Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-11-11 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1311.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1806.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Valuable Medicines.
PUBLIC confidence has never been more de- liberately and firmly reposed, and perhaps in no instance more justly, than it appears in the ef- ficacy of HAMILTON'S WORM LOZENGES , prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by RICHARD LEE , no. 56, Maiden-lane, New York And in Richmond, (only) at S. Pleasants' Print- ing office.
The proprietor has lately presented to the public eye the testimony of the Hon. A. C. Hanton, Chancellor of Maryland, the Rev. Mr. Molther, and of other distinguished and respectable charac- ters. The following cases, of more recent occur- rence, are now respectfully submitted.
Copy of a letter from Mr. Henry Ackerman, Bricks- tax, Magazine-street, near Broadway, Jan. 24, 1804.
Sir—It would be ungrateful were I to with- hold my testimony in favor of Hamilton's Worm- Destroying Lozenges. I had been between five and six years past much indisposed, and largely often tormented with severe griping and pains of the bowels, troubled with offensive breath, and with violent feverish fits, and other obvious symp- toms of worms; but frequently hearing your Worm Lozenges recommended in cases similar to mine, I determined on a trial of them, as my last resource. The first dose evacuated twelve or thirteen feet of a tape worm, two other doses were taken which brought away a quantity of matter like broken skins and pieces of worms. I suppos- ed the tape worm voided at different times must have exceeded forty feet. The almost in- credible benefit I received from this medicine, induced me to give a dose to a child of mine who was pining and sickly; it produced the same good effect in this instance, expelling a worm of a dif- ferent kind, from nine to twelve inches long, and at the same time restoring a good state of health.
Remain, Sir, Yours, &c. HENRY ACKERMAN.
To Mr. Richard Lee.
FOR SALE AS ABOVE.
Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Maltard.
A safe and effectual remedy for acute and chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains, Sprains, Bruises, Pain in the Face and Neck.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
For the prevention and cure of Bilious and Ma- lignant Fevers recommended.
Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills.
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
Hamilton's Elixir,
A sovereign remedy for Colds, Obstinate Coughs, Asthma, Sore Throats, and approach- ing Consumption.
To Parents who may have children afflicted with
The Hooping Cough.
This disorder is of the first magnitude, as it affords immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable. The Elixir is so perfectly agreeable, and the dose so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it.
From LUTHER MARTIN, Esq. attorney ge- neral of the State of Maryland.
GENTLEMEN—I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir. It has been used in my family for two or three years past with uniform success, whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medi- cine necessary. I have myself found it an excel- lent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breast, accompanied with soreness and with obstructed and difficult breathing.
On these accounts, I do not hesitate to recom- mend Hamilton's Elixir as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention.
LUTHER MARTIN.
HAMILTON'S
Grand Relororative,
Is recommended as an invaluable medicine for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the vari- ous complaints which result from dissipated plea- sures—juvenile indiscretions—residence in climates unfavourable to the constitution—the immod- erate use of tea—frequent intoxication or any o- ther destructive intemperance—the unwholesome or extensive use of mercury—the diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life—bad lyings in, &c.
Hahn's true and genuine
German Corn Plaster,
An infallible remedy for corns, speedily remov- ing them, root and branch without giving pain.
The Genuine Persian Lotion.
So celebrated among the fashionable through- out Europe, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repel- lent minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of un- paralleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin, of every kind— particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory red- ness, scurf, tetter, ring worms, sun burns, prickly heat, &c.—The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without impeding that natural, insensible perspiration, which is essential to health; yet its effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the com- plexion, and restoring the bloom of youth—ne- ver failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful, and a handsome one more so.
The Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
HAHN'S GENUINE EYE WATER,
A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes whether the effect be natural weakness or of a ci- dent, speedily removing inflammation, debili- tions of rheum, dullness, itching and films on the eye; never failing to cure those maladies which frequently succeed the small-pox, measles and fe- vers, and wonderfully strengthening to weak sight. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues when nearly deprived of light.
Tooth-Ache Drops,
The only remedy yet discovered, which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe in- stances.
The Anodyne Elixir,
For the cure of every kind of head ache.
The Damask Lip-Salve.
Infalible Ague and Fever Drops,
For the cure of Agues, Remittents and Intermit- tant Fevers.
Thousands can testify their being cured by these drops after the bark and every other medi- cine has proved ineffectual; not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and num- bers not half a bottle.
The sovereign Ointment for the Itch,
Which is warranted as infallible remedy at one application, and may be used with the most per- fect safety by pregnant women, or on an infant a week old, not contain a particle of mercury or any dangerous ingredients whatever; and is not accompanied with that tormenting smart which attends the exhibition of other remedies.
For the cure of a certain deplorable malady,
The Indian Vegetable Specific.
The Medicines prepared by Richard Lee, have been in high estimation and general use throughout the United States, for upwards of six years; many of them are sold for less than the drugs of which they are compounded could be purchased at a retail store.
It is no inconsiderable evidence of their utility, that during the above period, numerous imit- ations of every article (the production of ignorance and inexperience, urged by envy and penury) have intruded on the public, seen a day and then perished; others now succeeded them, which in like manner are fast descending "to the tomb of the Capulets," while our remedies become more generally used and acquire a daily accession of well earned celebrity.
To prevent the imposition of worthless or dan- gerous preparations, purchasers are requested to remember, that an engraved label, with the fig- ure of Richard Lee's (to counterfeit which is fe- lony) is affixed to each of his genuine medicines.
Lee's Infalible Ague Drops.
Recent Cure. A child of Mr. William Lo- zier, grocer, corner of Hudson and Jay Streets, was sick about five or six weeks with ague and fe- ver, and in its violence a degree, as for the hot po- xylum to terminate frequently in most alarming convulsions. A variety of medicines, recom- mended by sympathizing neighbors, were adminis- tered, without alleviating the disease; at length hearing of the uniform efficacy of Lee's Ague Drops, a bottle was procured, of which three do- ses only were found necessary to perfect a cure. Five weeks have elapsed without any return of the complaint.
Mr. James Joyce, assistant in the warehouse of Mr. — Pearlhill, Pearl-street, was severely afflicted with an intermitting, but after taking Lee's Ague Drops, was cured in two days. The recommendation of Mr. Joyce, a friend, Mr. Terence Pole, who had suffered much from an obstinate intermitting upward of a year (with few and trifling intervals) was cured by a few doses of the same Medicine. At the recommen- dation of Mr. Joyce, a bottle was procured by Mr. P. Shooley, who was likewise harassed with an obstinate intermitting. A small portion com- pletely removed every symptom of the complaint (which may surprise those who regard the bark as the only specific). Four persons of Mr. Shooley's acquaintance were by the remaining part of this single phial, cured of the prevailing mala- dy.
The above narrations may suffice to prove the usefulness of this medicine; but if the affection or the proprietor, and the fact of an annual demand for several thousand bottles have any weight, the public will believe that this preparation has ne- ver failed effecting a cure and may without ef- frontery be termed INFALLIBLE.
Prepared and sold by Richard Lee, No. 50 Maidenlane New York, and at S. Pleasants' Prin- ting office, Richmond. O. R. 4
STORE OF
Ironmongery, Hardware,
&c &c.
DREAM & FOLLET, opposite to Messrs. Taylor and Brown's auction store, and next door to Doctor Wardlaw, have just received from England, a large and general assortment of
Ironmongery, Hardware,
&c.
Amongst which are carpenter's, black- smith's and other Mechanics' Tools; building materials of all kinds, such as Locks, Hinges, Nails, &c. Farmers and Household utensils, viz. Trace chains, Hoes, Straw knives, Grass Scythes, Sickles, Knives and Forks, Spoons, Grid irons, Smoothing irons, And irons, Shovels, Tongs and Pokers, coal Curriers and Sifters, Wire Fenders, Pots and Kettles, Steam kettles, Tea ket- tles, Coffee Mills, Waffle irons, Warming pans, Tin in boxes, Iron and Brass wire, Bar lead, Patent Shot, Sheet iron, close and open Stoves for burning coal, Ironing mill Wheels, Mill Saws, German Steel, Wrought and cut Nails and Brads, Window Glass 10 by 6, 11 by 9, 12 by 10, 14 by 10, and 18 by 13, Scin Twine, Glue, Patent Windsor shaving Soap, an assortment of Brushes, with a great variety of other articles too nume- rous to insert. The above goods are laid on the best terms for cash, & will be sold on like good terms, for cash, country produce or approved paper at a short date.
Also, for Sale, a Consignment of Three
BIBLES
WOO LENS,
Consisting of Blankets, 6-4 low priced blue Cloths, and red and yellow Flannels, at a moderate price and liberal credit for approved paper—an elegant gold repeating Watch, a bargain—Bolting Cloths. Richmond, October 21st, 1806. W. 46
NOW READY FOR THE PRESS,
And will be published immediately after the next session of the General Assembly,
By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun.
VOLUME SECOND
OF THE
REVISED CODE;
CONTAINING
A collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and perma- nent nature, as have been passed since the session of 1801; to which will be added, such Acts of the same nature as may be passed at the session of 1806.
TOGETHER WITH
AN APPENDIX,
IN WHICH WILL BE INSERTED,
I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code.
II. A compilation of the several Laws for the establishment of the James River, Potow- mac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Ca- nal companies; in all of which the state has an interest.
III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on build- ings of the state of Virginia.
IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck.
V. A Table of Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and Amercements, designating such as are to the use of the Commonwealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particu- lar object.
VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads.
VII. Acts authorising the creation of Toll Bridges.
All the Acts comprised in this volume, have been carefully collated by a gentle- man of the bar—Notes of reference to for- mer and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
TERMS.
I. It shall be printed on an entire new type, of a size larger than that used in the last edition of the Revised Code, published in 1803.
II. The paper shall be of good quality, and the book, when bound, will form a volume in large octavo, to match the first volume of the same work. The number of pages cannot be ascertained, though it is expect- ed, from the matter of which the book will be composed, (there being ninety-five new chapters in the continuation from 1801 to 1805, and upwards of one hun- dred omitted acts) that it will contain nearly as many pages as the last edition.
