Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1800-09-05 00:00:00

The VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[No. 40 OF VOL. VIII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
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EXTRACT
From a pamphlet "addressed to the people of the United States, being an Epitome and vindication of the public life and character of THOMAS JEFFERSON."—(just published.)
HEAVEN has wisely ordered, that on your virtuous efforts alone, shall it depend, to disavow the principles, revoke the measures, and discard the men, that have thus afflicted you. Happy, in the possession of a citizen, to whom, under God, America is principally indebted for that share of political well-being the now enjoys— Jefferson , mild, amiable, and philanthropic, refined in manners as enlightened in mind, the philosopher of the world, whose name adds lustre to our national character, and as a legislator and statesman, stands second to no man's— Jefferson, yet lives . On him then concentrate your present views and your future hopes.
Illustrious by an active life, of great and consistent efforts to promote the universal establishment of republican liberty, and the permanent happiness of the great family of mankind, he will neither disappoint your hopes nor defeat your wishes.—Look into his past life, examine all his conduct, and if you can discover one instance of political apostasy or the dereliction of a republican principle, then withhold from him your confidence and your suffrages.
Neither suffer yourselves to be deceived by the calumnious efforts of electioneering partisans, the real enemies of America, to depreciate the moral and political character of the man whose name should be dear to every republican heart. It is through the turpitude of those enemies, that the pure virtues and eminent talents of Jefferson stand reflected, with undiminished lustre, and present him to the world as the friend and benefactor of the human race. See the testimony of the venerable judge Pendleton, president of the Virginia convention, pages 100 and 101, on the question for adopting the federal constitution, who speaks in the following emphatic words: "I know and highly respect the great abilities of Mr. Jefferson—Providence has, for the happiness of mankind, accompanied those abilities, with a disposition to make use of them for the good of his fellow-beings."—Honourable testimonial of an aged and veteran statesman, who could contemplate with pleasure the support and patronage he had yielded to the youthful virtues and rising talents of Jefferson, in early life—a testimonial as honourable to him that gave, as to him that received it.
But, relying on the same high and respected authority of judge Pendleton, see what he further says in the same debate, in reply to the artful insinuation then made, that Mr. Jefferson, who was at that time absent as minister of the United States in France, had written sentiments hostile to the adoption of the federal constitution, and advising its rejection.—"I have seen, says Mr. Pendleton, the letter in which Mr. Jefferson has written his opinion upon this subject.—It appears that he is possessed of that constitution, and has in his mind the idea of amending it.—He has in his mind the very question of subsequent or previous amendments, which is now under consideration. His sentiments on this subject are as follows:
"I wish with all my soul that the first nine conventions may accept the new constitution, because it will secure to us the good it contains, which I think great and important. I wish the four latest, which ever they be, may refuse to accede to it, till amendments are secured." He then enumerates the amendments which he wishes to be secured, and adds—"We must take care however that neither this nor any other objection to the form, produce a schism in our union. That would be an incurable evil;—because friends falling out never cordially reunite." Are these sentiments (asks Mr. Pendleton) in favour of those who wish to prevent its adoption by previous amendment? He wishes the first nine states to adopt it.—What are his reasons? Because it will secure to us the good it contains which he thinks great & important, and he wishes the other four may refuse it, because he thinks it will tend to obtain necessary amendments.—But he would not wish that a schism should take place in the union on no consideration. If then we are to be influenced by his opinion at all, we will ratify it, and secure thereby the good it contains."
Republican citizens of America, will you believe it, and shall the groundless calumny yet find currency in our land, that Jefferson is an ant federalist and enemy to the constitution of the United States? Reflect, and ask yourselves, whether, if in the prophetic spirit that dictated his remarks on the constitution, as before quoted, the convention of four states had refused to accede to it, until amendments were obtained, you would probably now have cause to regret the existence in your country of an alien and sedition law, of the lately adopted doctrine of constructive treason, and above all, of the ruinous & disgraceful treaty with Great-Britain?
Equally repulsive to the malign suggestion that Mr. Jefferson is an enemy to religion the public records of his native state, present to the world in the statute book of their laws, the celebrated act "for establishing religious freedom"—drawn by the pen, and offered to the assembly of Virginia by the hand, of their enlightened and illustrious fellow-citizen: Read, ye fanatics, bigots, and religious hypocrites, of whatsoever clime or country ye be, and you, base calumniators, whose efforts to traduce are the involuntary tribute of envy to a character more pure and perfect than your own, read, learn, and practice in the sublime truths and inspired language of his ever memorable "Act for establishing religious freedom," thus:—
"We, aware that almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion, who being lord both of body and mind, yet chose not to propagate it by coercions on either, as was in his almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavouring to impose them on others, hath established & maintained false religions over the greatest part of
the world, and through all time; that to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor, whose morals he would make his pattern, and whose power he feels most persuasive to lighteousness, and is withdrawing from the ministry those temporary rewards, which proceeding from an approbation of their personal conduct are an additional incitement to earnest and unremitting labours for the instruction of mankind; that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions, more than our opinions in physics or geometry—that therefore the proscribing any citizen as unworthy the public confidence, by laying upon him an incapacity of being called to offices of trust and emolument, unless he profess or renounce this or that religious opinion, is depriving him injuriously of those privileges and advantages, to which, in common with his fellow-citizens, he has a natural right; that it tends also to corrupt the principles of that very religion it is meant to encourage, by bribing with a monopoly of worldly honors and emoluments, those who will externally profess and conform to it; that though indeed those are criminal who do not withstand such temptation, yet neither are those innocent who lay the bait in their way; that to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency, is a dangerous fallacy which at once destroys all religious liberty because he being of course judge of that tendency, will make his opinions the rule of judgment, and approve or condemn the sentiments of others only as they shall square with or differ from his own; that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself: that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous, when it is permitted freely to contradict them:
"Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly—That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities."
"And though we well know that this assembly, elected by the people for the ordinary purposes of legislation only, have no power to restrain the acts of succeeding assemblies, constituted with powers equal to our own, and that therefore to declare this act to be irrevocable, would be of no effect in law; yet we are free to declare, and do declare, that the rights hereby asserted, are the natural rights of man-
kind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right."
Further, if the opponents of Mr. Jefferson require additional proof of the ardent piety and religious fervour of his mind, let them read in his "Notes on Virginia," page 237, his reflections on the subject of slavery, expressive of his wishes for a gradual emancipation, which are concluded by the following pious apostrophe. "Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that those liberties are of the gift of God? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just: that his justice cannot sleep forever: that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events: that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.—But it is impossible to be temperate and to pursue this subject thro' the various considerations of policy, of morals, of history, natural and civil. We must be contented to hope they will force their way into every one's mind. I think a change already perceptible since the origin of the present American revolution. The spirit of the master is abating, that of the slave rising from the dust; his condition mollifying, the way I hope preparing, under the auspices of heaven, for a total emanicipation, and that this is disposed in the order of events, to be with the consent of the masters, rather than be their extirpation."
Again, in the same Notes, page 240, evincing his anxiety to cultivate a spirit of genuine virtue in the public mind, as the sure preservative of republican liberty, he expresses a no less exalted sentiment of the cultivators of the soil, the yeomanry of our country, than a just confidence in the order of providence to perpetuate, thro' them, the sacred flame of moral and religious virtue.
"Those, says Jefferson, who labour in the earth are the chosen people of God; if ever he had a chosen people whose breasts he had made his peculiar deposit for substantial and genuine virtue. It is the focus in which he keeps alive that sacred fire, which otherwise might escape from the face of the earth. Corruption of morals in the mass of cultivators is a phenomenon of which no age or nation has furnished an example. It is the mark set on those, who not looking up to heaven, to their own soil and industry, as does the husbandman, for their subsistence, depend for it on the casualties and caprice of customers. Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.—It is the manners and spirit of a people which preserve a republic in vigour. A degeneracy in these is a canker which soon eats to the heart of its laws and constitution."
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From the (Franciscan) GENIUS of LIBERTY.
Reflections in reference to the recent Election of a President and Congress of the United States.
LYCURGUS—No. IX.
HAVING past over three of the questions originally proposed to be considered, that which we have now gotten to may be taken up, as being independent of those omitted.
