Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-03-22 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVTH YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1443.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1803.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
 (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)  Tobacco, $ 3 50 CASH.  WHEAT, new, 0 67 do.  FLOUR, superfine, new, 4 50 do.  FLOUR, fine, 4 00 do.  CORN, 2 do.  Hemp, clean, (per ton) 160 00 do.  Iron, 110 00 do.  Bacon, 10 do.  Whiskey, 33 do. 
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Having been my misfortune to connect myself in London, with a certain Macall Medford, in the year 1800, by whose conduct I was deprived of a large sum of money, and having exposed his baseness, in order to bring him to justice: I have been ever since honored with his most implacable hate. He has circulated a pamphlet, filled with the vilest calumnies, and has industriously employed himself since his return to America, in attempting to destroy the reputation of the man whose property he had previously wasted.
In Baltimore, he has published a notification to the debtors of the late firm of John Lisle, junr. & Co. advising them not to pay to me any monies due that firm, altho' the partnership having been dissolved five years ago: he well knew no debts remained in that quarter uncollected: he likewise states in his Baltimore publication, that he has come over from England for the purpose of bringing me to a settlement of the partnership account, altho' in 1803 he was declared a bankrupt at my instance, in order that I might wrest from him the small remains of a large property entrusted to his care, and I have since had to meet the heavy debts he had burthened me with, by appropriating my remittances to England to his own purposes.
But mark the conduct of this man: he professes that he has come across the Atlantic to bring me to account, and has been dodging about the country ever since his arrival, without daring to meet me in Philadelphia, where I can be found any day; well knowing that his only hope of injuring my reputation, is by attacking me in places where I am scarcely known, and at such a distance, that he expects thereby to escape with impunity.
But in this expectation he will be disappointed. I am determined he shall either come forward and establish his charges against me, (in which case I will agree to his Baltimore proposal, of leaving our accounts to a reference of respectable merchants, mutually chosen,) or I will (after allowing him a reasonable time,) offer a reward to any person, who will inform me where he can be apprehended and brought to justice.
JOHN LISLE.
Philadelphia, March 11, 1803.
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.  3d 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.  8d 10 cents. 11 cents per lb.  10 9 1-2 10 1-2  12 Do. Do.  20 Do. Do. 
 SPRIGS.  3d 29 cts. per lb. 50 per m.  4 22 1-2 67  6 17 84 
 WROUGHT NAILS and BRADS.  6d 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 3d nails. Broad and narrow Axes. Hatches, 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, 12 1/2 a 13 6  Do. second & third qualities, 7 6 a 10 6  Negro shoes (strong) 7 6 a 9 6  Girls do. 4 6 a 6 6  Boys do. 3 6 a 6 6  Children's shoes, 3 6 a 4 6  Fire Buckets $ 4 a $ 5 per pair.  Bridles, Harsingles, Whip thongs, Spur-leathers, Flame strings, Back Bands, &c.   Any of the above articles made to orders left at the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern.
D. J. BURR.
March 11, 1803. (2awtm lawtf)
NOTICE.
ALL persons to whom the estate of the late Judith Robinson, dec. of Cumberland county, is indebted, are desired on or before the first day of October next, to bring forward their claims properly authenticated, that provision may be made for payment, and to all claims exhibited after that period, this advertisement will be plead in bar. A division of said estate among the legatees will be made on the above day.
JOHN HATCHER, Exr. March 17, 1803. oam 1 Oct.
THE noted and much admired ENGLISH HORSE KNOWSLEY,
THE handsomest and one of the best sons of Sir Peter Teazle, now unquestionably the best stallion in England, imported in 1801, by William Lightfoot, Esq. and now the property of Messrs. Woods, of Albemarle, will stand the ensuing season at our stable, in Charlotte county, four miles above the courthouse, the same distance below Rough Creek Church, and ten miles from Coles ferry; & will be let to mares at Six Guineas the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Guineas, if paid by the first day of January next, or Twenty Dollars will be received as full compensation if sent with the mare or paid before taken away, and Forty Dollars to ensure a mare to be in foal; one dollar to the groom paid in hand, will be required with each mare; notes of hand payable as above, will be expected in every instance where the money is not sent with the mare. The season will commence the first day of March and expire the first of August. We shall be enabled to furnish five hundred acres of excellent pasture (gratis) well enclosed in three separate fields, affording a variety of high and low grounds, well set with clover and green sward. Servants will be boarded at nine shillings per week, and grain furnished mares, as directed at the lowest market price. We assure gentlemen who entrust their mares to our care, that the most pointed attention and strictest justice shall be rendered to every one, and all possible precaution taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but cannot be liable for any that may happen.
Knowsley is a fine bay, 15 hands three inches high, full of bone and muscle, with elegant points, remarkable for uniting great strength with an uncommon share of beauty; 12 years old last spring, and now in great perfection. It is deemed unnecessary to publish at full length, either the performance of Knowsley himself or his colts, as every gentleman conversant with the turf must be fully satisfied of his superior worth; let it suffice to say, that no horse ever imported into the state has produced more winning colts from the number tried than Knowsley. In 1806, nine of his colts started, seven proved successful in winning eleven prizes. In 1807 we have only heard from five, two of which were winners. The other three ran with great credit, and were always second best, beating several fine horses.
WILLIAM GAINES. MARTIN HANCOCK.
P. S. Any mares which were put to Knowsley last season, and did not prove with foal, shall be ensured the present year for the season money.
PRIDEGEE.
Given by Lord Derby in the following words, viz. "I do hereby certify, that the bay horse called Knowsley, late the property of the Prince of Wales, was bred by me. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, out of Capelia, and was six years old last May, and no more."
Signed DERBY, (Seal)
Knowsley, June 15, 1801. Capelia was bred by General Parker, foaled in 1773, and got by Herod, out of Miss Cape by Regulus. Black Eyes by Crab, Warlock, Galloway. Sir Peter Teazle was got by High-Flyer; High-Flyer was got by Herod, and so on he may be traced through a noble line of ancestors. For ages past, without a single flaw in his pedigree, either in the male or female side. lawtm
A YOUNG MAN
WHO is single, that understands the management of Negroes, and can read and write with a very little knowledge of figures, if well recommended for honesty, industry and sobriety, may hear of employment by application to the printer.
Richmond, March 18, 1803. tf
CAUTION.
ALL persons are forewarned taking a note given by me to Prosser & Moncure, the 13th of April 1807, for 430 dollars, as I am determined not to pay the same, having never received the value of it.
MOSES DAVIS. Richmond, March 18, 1803. 2p
THE Executive will receive on the 25th of March next proposals for constructing sufficient and proper carriages for mounting all the pieces of artillery belonging to this commonwealth, at which time drafts of the most approved models in conformity to which the said carriages are to be constructed, will be submitted to the inspection of all persons disposed to contract for the same. The Executive will probably furnish all the necessary timber, and will have the iron work done at the penitentiary.—Subjoined is a list of the pieces intended to be mounted.
 DANIEL L. HYLTON, C. C.  6 Brass Cannon 32 pounders.  9 Iron do. 24 do.  1 do. do. 18 do.  1 do. do. 12 do.  1 do. do. 6 do.  4 do. do. 4 do.  2 do. do. 3 do.  10 or 15 others of different sizes. 
FROM SAMPSON'S MEMOIRS.
BRITISH ARMY IN IRELAND, 1798.
"At length, to pass over a world of odious details, came the marquis Cornwallis, bringing words of peace. Civil and military licentiousness were now at their height. You must have heard, that when the gallant and respected Abercrombie, since dead in the field of honor, was sent to command the army in Ireland, he found it impossible to make head against so much crime and anarchy. The combined efforts of Clare and Carhampton, and the weakness of what they called a strong government, had driven the whole people to rebellion, and made enemies of almost every honest man. The old and respectable magistrates, men of property and reputation in the country, were struck out of the commission of the peace, and foreign mercenaries put into it. The population of whole districts were swept without remorse on board tenders and prison ships; and fathers of families torn from their poor and peaceful cottages, to be sent on board the British fleet, where the tale of their bitter and just complaint was necessarily to form the leaven of that fearful event so aptly called Carhampton's mutiny; and which was like to have cost the king of England more than the violence of a million of such men, with their strong governments, could ever do him good. Weak men, they had not minds to conceive that the only strong government, is that which is strong in the confidence of the people governed. They called these crimes, dictated by their own petty passions, by the name of "vigor beyond the law."—So Robespierre called his. In short, he and his associates, seemed in every thing, except his sincerity, to be their model. The difference was, that his cruelties fell chiefly on the rich and great—theirs afflicted the humble and the poor. The eloquence of Europe has been exhausted in reprobating his crime. The mention of theirs, is still treason and death. Alas! the advocates of the poor, are few, and their reward is ruin. To celebrate successful villainy, is the sure road to gain and to preferment."
