Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1800-10-31 00:00:00

The VIRGINIA ARGUS.
No. 55 of Vol. VIII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[Whole No. 782]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR.
[FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM—PAID IN ADVANCE]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31st, 1800.
[12 1/2 CENTS SINGLE.]
House to Let.
THE subscribers wish to let a store room, with a lumber room, in their house opposite to Capt. Wm. Richardson's Silver-smith's shop. — For further particulars apply to William McCay, or Joseph Needham. Richmond, Oct. 22, 1800. 3t
One Cent Reward.
WENT away from the subscriber, about the 24th June last, an apprentice to the Taylor's trade, named Hugh Beckham, About twenty years of age. I forewarn any person or persons from harboring or employing him, as they shall be dealt with according to law. Archibald Lang. Manchester, October 22d, 1800. 3t
THE SUBSCRIBER, Has just received a large assortment of GOODS, Suitable for the season;
CONSISTING of Rose and Striped Blankets; Kendal Cottons; Half-Thicks; Kerseys; Yorkshire Cloths; Superfine and Coarse Cloths; Fearnoughts; Coatings and Ticklenburgs; which he will dispose of very low by the BALE or PIECE, on a credit of SIX MONTHS.
ALSO FOR SALE, A few Bales of India Cottons; Twenty-four casks of Broad Hoes; And a few Casks of OLD SHERRY WINE, In Casks of 4 dozen bottles. WILLIAM WISEHAM Richmond, Oct. 13, 1800. (2m)
S. and S. Myers, Have received an Assortment of India and German GOODS, Which they offer for Sale upon moderate terms, at their Store one door below the Eagle Tavern.
—ALSO— Bar Iron, Wine, Sugar, Brandy, Holland Gin in cases, &c. They will give Cash for Tobacco. Richmond, 20th October, 1800. (1x)
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS satisfactory information has been received that some contagious disease exists at Norfolk, which without due precaution may be communicated to other parts of this commonwealth, and it being the duty of the Executive to prevent the spreading of the said disease, by cause the laws made and provided for that purpose to be faithfully executed, I have therefore thought fit with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this Proclamation, inhibiting all vessels coming from the said port of Norfolk up James river, to perform Quarantine at Jordan's Point, and all other vessels coming from said port to any other port within this commonwealth, to perform Quarantine at the places heretofore designated for such ports respectively, for the term of fifteen days, to be computed from the time they severally sailed from the said port of Norfolk. All captains and masters of vessels, sailing from the port of Norfolk, to any other port of this commonwealth, are required to comply with this injunction, otherwise they will expose themselves to the penalties inflicted by the law in case of disobedience. And I do hereby call on the Superintendants of Quarantine at the said several ports, to be vigilant and active in the discharge of their duty, observing that due examination be made of all vessels about to enter their respective ports, to ascertain whether they come, and that they cause those coming from Norfolk to be forthwith confined to the station appointed for the port to which they are bound, and also to see that the quarantine above required be strictly and faithfully performed, in all other respects according to law.
Given under my hand, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this twenty-third day of August (L. S.) gull, one thousand eight hundred, and of the commonwealth the twenty fifth. James Monroe.
Bail & Delivery Bonds For sale at this Printing-Office.
THE subscriber wishes to sell his HOUSE & LOTS,
IN THIS CITY. —ALSO— Eight hundred acres of LAND, within seven miles of the City, extending from James River, at Wellham, to the Three Notch'd Road—about 500 acres of the tract is wood land.—Possession of both places may be had immediately, relieving the privilege of securing and removing the crops at present on the plantation.—For terms apply to John Pendleton. Richmond July 21 1800
THIS DAY IS PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun. THE VIRGINIA ALMANACK, For the Year 1801. The Astronomical part by ISAAC BRIGGS. Adapted to the Latitude of Richmond, Virginia September 13, 1800.
THE SUBSCRIBER, ANXIOUS to discharge every just claim against his proportion of the estate of Robert Bolling, Esq. of Buckingham county, deceased, will SELL upwards of one hundred acres of best James river Low Grounds, in Amherst county, near Lynchburg, and next to the lines of Mr. William Galt, with the adjoining High Lands, and a most valuable Mill Seat, not far from the mouth of Big Stovall's creek. Also, two Tracts in Buckingham county (one of 320, and the other of 290 acres) or prim:
Tobacco Land, On the north branches of Willis's river.—The Amherst land will be shown by my overseer on the premises, and the Buckingham lands by the subscriber, for which one third of the purchase money will be required to hand, and the balance in two annual payments. P. BOLLING. Buckingham county, } 10th July, 1800. } (t. f.)
TO MILLERS. An Excellent Assortment of DUTCH BOLTING CLOTHS, ARE JUST RECEIVED, and for Sale at the Store of the Subscriber. Joseph Darmstadt. January 1, 1800. (4)
To be Sold, A well Finished Three Story HOUSE, With a Kitchen, Stable, Smoke-house, Coach house and Garden—on the main street a few doors below the courthouse, at present occupied by Jacob Abraham.—For further particulars apply to the subscriber. Jacob I. Cohen, On Shockoe Hill, Richmond. Jan. 27, 1800. 1t
DANCING.
Messrs. James & Thomas Warrell, Respectfully inform the Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond and its vicinity, that their Dancing Academy Will be opened on the 5th of November next, at ten o'clock, A. M. and will continue three days in every two weeks, at the yellow building formerly Mr. John Barks's counting house, near Shockoe warehouse, now occupied by the musical society, who have kindly indulged them with the use of it until a permanent situation offers. Messrs. WARRELLS beg leave to assure the public that the attention and assiduity on their part will appear in the rapid progress of those pupils with whom they may be honored. And for the convenience of Gentlemen, An Evening School will be opened, to commence at 6 o'clock of the same day. Terms of tuition 5 dollars entrance, and 10 the quarter—or 3 dollars a month without entrance. October 20th, 1800.
THE public is respectfully informed that the Toll Bridge from this City to Manchester is now in far better order than it has been for some years, and will shortly be still further improved. JOHN MAYO. Richmond, October 18th 1800.
NEW-JERSEY.
The Committee of Essex County to the People.
YELLOW CITIZENS, IF ever any occasion justified public addresses and individual exertions to rouse a nation to a sense of their duty, the present is undoubtedly such an occasion. The election which is shortly to take place, considered in connection with its probable consequences, appears as important and interesting as any event this country has ever experienced. It will fix our national character, determine whether republicanism or aristocracy is to prevail, and perhaps turn the suspended balance in favor of liberty or despotism, throughout the world.
Induced by these considerations thus publicly to claim your attention, we may be expected to give a summary of our political opinions. To this we submit with the greater cheerfulness, because we have been most ungenerously misrepresented by our opponents, and because we hold not a sentiment but which we would not be happy to write with a sunbeam, that all mankind might view and condemn to infamy, if only that one sentiment were inconsistent with justice and the rights of man.
These great principles from which the American revolution originated, which were proclaimed by the declaration of that period, and which are recognized in the constitution of the United States, form the ground on which we have taken our stand. If those astonishing transactions which we have long contemplated with so much satisfaction, were begun in rebellion, carried on in delusion, and terminated in injury to our species, then we are highly culpable. If Washington and his associates of '76 merited the abuse they received and the fate to which the hasty vengeance of tyranny confined them, we deserve the degrading epithets so liberally bestowed upon us, and the punishment which we have already been threatened, for adhering with our whole souls to the principles on which they acted, and for using our utmost efforts to preserve the inestimable purchase of their blood.—But to you we dare appeal for a decision, whether you were ever when you earned the immortal honors in the defence of your dearest rights, and whether the amor patriæ which then sprung every fibre of your hearts, was an infatuation subversive of all order and destructive to society. You turn indignant from the base idea. You feel that you are the natural guardians of your own liberties, and that none but those who with to become tyrants would direct you of that jealousy, without which they can never be preferred.
The establishment of the present constitution we considered as the concluding scene of the political drama, big with happy consequences to the human race, which had been acted on the American theatre. We viewed it as the "bond of fate" for the security of our rights, as the charter for a mighty empire to life, exulting in the rays of liberty, and exhibiting the miracle of a government, organized and administered for the benefit of the people.—As we had scarcely escaped from the iron gripe of despotism; as we had injured those master curfers of our race, monarchy and aristocracy, we fondly hoped we should escape their influence and innumerable miseries, ever generated by their contaminating breath. But our pleasing expectations have been disappointed. The experience of a few short years has convinced us, that there are men among us, whom no tie but interest can bind; who are actuated by an invincible thirst for power; who would prostrate the liberties of their country in "dust and ashes," if they could but snatch a sceptre and reign amidst the ruins. And our misfortune is, that these men, have been trusted, and yet hold some share in the public confidence.
