Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-08-16 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE
[No. 1286.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum...paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1806.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
ST. PAUL,
A beautiful sorrel horse, 15 hands 3 inches high, remarkable for his elegance, beauty, strength and fine bone; will stand the ensuing season, at my plantation on James river, generally known by the name of Maiden's Adventure, about 3 miles above Fine Creek mill, and 4 miles below Michaux's ferry, in Powhatan county, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, which will commence the first of March, and expire the first of August—Extraordinary good and extensive pasture gratis, but no liability for accidents or escapes. Gentlemen wishing their mares fed, may be furnished with corn at the market price, for which cash must be sent with the mares—as also, notes of hand for the due payment of the money for the season.
N. B. Twenty dollars, paid on or before the third Wednesday in November (being Powhatan court day) will be received as full compensation of the above, with half a do. to the groom.
This beautiful horse, St. Paul, was raised by the Prince of Wales, and got by his horse Saltram, who was got by Eclipse that covered at 200 guineas the season—his dam Virago by Snap—his granddam by Regulus, out of a sister to Black and all-Black, and was thought to be the best runner of his time—he won several large stakes, among which was the Derby, 1783, beating Dungannon, Volunteer, Phenomenon, Gonzales, and several others—he was the sire of Whiskey, who at 3 years old won 4650 guineas, also of Whip, Royalist, Peeping Tom, General, Coiner, Sylph, Septem, Caroline, Tiffany, Laurestina, St. David, Sprightly, Queen of Sheba, Sparkaway, Rose, Sweeper, Clytus, Coal Merchant, Pickpocket, Oscar, Ambrosio, Pretty Party, and several others of the first rate runners. St. Paul's dam Purity was got by Matcham, who covered for several of the last years of his life at 50 guineas a mare—her dam the Old Squirt mare, of as great fame perhaps, as a good breeder, as any mare in the kingdom—she was the dam of Virgin, Dido, Conundrum, Ranthos, Enigma, Miss Timms, Pumpkin, Maiden (who was dam of Walnut) Le Sang, Rasselas, Purity, and several others. Purity was the dam of Rockingham, Archibald, Fitzwilliam, St. Paul and several others—Several certificates of St. Paul as a good and sure foal getter may be seen at his stand.
THOMAS HARRIS, Jr. Powhatan city, March 1st. 1806. tf
FOR SALE,
At public auction, by PROSSER and MONCURE, Seven HOUSES and LOTS
IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. ONE house and lot between the bank and barracks, 50 by 20 feet, with 9 rooms, a complete cellar the size of the house—one story of stone, one of brick and two of wood—a smoke-house, dairy, a two story kitchen, fowl house, and necessary, all built of brick during the last fall—a stable for eighteen horses, built of wood. The lot is walled in with brick, with palings of the best materials on the wall. This stand is inferior to none in the city of Richmond as a boarding house, public house, or for a private family. I lived in the house for 3 years, and during the assembly was crowded with company. The above desirable house will be sold, on Wednesday the 20th of August, at twelve o'clock—one fourth of the purchase money in 60 days, one fourth in 120 days, for negotiable notes in the bank of Virginia well endorsed, the balance in three annual payments, with a deed of trust on the property to secure the payments; possession given immediately. At the same time and place, will be sold, about twelve or fifteen hundred dollars worth of FURNITURE, at 60 days, for negotiable notes well endorsed.
The other six houses are on the hill, near Dr. Greenhow's and Mr. Nick's property. There is a two story brick house 43 by 20 feet, completely finished. One other house 32 by 18 feet, built of wood. Four other houses 16 by 18 feet, with good brick chimneys, all of which will be in complete order by the day of sale, and well painted; the lot to every house is well enclosed with palings; necessaries to every house, and handsome gardening spots. These houses will be sold, on the tenth day of September next; the sale will take place at twelve o'clock—one fourth of the purchase money in 90 days, with negotiable notes in the bank of Virginia, one fourth the first of June next, and the balance in one, two and three years, with a deed of trust on the property to secure the payments. Any bonds, notes or accounts which I justly owe, that are now due, will be received in either payment—any that are not due, will be received in either of the payments nearest the time of their becoming due, if presented on the day of sale. My principal reason for selling the above property is, I have purchased an estate in the lower country and intend moving to it at Christmas next; all claims against me I hope will shortly be made known, that I may settle them to the wish of my creditors, and all those indebted to me, I trust, will without delay, come forward and pay off what is due me, as I feel a desire to close accounts with every person as speedily as possible.
August 12th, 1806. John P. Shields. tcs
FOR SALE,
MULATTO FEMALE SERVANT. A VANT, who has been accustomed to plain cooking, washing and ironing. Apply to the printer. Aug. 14, 1806. 4t
REMOVAL.
H. DABNEY has removed to the house on the Main street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Darmstadt's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES, on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only.
A consignment of snuff in packages of any size, from 15 to 60 lbs.; will be sold below the usual price of that article. Richmond, August 11. 1806. tf
STONE LINE.
CARGO OF STONE LINE, in excellent order, is just arrived and for SALE, by SAM. PAINE. August 12th, 1806. 3w
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Church's Cough Drops Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary, New York, and for sale at this office.
(By Authority.)
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS a treaty between the United States of America, and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Munsee and Delaware, Shawanee and Pottawatomie nations, was holden at Fort Industry, on the Miami of the lake, on the fourth day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and five, and was duly ratified and confirmed by the President of the United States, on the twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, which treaty is in the words following, to wit:
A treaty between the United States of America, and the sachems, chiefs, and warriors of the Wyandot, Ottawa, Chippewa, Munsee, and Delaware, Shawanee, and Pottawatomie nations, holden at Fort Industry, on Miami of the lake, on the fourth day of July, Anno Domini, one thousand eight hundred and five.
ARTICLE 1. The said Indian nations do again acknowledge themselves and all their tribes, to be in friendship with, and under the protection of the United States.
ART. 2. The boundary line between the United States and the nations aforesaid, shall in future be a meridian line drawn north and south, through a boundary to be erected on the south shore of lake Erie, one hundred and twenty miles due west of the west boundary line of the state of Pennsylvania, extending north until it intersects the boundary line of the United States, and extending south until it intersects a line heretofore established by the treaty of Grenville.
ART. 3. The Indian nations aforesaid, for the consideration of friendship to the United States, and the sums of money hereinafter mentioned, to be paid annually to the Wyandot, Shawanee, Munsee and Delaware nations, have ceded and do hereby cede and relinquish to said United States for ever, all the lands belonging to said United States, lying east of the aforesaid line, bounded southerly and easterly by the line established by said treaty of Grenville, and northerly by the northernmost part of the forty-first degree of north latitude.
ART. 4. The United States, to preserve harmony, manifest their liberality, and in consideration of the cession made in the preceding article, will, every year for ever hereafter, at Detroit, or some other convenient place, pay and deliver to the Wyandot, Munsee, and Delaware nations, and those of the Shawanee and Seneca nations who reside with the Wyandots, the sum of eight hundred and twenty five dollars, current money of the United States, and the further sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars, making in the whole an annuity of one thousand dollars; which last sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars, has been secured to the President, in trust for said nations, by the Connecticut land company, & by the company incorporated by the name of "the proprietors of the half million of acres of land lying south of lake Erie called Sufferers' Land," payable annually as aforesaid, and to be divided between said nations, from time to time, in such proportions as said nations with the approbation of the President shall agree.
ART. 5. To prevent all misunderstanding hereafter, it is to be expressly remembered that the Ottawa and Chippewa nations, and such of the Pottawatomie nation as reside on the river Huron or lake Erie, and in the neighborhood thereof, have received from the Connecticut land company, and the company incorporated by the name of "the proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of lake Erie, called Sufferers' Land," the sum of four thousand dollars in hand, and have secured to the President of the United States, in trust for them, the further sum of twelve thousand dollars, payable in six annual instalments of two thousand dollars each; which several sums is the full amount of their proportion of the purchases effected by this treaty, and also by a treaty with said companies bearing even date herewith; which proportions were agreed on and concluded by the whole of said nations in their general council; which several sums, together with two thousand nine hundred and sixteen dollars and sixty-seven cents, secured to the President, to raise said sum of one hundred and seventy five dollars annuity as aforesaid, is the amount of the consideration paid by the agents of the Connecticut Reserve, for the cession of their lands.
ART. 6. The said Indian nations, parties to this treaty, shall be at liberty to fish and hunt within the territory and lands which they have now ceded to the
United States, so long as they shall demean themselves peaceably.
In witness whereof, Charles Jouett, Esq., a commissioner on the part of the United States and the sachems, chiefs and warriors of the Indian nations aforesaid, have hereto set their hands and seals.
 CHARLES JOUETT. (L S)  OTTAWA.  Nekeik, or Little Otter, his X mark, (L S)  Kawechewan, or Eddy, his mark, (L S)  Mechimenduck, or Big Bowl, his X mark, (L S)  Aubaway, his X mark, (L S)  Ogouse, his X mark, (L S)  Sawgamaw, his X mark, (L S)  Tusquagan, or M'Carty, his X mark, (L S)  Towdawganic, or the Dog, his X mark, (L S)  Ashawet, his X mark, (L S) 
 CHIPAWA.  Macquettequet, or Little Bear, his X mark, (L S)  Quitchonequic, or Big Cloud, his X mark, (L S)  Queonequetwabaw, his X mark, (L S)  Oscquasun, or Young Boy, his X mark, (L S)  Monimack, or Cat Fish, his X mark, (L S)  Tonquish, his X mark, (L S)  Noname, his X mark, (L S)  Mogawah, his X mark, (L S) 
 WYANDOT.  Tarhee, or the Crane, his X mark, (L S)  Miere, or Walk in Water, his X mark, (L S)  Thatayyanayoh, or Leather Lips, his X mark, (L S)  Harrowwouy, or Cherokee Boy, his X mark, (L S)  Tschauendah, his X mark, (L S)  Tahunchawetee, or Adam Brown, his X mark, (L S)  Shawrunthie, his X mark, (L S) 
 MUNSEE & DELAWARE.  Puckemsonitoh, his X mark, (L S)  Paalmeholot, his X mark, (L S)  Pamoxet, or Armstrong, his X mark, (L S)  Pappellecloud, or Beaver Hat, his X mark, (L S) 
 SHAWANEE.  Weyapurseawaw, or Blue Jacket, his X mark, (L S)  Cutheawesaw, or Black Hoff, his X mark, (L S)  Auonasechia, or Civil Man, his X mark, (L S)  Isaac Peters, his X mark, (L S) 
Signed in the presence of Wm. Dean, C. P. L. C. J. B. Mower. Jasper Paris, } Interpreters. W. Knaggs, } Wm. Walker, } Israel Buland, E. Brush.