III. The price to subscribers will be Five Dollars, to be paid on delivery of the book; to non-subscribers the price will be considerably increased.
Subscriptions are received by the publisher in Richmond.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, to wit:
TAKEN up by Thomas Baudurant, a black HORSE, about 4 feet 10 inches high, supposed to be 5 years old this spring, has two small white spots on his near but- tock, which appears to be a brand, has some white hairs in his forehead, a scar on his left hock joint, a switch tail and hanging mane, and when touched behind is apt to kick up. Appraised to 60 dollars.
A COPY.
ROLFE ELDRIDGE, D. C.
15th April, 1806.
When the horse above described was viewed and appraised, he had not shed, and the length of his hair obscured a brand which at present is very perceptible, on his off shoulder, H.
ADVERTISEMENT.
WILL BE SOLD, on Monday the 17th November, if fair, if not the next fair day, at the late dwelling house of Daniel Morrisett, dec. in Chesterfield county, on James river, near the Coal Pits; all the stock of HORSES, CATTLE & HOGS, household and kitchen FURNITURE, plantation UTENSILS, and the crop of CORN and FODDER. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchaser on all sums above five dollars, by giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid; for all sums under, cash must be paid. All those that are indebted to the said estate will make payment immediately; and all those that have claims against the said estate, must bring them in well authenticated by the day of sale, to
HALEY COLE, and THOMP. BLUNT, Ex'rs.
October 25th, 1806. P. S. At the same time and place will be Rented, the PLANTATION, and the NEGROES hired out belonging to the said estate, and terms made known on the day, by the guardians.
DISCOVERIES OF LEWIS AND HIS PARTNERS IN LOUISIANA.
A fresh supply of the above interesting work is just received and for sale at this office.
October 25. if
DR. REE'S NEW
CYCLOPEDIA.
THE third number, or vol. II. Part I. of the above work, is just received and ready for delivery to Subscribers at this Office.
October 25.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Church's Cough Drops
Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary, New York, and for sale at this office.
EDUCATION.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he will continue his School, at his house in the lower end of Albemarle county, where he teaches the Greek and Latin languages, the English language Grammatical, Composition, and the Rudiments of the Mathematics.
His price for boarding and tuition, where scholars find their own beds and furniture, is twenty-eight pounds for ten months, one third in advance, the balance at the expiration of the term—Two months of the year, May and October, are allowed as va- cation. Where washing and mending are done, his price is thirty-two pounds, terms as above—For tuition alone his price is eight pounds; one half in advance, the balance at the end of six months.
Parents who place their children under his instruction, may rest assured, that par- ticular attention will be paid to their morals, and every assistance afforded to pro- mote their learning.
To accommodate parents who feel dis- posed to educate their daughters, I would board six or eight little girls.
JAMES G. WADDIL.
October 7th, 1805. 2m
Gloucester Low Grounds.
FOR SALE.
ON the premises, the second day of Ja- nuary, 1807, a TRACT OF LAND, ly- ing on a branch of Severn River, in the county of Gloucester, containing by estima- tion 348 acres; about one hundred of which are cleared and very fertile, the remain- der, well covered with oak and pine of a superior quality. The oak timber (which is most abundant) is supposed, by all ac- quainted with the land, to be the best, in this part of the country, either for staves, or ship building. From the timber alone, a nett sum may be made, equal to the pur- chase money. On the premises are a dwell- ing house, commodious quarter and large barn, all in good repair, likewise, a corn- house and stable.
No situation possesses greater advantages than this. The neighborhood, a good one, and Severn River, justly ranking among the first, for fish and oysters, at your door. Should the purchaser be inclined to add to his tract, he may do it, most probably in what quantities he may think proper, as two tracts of land adjoining, will in a short time be divided among several legatees.
Persons wishing to view the land, will apply to Mr. STERLING SEAWELL, on the premises, or to the subscriber residing in the neighborhood.
Terms of sale will be made known on the day, and will be as accommodating as possible. JOHN B. SEAWELL, Ex'r.
N. B. The above land sold by direction of the will of John Seawell, dec.
6w J. B. S.
DOCT. WILSON
has just received at his shop, opposite the stores of Messrs. John and Robert Gamble, and Mr. Neil McCloud, a general assortment of
MEDICINES.
To offers them for sale on lower terms than they can be procured at any other house in Richmond. He has on hand a variety of Pama, Varnishes and Oils—Also Spirits of Turpen- tine and Turpen-tine Varnishes by the Barrel a unusually low prices. Richmond, 10th September 1806. w3m
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
MEDICINES,
Have just come to hand, at the Apothecary Shop, on the main street (Shoocke Hill) They are offered for sale on as low terms as they can be procured at any shop in Richmond.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
Advantages of union, with an inquiry into the compatibility of republican govern- ment with an extensive territory.
(CONTINUED.)
WE have, it is allowed, swamps and des- erts; but there are neither of such a char- acter or size as to interpose any formidable obstacles to intercourse. Most of the former are or will be extremely valuable from the nature of the timber that grows upon them, which is generally the cypress, the pine or the cedar, and which are usual- ly of the most costly kind, and from their ultimate conversion into the richest mead- ows. For when the country adjacent to them shall be thickly settled, there is scarcely any expense incurred in their draining and clearing that will not be more than returned to their proprietors. Among the most considerable of these are the Ce- dar swamp of Virginia, abounding in the cedar and cypress, both in valuable wood—the Dismal swamp of Virginia and North Carolina are covered with white and red oaks, pines, juniper and cypress—the Ekan- sanoko, producing a variety of valuable timber, and comprising a great deal of fer- tile cultivated land. In describing these, Pinkerton remarks that "the large tract in the eastern part of Virginia and North Ca- rolina, called the Dismal Swamp, occupies about 170,000 acres; but it is entirely co- vered with trees, juniper and cypress on the more moist parts, and on the drier white and red oaks, and a variety of pines. These trees attain a prodigious size; and among them there is often thick brush- wood, so as to render the swamp impervi- ous, while other forests in North America are frequently free from under-wood. Cane
reeds (different species of arundo) and tall rich grass, soon fatten the cattle of the vi- cinity, which are taught to return to the farms of their own accord. In this swam- py forest, bears, wolves, deer, and other wild animals abound; and stories (for which, perhaps, there is no foundation) are told of children having been lost, who have been seen after many years, in a wild state of nature. Some parts are so dry as to bear a horse, while some are overflow- ed, and others so miry that a man would sink up to the neck. A canal has been cut through it; and even in the dry parts wa- ter of the color of the brandy, as is sup- posed from the roots of junipers, gush- ed in the depth of three feet. In the nor- thern part the timber supplies an article of trade, while in the southern rice is found to prosper; and in the neighborhood none of those diseases are known which haun- ter marshy situations.
"Georgia presents a singular marsh, in the wet season a lake, called Ekansanoko, by others Onquafenoga, in the south-east extremity of the state. This marshy lake is about three hundred miles in circumfer- ence, and contains several large and fertile isles, one of which is represented by the Creek Indians as a kind of Paradise, inhab- ited by a peculiar race, whose women are incomparably beautiful, and are called by them daughters of the sun. These island- ders are said to be a remnant of an ancient tribe, nearly exterminated by the Creeks."
With regard to deserts, understanding by the term tracts of country incapable of cultivation, there are few, if any, within the United States. There are tracts in which few productions will flourish, or even in- demnify the labor expended in their pro- duction; but these very tracts are invari- ably covered with large and flourishing timber, already valuable, and every day ris- ing in value, with the increasing wealth of the country, and the progressive improve- ment of our roads and rivers. If then these tracts shall be eternally destined to growth of timber, so far from being causes of sep- arating, they will serve to unite the peo- ple of the different states who will find a supply of their wants in them. None of these tracts are, however, so large as to prevent the laying out of good roads at an ex- pense incommensurate with the benefits de- rivable from them. There do not appear to exist, on the whole continent of America, says Pinkerton, "any of those sandy deserts which are so remarkable in Asia and Africa. There is on the contrary, an exuberance of water even in some of the most torrid regions. Even the volcanoes in S. America often pour down torrents of water and mud, and no where occur the sandy ruins of plains, after the fertile soil has been totally lost, or the rocky skeleton of ancient mountains."
But we have a chain of high and wide mountains, that interpose between the Ea- stern and Western country.
That these will, in a degree, be barriers to intercourse, will not be denied. But a dispassionate consideration of all the cir- cumstances which attend them will show that this effect will probably be produced but in an inconsiderable degree. Pinkerton observes that "the mountains of N. Ameri- ca are far from rivaling the Andes in the south. Some irregular ranges pervade the Isthmus, but it seems mere theory to consid- er them as connected with the Andes, as they have neither the same character nor direction. In the Isthmus there are also several volcanoes; but the natural history of Spanish America is extremely imper- fect."
"The centre of North America seems to present a vast fertile plain, watered by the Missouri and its auxiliary streams."
This vast and fertile plain will undoub- edly be the great seat of manufactures. It is here that the manners and mode of liv- ing of the inhabitants will be most friendly to this occupation. In proportion to their distance from the ocean they will be free from the corruptions and dissipation pro- duced by trade. The fertility of the soil and nature of the climate will supply them with the most important raw materials, and particularly cotton and wool; at the same time that they will enable them to raise with little labor and a small expense the grain and meat which constitute the chief maintenance of a people of plain habits of life. The numerous and extensive ri- vers, which take their sources in this plain, will command a vast tract of country on either side, which depending on it for a supply of manufactured articles will thus have a common centre.
In the second place, the soil of adjacent countries may be so different, as not only to produce little in common, but likewise so dissimilar that one country shall produce little which is wanted by the other.
However this may be the case in other portions of the earth, it is not so here.
The productions of the northern states are fish, oil, lumber, naval stores, skins and furs, grain of various kinds, potatoes, &c.
