our commerce, under specious pretexts. It was the report of a committee appointed to report on the propriety of prohibiting grain in the distilleries of England. In consequence of this, about one-twentieth part of our flour, &c. might find a market in the British West India Islands.] But the gentleman has indulged himself in comparisons between revolutionary times and mea-
surges, and recent ones. I was not old enough then to be an actor in those scenes. As far, however, as history unfolds the events of those times, and the policy of our forefathers, they correspond exactly with the measures of the present administration and members of congress. When England sought to fetter us then, with arbitrary, unconstitutional impositions, as taxes, &c., the Americans had passed non-intercourse laws and resolved—the very same we had recently done. England preyed upon our commerce and impressed our seamen, we passed a non-importation act. Both England and France attempted to make a common prey of our ships and cargoes—we presented both with an embargo law, which preserves both ships and cargoes, and gives us time and means of preparing more effectually for future emergencies—I say, it preserves our property—and what is infinitely more valuable, our independence .
Mr. B. repelled the assertion of Mr. Winder, that the merchants were gainers by the embargo, on the contrary, he was a great loser as well as others, and said, what of all this clamor against the embargo? Let us suppose it this moment to be discontinued—I'll maintain, no prudent merchant , trading on his own capital , would send out a ship. I can speak for myself, when I declare to you, there is no part of the world to which I would venture my property.
PAMPOLONA, June 29.
ARRAGON.
The Gazette of the 20th, announces that the French army had lost 4000 men, killed, since its entrance into that kingdom, independent of wounded, prisoners and deserters. The Gazette of the 24th, assures that a detachment of 2000 men, who were marching towards Epila, and who indeed, entered, were so completely destroyed, that there only remained 400 who could flee. That of the 25th relates another famous action in Sarragossa, whose result has been so favorable, that we are assured that Gen. Lefevre, can have at the most, only 2500 men, of the 12,000 who marched for that place, and Logrone. Indeed God protects our cause, since the Spaniards perform miracles never known in a people so undisciplined. A courier from Gen. Lefevre, has been intercepted, in which he declares to the emperor his want of men, but requests all the kingdoms might be declared already reduced to obedience. Notwithstanding this news, formidable trains of artillery continue to leave this city, destined for Arragon, as well as bombs, &c.
A letter of the 3d July, states, that in Sarragossa, on the 26th ultimo, a shell from the French camp fell in the square of St. Domingo, which so enraged the inhabitants, they rushed to the field of battle, routed the enemy, pursuing them 7 leagues and became masters of 27 pieces of cannon with all their baggage.
On the 28th; 29th and 30th, there was a violent cannonading, but the result is not known, a person, however, who came yesterday from P. assures us that Gen. Lefevre, with the few men left him, surrendered, and that the escort with provisions and ammunition, destined for his camp, had been taken by the Arragonians with 45 baggage waggons.
"GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,"
Sarragossa, July 3.
The day before yesterday (the 1st) at midnight, the French camp in the neighborhood of this capital began the bombardment of the city, this was continued till the evening of the following day, in which they expended more than 1400 balls and shells. They attacked some of the gates, but the valor of the troops and inhabitants who guarded them resisting gallant fire, destroying all who presented themselves, strewing the field with French bodies: in the evening of the same day they continued the attack with their infantry and artillery, and were again repulsed with considerable loss. At day break yesterday they renewed their attack on all sides, and after suffering great loss, and convinced of the obstinacy and valor of our troops, they retired, having suffered from a continual fire of twelve hours. The shot and shells of the enemy, have not only done little damage, but have served to excite a greater hatred to them, and impressed us with the sacred duties of religion and our country, of our honor and our king. [Here follows a long list of promotions.]
A great many arms have fallen into our hands, and among the slain have been found some of the ornaments stolen from the churches and houses of individuals: We have made many prisoners.
In all parts the French army has been routed, and intrigue and deceit are the only resource remaining to save them from the total extermination with which they are menaced in Spain.
By an express which left Valencia on the 30th of June, we receive officially the agreeable news that the French army commanded by Gen. Moncey, having attacked that city on the 28th of the same month, were received by such a dreadful fire from the batteries, for the space of seven hours, that after having been routed, and their bodies covering the ground in the neighborhood, they precipitately abandoned the field, and in the utmost confusion, without provisions and without force, took the road to Madrid in which the main body of the Valencian army is waiting to cut off their retreat, so that not one of those who remain can escape.
We have also received, by the Courier of to-day, information, that the remains of the army of 16,000 men, who entered Andalusia under the command of Gen. Dupont, has retreated to Andujar, and that it is reduced to only 6000: that on the 22d of June they were within the distance of 2 leagues from the first division of the vanguard of the Spanish army of that kingdom, commanded by Gen. Campagni, and that the day following it would be joined by the second division under the command of Gen. Castano, for the purpose of attacking and entirely destroying Dupont.
The following is the Speech that H. C. M. JOSEPH First, pronounced, on submitting the Constitution of Spain, which was unanimously adopted by the Spanish National Assembly.
GENTLEMEN DEPUTIES: I have wished to come in the midst of you before you separate. Brought together by
a series of extraordinary events to which all nations have been subject at more or less distant periods, and by the dispositions of my august brother the Emperor Napoleon you have displayed sentiments which are those of the age. You will find the result of them stamped in the constitutional act, which will be read to you.
