Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-05-31 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
AVITH YEAR.
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
NO 1453.
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TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1808.
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Richmond Price Current.
(CORRECTED WEEKLY.)
  Tobacco, $ 3 75 CASH.   WHEAT, new, 0 68 do.   FLOUR, superfine, new, 4 do.   FLOUR, fine, 3 50 do.   CORN, 2 do.   Hemp, clean, (per ton) 180 00 do.   Iron, 110 00 do.   Bacon, 10 do.   Whiskey, 37 do. 
By Authority.
AN ACT
For the establishment of a turnpike company in the county of Alexandria, in the district of Columbia.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That Jonah Thompson, Thomas Swann, Charles Alexander, Edward I. Lee, Jacob Hoffman, Cuthbert Powell and John Mandeville, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby constituted a board of commissioners, with full power and authority to open, or cause to be opened, books for receiving and entering subscriptions for raising a capital stock, not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each, for the purpose of opening, graveling, and improving a road not exceeding one hundred, nor less than thirty feet wide, between the town of Alexandria and Bridge point, on Alexander's island, opposite to the city of Washington, and of erecting a bridge over Four Mile creek, in the county of Alexandria; and of making such other incidental works, and defraying such other incidental expenses, as may be deemed necessary or expedient by the company hereinafter named; the time, place and manner of receiving and entering such subscriptions, to be ascertained by the said board of commissioners, and duly advertised in such gazettes as they may deem expedient. Provided, That the time to be fixed upon by the said board of commissioners for opening books for receiving the said subscriptions, shall be on or before the first Monday in April next; and that no subscription shall be received, unless the sum of ten dollars be first paid into the hands of the person, authorised to receive the same, on each share subscribed for.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That whenever two hundred of the said shares shall be subscribed for, all persons who may then be, or thereafter may become, the actual holders or proprietors of shares in the said capital stock, either as subscribers for the same, or as the legal representatives, successors, or assignees of such subscribers, shall be, and they are hereby made and created a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of "The Washington and Alexandria Turnpike Company," and by that name may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and do and suffer all acts, matters, and things which a body politic and corporate may lawfully do and suffer; and may have a common seal, and the same may break and alter at pleasure, and may make all bye laws, rules, regulations, and ordinances, for the good government and well being of the said company, and for carrying into effect the objects of their institution, so that such bye-laws, rules, regulations, or ordinances, be not repugnant to the laws of the United States in force within the said county of Alexandria.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That when two hundred of the said shares shall be subscribed for as aforesaid, or as soon after as may be, the said board of commissioners shall call a meeting of the company, at the town of Alexandria, by public advertisement in one or more gazettes published in Washington and Alexandria, appointing a fit and convenient time and place of meeting, for the purpose of electing five directors, a clerk, and a treasurer, and such other officers, agents, and servants, as the said company may think fit to appoint, and for transacting any other business, in pursuance of this act, and pertaining to the nature and objects of the institution of the said company; and the said board of commissioners shall, if necessary, adjourn the said meeting from time to time, until a quorum shall be formed; and a majority of the said company, or the proprietors of two thirds of the number of shares actually subscribed for, their legal representatives, successors, or proxies shall be a quorum to do business; and the said board of commissioners, before opening the said subscription books, shall as certain and publish in their said advertisement, a fit and convenient mode of authenticating all powers of attorney, authorizing subscriptions to be made in the name of any person or persons; and be fore calling a meeting of the said company, shall ascertain and publish in their advertisement, a fit and convenient mode of authenticating all instruments of writing, authorizing any person or persons to
act and vote at such meeting, as the proxy or proxies of any member of the said company; all which powers of attorney and instruments of writing shall be filed with the clerk of the said company, and by him be safely kept among the records and documents appertaining to his office; and as soon as a quorum of the said company and board of directors shall be formed as aforesaid, all the powers, authority, and duties whatsoever by this act vested in the said board of commissioners, shall cease and determine, and thenceforward become vested in the directors, for the time being, of the said company, under such limitations and restrictions, as the said company may think fit to prescribe. And the said board of commissioners shall account to the said company at the first meeting of the same, for all monies received by them or their agents, on account of such subscriptions, and shall immediately pay over the same to the treasurer of the said company, or to such other person or persons as the said company may direct and appoint; the said company, nevertheless, to allow all just credits for monies actually and necessarily expended by the said board of commissioners, in the execution of their said trust and duties.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That there shall be annually held on the first Monday in January a meeting of the said company, for the purpose of electing five directors, a clerk, and a treasurer; and the said company, shall have power, at any meeting legally called and constituted, in pursuance of this act, to displace any of their directors or officers, and to supply by a new election or appointment, all vacancies that may happen among the directors, or officers of the company; and the said company shall have power to prescribe and regulate the power and duties of the said directors, and of all other officers of the company; and a majority of the said directors may from time to time, elect one of their body as president, and may provisionally supply, by their own election, any vacancies that may happen among any officers of the company; and the persons so elected by the said directors may continue in office till the next legal meeting of the company; and the directors of the said company, to be elected in pursuance of this act, shall, unless sooner displaced by the said company, continue in office until the first Monday in January succeeding their election, and from that time until a new election shall be made by the said company.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That a meeting of the said company may at any time be called by a majority of the directors of the company, for the time being, or by one third of the members of the said company, or by the proprietors of one third of the shares actually subscribed for, or the legal representatives or successors of such members or proprietors: Provided, however, That no meeting of the said company, shall be legal or valid, unless a quorum shall be formed, consisting of the majority of the members of the said company, or of the proprietors of at least two thirds of the number of shares actually subscribed for, their legal representatives, successors or proxies, nor unless the place, (being within the town of Alexandria,) and the time of such meeting be previously advertised for three weeks successively, in one or more gazettes in the city of Washington and Alexandria.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That every director, clerk, and treasurer, before he acts as such, shall take an oath or affirmation, for the due execution of his office.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said shares shall be negotiable and transferable from one to another, by assignments in writing, executed before two witnesses at the least, and authenticated and registered, as the said company may prescribe and direct in their bye laws and regulations.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the amount of each share shall be paid by installments of ten dollars, at such times as the said directors, for the time being, shall appoint; and in case any installment or installments shall not be paid at the time appointed, or within ten days thereafter, the same may be recovered in the name of the company, by warrant from a justice of the peace, if the amount due shall not exceed twenty dollars; and if the sum so due shall exceed twenty dollars, he same may be recovered by motion, in the name of the said company, on ten days notice, in any court of record in the county where the debtor may be found; and in all such warrants and motions the certificate of the clerk of the said company shall be conclusive evidence of the defendant's being a member of the company, and prima facie evidence of the amount due on the shares held by such defendant; and if such installment or installments be not paid within sixty days after the time limited for the payment of the same, and advertised for four weeks successively in one or more gazettes published in Washington or Alexandria, the president and directors of the said company
may proceed to forfeit, for the use of the company, the share or shares of the person or persons so failing to pay.
Sec. 9. And whereas, certain individual have already subscribed and paid sundry small sums of money, which have been appropriated to the purpose of opening and partially improving the said road from Alexandria to Washington: Be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said board of commissioners to place the said payments to the credit of those individuals, who have respectively paid the same, and who are desirous of purchasing stock in the said company, by allowing them the full amount of the money they have respectively advanced, in the purchase of a share or shares in the said company.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said company be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to open, extend, gravel and improve, in the turnpike manner, a good and sufficient road, commencing at the intersection of Washington and Montgomery streets, in the said town of Alexandria, thence extending in a straight line to the north eastern corner of the alms house lot, and thence by the most eligible and convenient route, to bridge point, on Alexander's island; and also to erect and build, or cause to be erected and built over Four Mile creek a good and sufficient bridge, of sound and suitable materials, and in all respects adequate for the passage of travellers, horses, and carriages, with a secure railing on each side, at least four feet high, and a convenient way for foot passengers, on one side, which shall be separated from the carriage way by a good and sufficient railing, at least four feet high.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the said president and directors, or the majority of them, to agree with the owners of any land, through which the said road is intended to pass, for the purchase thereof; and in case of disagreement, or in case the owner thereof shall be a feme covert, under age, non compos, or out of the district, on application to one of the judges of the circuit court the said judge shall issue a warrant directed to the marshal of the district, to summon a jury of twenty four inhabitants of Alexandria county, of property and reputation, n related to the parties, nor in any manner interested, to meet on the land to be valued, at a day to be expressed in the warrant, not less than ten, nor more than twenty days thereafter: and the marshal, upon receiving the said warrant, shall forthwith summon the said jury, and when met, provided there be not less than twelve, shall administer an oath or affirmation to every jurymen that shall appear—that he will faithfully, justly, and impartially value the land, (not exceeding the width of one hundred feet) and all damages the owner thereof shall sustain by opening the road through such land, according to the best of his skill and judgment. And the inquisition thereupon taken, shall be signed by the marshal, and by the jurymen present, and returned by the marshal to the clerk of the county, to be by him recorded. And upon every such valuation, the jury is hereby directed to describe and ascertain the bounds of the land by them valued; and their valuation shall be conclusive on all persons, and shall be paid by the said president and directors to the owner of the land, or his legal representative; and on payment thereof, said land shall become an open public road forever.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the said road shall be opened and improved, and the said bridge shall be erected and built, as required by this act, the company shall be entitled to demand and receive by their proper agents, servants, or officers, at the said bridge, tolls not exceeding the following rates, to be regulated from time to time by the circuit court of the United States, in and for the district of Columbia, in the county of Alexandria, under the direction of congress; for each person and horse, six cents and a quarter; for each chaise, sulky, or riding chair, twelve and a half cents; for each coach, coachman, stage waggon, chariot, phaeton, or curricle, or other riding carriage, twenty-five cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse, more than two, by which such coach, coachman, chariot, phaeton, or curricle, shall be drawn; for each sled or sleigh, twelve and a half cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse, or other beast, more than two, by which such sled or sleigh shall be
drawn; for each four wheeled wagon, cart, or other four wheeled carriage of burthen, twenty five cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse or other beast, more than two, by which the same shall be drawn; for each two wheeled cart, dray, or other two wheeled carriage of burthen, twelve and a half cents, and the further sum of four cents for each horse or other beast, more than one, by which the same shall be drawn; for each sheep or swine one cent; for horses and neat cattle, other than those in teams, drawing sleds, sleighs, or carriages, or those with riders, two cents each. And it shall be the duty of the said company to keep posted up in some conspicuous place, at the said bridge, where the toll is collected, a printed list of the rates of toll allowed by this act, and for every day the same shall be neglected, they shall forfeit and pay one dollar, to be recovered by warrant by any person who shall sue for the same.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said corporation, to keep the said road and bridge in good repair; and if in neglect of their said duty, the said corporation shall at any time suffer the said road or bridge to be out of repair, so as to be unsafe or inconvenient for passengers, the said corporation shall be liable to be presented for such neglect, before any court of competent jurisdiction, and upon conviction, thereof, to pay to the United States, a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars, at the discretion of the court; and shall also be responsible for all damages, which may be sustained by any person or persons, in consequence of such want of repair, to be recovered in an action of trespass on the case, in any court competent to try the same: Provided always, and it is further enacted, That whenever the net proceeds of toll collected on said road, shall amount to a sum sufficient to reimburse the capital stock, which shall be expended in the purchase of said land, building said bridge, and making said road, and twelve per cent. interest thereupon, to be ascertained by said circuit court, the same shall become a free road, and toll shall no longer be collected thereon; and said company shall annually make returns to said circuit court, of the amount of toll collected, and of their necessary expenses, so as to enable said circuit court to determine when said toll shall cease.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
