Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-09-27 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE
[No. 1298.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum...paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1806.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
We have lately received, FOR SALE,
 12 bds. sugar 15 boxes cotton & wool  36 bds. do. 15 bds. do.  3000 lbs. green coffee 4 tons castings assorted  10 bds. Antigua rum 10 bds. do. do.  5 do. Windward Island 3 bds. Malaga wine  do. 12 bds. molasses  14 bds. N. E. rum 20 tierces & bds. whisky  14 bds. do. 4 pipes apple brandy  12 bds. molasses 15 bds. do. do.  8 casks Malaga wine 12 crates - Liverpool  20 tierces & bds. whisky 5 do. do. do.  4 pipes apple brandy 10 do. do. do.  15 bds. do. do. do.  15 bds. do. do. do.  100 pr men's fine shoes  50 do coarse do.  500 lbs Glauber salts 
We have also on hand,
 Iron Leaf sugar  German, Crawley and Tanners' & Linseed oil  Blistered Steel Nova Scotia grind  Race & ground ginger ropes  Pepper Ground plaster in bds  Alpaca Good manufactured to  FF & F powder tobacco by the keg. for  Shot, assorted sizes retailing  French brandy Tar  Rice Weeding hoes  Cheese Nests woodware  Wrought and cut nails, Bed cords, leading lines  assorted sizes and twine  Snuff Necklace  Glass ware, viz. 12 pt. Stone jugs, butter pots,  tumblers and decant- chamber pots, wash  ers, assorted sizes basins, bake pans,  Hats chums &c. &c. &c. 
We daily expect to receive, a quantity of Sherry Wine, Window Glass, Copers and Allum, all of which articles, we will sell at a small advance, for cash, approved paper or country produce.
Shapard & Lucke. Richmond. May 8 1806
Strayed or Stolen
FROM the door of Wray Thomas, on Shoccoe Hill, on Monday the 1st inst a small bay MARE, 8 or 9 years old; her left hind foot white, some white in her forehead as well as I recollect a small knot on her back. Whoever will deliver the said mare to the subscriber, in Henrico County, near Richmond, shall receive a reward of Five Dollars.
Thomas Burton, Senr. September 10th 1806
1459 1-2
ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE: 772 of which lies in the county of Pittsylvania, upon the branches of Elkhorn and Shoccoe creeks, adjoining the lines of Joseph Terry, James Johnson, and others. The greater part of this land is excellent tobacco land, the whole lies well, is well watered, and timbered, and all in wood 400 acres in the county of Buckingham, on the waters of Frisby, and middle State river, adjoining the lines of Charles Maxey, Nicholas Conner, and others—this land is also undecorated, lies well, well timbered, and watered, and a good proportion for the culture of tobacco, and a most excellent situation for the raising of stock of all kinds. 287 1-2 acres on the head of Hatcher's creek, in the said county of Buckingham, adjoining the lands of Capt Peter May, Leonard Glyburn and others—about one half of this tract is cleared, the greater part of which has been fallow a number of years; consequently in prime order for the putting in of small grain this fall, which it would bring well, if properly put in—the other half is in woods, and of good growth; there is also on this land a pretty good dwelling house, two rooms below and one above, with a brick chimney, with a fire place in the two lower rooms, and some necessary out houses. The whole of the above lands are now offered for sale, and upon moderate terms, but if not sold privately, the first tract, will be held off into lots and sold, to the highest bidder, at Halifax Old Town (now Peytonsbury) a few miles below the said land, on the first Monday in November next, part cash and part upon credit. The other two, if not sold before, will at Buckingham court, on the second Monday in November next, be sold, to the highest bidder, as above; in the meantime, any one who will buy, may treat with the proprietor, living in Buckingham county.
Henry Bell. Buckingham, Aug. 5, 1806. (with ID)
TO RENT,
THE TENEMENT formerly occupied by Messrs. James and Alexander Dunlap, and lately by William T. Stone, at the west end of the market bridge, and adjoining the house in which an extensive venture store is about to be established. It is more agreeable, I would sell, on reasonable terms, a lease of about seven and a half years in the said tenement.
William M'Kim. Richmond, July 28th 1806. wif
Charlotte Court, 2d June, 1805.
Lewis Waldin, Plaintiff, Against Jesse Beall, Defendant.
ON the motion of the plaintiff's solicitor, it is ordered That Messrs. Moseley, Edward Moseley, and Zachariah Finch, be made party defendants to this suit; and it is further ordered, that the said defendants Moseley, Edward Moseley, and Zachariah Finch, do retain one hundred dollars of the money in their hands belonging to the defendant, Beall, until the further order of this court, and that a subpoena issue commanding the said Moseley, Edward Moseley, and Finch, to appear and answer the plaintiff's bill. The defendant H. and not having entered his appearance according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered That he appear here on the first day of November court next, and give security for performing the decree of the court; that a copy of this order be inserted in one of the Virginia Gazettes for two months successively and posted at the front door of the court-house of the said county.
A copy—Teste, Thomas Read, c. c.
Charlotte Court, 5th Aug. 1806.
Alexander Garden, Plaintiff, Against Stephen Bedford, Defendant.
THE defendant Bedford, not having entered his appearance according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this state;—On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is ordered, That he appear here on the first day of November court next, and give security for performing the decree of the court; that a copy of this order be inserted in one of the Virginia Gazettes, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the court house of the said county.
A copy, teste, Thos. Read, c. c. c.
FOR SALE.
AGREEABLE to the will of Thomas P. PLEASANTS, dec. of Goochland.
The following parcels of Land;
About 600 acres lying on the head waters of Cary's creek, in the county of Fluvanna; 537 acres lying on each side Little Michaux creek, in said county; about 300 acres in the county of Goochland, on the Bird creek; 227 in said county, on Gentree creek, adjoining the ground on which the Friends Meeting house stands—and 20 acres wood land, on the same creek, a little detached from the last mentioned. It is thought unnecessary to say any thing of the quality of the land—The payments will be made easy on receiving indisputable security.
Wm. H. Pleasants, Exor. September 4 1806
TO BE LEASED, FOR A TERM OF YEARS.
A NEWLY ERECTED HOUSE,
WITH seven rooms, two below stairs and five above, at the place known by the name of Childers, on the stage road to Milton with other out houses, and a quantity of LAND annexed to the same. None need apply but such as are of good character and of ability to support a comfortable neat house for the accommodation of the public. It is one of the best stands in the county.
FOR WILSON M. CARY. THOMAS WILLS. Fluvanna County, Cary's Brook, } 3w September 24th 1806
TO BE RENTED.
SUNDOWN TENEMENTS,
ON the Main Street on Shoccoe Hill, belonging to the estate of George Wythe, Esq. dec. and to the subscriber, on reasonable terms, which will suit private families, or as store houses.—The terms may be known by enquiring of Mr. William M'Kim, Mr. Wm. Price. (Reg.) or of William Du Val. September 23, 1806. 3w
NOTICE.
A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that an act may pass, lowering the tollage on James river, above the falls thereof, and above the ferry generally called Carter's ferry. September 15th 1806. 3w
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FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
COMMUNICATION.
Translation of a review of a work published in France by EUSEBIUS SALVERTI entitled conjectures upon the cause or the apparent diminution of the waters upon our globe.
Many celebrated natural historians have published systems of cosmogony; their theories, springing from lively imaginations, are rather ingenious than true; we admire without believing them. Love of the public good has conducted citizen Eusebius Salverti upon their steps; aided with the light of experience, he examines under the modest title of conjectures, a phenomenon the most interesting for humanity—Newton, says he, thought that the mass of water spread over the globe, undergoes a progressive diminution; this opinion is the result of observations which are constantly renewed. In all times the sea has left dry vast flats formerly covered with waves, if, on the other hand, it has overflowed new lands, these conquests do not equal its losses: we daily see many sources disappear, and the beds of rivers diminish: Homer paints the Scamander as a terrible river whose angry waves arrested the impetuous Achilles, and would have overwhelmed him, if he had not been succored by the gods; and the Scamander is now only a rivulet. The parallel direction of rivers which border the course of the river, prove that they were formerly bathed by their waters; the engineer asks himself what is the cause of this diminution? Eusebius Salverti examines all the hypotheses hitherto framed to resolve this interesting problem: the water absorbed by organized bodies, then decomposed by the vegetation of plants, and the digestion of animals: the formation of whirlpools and caverns in the interior of the earth; the separation of the two principles of water in the atmosphere. This last hypothesis, supported by the striking experiments of modern chemistry furnishes the author an occasion of explaining, in a new and very ingenious manner, the formation of the Aurora Borealis; but none of these systems appear to him sufficient, and he concludes, that the diminution of waters is only ap-
parent, and that the circulation alone is diminished. He demonstrates this proposition by the experiment of the pump of Verrat, in which the quantity of water furnished appears more considerable in proportion to the quickness of movement, although always the same, if the superior reservoir pours into the inferior: he explains it further by the apparent riches of a country, calculated, not upon the quantity of money existing, but upon the quantity in circulation. Men, in digging canals, and narrowing the beds of rivers to facilitate communications, in draining ponds and marshes for the benefit of agriculture, in cutting down forests, have diminished the means of evaporation and consequently the rains, the sources and currents of rivers: it is above all by destroying the woods that men have diminished the circulation of water, for trees are the most powerful conductors of this element: and a simple glance east upon the globe, suffices to prove that the countries where the vegetation is the most vigorous, are also the richest in running waters. From a diminished circulation of water results two constant phenomena; the one is the impoverishment of vegetation, the other the variation of temperature in countries a long time undurnished with woods; finally, from these effects result the depopulation of countries in which formerly flourished the most powerful empires. But it will be asked what becomes of the portion of water which no longer circulates? Eusebius S. answers this question, by an idea new, by a system which is ingenious, and which is very plausible. It says he, in a vast extent of country, all the trees are destroyed, the vapors of the earth will be attracted only by the mountains; a portion of the clouds will be arrested upon their elevated tops, which despoiled of the trees that defended them will present only naked peaks almost impermeable to water, and unprovided with the warmth which maintained vegetation; these clouds will condense into ice at their summits instead of flitting to form sources at their feet: the rest of the vapors and clouds, become the sport of every current of the air, will, above all, participate of the continual motion which the centrifugal force, arising from the rotation of the globe, impresses upon the atmosphere: the clouds will be driven towards the poles, and will there add to the frightful mass of ice. The author supports this theory by observations and conclusive experiments: he proves, that the higher glaciers of Switzerland and the polar seas augment daily; a part of Greenland is no longer accessible, and the Straits of Foulon is now so obstructed that no vessel can find a passage. We should be obliged to copy his work entire to follow Eusebius Salverti in his philosophic reasonings, which he presents with an order, a clearness and an elegance very rare amongst writers who occupy themselves with physical sciences. In order to judge of his style we cannot refuse to transcribe at least one paragraph. "Run over," says he "with an attentive eye, the entire surface of the globe; contemplate at first the enormous piles of ice which load the two hemispheres; the mass is almost double in the southern hemisphere, which, possessing a much less terrestrial surface, can only recollect upon its few elevations a small part of all the water which is evaporated from its vast seas; in proportion as the lowering of the mountains worn by the action of waters and of years; in proportion as the destruction of forests, devoured by the improvidence and prodigality of man, diminish the means by which nature carries back upon our soil the waters dissolved in the atmosphere, a portion of water carried off by evaporation from the seas, and rivers, comes there to fix itself forever and to add to these shapeless masses of ice, the solitary abode of silence and death. Or will you, upon another view of the picture, look over those unfortunate lands which have lost such considerable masses of water? behold those burning deserts which separate Asia from Africa; see the mournful ruins of Babec and Palmyra, there also and forever, dwell, death and silence; where now are the innumerable palm trees of ancient Tadmore? Where now are the fountains once shaded, by their foliage? The sorrowful eye perceives far around only an arid sand, naked, uncessingly furrowed by the winds; never does the water of Heaven come there to refresh the wandering traveller, and the earth, which he opens with his hands, offers, repelantly, to his devouring thirst but a few drops of water loaded with the bitterest salts; these are the only remains of the various treasures which nature formerly spread so profusely in those places; what scourges have desolated these countries so opulent of old? In proportion as society extended itself, the drawing of the stagnant waters and narrowing the currents of rivers, have diminished the evaporation; the trees cut down in these extensive clearings, are ceased to attract to
