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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-05-26
o. 7S4. 1870 I'D I34S
795, 1850 100 1880
1913, 1900 12O 1880
1914, 1000 l2O 1850


He farther saith, thar he examined the insoec
tors books At West Brook WAR h, use in Pc
tersburg, on he % Of February last, and found
entered 'hcreon 4, follows:
70 Reams No 1918, 1876 152 I424. -inspeSfed
the 4.h day OF December 1898, and the More
delivered to 70 Keams.
Elizaoeth Wills, Nottoway, No e7S. 1870
1913 1912, inspected the 4th day OF January
1893, and the No5e delivered to w Wills
And ,hat Inc said books Of the inspe lors shew.
that both ot the these Hhds were Skinned by
David Anderson on the 9Th day of August 1890
lie also saith, that in prealuce and Jointly with
The inspector at the VI a,e-nouse called Rober,
bo!linc's, m the town of Petersburg, ne examin-
ed the inspectors books at thar Ware house, and
found en'eTet on those books Tobacco OF the fol
loving descriPuon-viz:
VIII" wills. mherst, No. 367, 1891 100 1881.
Willis Wills, Amherst. No Boy 1881 1888
lbs The Noes delivered William Wills
inspected on rhe 18th day of November 1898.
auu ali ped nv David Anderson on the 6th
day of August 1899"
To this affidavit certificate was annexed i'm
he following ords:
a. do hereby certify, That the Tobacco de-
scrlbed be,ow vas not received at West Hill
Ware house in any OF the years 1876, 1877, 1923,
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Life Of Washington.

SUBSCRIPTIONS for ,his valuable wor,ave
received by Samuel Pieassrts, Ir.
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10. 724, 1870 100 1913
765, 1850 100 1850
1878, 1900 100 1920
1914. 1900 40 1880

AolF. lOUO lZU 1857
"Given under my nand this 29thday Of Feb. 1904
WOOD TUCKER,
Inspector w IL w House q"
1t was the evident o5;cf of this AFFIDAVIT, n
stablish two charges against the subscriber.
ither Of which would afiix an indelible Stigma
his character. The FIRST charge is. thar rbe
subscriber had gives himself credrs on the books
# the partnership for the four Hhds of Tobac
. mentioned IN the first part of Kings affidavit.
wen, in iact, no such Tobacco had been received
~ the Ware house. The second charge is. that
'ic subscriber had Improperly credited himself
0i.h four ether Hhds which were shipped Inv
! David Anderson.
IL order TO refute the first CHARGE. the subscr;-
Der will only cal me attention OF the public 20
&c following Affidavit Of FIR Wood fucker.
Tho is Az .nspetlar West Hill Ware. house. in
he town Of Petersburg.
" The AFFIDAVIT, of Wood Tucker, who is nov,
and was one Of the iuspettors of Tobacco ar
! West Hi Warehouse in the town of PETERSBURG
n the years 1898 and 1899 taken at tine tavern
ii Edward Powell, in the town of Petersburg.
his l2th da, of May 1904, who saith. q" rhst
| he following four Hhds Of Tobacco were in
| peeled at the said Ware house a, the dates an
rcXed to ths following list OF said four I:hds. of
| Tobacco, viz:
Abraham Green, no. 784 1870 100 1913 , Nov 70,
10. 785 1850 l2J l43O 1898.
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A3S
lie aso saith that the notes Of the same four
hogsheads of tobacco we're delivered to Willis
Wills, by order of the said Abraham Green lie
also saith that he has NOT the least recollection Of
having been applied toby Geo. p. King, orauy
other person. upon the subieG OF the above to-
b1eco and that he never gave any certificate Of
the now existence Of tic said four hogsheads Of
tobacco.
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70 TIE Public.