With it will cease the long disasters of Spain; disasters which the secret uneasiness that has for a long time agitated this nation, gave but too much cause to apprehend. The effervescence which yet prevails in some provinces, will cease when the people shall know that their religion, their independence, and the integrity of their country are guaranteed; that their most precious rights are acknowledged, and when they shall see in these new institutions, the germ of the prosperity of their country; blessings which the neighboring nations have obtained only by dint of bloodshed and misfortunes.
Would to Heaven all the Spaniards were together here! One sole interest binds them, and then they would have but one sentiment. We should not see ourselves under the cruel necessity of losing any of those, who, seduced by foreign incitements, must see themselves reduced by the force of arms!
The enemy of the continent hopes and expects to deprive us of our colonies, by taking advantage of the troubles which it excites in Spain. For this reason, every good Spaniard should open his eyes, and cling round the throne. We bring the act which establishes the reciprocal rights and duties of the king and the people. If they are disposed to make the same sacrifices that we are, Spain will before long be tranquil, and as happy in its interior as it will be just and powerful in its exterior.
We accept with the highest confidence, this contract at the feet of the Deity, who reads in the innermost recesses of the hearts of men, who disposes of them at his will, and who never forsakes the man who loves his country, and has no other fear than that of his conscience.
This speech being finished, H. M. delivered the constitution to the president, who handed it to one of the secretaries; and he having read it in an intelligible voice from the beginning to the end, the president put the question to the assembly whether they accepted the constitution, and all the members answered individually that they accepted of it; and then the president answered the speech of H. M.
NEWBURYPORT, Sept. 5.
How ungrateful must that man be, who after a long series of uninterrupted prosperity, is unwilling to sacrifice, to the general welfare of his country, a small moiety of his income, when the rights and liberties of the nation require it for their preservation. With what cheerfulness did our worthy ancestors leave the European world, and fix their habitation in this soil, to enjoy a freedom of religion and politics. With what perseverance did they struggle through the many difficulties which presented themselves in every form; to obtain these essential privileges; and what magnanimity did the patriots of the Revolution, evince in their glorious struggle for the emancipation of their country from the chains of despotism: sacrifices were cheerfully made to effect the independence of America: and no complaints heard on account of the embarrassments experienced. No—these noble minded men, preferred Liberty and Poverty rather than slavery and affluence. Shall it be said of us, their offspring, that we are unwilling to make a small sacrifice to perpetuate the blessings acquired by their labor? Shall we exhibit to the world, that we are not capable of governing ourselves; and are willing to submit to the insults and depredations of the belligerents of Europe? We trust not. But there are men in this country, who worship at the footstool of Idolatry; whose patriotism extends no farther than their interest is benefited; and who, for the lure of gain would not only barter their independence, but their GOD.—Statesman.
ELECTIONS.
Of the elections which have just taken place, we have not sufficient information to form a correct opinion, except of that in New Hampshire. In this state, it is now placed beyond a doubt, that delusion and federalism has once more gained ascendancy over virtue and republicanism.
When we consider the incessant exertions of the federalists; and the means used by them to deceive the people, we are not at all surprised in the result. There never was, perhaps, a time when the advocates of aristocracy have had better opportunity of influencing the people than on the present occasion. They have represented to them; that "by electing federalists to office, the embargo will be removed;" and business once more resume its former sway. But do the citizens really believe this? Do they believe that the party who formerly shackled them with standing armies, sedition laws, &c. will render their situation more agreeable than at present? If they do they are grossly mistaken. What benefit can be expected in the election of federalists? We believe none: and it is our opinion that should the opponents of the present administration succeed in the election of a president, those citizens who have supported their candidates would rue the hour they ever entrusted them with the reins of government; but we believe that no apprehension on this ground need be entertained. If the citizens of this country are willing to sacrifice their principles for the r interests and abandon men who have been incessant in promoting their welfare, and the honor of the nation, they deserve to become the " hevers of wood and drawers of water ;" for in the character of sycophants, they kiss the rod which " lacerates their backs ."
We feel no chagrin at the termination of this election; we prefer an honorable minority of men, who love their country, and are willing to endure privations for its honor, to a majority, among whom, are individuals that are ready at any time to part with their birthright for a " a mess of pottage ."
NEW-YORK, September 9. Letters received in this city yesterday
mention the death of JAMES SULLIVAN, Esq. Governor of the state of Massachusetts.
We learn by a passenger in the Arcturus, that Col. Burr and Gen. Miranda arrived in Corunna (Spain) on the 5th of July, via England.
Letters from Bordeaux by the Arcturus, as well as passengers, state the existence of an embargo in France.
September 10.
A letter received in this city from Bordeaux, by the Arcturus, dated 27th June, says, "A general embargo, it is apprehended will ere long take place on all American vessels in the ports of France; and it is feared a rupture will be the consequence. Sixty two American vessels have been lately condemned by the council of prizes at Paris. Our markets for colonial and American produce have been very favorable for some time past; prices in consequence, were pushed extremely high, but are now lowering, and in no demand"—Mer. Adv.
The Boston papers received yesterday are silent as to the death of Gov. Sullivan. In the Repertory he is said to be "very seriously indisposed."—ib.
In addition to the intelligence we have already given respecting Spain, we learn, from papers received at Boston by the Arcturus that General Lefevre had surrendered to the Arragonese, who had taken the provisions and ammunition destined for his relief; and that Jerome Bonaparte was to be king of Naples, and Murat of Westphalia.
It was reported, that about 60000 French troops had been recently marched into Spain, including many of the National Guards. The Patriots are said to have 50000 cavalry.