the earth the tribute of the clouds; the sources have dried up. In vain the industry of man struggled for a time against the course of nature. In spite of the labors of the Palmyreans and of the Roman emperors; in spite of the magnificent aqueducts, which even at this day encumber the parched land, the destructive dryness daily made more rapid progress, and these regions, once the glory of Asia, are now transformed into frightful deserts. Contrast with these images, the aspect of new lands, where the hand of man has never imposed laws upon the elements. In the vast Savannahs of America, the water covers an immense portion of soil, and seems disposed to clothe it entirely. Forests of boundless extent being back upon the surface of the earth all the fluid which has evaporated from it. The breadth of rivers, the extent and multiplicity of lakes and marshes, the exuberance of vegetation, offer at every step, the proof of an enormous circulation of waters. An aspect more pleasing to the eye of civilized man, is that of a country where industry has been guided by prudence and restrained by an interest wisely consulted, where the breadth of water courses has been always respected, and the preservation of large plantations of trees allied to the most extensive agriculture; the earth there enjoys an astonishing fertility, and nourishes an innumerable population: the circulation of water, constantly maintained in a moderate degree, affords not the salubrity of the air, favors vegetation and the regularity of the seasons, and gives to interior navigation the most prosperous activity."
After this interesting picture the author concludes that a wise government cannot too much encourage the plantations and repress the devastations of forests; he offers his wishes for the perfecting the interior navigation of the republic, by the establishment of canals similar to those of England. "It is then, says he, that France will unite to the riches of art, which belong to the most civilized ages, the treasures of nature, which seem to belong truly, only to the infancy of the world."
It is not for us to decide, whether citizen Salverti has penetrated the secrets of nature: but it may be permitted us to say, that he has found that of rendering science attractive. The glow of his diction dissipates the dryness of an abstract subject, and we find in his manner of presenting his conjectures, and applying his facts, a resemblance to the style of Buffon, of which he has sometimes the richness, and always the clearness.
FROM THE FARMER'S MONITOR. (Printed in Herkimer, New York State.)
CONSPIRACY!
Our readers will recollect a paragraph in the Monitor of the 19th ult. relative to certain publications in the Western World, (a new Kentucky paper) concerning a hostile association in that quarter. Since that article appeared a variety of facts and circumstantial proofs have been adduced to shew the existence and objects of the association; besides governor Wilkinson and Mr. Brown, the noted speculator gen. Jonathan Dayton, of New Jersey, and several other distinguished characters, are implicated as principals in the affair; the editors (one of whom, however, is the famous John Wood compiler of the suppressed History of Adams's administration, and since editor of a federal paper in Virginia) of the Western World continue their investigation of the subject, unawed by the threats, and unresisted by attempts on the part of the conspirators to assassinate Mr. Street, one of the editors. The whole business has assumed a very serious aspect, and excites general attention, and we can entertain no doubt but that the plot of the conspirators is deep laid and matured, embracing objects unfriendly to the peace if not to the very existence of the general government. Neither can it be doubted that sub agents are employed in different parts of the country to further the views of the principals. If any man entertains a doubt of this kind, let him read, as connected with the subject, the following
IMPORTANT COMMUNICATION!
By a gentleman of undoubted veracity, who resides in Onondaga county, the writer of this was three days since informed, that COMFORT TYLER, esq. formerly clerk of that county, had just left that place, on secret business, in a manner that at once excited curiosity and suspicion. Mr. Tyler shortly before this went to N. York; his circumstances were known to be embarrassed; he was there arrested for a considerable debt; when he came home again his appearance was entirely new and strange; he was dressed and equipped in the most superb manner, with a waiter to attend him; his debt on which he was arrested in New York has been paid off by some unknown hand, and he now had money in abundance in his pos-
session. He said he was engaged in a secret enterprise, but at the same time declared that the object of it was not against government. He has engaged several young gentlemen of talents and address to follow after and meet him at Pittsburgh: they are to be dressed and equipped in the same superb style with himself. He has not, it is said, disclosed to them the object of the enterprise; but has promised that when they become acquainted with the scheme if they should at any time within six months afterwards recede from the undertaking, they shall be amply compensated for their time and have their expenses borne home again.
The informant further added, that it was conjectured in Onondaga, that the object was either to get possession of the Yazoo lands, or an extensively preconceived plan to effect a dismemberment of the union, with Col. Burr at the head of the combination.
Does not every circumstance with which we are acquainted induce us to concur in the latter opinion? Is it not known that Col. Burr has been travelling through every part of that country? What is his object there? Are his own pecuniary circumstances equal to the expense of this, if the object be merely a tour of pleasure? Have not symptoms of disaffection to the union been constantly manifested from Kentucky and Tennessee? and is it not also known that the inhabitants of the other territories there are discontented under the forms of government established over them? If the object be to get possession of the Yazoo lands farmers, and not gentlemen of talents and address, would be most wanted; but if a dismemberment of the union be contemplated, then the first step would be to draw as many gentlemen of the above description as possible from the other parts of the union, to assist in the measure by their united influence and address. Many such are to be found, who are needy, unprincipled, and ready at all times to embark in any desperate enterprise that holds out a prospect of accumulating a fortune. If this be the object, it is to be hoped that government will be vigilant, and ready to crush with a strong arm any attempt at such a nefarious measure.
The time will shortly come when it will be in the power of the general government to unite the eastern and western parts of our country by the strong ties of interest—by opening easy avenues of commerce by canals from the Hudson to the lakes, and from thence into the Ohio and the Mississippi. This cannot be effected at present; but twenty years hence it may be an object to commence such an undertaking; and when once completed our western brethren would then find their interest to preserve the bond of union sacred and inviolate. At present, however, as the western country is filling up with many needy and desperate adventurers, who would stop at nothing to better their circumstances, it behoves government to keep a watchful eye over that part of the union.
A. B. Herkimer, Sept. 7th, 1806.
Then let him read the following paragraph, which has been for three weeks in circulation.
"Col. Aaron Burr, late vice-president of the United States, passed thro' Chambersburg (Penn.) on the 11th instant, on his way to the westward. [Gideon Granger said a great flame would appear in the western country before the next presidential election. Is Mr. Burr gone to prepare the fuel?"]—Aurora.
Then let him learn that our last advices from Natchez stated, that gov. Wilkinson was daily expected there from Upper Louisiana, but that no one could (or would) discover the object of his visit.
Then let it be recollected that colonel Burr is considered as the leader, and some of his most industrious adherents are in office in the western country; that Mr. Wilkinson has the command of all the U. States' troops in that quarter; let the thundering denunciations of Mr. Dayton in congress against his political enemies be remembered; let it also be remembered that nearly if not all of the principals are military characters; and then let us reflect whether, under such circumstances, with the unfathomable genius of a Burr to devise and direct every operation, the peace of our country is not in jeopardy. Let the precise object of the enterprise be of whatever nature, it is certainly not for the promotion of the public weal from every appearance at present, it is a plan dangerous in the extreme, and which too much pains cannot be taken to expose. Should any of our friends know or learn more of the operations of the agents in this quarter they are requested to transmit it for publication.
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THOUGHTS on the subject of NAVAL POWER in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA; and on certain means of encouraging and protecting their Commerce and Manufactures.
No. II.
But if the most interesting and important considerations forbid the dangerous way creating, and expensive instrumental of a large navy to protect our commerce, and since trade is highly desirable, and indispensably necessary to the planters and farmers, it is proper to devise a system of protection for it; and this is an object demanding the temperate investigation and careful reflection of every description of our citizens.
The following questions may help to lead us to the true ground:
 1. Should the United States have any navy, and how strong or numerous should it be?  2. What should be the commercial purposes of the U. S.?  3. By what means, other than a navy can the U. S. promote and protect their commerce? 
To the first question, requiring much calm investigation, it is conceived that the following ideas may serve as an imperfect answer. It is not by force that we can protect our trade from the great navies of the primary maritime powers; for it is conceded that we cannot at present and ought not to establish a naval force equal to theirs, on account of the monstrous expense, the danger to our civil institutions, and for the other reasons before assigned against the establishment of a great naval power in the U. S. But we may protect our trade by force from the petty and irregular states, whose commerce with us affords no means of acting upon them; such, for example, as the several states of Barbary. A fleet commensurate with such objects and no more appears to be that limited force, which we may establish without any of the objections to a great navy, which have been suggested. If we are to go further in this dangerous and costly operation, it is respectfully recommended, that the subject be first thoroughly examined and well considered.
