Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-07-12 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVITH YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1567]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1808.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
   (CORRECTED WEEKLY.)     Tobacco, $ 4 00 cash.   WHEAT, new, 0 75 do.   FLOUR, superfine, new, 4 50 do.   Flour, fine, 4 00 do.   Corn, 2 25 do.   Hay, clean, (per ton) 180 00 do.   Iron, 110 00 do.   Bacon, 11 do.   Whiskey, 42 do.  
Portry.
SONG.
TUNE—"ANACREON IN HEAVEN."
When our sky was illumin'd by freedom's bright dawn, And our horizon glow'd with its beams all resplendent; A patriot host shouted—"Hail to the morn Which burst the vile shackles that held us dependent. Let each FREEMAN now swear That his rights he'll declare, And to shield them from harm with his life will prepare; For ne'er, till old ocean retires from his bed" Will Columbians by Europe's proud ty- rants be led.
Ye heroes whose blood seal'd these gene- rous vows, May your sons never forfeit the fruits of your valor; But at call of his country, each citizen rouse, To maintain with his sword, that no foe can enthral her. Once more we will tell That we never will sell Those blessings we know how to value so well: For ne'er till old ocean retires from his bed, Will Columbians by Europe's proud ty- rants be led.
See Britain, still hostile 'gainst justice ar- ray'd, Her murderous weapons prepar'd for our nation; Her coffers enrich'd with the spoils of our trade, And her minions commission'd to spread devastation. But her aims we defy; To her arts we reply, That in FREEDOM we live, or for FREE- DOM we die. For ne'er till old ocean retires from his bed, Will Columbians by Europe's proud ty- rants be led.
Let TRAITORS who feel not the patriot's flame, Talk of yielding our honor to Englishmen's sway; No such blemish shall sully our country's fair fame, We've no claims to surrender nor tribute to pay. Then tho' foes gather round, We're on LIBERTY's ground, Both too wise to be trap'd, and too strong to be bound: For ne'er till old ocean retires from his bed, Will Columbians by Europe's proud ty- rants be led.
From the deep we withdraw till the tem- pest be past, Till our flag can protect each American cargo, While British ambition's dominion shall last, Let us join heart and hand to support the EMBARGO. For EMBARGO and peace Will promote our increase; Then embargo'd we'll live, till injustice shall cease; For ne'er till old ocean retires from his bed, Will Columbians by Europe's proud ty- rants be led.
REPORT
OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY ON THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC ROADS & CANALS, MADE IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF SENATE OF MARCH 2. (Continued.)
V. NEUSE AND BEAUFORT.
The harbor of Beaufort, in North Ca- rolina, and which must not be confounded with that of the same name in South Ca- rolina, admits vessels drawing eighteen feet of water. Ocracoke inlet, the only navigable entrance into the Pamlico and Albemarle sounds, that extensive estuary of the rivers Chowan, Roanoke, Tar and Neuse, has less water, and is seventy miles from Newbern, on the last mentioned ri- ver. The distance between Newport, or Beaufort river and the Neuse, being only three miles, and the elevation of the high- est intervening ground no more than sev- en feet above the tide water, a canal uni- ting the two rivers, was undertaken by a company incorporated for that purpose by the state of North Carolina. All the shares have, from particular circumstan- ces, become the property of one indivi- dual; and the work which had been com-
menced some years ago, is now suspen- ded.
VI. CAPE FEAR RIVER.
A company incorporated by the same state, for improving the navigation of this river, after having exhausted a portion of their funds, which did not exceed twelve thousand dollars, in fruitless attempts to improve the natural navigation of the ri- ver, have opened a canal with a lock, which opens a safe passage around the Buck horn or great falls, seven miles be- low the junction of the Deep and Haw ri- ver. Another canal, six miles in length, with two locks, is necessary around Smi- th's falls. Nearly half that distance has been completed; but the work is now sus- pended for want of funds. The legislature has lately authorised the company to en- crease their capital.
VII. NEW ORLEANS.
The canal Carondelet, which has al- ready been mentioned, extends from Bayou St. John, to the fortifications or ditch of the city, and thereby opens an inland communication with Lake Pontchar- train. A company is incorporated by the territorial legislature, for the purpose of repairing and improving that work, and of uniting the canal by locks with the Mis- sissippi. Independent of other advan- tages, this undertaking would enable go- vernment to transport with facility and use the same naval force for the defence of both the Mississippi and Lake Pontchar- train, the two great avenues by which New Orleans may be approached from the sea.
TURNPIKE OF ARTIFICIAL ROADS.
A great number of artificial roads has been completed in the eastern and mid- dle states, at an expense varying from less than one thousand to fourteen thousand dollars a mile. The labor bestowed on the least expensive species consists in shortening the distance, diminishing the ascent of hills, removing rocks, levelling, raising and giving a proper shape to the bed of the roads, draining them by ditches, and erecting bridges over the inter- vening streams. But the natural soil of the road is used, instead of covering it with a stratum of gravel or pounded stones.
It appears by one of the papers mar- ked (D.) under which letter will be found all the information which has been obtain- ed respecting roads, that fifty turnpike companies have been incorporated, since the year 1803, in the state of Connecti- cut alone; and that the roads undertaken by those companies are all of that descrip- tion—Thirty nine of those roads exten- ding together 770 miles, are completed. The most expensive is that from New Haven to Hartford, which has cost 79 361 dollars, or the distance being 34 miles and three quarters, at the rate of 2,280 dollars a mile: but about 18,000 dollars of the capital have been expended in the purchase of the land through which the road is carried. The net income on this road, deducting the annual repairs and expenses from the annual tolls does not exceed 3000 dollars. Of six of the roads, which together extend 126 miles, no ac- count has been received. The other thir- ty two extend together 615 miles, and have cost only 340,000 dollars, or on an average at the rate of 550 dollars a mile: and it seems that the aggregate of annual toll on the whole is 36,000 dollars; from which deducting the annual repairs and expenses, amounting to 38,000 dollars, leaving a net income of 38,000 dollars or of about eleven per cent. on the capital expended.
No particular account has been received of the roads in the other eastern states; but it is known that besides some of a similar description with those of the state of Connecticut, several of a more expen- sive kind have been completed, particu- larly in Massachusetts. The cost have varied from 3000 to 14,000 dollars a mile; and amongst artificial roads of the first grade may be mentioned those from Boston to Providence, to Salem, and to Newburyport. These are all covered with an artificial stratum of gravel or pound- ed stones, finished in the most substan- tial manner. Great expense has also been incurred in order to shorten the distance without exceeding the angle of ascent, which is fixed at 5 degrees; and it is stated that the road to Newburyport, 32 miles in length, and in which marshes and rocks presented considerable obsta- cles, has cost 400,000 dollars, or at the rate of 12,500 dollars a mile. Those ex- pensive roads, however useful and per- manent, appear to be much less profita- ble than those of Connecticut. The Sa- lem road is said to yield six per cent. a year; another road has been stated as yielding eight per cent. the income of all the others in the state of Massachusetts is said not to exceed on an average three per cent. and that of the road from Boston to New- buryport amounts to no more than two per cent.
A greater capital has been vested on turnpike roads in the state of New York, than in any other. In less than seven
years, sixty-seven companies have been incorporated, with a nominal capital of near five millions of dollars, for the pur- pose of making more than 3000 miles of artificial roads; and twenty one other companies have also been incorporated with a capital of 400,000 dollars; for the purpose of erecting 21 toll bridges. Al- though no particular account has been re- ceived either of the capital actually ex- pended, or of the annual amount of tolls, or of the materials of the roads, it is known that great progress has been made; and it has been stated that nine hundred miles of road were already completed by 28 companies, whose capital amounted to 1,800,000 dollars, and who had 200 miles of road more to finish.
Those roads extend in every direction, but particularly from every town or village on the North river, westwardly and north- westwardly, towards the waters of the Sus- quehannah, and those of the great lakes. The most expensive is that from Albany to Schenectady, fourteen miles long, and which has cost at the rate of ten thousand dollars a mile. Near 140 miles of roads extending westwardly from Albany and Schenectady, appear to have cost at the rate of 2,500 or 3,000 dollars a mile.— The expense of all the others does not seem on an average to exceed 1,250 dollars a mile.
More detailed information has been ob- tained respecting the roads in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
In New Jersey a turnpike road has tely been completed from Trenton to Brunswick. The distance is 25 miles; the greatest angle of ascent 3 degrees; and the road is nearly in a straight line. The only considerable obstruction being the "Sand Hills," thro' which it was ne- cessary to dig at the depth of 30 feet in order not to exceed the angle of ascent. The road is 36 feet wide, 15 feet of which are covered with about 6 inches of grave. A few wooden bridges with stone abut- ments and piers have been erected across the intervening streams. The whole ex- pense is stated at 2,500 dollars a mile. From Brunswick the road will be exten- ded to Elizabeth town, and the work is now progressing. Another road has been undertaken in the same state from Bruns- wick to Easton, on the river Delaware.— The distance is 43 miles, of which eleven have been completed at an expense of 40,000 dollars. This road will be more expensive than the preceding, both on ac- count of the ground, the bridges being more numerous, and the Blue Ridge, (Mus- conetong mountain) intervening; and be- cause a more substantial facing or greater thickness of gravel is requisite. The funds of the company are exhausted.
In Pennsylvania artificial roads of the most substantial kind, have been comple- ted, or are progressing, from Philadelphia, in sundry directions.
The principal are to Bristol and Tren- ton, 12 miles of which are completed; to Germantown and Perkiomen, with two branches to Willow Grove, and to Ches- tan Hill; and to Lancaster and Columbia, with a branch to Harrisburgh.
The distance from Philadelphia to Per- kiomen is 25 miles and a quarter; the two branches extend, one 10 miles and the other 7 miles and a half; making to- gether near 43 miles. The angle of as- cent is 4 degrees; the breadth of the road fifty feet, of which 23 feet, having a con- vexity of 15 inches, are covered with a stratum either of gravel 18 inches thick or of pounded stones 12 inches thick.— One half of the stone forming the lower part of the stratum, are broken into pieces not more than five inches in diameter: the other half or upper part of the stra- tum consists of stones broken into pieces not more than two inches and a half in diameter: and this difference in the size of the stones is represented as a consi- derable defect. Side or summer roads ex- tend on each side of the gravel or stone road. The five miles next to Philadel- phia have cost at the rate of 14,517 dollars a mile. The other 20 miles and a half at the rate of 10,490 dollars a mile. Yet there were no natural im- pediments, and only small bridges or cul- verts were necessary. The capital ex- pended on these 25 miles and a half is 285, 000 dollars; the tolls amount to 19,000 dol- lars; the annual repairs and expenses to 10,000 dollars; the net income to about 9,000 dollars, or little more than 3 per cent on the capital expended.