"Lord Cornwallis, something wiser than his predecessors, or at least unactuated by party spite, saw how nearly all was lost, and formed a better plan. He shut up the houses of torture. He forbade pitched caps to be burned on mens heads. He put an end, in a great measure, to the ravishing of women, and the killing or whipping of Irishmen for sport. He interdicted half hanging to extort confessions. He put a stop to much of the petty-fogging and chicanning part of the administration; and he offered pardon and protection to such as would lay down their arms and return to their homes. But unhappily, whether it was that the faction were too strong for him, and wished to blacken him as faithless and disloyal, and to gratify their jealousy by thwarting his measures, certain it is that many had no sooner laid down their arms, than they were murdered defenceless, and in one instance particularly, the massacre of Glencoe was acted over on the Curragh of Kildare."
"It is but justice, however, to this nobleman, to relate one instance in which he asserted his dignity with true energy. Two yeomen, so they called themselves, had gone to the house of a poor widow; whilst one guarded the door, the other went in, dragged a young boy from his sick bed, and in contempt of every protection which he had received from the government, shot the son in the arms of his mother. The culprit, on his trial, avowed the fact; and audaciously called several officers to justify him under military orders, and to depose upon their oaths that what he did was his duty. And in their sense it certainly was, and he was readily acquitted. But Lord Cornwallis saw it differently, and ordered his disapprobation of the sentence to be read in open court, to Lord Enniskillen the president and the other officers composing the court martial; disqualified them forever from sitting on any court martial, and the yeomen from ever serving the king. And this, as it was strongly stated, in his order published officially in the newspapers, "for having acquitted, without any pretext, a man guilty upon the clearest and uncontradicted evidence of a wilful and deliberate murder."
Perhaps you will wonder that I should state this fact as any thing extraordinary: you will be surprised, possibly, to hear, that any country, where the British constitution was professed, should be in such a state of wretchedness, that an act of justice no stronger than the punishment of murder and misprision by a reprimand, should excite furious animosity on one side, and transports of admiration on the other. But so long had the reign of terror lasted, that the very mention of bringing any of this faction to justice, was looked upon by the rest, as an insolent encroachment upon their murderous prerogatives. Nor would this story ever been known either to Lord Cornwallis or to the public, more than thousands of others buried with the victims in the grave, had it not been for the accidental protection afforded to this poor widow, by a lady of fortune and fashion—Mrs. Latouche."
NEW YORK, March 14.
The Intendant of Havana has issued an order, demanding that the merchants who hold American produce, shall furnish for the use of government, 6744 bbls flour; 1027 do. pork; 1251 do. beef; 63,562 wt. of good beans, and 95,813 wt. of ordinary; 2295 jars of oil; and 81 bbls. of vinegar; which if not delivered in ten days, he will take measures for obtaining by force, for the use of his Catholic Majesty's troops.
From the Fredericksburg Herald.
MR. GREEN.
The following letter received from the principal agent of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings, in answer to some enquiries I made of him for a friend, contains so clear and satisfactory an account of the state and prospects of that society, that I must request you to give it a place in your paper, for the information of the members of the society.
One of your Subscribers.
DEAR SIR, I have considered the subject of Mr. —'s letter to you which you read to me in the office this morning, and after having examined the books, for his satisfaction, I annex a state of his buildings insured, with value, premiums paid, and such quota and premium as remain unpaid.
 Is 1796, —declared for insurance— value. sum insured. premiums.  A Dwelling house, A. $ dol. 4000 3200 93 16  A Kitchen B, 700 560 20 16  A Dairy C, 225 180 6 10  A Meat-house D, 175 140 5 20  A Laundry, E. 200 160 6 33 
Total sum insured, dol. 4240 tot. pre. 130 95
In July 1799 he paid a full quota, 130 95
This sum has been paid & no more. D. 261 90
There is now due for 2 3 quota 82 61
And for additional premium under the law, 14 25 96 86
Dols. 358 76 So that when Mr. — has paid the 96 dollars 86 cents, he will have paid in all 358 dollars 75 cents for 12 years insurance of property worth 4,240 dollars. With respect to his withdrawing, there are three things requisite on his part before he can do so: First, that he pay the 96 dollars 86 cents with interest, &c.—Next, that he give a written notice of his intention to withdraw: And third, that such notice remain in this office for six weeks, after which he will be entitled to a regular discharge, if no losses happen previously, which will subject him to a quota; or if the late losses should not render a call of quota necessary, which I do not apprehend—I wish to be explicit. Friends gained to the society by a want of candor will never heartily espouse its cause. The institution has merit in itself to attach any man to its interests, when he comes to reflect on its object and its rules.
But, why should Mr. — wish to withdraw. When he has paid up his arrears, (which he must pay and cannot avoid paying) he is then fully insured—There is no probability of a call for a quota again on the country insurers, in any short time—He will have completed an insurance of property to the amount of 4,240 dollars, and just when he has completed it, he speaks of withdrawing—Is this prudent? It certainly does not appear to me to be so; it looks very much like throwing away his money.
Let him consider that property to the value of 4,240 dollars has been insured twelve years for 358 dollars 76 cents, which is about two thirds per centum per annum. I will say nothing of the prospect of this insurance being continued for many years without a new call, because I would not wish to excite expectations which an accident may wholly disappoint. But I beg leave to contrast the rate of premium paid to the M. A. Society, with that in the same time would have been paid to the Phoenix Society, where the rate of premium would have been 1 1-2 per cent per annum on buildings entirely of wood, as I imagine; 4,240 dollars insured at 1 1-2 per cent would have been 63 dollars 60 cents per annum, which in 12 years would come to 763 dollars 20 cents, which sum exceeds the premium paid to this society by the sum of 404 dollars 44 cents.
I request the favour of you to suggest to Mr. — these circumstances. If he will examine his papers relative to the insurance, he will find that the claim of the society is correct. Nothing will intentionally be demanded of him or any one else that is wrong.
Yours, respectfully, SAMUEL GREENHOW. Richmond, 22d Feb. 1803.
From the Petersburg Intelligencer.
MR. DICKSON.
About 5 o'clock on the morning of the 10th February, the sky remarkably serene, and the Moon (wanting but 44 hours of its full) shone with clear and brilliant light—a man who lives with Mr. Puck, at Pocahontas, standing on the high bank, within 30 yards of the fatal spot, saw a person, clad in a light colored surtout or frock coat, jump from off the north end of the Bridge into the deep water below—to whose neck he distinctly discerned a rope—at the end of which a considerable weight was plainly seen suspended.
He immediately ran as fast as the steep declivity of the ground would admit to the water's edge, to see if the body rose again—but no—it found its grave in death—the informant who was the only Spectator of the tragic scene, is a young Frenchman, in whose every lineament and expression of countenance truth and candor are depicted in strong and glowing colors, and who has repeatedly told the story with such earnest sincerity that (as no other person has done it) I am induced to send it you for publication. INQUISITOR.
P. S. Is it not possible that the above unhappy man, who sought and found his own death, might have been entrusted with the collection of money, and meeting with some of those harpies with which every street and avenue of the Metropolis abounds,
known by the name of FARD BANK keepers, and by them inveigled, till he lost all his money & perhaps his horse—then took the stage, and on the way from Richmond formed the horrid resolution of self murder—which the above relation proves he too fatally exemplified?
At this season of the year, the body might be found, if proper means were used. I.