What species of national order is preferable? Let us recollect that society admits only of a state of union or a state of division; and that union is a state of order and quiet. A state of national union or order must originate from moderate government or despotism; and it depends upon its origin, whether it is a state of happiness or misery. A state of division originates from a mixture of moderate government and despotism, and is preferable to a state of national order produced by despotism, whilst order produced by moderate government is preferable to it. But this mixture, contrive it as you will, invariably generates an effervescence, until one of its principles shall dissolve the other; for although a mutual repugnancy will for ever prevent from combining, either is a menstruum in which the other is soluble. From this quality of inimical principles, it happens that a state of national division is inherently possessed of a tendency towards one of its cures, that is moderate government or despotism.
A tolerable knowledge of the histories of England and America, will furnish from proofs of the correctness of this idea.
The constitution of England was an attempt to reconcile, combine or balance these inimical principles; let us once more look back at the state of effervescence produced by this unnatural attempt, only during the last one hundred and fifty years, which has been its most successful period. A succession of rebellions, civil wars, political executions, and banishments, revolutions, party convulsions, burdensome taxations, armies, treason and sedition laws, and foreign wars almost perpetual, presents itself. Besides innumerable instances of insurgency, there have been within the period, five formidable rebellions, two of which were successful—one of which brought Charles to the scaffold—that of Scotland in 1745; two of Ireland—and that of America. These rebellions have caused a state of civil war to exist under the English system of reconciling inimical principles, for about thirty of the last one hundred and fifty years, and has produced foreign war for about eighty years of the same period: And this is the exact picture of that political perfection to which says Mr. Adams, the English have nearly attained."
"In the name of human and divine benevolence" [as Mr. Adams observes respecting the Greek Republics] "is such a system as this to be recommended to America?" Shall we in a fit of despair, follow a few individuals into this assembly of the greatest evils which afflict human nature, so long as any body can be found, who will promise to take a political tract which will avoid them? Shall I take for my guide, one, who viewing this picture, exclaims, Oh! what tyranny, what order, what b-lavang, as a discovery! It surpasses naught in the world." Project to Adams' Days, P. 19.

ful for being less brilliant) the vice of ambition is placed under the eye of public observation, and the general liberty is preserved by the same principle which awakened all the talents of the human mind.
America depends upon the power of the people, to control oppression by the orderly mode of election, which being frequent and effectual, supercedes the necessity of rebellion, to which the English system is liable, because the principle of election does not extend to the control, of the most active and ambitious department of their government.
The American system is therefore best calculated to produce orderly government, but its preservation depends upon the discernment of the people, in exercising the power of discerning between virtue and dissimulation, between public good, and designing pretexts, imposed by those we think our inferiors, mankind are particularly impatient, and this impatience being united with superior wisdom constitutes the great danger of a revolution. It will devise stratagems to get them rid of the check, & if these stratagems are not from time to time frustrated by election, will succeed. All parties long in power will form them, wherefore many wise men have thought, that an additional constitutional precaution against so imminent an evil, in official rotations would have been advisable. The importance of the elective principle is greatly enhanced, because it is a solitary security against such stratagems.
The people have no power to disband an army, moderate taxation, or repeal a sedition law, but they may displace the authors of them. If they ought on the one hand to select the most eminent virtue and talents to reign over them; national liberty on the other depends upon their returning them to private life for purification, upon discovering that they had imbibed the least taint from their commerce with power. Unless the people intelligently discharge both these functions, they cannot long be free.
The design of this essay, is in unison with the previous attempt to shew, that the constitutions of America and England were materially different. Proceeding upon that ground, it undertakes to prove, that the English form has produced neither moderate or orderly government, and that America, heretofore enjoyed both on account of the abuse of these English measures, which have destroyed both.
It has also resulted from our enquiries, that the introduction of governmental operations here, similar to the operations of the English, would violate the principle of our constitution, if our constitution is founded upon principles, quite different from the ground taken by that of England—that such operations would terminate as in England, by destroying public opinion, and establishing every known species of oppression, and that before we could arrive to such a state of repose as this we must expect to pass through the several stages by which the English have gotten to it, because the same measures will carry us along the same track, and conduct us to the same termination.
And therefore it is with great confidence concluded, that such a system of government, operations, as has been pursued in England (under which every evil capable of afflicting human nature, seems to have "crouched for employment") cannot be beneficial to America; but that on the contrary, moderate and orderly government will avoid all these terrible calamities and secure to her a continuance of the political happiness, which she has heretofore derived from the same source.
LYCURGUS.
From a London paper.
IRISH PARLIAMENT.
The speech of Mr. FRANCIS DOBBS, Member for the Borough of Charlemont, in Ireland, on the third reading of the Union Bill, having been mislaid in the Irish papers, and as their misstatement was copied into the STAR, we think it our duty to lay before our readers the following correct copy which we have received from an authentic source, and which we can therefore assert to be the real substance of what that gentleman said. During the first ten minutes after Mr. Dobbs began to speak, some members thought proper to laugh, but afterwards the most profound silence pervaded the House till the speech was concluded.
Sir, From the conduct pursued by administration during this session, and the means that were known to be in their power, it was not very difficult to foresee that it would fall to your lot to pronounce the painful words, "That this Bill do pass." Awful, indeed, would those words be to me, did I consider myself living in ordinary times; but, feeling as I do, that we are not living in ordinary times;—feeling as I do, that we are living in the most momentous and eventful period of the world—feeling as I do, that a new and better order of things is about to arise, and that Ireland, in that new order of things, is to be highly distinguished indeed, this bill has no terrors for me.
Sir, I did intend to have gone at some length into history and the sacred predictions; but I purpose in a very few months, to give to the public a work, in which I shall fully express my opinion as to the vast design of this terrestrial creation, I shall for the present confine myself to such passages as will support three positions: The first is, the certainty of the second advent of the Messiah; the next, the signs of the times of his coming, and the manner of it; and the last, that Ireland is to have the glorious pre-
eminence of being the first kingdom that will receive him.
In chap. 2d of the Book of Daniel, there is a most concise, sublime, and comprehensive description of the four greatest empires that ever were in the world, under the figure of a great Image, in the shape of a man. It is agreed by Sir Isaac Newton, and every commentator of eminence, that the head of gold was the Assyrian and Babylonian Empire; that its breast and arms of silver were the Medo-Persian Empire; that its belly and thighs of brass were the Grecian Empire; and its legs of iron were the Roman Empire. But Sir Isaac Newton well observes, that by the legs of iron was only meant Italy, and those countries which never composed any part of the three first Empires; and when the Roman Empire was divided into Eastern and Western, under two distinct Emperors, in the fourth century, the Western was made up of those countries accordingly. The feet and the toes of the Image, which relate to the Western Roman Empire, are described by Daniel to be partly iron, partly clay, partly strong and partly broken, and as iron and clay do not unite neither were they to unite. Now the exact accomplishment of this is highly worthy of attention. By the ten toes it was predicted, that it should be divided into ten kingdoms, and Sir Isaac proves that this was so in the year 408. It was after this division, to be part strong and so were these kingdoms, for the followers of Mahomet and the Turks could make no permanent conquest within the bounds of the western Roman empire. It was also to be in part broken in its power, and so were these kingdoms, for they in vain poured forth their millions of crusaders into Asia, without being able to make any permanent conquest there. As iron and clay do not unite, neither have they been united, from the year 408 to the present day. In vain did Charlemagne attempt it—in vain did the Emperor Charles V. attempt it—in vain did Louis XVI. attempt it: No, the God of Heaven had declared it should remain in a divided state, till an Universal kingdom was to be established on the earth. Kings and their ministers, without knowing it have accomplished the fulfilment of this astonishing prophecy, and that balance of power which has for so many centuries been attended to in Europe, is neither more nor less than keeping up that broken state of the Western Roman Empire.