J HE subscriber deeply laments the necessity
under which ne is placed of vindica;ing his cha
r1cter from cer:ain charges, which have been
malIciously intended to blast his reputation as 4
man, and his credit IS I merchant. He is aware
mar appeals OF this sort are often regarded with
indifference by the majority of the community {;
but he farters himself tina, all those who may
nave imbibed prejudice against him from the
aSperslons OF his enemies, will suspend their IL
mai Judgment until they have perused the follow
ing statement and evidence
a suit is now depending in The High Court
OF Ehancery between Zaoharias Taliaferro and
the subscriber The nature and merits of the SUIT
ae not important on the present occasion nor
would 1t be proper 70 anticipate judicial inves-
iSation. An affidavit was made before the com
missioner to whom the accounts were referred
by certain George King, Oate private secre
'ary to Henry Banks, Esq. who is attorney for
The said Hacharas rali2ferro) which follows IN
these words:
The affidavit Of George p King, taken in the
commissioners Office, this FIRST day of March.
1904 Said King having been duly sworn de
poseth and saith, That he did, on the 29th day
OF February last, examine the inspectors cooks of
West Hill Ware bouse in Petersburg, in pre-
sence OF, and jointly with, Wood Tucker, inspec,.
tor at that Ware house, and found no Tobacco
entered on those books. answering to the dcscrip-
ton which now folioweth, in any of the years
1870, 1877, 1888, or 1899:
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WOOD TUCKER
Sworn to before me, the day and year first a..
bove written, at Petersburg.
GREGORY Johnson. AlJerr,..


1t appears then, by the above affidavit in direct
contradiction to what has been alsdged b, K,r,,
That said Tobacco 1Vas inspected at the wareho Sc
With respect 10 the certificate. which was AM
neNed TO Kings affidavit anil which is most ex.
plicitlJ and uuequivoc7liv disavowed bv Nj,
Tucker, the subscriber thinks himself justified in
saving that j, is Paib1b'e Joyceyy, intended to
8r1iiy the motive promote the interests ofhis
enemies. To whom his Jshouorab'c aa is to
BIZ a3crbed, the suOrcribcr docs not undertake to-
say hn' ne leaves 'he public to make their own
differences from the foregoing Statement.
The following atid vii Of David Anderson
will fully explain the second charge made a,r7insf
the subscribed
The AFFIDAVIT Of David Anderson. Of lawful
age take" ar the tavern of Edward Powell in
Ge town OF Pc erabmg this I2.h day Of Nav.
1901, IN" s1i ina. ON or ABOUT the 10th d9y
Of April, 100, he received from Laurence n.
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or carrying the Mails Of ,he United States, on
the following Post Roads, will be received at the
General PostOlce, in Washington, until the
18th day of Iune next inclusive.
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Cenerdl P0sf-DVcc,
Wr'5irPfgy Cify, Fcb,U0,r %. 1904. Oa1ge
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'ucceeded III getting tue bank-paper made ear
her than had expected. II is now under prefs,
and Will be brought to town on SATURDAY., and
'hipped together with the other apparatus on
Monday on board the fchooncr Caroline" So
nat the Bank-paper. the Books, Stationary,
P1ntng-prefs and Ink, Seal-prsE, Scales,
Weights adjuned at the Mint, and other utenfs,
may be expected TO arrive at Richmond in al few
days.--Ihe CommIssIoNFRs havngthus faith
fn'ly and fuccetsfuly accomplished the great
objects oitheir appointment, proceeded to per-
form aimo't the laft duty which the law devolv-
cd upon them, by appointing day "for pro-
