Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-11-17 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIII YEAR.]
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NEW STORE. THE SUBSCRIBER, Is now opening, opposite the GLOBE TAV- ERN, a General Assortment of Piece and Fancy
GOODS; AMONGST WHICH ARE, Superfine and Com. White and colour- mon Broad Cloths. ed Habit do. Do. do. Cassimere. Cambric Muslins. Do. do. Coatings. Plain and Seeded Flannels. Mull. do. Fancy Vesting. Spider Nett and Red & Black Bom. Fancy Crape do. hazetts. Knotted and Sprig'd Worsted. Cotton & Leno. do. Silk Hosiery. Diagonal and Vein- Ginghams. ed do. do. Cotton Shirting. Elegant Worked Irish Linen and Dresses. Dowlas. Ditto Silk Shawls & Fine and common Handkerchiefs. Printed Calicoes. Black Plaid and Plain Velvets. Coloured Lustings. Cords, Plain, Silk and Fan- cy Cut Velvets. Umbrellas, White Satin and Threads, Crape, &c. &c. &c. Sewing Silks, Extra long white and coloured Kid Gloves,
JOHN WOOD: Richmond, Nov. 10, 1809. t.f.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE.—On the 27th inst. will be sold, at public auc- tion, at Shirley, in the county of Charles City, all the Household and Kitchen Fur- niture belonging to the estate of the late Charles Carter. The terms of sale will be cash for all sums under 50 dollars, and bonds with approved security payable in 12 months, for that sum and upwards—to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid.
WILLIAMS CARTER, Ex'r of ROBT. CARTER, deceased. Nov. 13th, 1809. tds
List of Original Land Warrants for which Exchange Warrants have been granted, published agreea- bly to an Act of Assembly passed the 1st of February, 1809.
   Name of original holder. Right on which original warrant issued. Number of original warrant. Acres. Date. Names of indorsers, assignors and assignees, as also, place of residence of those to whom exchange warrants have been issued.   Residence. Acres. Number.     Joseph Smith Treasury right 17837 1226 1-2 July 21, 1783 Robert Hadlock, ass'ee of William Evans, who was ass'ee of Joseph Smith Northampton 400 2055   James Inskeep do 12035 1243 May 18, 1782 Same ass'ee of do do do 400 2056   William Goode do 7625 4060 Oct. 27, 1781 Same ass'ee of do do do 426 1-2 2057   William McWilliams do 15671 1000 May 8, 1793 Hansford Tutt and Lewis Tutt, ass'ees of John Grinnan, who was ass'ee of James Inskeep Culpeper 316 2058   Joseph Smith do 17833 3000 July 21, 1783 John Harris ass'ee of Thomas Walton, who was ass'ee of William Goode Buckingham 1000 each 2059 to 2071 incl.   William Cundiff Exch. Trea. Warrant 1923 292 3-4 Sept. 24, 1807 Same ass'ee of do do do 500 each 2072 & 2073   George Pickett Treasury right 18588 2008 Aug. 13, 1793 Robert Hadlock, ass'ee of Richard Lemmon, who was ass'ee of William McWilliams Northampton 500 2074   Joseph Evans do 4175 200 Feb. 20, 1805 Same ass'ee of do do do 500 2075   Same do 4342 300 April 20, 1806 Same ass'ee of William Evans, who was ass'ee of Jos. Smith do 500 2076   George Pickett do 18536 4000 Aug. 13, 1783 Same ass'ee of do do do 400 each 2077 to 2080 incl.   Same ass'ee of do do do 300 each 2081 to 2083 incl.   William Cundiff Prince Wm. 256 1-2 2083   Jacob L. Abraham, ass'ee of Ben Pollard, who was ass'ee of Geo. Pickett Buckingham 500 2084   Henry Bagby, ass'ee of do do do 500 2085   Robert Glover, ass'ee of do do Cumberland 500 2086   Same ass'ee of do do do 500 2087   Joseph Evans Buckingham 311 2088   Christian Snider, ass'ee of Ben Pollard, who was ass'ee of G. Pickett Giles 1000 2089  
EDWARD C. DAVIS, Register.
Domestic.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9. FROM THE AURORA.
MR. DUANE.—Having been engaged in the finest wool- len manufactures for many years, it gives me an opportunity of appreciating the ex- tent of the effects which the subjection of Spain by the French must have upon the woolen manufactures of England, and they may augment in a considerable measure, from the many useless efforts England has made to rouse the Spanish nation to resistance.
The woolen manufactures of England have ever been considered as the principal source of her wealth, the supply of wool which she receives from Spain and Portu- gal, was therefore of the first consequence. The imports amounted to 30,000 bags annually, of various qualities, from 2s to 7s. 6d. per lb. as charged to the manu- facturer; before the French entered Spain, 6000 bags were of the first quality, from these were made more than 4,500,000 yards of cloth, employing in its various manipulations at least 90,000 men, women, and children, and a capital of not less than 1,500,000 pounds sterling in machinery, buildings, &c. The average price 10s. per yd. total amount of sales £ 3,680,000; add to this 10 per cent for factorage and merchant's profit, makes a total of £ 4,048, 000—the original amount paid for wool, allowing only 9d. profit to the importer is £ 1,125,000, the advantage to Great Bri- tain must therefore be £ 2,923,000 ster- ling.
Some letters I have lately received from that country, give a truly deplorable ac- count of their situation and sufferings, ar- ising solely from the scarcity of that ar- ticle. In one parish 1500 hands have been thrown out of employ—fine wools at one guinea per lb. and scarce at such prices.
A better opportunity than the present never presented itself for abolishing man- ufactories in this country. Spanish wool could be imported at less than half the English price, and mechanics are now wanting who can make all the necessary machinery. One who has lately arrived from England is alone equal to a host, and being a native of this country he can not be suspected of any treacherous in- tentions. I knew him whilst in England, and the improvement he made in labor saving machinery, has benefited that coun- try not less than two millions of dollars annually. His name is Isaac Sanford, a native of Connecticut.
It would be highly gratifying could the people of this country remove the veil en- shrouding them, and properly view the high ground on which they stand. With Americans, for the sake of a little tonnage, convey Spanish wool to England, when she can by manufacturing, make millions of dollars?
NEW YORK Nov. 8. FARMERS, LOOK OUT. Interesting to American Farmers and deal- ers in Flax Seed. The heavy rents and taxes on land in Great Britain and Ireland, and the uncer-
tainty of bringing Flax seed to perfection, are sufficient obstacles to their farmers furnishing themselves with even a small proportion of that article, if it could not be procured abroad. So much so, that the bounty offered by the British govern- ment of half a guinea, equal to two dollars thirty three cents per bushel for the quan- tity of native seed furnished in Great Britain and Ireland, has not had the effect to induce the farmers to make the exper- iment. It is a fact that if flax seed would bring two guineas per bushel, equal to nine dollars thirty three cents, the farmer in Ireland could not afford to raise the seed at the sacrifice of the cost of his flax, and even then the American seed would be preferred at 25 per cent higher.
Wheat was selling in England at 15s. 6d. and upwards before the account of the non- intercourse arrived, when on the intelli- gence being received, it rose to 19s. ster- ling, equal to 3 dollars 63 cents, for any bushel of 60 lb. and it being an arti- cle necessary for subsistence, let the A- merican farmer now recollect what the British agents and their Tory candidates said during our embargo, that America withholding their supplies from England, was of little consequence; that all our surplus produce would not injure England but one month, admitting for argument sake, that to be a fact. Then my advice is to the industrious and independent farm- ers of America, to hold on their flax seed until Christmas and their wheat until A- pril next.
A FARMER'S FRIEND. Pub. Adv. FROM THE BOSTON INDEPENDENT CHRONICLE.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the County of Barnstable, to his friend in Boston, dated Oct 25th, 1809.