Before I go into the remainder of the prophecy as to those kingdoms into which the western empire was broken, it is curious to contemplate what has happened within that boundary, in the course of the last ten years. France dethroning and putting to death her monarch, and going through a variety of bloody revolutions—the Austrian Netherlands taken from their ancient princes, and made part of France—Holland revolutionized, and her Stadholder sent into exile—Switzerland revolutionized—Venice annihilated as a state—all Italy for a time revolutionized, and though reduced by the Austrian and Russian forces, yet still in a state entirely unsettled—the late Pope bereft of all his temporal dominions, and dying a prisoner in France, the new Pope not even elected at or residing in Rome—Spain bordering on revolution—Portugal in danger either of being revolutionized or subdued—the affairs of Germany and the house of Austria in a critical situation, and Great Britain engaged in an arduous war, to which we can see no termination. Thus Sir, the whole, I may say, of what was the western empire, and which contains the most polished nations of the earth, is convulsed from one end to the other. But the next and last part of the prophecy of the 2d chapter of Daniel will tell us the winding up of all those eventful scenes.
After having described the image, Daniel proceeds, and says he beheld a stone cut out without hands, which smote the feet of the image, that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces. Then were the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floor, and the wind carried them away that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. To know more exactly what is meant by this stone, we have only to read the 7th chapter of Daniel. There, the four great empires are more minutely treated of under the description of four beasts, and instead of ten kingdoms being described by toes, they are made ten horns of the fourth beast—and when their destruction is mentioned, in these words, "I saw on the night visions, and behold one like the Son of Man, came with the clouds of Heaven, and came to the Ancient of Days, and they brought him near before him, And there was given him dominion and glory, and a kingdom that all people, nations and languages should serve him; his dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." There cannot therefore be a doubt, but that the stone, and the personage thus pointed out is, the Messiah, and so does Sir Isaac, and all the best of the commentators explain those passages; and there are many texts in the scriptures that corroborate this explanation. But for my part, if there was not another passage in the Bible, than what is to be met with in the 2d and 7th chapters of Daniel, nor another commentator than Sir Isaac Newton, I should not have a doubt of the certainty of the second coming of the Messiah. I shall however add what is the opinion of the Jewish nation, because it ought to have great weight, as they are in fact a standing miracle: but I shall first premise this exact
accomplishment of the prophecy as to them, which has already taken place. Moses near three thousand years ago, predicted that they should be plucked from their land, that they should be every where found, but should have a resting place no where, and that they should become a bye-word and a scorn to all nation.
It is now near 1700 years since they were driven from Judea by the Romans so exactly has the prediction been fulfilled, that it would be impossible, in the same number of words as were used by Moses, to give a better history of them. Every Jew expects the coming of the Messiah in power and glory, when their restoration is to take place. And strange indeed would it be, if they did not expect it, when those very scriptures which contain the prophecies as to their afflictions, have a thousand passages as to their future happy state. I shall, however, content myself with giving you one of the plainest and strongest—It is in the 23d. chapter of Jeremiah: "Behold the day is come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute justice and judgment in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely, and this is his name whereby he shall be called, the Lord our righteousness. Therefore, behold the day is come, saith the Lord that they shall no more say, the Lord liveth, which brought up, and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them, and they shall dwell in their own land." Thus, Sir, all the Jews, all the best commentators, and I will be bold to say all the best informed Christians unite in the opinion, that the Messiah is to come in power and glory, and to be actually and in person, the King of the kings of the earth.
I shall now, Sir, briefly give you my reasons for thinking the moment of that appearance is at hand. The general texts certainly are, that no man can tell the day or hour, for it said, "that he shall come as a thief in the night;" that as it was in the days of Noah, so it shall be; that we shall be eating and drinking, and giving in marriage, and occupied in our usual pursuits. It is also said that the sun shall withhold his light, and then we shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory. But though it is to be thus sudden there are general signs given, by which we may know its near approach. The chief of these are, the fall of the Papal power, and a very high degree of infidelity. In the 7th chapter of Daniel, the Papal power is described under the name of a little horn of a very extraordinary nature, that was to rise up amongst the ten horns of the fourth beast. Sir Isaac and all the best commentators agree, that this little horn was to have power for 1260 years, and then what is the language of Daniel? "But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom, is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him." Thus the kingdom of the Messiah is to rise at the fall of the papacy. Now can any man doubt, that the 1260 years of papal power are long since past, and that the judgment is sitting, that is to consume, and to destroy it unto the end? Look what has happened to it, particularly during the last ten years, and say if we are not to expect the immediate accomplishment of what remains? In regard to the infidelity of the times, being a warning to us, Carli himself, in speaking of his second coming, says, "nevertheless shall I find faith upon the earth," not meaning certainly that there would be no faith, but that there would be a high degree of infidelity. Now look at France, one of the greatest countries in Europe, openly denying not only the New, but the Old Testament, abolishing the 10th day instead of the 7th, and even attempting to abolish the memory of Christ, by changing the era that bears his name. Inquire into the state of faith in the surrounding Christian nations; nay enquire at home, and answer me, does not a very high degree of infidelity every where characterize this last year of the 18th century?
I come now, Sir, to the most interesting part of what I have to say: it is to point out my reasons for thinking this is the distinguished country in which the Messiah is now to appear. The stone that is to be cut out of the mountain without hands, is to fall on the feet of the image, and to break the whole image to pieces. Now, that would not be true, if Christ and his army were to appear in any country that is a part of the image; therefore all the countries that were comprised in the Babylonian and Assyrian empire, in the Medo-Persian empire, in the Grecian empire, and on the Roman empire, are positively precluded. There is another light thrown on this question, by a passage in the 41st chapter of Isaiah, "I have raised up out from the north, and he shall come from the rising of the sun, he shall call upon my name, and he shall come on princes, as upon mortar, and as the potter treadeth out the clay." This is manifestly the Messiah; and we are therefore to look for a country north of Judea, where the prophecy was given. The new world is out of the question, being no where a subject of prophecy; and as the image is excluded, it can only be in the Russian empire, or in the kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden or Ireland!
The army that follows the Messiah we are told amounts to 144,000, and there are few passages in the Revelations of St. John, that denote the place where they are to be assembled.—One is, "I saw them harping with
their harps!" Another, "I saw them standing on a sea of glass, having the harps of God." Another is, "That they were clothed in fine linen, white and clean." Another is, And he gathered them together, in a place in the Hebrew tongue, called Armagedon." Now, what respects the harp and the fine linen peculiarly applies to Ireland, and not at all to Russia, Denmark or Sweden. The sea of glass, I think, must be Ireland. And I believe the word of Armagedon in the Hebrew tongue, and Armagedon in the Irish, means the same thing! At all events, there is a great multitude in their thousands, and St. Patrick thought it proper to make the city of Armagh, which is the old name, of the church government of Ireland. But besides the sacred passages of Scripture, there are some very particular circumstances attending Ireland. She has never had her share in worldly prosperity, and has only since 1782 begun to rise, and has no instance in history of any nation beginning to prosper without arriving at a summit, of some kind, before it became again depressed. The four great empires rose progressively west of each other, and Great Britain made the last toe of the image, being the last conquest the Romans made of the west. Now Ireland lies directly west of it, and is therefore in exactly the same progressive line, and it never was any part of the image, nor did the Roman arms ever penetrate here. The arms of Ireland are the harp of David, with an angel in its front. The crown of Ireland is the apostolic crown. Tradition has long spoke of it as a land of saints, and, if what I expect happens, that prediction will be fulfilled. But what I rely on more than all is our miraculous exemption from all the serpent and venomous tribe of reptiles. This appears to me in the highest degree emblematic, that Satan, the great serpent, is here to receive his first deadly blow.
I have before given you some reasons why we are to expect the immediate coming of the Messiah. In my opinion, that bill that now lies upon your table proves that it is at hand. What is the British minister now attempting to do? He is attempting to annihilate Ireland as a kingdom, though it has remained distinct from all others, time immemorial. He is attempting, by the rolls of the two parliaments, to make it a part of that image, which was completed in the year 408, as if he knew better than the Creator what ought to be the situation of nations. As well might he enact, that from the day this union is intended to take place, the snake, the viper, the adder, and the toad, should thenceforth live and thrive in our land, for each is contrary to the will of God. I therefore do not hesitate, even in this moment to declare, as I did in a former debate, that this can never be an operative law. I do not hesitate, even in this moment, again to proclaim to this house, and to the British and Irish nations, that the independence of Ireland is written in the immutable records of heaven.
