Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-07-14 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIIIth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1670.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,) BY SAUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1809.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the second day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the Commonwealth, the thirtieth.
AN ACT giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands, forfeited for the non-payment of taxes, to redeem the same.
[Passed February 1st, 1806.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the proprietors of lands forfeited to, and vested in the Commonwealth, by the non-payment of taxes, agreeably to the act, entitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this Commonwealth," may redeem the same by paying into the treasury of this Commonwealth, on or before the first day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and seven, all arrears of taxes due thereon.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof.
A Copy from the Roll—Teste,
J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the Commonwealth, the thirty-first.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this Commonwealth."
[Passed 20th January, 1807.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That when the taxes on any tract or parcel of land shall have heretofore remained, or shall hereafter remain unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or parcel of land shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth, and shall not be subject to location.
Provided nevertheless, That the tract or parcel of land so as aforesaid forfeited, shall be subject to the redemption of the former right and proper owner at any time within three years after such forfeiture shall have accrued, upon payment of the taxes due thereon, according to the following rules, to wit: That if the said taxes shall be paid in the first year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of twenty-five per centum per annum on the amount of the said taxes from the time they became due till paid. If the said taxes shall be paid in the second year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of fifty per centum per annum on the amount of taxes due as aforesaid. If the said taxes shall be paid in the third year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of one hundred per centum per annum, as aforesaid; Provided also, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unsound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased, after their paying all taxes due, with an interest thereon at the rate of ten per centum per annum on the amount due as aforesaid.
All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the 5th day of March next.
A Copy from the Roll—Teste,
J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the Commonwealth, the thirty-third.
AN ACT providing for the redemption of certain lands forfeited by the non-payment of the taxes thereon.
[Passed February 6th, 1809.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all lands heretofore forfeited or hereafter to be forfeited to the Commonwealth for the non-payment of taxes, by virtue of the laws now in force, shall be redeemable at any time within three years from the time when such forfeiture has accrued, or when hereafter accrued, and until the first day of March next succeeding the expiration of the said term of three years, on payment of the taxes due thereon, with an interest of ten per centum per annum on each year's tax, from the time when the same became or shall become due, until the time of such redemption. Provided, nevertheless, That all lands heretofore forfeited, shall be redeemable in like manner, and on payment of the like interest, on or before the first day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten.
Be it further enacted, That the auditor of public accounts, shall on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on or before the first day of March in every year thereafter, deliver to the collector of the taxes of each county, a list of all such forfeited lands therein, as on the first day of March preceding, had become irredeemable, which list shall be forthwith posted or hung up in the most public place in the courthouse of the county.
Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on the first Monday of August in every year thereafter, the collectors shall proceed, by public auction, at the door of the courthouse of each county, to sell to the highest bidder, each tract of land contained within the list of such forfeited lands, as were irredeemable on the first day of March in the preceding year, for ready money.
Be it further enacted, That if at any such sale the former owner or owners of any forfeited tract or parcel of land be present, or any person for him or her, or them, or in his, her or their behalf, with or without any authority or direction for that purpose, shall appear and pay the taxes due thereon, with interest as aforesaid, until the time of such sale, such tract shall not be sold, but an entry of such payment shall be made by the collector on the list aforesaid, and a receipt for such payment given to the person making the same in the name of the former owner or owners, and thereupon such land shall be taken to be redeemed, and the forfeiture accrued thereon, shall be, and the same is hereby fully waived and remitted.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioner or commissioners of the revenue, annually, on the first Monday in August to attend at the courthouse of their respective counties, and to take and make out a list of all the sales so to be made by the collector, specifying the name or names of the former owner or owners, the sums paid and to whom said; which
list the commissioner or commissioners shall forthwith transmit to the auditor of public accounts, who shall charge the collector with the amount of sales appearing thereon.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector to pay annually into the public treasury, all such sum or sums of money as he shall receive by virtue of this act, deducting a commission of five per centum thereon, which payment shall annually be made on the same day on which the taxes collected in the same year shall be payable.
Be it further enacted, That the lists of sale so certified and taken by the commissioners, or either of them, shall be sufficient to charge the collector or his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators, therewith, on any motion to be made to recover the same by the auditor of public accounts. And it, any collector shall make default in the payment of any monies by him received, by virtue of this act, at the time hereby required, such collector and his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators, shall be liable to all such fines, interest, damages and costs, and be recovered in the same manner as in case of a default in the payment of the Commonwealth's revenue.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector making a sale by virtue of this act, to make and execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simple for the lands purchased, reciting the cause of sale, and in every action or suit at law or in equity, in which a former owner or owners of any tract of land so sold and conveyed, his, her or their heirs, devisee, or other person or persons claiming under him, her or them, shall contest the validity of the sale so made, the onus probandi shall lie on the party so contesting.
Be it further enacted, That the commissioner or commissioners for discharging the duties required of them by this act, shall be entitled to receive from the public treasury a commission of one and a half per centum on the amount of sales, on a warrant from the auditor of public accounts.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts, at the public expense, to cause a copy of this act, and of an act passed the first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and six, entitled, "An act giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands forfeited for the non-payment of taxes to redeem the same, and also of an act passed on the twentieth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, entitled, "An act to amend an act entitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this Commonwealth," to be published for six months successively in the present year, and for three months successively preceding the first Monday in August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, to be published in some newspaper of general circulation, printed in each of the United States, if any such there be.
And it is further enacted, That the duties enjoined by this act to be performed by the collectors, shall, where the present is collector, be performed by the high sheriff in person, and every purchase made, wholly or in part, by the sheriff or his deputy, or by any other person being a collector, or by any other person, wholly or in part, for the use of such sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being collector, shall be void, and every sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being a collector, making any purchase, either wholly or in part, for himself, or procuring any other person to make such purchase, wholly or in part, for the use aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $500, to the use of the public, to be recovered by bill, plaint or information, in any court of record having jurisdiction thereof.
This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
A Copy from the Roll—Teste,
J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
IN virtue of a deed of trust bearing date on the 24th of October, 1807, executed by William Davidson, late of the city of Richmond, now deceased, and Mary his wife, to secure the payment of a debt therein mentioned, due to the president, directors, & Co. of the Bank of Virginia, on Saturday the 22d day of this present month, in the street opposite the premises, will be offered for sale, to the highest bidder, conformably to the provisions in relation to sales under deeds of trust, mentioned and contained in the act of the General Assembly, passed on the 31st January, 1809, entitled, "An act concerning executions and for other purposes." The following property, to wit: A PART of two LOTS of LAND, No. 1, and No. 16, in the said city, beginning at the northwest corner of the lot numbered 16, thence along the line of the main street 67 feet, to the house (then or now) occupied by Christian Syball, thence in a line with the said house, 184 1 2 feet parallel with the house known by Betty's house, thence along the line of the said house to the cross street leading between Bryson's and Younghusband's lots, 67 feet, thence along the said cross street 184 1 2 feet to the beginning. The above parts of lots are improved by several valuable framed houses, which are rented advantageously. The sale will commence at four o'clock in the evening.
GEO. WM. SMITH.
July 10th, 1809.
COMMITTED to the jail of Montgomery county, on the 27th day of April, a negro man who calls himself MOSES; says he is about twenty two years of age; he is near six feet high, stout built and says he is the property of Richard Ferrell. The owner is requested to come forward, pay all charges and take him away, otherwise he will be dealt with as the law requires.
H. GIBSON, Jailor. June 29th, 1809. (3m)
Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND.
FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1809.
REFLECTIONS ON THE AUSTRIAN WAR.
From the bulletins which we have published, it appears that the sceptre of Austria is broken to pieces; and that a period has been put to the greatness of the house of Lorraine; that her armies have been slaughtered and dispersed; and that Bonaparte had only to appear to ensure victory.
When we reflect on the thousands slain and the privations and miseries that are consequent even upon necessary wars, how great reason have we to rejoice in our situation, which exempts us from the calamities of victories and defeats, wherein perish numbers that equal the population of one of our states?
Until the middle of the last century, the house of Austria was considered as the natural barrier of Europe against the Turk on the one side, and the ambition of France on the other. Whilst the influence of the house of Bourbon extended from the Rhine to the southern extremities of Naples and Spain; England and the princes of the north were generally in alliance with Austria. Richlieu was the first who had the address to attach Sweden to the interests of his country, and thus promote a diversion on the northern frontier of the empire. Russia and Prussia hitherto were considered below the rank of secondary powers; but now their physical resources became manifest, and they were called into action on the theatre of Europe: and Prussia and the empire of the north became successful opponents of Austria.
Yet Austria had never found herself so powerful as after the peace of Homburg in 1763. She had gained the affections of her subjects in Hungary and Bohemia: and towards the close of the war of '56, her arms had been everywhere victorious. The natural resources of the empire were in themselves the greatest in Europe; but these from the perplexed and discordant principles of the Germanic constitution, could seldom be called into action. From the number of petty princes who composed the Germanic body, and their separate interests, foreign courts had always an opportunity of interfering in its councils, of retarding their operation, and sometimes of rendering them entirely abortive. A person from calculating the numbers of its subjects and from a review of the military levies of its diet, might be induced to think highly of its political strength. But this consisted solely in appearance: like the dropsical man, it had the body of a giant, with the feebleness of a child. Its existence therefore essentially depended upon opinion for its protection: in the hopes and veneration of the electors for the imperial dignity. And causes arose shortly after, which blasted the influence of those prejudices and prepared the way for its present state of humiliation.
The treaty of the partition of Poland in 1772 between Austria, Prussia and Russia, first opened the eyes of the princes of the empire and of Europe. That the three greatest powers of the world should agree to lay aside their mutual jealousies & take advantages of the internal commotions of a neighboring power which was their ally, was a phenomenon that never had been before exhibited in the history of politics. An appearance of justice is necessary to be observed in the transactions of princes with each other: and this is the reason of those hollow manifestoes that every day issue from the cabinets of Europe. To give these effects, some shadow of right is required, to blind the eyes of their subjects, of whom few have leisure, and fewer still have capacity to see through the delusion: but when in open violation of treaties and the most solemn assurances, the courts of Vienna, Petersburg and Berlin, sent their armies into Poland; there was no prince or elector of the empire who had not cause to read that his dominions must successively fall a sacrifice to that ambition, which could not be restrained by the feelings of either shame or justice.