"DEAR SIR.—This has been an inspec- tive week. The trial of two Embargo smuggling cases have interested the whole country. The first was the case of David Scudder and Joseph Gage against John Presman and John Chipman, inspectors of revenue, for detaining the schooner Elizabeth and her cargo of Flour, by order of the collector. The other was the case of Timothy Crowell and others, against Mr. Ours, the Collector, for detaining the schooner Hornet and her cargo of Fish. Each trial occupied a whole day. The cases were argued by Messrs. Sprout and Whitman, for the Plaintiffs, and by Messrs. Bidwell and Blake, for the defendants.— The Juries were composed, it was said, of about an equal number of republicans and federalists. Judge Thatcher was the presiding Judge. Mr. Whitman declaim- ed whole hours, in the usual anti-embargo strain; in the course of which, he des- cribed the embargo laws as unconstitutional, arbitrary, oppressive, tyrannical, intol- erable, &c. and represented the people as deprived of their liberties, despoiled of all their rights but that of breathing, & groan- ing under oppression too severe to be borne; with much more of that kind of stuff. It was replied, that the laws in question were not repugnant to any provision in the con- stitution; that they were similar in prin- ciple to other laws, which had been appro- ved of by all parties; and that the con- stitutional question had been long settled, after solemn argument in the proper court,
that of the United States. As to the ex- pediency of those laws, that had been de- monstrated to this country, and to the world, by events which had occurred in our foreign relations. Besides, it was not a question for the consideration of the Court or Jury—The business of the Ju- diciary was to decide what the laws are, not what they ought or ought not to be. The business of legislation being entrus- ted to another department it would be ex- trajudicial for the Court to determine, and therefore, impertinent for the counsel to discuss the question whether these laws were wise and necessary or not. In an- swer to the obnoxious terms used respecting those laws, it was observed that such language by whatever exam- ples it might have been sanctioned, was inconsistent with a due respect for the constituted authorities, calculated to excite popular discontent, to promote sentiments and habits of insubordination; that it was in short, seditious, disorganizing and in- surrectional: the same, in spirit and ten- dency, as that which was used by Shays and his associates, in 1785; in conse- quence of which, the government of Mas- sachusetts was for a time brought into popular odium and contempt, the execu- tion of the laws and the administration of justice impeded, and a large portion of inconsiderate people excited to actual in- surrection—that such language was im- proper in any place and especially in a court of justice.—The arts and practices of the smugglers were detected and ex- posed. In Scudder and Gage's case, it was proved that it was the manifest and even professed intention to break the em- bargo laws, so that it was the duty of the collector to detain their vessel: And in Crowell's case, it was proved that there was a similar intention, and that, after the seizure, the vessel and cargo were rescued out of the custody of the officers of the revenue, by an armed band dressed in disguise, by the procurement of the owners, one of whom, blackened like a ne- gro, was a principal actor in the scene. The Judge summed up the evidence, ex- plained the law, and told the Juries there was no constitutional doubt or difficulty. The Juries in both cases, found verdicts in favor of the defendants. The rescue of the seized vessel and cargo excited very pointed indignation. Mr. Blake cont- ended, and the Attorney General sup- ported him in the opinion, that it amount- ed not merely to a riot, but to a robbery, or at least a larceny. The idea at first ap- pears strange, that the owners should be guilty of stealing their own property, but I understand it is a settled principle of law, that where goods are in custody, by seizure or bailment, in such a manner that the bailee is responsible for them, if the owner takes them away, it is larceny; and if done by violence and putting in fear, it is robbery. As the evidence of the fact is already strong, and almost every day, by disclosing some new circumstance, strengthens the proof, it is thought that some of these rescuers will eventually be convicted and sent to the State Prison. One or two examples of this kind may be salutary.
From the Aurora. HOME QUESTIONS FOR THE AMERICAN MERCHANT. What trade are you engaged in? What trade do you expect to engage in?
A fair neutral trade, should be the an- swer of every man who loves his country, and his own integrity of character, which he will eventually find to be the true road to serve his own interest. But how is this neutral trade to be obtained? By ral- lying all his forces to act his own govern- ment, and spurning from him all foreign aid, which is only proffered for the pur- pose of weakening and destroying him. Commerce should be left free and unshack- led by too much regulation, it will always regulate itself and find its own level. There is nothing considered by the merchants so much like an anxious or such requiring no demonstration, as the contents of the above sentence. Allowing something for the partiality of every member of any pro- fession in society, to that particular call- ing in which he is engaged, we are still disposed to admit that the merchant is correct in his idea, that commerce should not be shackled by too much regulation, and that the prosperity of the U. States, although it must be allowed that the na- tion is by far more agricultural than com- mercial, progresses in a due ratio with the freedom of trade. But instead of railing at the administration or congress for laying an embargo, non-intercourse, &c. let the candid American seriously enquire what obstacle is opposed to a free trade, who laid on this obstruction, and how it is to be removed; and having satisfied himself on these points, let his whole conduct in future be directed towards the accomplish- ment of those means which will restore the native splendor of the American char- acter, in the most distant regions of the globe, to its original brightness. Cloud- ed as our present path appears to be, the luminous tract of glory lies open to our view, and if we have only virtue enough left us to be united and firm in our endeav- ors to obtain justice, we may defy an embattled universe to prevent our obtain- ing that rank among nations which we are entitled to.—But our conduct must be just, uniform, energetic, and independent. No party divisions must appear among us, to invite the baneful influence of for- eign powers, jealous of our prosperity, and seeking only to distract and destroy us; but united in the cause of justice, and determined to preserve entire, and trans- mit unsullied to posterity, that sacred regard we entertain for life, liberty, and character.—Let us like good citizens, rally round the constituted authorities of our country, respect and cause to be respected our laws; and while we approve and elevate to an exalted station, the man who boldly declares and insists upon his coun- try's rights—let us be careful to prevent the wretch who would sacrifice those rights, or who dares to raise the standard of rebellion against our laws or our union from creeping into power, or conse- quence among us. Every citizen in his proper department should be attentive and vigilant on this head, and those cen- tinals of our rights, editors of free press- es, like sacred champions on the watch towers of Zion, must be on the alert to give notice of the approach of friend or foe, and doughtily proclaim the train, a shot to virtue, and to vice a sword.
But let us revert to trade, and consider what is the obstacle opposed to free trade. —Some will answer at once that it is the non-intercourse act laid on by our own government. Others going a little further

to the business, say that it is owing to the French decrees, others lay the whole blame on the British orders of council. But we will go a little calmly into the investigation, and see whether the principal obstacle to the free trade of the United States does not owe its origin to our own improper conduct, and if so, as we have originated the disease, so may we be able to find a radical cure for it among ourselves. What occasions our present stagnation in trade? The non-intercourse act? What occasioned the non-intercourse act?—French decrees and British orders of council. What occasioned the French decrees? British orders of council and the improper requisition of their national rights by neutral merchants. What occasioned the British orders of council? A spirit of domineering, founded on the supposition that they might do with impunity over those neutral nations whose merchants were found so ready to relinquish their national rights and absolutely to invite the tyrannical rapacity of the British cruisers.
Thus we see, that the ready acquiescence of neutral merchants to surrender their national rights, was in part the cause of both the British orders in council and French decrees, and if the co-operation of neutral merchants in their own destruction, had not been so actively displayed, the world would not now have been so palpably humbugged with the farcical blockade of the British isles, and of the whole coast of Europe, from the Elbe to the Mediterranean, by proclamations upon paper, instead of ships on the water. But it is a truth, and a melancholy one, that many of what are called first rate merchants, in our commercial cities, and some of them native Americans too, have not scrupled to debase the flag of their country, by covering for a penny per centage of commission, property belonging to the belligerent citizen, under their own names, and sometimes backing this crime with the sanctity of an oath or affirmation. If this is the trade which you are engaged in, and the trade which you expect to engage in, no matter whether you go by way of Fayal, Lisbon, or Teneriffe, your trade cannot thrive long for being so shackled by falsehood, deception, and perjury, it must indeed soon find its own level. But such is not the commerce which the nation values.—A fair neutral trade is the object of the farmer, the manufacturer, and the real American merchant, for the obtaining and preservation of which these three classes in society are ready at a moment's warning to go hand in hand, united in peace or war, amongst friends or against enemies, through life or death, fearless of danger, and assured of victory. Peace we wish, but a neutral trade we will maintain, even if the present negotiations of our government should, for want of a corresponding disposition in foreign courts, be obliged to take a different course. Consider well, and apply in due season the remedy, the only radical cure.
HONESTY.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS. ANGLO FEDERALISM.
The New-York Evening Post informs us "that our government have no right whatever to complain of the disavowal of the British government, of the arrangement concluded by Mr. Erskine—And that the cause of that disavowal, and the blame attached to it, are to be found in the conduct of our own government."
The Post proceeds to affirm that our government must have anticipated the disavowal, because they certainly knew at the time that they were treating with Mr. Erskine, that he was disobeying his instructions; and not only so; but they were chiefly instrumental in inducing him to do so; for it is very obvious that the terms which he was weak enough to accept; I repeat it is obvious that these terms were not the terms on which he was directed to insist, but were suggested by Mr. Smith in the room of those which he had proposed!
I have some doubts whether any Ministerial critic in England will dare thus basely, audaciously and without foundation, to ascribe to our administration the conduct which is thus ascribed to it by a paper in the city of New-York, patronised and supported by the Federal Party. Can any man of sense believe that the writer of the extract is not a purchased slave in the pay of England? If a war were to break out between the United States and England, would not such a writer and such a publisher be more dangerous and desirable than a thousand armed men? Mr. Coleman may vapor about his patriotism, but it will be at least suspected so long as in defiance of truth or wisdom, he attempts to justify the perfidy of a faithless foreign government at the expence of his own.
Taking for granted the truth of what he has asserted, this British hireling proceeds exultingly to proclaim—"Let us hear no more then of the miserable cant of British faithlessness on this subject, lest the charge be retorted on ourselves with pungent and disgraceful truth. For surely that government must be possessed of the most unblushing effrontery, which have persuaded the minister of a foreign power to swerve from his instructions, and accede to terms of his own proposing, charge that foreign power with faithlessness in disavowing an arrangement so made—and with an ill grace indeed can they presume to murmur about want of sincerity, who have been the means of procuring a departure from the
strict line of duty and propriety in another in order to further their own popularity, and screen themselves from deserved opprobrium, at the expence of the parties so deluded!"
Towards the close of his defence of the British government at the expence of all honor, candor, truth or fidelity in our own, he roundly asserts or slyly insinuates, not only that this government betrayed and abused the "unsuspecting easiness" of Mr. Erskine, and thus became parties to the deception, but that they never expected that Great Britain would ratify the engagements of its minister, and that with this conviction on their minds they added "mockery to cruelty by leading our merchants into a specious but delusive security." Stand forth thou calumniator and speak for thyself.
The truth is that the more we look into this matter, the more clearly we shall be convinced, that not only Mr. Smith did receive a full communication of Mr. Erskine's instructions, but that he availed himself of the familiarity and intimacy which subsisted between them; and took advantage of the unsuspecting easiness & weak indecision of Mr. E. to entice him into an arrangement which he was certain would be rejected by the British government, but which served the temporary purpose of creating a false security in the public mind, and of stemming for a while that torrent of tremendous indignation which threatened to overflow the banks of long tried and much abused endurance, and deluge our land with an awful flood of anarchy and confusion!