The second question proposed is, what should be the commercial pursuits of the United States? To this it may be generally replied, that no trade whatever, internal or external, which injures agriculture or benefits the merchants only, at a great expense to the rest of the community, should be pursued.
It is our interest to import implements & materials for manufactures, and manufacturers themselves, which will employ many vessels, rather than to import manufactured goods, which will employ very few.
It is our interest to promote and establish internal trade, of which manufactures are a most valuable part, rather than external trade; because the raw materials and family supplies of the American manufacturers, fishermen and coasters, are drawn from ourselves, or from our carrying trade, which last is very little promoted by the importation of compact foreign manufactures.
Every act of unlawful impediment, in justice, embarrassment, or injury to our foreign trade and navigation, and to our navy ought to be a strong and animating incentive to our domestic trade and manufactures, because they are less subject to those foreign injuries, and because the cultivation of internal trade and manufactures silently operates as a fine or penalty upon the foreign invaders of our maritime rights, and the foreign violators of our commercial interests. We should render it perfectly manifest, and absolutely certain to Europe, that so far as the American commercial spirit is checked or injured at sea, it will be unceasingly turned to and promoted on the shore. Our cities, towns and villages, must be scenes of commerce or of manufactures. If foreign nations interrupt us in a legitimate course and fair share of the business of supplying ourselves from the cheapest and most convenient sources abroad, we shall, independently and of necessity, supply ourselves from existing or new sources at home.
We reasonably desire to secure to ourselves a share of the carriage of our own unwrought goods to the foreign manufacturers, and of their manufactures to our markets; and it is our wish to promote the foreign consumption of our products. So far as we prevent the American consumption of foreign manufactures not made from our own produce, we promote our carriage of our own raw materials, our carriage of foreign manufactures, and the fabrication of our raw materials by foreign manufacturers. Thus, for example, the recent act of Congress on Mr. Nicholson's resolutions, by prohibiting certain articles of wool, linen, silk and leather, (which are made abroad entirely from foreign materials that we neither grow nor carry) occasions cotton gloves, hose, shirring, sheeting, towelling, tabling, and furniture stuffs to be used, which are made chiefly from the cotton produced on our farms, and in the carriage of which to Europe we largely participate.
And here we obtain a view of a very important principle, which may assist us in answering the third question: "By what means, other than a navy, can we promote and protect our commerce?" remembering always, that such commerce must be free from injurious effects upon agriculture, and not unreasonably burdensome on the nation, to be entitled to promotion and protection by our federal legislature!
By well devised acts of Congress, it is firmly believed, that we can do much for the promotion and protection of our trade. It is conceived, that the principles of Mr. Nicholson's bill, rightly understood, are an example of that nature. Great Britain so interrupts and coerces our seamen, and embarrasses, obstructs and blockades our trade, that we are compelled to increase the encouragements to our manufactures of certain articles; and in order to do this with prudence, and secure revenue from consumption at the same time, we take the same kind of goods from other foreign nations (with little or no navy to income us, or not so much in the practice) so far as they can supply them. It may be observed too that some among us heartily approved that law, because it would induce Great Britain to manufacture substitutes from our raw cotton, for the linen, woollen, silken, and leather goods prohibited; and because we should partake largely in carrying that cotton to England—two considerations of great and obvious importance.
Another set of provisions might be made by law for the encouragement of shipping and commerce. We mean here explicitly to suggest, that we may now adopt many of the regulations of the British navigation act, since we have provided so great a quantity of tonnage, and are well able to maintain and increase our vessels. Before we had so much tonnage, our planters and farmers prudently feared every regulation which might tend to diminish the number of vessels which could be expected to carry off our produce, and import supplies. Things are now materially changed, and we have ships enough to carry off all we raise, and much more. Those which might yet come hither with cargoes from their own ports, and in balance, would be numerous and useful in the exportation of our crops.
We may adopt measures to replace the amount of British four per cent. export or convoy duty imposed on the exportation of their own manufactures to the U. States. It is believed that the merchants trading to other foreign countries do not pay that extraordinary duty in England, which is the more unsatisfactory because we are the principal consumers and render of their manufactures, and because we cannot impose a similar duty on exports from hence for their account, the constitution of the U. States forbidding all duties on exports. We never asked the protection, for which the British four per cent. duty is charged, nor do we desire or receive that protection. We are willing entirely to rely on our own neutral flag and vessels under the law of nations. To replace the amount of that duty in the treasury of the U. States we may either impose an equal duty of four per cent. on all imports from G. Britain by or on account of British subjects, or we may abolish the drawback on all goods so imported.
In the cases wherein we are not admitted with a real reciprocity, into foreign ports, so as to exclude our ships from the freight of articles which are imported in foreign ships, to the injury of our agriculture and manufactures, as well as of our commerce and navigation, it will be wise deliberately to revise the list of imported articles. For example, we might advance the duty on spirits from the cane, or entirely exclude the entry from all places, into which our ships are not regularly admitted. We can procure liquors from our distilleries of domestic and foreign materials, and from those rum, brandy and wine countries, into which our ships are admitted to carry our produce, and from which they can bring away those foreign commodities.
It seems expedient for us to encourage the importation of sugars, coffee, cocoa, pepper, ginger, pepper and other spices and groceries from countries beyond the Cape of Good Hope, rather than cotton piece goods, which interfere with our growth of cotton wool, and with the European consumption of that superabundant American raw material. If no India cotton goods were imported, we should take many ships for Europe with cotton wool, out of which the European manufacturers would make similar cotton stuffs. The American cotton is certainly capable of being wrought into every kind of goods made of that raw material in the E. Indian peninsula. It is the interest of the European manufacturers, and of the American planters and ship holders, that India should give us groceries instead of piece goods.
A duty upon all goods consigned to foreign merchants, and imported from those colonies, wherein our citizens are taxed beyond their own subjects, merely for exercising their profession of merchants or restrained from commerce, would contribute to indemnify our supercargoes and trading sea captains.
The exclusion of colonial and fishing ships from entry in our ports, in the case of a power which excludes our vessels from their colonies and fishing ports would appear reasonable.
The exclusion of the produce of the fisheries of a foreign nation, which excludes absolutely or in effect nearly all our similar articles, seems to be equitable.
We may enact some laws to promote the foreign consumption of American produce, in order that the means of remittance in goods of our own growth may be afforded, and that we may have the opportunity to partake in carrying them abroad. We have no redundancy of wool, flax, hemp, silk or leather to export, because we manufacture more than we produce and all we can import. Let us sup-
pose, therefore, that our duties, ad valorem , upon all goods made of those raw materials were (for mere example) at 25 per cent. at a medium. We now grow forty or fifty millions of pounds of cotton wool, and can easily produce much more. Let us suppose, therefore, our duties, ad valorem , upon all goods made of that raw material from Europe were fixed (for example also) at 15 per cent. The difference of 10 per cent. would operate as a premium for the consumption of piece goods made abroad of our own cotton in most instances, in preference to goods made in Europe of foreign wool, flax, hemp, silk and leather—articles which we never produce for sale abroad. The duty of 25 per cent. upon foreign linens and woollens would be in favor of our own manufactures of flax, hemp, and wool.
One more example will be offered, cautiously premising that it is perfectly novel, and for that and other reasons it should be carefully examined. It is proposed for consideration, that every future injury, either in person or property, unlawfully done to any American citizen by any foreign power, officer or agent, shall be a subject of investigation and decision before a standing board of commissioners to be created by law, and sitting in foro conscientiae ; that every such future injury shall be estimated in the form of an indemnification in money to the suffering citizen, or his representatives; that evidences of the sums due therefor shall be issued bearing interest from their respective dates; that the claim for which they shall be respectively issued shall be assigned to the government of the U. S.; that an application for just compensation shall be made by our government, then placed in the situation of the sufferer, to the government of the injurer; that if the demands of this nature contained in any half year, shall not be satisfied within one year, the President of the U. S. shall be authorized to direct the collection of an additional sum upon the production and manufactures of the injuring country to cover the same, and he shall be required to cause the same to be reported to the legislature, and that a like process shall be pursued half yearly in order to indemnify the injured citizens of the U. S. out of the industry of the spoliators.
These remedies for the various commercial injuries we sustain, are cautiously suggested for timely consideration. They are merely intended to exemplify the nature of the principles on which we may proceed in consequence. If no such injuries were in existence or in contemplation, we need not think of the indemnification and protection of our citizens, not to secure our just share in the commerce of our country and of the world. We probably should not think of adopting these or any other measures to force manufactures but for such weighty reasons as the necessary support of our agriculture, and the employment of the injured merchants, mariners and sea port artisans and laborers. The U. S. for a long time omitted to use the best defence of navigation, commerce and manufactures—well provisioned ships. The great object of this limited sketch is openly to submit to the country a respectful suggestion, that the whole circle of our commercial rights and interests, in internal and external, can be more cheaply, more safely, and more effectually defended by wholesome statutes than a dangerous and costly establishment of naval power.
* Including our seafaring citizens of course, and with a particular eye to their interesting case.
† It is respectfully conceived, that the case of Slaves might be immediately put upon this footing, including all under contracts, made as prescribed by our national laws.
LONDON, July 26.
The expeditions. —The 2d division of the 45th regiment was yesterday embarked at Portsmouth, which concludes the embarkation there. There is now a small army of 2500 men on ship board: from the size of the transports, from the time they are victualled (six or eight months,) and from other circumstances, there is little doubt that this army is intended for a very distant service; the Cape and South America are mentioned. No other staff but the medical has yet joined them—the general officers are not expected till the latest moment, to prevent discovery of their destination. Sir Samuel Auchmuty, one of the heroes of Egypt, and major general Wemyss who commanded at Ceylon, are mentioned among some others.
The large medical staff embarked at Portsmouth evinces that the expedition from thence is for a foreign station and an unhealthy climate.
It has been lately announced that the ruins of two great cities have been discovered in the Russian empire of which there are no accounts in history: one of them a city in the isle of Jaman, in the Black Sea; the other in a desert of Siberia.
A manuscript dug out of Herculaneum has lately been unraveled, and found to be a fragment of a Latin poem in hexameters containing nearly 70 verses. They relate to the battle of Actium, and as is supposed to the death of Cleopatra. The manuscript is written in uncials letters and is expected to prove the poem of Varius the friend of Horace and Virgil.
WALPOLE (N. H.) Sept. 12.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman at Detroit, to his friend in this town, dated July 31st.
