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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1804-08-04
TO be let, on building

Lenses. three beautiful, AIRY and elevated SITUATE
ons for dwelling houses. 70 any gentleman in
the mercantile line, or other occupation, who
wishes pleasant and agreeable residence for his
family, either ofthesc sites would be trl desira-
bic IS they are contiguous to the scene Of active
business, at the same time tla, they are removed
from the dust and hustle of the town. Enquire IT
this printing oince.
I'm experienced, sober and industrious ARD
EER Will hear f an advantageous situation on
application as above. None of opposite charac-
ter need apply. # April 2S, 1904
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Plaster of Paris.

have Just received from Nova Scotia, cargo of
PLAIST'ER or Paris, said TO be of the best
Kind, which will sell on reasonable terms.
SAMUEL PAINE.
Nav u. 1904. #
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NOTICE.

DELITQUENT Share Holders in the Man.
~ chester Turnpike Company, on the 5,h re-
quisition, due LIST Of April last, are hereby Motif
ed, that their shares will he sold on the 6th day
OF August next, at Zachariah Bro,ks's tavern, in
Manchester, unless said requisition shall be PIE.
viousy paid 70 James Brander Treasurer.
BY order Of the directors.
JAMES BRANDER, elk.
Manchester. Sd Iny 1904.
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Not:ce.....T The Office of su-

pervilor Of the revenue, for rho diGria OF Virgil.
MIA, being difcontinued, and the unlimited buf
ncfs in the faid Office transferred to mc--,he col.
lcosors Of the dire9 tax x internal revenue, whole
accounts have not been finally a6juGed aud paid
are hereby informed, that they are now requened
20 call at my ctiice, in the eicy OF Richmond, with
cat delay and ray the balances due 20 the United
States And thoie whof: lands have been io!d in
the d'hria o. Virginia by authority OF an aa of
Congrefs OF the United States for non payment of
the Direa rag may redeem Cuch lands, By pay
ing TO me witfin the time limited, the principal,
COTS and fees the law directs.
Ms mott Of the aforementioned lands were fold
in Dec, 1901. the privilege OF redemption will
continue until December next.
The morey received by me for the redemption
OF the faid lands will be returned TO the purcha-
fer, with interet at the rate Of as per cent. per
annum on the pureha(e money, to the day on
which it may be ps;d 20
JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D.
TuNs -sb. ,Sos
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/ t. t.,

For sac at the Falling Garden. Apply a, the
Brick house in said garden, where constant az
tendance will be given. MA. 90.
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Will BE SoLD.

To the hishes; bidder. in Charles Ci.y county. at
September court day, that well known TIaa
of ] and. called
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FOX oALL on lbeTaI TeIms by the sNbscTibcrs,
The House and Lot

Near the river bank, a, present in the occupancy
Of Mr. John Taylor, and distinguished in the
plan Of the city by number eight; the property Of
the estate Of Patrick Wright dec. which. ifnot
disposed Of privately before the LIST day of Sep
TENDER uext--will on that day, at -four O'Clock in
the afternoon, be sold on the premises, for one
half cash, and the other half on a credit ofn,ncfy
days, TOR an appr we'd endorsed note--An indi5.
putablc title will be made before the money is re-
ceivcd PRO5SkR &, MONCUKE, WINS.
Richmond. Iuy 17th, 1904. C,ds)
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o." The printers in this state are requested
to insert the above once a week for four weeks
in their respective papcrs.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
IMPORTANT DECISION.

We regret that we have it not in our power,
at this time, to prefent our readers with more
full and satisfactory detail of this important trial
and decihon; we however ihall endeavour to
procure it hereafter; the particulars which have
been communicated to us we now prefent.
The fchooner Sarah, of this port, was captur-
ed dy French privateer on her pailage from ST,
Domingo to this place, in the month of April
laf, having on board cargo of coffee to the
value of about 10000 dollars.
The veflel was carried into a port in the
illand of Cuba, where the captorSdfpofed of vef-
fel and cargo, the latter was ihipped in another
yef1el and fent to Charlcfton. A variety of cir
cumftances fatisfed the fupercargo ofthe Sarah
that there was no condemnation of vef1el or car
go in confequence of which, meafures were
taken to arref the cargo upon its arrival
in Charefton and fuit was inftituted in the
Court Of the United States for the difriet of
South Carolina. On the III ofthis month the
caufe came on, and aftera very learned and long
argument, the court pronounced in favour of the
plaintiffs, the former owners, on account If The
property not ha4,iag been condemned, before fale
to the defendant, the prefent owner-and order
ed refttution of the coffee, or payment at an APP
praifed value, and COTS Nor. Caz.
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YELLOW FFVFp