NOW THEREFORE, to the end that the said treaty may be observed and performed with good faith on the part of the United States, I have caused the premises to be made public, and I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office, civil or military, within the United States, and all others, citizens or inhabitants thereof, or being within the same, faithfully to observe and fulfil the said treaty and every clause and article thereof.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the United States, to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
DONE at the City of Washington, on the twenty-fourth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the independence of the United States the thirtieth.
TH: JEFFERSON. By the President. JAMES MADISON, Secretary of State.
(By Authority.)
AN ACT Making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and six.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for defraying the expense of the military establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand eight hundred and six; for the Indian department, and for the expense of fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, the following sums be, and the same hereby are respectively appropriated; that is to say:
 For the pay of the army of the United States, three hundred and two thousand, five hundred and fifty-six dollars;  For forage, four thousand six hundred and eight dollars;  For the subsistence of the army and corps of engineers, two hundred and 
twenty-four thousand, nine hundred and ninety-four dollars five cents;
For clothing, eighty-five thousand dollars;
For bounties and premiums, fifteen thousand dollars;
For the medical and hospital departments, twelve thousand dollars;
For camp equipage, fuel, tools and transportation, eighty-five thousand dollars;
For fortifications, arsenals, magazines and armories, two hundred and eighteen thousand, five hundred and forty-two dollars, five cents;
For purchasing maps, plans, books, and instruments, one thousand five hundred dollars;
For the contingent expenses of the war department, eighteen thousand dollars;
For the pay and subsistence of the commandants in Louisiana, six thousand and sixty dollars, sixty-seven cents;
For the Indian department, ninety-six thousand six hundred dollars;
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the several appropriations herein before made, shall be paid and discharged, first, out of any balance remaining unexpended of former appropriations for the support of the military establishment, and secondly, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate pro-tempore. April 13, 1806.—APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
For erecting certain light houses in the state of Massachusetts; for building a beacon or pier, at Bridgeport, in the state of Connecticut; and for fixing buoys in Pimlico sound, in the state of North Carolina.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be erected the following light houses in the state of Massachusetts:
One on Franklin island, at the mouth of St. George's river, in the district of Maine.
One on West Passamaquoddy head, at the entrance into the bay and harbor of Passamaquoddy, in the district of Maine.
And a double light house at or near Chatham harbor, on the back of cape Cod.
Provided sufficient land for the accommodation of the said light houses can be obtained at reasonable prices, and the legislature of Massachusetts shall cede the jurisdiction over the same to the United States. And the secretary of the treasury is hereby authorized to agree for the salaries, or wages, of the persons who may be appointed by the President for the superintendence and care of said light houses, and otherwise to provide for the same, at the expense of the United States.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the secretary of the treasury be, and he is hereby required to cause a beacon, or pier, to be erected near the mouth of the harbor of Bridgeport, in the state of Connecticut; and to cause buoys to be fixed on Bluff Shoal, Royal Shoal, north west Shaddle, and south west Shaddle, in the waters of Pimlico sound, in the state of North Carolina.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there be appropriated, for defraying the expense of erecting each of the aforesaid light houses, the sum of five thousand dollars; for the expense of erecting the said beacon, or pier, the sum of one thousand dollars; and for the expense of fixing the said buoys, one thousand dollars, to be paid, respectively, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. S. SMITH, President of the Senate pro-tempore. April 21, 1806.—APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
PARIS, June 6
TREATY,
Concluded at Paris, on the 24th May, 1806, between Napoleon Bonaparte, and the representatives of the Batavian Republic.
His Imperial and Royal Majesty Napoleon, emperor of the French and King of Italy, and the Assembly of their High Mightiness the Representatives of the Batavian Republic, presides by his Excellency the Grand Pensionary, accompanied by the Council of State, the Ministers and Secretary of State, considering,
 1. That from the prevailing turn of mind, and the actual organization of Europe, a government without solidity, and certain duration, cannot fulfil the object for which it is instituted. 
2. That the periodical renewal of the head of the state would always be a source of dissention in Holland, and a constant subject of agitation and disagreement among the powers friendly or inimical to Holland.
3. That an hereditary government can alone secure the quiet possession of all that is dear to the Dutch people, the free exercise of their religion, the preservation of their laws, their political independence and civil liberty.
4. That its first duty is to secure to itself a powerful protection, under the shelter of which it may freely exercise its industry, and maintain itself in the possession of its territory, its commerce and its colonies.
5. That France is essentially interested in the happiness of the Dutch people, in the prosperity of the whole state, in the permanence of its institution, as well as in consideration of the northern frontiers of the empire, open and unfortified, as from general political interests and principles:
Having nominated for their Ministers plenipotentiary, his Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy,
Charles Maurice Talleyrand, Great Chamberlain, Minister of Affairs, Knight of the Great Order of the Legion of Honor, Knight of the Order of the Red and Black Eagle of Russia, and of the Order of St. Hubert, &c. and
His Excellency the Grand Pensionary—C. H. Verheul, Vice Admiral and Minister of the Marine of the Batavian Republic, having the Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honor.
T. A. Gogel, Minister of France, J. Van Styrum, one of their High Mightinesses.
W. Six, member of the Council of State and C. Bransen, Minister Plenipotentiary to the Batavian Republic, having the Grand Eagle of the Legion of Honor, who after having mutually interchanged their respective full powers, have agreed as follows.
ART. 1. His Majesty the Emperor of the French and King of Italy, as well for himself as for his heirs and successors forever, guarantees to Holland the maintenance of its constitutional right, its independence; the whole of his possession abroad and at home, its political, civil, and religious liberty, such as is ordained by the existing laws, and the abolition of all privileges with respect to taxes.
2. Upon the formal request made by their High Mightinesses the Representatives of the Batavian Republic, that Prince Louis should be appointed Hereditary and constitutional King of Holland, His Majesty has yielded to their wishes, and has authorised Prince Louis Napoleon to accept the crown of Holland, to descend to him and his male heirs legitimate, to the perpetual exclusion of females and their descendants.
3. In consequence of this permission, Prince Louis Napoleon will take the crown under the title of King, and with all the power and authority determined by the Constitutional Laws, which the Emperor Napoleon guaranteed by the preceding article.
It is, nevertheless, agreed, that the crown of France and Holland shall never be united in the same person.
The Royal domain consist of,
 First, A Palace at the Hague, which is to be the residence of the Royal Family.  Second, The House in the Wood.  Third, The domain Soestdijk.  Fourth, A landed income of 300,000 florins. 
The Laws, besides, assures to the King a further revenue of fifteen hundred thousand florins, payable by monthly instalments.
4. In case of a minority, the regency shall belong by right to the Queen, and in her default to the Emperor of the French, in his quality of perpetual head of the Imperial Family. He shall choose among the Princes of the Royal Family, and, in their default, among the natives. The minority of the King shall be completed within his eighteenth year.
5. The dowry of the Queen shall be determined by her marriage contract. At present it is agreed to fix it at the annual sum of 25,000 florins, to be taken from the domains of the crown; his sum being deducted, one half remaining of the revenues of the crown shall be appropriated to the maintenance of the household of the minor King; the other half go to the expenses of the Regency.
6. The King of Holland shall be a Grand Dignitary of the Empire of perpetuity, under the title of Constable. The functions of this office, however, may, with the consent of the Emperor of the French, be performed by a Prince, Vice-Constable, whenever the Emperor may think proper to create such dignity.
7. The Members of the reigning family in Holland shall remain personally subject to the disposition of the Constitutional Laws of the 30th of March last, forming the law of the imperial family of France.
8. The charges of the officers of the state,

those who... the personal services of the king's household excepted, can only be conferred upon an... 9. The arms of the king shall be the ancient arms of Holland, quartered with the French Imperial Eagle, and mounted with the Royal crown.
10. A treaty of commerce shall be immediately concluded between the contracting parties, by virtue of which, the subjects of Holland shall at all times be treated as the most favorable nation, in the ports and upon the French territory. His Majesty the Emperor and King also engages to mediate with the powers of Barbary, to obtain the respect due to the Dutch flag, equal to that of the French.
The ratification of the present treaty shall be exchanged at Paris within the space of six hours.
(Signed)
"C. M. TALLEYRAND, "CH. HENRY VERHUEL, "T. T. A. GOGEL, "J. VAN STYVUL, "W. SIX, and "G. BRANZEN."
"Paris, May 24, 1805"
PORTSMOUTH, August 2.
Arrived here on Wednesday last, passenger in the brig Montezuma, Captain Titus Salter of the brig Maria Jane, which belonged to captain John Salter of this town—On his passage from Amsterdam to the Isle of May, captain Salter was cast away on the coast of Barbary in the night of the 27th of May. The next morning the captain and the crew gained the shore and were employed during the day in getting provisions, &c. ashore from the vessel, which was not bilged. The next day a number of Moors (about 15) appeared on the beach and proceeded immediately to plundering, after robbing captain S. of all his provisions, and $300 dollars in specie, and his seamen of their clothing, these savages used the utmost violence to them. Having resisted some time and sustained considerable injury in their persons, captain S. and his men escaped in the long boat in the evening, and put to sea in great danger from the breakers. Their number in the boat was nine, and their whole stock of provisions was four or five pounds of bread, and about three gallons of water for a voyage they knew not of what length.
They stretched along the coast for Senegal, suffering extremely with hunger and thirst without any material happening till the ninth day, when the first mate, Mr. Lang, who had been exhausted with fatigue died of hunger. His thirst was so keen he could not resist it, and notwithstanding captain S. entreated him to forbear, he frequently drank salt water. The night following the wind blew fresh on shore—captain S. was obliged to put the boat before it, and continued safe till he arrived near the shore; when the boat was upset, and every soul committed to the mercy of the waves. They however regained and righted the boat, and were again washed out of her. The second mate, Mr. John Nud and one seaman were drowned—captain S. and six seamen got safe ashore, within a few miles of Senegal, where they were hospitably treated and found relief.
NEW-YORK, Aug. 7.
Extract of a letter from our correspondent at Amsterdam, dated May 30.
