Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-09-06 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIII YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No 1581.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1808.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
   (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)     Tobacco, 8 4 00   WHEAT, new, red 75, white 84 do.   FLOUR, superfine, new, 5 25 do.   CORN, 4 75 do.   HEMP, clean, (per ton) 180 00 do.   IRON, 110 00 do.   BACON, 10 do.   WHISKEY, 42 do.  
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. tds
JAMES A. OSWALD
EMBRACES the earliest opportunity to return his grateful acknowledgments to his friends, for their polite and friendly attentions to him, during his late indisposition, and informs them, and the public in general, that (Deo Volente,) he will resume his professional functions on Monday next, 5th inst. on which day, he requests his pupils punctually to attend at the usual hour. September 1, 1808. 3t.
TO RENT OR LEASE, FOR A TERM OF YEARS, THE PLANTATION
WHEREON the late William S. Smith, dec. resided, in the county of Powhatan, about 22 miles from the city of Richmond. There are on this plantation, a good dwelling house, out houses, orchards, &c. Possession given at Christmas next, with the privilege of sowing wheat this fall. Further particulars will be made known, on application to Mr Wm Graves, living near the premises, or to the subscriber. JOSIAH SMITH. Powhatan, August 4, 1808. tds
If the above plantation is not rented before Saturday the 10th of September, it will on that day be offered to the highest bidder, on the premises. J. S.
FROM THE AURORA.
Every man who has mind enough to comprehend truth, and honesty to regard it must acknowledge this fact—that we should be as a people united within, and as a nation secure and free from molestation abroad, were it not for the baleful policy of England.
As to the other nations of the earth, we leave their misfortunes to history, which will trace the afflictions of Europe, and the wars that yet desolate it—to the same source—we keep in view our own country, our own country's interests—our own country's independence—our own country's peace—its prosperity—its honor—and its wrongs; to keep these in view is what we call patriotism, to assert and resent them is what we call patriotism.
The voters of Boston talk of their patriotism, but look at their actions—Is the abandonment of independence patriotism?
Is the eagerness for war in preference to peace, patriotism?
Is the disregard for our national character, hostility to the national government, calumny of its administration, disregard of its honor, or the honor of its flag; is the support of a nation that has outraged that flag, and murdered our citizens—are these things patriotism?
The questions answer themselves, and they show that the bitterest satire which could be written on the votes and address of the Boston meeting—is their own address—because it is a production, the objects of which are at once absurd and impracticable, therefore hypocritical; and the professions of patriotism and respect for the constituted authorities, while they declare what ought to be their conduct, form a hideous caricature of the conduct which they uniformly pursue.
This lamentable picture of degradation, exhibited in Boston, is rendered still more disgusting from the place in which it is exhibited!
Boston—Faneuil-hall—in which the Adams' and the Hancock's, the Otis' and the Warre's, raised their magnanimous spirits, and risked their lives, their fortunes, families and peace, rather than submit to a petty tax of three pence on tea, rather than submit to the mandatory rescripts of a British privy council...rather than submit to British tyranny.
That Boston, in whose streets the first American blood was shed by British minions. That Boston, which was the first proscribed by British outrage.
Is this the Boston which stands foremost in the crisis of the world, to call for chains, and prepares to hug them...which bellowed for submission to British orders of council, and is willing to trade under the royal licence of that tyrant, who is described in the declaration of independence; is this the same Boston, which rose in tumult, and breathed indignation, when two or three peaceable citizens were killed by British ruffians; is it the same Boston, that would now wash over the crimes committed on the Chesapeake, and fly into the embraces of the assassin?
No, it is not that Boston, it is a degenerate race, or rather a fragment of a race that has degenerated from the virtue of their progenitors...a little faction nursed and suckled in the corruption of the universal corruptor and disabuser of the world.
The lord chancellor of England, whose name once was Scott, and who changed it, and is now called by the name of Eldon...this man in a late debate in the British parliament, said that...“the orders of council of the 11th of November, WERE INTENDED TO MAKE AMERICA AT LAST SENSIBLE OF THE POLICY OF JOINING ENGLAND AGAINST FRANCE.”
This is a fair confession of the views of the British government, and its truth cannot be questioned, since the chancellor of England is a member of the privy council and called the keeper of the king's conscience.
But the Boston voters say they are patriots...and they show it by endeavoring to co-operate with the keeper of the king of England's conscience, and by endeavoring to make America at last sensible of the policy of joining England against France.
Aye, there's the rub.
Now will the people of America for a moment consider this case in a simple point of view?
The administration of the American government does not want to join England against France.
The administration does not wish to join France against England.
The administration wishes to maintain a strict neutrality...neither to join with, nor to submit to the violence or the policy of either...they do not wish to join one or the other power at first or at last.
But the Boston voters say that the new situation of Europe, that is, no doubt, the situation of Spain and Portugal...calls for a removal of the embargo...
They have never noticed the fact, that the British orders of council, which were intended to make America at last sensible of the policy of joining England, are in part...and in such effectual operation that some hundreds of American vessels have been seized, sequestered and condemned in England, under these orders of council.
They have not hinted or intimated at the fact that by those British kingly rescripts, an American vessel found at sea by a British cruiser, without a passport or licence from George III. is liable to seizure.
They do not notice the fact, that George III. in order to make America at last sensible of the policy of joining England, has forbidden American vessels from going to any part of the continent of Europe.
The Boston voters plainly tell you, by the lips of Mr. Gore, what they would be at...he plitfully and fairly avowed his object to be war, for he preferred war to the embargo; and no doubt the chancellor of England had the same partiality, and if Mr. Gore could bring it about at last...after the failure of so many efforts between Pickering and Liston, and Pickering and Rose, there is no doubt that Mr. Gore would be considered as worthy of royal confidence as Hutchinson and Oliver, were in the early days of George III.
There is a mode by which the people can test these Boston voters, and all who are disposed to join in similar measures.
Our government policy, is not the policy of war...and it therefore differs from the policy of the keeper of the king's conscience; it differs also from the policy of Mr. Gore. The policy of our government, first and last, is peace if possible...war only when peace cannot be preserved. Now for the test.
Ask any of these gentlemen voters, or any of those who support them...for what...for whom...and against whom do you wish to go to war?
They will either equivocate, or they will at once say with the king of England's conscience keeper...“against France”
Ask a friend of the present administration, will you go to war? they answer no...we see that there has been, what other nations have deemed cause of war; but we do not think war would obtain for any satisfaction...any redress...we have been grossly insulted by the government of England, and yet we will not join their enemy in war against England; for war would only cost us much blood, much treasure, and greatly retard our national prosperity.
What...not join England against France? No surely, it would be sinking into the lowest inuendo...to league against a nation that has done us no wrong, and to league with a nation that has accumulated wrongs upon us.
But the keeper of the king's conscience says the orders of council will make you sensible at last, of the policy of joining England against France.
Here then is the mystery of the Boston town meeting...for the purpose of the mystery it is... (and the means are worthy of the purpose) that men in open opposition to the interests of their country and breathing war, assume the merit of patriotism...for this
mystery it is that they laugh in the faces of each other and lie upon record, that they are and have been uniform in their respect for the government of their country, while the notoriety of their contumelious and disgraceful conduct is known to every man who reads!
It would be worth the while of any man to examine the following topics.
What can be the end proposed by those persons in America, who are averse to the peace of the United States, or desirous of involving us at last in alliance with England and in a war against France?
It is the forlorn hope of accomplishing that which has disconcerted so many European coalitions, if this were the object, and it is its being absurd that induces us to suspect that if we were willing we are not able.