These of the middle states are potatoes, flour, grain of various sorts, ginseng, beef and pork, &c.
Those of the southern states are lumber, naval stores, pitch, rosin, turpentine, rice, indigo, cotton, tobacco, &c.

sections of the confederacy. The first result appears in the enumeration we have made, the second will be made manifest to any one who compares the immense value of our whole products with the inconsiderable value of that portion of them which is exported to foreign countries. The whole consumption of native articles in the United States cannot be computed at less than five hundred millions of dollars. The value of those productions exported is almost forty millions, which is less than a twelfth part of the former. The difference between 500,000,000 and 40,000,000 is consequently consumed either in the districts in which they are raised, or in the other districts of the United States. And of the forty millions of raw materials annually exported a very considerable part is re-imported in the shape of various fabrics made out of them. Every year will lessen our dependence on the European world, by our successful cultivation of those articles we now derive from them, or by the erection of new manufactures. Already our dependence upon the foreign market is inconsiderable compared with our dependence on each other; in the course of no long period, from the causes we have mentioned, it will be insignificant.
Is, lastly, the climate of these states so different as to produce a character and course of habits totally opposed. The United States embrace fifteen degrees of latitude and about twenty five of longitude, extending thirteen hundred miles in one direction, and fourteen hundred in the other. But, notwithstanding the great extent of this territory, there is, perhaps, none other of near its size which is equally subject to the same natural laws. The climate of the whole possesses one common attribute, which seems distinctively to characterize this portion of the globe, which is a temperature of the air so extremely variable as to combine almost every variety of weather in every season. Hence the extremes of heat and cold are experienced in every part of the union. It is sometimes as cold at Charleston as at Boston, and sometimes as warm at the latter as the former place. It is, perhaps, owing to this circumstance that many of the same products are raised, not however with equal fecundity, in the remotest sections of the country. It is certainly owing to this, that the physical habits of our inhabitants, in whatever quarter they reside, by being habituated to the extremes of heat and cold, acquire a great similarity; so great a similarity that it cannot be affirmed that the effects which flow from such characteristics are radically different. Neither the past experience or the present situation of the country justifies the belief that there is any material difference in martial spirit, in simplicity of manners or in industrious habits. The military ardor of the south during the revolution, was not less conspicuous than that of the east; the physical strength and size of the inhabitants of Virginia do not yield to those of Massachusetts; the people of the southern states are at present actually plainer and less ostentatious in their manners than those of the middle states; not because there is any thing in the climate which produces this effect, but because commerce has showered down upon the latter greater riches than on the former; and with regard to industry, the difference, though it does exist, is greatly over-rated. It does indeed, in some measure arise from climate, but much more from accidental circumstances—from the great number of slaves in the southern states. Pass through the whole world, and you will find it universally true, as applied to communities, that those who can get others to work for them will be less industrious than those who are obliged to work for themselves. This evil, great and serious as it is, is, unfortunately, on the decline. The whole force of moral principle is bent towards its eventual destruction; and that it will ultimately disappear from among us there can be no doubt. But it is sufficient for us in this discussion, to show that it is actually in state of a gradual declension, and this is completely proved by the two censuses which have been taken, from which it appears that in a period of ten years there has been a comparative diminution of the number of slaves to the amount of 74,122. Let the like ratio of diminution progress, and in a few centuries the relative numbers of the slaves will be trifling. This effect, certain and decisive as it will be, will be aided by that spirit of justice, liberty, and humanity which must influence the conduct of governments.
It would be injustice to this branch of our subject to omit the distinct notice of the powerful, not to say omnipotent influence of moral principle in the modification of physical effects. The true pride of man consists in the power of his mind to regulate, to elevate and to direct his animal characteristics. To the beast of the field nature has given an instinct, that either admits of little or no improvement. On man alone she has bestowed those powers of reason, whose progressive improvement is only short of infinite. On the excitement, the improvement & the application of these, his condition, his happiness, his dignity depend. Under their guidance many of the most active physical evils vanish, and those which remain are deprived of much of their malignity. Regions naturally unhealthy are rendered salubrious, those naturally sterile are fertilised, and the rigors of the seasons resisted by the devices of art. Of these principles, it is the constant effect, under good governments, to unite men together by ties of increasing strength, and to produce a gradual and steady approximation of character in those influenced by them. Like members of the same family, where love and friendship prevail, the members of such a community become every day more and more attached to each other.
Contemplate, in this view, the situation of the several states. Were they ever so indissolubly united as they now are? Have they ever lived in greater brotherly love among each other; and have they ever entertained so universal and profound an attachment to their federal head; so devoted a veneration for their own country, and so little partiality for foreign nations? Whence this unrivalled felicity, this proud distinction, but from the ascendancy of moral principle; from our universal devotion to liberty, to equal rights, to republicanism? From our adoption of those principles, and from
our pursuit of that course, that has made the interest of all, not merely to yield a reluctant obedience to the laws, but to maintain and enforce them with that spirit which affection alone can inspire? From a universal conviction that the interests of the government and the people are the same, and that the interests of the whole are homogeneous? Place an inhabitant of North Carolina along side a Pennsylvanian. You see no difference between them, though six hundred miles intervene between these two states. Hear them converse on the same subject. You cannot tell one from the other. They are both plain men—they are both republicans—they are both Americans, possessed of pure hearts and sound heads. (To be continued)
Latest from Europe.
By the ship Fame, Capt. Howland, arrived at New-Bedford on the 28th ult. in 35 days from Greenock. The Fame performed her voyage from Norfolk (Virg.) to Greenock, and from thence to New-Bedford, in eighty-one days.
LONDON, Sept. 15. DEATH OF MR. FOX.
At a quarter before six o'clock on Saturday afternoon, this great and illustrious statesman yielded his last breath in the arms of his nephew, Lord Holland. His dissolution was so gradual and accompanied with so little struggle, as scarcely to permit the most anxious eye to ascertain the instant. His friends had at least the sad and melancholy consolation of perceiving that he suffered no pain—and they had been prepared for the event, by the unerring symptoms of exhaustion that had increased for the two days preceding—On Friday at noon, the physicians announced to him the approaching close, and he received it as he had done in the first instance, with that firm tranquillity of spirit which was characteristic of his nature and which he maintained to the last.
Mr. Fox died at the very moment when the pack and tower guns were announcing the capture of Buenos Ayres. There are various reports as to who is to succeed Mr. Fox in the foreign department. Among those mentioned are the marquis Wellesley, lord Holland and Mr. T. Grenville. The last mentioned gentleman, it is generally thought, will be appointed.
It is singular to remark the fatality that has spread among the leading men of this country within the last 12 months—viz. Marquis Cornwallis, Oct. 5. Lord Nelson, Oct. 21. Mr. Pitt, Jan. 23. Lord Thurlow, Sept. 12. Mr. Fox, Sept. 13. The Monitor has stated, that the illness of Mr. Fox, retarded the work of peace. We shall not be surprised, when we look at the state of the continent, if the Monitor shall next state, that Mr. Fox's death has prevented its completion.— Globe . The embarkation of troops for foreign service, is renewed with increased activity.
It is rendered certain, that the emperor of Russia, has not ratified the treaty with France. On the subject of the pending negotiations with France, we can say nothing further, than that couriers are continually passing between the two governments.
The troops which disembarked from the transports at Plymouth, in consequence of admiral Louis's squadron, which was to convey the expedition, having been detached for the purpose of intercepting admiral Guilleumez, have been re-embarked, and the transports are immediately to proceed to Plymouth to await the return of admiral Louis.
A messenger to the Russian ambassador arrived at half past four o'clock yesterday, with dispatches from the court of St. Petersburg. Yesterday morning Mr. Bosset, the messenger also arrived in town with dispatches from St. Petersburg.
Last night a messenger left town for Paris, with dispatches for lord Lauderdale. Mr. Russel the messenger set off on Saturday with dispatches for Copenhagen. The remains of lord Thurlow were brought to town on Saturday, and it is expected that the body will lie in state in the course of a day or two.
The Russian minister, on announcing to the French cabinet, the refusal of his master, to ratify the treaty of M. D'Oubril, declares, "that the minister had acted entirely contrary to the orders and instructions which he had received; but that in order to leave no possible means of restoring peace, and general tranquillity, untried, the imperial ministry has received orders to make known to the cabinet of the Tuilleries, the basis on which his imperial majesty will be ready to renew the negotiations; so that it will depend on the French government, to accept or decline the equally just and moderate proposals which are made to it."
Capture of Buenos Ayres.—The highly important news of the capture of Buenos Ayres, has just been received, and the official accounts published in the Gazette . The capitulation of this settlement, which is pronounced to be the capital of one of the richest and most extensive provinces in South America, took place on the 27th June, to the forces landed from Sir Home Popham's squadron, under the command of major general Beresford. There fell into the hands of the British, by this capture, 1,291,338 dollars, in silver and bullion. 1,086,203 of the above sum, was shipped in the Narcissus, which has arrived at Portsmouth, and the specie landed.
After the capitulation of the place, major general Beresford issued his proclamation, as general commanding in chief his Britannic majesty's forces employed on the east coast of South America, and lieutenant governor of Buenos Ayres; and all its dependencies. In this proclamation the articles of a provisional government were announced to the inhabitants; in which they were to be allowed all the privileges and immunities consistent with the interest and safety of the new government—Among these
grants, is that of a free trade with his Britannic majesty.
VIENNA, August 27. Five hundred artillery men are constantly employed in making cartridges.
LEIPSIC, Sept. 4. Every week couriers pass through this city with letters, which the emperor of Russia and king of Prussia write reciprocally.
LITTENBURG, Sept. 3. His majesty the king of Sweden, has taken possession of this country, in the name of the king of England: the Prussian arms and eagles taken away; and every thing re-established on the former footing.
BANKS OF THE RHINE, August 30. We are assured, that the confederation of the Rhine has received orders from its supreme head, to put in motion its contingent troops vihauf delay.
A German Gazette, announces, that his Prussian majesty is on the point of concluding a confederation for the north of Germany.
FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, August 20. The name of M. D'Oubril is no longer found in the list of the members of the foreign department.
BERLIN, Sept. 6. His majesty will very soon (it is said next Tuesday) repair to the army; the cabinet minister, count Haugwitz, will, it is said, accompany his majesty. It is expected that the foreign ministers will follow the king to the head quarters.
The princes Henry and William set out yesterday for the army; each of them will command a brigade.
NAPLES, August 4. The English have now entirely disappeared in Calabria. They are still at Capri, and their ships are cruising in our Gulf.
It is said that marshal Massena will join the corps of general Verdier and Regnier, and give battle with all his forces. The castle of Reggio, on the coast of Calabria, has been taken by the English.
GREENOCK, Sept. 19. Since our last, both the Hamburg mails which were due have arrived. Their contents are important. Prussia has been driven to such extremity, that unless she at length determines to resist the farther encroachments of France, she must submit to receive the imperial coup de grace , and sink into absolute vassalage. Russia holds a commanding position—Sweden preserves her wonted spirit—and Austria seems waiting for an opportunity to revenge the insults she has sustained.
A Gottenburgh mail has likewise arrived; the following is an extract of a letter from that place: "The messenger, Basset, arrived here yesterday from St. Petersburg—he brings advice, that the emperor of Russia has refused to ratify with France the convention concluded by M. D'Oubril. A private letter from Stockholm contains the same intelligence, with the addition, that a new coalition is forming against France, to consist of Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Hesse, &c. If this be true, peace must yet be at a distance."
Another letter from Gottenburgh, of the date of Sept. 5, says—"A Russian courier arrived yesterday, in 8 days from St. Petersburg, with important dispatches for England."
"All the accounts from St. Petersburg agree in stating, that the emperor has refused to ratify the treaty made with France; and that M. D'Oubril is in some disgrace for having gone beyond his instructions. The Russian army has been considerably augmented, and 500,000 men are ready to march at a moment's warning. The command of it will be given, it is said, to the old general, Kaminskiy, who was famous in the time of Catherine."
Stocks—3 per cent. 63 1/4.
CHRISTIANSAAND, Aug. 8.
French naval expeditions.—We have received information here that a French squadron which suddenly appeared in the Greenland seas, has destroyed on those shores a great number of whales.—This intelligence is certain, as it comes from Bergen, where two vessels arrived which had been taken by the French and released, with part of the crews of the captured ships. Among the number of prizes taken by the French squadron, off Greenland, are twenty-eight of the best laden whalers. They were surprised to the east of Greenland, by the very unfortunate arrival of the French, who having taken all they wished to seize, sunk those they did not wish to take away, and forced the rest to run into the ice. The French squadron then bore away to the westward, and entered Davis's straights at the moment when several whalers, completely laden, were commencing their homeward voyage. There is, therefore, no doubt that they again made rich and numerous captures, and caused considerable damage to the English. The loss occasioned by this unforeseen blow to the English commerce, at Greenland alone, is valued here at from 1,500,000 to 2,000,000 rix dollars, that is to say, 8 or 10,000,000 French. The expedition to Davis's straights must have caused the loss to the English of all the produce of the Newfoundland fishery for this year. The French squadron previous to its arrival at Greenland, had taken and sunk the privateer Simpson, of Lieth, of 20 guns and 120 men sent to these seas, to fall in with the Prussian fishing vessels. All these details have been received from Bergen within these two days, and were sent by the captured captains, who were released by the French.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 4. REVERIES.
The Austrian army crossed the Inn and occupied Bavaria on the 12th September 1805—on the 23d they occupied Ulm and Memmingen; on the 20th of the same month, the camp at Bologna was inspected by Bonaparte, who arrived on the 23d at
Paris, and left on the 25th. The French army of Bologna in six divisions crossed the Rhine on the 1st October—and on the 14th they had possession of Ulm, and defeated, captured, routed or destroyed an army of 120,000 men—that is in scarcely four weeks! In four weeks more they had possession of the Inn, Salzburg, and the circle of Upper Austria, and on the 5th December, the fate of the Austrian dynasty and of the Russian consequence in Europe was from the most formidable position in universal opinion, reduced to the inconsequence of a third or fourth power in the scale of Europe.
What is the inference? The present year the French have earthen warning.
They have more than a month as to notice. They have as to the position of their armies, better than a fortnight's time and toil saved, by the position of their six legions—Mortier and Augereau's legions were on the 4th Sept. one on the frontiers of Saxony and Westphalia, the other with its advanced posts on the Prussian territory.—Two legions under Ney and Davoust were advanced into Austria beyond the Inn. LeFebvre in command of 70,000 men auxiliaries of the Rhenish confederation, occupied Styria. The two Italian legions were on the Tagliamento, and their light corps in possession of Gorica and Gradisca. The states of Bohemia will have been called upon according to their ancient constitutions to declare for neutrality or war—and if neutral to supply forage, for the ally of the house of Austria; and to stop intercourse with other unfriendly powers.
Three, or perhaps five legions, will advance in different directions for Poland, two by Moravia, will cross Silesia, and the others will cross the Danube by lower Austria, and enter Galicia (part of ancient Poland) and if Prussia moves a pawn, he will be checkmated, perhaps by Lucien Bonaparte declared king of Poland, feudalism abolished—religion tolerated—and Kosciuszko, in the decline of his years, may see his country and himself avenged, bettered in condition altogether; and Poland become once more the barrier against northern barbarism.
Such evidently is the apparent current of events—Sweden may again be stripped of her monarchy and her territory and her power concentrated in Denmark.
The Belt and the Sound are generally closed by frost in the early part of December—the legions of King Louis of Holland, which have advanced, to the Ems, will have passed the Elbe into Pomerania, and the legions may pass the ice from Rugen to Zealand, and into Swedish Scania .
Such may be the outline—the details may be easily anticipated—for France will beside her 70,000 Rhenish auxiliaries, and the armies of the Italian kingdom, have eleven great armies of 60 or 70,000 men on the chess board .—Aurora.
T ship Wooddrop Sims, arrived in the Delaware, from Limington, [Eng.] which she left on the 17th of September, brings intelligence from London to the 15th. Her letters and papers have not yet reached the city—but verbal information positively states that Mr. Fox was dead.
November 5.
The capture of Buenos Ayres by the British appears to confirm some speculations of ours a few weeks ago. The expedition of Miranda appears not to have been openly countenanced by the British court, only to cover its remoter designs with the agents of England were seeking to draw Spain into a new coalition. It is opinion we have long held, and deduced from a variety of coincident circumstances—the Bourbon family cannot feel a sincere attachment to the Bonaparte dynasty—and fear alone could bind any branch of that family in an alliance with the emperor of France—the fate of the Neapolitan branch of the Bourbons, must have ministered to that fear; and overtures of a nature calculated to encourage the natural hopes or wishes of the Spanish monarch, could not fail to be listened to if communicated with address. These causes which would influence the court of Spain could not be undiscerned by the court of France or the court of England; and while the latter would employ all the secrecy of diplomatic intrigue, the former would be only the more vigilant. Beside these natural impulses of human feeling on the passions of the powerful over whom the passions are more powerful than over the humble who are chastened by experience in the crowded walks of the world; the conduct of the ministers of Spain in all parts of the civilized world, too palpably indicated the disposition of the Spanish court to favor the enemies of France rather than to aid her ally. The capture of Buenos Ayres will now dissipate the delusion of English intrigue, and the success given to Miranda, will only corroborate the treachery of the English system. For the United States these events are auspicious, the profligate designs of Yrujo to involve us in war with Spain will now be frustrated; and that pacific policy which our government has always sought to preserve will be secured between the U. States and Spain, in spite of a treacherous minister, and an unprecedented system of corruption and intrigue.
TRENTON, (N. J.) November 3.
The following is a statement of the votes given for the twelve highest on the Return of the late election for Representative to Congress—by which it will be seen that the Republican Ticket has prevailed by a large majority:—
 William Helms, 14,672  Thomas Newbold, 12,195  Henry Southard, 12,131  Ezra Darby, 11,876  John Lambert, 11,520  James Sloan, 10,539  Aaron Ogden, 5,789  George C. Maxwell, 5,733  Ebenezer Elmer, 5,703  John Beatty, 3,311  Adam Boyd, 3,311  Jonathan Dayton, 713 
WASHINGTON CITY, November 5.
The honorable DAVID M. ERSKINE, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty to the United States, was on Monday received by
the Secretary of State, and by him presented to the President of the United States.
On the same day, ANTHONY MERRY, Esq. late Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the same court, took leave of the President.
Information from the Westward.
The latest authentic accounts are from Gov. Claiborne and Gen. Wilkinson, and come down to the 24th of Sept. At this period an answer was expected from the governor of the Spanish province of Taxos, which would be likely to determine the complexion of the measures to be pursued on the part of the United States. Such doubts were entertained on this head, that the preponderating opinion was that a recourse to force would be rendered inevitable. In this event, we rejoice to say, that there is but little ground for apprehension. The Spanish forces amount to about fifteen hundred, while our regular force, reinforced by militia, will be from eleven to thirteen hundred. The Americans were still at Natchitoches, and the Spaniards at Bayou Pierre.— Nat. Intell.
By authentic information from the Havana, dated Sept. 24, we are advised of the appointment of a new Intendant, from which a favorable change in the conduct of that government to the United States may be expected. At that time Miranda was said to have made good his landing and to have made some progress in the country towards Santa Fe, where he has been joined by 2,000 of the inhabitants of the country.
The French Admiral Willameuz had got safe into port, with the Poudroyant, although pursued under the guns of the Moro by the British frigate Amson .
At the moment of closing the letter containing this information it was reported, that a Spanish schooner had arrived at Batavia, and brought accounts that Miranda had had an engagement, had lost about 1000 men, and had retreated about 25 miles; but the report was said to want confirmation.— ib.