"On the 26th inst. about 8 o'clock in the evening M. Franke, Adjutant of the Vice Admiral Verbeul, arrived express at the Hague from Paris; and without staying a single moment there, sat off for the House in the Wood, to his Excellency the Pensionary, to whom he delivered dispatches, which, probably came from the Batavian Deputation at Paris. It is asserted that he performed the journey in 41 hours.
On the 28th, a council was held at the House in the Wood, by the several members of the Government on the above dispatches, which the State's Courant says are of the utmost importance to this Republic. M. Franke has returned to Paris with the result of the Council's deliberations; and the public according to our official Journal may shortly expect the development of these transactions."
From Rotterdam.—Capt. Webber, of the barque Edward Henry, arrived at Boston from Rotterdam, which place he left the 13th June, informs that Prince Louis Bonaparte had arrived at the Hague, accompanied by a numerous and splendid retinue, and was to be proclaimed king the next day. Great preparations had been made for the coronation; and the sum of 2,500,000 guilders ordered to be raised for the purpose of rendering the establishment worthy the nation and the illustrious Prince appointed to reign over it.
Capt. W. further advises, that the English continue their captures of Prussian vessels—which are immediately tried and condemned;—that neutral vessels are suffered to enter the ports of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, &c. without detention; and that the markets were generally good—coffee 55 cts. and quick—sugar as per last prices.
COURT OF VICE ADMIRALTY.
July 22, 1806.
Before His Honor Henry Moreton Dyer, Esq. sole Judge and Commissary. His Honor proceeded to the adjudication of the following prizes, viz.
Three Friends, Kenwick, master.—Further proof pronounced insufficient and condemned as good and lawful prize to the private ship of war Charlotta, Bethel, commander.
Adeline, Strong, master.—Further proof
pronounced insufficient, and condemned as good and lawful prize to H. M. ship Stork, Geo. Geneyce, Esq. commander.
Two Pollies, Cole, master.—Further proof pronounced insufficient and condemned as good and lawful prize to the private ship of war Viper, Tresson, commander.
Caroline, Partridge, master.—Further proof having been ordered in the first instance, now for want of proof, condemned as good and lawful prize to the private ship of war Mars, Gibson, commander.
Eleanor, Randall, master.—Further proof pronounced insufficient, and condemned as good and lawful prize to H. M. ship Stork, Geo. Geneyce, Esq. commander.
In the case of the Juno, Packard, master.—Mr. Armstrong in behalf of the claimants, interposed for an appeal from the decree of condemnation to the Right Honorable the Lords commissioners of appeals as to prizes.
Albert Gallatin, Esq. arrived in town yesterday from the seat of Government.
By the arrivals yesterday, we have received Nassau papers to the 26th, & Norfolk papers of the 31st ult.
A Nassau paper of the 25th, contains the following laughable fact—
"About two weeks since some of the Exumians in passing Water Key, were terrified with a warlike bustle on shore—On their arrival at Exuma, they reported that the French and Spanish standards were planted, and 50 men were drawn up in battle array—On this alarm two gentlemen immediately set sail, and arrived the next day at Water Key. On their approach they discovered that the enemy's standard was nothing more nor less than an old shirt fixed on a pole, and the fifty warriors their poor American sailors, who had been there almost four months, having been cast away the 17th of March, in the Olive Branch, Jones, from St. Thomas to Havana. They saved nothing but a box of candles, on which, with fruit and roots, they subsisted—The crew was originally six; but the captain and two men left the place on the first of May on a raft which they had constructed, and have not since been heard of. The three men were put on board a small vessel, and arrived the next day at Exuma.
Captain Wood of the schooner American informs us that General Miranda was still in Trinidad with the Leander, and a force of about 500 men, of different descriptions. It was reported in Port Spain, that he would make another attempt to land on the Main, in the course of three or four days, with the assistance of the Lilly sloop of war, Grenada and Express brigs, and several schooners.
General Miranda.—Extract of a letter from an Officer on board the Leander, dated Trinidad, July 18th.
"It is reported that Sir John Borlase Warren has arrived at Barbadoes. His intention in coming to the west-Indies, is to join and assist General Miranda; he is said to have brought dispatches to General Boyer, at Barbadoes, Commander in Chief in the West-Indies, authorising and requesting him to render every possible assistance in prosecuting the expedition.
"Every thing now presents a prospect of certain success. A few short days will resolve my future happiness and prosperity. Should we succeed, and I survive my present anticipations, though sanguine, will not, I trust, prove chimerical: if we fail, my life, I expect will pay the forfeit. Should fortune frown on mankind, and deny success to the noble endeavors of General Miranda, life or death will be equally indifferent to me: for I never could return to my native country, to bear the humiliating scoffs and sneers (perhaps) of all my friends. While the warm breath of life flows through my bosom—while yet there is the most distant prospect of success, I will preserve the glorious phantom, and resign my life in the cause of Liberty.
"Yesterday information was received from the Main, that Don Pedro Minto, the General's particular & most influential friend, had assembled an army of fifteen thousand men, and was advancing towards Caraccas; that the enemies of liberty few in number, were retreating with equal speed. General Minto begs that no delay or procrastination may take place; he requests that we come and join him immediately; says he has every thing prepared for the officers; and only awaits our junction to commence more effectual operations.
"Our departure from this will take place, I presume, in a very few days; I should be happy if it was to-morrow. We shall be joined here by a considerable reinforcement. Our forces, that is, military, will consist of about fifteen hundred men, including officers; a small part of which we obtained at Barbadoes, the remainder at this place. We are in momentary expectation of the arrival of two frigates from Barbadoes; this I believe is all that detains us at present."
Captain Wood of the schooner American from Trinidad by which the foregoing was received, states, that on the day he sailed, he understood an order was given for the troops to embark, and that the naval force which he saw at Trinidad, consisted of the ship Leander of 18 guns; the British sloop of war Lilly, of 20 guns; the Government brigs Express and Grenada; 4 schooners and 5 or 6 gun boats. He also understood that two frigates were expected to join them.
Extract of a Letter from Capt. Scott, who has arrived at Boston Quarantine Road from Tortola.
"On Saturday afternoon, July 5, the French Fleet made their appearance off Tortola, but it being late they hove too with their heads to the southward. In the morning early they again made their appearance with seven sail of the line, standing in for the harbour, and at 10 o'clock were nearly in. Admiral Cochrane, with four sail of the line was discovered within five miles to windward of them, when the French fleet put away and proceeded to leeward. Ad. Cochrane pursued them to the leeward of St. Thomas, when he left them and returned to Tortola with his fleet. The French men standing to the northward and westward. The French and a schooner with them which they sent to St. Thomas;—the captain of which says, that it was the intention of the French Admiral to go into Tortola the morning that Cochrane was discovered, and destroy the shipping, (which consisted of about fifteen sail of merchantmen deeply laden,) set fire to the town, and destroy all the plantations they could.
Admiral Cochrane did not think his force sufficient to engage them, but intended to give them battle if they first attempted it, which they declined.
A report was in circulation the day before I sailed, (11th July,) that Sir Richard Strachan had arrived at Barbadoes with ten sail of the line.
Left at Tortola, July 12, the brig Charlotte, Jones master, of New York, for St. Thomas in ten days.
When we were a little to the southward of the Gulph, we experienced a severe gale of wind, and when we were scudding and going at the rate of nine knots, we struck a large Sperm Whale under our starboard bow, which knocked in six of our timbers, broke short off two of the ceiling planks, and started the water ways from the timbers on deck; it was a great miracle that it had not knocked the bows in, and that our vessel had not immediately gone down."
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.
Yesterday arrived the brig Eliza, capt. Toby, she left New Orleans the 18th July, and the Baltimore the 21st. By her we learn, that a great fire broke out in the Faubourg on or about the 15th July, which burnt several houses and stores, in which was consumed about three hundred and fifty bds. tobacco, one hundred bales cotton, some flour and sundry articles. The most of the property belonged to people in the western country. Loss estimated about forty or fifty thousand dollars.
PETERSBURG, August 14.
SELECK OSBORN.
A number of the republican citizens of Petersburg met at Brewer's tavern on Monday evening, to take into consideration the hardship and oppression to which Seleck Osborn, the editor of the Lynchfield Witness, is subjected, by the pride and power of the federal party in Connecticut. The meeting entered into several patriotic resolutions, censuring like free men, the conduct of the tyrants of Connecticut, and appointed gen. Jones, T. B. Robertson, B. W. Leigh, John Somervell, John Dickson and E. Pesaud, a committee to receive subscriptions for the Witness.
NORFOLK, August 11.
The Schooner Adeline, Strong, of this port, taken into New Providence in October last, was condemned on the 22d. of last month.—As unjust a sentence, we will undertake to say, as was ever pronounced by any tribunal, having the appearance of a court of justice.
A British frigate of 44 guns, anchored this morning in Hampton Roads, supposed to be the Chichester, from New York.
FROM THE AURORA.
"TIME WAS!—TIME IS!"—MERLIN. Things past and present so much resemble each other, that it may be useful to recall the transactions of the past to the living memory, in order that the character of our former sufferings, and of the measures professedly taken to redress them at that time, may be compared with the effects which past measures of remedy and redress produced: as in such cases experience must at all times be instructive, so must the sentiments of adversaries as well as of friends on such occasions be of the like importance. We need not point out the similarity of the circumstances of the relations which subsisted between this nation and that of England in 1794 and which now subsist.
The measure taken then we shall glance at, and we shall subjoin these to the judicious observations of a writer, who it is believed is now a member of the English cabinet, but who was in 1794 in the ranks of the opposition—the articles render comment on our part wholly superfluous.
CONGRESS OF THE U. STATES.
House of Representatives. April 14, 1794. In a committee of the whole house, after a long debate, the following resolution was adopted, sixty one members rising up for it.
"That until the government of Great Britain shall cause compensation to be made, for all damages and losses sustained by any person or persons acting under commission or authority of the British king, contrary to the laws of nations, and in violation of the rights of neutrality, and also, until all posts now held and retained by the king of Great Britain, within the territories of the United States, shall be surrendered and given up, and until compensation be made for the negroes carried away contrary to the treaty of peace, all commercial intercourse between the citizens of the United States and the subjects of the king of Great Britain, so far as the same respects articles of growth or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, shall be prohibited—provided such prohibition shall not extend to vessels or the cargoes arriving in any of the ports of the United States before the day of next."
