Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1800-10-31
oaober ii.

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Oaobcr "a.
A%f,aa efa letter f,orz Gentleman a. Fort
Wiisiajon on n, Oeoase, Georgia, 10 bis
Csr'9ifendeat IN ftis Gig, daled Sspien,jer
az, 1900.
" Al appearances of hoRilities with the
Indians are at an end. The Indians are
comag IA az ufoa! TO trade with us. ak
Cd ioms Ut them what had b come Of Bow!cs,
hey anlwersd, +" he is gone of the Indi--
ms all fail cur with him, he tell them big
l'e, they and him out; bur Colooei Haw-
iins tell hem true. they like him.
" The indians have.a.ely committed fome
'ePrcdatioas on the Spaniards, two perfons
OF tnat nation have been killed." =.
The arrival of the Cartel Zip Beniamin
Franklin. in AZ days from Bordeaux.
BY this veirsl there are difpstchcs from
our ENJOYS, for the PRECEDENT of the United
States.
We have been favored with The perufal
of Tome private let,ers from !csi Barlow
and an American official character A, Pairs,
from which we learn the following particu--
lars.---
That the negotiations which had been
fnfpended, through no Misunderstanding but
merely The circumstances Of the government,
being engaged foley in purfui,s which re-
ouiet an united and concentrated direction
of it's ebergies--had been renewed, and Ii
beral fpirit appeared TO aetuate the neeocia
tions on both 6des. From the nature of the
dilcUlIions which have been voluminous, it
was not expected that the whole bufinefs of
the milton could politely be concluded dur
ing the prefent winter. Overtures were made
therefore for fuch intermediate arrangements.
us fhouid pct an end to the prefer inim ious
iiate Of thiugs between the two counIries, to
renew the commercial intercourCes, and to
put fatal Cop to every thing tending to
warfare
The Americans IN France are treated on
the old footing OF friendihip and partialily,
and IL appears to be fcntiment.sdopted by
ihe Government of France that no (lep
ought TO be taken at the preleut feafon,
which might iubea the American republic
TO the hottie jealoufy or depredations of a.
ny other power, under the pretiHce of the
fipulations of treaty.
Generals La Fayeiie and KojciuG2 were
both a. Paris, and attended at a public en-
tertsinment on the 18th July, commemorative
OF American Independence There were
preicut the American Euyoys aud four of
che former French Minifiers 10 this coautry,
of whom BARRIE Marbois, sad Lafere, are
the only namcs we recollea.
Mr.. Fenwick, lcveral years our Con[Ri At
Bourdeaux, aud who has heretofore expert.
eaced 10 much federal calumuy for his ad-
herence to4the republican caufe, arrived ia
this veiIel.
We have received the Gazafs Of France,
and Tome other French papers down to late
date
Actual Information Of moment they con-
ram littie which We have not before bad
through the medium Of Engliih and German
prints. Aud as To the We've or proieas of
the government, i; would be want of iudg.
rnent 70 expea to find them in the Journals.
whe:e the G5sriy gftbe Pref la! no true az
jGeae..
The fpeculstiora and cc..ieaures of the
Journals, however, give fome idea of the
tenper and turn Of Mind Of the fpeculative
Politicians. on which account We flail rive
foch articles as may be likely 10 afford mat
ter Of reflection, though ceetaialy it would
BE- sbiurd to calculate upon the prejea5 and
piezps OF Buonaparte. His plans are fcIdom
20 be app cached before the moment, when
Ike thunder, they unfold theulfelves. An
arnY forming at Amjens, is faid 10 be in
tended to invade England or Ireland. Itis
one reafou with Us for doubling the in,en,i-
on alledged, that it has been 70 declared.
The poition of the army is favorable 20
guard agaiua any Of thofe bottle ezpedtions
which have been lately fitted on. in Eng-
land. Whole Object ALTO hss been to co5.-.
found aud amufe Ioba Ball only, or buale
of military movements and the fhew Of pow
CT, and thereby tura the Englih mind from
the d'istrous Gate IN which that country 10
placed by the fvcceie, of the French in Ger.
g'aay, aod The dangers which taessce its ma
~, sod ',o commercial and financial refour-
ces, by he nor;hern combination aad the
msnsccd inYaiion Of Portugal.
This array at Amena, one OF the letters
of an American in Paris Jays, will he pow.
eriul auxiliary as to the force, and fchool
OF dilcipline &, : the armies on the Lower
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