"Our affairs in this quarter are at present tranquil and will ever remain so unless disturbed by Great Britain. Indian hostilities here will always depend on hostilities with Great Britain. While our differences with that power afforded a prospect of an unhappy issue under Mr. Put and his coadjutors last fall and winter, the Indians were tampered with and encouraged against the Americans. Hence our frequent alarms at that period. But on the receipt of the news of the great events in Europe, in conjunction with the wise and pacific, yet firm measures of our national government, the operations upon the Indians were suspended, and all things assumed a peaceful and pleasing aspect. Suddenly, however, the inflated accounts of the blockade of New York by the British ships of war, arriving in this country, threw the country into a temporary consternation, and the operations upon the Indians were resumed with redoubled vigor. I have not a shadow of doubt that a
plan was then actually concerted for the manner and order of attack upon the various posts and settlements in this country, and the time of execution pointed out as nearly as could be, which was about the period of the great eclipse in June. But as the affair at New-York was insufficient to warrant a conclusion that hostilities had commenced, or were to take place between the two countries, so the alarm, excited by the measure pursued in consequence of that conclusion, proved but transitory, and after a short period was dissipated by the cheering prospects of continued peace arriving with additional confirmation. We are now waiting with confidence, that the differences with Great Britain will be accommodated, and expect no more trouble on account of the Indians."
"I have been sorry to see it published in some newspapers, that our apprehensions from the Indians were 'altogether groundless,' and that the alarms were promoted by 'land jobbers.' Land jobbers surely could have no interest in exciting alarms calculated to deter people from coming to purchase and settle their lands. It is a serious truth, that the alarms were founded on real and solid grounds; and if the issue of the disputes with Great Britain had been as was at certain times expected, we should most assuredly have had the Savages upon us. And our friends may always know our standing with the Indians in this quarter, by knowing the state of our public relations with that nation—I believe the Indians are becoming more and more favorable to the Americans, and the time may not be distant when a majority of them will adhere to us in preference to any foreign power. But we must first command a greater portion of their trade, and lavish more presents upon them, than is the case at present."
NEW YORK, Sept. 17.
Captain Farrier, of the ship Delaware, favored the editors of the New York Gazette with London papers to the 7th ult.—13 days later than before received. They contain interesting political and marine news, which will be found in this day's Gazette.
Previous to captain Farrier's leaving Amsterdam, three ships of the line had been dismantled and hauled into New Diep, and the seamen paid off. There were 4 or 5 still more soon to be placed in a similar situation.
There were at the ports of Amsterdam and Rotterdam 9 still of the line on the stocks; besides one lately launched in the presence of their new king Lewis Bonaparte.
We also learn that all the French troops had left Holland.
The Clyde frigate returned to Deal on the 4th, after landing lord Lauderdale at Calais. The result of his first conference with the French plenipotentiary was expected in London in the course of a week thereafter, on the supposition that lord Lauderdale would have little else to do on his arrival than to sign the preliminaries. Many important points were to be arranged which would take up a considerable time, previous to the discussion of the definitive treaty.
An opinion prevailed that Russia and the Porte were on the eve of a war, and that the latter is to receive the assistance of the powerful army which the French have collected in Dalmatia. Between its enemies and its allies the Turkish power is in a fair way of being driven out of Europe.
Bonaparte, it is said, has required of the king of Spain to receive an ambassador from the new king of Naples; to consent to the dethroning the queen of Etruria, and to the incorporation of Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre & Biscay with the French empire, thereby making the river Ebro the boundary between France and Spain, instead of the Pyrenees.
Price of Stocks, August 6th, 3 per cent. consols 65—Omnium 11. That they stood at the close of the market, having experienced a decline in consequence of rumors that dispatches had been received by a flag of truce unfavorable to peace, and that lord Lauderdale had been ordered to return.
LONDON, August 4.—On Saturday evening, about 5 o'clock, lord Lauderdale, appointed minister plenipotentiary on the part of our government, to conduct the negotiation that has for some time been going on with the court of St. Cloud, left town. Mr. Goddard, the person who brought over the dispatches received on Friday, did not accompany his Lordship as stated in some morning papers, but followed him yesterday. His Lordship was accompanied by professor Dugald Stewart, and Mr. Basilico the messenger who will bring back the first dispatches from his Lordship.
About one o'clock yesterday morning lord Lauderdale reached Deal, and soon after embarked on board the Clyde frigate, commodore Owen, which sailed for the French coast between 5 and 6 o'clock, and landed his Lordship at Calais at 10 o'clock the same morning. His Lordship would probably reach Paris this day.
The funds still keep rising from the hope that peace will result from the present negotiations. At one o'clock this day the following were the prices:—Consols for money 65 3/4—Ditto Aug 65 3/4 7/8—Reduced 64 1/2—Omnium, for money 12 1/4 1/2—Ditto Aug. 12 1/4, 1 2—Exchequer Bills, 2s. to 3s. prem.—4 per cents. 85—Navy 5 per cents. 98 7/8.
THE EXPEDITIONS. —Were it not that lord Lauderdale has actually set out for Paris, we should have been inclined to think that several circumstances connected with the expedition of Sicily seemed ra-
ther to indicate apprehensions of the failure of the negotiation. The guards, who have been for some time kept in rather an undecided state at Chatham, Deal, Ramsgate, &c. and marched and counter-marched in various directions, after being at length embarked, have been ordered to proceed with all expedition to Portsmouth, whence the expedition for Sicily will start.
Many officers of the Guards have proceeded to Portsmouth by land; most of the rest of them have done so. There are to be immediately embarked, and to follow to Portsmouth with all speed—the Royal staff corps, the Royal wagon corps, the Royal artillery, the 25th regiment five companies, the 40th regiment the 52d do. the 62d do. and the 88th do.
August 5.—The Clyde frigate returned to Deal yesterday, after having safely landed lord Lauderdale at Calais. Some Messengers have proceeded to France with dispatches, since his Lordship left town, but no dispatches have yet been received from his Lordship. The dispatches with the result of his first conference with the French Plenipotentiary, or the minister for foreign affairs himself, may be expected at the close of the present, or early in the next week.
Many people are so sanguine in their expectation of peace, that they allow themselves to believe the business in such forwardness, that lord Lauderdale will have little else to do but to sign the preliminaries immediately, and that the definitive treaty will be concluded soon after. This, however, will not be so speedily effected as they promise themselves, for there are many important points to arrange, which will take up a considerable time; nor must we infer any thing from the precipitancy with which M. D'Oubril signed a preliminary treaty for Russia. Indeed we can take upon us to state with confidence, that he is believed to have exceeded the powers which were given him, and that not only our government, but the Russian embassy here, were much surprised at the haste with which plenipotentiary signed a treaty, which must have been ready drawn up by the French minister, before he arrived in Paris, and which could not possibly have been discussed with that deliberation which a matter of such magnitude required. Now that it has been signed, the court of St. Petersburg has to decide on the ratification, but to many politicians it would even now be no surprising event to see that court hesitate on the measure.
The Emperor of Russia is understood to have proposed to his Swedish majesty to discontinue the blockade of the Prussian ports; a d it is supposed if his representatives should not be attended to, that he would give his permission for the invasion of Pomerania. It was generally believed in that province, that the Prussians would pass the frontier on the 25th ult. This apprehension however, may be considered as premature. Prussia will scarcely proceed to ex remises until the result of the representations last made by her to the court of St. Petersburg, is known. There is nothing now in the state of the continent to induce his Swedish majesty to continue in that dignified attitude which he has so long preserved with so much honor to his country, and advantage to his personal character.
It is now pretty well known that lieutenant Simcoe, is to be the successor to lord Lake in the East Indies.
Accounts from the Lisbon mail state, that Bonaparte had required of the king of Spain to receive an ambassador from the new created king of Naples. It was also insisted on that his Catholic Majesty should agree to the dethroning of his own daughter, the queen of Etruria, and that he should further consent to the incorporation of four of his provinces with the kingdom of France, viz. Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre and Biscay, thereby making the river Ebro the boundary line between France and Spain, instead of the Pyrenees. The court of Madrid made strong remonstrances against such unjustifiable pretensions; and war was even declared by the French minister six hours before his Catholic Majesty consented to the measure.
August 6.—Yesterday dispatches were received by a flag of truce, from Boulogne. Their contents have not transpired.
Stocks declined yesterday towards the close of the market. The fall was variously accounted for. Some would have it that dispatches had been received from France, which brought accounts unfavorable to peace. Others sent a messenger after lord Lauderdale to order his immediate return. The real cause, however, was simply this: Several holders of Omnium finding the price high enough, wished to realize their profit, and brought large sums into the market for sale. The following were the prices at one o'clock this day:
Consols, for money, 65. Do. for August, 65 1/8 1/4. Reduced 65 3/8 3/4. Omnium 11. Exchequer Bills, par 3s. prem.
We stated yesterday, and on the best authority, that M. D'Oubril had in signing the preliminary treaty with France gone beyond his instructions.
We can now add, that the terms are so ignominious and disadvantageous to Russia, that it is thought by some diplomats, the Emperor Alexander will probably hesitate to ratify them.
In the mean time Napoleon acts as if even the definitive treaty was signed. On the very day that D'Oubril signed the preliminary treaty, it was intimated to the Austrian ambassador, that his majesty

must immediately abdicate the crown he has so long worn as head of the German Empire, and confine himself in future to such matters as concern only his own house.
The lord Hobart packet, from New York and Halifax, is arrived at Falmouth.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 17. The following curious circumstance occurred yesterday, at Mr. George Eyre's ship yard, Kensington.
On having down the ship Pennsylvania Packet lately from Canton in order to discover a small leak which she had experienced on her passage home, it was found that she had been stuck about 6 feet below the keel by a Sword Fish, which had driven its trunk or sword thro' the copper sheathing and bottom plank to the ceiling inside; and being unable to draw it out again, had left it remaining in the bottom, and broken short off outside. The force with which it was driven in, was so great as to split the plank and cause the leak. Had the sword been withdrawn, its probable the ship would have made more water than could have been lifted by the pumps. Part of the sword was cut off in extracting it; the remainder measures ten inches long and nearly two inches in diameter.
Extracts from London papers to the 6th of Aug. Admiralty Office, London, Aug. 2. Copy of a letter from the Earl of St. Vincent, K. B. admiral and commander in chief of his majesty's fleet employed in the Channel, Soundings &c to William Marsden, Esq. dated on board his majesty's ship the Hibernia, off Ushant, the 27th July, 1806.
