Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-09-22 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIIIth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1690.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1809.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Domestic.
PROSPERITY OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY.
A cursory view of the principal manufactures in and adjacent to Pittsburgh.
WE feel a peculiar pleasure in taking this hasty glance at our rising manufactures, whose increase and success we sincerely pray for, believing it the surest and most solid basis on which our country can rest its future independence and happiness: not throwing out of view, by any means, the culture of our forests, and the requisite improvements in agriculture;—for these, with manufactures, like man and wife, must go hand in hand. Let the agriculturist and manufacturer, therefore, join hands, and bid the jarring world defiance: let them sit down together under their own vine & fig-tree, & enjoy the fruits of their honest labours; whilst the mad-den nations of Europe, are destroying each other, and spreading death and desolation over some of the fairest portions of the globe.
We should like to have taken a more extended view of the manufactures of the western country, had our information been adequate, or the contracted nature of our limits permitted. We must content ourselves with what follows, and beg indulgence for any miscalculations or errors which we may have undesignedly committed.
Glass works. —Of these we have three in hands: one operation, and the fourth at New Geneva, 50 miles up the Monongahela river. Two of these in town make all kinds of flint glass, tumblers, wine-glasses, decanters, &c. to the amount of about 30,000 dollars annually. The other two make green bottles, window glass, &c. to the value of, say 60,000 dollars annually. Stone or pit coal is their fuel, which costs five cents per bushel.
Cotton Mills. —We have two, one works 90, and the other contemplates working shortly 230 spindles. They manufacture cords, chambay, jeans, dimity, checks, tickings, girthings, &c. to the value of about 20,000 dollars annually. The machinery are set in motion by the power of horses. Both have wool carding and picking machines under the same roof. There are few smaller cotton mills thro' the country, and increasing; wool carding machines are numerous, some going by water and others by horses. Cotton from the Mississippi country, brought to this place, sells at 20 cents per pound. [We are informed that 357 spindles are at work in Shippingburgh, (Pa.) which spin about 88 dozen or 44 lbs. of cotton yarn daily.]
In Lexington (Ken.) there are several cotton cloth, duck and bagging manufactures on large scales, which, it is said, work up 800 ton of hemp into bagging annually, besides vast quantities of fashionable cotton wares. One was erected in Frankfort but it was unfortunately burnt down, and has not been rebuilt, notwithstanding the generous offers made for that purpose by the mechanics and others of the place. The one at Louisville was also consumed, but by the generous exertions of the mechanics of the town, it has been rebuilt, and is in complete operation again.
The legislature should endeavor to prevent by exemplary punishments, the conflagration of established manufactures.
Buttons. —We have a manufactory of white metal buttons to the extent of 40 or 50 gross per week, and can be extended.—Of the buttons made at this manufactory, one of our merchants tells us he expects to sell 3000 gross in the course of this year.
Iron grinding mill. —One has recently got into operation for grinding flat-irons, axes, scythes, chisels, &c. and being attached to the air foundry, will be a considerable saving in the carriage of heavy articles from the sea ports.
Iron mongery. —Of this there is about 12 or 15,000 dollars worth made annually of chisels, claw hammers, steel yards, shingling hatchets, drawing knives, cutting knives, shovels, tongs, hackles, gimblets, augers, squares, door handles, jack screws, files, stocklocks, spinning wheel irons, axes, hoes, chains, kitchen ware, &c.—Scythes, sickles and augers, are made in great numbers throughout the country.
From late experiments it has been found that buttresses, and anvils can be made here to advantage. The face of these anvils are cast on a thick, cold iron plate, which renders them as hard as the steel faced anvils, and at less than one third of the price of wrought anvils. They are called stock cast anvils. Our smiths begin to use them and highly approve of them. Ingenious and well contrived iron back mills are cast at our air foundry, together with large quantities of hollow ware, mill irons, &c. and lately cast 70 tons of cañon ball for the United States. We
have seen a handsome small field piece of its casting. Blistered and Crowley steel is made at Bedford in this state; the extension of this manufacture, and a spade and shovel manufactory is much wanted in this country. [We have seen near penknives made here, and we believe as good and as cheap as those imported of the same pattern.]
Nails. —We have several manufactory of these in town, which make about 300 tons of cut and wrought nails of all sizes annually. The manufacture of nails is considerable throughout this country, Ohio and Kentucky.
Bridle bits and stirrups. —A manufactory of these has been recently established in town, and bids fair to do well.
Tin, copper and japanned wares. —We have six manufactory briskly carried on, which are supposed to manufacture wares to the value of about 30,000 dollars worth annually. Copper stills, a very heavy article in this line, are made in numbers. Copper and tin wares are manufactured considerably in Brownsville, Charlestown, &c. and more or less in Ohio and Kentucky.
Wire weaving. —This business is carried on to a very considerable amount.—Sieves, riddles, screens, &c. could be made we should suppose, in sufficient quantities to supply the whole western country. Was wire drawn here it would be attended with many advantages. There is also a wire-weaver at Brownsville.
Glass cutting. —This business has been recently established by an ingenious German, (Echbaum) formerly glass cutter to Louis XVI. late king of France. We have seen a six light chandelier, with prisms of his cutting, which does credit to the workman, and reflects honor on our country, for we have reason to believe it is the first ever cut in the United States.—It is suspended in the house of Mr. Kerr, inn-keeper, of this place.
Increase of weavers. —In the year 1800 there were but 5 looms in Pittsburgh; in 1807 there were eighteen, and at this time (1809) we have forty four. It is calculated they weave about 52,800 yards annually, of linsey-woolsey and cotton and linen mixed, which is worth upon an average 66 cents per yard, amounting to 38,848 dollars. There are also considerable quantities of rags, table-cloths, rug carpets, coverlets, &c. woven.
Linen. —About 30,000 yards of flaxen linen, coarse and fine, brought to the Pittsburgh market yearly, averaging from 25 to 40, and some at from 75 to 100 cents per yard. (The two last qualities are increasing in quantity) besides about 10,000 yards of cotton and linen mixed, and 5000 yards of linsey-woolsey; all made in this and the neighbouring counties, by the industrious families of farm houses.
We feel a pleasure in having seen a fine piece of linen made by a lady of this place—it spun 6 dozen cuts to the pound, and is 1600 in quantity; it sold for 150 cents per yard.—We have seen another piece spun by another lady of Allegheny county, and wove by her husband, beautiful in quality and texture. If we had a few spinsters such as these ladies, our country would soon be relieved of the heavy expense of importing linens from Europe.—There is no doubt but we have hundreds, nay thousands of excellent spinsters, but they are as lights under a bushel, hid far want of encouragement to show them. selves: now is the time—let them throw off the mantle; their country calls for their noblest exertions. Let it no longer be foolishly and roundly asserted, that the American flax will not make, nor can the American women spin, fine linen. The assertion is a libel on our country.
Fine thread. —We are happy to find that fine and beautiful thread is now brought to our market. We have seen some of 12 dozen cuts to the pound, about the quality of No. 28 imported.
Woollen cloth. —We have seen a beautiful piece of fine black cloth made by Mr. John D. Bassa, of Zelenople, Butler county, Penna, a German gentleman of emigre-prize. It was made from his Merino sheep, & will bear a comparison with imported cloths, such as we buy from our merchants at from eight to nine dollars per yard. We have also seen a piece made by Col. David Humphreys, of Connecticut, which does honour to the patriotic exertions of its worthy manufacturer; a man whose name will be engraved on the minds of his fellow citizens, for his noble labours in the encouragement of the domestic manufactures of his country, particularly his rapid improvement of the breed of sheep, by the introduction of the Merino breed. There is a good deal of the coarser woollen cloths made by our farmers for family use. Some flannel is also manufactured. The Philadelphia Domestic society, we are informed, have for sale, very handsome woollen cloths, calicoes, & all kinds of cottons. Our western merchants we should suppose, ought to give this society, and all others of the kind, every encouragement.
Rope walks. —We have but one, and this on a small scale; there is one at Brownsville, and one at Wheeling, on a tolerable large plan. In Lexington, and at Louisville, Falls of Ohio, there are several on a very large scale. At Cincinnati, Ohio, there is a rope walk whose proprietor advertises for 500,000 lbs. of hemp, at five dollars per hundred weight.
Snuff and segars. —There are 5000 lbs. of Rapee & Scotch snuff, and about 800,000 segars manufactured here annually, principally of Kentucky tobacco.
Flour and whiskey. —Of these articles, a vast & unknown amount is made throughout this country. There is, however, too little foreign demand for the former and too great a home consumption of the latter, for the good of the inhabitants.
A house full of machines. —At the lower falls of Big Beaver creek, there are an oil mill, fulling mill, a mill for boring and grinding gun barrels, a wool carding machine, a nail factory, and a mill for sawing whetstones, all under one roof. At the same place, are a cotton carding machine and spinning jenny, an ingenious machine for cutting and forming at one stroke, cotton card teeth, a machine for cutting large screws for tobacco presses & fulling mills, and one for making fullers' shears. The greater part of the above machines are made by David Townsend, an indefatigable and ingenious mechanic, and one of the firm.
Boat and ship building. —Kentucky and New Orleans boats, keels, barges, skiffs, &c. are made in great numbers on all our rivers. And there now is a vessel of 150 tons building on the Allegheny river about ten miles above this place by Mr. Robbins. Considerable ship building has been carried on at Marietta and other places on the Ohio, but the business has been slackened by the change of our commercial affairs with Europe, whose system of commerce seems to be that of war and plunder, ours peace and justice. These principles are now at issue (and time they should be) and the great dispenser of events, only knows where it will terminate.
Pipes and queensware. —We have a pipe factory in town, and there is a good kind of queensware made at Charles-town Brooke county, Va. together with stone wares; stone wares are also made at Wheeling and other places. Earthen potteries are numerous.
Woollen and cotton cards. —There is a factory of these at Brownsville, and one for cotton cards is now erecting at Eddysville, on the Cumberland river, (Ky.) by Matthew Lyon.
Paper. —We have two extensive paper mills, one on Big Redstone and the other near the mouth of Little Beaver creek, which manufacture good paper of different kinds to the value of about 25 or 30,000 dollars worth annually. But they do not supply as much as the market stands in need of. Much of this article is yet brought over the mountains. There are six paper mills, we are informed in the state of Kentucky, one of which goes part of the year by the force of steam.—We sincerely admonish our good housewives and their little daughters to save all clean linen and cotton rags, for without these no paper can be made, and without paper books cannot be printed.—A good price will be given for them by all the printers of this place.
Steam mill. —A mill of this kind has been recently erected in town, and of a construction and mechanism that does honor to human invention. It is calculated for three pair of stones, which it is expected, will make 100 barrels of flour in 24 hours. The running gears are all of cast iron, of which there is near 10 tons about it. The two cylindrical boilers, which are of wrought iron, are 26 feet in length and 27 inches in diameter; they consume about 20 bushels of coal daily, which costs one dollar. The mill is owned by Owen and Oliver Evans of Philadelphia, and has cost them, it is said 14,000 dollars.