Is it with the hope of overturning the American government during the vicissitudes of a war; and becoming the oligarchs of a new system more fitted for miscreants, which a democracy will tolerate?
It is infatuation, or stupidity, or corruption, or a mixture of all these ingredients?
It may be said...that all these Boston voters are pious church going men...and feel, like Edmund Burke, for suffering humanity...that the great sufferings of the Spaniards, in the recent overthrow of the Bourbon dynasty, a lofty commission for the fallen house of Braganza...tender sympathies for the noble and best blood of the nations that have had the escutcheons blurred by an obscure mushroom emperor; that their bowels yearn for those who are driven from their homes, and their indignation bristles at the idea of the plebeian upstairs who have jumped into thrones, and covered their cropped wigs with regal, and ducal diadems.
Perhaps it is christian pity for the people of those nations in which the foul deeds have been acted.
But when these things are considered, your democratic reasoners, who do not see thro' a single eye, nor hear thro' a single ear—are apt to say: is then the case of an idol king or a jesuitical court—a case so extreme as to engross all commiseration, and leave none for those who in the sight of the God of the christian world, are at least alike his creatures? Are the gout of Henry VIII. and a Catharine of Medicis—a case of so much moment, as to sink all of the calamities inflicted on nations for ages of perpetuated despotism.
Mourn ye votors of Boston, over the downfall of the Bourbons and Braganzas—their bastilles and inquisitions.
Extinguish every idea of commiseration for the Moresses and the Jews—extirpated by impious fanaticism, under the banner of the cross, as you would extirpate virtue and provoke war under the mask of federalism, and in the abused name of patriotism.
Why should you remember the burnings of your own revolution...the memory of such atrocities, would not bring you at last into a league with England against France?
Why should you feel for the sufferings of the people of remote Asia...why should the millions starved and massacred in Hindostan...why should a mogul, or a Nabob, or a Nizam, or Tippoo Saib, poisoned or assassinated, disturb your pursuits?
What have you to do in the consideration of your Boston votes or promoting British interests...with the evangelical chastenings which Britain has bestowed upon Ireland during only six hundred years?
What have the hangings, and burnings, and massacres of a few hundred thousand “WILD IRISH,” to do in the bosom of Boston humanity, compared with the expulsion of the Bourbons, or the failure of Great Britain to monopolize the commerce of the world?
These things deserve to be contrasted...that the imbecility and shabby cunning, which marks the whole character of federal politics, as a disparagement of American intellect and honesty, may be seen.
PATRIOTIC EPISTLES.
To the Selectmen of the town of Boston.
GENTLEMEN.—Your communication of the 10th inst. came to hand this day, enclosing a copy of the proceedings of the town of Boston, on the subject of the Embargo—with a request that similar measures might be adopted in this town.
We are sensible that the present suspension of foreign commerce is attended with embarrassments to those of our fellow citizens, whose enterprise and industry have been on the ocean. It must also be evident to every candid person, that those privations and embarrassments are in consequence of the Orders and Decrees of England and France: we also believe our only safety from greater evils was in the measures adopted and pursued by our Government, which have been the means of preserving to the nation merchandise and shipping to an immense value which would otherwise (probably) have been captured and condemned by one or other of the contending powers.
The idea of Spain having offered an opportunity to this country for trade, is without sufficient assurance to warrant a voyage to a foreign country by any confederate ship owner—nor do we conceive that any events which have taken place in Europe have made any favorable change in our foreign relations.
We sincerely unite with you in wishing a friendly intercourse with the European powers, and that our commerce may be restored to its former condition; but should our hopes and expectations be disappointed, and it should be expedient to continue the embargo; or should the nation be obliged to resort to WAR, the citizens of this town, who were among the first and greatest sufferers in obtaining independence, would we confidently trust, be the last to complain, of any hardships or privations which may be necessary to preserve that Independence inviolate.
It might have been expected that the town of Boston, the capital of the State, enriched by foreign commerce without an example, would have been the first in support of the wise and provident measures adopted by the General Government, while many other towns with less advantages, and less success in business, have not uttered a complaint.
We are far from thinking the measure of addressing the President, or Congress, as recommended by the town of Boston, to be advisable; we place the fullest confidence in the wisdom and integrity of the Executive and Legislature of the nation—and feel assured the embargo will be removed, whenever a favorable opportunity shall present to traverse the ocean in safety: nor would we wish to distract the councils of the nation by intruding opinions which cannot promote the interest of our fellow citizens, or our national honor.
If the inhabitants of this town are desirous to offer their sentiments to the public, they will, no doubt, make their request in the usual way, which would meet with proper attention.
With due respect, your humble servants,
Richard Frothingham, Daniel Tapp, Timothy Thompson Jr., David Goodwin, Jr., Thomas Rand, 2d, Thomas Rand, Peter Tapp, Jr.
Charlestown, Aug. 20, 1808.
To the Selectmen of the town of Boston—
GENTLEMEN,
WE have received your letter inviting us to call a Meeting of the Inhabitants of this town, for the purpose of concurring with your town, in a petition to the President for a “suspension of the Embargo in whole or in part; or that the President would convene Congress as early as possible, for the purpose of taking the subject into consideration.” We deferred returning an answer till this time, because we thought we had reason to believe, that there would be found ten of our own freeholders, knowing our sentiments, and differing from us, who, by signifying their desire in writing, would make it our duty to call such a meeting. We can delay no longer a civility which is due to our fellow citizens of the respectable town of Boston. We will therefore, with that friendly freedom which becomes citizens whose interests are the same, expose the reasons and sentiments, which forbid us to act in our official capacity according to your proposal.
We are far from disagreeing with you on the Constitutional right of the citizens “in an orderly and peaceable manner, to assemble to consult on the public good,” and present addresses, petitions and remonstrances. But we think a wise people will be cautious of making a frequent use of this privilege. While the right of suffrage remains entire, and the people possess the freedom of frequent elections it is obvious there cannot be such occasion for petitioning, as under government where the people have a less “essential share.” Of the propriety of exciting others to petition, you have doubtless considered.
We are highly pleased, and most heartily concur with the general sentiments in the first part of the Petition of Boston expressive of a sense of patriotism and “respect for the constituted authorities of our country,” and “the indispensable necessity of supporting, at all times the laws enacted by the government of our choice,” with their “readiness to make any personal sacrifices, and endure any privations which the public welfare may require.” It prides us, that under sentiments truly honourable and magnanimous like these, our fellow citizens of Boston “have refrained from expressing the wishes they most sensibly feel for the removal of the Embargo Indeed were not the Embargo a measure “which the public good required,” not only the citizens of Boston but of every other town, would have just cause to petition—to remonstrate. That the embarrassments consequential on the arrestation of a prosperous trade by the Embargo, or rather by the extraordinary conduct of belligerent nations which caused the Embargo, are sensibly felt by almost every citizen, none will deny; and that all embarrassments usually arising from any change in the course of business, they
must affect some individuals, some towns, and some States or parts of the nation, more than others, is as plain to be seen. But for such individuals, such towns or States to murmur, sow discords, or attempt to raise opposition, while convinced that the public welfare required the measure, would betray a base selfishness unworthy an American, and degenerating from the great example of our early ancestors, and the heroes and sages of current revolution; and not only so, but unworthy of social man, unworthy of the religion we profess.
It gives us great satisfaction, after the contrary impressions which we have received from periodical papers, we confess not worth regarding, now to be assured, from a source so authentic, that the inhabitants of Boston would have suffered in silence all the evils which they sensibly felt under the embargo, “but for the great events in Europe, which materially change the aspect of our foreign relations.”