I hesitate not therefore to assert that this absurd and mischievous opinion which has been so industriously disseminated, is without reason, and without foundation.—And I maintain that this government knew during the whole negotiation, that Mr. Erskine was in an error, and that therefore by proceeding as they did, under that knowledge, they became parties to the deception, and consequently had no right to accept the ratification of this act of Mr. Erskine, and still less have they a right to complain of its disavowal."
[N. Y. E. Post.]
From the N. York Public Advertiser. "Case of Capt. Bennet."—Under this head the Evening Post, a print evidently in the service of G. B. has republished a correspondence between Capt. W. P. Bennet of the U. S. reg't of Infantry, and Henry Arnold, (brother of the notorious traitor Benedict Arnold) one of his majesty's justices of peace for the province of Upper Canada, on the subject of taking and shooting a deserter from Capt. Bennet's company of U. S. troops, within the British lines. The correspondence is succeeded by remarks from the Editor, and they are such as might be expected from the dastard who is prepared to "take protection under the British cannon."
It is boldly advanced in the Post, that Col. D. Lane was sent from Philadelphia to form one of the Court martial ordered for the trial of Capt. Bennet, for the purpose of promoting his acquittal.
This is false. The court martial which decided on Capt. Bennet's case was dissolved, prior to the court of which Lieut. Col. Duane was a member had been convened.
On the trial of Capt. Bennet, it was given in evidence, that the e had been an understanding between the American and British officers commanding on the frontiers to afford mutual aid in the recovery of deserters. That in consequence of such arrangement, British officers had pursued and taken deserters upwards of fifty miles in the interior of the state of Vermont, and that some of these deserters, resisting, had been killed.—It is believed that the court martial duly estimating the above testimony, adjudged Capt. Bennet to be privately reprimanded by his Colonel, because they could not sanction such arrangement, unless made in pursuance of orders from the commander in chief.
As to the attempt of Coleman to parallel the above case with the outrage committed by order of Admiral Berkeley, on our national ship the Chesapeake; it is merely in unison with his general conduct. The assertion that "Admiral Berkeley has been broke, must for stupidity and ignorance, have brought the blush into the face of the Editor's printer's devil; altho' it did not on those of his printer or himself."
PLAIN ENGLISH.
If the past conduct, and the complexion of the present ministry of England leave a doubt on any mind about the treatment we may expect from "mother Britain"—the declaration of her printers on both sides of the water must remove it.
We submit, without comment, the assertions of Cobbett in England, and of Cheetham in America, on this interesting subject, as evidence of the views of that cabinet, of which they are doubtless the organs and agents:
CORRETT.
"The result of this negotiation [Erskine's] or rather the total failure of it,
proves the truth of what I told the ministers from the first; that is, that every step in the way of concession would but cause the difficulties to thicken. If they had stood firm upon the ground of maritime dominion, there would have been a loud out-cry for a few weeks; but what would the Americans have done, "more than they have done now?" They have now done their worst, and they could have done no more. There would have been an end forever of all claims and disputes about searching ships. And to this it must come at last. In reality it is now. We do exercise an absolute maritime dominion. We must exercise it, or we cannot remain independent of France. It would therefore be better to do it, at once avowedly, and not encumber the thing with "orders in council," and other trappings, which only serve to rob the principle of its simplicity and dignity."
What Porcupine promulgates in England, Cheetham confirms in America. Hear himself:
CHEETHAM.
"England WILL maintain her maritime principles. For her, and I think for us, it is more necessary now than ever she should do so. However unpleasant the remark may be, it is undoubtedly true, that we owe our safety to England! Can it be imagined that the tyrant of France, after sacrificing all the nations on the European continent would spare us, if he could conquer England?—And how could England save herself if she relinquished any of those principles by which her maritime ascendancy is maintained?" Am. Cit.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 8.
Maryland Legislature.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES. (Mr. Archer's Resolutions.)
Whereas the present relations of the U. States of America, with the belligerent powers of Europe, give us but little room to hope that they will speedily abandon those unlawful measures of retaliation upon each other and of violent and indefensible aggression, and encroachment on the rights of neutral states, which they have adopted so inimical to the laws of nations and the free navigation of the seas; and our country, free, flourishing and independent, and resting, as the basis of its existence, upon the industry, public spirit and disinterested patriotism of its citizens, contains within its bosom the seeds of almost every comfort, convenience and luxury of the eastern hemisphere, which, if by careful and tender hands they be nurtured and cultivated, will flourish into maturity in the midst of a grateful people, grown by their assistance, and conducted by their prosperity, to a proud state of perfect and enviable independence, on the commerce and manufactures of the nations of Europe:
And whereas, it is the indispensable duty of the representatives of an enlightened people who are resolved to "live all free men or die all slaves," to propose such measures and enact such laws as will be necessarily conducive to effectuate so desirable an object, and to place themselves & their constituents above the odious necessity of surrendering their dear bought and high prized independence at the altar of foreign usurpation; or of bowing in humble submission to the lawless and insulting orders in council of Great Britain; or the unauthorized and illegal decrees of the French emperor:
And whereas no measures which a state legislature could adopt, would so effectually tend to rear these commendable intentions into actual existence as a strict attention to the encouragement and promotion of domestic manufactures:
Therefore Resolved, By the general assembly of the state of Maryland, That they will make use of all means in their power constitutionally to further protect, encourage and promote, the growth and progress of domestic manufactures.
2. Resolved, That for this purpose liberal and effectual measures should be taken to encourage the raising and improving the breed of sheep.
3. Resolved, That sheep shall not be liable to assessment.
4. Resolved, That sheep shall be protected in the hands of every individual from execution or attachment.
5. Resolved, That any company of militia within the boundaries of the state of Maryland, which shall clothe themselves in a full uniform of cloth of domestic manufacture shall be completely armed and accoutred at the expence of the state.
6. Resolved, That a sum of dollars be paid from the state for every full blooded Merino ram, not exceeding in number; and dollars for every ewe of the same breed, not exceeding in number, that shall be brought permanently to remain in this state, within years.
7. Resolved, That the assessors in the several counties of this state, shall make a return to the commissioners of the tax for the same counties, the number of sheep owned by each person within the district for which he shall be appointed; and the commissioners of the tax shall annually transmit to the house of delegates, the names of those who shall own sheep above the number of ; and the names of such persons and that of the counties in which they severally reside, together with the number of their flocks, shall be recorded to perpetuate their patriotism, & to afford to the citizens a good example, in the journals of the house.
8. Resolved, That the executive of this state be authorised to subscribe, for the use of the state, for shares in any company which is or may be hereafter formed in this state for the purpose of increasing the breed of sheep; and for shares in any company which may be formed for the promotion of domestic manufactures of woolen cloths or cotton cloths; or cotton shirtings or linen shirtings, if in their opinion the said company or companies shall be so organized as to promote these useful objects.
9. Resolved, That a bounty of dollars be paid to any person or persons who may hereafter erect a manufactory or manufactories; provided it or they shall, in the opinion of the house of delegates, be eminently promotive of these objects, and
conducive to the general welfare of the state.
10. Resolved, That it be recommended to the good people of this state to clothe themselves in the domestic manufactures of the country.
11. Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions be inserted on the Journals of the house for the more general inspection of the citizens of this state.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 11.
One of our mercantile friends have favored us with the following extract of a letter from Liverpool, received by one of the last arrivals—the information therein contained comes from men of the first information, and may be depended on—it portrays in strong colors, the great probability of a reduced stock of grain in that kingdom, and adds another item to the list of calamities which surrounded that nation. The intimation of parliament being obliged to do something towards relieving their wants, affords us strong ground to hope, that they will yet have per force to acquiesce in the just demands of our country—nothing else will be likely to relieve them from their present embarrassments, as the supplies they will receive indirectly from the United States, will be but partial, and at a very great increase of expence.
LIVERPOOL, Oct. 1, 1809.
"The accounts, which come down to 27th Aug. from America, do not yet advise of the arrival of Mr. Jackson, though before you receive this, the result of his mission will probably be known with you. The intelligence that America and France had adjusted their differences, mentioned in our last, appears to have been unfounded, or at least premature, and produce, after various fluctuations during the last eighteen days, has become very dull. Upland cotton having been sold yesterday at 19 1-2 per lb. and the prices of other articles except wheat and flour, being nominally 5 to 10 per cent. lower than our quotations of the 12th ult. A change of ministers, which is now arranging, has contributed much to this effect; many calculating upon a change of measures, particularly as far as respects the blockading system.
"The harvest in the great corn counties of England, has on the whole been well secured, and the wheat is of better quality than last year, and may be considered an average crop. In the north of England 1.3 and in Scotland 2.3 of the whole crop is still unhoused, and must have suffered greatly from the long continuance of wet weather, from which it is inferred that for the whole country the produce is short of an average crop. Even of that part which has already been secured in the north, so much of it has been housed in a very damp state that it will require all the old wheat and flour that can be procured, and it is feared a great deal, to mix up with it—American is now selling for 16s. 9d to 17s. 9d per 70 lbs. flour sweet and well tasted from 60 to 65s. per bbl. The prices are so high that we think it would be hazardous to speculate on any material advance.