Salt. —There are about 300,000 bushels of salt made annually at the Onondaga salt works, in the state of New York. The two works on Big Yellow creek O. h. make about 3000 bushels a year. The salt works below Chillicothe, say 3000 bushels.—In Kentucky there are 15 locks, at which are made about 60,000 bushels. King's salt works, bordering Tennessee, make, say 25,000 bushels. The same works in the Indiana territory, 15,000 bushels a year. The works newly set into operation in Butler county, (Penn.) by Thomas Collins, esq. make about 2,000 bushels, amounting in all to about 420,000 bushels of an annual internal supply. And it is thought double this quantity could be made, were these works carried on to their full extent.
A report of Albert Gallatin, of January last, says 'The annual average of imported, and consumption of salt, is almost
3,000,000 bushels, weighing each 55 lbs. equal to 75,000 tons, and requiring, in fact, 125,000 tons of shipping for its importation.'
Bar iron and castings. —Our country is rich in furnaces and forges. Within 60 miles of this place there are about 4000 tons of bar iron, 18,000 tons of pigs and castings, and 400 tons of slit iron, made annually. Exclusive of what is made at these forges about 500 tons of rolled and bar iron come to our market annually from forges in the mountains.
Shot. —There is an old factory of this article at the lead furnace in Louisiana territory, and we understand a factory for patent shot is about to be erected there on a very large scale.—[There are two patent shot factories in Philadelphia, which make vast quantities of this article.]
Powder. —We have several powder mills in this country; but their supplies are not equal to the consumption. Considerable quantities are brought from the manufactory over the mountains.
Saddlery. —This business is carried on briskly; to the value of about $40,000 worth of saddles, bridles, &c. are manufactured here annually; and in Kentucky, we are informed, it is still more extensive.
Cheese. —This article is made in New Connecticut, Ohio, to a very considerable amount, and exported to Kentucky and to this place. Considerable quantities of good cheese is, however, made by the industrious farmers in this neighbourhood and disposed of in our market. Mr. Robbins, about a mile from town, it is supposed, makes in three dairies, 9000 lbs. annually, at 12 1/2 cents per lb. is $1125.
Boots and shoes. —These are made in this place to the amount of about 35,000 pairs of shoes, and 15,000 pairs of boots annually. The most extensive manufacturer in this place is Mr. James Riddle, whose annual sales are considerably above 7000 dollars. Women's shoes however, are not made to any considerable extent. A considerable shoe factory is carried on at Harmony, Butler county (Penn.) a handsome village settled by Germans.
Hats. —We have a great internal supply of hats manufactured throughout the western country. Mr. Abraham Watkins, is allowed, by the best judges, to manufacture hats equal to any in the U. States, or perhaps in the world.
Stockings. —But few of these are made, except those knit in private families and these of the coarser kind of woollen stockings and socks—they are, however, increasing.
[We may perhaps, shortly, give a more general view of our manufactures, & some description of the we even country, for the information of our distant subscribers.] Com. wealth.
The managers of the Pennsylvania hospital, state, in their annual report, that there were under the care of that institution, during the last twelve months, ending 22nd April 1844 patients, of whom, 1533 were out-door patients, and 711 within the hospital. Of this number 1480 were cured, 68 relieved 87 deaths, &c. and 175 remaining in the institution. ibid.
PETERSBURG, September 19. Petersburg Manufactory.
The Editor of the Raleigh 'Sav' notices this institution with a laudable and patriotic pride. As he seems however, to have received several accounts of the object, extent, &c. of the association, in some respects differing from each other, we will, once for all, set him and others right, by observing, that the Manufactory is the joint property of 6 or 8 able and enterprising individuals, inhabitants of Petersburg, who projected the present scheme on the failure of the original plan, which it will be recollected, embraced subscriptions of the citizens generally, and which was deemed too extensive and multifarious, to be carried into effect in this part of the country; it was consequently abandoned.—The buildings for the present Manufactory, are erecting within a few miles of town, on a swift and never failing stream of water; and such progress has been already made, as will insure their early completion. We understand it is the intention of the proprietors to confine themselves, in the first instance, to the manufacture of coarse cotton & woollen cloths; & afterwards to extend their views to such other branches of domestic manufacture, as the public wants may demand, and their own means be able to supply. The institution is every way worthy the notice and patronage of the public; and we trust will prove as useful as it is honorable to the projectors. The American people should recollect, that they will never be completely independent, until they begin to rival the manufactures of Birmingham, Sheffield, Yorkshire & Manchester—until, in fact, they learn to contribute to their own ease and comfort, by a proper transmutation of those raw materials with which their country so plentifully abounds!
H. Toulmin, Esq. has published in the National Intelligencer a detailed and interesting account of the situation, boundaries, extent, soil, produce, climate, population, trade, state of society and improvements of the district of Mobile. This country lies upon the bay of the river Mobile, between 31 and 33 degrees of latitude, and in no part more than 12 degrees west of the city of Washington. A degree of longitude from Washington is equal to 10 miles. It appears that this district, the existence of which, is scarcely known to the American people, contains a greater number of square miles than the important state of Pennsylvania or New York. That part, however, which is free from Indian claims, and which has been particularly settled by citizens of the United States, is supposed to approach nearer the size of New Jersey or Maryland. The country is described as fertile, and the soil of the flats adjoining the rivers is stated to be uncommonly rich and productive.
The productions of this country are different in different parts. Indian corn is produced in great abundance, wheat, rye, and rice in less quantities. Cotton, indigo, tar, pitch, turpentine and lumber, will undoubtedly become objects of considerable magnitude. The climate is sufficiently mild, and the soil suitable in several places for the cultivation of sugar-cane. Fruits are not abundant, although peach, and other trees, when attended to, are said to flourish.
The stock consists chiefly of horned cattle, hogs, and horses. The former are uncommonly abundant—many of the inhabitants having from 500 to 1000 heads; the only expense attending them is that of keeping them together. Price of beef 3 a 3 1/2 dollars per cwt. Pork is equally cheap. The horses are not numerous, but in sufficient numbers to answer the purpose of the inhabitants.
The population is supposed to be between 10,000 and 15,000.
As for the commerce of this district, it is but trifling. The surplus of beef, pork, and corn, is usually disposed of to the Spaniards on the Mobile and Pensacola. Cotton goes to New Orleans, and is compelled to pay a duty of 12 per cent ad valorem. It is expected, however, that an advantageous trade will be opened, with Europe and the West Indies, as vessels not drawing more than 14 feet of water, can come more easily to Fort Stoddart, six miles above the line, than they can go to New Orleans.
FROM THE WHIG.
Mr. Irvine, You will render the public a favour, & may be the means of conveying the sad news to some tender parents, wives and children, of the situation of their sons, husbands and fathers.
The under mentioned are the names of those that sailed from this port on the 27th of May last, in the schr Eleanor, of George Town, myself master, for the island of St. Bartholomews. On the 9th of June, in the longitude of 62 W and latitude 26 N, was boarded by his [Britannic] majesty's brig of war Sappho, capt William Charlton, Esq. master; he, without any hesitation or the least satisfaction [explanation of his conduct] put on board a prize master and seven men, took from on board the ELEANOR, the following men: John Tabor, William Peary, both of the state of Massachusetts: Philip Tarney and Thomas Wilks, of the Eastern Shore, state of Maryland—Isaac Woodward, Halsey Ault, sup, James Brown and Hansey Brown, of Anne Arundel county, state of Maryland, and ordered the Eleanor for Jamaica, Thomas Wilks was the only man that was returned—he being but an ordinary seaman—the rest might have been returned by the same medium had the proud imperious commander thought proper. There is no doubt but that he intends they shall serve his majesty! as at the time they came on board, he observed that they were "damnd hearty fellows." A number of his majesty's officers, & the admiral himself, was much disappointed to find the Eleanor was acquitted without cost—a circumstance that seldom happens. It was the opinion at Kingston, of those who are most in favour of America, that nine tenths of the American vessels which are detained by the British cruisers, belonging to that station, are merely detained for the sake of a COMPROMISE:—For instance, the schooner Julia Ann, of Philadelphia, promised without a trial, and so might the Eleanor, for she had to do it at last, or else be abandoned—for they have got to be such complete sharpers, that it is almost impossible to evade them.
SAMUEL GOVER, Captain of the Eleanor.
PROMISSORY NOTES OF A NEW FORM.
Each revolving year brings forth some extraordinary novelty, to excite wonder and gratify curiosity. Long as banks have been in operation in various parts of the world, it was reserved for the present age, so fertile in discoveries and improvements, to invent the ne plus ultra of liberality and accommodation in the tenor of a promissory note. And the most remarkable feature in this affair, is that the discovery was not made in London, Paris, Vienna, Philadelphia, New-York or Boston, but in a small two penny Village, called Gloucester, in Rhode Island, containing about a dozen houses. In this village, unmonitized

by the invention, there was a bank established in 1804, of which the capital was composed of two thousand shares, of fifty dollars each, amounting to 100,000 dollars. Of this bank, Andrew Dexter, jun. an illustrious speculator, borrowed the trivial sum of $45,771 dollars in their bank notes without an indorser, in the following improved form.
"I, Andrew Dexter, jun. do promise the President, Directors and Company of the Farmers' Exchange Bank, to pay them, or order, Dollars, in _____ years from the date, with interest, at two per cent per annum; it being, however, understood, that said Dexter shall not be called upon to make payment until he thinks proper; he being the principal stockholder, & best knowing when it will be proper to pay the same."
I annex the amounts of the respective notes, and the periods of payment, for the gratification of the reader.  (1) One dated November 4, 1808, at eight years and 2 per cent, for $ 300,000  (2) One dated November 30, 1808, 82,000  (3) One dated December 12, 1808, 6,000  (4) One other dated November 30, 1808, 507,771  $ 845,771
With the bank notes received by Dexter for these notes of hand, there was carried on a stupendous scene of fraud and villainy. They were employed in the purchase of property of every kind by Dexter and his friends; and as they made no scruple about price, they possessed themselves of many of the most valuable estates in New England, some of which had descended from father to son since the first settlement of the country. Hundreds, perhaps thousands of victims deplore their fatal credulity, which induced them to convert their property into this paper, now not worth a cent in the dollar, which has reduced them from a state of affluence to beggary and wretchedness.
The bank ceased its operations on the 27th of Feb. 1809, with the enormous sum of specie in its vaults, of 86 dollars and 58 cents, which, on an accurate calculation, will probably pay a farthing in the hundred dollars to its creditors.  The legislature of Rhode Island at its last session appointed a committee to investigate the whole of the nefarious transaction. That committee has published a luminous report for the information of their constituents, from which this sketch is taken.  Felix quem aliena pericula faciunt cautum. — Dem. Press.
Foreign.
CORK, (Ireland) July 14.
GERMAN INSURRECTIONS.
