Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-10-22 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1305]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1806.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that they have again determined on standing the imported horse
Knowsley,
the next ensuing Season, at their stable, 10 miles above Charlottesville. The terms with other particulars, will be made known in due time.
Wm. Woods.
Geo. M. Woods.
Albemarle, October 1st. 1806
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DOCT. WILSON
Has just received at his shop, opposite the stores of Messrs. John and Robert Gamble, and Mr. Neil McCall, a general assortment of
MEDICINES.
He offers them for sale on lower terms than they can be procured at any other house in Richmond. He has on hand a variety of Paints, Varnishes and Oils—Also Spirits of Turpentine and Turpentine Varnishes by the Barrel at unusually low prices.
Richmond, 10th September 1806. w3m
A FRESH SUPPLY OF MEDICINES,
Have just come to hand, at the Apothecary's Shop, on the main street (Shoemaker's Hill)—They are offered for sale on as low terms as they can be procured at any shop in Richmond.
FALL GOODS.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends, and the public, that they are receiving from London, Liverpool, and different ports of Holland and France, an extensive & very general assortment of MERCHANTS' GOODS, adapted to the approaching season; which they will sell by the bale, package, or piece, on the lowest terms, for cash, country produce, or approved notes.
Those Goods being carefully selected, by one of the partners who went to Europe for the purpose, they flatter themselves, will give general satisfaction, and that country merchants and others will find it to their interest to deal with them. They have for rent THREE BRICK WAREHOUSES, covered with slate, laying on the street leading to Mayo's Bridge, opposite Messrs. Brown, Rives & Co. These houses will be fitted up at the shortest notice for stores, if required.
John & Robert Gamble, Jun.
Robert Gamble, Senior, continues to do business in the line of a commission merchant, Richmond, 15th Sept. 1806. w2m
United States Circuit Court, in the District of Columbia, and Virginia District, May term, 1806.
Samuel Pleasants the younger, executor of the will of Thomas Pleasants, the younger, who was the executor of Jacob Pleasants, deceased. Plain III.
Against, James Gannett, only surviving assignee of the estate and effects of John Ellis, who was at the time of his death a bankrupt. Cornelius Buck, agent and attorney for the said assignee. Richard Adams and Thos. Underwood, late of the house of Adams and Underwood, John Laprad, executor of Anderson Peers. Thomas Fleming Bates and Arthur Campbell, Defendants.
ON the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered That the deft. Buck, do file with the papers in this cause, on or before the first day of the next term, a letter said to be in his possession, from John Ellis to Jacob Pleasants, dated in the month of January or February, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, requesting him said Pleasants to purchase a vessel, &c. and the deft. Gannett, not having entered his appearance, and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this district, it is ordered, That the said deft. appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the pls. bils. and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city; and it is further ordered, That one of the commissioners of this court do examine, state, and settle all matters in account between the parties in this cause, and make a report thereof to the court sitting, such matters, specially as either party may require or be think pertinent.
A Copy—Test.
WM. MARSHALL, CLK.
Commissioner's Office, Richmond Sept 15th, 1806.
THE parties concerned are desired to TAKE NOTICE, that I have appointed Wednesday, the twelfth day of November next, for stating the accounts requested by the foregoing decree, upon which day their attendance is requested at my Office, with their papers and accounts, ready for examination and settlement. WM. HAY, M. C.
FOR RENT.
AND possession given immediately, the HOUSE and LOT, belonging to the estate of William Elliott, dec. on the hill near the Swan Tavern. The house is very convenient for a genteel family, with a good garden, smoke house, &c. For terms apply to William M'Guire, or
ROBERT HYDE, Acting Executor of Wm Elliott, dec.
Richmond, October 6th, 1806.
NOTICE.
A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that the charter of the city of Williamsburg may be amended, so as to enable the citizens to elect the Members of the Common Council annually.
October 7th, 1806. 3t
NOW READY FOR THE PRESS, And will be published immediately after the next session of the General Assembly, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun.
VOLUME SECOND OF THE REVISED CODE; CONTAINING
A collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as have been passed since the session of 1801; to which will be added, such Acts of the same nature as may be passed at the session of 1806.
TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, IN WHICH WILL BE INSERTED,
 I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code.  II. A compilation of the several laws for the establishment of the James River, Potomac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Canal companies; in all of which the state has an interest.  III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia.  IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck.  V. A Table of Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and Amercements, designating such as are to the use of the Commonwealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particular object.  VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads.  VII. Acts authorising the erection of Toll Bridges. 
All the Acts comprised in this volume, have been carefully collated by a gentleman of the bar—Notes of reference to former and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
TERMS.
 I. It shall be printed on an entire new type, of a size larger than that used in the last edition of the Revised Code, published in 1803.  II. The paper shall be of good quality, and the book, when bound, will form a volume in large octavo, to match the first volume of the same work. The number of pages cannot be ascertained, though it is expected, from the matter of which the book will be composed, (there being ninety-five new chapters in the continuation from 1801 to 1806, and upwards of one hundred omitted acts) that it will contain nearly as many pages as the last edition.  III. The price to subscribers will be FIVE DOLLARS, to be paid on delivery of the book—to non-subscribers the price will be considerably increased. 
** SUBSCRIPTIONS are received by the publisher in Richmond.
FOR SALE
Opposite the street leading to Col. Mayo's Bridge.
 20 ton Philadelphia iron assorted  20 ton Swedish ditto, square and flat bars  German and blistered steel  Spermaceti and Linseed oils  Yellow ochre and white lead  Window glass, 8 by 10 and 10 by 12  P. tent shot by the bag and retail  Double and single F. gun powder  Cut and wrought nails all sizes  Cotton and wool cards, &c. &c. 
We have still on hand a few barrels good cut Herrings, and a few thousand weight Isle of Wight Bacon—with a general and good assortment of GROCERIES.
RUSSELL & WALLACE.
October 14, 1806.
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GREENHOW & COLE.
MERCHANTS in Williamsburg, most respectfully inform their friends and countrymen, that by the ships Father and Sons from London; the Laura and the Juno, from Liverpool; they have received a select, and well chosen assortment of useful, and fashionable
GOODS;
Particularly adapted to the demands of the times—They are purchased with ready money, from the manufacturers themselves, with whom Robert Greenhow has long been in the habit of dealing, and whose custom to preserve, they have manifested particular solicitude. Being thus obtained good in their respective kinds, and on the very best terms; they will be sold as low as possible for cash, and at their usual credit, to punctilious customers.
October 10th, 1806.
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ON Tuesday the 4th day of next month, will be exposed to public sale, a variety of HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE, also, a Waggon in good repair and gears, and one or two horses, and two milch cows.
On Monday the 10th day of the same month on the premises, will be sold or rented, MY HOUSE, nearly opposite to Mr. Wm. Rose's, and situated on the main street—unless privately rented or sold before that day. And at Hanover court house, on the first day of the court in next month, will be rented, the farm about two miles distant from that place, called HICKORY HILL, containing about 300 acres of LAND, and having on it a convenient dwelling house with 5 rooms, and closets and cellars, and other convenient houses, and a variety of choice fruit trees. The terms of sale, or renting will be made known on the several days, by GEO. WM. SMITH.
October 14, 1806.
THE Subscriber has accommodations for twenty-five gentlemen of the Legislature. He has also stabling for as many horses.
ALEXR. QUARRIER.
Richmond, Oct. 15th, 1806.
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WILL BE SOLD.
To the highest bidder, at New Kent courthouse, on Monday the 24th of November next, for cash,
Twenty Likely Negroes,
Among which are eight or ten, consisting of boys and girls between the ages of six and sixteen years—the balance men and women, not exceeding forty years of age. The above negroes will certainly be sold on that day, if fair, if not, the next fair day, for what they will produce.
ARMISTEAD RUSSELL.
October 9th, 1806.
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FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Advantages of union, with an inquiry into the compatibility of republican government with an extensive territory.
(CONTINUED.)
The circumstances which are likely to ensure duration to our union are also so numerous, that if the enumeration were practicable, it would scarcely fail to excite the patience of the reader. We shall, therefore, endeavor to generalise them under a few comprehensive views.
To make the union of any people durable it is necessary that their interests should be homogeneous, that a sense of common interest should be generally felt by them; that the government which unites them together should be sensible of this common interest; and should take those measures, and those only which conduce to the general welfare.
Are the interests of the American people homogeneous? This is the interesting enquiry, which must be answered affirmatively before we are justified in taking another step in this discussion. If, instead of being homogeneous, they are discordant, and incapable of harmonising together, no patriotism, however pure, no wisdom, however profound, can give permanency to an union founded on a violation of the highest laws which guide the course of human events. The evil may be palliated; but it can never be cured; its root will remain uneradicated, and will eternally continue to send up its fatal shoots. Under such circumstances a state of union would be a forced state, a state of disunion a natural one, the latter of which could not fail ultimately to obtain a complete triumph over the former. Indeed, under these circumstances, it would be madness to attempt to preserve for an hour the duration of a union founded in folly. The sooner its bands were dissolved the better; the less aggravated the animosity, the less numerous the evils. But I trust it will be made to appear that the union of these states is founded in wisdom, that their great interests are, and are likely to remain the same.
1. One common language is spoken by a vast majority of the American people. Those who speak the English language, without knowing any other, undoubtedly constitute at least nine tenths of the whole nation, and of those who speak other languages not one tenth, perhaps not a hundredth part, are ignorant of the English language. The Germans are the only people whose prejudices have heretofore been opposed, with any success, to the substitution of the English language in the place of their own; these prejudices are now fast dying away, and the German language will soon cease to be in popular use in any part of the United States. We may therefore be said to have but one common language. The powerful influence of this circumstance on the union of confederacies or of consolidated governments need not be dilated on. All the other extensive confederacies, which have heretofore existed, have embraced people who spoke different languages. The Roman empire was made up of nations whose languages were extremely various, and the Greek cities spoke dialects of the same language so very different that the people of one district could not understand the language of those of another. In more modern times the same circumstance has attended the successive unions of distinct nations which have taken place. Let us not then be surprised that they have all shared the same fate.