Here is the first occasion that we have to differ from the sentiments expressed by you or your townsmen. These events are so recent, and our intelligence concerning the present state and prospects of Spain, so imperfect, we are not yet ready to express any opinion on the propriety of suspending the embargo in whole or in part, because of these events. And suffer us also to mention, that it would be no more than reasonable, first to allow the President to come to the knowledge of these events, and give him an opportunity to take those measures, of his own accord, which perhaps you and we, in our petition, might request. To petition at present, as we are forced to view the subject, would imply a supposition that the President was not qualified for his high station; or not disposed to perform his duties; a supposition which the inhabitants of Worcester, no more than those of Boston, were ever disposed to make.
Fully persuaded that we have expressed the sentiments of a large majority of the inhabitants of this town, in expressing our own, we cannot believe it would be satisfactory to them, on this occasion, at this season of the year, to be called together in town meeting.—We are Gentlemen, with much respect, your humble servants,
EPHRAIM MOWER, EDWARD BANGS, NATHL HARRINGTON, NATHAN WHITE, THOMAS NICHOLS, } Selectmen of Worcester.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Boston.
GENTLEMEN, Yours of the 10th inst. came to hand last evening, containing the proceedings of the town of Boston, relative to “Petitioning the President of the United States, to suspend the Embargo, either wholly or partially, according to the Powers vested in him by the Congress of the United States: or if any doubt should exist as to the sufficiency of those powers that he be requested to call Congress together as soon as possible.” With the same letter we received a copy of the petition of the inhabitants of Boston. Pursuant to the above, and also your request that we would “lay the same before the inhabitants of the town, that, if they see fit, they may adopt similar measures.”
We assure you gentlemen, that we feel disposed to co-operate with the other members of the community in support of any measures, which we can reasonably believe would promote the good of our common country. We experience, in common, with the rest of our fellow citizens the embarrassments and losses, which are impuied to the existing Embargo, but which we are induced to believe are less the result of the Embargo, than the effect of the injustice and violence practised upon us by the proclamations of Europe. Their disregard of the laws of nations, their habitual violations of our neutral rights, and the tyrannic cruelty, with which they have sported with the lives and restrained the liberty of our citizens, pressed upon us the necessity of withdrawing awhile from the ocean. In this measure we wish our government to perceive till we shall have some guarantee of our rights, some assurance that, if we again adventure on the highway of nations our property shall not be made a spoil to enrich the robber, and the strength of our citizens be made an instrument in the hands of our enemies for our own destruction. Of the wisdom of the measure when first adopted, we entertain no doubt; and we conceive that circumstances as strongly justify its continuance as they urged its adoption. The decrees of France are still unrevoked; and the English orders of council have recently been sanctioned by their Legislature. But both governments begin to feel the want of our commerce with them; for with the purchasers of their superfluities and luxuries, and the suppliers of the raw materials for their use, they cannot so pend or discontinue their intercourse, without producing the most serious consequences;

It is as much the case with political bodies as it is with individuals, that when they busy themselves too much in other persons' affairs...
The destiny of other countries in relation to our commerce requires constant attention, but it should never so completely possess the public mind as to banish these enquiries at home.
The subject of home affairs appears to be entirely supplanted by conjectures about the termination of European struggles.
It is necessary that the people should look about them and direct their attention to their own matters. We would fain ask, fellow citizens, if corruption has not generally some corresponding design in view...
The hour of success for treachery, is that of unseemly confidence, which we all know has been employed to the most flattering degree.
The powers of Europe have exercised their masterly skill in intrigue to entrap, and their brow beating measures to alarm, but they have both been disdained by the administration...
In the execution of this important duty, I am persuaded you will be governed in the spirit of the oath you have taken...
For whoever shall have violated the laws, in any respect, wantonly or wickedly, is a subject for your animadversion...
At all times and under all circumstances, your country has an indubitable right to your most faithful services...
I own, gentlemen, that some of these principles which I recommend to your notice, are such as are called imperfect obligations...
By inculcating these sublime maxims and principles, you fix your government on a rock, as durable as time itself...
We are told that there are certain partisans who busily circulate the report in the country, that the republican papers in this place are not open to the communications of the minority.
is that of Portugal and thine! Thus thy children abandon thee to the caprices of a tyrant who promises every thing, but fulfils nothing.
He calls you his dearest children, and you pay him for that sweet name only twenty million of dollars! He declines the abandonment of agriculture, and tears at the same time from the bosom of your soil, those robust hands that cultivate it...
Louisa County Court, August 8th, 1808
William Ragland, Lucy Ragland, Thomas Poindexter and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Ragland, Thomas B. Watkins and Ann his wife, late Ann Ragland...
It appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the order of publication made in this cause has been duly published against the defendants...
BY virtue of the above decree, I shall proceed on the 30th of September next, at Louisa courthouse, to comply with the contents of this decree...
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NOTICE.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF Archibald Bryce & Co.
WAS, on the first day of this month, dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to Archibald Bryce, sen. dec. or Archibald Bryce, sen. and Archibald Bryce, jun. trading under the firm of Archibald Bryce & Co. for dealings at the store in Goochland...
It is hardly necessary to remind those whose accounts have been some time due, of the necessity of making speedy payment...
ARCHIBALD BRYCE, S.C. The business of the store will be continued and carried on by John R. D. Payne & Co. Goochland county, Sept. 2d, 1808.
MR JOHN GUNN, in his lifetime, loaned the 12th vol. of the Life of Frederick the 2d, King of Prussia; translated from the French by Thomas Holcroft...
Dissolution.
THE copartnership of JOHN & JESSIE B. KEY is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to the said firm are requested to come forward and make payment to Jesse B. Key.
1st Sept. 1808. JOHN KEY Jun. JESSE B. KEY.
our government is engaged in disputes with foreign nations, and are doing the utmost in their power to obtain the best terms for the United States.
As agriculturalists, we do not pretend to be thoroughly acquainted with commercial affairs; but we have collected the opinions of some of the most respectable and wealthy merchants in our country...
With sentiments of respect, we are, Gentlemen, your humble Servants, JOSHUA CHANDLER, S. EPHEN BARKER, jr., JO. N. CORNISH, JONATHAN INABLES, Andover, August 22, 1808.
NEW-YORK, August 29.
Translated from Spanish papers—By the Mercury, from Alicante. BADAJOZ, June 27, 1808. His Excellency the commandant of this Province, this moment (9 o'clock at night) received the following intelligence:—
"Saragossa (Arragon) June 16. Arragoneze!"
"Your heroic valor in defence of the most just cause recorded in the annals of history, was evinced yesterday by the signal advantages which we obtained. The 15th of June will make your exploits known to all Europe; and admiring historians will hand them down to posterity.
"Keep up, then, valiant Arragoneze, the ardor and noble spirit by which you are animated. See the heroic conduct of the Saragossan Ladies, who inflamed with the love of their country, king and religion, hasten to lend you every kind of assistance.
"In the mean while, ye all, clergy, communities, mothers of families, and other citizens who, either by your person or exertions in the field of battle, or by supplying the wants of your fellow citizens, have so effectually contributed to preserve the capital of your kingdom, and maintain the honor of the nation! Continue to put up your most earnest prayers to the Almighty, for the mediation of his august & most holy Mother, our Lady of the Pillar, Patroness of the kingdom, that he may prosper our arms, and enable us to reap the fruit of our victories, by the total destruction of the French army."—Saragossa Gazette Extraordinary.