The house of representatives agreed to the following resolution—ayes 56—noes 36: "Whereas, the injuries which have been suffered by the United States, from violations com-
mitted by Great Britain, on their neutral rights and commercial interests, as well as from her failure to execute the 7th article of the treaty of peace, render it expedient, for the interest of the United States, that the commercial intercourse between the two countries, should not be carried on in the extent at present allowed:
"Resolved, That from and after the first day of November next, all commercial intercourse between the citizens of the United States and the subjects of the king of Great Britain, or the citizens or subjects of any other nation, so far as the same respects articles of the growth or manufacture of Great Britain or Ireland, shall be prohibited."
April 24.
A bill on the resolution of the 21st, was read a third time—ayes 59—noes 24.
April 28.
In the senate, the bill sent up from the house of representatives, founded on the resolution of the 21st, was rejected by the casting vote of the vice-president. (John Adams) the numbers on each side being 13.
This following is a copy of a letter from a person of respectability at New York, written on the nineteenth of April, 1794.
"In mine of the 8th of March, I hinted at the irritable situation to which this country then appeared to be verging, owing to the unprecedented depredations of British cruisers and privateers on our commerce in the West Indies and elsewhere. We have now certain information that upwards of one hundred and fifty sail (this is very much within bounds) of American vessels, with their cargoes, have actually been condemned in the courts of admiralty in the different islands; not because they were employed in illicit trade, nor because the property on board was French, but merely because they were bound to or coming from a French port. Our seamen are confined in ships, and many of the captains stripped of their clothes, &c. as well as their cash and adventures. The forbearance of the United States of America affords a proof of the wisdom and moderation of their councils.
"An embargo for 30 days on all exports was laid on the 26th ult. and is now extended for 30 days more. John Jay, chief Justice of the United States, is appointed envoy extraordinary to the court of St. James's, and will proceed on his embassy in the course of a few days. A commissioner is soon to sail for the West Indies, to ascertain the nature of the numerous condemnations which have been there made, apparently in violation of the laws of nations, and certainly ruinous to many of our merchants and underwriters.
"This conduct of Great Britain towards us has aliened the affections of those who were best disposed to a close connection with her; and has augmented the hatred of such of our citizens as were always attached to the interest of France; and what is worse, it has also planted the seeds of enmity in the bosoms of the younger part of the community, which may grow with their growth and giving them their strength. To efface such impressions from a country whose population increases beyond credibility, and whose habits have always been, and still are partial to the manufactures of England, appears to be an object of the first importance. Most wantonly cruel has this contest been used."
OBSERVATIONS.
The late alarming intelligence from America, imposes as an indispensable duty, on every individual of either nation, who desires to continue the blessings of peace and friendly intercourse to Great Britain and the United States, the necessity of exposing the evils that must result to both from the war which is now apprehended.
That the public proceedings of the United States have been highly tempered with prudence and pacific inclination, the recent conduct of their government, in appointing one of the most respectable of their officers (Mr. Jay, the chief Justice) to negotiate with the court of Great Britain, more strongly evinces, than the most labored eulogium on their wisdom and forbearance could do.
It becomes us, however, to reflect that there are limits to national as to individual temper; and that the sense of aggression must be greatly increased by any indisposition to meet the advances of proffered reconciliation: it should also be considered, that a steadfast unanimity on the part of America, will, unquestionably, be consequent on the rejection of an amicable settlement of the matters in dispute between the two countries.
Let those, whom it most concerns, pause and reflect with that degree of consideration to which the importance of the subject is entitled on the following momentous consequences which must inevitably result to Great Britain from a rupture with the United States of America: the coloring is a trifle conformable to truth, and the picture is, in no part exaggerated:—
A temporary sequestration of a sum not short of seven millions sterling, owing to the merchants of Great Britain from the citizens of the United States—for the war must, of necessity, suspend all remittances.
The loss of an annual sale of near four millions sterling of our manufactures, at a moment when the industry of the country can but ill afford such an abstraction; and the probable loss of that market for ever, as the people of the United States might make such progress in manufactures during the war, as totally to banish foreign articles.
The loss of employment for two hundred and thirty thousand of our shipping. This astonishing quantity of British shipping being annually laden in the ports of the U. States as appears by the clearances from their custom houses, in the year following August 1789.
The expense of our commerce, the most valuable part of which passes in a mere trifle, before their harbors, to the severest, predatory warfare it has ever suffered—as the numerous and active shipping of America would be instantly converted from the purest commerce to those of war.
The deep distress to us: We a India possessions, from a total privation of supplies essential to their subsistence. To this so soon every recent conquest would be but an additional thing. Intending to confine his remarks to inevitable consequences, the writer of these observations forbears any opinion on the fate of our remaining colonial possessions on the continent of America.
It may only be necessary to observe, that all these consequences are to be encountered for no object, or for such an object as it would be an impeachment of the national justice and good sense to admit as a cause of war.
The United States of America, from their remote situation and rapid growth, are internally invulnerable by any power whatever—and, externally considered, it would certainly be political suicide on the part of the commercial and manufacturing nations of Europe (supposing the measure practicable) to compel them to relinquish their trade and live at home. This they certainly could do, considering their habits, with less sacrifice, and, considering their resources, with greater convenience than any other people.
These consequences comprehend no part of the additional expense to be incurred in the event of a war with America—what that will be may be easily inferred from what it has been. The Americans compare the number of their ships taken in the West Indies at 139; and the
loss sustained in consequence of the captures made by the English and the Algerines, which, in their present temper, they always couple at seven millions of dollars, about a million and a half sterling.
FOR THE ARGUS.
Observations in opposition to the opinions and principles, contended for in a pamphlet called War in Disguise.
(CONTINUED.)
DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
Before we proceed to discuss some of the important considerations which have been noticed, it is proper to examine and illustrate the distinction between the government and people of Great Britain, and to show that the general conduct and designs of the rulers, are inconsistent with the feelings and interests of their subjects.
The natural temper of the British nation is, industrious, enterprising, brave, honorable and benevolent. The people at large know well that they collectively deserve this character; hence it is, they are arrogant, both at home and abroad, high considerations of personal respectability, which often wears the appearance of pride and haughtiness, and sometimes procures for them the enmity, disrespect and contumely of others. Wherever Englishmen are found, and particularly, if their minds have been expanded by science or enlarged by commerce, this character, with a few exceptions, appears to be just.
Such a people, influenced by such sentiments, deserving the confidence of all the world ought to hold a conspicuous station, not only in the scale of nations, but in the records of philanthropy and philosophy. What better general national character can be given of a whole people than has been just read? Ought not to be expected that such a nation might be safely confided in, as the arbiters of the rights and happiness of all the world? The observations which have been already published, that the public character of this respectable nation presents a very different picture. It is a picture from which the philanthropist and philosopher turn away in disgust, & anxiously enquire into the causes which exhibit such a people, in the character of scourges, instead of benefactors of the human race. It is in vain to seek for the causes in the counting houses, manufactories, farms and private dwellings of the great mass of the people. It will be in vain to say, that they, whose souls are alive to all the best attributes of man, turn their backs upon their own principles and become the scourges of their fellow creatures. These are strange inconsistencies. They are peculiar to the British nation. They proceed from causes which exist only in that island, and cannot be assimilated to anything which ever did exist at any former period or in any other country. This requires explanation. A few words would suffice, but illustration shall be given.
When George the 1st of the House of Hanover, was elevated to the British throne, he brought with him all the prejudices of a military education in a German army; he had been taught the severest discipline, & being of princely rank, had from his infancy considered the mass of a nation as the automata or machines, by the means of which the precepts of sovereign power should be executed. The British nation at that time, fearing the restoration of the fugitive Stuarts and the revival of popery, bore with the usurper and schemes of the king as the least of evils—His partiality for Germany & the interest which he felt in every thing which related to his Hanoverian Dominions, involved himself in disputes and the nation in war, in the issue of which the people had no other interest than a respect for the feelings of their king. The electorate of Hanover as far as relates to the nation at large, was and has ever been an incumbrance. It has proved to be the greatest curse which could have befallen that nation. Happy indeed would it have been, if the electorate and all its dependencies, had been transferred, in full sovereignty to some prince or nation.
Thus entangled in the schemes and interests of a king, who had been educated in the schools of despotism, whose life had been habituated to the authority and submission of a camp, on one side, and by the fears of a revival of popery on the other, it affords no astonishment, that the whole people became, also entangled in the disputes and wars, which related only to the personal pride and feelings of the king.
Thus began that system of policy in relation to the continent of Europe, which, besides involving the nation in the most destructive wars, has been the cause, by which they have not only expended many millions of money, which are gone forever, but at this time are indebted at least six hundred million of pounds sterling.
It will not be necessary nor indeed will the limits of a news paper discussion allow a full & minute illustration of the succeeding steps to the present time. It is sufficient to show the general causes and the deplorable consequences. But it is likewise proper to say something more in regard to the internal influence which these things have had upon the whole nation.
Before the British debt was created, that country was governed by the landed interest. It was this interest which opposed and dethroned Charles the first:—It was the same interest which restored Charles the second: the same which brought forward William and Mary: it

same which settled the crown upon the House of Hanover: and the same interest would now govern the destinies of Great Britain, if it was not opposed and overmatched by other countervailing interests, which have formed a coalition for their mutual benefits. These are the interests of the throne and of the money capitalists. These parties by their union, give strength and vigor to each other. The crown insures a majority in the House of Commons by the means of money which it borrows. The same majority play back to suit the humor of the king, and he promotes those projects which are most suitable to his partners in public fraud; the stock jobbers and money lenders.
Such are the means by which the British nation has been long governed. The king, tho' apparently limited in his power and prerogatives, can do what he pleases—an absolute monarch gives orders, but the king of England acts by bribed or interested majorities, or by statutes. After the minister has settled a point, and has arranged his forces, a bill is brought forward. It is debated. The opponents are allowed to exhaust all the powers of eloquence and argument. They are not hurried. Every chance is allowed to make proselytes, and every thing seems to show that the people of the Empire are the most free and happy in the world. But it is all a delusion. The king and the minister know their men. They can tell to a unit how many votes are engaged. The bill passes. The minority acquire great celebrity; and the people, because there has been a great deal of noise, vainly think, that they are a free people and have a free parliament. And thus it is they go on from year to year, from war to war, and from project to project; while every step plunges them into new difficulties, from the temporary evils of which they are extricated, by a new loan, under the sanction of a packed majority.