ceeding TO the choice of Directors
On july 5th the SrocKHoLDERs met in
the Capitol at Richmond, to vote, in their
own names, or rs proxies, for Directors
Two Gueittions were previouny iubmitted
TO their confederation. lift. Whether (by the
18th ieet. Of the law) any one " couid be entitled
as proxy TO a greater number than so votes" in
cafe the votes which he reprefented, belonged
not TO one, but to different ftockhoiders? This
queition, contrary 10 the intimation given in the
lat number of this paper that it had been pot-
poned till the next day, was immediately deter
mined in the affirmative by large majority.
The next quefton, wh;ther the Directors for
the Branch Banks could be voted for at that
time, as feet. 9Th of the law bad made no ex-
prefS provliions for that purpofe was pohpon-
CO. ana on Saturday 1t was determined in the
negative by the eating votes of the treafirer of
the tate. However compatible this decfion
might have been with the words of the
law, any one will eaGly perceive that it
VIII have an effect very injurious perhaps to
me interests OF the other towns, which are en-
titled by The law to Branch Banks. For the
merchants of this place will enjoy an evident flu
pefioiity over the merchants of other towns, in
the bufy interval which Will exit between the
time of carrying the Richmond Bank into opera
ton. and the fir't Monday in January next, when
the law has Prefcribed the appointment of Di-
reetors for all the Branch Banks.
Having determined the 6rlt of thcfe ouehions,
and Pofponed the fecond, the Stockholders and
the Treafurer of the State proceeded to give
tfeir votes for Directors to the Richmond Bank
The following lift is republihed from the lae
paper, with a correction oftwo INTAKES one in
hating the number of votes given to Mr.. Hatch
err: the other which was corrected in the prefs,
after tevera of the papers had been truck of, in
itatlng the number of votes given by the Urea
E,.-z
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Mih:lippi was almoh unfit for fettiemen,. Tho
diitnf of New Madrid, will ioon be a rich and
| valuable settlement, from the town upwards o.
he road to 81. Louis, If is beautiful Seyoad dc.
fcription. a rich mpaincountry for almof
Ia miles, without interruption, not a hi!l q
creek, or = fwamp, on the whole road, but ma
ny mott delightful Praiyas.
The face OF the country alters conGdcrablyir
the Cape Grandeur diitrict, where it is hilly
and broken, and abouids with fprings, and ma
ny creeks, which will admit the erection OF
mills. This country is favorable to the cult
vation of wheat, Tobacco, corn, bcfdes which
timothy grafs is mott PIentifully produced, and
from the vigour impaired to the inhabitants, BY
the late change in their government, we may
venture to predict, that the produce from thefe
new tsttlements, will III proportion to their po-
pulation, be little ilort OF the mott fertile parts
of Kentucky.
Being detained by head winds, little below
the mouth OF st. Francois river, where few IA
miles are fettled. ] had the curolity to fltisfy
myfelf with refpe9 TO the lands back, which
they told me were high-One of them walked
out with me to the difancc OF about 100 rods,
where we met fteep hills ut eaft 100 feet in
height, whole terTnihationsl could not perceive;
my companion aiiurcd ne, ne had been acrofs
to the Auzarque'Vilage, on the Akanfaw river,
and that thefe hills continued for or s miles,
and then broke of, in high level extending
from the ST. Francois to white river, diffance
OF at leait one hundred miles,
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N O r I g Z

