Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-10-04 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIII YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1589.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1808.
[12 1-2 Cents St. file.]
Richmond Price Current.
  (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)    Tobacco, $ 4 00 cash  WHEAT, new, red 75, white 83 do.  FLOUR, superfine, new, 5 00 do.  FLOUR, fine, 4 50 do.  CORN, 2 50 do.  Hemp, clean, (per ton) 200 00 do.  Iron, 110 00 do.  Bacon, 11 do.  Whiskey, 42 do.  
Electoral Ticket.
THE following is the Madisonian Electoral Ticket, republished for the information of the citizens of Virginia:
 Joseph Godwin, sen. Nansemond.  Benjamin Harrison, Prince George.  Edward Pegram, sen. Dinwiddie.  Richard Field, Brunswick.  Col. Thomas Read, Charlotte.  Joseph Eggleston, Amelia.  Hugh Nelson, Albemarle.  Col. George Penn, Patrick.  Philip N. Nicholas, Richmond City.  Judge Spencer Roane, Hanover.  John Roane, King William.  Robert Taylor, Orange.  Gustavus B. Horner, Fauquier.  Robert Nelson, York.  Mann Page, Gloucester.  Richard Barnes, Richmond County.  John T. Brooke, Stafford.  Hugh Holmes, Frederick.  Osborne Sprigg, Hampshire.  James Allen, Shenandoah.  Archibald Stuart, Augusta.  Andrew Russell, Washington.  Gen. John Preston, Montgomery.  William McKinley, Ohio. 
Louisa County Court, August 3th, 1808
William Ragland, Lucy Ragland, Thomas Ponder and Sarah his wife, late Sarah Ragland, Thomas B. Watkins and Ann his wife, late Ann Ragland, John Graves and Mary his wife, late Mary Ragland, and James Michie and Henrietta his wife, late Henrietta Ragland, and Nicholas I. Ponder and Rebecca his wife, late Rebecca Ragland.
Samuel Overton, jun. adm'r. with the will annexed of Samuel Ragland, dec. William Cooke, James Nelson, James Michie, William G. Ponder, executor of Warner H. Broadhurst, deceased, Overton Harris, Edward Ragland, Elizabeth Lawrence adm'x. of William Lawrence, dec. Thomas Holiday, Thornton Gilson, Nicholas McWhorter, and Barnett Moore and James Michie, adm'x. de bonis non with the will annexed of Samuel Ragland, dec. John Michie, William Cooke and Ludlow Branham, Defendants.
IT appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the order of publication made in this cause has been duly published against the defendants, Samuel Overton, jun. adm'r. &c. Edward Ragland, Nicholas McWhorter and Barnett Moore, and they failing to appear and file their answers and give security according to law, the prayer of the bill is taken for confessed, as to them, and the matter thereof is decreed accordingly; and by consent of the other defendants, this cause is referred to the master commissioner to audit, state and settle the accounts of Samuel Overton, jun. as adm'r of Samuel Ragland, deceased, and make report thereof to court, in order to a final decree.
A copy—Teste, John Poindexter, C. C. BY virtue of the above decree, I shall proceed, on the 30th of September, next, at Louisa courthouse, to comply with the contents of this decree, at which time the parties may attend if they please. Henry Lawrence, M. C. August 3th, 1808.
At a Quarterly Sessions
Court continued and held for Goochland county, at the Courthouse, on Wednesday the 17th day of August, 1808.
Christopher Anthony, Jr. & Co. plfs
AGAINST
Shepherd Strong, John R. B. Eldridge, and John Guarran, Jr. defts.
THIS day came the plaintiffs by their attorney, and the defendant Strong, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the plaintiffs by their attorney, it is ordered that the said defendant Strong do appear here on the third Monday in November next, and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and give security for performing the decree of this court, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper, published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county, and it is further ordered that the defendants John R. B. Eldridge and John Guarran, Jr. do not say, convey away, or secrete the debts by them owing to, or the effects in the hands of the said defendant Strong, so as to render them unable to pay the demand of the plaintiff stated in their said bill, with interest and the costs of this suit, until the further order of this court.
A Copy—Teste, Wm. Miller, C. G. C.
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Fifty Dollars Reward.
RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living near Staunton, in Augusta, on the 8th instant,
John Harris, alias John Brown, who was in the jail of Richmond about 7 months; he is a dark mulatto man, about 21 or 22 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, round shoulders, very knock kneed, his name on one of his wrists, in red ink, and when spoken to has a down look; he was raised in Bedford county; he will endeavor to pass under a fictitious name; he has no other marks than above described to my knowledge. Any person who will deliver him to me, or commit him to Staunton jail, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges.
John Johnston.
September 27, 1808. N. B. The above man was liberated from the jail of Richmond by me, his jail fees were $51 42 cents, which I paid; in consideration of which, he bound himself to serve me. His indentures, (having been previously bound to his step father) which were in my possession, were stolen from me by him previous to his elopement.
WAS committed to the jail of this county on Monday last, a negro man, who says his name is WILLIAM TRABUE, and belongs to Erasmus Reams of Chesterfield county; he endeavoured to pass as a free man, but not producing evidence of being such, was committed to jail. He is of a dark complexion, about six feet high, has very large whiskers, appears to be about 30 years old, but says he is older, he has in his possession, a red leather pocket book containing the following papers viz. a printed bond given by Jos. Powell of Chesterfield county to Pollok, Treadway & Co. for $17, 16. 2 dated 17th December 1806, on the back of which is endorsed a credit for the amount of said bond, another bond being given in lieu of it; also an account against Messrs. Joshua and John Powell to Joseph and William Friend & Co. for £9. 3. 6. 1-2 at the foot of which, credit is given for the full amount, paid by John Powell; also an amount due by Joshua Powell to Pollok Treadway & Co. showing a balance to be due of £20. 9. 2. also a promissory note for $20 executed by William Sublet of Chesterfield county to John Powell, dated 1st March 1806; also a pass signed by Harry Heath, or Heth, the bearer of which, is stated to be a negro man, named Absalom, and by the pass was permitted to go from Chesterfield to Cumberland, dated 7th September 1808; also another pass stating William Trabue to be the bearer, and granting him permission to go to Hanover, where it also states, he was born free, which pass has neither date nor signature.
Benjamin Pollard, Jailor.
Buckingham County, Sept. 17, 1808
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the executive that the slaves Bill and Isaac, under sentence of death for felony, but reprieved and sold to Richard Terrell, for transportation beyond the limits of the United States, according to the directions of the act of assembly in such case made and provided, have escaped from the said Richard Terrell in the county of Botetourt, and contrary to law, are now going at large, endeavouring to evade the mild punishment which has been inflicted and is so justly due to their crimes; I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of twenty-five dollars to any person or persons, who shall apprehend either of the said slaves, Bill or Isaac, & deliver them at the penitentiary building in this city, in addition to all reasonable expenses which may be incurred in conducting the said slaves, or either of them, to that place. And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavours to apprehend and convey to the said penitentiary building, the slaves aforesaid.
Given under my hand, with the seal of the commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 23d day of September, 1808.
Signed, Alex'r. M c Rae.
B.B. late the property of Richard Smith of the county of Norfolk, for felony. He is about 6 feet high, raw, bony make, of a yellowish black, a down look, a very sleepy, sullen countenance, one of his hands, believed to be his left and wrist, much scarred from a burn (the back of his hand) his back very much scarred from being often whipped, and above his left ear several scars which were made by strokes from a stick.
Isaac, late the property of Samuel Fuqua of the county of Pittsylvania, was condemned by the court of the said county for felony. He is about 5 feet 7-1/2 inches high, black complexion, of a thick make, down, say to look, mild speech, and when spoken to, is apt to put his hand up to his jaw, and to lean his head on one side while he speaks, he also has, as well as is recollected at this time, a scar on his right jaw & one about one of his eyes, his upper fore teeth out, a sharp chin and stood forward, and when standing, stood much back in his knees and was some what knock-kneed, and his eyes inclined to be of a reddish cast, viz the part that is common to be white.
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On the same subject, are just received and for sale at this office.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
SPEECH OF JOHN Q. ADAMS, CONCLUDED
And this is the communication, which added strength to Mr Smith's confidence in Mr Burr! This is the communication, upon which Mr Smith engaged his two sons to go as Burr's associates!
The attack upon Mexico was to be in case war should take place between Spain and the United States. But is it possible, sir, that a man of Mr Smith's understanding should at that time, and under these circumstances have given an instant of credit to that shadow presence? If Mr Swartwout, one of Burr's acknowledged associates, was ashamed of pretending to rely on this tale of contingent war, & frankly told the grand jury at Richmond, that they were to attack Mexico in case of a war with Spain; but if there had been no war, he was ready to forget the law of the United States against such expeditions: If commodore Truxton, a private citizen, smarting under the injuries which he conceived he had suffered from the administration, even in July, while the project was but in prospect, and not in actual execution, made his first and emphatic question, whether the government of the United States was acquainted with it, and on being informed that they were not, instantly refused to have any concern with it; let me ask, whether in the last days of November, while Burr was persevering in his preparations after having been brought before a judicial court upon this very charge, and dismissed solely because a witness was absent, a Senator of the United States, receiving this communication from Burr himself, could possibly be the dupe of this pretence? Whether his first question ought not to have been that of commodore Truxton: Is the executive of the United States informed of your designs? Is it possible, sir, that this disclosure of the intended Mexican invasion, could confirm the confidence of Mr Smith, when it was the very thing for which the district attorney, not three weeks before had entered the complaint against Mr Burr, before the court of the United States, competent to try that offence? Is it possible that Mr. Burr's confession of his guilt should have been the confirmation of Mr Smith's confidence? Yes, Sir—So far as relates to the misdemeanor, to Mr. Smith's participation in the project for invading Mexico, his own affidavit on the 6th of January, 1807, is evidence, which, in my mind, nothing can control. His engagement of his two sons to Mr. Burr, admits neither of denial nor of justification.
About ten days after this; on the second and third of December, Mr. Smith goes to Cincinnati, Frankfort and Lexington, to purchase provisions, and to sell bills of exchange. Here he accidentally sees again Mr. Burr. Here he finds that Mr. Burr is for the second time charged, and now before a grand jury with that very offence of preparing an expedition against Mexico, which in his confidential communication to Mr. Smith he had explicitly avowed. And Mr. Smith, by the testimony of three of his own witnesses hurries away from the scene to avoid being subpoenaed as a witness, declaring that he knows nothing on the subject, that could either criminate or justify Mr. Burr.
