Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1808-06-21 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIII YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1452]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1808.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
(CORRECTED WEEKLY.)
 Tobacco, $ 3 75 CASH.  WHEAT, new, 0 67 do.  FLOUR, superfine, new, 4 25 do.  CORN, 2 do.  HEMP, clean, (per ton) 180 00 do.  IRON, 110 00 do.  BACON, 10 do.  WHISKY, 42 do. 
Miscellaneous.
"SPIRIT OF THE TIMES."
An association has been formed at Philadelphia, styled "The Philadelphia Premium Society," for the patriotic purpose of promoting our manufactures, and lessening our dependence on foreign nations for articles of the first necessity. This Club intend to encourage home manufactures, by granting premiums to such as excel in quantity or quality, in certain productions. The members contribute at subscribing one dollar each, and a dollar annually thereafter. This is the source of their funds. Any person, in other states of the Union, may become a member of it. The following extract from the preamble of their constitution, will best explain their objects; and is worthy of attention; because it contains good truths.—(Whig)
"The real independence of a nation must be founded upon her ability to supply herself, from her own resources, with such a portion of the articles of prime necessity, as, abstracted from the general mass of her wants, may enable her to pay for the residue, with her surplus productions, exported to foreign nations, and thus prevent the accumulation of burdensome and oppressive foreign debts. This is the more certainly obtained, in proportion as domestic enterprise is encouraged in the most lucrative departments of industry. These ideas, irresistibly convincing at all times, acquire great additional force from the existing state of the external relations of our country, at a period when the belligerent powers of Europe have entered upon the destructive strife who shall offer us the most unprovoked outrage, and most effectually contribute to the annihilation of our lawful commerce."
The abilities of the United States to carry on manufactures on an extensive scale, commensurate with their own wants has been repeatedly and boldly denied by many whose interest would lead them to crush their growth. The confidence with which the assertion has been advanced, has long imposed upon many well meaning citizens, who were led to doubt the capacity and resources of our common country. But the uniform success which has attended every effort to establish such manufactures here, as have met with a liberal patronage, notwithstanding the rivalry of foreign nations, must flash conviction on the minds of the most sceptical: and there are no species of manufactures better calculated for this country than those made of cotton, the raw material of which we possess in superabundance, and the growth of which but twenty years ago, was scarcely worth attending to, although we now export to the amount of fourteen millions of dollars annually. And the increasing weight of taxes, and the high prices of the necessaries of life, in those countries from whence we draw our supplies of manufactures, must operate most beneficially to aid our artists, and manufacturers, in the exertion of their enterprise, their talents and their industry."
FROM THE DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
SUMACK. —The season is now commencing for collecting Sumack. Large quantities of this article so important in the manufacture of Morocco leather, has hitherto been imported from Europe, at double the price for which it may be collected in this country, where it is native, growing spontaneously in every part of the United States. The annual supplies of Sumack collected in this country has never equalled the consumption, recourse has consequently been always had to Europe. Yet no species of labor has afforded the farmers more profit, nor is anything so easily collected and prepared; this article now sells current at 60 dollars per ton, of which 2 boys from 10 to 15 years of age may collect a ton per day where it grows plentifully. The method of collecting and preparing Sumack is simple, and may be accomplished by any farmer: it consists merely of stripping the bush of all the branches containing leaves only, these are spread out and made like hay, and when sufficiently dry so as not to heat, it is put into a barn on stacks, after which it is put into a tanner's bark mill and ground fine and sifted from the stems, in this state it is put into bags or casks and sold to the manufacturer or merchant.
Sumack is a bush or plant growing almost everywhere on barren or uncultivated grounds, it bears a large bunch of red berries, which however are not suff red to mix with the leaves. The time of collecting Sumack commences from the 15th of June, and continues till frost, the best however is collected early and be rs a better price. Care must be taken that it does not get wet, a circumstance which materially injures the quality.
In the city of Philadelphia at least one hundred tons are consumed annually and some hundred of tons might when the Embargo is raised be advantageously exported
to England affording a good profit to the exporter—At present this trade is confined solely to the enterprize of one person, who supplies one half of this city and N York, and who has accumulated a handsome fortune thereby.
Is not the present crisis favorable and promising to enterprize?
Domestic.
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.)
II. THE LOWER OR GREAT FALLS OF ROANOKE.
Consist in a succession of rapids, which in a distance of fifteen miles have a fall of ninety three feet. This obstruction is such, that almost all the tobacco of that river is transported by land to Petersburg, on the Appomattox branch of James river. A canal has been contemplated from the upper end of the falls of Murraysborough, situated on the tide water of a branch of Chowan river, 25 miles above the mouth of Bennet's creek, which has been before mentioned as one of the lines of communication between Albemarle sound and the Chesapeake. The level is said to be favorable, without any obstructions or valleys in the way. The distance is 38 miles, and the expense of a small canal for boats, drawing two feet and a half water, may be estimated as follows:
 Digging 38 miles, at $6000 a mile, $228,000  Lockage 93 feet, at $800 a foot $74,400  Feeder, land, &c. 47,600  Dollars, 350,000 
The capital for this canal has never been subscribed, and it has been suggested that it would be practical to open one to Petersburg. It is not believed that any hills intervene in that course; and the greatest obstacle will be found in crossing the branches of Chowan river.
III. JAMES RIVER.
A company incorporated by the state of Virginia for the improvement of the navigation of the river generally, has removed some obstructions in the upper part of the river, and is bound by the charter to render it so far navigable that there may never be less than 12 inches of water over any of the shoals or rapids, from the upper end of the lower or great falls of Patonborough, a distance of 220 miles. The natural navigation of the river through that extent is considered as better than that of any other Atlantic river above the falls.
A communication has been opened by the company from Westham from the river into a canal 200 yards in length, at the end of which, boats descending 34 feet through three locks re-enter the river, and after using its natural navigation three miles, are brought by a canal 3 miles and a half in length to a basin on Shockoe hill, where the navigation terminates.
That basin is about 80 feet above tide water, and one mile and a half from Rocketts, the port of Richmond. The whole fall from the upper end of the canal at Westham to the Basin, may be stated at 48 feet, and the distance at six miles and a half. The canal is 25 feet wide, and admits boats of eight tons drawing three feet of water. The locks 80 feet long, and 16 feet wide, are of solid masonry; but the cement is defective. Three aqueducts have been thrown across valleys intervening in the course of the canal; and some difficult digging was necessary on the side of hills, and through ledges of rocks.
The canal, according to the charter, was intended to have been brought down to tide water. The performance of that condition is now suspended by an act of the legislature of Virginia and there seems to be a considerable diversity of opinion on that subject. In a national point of view, the plan which will at the least expense put coals on board vessels lying at Rocketts, deserves the preference. For coal is in no other part of the United States found in abundance in the vicinity of tide water.
At present the expense of transportation by the canal is already reduced to one third of the land carriage. The original capital of the company amounted to 140,000 dollars, of which the state of Virginia owns fifty thousand; and 90,000 dollars arising from the proceeds of bonds had before the 1st of January, 1805 been applied to the work, making together an expenditure of 231,000 dollars. The
annual tolls raised on fourteen thousand tons of country produce, and on two thousand coal boats, have amounted to 16,750 dollars; and the annual repairs and expenses are estimated at $5000. But as the company draw also a revenue from the rent of water, applied to mills and other water works erected along the canal, they have been able in some years to make dividends of 16,000 dollars, being at the rate of 12 per cent. on the original capital, but of only about 7 per cent. if calculated on the sum of 244,000 dollars, the amount of capital expended, and interest accrued before any dividend was made.
IV. POTOMAC.
The company incorporated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, for improving the navigation of that river, has executed the following works:
1. At a distance of 12 miles above the head of the tide, which ascends about three miles above the city of Washington, the river is 143 feet higher than tide water. At that place designated by the name of Great falls, the boats passing through a canal one mile in length, six feet deep, and twenty-five feet wide, descend 76 feet by five locks, 100 feet long, and 12 feet wide each, and re-entering the river, follow its natural bed, eight miles and a half. Another canal of the same dimensions and two miles and a half in length, brings them then through three locks and by a descent of 37 feet to tide water. This last fall is distinguished by the name of Little falls. The two lower locks of the Great falls, excavated out of the solid rock have each a lift of 18 feet: the three upper locks of solid masonry are of unequal height, and have together a lift of forty feet. The three locks of the Little falls, are each one hundred feet in length and eighteen feet wide. That breadth is unnecessary, and consumes too much water, a defect which will be remedied, when stone locks will be substituted to those now in use which being of wood will soon be decayed.