(To be Continued.)
Extract from evidence of the British Or- ders, delivered before the English Parlia- ment. (Mr. Mann's evidence concluded.)
Do you know of any vessels condemned in consequence of that decree? Certainly not condemned.
Do you know any which were taken in and released? A vessel called the Shep- herd, was carried in with British goods; she was released, and the master of the privateer broken for taking her, as I un- derstood.
Should you not expect, that if the orders were not revoked, the embargo would not continue in America? I certain- ly should draw that inference, that it would not continue; viewing the embargo as a consequence of the orders in council, I should conceive, that directly on the orders in council being withdrawn, the embargo would be raised.
If the Americans are prevented from sending the produce of their own country to the continent of Europe, will they not be unable to pay this country for a large portion of her manufactures? They will certainly be unable; the depreciation of the value of their produce will totally disa- ble them from paying their debts to Eng- land.
Do not you consider that it is only by en- abling them to dispose of that produce that they are able to pay us for the manufac- tures which are shipped to them? Certain- ly, I conceive that the remittances from America in native produce are about two- fifths, and that three-fifths are paid by re- mittances of native produce to the continent of Europe.
MARCH 22—Alexander Glennie.
In what way have you ever heard, since the Berlin decree, of American vessels be- ing detained and carried into French, Span- ish, or Dutch ports? We have frequently had advice of American vessels being de- tained in the Dutch ports, vessels with which we had no concern.
Did you not hear that all those ships were afterwards released?—Yes; I do not recollect to hear of any being condemn- ed either in the French or Dutch ports.
Have you heard also of several Ameri- cans proceeding from this country to those ports having been detained and afterwards released? I have heard of many vessels which were understood to have gone direct from ports in Great Britain being under detention, and being afterwards released; but I cannot say I have heard positive that the whole have been released.
Do you recollect to have heard of any not being released, but being condemned? No, I have not.
In the whole extent of your correspon- dence? I am positive we never had any advice of any ship being condemned.
Whether ships in which you were con- cerned, or otherwise? I mean it to apply to any real American, any which I should describe as a bona fide American ship, be- ing condemned in an enemy's port, until within this last fortnight or three weeks.
Do you recollect at what rate insurances were effected on risks from Yarmouth to Tonnigen, in the month of February, 1807? At three guineas per cent. including all risks.
This you consider a winter premium? It is a premium adequate to that season of the year; the risk to Tonnigen is consi- dered as double what it is in peaceful times.
From London to Antwerp? I have no instances of our house doing any risk from London to Antwerp in that month; in March we did a risk from London at six guineas per cent. to return two if the ves- sel discharged at Tonnigen.
From Baltimore to Amsterdam in the month of August, 1807? In August, 1807, we did a risk from Baltimore to Amster- dam against all legal risks at four guineas per cent.
In the month of November, from Balti- more to Amsterdam? In November, 1807, we did two vessels from Baltimore to Am- sterdam at ten guineas per cent. and on referring to this, I find a memorandum made on our letter of order, that this would have been at 4 per cent. if warranted from British capture. One of those vessels was afterwards warned into Great Britain, and we got a return of 6 per cent. from the un- derwriters from her discharging in Great Britain.
From Baltimore to Trieste? In Decem- ber, 1807, we paid fifteen guineas per cent. and I find also, on referring to our memo- randum at that time, it was stated, if free from British capture, it could have been done at 6 per cent.
Mr. Hinckley.
You understand, that the effect of the Berlin decree, in raising insurances, was not permanent? I recollect that when the decree was first known it produced a rise of premiums, and was very soon after re- ported and generally believed, that Mr. Armstrong had communicated to Mr. Mon- roe here, that that decree would not be acted upon at all, as it respected the Ameri- can flag.
Since which the premium has been at the usual rate? Since which, till late in the last year and beginning of the present year, when it has been very much increased.
Mr. James Crosher.
In what profession are you engaged? I am a merchant.
In what line? The American and Irish trade.
In what article particularly? The gene- ral produce of those countries, and parti- cularly corn?
Are you of opinion, that, without a fur- ther supply of corn, the stock in this coun- try would be adequate to its wants, till those wants be supplied by the next har- vest? I am of opinion there is considera- ble danger that the stock now in the coun- try will not be adequate till the next har- vest.
Will you state the grounds of your opi- on? This country, for the last twenty years, has imported almost every year, for- eign corn to a very considerable extent; and from that I conclude it is to a consi- derable extent dependent on foreign supplies.
Whence have those supplies been princi- pally derived? The supplies have been principally derived from the north of Eu- rope, next from America, some from Can- ada, and from Ireland.
Have you occasion to know whether the crop of wheat in this country has been good or not, as a corn merchant? Being in that trade, I have made many enquiries, and the result of those enquiries are, so far as general opinion, that the crop of wheat is good, and I believe that opinion to be cor- rect.
What sort of crops do you suppose those of other sorts of grain to have been the last year? The crop of oats, from infor- mation I have received, I conceive to be a short crop, and that it received very ma- terial injury by wet weather in Scotland, some parts of the north of England, and in the north of Ireland.
In Lancashire, have you occasion to know that the crop of oats has been defici- ent? I have seen a sample of oats that I was told came from Lancashire, and which weighed, as I am informed, only 22 pounds the Winchester bushel; and I have been informed that there is a considerable quan- tity of that description, from which I sup- posed the crops were bad.
What would it have weighed? From thirty six to forty pounds the Winchester bushel.
Do you know any thing of the black crop peas? The crop of peas, I understand, upon the whole, are considered to produce little more than the seed.
Beans? Beans are considered a better crop than peas, but still a defective one.
Had you occasion to know any thing of the crops of potatoes last year? I believe that to be a short crop in the north of En- gland, to be a short crop in Scotland, and to have received in Ireland, very material injury, from a considerable part of them being out during the frost.
You have stated that a considerable part of the corn which you have dealt in came from the Baltic and other parts of Europe; do you expect now to receive any such sup- plies? I did not particularly state that the corn I dealt in came principally from the Baltic, but that the imports were from the Baltic; I have imported corn from the Baltic, but principally from America; but at present I do not expect it from either.
Do you know of any persons in the same trade importing from the Baltic?—I know of persons who have imported it, but at present I conceive no persons can import it.
It used to come in neutral ships from the Baltic and other parts of the continent? It used to come in ships that were then neu- tral from Prussia, but I do not know that any has come since Prussia was subject to the enemy.
(To be Continued.)
NEW YORK, July 4.
LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
The ship Cornplanter, Gillies, on her passage from London for Philadelphia, ran ashore on Monday last near Montog point, Long Island where she lay fifteen hours, but was got off by the assistance of several whale boats, and has proceeded for Phila- delphia.
Eight of her passengers reached New- York on Saturday afternoon; and one of them has favored the Editor of the MER- CANTILE ADVERTISER with the London Courier of May 11th, from which the sub- joined extracts are copied.
We learn verbally, from the Passengers, that the Cornplanter left Gravesend on the 5th May, Dull on the 14th, passed Scilly on the 18th, and saw a ship which was supposed to be the Osage from Falmouth for New-York, so that she may be hourly expected. They understand that our af- fairs with Great Britain were not in the most favorable train of adjustment; and that the Cornplanter had despatches from Mr. Pinkney to the Government. The British orders in Council were still in operation, and not likely to be rescin- ded.
The Cornplanter has a cargo of dry goods and the following passengers:— Messrs. Richardet, Lawrence, E. & J. Gibson, Savage, Morton, Compion, d'Alva- da, Capt. Moores, Mrs. Partridge, and two children. The first four gentlemen have proceeded in the vessel to Philadel- phia.
From the London Courier of May 11th. LONDON, May 10.
The Renommee frigate is arrived with Despatches from Admiral Purvis, whom she left about a fortnight since. It is said that the news she brings confirms the re- port of the combined Toulon and Roche- fort squadrons having got safely back to Toulon. The Spartan frigate, capt. Bren- ton, saw ten sail of the enemy's ships on the 8th ult. off Sardinia, scering down the Mediterranean.
The expedition sailed from Yarmouth yesterday morning, with a fair wind for the Northward. It was a grand spectacle. The Naval force consists of 9 sail of the line, 5 frigates, 6 sloops, and 15 gun brigs, with upwards of 200 sail of transports with troop, 80 of which have horses on board. Several gun boats accompany the expe- dition; they are made upon a new con- struction; they draw only two feet water, and carry a long 18 pounder, and a car-

Pickering's letter, it is said by the last accounts, is displayed at full length in all the London papers. Thus we plainly perceive with what avidity the ministerialists catch at every circumstance that looks like disaffection. Thus we plainly perceive that British affection is the heart of federalism, and that they would sacrifice every thing to gratify their hatred to the present administration and its measures. The ministerial prints teem with accounts of our divisions, disaffection and opposition to the embargo, and according to Lord Holland, even speculate upon the hope of destroying the American government. The source from whence these false reports, and false calculations arise, is too evident to be mistaken. So long as these impressions remain upon the British cabinet, and so long as they are induced to believe by federal misrepresentation, that our government is unpopular, and disposed to lend its aid to France, in order to accomplish the destruction of their country, it cannot be expected that they will relax in their vigor and injustice, nor ought it to be expected that the embargo will be taken off. It may be gratifying to the ears of honest federalists to hear an unqualified denunciation; but when confined to those who endeavor to excite distrust at home, and to make our national character the "world's sport," we cannot hesitate to say that they must be traitors at heart . When we turn to the debates of parliament and observe the animated exertions of their best patriots to revoke the orders of council, we can but feel the deepest indignation at the conduct of those who promote their continuance by inducing the belief that the embargo is an offensive step, and more to suit the wishes of Bonaparte than to protect us from insult and outrage. It is high time that federal intrigue and republican enmity should be treated in its proper character. Suspicions which have been entertained for a long time about federalism, have become facts. It is now no longer a matter of speculation, whether loyalty is intermixed with their principles, or in the language of one of our revolutionary patriots, that they are monarchists in disguise. We would fain ask, if men do not think this character, when they do every thing to injure their country? And we would more emphatically ask, if the federalists have not acted in this style? The spirit of '98 is approaching in its full majesty, and we hope will dissipate these bad humors which have lately appeared.