S. SMITH, President of the Senate, pro tempore. April 21, 1808.
Approved, TH: JEFFERSON.
[Let not any of our readers be deterred by the length of Mr. Maclay's Speech, from giving it an attentive perusal: it will amply repay them by the soundness of its doctrine, & its able and conclusive appeal in behalf of the people of Ireland. Mr. Maclay is entitled to the thanks of every good man, for this Speech; but in a particular manner, he is entitled to the gratitude of every honest, warm hearted Irishman.]
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A SKETCH OF THE SPEECH OF SAMUEL MACLAY, Delivered in the Senate of the U. S. on the third reading of "A Bill for the punishment of certain crimes and offences against the U. S."
Mr. President,
Whether this bill be correct in its principles, and just and proper in its details, or not, we have complete evidence before us, that it is the offspring of the proceedings which took place in the district court of the U. S. at Richmond, in the trial of Aaron Burr, for treason against the U. S.
I will not trespass on your time, by repeating the arguments of the gentleman from Kentucky, (Mr. Pope) against the principles of the bill; he has clearly shown they are unconstitutional; that it is a subject upon which Congress cannot constitutionally legislate; that treason being defined by the constitution, no additions or alterations can be made to that definition,
but by the same power, & by the same authority which first declared in what the crime of treason should only consist. As the arguments of the gentlemen, deduced from those principles and facts, are before the Senate, and remain unanswered, notwithstanding some feeble attempts which were made in reply, I will not tread the same path, but proceed to make a few observations on some of the provisions of the bill, and the arguments brought forward in their support.
I think, Sir, that admitting the power of Congress to legislate on the subject, this bill is legislating on the wrong side: all its penal provisions fall upon the people: the bill loses sight of the facts from which it originated; there is nothing in it that my mind has any tendency to restrain this power of the judges; the people of the U. S. are, by the provisions of this bill, made the scape goat to bear the sins of the judge.
But this is not the worst feature of the bill; in its tendency it confounds and destroys moral distinctions, by involving the deceiver and the deceived, in nearly the same punishment. This, Sir, is perverting the natural order of things. Every law ought to punish the artful deceiver; but, as far as possible, provide for the protection of the innocent, the weak, and the credulous, from the intriguing machinations and artful toils of the daring, the profligate, and the unprincipled.
This bill cannot produce any other effect, than to place the people at large more in the power of the judges and the gentlemen of the bar; for it must be remembered, that the power which the judges exercised at Richmond, and which is made the ostensible reason for the introduction of this bill, arose from construction: he gave such a construction to the constitution and law of the U. S. as protected a criminal from the punishment justly due to his atrocious machinations, and plain palpable acts, which admitted of no dispute. But it must also be remembered that another judge (Chase) had in the exercise of his power and discretion, given a construction to the constitution and laws of the U. S. the very reverse of that given by Mr. Marshall, at Richmond, in the trial of Burr. Judge Chase, in the trial of John Fries, gave such a construction to the constitution and laws, that a man was condemned to be punished by death, as a traitor, when there had been no treason committed. Now let me ask, is it possible, in the nature of things, to limit or restrict this power of construction, by enlarging the volume of the laws upon which it is to act?
I will not, at present, Mr. President, express all my fears, but I think it perfectly fair to infer the character of the bill, from the arguments urged in favor of passing it, especially as the talents and ingenuity of those gentlemen, who are its advocates, are acknowledged by all to be entitled to great respect.
The honorable gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Giles) who was chairman of the committee, who brought in this bill, in reply to the honorable gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Goodrich) admitted the force of his observation, that the innocent might be involved in punishment with the guilty; but he attempted to quiet all our fears, by telling us, that the humanity of the judge and the jury, would at all times be a sufficient protection to the innocent! Sir, the humanity of juries has been, and I trust ever will be, a protection to the innocent; and every instance where the case is left to the jury, upon its own merits, in their humanity and love of justice, the innocent and the persecuted may find protection.
But I must be permitted to ask, where was the humanity of the judge, when Sidney was executed, when Orr, and Emmet, and hundreds more of the brave, but unfortunate United Irishmen were executed? Where was it when John Fries was tried and condemned? Where, Sir, is the instance on record, except the solitary one at Richmond, where any judge interposed his power between a government and an individual, whether innocent or guilty? In every other instance the judges have acted rather as the ministers of vengeance to their respective governments, than as protectors of innocence! And how often has the scaffold been, through their cor-

rupt agency, dyed with innocent blood.
Here, Sir, let it be distinctly understood, that I mean not to justify the conduct of the judge at Richmond; I am only stating the facts; and shall we pass a law that must, according to the admission of its advocates, depend upon the humanity of judges, to prevent injustice, and to shield the innocent from unjust punishment? Shall we divest ourselves of all humanity, and exclusively trust to the humanity of the judges? Sir, I hope not.
The honorable gentleman from Delaware (Mr. Bayard) in his argument in favor of passing this bill, has told us, that a man might love his wife, or his father, or his brother, or his friend--but he would love himself more; and therefore, as the law declared it to be a crime, he would refuse all acts of hospitality and kindness to those that were charged with any of those acts that are made criminal by this bill. * He has told us farther, that neither the innocent or the guilty should be prohibited, because the guilty should be tried and punished, and the innocent should seek their trial, that their innocence might be fully established. All this is, no doubt, mighty pretty in theory, but how is the fact? Let the proceedings at Richmond, which has given birth to the bill before you, answer the question; for I will venture to hazard the opinion, that if Aaron Burr had been an innocent man, taken from the walks of useful life, with one half of the evidence against him that was against Burr, that before this time he would have been rotten in his grave.
But, Sir, how is this doctrine to operate in private life, among the citizens of the United States? Let the insidious traitorous informer once raise the hue and cry against a man, and, by this bill, you cut him off from all the charities of life! From the moment that malice, with her envenomed tongue, can excite the whisper of suspicion against an individual, no matter how fair his character may have stood before, he is now to be cut off from the protection and support of society--to be denied the common rights and charities of humanity--to be legally excommunicated, and by this law doomed to destruction.
Can this be right? Can any law which is just in its principles, and correct in its details, require such sacrifice! That we should thus legislate against all the amiable & tender charities of human life, tearing them up by their roots, & in their stead planting selfishness and all the antediluvian passions, which God knows, and every day's experience proves, that they grow but too fast without being either planted or fostered by the legislature.
But arguments still more extraordinary, when all circumstances are impartially considered, have been resorted to by the gentlemen who are in favour of passing this bill: the ashes of the United Irishmen have been raked from out of the fire of persecution, to induce us to pass this bill: the evils & sufferings of Ireland have been mentioned, as warnings & evidences of the consequences of treason, in order to induce the passage of this bill: the great body of the people of Ireland have been arraigned at our bar as traitors, to persuade us to vote for this bill. I see neither the justice, the truth, or the application of those observations to the purposes intended.
In order to be understood the nature and character of any engagement, whether it was criminal or not, at the time it was agreed to, it is necessary that we should understand the situation of the country, and the circumstances of the people, at the time the engagement or agreement took place. When we turn our view to Ireland, and trace its history from the reign of Henry the VIIIth, down to the present time, does it not more resemble the history of a human shambles, than that of a civilized people, and when we enquire the causes which have produced this horrid scene of misery and suffering, of blood and slaughter, we find that religious intolerance stands in front of the catalogue; that from the time Henry the VIIIth quarrelled with the Pope, and in revenge to the Pope declared himself the head of the
* Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That if any person or persons shall harbor and conceal any person or persons, knowing such person or persons to have committed treason against the United States, or to be indicted or presented therefor by a grand jury, or that a warrant has issued against him or them, upon a charge of treason against the United States, every person so offending, upon conviction thereof, shall be adjudged guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be punished by fine, not exceeding two thousand dollars, and by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
English church, religious persecution has been the instrument which the British cabinet has used to govern Ireland. By fomenting and keeping this religious animosity alive and active, and with a small body of regular troops, or what was called the Irish establishment, placed so as to be under the orders of what was called the Protestant ascendancy, the Irish nation, who were disarmed soon after the treaty of Limerick, in violation of the articles of that treaty, were held in a state of complete vassalage; and in order to make this state of things perpetual, the cabinet in England had only by their emissaries in Ireland, to fan this religious animosity into a flame to hold the balance between the conflicting parties, and thus make the one to check the other, so as to make both completely subservient to England.