SORIA, June 18, 1808
"It appears that God is pleased to favor our cause; and our Lady of the Pillar, Generalissimo of our forces, has just given us a positive proof of her patronage.
"The French had lost between 5 & 6 000 men in the actions of Tudela, Mullen, Gallur and Alagon; and the remaining 12,000 had orders to enter Saragossa on Corpus Christi day, although there should be but one soldier left; but, fortunately, and thro' the miraculous interference of the blessed Virgin Mary, the last battle was fought in the threshing-field of Saragossa, within cannon shot of the town. They were all put to the sword; nor has so much as one survived to tell the story.
"The following was circulated by the Junta of Valencia, early in June:—
The Spanish Nation to their brethren the Portuguese.
Already has the glorious epoch arrived, Portuguese, of throwing off the destructive yoke which oppresses you. Brave descendants of the Acunas, Gomez, and Albuquerque! Spain calls you. Awake from your lethargy. Remember the glorious actions of your fathers. To them you are indebted for the honor, the riches, and the character you possess! How long will you be the cold spectators of the horrors which oppress the country!—What fatal destiny
and we humbly conceive, that the measures entered into by our government, to obtain redress for the wrongs we have suffered, and security for the respect of our rights in future, by the belligerent powers of Europe, would ere this have produced in a great degree the desired effects...
But had we no other reason, gentlemen, for not complying with your request, than that we would not ask the executive to do what he is legally authorised to do, (for we believe that no changes have taken place in our foreign relations, since the rising of Congress, which come within the provisions of the act, which gives him authority to suspend the Embargo) that alone would prevent us. As to petitioning him "To call Congress together as soon as possible," we would merely take the liberty to observe, that Congress will assemble, agreeably to the provisions of a law, already made, very nearly as soon as it could be called together by the President, were he to grant the prayer of your petition in this respect.
EDMUND MOODY, BENJAMIN PIKE, AARON SCAMMAN, Saco, August 19, 1808.
Published by order of the Selectmen of Andover.
To the Selectmen of the town of Boston.
GENTLEMEN, We acknowledge the receipt of yours of the 10th inst. showing the proceedings of the town of Boston, relative to petitioning the President of the U. States to suspend the Embargo, either in whole or in part, according to the power vested in him by the Congress of the U. States, and the request of the town of Boston, that the same be laid before the inhabitants of the town of Andover, that if they see fit they may adopt similar measures.
We with pleasure, Gentlemen, should embrace this opportunity of concurring with our fellow citizens of the town of Boston, if we thought their proceedings would have a tendency to promote the welfare and happiness of the citizens of the United States. We have viewed the Embargo, and still view it, as the wisest and most prudent measure that could have been adopted by our government to save the property of our citizens from falling into the hands of foreign nations, and our country from a war. We have for years past fully confided in the wisdom and integrity of our Rulers, and have never found ourselves disappointed. Although the town of Boston have a constitutional right to petition their rulers at any time, whenever they may feel themselves aggrieved yet we cannot but question their policy in exercising that right at this time, when

fellow men. And for the proof of such an unfounded doctrine, where will its advocates go? Into what region of civilized man? Will it be found in the annals of aristocracy or monarchy, either ancient or modern, that the most wise and virtuous have always ruled, and still do rule? That in such governments, merit and abilities have been always preferred? I scarcely think it can. Yet if we examine into the history of past ages, and present times, we shall easily discover that almost all the great achievements, and wise discoveries, which reflect so much honor and glory on the character of man, originated and were brought to perfection, in the spirit of liberty. Nor is it easy to conceive how it could be otherwise. For how can a slave aspire to acts of glory, wisdom and renown, under the abject state in which he breathes? Before he can be brought to such a standard as liberty and law can place him on, must he not break asunder his chains and stand erect like his God?
It is very true that under a despotism, men have been taught, mechanically, to perform considerable acts of bravery, and often, by a mistaken zeal, arising from a profound state of ignorance, have followed some Caesar or Alexander, in the perpetration of acts, both sanguinary and venal, and yet have been signalised as great, because they were crowned with success, and by thus blindly following a leader, in hopes of some change in their condition of life for the better, have, at length, more strongly riveted their own chains for a long series of time, till the spirit of liberty is at last roused by severe oppression; and then what comparison is there between the contending parties? Under this divine spirit, we find Leonidas bleeding at the Straits of Thermopylae. Under the influence of the love of country, we read of Aristides and Themistocles laying aside their severest hatred and animosity, and consulting and uniting for their country's safety when invaded by a powerful, inexorable and vindictive foe, whom they vanquished. Thus you perceive, that with the love of country, and the true spirit of liberty, nothing is too arduous for man to accomplish. But to attain so exalted a station as human nature is capable of enjoying, those who are entrusted with the management of public affairs, should pursue all proper methods, by a right education and discipline of our citizens, and a due execution of the law, to cause justice and wisdom to flourish among us. It is the "duty of prudent magistrates, said Isocrates, not to multiply laws, but to teach among the citizens, the love of justice;" a sentiment which ought to be engraved on the heart of every one, and written on the tables of our laws, in letters of gold; for sure I am, that no government can long exist without it, for where justice and benevolence end, there will discord commence. A right education, therefore, in morals and principles, every one acknowledges the necessity of, to make a people happy and free; yet how truly to be lamented, that it is so much neglected in this state. I cannot, however, forbear hoping, that my country will soon see this subject in a more favorable light, and supply the means for establishing an essential end.
Teach your fellow-citizens to revere their neighbor's rights, to love them as themselves, to do as they would be done by, and not to love themselves exclusively; and under such a system of morals, what would induce any one to injure his neighbor or violate his country's laws? Would he not rather be inclined to heal the wounds of misfortune, to feel another's woes, to soften down his distresses, and beguile all his sufferings? These noble and sublime principles ought to be the foundation of all governments, nor ought any to be of any obligation without them. But wise and virtuous as this system may be, nothing good can flow from it unless it is also wisely and honestly executed.
Nor is it sufficient that our laws should be the best suited to our constitution, unless every citizen, being a subject of them, holds himself bound by them, and not to set himself up as a judge how far he is to obey them—no wise and good man will ever assume the privilege of subverting the laws, and then to claim the right to judge in such a case.—If Caligula or Nero had been subject to no other judgment than their own, how easily could they have subverted the liberties of their country.
There can be no doubt but that man is capable of attaining a great degree of happiness under a well constituted and regulated republic. All the able writers on governments prove it by arguments as irresistible as the rays of light, and by comparison of governments one with another. Of the ancients are Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, Cicero, and many others of this opinion, & of the moderns are Locke, Harrington, Sidney, & others, whose names reflect honor on the character of man, so long as virtue, wisdom, and philosophy, shall be held in esteem among them.
A well formed government includes virtue, and the path of honor and virtue in it. It is the horn of Amalthea—The horn of plenty and felicity.—And that government is best which is capable of the best administration, and most effectually guards against corruption.
Good orders and pure examples make good citizens. Here the fruits of social life grow up and flourish. Here the laws direct and impel to their proper end and reason; virtue and authority will have their highest vigor and splendor. He therefore who wishes to be as happy as his nature is capable of, should all his life live in a free republic, well organized and regulated—and should constantly yield his portion of services to the attainment of that end, and see that no danger happen to it."