Austria had indeed added to her dominions a million of subjects; but she created millions of enemies: she destroyed thereby the influence of popular prejudice, which under monarchies, is the strongest support of the throne: which so often imagines that wars are entered into for the protection of the nation and the glory and happiness of the people. Though she possessed numerous and well appointed armies, yet a mortal distemper was already sown through the veins of the body politic, and the excitation of her distemper like the inflammation of a fever, was mistaken for a symptom of her strength.
The conspiracy of Pilnitz is well known: and Austria acceded to this conspiracy in 1792, and declared war against France. She would once more intermeddle in the domestic government of a whole people and would appoint masters for them. Her armies were defeated, and after successive attempts and successive defeats, the peace of Leoben in 1797, saved the remains of the house of Austria. With diminished revenue, population, territory and military forces, and with her strong holds in the possession of her enemy, she made another attempt in 1785; but her arms were everywhere unsuccessful: It was then doubted that had the conqueror pursued his victory, whether she must not have fallen; but her ruin was only protracted; with a phrenzy which the strong antidote of experience could not cure, she has lately renewed the struggle, and has perished.
It is an observation by no means to be disregarded, that the settlement of the imperial crown in the house of Austria, which had lately taken place, was a measure calculated not to increase, but to diminish its political importance. She thus deprived herself of the assistance to be derived from the ambition of the princes of Germany of succeeding to that dignity, and rendered them indifferent to the preservation of an authority which they themselves were precluded from all hopes of enjoying. Though the imperial dignity had continued in the Austrian family with little intermissions from 1273, when Randolph of Hapsbourg was called to the imperial crown; yet the right of being themselves elected and of appointing an emperor, were considered by the princes of Germany as things by no means of little importance: they were therefore prepared by resentment and by ambition, to enter into the measures of Bonaparte, and to accede to the confederation of the Rhine. Thus the former members of the Germanic body became the allies of its most deadly enemy, and Austria alone unfriended, was left to fight its battles.
From a publication of the celebrated Gentz, and from the Austrian manifestoes, it appears that she declared war against France, rather through the apprehension of suffering than because she had actually suffered injury. Bonaparte, to leave nothing to fortune, when he marched an army into Spain, had also drawn an army around her frontiers: and the dread of experiencing the fate of Spain and the hopes of profiting by her distractions, had caused her likewise to take up arms. But this measure abstracting from the issue (which practically demonstrates its folly) does not seem to have been in any degree prudent. Had her military forces been in sufficient readiness, the time of entering upon action should have been when the royal family of Spain were arrested. But her subsequent attempt when the Spanish cause was hopeless: when the patriot armies had been everywhere defeated, and the English driven from Spain; could not be said to be made at a proper time unless she had been bent upon self-destruction.
From a publication of Mr. Gentz of the date of last January, it appears that there were 150,000 French troops in Germany, 130,000 in Italy, and 100,000 of the confederation of the Rhine. When we add to these 130,000 Russians on her eastern frontiers, and whose movements must have been observed on account of a suspicious neutrality, we ask what rational hopes could Austria entertain of victory?
† Observations on various articles inserted in foreign gazettes.
Surrounded as she was at all points, what troops had she to oppose to such numerous armies? Simply 390,000 men. When by draughts from the northern frontiers of France, replaced by the conscription of the last year, and by troops from Spain, France single-handed, could bring a greater number into the field, what probable hopes could she have left of success?
The Germans at best are slow in their movements, and from an hereditary phlegm and sullenness of temper, are unfit to oppose the impetuosity of the French. With the latter, they have nothing comparable except their Hungarian cavalry and artillerymen: both of which are said to be superior to those of the French. But in these Austria must have suffered severely in the late wars; and as both artillerymen and horse require the longest time in their formation and discipline; in this campaign she could by no means draw inferences from the past, in any manner, applicable to her present military situation. In the war of '56, when the acquisition of a campaign was the taking of a town, a corps of skillful engineers might give a temporary superiority to one belligerent over the other; but at this day, when battles are won by the light artillery and the bayonet, when the enemy's forces are already destroyed, and there is no army in the field for the relief of fortified towns, the conqueror is sure to find towns nothing but traps to secure his enemies.
It appears also that the campaign was not conducted on the principles of sound policy. Sixteen years war should have taught Austria the impolicy of aggressive efforts: that by pitched battles, her armies had been destroyed; that it was only by acting on the defensive she could form soldiers, have an opportunity of disuniting the princes of the confederation of the Rhine, and finally conquer by delay. Thus, by giving employment to the arms of France, she would promote the effects of a powerful diversion in Spain; and by retarding a conqueror used to conquer at a blow; and by giving him employment at the two extremities of his empire; she might be prepared to make use of any of the advantages of fortune.
The attachment of the soldiers of France to Napoleon, is founded in their admiration of his great talents and fortune: and the moment that fortune appeared to abandon him; that moment these admirers would have abandoned him also: but the generals of Austria, by pitched battles, have given him an opportunity of gathering fresh laurels; and have thus only served to confirm that authority they would have subverted.
But it is worth the inquiry to develop what were the causes that influenced the cabinet of Vienna to a measure, in which she could have little hopes of succeeding, and strong apprehensions of miscarrying. By peace, an extensive territory must have augmented her strength both by increasing population and increasing wealth. The present diversion in the present diversion in Spain could by no means counterbalance the augmentation of power which she must have gained by a few years of tranquility: and as the power of Bonaparte is evidently consequent upon his talents and personal efforts, when the chances against a long life are so many; and nothing could be lost, but something might be gained by procrastination: even though she should at last be obliged to contend for existence, it would have been wise to have protracted the struggle to the latest possible moment.
The court of St. James have sacrificed successively the different princes of Europe to her ambition: Savoy, Tuscany, Naples, Prussia and Austria. With fresh hopes she has formed new alliances and granted fresh subsidies. By enormous taxation, she has deprived the unhappy peasant in Ireland and Indostan of bread, to pay for the armies that have been slaughtered on the Rhine, the Elbe, the Vistula and the Danube. The blood of Germany has so often flowed for her money, until by successive bleedings, the body politic is now become quite exhausted.
It was a saying of Philip of Macedon, that there was no fortress so strong through which he could not drive an ass laden with gold. And Castlereagh and Canning by applying

English guineas to the palms of the Austrian courtiers; with greater bribes and greater promises; and by magnifying the prodigies that were to be effected by Spanish valour, were the authors of that infatuation which has influenced the councils of the Austrian cabinet. The delusion vanished in England: the letters of Moore have explained the true state of the Spanish nation. But the delirious spirit either had not yet subsided in the court of Vienna, or she was conscious that she had gone too far to retrace her steps; she knew that she was suspected, and that in her situation suspicion was ruin. She therefore at that moment when France could bring against her the whole force of her empire, chose to begin the fatal struggle. She had to oppose to the victorious armies of France an army composed for the greater part of raw recruits or of veterans half-conquered by their fear of troops, from whom they had been accustomed to reap nothing but dishonor. It may be even doubted if the victories of Bonaparte be as decisive, and he feels so strongly what he terms the faithlessness of Austrian conduct; whether he will suffer Francis to exist any longer even with a shadow of power or the title of a monarch.
It appears that a war is shortly to break out between Russia & the Porte. This is a solution of the cause of the treaty of Turkey with England, which we have published in a former number of our paper. It is now probable that the Turks will be shut out from Europe, and the imperial exes displayed from the towers of Byzantium. Russia has sent a part of its forces to take possession of some of the Turkish European provinces. We all know the ambition of the successors of Peter the great for a Greek empire, and it is probable that Napoleon will gratify the wishes of Alexander.
The road to India is now open; and England in anticipation of this event, has concluded treaties with both Turkey and Persia. But as Napoleon has already opened the road from Presburg to Constantinople, little resistance can be expected from either, to the united arms of Napoleon and Alexander. For the last five years Turkey and Persia has been overrun with French engineers and travellers. They have already examined the route from Constantinople to Ispahan, thence to Delhi, and from Delhi to Calcutta; and perhaps the battles that are to decide the fate of England are to be fought on the banks of the Ganges.
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
The citizens of Richmond have celebrated the 4th of July with the parade of troops, military evolutions and firing. For this they deserve praise, as having done something in commemoration of the birth day of American liberty. But was this enough? What has become of the annual panegyrical orations of this day: of the reading of the declaration of American independence in the capitol: and of our general entertainment?
Or will it be said that these are prejudices, and therefore are unnecessary, because each is already acquainted with his rights, and that no oration will make him more fully impressed than he is already with the advantages of freedom? We wish it were so: yet we still wish that festivals in remembrance of all the great exploits of our revolution were annually commemorated. These would give an appropriate character to our manners, and rivet our affections still more closely to our country.
They are strangers to the feelings of the human heart, who are ignorant of the attachment man has to the institutions of their country. These recall to our minds the scenes and pleasures of our youth; when we are incapacitated either by absence or by age from enjoying them any longer. These are some of the great causes of that garrulity so observable in old age; because its only enjoyments consist in the recollections of memory. Any man absent from his country must have felt and in spite of all the powers of philosophy will ever feel a void in his breast, on the return of the annual festivals of his country.
It is not true that every man in this country is sensible to the blessings of republican government. There are some amongst us who like persons of a debauched taste and vitiated palate, cannot endure the simple relish of republican government: they want something more pungent to the feelings and more gorgeous in its representation.
There are others bribed by money or by their prejudices; to be foes of freedom and friends of monarchy. These wish their wives to have an opportunity of kissing the hands of a queen, & of standing themselves for hours in silent expectation of the opening of the doors of an audience chamber. Of these there are some of such unblushing front, as to proclaim in the face of the public, "that they would rather be dogs and bay the moon, than be thought Americans."
The declaration of American independence & the bill of rights should be the first prayers taught the children of this country: but if persons will not take the trouble, at least their reading as often as the occasion would admit of, should on no account be dispensed with. This would have the effect of counteracting the silent approaches of tyranny: for republicans, by referring political measures to a standard already impressed upon their minds, would easily discern their agreement or repugnance with the principles of freedom. The reading of the declaration of American independence, therefore, ought never to be omitted. Surely it would be the best prayer of thanks-giving that on that day it should be addressed to heaven by us, as it
first broke the fetters of civil & religious oppression in this country, and taught man to look upon man as his brother, and inculcated the duties of universal benevolence.
