Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-08-23 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE
[No. 1238.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum....paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1806.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
50,000 Dollars for 650 Cents.
NEW-YORK STATE LOTTERY.
No. V.
For the Promotion of Literature, and other purposes.
To commence drawing on the second Tuesday in December 1806, and 600 Tickets to be drawn each day until the whole is concluded. Prizes payable 30 days after.
The excellency of the present scheme is universally acknowledged to exceed any yet offered in the United States.
THE CAPITAL PRIZES ARE 50,000 Dollars, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, 2,000 Dollars. Besides several of 1,000, 500, 200, 100, &c. &c. The first 4,000 Blanks to be entitled to 8 dollars each.
The whole subject to a deduction of 15 per cent In this scheme there is a possibility for one Ticket to draw 50,000 Dollars. Notwithstanding the great number of capital prizes in this Lottery, there are less than two blanks to a prize.
TICKETS AND SHARES.
FOR SALE AT G. & R. WAITE'S TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY-OFFICES No 64 & 66 No. 38, Maiden Lane, New York. At 6 and a half dollars, until the first of October, when they will advance to 7, and continue advancing as the drawing approaches. By enclosing Bank notes (post paid) to G. & R. WAITE, Tickets and Shares will be punctiliously returned by post, to any amount, and the earliest advice sent to adventurers of their success. The public are requested to remark, that the drawing of the New-York Lotteries is managed in so correct a manner, as not to be subject to error. The time of drawing, and payment of prizes is punctilious, and guaranteed by the State Legislature. Schemes at large enclosed with Tickets—The many Capital Prizes sold by G. & R. W. in former Lotteries, (lists of which will also be enclosed) it is presumed, will be an additional inducement to distant adventurers to purchase of them.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Tuesday the second day of September next, (at Chelsea the seat of the late Bernard Moore, Esquire, in King William county, on a credit of six months, the purchasers giving bond and security) all the household and kitchen FURNITURE, and PLANTATION UTENSILS, two hundred barrels of CORN, one hundred head of the finest SHEEP, and the stock of HORSES and HOGS, belonging to the estate of the said Moore.—Also, on the same credit, about one hundred acres of valuable WOODLAND lying in Palmer's swamp in King William county, adjoining the lands of Mr. Gussis and Mr. Littlepage—At the same time, will be Sold, for cash, one thousand pounds of excellent BACON, and a very large and valuable stock of CATTLE, in such order for beevess as to merit the attention of persons in the habit of furnishing the markets of Richmond and Petersburg with that article. The creditors of Mr. Moore are invited to attend the sale and exhibit their claims, in order that provision may be made for discharging them.
TH: C HOOMES, Attorney for GEORGE R. LEIPER, Exor of B. Moore, dec. dts
August 19, 1806.
WILL BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, for all sums above ten dollars, at the late dwelling house of John James Woodfin, dec. in the lower end of Henrico county, near four mile creek, on Thursday the 4th day of September next, if fair, otherwise the next fair day, the perishable property of the said deceased, consisting of household and kitchen FURNITURE, stock of CATTLE, SHEEP and HORSES, and many other articles too tedious to mention. Bonds with approved security will be required, to carry interest from the day of sale, if not punctiliously paid—All persons having claims against the said estate, are desired to bring them forward properly authenticated, that provision may be made for payment; and all those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, as no indulgence will be given.
JOHN WOODFIN, Stn. Adm'r. August 16th, 1806. dts
NOTICE.
The copartnership of GILLIAT & KIRBY, by its limitation, would expire on the first day of next month; but the members of that firm have mutually agreed to extend it to the first day of May next—All persons indebted thereto, are earnestly requested to come forward without delay, and pay off what they respectively owe, as longer indulgence ought not to be expected—Those who have unsettled accounts and cannot make immediate payment it is hoped, will execute bonds for their respective balances.
GILLIAT & KIRBY have already received a part of their
FALL GOODS,
And by the first arrivals from London, Liver pool, &c the residue is expected, which they will sell low for cash, country produce, or approved notes.
GILLIAT & KIRBY. Richmond, August 20th, 1806. 2m
TO RENT,
THE TENEMENT formerly occupied by Messrs. James and Alexander Dunlap, and held, by William T. Stone, at the west end of the market bridge, and adjoining the house in which an extensive venture store is about to be established. If more agreeable to a tenant, a lease could be made for a term of about seven and a half years in the said tenement.
William M'Kim. Richmond, July 23th, 1806. wtf
BILLS OF LADING
May be had at this Office.
FOR THE ARGUS.
Observations in opposition to the opinions and principles, contained for in a pamphlet called War in Disguise
No. IV.
(CONTINUED.)
The uncertainty in the authorities called the Laws of Nations, contrasted with the intended federation of continental Europe.
The politicians of Great Britain and America have greatly puzzled themselves of late, to ascertain and establish upon reasonable rules or fixed principles, the Rights of belligerent, as well as those of neutral nations. And altho' every writer, and every custom, from the remotest antiquity to the present time, have been appealed to, and relied upon alternately; yet these important questions are still undecided, and the neutral nations, altho' they claim certain privileges which they call rights, loudly complain against the belligerents, alleging that they are intercepted and disturbed in their fair trade, and in those privileges which are allowed by the laws of nations.
As this is the present state of things, it shows that there are no fixed principles by which the laws or rights of nations have ever been clearly regulated and firmly settled. And altho' the different opinions are persisted in with equal pertinacity, it is not pretended that there has ever been, a convention or assembly of deputies or agents, from the different nations, with delegated powers by which they were authorised to prescribe, fixed principles—data—laws—rules—or privileges—So far from it, all admit that the laws of nations, so called, as they are laid down by the most renowned and distinguished writers are no more than the emanations of their own minds—and the arguments which they have thought fit to use in support of the data or axioms which they chose to espouse; & altho' many learned men at different periods have devoted their time and talents to illustrate these important matters, yet not one has ever pretended that he had ever derived any aid from such authority as that which we have just alluded to. It is true they have endeavored to add to the respectability of their doctrines by referring to other writers of more ancient date. But when these are critically examined it will be found that they are not better supported than their successors.
From all this it appears, that the pretended authorities, which constitute the laws of nations, so called, are but little better than lumber, and altho' when Europe was cut to pieces and parcelled out into numberless governments, from large empires down to feeble and petty towns, there might be some reason with all, & much policy with the feeble states to defend themselves, or to insist upon rights and privileges by the authority of books, which had no original authority in themselves; yet, now it must be very evident, that this plan will not be tolerated. Europe now exhibits a very different chart & picture. The changes have been very great; and they will continue in the same kind of course until very little, if anything of the ancient regime remains. Instead of about two hundred powers claiming independent rights—it is likely, that there will not be more than ten or twelve; because all the smaller and feeble states will be merged and consolidated and will assist in forming others of greater size; and more strength.
As far as things have gone this is very evident, and it requires no depth of foresight to perceive that the work will go on, until there will be no more occasion, for the opinions of jurists and civilians to shew what are the rights and privileges of states which do not exist, and indeed which ought never to have existed.
Good policy requires that Europe should receive a new and permanent arrangement; that each state should be so extensive and populous as to claim and support a permanent and respectable station, so that the means of future intrigues and coalitions for wars might be as much as possible prevented. All therefore who, foresee that some such destiny awaits the people of Europe, will not disturb themselves to investigate the merits of questions, when the causes or occasions for such questions will exist no more.
Let the politicians then who wish to render service to mankind, examine the ground upon which the new arrangements will be made, and endeavor to inculcate proper notions for the happiness and general justice of the future empires, and principalities, which are about to take the places of the old ones.
Under these considerations, let it be ascertained what will be the future rights of belligerents, and likewise the privileges of neutrals. When this subject shall be dispassionately considered for Europe in its future state; when all the ancient authorities from Gentilis to Martens
are entirely superseded, and when every one will be called upon, or permitted, to advance what he pleases, it will be first necessary to forget that these books, or any others of the same kind have ever been read or that they exist: and the laws of nations may be then assimilated to the passions, feelings and general interests of all mankind, as well as to the grand views which will be unfolded by the new divisions of Europe.
Some politicians anticipate, that all the continental states of Europe will establish a general federation, which will guarantee the rights of privileges of each other. If this should be done there is no doubt that the rights and privileges of commerce will be accurately defined and whether the new code may be called the laws of nations, or the compact of federative states, the effect will be the same. It will be based upon new data, and nothing in the shape of authority will be taken from any of the most respectable books. Bynkershoek, Grotius, Puffendorf,attel, Martens, &c. will be consigned to oblivion, and no more will be referred to or relied upon as established authorities: because the rules or laws will be reduced to certainty—will be printed and published in all languages, so that every man who can read, may at an easy rate know what are his just rights in relation to questions, and situations which have long puzzled men of the greatest talents and most profound learning.
But after all which any of these or any of their commentators, or disciples can do it returns to this, that there is not any established national laws, and therefore the writers of all degrees have endeavored to support themselves by the authority of treaties; that is, by such bargains as nations, either in a state of war or peace, have usually made with each other. Now as every body knows that a bargain implies a perfect freedom to act, the very act of bargaining or making a treaty, shews that there were not, at the time of making the treaty any fixed principles of general, national and natural law, to which the bargaining or treaty making nations might at once resort; because if there had been such a code, it would be only necessary for nations at peace to acknowledge its justice and promise to preserve its precepts. Or, if they were at war, to make a simple declaration that the war had ceased, and after settling local or other incidental questions to put themselves under the rules of the general code.
Nothing like this has ever happened, and therefore it is in vain to refer to, and seem to rely upon, what neither ever did exist, or for the establishment whereof a proper effort has ever been made. So far from it, the ablest and most respected of all these writers endeavor to bolster themselves by treaties; thus tacitly admitting that these writings neither are, nor deserve to be relied upon, as established authorities. This brings us to enquire, what are treaties, and wherefore made? The answer is short and plain. Treaties are manifestations of points yielded and conceded by one nation to another sometimes relinquishing territorial and at other times other species of claims. Many treaties are made by feeble nations, favoring those who either have oppressed or have the power of oppressing. By these means and from these causes, advantages favoring the strong nations are yielded, such as would not have been yielded, if the weaker nations had sufficient strength to oppose the stronger and insist upon a better bargain.
If this be so, it is reasonable to expect that a rule or a datum exacted and yielded at the point of a bayonet, or under imperious circumstances, because it is incorporated into an instrument of writing called a treaty, should acquire thereby more respectability in relation to other nations, than if it had not been thought of. If laws for other disinterested nations should be patched together in this way, succeeding nations in a little time would have nothing to do but to read treaties—and the concessions of a few feeble and trembling states would operate to destroy and circumscribe the fair, just and reasonable claims, and privileges of all other succeeding states, whether powerful or not. Such doctrine appears to be too ridiculous for serious refutation, and yet it must be opposed, because men have given weight and celebrity, to the writings of certain book-makers, who have built up their works upon these, and no other foundations and authorities.
The latitude which will be afforded by these arguments is well calculated to give a colorable pretension to the cabinet of London, to persist in the courses which they pursue; but this is not intended by the writer, nor indeed does he intend by any opinions which he has advanced or any thing which he shall say, to countenance the projects and practices of a few men the cabinet of London, who have involved the world in war, upon principles and for purposes or pretexts, which are entirely unjust—and then to heighten the
drama, they insist upon other principles which they pretend, appertains to them in their belligerent character.
The doctrine upon which these Islanders insist, and by virtue of which they disturb the peace, intercourse and commerce of the world, may be fully illustrated by a supposed incident in private life. A and B are neighbors—the former wants the coat, or the horse, or something else, which belongs to the latter, but being upon a friendly footing, he will not take it by force. He therefore picks a quarrel, commits a trespass, or renders an injury to B which he is either obliged to oppose, or which will excite his resentment so as to produce a rupture—A then avails himself of the quarrel, of which he was the sole author, and not only makes depredations and commits other injuries upon B—but acts in hostility with all others who attempt to render B the smallest assistance or kindness. So it is with Great Britain, the rulers of that nation wanted, or thought they wanted the Island of Malta, tho' it belonged to another power. They happened to be in possession, and notwithstanding the faith of a solemn treaty, as well as the dictates of justice, they refused to surrender it; and have gone to war in support of their conduct:—not content with this, they quarrel with and disturb the peaceable inhabitants of all other countries in their intercourse with the nations, with which they have chosen to go to war.
If the case be considered in this way, and in the abstract, the British Cabinet will bear all the blame of the war, and of course all the blame of every mischief which grows out of it. In order therefore to determine upon the merits of these belligerent claims, we should examine the merits of the war itself, and as the cause or pretended cause is of very modern date, it will be easier to settle a final question upon the merits and demerits of their conduct, in making or provoking the war, than by settling the indefinite and non-descript belligerent right, which is claimed because the nation is in a state of war.
In coming to this conclusion, it is not necessary to distrust any of the authors who have taken so much pains to illustrate a question, which has varied as often as there was a new war. Instead of referring to Grotius, Puffendorf, &c. it is more proper to examine the treaty of Amiens—and if we find that the cabinet of London has violated its own solemn promise, and has gone to war for that only reason, then surely their belligerent pretensions will be no better than the violation of the treaty—and if the violation of the treaty was dishonest, all that flows from it, must partake of its parental iniquity.
France indeed, might urge a great deal in favor of her belligerent rights, because France has been forced into a war—and is always ready to restore peace, when her adversary will perform her agreements; and if there was any where a disinterested tribunal which could settle and enforce, what might appear to be just and reasonable between these nations, that tribunal would surely decree, that France might obstruct all the trade and commerce of neutrals, with Great Britain—and that Great Britain ought not to impede or obstruct any thing going to, or coming from France, until justice was rendered by the offending nation. But there is no such authority, no such tribunal—and even if such a tribunal existed the same temper which led to the violation of the treaty of Amiens, would disregard the decrees of reason and justice.
If this mode of decision should be adopted, since there is no positive law of nations, either written or not written, future enquiries would go only to the merits of the quarrel, or cause of the war, and if, as in this case, all nations with one consent should cry aloud and say, that the nation which complains most, is the aggressor, then it would be right for all nations to say to the cabinet of London "you have violated the faith of a treaty—you have not performed your contract as a nation—and you have no rights except "those of the sword." If Europe was emancipated from ancient rulers and petty prejudices, such language would be uttered by every tongue—coalitions and confederations would be formed, it is true, but their object, meaning and intent, would be to enforce obedience to solemn engagements, and to surrender all which was unjustly obtained or forcibly withheld.
These enquiries and considerations, bring to our recollection the confederation of European states. This is a question of incalculable importance. It deserves consideration; and if the views of the Emperor of France, are such as they have been represented to be, the world has much to deplore that the hostility and strength of a single nation, (misled by its rulers) should alone stand in the way. Here it is, that Napoleon has before him, a prospect as magnificent as his own genius. Here he has an opportunity of showing that he has not forgotten his
promise; that he contended for the repose of France, and the happiness of the world. In the execution of this project, he may not only obtain the exalted appellation of being the benefactor of mankind, but he will out-strip and far surpass, all his predecessors in claims, to true and immortal renown.
PACIFICATOR.
(Continued)
(By Authority.)
AN ACT
For establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States.
(Continued)
Article 50. Any officer or soldier, who shall, without urgent necessity, or without the leave of his superior officer, quit his guard, platoon, or division, shall be punished according to the nature of his offence, by the sentence of a court martial.
Article 51. No officer or soldier shall do violence to any person who brings provisions or other necessaries to the camp, garrison or quarters, of the forces of the United States, employed in any parts out of the said states, upon pain of death, or such other punishment as a court martial shall direct.
Article 52. Any officer or soldier, who shall misbehave himself before the enemy, run away, or shamefully abandon any fort, post, or guard, which he or they may be commanded to defend, or speak words inducing others to do the like; or shall cast away his arms and ammunition, or who shall quit his post or colour to plunder and pillage, every such offender being duly convicted thereof, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court martial.
Article 53. Any person belonging to the armies of the United States, who shall make known the watch word to any person who is not entitled to receive it, according to the rules and discipline of war, or shall presume to give a parole or watch word, different from what he received, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court martial.
Article 54. All officers and soldiers are to behave themselves orderly in quarters, and on their march; and whoever shall commit any waste or spoil either in walks of trees, parks warrens, fish ponds, houses or gardens, corn fields, enclosures of meadows, or shall maliciously destroy any property whatsoever, belonging to the inhabitants of the United States, unless by order of the then commander in chief of the armies of the said states, shall (besides such penalties as they are liable to by law) be punished according to the nature and degree of the offence, by the judgment of a regimental or general court martial.
Article 55. Whosoever, belonging to the armies of the United States, employed in foreign parts, shall force a sale guard shall suffer death.
Article 56. Whosoever shall relieve the enemy with money victuals, or ammunition, or shall knowingly harbor or protect an enemy, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial.
Article 57. Whosoever shall be convicted of holding correspondence with, or giving intelligence to the enemy either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a court martial.
Article 58. All public stores taken in the enemy's camp, towns, forts, or magazines, whether artillery, or ammunition, clothing forage, or provision, shall be secured for the service of the United States; for the neglect of which the commanding officer is to be answerable.
Article 59. If any commander of any garrison, fortress or post, shall be compelled by the officers and soldiers under his command, to give up to the enemy, or to abandon it, the commissioned officers, non commissioned officers or soldiers, who shall be convicted of having so offended, shall suffer death or such punishment as shall be inflicted upon them by the sentence of a court martial.
Article 60. All sutlers and retainers to the camp, and all persons whatsoever, serving with the armies of the United States in the field, though not enlisted soldiers, are to be subject to orders, according to the rules and discipline of war.
Article 61. Officers having brevets, or commissions, of a prior date to those of the regiment in which they serve, may take place in courts martial and on detachments, when composed of different corps, according to the rank given them in their brevets, or dates of their former commissions; but in the regiment, troop, or company, to which such officers belong, they shall do duty and take rank,

both in courts martial and on detachments which shall be composed only of their own corps, according to the commissions by which they are mustered in the said corps. Article 62. If upon marches, guard, or in quarters, different corps of the army shall happen to join or do duty together, the officer highest in rank of the line of the army, marine corps or militia, by commission there, on duty, or in quarters, shall command the whole and give orders for what is needful to the service, unless otherwise specially directed by the President of the United States according to the nature of the case. Article 63. The functions of the engineers being generally confined to the most elevated branch of military science, they are not to assume, nor are they subject to be ordered on any duty beyond the line of their immediate profession, except by the special order of the President of the United States; but they are to receive every mark of respect to which their rank in the army may entitle them respectively, and are liable to be transferred at the discretion of the President, from one corps to another, regard being paid to rank. Article 64. General courts martial may consist of any number of commissioned officers from five to thirteen, inclusively, but they shall not consist of less than thirteen where that number can be convened, without manifest injury to the service. Article 65. Any general officer commanding an army, or colonel commanding a separate department may appoint general courts martial whenever necessary. But no sentence of a court martial shall be carried into execution until after the whole proceedings shall have been laid before the officer ordering the same, or the officer commanding the troops for the time being; neither shall any sentence of a general court martial in time of peace, extending to the loss of life, or the dismissal of a commissioned officer or shall either in time of peace or war, respecting a general officer, be carried into execution, until after the whole proceedings shall have been transmitted to the secretary of war, to be laid before the President of the U. S. for his confirmation or disapproval and orders in the case. All other sentences may be confirmed and executed by the officer ordering the court to assemble or the commanding officer for the time being, as the case may be. Article 66. Every officer commanding a regiment or corps, may appoint for his own regiment or corps, courts martial, to consist of three commissioned officers for the trial and punishment of officers, not capital, and decide upon their sentences. For the same purpose all officers, commanding any of the garrisons, forts, barracks, or other places where the troops consist of different corps, may assemble courts martial, to consist of three commissioned officers, and decide upon their sentences. Article 67. No garrison or regimental court martial shall have the power to try capital cases, or commissioned officers; neither shall they inflict a fine exceeding one month's pay, nor imprison, nor put to hard labor, any non commissioned officer or soldier, for a longer time than one month. Article 68. Whenever it may be found convenient and necessary to the public service, the officers of the marine shall be associated with the officers of the land forces, for the purpose of holding courts martial and trying offenders belonging to either; and in such cases the orders of the senior officers of either corps who may be present and duly authorized, shall be received and obeyed. Article 69. The judge advocate, or some person deputed by him, or by the general or officer commanding the army, detachment, or garrison, shall prosecute in the name of the U. S. but shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the said prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to any leading question to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself, and administer to each member of the court before they proceed upon any trial the following oath, which shall also be taken by all members of the regimental and garrison courts martial. "You A. B. do swear that you will well and truly try and determine, according to evidence, the matter now before you between the U. S. of America, and the prisoner to be tried, and that you will duly administer justice, according to the provisions of "An act establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States," without partiality, favor or affection; and if any doubt shall arise, not explained by said articles, according to your conscience, the best of your understanding, and the custom of war, in like cases; and you do further swear, that you will not divulge the sentence of a court until it shall be published by the proper authority; neither will you disclose or discover the vote or opinion of any particular member of the court martial, unless required to give evidence thereof as witness, by a court of justice in a due course of law. So help you God." And as soon as the said oath shall have been administered to the respective members, the president of the court shall administer to the judge advocate, or person officiating as such, an oath in the following words: "You A. B. do swear, that you will not disclose or discover the vote or opinion
of any particular member of the court martial, unless required to give evidence thereof as a witness, by a court of justice in a due course of law. Nor divulge the sentence of the court to any but the proper authority, until it shall be duly disclosed by the same. So help you God." Article 70. When any prisoner arraigned before a general court martial shall from obstinacy and deliberate design, stand mute or answer foreign to the purpose, the court may proceed to trial and judgment as if the prisoner had regularly pleaded not guilty. Article 71. When a member shall be challenged by a prisoner, he must state his causes of challenge, of which the court shall after due deliberation determine the relevancy or validity and decide accordingly; and no challenge to more than one member at a time shall be received by the court. Article 72. All the members of a court martial are to behave with decency and calmness; and in giving their votes are to begin with the youngest in commission. Article 73. All persons who give evidence before courts martial, are to be examined on oath or affirmation in the following form: "You swear or affirm (as the case may be) the evidence you shall give in the cause now in hearing shall be the truth the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God." Article 74. On the trials of cases not capital before courts martial, the deposition of witnesses not in the line or staff of the army, may be taken before some justice of the peace, and read in evidence; provided, the prosecutor and person accused are present at the taking the same, or are duly notified thereon. Article 75. No officer shall be tried but by a general court martial, nor by officers of an inferior rank, if it can be avoided. Nor shall any proceedings or trials be carried on excepting between the hours of eight in the morning and three in the afternoon, excepting in cases which in the opinion of the officer appointing the court martial, require immediate example. Article 76. No person whatsoever shall use any menacing words, signs, or gestures in presence of a court martial, or shall cause any disorder or riot, or disturb their proceedings, on the penalty of being punished at the discretion of the said court martial. Article 77. Whenever any officer shall be charged with a crime, he shall be arrested and confined in his barracks, quarters, or tents, and deprived of his sword by the commanding officer. And any officer who shall leave his confinement before he shall be set at liberty by his commanding officer, or by a superior officer, shall be cashiered. To be continued
Latest from Europe. PHILADELPHIA, August 16 Yesterday arrived ship Betsey, Captain Logan, from Liverpool, by whom we have received London papers to the 24th, and Liverpool to the 26th of June, from which we have the following:— ROME, May 18 —An English squadron, of four ships of the line, which lies in the road of Naples, was a witness of the rejoicings which took place at Naples on the entry of King Joseph: the English on the same day made an attack on the island of Capri. VIENNA, June 2 —We now know for certain, that 2000 of our troops have entered Castaro, which had been previously evacuated by the Russians. The place was afterwards surrendered to the French, agreeably to the treaty of Presburgh. Every thing that has been said in the Foreign Journals of new engagements forming by Austria, is entirely destitute of foundation. All the measures and dispositions of our court tend to peace. The only difficulty which remained, is now removed by the evacuation of Castaro. FROM THE MAIN, June 10 —According to letters from the Coast of Italy, the French are extremely active at Toulon and Genoa in fitting out a Fleet for the purpose of covering the army in its passage from Naples to Sicily. Most of the English in this island are encamped in the neighborhood of Messina; and an English squadron, consisting of several frigates and gun boats, continues cruising off the coast of Naples. Since Marshal Massena has been before Genoa in person the besieging army has been considerably increased. AUGSBURG, June 5 —If we may judge from the exchange of Couriers, some Negotiations of importance are carrying on between Austria and France. BERLIN, June 7 —Meanwhile the communications between Prussia and England continue to exist. M. De Jacobi is still at London. Prussia does not wish war—and England makes it a situation extraordinary enough. The Baltic still remains free. Prussia has not shut her ports there against the English, and the latter commit no hostilities in that sea— Moniteur , June 19. HAMBURG, June 13 —The Prussian Court continues its Negotiations with Sweden and England; but without affording either more or less hope of the restoration of Peace between any of the Powers at War. The last news we received from Bavaria leaves us still in uncertainty with respect to the evacuation of Germany by the French Troops. DOVER, June 18 —Sailed this day the following vessels: ship Two Generals Captain Cunningham, of and from Norfolk, with flour, bound to Hamburg; brig Triton, Captain May, of and from Baltimore, with tobacco, also for Hamburg; and the Swedish boy Hoffnung, Captain Kruse, from Malaga, bound to Tonnigen, with wine and fruit. PERNAMBUCO, June 18 —Arrived from a cruise, La Confiance sloop of war, and the French private ship of war, of Liverpool, the latter bringing with her the Hamburg ship the Margaret in Cornelia, L. Nicholson, from Bordeaux, with
wine, &c. for Hamburg, supposed to be French property, and the American brig Mount Vernon, J. Owen, from Virginia, with tobacco to Falmouth for orders, in consequence of not being provided with a register. PLYMOUTH, June 19 —Came in the Atlas care: Lieutenant Hawkins, from the Cape of Good Hope, with one hundred and seventy five French prisoners; American ship Aurora, Captain Hall, from Malaga, laden with wine, &c. put in for orders. DEAL, June 21 —Arrived the Clyde Frigate, Meteor Bomb, from a Cruise, and the American East India Man o' war, from China, last from Boston, bound to Rotterdam, and remain in the Downs with the Snips as per last. LONDON, June 22. We are credibly informed that a dissolution of parliament is to take place, on the termination of the present session. Yesterday the funds were subject to various fluctuations, and closed something under prices at which they had opened. The late advance has doubtless been induced by a very prevalent opinion, that our government favorably entertain some recent pacific overtures from France. Mr. Fox has repeatedly declared, that he would cheerfully make even a total peace; it is the obvious policy of Bonaparte to obtain peace on almost any terms; and under these circumstances the author of negation is at least probable. We are relieved from much solicitude on the subject of the pending differences with America, by an assurance from very respectable authority, that our ministers, while they are inclined to do ample justice to the legitimate claims of the United States, are determined not to concede a tittle to the arrogant clamors of their government. Should the bill for the non-importation of British manufactures be persisted in, it will be responded to on our part by measures of equal hostility. Should the right of search (which can be denied only for the purpose of giving facility to the commerce of the enemy) be resisted, it is to be enforced; the forces in our northern provinces are to be augmented, although we incline to think they are at present fully competent to their duties; and arrangements are making with a view to obviate as far as possible any inconvenience which might otherwise result to our islands from the suspension of their accustomed supplies from America. Mr. Pinckney, the American Ambassador, who is charged with an important negotiation with our government, arrived with his family at Liverpool on Thursday, in the Diana. It is said, from Baltimore, by this conveyance, we yesterday received a letter from that port, which declares that the inhabitants of that town generally disapproved the measures of the executive; and that in Maryland and in Virginia, meetings were convened for the purpose of resisting that intemperate work which by provoking the hostility of Britain, could not fail to throw their bankrupt country under the domination of France— ibidem . LONDON, June 23 —By accounts from Paris received through a respectable channel, we learn that the Government of France has caused an idea generally to prevail in the country, that England has refused to negotiate on any terms unless an order for the immediate evacuation of Hanover by the French troops, and a guarantee of the possession of Mecklenburg by the English and of the sovereignty of the Seven Islands by Russia, were made the preliminary. On Saturday morning last Mr. Wilbraham, an English gentleman, who, we believe, has been detained in France since the commencement of the war arrived at Dover. He sailed from Boulogne on Friday evening in a flag of truce, and was picked up by the Vestal frigate, which was cruising at some distance from that port. He was conveyed to Dover in the galley belonging to the Vestal and arrived in London on Saturday afternoon about six o'clock. It is said that he was the bearer of some Dispatches from Mr. Talleyrand to Mr. Fox. The rumors of peace begin to wear a more decisive aspect, and though we shall not pretend to have much information on the subject, and never shall sport with the feelings and expectations of the public, we confess we are strongly inclined to look forward to such an event, with more confidence than we have hitherto entertained. We lay no stress upon the reports grounded upon the return of Lord Yarmouth; but the late unexpected arrival of another English nobleman, who has been in a diplomatic situation, and whose abilities as well as experience render him a proper medium for negotiation, leads us to think that the French government are more anxious on the subject than we supposed. If this be the case, it is probable that France may be disposed to make great concessions that might be expected after her late extraordinary success. It must be remembered that Prussia although she in the first instance took possession of Hanover, and proclaimed her right to it unconditionally, has since publicly announced that her occupation of that electorate was only provisional. It will also be recollected that the late accounts from Germany state that Augereau's division of the French army had received orders to march towards Hanover for the purpose of re-occupying that electorate. Our opinion on this important subject is in some degree strengthened by the arrival of the above-mentioned gentleman. He reached Dover, we understand, within eight and forty hours from his departure from Paris, and such expedition can hardly be supposed to relate merely to an exchange of prisoners. We yesterday received Paris and Dutch papers to the 20th inst and we are also enabled to anticipate the first of the Hamburg Mails now due. The intelligence in the French and Dutch papers is not very interesting. The new King of Holland was expected at the Hague about the middle of last week. His Majesty we have no doubt, has the most implicit reliance upon the affection of his subjects, but he seems to have thought it a measure of prudent precaution that the garrison of the Hague should consist entirely of French troops. Letters from Berlin state that his Prussian Majesty has at length formed a determination of bringing his differences with this country to a decisive point, for which purpose, it is added, that he means to transport his ultimatum to London. It is probable that his Prussian Majesty has been urged by Bonaparte to come to some final resolution upon this subject, for the Moniteur contains an article
commenting upon the extraordinary situation in which England and Prussia stand, the former being actually at War, and the latter anxious to avoid it. Mr. Pinckney, who has been selected by the President of the United States to enter into a discussion with the British Government respecting the mutual causes of complaint subsisting between the two Countries, arrived at Liverpool on Thursday. We have no doubt that there is every disposition on the part of his Majesty's Ministers to redress any real grievances of which the American Government may have to complain; but they will not, on the other hand, we are convinced, compromise the dignity or sacrifice the interests, of this Country, to the clamor of a Party in America, whose object evidently is to obtain from this country the most degrading concessions, or to provoke a War. June 24 We last night received Dutch papers to the 22nd inst and this morning the Hamburg Mail due on Wednesday arrived. The former are filled with accounts of the arrival of their Majesties the new King and Queen of Holland at the Hague. They arrived there on the evening of the 17th and took up their residence at the house in the Wood; they were attended by a large body of Cavalry, and the road through which they passed was lined with troops, all French. General Lauriston, on taking possession of Ragusa, has published a Proclamation, in which he states, that the enemies of France had too much influence in the Ragusan Republic, and that Bonaparte, feeling his dignity thereby hurt, had ordered him to take possession of it; and adds, that he will keep possession of it until the Russians shall have evacuated not only Cattaro but Corfu, and the whole republic of the Seven Islands, and until the Russian squadron shall have entirely quitted the Adriatic. The intelligence brought by the Mail is more than usually uninteresting. No part of the French troops have yet evacuated Germany, nor do they show any disposition to give up Brannau to the Austrians. A letter has been circulated on the Continent, said to have been written by Bonaparte to the King of Bavaria, requesting him to abdicate his Throne in favor of his son. We are, of course, unable to vouch for the authenticity of this letter; but if it be not genuine, the style of Bonaparte is very well imitated. LIVERPOOL, June 23. POLITICAL RETROSPECT. Notwithstanding the secrecy observed by his Majesty's ministers in their diplomatic proceedings, a secrecy which must be maintained even by their most strenuous opponents, the sound of peace has been more loud and grateful to the public ear during the last week, than at any period for the two preceding years. That negotiations of some kind are carrying on, we think, undeniable. The idea is warranted by the interchange of communications between the two governments, as well as by the rapid and almost uninterrupted rise of the funds, originating in the purchase of considerable quantities by houses of the first respectability, and particularly by the agents and brokers of persons generally understood to be in possession of the best and earliest intelligence. Yes, when we consider the wise and prudent steps adopted by administration, and the arts and the trickery of the ally, we confess ourselves at a loss to discover any real and solid grounds for forming an opinion, not that negotiations are carrying on, but that they are likely to lead to a secure and honorable peace. Before we enter into any reasoning on this subject, it may not be unnecessary to remark, that the report of Lord Yarmouth having had a share in the communications which may have taken place between France and Great Britain appears altogether unfounded. Neither by his habits of life, nor by his acquisitions and talents is he qualified to be the medium of such interchanges of sentiment. The Noble Lord's abilities are not allowed to tower beyond mediocrity, his character and capacity must have been known to Mr. Talleyrand, and we cannot bring ourselves to believe that either that subtle minister or Mr. Fox would be gratified with the services of such an agent. On the other hand, we can scarcely think his Lordship would have condescended to sink himself to the level of a common messenger, a mere state post boy or letter-carrier. With respect to Mr. Adair's mission, we are confident it must be of the highest importance; but from the shortness of the time since his departure, and the absolute necessity of co-operating with Russia in the adjustment of preliminaries, nothing can have reached Government on the part of that gentleman to justify the prevalent opinion in favor of peace. Looking, however, at the reciprocal state of the two principal belligerent powers, what we peculiarly contend for is that, whether negotiations have, or have not been hitherto carried on with a favorable appearance, they can hold out no satisfactory promise and earnest of terminating in a peace such as his Majesty's ministers could make, or the country at large would be gratified with. For this sentiment we have only to refer our readers to the actual situation, to the undisguised conduct, to the avowed opinions of the Emperor of the French. Of Bonaparte's anxious wish to obtain peace, nobody can entertain a doubt. By that, and that alone, he can have ships, colonies and commerce. But who is there so weak, so ignorant of human nature, and above all, so little acquainted with the mind & propensities of this extraordinary man, as to believe that even the treaty of Amiens, explained and acted upon in his own sense & meaning will satisfy him? The system which he chalked out for himself, and has since steadily pursued from his elevation to the Consulate, is now too clearly understood to be mistaken. He is determined to extend his conquests, to enlarge his power, to establish his control over the Continent, as we increase our colonial possessions and consolidate our Empire on the Ocean. What is his new kingdom of Naples but a set off against our victory off Trafalgar, and the Sovereignty of Hol-
and in the person of his brother Louis, but a counterbalance to the conquest of the Cape of Good Hope?—He knows we have other acquisitions to make, and other triumphs to expect by sea. But he has also more monarchies to erect as vassalages & dependencies on his empire of the West, and the capture of his Brother Jerome, or some new victory gained by our fleets, will probably be followed by investing prince Murat with the Sovereignty of Switzerland, under the title of King of Helvetia, as the fief of France. He has still more revolutions to make but he reserves them for the exigency of the case. The fate of Portugal is in his hands, and the new German Constitution may give rise to partitions and arrangements, at present little thought of. It consequently follows, that if he consents to peace, he will only consent to one worse than that of Amiens. He will not, while he has any prospect of adding to our weight of taxation, relinquish a particle of his power on the continent, nor allow us to retain what we have conquered from himself, or what is the same thing, from his allies and dependents. Bonaparte's recent reconciliation with the Ottoman Porte and the intrigues he is now known to be carrying on in the Court of S. Petersburg, are unquestionably, little calculated to lower the arrogance of his pretensions and to often him into a compliance with such terms as we might safely offer. PHILADELPHIA, August 16. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Alicante (Spain) to the Editor of the Norwich Courier , dated, June 10. "We received a circular from John Martin Baker, esq. consul at Palma, Island of Majorca, which states that on the 15th of May there anchored in that bay a Tunisian division of 5 square rigged vessels, the one a frigate of 38 guns, 4 of 24, 6 of 18, one mounting 38 guns & the others 36, the whole full of men. The report they made to the captain general was, that they sailed from Tunis on the 15th April in quest of Portuguese, and were in want of wood and water. The whole of the division sailed on the night of the 26th May. "Officially informed as to our actual situation with the Regency of Tunis I have considered it prudent to communicate to you the above information; from every information, however, which can be obtained they have no hostile intentions against the American flag. "In consequence of the death of the Princes of Austria, a National Mourning has taken place in Spain, to continue 6 months." We hear that his Excellency the Tunisian Ambassador will shortly embark at Boston in the ship Two Brothers , for Tunis, and that the United States brig Franklin will accompany her as a store ship. Col. Aaron Burr, late Vice President of the United States, passed through Chambersburg on the 11th inst. on his way to the Westward. PETERSBURG, Aug. 21. We have received the fourth number of the Western World in which the development of the Spanish Association is progressing. The characters already implicated as concerned in this traitorous attempt against a part of the union, maintain an exalted standing in society. Others are now promised, of equal importance in society, as will appear by the following paragraph.— Republican . The name of Jonathan Dayton will make a conspicuous figure towards the close of our investigation, when the secrets of Aaron Burr, Edward Livingston, the chief justice Prevost of Louisiana, general Smith of Baltimore, col. Smith of New York &c. will be unfolded. At present it is only necessary to observe, that Dayton and Wilkinson have been in constant habits of correspondence since the first dawn of the Spanish association in Kentucky. That Dayton and John Brown, altho' they opposed each other in congress, were inseparable friends in private—That the Rev. John Mason, the brother-in-law of John Brown, and author of a scurrilous pamphlet, entitled "The voice of warning," against Mr. Jefferson, is the warm political friend and constant associate of Jonathan Dayton." In Kentucky, where, until lately, the voice of discontent and disquietude were not known—where peace and brotherly love went hand in hand—and where party bickerings were heard no more;—in this once happy asylum, the tomahawk of faction has been raised, and the voice of wild misrule is heard, like the roaring lion, seeking whom it may devour. The publications in the Western World, have arrayed citizen against citizen, and the life of a fellow-being has been greatly jeopardised. In consequence of the disclosure of the Spanish Kentucky Association, the minds of the people have been greatly agitated, and on Saturday the 30th inst. an attempt was made to assassinate Mr. Street, one of the editors, in his state house yard—a pistol was fired at him by one George Adams, and the contents, slightly grazing his body, passed thro' his clothes. Street and Adams were both bound to appear before the next court, which was held on the Monday following, when the former was discharged, and the latter was ordered to enter into a recognizance to keep the peace. An indictment was laid against Adams

for attempting to assassinate Street, and found by the grand jury; but from some errors in the indictment it was quashed.
NORFOLK, Aug. 18.
Our paper had just gone to press on Friday, when we received a London paper of the 23d June, from which the following important extract is made:
COURIER OFFICE, 3 O'clock.
"Omnium has fallen suddenly from 6 1/2 to 5. A report that Russia has made a separate Peace with France, is the alleged cause of the fall."
As this is the latest paper we have, and the article was inserted at the latest hour in the London paper, we have no comment, upon the important cause assigned for this sudden, and great fall in the funds of England.
MIRANDA.—Yesterday arrived here captain Swain, of the brig Peace, from Trinidad, which place he left on the 26th of last month—capt. Swain informs us, that on the 25th Miranda's fleet, consisting of the Leander, the Lilly sloop of war, two brigs, two schooners, and several launches, left Trinidad for the Spanish Main; capt. S. could not inform us what military force Miranda had; his naval force is more respectable than any the Spaniards have in those seas, unless they have been recently reinforced.
In a short time Miranda's fate will be determined, and he will be hailed as a patriot, or stigmatized as a rebel.
FROM THE BOSTON GAZETTE.
General Miranda.—In a late English paper (Bell's Messenger) we find a lengthy article on the character and views of gen. Miranda. Our readers have been furnished with the more prominent parts of the character of this distinguished adventurer; but the following extracts, contain, we believe, a course of remark and observation, that will not be read with indifference.
"But what is the effect of the present system of government in Spain, which is decidedly arbitrary—a government, whose fundamental principle excludes all, but the privileged class from the offices and honors of the state. What we say, is the effect of this system upon the other orders of the people? Why simply, that having nothing to look to as a reward they have no spur as an extraordinary exertion. There is no effort in the absence of emulation, and no excellence in the absence of effort. The whole mind of the state is palsied: the great remain in indolence, because they can attain the ordinary objects of desire without exertion, and the lower class will not toil, where their toil will not raise them from their destined obscurity."
"Such is the condition of the Spanish monarchy at this moment with regard to the production of those eminent men whose aid is so much required in this season of need.—Will it not appear almost a paradox to say that Spain can only be preserved by a revolution? yet it is only by this event that her latent powers can be called forth—that the dormant and not extinguished spark of her former national character can be re animated. The season of peril and high reward will call this spirit forth. The necessity of the time will shake off those who are inferior to its demands. Rank and place,—the slaves of a court or a minister—the generals of a parade and admirals ex officio, must then retire and make room for merit of more efficiency."
"The monopoly of Spain, and the regulations to which, in common with every other parent country, she has subjected her colonies, has long hung a heavy yoke upon the necks of the colonists. The weight of this yoke has not been alleviated by the sense of the superiority of the mother country. The colonists have not the consolation that their servitude is the tribute for their protection:—as incapable of protecting as governing them, the mother country hangs a dead burthen upon her colonies. Like Anchises, in the fable, she is supported on the back of her children, but her children, unlike Aeneas, are not much pleased with the weight. In the language of the same fable, travestied, "they care not how soon they shuffle off the old woman."
"Thus it is at present, & thus has it long been, with Spain and her colonies. Her claim to the monopoly must be urged upon her former services, and not upon her present protection. But it is the persuasion of the colonies that this debt of former protection has been paid off by former servitude, and that the service of protection having ceased, the colonial redditus, the monopoly and subjection, should cease with it. In a word, that they should be no longer subjects to a power, which can neither give them an intercourse of commerce to mutual advantage in peace, nor probable protection in war."
"The independence of North America gave birth to those principles—the French revolution has confirmed them. South America is now restrained within her obedience by two bars only—a very weak military force, and a militia already corrupted, being in fact but the country itself."
"It was in this situation that gen. Miranda conceived his design of effecting his favorite purpose."
"He promised Mr. Pitt that with ten thousand men he would scour South America and effect her independence. Mr. Pitt listened to him, but there were two impediments—the state of our armies, and the positive refusal of gen. Miranda to have any thing to do with the expedi-
tion, if he were not at least second in command. There was indeed a third—a doubt as to the policy of throwing Spain into the already overwhelming monarchy of France. If France hesitated to incorporate Spain, it was in the apprehension that England would immediately seize her colonies. If the colonies were become independent, Spain would in the same instant become a province of France."
"General Miranda, however received certain promises which had the late minister lived, would have been fulfilled. Mr. Pitt had a great mind. He was not to be daunted by inconsiderable dangers. We are persuaded that his views were latterly directed to Spanish America—but we cannot say that he intended to act as subordinate to the designs of Miranda."
"What has been the subsequent course of Miranda?—He had a mind above servility; he accordingly adopted the singular purpose of attempting this boundless enterprise, the conquest of half a world, upon his own single resources."
From the Boston Centinel.
LITERARY.
Mr. Russell.
The charge of Deism or Infidelity has not unfrequently been made against some of the first statesmen, philosophers and generals of the U. S.—Among others the late Dr. Franklin has not escaped the charge.—I do not recollect to have seen in his works, any opinion of his on the subject of religion. But in perusing the life of the late Rev. Dr. Stiles, President of Yale College, I find that in January, 1790, the Rev. Doctor, in a letter to Dr. F. requesting his portrait for the college, thus ingeniously expressed his desire on the subject:—
"You know, sir, I am a christian; would to Heaven all others were as I am, except my imperfections. As much as I know of Dr. Franklin, I have not an idea of his religious sentiments. I wish to know the opinion of my venerable friend concerning Jesus of Nazareth.—He will not impute this to impertinence or improper curiosity in one who many years has continued to love, estimate, and reverence his abilities and literary character with an ardor of affection.—If I have said too much let the request be blotted out, and be no more."
The Doctor, in reply to president Stiles, under date of March 9, 1790, makes this reply:
"I do not take your curiosity amiss, and endeavor in a few words, to gratify it. As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of morals and his religion, as he left them to us, the best the world ever saw, or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting changes; and I have, with most of the present dissenters in England, some doubts as to his Divinity."
This letter was written about a month before the Doctor died, April 17, 1790.
Now whether this is not a defence of christianity, or savors of infidelity, your readers can judge as well as
EUSEBIUS.
NOTICE.
THE Subscriber are authorised to receive and collect all monies, &c. due on the books of James M'Alister; the same being made over to them as per the records of court.
Royster & Bohannan.
Richmond, Aug. 22, 1806.
Richmond, August 19th, 1806.
For the information of the electors within the district composed of the counties of Franklin, Bedford, Patrick and Henry, it is ordered that a copy of the following advice be published three weeks successively in the Virginia Argus, and in the Lynchburg Gazette.
IN COUNCIL,
August 18th, 1806.
THE Governor submitted to the Council, a letter which he had received from Christopher Clarke, Esq. resigning his seat in the Congress of the United States, as a representative of the district composed of the counties of Bedford, Franklin, Patrick and Henry—whereupon it is advised that writs of election be issued to the several counties aforesaid, directing them to hold elections in their several counties to supply the vacancy aforesaid, at the following periods, to wit: In each county composing the said district, excepting the county of Franklin, the election shall be held on the court day of such county, which shall be in the month of October next, and in the said county of Franklin, the election shall be on the court day of that county which shall happen in the month of November next.
DAN. L. HYLTON, C. C.
20 DOLLARS REWARD. RUN AWAY on Tuesday last, my negro man REOB, about 33 years of age, 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high, very thick and well made, and has uncommon thick lips. It is presumed, as he took his clothes with him, that he intends making his escape by water, as such, I forewarn all captains or owners of vessels from harboring or carrying him off at their peril. The above reward will be given to any person who catches him out of the county and brings him to me, or confines him in some jail until I get him; but if caught in the county or neighborhood, I shall not expect to pay more than ten dollars, with other expenses.
Eunty Hooper. Hanover County, August 19, 1806
TO BE SOLD,
FOR cash, at Peter Worsham's, in Amelia county, on the first day of September next, by virtue of a deed of trust to me executed by said Worsham, for the purpose of discharging two several debts therein specified, 2 HORSES, 10 head of CATTLE, household and kitchen FURNITURE, one NEGRO FELLOW, by the name of Sam, and the tract of LAND where on the said Worsham lives, containing 50 acres more or less.
George Scott, Thompson Scott, John Jeter, } Trustees. August 15, 1806
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND:
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1806.
COMMUNICATION.
On Monday night last the tragedy of the Gamespace, was performed at the Richmond Theatre. It is perhaps, as moral a play, as any that has possession of the stage, and its selection does honor to the manager.
While however, it is by some deemed a caricature, or better adapted to the meridian of Europe, than America, by others it is feared, that it bears too strong a resemblance to scenes that often pass among us, and I heartily recommend a perusal of the Gamespace, to our fellow citizens, and particularly to the votaries of gaming; for I would fain hope, that several, it may guard against the lures of sharpers, and of others it might produce a reformation.
Although not conversant, in dramatic criticism, I hazard the opinion that the performers deserve applause. It is an invidious task, to advert on one or two exclusively; but when I admit the merit of all, I must take leave to say, that Stukely and Charlotte were very well supported by Mr. and Mrs. Green, and that the acting of Mr. Cooper and Mrs. Barrett, in the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Beverly was admirable—was nature itself.
August 19, 1806.
CRITO.
EUROPE.
France, victorious over all the continental powers of Europe—has made three several overtures for a peace, to England.
England neither rejects nor accepts the terms proposed, but conducts a series of qualified counter-overtures—and meanwhile has been seeking to excite movements on the continent, with a view to act upon France by the apprehension of a new coalition.
These new overtures—France affects to believe practicable—while she takes measures by which the very first movement would produce new events—ominous as that of Ulm—decisive of the fate of kings and emperors as that of Austerlitz. The English prints flatter their readers that Prussia will restore Hanover to the English king; as if Prussia and France, had laid aside their policy—the former its systematic plan of encroachment, and the latter of cutting off England from influence in continental politics.
The military Jews so long expected at Paris, which were to have taken place in the early part of May, were postponed on account of Catano, to the end of that month—they are again postponed to August—that is, every idea of a general peace is suspended till the end of August.
Meanwhile—the armies of the French in Italy are augmented, and Italian troops transferred to France, and Bonaparte carries into operation with the promptitude and decision of a conqueror, every change which his interest or his policy suggests—and his fit is obeyed with as much promptitude on the shores of Dalmatia, the Elbe, the Tyber, the Danube, and the Brahmaputra, as on the banks of the Seine and the Rhone.
Bonaparte appears to have taken up the memorable paradox of that manufacturer of paradoxes, who is himself a living paradox—the patron of Porcupine and of the new Porcupine about to appear at New York.
On that occasion when, as if to make the boasting about an English constitution perfectly ridiculous, a few men out of power and self-delegated met, and determined how they would govern England—Wittham said, give me a peace like a war rather than a war like a peace.
Bravo! said Fox—then the country is saved! For they got into power.
Bonaparte, however, conducts his peace, with all the effects to him of a successful war. And England carries on the war as if she was at peace with France; and at war only with neutral nations.
The English papers continue their violence and ridiculous selfish pride towards the United States—the murder of Pierce is vindicated even upon the grounds of resentment which public indignation expressed at the wanton murder and aggression.
It is well worthy of observation, that the English prints in London deduced from the assertions cast forth by a paper subservient to British views, the New York Evening Post, arguments to sustain the outrage! This was the means employed by England to produce counter revolution in France—and we have it seems our Peliters.
Aurora.
If the English can't fight down nor bribe down the little Corsican—it is pretty evident no labor nor expense is spared to write and print him down; however, the efforts made by writing & printing, may be considered as a tax upon envy—for none but those who are so possessed—pay the tax.—ib.
It seems two editions of the English tax upon envy have already passed through the English presses in America!—ib.
The ship Betsey, in 45 days from Liverpool arrived yesterday at this port—she brings papers to the 27th of June.
Mr. Pinkney arrived at Liverpool on the 24th and immediately proceeded to London.
The humbug that peace was about to take place, was still kept up, to amuse John Bull, and prepare him for new taxes.
Britain talked of restoring the Prussian vessels.
The negotiation between Prussia and Sweden was going on; but every report tended to show that Bonaparte was succeeding in all his plans.
No circumstance can better explain the desperate condition of England than the idea of making peace—France will not fail to take advantage of it.—ib.
FROM THE LITCHFIELD WITNESS.
On Thursday the 7th we were much pleased to observe a tea-party, composed of about fifty ladies and gentlemen, assembled under the bower—where tea and viands were served up—after partaking of which, and a few moments of cheerful
conversation appropriate vocal music was introduced. It was fitting that a monument raised by republican magnanimity, should be polished by female innocence and patriotism.
The New London paper asserts that sheriff Landon offered me the "Liberty of the prison Yard!! without bail." Now as every body hereabouts knows there is not a word of truth in this, the New London printer will please to correct the error. It is well known this has never been offered, with or without bail. It seems as if this was a willful error; for even Landon's statement, which is in the same number of the New London paper, goes to the contradiction of such an assertion. (ib.)
FEDERAL DICTIONARY, IN CONNECTICUT.
SLANDER—whatever is said, truly or falsely, against federalists.
TRUTH—whatever is said against demicals.
RELIGION—Tracy, Talmadge, Reeve, Daggett, parson Osgood, Joe Thomas.
GOOD ORDER—Frequent assaults upon neighbors with fists and whips, and way-laying them in dark nights.
LAW—Federal lawyers.
HOLINESS—Moll Carey's songs, negro letters, black Sal stories.
GOSPEL MINISTERS—Those seek to set one part of their congregation against the other, and the wife against the husband; who electioneer and vote for infidels, and harangue in freemen's meetings.
APOSTATE PRIESTS—Those who will not abuse democrats, and electioneer for federalists.
GOSPEL PREACHING—Calling Mr. Jefferson, in the pulpit, an infidel a debauchee, and a liar.
WASHINGTONIANS—Men who propose a division of the states.
FELON—One who had rather lie in prison than cease doing what he believes to be his duty.
IMPARTIAL JUDGE—One who extols the men of one party—and denounces those of the other as "a stench in the nostrils of God."
SENTIMENTS—Hard names, and all kinds of abuse.
CHARITY—(obsolete.)
MEEKNESS—Interfering in a newspaper war, and claiming a thousand dollars of the enemy for being wounded.
CHRISTIANITY—A total want of charity and forbearance towards men of different opinions.
TAG RAG—Farmers and mechanics, and their wives and daughters.—ib.
Partnership dissolved.—It is pretended by some political saints that priests and religion are in partnership. It ought to be known that political priests have been banished from the firm ever since the 4th of March 1801.—Under Mr. Adams such priests drove a profitable trade, and by pretending to have responsible partners, cheated the common people. Now they curse the democrats, because they may no longer trade in religion. A political priest belongs to the royal arch of imposture.
We shall take all possible occasions to present their true character to the public: we shall call them swindlers, if they take our money: we have been always ready to support and to respect faithful gospel preachers; but as to their political priests the ways of Zion mourn, and few come to her solemn feasts, because such are remaining in the houses of worship, which they have profaned by political preaching.
But the Middlesex Gazette and the Courant declare the preaching of politics to be the sacred duty of clergymen. Let this declaration be written as with a pen of iron upon your memories; and while this is in your mind, look into your bibles, and see other (really) sacred duties of a clergyman, which have been shamefully neglected by our political priests. Men, who love voting against the government better than praying for souls, were never in partnership with true religion.—ib.
NEW YORK, August 15.
Captain Forman of the ship Washington from New Orleans, was boarded off Savannah by the British brig Port Mahon, the lieutenant of which vessel informed him he had received intelligence from the commander of a N. York brig from Leghorn, that admiral Collingwood had recently captured and sent into Gibraltar 8 French ships of the line, and that he, the captain of the brig, saw them lying there in the road.
The case of the brig Izette and cargo has been tried at Halifax, the 30th ult. and both vessel and cargo are to be restored, on payment of full costs.
The Julianne, Williams, of Boston, bound to the Mediterranean, another vessel from Boston, belonging to Mr. Keating, have been carried into Halifax. It was expected that the same judgment would be pronounced as in the case of the Izette.
Vice admiral Berkley is arrived at Halifax. Repertory.
A letter from Halifax, dated July 28, mentions, that 19 sail of American vessels were there, libelled and waiting trial—among them the ship Herkimer, Church, from Lima for New York.
Sir William Berkley, when governor of Virginia in 1671, in a letter to the lords of the committee of the colonies, after stating that there were near 50,000 persons in the colony, adds, "I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them there hundred years—for learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and seeds into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the government. God keep us from both!" From the conduct of the aristocrats of the pre-
sent day, in waging war against the press friendly to liberty, &c. we may fairly infer that the sentiments of Berkley are still cherished by too many.—T. T. Amer.
Nathaniel Macon, Esq. of North Carolina, has been re-elected to congress by the unanimous vote of his district.
Dr. John Keen, late surgeon of the ship Leander, formerly commanded by Captain Lewis, of New York, arrived at Wickford, (R. I.) in the schooner Ocean, on the 31st ult. He informs, that on the 20th of June, he left the son of Col. Smith, of New York, on board the Leander, with General Miranda, at Barbadoes, in health; and that the Leander was weighing anchor at three o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, bound for Trinidad, accompanied by two English sloops of war, a 20 gun brig, and two schooners.
Our readers were some time since informed that the ship Puffin, capt. John Carlton, of Salem, was cut off by the Malays, at the island of Bentang, while the captain was ashore on business. Mr. William Brown, one of his hands, returned home on Monday se'night, and has given some interesting details of this unfortunate affair; which however, in compliance with a particular request, we forbear to publish, till the return of the captain, which is shortly expected. Suffice it to say, for the present, that Mr. Brown deserves the highest praise for the courage with which he defended the ship, alone, against 16 Malays, whom he completely defeated, but who afterwards returned, and finding the ship abandoned, carried her off. Mr. Brown, after the loss of the ship, obtained a passage to Calcutta in a Portuguese vessel, where he arrived weak and exhausted, from the wounds he had received in the contest. At Calcutta, he found a friend in every American captain there, by whom he was supported and nourished till he was able to undertake the voyage home: he mentions with particular gratitude the names of capt. Edwards, of the ship Pallas, of Salem and capt. Colworthy, of the Lady Adams, of Nantucket, with the latter of whom he returned to America.—Salem Gazette.
RATS! RATS! RATS!
FROM THE REPUBLICAN FARMER,
Published in Danbury, Connecticut.
We are credibly informed, and we congratulate the public upon the event, that the hon. JOHN ALLEN, of Litchfield, has seceded from the federal cause, and publicly professed himself opposed to their principles and conduct. That he felt displeased with the measures pursued by the federalists on Litchfield hill, we had often heard, but we were not prepared to believe that he possessed sufficient magnanimity to avow an open opposition to the cause of federalism in Connecticut. We are happily deceived. Our leading federalists exult much in what they call his apostasy, and express great satisfaction, as they pretend he was an injury to their cause. But, as republicans, we ought in justice to say, when men of honesty and talents "turn from the error of their ways, let us so give, forget and receive." If by possibility our information be not correct, the friends of Mr. Allen will undoubtedly deny the above statement.
The French admiral Lessegués, commander in the late action off St. Domingo, we understand, has left that island in an American vessel bound to Baltimore.—N. Y. post.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19.
By the arrival at Boston, of the ship Packet, from Liverpool, London papers to the 30th ult. were received at the office of the Political Register, from which the following articles are selected:
Mr. Pinkney, with his family and suite, arrived at London the 23d June.
A London paper of June 24, says, that the American funds had experienced a considerable depression for the five preceding days. Policies were opened at Lloyd's about 25th June, giving sixty guineas to receive one hundred, if peace shall be concluded with France before January 1.
Mr. Erskine, son of the lord chancellor, is stated to have been appointed ambassador to the American states.
An opinion is still entertained, that the dispute between Prussia and Sweden, will be accommodated thro' the interference of Russia.
From some recent manoeuvres of the French cabinet, a war between Russia & Turkey, is highly probable.
Gazeta still held out; and the vigorous opposition which is made in this place, has occasioned an insurrection in the Neapolitan states which has excited considerable alarm to the French.
The French have added to their dominions on the continent, the republic of Ragusa, in Dalmatia. This little commonwealth may answer for some of the less ambitious members of the Napoleon family.
Mr. Fox was so much indisposed during the latter end of June, as to be unable to attend the duties of his office; and fears were entertained that he would not be able to appear in public during the sitting of parliament. [Very probably the duty is such as is not likely to suit his cast of mind.]
British navy.—There are at present in commission 730 ships of war, of which 122 are of the line, 13 from 80 to 44, 165 frigates, 111 sloops, and 247 brigs, &c.
Abundant rains in England had removed the apprehensions of a drought.
American Flour, 44s. to 45s.
Wheat, 11s. to 12 3/4. per 70lbs.
Upland Cotton, 16d. to 18d.
New-Orleans, 17 1/2d. to 19 1/2d.
Tennessee, 15 1/2d. to 18 1/2d.
I will Sell my Land
In Goochland county, the former residence of Smith Payne, Esq.—the quantity near 300 acres, and the quality adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco; improvements of 1200 value, orchards of all kinds of fruit, and the situation healthy. For terms apply to Neil McConl, merchant, Richmond, William G. Poindexter, attorney at law, Louisa, or to the subscriber on the premises. It will be allowed the purchaser to sow wheat at the usual time, and possession will be rendered at Christmas next.
Gerard Banks.
Goochland, 17th August, 1806. N. B. The payments will be distant, say six annual instalments. G. B.

Advertisement. IN consequence of a resolution of the General Assembly, passed at their late session, I am instructed by the Executive to make enquiry respecting the situation of all Ordnance and Military Stores, belonging to the State (not including those in the service of the United States or of this State) and make report thereof to the Governor.
In obedience to this instruction, and as the most probable mean of effecting the object contemplated by the Executive, I have thought proper thus publicly to request of such of the citizens of the commonwealth as may have any knowledge of the situation, number, quality and size or weight of any cannon or other ordnance, and muskets; cannon balls, shells or other military stores, supposed to belong to the state, and not in immediate use, to communicate a particular report thereof to me as soon as convenient. SAMUEL COLEMAN, Clerk to the Executive. Richmond, Feb. 7, 1806. (if)
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the History of France and England—And an account of Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28, 1806. (if)
WHEAT FANS, FOR SALE, BY C. & T. SAUNDERS, Near the Basin of the Canal. May 23, 1806. (if)
RICHMOND BATH, Adjoining the lower part of the Falling Garden, and immediately back of the Bell Tavern, is now in readiness to receive customers. It is supplied with Hot and Cold Water, and a careful attentive boy to attend. For the convenience of small parties who may wish to bathe at the same time, the house is divided into four different apartments with every requisite convenience in each. The house will be kept open from day light till nine o'clock in the evening of each day; and the baths kept exclusively for the use of females from nine till twelve o'clock in the forenoon. Price for a single bath 2s. 6d. or three tickets for one dollar. Children half price. No people of color admitted. Richmond, 7th mo. 2d, 1806. (if)
TO BE SOLD, for cash, at John Farrar's, on Rockfish river, in Amherst county, on Monday the 25th day of August next, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by John Farrar, for the purpose of discharging his debt due to Rives, Murphy & Co. therein specified, ONE NEGRO WOMAN, named Milley, and her child, named Henley, and the increase of the said Milley, if any, since the executing the said trust; one SET of BLACK SMITH'S TOOLS, and one sorrel MARE and COLT. Daniel Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst, 16th July, 1806. 4w
The sale of the above property is POSTPONED until the FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER NEXT, at which time it will certainly be sold. DANIEL HIGGINBOTHAM.
TO BE SOLD, for cash, at New Market, on Friday the 22d day of August next, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by Sylvanus Bryant, Jr. for the purpose of discharging his debt due to James Murphy & Co. therein specified, one NEGRO WOMAN, named Chloe, and her two children, Sarah & Fanny; and one NEGRO BOY, named Ned; two head of Horses, and five head of Cattle. Also, will be sold, for cash, at the same time and place, as above, by virtue of a deed of trust, to me executed, by John Wright, for the purpose of discharging his debt, due to James Murphy & Co. therein specified, one NEGRO WOMAN, named Pat, and her four children, Isham, Dick, Charles and Edmund. John Higginbotham, Trustee. Amherst, July 16, 1806. 4w
TO BE RENTED, And possession given the 15th of September, THE TENEMENT Now in the occupancy of Messrs. Shapard and Lecke. For terms apply to William Mitchell. June 23, 1806. (if)
IN COUNCIL, 29th March, 1806. IT is advised, that it be advertised in the public paper that PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive from any person willing to contract, to furnish the necessary Clothing for the Public Guard for the present year. Dan. L. Hylton, Clerk of the Council.
NOTICE. The partnership of Jesse Higginbotham & Co. is this day dissolved, by mutual consent. All persons who have accounts with the concern, are requested to come forward and settle them with Jesse Higginbotham. Brown, Rives & Co. Jesse Higginbotham. Cairo, 1st August, 1806.
The business will be continued by James Brown of Richmond, Robert Rives of Amherst county, and Henry Rives of this place, under the firm of HENRY RIVES & CO. who will pay all claims against the late concern of Jesse Higginbotham & Co. James Brown. Robert Rives. Henry Rives. Cairo, August 1st, 1806. 4w
FOR SALE, A MULATTO FEMALE SERVANT, who has been accustomed to plain cooking, washing and ironing. Apply to the printer. Aug. 14, 1806. 4t BLANK BONDS For sale at this Office.
A. HEWES & CO. Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market, Salt in sacks Jamaica and Antigua Rum New England Rum Port & Sherry Wine Old Cogniac Brandy Leaf and Brown Sugar Molasses Coffee of superior quality Alexandria Crackers Rhode Island Cheese Imperial Tea Herrings and Shad Alexandria Beer in bottles English Walnuts Brown Soap Nutmegs Pepper Allspice Mace Cloves Starch Fig, Blue, &c. &c. &c. A general assortment of CROCKERY and STONE WARE, and Rhode Island LIME. Richmond, July 4th, 1806. (if)
TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office. "Discoveries of Lewis and his Party, in Louisiana." A few copies of the above interesting work, just received, and for SALE, at the Post Office, Williamsburg, and at this office. May 5, 1806
MATTRASSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MATTRASSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos. Darmstadt's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store.—Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattrasses worked over. Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5, 1806.
FOR SALE, THAT valuable TRACT OF LAND, on which Cumberland Courthouse stands—It contains about TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY ACRES, one half of which is yet uncultivated. Besides the advantage of having the Courthouse on this tract of land, it is situated on one of the most public roads in Virginia; as a public stand there are none it can surpass it. The buildings, with some repairing, may be made sufficiently extensive and comfortable. Part cash will be expected of the purchaser, when possession is given; a reasonable credit will be allowed for the balance or if it should suit the purchaser better, landed property will be received in part. Credit Taylor and Blake B. Woodson, both of Cumberland county, are authorised to sell the above tract of land. Or the same may be purchased of the subscriber in Buckingham county, near Allen's Mill. BEVERLY LANGHORNE. June 10th, 1806. 4m
NOTICE. THE price of TUCKER'S BLACK-STONE after the first of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The subscribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies, will not after that time be entitled to a subscription terms. Philadelphia, July, 1806. 1st Jan
TO RENT, THE TENEMENTS opposite the Market, now occupied by the subscriber. Possession may be had at a short period. For terms apply to Mr. JOHN SEABROOK, or to H. DABNEY. July 22, 1806. (if)
FOR SALE, AN ELEGANT Marble Chimney Piece, With HEARTH, &c. complete. Apply to the Printer. July 7, 1806.
THE subscribers, Brewers of Porter and Ale, in Philadelphia, desirous of extending the consumption of their liquor in Richmond and the neighboring towns, will afford a complete supply of every article, and all the information necessary for carrying on a Porter Cellar, in the said place, on receiving sufficient security for final payment. Application to be made to them in Philadelphia, or to Messrs. Macmurdo and Fisher. P. Hare & Son. August 8th, 1806. 1st Jan.
TO BE RENTED, THE TENEMENT where I now reside, and possession given in June. April 9th, 1806. J. PENN.
NOTICE. SOME time in the month of October, 1804, I enclosed a parcel of papers in a letter, directed to Mr. John A. Robinson of Amelia county, near Genito bridge, which letter, with its contents, have never reached Mr. Robinson. The subject of the letter related to a certain suit brought by me against Pleasant Roberts, of said county, giving Mr. R. who I employed as my attorney, such directions as the case required. The papers were principally wheat receipts, some of which were signed by said P. Roberts, and others by Chaffin and Wiley Roberts, for Pleasant Roberts, together with other vouchers. Any person who will be good enough to make enquiry, so as to get a knowledge of them, and convey, or cause them to be conveyed to me in this place, shall receive twenty dollars reward. B. Dennis. Manchester, August 6, 1806. 6t
MILLINERY. MRS. S. PLEASANTS, in corner house next door below Jacob Johnson's Bookstore, has received a handsome assortment of BONNETS, HATS, &c. &c. of newest fashion, just from Philadelphia. A supply will be constantly kept on hand
WILL BE SOLD, For cash, in the town of Milton, at the tavern of Thomas Wills, on the fourth day of September next. The Following Slaves, to wit: Hannah, a negro woman, Patrick, a boy, Amy, a negro woman, Dick, a negro fellow, and the children of Hannah herein before named; also, the children of Amy herein before named, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. merchants and partners, of the town of Milton. Being only interested as trustee, will only convey the title to aforesaid property vested in me as such. Martin Dawson, Trustee. August 21, 1806. (if) A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Excellent Horses. Enquire of the printer. Richmond, August 3, 1806. (if)
FOR SALE, At public auction, by Bauser and MORGAN, Seven HOUSES and LOTS IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. ONE house and lot between the bank and barracks, 50 by 20 feet, with 9 rooms, a complete cellar the size of the house—one story of stone, one of brick and two of wood—a smoke-house, dairy, a two story kitchen, fowl house, and necessary, all built of brick during the last fall—a stable for eighteen horses, built of wood. The lot is walled in with brick, with palings of the best materials on the wall. This stand is inferior to none in the city of Richmond as a boarding-house, public house, or for a private family. Lived in the house for 3 years, and during the assembly was crowded with company. The above desirable house will be sold, on Wednesday the 20th of August, at twelve o'clock—one fourth of the purchase money in 60 days, one fourth in 120 days, for negotiable notes in the bank of Virginia well indorsed, the balance in three annual payments, with a deed of trust on the property to secure the payments; possession given immediately. At the same time and place, will be sold, about twelve or fifteen hundred dollars worth of FURNITURE, at 60 days, for negotiable notes well indorsed. The other six houses are on the hill, near Dr. Greenhow's and Mr. Nee's property. There is a two story brick house 42 by 20 feet, complete and finished. One other house 32 by 18 feet, built of wood. Four other houses 16 by 18 feet, with good brick chimneys, all of which will be in complete order by the day of sale, and well painted; the lot to every house is well inclosed with palings; necessary to every house, and handsome gardening spots. These houses will be sold, on the tenth day of September next; the sale will take place at twelve o'clock—one fourth of the purchase money in 90 days, with negotiable notes in the bank of Virginia, one fourth the first of June next, and the balance in one, two and three years, with a deed of trust on the property to secure the payments. Any bonds, notes or accounts which I justly owe, that are now due, will be received in either of the payments nearest the time of their becoming due, if presented on the day of sale. My principal reason for selling the above property is, I have purchased an estate in the lower country and intend moving to it at Christmas next; all claims against me I hope will shortly be made known, that I may settle them to the with of my creditors, and all those indebted to me, I trust, will without delay, come forward and pay off what is due me, as I feel a desire to close accounts with every person as speedily as possible. John P. Shields. August 12th, 1806. (if)
REMOVAL. H. DABNEY has removed to the house on the Main Street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Darmstadt's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES, on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only. A consignment of snuff in packages of any size, from 15 to 60 lbs., will be sold below the usual price of that article. Richmond, August 11, 1806. (if)
STONE LIME. A CARGO of STONE LIME, in excellent order, is just arrived and for SALE, by SAM. PAINE. August 12th, 1806. 3w
FOR SALE. THE LOT & HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul resides; on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately paid in, a Warehouse and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf. Also, 27 1/2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken. Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots. For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2. (if)
WILL BE SOLD, On a credit of six and twelve months, Three Acres of Ground, On Shuckee Hill, in one body adjoining Col. Penn, Mr. A. Barrer, and Lydia Broadnax. These Lots command a handsome prospect, and the advantage of Courts and several other fine springs of water. The situation is a desirable one, either for a private family, a Church, or a Public School. The sale will commence on the premises at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, on Friday, the 22d August 1806. Richmond, 13th August, 1806. 2
NOTICE. WILL BE LET to the lowest bidder, on Saturday the 20th of next month, at Amelia courthouse, The Building of a Jail, For said county. The jail to be built of brick and wood, two stories high, a particular plan of which may be seen on application to Mr. Wm. T. Eggleston, at Amelia courthouse. BY THE COMMISSIONERS. August 15th, 1806. 3w
BY VIRTUE of a deed of trust executed to us on the fourteenth day of February, 1804, to secure a debt due from Col. Robert Goode, to William B. Giles, Esquire, will be SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the first day of October next, at the front door of the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, that well known TRACT OF LAND, Whereon Col. Goode now resides, lying on James river, in the county of Chesterfield, containing two hundred and sixty-one acres, more or less, and commonly called and known by the name of WHITE'S . This valuable estate lies within three miles of the city of Richmond, and two from the town of Manchester, and has on it a large and commodious dwelling house, with all convenient out houses and improvements, well suited to the accommodation of a genteel family. JOSEPH SCOTT, WM. MOSELEY, ROBERT POLLARD, } Trustees. August 15th, 1806. (if)
Subscribers to the DEBATES of the VIRGINIA CONVENTION, and to GIBBON'S HISTORY of the DECLINE and FALL of the ROMAN EMPIRE, are requested to apply at this office, where their copies are now ready for delivery. Bail and Delivery Bonds For sale at this office.
Buckingham county, July Court, 1806. Joseph Clarke and John Harris, Complainants. vs. Zacharias Taliaferro, Charles Patterson and John Baskerville, Defendants. ON the motion of the complainants by their counsel, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant Taliaferro and Patterson are not inhabitants of this state, It is ordered , and decreed that unless they shall appear here on or before November term next, and answer the bill of the complainants, the same will then be taken for confessed, and the matter thereof decreed accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published for two months successively in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond, and another copy be posted up at the front door of the court house of the said county. A Copy—Teate, ROBE ELDREDGE, jr d c
At a court continued and held for Albemarle county, the 3d June, 1806. Samuel Shelton & Company, Plaintiffs. vs. John Martin and Walter Leake, Defendants. THE day came the plaintiffs aforesaid by their counsel, and the defendant John Martin not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is ordered and decreed, by the court, that the defendant John Martin do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teate, Alex. Garrett, D. C. A. C.
At a court held for Prince Edward county, June the 16th, 1806. Hart and Nimmo, Complainants. vs. Champion Arnold and Christopher H. Holland, Defendants. THE defendant Arnold, not having entered his appearance and given security according to an act of the General Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state; on the motion of the complainants by their counsel, It is ordered , That the said defendant Arnold, do appear here on the first day of September court next, and answer the complainants' bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teate, BENJAMIN WATKINS, d c
We have lately received, FOR SALE,
 12 bds. sugar 15 boxes cotton & wool  30 bds. do. cards do  3000 lbs. green coffee 4 tons castings assorted, viz. pots, ovens, skillets, spiders, and irons, teakettles and waggon boxes  10 bds. Antigua rum 350 sacks salt  5 do. Windward Island do 100 bbls cut herrings  14 bds. N. E. rum 50 do whole do  14 bds. do 15 do shad  12 bds. molasses 40 bbs Spanish indigo  8 casks Malaga wine 15 lbs nu-megs  20 bds. & bbs. whisky 12 crates Liverpool ware assorted  4 pipes apple brandy 50 do do  15 bbs. do 500 lbs Glauber salts  12 crates Liverpool ware assorted  10 do stone 
We have also on hand,
 Iron Leaf sugar  German, Crawley and Blistered Steel Tanners' & Linseed oil  Race & ground ginger Nova Scotia grind stones  Pepper Ground plaster in bbs  Allspice Good man. adu-ed tobacco by the keg, for retailing  FF & F powder Tar  Shot, assorted sizes Weeding hoes  French brandy Nests woodware  Rice Bed cords, leading lines and twine  Cheese Necklace  Wrought and cut nails, assorted sizes Stone jogs, butter pots, chamber pots, wash basins, bake pans, churns, &c. &c. &c.  Snuff  Cham ware, viz. 1 2 pt. tumblers and decanters, assorted sizes  Hats 
Just received at S. Pleasants' Bookstore, BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS of LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, with observations critical and explanatory—with a Portrait. A fresh supply of Part 1st. Vol. 1st. of REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA—Subscribers can now be furnished.—Subscription still open. A few additional copies of "The Court and Cabinet of St. Cloud" Cruden's Concordance of the Holy Scriptures, a new and elegant edition, in quarto. Ossian's Poems. Napoleon Bonaparte and the French People. Bishop Porteus's Evidences. Kotzebue's Plays. Rutherford's Institutes. Carr's Northern Summer. Ainsworth's Latin Dictionary. Greek Grammars and Testaments. The Federalist, 2 vols. calf gift. Owen on the Spirit. Gurney's System of Short-Hand writing. Laws of Kentucky. Jefferson's Notes. Frugal Housewife, or complete woman cook. Goldsmith's Animated Nature. Burgh's Dignity of Human Nature. The Monthly Mirror, 17 vols. The Lady's Museum, 15 vols. Brooke's Gazetteer, a new edition. Scott's New American Geographical Dictionary. Roscoe's Life of Lorenzo de Medici. Count Rumford's Essays. Cavallo on Electricity. Private Memoirs relative to the last year of the reign of Louis the sixteenth, 3 vols. Life and Campaigns of General Moreau. Thomas Paine's Works, 2 vols.
A FEW COPIES of the American Clerk's Magazine, Or, POCKET CONVEYANCER, Are just received at S. Pleasants' Book Store
FOR SALE, MY PLANTATION SITUATED in the county of Powhatan, on the south side of the Buckingham road, about one mile and a half below the courthouse, containing 502 acres, three-fifths of which are well timbered, and half the cleared land quite fresh—1000 bds. to be paid down, & the balance in four annual instalments, to be secured by bond, and a deed of trust on the land, to carry interest from the date, although it will not be claimed until the last instalment, which, as well as the preceding ones, being punctually paid, the whole of the interest will be relinquished. The purchaser will be permitted to sow a crop of wheat. Possession will be given in December next, and the land shown by Mr. R. Haskins, living thereon, or the subscriber, residing at Fighting creek, two miles therefrom, to whom application must be made for the price of the land. William Berkeley. Powhatan, June 1806. (w2m&1st2m)
NEW PUBLICATION. Just received at S. Pleasants' Book-store, near the Bridge, An entirely new and interesting work, ENTITLED, THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE COURT & CABINET of St. CLOUD. IN A SERIES of LETTERS, From a resident in Paris to a nobleman in London. Written during the months of August, September and October, 1805. This work abounds in anecdotes, mostly original, highly piquant, and well related. To the politician it offers an exquisite treat; the historian will find in it a record of events which he could not obtain from any other source; and the dextrous reader cannot fail to derive from it the greatest amusement. James River Low Grounds. TO RENT or LEASE, for a term of years, that valuable remenant, whereon Reuben Bagby now lives, being part of my estate lying upon the Fluvanna river, in the county of Amherst, four miles below Lynchburg, two or three from Lewis's manufacturing mill and Ross's iron works—and containing by estimation, about eighty four acres LOW GROUND of superior quality. For terms apply to the subscriber, residing near Willis's mountain, in the county of Buckingham on the road leading from Ca Ira to the courthouse. L. Bolling. August 1, 1806. w3t
Stop the Thief!!! STOLEN from the subscriber's plantation on James river, about 12 miles above New Canton, in the county of Buckingham, on the night of the first of this month, a light BAY HORSE , about 7 or 8 years old, hanging mane and tail, and about 5 feet high, or near it—has a remarkable knot about the size of a hickory-nut of the wen kind, near the top of the right shoulder blade—Trots lofty and long, paces, draws well in gear, and is apt to put back his ears when approached—His right eye a little affected, and is a little droop rumped—no brand nor other mark recollected. He is very well known on the Coal-pit road and about Manchester, having run in Mr. L. Dunnington's waggon, of whom I purchased him about two years ago.—I will give FIFTEEN DOLLARS for the horse, and FIFTY DOLLARS to any person who will apprehend and bring the thief to justice. L. Bolling. Buckingham county, August 10th, 1806. w3t
PROPOSALS For Publishing by Subscription, By Mathew Carey of Philadelphia, and Samuel Pleasants, Jr. of Richmond, FERGUSON'S LECTURES ON SELECT SUBJECTS, In Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Optics, Geography, Astronomy, and Dialing. A New Edition, Corrected and Enlarged, WITH NOTES AND AN APPENDIX, ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT STATE OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES. BY DAVID BREWSTER, A. M. REVISED, AND CORRECTED, BY ROBERT PATTERSON, Professor of Mathematics, and Teacher of Natural Philosophy, in the University of Pennsylvania. TERMS. I. It is now at press, and will be published in July. II. It will be comprised in three volumes, two in octavo, of letter press, and one quarto volume, containing 48 Engravings. [N. B. This Edition, printed from the last London Edition of 1805, contains 350 pages of letter press, and 12 Engravings more than in any of the former ones, together with the life of the respectable author.] III. Price to subscribers six Dollars. IV. Those who subscribe for nine copies, or procure nine subscribers, and pay for their books, shall have a copy gratis. May 20, 1806. (w/f)
ADVERTISEMENT. TO BE SOLD, by public sale, on Friday the 14th day of November next, a valuable MERCHANT MILL, and SAW MILL, with seven acres of LAND thereto, situate on South river, Augusta county, Virginia, in the town of Waynesborough, a never failing stream, two water wheels, undershot, calculated for four pair of stones, of which three pair are running, 2 of them Burr. A very large frame mill house 50 by 38 feet. Also, a good DWELLING HOUSE, it being the property of Anthony Rode, deceased—Any person or persons purchasing said property, shall pay the one half of the purchase money down, at which payment a lawful title shall be made, and possession given to the purchaser or purchasers by the Executors of the said Anthony Rode, deceased; & the remaining half of the purchase money shall be paid in four equal annual instalments, for which the purchaser or purchasers shall give bonds with approved security. Due attendance will be given by HENRY RODE. Frederick Rode, Esq. of Anthony Rode, dec. August 19, 1806. 3w
NEW BOOKS. Just received and for Sale, at S. Pleasants' printing office and book store, near the Bridge, The Secret History of the Cabinet of St. Cloud; in a series of letters from a resident in Paris to a nobleman in London, written during the months of August, September & October, 1805. Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republics; adapted to the present state of P.G. Britain; By Edward W. Montague, Jun. The English Name; or the Sorrows of Edward and Louisa—a novel.