We then constitute the first instance of a confederacy of different sovereignties, of any considerable extent, in which the same language was spoken. The effects of a similarity of language ought not, perhaps, to be so lightly passed over. Always great, their importance has increased since the art of printing has been so extensively cultivated. A similarity of language facilitates an intercourse of business and friendship between the most extreme parts of a nation. This intercourse, when men see each other in their true colors, to which a common language eminently conduces, invariably tends, by destroying the prejudices of ignorance or misrepresentation, to unite them. They find in each other more points of agreement than they expected, and generally, many more than of disagreement. In a civilised nation too, the popular sentiment is in the most part guided by men of information and reading. Where all speak and read the same language, the same writers are deemed authorities, and the same writings models of taste. Drawing our literature from one common source, our young men in the north read the same works which are perused in the south. Their education is so far the same. Hence the same principles are instilled, the same
impression made, the same ideas received. All, by acknowledging one common standard, are formed in nearly the same mould. Should, however, the moral or political maxims of such writers be questioned, the numerous presses, established in every part of the union, present the ready means of bringing them to the touchstone of examination. The talent that suggests a new idea, or the eloquence that enforces it, are displayed in the face of the whole nation, whose reasoning powers, being equally acute, whether exerted in the north, or the south, give the same general award, which thus pervades the whole union. It is thus, through the medium of the press, itself the organ of every thing interesting that is published, that ascendant talent finds a legitimate channel for the peaceful exercise of its powers, and is enabled to effect, without turbulence or convulsion, the revolutions in public opinion to which it aspires. Under other circumstances these revolutions have been the work of the sword, and the flow of human blood in copious streams has invariably attended them.
2. Our people are almost all the offspring of the same stock. Some of our forefathers, it is true, were Germans, some Dutch, and a few French. But so inconsiderable is the number of these, that they cannot be counted as a tenth part of the whole population. The residue emigrated from Great Britain and Ireland. A variety of character, it is true, exists between the inhabitants of these islands; but by no means that hostility that is displayed in the character of different nations. They speak nearly the same language; their religious tenets are marked by nearly the same characteristics, and they have long been accustomed to consider themselves the same people.
3. Like causes produced their emigration, and when settled in the new world, cemented their union. Political despotism and religious bigotry impelled them to cross the Atlantic. To protect themselves against these evils became the chief object of their greatest and most persevering efforts. Each community, weak in itself, naturally sought the good will of its neighbors, and pursued the only effectual way of obtaining it, by an interchange of good offices. The progress of other communities, if not their origin, has been marked by early and systematic strife and hostility; the origin and progress of these communities were formed and have proceeded on the principles of brotherly love, on mutual confidence, and on comprehensive views. Freemen cleared the wilderness, freemen cultivated the earth, freemen passed laws for their own government from the day on which they set their feet on our shores. Can the same be said of any of the gigantic confederacies which have hitherto existed among such?
4. The people of the U. States indulge no strong or latent attachment to their parent nation. They can, indeed, scarcely be said to have a parent nation. It was the persecution of that nation, which ought to have protected them, that impelled them to fly from her tyranny. Some regard they undoubtedly feel for their forefathers, for it is inseparable from human nature to cherish such a sentiment; but it is not that blind affection that obscures the perception of the understanding, and which renders those who cherish it the slaves of dangerous errors. It is, on the contrary, the sentiment of compassion for the mistakes and misfortunes of those whom we regard; and so far from being connected with any wish to imitate their conduct, it is expressly founded on a conviction of its impropriety.
It has been the lot of other nations, who have been severed from the parent stock, to look back with mournful regret on the period of their union, and to dwell with a kind of melancholy delight on times, which contemplated through an obscure medium, offered imaginations depressed by misfortunes scenes of departed pleasure. A people in whose hearts this sentiment is predominant, constantly cherish the hope that the period will arrive in which they may be restored to their former situation. Such a sentiment necessarily renders them dissatisfied with their present condition, and ready to yield to every flattering suggestion that ambition or folly may offer. Such a people, too, looking forward to the halcyon days so ardently desired, are satisfied to pass their days in inglorious indolence, & accordingly refrain from those great, vigorous and systematic exertions, either of mind or body, on which their improvement and happiness would depend. Things, therefore, instead of advancing, according to the usual laws of nature, go backwards, and dissatisfaction & misery are rapidly multiplied. This is, probably, the principal reason why the formations of nations have been so evanescent, and have, while they lasted, been so replete with rebellions and distress. Happily for us, it has in the U. S. no existence. We feel no immoderate regard for the inhabitants, the manners or the institutions of any foreign nation whatever. They have all our general good will, but this is all. Experience has convinced us that the most fortunate circumstance attending our situation is its remote position from the European world, & that the vast ocean that rolls between will eternally separate us. The American people are in truth, in this view of the subject, the same as if they had sprung into existence without owing their origin to any pre-existing nation whatever.
5. Their union is one of consent, and not of force. Let those, whose sickly imaginations consulting the oracles of history, foresee our fate in that of the other confederacies which have existed, say whether any other great confederacy of states has
existed, whose union was not coerced? If they cannot refer to a single instance, let them recollect that it is only to like causes that we are to trace like effects, and acknowledge that, in this instance, the causes being dissimilar, it is irrational to expect like effects.
6. The states which compose our confederacy have never had any serious quarrels with each other. The little disputes, which, before the era of independence, occasionally divided them, have long since disappeared, and the record of their existence is scarcely to be found on the memory of our oldest citizens, while our young men are as ignorant of them as if they had never been.
7. There exists in all the states a perfect freedom of religious worship. The same sects, with various strength, are to be found in all. In none is there any one sect, whose strength can lead it to cherish the hope of building up its tenets on the subversion of the rest. It must, perhaps, be acknowledged that there is no religion whatever, be its professions what they may, that would not, if it had the power, establish itself by the exertion of force on the ruins of the rest. If this be a truth, our safety against the fate of the old world lies in the great number of sects that exists among us, and, perhaps, still more in the existence of a large body of men who belong to no sect whatever. It would not, it is believed, be incorrect to say that this last description of men exceeds in point of numbers any one sect. There can then be scarcely a doubt that our exemption from religious establishments will long, if not forever endure, as it may be calculated upon as certain that this class of citizens, united with all the religious sects, other than the one aspiring to a domination over the rest, will command the physical force of the nation, as well as guide its moral decisions on this point. From persecution, therefore, the greatest scourge of humanity, and cause of discord, we are entirely free, and may calculate on long remaining so.
8. Other contiguous states, united under one common alliance, have frequently had disputed boundaries. Of the causes of war among men, this has been among the most fruitful. It is in vain that reason no less than humanity have recommended a decision by an impartial umpire; the sword has invariably settled the dispute. The United States have fortunately, among themselves, no such causes of division—Their boundaries are all, except in a single instance, settled; and this is so unimportant that there need be no fear of other than a pacific result.
9. The forms of government of the several states are, in all important respects, alike. So likewise are their codes of laws. They are every passing year becoming more so. Political experiments are tried by them with a boldness and success which the world has never before witnessed; and more important problems are solved in a year, than have heretofore been decided in a century. A successive experiment by one state is sure to be followed by a due experiment by the rest; and whatever is found to stand the test of full examination is universally adopted. In no other part of the world does there exist such an enlightened and honorable spirit of rivalry. Man, left to his own unperverted judgment, here employs those energies in the promotion of his felicity, which are elsewhere exerted in forming and executing schemes which issue in his misery.
(To be continued.)
ON THE CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON I, EMPEROR OF FRANCE.
[From Mr. Will's Encyclopedia Londinensis.]
The character, the conduct, the military prowess and active perseverance of this extraordinary person, all contribute to mark him as a prodigy. From an obscure individual, or an equally obscure island, Corsica, he was sent for education, first to the school of Autun, and afterwards, at only ten years of age, to the military academy of Brienne. He was born on the 15th of August, 1769: his father was in the profession of the law; but to General Marboeuf, the French Governor of Corsica, he owed his education, who patronized him from an infant, and assigned him to the army. In the earliest tumults of revolutionary warfare, he sought for employ; but was discountenanced and rejected, on account of his attachment to his countryman, General Paoli. Thus depressed in his first essay for military fame, he was living in indigence at a short distance from Toulon, when that city was seized by the English. Having the good fortune to be known to Salicetti, the deputy then on commission with the republican army, he got employed during the siege as chief de brigade; and from a distinguished combination of courage and talent, he contributed greatly to the recovery of the place. The atrocities which followed the surrender of the town, being afterwards imputed chiefly to his example, he was arrested at Nice, in 1794, as a terrorist, and sent to prison. As it was impossible to prosecute all the subordinate agents in these sanguinary scenes, he was at length released, and cast upon the town in extreme penury, with a numerous train of companions in distress. But the resources of his mind rose superior to his misfortunes: he prevailed on Salicetti to recommend him to the notice of Barras, who gave him an appointment in the artillery, and employed him to quell the insurgents at Paris. His activity, discernment, and unshaken courage, could not escape the penetrating eyes of the Directory, who rapidly promoted him to the rank of a general, in which capacity he has proved him-

been achieved, and with power little less than omnipotent insurmountable military conquest and commanded civil triumph, let those who have been enquiring whether a mind so capacious could have been betrayed into acts, so many of which are absurd, and a still greater number are malevolent and destructive! The nature of the greatness has ever been and will be benevolent. If his plans were so truly profound, would not his means be more certain, his cause more even, and his end more secure? His taciturnity in private appears to be pride; but in his public acts, his selfishness is too great to command respect. Power, such as his partisans would have the world believe he possesses, would better understand itself; would act in silence, and strike in the dark; it would pursue the even tenor of its way, and disdain to vapor or to sooth. The excesses of the passions uniformly rob men of their sound judgment and render them malignant and base.
"To those who will not allow the Emperor of France any one great quality, what shall be answered? Let them look into the history, and find under whose real or apparent command, actions so numerous and great, have been performed by a man of feeble mind, irresolute in conduct, and inconsistent in his plans. Let them scrutinize the powers of the mind, and prove, if it be possible, from fact or from deduction, how it should happen in times so dreadfully contentious, that debility could obtain and preserve the rule; could conquer enemies abroad, subvert rivals in power at home, profiting by foreign and intestine broils, overawe or reconcile factions, change the capricious destinies of a capricious people to that which despotism calls order, and establish a new dynasty, which, in ages of greater ignorance, would long have continued permanent and beyond control. Truth is always found between the extremes. Napoleon is an extraordinary man, who has lived in still more extraordinary times. The grand events of these times were many of them military; so, as it happened, was his education, and so were his propensities. Such was the fortuitous favor of circumstances, that they caused him to appear a prodigy. A first campaign elevated him to the rank of a hero, the second showed him a god: he seemed to command events; in reality they commanded him; they were his creator."
"Early habits had powerfully occurred to fit him for the future accidents under which he became placed; & this predisposition, and these accidents, were further aided by a mind of such ardor, and of such prolific ambition, that he has been hurried through the various gradations which similar minds have travelled; and does and will only differ from them in similarity of fate, as far as circumstances have varied, and shall hereafter vary. Sallow complexion, length of face, a pointed nose, a projecting chin, and prominent cheek bones, have distinguished the countenances of fanatics and persecutors. Fanatics and persecutors were often men of powerful minds, but violent passions; and between such men and the emperor of France, allowing for times and circumstances, in physiognomy, in talents, and in manner of acting, there is great resemblance."