The French papers contain some accounts of advantages obtained over the Rebels, as those are called who fight for their country. But the circumstances under which those papers are published prevents their obtaining credit.
It appears that orders have been given for disarming all Spaniards. A Bayonne article of June 17, says that General Lasalle and Merle, who went to disarm the people at and near Valencia, met 1200 rebels under Gen. Cuesta, whom they dispersed, killing about 1000. The French losing 6 killed and 8 or 10 wounded. The French proceeded to Valladolid disarming the people, and 50 of the most culpable were shot.
"On the 12th of June Gen Lefevre attacked the army of insurgents at Sarragossa, and dispersed them; more than 2000 of them were thrown into the river and perished. The French had 4 killed and 4 wounded."—French paper.
"The Emperor has directed that those Spaniards who renounce their errors shall be treated with indulgence; but that a terrible example shall be made of such as persist."—ib.
"The rebels killed Gen. Cevallos at Valladolid."—ib.
Col. Gibbs (one of the passengers in the Arcturus) was informed, when in Paris, that an attack had been contemplated on the Austrian dominions before the disturbances in Spain broke out. That Austria was more formidable than ever, having organized a force of 400,000.
The Arcturus stopped at Fayal, and while there, a Portuguese 74, arrived on her way to England, from Brazil, and informed that Sir Sidney Smith was about proceeding with an allied army of British and Portuguese, against Buenos Ayres.
A letter from Halifax (N. S.) dated August 22d, received at Boston, mentions the arrival of the Hussar frigate from Barbadoes, and that she had obtained from a vessel she spoke the same information we published in this paper on Thursday—that Russia, Sweden, Denmark and England had concluded a treaty of peace."
Captain Chipman a late master of the brig Vengeance of Salem, which vessel and her cargo (worth 180,000 dollars) were condemned in France by the Council of Prizes, was a passenger in the Arcturus. He informs that he frequently saw the French Emperor at Bayonne sometimes on shore and sometimes in a barge in the harbour, and always with so slight a guard as indicated no apprehension of personal danger.
The President's reply to the petition from Newburyport has been received by the petitioners, and will be published in the next number of the Newburyport Herald. "He says he cannot repeal the Embargo."
PHILADELPHIA, September 10.
We have received the Morning Chronicle and Star of London, down to the 10th July—and on perusal find, that the English papers contain accounts of Spanish affairs, which are not quite so much garbled as the extracts published by papers in the pay of the British government here; indeed the state of the revolution in Spain, wears a very different aspect from that in which all the advices previously received had placed it; but as apostates and traitors are always the most violent, those Americans who are sold to the British, carry their zeal to the utmost excess of folly; it was so in the revolution, the British troops were not half so sanguinary and treacherous, as the tories who joined them. (Shirras.)
Strayed from Richmond about the 20th of May last,
A Small Sorrel Mare,
With a blaze in her face, bob tail, a bunch on one of her fore feet, and has been nicked. Whoever will deliver the said mare to Benjamin Thomas in Richmond, shall receive ten dollars reward. Azel Fitch.
September 13, 1808.

It is almost amusing to observe the affecting sympathy and trembling solicitude which the federalists display in behalf of the Spanish patriots. They pretend that they are actuated by the purest impulse of philanthropy, and that every feeling is tenderly alive with sensibility in the cause of liberty.
The Republican Watch Tower has come forward with a great deal of affected candor upon the subject of the embargo, and in the openness of his heart he has gone so far as to admit, that Mr. Jefferson is an honest man and a gentleman.
In regard to the first, you state that our seamen have taken their flight into foreign service, and hence you infer that the embargo was extremely unwise.
in consequence of a bad application, should prove otherwise, the conclusion, agreeable to your logic, is that it was ab initio wrong.
By a similar train of reasoning, you endeavor to prove that the embargo, so far from being a precautionary measure, is a sacrificing one, and that if we had suffered every one of our ships to have been captured, condemned, and forever gone from us, we should have gained $12,500,000.
1st. It was a measure of precaution and safety. In this point of view it has saved, agreeably to the statement of the most intelligent merchants in the country, (both republican and federal) about one hundred millions of dollars.
The question then presents itself, is it not better for the farmer, planter, and manufacturer to get something than nothing ?
According to the report of the secretary of the treasury to congress, on the 27th of Feb. 1808, it appears that of articles of domestic growth and manufacture of the U.S. there had been exported in one year preceding, 48,700,000 dollars worth.
From this deduct also the value of the vessels in which the property would be captured, at the same rate of 20 per cent, to wit:
Once more—from this balance deduct 10 per cent on an average, payable to Great Britain for the privilege of trade, about
Hence we find, according to the federal plan of proceeding, upon a computation altogether in their favor (and leaving the ignominy of paying tribute to the British out of question) that of 48,700,000 dollars worth of produce to be exported, a loss must accrue of seventeen millions two hundred and seventy odd thousand dollars.
Amount of domestic produce usually exported in one year, $48,700,000 Deduct 20 per cent 9,740,000 38,960,000
Take away from this the amount supposed to be realized by the federal plan, 31,407,200
Saved by the embargo over and above what could have been realized by the federal plan, dollars 7,552,800
Thus, to take the opposition at their worst, even if they could trade and fight, which, under the decrees and orders of France and Britain they could by no means do.
The federal fighting trade would have inevitably brought on war. Does any one imagine that the people of this country would consent to have upwards of 17,000,000 of dollars worth of property purloined from them without going to war to recover it?