Three other canals without locks have been opened around three distinct falls; the principal at the Shenandoe falls below Harper's ferry, and at the place where the Potomac breaks through the Blue Ridge, is one made in length around a all of fifteen feet. Between this and the Great falls another canal three quarters of a mile in length, is opened around the Seneca falls. The third, fifty yards in length, has been cut around House's falls, five miles above the Shenandoe falls. Above this place, the navigation has been improved by deepening occasionally the channel, raising the water in shallow places by small dams and opening sluices along the shore. It is believed that by multiplying the number of those low dams, by throwing the channel along the shore, and when necessary opening canals with or without locks around the principal rapids, the navigation may be improved, perhaps as high up as Cumberland, 188 miles above tide water, to such a degree as to render the river passable for boats the greater part of the year. And if this be found practicable on the Potomac, which is the most rapid of the great Atlantic rivers, the same improvements may with greater facility be effected on any of the others. It will be indispensable, in order to attain that object on the Potomac, that additional canals with locks, should be opened at the Shenandoe or Blue Ridge falls, which as has already been stated, fall 43 feet, in the distance of five miles.
2. The Shenandoe, a river nearly as large as the Potomac itself, after a course of 250 miles through the Great Lime-stone valley, unites its waters with those of the Potomac at Harper's ferry just above the Blue Ridge. From Port Republic till within eight miles of the Potomac, a distance of near 200 miles, it affords a good navigation on the fall of the river being at the rate of less than two feet a mile. In the last eight miles it falls eighty feet, and was impassable before the improvements completed last year by the Potomac company. Six different canals twenty feet wide, four feet and a half deep, and extending altogether 2,400 yards, have been opened round the most difficult falls. Through those, and five stone locks, a hundred feet long and twelve feet wide each, and effecting together a descent of near fifty feet, the communication is now opened, and will render the undertaking much more productive than heretofore. The water in all those canals and locks, as well as in those executed on the Potomac, is uniformly supplied by the river itself.
The capital originally subscribed amounted to 311,560 dollars, divided into 701 shares; of which the state of Maryland owns two hundred and twenty, and the state of Virginia seventy. The total amount expended, including an additional payment received from late subscribers, 38,000 dollars arising from tolls, which have been applied to the work, and a debt of about 67,000 dollars contracted by the company, amounts to 444,652 dollars. The annual tolls raised on eight thousand tons of sundry articles, valued at more than half a million of dollars, have not before the opening of the Shenandoe, exceeded 15,000 dollars; and the annual expenses and repairs are stated at 5,000 dollars.
One hundred shares of £145 sterling each, remain open for subscription.
V. SUSQUEHANNAH.
This river has no perpendicular or altogether impassable falls: but from the head of the tide up to the Pennsylvania line, a distance of ten miles, the navigation is impeded by a succession of dangerous rapids; and these, though occasionally separated by sheets of smooth water, continue forty miles higher up, at least as far as Columbia; the whole fall from this place, to the head of the tide, being estimated at about 40 feet. The navigation through that dis-
tance, at all times dangerous, is practicable only during the high freshes, when rafts and flat bottomed boats, 80 feet long and 17 feet wide, may descend from the several widely extended upper branches of the river. Less dangerous falls are found at the place where it breaks through the Blue Ridge; above which the natural navigation from Middletown upwards, whether up the Juniata, the west branch, or the East branch, is much better than that of the Potomac, and has been improved in several places at the expense of the state of Pennsylvania. A canal one mile long, and four feet deep, with two brick locks, has also been opened around the Con-wago falls, in the gap of the Blue Ridge, fourteen thousand dollars have been paid for that object by the same state. Its entrance is difficult, and it is used for water works, being free for navigation, though private property. From Columbia down to the Maryland line, considerable improvements in the bed of the river have also been made at the expense of the two states, and the descending navigation on the whole been improved; but few boats ever attempt to ascend.—Nor is it believed that the natural advantages of the most considerable Atlantic river will ever be fully enjoyed, until a canal shall have been opened the whole way from Columbia, either to tide water, or to the Delaware and Chesapeake canal.
A company incorporated by the state of Maryland, for opening a canal around the falls, in that part of the river which extends from the Pennsylvania line, to tide water, has completed that part of the work, the utility of which is but very partially felt, whilst the bed of the river remains the only communication from its upper extreme up to Columbia.
The canal, 30 feet wide, 3 feet deep, and admitting boats of 20 tons, is nine miles in length, with a fall of 59 feet. The descent is effected by eight stone locks, each of which is 100 feet in length, and 12 feet wide. The water is supplied by the river itself; and in order to cross the rivers Conowingo and Octorara, these, by means of dams, have been raised ten and twelve feet to the level of the canal.
Its defects consist in the want of sufficient breadth of the locks, which do not admit the rafts and wide flat bottom boats generally used in bringing down the country produce, and in want of water at the lower end of the canal. This last defect may be remedied by extending the canal 700 yards lower down along the edge of the river, and it is probable, that as timber will become more scarce and valuable in the upper branches of the Susquehanna, boats of a different construction will be used. In the mean while, the annual tolls have no yet amounted to one thousand, while the annual expenses, are stated at twelve hundred dollars, and the capital expended at 250,000 dollars.
The attempts made to open a communication from Middletown, in the Lime Stone valley, to Philadelphia, partly by canals, and partly by means of the Schuylkill, will be noticed under the head of "Interior Canals."
VI. OHIO.
The navigation of the Kanawha, and of the western branches of the Tennessee, Monongahela & Alleghany, in their course through the mountains, may at a future period be improved. But from the foot of the mountains, all those rivers, and particularly the Ohio, flow with a much gentler current than the Atlantic rivers: a circumstance easily accounted for, when it is recollected that Brownsville on the Monongahela, at a distance of two thousand miles by water from the sea, is only 115 feet more elevated than Cumberland on the Potomac; whilst this river with all its meanders, reaches tide water, within less than two hundred miles. All those rivers at the annual melting of the snows rise to the height of more than forty feet, affording from the upper points to which they are navigable, a safe navigation to the sea for any ship that can pass over the bar at the mouth of the Mississippi. As early as the year 1793, a schooner built on the Monongahela, between Brownsville and Pittsburgh, reached New Orleans by that extraordinary inland navigation, and arrived safely at Philadelphia. The first essay, stimulated the spirit of enterprise so conspicuous in the American character; and numerous vessels from one hundred to three hundred and fifty tons burthen are now annually built at several ship yards on the Ohio, even as high up as Pittsburgh, and bringing down to New Orleans the produce of the upper country consumed there, carry to Europe, and to the Atlantic ports of the U. States, the sugar, the cotton, and the tobacco of Louisiana, and of the states of Tennessee and Kentucky.
That branch of national industry gives value to the immense forests of the Ohio and of its numerous branches, will soon make a considerable and perhaps necessary accession to the shipping of the United States, and has a tendency to diminish the price of freights from New Orleans to the other American and to foreign ports. The importance of this last consideration will be duly felt, if the magnitude of the exports, of which New Orleans is destined to be the emporium, be contrasted with the probable amount of its importations. For such are labor, time and expense necessary to ascend the rapid stream of the Mississippi; and the nature of its banks annually overflowed on the breadth of several miles, precludes the possibility of towing paths; that whilst the greater part of the produce of the immense country watered by that river and its tributary streams, must necessarily be exported through its channel, the importations of a considerable portion of that country will continue to be supplied from the Atlantic sea ports, by water and
land communications, susceptible of considerable improvement. And thus unless another outlet be found for a portion of the exports, or unless the upper country can supply vessels, those exports must necessarily pay a double freight.
The only impediments to that navigation are, on the Tennessee, "the muscle shoals," of which no particular account has been received; and, on the Ohio, the falls of Louisville. Ordinary boats can with difficulty pass these in summer, and the navigation is even during the freshest, dangerous for large vessels. The attention of the legislature of Kentucky, and of the inhabitants of the western country generally, has therefore been particularly drawn to the opening of a canal at that place. A company has been lately incorporated by the state of Kentucky for that purpose, with a capital which may amount to 500,000 dollars, but a small portion of which has yet been subscribed. The expense however is estimated at a sum less than the nominal capital.
The proposed canal would be near two miles in length, and must be dug, in some places to a depth of 27, but generally of about 16 feet; the breadth at the bottom being 20 feet with the necessary slope, would make it generally 65 feet wide at top, and in particular places not less than one hundred. The fall at low water is about 22 feet, and would require three locks of dimensions sufficient to pass ships of 400 tons, and drawing 14 feet of water. The greatest expense will be that of digging and removing the earth, which may be estimated at 400,000 cubic yards, and according to the representation made of the nature of the ground will not probably cost more than 200,000 dollars. To this may be added 100,000 dollars for the locks and other necessary works, making altogether three hundred thousand dollars. The greatest difficulty seems to be the protection of the locks and canals against the rise of the river, which sometimes overflows the whole ground through which the canal must be opened.
