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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-09-18
BEMJAW NUN IjIJ- Y Al ~

~ efIC StSb " nc JOlQc7l II0TfQr,
Richmond,
ii AS Just received very large and extensive
4 = assortment of fresh VI MEDICINES, sur.
GEONS' INSTRUMENT rs DtsUCs & DYE.
sIUFFS, PAINTS of all kinds, OIL, VAR,
NISHES, PUTTY, &c.
Also. complete assortment of
HA TTER s. MATE RI.fLS.
coxsIsrINo OF
Hattets' Irons Crude Tartar
Logwood Basoa lena
UoPperas Bow Strings
Virdegrease Jin;aos
Fussick CaIooa.
Spanish Indigo Tasssl Bands
Cn OF 'unoi Rubbing Dishes
"a, fortis Sr&mpsrs
Guieksiiver ! TrHncbers sc
" gich addedto his former stock completes ar
assortment that was never cqualIed, in his line
OF business, in this city
RE thanks his customers for past fayors. and
hopes to merit continuation of their crss,rn &
us former attention 10 the quality OF his Medi
ciaes,ir'Porting them in their crude state hat he
might De able TO judge OF sheir quality. and now
deTlng and preparing them under his Immediate
have contributed 10 his present esta-
oii'hment' and opposition he 'peesurucs win NOT
reax ms exernons to give general satisfaction il.
His experience for more than q years n,., 40
Apcthecary and Druggist in this city, aAded 70 a
small stock of Medical information acquitted be !.
tore, enables him, he ,hinks, to form a tolerablv
correet jatgmen; as 10 the quality of Drurs and
Medicines. although ne cannot boast Of honors
conferred on him greater than the confidence Of
numer oak and respectable csistomsrs
IN regard TO liiswho.esaie PRICES, ne promises
70 furnish eacn of his wholesale customers win
printed price current, rs soon as possible. and
in their appreciation know.
ing hat no onrin this sss.c eap aifosd !, a..
ser him inns he intends 20 do, MOTTO eet scrs.
customers from them, but 10 secure his own
ANY articles that MAJ be ordered aud nor an
proved OF astoquaIity. may nc returned &c in good
order, and IN reasonable time.
Richmond, May 80. 1908. f3waw,f,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-09-18
f ''l' Dollars Per Aaaum. paid in adoauee.
NOTICE.

- E.iiioN viii be presented to the &c.
= hera Assembly of Virginia, az the next
ssss'on, praying that an az may pass to income.
~. 70. company tor the purpose of cutting Ca.
xs a' On '"s south s'de OF the falls Of James Ri
. ves, or osnerwise improving the navigation of
the river Tor the passage of Battcaux AMI Alec
Tor me establishment of Bank in the town of
Manchester. Ans ew' VI
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-18
PROCL AVIATION,
By JONAH THompsoN, Mayer Of Alex-
sGadxia.

Dy.JONAa 1 aCMfSON3 A'AHJV <A'$"H a
;G.dria. a
IL is hereby made known to the peo- N
pie of Alexandria, that the Commissioners
ers for experimenting the election in theage
first ward for two members ct tse Com-nc
mon Council, iii the place of Alexandsa ae
Smith and Jacob Hoffman (resigned) ha
by theis return declared Thomas Prest
and Mordscai Miner duly elected membf0n,
of the Common Council Of Alexandriapany
And ,hatthe commissioners for superinteSA
ding the election in the fourth ward for tw5--
members of thu common council, In the
place of Robert Yong and Mathew Ro.
binscn, resigned, have, by their return, a
declared John Korn and Ezra Kinsey duly
elected members of the common council Of
Alexandria.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto
set my hand this lsth day July, 1So5e
JONAH THOMPSON.
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!: :: ,'srfa Dailp auoertsss.
raltaSDAY, JuLy Is.

& ...,--Y.aerday afternoon
i pa.fS'.,, ~. 6. killed BY Iightaing on board a
EbeI = va a..,ouan Creek, near the mills
E@l 70 1. ,s;ng 20 .bi, Town, Mr.. 2laac
x A:a D o,S.s. rsIidsd at and near the mills,
\ sp,si w. -; S and Bssanitb Kaessr the
III. s'su' LN hI,ck man. We underitand, Ju&
'' q , s vas getting under way, my rep
3 .. So,rl rolall aoou; two miles !0r plsalais.
y -, = met their untimely end.
r,r publ: are refpear.Ey notified,
q. o'X.ly is again TO preach N 'hs s new
b y. g,a., o. Fairfax-arsst, next Sasnr-
Wa ~, i early caudle.Iighs--and on sali-
s.,.o,, at II O'Clock.