"This morning the board of trade has agreed to grant licences for three months for vessels to take British merchandise and British colonial produce to France and Holland, on condition of bringing back corn and burr stones, and it is computed that wheat can be imported from France for 63s. per Winchester quarter, and landed in England from Holland at 84s. ditto for fine old Zealand wheat. As the pressure of the high prices of corn is much dreaded by our ministers, other measures will be resorted to, it is thought, on the meeting of parliament, to encourage or open the way to supplies.
"The government newspapers received here this morning, state that ministers have received information of peace having been signed between Russia and Sweden, one of the conditions of which is the exclusion of British ships from the ports of Sweden."
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.
"Liverpool, October 3.
"This is merely to advise that in consequence of the very dismal accounts of the state of the crops and particularly from Scotland, wheat and flour continue at the advance—the former at 17s. 6d. a 18s. bush. the latter 63s. a 65 per bbl. Articles of American produce at present dull, owing to speculators holding off to see what measures the new ministry in agitation, will pursue. Boweds were three days ago, held as low as 181. per lb. Turpentine 30s. Pot ashes 60 a 65; pearl 63 a 65; rice 32 a 36; stem'd tobacco 1 1 a 1 3; tar 34 a 37. Boweds, notwithstanding the above, may be quoted from 18 3.4 a 19 1-2, but the market is so variable, that there can be no reliance.
"The Swedes have shut their ports against British ships, which ought to enhance the price of tar."—Phil. Gaz.
PHILADELPHIA, November 11.
COMMERCE & PATRIOTISM.
We have received several communications pointing out the names of mercantile houses, and the names of ships belonging to them, which have already sailed, and others that are now loading in the Delaware, with cargoes for England direct, in contempt of the laws of the land, and to the disgrace of the public morals.
We do not think that in a state of depravity so extensive, that it is rendering exact justice or service to direct public attention against a single object, or a single house, or a single ship; the spirit of profligacy is so general, that nothing less than the interposition of the great mass of the nation, by its representatives in congress, can save the country from such a vortex of vice and habitual turpitude, which has increased, that we shall become detestable in the eyes of the world, and degraded from a conviction of our depravity in our own eyes.
Nor is the effects of this depravity confined to British agents, for these come hither not to render credit but discredit to our laws; not to do us honor or advantage, but for their own profit; with British agency, the system of England is in their eyes, an example every where to be followed; per-
jury, smuggling, forgery of papers, fraud on the revenue, false packages, false invoices, and all the circle of iniquitous impositions, and abandonment of morals and honor, are the familiar practices in England. The government of England, by orders of council, and by the proclamations of their colonial governments, openly invite the citizens of the United States to violate the laws, and hold out premiums for their disgrace; and we have seen in the case of Folger and others, which we published a few days since, that there are Americans capable of as much depravity as any Englishmen among us or in any other country; indeed when the state of Massachusetts, by its legislature, recommended hostility to the established law of the land; when a senator of the United States was so corrupt as to stand up the advocate and apologist of foreign outrage, the turpitude of the British agents appear to bear a shade less execrable upon the comparison.
Nor is the evil confined to these limits, the unfortunate infatuation of the tenth congress has furnished at once an excuse and a palliation of the violations of law.
Many who violated the public laws, produce the panic struck repeal of the embargo, as an evidence of its injustice, others now find an excuse in that panic struck act, for entering into measures to evade or violate the inefficient law which was substituted for the embargo.
And the lawyers, like the vultures near fields of battle, are ever ready to come in and lend their talons to demolish the fabric of law when once it has received a wound, and feed upon the torn carcase of the body which sustains these.
The contamination extends to the officers of the government; constituted, like other men, of unequal portions of faculty and integrity; like other men, as liable to be operated on by fear, interest, or favor; the indecision of congress has extended the infatuation or encouraged the vices of many of them.
In our sea ports the courts sit which are to try cases of violation of law; the juries are composed in many instances, of persons concerned in similar frauds; we have seen cases in which the relations of the defendants were impanelled as jurors—and could from the complexion of the jurors, as clearly set down the verdict before the case was opened, as after the pleadings were closed.
We have been informed of cases in which officers of the government were themselves implicated as participants in the profits arising from breaches of the law. To single out one man, or one ship, or one house, or one lawyer, or one officer of the government, would nevertheless we think be not merely unjust, but futile; the remedy is above; congress possesses the power to declare, and to provide means for enforcing the law; but it is not by such imbecility or infatuation as was exhibited by the tenth congress, that villainy can be repressed, or public officers caught to fulfil their duty; when the representatives of the people are unfaithful, or which is in effect the same thing, when through panic, or false or erroneous information, or a want of a true knowledge of their trust, and the best method of fulfilling it, they desert or betray their duty; the humbler officers of government calculate upon impunity for their criminal frailties, and veil them under a pretended imbecility, uncertainty, or ignorance.
It is now admitted on all hands—even by the infatuated part of the tenth congress, that the most fatal measure ever adopted, since the foundation of the American independence, was the repeal of the embargo; it is now clear that it has done us no good, that it has neither procured us justice nor respect, and it is as certain to every man of common sense, that had it been continued for six months longer, that we should now have a foe and unobstructed commerce with all the world.
The example of congress, is as much as the law—if that body is wavering, so will the people, but particularly the public officers;—if congress on the other hand acts with a decision and dignity worthy of the nation, and they have in the history of the old congress an example and a precept, the people will cling to the laws and to the congress, and treason and traitors will disappear.
A line of Telegraphs has lately been established on the River Delaware, from Reedy Island to this city, under the patronage of the Chamber of commerce, and the merchants generally. The first communication was made yesterday, announcing the arrival of the ship Fanny, capt. Mafit, from Lisbon.—She sailed from Lisbon the 4th of Oct.—We have received papers of that place of the 2d and 3d Oct. but they do not contain a single article other than merely mentioning, that from their last accounts, the French were concentrating all their forces near Salamanca. The students of Coimbra, who had been formed into a military corps, were returning to their studies. Markets at Lisbon very dull.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.
COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT.
Extract of a letter from Liverpool, October 4.
"We have already written you by this conveyance, but we are the forerunners allowed us before the Gers's sails, to give you the contents of a letter just received from our agent in London.

He says "I am sorry to have to acquaint you that the Lords of the Council have rejected the petition for a license to protect a cargo in an American ship from Amelia Island, and in such terms as to discourage all expectation that a renewed petition would be attended with better success."
Looking to the possibility of the continuance of your Non-Intercourse Law, we have stated a case, experimentally only, for the government of ourselves & friends, and we hasten to give you the information. "Vessels to import from Amelia Island must be either under the British or Spanish Flag."
Communicated for publication in the Mercantile Advertiser.
INTERESTING TO MERCHANTS.
No tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flag-masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading boards, timber, shingles or lumber of any sort, bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans, potatoes, rice, oats, barley or grain of any sort shall be imported into any Island in the West-Indies, under the dominion of any foreign European sovereign or state, or from any colony or plantation on the Continent of South America, under the dominion of any foreign European sovereign or state; under forfeiture of the ship.
In case of public emergency, or distress, the Governors, Lieutenant Governors, or Commanders in Chief of the said Islands, under the dominion of the King of Great Britain, with the advice and consent of their Councils; may authorise the importation of tobacco, pitch, tar, turpentine, hemp, flag-masts, yards, bowsprits, staves, heading boards, timber, shingles or lumber of any sort, bread, biscuit, flour, peas, potatoes, wheat, rice, oats, barley, or grain of any sort; for a limited time, from the Continent of South America; or from any Island in the West-Indies, under the dominion of any foreign European sovereign or state for the supply of the inhabitants of the said Island, provided that such goods be imported by British subjects and in British built ships, owned by His Majesty's subjects and navigated according to law.
If any of the goods imported by virtue 23. G. 3d. chap 6 sec. 11, have been imported from any colony on the continent of South America, or any island in the West-Indies, under the dominion of any foreign European sovereign or state, into any of the Islands in the West-Indies, under the dominion of His Majesty, shall after such importation be exported or shipped or brought to any quay or other place with intention of being shipped for importation and the said articles or vessels, or boat shall be forfeited, before any article which may be legally imported from the Islands in the West-Indies, under the dominion of His Majesty, and which are of the description before enumerated; shall be shipped for exportation from any of the said Islands, the exporter shall make oath before the Collector of the Customs—that they have not been imported from any colony of the continent of South America, or any foreign Island in the West-Indies.
In some of the Islands, they command that H. M's. Order in Council of the 11th April, C. 43 3, is still in force; but it has been rendered null and void, by the subsequent order of the 12th April 1809.
BALTIMORE Nov. 10.
EXTRACT TO THE EDITOR.
Annapolis, 8th Nov. 1809.
"On Monday last both houses formed a quorum—Capt. Stansbury was chosen speaker to the Delegates by a considerable majority. Yesterday and the day before, the delegates were taken up in appointing clerks, committees and in organizing the house—to day we shall be ready for business. On Monday next we elect the governor; on Tuesday, the council; and I expect the next day a senator will be chosen."
Whig.
We understand, that a resolution to enter into the election of senator, would have been submitted to the H. D. on Tuesday last; but was deferred on account of the absence of several democratic members.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 11.
We have seen a letter of a very recent date from St. Bartholomews by one of the last arrivals, which informs that the ports of the British W. I. Islands are open by proclamation, to neutrals for the purpose of encouraging, in neutral bottoms, the importation of provisions, &c. which has given a rise in the price of flour, &c. at that Island, several British vessels having arrived at St. Barts. Thus it appears that even our apparently harmless non-intercourse carries in its incipient operations, a sting to those who have trodden our neutral rights under foot.