LONDON, Aug. 17. Lord Grenville, Leveson Gower, had yesterday his first audience of Mr. Fox, since his return from Petersburg. The right hon. Secretary of State conversed with his lordship very freely and walked thro' his apartments with him.
Baron Jacobi sailed from Hardwich on Thursday last with his whole suit; he had a favorable wind for Hamburg, where he is to land.
Aug. 19. —Letters from Plymouth state, that Gen. Simcoe embarked on Friday last on board La Santa Margarita frigate, which immediately sailed; it is added that the rendezvous is given off the rock of Lisbon, and that he will assemble there a very considerable naval force. Besides the Hibernia, Lord St. Vincent will be joined by four ships of the line and some frigates, and that it is said that one of the expeditions will repair to the same place. The departure of Lord St. Vincent for the south and the assembling of a very considerable squadron at the mouth of the Tagus give rise to several conjectures.
Mr. Fox goes on Thursday next to St. Ann's hill, where he purposes passing a few days, should his health, which is daily improving, continue to mend.
The three French frigates which sailed in company with Le Rhin have put into Bordeaux. The Carolina man of war, which arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday, fell in on her passage with a neutral, from whom she received this intelligence.
Letters from Plymouth on the 16th inst. state, that Gen. Simcoe and his suit received orders yesterday to embark immediately on board La Santa Margarita, of 36 guns, capt. Rathborne, who is the bearer of secret orders. This frigate accordingly set sail last night. Her destination is unknown, but it is supposed she will touch at Lisbon. It is rumored that Gen. Simcoe is to go to the East-Indies, and that it will be his ultimate destination; assuredly, however, he will not repair thither on board La Santa Margarita, which has not taken in provisions for so long a voyage. He embarked yesterday noon with nine other officers.
Yesterday, the second regiment of the dragoon guards were assembled together, when four companies were picked out for the expedition; they amounted to about 360 men and will be commanded by Lieut. Colonel Blaviers. These companies embarked this morning on board the Canopus, (one of our letters say, on board the Repulse) the Theseus and the Malta; they left their horses on shore, in the guard of the other companies. We are ignorant whether the latter will follow those who are gone; but it is thought that the horses will join as soon as the vessels are all ready. The rest of the regiment will be quartered in the small villages in the neighborhood until new orders.
A company of artillerymen has also been embarked under the command of captain Hardiker, on board the Malta, this ship, which is to form part of the expedition, will set sail as soon as she has received orders. All the troops of the expedition will receive forage money; funds for that purpose were yesterday drawn out of the Citadel
and distributed on board the ships, which are now all ready to set sail: Gen. Grey will embark on board the Sanson, of sixty-four guns, and Lord Paget in the Repulse, of seventy-four.
The transport vessels laden with troops, set sail yesterday for Deal.
Aug. 20. —Yesterday at 2 o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at Mr. Fox's office. The health of this minister continues to mend, and he is now completely out of danger.
Yesterday morning all Lord Caledon's suite and equipage together with 16 horses, were embarked at Gravesend on board the Mermaid frigate, which immediately set sail for the Downs, whence she will proceed for the Cape of Good Hope. His lordship will embark at Portsmouth on the 1st Sept. as will also his Secretary and the rest of his suite.
The transport vessels with troops on board which had set sail from the Downs, have just arrived at Portsmouth, where they had been joined by the Captain, Ganges, and King's Fisher, with a fleet for the Mediterranean.
Aug. 21. —Yesterday was discount day at the Stock Exchange for Omnium, and the variations for that stock were so great, the intrigues and lies so various, and in short the speculations of every kind so considerable, that it really was an important day. The rumors unfavorable for peace, which were spread by means of this agitation, prevailed, and stocks experienced a considerable fall. However, upon examining the fact, we find that it was only a panic, and that the principal cause of the fall, was the discount of Omnium.
Mr. Fox gains fresh strength every day. He was so well yesterday as to be able to walk in his garden and to have afterwards a conference with the Marquis of Douglass, previous to the departure of that Ambassador for Petersburg, to whom his royal highness the Prince of Wales also paid a visit before he set off. The same day Mr. Fox saw several of his friends, and he is so well that the Physicians think he will be able to go to his country seat before the beginning of next week.
Dr. Erskine, appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at the Congress of the United States, set off on Thursday last for his destination. The same day Mr. Braham quitted London on a mission to the Court of Lisbon.
A letter from Portsmouth, of the 10th August, states as follows:
"The transports which sailed from Margate with the troops for Sicily, appeared off this port yesterday evening, about five o'clock; they were all assembled near the Isle of Wight this morning at two o'clock, when the Ganges, the Captain and the Kingfisher, which were waiting for them, took them under convoy for Plymouth; not one of them had cast anchor, and the rest of the convoy are repairing to Spithead with the Fury, the Devastation and the Explosion. It is said here, among the officers of those regiments, that the 12th, 14th and 15th are going to Portugal to defend that kingdom, and that if this project should miscarry or appear impracticable, they will repair to South America. Some light vessels arrived this morning from the Downs to take these troops on board. Gen. Sir Hugh Dalrymple goes to Gibraltar, on board the Captain. Gen. Wynyard and brigadier-general Stewart, with their staff, sail for Sicily on board transports."
Count Woronzoff, the late Russian Ambassador, and suite, left Wimpoole-street on Saturday for Yarmouth, to take shipping for Embden, on his way to Russia. He was accompanied to Yarmouth by his successor Count Strogonoff, who is expected to return on Thursday next.
Aug. 22. —The Admiralty has published two letters of capt. John Stiles, commander of the Adamant. The first is dated from False Bay, at the Cape of Good Hope the 26th May, and addressed to the Governor Sir H. Popham. By it he informs that he has arrived at the anchoring ground with the Store ships Alexander and Royal Charlotte, and has brought with him the Spanish ship Nuestra Senora delos Dolores otherwise called in Reparadora, of 30 guns and 315 men, commanded by Stanislas Commanding officer of the Spanish navy. This vessel which had sailed a month before from Montevideo in the river de la Plata, was taken on the 6th of May, in 30 deg. 50 min. South lat. and 15 deg. 20 min. West longitude. She is a very fine vessel and is copper bottomed.
PARIS, August 27. The stock-jobbing speculations have considerably lowered the public funds at London. But the friends of Peace do not the less preserve the hope of shortly seeing it re-established. The negotiations continue, and the night before last another English Courier arrived with dispatches. The treaty of Peace may be very difficult to conclude, but when the English ministers cast their eyes towards the continent, they must certainly see that they have no more diversions to hope for from that quarter, and that consequently the war henceforth offers them no chance of favorable events, whilst it has incalculable dangers for England.
As to ourselves, notwithstanding the fluctuations of the Exchange, notwithstanding the reports propagated by those who know no more about the state of the negotiations than we do, we live to believe that peace with England was decided at Austerlitz.
The English Courier who arrived in the night between the 25th and 26th, is Mr. Shaw; it is believed that it will not be long before the famous Basilico will be dispatched again to London, and that he will be accompanied by the private Secretary of Lord Lauderdale. Thus the negotiations continue notwithstanding the reports propagated all over Europe by the spirit of stock-jobbing, the effect of which is every where extremely felt.
Aug. 28. —We have received London papers to the 26th August inclusive. They exhibit the same picture of uncertainty, of abusive reports, of lying rumors and alarming news; and as among a commercial nation, the speculations of trade have a great influence upon public opinion, it is at the Royal and Stock Exchanges that an observer should place himself to judge of the alterations of fear and hope which the inhabitants of London have experienced for these eight days past. The 20th and 21st,
Omnium fell to 3, and on those days the thermometer seemed to be steadily fixed at War! But as this extraordinary fall was only the result of the news spread in the morning, that Lord Lauderdale had received his passport to return to England, it is probable the subsequent days may have been more serene for the city of London, by informing its merchants and stock-holders that his lordship had not quitted Paris. The Moniteur of Tuesday last especially, by announcing the news of the return of the grand army to France, will show, that if England be determined to prosecute a war devoid of object, it will henceforward be really a war hand to hand, and without any support for her on the part of the continent.
All the Austrian prisoners who were in the Wirttemberg states, and who were retained there in consequence of the obstacles, which arose in the execution of the treaty of Presburg, have been released, and have now set out on their march home.
All the French troops of the Grand Army have received their marching orders to return to France.
The corps of Marshal Ney will cross the Rhine over the Bridge of New-Brisack; The corps of Marshals Mortier, Bernadotte, and Augereau will cross the Rhine over the Bridge of Mentz;
The corps of Marshal Soult and the different reserves of cavalry will cross the Rhine over the Bridge of Strasburg;
The corps of Marshal Davoust will cross the Rhine over the Bridge of Spire.
Thus before the end of September the corps of the Grand Army will have evacuated Germany, and by the end of that month, there will not be a single Frenchman remaining in it.
Several camps will be pitched round Paris for the army during the Fêtes. That of Meudon already contains twelve battalions, who have been encamped there for this week past.—Moniteur.
It is asserted that the Charge d' Affairs of the emperor of Russia at the Diet of Ratisbon, is to publish a declaration of his Sovereign, acknowledging the confederation of the Rhine. It is thought that he will be hereafter accredited to the Prince Primate, at Frankfort.—Gazette de France.
The Spanish Ambassador, in order to celebrate the fete of St. Louis which is that of the Queen, his Sovereign, gave on Monday last a grand dinner to all the Spaniards of distinction now in Paris.
MADRID, Aug. 6. A very active correspondence is carried on between our cabinet and that of Saint Cloud; for several weeks particularly few days elapse without the arrival of a courier, either Spanish or French. The last was dispatched by the French charge d' affairs, M. Vandeuil.
HAMBURGH, Aug. 13. Prussia is endeavoring to form the Federation of the North. This power would wish the Hanse towns to form a part of it; but it is asserted that France, Russia and England have agreed that these towns should remain independent under the protection of all Europe.
It appears that Denmark refuses to form part of this confederation, and that Holstein will be united to the Danish monarchy.