The first of these witnesses is Kelly, Mr Smith's confidential agent and store keeper at Cincinnati; of whose character, as a man of uprightness and veracity, the most respectable attestations are produced. After stating the motive of Mr. Smith's going to Cincinnati, and thence to Lexington, Kelly's deposition, produced here by Mr. Smith himself, proceeds thus:
"He returned and informed me that on his arrival at Lexington, he understood that the principal men with whom he wished to transact business were at Frankfort; that he was also informed that a prosecution, the second time, was commenced against col. Burr, and he (Smith) was told that if it was known, he was in the state, he would be subpoenaed as a witness—that he told his informers he would not put them to the trouble to summon him, if he had a fresh horse he would go on there immediately—finding he could not see the men he wished to see, he started for Frankfort—that on his arrival there, he enquired for major Morrison, I think he said in two or three public houses, but could not find him; that he was informed the investigation into Burr's conduct before the grand jury was delayed for want of gen. Adair, who was said to be a principal witness against him, and that in all probability, proceedings would be staid for several days, and as he (Smith) could not be detained so long from his business, particularly as he knew nothing that would either criminate or exculpate col. Burr—that if his testimony could be of any benefit either way, he would have stayed with pleasure, but as he was entirely ignorant of any of Burr's political views, he conceived to stay there for no purpose, would be doing injustice to his private as well as to his public concerns, and therefore as he was not summoned, he started away early next morning."
Mr. Jordan's deposition, after relating Mr. Smith's application to him respecting the bills of exchange, says—"The conversation then turned on the pending trial of col. Burr; and I mentioned that I had been called on as a witness; and observed, that Burr had also been at your house; and was it known that you were in this place, that you would also be called on. You said you was willing; that you knew nothing of the business; but as you could not get your business accomplished here, that if you had a fresh horse you would go to see major Morrison, and save them any trouble of subpoenaing you."
The deposition of Joseph Taylor is to the same effect: That Mr. Smith denied all knowledge of any thing which could operate either for or against Mr. Burr.
Now, sir, how was the fact? Was Mr. Smith thus ignorant? It seems to me that he was not. The disclosure which, on the 22d of Nov. he himself has sworn Mr. Burr had made to him in confidence, was knowledge of the most decisive character on the question before the grand jury, was knowledge, which had Mr. Smith been even a private citizen, he was bound in duty to have gone and related to them. Admitting even that Mr. Smith could have believed, that Burr intended the Mexican invasion, only in case a war should break out; still the preparations he was making were unlawful; still he was guilty of the very charge made against him then, before the grand jury; & had confidentially avow'd the object to Mr. S. Had Mr. Smith gone before that grand jury, and told them from the lips of Mr. Burr, what the affidavit of 6th January, 1807, declares upon oath: that grand jury instead of dismissing Mr. Burr, as they did, with commendation & applause, would have been bound, with the oath of God upon their consciences, to find a bill against him. The confession of Mr. Burr unquestionably brought him within the operation of the statute upon which he was prosecuted, and I cannot but attribute to Mr. Smith's studious avoidance of attending upon that grand jury, all the unfortunate, and I may say, calamitous consequences which have befallen this nation, from the failure of bringing Burr to justice at that time. Had he then been indicted on Mr. Smith's testimony alone, he must have been convicted. The alarm, the agitation, the extraordinary and irregular stretches of power at New Orleans, which have distressed every free and patriotic heart, would have been prevented. The progress of that pernicious enterprise would have been arrested here. The whole judicial authority of the U. States would not have been laid prostrate before the wiles of conspiracy. There would have been no trial; no occasion for a trial at Richmond; treason would have been nipped in the bud, and Mr. Smith himself would, at this day, have been here in the full enjoyment of his reputation, with the consciousness of having rendered a service of the highest importance to his country. But, sir, unfortunately for his country, he had engaged his two sons to Mr. Burr. He could not testify against Burr, without condemning himself, and he shrunk from the presence of the grand jury.
Ten days after this, the president's proclamation and governor Tiff's orders for the militia to be called out, both arrived on the same day, the 13th of December, at Cincinnati; and from that time Mr. Smith's exertion to carry into effect the orders both of the general and the state government, were characterised with great and extraordinary zeal. But even then he writes to the Secretary at war a narrative not exactly conformable to that afterwards contained in the answer to the committee—In the answer Mr. Smith declares repeatedly, that all his doubts and suspicions about Mr. Burr, had been removed by his open-hearted candid letter of 26th October. In the letter to the Secretary at War, he speaks of himself as harboring so strong suspicions on Burr's subsequent visit to Cincinnati in November, as then to have asked him pointedly if any object he had in view justified the suspicion which prevailed about him, and that from Mr. Burr's apparent candor in answering this question, he, Smith, entertained no doubt of him. Now this apparent candor, was an acknowledgment of the very same undertaking which the President's proclamation called upon the people to suppress. The proclamation had no reference to the part of Burr's project which aimed at the dismemberment of the union—it was the intended invasion of Mexico, which it extended the arm of the nation to restrain—the very expedition upon which Mr. S. had engaged his two sons—How was it possible that this disclosure of an unlawful design, could have restored the confidence and received the countenance of Mr. Smith? It is this, with the circumstances attending it, and which I have noticed, that render Mr. Smith himself, the most material of all the witnesses against him. The letter, I have shown, contained little to remove, and much, very much to excite suspicion. The avowal of the intended march to Mexico, was an avowal of guilt—Mr. Smith does not pretend that Mr. Burr hinted to him that the design was approved by the government—the bitterness with which he spoke of the government, was surely of itself an indication to the contrary. Did not Mr. Smith know that this was an unlawful enterprise? Could he have been ignorant of that before; the first prosecution in Kentucky must surely have given him sufficient notice of that. Before he engaged his two sons, ought he not to have enquired how the Washita settlement was to be made? How the same preparations could be transformed at pleasure from purposes of war to purposes of agriculture? How the same men and the same things could possibly be applied to the invasion of one country and the settlement of another? By what magic they were to beat their swords into ploughshares, and their pruning-hooks into spears? Even Peter Taylor, the stupid Peter Taylor, as Mr. Smith has pronounced, and his counsel endeavored to prove—even Peter Taylor, when Blennerhassett attempted to engage him for the Washita settlement, enquired what kind of need they should carry with them? Nor would he be satisfied with Blennerhassett's evasions of this question, but urged him with it until he forced out the whole project; the Mexican empire—the royal diadem of Mr. Burr, and the dismemberment of the American Union. Peter Taylor was indeed, as Mr. Smith says, a gardner. He certainly cannot, in point of understanding, be compared with Mr. Smith. Yet even he could bethink himself of the articles which would be suitable for his agency in a settlement of lands—even he could discern the difference between garden seeds and gunpowder; and yet Mr. Smith, a Senator of the
United States, a settler in a new country, a confidential and intimate friend of Mr. Burr, engaged his two sons for an ambitious expedition of settlement or war, without putting a single question to ascertain how these schemes of contrariety should be reconciled together; without one single enquiry, which could lead to a colorable pretence of right, for the warlike part of the plan—preparations for war! Levying of troops! Was a Senator of the U States to wait for the President's proclamation to learn the unlawfulness, or the danger of the liberties of this country, of such enterprises, undertaken without public authority? Was he yet to learn that the power of making war, and of raising soldiers, has been deemed by the people of this nation, of such magnitude and danger, that they would not entrust them to the Executive authority, but have expressly and cautiously reserved them exclusively to the representatives of the nation assembled in Congress? And until that every preparation of expeditions to invade the territories of a neighboring sovereign, was even in the incipient stage of beginning and setting on foot, in direct violation of the laws of the land? The pretence that it was to be pursued only in case war should take place, did not make it at all more lawful; but made it, if any thing, more dangerous. Suppose, sir, that war had been declared—was it for Aaron Burr to say, who should lead the corps of volunteers, or who should be the first to march into the Mexican provinces? Entertaining the opinion that I do, and then did of Mr. Burr, I should have considered it as one of the greatest misfortunes which could have befallen the U. States, even if they were at war, to have had such a man as him at the head of their armies—nor can I consider it but as highly unbecoming in a member of the National Legislature to have given him countenance in this project of forcing himself upon the government of the union, as the general of an army for the invasion of Mexico. It was encouraging and aiding a violation of the constitution in its vital principles. It was setting an example more to be deprecated by the people of this union than the most formidable foreign war. And of all this, Mr. Smith himself is the self-accusing witness. All the other witnesses, are but in confirmation and aggravation of these decisive facts. Some of them indicate circumstances of very strong suspicion, that Mr. Smith's participation was much earlier and much deeper. Others strikingly demonstrate that he was acting under a consciousness of unlawful engagements; and all concur in producing, upon my mind, the conviction that this resolution ought to pass.
Mr. President, I have discharged a painful obligation. No discussion has ever devolved upon me, as a member of this body, in which I have taken a part with more reluctance than in this. Until these transactions occurred, there was perhaps not another member of the Senate, in whose integrity I more confided; and but for this, there is none whom I should more readily take by the hand as a friend and a brother. I trust, sir, that I feel as I ought, for his personal situation, on this occasion; as well as for the interests and the feelings of his family. I am sensible, and have never lost sight of what is due from me to him as members of this assembly. But there is also a duty to the character and reputation of this body—a duty to the state, whose representation on this floor has been in part entrusted to him; and a duty to the whole nation, whose public servants we are. In the discharge of these duties, I have felt myself compelled to submit these observations to the Senate; and with these I shall conclude.
[Mr. Giles's Speech will be commenced in our next.]
NEW YORK, Sept. 24.
LETTERS FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.
Treasury Department, Sept. 14, 1808.
Sir, I have the honor to receive your letter of the 23d August, requesting to know whether any part of the two Millions of Dollars appropriated by the act of the 13th February, 1806, for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse with foreign nations, had been drawn from the Treasury—and, if thus drawn, to what purpose the money had been applied?
Official documents, already published by order of Congress, sufficiently shew that not a single cent of that money has ever been expended. The appropriation was made in order to enable the President to acquire the Floridas by treaty. Messrs Armstrong and Bowdoin, who were entrusted with the negotiation, were accordingly authorised, if they should succeed in making the purchase, to draw for one million of dollars on the Bankers of the U. States at Amsterdam, and for one million on the Treasury; as was stated to Congress in the annual report on Finances of December, 1806. The negotiation did not succeed: Florida has not been purchased; those gentlemen never drew for any part of the money; and the funds placed in the hands of the Bankers at Amsterdam, part of which would have been applied to the purchase, if it had taken place, have, according to their original destination, been solely applied to the payment of the Dutch debt; as appears by the annual report of the commissioners of the sinking fund of Feb. 1808.
The evidence of those facts being scattered amongst voluminous documents of no general circulation, I enclose a certificate from the Register of the Treasury, which will remove any doubt on that subject.
I have the honor to be, with consideration, Sir, your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN.
David Thomas, Esq. Treasurer of the State of New York, Albany.

CERTIFICATE OF THE REGISTER.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Register's Office, Sept. 9, 1803.
I certify that no part of the sum of two millions of dollars, appropriated by "an act, entitled an act making provision for defraying any extraordinary expenses attending the intercourse between the U. S. and foreign nations," passed the 13th Feb. 1806, has been drawn from the Treasury of the U. S. and that the whole appropriation remains full and entire in the said sum of 2,000,000 of dollars, and will be passed in the Treasury Books to the credit of the surplus fund on 31st Dec. next, pursuant to the 16th section of the act passed on the 3rd March, 1795, provided no part thereof shall hereafter be drawn from the Treasury before the end of the present year.