The only sovereigns who have publicly announced their intention to fight for the recovery of their dominions, are the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, and the Duke of Brunswick Wolfenbuttel. Gen. Ruchel, who quit the Prussian service in 1807, is mentioned as the commander in chief of the corps raising by the Elector of Hesse, at Neched, in Bohemia. The Duke of Brunswick has already made several successful incursions from the same quarter; and should the Austrians be enabled only to stop the career of the French, all the north of Germany will probably be in arms, in support of the common cause. Nothing can more strongly refute the argument, that a revolution was necessary to the Germanic Empire, than the efforts of the people to rid themselves of the system which the French have imposed upon them. The ever to be lamented death of Col. Schill does not appear to have daunted the spirit of his associates; for it is certain, that more than one invisible spring gives motion to the insurgent forces. Even the celebrated Gen. Lestocq, who signalized himself as commander in chief of the Prussian army in the late campaign in Poland is suspected of being secretly concerned in the insurrection of Schill; and at the requisition of the French Minister, he has been displaced from the situation of Governor of Berlin. Jerome Bonaparte has confided the revenues of the Chapter of Wallenstein, for five years the Westphalian insurgents; and from the proclamation of General La Salomette, Governor General of Hanover, the insurrection must have assumed a very alarming appearance in the eyes of the usurper, as he denounces the severest punishments against all magistrates who do not make the utmost exertion to withstand the requisitions and robberies of the insurgents. Stralsund and the Isle of Rugen were occupied by the corps under Schill, after having put to the sword every Frenchman of the garrison, in consequence of their having treacherously murdered two of his officers, during a parley. It appears from Gen. Grahien's report to Louis Bonaparte, the Imperial Viceroy of Holland, that after he had mustered all the troops, which could be collected, he found himself unequal to the task of countering Schill. Accordingly he found himself under the necessity of borrowing 1,500 Danish hussars in armor, to strengthen the left wing. The Danish General Ewald, to his lasting disgrace, complied with this request; and thus the Danes have become accomplices in the conspiracy of the Corsican family, against the liberties and independence of Europe. From Grahien's reports, it is evident that the insurrectional army had been extremely successful in their operation.
Schill was master of all Mecklenburgh, and according to Grahien's report, "he had levied immense contributions, and raised a number of recruits." He possessed the country from Wismar to Rostock, where he had driven the Mecklenburgh garrisons, and taken a number of arms and pieces of cannon. In the harbors of those two towns he seized 32 vessels. On the 23d of May he entered Stralsund. On the morning of the 31st the united French, Dutch and Danish slaves arrived before
that place. The fortifications had been razed by the French after its evacuation by the Swedes; yet there remained a broad and deep ditch full of water; and Schill, with incredible ardor, availed himself of the situation, by cutting trenches across the roads, building draw-bridges, planting heavy artillery, &c. The town was defended by 5 or 6000 men. They consisted of 1000 cavalry, of which 500 were of Schill's regiment: all the whole Swedish deserters, who served the artillery; some foresters, and countrymen of the different countries he had crossed through, and whom he had compelled to go with him; nearly 1500 of the Pomeranian militia who had joined him; Prussian and Austrian deserters, and people of all kinds collected together; and lastly, a part of the Mecklenburgh troops he had taken prisoners, and who afterwards turned their arms against us. Schill had armed all his men with firelocks.
The slaves, with a greatly superior force, assaulted and carried the town; and after a sanguinary contest of two hours, during which the patriots fired from the houses, the corner of every street was the scene of a new engagement, and every where the troops fought foot to foot, and man to man, with great fury. The gallant patriot chief, Schill, was killed near the great square of Stralsund; and perhaps the best eulogy that can be bestowed upon that distinguished hero, is contained in the report of Grahien. Had he obtained possession of Stralsund, and fortified himself there, it would have been difficult to dispossess him; he might have raised contributions throughout Pomerania and Mecklenburgh; and by means of vessels which were there at his disposal, he might have been a dangerous pirate in the Baltic; and in case of necessity, he would have even had the means of bringing the English into the continent. The project of Schill was extensive!
The loss of Stralsund is a severe, but not irreparable blow; for there remains in the mountains and woody district of the Hartz, a strong insurgent force under the command of the son of gen. Blicher. No account has yet reached us of the effect produced upon the minds of the patriots by the death of their heroic leader. But, as 4,000 of them had occupied the isle of Rugen, and as no other mention is made of them in Grahien's report, than that one of his regiments took a standard and six pieces of cannon there, it is to be hoped that they will be enabled to effect their escape, and to renew their efforts in another quarter under more auspicious circumstances. Of the loss the enemy must have sustained, the reader will form an estimate from the circumstances recorded in the report. Independently of a destructive fire of artillery, the patriots fired from under the cover of houses, and consequently they must have slaughtered an immense number of the slaves.
Dutch Official Account of the Death of Schill, and the taking of Stralsund.
AMSTERDAM, June 12.  Captain Migeon, aid-de-camp of general Grahien, has brought to his majesty the king, an account of the particulars of the action which took place near Stralsund, and of the capture of that place, which is of the following tenor, &c.
After having cleared the Duchy of Mecklenburgh, I crossed the Regnitz, near Dargen, and arrived on the 31st of May, at ten o'clock in the morning, before Stralsund, with your majesty's troops under my orders, who had been joined by his Danish majesty's troops, under the orders of general Ewald. Although the fortifications of the town are levelled to the ground, yet its position is still very strong, surrounded as it is by deep ditches, and covered by lakes and morasses.
Schill had taken all possible advantage of the strength of that position—he had caused all roads which led to the gates to be rendered impracticable, by deep trenches, furnished with draw-bridges, which from want of chains, were wrought by cables, running over blocks and shaves. He had ordered works to be constructed near each gate, furnished with heavy ordnance. Schill also mounted several pieces of heavy ordnance, not only on the place where the bulwarks formerly stood, but also on the side of the former curtains, and also fortified the spot of the former counterscarp with palisades, as far as the Kneper-gate.
Schill had armed all his men with muskets which he had taken in the Duchy of Mecklenburgh and Stralsund. The Kneper-gate, although defended by a greater number of pieces of ordnance, appeared to me more accessible than the other gates, being not near so much covered by morasses, and having considerably more room for deploying—I therefore resolved to surprise the town on that side; yet in order to mask my real design, I made a demonstration against the Tripze-gate, which I ordered to be attacked by the chasieurs of the van, and the Danish sharpshooters, while the column which I had ordered to advance, against that point, moved behind a height to a field which is situated in front of the Kneper-gate. When the troops were assembled there it was one o'clock, and they were exposed to the enemy's fire, and a sudden and vigorous attack was the only means of making ourselves masters of the horn-work in front of this gate, which was occupied by infantry, and eighteen pieces of ordnance, of a large calibre, which kept up a brisk fire of grape-shot, supported by the cross-fire from nine other pieces of ordnance, mounted on the site of the former outworks. I ordered the 6th regiment to advance with fixed bayonets; colonel Behr, who commands the regiment, advanced in a most gallant manner on the right wing, followed by the 9th, under the orders of colonel Vitzel, aid-de-camp to your majesty, which, after having deployed, mounted the horn-work, and having borne down every thing in its way, assailed the gate, and forced its way into the town, in spite of the most vigorous resistance; during that time, the enemy found in the redoubts were killed by the advanced parties of the 6th regiment. The whole van, commanded by colonel Vahel, the 6th regiment, and
some Danish troops, closely followed the movements of the 9th regiment. The constant firing, however, in the town; a constant firing was kept up from the houses, and every corner of a street became a fresh field of action. Schill had ordered part of his hussars to dismount. The rest and the Danes charged our soldiers. All the regiments met with the same opposition in different directions they took. A division of the Dutch cavalry, and all the Danish horse, commanded by colonel Tarp, Green of the Bel-camier to his majesty, charged the cavalry of Schill. The troops fought every where man to man inch by inch, with the utmost fury. In the mean time the batteries of the Tripze-gate, as well as the pieces of ordnance, mounted on the bulwark, between that gate and the Kneper-gate kept up a grape-shot fire on our artillery and cavalry which had not yet entered the town. The head of the 9th regiment, after having driven the enemy back to the Tripze-gate, had there to sustain a fresh attack, and the artillerymen were killed at their guns. The advanced party of our troops cleared that part of the rampart and the artillery-men were forced to abandon their guns. At last, at the end of a very severe conflict, which lasted two hours, the enemy was completely routed, and our success complete.
The enemy's loss is enormous—Schill, and about twenty of his officers, are killed; 192 of his men succeeded in effecting their escape—Eight hundred men have been taken prisoners, and more are every day discovered concealed in their houses; they are nearly all wounded, and the streets were covered with the slain.
We have to lament the loss of lieut. gen. Carteret, lieut. cols. Baltenberg and Doleman of the 9th regiment, and two captains of the same regiment, and lieut. Meyer, of the 6th. The first lieutenant de Haren, lieutenants Hurnel and de Juel, of the 6th; capt. Durang of the 9th; lieuts. Lamrecht, Blomberg, Van der Dussen, and Hoffman, of the 6th, and capt. Cork Von Origen, of the 21st regiment of cuirassiers, are wounded. Twenty non-commissioned officers and soldiers were killed, and 150 wounded.
Two Danish and three Dutch officers were killed, and seven officers and 47 soldiers wounded.
[Utrecht Gazette, 14th June.]
LATEST NEWS FROM ENGLAND.
NEW-YORK, Sept. 14.  The fast sailing ship Russel, Allen, arrived from the Quarantine ground last evening; from Liverpool, which port she left on the 31st of August.
Captain Allen, informs, that the Embargo in England was raised on the 29th July. The Grand Expedition, with about 90,000 troops on board, sailed on the 24th and 25th of July, destined, as was supposed in Liverpool, for the coast of Holland.
The American government schooner Enterprise, had arrived off the Texel. Our London papers contain the late account of the battles on the Danube, between the French and Austrians, and the armistice as published in our paper some days since; and an extract from the 27th French Bulletin to which the armistice is attached.
Captain Allen has politely furnished the editor of the Mercantile Advertiser with London papers to the 31st of July inclusive, Lloyd's Lists to the 21st, and Liverpool papers to the 21st of August, from which we have made the following extracts.
Further extracts from our London papers will be given to-morrow.
Mer. Adv.
LONDON, July 23.  An article, dated from Petersburg on the 5th, states that an English squadron has made its appearance between Hochland & Cronstadt, in presence of the Russian fleet, and that a naval engagement was expected. We trust the expectation will not be disappointed. Letters from Petersburg of the 6th add, that the English squadron consisted of seven sail of the line and twenty other vessels—and that the Russians were alarmed for the safety of Cronstadt, our ships having evinced a disposition to bombard it.
From German Papers.  PETERSBURGH, July 5.  According to intelligence received here yesterday, an English squadron has appeared between Hochland and Cronstadt, in presence of the Russian fleet. A naval engagement is expected. The foreign merchants in Cronstadt have received notice that they may sail when they please, but at their own risk.
Our Court Gazette contains what follows:—  "Austria has asserted in her Proclamations, that France looks in vain for assistance from her allies. If this observation should be applied to Russia, it will be a sufficient refutation to state, that on the 4th of June the head quarters of the Russian army were at Lublin."
VIENNA, July 6.  On the 4th the Austrian general Von Weissenwolf arrived at the head quarters of the Emperor Napoleon, and in the name of the Archduke Charles proposed to treat for an armistice and preliminaries of peace. The Emperor having signified his refusal, general Weissenwolf stated that the army of the Archduke Charles was still 200,000 strong; but he received for answer, that the fate, of that army would be decided in 2 days.