It has been asserted by some writers that the people of the U. S. have not as yet any national character. This assertion we will not take upon us at present to approve or to contradict. But sure we are, that by the strict observance of national festivals we would impress on the minds of our children an impassioned love for freedom: and should fortune happen to throw any of them on the coasts of a distant country, these would give a coloring to their ideas and conduct, which would distinguish them from any other nation in the world. Man is not merely a rational creature: his passions also have a great influence on his conduct: and it is our business to make both subservient to his happiness.
The tune called the Rance de Vache was forbidden to be played to the Swiss mercenaries in the service of the European princes. The hardy mountaineer whom education and habit rendered insensible in the day of battle to the groans of the dead and dying, was melted into tears by the wild melody of his native mountains: The dells and valleys of his country so powerfully revisited his memory, that he either deserted, or fell an untimely victim to the despondency of his situation, and to regret for those scenes of his youth which he was debarred from enjoying.
In scenery our country is little inferior to Switzerland; in enjoyment of civil and religious liberty it is superior; in extent of territory, in physical resources; in advantages of situation: in every convenience of life it is matchless; and shall not our attachment to its customs and veneration for the name of American be equally sacred?
Whilst we would wish to give a pallid existence to every sentiment that throws light on the American character, and makes us prouder of our country; we have to regret that we are precluded by our limits from publishing the numerous toasts given on the late celebration of our independence. Our patrons therefore will not feel displeased when they find that their toasts are not all inserted: of the mass of good things some one must have been omitted.
FOR THE ARGUS.
At a meeting of a respectable number of the Citizens of Charles City County, at the Court House, on the 4th of July, after an Oration by Mr. John Tyler, junior; the following toasts were drank; Col. John Christian being elected President, and Patrick Henderson Vice President.
 1. The day we celebrate—May it ever be held sacred as the birth day of Liberty.—3. cheers.  2. The patriots of the revolution—May their sons never degenerate from their virtues.—3. cheers.  3. To the memory of George Washington—Brass and marble may moulder into dust, but the glory of virtuous deeds can never die.—6. cheers.  4. To the memory of Patrick Henry—The thunder of whose eloquence, shook Tyranny from the throne, and released Liberty from the dungeon.—6. cheers.  5. The American people—May they always estimate through a proper medium the blessings flowing from a Representative Democracy.—3. cheers.  6. Our Eastern Brethren—They first unsheath'd their swords in the cause of Freedom, and they never will desert their posts.—3. cheers.  7. Thomas Jefferson—The real Patriot, the enlightened statesman, and speculative philosopher.—6. cheers.  8. James Madison—Let him follow the example of his great predecessor, and the glory of ages shall be his.—6. cheers.  9. The Governor of Virginia—His political course has been that of the sage, his private that of a man.—6. cheers.  10. Peace with all nations; incumbency alliances with none.—3. cheers.  11. The Constitution of the U. States—The most glorious production of human wisdom.—3. cheers.  12. The Congress of the U. States—They never will surrender their country's honor.—3. cheers.  13. An Union of all parties—May we be all Republicans, all Federalists.—3. cheers.  14. The peaceful policy of our Country—May it be preserved till honor forbid it.—3. cheers.  15. The Irish people—When shall thy harp, oh Erin, be tuned to the song of peace! thy sons are brave in the field, but many are their foes.—3. cheers.  16. John Clopton—The steady politician, and the upright man.—3. cheers.  17. The American fair; bravery their Idol; Cowardice their scorn.—9. cheers.  Volunteer by Col. John Christian—The youthful orator of the day; May his mind expand with his years, and his talents always be devoted to his Country's call and the good of the people. 
MR. SAMUEL PRESANTS. I was one of the committee appointed to draft toasts for the barbecue at Goochland Court House, on the 4th July: This committee was appointed sometime previous to the barbecue, and the toasts prepared by one of the members and presented on the day—I was not present at the barbecue, and had no knowledge of the proceedings until I saw them published in the Argus. Finding that some of the toasts do not accord with my sentiments, I wish it to appear, that I did not as one of the committee give my sanction to them. The toast respecting Mr. John Randolph I particularly disapprove of, as I think he deserves well of his country.
JOHN CURD. Goochland, July 8, 1809.
The following is the ORATION pronounced by JOHN BARLOW, on the 4th of July, at Washington City.
ORATION.
FRIENDS AND FELLOW-CITIZENS: THE day we now commemorate will never cease to excite in us the most exhilarating reflections and mutual gratulations. Minds of sensibility, accustomed to range over the field of contemplation that the birth of our empire spreads before them, must expand on this occasion to great ideas, and invigorate their patriotic sentiments. The thirty-three years of national existence, which have brought us to our present condition, are crowded indeed with instructive facts, and comprise an interesting portion of history. But they have only prepared this gigantic infant of a nation to begin its own development. They are only the prelude to the greater events that seem to unfold themselves before us, and call for the highest wisdom to give them their proper direction.
It appears to have been the practice of the public speakers, called to give utterance to the feelings of their fellow-citizens on the anniversary of this day, to dwell chiefly upon those memorable transactions which necessitated, and those which afterwards supported, the act of Independence that gives name to the present festival. Such were the oppressions of Britain and our effectual resistance to those oppressions. Transactions so eventful are doubtless worthy to be held in perpetual remembrance. And as they ought never to be forgotten, they should frequently be recalled to the notice of our younger brethren, who can know them only from their elders. But those conflicting scenes are now become every where matters of record. They are detailed so copiously in our annals and so often by our orators, as to render the repetition of their story at this moment, far less important than to turn our attention to other subjects growing out of the interest of our blessed country.
Our departed heroes and statesmen have not gone without their fame. Our tears have mingled with the ashes of those fallen in our battles, and those who have descended in peace to a later tomb. Our gratitude attends the precious few who remain to us of that list of worthies; the illustrious relics of so many fields of danger, and so many years of labor; who led us in all our darings, when resistance to tyrants, as well in the forum as in the field, was deemed rebellion and threatened with death. Their whitened locks that still wave among us are titles to our veneration; they command and they will obtain it, while the virtues they have taught us to practice shall continue to warm our hearts.
But our respect for the memory and the persons of all our leaders will be best evinced by the pious culture we bestow on the rich heritage they have secured and are handing over to our possession. The present race is likewise passing away; but the nation remains and rises with its years. While we, the present race, are able to call ourselves the nation, we should be sensible of the greatness of the charge that has devolved upon us. We have duties to posterity as well as to ourselves. We must gather up our strength and encounter those duties. Yes, my friends, we are now the nation. As such we have arrived at that epoch when instead of looking back with wonder upon our infancy, we may look forward with solicitude to a state of adulthood, with confidence to a state of manhood. Tho' as a nation we are yet in the morning of life, have already attained an elevation which enables us to discern our course to its meridian splendor; to contemplate the height we have to climb, and the commanding station we must gain, in order to fulfil the destinies to which we are called, and perform the duties that the cause of human happiness requires at our hands.
To prepare the United States to act the distinguished part that Providence has assigned them, it is necessary to convince them that the means are within their power. A familiar knowledge of the means will teach us how to employ them in the attainment of the end. Knowledge will lead to wisdom; and wisdom in no small degree is requisite in the conduct of affairs so momentous and so new. For our situation is in many respects not only new to us, but new also to the world.
The form of government we have chosen, the geographical position we occupy as relative to the most turbulent powers of Europe, whose political maxims are widely different from ours; the vast extent of continent that is or must be comprised within our limits, containing not less than sixteen hundred millions of acres, and susceptible of a population of two hundred millions of human beings; our habits of industry and peace instead of violence and war,—all these are circumstances which render our situation as novel as it is important. It requires new theories; it has forced upon us new and bold, and in some cases, doubtful experiments; it calls for deep reflection on the propensities of human nature, an accurate acquaintance with the history of human actions; and what is perhaps the most difficult to attain, a wise discrimination among the maxims of wisdom, or what are such in other times and nations, to determine which of them are applicable & which would be detrimental to the end we have in view. I would by no means insinuate that we should reject the councils of antiquity in mass; or turn a deaf ear to the voice of modern experience because it is not our own. So far as the policy of other nations is founded on the real relations of social man, or his moral nature undisguised, it may doubtless be worthy of imitation; but so far as it is drawn from his moral nature disguised by habits materially different from ours, such policy is to be suspected, it is to be scrutinized, and brought to the test, not perhaps of our experience, for that may in certain cases be wanting, but the test of the general principles of our institutions, and the habits and maxims, that arise out of them.
There has been no nation either ancient or modern that could have presented human nature in the same character as ours does and will present it; because there has existed no nation whose government has resembled ours. A representative democracy on a large scale, with a fixed consti-
tion, had never before been attempted, and has no where else succeeded. A federal government on democratical principles is equally unprecedented, and exhibits a still greater innovation on all received ideas of statesmen and lawgivers. Nor has any theorist in political science, any among those powerless potentates of reason, the philosophers who have taught us so many valuable things, ever framed a system or conceived a combination of principles producing such a result.
Circumstances beyond our control had thrown in our way the materials for this wonderful institution. Our first merit lay in not rejecting them. But when our sages began to discern the use that might be made of materials then so unpromising, they discovered great talents and patriotism in combining them into the system we now find in operation. It is indeed a stupendous fabric; the greatest political phenomenon, and probably will be considered as the greatest advancement in the science of government that all modern ages have produced.
This is not the moment to go into a dissertation on the peculiar character of our political constitutions. The subject being well understood by so respectable a portion of this assembly, and the time allotted to this part of the exercises of the day being necessarily short, I should hardly expect to obtain your indulgence if I were even capable of doing justice to so great a theme. Otherwise the whole compass of human affairs does not admit of a more profitable inquiry. Every citizen should make it his favorite study, and consider it as an indispensable part of the education of his children.