If any gentleman entertains any doubt as to whether this be a correct outline of the state of Ireland, down to the time when this union of Irishmen which has been so much reprobated, was proposed, I will refer them to Bishop Butler's letters. He was an Englishman, and made Primate of Ireland, for the express purpose of keeping Ireland in subjection to England, by the instrumentality of their religious prejudices, and with what zeal and diligence he performed the task allotted to him will amply appear, if his works be consulted.
[To be Continued]
Latest Foreign News. NEW YORK, May 24.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The ship Dryade, Barker, arrived at port yesterday in 23 days from Liverpool. She left there on the 21st of April, which brings London news to the 14th only, which is seven days later than our former advices from England. The subjoined articles are copied from a file of papers to that date, and from Liverpool papers to the 16th, received at the office of the MERCANTILE ADVERTISER.
We learn verbally from Captain Barker that the ship Osage had not arrived in England on the 18th of April. It was the opinion of the people in Liverpool (but we are ignorant of any circumstances which could give rise to such an opinion) that she was detained in France under seizure. It was believed that the British orders in council of November 11th, would speedily be rescinded.
American produce was in great demand, and daily on the rise, particularly cotton. We observe it stated in one of the London prints as from unquestionable authority, that within the district of one of the cloth-halls at Leeds in Yorkshire, a decrease of 29 893 pieces of broadcloth has taken place in the woollen manufacture principally, during the six months preceding the 1st of April.
LONDON, April 7.
The last accounts from Gibraltar represented Sir Sidney Smith taking in supplies at that place, preparatory to his sailing for the Brazils. The Levant, however, and not the Brazils, we now find is his destination. Dispatches were sent off last night from the Admiralty, addressed to him off the Dardanelles.
April 11.
The Emperor Alexander, according to letters from Civita Vecchia, is on the eve of furnishing a fresh proof of his devotion to France, and his departure from those generous principles which were not long since considered inherent in his character. To assist Bonaparte to expel its unfortunate king from Sicily, and put king Joseph in possession of the Island, now appears a service not too low for the Autocrat of all the Russias to undertake. The article from which we deduce this inference is conceived in the coarse and vulgar style of the old Jacobin School. The king of Sicily is passed as a cypher, all the blame is thrown upon the queen.
The Princess Elizabeth packet, captain Kidd, arrived at Falmouth on Thursday evening, with mails from Malta, Messina, and Gibraltar. She left Messina on the first of March, and Malta on the fifth, at which times no information had been received, at either of those places, of any action in the Mediterranean. Admirals Thornborough, Collingwood & Strachan, had joined, and were left at Palermo. The packet arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, and found there the Illustrious, 74 (refitting,) and Antelope, 50, with the transports which lately sailed from Falmouth, with troops, under general Spencer, together with several merchantmen. The Townshend packet, from Falmouth, also arrived at Gibraltar on the 17th, and proceeded on for Malta. On the 18th, the Mercury, of 28, and Primrose of 18 guns, arrived with convoy from England. On the 20th, the Antelope sailed with a fleet of transports, having troops on board for Sicily. Captain Kidd left Gibraltar on the 27th, and on the same day joined the fleet under Admiral Purvis, off Cadiz, consisting of 11 sail of the line, one frigate, and a brig, all well. The enemy's squadron at Cadiz, amounted to 10 sail of the line, and three frigates. On the 31st ultimo, captain Kidd fell in with Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Cotton's squadron, off Lisbon, 10 sail of the line and three sloops of war. Neither at Gibraltar, nor in the fleets off Cadiz or Lisbon, had any intelligence what
ever been received of an engagement in the Mediterranean. Nor is it believed at Gibraltar, after what has been asserted, that the Rochefort squadron has passed into the Mediterranean. It is true, indeed, the American captain, on whose sole authority it rests, has offered to confirm his assertions by his oath; but it is extraordinary that no circumstances should be yet known to corroborate his assertions.
A private letter from Gibraltar states, that on the arrival of general Spencer's expedition at that place, the German troops were removed from the coppered transports, and sent forward in other ships for Sicily. All the English troops were then embarked on board the coppered transports, and it was understood that they were to sail for "a destination."
We communicated on Saturday the arrival of the General Stuart packet, from Bengal, announcing the renewal of hostilities in India. The dispatches brought by the General Stuart state, that Doondea Khan, a Zomindar in the district of Alighur, in the conquered provinces, whose conduct has ever been refractory, had compelled the governor general to have recourse to military force to reduce him to submission. Lord Lake, from motives of humanity, forgave his repeated acts of violence and disaffection towards the British government, on condition that he should surrender or destroy the guns in the strong fort of Cumoona, fill up the ditch, and disband his forces. This lenity had no effect; the conditions were never complied with; and advices having been received of his continued violence towards the inhabitants, his resistance to the authority of the magistrates, and his strength among the fort, the governor general felt himself obliged to order a military force, under the command of major-general Dickens, and lieutenant colonel Horsford of the artillery, to reduce him to obedience. Cumoona, as being one of his strongest forts, was the first attacked. It is situated between Agra and Delhi. The British force arrived before it on or about the 23d October. Major-general Dickens found it much stronger than it had been represented, and was therefore obliged to proceed by regular approaches. A breach having been effected about the middle of November, major-general Dickens attempted to take the place by storm. The assault was made by the troops on the fort and fortified garden, but were obliged, after a most desperate attack, to retreat with great loss. The garrison, however, intimidated by the intrepidity of the attack, and dreading a renewal of the assault, evacuated the fort in the night.
On the 29th November, we learn the general had proceeded to another fort, and great hopes were entertained that the several strong holds belonging to Doondea, would fall without farther loss.
We announced, on Saturday, the arrival of the Coquette, at Portsmouth, after a remarkable quick passage of four days, with dispatches from Admiral Sir Charles Cotton off Lisbon. The dispatches state, that there is a famine at Lisbon. In this dreadful situation, a deputation of the merchants has been sent, in a flag of truce, to admiral Cotton, imploring a suspension of the blockade as the only means of procuring provisions to save the inhabitants from general starvation. Various letters have been received, descriptive of these horrors; the following is from one of the gentlemen appointed to the deputation, and was written before he set off:
Lisbon, March 21, 1808.
"I have only time to inform you of my having been authorised, with several others, by this government, to proceed to the English fleet, now blockading our port for the purpose of prevailing on Admiral Cotton to permit provisions to be brought hither, as we are absolutely on the eve of a famine. Under these dreadful circumstances we rely on the humanity and liberality of a generous nation, and we trust that his excellency will commiserate the distressed situation of the inhabitants of this devoted city and its environs, and grant liberty for provisions to enter the port, otherwise we must literally starve. Should we succeed in this object of our mission, it will revive the drooping spirits of the people, and save the lives of thousands, and tens of thousands, who otherwise must meet their fate in the worst and most terrible of all deaths--a death from hunger."
The deputation accordingly took place. Sir Charles Cotton was deeply affected at the sufferings of our ancient allies; but as an immediate suspension of the blockade would have been an act of disobedience to his instructions he could only promise to submit the prayers of the unhappy Portuguese to the British government. With this view he dispatched the Coquette cutter.
Sir Charles Cotton has ten sail of the line with him, which are all victualled and watered for seven months. The Russian squadron are lying in the Tagus ready for sea; but there is no expectation of their coming out. A very rich ship, from Lima, escaped our cruisers, and got into Vigo lately, much to the mortification of our ships off that port.
Some accounts from Gibraltar state that Bonaparte has arrived at Madrid, and that before he entered Spain, he took care to secure the two strong fortresses of Pampeluna and Barcelona.
Other accounts state, that the arrival of Bonaparte in the Spanish capital is doubted, but that Murat has certainly reached it.
Colonel Lane is, we understand, recalled from his command at St. Helena.
The honorable admiral Berkely struck his flag, on Wednesday, at Portsmouth, and came to London.
April 12.
We have this morning received by way of Heligoland, the substance of a number of letters, which have lately found their way to that island from the Banks of the Elbe, and may be considered with some allowance on the score of accuracy, as an interesting abstract of news from the North of Europe, by which it is made to appear, that the expedition of the French, Spaniards, and Danes, against Sweden, has been delayed, under the apprehension that Gustavus has received powerful assistance from this country.
Ministers have also received dispatches from our fleet off Cadiz, bringing an account of the most serious disturbances having taken place at Madrid. The people alarmed at the prospect of want, and learning from every part of the kingdom that the grain was bought up for the use of the French, (for we understand the French do not seize but buy from the farmers, under a threat, however, that if they conceal, or keep it back from the market, it will be confiscated,) there is an actual insurrection, but the people have no one to direct their efforts--and the consequence will be a horrible and useless effusion of blood.
The following instructions to the commanders of his Majesty's ships of war and privateers, appeared in the Gazette of Tuesday evening:
(COPY)
"George R. Instructions to the commanders of our ships of war and privateers; given at our Court at Windsor, the 11th day of April, in the Forty-eighth year of our Reign.
"Our will and pleasure is, that you do not interrupt any neutral vessel laden with lumber and provisions, and going to any of our colonies, islands, or settlements in the West Indies, or South America, to whomsoever the property may appear to belong, and notwithstanding such vessel may not have regular clearances and documents on board; and in case any vessel shall be met with and be in her due course to the alleged port of her destination, an indorsement shall be made on one or more of the principal papers of such vessel, specifying the destination alleged, and the place where the vessel was so visited. And in case any vessel so laden shall arrive and deliver her cargo at any of our colonies, islands, or settlements aforesaid, such vessel shall be permitted to receive her freight, and to depart, either in ballast, or with any goods that may be legally exported in such vessel, and to proceed to any unblocked port notwithstanding the present hostilities, or any future hostilities which may take place; and a passport for such purpose shall be granted to the vessel by the governor, or other person, having the chief Civil Command in such colony, island or settlement.