JOSEPH NOURSE, Register.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Resources of the United States.
The opposition prints, with malignant satisfaction, exult at the deranged state in which the embargo is likely to place our finances. They look forward with eager expectation to the period, when our expenditures shall have equalled our income, and when the support of the government, the payment of the military and the interest on the public debt, irresistibly pressing upon a government without resource from existing revenue, will compel it either to violate its engagements, or to resort to new modes of taxation. In either event, victory is reckoned upon as certain. The effect of excises and direct taxes are remembered, and it is hoped that similar causes will, even under dissimilar circumstances, produce correspondent effects.
There is, likewise, strong reason to believe that this impression has had no inconsiderable influence on the British cabinet; that they have inferred from it our inability to continue the embargo, or, in case of such continuance have counted upon the total prostration of our finances. Fully apprised, from their own experience, of the value of money, they have no doubt anticipated from the want of it all the hideous effects with which sanguine hopes can inspire their minds. They have no doubt anticipated a prostration of public faith; a dissatisfied and refractory army; a people ripe for rebellion, and a government with ut energy.
It is admitted that these would be indeed calamitous evils, and, if their occurrence could be reckoned upon with the least probability, they would constitute abundant reason, on the ground of policy, for a continuance on the part of Great Britain of that flagrant injustice which has characterised her conduct since the outrage committed on the Chesapeake. Fortunately, however, these views originate in an utter ignorance of our resources and of our finances, and of the effects of the embargo upon them. We shall show this to the demonstration of every candid mind.
Let us suppose the embargo to continue during the whole of the ensuing year, or, if the embargo be raised, our commerce to be entirely annihilated by the robbery committed upon it by the belligerent nations, and see its effects upon our revenue. We forewarn the reader against drawing any inference as to our opinion of the continuance of the embargo to that protracted period. Nothing of the kind is meant. That will be a subject for the exclusive decision of congress.
But should our commerce continue paralysed even to the termination of the year 1809, our revenue will continue adequate to all the purposes contemplated to be answered by it. This will appear from the following statement:
Our resources will be—
Table with 2 columns: Item, Dollars. Rows include: 1. Sale of public lands for two years, 1,000,000; 2. Mr Gallatin, in his report of Nov. 5, 1807, says the amount of our standing bonds due by importers, after deducting the debentures issued on account of re-exportation, exceeds at this time, sixteen millions. Add to this sum the new bonds given, & deduct from the aggregate the dues since paid into the treasury, and there will remain a clear sum outstanding, which may be computed at about 12,000,000; 3. Duties on new importation, 2,000,000; 4. Add to this, the cash actually in the treasury at this time, 13,500,000. Total, 28,500,000.
In this estimate are included, not only the ordinary sources of revenue, but an extraordinary and important auxiliary arising from the embargo itself. This is the amount of drawbacks, which the reader will recollect is a sum secured to be paid to the United States, in case the articles are not exported within a limited time. Although by an act supplementary to that imposing the embargo, the payment of these duties is in some cases extended to the time of raising the embargo, yet, it is manifest, that in the mean time, the necessary effect of the embargo being to produce among ourselves a demand for them, they will be gradually consumed, and the duties as they are consumed be paid into the treasury.
Our expenditures will be—
Table with 2 columns: Item, Dollars. Rows include: For 1808, including five millions and a half for the redemption of the eight per cent. stock, about 12,500,000. For 1809— Let it be recollected that the whole of this view is founded on the supposition of things remaining for this period on their present footing. If so, even allowing the same extraordinary expenses for 1809, as for 1808, although they may not be incurred,
their amount added to the ordinary expenses will be 15,600,000
But from this sum will be to be deducted $4,200,000 being the difference between the sum required for the public debt in the year 1808 & the subsequent years, according to the report of the secretary of the treasury,
Table with 2 columns: Item, Dollars. Rows include: 4,200,000 Leaving 11,400,000; 23,900,000 Thus it appears that the aggregate income will be, 28,500,000 And the aggregate expenditures 23,900,000
Leaving at the end of 1809, in the treasury, 4,600,000
Further—Should there be any occasion then, or in the mean time, for a greater surplus, it might be augmented to the amount of 6,600,000 dollars, either by refraining from the discharge of the principal of the public debt falling due to that amount (a measure which would be cheerfully agreed to by the public creditors,) or by loaning a correspondent sum, which would have precisely the same effect. This would augment the surplus balance to 11,200,000, which is equal to the ordinary expenditures of another year.
All this would be effected without loans or a single new tax, while Britain would be, every year, increasing her debt, by new loans to a great amount, and by correspondent new taxes for their ultimate redemption; to say nothing of the effect on her revenue produced by the defalcation in her import duties, arising from the total suspension of our exports, on many of which she exacts enormous duties.
Let then the opposition, and the advocates, and adherents of foreign powers, case to delude themselves with the hollow hope that our finances will be deranged, our resources dried up, or our energies paralysed, by the measures which are now pursued! The statement, we have made, must convince them that these measures so far from having enfeebled our power, have husbanded it for the day of danger, and that if war shall become inevitable, we shall have ample means of waging it, without a recurrence to oppressive taxes or enormous loans. Not that there is any want of spirit in the nation cheerfully to pay taxes, or to authorize loans, to any amount, rather than surrender our rights, or relapse into a state of colonial vassalage.
From the NORFOLK PUBLIC LEDGER, of Friday last.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.—The character of this paper, to express ourselves in the language of party, is most decidedly federal. We do not therefore notice the proceedings of the federalists at Staunton, which are inserted in this paper, with indifference. They have claimed our most serious attention, and should have received our most zealous co-operation, if reasons which we shall presently state did not induce us to hesitate upon the propriety of such co-operation.
The law of this state, for choosing electors, effectually (as it was intended) excludes the minority from any of the advantages of suffrage. They have, however, a right to express their opinions, and before we saw the Staunton proceedings, we did hope that every federalist in the state would vote at the approaching election, and by that vote express his opinion of the leading measures of the present administration. It was, however, evident that without some concerted plan, such an opinion could not be expressed for want of proper characters being previously designated as candidates. It is well known that during the last winter, two tickets were formed in this state, one in favor of Mr Madison and the other in favour of Mr Monroe. It being a matter well understood, that in all the great and leading measures, that Mr Madison (if elected) would pursue the course marked out by his predecessor, no person, who disapproved of the measures of the present administration, could vote for Mr Madison's ticket without committing an act of the greatest inconsistency in politics. We may say, that in general, the federalists of this state have disapproved of the measures of the present administration. We believe that without having any concerted plan with the friends of Mr Monroe, that the federalists would have voted for Mr Monroe's ticket. In this way they would have expressed their disapprobation of the measures of which they have so justly complained. For some months past a general opinion has prevailed, that he friends of Mr Monroe had declined the proposed contest. It appears, however, from the address of the committee of Mr Monroe's friends, published in this paper, that they have determined to persevere. What course then are the Federalists to pursue? The address from Mr Monroe's friends is plain, and may be considered as pledging Mr Monroe upon some leading points, particularly the cruel measures of the embargo, and upon our future course with foreign nations. War or Perpetual Embargo; Peace, and Commerce, are the questions? To avoid the two former, and to secure the two latter, our exertions must be directed. If there was a hope, that a federal ticket could prevail in this state, it cannot be supposed that the editor of this paper, would permit local state partisanship or personal respect, to govern him in declining his co-operation with his federal brethren. Believing as we most sincerely do believe, that if the present course of measures are not arrested, that even the UNION, that rock of our political safety, will cease to exist twelve months longer—we must be allowed to pursue a course for ourselves. As every calamity which could befall us as a nation, is included in the separation of the states, we shall enumerate no others. The impossibility of succeeding with a federal ticket is to us so evident, that we think any calculation upon the subject would be thrown away. In conclusion, we hope that the federalists of this state, will reflect seriously upon the present crisis; and that the result of their reflections will produce a determination to give their unanimous suffrages for the ticket of Mr. Monroe.
We know that a number of federalists have serious objections in voting for a person whose political sentiments are no in accordance with their own. But the true question is, do they prefer a person with whom they differ on some points, to one, with whom they differ in every point. Would the federalists vote for Mr. Madison's ticket? They surely would not. There is then no difference between voting in favor of that ticket, and so voting as to give it the best, perhaps the only certain chance of success.
Without considering many other circumstances, the manner in which Mr. Madison has been brought forward is so reprehensible, that it is the duty of every citizen, who desires to maintain the principles of our constitution in their purity, to resist this assumption of power by the members of the Federal Legislature.
The federalists of this state must be satisfied that there is not sufficient time to form a federal ticket before the election comes on.
LATEST Foreign Intelligence.
LONDON, August 1.
Dutch papers from the 20th to the 27th ult. have been received in town. We give extracts under the proper head.
They chiefly relate to the progress of Joseph Bonaparte into his new dominions. He arrived at Burgos, on the evening of the 14th. We hear of sincere demonstrations of loyalty and of his receiving the homage of the ecclesiastical and civil bodies.
Bonaparte was to leave Bayonne soon after the 16th. It is stated that he means to visit the western coast of the empire. Another account intimates that he was expected at Strasbourg. The latter, if true, affords plain proof of the French ruler regards with much jealousy the conduct of Austria. But of the present views and relations of the continental powers, we know nothing decisive; it does however appear from the details that the dissatisfaction of the north of Europe is hourly increasing. There is not, we should believe, the doubt of a moment, but that the interest and salvation of the whole of the continental states require them to take advantage of any opportunity to throw off their yoke. However, they may dissemble, such is their interest, and such they must know it to be. They cannot be deceived upon a mere point of feeling, and it is equally impossible that they can have fallen into any wrong calculation with regard to the ultimate design of Napoleon, both upon them, and the whole world. They have seen in the example of Spain that those countries who do not coalesce and fight against him, are not the less spared upon that account; and they have seen that the equal and level chain of his ambition, makes no distinction between friends and foes. The fuel for lightning up a new war, is thickly spread. Let Russia, Austria, or Denmark, apply the torch, and the whole of the continent will be speedily in a blaze.
It is stated that the emperor of Morocco has offered to assist the Spaniards with a force of 80,000.
From the circumstance of the French marshals being at the head of considerable corps of troops, we may be certain that Bonaparte is really in want of men—(A curious inference.)
It is stated in a paper of this morning that the duke of York is to have the chief command of the British army in Spain. No actual appointment has, we believe yet taken place, but we are convinced that it would be gratifying to the people of Spain, that our army should be commanded by one of the princes. Sun.
The embarkation of the fourth expedition has already commenced with the 15th dragoons, at Gravesend; the brigade of guards, at Chatham; the 45th, 51st, and 87th, embark in the ensuing week. Several regiments of cavalry daily expect orders to advance to the coast.