malignant fever, we are concerned to fate.
lately made its appearance with comfortable violence
in Walton and Kortrght in the county Of Delaware,
in the interior OF this Rate. In Walton four heads of
families, and one young woman have died, and in
kortright a number of perlons, among which are a
Mr.. Burritt and hstwo fons, both adults We are
happy, hover, to learn that the dlorder is better
undertood and much les fatal now than when it frl
occurred 1t is attended with the black vom, yellow
kin, paininthenomac and Observation-Disclosures
yellow Fever but to what the origin is attributed
we do not underitand. Walton and Kortroht are
Populous villages, containing large proportion Of
meadow land, which has been long covered with wa
ter from heavy rain during the paf fpring
!" malignant fever" alto prevails at Mill river, in
Fairfield county, Connecticut, Of which feveral ont
Of family have died. Bee (HpdjSr.D
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fling have been familiar to the weird for is years
pan.
The parade Of the invalion continues to be
played off by France with 70 much .fuccefs that
the money required for. the fervices of our
rear by the EngliIh government amounts to f.
1eaty.jeven millions of. pounds fterling-or about
Ss5,ooo,ooo of Dollars-this we prefume is a
powerful evidence of order and good govern
ment. The inhabitants of the Britiih iflands do
not much more than double thofe of the United
States--a companion of the annual expence of
our government with that of Great Britain, will
iPeak more eioGucntly than is within the power
of the rhetorician on the difference of the fyf.
tens.
1t appears that the Britifh miniter has in con-
temptation fome fecrct expedition, we fuppofc
againft Holland, which fhe involved in the war,
or againft Genoa, that can have no choice. This
expedition and the number of nezv ambageador,
about to be employed on the continent, thew
that the funds provided, will be employed pub
Hely and pripateLy.
The fate of Spain appears TO be very ingu-
lar; and the correspondence of the prince of
peace with the Britiih minifer Ftrre renders it
more hngular. In the outfet the Britiih diplo.
matilt appeared to have the advantage but the
don continued to throw the onuJ upon his oppo-
nent with 4 dexterity and effect which could
tcarcely have been foreieen by MIR. Frere. The
charge of Frere's fecretly endeavouring to fize
the papers of Bournonville the French ambaila-
dor, was bone cut, the beft Toledo could not
have hewn him down with more effect.
France in the prefent fate of things exhibits
very angular object for the politican--at war s,
ON the defenfve-and yet not attacked Her
armies living at free quarters in Italy and Hano-
ger, and the government going through all the
initiatory preparations for the formation of ma
val architects and feamen, perfectly at leifure s.
no more dilturbed, nor indeed as much as would
be uteful to prepare men for naval enterprise.
The other powers are perfectly fill and the
continent appears to be alIured of another win
ter at peace. aurora.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
"FRANC1S DRAKE"
EUROPEAN POLITICS.

European politics bear a very perpIexing az
peel according to the lateft advices. Nothing
can be more myferious than the courfe purified
by Ruilia. The Turkih empire would feem 20
be again in jeopardy, and the plans formed by
Catherine II. to be about affirming maturity
When the RuliidD troops were paraded through
the Hclleip ut, and Naples was pofTened even
to the gulph of Lepanto by the French, the APP
preaching forces were concluded to be prepared
for commissioning flight political changes have
altered the opinions Of European politicians, &
the notion now appears to be that the French
and Ruliian emperors mediate the removal of
the Turks from Europe Events more furpri-
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
FRANCIS DRAKE
Fran the fame to the fame.
/" MUNICH. March 81,
(Signed)