As a proof of one of the manufacturing capacities and preparations of Pennsylvania, it may be relied on as true, that there are fifty water wheels already erected, and in operation, on Chester creek, south-west of Philadelphia.
The actual measurement of the new turnpike road from Philadelphia to Baltimore has been completed. The distance reduced to eighty-eight miles.
Home made cotton cloth, of a good quality and yard wide, is retailed in Savannah at half a dollar a yard.
The increasing state of our manufactures will contribute to relieve us from the influence of the vices and wares of Europe; and their artisans will find welcome and employment amongst us, with the comforts of freedom, peace and plenty.
receiving the cotton in the seed and delivering it on the spool.
That the construction of the machine is so small, as to admit of one, of 30 spindles, being worked in a room of ten feet square.
That we have reason to believe, each spindle will average one cut per hour, while the machine is in operation.
That one hand is fully competent to attend a machine of that size.
That the yarn spun by this machine, is equal to that spun by the Jenny or the Mule.
That the Columbian Spinsister is of permanent construction, its principal moving parts being made of cast steel.
That this machine, though of delicate structure, does not require more skill in its management than that of persons of common acquaintance with the business.
That it admits of the size of the thread being varied from that of ten hundred to that of four, or perhaps three.
That in the course of thirty days it will be in our power to inform you, with certainty, the rate at which the machine will work, as in that time we shall have made a fair trial of it, when impelled by water.
We are, with sentiments of much respect and consideration, sir, your obedient servants,
CUNNINGHAM HARRIS. JAMES HARRIS. Harrisburg, Lancaster District, (S. C.) Aug. 17, 1807.
SIR, Having had the pleasure of a long acquaintance with you, and being well acquainted with Dr. Cunningham Harris and Major Harris, the subscribers of the above letter, I take the liberty to offer you my assurance that they are men of the strictest veracity, and that due and full credit ought to be given to their communications.
I am, sir, very respectfully your servant. WM. HILL.
Rhode-Island Election—Elisha R. Potter and Richard Jackson, Jun. Esquires, (Federalists) are elected to the 11th Congress, and the latter gentlemen to the 10th.
The steam-Boat arrived here last evening in 33 hours from Albany, with about 120 passengers, amongst whom was Gen. Moreau.
BOSTON, September 8. President's Answer to the Boston Petition.
The following answer to the Petition of the inhabitants of this town, from the President of the United States was received yesterday by the Selectmen and is now presented to the public by their order.
WILLIAM COOPER. Town Clerk. Boston, September 6. 1808.
SIR, August 26 1808. I BEG leave to communicate through you the enclosed answer to the representation which came to me under cover from you, and to add, the assurances of my respect.
TH: JEFFERSON. To the Inhabitants of the Town of Boston, in legal Town-Meeting assembled. YOUR representation and request were received on the 22d inst and have been considered with the attention due to every expression of the sentiments and feelings of so respectable a body of my fellow citizens.
change of measures affecting neutral commerce, is known to have taken place.
The Orders of England, and the decrees of France and Spain existing at the date of these laws, are still unrepealed, as far as we know.
You desire that, in this defect of power, Congress may be specially convened.
I should, with great willingness, have executed the wishes of the inhabitants of the town of Boston, had peace, or a repeal of the obnoxious edicts, or other changes, produced the case in which alone the laws have given that authority; and so many motives of justice and interest lead to such changes, that we ought continually to expect them.
TH: JEFFERSON. August 26, 1808.
TRENTON, September 5. The following list was published in London, March 10, 1803, as a correct statement of the Spanish Navy:
Table with 2 columns: Ship Type, Count. Rows: Ships of the Line (42), Frigates (39), Corvettes (20), Xebecs (4), Bombs (15), Brigs (50), Packet Boats (4), Small Vessels (36).
Of what use has the above navy been to Spain? Has it added to her wealth, or her power, or her honor? Certainly not—on the contrary, it has weakened, impoverished and disgraced her.
PROSPECTS. Republican prospects in New Jersey were never brighter.
From Gloucester county, we hear, that the republican meeting for the selection of candidates on Monday last, was much more numerously attended than usual.
The republican meeting at Mount-Holly on the 27th ult. to form a ticket for Burlington county was larger than had ever before convened on a similar occasion.
In Salem county, the republicans will have a larger majority than they have had any past election.
In Cumberland, federalists have but faint hopes of success—and the republican meeting this day will probably dissipate these.
In this county, Hunterdon, at the republican meeting on Saturday, at Flemington, about three hundred and thirty were present.
Adjourned Sale. JAMES LYNCH'S PROPERTY advertised for Sale on the 15th inst. is postponed on account of unfavorable weather, till Thursday next, the 22d inst. at 11 o'clock.
Advertisement. TO RENT. And of which possession may be had on the 1st day of October next, that pleasantly situated
TENEMENT, Of which the late Mr. William Nice died seized in this city.
THE SUBSCRIBER Informs his friends and the public in general, that he intends carrying on the
Taylor's Business, On the Cross Street, opposite the Bell Tavern, and hopes by his strict attention and punctuality, to merit a continuance of their patronage.
TO RENT, A Convenient House For a family, with a large garden, well inclosed, on the church hill. Apply to
PROPOSALS Will be received till the first day of December next.
For Building a Bridge Across Annapolis at Farmville. It is 120 feet long, and to be supported by pillars and abutments of stone.
Ph. Courtney. September 12, 1808. 6

Mount Comfort, FOR SALE.