Sir, before I sit down, I think it right publicly to declare the conduct I mean to pursue, should this bill pass into a law. I mean, Sir, to submit to it without a murmur, or until it be repealed, or until the sun shall miraculously withhold its light and announce the appearance of Christ! I should this bill receive the royal assent, I mean to inculcate into the minds of all who are sprung from me, or over whom I have the least influence, to pay it the most implicit obedience, till the Messiah shall in person demand their allegiance! Acting under the strong conviction that I fell of of its certainty, I say, Sir, to you, and to every member in this house, and out of this house, if he loves virtue let him rejoice for the triumph of virtue is at hand. I say unto every man within and without these walls, if he be the friend of Christianity, no matter to what sect he be, let him rejoice, for its glorious author is about to unfold all that is mysterious, and to remove every doubt and every difficulty! I say to every man within and without these walls, whether he be a Christian or not, if he sincerely loves his fellow creature, let him rejoice, for that Messiah who suffered on the cross is about to accomplish the objects of his mission! He is now about to take away the curse which followed the fall of Adam, and to renovate the earth. He is about to establish a religion founded in justice, in truth, and in righteousness, that shall extend from pole to pole, and which shall place this hitherto wicked and miserable world upon the highest pinnacle of human happiness and human glory!
* A land, free of reptiles, as was Eden.
BOSTON, August 23.
Extract of a letter from Mr. Fenwick to a gentleman in Salem, dated Bourdeaux, June 28th. "We doubt not in the least but that the present negotiation on foot at Paris between the American commissioners and this government, will have a happy issue, and that a cordial intercourse between the two countries will shortly take place."
There is at length a prospect of accounts direct from our envoys in France. Dispatches from them are said to have arrived at New York; to have been sent to the secretary of state; who will immediately communicate them to the president at Quincy. They are, however, only as late as the last of May; and we expect, are not interesting. A letter has been received from Mr. Fenwick dated at Bourdeaux the 28th June.—It augurs a favorable issue to the negotiation.—But we learn that the letters received at St. Schaffians from Bourdeaux, and dated 1st July, were from the same gentleman; and they announce the suspension of the negotiation. Which is the most correct, time will determine.

August 25. AMERICAN ENVOYS.
A correspondent assures us, a letter has been received by a gentleman of character in this town, from a friend at New-York, acquainting him that it was the opinion of well informed persons in Paris, "there was but a glossy prospect of a speedy accommodation between the two Republics."
We will venture to assert, that there has not been a word mentioned by the French Commissioners about a Treaty, "offensive and defensive," as was said in the Centinel of Saturday; and we also are impelled by a regard to truth, to assure the public, that the first Treaty we ever made as a nation in our revolutionary war, was not a treaty offensive, or even defensive, as it respected a foreign war; but merely a guarantee under certain circumstances, of the French Islands in the West Indies to the French nation.
ALBANY, August 19.
JOHN LAWRENCE, Esq. has resigned his seat as Senator for this state, in the Senate of the United States. Mr. Lawrence, whose term of service would have expired in a few months, has acted in the Federal Senate with those men whose high-handed measures have created so much alarm for the safety of our constitutional liberties—and the next Legislature of this state, which has the choice of Federal Senators, will be decidedly Republican.
PHILADELPHIA, August 23.
CATALOGUE OF RATS.
(TO BE CONTINUED OCCASIONALLY) John Lawrence, Senator, resigned. Theo. Sedgwick, Milter Speaker, resigned. R. G. Harper, J. W. Kittera, Jonathan Brace, S. Lyman, Gordon, W. M. Imlay, J. Brown, Chancery Goodrich, Dwight Foster, elected to the Senate. S. Sewall, appointed a Judge.
August 27.
OFFICIAL.
Extract of a Letter to the Secretary of the Navy, from Captain Mulleney of the United States ship Ganges, dated, on board the Ganges, July 30, 1800.
"Sir, I write you on the 22d inst. wherein I mentioned having a French cruiser confined in the harbour of Matanzas; he came out on the morning of the 28th inst. At 3 P. M. he was despatched from the mast-head, when I gave chase to him; at seven in the evening of the same day I was about half a mile from him. I fired some shot (not intending to effect) he still endeavoured to escape, I was under the necessity of firing into him, which did some damage to the vessel and wounded three men, after which he hauled his wind and run ashore, where all the crew left him. I have the Schooner with me, her name is the La Fortuna of six five pounders, and twenty men. I am happy to think the coast is once clear again. I know of no privateers here at present; this fellow was going off Cape Antonio. I hope to serve every one like him in the same manner."
N. B. The prize had no damage done her while on shore.
August 28.
A heavy cannonade was distinctly heard off the coast on Saturday last, to the Southward of Long-Branch, supposed to be an engagement—it began about 12 o'clock, and continued at intervals, about an hour.
The Fever that has for some time past raged at Fell's Point, has been communicated to the City of Baltimore.—Letters by this day's mail mention the fact as alarming, and unquestionable.
The following extract of a letter received by the Polly, Capt. Tracey, is from a House in London, of respectable authority:
London, July 1, 1800.
"Your Commissioners we believe have nearly completed their mission, but nothing is known of the settlement, except that it is understood to be satisfactory."
(Con. Adv.)
August 29.
A correspondent assures us, that the firing which was heard off the coast at Long Branch, on Saturday last, must have been by British vessels of war, in honour of the Duke of Clarence, that being his birth-day!
Important Detection.
Information having been received by Robert Wharton, Esq., from Mr. De la Motagne of New-York, that certain described persons were in Philadelphia, who had altered sundry Bank bills, from small to large amounts; the proper officers were directed to make search for the person. In a few days by the activity of Mr. Hans, head Constable, with other civil officers, three persons were arrested and lodged in the jail of this city, viz. Roswell Bingham, alias Robert Beerman, Levy Stephens and Ephraim Fitch. On them was found all the plates and apparatus together with an immense number of altered bills, amounting to 1280 dollars on the Manhattan Bank, exclusive of a large amount on the Bolton Branch Bank and others.
The original Bills of one dollar were altered to 100; those of 5 to 30 and 50. The bills in every other respect were perfect, the signature, &c. being genuine. The manner in which they performed the alteration was by extracting with a liquid the original sum and impressing a large amount in its place. The bill, plates, liquid, &c. are all now in possession of the Mayor.
It appears from Ephraim Fitch, who has made a complete confession, that Roswell Bingham, alias Robert Beerman, and Levy Stephens are the Principals in this business, and that he was employed by them, at 25 dollars per month, as journeyman, to do the work and to have no other emolument or concern whatever in the business. This man promises important information, provided he is pardoned.
BALTIMORE, August 29. Extract of a letter from an American gentleman at St. Sebastian, to his correspondent in Fredericksburg, dated July 10.
"This day positive and authentic accounts from Paris say, that the treaty between the United States and France is suspended, in consequence of the latter refusing to indemnify the United States for the depredations they have committed on our commerce, unless the United States will enter into a treaty offensive and defensive; which will not be done, as it would be a direct violation of our neutrality."
THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND:
Friday, September 5, 1800.
A Horrid Murder.
Capt. John Patterson, Inspector at Horfley's Warehouse in the town of Dinwiddieville and county of Buckingham, was lately murdered in a cruel manner by Abram, a negro man slave, the property of the said Patterson. The circumstances of this atrocious deed is in substance thus related by the wretch who perpetrated it—being his confession at the time he was apprehended—repeated immediately after his trial and condemnation, and on the morning of his execution. Says he—In consequence of some punishment inflicted on me by my master for some misdemeanor of which I was guilty, a considerable time prior to the fatal catastrophe, I ever after meditated his destruction:—On the evening in which it was effected, my master directed me to set off home (about 7 miles distant from the warehouse, where I generally attended) and carry a hoe which we used at the place—I set off, and was determined to dispatch him that night—after proceeding some distance I concluded to way-lay him—having the hoe in possession accordingly, I lay on or behind a log, convenient to the road on which my master was to pass, and fell into a slumber—after waiting there a considerable time, I heard the trampling of horses' feet; I concluded therefore my master was near—I got up and walked forwards—my master soon overtook me, and asked me (it being then dark) who I was; I answered Abram; he said he thought I had been gone from town long enough to have been further advanced on the road; I said, I thought not; I spoke short to him, and did not care to irritate him—I walked on however; sometimes by the side of his horse, and sometimes before him.—In the course of our travelling an altercation ensued; I raised my hoe two different times to strike him, as the circumstance of the places suited my purpose, but was intimidated—when I came to the bridge (across a small stream) I thought that place favorable to my views, but seeing a light, and some people at a house a little distant from thence, I resisted the impulse. When I came to the fatal spot, being most obscured by the loftiness of the trees, I turned to the side of the road; my master observed it, and stopped; I then turned suddenly round, lifted my hoe, and struck him across the breast; the stroke broke the handle of the hoe—he fell—I repeated my blows; the handle of the hoe broke a second time—I heard dogs bark, at a house which we passed, at a small distance; I was alarmed, and ran a little way, and stood behind a tree, till the barking ceased; in running, I stumbled and fell—I returned to finish the scene I began, and on my way picked up a stone, which I hurled at his head, &c. again and again, until I thought he was certainly dead—and then I went home.