" MUNICH, March 81.
=" have juft received notice of 70 very ex-
traordinaIy a nature, but which is 70 impor-
tant of itielf, and from the confeduence which
may refult from it, that though am very far
from crediting it, / think it duty owe to my
iovereign, to whom my perfon and fervices be-
long, as well as to his highnefs the elector him
ielt, Immediately to inform your excellency
thereof. The faid notice is in fubitance to the
following purport f; that the ieizure of the Bri-
tilh miniiter at Munich is in agitation, in the
manner of that which took place with refped
to his hghnefs the duke of Enghien, at Etten-
heim' in the territory of the Elector of Baden,
but with this difference, that the fecond feizure
will not be effected by body of troops, but by
men fecretly fent to Munich, and it's neighbour
hood, by different roads. With refpe6t to the
moment and particulars of the execution. Ihave
no detailed accounts (; and own to your excel
ency, that the difficulties of the enterprise APP
peared to me from the firit too great, the pro-
Ject ltfelf too extravagant, and at the fame time
too dreadful TO be fully convinced of its ex-
iftence on the other hand, it cannot be CON
! eeaied, that the example of events which have
very recently occurred, as it were under our eyes
are little calculated to infpire confidence. How
ever this may be, and little as this notice has
affected me perfonally, yet it appears to me
that mould be tranfgrefiing the duties which
my poit, as public minilter require, if neg
ieeted informing your excellency thereof forth
with, that you may be enabled to take in time
iuch meaiures as the cafe may require, and TO
| avert, by proper acts of precaution, the unplea-
FAINT refnt which might arife, even from the at
TEN pit to execute dehgn of this nature. j beg
your excellency to accept the aTurance, sc.
(Signed)
CERAMICS DRAKEO
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COMMERCIAL.

We are indebted to a respectable merchant and
obliged friend for copy OF the following
regulations relative to the tea trade. They
were communicated by Meirs. Hope and
Co. of Amiterdam, to Sir Francis Barring and
Co. London, and by the latter traDimitted to
their correspondent IN this city. No doubt,
therefore, can be entertained of the correct
NETS OF the fatement. We are indebted TO
the fame gentleman for the London price
current fubjoined.
REGULATIONS
-d6om tile Tea Iraae in 1dmferSa1l, .Jnly, so4.
Puriuant to theie regulations it is permitted
from this date, and during the courfe of the
year 1905, for fhips coming direct from China,
and with carsoes of tea and other ARTICLES to en-
ter and unload in our ports, provided they
come direct from Chna. Such cargoes to be
placed under the management of The Anatick
Council, againit recognition of l-2 per cent
OF the groiS proceeds. and further OH the ufua
condition of the company'S iales-and it is not
expected that any difficulty will be made for
the admiflion OF any American veilels although
they might have touched at fome port in Anne
rica, provided bulk has not been broken, and
the cargoes arrive here in the fame fate as when
thpped in China, without addition or deduction,
and on satisfactory proof thereof being produ-
ced.
1t is further permitted from this date to the
lit OF October, 1904, to forward from the Uni
ted States whole cargoes of tea as originally
imported from China, by tranfinitting them in
other veiiels, with the option of keeping back
the other Chinefe articles imported with them,
and fuch cargoes of tea will be admitted in our
ports in the fame manner as thofe coming direct
from China on payment ola recognition of 8
per cent. of the grofs proceeds, and further on
the utual conditions Of the company's fales ::
and satisfactory proofs mutt be produced that
fuch fhipments ihall have taken place in the u
nited States or before the 1T of October
next, after which this perrniion ceaies.
The fale this year will probably take place
towards the middle Of September, the quantity
of quarter chefs to be no lefs than 10000 and
not to exceed 10000.
For the next year it is not yet decided whe
Their there will be one or two fales, but the
whole amount is not to exceed 6oooo, and TO
be no LET'S than 10000 quarter chefts-Of this
quantity about one half has been contracted for,
the remainder to be fupplied from the excefs
which may take place in the importation of This
year, and the remainder from the arrivals in sos
in proportion to their REFLECTIVE quantities.
The furplus to be referved for the firf fales in
Is06. The charges on the iale of tea, including
commiffion, brokerage, &c. amount to about
l-2 per cent.
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DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.

In eonequence of the failure of crops in Spain the
price of -four in thiscountry hastaken udden and very
coniiderab Bile rife and large ipments have been made
and continue to be made to the ports of Spain. The
publication of the following extract may throw fome
additional light upon the iubje6a, and prevent fome
hazardous fpeculations
EXTRACT.
BOrdsaEx, June 25, 1904.
The expectation of all forts of grain and -four
from this country to Spain and Portugal being now
permitted, mutt render peculations from your fde in
thoie articles hazardous.
We ihall have mmenfe harveR and vintage
this year. Wines and Brandes in particular look
ing down. Colonial produce in general advanc-
ing"
The price of -four at Bordeaux was only five dol
larsa barrel at the time the above letter was writ
ten.
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DAvID SMITH.