This is the way in which the people of England are deluded and governed. This is the way in which they lose all the benefits of an honorable and exalted character, and become the instruments and dupes of an ambition, an avarice, and a cupidity, which are interwoven in all public considerations, and leave to the nation nothing but the echo of what they have been, the mere shades and phantoms of what they believe themselves to be.
The explanation which has been given is due to those to whom it relates—in justice too, to the feelings and sentiments of the writer, it must be also understood that all the remarks illustrated by the term Great Britain and England, relate only to the governmental or ministerial party of that country. It is by this party that the crown is enabled to make subsidies—to form coalitions—to contrive plots—to hire spies and assassins—to organize armies, and to equip fleets. If no such persons had existed in England, France would have been long ago restored to repose, and the rest of the civilized world, to peace and tranquility. Sensible of the wickedness of their past conduct—the rulers endeavor to persuade the nation and all the world, that nothing less than a continuation of the same projects, can stop the career of Bonaparte, and that he mediates the conquest and subjugation of Europe.
It is in vain to reply that the limits of France, notwithstanding her victorious arms have overrun Germany and conquered Italy, are immutably fixed. These disturbers of the world's repose, know, that they have been the enemies of all mankind; that every man's hand ought to be raised against them; that they deserve neither favor nor mercy; and that to insure the repose of France, and the happiness of the world, it is necessary either that they should abandon their destructive plans, or be overthrown. The advantageous situation of the Island, separated from all the world, the bravery of the people, and the pride of national character, all have heretofore buoyed them above the fears and terrors of invasion; but the whole course of Bonaparte's career, & particularly in the last war, shows that there is nothing too great for him to achieve. Hence it is, that the rulers and their adherents, raise the curtain of futurity with fearful apprehension.
These things prove in the most satisfactory manner, that the fears and alarms do not proceed from a real opinion that the emperor of France, is desirous to exact hard and oppressive conditions from Great Britain—but because the British Cabinet and their coadjutors, have rendered so much injury to France, that he cannot help feeling a spirit of indignation towards them. If the rulers of England well knew that their conduct deserved the vindication and thanks of the world, and that the great mass of people, every where, would rise in the common defence of the country, how could they be afraid of an invasion? Do they not upon all occasions say, that the English troops are better than those of France, that they can beat them man to man, and that the national strength is at least a million of men? But all these things together, and ought they to fear even a million of Frenchmen? But we know well that they are afraid of an invasion—they are afraid of about one eighth of the number of their own fighting men.
Again, the reader is told that the rulers have not confidence in the justice of their cause. They know that they have long plundered and deceived the nation, and that the people can have no real interest in perpetuating a system which has extended its wars and its ravages, to every part of the earth.
The Historian of future times, when
personal feelings and interest are forgotten, and cannot mingle in scenes of the present day, will do justice to these subjects. Then it will be recorded that many of those, who are now proclaimed the world's best hopes, will be analyzed with the strictest severity, and some of them will be irrevocably damned to everlasting fame.
But let us not waste too much time in conjecture—charity demands from us a more favorable portrait—and tho' we may indulge a hope, it is impossible altogether to shut our eyes and ears, against self-evident truths.
Great Britain has before her, some important duties—she must rouse the whole nation and excite them by enthusiasm to become her defenders. The soldier must feel, that he does not fight alone for others. He must have before him, the prospects of honors and rewards, equal to his deeds and dangers, and not be confined to the chilling reflection, that even in the greatest and in the most splendid triumphs, there is nothing in store for him, except the hardships and perils, of another battle or campaign.
Wide is the difference in France. Every private soldier sees before him, the road to honor, to fame, to power, and to wealth. Every private soldier sees himself under the command of persons, who have been raised from humble situations to those of great distinction; and he cannot fear, that equal rewards will not be bestowed upon him; if he is equally meritorious.
This is one, and perhaps the chief reason, why the French armies have acted with an impulse, which has borne down all opposition, and perhaps it is to this cause, that the coalitions owe their defeats and disgraces. If the Cabinet of England wish to preserve themselves from overthrow, let them adopt a similar plan, and they will find all the young men flying to their standards, and all panting for an opportunity to acquire laurels. But this will not be done, no, not even if it should be proclaimed aloud by a trumpet from heaven. England contains too many princes, dukes, earls, &c. whose sons and relations, must have the offices, whether they are qualified or not for the duties. If this was not the case, if merit alone insured reward, England would have nothing to fear from invasion, nor from victorious and veteran armies.
Thus it is shown that the present, is a war of the rulers—and not of the nation. The poor can see nothing in defeat, which can make misery more wretched—nothing in victory, which will add to their comforts. The rulers know that this is true, and hence it is, they tremble with fearful apprehension, because they know also, that they do not deserve the people's support and confidence.
Behold the British navy! Cast your eyes upon Nelson, Smith, Warren, Pellew, and many others equally brave, tho' less conspicuous, who have risen from obscurity to fame and distinction, by the force of their superior merits. These examples ought to teach that nation, that real worth, is scattered indiscriminately among all classes and stations of mankind—and altho' the crown may by its patent endeavor to perpetuate the honors of a meritorious officer or public servant. There is nothing upon this earth, which can perpetuate, in hereditary succession, the merits of the ancestor.
If the government of England sincerely desire, that the Island shall be able to defend itself, and to resist the shock of invasion, it should make such changes and modifications for the benefit of obscure and humble merit, as will give to their military system the same energy, the same value, which has been obtained by the navy. If they wish for peace and good will among all nations, they should abandon those claims to pre-eminence upon the ocean which afford so many just causes of complaint, and now threaten to unite in an indissoluble federation, all the nations of continental Europe. They should open their ports as well as their arms to all the nations of the earth—and instead of pursuing the admonitions of interested partisans—say with one voice: These are our brethren—we are all friends.—British rights and universal justice, might then become synonomous terms.
PACIFICATOR. (To be continued.)
Stop the Thief!!!
STOLEN from the subscriber's plantation on James river, about 12 miles above New Canton, in the county of Buckingham, on the night of the first of this month, a light BAY HORSE, about 7 or 8 years old, hanging mane and tail, and about 5 feet high, or near it—has a remarkable knot about the size of a hickory nut of the wen kind, near the top of the right shoulder blade—Trots lofty and long, paces, draws well in gear, and is apt to put back his ears when approached—His right eye a little affected, and is a little droop rumped—no brand nor other mark recollected. He is very well known on the Coal-Pit road and about Manchester, having run in Mr. L. Dunnigan's waggons, of whom I purchased him about two years ago.—I will give FIFTY DOLLARS for the horse, and FIFTY DOLLARS to any person who will apprehend and bring the thief to justice.
W. T. L. Bolling. Buckingham county, August 10th, 1806
LOST.
THE first volume of the New or Edinburgh System of Anatomy and Physiology, was lent out of the subscriber's shop during the last summer. As the loss of this vol. ruins the set, it is presumed the gentleman who has it, will return it without delay. It had the name of the subcriber and the price of the work written on the title page.
J. TRENT. August 12.
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1806.
The state of the negotiations in England are by some, attributed to the proceedings of New York and to the President's proclamation.—By some to the late proceedings of Congress and the partial non-importation act. And they might as well impute it to our growing national commerce. In the last war we knew enough to discover, that every effort would be made by the British to maintain their commercial superiority, and to secure all the advantages of their naval power. The same causes act with increasing obligations upon the British nation. What we do at home is of little consequence with them, their enquiry is, what power they have to assert their claims, or what necessity they have to abate them. To assert their claims, they will do every thing. An absolute necessity alone will oblige them to withdraw them. It is a temporary policy to be at peace with any nation, but it is of eternal consequence not to relinquish and extinguish any claim, by which their navy may rule the ocean, and preserve its superiority over the world. The French ambition has never out stepped the British. They are natural enemies, while nothing but all, will satisfy them.—Salem Register.
BOSTON, Aug. 5.—Died, yesterday, in this town, Chas. Austin, aged 18, son of Benjamin Austin, Esq. and member of the present Senior Class, Cambridge College, by the discharge of a pistol from Thomas O. Selfridge, Esq. The particulars of this unfortunate and melancholy affair are so variously represented by contradictory reports, that were it in any respect proper, it would be impossible for us to give a very correct detail.
We merely understand, that a dispute of a personal nature, having taken place between the father of the young gentleman deceased, and Mr. Selfridge, and that on the meeting of the two latter, in State street, yesterday, about one o'clock, the unhappy event ensued which terminated in the death of Mr. Austin, on the spot.—Mr. Selfridge has surrendered himself for trial.
[The following appeared in the Boston Gazette of Monday last, which probably was the cause of the above.]
"Austin posted"—Benj. Austin, Loan Officer, having acknowledged that he has circulated an infamous falsehood concerning my professional conduct, in a certain cause, and having refused to give the satisfaction due to a gentleman, in similar case:—I hereby publish said Austin as a COWARD, a LIAR, and a SCOUNDREL; and if said Austin has the effrontery to deny any part of the charge, he shall be silenced by the most irrefragable proof.
THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE.
Extract of a letter from Boston. "This day (Aug. 4.) an unhappy fracas took place on 'Change between Mr. Thomas O. Selfridge and Charles Austin, son of the supposed editor of the Chronicle. Mr. Selfridge, after receiving repeated blows, shot him through the heart. The particulars I will give you in my next. The immediate source of the encounter was the posting advertisement of Austin senior, by Selfridge, in the Gazette of this day."
Relative to the present prospects of peace on the European continent, the Philadelphia Register, says: "after a careful perusal of our latest London papers, we find that the rumor of pacific negotiations rests on no better authority than stock-jobbing speculation."
In the House of Commons (June 16) Mr. Wilberforce, after a few prefatory observations, moved that an humble Address be presented to his Majesty beseeching that he may be graciously pleased to adopt such measures as to him may seem meet to induce America, and the powers of Europe, to unite with this country in a resolution to Abolish the Trade in Slaves.
DREADFUL FIRES.
A letter from Machias (Maine) dated July 18, to a gentleman in Boston, says:—While our western brethren complain of agricultural disappointments, incidental to a drought, we have in addition to the same misfortune, to lament the effects of a sweeping and desolating fire.—For some time the fires, incautiously kindled, had raged in the woods in a northern direction; but upon a change of the wind yesterday, they were blown back with unusual velocity towards the upper settlement on the Eastern river, and it was impossible to resist or arrest them. They consumed mills, houses, barns, fences, sheep, cattle, and even crops, in their desolating progress, and in some instances, the inhabitants were unable to save their furniture. That settlement, which but a few weeks since, smiled in prosperity, is now a black and dreary waste, with a few smokes issuing from those spots where the work of destruction was incomplete. Many families have fallen from independence to utter ruin. The aggregate loss is estimated at not less than twenty thousand dollars."