BERLIN, July 18.  The following has been made public here by the imperial Austrian Embassy.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN.  On the 4th the enemy threw a new bridge over the Danube from the island of Lobau. The nature of the ground and an immense quantity of artillery, greatly facilitated this operation. The Imperial and Royal Army was posted on the heights behind the Russbach and extended its right wing to Sassenbrunn and Ragas, the left to Margarethen-Neusiedler. The centre was at Wagram.
In the night of the 4th and 5th, the enemy completed the passage of the Danube to the left bank, and very early in the morning large bodies appeared on the plain.
About mid-day all the points of the line of the Imperial and Royal army were attacked. The principal efforts of the enemy were however directed against the centre with the view no doubt to penetrate it; but all his attacks, repeated with the greatest fury, and supported by his numerous artillery, among which were several batteries of heavy cannon, remained fruitless. At ten at night the fire ceased. The Imperial and Royal army had along the whole line maintained its positions, and had made a great number of prisoners, among whom were many Saxons, Balanese, Italian and Portuguese soldiers.
On the 6th, about four in the morning, the enemy renewed his attack with larger masses and greater fury than on the preceding day. All his efforts against the centre and right wing were without effect, the latter had even obtained such advantages, that a complete victory was expected, when the enemy with fresh divisions and great superiority suddenly forced the left wing near Neusiedel, and compelled it to fall back. As one flank of the imperial & Royal Army was thus threatened, his imperial Highness the Generalissimo thought it right to order a retreat by Hunsdorf and the Sigmaringen, in order to take a new position, and to cover the communication with Bohemia. This retreat was accomplished in the best order, and without any remarkable loss.
The loss of the enemy on his centre and left wing was very great. We made 5000 prisoners, among whom were three Generals. We also took twelve pieces of cannon with ammunition, and he was every where so reduced that he has not since endeavoured farther to follow the imperial and Royal army. Gen. Lassalle is among the enemy's dead.
The Imperial and Royal Army has also a great loss to deplore. Generals Pener, Viclay, D'Aspre, and Vukassowitz, are past the hope of recovery. Among the severely wounded are generals the Prince of Hesse-Homburg, Saurheim, and the Paar. His Royal Highness the Generalissimo himself and the Prince of Lichtenstein, have received slight gun-shot wounds, which however have had no bad consequences. For the rest the whole army displayed such proofs of courage and firmness, as to leave no anxiety for the future.
[The above Bulletin has no date, nor are the head-quarters mentioned.]
STOCKHOLM, July 7.  Major Arfwedson has returned from his mission to the French Emperor, and has brought passports for a negotiator to proceed to Paris. Baron Von Elfsen is to be the Ambassador.
STRALSUND, July 15.  The French General, Baron Courras, commanding here, has formally authorised an establishment of a communication between Sweden and the continent, through this port.
LONDON, July 29.  Price of Stocks this Day at Twelve. 3 per cent. con. for Money 67 7 8 3/4. do. for ac. 68 1 4—Three per cent. red. 68 5 8—Omnium 1 prem.
Before the greater part of our Readers will have received this day's Courier, the Expedition will have reached the first point of its destination, and struck the first blow. The first and second divisions of the Expedition, sailed early yesterday morning, and were soon clear of the Downs. Admiral Otway, with the remaining division of the Expedition, sailed at five this morning. In the mean time more horses, troops and artillery are embarking, and we have probably, by this time, on the enemy's coast, the largest force that was ever sent from the British shores at one time; perhaps between 40 and 50,000 troops.
Three islands lie at the mouth of the Scheldt, Cadzand, Walcheren and Schouwen. The possession of these islands is necessary to all ulterior operations up the East and West Scheldt, and these, we may now say, it is the object of the three divisions of the Expedition to attack in the first instance. Cadzand will probably be the first island attacked, because it commands the entrance of the West Scheldt, and will enable our ships to go up the river. The Marquis of Huntley's division of the 6th, 50th, 91st, 9th, 88th, and 42d regiments, will attack Cadzand. Cadzand is not strong on its Western side, but the enemy, we understand, have erected a mortar battery above Breskens. With such a battery and Flushing, the Scheldt may be in a great measure commanded. But it is probable that it is not intended to attack this battery in front, at least till after a landing has been effected in another part. The second division under the command of Sir John Hope, is destined for the Schouwen Island, and the North part of Walcheren—Schouwen is necessary to secure the East Scheldt, and to put us in possession of North Beveland. The operations against Walcheren will be committed to sir Eyre Coote. Upon this subject, it is said in a morning paper, that "the enemy has already assembled 6000 troops in Walcheren, which it is supposed will be sufficient to cope with 30,000 assailants placed as they are on terra firma, and provided with extensive redoubts, and batteries. The town of Middleburg in the centre of the Island, has had the pavement covered from the spacious squares within its walls, and the same industry has been employed at Flushing, to prevent the destruction of the garrison and inhabitants from the bombing of the missiles, and from the fragments of stone in the case of bombardment."
We are glad to find that the enemy have no more than 6000 troops in Walcheren; but as to their being able to cope with 30,000 British troops, we have little doubt, ere a few hours have elapsed, that we shall find they have not been able to cope with a third of that number. Middleburg is not a place of any strength. Flushing is strong; and there may be some batteries on the Western Coast of the Isle of Walcheren. But the valor, skill, and firmness of our troops, will soon overcome these obstacles.
What objects are in contemplation after the operations against Cadzand, Walcheren, and Schouwen have been carried into effect, it would be at present improper to disclose.
July 31.  A cutter arrived at Sandwich from off Flushing. A variety of reports were in circulation in circulation on the coast. It
was said by some that the island of Walcheren had surrendered to our troops without resistance. Others, that a considerable body of French troops had been collected in the island, and that the resistance would be obstinate. A Dutchman who arrived in the cutter says, that the crews of the vessels at Flushing have deserted and gone to the interior.
Government had not, when our paper was put to press, received any account of the troops having disembarked.— Courier.
The Prague Gazette of the 14th ult. contains an account of the defeat of the army of Gen. Junot, by the united corps of Radetzky, Rosenberg, Kienmayer, and the Duke of Brunswick Oels, near Bareuth.
It was reported at Dover on Saturday that Flushing had surrendered without opposition, not to the expedition, which had not then arrived, but to the British squadron which arrived off that station on Tuesday sennight, the French squadron having returned up the Scheldt.
Price of Stocks this day at one. Consols 68—Reduced 68 1 2—Long Annuities 13 11 15ths.—Omnium 3 8 1 prem.
FROM THE TWENTY SEVENTH BULLETIN.
ZNAM, July 12.
"On the 10th the Duke of Revoli beat the rear guard of the enemy before Hollowbrunn."
"On the 11th, at noon, the Emperor arrived opposite Znam. The battle had begun. The Duke of Ragusa had attacked the city, and the Duke of Rivoli had taken the bridge and occupied the tobacco manufactory. We took from the enemy in the different engagements on this day, 3000 men, 2 standards, and 3 pieces of cannon."
"The Emperor, informed that Prince John of Lichtenstein had entered our outposts, ordered the firing to cease. The annexed armistice was signed at the Prince of Neufchatel's.—Prince Lichtenstein was presented to the Emperor, at two in the morning in his tent."
[Here follows the Armistice already published in our paper.]
NEW YORK, September 15.
The ship William, captain Marshall, whose arrival we announced in a Postscript to our paper of yesterday morning, left Dublin on the 3d of August; but, sailing immediately after the Embargo was raised, brings no newspapers. He confirms the intelligence which we have already given on the authority of the pilot who boarded him; and adds that the Secret Expedition from England, which had been augmented to one hundred thousand men, sailed on the 24th of July in three separate divisions; that before its sailing the result of the battle on the 5th and 6th of July was known in England; and that the loss of the Austrians was 12,000 men and forty pieces of cannon. He says that France and Austria have concluded a peace, but upon what terms we are yet unable to ascertain; and that the Embargo was raised in England on the 27th or 28th of July, in Ireland on the 21st of August. An American sloop of war had arrived in England with dispatches from the government of the United States.
BALTIMORE, September 16.
LATE CORRESPONDENT.
[From our Correspondent.]
"New-York, Sept. 14 noon."
"Capt. Marshall, who arrived here yesterday in the ship William, left Dublin on the 3d of August, immediately on the raising of the Embargo, and came off in such a hurry that he did not bring a single newspaper. He however informs us, that the Embargo, which had been general for 17 days, was raised in England on the 29th of July, and in Ireland on the 21st of August."
"Captain M. further informs, that he read in the Dublin papers, the Austrian official account of the battles of the 5th and 6th of July, in which it was stated, that the whole loss of the Austrians amounted only to twelve thousand men, 40 pieces of cannon, and several generals, the exact number he does not recollect.—And that a few days after these battles Peace was concluded between France and Austria. [We are inclined to believe, that nothing more than the Armistice, heretofore published, was agreed upon, though the captain says he is positive a Peace was agreed upon.]"
"We are further informed by captain M. that the Grand Expedition had been augmented to 100,000 men, and that they sailed in three divisions, on or about the 27th of July."
"It was reported in Dublin, just before the William sailed, that an American sloop of war had arrived in England with dispatches from the British Minister."
"It is worthy of remark, that the news of the battles of the 5th and 6th of July, was published in London previous to the sailing of the Expedition."
Fed. Gaz.
FRANCE AND AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, July 6.
On the 4th the Austrian general Von Weissenwolf arrived at the head quarters of the Emperor Napoleon, and in the name of the Archduke Charles proposed to treat for an armistice and preliminaries of peace. The emperor having signified his refusal, General Weissenwolf stated that the army of the Archduke Charles was still 200,000 strong; but he received for answer, that the fate of that army would be decided in two days.
STOCKHOLM, July 15.
Major Arfwedson has returned from his mission to the French emperor and has brought passports for a negotiator to proceed to Paris. Baron Von Elfsen is to be the Ambassador.
GOTTENBURG, July 21.
The two men who were tried for the murder of the mate of an American vessel, were found guilty, and are to be beheaded for the offence: the day of their execution is not yet fixed, as it cannot take place without the sanction of his Swedish majesty.
TWENTY-SIXTH FRENCH BULLETIN.
"WOLTERSDORF, July 9."
"The enemy's retreat is a defeat. We have collected a part of his baggage. His wounded have fallen into our hands; we have already counted more than twelve thousand; all the villages are filled with them. In five or six hospitals alone we have found more than 6000."

"The Duke de Rivoli," pursuing the enemy by Sokraw, is already arrived at Hollabrunn.
"The Duke de Ragusa had at first followed on the road to Brunn which he quitted at Wolkersdorf in order to take that of Znaim. At nine o'clock this morning, he met at Lan a rear-guard which he routed - he took 900 of their prisoners. He will be to-morrow at Znaim."
"The Duke of Auerstadt is arrived to day at Nicolaburgh."
"The Emperor of Austria, Prince Anthon, with a suit of about 200 chariots, coaches and other carriages, slept on the 6th at Ebersbrunn, the 7th at Hollabrunn, the 8th at Znaim, whence they let out at nine of the morning. According to the relation of the country people who conducted them, their dejection was extreme."
"One of the Princes de Rohan was found wounded on the field of battle, Lieut. Field Marshal Wustakowicz is among the prisoners."