The expense of the improvements suggested in the communications between the Atlantic and western waters, may be stated as follows:—
1st. Four artificial roads from the four great western rivers, the Alleghany Monongahela, Kanawha, and Tennessee, to the nearest corresponding Atlantic rivers, the Susquehanna or Juniata, the Potomac, James river, and the Santee or Savannah, leaving to the several states the continuation of those roads eastwardly to the nearest sea ports. Those roads should unite on each river, points from which a permanent and safe navigation downwards could, except during the driest seasons, be relied on, and will therefore on each route be estimated at one hundred miles, making altogether 400 miles, which at 7000 dollars a mile, the materials being generally on the spot, would cost — $2,800,000
2dly. The improvement of the navigation of the four Atlantic rivers from tide water to the highest practicable point, effected principally by canals around the falls whenever practicable, and by locks whenever necessary. The most expensive of these would be the proposed canal from Columbia on the Susquehanna, either to tide water, or to the Delaware and Chesapeake canal. And considering how much has been effected already, and may still be done on the other rivers by the several incorporated companies, it is believed that every useful improvement might be completed by a public expenditure not exceeding — $1,500,000
3dly. The canal at the falls of Ohio, estimated at — $300,000
Making, altogether — $4,600,000
To be Continued
With the Subscriber, Judge 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 Monongahela counties;  Richard Parker and John Tyler, esqrs. to the districts of Richmond, Petersburg, Brunswick courthouse and Suffolk;  Edmund Wrenn 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 Baymarket 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 Blank Replevin Bonds, (agreeably to the law of 1808.) ALSO, Fifa & Casa Executions, For Sale at this Office.

AT THOMAS T. POULDIN, Esq. attorney at law, Charlotte county, is authorised to make collections and settle and adjust all outstanding accounts due the Editor of this paper in the counties of Prince-Edward, Charlotte, Halifax, and Pittsylvania.
VIRGINIA MANUFACTURING COMPANY.
At length we have the pleasure of announcing to our readers the agreeable intelligence that a plan for establishing a Manufacturing Company in the City of Richmond, has been agreed upon, and will speedily go into operation. The committee appointed to consider this important subject, made to a meeting of the citizens held in the Capitol, on Saturday last, their long expected REPORT, which made ample amends by its MERIT for the unavoidable delay which had attended its appearance. Having been read and attentively examined article by article, it was, after a few amendments, unanimously approved. The result is that books are to be opened in Richmond, Petersburg, Norfolk, Fredericksburg, Staunton, Winchester, and several other towns in the state, to receive subscriptions to the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, in shares of twenty-five dollars each, to be employed in erecting in, or near this city, manufactories, furnished with labor-saving machinery, for the purpose, in the first place, of carding, spinning, weaving, dying, and fulling cloths of cotton, wool, flax and hemp, and, subsequently, of introducing other useful branches of manufacture, whenever the funds of the association shall be adequate to the object.
The details of the system are too numerous and lengthy to be inserted in this day's Argus; but the whole will be published in a few days. It is sufficient, at present, to mention that, on the receipt of SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for shares subscribed, the company is to be organized and the works commenced; that the concerns of the institution will be regulated by the votes of the stock-holders, and by a president and directors appointed by them; that the commonwealth of Virginia is allowed to take shares to the amount of two fifths of the capital stock; and that application is to be made to the legislature for an act of incorporation. From the spirit now happily prevailing among the people, we think it highly probable that the whole sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (reserved for individuals) will, almost immediately on opening the books, be subscribed.
In spite of the senseless clamours of the federalists, and some slight differences of opinion, (as to men, tho' not, we hope, as to principles) manifested by a few of the republicans in opposition to the main body of their party, we rejoice that the spirit of 1776 is still undiminished in Virginia, and a firm resolution to shake off every sort of foreign dependence animates her sons. In this determination all the people of the U. S. except a handful of anglo-federalists, otherwise called Tories, unite; and notwithstanding the defection of one state from the republican cause, and the divisions in others, arising from personal partialities, it cannot be doubted that the friends of liberty and independence will, in the end, be victorious.
"DOCTOR WILLIAM FOUSHEE of Richmond, Va. (says the Washington Examiner of Saturday) has been appointed to the valuable office of Deputy Postmaster in that city, which had become vacant by the death of the late incumbent."
MR PLEASANTS, I HAVE long thought of communicating to the public, a remedy for the cure of the Rot and Scab in Sheep, which I have made use of with very great success. In the year 1806 my flock was so very infested, that from ninety sheep I sheared only 150 weight of wool, so sorry as to be barely fit to make clothing for young negroes. Immediately after shearing, I made use of the following mixture:—Three gallons of Tar, and three do. of Train Oil, boiled together, to which was added three lbs. Roll Brimstone, finely powdered and stirred in. This quantity was sufficient for the above number, and was poured on with a kitchen ladle, from the top of the head along the back bone, to the tail. At the next shearing, (in 1807) from 78 of the same Sheep I sheared 360 lbs. of very good wool, and instead of 20 to 25 sooty Lambs, commonly raised from my flock, I raised 55 as fine as I ever saw. Since this application, I have frequently been asked by my neighbors where I got such fine sheep from. This remedy was taken from an old eastern paper, which, I am sorry to say, I have lost or mislaid. It may be necessary to add, that I have continued to make use of this application with the same success, and that when train oil is difficult to be had, any kind of grease, such as is used for plantation leather will answer.
I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, J. NELSON. Mecklenburg, 13th June, 1808.
FROM THE NEWARK (N. J.) CENTINEL. The Editor of the American Citizen, in his paper of Tuesday last, has given an anticipated result of the next presidential election. According to this calculation, Clinton will have 90 votes; Madison 15; federalists 22; 48 doubtful.
This statement is apparently very erroneous. We speak with confidence as to our own state. Mr. Cheetham says, "New Jersey will in all probability, vote for Clinton." We must inform him that the republican citizens of New Jersey are undoubtedly in favor of Madison—and that Clinton, however venerated as a pa-
triote and soldier, will not have a single vote. With the exception of James Sloan, we know not of a man of any consequence (and he is of very little) in the republican party, who is the advocate of Clinton's election to the presidency in preference of Madison.
It appears, by a certificate from the American consul at Hamburg, that the French agent there has seized upon a considerable quantity of Jesuits bark—this is the article, perhaps, that was ordered overland to Paris.—Aurora.
The seizure of the bark at Hamburg, may be, perhaps, accounted for in a late law of the British parliament, prohibiting the exportation of that drug, in order to keep it from France, and against the brutality of which law several British peers protested.—ib.
A PROBLEM FOR SOLUTION Suppose the Embargo to be taken off; and war (of course) follows: with whom are we to contend? Great Britain and France have both injured us: shall we fight them both; that is, all the world? If we fight one, how can we reconcile it with national feeling and honor to join the side of either until we are satisfied for past injuries?—Monitor.
COMMUNICATION.
R. R. Keene, Esq. attorney at law, late of New Orleans, purchased not long since in Baltimore the fast sailing schooner Meteor for $7,000 and gave Daniel Clark, of Congress, as indorser of his note. Keene first declared for Charleston, but afterwards cleared out for New Orleans. This schooner was loaded with flour, and Keene took letters from many persons in Baltimore for the Havanna, to which place it was generally believed she was destined. On his passage, however, he was boarded by a British armed ship and sent for Jamaica, where the papers say she had arrived in safety. It ought to be remembered that Keene is a lawyer, and his security also, and that no merchant is ostensibly concerned with the voyage: And yet it is alleged that this very case had much influence in producing the last supplement to the embargo law. It is understood the clearance took place after Mr. Christie's death and before Mr. McCulloch's appointment. The deputy-collector being called on to explain the transaction, as respected the security, made a lame hand of it; but alleged that Daniel Clark's interference and urgency as one cause of his taking Keene and his brother of the bar, who it is said possesses little or no property.
[A few queries on the preceding communication will lead to some curious reflections in the reader's mind: Was Keene really bound for Havanna? Was Daniel Clark acquainted with that destination? Upon what grounds did Mr. Harper lately depose that Keene was in "Cuba." A solution of these questions might give us a clue to the kind of men who violate the embargo laws.] (Baltimore paper.)
HALIFAX COUNTY. Mr. Pleasants,—On reading the Enquirer, I observe a charge against Mr. Wm. Leigh and Mr. Wm. Banks, for their opposition to the plan of the Manufacturing Society of Halifax. Now, Sir, as I was present, I will give you my impressions on that subject:—In the course of the discussion, I discovered nothing like opposition to the principle; a few observations dropped from them in opposition to the plan, but they were explicit in approving the principle. Both those gentlemen stand high in point of respectability with us, and I do not believe their respectability is any way impaired by anything that dropped from them on that subject.
THOMAS CLARK.