SIR—I enclose the relation of a very gallant action in which the most intrepid valor has been manifested, and the national character highly sustained; but I greatly lament the loss of a number of brave men in the performance of it, flattening myself however, that sixteen of them are prisoners. I am, &c
(Signed) ST VINCENT, Indefatigable, off Rochefort, July 17.
SIR—I have the honor to acquaint you, in obedience to your orders of the 14th inst. I gave the command of the boats of the squadron you sent me by the Lis, for the purpose of endeavoring to capture or destroy the French convoy in the entrance of the river of Bordeaux (with the addition of three from the Indefatigable, and three from the Iris) to lieutenant Sibby, of the Centaur, with all the information I was in possession of respecting their situation, on the evening of the 15th, it appearing a favorable time to make the attempt; though some time after the boats had quitted the Indefatigable, the wind shifted to the westward and came on to blow fresh, notwithstanding the boats proceeded to Verdun Road, boarded and carried the French brig Le Cezar, of 18 guns, and by the rifle d'equippage sixty men, commanded by Monsieur Louis Francis Hector Fourre, lieutenant de vaisseau. The conflict was severe on both sides, the Frenchmen being in every respect well prepared expecting the attack. The wind coming on to blow fresh and the tide running strong, was much against the boats; but nothing could withstand such men led on by the officers who commanded them. Lieutenant Sibby, I lament to say is badly wounded in several places, though, from the reports of the surgeon, I trust will recover. To this gallant officer (whose conduct is spoken of by all who were under his command with admiration) I beg leave to refer you for particulars. There is much credit due to lieutenant Thomas Parker, first of the Indefatigable, who took the command of Le Cezar after she was carried, for his conduct in working her out past the batteries, which kept up a constant cross fire on her, and engaged by the Tresser brig (late in his majesty's service) for nearly two hours; the same attaches to the other officers & men for their coolness and conduct whilst they were engaged. The greater part of the boats were either shot through, or so badly stove, that they were swamped, and obliged to cut adrift from the brig, except the Indefatigable's launch and Iris's cutter. The Havengale's boat, officer, and crew, are missing. Le Cezar is a fine brig, evidently sails well, five years old, eighty eight feet twenty three wide, coppered, and appears fit for his majesty's service. Inclosed is a list of the killed and wounded. I have the honor to be, &c
(Signed) JOHN T. TODD. Total—6 killed; 36 wounded; 21 missing. Many on the above list are but slightly wounded.
N. B By intelligence gained yesterday from a Portuguese vessel of sixteen English prisoners having been marched into Rochefort from Bordeaux, it is considered they are the Revengas men missing in the above report.
LONDON, August 5.—Wednesday, at the ordinary meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh, the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melville was introduced, and took his seat at the Lord Provost's right hand. His Lordship addressed the Council in a very elegant speech, returning them thanks for their kindness and attention on a late occasion, which he should ever remember with the warmest gratitude.
BALTIMORE, Sept. 22. The Editors of the Federal Gazette were this morning favored with the following article, which, considering the official channel thro' which it is derived, they view as highly authentic, and as putting the question of peace between England and France beyond all doubt: By a letter from the American consul at Nantz, dated August 1st, it is stated, that the preliminaries of Peace between England and France had been signed, and as a consequence, that all neutral vessels were permitted to clear out for British ports.
NORFOLK, Sept. 22. By the arrival of the ship Proteus, captain Ewitt, we have received a file of London papers from our correspondent, but they do not come down later than the 26th July, a considerable date with the advices received via Biston. Our advices by the Rolla were to the second of August, although the intermediate dates cannot be supposed to furnish any thing very important, yet the papers would have been acceptable as keeping up the chain of intelligence.
The mission of Lord Lauderdale to Paris, must have been a measure very suddenly adopted, as the papers of the 26th July do not hint at any appointment being contemplated, and between that date and the 2d August, the appointment was made, and his lordship set out for Paris.
We observe by the London Gazette of the 22d July, that Lord Lauderdale was sworn of the King's Privy Council, which was no doubt preparatory to his appointment. On the same day the Hon. David Braine, was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States—Ledger.
A letter from London to the Editor of the 27th July, received by the Proteus, observes "Peace
is much talked of still, and "the general opinion is that it depends on the recovery or death of Mr. Fox, who is one day better, and the next worse—this day he is worse"—ib
We understand that a gentleman who came passenger in the Proteus states, that on the 15th August, they were spoken by his Britannic majesty's frigate Virginia, from whom they learned that the frigate had a day or two before, spoke a cutter from Portsmouth, the master of which stated that Mr. Fox was dead—ib
Yesterday His Britannic majesty's ship Bellerophon, captain Douglas, of 74 guns, anchored in Hampton Roads.
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1806.
The ship Connecticut, Story, from the Isle of France, and 45 days from Leghorn, arrived at New York on the 19th inst. August 16, was boarded by the British Cutter brig, L'Esper, capt. Hope, who informed, that the preliminaries of PEACE between SPAIN and ENGLAND, were signed at Madrid on the 4th of August. Captain Hope had been out but two days from Gibraltar, and says the news was correct.
France and England.—The following extract of a letter gives too much ground to apprehend that a peace has been actually signed by these governments. The letter is dated the 1st of August, and was written by an intelligent gentleman at Nantz, who from his peculiar situation, must necessarily receive the earliest intelligence of so important an event: (Com. Adv.) "Peace is made. It is not yet officially announced; but, from good authority, I know it was signed two days ago."
Another letter states, "that no progress has been made in the negotiation with Spain in consequence of the impediments of France—the latter viewing the U States with a jealous eye. Six months may show many strange events."
The Editor of the New-York People's Friend and Daily Advertiser, after remarking on the pending negotiation between France and England, concludes thus:
"As to peace between France & England we will believe it when we see it gazetted but not before. It does not necessarily follow that because Mr. Fox negotiates, a peace will be concluded. Negotiation with such an enemy as Napoleon may be made, and may be intended to be made, as a new of war. If France should be found unreasonable, and its terms inconsistent with the security of Great Britain, the minister will then be able to come forward to Parliament with better claims upon its support, and to the people with a more lively appeal to their feelings. Negotiation may be good policy. Twice Lord Malmesbury went to negotiate, and twice returned with war in his mouth. So will Lord Lauderdale, or whoever goes to Paris on the present occasion.—We repeat it, we will not believe that a peace is made, till we see it gazetted, and then we will aver that the sun which dawns upon that event will be the darkest that ever rose upon the face of creation, since the transgression of our first parents brought sin into the world. In a continuance of the war only can Britain look for salvation. That star once extinguished—all will be darkness and eternal night over the face of creation."
The following from the Evening Post, is added to the news of Miranda, by the Amazon, Johnson, at New-York from Laguira, published in our last.
"I staid at Laguira a fortnight. I found that the Spaniards (whatever may be their private feelings) dare not express any other opinion concerning Miranda, than that he is a "pirate," "a plunderer," "a villain," &c. The Spanish government has taken every means to render this general as unpopular, and to make his success as much dreaded as possible. It has taught the planters, that his design is to liberate all their slaves; the merchants that he has come to plunder, & the poor to oppress them.—Miranda has notwithstanding many friends in the country, but they dare not declare themselves; and in the present posture of affairs it is no ways probable, and I think not possible, that he will be able to effect any thing without the aid of at least 3 or 4,000 good troops.
"The Spanish government, immediately on Miranda's taking possession of Coro, marched all the troops, militia, &c. that they could muster, both from Laguira & Carracas, and put all the mules of the country in requisition for the expedition. They keep the most vigilant watch over every one. They have been extremely jealous of the Americans, and gave orders that only one person from each American vessel should come on shore during their stay in the country."
"Capt. Boyd (mentioned in the inclosed paper) was strongly of the opinion, that Miranda would eventually succeed; and from his statement to me, as well as from every appearance it is certain that the English are assisting him with good will."
"The markets of Cumana, Barcelona and Laguira, are completely glutted with all kinds of supplies, by reason of the vast importations from St. Thomas and other islands. The opening of the ports had the immediate effect of depressing the prices of goods imported there, and of raising the price of their own produce. The Spanish merchants entertain the idea that, since the ports are opened to all neu-
trals, they will in a short time, be able to get goods for nearly nothing; and they are governed in their purchases by this belief—they buy no goods except at a price far below what they have been accustomed to give.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER.
Since my last communication, there has appeared but one case of Yellow Fever in the penitentiary; which case, has terminated favorably. Those, that are now sick labor under the intermitting and remitting fever, common at this period of the year, and yield readily to remedies.
The length of time since the last case of Yellow Fever and other circumstances, induce me to believe, there will be no recurrence of that disease.
Yours with respect, J. GREENHOW. September 25th. 1806.
A letter from an officer on board the ship Pekin, of this port, dated Leghorn, Aug. 1st, says:—"In the Straights of Gibraltar was brought too by 3 Spanish gun boats examined and dismissed. Same time saw them capture 2 American ships, and take them into Algeciras. July 12 passing Carthagena, we saw the Spanish fleet of 6 sail of the line chasing 2 English frigates; and off Toulon, the French fleet of 4 sail of the line and 4 frigates, just out from that port."—Phil. Gaz.
The number of Deaths in the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, for the week ending the 13th inst. was 52—adults 29—children 23.
The Officers of his Imperial Majesty's ship of the line L'Impetueux, which, against the law of nations, (having up the flag of distress, and on shore on the coast of the U States) was fired at and afterwards set on fire by two ships of the line and a frigate of his Britannic majesty, do express publicly their gratitude to the good inhabitants of the United States, for the generous conduct and care they have shown to the distressed men who swam from the French ship. This conduct, Americans, is conformable to the principles of civilized nations and will prove to the Old World the high opinion we had conceived of the hospitality of this New World. September 19. Norfolk Herald.
The little Harlequin diplomatique has rendered himself the laughing stock of all the Spaniards who reside in Philadelphia—they call his recent trip—a visit to the feast of St. Bruto; the precise force of which we do not find in the sayings of the squire of La Mancha.—Aurora.
Now that the story of the re-appointment of the petit diable Estagnol, has not fulfilled all the hopes of the enemies of Mr. Jefferson, we presume they will take up gen. Thureaud's whiskers, and twist them about for a while.—ib.