The body was found next morning; the features so deformed, the body so mangled, that it was with difficulty his person could be recognized—a scene too shocking for human sight. Capt. Patterson was a man universally esteemed. He was a tender husband—an affectionate brother—a mild master—a kind neighbour—a faithful officer—in short he possessed every quality that constitutes the good citizen, and an amiable member of society.
P. S. After the cruel monster, who sacrificed the life of so worthy a character to his revenge, was hung'd, his head was struck off, and exhibited on a pole about 24 feet high, in view of the warehouse, where he was usually employed.
Buckingham, 19th August, 1800. On the Death of Capt. JOHN PATTERSON. BY A YOUNG LADY.
IF plain sincerity and manly worth, Emblem of virtue now confers on earth, Can claim the pity of each feeling heart, A tale of truth to them I will impart. A man whose form integrity and truth Was never suspected from his earliest youth, By a domestic attack was cut off, Revenge and sympathy each bosom fill'd. The mangled body all deform'd with gore, Show'd such a sight as never was seen before; His relatives and friends lament around, When they beheld him lifeless on the ground; His countenance, which look'd a mind at ease, The little benignant which was sure to please, Is now defac'd, a crimson glow alone, Speaks to the gaze, tells him life is gone. Lamented Partson, how few will see him again! His cruel death without compassion's tear; After a life of virtue in France, Nature herself is shock'd at such a scene: No tender orphan left behind to mourn; Still the fond partner of his life will shed The tear of anguish for her husband dead; The friend who knew his worth, will now impart The grateful tribute of a feeling heart: Whilst his great soul forever wings its flight, Enchanted with the scenes of everlasting light. Angels themselves were witness to the deed, They saw another Abel fall and bleed, By the descendant of the murderous Cain, The first of murderers on the peaceful plain; But justice, with her quick discerning eye, Majestic maid, defended from the sky, Avenger of such crimes, brings forth to view, Rewards and punishments as she thinks due. The guilty wretch, the forfeiture has paid, Justice decreed it—all is right, the said— While all with wonder marks her vast domain, Unsearchable to all—and yet so very plain. Buckingham, 19th August, 1800.
We understand that the Governor with the advice of the Council, has appointed the persons herein after named, commissioners to superintend the election of electors of President and Vice-President of the United States, which is to take place in the several counties of this commonwealth on the first Monday in November next. It is said commissions have been issued and sent by express to the several persons appointed, a separate commission to each commissioner in every county. A precaution which puts the complete execution of the law beyond the possibility of hazard. With some of the persons who have been selected for this important trust we have not the pleasure to be acquainted, but with a very great majority we have, and from our knowledge of the great merit and respectability of character, of these, we are authorised to declare that a more judicious appointment could not have been made.
FOR THE COUNTY OF Accomack, George Layfield, William Marshall and Wm. Waterfield, Albemarle, Nicholas Lewis, sen. George Divers and William Clark, Amelia, Maj. Joseph Scott, Thomas Randolph and Abraham Green, Amherst, Samuel Meredith, Landon Cabell and Nelson Crawford, Augusta, John Coulter, William McPherson, sen. and Samuel Miller, Bath, John Lewis, Jacob Warwick and Elisha Williams, senior, Bedford, Christopher Claibke, Charles Clay and Arthur Moseley, Berkeley, William Darke, George Hite and Thomas Rutherford, Botetourt, Martin McFerrin, John H. Madison and George Skillern, Brooke, John Connell, Robert Colwell and Wm. McKennon, Brunswick, Thomas Claiborne, Sterling Ruffin and Wyllie Harrison, Buckingham, Charles Yancey, William Perkins, sen. and William Davis, Campbell, John Dabney, Daniel B. Parrow and James Clarke, Cumberland, Samuel Anderson, Randolph Harrison and John Hatcher, Caroline, James Taylor, John T. Woodford and Richard Hawes, Charles City, John Bradley Collier Harrison and James Walker, Charlotte, Quin Morison, Bernard Todd and Thomas Spencer, Chesterfield, Isaac Sale, George Markham and William Brown, Culpeper, Philip R. Thompson, John Shankleford and Mordica Barbour, Dinwiddie, Edward Pegram, Joseph Goodwin and John Brown (merchant.) Elizabeth City, Thomas Jones, Geo. Wray and William Armistead, Essex, William Latane, William Brokenbrough and Paul Micou, Fauquier, Hancock Lee, Gualdus B. Horner and Augustine Jennings, Fairfax, John Moles, John C. Hunter and Francis Peyton, Frederick, John Smith, James Singleton and John Peyton, Franklin, Henry Callaway, Samuel Hailton and Samuel Duval
Fluvanna, Samuel Richardson, John Quarles and Allen Bernard, Gloucester, William Hall, Mann Page and Richard Bayham, Goochland, Thomas Miller, William Lee and Isaac W. Pleasants, Grayson, Gregory C. McKinley, John Filder and Enoch Osborne, Greenbrier, Samuel Brown, William H. Cavevith and James Reid, Greenfield, Joseph Williams, Francis Hill and John Goodwin, Halifax, George Carrington, Berrymann Green and George Camp, Hampshire, John Higgins, Francis Murphy and William Armstrong, Henover, William O. Wiaillon, Nathaniel Pope, jun. and Parke Street, Hardy, Col. Joseph Nevile, James Parsons and Abraham Shore, Harrison, John Webster, David Hewes and William Williams, Henrico, Nathaniel Wilkinson, Miles Selden, sen. and Daniel L. Hylton, Henry, John Kidd, John Alexander and Peter Garland, Isle of Wight, John Goodrich, Emanuel Wells and Francis Boykin, James City, John Amler, Champion Travis and John Goodall, jun. King & Queen, Richard Brooke, John Hopkins and William Lyne, Kanawha, Thomas Lewis, William Morris, jun. and Wm. Clendenen, King George, John Taliaferro, sen. John A. Stuart and Theodosius Hansford, King William, William Penn, William Gregory and James Ruffin, Lancaster, Joseph Carter, jun. Martin Shearman and Richard Selden, Lee, Benjamin Sharp, Peter Fulkerson and John Ewing, Loudoun, John Littlejohn, Charles Benuet and Albert Ruffel, Louisa, William O. Callis, Thomas Meriwether and David Watson, Lunenburg, William Taylor, Joseph Yarborough and Sterling Niblett, Madison, Reuben Fry, Abraham Maury and Robert Robuck, Matthews, Hunley Gayle, James Spark and Thomas Brooks, Mecklenburg, Mark Alexander, Abraham Keene and Wm. Tay or, jun. Middlesex, Robert B. Daniel, Thos. Mufe and William George, Monongalia, Major William John, Richard Claiborne and David Scott, Monroe, James Alexander, John Byrnfides and Alexander Stuart, Montgomery, Daniel Trigg, Charles Taylor and Bird Smith, Nansemond, Robert M. Ridick, Rich'd Yarborough and Joseph Godwin, sen. New-Kent, William Chamberlayne, James Semple and Robert Armistead, Norfolk, Richard E. Lee, Robert Brough and James Bennett, Northampton, Caleb Fisher, Matthew Guy, and John Elliott, Northumberland, Wm. Claughton, Hiram Opie and Thomas Downing, Nottoway, Francis Fitzgerald, Edward Bland and Grief Green, Ohio, William McKinley, Henry Smith and Joseph Tomlinson, Orange, James Williams, Robert Taylor, and Catlett Conway, Patrick, Joshua Rentfro, Joseph Stoval, and Jesse Corn, Pendleton, Robert Davis, John Slaven and Isaac Hinkle, Pittsylvania, Isaac Coles, William Tunstall and Joseph Carter, Powhatan, Samuel Pleasants, Rich'd Crump and William Pope, Prince Edward, Archibald McRobert, Tarlton Woodson and John Kelso, Princess Anne, Adam Keeling, Thomas Withart, jr. and Joseph White, Prince William, Benjamin Botts, George Grayham and John D. Orr, Prince George, John Shore, Richard Bland and George Ruffin, Richmond, Ezekiel Levi, Vincent Brantham and Griffin Garland, Randolph, John Haddon, Adam Lee and Matthew Whitman, Rockbridge, John Bowyer, Andrew Reed and John Cartwright, Rockingham, Andrew Shanklin, John Cartwright, jr. and Reuben Moore, Russell, Simon Cockrell, John M. Estell and Nathan Ellington, Southampton, William Edmunds, James Wilkinson and John Taylor, Spotsylvania, John Minor, Mann Page and David Kerr, Stafford, John Cooke, John T. Brooke and Robert Henning, Surry, Cawfield Beward, Nicholas Faulcon and William Boyce, Sussex, John Mason, sen. John H. Briggs and John Cargill, Shenandoah, Jacob Riker, Wm. H. Dunancy and James Allen, Tazewell, David Ward, Henry Bowen and Samuel Walker, Warwick, Matthew Wills, William Digges and Wm. Allen, Washington, Francis Preston, Claiborne Watkins and Robert Preston, Westmoreland, Alexander Parker, Thomas Hungerford and Thomas Plummer, Wood, Hugh Phelps, Rees Wolfe and Daniel Kinchelee, Wythe, Alexander Smyth, Daniel Sheffield and David Sawyers, York, Wm. Nelson, Robert Shield and Wm. Howard, City of Richmond, Wm. Duval, Alexander Quarrier and David Lamb, Borough of Norfolk, Wm. Bland, Thomas Newton and Samuel Coleman, City of Williamsburg, James Southall, Littleton Tazewell and Robert Saunders