SITUATED on Rappahannock in the county of Essex, within fifteen miles of Tappahannock and about the same distance from Urbanna and King and Queen Courthouse and very convenient to the post-office at Montague's Tavern—there are upwards of one hundred and fifty acres of land attached to this seat, a considerable part of which is wood land and heavily timbered—The improvements are a dwelling house, forty feet by eighteen, a Kitchen, Smoke-House, Stable, Ice House, &c. on the Hill—And on the river bank, a store house, with a commodious Store and Counting-Room and an excellent Granary—all of which—except the Stable—have been recently built. Mount Comfort commands as good, if not the best view of the river of any seat on the Rappahannock, and the best fish and oysters may be had at the door with very little trouble—It is well calculated for a merchant, being in a populous and wealthy neighborhood, where it is believed five or six thousand pounds worth of goods might be retailed annually—it would also be a convenient stand for a professional character—I would either sell on credit if the payments can be agreed on, or exchange for other lands without improvements. For further particulars apply to Reuben M. Garnett, or to
Carter Wood,
Mount Comfort. June 1, 1808
MATTRESSES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond. J. S. Pleasants. May 31, 1808
Richmond, Feb 6, 1808 Robert Mitchell. TO RENT
And possession given the first day of October next. The Tenement, OCCUPIED by Alexander Plainville, next door below Samuel Pleasants' Book-Store. For particulars, apply to WILLIAM COOK. Richmond, 1st July, 1808 BOARDING HOUSE.
Mrs. Judith Nelson HAVING taken the tenement belonging to Mr. William Price, lately occupied by Mr. McCraw, on the street leading from the capitol, has opened a BOARDING HOUSE, where she will take gentlemen, ladies and children, to board and lodge by the day, week, month or year. She has excellent servants, and assures those who may become her boarders, that no exertion shall be wanting to give satisfaction. Richmond, 24th July, 1808. Boarding, Lodging & Entertainment.
THE subscriber will commence keeping a boarding house on the first day of September next, in the commodious & conveniently situated house at present occupied by Major James Gibbon, on the main street, opposite to Harris's brick buildings, where she will accommodate ladies and gentlemen by the day, week, month, quarter or year, with genteel board, lodging and entertainment. No exertions shall be wanting on her part, to give satisfaction to those who will favor her with their company. Anna Byrd. Richmond, August 3, 1808.
ON the 28th of September next, WILL BE SOLD, on the premises, to the highest bidder, by trustees appointed for that purpose, on a credit of one, two and three years, that highly improved and valuable FARM,
CHILLOWEE, Situated in the county of Cumberland, and immediately between Farmville and James-town, containing by estimation 500 acres. For the cultivation of tobacco, wheat, corn, &c. perhaps it is inferior to no land in the middle country. The improvements on this farm, besides the local situation, would be objects of considerable importance with any gentleman who wishes to purchase a country seat. Also, at the same time and place, will be SOLD, on a credit of twelve months, a variety of valuable
Household Furniture, and Plantation Tools & Utensils. If the sale is not finished on the first day, it will be continued from day to day, until every thing is sold. WILLIAM RANDOLPH. August 21, 1808.
IN THE PRESS And shortly will be published by the printer hereof, The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR 1809:
Which will contain, in addition to the Astronomical Calculations by Benjamin Bates, a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. A liberal discount will be made to wholesale purchasers.
Penitentiary Store. SHOES at the Manufacture of the Penitentiary have been lately REDUCED, considerably below their former prices. D. J. BURR, Agent. 10th May, 1808. Winter Turnip Seed OF THE LAST YEAR'S GROWTH For Sale at this Office.
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appears to the executive by an inquisition held in the county of Northumberland, on the 21st day of September, in the year 1806, before John H. Fallin, Esq., coroner for the said county, that on the 2d day of the said month of September, in the year aforesaid, a certain George Gordon, late of the county aforesaid, stands charged with the murder of a certain negro slave named Bartley: and it appearing that after the perpetration of the said murder, the said George Gordon did immediately, and doth still fly from justice: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of one hundred dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey before some justice of the peace for the said county of Northumberland, the said George Gordon, that he may be dealt with as the law directs. And I do moreover hereby enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey as aforesaid, the said George Gordon, that he may be dealt with in the manner which the law in such cases prescribes. Given under my hand, with the seal of the (L S) commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 5th day of August, 1808. Signed, WM. II. CABELL.
George Gordon is about five feet eight or ten inches high, is stout made, has light colored hair, blue eyes and a down look when spoken to. It is believed that he is frequently lurking in the county of Saint Mary's, Maryland: The editor of the National Intelligencer is therefore requested to insert this proclamation in that paper for two weeks.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS Mr. James Fisher, by a deed executed on the first day of July, 1808, and recorded in the county court of Henrico, has assigned to the subscriber as trustee for certain of his creditors therein named, the whole of his estate of every description, (except his household furniture, and some few debts transferred by him as trustee, subsequent to the execution of said trust, as will more fully appear by a reference to the schedule annexed to said deed,) consisting of all lots in the city of Richmond together with all his bonds, notes and accounts—This is therefore to give notice to the debtors of the said James Fisher, that all judgments obtained where the money has not been paid, all suits now depending in the courts of this commonwealth, or elsewhere, all monies in the hands of attorneys, sheriffs or others, which may have been collected by virtue of any suit, debt or demand of the said James Fisher, that he is the only person authorized to receive such debts and demands and grant such acquittances and make such compromises as he may deem most advisable for the interest of said creditors. A hope is therefore cherished, that every effort on the part of said debtors, will be made, in order to a settlement of their balances, and every indulgence will be given by him to those who manifest such a disposition. And whereas it is stipulated by the contracting parties to said deed, that certain creditors of said James Fisher, who from absence or other causes, could not signify their wish of becoming parties thereto; now, it be understood, that if they do within sixty days, from the said first day of July, 1808, sign the said deed, that in that case, they are to be considered entitled to their ratable proportion of such money as shall be collected from the sale of property and collection of debts—otherwise, if they do not, within the time specified, make known their determination by subscribing to the terms agreed upon in the said trust, that he the said trustee shall pay over such sums as they would have been entitled to if they had acceded to the said James Fisher. Edw'd. W. Trent. 28th July, 1808.