November 13.
ISLAND OF CUBA.
"We are authorised to state that the Spanish consul in this city has received official information that the Ports of the Island of Cuba are closed to all foreign ships, and that no certificates can in future be granted for goods shipped in America or other foreign vessels bound to the ports of said Island of Cuba."
Fed. Gaz.
From a Charleston Paper.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in the country, to his friend in Charleston. "We planters in the country are as much disposed to speak of our crops as you in town are to converse about prices and merchandise. These made the last season are now out of danger from accident, except from, which cannot injure them much, and are more abundant than any crops which have been made for many years. When I hear some complaining of our situation at present, I say to myself "Providence certainly continues to
smite upon this happy land." But, the fact is, that notwithstanding the want of money, there are very few found to complain. The utmost confidence is generally placed in, the present government, and most men appear to think that every thing was done which could or ought to have been done by the last. Some few express their fears that if England should be conquered, Bonaparte would conquer us next; but the majority think that we could cope with him in our woods; and perhaps the wiser part, have no fears whatever on the subject either way. That there is a French party in the country, has no foundation but that "baseless one" contained in the newspapers. Country meetings to express our reliance upon the government have not been deemed necessary, because it was thought that the government know us well enough to rely upon us without any public expression of our confidence.
"When we meet one another, the common subject of enquiry is. Well, neighbor, what do you mean to plant the next year? This is a subject on which there is a great deal of amicable difference, if you will allow me the expression, and I assure that the best consequences will arise from it. Many planters who possess rich river low grounds mean to plant hemp, even some intelligent rice planters mean, I am told, to make an experiment of the same kind on their tide lands. Can the success of it be doubted? The owners of pine land speak of planting indigo and ground-nuts. The latter has been found to be a most profitable crop. It is reported that those in the upper country who have proper lands, and understand it, mean, besides their hemp, to grow a considerable quantity of flax. Some speak of fattening bees for the Charleston market—others enquire for wool to make homespun, and declare they will not be without sheep another year.
"I predict that Charleston will soon see three kinds of produce going to her market, which she has seldom seen before—these are Hemp, Flax, and Wool? Does not the prospect give you pleasure?—My life for it, in the present disposition of the people of this country, the non-intercourse in two years more will be a blessing. I am still no enemy to trade, if we would carry it on and at the same time preserve our honor and independence. "I had almost forgot to tell you of Mr. McBride's spinning machine, which you will soon see in the city. Those who have visited it, speak of it with surprise; and it is indeed surprising that unspicked cotton should be thrown into it, and come out ready spun for the weaver. I believe that Arkwright of whom so much has been said and written, never did any thing like this. I would have you, my friend, no longer to despond, as you seem to do, about our trade and independence and division of the states. Rest assured that, that independence which was acquired by our honored fathers, will be preserved by their aspiring sons.
"What I have now written to you, in despite of calumny, is the true state and disposition of our country."
Keio Perpetua"
THEATRE.
LAST BENEFIT BUT ONE.
MR. GREEN'S BENEFIT.
On Friday Evening, November 17th, 1809, will be presented the
History of King Lear AND HIS Three Daughters.
End of the play, a Pantomime Interlude, called
HARLEQUIN HURRY SCURRY, OR
The Devil among the Trades folk. To conclude with a double Allemande by Mrs. Placide, Mr. Sully, and Mrs. Green.
To which will be added the favorite farce of the
JEW and the DOCTOR, OR A PRESCRIPTION FOR HAPPINESS.
Mr. PLACIDE,
Respectfully informs the public, that his benefit will be on Monday evening.
Tickets to be had as usual, and of Mr. Green, near the Theatre.
AT a meeting of the directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company on Wednesday evening, the 15th of Novem- ber, 1809.
Resolved, That all shares of delinquent holders of shares in the said company be sold at the Washington Tavern in the city of Richmond on the 19th day of next month at 12 o'clock.
Resolved, That a call of five dollars on each share be paid by the share-holders in the company to the treasurer, on or before the first day of December next.
A Copy, N. SHEPPARD, Clk.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD—Stolen from Johnson's door, in this City about 10 o'clock to-day, a yellow bay Horse with a Saddle and bridle on; he is about 5 feet 2 in- ches high, 5 years old next spring, the hair rub- bed off his left shoulder, blaze face, gallops, paces and trots—when pushed in a pace, he has a kind of a ketch very uncommon. Any person who will deliver him to John Johnson of this city, or to me in New Kent, shall receive the above reward.
JUDUTHUN GIBSON. Nov. 16th, 1809. Stp.
A FEW COPIES OF Burk's History of Virginia IN THREE VOLUMES Are for sale at this office.
Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1809.
THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND
ARE DIVIDED FROM THEIR KING'S MIN- ISTERS.
THERE is very little doubt that Eng- land, (meaning the people of England,) is sincerely disposed to accommodate all dif- ferences with the United States of Ameri- ca; and there is no obstacle whatever, ei- ther of prejudice or of interest, to prevent the American government from consenting to terms which have for their basis the law of nations and mutual justice. The sub- jects of the British crown have manifested the most unequivocal disposition for a friend- ly understanding with us, whenever a gleam of hope has broke in upon them and led to the expectation of a restoration of harmony. This fact is proved by the rejoicings and illuminations with which the news of Mr. Erskine's arrangement with secretary Smith was received at Liverpool and other con- siderable trading towns of Great Britain. And, it ought to be known, that the declara- tions of satisfaction which escaped from the English merchants on that occasion, gave more serious alarm to the British ministry than even the conquests of Bonaparte. They were alarmed, because the American go- vernment perceived, by those rejoicings and illuminations, that Canning, and Castle- reagh, and Percival, were at variance with the people of England; that the latter did not, with heart and with hand, approve and support the measures which had been ad- opted by the former against America; that they did not sanction that duplicity, that knavery, that tame cheating, which the jugglers were playing off in the shape of orders in council, of despatches to their ambassadors in the United States, of ap- pointments of new ministers, and in every other way that could be devised by heads long skilled in law-quibbles and hearts fa- miliarised to the breach of contracts. And to counteract the opinion that a schism thus prevails between the people of Great Britain and their oppressors, that the sub- jects of George the third detest his desp- icable ministers as much as we do, Canning & Co. bought up the services of a parcel of drunken sailors to insult the American flag at Liverpool, thinking to impose the hired act of a set of vagabond and besotted mariners upon the world for the deliberate violence of the commercial men of the place. The thing, however, was seen through: we perfectly understood it in America: the truth is not to be concealed by the hirelings of the king's cabinet. Thousands of private letters are received by every arrival in the United States from England, deplored the continuance of differences between the two countries. These sentiments do not come from the corrupted oligarchy of London, from Canning and his pensioned sisters, nor from parson Percival, nor from the naval friends of such notorious scoundrels as Whitby, and Humpfreys, and Berkeley; but they come from men of true British spir- it, who wish to save their sinking country from perdition, and who know that it is impossible to save it if a rupture should take place with the United States.
The American opposition press have of- ten insinuated, and sometimes asserted, that we ought to bear with Great Britain, because she is struggling for existence. To this we shall reply in plain terms—let the people of England choose rulers who will promote equity and do what good faith re- quires; let those rulers evince to us that they will do what is right, and will adhere to it; let them restore our impressed sea- men, and desist from further impressments; let them make compensation for property plundered; let them respect our indepen- dence, and honor our flag as they ought to do, and then let them call upon us in the hour of danger, and they will find that we are neither niggardly nor backward. All this the people of England have the dispo- sition to do—we know they have—they have said so a thousand times—they have shown it by their actions when the bayonet was not at their breasts. The people of England know the Americans well—they know them to be brave, they know them to be generous, and they know them to be faithful to their engagements. With such a nation, the yeomanry of the island are anxious to keep on good terms—but their present rulers, and the rulers of their king will not permit them. With the prevailing English ministry it seems almost impossible to come upon any terms of amity. Make what arrangement you will with them, they have some provision by which to elude the performance of it—some point of etiquette to avoid the fulfilment of the obligations of justice—some pretext for openly violat- ing the most solemn compacts.
The treaty projected by Col. Monroe, bad enough in itself, was rendered entirely negatory by the reservation tacked to it in the shape of a rider—then we had Rose sent over, who played a prank of diploma- cy by sticking for the point of honor, and shuffled off to London after performing his part—next Erskine was made the tool of perfidy and became the victim of the Bri- tish ministry—and, to cap the climax of ministerial turpitude, an impudent bully, of the name of Jackson, a perfect incendia- ry in diplomacy, a very salamander of the diplomatic corps of England, a turbulent Praise-God-Barbones of political corrup- tion, is transported hither to menace and insult us. And are we to bear all this? Are we to be the sport of the profligate knaves who tyrannize over their own countrymen and scoff at public justice? Are we to open our mouths and suffer them to be spit in by every scurvy popinjay, by every rude whipster whom they choose to send hither? The people of England themselves cannot expect it—they would think meanly of us if we basely crouched to the audaci- ous insolence of Rose, of Canning, or of Jackson.
What, then, is to be done? Let the peo- ple of England apply the corrective. Let them purge their government of the one hundred and fifty-seven proprietors of English rotten boroughs, who are at once both Lords of the King and the people;
let them effect a parliamentary reform, invite by their assurance of good faith the confidence of the world, and then America will joyfully be their friend. But, whilst treachery is the order of the day in Lon- don; whilst robbery and treason against the laws of nations is openly avowed and strenuously abetted by the government of Great Britain, the people of the two coun- tries cannot be united in the bonds of good fellowship.