WHAT ARE THE EVILS OF THE EMBARGO?
Mr. Pleasants, I am a plain man living in the country; but, feeling an interest in the public welfare, in common with the rest of my fellow citizens, I am very fond of reading the newspapers. Indulging myself in this amusement, lately I observed a great deal was said about the evils and "inconveniences" of the embargo; and even, on the 4th of this month, we were told that the patriots of this day were determined to bear them with fortitude. This has led me to consider what those evils really are, and, on mature investigation, I confess myself somewhat at a loss to tell.
True it is that the opponents who are much in debt complain heavily of the embargo; but certainly the embargo did not occasion their running in debt, nor the difficulties they encounter in getting clear of it. A spirit of extravagance had gone forth among the people, and debts were contracted, under the idea that peace and prosperity were always to continue; without making any allowances for the distracted state of the world, and the consequent uncertainty of commerce. Surely the embargo is no more chargeable with the embarrassments & distresses arising from a total change, produced in the state of affairs, by the violence of our foreign enemies, than the surgeon, who cuts off a wounded leg, for the purpose of saving the whole body from destruction, is guilty of inflicting the wound which rendered the amputation necessary.
It appears very clearly from the examinations of many respectable witnesses before the house of Commons (or Lords, I forget which,) in England, that, if our embargo was taken off, and the British orders in council still continued in force, it would be impossible to restore trade to its old channel. Some of the merchants might make a temporary profit by shipping flour to the West Indies; but the price would soon fall, and their losses by captures and condemnations would speedily compel them to lay a voluntary embargo upon themselves. I think, therefore, the language used in complaining of our present perplexities is cruelly unjust, when we heap them all upon the back of our poor unoffending friend the embargo, instead of laying them, as we ought to do, at the door of our enemies, the British orders in council!
If you think it proper, Mr. Pleasants, that the saddle should be placed on the right horse, & agree with me in opinion, you will please to publish this communication, and recommend it to your republican friends to change their style in speaking and writing on this subject.
I am, your fellow citizen, A FARMER. N. B. I wish those who complain of the evils of the embargo would reflect a little on its benefits. My poor neighbors have lately made more money by the sale of Virginia cloth than they used to do by tobacco; and, if the embargo continues, we shall all soon get out of debt to the merchants; and what is still better, contract no new ones.
It is additional evidence of the pure patriotism of Mr. Clinton to state that no long but his sacred regard for the liberty of the press has constrained him from checking the proffered calumny of Cheetham. We hope that no expression has escaped us which can wound the feelings of this venerable soldier, and we still further hope that whilst the bareness of an abandoned Englishman can afford him no political benefit, that it will do him no harm. Such men as these are despised by the people.
native country, but so strict was the Dutch government, that it would permit no person to land in the first instance. After great intercession, however, in favor of the ladies, they were all wed to join their friends ashore. The capt. proceeded with the other passengers to England. While the vessel was waiting the pleasure of the Dutch government, of course with its convoy, an Austrian messenger found his way on board, who was charged with dispatches from his government to this country. He landed at Harwich on Sunday. None of the passengers besides the messenger and three women, were permitted to land.
A Dutch paper of the 30th ult. containing accounts from Paris of the 26th, reached town on Friday, brought by a gentleman, who with difficulty escaped from Holland. They are not important. Letters received at the same time state, that king Louis had issued a decree since his arrival at Amsterdam, for the establishment of measures of additional rigour against any communication with this country. They also mention that the captain and crew of a vessel which, some time since, conveyed an English gentleman from Holland (the hon. Cecil JENKINSON,) were, on their return thrown into prison, and it was supposed the former would be proceeded against as having been guilty of a capital offence. The transfer of the court of Amsterdam had diffused a temporary gaiety and splendour in that town; but the distress throughout the country is represented as general and increasing.
Accounts from Oporto have reached town to the 25th ult. It now appears, that the French allow shipments of wine to be made, under certain regulations. One of the principal is, that the merchant or shipper, is to pay an additional duty upon wine, at the rate of about 36 shillings per puncheon. Every thing remained quiet at Oporto, at the above date, and nothing particular of a political nature had lately occurred.
PHILADELPHIA, July 1.
By those who have for a number of years kept daily remarks on the weather and the state of the thermometer, yesterday is pronounced the warmest experienced in this city during the last ten years.
July 2.
The following very interesting intelligence has been politely communicated to the printers of the Albany Gazette, by a gentleman from the city of Schenectady — It is copied from a letter received by him, from a person of great respectability at Queestown, in upper Canada, dated June 16.
"Our Lieut. Governor has been sent for by express from the Indian agent, near Detroit, and sets out by land this day, for that quarter. It is reported, that some very violent resolutions adopted by the Indians (on hearing that their usual annual supplies for their trade, were stopped by the American government at Niagara) has occasioned this sudden and unexpected measure. God grant, that no mischief may take place, before he gets up. Col. Claus is still there, and the governor takes with him most of the other officers of the Indian department."
Arrived schooner Jefferson, Campbell, 30 days from Kingston. June 16th off Maranilla reef was boarded by the British man of war Fly, her. Boyd, thirty-six hours from N. Providence; lieut. Boyd informed capt. C. that previous to his sailing off N. Providence a naval action up the Mediterranean, between a British squadron of eight sail of the line, and thirteen French; that the latter were completely beaten, having three taken and two sunk; and that the British admiral, sir Richard Strachan, was killed; also, that Bonaparte had made Talleyrand king of Portugal.
Peter Guerrant, Plaintiff. AGAINST John Fowler and Jordan Harris, Defendants. BY virtue of a commission issued from the superior court of chancery for the Richmond district, in the above suit, I shall on the eighth day of next month, (August,) at John Anderson's tavern in New Canton, in the county of Buckingham, between the hours of 5 in the morning and 7 in the evening of that day, take the deposition of William Guerrant, Robt. Moseley and others, to be read as evidence in the suit in chancery, now depending in the said superior court of chancery, wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendants.
Peter Guerrant. To Messrs. JOHN FOWLER, residing in Kentucky, and JORDAN HARRIS. July 4th. 18. 8.
Gallego, Richard & Co. HAVING NO LONGER ANY CONCERN IN THE Columbian Mills, COMMONLY CALLED ROSS'S MILLS, Inform their friends and the public in general, that any WHEAT sent to them by water from the upper country, will be received at THEIR MILLS ON THE CANAL; and any wheat sent them by LAND, will be received at a convenient lumber-house contiguous to their counting room. Richmond, July 11, 1808.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Richard C. Pollard to secure the payment of a debt due to Murphy, Brown & Co. as therein expressed, will be sold, to the highest bidder, for the best price that can be obtained in ready money, at Mrs. Ann S. H. plain's, in the county of Nelson, on Saturday the 6th day of August next.
Four Slaves, to wit: Daniel a negro man, in a woman, Squire a boy, and Pallas a girl, but as we are only trustees for the benefit of others, we will only warrant the title as to ourselves and those claiming under us. William F. Carter. Robert Franklin. Warminster, July 5, 1808.
to prove to her that he means to treat her as a conquered country. Wherever the least opposition has been made to his will, he has used force, as in the instance of seizing the fortress of Pamplona and other places. The French troops are in want of clothes, and contributions are levied upon Madrid though the notice published in the Madrid Gazette, attempts to give it the air of a charitable donation—He will not even suffer her to retain the memorials and trophies of her ancient renown; but before he has set foot on the Spanish territory, demands the sword of Francis the First, which was surrendered by that monarch when he was taken prisoner at the battle of Pavia, and which had been kept with a pious reverence for nearly three centuries in the Royal Armory of Spain.—And this sword is immediately delivered to him by the new king, who is to restore the ancient glory and renown of Spain!
It is impossible therefore to consider the late revolution as having been brought about on the part of the new king with those feelings of patriotism that would make him use every effort for the deliverance of his country from the French Yoke. We see nothing in him but the tool of France. The people are influenced by patriotic sentiments; they believe that measures will be changed because the monarch has been deposed and that because the old king was deposed on account of his attachment to a minister who was the tool of France, the new king will pursue a very different system. Happy shall we be to find that their belief is well founded, but nothing has yet passed to justify us in entertaining such an expectation.
Madame Bonaparte is arrived at Bordeaux on her way to Bayonne; from whence after the will of Bonaparte has been signed to the new and the old kings, she will proceed with her husband to Madrid, to see her daughter perhaps crowned Queen of Spain! It has already been given out in general orders at Madrid, that the affairs of Sweden have alone delayed Bonaparte's entrance into Spain; but that now the French and Russian troops are on the way to Stockholm, he will no longer deny himself the pleasure of visiting a people for whom he feels so much respect and affection!
Since writing the above, we understand government have received intelligence that Bonaparte did not wait for the arrival of the new king at Bayonne. He advanced to meet him, and their meeting took place between Vittoria and the Spanish frontier. Bonaparte immediately acknowledged him king, and gave him the administration of Portugal till a general peace. The deposed king and queen have been sent into France, under a strong escort. Spain is to join the confederation of the Rhine and to furnish a contingent of 50,000 men. Other sacrifices of territory, she will no doubt, be called upon to make.
There is no doubt, we believe, of the Toulon and Rochefort squadrons having got back to Toulon, without having effected any object of much importance.
An American vessel is arrived at Guernsey, from a French port, which she left on the 2d. A few hours previous to her sailing, a letter had been received by express, informing the captain's correspondent that an order had actually arrived at Rochefort, from the minister of marine to lay an embargo on all American vessels.
Since our last, information of a later date has been received from Sweden. Our brave ally is proceeding in the invasion of Norway, not without meeting resistance, but with a prospect of ultimate success. For the details, we refer to our foreign intelligence. We cannot in truth attach great importance to the conquest of Norway as a military operation, though we are aware of the resources it would furnish us with in the supply of timber, &c. It is only in one respect that it is of moment. The acquisition to that country cannot fail to have the most beneficial effect upon the public mind in Sweden. The Swedes are a people sensible of national honor; they are the inveterate foes of Denmark; and the exercise of dominion over one of the provinces of their adversary will certainly counteract the impression arising from the probable conquest of Finland. The date of our last intelligence from that Grand Duchy is of the 7th April. There is no further account of the asserted retreat of the Russians. It is probable they may be content to retain a military position within the frontier of the province. Masterly and admirable as has been the retreat of general Kungsport, it is not to be expected that he can with all his collected forces act on the offensive.