The successor of Yrujo is said to be already arrived in the United States. Yrujo has been engaged in the construction of machinery for mills for grinding of grain in Spain; the mills are to be wrought by steam—the steam engines are made or to be made in England, and the mill work here; the work is carrying on near Schuylkill not far from the basin of the city aqueduct—and appears to be not nearly finished. ib.
Such has been the trepidation of the little Spanish Marquis, that it is said he carries pistols about him—poor devil he is perfectly safe in the general contempt which he has excited.—ib.
London August 4.—On Saturday se'n-night a large American ship, near 500 tons, was wrecked on Rattray head. She was loaded with staves, mahogany and tobacco, from America for London. The vessel went to pieces soon after she struck. The crew are all saved.
There is now exhibiting in London, as a show a man of monstrous size, whose name is DANIEL LAMBERT, aged about 34 years, a native of Litchfield. He weighs 700 pounds; measures 3 yards 4 inches round the waist, and one yard, one inch, round the leg. He eats little, drinks nothing but water, enjoys perfect health, and appears to be at ease and in good spirits. If monstrosity is the effect of water drinking, the present age, generally, has not much to fear on this score.
An election of great importance has just taken place in the state of Maryland. According to an extraordinary feature in their system of government an election is held every five years for the choice of two citizens in each county, who are collectively electors of the Senate, the members of which consequently hold their appointments for five years, and who, participating in legislative power, so far fix the complexion of the legislative body, as to be able to frustrate the adoption of any measure obnoxious to them. This election has terminated in the complete triumph of the republicans—Nat. Intell.
The Orleans Gazette announces that a new work, entitled "Discoveries made in exploring the Missouri, Red River, and Ouachita; by captains Lewis and Clark, Dr. Sibley, and William Dunbar, Esq. with a Statistical Account of the countries adjacent—and an Appendix by Mr. Dunbar" is in the press of Mr. Marshall of Natchez, and will be speedily published. It will be comprised in a volume of 200 pages, at two dollars.
The public expectation will naturally be highly excited with respect to a work which promises information of the most interesting character. The materials collected by the gentlemen named in the title will probably be ample, and our knowledge of their talents justifies a confidence that it will be displayed in an able and perspicuous manner.—Nat. Intell.
Two men, conversing about the late change of ministry in the British government, one observed that he could compare it to nothing but an old pair of shoes lately heel-tapt. By my troth, said the other, it is more like an old pair of boots, for it has been well Fox ed lately.
The celebrated Dr. Radcliff, in his early days, and before his practice enabled him to keep a horse, was met by a rival physician who was extremely well mounted, and who was very proud of his steed. A friend of Radcliff, who met at the same instant, pointing to the horse, observed, "Is not that a very good horse, doctor?" "Aye, aye," replied Radcliff sneeringly, "he may pass for a tolerable horse doctor."
The following toast was given by Mr. J. Smith at Charleston, Massachusetts. "Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States who levels his brow-work, spikes his cannon, bears his bow to the shafts of his enemies and gives the deepest wound by a dignified silence."
FROM A LONDON PAPER. Public Office, Marlboro'-street SINGULAR BRAN.
A man was yesterday charged at this office with burglary, in the house of Mr. Neptune, the Nag's Head, Oxford-Street, when the following singular evidence was given:
Mr. Neptune stated, that early yesterday morning, he dreamt two thieves had broken open his house, and entered the bar, the door of which they had propped open with a stick used by himself for that purpose, and were carrying off the liquors. The anxiety of the dream having awoke him, he went to listen on the stairs, but every thing appeared quiet. He, however, satisfied himself by going down stairs, when the vision became realized; for a thief had broken into the house through a back window, and was carrying off the spirits from the bar, the door of which was kept open by the identical stick to which we before alluded. The robber had conveyed a quantity of spirits from the house to an adjoining yard, and he returned for more, when he was secured by Mr. Neptune. The person of the prisoner was identified by a watchman and the prosecutor, and he was fully committed for trial.
Among the changes of this wonderful world, it will not soon be forgotten, that twelve years since, the two persons, now called the Emperor of France and the King of Naples, were lodged together in one Parisian garret, at a livre per week, and two of the Princesses, their sisters, had no more than one gown between them at Marseilles, in consequence of which, the inhabitants of that place were never favoured with the presence of both at the same Promenade. Such has been the fate of this family out of so many thousands who aiming at destruction, were stopped short by the Guillotine. Lon. pap.
The facetious Ned Ward tells us of a law suit founded on two words, this and that, so ill written that one could not be distinguished from the other; the suit lasted so long that time completely obliterated both, so that in the end it was neither this nor that.—ib.
SPECIMEN OF A NEW DICTIONARY. Bachelor of Arts. One that courts the arts, but never weds them. Poetry. The art of telling lies in verse. Dramatic Writer. One that turns a modern tragedy into a comedy, and a comedy into a farce. Modern Critic. A word catcher, that lives on syllables. A Fox hunter. The guardian of the geese. A Courter. One that takes a memorandum to forget. Metaphysician. A spinner of cobwebs. An Opposition Orator. One that making long speeches, asks questions, and moves for papers. ib.
UNITED STATES LOAN OFFICE, State of Virginia, Sept. 22d, 1806. NOTICE is hereby given, to all persons concerned, that the creditors of the Navy 6 per cent Stock, will be paid off on the first day of October ensuing, agreeable to a resolution of the commissioners of the sinking fund, passed on the 28th of April last, on their transferring the said Stock to Thomas Tudor Tucker, Esq. Treasurer of the United States, in trust for the said States; and the creditors of the other Stocks will receive their dividends on Monday the 13th.—They will excuse the delay in me it is hoped, as my commission was ten days delayed with the mail, by bad weather on its way at the Post office, at Gloucester Courthouse, and the representatives of my predecessor, found it not convenient to put me in possession of the Office till the 18th inst.
JOHN PAGE, Commissioner. Richmond, Sept. 25th, 1806.
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 Back Island Creek, in Albemarle, being the lower end of the tract, purchased by said Johnson, of Henry Wood.
RICHARD ANDERSON, Trustee. Milton, 22d Sept. 1806. Just Received at S. Pleasants Book Store, Moore's Poems War in Disguise Answer to Do. Biddle's Article Manual of Parliamentary Practice, by Mr. Jefferson Underwood on Children Cheselden's Anatomy Sacred Mirror Easy Instructor Thoughts on the sub-
POSTSCRIPT.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 24.
Extract of a letter, dated Curazao, Aug. 15, 1806.
"About the first of the month Miranda landed on the Maine, and took possession of a fort of six 12 pounders near Coro without resistance. We cannot learn the number of his troops; but it is generally believed to be about 600. I saw a letter of the 13th instant, which came by a dispatch boat from Porto Cavello, and which says, "this day will arrive 2,000 regulars from Carracas. They will embark immediately for the neighborhood of Coro; for which purpose all the shipping in the harbor are put in requisition;" among which there are two schooners already laden for Curazao, and on debarking their troops they will proceed to this port. I have conversed with a young man that was interpreter to the prisoners that were taken on board Miranda's ships. He says that William Lippincott jun. is sent to Porto Rico, that Daniel R. Durning died of a wound he received when they were taken, that Daniel D. Kemper, Robert Saunders, Thomas Donahue, Captain of one of the schooners, Joseph Erle, Thomas Billop and James Gatin were hung. The names of the others he does not recollect. It is said, and I believe with truth, that the dispatches per the boat from Porto Cavello were to ask the assistance of this government by the loan of a Dutch frigate and sloop of war that are stationed here, but that the governor has declined.
FROM KINGSTON JAN. AUG 11:
A story is in circulation respecting a rencontre between the brig Akinson, Mar tin of from this port, and an armed American ship near Heneage, but we cannot completely ascertain the particulars. It is said that the brig supposing the vessel in sight to be Spanish, fired a shot athwart her bow for the purpose of bringing her to, when the ship heaving to, poured in a broadside of langridge and grape shot, and an action commenced; which continued but a short time, the American after a few broadsides striking his colours. On coming to a proper understanding the vessels separated.
A passenger in the Rufus, from Nantz, adds to the other report a prevailing there at the time of his departure, that Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland, had been assassinated.—Phil. Gaz.
THE HINT.
Beneath the Rose, that mild appears, The venom'd thorn we find, And of the form that Beauty wears, Conceals a canker'd mind.
The nymph, possess'd of Beauty's charms, The praise of Fame may share; But she, whom love of VIRTUE warms, Is still the loveliest fair.
While that attends the flattering glass, To deck her beauteous face; This as the fleeting moments pass; Improves each mental grace.
Accept the hint, ye lovely fair, Nor friendship's voice despise, For soon will Time's rude hand impair The bauble that ye prize.
FOR SALE,
On Monday the 6th October next, if fair, otherwise the first fair day thereafter, to the highest bidder, at twelve months credit, on the premises,
The Houses and Lot,
Lately occupied by us, in the town of New Castle, which is well calculated for a store, and is in a rich neighborhood. At the same time and place will be SOLD, on three months credit,
The remaining stock of Goods
On hand, and household FURNITURE. Geo. Street, Brother & Co. Hanover county, 22d Sept. 1806.
ON the first day of next month at the late dwelling house of Meriwether Jones, dec'd, WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, a variety of household, kitchen, gardening and farming IMPLEMENTS. Among the former, are beds, and mahogany furniture in Dining, Card, and Tea Tables, Desk and Bookcase, &c. ALSO, three valuable Milch Cows and some hogs, and a small collection of Valuable Books.
Cash will be expected for purchases not exceeding ten dollars; for all above that sum 60 days will be allowed, on notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with one or more endorsers to be approved by GEORGE WM SMITH Adm'r &c. Of Meriwether Jones, dec'd. Richmond, Sept. 23d 1806.
TO BE SOLD,
ON Friday the 31st of October, at the late dwelling house of William Elliott, dec'd, on the Hill, near the Swan tavern, all the household and kitchen FURNITURE belonging to the said deceased, consisting of Beds and FURNITURE Mahogany dining TABLES, an elegant SIDEBORD, CHAIRS, and a number of articles suitable for a genteel family. Six months credit will be given on all sums over ten dollars—all sums under will be cash. Bond and approved security will be required, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid. All persons having demands against the said estate, are desired to bring them forward properly authenticated, that provision may be made for payment thereof. All persons indebted to the said estate are desired to make payment, as speedily as possible, as a long indulgence cannot be given. The house to be rented and possession given immediately.