Piling over innumerable appendages of the same system, permit us, Fellow-Citizens, to ask you what is your opinion of the direct and violent attacks upon the constitution, which have issued from the press of Fenno, at the time his paper received the support, and was considered the official organ of government.
Why is it that those who are so loud in their applauses of the present administration, manifest universally an irreconcilable hatred against the sovereignty of the people, under the name of democracy, though this is the first and only principle recognized by the instrument beginning, "We, the people of the United States," &c. What spirit impels them to declare war against the long established emblems of freedom in which they are countenanced by the example of every high authority?
What think ye of the numerous addresses which have been poured in upon the first of the union, with all the false and injurious representations which they contained; of the manner in which they have been courted and received; of the answers containing or applauding threats destructive to
our law, and an attempt to execute which would float our country in blood!
How do you approve a neutrality which has assumed the character of a lion to one of the contending powers, perhaps because it is a republic, and to the other, which is a tyranny, crouches with the mean submission of a spaniel? Does it meet your views of impartiality, that the injuries of France, unjustifiable as they are, should receive a tenfold exaggeration and be blazoned forth with innumerable falsehoods, to drive us into a war of "extermination," while at the same time more intolerable aggressions of Britain are as much as possible concealed from public notice, or unblushingly palliated?
Because the Alien Law, of disgraceful memory, was levelled at unfortunate foreigners, guilty of the same crime of which the fathers of American Independence glory in having been guilty; and because it was promoting the apprehension of Britain, and cutting off the cruelty, was it therefore unintelligible to you? Was it matter of indifference, that a precedent should be established under the fallacious plea of necessity, by which the strong barriers of the Constitution could be broken down; by which the legislative, judicial, and executive powers could be blended to constitute a tremendous tribunal in the breath of a single man?
Does it meet your ideas of equality of rights, of freedom of speech and of the press, that your public servants without any authority, and in defiance of express prohibition, should fortify themselves with exclusive privileges; retire into the dark mysteries of intrigue, and forbid you at your peril to examine into their conduct? Is it any gratification to your feelings that several of your fellow-citizens, for attempting to lift the veil from public measures and giving opinions of their probable tendency, have undergone the ordeal of a federal trial, and are now languishing in prison? And to supply any deficiencies in the legitimate laws of the land, and to answer party purposes, is it your pleasure that the common law of England, Turkey, or any other foreign nation, with all its uncertain and tyrannical decisions, should be forced into operation in the national courts, to the pervertion of justice, and final annihilation of the state government?
Under whose direction did the late secretary of war, in a letter to a militia officer of Virginia, virtually declare at least one half of the people of the United States unworthy of their own defence, and hint that old Tories were worthy the highest confidence? What disposition has led the president to remain silent as death respecting the militia, while he has loudly and repeatedly called for fleets and regular armies? Was it as has been allowed by pretty high authority, to awe the citizens into silence, to crush the spirit of republicanism, to enforce submission to the hateful laws at the point of the bayonet, that the late miserable Adoption of an army was raised?
Are you satisfied that the waste of public money should be such that after indirect taxation has warmed itself in every meal you eat, and every garment you wear; after you have paid a heavy tax on your houses and lands, still five millions must be obtained on loan in one year, and 2 1/2 in another, at 8 per cent. per ann. an interest before unknown! Are you willing that every inch of soil you hold and your posterity to the latest generations, should be pledged and virtually mortgaged for the redemption of these and many other enormous sums, while millions remain unaccounted for, in the hands of public officers, who are thus capacitated to make vast fortunes by those very loans, to amass whole countries of the soldier's hard earnings, and to roll in their gilded coaches among those whom they effect the "swinish multitude," with the insolence of an eastern despot.
Do you remember imaginary plots and conspiracies, which have been conjured into existence, to deceive you, and secure your submission to violent and oppressive measures—and that the authors of these were among the foremost to inflame a breath of power by which the president could "advise and request" a district judge, the creature of his own appointment, and who was caught to look up to him for future favors, to deliver up to the execution of British barbarity, a person under the protection of the law, with the plea of American citizenship in his mouth, and demanding a constitutional trial by jury?
Are you disposed to approve the star-chamber proceedings of a branch of the national legislature, against a printer who was hardly enough to publish some of their secret designs, evidently tending to fix an usurper in the chair of state? Indeed, are you ready to submit the constitution, which many of you have sworn to support, and which you must all feel your interest to preserve inviolate, to the uncertainty of arbitrary construction, which is already introduced, and which, if pursued must inevitably lead to consolidation, monarchy and ruin?
You are now called upon, Fellow-citizens, solemnly to pause and reflect whether such transactions, with so many others of a similar nature, have not taken place within the short time of the present administration;
and whether they are not the necessary consequences of the President's political creed? We shall take leave to transcribe a few passages from a book, written by John Adams, entitled, "A defence, &c." to show his ideas of good government.
Speaking of absolute monarchies he says, "the objections to these governments is not because they are supported by nobles and a subordination of rank. Preface, page 7, Cobbett's edition.
Of the English constitution, he observes—"Not the formation of language, nor the whole art of navigation and ship-building, does more honor to the human understanding, than this system of government." The Americans have not indeed imitated it in giving a negative upon their legislature to the executive power, in this respect their balances are incomplete, very much I confess to my mortification." vol. 1. p. 70.
"So I shall shew in another (place) that a nobility or gentry in a popular government, not overbalancing it, is the very life and soul of it." Ib 164.
"To shew the utility and necessity of different orders of men and an equilibrium of power and privileges." Ib. 177.
"Thank heaven! Americans understand calling conventions; and if the time should come, as very possibly it may, when hereditary descent shall become a less evil than annual fraud and violence, such a convention may prevent the first magistrate from becoming absolute as well as hereditary." vol. 3. p. 253.
After fully appreciating the former services of Mr. Adams and considering the tendency of the above extracts with his declaration, that "republican governments may be interpreted to mean any thing," and viewing the effects of his administration, we hesitate not to ask whether you can consider him as worthy of your confidence, and whether it would not be highly absurd and dangerous again to place him at the helm of state. If he is an honest man, which we have ever tried to believe, he must of course endeavor to bring our system of government as near his ideas of perfection as possible.
A sense of duty would lead him to introduce the distinction of the "well born," the "necessity of different orders of men," exclusive "privileges," and a "nobility" to preserve "the life and soul" of our "popular government." This would soon tend to the condemnation of elections, under the name of "annual fraud and violence;" the calling of a convention of the "gentry;" the establishment of an "hereditary" tyrant and "nobility" with a mock representation to act under their direction, to perform their duodgery and fashion their crimes, truly according to the wonderful and "stupendous" British system.
As to the "English constitution," so highly applauded by Mr. Adams, and which he is so mortified that the Americans have not more closely imitated, we have never seen it, neither do we believe there is any in existence. Their best law-writers say "their kings, lords, and commons, are omnipotent, & that their king can do no wrong," which observations amount to as complete a definition of unlimited tyranny as any thing we can conceive. But on turning our attention to that government, in its operations we are at a loss for its true character. We know that monarchy and aristocracy, instead of "checking and balancing" each other, have engaged the whole authority, and united to oppress, enslave and destroy the people. They have proceeded with funding systems and loans, till there is not cash enough in the world to extinguish their debt. They have governed by mobs and false alarms, by sedition laws and standing armies, till the national spirit has sunk into the meanness of slavery. They have plunged into ruinous wars, and carried destruction over half the globe, to prevent their miserable subjects from assuming their natural rights. Even at this day, while their prime minister, besides imposing taxes which would take a volume to enumerate, is contracting a loan for upwards of ninety millions of dollars, to carry on the work of slaughter; while he is destroying the manufactures to recruit the army; while prebends are continually patrolling the streets; while the princes, and well born, the nobility and clergy, are rioting in immense revenues, extorted from the hard earnings of the industrious poor, these injured and infinite losses of labor, are reduced by knavery and famine, to the necessity of subsisting on chateaus, supplied by the charity of their oppressors!