Saturday dispatches were received at the Admiralty from Sir Samuel Hood, dated off the island of Moen in the Baltic, on the 17th ult. They state that the admiral had received intelligence from several gallies, under Mecklenburgh colors, that a French force of 30,000 men had assembled at Stralsund for the purpose of invading Sweden, and were in perfect readiness, except that they were obliged to wait the arrival of a great number of boats, which had been collected in the Elbe, and which were to convey them in the first instance to Rugen, where they were to be joined by the Spanish troops.
August 4.
Accounts have been received by government from both extremities of Spain; from Lord Collingwood, off Cadiz, dated July 17, by the Dexterous sloop, captain Tomlinson; and from Gijon, by the hands of Sir Thomas Dyer himself, the gentleman who was sent out some time ago to make personal observations on the existing state of affairs in that country, and who reached Plymouth in the Scorpion, captain Stanfield, after the very short passage of 3 days. In particular, that he is the bearer of an Oviedo Gazette, the contents of which are highly gratifying. General Caro is described to have attacked Monecy, in the neighborhood of Valencia, on the 26th June, to have defeated and obliged him to retreat; to have done the same on the 27th; yet still to have left the French in such force, that they, on the 28th, were the first to commence the engagement, in an attempt to take the town of Valencia by storm; but being a third time unsuccessful, were then ultimately assailed by the united forces of generals Cervellon, Llamas and Caro, and completely demolished; there remaining only of the vanquished, a straggling body of 1000 men, out of an army 18,000 strong.
These 1000 men, through the aid of a traitor, were enabled to find their way to, and to join Gen Frere at St. Clemente; (a short one we hope) from the fate of their brethren in Valencia. A Madrid article states, that Gen. Frere's division, which was on its march to reinforce Dupont, was, even after the junction of these 1000 stragglers, unable to proceed any further than St. Clemente; and further, that a considerable force under Wredel, sent with the same view of assisting to extricate Dupont, had likewise been completely routed in the very neighborhood of Andujar, by 40,000 Andalusians.
Another piece of intelligence, of a very pleasing aspect, is, that the Catalonians have rendered themselves masters of Fort Monjoie commanding Barcelona, with a considerable loss on their part, but with the absolute destruction of the whole garrison.
One circumstance we have both pride and pleasure in communicating; which is, that the Supreme Council of Seville has been able to suspend the levying of further contributions, and even to refund out of the money arrived from England the forced and voluntary loans that had been already advanced. This must give the people of Spain a feeling sense of the interest we take in their concerns; and, when compared with the brutal rapacity exercised by the Russians who are endeavoring to oppress them, will place the character and principles of the two nations in the most striking point of view. Upon this subject we cannot help mentioning a circumstance which was currently reported at Gijon, before the Scorpion sailed; which is, that the people of Cordova, who, as our readers will recollect, were obliged to make a temporary surrender to the French, did it on condition that no plunder should be permitted. Dupont pledged himself to this term; but on getting possession of the town, gave it up to pillage, and all sorts of excesses, for 4 hours; which so exasperated the Cordovans, that the whole population rose en masse, and, after a most sanguinary conflict, forced him to evacuate the town, and absolutely drove him ten miles into the country, where he was entrenched himself, for fear of a further attack. Two regiments have actually marched from Gibraltar, through the lines of St. Roque, towards Cadiz, near which a great battle was daily expected, to be fought.
We cannot conclude this article without stating, that Sir Thomas Dyer, the bearer of the grateful intelligence it contains, was himself present at the battle of Valedolid, the result of which has been so variously represented: he is understood to speak with the utmost admiration of the fearless intrepidity with which the Spaniards attacked the French army. Their undisciplined and irregular valor was dreadful. He saw four regiments actually cut to pieces by them. The rapidity too with which the French moved and fired was most formidable.
Joseph Bonaparte is said to have arrived at Madrid so early as the 20th of July, seven days before he was expected. He was received with sullen silence; no guns were fired by the Spaniards, nor did any species of rejoicing take place on the occasion. The bell ringers refused their usual office; which being considered an unpardonable offence, three of them were taken into custody, and on the following day, after a summary trial, put to death. It is said that a few hired tinkers (menders of saucepans and kettles) appeared before the palace, and saluted the new sovereign by the noise produced by beating their pots and kettles with sticks; and these men cried, "long live king Joseph." The people positively refused to assemble on the occasion; and every appearance indicated a speedy renewal of the occurrence of the 2d of May.
It is indeed reported, on the authority of a letter from Plymouth, that a most violent tumult had actually taken place at Madrid on the 23d; that in the conflict which ensued the whole of the French troops in that city were either killed or put to the rout; and that only 4000 cavalry were enabled to effect their escape. The report adds, that upwards of 20,000 persons fell on this occasion. We must submit these statements without, in any respect, vouching their accuracy. The letter which contains them was received by a mercantile house in the city. It states, that the account was published at Oporto on the 28th of July, in an Extraordinary Gazette, which concluded thus:
"We have now to offer up our prayers and thanksgivings to the God of Hosts, that Spain no longer contains a single Frenchman who is not in the power of the Spaniards."
Advices may be hourly expected to arrive, of the landing of the expedition under the command of Sir Arthur Wellesley.
Sir Arthur Wellesley had arrived at Oporto on the 25th ult. landed and paid a short visit to the Bishop.—He then re-embarked and was soon out of sight, and expected to reach Figueira on the 26th. It was rumored that he was first to proceed to the Tagus, to communicate with Sir C. Cotton, and then rejoin the troops at Figueira. The Portuguese are in the highest hopes, and entertain confident expectations of driving out their oppressors, or destroying them.
According to the Dutch papers, the kingdom of Naples is destined for Murat—his successor in the Dukedom of Berg is not mentioned.—Bonaparte makes his relations dance about, and change places, like so many puppets in a show—he never suffers them to remain long in a place. One month he sees them planted in Italy, the next in Germany: to day they appear as Grand Dukes, to-morrow they start up as Kings. What a restless creature is in all this man's actions!
The only other news of importance in these papers is, the Proclamation of the Provisional government of Tuscany, informing the inhabitants that it is to be united to the kingdom of Italy. The Queen of Etruria, who is to be thus robbed of her dominions, our readers will recollect, has already been robbed of her liberty, being at present a state prisoner in France. The Proclamation, adding insult to outrage, styles the man by whom she has been thus treated, "the Protector of Religion and Morality."
FROM DUTCH PAPERS.
VITTORIA, July 14.
On the 11th his Catholic majesty proceeded from Tolosa to Bergara, where he was waited upon and complimented by the civil and ecclesiastical authorities, and by the students of the celebrated college of that town.
He also received a deputation from the town of St. Andero, consisting of six persons who ratified the oath of fidelity already taken by their town, and solicited forgiveness for their error. His majesty received each of them with the greatest friendship, and was engaged in business with his ministers until nine in the evening.
On the following day the king continued his journey to Vittoria. On the boundaries of Guipcoa, the deputation from that province took leave of his majesty, who found the deputation of Alara on their own territory. He also received the magistracy of the place, and made enquiries of them respecting the state of their respective districts.
When about three leagues from the city, he received some dispatches by a courier—he stopped, read the dispatches, and answered them without alighting from his carriage. During this interval, a detachment of the African regiment of infantry were introduced to him, which was so resolutely bent on accompanying his majesty, though repeatedly told, that being on foot, it was impossible to keep up with the carriage, that it nevertheless went on for three long leagues, and never stopped until his majesty arrived at the apartments prepared for him. At his entrance into the city all the troops were under arms, and the houses were hung with carpets. The firing of the artillery, the ringing of the bells, and the concourse of the inhabitants from all quarters, all contribute to distinguish this event. The day before, his majesty was proclaimed king of Spain and the Indies, in this city, being the capital of the province.
At the distance of a league from Vittoria, his majesty received a special deputation from the province, the civil and spiritual authorities, and all the individuals of respectability, who assembled from the environs in order to be introduced to him.
A nine in the evening a display of fireworks took place, and his majesty was pleased to partake in the festivity. This day, after transacting business with his ministers, his majesty attended mass in the collegiate church.—He was received at the entrance by the chapter, who conducted him to a seat under a canopy, which was placed near the organ and altar. On his return to his residence his majesty gave audience to all the deputies from the adjacent towns and village, as well as those who were introduced to him the preceding day.
The festivities of the former day, with the display of fireworks, were this day repeated.
On the day of his majesty's arrival the following proclamation was issued:
"Don Joseph Napoleon, by the Grace of God, and the Constitution of the State, King of Spain, and the Indies."
"Spaniards!—On entering the territory of a people, the Government of whom Providence has confided in me, I feel it my duty to explain the sentiments which I entertain."
"In ascending the throne, I rely upon finding among you some generous souls who will second my efforts to restore this people to the possession of their ancient splendour. The constitution, to the observance of which you are about to pledge yourselves by your oaths, secures the exercise of our holy religion, and of civil and political freedom. It establishes a national representation, and restores your ancient Cortes in an ameliorated form. It appears a senate, forming the guarantee of individual liberty, and the support of the throne in critical circumstances, and constituting an honorable asylum and rewards to those who shall have performed signal services to the state."
"The courts of justice, the interpreters of the laws, divested of passion and favour, shall, in pronouncing judgment, be impartial, free and independent."
"Merit and virtue shall be the only claims to holding public offices."
"Unless I am disappointed in my wishes, your agriculture and commerce shall flourish, free from those restraints which have hitherto retarded their prosperity."
"Desirous of ruling according to the laws, I will be the first to give an example of the honour which should be paid to them."
"I enter among you with the greatest confidence, surrounded with those meritorious individuals, who have concealed from me nothing which they thought necessary for your interests."
"Blind passion, false rumours, the intrigues of the common enemy of the continent, anxious only to separate the Indies from Spain, have plunged some of you into the most dreadful state of anarchy. My heart bleeds at the view of it; but this evil, however considerable it may be, may instantaneously cease."
"Spaniards, only unite around my throne. Conduct yourselves so as that all disturbances shall not deprive me of that time which I wish to employ in labouring for your happiness, nor deprive me of the means of accomplishing that object. I esteem you enough to persuade myself that you will make every exertion to obtain and merit that happiness which is the dearest object of my wishes."
"I, THE KING."
Vittoria, 12th July, 1809.
By order of his majesty,
The minister secretary of state,
M. RIANO LUIS DEURQUIJO.
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TO ONE OF THE MONROE CORRESPONDING COMMITTEE.