We are just informed, that Mr. Tillotson, on Monday last, in his suit against James Cheatham, for a libel, obtained a verdict, by a sheriff's jury at Albany, for the sum of Fourteen hundred dollars.—N. Y. Evening Post.
The president of the United States has appointed Peter Garenzee, marshal of the district of New York, in the place of John Swartwout.
By passengers in the Oliver Ellsworth we learn that the most prevalent opinion was, that a peace would take place between Great Britain and France in the course of the summer, as pacific overtures from Bonaparte were under consideration.—N. Y. Gazette.
Lord Selkirk, appointed Ambassador to the United States, had taken leave of his government, to depart immediately for America.—ib.
At Adams (Mass.) on the 18th ult. Miss Esther Allen, of that place, hung herself by a skein of yarn. No cause for this act is assigned, unless it may be attributed to a gloom fixed upon her mind from observing the eclipse of the sun on the 10th.
COMMUNICATION.
"There is many a true word spoken in jest."
The following paragraph is extracted from a late London paper.
"Bonaparte is anxious to know by what law we rule the ocean. The answer is easy, Cannon law."
If Bonaparte doubts the truth of this let him call upon America and she will prove it. The blood of the murdered Pierce will seal it. The groans of three thousand brave and free born seamen, and the distress of our commerce, will convince the world that Britain has abandoned all other law than what is fulminated from the mouth of her cannon. The laws of honor and good faith have been smothered by the smoke of her power. Justice has fled from her shores, and piracy and rapine taken full possession of her ancient dominion. "But the end is not yet."—Balt. Evening Post.
SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
The following statement exhibits the periods at which the time of service of the respective Senators, in Congress will expire:
   March 1807. March 1809. March 1811.     Adair, Adams, Baldwin,   Brantley, Anderson, Bayard,   Galliard, Condit, Fenner,   Logan, Hillhouse, Giles,   Plumer, Howland, Gilman,   Smith of N. Y. Maclay, Kitchell,   Sone, Mitchell, Pickering,   Tracy, Moore, Smith of Ten.   Worthington, Smith of Md. Sumner,   Wright, Smith of Ohio, Thruston   Vacancy by the death of Gen. Jackson of Georgia. Smith of Vt. Tuner.   White.  
Our correspondent at Kingston, [Jam.] writes us, that Baltimore superfine flour sold there on the 6th May, at public auction, for Twenty-Nine Dollars, and Fifty Cents.—N. Y. pap.
MORALITY.
Extract from a Sermon lately preached before the Magistrates, &c. of Gra- (Eng.) The following curious calculation is introduced in this extraordinary production:—
"It is generally supposed that this earth is inhabited by one thousand millions of men, or thereabouts, and that thirty years make a generation, and therefore that in thirty-three years there die one thousand millions. Thus the number of those who die on earth amount to
 Each year, thirty millions.  Each day, thirty two thousand.  Each hour, three thousand four hundred.  Each minute, sixty.  Each second, one. 
"This calculation must certainly strike us: If the mortality be so great every year and every hour, is it not probable that he who reflects on it, may himself be one of those soon to swell the list of the dead? It is at least certain that it ought to lead us to think seriously and often on the subject. Now at this very moment, one of our fellow-creatures is going out of the world, and before another hour be past, more than three thousand souls will have entered into an eternal state."
Interesting and important discovery in the culture of Wheat.
On the 8th of August, 1804, a gentleman took a plant of wheat which had been sown in the beginning of June, and divided it into eighteen parts, and putting them into the ground, let them remain therein till the latter end of September, when he again took them up, and subdividing them into 67 parts of roots, replanted them:—they remained in this state till March, and the beginning of April, when the plants were a third time taken up, separated into 500 roots, and again replanted in the garden. Early in the season he reaped his little harvest, and found that, by this process, a single grain had been made to produce twenty one thousand one hundred and nine ears, containing five hundred and seventy thousand grains, measuring three pecks and three quarters, and weighing 67 lbs.
Bell's Weekly Messenger of January 12, (a London paper of about ten years standing) says, "the sale of the last number of the Weekly Messenger was 10,430"—It is sold for ready money at seven pence half penny sterling, producing weekly about £326—and annually, £16,952—equal to 75,340 dollars. The Star and Morning Chronicle are the most productive papers in London: of each are issued about 5000 per day, 300,000 per week, or 1,560,000 per year, which at sixpence each is £39,000, or 173,333 dollars. In the United States, bad pay has ever proved the bane of newspapers, whereas an European Editor as punctiliously receives his pay, as the Miller takes his toll—Never have we observed, in a paper from Europe, language bearing the smallest resemblance to what follows:—ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE EDITOR OF THIS GAZETTE, ARE EARNESTLY CALLED ON TO MAKE IMMEDIATE PAYMENT!—Providence Gaz.
ANECDOTE.
Of the great and emotional judge, lord chief justice Holt. In the reign of queen Anne, in 1704, several freemen of the borough of Aylesburgh had been
refused the liberty of voting at an election for a member of parliament, though they proved their qualifications as such. The law in this case imposes a fine on the returning officer of 100£ for every offence. On this principle they applied to lord chief justice Holt who denied the officer to be arrested. The house of commons alarmed at this step, passed an order in the house to make it penal for either judge, counsel or attorney, to assist at the trial. However, the lord chief justice, and several lawyers, were hardly enough to oppose this order, and brought it on in the court of King's bench. The house, highly irritated at this contempt of their order, sent a serjeant at arms for the judge to appear before them; but that resolute defender of the laws bade him, with a voice of authority, be gone; on which they sent a second message by their speaker, attended by as many members as espoused the measure. After the speaker had delivered the message, his lordship replied to him in the following remarkable words: "Go back to your chair, Mr. Speaker, within these five minutes, or you may depend on it I will send you to Newgate: you speak of your authority, but I tell you I sit here as an interpreter of the laws, and a distributor of justice; and were the whole house of commons in your belly, I would not stir one step." The speaker was prudent enough to retire; and the house were equally prudent to let the affair drop. And an independent judiciary was undeniably proven to be a public benefit of inestimable worth.
Massena is known in France by the title of the general with half a memory—because he can recollect every live that is owing to him; but forgets every one he owes himself.—Lon. pap.
Married—On Monday, the 21st ult. by the Rev. Mr. John H. Saunders, Mrs. HUGHES OWEN, to the amiable Miss SARAH WOODSON, sole daughter of Mrs. HUGHES WOODSON, dec. all of Powhatan County.
If unity of Heart and person e'er we find; In these we safely say each are combin'd.
DEATHS.
Departed this life, on the 30th July last, Mrs. MARY MORRIS, the amiable spouse of Mr. JOHN MORRIS of Campbell county, (Va.) In the death of this amiable lady, a disconsolate husband and five children, are left to deplore the irreparable loss, of one of the best of wives, and most affectionate parent. She bore her last illness with patience and resignation, as indicated a due preparation for such a solemn event.
Departed this life, on the 30th July last, Doctor JOSEPH BONDURANT, of Buckingham county, in his 87th year.
Died—On the 13th inst. in Powhatan county, Mrs. JUDITH BINGLEY, aged 105 years.
James River Low Grounds.
TO RENT or LEASE, for a term of years, that valuable tenement, which com. Reuben Bagby now lives, being part of my estate lying upon the Fluvanna river, in the county of Augusta, four miles below L.enburg, two or three from Lewis's manufacturing mill and iron works—and containing by estimation, about eighty four acres LOW GROUNDS of superior quality. For terms apply to the subscriber, residing near Willis's mountain, in the county of Buckingham, on the road leading from Ca Ira to the courthouse.
L. Bolling. August 1, 1806
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us on the fourteenth day of February, 1804, to secure a debt due from Col. Robert Goode, to William B. Giles Esquire, will be SOLD, to the highest bidder for ready money, on the first day of October next, at the front door of the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, that well known
TRACT OF LAND, Whereon Col. Goode now resides, lying on James river, in the county of Chesterfield, containing twelve hundred and sixty one acres, more or less, and commonly called and known by the name of WAITES. This valuable estate lies within three miles of the city of Richmond, and two from the town of Manchester, and has on it a large and commodious dwelling house, with all convenient out houses and improvements, well suited to the accommodation of a genteel family.
JOSEPH SCOTT, } Trustees. WM. MOSLEY, ROBERT POLLARD } August 15th, 1806
WILL BE SOLD,
On a credit of six and twelve months, Three Acres of Ground, On Shoccoe Hill, in one body adjoining Col. Penn, Mr. A. Baxter, and Little Brookman. These Lots command a handsome prospect, and the advantage of Court's and several other fine springs of water. The situation is a desirable one, either for a private family, a Church, or a Public School. The sale will commence on the premises at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, on Friday, the 22d August 1806.
Richmond, 13th August, 1806
NOTICE.
WILL BE LET, to the lowest bidder, on Saturday the 20th of next month, at Amelia courthouse, The Building of a Jail, For said county. The jail to be built of brick and wood, two stories high, a particular plan of which may be seen on application to Mr. Wm. T. Eggleston, at Amelia courthouse.
BY THE COMMISSIONERS. August 13th, 1806
FOR SALE.
THE LOT & HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use: a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately planted in a Water House and Cellar under it: the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf.
Also, 27 1/2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken. Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2.

Advertisement. IN consequence of a resolution of the General Assembly, passed at their late session, I am instructed by the Executive to make enquiry respecting the situation of all Ordnance and Military Stores, belonging to the state (not including those in the service of the United States or of this State) and make report thereof to the Governor.
In obedience to this instruction, and as the most probable means of effecting the object contemplated by the Executive, I have thought proper thus publicly to request of such of the citizens of the commonwealth as may have any knowledge of the situation, number, quality and size or weight of any cannon or other ordnance, and muskets; cannon balls, shells or other military stores, supposed to belong to the state, and not in immediate use, to communicate a particular report thereof to me as soon as convenient. SAMUEL COLEMAN, Clerk to the Executive. Richmond, Feb. 7, 1806. (H)
TO BE RENTED, THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given in June. April 9th, 1806. J. PENN.