BOSTON, June 10. From Augusta, (Maine) June 3. "Disturbance and alarm still continue to agitate this country. On Tuesday last during the sitting of the supreme court, sheriff Chandler notified the court that he had good reason to apprehend from the movement of the insurgents in the north east part of the country, that an attempt would be made to rescue Nathaniel Barlow, one of the insurgents, who was in jail. The court directed the sheriff to do his duty. Gen. Chandler immediately called out the militia, composed of capt. Eastman's company of cavalry, capt. Vose's light infantry, and part of capt. Thomas and Shubael Pitt's companies, together with a corps of volunteers, in which several of the gentlemen of the bar entered the list. This precautionary measure frustrated the designs of these deluded people. Thus much for the vote gathering proclamation. It is however to be observed, that the thinking part of these discontented are fast leaving their masked brethren since the change in the state legislature. They find their pretended friends have promised what they are not likely to perform. "The S. J. court, which commenced its session in this town last Tuesday, consists of hon. chief justice Parsons, judges Thatcher, Parker and Sewall."—Bost. Rep. We hear, that to enforce the embargo act in Vermont, to protect our property and seamen, Mr. Jefferson has ordered a detachment of our regular troops, part of them from Fort Independence, with two pieces
of cannon, to proceed to the frontier next Canada.—ib.
A decision on the mode of choosing electors of president and vice president, has been postponed till the November session.
Prices Current at St. Croix, May 27. Butter 1 50 lb. Hams 1 25 lb. Flour 56 doll. per bbl. Corn Meal 100 per puncheon. Other articles of American produce in proportion. Corn meal was hired out at 20 dollars per day, and put on board at night to secure an entry for vessels in ballast.
The following letter was read on Thursday the 9th inst. in senate and house of representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts:
To the Hon. Senate and House of Representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts:
GENTLEMEN, It has been my endeavor, as I have conceived it was my duty, while holding a seat in the senate of the union, to support the administration of the general government, in all necessary measures within its competency, the object of which was to preserve from seizure and depreciation the persons and property of our citizens, and to vindicate the right, essential to the independence of our country, against the unjust pretensions and aggressions of all foreign powers.
Certain resolutions recently passed by you, have expressed your disapprobation of measures, to which under the influence of these motives, I gave my assent. As far as the opinions of a majority in the legislature can operate, I cannot but consider these resolutions as enjoining upon the representatives of the state in congress, a sort of opposition to the national administration in which I cannot consistently with my principles concur.
To give you, however, an opportunity of placing in the senate of the United States a member who may devise and enforce the means of relieving our fellow citizens from their present sufferings, without sacrificing the peace of the nation, the personal liberties of our seamen, or the neutral rights of our commerce, I now restore to you the trust committed to my charge, and resign my seat as a senator of the United States on the part of this commonwealth.
I am with perfect respect, Gentlemen, Your very humble and ob't serv't, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Boston, June 8. In consequence of the resignation of Mr. Adams, the senate proceeded to the election of a person to fill the vacancy thus occasioned in the present congress; when the Hon. James Lloyd had 10 votes, and the Hon. William Gray 14. The house concurred with the senate; Mr. Lloyd had 160 and Mr. Gray 113.
The joint committee appointed in the Legislature to recommend the mode of choosing Electors of President and Vice-President have reported, that it is EXPEDIENT to postpone it till the next session. This report is accepted, we must therefore take such Electors as they may appoint, or have none at all; for there will not be time for a choice by the people. The feds say that the People are their own worst enemies, and therefore propose to hang them, that they may not commit suicide.
It is with pleasure we remark that the anti-embargo resolutions of Mr. Wheaton were opposed in the senate by the Hon. WILLIAM GRAY, of Salem, and the Hon. Wm. King of Bath; and in the House by Messrs. Benjamin Crowninshield, of Salem, and Abiel Wood, of Wiscasset, inasmuch as it has been suggested that these four gentlemen own more tons of shipping than all the Boston host, and their federal adherents in both branches of the Legislature. We believe the capital employed by the former gentleman, in trade and navigation, considerably exceeds all that of the Boston seat. Messrs. Phillips, Brooks, Parker & Head are capitalists, but they generally employ their money in other channels than navigation.
Extract of a letter from Havanna to a gentleman in Boston.
"I believe I have not mentioned to you in any of my letters that on the Babana Bank, we were overhauled by a Spanish privateer under French colors; she examined the brig's papers and permitted her to proceed. We had previously seen her bring to and examine two American brigs in sight of us ahead. In the afternoon we came up with one of them, the Polly, from Charlestown, Captain Eaton, who informed us that the privateer had been plundering him of all he had on board that was valuable. Captain Eaton gave a most pitiful account of his treatment, saying they had robbed him of all his charts, books, clothes, and even to that from his head, as well as of four negroes, one of whom was his own property. We therefore considered ourselves highly favored in having been treated so civilly by these sea monsters. Had they chosen to have plundered us, I should probably have lost all my cloathing, watch, money, &c.; and to this day we are not able to account for their sparing us. "Vessels are dropping in here every four or five days from New Orleans with loads of flour. They come off the port and then send in a deputation
to the governor requesting him to send off a gun boat to take them!! Flour is worth 25 dollars."
NEW-YORK, June 10. Extract of a letter dated Hamburg, April 9, 1808, to a merchant in New-York, received by yesterday's mail, via Baltimore.
"Since our last of the 29th October we have waited with much anxiety for the certificate we requested of you, in order to save your property, if possible, from confiscation. We are now sorry to inform you that inquiry has prevailed; for without producing any proof, and disregarding all remonstrances, here as well as in Paris, the French commissaries have thought proper to confiscate your goods. Such treatment amongst civil people is without example; but it is not the only instance of injustice of which the French have been guilty, and which calls for vengeance. These unjust confiscations are carried to such a shameful extent, that the chief French commissary for a long time hesitated whether he would furnish us with the act of condemnation of your property. Happily for us, however, after all hopes of saving these goods had vanished, we with much trouble prevailed on that man to order a formal act of condemnation to be made out, which enables us to furnish you the regular and official evidence of the fact. However, not being allowed a duplicate of the said act of condemnation we have thought best to have the same recorded in the American consul's office, a certified copy of which you will find annexed to this."
"There is no other method of recovering any thing, than by means of the said copy of condemnation and to apply to the French government dire through your ambassador at Paris. The success is however doubtful; at least as long as your government does not come into the views of the French emperor with respect to Great Britain."
"Inclosed you will find account of charges on our goods, amounting to fl. 80413. It is extremely hard that besides the loss of your property you should be subject to this extra charge. The cost of the condemnation act we have charged you with on the postage account."
"Our commerce has been totally ruined. As we receive no more supplies of colonial produce, the prices advance daily."
HAMBURG, April 4th, 1808.
Imperial Customs. The Director of the French Customs certifies that forty six seroons bark, weighing ct. 4628 pounds have been seized by the Superintendent of the customs, on the 21st of September, 1807, that the seizure has been confirmed by his imperial and royal Majesty.
(Signed) P. EUDEL. A True Copy, (Signed) J. M. FORBES. Consul of the United States of America. COPY
These are to certify that the annexed is a true and faithful copy of an original certificate signed by Mr. P. Eudel, Director of the French Imperial Decrees or customs for the district of Hamburg and its Dependencies carefully collated by me.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the consulate aforesaid, the sixth day of April, 1808. (Signed) J. M. FORBES, Consul of the U. S. of America
NEW-YORK, June 13. One or two of Mr. Clinton's writers are continually telling the public that the old gentleman is extremely popular; and yet you can find him spoken of no where but in three or four newspapers. No meetings of the people have yet proclaimed him. Saving and excepting the little caucus with Mr. Randolph in its rear, there has not been a solitary address from any body of men in favour of Mr. Clinton: And that bulletin of malice only quinted at him; for Randolph would rather have Monroe than Clinton.
The ship Emmeline, capt. Murdock, left Plymouth on the 27th of April, and brings no later papers than had been received at the office of the Mercantile Advertiser by the Liverpool Packet. She was originally from Liverpool for New York; but being captured on her passage by the French, and retaken by the English, she was sent into Plymouth, where she paid a salvage to the captors, and has brought home her Liverpool cargo.
Capt. Murdock informs us that the Osage had not arrived in England, nor did he hear of the arrival of Mr. Nourse.
Extract of a letter from Salem, dated June 9.
"On Tuesday arrived schooner Raven, Thorndike, from Passamaquoddy, with salt. By her we have information that there is no relaxation of business at that place, notwithstanding the government force stationed there. The inhabitants were employed at two dollars per day to keep guard over the stores, and yet under cover of every fog, hundreds of barrels a day would find their way across to the British side, where the price was 12 to 15 dollars. So profitable was the booting business, and the Standing guard, that the poor people had suddenly become rich."