It may perhaps be perfectly unimportant to the people, and less so to their cause, to fix upon any individual the charge of inconsistency. But when this inconsistency will tend to develop the nature and object of a party, it acquires an importance which merits the most serious attention. It may be said, and with some truth, that the spirit of denunciation when once excited, may mistake independence for dereliction, and therefore may sometimes be unjust and illiberal in its operation. It certainly is improper that an individual should lose his "merit of consistency" merely for a difference of opinion, & perhaps too upon a subject of little concern. But when we find him at one time pouring forth the whole strength of his mind, in support of a principle which he considers essential to the welfare of a republic, and at another time making use of every effort which ingenuity and sophistry can suggest, to diminish the force and justice of that principle, we say, that it leads to an unfortunate conclusion against the advocate. You will not expect us to adduce the evidence of words and sentences exactly contradicting each other, but we shall endeavor to show that the temper of your doctrine is changed, and the tenor of your reasoning completely altered. You cannot have forgotten the pamphlet which you subscribed Franklin, and which you published in 1800, because it was much admired, and your vanity is not of that severe-like description, to permit such things as these to pass off: But it would really seem that this was the only impression remaining - the idea of having been an author, without caring what that author had said. It is the motto of your party, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is essential to the liberties of a republic, and if you will admit of the parity of reasoning, which compares great things to small, wet will, while you are endeavoring to impress this lesson upon a nation, endeavor to do the same upon an individual. Will you, sir, recur to the pamphlet already mentioned, and try to throw off your professional habit of "twisting words and meanings as you please?" Will you invoke the genius that inspired you at that time, and study the arguments which you employed to accomplish your object?
This recurrence, if candidly made, may serve as a mirror to reflect the changes, which a short time has created upon your political physiognomy. You were then a most zealous and decided advocate of the general ticket law, but why? Not because, as you have lately said, "that the President is chosen by a majority of the nation, and not by the majority of a party;" not because the opinion of a real majority would prevail, and but every man should express his opinion and act according to the dictates of his judgment; but because agreeable to that mode the majority of a party would prevail, and because it was intended to prevent men from acting according to the dictates of their judgment, because it completely destroyed the effect of their judgment. At this time it is well known, there were two parties, the federalists and republicans, and the object of your pamphlet was to hush the voice of the first, that it might give way to the majority of the republican party.
As an electioneering committee-man in 1808, you appear to be a great stickler for candor and impartiality of conduct, but as an electioneering pamphlet writer in 1800, you were for suppressing a considerable body of people, and why? Because the President might be elected according to the majority of a party, and not according to the real majority of a nation. We do not mean to question the propriety of your opinion upon the subject of the general ticket law, but merely to expose the jesuitry of your reasoning. To show the diametrical points to which you are capable of forcing your reasoning to apply, you contend now that the President is chosen by the majority of the nation, and not by the majority of a party, and that every man should act up to his own judgment. Hence, it must necessarily follow, that every opinion should be heard, and every judgment should have its weight, or else you are certainly in pursuit of a shadow. But what have you said? "That by a general ticket the majority of the people of a state, supposed them to act rationally and in concert, as they have done in Pennsylvania, and no doubt will do here, six on the persons, to whom the whole number of electoral votes shall be given. For the election in November next, two tickets will be submitted to the consideration of the people; one containing the names of twenty one persons, who will vote for Mr. Jefferson, or some other person whose political principles correspond with his: the other, the names of twenty one persons, who will certainly vote for Mr. Adams, or some man who thinks as he does. The question on therefore will be, or rather is now fully before the people, and the majority by the choice of their ticket, will fairly determine to whom the twenty one electoral votes, belonging to Virginia shall be given. To illustrate this position, let it be supposed, that Mr. Adams had, or rather was likely to have sixty seven votes in the other states; in the other states; fifty one votes of course would remain for Mr. Jefferson. In this state of things it is obvious that the event of the election would depend on the votes given in Virginia. Let it also be supposed as the fact really is, if we may deduce any inference either from the last election, or the political principles of the Legislature, that the great majority of the people are disposed to give a decided preference to Mr. Jefferson. Under the plan now adopted, Mr. Jefferson would be elected: twenty one votes added to fifty one, would give him seventy two; but under the former system Mr. Adams would carry his election in opposition to eighteen districts." It has been already shown that an election
by a general ticket is the plan by which the election of the candidate, whoever he may be, preferred by a majority of the people of this state, is most likely to be secured, and by which a minority may be prevented from effecting their purpose. Thus it is manifestly evident to the most ordinary mind, that the object of this doctrine is to give ascendancy to the majority of a party, and not to the real majority of the nation. This doctrine is entirely applicable to the state of Virginia, as you yourself admit, when you ask, (speaking of the legislature) Are they to consult the voice of the people in any other state? This has never been suggested. Are they to consult the voice of the people of the United States? How are they to know it? Of course the sense of other states was completely discarded from your view, and you were entirely thinking of the majority of Virginia, the majority of republicans, the majority of a party, which now appears to be so odious and insignificant in your estimation. You were then for imposing silence upon the minority, and for destroying their very political existence, and now you come forward to speak with a great deal of affected liberality about real majorities, and that every man should form his own opinion, and pursue the dictates of his own judgment. This is a species of tergiversation that is excusable at the bar, but upon a subject where personal considerations should have no influence, it is unpardonable.
If this was intended as a stroke of conciliation with the federalists, and to induce them to form an alliance with you, you are most woefully mistaken. They are not to be entrapped and hood-winked into a party scheme, in which they are to act merely as the instrument of reform, and perhaps never to experience any benefit from the change.
I can assure you, sir, that it is the popular opinion, and it might as well be expressed now as at any other time, that the federalists stand much higher in the estimation of the people, than the party of which you seem to be the chief agent. This is not the only inconsistency in which you are involved, that you now smile with complacency upon that body of people, upon whom a little while since, you frowned with the most unmerciful execration. You say (in your late address) that you conscientiously believe that the course which you pursue, leads more directly to the promotion of the best interests of the United States, than that recommended by the caucuses at Washington and the Bell Tavern in this city. Hence it would seem that you had no kind of faith in a legislative caucus, and that it is a very false medium, through which we are to understand the wishes of the people. Let us see what you said in 1800. "It is true that ninety-three members of the General Assembly in their private characters convened together, and formed a ticket containing the names of 21 persons, for whom they themselves meant to vote; and whom they have recommended to the choice of their republican fellow-citizens; and it must be admitted to be extremely probable that a freeholder, weak enough to be more solicitous about men than principle, and who will not vote for the persons thus recommended will throw away his suffrage. He that will not go with others, must go alone. Again, if either 21 persons would have been recommended to the people by some one man, or set of men, certainly not more worthy of credit and confidence, than those from whom the present recommendation proceeds; in which case the evil complained of would be precisely the same or worse" (This was intended as an answer to the federal objections to the general ticket, but at the same time it acknowledges the most implicit faith in a Legislative caucus.) Observe, impartial reader, how the same writer speaks of a counteracting minority caucus, something very like the one held in favor of Monroe at the capitol last winter. Here it is. "Even before the law had passed the state, the minority of the General Assembly convened in a committee room, and employed several hours, it is said, in selecting from the districts, where the thing was practicable, a friend of Mr. Adams."
COROLLARIES.
The author of Franklin was once in favor of the destruction of the minority to favor the designs of the majority of Virginia, the majority of the republicans, the now accused majority of a party. 2. He was at the same time a violent advocate for a legislative caucus, because he thought it would encourage a republican ascendancy; but now behold! A caucus is a most vile association, and why? Because they will not be guided by him; because in fact they would not prefer Mr. Monroe to Mr. Madison. The minority, a name once so detestable, is now under the most benign and liberal feelings, included in what we call (recollecting the author who uses it) a most CABALISTIC expression, the real majority of the nation. In speaking of the persons who at that time constituted the minority, he observes, "Thus the same persons who reprobat the law under consideration, because of its aristocratical tendency, declaim against it with equal warmth, because the votes of the minority are not counted. If, say they, there be 19,000 votes in favor of one candidate, and 20,000 in favor of the other, under the system now adopted, the votes of 19,000 freeholders pass for nothing! This however (he continues) is declamation only. The votes of the minority of Congress, though supported with great ability, and undeviating rectitude and firmness, pass for nothing. In our legislature, in our courts, in our county elections, the voice of the minority is without effect." &c. &c. In what situation does the author of Franklin now stand? That he is in the minority, no person can possibly doubt. Who then can reconcile his principles as a majority man with those as a minority man?
It was observed in the commencement of these remarks, that the inconsistency of this gentleman would tend to develop the nature and object of him and the party which he follows. He will pardon us if we do not feel the influence which he describes, when he says "where there is a personal acquaintance, our affections are engaged, and in the good qualities of the man, we forget the dangerous tendency of his political opinions." We are more solicitous about principle than man. And we wish that it was as common in practice as it is in theory. You must know that independent of some other points in politics, that you are in the minority in regard to the candidate for the next presidency. Your address is entirely to the people of Virginia, and we presume, according to your doctrine before recited, that the people of the United States have not been considered in your calculation, as you have emphatically said, "How are we to know it?" This plain question then is put to the people of Virginia and yourself: Is it not evident to the most bigotted enemy of Mr. Madison, that he is the choice of the Virginian people, and that you consequently are in a little minority? You recommended acquiescence to the minority in 1800, but it now behoves you to practise your own precepts in 1808. Yes, sir, it is well
known that you are intimately connected with the schemes and designs of the minority, and it is equally well known that their opposition is founded more upon personal than political reasons. There is so close a sympathy between you and them, that every feeling and temper which you display, are considered as being entirely derived from them. Inconsistency is the great architect of your fancied elevation. It is particularly unfortunate for great men to be inconsistent, as they are very apt to furnish evidence of their own condemnation. How far the pamphlet writer agrees with the committee man, we leave to the people, and shall conclude in your own words - Having stated with truth, and in the plain language in which truth always ought to be spoken, our sentiments in regard to your conduct.
NOTE. - The general ticket law derives its support and vindication from the principle of self-defence, to counteract the various modes of voting in other states, and not from any principle in political justice which authorises us to suppress the voice of the minority - that the balance of one single vote should deprive thousands of their political existence. But the author of Franklin advocates it from principle, and seems to think it essential to ascertain the majority, that the votes of the minority should not be counted. Let us imagine the following case; that there were only THREE STATES, one republican and the other two mostly federal, and that each state had a right to 10 votes, and that they should vote as follows:
Table with 3 columns: Rep., Fed., The Rep. State (10, 00), The Fed. State (3, 7), The Fed. State (4, 6). Totals: Rep. 17, Fed. 13.
If all the votes are counted, the republicans would have 17, and the federalists 13. But by the general ticket law, which drowns the minority, the republicans would have but ten. Thus a real majority would not prevail, and therefore, it cannot be correct in principle, although it was rendered necessary, in self-defence. This enemy to minorities from principle, may now have some experimental knowledge of his theory. But we should not be surprised, if he was now to come forward and admit that self-defence was the origin of his doctrine, but that now, self-defence no longer was necessary, and therefore this curse upon minorities might be recalled.
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
It ought to be matter of astonishment to the world, that the people of the U-States have not yet universally discovered, that all the attacks upon Gen. Wilkinson's character, originated in a deep laid plot of the British government, to deprive his country of his services, at a time when they knew they were essential to its support. For they well knew, and it ought also to be well known here, that he is the only officer we have, who can arrange, keep in order in the camp and field of battle, and bring into action, in proper order, 50,000 men. Besides all this, Wilkinson's knowledge of the French and Spanish languages, as well as of the country, and his influence among the Spaniards, added to his activity and readiness in opposing their invasions, and above all, his exposing Burr's conspiracy, point him out as the man to be dreaded by our enemies, and loved by his country.