"G. R."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, last night brought forward, in the House of Commons, the principal articles of the Budget; and we feel great satisfaction in stating, that the supplies of the year will be provided without any additional burdens upon the public. The new regulations respecting the assessed Taxes, and a modification which it is proposed to make in the mode of collecting the stamp duties, will produce the small sum that remains to be provided for the public service.
We have received Dutch papers to the 2nd instant, which state that the Russians have not made any great progress in Finland, but the preparations for invading Sweden from Finland are carried on with great vigor. We find in these papers a message from King Louis to the Dutch Legislature, in which he draws a most deplorable picture of the finances of the country. By way of consolation, however, he informs them, that Bonaparte has promised that, in the peace to be negotiated with England, he will stipulate for the restoration of the Dutch Colonies, particularly Guiana. Bonaparte has published a curious decree respecting the Jews, which is by no means flattering to their moral character, and which we should think would not induce many of them to put themselves under his protection.
Lord Grenville yesterday presented a petition to the House of Lords from the Catholics of Ireland, praying to be relieved from the disabilities under which they labor. Lord Moira expressed his regret that this petition should have been presented so recently after parliament had decided upon the subject. Lord Grenville, in reply, said he had not advised the measure, nor had he been consulted about it.
April 12.
A variety of opinions have been advanced respecting the destination of the Rochefort squadron, the last accounts report them to have been seen in lat. 31 N. lon. 69 W. steering a N. N. W. course.
Yesterday some letters, dated the 12th ult. were received from Holland, which state that the price of coffee, and other ar-
ticles of colonial produce continued to rise, in Germany a similar scarcity prevails, and letters from Hamburg, dated the 25th of March, state, that coffee had risen to 33 a pound.
Accounts from Frankfort state, that a courier had passed through that town, on his way to Paris, with intelligence that the Turks had refused to renew the armistice concluded with the Russians, and that hostilities were expected to recommence between them immediately. We do not place much confidence in this report, though some hints have already appeared in the French Papers, of a supposed intention in the Porte to negotiate with our government.
The Gazette of Tuesday contains the official details respecting the loss of the forts Reggio and Scylla, on the coast of Calabria. The evacuation of the latter was effected in the face of the enemy's line, which was drawn up immediately below the castle, with the loss of very few men. Our gun-boats did considerable execution; and it is said the French lost on this occasion several hundred men.
We are happy to state that intelligence been received from Heligoland that the Danish line of battle ship, which, according to the late accounts, had ventured out to cruise, under the supposition that our vessels were blocked up by the ice, has been taken off the island of Seyero on the 23d of last month by some of our ships of war--The particulars have not yet reached us.
The last accounts from India mention that an insurrection had taken place amongst the Cadets at the Military College at Benares; and altho' from its nature, the consequences were not apprehended to be very serious, the refractory youths would not submit, until the military were brought against them, and were about to charge them with the bayonet.
A formidable insurrection lately broke out at Madrid, in which the Prince of Peace has, at length, fallen a sacrifice to the crooked policy he had for some time pursued. This it was that led to the connection with France, to the ruinous consequences of which this misguided politician seems, too late, to have opened his eyes, and to have proposed the emigration of the Royal Family to Mexico; for this he was denounced by the Nobles, and his disgrace demanded by the people, whose insurrection was favoured by the military; and, in the confusion that resulted, the brother of the Prince was killed. Spain, however, has gained nothing by the event; the French troops continue to advance; they have, probably, before this, entered the capital: and the poor king, in his Proclamation to the people, profess to be satisfied with the assurances given him by "his ally," that he invades his kingdom in perfect friendship, and proceeds through it for the harmless purpose only of occupying its seaports, to guard against the designs of England.
Whether the Prince was sincere or not in the last advice he gave the king, will perhaps never be known. His former attachment, however, to French politics, will meet with no grateful return from Bonaparte; for however he may hug the treason to his bosom, he will discard the traitor, now that he has no longer occasion for his services.
Liverpool, April 16.
Monthly Commercial Report--A convoy is appointed for the ships bound to the Brazils; upwards of 40 sail of vessels are at this time ready loaded with British manufactured goods for South America, among them are several Portuguese vessels lately arrived here from Oporto and Lisbon. The cotton wool of that country is perhaps the finest in the world; of this article alone were exported from the Brazils to Portugal, annually, about 140,000 bags; of sugar, 25,000 chests; of indigo, about 12,000 seroons, and of hides, 1,200,000, with horns and tallow in proportion.
With respect to the market of sugar, it still continues very dull indeed, the prices of raw sugar from 55s. to 79. per cwt. according to quality; lumps from 5l. to 5l. 6s. powder loave, from 4l. 18s. to 6l. 1s.; and single loaves, from 4l. 12s. to 5l. 6s. per cwt. Rum has rather lowered in price since our last; fine Jamaica is worth from 5s. 6d. to 6s. per gallon, and Leeward Island rum, from 4s. 2d. to 5s. per ditto, cotton is rather flat in the market, except the Brazil wool, called Maranams and Pernambucos, which have advanced in price nearly 2d. per lb. and are now worth from 2s. to 2s. 3 1-2d.--Coffee is rather advanced since our last report, and there have been some public sales: the price of British plantation coffee may be called from 4l. 10s. to 6l. 10s. according to quality. If this article could be shipped for the Continent at this time, it would bring nearly 100 per cent. profit; and notwithstanding all Bonaparte's spions against our commerce, this article has found its way into France, Germany, and Holland. At this time the company's tea sale is going on, and the prices of all kinds of black tea, such as hōica, congou, and souchong, have advanced nearly 4d. per lb. hysons, and all kinds of green teas continue in price as usual.--Wine

Pursuant to a deed of trust from Moses Davis and Mary, his wife, to the Subscriber, dated on the 4th of March 1807, to secure the payment of 3445 dollars, due, or owing from said Moses Davis to Prosser and Moncure, assignees of Pleasant Younghusband; on Saturday the 11th day of June next, on the premises will be offered for sale to the highest bidder, for ready money, the balance of the
Lot and parcel of Land, lying and being in the county of Henrico, contiguous to the city of Richmond, being a part of the same Lot and parcel of Land, conveyed by Richard Adams and Elizabeth, his wife, to said Moses Davis by deed, dated 3d day of March, 1807, beginning and running on the road or street, leading from the Market House, in the city aforesaid, to Du Val's Village north 4 1/2 degrees, west 4 chains and 32 links, to a street forty feet wide, dividing said lot and parcel of land, and the lot formerly William Cannon's, now John Doyle's, and building on said street, north 89 degrees, east, 4 chains and 94 links to the corner of the said street; thence on the back street, south 4 1/2 degrees, west 4 chains 32 links to a corner street 40 feet wide next towards said city, and binding on said street, south 89 degrees, west 4 chains, 36 links to the said road about the beginning, with the buildings and improvements thereon, consisting of
A Large Framed House, making three tenements—or so much of said premises as will raise the instalments, or balance now due of the aforesaid debt, with the interest thereon, and the charges and expenses attending the sale. The sale will commence at or after 10 o'clock in the morning.
George Wm. Smith, City of Richmond, May 24, 1808. tds TAKEN up by Elizabeth Johns through Daniel Williams her overseer and agent, Louisa county on the South Anna river (called the Roundabout) A SORREL MARE, with a white face, two hind feet white, old shoes all round her feet gr—long and very much broke hanging mane, a long scraped tail, appears from the mark of a collar to have been worked this spring, has a small sore on the right side of her neck, occasioned it appears by a collar; no brand to be discovered, has a roach back, long flat rump and in very good plight, supposed to be 12 or 13 years old, and about four feet ten inches high, appraised according to law to twelve pounds thirteen shillings and four pence current money. Given under my hand this 21st day of April, 1808. A Copy. Henry Garrett. John Poindexter, clk.