Dispatches were received on Saturday morning at the Admiralty from Sir Samuel Hood, dated from the Baltic, the 25th April, but they bring no news of importance. It was not to be expected that any enterprise would be formed by the fore-runners of our expedition. When our whole force shall have arrived, we may look forward to some decisive operation which may relieve us from all apprehension, and the necessity of providing against the probability of an attack from the North.
Zealand has been declared by our government in a state of blockade.
Accounts which may be relied upon, contain intelligence of a very late date, have been received from the French coast. The embargo laid upon all American vessels in the French ports, is stated to have been a measure carried into effect in conformity with the Bayonne decree. We understand, however, that pains have been taken in the drawing up the decree, to give it the colour and air of a proceeding much less hostile to the Americans than at first was imagined. It is pretended that this act is to be considered as an act of kind consideration towards America—a precaution for the benefit of our citizens, to prevent the property being seized by the British; since it is notorious they cannot venture upon the high seas, without encountering the risk of becoming the prey of British cruisers.
We have received foreign Journals up to 6th inst. They contain little of any moment.
A vessel arrived on Sunday from the coast of Holland, with a number of male passengers on board. The captain states that he had taken them, together with some females, from a neutral port, with the intention of landing them in Holland, their
ed against it, and is gone to Bayonne, to interpose Bonaparte in his favour. Bonaparte the Usurper himself of the Crown of one branch of the Bourbons, will thus have a legitimate Sovereign belonging to another branch of the Bourbons pleading against his son for having usurped his crown and dignity!!
But it is impossible not to fear and feel that these disturbances may be detrimental rather than beneficial to Spain, and that Bonaparte may take advantage of them to fix his yoke more firmly upon her neck. That he will assist her in rendering herself independent of France it were absurd to suppose—that he will withdraw his troops because they are hated by the Spaniards, it were impossible to be believed—Partial successes indeed the Spaniards may have had against isolated bodies of French troops, but irregular and undisciplined valour can effect but little against them when their force is united and concentrated—We wait with anxiety for the full development of Bonaparte's plans and intentions.
MONTREAL, June 29.
We understand that on Monday evening and Tuesday morning last, a frigate took place at the Provincial line on Lake Champlain. The circumstances which happened were on account of a large raft which the American Custom House officers had made good a d n a to p b going to the Quebec market; the citizens, however, adjacent the place where the raft as taken, embodied, and in defence of the whole force which could be collected on the occasion, brought her this side the line. In this transaction considerable power and balls are said to have been expended, on both sides, but no blood shed. A small cabin erected on the raft, was perforated in forty different places, by the balls of the militia from the Custom House.
We learn by a gentleman from a Lake Ontario that a person there in the employ of the Custom House Officer, was lately shot dead, when on the watch of those attempting to run property into the Province.—The coroner's inquest was accidental death.
From City St. Domingo.
Captain Turner, from S. Domingo, furnishes a file of the "Bullets Official" of that city to the 23th May. We find that General Ferrand had been taking measures to guard against the evils of a scarcity, in that colony, should our Embargo be continued for any great length of time. By an Ordinance of the 21st May, he has directed a diminution of the consumption of bread, from flour, and put in activity measures to ensure an abundant harvest of the natural product of the colony.—The price of flour had been fixed at 23 dollars per barrel, and bread at sixteen ounces for a shilling.—No more than 240 barrels of flour were to be delivered from the public stores for the public service in the month of June; and 210 in July; the quantity to be reduced monthly in the same proportion. To preserve the specie in the island, the General had directed bills to be drawn on the Consul General of France in the United States, to meet the exigencies of government. Bost. Centinel.
PHILADELPHIA, July 4.
Arrived, ship Cornplanter Gillies, 44 days from London. Brings English papers to the 14th May which I enclose. The OSAGE sailed from Falmouth about the 18.
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LONDON, May 9—12
Madrid Gazettes, and private letters from different parts of Spain have been received to the end of April.—They mention (but we doubt their assertion) the arrival of the new king at Bayonne on the 26th of last month. Bonaparte is said to have received him with politeness, and to have invited him to dinner. But nothing has yet transpired which can enable us to throw any strong or steady light upon the intentions of Bonaparte.—Private accounts say that the new king has announced the principal object of his journey to be to marry a Princess of the house of his august Ally.—And yet we are desired to believe that the chief motive which induced him to concur in a project for depositing his father, was to get rid of the influence of France! To Bayonne also the deposed king and queen are travelling, preceded by the disgraced minister, the prince of peace whom Murat withdrew from prison, and not suffering any judicial investigation to take place upon his conduct which the new king had solemnly promised, sent under an escort of French troops to Bayonne. What right have we then to believe that the motives of the new king are of the patriotic kind they have been said to be, or to expect that the effect of this revolution will be the destruction of French influence in Spain; All probability and facts are against it. Bonaparte sends an order to Murat to transmit the fallen minister to him, and he is accordingly sent him.—He hovers with a menacing attitude upon the frontiers of Spain, and preserves an awful silence, to be broken only when the accused and the accuser, the victor and the vanquished small appear before him.—He will not speak till the cause is brought before him—sub ju dice ita est.—And all the parties submit to this foreign tribunal! and a revolution which relates only to Spain, is to be tried and finally decided by a French judge! and this judge has none of the attributes of justice about him; the well poised even scales, the severe impartiality.—He has possession too of the capital and the strong fortresses of the country, whose monarchs are about to plead their cause before him and who will find, no doubt, that he is the Gaul who will throw his sword into the scale and thus decide the cause. In every step which Bonaparte has taken in this eventful scene, he has displayed a studied contempt for Spain, a determination to do every thing to wound her pride,
ronade. It is conjectured that they are to cover the landing of the troops.
The conferences between M. Secretary Canning and Mr. Pinckney have for the present terminated; and this day Mr. Monroe sets out on his return to America with the result. Much discussion is understood to have arisen upon the subject of the right of searching merchant ships; and it is scarcely necessary to observe, that the interests of Great Britain have not been compromised by any concession of ours on this important point.
On the 7th inst. an American vessel arrived in Guernsey, which left Rochefort on the night of the 30th ult. in consequence of a private but positive communication, that an order had been received at the Custom House, to Embargo all American vessels at Cherbourg and the other French ports, and which would be carried into effect the following morning.
Late last night a Portuguese officer arrived at South Audley street, with the long expected and joyful intelligence of the safe arrival of the Prince Regent of Portugal at Bahia, on the 25th January; and after remaining there about a month had sailed for the Rio de Janeiro. His Royal highness made several excursions into the surrounding country, and was present at a great hunting party at Cachoeira, about 15 leagues from Bahia.—The concourse of people from the interior was incredible, and his royal highness, with his usual affability, gave audience to every one.
It appears that the Principe-Real was separately in a gale of wind from the rest of the squadron, and it was not until the night of the 15th that she was joined by the Bedford man of war.
The remaining persons of the Royal Family, had arrived at the Rio de Janeiro, with the rest of the Portuguese and British men of war, a few of which had entered Pernambuco in distress.
Price of Stocks this day 12 o'clock:—3 per cent. Consols for May 63 1.3; for money 63.
May 11.
Some details have just been received from Spain, which are highly interesting, and which strongly mark the national feelings.
At Madrid in the Plaza Mays, 4000 French troops were collected, with artillery mounted, and every other manifestation of hostile designs against the inhabitants. It is stated, that this force was successfully resisted by the populace, and that all ranks of persons united in publicly proclaiming their indignation at the conduct of these intruders. When Murat expostulated with the people, he observed, that his countrymen appeared not to injure, but to protect the Spanish people as friends; he was told that weapons of war were not necessary for the intercourse of friendship, and that the valour of the Spanish people was equal to their own protection.
In another place a large body of French troops are said to have been disarmed and deprived of their cannon; the people declaring that, if they came as friends they did not want cannon, and if as foes, it was proper for the Spaniards not to suffer them to have any.
A volunteer of Arragon is reported to have been affronted by three of the Mamelukes, two of whom he killed, and wounded the other, but was at length killed himself.
A man had been tried according to the short ceremonies of martial law, for a robbery, and had been found guilty. He was to undergo military execution; the regiment was drawn up which was to inflict the punishment, and before he reached the ranks he was rescued by the populace, who conducted him to the Commander in Chief, and loudly demanded his liberation and pardon. Murat thought fit to descend to the wishes of the citizens, and the man was conveyed away amidst loud acclamations.
The journey of the new King to Bayonne had produced an almost general dissatisfaction, which was loudly expressed in the different places through which he passed. It is said that in one of his proclamations issued on his journey he declared that but for the best assurances his Royal person would be safe, he would not have acquiesced in the invitation to go to Bayonne; and that in the course of four or five days he shall, with the assistance of his good brother and ally, settle the affairs of Spain to the content and joy of his subjects.
This Proclamation, which shewed that Bonaparte was to interfere in the affairs of the country, did no by any means tend to quiet the people, and on the next day 19th April, another was published, the people having assembled in crowds round the new King's residence at Vittoria. The Duke De l'Infantado addressed them, and at last persuaded them to retire, though not without expressions of much dissatisfaction. The new King it is added, meant to represent to Bonaparte the antipathy which the people have to the French troops, and to press their immediate recall.
Meanwhile Catalonia has offered to raise and maintain 160,000 men, for the support of the new King, and Andalusia 50,000. The Castiles have not imitated the example of these two Provinces, and in New Castile the public opinion does not seem favourable to the new Monarch.—It is feared that Spain will be convulsed by the partisans of the deposed King, and the new King, for every one sees that the abolition of the former was a measure of compulsion, not of choice. Indeed it is reported that he has himself protested.
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According to the old adage, truth lies in the bottom of a well, but we very much suspect that it frequently lurks in the bottom of a glass. This toast is as impressive in strength as harsh in its object, and unequivocal in its nature as the most round-unvarnished doctrine of federal hatred. It is no fancy-piece to amuse all parties with the variety of its colours, but amounts to downright proscription of things as they are and not of things as they were. The roasting of the British Lyon has no chorus with the crowing of the Gallic Cock, but all is harsh discord. The scheme of the North it seems has already engaged some of our choice spirits to endeavor to smuggle in a federal president, and this was intended by way of a Wink. Thus we find that not even the policy of self-preservation can hide federal malignity.
The Fourth of July.