DAv1D SMITH. Sept. l5th' 1904.
This caufe came before the court on Writ of Err
ror from Luzerne county. 1t originally an action
OF debt Jingle bill given by Mitchell to Smith for
payment of certain fun of money. The bill was gi-
ven in confederation OF tra9 of land, conveyed by
Smith to Mitchell, lying without the Seventeen Town
| thrs IN the county of Luzerne, held by him under
deed from committee of the Sufquehannah Compa-
ny under the Connecticut Title, and not derived from
the authority of this Commonwealth or oNthe late
Proprietorsof Pennsylvania before the Revolution
The quefion was whether this was legal or lille
gal confederation for the BILL and whether the CONTRACT
for the iale and purchae of this land was violation
of the laws of this fate, 70 tantng the whole trana-
on as that the Court could not legally afford their aid
to carry the contract into execution.
This caufe had been argued at March term, 1908,
and had been nce under the confederation of the
court. The chief Jufice & the three Allocate JuNces
OF the fupreme court were prefent and unanimously
determined, that the confederation of the bill was lle-
gal, contract of fuch nature and tendency as that
the court could not lend their aid carry it into effect
They therefore discharged the purchafer from the
iait, and reverted the judgment of the pleas
oil LuZerne county.
1t is evident that no prudent or nduftrous man
can Pronie hmfsf any advantage by ettling in Penn
fylvania under the Connecticut title. No length of
time eitabhihes his claim. His original entry into
Poeilion and his fuofequent continuance in it, are
crimes ieverely Puniihed by the law if he conveys it
to mother, his conveyance is declared by poGtve law
to be anulty The Teller can never recover his pur-
chafe money of the buyer. The buyer can never
recover po1ef1ion of the Teller. His conveyance can
never be recorded. Thefe judicious legal diicou-
fragments mutt ultimately prevent any indufrous
honeR man. from being concerned in this fhame-
| full bufnefs, and mutt bear. down that oppoGton
to the authority of the fate which has already been
too obitinately and criminally perfted in.
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barked for Havre on board the Giip Thomas.
We are however aiiured, that this rumor with
refPeet to Jerome is certainly incorrect. Some
obicurity attends that part of it which relates
to his youthful bride, 1t is Gated on good au-
thorty, that The was to have taken her depar-
ture in that vefiel under the protection of our
a,nbalIador, and that ihe was to have arrived
here for that purpoie. on Monday evening, the
veiiel waiting till Tuefday to receive her. On
Tueiday the ihip failed aud on the fame day
che young couple came in itage coach to Eli
zabeth town. AT Elizabeth town point they
were received by barge belonging to one ofthe
French frgates. Whether the lady was put Oh
board the veiel as fhe left the harbor, or whe-
ther the ihip had failed a few hours previoully
to her arrival, remains in doubt. The latter is
iaid to have been the cafe, and that the young
couple returned to Philadelphia by the ftage,
after ihort delay.-[M. r. Pop.
A letter received by merchant of this city,
ftates, that MIR. PINcXNEY, our Miniiter at
Madrid was to leave that city on the goth July,
having fold all his furniture, and engaged the
necetiary voitures, or caleias, to carry him to
the tea port town, whence he was to embark
Tor America. Phil IrMe IDser.
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jed of frequent remark and reference, but we
have not fooner had an opportunity of inferting
them.
Note from mr.. Drake to The BARBARIAN MiniRey
Of State, Baron MentegeloJ, delivered at Mu-
nicb, March 80, 1904.
"The undersigned envoy extraordinary from
his Britannia Majefy, has been informed that
his ELECTORAL highnefs has been pleafed, at the
requiiition of the French Government, to give a
hint to ali noblemen who quilted France, during
the revolution, and may now be found in his do
minons, to leave the fame within ten days
without excepting thofe who are dependent on
the Britiih government. Although this account
appears to be tolerably authentic, the under
hgned cannot give any credit lit, without re-
celving confirmation thereof from his excel
lency Baron Montegelas, as ne is too well con-
vlnced of the juft and generous fentiments of his
ELECTORAL hishneis, TO believe that his highnefs
could have con{ented to fuch demand from a
power which has formally declared by the
fourth article Gifts own contribution, that there
are not any relations left exiting between it and
the pertonS againlt whom that meafure is fuppo-
led to be taken; this oeprives it of the right to
ahume any authority with refped to them
principle which your eXcellency owned youritlf
at time when it was in agitation to prohibit in
this country the decorations of the French Mo-
narchy. The undersigned is the more juitifed
In his iuppohtion, that he mutt have been mifin-
formed on this fubje6t, as knowing how forely
the feeling heart of his electoral! highnefs mutt
be afflicted if obliged to exercife any rigour to-
wards perfons, againa whom no caufe of re-
proach can be alledged un.fs it be reproach
that they have flewn themielves 70 firmly de-
voted to their duties, and to that fovcreign houf
with which his ELECTORAL highnefs formerly food
connected in 10 many refpe6ts.
The undersigned is moreover convinced,
that it could not efcape the enlightened wifdom
of his ELECTORAL hghnefs, that limilar exercife
OF rsour againft thofe Respectable, and already
10 unfortunate perfons, would form rueful ex-
ample of the fate awaiting thoie who in mo-
ment of danger, are inclined to remain true to
their lawful fovereign and which example may
induce them to fwerve from their duty, at the
very moment when a fovereign ftands mott in
need of the efforts and actual proofs OF their at
iachment.
" The undersigned has therefore, the honor
to requef Baron Won Montegelas to clear up his
doubts on this fubjetf, and to inform him, whe-
ther the meafure in que2ion will extend to the
officers of the late Condean army, who are at
tached to the Britiih government, that he may
be enabled to acquaint his court thereof, and
to await the commands Of his fovereign accord
ingly.
The undersigned avails himfelf of the op-
portunity TO requeft Baron Won Montepelas to
accept the aiurances of his NOT particular re-
gard, sc.
(Signed)
tFpANCIc npAKE,
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ESfraf ofa letter from a .gentlsnsan at. ST Lou
Is, TO bis friend at YincenneJ,