Number of Deaths in the city and precincts of Baltimore, for the 24 hours ending Saturday the 23d inst. at 12 o'clock, 24 adults, 3 children.—For the 24 hours ending Sunday at 12 o'clock, 7 adults, 2 children.—For the 24 hours ending Monday at 12 o'clock, 4 adults, 3 children.—For the 24 hours ending Tuesday at 12 o'clock, 7 adults, 6 children.
Baltimore Board of Health.
The returns from the physicians on Fell's Point, during the last 24 hours ending this morning at 12 o'clock, are as follows: New cases 10 Total number of sick 100 Died at hospital (not included) 13 JOSEPH TOWNSEND, Secretary. 8th month 29th 1800.
Interments in the city and precincts, during the last 24 hours ending this morning at 12 o'clock. Adults 23 Children 2. JOSEPH TOWNSEND, Secretary. Board of Health. 8th month 29th, 1800.
For the 24 hours, ending Saturday morning, August 30.—13 Adults—4 Children.
The editor of the Baltimore Federal Gazette says, in the ship Defiance, captain Smith, 39 days from Cadiz, arrived here, came passenger Mr. Lizardi, American Consul for the port of Cadiz. The char of the town, on the arrival of the above gentleman, was, that our commissioners had concluded a treaty with France, and that he was the bearer of the articles! On waiting on him, we learnt that his last advices from Paris were only to the 22d June, which said the envoys had embarked on board the Portmouth, having accomplished the object of their mission. A circumstance which induces him to think the negotiation was favorably progressing, was, that about a week before sailing, he applied to the French consul for a passport; but was refused unless he should take passage on board an unarmed vessel—on these terms it was rejected. A few days afterwards a passport was delivered to him by the consul, with permission to embark on board an armed vessel; and he observed at the same time that he hoped the two nations would shortly be friends again.
Mr. Lizardi left Cadiz on the 14th ult. at which time the blockade of that port was continued by a squadron under the command of Lord Keith, who, it appears, had left Gibraltar; and several American, Danish and Swedish vessels bound to and from it, had been captured by them.
** A few copies of the PAMPHLET from which the EXTRACT in the first page of this paper is taken, are for sale at this Office.
Twenty Dollars Reward.
RAN away from Richmond, about the first of this month, a negro man by the name of
WILTSHIRE,
Belonging to the orphan of Samuel Hayward, deceased; he is about twenty four years of age, about the common size of men, of a dark complexion, has a moat and pleasing countenance, speaks low in common conversation; he was hired the present year to the James, Thomas & Francis Dune, of Careville, and has run the river and canal in their boats. As he absconded without any offence or provocation, I expect he will attempt to leave the state and take a free man. I will give the above reward for having him delivered to Messrs. Dune, or to myself, near Richmond, or secured in any jail so that I get him again; and if taken out of the state I will give FORTY DOLLARS reward. All masters of vessels are forewarned from employing or carrying him out of the state. WILLIAM BURTON. Guardian to the orphan. Henrico, 28th April, 1800.
THE COAL-NECK LAMP OF
raples, Tompkins & Webster, WILL arrive on the first day of October next, by mutual consent; all those indebted are strictly required to make immediate payment; and those who will sue against the said firm, to be in full for adjustment before that time, after which the books and papers will remain in the hands of John Sapien in Warren, who will transact any business that may be due or filed. Staples, Tompkins & Webster. Sept. 24, 1800.
NOTICE.
FOREWARN all persons from trading for, or taking an assignment of a BOND, executed by me to John Ford, sen. of Cumberland county, for the sum of seventy six pounds fifteen shillings, on demand, and dated the 9th day of April, 1800. As I shall make it appear that the aforesaid bond is nearly discharged, and shall plead this advertisement in a court of law. CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON. Cumberland, 1st Sept. 1800.
FOR SALE,
A LEASE for the term of nine years, from the first of June last, on the MILL, known by the name of Duval's Mill, situated about a mile from Richmond, with thirty five acres of Land, some part of it excellent meadow, and nearly all of it may be made so with a little expense.—For terms, &c. please to apply at the Custom and Excise Office opposite the Post Office. Richmond, Sept. 4th, 1800.

Now in the Press, And in a few weeks will be published, (Price, three quarters of a dollar) THE Prospect before Us, VOL. II. PART I. AND HELL FOLLOWED. St. John. Sold by M. Jones, and S. Pleasants, jun. In Philadelphia by W. Duane; and by the Author, in the Jail of Richmond.
IT is expected that the second part of the present volume will be ready for publication in the course of the fall; but as the choice of electors for president is fast approaching, in the election of this country depends upon the disposition of the present incumbent, and as the writer had pledged himself to his readers, that a second volume should appear about this time, he has made every exertion to get the present situation articles of to keep his promise, and perform his duty. The contents of the above, the Baltimore American, and the Petersburg Republican, are requested to insert this for a few times, in each of their newspapers.
The subscriber offers for sale, A tract of Land, IN Halifax county, on Banister River, about two or three miles from its junction with Dan River. It contains between 5 and 6 hundred acres; about three hundred acres low grounds, the greater part cleared and of good quality for tobacco, corn, small grain or grass. The high lands is of good quality and well timbered. The improvements are a good dwelling house with other convenient out houses. The plantation is in order to employ eight or ten hands to advantage with at least three shifts. The terms of payment will be made agreeable to a purchaser. I will also sell a good flock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs. Evan Ragland. Halifax County, August 7, 1800. (4w)
Land for Sale. Four hundred Acres, LYING on both sides the South fork of Sardy river, in Pittsylvania county, adjoining Morton's settlement; about 45 miles above Hartfield (formerly Booke's) ferry, on Staunton river; 50 miles from Lynchburg, and 25 miles from Danville on Dan river. The soil is confessedly equal to not inferior to any survey of equal quantity of acres within an hundred miles of its place. It has been surveyed upwards of 43 years, being the third survey made in that part of the country. It abounds with excellent timber, and yields good water, and an excellent summer range for cattle, &c. There is about 50,000 tobacco hills left cleared, and houses sufficient therefore. Any person inclined to purchase, may know the terms (which shall be reasonable) and view the land by applying to the subscriber in Halifax county. An undoubted title will be made thereto, and possession given at any time, so as not to injure the finishing the crop now on the premises. JAMES M'CRAW, July 10, 1800. (11th N.)