These duties and obligations every citizen is bound to perform, as he expects to be protected by his country.—On the contrary, view a man wholly and solely engaged in the love of himself, he acquires wealth on any terms, next power, then dominion, and hence are derived so many evils in society, which time will not suffer me to develop.—Yet a laudable industry and frugality are virtues highly to be commended in every one, as they tend to make him independent, and afford the means of charity and benevolence; nor can a people be well happy without them. So intimately connected are all the virtues, that a neglect of the one will eventually prove destructive to the others.
Having promised you much, gentlemen, on general principles, I now remind you [as the law directs] of the act to prevent excessive gambling.
You well know the evils that often flow from the indulgence of this vicious habit, which urges a man to seek his neighbor's goods without an equivalent, which hardens the heart, destroys every sentiment of brotherly love, injures and often ruins many a friend unguardedly se-
duced; induces the commission of acts detestable in virtue's eye, causes many to drink of the bitter cup of affliction, and at length in a fit of despair, the unhappy victim to this disease inflicts his own punishment by the guilty hand of violence.
And is it possible, gentlemen, that the most successful in this deluded pursuit can derive consolation from such a scene? He who thus drives his friend, companion, or fellow-citizen, of the means of support, independent of the mischiefs which are often brought on those who at all times are eminently entitled to our tenderest sympathies and care. Can he, I say, derive any pleasure from such a scene? He must be hardened indeed, if he can, even in the height of what he calls his good fortune. To a virtuous and feeling heart, nothing is more distressing—to a noble and exalted mind, nothing is more abominable. These passions are the effects of bad examples and worse morals, too often countenanced and practised by those from whom society has a right to expect better modes of life.—Aid your legislature, therefore, gentlemen, in the suppression of this evil, and suffer no one to exceed a reasonable amusement in this respect, and he will in all probability, employ his time more to his country's good and his own honor. As to the formal parts of your office, you are, I am sure, well acquainted with them, having often performed them before; I therefore suffer you to retire under a full conviction, that you will have the pleasing satisfaction of saying, whatever be the result of your enquiries, you have done your duty.
The federalists talk a great deal of national honor—they express extreme regret that our rulers (as they say) and our national character are diminishing in the estimation of foreign nations. Now let us examine how PRACTICALLY honest those good men are with respect to this point. Common sense would dictate something like this:—If Jefferson is a "coward,"—Madison, a "tool of Bonaparte;"—Gallatin, an "unprincipled foreigner;"—Dearborn, "an old woman;"—Wilkinson, a "pensioner," &c. &c. &c. What must the nation be, or the majority whose choice they are, if Tories speak them, or those who describe them must be the most abandoned villains; and if what they allege concerning their own government and public officers is false—that those who falsify are holding themselves up for sale. Do not proclaim it on the house top—keep these facts at least from the knowledge of Europeans, for by making this proclamation you subject yourselves to their scorn and detestation; besides, the consequence of such knowledge, may probably be fatal to your lives and liberty. For what nation (having confidence in federal assertion) would suffer the people long to remain unassailed, whose rulers were a cluster of FOOLS and KNAVES!—Boston Democrat.
The Chinese-Mandarin. The curs of faction, from one end of the continent to the other, are making a prodigious backing against Mr. Jefferson's rectitude, because their wearisome has granted the permission requested by the owners of the ship Betsy of this port, to convey a Chinese Mandarin to Canton. It is asserted that the pretended Mandarin has been hired by the owners of that vessel to impose a string of lies and misrepresentations upon the government, that their vessel might be licensed to part on a profitable voyage. We trust and believe, that the whole story is a base and impudent fabrication. If the statement, however, be true, we would invariably suggest to our federal editors before they exert its circulation further, that it certainly reflects no great lustre upon the morals of their party, that the men who own the Betsy, and whom they charge with having devised a deliberate system of fraud and villainy in order to elude the laws of their country, are all warm, zealous, and thorough-paced FEDERALISTS.
The following is Mr. Jefferson's answer to the address of the Orleans Legislature. Gentlemen—I ask the favor of you to communicate in such way as you shall think most proper, the enclosed answer to the address of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans, of March 22d, and to accept for yourselves the assurances of my high consideration and respect.
TH: JEFFERSON. The Hon. F. Paydras, President of the Legislative Council, &c.
THE ANSWER. To the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of the Territory of Orleans.
I receive, fellow-citizens, with a just sensibility, the expressions of esteem and approbation communicated in your kind address of the 22d of March, and am thankful for them. The motives which have led to my retirement from office, were dictated by a sense of duty, and will, I trust, be approved by my fellow-citizens generally.
It is indeed a source of real concern, that an impartial neutrality scrupulously observed towards the belligerent nations of Europe, has not been sufficient to protect us against encroachments on our rights; and although deprecating war, should no alternative be presented us but disgraceful submission to unlawful pretensions, I have entire confidence in your ability to vindicate the rights, the honor and independence of our nation.
Far from a disposition to avail ourselves of the peculiar situation of any belligerent nation, to ask concessions incompatible with the rights with justice or reciprocity, we have never proposed to a y the sacrifice of a single right, and in consideration of existing circumstances we have been willing, when our duty to other nations permitted us to relax for a time, and in some cases that strictness of right which the laws of nature, the acknowledgments of the civilized world and the equality of independent nations entitle us to. Should, therefore, excessive and continual injuries compel at length a resort to the means of self-redress, we are strong in the consciousness that no wrong committed on our part, no precipitancy in repelling the wrongs committed by others, no want of moderation in our exertions of voluntary justice, but undeniable aggressions on us, and the avowed purpose of continuing them will have produced a recurrence so little consonant with our principles or inclinations.
To carry with me into retirement the approbation and esteem of my fellow-citizens, will indeed be the highest reward they can confer on me, and certainly the only one I have ever desired—I invoke the favor of Heaven, fellow-citizens, towards yourselves and our beloved country.
TH: JEFFERSON. Washington, June 11, 1806.
Could we but imagine for a moment, says the Nation Intelligence, that the Spaniards could re-assume a place as an independent people, which it had long forfeited, now
heartily should we wish them success! But for what do they fight? Nominally, for a monarch who has disclaimed them, who has resigned his birthright and is personally under the control of the French emperor; for a bauble which the person for whom they design it has refused. Is there a probability of their success? Reason excludes even the hope of their regaining their independence.—In reality, then, they are fighting the battles of England for that phantom the balance of power. We cannot but look forward with painful anticipation to the result.
The British parliament have voted thirty six thousand pounds to Gen. Martin, for losses sustained by him in Virginia, as the representative of Lord Fairfax.
Captain Harding, arrived at Boston on Wednesday, spoke on the 18th July, off the Start, a pilot boat, which informed him that the brig then in sight (a Bremer) was from Oporto and bound to London, and that he had left the former place on the 2d of July with intelligence of the Portuguese having taken Oporto; but that Lisbon, by the last accounts, remained in possession of the French.—Mer. Adv.
A pamphlet, we understand, is now in the press, and will be published in a few days, containing the substance of a trial on a charge of Bastardy, which took place lately in the Mayor's Court, and which involves this question in physiology, "Whether a black man can be father of a white child?" The arguments of counsel on both sides, and the opinions of professional men who differed on the subject, are said to be uncommonly ingenious.—ib.
On Monday night last, a sloop loaded with provisions contrary to the laws laying an Embargo, made her escape from Newburyport by the aid and assistance of a body of men. The officers of government obtained information previous to her departure, that an attempt would be made to run the sloop out in defiance of all authority. An attempt was made to prevent her departure, but the officers in the discharge of their duty, were beaten with sticks and fired upon from the sloop. A boat with several men went along side of the sloop, to be informed of her destination; they were insulted; and in consequence of the resistance made by those on board, the officer commanding the boat thought proper to retire.