MILITARY LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY. THE subscriber has for SALE, sundry valuable tracts of LAND, on the waters of the Miami and Scioto rivers, state of Ohio. Also, on the waters of Cumberland and Green rivers, state of Kentucky, which will be sold low for cash or good bonds—For further particulars enquire of William Price, register, who has the title papers, or to William Du-Val. Buckingham, January 20, 1808. wtf
Sale of Negroes. IN pursuance of a deed of trust executed to me by John Ogilby of the county of Person, North Carolina, for purposes therein expressed, I shall on the 9th of June next, if fair, if not the next fair day, proceed to sell, at the Red House in Caswell county [N. C.] to the highest bidder, for ready money, the following slaves to wit: James, Davy, Tom, Adam, Bob, and Major, or as many of them as will be sufficient to answer the purposes of said deed. Wm. S. Archer. May 20, 1808. tds
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to Edward P. Chamberlayne, dec. and myself by James B. Littlepage, to secure the payment of sundry debts therein mentioned, due by the said Littlepage, to Benjamin Mosby, assignee of William Dandridge, I shall on Wednesday the first day of June next, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for ready money, at King William courthouse, a certain tract or parcel of LAND, lying and being in the parish of St. John's, and county of King William, and commonly known as and called by the name of Palmers, containing by estimation Four Hundred and Fifteen Acres of high Land, and One Hundred Acres of Marsh Land, be the same more or less, and bounded by the lands of Bernard Moore, William Gregory, George W. P. Custis and John Quarles, dec. and Mataponi River. BERN'D LIPSCOMB. February 24. wtds
GUN POWDER FOR SALE, and SALT PETRE, WANTED. THE Subscribers have become partners in the GUN POWDER WORKS, in the neighborhood of this city, formerly carried on under the firm of Hugh Warden and Sons—the said firm being dissolved by mutual consent. The partners whose firm is hereunto subscribed, will contract for a large quantity of Salt Petre, either crude or refined, of the best quality, to be delivered to them in this city, or to Mr. John Lesslie on Mr. Joseph Darnstadt, merchants, who will keep samples of the gun powder made at the works and receive orders for it. Letters addressed to the subscribers in Richmond, will be duly answered. They assure the public that their powder has met with general approbation, it is made glazed and clean, equal in quality to imported powder, and they will furnish it in large or small quantities of every description, according to orders which may be sent to them; it will be delivered new from the works, and on such reasonable terms as they hope will procure it a preference to powder from abroad or from other states. As the said works have been established at considerable expense, and are superior in several respects to any in the upper country, so as to make the powder in a more perfect manner, the partners hope they will meet with that encouragement which improvement deserves from a generous people. JOHN ELLIS AND HUGH WARDEN. Richmond, April 18th, 1808. w3m
The Subscriber Begs leave to inform his friends and the public generally, that he continues to carry on the Painting Business in all its branches, at his shop, on the cross street leading from the main street between Col. and Dr. Adams's, where all kinds of painting and gilding, shall be executed with neatness, punctuality and dispatch, on the lowest terms for cash. Kilbee Wren. April 20. w6
Penitentiary Store. THE subscriber, Agent for the Penitentiary, offers for sale the following articles, the manufacture of that institution, at very low prices for cash only at retail, and at 90 credit at wholesale, for approved endorsed negotiable notes CUT NAILS. Wholesale prices Retail prices. 3dy 13 cents. 14 cents per lb. 4 12 1-2 13 1-2 6 11 1-2 12 1-2 8 10 1-2 11 1-2 10 10 11 12 10 11 20 10 11 Slating nails 11 1-2 12 1-2 CUT BRADS 8dy 10 cents. 11 cents per lb. 10 9 1-2 10 1-2 12 Do. Do. 20 Do. Do. SPRIGS. 3dy 39 cts. p. lb. 50 per m. 4 22 1-3 67 6 17 84 WROUGHT NAILS and BRADS. 6dy 13 14 per lb. 8 12 1-2 13 1-2 10 12 13 12 11 1-2 12 1-2 20 11 12 30 11 12 Spikes of all sizes same price as 30dy. nails. Broad and narrow Axes, Hatchets, Hoes, Plough Shares and Coulters, Hinges, Wedges, Hammers, Fenders, Traces and Stretchers, Tin Ware, &c. &c.
Boots and Shoes. Fair tops, back straps, $9 Ditto 8 Suwarrows, 7 Half Boots, 5 Plantation and light fine shoes, 10s6 a 12s Do. second & third qualities, 7s6 a 9s Negro shoes (strong) 6s a 7s Girls do. 4s a 4s Boys do. 3s9 a 4s6 Childrens' shoes, 3s a 4s6 Fire Buckets $4 a $5 per pair Bridles, Surcingles, Whip thongs, Spur leathers, Hame strings, Back Bands, Leading, Garden, Hambro and Fishing lines. Any of the above articles made to orders left at the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern. D. J. BURR April 26, 1808. (2aw1m 1awtf) The Shoes are reduced much below the former prices.
Nicholas Hallam, FEW DOORS ABOVE THE SWAN TAVERN HAS FOR SALE, on equally good terms as sold in Richmond, 360 wax and fair Calf Skins, } Philadelphia manufacture. } First quality Cossack boot legs } do. do. Long, three quarter and half, draft, calf skin and Cordovan, do. } Calf and Cordovan roundings } and binding skins } Bridle leather, &c. &c. } Boots and Shoes. Nails of all kinds. Family Bacon, Butter, Cheese, Lemons and Apples. } A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF WELL CHOSEN GROCERIES. Boots and Shoes made to measures at short notice, and rips mended gratis. April 12. 1awtf
To Rent, and immediate possession given, A Two Story Brick Tenement, nearly opposite the Methodist Meeting House, lately the property of George W. Dixon. For terms apply to the subscriber. Samuel White. April 20. 1aw6w
CAUTION. ALL persons are hereby cautioned against trespassing or committing depredations on my lands in Orange county, at their peril; the subscriber being determined to prosecute such as disregard this notice to the utmost extent of the law. Peter Lora. May 12th, 1808. w3*
By the Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. A Proclamation. WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive that the shop of Dr. Thomas C. Elliott of Charlotte county, containing medicine, furniture and other property of considerable value, was consumed by fire on the night of the 17th instant, and there is just cause to believe that the said shop was feloniously set on fire by some malignant incendiary or incendiaries at this time unknown: and whereas it is also represented that some time in the month of March or April last the dwelling house of Robert Barclay of the county of King William was destroyed by fire believed to proceed in like manner from the felonious act of some atrocious incendiary or incendiaries (at this time also unknown) with a view to the destruction of the family of the said Robert Barclay. I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state, to issue this proclamation hereby offering a reward of one hundred dollars for the discovery and apprehension, and on a prosecution to conviction, of the incendiary or incendiaries in either of the aforesaid cases. And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavours to discover, apprehend and cause to be brought to justice the incendiaries aforesaid. Given under my hand, as Lieutenant Governor, this 30th day of April, 1808. (Signed) ALEXANDER McRAE.
American Literature. Just Published, By C & A Conrad, & Co. Philadelphia, and for sale by Samuel Pleasants, Jr., Richmond; The Columbiad; A Poem in 10 Books—By Joel Barlow. THIS title announces a work of the highest interest that the res gesta of our country or of any other can furnish. With regard to the merits of the execution, it would ill become us, the publishers, to speak in that strain of commendation which alone would give utterance to our sentiments. Of this, the public, to whom it is now offered, will judge for themselves. We will only state one circumstance, which ought to be understood by the purchaser before we solicit his patronage. The ancient Juvenile Poem of Mr. Barlow called the Vision of Columbus, is so far absorbed in this, as henceforward to disappear from the list of his works. All that he has thought worthy of the subject in that Poem has been incorporated in this—which may amount to one fourth or one third of the former work. He has now in his mature years and judgment, taken a much wider range over the immense regions of fact and fancy, than the fortunes of this hemisphere have opened to his view, and "the work is now probably destined to stand, the epic song of his country."
No pains or expense have been spared to give it a dress and ornament suitable to its intrinsic merit. It is in one volume royal quarto illustrated by twelve engravings on the following subjects; I. Hesper's appearance to Columbus in prison. II. Capac and Oella instructing the savages in agriculture and the domestic arts—III. Zamor killed by Capac—IV. Inquisition—V. Cesar passing the Rubicon—VI. Cruelty presiding over the Prison Ship—VII. Murder of Lucinda—VIII. Conwals resigning his sword to Washington—IX. Rape of the Golden Fleece—X. Initiation to the Mysteries of Isis—XI. Final resignation of prejudices. These eleven subjects were painted by the celebrated Smirke, expressly for this poem. The pictures are now exhibited in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, where the public can examine their admirable execution, and form some idea of the expense and labor bestowed on the decorations of this work. They were engraved by the first artists in England; and the engravings were in such high estimation among the amateurs, that several proof copies were sold in London at six guineas a set. To these is added a portrait of the author, painted by Robert Fulton, and finely engraved by Arthur Smith. The paper we believe, is better than any before made in this country; and the printing by Fry & Kammerer, may be regarded as a specimen of typography hitherto unsurpassed, and seldom equalled in the world.
Also just received, and for sale as above. THE 2D NO. OF COL. TOUSARD'S AMERICAN ARTILLERIST'S COMPANION. The Discarded Son; or Haunt of the Banditti; a tale; by Regina Maria Roche, author of the Children of the Abbey, &c. &c. Modern Chivalry; containing the adventures of a captain, and Teague O'Regan his servant, by H. H. Brackenridge. The Lay of the Last Minstrel; a Poem; by Walter Scott. The Horrors of St. Domino; written by a Lady at Cape Francis. The Lay of an Irish Harp; The Wild Irish Girl, and St. Clair. By Miss Owenson. The Pleasures of Hope and Pleasures and Pains of Memory. Jonathan Poastree, of the Honest Yankee; a musical farce, in 3 acts. By L. Beach. April 3, 1808. wtf
New Publications Just received and for sale at the Argus Office & Book-Store, A Winter in London; or Sketches of Fashion; a novel, in 2 volumes, by T. S. Sur. Sketches of the History, Genius, Disposition, Accomplishments, Employments, Customs, Virtues, and Vices, of the Fair Sex, in all parts of the World; interspersed with many singular and entertaining Anecdotes. Time's a Tell Tale: a Comedy, in five acts, by Henry Siddons. Corinna, or Italy; by Mad. De Stael Holstein, in 2 vols. Rural Philosophy; or Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue and Happiness; chiefly in reference to a life of retirement in the country, by Ely Bates, Esq. Ira and Isabella; or the Natural Children; a novel, by the late W. H. Brown, of Boston. Historical Abridgement of Universal History, by C. Bingham, of Boston. Ballads and Lyrical Pieces, by Walter Scott, Esq. May 27, 1808. w4
A Few Copies of the following new and interesting work, are just received at the Argus Book-Store, price $250. A PICTURE OF THE EMPIRE OF BONAPARTE, AND HIS FEDERATE NATIONS; OR, THE BELGIAN TRAVELLER; BEING A TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND during the years 1804—5. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM A NOBLEMAN TO A MINISTER OF STATE. May 24, 1808. w8
New Pamphlets. Just Received from Boston, and for sale at this office, THE RIGHTS OF A GOVERNMENT, TO THE SERVICES OF ITS CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS, who have emigrated beyond its territorial jurisdiction; examined with particular respect to recent claims and usages of the British Government. Also just received and for sale as above, CONSIDERATIONS, On the causes, objects, and consequences on the present war, and on the expediency or the danger of Peace with France, by William Roscoe, late member of Parliament for Liverpool.