HESSE CASSEL, Aug. 14. The northern powers are at this time very active, on the subject of the matters relative to a new constitution for Germany. From the time that the Russian minister at Berlin shall have received from Petersburg the necessary full powers, these changes will advance towards their conclusion. The counsellor of state D'Oubril has carried a Projet of them to Petersburg. It is said that Hamburg may possibly be fixed upon as the chief place of that confederation. The cities, until now Imperial, also naturally lose their sovereignty. It is believed certain that the duke of Brunswick is intended to be primate of the confederation to be formed in the north of Germany. Our elector is not expected to return hither until after the fixing of the basis of the confederation at Berlin, and the arrival of the reply of the Russian cabinet in that capital, where it is expected before the 24th of this month.
Aug. 18. —Our sovereign has just entered into the federation of the north, under the immediate direction of Prussia.
DRESDEN, Aug. 16. Our court has been sounded in order to enter into the Northern Confederacy; but, placed between four powers, Austria, France, Russia and Prussia, it will come to no decision but by their advice. Our Sovereign would prefer remaining neutral, in order not to be engaged in foreign disputes and to preserve his perfect independence.
Hitherto, the Ambassadors of France, Russia and Austria have remained silent; the Prussian Minister alone has taken steps with our cabinet.
FRANKFORT, Aug. 29. It is confidently asserted that the emperor Napoleon has ordered to be declared that the Territory of the Confederation of the Rhine was inviolable, that no detachment of troops belonging to any foreign power whatever should pass over it, and every transgression would be looked on as a violation of territory.
BERLIN, Aug. 13. Military preparations are constantly going on in the Prussian fortresses and provinces: all the boats between Magdeburg and the frontiers of Saxony have been put in requisition for the service of troops; even the Generals Blücher, Hohenlohe, Ruchel and Prince Lewis Ferdinand are named as intended to command armies. It is the more difficult to conjecture the object of these preparations, as we no longer see any enemies of Prussia, since there is talk of a reconciliation with Sweden.
LISBON, Aug. 1. The last letters from the Bay of San Salvador (Brasil) contain the particulars of the expedition of captain L'Hermite, which cannot but give pleasure to the French. That brave seaman has carried away or destroyed on the coast of Guinea more than 40 English vessels, the greater part slave ships. He has sold 1300 at San Salvador. He has sailed again on a cruise.
NAPLES, Aug. 11. The General Massena beats and disperses the rebels on all sides. He slept on the 6th at Lauria, and was to be on the 17th at Castroville.
The two columns of light troops which set out from Salerno an la Torre della Annunziata, have advanced along the coast, disarmed all the inhabitants, and secured public tranquility, which will be preserved in spite of all the vague threats of the enemy.
Some ill disposed persons have entered, with drums beating, into Laurenzana, with the design of exciting the inhabitants to revolt, but they have not succeeded, and are at this moment in chains.
M. Caselli, Major of the Legion of Basilicato, at the head of a company of gendarmes, and accompanied by the Provincial guard of Vignola and Abrili, has scourged, during three days, the woods of Ariso and Lanna, which have at all times served as shelter to the brigands. He has cleared them from those who had taken refuge there.
NEW-YORK, Oct. 13. Arrived this morning, the brig Betsey, Johnson, in 20 days from St. Pierres, Martinique.
We learn by the Betsey, that there was a very severe gale at Martinique on the 10th ult. The sch'r Harvey, of Savannah, a Boston schooner, and 9 coasters, were driven ashore, and lost—and that the town of Rosseau, including the fort, was nearly all swept away, and 700 souls perished. Two schooners were despatched by the governor to Martinique for provisions, as the survivors were left without any thing to subsist on.—The plantations were ruined."
PHILADELPHIA, October 15. An Election was held yesterday in the city and county of Philadelphia and county of Delaware, for the respective offices of Sheriff, members of Congress, State Senator, Assembly, Select and Common Councils, &c. In the city upwards of 3900 votes were given in, a majority of which were for the Federal Constitutional tickets. The returns not having been fully made out, we shall not at present attempt a regular statement of the votes. The Democratic candidate for Sheriff is understood to have a majority of about 60 votes. Wm. T. Donaldson, being next in number, will also be returned for Sheriff. The tickets for Congress and Senator, are carried by the Democratic votes, with but a small majority. The election, though one of the largest I held for many years, was conducted with the utmost order and propriety.— Philad. Gaz.
October 16. As our fellow citizens may be solicitous to know the general result of the election—we can state, with certainty, that the democracy has obtained a decisive triumph over the united forces of the third coalition of feds and quids. The democratic congressional ticket, the sheriff, the state senator, the county commissioner, and the assembly ticket of the county of Philadelphia, are all the highest on the poll. ( Aurora. )
The Democrats have completely succeeded in the election of their sheriff. Messrs. Voilert and Lawler are the persons returned. There is little doubt of their having also carried the members of Congress and the Senator. The Constitutional tickets for the Select and Common Councils, and for Representatives to the Legislature has been carried by a considerable majority. ( United States Gaz. )
A most daring outrage was committed on Tuesday night, which from its nature merits to be particularly noticed. Mr. JAMES CARSON, well known in this city as a teacher, was returning to his home late at night from the election, when he was stopped in the street by JOHN DOUGLASS, an alderman of this city, and JAMES GAMBLE late a senator of this state, and those two men fell upon Mr. Carson without any provocation whatever, and beat him in a most cruel and barbarous manner. Mr. Carson is not only naturally a most peaceable and orderly citizen, but an inoffensive man at all times, and being very small in person and delicate of constitution, was unable to resist two men remarkably muscular, and who it appears were not content with the disparity of their corporeal strength, but used a sword cane , from which Mr. Carson has received a severe wound.
Latest from England.
FROM NEW-YORK, Oct. 14. Capt. Rosetter, who sailed from Bristol, on the first of September, informs, that the Hon. DAVID ERSKINE, son of the Lord Chancellor, appointed Ambassador to the United States, had embarked, with his suite, on board the Avon sloop of war, and was lying at Portsmouth ready for sea, to sail for New-York. There was no prospect of Peace.
THE EXPEDITIONS. "London papers of the 27th of August state, that on Monday morning the 25th, about 6 o'clock, the wind being at ESE. The signal was made for getting the fleet at Plymouth under weigh, and every ship hove short to her anchor, but by 9 o'clock the wind had shifted again to the SW. and put a stop to any further proceedings. It was reported that orders had gone from the admiralty, to countermand the sailing of part of them. A number of transports were assembled in the Downs, waiting for orders."
QUEBEC FLEET. —The Quebec Fleet, under convoy of the Champion of 24 guns, (which has arrived at Portsmouth) has been captured and destroyed by a French 80 gun ship, supposed Jerome Bonaparte's. There were about 20 sail.
LONDON, Aug. 27. —A Cabinet Council was yesterday held at the foreign office, which was attended by Lords Spencer, Moira, Grenville, Sidmouth, Erskine, Hawick, and Messrs. Windham, and J. Grenville. The Council is understood to have been held on the information last received from Paris.
"Lieut. Hewett, of the royal navy, agent for transports at the port of Cork, has received orders to engage as many vessels as he can procure for that service, for twelve months certain."
"Stocks. Censols money 63 7-8 63, for account 63 3-4 1-4 red. 63 1-2-3-8 om. 7 1-2."

BALTIMORE, October 14. MIRANDA.
Captain Briggs, arrived yesterday from Curacao, reports, that he was at Aruba 6 weeks ago, at which time Miranda was in possession of that island. Capt. B. sold part of his cargo to the British vessels under direction of Miranda, which consisted of the following:   Guano, of 36 guns.  Buchante, 28  Lilly sloop, 22  Brigs Attentive, 18  Express, 18   Two schooners heavily armed, and the Leander, 24.
With several schooners as transports. The troops were about 600 in number. Captain Briggs dined with the general, who informed him that the reason of his falling out with Lewis (former captain of the Leander) was, when the Spanish brig attacked the Leander, she beat them off with ease—they then bore down on the two schooners, which had fallen to leeward, and in shore—the general requested Lewis to pursue, but he would not, by which means the schooners were captured. He also informed captain B. that he was not beat out of Coro, but that he left it for Aruba, until the troops, 5000 in number, that he expected daily from Barbadoes and Jamaica, attended by a 64 gun ship, should arrive. The general had no doubt of succeeding, and had with him several Spaniards from the Main. Captain B. says, that he conversed with several of the Spaniards, and their opinion was, that he must succeed. Miranda had had frequent conversations with the priests and dignified clergy.
Departed this life, last evening about 6 o'clock, in the 72d year of his age, much regretted, ROBERT PURVIANCE, Esq. late collector of the port of Baltimore.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 15. Dispatches have been received by government from Mr. Monroe our minister at the court of London. Their contents have not transpired. However, from the cordiality which appears to subsist between the British and our Representatives, we may at least augur they are of an agreeable purport. (Federalist.)
STAUNTON, October 17.
FROM THE NATCHEZ GAZ. Sept. 2. An intelligent non commissioned officer, from the exploring party of Mr. Freeman arrived in this city yesterday morning, with letters. We have not had opportunity of conversing with him—but learn from a gentleman who made particular enquiries—that he states—"That a party of Spanish cavalry, supposed 1000 in number, had approached within seven miles of the fort of Natchez, and sent a message to the commanding officer, requiring him to remove to this side of Red River—but that in consequence of a scarcity of provisions and a sudden mortality occurring in their camp, by which a great number of men died, the Spanish commanding officer had thought proper to make a retrograde movement across the Sabine."—"We did not learn whether Col. Cushing had replied to the absurd requisition of the Don."
Notice.
THERE will be application made to the next Assembly of Virginia, to raise the ferryage across James river opposite to Warren, in the county of Albemarle, to the opposite shore in the county of Buckingham.
October 20, 1806. w3* FALL GOODS.
J. H. I. COHEN, Second door below Mr. S. Peasants' Bank Store, Has just received a fresh assortment of FALL GOODS, consisting of Striped & Rose Blankets; Superfine and Second Cloths; Coatings; Frieze; Cassimere; Flannels; Negro Cottons; Plains and Halfblacks; Lacy's Bath Coatings; Bombazettes; Wild Bores; Durants; Callimancoes & Buzzets; Thickets; Velvets; Patent Coats & Corduroys; Constitution Cards; Fancy Coats; Vesting; Seward's own; Men & Women's Silk Cotton & Worsted Hosiery; Men's Hats & Cuffs; Cotton & Linen Cambrics; Irish Linens and Lawns; Fancy Muslins; SCARLET BOMBAZETTES, for children; Black and Colored Sen shawa and Lustings; a few elegant Sells Craps Handkerchiefs, for the bed; Sain Damask and Serge Silk Shawls; Black and Oriental do.; Pink Plaid Muslin Hdkfs.; Bananna, Madras and Royal do.; Thread Laces and Edgings; Ribbands; Lace Shawls and Mitts; Lady's extra Silk and Kid Gloves, &c. &c. all of which will be sold on the most moderate terms. Richmond, October 9, 1806. f
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that HARRICANE, a slave the property of Jesse Perkinson, of the county of Mecklenburg, convicted by the court of the county of Southampton, of burglary, and sentenced to suffer death for the same, hath made his escape from the jail of the said county of Southampton: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the Council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of THIRTY DOLLARS, to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the jail from whence he escaped, the aforesaid slave Harricane. And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the Commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said slave Harricane, and convey him to the jail aforesaid.