"The artillery of the guard covered itself with glory, Major Ahoville, who commanded was wounded. The Emperor has made him Gen. of Brigade. The chief of a squadron of artillery, Grenier, has lost an arm. These intrepid artillery-men displayed all the power of this terrible weapon."
"The horse chasseurs of the guard, charged, and drove back, on the day of the battle of Wagram the squares of infantry. They took four pieces of cannon. The light horse Poles of the guard, charged a regiment of Pike men. They took the Prince of Abersberg prisoner, and captured two pieces of cannon."
"The Saxon Hussars d'Albert charged the Cuirassiers d'Albert, and took their colours. It was a very singular thing to see two regiments belonging to the same Col. fighting one against the other."
"It appears that the enemy is abandoning Moravia and Hungary, and is retiring into Bohemia."
"The roads are covered with the men belonging to the Landwehr and the levy en-masse, who are returning to their homes."
"The losses which desertion is adding to those the enemy has sustained in killed, wounded, and prisoners, are concuring to annihilate his army."
"The numerous letters which have been intercepted are a striking character of the discontent of the hostile army, and the disorder which reigns in it."
"Now that the Austrian monarchy is without hope, it would evince being unacquainted with the character of those who govern it, not to expect that they will humiliate themselves as they did after the battle of Austerlitz. At that epoch they were as now, without hope, and they exhausted all their protestations and oaths."
"During the day of the 6th, the enemy sent a few hundred men to the right bank of the Danube to make observations. They re-embarked, after having lost a few killed or taken prisoners."
"The heat was excessive on these days. The heat was almost constantly at 26 degrees."
"There are great quantities of wine. In one village 3,000,000 pints were found. It has happily no bad quality."
"Twelve of the most considerable villages in the beautiful plain of Deona, such as are seen in the neighbourhood of a great capital, have been burnt during the battle. The just hatred of the nation is loud against the guilty men who have drawn upon it all these calamities."
"The General of Brigade, Larochette, entered Nuremberg on the 8th of June, with a corps of cavalry, and proceeded towards Bayreuth. He met the enemy at Besenheim, charged him with the first provisional regiment of dragoons, and cut in pieces, all who opposed him, and took two pieces of cannon."
TWENTY-EIGHTH BULLETIN. The Danube has risen six feet. The bridges of boats which had been constructed before Vienna since the battle of Wagram, have been broken by effects of this rise; but the bridges at Ebersdorff are solid and permanent, none of them have suffered. Those bridges, and the works of the Island of Lobau, are the admiration of the military persons of Austria. They avow that such works are without example since the time of the Romans.
The Austrians have had nineteen Generals, killed or wounded. It has been remarked as a singular fact, that most of the French Officers, whether of old France, or of the new provinces, who were in the Austrian service, have perished. Several Couriers have been intercepted; & among their letters has been found a regular correspondence of Gant with Count Stadion. The influence of this wretch in the leading determinations of the Austrian Cabinet, is hereby materially proved. Such are the instruments which England employs, like a new Pandora's box, to raise storms and spread poisons on the continent.
The Duke of Rivoli's corps encamps in the Circle of Znaim, that of the Duke of Auerstadt in the Circle of Brunn; that of the Duke of Ragusa in the Circle of Konneubourg; that of Marshal Oudinot before Vienna, at Spitz; that of the Viceroy on Presbourg & Gratz. The Imperial Guard returns to the environs of Schoenbrunn. The harvest is very fine, and abundant every where. The army is cantoned in a beautiful country, rich in provisions of all kinds, wine particularly.
SAINT GALL, June 20. The insurgents of the Tyrol and Vorarlberg have been prohibited entering the territory of Switzerland, on pain of death.
PARIS, July 14. Letters from Genoa & Marseilles mention that the Regency of Algiers, at the instigation of the English demand of M. Dubois Tainville, Consul General of France, payment of an annual tribute; and, upon his refusal, ordered him to be arrested. A provisional embargo has been in consequence laid on all Algerine ships and property in the ports of France.
TRANSLATED FOR THE AMERICAN. FROM THE HAMBURGH CORRESPONDENT OF JULY 18.
To the extract from the 23d bulletin is attached the following observations and letter from the German editor. "To this (23) bulletin is annexed the decree of H. M. the emperor Napoleon respecting general Chasteler - like-wise the letter of H. M. the emperor Francis to the archduke Charles, ordering that generals Durosel and Fouler be held as hostages for general Chasteler, as soon as these orders came to the knowledge of his majesty the emperor and king gave orders to secure the princes Colleredo and Mitternich and the count Von Hardig and Pergen, who were to be conducted to the interior of France and held as security for the safety of generals Durosel and Fouler. The following is the translation of a letter from major general Alexander Berthier of the French army, to the major general of the Austrian army, dated Schoenbrunn, June 6."
"H. M. the emperor a few days ago received information of the existence of a decree of the emperor Francis, in which he declares that the French generals Fouler and Durosel, whom the fate of war had thrown into his hands, should be answerable, agreeable to the laws of justice, for the acts of general Chasteler, the commander of the Tyrolese rebels, who assassinated seven hundred Frenchmen and seventeen or eighteen hundred Bavarians, a crime unheard of in the history of nations, and which would have been retaliated by cruel vengeance on 40 field marshals lieutenants, 36 major generals, more than 300 superior officers, 1200 inferior officers and about 50,000 soldiers who are in our power, if his majesty did not consider captives as trusted to his honor and faith and if he was not convinced that the Austrian officers in Tyrol looked upon those cruelties with as much disdain as ourselves. In the mean time his majesty has ordered the princes Colleredo, and Mitternich, and the counts Frederick Von Hardig and Pergen to be secured and sent to France as hostages for the safety of generals Durosel and Fouler. Sir, these officers may be put to death - but be surely not without ample vengeance, which will not be retaliated on the prisoners of war, but on the relatives of those who gave orders for their execution. Gen. Chasteler is not in our power - but should he be taken, you may rest assured that he shall undergo a trial before a military commission. I pray your excellency to accept the assurances of my high consideration. ALEXANDER (Berthier) Major general."
SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Translated for the Register.
LISBON, July 4, 1809. - Arrived in the Tagus on the 1st inst. thirteen transports with British troops. On the 2d came in sixteen more, besides 29 that arrived on the two last days of June. These troops are part of a division of 15,000 men that are coming from England to reinforce the army of Gen. Wellesley.
We have just received the most unquestionable information, by water, of the French army having evacuated Corunna and Ferrol, which proves the impossibility of their holding the province of Galicia, and hence they are abandoning it altogether.
SEVILLE, July 21. - Official advices are this day received from general count de Noronha, second in command in the marquis de la Romana's army, dated head quarters, Corunna, July 6, advising that he entered that city with his division, on the 29th and 30th of June, and immediately detached a part of his force to take possession of, and garrison the important port of Ferrol - that he was restoring tranquility and order among the inhabitants, and that by means of a public council of safety, he should now be able to ascertain the well disposed and patriotic citizens from the French partizans.
LONDON, July 29. It is reported that Sir Robert Wilson has joined the British army marching against Spain; we hence infer that the command of the Portuguese Legion, which he had raised and trained, will be restored to him. It now makes a part of the effective force of the 30,000 men under Sir Arthur Wellesley.
August 2. Dispatches have been received from Sir A. Wellesley. They are dated from Castel Branco, the 1st inst. and mention that at that period Cuesta and Venegas were pursuing Sebastiani and Victor, who were retreating upon the Tagus. The main body of Cuesta's army was to cross the Tagus about the beginning of July.
The advanced guard crossed it on the 29th ult. The British army began its march for Spain on the 29th ult. Its route was to Placencia by Zaya Major, which its 1st division would reach about the first instant. Sebastiani had been joined by 5000 men under Joseph Bonaparte at Madrid; but they were like-wise retreating for the purpose of uniting with the force under Victor. Part of Cuesta's army which had crossed the Tagus at Almaraz, was to re-cross it on account of the French being at Almaraz. It was supposed that Cuesta would cross it at another place, and that Venegas would take a position near Villarta, which would once more threaten the enemy's rear, Toledo, and Madrid.
Advices have been also received from Mr. Duff, at Cadiz. These are dated the 6th ult. and state that the whole of the French troops in Spain had formed a junction near Astorga, and that Joseph Bonaparte was at their head. About 4000 French had been surrounded at Val de Pena, by a large body of the Spaniards, and with the exception of one man, the whole has been massacred.
General Blake has published an official account of his defeat near Saragossa. A defeat however it could not be called, as his army in the most cowardly manner deserted him upon the first fire from the enemy. He has published an eloquent and energetic appeal to the Spanish armies.
SWEDEN. Stockholm, July 7.
Major Artwedson had returned from his mission to the French Emperor, and has brought passports for a negotiator to proceed to Paris Baron Von Essen is to be the ambassador.
Virginia Argus. RICHMOND.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1809.
Extract of a letter from our Correspondent at the City of Washington, dated September 19th, 1809.
"THE rumor to which I alluded in my last, and which excited no small degree of sensibility in this city, viz. that Commodore Rodgers had captured a British frigate, turns out a mere bagatelle, there appearing to be not the least foundation for it. Had it been confirmed, I believe that even the federalists would have been glad of it; for, notwithstanding the individuals of that party, generally speaking, are deeply stained with prejudices in favor of England, there is a lurking pride at the bottom of their hearts, which would induce them to rejoice at any heroic action by our brave seamen, which should avenge the affront offered to the flag of the United States in the instance of the Chesapeake. - Mr. Jackson remains here, and I have been informed this morning that he has taken the house which Mr. Erskine occupies, and which the latter will shortly relinquish. - The President of the United States is expected at this place early in the approaching month. (October) - Maryland will be decisively republican at the elections which take place about two weeks hence, and the federalists there will be more humbled than ever before, because they had counted largely on the influence of two presses set up in Baltimore within the last two years, and which have outvied the very d- - l in zeal for mischief and in lying. The editors of those vehicles do not seem aware that under party pretexts they are fixing upon themselves a perpetual odium. The reprobation which attends them now, will follow them through life, and they will always be noted and marked as hot-headed, falsifying bullies; as injurious to their friends as they are harmless to their foes. - You will see by the New York papers, that there is something attempting there in the shape of a new press. I think it a thing extremely desirable that New York should remain sound and orthodox, and any thing that will really have a tendency to produce that effect ought not to be left unattempted; but I deem it extremely questionable, whether the proposed harmonic paper will not play false, and thus increase the discord. Much will depend on the choice of an Editor. It is said that Mr. Holt, the present editor of the Bee, is to be the conductor of the new press. He has always been in connexion with the Clintons; and it seems rather a suspicious circumstance, that the Public Advertiser , which, in the factious period of the embargo, remained firm to the administration and true to the substantial interests of the nation, should be thrown aside, merely to make room for an experiment. Why not unite in support of the Public Advertiser , since Mr. Cheeteam has apostatized? The Public Advertiser never offended against republicanism; and the only crime laid to its charge is its having supported the election of Mr. Madison. It really looks to me, sir, as if the erection of this new press, and the exclusion of the Public Advertiser , were designed as a mark of vengeance on the latter for having exercised the freedom of choice upon a subject which was clearly open for discussion to every citizen. It is certainly no business of yours or mine, as individuals, whether a new press is set up in New York or an old one put down; but when the object which is in view may affect the future welfare of the principles and institutions which we advocate, it becomes our duty to investigate the subject."