In the Raven came passenger, a Mr. Thomas, late mate of ship Union, of Plymouth (Ms.) This ship on her passage from Dublin to Charleston, (S. C.) was on the 12th April taken by a French privateer from Bayonne, and ordered to France, the master and one boy remaining on board. The Frenchman said his orders were to take all Americans, for Bonaparte, impatient that we had not broke with England, was determined to drive us to a decision for him or his enemy. Afterwards falling in with an English ship from Liverpool for Nova-Scotia, (not worth sending in) first plundered her, and then put the Americans aboard, and let her go her own course. On being landed at Picou, Mr. Thomas made his way to Passamaquoddy, where he found all the bustle of active business, and every thing in the full tide of successful experiment. The English captain informed Mr. T. that at Liverpool the loss of the American there was severely felt, and the people greatly distressed thereby. American ships were now getting fine freights of the English, in the trade to Russia, and other parts."
maquoddy, where he found all the bustle of active business, and every thing in the full tide of successful experiment. The English captain informed Mr. T. that at Liverpool the loss of the American there was severely felt, and the people greatly distressed thereby. American ships were now getting fine freights of the English, in the trade to Russia, and other parts."
A writer in the New-York American Citizen says Mr. Madison's correspondence with our ministers in London and that with Mr. Rose, is "a beggarly account of empty boxes." This is precisely Essex Junto language. As the election approaches, the Clintonians verge towards the federalists: it is certainly a bargain driving on in that quarter.
Readers make your own comments. Extracts from Jamaica papers, received at the office of the American.
We understand that a private letter was received from our ambassador, in America, Mr. Erskine, by the brig Hebe, arrived at Montego Bay from New York, stating that although the negotiation had broken off with Mr. Rose, and he was on the eve of departure from that country, they would yet be renewed, and the differences with G. Britain, perhaps amicably settled. (Kingston Chron.)
PHILADELPHIA, June 14.
The New-York papers continue to reiterate their stupid stories about the French vessel, the Superior, which sailed from this port lately; they say nothing about a British letter of marque that sailed the same day, and with provisions for a long voyage, and who had her crew secured, and those that wished to run away, compelled by public authority to fulfil their engagements and proceed on the voyage. Aurora.
WASHINGTON CITY, June 15.
The reader will find something to amuse if not to instruct him, among the foreign articles inserted in this day's Monitor. The cabinet council that was called immediately upon the arrival of Mr. Rose in London was significant of the anxiety of the British ministry to learn something authentic with regard to the disposition of the government of the U. States. That the English envoy left Washington City with strong impressions of the firmness and moderation of our administration, I have no question; and what conclusions he had drawn, whilst in this country, from the turbulent opposition of the federalists and their unbridled abuse of executive policy, we shall probably learn from the first motions of St. James after the consultation of the political doctors on the other side of the water.
But it does not appear to me that the representations of Mr. Rose will be finally conclusive with the British government, in relation to its future conduct towards this country. If I do not mistake, he went off in a feverish heat, without waiting to carry with him the presidential communication of the 22d of March last, respecting our foreign relations. It is the independent tenor of that communication and the last supplementary embargo law, that will stimulate his Britannic majesty's feelings to the war temper or soothe him into pacific dispositions. The embargo on our part is a peace measure; but Great Britain will consider it in what light she thinks proper; and if the war interest prevails in that kingdom, to war she will go, in opposition to the dictates of reason and the cries of her famishing population. It would be well for her to reflect, however, that in a war with us the longer she fights the farther she will be from her object, and that time will work for America by the rule of starvation; for in war the English would get fewer supplies than at present.
The arrival of Mr. Nourse in England, which I announced in the Monitor of the 11th instant, is stated on the authority of a letter received at New-York, dated Liverpool, April 27. The report at Liverpool on that day was, that the Osage had been detained in France under the Milan decree. I apprehend that either the one or the other of these statements is untrue; unless, indeed, Mr. Nourse found his way to London by some other conveyance than the Osage; a thing which is not so likely as that the Emperor should have permitted the Osage to proceed to her destination. There is no mention of the channel through which Mr. Nourse reached England, and that very silence is incidental proof, that, if he has arrived there, he went in the Osage; for, if he had been conveyed by any other and unusual mode, it would in all likelihood have been mentioned.
Upon the credibility of the same letter is bottomed the information of General Armstrong's having left Paris. If the stories circulated by the federal prints concerning the General's treatment by Bonaparte were deserving of credit, more faith might be put

in the rumor; for the manly and accomplished mind of Armstrong, I feel no hesitation in declaring, would not patiently brook contumely to himself, nor insult to his country, from Napoleon Bonaparte with all Europe at his heels. All things considered it would not, indeed, be extraordinary if he had left Paris; for it is certain that the voice of reason and justice cannot be heard when rapine marches under the authority of an Imperial Mandate, and seizes its prey at the point of the bayonet.
One remark I think necessary on the letter that furnishes these tidings. It quotes from the "Statesman," a London paper, which "stopped the press" to announce the intelligence of Mr. Nourse's arrival and General Armstrong's departure. This circumstance evinces that the article was put to press in the greatest possible hurry; and, no doubt, without sufficient time being allowed for suitable enquiry into the truth of the affair. The Editor of the London Courier, on the 23d of April (the day of Mr. Rose's arrival) gave a second edition of his paper, in order to announce "that the affair of the Chesapeake had been adjusted." The account of the Statesman may be as erroneous as that of the Courier; and perhaps neither Mr. Nourse nor the Osage have arrived in England. Government has received no official intimation of the fact.
The instructions given to the Osage were to land Mr. Lewis at L'Orient, and then to carry Mr. Nourse without delay to one of the out-ports of England; and on the latter receiving Mr. Pinckney's dispatches, to return to L'Orient, and take on board Mr. Lewis with General Armstrong's dispatches, and thence forthwith to repair to the United States. Monitor, June 16.
We hear that some of the West India merchants have fitted out a vessel of 36 guns, which is now cruising on our coast, for the purpose of taking small coasting vessels laden with provisions—that she takes the cargo, pays liberally for it, and permits the vessel to return. The Chesapeake capt. Decatur, is ordered to sea, for the purpose, it is said, of capturing the English vessel.
PETERSBURG, June 18. MANUFACTORY. The Commissioners appointed to receive subscriptions to the Petersburg Manufacturing Society, have the satisfaction of announcing to the promoters of that undertaking, that they have been so far successful as to say with confidence that a Meeting of the Share holders may take place on Tuesday next, for the purpose of choosing Directors. It is therefore requested that all those concerned will attend at the Courthouse at 10 o'clock on that day.
From the N.Y. Public Advertiser. Cheetham & Co. —This little faction have taken a new stand, where it is supposed they intend to rally all their forces and make one more desperate effort to induce the republicans of this state to abandon princeps and unite with them in opposing Mr. Madison's election.
Not (as they have heretofore said) because he was nominated by the republican members of congress. Not because a congressional nomination is unconstitutional, and dangerous to the liberties of the people. Not because it would produce "a bias" or in other words, promote harmony and union in the republican party. No. They have found that it won't do—they have found that the republicans of this state are not so easily duped—they are not such " noddies and doonles " and " silly politicians " as they thought they were. They (Cheetham and his little faction) are therefore disposed to sing another song, and try what that will do.
Cheetham now contends (see the Citizen of Friday last) that Mr. Madison ought not to be supported for president. Because (as he says) he was first nominated by a caucus held at Richmond in Virginia, two days before he was nominated at Washington by the republican members of congress. Because it (the nomination of Madison) was not made according to former usage and, Because the very echoing of it by the congressional caucus was the effect of surprise if not collusion.
The reader will observe that this man is still determined on, trying to destroy our confidence in congress. He at one time declared that they were doing deeds without a name.—At another, he accused them of being, together with the president, under the influence of one of the belligerent powers. And now forsooth, he wishes you to believe that the nomination of Mr. Madison by the congressional caucus was the effect of surprise if not collusion, consequently agreeable to his statement, they must be either fools or knaves.
He admits that "in the year 1800, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr were nominated for the presidency and vice presidency by a caucus consisting of the republican members of congress"—and he says, "for any one of the states to have made the nomination, would at that time have been deemed a daring violation;" and "in the year 1804," he says, "Thomas Jefferson and George Clinton were nominated for the same offices by a caucus consisting of the republican members of congress"—
and "no one state arrogated to itself the right of making the nomination." And he further observes, that "the invariable practice of the republican party has been, for the members of congress to make the nominations."
Thus much for this pattern of consistency—or rather of inconsistency—he, with his little faction, have at length found that all the noise they have made, against the congressional nomination, has had but little or no effect. They, therefore, now admit that a nomination made by the republican members of congress, in caucus convened, according to the usual mode, is proper. But Cheetham (a crafty knave ) says Mr. Madison was not nominated according to the usual mode—and that he has now made out the facts.
1. "That the nomination of Mr. Madison was first made by a caucus of the members of the legislature of Virginia."