But nations are educated like individual infants. They are what they are taught to be. They become whatever their tutors desire and invite and prepare and force them to become. They may be taught to reason correctly; they may be taught to reason perversely; they may be taught not to reason at all. The last is the case of despotism; the second, where they reason perversely, is the case of a nation with an unsettled and unprincipled government, by whatever technical name it may be distinguished—for a democracy without a constitution, though generally and justly called the school of disorder and perversity, is no more liable to these calamities than a monarchy ill defined and without a known principle of action, and where the arm of power has not that steady tension which would render it completely despotic. The first, the case in which they reason correctly if it ever existed or ever is to exist, must be ours. Our nation must, it can, its legislators ought to say it shall , be taught to reason correctly; to act justly, to pursue its own interest upon so large a scale as not to interfere with the interest or at least with the rights of other nations. For the moment it should interfere with theirs, it could no longer be said to be pursuing its own.
What then are the interests of this nation which it becomes us as private citizens (without any mission but the autocratical right of individuals) to recommend to the great body of the American people on this auspicious occasion? The most obvious and I believe the most important are comprised in two words; and to them I shall confine my observations: public improvements and public instruction . These two objects, though distinct in the organization which they will require, are so similar in their effects, that most of the arguments that will apply to one, will apply equally to both. They are both necessary to the preservation of our principles of government; they are both necessary to the support of the system into which those principles are wrought, the system we now enjoy; they are each of them essential, perhaps in an equal degree, to the perfecting of that system, to our perceiving and preparing the ameliorations of which it is susceptible. I shall dwell exclusively on these two objects, not because they are the only ones that might be pointed out, but because their importance, their immediate & pressing importance, seems to have been less attended to & probably less understood than it ought to have been among the general concerns of the Union.
Public improvements, such as roads, bridges and canals, are usually considered only in a commercial and economical point of light; they ought likewise to be regarded in a moral and political light. Cast your eyes over the surface of our dominion, with a view to its vast extent; with a view to its present and approaching state of population; with a view to the different habits, manners, languages, origin, morals, maxims of the people; with a view to the nature of those ties, those political, artificial ties, which hold them together as one people, & which are to be relied upon, to continue to hold them together as one people when their number shall rise to hundreds of millions of freemen possessing the spirit of independence that becomes their station. What anxiety, what solicitude, what painful apprehensions must naturally crowd upon the mind for the continuance of such a government, stretching its thin texture over such a country, and in the hands of such a people! The prospect is awful; the object, if attainable, is magnificent beyond comparison; but the difficulty of attaining it and the danger of losing it, are sufficient to cloud the prospect in the eyes of many respectable citizens, and force them to despair. Despair in this case, to an ardent spirit devoted to the best good of his country, is a distressing state indeed. To despair of preserving the federal union of these republics, for an indefinite length of time without a dismemberment, is to lose the highest hopes of human society, the greatest promise of bettering its condition that the efforts of all generations have produced. The man of sensibility who can contemplate without horror the dismemberment of this empire, has not well considered its effects. And yet I scarcely mingle in society for a day without hearing it predicted and the prediction uttered with a levity bordering on indifference, and that too by well disposed men of every political party. Hence I conclude that the subject has not been examined with the attention it deserves.
I am not yet so unhappy as to believe in this prediction. But I should be forced to believe in it if I did not anticipate the use of other means than those we have yet employed to perpetuate the union of the
States. They must not be coercive means. Such ones in most cases would produce effects directly the reverse of what would be intended. Our policy does not admit of standing armies; and if it did, we could not maintain them sufficiently numerous to restrain great bodies of freemen with arms in their hands, blinded by ignorance, heated by zeal and led by factious chiefs; & if we could maintain them strong enough for that purpose, we all know they would very soon overturn the government they were intended to support.
With as little prospect of success could we rely upon legislative means: that is, upon laws against treason and misdemeanor, or any other chapter of the criminal code. Such laws may sometimes intimidate a chief of rebels, or a few unsupported traitors. But a whole geographical district of rebels, a half a nation of traitors would legislate against you. They would throw your laws into one scale and their own into the other, and toss in their bayonets to turn the balance.
(To be Continued.)
BOSTON, July 4
From the Havana, June 12. "The San Francisco, de Paula, of 74 guns, arrived this morning from Vera Cruz, with 7 millions of dollars for Spain, and two for this place. Mr. Anderson, American agent, has closed his office, and by express orders of the governor will take his departure in a few days.
Extract of a letter from Marseilles, dated the 10th of April, to a gentleman in this city. "Not long since the American minister at Paris, Mr. Armstrong, advised the consul here, that the American vessels in France, not sequestered, had been placed at his disposal. It appears however that the decree of the emperor contains restrictions with which he was unacquainted, and now directs the consul not to comply with his former instructions. The faint hopes we had entertained of an adjustment of the differences between this country and America, are therefore again dissipated." N. Y. Gaz.
Erratum page 1. col. 3. read "armies either slaughtered or dispersed."
DOMESTIC.
From Portsmouth (N. H.) July, 5 1809.
"Undoubtedly verbal accounts will have reached Boston ere this come to your hands, of a most tragical and distressing event which took place at Port Constitution (in this harbour) between 4 and 5 o'clock, yesterday afternoon, by the blowing up of two chests of powder and about 30 cartridges of 6 and 8 pound, making about 300 wt. of powder in the whole which killed and wounded 14 or 15 citizens and soldiers. Seven were killed almost instantly or died within a few hours. The lives of several others are despaired of. Being on the spot a little after the shocking event took place, I minutely the following names among the killed and wounded (some others were missing) viz. Sergeant Albert, Theodore Whitham, Reo Gamoth, Samuel Stevens, Gideon Gould, Edmund Aurd, John Ricker, Robert Miller, Peletrah McDaniels, Ephraim Pickering, esq. of Newington, and a young man by the name of Paul, of Kittery—these two latter had just landed to see the fort. John Mitchell of New Castle, and two or three others whose names I could not ascertain. To prevent any exaggerated stories being circulated, I send you this information; and am yours respectfully, A. C. PEIRCE."
CHARLESTON, June 27.
Arrived, British brig Tanner, Wainwright, Trinidad 11 days. Left at Trinidad about 15 or 20 sail of American vessels; provisions were very low. Accounts had been received at Trinidad that a new governor sent out by the supreme junta, arrived at Mexico about a month since, as also several other officers, sent out by the same authority, at Carracas, Cumana, &c. The Spaniards on the Main are represented as enthusiastically attached to the cause of FERDINAND VII.
Also, brig Fair American, Hamilton, 28 days from Cayenne—cloves, cinnamon and cocoa—Buffum and Goodhue and Wright. Sailed 14th ult. Sch's Speedwell, Duval, and Amazon, Sylvester, sailed, the former on the 10th and the latter on the 11th, for Baltimore. Left brig Tria at Carrollton, of and for Salem 10 days—sch. Washington, of Saybrook for New York, in 15 days. A few days previous to our sailing from Cayenne, the troops stationed there had revolted and wounded a number of persons in the streets, they made a peremptory demand on their wages from government accompanied with threats, that if their demands were not complied with in 24 hours they would FIRE UPON THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, which demand the government were not able to meet and dare not refuse, without levying a heavy tax on the merchants, which they were obliged to do, after which the troops had become more tranquil; but it was feared by many, that something serious would take place in a short time, as the privates had complete control over the— Several Americans sailed for Surinam & Demerara.
QUEEN OF FRANCE.
The queen of France and Duchess of Angouleme, have been at Gosfield for some time past, where they receive but little company. The meeting between the duchess and her father-in-law, Monsieur, was one of the most affecting scenes that can be imagined; he had not seen her for nearly three years, during which period she had experienced almost every misery; they held each other long in their embraces, but could not speak, and especially they dare not trust themselves to converse together, but upon common to
* Vid. Coleman's paper.

pies.—The dutchess's favorite maid of honor is Mademoiselle Clery, daughter of Monsieur Clery, who attended the unfortunate Louis XVI, to the last hour of his life, and who gave the affecting narrative of the transactions in the temple. The dutchess often employs herself in working embroidery, in which work she very much excels: she had worked four beautiful chairs, which were very much admired by her father-in-law; she therefore sent them to London, and had them made up in the best manner possible: and when he came upon a visit to London, she had them placed in his dressing room. This mark of attention was very sensibly felt by her father, as her mind does not often dwell upon worldly trifles. The interesting Monsieur Clery is now at Vienna.
[London paper.]
Foreign.
LONDON, MAY 6.
The emperor Alexander. —The annexed intercepted letter, from the French minister of foreign affairs, to Bonaparte, is positively stated to be authentic. If so, the hopes of any material change on the part of Russia, in favor of Austria, must be considerably weakened, if not altogether at an end. One passage of it is very important, as it shews that the violation of the integrity of the Austrian dominions formed an object of the conferences held between Alexander and Napoleon. Notwithstanding the very confident assurance which is given of the authenticity of Chamagny's letter, we cannot give complete credit to it.
Intercepted letter from M. Chamagny, minister of foreign affairs, to Bonaparte.
PARIS, DEC. 11, 1808.
SIRE. —The correspondence of this day does not furnish me with any letter to lay before your majesty.
M. de Romanzoff has conversed with me upon the dispatches he received from St. Petersburg yesterday. The emperor his master, had the goodness to write to him, upon the affairs of his department, a letter of four pages, which places him altogether au courant . Before he received it he scarcely conceived himself to be minister for foreign affairs; for he was no longer informed of anything. He had the kindness to give me an analysis of it—it is as follows:—
The emperor of Russia speaks of the successes he has just obtained in Finland; yet he is but half satisfied with gen. Buxhowden, and he means to displace him. The reply of the English government deprives him of almost all hope of a speedy peace; yet he thinks that it is of importance always to keep a door open for negotiation, & afterwards, whatever be the success of it, to go forward. He has given an example of this in his reply to prince Kourakin, who had given him an account of the little success he had had in demanding of the court of Vienna the acknowledgement of Joseph the first. M. de Romanzoff read me this letter of the emperor to prince Kourakin: I think your majesty will be satisfied with it. The emperor of Russia is astonished at the refusal of Austria, under the pretext on which it is founded. Austria wishes first to know the result of the conferences of Erfurth. "Is it by disdaining," says the emperor, "that she pretends to merit complaisance? Why is she uneasy at what has been signed at Erfurth? Far from having wished to injure the interests of Austria, there was stipulated there the integrity of that monarchy." (This assertion is evidently a mistake of the emperor's, who had not the treaty before him, an error occasioned probably by the recollection of some conversations with your majesty.) "Thus whilst I am occupied with her interests," continues the emperor, "she replies by a refusal to accede to the demand I had made of her, and in seeming to seek my friendship, she evinces to me her distrust of my conduct at Erfurth." The emperor accuses Austria of contradictions in all her conduct, and in the language of M. de Metternich, M. de Stadion, and M. Vincent; he says that the acknowledgement demanded of her was but the effect of the management which it was wished to shew her, in thus dispensing with the demand of a categorical declaration upon the prodigious increase of her military force. He does not see what is the object which she is pursuing; and after having observed, that when king Joseph shall be at Madrid, the refusal of Austria to acknowledge him will only be an act of ridicule; he declares that if she has formed the senseless project of forming a new coalition, by leaguing herself with England, Turkey, and the Spanish insurgents, he is in a condition to oppose it, and that united with the emperor Napoleon, he could easily break that new league, which would be to Austria the cause of disasters, if not of total ruin.