Just received and for Sale, At the Bookstore of S. PLEASANTS, JR. RICHMOND, VOLUME TWO, OF The American Register , Price 3 Dollars and 25 Cents. The first volume of this work has been so long before the public that its merits are too well known to need any encomium. It may not however, be improper to observe, that it contains a very complete History of the Political Occurrences and Transactions both Foreign and Domestic, of the last year; a sketch of American and British Literature—and a valuable collection of State Papers, both American and European, besides a number of Miscellaneous Articles. Perhaps no other publication in this country, condenses so much historical information in the same limits; and being an annual publication, it is presumed that it will be deemed a necessary addition to every well furnished library. G.W.
IN pursuance of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by John P. Shields and Jane Crawly his wife, to secure the payment of a certain sum of money therein mentioned, due to Henry Cary, will be exposed to sale, on the premises, for ready money, on the 17th day of September next, a very valuable
Tract of Land, containing one hundred acres, lying on each side of the turnpike road, about 9 miles from the Town of Manchester, and known by the name of SALLEE'S HILL, on which there is supposed to be coal; or so much thereof as will be sufficient to meet the intention of said trust deed, and costs of said sale. Beverly C. Stannard, } Trustee. Archibald Woodridge, } Secy. Chesterfield, August 27, 1803. tds.
Advertisement. Stolen out of my pasture on Friday night the 19th of August,
A Small Bay Horse, About 4 feet 7 inches high, 5 years old, branded on the near buttock F. S the S turned the wrong way, inclined to have a sorrel mane and tail, paces well, trots rough, goes well in a single chair or gig. I will give five dollars reward to have him brought home, and ten on conviction of the thief, if a white man. Francis Smith. September 5, 1808. 3w.
Blank Notes AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY, used in depositing stock in the Bank of Virginia, for sale at this office.
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia.  A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that on the fourth day of the present month, an atrocious murder was committed in the county of Mecklenburg, by a certain John Daws, an inhabitant of the said county of Mecklenburg, on the body of Francis Ballard, late of the same county; and that the said John Daws has fled from justice: I have therefore thought fit with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of two hundred dollars to any person or persons, who shall apprehend and conduct before some justice of the peace for the said county of Mecklenburg, the said John Daws, that he may be dealt with as the law directs. And I do moreover enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and carry before some justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, the said John Daws, that such proceedings may be had thereupon as are prescribed by law. Given under my hand, with the Seal of the L. S. Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 19th day of August, 1808. Signed, Alexr. M'Rae.
William Lownes,
RETURNS his thanks to his friends and the public generally for their liberal encouragement, and hopes his assiduity to business and punctuality will entitle him to a continuance of their favors. He has removed to the corner immediately opposite the Bell, formerly occupied by S. Grantland, where he intends carrying on the Book-binding business in all its variety, and in the most modern & fashionable style, with punctuality, neatness and dispatch. Printed books bound in the most elegant manner in Morocco and Calf skin, full gilt and lettered; also in sheep skin, gilt, lettered and plain. Blank Books of every description ruled to any pattern and bound with the latest improved spring or patent backs. Orders from the country will be thankfully received and punctually attended to. Old books rebound. N.B. An apprentice will be taken to the Book Binding business, if immediate application be made, with good recommendations. August 23. tf.
FOR SALE, THAT VALUABLE Coal Estate,
In the State of Virginia, Chesterfield county, twelve miles above Richmond, known by the name of RAILEY'S PITTS. It is useless to mention the superiority of the coal, or situation of the works, as it is presumed no person will purchase without viewing the premises. A part of the money will be required in hand—considerable credit will be given for the balance on bond with approved security. Any person inclined to purchase will be met on the premises in all October next, by one of the owners duly qualified to treat for the same. There has been raised at these pits by Messrs. Nicolson and Heth, upwards of 400,000 bushels of coal in one year, and the body of coal at present very extensive. August 25, 1808. (3w.)
THE Editors of the National Intelligencer, Boston Chronicle & Petersburg Intelligencer are requested to insert the above two weeks, in their respective papers, and forward their accounts to this office for payment.
For rent,
THE tenement, at present occupied by Mr. Archibald Foster, near the market bridge, possession may be had on the 1st of October next. Also, for rent or sale, a two story house, &c. (now finishing off,) on Shockoe Hill, possession of which may be had about the 1st of November next. W. M'KIM. Richmond, Sept. 1st, 1808. 3w.
To Aaron Burr, Esq.
TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of a commission from the county court of Henrico, I shall proceed on the third Monday in October next, between the hours of eight in the forenoon and six in the afternoon, and between the same hours of each succeeding day, until the whole testimony is taken, at Gwathmey's tavern, in the town of Louisville, Kentucky, to take the depositions of Richard Cluff Anderson, William Croghan, James Breckenridge, Norborne Beale, and Stephen Smith, to be read in evidence in a suit depending in said court, in which I am plaintiff and you are defendant. Your ob't. serv't. HENRY SCHROEDER. Sept. 5, 1808. 4w.
To Aaron Burr, Esq.
TAKE NOTICE, that by virtue of commissions from the court of Henrico county, in three suits depending in that court, in which I am plaintiff and you are defendant, I shall proceed on the third Monday in October next, between the hours of eight in the forenoon and six in the afternoon, and between the same hours of each succeeding day, until the whole testimony is taken, at Wilson's tavern, in the town of Lexington, Kentucky, to take depositions of Alexander Parker, James Morrison, Sam'l Trotter, John Bradford, Henry Clay, Abraham S. Barton, John Jordan, jr. Robert C. Nicholas, and William Todd, to be read in evidence in said suits. Your ob't. serv't. ROBERT MILLER. Sept. 5, 1808. 4w.
KNOWSLEY,
WILL stand the fall season at my stable in the upper end of Charlotte County, to be let to mares at Ten Dollars the season, to be paid by the 1st day of March, or Twenty Dollars by insurance. The season to commence the fifteenth inst, and expire the first day of November. No responsibility for accidents. Martin Hancock. August 15, 1808. 3w. Knowsley will stand at the above place the next ensuing season in 1809. The terms, &c. will be made known in due time. M. H.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale, by the subscribers, Imperial, GUNPOWDER, Young Hyson, & Hyson Skin, } In small boxes, of a superior quality. Hyson Tea, in lead caddies, 2 1-4 lbs. each. Old Jamaica, An-tigua, W. India } RUM. and N. England 20 bbls Prime Green Coffee. Jamaica Sugar, in bbls. Halfbone's double refined Havannah SUGAR. 15 Hhds. MOLASSES. Fresh RICE, in tiers. Best SPANISH SEGARS, wholesale and retail. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Paints, Oil, Spirits Turpentine, Shoes Hardware, &c. —ALSO— Daily expected, by the schooner Manchester, Storer, 10 hds. Antigua RUM, and SWEET OIL in cases of 30 bottles each. BRYSON & PARKHILL. August 26, 1808. 1m.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust from Moses Davis and Mary, his wife, to the subscriber, dated the 4th March, 1807, to secure the payment of 3445 dollars, due, or owing from said Moses Davis to Prosser & Moncure, assignees of Pleasant Young-husband; on Tuesday the 20th day of September, on the premises, will be offered for sale, to the highest bidder, at 90 days credit, the balance of the
Lot & parcel of Land,
Lying and being in the county of Henrico, contiguous to the city of Richmond, being a part of the same lot and parcel of land, conveyed by Richard Adams and Elizabeth, his wife, to said Moses Davis by deed, dated the 3d day of March, 1807, beginning and running on the road or street, leading from the Market House, in the city aforesaid, to Du-Val's Village, north 4 1-2 degrees, west 4 chains and 32 links, to a street 40 feet wide, dividing said lot and parcel of land, and the lot formerly William Cannon's, now John Doyle's, & building on said street, north 89 degrees east, 4 chains, and 94 links to the corner of the said street; thence on the back street, south 4 1-2 degrees, west 4 chains 32 links to a corner street 40 feet wide next towards said city, and binding on said street, south 89 degrees, west 4 chains 36 links, to the said road, about the beginning, with the buildings and improvements thereon, consisting of a LARGE FRAMED HOUSE, making three tenements, or so much of said premises as will raise the instalments, or balance now due of the aforesaid debt, with the interest thereon, and the charges and expenses attending the sale. The sale will commence at or after 10 o'clock in the morning. George Wm. Smith. Richmond, Sept. 8, 1808. tds.
Strayed
FROM the subscriber in Richmond, on Wednesday last, A BAY HORSE, black main and tail, the main hangs mostly on the near side, his weather very high, scars on his back, and hair off in two or three places, occasioned by the saddle, rising nine years old, fourteen and a half hands high; his left knee was cut and much swelled when he went away. Any person bringing or giving such information so I get him again, shall be rewarded for their trouble. A. FOSTER. September 6th, 1808. tf.
PIPING TREE.
THE subscriber wishes to RENT for the ensuing year, that well known stand for public business, called the Piping Tree, together with the PERRY, which for custom, is equal to any in the lower part of this state. On the premises there is a very convenient house, calculated for a tavern, with an excellent dry cellar underneath, and all suitable out houses, a fertile and well inclosed garden, a stable, coach house and grainery under one roof, a store house with a cellar also, a lumber house at the water edge, where vessels from 4 to 500 bushels burthen, can load and unload. Also, from 4 to 500 acres of
GOOD LAND,
About 250 acres of which are arable, laid off in convenient fields and all under sufficient fencing, and on which is a very good barn. To those who are not acquainted with said place, it is necessary to observe that it is in a healthy and opulent neighborhood, and there is no tolerable assorted store within several miles of it. If said premises are not rented privately, on or before the 1st day of October next, it will, on that day, be rented publicly by
Mary King. September 5, 1808. 10t
FOR SALE,
On private contract, the fine, high bred running horse DOCTOR, Late the property of Doctor A. T. Dixon, out of Pill Box, by Pantaloon. Also, A FILLY, 3 years old, by Precipitate, out of the same mare, of the best and purest blood in Virginia. Doctor was by Play or Pay, is in high health and perfectly sound, six years old, a beautiful bay and 15 hands high. This horse has proved his bottom and speed in many trials, having from three years old been successful, except in two instances, which accident prevented. The filly is unraced, but she would be highly valuable to a gentleman whose wish is to raise from a good stock. Apply to John Tyler. Green Way, Sept. 6, 1808. tf.