These, fellow citizens, are a few of the blessed effects of that government which is represented as the standard of perfection, and which you are destined for no more exactly imitating. If there can be any thing more astonishing than that a man who held such doctrines, should ever enjoy ussage, it is, that the present administration has preferred so much appearance republicanism, and has not bent more all British example. From this disagreeable view permit me to turn your attention to the author of the

rights have opened the way to an early and triumphant deliverance; indeed, such a crisis has arrived that a single neglected moment may be fraught with inexpressible misery and disgrace or one great effort will seal your political salvation, and entitle you to the thanks of the whole human race. But if it be possible to so far forget yourselves as to let this precious season: if you can form the resolution of heaven which evidently points out the road to safety, you may expect to feel the heavy consequences of your errors, when your case is desperate. And you will pardon me if we tell you, what you will acknowledge, that you will richly deserve to experience the retributive opera-
tion of that violent system which has received a partial and momentary suspension to deceive you; to bear all the insolence and intolerable calamities of despotism, and even to suffer the weighty vengeance of those whose tender mercies are cruelty. But it is unfair for an instant to suppose you capable of committing political suicide: that you are unable to reject the language of nature, while your offspring looks up to you with inexpressible eloquence and demand the legacy of uncorrupted freedom, or that you can forget your sacred honor which is pledged for the preservation of your rights. That spirit which compelled you to resist and triumph over the British tyrant yet remains, and is equally ready to clip the aspiring wing of any domineering usurper. You will act like yourselves, firm, temperate, and magnanimous. Though you have been lulled into a dangerous lethargy—though attempts have been made fatally to deceive you—though you have been led in the unspotted honesty of your hearts to the verge of ruin, yet you will retrieve your wavering character; you will take your safety into your own hands; you will rise in your majesty and speak with that dignity which shall command respect. You will carry confusion into the camp of your oppressors, while they will shrink back into their native insignificance and acknowledge with consternation, the SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
FOREIGN NEWS
LONDON, September 1.
KLEBER.
Liberty. Equality. "FRENCH REPUBLIC." "Head-quarters at Cairo, 1st Messidor, 8th year of the French republic, one and indivisible." Menou, commander in chief, to Sir Sidney Smith, commanding his Britannic majesty's ship the Tiger. "I have received, Sir, the letter which you have done me the honor to write from on board the Tiger, off Rhodes, on the 9th June. As the execrable murder committed upon the commander in chief Kleber, has deprived the French army of their leader, I have undertaken to command them. As your allies, the Turks, could not conquer the French at El-Arish, they made use of daggers—which dastards alone employ to be revenged. A Janissary, sent from Gaza 42 days ago, has been chosen to perpetrate this horrid act. The French wish to believe that the mufselem alone are guilty. The murder shall be known to all nations, who all have the same interest to revenge it. The conduct which you, Sir, have yourself observed respecting the convention concluded at El-Arish, plainly shows how I must act. You demanded the ratification of your court, and I too must likewise demand that of the consuls, who now govern the French republic, for the treaty that may be concluded between the army under my command, the English and their allies. It is now the only legal and authentic method to be adopted in negotiation. I, too, detest the horrors of war, like you Sir, and wish to see an end to the misery it occasions. But I will in no respect act any way contrary to the honor of the French republic and her armies. I am perfectly convinced that you entertain the same sentiments of good faith, honor and morality, which ought to characterize treaties concluded between nations. The French republicans are strangers to those stratagems of war, of which Mr. Morris's papers make mention. They know no other rule of conduct, but courage in battle, generosity after victory, and the strict observance of treaties. One hundred and fifty Englishmen are prisoners of war here. Had I only listened to republican generosity, I would have sent them back, without considering them as prisoners, for they have been taken on the coast of Egypt, and without arms, and I am convinced the consuls would have approved of my conduct. But your allies, the Turks, detain the citizen and chief of brigade Baudot, adjutant of general Kleber, though his person ought to have been sacred, even to barbarians, for he went on a parley. I have thus been forced against my will and inclination to use reprisals against your countrymen; but they shall be released the moment citizen Baudot reaches Damietta. He shall there be exchanged for Moshapha Pacha and other Turkish commissaries. If, as I make no doubt, you possess influence with your allies, this affair will soon be settled. Your honor is interested in it, and it concerns 150 of your countrymen. I have the honor to repeat to you, Sir, that with an enthusiasm I shall see terminate a war which has so long disturbed the whole world. It behoves the French and English nations to esteem, and not to destroy each other; but if they treat together, it must be on conditions equally honorable to both, and equally conducive to their respective welfare. Please to accept, Sir, of the most sincere assurances of my esteem and respect. I have the honor to be, &c. (Signed) ABDUL BAY, J. MENOU."
Letter from Sir Sidney Smith to general Menou, commander in chief of the French army in Egypt, dated Joppa, June 22, 1800. GENERAL. "I received this evening the letter dated the 20th June, which you have done me the honor to write me. At the moment at which I expected to see general Kleber under the most fortunate and favorable auspices, I learn with the highest chagrin, and with the greatest grief, his tragical death. I immediately communicated to the grand vizier and the Ottoman ministers, in the terms in which you communicated to me this melancholy event, and nothing but the certainty and the details with which you gave me this intelligence, could have induced their excellencies to believe it. The grand vizier formerly and officially declared to me, that he had not the least knowledge of those who committed this assassination, and I am very sure that his declaration is true and sincere, and without entering into the details of this melancholy event, which gives me inexpressible uneasiness, I shall content myself with replying to the articles of your letter which treat of our affairs. If the grand vizier has retained in his camp the aid de camp Baudot, who was sent to him at Jephil il Illam, it is because his excellency did not think it right to suffer any person to depart from his camp at the moment when he saw himself surrounded by his enemies. Baudot was detained at Jephil il Illam, as the Turkish officers, detained to serve as hostages reciprocally with him, were detained at Cairo. This aid de camp has been sent to the Ottoman fleet, to be exchanged as you desired, and in the mean time, his excellency the captain Pacha having arrived here, his absence from the fleet has caused the desired exchange to be put off. When his excellency shall have returned to his fleet, as the aid de camp Baudot is before Alexandria, the business of the exchange may be concluded if you think proper. But I do not see why you should make it to depend upon an affair which only concerns you and the Porte, the setting at liberty 150 English, who were shipwrecked at Cape Breton. I expect from your good faith, and from your justice, that according to the regulations agreed upon between our nations, for the reciprocal exchange of our prisoners, which we are authorized to carry into effect, you will permit the return of captain Baudot, his officers, and crew. The promises which you make me in the hope of reciprocal ones being made by me, cannot be applied to this circumstance and I think it superfluous to offer you in return the promise of my good offices in favor of a person who finds himself in a disagreeable situation which I myself have experienced. I am persuaded that the grand vizier will give the stamp of his generous and high approbation to all the honorable proceedings we may have one with another. The stratagems of war are unknown both to you and to us; and besides that, I shall continue to comport myself towards you with the same frankness, and the same good faith that I have hitherto done. I shall earnestly employ all my efforts to prevent any person with whom I have any influence, from holding a conduct contrary to these principles. Be persuaded that the hostile dispositions which have been announced by the first opposition to the execution of the treaty, and which has acquired both extent and publicity, may be done away by the means which the present circumstances will furnish to the two parties of corresponding and mutually understanding each other, and that in the end we shall be united by the bonds of a sincere friendship. In the mean time we shall carry on war with the means which we have hitherto employed against you, and with those farther ones which we can procure, and we shall endeavor to render ourselves worthy of the esteem of your brave troops. The hostilities which you have committed without waiting for the reply of lord Keith, who was not acquainted with the convention for the evacuation of Egypt, has served as the rule of our conduct. I had only asked of my court its ratification. I had only endeavored to obviate some unforeseen difficulties which opposed themselves to the return of the French into their country. General Kleber, in the last preliminaries which were stopped, not having made it understood that the treaty which was to follow would require the ratification of the consuls who now govern France; this condition which you put into your preliminaries, appears to be a refusal to evacuate Egypt, and the grand vizier has charged me to demand from you on this subject, a clear and precise answer. You desire as well as me the termination of the calamities of war which devastate the whole universe. It is in your power to remove one of the obstacles which oppose the conclusion of peace, by evacuating Egypt on the conditions agreed upon by gen. Kleber; if you refuse this, we will employ all our means, and all those of our allies, to oblige you to some conditions which may not be so advantageous for you. I cannot disguise to you how much the discharge of this duty will cost me, but the evacuation of Egypt being a point so interesting to the good of humanity, the way of conferences and correspondence for making the necessary dispositions for this purpose, is always open. As the admiral, under whose orders I act, is at a considerable distance from me, I am authorized to subscribe to such arrangements as circumstances may require, and though under the present circumstances I am not in the situation of making any new proposition, yet I am ready to listen to any which you may be disposed to make to me; and I can officially assure you that I will use every means in my power to oppose every inconsiderable step, and every vexatious opposition, from whatever quarter it may proceed."