A schooner was immediately dispatched in pursuit of the sloop, on board of which was a number of the United States troops, and several citizens, who patriotically volunteered their services to bring her back; and after a pursuit of ten hours, brought her too, and took possession of her; the men concerned in this affair against the laws of the land, had in general, left her previous to her surrender—several however, remained on board when she was taken possession of.—Newburyport Statesman.
The Spanish navy consists of 53 sail of the line and 31 frigates, exclusive of what may have been built since 1795.—ib.
A tavern-keeper in North Carolina, in advertising a thief, gives the following traits, among others, whereby to identify him: "He drinks stiff gin, finches and wines remarkably under a horsewhipping, and (little thing, may be compared to great) is like Bonaparte, a general plunderer and common enemy of mankind."—ib.
At the prospect of the approaching election, the efforts of party are redoubled to weaken the confidence of the people in their government, to distract the nation, and render useless the wise measures which the representatives of the people have adopted.
Endless indeed were the task to expose the weakness of all and the absolute fallacy of most of the grounds on which the enemies of the present administration are endeavoring to injure it. One, however, is attended with circumstances so peculiar, that we deem it worthy of notice.
It will be recollected that Mr. Canning says in his speech published in our last "since the return of Mr. Rose, no communication has been made by the American government, in the form of complaint, or remonstrance, or irritation, or of any description whatever." From which expression, considering it as proof irrefragable, several federal papers have made the rational deduction, that no remonstrance have been made by our government, on the subject of the British orders in council, as appears by the following extract from the Boston Gazette of August 22.
"They (the people of America) have witnessed the groanings of the democratic press against the British orders in council, though they forgot at the same time to tell of the precedent measures of the French government, which produced these orders—and now they find out, that our own administration, so far from thinking them either arbitrary or unjustifiable, or being desirous of their removal or amelioration, that they have never preferred a complaint against them, or required their repeal.—There is something strange in this conduct which fully warrants the declaration of Mr. Gardener, "that there is an unseen hand in all this."
Can it be possible that any man conversant in the politics of his country, can forget a circumstance which occurred not more than four or five months ago? However improbable it should seem that such is the case; and what renders the circumstance more singular, is the concurrent treachery of memory of two federal editors; for the Centinel of the same date, speaking of the dispatches said to have been received per the Isabella, says—"We do not think they relate to the British orders in council, for we are confident the United States have never made any communication to the Cabinet, on the subject of these orders."
On the 26th of February last a communication was made to congress by the President of the U. S. commencing as follows: "I enclose for the information of Congress, letters recently received from our ministers at Paris and London, communicating their representations against the decrees and orders of France and Britain, &c." Those communications were inadvertently read with open doors in one branch of the
legislature, contrary to usage. It was thus ascertained that the spirited and argumentative remonstrances of Mr. Pinckney was dated on the 23d Nov. but 12 days after the date of the orders in council. And yet there is an American paper which shall declare for party purposes, that no remonstrance has ever been made on the subject.
While on this subject we are induced to notice the peculiarity of Mr. Canning's language. It would be derogating from that consistency and regard to correctness which is supposed to attach to the prime minister of G. Britain, to entertain an idea that it was his intention to convey an equivocal meaning. Such however is the effect, if not the intention. Mr. C. says since the return of Mr. Rose, "no communication has been made by the American government, &c." Now our readers will recollect a certain communication from Mr. Erskine, the British minister, to Mr. Madison, explanatory of the orders in council, under the date of Feb. 23. To this it is well understood that a luminous and conclusive reply was made by the secretary of state. It cannot be possible but that Mr. Canning must have received this important paper, if no more, before the 24th of June; not indeed "from the American government," but from the British minister in America. So that Mr. Canning's expressions, however equivocal its meaning, may be literally correct. Nat. Intell.
POETRY. FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS. PATRIOTIC ODES FOR THE YEAR 1808. ODE VI. TO THE BRITISH MINISTRY.
Ye worthy crew of money-loving elves, Who rule the roast, and deal out loaves and fishes; Who others bribe, as ye were bribed yourselves, And leave no patriots now with empty dishes; Spreading corruption over all the realm, And public robbers placing at the helm; Oh Scott, and Jenkinson, and sly Dundas! Who who for Eldon, Hawkesbury, Melville, pass; (For so, like other rogues, ye've changed your names; And, by the Royal magic-art, transmuted, Are, strangely, honor'd men repeated; At least, to honor set up lofty claims;) Ye who on little men look down, Forgetful of the dirt from which ye sprang; (Rewarded thus for many a sweet harangue In Stephen's Chapel, to subscribe the crown, To sacrifice the People to its power— Their substance too with taxes to devour;) Listen a moment to the Muse's song, Which fair would tell you wherein ye do wrong. I fear, indeed, she's throwing pearls to swine: But her benevolence is so divine, She condescends to cast her pearls to you; Hoping your interest you'll pursue. And, if you scorn her heavenly graces, Will oh she, at least, to keep your places! Now, exulting lawyer Gunning, commence To Council, now and then, to stand an ear. (The no department! I yet may see One argument which you will dip to hear. Concurrence, 'tis true, and pity ye display: The widow's sorrows and the orphan's cries, With all the crimes of horrid war, Which one day wicked kings must answer for, Are but a jest! The miseries of the suffering poor, And hapless sailor from his friends impress'd, Are small considerations to be sure! While at your sumptuous banquets ye are sitting, Enjoying all the luxuries of a court, And sporting with the wealth of luckless Britain. Thousands are destitute of all support; Your wretched artisans (forbid to roam To happier climes,) are forced to starve at home. Or doom'd, (to raise their wages if they try,) With feathers in a loathsome jail to lie; Yet, heedless, with your orders ye persist To spoil their trade, and even light resist. Great things ye now expect from Spain Your new Ally! to make Embargoes vain, And force Columbia to your terms to yield! Yea, foes to freedom as ye always were, Now for the Spanish Patriots ye declare, And hope to drive Napoleon from the field! But the prophetic Muse declares Not long ye'll find this outlet for your wares. She sees the dark-rib'd cloud of war impend; The Gallic legions, like a raging storm, O'er Andalusia's plains their force extend, And all the land with fire and blood deface! She sees your soldiers flying from that shore, As they from other coasts have fled before; For certain death or slavery attends Whoever puts his trust in British friends. Napoleon's crimes are great I own; But so are yours. To den Luddeton and to Erin known, To Denmark's and Columbia's shores, And every region underneath the sun: Then he has talents; you have none; A circumstance which your defeat ensures. Believe me, sirs, you're in the road to ruin This quarrel with America pursuing; By tory-prints deluded, when ye think Her sons will ever shrink From hardships, howsoe'er severe. If, for a tax on tea, they rose in arms, And fill'd the continent with loud alarms, Depend upon it, now they'll persevere: 'Tis time from this deceitful dream to wake, And once for all, the course of wisdom take: Or else, the rabble-rousers whom you despise, May soon against their proud oppressors rise, Goaded with want, relentless as the grave! The Guillotine your forfeit heads may crave, And King and Ministry cut short together. Take my advice, and guard against so ill a weather. Repeal your order, set our seamen free, And let our vessels safely plough the sea; Or, in addition to your numerous ives, You'll have Columbia's heroes to oppose. Intrigues or threats with nothing gain from her, Who never did from just pretensions stir: Still as a post, her rights she will maintain, And, as she fought before, will fight again. Some of you knew her sons in seventy-six; And others felt their blows in eighty-one: If you insult them farther, soon they'll fix Their bay-nets, and bows will be began. 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.