Given under my hand with the seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 14th day of October, 1806. (Signed) WM. H. CABELL.
The said slave Harricane, is a shoemaker by trade: a short, thick negro, about 5 feet 3 or 6 inches high, and had on (when he escaped) an iron collar about his neck, which was riveted very strongly and securely. He had run away from his master some time past, and was apprehended in Norfolk, carried home, and confined with the collar, but released himself and escaped with it on him, and in that situation was apprehended previous to his trial.
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1806.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT. (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)
 Tobacco, 33 3/4 to 35 3/4 cash.  Wheat, 68 do.  Lilly sloop, 33 3/4 do.  Flour, superfine, 36s do.  Flour, fine, 33 3/4 do.  Corn, 21s do.  Hemp, clean, (per ton) £55 — do.  Iron, £36 — do.  Bacon, 8d do.  Whiskey, 3s 6d do. 
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
No. II.
Let us for a moment consider the various topics which have excited the public interest. With regard to Spain, they are her spoliations on our trade and her hostile menaces of aggression on our territorial rights. These are admitted on all hands to be in the highest degree aggravated, and to demand redress. The government has adopted that course which in its opinion is best calculated to insure it. They have not resorted to war. Do you think that they should have resorted to this extreme measure? It is believed that you will not say they should. There are a few madmen who have recommended an appeal to the sword, but there is not a sober mind that has avowed its support of such a course. Admitting then this resort to be inexpedient, what remains? Nothing but negotiation in one shape or other. Justice gave us a right to demand an indemnity for the spoliations committed on our commerce, and on account of the suspension of the right of deposit at New Orleans; but did it give us reason to expect that our demands, unconnected with other circumstances, could be complied with in any reasonable time? Had we not waited years in this expectation, and had it within this time even approached towards realization? So far from this being the case, a new source of difference arose in the mean time—the boundaries of Louisiana, involving a point of the very first consequence to both nations; a point too most imperiously requiring settlement, as on its issue depend not only the rights of our citizens on the Mobile, but also the preservation of peace on the whole frontier.
On resorting to negotiation all these subjects were necessarily put to issue. It became impossible to separate them. Policy, on our part, strongly required their union. We know that Spain, notwithstanding the fertility of her mines, was poor, and that such was the pressing nature of her pecuniary wants, that there was scarcely a shadow of hope of obtaining money from her in compensation for her spoliations. Possessing, however, what we wanted, and what is intrinsically of no inconsiderable value, it occurred to our government that the most likely way of obtaining a substantial indemnity was to take territory instead of money from her. The advantages of this course were these: First, Spain not having money to spare, there existed no national hope on our part of getting it; secondly, having territory of great importance to us and of little to herself, there existed a national expectation of obtaining it on equitable terms; thirdly, by this course, the pride of Spain would be conciliated by receiving a nominal quid pro quo , instead of being placed in the degraded light of acknowledging that she had treated us with injustice by entering into a treaty confined to allowing us an indemnity for her spoliations; fourthly, a similar course had been most successfully pursued with France in the purchase of Louisiana; fifthly, by this course peace would be preserved not only for the present, but likewise for a long period to come, as it was probably contemplated as an important feature in the negotiation to settle all subsisting differences on the subject of boundaries.
These are the measures, these are the views, which have put into motion the torrent of abuse which have for some time overwhelmed the nation. They are founded in reason, and on that policy which ought forever to characterize a free and just nation. But, even supposing them not to be as good as some other measures which ought to have been pursued—though it is impossible to designate any other short of war—after they have been taken, when they are at this moment at that issue, on which the peace of the nation probably depends, does it become, or is it worthy of any honest American to use his exertions to render them abortive? Ought he not to submit to the will of his country, fairly and unequivocally manifested, however repugnant to his own opinion? What should we think of the officer, who, called to a council of war, after his advice was overruled, should notwithstanding, in the face of the enemy, tenaciously adhere to it in frustration of the plans of his superiors? Whatever our opinion might be of his motives, he would not fail to expiate his offence by the forfeit of his life. And where is the difference between the moral turpitude of an action which, by producing the failure of our arms, prolongs an existing state of warfare, and one which, by inducing a failure of a depending negotiation, actually causes a war that would not otherwise have existed?
But the word tribute is brought up before our imaginations in dread array. Of this in my next number.
TIMOLEON.
The advices from Europe do not yet afford any countenance to the expectation of a speedy peace: the state of the belligerent nations in their internal affairs, is the only circumstance which can give the remotest hope of any such event being likely to occur in the course of the present year.
The imperious and irresistible power of France on the European continent is demonstrated by the cessation of the title of emperor of Germany, and of course of the electoral colleges of the Germanic federation. The golden knot which bound that body together for four centuries, was cut at Austerlitz by the modern Alexander.
England, Sweden, and Prussia, stand singly against the master of Europe—and maintain in the paradoxical language
of Windham—a war like peace;—for it is reduced to a war of parades and placards.
There is a very strong ground for believing that the partition of Spain—and the annihilation of the Portuguese monarchy by a transfer to Spain, will be consummated very speedily.
The formation of a maritime code is said to be one of the objects of the French government; and the Russian emperor is said to be in charge of the declaration of the principles of the armed neutrality of 1780, to the northern powers, who are to send delegates to Hamburg to ratify the compact, after which it is to be formally received and recognized by the southern federative states connected with France; and the ships of every nation which refuses to accept it, are to be interdicted from access to the ports of all and every of the nations parties to the new maritime compact—the basis of this compact is to be free ships make free goods , which was the ancient law of nations.—Aurora.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
On Friday, 10th inst. the grand match between gen. Ridgely's horse Oscar, and Mr. Joshua P. Bond's horse First Consul, the four mile heats, for £4000, was decided in favour of Oscar, winning in high style. This race is considered the handsomest and best ever seen in this state. The last heat was run in seven minutes and forty seconds.—Baltimore paper.
Francis the second, in an official address, which we shall give in our next, has abdicated the station of emperor of Germany.
Letters received at New-York, dated Aruba August 18, and August 30, state that the representation of the execution of the Americans taken in Miranda's schooners is totally void of foundation.—Nat. Int.
THE FEDERALISTS.
A period of more than five years has now elapsed, since the leaders of this party were compelled by the indignant voice of a much injured and insulted people, to abandon the helm of state. They, however, flattered themselves with soon regaining their lost authority and influence. To effect which, it was considered necessary to destroy the popularity of their successors, and particularly that of the president. A number of mercenary editors were employed to write down the administration ; and the American character has been disgraced by the vile and infamous calumnies which have issued from these Jacobin presses. The virtuous and enlightened part of our citizens, however, saw, with indignation, these base attempts to injure the character of their virtuous and patriotic chief magistrate; and, at the late presidential election, he was re-elected by the almost unanimous voice of the nation. Persuaded, from this strong proof of public opinion, that neither calumny nor misrepresentation would produce the effect which they expected, they have found it necessary to change their mode of attack.—The most insidious arts that can possibly be imagined, have been practiced to foment division among the republicans. Unfortunately, these vile machinations have been too successful. By availing themselves of the Schism among the republicans in Pennsylvania, they have gained an ascendancy in the councils of that state, to which their number by no means entitles them.
It is to be regretted, that, for some time past, the republicans appear to have been lulled into a fatal security. They have not sufficiently estimated either the numbers or the resources of their political opponents. They have not reflected that the federal party are still numerous, and that they are closely united, and act on all occasions like a machine which can be put in motion and stopped again by a single person. They have not reflected, that this party have, at their disposal more than half the process in the United States. In a word they have not reflected, that this party have many other powerful engines to promote their views; such as most of the banks, and all the agents of British merchants in this country. These considerations ought to show the necessity of still viewing the federalists, as opponents worthy of republican vigilance and jealousy.
Republicans, your camp is still surrounded by implacable and irreconcilable enemies. They have long since rejected the Olive Branch and dashed the Cuff of Reconciliation from their lips. Many of them have been retained in office; but even among these, are to be found, venomous vipers , who are ready to sting to death those by whom they are fostered. The fact is that this Junto have sworn eternal hatred to the president, and to every other person, who, like him, has uniformly adhered to the severe maxims of democracy. With certain characters they will no doubt unite; I mean, with traitors and apostates —with these honorable gentlemen , they are willing to form an union of all honest men . But, view their conduct towards firm and decided republicans, and it must convince every candid person, that they have no desire to harmonize with the friends of the administration. The die is therefore cast; and it is to be hoped that the republicans will never make any further overtures to this implacable faction; but that they will, in future, act with a degree of frances and decision , worthy of the glorious cause for which they so nobly contended.
FRANKLIN. (National Intelligencer.)
BALTIMORE, October 15.
THE SPANIARDS.
We received advices by yesterday's mail from Natchez, down to the 16th ultimo, nothing decisive had happened, as will be found from the following extracts. (Telegraphe.)
NATCHEZ, Sept. 16.
Letters from Natchitoches under date of the 5th of September, state that the Spanish army continued encamped at the Bayou Pierre, and was supposed to be 1200 strong. Governor Cerdero from St. Augustine, had arrived at Natchitoches, with a reinforcement of three hundred regular troops.
Governor Claiborne was still at Natchitoches, and between him and the officer commanding the Spanish troops, several
letters had passed. Governor Claiborne had ordered a detachment of militia to be in readiness to march. The troops from Fort Adams had not arrived, but were daily expected. The Spanish governor, Horrera, has arrested three Americans from Kentucky, of the names of Brewster, Shaw and Irvin, and sent them prisoners to St. Antoine. Governor Claiborne has demanded their immediate release. The Spanish army has evinced no disposition to attack Natchitoches—they avow their object to be, to preserve inviolate the territory of the king their master. It is believed at Natchitoches that nothing prevents the American troops marching against the Spaniards but orders to that effect.
The removal (by order of the president) of a detachment of Spanish troops last winter on the west side of the Sabine, is assigned by the Spaniards as the reason for augmenting this force, in what they call the province of Texas—this province they say extends to Little Bayou, about 6 miles from Natchitoches, called Ryefunda. The settlers of the Bayou Pierre, where the Spanish army now is, have considered themselves under the government of Spain.