the 20th June, which you have done me the honor to write me. At the moment at which I expected to see general Kleber under the most fortunate and favorable auspices, I learn with the highest chagrin, and with the greatest grief, his tragical death. I immediately communicated to the grand vizier and the Ottoman ministers, in the terms in which you communicated to me this melancholy event, and nothing but the certainty and the details with which you gave me this intelligence, could have induced their excellencies to believe it. The grand vizier formerly and officially declared to me, that he had not the least knowledge of those who committed this assassination, and I am very sure that his declaration is true and sincere, and without entering into the details of this melancholy event, which gives me inexpressible uneasiness, I shall content myself with replying to the articles of your letter which treat of our affairs. If the grand vizier has retained in his camp the aid de camp Baudot, who was sent to him at Jephil il Illam, it is because his excellency did not think it right to suffer any person to depart from his camp at the moment when he saw himself surrounded by his enemies. Baudot was detained at Jephil il Illam, as the Turkish officers, detained to serve as hostages reciprocally with him, were detained at Cairo. This aid de camp has been sent to the Ottoman fleet, to be exchanged as you desired, and in the mean time, his excellency the captain Pacha having arrived here, his absence from the fleet has caused the desired exchange to be put off. When his excellency shall have returned to his fleet, as the aid de camp Baudot is before Alexandria, the business of the exchange may be concluded if you think proper. But I do not see why you should make it to depend upon an affair which only concerns you and the Porte, the setting at liberty 150 English, who were shipwrecked at Cape Breton. I expect from your good faith, and from your justice, that according to the regulations agreed upon between our nations, for the reciprocal exchange of our prisoners, which we are authorized to carry into effect, you will permit the return of captain Baudot, his officers, and crew. The promises which you make me in the hope of reciprocal ones being made by me, cannot be applied to this circumstance and I think it superfluous to offer you in return the promise of my good offices in favor of a person who finds himself in a disagreeable situation which I myself have experienced. I am persuaded that the grand vizier will give the stamp of his generous and high approbation to all the honorable proceedings we may have one with another. The stratagems of war are unknown both to you and to us; and besides that, I shall continue to comport myself towards you with the same frankness, and the same good faith that I have hitherto done. I shall earnestly employ all my efforts to prevent any person with whom I have any influence, from holding a conduct contrary to these principles. Be persuaded that the hostile dispositions which have been announced by the first opposition to the execution of the treaty, and which has acquired both extent and publicity, may be done away by the means which the present circumstances will furnish to the two parties of corresponding and mutually understanding each other, and that in the end we shall be united by the bonds of a sincere friendship. In the mean time we shall carry on war with the means which we have hitherto employed against you, and with those farther ones which we can procure, and we shall endeavor to render ourselves worthy of the esteem of your brave troops. The hostilities which you have committed without waiting for the reply of lord Keith, who was not acquainted with the convention for the evacuation of Egypt, has served as the rule of our conduct. I had only asked of my court its ratification. I had only endeavored to obviate some unforeseen difficulties which opposed themselves to the return of the French into their country. General Kleber, in the last preliminaries which were stopped, not having made it understood that the treaty which was to follow would require the ratification of the consuls who now govern France; this condition which you put into your preliminaries, appears to be a refusal to evacuate Egypt, and the grand vizier has charged me to demand from you on this subject, a clear and precise answer. You desire as well as me the termination of the calamities of war which devastate the whole universe. It is in your power to remove one of the obstacles which oppose the conclusion of peace, by evacuating Egypt on the conditions agreed upon by gen. Kleber; if you refuse this, we will employ all our means, and all those of our allies, to oblige you to some conditions which may not be so advantageous for you. I cannot disguise to you how much the discharge of this duty will cost me, but the evacuation of Egypt being a point so interesting to the good of humanity, the way of conferences and correspondence for making the necessary dispositions for this purpose, is always open. As the admiral, under whose orders I act, is at a considerable distance from me, I am authorized to subscribe to such arrangements as circumstances may require, and though under the present circumstances I am not in the situation of making any new proposition, yet I am ready to listen to any which you may be disposed to make to me; and I can officially assure you that I will use every means in my power to oppose every inconsiderable step, and every vexatious opposition, from whatever quarter it may proceed."
I will strictly perform the precise instructions of my court: I know its principles are founded on the most exact equity and justice. My conduct shall strictly conform to these principles, and all my efforts shall be employed in performing my duty, and promoting its interests. As it is not yet certain to what part I am going, I must beg you to send your answer by two couriers, one to Alexandria, and the other to Jaffa, at the camp of the Grand Vizier." Extract of a letter from Constantinople, dated July 28. "A few days ago fresh intelligence reached us from Egypt. General Kleber has been murdered, and general Menou has succeeded him in his command. It is reported that a Janissary, under the pretence of delivering a petition to Kleber, stabbed him. General Menou in a letter which he wrote to Sir Sidney Smith, says, that the assassin had been purposely sent from Gaza to commit the murder. But there are sufficient reasons to believe the contrary; and Menou himself is accused of having hired the murderer, an Egyptian in disguise, who was cut in pieces immediately after the assassination. Other reports say, that the murderer was probably actuated by private revenge, as the French had committed unheard of cruelties, especially at Boulac, a suburb of Cairo, where they spared neither women nor children. What occasions the suspicions against general Menou are his Jacobinical principles and his having been at the head of that French party in Egypt, which was always against the evacuation of that country. General Kleber who was as much beloved by the other party as they hate his successor, is generally regretted here; and his death is the more unwelcome to the Porte as he was on the eve of adopting the capitulation of El-Arish for the evacuation of Egypt. Menou immediately broke off these negotiations, declaring that he first required the consent of his government. The Porte will now take up arms again, and the grand vizier and captain pacha are conjointly to decide the fate of Egypt by the sword. The former is said to have completed his army, and will have a reinforcement of 45,000 fresh troops under the pacha of Maden. The captain Pacha has likewise a strong corps of Albanese on board his fleet, and the attack will be made in various points. When the last letters left Gaza, the captain pacha had sailed thence with his fleet. Tchelebi Effendi, late paymaster of the army of Egypt, has been appointed minister for foreign affairs. He is a man of great talents and influence, and highly esteemed by the grand Signior."
Inundation in China.
The late overland dispatch brought recent accounts from Canton, stating that an uncommon succession of rain had laid entire districts in China under water. The great river Hoambo had been swollen to such excess, as totally to wash from its banks many of the villages which adorned them, and inundate all the adjacent country. Such of the inhabitants as escaped this awful visitation, had fled with the remains of their property to the hills. The beautiful and level plains, which lately exhibited all the rich variety of cultivation, were, at the date of these accounts, covered with boats employed in collecting the wreck of the country floating on the waters. Lord St. Vincent has moored his vessels in such a manner, that whilst the season will admit of his retaining his situation, it is impossible that a vessel of any description can either leave or enter Brest. Our tars were in high spirits at the prospect of more active service.
September 9.
The following is the price of the French funds during the three first days of the present month:—
Table with 3 columns: Tiers Consolidé, Rente Provisionaire. Rows for Sept. 1, 2, 3 with values 32:88, 31:88, 31:50 and 18:13, 17:13, 17:0.
HAGUE, August 20.
The projects of the English are no longer doubtful. They wish to establish themselves in Zealand, of which they wish to take possession in the name of the stadholder. He has there a great number of partizans. Masters of Zealand, they could unceasingly harass the other parts of the Batavian Republic, as well as the low countries, and would oblige the French and Batavians to keep constantly in them a great number of troops.
BOURDEAUX, August 20.
General Alexander Berthier passed our walls on the day before yesterday, travelling post to Berlin with six horses, on his road to Spain. He stopped no longer than was necessary for him to change horses, and appears to be very anxious to get to Madrid, where it is said, he has a mission of importance to fulfil.
NEW-YORK, October 21.
Respecting CURRACOA.
Capt. Peck, of the Huron, arrived here on Saturday from St. Kitts, informs, that in consequence of news they had received from Curracoa, the United States ships Patapsco and Merrimack, failed from St. Kitts for Curracoa, three days before he left that port, which was on the 3d inst.