WARRENTON, (N. C.) March 14. The Presidential Election, which now approaches, is becoming interesting to the People. The selection of a Successor to that Great Statesman who presides over our country, is a concern of the highest moment. The man that deserves our choice should be one whose principles and services have alike appeared conspicuous. Without admitting any additional weight to attach to the character of Mr. Madison on account of his nomination at Washington, we think that nomination a judicious one. Madison, of all others, is that man, whose opinions of constitutional right, & of true American policy, have been most clearly defined and most uniformly enforced in practice. His services; are not determined by the length of time, he has enjoyed the public favor, or the years he has spent in view of the corruption of foreign courts; but by the luminous exhibitions he had made of Republican principle and the true policy of a free and independent nation. He has directed all his energies to maintain the free exercise of our sovereign rights, & to withdraw the nation from foreign entanglements. His works have made an indelible impression upon the American mind. His principles are founded in nature and the moral obligations of man: his political theories are traced upon the scale of eternal justice, and the plain practice of them is self evident on their first display. He has spoken and written his opinions: his practice in public life has accorded with them; and next to the present Chief Magistrate, they give him a pre-eminence.
SAG-HARBOR, N. Y.) Feb. 29.
The collector of this port on Saturday afternoon, the 21st inst. received by express from Easthampton, information that the Swedish ship Adolphus, of which we made mention last week, said to be from Gottengburgh, was undoubtedly a ship from N. York, bound to the West Indies; and in Gardiner's bay, for the purpose of contracting the laws of the present embargo. The suspicions of those who gave the information, were confirmed on Saturday the 20th, when a periagua came alongside, and to appearance was discharging her cargo on board the ship. On Sunday morning the periagua appeared nearly unloaded. On receipt of this information a vessel was authorized as a revenue boat, and immediately dispatched, with two officers of the customs, in pursuit of the suspicious vessels, but before they could reach them they were both under way. As soon as the revenue boat came within hail of the ship she was ordered to heave too, which was complied with; but when the officers of the customs made an attempt to board her, she demanded what they wanted? They answered that an officer of the customs wished to come on board.—They replied from the ship with many threats that "no man should come on board their ship—that she was a British regular trader" and immediately squared away. The ship was armed and carried from 40 to 50 men.
The revenue boat immediately gave chase to the periagua, which from the detention of the ship had got about three miles distant. The revenue boat however came up with her fast, and when within cannon shot fired two guns at her; but the wind blowing fresh and the boat light, the periagua held a better wind and worked in shore of the tide's way and evaded every endeavor on the part of the revenue boat to bring her too.

We are happy to state, that upon the request of a large number of the freeholders of the City of Richmond, WILLIAM WIRT, Esq. has consented to become a candidate at the ensuing election, to represent the city in the state legislature: a poll will therefore be held for him on that occasion.
In the last Enquirer, two pieces addressed to JAMES MADISON appeared, one of which is signed "Falkland," and the other "Conon." They breathe the same spirit, and display such a rancorous hostility to that gentleman and so total a disregard of candour, as completely to disgrace the cause they espouse. We will not pretend to say who are their authors, nor even to suggest our opinion concerning that point; but we will take the liberty of assuring them that the cause of republicanism to which they both profess so zealous an attachment, is not to be supported by such means. It was by illiberal and cruel denunciations on the part of brethren of the same principles against each other; by viewing with horrible suspicions and hatred, the conduct and characters of all those who stood in the way of their promotion, or differed with them in opinion; that the French revolutionists murdered liberty, and disappointed the fair hopes of the human race. With extreme sorrow indeed do we perceive, that, in our own country, in the happy land of America, not less renowned for its freedom than for the temperate, wise, and judicious means, by which that freedom has hitherto been secured, a violent spirit of party arising, which, if not timely checked, would forever destroy our excellent institutions. When the federalists and republicans heretofore disputed, the acrimony manifested on both sides might have been expected. It was a controversy between opposing principles; in which, thank heaven, those who contended for the rights of the people, were ultimately victorious. But, in the present contest, concerning the Presidential election, (in which no question of principles ought to be involved, since the three candidates are all true republicans and good men,) such violence is surely inexcusable. Yet, (with shame be it said,) it appears likely to be conducted, by the opponents of Mr. Madison not with that sedate and rational zeal which sincere regard for the public good inspires, but with the venomous animosity of self-interested partisans struggling for the honors and emoluments of office, or with the infuriated vehemence of crack-brained political bigotry, from the evil effects of which discordant passions, in the bosoms of a few, nothing can save us but the good sense and moderation of the great majority of the people.
Evidently under the dominion and inspiration of such passions, the compositions of Falkland and Conon were written. They both seem to be blind to the many meritorious services, which Mr. Madison has rendered to his country; and, altho' he has done so much for the republican cause, yet, as no man, in this world, can be absolutely perfect, they even turn into cause of accusation, his not having done everything. He is reproached with the merits of John Taylor and others his fellow laborers in the vineyard; as if they might not as rationally be censured for not having composed his celebrated report in defence of the memorable resolutions relative to the alien and sedition laws, as he for having failed to prepare and propose those resolutions originally. The truth is that in a popular government, one man is not, nor ought to be, the prime mover of all the measures adopted: every good citizen serves his country, as well as he is able, when the opportunity presents itself, or is suggested by his own mind. With respect to the resolutions, Col. Taylor justly has the glory of being the first to bring them forward: but shall we, for that reason, depreciate all the other good republicans in the state, who did not indeed propose them, but, when they had been proposed, ably advocated and demonstrated their propriety? Among these, Mr. Madison was certainly the most conspicuous and useful; for we do not hesitate to say that his admirable report, by the force of cool, deliberate, and closely logical argument, gained over more converts to the opinion that the alien and sedition laws were unconstitutional, than all the eloquent harangues of the many excellent speakers in support of the resolutions.
It is not true, as Falkland pretends, that the political atmosphere had "brightened a little" when that report was prepared: on the contrary, it is notorious that the legislatures of a large majority of the states had expressed in strong terms their disapprobation of the conduct of the assembly of Virginia; Kentucky alone having spoken in her favor. Their counter-resolutions were referred to the very committee of which Madison was the chairman: It was then, at that dark and disastrous period, when, notwithstanding the truly great abilities of Col. Taylor, and the energy of reason contained in his resolutions, they had totally failed in producing the effect intended, that the superior powers of the mind of Madison were displayed. Undaunted by the perils and almost universal opposition, he bro't his pen to the defence of a failing cause, and rescued it from destruction.
The light of reason diffused by him soon produced almost universal conviction; and, from that moment, the friends of freedom began to increase, until at length they prevailed over all her foes. Yet we are told by Falkland that he was "tremblingly alive to the boldness of the truths contained in his own report," and so very timid as to be afraid "to avow in the face of day the principles which had emanated from his pen in the closet!" A very probable story indeed! but, strange and ridiculous as it is, not a single charge exhibited either by Falkland or his coadjutor Conon; will, when examined, appear at all more rational or better founded.
In our next paper we shall give those various charges a more particular consideration: at present, will content ourselves with asking this pair of worthies a few questions.
1st. If Madison is not as true a republican as Monroe, why do the Federalists almost universally support the latter and oppose the former?
2nd. Who furnished Mr. Conon with a sight of the letter from the Secretary of state to Mr. Monroe, concerning the Louisiana purchase? and 3dly. who authorised him to make it public?
The people have a right to demand explicit answers to these questions; especially to the last, because the spotless character of Col. Monroe is in danger of being stained by a supposition that he gave the information to Conon for electioneering purposes. We firmly believe that he did
not, and that Conon must have obtained it either from the Secretary to the Embassy, or some other source, which ought, however, to be explained. The whole letter also, and not a part only ought to be made known, that Conon may indeed not be said "spargere in vulgus voces ambiguas." If the whole were published, we do not doubt that, taken together, it would be found to be perfectly innocent, if not honorable to Mr. Madison; for even the short passage, with a slight of which Conon has favored us to suit his own purposes, evidently seems to be wrested from its obvious meaning with malignant ingenuity, in order to make it convey an insinuation against the person to whom it was addressed.
For the VIRGINIA ARGUS.
TO THE MINORITY IN CONGRESS.