Found, The KEY of an IRON CHEST. The owner may have it by applying at this Printing-office. Aug. 27.
Notice. I HEREBY give notice to the public, that I some time ago entered into a contract for the sale of a valuable Tan-yard in this county to Thomas E. Pleasants, upon certain stipulated terms, which terms he has failed to comply with. I shall therefore withhold my right therein from any person or persons purchasing, leasing, or renting from the said Pleasants. Elijah Johnson. Louisa, August 18, 1800. (3w)
I have three good TEAMS of HORSES, with fancy WAGGONS and GEARS, all of which I will sell on a credit (with security) and payable in Wagon services, by hawling Coals. I WILL ALSO RENT, An excellent STAND in Manchester for a TAVERN and RETAIL STORE, with every necessary accommodation of Buildings, Lots, Gardens, Wells of Water, &c. &c. and give immediate possession—but will not rent for a less term than three years. LUMAN BISHOP. Manchester, August 18, 1800. (w34)
DOCT. RUSSELL'S HISTORY OF MODERN EUROPE. Subscriptions to this invaluable work, will be received at Pritchard's Pk-Store and at S. Pleasants' Printing Office, Richmond, till further notice. June 6, 1800. (w3m)
A FEW COPIES OF THE Hot Pressed Bible For Sale, BAIL BONDS May be had at S. Pleasants' Printing Office.
Wanted, IN a private family in the country, a TUTOR, who can teach reading, writing and arithmetic. Also, an ORCHARD, for the ensuing year, which is acquainted with the farming business. Applicants in either capacity must come well recommended. Enquire of the printer. August 2, 1800.
TO BE RENTED, For one or more years, the following Tenements, Situated at Aylett's Warehouse, on Mattaponi river, to wit: A two story House, (which has lately had an addition of twenty four feet added to it) at present in the occupancy of William Powell & Co. as a Tavern; containing eight rooms, seven of which have fire places, and the house is as well calculated for the use to which it is applied as any country tavern in the state; being nearly finished off with convenient offices, stables, garden, lots, &c. A Dwelling House with two convenient rooms (and a portion) below, and one room above, with necessary offices, such as a kitchen, dairy, meat house, &c. Also, a Lot of 10 or 15 acres annexed to this tenement—two store houses, with an accounting and two lumber rooms in each. At a convenient distance from the store houses, are two large and commodious Granaries, placed on the bank of the river, which is sufficiently deep to a limit valley of burthen to load under their spouts. Immediate possession may be had in one of the store houses and granaries, and in the other tenements on the 1st of January. For terms apply to the subscriber near the premises. P. Aylett. King Wm. Aug. 17, 1800. 3w
JUST RECEIVED, From Doct. CHURCH'S Dispensary New-York, and for sale at this Printing-Office, a fresh supply of the following
Patent Medicines: Church's Cough Drops, A medicine unequalled by any in the world, for the Cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthmas and Consumptions. Chemical Essence and Extract of Mustard, For the cure of the Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Palsy, White Swellings, Chubians, &c. &c. Anodyne Essence, For the Head Ache, Volatile Tincture, For the Tooth Ache, The Botanical Tea, Infallible German Corn Plaister, For the Cure of Corns, Scotch Ointment Cures the most inveterate Itch in four hours without Mercury. Dr. Church's Antibilious Pills, For the Cure of Malignant and Bilious Fevers, Dyspepsy, Jaundice, Costiveness, Acidity, Cholera Morbus, Gravel, Indigestion, Loss of Appetite, and all disorders of the Head, Stomach, and Bowels. Eye Salve, For all disorders of the Eyes. Antiscorbutic Tincture, For the Teeth, Breath, and Scurvy in the Gums. Essence of Scurvy-Grass, For preventing and curing the Sea and Land Scurvy. Vermifuge Lozenges, For destroying Worms in children and grown persons. Antispasmodic Elixir, For the cure of all kinds of Fits. Cordial Restorative Balsam, For Nervous Disorders, Debility, Inward Weakness, &c. Vegetable Lotion, For the face and hair, freckles, sun-burn, prickly heat, Ring Worms, Tatters, &c. &c. July 10, 1800.
THE SUBSCRIBER, ANXIOUS to discharge every just claim against his proportion of the estate of Robert Bolling, Esq. of Buckingham county, deceased, will SELL upwards of one hundred acres of best James river
Low Grounds, In Amherst county, near Lynchburg, and next to the lines of Mr. William Galt, with the adjoining High Lands, and a most valuable Mill seat, not far from the mouth of Big Stovall's creek. Also, two Tracts in Buckingham county, (one of 320, and the other of 230 acres) of prime
Tobacco Land, On the north branches of Willis's river. The Amherst land, will be shown by my officer on the premises, and the Buckingham lands by the subscriber, for which one third of the purchase money will be required in hand, and the balance in two annual payments. P. BOLLING. Buckingham county, 20th July, 1800. (t.f.)
As I intend to leave this State some time next Fall, I NOW OFFER THE VALUABLE FARM, WINDSOR, FOR SALE;
LYING on James River, about four miles from Richmond, containing 800 acres; it is well timbered with pine, oak, and hickory, about 500 acres of it is fine meadow land, a most easy to the state, capable of producing upwards of 100 ton of hay annually from a man lot, exclusive of a great sufficiency to support a large stock; about 200 acres is now in fine tobacco. On this Farm is a 50 x 20 STORY DWELLING HOUSE, with five rooms and a commodious passage, 40 by 12; Kitchen, smoke-house and other houses necessary for a family. There is also on it, a very fine barn 40 feet square, the lower story underneath with stone upwards of 10 feet high, which will contain upwards of 30 head of cattle, with great convenience; near this barn, is a framed house 24 feet square, with two sheds; there are three valuable apple orchards, a peach orchard, with a variety of other fruits equal to any in America. The above Farm may be sold in the whole or divided into two or four lots each. One third of the purchase money will be required down, the other two thirds, the purchaser must have three years credit, on paying interest of 5 per cent. As I do not want any purchase, without viewing the premises, I have not been so particular in my description, as this valuable spot admits of; and if it is not sold before the 1st Sept. next at private sale, it will be sold off in 100 acre lots, to suit the purchasers, so as each lot to have a sufficient quantity of timber, to support it. On the same day, will be sold to the highest bidder, on the above farm, THIRTY TWO prime haves, consisting of men women, and children, all the stock of horse, cattle, sheep, with the crops of corn, wheat, oats, hay, a variety of household furniture, and a coachhouse almost new. The above articles to be sold for cash only. Those who have claims against me, are desired to bring them in; and all those who are indebted to me, to make payment, as I shall put every account, bond, &c. in an attorney's hand if not paid. Daniel L. Hylton. June 29, 1800.
NOTICE IS GIVEN, That the property of the subscriber, advertised to be sold on the 1st day of next month, is postponed in the THIRTIETH, at which time it will then be exposed to public sale for Cash. Daniel L. Hylton. August 20th, 1800.
IF Mrs. NANCY COBETT, formerly of Bolton, but who resided some time in Charleston, South Carolina, and with her husband, Mr. JAMES COBETT, was said to have removed to this city, will apply to the Printer of this paper, she will hear of something to her advantage. Richmond, August 25, 1800.
The subscriber wishes to sell his HOUSE & LOTS, IN THIS CITY. —ALSO— Eight hundred acres of LAND, within seven miles of the City, extending from James River, at Weltham, to the Three Notched Road—about 500 acres of the tract is wood land. Possession of both places may be had immediately, retaining the privilege of securing and removing the crops at present on the plantation. For terms apply to John Pendleton. Richmond. July 21, 1800.