The following articles are from Jamaica Newspapers, received by the editor of this Gazette. Jamaica, September 18. The American ship Eagle, from New-York, bound to Curracoa, detained by his Majesty's ship Nereide, arrived on Tuesday evening. We understand that information is received by an officer of his Majesty's ship Nereide, sent on purpose, that the marines from that vessel had landed on the island of Curracoa, and had taken possession of two very strong places, which were surrendered to them without the least resistance. September 19. In our paper of yesterday, we mentioned that information had been received of the marines from the Nereide, having taken possession of two places in Curracoa, we have since been able to learn the cause of it. Some time ago, about 30 small vessels, having French troops on board, arrived at that island from Guadalupe, to assist the banditti that had rebelled against their masters; those planters whose slaves had remained faithful to them, and who were afraid of an attack from the insurgents, requested, as we are informed, that two parties, well fortified, but which they could not protect, should be taken possession of by the English marines, on board the Nereide, then cruising off the coast, which request the captain humanely consented to, to protect them from the inroads of their barbarous enemy. The American ship Eagle sent in here by the Nereide, has, we understand, on board several thousand stand of arms and a vast quantity of gunpowder, which it is affirmed, she was carrying to supply the rebels with. We understand that in consequence of advices received from Curracoa, his Majesty's ships Melanager, La Legere, and another frigate failed this morning for that island with all the marines belonging to the fleet.
PHILADELPHIA, October 20.
Pennsylvania, IN THE NAME, And by the Authority of the Commonwealth, BY THOMAS MIKEAN, GOVERNOR of the said Commonwealth.
A PROCLAMATION:
WHEREAS it is declared by the Constitution of the United States, that for the purpose of electing a President and Vice-President, Each state shall appoint in such a manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of Electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives, to which the State may be entitled in Congress; AND WHEREAS, the Legislature of Pennsylvania has enacted to direct the manner in which the State shall appoint the Electors of President and Vice-President, to be chosen at the next ensuing election for that purpose to be held; and the ordinary period prescribed by the Constitution of this Commonwealth, for the annual Session of the General Assembly, will not arrive, until the said next ensuing Election of a President and Vice-President has been held and completed, conformably to the Constitution and Laws of the United States; AND WHEREAS it is incumbent on the Executive Magistrate of this Commonwealth, as far as his power and jurisdiction extend, to take care that the Laws be faithfully executed; and, more especially, that the Constitution of the United States, as well as of the State (the supreme laws of the land) be preserved entire and operative in all the provisions thereof; NOW, actuated by motives of official duty, impressed with a just sense of the importance of the object, and desirous to avoid, on my part, every cause of reproach and responsibility, I have deemed it expedient to convene the General Assembly, TO THE INTENT, that, on this extraordinary occasion, the Legislature may possess an opportunity of fulfilling its Federal obligations, the State may enjoy its legitimate influence in the Councils of the Union, and the National Government may derive energy and stability from a regular organization of its departments. THEREFORE, and by virtue of the authority to me in such case given, in and by the Constitution of the Commonwealth, I have issued this Proclamation, HEREBY commanding the General Assembly to hold a Session on Wednesday the Fifth Day of November next at the Court House in the Borough of Lancaster; And, of which time and place of convening, all persons therein concerned are required to take notice.
GIVEN under my hand, & the Great Seal of the State, at Lancaster, the eighteenth day of October, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and of the Commonwealth the twenty fifth. By the Governor. A. J. DALLAS, Secretary of the Commonwealth. October 21.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON has been some time occupied in writing another Vindication of himself, contra JOHN ADAMS. It is already printed at New York. 200 copies only, he has taken with him for distribution, on a trip which he is now about to take; the remaining copies are not to be circulated until the production shall have undergone the investigation of a Pickeringian caucus. We expect to be able soon to exhibit this secret curiosity pro bono publico! (Aurora.)

October 22. WILLIAM CORBETT has issued proposals for continuing in London the publication of Porcupine's Gazette. (Phil. Gas.) October 23. Extract of a letter from a Gentleman at Fort Wilkinson on the Oconee, Georgia, to his Correspondent in this City, dated September 27, 1800. "All appearances of hostilities with the Indians are at an end. The Indians are coming in as usual to trade with us. I asked some of them what had become of Bowles, they answered, 'he is gone off; the Indians all fall out with him, he tell them big lie, they find him out; but Colonel Hawkins tell them true, they like him.' The Indians have lately committed some depredations on the Spaniards, two persons of that nation have been killed."
The arrival of the Cartel ship Benjamin Franklin, in 47 days from Bordeaux. By this vessel there are dispatches from our Envoys, for the President of the United States. We have been favored with the perusal of some private letters from Joel Barlow, and an American official character at Paris, from which we learn the following particulars. That the negotiations which had been suspended, through no misunderstanding but merely the circumstances of the government, being engaged solely in pursuits which required an united and concentrated direction of its energies—had been renewed, and a liberal spirit appeared to animate the negotiations on both sides. From the nature of the discussions which have been voluminous, it was not expected that the whole business of the mission could possibly be concluded during the present winter. Overtures were made therefore for such intermediate arrangements, as should put an end to the present injurious state of things between the two countries, to renew the commercial intercourse, and to put a fatal stop to every thing tending to warfare. The Americans in France are treated on the old footing of friendship and partiality, and it appears to be a sentiment adopted by the Government of France that no step ought to be taken at the present season, which might subject the American republic to the hostile jealousy or depredations of any other power, under the pretence of the stipulations of a treaty. Generals La Fayette and Kosciusko were both at Paris, and attended at a public entertainment on the 4th July, commemorative of American Independence. There were present the American Envoys and four of the former French Ministers to this country, of whom Barbe Marbois, and Lafare, are the only names we recollect. Mr. Fenwick, several years our Consul at Bordeaux, and who has heretofore experienced so much federal calumny for his adherence to the republican cause, arrived in this vessel. We have received the Gazette of France, and some other French papers down to a late date. Actual information of moment they contain little which we have not before had through the medium of English and German prints. And as to the views or projects of the government, it would be a want of judgment to expect to find them in the Journals, where the liberty of the Press has no true existence. The speculations and conjectures of the Journals, however, give some idea of the temper and turn of mind of the speculative politicians, on which account we shall give such articles as may be likely to afford matter of reflection, though certainly it would be absurd to calculate upon the projects and views of Buonaparte. His plans are seldom to be approached before the moment, when like thunder, they unfold themselves. An army forming at Amiens, is said to be intended to invade England or Ireland. It is one reason with us for doubting the intention alleged, that it has been so declared. The position of the army is favorable to guard against any of those hostile expeditions which have been lately fitted out in England. Whole object also has been to confound and amuse John Bull only, or a battle of military movements and the shew of power, and thereby turn the English mind from the disastrous state in which that country is placed by the successes of the French in Germany, and the dangers which menace its navy, and its commercial and financial resources, by the northern combination and the menaced invasion of Portugal. This army at Amiens, one of the letters of an American in Paris says, will be a powerful auxiliary as to the force, and a school of discipline for the armies on the Lower Rhine and Danube, should the emperor continue to reject the only opportunity for his salvation. Some of the American diplomatic corps had gone to Switzerland, no doubt on a party of pleasure—for it cannot be to negotiate a treaty;—perhaps to make an index for the recent revolution of the power in that ancient republic. A change had taken place in the Supreme Tribunal, before which cases of naval capture are to be decided at Paris. The former President of the Tribunal, was a man of tardy and timid habits. He is succeeded by Berlier, a man of much energy, and who was a member of the committee of Public Safety after the fall of Robespierre. He is an ardent advocate for the freedom of the seas. Yesterday arrived at Fort Mifflin, the three masted schooner La Dianna, Mr.
Calwell, (prize master) prize to the United States Schooner Experiment, capt. Stewart, taken the 1st October, laden with sugar, coffee and cotton, and carried into St. Kitts, which place she left the 5th inst. General Rigaud was on board at the time of capture—he was lodged in charge of Commodore Truxton, at St. Kitts. WILMINGTON, October 25. Republicanism Triumphant! In Alleghany county, where at the last year's election there was a majority of eleven hundred votes for the Federal Ticket—the Republicans have this year carried every candidate, from the Congress-man to the Coroner, by a majority of not less than nine hundred. Albert Gallatin is consequently re-elected.