HE Office of Supervisor of the Revenue for
the Diitri6t of Virginia being Discontinued, and
the unniihed buneis of the fid Office transferred to
me; the Collectors of the Direa Tax and Internal
Revenue, whole accounts have been finally adult.
ed and paid are hereby informed, that they are now
requsited to call at my Office in the city of Richmond
without delay and pay the balances due to the United
States-And thoie Whole lands have been fold in the
ditrict OF Virginia By authority of an act Of Congres
OF the United States for non-payment of the Direa
lax, may redeem fuch lands by paying to me within
the time limited, the principal COTS and fees as the law
directs
smoit OF the aforementioned lands were fold in
Dec: l9o2,the privilege of redemption will continue
until December next
The money received by me for the redemption of
the iaid lands, will be returned to the purchaer with
ntereit at the rate of 25 per per annum on the
Purchaie money, to the day which it may be paid
10 me- JOSEPH SCOTT,
Marihal ". ID.
JuJ - ep=-tf
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hlore uiislnSt apps CDatoh. On tr.> x.,,,,,.,,,.
OF the afternoon, when the yo;,rgct tut:,s del-
vered original pieces, the Editor was pr,Tent.
and can pronounce more conclufive Opinion
never has ne witheted a more illuasious fpeci-
| men OF early Improvement On the vstione 70.
PICS winch they examined, they difpiayed frik.
| ing proofs or an elegance OF di6ton a peripicu
ity OF understanding, and what was ftill more
valuable, of CONTIGUOUS vvacitv, which demon
itrated that al Ev0S Nsant Svbieb c.et tie err
Accuitonied as he had been to indulge the am
Plet Pre-fentlment of the capacities and nm
proVenients the early mind, he does not he's.
tate to declare, that all which he had ever
tnouyht or hopedbetofe,wa was far outftript bywhat
the" paiiing fcene' continued to bring before
the audience. On fubiett OF this fort
ne may venture to hope that his teftirnony may
be permitted to make fome ilnpreiii, a. He al.
10 has Filed the delicate, the arduous. the no.
nouraoie Office of an initruttor. He ALTO has been
faccultomed to trace the gradual [, oluto, of The
youthful mind to compare the progrefs of diff.
ferent minds together, and to form various. vet
imperfect ftandards -; graduating their ref,ec.
i've powers. And he 10 now free to declare, from
the new ieneS of experiments which he witneHed
on Friday, that he muft throyraway his old fcale
as amot altogether uielefs, and adopt new
one more fuitable to the poiIible powers of
cultivated mind. That his own Judgment
or TINS exhibition is not too much exaggerated,
ne hopes to prefent in the next paper, a fats.
factory proof in the fpeech of one of the little
boys on the Love of Praif.
On the merits of their Respectable Inf.uaor,
ne would delight to indulge the full fioiy of his
feellngs.-But he does not know how far hi.
periona triendihip might give falle eolouring
10 ms Judgment, or how far the world might Eui-
pect his impartiality, when they recoliec} the
incalculabe obligations which he himitlF owes
to that man.
The laft namber of the VfNDtcATIoN OF
VIRGINIA will appear in the next paper
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Our Executive Council will fhortIy have I'd
1eleet two citizens of this Commonwealth, to
erve as Senators from this fate, in the Senate of
the United States, in the room of }57La,7 C.. Nj
ebofat, and abraham B. Fenabie !; the former
appointed Collector oftbe Port of Nortoik, and
the latter P'cfdent of the Bank Of Vfreihia. /
take the liberty of fubmitting to the conGdera-
ton OF the Executive, the pretenfons of two of
our citizens, who relide in different and diftant
parts of the fate; who have long ierved their
country IN various capacities, with acknowledge
ed AFFINITY, uninpeaChed fidelity; and genuine
republlcanIim | mean WiiHau b. GILES. Reid
ing on the iouth lide of James River, and Wlziter
Jones, the elder, on the flores of the Potomac.
The Editor of the Enquirer has been prefented
with the following Extract ola Letter, dated
Abingdon, June 23d, 1904.
Yeferday went on deputatiop of Indian
ChietS and Warriors, from a nation in the ipteris
or OF Louihana, called Otages, on their way TO
pay yit't &c Tbs PRECEDENT OF the United States,
L his is the nation of Indians, of whom fo mich
has been faid, with refpect to their ftanre and
prowefs in war-that mott of the tribes on the
N1liiour1 are fubject to them, and that they have
at times been troub!eforne both to the French Sc
SpaniardS, iince the hrft fettement of the coun-
try, having extended their hottie expeditions al
Tar as New-Mexico on the Wet, and TO the NIif.
nnPpi on the Eat. This friendly enhafy from
one OF the mott warlke and numerous nations of
Indians in Louiiana, augurs well for the interefs
OF the United States, as their example will no
doubt be followed By all the other tribes, and a
general peace and friendly ntercourfe viii enfue
throughout that great country
The Governor of Tennef[ee has ifi,ed pro.
clamatlon for the meeting of the Legislature of
that fate on the esd inf. to take into coniide-
ration the propofed Amendment to the Conti.
tuition. Nat. INTEL.
The news announced By an arrival at Alex
andna' OF BonaParte having been proclaimed
Emperor of the Gauls, appears to be incorreff.
Letters received in this city from Mr.. Jarvis, az
late as the 18th of May, are entirely fient ON the
iublect. They mention the celebration of TIE
Deum at Liibon, not on this account, but for
the birth OF the Prince liz
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mis- having declared war againa the United
States. i