ALTHO' you censure the majority of your body, who disclaimed their official character, while they designated James Madison, as their individual choice, in the next Presidential election; yet you did not forget, that an address of seventeen legislative men, and of legislative men only, must attract peculiar notice. It was not deemed advisable to abandon the respect, to which your station entitles you. It shall not be neglected by me, for nothing shall escape my pen which ought to offend Col. Monroe personally, or the friends of his cause.
But let me not be misunderstood; interpret not this profession of forbearance into a prayer for moderation towards Mr. Madison, at the expense of truth or patriotism. I invite, and supplicate you to weigh every word, which he has uttered; to analyze every sentence, which he has written; to torture all the private and official acts of his life; and to suffer the people to judge, whether under his administration, they can expect shelter from the impending storm. No privilege of this kind will be asked or seized in regard to Col. Monroe. The generosity of his soul forbids me to believe for one moment, that he has countenanced the insidious hints, which in your protest, assume not a detailed form. These too are challenged and defied. When they burst from their embryo state, they shall perish before they reach maturity.
It is easily seen, that you wish to supply the leading text, upon which the enemies of Mr. Madison are to declaim. But you have not explicitly announced, for whom they are to declaim. You leave it uncertain, whether after the assault upon Mr. Madison, with the joint force of Clinton and Monroe, you will not, if Madison should be prostrated, unmask the battery against Clinton. Or possibly, the equivocal form, in which you exhibit yourselves, may be despised at length, when every other effort shall seem ineffectual, to allow you to confer on Mr. Monroe an asylum in the Vice-Presidency, by pushing Clinton into the chair of state. Beware for your own sake: let another person, whose popularity has grown from uniformity of conduct, and honor untarnished, more particularly beware, of this fatal step.
You by the strength of your genius and influence by selecting topics, the most difficult to be impressed on the American people. You, seventeen gentlemen, venture to denounce, as corruptors of the Constitution, at least eighty others, not more deficient in wisdom and patriotism, than yourselves; for the expedient of a caucus, which each of you most probably has at some time practiced, and none of you would be averse to repeat, if an occasion, fit in your judgment, should arise. You bask yourselves in the sunshine of Mr. Jefferson's example, at the same time that you pervert his object of rotation in office into an engine of malignity against himself. You endeavor to pluck from our affections James Madison, who in the earliest moment of revolutionary trouble, was placed there without intrigue; and during a probation of more than thirty years, has struck his roots so deeply in our hearts to be wounded by a morbid jealousy.
In exercising the sacred right of electing a chief magistrate, whose real power, and possible ascendancy from patronage, may hereafter excite the lust of dangerous ambition, no degree of vigilance can be excessive. To condemn therefore any measure, which shall go farther than to present for public scrutiny, a candidate for that office, perfectly coincides with my mind. If the caucuses at Washington have transgressed this line, let them be condemned. Let them not be shielded by such of even your own reasons, as are descended from the kindred stock of a caucus. Let them not propagate the alarm of federalism, and say, what may be said upon your principles, that an election, the success of which has been promoted by its supporters, must raise a correspondent obligation of gratitude, and reanimate its torpid limbs. The only difference between you and them, consists, on your part, in the denial of right to more than 80 members of congress to decide, when a caucus is necessary, and on theirs, in presuming to doubt, whether they shall wait, until seventeen shall dictate, when that necessity occurs. Every admirer of the elective franchise, probably perceives, with regret, that the sanguine hope, which dawned upon us at the birth of the constitution, that clear indications of the public sentiment would always mark out before hand for the Presidential vacancy, some pre-eminent son of America, may soon become vain. From the full harvest of revolutionary patriots, then existing, as fancied, that at time should prostrate one venerable man, some other would have reared his head to be hailed, at the first view, as the successor. In short we believed, that intrigue or management would be doomed to work, in the competition for offices of a village, or for candidates, who were strangers to positive merit. If this hope, this fancy, this belief shall ever again appear to be well founded; it must be from the repetition of some portion of the occurrences, which took place at Washington in relation to Mr. Madison. Respectable men from different states, who bring with them from their homes the sense of their people, attesting the preference of some citizen, endeavor to ascertain by a meeting, who that citizen is, thus predominant in the hearts of their countrymen. They assemble, and commit a fault, heinous in your opinion, of not entering into a contentious comparison of men; because their predilection had been long formed from the testimonies of public merit. In things of general concern, suspicion of executive influence, or of invasions of the spirit of the constitution, cannot be too studiously avoided. But if the opportunities for these consultations can be looked for only at the seat of government, ought they to be lost, solely to elude the charge, that a President long approved for his services, may basely negotiate for himself or his successor? or the
confidential citizens, who are thus assembled, may prostitute their duty? Without such a general consultation, a perfidious President may operate, with equal effect, by solicitations of individuals. The question, therefore, is reduced to this point: whether members of congress renounce their rights of suffrage, as private citizens; and if they do not, what greater mischief is produced by a joint recommendation of a President, than by an union of the same numbers in parties of three, five or ten? All the machinations to draw the final election into the house of representatives, can be practiced with equal success by the activity of small parties, as by the declarations of a general meeting.
While you conceal the name of your favored candidate, you describe him, as a man not immediately connected with Mr. Jefferson, and you are therefore, disposed to make it a condition with him, that Mr. Jefferson's administration will be impartially reviewed; and that those measures, which tend to promote the public good will be adopted, and those of a contrary tendency, which from the fallibility of human nature may have been pursued, will be abandoned, and, if necessary, exposed. You add, as a general principle, that all other rotation in the office of President is mockery.
The republicans are not unanimous in justifying Mr. Jefferson's retirement from office. If he had betrayed in his public conduct, any of that weariness of faculties, of which he complains, he would have risen to a height of renown, which is the lot of but few mortals, upborne by the popular tide. He would then have had the merit of discerning his own defects, and frankly avowing them to the world. His country would then have thanked him, for not hazarding by a diminution of sight and attention, a fatal blunder in handling the papers, relative to a formidable foreign nation, or in deciding on them with a superannuated intellect. But as it is, he has been importuned in terms the most flattering, to remain at his post. How far he ought to have attempted by practice, to establish an exclusion of a President after eight years, when the constitution declares him to be re-eligible, need not be examined. It is enough for the present purpose to say, that the general anxiety to re-elect him, has proceeded from the general approbation of his deportment in office.
And yet; even the disguise in your language has not covered your real object. You obviously mean, that there are acts of Mr. Jefferson's administration, which are of a tendency to obstruct the public good, and which ought to be abandoned and exposed. If they are cloistered in the archives of the cabinet; you gentlemen of the house of representatives, feel your own competency to drag them to light. If they have been promulgated, they are already in your hands. If you seek a remedy for misdeeds, the constitution instructs you.
The most distinguished champions of popular government in treating of rotation in office; do not intend to render a successor a censor spy upon his predecessor; merely that the successor should retrace the footsteps of his predecessor, to catch some deviation from what he calls the true path. Undoubtedly it will be the duty of every President, immediately after his inauguration, to acquire a perfect knowledge of the system, which has been pursued, and to correct, what he thinks to be wrong. But it is no less the duty of a President, often and earnestly to advert to the principles of his own action, and to retrench, or amplify them, or to accommodate them to every new exigency. It must be confessed indeed, that a new President may be more flexible to new measures, and more hostile to old ones, than the very author of them. But is novelty, the best palladium of public happiness? Is hostility to Jefferson's administration the criterion of political excellence?
For what part of Mr. Jefferson's administration, Mr. Madison may be accountable; and whether he will persevere in the spirit of it, altho' he should be convinced of its impropriety; every man will answer for himself as far as his materials of information, and Mr. Madison's character extend. But can it be the intention of the minority to insinuate, that Jefferson has perpetrated acts, which deserve to be exposed, and that Madison will abet and consummate his iniquity?
If it be allowable to conjecture, whom you, gentlemen, have in conclave adopted as the succeeding Pope, who is to cast into the flames, or to sprinkle unction on the acts of his predecessor, is either of the ostensible characters Mr. Clinton or Mr. Monroe recommended, as the instrument for exposing Mr. Jefferson's administration? If Mr. Clinton like some of the old patriarchs, when upon the eve of departure from sublunary cares, now discovers a light, which his optical powers have hitherto been too gross to observe, be it so. But Clinton, whatsoever may be his infirmity, can never be false to his principles. If Mr. Monroe is to bear the rod of chastisement, and is to revolt against the school, in which he was bred; then I shall believe, that miracles have not ceased; but must still ask for the grounds of his conversion.