FOR SALE, A VALUABLE Tract of Land, LYING on Lickinghole creek in the county of Goochland, well known by the name of WHITE HALL, containing 1500 acres, of which between 5 and 6 hundred are cleared and well inclosed—what remains uncleared is well timbered with oak, hickory and pine, and the whole land well adapted to the culture of tobacco, Indian corn and small grain of every kind. The creek above mentioned runs through the plantation, on which lies upwards of thirty acres of excellent meadow land, nearly the whole of which has been cleared and drained by sufficient ditches. The improvements consist of a genteel two story dwelling house with three rooms, two passages, and convenient closets on the lower floor, and four bed rooms, closets and passage above—a kitchen, weaving and spinning house, smoke house, dairy, an excellent dry well, all convenient out houses and six hundred grown apple trees of a variety of kinds which never fail to bear. Any further description is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed that any person inclined to purchase would wish to view the land. One half the purchase money will be expected on delivering possession, and bonds with sufficient security for the balance, in two annual payments. Robert Payne. White Hall, July 8th, 1800.
Just Received, And for sale by the Printer hereof, THE Columbian Reading Book, OR Historical Preceptor: A collection of authentic histories, anecdotes, characters &c. calculated to incite in youthful minds a love of virtue, from its intrinsic beauty and a hatred of vice, from its disgusting deformity. March 24.
To be Sold, A well Finished Three Story HOUSE, With a Kitchen, Stable, Smoke-house, Coach house and Garden—on the main Street a few doors below the courthouse, at present occupied by Jacob Abraham. For further particulars apply to the subscriber. Jacob I. Cohen, On Shockoe Hill, Richmond, Jan. 27, 1800.
SMALL-POX. The Magistrates of the county of Henrico, having granted Licence for the Inoculation of the Small-Pox,
AT the Houses belonging to the Estate of JOHN TABB, Esq. deceased, (in the vicinity of Richmond) the situation of which is high and airy; we beg leave to inform all those who wish to avail themselves of the benefit from Inoculation, that we are now ready to receive Patients. The terms will be very moderate, and made known on application to either of the subscribers. WILLIAM FOUSHEE. J. H. FOUSHEE. Richmond, October 28th, 1799. (t.f.)
Doctor Trent, HAVING declined, for the present, his visit to Europe, begs leave to offer his Medical and Chirurgical services to the inhabitants of Richmond and the neighbouring counties. He resides in the house, formerly occupied by his Predecessor, the late Doctor A. Leiper, where all applications will meet with the strictest attention. Richmond, August 6, 1800.
Ice Cream & Coffee HOUSE. GASPARD ARNAUD INFORMS the public and his friends in general that he has opened the house formerly occupied by Mr. Clarke, on the Cross-street near Bowler's Tavern; where those who wish to favor him with their custom may depend on the best treatment and on moderate terms as possible. N.B. If any gentlemen in the city should wish to have Ice Cream for their own use, it shall be sent to them at the shortest notice. Richmond, July 21, 1800.
Notice. In consequence of the death of AMBROSE HERRON, the Copartnership of CUNNINGHAM'S & HERRON IS DISSOLVED. All persons indebted to said firm are earnestly requested to come forward and discharge their accounts; and those having claims against it will please exhibit them to the subscribers for settlement. John Cunningham. Ed: Cunningham. Cartersville, August 15, 1800. (w5)
At City-Point for Glasgow, The British Armed Ship, MARY, Captain Kelsie; Will receive 50 Hhds tobacco on freight, if application is made immediately. The Mary has good accommodation for passengers and will be ready to sail by the 10th September. Apply to Robertson & Brown, Norfolk; Buchanan, Dunlop, & Co. Petersburgh; or, to Robert Poillon & Co. Richmond, August 14th, 1800.
Monday, August 12, Amelia county. The SEMINARY of LEARNING, Announced in this paper to have been established in Amelia, is now in activity and ready to receive Students. For particulars apply to Meriwether Jones, editor of the Richmond Examiner.
Ran away FROM the subscriber, in Powhatan county, two Negro Men, named SIMON and GARY. Simon went off the 28th of March—he is 25 years old, five feet seven or eight inches high, and of a yellowish complexion. Gary, the property of Miriam Pleasants, went off the 7th of April—he is 35 years old, yellow complexion, rather round shouldered; his hair thin upon the top of his head, and about the height of the former. It is probable they are in the neighbourhood of Cyles or Petersburg, and will endeavour to pass as a part of the negroes that obtained their freedom under the will of John Pleasants, deceased, of Henrico. I will give FORTY DOLLARS reward to any person that will deliver them to me, or secure them in any jail so that I get them again. JOHN HUNNICUTT. May 24th, 1800. Bail & Delivery Bonds For sale at this Printing-Office.
Small-Pox. THE FALL INOCULATION WILL commence on the 15th of September, at my Hospital in the county of Buckingham; the natural advantages attending its situation are all that can be desired, being high and airy, and supplied with seven excellent springs; the houses are large and airy, with necessary wind-tows, and good plank floors; one of the buildings is situated several hundred yards from the rest, containing four sixteen feet rooms, calculated for ladies; and as Mrs. Holland will reside there during the time, it is expected that their accommodation will be unexceptionable. It is about 20 miles distant from the Courthouses of Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte and Campbell, about 6 miles from capt. Flood's tavern, and about the same from capt. Kelsie's. Prices of Inoculation a Guinea for Whites, and Fifteen Shillings for Blacks. JAMES WALKER.
P. S. There will be a Steward, who will furnish those who are not desirous of finding themselves indiet, at two dollars per week, or seven dollars during the time; also, lodging to those who live at a distance. N. B. There will be fresh matter, to prevent any disappointment. Patients will be received until the last of October. J. W.
I WANT TO PURCHASE ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND Barrel Staves. JOSEPH GALLEGO. May 15th, 1800.
Notice. ALL persons indebted to Dr JAMES PRAZER, of Manchester, are hereby notified that I am duly authorized by a power of attorney from said Prazer, to settle and adjust all his accounts. Therefore I do hereby request all persons indebted to the said D. P. to come forward immediately and settle the same, either by payment, or giving bond for the same. —Those having claims against him will bring them forward for adjudgment. David Rattray. Manchester, August 18, 1800.
CASH GIVEN FOR Wheat & Tobacco, BY BARTLETT STILL.
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS satisfactory information has been received that some contagious disease exists at Norfolk, which without due precaution may be communicated to other parts of this commonwealth, and it being the duty of the Executive to prevent the spreading of the said disease, by causing the laws made and provided for that purpose to be faithfully executed, I have therefore thought fit with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this Proclamation, inhibiting all vessels coming from the said port of Norfolk up James river, to perform Quarantine at Jordan's Point, and all other vessels coming from said port to any other port within this commonwealth, to perform Quarantine at the places heretofore designated for such ports respectively, for the term of fifteen days, to be computed from the time they severally failed from the said port of Norfolk. All captains and masters of vessels, sailing from the port of Norfolk, to any other port of this commonwealth, are required to comply with this injunction, otherwise they will expose themselves to the penalties inflicted by the law in case of disobedience. And I do hereby call on the superintendents of Quarantine at the said several ports, to be vigilant and active in the discharge of their duty, observing that due examination be made of all vessels about to enter their respective ports, to ascertain whence they came, and that they cause those coming from Norfolk to be forthwith confined to the station appointed for the port to which they are bound, and also see that the quarantine above imposed be strictly and faithfully performed, in all other respects according to law. Given under my hand, and under the seal of the Commonwealth, at Richmond, this twenty third day of August, 1800. (L.S.) one thousand eight hundred, and of the commonwealth the twenty fifth. James Monroe.
Notice is hereby Given, To the Share-holders in the Upper Appomattox Company,
That an ELECTION of TRUSTEES, WILL be held at JAMES TOWNES's, in Amelia county, on THURSDAY the Second day of October next. All holders of shares are requested to attend in person or by proxy, as no election can take place unless votes enough be given for a majority of the whole number of shares. Thomas Munford, Clerk. 23d August, 1800. 120
FOR SALE, At Samuel Pleasants' Printing-Office, (By the Dozen or Single Copy,) THE COLUMBIAN Spelling & Reading BOOK: AN EASY AND ALLURING GUIDE TO SPELLING AND READING.