EMPIRE OF BONAPARTE, AND HIS FEDERATE NATIONS; OR, THE BELGIAN TRAVELLER; BEING A TOUR THROUGH HOLLAND, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND during the years 1804—5. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS FROM A NOBLEMAN TO A MINISTER OF STATE. May 24, 1808. w8
THE RIGHTS OF A GOVERNMENT, TO THE SERVICES OF ITS CITIZENS OR SUBJECTS, who have emigrated beyond its territorial jurisdiction; examined with particular respect to recent claims and usages of the British Government. Also just received and for sale as above, CONSIDERATIONS, On the causes, objects, and consequences on the present war, and on the expediency or the danger of Peace with France, by William Roscoe, late member of Parliament for Liverpool.
For sale at the Argus Book-Store, the MEMOIRS OF WILLIAM SAMPSON, Including particulars of his adventures in various parts of Europe; his confinement in the dungeon of the Inquisition in Lisbon, &c. &c. SEVERAL ORIGINAL LETTERS. Being his correspondence with the ministers of state in Great Britain and Portugal. A short sketch of the HISTORY OF IRELAND, Particularly as it respects the spirit of British Domination in that country; and a few observations on the state of manners, &c in America ALSO, Nos. 5, and 6, of THE American Military Library OR, Repository of Modern Tactics: May 20, 1808.
Wirt's Speeches. The Editor of the Argus has lately published the SPEECHES of WILLIAM WIRT, Esq. on the trial of AARON BURR, and others.
Land for Sale. LAND FOR SALE.—Pursuant to a deed of trust executed to the subscribers by John C. Miller, for the purpose of securing the payment of sundry debts therein mentioned, will be sold upon the first Monday in January 1808, for cash upon the premises, a tract of land, mentioned in said deed lying upon the waters of Lockett's and Harris' creek, in the county of Prince Edward, and supposed to contain between six and seven hundred acres. We shall make such title as is transferred to us by said Miller, saving all former incumbrances. The improvements upon this land are such as are usual upon snug plantations in this part of the country, but better fenced than usual. Prinne Edward, Oct. 16, 1807. CHARLES WOODSON, JAMES MADISON, Trustees. The above sale is postponed till Tuesday the 28th day of June next. April 20, 1808. 10w
Horses for sale. FOR SALE at the Stable of the Bell-Tavern, THREE ELEGANT SADDLE HORSES, each 4, 5 and 6 years old. Apply to ROBERT TURNER. Bell Tavern, 9th May, 1808. tf
10 Dollars Reward RUNAWAY from the subscriber on the 11th of December last, a negro woman named CHARLOTTE, the property of a Mrs. Timberlake of Hanover county. She is of a light complexion about five feet high, has a scar on her forehead, supposed to be 35 or 36 years old. It is supposed she is harbored in Richmond by her husband who is hired at the Armory, or in New Kent by some of his relations, or acquaintances. The above reward will be paid to any person who will deliver the said woman to the subscriber or secure her in any Jail. WILLIAM W. DICKINSON Richmond, April 27, 1808. [cf.]
Valuable Lands. THE subscriber will Sell, on a credit, or exchange for Property in Richmond or its neighborhood, the following LANE'S, to wit: 822 acres in the state of Kentucky, by survey bearing date the 10th day of October 1797, lying and being in the district set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, on Little Barren river. Also, 1000 acres, in Kentucky, by survey bearing date the 10th October 1797, likewise lying in the district set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, on the north side of Little river, a branch of Cumberland river, and about two and an half miles from the mouth of Little river. Also, 450 acres of Land in the county of Mason, state of Virginia, on Old Town creek, about 8 miles from Mason courthouse. Indisputable titles will be made to the above mentioned lands; and plots of each tract may be seen on application to the subscriber residing in Richmond. THOMAS BOHANNON. January 23d, 1808. tf
Two Elegant Rooms TO RENT. Enquire of the Printer. tf May 2, 1808.
Joseph Marx & Co. Have on hand an assortment of GERMAN OZNA BURGS, TICKLENBURGS, DOWLASS, and TOWELLING, by the bale, box or piece. COGNAC BRANDY and MOLASSES. SACK SALT, coarse and fine. Which they will sell for cash, tobacco, or approved paper. Richmond, April 28, 1808. tf
Penitentiary Store. SHOES at the Manufacture of the Penitentiary have been lately REDUCED, considerably below their former prices. D. J. BURR, Agent. 10th May, 1808. tf
I AM desirous to exchange the following property, or any part thereof, as may be agreed on, for a small tract of good Land, in a healthy situation, with a dwelling house and other improvements, a good spring of water, and an agreeable neighborhood, at a distance of 30 to 100 miles up the country.—To say for Houses in this city—Lands in Henrico county, joining the academy lands, and near this city—2,000 acres on Richland creek, in Lincoln county, Kentucky—1,000 acres on the waters of the Ohio, in Mason county—and two tracts of Military Lands on the river Tennessee, each 866 2/3 acres. Robert Mitchell. Richmond, Feb. 6, 1808. tf
The copartnership of Lownes and Hutchison is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to the Firm will make payment to W. Hutchison, who is only authorised to receive the same; and those to whom the firm stands indebted, will make application to him for payment. JOSEPH LOWNES. WM. HUTCHISON. May 23d 1808. (3t.)
Cut Herrings and Shad. THE Subscribers are receiving a few hundred barrels of Cut Herrings and one hundred barrels Shad, IN PRIME ORDER, which they will sell on moderate terms for cash or approved paper at 30 days. IN STORE, Salt in Sacks and a General Assortment of Groceries. RUSSELL & WALLACE. May 24, 1808. 1m
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Zachariah Hall, will be sold to the highest bidder for ready money at Hallsburg, Chesterfield county, on Friday the tenth of June next, two horses, one cow and calf, three feather beds and furniture, one book case, two tables, fourteen chairs, and two carts, or as much thereof as will raise the sum of three hundred and eighteen dollars and seventy seven cents, with interest from the thirtieth of October 1807, including expenses of sale &c. due from said Z. Hall to A. Foster. WM: DAVIDSON, Trustee. May 20, 1807. (tds.)
I WILL DISPOSE OF MY TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Powhatan county, containing 506 acres, of which there is 80 or more prime low grounds, which never is over-flowed by the river Appomattox. There is also a fine mill seat, the dam nearly completed, and timbers ready to go to complete the mill, upon a never failing stream. The terms will be one-half cash, the balance in 12 months. I will sell or treat with any one be tween this and the 1st July next, otherwise it will be sold upon the premises, to the highest bidder, together with other property. The terms of the personal property will be made known on the day of sale. John H. Saunders. tds January 5, 1808.
Absconded ON the morning of the 9th inst. from the Subscriber, an apprentice to the Taylor's business, named WILLIAM PARHAM FERNANDO, in the 20th year of his age; about 4 feet 8 or 9 inches high, very much freckled, his hair of a red color, and stout made—This boy was bound to me by the Orphan's Court of Prince George County; and all persons are cautioned from harboring or employing him, at their peril, as the utmost rigors of the law will be enforced against them. A reward of five dollars will be paid for the delivery of the said boy to me in this place. William Morris. Petersburg, May 10, 1808. 6 Mr. Diddey of Richmond, and Mr. Henry Sumpter of Manchester, will oblige me by giving any information in their power, concerning the said boy. W. M.
IN COUNCIL, May 6, 1808. Proposals will be received by the Executive until Friday the 17th day of June next, for making 300 Rifles, of the following description, viz: The barrel to be three feet nine inches long, and of a calibre suited to carry a ball of half an ounce weight, avoidupois, with four loops to confine it in the stock. The screw of the breech to contain four full threads to confine it in the barrel. The sight nearest the muzzle to be two and one fourth inches from the end of the barrel to the centre thereof, and the sight nearest the breech to be fourteen inches from the breech end of the barrel.
The stock to be made of curled maple or black walnut wood well seasoned (the maple will be preferred.) The breech of the stock to be fifteen inches and three fourths long from the end of the barrel to the heel, and the stock, if made of maple, to be colored with aqua fortis. A good double bridled lock, with a friction wheel in the end of the hammer spring. The lock plate to be five & an half inches long, one inch broad, and all the several parts thereof, to be made in due proportion thereto. The mounting to be made of brass well polished. The parts to consist of a heel plate, guard, three thimbles, a nose piece, patchbox, spring, &c. The guard to be formed with a curve rising from the stock, to support the hand when the finger is applied to the trigger. The forward end of the guard to be confined to the stock, with a stud and pin and the tale thereof with a wood screw. One screw in the breech for confining the barrel in the stock, the end of which screws into the trigger plate, and through which there is a female screw. Two screws to confine the lock to the stock and barrel, which screws are to be case hardened. Two wood screws in the heel plate, one wood screw in the tale of the guard and seven small wood screws in the patch box. The trigger to be case hardened. The Rifle to be furnished with bullet moulds and a wiper suited to its calibre; a ramrod of good hickory wood stained with aqua fortis, and a bayonet.
DANL. L. HYLTION, Clerk of the Ct.
Advertisement. THE public are hereby notified that I shall move the county court of Charlotte on the first day of July next, to discontinue the public road leading from Cadwallader Jones's Tavern by my house to Gales's Ferry road in the said county of Charlotte. EDMUND PATRICK. May 16. w1m
Pamphlets, CARDS, H. AND B. T. L. L. LAWYERS, CLERKS & SHERIFFS BLANKS, &c. ARE NEATLY AND EXPEDITIOUSLY PRINTED AT THE ARGUS OFFICE, ON MODERATE TERMS.