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the HISTORY OF FRANCE AND ENGLAND—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28 1806 if
WHEAT FANS, FOR SALE, BY C. & T. SAUNDERS, Near the Basin of the Canal. May 23, 1806 (f)
RICHMOND BATH, Adjoining the lower part of the Falling Garden, and immediately back of the Bell Tavern, is now in readiness to receive customers. It is supplied with Hot and Cold Waters, and a careful attentive boy to attend. For the convenience of small parties who may wish to bathe at the same time, the house is divided into four different apartments with every requisite convenience in each. The house will be kept open from day light till nine o'clock in the evening of each day; and the baths kept exclusively for the use of tenants from nine till twelve o'clock in the forenoon. * Price for a single bath 2s 3d or three tickets for one dollar. Children half price. * No people of color admitted. Richmond, 7th mo 2d, 1806. if
FOR SALE, THAT well known and very valuable farm belonging to the estate of Samuel Couch, dec'd lying on James River, near Goochland court house, containing about
900 Acres of LAND, about half of which is well-timbered wood land; about 300 acres of River Low Grounds and from 50 to 100 acres of valuable Creek Bottom. The cleared land is well enclosed and improved, with convenient dwelling and out houses in good repair, with a commodious Store, a valuable Mill, and a choice collection of about 1,500 bearing fruit trees. The terms of sale may be known on application to Daniel Couch on the premises (who will show the land to any person inclined to purchase) or to Micajah Crew in Hanover. The above tract of land contains improvements and accommodations for two families, and, if more agreeable to the purchasers, they may be divided and sold separately. MICAJAH CREW, ANN COUCH, Exors. & Exix. of S. Couch. P. S. If the above property is not sold before the 18th of August next, it will on that day, at Goochland courthouse, being court day, be set up to the highest bidder.
TO BE SOLD, for cash, at John Farrar's, on Rockfish river, in Amherst county, on Monday the 25th day of August next, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by John Farrar, for the purpose of discharging his debt due to Rives, Murphy & Co. therein specified, one NEGRO WOMAN, named Milley, and her child, named Henley, and the increase of the said Milley, if any, since the executing the said trust; one SET of BLACK SMITH'S TOOLS, and one sorrel MARE and COLT. Daniel Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst 16th July 1806 4w
TO BE SOLD, for cash, at New Market, on Friday the 22nd day of August next, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by Sylvanus Bryan, sr. for the purpose of discharging his debt due to James Murphy & Co. therein specified, one NEGRO WOMAN, named Chloe, and her two children, Sarah & Fanny; and one NEGRO BOY, named Ned; two head of Horses, and five head of Cattle. Also, will be sold, for cash, at the same time and place, as above, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by John Wright, for the purpose of discharging his debt, due to James Murphy & Co. therein specified, one NEGRO WOMAN, named Pat, and her four children, Isham, Dick, Charles and Edmund. John Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst, July 16, 1806. 4w
TO BE RENTED, And possession given the 15th of September, THE TENEMENT Now in the occupancy of Messrs. Shapard and Lucke. For terms apply to William Mitchell. June 23, 1805 tf
IN COUNCIL, 29th March, 1806. IT is advised, that it be advertised in the public paper that PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive from any person willing to contract, to furnish the necessary Clothing for the Public Guard for the present year. Dan. L. Hylton, Clerk of the Council. Bail and Delivery Bonds For sale at this office.
A. HEWES & CO. Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market, Salt in sacks | Imperial Tea Jamaica and Antigua | Beavings and Shad Rum | Alexandria Beer in bbls New England Rum | English Wainus Port & Sherry Wine | Brown Soap Old Cognac Brandy | Nutmegs Leaf and Brown Sugar | Pepper Molasses | Allspice Coffee of superior quality | Mace Alexandria Crackers | Cloves Rhode Island Cheese | Starch Fig, Blue, & &c. &c. A general assortment of CUTLERY and STONE WARE, and Rhode Island LIME. Richmond, July 4th, 1806. if
TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office. "Discoveries of Lewis and his Party, in Louisiana." A few copies of the above interesting work, just received, and for SALE, at the Post Office, Williamsburg, and at this office. May 5 1806
MATTRASSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MATTRASSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos Darnesdale's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store. Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattresses worked over. Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5, 1806.
FOR SALE, THAT valuable TRACT OF LAND, on which Cumberland Courthouse stands—It contains about TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, one half of which is yet uncultivated. Besides the advantage of having the Courthouse on this tract of Land, it is situated on one of the most public roads in Virginia; as a public stand there are none that can surpass it. The buildings, with some repairing, may be made sufficiently extensive and comfortable. Part cash will be expected of the purchaser, when possession is given; a reasonable credit will be allowed for the balance; or if it should suit the purchaser better, limited property will be received in part. Greer Taylor and Blake B. Wootton, both of Cumberland county, are authorized to sell the above tract of land. Or the same may be purchased of the subscriber in Buckingham county, near Allen's Mill. BEVERLY LANGHORNE. June 10th, 1806. 4w
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS the Uniform established by the Executive for the Militia of this Commonwealth and declared by Proclamation bearing date the first day of March last, in pursuance of the eighth section of the act of the General Assembly, passed at the last session, "Further to amend the several acts concerning the Militia of this Commonwealth," hath, in some particulars, been considered inconvenient by the people generally, and repeated applications have been presented to the Executive in behalf of the Militia in various and numerous parts of the state, representing that very few, if any, of the Militia, have as yet, provided themselves with the uniform lately established, and praying certain alterations therein: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this Proclamation, hereby declaring that the uniform of the Militia of this Commonwealth shall be as follows, to wit:
For the General Officers. A dark blue coat, skirts lined with buff, cape, lapels and cuffs buff, yellow buttons, gold epaulets (one on each shoulder), black cocked hat with black cockade, and black stock. For the Artillery. A blue coat, skirts lined with red, cape, lapels and cuffs red, vest buff, overall blue, edged with red, black garters, yellow buttons, a cocked black hat with red cockade. For the Light Infantry. A dark blue short coat with half lapels, cape and cuffs white, white lining and buttons, vest and overall white, with black garters, black half boots, black stock, a round hat cocked on the left side, with black cockade. For the Grenadiers. A dark blue coat, cape, lapels and cuffs white, white lining and buttons, vest and overall white, with black garters, black half boots, black stock, cocked hat with black cockade. For the Riflemen. A linen hunting shirt of purple color, with trousers of the same, leather moccasins or shoes, round hat cocked on the left side, with black cockade and black stock. For the main body of the Militia. A blue hunting shirt trimmed with red fringe, white overall and black garters, round hat cocked on the left side with black cockade and black and red plume, black garters or half boots. The officers' uniform to be a dark blue coat, cape, lapels and cuffs red, white lining and buttons, vest and pantaloons white, with black garters, black stock, cocked hat with black cockade. For the Cavalry. A short dark blue coat, with yellow buttons, white lining, half lapels, cuffs and cape red, white vest & leather breeches, jack boots, spurs, black stock and black leather cap dressed on the crown with bearskin and decorated with a light blue sash and red and white plume. The officers of the main body of the Militia, of the Light Infantry, Grenadiers, Riflemen and Cavalry, to be distinguished by epaulets of silver; the officers of the Artillery to be distinguished by epaulets of gold. The field officers to wear two epaulets, the captains one on the right and the subalterns one on the left shoulder. All officers to wear side arms and boots. Provided however, That where any troop of Cavalry, company of Artillery, Grenadiers, Light Infantry, Riflemen, or of the main body of the Militia, shall have provided themselves with an uniform different from that herein prescribed, they are respectively permitted to wear the same for three years from and after the date hereof. Given under my hand as Governor, with the Seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 14th day of June, 1806. (Signed) WM. H. CABELL.
NOTICE. THE price of TUCKER'S BLACK-STONE, after the first of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The subscribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies, will not after that time be entitled to the subscription terms. Philadelphia, July 1806. 1st Jan BLANK BONDS For sale at this Office.
TO RENT, THE TENEMENTS opposite the Market, now occupied by the subscriber. Possession may be had at a short period. For terms apply to Mr. JOHN SEABROOK, or to H. DABNEY. July 22, 1806. if
FOR SALE, AN ELEGANT Marble Chimney Piece, With HEARTH, &c. complete. Apply to the Print. r. July 7, 1806.
THE subscribers, Brewers of Porter and Ale, in Philadelphia, desirous of extending the consumption of their liquor in Richmond and the neighboring towns, will afford a complete supply of every article, and all the information necessary for carrying on a Porter Cellar, in the said place, on receiving sufficient security for final payment. Application to be made to them in Philadelphia, or to Messrs. Macnairdo and Fisher. P. Hare & Son. H.N.
NOTICE. SOME time in the month of October, 1804, I enclosed a parcel of papers in a letter, directed to Mr. John A. Robinson, of Amelia county, near Genito bridge, which letter, with its contents, have never reached Mr. Robinson. The subject of the letter related to a certain suit brought by me against Pleasant Roberts of said county, giving Mr. R. who I employed as my attorney, such directions as the case required. The papers were principally wheat receipts, some of which were signed by said P. Roberts and others by Chatham and Wiley Roberts, for Pleasant Roberts, together with other vouchers. Any person who will be so good enough to make enquiry, or to get a knowledge of them, and convey, or cause them to be conveyed to me in this place, shall receive twenty dollars reward. B. Dennis. Manchester, August 6, 1806. 6t
MILLINERY. MRS. S. PLEASANTS, in corner house next door below Jacob Johnson's Bookstore, has received a handsome assortment of BONNETS, HATS, &c. &c. of newest fashion, just from Philadelphia. A supply will be constantly kept on hand.
WILL BE SOLD, For cash, in the town of Milton, at the tavern of Thomas Wills, on the fourth day of September next.
The Following Slaves, to wit: Hannah, a negro woman, Patrick, a boy, Amy, a negro woman, Dick, a negro fellow, and the children of Hannah herein before named; also, the children of Amy herein before named, conveyed to me in trust by Edward Moore, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. merchants and partners, of the town of Milton. Being only interested as trustee, will only convey the title to aforesaid property vested in me as such. Martin Dawson, Trustee. August 24, 1806.