ROBERT HYDE, Acting Executor of William Elliott, dec'd. Richmond, Sept. 22d, 1806.

JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the History of France and England—And an account of NAPO- LEON BONAPARTE, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 31 1/4. April 28. 1806
WHEAT FANS, FOR SALE BY C. & T. SAUNDERS. Near the Basin of the Canal. May 23. 1806.
TO BE SOLD, for cash, at John Farrar's, on Rockfish river, in Amherst county, on Monday the 25th day of August next, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by John Farrar, for the purpose of discharging his debt due to Messrs. Murphy & Co. therein speci- fied. ONE NEGRO WOMAN, named Milley, and her child, named Henley, and the increase of the said Milley, if any, since the executing the said trust; one SET OF BLACK SMITH'S TOOLS, and one SET OF MARE and COLT Daniel Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst, 16th July, 1806.
** The sale of the above property is POSTPONED until the FIRST DAY of OCTOBER NEXT, at which time it will certainly be sold. DANIEL HIGGINBOTHAM.
IN COUNCIL, 29th March, 1806. IT is advised, that it be advertised in the public papers that PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive from any person willing to con- tract to furnish the necessary Clothing for the Public Guard for the present year. DAN. L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council
** TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office. "Discoveries of Lewis and his Part- y, in Louisiana." A few copies of the above interesting work, just received, and for SALE at the Post Off- ice, Williamsburg, and at this office. May 5. 1806
BY virtue of a deed of trust now of record in the district court of Richmond, executed to me by Jacob Trabue, of the county of Powhatan, on the 8th day of February 1805, in order to secure the payment of £448 11s. 4d due to Lyle and M'Credie, of Manchester, with the legal interest accruing thereon, and the costs necessary to carry the trust into execution, will be SOLD to the highest bidder, for ready mo- ney, at Zachariah Brooks's tavern, in the town of Manchester, on the first day of October next, 200 ACRES OF LAND, Be the same more or less lying and being in the county of Powhatan, or perhaps a part thereof may be in the county of Chesterfield, and bound- ed by the lands of Benjamin Watkins, Reuben Winfrey, Samuel Harper and the Buckingham road, being the whole of the tract of land on which the said Jacob Trabue now resides. THO'S DEPP, Trustee. Manchester, August 25th, 1806.
Negroes for Sale.
The subscriber will sell a great bargain in SIX NEGROES, consisting of one negro man, who is a good shoemaker—two women, accus- tomed to house business—two girls, of about ten years of age, and one small boy. The above are for sale for private sale until the first Mon- day in October, and if not disposed of, will, on that day, be sold, at Public Auction at the Vendue Office of Trosser & Beaumont, on 60 days credit. THOMAS BURKESS. August 27th, 1806 I have also for sale, a light COACHEE and HARNESS
NOTICE. THE price of TUCKER'S BLACK- STONE after the first of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The sub- scribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies will not after that time be entitled to the subscription terms. Philadelphia July 1806.
MILLINERY. MRS. S. PLEASANTS in corner house next door below Jacob Johnson's Book- store, has received a handsome assortment of BONNETS, HATS, &c. of newest fashion, just from Philadelphia. A supply will be constantly kept on hand.
A MILLER WANTED. The subscriber wishes to employ a MIL- LER, to attend to a manufacturing mill. To one that can come well recommended, lib- eral wages will be given. S. W. Venable & Womack. Prince Edward July 4. 1806
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun. and for sale by the gross, dozen, or single, at his Printing Office and Book Store, Rich- mond; The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807; Being the third after Bisextile or Leap Year. Adjusted to the Latitude and Meridian of Rich- mond. Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Hanover county, Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calcula- tions, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of hold- ing the superior & county Courts throughout the state, list of roads &c. &c. &c. a great va- riety of useful and entertaining matter. Great allowance made to wholesale pur- chasers. September 13th, 1806.
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Ex- cellent Horses. Enquire of the publisher. Richmond, August 2. 1806. Bail and Delivery Bonds For sale at this office.
Interesting to Parents! THE WILLIAMSBURG ACADEMY, For Female Education. THE annual course of tuition will recomm- ence on the 1st October, and the new ar- rangement of the several branches of Instruction presents a pleasing view of female improvement well calculated to impress a conviction of the benefits of the Institution. Careful observation and the experience of several years assiduously devoted to the cultivation of the female mind, have rendered Mr. Anderson familiar with every view of the subject, and enabled him to adapt his system, successfully, he hopes, to the wants and wishes of those who take an interest in it. The lessons and exercises of the difficult but de- lightful accomplishment of music, are distributed in a manner which will quickly insure the youth- ful practitioners with an emulation to excel, and give them the habit of gratifying their friends with an exhibition of their performance. The arrangements of the Dancing School, offer a still more satisfactory prospect of the advance of the young ladies in polite and graceful manners, and by a judicious combination, are rendered subservient to the most valuable objects of gene- ral improvement. The advantages of this branch of the Institution cannot be particularly ex- plained; but a correct estimate of the habits and taste of society in this state, justifies the asser- tion, that they alone form an adequate inducement to pass a winter at Williamsburg. As a fi- nancial matter, the education of young ladies, with the probation and preference of the public; and in no situation, perhaps, can the unfortunate ne- glect of early improvement more successfully ob- tain the remedy which parental solicitude de- mands.
Let it be remembered however, that the solid acquirements of a liberal education, are best se- cured, by devoting to it the first years of unfat- iguing application; and, if we consider at how early a period of their age, young ladies make their en- trance into life, it becomes evident, that the les- sons and exercises necessary to their improve- ment, should commence with the first dawn of mental expansion. Parents should therefore pay particular attention to the early instruction of their daughters, and the best scene of elemen- tary tuition, would, under favorable circumstan- ces, be the parental roof; but should any cause prevent the domestic communication of this ne- cessary instruction, a just confidence may be placed in the judicious regulations of Mr. Ander- son's Institution. His system embraces as es- sential to its object, those active and cheerful recreations, which whilst they promote health, and assist personal development, render the young mind insensible to the weight and uncon- scious of the resistless of confinement. And that parents may have every possible induce- ment to send their daughters early to the Aca- demy, young ladies whose age does not exceed ten years, will be boarded at half the usual price. In compliance with the wish of some very li- beral Individuals, whose solicitude for the more rapid or perfect improvement of their daughters, renders them regardless of increased expense, a private class of six or eight young ladies will be formed, who in addition to the established les- sons of the school, will receive every possible assistance of extra instruction and attention. As the terms for this class will be considerably high- er than the charge for the established course, those who desire to be interested in it, will re- ceive, on application by letter or otherwise, a particular communication. Williamsburg, September 1, 1806
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 Lafayette Brown Sugar Molasses Coffee of superior quality Alexandria Crackers Rhode Island Cheese A general assortment of CROCKERY and STONE WARE, and Rhode Island LIME. Richmond July 4th, 1806.
MATTRASSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MAT- TRASSES 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 mattrasses worked over. Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5, 1806.
FOR SALE. THAT valuable TRACT OF LAND, on which Gumberland Courthouse stands—It contains a- bout TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES one half of which is yet uncultivated. Besides the advantage of having the Courthouse on this tract of Land, it is situated on one of the most public roads in Virginia; as a public stand there are none that can surpass it. The buildings with some repair- ing, may be made sufficiently extensive and com- fortable. Part cash will be expected of the purchaser when possession is given; a reasonable credit will be allowed for the balance or if it suits the pur- chaser better landed property will be received in part. Creek Taylor and State B Woodson, both of Cumberland county are authorized to sell the a- bove tract of land. Or the same may be purchas- ed of the subscriber in Buckingham county, near Allen's Mill. BEVERLY LANGHORNE June 10th, 1806.
NOTICE. THE copartnership of GILLIAT & KIRBY, by its limitation, would expire on the first day of next month; but the members of that firm have mutually agreed to extend it to the first day of May next—All persons indebted thereto, are earnestly requested to come forward without delay, and pay off what they respective- ly owe, as longer indulgence ought not to be ex- pected—Those who have unsettled accounts and cannot make immediate payment it is hoped, will execute bonds for their respective balances. GILLIAT & KIRBY have already received a part of their FALL GOODS, And by the first arrivals from London, Liver- pool, &c. the residue is expected, which they will sell for cash, country produce, or approved notes. GILLIAT & KIRBY. Richmond, August 20th, 1806.
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 reason- able 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.
An Advantageous Sale. ON Thursday the 30th of Octo- ber next, will be SOLD, at my house, in Prince Edward county, about 12 miles above the courthouse, 9 valuable likely young Virginia born NEGROES, and all my stock of Cattle, Hogs and Horses, crop of Corn, Fodder, &c. al- so 400 acres of LAND, well inclosed with a good dwelling house and all out houses sufficient for a large family. It is thought unnecessary to give any particular description of the Land as it is presumed that those inclined to purchase, will wish to view it. Joel Davis. Prince Edward county, 29th Aug. 1806.
Forty Dollars FOR the apprehension of PETER, who ran away on the 6th instant. He is about 17 years old 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, of a very dark complexion, robust and rather handsome, snub-nosed and appears very different when spoken to. As his father, who I am cer- tain has engaged him to this conduct, is gene- rally acquainted with the masters of vessels that sail to and from Norfolk, Petersburg and Rich- mond, I think it highly probable that he is ei- ther in one of those places or on board some of the vessels that sail to and from them. The a- bove reward and all reasonable expenses will be paid for the delivery of the said boy. All mas- ters of vessels and others are forewarned from harboring or carrying him out of the state. Samuel Demoville. Charles City, Aug 30th 1806.
Land & Negroes, for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust ex- ecuted to the subscriber, by Simeon Glenn, to secure the payment of the sum of two hun- dred pounds, due to John Price, and the ne- cessary expenses in recording and carrying said deed into effect, will be SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Saturday the fourth day of October next, at William Price's tavern, in the county of Louisa, a TRACT OF LAND lying in said county con- taining by actual survey one hundred and thirty- nine acres lying upon the Roundabout Creek; and in following NEGROES to wit: Phebe, Fanny and Alice, children of Phebe, Betty, George Ben and Mat, or so much of said pro- perty as will be sufficient to pay the said sum of £200 with the interest accumulated thereon and the expenses as above mentioned. WILLIAM PRICE, Trustee. September 24. 1806.