continues to advance in price, and fine old port cannot be purchased under the enormous price of 100 guineas per pipe, claret is plenty in market, and that of good quality sells from 15l. to 20l. per hogshead. Good old sherry is rather scarce, and that of fine coloured wine brings 90s. per butt. Old Madeira, from the East Indies, brings 125l. per pipe of 110 gallons.
Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND:
TUESDAY MAY 31, 1808.
The meeting of the inhabitants of this city, which was intended on Saturday last, was postponed to the Wednesday following, for the purpose of giving, through the medium of the newspapers, a notification of the hour appointed; it being desired that as many as possible should be present. It is therefore proposed by a number of citizens, who have the encouragement of domestic manufactures at heart, that the meeting take place tomorrow at four o'clock in the afternoon, at the Capitol, in the Hall of the House of Delegates; and it is hoped that every individual, who is able, will attend.
On this occasion no distinctions of party ought to appear, but a general co-operation, in concerting measures for raising the infant manufactures of Virginia to maturity, is expected. It is indeed believed that very few persons in the U. S. are enemies to the INDEPENDENCE and PROSPERITY of their native or adopted country, whatever diversity there may be in their opinions, relative to political systems, or to the expediency, or inexpediency, of the measure of government. It may therefore be reasonably anticipated that, since all are interested in the great end in view, all, whether federalists or republicans, approvers, or disapprovers of the present administration, will cordially unite in promoting it.
Every friend of American INDEPENDENCE must be sensible that that blessing can never be completely enjoyed, until we are enabled to obtain a supply of the necessary articles of consumption, among ourselves, without being obliged to resort to other nations for them. So long as we depend on foreign trade for our clothing, and almost, for every domestic utensil, so long shall we remain, to a certain extent, subject to the influence of those by whose permission it is carried on, and liable to be involved in wars or disagreeable controversies for the sake of its preservation. Let us then make one energetic effort to emancipate ourselves from commercial as we have already from political bondage. Let Virginia no longer be insultingly called "the land of debt," in consequence of the fondness of her citizens for merchandise of foreign manufacture; but let their personal and domestic comforts depend upon themselves. We may then be confident that the freedom and happiness of our beloved country will be perpetual. Far removed from the contentions of Europe, she will ever enjoy a calm repose, and flourish undisturbed by the convulsions of the world.
The President's circular letter to the governors of New Hampshire, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Georgia & Orleans, which lately appeared in the Argus, is the subject of much abuse in the Federal prints. They accuse him of transcending his powers, of stigmatizing all the merchants as "the most worthless part of society," and of making the Embargo more oppressive and ruinous than necessity requires.
As to the accusation of usurping illegal authority, certainly every power at present exercised by the President is authorized by the last Act of Congress on the subject of the Embargo, passed the 23rd of April 1808, in which there is the following important clause; "and be it further enacted that no ship or vessel having any cargo whatever on board, shall, during the continuance of the act laying an Embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, be allowed to depart from any port of the U. States, for any other port or district of the United States adjacent to the territories, colonies, or province of a foreign nation; nor shall any clearance be furnished to any ship or vessel bound as aforesaid, without special permission of the President of the United States." We presume that, after reading this, no rational person will contend that the President has not the power of preventing any shipments to the ports of those States and Territories of the United States which are adjoining to the Territories of foreign nations. The only question therefore is whether he has exercised this power discreetly, or not; and we believe it will be admitted by any candid and unprejudiced reader of this terrible circular letter, that he has adopted perhaps, as wise regulations as any of those who vilify and denounce him could have devised. The Embargo is admitted on all hands to be oppressive and ruinous to many; but still it is better than War, and ought to be rigidly enforced to make it effectual for one, at least of the valuable purposes for which it was imposed; viz, to compel the governments both of Great Britain and France to acknowledge and respect our rights. If this rigid enforcement of the Embargo cannot be accomplished without preventing "unusual shipments" of flour and other provisions, of lumber, and naval stores, pot and pearl ashes and flax-seed, from the ports of the Union generally, to certain other particular ports, it is a disagreeable necessity occasioned by the "unprincipled" conduct of many traitorous "adventurers" who, disregarding the public interests, and considering nothing but the gratification of their own desire of illicit gain, have persisted in evading and infringing the Embargo. A fair construction of the President's letter we assert, would apply the appellation of "the most worthless part of society," to those characters only, & not to the honest and conscientious merchants who cheerfully submit to the laws of their country. If some of the latter class are subjected to inconvenience by the measures adopted for the restraint of the former, it is a misfortune much to be deplored, but unfortunately, not altogether to be avoided.
BOUNDTICATION.
On Monday the 16th of the present instant, a duel was fought near the town of Christiansburg in Montgomery county, with rifles at the distance of fifteen yards, between Thomas Lewis, esq. attorney at law in said town and John McHenry, esq. delegate to the general assembly from said county. Upon the rifles being put into their hands, Mr. Lewis required permission of the friend of McHenry before the word was given to fire. His trigger, which was accordingly granted; while he was trying and looking at the trigger with the gun lying upon his thigh, the muzzle within twelve inches of the ground, it went off half cocked; the friends of the parties then stepped aside and again charged the rifle; when they resumed their stand and both fired with firm deliberation for the word, and fired at the same instant; Mr. Lewis received the ball about midway between his left breast and the lower end of the breast bone, and expired in a few minutes; McHenry received his agonizing ball about the cartilages of the short ribs on the left side, and passed out at nearly the same place on the right, of which he expired about ten of the o'clock on Tuesday night. May 24, 1808.
At a meeting of the citizens of the town of Christiansburg in the county of Montgomery on the 21st of May, 1808, to take into consideration the untimely death of their beloved fellow citizen Thomas Lewis, esq. who fell in a duel on the 16th of the same month, and to express their feelings and attachment for him whose cultivation of mind and amiable accomplishments had made him equally the object of love and admiration. Captain James Bratten in the chair, Mr. Peter Straw Secretary. A committee consisting of the following gentlemen was appointed to draft resolutions for that purpose: Messrs. Thomas Jones, Samuel Shields, William Drape and Nathaniel Lawrence. After a short absence, they returned with the following resolution, which were apparently submitted and unanimously agreed to. Resolved, that the members of this meeting wear crape upon the left arm in memory of their deceased friend for three months. Resolved, that the chairman be requested to appoint a committee of condolence to wait upon his father for the purpose of administering consolation for the loss of so promising a son. Resolved further, that the ground on which the duel was fought, be purchased, and a monument of our mountain stone be built on the spot where our deceased friend fell, and that his name, and age, the day and year, be engraved upon it, and that stones be placed at the stand of each with the initials of their names cut upon them. Resolved, that these proceedings be published for three weeks successively in the Argus and Staunton Eagle newspapers in this State. Resolved, that the chairman sign these proceedings, together with the Secretary, and that a copy remain with him. J. BRATTEN, Chairman. PETER STRAW, Secretary.
Massachusetts Election. —Elections for Governor, Senators and Representatives in this State, have just taken place. The Governor elects a republican; in the senate, the fed'l party, it is understood, has a majority of one or two members. How the house of representatives will be as to parties, is uncertain, all the returns not having been made. Both parties claim a majority; but it is feared that the federalists have succeeded. Loss and gain in the election, are set down in the Boston papers, but the editors speak an election language that can't be readily understood out of Massachusetts. If the federalists have succeeded, it has been in some sort by surprise.
The constitution sets no very definite limits to the number of members of which the House of Representatives may consist. "The Representatives are chosen by the several towns, according to their number of rateable polls. For one hundred and fifty polls, one is elected; and for every addition of 225, an additional one. Their travelling expenses to and from the General Court, are defrayed by the public, but their wages for attendance are paid by their own towns." Sometimes the towns, to avoid expense, have deliberately resolved to send no members to the "General Court." This year, the federalists by system, have elected all the members to which by their rateable polls, they were entitled. Pursuing this course, in which it is presumed they have not been met by their opponents, it is probable that the two branches of the legislature have become federal. It is said that the lower house will this year consist of about seven hundred members. [Citizen.]
Captain Chase of the ship Eliza , (says the Mercantile Advertiser) informs that an order of the British Government, for stopping and detaining all American vessels going to or coming from enemy's ports, was published in the Court of the Cape of Good Hope on the 6th of March; previous to which time cruisers had sent in the ship Belisarius , Wildes, from Batavia for Boston; ship Telemachus , Gallup, from Isle of France for Salem; and brig Resolution , Craycroft, from Manila for Philadelphia.
FROM THE MONITOR.
FIFTEEN REASONS
Why James Madison should be our next President.
1. Because he is capable of dis-
charging the duties of the office in person.
2. He is mild, temperate, and firm and will neither be led by the fools of one party, nor driven by the knaves of another.
3. He is neither too young nor too old.
4. He has thirty years experience in all great national concerns.
5. His morals are pure, and his private life unimpeachable.
6. His own fortune and that of all the branches of his family, are ample; which is a security against his degrading the presidency by any act of meanness for the sake of gain.
7. He is pledged to Mr. Jefferson's policy, and will pursue it.
8. He has in a most able manner maintained the great rights of his country.
9. He does not interfere to produce little factious associations to further his elevation.
10. Because he is opposed by John Randolph, the evil genius of the republic.
11. To abandon him would be to abandon the principles upon which the administration has proceeded for seven years!!!
12. Not to elect him would be to favor the pretensions of Britain, whose outrages he has opposed.
13. He is equally the friend of agriculture and of commerce, and intimately conversant with the interest of each.
14. He has been uniformly reviled by the Essex Junto.
15. He will effectually crush little, mischievous parties, organized for sinister purposes.
Extract of a letter from our correspondent at Baltimore.