2. "That the Washington caucus, consisting of certain members of congress, did but echo the nomination of Mr. Madison, which had been previously made at Richmond."
What an amazing man this said James Cheetham is, to make the discovery here in New York, that the republican members of congress, have not nominated Mr. Madison. Why, what fool's John Randolph and his little faction , who were there on the spot, must be, when compared with him, they could never have thought of such a thing—they must no doubt have thought it was a real nomination. If they had but known that it was only an echo, they certainly would not have made so much ado about it. They would not have taken the trouble to make such a serious and formal protest against a mere echo . They surely must have thought it was a real nomination. What a pity it is that Cheetham had not made this wonderful discovery before. What a deal of trouble it would have saved both him and John Randolph's little faction .
The opponents to Mr. Madison make such ridiculous objections to his election, that really I do not know how to treat them seriously. I therefore beg the reader will excuse me—I will endeavour to be more serious if possible.
I have always been in favor of the nomination of president and vice-president by the republican members of congress—the cause I know no mode better calculated to give satisfaction and promote the harmony and union of our party, which is certainly much to be desired at the "present crisis," the opinions of John Randolph & Co. expressed in their quiddity protest, to the contrary notwithstanding.
If, as Cheetham states, a majority of the members of the Virginia legislature did nominate Mr. Madison for president previous to his being nominated by the republican members of congress, it seems strange that it has never been mentioned before. But if we admit the fact, surely it cannot with propriety be contended that the members of congress ought to reject a candidate that they would otherwise have nominated, because the republican members of one of the state legislatures might have improperly taken it upon themselves to nominate him.
Cheetham makes me think of an old lady, who if her servant-maid proposed or advised any thing in the family, to be done so or so would frequently in a pet, say that she did intend to have done it so; but now would not because she (the maid) had the impudence to advise it.
Cheetham, like the old lady, thinks that the republican members of congress ought not to (or could not) nominate Mr. Madison for president, because the members of the Virginia legislature at Richmond had the impudence to nominate him before them. This indeed is so preposterous, that I think Cheetham & Co. will soon become ashamed of and abandon it; what ground they will next take, is impossible to conjecture.
AN OLD-FASHIONED REPUBLICAN.
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FROM THE PHILADELPHIA GAZETTE. On Sunday arrived the ship America, capt. Brown, from Liverpool, and on Monday ship Jane, Bliss from London. By the former we have received Liverpool papers to the 28th, and by the latter London papers to the 27th, April—they contain nothing particularly interesting. The politicians of England turn their eyes to this country for a decision of the question of peace or war. The public sentiment was fluctuating amidst a multitude of fears, hopes and conjectures: the predominant wish was in favor of preserving peace with this country.
Neither the Osage nor Mr. Nourse had arrived in England at the time of the Jane's sailing; and the idea already conceived of her being under seizure in France was daily obtaining credit.
The British parliament was to meet on the 1st of May.
Intelligent passengers arrived in the Jane, say, that the present British ministry will certainly never relax in the late orders in council, until Bonaparte recedes from practising on the principles avowed in his Berlin and Milan decrees; in retaliation of which the orders were ostensibly issued.—As Bonaparte no doubt will hold the same language with regard to England, the termination of the present disastrous state of things is beyond all ordinary calculation.
The Jane from London, brings dispatches from Mr. Pinckney, for the secretary of state.
The expedition which sailed from England, about the 27th April it was said, had for its first object a visit to Flushing, for the destruction of several ships of war equipping in that port.
Admiral Berkley, on his return to England, had a public audience with the king at his levee. Capt. Humphreys of the Leopard, had sailed from England for the East India station.
The pilot who boarded capt. Bliss, on Saturday last, informed him, that two hours before, was alongside of a French privateer schooner, from the appearance of which he conceived her to be the Superior, lately cleared from this port. A thick fog coming on, prevented her from perceiving the Jane.
Price of stocks, April 26, at 1 o'clock.—Consols, for money, 68 5-8—for account 67 1-2. Reduced 66 3-4 7-8. Exchequer bills 6s. a 7s. prem.
LONDON, April 26. It was yesterday reported that the Osage had arrived from France, with Mr. Nourse on board. There were rumors also that General Armstrong had left Paris. The latter very important event is altogether without confirmation. The former fact we could not trace to any authority; but the Statira frigate has brought letters to Mr. Nourse, from whence we may infer that England was at least his destination.
We have already stated, in general terms, the result of Mr. Rose's mission. It is said, that the explanation he was sent to give was not in fact given, it being offered conditionally only, in case the President consented to annul his proclamation against admitting English ships of war into the American waters. At the same time it was expressly noticed, that this omission was to be considered as a mere affair of etiquette, not an expression of hostility.
In the mean while the embargo continues and we find, from all accounts, that the sufferings it has produced are excessive; seventy-five houses are said to have failed in New York alone.
We have received American papers to the 10th ult. and made extracts of various interest and importance. Our readers will perceive a disposition on the part of that government to increase their military force. A proposal has been made to raise 6000 regular troops, and organise 24,000 volunteers. In the message from the President, introducing this measure, there was no pointed allusion to either of the European belligerent powers. In the accounts we have received, there is a reference made to the confidential correspondence of the American ministers, which had been imparted to the legislative body; the injunction of secrecy was afterwards removed, but we have not yet seen the papers at full; they are alluded to in the debates published. It will be curious to compare hereafter, the relative tone and style made use of by the American ministers to the English and French governments.
Mr. PINKNEY has, it is said, been nominated by the president, and approved by the senate, as the minister to our court; and it is expected that Messrs. CLINTON and MONROE will be elected president and vice-president at the ensuing election.
April 27.
As far as Mr. Rose's mission tended to offer explanations with respect to the affair of the Chesapeake, those explanations were deemed satisfactory. His mission did not extend to the other points in dispute, but it is believed that he required the removal of the interdiction of the American ports and waters, which had been laid on in consequence of the affair of the Chesapeake.—This request was refused, the president declaring that it would not be removed till all the other points in dispute had been adjusted.—But this declaration was accompanied with an assurance that no hostile intentions were entertained against England, but situated as they were in regard to this country and France, they wished to continue in retirement from both. Fresh instructions have been sent to the American ministers at London and Paris. Mr. Pinkney has been nominated by the president, and approved by the senate, as minister to our court. In this state affairs were at the departure of Mr. Rose.
The French decree having originated the system which our orders of council were merely intended to counteract, the president has applied to the French government in the first instance.
Our government having, on this occasion, acted merely on the defensive and in conformity to the strictest principles of justice, desirous only, as they were, of avoiding the certain ruin of carrying on so unequal a war as that of forbearance and moderation, opposed to violence and aggression, will return, as soon as circumstances will permit, to a system so congenial to the disposition and habits of Britain, as that from which it so slowly and reluctantly digressed. It remains, therefore, first to bring the French government to a sense of right, and America will be sure of justice from Great Britain.
Mr. Rose took a friendly leave of Mr. President Jefferson on the 28th ult. and no doubt was entertained of those moderate characters, Messrs. Clinton and Monroe, being elected to the presidency and vice-presidency of the United States, at the ensuing election. Mr. Erskine remains in America.
In the mean while the American papers which we have received to the 10th ult. and of which we have given extracts, held a tone and language unfavorable to peace. In this they are encouraged by a recent message from the president, which recommends the raising 6000 regulars and 24,000 volunteers. In communicating this
fact, one of the American papers adds, that "a number of French officers are said to have arrived at New Orleans."
GOTTENBURG, March 13. Our last advices from Helsingburg mention, that as late as the 10th inst. no French troops were in Zealand. Bernadotte, and some other officers, had been in Copenhagen, but had left it and proceeded to Odensee.
A detachment of the Swedish army has entered Norway.
Reports from Stockholm, brought by the post of to-day, say, that the Russian army in Finland has halted for want of provisions.
A great quantity of English goods has already arrived here this year, but not a box or a bale can be sent to any part whatever.
FRANKFORT, March 12. The English have already commenced hostilities against the Austrian flag, and carried into Malta 12 ships bearing that flag; some of which were coming from Corfu, and some from Apulia.
By Last Evening's Mail.
NEW-YORK, June 14. REPORTS!
It was on Saturday reported that the British packet which sailed on the preceding Thursday, was seen in tow of a French privateer. The fact was, that a coasting vessel which arrived from the southward, saw a privateer looking schooner in company with the packet about thirty miles outside of the Hook. Shortly after the circumstance was made known—REPORT had it, that the packet had been taken after a severe engagement, the captain and most of the crew had been killed before she struck, and col. Burr, who was said to be a passenger, was secured, and taken on board the privateer. The fact, however, is, that the packet was really in company with a schooner of 14 guns, and fully manned—so that, as far as the North Carolinaman's story went, it was perfectly correct. But this wicked looking schooner was not a French privateer—not a British nor a Spanish privateer—she was not a pirate—it was the U. S. schooner Revenge, which returned on Sunday morning from a two week's cruise!—Gaz.