The 4th of July, the Anniversary of American Independence, was celebrated with great festivity and good order by the Manchester troop of cavalry and their guest Capt. Sheppard and his troop of cavalry, at the Cool Spring, near that town. At 11 o'clock, A. M. the troop passed the bridge over James river, and was met in the main street of Richmond, in a handsome style by the Richmond cavalry, by whom they were conducted to the Capitol Square and placed on the right of the 19th regiment; Capt. Sheppard taking his station on the left. After performing several military evolutions under the command of Col. Smith, the troop with their other guests, viz. the governor and lieutenant governor, and all those old revolutionary officers who could be found in the neighborhood, viz. Gen. Wood, Col. Joseph Parker, Col. E. Carrington, Majors Scott and Gibbon, and Capt. John Heth; the field officers of the 19th regiment and its neighborhood, moved off in the following order, viz:
 1. An advanced guard in front, followed by the music, the governor and lieutenant governor supported on the right and left by Captains Heth and Sheppard and the commandants of the respective troops, followed by the revolutionary officers in ranks of threes—in the rear of these veterans, were placed the field officers of the respective regiments, in threes, agreeably to rank; followed by the two troops united, in ranks of threes; the two standards in the centre of the whole; the rear under the command of Lieut. Scott of the Manchester cavalry. In this order they re-crossed the bridge, passed through the main street of Manchester, and were received upon the hill by Capt. Archibald M'Rae's Infantry Blues; thence they proceeded to the spring, where they were saluted by the Chief Justice of the U. States. The day was spent most happily. The presence of the veteran patriot warriors, who had contributed to bring about the event they were now assisting to celebrate, produced sensations of the most delightful kind. The company, gay and harmonious, sat down to a sumptuous dinner, after which the following toasts were drank, interspersed with patriotic and convivial songs. At sunset they retired in the most perfect order, the Manchester cavalry escorting their guests to the ground from which they received them.  1. The day we celebrate—May each annual return of it find the citizens of our republic blessed with liberty, peace and prosperity.  2. The memory of Gen. Washington—Dear to all lovers of their country, and lasting as our nation.  3. The memory of those heroes who bravely fought and nobly died, that their posterity might greatly live—Deeply sensible of the great debt, may we emulate their godlike example, and hand it down to our children's children with uncreasing lustre.  4. The heroes and sages of 1776—Who survive the sanguinary conflict, and are partakers of the blessings they so hardly earned.  5. The constitution of the United States—May that sacred palladium of our rights be approached with becoming reverence, and may those, who, by fraud or force, would attempt its subversion, be subject to the pains and penalties it has provided for them, as they will be to the execration of all good citizens.  6. The President of the U. States—In his patriotism, discernment and discretion, may we find an effectual shield against domestic commotion, diplomatic skill or foreign violence.  7. The embargo act—May it deceive its enemies in our own country, and teach the nations of Europe how to respect our rights and value our friendship.  8. The militia of the United States—May each citizen bear in mind, that he is also a soldier, and that a sacred trust is confided to him, and that he should qualify himself for the discharge of it with fidelity and effect.  9. The fair daughters of Columbia—Fair daughters would place them last, but we will place them in the centre, and protect them as the source from which all honors flow.  10. The army of the United States—May it never be made the instrument of despotism, or the violator of that which it is sworn to defend.  11. The navy of the United States—May the violent outrage it has been exposed to, emanate in the increase of its strength and discipline.  12. The heads of departments.  13. The love of country and not of party—As it is the lot of man to err, may we have the candor to confess when we have the wisdom to discover our errors.  14. Our ministers at foreign courts—May they have wisdom to discern the true interests of their country, constancy and firmness in the assertion of her rights.  15. The governors and constituted authorities of our sister states—Let us cherish as the rock of our political salvation the sacred motto of '76, "united we stand, divided we fall."  16. James Monroe—The enlightened politician and firm patriot.  17. The union of states and all good men—The patriot who honestly endeavors to strengthen it, is the true republican. 
VOLUNTEERS.
By the Governor. The spirit which declared and achieved American Independence; whenever that independence shall be assailed, may we prove ourselves worthy our forefathers.
By Capt. Sheppard. Capt. Taylor and the Norfolk troop of cavalry; first to defend and last to yield the independence of their country.
By Col. Carrington. The cavalry of Virginia; a corps that will defend the honor, liberty and independence of our country.
By the Chief Justice. The American eagle; may he never tremble at the crowing of the Gallic cock, or the roaring of the British lion, but soar at his full height regardless of either.
By Col. Parker. May our youthful warriors hand to posterity the legacy left by their predecessors in arms.
By Maj. Gibbon. Gen. Charles C. Pinckney.
By Capt. John Heth. The memory of Gen. Knox (late secretary of war) the faithful friend and favorite of the illustrious Washington, whose approbation was honorable to all military men.
By Col. John Mayo. The spirit of the day; when danger threatens, we entertain but one common sentiment, the protection of our country's rights against all aggression.
The governor having retired, By Capt. Heth. The governor of Virginia; our virtuous and patriotic commander in chief, inflexibly virtuous in the paths of peace, he will be as firm and unslaken in the wilds of war.
The anniversary of our independence was on Monday, celebrated at Winterfield, in Chesterfield county, with unusual demonstrations of joy.
A numerous collection of ladies and gentlemen assembled; during the day the greatest urbanity, harmony, decorum and conviviality reigned; and after partaking of a sumptuous dinner prepared by Mr. Wm. H. Clarke, Capt. Beverly C. Stannard was called to the chair, as president; and Col. Edward Moseley, as vice president; when the following toasts were drank, interspersed with appropriate songs.
 1. The event we have assembled to commemorate: May its blessings live untarnished in our land, until Millennium felicity enshrouds the globe.  2. The people of the United States: May they stand firm and independent amidst the crush of empires and fall of kingdoms.  3. The President of the United States: In the decline of life he will reap the rich rewards of his patriotic virtues in the plaudits of a grateful country.  4. The vice president of the U. States: A patriotic soldier, venerably great.  5. The memory of George Washington, chief of the arms which achieved the event we now celebrate: May his virtues and feats inspire his countrymen with prowess, while they awe into silence and justice the lawless tyrant and imbecile monarch who seek to disturb our repose.  6. The martyrs of American freedom: The republicans of the union will this day invoke their manes while bowing at the shrine of liberty.  7. The congress of the United States: May their deliberations (as heretofore) be marked with wisdom and patriotism, and at this interesting epoch, may they be indefatigable in providing for our common safety and happiness, undaunted either by intestine commotion or European convulsions.  8. May the frowns of an injured and insulted country cover with confusion, scorn and contempt, those mercenary wretches who prefer national degradation to commercial privation.  9. The state governments: The gardens in which republican principles are cultivated and brought to perfection; the general government the emporium of their concatuation.  10. The nations of Europe: Situated as we are, far from them and uninfluenced by their ambition, we demand that our peace be undisturbed; war with the weakest is our abhorrence, with the strongest it is no terror to us.  11. American agriculture, manufactures, arts and sciences: May flourish, unaided by European commerce.  12. The manufacturing spirit which pervades our state: May it never witness admission of that zeal and energy which has latterly been exhibited.  13. The judiciary of the United States: May its decisions hereafter, be marked with independence, unawed either by party spirit or personal considerations.  14. Aaron Burr and treason: May they die together.  15. The representatives of the people: May they never forget that responsibility to their constituents, which is the essence of republican governments.  16. The next presidential election: May personal friendships and state partialities yield to general good.  17. The fair daughters of Columbia: Their smiles the reward of virtue; their scorn the punishment of ignominy; decorated in homespun, their charms superior shine. 
TOASTS drank by Capt. Turner's RIFLE COMPANY, who dined at Turner's Gardens.
 1. The day we celebrate: may each succeeding age maintain the principles of our glorious revolution, enjoy its blessings and transmit them to posterity unimpaired.  2. The friends of America—May they ever be distinguished by a strict and uniform adherence to her rights and interests.  3. The memory of the immortal Washington—May all the rulers of the earth, imitate his example.  4. The President of the United States.  5. May he who with unbridled ambition: attempts by threats to trample on our rights, or by stratagem to disunite us, receive the punishment due his crime.  6. The Chief Justice of the U. States... Firm in the field and great in the councils.  7. America... May Peace be her motto.  8. Improvements in our arts, and invention to our artists.  9. May revolutions never cease, while the rights of man are withheld.  10. Morgan, Clarke, Campbell, Shelby, &c.—Let their names be handed to posterity and their memories hailed as the authors of American liberty.  11. May the principles of liberty be disseminated through the armies of tyrants, and every soldier become a citizen. 
 12. The brow of the brave...May it never want a wreath of laurel to adorn it.  13. May all the governments of the world, consult the interests and promote the happiness of the governed.  14. Confusion to those ruled patriots who forsake the cause of liberty in time of danger.  15. Our tongues...May they never be used as Riffles towards the characters of good men.  16. May the genius of liberty visit every clime, and may her maxims pervade the universe.  17. The fair daughters of Columbia... Whilst we are ranging the forests for their defence, may they be clothing us at home. 
VOLUNTEERS.
Happy at home in peace, but should the impending clouds burst forth with all their threatening violence, we are ready to go to the fields and forests for the defence of our country. By Capt. Turner.
We are one. The soldiers adieu. By Capt. Wm. Landridge, who after mustering with the company had been invited to dine with it. Capt. Dandridge commands a Rifle company some little below Richmond.
The tree of liberty, it bloomed in 76, may its blossoms never be blighted. By Lieut. Taylor.
The memory of Benjamin Franklin, the world's instructor and foe to Tyrants. By Mr. Fleming Abbott.
Peace if obtained on reasonable terms, in preference to war. By Mr. John Lawler.
Rifle, Powder, Balls, Union and discipline. By Gerard Banks.
Washington, Department of State. July 2, 1808.
Merchants and others wishing to send letters to Europe, are informed that a vessel, under the orders of the government, will sail on the 10th of this month which will deliver, in France and England, all such letters as may be respectively consigned to those countries or to others through the same.
The postage on the letters must be paid to this place.
The Osage may bring some advices to our government and people touching the affairs at issue between England, France and America. If England revoke her orders, it is probable that the vessel about to sail from Washington will carry out renewed demands or remonstrances to France to withdraw her decrees. Or is America acting the part of a mediator between France and England?—Whig.
From the National Intelligencer.