Extract of a letter from an old Virginian who lately passed a few days at Wash- ington City, dated November 13th, 1809.
"You will perceive by the National In- telligencer that the honorable Francis James Jackson has been put to the bar of diplomacy, stricken from the record of ac- credited Ministers, and stands a blighted monument of British pertinacity and A- merican decision. I was always convinced that President Madison had the true digni- ty and energy of character necessary for the ruler of a free people. Upon the sur- face our executive magistrate is gentle, affable, and forbearing; he examines, com- pares, and reflects; and always perceives, with peculiar sagacity, the strong and the weak points of a subject. He is not a man that is fond of form and fashion; no one delights less in the fripperies and fur- belows of politics; no individual is less te- nacious of the trifling etiquette of state affairs; he looks only to essentials; if he finds a person sincere, it is enough—he overlooks a thousand irregularities as to mode: But, touch the honor of the nation—wound the least interests of the country, and un- der whatever shape the wrong, or ap- proach, he will meet in Madison unal- terable firmness. We have come to the point. The British ministry have tried the experiment of how much we would bear. They had already made slaves of five thou- sand of our free born seamen—they had murdered our citizens, and dishonored our flag—plundered our property, forged our official seapapers, falsified our minister in London, and calumniated our government under the very nose of former presidents: there remained only one more thing to do— it was to give our chief magistrate official- ly and formally, the LIE DIRECT. The miscreant who has offered this barefaced insult to the nation, is the black-hearted agent of Copenhagen memory—a fit in- strument for any dark treachery, when his corrupted masters, the English ministry, may command him to perform. It is not certain whether Jackson will leave the United States before he receives the particular orders of his government to that effect. Some imagine he will depart im- mediately—others conjecture that he will remain, discredited as he is, as a spy and corruptor of the American press till the spring of the year. We have not a soli- tary article of information on the subject but what you see in the governmental pa- per—but it is generally supposed that Jackson came with no other view to this country than to provoke by bellying the government. It is thought by many that the president had well ascertained that this sturdy negotiator had nothing new to of- fer, and had no instructions to agree to any honorable or just terms whatever. However we shall know all about it. You may be fearless for Madison and his coun- sellors. Depend on it they stand on sub- stantial and defensible ground. For my- self, I can say he is a statesman after my own heart. Discreet, amiable, and endued with the spirit of unyielding fortitude in the hour of peril, he will merit and meet the applause of every sensible, good, and candid man in the nation. He is the swaver in modo and the foriser in re, which is so much admired yet so seldom seen. Nobody laments the shame of Jack- son but a crony or two which the late min- ister had among the tories in office—and even they will shun him in the day-time, however they may sneak to his house by starlight or in the dark. It is really cu- rious to observe what court the small to- try gentry pay to every British minister, viewing with each other, poor souls! for the honor of his acquaintance. These cro- nies are regularly assigned over by sche- dule, I presume, from every retiring min- ister to his successor together with the pigs, poultry, cheese, parings, and articles of particular convenience. All the world knows what a British minister would visit in little upstart tory families for: & yet the creatures think it pure personal respect to be noticed with a call from his Britannic majesty's envoy!
"Gen. Turreau has not been here late- ly: I think he does not treat our president with sufficient respect. He sent hither not long since a capering West India fescamair- re, who cut a few silly flourishes, hop- ped about like a sparrow, and went off at a tangent. This he called a sample of the diplomatic art, a la Francaise. He was an object of ridicule for the whole city. And now we have here another of the general's secretaries, who carries appearances with more mummery and with stupid gravity. He is a youth of full-hawe, and looks for all the world like a child stuffed with sugar cakes just from the nursery. I assure you, sir, that I am not at all satisfied with the intolerable fine airs which his imperial and royal majes- ty's ambassador puts on. Here, at Wash- ington, is the place where he ought to be when the president is in the city; and not lounging like the great Mogul, at his vil- la near a distant town. It is not res- pectful; it is not decorous. His excellency, peradventure, assumes this hauteur, because his imperial master is murdering the Spaniards and treading the poor Ger- mans in the dust. But what are those things to us! We are neither Spaniards nor Germans. We care not whether the bloody, barbarous, butchering conqueror is victorious on the Danube or on the Tajo; he is no victor over us. Why should Gen- eral Turreau not, then, pay deference to the man of the people? Why does he send to Washington his messengers and scribes to strut, and prattle, and play the jack- adancy? I am for letting these European functionaries know that we are neither French nor English; but Americans; real, genuine Americans—and that we will com- pel them to respect our chief magistrate, agreeably to the laws and customs of civi- lized nations."
From the National Intelligencer of last Monday
In the course of the correspondence, which, it seems, has taken place be- tween the Secretary of State and Mr. Jackson, we understand, that Mr. Jackson, had stated that the despatch from Mr. Canning to Mr. Erskine of the 23d January was the only despatch by which the conditions were prescribed to Mr. Erskine for the conclusion of an arrangement with this country on the matter to which it related.— that Mr. Smith in his reply had assur- ed Mr. Jackson that no such declara- tion had ever before been made to the government, and added, that if that despatch had been communicated at the time of the arrangement, or if it had been known that the propositions contained in it were the only ones on which he was authorised to make an arrangement, the arrangement would not have been made.—that, notwith- standing this assurance, Mr. Jackson in his next letter indecorously used a language implying that Mr. Erskine's instructions were at the time made known to this government,—that in Mr. Smith's answer an intimation was distinctly given to him that such an insinuation was inadmissible, and espe- cially after the explicit asseveration of this government that they had no such knowledge, and that with such know- ledge such an arrangement would not have been made,—that in Mr. Jack- son's next letter the same gross insin- uation having been reiterated, and even aggravated, it only remained, in order to preclude opportunities, which had been thus abused, to inform Mr. Jackson, as Mr. Smith did, that no further communications would be re- ceived from him, and that the neces- sity of this determination would with- out delay be made known to his gov- ernment, with an assurance to it, at the same time, that a ready attention would be given to any communica- tions affecting the interests of the two nations through any other functionary that may be substituted.
A Nashville paper of the 20th ult. announces the untimely death of Me- riweather Lewis, Governor general of Upper Louisiana. The accounts are, that Governor Lewis arrived at a house, about 40 miles from Nashville, near the Indian line, very weak, from a recent illness at Natchez, and shewed marks of mental derangement. Af- ter calling for his supper and some spirits, of which he partook and gave some to his servants, went to bed ap- parently in good order. Some time before midnight he took his pistols and shot himself—he had shot a ball that grazed the top of his head, and an- other through his intestines, and cut his neck, arm and ham with a razor. Before he expired, (which was on the 11th ult.) he spoke about a trunk of papers that would be of great importance to our government—he was on his way to the City of Washington.
AUSTRIA.
FROM A FRENCH PAPER.
The resignation of the archduke Charles, the evident result of discontent, is still at- tributed to the state of his health. The physicians, say the German papers, will not answer for his life if he continue to take upon himself the charge of the war. It is difficult to believe in this new version, and we see much more clearly the cause of his resignation in the state of his army than in the state of his health. Has he not him- self hinted at the motives of his retreat in his order of the day? Did he speak of any thing else but his profound grief at the situation of affairs? Be that as it may the prince is now at Teschen.
The archduke John is burthened with the enormous task which the Generalissi- mo thought above his strength. He has concentrated his army at Prague, attempt- ing to increase it by levies made in Bohe- mia by the most violent means, such as tear- ing men from their homes. Soldiers, money, forage, labour, all, are exacted by the Aus- trian government with excessive rigour. Bohemia famished, ruined, by the residence of her own defenders, affords the most de- plorable spectacle; the most disastrous fu- turity presents itself, the effects of the bat- tle of Wagram have infused despair into every heart—misery and famine complete the picture. Hungary has not replied to the frequent appeals to her nobility—a levy ordered in Transylvania can only be effectual in six months.
MERCURE DE FRANCE.
From a London paper.
'TIS A PITY.
On Wednesday, all the people said, "That Canning certainly was dead;" Ah! then what said the city? A tenth part sadly shook their head, And shaking sigh'd, and sighing said, Alas! it is a pity!
But when on Thursday this was found, To be a rumor without ground; Ah! then what said the city? The other nine parts shook their head And deeply sigh'd and signing said, Alas! it is a pity.
The owner of an advertisement left here yesterday signed F. Watkins, clerk, is re- quested to forward us another copy, as we unfortunately lost the one we had.

REMOVAL. THE subscriber has removed near the Basin where he continues to keep a house of Private Entertainment. He has also for sale a general assortment of GROCERIES. Likewise sells all kinds of country produce on commission. HEZEKIAH PURYEAR. Richmond, May 17th, 1809. N. B. The highest price given for wheat. H. P.
One Thousand Pounds WANTED. FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are in cultivation, lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1809.
TWENTY DOLLARS AND REWARD. Stolen from me about the 12th of Nov. 1807 a negro man named Cesar, the property of the subscriber, late formerly belonged to Mr. Robert Alexander, of Campbell county, and was bought from him a small boy, in the year 1799. He is now about 5 feet high, one of his big toes very remarkable, being split with an axe through the nail and nearly as high as the second joint by that it is much broader and larger than in other. He was accustomed to run James River above the falls. I was informed that he went up James River in a bateaux owned by one Sacco, to the other side of the mountains. On delivering him to me or securing him in some jail so that I get him again, shall be paid by me the reward of twenty Dollars. This is to warn any person or persons from harboring or concealing him, as they may depend on it that I will prosecute such violators of the law to the full extent. ROBERT MITCHELL. City of Richmond, July 17th, 1809.