Such is the reply of the emperor Alexander, to the prince Kourakin. It was to be sent to the Russian charge des affaires at Vienna, who has orders to communicate it to M. de Stadion. The charge des affaires has lately written to M. Kourakin; it appears that this dispatch of the emperor's had not reached him, though it is dated the 8th November.
"I could have wished that M. de Romanzoff would have left me a copy, but I soon perceived that he was desirous of presenting it himself to your majesty, and that he was in hopes of your speedy return. That hope was too sweet to every Frenchman, as well as to M. de Romanzoff (Who respects and admires your majesty almost as much as a Frenchman,) for me to weaken the hope which I am fond of sharing with him.—But if it cannot be soon realized, I shall renew to your majesty the demand of repairing to you, if, after the reply from England, my remaining here should appear useless."
"I had the satisfaction to announce to M. de Romanzoff the arrival of your ma-
esty at St. Martin, near Madrid, referring him for the details to the bulletin which will appear to-morrow, of the contents of which I am not yet informed."
"I am, with respect, Sire, Your majesty's most faithful And devoted servant & subject. "CHAMPAGNY."
ROME, APRIL 12.
Gen. Miollis passed in review, the day before yesterday, at St. Peter's place, ten battalions, a regiment of light cavalry, and a large train of artillery. It would be difficult to find finer troops.
WARSAW, APRIL 13.
The minister of war has reviewed, with the national guards, the national guards that are intended to garrison this city, in the absence of our regular troops.
According to the new organization, the Polish army will no longer be divided into legions, but into divisions: all the regiments will be dressed alike, the number of each regiment being marked on their buttons.
The Austrian corps formed in Galicia is to march into Hungary and to be replaced by Hungarian troops.
The king has established committees of commerce at Warsaw, Posen, Thorn, Bimberg, Kelitz, Lezno, &c. and a supreme council of commerce at Warsaw. Strangers, artisans or farmers, as well as the children brought with them, who shall take up their residence in the duchy of Warsaw, will be for six years, exempt from all taxes, and from military conscription.
PARIS, MAY 3.
The day before yesterday, the archduke Ferdinand commenced hostilities, upon our frontiers. Our troops have marched to meet him: they are full of ardor, and are impatient to come up with the enemy. Important events are about to take place.
HAMBURG, 9th April.
Count de Rosen, a Swedish Colonel, Commander of the Duke of Sudermania's guards and Lieutenant Colonel Bierstierne, first Aide-de-camp to His Highness the Regent of Sweden, arrived to day in this city. They set off from Stockholm on the 30th of March and are repairing to France upon an extraordinary mission to the Emperor Napoleon. At their departure, nothing new had taken place at Stockholm. The great tranquility reigned there and throughout all Sweden. The King had been transferred to Cripsholm, where he was guarded by a detachment of the guards, and by some Cuirassiers. The Queen continued to reside with her children at Haga.
COPENHAGEN, April 22.
His Danish majesty, perceiving that the continental war broke out, and expeditions fitting out by the English, has ordered the formation of two camps, one near Schlesburg, the other near Genkaps in Holstein, to cover the coasts of these countries, in order to prevent invasion. The fortress of Genkaps is also put in the best state of defence. The English naval force, in those seas is augmented.
PARIS, MAY 3.
Extract from the register of the conservative senate, of April 19, 1809.
The conservative senate, being duly organized, and taking into consideration the communications, that were made to them at the sitting on the 14th of this month, by the minister for foreign affairs, according to the orders of his majesty the emperor and king—
After having heard the report of a special committee appointed at that sitting:
Decree, that an address shall be presented to his majesty, in answer to the said communications, to the following effect.
SIRE. —The senate is eager to offer to your imperial and royal majesty, the tribute of its respectful thanks, for the important communications, which you have had the goodness to make to them.
"Austria, sire, marched its army into the territory of one of your allies. During the delirium in which it was enraptured, it commenced the war which it had scarcely dared to declare."
"To preparations, so long conducted in mystery and in darkness, suspended by fear or disavowed from perfidy, have succeeded that factious fury, those tumultuous agitations, those violent convulsions which are the precursors of the fall of thrones."
"Perfidy, blindness, feebleness, error & presumption, silenced the voice of wisdom, and gave on the banks of the Inn the signal for battle."
"Can they then, sire, have forgotten how often the fate of Austria was in your victorious hands?"
"Master of Vienna and of the greater part of the Austrian dominions, you had no idea of retaining the conquest; your magnanimity replaced the crown on the head of the emperor Francis."
"He very soon forgot the lessons of experience; the victory of Jena disconcerted the projects of his perfidious counsellors, and the peace of Tilsit, restored to their country four hundred thousand Frenchmen, who by a single word from you might have been united in the heart of his states."
"When your majesty quitted the walls of Erfurth for the banks of the Tagus, your delivering eagles and invincible legions yet surrounded the Austrian frontiers. The generosity of your majesty did not allow you for a moment to doubt the sincerity of the protestations made by the cabinet of Vienna."
"And, yet, sire, Austria, hastening to violate the promise she had given at Erfurth, raised the cry of war, armed against her benefactor, and dragged from their peaceful firesides all classes of her subjects, the unhappy victims of foreign and corrupting gold. She allied herself to the enemy of the continent and received him in the part which she possessed; and did not blush to entice and encourage the rebels of Spain, whom fanaticism had bewildered, & to abuse the judges by the most fallacious promises—enflaming the minds of the ignorant and credulous multitude, by relations the most ridiculous, and libels the most absurd: she refused the mediation of the great and powerful ally of your majesty; rejected the double guaranty, for the integrity of her territory, offered by France and by
Russia; declined to punish the insult offered to one of your allies, the seizure of some of your Italian subjects, the assassination of two of your majesty's couriers, and the violation of their dispatches; she negotiated, and ratified a strict alliance with Turkey and England; and compelled you to suspend your dreaded designs against the author of all the misfortunes of Europe."
"And with what astonishment must posterity learn, that, whilst Austria was thus pursuing a conduct so perfidious, your majesty in your relations with her, had made no demand, raised no pretension, had heard no complaint; but that, in proof of a sentiment, so worthy admiration, of dispositions so pacific, and views so magnanimous, you proposed to break up the camps in Silesia, to disarm all the places in that province, and to grant all those other safeguards which the most jealous anticipations could claim; that you have never ceased to exhibit a moderation and patience which could in no other way be accounted for or justified, but by the immensity of your majesty's power; & that, in a letter to the emperor Francis, which will ever be memorable, you addressed these remarkable words—"If the proceedings of your majesty evince a confidence, they will inspire it; the best policy in our days is that of sincerity and truth; inform me of your doubts and of the cause of your inquietude, and if I can reach the source of them, they shall be removed directly."
"You have desired, sire, to add to your phalanges, thirty thousand Frenchmen of the conscription of 1810, called out the last year, and which did not equal the number of young Frenchmen required in the years preceding."
"Your majesty also desires ten thousand of the conscripts, who for the last 4 years have been denied the signal and valued honor of surrounding the triumphant car of your majesty in the midst of that imperial guard, the name of which recalls the remembrance of such noble destinies and of a glory so brilliant."
"The senate, sire, is eager to adopt the project of a senatus consultum, which shall accomplish those wishes."
"Your majesty otherwise asks no contribution from your people, to enable you to go and conquer England in the plains of Austria."
"The British government, which only seeks to divert the storm with which it is threatened, has opened a volcano in Austria, they have lighted the flames that are to consume the ally they seduced."
"The destiny of Austria is fixed, yet a few days and she will have ceased to be able to gratify the fury of England."
"Your majesty will then have established, on an immovable basis, that continental peace which will enable you to accomplish the constant objects of your wishes, and of your sublime conceptions, a maritime peace and the freedom and safety of the commerce of Europe."
"Accept, sire, the vows of the French people for your sacred person, the expression of their admiration and love, and the confidence, and homage, and fidelity of the senate, as well as its respect for your imperial and royal majesty."
(Signed)
"CAMBACERES, Prince, arch-chancellor of the empire, President. "SEMONVILLE, "Gen. BEURNONVILLE. } Secretaries. "Seen and sealed, signed LAFLACE, chancellor of the senate."
MAY 5.
The emperor has ordered a ten corps d'armee to be formed, to cover the southern frontiers of Germany—it is to be commanded by the king of Westphalia, and will consist of 70,000 men.
The following proclamation was published at Mannheim, on the 27th April:—
"Charles Frederic, by the grace of God, grand duke of Baden, &c."
"It is with the greatest grief that we see the peace, which Germany had begun to enjoy after a long course of ruinous wars, about to be again disturbed by the hostile invasion of the confederation of the Rhine."
"The wounds, which were opened in the late wars, are not closed: the evidence of their devastation yet exists; and the sorrow that we now feel at the prospect of a renewal of them, is encouraged by the information that the chiefs of the Austrian army have opened the war by inviting the people of the confederation of the Rhine, to throw off the obedience due to their legitimate sovereigns, and to attach themselves to the Austrian party."
"If we hesitated to credit the authenticity of proclamations so contrary to the rights of nations, which tend to destroy the ties that unite the sovereign and the citizens of the state, to interrupt the social order, and to introduce confusion and depravity; we had such confidence in the fidelity and unshaken attachment of our dear subjects as to be confident of the effect of such a temptation."