A VIRGINIAN.
COMMUNICATION.
One of the members of the Monroe Corresponding Committee, being absent from this city, for two days previous to the publication of the Monroe Electoral Ticket, and having but just returned, a general interview and conference among them, was rendered impracticable at the time of its publication. It seems that the committee committed an error by introducing the names of Dr. Lucas of Mecklenburg, and Dr. Mackie of Frederick. The error, however, has now been rectified by substituting the names of Peter Bailey for the first, and Henry St. Geo. Tucker for the last mentioned county.
Editors who have published the ticket, are requested to republish it, corrected.
THOMAS GHOLSON, Jr. Esq. is elected to Congress from the district composed of the counties of Mecklenburg, Lunenburg and Brunswick, in the room of Dr. John Claiborne, whose ill state of health compelled him to resign.
Patriotism and independence of Congress in enacting the Embargo Laws.
The following letter from a senator of the U. S. to one of his enquiring friends, is worthy of a careful perusal at this time. "WASHINGTON, Jan. 15th, 1808.
"DEAR SIR."
"I have been duly favored with your communication of the 10th inst. wherein you express the strong suspicion you entertain that the embargo is, in a great measure, if not entirely, a compliance with the mandates of the emperor of France. "It is not within my knowledge or belief that such mandates have been transmitted to the government; certainly neither myself nor the gentlemen who act with me in supporting the administration, ever yielded to such influence - Never has the independence of our minds, or of our characters, been bowed to a submission of this kind. "I always considered the story you refer to as having been invented by the opposition for the sake of rendering the ruling party odious; and, as having been adopted by some of the republicans who acted with them against the embargo bill, for the purpose of justifying their conduct. As such, I paid but little attention to it, but permitted it to occupy the same place in my memory that is assigned to the other suspicions and tales, industriously contrived against the administration, by its habitual adversaries."
"It is but justice to add, that if you had addressed me on this subject at an earlier day, I should have communicated to you these sentiments with the same freedom and candor that I do at present. I have only to request, in addition to what I have written, that you would accept the assurances, &c. SAMUEL L. MITCHELL."
The Boston Repertory states the result
of the election in Vermont to be, a federal Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Council; in the House of Assembly a majority of federalists, and of four members of Congress three Federalists.
From the Salem Gazette.
The session of the District Court still continues. We mentioned in our last, that the argument on the unconstitutionality of the Embargo laws had been begun by Mr. Prescott. On Tuesday morning Mr. Dexter followed on the same side. In the afternoon, Mr. Francis Blake, and on Wednesday morning Mr. George Blake, on the part of the government. In the afternoon Mr. Prescott answered to such new matter as had been introduced by the Attorney for the government; who, in reply again to Mr. Prescott, closed the argument. It now remains for the Judge to give his opinion. During this long discussion, the hall was crowded, and the anxious assembly listened with the most profound attention to the arguments, in which knowledge, ingenuity and eloquence were displayed. We had intended to have given, in our paper, a view of the arguments on this most important question; but from their length, have concluded to publish them more fully in a pamphlet, as soon as the matter can be arranged.
Died at Maj. John Price's, in the upper end of Henrico County, on Monday the 5th instant, a man who called himself THOMAS P. HAYS
The author of the essay subscribed "A Farmer," is requested to call at the office of the editor of the Argus. He can assure the author that he is far from being disposed to conceal facts of such importance, from the public view, but, at the same time, he cannot reconcile it to himself, to make his press the medium of what may be considered anonymous slander. If the author will make himself known, this difficulty may perhaps be removed. He will recollect that the charge of perjury and moral turpitude, are advanced against men, who stand high in public estimation.
A List of Letters
Remaining in the Richmond Post-Office the 1st October, 1808
A. Jos. Armstead, James Alderson, Dr. John Adams, Thomas Ambler, James Albert, Miss P. Anderson, J. Abercromby, Jas. R. Allen, Mrs. E. Armstrong, Mrs. M. A. P. Aylett, Wm F. Allen, Sam'l G. Adams, William Aylett, Rachel Anderson, Capt. H. Aberdeen, Miss Sally Anderson. B. Thomas Booth, E. P. Barclay, John Bennett, Benjamin Berry, Montford Beverly, Scott Breeden, Maj. John Bone, Philip Booz, George Blaney, Mrs. M. E. Blakey, Ch's Bronson, John Blair, Capt. T. Berry, John D. Blair, C. A. H. Bradford, William Burns, George Bratt, Richard Barnaby, Charles F. Bates, Wm. R. Boulware, John Baker, George D. Baylor, Richard Blackburn, Mrs. M. L. Blair. C. Philmon Crump, James Cassin, Abraham Cowley, Robert Craig, Philip P. Courtney, Mrs. Mary Craig, Doctor E. P. Crocker, Daniel Cool, Thomas Catlett, Wm. F. Carter, Richard L. Champion, John Canaday. D. H. Dudley, Stephen Dillard, Buddy Dunnington, Mrs. R. Dennis, A. Douglass, David Davidson, Abraham Dill, Dr. A. Dandridge, B. Davis, James Dabney, Wm H. Dudley. E. Mr. Ellis, John Ellis, Samuel Ege, F. William Fleming, Josiah Franklin, Mrs. Ann Fleming, Asa Fitch, Philip Fulcher, Belfield Fauntleroy, John T. Fleming, James Farlie, Robert B. Fontaine, John Fore, Anderson Fore. G. William R. Geddys, William Gay, John Gregory, Lewis Gardner, George Gill, Nathan Garson, Wm. Garner, Mrs. Mary Gray, Cyrus Griffin, William Graves, John Gunn, William W. Gray, James Gussan, Miss C. Graves, Samuel Gardner, William Green. H. Samuel Hooe, William Herin, J. W. Higginbotham, Edward Hudson, Patrick Hendren, Capt. H. Heth, James Hooper, Henry Hughes, Mrs. Ann D. Hays, John Hayes, Mrs. C. Hughes, John Hobday, Roderick Haffey, Miss Lucy Lyons Hopkins, James Horsley, Francis T. Hughes, Peter Hull, James Hubanks, Wm. Hicks, Richard Hughes, Mrs. H. Hawkins, Mrs. M. Hodgson, Miss Heth. I. Mrs. Mary Johnson, L. Joseph & Co. Richard L. Jones, Elizabeth Ingram, John Ingram, Lightfoot Janney, William Johnson, Benjamin Jackson. K. Capt. Joseph Kilby, Henry Kinnaird. L. James Leitch, Benjamin W. Ladd, William Lambert, Ludwell Lenieve, William Littlepage, John L. Messurier, David Logan, Mons. Logan, William Lownes. S. Nath Mead, Joseph Mosby, William Morris, John Minor, James Monroe, William Meredith, Reuben Mitchell, Dr. J. Madison, Samuel McDowell, Ro. McCrackan, Mrs. J. M'Kim, James M'Stilde, Jacob Myers, Mrs. N. Maxwell, Tho's Mathews, Jos. Minton. N. Dr. N. Nelson, Richard Nash, Phil Nicolson, Wm. Nicolson, Mrs. O. Nash, Benj Nash. P. John Pearson, Thomas Pope, James Philips, Parsons & Owen, Samuel Parsons, Simeon Peck. R. Benjamin Rose, William Rose, Levenar Robinson, Wm. Rawleigh, James Robertson, John Rock, John Robertson, A. C. Randolph. S. Samuel Saxon, Henry S. Shore, Yeas. mans Smith, William Statia, Thomas Staunton, Geo. Wm Smith, Esme Smock, Leonard H. Seaton, Miles Selden, Philip Sheffer, Pleasant Smith. T. St. Geo. Tucker, Mrs. Ann M. Taylor, Wm. H. Taylor, Austin Talman, Elisha Turpin, Samuel Taylor, Creed Taylor. U. Dr. W. Upshaw. V. N. B. Vazandt, Mrs. S. Vandise, Th. P. Vial. W. Dr. James Warral, Miss P. L. Walthal, John I. Werth, Edward Wh. te, Mrs. Jane Wood, Ro. Wilkins, John Woody, Daniel Wilson, John Watson, Edward Welsh, Mrs. Mary Ann West, Mrs. Sarah Woodson, William Wilkinson, Mrs. J. Webb, Mrs. Sarah Woodward, Mrs. Mary Winston, Joshua West, James R. Wilson, Wm. West, John M. Walker.
Fifa & Casa Executions, For sale at this office.
10 Dollars Rewad.
RUNAWAY from the subscriber, living in Buckingham county, on the 20th August, 1808, a negro man by the name of JOEL; he is about 40 years of age 5 feet 6 7 or 8 inches high, his make is in proportion to his height, he is of a yellow complexion, rather inclined to have a Roman nose, which is uncommonly low between the eyes; has a large scar on one of his insteps, I am rather inclined to think it is on the outside of the left foot. He was raised by Capt. John Couch, in Buckingham county; and was given by him to John Patterson of the same county. He is supposed to be lurking about one of their plantations, or to have attempted to pass with a free pass to a mate of the northern states as he has attempted to do by the name of Joseph Smith. The above reward will be given to any one who will deliver the said negro to me in Buckingham county, Virginia, or secure him in any jail, so that I get him again. Masters of vessels and others, are forewarned carrying him off, or harboring him at their peril. Benjamin Radford. Buckingham County, Sep 15th 1808
James River Low Grounds TO LEASE.
ON the fifth day of November next, will be offered to the highest bidder, on the premises, a Lease for 5 to 6 years, on that valuable tenement, on James River, being part of the subscriber's estate, in the county of Amherst, known by the name of Bolling's Creek Tenement, and containing about 160 acres of extremely fertile low grounds - distant about 3 miles from Lynchburg, and from 2 to 3 of the Oxford Iron Works and Maj. Lewis's manufacturing mill. The terms of the lease will be made known on the day. L. Bolling. Sent, 26, 1808. enO153 w 371
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appears to the executive, that William Mathews, late of the county of Augusta, presented by the grand jury for the district composed of the counties of Augusta, Rockbridge, Rockingham and Bath, for manslaughter, commenced on the body of a negro girl named Hannah (the property of the said William Mathews) had fled from justice: I have herefore thought fit with the advice of the council of State, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of one hundred dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend & convey before some justice of the peace for the said county of Augusta the said William Mathews, that he may be dealt with as the law directs. And I do moreover, hereby enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and carry before some justice of the peace for the said county of Augusta, the said William Mathews. Given under my hand, with the seal of the (L S) commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 30th day of September, 1808. Signed, Alex'r M'Rae.
In pursuance of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by John P. Shields and Jane Crawly his wife, to secure the payment of a certain sum of money therein mentioned, due to Henry Cary, will be exposed to sale, on the premises, for ready money, on Tuesday the 18th day of this month, a very valuable
Tract of Land,
Containing one hundred acres, lying on each side of the turnpike road, about 9 miles from the Town of Manchester, and known by the name of SALLIE HILL, on which there is supposed to be coal; or so much thereof as will be sufficient to meet the intention of said trust deed, and costs of said sale. Beverly C. Stannard, } Trustees. Archibald Woodbridge, } Chesfield, Oct. 4th 1808. tds.