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS. FEMALE PATRIOTISM; OR, THE FATAL EFFECTS OF CONCUBINAGE, LATE MARRIAGES, AND NEGLECTED EDUCATION.
No. II.
WE know that there fatally exists in the breasts of many, an unfounded opinion of personal importance, which they think by no means compatible with the straitness of their pecuniary circumstances. These imagine that they should wait till their situations are bettered by industry, or until they may happen to take advantage of one of those gambols which Dame Fortune sometimes plays with her favorites. Mean time the desire which was implanted in their nature by Providence, is diverted from its object and abused to the vilest purposes.
There is another class among the votaries of the Cyprian Goddess, whom idleness, thoughtlessness, folly and fashion have at first introduced into her temple. But time, indulgence and habit, have long since formed their characters. The idea of waiting to make a fortune and marrying afterwards, with which many amuse themselves, is more delusion. Are they sure that they shall have it ever in their power to get rich? And all that is necessary is a comfortable subsistence. Beyond this neither prudence nor the laws of society, should pay any regard to the imaginary wants of individuals. And he who can command the necessaries of life by his exertions owes a duty to his creator and his country to contribute by marriage to its population.
The expectation of getting rich before marriage, disappoints its very object. The adventurer in a lottery might as reasonably sit at home idle and trust, for his support to the fortunate results of the wheel. He could even do it with a greater probability of success, as the chances in his favor are more in number and the issue is sooner determined. The fortune hunter forgets that many have been ruined, by similar conduct; and even allowing that he shall succeed, what is the reality of his situation?
At an advanced age, without the physical or moral powers of enjoyment with a frame debilitated by disease and a mind corrupted by impure habits with a low idea of the sex, because he is a qualified only with its outcasts; perhaps with a number of illegitimate children; the frightful source of jealousy on the part of his wife, and disgust on that of her relations; amidst such an accumulation of evils, and at a period in life when he is least qualified, either for business or reflection, he has to attend to the maintenance and education of his offspring and make provision for their future settlement in the world.
We have here supposed him blessed with children and the possession of an amiable woman, whose habits, propensities and feelings are not discordant to her condition. But let us reverse the picture: Let us suppose that she has married him from mercenary motives - that both are childless, with any pledge for mutual attachment or enlargement. Do such marriages obtain one of the objects of their first institution - either of the propagation of the country, or the happiness of the parties?
Of the regeneration of persons from the effects of habitual indulgence and confirmed propensity, there can be little hope. Our business is to discourage others from similar practices by sticking at the root of the evil. Two remedies present themselves; either one or both shall be adopted: the severity of law, or the influence of public opinion. For the efficacy of the former, no politician will answer. Laws are of little avail when the opinions of a people are in hostility to the letter of a statute. And such laws besides being useless, would have this bad effect, that by customizing the people to violate them in a single instance, a door is thus opened for their violation in others; and a precedent becomes established.
Perhaps, however, it may be wise in the laws of some countries which impose a tax upon bachelors beyond a certain age; that men who do not contribute to the population of the country might at least contribute to the support of its government.
But will the influence of public opinion be more effectual towards the prevention of those abuses than the sword of the civil magistrate? Much more so. The laws themselves have their sanction in public opinion, and the experience of mankind has demonstrated that it is easier to overturn a government by force than to change the approved usages of a people. These have remained to every people subsequent to all the great revolutions of the world; and had written monuments entirely perished, these would afford proofs enough, of the common and derivative origin of mankind. When we, therefore, have recourse to public opinion as a remedy against future abuses of this sort; we apply a principle, that which is most effectual, because it is founded in human nature.
The question then returns, does public opinion in this country strongly counteract practices which are so detrimental in their consequences to the individual and general happiness? Or does it by connivance or perhaps by the favorable reception given, encourage its authors in their perseverance?
Do not many young women perhaps through a thoughtless and habitual giddiness, pay little regard to the moral character of their male friends and acquaintances? With many the romantic idea of a reformed rake becoming a good husband, is a favorite doctrine; and these too, not like the philosophers of the other sex, are often found upon trial to have no objection to test the truth of their principles by their practice. Others who have outstripped the belles of their coteries in fashionable opinions, boldly assert, that they love a rogue. To these a pretty fellow celebrated for a couple of intrigues, would surely find himself more welcome than a dozen of letters of introduction could make him.
The wonder, therefore, is not that so many, but so few are ruined; when such numbers lay themselves open to deception. So that we must attribute it to the goodness of a wise providence that has been so sparing in graces to their persons, which, had he granted, they must have long since been ruined.
Were women bred up with a proper knowledge of the dignity of their character; with a proper respect for the laws of morality; and a reverence for the precepts of religion; holding their character in proper estimation, would they associate with known profligates? With a knowledge of the value of the treasure they bestow, would they unite with men whom they have reason to imagine would neither make them an equal return or set any regard upon their favors?
Is not the delicacy of men superior to women's in this respect? The most abandoned profligate would not introduce his mistress into the company of a woman of reputed virtue; nor would he be indifferent to the conduct of his wife. And are not many women indifferent in this respect, to the conduct and character of their husbands, both prior and subsequent to their marriage?
SENEX.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 18. LATEST FROM SPAIN.
Captain Ferrol, of schooner Valona, from Salonica, arrived this morning, informs, that on the fourth of August he put into Ceuta for water. On that day there was a great deal of firing there and at Gibraltar, which captain F. was informed by a Spanish officer, who came on board from the fort, was on account of a victory obtained over the French by the combined Spanish and British armies, that they had taken Madrid and taken and killed 40,000 of the French. Captain F. being from the Levant, was allowed but little communication with the shore and none with the town.
THEATRE.
THE public are respectfully informed that during the season no play will be repeated, nor will there be any postponement on account of weather. On Friday Evening, Sept 22d, will be presented a Grand Musical Romance, (for the first time here) interspersed with Dance, Song, Chorus, &c. called the
FORTY THIEVES.
To which will be added, the Comic Farce of High Life below Stairs. Box one dollar - Gallery 75 cents - Children half price - Tickets to be had at the Theatre, and from Mr. Davis at his printing office - Doors to be opened at 6 o'clock - Curtain to rise at 7 o'clock precisely.
FOR SALE, or Exchange, for Land in the lower country, a large Plantation, and one immediately on navigable water or will be preferred, if I have to give poor, a large and comfortable house and lot, in the city of Richmond, within one hundred and fifty yards of the Capitol and next door to the Virginia Bank. There is every convenient out-house for a large family or a boarding house, or tavern. A Smith's Shop, &c. &c. be 24, two story, built fire-proof, that is now leased for four years, at $150 per year, and a rent of $500 per year, has frequently been offered for the dwelling house with its conveniences. The whole of the house and lot is now in a complete repair, and just painted, & any in the city. A liberal barter I will make, if the land offered, suits me; or I will sell, at one two and three years credit. For all the money except own cash, which must be in cash, or negotiable notes with approved end orers payable the first of February next, at which time I will give possession. My house is now ready to receive 20 or 25 boarders, and will certainly be kept as a boarding house until the rising of the next general assembly as I feel myself under some obligations to my friends who have heretofore favored me with their custom. Every exertion on my part, will be made use of to give general satisfaction to the gentlemen who may choose to board with me. I also wish to sell a small Farm in Chesterfield, that now rents for 9 per cent upon what I ask for it, and it is generally believed the bowls of the earth is loaded, with coal, as there is every mark, and the land is in the neighborhood of the coal pits, and situated on the turnpike road 9 miles from Manchester. I also wish to sell, on a credit, one fifth part of a tract of valuable land, in the upper end of York county, and supposed to contain five or six hundred acres. I also will sell, on a credit, a House and Lot, in the city of Williamburg, which will be shown to any person that wishes to purchase by applying to Mr. John Cooe of that place. Any person inclined to purchase or exchange for a part of the above property, will please call on me. John P. Shields.
September 15, 1809.
NOTICE is hereby given, that I intend to leave this state this fall. All persons having claims against me either on my own account or as a partner in any mercantile business, or on any other account whatever, are desired to bring them forward for adjustment, as this notice will be plead in bar against any claims which may be brought against me after my removal. All those indebted to me are requested to make immediate payment, as any further indulgence will not be given. Will be offered for sale, at my house on Saturday the 7th of October next, on a credit of 12 months on all sums above ten dollars, my stock of Bales, Hogs, &c. sundry articles of Household and Kitchen Furniture and Plantation Utensils. Also, my crop of Corn and Fodder. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers, to carry interest upon the date - the interest will be deducted if punctual payment is made. Francis E. Harris.
Powhatan Sept. 8th, 1809.
THE partnership of BREAM & FOLLET is this day dissolved by mutual consent - all debts due to and from the firm, will be settled by James Bream. (Copy) James Bream. Francis Follet. Richmond, 18th Sept. 1809.
JAMES BREAM respectfully informs his friends and the public, that the partnership of Bream & Follet being dissolved, the business will be continued by him - He expects shortly to receive a fresh supply of articles in the IRON, MONGERY and HARDWARE LINE , which, with his present stock on hand, he will sell low for cash, approved paper, or country produce. Richmond, Sept. 19th, 1809.
THE subscriber will PRACTICE LAW in the Superior and Inferior County Courts of Hanover, New Kent and Charles City. John Henry Blair. Richmond, Sept. 22, 1809.
BALTIMORE COLLEGE GRAND LOTTERY.
TICKETS in the BALTIMORE COLLEGE LOTTERY , at $10.50 each, may be had at this office; and prizes in the New York Black River Lottery, taken in payment. The capital prizes in the above lottery are, 2 Prizes of 20,000 dollars 3 10,000 3 5,000 2 2,500 10 1,000, &c. &c. &c.
The above lottery will positively commence drawing in Baltimore, on the first Monday in November next, and will continue drawing, at the rate of FIFTEEN HUNDRED TICKETS per week, until the whole is completed, and will not be liable to the shortest postponement, under any pretence whatever.
The price of tickets will be raised to $11, after Wednesday next, September 14.
A FEW COPIES OF Burk's History of Virginia IN THREE VOLUMES Are for sale at this office.

REMOVAL. THE subscriber has removed near the Basin, where he continues to keep a house of Private Entertainment. He has also for sale, a general assortment of GROCERIES. Likewise sells all kinds of country produce on commission. JEZEKIAH PURYEAR. Richmond, May 17th, 1809. N. B. The highest price given for wheat. H. P.
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 in low ground, now in cultivation. Living on navigable water, the improvements are new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1809.
City Hotel to Let. THAT spacious convenient HOUSE and LOT with our Houses, Stables &c. situated on the street that leads from the main street by the Governor's to the Capitol; which was lately in the occupancy of Mr. Jas. Vaughan, as a Tavern. It will be let for one or more years, and possession given immediately. For terms apply to Benjamin Mosby of Powhatan, or B. Tare of this City, who are authorised by me to let the same. RICHARD CROUCH. Richmond, June 1st, 1809.