0'ItNNIAWbUItj
My brother-in-law is iuR arrived from Cane
Girardeau, and reports that feveral armed men,
had entered Mr.. Lorimier's houfe in the night,
and liberated prifoner who was in his Quito
dy. That they beat M. Coufn who wiihed to
prevent the efcape, and carried him and Lori
mier feveral miles into the woods, threatening
and iniuItng them, and then let them go. This
irregular action had alarmed the people of that
country very much.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
FROM GUADALUPE, Augufe 20.
Erfrn7 of n Lefffr.


"The officers Of the three armed American
veIels, brought into Point Petre, have been tried
for piracy, in confequence of having fought
their veaes, and fentenced to death but execu-
ton is delayed until advices from France can be
had on the fubeet."
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
PROBABLE PRICES OF TEA.

The commifiioners appointed for that pur-
pole, have rented MIR. Warren's houfe, on Main
Street, near the Town Point, for an Office of
Diicount and Depofit of the Bank of Virginia,
at this place. Nor. Ga&.
THOMAS VOWEL is choien Prefident of the Bank
of Potomac.
Robert Young has been chofen to fupply the vacan-
cy occaiioned IN the direction by Mr.. Vowelrs APP
pointed.
AT meeting OF the Preiident and Directors of the
Bank OF Potomac the following falaries were agreed
to--vz.
Gathers Salary, 1850 Dolls.
Teller, 900
Book Keeper, 700
Diicount clerks, $50
Runner, $50
Porter, 200
-4lesa. Exf.
GuRDoN S. MUMroRD, Efq. of this city, is elect
ed to repreleDt in Congrefs the united diGrict COM
pretending the counties of New-York, Richmond and
kings NJ z. IGe,. 4ddO.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
T From, The Afo.i,ear Of 9nky ?. !

Tomorrow Sunday there will be grand parade.
The emperor will give audience i'll the palace of the
1huileres, to the Ambafadors and Minifers who
have received their new credentials.
M Jaubert, who the Emperor had tent to Con-
itantinople, is on his Paris He embarked
at the mouth of the Danube and Attending that river
has come by the way Of YaiIi and BuchareR. The
troubles in Romelia render the dire road extremely
dangerous. The petty Pachas infeif the whole of
that province but it appears that the Porte has
ken itrong meaiures to fubdue the fpirt of revolt
which is iuPpofed to be fomented by fome European
Power.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-09-22
Jerome Bo1a6orfe,

a report has been prevalent for few days,
that Jerome Bonaparte and his lady have en-