Mr.. Moreton, fupercargo os the Nimrod, cap
tain Farland, arrived at Baltimore from st. ia
GO, via Philadelphia, tates that he left there the
Goth ult. was captured by a. French privatesr on
the 27th, and recaptured by the Britiih ihip OF
war the Hunter on the 2sth, who fent the MIN
rod to Jamaica. Mr.. III. underfood from the
French prize-malter that the privateer which
took him was the fame on board of which gene
raj Moves was killed Tome time hnce, and
though the captain pretended to act under or
ders from the governor of Gaudaloupe to cap
ture all American veiISls with coffee on board
yet he is Of opinion that his capture proceeded
entirely from the general liccnce which the
French picaroons aiume of &c making their own
affair in their own way" and not from any Of
fetal orders whatever. 1t was the intention of
the Frenchman to holt out the Nmrod's cargo
at Tea, or to carry her to Novitas, where he
could dilcharge and difpofe of his plumber in fe-
curity, and fend her of to fea again.
We are happy to hear by Mr.. M. that the St.
Jago prvateers have been 70 unfuccefsfui of Late,
as to be nearly broken up. Not an American
had arrived there as prize for 80 days before
he left it, and what captures they make, are
matched out of their hands before they can get
them into port, by Britith cruizers and carried
into Kingiton. w. r. Morn. Chronicle.
Saturday arrived at the Lazaretto, the brig
SSISS, lfohi u. JdS,o NC Suoos Will -hNo
pafengers on board, principally fugitives from
the fcenes of bloodfhed and rapine at Eifpanio-
lave add with regret, that the veiIe firf at
tempted to enter at New-Cafte, and was refl-
fed !; then went into Wilmington, and was there
alto turned off, for reafons beft known to the
concerned. Phil. Gas.
A letter from Cape-Francois dated May 25th,
received at Alexandria, fays-" The Hoop Phi
Iadelphia got under way yeterday morning, but
was ordered to be detained. She had forty lone
paiIengers on board, of whom four were fmo-
thered in the hold by the agents of the govern
ment the remainder being all re-landed, were
immediately maiacred." lib.
The French frigates, it is faid, now in the
port of New ork, will not fail till after the ar.
rival of "a, and fome other veflels, which are
daily expected from Trinity Martinique, where
they were to flop and land troops. lib.
CAPTAIN Sel1y, arrized at Nezr-1ork from
Svrina0r, informs, that permilHon is granted ia
import into thar colony all kinds Of american
Produce, for qvbicb payment If TO be made in tbl
p,adaee oftbat country. II duty affair per rem,
is to be l-z,iei The invoiee Tire goods import
ed and per cent on tbots articles qObieb are re.
esiued in exchange; to commence from, tbr 9TH
May, an2eontinue in operation during four month
tbersa5fsr.
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The intereft which the public takes in all that
relates to the country on the borders of the ri.
yer Hiniihppi, induces the editor of this paper.
to publlih the following extract of letter from
valuable friend, who has promifed at fome fin.
ture period, to favor him with a more minute
account of his excurlion.
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ne Irea1urer gave 7l3 votes to each one on
this lift. Three other regulations were adopted
by the ftockholders, before they adjourned,
which may be worthy of Communication. The
trit was that the .Gr;p ilould be transferable
from one perfon to another by indorf.-
ment or Alignment. From this REGULATE
on it will follow, that all the flares which
have been nominally taken, may be eafily trans
ferred to the real proprietors. The fecond was
that the Prefident and Directors be appointed a
committee, to report felt of bye-aws for the
Bank, to be prefented to them for examination.
on the hrft Monday in September. The third
was, that the Preiident ihould receive an annu-
al falary of $500 dollars.
The DIRECTORS have proceeded to difcharye
Tome ofthe duties which their appointment has
devoved upon them. They have elected Mr..
Venabie Preiident. The votes wereunderlfood
to be,
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Will BE SOLD
6tg6V 6idder, IN Cbarle5 Git, eopsfy,
on September Court Day,

10 f8e 6igbcf 6i6der, IN Charles Cify eousfy,
on September Court Day,
HAT well known TRACT of LAND. raI-
u led the INDIAN FIELDS; containing between
eight and nine hundred acres peaantly tuated on the
man road leading through the county The 6tuafion
Is 10 generally known and admired, tina, n,ine Jec
eriPtion would DC fuPerauous. Prefuniine that any
pefion VINO "iihes to Purehaie, will previouy view
the land, fhall only obferve that the ho(r ars ali -
coed order, having lately gone through THOROUGH
repair and the irial proportion Of land in cultivation
proves it 90 be very valuable and productive tbe eli
being admirably adapted to the culture of Corn and
imall grain'--Any perfoo wifhing to view the land
viii call on Mr.. RoyRer who lives OH the place..Tbe
tsrmso iae will be made known on the day of n,le
WILLIAM EDWARDS.
Sorry County, Juiy7. cp--.im
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NORFOLK, July 4.

The United States iquadron, under command
OF Commodore BARRON, failed for the Medi-
terranean yeiterday. TNor. Herald