Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-08-24
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND:
NEGOTIATION WITH SPAIN
sAruRnAY. AUGUST q laos

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NEGOTIATION WITH SPAIN.
We are enabled to state, says The Phi.
iadelphia Register, on authority which we
deem correct. that the matters in dispote.
between the United States and the ro.
vernment of Spain, have been amicablv
adjusted, and That dispatches, on this i'm
pcrtant subject, from our minister at Nj.
drld are now on their way to the executive.
Nenerat orders have been issued by the
Governor OF this state. to the Command
ers Of the Militia, 10 hold themselves in
READINESS to march al moments warn,
ing. We understand The Governors ofo.
ther states have given similar orders.
Tbs call upon the Militia, is FOR the nur-
pose OF carrying into effeel, law g for
the more eHectuai preservation of peace
m the ports and harbors of The u. States
C IN the waters undertheir jurisdiction -
passed at the last session of Congress.
WILLfAot LATrIsoar, Ia decided -.
pnbiicap) is elected delegate to Congress.
by Joint ballot of both houses OF The Gene.
raj Assembly ofthe Mississippi Territory.
we learn that part of the collection
ofthe cariosities collected by capt. Lewis
on the Missouri, has reached Baltimore.
Among these are living animal, called
the wild dog OF The Prairie, and one mag
pie. -Four niagpies were sent, but one Of
them destroyed the other three.
fAaf. Intel.J
WILLIAM DAvY, Of Philadelphia,
has been appointed to superin,end gene
rally the trading houses Of the q. States
with the Indian nations within our limits
iiy this appointment, it is probable, that
much good will be accomplished. Blythe
act OF Congress of 1895 the fund appro.
pr'ated for this purpose, amounting to
10000 dollars, was placed under the di-
Irectioh OF the President of the u. States,
who was authorized 10 establish trading
houses and appoint agents to conduct
them. In virtue OF this authority six trad,
| ing houses were established. The agents
sold the goods with which they wers fur
nished by the United States for.money or
articles, chiefly peitries givenin exchange
by The Indians. The supply of the goods
sent TO these trading establishments, and
the sale of the peltries received from
them, from the complex nature and ex-
tent OF the business, became an obie0 of
no small difficulty. This department of
the business being entirely devolved en-
the President, without any legal designa-
tion OF agents 10 ACT under him, had, pro-
badly with view 10 economy, as The Pre-.
s'dent could not himself buy the goods OF
sell The psltries, been divided among su.
bordinate officers of,he government, such
as The secretary of war, the puryeyor oil
public supplies, &c. who, in their turn
employed subordinate agents. II is obyi
Gus that business, thus conducted, would
be exposed to great Inconvenience. The
obtaining the assortment or goods neces
sary tor the Indian market required cor
rect and peculiar knowledge, which none
but merchaGt could be expected 10 pos
sess, and very different from that ortlina,
rIiy possessed by civil officers. The ex.
tensive nature. likewise, of the business
required syslcm which could not be look.
ed for, while, the general management
was so divided. The consequence had, in
some measure, been occasional loss 10 the
United States, Arising either from bad bar.
gains or a want of rigid responsibility oil
The agents. The quality of the goods pur.
! chased was not always the best, nor was
their transmission so promptly and adyan.
tageously effected as was desirable. From
these and other considerations, il became
manifest, that the existing arrangements
required such modification as should
/ by placing the general superintendent OIL
tie several agencies under The con,roul o.
one officer, direaly responsible TO the ex.
ecutise, insure more complete discharge
OF duties on the part of the subordinate a
gents. The necessity Of this measure
was strengthened by the acquisition o.
Louisiana, and by the contemplated csta
blishment oftFading houses therein, which
would proportionabIy aogmeDt the gene
raj duties OF superintendent. Accord
ingiy al the last session oil Congress, tn.
! House OF Representatives, or appropris
ting an additional hundred thousand dol
lars for this object, provided in the sam,
bill for the appointment Of general SUI
petintendant. But the senate, owing, !