>. circular letter fromthe secretary Of
= as,sd on the 12th July 1905, the,
~ ~, and ssnrIeonrnsrciaI agents Of the Uni
n SAFES are instructed TO torpear 70 issue ls.
r. ~. ..;s,,te waatever relaslve 70 pnr-
al. !. s ,i vessels by citizens Of the
r si. S.ates, except to such persons as
s 7. |vths coasuls aud commercial a-
-, ~, ,6,r The purchase wa, made without
. .,,;;.s ,bis alteration intheir Instructions,
'' nd ,a,t ,a:y are alsoresirained from all
,..IIo, n exception itself alter the exPl-
ann. s i two mon ms from the date of the
als,rO,: ,cns tnsy are directed 10 publish
|cf,his Instruction. s. I
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TIE COUNTRY PaRSoNs
BRwARE OF AN IDLER.


A hungry volt IS aotmore dangerous
10 asosS d sheep, nor a cat to a mouse,
hsa on IDLE maa is to the industry OF
belgaSoruoOd.
ipl.asaaI story is told Of fellow who
s xeaI Into alowa market and placing him.
ssf 10 .ls centre thereof that he might pc
esa b. the butchers. bsgaa to gaPe wide
lhs Jaws and yagn, IN a formal manner,
yh:a So great is the power of sympashyl
as whole Of the butchers as they-stood al
4 a:r saaubIrs, began TO cape and yawn, 10
OacefI.
The ,ale, whether true or false, IS ex.
Faaiory Of the influence Of an IDLER on
fhas withn his sphere. The industrious
citizen, WHO views his neighbor lolling in-
dOsaly on his porch, begins immediately
Fcdra# sagi9as comparisons. "Behold,'
saith ne, "mine IS life of labor; I toil;
zand sweat BAT yonder man, wtle is NOT
{'tasI sAan am, pleasantly passeth away
Flls time, sunng the cares and inquiesudes
nj tue warEdfron him with smoke from
sega, 0rau old tobacco pipe; will go and
No dEsg...P Foolish man taou had'st
better not.
inIs midst of summer, when she me-
ll0aarsSs of the sun oppgess BY their In
s1ss neat tue whole animal creation, who
: asSs saat has not experienced the at
uA'0Ve power of an idler as he loisers in
NC shade Lo!!" cristh one, " there is
4 1aSreacs seated usder the shadow of yon-
g. uu'ialng; doubtless it is cool and re-
issuing places come let US go aud sit with
AaU'sase'' Friend if thou saiuest life,
NV NV nAdst better mind thy ibusi..es and
ts a''u' an object more estimable than plea
ss ns aud ease; ching that Will be pro-
ON s . 'aysst, TO thy family, thy friends,
i A,lAas,ng BY his evil example circle
A. s'iPsss asound,him, the idter becomes
@.a Important p parsonage. He is the inssra.
sro a' y VICE and workerh wonders The
Soss dds Waom the evil ina1ence of his in.
,brm.a s hath collected together, amuse
IL ,oa ss'ses wlthtriAss; serious and weigh
4, ~ OF discourse are too burthensome
|,.,d a m'nss; squibs, cranks, aud le-
ID, - - only paiatable. When the chief
Maths "a !, spread himself upon the porsico,
ii, work n &c carpenter r esPying him leave,h
lias = anu flies 10 him JUST 10 have a
saa + =; Then comes David, tae smith,
The sc,ip u'alfn. the batter; and Barnaby.
every !. The tale passsth roaad, aud
1ou,9. Oae IS merry. Meanwhile me sun
NAH: 70 the west, and the work If
Barp.5,s, and David, and Ephrain, and
for !, . neglected; and when called
Iaas NM unfinished. Verify if they con-
pos as under the enchautmens Of the idlsr,
~ : Will over,ake them.
plave,ts 'a r generally mischievous He
IMP s,,.. "a tricks, aud is always contriv.
lou, i gems torender some one ridicu.
sOtre,;.s mat ne may have a subject
shstanIs" sG o &c ga'here,b on his memory
ssrsps = o. the day, aud rctaile.h it in
Is Ii, - issais his companions. A Joke
hi i, aPrsme delight: and riballry his
v.allb = sser these idlers abound hea.,h.-
s ssl.rios S.r.aous morals decay. Their
'Orsapsyoath, and lead very Of.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-07-18
From the AMEeIcAa MusRpM.