"The East India Company established at Baltimore will, it is confidentially expected, declare a dividend of at least 25 per cent. A cargo worth about 400,000 dollars belonging to this company, just arrived from China, has been sold in parcels at auction, and the sale was completed in less than two hours, and at prices exceeding the limits."
"The stock of the Water Company, which cost originally 40 dollars per share, now commands 115 dollars per share."
"The stock of the Manufacturing Company will unquestionably yield an ample dividend."
"The Maryland Insurance Company have just declared a dividend of 200 dollars per share, and it is worthy of remark that this stock originally in cash but 100 dollars per share. So that under this dividend each stockholder has received twice the amount of the sum paid in cash for his stock."
"The banks are full of specie, and never were the merchants in more easy circumstances. In short, were it not for the murmurs of a few, I should be almost tempted to consider this the blessed Millennium."
BOSTON, May 23.
Latest from England.—By ship Newgaten , Captain Hinckley, in 31 days from London, we have received our regular files of papers to the 19th of April.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer laid before Parliament on the 11th ult. the annual budget of taxes. The total of the sums required to meet the expenses of the year is the small sum of Forty-Eight Millions, Six hundred and fifty-three thousand, one hundred and seventy pounds sterling!
The destination of the Rochfort squadron was still a matter of uncertainty in England.
A terrible conflict took place about the middle of Nov. last between some European regiments and the forces of a Native Chief in India, in which the British acknowledge the loss of five hundred men, and state that of the enemy at one thousand.
Extract of a Letter from a respectable Merchant in London to his friend in this town, dated 15th April.
"I perfectly agree with you respecting Mr. Jefferson; and I may say ALL here, who know America, agree that the Embargo was a wise measure to save her from hostility with either party—if it was not adopted from foreign influence. I fear it is likely to continue till the commercial embarrassment it creates is no longer durable, but which may be for a considerable time yet. I do not see that it is likely to terminate from any concessions from this quarter; as in our present situation every thing is to be sacrificed to our security and existence as a nation. Notwithstanding some clamor for PEACE among the manufacturers, and the violent debates in parliament against the Orders in Council, the ministry seem firmly supported in the measure by the country at large. They can only be justifiable on the score of necessity, and of the dangers we are exposed to, of being overwhelmed by the mighty conqueror, who it may be expected ere long will be the sole monarch of the Continent of Europe."
"Notwithstanding the decrees, which it would seem must put a total stop to commerce, business one way or another continues to go on; and the distress has not proved any thing like what might have been expected. We have few failures of any consequence. The lower class of manufacturers are most to be pitied; but most of those who are capable, have entered in the army and navy; and time, which makes all things find their level, we hope will improve the situation of those left behind."
"We are anxiously waiting the arrival of the American dispatches; till when no opinion can be formed as to the ultimate issue of affairs with your country. God send they may not terminate in war—and then I think we shall be able to prove to the enemy the inutility of continuing his schemes to annihilate us."
NEWBURYPORT, May 17.
Latest From Europe.
Capt. Kennard, of ship Liverpool packet, has arrived at Portsmouth, in 30 days from Newry, (Ireland) with passengers; she brought away English Newspapers, but Capt. K. gave them all away to an English vessel of war he spoke on the passage. The passengers report that at the time of the Packet's sailing, the termination of Mr. Rose's mission was not known in Newry—that it was confidently expected there, and in G. Britain generally, that Mr. R. would be able to adjust all differences between that country and America, and that the voice of the people was almost unanimous for peace with the United States.
TRENTON, May 23.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
We have hitherto refrained from any discussion of this subject, from a belief that it was on our part wholly unnecessary. In that belief we yet continue.
The fact is, the Republicans of this state, so far as we are informed, have long looked to Mr. Madison as the successor of Mr. Jefferson—they had united in him before the Republican Members of Congress, after a conference on the question, recommended him to their suffrages—this recommendation confirmed their previous opinion of his fitness and desert, and there was not less unanimity amongst them in his support than there was in the support of Mr. Jefferson as successor of Mr. Adams. Mr. Madison's late conduct, particularly the noble stand he has made in defence of our national rights, interests and honor, has still more endeared him to Republicans generally—and we consider their affections so firmly rivetted to him, that, as on the one hand nothing that we could offer against him would loosen their attachment, so, on the other, nothing that we could advance in his favor would strengthen it.
In truth, after a diligent enquiry of the numerous Republicans from various parts of the state which our situation has enabled us to see and converse with in the course of the last four or five months, we have found but one individual (Mr. Sloan) unfriendly to Mr. Madison's election—and have heard of no other.
Thus much we have thought it our duty at this time to say—for the information of our Republican brethren of other states, and to put at rest all anxiety as to the part which New-Jersey may be expected to take in the Presidential Election. True American.
The accounts respecting the disturbance on Lake Champlain, are very contradictory. Some represent it as a serious combination to oppose the laws, and others as a mere association of a few turbulent and unprincipled individuals, to evade them, and run goods into the British territories. The truth seems hardly to be attainable from all that we have seen.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 25.
We have received the proceedings of the Court Martial in the case of Capt. Charles Gordon, which shall appear in our next. They conclude with the sentence that Capt. Gordon be privately reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy.—Nat. Int.
Ranaway
IN the Spring of 1806, a negro wench named LUCY, who was born in Petersburg, her father belonged to captain Stratton, near City Point, her mother to Mr. John Bolan, near Pocahomas Bridge, her father's name was Abram, who used to drive a carriage, she lived some time in Richmond, and was brought to South Carolina by Mr. Thomas Moore, from whom the Subscriber purchased her in 1804; she went off with a negro man named Edward, and they were both taken up and confined in jail at the Bowling Green, from whence they made their escape in the Summer of 1806, and are now supposed to be in Richmond or Petersburg. Lucy is of a light complexion, 5 feet 1 or 2 inches high, of an artful look. Fifty dollars will be paid for lodging her in any jail in Virginia, and one hundred dollars for delivering her to the subscriber.
Andrew Kerr.
Charleston, S. Carolina, May 10, 1808 31
FOR SALE, 20 PUNCHEONS Choice Antigua Rum, Russell & Wallace.
May 31 1808
MATTRESSES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond.
May 31, 1808
J. S. Pleasants.
Notice.
THE co-partnership of Baugh and Winston, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All those who have claims against the said firm, or Isaac Winston, & Co are therefore requested to bring them forward for settlement. All those indebted to either of the aforesaid concerns are earnestly requested to make payment to John Baugh, who alone is authorised to settle the business.
John Baugh, Isaac Winston,
Jefferson, Powhatan, May 26, 1808 w3 Mr William Warren, administrator of Joseph Pugh, deceased.
AS you are not an inhabitant of the State of Virginia, and have no known agent therein, I take this method of giving you notice that, on the first Monday in August next, between the hours of nine in the morning and of sunset of that day I shall, at the Court house, in the city of Virginia, proceed to take the affidavits of William Morton, Francis Scott, and others, witnesses in my favor, in support of an injunction on which I have obtained from the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District, to stay proceedings on a judgment of Prince Edward District Court entered in your favor against me as executor of William Price, dec'd.
I am, Sir, your's, &c.
William Price.
Amelia county, Virginia, May 26, 1808. 4w
To be Sold
FOR ready money at Buckingham June court, which will be on the 13th day of the month, to the highest bidder.
A few Likely Negroes,
belonging to the estate of Thos. E. Pheasant, a bankrupt.
Lightfoot Janney,
assignee for the creditors of said estate. May 28, 1808 wids
THE Elements of Chess; A TREATISE COMBINING THEORY with PRACTICE.
And Comprising the whole of Philidor's Games, and EXPLANATORY NOTES, new modelled; and arranged upon an original plan.
A few copies of the above work for sale at the Argus Book-Store. May 31, 1808.
A Caution to the Public.
I HEREBY forewarn all persons from taking an assignment of five bonds executed by me to Moses White as agent for Hugh White of Hanover county and now in possession of said Hugh White, as I am entitled to considerable discount against said bonds, and am determined not to pay the balance until I obtain a fair settlement with said Hugh White.
Adam Baird.
Richmond, May 28, 1808 1
Notice.
THAT in virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by John Williamson, Jr. and duly recorded in the Richmond district court, I shall on Thursday the 16th day of June next, upon the premises, proceed to expose to sale by public auction for ready money,
100 Acres of Land,
(or so much thereof as shall or may be necessary to satisfy the objects of the said trust,) lying in the county of Henrico and being part of the tract of land whereon the said Williamson now resides, and which part adjoins the lands of Nathaniel Wilkinson, Charles Sneed and Thomas Taylor, and is eolio to be laid off.
Watson Patman, trustee.
Henrico, 28th May, 1808 tds
In King William County Court,
May 25, 1808 Mary King, admx. with the will annexed of Miles King, dec'd. Complainants,
AGAINST Robert Brooke, admx. of John Fox and Eliza Fox and Thomas Pemberton, guardian of Mary Fox, orphan. &c. of the said John Fox, deceased, Defendants. IN CHANCERY.
THIS day came the complainant by her counsel, and the defendant Robert Brooke not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state, on the motion of the complainant, it is ordered that the said deft. Brooke do appear here on the 4th Monday in August next and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for three months successively and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste,
Robert Pollard, C. C.
10 Dollars Reward.
RANAWAY from the Subscriber in the latter part of the year 1807, a negro boy by the name of ISHAK, he is of a thin visage, and a pleasing countenance when spoken to, about 16 or 17 years old. The last information that I had of him he was crossing Mayo's bridge on his way to Manchester. I do suppose that he is at this time in Petersburg where his father lives, a free man by the name of Jesse Logan; or at his grand father's Jacob Logan, of about twelve miles below the city Richmond. I will give a reward of ten dollars if delivered to me in Powhatan county near the courthouse, or eight if confined in jail and I am apprised of it; he is of a dark complexion.
Joseph Howard.
May 23, 1808
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