BALTIMORE, October 23. The United States frigate President, capt. Truxton, has recaptured an English merchantman, with a valuable cargo, and sent her into St. Kitts. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in this city, received by the ship Two Friends, arrived at New-York, dated Sept. 2, 1800. "Negotiations are certainly going forward for a treaty between this country and France—little doubt is entertained, but that it will eventually take place." October 24. Letters from Jersey say, that federalism has triumphed in that state in the late election. It is said their next legislature will be more federal than ever it was. CHARLESTON, October 15. On Monday last the Poll was opened in this city, for the election of a Representative in the Congress of the United States, and a Senator and fifteen Representatives in the Legislature of this state. It closed yesterday at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. General C. C. Pinckney was the candidate supported by the Federalists, the only true republicans and lovers of their country and its constitution. He was successful, and had a majority of 269 as a Senator. The candidate set up by the opposition, was Col. Wm. Lee, a worthy respectable and good citizen. At the close of the poll, the total number of voters were 1010, of which there were for, Gen. C. C. Pinckney—613 Col. Wm. Lee—387 Majority, 230 The votes for a Representative to Congress and for members of the house of Representatives have not yet been counted over. Mr. Thomas Lowndes, the candidate for congress, will, without doubt, be unanimously elected; and enter as honorably into public life, as ever so young a man did. There can be no doubt also, of the Federalist list for Representatives having a handsome majority.
PETERSBURG, October 28. Extract of a letter from a respectable mercantile house in Bourdeaux, to a gentleman in this town, dated August 27, 1800. "Although the negotiations of the American Envoys at Paris have been prolonged beyond our expectations, yet, from the latest and best information, we are led to hope, that they will be terminated shortly, by an amicable arrangement, and the re-establishment of a direct intercourse between the two countries." THE VIRGINIA ARGUS. RICHMOND: Friday, October 31, 1800. Extract from the Records of the Treasury, as published by Albert Gallatin, esq. "Increase of public debt from the 1st day of January, 1800, nine millions, four hundred and fifty-two thousand, two hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-eight cents." THIS enormous sum in Spanish dollars would load two hundred ninety-five wagons, carrying each one ton weight. The annual augmentation of the debt, since the year 1790, to the beginning of this year, will yearly load twenty-nine wagons with silver at a ton weight per load. Is this the prosperity which has been wrung in our ears from New-Hampshire to Georgia? Is this the result of that wise administration, which has been trumpeted about from almost every pulpit in New-England? Is this additional load to the public debt, the fruit of what has been arrogantly styled a neutral position? Where are the members of congress who in their farewell addresses extolled the purity and ability of the present administration! Are these yokos about our necks some of the good crops, in the metaphor of Robert G. Harper! where he says, 'if you had an overseer, who for 10 years together, had made good crops, and kept your plantation in excellent order, would you turn
him out? who drops a few dollars, and the country are held to pay, may afford very good pickings for overseers; but a continuation of them will soon drain the land of every thing valuable, and bankrupt the owners.' Mr. Harper again says, 'we know the present administration by the success of their actions.' Do, my fellow citizens, for a moment, let us search for this success. Is it in taxing every article that a man eats, drinks, or wears, of foreign growth or manufacture, at an average rate of twenty per cent ad valorem? Is it to be found in borrowing money at 8 per cent per annum? Is it in a ramp tax, in a land tax, or in a house tax? Shall we seek for it in the management of our exterior relations? Is it in the indiscriminate capture of our vessels by the British? Is it in the prostration of our independence and character at the court of St. James, by Mr. King and Mr. Sitgreaves? Or, is it to be found in the dispatches of our envoys at Paris? Where is the character of John Chew Thomas, a member of congress from Maryland, who told his constituents last May, that the public debt of the United States 'had diminished,' and amounted only to 'a bout seventy millions of dollars,' when the true account of the present debt is proved beyond all controversy, on the 1st of January, 1800, to amount to 79,203,631 dollars, 15 cents. What becomes of the veracity or political honor of Mr. Sedgwick, who informed his constituents last June, that the public debt had decreased four millions of dollars? Is it not astonishing that the public agents in their speeches affect to regard the opinions and feelings of their constituents, and in their public statements treat them as men destitute of eyes and ears!!! Can these men in any view of the case be entitled to further confidence from a people they have so grossly deceived? Have the administration conducted like overseers; or, rather have they not gone on like proprietors of the treasury? and are they not now pledging the country, for the payment of navy yard, and any other project that will either corrupt the people or make friends. (Bost. pap.) On Saturday, 4th October, a violent storm did much damage at Charleston, S.C. Twelve or 14 small crafts, lying at the wharves, were sunk. Wharves were torn up, several houses blown down, unroofed, &c. And we are sorry to add, that a Mrs. Christburg was killed in her bed by the fall of her house; and Mr. Christburg, and one of his children, severely wounded. Dr. Buist, a worthy republican and John Codman, an Anglo-Federalist, are nominated at Boston by the republican parties to supply the place of Harrison G. Otis resigned.
From a New-York paper. Extract from Van Brumm's account of the Dutch Embassy to China. In 1794 and '95. "During our stay this morning in the village of Pan-koun, I had an opportunity of seeing a tinker execute what I believe is unknown in Europe, he mended and soldered frying pans of cast iron that were cracked & full of holes, and restored them to their primitive state, so that they became as serviceable as ever. He even took to little pains to effect this and succeeded so neatly, as to excite my admiration. It must indeed appear impossible to any who has not been witness to the process. All the apparatus of the workman consists in a little box fifteen inches long and six wide, and eighteen inches in depth, divided in two parts. The upper contains three drawers with the necessary ingredients; in the lower is a bellows, which, when a fire is wanted, is adapted to a furnace eight inches long and four inches wide. The crucibles for melting the small pieces of iron intended to serve as solder, are a little larger than the bowl of a common tobacco pipe, and of the same earth of which they are made in Europe; thus the whole business of soldering is executed. The workman receives the melted metal, or out of the crucible upon a piece of wet paper, approaches it to one of the holes or cracks in the frying pan, and applies it there, while his assistant smokes it over by blowing the surface, and afterwards rubs it with a bit of wet linen. The number of crucibles which have been deemed necessary are thus successively emptied in order to stop up all the holes with the molten iron, which consolidates and incorporates itself with the broken utensil, and which becomes as good as new. The furnace which I saw was calculated to contain eight crucibles at a time; and while the fusion was going on, was covered with a stone by way of increasing the intensity of the heat. [If from this hint cracked pots & kettles can be repaired, the manufacturers of pot ash will be greatly benefited by this communication.] The Board of Health of Philadelphia have passed resolutions annulling the restrictions laid on the intercourse between that city and those of Baltimore, Norfolk and Providence, R. I. From a late experiment it has been ascertained that if an animal be opened and a living frog exposed in it, the animal will die in less than 4 or 5 minutes though it has not been cut by the acts. This is attributed to a froggy poisonous vapour that exhalates from these little insects, and which when collected in sufficient quantity for analysis, appears to be in a high degree caustic. A man, passionately fond of wrestling, could not, however, succeed in that exercise at the public games but, was overcome, disgraced and thrown. After some time, he took it into his head to study and practice physics. Being asked his motive for choosing that profession, he answered, "I am determined to bring them to the ground one way or the other."
HESSIAN FLY Seriously alarming! Extract of a letter from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, October 18. "We are very much alarmed for our growing crop of wheat, from the Hessian Fly having appeared in a most extraordinary degree amongst what has been early sown. One of my neighbours is ploughing up what he had put in, as it was so much damaged to produce any thing, and means to sow it again. The dread of this evil induces me to sow so late that I cannot yet tell the size of mine; a quantity having sprung up early in my Robble field, I have carefully examined it, and find almost every stalk infected with the Fly. I with my brother farmers would immediately examine their wheat, as it is not yet too late to do it anew, if what they have already sown appears to be destroyed. One of the best crops I ever had, was sown in November. I have seen a strip of rye round my field and a strip across it, which some persons think will prevent the maw, to which the late sowings are exposed; I think the experiment worth trying, and there is a probability of its being successful. It may be of use to give this notice immediate and general circulation." Singular Advertisement, from a New-York paper. Whereas my husband John Charles Lutgert, a dirty Dutchman, between five and six feet high, has a round face, snub nose, large mouth and teeth, squint eyed & marked with the small pox—in addition to this, he has long small legs, knock kneed, hump'd back, eat hand, and a fool—did about the first of June last forsake me, and absent himself in a clandestine manner from my board without my approbation or any known cause or provocation on my part. Now know ye, that I do in consequence of all above mentioned, disown and reject him from this time, forever—and I do furthermore request, that no one will use the least influence in their power to return him to me again, as I am resolved to adhere strictly to this resolution; for by his absence, I am relieved from a detested nuisance. Now know ye moreover, that I do by these presents grant unto the said Lutgert, free and uninterrupted ingress and egress into any part of the world, my bed only excepted. POLLY LUTGERT. [In the name of wonder, Madam, how came you to marry such a hideous ugly dog as you have described?]