WILL BE SOLD, On the premises, in Buckingham county, at pub- lic sale, for ready money, to the highest bid- der, at the place called the Mountain Houses. Two Tracts or Parcels of Land, Containing in the two 500 acres. Also, another tract of 500 acres, in Amherst county, on Rock- fish's run, mortgaged by Charles Parteson to George Kippen & Co. to secure a payment of three hundred and sixty five pounds fourteen shillings and four pence half penny, with interest from the 26th day of August, 1779, and all costs, decreed by the said court of Buckingham, No- vember, 1798. The first mentioned two tracts will be sold, or so much thereof as will be suffi- cient to satisfy the plaintiff's demand, the 16th day of October, 1805—the said 500 acres in Am- herst county, will be sold, on the land, the 19th day of October 1805, or so much thereof as will satisfy the plaintiff's demand. By the Commissioners. August 18th, 1806.
NOTICE. I EXPECT to remove to the state of Kentucky or Tennessee in the course of the ensuing fall; all persons having claims against me as deputy sheriff, or in my individual capacity, are requested to bring them forward in order to receive payment on or before the 15th day of October next; also those indebted to me, are desired to make immediate payment, as I wish to make a final settlement of my business, previ- ous to my removal. Joel Yancey. Albemarle county, 29th Aug 1806.
WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, on Tuesday, the 14th of October next, at the late residence of Mr. John Gann, dec. in the county of Henrico, on James river, six miles below Rich- mond, all the FURNITURE belonging to the estate of the said Gann, consisting of house and kitchen FURNITURE, about eighty vo- lumes BOOKS plantation UTENSILS crops of CORN FODDER, HAY &c. stock of HOR- SES and CATTLE, and many other articles too tedious to enumerate. A credit of twelve months will be allowed for all sums exceeding ten dollars, with bond and approved security, bearing interest from the date—but the interest will be remitted if the principle is punctually paid. I deem it necessary to mention that a mong the horses are a colt and a filly, by Bed- ford and Diomed, out of a Dardanelle mare, whose dam was got by Clockless. The colt is allowed by all who have seen him, (and many of those are esteemed judges,) to be as prom- ising (if not more so,) as any they have seen—As they are the joint property of an individual and the estate, the amount for which they may sell, will be divided, and separate bonds taken. Per- sons having demands against the estate are re- quested to make them known, and those indebted to make payment to JOHN TURPIN, Sen. Adm'r September 5th, 1806.
BY virtue of a deed of trust execu- ted to the subscriber by Richard Farrer, de- ceased, of the county of Albemarle, for the pur- pose of securing the payment of a debt due to Messrs. Murphy and Co. as therein specified and all charges attending the execution of the trust, WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, for ready money, on Sa- turday, the 11th of October next, at the dwelling house of the said Richard Farrer, dec. in the county aforesaid, THE FOLLOWING PRO- PERTY viz. One negro man, named Squib, one named Jacob, one named Watt, and one named Isaac—also, one negro woman named Betty, and one named Rachel and their increase, if any since the executing of the trust. Daniel Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst county, Sept. 3d, 1806.
$50,000 a 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 excellence of the present scheme is univer- sally 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, Resides several of 1,000, 500, 200, 100, &c. &c. The first 4,000 Blanks to be entitled to 3 dol- lars 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. Notwithstand- ing 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 & 66, 33 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 on their success. The public are requested to remark, that the draw- ing of the New York Lotteries is managed in so correct a manner, as not to be subject to er- ror. The time of drawing, and payment of prizes is punctual, and guaranteed by the State Le- gislature. Schemes at large enclosed with Tick- ets—The many Capital Prizes sold by G. & R. W. in former Lotteries (most of which will also be enclosed) it is presumed, will be an additional in- ducement to distant adventurers to purchase of them. 3m
FOR SALE, MY LANDS, in Cumberland county, lying on Appomattox river, joining the lands of Mr. William and George Skipwith; this land is equal if not superior to any land in Cumberland county, of James river. It contains 607 acres, one half of which is covered by fine timber of every description. There is on this land a decent DWELLING HOUSE, and between four and five hundred bearing apple trees, of choice fruit. One third of the money will be expected when a title is made, the other two thirds may be divided into two annual payments. Mr. Jer- mau Baker or Mr. Wm. Skipwith will show the land to any person wishing to become a purcha- ser. FRANCIS EFFES. Chesterfield, Sept. 15th, 1806.
Charlottesville Races. ON Monday the 13th day of October next, will be run for, over the Charlottesville course, a sweep stake purse for Colts, two mile heats, eleven Colts entered at ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS each. ALEXANDER GARRETT, Proprietor of the Course. September 13th, 1806.
Racing at Surry Courthouse, Will commence on Wednesday the 5th November, and continue three days. First day, a Post Stakes for Colts and Fillies, two years old, and the advantage mile heats, carrying each a feather; entrance TWEN- TY DOLLARS, ten Colts entered and subscrip- tion 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, 119 4 years old, 109 3 years old, 86 CHARLES H. GRAVES, Secretary. Agreeable to the rules of the club, a meeting will be held at Mr. David Price's, on Wednes- day evening the 5th November. Good stables and litter furnished race horses gratis by DAVID PRICE, Proprietor of the Course. Surry county, 8th September 1806.
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.
HE SUBSCRIBERS, Brewers of Por- ter 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 in- formation necessary for carrying on a Porter Ga- lar, in the said place, on receiving sufficient se- curity for final payment. Application to be made to them in Philadelphia or to Messrs. Macmurdo and Fuher. P. Hare & Son. August 8th, 1806.
FOR SALE. THE LOT & HOUSES where- on John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul resides; on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Hou- ses for family use, a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately pulled in, a Ware- House 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, ta- king in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be con- veniently taken. Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Pudie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2.
Just received at this office, THE SECOND VOLUME OF Burks's History of Virginia. Subscribers are requested to call and take their books. August 27.
WHEREAS that portion of the funds, of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on Buildings of the State of Virginia, which belongs to the Country, is inadequate to the payment of the losses by fire, which have actually occurred, and which are exclusively chargeable on the Country funds, whence, has arisen the indispens- able necessity, of calling for the payment of part of a quota, from the persons who have en- sured in the country, which requisition ought pro- perly to be limited to those members who had in- sured prior to the happening of the great fire in Norfolk, on the 23th of February 1804, by which fire the joint funds of the society were nearly ex- hausted. And whereas common principles of justice ob- viously require that the part of a quota so to be called for, should place all the members (new and old subscribers) of the country part of the said society on an equal footing, which can only be done by requiring from those who had insured before the said 23th of February 1804, such part of a quota or quotas, as being added to the amount of the country funds, at the date of the division of the joint funds, between the town and the country would make a sum equal, or nearly e- qual, to the aggregate of the premiums original- ly paid, by those who had insured anterior to the 23th of February 1804.
And whereas the Board of Directors of the said society, have according to decree it is necessa- ry and just in conformity to a statement and es- timate prepared and to them submitted by the principal Agent, to demand from each member who had a building or buildings in the country, prior to the 23th day of February 1804, part of a quota or quotas, equal to two thirds of a premi- um or premiums originally advanced by such member, to be paid on or before the 10th day of December next.
1 do now therefore in pursuance of a resoluti- on adopted by the said Board of Directors, here- by make known to all persons whom it may con- cern, that the said requisition of two thirds of a quota, on each building insured in the country as aforesaid, before the said 23th day of February 1804, to be paid on or before the 10th day of De- cember next, has been made for the causes a- foresaid, by virtue of the authority vested in the President and Directors, by an act of the General Assembly entitled, "an act for carrying into execution the constitution of the Mutual As- surance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia," lately adopted at a general meeting; and I do further hereby, in pursuance also of the resolution aforesaid, notify to all persons concerned, That every insurance on which the said two thirds of a quota, shall be payable, under the foregoing requisition, will be forfeited, unless payment thereof, that is of a sum equal to two-thirds of the premium mentioned in the policy, be made on or before the said 10th day of December next; and such insurance will remain forfeited, until the payment of two- thirds of a quota so withheld and interest there- on, shall afterwards be either voluntarily made, or coerced in the mode prescribed by law. ALEX. McRAE, President. M. A. S. Richmond, 12th Sept. 1806.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a petition will be presented to the next As- sembly of Virginia, praying to remove the Court- house of Warwick county from the place it at present stands, to Soney run, on the land of Richard Cary, dec. Richmond, 19th Sept. 1806.
NOTICE. To the Creditors of D. & W. Guer- rant. THAT the trustees of said Daniel and W. Guerant will on Friday the 3d October next, meet at the house formerly occupied by them as a store in this place, in order to make a second dividend of money, collected under said trust, (to subscribing creditors.) The non subscribing creditors, are particularly requested to attend on that day. By order of the Trustees, WM. GUERANT. New Canton, 16 Sept 1806.
N B a few dry goods, will be offered at ven- due, on the day and at the place above mentioned, belonging to the late concern of D. & W. Guer- rant. W. G.
FRANKLIN'S LIFE & WORKS. PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. PHILOSOPHICAL, LITERARY, AND POLITICAL. ONE edition has been lately published in En- gland in three volumes octavo; the papers con- tained in these volumes will be revised and com- pared with the papers in the possession of the editor of the Aurora, which are corrected in the hand writing of Dr. Franklin; and a considera- ble addition will be made of interesting papers, which have not appeared in any former edition, a few manuscripts never before published, and which are not noticed in the English collection lately published. The publisher had for a considerable time past contemplated this publication as he had collected a number of articles which had incidentally fallen into his hands, and others, which by much indus- try he has been able to procure. The additional papers it is presumed will form two additional volumes. The whole will be put to press, as soon as the Divisions of Puley are completed—and will be printed on a superior paper, and in a style suita- ble to the value of the work. The price to subscribers for each volume will be 250 cents, payable only on delivery. A primed proposal will be circulated without delay and subscriptions will be received at the Book store of the publisher, Wm. Duane, and by the different bookellers throughout the U. States.
NOTICE. THE partnership of THOMAS H. WAL- TON & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All those who are indebted to said con- cern are desired to make payments to Tho. H. Walton, who alone is authorized to receive them and give discharges. Those to whom the con- cern are indebted, will apply to him for pay- ment. Tho. H. Walton, William Walton, Jr. Catterville, 31st August, 1806. The business will be carried on in future by the subscriber. Thomas H. Walton, THE SECOND VOLUME OF CHASE'S TRIAL, By SAM'L H. SMITH. Is just received and ready for delivery to subscri- bers at this office. A few copies of the work complete, for sale as above.