IN COUNCIL, January 20, 1809. PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive for manufacturing three hundred and ninety Rifles during the present year, being the number directed by law to be provided annually, including the deficiency of last year. Extract from the minutes. DANL. L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council.
WILL BE SOLD on the first Monday, in October next, if fair, otherwise the next fair day, at the late dwelling house of Nathaniel Pope, dec'd. in Hanover county, several likely slaves, consisting of men, women and children, the stock of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, one coach and single chair, household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, the crop of corn, wheat, oats, blades, and top fodder, &c. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchaser for all sums above ten dollars on their giving bond with approved security, to carry interest from the date, if not punctually paid. PHILIP DEVAL, Administrator. August 1st 1809. N. B. Judgment and bonded creditors will have a right to purchase at the sale.
AT the same time and place, by virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Nathaniel Pope, dec'd. bearing date 28th day of Oct. 1808, will be sold (in conformity to the provisions of an act of the last session of Assembly of Virginia, entitled "An act concerning executions & for other purposes") the following slaves, to wit; Milly and her children, York, Betty, Kitty, Daniel and Ben, or so many of the slaves above named, as will be sufficient to satisfy the debt in said deed expressed, together with the charges of executing the same. THOMAS PRICE, Trustee. 1st August, 1809.
COLUMBIAN MILLS. The subscribers having purchased the Columbian Mills, beg leave to inform the public, they are giving CASH for WHEAT and CORN. P. HAXALL, & Co. Richmond, August 30th, 1809.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE. The Subscribers wish to dispose of that valuable tract of LAND called FORT LEWIS, lying in the Counties of Botetourt and Montgomery, and containing about 2,600 acres. They also wish to sell 3,180 acres of land lying in the County of Fluvanna, on the south side of the Rivanna river, extending from Col. Carr's line down the river, to within about a mile of Columbia.
This last mentioned Land, being in five distinct tracts, will be sold separately or together, as may best suit any person desirous of purchasing. One fourth of the amount being paid in hand, any reasonable credit will be given for the balance. GIBSON & JEFFERSON. Richmond, July 28.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD stolen from me about the 12th of Nov. 1807, a negro man slave, named Cesar, the property of the subscriber. He formerly belonged to Mr. Robert Alexander, of Campbell county, and was bought from him a small boy, in the year 1739. He is now about 6 feet high, one of his big toes is very remarkable, being split with an axe through the nail and nearly as high as the second joint, by that it is much broader and larger than the other. He was accustomed to run James River above the falls. I was informed that he went up James River in a bateau owned by one Greely, to the other side of the mountain. On delivering him to me or securing him in some jail so that I get him again, shall be paid by me the reward of twenty Dollars. This is to forewarn any person or persons from harboring or concealing him, as they may depend on it that I will prosecute such violators of the law to its full extent. ROBERT MITCHELL. City of Richmond, July 27th, 1809.
For Sale at this office, HENING'S New Virginia Justice, CONTAINING The Titles of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents adapted to the laws now in force. Also forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and re-lease, mortgage, trust, &c. 299
NEW MEDICINE STORE. THE Subscribers have recently taken a store, near the Market Bridge, opposite Messrs. White and Shelton's, where they offer for sale a very general assortment of DRUGS & MEDICINES , a few of which are enumerated, viz:   Gum Aloes  Patent Medicine.    Ammon  Steer's Chemical Opi-    Arca Foetida  didoe    Arabic  Bateman's Drops    Guaiac  Brandy Oil    Gamboge  Essence Peppermint    Myrrh  Turlington's Balsam of    Opium  Life    Copal  Dr. Rawson's Celebrated    Shell Lac  Itch or Beautifying    Tragacanth  Ointment    Aqua Foris  Do. do. Genuine    Annatto  Anti Lithous and Sto-    Arrow-Root  machic Bitters    Camphor  Do. do. Worm    Cowhage  Powders    Red and Pale Bark  Wheaten's Rich Oint-    Cream Tartar  ment    Chamomile Flowers  Docter Lee's Genuine    Magnesia  Windham Bitters    Juap  Pills    Ipecac  Anderson's do.    Calomel  Hooper's do.    Tart Emet  Dr. Thomas's Aroma-    Essence Bergamot  tic Tooth Paste    Lemon  Do. Eye Water    Spruce  Febrifuge Blueberry    Cloves  for Ague and Fever.    Nutmegs  Hindley's Infallible Re-    Mace  medy for the Piles    Cassia, &c. &c. &c.  Dr. Cooley's Vegetable     Elixir or Cough Drops     Genuine Spice Bitters.   ALSO A general assortment of PAINTS & DYING DRUGS —all of which will be sold as low as at any other store in this city. Medical practitioners and gentlemen who are in the habit of selling medicine in the country, will be well supplied. WALL & ROGERS. Richmond, 29th Aug. 1809.
By virtue of a deed of trust, from Andrew Lewis, of the county of Montgomery, WILL BE SOLD by the subscribers, to the highest bidder, at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, upon the 29th day of September next, the following Tracts of Land With their appurtenances, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay certain debts in the said deed of trust mentioned, that is to say; one tract situated in the county of Montgomery, containing eight hundred acres being that tract on which the said Andrew Lewis now lives; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned on the north, containing ten thousand acres; one other tract adjoining the first mentioned, being an inclusive survey, containing seven thousand seven hundred acres; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned at the west end, containing four hundred and fourteen acres; one other tract called the CROSSER'S NECK, containing three hundred and sixty six acres; one other tract called SEVEN ACRES on Bottom Creek, adjoining the first mentioned tract of eight hundred acres, and containing one hundred and fifty acres; one other tract also adjoining the first mentioned tract called PROTHOUS GARDEN, containing one hundred and twenty eight acres; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned, containing one hundred and thirty acres; one other tract adjoining the inclusive survey of seven thousand seven hundred acres above mentioned, containing eighty acres; one other tract adjoining the same inclusive survey and containing one hundred acres; one other tract lying on both sides of Little River, containing one hundred and fifty acres, on which is situated Hope-Well Forge —one other tract adjoining thereto, containing one hundred and forty acres—one other tract adjoining the same, called the Saw Mill tract, containing four hundred and thirty eight acres—and one other tract adjoining the last mentioned tract, containing one hundred acres—which said several tracts of land are situated in the county of Montgomery. The said sale will be made agreeably to the directions in such cases, of the act of Assembly, passed the 31st day of January, 1809, entitled "An act concerning executions, and for other purposes." EDWARD JOHNSTON, } Trustee JOHN PROSSER, } N. B. The above mentioned property is situated on and about what is generally called the BENT MOUNTAIN, and considered a very valuable estate, particularly for grazing. Any one wishing for more particular information, may apply to Charles Johnston, residing in Campbell County, near Lynchburg, or to Robert Pollard, George Pickett, or Gallego, Richard & Co. in the city of Richmond. Richmond, July 11, 1809.
A BANK NOTE of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, was taken from a black boy who called himself James Smith, & says he found it in the street—Not thinking it proper to let the boy keep it, I detained it for the proper owner, who may have it, on giving satisfactory evidence of his or their right to it and paying the expense of this advertisement. JOHN McDONALD. Richmond, March 10th, 1809.
COMMITTED to the jail of Montgomery county, on the 27th day of April, a negro man who calls himself MOSES; says he is about twenty two years of age; he is near six feet high, stout built, and says he is the property of Richard Terrell. The owner is requested to come forward, pay all charges and take him away, otherwise he will be dealt with as the law requires. H. GIBSON, Jailor. June 29th, 1809.
20 Dollars Reward, offered for apprehending ANDREW, a negro slave, who about the beginning of this month RUN AWAY from the subscriber residing in the neighborhood of Amelia Court House. Andrew is about thirty years old, an intelligent, active, small man, a good house and stable servant, drives a Carriage well, understands a little of Shoemaking, and readily performs any kind of plantation labor. Some years ago he was in the service of Mr. Turner at the Bell Tavern in Richmond, where I believe he generally acted as hostler, and afterwards till last Christmas, was employed by Mr. Henry L. Biscoe of Manchester in his tobacco stemmery. He has a wife living at the Manchester coal yard, a free mulatto woman named Sukey Hollinger, by whom I have reason to believe he is secured. I will pay the above reward to any person who will deliver to me the above mentioned slave, or secure him in jail, so that I get him again. James Henderson. 20th June, 1809.
NOTICE. —All persons concerned are required to take notice, that we have sold the debts due to the late concerns of Robert Pollak & Co. of Richmond, and of Dunlop Pollak & Co. of Manchester, to Messrs. Tompkins and Murray, of Richmond and that payments hereafter are to be made to them alone or to those whom they may empower to collect. James W. & John Dunlop. Petersburg, Sept. 1st. 1809.
THOSE indebted to the late concerns of Dunlop, Pollak & Co. of Manchester, and Robert Pollak & Co. of Richmond, are now requested to come forward and settle their respective balances, as longer indulgence cannot be granted. Lawyers and agents having the collection or settlement of debts due either of the above concerns, will be pleased to forward us statements of the business in their hands. Tompkins & Murray Richmond, 1st September, 1809.
NOTICE. —Once more, it is hereby requested that those who are indebted to the trustees of the Richmond Academy, do make payment to the subscriber, as the work is now begun and it is expected that there will be laid from one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand bricks in the walls of the Academy this fall. He has undertaken the collection by agreement with John Brockenbrough and William W. Hening, the other members of the committee, appointed by a board of trustees: Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that the collector may have as little trouble as possible in the collection, in order to have money in hand, to carry on so laudable an undertaking. ROBT. MITCHELL. City of Richmond, Sept. 7th, 1809.
PUBLIC SALE. —By virtue of a deed of trust executed by Robt. and Geo: Turner, and Ann the wife of the said Geo: I shall on Tuesday the 26th of this present month (Sept.) at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, expose for sale to the highest bidder, all that lot, piece or parcel of ground, situate, lying and being in the said City, on the east side of the cross street, leading from the Bell Tavern to the river, (subject to a ground rent of £10 per annum forever,) with its appurtenances and improvements; & also the following slaves, viz: George (the cook) Peter (the barber) and Aggy: or so much of said property as will be sufficient to raise the sum of $750, with all costs attending the execution of the said trust. The said Sale will be made agreeably to the directions and provisions of the act of Assembly in such cases, passed in January 1809, entitled an act concerning executions and for other purposes. ANDREW STEVENSON, Trustee. September, 3 1809.
FOR SALE. —A handsome, second hand London built CHARIOT, which has been but little used and is in a good state of preservation. Apply to the printer, or to Mr. HUGHES, coach maker, opposite the Old City Tavern, where the carriage may be seen.
NOTICE. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by John Yarrington to the Subscriber, as trustee, for the purpose of securing the payment of a sum of money therein mentioned, due to Grief & Claiborn Barkdale, will be sold, at public sale, upon the premises, on the 12th October next, the TRACT OF LAND in the county of Charlotte, whereon said Yarrington resided, of about seventy two acres, lying on Cub creek, adjoining the lands of Samuel White, Nathan Harvy, &c.
The subscriber will only convey the title vested in him as trustee. The sale will be made agreeably to an act of assembly passed the 21st January, 1809, entitled an act concerning executions, & for other purposes. WILLIAM GAINES. Charlotte, 11th Sept. 1809.
