Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-08-21

/ ent 10 employ al the riches, whsc:, fror
various msans have been adopted ~ an
European power, and friendly negotiate,
still promises an end tcdificul,ies. Tn,
war with Tripoh still exists. and MANY
sigh is still uttered for our prisoners VIII,
lremain slaves to the barbarians. Yet III,
hope is>not abandoned of hnmbling Fri
poll, and Of obtaining peace by our de-
mands of il, rather than our voluntary ri
butte enquiry is still busy with louisa
ma. The state of New Orleans is cont
naally conforming TO the laws and custom,
OF the United States, and the greater .parl
ofthe population win probably soon decide
upon the consent OF manners. The mill.
tary law agrees well with the Substance Of
our military arrangements. and must have
immediate and great effect upon chafac-
Ter. A subscription IS begun for the es-
adjustment Of a Protestant Minister of re-
i'gion, ia the city. AL, these things con
cur to produce a harmony, and union Of
interests. In the. interior, the different
states are providing for the most free COM
municalions. In Kentucky tenure of
lands more sure seem 10 meet the public
wishes, than that which depends alleges
Their on future payments. This will re-
qnire some change in the condition Of
sales of land. In Frankfort, Kentucky,
provisionis making Cor public library.
The persons appointed by the president,
10 the Interior government, were on their
way to theplacesoftheir destination. Gov.
svilkinron was at Massac, and Governor
Hull near Detroit. The many cues
tioDs respecting The Judicial Department,
have resulted in a persuasion in the mid
die states that much may be safely done by
tribunals fconciliation, to lessen the Blu.
slness Of courts. Much of the business
OF mercantile life is voluntarily done by
such references. lis said, in one state,
IN the year preceding l7o5, 95,4sl cases
we're before the courts. That in the three
years after l7o5, The cases were $685.,
which upon the presumption of an equal
number OF suits, supposes l6 600 parties
satisfied.
The accounts from North Carolina of
combinations among the negroes, TO take
vengeance uponihe whites, agreewith the
expectations We are TO have from the A..
irican slavery. In colonies in which an
absolute government is fell, even by the
masters, in Compensation for which they
have a sovereignty upon their plantations,
by prohibition ns all intercourse bat at
their pleasure, slaves can,be Inaintained.
But in country in which the meanest
white claims his liberty from his COM
piexion, and enjoys il without controui, it
cannot be supposed that slavery ever can
be encouraged with safety to those who
profit from it. The extent of the negro
combination is not known. From the his
tory.of their insurrection its extent is NOT
probably great. They act by sympathy,
without system, and without caution. The
greatest danger is from,l,cir number, nol
,shsir plans; from their violence, and in
slant fury, not their comprehensive de-
signs. The general tranquility s. the love
Of peace may be known from the hume
rous ora,ioas which have been lately pub
lished on political and social occasions
They giyeus sure Information of the pub
lie mind, & Of that prevalent political con-
tenlment from which We can bes, know the
public character. The National IntelIIgen.
Ger has taken an opportunity 10 exhibit the
blessings ofpeace, which when properly
considered, win removs all complaintsu up
on less interesting concerns, and inyolun-
tarv evils.
The continued discoveries OF peat, pro-
mise in different parts of our country to
supply with fuel, such places as are not
furnished with wood aad coal. The use
OF il is better understood, and more APP
proved. as its properties are known From
the late Lectures Of DIR. Black, we learn hi
opinion, /" that peat, or the black moss OF
the moors, is an approximation 10 coal. II
abounds in Scotland and Ireland. Il is
not formed in every wet marsh, abound.
ing in vegetable matter. The smell is
considerably like that of the most inAsm
mable lean coal; the blackest, hardest,
heaviest peat, when the matter is almost an
in. aIpabIe pulp, is the mos, infiammable,
! &c leaves the smalles. quantity Of ashes
When dried, il breaks with sort ofpolish,
like Jasper. It's smell in burning is not
very distIngnishable from that oil camel
coal. The smell of the best Dutch turf,
which is taken up from the bottom Of sal,
water, resembles that OF the peat now
mentioned very much. ] am inclined TO
think that certain juice IS necessary for
! the formation OK a bog into peat. Perhaps