NEW MEDICINE STORE. THE subscribers have recently taken a store, near the Market Bridge, opposite Messrs. White and Stockwell's, where they offer for sale a general assortment of DRUGS AND MEDICINES , a few of which are enumerated, viz: Gum Aloes, Asafoetida, Arsenic, Gamboge, Myrrh, Opium, Copal, Shell Lac, Tragacanth, Aqua Fortis, Annatto, Arrow Root, Camphor, Camphor, Red and Pale Bark, Cream Tartar, Chamomile Flowers, Magnesia, Lead, Lead, Calomel, Taraxacum, Essence Bergamot, Lemon, Spruce, Cloves, Nutmegs, Mace, Causia, &c. &c. &c. WALL & ROGERS. Richmond, 29th Aug. 1809.
20 Dollars Reward. IS offered for apprehending ANDREW , a negro slave, who about the beginning of this month RUN AWAY from the subscriber residing in the neighborhood of Amelia Court House. Andrew is about thirty years old, an intelligent active small man, a good house and stable servant, drives a Carriage well, understands a little of Shoemaking, and performs any kind of plantation labor. Some years ago he was in the service of Mr. Turner at the Bell Tavern in Richmond, where I believe he generally acted as hostler and after wards at Christmas, was employed by Mr. Henry L. Biscoe of Manchester in his tobacco summer. He has a wife living at the Manchester road, and a free mulatto woman named Suckey Hollings, by whom I have reason to believe he is secreted. I will pay the above reward to any person who will deliver to me the above mentioned slave, or secure him in jail, so that I get him again. James Henderson. 20th June, 1809.
IN COUNCIL, Sept. 19th, 1809. It is advised, that from and after the 1st day of January next, the Auditor be instructed in every case where any claim by virtue of an order or certificate of court is presented to him by a person whose name is not mentioned therein, to require such person to produce also an order or power of Attorney from the individual in whose favor such order or Certificate of court was made, together with an affidavit of one witness at least, certified by a Magistrate or Notary Public, that such individual actually signed and acknowledged the same. And to give general information of this rule, it is advised, that a copy hereof be published in the Virginia Argus, Enquirer, Petersburg Intelligencer, Norfolk Herald, Richmond Sp. Station Eagle, and Winchester Gazette, once a week, until the first day of January next. Extract from the Journal, (wtf) DANIEL L. HYLTON, C. C.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A FEW COPIES OF BISHOP MADISON'S MAP OF VIRGINIA.
FOR SALE. —A handsome, second-hand, London built CHARIOT , which has been but little used and is in a good state of preservation. Apply to the printer, or to Mr. HIGGINS, coach maker, opposite the Old City Tavern, where the carriage may be seen. COLUMBIAN MILLS. The subscribers having purchased the Columbian Mills beg leave to inform the public, they are giving CASH for WHEAT and CORN. P. HAXALL & Co. Richmond, August 30th, 1809.
BLACKSMITH FOR SALE. FOR sale, a most valuable Blacksmith about 30 years of age. He is a stout well disposed negro, and probably inferior to no smith in the State. Enquire of the printer. September, 11th 1809. (3m)
DISSOLUTION. —Partnership of THO. MAYS and MCKINNEY , and THO. MAYS and MCKINNEY & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent; all persons having claims against either of the firms will apply to William McKinney for payment; those owed are requested to come forward and settle their accounts with him, who alone is authorized to receive payment and grant discharges. JOHN THOMAS, WILLIAM MCKINNEY, WILLIAM BALDWIN. Greenhill, Charlotte Sept. 1st, 1809. 2m
TWO good Workmen in the Wheelwright business, to whom good wages will be given: the workmen may be at liberty to go where they are wanted to be Wheelwright but to work by the piece.—Also two Apprentices. A. Quarrier. Richmond, 8th Oct. 1809. [4]
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. —Runaway from the subscriber in King and Queen County, on Sunday the 1st inst. HARRY or FANNY his wife, a black negro, about five years old, about five feet ten or eleven inches high, narish colored, with a lock, and inward speech—on one of his arms he has several scars—he is a good weaver, rough cooper and handy plantation fellow. Fanny is about five feet seven or eight inches high, thick made, very fat, bluff face, talks fast and stammers a little. If they are not returned in this county, I expect they have made for the state of Pennsylvania. All manner of vessels are forbidden from taking them on board and all other persons from harboring or in any manner assisting them, as they will be dealt with as regards to law. Whoever will deliver the said negroes to me or to any other person authorized to receive them, shall receive the above reward. NEVERLEY ROY. October 15th 1809. 3w
A PETITION will be presented to the next General Assembly for leave to dispense with the Lock required to be built at my Mill Dam until some efficient measures shall be adopted for improving the navigation of Banister River. JOHN WIMBISH. Oct. 13th, 1809.
The Noted Imported Horse, PAUL, FORMERLY St. Paul, will stand the next ensuing season at my stable, in the upper end of Charlotte county, where Knowles stood last season: the terms, &c. shall be made known in due time. MARTIN HANCOCK. October 23, 1809. 3w
THE subscriber having taken the whole of the large Brick Building belonging to the estate of the late Mr. William Price, on the street leading from the Capitol, will be prepared to accommodate from fifteen to twenty of the Members of the next Assembly. JUDITH NELSON. Richmond, 23d October, 1809. [4D]
RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY. At a meeting of the directors of the said company, on Friday the 13th of October, 1809. Resolved, That the shares of all delinquent shareholders in the said company be sold at the Washington Tavern, in the city of Richmond, on Saturday the 21st day of next month, at 12 o'clock of that day. Resolved, That a call of five Dollars on each share be paid by the shareholders in the company to the Treasurer, on or before the first day of December next. A. C. py. N. SHEPPARD, CLK.
NOTICE. —The subscriber having administered upon the Estate of the late M. JOHN HUGHES , and of Cumberland, now Powhatan county, it is earnestly requested if there be any demands against that Estate, that they may be brought forward on or before the first day of January next, properly authenticated, and receive payment, as I intend to make a division of the residue of that Estate immediately after the said first day of January next, after which this advertisement will be plead in bar against any claim whatsoever. JOHN CUNLIFFE, Adminr. Coalpit, Chesterfield county, 16th Oct. 1809. (13)
FOR SALE. —By Virtue of a Deed of trust, executed on the 15th day of March, 1800, by the late William Nice, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum of money therein mentioned to Mr. William Cook, I shall in consequence of the power vested in me as Trustee, on the 17th day of November next, on the premises, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, that valuable and highly improved Tenement on which the said Nice resided—the said sale will be made under the late law passed on the 3rd January, 1809—entitled "An Act concerning executions and for other purposes." EDWARD W. TRENT, Trustee. October 17th, 1809. [4D]
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY. THE annual meeting of Stockholders will be held at Brooks's Tavern in Manchester, on the first Monday in December next: Such members as cannot attend in person will, it is expected, appoint their proxies. The undersigned requires to be furnished, so soon as possible, with the necessary evidence of shares sold and purchased, since the last meeting; in order that transfers may be made on the Company's books, and shares duly represented. JAMES BRANDER, CLK. Manchester, Nov. 3d. 1809.
FOR SALE. A TRACT OF LAND, in the county of Cumberland, within a mile of Farmville, containing four hundred acres, not quite half of which is cleared. The remainder is for the most part prime tobacco land, uncommonly well timbered and watered. The cleared land is generally in excellent heart. There are on the tract a commodious framed granary shedded all around and two tobacco houses. The situation is esteemed uncommonly healthy. If not previously sold, it will be offered at public sale, on Friday the first day of December next, in the town of Farmville—where also, the subscriber has for sale an excellent well built small dwelling house with a commodious store house and lumber house adjoining, with good cellars, &c. Mr. EDWARD RADFORD, who lives adjoining the land, will show it to any one disposed to purchase. JOHN RANDOLPH. November 1st, 1809. 6w
SURRY COURT HOUSE FOR SALE. BY CONSENT of parties and under a deed of trust executed to me by Richard Mason and Wife, for the benefit of John H. Cooke, will certainly be exposed to sale, to the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 5th day of December ensuing, upon the premises, the following very valuable property. The large and elegant Tavern, containing sixteen rooms. Kitchen, Smoke House, and Dairy suited to such an establishment; Granary, Carriage House, and Stables for six or eight horses; two hundred acres of Land, more or less; two small Orchards, a large Ice House with a pond contiguous, abounding in Fish, and an elegant Race Course, together with the following Tenements. A dwelling House containing five Rooms, Kitchen, Dairy, Smoke House, Stable & Granary attached, with ten acres of Land, occupied by Mr. Reuben Butler. A convenient Store House and Counting Room & Lumber House, occupied by Messrs. Cole & Henderson. A commodious Dwelling House containing four Rooms, Kitchen, Dairy, Smoke House, Granary and Stable, with two acres of Land attached, occupied by Mr. Savage. The three last Tenements are under a lease for a term of years. A handsome Dwelling House containing three Rooms, calculated for a Store, Kitchen & Smoke House, with one and a half acres of Land attached thereto. A small Dwelling House occupied by Mr. Mahone, together with a Kitchen and Blacksmith's Shop. And a convenient House at present occupied as a Post Office. The terms of sale will be Four Thousand Dollars with interest on two Thousand Dollars for two years to be paid down, and twelve months credit from the time of giving possession will be allowed for the balance of the purchase money; the purchaser giving bond with approved security to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. At the time of sale a Deed will be made to the purchaser, giving a Deed of Trust upon the property to secure the payment. Possession will be given on the first day of January. To any person disposed to engage in the business of a publican the above property will be truly desirable, and as a stand for mercantile business few if any are superior in the lower country. CHARLES H. GRAVES, Trustee. Surry County, 4th Nov. 1809. (d.s.)