PETERSBURG, November 7. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
On Wednesday last, the MATCH RACE for $2000, between Mr. JOHNSON's mare Carolina , and Major BALL's horse Brandy , was decided over the New-Market course.—The bets were considerable.— Carolina won with the greatest ease—giving her opponent a distance the last heat, hard in hand.
Afterwards a challenge passed from the proprietors of Carolina , to the owner of Florizel , to run her against him at New-Market hereafter, for $10,000, four mile heats—which was ( wisely perhaps ) not accepted.
BELFIELD FALL RACES.
Commenced Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1806.   First day, a sweepstake by three years old, 50 dolls. each two mile heats.  Mr. J. B. Turner's c. f. by Dru- 3 1 2 1  id,  Dr. Cuder's b. f. Crazy Jane , by Druid , 4 3 1 2  Mr. Haynes's b. f. Cleopatra , by Druid , 1 2 3 dr.  Dr. Purcell's b. f. Kitty cut a Dash , by Druid , 2 dist.  Second day, Jockey Club Purse , of 300 dolls. four mile heats.  Mr. Wilkes's c. h. Wonder , by Dio- 1 1  med, 6 years old, 120,  Mr. Ridely's s. g. Bumper , by Bellair , 2 2  aged, 128,  Mr. Scarce's c. m. Agnes , by Bellair , 3 3  5 years old, 110,  Third day, Proprietor's Purse , of 180 dolls. two mile heats.  Mr. Wyatt's c. f. Lady Rough , by Saltram , 1 2 1  four years old,  Mr. Wilkes's b. h. Whisky , by Collector , 3 1 2  five years old, 110,  Mr. Avery's b. h. Slapbang , by Dio- 2*  med, five years old, 110,  Mr. Stark's c. h. Alfred , by Saltram , dist.  four years old, 100,  Mr. Wynne's b. g. Boxer , by Sea- dist.  gull, four years old, 100,  Mr. Strother's c. c. Gameter , by Saltram , dist.  three years old, 86.   * Fell, rider much hurt.
LAND FOR SALE.
WILL BE SOLD, ON the twenty-fifth day of November next, on the premises, to the highest bidder,
Three Tracts of Land,
Held by Hampden Sidney College, containing in the whole about 1000 acres. Two of the tracts join; the other is not far distant. They are situated in the upper end of Prince Edward county, near where the Buckingham road crosses Appomattox river, very convenient to some of the James River markets. The Land is believed to be of good quality. The sale will be on one, two, and three years credit, the purchaser giving bond and good security, the bond to carry interest from the date. If requested the three tracts will be sold separately.
By order of the Trustees, James Morton, Isaac Reed, Wm. M. Watkins, Charles Scott. October 12, 1806.
WHEREAS some time past, I purchased a piece of land in Goochland county, of one William Lovell, for which I gave him two bonds, one for eighteen pounds, payable the 25th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the other bond for 27 pounds, payable the 23th of December, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and as the said Lovell has gone away without making me a right to the said land agreeable to bargain, I do forewarn all person or persons in trading for the above-mentioned bonds, as I do not intend to pay them unless I get a right agreeable to bargain. Wm. SHEPPARD. 9th November, 1806.

The important Foreign Intelligence which appears in this day's Argus, indicates the present period as the most portentous, and eventful which the world has known for many ages. The death of Mr. Fox has extinguished the last ray of peaceful hope, which began to glimmer on the prospects of an oppressed people. It is almost certain that Europe is again to exhibit a more extensive scene of human butchery than ever.
The capacity of France to resist and even to subdue the rest of continental Europe, is a truth too apparent to be denied by any person of observation, whatever may be his wishes on the subject. And in this state of things, it is difficult to conceive what direful infatuation, what ill fated policy could have impelled the potentates of Europe, to renew a contest, to them so certainly fatal, and to their subjects so fraught with misery and desolation.
The conduct of Britain in urging on the powers of Europe to this new contest, is as little defensible on the grounds of sound policy, as upon those of justice and humanity. It is natural enough that the cold blooded, but bloody statesmen who rule that country, should be incapable of sympathizing, with the losses and sufferings of their deluded allies; it is also true that a continental war may remove the immediate fear of invasion.
As to the impotent descent upon the coast of Calabria, and the partial advantage there obtained, the taking and plundering of Buenos Ayres, a rich, but almost defenceless town upon the coast of Spanish America, it is in vain to attempt, by the pomp of official detail, to give importance to such exploits.
We shall dismiss for the present our speculations upon foreign affairs and only observe that when we see the nations of Europe about to be plunged into misery by their vices and adherence to erroneous systems of policy, we have additional motives not to abandon the pacific line of conduct which has been pursued by our government, in the occasional differences which have arisen with foreign nations.
The occasion to which I allude is the negotiation for the purchase of the Floridas from Spain, which is now most probably, brought to a successful conclusion. As the expediency of acquiring those possessions seems to be admitted on all sides, the only question which can arise, relates to the mode of making the acquisition.
To those who think conquest the only honorable mode of acquisition, it is difficult to make a satisfactory answer. The word honor conveys no distinct idea to the mind, it is a confused, undefined creature of the imagination, it is a bubble which when irradiated by the beams of public opinion, exhibits colors which are dazzling, but it has no substance and vanishes at the touch of reason.
That a title acquired by fair purchase is most consonant to the dictates of justice and humanity, it is presumed will be denied by
no one, and we shall presently show that it is most consistent with economy. Justice is an abstract idea of the mind, depending on the relation of act on and their consequences, when a question arises concerning it we can call the reasoning faculty to our aid.
I am ready to admit, that circumstances may arise in the relations of two nations, which may render it highly inconsistent with the dignity and independence of the one to negotiate for the purchase of territory from the other, and that is, where one has received such manifest injury and provocation from the other, as not only to justify but demand a resort to arms.
There is no rule more necessary for the preservation of harmonious intercourse amongst civilized nations, than this, that no injury done by the citizens or subjects of one state to another, will justify a resort to arms, unless it shall appear that the act was committed by the authority of the supreme power or sovereign of the state, or has been subsequently acknowledged by him.
In any point of view the violence offered to the Kempers could never be considered as a justifiable cause of war.
Even the unqualified petulance, the spiteful littleness of the ex-minister of Spain has been construed as conclusive evidence not only of the hostile disposition of the Spanish court, but also of that of France.
The precise boundaries of Louisiana must from evident causes be involved in great obscurity. If it should be conceded that the treaty of cession conveys to the United States a right to the country as occupied by France, the difficulty will still be great.
To be sure if it were possible that some American Amidid should institute an action of ejectment against Don Ferdinando in a court of competent jurisdiction, that Mr. Ellicott should be employed to make a survey of the country in dispute with all the bays, rivers, creeks and meanders thereof, and to return plots duly and sufficiently interspersed with black, blue and red lines; and finally that thirty or forty members of Congress should argue the cause before a Jury wholly composed of Americans, they might possibly return a verdict
in our favor. But as nations have unfortunately no superior tribunal by which their disputes can be determined, as they yet acknowledge no other trial but that of battle, it is certainly the interest as well as duty of America so try the effect of compromise and arbitration, before she ventures upon a measure of doubtful result and certain mischief.
On Friday the 5th of September, the Grand Chief of the Caddo nation, accompanied by twelve or fifteen of his warriors, arrived at Natchitoches, and on the following day Governor Claiborne, in the presence of the officers of the army, and many respectable citizens, made to the Chief an address, of which the following is a copy:
Grand Chief of the Caddo Nation.
Friend and Brother, That great and good man, the President of the United States esteems you and your people. Like the rising sun that gives light and comfort to the world, expand the cares of the American chief, and his desire is to promote the happiness of all mankind.
Brother!—There are some men whose tongues are like the tongues of snakes—they talk much, and often speak that which is not true.
Brother!—Let your people continue to hold the Americans by the hand and with sincerity and in friendship, and the chain of peace will be bright and strong.
Brother!—The President of the United States is the friend of peace, but he fears not war! The time was many years past when a mighty king, who lives beyond the big water, made war upon the Americans, and sent his warriors to conquer our country.
Brother!—The President of the United States is just to all nations; but if a nation is unjust to his people, his own warriors can fight his battles.
Brother!—We have some dispute about the limits of Louisiana; the Americans suppose that the limits extend far towards the setting sun, but our neighbors, the Spaniards, tell us that a little dry bayou, which you passed yesterday is the line.
Brother!—You know we got the country from the French, and that the Americans now claim all the land which the French formerly possessed.
You are an older man, brother, than I am, and must know something of the matter. You have seen places where the French built forts and planted corn.
Brother!—The talk (at this time) is not straight between the United States and Spain; but I hope no mischief will ensue, for a council fire is now burning, and the beloved men of the two nations are endeavoring to settle the dispute.
Brother!—These are my words; I speak in the face of day. And tell what you have heard to the traveller and to the hunter, so that the good talk may pass from mouth to mouth, and from nation to nation, to the very place where the sun sets!
To which address (after the usual solemnity of smoking the pipe) the chief returned the following answer:
"I am highly gratified at meeting to day with your excellency, and so respectable a number of American officers, and shall forever remember the words you have spoken."
"I have heard before, the words of the President; though not from his own mouth; his words are always the same; but what I have this day heard will cause me to sleep more in peace."
"Your words resemble the words my forefathers have told they used to receive from the French in ancient times. My ancestors from chief to chief were always well pleased with the French; they were well received and well treated by them when they met to hold talks together, and we can now say the same of you our new friends."
"If your nation has purchased what the French formerly possessed, you have purchased the country that we occupy, and we regard you in the same light as we did them."
"You request that our wars in future may be against the deer only. That is what we ourselves desire, and happen what will, our hands shall never be stained with white men's blood."
"Your words which I have this day heard shall be imprinted on my heart—They shall never be forgotten; but shall be communicated from one to another, till they shall reach the setting sun: It shall be remembered that the Americans are friends to the red people."
"My Father was a chief: I did not succeed him till I was a man in years—I am now in his place and will endeavor to do my duty, and see that not only my own nation, but other nations over whom I have influence, shall properly conduct themselves."