Extract of a letter from New-Orleans to a mercantile house in this city, dated September 12, 1806.
"We have news from the Attakapas, saying, 'It is rumored here that colonel Thompson has ordered the militia of this county, to be in readiness; and that capt. Boyer has been defeated and taken, and that major Sparks is driven back. It is certain that the Spanish army is on the march this side of Natchitoches.'
"We have just, however, received authentic information, that there has been no engagement, but that the Spaniards were obliged to return across the Sabine river again to preserve their health, and that while they were on this side about 5 weeks, they lost 500 of their men with the fever; and that the governor of the interior of Mexico, was on his way with troops, and when he arrived they would have an army of 5 or 6000 men, when they will endeavor to force a passage to this place."
FROM THE BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
Mr. PECHIN, The friendly writer of a letter of the 6th September last, from Natchez, published in the Aurora, and republished in the American of the 13th instant, is requested to be under no kind of uneasiness on account of general Samuel Smith; the general was not in public life at the time the Western World places the Spanish Kentucky association; he never heard of it until he saw the first number of the Western World, nor has he the slightest knowledge of the other subjects on which the editor of the Western World proposes to write.
The Society of Arts in London adjudged in June last a premium of fifteen guineas to a Mrs. Morrice, for a method of cleansing silk, woollen, and cotton goods, without damage to the texture or color, which is thus performed:
Grate raw potatoes to a fine pulp in clean water, and pass the liquid matter through a coarse sieve into another vessel of water; let the mixture stand till the fine white particles of the potatoes are precipitated, then pour the mucilaginous liquor from the fecula, and preserve the liquor for use. The article to be cleaned should then be laid upon a linen cloth upon a table; and having provided a clean sponge, dip the sponge in the potato liquor, and apply it to the article to be cleaned till the dirt is perfectly separated, then wash it in clean water several times. Two middle-sized potatoes will be sufficient for a pint of water.
The white fecula will answer the purpose of tapioca, and make an useful nourishing food with soup and milk; to serve to make starch and hair powder. The coarse pulp, which does not pass the sieve, is of great use in cleaning worsted curtains, tapestry, carpets, or other coarse goods.
The mucilaginous liquor will clean all sorts of silk, cotton or woollen goods, without hurting or spoiling the color; it is also useful in cleaning old paintings, or furniture that is soiled. Dirty painted wainscots may be cleansed by wetting a sponge in the liquor, then dipping it in a little fine clean sand, and afterwards rubbing the wainscoat with it.
The following beautiful portrait, from a moral limner, is painted from the life, and in colors which glow with brightness, and will last for ages.
The temper of a Christian is not a temper of sordid sensuality, or lazy apathy, or dogmatizing pride, or disappointed ambition. More truly independent of worldly estimation, than philosophy, with all her boasts, it forms a perfect contrast to Epicurean selfishness, to Stoical pride, and to Cynical brutality. It is a temper compounded of firmness and complacency, and peace and love; and manifesting itself in acts of kindness and of courtesy; a kindness, not pretended, but genuine; a courtesy not false and superficial, but cordial and sincere. In the hour of popularity, it is not intoxicated or insolent; in the hour of unpopularity, it is not desponding or morose; unshaken in constancy, unwearied in benevolence, firm without roughness, and assiduous without servility.
NOT COMMON!
Our readers will please to recollect our publishing some time since, that a certain Mrs. Roberts, of this town, had been safely delivered of THREE beautiful and healthy boys, each weighing 7 pounds, at one birth. —From the 'Observer' we republish the following account, as a match for the above:
"The wife of major Josiah Dwight, of Northampton, (Mass.) was, on Wednesday last, delivered of THREE beautiful and perfect GIRLS, all weighing 21 lbs. who, with their prolific mother, are in perfect health."
May three sweet girls, in Hymen's silken joys, Be join'd, at last, to three as lovely boys; May each as fertile as her mother be, And bless the world, at once with Stumes 3. Dover paper.
A severe sentence. A young American having broken an appointment with Dr. Franklin, came to him the following day, & made a very handsome apology for his absence. He was proceeding, when the Doc-
tor stopped him with "My good boy say more, you have said too much already, for the man who is so good at making an excuse, is seldom good at any thing else."
Died on Wednesday last, in an advanced age, Mr. PETER BAKER, a worthy and respectable inhabitant of Coochland county.
CUSTOM HOUSE—RICHMOND.
ENTERED.
 Sch'r Weymouth, Peck, City Point.  Sloop Catty Maria, Storer, New-York.  Sch'r Active, Norris, Baltimore.  Amelia Anne, Rose, Norfolk.  Sloop Liberty, Peabody, City Point.  Bravo, Clarke, Norfolk.  Sch'r Speedwell, Snowden, Philadelphia.  Rewastico, Farland, Baltimore. 
CLEARED.
 Sch'r Nancy, Smith, Gloucester, (Mass.)  Feronia, Block, New-York.  Jane, Pearson, Philadelphia.  Polly, Runack, Baltimore.  Sloop Friendship, Spencer, Rhode-Island.  Sch'r Ann & Elizabeth, James, New-York.  Hunter, Snyder, Philadelphia.  Richmond, Seaman, New-York.  Traveller, Snow, Boston. 
17 DELINQUENT subscribers to the ARGUS, are earnestly solicited to settle their respective balances as early as possible. Those who live at a distance will have a good opportunity to forward the amount by their Representatives in the next General Assembly.
The heavy expense lately incurred by the Printer in procuring New Types, &c. &c. for the establishment, must be his apology for this urgent call on his customers, to which he particularly invites their attention. October 16, 1806.
Henry Hovey, has for Sale,
13 BALES INDIA GOODS, viz.
 Aliabad Emeries Gurrahs  Mow Sannas Gilla Hd'ks. and  Jannah Sannas Checks  Mamoodys 
—ALSO—
 10 Pipes Hollands 50 Hds. Brown Sugar  Gin 20 qr. casks S. Wine  40 boxes 8 by 12, 20 do. 10 by 12 20 boxes Chocolate  wire glass 4 pipes old Cogniac  8 Hds. Molasses Brandy  50 lbs. Nutmegs 20 crates stone ware  80 gross playing cards 50 casks Lime  30 boxes Cotton and Wool Cards 10 casks Whale Oil  40 bags Pepper 50 boxes short Pipes  50 Hds. Northern 50 Bds. Rum 300 lbs. refined Salt  15 Hds. Antigua Rum Petre, and A fresh assortment of Shoes 
Richmond, October 20, 1806. St
STORE OF Ironmongery, Haraware, &c. &c.
BREAM & FOLLET, opposite to Messrs. Taylor and Brown's auction store, and next door to Doctor Ward's, have just received from England, a large and general assortment of Ironmongery, Haraware, &c. amongst which are carpenter's, blacksmith's and other mechanics' Tools; building materials of all kinds, such as Locks, Hinges, Nails, &c. Farmers and Household utensils, viz. Trace chains, Hoes, Straw knives, Grass Scythes, Sickles, Knives and Forks, Spoons, Grid irons, Smoothing irons, And irons, Shovels, Tongs and Pokers, coal Curriers and Sifters, Wire Fenders, Pots and Kettles, Steam Kettles, Tea Kettles, Coffee Mills, Waffle irons, Warming pans, Tin in boxes, Iron and Brass wire, Bar lead, Patent Shot, Sheet iron, close and open Stoves for burning coal, fanning mill Wheels, Mill Saws, German Steel, Wright and cut Nails and Brads, Window Glass 10 by 8, 11 by 9, 12 by 16, 14 by 16, and 18 by 13, Sein Twine, Glue, Patent Windsor shaving Soap, an assortment of Brushes, with a great variety of other articles too numerous to insert. The above goods are laid in on the best terms for cash, & will be sold on like good terms for cash, country produce or approved paper at a short date. Also for sale a consignment of three Bales Woolens, consisting of Blankets, 6-4 low priced blue Cloths, and red and yellow Flannels, at a moderate price and liberal credit for approved paper—an elegant gold repeating Watch, a bargain—Bolting Cloths. Richmond, October 21st, 1806. w4t
AGREABLY to a decree of the H. B. Kings court for the city of Richmond, WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the 4th day of November next, for the benefit of the legatees of Samuel Couch, dec.
FIVE-TWELFTHS OF THAT
LOT OF GROUND,
With the improvements, containing in the whole 41 feet front; now occupied by Edward Wanton, Joseph Myers and Walter Potter. The terms of sale, will be one half in hand, and the balance on the 1st day of March next, secured by a note, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with a good endorser.
MICAIAH CREW, Commissioner. 10th Mo. (Oct.) 17, 1806. 4t
THE subscriber intending to remove to the county of Pittsylvania, will SELL, at public auction, on Tuesday the 28th instant, at the house in which he now resides, the chief part of his

FOR THE VIRGINIA ANGUS. The following paraphrase of the 148th Psalm... Praise the Lord; ye heav'ns applaud him; In the highest him adore; Seraphs, in your anthems land him; Cherubs, praise him evermore; Lamp of nature, daily burning, Orbs immense, that nightly shine, Lights incessantly returning, "Praise, O praise the name divine!" Heav'n of heav'ns, his boundless dwelling, Earth, and all ye deeps below, Vapours dense, and winds impelling, Storms of fire, of hail and snow; Hills and vales and tow'ring mountains, Woods, where cedars stately nod, Fruitful trees, and chrystal fountains, Hymn the praises of your God. Monsters in the desert crying, Herds and flocks that graze the plain, Creeping things, and creatures flying, Countless tribes that skim the main; Man of ev'ry age and station, Each production of his word, All the wonders of Creation, Now, and ever, praise the Lord. C. S.