To be sold, for ready money, On Friday, the 14th day of November next, if fair, if not the next fair day, PART OF A Tract of Land, Lying in Louisa County, known by the name of BOSWELL'S ORDINARY, to include the improvements, and to contain two hundred and ninety three acres; designated by bounds to be made known at the day of sale; according to the last will and testament of Col. John Boswell, deceased. RICHARD C. JOHNSON, Exor of THOMAS JOHNSON MINOR, the only Executor of Col. JOHN BOSWELL, dec.
Slaves for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust made to us by William Cannon of the county of Buckingham, to secure to Cunningham and Guerrant, of New-Canton, the payment of a certain sum of money therein mentioned, we shall SELL, to the highest bidder, for Cash, in the town of New-Canton, on Tuesday the second day of December next, eight valuable VIRGINIA-BORN SLAVES, to wit; Charles, Frank, John, Major, Lewis, Kit, Lucy and Charity. Wm. Anderson, } Trustees Daniel Bagby, } Oct. 27, 1800. I OFFER FOR SALE MY PROPERTY In this city, (as desirable as any therein) situated on the brow of the Hill, between the Governor's and Col. Mayo's. James Strange. Richmond, October 6, 1800. The above property (which has all the advantages of the mill, and is almost in the centre of business) will be set up to the highest bidder in two lots; 1st, the Building, and Garden—2d, the Vacant Ground on the street, on Wednesday the 28th day of November next, at four o'clock in the afternoon, before the front door of the Eagle Tavern, for approved notes, payable one half in ninety days, the other half in six months. I will attend at home every afternoon from 4 to 5 o'clock, for the purpose of (and will take pleasure in) showing any person the premises and conveniences, which are rarely to be met with, and well worthy the attention of those intending to reside in this city; such another favorable opportunity may not again offer. J. S. 30th October, 1800. PRIVATE Board & Entertainment IN the house lately occupied by Mr. GORLEEN, on the south side of the main street, three doors above the bridge—Where gentlemen can be furnished with Oyster & Beefsteak SUPPERS, &c. &c. at the shortest notice. John S. Pleasants. Richmond, 25th October, 1800.
the lower end of Prince George's county, with a white back, marked with a cross, and a hole in the right ear—apparently 5 dollars and a half. The other a red-headed, 3 or 4 years old, marked with a swallow-tuck in each ear and underbelly in the left—appraised to 5 dollars. John Smith. April 17, 1800. Form of the Republican Ticket. The following persons are selected by the Voter, whose name is written on the back of this Ticket for Electors of President and Vice President. George Wythe, of the City of Richmond. William Newsum, of Prince Anne. Edmund Pendleton, sen. of Caroline. William H. Cabell, of Amherst. James Madison, jun. of Orange. John Page, of Gloucester. Tho's Newton, jun. of Norfolk Borough. Carter B. Harrison, of Prince George. General Joseph Jones, of Dinwiddie. William B. Giles, of Amelia. Creed Taylor, of Cumberland. Thomas Read, sen. of Charlotte. George Penn, of Patrick. Walter Jones, of Northumberland. Richard Brent, of Prince William. William Ellsey, of Loudoun. Andrew Moore, of Rockbridge. Gen. John Brown, of Hardy. Gen. John Preston, of Montgomery. Hugh Holmes, of Frederick. Archibald Stuart, of Augusta. Notice. OBSERVING in Mr. Pleasants' paper of the 7th inst. an advertisement of M. S. PLEASANTS, offering for sale under a deed of trust, the house and lot, whereon I now reside, I therefore think it necessary to inform all persons inclined to purchase, that a good title cannot be made to the property under the said trust, as there is not only a prior claim by mortgage upon it, granted Mr. Benjamin Day of Fredericksburg to secure the payment of certain bonds of Mr. L. Dugorgue, but there is a suit instituted against me in the circuit court by a Mr. Steger, for the same; and as I have obtained legal possession of the said property, by a deed in fee, am determined to hold it until the title shall be legally investigated and established, or the payment I have made in part of the purchase refunded. John Piemont. October 13, 1800. Notice. THE WINTER SESSION at HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE, will commence on the 1st Monday in November. It is earnestly recommended that those who design to attend, should come early in the session. The prices of boarding and tuition amount to about twenty-five pounds per annum. On Friday the 7th day of next month, (November) WILL BE SOLD, On the Beaverdam plantation, late the property of William Ronald, deceased, 20 or 30 head of valuable Cows and Steers, About three hundred gallons of excellent PEACH BRANDY, and two large London made STILL, holding 120 and 140 gallons. The Brandy will be sold in lots of 50 gallons. A credit of one hundred and twenty days may be had on all sums above 20 dollars, giving bond with security for the payment. (37) October 21, 1800. Alther Marx, Has just come to hand, an assortment of INDIA GOODS, Consisting Of Bordin Bastes, Tandahs Mamoodys, Alhabad Sannas, Abbad Coffas, &c. &c. Also, Platillas Bed Tickings, Dowlas, Violins, Checks & Stripes, Playing Cards, And a general assortment of EUROPEAN & WEST-INDIA GOODS, Which will be sold at reduced prices for Cash Country Produce, or the usual Credit for approved paper. Manchester, Oct. 20, 1800. [T]
Notice. WHEREAS THOMAS E. PLEASANTS, late Merchant of Louisa county, but now residing in Goodland, hath by deed of trust, recorded in Goodland court, conveyed to us for the benefit of his creditors in general, all his property both real and personal, including his out standing debts—We have therefore to request all those indebted to him to come forward and make immediate payment, as no indulgence can be given; and to caution them against making payment to any except the subscribers or their order. Those having claims against the said Thomas E. Pleasants, are desired to make them known on or before the 25th December next, or they will be excluded the benefit of an equal dividend. Robert Watkins. William Gray. Richmond, 25th Oct. 1800. (41)
Bound Almanacks FOR 1801. For sale at this Printing-Office.

INFORMATION.
DESCRIPTION OF WORMS, AND THE SYMPTOMS BY WHICH THEY ARE KNOWN.
Worms which infest the human body, are of different kinds...
Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms, should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES...
This medicine, which is innocent and mild, as it is certain and efficacious in its operation, cannot injure the youngest infant...
Children generally take this medicine with eagerness; having a pleasing appearance, and an agreeable taste.
FIFTY THOUSAND PERSONS Of both sexes & of every age have received benefit from this extraordinary medicine...
THE GENUINE PERSIAN LOTION, So celebrated among the fashionable in France, Great Britain and Italy, as an invincible cosmetic...
The Damask Lip Salve, Is recommended (particularly to the ladies) as an elegant and pleasant preparation for chopped & sore lips...
THE RESTORATIVE POWDER, FOR THE TEETH AND GUMS, This excellent preparation comforts and strengthens the gums...
Dr. HAHN'S True and genuine German Corn Plaster. An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them root and branch, without giving pain.
Dr. HAHN'S Genuine Eye Water. A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eye, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident...
Tooth Ache Drops. The only remedy yet discovered which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
any other particular ingredient in its composition, it is universally esteemed the most safe and pleasant...
THE TASTELESS Ague and Fever Drops, For the Cure of Agues, Remittent and Intermitting Fevers.
These Drops are particularly recommended to the inhabitants of low, marshy countries, where the worst sort of Agues generally prevail...
Sold by Lee & Co. Baltimore, and by S. Pleasants jun. (only) in Richmond. PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE.
For the prevention and cure of bilious and malignant fevers is recommended Dr. HAHN'S ANTE-BILIOUS PILLS, Which have been attended with a degree of success highly grateful to the inventor's feelings...
It is not indeed presumptuously proposed as an infallible cure, but the inventor has every possible reason that can result from extensive experience, for believing that a dose of these pills, taken once every two weeks...
They have been found remarkably efficacious in preventing, and curing disorders attendant on long voyages, and, though to be procured, are carefully preserved for use by every seaman.
Dr. Hahn has appointed R. Lee & Co. Baltimore, his wholesale agents for the United States, and authorized them to place their signature on each box; without which none are genuine.
Sold in Richmond by S. PLEASANTS, Jan. only. Halifax County, August Court, 1800. Keeble Terry, plaintiff, Against John Owen & Robert Owen, defendants. In Chancery.
THE defendant Robert Owen, having been duly served with the subpoena in this cause, and failing to answer the bill of the plaintiff within the time by law prescribed...
Just Received, And for sale by the Printer hereof, THE Columbian Reading Book, OR Historical Preceptor: A collection of authentic histories, anecdotes, characters &c. calculated to inure to youthfulness a love of virtue, from its intrinsic beauty and a hatred of vice, from its disgusting deformity. March 14.