JUST PUBLISHED,
By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, And for sale at his Printing Office, Richmond, by the gross, dozen or single,
The Virginia Almanack,
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1809:
Being the first after Bissextile or Leap Year, and thirty-third of American Independence. Adapted to the latitude and meridian of Richmond.
Calculated by Benjamin Bates of Hanover County, Virginia.
Containing, in addition to the Astronomical Calculations, a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. * A liberal discount will be made to wholesale purchasers.
Will be for Rent
THE ENSUING YEAR, THAT WELL KNOWN TAVERN
The White Chimnies,
IN Caroline county, situate on the main stage road. Attached to the tavern is a convenient store house - the stand for a merchant excellent. For terms apply to Richard Bridges, near said tavern, or to John B. Sher in Richmond. July 27 1808. oaff
NOW IN THE PRESS,
The Virginian Orator,
BEING A COMPOSITION AND SELECTION OF Patriotic Poems, Orations and Dramatic Scenes, Intended to improve the American Youth in the useful and ornamental art of Eloquence.
BY THOMAS E. BIRCH.
The late British aggressions have given birth to a great part of this book, and the author flatters himself, that it contains the sentiments of every patriotic American. * Subscriptions for the above work will be received at the office of the Virginia Argus, at 9s. 9d. a copy. September 27, 1808. w2m
Blank Notes
AND POWERS OF ATTORNEY, used in depositing stock in the Bank of Virginia, for sale at this office.
*Franklin p. 3. -jp. 8. -tp. 12.
2 p. 12. -p. 13.
¶ This, as it is said, was precisely the case with the Monroites last winter.
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TO RENT And possession given the first day of October next, The Tenement, OCCUPIED by Alexander Plainview, next door below Samuel Plessants' Book-Store. For particulars, apply to WILLIAM COOK, Richmond, 1st July, 1808.
Boarding, Lodging & Entertainment. THE subscriber is now keeping a boarding-house in the commodious & conveniently situated house lately occupied by Major James G. Brien, on the main street, opposite to Harris's brick buildings, where she will accommodate ladies and gentlemen by the day, week, month, quarter or year, with genteel board, lodging and entertainment. No exertions shall be wanting on her part, to give satisfaction to those who will favor her with their company.
Anna Byrd. Richmond, August 3, 1808.
Mount Comfort, FOR SALE. SITUATED on Rappahannock in the county of Essex, within fifteen miles of Tappahannock and about the same distance from Urbanna and King and Queen Courthouse and very convenient to the post office at Montague's Tavern—there are upwards of one hundred and fifty acres of land attached to this seat, a considerable part of which is wood land and heavily timbered—The improvements are a dwelling house, forty feet by eighteen, a Kitchen, Smoke House, Stable, Ice House, &c. on the Hill—And on the river bank a store house, with a commodious Store and Counting Room and an excellent Granary—all of which—except the Stable—have been recently built. Mount Comfort commands as good, if not the best view of the river of any seat on the Rappahannock and the best fish and oysters may be had at the door, with very little trouble—It is well calculated for a mercantile business in a populous and wealthy neighborhood, where it is believed five or six thousand pounds worth of goods might be retailed annually—It would also be a convenient stand for a professional character—I would either sell on credit if the payments can be agreed on, or exchange for other lands without improvement. For farther particulars apply to Reuben M. Gannett, or to Carter Wood, Mount Comfort. June 1, 1808.
Penitentiary Store. SHOES at the Manufacture of the Penitentiary have been lately REDUCED, considerably below their former prices. D. J. BURR, Agent. 10th May, 1808.
MATTRESSES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond. J. S. Plessants. May 31, 1808.
I AM desirous to exchange the following property, or any part thereof, as may be agreed on, for a small tract of good Land, in a healthy situation, with a dwelling house and other improvements, a good spring of water, and an agreeable neighborhood, at a distance of 30 to 100 miles up the country—To say for Houses in this city—Lands in Henrico county, joining the academy lands, and near this city—1000 acres on Richland creek, in Lincoln county, Kentucky—1000 acres on the waters of the Ohio, in Mason county—and two tracts of Military Lands on the river Tennessee, each 866 2/3 acres. Robert Mitchell. Richmond, Feb. 6, 1808.
William Lownes, RETURNS his thanks to his friends and the public generally for their liberal encouragement, and hopes his assiduity to business and punctuality will entitle him to a continuance of their favors. He has removed to the corner immediately opposite the Bell, formerly occupied by S. Granland, where he intends carrying on the Book-binding business in all its variety and in the most modern & fashionable style, with punctuality, neatness and dispatch. Printed books bound in the most elegant manner, in Morocco and Calf-skin, full gilt and lettered; also in sheep skin, gilt, lettered and plain. Blank Books of every description ruled to any pattern and bound with the latest improved spring or patent backs. Orders from the country will be thankfully received and punctually attended to. Old books rebound. N.B. An apprentice will be taken to the Book-binding business, if immediate application be made, with good recommendations. August 23.
FOR SALE. On private contract, the fine, high bred running horse DOCTOR, Last the property of Doctor A. T. Dixon, out of Miss B. by Parsonage. Also a FILLY, 3 years old, by Precipice, out of the same mare, of the best and purest blood in Virginia. Doctor was by Play or Pay, is in high health and perfectly sound, six years old, a beautiful bay and 15 hands high. This horse has proved his bottom and speed in many trials, having from three years old been successful, except in two instances, which accident prevented. The filly is unraced, but she would be highly valuable to a gentleman whose wish is to raise from a good stock. Apply to John Tyler, Green Way, Sept. 6, 1808.
Notice. MR. HENRY TURNER, of the city of Richmond, is fully authorized by me to transact a business relative to the estate of the late Peter Baker, dec. of Goochland county. Christenia Baker, Adm'x. September 12, 1808.
THE 3d NO. OF COL. TOUSARD'S AMERICAN Artillerists' Companion, Is ready for delivery to subscribers, at this office. A few copies for sale.
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that on the fourth day of the present month, an atrocious murder was committed in the county of Mecklenburg, by a certain John Daws, an inhabitant of the said county of Mecklenburg, on the body of Francis Ballard, late of the same county; and that the said John Daws hath fled from justice: I have therefore thought fit with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of two hundred dollars to any person or persons, who shall apprehend and deliver before some justice of the peace for the said county of Mecklenburg, the said John Daws, that he may be dealt with as the law directs. And I do more over enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and carry before some justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, the said John Daws, that such proceedings may be had thereupon as are prescribed by law. Given under my hand, with the Seal of the L. S. Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 19th day of August, 1808. Signed, Alexr. M c Rae.
Notice. All persons having claims against the estate of John Gann, are requested to have them adjusted as the law directs, and exhibited for settlement, on or before the twenty fifth day of December next, at which time a dividend will take place. This avertisement will be plead in bar against any claim which may come against said estate after that date. JOHN TURPIN, Adm r .
Five Dollars Reward. I WILL give the above reward for apprehending and securing in jail, a NEGRO MAN named BILLY belonging to Mr. M. H. Owen of this county—he calls himself Billy White—he is supposed to be received by some of his acquaintances in town—he is a tall, young negro, & speaks but when spoken to—it is impossible to describe the clothing he took with him, as he had a large stock of clothes. Job Greene. September 22, 1808.
GERMAN GOODS. The subscribers have for sale, a general assortment of German Goods, consisting of Osnaburgs, Platiñas, Tickenburgs, Bed Tyke, Hessians, Damask Table Cloths, Brown Rolls, Fine Shirting Linen, Danzic Rolls, Liquor Cases, Dowlas, Quart. pint & half pint, Rowan's Sheeting, Decanters, Brown Holland. And a general assortment of LOOKING GLASSES. Bohn & Hubner. September 12, 1808.
One Thousand Pounds WANTED, FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation, lying on navigable water, the improvement new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1808.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by James Pittman and Henningham his wife, to secure the payment of a sum of money to Joseph Brackett as expressed in the said deed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for the best price that can be obtained in money, on the premises, in the County of Cumberland, on Thursday the 6th day of October next, a valuable Tract of Land, containing 718 Acres and eight likely NEGROES, consisting of men, women and children. The land is situated on W. River, not far from its confluence with James River, in the neighborhood of Cartersville; the improvements consist of a good dwelling house and other necessary out houses and one half of a good grist mill to be sold as 250 acres of said land can be given on the day of sale and a little made for the whole agreeable to the powers vested in us by the said deed of Trust. JESSE MICHAUX & Trustee, SAMUEL HOBSON Secy. Cumberland County, August 15, 1808. Should the above day of sale be so unfair as to prevent the sale, the next fair day is intended to carry the intent of the deed into effect.
I DO hereby request all those purchasers of the estate or effects of the late Patrick Ternan, of this city, deceased, and those persons who have on any other account given bonds, bills or notes payable to myself and John Purney, as executors, or to the said John Purney alone, as executor of the said Patrick Ternan, to make no payment of any such bond, bill or note, to either the said John Purney or to his order for the said John Purney having suddenly departed from the usual place of his late residence, and now concealing himself so as to furnish just grounds to suspect and believe he in ends fraudulently to convert as far as he may be able, the debts due to the said Patrick Ternan's executors, to his own private use. JAMES TERNAN, one of the executors of Patrick Ternan, dec'd. Richmond, Sept. 26, 1808. (3 wks)
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Josiah Cheatham, to secure the payment of a sum of money to James Murphy & Company, as expressed in the said deed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for the best price that can be obtained in money, on the premises in the county of Nelson, on Friday the 23th day of October next, A tract of Land, Containing one hundred and ten acres; also five NEGROES, consisting of two men and three women, and the increase of the said females if any since the trust was executed; also seven head of Horses and eighteen head of Cattle—The land is situated on Hickory creek and adjoins the lands of Benjamin Harris, John Roberts, Samuel Perkins and John Farrer. We will convey such title as is vested in us by the said deed of trust. Richard Clarke, } Trustees, Shelton Crowhurst, } Nelson county, Sept. 21, 1808. 3w
Fifa & Casa Executions, Forsale at this office.