ELEGANT EXTRACTS. The following animated eulogium on Democratic governments, is taken from the celebrated "Political Justice" of the celebrated Godwin: a work which, whatever may be thought of its moral doctrines, displays a more correct idea on the forms of government; a more glowing attachment to liberty; a more systematic view of the calamities of despotism, than are to be found in any other political treatise. At a moment like this, when Bonaparte has stopt forth the defender of the systems of kings, when he has imposed a despot upon the degenerated Dutch, when he has insultingly pronounced in the face of the world, that such miserable animals are the best calculated to advance the happiness of man, the following animated eulogium must "come home to the business and bosom" of every real republican. "Supposing that we should even be obliged to take democracy with all its disadvantages that were ever annexed to it, and that no remedy could be discovered for any of its defects, it would be still greatly preferable to the exclusive system of other forms. Let us take Athens with all its turbulence and instability; with the popular and temperate usurpations of Pisistratus and Pericles; with their monstrous ostracism, by which with undisguised injustice they were accustomed periodically to banish some eminent citizen without the imputation of a crime; with the imprisonment of Miltiades, the exile of Aristides and the murder of Phocion; with all these errors on its head, it is incontrovertible that Athens exhibited a more illustrious and enviable spectacle than all the monarchies and aristocracies that ever existed. Who would reject their gallant love of virtue and independence, because it was accompanied with some irregularities? Who would pass an unreserved condemnation upon their penetrating mind, their quick discernment and their ardent feeling, because they were subject occasionally to be intemperate and impetuous? Shall we compare a people of such incredible achievements, such exquisite refinement, gay without insensibility and splendid without intemperance, in the midst of whom grew up the greatest poets, the noblest artists, the most finished orators and political writers, and the most disinterested philosophers the world ever saw, shall we compare this chosen seat of patriotism, independence and generous virtue, with the torpid and selfish realms of monarchy and aristocracy? All is not happiness that looks tranquility. Better were a portion of turbulence and fluctuation, than that unwholesome calm, in which all the best faculties of the human mind are turned to putrescence and poison. In the estimate that is usually made of democracy, one of the most flagrant sources of error lies in our taking mankind such as monarchy and aristocracy have made them, and from thence judging how fit they are to legislate for themselves. Monarchy and aristocracy would be no evils, if their tendency were not to undermine the virtues and the understandings of their subjects. The thing most necessary is to remove all those restraints which hold the mind back from its natural flight. Implicit faith, blind submission to authority, timid fear, a distrust of our powers, an intention to our own improvement and the good purposes we are able to effect, these are the chief obstacles to human improvement. Democracy restores to man a consciousness of his value, teaches him by the removal of authority and oppression to listen only to the dictates of reason, gives him confidence to treat all other men as his fellow beings, and induces him to regard them no longer as enemies against whom to be upon his guard, but as brethren whom it becomes him to assist. The citizen of a democratical state, when he looks upon the miserable oppression and injustice that prevails in the countries around him, cannot but entertain an inexpressible esteem for the advantages he enjoys, and the most unalterable determination at all hazards to preserve them. The influence of democracy upon the sentiments of its members is altogether of the negative sort, but its consequences are inestimable. Nothing can be more unsearchable than to argue from men as we now find them, to men as they may hereafter be made. Strict and accurate reasoning, instead of suffering us to be surprised that Athens did so much, would at first induce us to wonder that she retained so many imperfections."
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the History of France and England - And an account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz - price 25. April 28, 1806. tf
50,000 single ticket may gain. NEW-YORK STATE LOTTERY. No. V. For the Promotion of Literature, and other purposes. To commence drawing on the second Tuesday in December 1806, and 600 Tickets to be drawn each day until the whole is concluded. Prizes payable 30 days after. The excellency of the present scheme is universally acknowledged to exceed any yet offered in the United States. THE CAPITAL PRIZES ARE 30,000 Dollars, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, 2,000 Dollars, Besides several of 1,000, 500, 200, 100, &c. &c. The first 4,000 Blanks to be entitled to 8 dollars each. The whole subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. In this scheme there is a possibility for one Ticket to draw 50,000 Dollars. Notwithstanding the great number of capital prizes in this Lottery, there are less than two blanks to a prize. TICKETS AND SHARES. FOR SALE AT G. & R. WAITE'S TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY OFFICES, No. 64 & No. 38, Maiden-Lane, New-York. AT SEVEN DOLLARS EACH, but will advance as the drawing approaches. By enclosing Bank notes (post paid) to G. & R. WAITE, Tickets and Shares will be punctually returned by post, to any amount, and the earliest advice sent to adventurers of their success. The public are requested to remark, that the drawing of the New-York Lotteries is managed in so covered a manner, as not to be subject to error. The time of drawing, and payment of prizes is punctual, and guaranteed by the State Legislature. Schemes at large enclosed with Tickets - The many Capital Prizes sold by G. & R. W. in former Lotteries, (list of which will also be enclosed) it is presumed, will be an additional inducement to distant adventurers to purchase of them. 3m
Racing at Surry Courthouse, WILL commence on Wednesday the 5th November, and continue three days. First day, a Post Sweepstakes for Colts and Fillies, two years old, and the advantage mile heats, carrying each a feather; entrance TWENTY DOLLARS, ten dollars entered and subscription closed. Second day, the Surry Jockey Club Purse of THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, three mile heats. Third day, (Friday) the Proprietor's Purse of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, two mile heats. All persons who start horses for this purse will be required to pay the sum of TWENTY DOLLARS, except members of the Club, and from them an entrance of EIGHT DOLLARS will be required. The weights of the course are as follows: Aged horses, lbs. 130 6 years old, 120 5 years old, 110 4 years old, 100 3 years old, 85 CHARLES H. GRAVES, Secretary. Agreeable to the rules of the club, a meeting will be held at Mr. David Price's, on Wednesday evening, the 5th November. Good stables and litter furnished race horses gratis, by DAVID PRICE, Proprietor of the Course. Surry county, 8th September 1806. tf
SUBSCRIBERS TO Rees's New Cyclopaedia, ARE desired to call at this Office and receive their Books, the 1st and 2nd part being ready for delivery, and the publishers anxious to receive their money in order to enable them to prosecute the work. September 10. FOR SALE. THE LOT & HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use: a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately pulled in, a Warehouse and Cellar under it: the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river of extending a wharf. Also, 271 1/2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, lying in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken. Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots. - For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2. tf
FOR SALE, MY LAND, in the county of Goochland, whereon I now live, containing 690 acres; well situated, lying within two miles of James river, and five miles above Goochland courthouse: it is well improved, and in fine order for an ensuing crop; it is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, corn & wheat. A farther description is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed the purchaser would wish first to view the premises, which (in my absence, will be shown) by Capt. Humphrey Parish, or Mr. Whitehead Ryan, who live adjoining thereto. I will undertake to sow thereon 30 or 40 bushels of wheat in good order. And in case of sale of the land, I will advise sell the crop thereon of every description, together with the stock of cattle, hogs, and sheep, household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, &c. The terms of sale for the land, will be one third cash, & for the balance three equal annual instalments, on giving bond with approved security, carrying interest from the day, if not punctually paid. Young negroes will be taken (if approved of) in payment for a moiety, at least, of each payment; a deed of trust will be taken upon the premises to secure the three last payments. The personal estate will be sold on a credit of twelve months on giving bond with approved security. And the price of the land made known on application to the subscriber. Craddock Vaughan. 16th Sept. 1806. tf TO RENT, A HOUSE on the Hay market square, with an office, a stable, chair house, and an excellent garden, &c. For terms apply to Jasper Cobbins, at Mr. John M'Enery's. Richmond 1st October 1806. tf Bail and Delivery Bond. For sale at this office.
TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office. Discoveries of Lewis and his Party, in Louisiana. A few copies of the above interesting work, just received, are for SALE, at the Post Office, Williamsburg, and at this office. May 5, 1806.
NOTICE. THE price of TUCKER'S BLACK-STONE after the first of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The subscribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies, will not alter that time be entitled to a subscription terms. Philadelphia, July, 1806. 1st Jan MILLINERY. MRS. S PLEASANTS, in corner house next door below Jacob Johnson's Bookstore, has received a handsome assortment of BONNETS, HATS, &c. &c. of newest fashion, just from Philadelphia. A supply will be constantly kept on hand JUST PUBLISHED, BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN. and for sale by the gross, dozen, or single, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond; The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807; Being the third after Bissextile or Leap Year. Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond. Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Hanover county, Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county Courts throughout the state, list of roads, &c. &c. &c. a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers. September 13th, 1806.
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Excellent Horses. Enquire of the printer. Richmond, August 2, 1806. tf REMOVAL. H. DABNEY has removed to the house on the Main Street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Darnstadt's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES, on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only. A consignment of snuff in packages of any size, from 15 to 60 lbs.; will be sold below the usual price of that article. Richmond, August 11, 1806. tf A. HEWES & CO. Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market, Salt in sacks Jamaica and Antigua Rum New England Rum Port & Sherry Wine Old Cogniac Brandy Leaf and Brown Sugar Molasses Coffee of superior quality Alexandria Crackers Rhode Island Cheese Imperial Tea Herring and Shad Alexandria Beer in bottle English Walnuts Brown Soap Nutmegs Pepper Allspice Mace Cloves Starch Fig Blue, &c. &c. &c. A general assortment of CRICKERY and STONE WARE, and Rhode Island LIME. Richmond, July 4th, 1806. tf MATTRESSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MATTRESSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos Darnstadt's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store. Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattresses worked over. Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5, 1806. REMOVAL. THE Subscribers have removed their COMPTING HOUSE, from the Main Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Basin, between the Tenements occupied by C and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Wyatt and Bullock - where they continue their purchase of wheat as usual - They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran. Thomas and Amos Ladd. 10 Mo 31, 1806. tf
WHEAT FANS, FOR SALE, BY C. & T. SAUNDERS, Near the Basin of the Canal. May 23, 1806. (t.) Just received at this office, THE SECOND VOLUME OF Burke's History of Virginia. Subscribers are requested to call and take their books. August 27. ** TICKETS in the third Class of the Richmond Academy Lottery, For sale at this office.
WHEAT FANS, FOR SALE, BY C. & T. SAUNDERS, Near the Basin of the Canal. May 23, 1806. (t.) Just received at this office, THE SECOND VOLUME OF Burke's History of Virginia. Subscribers are requested to call and take their books. August 27. ** TICKETS in the third Class of the Richmond Academy Lottery, For sale at this office.