PHILADELPHIA, June 17.
The Philadelphia Gazette and True American, having stated, apparently upon the authority of capt. Girdon of the ship Ocean, from Rotterdam, that the American vessels in the ports of Holland had been condemned; we are authorised by that gentleman, to state that he gave no authority for such an assertion—that none of the American vessels had been condemned; but, that being detained by the general embargo that existed in Holland, the masters of ten of the American vessels agreed to send their mates and crews home, to save expenses; for which purpose capt. Girdon had received special permission, from the king of Holland, to depart for the U. States.
WASHINGTON, June 18.
The Osage has been detained at L'Orient, not by the French government, but by our minister, Gen. Armstrong. She would proceed thence for England about the 18th of April. This intelligence has been conveyed in letters from Paris, dated the 12th of April, at which time lieut. Lewis was to have left that city for L'Orient. The Osage will return direct to the United States from England; the permission to go to England not including a permission to repair from thence to France. The emperor and secretary of foreign affairs had gone to Bordeaux. The Osage, from this account may be soon expected with dispatches from both countries.
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THAT in virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by John Williamson, jr. and duly recorded in the Richmond district court, I shall on Thursday the 16th day of June next, upon the premises, proceed to expose to sale by public auction for ready money.
100 Acres of Land,
(or so much thereof as shall or may be necessary to satisfy the objects of the said trust) lying in the county of Henrico, and being part of the tract of land whereon the said Williamson now resides, and which part adjoins the lands of Nathaniel Wilkinson, Charles Sheed and Thomas Taylor, and is so to be laid off.
Watson Patman,
Trustee. Henrico, 28th May, 1808 tds
The above sale is by consent of parties, POSTPONED until Friday the 25th inst., when the same will take place in the Eagle Tavern porch in the city of Richmond, between the hours of 10 and 3 o'clock.
W. Patman, trustee. John Williamson, jr. tds
June 16th, 1808.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Drury Childers, in order to secure the payment of a certain sum of money, due to William and Daniel Thompson, and all costs incurred by carrying the same into effect, we shall on Saturday the sixteen day of July next, at Mr. Peter Francisco's tavern, proceed to sell, for cash.
Four Negroes, viz.
Isham, Phillis, Rachel and Phoebe, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to answer the purposes of said deed.
Tariton Williams, } Trustees. Stephen Hooper, } Buckingham, June 10, 1808. w3t
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Time's a Tell Tale: a Comedy, in five acts, by Henry Siddons.
Rural Philosophy; or Reflections on Knowledge, Virtue and Happiness; chiefly in reference to a life of retirement in the country, by Ely Bates, Esq.
Corinna, or Italy; by Mad. De Stael Holstein, in 2 vols.
Ira and Isabella; or the Natural Children; a novel, by the late W. H. Brown, of Boston.
Historical Grammar; or a Chronological Abridgement of Universal History, by C. Bingham, of Boston.
by Walter Scott, Esq.
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. May 27, 1808 w4
Messrs. Joseph & 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 Cherokee Court-House, proceed to take the depositions of Thomas Read, jun. Joseph Venable, Brookes Baker, Henry Lester, Chesley Daniel, and Thomas Harris Sencer, 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 Davis and others are plaintiffs and Catharine Davis and others, defendants, when and where you may attend if you please.
Charles Noel. June 16, 1808 2
20 Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber on the night of the 10th inst. a negro man named JOHN STON, about 5 feet 7 inches high, slender made, one or perhaps more of his fore teeth decayed; bushy hair; he is a very active fellow, and of considerable address; he took with him an old fur hat, brown broad cloth coat, olive constitution cord roundabout, with pa alons of the same, patched at the knees, a new mixed Virginia cloth round about and panaloons, two new brown linen shirts, and some mulin shirts, a new made dress handkerchief, and many other articles of clothing not recollected. It is supposed that he will make towards Richmond, as he was brought from that place last winter by Benjamin Harden, who says he was purchased from a Mr. Bell, grocer of Richmond. The above reward will be given to any person or persons for apprehending the negro and securing him in any jail, so that I get him again, or if brought home, all reasonable expenses paid. He is about 25 years of age. Calvin Morgan. Wythe courthouse, Virginia, } June 12, 1808. wtf
Sale of Negroes.
IN pursuance of a deed of trust executed to me by John Ogilby of the county of Patson, North Carolina, for purposes therein expressed, I shall on the 9th of June next, if fair, if not the next fair day, proceed to sell, at the Red House in Caswell county, (N. C.) to the highest bidder, for ready money, the following slaves, to wit: James, Davy, Tom, Adam, Hop and Major, or as many of them as will be sufficient to answer the purposes of the said deed.
William S. Archer. May 20, 1808.
N. B. The sale of the above mentioned property has, by consent of parties, been postponed to the first day of July next, when it will positively take place at the Red House.
Win. S. Archer. bis
June 12th 1808.
TO RENT—THE HOUSE & LOT, LATELY occupied by Mr. Ezekiah Mosby, pleasantly situated on Shockey Hill and very convenient for the accommodation of a family—Possession may be had immediately. Thomas Elliott. Richmond, 27th May, 1808. 1stf

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...
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...
Philadelphia, May 22, 1806.
HAVING in a most singular manner, experienced in my family the astonishing efficacy of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges...
Yours &c. WM. BRADLEY, Callowhill street, between 8th and 9th sts.
Among the symptoms attending worms, are disagreeable breath, especially in the morning; bad and corrupted gums...
Persons afflicted with any of the above symptoms, should have immediate recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DESTROYING LOZENGES.
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.
with eagerness; having a pleasing appearance and an agreeable taste.
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 DOUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
For the prevention and cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers is recommended Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills.
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
Hamilton's Elixir.
A sovereign remedy for Colds, Obdinate 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 Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
HAHN'S GENUINE RYE WATER, A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eye, whether the effect of natural weakness or of accident, speedily removing inflammations, defluxions of rheum, dullness, itching and films on the eye...
Tooth-Ache Drops.
The only remedy yet discovered, which give immediate and lasting relief in the most severe instances.
June 1, 1806.
The Famous High Blooded English Horse HAMBLETON.
BRED by the Duke of Graf ton, a beautiful bright bay, near 16 hands high, in high form and elegance, rising 16 years old, of good health and great perfection, imported by Wm. Lightfoot, Esq. of Charles City county, will stand the ensuing season...
GEORGE BLAKEY. February 15, 1806.
PEDIGREE.
Hambleton was got by Dungannon, sire of Bedford and one of the best sons of O'Kelly's famous Eclipse, who was esteemed to be the best horse in England of his day...
PERFORMANCES.
This horse ranks very high as a racer, both for speed and bottom, as he proved successful in 20 races before he left the turf, 4 of which he walked over...
Colt's Performances—London.
Hambleton's colts also rank very high as racers, both for speed and bottom, as they proved themselves good runners in England. In 1805, at Catterick bridge, on Thursday 18th, Wentworth's b c Silverheels by Hambleton, two years old, won a sweepstakes of ten gs 8 subscribers, two miles, beating Mr Riddle's b c by Overton, dam of Spadille; Mr Londale's b c by Pipator dam by Paymaster—Lord Stratmore's g f by Overton, dam by Delphin—Several others also started but were not placed.
not placed—Durham, Wednesday, 24th, a Maiden Puce of 50, given by the country members, for all ages, 3 mile heats. Sir H. Williamson's b c by Hamilton, 2 years old, ran 4 heats, and proved second best—and 4 others started and proved themselves good runners.
CERTIFICATES.
London, 17th February, 1806. William Lightfoot, Esq.
Dear Sir,—Hambleton ought to stand very high with you, as his colts in this country turn out excellent runners, &c. Ro. Gren.
Charlotte, 10th May, 1806. I put five mares to Hambleton, and they all proved in foal, and the colts fine and large—I also have a mare which has bro't me four colts, one by Diomed, one by Dragon, one by Seagull, and another by Hambleton, and the Hambleton colt has the preference of either: I think her one of the finest fillies, both in size and figure that I ever saw—Given under my hand. Henry Lester.
Lunenburgh, 5th May, 1806. This will certify that I put a mare to Hambleton in 1804, when he stood at Mr H. Lester's in Charlotte county, and am as well pleased, if not better, with the colts by him, than with any the same mare ever had—she previously bred by Coeur de Lion, Diomed, Quickstep and Dion. Charles Lester.
Charlotte county, 10th May, 1806. In the year 1804 I put a mare to Hambleton, then kept by Mr. H. Lester of this county, and am fully persuaded that it is the best colt the mare ever had, and is in my estimation the best colt I ever bred from any horse—I moreover never have heard of any complaining of their colts from that horse. Thomas Read, jr. Hanover County.