For the moment, gentlemen, I take leave of you. As your work would be imperfect, if it had not concluded with the denunciation of Mr. Madison; so ought mine to be esteemed, if criminally defective, if it fails in defending him against all your insinuations.
HOWARD.
The members of both branches of the Legislature of KENTUCKY have unanimously recommended JAMES MADISON, as President of the U. S.
Mr. Gardener is rapidly recovering of the wound received in the duel with Mr. Campbell.
The Union Manufacturing Company of Maryland, opened their books at Baltimore on Monday last. Their capital is one million of dollars, divided into 20,000 shares at 50 dollars each. 10,000 shares were allotted for the city of Baltimore, of which 502 shares were subscribed for on the first day. The remainder of the shares, except 1000 reserved for the state, are allotted to the several counties. There is every reason therefore, to believe, that this institution will go into immediate operation. They propose manufacturing woolen and cotton cloths.
By accounts from Lancaster, we learn that on Monday afternoon, the democratic senators, representatives, and delegates from the several counties of this State assembled in the senate chamber, and appointed Thomas Liefers, chairman. The names of the secretaries we are not acquainted with. The whole number of representatives amounted to 80. On a poll for the candidate for the office of governor, Simon Snyder had an unanimous vote.
The persons recommended as electors of president and vice president are understood to be in favor of the election of George Clinton as president of the U. S.
A sample of Blue Broadcloth manufactured by the Shakers at Hancock, from the Spanish wool, has been exhibited lately at Pittsfield, and it is pronounced equal to any imported.—Salem Register.
When we know what is meant by the peace and war candidate, the reproaches and tales of the Cabinet, and ridicule of Mr. Madison's pamphlet, and the many speeches and purposes attributed to him, we shall know whether the federalists intend to observe a respectful silence, and not interfere in the elections? Or what they would call in this case an interference, an attack, or abuse. The Providence Gazette says, "Why do they recommend James Madison? It is because he is the only man they can find who is likely to continue the ruinous and disgraceful measures of the present administration." And who are those who recommend him? We are told, "infatuated men," deluded people, "who wish to yield up their liberties to Bonaparte!"
"It is hoped and believed (says the New York American Citizen) that the numerous and respectable friends of Mr. Monroe, in Virginia will perceive that the contest will be between the friends of Gov. Clinton and the expectants of Mr. Madison, and that in the election they will unite that gentleman for Vice President with our venerable patriot for President. It is in this course only that safety can be found for the republican party!"
Extract of a letter from Washington, to the editor of the Baltimore American, dated 13th March, 1808.
DEAR SIR, The Vice-President has appeared in the American Citizen of the 10th inst. under his own signature.
It is to be regretted that he has not signified his approbation or disapprobation of the nomination that has been made. Will he serve again as Vice-President if re-elected? Or will he offer himself as a candidate for the Presidency? If he do, the union of the republican party will be insured, and the vain attempts of ambitious schematics be defeated. He ought, however, to declare his intentions; for a gentleman in office, is generally considered as willing to continue therein, unless he declares to the contrary.
The caucus at Lancaster had but one great object in view, that of making Snyder their next governor. No question as to the person who should be put in nomination for President, was agitated. The electors are each left to determine for himself as to the proper character. The different parties here each claim a majority. For your satisfaction, I send you a statement of the probable result of the election. Indeed, without some unforeseen event should happen, it is almost certain. Yours, &c.
N. B. The manner of election in each state.—L. legislature, G. T. general Ticket, D. district.
For Madison; Georgia (L) 6, S. Carolina (G) 13, N. Carolina (D) 14, Virginia (G T) 24, Tennessee (D) 3, Kentucky (D) 8, Ohio (G T) 3, Massachusetts (L) 19, Vermont (L) 6, Rhode Island (G T) 4, New Jersey (G T) 8—Total 107.
Uncertain or divided.—Connecticut (L) 9, New Hampshire (G T) 7, Delaware (L) 3, Maryland (D) Pennsylvania (G T) 20—Total 50, New York, 19.
WASHINGTON, March 15.
The Military Court of Inquiry in the case of gen. Wilkinson met on Monday. Having no business before them they adjourned to that day week.
To the Editor of the National Intelligencer
Washington City, March 12, 1808.
I enclose you a list of those members who attended the meeting held at the Capitol on Jan 23d, which recommended JAMES MADISON, as President, and GEORGE CLINTON, as Vice President of the U. S. at the ensuing Election. I believe the list to be correct; but as the names were not enrolled on the evening of the meeting, if any gentleman should be named that was not present, upon his suggestion the correction shall be made. From this list it appears that 94 were present, of whom 89 voted. I also transmit the names of those gentlemen who were absent from the meeting, or who were present and did not vote, who have authorised me to state that they are in favor of James Madison as President and George Clinton, as Vice President.
RD: M. JOHNSON, Sec.
New Hampshire.
Mr Parker—Senate. Mr Carlson, Mr Durell, Mr Gardner, Mr Smith, Mr Storer—Representatives.
Massachusetts.
Mr Adams—Senate. Mr Bacon, Mr Barker, Mr Cook, Mr Chandler, Mr Cotts, Mr Deane, Mr Green, Mr Isley, Mr Seaver, Mr Varnum—Representatives.
Rhode Island.
Mr Howland, Mr Matthewson—Senate. Mr Knight, Mr Wilbour—Representatives.
Vermont.
Mr Bradley, Mr Robinson—Senate. Mr Fisk, Mr Witherall—Representatives.
New York.
Mr Kirkpatrick—Representative. Mr Smith—Senate.
New Jersey.
Mr Lambert, Mr Newbold, Mr Sloan, Mr Southard—Representatives.
Pennsylvania.
Mr Gregg—Senate. Mr Brown, Mr Bard, Mr Findley, Mr Heister, Mr Porter, Mr Pugh, Mr M. Richards, Mr Smith—Representatives.
Maryland.
Mr Smith—Senate. Mr McCrea, Mr Moore, Mr Montgomery, Mr Nelson—Representatives.
Virginia.
Mr Giles, Mr Moore—Senate. Mr Burwell, Mr Clay, Mr Dawson, Mr Eppes, Goodwin, Mr Holmes, Mr Jones, Mr Love, Mr Morrow, Mr Newton, Mr Nicholas, Mr Smith, Mr Wilson—Representatives.
Ohio.
Mr Tiffen—Senate. Mr Morrow—Representative.
Kentucky, Mr Pope, Mr Thurston—Senate. Mr Boyle, Mr D. Sha, Mr Howard, Mr Johnson—Representatives.
North Carolina.
Mr Franklin—Senate. Mr Alexander, Mr Alston, Mr Blackledge, Mr Blunt, Mr Franklin, Mr Holland, Mr Williams—Representatives.
South Carolina.
Mr Sumpter—Senate. Mr Alston, Mr Calhoun, Mr Moore, Mr Taylor, Mr Wm—Representatives.
Georgia.
Mr Crawford, Mr Milledge—Senate. Mr Bibb, Mr Cobb, Mr Smelt, Mr Troup—Representatives.
Tennessee.
Mr Anderson, Mr Smith—Senate. Mr Campbell, Mr Rhea—Representatives.
Indiana Territory.
Mr Parke. The following are those who were absent, or if present did not vote, who are for James Madison, as President, and George Clinton, as Vice President.
William Butler, L. Sawyer, W. Helms, D. Smelt, J. Wharton, John Claiborne, T. Kenan, J. G. Jackson, R. Whitehill, Jacob Crowninshield.
CASE OF JOHN SMITH.
IN SENATE, March 15.
This being the day assigned by the Senate for the further consideration of the report made in this case, Mr. Smith, being himself absent, appeared by his counsel, who read a long letter from him, addressed to two members of the Senate, representing the circumstances which had prevented him from obtaining the evidence deemed by him material to his defence. After reading the letter Mr. Harper suggested the hope that further time would be allowed, and that the case would be postponed to the beginning or middle of April.