JUST RECEIVED,
A few hundred barrels cut & whole Herrings Antigua Rum by the hogshead & Best Green Coffee by the bag. FOR SALE BY C. H. SAUNDERS, 2d June, 1808. w3m Just received and for sale at S. PLEASANTS, BOOK STORE, Richmond, Brown's Dictionary of the Bible, two volumes octavo, with elegant engravings—price seven dollars.
NICHOLAS HALLAM,
(NEAR THE SWAN TAVERN,) Is in hourly expectation of a further supply of the Best Philadelphia Leather, Which will be continued, and for sale, on equal by good terms as heretofore. Wax and fair Calf Skins First quality Cossack boot legs do. do. Long, three quarter and half, draft, calf skin and Cordovan, do. Calf and Cordovan roundings and binding skins Bridle and seat leather, &c. &c. Boots and Shoes. Nails of all kinds. A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF WELL CHOSEN GROCERIES. Boots and Shoes made to measures at short notice, and rips mended gratis. A few thousand wt. of Hams and Middling BACON. The above articles may be had low for cash produce, or approved paper at short credit. August 2, 1808. 1awtf
Penitentiary Store.
THE subscriber, Agent for the Penitentiary, offers for sale the following articles, the manufacture of that institution, at very low prices for cash only at retail, and at 90 days credit at wholesale, for approved endorsed negotiable notes. CUT NAILS.
   Wholesale prices Retail prices.     3d 13 cents. 14 cents per lb.   4 12 1-2 13 1-2   6 11 1-2 12 1-2   8 10 1-2 11 1-2   10 10 11   12 10 11   20 10 11   Slating nails 11 1-2 12 1-2  
   CUT BRADS.     8d 10 cents. 11 cents per lb   10 9 1-2 10 1-2   12 Do. Do.   20 Do. Do.  
   SPRIGS.     3d 39 cts. lb. 50 per m.   4 22 1-3 67   6 17 84  
   WROUGHT NAILS and BRADS.     6d 13 14 per lb.   8 12 1-2 13 1-3   10 12 13   12 11 1-2 12 1-2   20 11 12   30 11 12  
Spikes of all sizes same price as 30d. nails. A good and narrow Axes, Hatchets, Hoes, Plough Shares and Coulters, Hinges, Wedges, Hammers, Fenders, Traces and Stretchers, Tin Ware, &c. &c. Boots and Shoes. Fair tops, back straps, $ 9 Ditto 8 Suwarrows, 7 Half Boots, 5 Plantation and light fine shoes, 1066 a 12 1/2 Do. second & third qualities, 786 a 98 Negro shoes (strong) 68 a 78 Girls do. 48 a 48 Boys do. 38 3/4 a 68 Children's shoecees, 38 a 48 Fire Buckets $ 4 1/2 a $ 5 per pair Bridles, Surcingles, Whip thongs, Spur leathers, Hame strings, Back Bands, Leadings, Garden, Hambro and Fishing lines. Any of the above articles made to orders left at the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern. D. J. BURR April 26, 1808. (2aw1m 1awtf) The Shoes are reduced much below the former price.
TO all whom it may concern. A Petition will be preferred to the next General Assembly for a release of all rights of the Commonwealth to the lands lying in Gloucester and Middlesex Counties, to the subscribers, of which Dr. Robert B. Spratt and Dr. George D. Spratt seized, the subscriber Charlotte Gwathmey, being nearest of kin to the deceased. Richard Gwathmey & Charlotte Gwathmey. King Wm. County, Aug. 20 1808. w6r.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Richard C. Pollard to secure the payment of a debt due to Murphy, Brown & Co. as their expressed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for the best price that can be obtained in ready money, at Mrs. Ann S. Hopkins's, in the county of Nelson, on Saturday the 6th day of August next.
William F. Carter. Robert Franklin. Warminster, July 6, 1808. wtf
100 Dollars Reward.
RUNAWAY from the subscriber the 5th November, 1806, a Negro Man, named L.N. DREW; he is about 24 years of age, about 6 feet high, well made, of a dark complexion; he has a pleasing countenance, and when spoken to has a stoppage in his speech. He was raised by Dr. John Shore, of Petersburg; his father and mother are living in Manchester, where it is probable he is now lurking. The above reward will be given to any one who will deliver the said negro to me near Petersburg, or secure him in any jail, so that I get him again. Masters of vessels and others are forewarned carrying him off or harboring him at their peril. Drury Birchett. Richmond, August 25, 1808. w3m*
Wirt's Speeches.
The Editor of the Argus has lately published the SPEECHES of WILLIAM WIRT, Esq., on the trial of Col. AARON BURR, and others.—With a portrait by St. Memin.
Pamphlets, CARDS,
HAND-BILLS, LAWYERS, CLERKS & SHERIFFS BLANKS, &c. ARE NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY PRINTED AT THE ARGUS OFFICE.
FOR SALE BY
C. H. SAUNDERS, 2d June, 1808. w3m Just received and for sale at S. PLEASANTS, BOOK STORE, Richmond, Brown's Dictionary of the Bible, two volumes octavo, with elegant engravings—price seven dollars.