Rtesipfitorpysifrviag Txr"ips flem ixlSrts.
Turups arc SO frequently dearoyed by imah
Fly, which feeds ou-thcm While young, thar far.
mers are. in great meafure dsterled from attempt.
ine to cultivate that valuable root.. The follow
ing receipts, to prevent che favdges of that de-.
ffuetye infect, having been Publlhed in Europe;
be pleaied to infert them in your Mulcum; Tor
the benefit of that vcry uiefpl cIafs of citizens,
theyeomaIy OF the country.
Pill. Up SCHUYLER.
AR1cEIPT 1T.
Toa quart of turn:p feed add one ounce Of
brimRonc 6nely powdered; put both into bottle
large enough TO afford rem TO fhake them we'll
together every day, for four or five days previous
TO towing, keeping the bottle we'll coIked.
RECEIPT Cd.
Take fuch quantity OF elder leaves, as when
bruised, will yield juice Efficient to cover the
turoip feed you intend 'so,low, in which let it
foak about twelve hours; the rezt Day, mix is
with the bruiled leaves and fow altogcther.
II turh;p fsed is flowed while it rains, II does
no. rcqsire TO be narrowed in, and the young
plants lhoot 20 Rrongly, thar they foon gaia
ttrcngth.
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yet Shall philosophy resumeate strsira.
Teach the bold sea boy to disown a; tears>
The humble n.ase all hasdsllipsto dlsdain,
As yet they srus., some ta'efsd, -gals Is g.,
near.
Now from the southern sky clears. up sse,
air,
Whispers the brseae, and chants the SWELL,
ing gales,
al hands on. deck. with cheerful speed re-
pair,
Brace round the yards, & trim the spreads.
iGg sails.
AS clears the SIX !, the isle whicn FIRST we.
10 windward, dire, just pass.d astern and
gene
With, pleasing hope We view; yet oft an
Steals DER the breast TO damp the extatics
dawn,
9Assweils the breeze, crowd on, and quick
we're Ger
That ,rackless waste where dssolation's,
spread
"A lost inmate, get baleful:pow'r
TO crush fond hope, . mansion OF tAs
dead.
The fond toP-galiant boy, long shall he,
tell
Unto lie partner Of his youthful days.
,Feats that will OF some heavy ter dias
pei
And wake an octave to the muses. lays
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Fr0hfs -,1t1 ~. .ai :
New England's our Hobby.
From the CoNNEcTicur GAZETTE.
10 RIG IN Ill
by r. d. junf...-.second officer on, board
ship Iris. 0ccasioned by seeing NUM-
Der Of measurements Islands. Of lee.*
long let the unlettered muse presume to
sing,
And tell the tale !; as constant as the song
Pluck some fond laueei, TO. that Goddess
bring
Who bore our barqae in safety all along.
Thus twas the hour, nor had our sun yet
crown'd
Yon horizon, or chas'd Aurera's dawn,
Harks: from alof, attend the faul'ring
=. sound,
san iland, huge, TO !eegard Just has.
gone.
slow doss ii bear? Fwo points entl1c
lee bow
" Spring wen your huff, brave boys and
nothing off.
Brace up, my lsas, fast gather aft, amt
" A SHARP look GU, on deck and LOFT
Again voice inyades the ardent ear,
From the tore-topsail-ya proceeds the
sound,
ga lofty isle to windward doth appear,
And swiftly, with the wind is bearing
down.
Now papors rise, thick fogs obscure the
scene,
And exhalations darken all the air
Nought but one expiaot hope TO intervene,
'Twixt which and fate E.ight passion claim
tear.
!" For who to dumb forgetfulness a prey"
Could his fond passion to dire fate re-
sign,
Where Celia's voice, could ne'er exalt the
day,
Nor3bring one wreath to deck the muses.
shrine.