It is with satisfaction that we state the republication in this country of the celebrated speech of Henry Brougham on the British Orders, delivered before the House of Commons on the 1st of April. It is a masterly performance, in the happiest manner uniting eloquence and argument; and demonstrates, not merely the futility of the orders, but their absolute destructiveness to the interests of Great Britain. We shall, as soon as possible, lay copious extracts before our readers. In the mean time we invite their attention to the following, which presents in a somewhat new light a part of the subject discussed; and shews that the justification of the British orders on the ground of retaliation is among the idlest subterfuges ever resorted to, to vindicate a measure radically vicious in itself.
Late in the year 1806, Bonaparte, in a moment, it should seem, of elation, unhappily by no means unnatural in his situation, thought of issuing a decree which might affect the trade and navigation of this country, as extensively as those other decrees which he had issued upon the continent, and had executed by half a million of armed men. This decree was not then for the first time tried, nor was it accounted by him an experiment of a very novel description, although received in this country as something wholly new. It had been repeatedly tried before, and had in every instance manifestly failed. Not to go back to the war of 1739, I may only observe that in the war of 1756, the principle was broadly laid down by the French government, that the seizure of any manufactures or produce of the British dominions should render the whole cargo, among which they were found, liable to confiscation. Towards the end of the American war a similar principle was partially attempted to be introduced: but of these I need not say much; for in the course of the revolutionary war two decrees similar to the former, though still more near the Berlin decree, were issued. Of these it may be necessary for me to mention the substance. The first of them was issued in 1796, and after a variety of other clauses, it subjects all ships carrying British goods to seizure and detention. We find not merely the detail of the Berlin decree introduced as to the goods, but also the provision requiring a certificate of origin (as this document has since been called,) which was deemed a sine qua non for saving the ship and cargo from detention. A similar decree was issued in 1800, after Bonaparte's arrival in France. It was generally promulgated, and remains as far as any such decrees can be, in force. In 1797 those belligerent principles were extended from the cargo to effect the ship; and I hold in my hand a decree issued by the council of Five Hundred, enacting that the characters of vessels shall be determined by their cargoes. In consequence of this enactment, every vessel, loaded in whole or in part with English goods, was declared lawful prize. The second article declares that no foreign vessel, which in the course of her voyage shall have entered an English port, shall be permitted to enter any port in the French dominions.
It is surely needless for me to prove that, although these orders were thus promulgated, they never were executed. I need not bring evidence to show that these commercial decrees were nugatory. After they were issued the progress of our exports proceeded not merely increasing, but in a short period almost to double the amount of former times. It is notorious that France, in spite of all such prohibiti-
ons, has been consuming daily more and more of the produce of this country, down to the period of the Berlin edict. But however inefficacious these boasts may have proved, the enemy, it seems, determined once more to try their effect. He resolved to have another decree at us and at our trade, expecting perhaps to frighten, if he could not hurt us. Accordingly, in the month of November, 1806, he issued that one which forms the pretext for our Orders in Council. This decree consists of three branches. It condemns all cargoes of British produce or manufacture it threatens the seizure of all vessels going to or from England; and it shuts the ports of the enemy against all vessels which have last cleared out from British ports. It may be asked what chance was there that such a decree as this should succeed? Was it that France had determined suddenly to assemble all her fleets, and venture to send them to sea; which she had dared to do before? Was it that she then intended to engage all our blockading and cruising squadrons, which till now she never durst look in the face? Was it that she purposed in this manner to beat us out of the water, and destroy, as it were our naval superiority? Or was it that without these preliminary steps, she was, by her mere influence and great name upon the continent of Europe, to stop all vessels sailing upon the sea to or from England, to seize every article of our produce which could be found floating on the ocean, to do that which we, even we, with all our naval superiority, are not able to effect? Surely if France had not the power to execute her design in some of these ways, it might have been calmly regarded as a mere empty menace; nay, a safe one too We might really have hoped, that so vain and spritless a boast would not again have taken in those who had been so often before duped into a vain alarm by it. Nevertheless it should seem that the enemy know us better; for we no sooner heard of it than we fell into our old error of supposing that, because it was a French manifesto, regularly drawn up and enforced by Bonaparte's power on shore (where it might produce some effect) therefore it was also to have similar effects by sea.
"Sir, until our Orders in Council were issued, it appears clearly, without any reasoning, to any one who looks at the subject, that there was no possibility whatever of Bonaparte putting his threats into execution. But in order to show this more evidently than could possibly be effected by any arguments, we have brought witnesses to your bar, merchants engaged in trade with the continent, who have been able to state distinctly by dates, names and circumstances, the manner in which these decrees operated."
ON Thursday the 8th of August next, will be offered for SALE, for cash, at John Anderson's tavern in New Canton,
Five Negro Slaves, viz.
Beck, Maria, Milley, Sam and Aggy, conveyed to the subscribers as trustees, by Col. Wm. Cannon, to secure a sum of money due by him, to Daniel Bagby and Robert Hill's representatives and others, as is in said deed expressed. As the subscribers are only trustees, they will convey only such title as they have by virtue of such deed.
William Guerrant. Thomas Pittman. New Canton, June 25, 1808. tds
RICHMOND Turnpike Company.
AT a meeting of the directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company, on Thursday evening the 7th of July, 1808.
Resolved, That all shares of delinquent stockholders in this company, be sold at the Swan Tavern in this city, on Monday the 15th day of next month, at 5 o'clock, P. M. without reserve, and that the same be published in all the newspapers of this city.
Resolved, That a call of 5 dollars on each share of the stockholders in the company be made, to be paid to the treasurer on or before the 15th of next month.
Teste, N. Sheppard, Clk. Richmond, July 10, 1808. t15A
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by Robert White, for the purposes therein mentioned, will be sold, to the highest bidder, on the premises, for ready money, on Saturday the 6th day of August next,
A Tract of Land,
Lying in the county of Henrico, containing 863 4 more or less, it being the land purchased by Mrs. Mary White of ship Turpin, and adjoining the lands of Elisha Harwood and Joseph Price.
Isham Goddin, } Trustees. W. M. Lewis, } Tees. July 8, 1808. 3w
BY virtue of a decree of the worshipsful court of New Kent county, will be sold, to highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, at the courthouse, on Monday the 22d day of August next,
A valuable tract of Land,
Formerly the property of William A. Atkinson, dec. well improved, containing by estimation 290 acres, lying on the stage road, two miles above the courthouse—it is in a healthy situation, and a respectable neighborhood. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed the purchaser will first view it. Bond and approved security will be required of the purchaser.
The Commissioners. July 3, 1808. w5t
Buckingham County, June Court, 1808.
George Anderson, (who sues for the benefit of George Carson) Plff. In chancery against Theodoric Scruggs and William Palmer, Defendants. ON the motion of the plaintiff by counsel and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant Scruggs is not an inhabitant of this state. It is ordered and decreed, that unless he shall appear here at September court next and answer the bill of the plaintiff, the court will then proceed to take the same for confessed as to him and decree the matter thereof accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively, and another copy be posted up at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, R. Eldridge, Jr. D. C.
By Last Evening's Mail.
NEW-YORK July 6. The Osage, so long expected, has at length arrived, and we are still in a state of uncertainty and doubt. England has made no concession for her outrage, and Bonaparte has made neither a declaration of hostilities or an absolute resolve to continue in peace with us. He has decreed that all American vessels which are found in the European seas after the 28th of April shall be liable to seizure. This measure is predicated upon the supposition that they must have escaped from the U. S. in contravention of the embargo law, or that they were carrying on illicit commerce under cover of their flag. The same decree contains another remarkable clause which amply displays the cunning policy of the French government. "That American vessels shall be subject to embargo in France as long as the embargo continues in the U. S., because they assert that we laid the embargo, under the idea that the English, under the orders of council, would seize our vessels, and that it would, in such case, benefit us."
It has been asserted in English papers, that the Russians had been defeated in their attack on Sweaburg, but the intelligence wants confirmation.
The Swedes who have entered Norway have met with a repulse. Baron Armfeldt admits in his report, that the Norwegians, recovered from their surprise, had attacked the Swedes in every quarter with success.
The Russians and the French have entered Gothland: but with too few forces to maintain their conquests. The Russians appear to be established in Gelant, among the islands in the Baltic, but it is generally supposed that the appearance of an English fleet in the Baltic will render unnecessary any further operations.
The news from Paris is of an extraordinary nature. M. de Montholon announces, in his report to the Grand Duke of Berg, that he had visited the castle of Arranjuez, where he saw the queen of Etruria and king and queen of Spain; that Don Carlos had declared to him, that the conduct of his son, the new king, was of the most atrocious nature, and that his conduct was entirely actuated by a desire to connect himself with the imperial house of France. His majesty mentioned that he had written to the emperor Napoleon, and that he wished to purchase a farm in France, and there end his days in peace. It is also added that the Prince of Peace had always served him faithfully, and had used every endeavor to save his life, when his enemies were using every exertion to destroy him.
A letter from St. Antonio of the 25th of April, mentions that the Prince of Peace had been sent to France, and that he had passed through Victoria under an escort of 200 French soldiers, and that Don Carlos the queen of Spain had been at Burgos the next day on their route to Bayonne.
The marriage of King Ferdinand, with a princess of the Bonaparte family, (the English papers call her La Pesse, but we suspect it is the daughter of the Marquis de Beauharnois) was to take place immediately.
Our English papers of the 15th May, assert, that, notwithstanding the entry of Bonaparte into Spain, that his views and plans have not been crowned with the expected success.
A letter written by a French officer, at the time he was quitting Russia mentions, they were about to march to the frontiers of Turkey, and there was little doubt but the destination of the army was to India.
Mention is made that Bonaparte was expected on the 15th of May at Rochefort. L'Oracle.
The ship Osage, capt. Duplex, so long and so anxiously expected, arrived at this port yesterday afternoon in 48 days from Falmouth, with dispatches for government from Messrs. Armstrong and Pinckney, which are said to be of a very important nature.
Of the two messengers who were dispatched to France & England in the Osage, Mr. Lewis only has returned; Mr. Nourse, having some commercial business to transact, remains in England. The former proceeds this morning to Washington.
London papers to the 15th of May, Lloyd's Lists to the 10th, and a complete but anticipated list of American vessels captured by the two great Belligerent Powers, are received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser by the Osage.
The passengers inform us that the public opinion considerably preponderated in favor of an amicable adjustment of our differences with England; and that, notwithstanding the conferences between Messrs. Pinckney and Canning were for the present suspended, Mr. Pinckney was treated with the most marked attention and civility.
Several American vessels, which had sailed from England for Amsterdam, were obliged to return, not being permitted to enter for having cleared from an English port.—Mer. Adv.