"During a reign of sixty-three years, the object of our paternal solicitude has been to promote and confirm the public prosperity; to that end we have devoted all our care, and with success. Of this, it is not our old provinces only that are persuaded, our new subjects, must have perceived, since they were invited to our state, that their honor is dear to our heart, and it would be injurious for a moment to doubt their fidelity and attachment."
"We are therefore perfectly assured that the subjects of the grand duchy of Baden will spurn foreign promises, threats, or insidious allurements; and they will remain firmly attached to their sacred duties to their sovereign; and let them hope, with us that under the auspices of providence, and the aid of our august protector and allies, the flames of war will be removed from our states, or at least exist there for a short time only."
"We invite our subjects to avoid all political discussion, more especially in public places, that may have a tendency to excite discord or engender animosities."
"But, if, contrary to our expectations, any of our subjects should behave perfidiously, they will not escape the just punishment of their crime and the abhorrence of their countrymen."
FRANCE.
Philadelphia, July 3.
On Saturday evening arrived the brig Fair American, Capt. Bruce, from Dunkirk. This vessel was taken up by Mr. Armstrong, our minister, on permission granted him, by Bonaparte, to bring dispatches to this country, with liberty to bring off a large number of captains and other persons belonging to England and America, who had been detained for some time in France. She sailed from Dunkirk on the 8th of May, and the same day landed 30 or 40 passengers (chiefly women) at Dover.
By the above gentlemen, and other passengers, we learn that this vessel was taken up, and the dispatches made out previous to the arrival of the Mentor, from the U. States. The Mentor had arrived but a few days before they sailed, and would not sail for the United States before the middle or latter end of June, as all communication with Bonaparte, who was in Germany, would be tedious, as he could not receive a courier in less than six days from Paris. They also say, that considerable application was made to him before his departure from Paris, respecting American affairs, but in vain, as he seemed determined to get what he could, and keep what he got, and it is supposed his victories in Germany will not put him in a better humor with America.
That the non-intercourse with America is so severely felt in France, that the want of commercial business is injuring their towns and begging their inhabitants; that coffee was selling for a dollar per lb. and white sugar for the same; and the produce of France was in so little demand, that brandy could be purchased for 20 or 30 dollars per pipe, and wines in proportion.
Russia, Holland, Denmark and Sweden, it was said, being in a great measure, or altogether under the control of Bonaparte, would be called on, and no doubt, would put in force the French decrees, and seize all goods arriving among them, that may be even suspected of being the produce of England or its dependencies. Therefore it will be madness to send vessels to any of those ports, until something is settled with Bonaparte, as they consider all West-India goods in that light.
The French had confined a number of American captains in the jail in Dunkirk, all of whom had been liberated or made their escape, except captain Tucker, of the William of Newberry, and a captain Jenkins, who were fined 1,300 dollars each, besides the loss of their vessels and cargoes, and their crews were marched to Arran, where a great number of American seamen are confined.
By virtue of a deed of trust, from Andrew Lewis, of the county of Montgomery, WILL BE SOLD by the subscribers, to the highest bidder, at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, upon the 23th day of September next, the following
Tracts of Land
With their appurtenances, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay certain debts in the said deed of trust mentioned, that is to say; one tract situate in the county of Montgomery, containing eight hundred acres, being that tract on which the said Andrew Lewis now lives; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned on the north, containing ten thousand acres; one other tract adjoining the first mentioned, being an inclusive survey, containing seven thousand seven hundred acres; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned at the west end, containing four hundred and fourteen acres; one other tract called the CROSSWAY NEGRO, containing three hundred and sixty six acres; one other tract called SEVEN ACRES on Bottom Creek, adjoining the first mentioned tract of eight hundred acres, and containing one hundred and fifty acres; one other tract also adjoining the first mentioned tract called PROTHON'S GARDEN, containing one hundred and twenty eight acres; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned, containing one hundred and thirty acres; one other tract adjoining the inclusive survey of seven thousand seven hundred acres above mentioned, containing eighty acres; one other tract adjoining the same inclusive survey and containing one hundred acres; one other tract lying on both sides of Little River, containing one hundred and fifty acres, on which is situate HOPEWELL FERRY—one other tract adjoining thereto, containing one hundred and forty acres—one other tract adjoining the same, called the SAW MILL tract, containing four hundred and thirty eight acres—and one other tract adjoining the last mentioned tract, containing one hundred acres—which said several tracts of land are situate in the county of Montgomery.
The said sale will be made agreeably to the directions in such cases, of the act of Assembly passed the 31st day of January, 1809, entitled "an act concerning executions, and for other purposes."
EDWARD JOHNSTON, } Trustees JOHN PROSSER,
N. B. The above mentioned property is situate on and about what is generally called the BENT MOUNTAIN, and considered a very valuable estate, particularly for grazing. Any one wishing for more particular information, may apply to Charles Johnston, residing in Campbell County, near Lynchburg, or to Robert Pollard George Pickett, or Gallego, Richard & Co. in the city of Richmond. Richmond, July 11, 1809. ids
WANTS Employment, in a retail dry goods store, or Counting House. A young MAN from the country, who will produce satisfactory recommendations. He has some knowledge of business, having been engaged in a retail store about twelve months. Naturally possessing a sprightly intelligent mind, added to the benefits which consequently result from a good education, there exists no doubt but he is now susceptible of the most rapid improvement. He will make an engagement for 2 or 3 years for a small consideration, provided he can obtain an eligible situation. A line addressed to B. P. H. and left at this office, will meet with prompt attention. N. B. He understands Book Keeping. June 30. (w2.)
FOR SALE , for cash, a very likely NEGRO GIRL, from 13 to 16 years of age, who has been accustomed to house business. The owner's only inducement for selling, is want of money—she has been guilty of no fault. Enquire at this office. July 10, 1809.
WILL be sold, on the 21st day of this instant, at the late dwelling house of Mr Robert Davis, dec. all the Household and Kitchen Furniture, the shop Furniture and its remains; on a credit for all sums above $30, six months; the purchaser giving bond with approved security; for all under, cash will be required. It is earnestly requested that those who have just claims against the estate will make them known immediately, that provision may be made for the payment, and it is also requested that those indebted will make immediate payment, as the situation of the estate will not allow giving any indulgence whatever. ISAAC DAVIS, Admr. with the will annexed of ROBERT DAVIS dec. July 11th, 1809. (2)
NOTICE —On Monday the 23d, day of October next, will be sold, at Whitby, in the county of Chesterfield, upon a credit of twelve months; the PERSONAL ESTATE of the late Col. ROBERT GOODE; consisting of the present crop of Corn, Wheat, Oats, Fodder, and Hay; the stock of Horses, Cows, Sheep and Hogs; the plantation utensils and Household and Kitchen Furniture. Bonds and approved security will be required of the purchasers to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid.
It is particularly requested that all those who may have claims against the estate will make them known immediately to either of the subscribers, in order that provision may be made for payment.
RICHARD B. GOODE, FRANCIS GOODE, Administrators with the will annexed.
That valuable and well known estate called WHITBY, on James River, about three miles from the Town of Manchester, will also be sold by private sale; it contains 1252 acres of Land, about 210 acres of which are of the first rate Low grounds, and more than one half of the residue thereof is heavily timbered. To this estate there is attached one of the best fisheries on James River and every convenient and necessary house for the accommodation of a family. An indisputable title will be made and possession given on the first day of December next, with the liberty of sowing small grain at any time agreeable to the purchaser. The terms may be known on application to Richard B. Goode, Manchester, or Francis Goode, Powhatan. July 11, 1809. wids.
FIVE DOLLARS REWARD. STOLEN or STOLLEN from the commons of this City, some time in the last month, a sorrel Mare, about 4 feet 8 inches high, switch mane and tail, snail all round, two or three round white spots on each side, and a small lump on the back bone, occasioned by a hurt from the hind part of the saddle. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the Mare to me in this place, or if stolen for delivery of Thief and Mare, Fifty Dollars will be given. GEO. WATT. Richmond, 13th July, 1809.
FOR SALE or RENT. —The TENEMENT on shockoe hill, lately occupied by Mr. Samuel Pleasants; on which is a Dwelling house with six rooms, besides two dry cellar rooms with fire places; also a Kitchen, smoke house, and Stable. The Situation is healthy and pleasant and very convenient to the Capitol—Possession may be had the first of October next, when Mr. Pleasants' lease will expire. For terms apply to A. BLAIR, Richmond, July 13, 1809. wif
PUBLIC SALE. On Thursday next, the 20th inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M. will be sold, at public vendue, at the late residence of J. J. Wyatt, dec. all the HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE, belonging to said estate. HARRY TOMPKINS, } Adm'rs. D. J. BURR, July 13th, 1809. 2
NOTICE. The creditors of the estate of John J. Wyatt, dec. are hereby requested to send in their respective accounts or claims for settlement; and those indebted, to make payment to the subscribers without delay. HARRY TOMPKINS, } Adm'rs. D. J. BURR, Richmond, July 13th, 1809. wids.
FOR SALE or RENT , that valuable Property adjoining the city of Richmond, called THE COLUMBIAN MILLS. Mr. SAMUEL LEECH, living on the premises, will show this property to any person inclined to rent or purchase. The terms will be made known by application to the subscriber residing in Norfolk. John Granbery. Richmond, July 10, 1809. tf
TO be LET to the lowest bidder, at Prince Edward court house, on the last Saturday in July next, the BUILDING of a BRICK HOUSE, twenty two by 20 feet, twelve feet pitch, to be covered with Slate or Tile. By the Commissioners. June 22d, 1809. (3wks.)
CHARLES BECK & Co. Confectioners;
INFORM Their friends and the public in general, that they have established a Confectionary next door to Mr. Simon Block's Store, where they intend to keep constantly all kinds of the best Cakes, Cordials, Preserves, Ice Creams, and every Article in their line. They flatter themselves, that by their Assiduity to please, they will meet with the Public Patronage. Also ORNAMENTS for table made in the neatest stile. Richmond July 7, 1809. (3w.)