"I think I have now but one enemy, (the Osages), but I believe that will be an eternal one, for it is my belief that it has pleased God to give me that enemy, as it may be between you and Spain."
"The other day when I saw the Spaniards on one side of me, and your people on the other, I was embarrassed; I did not know on which foot to tread; but I am now satisfied, your words have removed my suspense: some other nations felt the same, but they shall hear of your words: they shall go from nation to nation."
"I shall now return home with my people to pursue our hunting with much more satisfaction, from what I have heard from you; although the color of my skin is red my heart is white, and whenever any of your people come into our towns, they shall be treated by us with all the friendship & kindness in our power to bestow, for altho' I am poor I am always well treated whenever I come amongst them."
"I have nothing further to add, only to assure you, that your speech to me as well recorded in my heart, as what I have said to you is by your pen."
Orleans Gazette.
It is worthy of remark, that gen. sir John Stuart, who aided, on a second occasion, such lustre to the British arms, at the battle of Maida, is an American—and that he rescued the Calabrians from French bondage on the 4th of July.—N. Y. Gaz.
THEATRICAL.
Boston, Oct. 28.—In the sch. Nautility, which arrived on Saturday from Bristol, came passengers, Mr. Bernard (of the Boston Theatre,) and lady; Mr. Caulfield, from the theatre Drury Lane; Mrs. Stanley, from the theatre Covent-Garden, Dublin, and Edinburgh; Mr. Vining, first singer from the theatre Richmond; and Signior Cipriani, ballet-master, from Sadler's Wells. These are valuable recruits for the dramatic corps of this town. Mr. Bernard, stopped almost immediately from the deck to the stage; he performed Niterkin last evening and received a hearty welcome from the audience. Mrs. Stanley, will make her first appearance in this country on Wednesday, and Mr. Caulfield on Friday evening.
A list of the Imperial Bonaparte family has been inserted in the imperial almanac. This list comprehends the brother-in-law of the Emperor, and others connected by marriage with his family, excluding, however, both Lucien and Jerome. By the account it appears, that the empress Josephine was born June 24, 1763, and that Eugene, the viceroy of Italy, was born in 1762; the day is not mentioned, nor the names of his father or mother, he being considered as an adopted child of the emperor. From these dates it appears, that Josephine brought this future king into the world when she was but 14 years old. As yet the increase of the Corsican race is not very numerous. King Louis has two sons, and King Joseph two daughters, and out of these branches the imperial throne is to be filled, and monarchs to be provided for the future happiness of Holland and Naples. Joachim, the murderer of the duke d'Enghien, and now prince, grand admiral, and grand duke of Cleves and Berg, has two sons and two daughters. His sons, like those of King Louis, all bear the names of Napoleon. (Boston Pap.)
(Boston Pap.)
Blessings of Royal Government!!! A late London paper states, that "so great has been the increase of the POOR RATES in England and Wales, that the total amount for the last twelve months, was five millions, two hundred and forty-eight thousand six hundred and seven pounds sterling"—and that the average rates of the levies for the poor tax in England was 4 shillings and 5 pence in the pound on the rents—the average rate in Wales was 7 shillings and 3 pence in the pound."
What would the people of this country think if (in addition to enumerable other taxes which Englishmen have to pay) their poor tax alone should amount to more than one third of the yearly value of their property?
After looking at the oppressed and impoverished condition of the people of England, it may not be amiss to cast our eyes upon another picture which that country presents—a very different appearance.
According to a late statement of Cobbett's taken from official documents, the expense to the nation in the year 1803 (and it is greater now) of supporting the KING, the QUEEN and the MAIDEN PRINCESSES, was five hundred and ninety-one thousand seven hundred and forty-nine pounds sterling!!! Besides the income from lands, prizes, &c.
In addition to this enormous sum, the other branches of the ROYAL FAMILY received from the scanty earnings of the miserable nation the following sums, annually, that is to say—
 Duke of York, £26,000 sterling.  Duchess of York, 4,000 do  Duke of Clarence, 14,500 do  Duke of Kent, 12,000 do  Duke of Cumberland, 12,000 do  Duchess of Cumberland, 4,000 do  Duke of Sussex, 12,000 do  Duke of Cambridge, 10,000 do  Prince of Wales, 60,000 do  Princess Charlotte of Wales 6,000 do 
And a bill was before Parliament at the time Cobbett made this statement, for making the following additional allowances, viz.
 To the Duchess of York, £1333 sterl.  Duke of Clarence 4000 do  Duke of Kent, 4000 do  Duke of Cumberland, 4000 do  Duke of Sussex, 4000 do  Duke of Cambridge, 4000 do 
What can, by any candid man, be thought of the Government of that country—in which, on the one hand, as Cobbett says, "every laborer having a family is a pauper, and cannot possibly get ever victuals to sustain life"—and on the other hand, these vampires of the nation, the members of the royal family, are squandering yearly thousands, tens of thousands & hundreds of thousands, drawn from the unceasing labor of the wretched people!—On the one hand the taxes to support the poor of the nation
amounting in England and Wales alone to between five and six millions of pounds sterling—(between twenty-three and twenty-four millions of dollars) and on the other hand, ONE SINGLE FAMILY spending of the people's earnings, EVERY YEAR, a hundred and fifty-seven thousand seven hundred and forty-nine pounds sterling—(between three and four millions of dollars) besides vast incomes not included:
Can such fruit be produced from a good tree?—Or can any American who is not either an arrant knave or a downright idiot, wish to see a tree which produces such fruit planted in our soil?
Let those who view this inexpressibly iniquitous system with just abhorrence and detestation, be ever careful that neither their words nor deeds, their acts nor omissions, tend to the introduction of a similar system into the United States.
(Trenton True American.)
Departed this life on Monday the 27th of October at his seat in Amelia county, RECHES BOOKER, Esq. much lamented by all those who had the pleasure of an acquaintance with him.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
 (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)  Tobacco, 33s to 36s CASH.  WHEAT, 6s 6d do.  FLOUR, superfine, 34s 6d do.  FLOUR, fine, 37s 6d do.  CORN, 21s do.  Hemp, clean, (per ton) £55 do.  IRON, £36 do.  BACON, 8d do.  WHISKEY, 3s 6d do. 
CUSTOM HOUSE—RICHMOND.
 ENTERED.  Sch'r Elizabeth, G. ge, Boston  Polly and Sally, Keith, Baltimore  Sloop Martha, Pryor, New-York  Sch'r Liberty, Hand, Philadelphia  Sloop Jersey, Dickey, ditto  Sch'r Comet, Underhill, Petersburg  Regulator, Sears, Baltimore  Harrion, Russell, ditto  Brothers, T. Rose, Norfolk  Amelia Ann, J. Rose, ditto  Eagle, Godwin, ditto 
 CLEARED.  Sch'r Weymouth, Weymouth, New-York  Sloop Example, Jarvis, ditto  Sch'r Enterprize, Young, ditto  Clothes, Howard, Charleston  Eliza, Miles, New-York  Rewastice, Farland, Baltimore  Sloop Prosperity, Pintard, Philadelphia  Bravo, Clark, ditto  Mahala, Pryor, ditto  Liberty, Buchanan, ditto  Mater, Destumal, ditto 
A BARGAIN may be had in three hundred casks of FRESH LIME.
On board the Schooner INDUSTRY, Capt. JOHN HALL. Apply to the captain on board, or to
SAMUEL PAINE.
THE SAID SCHOONER I HUNT. WILL take a freight for Boston. She is a good vessel, and will be despatched.—Apply as above.
Nov. 10. 2
A YOUNG MAN,
ACQUAINTED with business, who can be well recommended, wishes employment as a Clerk, or Instructor of an English School.
Drafting, Posting and Copying, done by him on reasonable terms.—Enquire of the printer.
Nov. 10. tf
I TAKE this opportunity of informing my friends and the public, that I shall open my House as a private
Boarding House, And shall be well prepared to receive about twenty Members of the next Assembly. My House is among one of the most convenient stands—it is situated between the Bank and Barracks, and adjoining the Capitol square. I have also an excellent Stable for eighteen Horses. The price of board will be as low as the markets will admit, both for gentlemen and their horses—no pains will be spared to give satisfaction.
Nov. 10. JOHN P. SHIELDS. W.B.
SALES at AUCTION.
Will be sold without reserve, by the subscribers, on Wednesday the 19th inst. about twelve thousand dollars worth of
DRY GOODS,
 CONSISTING OF  Superfine and fine Cloths  Course Cloths and Flannels  Cashmere, single and double milled  Corduroys, Thicksets and Velveteens  Blankets, rose and striped  Cambricks 4-4, 9-4 and 6-4  Cotton Shirtings and Dimity  Calicoes and Chintz  Shawls, Silk and Cotton  White and black Thread Lace  Linen and cotton Hk's  Sewing Silk of all colors  An assortment of Nuns & col'd Thread  Men's and Women's cotton Hose  Men's Worsted do.  Silk, Leather and Cotton Gloves  Bed-ticks and Durants  Silk and cotton Umbrellas  Silk, cotton and leather Suspenders  Piatillas and Dowlas  India Cottons  Spanish Indigo 
A large assortment of Cutlery and Hardware
Terms of sale—All sums under £50, cash—above £50, and not exceeding £200, 90 days—above £200, 2 and 6 months. Notes negotiable at the Bank, with approved indorsers, will be expected.
Darmstadt, Foster & Satch, Auctioneers. Richmond, 7th Nov. 1806. 128

SATURDAY'S OMISSIONS.
The Albany Register makes the following remarks on the numbers recently published in this paper, from the National Intelligencer, entitled "Thoughts on the subject of a Naval Power in the United States of America."