Mr. Hillhouse moved a postponement to the first Monday of April.
Messrs. Robinson, Crawford, Gregg and Anderson opposed, and Mr. Adams supported this motion.
Mr. Kitchell expressed a hope that, if a postponement obtained, it would not be to so distant a day.
Mr. Hillhouse acquiesced in his suggestion.
Mr. Giles moved a postponement to Monday week. This motion was supported by Messrs. Giles, Adams & Bayard, and was opposed by Messrs. S. Smith and Anderson; when the question was taken by yeas and nays, and the motion negative. Yeas 15. nays 17.
At the request of Mr. Smith's counsel the business was postponed till to-morrow.
MR. SMITH, SIR,
The immense quantity of cotton annually produced in our country, and the number of patriotic manufacturers, which the present crisis in our affairs will undoubtedly promote, have induced me to make a few economical calculations, viz. the annual expense for woollen cloth of foreign staple and fabric is equal to 10 millions in the articles of clothing, for which cotton could be adopted with more individual comfort as well as more public and private economy. In a future essay I shall pursue this subject with minuteness, founded on facts, easily demonstrating that above 10 millions of dollars can be annually saved by wearing velvets, cords, jeans and fustians only, instead of the European woollens now worn by a great portion of our citizens.
These reflections have induced me to obtain a full suit of fine velvet, the difference in the first cost only will be a saving of about one third of the whole expense, and the intire dress will probably last twice as long as the best European broad cloth.
S. B.
Extract of a letter from Judge Rossell, dated MountHolly, March 1, to Aaron Kitchell, Esq. at Washington.
"In compliance with one of the enclosed resolutions, I with much satisfaction forward the proceedings of a republican meeting, convened at this place, and composed of the greater part of the members of our county court, as well as of a number of other very respectable gentlemen of this county. I beg leave at the same time to express my individual approbation of the meeting at Washington, and of the gentlemen recommended as President and Vice-President of the United States."
At a meeting of republican citizens of the county of Burlington, in the state of New-Jersey, held at the house of Joseph Hutchinson, Innkeeper, in Mount Holly, on Wednesday, the 10th of February, A. D. 1803.
DAVID WRIGHT, Esq. was appointed Chairman, and ABRAHAM BROWN, Secretary.
When the proceedings of a meeting of the republican representatives of each house of congress, held at the City of Washington, on the 23d ultimo, for the purpose of recommending persons to the citizens of the United States to fill the offices of President and Vice-President of the United States being read, it was unanimously
Resolved, As the opinion of this meeting that, at this momentous crisis of our national existence, when foreign enmity joined with internal conspiracy, threatens to destroy our liberties, more than ordinary vigilance is necessary to preserve us from the machinations of our enemies—and that, no means more sure to prevent the success of those machinations can be pursued, than to place the government of the country in the hands of men, whose talents fit them for the arduous trust, and whose integrity and attachment to our republican institutions are a security against their improperly using the power delegated to them.
Resolved, As the opinion of this meeting, that the persons recommended to the citizens of the United States by the said meeting, to fill the offices of President and Vice-President, are from their talents, integrity and attachment to the principles of our government, worthy of the trust, and that this meeting highly approves as well the manner in which this recommendation is made, as the persons recommended, and will use all proper means to secure their election.

SIR HARRY, THE handsomest and one of the best of the best of Sir Peter Teazle, unquestionably by the best stallion now in England & Ireland to have ever bred in that country, will stand the ensuing season at my stable, in King and Queen county, about 40 miles from Richmond, 7 from Dunkirk and 12 from Tappahannock, at 50 dollars the season, notes for which, and half a dollar for the groom, must be sent with the mares or before they are taken away. The 50 dollars may be discharged by the payment of 40 dollars cash, (and in the event of the embargo continuing, or war, by 30 dollars) on or before the expiration of the season, which will commence on the 1st March and end 1st August. Extensive high and low land pasturage, as good as any in Virginia, gratis. Mares may be fed with corn at the market price, and every attention will be paid to them, but no liability for escapes or accidents of any kind. Mares and foals will be kept by themselves.
Sir Harry was imported in the fall of 1804, from London, is now 12 years old, in high health and vigor, 15 hands 3 inches high, full of bone and muscle, fine points, elegant form and beautiful brown color. He has covered three seasons in this country, has proved himself a sure foal getter, and his stock are equal to any in the world. He was one of the best racers in England, both for speed and bottom, with very heavy weights, and probably cost more money than any horse ever imported into this country (standing the owner within a mile of £1200 sterling when landed) and in the estimation of good judges, is equal, if not superior, to any that is now, or ever was in the state. As the universal practice here is to run heats, it is needless to point out to those who have fine mares, the advantages that may result from sending them to this horse.
His dam Matron (foaled in 1785) was got by Alfred, grandam (dam of Pilot) by Mark, great grandam by Regulus, great great grandam (dam of Wildair and Vampire) by Sneyd, great great grandam by Palmer, Greyhound, Makeless, Counsellor, Brimmer, Pace's White Turk. Alfred was got by Matchem (foaled in 1770) out of a Snap mare (the dam of Conducter, Dictator, Georgiana and others) bred by the duke of Kingston, foaled in 1762; her dam by the Cullen Arabian; Griswold's Lady Thigh, by Partner; Greyhound; Sophonisba's dam, by the Cullen Arabian; Lord D'Arcy's chesnut Arabian; Whiteshirt; Old Montague mare. Matchem was got by Cade; Cade (own brother to Lail) was got by the Godolphin Arabian; Mark was got by Squirt; Squirt was got by Bartlett's Children; Regulus was got by the Godolphin Arabian.
Sir Peter Teazle was got by Highflyer, out of Papilion, by Snap; Snap was got by Snip; Snip was got by the Devonshire Children, out of a Baste mare; Highflyer was got by Herod, out of Rachel by Blank; Herod was got by Tartar, out of Cypron, by Blaze; Tartar was got by Partner, out of Meliora, by Old Fox.
January 15, 1808. N. B. It is not probable that Sir Harry will ever again stand to the northward of his owners in the neighborhood of Petersburg.
The Celebrated English Stallion BEDFORD, WILL stand this season at my house, in Chesterfield county, five miles distant from Goode and Bevil's bridges, on Appomattox river, and 25 from Richmond and Petersburg. The following terms will be attended to:—FORTY DOLLARS are required for the season; the same to be secured by a note, to be sent with each mare, but the note may be discharged by the payment of TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS at any time within the season, which will expire on the last day of July. The groom-fee will be ONE DOLLAR per mare. Should any mare sent to this horse not prove to be in foal, the owner, provided he retains possession of the same mare the succeeding season, may be permitted to put her to Bedford gratis. The mares will have the benefit of safe and extensive pasturage, but no responsibility for escapes or accidents. They will be supplied with provender on very reasonable terms, provided the money is sent to make the purchase. Servants who attend the mares, will be boarded at the rate of ten shillings and six pence per week.
BEDFORD, from his performances and his real character, ought to stand at his former season price of fifty dollars, but the distressed situation of the country, as to money matters, induces the subscriber to reduce the sum, and to make the payment of it as easy as possible to those who may think proper to raise from this elegant and valuable stock.
BEDFORD is a fine blood bay, nearly 16 hands high, with great bone and muscular power; his colts are equal if not superior to those of any horse in America. He is the sire of the following distinguished runners.—Fanny, it is believed, that out of thirteen races (4 mile heats) she won twelve, and is the only nag that ever beat Leviathan—Gallant, Nancy Air, Dungannon, Peggy, Lottery, Cup Bearer, Volunteer, Nestor, Dutchess, Eolus, Whiskey, and many other fine horses are the immediate descendants of Bedford.