On the first day of December next, WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE, On the premises, to the highest bidder, FOR CASH, One hundred and fifty acres of LAND, Lying on the south side of Staunton river, in Halifax county...
WERCQ & MARCHAND, Beg leave to inform their friends and the public, that they are opening next door, to Mr. S. Pleasants' Printing Office, A Dry Good Store, Where gentlemen will always find a great variety of Superfine Broadcloths, fashionable Cash and Swandown, &c. &c. on the lowest terms. Lewis Wercq, TAYLOR & HABIT MAKER, Informs his friends and the public, that he continues carrying on his business as usual, in the upper story of the house he occupies...
Wanted an APPRENTICE, who can bring good recommendations. October 9th, 1800. (wzm) Twenty Dollars Reward. RAN away from Richmond, about the first of this month, a negro man by the name of WILTSHIRE, Belonging to the orphan of Samuel Harwood, deceased...
WILLIAM BURTON, Guardian to the orphan, Henrico, 28th August, 1800. (wfm) ADVERTISEMENTS. This is to notify, that all persons indebted to the subscriber are forewarned from making payment to any but the subscriber himself...
Advertisement. The Partnership of Elijah & Bernard Hendrick, BEING on the 1st of September last dissolved, by mutual consent; all persons concerned will take notice, that the settlement of the said copartnership devolves on E. H. Hendrick...
The subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public in general, that he is carrying on business in the same house lately occupied by E. H. Hendrick, and is now opening A general assortment of GOODS, suitable for the season, which will be sold low as usual. E. H. Hendrick. Milford, 1st Oct. 1800. 20 Dollars Reward. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in the lower end of Hanover, about the 10th day of May last, a tall, straight, black Negro Woman, by the name of POLLY...
FOR SALE, At Samuel Pleasants' Printing Office, [By the Dozen or Single Copy,] THE COLUMBIAN Spelling & Reading BOOK: AN EASY AND ALLURING GUIDE TO SPELLING AND READING. John Williamsen. Richmond, August 23, 1800.
FOR SALE, At Samuel Pleasants' Printing Office, [By the Dozen or Single Copy,] THE COLUMBIAN Spelling & Reading BOOK: AN EASY AND ALLURING GUIDE TO SPELLING AND READING. John Williamsen. Richmond, August 23, 1800.
Now in the Press, And in a few weeks will be published, (Price, three quarters of a dollar) THE Prospect before Us, VOL. II. PART I. AND HELL FOLLOWED. SR. JOHN. Sold by M. Jones, and S. Pleasants, jun. In Philadelphia by W. Duane; and by the Author, in the jail of Richmond. IT is expected that the second part of the present volume will be ready for publication in the course of the fall...
Land for Sale. Four hundred Acres, LYING on both sides the south fork of Sandy river, in Pittsylvania county, adjoining MORTON'S settlement; about 45 miles above Norton's (formerly Booker's) Ferry, on Staunton river...
Strachan & Maury, Of Spottsylvania county, near Frederickburg, Have a Large Number of very Thriving Grafted Apple Trees, For sale at Nine pence each, composed of the following kinds:
Table with 3 columns: Newtown Pippin, Nonpareil, Cheeke. Rows include: Spittenburg, Apple, do. do.; R. H. Bennett, Lewis's do. do. do.; Limbertwigs, Houe do. do. do.; Pison's Red, Bell do. do. do.; Gloucester White Apple, Green do. do. do.; Robinson do. do. do., Beck's Russetan do. do. do.; Mylton's Fairmain, Medlar do. do. do.; Greenings, Longstem do. do. do.; Hugh's Crab, May apple } These; Lewis's ditto, June do. } apples; Waugh's ditto, Jack do. } do.; Hereford Redbreasts, Queen do. } early; Ladies Favorite, Spice do. }
The most pointed attention will be paid to orders for Trees, and great care used in preparing them for removal. Letters by post or otherwise, to said Strachan, addressed to the care of Mr.ontaine Maury Frederickburg, or Mr. John Barret of Richmond, will be properly attended to. Said Strachan and Maury will deliver their Trees on the following terms: Within 50 miles of the nursery they will deliver 1000 or upwards, at a given time and place at their nursery price; and at any distance between 50 and 100 miles, not less than 1000 on the same terms. t. N.
Monday, August 12, Amelia county. The SEMINARY OF LEARNING, Announced in this paper to have been established in Amelia, is now in activity and ready to receive Students. For particulars apply to Meriwether Jones, editor of the Richmond Examiner. HOUSE & LOT FOR SALE. By Virtue of a Deed of Trust, (on the premises) to me executed, by Lewis De Gorgue and Maria his wife, to secure a debt, due by said L. De Gorgue to Joseph Gallego, I will sell for cash, to the highest bidder, at the Eagle Tavern, on the first day of November next, at 11 o'clock, A. M.
The House, Out Houses, and half-acre Lot of Ground, now occupied by Mr. John Blement. Estate on the east side of Shockoe creek, near the Free Mason's Hall. M. B. Poitiaux. Richmond, October 7, 1800. (tdf)
FOR SALE, At Samuel Pleasants' Printing Office, [By the Dozen or Single Copy,] THE COLUMBIAN Spelling & Reading BOOK: AN EASY AND ALLURING GUIDE TO SPELLING AND READING. John Williamsen. Richmond, August 23, 1800.
WILLIAM PRINCE, TAYLOR, HAS communicated to the public the Favours of Mr. Richard Hunter, and begs leave to inform the public, that he intends to pursue his trade with unexampled industry and punctuality.
CASH GIVEN FOR Wheat & Tobacco, BY BARTLETT STILL. (1803)
FOR THE CURE OF Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numenosis, White Swellings, Chilblains, Sprains, Bruises, Acute and Chronic Rheumatism, &c. IS RECOMMENDED, DR. CHURCH'S Essence & Extract of Mustard, PREPARED (ONLY) BY DR. JAMES CHURCH, Inventor and sole proprietor of the celebrated Cough Drops, at his Dispensary, New-York and sold, by appointment, by Samuel Pleasants, Jr. Richmond.
THE Virtues of the Essence and Extract of Mustard, will be found to equal, if not exceed those of any other Medicine whatever, in the cure of the above complaints. The following is quoted from the London Pharmacopoeia, and is the opinion of the College of Physicians concerning this valuable drug. MUSTARD, by its acrimony and pungency, stimulates the folds, and attenuates viscid juices, and hence is deservedly recommended for exciting appetite, promoting digestion, excrescencing the fluid secretions, also in paralytic and rheumatic affections.
These Medicines contain all the virtues that can possibly be derived from that excellent and powerful vegetable. The Essence is prepared in a fluid state, and is singularly efficacious as an external application; common Rheumatism, Sprains, Chilblains, Scurf, Necks, Swelled Joints, Rashes, Frozen Feet, Local Pains in any part of the body or extremities, Swelled Faces, Chopped Hands, &c. &c. will be found to yield to its benign influence in a few hours. The Extract is prepared in the form of Pills, and (being an internal remedy) is an amazing additional improvement, taken in the several cases of Rheumatism, Gout, Chronic Rheumatism, Palsy, Fixed Pains, Lumbago, Numbness, Gouta, &c. when the Essence is externally applied. It promotes gentle perspiration, and operates very mildly by urine. They also amend a weak digestion, and strengthen the stomach. OBSERVATION. This Chemical Essence & Extract of Mustard, bears no analogy whatever, to any other Medicine of a similar title; nor can it possibly be Genuine without this Certificate: "I hereby certify, that this Bottle" (or Box) "of Essence" (or Extract) "of Mustard, is genuine, and prepared by me. JAMES CHURCH, Inventor and Sole Proprietor."
Wm Mackenzie & Co. HAVE RECEIVED THEIR Fall Assortment, Which they will dispose of on their usual terms. (6w) October 4th, 1800. Notice. In consequence of the death of AMBROSE HERRON, the Copartnership of CUNNINGHAMS & HERRON IS DISSOLVED. All persons indebted to said firm are earnestly requested to come forward and charge their accounts; and those having claims against it will please exhibit them to the administrators for settlement. John Cunningham. Ed: Cunningham. Canterbury, August 15, 1800. (yf)
Indian Meal, Hominy & Bran, Are kept for Sale at the Lumber-houses formerly owned by Thomas an Ebenezer Maults, near the canal bridge leading to the Hay-Market, where Corn will be received in exchange for Meal or Hominy at the usual cost of grinding. Richmond, October 7, 1800. (tf)
For Sale at this Printing Office, A NEW AND MUCH IMPROVED (AMERICAN) EDITION OF FENNING'S Universal Spelling Book