Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-07-11


;ngs, and ran in flames among the ship
Ding, where she was entirely consumed.
Eh>attemPt oi burning her was certainly
very daring, and reflects great honor upon
the conductors OF the expedition. Not.
withs'anding II was moon light, and the
forts KEEP; up a continual fire at them, they
entered ne harbor, Sc, FIRE 10 the ship and
e!tcctci their escape, amidst heavy cam
! nonading from the vessels & forts. | have
: n'' 80 heard whether any lives have been
! lost. he Turks tha, were on board the
triga.e, were all carried OF. except two,
who made their escape by swimming a.
shore.
"rhe burning of The frigatc created
| such panic among the Turks, Jh.t they
began to be fearful lest we should attempt
an escape. On the next night large
party ot armed men were sent Co guard
us; some were stationed on the roof, o.
theirs before the door Of the prison in such
manner. as to set all our efforts (should
VIC be so inclined) at defiance. It is said
they mean to remove us from this in day
or two 10 an apartment prepared for us in
the castle. The bashaw is SO enraged that
vengeance will infl;6t on U.S.
The democrats boast Of being the ma
lorIty of the people Of the United States !;
take away their 500, ooonegro slaves, their
Irish. Scoch, English and French aliens
and renegstIoes, and then see where the
majority will remain. They dare not try
The experiment of excluding the slaves
from representation in Congress. Ifthey
are serious in wishing To amend the con-
sulutlon, let them advocate this amend
nsut, or give the slaves their Freedom"
Fed raj teri.
Reader, so over the above once more,
and hen mark what follows. The parties
10 congress stand at present at los rcpub.
Iicans 20 Sc iederalists; and hey are
changing more and more in favor Of re
pubhcanisnl IN this state they have lost
nicm5er% th's spring and the republicans
nave gained hem. And in New Hamp-
shire they have lost Eve by The prevalence
OF refrhilcanism through tire states But
these things Notwithstanding let us in idea
dare TO exclude the slaves from represen-
tainn.' and see what the dreadful result viii
H. ''t'-'ii--t iN' ~ iSO ny f'N wv SlGNcS
would be -, which, deducted from lo5,
would leave 81 republicans to SO federal
ISIS. Not TO rn=ntion The districts repre-
sen'ed by federaiis,s.l Yet we still hear
of neg, o president, from men who pre-
tend that 1here are nol sufficient republic
can freemen in the United States to place
Mr.. Jefferson in the chair without the as
slstance Of the black population! AS to
"aliersand renegadoes," we know the first
do not vote, and the last nobody knows a.
ny thing Of. If IT be said that without the
enumeration of negroes, Mr.. Jefer-
son would not have been elected in 1900,
we reply that he would, and by larger
! majority than he did, if tho census had
not been kept back by the federalists till
after the time Of the election of electors.
For the republican states at that time were
entitled and that at IN increased ratio, TO
so members more than they had, Vermont
TO Q, and the federal states TO 4 only, leav-
ing a majority of 90 m.mbers more than
they were allowed, while Mr.. Jeferson's
mjority was but 8. Bee.
London papers of April % mention tie
discovery ola new plot in France, in which
Bres, was to have been surrendered to the
y 0crii IN and Dotice n cor,n,,V;c.,;or. -.