REMOVAL. The subscriber has removed near the Basin, where he continues to keep a house of Private Entertainment. He has also for sale, a general assortment of GROCERIES. Likewise sells all kinds of country produce on commission. HEZEKIAH PURYEAR. Richmond, May 17th, 1809. tf
FOR SALE, On Saturday the 22d July, on the premises The Tract of Land, WHEREON John Irby, dec'd. resided, lying in the upper end of Charles City County, on James river, commanding an extensive view up and down said river, in an agreeable neighborhood—and as a stand for a grocery store, equal to any below the City of Richmond.—There are 75 or 80 Acres of land in this tract, (more or less) and devised by the decedent to be sold for the payment of his debts. Terms will be made known on the day of sale, by the ADMINISTRATOR, With the Will annexed. June 8th, 1809. tds
NOTICE. By virtue of the last will and testament of Pleasant Younghusband, dec. WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 13th of June next, at the courthouse of Botetourt county, being court day, One Tract of Land, Containing 254 acres, more or less, it being the same tract of land deeded to Pleasant Younghusband by Thomas M'George and Judith his wife, as by indenture bearing date the 2d day of July, 1800, on the following terms, to wit: one third cash, one third in twelve months, and the remaining third in two years. Bonds with security, to carry interest from the date if not paid in three months after they become due, and a deed of trust on the land to secure the two last payments, will be required. ELIZA T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Administratrix. SAMUEL P. PARSONS, Adm'r. With the will annexed. 2d mo. 17th, 1809. N. B. The above sale is postponed to Botetourt August Court. F. T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Adm'r. S. P. PARSONS, Adm'r. 5th mo. 6th, 1809.
One Thousand Pounds WANTED, FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refinanced. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation, lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1808. tf
To Rent, And possession given immediately, THE TENEMENT At present in the occupancy of Mr. William Mason, and directly back of the Hon. Creed Taylor's. Apply to EDWARD W. TRENT. May 4, 1809. tf
FOR SALE. Forty Thousand weight Isle of Wight Bacon, Amongst which are 900 Hams, 500 Barrel Herrings and Shad, 100 Sacks Salt, Liverpool India, 20 Bales Georgia Cotton, 40 Tierces Rye Whiskey, 8 Barrels Ditto, 45 Kegs English White Lead, 50 do. Spanish Brown, 20 Tons American and Sweden Iron, will be sold low for cash only. GROCERIES, AS USUAL. Russell & Wallace. Richmond, May 22, 1809. 3m.
City Hotel to Let. THAT spacious convenient HOUSE and LOT with out Houses, Stables &c. situated on a street that leads from the main street by the Governor's to the Capitol; which was lately in the occupancy of Mr. Jas. Vaughan, as a Tavern. It will be let for one or more years, and possession given immediately. For terms apply to Benjamin Mosby of Powhatan, or B. Tare of this City, who are authorised by me to let the same. RICHARD CROUCH. Richmond, June 1st, 1809.
Virginia, to wit: At a court of Appeals held at the Capitol in Richmond, the twentieth day of May, 1809. RULE. Great inconveniencies & delays having arisen from motions to alter & amend the decrees & special entries of this Court, after they have been entered of record, it is expected that in future the Counsel will respectively in all cases where a special decree or entry shall be deemed necessary, prepare notes of such decree or entry; as they may think ought to be made on the decision to be considered as part of their statement, and delivered to the judges, with the record, at the final argument, in each cause. A Copy, Teste, J. Brown, c. e. Vol. 10, Part 2d, or No. 20, of Dr. Rees' New Cyclopaedia, is just Received and ready for delivery at this Office. Subscription still open at $ 3 50 per No.
A Pair of Horses Stolen. 20 Dollars Reward. STOLEN from the commons of Manchester, on Thursday night 8th inst. A Pair of Black Horses. One a BROWN BLACK , very thick set and well made, his left hind foot white—the other a jet or deep black , of rather slender make, both nearly the same age, 8 or 9 years, and about five feet high; they pace, trot and gallop, and run well in harness.—I will give Ten Dollars Reward, with reasonable expenses, to any person delivering them to me, or five Dollars for such information that I get them again—& Twenty Dollars for the apprehension and conviction of the Thief. CORNELIUS BUCK. Manchester, 14th June, 1809. (tl)
IN COUNCIL, January 20, 1809. PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive for manufacturing three hundred and ninety Rifles during the present year, being the number directed by law to be provided annually, including the deficiency of last year. Extract from the minutes. DANL. L. BYLTON, Clerk of the Council. 4th June, 1809. JOHN M. SYME. tds
Valuable Property FOR SALE. PURSUANT to a deed of trust executed to us, by John M. Syme, of the county of Hanover, for the purpose of satisfying all debts for which he is bound for his father, and his own debts; we shall, on Tuesday the first day of August next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, upon the premises, proceed to sell, four hundred and sixty-three acres, (by a late survey) of prime and valuable Land, adjoining the town of New-Castle, upon Pamunkey River, and the ferry across that river. Also, ELEVEN NE-GROES , consisting of men, women, boys and girls, all the stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, and implements of Husbandry, &c. conveyed by the said instrument. Such title as we hold as trustees will be made the purchaser or purchasers, and possession of the land given at Christmas, with the privilege of seeding wheat this fall. The terms of sale will be one third cash, one third in six months, and the balance in 12 months, from the day of sale. Interest will be expected upon the distant payments. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers of the personal property, and bonds with deeds of trust upon the land and ferry of the respective purchasers. The land, &c. will be shown by Mr. WM. CUNNINGHAM , living in New-Castle, or either of the Mr. SYMES , to any person wishing to view the premises—Creditors will be allowed to purchase, and their claims discounted. According to Mr. John M. Syme's notification above, we or either of us, will receive the amount of any claim, and it is our wish that they be made known prior to the day of sale. There are some previous liens upon this property, or some of it, to secure certain debts, which will be first paid, according to their several dates. Proposals for any part of the above property will be received by either of the trustees prior to the sale. BENJAMIN OLIVER, Jr. WM. CUNNINGHAM. SAML. RICHARDSON. New Castle, June 4th, 1809. tds
NOTICE. ON Thursday the 20th of July next, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the former residence of the late Mr. WM. FOWLER of Chesterfield. About twenty Negroes, Consisting of Men, Women, Boys and Girls; the stock of Horses, Cows and Hogs; the plantation utensils, and about 50 BARRELS OF CORN. The sale will be made for the purpose of satisfying the claims against the estate, and will be continued from day to day, until the whole shall be disposed of, or a sufficient sum raised for that purpose. THE EXECUTORS of WM. FOWLER dec. Chesterfield, June 23, 1809. tds
Land for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust bearing date the 25th day of March, eighteen hundred and seven, executed by Carter Wilkerson and Sally his wife, to the subscribers as trustees, for the purpose of securing a sum of money therein mentioned, to be due to William Bradley, Will be Sold, at Cumberland courthouse, on Monday, the 24th day of July next, being court day, a Tract of Land, In the deed conveyed, containing 250 acres, lying in the said county of Cumberland, near the courthouse, and adjoining Thomas Hobson's tract of land, on which the courthouse stands. According to the provisions of an act, entitled an act concerning executions and for other purposes, the subscribers will convey the title to the purchaser or purchasers, as vested therein as trustees only. John G. Daniel. Thomas H. Walton. Cumberland, 10th June, 1809. tds
Wanted to Hire, By the week, month, or for the remainder of the present year. A Sober, Industrious Man, To superintend a parcel of laborers in the vicinity of this city. Enquire at the office of the Virginia Argus. Richmond, June 17th, 1809. tf
In Richmond Hustings Court, June 12th, 1809. Elizabeth T. Younghusband and Samuel P. Parsons, administratrix and administrator with the will annexed of Pleasant Younghusband, deceased—vs—Ralston and Pleasants—Pickett, Pollard and Johnston—Thomas Taylor and James Brown, late merchants and partners under the firm of Taylor and Brown—James Brown, jun. and William Norvell, surviving partners of the late commercial house of Norvell, Waite and Bullock, against Moses Davis, Prosser and Moncure & George Wm Smith, defendants. THIS cause this day came on to be heard on the Bill, answer, sundry exhibits filed and was argued by counsel, on consideration whereof the Court being of opinion that the land conveyed by the said Moses Davis and Wife to the defendant George William Smith was intended to secure the payment of the notes in the possession of the plaintiffs, Pickett, Pollard and Johnston, and Ralston and Pleasants, on which suits have not been brought—And also of the judgments obtained on the notes which came to the possession of the other plaintiffs, namely, Taylor and Brown, James Brown, jun. and the surviving partner of the house of Norvell, Waite and Bullock, as well as of those taken up by Pleasant Younghusband, deceased, in his lifetime, do decree and order, that George W. Smith, do proceed to make sale of the lot of land in the bill mentioned, to the highest bidder, upon a credit until the repeal or expiration of the act concerning executions and other purposes, passed 31st: January 1809, taking bond with two good securities for the payment of the purchase money, and return the bonds by him taken to court to abide his future order, giving two weeks notice in some of the newspapers published in the City of Richmond, of the time and place of sale, and returning a report how he has executed this order. (A copy) TH. C. HOWARD, Clk. tds
PURSUANT to the above decree, the land therein mentioned, which is situated in the county of Henrico, contiguous to the city of Richmond, being the same lot or parcel of land which was conveyed by Richard Adams and Elizabeth his wife to Moses Davis, by deed dated the 3d day of March 1807, & bounded as follows, to wit, beginning and running on the road or street leading from the Market House in the said city to Du Val's village, N 41 2 W. 4 chains and 32 links, to a street forty feet wide, dividing said lot into two parcels of land and the land formerly William Cunnings, now John Doyle's & binding on said street S 89 E 4 chains and 94 links to the street—thence on the back street S 41 2 W. 4 chains 32 links to a corner street 40 feet wide next towards said city, and binding on said street, S 89 W 4 chains 30 links to the said road to the beginning—with the buildings and improvements thereon, consisting of a large framed House—will be sold before the door of the Eagle Tavern, on the 17th day of July (next month) The whole land will be divided into lots according to a plot which will be exhibited on the day of sale, and these lots will be sold separately. The sale will commence at 4 o'clock in the evening. GEO. W. SMITH JENNINGS' GAP, June 24th, 1809.