Positively the last Night.
Owing to the house being so much crowded on Saturday evening, Mr. Manfredi will perform one evening more, in order to give those who had not an opportunity of seeing the performance that evening, of coming again. He will perform
This Evening. September 6, 1808.
HIS exhibition will consist of Rope Dancing, with and without the balance pole; of Tumbling and Feats of Activity; the Pyramids, &c. &c. &c. and hopes by his exertions to merit the public patronage.
He will also perform a new Pantomime, called
Harlequin's Skeleton and Ghost.
Clown, Mr. Manfredi. Columbine, Miss Catherine. Old Man, Mr. Copene. Magician, Mr. John. Harlequin, Master Glorious.
The performance to commence at half past 7 o'clock precisely. Tickets half a dollar.
September 6, 1808.
TO THE CURIOUS.
A Live Cassowary.
To be seen at the City Tavern.
This Animal is a native of the Island Borneo; and was brought here, in the ship America, captain Lelar, from Batavia. It is young and in full plumage—very docile, and worth the attention of every person. The following extract from Dobsn's Encyclopedia, shows the estimation in which it is held by the lovers of Nature, being conformable to the description given. [See volume 18, Page 40]
The Cassowary is nearly equal in size to the Ostrich, but its legs are much thicker, and stronger in proportion. It is five feet and a half long, from the bill to the end of the claws; the legs are two feet and an half high from the belly. The head and neck together are a foot and a half; and the largest toe is five inches long. The wing is so small, that it does not appear, being hid under the feathers of the back. The part which most distinguishes this Animal is the head, which, though small, inspires some degree of terror. It is bare of feathers, and armed with an helmet of horny substance, black before, and yellow behind. The neck is of a violet colour, and red in several places. The Cassowary has the head of a Warrior, the eye of a Lion, the defence of a Porcupine, and the swiftness of a Cheetah. It can devour glass, without the least injury, &c.
To be seen at the same place, Several other living curiosities, &c.
ALSO, A Piece of Mechanism,
Such as was never seen before in this country—AN ORGAN of an entirely new construction—This Organ plays several favorite tunes—a number of figures as natural as life, dance to the music, while several artistierists discharge the pieces, &c. a representation which has ever been highly gratifying to spectators.
Admittance every day (Sundays excepted) Twenty-five cents.
3t.
To Aaron Burr, Esq.
Sir,
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.
To Aaron Burr, Esq.
Sir,
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.
For sale at this office.
THE MEMOIRS OF
WILLIAM SAMPSON,
Including particulars of his adventures in various parts of Europe; his confinement in the dungeon of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c. &c. SEVERAL ORIGINAL LETTERS
Being his correspondence with the ministers of state in Great Britain and Portugal. A short sketch of the HISTORY OF IRELAND, Paucity as respects the spirit of British Domination in this country; and a few observations on the state of manners, &c. in America.

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 with improvements. For further particulars apply to Reuben M. Gurney, or to
Carter Wood,
Mount Comfort, June 1, 1808
MATRESSES
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
I AM desirous to exchange the following property, or any part thereof, as may be agreed on. For a small tract of good Land, in a healthy situation, with a dwelling house and other improvements, a good spring of water, and a agreeable neighborhood, at a distance of 30 to 100 miles up the country—To say for Houses in this city—Lands in Henrico county, joining the academy lands, and near this city—2,000 acres on Richland creek, in the Lincoln county Kentucky—1,000 acres on the waters of the Ohio, in Mason county—and two tracts of Military Lands on the river Tennessee, each 856 2-3 acres.
Robert Mitchell,
Richmond, Feb. 6, 1808
Gallego, Richard & Co.
HAVING NO LONGER ANY CONCERN IN
Columbian Mills,
COMMONLY CALLED
ROSS'S MILLS,
Inform their friends and the public in general, that any WHEAT sent to them by water from the upper country, will be received at THEIR MILLS ON THE CANAL; and any wheat sent them by LAND, will be received at a convenient lumber-house contiguous to their counting room.
Richmond, July 11, 1808
TO RENT
And possession given the first day of October next,
The Tenement,
OCCUPIED by Alexander Plainville, next door below Samuel Pleasants' Book-Store. For particulars, apply to
WILLIAM COOK,
Richmond, 1st July, 1808
BOARDING HOUSE.
Mrs. Judith Nelson
HAVING taken the tenement belonging to Mr. William Price, lately occupied by Mr. McCaw, 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, 14th 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 Gibson, on the main street, opposite to Haris'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 2, 1808
SPANISH MARINO SHEEP
FOR SALE by the subscriber, a number of Spanish Marino Sheep and Lambs; they are out of the best full blooded stock, & are superior in quantity of wool, (the quality the same) to those immediately from Spain. The Rambouillet flock of ten thousand were, by treaty with Spain, delivered to the French, after being carefully culled for that purpose, and they have since been much improved by proper attention.
The Ram from which this flock was produced and now offered for sale, was selected by the late American Minister, seven years since, and cost upwards of one hundred crowns—He is a large and fine animal of the kind. It is asserted by naturalists that breeding out of some male for four years with his own stock is equal to full blood; this has been carefully attended to for six years, and those now offered for sale, are of the fifth and sixth generation, and are certainly equal to any that has or can be imported. The wool sells for 10, 12, and 14s. per pound—Apply at Lower Red Hook Landing, Dutchess County near the City of New York to
JOHN R. LIVINGSTON.
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AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY, used in depositing stock in the Bank of Virginia, 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 1805, before John H. Fallin, Esq. coroner for the said county, that on the 20th day of the said month of September, in the year aforesaid, a certain George Gordon, late of the county aforesaid, s and 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 did 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. H. 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 St. 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 some 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 be demanded 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, be it 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.
Edwd. W. Trent.
29th 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.
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 SALLE'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, Archibald Woodbridge, Trus-tees. Chesterfield, August 27, 1808.
Advertisement.
I wish to sell my Interest in the LOT, which I occupy; It is subject to a yearly rent of 3 dollars, for each foot in front.—The improvements need not be described, because the purchaser will necessarily view them. The situation is on the Cross Street, leading to the Basin, a Blacksmith shop is attached. It is my intention to remove to the Western Country.
The terms of sale will be made known to the Subscriber, at any time, but the sale will be public; on the 15th of September next.
James Lynch. Richmond, 30th August, 1808.
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appears to the executive from an order made at the October term, 1807, of the district court at Winchester, duly certified by the clerk of said court, that Jacob Ockerman, who was examined for murder in the county court of Shenandoah, and adjudged by that court to be tried in the district court, and entered into recognizance to appear in the said district court, on the first day of the term, and against whom the grand jury found a bill for murder, failed to appear, and is going at large; I have therefore thought fit, and 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 the said Jacob Ockerman before some one or more of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Frederick, in which county the jail of the said district court of Winchester is situate, that he may be dealt with as, in such cases, the law directs. And I do moreover enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of this commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and carry before some one or more of the justices of the peace in and for the aforesaid county of Frederick, the said Jacob Ockerman, to be dealt with according to law.
Given under my hand with the seal of the (L. S.) commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 19th day of July, 1808.
Signed, Wm. H. Cabell.
Electoral Ticket.