BEDFORD was imported by the late col John Hoomes, bred by Lord Grosvenor, was got by Dungannon, the best son of Eclipse, his dam Fairy by Highflyer, his grandam Fairy Queen, who was also the granddam of Citizen, by Young Cade, Ruth's Black-Byes by Crab, Warlock Galloway by Snake, Bald Galloway, Curwin Bay Bay. THOMAS BRANCH. March 4, 1808. (w3m)
At a Court held for Louisa county on Monday the 8th day of February 1808. Robert Yancey, & co. Piffs. In William Meriwether and Robert Dickenson, Dfs. THE defendant Wm. Meriwether, 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; therefore, on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, it is ordered and decreed by the court, that the said defendant Meriwether do appear here on the second Monday in May next, and answer the plaintiffs bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for eight weeks successively, and published at the front door of the court-house of this county, on some court day. A copy—Teste, John Poindexter, C. L. C. TO RENT, A GOOD TENEMENT on Market Alley, opposite the Market House; it is among the best stands in the neighborhood for a grocery. For terms apply to the subscriber or to Harry Tompkins ISAAC WEBSTER. February 15.
VIRGINIA: At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the 15th day of February, 1808. John S. Moore, Piff. against John Magee and John Harris, Dfs. THE defendant John Magee not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel it is ordered that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, Peter Tinsley, c. c.
United States Court, Fifth Circuit & Virginia District, November term, 1807. Edward Scott & Charles Scott, executors of John Scott, deceased, plaintiffs, against John Tyndale Ware, executor of William Jones, deceased, who was surviving part. Defendant. THE defendant John T. Ware, not having entered his appearance and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this district; On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, it is Ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clk.
United States Court, Fifth Circuit & Virginia District, Nov 23, 1807. James Ritchie and Company, plaintiffs, against Mary Brent, widow of George Brent, Daniel Brent, Robert Brent, John Cook, Bailey Washington, William Brent and Robert Brent, Mary Brent and George F. Brent, infant children of George & Mary Brent, defendants. THE defendants Daniel Brent, Wm. Brent, and Robert Brent, not having entered their appearance and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this district, on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel, it is Ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, WILLIAM MARSHALL, Clk.
100 Dollars Reward. RUN away from this city, about the 12th of last November, a negro man slave named CESAR, the property of the subscriber; he formerly belonged to Mr Robert Alexander of Campbell county, and was bought from him a small boy in the year 1789; he is now about 6 feet high, his big toe on his right foot is very remarkable, being split with an axe thro' the nail and nearly as high; as the second joint, by that it is much broader and larger than the other. He was accustomed to run James river above the falls, and was seen on the 16th of the same month, November, going thro' the locks in a bateaux, with a negro man slave named Abram, who was head man, and belongs to the estate of Col. John Harvie, dec. If Cesar is not concealed by the said Abram he is gone up the river in some other bateaux. On delivering him to me or securing him in some jail so that I get him again, shall be paid the above reward by Robert Mitchell. City of Richmond, 25th Jan. 1808. wif
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. wif
The high bred Imported HORSE ARCHDUKE, WILL stand at the Bowling Green, from the 10th March to the 1st day of August next, and will be let to mares at the reduced price of TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS, payable within the season. ARCHDUKE has so frequently been advertised, that it is deemed unnecessary to swell an advertisement to the usual length; suffice it to say, that he has size, strength and beauty, and that his blood is equal to any horse's on the continent. Arch Duke's colts are now three years old and some of them will appear on the turf this spring. Stamdorf and M. Teazle, own brothers of Arch Duke, stand in the first class of covering horses, on the British turf & Paris. Another brother won the Derby stakes 1805. Roseden, gotten by Arch Duke, before he left England, won twice at 3 years old, running in one instance 3 heats. All possible care and attention will be paid to mares, but the subscriber will not be answerable for accidents of any kind. Gentlemen wishing their mares fed with corn, must send money for that purpose.—Groom's fee half a dollar. PEDIGREE Arch Duke was gotten by Sir Peter Teazle, his dam Horatia (sister to Achilles by Eclipse, grandam Countess by Blank) was the dam of Delpini.
March 1, 1808. JOHN HOOMES. (w67) PURSUANT to a deed of trust executed to me by Charles M. Gilliam, of Cumberland county, to secure a debt therein mentioned, due to John Gilliam & Co. will be exposed for SALE, on Monday the 28th inst. at Cumberland courthouse. 3 Young Negroes, viz: John, Sally and Lewis, named in said deed, to the highest bidder, for ready money. PAUL S. CARRINGTON, Trustee. Cumberland, March 1, 1808. tds
LAND In the state of Ohio—FOR SALE THE subscriber wishes to SELL a valuable TRACT OF LAND, in the state of Ohio, containing 1,000 acres. This tract is of excellent quality, as the subscriber has understood from most respectable information. It lies on Deer creek, a branch of the Scioto, about 16 miles from Chillicothe, in a well settled neighborhood, and is very convenient to the trade of the Ohio. He will dispose of it for cash, or on a short credit, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia; or will exchange it for property in the city of Richmond. An unquestionable title, with general warranty, will be made to the purchaser. Wm. MUNFORD. Richmond, Sep. 24, 1807. tf
FOR SALE. MY Dwelling House, and Four Half-Acre Lots of Ground, in the Town of Manchester, as formerly advertised. On receiving a part in cash, I am disposed to give a considerable credit, for the balance of purchase, or I will take young Negroes at a fair valuation, and Land in the State of Ohio, Tennessee or Kentucky, on such terms as may be agreed on—If the said property is not sold between now and Christmas, it will be leased to an approved tenant for a term of years. ARCH'D CAMPBELL. Manchester, Nov. 30, 1807. tf
Valuable Lands. THE subscriber will SELL, on a credit, or exchange for Property in Richmond or its neighborhood, the following LANDS, 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 3 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 BOHANNAN. January 23d, 1808. tf
20 Dollars Reward. RUN away from the 8th day from Richmond JACOB, a very black fellow, about six feet high, twenty-eight years old, handsome address and very artful, has several scars on his neck, and one or two, I believe, on his left cheek, resembling small pox pits, a waterman by trade, and left his bateaux in the basin of the canal in the above city when he went off, at which time he broke open the store of a gentleman in Richmond and stole to a large amount, for which said gentleman has offered a reward of 50 dollars for apprehending said fellow (as I am informed) —he has a numerous acquaintance in the said city, the counties of Hanover and Caroline, in one of which he was raised, and where I expect he may be harbored. The above reward will be paid and all reasonable charges, for securing said fellow in any jail so I get him, or delivered me in Bent Creek, Buckingham, Virginia. Samuel Horsley. November 20, 1807. tf 1d*
10 Dollars Reward. RUN AWAY from the Subscriber on Friday last, a Negro Man named JOHN, a carpenter by trade. He is six feet and upwards high, very likely, of insinuating manners, extremely polite when spoken to. For three years past he lived with Mr. Anderson Barre; He has a free mulatto woman for his wife, in Richmond, living near the work house, where I expect he will stay. He took with him several articles of husbandry; amongst them, a pair of iron wedges, marked with the letter P. I will give a reward of ten dollars, if delivered to me in the lower end of Hanover, or eight if confined in jail, and I apprised of it. He is called by the negroes John Russell. ARMSTEAD RUSSELL. Hanover, January 24, 1808. tf
Property to exchange. 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
NOTICE. I WILL DISPOSE OF MY TRACT OF LAND, LYING in Powhatan county, containing 500 acres, of which there is 80 or more prime low grounds, which never is overflowed 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 between 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. January 5, 1808. tds
REMOVAL. WE have removed our Countinghouse to the house immediately below, and contiguous to the one we have hitherto occupied, where we have for sale, Mucavado Sugar by the hogshead or barrel, Sherry Wine, in quarter casks, and few cases Old Claret of superior quality. ROBERT & ALLAN POLLOK, & Co. March 8, 1808. (tf)
TO RENT, The House and Lot Back of Messrs. Taylor & Brown's vendue store, known by the name of the Old Treasury. NEIL MCCOULL. March 11, 1808. 3w
Negroes & other Property FOR SALE. WE shall, by virtue of a deed of trust executed to us, by Johanna Hopkins on the 19th day of April 1805, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum therein mentioned unto Pollok, Tredway & Co. and all costs incurred by carrying the same into effect—proceed to sell to the highest bidder, for cash, at Michaux's tavern in Powhatan county, on Saturday 2d day of April next, the following property, viz. FOUR NEGROES—Joe, Edmund, Fanny and Grace—two Horses, and nine Feather Beds and their Furniture, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy the same. ROBERT GRAHAM, } Trustees. WILLIAM F. GRAY, } tces. March 10, 1808. 3w
Partnership Dissolved. THE partnership carried on under the firm of A. Foster, & Co. is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All those indebted to the concern are requested to make immediate payment to A. Foster, who will also settle all just claims against said firm. Archibald Foster. John Johnston, by A. Mecaskey, Att'y. N. B. The business in future will be carried on by A. Foster. Richmond, March 9, 1808. 4w.