BLACKSMITH FOR SALE. FOR sale, a most valuable Blacksmith about 30 years of age. He is a stout well disposed negro; and probably inferior to none in the State. Enquire of the printer. September, 11th 1809.
PURSUANT to a decree of the worshipful court of Amelia county, pronounced at June court 1808, in a suit, Jackson Farris and others, plaintiffs, and Elizabeth Farris and others, defendants, will be sold, on a credit of twelve months, on the premises, on the 28th of next month, a TRACT OF LAND, lying in said county, late the property of William Farris, dec. and adjoining the lands belonging to the estate of William Jones, dec. and adjoining the land of Jesse Newby, and others, containing about 100 acres, be it more or less. The Commissioners. September 14 h, 1809.
HOOKS for Sale. JUST received and for sale by S. Plesants Richmond, a few copies of the following valuable works:—The American Annual Register, vol. 4th—Bordley's Husbandry—Woman, a new novel by Miss. Owenson—Burdet's Village Sermons—Gurney's System of Short hand writing—Ferguson's Lectures, a new edition—Marshall's Life of Gen. Washington—Thomson's seasons, a cheap edition for the use of schools—Russell's ancient and modern Europe—Carey's general atlas, (the best collection of Maps yet made in this country)—Morse's Universal Geography—Goldsmith's natural History—a general assortment of quarto Family Bibles, with and without plates, concordance, psalms, &c. &c. from $3 50, to $12 each—Gibson's surveying—American Clerk's Magazine—Walker's pronouncing Dictionary—also, school Bibles, Testaments and Spelling Books. For sale at this office, A FEW COPIES OF BISHOP MADISON'S MAP OF VIRGINIA.
In Richmond Hustings Court, June 12th, 1809. Elizabeth T. Younghusband and Samuel P. Parsons, administratrix and administrator with the will annexed of Pleasant Younghusband, deceased—Ralston and Pleasants—Pickett, Pollard and Johnston—Thomas Taylor and James Brown, late merchants and partners under the firm of Taylor and Brown—James Brown, jun. and William Norvell, surviving partners of the late commercial house of Norvell, Wiatt and Bullock, Plffs. AGAINST Moses Davis, Prosser and Moncure and George Wm Smith, and defts.
TILL cause this day came on to be heard on the bill, answer, sundry exhibits filed and was argued by counsel, on consideration whereof, the court being of opinion that the land conveyed by the said Moses Davis and wife to the defendant George William Smith, was intended to secure the payment of the notes in the possession of the plaintiffs, Pickett, Pollard and Johnston, and Ralston and Pleasants, on which suits have not been brought—And also of the judgments obtained on the notes which came to the possession of the other plaintiffs, namely, Taylor and Brown, James Brown, jun. and the surviving partner of the house of Norvell, Wiatt and Bullock, as well as of those taken up by Pleasant Younghusband, deceased, in his lifetime, do decree and order, that George W. Smith do proceed to make sale of the lot of land in the bill mentioned, to the highest bidder, upon a credit until the repeal or expiration of the act concerning executions and other purposes, passed 31st January, 1809, taking bond with two good securities for the payment of the purchase money, and return the bonds by him taken to court to abide its future order, he giving two weeks notice in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond, of the time and place of sale, and returning a report how he has executed this order. (A copy) TH: C. HOWARD, Clerk.
PURSUANT to the above decree, the land therein mentioned, which is situated in the county of Henrico, contiguous to the city of Richmond, being the same lot or parcel of land which was conveyed by Richard Adams and Elizabeth his wife, to Moses Davis, by deed dated the 3d day of March, 1807, and bounded as follows, to wit, beginning and running on the road or street leading from the market house in the said city to Du Val's village N. 4 1/2 W. 4 chains and 32 links to a street 40 feet wide dividing said lot and parcel of land and the land formerly William Cannon's, now John Doyle's, and binding on said street N. 89, E. 4 chains and 94 links to the street—thence on the back street S. 4 1/2 W. 4 chains 32 links to a corner street 40 feet wide next towards said city, and binding on said street S. 39, W. 4 chains 30 links to the said road to the beginning—with the buildings and improvements thereon consisting of a large framed house will be sold, on the premises, at 4 o'clock, P. M. on the 27th of September. The whole land will be divided into lots according to a plot which will be exhibited on the day of sale, and these lots will be sold separately. The sale will commence at 4 o'clock in the evening. GEORGE W. SMITH. September 11.
LOUISA COUNTY, August Court, 1809. William Ragland, Pleasant Hackett and Lucy his wife, late Lucy Ragland, Thomas Poindexter and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Ragland, Thomas B. Watkins and Ann his wife, late Ann Ragland, John Graves and Mary his wife, late Mary Ragland, James Michie and Henrietta his wife, late Henrietta Ragland, and Nicholas J. Poindexter and Rebecca his wife, late Rebecca Ragland.
AGAINST Samuel Overton, jr. admr. with the will annexed of Samuel Ragland, dec'd. William Cooke, James Neilson, James Michie, Wm. G. Poindexter, exrs. of Warner H. Broadus, dec'd. Overton Harris, Edward Ragland, Elizabeth Lawrence, admr. of William Lawrence, dec'd. Thomas Holladay, Thornton Gibson, Nicholas Meriwether and Barnett Moore and James Michie, admr. de bonis non of Samuel Ragland dec'd. Defendants.
THE defendants Samuel Overton jr. admr. with the will annexed of Samuel Ragland, dec'd. Edward Ragland, Nicholas Meriwether and Barnett Moore, not having entered their 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 they are not inhabitants of this state; On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants, Samuel Overton, jr. admr. Edward Ragland and Barnett Moore, do appear here on the second Monday in November next and answer the plaintiffs' bill; and a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers printed in the City of Richmond for eight weeks successively, and published at the front door of the court house of this county on some court day. A Copy. JN: POINDEXTER, C. L. C.
FOR SALE or RENT. —The TENEMENT on shockoe hill, lately occupied by Mr. Samuel Plesants on which is a Dwelling house with six rooms, besides two dry cellar rooms with fire places also a Kitchen, smoke house, and Stable. The Situation is healthy and pleasant and very convenient to the Capitol—Possession may be had the first of October next, when Mr. Plesants' lease will expire. For terms apply to A. BLAIR, Richmond, July 13, 1809.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A FEW HANDSOME COPIES OF GIBSON'S DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE; To which is added, (in this edition only) THE VERY INTERESTING LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, written by HINSELF. Eight Vols, Large Octavo, Price 22 Dollars. 299
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at Samuel Plesants, Jr's Printing Office, between the Bell Tavern and the Market Bridge, Richmond; The Virginia Almanac, FOR THE YEAR 1810, Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond; By BENJAMIN BATES; Containing, besides the usual astronomical calculations, &c. Remedy for the gout. Artificial magnetism for the tooth and ear ache. On Time—a poem. Elegant moral sentiment. Agricultural. Harrowing proved an easy & valuable kind of hoeing, in the broadest husbandry. Method of destroying garlic, by a proper succession of crops of grain and grass. To destroy worms on apple trees. Weeds may be destroyed by tobacco. Management of sheep. Preservation of cabbage plants, &c. To dairy women. Virginia directions for gardening. An account of a newly invented spinning machine by a gentleman in S. Carolina, called "The Columbian Spinning." Scale of depreciation of paper currency, &c. * Five dollars a gross—50 cents a dozen—5 cents single. Published by the general assembly of Virginia, November 1792. Aphorisms. Lines worked on a hearth rug. List of civil officers in Virginia. Governor, Councillors, Judges of the court of appeals, high courts of chancery, general court, &c. &c. Delegates to congress—New circuit court days—showing the arrangement of the several circuits, with the judges allotted to each. Superior, county and quarterly court days. Rates of postage on letters, newspapers, &c. ROADS. From Richmond to Charlottesville (S. C.) From Richmond to Norfolk. From Richmond to Portsmouth (N. H.) From Richmond to Danville (Kan.) From Richmond to the Sweet Springs.
TAKEN up by Capt. John Fermell 11th Feb. up, 1809, a bay Filley about three years old next spring; appraised to ten p. ends. Copy, THOMAS READ. C. L. S. P.
NOTICE is hereby given, that I shall petition the next General Assembly to pass a law to divorce me from Benjamin Dumass, to whom I was lawfully married about 16 years ago, and who has abandoned me during the period of more than 12 years last past. SALLY DUMASS. August 30th, 1809. S.W. Charlotte County, to wit:
Penitentiary Store. THE subscriber, Agent for the Penitentiary, offers for sale the following articles, the manufacture of that institution, at very low prices at wholesale and retail.
CUT NAILS.     Wholesale prices. Retail prices.     3dy 13 1-2 cents. 14 1-2 cents per lb.   4 13 14   6 12 13   8 11 12   10 10 1-2 11 1-2   12 10 1-2 11 1-2   20 10 1-2 11 1-2    CUT BRADS.     8dy 10 1-2 11 1-2   10 10 11   12 Do. Do.   20 Do. Do.    SPRIGS.     3dy 39 cts. per lb. 50 per m.   4 22 1-3 67   6 17 84    WROUGHT NAILS.     6dy 14 15 per lb.   8 13 1-2 14 1-3   10 13 14   12 12 1-2 13 1-2   20 12 13   30 12 13    Broad and narrow Axes, Hatches, Hoes, Plough Shares and Coulters, Hinges, Wedges, Hammers, Fenders, Traces, Stretchers, and Ox Chains;—Bridles, Collars, Halers, Braces, Surcingles, Back Bands, Belly Bands, Breeching, Fire Buckets, &c. &c.
Boots and Shoes. Fair tops, back straps, $9 Ditto plain 3 Suwarrows, 7 Half Boots, 5 Mens calf skin shoes lined & bound 10s 6d 12s Do. side leather, 7s 6d 9s. Negro shoes (strong russet) 7s 6d 8s Womens leather shoes, thick soles, 7s 6d Do. do. thin, do. 6s 9 Do. Morocco do. 6 9 Do. do. ties, 7 6 Girls leather shoes, 4s 6d 6s Boys do. 4s 6d 7s. Any of the above articles made to order left at the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern. D. J. BURK. Richmond March 22, 1809. 6th July, 1809. The price of Wrought Nails is raised half a cent per pound, by order of the Executive. D. J. B.
FITZWILSONN & POTTER, Book Sellers and Stationers, have just received a very large supply of Fools Cap, Pot and Letter Papers; Latin, French & English school books; Pocket, school and family Bibles; Paper-hangings and bordering; Quills of the first and inferior qualities; Metalic pens; Playing, black and visiting cards; Ladies and Gentlemen's pocket books; Backgammon tables and Chess boards; Pearl counters; Toothbrushes and Dentifrice; Gold leaf, black lead pencils and water colors; Vocal and instrumental music; Durable Ink, &c. &c. A few new publications, among which are some novels. A great variety of Day Books, Journals and Ledgers, Record and Sheriffs books on hand. Tickets in the Rhode-Island Coll Lottery for sale, at 50 cts. each. The price will be shortly raised. The scheme of this Lottery holds out peculiar advantages to the adventurers, as will appear on an examination of it. The drawing will commence shortly. September 15, (sw)