FOR SALE, between 4 and 500 acres of GLOUCESTER LOW GROUNDS. That valuable plantation called SHIP YARD belonging to the estate of the late Benjamin Dabney, situated on Ware River. It is well timbered and convenient for fish and oysters. Terms may be made known by application to TH: G. SMITH, Ex'r. and SARAH DABNEY, Ex'rx. November 4, 1809. 2mp
THE subscriber being licensed to practice the law, will attend the superior and inferior courts for Henrico & the Hustings court of Richmond. Persons trusting business to his management may rely on his best efforts for their interest. His office is in the upper story of the market house in Richmond. N. SHEPPARD. Oct. 23d, 1809. 1m
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A FEW HANDSOME COPIES OF GIBBON'S DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE; To which is added, (in this edition only) THE VERY INTERESTING LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, written by HIMSELF, Eight Vols, Large Octavo, Price 22 Dollars. tf
PURSUANT to the last will and testament of William West, deceased, will be sold, to the highest bidder, on Thursday the 28th day of December next (if fair, if not the next fair day) on the premises, the TRACT OF LAND, whereon he lived, lying in the upper end of King William County and adjoining the lands of Richard Bowdus and John Temple, containing 517 acres, more or less—Immediate possession may be had. Terms of sale, one third at the expiration of one year, one third at the expiration of two years and the balance at the expiration of three years, to be secured by a deed of trust upon the land, with bonds and approved security to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. Also at the same time and place, will be sold, the balance of the stock, plantation utensils, household and kitchen furniture, crops of tobacco, corn, wheat, fodder, &c. for which 12 months credit will be given for all sums above 20 dollars, on receiving bonds with approved security, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid; and for all sums under 20 dollars cash. GEORGE M. WEST, Executor of William West, dec'd. King William, Oct. 30th, 1809. 3p
NOTICE. —A petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, praying that a law may pass for selling the lands of Samuel Dixon, deceased, lying in the county of Hanover. The object of the said intended sale is to make a more beneficial division of the subject among the subscribers, Mary Richard, Henry St. John Dixon, George Dixon, Rosanna Dixon and George Dixon, Jr. (who are the only heirs at law of the said Samuel Dixon) than it is believed can otherwise be effected, as the said Samuel Dixon died intestate, and some of the said subscribers are infants, and the said lands not susceptible of an advantageous division. Mary Richard, Henry St. John Dixon, George Dixon, George Dixon, Junr. By their nearest friend, Rosanna Dixon, John Richard October 6th, 1809. wtf
NOTICE. —I intend to petition the legislature at their next session for leave to convert one of my mills on Bear Garden Creek, near New Canton, into a manufacturing mill, which shall be exempt from the necessity of grinding corn, while the other is kept for that purpose. RANDOLPH HARRISON. October 3d, 1809. wtf
WILLIAM WARDLAW, informs his friends that he is receiving by the PROTECTRESS from Liverpool, a large supply of VIALS, WINDOW GLASS, PAINTS, —also by the POWATAN from London, a general assortment of MEDICINE, SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS, AQUA FORTIS, &c. Richmond Nov. 1. (8.w.)
VIRGINIA: At a superior court of chancery held at the capitol in the city of Richmond, the eighteenth day of September, 1809. Hugh Mercer, AGAINST Betsy Green, Deft. THE defendant not having entered her 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 she is not an inhabitant of this country, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term 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 capitol in the said city. A Copy—Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
VIRGINIA: At a superior court of chancery held at the capitol in the city of Richmond, the 15th day of October, 1809. Thomas Foster and Susanna his wife, who said Susanna is the daughter of John Mitchell, deceased, AGAINST Robert Scott, administrator of John Mitchell, the said Robert Scott, administrator of Susanna Mitchell, and the same Robert Scott and Janet his wife, Thomas Holloway, administrator of John Mitchell, junior, deceased, and Walter Logan and his wife, defts. THE defendants Walter Logan and his wife not having entered their 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 they are not inhabitants of this country, on motion of the plaintiffs by counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs—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 capitol in the said city. A Copy—Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
IN Powhatan county, sst, October the 18th, 1809. William Jenkins, assignee of Allen Bowles, AGAINST Samuel Owen, and Joseph Mayo, ex Chancery of David Owen, dec. Defts. IT appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant Samuel Owen is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth—Therefore it is ordered, on motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, that the said defendant Samuel Owen do appear here on or before the first day of February next, and answer the plaintiff's bill—and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers printed 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. A Copy—Teste, JAMES PONDEXTER, CLK.
FOR sale at this office, HENING'S New Virginia Justice, CONTAINING The Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents adapted to the laws now in force. Also forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and re-lease, mortgage, trust, &c.
TUTOR well qualified to teach the English language grammatically, Arithmetic, Geography, with the use of the Globes, some of the most simple branches of the Mathematics, &c. who writes a good hand. Such an one coming well recommended as well for these qualifications as for correct deportment, will meet with liberal encouragement from the subscriber, who may be seen in Richmond from the 20th to the 26th inst. RANDOLPH HARRISON. Cumberland, Nov. 4th, 1809. wtf
NOTICE. —A petition will be presented to the next Legislature for the passage of an act, authorising the sale of the lands of which Robert Macky died seized, in order to provide for the better support of his widow and children. O ober 24
C. THOMPSON, PORTRAIT PAINTER, respectfully informs the inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has commenced business in the house opposite the Swan Tavern, where some specimens may be seen. 3w EDUCATION. THE Subscriber intends to continue his School in the Forks of Hanover the ensuing year, where he offers to teach spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic, English grammar, geography, the use of the globes, rhetoric, natural philosophy, geometry, and the French language. The price for board, tuition and washing will be $7.50, payable half yearly. The term will commence the tenth of Jan. and end the tenth of Dec. Vacation one month, beginning the tenth of June. This school will be critically examined in June and December. JAMES BYARS, Jun. Nov. 10th, 1809. wSt
WANTS EMPLOYMENT in a retail store or merchant's counting house, a YOUNG MAN from the country, who will produce satisfactory recommendations. He has some knowledge of business, having been engaged in a retail store, about two years; naturally possessing a sprightly intelligent mind, added to the benefits which conscientiously results from a good education, there exists no doubt but he is now susceptible of the most rapid improvement. He will make an engagement for one or two years for a small consideration, provided he can obtain an eligible situation. A line addressed to P. W. G. and left at this office, will meet with prompt attention. N. B. He understands Book keeping.
NOTICE is hereby given, that I intend to leave this state this fall. All persons having claims against me either on my own account or as a partner in any mercantile business, or on any other account whatsoever, are desired to bring them forward for adjustment, as this notice will be plead in bar against any claims which may be brought against me after my removal. All those indebted to me are requested to make immediate payment, as any further indulgence will not be given. Will be offered for sale, at my house, on the 13th day of October next, on a credit of 12 months on all sums above ten dollars, my stock of Cattle, Hogs, &c. sundry articles of Household and Kitchen Furniture and Plantation Utensils. Also, my crop of Corn and Fodder. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers, to carry interest from the date—the interest will be deducted if punctual payment is made. Francis E. Harris. Pohatan, Sept. 8th, 1809. wtf
NOTICE. —Once more, it is hereby requested that those who are indebted to the trustees of the Richmond Academy, do make payment to the subscriber, as the work is now begun, and it is expected that there will be laid from one hundred to one hundred and fifty thousand bricks in the walls of the Academy this fall. He has undertaken the collection by agreement with John Brockenbrough and William W. Hening, the other members of the committee, appointed by a board of trustees: Therefore, it is absolutely necessary that the collector may have as little trouble as possible in the collection, in order to have money in hand, to carry on so laudable an undertaking. ROBT. MITCHELL. City of Richmond, Sept. 7th, 1809. wtf
THE Subscriber being anxious to discharge his debts, offers for sale, that valuable Plantation, lying in Amelia county, on Flat Creek, containing upwards of 900 acres, a considerable quantity of which is very valuable meadow land. For terms apply to WILLIAM MURRAY. Grove Brook, Oct. 12th, 1809.
STOLEN from the subscriber, near Prince Edward court house, in the night of the 23d September, a four year old GELDING , about four feet eight inches high, well formed in full plight, and handsomely spotted; his mane and tail in their natural state. It is believed his handsome spotted body may attract the notice of those who may see him; I have therefore to request among my friends, the aid of the owners of services, to enquire for information; and if any can be obtained from their boatmen to be so good as to advise me by post. FRANCIS WATKINS. Oct. 13.
JUST RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A FRESH SUPPLY OF CHURCH'S & LEE'S GENUINE Patent Medicines. INCLUDING Worm Lozenges, Ague and Fever Drops, Cough Drops, Vegetable Lotion, Restorative Balsam, Alternative Pills, Hamilton's Elixir, Hill's Balsam of Honey, Essence and Extract of Mustard, Hahn's Antibilious Pills, Turlington's Balsam, Hahn's Ointment, Anderson's Pills, Eye Water, Antispasmodic or Fit Eye Salve, Drops, &c. &c.