MARSHAL'S SALES. TO BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States, for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, between Phineas Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others defendants, in order to raise the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty three cents, due and payable the first day of July last, and expenses and charges of sale, that valuable and well known estate, in the county of Botetourt, called FORT LEWIS - stated by the said Ross to contain 2608 acres. The sale will take place on the premises, on the 14th day of November next. Also, under the said decree, and upon the same terms, will be SOLD, at the Oxford Iron Works, in the county of Campbell, or the 18th of the same month, a number of VALUABLE SLAVES. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. September 26, 1806. tf At the request of Mr. Ross, the sale of the land above mentioned, called Fort Lewis, is POSTPONED until the 29th day of NEXT MONTH, when it will take place, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond - and the sale of the negroes is postponed until the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT, on which day it will take place at the Eagle Tavern aforesaid. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. October 16, 1806. tf EDUCATION. THE Subscriber's present engagement, as a Tutor in the family of Doct. George Evans, of Chesterfield county, will end on the 1st day of January next; at which time he would willingly listen to proposals for establishing an Academy, or other public seminary in some populous, healthful and otherwise eligible neighbourhood in the state of Virginia. His plan would embrace the following branches of instruction - The Greek, Latin and English languages grammatically - a regular consecutive course of classical reading - accompanied with a knowledge of Geography and Chronology - the Bible Letters, with a careful perusal of the best Authors, in the three languages above-mentioned, with a view to criticism and composition - Arithmetic, - Book-keeping, - Surveying and the practical branches of the Mathematics. The talents of the Subscriber, (such as they are) the attention with which he has discharged the various, delicate and difficult duties of a Teacher, and the system he has pursued, with the success attending it, are all sufficiently known to, and have happily met the approbation of a great many respectable and competent judges, of literary merit in the eastern and middle parts of this State. To those who know him not, he respectfully asks permission to say, that for the last twenty years of his life, he has labored, with arduous application and perseverance, to improve and expand his own mind and the mental faculties of others, and that he now, though with unfeigned diffidence, believes himself capable of rendering public and permanent services to the youth of a country, in which he has spent more than half the number of years he has lived, and the usefulness, happiness and prosperity of the citizens of which country, he shall never cease to pray for, and to the utmost of his abilities promote. Of himself he has said as much as the occasion demanded, and he cherishes a hope it will not be found that truth or propriety required him to say less. Letters addressed to the subscriber, to be left at Cotesville, or the Richmond Post office, will be duly attended to, and should an engagement be entered into before the 15th of January next, public notice will be given thereof. James Johnstone. Chesterfield county, 15th Sept. 1806. tf
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the estate of Samuel Scherer, dec. are requested to bring them forward properly authenticated before the first of November, at which time the administration of the subscriber will be closed, and if application shall not be made by the time above specified, this notice will be considered as a release from the payment of such claims; those indebted must see the necessity of making immediate payment as no further indulgence can be given. George Scherer, Adm'r. October 1st, 1806. 3w TO RENT. THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr. - Possession may be had by the last of this month. Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 31, 1806. tf J. BOULTON, NEXT door to Mr. J. Darnstadt's, has just received from the Isle of Wight, Smithfield, and Southampton, fourteen or fifteen thousand weight of prime Bacon, among which are a great number of salt petred Hams, of the first quality - He has likewise a general assortment of West India produce, Groceries, &c. which he will sell low for cash or country produce. To Mechanics. I wish to sell a very complete set of PATENT TOOLS, for manufacturing cut nails, with all the necessary heading tools and Hammers belonging to the same. Likewise, a complete set of tools for the Brass Foundering Business - containing all kinds of Patterns, Vices, Bellows, Anvil, Hammers, Files, Tongues, &c. besides a large quantity of old Metal. A credit of 6 and 12 months will be given on the above Tools - Bond with good security required. I shall have no objection to show the purchaser of the nail tools, the nature and method of conducting that kind of business. To Rent, A handsome two story BRICK HOUSE, and possession given immediately, situated on the South side of James river Canal, near the public tobacco Warehouse and armory. It is well finished and calculated for a Grocery or Tavern, or for bath, having six fire places, with a large kitchen, roomy cellars, smoke house, &c. As the above tenement can be easily divided, I would have no objection to accommodate two good tenants, if required. Likewise, a small BRICK TENEMENT, adjoining, fit for a small family, containing three rooms, and kitchen, yard, &c. Jas. Boulton. Richmond, October 7, 1806. 3w A FRESH SUPPLY OF Church's Cough Drops Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary, New York, and for sale at this office.
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the estate of Samuel Scherer, dec. are requested to bring them forward properly authenticated before the first of November, at which time the administration of the subscriber will be closed, and if application shall not be made by the time above specified, this notice will be considered as a release from the payment of such claims; those indebted must see the necessity of making immediate payment as no further indulgence can be given. George Scherer, Adm'r. October 1st, 1806. 3w TO RENT. THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr. - Possession may be had by the last of this month. Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 31, 1806. tf J. BOULTON, NEXT door to Mr. J. Darnstadt's, has just received from the Isle of Wight, Smithfield, and Southampton, fourteen or fifteen thousand weight of prime Bacon, among which are a great number of salt petred Hams, of the first quality - He has likewise a general assortment of West India produce, Groceries, &c. which he will sell low for cash or country produce. To Mechanics. I wish to sell a very complete set of PATENT TOOLS, for manufacturing cut nails, with all the necessary heading tools and Hammers belonging to the same. Likewise, a complete set of tools for the Brass Foundering Business - containing all kinds of Patterns, Vices, Bellows, Anvil, Hammers, Files, Tongues, &c. besides a large quantity of old Metal. A credit of 6 and 12 months will be given on the above Tools - Bond with good security required. I shall have no objection to show the purchaser of the nail tools, the nature and method of conducting that kind of business. To Rent, A handsome two story BRICK HOUSE, and possession given immediately, situated on the South side of James river Canal, near the public tobacco Warehouse and armory. It is well finished and calculated for a Grocery or Tavern, or for bath, having six fire places, with a large kitchen, roomy cellars, smoke house, &c. As the above tenement can be easily divided, I would have no objection to accommodate two good tenants, if required. Likewise, a small BRICK TENEMENT, adjoining, fit for a small family, containing three rooms, and kitchen, yard, &c. Jas. Boulton. Richmond, October 7, 1806. 3w A FRESH SUPPLY OF Church's Cough Drops Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary, New York, and for sale at this office.
** Gentlemen who hold subscription papers for the new and improved edition of FERGUSON'S LECTURES, (which is nearly through the press) are requested to forward to this office, as early as possible, a list of the names already obtained. The subscription will be kept open till the work is published. October 9. NOTICE. ALL persons having claims against the estate of William Bubank, dec. late of the county of Caroline, are desired to bring them in before the first day of January next ensuing this date, about which time the undersigned intends to close his administration and deliver the estate to the several distributees. This advertisement will be placed in bar of all claims presented after that day. CARTER MOODY, Adm'r. of Wm. Bubank, dec. Caroline county, October 31, 1806. 1*
DESIGN the ensuing year, with the aid of a qualified teacher, to attempt the tuition of 15 Females - Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic will be taught. Strict attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their morals be neglected. The price will be £28 each scholar finding her own bed - 1-6th of the price to be paid in advance. Gerard Banks. Goochland, 27th Sept 1806. tf SAMUEL BAILEY, Offers for sale, at his nursery in New Kent county, near the Cross Roads, a large quantity of grafted Apple Trees, Of choice fruit, at 61 per Tree. He believes they are not excelled, if equalled by any in this state, either in thriftiness or quality, having, at considerable trouble, collected the most approved kinds, agreeable to the following list: Winesap - Bell Rower - Summer Cheese - Winter Cheese - CLOPTON'S Hangar - May Apple - June do - July do - Golden Wilding - Rawls's Jennett - Lowry's Apple - Summer Pearmain - Winter Pearmain - Trueman's ditto - Lightfoot's ditto - Longstem - Sheep Nose - Harvest Apple - Sweet Russett - Long Crab - Red do - Flat do - Nonpareil, &c. &c. October 9, 1806. 4*
Valuable Property for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me, by Peter F. Archer, for the benefit of John G. Jefferson, will be SOLD, for cash, on the premises, in the county of Amelia, on the 24th day of November next, that valuable TRACT OF LAND, called Fox Harbor; containing by estimation about 660 acres, with more than one third uncultivated, a great part of which is prime Tobacco land, laying on both sides of the road which leads from Pideville to Bevil's bridge - Also, the following SLAVES, Simon, Dicy and her three children, Leonard, Sam, John, Phill, Sukey and her three children, Day, Sarina and her two children, Phoebe and her two children, Joe, Tom Big, Tom, Bristol, Murrier and her three children, or so much of the said property as shall be sufficient to satisfy the purpose of the said deed of trust. The sale will continue from day to day till it is completed. A minute description of the many advantages which would attend the purchase of the aforesaid tract of land is thought unnecessary, as it is imagined that those inclined to purchase, will view it and judge for themselves. JOSHUA CHAFFIN, WILLIAM CASSELL, } Trustees. WILLIAM BENTLEY, } October 9th, 1806. tds NOTICE. THE subscriber being about to remove to the western country, hereby gives notice, that he will SELL, at public auction, on Monday the 10th day of November next, at the place of his present residence, in this county, about one hundred barrels of INDIAN CORN, the growth of the present year; three or four hundred bushels of OATS; some WHEAT; FODDER, of several kinds; - about three thousand weight of PORK; stock of CATTLE, SHEEP and HOGS; household and kitchen FURNITURE; plantation TOOLS, and UTENSILS, and various other articles, not deemed necessary to enumerate. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. Robert Terry. Halifax county, October 4th, 1806. 3w 20 DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY on the 27th ult. a negro man named HARRY, about 22 years old, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, dark mulatto, his upper foreteeth are sharp, the side from being decayed, yes between. I do not recollect any other marks by which he can be described, having lately purchased him of Maj. Gideon Hatcher, of Goochland, who raised him - It is probable he is still lurking about that neighborhood, as he has been seen there since his escape, or he may be possibly in the neighborhood of Richmond, where he has been frequently whilst living with Mr. Graham, at his coal pits in Goochland. The above reward will be paid to any person, black or white, who will secure him in jail and give information of the same, and if brought home, all expenses will be paid, in addition to the above reward, by John R. Archer. Amelia, 8th October 1806. tf McCAY and COWAN, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London, a large and fashionable assortment of WATCHES, with a variety of articles of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK - Also, an assortment of WATCH MAKERS' TOOLS and MATERIALS - which with their former stock, renders their assortment very general - all of which they offer at the lowest prices, for cash. Richmond, October 9th, 1806. tf BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to the subscriber, by Richard Johnson, to secure the payment of a debt due by him, to William Brown, & Co. will be SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the front door of Thomas Wells's Tavern, in the town of Milton, on Wednesday the 22d October next, the following property, or so much thereof, as may be sufficient to pay the balance due on the trust - ONE MAN SLAVE, by name Tom, one sorrel Bedford STUD COLT, and one hundred acres of LAND, lying on Buck Island Creek, in Albemarle, being the lower part of the tract, purchased by said Johnson, of Henry Wood. RICHARD ANDERSON, Trustee. Milton, 22d Sept. 1806. tds HE subscribers, Brewers of Portsmouth and Ale, in Philadelphia, desirous of extending the consumption of their liquor in Richmond and the neighboring towns, will afford a complete supply of every article, and all the information necessary for carrying on a Porter Cellar, in the said place, on receiving sufficient security for final payment. Application to be made to them in Philadelphia, or to Messrs. Macmurdo and Fisher. P. Hare & Son, August 3th, 1806. tian.