I hereby certify that Mr. Wm. Lightfoot's horse Hambleton, stood at my stable the last season, and that he has proved an excellent foal getter: his colts would do credit to any horse on the continent. Mr. Wm. Morris of this county and I put five mares each, all of which proved in foal. Given under my hand this 7th day of May, 1806. John Thornton.
Albemarle county, Temple Hill, (Va.) I do hereby certify that Mr Wm Lightfoot's English horse Hambleton, stood at my stable two seasons, viz in 1806 and 1807; and I consider him to be an excellent sure foal getter, as any horse that I have been acquainted with—I have seen a number of his colts: I consider them large, fine and handsome—Not one that I have seen was indifferent—I have previously put my fine mare Lady Slipper to Precipitate, Knowsley and Hambleton, and she brought a colt by each, the Hambleton I consider much preferable. Given under my hand 10th December, 1807. James Knowsley.
Charlotte County, 6th May, 1806. We the undersigned subscribers had colts dropped last season by Hambleton, and they are esteemed by us and we believe by the neighbours generally, to be remarkable good colts, being for the most part large, fine and handsome. We also believe that the season he stood in this county, he got as many colts as any horse could get with the same number of mares. William Mitchell James Lawkin Clement Smithson Overton Pettus Thomas Pettus Wm L. Morton, W B Lester.
FOR SALE, 20 PUNCHEONS Choice Antigua Rum, Russell & Wallace. May 31, 1808
MATTRESSES 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 OZNAEBURGS, 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, of approved paper. Richmond, April 28, 1808.
Cut Herrings and Shad. THE Subscribers are receiving a few hundred barrels of Cut Herrings and one hundred barrels Shad, IN PRIME ORDER, which they will sell on moderate terms for cash or approved paper at 30 days.
IN STORE, Salt in Sacks and a General Assortment of Groceries. RUSSELL & WALLACE. May 24, 1808.
Lot and parcel of Land, lying and being in the county of Henrico, contiguous to the city of Richmond, being a part of the same lot and parcel of Land, conveyed by Richard Adams and Elizabeth, his wife, to said Moses Davis by deed, dated 34 day of March, 1807, beginning and running on the road or street, leading from the Market House, in the city aforesaid, to Du Val's Village, north 4 1/2 degrees, west 4 chains and 32 links, to a street for ty feet wide, dividing said lot and parcel of land and the lot formerly William Cannon's, now John Doyle's, and building on said street, north 89 degrees, east, 4 chains and 94 links to the corner of the said street, thence on the back street, south 4 1/2 degrees, west 4 chains 32 links to a corner street 40 feet wide next towards said city, and binding on said street, south 89 degrees, west 4 chains, 36 links to the said road above the beginning, with the buildings and improvements thereon, consisting of
A Large Framed House, making three tenements—or so much of said premises as will raise the instalments, or balance now due of the aforesaid debt, with the interest thereon, and the charges and expenses attending the sale. The sale will commence at or after 10 o'clock in the morning. George Wm. Smith. City of Richmond, May 24, 1808.
Land for Sale.
PURSUANT to a deed of trust executed to the subscribers by John C. Miller, for the purpose of securing the payment of sundry debts therein mentioned: will be sold upon the first Monday in January 1808. for cash, upon the premises a tract of land, mentioned in said deed, lying upon the waters of Lockett's and Harris creek, in the county of Prince Edward, and supposed to contain between six and seven hundred acres. We shall make such title as is transferred to us by said Miller, saving all former incumbrances. The improvements upon this land are such as are usual upon snug plantations in this part of the country, but better fenced than usual. Charles Woodson, James Madison, Trustees. Prince Edward, Oct. 16, 1807.
The above sale is postponed till Tues day the 28th day of June next. 10w
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.
Mr John Warren, administrator of Joseph Pugh, deceased: As you are not an inhabitant of the State of Virginia, and have no known agent therein, I take this method of giving you notice that, on the first Monday in August next, between the hours of nine in the morning and of sunset of that day, I shall, at Charlotte court house, in the state of Virginia, proceed to take the affidavits of William Morton, Francis Scott, and others, witnesses in my favor, in support of an injunction which I have obtained from the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District, to stay proceedings on a judgment of Prince Edward District Court entered in your favor against me as executor of William Price, dec'd. I am, Sir, your's, &c. William Price. Amelia county, Virginia, May 26 1808.
I WILL DISPOSE OF MY TRACT OF LAND,
LYING in Powhatan county, containing 500 acres, of which there is 80 or more prime low grounds, which never is over-flowed by the river Appomattox. There is also a fine mill seat, the dam nearly completed, and timbers ready got to complete the mill, upon a never failing stream. The terms will be one-half cash, the balance in 12 months. I will sell or treat with any one between this and the 1st July next, otherwise it will be sold upon the premises, to the highest bidder, together with other property. The terms of the personal property will be made known on the day of sale. John H. Saunders. January 5, 1808.
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 BOHANNAN. January 234, 1808.
GUN POWDER FOR SALE, and SALT PETE, WANTED.
THE Subscribers have become partners in the GUN POWDER WORKS, in the neighborhood of this city, formerly carried on under the firm of Hugh Warden and Sons—the said firm being dissolved by mutual consent. The partners whose firm is hereunto subscribed, will contract for a large quantity of Salt Petre, either crude or refined, of the best quality, to be delivered to them in this city, or to Mr. John Lesslie on Mr. Joseph Darmstadt, merchants, who will keep samples of the gun powder made at the works and receive orders for it. Letters addressed to the subscribers in Richmond, will be duly answered. They assure the public that their powder has met with general approbation, it is made glazed and clean, equal in quality to imported powder, and they will furnish it in large or small quantities of every description, according to orders which may be sent to them; it will be delivered new from the works, and on such reasonable terms as they hope will procure it a preference to powder from abroad or from other states. As the said works have been established at considerable expense, and are superior in several respects to any in the upper country, so as to make the powder in a more perfect manner, the partners hope they will meet with that encouragement which improvement deserves from a generous people. JOHN ELLIS and HUGH WARDEN. Richmond, April 18th, 1808.
MILITARY LANDS IN THE STATES OF OHIO AND KENTUCKY.
THE subscriber has for SALE, sundry valuable tracts of LAND, on the waters of the Miami and Scioto rivers, state of Ohio. Also, on the waters of Cumberland and Green rivers, state of Kentucky, which will be sold low for cash or good bonds—For further particulars enquire of William Price, register, who has the title papers, or to William Du-Val. Buckingham, January 20, 1808, wif
In King William County Court, May 25, 1808.
Mary King, adm'x. with the will annexed of Miles King, dec'd. Complainants, AGAINST Robert Brooke, adm'x. 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 it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the complainant, it is ordered that the said Robert 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.
The Monitor
IS a newspaper now published at the city of Washington, every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It is devoted to News, Politics, Arts, Manufactures, and Agriculture. During the session of Congress, it will furnish the public with a correct, and (when necessary) a copious account of the proceedings and debates of the National Legislative body. At all times, it will communicate to its readers the earliest and most authentic intelligence, on all subjects of which it professes to be the vehicle. The patronage of the public is most respectfully solicited in aid of its establishment.
TERMS.—The price of subscription will be five dollars per annum, payable in advance. The paper will be transmitted always agreeably to direction by mail, or left by a carrier according to orders.
Advertisements will be received and inserted at the usual prices. Essays decently and concisely written, on subjects interesting to the general welfare, will be cheerfully inserted without any charge. J. B. COLVIN. Washington city, May 30, 1808.
A Wet Nurse, wanted,
Enquire at this office. NONE need apply unless well recommended. June 17, 1808.
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—I 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.
Will be sold, for cash,
ON the fourth day of July next, being the market day, at the door of Triplett T. Ertes in the town of Charlottesville, by virtue of a deed of trust, executed by William Davis, &c and recorded in the county court of Orange, for the purposes in said deed mentioned, one certain Tract or parcel of Land, lying and being in the said county of Orange, and on the waters of Lynch's river and adjoining the lands of Lewis Davis, Elisha Morris, Elisha Morris, &c. containing by estimation one hundred and thirty acres, be the same more or less, being the same land said William Davis bought of William Morris (to use the expression in said deed mentioned.) WILL ALSO BE SOLD, on same day, place, and terms, by virtue of a deed of trust executed by John Morris, &c and recorded in the district court of Charlottesville, for the purposes in said deed mentioned, one certain tract or parcel of land, lying and being in the county of Louisa, containing by estimation one hundred acres, and adjoining the lands of Thomas Harlow, David Sims and William McDaniel deceased, which said tract or parcel of land said John Morris, purchased of Thomas Harlow, some years past, (to use the expression of the said deed of trust) being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey title to aforesaid lands in me as such. Martin Dawson, Trustee. 4th June, 1808.