FOR SALE AT THE ARGUS PRINTING-OFFICE, Fitch,
THE TRIAL OF THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, FOR KILLING CHARLES AUSTIN, On the Public Exchange, in Boston, August 4th, 1806. This work, is said to contain some of the best specimens of New-England Eloquence.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE,
 THE History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by E. Gibbon, 8 vols.  The Life of Gen. Geo. Washington, by Dr. David Ramsay, M. D.  The History of the Progress and Termination of the Roman Republic, by Adam Ferguson, 3 volumes.  The Domestic Encyclopedia, 3 vols.  The Travels of Anacharsis, 4 vols.  Hening's New Virginia Justice. 

WE the Subscribers, Judges of the General Court, have pursuant to law allotted the Judges of the respective District Courts as follows: Robert White, Jr. and Archibald Stuart, esqrs. to the districts of Winchester, Hardy and Montgomery counties; Richard Parker and John Tyler, esqrs. to the districts of Richmond, Petersburg, Brunswick courthouse and Suffolk; Edmund Winston and Paul Carrington, Jr. esqrs. to the districts of Prince Edward courthouse, Franklin, Washington courthouse, and the Sweet Springs in Botetourt county; Joseph Prentis and William Nelson, esqrs. to the districts of Northumberland, King & Queen, Williamsburg and Accomack courthouses; And Francis T. Brooke and Hugh Holmes, esqrs. to Staunton, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg and Haymarket districts at the next succeeding terms thereof. Witness our hands and seals this eleventh day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eight. John Tyler, (Seal.) Wm. Nelson, (Seal.) Robt. White, Jr. (Seal.) Arch'd. Stuart, (Seal.) Frs. T. Brooke, (Seal.) Hugh Holmes, (Seal.) Published by order of the Judges. Wilson Allen, C. G. C. June 18, 1808 4w
Mount Comfort, FOR SALE. SITUATED on Rappahannock in the county of Essex, within fifteen miles of Tappahannock and about the same distance from Urbanna and King and Queen Courthouse and very convenient to the post office at Montague's Tavern—there are upwards of one hundred and fifty acres of land attached to this seat, a considerable part of which is wood land and heavily timbered—The improvements are a dwelling house, forty feet by eighteen, a Kitchen, Smoke-House, Stable, Ice House, &c. on the Hill—And on the river bank, a store house, with a commodious Store and Counting Room and an excellent Granary—all of which—except the Stable—have been recently built. Mount Comfort commands, as good, if not the best view of the river of any seat on the Rappahannock and the best fish and oysters may be had at the door with very little trouble—It is well calculated for a merchant, being in a populous and wealthy neighborhood, where it is believed five or six thousand pounds worth of goods might be retailed annually—it would also be a convenient stand for a professional character—I would either sell on credit if the payments can be agreed on, or exchange for other lands without improvements. For further particulars apply to Reuben M. Garnett, or to Carter Wood, Mount Comfort, June 1, 1808
MATRESSES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond. J. S. Pleasants. May 31, 1808
Joseph Marx & Co. Have on hand an assortment GERMAN OZNAUBURGS, TICKLENBURGS, DOWLASS, and TOWELLING, by the bale, box or piece. COGNAC BRANDY and MOLASSES. SACK SALT, coarse and fine. Which they will sell for cash, tobacco, or approved paper. Richmond, April 28, 1808. tf
TO RENT, A GOOD TENEMENT on Market Alley, opposite the Market House; it is among the best stands in the neighborhood for a grocery. For terms apply to the subscriber or to Harry Tompkins. ISAAC WEBSTER. February 15. tf
Penitentiary Store. SHOES at the Manufacture of the Penitentiary have been lately REDUCED, considerably below their former prices. D. J. BURR, Agent. 10th May, 1808. tf
Valuable Lands. THE subscriber will sell, on a credit, or exchange for Property in Richmond or its neighborhood, the following LANDS, to wit: 822 acres in the state of Kentucky, by survey bearing date the 10th day of October 1797, lying and being in the district set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, on Little Barren river. Also, 1000 acres, in Kentucky, by survey bearing date the 10th October 1797, likewise lying in the district set apart for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia state line, on the north side of Little river, a branch of Cumberland river, and about two and an half miles from the mouth of Little river. Also, 450 acres of Land in the county of Mason, state of Virginia, on Old Town creek, about 8 miles from Mason courthouse. Indisputable titles will be made to the above mentioned lands; and plots of each tract may be seen on application to the subscriber residing in Richmond. THOMAS BOHANNON. January 23d, 1808. tf
WIRT'S SPEECHES. The Editor of the Argus has lately published the SPEECHES of WILLIAM WIRT, Esq. on the trial of Col. AARON BURR, and others—With a portrait by St. Memin.
A New Novel, JUST RECEIVED AT S. PLEASANTS BOOK STORE. CORINNA, OR ITALY; A New Novel, by Mad. De Stael Holstein, in 2 vols.
For Sale, A VALUABLE TRACT OF LAND, lying in the county of Powhatan, containing by a late survey, Five Hundred and Forty One Acres—two hundred and seventy six acres of which is prime woodland—about 20 acres of first rate Meadow Land, which may be rendered very valuable with a small expense. This is the tract whereon Col. Wm. Mayo, late of Powhatan county, dec'd lived, lying about 3 miles above Powhatan courthouse, within four of James and four of Appomattox rivers, in a healthy neighborhood and convenient to several merchant mills. This land is well watered, with excellent springs, and is suitably adapted to the balance of corn, wheat and tobacco. The improvements are a Dwelling House 48 by 22 feet, with a passage and three rooms on the first floor, and a passage with two rooms on the upper, with a twenty two feet square wing with two rooms, some necessary out buildings—all of which want some repairs. I shall proceed to offer this land for sale at Scottsville, the seventeenth day of August next, being Powhatan court day, on the following terms—The sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds cash in hand, on the day of sale, and for the balance, a credit of two years will be given the purchaser; bond with approved security will be required, carrying interest from the day of sale, if not punctually paid; also a deed of trust on the said land to secure the payment of the balance. It is deemed needless to say anything more, as it is presumed, that those who may wish to purchase, will first view the premises, which will be shown by Capt. Benjn. Mosby, or Mr. Thos. T. Swann, living near there—or to the Subscriber living near Powhatan Courthouse. WM. MAYO, Jrn. Powhatan County, June 20, 1808 3w
TO RENT And possession given the first day of October next, The Tenement, OCCUPIED by Alexander Plainview, next door below Samuel Pleasants' Book-Store. For particulars, apply to WILLIAM COOK. Richmond, 1st July, 1808 (1f)
Just Published, By C & A Conrad, & Co Philadelphia, and for sale by Samuel Pleasants, Jr., Richmond; The Columbiad; A Poem in 10 Books—By Joel Barlow. THIS title announces a work of the highest interest that the ves-gesta of our country or of any other can furnish. With regard to the merits of the execution, it will ill become us, the publishers, to speak in that strain of commendation which alone would give utterance to our sentiments. Of this, the public, to whom it is now offered, will judge for themselves. We will only state one circumstance, which ought to be understood by the purchaser before we solicit his patronage. The ancient Juvenile Poem of Mr. Barlow called the Vision of Columbus, is so far absorbed in this, as henceforward to disappear from the list of his works. All that has been thought worthy of the subject in that Poem has been incorporated in this—which may amount to one fourth or one third of the former work. He has now in his mature years and judgment, taken a much wider range over the immense regions of fact and fancy, than the fortunes of this hemisphere have opened to his view, and "the work is now probably destined to stand, the epic song of his country." No pains or expense have been spared to give it a dress and ornament suitable to its intrinsic merit. It is in one volume royal quarto illustrated by twelve engravings on the following subjects: I. Hesper's appearance to Columbus in prison. II. Capax and Oella instructing the savages in agriculture and the domestic arts—III. Zamor killed by Capax—IV. Inquisition—V. Cezar passing the Rubicon—VI. Cruelty prevailing over the Prison Ship—VII. Murder of Lucina—VIII. Columbus resigning his sword to Washington—IX. Rape of the Golden Fleece—X. Initiation to the Mysteries of Isis—XI. Final resignation of prejudices. These eleven subjects were painted by the celebrated Smirke, expressly for this poem. The pictures are now exhibited in the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts, where the public can examine their admirable execution, and form some idea of the expense and labor bestowed on the decorations of this work. They were engraved by the first artists in England; and the engravings were in such high estimation among the amateurs, that several proof copies were sold in London at six guineas a set. To these is added a portrait of the author, painted by Robert Fulton, and finely engraved by Arthur Smith. The paper, we believe, is better than any before made in this country; and the printing by Fry & Kammerer, may be regarded as a specimen of typography hitherto unsurpassed, and seldom equalled in the world.
TAKEN UP By Thomas Weaver, in the lower end of Prince Edward county, on the waters of Sandy river, One Sorrel Mare, Much worked, a star in her forehead and shoe before; hanging mane and long tail, about 10 or 11 years old, some white hairs on her back; appeared to fifty dollars by us. Given under our hands this 4th day of April, 1808. Abraham Foster. Josiah Faulks. John T. Ligon. w3*
FOR SALE, A pair of fine black horses, Well broke to a carriage. THEY are five feet six inches high, strong and active, one five years old, the other six. I will exchange them for negro property. They may be seen by applying to the subscriber, who lives near Hanover courthouse. George West. July 3, 1808.
Blank Replevin Bonds, (agreeably to the law of 1808,) ALSO, Fifa & Casa Executions, For Sale at this Office. June 29, 1808.