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Excellent Horses. Enquire of the printer. Richmond, August 2, 1806. if
NOTICE. THE partnership of Jesse Higginbotham & Co. is this day dissolved, by mutual consent. All persons who have accounts with the concern, are requested to come forward and settle them with Jesse Higginbotham. Brown, Rives & Co. Jesse Higginbotham. Caira, 1st August, 1806
THE business will be continued by James Brown of Richmond, Robert Rives of Amherst county, and Henry Rives of this place; under the firm of BROWN, RIVES & CO. who will pay all claims against the late concern of Jesse Higginbotham & Co. James Brown. Robert Rives. Henry Rives. Caira, August 1st, 1806
FOR SALE, MY PLANTATION, SITUATED in the county of Powhatan, on the south side of the Buckingham road, about one mile and a half below the courthouse, containing 502 acres, three fifths of which are well timbered, and half the cleared land quite fresh—100 Acols. to be paid down, & the balance in four annual instalments, to be secured by bond, and a deed of trust on the land, to carry interest from the date, although it will not be claimed until the first instalment, which, as well as the preceding ones, being punctually paid, the whole of the interest will be relinquished. The purchaser will be permitted to sow a crop of wheat. Possession will be given in December next, and the land shown by Mr. R. Harrison, living thereon, or the subscriber, residing at Fighting creek, two miles therefrom, to whom application must be made for the price of the land. William Berkeley. Powhatan, June, 1806. (w2m&1st2m)
NEW PUBLICATION. Just received at S. Pleasants' Book-store, near the Bridge, An entirely new and interesting work, ENTITLED, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT & CABINET OF ST. CLOUD. IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, From a resident in Paris to a nobleman in London, Written during the months of August, September and October, 1805. This work abounds in anecdotes, mostly original highly piquant, and well related. To the politician it offers an exquisite treat; the historian will find in it a record of events which he could not obtain from any other source; and the dextrous reader cannot fail to derive from it the greatest amusement. Thomas Rutherford, & Co. Are desirous to sell A few Boxes 4 4 and 7-8 Irish Linens. A few Crates of Queens' Ware. And a quantity of Liverpool Salt, loose and in sacks, Just received on consignment from Dublin and Liverpool. May 30, 1806. w12t
FRANKLIN'S LIFE & WORKS. PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE WORKS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, PHILOSOPHICAL, LITERARY, AND POLITICAL. ONE edition has been lately published in England in three volumes octavo; the papers contained in these volumes will be revised and compared with the papers in the possession of the editor of the Aurora , which are corrected in the hand writing of Dr. Franklin; and a considerable addition will be made of interesting papers, which have not appeared in any former edition, and a few manuscripts never before published, and which are not noticed in the English collection lately published. The publisher had for a considerable time past contemplated this publication and had collected a number of articles which had incidentally fallen into his hands, and others, which by much industry he has been able to procure. The additional papers it is presumed will form two additional volumes. The whole will be put to press, as soon as the Divisions of Purley are completed—and will be printed on a superior paper, and in a style suitable to the value of the work. The price to subscribers for each volume will be 250 cents, payable only on delivery. A printed prospectus will be circulated without delay, and subscriptions will be received at the Book store of the publisher, Wm. Duane, and by the different booksellers throughout the U States. July 11
Buckingham county, July Court, 1806. Joseph Clarke and John Harris, Complainants. Zacharias Taliaferro, Charles Patterson and John Baskerville, Defendants. ON the motion of the complainants by their counsel, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant Taliaferro and Patterson are not inhabitants of this state, It is ordered, and decreed that unless they shall appear here on or before November term next, and answer the bill of the complainants, the same will then be taken for confessed, and the matter thereof decreed accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond, and also her copy be posted up at the front door of the courthouse of the said county. A Copy—Teste. ROLF E. ELDRIDGE, Jr. d. c.
VIRGINIA: In the Superior Court of Chancery, held at the Capitol, in Richmond, the 25th March, 1806. Borrower John Pierce, surviving trustee of Samuel Bell, deceased, Plaintiff William Moseley, Defendant THE defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country: On the motion of the plaintiff by counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendant appear here on the first day of the next September 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.
At a court continued and held for Albemarle county, the 3d June, 1806. Samuel Shelton & Company, Plaintiffs. Against John Maria and Walter Leake, Defendants. THIS day came the plaintiffs aforesaid by their counsel, and the defendant John Maria, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is ordered and decreed, by the court, that the defendant John Maria 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 published in some public newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste. Alex. Garrett, D. C. A. C.
We have lately received, FOR SALE,
10 hhds. sugar | 15 boxes cotton & wool 30 bbls. do. | cards do 3000 lb. green coffee | 4 cns castings assort. 10 hhds Antigua rum | egs, viz. pots, ovens, 5 do Windward Island | skillets, spiders, and do | irons, rackets and 14 hhds N. E. rum | waggon boxes 14 bbls. do do | 330 acks do 17 hhds. molasses | 100 bbs cut herrings 8 casks Malaga wine | 30 do whole do 20 pieces & bbs. whisky | 15 do shal 4 pipes apple brandy | 40 lbs Spanish indigo 15 bbls do do | 15 lbs nutmegs 12 crates Liverpool | 100 pr men's fine shoes ware assorted | 50 do coarse do 10 do stone do | 500 lbs Glauber salts We have also on hand, Iron | Leaf sugar German, Crawley and | Tanners' & Linseed oil Blister Steel | Nova Scotia ground Race & ground ginger | stones Pepper | Ground plaster in bbls Alspice | Good manufactured tobacco by the keg, for FF & F powder | retailing Shor. assorted sizes | Tar French brandy | Weeding hoes Rice | Nests woodware Cheese | Bed cords, leading lines and twine Wrought and cut nails, assorted sizes | Necklaces Snuff | Stone jugs, butter pots, Glass ware, viz. 1-2 pt. tumblers and decanters, assorted sizes | chamber pots, wash basins, bake pans, chums, &c. &c. Hats We daily expect to receive, a quantity of Sherry Wine, Window Glass, Copress and Alum, all of which articles, we will sell at a small advance, for cash, approved paper or country produce. Shapard & Lucke. Richmond, May 8, 1806.
** Subscribers to the DEBATES of the VIRGINIA CONVENTION, and to GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE and FALL of the ROMAN EMPIRE, are requested to apply at this office, where their copies are now ready for delivery. Jif
At a court held for Prince Edward county, June the 16th, 1806 Hart and Nimmo, Complainants. Against Champion Arnold and Christopher H. Holland, Defendants. THE defendant Arnold, not having entered his appearance and given security according to an act of the General 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 complainants by their counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendant Arnold, do appear here on the first day of September court next, and answer the complainants' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, BENJAMIN WATKINS, D. C.
PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED & DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS WITH SELECT CASES, RELATING CHIEFLY TO POINTS OF PRACTICE SETTLED BY THE LATE HIGH COURT OF CHANCERY, & PRESENT SUPERIOR COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE RICHMOND DISTRICT. By WILLIAM W. HENING, & WILLIAM MUNFORD.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I. The decisions of each term of the Court of Appeals, shall be published as soon after the rising of the Court, as may be consistent with a due regard to accuracy. II. The work shall be printed on an entirely new type and good paper, of the size and quality of that used in Judge Tucker's edition of Blackstone's Commentaries, and delivered to subscribers in the form of a Pamphlet, at the rate of 12 1/2 cents for every sixteen pages. Each Pamphlet, it is supposed, upon an average, will contain about 60 pages. III. The pages of each succeeding Pamphlet will be numbered progressively, so as to admit of being bound up into a volume; and, as soon as the number of pages shall exceed 500, a Title Page, Index and table of the names of the cases will be given. IV. Subscribers, who will, it may, receive a volume, when completed, handsomely bound and lettered, and containing not less than 500 pages, at the price of four dollars.
TO THE PUBLIC.
IMPRESSED with the importance and necessity of an early publication of the decisions of those Courts, whose opinions become the law of the land; being convinced that the speedy and general circulation of correct reports of those decisions, is not less requisite to a knowledge of the law than that of the acts of each session of the legislature; having often ourselves felt and observed the inconvenient arises from the want of information of this nature; and, in consequence of our situation, being enabled frequently to attend the Court of Appeals and Superior Court of Chancery at this place, and to furnish reports of the most important of their proceedings with as little delay as possible; we have determined to undertake the work which we now offer to the patronage of the public—Indeed, we flatter ourselves that the utility of a work of this description, must be apparent to every Judge and magistrate, as well as to every member of the bar. At present, the decisions of the Court of Appeals are unknown, except to the few who are immediately conversant with them, until several years have elapsed from the time when they were rendered. How often, therefore, have the inferior courts been compelled to listen to mere oral and inaccurate reports of cases said to have been determined by the Court of Appeals? How often have they decided points of law in direct opposition to doctrines already settled by the Superior Courts, but of which no report had been published? Thus subjecting the parties to the expense and delay of additional litigation, and to the injury arising from the reversal of a judgment or decree, all of which might otherwise have been avoided? The disadvantages, to which the practitioners of law in the country are subjected, in giving advice to their clients, without possessing an opportunity of knowing the decisions by which that advice ought to be governed, are truly great, and, no doubt, are universally felt and acknowledged. With respect to the rules of practice in Chancery suits, a knowledge of the method of proceeding in the Superior Courts of Chancery, is essentially necessary to the County and Corporation Courts; the law having expressly declared that those Courts shall in Chancery cases conform to the practice of the High Court of Chancery in like cases. Yet, for want of information on this subject, it is certain that very different modes of proceeding prevail in the several County and Corporation Courts. It appears therefore evident that the work contemplated, by which an attempt will be made to remedy the numerous inconveniences we have mentioned would, if well executed, be peculiarly conducive to the public good. In prosecuting this undertaking, we shall endeavor to avoid a tedious or prolix method of stating the cases and arguments of counsel—The duties of a judicious reporter we conceive to be, 1. To give a concise and accurate statement of the points in controversy, and the most important circumstances only in each case. 2 To mention briefly the substance of the arguments of the Counsel on both sides, with the authorities cited by them, and—3. To insert the opinions of the judges at full length. We shall exert ourselves to the utmost to fulfil those duties to the satisfaction of our readers, and trust that our joint labors will enable us to furnish the work with the requisite expedition and accuracy. William W. Hening. William Munford. Richmond, July 9th, 1806
Subsription papers will be lodged at the several Book-stores and public offices in the city of Richmond, and generally distributed through the different counties in this state. FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK-STORE, HENING'S New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease & re-lease, mortgage, trust, &c. Just received, and ready for delivery to Subscribers at this office, VOLUME I—PART II. DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA.