Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-07-18 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIIth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1671.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1809.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Richmond Price Current.
[CORRECTED WEEKLY.]
   CASH. D. C.     Tobacco, 4 50   Wheat, new, 1 08   Flour, super-fine, 5 25   Flour, fine, 4 75   Corn, 2 75   Hemp, per ton, 190 00   Iron, 110 00   Bacon 00 10   Whiskey, 00 52  
VIRGINIA:
At a superior court of chancery held at the capitol in Richmond, June 15th, 1809. Charles Yancey, plaintiff, AGAINST William Lipscomb, David Bullock, executor of John Bullock, Nelson Crawford, John Crawford, and Charles Crawford, executors of David Crawford, and Robert Kimbrough, defendants. THIS cause was this day heard on the bill, answers, exhibits, examinations of witnesses, and reports of the commissioner, pursuant to the order of the eighth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and five, with exceptions thereunto, and was argued by counsel; on consideration whereof, the court doth recommit the said reports with the exceptions, to the commissioner who made them for him to reconsider and report thereupon.
A Copy-Teste.
PETER TINSLEY, c. c. COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Richmond, July 7th, 1809.
The parties concerned will be pleased to take notice that I have appointed Monday the eighteenth day of September next for carrying into effect the within decree, upon which day their attendance is required at my office with their accounts ready for final settlement. 2m Wm. HAY, M. C.
NOTICE. All persons having claims against the estate of Wiltshire M. Lewis, deceased, will bring them forward authenticated agreeable to law for adjustment; those indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment, as the situation of the estate will not admit of indulgence. WALTER SHELTON, Ex'r. Richmond, July 8th, 1809
NEW BOOKS,
Just received and for sale by
Lewis Adams,
At his store between the Eagle and Globe Taverns,
VOL 2. HENING & MUNFORD'S REPORTS royal 8vo handsome cf. binding, $6 50. Vol 4 Cranch's reports 500—Vol. 9. Eas's reports Lond. 7 50. Chitty on Pleading 2 No. & 8 v Lond. a new work, also a few more copies of THADDERS of Warsaw, a highly interesting novel. LEWIS ADAMS has on hand a very extensive assortment of Law from Lond. n. New-York, and Philadelphia, of the best editions, Richmond, July 1. 1809. (w. 8 t.)
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the firm of GILLIAT & KIRBY, by bond or open account are requested to come forward and discharge their respective balances, on or before the first day of September next, as suits will be instituted against all those who are delinquent at that time. Those who have any claims against the said firm, are requested to make them known to the subscriber. THOMAS GILLIAT, Acting Partner of GILLIAT & KIRBY. In my absence, FRANCIS R. STRODIA is fully empowered to receive and discharge all debts due to and from G. & K. THOMAS GILLIAT. June 27th, 1809
JOHN & JOSEPH BOYCE, Jr. Stationers & Book Binders, Having opened a store on the main street, opposite to the Globe Tavern, (Where may be had every article in the Stationary business.) RESPECTFULLY, Solicit the favors of their friends and the public, and beg leave to assure them that any work committed to their care shall be faithfully executed, and their favors gratefully acknowledged. N. B. An apprentice wanted. (w. 3 t.)
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE,
A FEW HANDSOME COPIES OF
GIBBON'S
DECLINE & FALL
OF THE
ROMAN EMPIRE;
To which is added, (in this edition only)
THE VERY INTERESTING
LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,
written by HIMSELF,
Eight Vols, Large Octavo, Price 22 Dol.
lar.
if
Penitentiary Store.
THE subscriber, Agent for the Penitentiary, offers for sale the following articles, the manufacture of that institution, at very low prices at wholesale and retail.
   CUT NAILS. CUT BRADS.   Wholesale prices Retail prices. Wholesale prices Retail prices.     3d 13 1-2 cents 14 1-2 cents per lb 8d 10 1-2 11 1-2   4 13 14 10 10 11   6 12 13 12 Do. Do.   8 11 12 20 Do. Do.   10 10 1-2 11 1-2 SPIKES.   12 10 1-2 11 1-2 3d 39 cts. f. lb. 50 per m   20 10 1-2 11 1-2 4 22 1-3 67   WROUGHT NAILS 6 17 84   8d 14 15 per lb. BOOTS AND SHOES.   10 13 1-2 14 1-3 Fair tops, back straps, $ 9   12 12 1-2 13 1-2 Ditto plain 8   20 12 13 Swawarrows, 7   30 12 13 Half Boots, 5   Broad and narrow Axes, Hatchets, Hoes, Plough Shares and Coulters, Hinges, Wedges, Hammers, Fenders, Traces, Stretchers, and Ox Chains;—Bridles, Collars, Halter, Braces, Surcingles, Back Bands, Belly Bands, Breeching, Fine Buckets, &c. &c. Mens oaf skin shoes lined & bound 106 12 1/2   Boots and Shoes. Do. side leather, 76 3/4 9s   Any of the above articles made to order left at the Penitentiary Store, second door above the Eagle Tavern. D. J. BURR. Negro shoes (strong russet) 75 3/4 8s   Richmond March 22, 1809. Womens leather shoes, thick soles, 76 6   6th July, 1809.—The price of Wrought Nails is raised half a cent per pound, by order of the Executive. Do. do. thin, do. 69   D. J. B. Do. do. slips, do. 69   Do. do. do. 69   Do. do. ties, 76   Girls leather shoes, 45 6s   Boys do. 45 7s  
Tracts of Land
By virtue of a deed of trust, from Andrew Lewis, of the county of Montgomery, WILL BE SOLD by the subscribers to the highest bidder, at the Eagle Tavern in the city of Richmond, upon the 28th day of September next the following
Tracts of Land
With their appurtenances, or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay certain debts in the said deed of trust mentioned, that is to say: one tract situate in the county of Montgomery, containing eight hundred acres being that tract on which the said Andrew Lewis now lives; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned on the north, containing ten thousand acres; one other tract adjoining the first mentioned, being an inclusive survey, containing seven thousand seven hundred acres; one other tract adjoining the last mentioned at the west end, containing four hundred and fifteen acres; one other tract called the GRASSY FORK, containing three hundred and sixty six acres; one other tract called SEVERNS tract on Bottom Creek, adjoining the first mentioned tract of eight hundred acres, and containing one hundred and fifty acres; one other tract also adjoining the first mentioned tract called PROTHOMAS GARDEN, containing one hundred and twenty eight acres; one other tract adjoining the first mentioned, containing one hundred and thirty acres; one other tract adjoining the inclusive survey of seven thousand seven hundred acres above mentioned, containing eighty acres; one other tract adjoining the same inclusive survey and containing one hundred acres; one other tract lying on both sides of Little River, containing one hundred and fifty acres, on which is situated HOPEWELL FERRY—one other tract adjoining thereto, containing one hundred and forty acres—one other tract adjoining the same, called the SAW MILL tract, containing four hundred and thirty eight acres—and one other tract adjoining the last mentioned tract, containing one hundred acres—which said several tracts of land are situate in the county of Montgomery.
The said sale will be made agreeably to the directions in such cases, of the act of Assembly passed the 31st day of January, 1800, entitled "an act concerning executions, and for other purposes."
EDWARD JOHNSTON, } Trustees JOHN PROSSER, }
N. B. The above mentioned property is situate on and about what is generally called the BENT MOUNTAIN, and considered a very valuable estate, particularly for grazing. Any one wishing for more particular information, may apply to Charles Johnston, residing in Campbell County, near Lynchburg, or to Robert Pollard, George Pickett, or Gallego, Richard & Co. in the city of Richmond. Richmond, July 11, 1809. tds
CHARLES BECK & Co.
Confectioners; INFORM Their friends and the public in general, that they have established a Confectionary next door to Mr. Simon Block's Store, where they intend to keep constantly all kinds of the best Cake, Coddles, Preserves, Ice Creams, and every Article in their line. They flatter themselves, that by their Assiduity to please, they will meet with the Public Patronage. Also ORNAMENTS for table made in the neatest style. Richmond July 7, 1809. (2w.)
The following is the ORATION pronounced by JOEL BARLOW, on the 4th of July, at Washington City.
(Concluded.)
No, the means to be relied upon to hold this beneficent union together, must apply directly to the interest and convenience of the people; they must at the same time enable them to discern that interest and be sensible of that convenience. The people must become habituated to enjoy a visible, palpable, incontestable good; a greater good than they could promise themselves from any change. They must have information enough to perceive it, to reason upon it to know why they enjoy it, whence it flows, how it was attained, how it is to be preserved, and how it may be lost. The people of these states must be educated for their station, as members of the great community. They must receive a republican education; be taught the duties and the rights of men; that is, of American freemen; not the freemen that are so by starts, by frenzy and mobs; who would fill the forum at the nod of Clodius, or the pry-taneum at that of Cleon; nor the freemen of one day in seven years who would rush together for sale at the hustings of Brienford, and clamor and bludgeon for a man whose principles and person were to them alike unknown and unregarded.
Each American freeman is an integral member of the sovereignty; he is a co-estate of the empire, carrying on its government by his delegates. The first right he possesses, after that of breathing the vital air, is the right of being taught the management of the power to which he is born. It is a serious duty of the society towards him, an unquestionable right of the individual from the society.
In a monarchy the education of the prince is justly deemed a concern of the nation. It is done at their expense; and why is it so? It is because they are deeply interested in his being well educated; that he may be able to administer the government well, to conduct the concerns of the nation wisely, an their own constitutional principles. My friends, is it not even more important that our princes, our millions of princes, should be educated for their station, than the single prince of a monarchy? If a single prince goes wrong, obstinately and incurably wrong, he may be set aside for another, without overturning the state. But if our sovereigns in their multitude exercise power should become obstinate and incurable in wrong, you cannot set them aside. But they will set you aside; they will set themselves aside; they will crush the state and convulse the nation. The result is military despotism, dismemberment of the great republic, and, after a sufficient course of devastation by civil wars, the settlement of a few ferocious monarchies, prepared to act over again the same degrading scenes of mutual encroachment and vindictive war which disgrace modern Europe; and from which many writers have told us, that mankind are never to be free.
Our habits of thinking and even of reasoning, it must be confessed, are still borrowed from feudal principles and monarchical establishments. As a nation we are not up to our circumstances. Our principles in the abstract, as wrought into our state and federal constitutions, are in general worthy of the highest praise; they do honor to the human intellect. But the principal tone and tension of our minds do not well correspond with those principles. We are like a person conversing in a foreign language, whose idiom is not yet familiar to him. He thinks in his own native language and is obliged to translate as he talks; which gives a stiffness to his discourse and betrays a certain embarrassment which nothing can remove but frequent exercise and long practice. We are accustomed to speak and reason relative to the people's education precisely like the aristocratical subjects of a European monarchy. Some say the people have no need of instruction; they already know too much; they cannot all be legislators and judges and generals; the great mass must work for a living, and they need no other knowledge than what is sufficient for that purpose. Others will tell you it is very well for the people to get as much education as they can; but it is their own concern, the state has nothing to do with it; every parent, out of regard to his offspring will give them what he can, and that will be enough.
I will not say how far this manner of treating the subject is proper even in Europe, whence we borrowed it. But I will say that nothing is more preposterous in America. It is directly contrary to the vital principles of our constitutions; and its inevitable tendency is to destroy them. A universal system of education is so far from being a matter of indifference to the public, under our social compact, that it is incontestibly one of the first duties of the government, one of the highest interests of the nation, one of the most sacred rights of the individual, the vital fluid of organized liberty, the precious alment without which your republic cannot be supported.
I do not mean that our legislators should turn pedagogues; or send their commissioners forth to discipline every child in this nation. Neither do I mean to be very so much of a temerity as to speak of the best mode of combining a system of public instruction. But I feel it my duty on this occasion to use the freedom to which I am accustomed, and suggest the propriety of bringing forward some system that shall be adequate to the object. I am clearly of opinion that it is already within the power of our legislative bodies, both federal and provincial; but if it is not, the people ought to place it there, and see that it is exercised. It is certain that the plan, if properly arranged and wisely conducted, would not be expensive. And there is no doubt of its absolute irresistible necessity, if we mean to preserve either our representative principle or our federal union.
It is not intended that every citizen should be a judge or a general or a legislator. But every citizen is a voter; it is essential to your institutions that he should be a voter; and if he has not the instruction necessary to enable him to discriminate between the characters of men, to withstand the intrigues of the wicked and to perceive what is right, he immediately becomes a tool for knaves to work with; he becomes both an object and an instrument of corruption; his right of voting becomes an injury to himself and a nuisance of society. It is in this sense that the people are said to be "their own worst enemies." Their freedom itself is found to be an insupportable calamity; and the only consolation (a dreary consolation indeed) is that it cannot last long.
The time is fast approaching, when the United States will be out of debt, if no extraordinary call for money to repel foreign aggression should intervene. Our surplus revenue already affords the means of entering upon the system of public works, and beginning to discharge our duty in this respect. The report of the secretary of the treasury on these works, which is or ought to be in the hands of every citizen, will show their feasibility, as to the funds; and it develops a part of the advantages with which the system must be attended. But neither that distinguished statesman nor any other human being could deal and set forth all the advantages that would arise from such a system carried to its proper extent. They are incalculably great and unspeakably various. They would bind the states together in a band of union that every one could perceive, that every one must cherish, and nothing could destroy. This of itself is an advantage so great, it is considered in all its consequences, that it seems almost useless to notice any other. It would facilitate the means of instructing the people; it would teach them to cherish the union as the source of their happiness, and to know why it was so; and this is a considerable portion of the education they require. It would greatly increase the value of property and the wealth of individuals, and thereby enable them to augment the public revenue. But what is more, it would itself augment the revenue in a more direct manner by enhancing the value of the public lands; which would thus sell faster and bring a higher price. In this manner the first monies laid out by the government on roads and canals would be a reproductive property; it would be constantly sending back more money into the treasury than was taken from it for this purpose. So that all the advantages of every kind, public and private, present and future, commercial and economical, physical, moral and political, would be so much clear gain. There would be nothing destroyed but errors and prejudices, nothing removed but the dangers that now threaten our invaluable institutions.
To do equal justice and give satisfaction to the people in every state in the Union, the sums to be expended in each year should be distributed in the several States according to their population. This is the general understanding among the friends of the system; and the secretary has not neglected to keep it in view in his luminous report.
Our present legislators ought to consider how much true glory would redound to them from being the first to arrange and adopt such a system. How different from the false glory commonly acquired by the governments of other countries. Louis XIV. toiled and tormented himself and all Europe through a long life to acquire glory. He made unjust wars, obtained many victories, and suffered many defeats. He augmented the standing armies of France from 40,000 to 200,000 men; and thus obliged the other powers of Europe to augment their means of defence in the same proportion; means which have drained the public treasuries and oppressed the people of Europe ever since. And what is the glory that now remains to the name of Louis XIV? Only the canal of Languedoc. This indeed is a title to immortality; and it is almost the only subject on which his name is now mentioned in France but with opprobrium and detestation.
The government of England expended one hundred and thirty nine millions sterling in the war undertaken to subjugate the American colonies. This sum, about six hundred millions of dollars, laid out in the construction of canals at twenty thousand dollars a mile, would have made thirty thousand miles of canal; about the same length of way as all the present post roads in the United States and their ferries; or a line that would reach once and a quarter round the globe of this earth on the circle of the equator. Or if the same sum could be distributed in a series of progressive improvements, a part in canals and a part in roads bridges and school establishments beginning with two millions a year, according to the proposition of the secretary of the treasury, and increasing as the surplus revenue would increase to ten or fifteen millions a year, it would make a garden of the United States, and people it with a race of men worthy to enjoy it; a garden extending over a continent; giving a glorious example to mankind of the operation of the true principles of society, the principles recognized in your government. Many persons now in being might live to see this change effected; and most of us might live to enjoy it in anticipation by seeing it begun.
The greatest real embarrassment we labor under at present, arises from our commercial relations; the only point of contact between us and the unjust governments of Europe. By their various and violent aggressions they are constantly disturbing our repose, and causing us considerable expenses. In this case what is to be done? We cannot by compact expect to obtain justice, nor the liberty of the seas from those governments; it is not in the nature of their organization. Shall we think of overpowering them in their own way, by a navy stronger than theirs; brutal force against brutal force, like the ponderous powers of Europe among themselves? This at present is impossible; and if it were possible, or whenever it should be possible, it would be extremely impolitic; it would be dangerous, if not totally destructive, to all our plans of improvement, and even to the government itself.
Has then a beneficent providence, the God of order and justice, pointed out another mode of defence, by which the resources of this nation may be reserved for works of peace and the advancement of human happiness? Has the genius of science and of art raised up a new Archimedes to guide the fire of heaven against the fleets that may annoy us? I cannot but hope it has; not by the ardent mirror; but by means altogether more certain, less dependent on external circumstances, capable of varying and accommodating their mode of attack and defence to all the variety of positions and movements common to ships of war.
I know not how far I may differ in opinion from those among you who may have turned their attention to the subject to which I now allude; or whether any person present has really investigated it. But I should not feel easy to lose the present occasion (the only one that my retired life renders it probable I shall ever have of addressing you) to express my private opinion on that the means of submarine attack, invented and proposed by one of our citizens, carries in itself the eventual destruction of naval tyranny. I should hope and believe, if it were taken up and adopted by our government, subjected to a rigid and regular course of experiments, open and public, so that its powers might be ascertained and its merits known to the world, it would save this nation from future foreign wars, and deliver it from all apprehension of having its commercial pursuits and its peaceful improvements ever after interrupted. It might rid the seas of all the buccaneers both great and small that now infest them; it might free mankind from the scourge of naval wars, one of the greatest calamities they now suffer, and to which I can see no other end.
These opinions may be thought hazardous. But I beg my fellow citizens to believe that I have examined the subject, or I should not hazard them. Several of the great arts that are now grown familiar in common life were once thought visionary. This fact should render us cautious in making up our judgement against an object like this, in the higher order of mechanical combinations, before we have well considered it. With this observation I drop the subject; or rather I resign it into abler hands; the hands of those who have the power, as well as inclination to pursue the best good of our beloved country.
I should not have introduced it in this place were it not for its immediate connection with the means of commencing and prosecuting those vast interior improvements which the state of our nation so imperiously demands; which the heroes of our revolution, the sages of our early councils, the genius of civilization, the avidity of suffering humanity have placed within our power and confided to our charge.

Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND.
TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1809.
No. 1.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURES.
IN the wars either foreign or domestic, which have agitated Europe for the last twenty years; whilst coalitions and treaties of subsidy or of peace, have succeeded to each other in rapid, though inconstant succession; whilst the victors and the vanquished have been equally ruined by the calamities that are incident both to victory and to defeat; by enormous expenditures of public money, by decrease of population, and by the destruction of their towns and manufactures: this country by observing a rigid and impartial neutrality, endeavored to possess itself of those blessings, which flow from peace, to the extension of its commerce and its agriculture; to the amelioration of the condition and increased numbers of its people.
But the decrees and orders in council of the belligerent powers, under pretence of distressing the trade of their enemy, debarred us the right of disposing of the produce of our country, and the fruits of our industry. They confiscated our property, imposed tribute upon our commerce, violated our territory, impressed our citizens, and finally, attacked one of our national vessels. Thus, as far as in them lay, by the destruction of our trade, and by coupling insult with injustice, they endeavored to draw us from that neutrality to whose observance we were so strongly inclined both by interest and inclination.
Under such circumstances, whilst France declares England in a state of blockade, and England declares France in a state of blockade; whilst our merchants are not merely discouraged by their losses during the past, but by their apprehensions of the time to come; whilst the orders of council have been verbally recalled, though they are still retained to every purpose of oppression; whilst we are entirely shut out from those ports of Europe which purchased our produce; and whilst our trade to England if it can escape the cruisers of France, is still subjected to that depreciation which is ever consequent upon a species of monopoly; where the sellers bring more goods into market than the purchasers want; when the latter possess the exclusive right of buying; and sellers are denied the right of selling elsewhere: and when besides, we are deprived of the sales of twelve millions of our commodities, which we were in the habit of selling to the blockaded ports of the continent of Europe; it behoves us to take every measure that will render us independent of European manufactures, to ensure ourselves domestic supplies in case of a war with any of its powers, and by diverting a portion of the capital which now flows in the insecure channel of foreign trade, and which now gives support to the subjects of those powers from whom we have experienced injustice, to the erection of domestic manufactures, and by this means to afford employment to those amongst us, who either from debility or age, are unqualified for the more laborious professions of the agriculturist. Such a measure would bring into action the individual capitals of our fellow-citizens, supply our particular wants and augment the general stock of the country.
It is true that the northern ports of Europe are still left open to us; but have we any certainty that they will long remain in this situation? Besides our trade thither was always of an indirect kind. As our exports to England and France were always greater than our imports; and as both these countries carried on an extensive trade with the ports in the north of Europe: hence, we were enabled to purchase commodities in those countries by bills of exchange drawn in our favor by British and French merchants. Of the commodities which we purchased there, some we disposed of at good market in the south of Europe; and others from the cheapness of the manufactures, we transported to the United States. But at present our trade with those countries must entirely cease. They do not want the natural productions of our country. Many of them are similar to their own: and our trade in those raw materials, (as cotton &c.) which are produced in the United States, and not in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia, as to what regards them is to us entirely useless, because they have established no machinery to work of these commodities. Sugar was the principal export of the U. S. to the ports of the Baltic; but whilst the French W. India Islands are declared in a state of blockade,
and the monopoly of British sugars is still continued, in this article we can expect to have little trade.
There is another additional stop to our commerce, by the blockade of the French W. India islands. Our exports to the islands of the W. Indies have been calculated at three millions. Of these the English took one: and by the blockade we are deprived of the remainder.
But it is not merely the wrongs that we have suffered that should influence our adoption of domestic manufactures. Though by the by, to guard against a repetition of similar injuries, should be thought a strong ground for the adoption of any popular measure. In the present political situation of the world, this as it regards us, is not merely a measure of expediency, but of necessity.
The U. S. exported to the British dominions £ 22,000,000, and took in return manufactures to the amount of £ 12,000,000. Of these the U. S. consumed £ 6,000,000, and exported the remainder: but at present when there is every probability of Britain's being excluded from the continent of Europe; it will be impossible for her to find a vent for her manufactures, and consequently, she will be unable to purchase from us the usual stock of raw materials.
Nor can it be replied that S. America has opened a sufficient market for their produce. This market is already overstocked, and a capital of British manufactures for ten years is said to lie upon hand. The revolution in the S. West parts of Europe, and the opening of the ports of South America, were auspicious occurrences to England, during the embargo & non-intercourse with this country: besides Malta was a general depot for distributing English manufactures through the dominions of Austria and Turkey, by the ports situated along the shores of the Mediterranean: but those prospects have vanished: and the Britons are likely to be entirely excluded from all intercourse with the continent of Europe: and perhaps hereafter the solitude of their situation may once more occasion them to be saluted with the terms of ultimi orbis Britanni .
† Vid. Debates in the English Parliament.
FOR THE ARGUS.
DESULTORY REFLECTIONS AND FACTS.
IN the present dearth of foreign and domestic incidents wherewith to enliven the columns of a public chronicle, a newspaper writer, freed from the close restraint of solid argument, may be permitted to skim and curvet over the whole area of the globe, as well for his own amusement and recreation as for the amusement of his readers. If from among the chaff he can beat up a grain or two of good sense, it may be truly said that he unites the useful with the sweet .
Let us, then, cast our eyes, in the first place, to the old world. The race of Austria, inane of Austria, in all human probability, is run; and the Holy Roman Empire is no more. That prodigious political fabric which was reared by the successors of Romulus, will now be completely extirpated. Rome, long since, declined and fell; but the fragments of her power and magnificence have remained to our times. The Gauls, whose warlike irruptions so often threatened destruction to Rome, whilst she was in the gristle, have, through infinite modifications and changes in the affairs of Europe, arisen out of her ashes, like the progeny of the Phoenix, and become the terror and the scourge of the world. The territories of Austria proper, will, in all likelihood, go to aggrandize the Bavarian kingdom, whilst, perhaps, Hungary and Bohemia may be parcelled out into new fiefs to reward the fidelity and valor of Bonaparte's generals: We may recollect that Napoleon returned hastily from Spain to oppose the proceedings of Austria. It is now well known that France knew last autumn the designs of the emperor of Austria, but Bonaparte also knew that the Austrian levies could not be prepared in time to effect any thing before he had struck a blow in Spain mortal to the house of Bourbon and to the hopes of England. Some of Napoleon's counsellors advised him to divide his forces, and to leave part in Germany, taking with him only a moiety of them to Spain. "No" said the warrior, "I will go with my main force into Spain, and by what I am doing there the emperor of Austria shall learn to fear me." Accordingly, 430,000 men were marched into Spain, and not 100,000 were left to garrison the fortresses of Germany. The dispersion of Blake's army, the battle of Tudela, the surrender of Madrid, the
expulsion of the English from Spain, and the fall of Saragossa, were events which decided the fate of the Spanish monarchy. War still prevails on the Peninsula, but it is only of a predatory kind, being confined to the mountains of Galicia and to the sea coast. The interior is certainly at the mercy of Joseph. By a late victory, all Andalusia is laid open to him, marshal Victor having sabred 10,000 Spaniards on the plains of that fertile province and captivated 4,000 more. Hemmed in on the right and on the left, marshal Beresford and the Portuguese may maintain a war of skirmishes till Bonaparte has settled the affairs of Germany, when they will be sacrificed or driven on board a British fleet in the ocean. Such is the true state of affairs in Spain: bloody and barbarous, indeed, is the picture; but we should deceive ourselves if we traced the outline in fainter colors.
Great Britain must, ere long, be left alone in the contest. The day of coalitions is gone. She must prepare for the dread hour of invasion. In that hour, neither her gold nor her intrigues will save her. Whoever has well-considered the subject, must be well convinced that the fleets of England, however numerous, however triumphant, cannot insure her safety. France has already proved that she can effect a landing of troops in Ireland; and surely the same may be done in England. But let us suppose this will not happen; and that Bonaparte will only exercise his power on the continent of Europe to exclude British merchandise: This, although a slower, is quite as sure a method of reducing England. She cannot exist without commerce of an exterior nature, whilst France can; for a vast field for trade is opened in the interior from the Pillars of Hercules to the extreme shores of the Baltic: and, in the mean time, the cohorts of Napoleon will hew their way into Asia, restore the traffic of the east, establish new caravans, and renovate the channels of commerce which were open before Dignaga weathered the Cape of Good Hope. In any point of view the prospect for Great Britain is gloomy and terrible. The greatest portion of her power is artificial , and nothing is durable which has not a great principle of nature for its basis.
Such are our present reflections on the foreign part of the world. At home we have nothing peculiar to interest us. The federalists, true to the rules of faction, are pouring out their wrath upon the appointment of Mr. Adams as American minister to Russia. Yet these same men formerly advocated the appointment of the same man as minister to Prussia, a power which, in comparison with Russia, had no commerce. But Mr. Adams was then a federalist; or, at least, the Essex Junto thought so; and now they declare him a democrat. The truth is, Mr. Adams appears to be an honest politician; and that with Timothy Pickering, is a very great fault.
Mr. Daschkoff, Russian ambassador, has arrived at Philadelphia with his family. He is said to be a plain, sensible man, and speaks good English. He will probably be in Washington before many days.
The report of Gen. Turreau's being recalled, can have very little if any foundation in truth, as we have it from very good authority that the general has some intention of taking a house again at Washington on the capitol hill. The President and Heads of Departments will shortly leave Washington. The President repairs with his lady to Montpelier (his seat) in Virginia. They will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Cutts, who is a sister of Mrs. Madison's.
HALIFAX, July 8, 1809.
MR. PLEASANTS,
By request of several respectable citizens here, I enclose to you for publication, the following sentiments, given on the 4th instant, by a very respectable assemblage of the citizens of this county, at the building erected for the factory of the Halifax Manufacturing Society on Banister river near the court house, being a meeting proposed by the society, and to which their fellow-citizens generally were invited, and held in honor of the ever-memorable and glorious epocha in our national history, which freed us from the thralldom of foreign chains, the 4th July, 1776.
1st. The 4th of July 1776; the national birth-day—May its character, sacred to the patriots of that era, never be tarnished by their sons; but at each returning anniversary receive additional lustre in their homage.
2d. The memory of the first Congress, & patriots composing the revolutionary armies of America: they contracted for, and paid the first price of our inheritance. To those undaunted souls is due and cheerfully rendered the tribute of grateful recollection. 'Tis all that we can give.
3d. The memory of Gen. George Washington—May it live embalmed in the hearts of the friends of liberty through all time; but especially of Americans.
4th. The President of the U. States: a wise and faithful son of the republic, &
the mild, but firm, and dignified supporter of her rights.—May claims so ample, meet a just return in the gratitude and confidence of every true American.
5th. Thomas Jefferson, late president—May he enjoy as much happiness in private , as he possessed love and veneration by his countrymen in public life.
6th. The principles of the American constitution: mutual concessions, mutual forbearance, and mutual labours.
7th. The militia of the United States—when organized the only natural and safe defence of our liberties.
8th. The spirit of 1776—may the vital principle which animated the sages of '76 to assert their rights, and to burst the chains of oppression, be kept alive, thro' all succeeding ages.
9th. Agriculture, navigation, and commerce—not as measured to us by the tyrants of the world, but as we inherit them from our fathers, and our God.
10th. The Union of the states; perpetuity to it. Let no sister of the family be seceded from her allegiance and first love.
11th. Party spirit.—May it be buried in oblivion, and all honest men unite in the glorious cause of liberty.
12th. The powers of Europe: we offer them the hand and heart of friendship upon honorable terms, but otherwise withdraw them. Upon these conditions be the basis of all negotiation and subsequent treaties.
13th. May the Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary departments be ever kept separate and distinct, be exercised constitutionally, in the preservation of liberty, to all the citizens of the United States.
14th. Domestic Manufactures—a grand pillar in the fabric of independence. May every hand be extended and every heart engaged in aiding to rear and foster it.
15th. The Halifax Manufactory—Let not its utility be underrated by being viewed through the medium of prejudice.
16th. Let the hand be withered that would plume the crown of any foreign despot with a feather from the American Eagle.
17th. The Fair Sex—May they catch inspiration from the genius of their country, and clad in homespun, proudly spurn the garb of foreign dependence.
Several volleys of musketry, &c. followed the delivery of each sentiment, with loud cheering of the assembly, and the whole was conducted with great order and decorum. A detached account of the proceedings, which was in true republican style, and several volunteer toasts given by gentlemen present are omitted for the sake of brevity. It may be proper to remark, however, that a spirit of conciliation, particularly cherished on this occasion, appeared to be attended with happy effects. The committee of arrangement were purposely selected from different political classes, yet appeared animated with a similar spirit on all leading points. It is also due to Captains Sandford of the Cavalry and Hannor of the Infantry and the respective detachments of militia under their command for the day, who honored it and the meeting with their military respects, to say, that the company was greatly delighted and the entertainment much heightened in the view of various military tactics and feats performed with high animation, as well as, in the order and regularity with which the duties assigned them were executed during the day:—It is equally due to Capt. William Roberts, to acknowledge the assiduity and respectful attention displayed by him in the preparation of a most plentiful and elegant barba-cue for their accommodation.
ONE OF THE MEETING.
By an advertisement in to day's paper it will appear that the Infant Roscius makes his next debut on to-morrow evening. The applause and reputation which this Orator in Miniature, (being only 7 years old) has acquired, in different parts of the U. States, will no doubt be augmented in Richmond, by a frequent display of his amazing powers.
Foreign.
LATE AND IMPORTANT NEWS. FROM LISBON AND CADIZ.
NEW YORK, July 10.
Captain Hague, of the ship Paragon , sailed from Lisbon on the 7th of June, and informs us that the news of the surrender of Oporto to the English, whereby a French army of 25,000 troops were made prisoners, reached Lisbon on the first of June; & that, in consequence thereof, the British merchants, &c. who had left Oporto previous to the French taking possession of it, were returning.
It was after reported, that the Austrians had obtained a complete victory over the French, in which the latter lost 25,000 men, including the killed, wounded and prisoners.
A considerable force of cavalry arrived at Lisbon on the 2d of June from England, destined for the interior of Portugal; and it was supposed they would proceed to Spain. The British and Spaniards were using every exertion to clear the country of the French, and it was supposed they would completely effect that object, calculating that Austria would find sufficient employment for the army of Bonaparte. It was also reported at Lisbon, that Russia had declared war against France.
Captain Johnson, of the ship Caroline from Cadiz, informs us that he had a Seville Gazette , which he understood contained the Russian declaration of war, but that he was boarded on his passage by a British frigate, and gave it to the boarding officer.
A British brig of war had arrived at Lisbon from Malta, and brought advices that on the 16th of April a severe battle was fought on the Tyrol between the Austrians and French: that the advanced guard of the Austrian army, consisting of 36,000 men, was twice repulsed by the French army of 50,000 men under command of Prince Eugene Beauharnois: that the archduke John came up with a corps de reserve of 20,000 men, & entirely defeated the French, who lost 20,000 killed, wounded, and taken prisoners, amongst the wounded was Eugene Beauharnois.
St Andros has been retaken by the Spaniards. Marshal Soult, whose army surrendered to the British and Portuguese, had made his escape.
By the ship Caroline , 39 days from Cadiz, Seville Gazettes to the 28th of May are received at the Office of the Mercantile Advertiser; and by the Paragon from Lisbon, Portuguese papers to the 5th of June, from which the following articles are translated.
Extraordinary Gazette of the Government.
SEVILLE, May 27.
By Official Letters received from Trieste, dated 20th April, the Supreme Central Junta have advice of the Archduke John having beaten the French army of 50,000 French, under the command of the Vice Roy of Italy, Beauharnois, at Sussile, Poria, and Conegliano.
They have also received Officially through the same channel, advice of RUSSIA having declared in favour of AUSTRIA, against FRANCE.
LISBON, June 1.
The army commanded by General Romana, attacked the French at Maira, and followed them to Parado. Here the enemy hid themselves in a forest, which we surrounded, fired on them, and killed many. They then retreated to Lugo, leaving in our hands 3 pieces of cannon, &c. Our troops followed the enemy to the gates, surrounded the city, placing strong detachments at the gates, expecting that it will surrender by capitulation or compulsion. Fortunately the apostate Magarrado, who has so long been praising King Joseph in Astorga, is now shut up in Lugo.
P. S. This day, at 7 o'clock in the evening, we have received the official account of the retaking of Lugo, by marshal Nicolas Mahi, second in command of the army of the left, and commander in chief in the absence of the Marquis Romana. In this glorious action, the resistance made by the enemy was obstinate, but were defeated after losing 1000 men, in killed wounded and prisoners.
June 2.
Letters from Elvas of the 29th ult. mention that General Cuesta had advanced his head quarters from Monasterio to Fuerte del Muerstre.
The Dutch papers mention a battle in Poloma; Archduke Ferdinand commanded there, but say nothing of its result, a convincing proof that the French were defeated, and it is believed that Morsovia had fallen into his hands.
We learn from Seville, that it is certain that peace has been made between Russia and England and that Russia has entered into the Coalition against the grand usurper of Europe. With impatience, we expect a confirmation, as we have good reason to give credit to this news which is given by Col. Alava, who had arrived at Seville. In England, this event, as late as the 13th of May, was considered probable.
June 4.
Account of the Battle fought on the 16th of April, near Fontanafredda.
In their retreat the French left one regiment of line, No 35, in Padermone. This regiment, commanded by adjutant-general Dugomir and Col. Brissieu, was surprised by a strong body of Austrians, and compelled to surrender.
The Austrians in their march met in Sassile a French army of 35,000 men, commanded by the Vice-Roy Eugene Beauharnois, and the general of Brigade Gilet, with 30 pieces of artillery, which, together with the reinforcements brought by general Cervellon, who came from Italy with 15,000 men, making a total of 50,000 men. The Austrians, commanded by the Archduke John commenced the attacks with an army of 35,000 men, and were twice obliged to fall back; but, having been joined by 20,000 men from the Tyrol, from Seravalle, and Ceneda, of infantry and cavalry, attacked the French army in the rear. The French army was thus placed between two fires. The battle lasted the whole day of the 16th. The French, after losing a great number of men abandoned the field to the victorious Austrians. Scarcely 15,000 men escaped, whose retreat was favoured by the conflagration of the village Ronco, which they set on fire to favour their retreat. The loss of the enemy was, in killed, wounded & prisoners, upwards of 20,000 men. The Vice-Roy was wounded, a general Serras was made prisoner with a number of officers of rank. The Italian regiment called Veltes laid down their arms but were afterwards compelled by the French cavalry to take them up again. Soon after this regiment was destroyed by the Austrian cavalry. The loss of the Austrians was considerable. General Gilet was wounded, after having two horses killed under him. Many of the staff officers were killed and wounded. Some of the regiments remain with very few officers, most of them having fallen in the action.
The Austrian army continued advancing. In short, the field was left completely in the power of the Austrians. Upwards of 5,000 wounded French have been found between Sassile and Padermone, amongst whom is General Desaix, who was wounded and made prisoner in the first action, and was sent to the house of Signor Calvani.
PARIS, April 23.
Private letters from Milan announce that, the Austrians having attacked the French & Italians, were repulsed, with great loss in killed and wounded: our troops took ten pieces of cannon.
REPORT
To his excellency the minister of the marine and colonies:—
On board the Ocean, in the road of the isle of Aix, April 12, 1809.
"Sir—I had the honor to inform you, in my letter of the 9th inst. that the enemy's fleet, which anchored in Barque roads, consisted of 12 ships of the line, 6 frigates, 11 corvettes, and 32 transport vessels.
"On the 10th there arrived 16 vessels, which appeared to be transports or fire-ships. I directed the topmasts to be lowered down and took in the topsails. On the 11th the wind being fresh at N. E. the enemy's frigates approached the island by tacking.

"The forces of his majesty were in two indented lines of battle very close, lying N. N. E. & S. S. E. in order to present the less front to the fire-ships. They were flanked by a stoccade, 400 toises in breadth, and 800 toises long. The north end was a cable's length and an half from the rocks of the island."
"At sun-down, the wind still blew fresh. I permitted each captain to manoeuvre as he might think best for the safety of his ship."
"I made a signal for the 4th and 5th divisions of the flotilla to go and maintain a lookout, for two hours, at the stoccade; but the wind was so violent, that few of the vessels could make any way, and the greater part returned."
"I sent an officer to inform gen. Brouard, who commanded on the isle of Aix, that the enemy, by his manoeuvres, seemed inclined to take advantage of the high wind and sea to attempt a coup-de-main; he answered that he would await it firmly, and answered for the operations on land."
"At half past eight, four English vessels were anchored in the current, the chief point of the wind heading their line. The Ocean keeping to the north-west. They had signals, and appeared to be fixing marks for the direction of their fire-ships."
"It blew so hard, that I found it impossible to interrupt them, and I therefore gave no orders for that purpose."
"About 9 o'clock, a loud explosion took place at the stoccade, two others succeeded it. A brig in flames struck against the stoccade, and then successively presented themselves several brigs and three masted vessels under all sail, having fire in their bodies and rigging; they were for awhile stopped, but at last freed themselves, and successively arrived upon my lines."
"The first fell aboard the Regulus , and fastened on the starboard side: at the same time, the second also on fire fell upon the Ocean ."
"I had given orders to be ready to veer the cables, or to cut them if necessary, as the only means left to avoid total destruction."
As this fire-ship came almost across my bowsprit, I gave orders to veer the cable; but as it came faster than the Ocean made stern-way (although I had ordered the mizen-top-sail to be backed to the mast) I determined to cut the north-west cable, to come about to the south-east: this step succeeded.
"The fire-ships succeeding each other, coming with sails filled with a fair wind into our squadron, and directed particularly against the Ocean, which was in the centre of the line, one of them fastened upon the starboard quarter, notwithstanding all we did to avoid it."
"Such was the true situation of the vessels of his majesty, the flames carrying flakes of fire along its batteries. Happily this fire-ship had a great area; it ward off, but only to fasten to the ropes near the chains. We yet tried to disengage ourselves from it, when its bowsprit entered the fore-catchet; we could not cut it, and the heat was so excessive that it was impossible to approach it. Some brave men then devoted themselves, jumped upon the spritsail and then on the ship's head, and saved the vessels, but five of them lost their lives."
"With difficulty were we then thus delivered from a danger so imminent, three times repeated, when other fire ships fell alongside of me, but these also I had the good fortune to disengage myself from."
"The enemy directed against us three infernal machines and 33 fire-ships, as well brigs, as vessels of three masts, transports, and two vessels of the line."
"His majesty's ships and frigates were saved from destruction only by veering their cables."
"The captain of a frigate, Lissilom, commanding the Ocean in the absence of captain Rolland, and my adjutants Perron and Gaspard, behaved with singular sang-froid; the officers and cadets behaved in the best manner, and the crew maintained excellent order; M. Delmas, sub-commis-sary of the forces, did not for a moment leave the deck. I am happy to bestow praises so well deserved."
Signed "ALLEMAND." Since the receipt of the above letter, the maratime prefect has announced that three vessels, en flûte , in veering their cables, were run upon the rocks: unable to relieve them, their crews were landed, and they were then set on fire. The next tide the enemy began to prepare new fire-ships and bomb-vessels, and soon made an attack, but they were repulsed with considerable loss, and did not prevent our squadron from returning to repair.
Such, then, are the means, which an enemy superior in maratime force, is not ashamed to employ! They avoid fighting ship to ship, or man to man, but launch a-gainst us infernal machines! They pro-claim themselves conquerors, but they are only incendiaries!
We know that there have at all times been fire-ships, but that cowardice insepa-rable from their employment is exploded by all nations; they form no part of the re-gular system of maratime warfare; and if, in the 17th century, some desperate ad-venturers profited by them, these men were before-hand disowned by their go-vernment, and an infamous death awaited them if taken.
It is very worthy of the present govern-ment of England, to introduce the use of fire-ships, and to add to them infernal ma-chines, to multiply all those horrors which the unanimous execration of enlightened states had rejected from the received op-erations of war; it became such a govern-ment to expend enormous sums* for such an infamous expedition, the result of which has been so inferior to their expectations. *It is calculated that this expedition cost, in vessels, bombs, powder, &c. above five mil-lions.
SPAIN. Copies of three Decrees in favour of the commerce of Great Britain. 1. In consequence of urgent instances of the Minister of his Britannic Majesty, the Supreme Central and Governing Jun-ta of the kingdom, and in the royal name
of his Majesty Ferdinand the 7th, com-mands, that in this custom house and in all the privileged Custom houses of this province, English goods shall be admitted without any limitation or restriction, and that the duty shall be paid for the same at the rates only, at which they were charged before the war in 1804—By order of his majesty, this notification is made to your excellency, both for information & ob-serveance of the same.—May God preserve you many years.
(Signed) SAAVEDRA. Seville, Feb. 21, 1809.
2. In order, that in the existing cir-cumstances, all impediments may be as much as possible removed, which inter-rupt the intercourse with English ships, and induced, by repeated applications of the Minister of his Britannic Majesty, the same Supreme Central and Governing Jun-ta, &c. &c. have determined to permit all English goods disembarked in our ports, which may not be sold in the country, to be re-exported on the payment only of 2 per cent. and no further duties are, in such case, to be required. By order of his ma-jesty, this notification is made, &c. &c. ( cut ante .)
(Signed) SAAVEDRA.
3. The near alliance which subsists be-tween this port and that of London, and in consequence of the assistance the lat-ter has given us, which deserves to be re-turned by our warmest attachment and most profound respect, H. M. has con-de-scended to allow to the ships of G. Britain to convey to the ports of Spain the articles of bacallao (dried cod fish) the same duties being payable thereon, which were requir-ed before the war of 1779—Such cargoes so received may be sent to our settlements in America, in the national vessels.
By order of H. M. this notification is made, &c. &c. ( cut ante .)
(Signed) SAAVEDRA.
Revolution at Buenos Ayres.—We have long suspected that Liniers was exerting himself to the utmost in favor of the family of Bonaparte, and we now learn, by letters from Rio Janeiro, of the late date of Feb. 6, that a revolution took place on the 1st. of January, in which Liniers triumphed, and is now completely master as Viceroy of the city. It seems that the marriage of his daughter with a young man of the name of Perichon, which was contrary to law, disgusted the people generally, who were, besides, very desirous to elect a Junta, in imitation of Seville, &c. The Cabildo met, and the usual elections took place on the first of Jan. after which, previous dispo-sitions having been made by arming, &c. on both sides, to decide the matter by force, in case of necessity, a negotiation took place between the Cabildo & Liniers, regarding his laying down the sovereign authority. At length the heads of that body went to the Fuerte to treat personally with the Viceroy, when, up went the draw bridge, and they were quickly marched through the Puerto del Socorro to the water side, put on board the Schooner, and have been sent off, nobody knows where; but it is supposed that the voyage was not a long one, since it is known there were very few provisions on board. The names of those who thus put themselves into the trap are—Alzaga, Villanueva, Sta. Coloma, Vare-la, and another.
As a proof that this revolution is alto-gether in favor of France, we only need state, that the above-mentioned Perichon is a Frenchman by birth, and is the person who was charged by Liniers with dispatch-es for Bonaparte, giving an account of his defence of Buenos Ayres against the Bri-tish under general Whitelocke, and was, on his return from France through Spain, in May or June of last year, apprehended in Andalusia, by order of the Junta of Seville, and confined in Cadiz, from whence it would appear he effected his es-cape.
The event which has thus taken place, though unfortunate for the patriotic cause of Spain, has removed every difficulty which obstructed the course of operations that it might behove the government of this country to pursue in concert with the prince of the Brazils.—Mouite Video still holds out against Liniers, and must be pre-vented from falling under his authority, or the whole of Spanish America may be lost.
It is to be apprehended, that the French squadron which sailed some time since from L'Orient, may have proceeded to the Rio de la Plata.— Bell's Messenger .
EAST INDIES. NEW-YORK, April 12.
The following account of a revolution which broke out last November at Bantam, a Dutch settlement in the East Indies, was handed us by a gentleman who arrived here yesterday in the ship Illinois , from Batavia.
[Translated for the Evening Post.] ORDER OF THE DAY. Camp at Cera, four miles above Bantam, 24th Nov. 1808.
The 14th inst. the marshal and govern-or general Daendels received intelligence that on the 11th inst. at Bantam, governor Du Puy, lieutenant Koni, one corporal, and three Malay soldiers, had been murdered in a most barbarous manner in the fort of the sultan, and that orders had been given to kill the commanding officer and the Eu-ropeans stated at Anjar, but who, however, fortunately made their escape. Immedi-ately 200 grenadiers, one company of flying artillery, 125 cannoners on foot, with two howitzers, 700 infantry, and 60 cavalry, were ordered to march thither, which not-withstanding the difficulties they had to en-counter by bad roads, and the crossing of deep, large and rapid rivers, was effected in a very short time. The sultan who had been unfaithful to his engagements, and counteracted the interest of the Dutch go-vernment, had been instigated to this ma-licious act by his first minister, whose re-moval from office the marshal had ad-vised. On the 19th the marshal summoned the deluded prince to surrender, which he refused to do. On the 21st, Fort Diamond was surrounded by the military, and taken
possession of without resistance. The sul-tan was found in his palace, by himself, with his wives and concubines, deserted by his soldiers. The next day the marshal incorporated the king dom of Bantam, with the other possessions belonging to his ma-jesty the king of Holland, viz. the eastern part joined to the circumjacent country of Batavia: the Lampon is to be forever se-parated and the remainder given to the brother of the former sultan, who is to con-sider himself as a subject of his majesty the king of Holland, and to be under the controul of the new governor. The sultan is at present arrested, in the fort of Speel-wych, from whence he will be transported to Amboyna. On the 24th, the first min-ister of the deposed sultan, who had been the cause of all the mischief, was shot, and his body thrown into the river—wherever the honor of the Dutch government being suffi-ciently revenged; the Marshal proclaimed a general amnesty. The jewels, and most precious things, are confiscated for the ben-efit of the government, and shall either be transported to Batavia, or remain here for further orders.
ESSINEUR, April 14.
On the night of the 14th, two English ships of the line, one of them carrying a rear admiral's flag, & a cutter brig, coming from the north sea, passed the Sound under the Swedish coast, and came to anchor near the island of Hveen. The cannon of the for-tress announced their arrival, and our flot-illa was immediately ranged in order of bat-tle. At the moment of their passage, the batteries of Helsingburg fired 12 or 14 shots, but they did not appear to affect the enemy. A flag of truce was sent to us to-day, just as we were about to dispatch one from our side. It is true, as it is pretended, that sev-eral other ships of war wish to pass the Sound; they will not be able to do so, whilst the south wind prevails.
The English have great hopes of remain-ing at peace with Sweden. It is said that admiral Saumarez has arrived before Go-temburg, with eight ships of the line, two frigates and some transports. English mer-chantmen depart freely from the Swedish ports.
STOCKHOLM, April 9.
His excellency M. Alapens has arrived here, to congratulate the duke of Soderma-nia in the name of the emperor Alexander, upon the recent change. His royal high-ness has given a suitable answer, and in or-der to accelerate peace with Russia, has sent to Petersburg, the grand marshal of the court, M. Schwerin.
Union and tranquility prevail throughout Sweden, and we await with confidence, the result of overtures made by the duke re-gent for concluding a peace with foreign powers.
ST. PETERSBURGH, March 30.
We have announced that the emperor has formed, at the suggestion of the minister of war, a committee of artillery: this commit-tee will be under the immediate superintend-ence of the inspector general of artillery: the president and members will be nomi-nated by his majesty. The following are to be the regulations:—
1. The committee will employ them-selves chiefly in ascertaining the best means for perfecting the different branches of the artillery, as well in theory as in practice. 2. It will examine designs and models of pieces of artillery, and other objects re-lating to the foundries and arsenals; and when it shall think proper to make altera-tions, shall make a proposition to that effect to the inspector general of artillery. 3. Upon the basis of the ordinance of the 19th April, 1804, relative to the exercises in the artillery camp, the committee will examine the details of the manoeuvres given in by the commanders of the artillery companies; and, if they deem any remarks necessary, will lay them before the inspec-tor general, and will make them known to the whole corps of artillery in a journal which he will publish. 4. The committee will examine all pro-jects relative to the artillery, and, after hav-ing made the necessary researches and communicated them to the inspector general, will make known the result through the newspapers. 5. The examinations of cadets of the ar-tillery and artificers, shall be made in pre-sence of all the members of the committee. 6. The journal of the committee will be calculated to afford to young officers the means of acquiring a knowledge of their du-ties. 7. The members of the committee must observe the greatest exactness and impar-tiality, in their researches, and the opin-ions which may be inserted in the journal should be signed by the members who par-ticipated in the deliberation.
APRIL 5.
The emperor is expected here to-mor-row, on his return from Finland. His majesty, in the midst of a large and brilliant assembly of his new subjects, deli-vered a discourse which delighted their hearts.
LONDON, May 6.
We understand it to have been yesterday determined in council that all the Dutch vessels detained in British ports are to be permitted to return home in ballast , being first furnished with licences for that pur-pose, which are to be granted without any demand whatever for such licences.
VIENNA, April 12.
Court Stadion has communicated the Aus-trian manifesto to the whole of the diplo-matic corps; it has no merit unless its ex-treme length may deserve it—it fills six-teen quarto pages.
Czerny Georges is increasing his army to the number of 100,000 men. On Saturday the 8th, her majesty the empress went to St. Stephen's church, to offer up prayers for the safety of his ma-jesty the emperor, and the success of the Aus-trian arms.
We learn that the army has advanced at several points. General Weissenoof re-ceived orders to proceed to Lentz in the Tyrol, and established himself in Puster-thal; but we know not whether this order could have been executed.
Since the 8th inst. the English have been permitted freely to enter the port of Tri-este.
The news we have received from Mol-avia is truly alarming, and proves more and more the union of France and Russia. We have, in short, the most positive infor-mation, that the congress of Yassy was bro-ken up almost as soon as it was opened. The following are some of the most authen-tic particulars of that affair: after a veri-fication and exchange of powers, the min-ister of Russia proceeded to show that the two empires could never enjoy the comforts of peace, whilst their limits were not such as nature in some degree had fixed. They made it sensible to the Turks that the ad-joining provinces, situated on the left bank of the Danube, would be a perpetual source of jealousy and discord, and demanded the positive cession of the country, which the Russians had held for three years, where they had erected strong places, and from which they would not on any pretext with-draw the numerous forces they had assem-bled there. As a basis, therefore, essen-tial to the negotiation, they required the cession of the provinces in question, and declared it was useless to prolong negotia-tion, if the Porte was not prepared to ac-cede to this preliminary proposition.
The ministers of the Porte replied that such a cession was altogether contrary to the instructions they had received, that it would violate the rules of their religion, and that in short they had an order to con-sent to no arrangement of the kind.
But the circumstance which accelerated the breaking up of the congress, was this. At the close of the first sitting, the Russian ministers demanded that the British minis-ter should be ordered to quit Constantinople directly, and that all British merchan-dize found throughout the Ottoman empire should be seized.
The Turkish ministers intended to de-part from Constantinople the day after to-morrow; but they were detained. It is be-lieved that prince Prosorowski had sent ten of his officers to Constantinople with an ultimatum, containing representations to the Porte of the inevitable consequences of its refusal, and the Russians do not think it prudent to suffer the Ottoman ministers to depart until these officers shall return.
After the breaking up of the congress, a great number of courtiers were sent with instructions to the different Russian gene-rals commanding on the Danube. A great number of regiments were put in motion, and every thing announces the immediate commencement of hostilities.
April 12. It is confirmed that the Servians have ceased all communication with us, and that they have made such movements as evince a determination to cross the Danube and attack Hungary.
CONSTANCE, April 12.
The occupation of Trieste and Fiume by the French, will be one of the first o-perations of the war.
We are assured that the English squad-ron, which is cruising in the Adriatic, is expected to enter the port of Trieste, from whence the Russian squadron lying there is about to depart for Venice. A treaty has been negotiated between the courts of London and Vienna, particularly respect-ing the subsidies which the Austrians were promised by the former. A large sum of money is expected at Trieste, which has for a long time remained at Malta, to be conveyed to Austria as soon as the English received advice of the declaration of war against France.
The number of English ships has en-creased within a short time, in the Adri-atic Gulf. Some of the frigates belonging to the squadron blockading Corfu, are ar-rived in the southern part of the Gulf, to intercept the communication between Da-matia and the kingdom of Italy.
The Austrian provinces are filled with English merchandise, sent from the grand depot at Malta, since the emperor of Aus-tria authorised their importation. Indeed we know that Austria has never prohibi-ted their importation, but in appearance, and the principal merchants of Trieste have not ceased to trade with Sicily and Malta. The Austrian ships which enter Trieste with the pretended merchan-dize of the Levant, were in reality laden with English colonial produce and manu-factured goods.
L'ORIENT, April 30.
On Friday afternoon, an aide-de-camp of M. Villaret Joyeuse, captain general of Martinique, and sent to the maritime pre-fect of this port, informed us of the arri-val of a ship of the line, 5 frigates, and 8 transports, all English, having on board the troops, returning to France from that colony, after its capitulation; three other transports, that sailed more slowly than the rest, were left behind on the voyage.
SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE AF-FAIRS.
PHILADELPHIA, July 12. (From Jackson's Pol. Register.)
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in Cadiz, to his friend in this city, dated May 27, 1809.—"It affords me much pleasure, to inform you that the Patriots have been blessed with uncommon success, in almost every attack on the overbearing tyrants of this part of the world. Yesterday authen-tic accounts arrived, of the French at O-porto, being completely routed, killed, wounded and taken prisoners. General Soult is wounded and taken prisoner by the British at that place. Perrol was late-ly consumed with the magazines; 3 sail of the line and 5 ships set on fire by the French and then retreated. The Austri-an army, forming a force from 5 to 600,000 men, have already taken the field; hos-tilities commenced the 11th April. In-telligence has just been received, that near Venice, the advanced guard, a divi-
sion of 35,000 men; was twice repulsed by the French, but the archduke John hav-ing come to their assistance at the head of a force of 30,000 men, completely de-feated the French, who were 50,000 strong, under command of Eugene Beauharnois, viceroy of Italy, who was wounded, the loss of the French is 20,000 men, the greater part killed or wounded—the remainder prisoners, besides the whole of their artillery and baggage. The archduke is in pursuit of the enemy."
May 28th. News has just arrived from Seville, announcing for a certainty that the Russians and Prussians have joined the Austrians against France. All the bells in this place are now ringing, as also firing of cannon and rejoicing on the oc-casion.
Statement and situation of the Austrian Force.
Men, Commanders in Chief. Army of Ger- many, 180,000 Archduke Charles. The Danube, 40,000 General Kehler Poland, 120,000 Archduke Ferdinand Italy, 95,000 Archduke John Dalmatia, 35,000 General Valacovich Tyrol, 30,000 General Cholter Reserve, 96,000 Emperor in person. Total, 590,000
THE young American Orator. THE INAUGURAL ROSCIUS, will perform to mor-row evening, July 19th, at the Hay Market Garden.—Tickets of admission 50 cents each to be had at the Eagle Tavern—Children's 25 cents.—Leader of the Band, Mr. Weide-mair. To commence at 7 o'clock.—Music at 9 o'clock for the Ball.
COLUMBIAN MILLS.—The Subscriber informs his friends, and the public, that he will purchase WHEAT delivered at the CO-LUMBIAN MILLS, or he will receive Wheat there, to be manufactured on very moderate and advantageous terms to the holders of this title, viz.—for every 340 pounds of good Merchantable Wheat, he will engage to deliver one barrel of good Superfine Flour, or he will receive Wheat at 6s and 6d per bushel, of 60 lbs. and deliver Superfine Flour at $6 12 cents, with a small proportion of Fine Flour at $5 62 cents per bar-rel—all to be inspected and delivered in good order at the Mill.
The FLOUR made at this Mill has always been held in high repute, and it is the intention of the present Proprietor to sustain its character. The CORN MILL is in complete order—every attention will be paid to customers sending their CORN to be ground on toll at the usual rate. Good fresh MEAL for sale in small or large quantities at very moderate prices for Cash. Apply to Mr Samuel Leech on the premises, or
JOHN GRANBERY, Residing in Norfolk CASH given for CORN delivered at the Mill Richmond, 7th July, 1809. tf.
SALES at AUCTION. On Wednesday the 29th inst. will be sold, without reserve, at the office of the subscribers, the following proper-ty, belonging to the estate of Capt. Wm. Rich-ardson, dec.—A young Negro Man, a good silver-smith—a very smart Mulatto Boy, about twelve years old—an old Negro Woman, a good plain cook—a quantity of silversmith's Tools and Sweepings.
Terms of sale.—One fourth cash—The remain-der in equal payments at 6, 12 and 18 months, Bonds with approved security and with interest from the day of sale will be required. By or-der of the executor FOSTER & SATCHELL, Auc'trs. July 14th, 1809.
N. B. Among the jewellery belonging to the deceased, there are some articles supposed to have been left with him for repair. These the owners may receive upon application to the sub-scribers and proving their property. FOSTER & SATCHELL.
NOTICE.—Those who have claims against the estate of Anthony Murray, dec are hereby informed that a final distribution of the bonds and other assets in the hands of the admin-istrator, will take place on Saturday the 29th inst. amongst the creditors and others legally au-thorised to receive, at Buckingham courthouse, B. FORD, Jr. D. S. for B. FORD Sheriff of Buck-ingham, and Adm'r of Anthony Murray, dec'd. July 10th, 1809. 2*
TAKEN up by John Williams, upon his own land in the County of Henrico, an estray MAR. MULE, dun colour, four feet two inches high, flaxen mane, about 9 or 10 years old. Appraised to fifty dollars, agreeable to law. May 1st, 1809. (3 v)
WILL be sold, on the 21st day of this instant, at the late dwelling house of Mr Robert Davis, dec. all the Household and Kitchen Furniture, the shop Furniture and its remains; on a credit for all sums above $20, six months; the purchaser giving bond with approved security; for all under, cash will be required. It is ear-nestly requested that those who have just claims against the estate will make them known immediately, that provision may be made for the payment, and it is also requested that those indebted will make immediate payment, as the situation of the estate will not allow giving any indul-gence whatever. ISAAC DAVIS, Adm'r, with the will annexed of ROBERT DAVIS, dec. July 11th, 1809. (3)
PUBLIC SALE. On Thursday next, the 20th inst. at 10 o'clock, A. M. will be sold, at public vendue, at the late resi-dence of J. J. Watt, dec. all the HOUSE-HOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE, be-longing to said estate. HARRY TOMPKINS, } Adm'rs, D. J. BURR, } July 13th, 1809. 2
TO BE LET to the lowest bidder, at Prince Edward court house, on the last Saturday in July next, the BUILDING of a BRICK HOUSE, twenty-two by 20 feet, twelve feet pitch, to be covered with Slate or Tile. By the Commissioners. June 22d, 1809. (3wks.)

REMOVAL. The subscriber has removed near the Basin where he continues to keep a house of Private Entertainment. He has also for sale, a general assortment of GROCERIES. Likewise sells all kinds of country produce on commission. HEZEKIAH PURYEAR. Richmond, May 17th, 1809. tf
FOR SALE, On Saturday the 22d July, on the premises The Tract of Land, WHEREON John Irby, dec'd. resi- ded, lying in the upper end of Charles City County, on James river, commanding an extensive view up and down said river, in an agreeable neighborhood—and as a stand for a grocery store, equal to any below the City of Richmond.—There are 75 or 80 Acres of land in this tract, (more or less) and devised by the decedent to be sold for the payment of his debts. Terms will be made known on the day of sale, by the, ADMINISTRATOR, With the Will annexed. June 8th, 1809. tds
NOTICE. By virtue of the last will and testament of Pleasant Younghusband, dec. WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 13th of June next, at the courthouse of Botetourt county, being court day, One Tract of Land, Containing 234 acres, more or less, it being the same tract of land deeded to Pleasant Younghusband by Thomas M'George and Judith his wife, as by indenture bearing date the 2d day of July, 1800, on the following terms, to wit: one third cash, one third in twelve months, and the remaining third in two years. Bonds with security, to carry interest from the date if not paid in three months after they become due, and a deed of trust on the land to secure the two last payments, will be required. ELIZA T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Administratrix. SAMUEL P. PARSONS, Adm'r. With the will annexed. 2d mo. 17th, 1809. tds N. B. The above sale is postponed to Botetourt August Court. E. T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Adm'r. S. P. PARSONS, Adm'r. 5th mo. 6th, 1809.
One Thousand Pounds WANTED, FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation, lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1809. tf
To Rent, And possession given immediately. THE TENEMENT At present in the occupancy of Mr. Williamson, and directly back of the Hon. Creed Taylor's. Apply to EDWARD W. TRENT. May 4, 1809. tf
FOR SALE. Forty Thousand weight Isle of Wight Bacon, Amongst which are 900 Hams, 500 Barrels Herring and Shad, 100 Sacks Salt, Liverpool filled, 20 Bales Georgia Cotton, 40 Tierces Rye Whiskey, 8 Barrels Ditto, 45 Kegs English White Lead, 30 do. Spanish Brown, 20 Tons American and Sweden Iron, will be sold low for cash only, GROCERIES, AS USUAL. Russell & Wallace. Richmond, May 22, 1809. 3m.
City Hotel to Let. THAT spacious convenient HOUSE and LOT with out Houses, Stables &c. situated on a street that leads from the main street by the Governor's to the Capitol; which was lately in the occupancy of Mr. Jas. Vaughan, as a Tavern. It will be let for one or more years, and possession given immediately. For terms apply to Benjamin Mosby of Powhatan, or B. Tate of this City, who are authorised by me to let the same. RICHARD CROUCH. Richmond, June 1st, 1809.
Virginia, to wit: At a court of Appeals held at the Capitol in Richmond, the twentieth day of May, 1809. RULE. Great inconveniences & delays having arisen from motions to alter & amend the decrees & special entries of this Court, after they have been entered of record, it is expected that in future the Counsel will respectively in all cases where a special decree or entry shall be deemed necessary, prepare notes of such decree or entry; as they may think ought to be made on the decision: to be considered as part of their statement, and delivered to the judges, with the record, at the final argument, in each cause. A Copy, Teste, J. Brown, c. c. Vol. 10, Part 2d, or No. 20, of Dr. Rees' New Cyclopaedia, is just Received and ready for delivery at this Office. Subscription still open at $ 3 50 per No.
A Pair of Horses Stolen. 20 Dollars Reward. STOLEN from the commons of Manchester, on Thursday night 8th inst. A Pair of Black Horses. One a BROWN BLACK, very thick set and well made, his left hind foot white—The other a jet or deep black, of rather slender make, both nearly the same age, 8 or 9 years, and about five feet high;—they pace, trot and gallop, and run well in harness.—I will give Ten Dollars Reward, with reasonable expenses, to any person delivering them to me, or five Dollars for such information that I get them again—& Twenty Dollars for the apprehension and conviction of the Thief. CORNELIUS BUCK. Manchester, 14th June, 1809. (f.)
IN COUNCIL, January 20, 1809. PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive for manufacturing three hundred and ninety Rifles during the present year, being the number directed by law to be provided annually, including the deficiency of last year. Extract from the minutes. DANL. L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council.
HAVING executed a deed of trust to Benjamin Oliver, jr. William Cunningham, and Samuel Richardson, conveying certain property therein mentioned, to them, for the purpose of making sale thereof, in order to discharge all debts for which I am bound for my father, and my own debts,—It is therefore my wish that all such creditors may as soon as possible, make their respective claims known to the above named gentlemen, that they may know how far to carry the sales, which will take place the 1st of August next. JOHN M. SYME. 4th June, 1809. tds
Valuable Property FOR SALE. PURSUANT to a deed of trust executed to us, by John M. Syme, of the county of Hanover, for the purpose of satisfying all debts for which he is bound for his father, and his own debts; we shall, on Tuesday the first day of August next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, upon the premises, proceed to sell, four hundred and sixty-three acres, (by a late survey) of prime and valuable Land, adjoining the town of New-Castle, upon Pamunkey River, and the ferry across that river. Also, ELEVEN NEGROES, consisting of men, women, boys and girls, all the stock of Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, and implements of Husbandry, &c. conveyed by the said instrument. Such title as we hold as trustees will be made the purchaser or purchasers, and possession of the land given at Christmas, with the privilege of seeding wheat this fall. The terms of sale will be one third cash, one third in six months, and the balance in 12 months, from the day of sale. Interest will be expected upon the distant payments. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers of the personal property, and bonds with deeds of trust upon the land and ferry of the respective purchasers. The land, &c. will be shown by Mr. Wm. Cunningham, living in New-Castle, or either of the Mr. Symes, to any person wishing to view the premises—Creditors will be allowed to purchase, and their claims discounted. According to Mr. John M. Syme's notification above, we or either of us, will receive the amount of any claim, and it is our wish that they be made known prior to the day of sale. There are some previous liens upon this property, or some of it, to secure certain debts, which will be first paid, according to their several dates. Proposals for any part of the above property will be received by either of the trustees prior to the sale. BENJAMIN OLIVER, jr. WM. CUNNINGHAM. SAML. RICHARDSON. New Castle, June 4th, 1809. tds
NOTICE. ON Thursday the 20th of July next will be sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the former residence of the late Mr. Wm. Fowler of Chesterfield, About twenty Negroes, Consisting of Men, Women, Boys and Girls; the stock of Horses, Cows and Hogs; the plantation utensils, and about 50 BARRELS OF CORN. The sale will be made for the purpose of satisfying the claims against the estate, and will be continued from day to day, until the whole shall be disposed of, or a sufficient sum raised for that purpose. THE EXECUTORS of WM. FOWLER dec. Chesterfield, June 23, 1809. tds
Land for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust bearing date the 25th day of March, eighteen hundred and seven, executed by Carter Wilkinson and Sally his wife, to the subscribers as trustees, for the purpose of securing a sum of money therein mentioned, to be due to William Bradley, Will be Sold, at Cumberland courthouse, on Monday the 24th day of July next, being court day, a Tract of Land, In the deed conveyed, containing 250 acres, lying in the said county of Cumberland, near the courthouse, and adjoining Thomas Hobson's tract of land, on which the courthouse stands. According to the provisions of an act, entitled an act concerning executions and for other purposes, the subscribers will convey the title to the purchaser or purchasers, as vested therein as trustees only. John G. Daniel. Thomas H. Walton. Cumberland, 16th June, 1809. tds
Wanted to Hire, By the week, month, or for the remainder of the present year, A Sober, Industrious Man, To superintend a parcel of laborers in the vicinity of this city. Enquire at the office of the Virginia Argus. Richmond, June 17th, 1809. tf
JENNINGS'S GAP, June 24th, 1809. Robert M'Dowell, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he has Removed his family from Staunton to the Red House in Jennings's Gap, on the main Road to the different mineral Springs in Bath, Monroe & Greenbrier, where he keeps a HOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, at the Sign of the SPREAD EAGLE, twelve miles from Staunton and 23 miles from Harrisonburg. His house is large and airy, well furnished with good beds, liquors of the best, good stabling to hold upwards of thirty horses, with plenty of hay and grain and pasturage. Also some Mineral Springs very convenient to the house, and as he intends paying particular attention to the house himself; he hopes to give general satisfaction to those who favour him with their custom. 2m.
William Crawford, HAS just received by the late arrivals from New York, a general assortment of GOODS, selected by himself and laid in upon the best terms—among which are the following articles, which will be sold on the most moderate terms, for Cash or Country Produce, at his store four doors below the Eagle Tavern, and adjoining Dr. Crawford's Medicine store: Willow Baskets and Wickerwork Hats Laced and Tambour'd Short and long yellow Cambrick Muslins Nankens first chop Floss & Vain stripe do. Blue and White Nan. do. Kens Laced Robe Dresses Canton Shawls & Ban. Men's and Women's dano hdkfs. Silk Gloves Lungy, Sistersoy and Silk hdkfs. and Shawls Doria hdkfs. Coat and Vest Glass Gilla and mock Matrass Buttons Currahs, Sannas, Cos. Scarlet, Green, Black & Brown Persians sas & Baftas Plain Sarsnets 9-8 Cambrick Muslin Black & cold. Lastrings 6-4 Cambrick Muslin do. do. Sychevs Sheerings, Platillas & Shirtings Silk Waiscoating diff. colours Black Cambricks and Cotton Cassimeres and Gingham English patent Nankeens Corded Gingham Linen & Cotton Checks Chintzes & Calicoes Cotton Brown Holland Furni.ure Prints Velvet Binding Cld Gingham & Tab. Cotton & Chintz Shawls by Velvets Pulicat & Romal hdkfs. Blue and Scarlet Rati. Silk and Cotton Umbrells nette Black, Grass green, Bottle do. and Scar. Silk and Cotton suspenders let S. fine Bombazetts
NOTICE. ALL those that have claims against the estate of Waddy Turner, dec'd. will please bring them forward, authenticated agreeable to law, for adjustment. Those who are indebted to the said estate are requested to come forward, as soon as possible, and make payment, as the situation of the estate will not allow of any further indulgence. A. TURNER, Adm'r. June 8th, 1809. 3w.
NOTICE. THE Cells appropriated for Male Patients in the Lunatic Hospital in the city of Williamsburg being now filled, none others can be received until further notice. There is room for Females. By order of the Court of Directors WILL. RUSSELL, c. c. June 24th, 1809. (1m)
20 Dollars Reward, IS offered for apprehending ANDREW, a negro slave, who about the beginning of this month RUN AWAY from the subscriber residing in the neighborhood of Amelia Court House. Andrew is about thirty years old, an intelligent, active, small man, a good house and stable servant, drives a Carriage well, understands a little of Shoemaking, and readily performs any kind of plantation labor. Some years ago he was in the service of Mr. Turner at the Bell Tavern in Richmond, where I believe he generally acted as hostler, and afterwards till last Christmas, was employed by Mr. Henry L. Biscoe of Manchester, in his tobacco stemmery. He has a wife living at the Manchester coal yard, a free mulatto woman named Sukey Hollinger, by whom I have reason to believe he is secreted. I will pay the above reward to any person who will deliver to me the above mentioned slave, or secure him in Jail, so that I get him again. James Henderson. 20th June, 1809. tf
Valuable Low-Grounds. THE Subscriber offers to Lease, for a term of years, those valuable TENEMENTS at present in the occupancy of the Messrs. Isbell, Robinson, & Wm. Bailey, being part of his Estate, lying on the Fluvanna River in the County of Amherst, from 4 to 6 miles below Lynchburg and consisting chiefly in Rich Low-Grounds. The leasing will begin on the place where Mr. Zach. Isbell lives, on Tuesday the first day of August next, and continue from day to day, as the weather will permit: until all are let. The terms will be made known on the day. L. BOLLING. Buckingham, June 27th 1809.
NOTICE. WHEREAS, my wife Elizabeth Wright having eloped from my bed & board, I take this method of forwarning all persons whatsoever against trusting her on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting. ROBERT WRIGHT. Amelia, July 1st, 1809. 3p.
COMMITTED to the jail of Montgomery county, on the 27th day of April, a negro man who calls himself MOSES; says he is about twenty two years of age; he is near six feet high, stout built, and says he is the property of Richard Terrell. The owner is requested to come forward, pay all charges and take him away, otherwise he will be dealt with as the law requires. H. GIBSON, Jailor. June 29th, 1809. (3m)
RAGS. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
NOTICE. THE defendants John Priddy and William Priddy, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said defendants are not inhabitants of this country, on the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants, John Priddy and William Priddy, do appear here on or before the first day of August Quarterly term next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Richmond newspapers, and continued for two months successively, and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, JOHN TIMBERLAKE, jr. c. c.
Fluvanna County, May Quarterly Session, 1809 Joseph Parrish, Plf. AGAINST Littleberry Priddy, John Priddy, William Priddy, Charles Hunter and Judith his wife, formerly Judith Priddy, and Pleasant Bybee and Milley his wife, formerly Milley Priddy, Defs. THE defendants John Priddy and William Priddy, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said defendants are not inhabitants of this country, on the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants, John Priddy and William Priddy, do appear here on or before the first day of August Quarterly term next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Richmond newspapers, and continued for two months successively, and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, JOHN TIMBERLAKE, jr. c. c.
William Crawford, HAS just received by the late arrivals from New York, a general assortment of GOODS, selected by himself and laid in upon the best terms—among which are the following articles, which will be sold on the most moderate terms, for Cash or Country Produce, at his store four doors below the Eagle Tavern, and adjoining Dr. Crawford's Medicine store: Willow Baskets and Wickerwork Hats Laced and Tambour'd Short and long yellow Cambrick Muslins Nankens first chop Floss & Vain stripe do. Blue and White Nan. do. Kens Laced Robe Dresses Canton Shawls & Ban. Men's and Women's dano hdkfs. Silk Gloves Lungy, Sistersoy and Silk hdkfs. and Shawls Doria hdkfs. Coat and Vest Glass Gilla and mock Matrass Buttons Currahs, Sannas, Cos. Scarlet, Green, Black & Brown Persians sas & Baftas Plain Sarsnets 9-8 Cambrick Muslin Black & cold. Lastrings 6-4 Cambrick Muslin do. do. Sychevs Sheerings, Platillas & Shirtings Silk Waiscoating diff. colours Black Cambricks and Cotton Cassimeres and Gingham English patent Nankeens Corded Gingham Linen & Cotton Checks Chintzes & Calicoes Cotton Brown Holland Furni.ure Prints Velvet Binding Cld Gingham & Tab. Cotton & Chintz Shawls by Velvets Pulicat & Romal hdkfs. Blue and Scarlet Rati. Silk and Cotton Umbrells nette Black, Grass green, Bottle do. and Scar. Silk and Cotton suspenders let S. fine Bombazetts
HARDWARE, CUTLERY, JAPAN'D WARE & SADDLERY. Hand, Cut, Pit and Mill Saw Files 1-2 round and flat Smiths' Files Smiths' & shoe Rasp Shoe Hammers, Pinchers, Knives, Rasps Tacks & Awl Blades. Butchers' Knives and Steels Table and Desert Knives and Forks Carvers' and Table Seels Barlow, Pocket and Pen Knives Sportsman and Pruners' Knives Taylors' and Sheep Shears Large and small scissors Razors & do. cases Shaving Boxes with Brushes Pewter and Tutania Table and Tea Spoons H. L. and Butt Hinges Cork Screws & Steel Snugers Common Port pad & Double Bolted Pad Locks, chest door Chamber & stock do Cupboard, Chest, Prospect book case and Desk Locks Wood Screws and screw Drivers Fee: compasses, Iron Back. Hand, cast steel saws Coopers' and Carpenters' Adzes Drawing and Cutting Knives Smiths' Anvils & Vices Hair Brooms, Clamp Brushes, White Wash, counter and Shoe do. Japanned Waiters assorted, elegant patterns Mint & Gilt Pins W. C. Needles of the most approved stamp Spades, Shovels and Frying Pans Steel in Faggots Cork Screws & Steel Snugers Common Basket, Worstead & stram ing Webb.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. IN virtue of a deed of trust bearing date on the 24th of October, 1807, executed by William Davidson, late of the city of Richmond, now deceased, and Mary his wife, to secure the payment of a debt therein mentioned, due to the president, directors, & Co. of the Bank of Virginia, on Saturday the 22d day of this present month, in the street opposite the premises, will be offered for sale, to the highest bidder, conformably to the provisions in relation to sales under deeds of trust, mentioned and contained in the act of the General Assembly, passed on the 31st January, 1809, entitled "An act concerning executions and for other purposes." A PART of two LOTS of LAND, No. 1, and No. 16, in the said city, beginning at the northwest corner of the lot numbered 16, thence along the line of the main street, 67 feet, to the house (then or now) occupied by Christian Sybail, thence in a line with the said house, 184 1 2 feet parallel with the house known by Betty's house, thence along the line of the said house to the cross street leading between Bryson's and Younghusband's lots, 67 feet, thence along the said cross street 184 1 2 feet to the beginning. The above parts of lots are improved by several valuable framed houses, which are rented advantageously. The sale will commence at four o'clock in the evening. GEO. WM. SMITH. July 10th, 1809. tds
NOTICE. WHEREAS, my wife Elizabeth Wright having eloped from my bed & board, I take this method of forwarning all persons whatsoever against trusting her on my account, as I am determined to pay no debts of her contracting. ROBERT WRIGHT. Amelia, July 1st, 1809. 3p.
COMMITTED to the jail of Montgomery county, on the 27th day of April, a negro man who calls himself MOSES; says he is about twenty two years of age; he is near six feet high, stout built, and says he is the property of Richard Terrell. The owner is requested to come forward, pay all charges and take him away, otherwise he will be dealt with as the law requires. H. GIBSON, Jailor. June 29th, 1809. (3m)
RAGS. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
NOTICE. THE defendants John Priddy and William Priddy, not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the said defendants are not inhabitants of this country, on the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants, John Priddy and William Priddy, do appear here on or before the first day of August Quarterly term next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in one of the Richmond newspapers, and continued for two months successively, and another copy posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, JOHN TIMBERLAKE, jr. c. c.
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for King and Queen County, at the Courthouse, on Tuesday, the 9th of May, 1809. James Bray & Aggy his wife, who was Aggy Stevens, and Mary Shepherd, who was Mary Stevens, Plf. AGAINST Sam Stevens, Tom Stevens, and John Stevens, Reuben Marshall and Nancy his wife, who was Nancy Stevens, Jesse Perkins and Maria his wife, who was Maria Stevens, Def. THE defendants not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this commonwealth, It is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of August court next and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of this courthouse. A Copy—Teste, W. B. RO: POLLARD, c. c.
York County Court, June quarterly session, 1809. Sarah Cary, Plf. against Thomas Reeves, and Thomas Griffin, Executors, &c. of Wm. Cary dec. d. fis. In Chancery. THE defendant Thomas Reeves 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 the said deft. is not an inhabitant of this country, on the motion of the Plf. by her counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the third Monday in September next and answer the bill of the Plf. and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Argus printed in the City of Richmond for two months successively and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. And it is further ordered, that the other defendant Thomas Griffin, Executor of William Cary, deceased, be restrained from paying away or disposing of any debts or effects due to, or in his hands as executor aforesaid belonging to the said Thomas Reeves until the further order of this court. (Copy) Attest, SAMUEL SHIELD, Jun. c. v. g.
Virginia : At a Superior Court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, the 10th day of June, 1809. Samuel Duval, Plf. AGAINST John Fowler, junior, Henry Banks, and David Ross and Company, Defs. THE defendant John Fowler not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly, and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this country, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A Copy—Teste, W. B. PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
VIRGINIA : At a superior court of Chancery held at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, the 21st June, 1809. John Willis, executor of Francis Willis, Plf. against Philip C. Pendleton, and David Hunter, executors of Philip Pendleton, deceased, Hannah Drew, widow, and who was named executrix of the said William Drew, and Dolphin Drew, William Drew, Whiting Drew and Washington Drew, heirs of Benjamin Drew, deceased, who was heir at law and devisee of the said William Drew, deceased, Defs. THE subpoena scire facias, awarded in this cause not being returned executed on the defendants Whiting Drew and Washington Drew as it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this country on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next term, and show cause, if any they can, against the revival thereby sought; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. (A copy, Teste,) P. Tinsley, c. c.
VIRGINIA : At a superior court of chancery held at the capitol in the city of Richmond, the first day of June, 1809. Horatio Winn, plaintiff, against Frances Pettypool, executor of William Pettypool, deceased, and Miles Jordan, defendants. THE defendant Frances Pettypool not having entered her 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 she is not an inhabitant of this country, on motion of the plaintiff by counsel, It is ordered, That the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city. A Copy—Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.