THE following is the Madisonian Electoral Ticket, republished for the information of the citizens of Virginia:
 Joseph Godwin, sen. Nansemond.  Benjamin Harrison, Prince George.  Edward Pegram, sen. Dinwiddie.  Richard Field, Brunswick.  Col. Thomas Read, Charlotte.  Joseph Eggleston, Amelia.  Hugh Nelson, Albemarle.  Col. George Penn, Patrick.  Philip N. Nicholas, Richmond City.  Judge Spencer Roane, Hanover.  John Roane, King William.  Robert Taylor, Orange.  Gustavus B. Horner, Fauquier.  Robert Nelson, York.  Mann Page, Gloucester.  Richard Barnes, Richmond County.  John T. Brooke, Stafford.  Hugh Holmes, Frederick.  Osborne Sprigg, Hampshire.  James Allen, Shenandoah.  Archibald Stuart, Augusta.  Andrew Russell, Washington.  Gen. John Preston, Montgomery.  William McKinley, Ohio. 
William Lownes,
RETURNS his thanks to his friends and the public generally for their liberal encouragement, and hopes his assiduity to business and punctuality will entitle him to a continuance of their favors. He has removed to the corner immediately opposite the Bell, formerly occupied by S. Grantham, where he intends carrying on the Book-binding business in all its variety and in the most modern & fashionable style, with punctuality, neatness and dispatch.
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 app-en-ice will be taken to the Book Binding business, if immediate application be made, with good recommendation.
August 23, 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 Mar. 1808.
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.
Just received at this office, Part 2d of vol. 8th. or No. 16 of Dr. Rees' New Cyclopaedia. Subscribers to the above work are requested to apply for their books.
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appears to the Executive by an inquisition taken between William White and James M. Williams, gentlemen, justices of the peace for the county of Pittsylvania, that an atrocious murder was committed on the 14th day of the present month, by a certain Gardiner Mays, late of the county aforesaid, on the body of Robert Wynn, who it appears was late a deputy sheriff for the said county and in the execution of the duties of his office as such, when the said murder was committed, and that the said Gardiner Mays 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 one hundred dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and carry before some justice of the peace for the county of Pittsylvania aforesaid, the said Gardiner Mays, that he may be dealt with as directed by law. And I do moreover hereby enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of this commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said Gardiner Mays, that such proceedings may be had against him as prescribed by law.
Given under my hand, with the seal of the (L. S.) commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 27th day of July, 1808.
Signed, William H. Cabell.
N. B. Gardiner Mays is from 40 to 45 years of age, 5 feet from 3 to 5 inches high, close stout and strong made, particularly in the body, in which he is longer than usual for men of his height; his arms are stout, his thighs short and small compared with his body, his legs short and well proportioned, his face a little prominent, with strong full beard, his nose large, and a little swelling from the forehead to the end, where it appears quite full; on nice observation his eyes may appear rather nearer together than usual, and it is believed there is a small blemish in one of them, perhaps the left; his hair is dark colored and short; he has been bred to labor, and is of a complexion common to men of that description. Amongst his wearing apparel is a blue common cloth suit, lined with red flannel; a Virginia cloth coat with black buttons, but on holes and back silk cape, and a pair of white cambric pantaloons and waistcoat. He occasionally carries a large butcher knife under the breast of his coat, so as to be back to an edge, so as to represent the blade of a dirk.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for sale, by the subscribers,
Imperial, GUNPOWDER, Yung 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 and N. England } RUM. 20 bbls Prime Green Coffee. Jamaica Sugar, in bbls. Halfbone's double refined Havannah SUGAR.
15 Hhds. MOLASSES, Fresh RICE, n tierces. 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.
FOR FREIGHT, TO N. YORK, THE SCHOONER
Rising States, Jeremiah Burrows, Master.
Intended as a constant trader, a remarkable fine vessel, will carry about 1300 bbls. She will be ready to receive a cargo the 1st September. For particulars, apply to the master, on board, or to
JOE GREENE.
Landing from on board the Rising States, 40,000 feet Northern Pine Boards. A small quantity of Cheese. A few bags hard shell Almonds, and One barrel Orange Juice. Apply as above. August 26, 1808.
The Noted Imported Horse
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.
To be Rented or Leased, FOR A TERM OF YEARS,
My Plantation and Grist Mill,
In Henrico county, about four miles from the city of Richmond, lying on Chickahominy swamp. The Plantation is in good order for cropping, and the mill is on a never failing stream, and in good order. Farther particulars are thought unnecessary, as those wishing to rent or lease, will first view the premises. For terms apply to my brother Wm. Burton, or to
Thomas Burton. 1st August, 1808. (w2m)
Military Lands
IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY. THE subscriber has for SALE, some valuable tracts of LAND, on the waters of the Miami and Scioto rivers, state of Ohio. Also on the waters of Cumberland and Green rivers, state of Kentucky, which will be sold low for cash or good bonds. For further particulars enquire of William Price, register, who has the title papers, or to
William Du Val. Bockingham, January 20, 1808. (w1)
Winter Turnip Seed OF THE LAST YEAR'S GROWTH
For Sale at this Office.
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that 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 convey 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'Bae.
At a Quarterly Sessions
Court continued and held for Goochland county, at the Courthouse, on Wednesday the 17th day of August, 1808.
Christopher Anthony, Jr. & Co. plts. Sherwood Strong, John R. B. Eldridge, and John Guerrant, Jr. defts.
THIS day came the plaintiffs by their attorney, his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the plaintiffs by their attorney, it is ordered that the said defendant Strong do appear here on the third Monday in November next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and give security for performing the decree of this court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper, published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county, and it is further ordered that the defendants John R. B. Eldridge and John Guerrant Jr. do not pay, convey away, or secret the debts by them owing to, or the effects in their hands of the said defendant Strong, so as to render them unable to pay the demand of the plaintiff stated in their said bill, with interest and the costs of this suit, until the further order of this court.
A Copy—Teste, Wm. Miller, C. C. C.
Royster & Bohannan
Have For Sale, Sale, at their Store near the Market Bridge, Richmond, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
Groceries,
 —AMONG WHICH ARE—  Brown Sugar in hds or bbls  Loaf Sugar, in do  Best Green Coffee  Imperial, and Young Hyson TEAS,  Chocolate, by the box  Pimento  Pepper  Ginger  Rice  Mustard  W. I. Rum  Jamaica do  N. England do  Molasses by hhd  Sherry and Malaga Wine  Holland and Country Gin  Spanish Segars by box or retail 
Together with a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate—which they will sell low for cash, country produce, or approved paper in town.
It is earnestly requested that those who have long standing accounts, will settle them immediately, as no longer indulgence can be given. 17 June, 1808. wtf.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of DANIEL TURNER , deceased, are hereby requested to make them known to the county court of Caroline, on or before the second Monday in October next, as the court will, on that day, proceed to make an order for the distribution of said estate, and this advertisement will be plead in bar to the recovery of any claims that may be thereafter exhibited.
Philip Samuel, D. S. for John T. Woodford, S. C. C. and committee administrator. July 25. wt 10 O.
Virginia, to wit:
At a court of Appeals held at the capitol in Richmond, the third day of June, 1808. GENERAL RULE. —After the end of this present term, all causes depending in this court, shall be called in the order in which they stand upon the docket; and such as may be ready for hearing pursuant to the former rules of this court shall, unless good cause be shown to the contrary, be heard in the same order in which they stand upon the docket, until the whole shall be gone through—and the causes which shall be passed over, shall, unless for some very special reason appearing to the court, be put at the end of the docket of each term.
Ordered, That the above rule be published in at least three of the newspapers printed in Richmond, once a week, until the first day of October next. A Copy—Teste, J. Brown, C. C.
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.