Notice. THE subscriber will petition the General Assembly of Virginia, at its next session, to complete to him the commonwealth's right in the following half acre lots in the city of Richmond known and distinguished in the ancient plan of the town of Richmond, by the numbers 63, 64, 65, 66, 77, 83, 102. John Seabrook. Hanover Sept. 15, 1808. 4w
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Samuel Winfrey to secure the payment of a sum of money due to Rives, Murphy & Company, and James Murphy & Co. as expressed in the said deed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for the best price that can be obtained in money, on the premises, in the county of Buckingham, at the late dwelling of the said Samuel Winfrey, on Monday the thirty-first day of October next, the following Slaves & other Property, To wit:—Peter, Daniel, Porter, Joe, Jenny, Aggy, Lucy, Isham, Archer, Spencer, Davy, Polly, Nancy, Massie, Louisa, Francis, Abram, Fleming, Gilbert, Sall, Rachel, Will, John, Lucy, Delphy, Robin, Lewis, Thomas & Hezekiah—also ten head of Horses, thirty head of Cattle, the stock of Hogs, Household & Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Utensils, &c. &c. conveyed in said deed. We will convey such title to the above mentioned property as is vested in us by the said deed of trust. Jesse Higginbotham, } Trustees, Robert Moore, } Nelson county, 21st Sept. 1808. 3w
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Charles Thompson to secure the payment of a debt due to Brown, Rives & Company, as therein expressed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Saturday the eighth day of October next, on the premises, in the county of Nelson, A tract of Land, Containing one hundred and seventy-nine and three-quarter acres—also the following PROPERTY, viz: three head of Horses, twenty-eight head of Hogs, seven head of Cattle and their increase since the conveyance, and one Feather Bed and Furniture. The subscriber being only trustee for the benefit of others, he will only warrant the title of the above mentioned land and property as to himself and those claiming under him. James Murphy, Trustee. Warmr 21st Sept. 1808. 3w
The land is situated on Rucker's run and adjoins the lands of James Stevens, sen. Thomas Jopling and Samuel Spencer.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Samuel Burks to secure the payment of a debt due to Brown, Rives & Company as therein expressed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Newmarket in Nelson county, on Saturday the 29th day of October next, One Negro Man, Named David, a valuable Waterman. The subscriber being only trustee for the benefit of others, he will only warrant the title of the above mentioned slave as to himself and those claiming under him. James Murphy, Trustee. Warmr 21st Sept. 1808. 3w
THE FIRST VOL. OF ROBERTSON'S REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF A. BURR, Is just received and ready for delivery to subscribers at this office—A few copies for sale. Sept. 27. 6w
FOR SALE at the ARGUS OFFICE, A FEW DOZES BELOW THE BELL-TAVERN, [PRICE TWO DOLLARS.] A SYSTEM OF Military Tactics, CONTAINING THE PRINCIPLES OF Discipline & Movements, CHIEFLY ADAPTED TO INFANTRY; WITH THE RULES AND REGULATIONS, DESIGNED FOR THE FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, TO WHICH IS ADDED THE VARIOUS FORMS OF REPORTS ILLUSTRATED BY 16 COPPER-PLATES, SHOWING UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED MOVEMENTS. By DANIEL FISHER.
Royster & Bohannan, Have For Sale at their Store near the Market Bridge, Richmond, A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Groceries, AMONG WHICH ARE— Brown Sugar in hds & bbls, Loaf Sugar in do, Best Green Coffee, Imperial, and Young Hyson TEAS, Chocolate, by the box, Pimento, Pepper, Ginger, Rice, Mustard, W. I. Rum, Jamaica do, N. England do, Molasses by hds, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Holland and Country Gin, Spanish Segars by box or retail. Whiskey by the bbl or tierce, French Brandy, Salt by the Sack, A quantity of excellent Lard by the Sack, A large assortment of Iron Castings, every description, An assortment of Stone Ware, Queen's Ware, Soap and Candles by box, Leipsic's Snuff, Writing Paper, Wrapping do, Decanters, Tumblers, Wine Glasses, Leading Lines, Bed Cords, &c &c &c. Together with a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate—which they will sell low for cash, country produce, or approved paper in town. 17 June, 1808. wtf.
Blank Replevin Bonds, (agreeably to the law of 1808,) For sale at this office.
Blank Replevin Bonds, (agreeably to the law of 1808,) For sale at this office.
PATENT MEDICINES, FOR SALE At S. Plessants' Book Store. PUBLIC confidence has never been more deliberately and firmly reposed, and perhaps in no instance more justly, than it appears in the efficacy of HAMILTON'S WORM LOZENGES, prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by HANNAH LEE, no. 56, Maiden-lane, New York and in Richmond, (only) at S. Plessants' Printing-office. The proprietor has lately presented to the public eye the testimony of the Hon. A. C. Hanford, Chancellor of Maryland, the Rev. Mr. Molther, and of other distinguished and respectable characters. The following cases, of more recent occurrence, are now respectfully submitted. SINGULAR OCCURRENCES. THE wife of Mr. Wm. Stillwell, merchant, Water-street, New-York, had been in a poor state of health for several years past and was often confined to her chamber by indisposition: her symptoms were various, though generally attended with great debility; sometimes they were supposed to indicate dropsy, at others a disease of the liver. Having suffered a very severe attack, without obtaining any relief from her physician, and almost despairing of recovery, she was induced to make trial of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges; having heard of their performing cures in several complaints that could not be accounted for. Two doses were taken, which brought away a large worm, nearly half a yard in length, and a great quantity of matter evidently pieces of worms, &c. On taking the third or fourth dose, an entire animal shaped like a crab, was expelled: its parts were examined with the aid of a microscope, when the claws, feet, &c. appeared perfectly formed; different in but less respects from the common crab. Mrs. Stillwell began from that time to recover her health;—three months have since elapsed, and she has been free from her former complaints and has acquired a degree of health and strength which for years before she had been a stranger to. She being free to extend the knowledge of a medicine from which so much benefit has been received, has authorized Mrs. Lee, the present proprietor, to state these particulars for the good of others. New-York June 15, 1807. Philad. Misc. May 22, 1806.
TO LEE. Having in a most singular manner, experienced in my family the astonishing efficacy of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges, prepared by the late Mr. Lee, I feel it my duty to add the following curious case to the list of remarkable cures performed by that celebrated medicine. My daughter at the age of 17 months was taken ill with those symptoms which are supposed to denote worms: after having tried a number of things which are said to be good in such cases, without any benefit, we had the attendance of a respectable physician; but she still continued to decline in health, and at the end of six months became so weak that she could not walk, nor keep food on her stomach, it was so extremely disordered. At this interesting period, one of our neighbours recommended your Lozenges so earnestly, we were induced to send to Mr. Buch's for a box of them; on her taking the third dose, according to the pointed directions, there came from her a living animal about three quarters of an inch long and of a most frightful appearance, being very white, with a great number of legs, and something which resembled wings, by which it appeared to spring; and which it did repeatedly, to our great surprise, about the same distance that a small toad can hop on the ground. Its form was altogether unknown to every person who saw it. I lived in water about 18 hours. We afterwards put it in spirits and it is now in the possession of Dr. Bleight of this city. The child grew better from that day; in a very short period began to walk again, and is now in perfect health. Yours &c. WM. BRADLEY, Callowhill street, between 8th and 9th sts. Any person may be satisfied of the accuracy and authenticity of this singular occurrence, by making enquiry in the neighborhood: many of the neighbors saw the creature alive, and are well acquainted with the above particular. W. B.
Among the symptoms attending worms, are disagreeable breath, especially in the morning; bad and corrupted gums—itching in the nose and about the seat—convulsions and epileptic fits and sometimes privation of speech—starting and grinding of the teeth in sleep—irregular appetite; sometimes loathing food and sometimes voracious; purging, with slimy and foetid stools; Vomiting; Large and hard belly; Pains and sickness at the stomach; Pains in the head and thighs, with lowness of spirits; Slow fever, with small and irregular pulse; A dry cough; Excessive thirst; Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated and flushed. Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms, should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, which have been constantly attended with success in all complaints similar to those above described. A dose of this medicine given occasionally during the warm season, will effectually prevent the "vomiting and purging of children," a dreadful disorder which, annually destroys thousands of the infant part of our citizens. Children generally take this medicine with eagerness; having a pleasing appearance and an agreeable taste.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, THE History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by E. Gibbon, 8 vols. The Life of Gen. Geo. Washington, by David Ramsay, M. D. The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, by Adam Ferguson, 3 volumes. The Domestic Encyclopedia, 5 vols. The Travels of Anacharsis, 4 vols. Hening's New Virginia Justice
THE SUBSCRIBER Informs his friends and the public in general, that he intends carrying on the Taylor's Business, On the Cross Street, opposite the Bell Tavern, and hopes by his strict attention and punctuality, to merit a continuance of their patronage. Ph. Courtney.
TO RENT, A Convenient House For a family, with a large garden, well inclosed, on the church hill. Apply to Ph. Courtney. September 12, 1808.
For sale at this office, the MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM SAMPSON, Including particulars of his adventures in various parts of Europe; his confinement in the dungeon of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c. &c. SEVERAL ORIGINAL LETTERS. Being his correspondence with the ministers of state in Great Britain and Portugal. A short sketch of the HISTORY OF IRELAND, Particularly as it respects the spirit of British Domination in that country; & a few observations on the manners &c. in America. All persons having claims against the estate of DANIEL TURNER, deceased, are hereby requested to make them known to the county court of Caroline, on or before the second Monday in October next, as the court will, on that day, proceed to make an order for the distribution of said estate, and this advertisement will be plead in bar to the recovery of any claims that may be thereafter exhibited. Philip Samuel, D. S. for John T. Woodford, S. C. C. and committee administrators. July 25. wtf 10 O.
NOTICE. THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF Archibald Bryce & Co. WAS, on the first day of this month, dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to Archibald Bryce, sen. dec. or Archibald Bryce, sen. and Archibald Bryce, jun. trading under the firm of Archibald Bryce & Co. for dealings at the store in Goochland, kept by Archibald Bryce, from the 1st day of September, 1791, to this present date, are to pay their respective balances to Archibald Bryce, sen. co-partner, who alone, is authorised to receive the same and grant discharges, and those to whom the concern is indebted, will apply to him for settlement. ARCH'D. BRYCE, Surviving co-partner. JOHN BRYCE, Administrator of ARCH'D. BRYCE, sen. It is hardly necessary to remind those whose accounts have been some time due, of the necessity of making speedy payment, to enable me to close the concern of Archibald Bryce & Co. ARCHIBALD BRYCE. The business of the store will be continued and carried on by John R. D. Payne & Co. Goochland county, Sept. 24, 1808. w2m
Just received and for sale at this office, A FRESH SUPPLY OF HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES.
Military Lands IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY THE subscriber has for SALE, sundry valuable tracts of LAND, on the waters of the Miami and Scioto rivers, state of Ohio. Also, on the waters of Cumberland and Green rivers, state of Kentucky,—which will be sold low for cash or good bonds.—For further particulars enquire of William Price, register, who has the title papers, or to William Du-Val. Buckingham, January 20, 1808. wtf
At a Court of Quarterly Session, held for Fluvanna county, the 2d day of August, 1808 Abraham Shepherd, AGAINST Allen Bernard and Joshua Bartley, Plaintiff, In cause. Defendants. THE defendant Joshua Bartley, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant, Bartley, do appear here on the first day of November term next and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, John Timberlake, C. C. Just received and for sale at S. PLESSANTS, BOOK STORE, Richmond, Brown's Dictionary of the Bible, two volumes octavo, with elegant engravings—price seven dollars.
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