Robert M'Dowell, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has Removed his family from Staunton to the Red House in Jennings' Gap, on the main Road to the different mineral Springs in Bath, Monroe & Greenbrier, where he keeps a HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, at the Sign of the SPREAD EAGLE, twelve miles from Staunton and 23 miles from Harrisonburg. His house is large and airy, well furnished with good beds, liquors of the best, good stabling to hold upwards of thirty horses, with plenty of hay and grain and pasture. Also some Mine at Springs very convenient to the house, and as he intends paying particular attention to the house himself, he hopes to give general satisfaction to those who favour him with their custom. 2m.
WILL BE LET, TO THE LOWEST BIDDER, At Amelia Court House, on Thursday the 27th of July next, it being Amelia Court day, The Building of a Jail For the county aforesaid. The Jail will be built of Brick and Wood, and a plan may be seen by applying to Wm. T. EGGLESTON, one of the Commissioners. June, 24th 1809. (3wks.)
NOTICE. ALL those that have claims against the estate of Waddy Turner, dec'd. will please bring them forward, authenticated agreeable to law, for adjustment. Those who are indebted to the said estate are requested to come forward, as soon as possible, and make payment, as the situation of the estate will not allow of any further indulgence. A. TURNER, Adm'r. June 8th, 1809. 3w.
A Bank Note OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, taken from a black boy, who called himself James Smith, and says he found it in the street—not thinking it proper to let the boy keep it, I de-lained it for the proper owner, who may have it, on giving satisfactory evidence of his right to it and paying the expense of this advertisement. JOHN McDONALD. Richmond, March 10th, 1809. tf
NOTICE. THE Cells appropriated for Male Patients in the Lunatic Hospital in the city of Williamsburg being now filled, none others can be received until further notice. There is room for Females. By order of the Court of Directors WILL. RUSSELL, c. s. June 24th, 1809. (1m)
20 Dollars Reward, IS offered for apprehending ANDREW, a negro slave, who about the beginning of this month RUN AWAY from the subscriber residing in the neighborhood of Amelia Court House. Andrew is about thirty years old, an intelligent, active, small man, a good house and stable servant, drives a Carriage well, understands a little of Shoemaking, and readily performs any kind of plantation labor. Some years ago he was in the service of Mr. Turner at the Bell Tavern in Richmond where I believe he generally acted as hostler, and afterwards till last Christmas, was employed by Mr. Henry L. Biscoe of Manchester in his tobacco stemmery. He has a wife living at the Manchester coal yard, a free mulatto woman named Sukee Hollinger, by whom I have reason to believe he is secreted. I will pay the above reward to any person who will deliver to me the above mentioned slave, or secure him in Jail, so that I get him again. James Henderson. 20th June, 1809. tf
By virtue of a deed of trust executed by ROBERT M'AYRE, on the 13th day of October 1807, for the purpose of securing to John Baker, executor of Solomon Gordon, dec. the principal payment of a debt particularly described in the said deed of trust, WILL BE SOLD, on the premises, to the highest bidder, on Saturday the 15th July (next month)
The Tenement In the town of Manchester, at present in the occupancy of Mr. Nahaniel Childers, formerly known by the name of LEARN'S OLD TAVERN, and designated in the plan of the said town by No. eighty eight, containing one hundred feet in front, and one hundred and sixty six feet back, with convenient buildings thereon for the accommodation of a family or a house of public entertainment. The above described tenement has been advertised and sold on the 23d instant under the aforesaid deed, but the purchaser not having complied with the terms of the sale, it will positively be sold on the day above mentioned, under the provisions of the act of the last Assembly of Virginia, entitled, "an act concerning executions and for other purposes." THE TRUSTEES. Manchester 23th June, 1809. tf
Valuable Low-Grounds. THE Subscriber offers to Lease, for a term of years, those valuable TENEMENTS at present in the occupancy of the Messrs. Isbell, Robinsons, & Wm. Baile, being part of his Estate, lying on the Fluvanna River in the County of Amherst, from 4 to 6 miles below Lynchburg and consisting chiefly in
Rich Low-Grounds. The leasing will begin on the place where Mr. Zach. Isbell lives, on Tuesday the first day of August next, and continue from day to day, as the weather will permit, until all are Let. The terms will be made known on the day. L. BOLLING. Buckingham, June 27th 1809.
William Crawford, HAS just received by the late arrivals from New York, a general assortment of GOODS, selected by himself and laid upon the best terms—among which are the following articles, which will be sold on the most moderate terms, for Cash or Country Produce, at his store four doors below the Eagle Tavern, and adjoining Dr. Crawford's Medicine store: Willow Baskets and Willowbines Hats Laced and Tambour'd Shirt and long yellow Cambrick Muslins Nankens first class Floss & Vain stripe do Blue and White Nan. do. Ken Laced Robe Dresser Canton Shawls & Ban Men's and Women's dano hdkfs. Silk Gloves Lungy, Sisterboy and Silk hdkfs. and Shawls D'ria hdkfs. Coat and Vest Glass Gilla and mock Madras Buttons do Scarlet, Green, Black & Brown Persians Gurrahs, Sannas, Cosas & Baftas Plain Sarsnets 9 8 Cambrick Muslin Black & col'd. Lustings 6-4 Cambrick Muslin do. do. Synchews Sheerings, Platillas & Silk Waistcoating diff. colours Shirtings Black Cambricks and Cotton Cassimere and Ginghams English patent Nankeens Corded Ginghams Chinzers & Calicoes Linen & Cotton Checks Fini wire Prims Cotton Brown Holland C'ld Ginghams & Tab. Velvet Binding by Velvets Cotton & China Shawls Blue and Scarlet Rati. Petticoat & Romal addfs. nette Silk and Cotton Umbrel. nettes Black Grass green, las Battle do. and Scar Silk and Cotton suits let S. fine Bombazets penders HARDWARE, CUTLERY, JAPAN'D WARE & SADDLERY. Hand, Cut, Pit and Chamber & stock do Mill Saw Files Cupboard, Chest, 1-2 round and flat Prospect book case Smiths' Files and Desk Locks Smiths' & shoe Rasp Wood Screws and Shoe Hammers, Pins, and screw Drivers Percers, Knives, Rasps Fce compasses, Iron Tacks & Awi Biades Back. Butchers' Knives and Hand, cast steel saws Steels Coopers' and Carpen- Table and Desert, ters' Adzes Knives and Forks Drawing and Cutting Carvers' and Table Knives Seels Smiths' Anvils & Vi- Barlow, Pocket and ces Pen Knives Hair Brooms, Clamp Sportsman and Prun- Brushes, White ners' Knives Wash, counter and Taylors' and Sheep Shoe do. Shears Japanned Waiters as- Large and small scis- sorted, elegant pat- sors terns Razors & do. cases Mixt & Gilt Pins Shaving Boxes with W. C. Needles of the Brushes most approved Pewter and Tutania stamp Table and Tea Spades, Shovels and Spoons Frying Pans H. L. and Butt Hin- Steel in Faggots ges Cork Screws & Steel Cork Screws & Steel Snuffers Snugers Common Basket, Common Port pad & Worstead & stram- Double Bolted Pad ing Webb. Locks, chest door
LAND for Sale. WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the 18th day of July next, The Tract of Land, Whereon the late David Owen, dec. lived, containing 475 Acres, lying in Powhatan County, about four miles from the courthouse. There are two settlements on this land, on each of which is a good orchard, from which a considerable quantity of excellent cyder is annually made. The quality of the land is such as usually to be found in the neighborhood; it will be divided into two lots, or sold in one, as may be most conducive to the interest of the estate. The terms will be 500 dollars paid on the day of sale, 500 dollars in six months, and the balance in two equal annual payments. Bond with approved security, and a deed of trust on the land will be required of the purchaser, the bonds to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. Possession given the first day of December next, with the privilege of sowing small grain the first day of September next. Mr. GEORGE OWEN, living on the land, will show it to those who wish to view it. JOSEPH MAYO, Ex'r. of the last Will and Testament of DAVID OWEN, dec'd. Powhatan County, 5th June, 1809. w5t
Fluvanna County, May Quarterly session, 1809. James Cole, Plaintiff AGAINST Joshua Bartley and James Payne, Defendants. THE Defendant Bartley, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this Country; On the motion of the Plaintiff by his counsel, It is Ordered, that the said Defendant Bartley do appear here on or before the first day of the next Quarterly term and answer the Plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Richmond news papers and continued for two months successively, and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. (A copy.)—Teste, JOHN TIMBERLAKE, Jr. D. C. (3w.)
FOR RENT, The Two following TRACTS OF LAND, lying on James river, in the County of Powhatan. THAT LARGE ESTATE called BELL MEAD, at present occupied by Mr. James Tucker. The Plantation immediately below it, now in the occupancy of Mr. David Mead. Also, The Tract of Land, called the Old Courthouse Tract, in the county of Powhatan, lying on Deep Creek, and now occupied by Mr. William Wilburn. These Lands, will, without reserve, be rented to the highest bidder, at Powhatan Courthouse, on the 19th of July next, (being the first day of the court) unless before privately rented—Apply to JAMES CARTER, Goochland, NEIL McCOULL, or JOHN ST. JOHN, Richmond. April 30th, 1809. wtdr
VIRGINIA: At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the day of June, 1809. Nathaniel White, William Smith & Elizabeth his wife, formerly Elizabeth White, Josiah Franklin, and Lucy his wife, formerly Lucy White, which Nathaniel, Elizabeth and Lucy are children & part of the devisees of David White, deceased. against Robert White, one of the sons and devisees, of David White, dec'd. Nathaniel Talley and Sarah his wife, a daughter and devisee of the said David White, William New and Mary his wife, also a daughter & devisee of David White deceased, David White, son & heir of John White deceased, who was son & devisee of David White deceased, Ludwell Epperson and Fanny his wife, formerly Fanny White, William White, David White, John White & James White, which said Fanny, William, David, John & James are children of James White deceased, son & devisee of David White dec'd. the said David, John & James being infants under age of twenty one years, by Isham Goddin now assigned their Guardian. Defendants. THE defendant David White, son and heir of John White deceased, and William White, son of James, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that they are not inhabitants of this country, on motion of the plaintiffs by counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper, published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A Copy, Teste. P. Tinsley, c. c.
NOTICE. WHEREAS, my wife Elizabeth Wright having eloped from my bed & board, I take this method of forwarding all persons whatsoever against trusting her on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting. ROBERT WRIGHT. Amelia, July 1st, 1809. 3p.