This subject has always appeared to me pregnant with the fate of our country. It is one of the essential points on which the great contest between republicans and federalists turns. The object of the republicans is to preserve the nation free from every thing which in European governments is oppressive and not essential to the maintenance of independence and the purposes of internal policy. The federalists take on trust and as essential to the public welfare all the principal maxims of European politics. The republicans contend that the adoption of a great part of these maxims would be ruinous to our happiness and necessarily destructive of our liberties; that they would require exertions which no government established on principles of freedom can make, and that therefore their direct tendency and inevitable consequence must be the abolition of our present constitution and the introduction of one that shall concentrate powers adequate to the objects in view. Federalists, on the contrary, treat with contempt every thing that does not mount up in dignity to the European standard. Standing armies and navies are by them considered as essential to the respectability and existence of the nation; but by the republicans neither are estimated to be of such consequence. They do not think that the existence of the nation, or the preservation of its rights, depend on them. But that if the federalists should succeed in procuring their introduction the country would be subjected to intolerable burdens, and that a change of government, the establishment of a despotism and national misery, would be the consequence.
The publication to which I have alluded undertakes the discussion of this subject in a cool, dispassionate manner. It is certainly of the utmost consequence to every citizen to understand it. Every man who wishes not to be led by names and sounds but to form his conduct from a clear view of the real distinction of parties ought to investigate it, examine it in all its bearings, contemplate its aspect with attention on every side, view it in every shape in which prospective reason can trace it, dwell with deliberation on all its minutiae of its origin, growth and maturity, and then dropping all the paltry considerations of local politics and the prejudices of party, decide which way to bend his influence. In order to aid those who are inclined to judge for themselves on an affair of such primary importance, I wish every printer in the United States would republish such temperate discussions of it as may appear in print, and especially that which has produced these remarks. It bears the stamp of no ordinary capacity and evinces a diligent research into what may affect the highest interests of the nation.
Nothing can promise our country so many blessings at the present crisis of European affairs, as Union. Whatever we may think of the durability of our present system, or whatever changes our country may admit or require, the present is not the time to contemplate them. The highest point of union in our present Constitution; the best and most ready consent of the public will, upon principles already admitted, and a determination to prefer present good, to all political projects, are to be regarded as the internal strength and the best defence of our Country. Whatever weakens our union, is unfriendly to the nation. Whatever foreign alliances we may contemplate, union is our safety in them. And whatever measures we are to pursue against our enemies, this is our strength & glory. The present is the time to scatter prejudices, to indulge in local preferences, and oppose domestic arrangements. The love of our country is now to inspire the merchant, and the husbandman, the artisan, and the politician. He who can bring the greatest union into the public will, and can form one soul, is the greatest benefactor of his country. Salem Register.
CORNS. —A writer in a Philadelphia paper assures the public, that a little un wrought Cotton worn on corns a week or two, will completely eradicate them—he having tried the experiment, and proved its efficacy.
Deceased this life, at Newburyport, on Wednesday evening last, the noted Timothy Dexter, in the 60th year of his age—Self styled "Lord Dexter, first in the East." He lived perhaps one of the most eccentric men of his time. His singularities and peculiar notions were universally proverbial. Born and bred to a low condition in life, and his intellectual endowments not being of the most exalted stamp, it is no wonder that a splendid fortune, which he acquired (though perhaps honestly) by dint of speculation and good fortune, should have rendered him, in many respects, truly ridiculous. The qualities of his mind were of that indefinite cast, which forms an exception to every other character recorded in history, or known in the present age, and none but himself could be his parallel. But among the motley group of his qualities, it would be injustice to say he possessed no good ones—he certainly did. No one will impeach his honesty, and numerous acts of liberality, both public and private, are in the recollection of all, while one of the items in his last will, will be gratefully remembered. His ruling passion appeared to be popularity; and one would suppose he rather chose to render his name "infamously famous than not famous at all." His writings stand as a monument of the truth of this remark; for those who have read his "Pickle for the Known Ones," a jumble of offshoots promiscuously thrown together, and it difficult to determine whether most to laugh at the consummate folly, or despise the vulgarity and profanity of the writer of the work. His manner of life was equally extravagant and singular. A few years ago he erected in front of his house a great number of images of distinguished persons in Europe & America, together with beasts, & that his seat exhibited more
the appearance of a Museum of artificial curiosities, than the dwelling of a family. By his orders a tomb was several years since dug, under the summer house in his garden, where he desired his remains might be deposited (but this singular request could not consistently be complied with) and his effigy made and kept in the hall of his house, in which he is to be buried.
The fortunate and singular fact of a handsome property, are a well known: and his sending a cargo of worming pans to the West Indies, where they were converted into molasses-ladles, and sold to good profit is but one of the most peculiar. His principles of religion, (if they could be called principles,) were equally odd; a blind philosophy, peculiar to himself, led him to believe in the system of transmigration, at some times; at others he expressed those closely connected with delism; but it is not matter of surprise that one so totally illiterate should have no settled or rational principles. His reason left him two days before his death. Newburyport Her.
NOTICE.
THE price of FUCKER'S BLACK-STONE after the fire of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The subscribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies will not after that time be entitled to the subscription terms. Philadelphia July, 1806. 1st Jan
** TICKETS in the third class of the RICHMOND Academy Lottery for sale at this office
MARSHAL'S SALES.
TO BE SOLD , to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States, for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, between Hinson Bond, trustees for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plainiff and David Ross and others defendants, in order to raise the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty three cents, due and payable the first day of July last, and expenses and charges of sale, that valuable and well known estate in the county of Botetourt called FORT LEWIS —situated by the said Ross to contain 2608 acres. The sale will take place on the premises, on the 14th day of November next. Also under the said decree, and upon the same terms, will be SOLD at the Oxford Iron Works, in the county of Campbell, on the 13th of the same month, a number of VALUABLE SLAVES . BEN MOSBY D M for JOS. SCOTT, M V D. September 26, 1806. tds
At the request of Mr. Ross, the sale of the above mentioned called Fort Lewis is POSTPONED until the 29th day of NEXT MONTH , when it will take place, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond—and the sale of the negroes is POSTPONED until the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT on which day it will take place at the Eagle Tavern of said. BEN. MOSBY D M for JOS. SCOTT M V D. October 16, 1806.
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN and for sale by the gr. & sm. dozen, or single, at his Printing Office and Book Store, Richmond; The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807; Being the third after Bissextile or Leap Year Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Hanover county Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county Courts throughout the state, list of roads &c, &c, &c a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. * Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers. September 13th 1806.
MCCAY and COWAN, HAVE just received by the late arrival from London, a large and fashionable assortment of WATCHES with a variety of articles of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK —Also an assortment of WATCH MAKERS TOOLS and MATERIAL —which with their former stock renders their assortment very general—all of which they offer at the lowest prices, for cash. Richmond, Oct 9th 1806. tf
** Gentlemen who hold subscription papers for the new and improved edition of FERGUSON'S LECTURES (which is nearly through the press) are requested to forward to this office, as early as possible, a list of the names already obtained. The subscription will be kept open till the 20th & is published October 9.
MATTRESSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MATTRESSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order. In the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos. Darmsdatt's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store.—Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattresses, worked over. Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5 1806.
REMOVAL. H. DABNEY has removed to the house on the Main Street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Darmsdatt's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES , on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only. * A consignment of snuff in packages of any size from 15 to 60 lbs. will be sold below the usual price of that article. Richmond, August 11 1806. tf
REMOVAL. THE Subscribers have removed their COMPTING HOUSE from the Main Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Basin, between the Tonnements occupied by C. and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Wirt and Bullock—where they continue their purchases of wheat as usual.—They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran. Thomas and Amos Ladd, 10 Mo 31 1806. tf
THE SECOND VOLUME OF CHASE'S TRIAL, BY SAM'L H. SMITH, Is just received and ready for delivery to subscribers at this office. A few copies of the work complete, for sale s. ove. tf
$50,000 a single ticket may gain. NEW-YORK STATE LOTTERY. No. V. For the Promotion of Literature, and other purposes, To commence drawing on the second Tuesday in December 1806, and 600 Tickets to be drawn each day until the whole is concluded. Prizes payable 30 days after. The excellency of the present scheme is universally acknowledged to exceed any yet offered in the United States. THE CAPITAL PRIZES ARE 30,000 Dollars, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, 2,000 Dollars. Besides several of 1,000 500 200 100, &c. &c The first 4,000 Blanks to be entitled to 3 dol. each. The whole subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. In this scheme there is a possibility for one Ticket to draw 50,000 Dollars. Notwithstanding the great number of capital prizes in this Lottery, there are as many two blanks to a prize.
TICKETS AND SHARES. FOR SALE AT G. & R. WAITE'S TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY OFFICES, No 64 & 66 No. 38, Maiden Lane, New York. AT SEVEN DOLLARS EACH. but will advance as the drawing approaches. By enclosing Bank notes (post paid) to G. & R. WAITE. Tickets and Shares will be punctually returned by post, to any amount, and the earliest advice sent to adventurers on their success. The public are requested to remark that the drawing of the New-York Lotteries is managed in so correct a manner, as not to be subject to error. The time of drawing, and payment of prizes is punctual, and guaranteed by the State Legislature. Schemes are always enclosed with Tickets.—The many Capital Prizes sold by G. & R. W. in former Lotteries, (lists of which will also be enclosed) it is presumed, will be an additional inducement to distant adventurers to purchase of them. 3m
FOR SALE. THE LOT & HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul resides: on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fired and a Garden lately paid in, a Warehouse and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river of extending a wharf. Also 271 1/2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Wiloungaby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken. Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2. tf
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Excellent Horses. Enquire of the printer. Richmond August 2, 1806. tf
A. HEWES & CO. Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market, Salt in sacks, Jamaica and Antigua Rum, New England Rum, Port & Sherry Wine, Old Cognac Brandy, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Molasses, Coffee of superior quality, Bity, Alexandria Crackers, Rhode Island Cheese. A general assortment of CRUCKERY and STONE WARE , and Rhode Island LIME . Richmond, July 4th, 1806. tf
Valuable Property for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us, by Peter F. Archer for the benefit of John G. Jefferson, will be SOLD for cash, on the premises, in the county of Amelie, on the 24th day of November next, that valuable TRACT OF LAND called Fox Harbor , containing by estimation about 660 acres, with more than one third uncleared, a great part of which is prime Tobacco land, lying on both sides of the road which leads from Princeville to Devilles bridge—Also, the following SLAVE , Simon, Diley and her three children, Leonard, Sam, John, Phill, Sukey and her three children, David, Sarina and her two children, Phoebe and her two children, Joe, Tom, Big, Tom, Briscoe, Murrier and her three children, or so much of the said property as shall be sufficient to satisfy the purpose of the said deed of trust. The sale will continue from day to day till it is completed. A minute description of the many advantages which would attend the purchase of the above said tract of land is thought unnecessary, as it is imagined that those inclined to purchase, will view it and judge for themselves. JOSHUA CHAFFIN, WILLIAM CASSELLS, WILLIAM BENTLEY, } Trustees. Oct 9th, 1806. tds
TO RENT. THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr.—Possession may be had by the last of this month. Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 31 1806. tf
DESIGN the ensuing year, with the aid of a qualified teacher, to attempt the Tuition of 15 Females in Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic will be taught. Strict attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their morals be neglected. The price will be $28 each scholar finding her own bed—1-Gth of the price to be paid in advance. Gerard Banks. Gorhamland, 27th Sept 1806. tf
THE Subscriber has accommodations for twenty-five gentlemen of the Legislature. He has also stabling for as many horses. ALEXR. QUARRIER. Richmond, Oct. 15th, 1806. tf
EDUCATION. THE Subscriber's present engagement, as a Tutor in the family of Doct. George Evans, of Chesterfield county, will end on the 1st day of January next; at which time he would willingly listen to proposals for establishing an Academy, or other public seminary in some populous, healthful and otherwise eligible neighborhood in the state of Virginia. His plan would embrace the following branches of instruction.—The Greek Latin and English languages grammatically—a regular consecutive course of historical reading, accompanied with a knowledge of Geography and Chronology—the Belle Lettres, with a careful perusal of the best Authors, in the three languages, abovementioned with a view to criticism and composition—Arithmetic—Book-keeping—Surveying and the practical branches of the Mathematics. The talents of the Subscriber, (such as they are) the attention with which he has discharged the various, delicate and difficult duties of a Teacher, and the system he has pursued with the success attending it, are all sufficiently known to, and have happily met the approbation of a great many respectable and competent judges, of literary merit in the eastern and middle parts of this State. To those who know him not, he respectfully asks permission to say, that for the last twenty years of his life, he has labored, with ardent application and perseverance, to improve and expand his own mind and the mental faculties of others, and that he now, though with unfeigned diffidence, believes himself capable of rendering public and permanent services to the youth of a country, in which he has spent more than half the number of years he has lived, and the usefulness, happiness and prosperity of the citizens of which country, he shall never cease to pray for, and to the utmost of his abilities promote. Of himself he has said as much as the occasion demanded, and he cherishes a hope it will now be found that truth or propriety required him to say less. Letters addressed to the subscriber, to be left at Cole's, or the Richmond Post office, will be duly attended to and should an engagement be entered into before the 15th of January next, public notice will be given thereof. James Johnstone. Chesterfield county, 15th Sept 1806.
WILL BE SOLD. TO the highest bidder, at New Kent courthouse, on Monday the 24th of November next, for cash, Twenty Likely Negroes, Among which are eight or ten, consisting of boys and girls between the ages of six and sixteen years—the balance men and women, not exceeding forty years of age. The above negroes will certainly be sold on that day, if fair, if not, the next fair day, for what they will produce. ARMISTEAD RUSSELL. October 9th, 1806. tdsj
FOR SALE. ON A CREDIT of six months, a pair of BAY HORSES. Enquire of the Printer.
GREENHOW & COLE. MERCHANTS in Williamsburg, most respectfully inform their friends and countrymen, that by the ships Father and Sons from London; the Laura and the Juno, from Liverpool; they have received a select, and well chosen assortment of useful, and fashionable GOODS; Particularly adapted to the demands of the times.—They are purchased with ready money, from the manufacturers themselves, with whom Robert Greenhow has long been in the habit of dealing, and whose custom to preserve, they have manifested particular solicitude. Being thus obtained good in their respective kinds, and on the very best terms; they will be sold as low as possible for cash, and at their usual credit, to punctual customers. October 10th, 1806. 2m
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that HARRICANE , a slave the property of Jesse Pinkerson, of the county of Mecklenburg, convicted by the court of the county of Southampton, of burglary, and sentenced to suffer death for the same, has made his escape from the jail of the said county of Southampton: I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the Council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of THIRTY DOLLARS , to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the jail from whence he escaped, the aforesaid slave Harricane . And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the Commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said slave Harricane , and convey him to the jail aforesaid. Given under my hand with the seal of the Commonwealth this 14th day of October, 1806. (Signed) Wm. H. CABELL.
The said slave Harricane , is a shoemaker by trade; a short, thick negro, about 5 feet 5 or six inches high, and had on (when he escaped) an iron collar about his neck, which was riveted very strongly and securely. He had ran away from his master some time past, and was apprehended in Norfolk, carried home and confined with the collar, but released himself and escaped with it on him, and in that situation was apprehended previous to his trial.
GERMAN GOODS, Just received from Bremen, consisting of LINENS. Osnaburgs Rowan Sheetings Ticklenburgs Downlas Twilled Sacking Plattillas and Hessians & Rolls Bielefeld Linen. Glass Ware. Quart, Pint and Half Pint DECANTERS —Pint and Half Pint TUMBLERS. BOHN & HUBNER. Oct. 21, 1806. tf
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the HISTORY of FRANCE and ENGLAND—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE , Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28, 1806. tf
A list of one Hogshead Tobacco remaining in Gray's Creek Warehouse, with the mark, number, weight and the name of the person for whom it was inspected, which if not claimed agreeably to law, will be sold at Surry court house on the fourth Tuesday in February next (that being court day.) D.B. No. 178, Gross 1543, Tare 145, Nett. 1398. Danmark: Birdsong. PYLAND & DAVIS, Inspectors. Surry county, 29th Oct. 1806. 6w
FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE, HENING'S New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and release, mortgage, trust, &c. tf
Thirty Dollars Reward.  DESENTED from this place, on the 13th inst. BENJAMIN WILLIS , a soldier of the public guard, about thirty years of age, about five feet eight inches high, dark hair and eyes, fair complexion, and very large whiskers: he is a very well set man, and has in his possession some clothing which he received when in the United States' army. It is very probable he may have gone down to Suffolk as he has some relations there, and money due him from them. Also, DURHAM BRACK , who deserted on the 6th inst. about twenty years of age, about five feet 6 inches high, blue eyes and light hair, fair complexion: the clothing that he has taken with him is unknown; he is a native of North Carolina, of Granville county, and it is very probable he may have gone there as all his relations live there. Also, THOMAS BENNETT , who left this place at the same time, about twenty-three years of age, dark complexion, about five feet six inches high, blue eyes and light hair, a carpenter by trade, and came from the county of Chesterfield, where all his relations live, but it is uncertain whether he will go there or not: he has taken with him the uniform of the guard and what other clothing it is unknown. Any person taking up the said deserters and delivering them to me or either of the officers of the said guard, shall receive the above reward, or for the delivery of either of them. ALEX. QUARRIER, C. P. G.
Twenty Dollars Reward.  FOR taking up and securing so that I get him again, LEWIS, A very yellow negro man, about twenty-one years of age, four feet eight or nine inches high, proportionably built, nothing notable in his countenance or speech, had on a short coat, overalls of nap't cotton, and oznaburgs shirt; he took off no other clothing known of. He was bought from the estate of James White, of Buckingham, near Ca-Ira; his mother belongs to Amos White of Hanover; his grandmother lives with a Mrs. Gray in Richmond, and his father belongs to a Doct. Shore, in or not far from Petersburg, as he says. No doubt he will make for some of those places for refuge, but I mostly suspect the latter, where, in all probability, he will endeavor to get in some vessel, and thereby make his escape. I hereby forewarn all masters of vessels and others, from carrying off, or harboring the said slave, under the penalty of being dealt with as the law directs. JAMES TUCKER. Powhatan county, Belle-Meade, Oct. 18, 1806. 5w
FOR SALE. THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given immediately. J. PENN. tf October 9th, 1806.
THE subscribers under the firm of DARMSDATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL, have opened an Auction & Commission STORE, At the foot of the Bridge, where they will sell publicly on every Wednesday and Saturday morning. JOSEPH DARMSDATT, JOHN FOSTER, JOHN SATCHELL.
AT PRIVATE SALE. 40 hogsheads } BROWN SUGAR 56 barrels } 2 pipes London Particular Madeira Wine 6 tierces Old Apple Brandy 8 pipes Holland Gin 2 cases German Sheetings 2 do. do. Downlas 1 do. Plattillas 1 do. Hessians 1 do. India Cottons.—And by the first arrivals from Liverpool, they will receive a large supply of COARSE WOOLLENS and CROCKERY WARE. DARMSDATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL. Oct. 30, 1806. 4w
James Fisher, Has just received from the Manufactory of Bell, Hastings and Fisher, a consignment of Flannels and Coatings, Which he will sell considerably under the usual wholesale advance, by the bale or single piece. Richmond, Oct. 31st, 1806. 4t
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the HISTORY of FRANCE and ENGLAND—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE , Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28, 1806. tf
A list of one Hogshead Tobacco remaining in Gray's Creek Warehouse, with the mark, number, weight and the name of the person for whom it was inspected, which if not claimed agreeably to law, will be sold at Surry court house on the fourth Tuesday in February next (that being court day.) D.B. No. 178, Gross 1543, Tare 145, Nett. 1398. Danmark: Birdsong. PYLAND & DAVIS, Inspectors. Surry county, 29th Oct. 1806. 6w
FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE, HENING'S New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and release, mortgage, trust, &c. tf
THE Subscriber has accommodations for twenty-five gentlemen of the Legislature. He has also stabling for as many horses. ALEXR. QUARRIER. Richmond, Oct. 15th, 1806. tf