For Sale or Rent, THE HOUSE, OFFICE & STABLE, with an excellent garden, all in good order, and at present occupied by Mr. Samuel P. Parsons, joining major Prior, on the Hay-Market square. For particulars apply to JASPER ROBBINS, at Mr. JOHN M'ENRY's. Feb. 24, 1808.
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A House and Lot, In a central situation in this city. For further information apply at the office of Messrs. Dermott, Foster & Satchell. March 3, 1808. tf
TO RENT The House and Lot, At present occupied by Mr. Hezekiah Mosby pleasantly situated on Shockoe Hill and very convenient for the accommodation of a family—Possession may be had on the 3d March next, when Mr. Mosby's time will expire Thomas Elliott. Richmond, 29 h Jan 1808. tf
For Rent, THE House on the Main Street, next to Messrs Ellis and Allan, and now occupied by Mrs. Pheobe. Possession will be given on the first of January next—apply to JOSEPH GALLEGO. Richmond, Dec. 27, 1807. tf
The Tenement, ON which the subscriber lives, situated on Church Hill, within about one half mile of the Richmond market—containing two acres of ground, well enclosed and highly improved. The buildings consist of a large and well constructed dwelling house, laundry, kitchen, dairy, smoke house, two stores, brick office, coach house, barn and stable. All these buildings are well finished, and in complete order for the accommodation of a large and genteel family: who may have easy access to all the advantages of the city, and live as retired as they could wish. John Ellis. February 4, 1808. tf
Ree's Cyclopaedia. VOL. 7, PART 1st. or No. 15. Of this work, is just received at this office. Subscription still open. March 11, 1808. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by Zachariah Hall on the 27th day of April 1807, to us, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum of money unto Jacob Packler and Shepard and Lucke, and all costs incurred by carrying the same into effect, we shall at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, on Saturday the second day of April next, between the hours of ten and two of that day, proceed to sell for cash to the highest bidder, that valuable and well known tract of land, lying in Chesterfield county, on the main Buckingham road, and distant from the town of Manchester 17 miles, containing by estimation one hundred and thirty acres, more or less—the improvements are new, and consist of a convenient dwelling house, store house, kitchen, &c. and in an excellent neighborhood for business of any kind. Thomas Taylor, } Trustees. Benj. Sheppard, } tces. March 4 1808. tds
At Bottetourt January court, 1808. Samuel Irvine, Piff. In against Alex. & James Fulton & others, Dfs. Chas. Cery. ON motion of the complainant, it is ordered that the accounts between the parties be submitted to Patrick Lockhart, general master commissioner, who is to make his report to next March court, giving notice of the time he examines their accounts to the parties. A copy—Teste, S. Bowyer, D. C. Monday 2d day of May next is appointed to carry the above order into effect, when the parties are desired to attend at my office in Fincastle, with their documents, &c. to enable them to execute the same. Patrick Lockhart, M. Cmr. February 28, 1808. (S 00) 3w
NOTICE. THE co-partnership of Samuel Parsons & Son is dissolved by mutual consent and Samuel Parsons is authorised to settle the business of the concern. SAMUEL PARSONS. SAMUEL P. PARSONS. 3 Mo. 7, 1808.
THE subscribers having connected themselves in business, under the firm of PARSONS & OWEN, have taken the houses and lumber-yard formerly occupied by Samuel Parsons and Son, where they intend carrying on the commission business in all its varieties, and hope by strict attention they will give satisfaction to those who may be pleased to favor them with their business. SAMUEL P. PARSONS. SAMUEL OWEN. 3 Mo. 11, 1808.
M. B. We have now on hand a large stock of Flooring Plank, a few barrels of Tar, Wheat Fans, Wove Wire for do. Wire Seives of various sizes, &c. (2w)
Seminary, Charlottesville, Albemarle. BY the middle of April will be taught by the subscriber the following branches of Literature, viz. The English language grammatically analysed, Arithmetic, Writing, Civil and Natural History, Oratory, Rhetoric, Logic, Metaphysics, Ethics, Geography including the use of the Globes and Atlas; the Elements of Euclid and Chronology, Trigonometry, comprehending Surveying & Navigation in their various forms. The French & Latin Language so as not only to read and understand it, but so as to speak it easily, which is profitable in making the grand tour. The Greek language and students in divinity may have instructions in the Hebrew, the essential branches of Natural Philosophy, Astronomy, &c. The subscriber will board at a reasonable rate, and special attention shall be paid to the pupils health, learning and particularly to the immutable fundamentals of that life which is inseparably connected with present and future felicity. It is hoped that in this Seminary equal geniuses in equal times will compete with students of other Academies. HUGH WHITE, A. M. & D. V. M. March 15, 1808. 3.
Caution! ALL persons are hereby cautioned against trading with Joseph Morris of the state of Kentucky, for any real or personal property; or taking an assignment on any bond or note, signed by the said Joseph Morris, as it will be proved that he labours under such mental inability as renders him totally incapable of managing his own affairs with any degree of discretion. This advertisement will be pleaded at bar against whomsoever may unlawfully purchase from him, or contract with him, for any real or personal property, whereby his family, himself or his connections, may suffer any loss. For the same reason any power of attorney drawn in his name, authorising others to act for him, will be objected to. Understanding that said Morris has lately conveyed the title of his own birth-right inheritance to some person unlawfully, and for a very trifling consideration, means will be taken to disqualify the purchaser from retaining the same. The public are also cautioned against purchasing any claim from Mr. John Rogers of the state of Kentucky, upon the property of Miss Salle Morris of the said state, as the paper purporting to be a power of attorney authorising such sale and purchase, will be proved to be insufficient and of no effect. JOHN LAKENAN, One of the Guardians of the estate of the late WILLIAM MORRIS, Deceased. Richmond, March 15, 1808. tf
The thorough bred imported horse, GOUTY, WILL stand the ensuing season at my plantation on Rucker's Run, 5 miles from Amherst courthouse and 12 from Warrington, and will cover mares at 25 dollars the season, 13 dollars the leap and 40 dollars insurance with one dollar to the groom in either case. The leap money to be paid at the time of service, the season on first day of August, and the insurance on first day of March 1809. Crop tobacco inspected at any of the ware-houses on James river from Lynchburg to Richmond will be received in payment at 5 dollars per 100 lb. if tendered on or before the day it becomes due. Pasturage gratis but no liability for accidents or escapes.—GOUTY is a beautiful bay, 11 years old, 5 feet 3 inches high, elegantly formed and of great strength. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, and came out of the celebrated Yellow-Mare, she was got by Tandem, her dam Perdita by Herod out of Fain Forrester by Sloe, and so through the best stock that England has produced as may be seen by reference to the general stud book.—Sloe was the most distinguished racer of his day, & was never beat. GOUTY's COLTS are running with great credit in England—in 1806 four only started, of which one was a winner and when losing they came in with great credit, beating the get of Buzzard, Precipitate, Oscar, Sir Peter Teazle and others of the first character in England.—In 1807 Mr. Weatherby (author of the Racing Calendar) writes to me under date Sept 12th, at which time the racing for that year was not over, that several of Gouty's colts were winners, and one of them had the misfortune to break his shoulder, or it was supposed he would have been the best of his year in England. The season will commence on first March and terminate first August. R. RIVES. February 10, 1808. row
JUST RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE, No. 4, of THE American Military Library OR, Repository of Modern Tactics; Adapted to the use of the Militia of the United States.—Illustrated with a sheet plate of nineteen manoeuvres. (The plate alone sells for 75 cents.) March 9. Wirt's Speeches. The Editor of the Argus has this day published the SPEECHES of WILLIAM WIRT, Esq. on the TRIAL of AARON BURR, and Others.