PATENT MEDICINES, FOR SALE at the Argus Book-Store. PUBLIC confidence has never been more deliberately and firmly reposed, and perhaps in no instance more justly, than it appears in the efficacy of HAMILTON'S WORM LOZENGES, prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by HANNAH LEE, no. 56, Maiden-lane, New York and in Richmond, (only) at S. Pleasants' Printing-office. The proprietor has lately presented to the public eye the testimony of the Hon. A. C. Hanson, Chancellor of Maryland, the Rev. Mr. Moulder, and of other distinguished and respectable characters. The following cases, of more recent occurrence, are now respectfully submitted. SINGULAR OCCURRENCES. THE wife of Mr. Wm. Stillwell, merchant, Water street, New-York, had been in a poor state of health for several years past, and was often confined to her chamber by indisposition: her symptoms were various, though generally attended with great debility; sometimes they were supposed to indicate dropsy, at others a disease of the liver. Having suffered a very severe attack, without obtaining any relief from her physician, and almost despairing of recovery, she was induced to make trial of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges; having heard of their performing cures in several complaints that could not be accounted for. Two doses were taken, which brought away a large worm, nearly half a yard in length, and a great quantity of matter evidently pieces of worms, etc. On taking the third or fourth dose, an entire animal shaped like a crab, was expelled: its parts were examined with the aid of a microscope, when the claws, feet, &c. appeared perfectly formed; different in but few respects from the common crab. Mrs. Stillwell began from that time to recover her health; three months have since elapsed, and she has been free from her former complaints, and has acquired a degree of health and strength which for years before she had been a stranger to. She being free to extend the knowledge of a medicine from which so much benefit has been received, has authorised Mrs. Lee, the present proprietor, to state these particulars for the good of others New-York June 5, 1807. Philadelphia, May 22, 1806. TO H. LEE.
Having in a most singular manner, experienced in my family the astonishing efficacy of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges, prepared by the late Mr. Lee, I feel it my duty to add the following curious case to the list of remarkable cures performed by that celebrated medicine. My daughter at the age of 17 months was taken ill with those symptoms which are supposed to denote worms: after having tried a number of things which are said to be good in such cases, without any benefit, we had the attendance of a respectable physician; but she still continued to decline in health, and at the end of six months became so weak that she could not walk, nor keep food on her stomach, it was so extremely disordered. At this interesting period, one of our neighbours recommended your Lozenges so earnestly, we were induced to send to Mr. Birch's for a box of them; on her taking the third dose, according to the printed directions, there came from her a living animal about three quarters of an inch long and of a most frightful appearance, being very white, with a great number of legs, and something which resembled wings, by which it appeared to spring; and which it did repeatedly, to our great surprise, about the same distance that a small toad can hop on the ground. Its form was altogether unknown to every person who saw it. It lived in water about 18 hours. We afterwards put it in spirits, and it is now in the possession of Dr. Bleight of this city. The child grew better from that day; in a very short period began to walk again, and is now in perfect health. Yours, &c. WM. BRADLEY, Callowhill street, between 8th and 9th sts. Any person may be satisfied of the accuracy and authenticity of this singular occurrence, by making enquiry in the neighborhood: many of the neighbors saw the creature alive, and are well acquainted with the above particulars. W. B. Among the symptoms attending worms, are disagreeable breath, especially in the morning; bad and corrupted gums—itching in the nose and about the seat—convulsions and epileptic fits and sometimes privation of speech—starting and grinding of the teeth in sleep—irregular appetite; sometimes loathing food and sometimes voracious; purging, with slimy and foetid stools; Vomiting; Large and hard belly; Pains and sickness at the stomach; Pains in the head and thighs, with lowness of spirits; Slow fever, with small and irregular pulse; A dry cough; Excessive thirst; Sometimes pale and unhealthy countenance, and sometimes the face bloated and flushed. Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms, should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES, which have been constantly attended with success in all complaints similar to those above described. A dose of this medicine given occasionally during the warm season, will effectually prevent the "vomiting and purging of children," a dreadful disorder which, annually destroys thousands of the infant part of our citizens. Children generally take this medicine with eagerness; having a pleasing appearance and an agreeable taste.
MEDICINE STORE. William West, HAS taken the tenement formerly occupied by Doctor Wray, near to the market house, and a few doors below the Old City Tavern, where he has just opened a Fresh supply of Medicines, AND OTHER ARTICLES IN THE DRUG LINE. He can confidently recommend them to be fresh and genuine, having been used in a particular friend of his, who is a good judge of their different qualities. His nearness to the courthouse and market, will be a great convenience to his country friends, who may have to attend at either of those places, and who may wish to be supplied with any articles in his line. He will afford regular attention to all orders and receipts that he may be favored with. Captains of vessels and other mariners will be furnished with medicines and cures at low prices. Richmond, June 3, 1808. 1wtf
Military Lands IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY. THE subscriber has for SALE, sundry valuable tracts of LAND, on the waters of the Miami and Scioto rivers, state of Ohio. Also, on the waters of Cumberland and Green rivers state of Kentucky, which will be sold low for cash or good bonds. For further particulars enquire of William Price, register, who has the title papers, or to William Du-Val. Buckingham, January 20, 1808. wtf
Assize of Bread For the City of Richmond, from the ninth instant until further notice. Superfine flour being five dollars per barrel, viz. A single lot made of superfine flour to weigh 30 oz for 4d 1-2. Ditto common flour 32 oz. for 4d 1-2. Double the above weights respectively, 6d. DAVID BULLOCK, Mayor. July 4th, 1808. w4t
FOR SALE at the ARGUS OFFICE, A FEW DOORS BELOW THE BALL TAVERN, [PRICE TWO DOLLARS.] A SYSTEM OF Military Tactics, CONTAINING THE PRINCIPLES
OF Discipline & Movements, CHIEFLY ADAPTED TO INFANTRY; WITH THE Rules and Regulations DESIGNED FOR THE Forces of the United States. TO WHICH IS ADDED THE VARIOUS FORMS OF REPORTS. ILLUSTRATED BY 16 COPPER-PLATES, SHEWING UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED MOVEMENTS. By DANIEL FISHER.
FOR SALE as above, Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard, 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, &c. "AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE." For the prevention and cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers recommended Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills. The operation of those 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, Obsolete Coughs, Asthma, Sore Throats, and approaching Consumptions. 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. The Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums. HAHN'S GENUINE EYE WATER, A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eye, whether the effect be natural weakness or of accident, speedily removing inflammation, defluxions of rheum, dullness, itching and films on the eyes; never failing to cure those maladies which frequently succeed the small-pox, measles and fevers, and wonderfully strengthening to weak sight. Hundreds have experienced its excellent virtues when nearly deprived of sight. Tooth-Ache Drops, The only remedy yet discovered, which give immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances. June 1, 1808.
In King William County Court, May 25, 1808. Mary King, adm'r. with the will annexed of Miles King, dec'd. Complainants, AGAINST Robert Brooke, adm'r. of John Fox and Eliza Fox and Thomas Pemberton, guardian of Mary Fox, orphan. &c. of the said John Fox, deceased. Defendants. IN CHANCERY. THIS day came the complainant by her counsel, and the defendant Robert Brooke not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court; and is appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the complt. it is ordered that the said deft. Brooke do appear here on the 4th Monday in August next and answer the bill of the complainant, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for three months successively and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste. Robert Pollard, C. C.
DISSOLUTION. THE Copartnership of the subscribers, is, by mutual consent, this day dissolved. All persons indebted to said concern, will make payment or give bond to Ezekiel Levy, who alone is fully authorised to settle the said concern and grant discharges: those who have claims will apply to him for payment. Ezekiel Levy. John Edwards. Richmond county, Virginia, June 6, 1808. 3w
Messrs. Joseph and Jesse Dabbs. As each of you reside out of the state and have no agent residing in the state who is known to me, I have taken this mode to give you notice that I shall on the first Monday in August next, between the hours of 10 in the morning and 4 in the afternoon of the same day, at Charlotte courthouse Read, Jr. Joseph Venable, Brooke, Baler, Henry Lester, Chesley Daniel and Thomas Harris Spencer, to be read as evidence on the argument of exceptions, taken to a report of commissioners in a suit in chancery depending in Charlotte court, wherein Joseph Dabbs and others are plaintiffs, and Catharine Dabbs and others, defendants, when and where you may attend if you please. Charles Noel. June 16, 1808. 2w
A PROCLAMATION. By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. WHEREAS it is represented to the executive, that Henry Thacker, David Thacker and Elisha Thacker, late of the county of Louisa, and who were committed to the jail of the district court held at Charlottesville, charged with highway robbery, have escaped from the said jail on the night of the 19th instant; and whereas it is also represented to the executive that Reuben Marshall, late of the county of Albemarle, who was committed to the jail of said county charged with maiming and putting out the eyes of Francis Talafaro, has also, on the night aforesaid, escaped from the jail of the said county of Albemarle; I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of one hundred dollars each for apprehending and conveying to the jail of the district court aforesaid, the said Henry Thacker, David Thacker and Elisha Thacker, and I do also hereby offer a reward of one hundred and fifty dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the aforesaid jail of the county of Albemarle, the said Reuben Marshall. And to the end that the laws may be duly executed, and justice administered by the punishment of such crimes as the court aforesaid are charged with, I do moreover enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of this commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the jails respectively as aforesaid the said Henry Thacker, David Thacker and Elisha Thacker, and Reuben Marshall. Given under my hand with the seal of the (L. S.) commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 25th day of June, 1808. Signed, Wm. H. Cabell.
Henry Thacker is slender, about 25 years of age, 5 feet 8 inches high, very narrow faced, as are also the other two, all three being 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, very slender, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high. Elisha Thacker is also very slender, and perhaps about the height of David. Reuben Marshall is an active fellow, about 36 years of age, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, black eyes and light hair, and tolerably proportioned. He speaks quick, is impudent and subject to drink hard.
To Aaron Burr, Esq. SIR, TAKE NOTICE that I shall apply on the 5th day of the August term of Henrico county court, which commences on the first Monday in August next, to award commissioners to take depositions in Kentucky to be read in evidence in three suits depending in said court, in which I am plaintiff and you are defendant. Your obedient servant, Robert Miller. July 5, 1808. 4w
To Aaron Burr, Esq. SIR, TAKE NOTICE that I shall apply on the 5th day of the August term of Henrico county court, which commences on the first Monday in August next, to award commissioners to take depositions in Kentucky to be read in evidence in a suit depending in said court, in which I am plaintiff and you are defendant. Your obedient servant, Henry Schroeder. July 5, 1808. 4w
MYER MARKS, Respectfully informs the Parents & Guardians of Children, that he has OPENED A DAY SCHOOL, In the cross-street leading to Court's Ferry, a few doors below Joshua West's coach shop, where he will teach READING, WRITING and ARITHMETIC. He assures those who think proper to favor him with their children, that the strictest attention will be paid both to their morals and education. His School room is in a pleasant and healthy situation. The terms are such, that he believes will meet with the approbation of all. 17 English Grammar will be taught. Richmond, July 8, 1808.
JUST RECEIVED, A few hundred barrels cut & whole Herrings. Antigua Rum by the hogshead & Best Green Coffee by the bag. FOR SALE BY C. H. SAUNDERS, 2d June, 1808. w3m
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