Hush d sthe wind,yet undulates the wave
To raise the passion and suspend the
theme,
When solitude might claim wat'ry grave,
Ner fate presume to grasp one pleasing
dream.
aThe appearance Of these huge masses
of CONCEALED waters, when rejected upon
by the rays of the sun, at first deserted
from alof, 3 truly wonderful. A sensible
change takes place in the atmosphere on
their approach to leeward--the air is i'm.
pregnated with frost, and the winds that
pass over them with acute and searching
ehilis; while an unpleasant sensation una
voidsbly possesses the mind, on account OF
their desoaie ppearance-knowlpg ourir-
recoverable fate should we perchance run
foul of them. No less does the apparent
scene change than the weather: On arst
view Of them, in lowry weather, they APP
pear like mountainous eoncave OF land;
and, if thick and hazy, like a heavy sus-
pended fog bank-aud possess varieagated
hues, as the Ruids pass to and from them.
The majority OF. ships, in crossing the Al
lantic, about Hiid-spmmer, from the north
of Europe, bound to the Uni;ed States,
keep well to the northwafd, CHANGING there
to catch more favorable and constant winds,
little apprized of being melested with is-
lands of ice at that season OF the year. Ca
the meredians, from "a to Al west, and IN
the parallels, from AZ to 50 north, they are
mostly seen y.shirs from Europe; where
they drift, unmoiessed, from those I'M
mense and frozen regions in the north.
whence they originate. There was scarce.
~ an arrival at Amsterdam from the United
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well as to the boiy,so indutss - them occasl'
'onatiy, IN decoroas playfulasss q ianoceat>
diversion.
l9farls. Tines.
r
s. $50 p.r,.h
t1Ssw.''A''n'P'1isl = tue la. s .s..a .,sh
lsSa" A.0ePs" it''se'. ai''
0''sua'lai~ -
THF Ee,ppT7ss pAR0nIED.
~
THAT each has his Hobby, we're not nor
learn,
HIS hobby w4s wiz, huiaor, pathos com1m'd,
uncle Tssy rode fofsnlcR, ssaa-Ifim lssg'd BE-
baud.
.All on Hobbies, &c.
Great Wa@iagtaS's hobby, from fit dawnlns
youth,
While 3x6Fyfoa's hobbys on Cbtst5feta's plan,
Was 10 RE in the Stai9naz, bH 'ss insthe
Mar,
That's bis Hebby, &c.
Sage Aaza5's hobby was.fcieoce PEofouad,
found.
In PuHuit OF true widen, defpiGng fatigue,
Foe "a coufsier too honef, too frank tor int1gHe.s
His Wifdom's our Hobby.
jays hobby was Country he ne'er would iof'
fake her,
AS wife as old Plato, and plain as Quaker.
Burnt, for treaties, in efigy, 1ander'd his tame,
Like che PbGaix more Wig 'rous, he role from the
Ram:.
His Country's his HOBBY.
Fnesklias hobby was lightning rods, thunder
How he joy'd to be&ride the electrical wnel
When 0pprlDEsn's bok ttroye Freedom's ions TO
dlsjoint,
Hefepelld the. ExblsJsaa, and Ruck TO the paint.
That WAS his HOBBY.
Rritais's hobby her Nsyy, Tie nation to awe,
Curb the tyrant of Fraace, and TO ocean give
Law.
Napolean's hobby is policy fly,
And hii empire like Satan) is built on lie.
Powers his Hobby.
The various departments of State have their hob
To pleals their dumb Iaol the principal job Is.
D--rn's ho.,by's to end each report with a
gaels,
Andto ward all exceptions, concludes ns:ye o,
les.
That, hi, Hobby.
The yae.5ns hobby to he without lhame.
When p,obity better would anfwer their aim.
Should they happen to blunder on trat5 BY mif:
They tart, and turn pale, as if bit by fnake.
Lyine's their Hobby.
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With cafe AMI With gtSes fol the charger is
Straag.
St0ps's their Hobby,
Chr hobby's Ney.E4glaaa. who ns'sr like a.
nlnny,
Willfubmis 20 the nod of.Geve.making Yiirgisa.
I'LL Gems, doughty gaa, bsati and Mutf's.aaael,
M laal<,
,capsafs's Brtaia's whols.aaSy, andsconqqess all
France.
New England's our Hobby.
~
From the CoNNEcTtcur GAZETTE.
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tea TO drunkenness. Fut many an honest,
citizen has fallena preyto the vicious Prae.
tees of an idier.
Beware of hin therefore for hisis the
roadto poverty, and thu path that sleadesh
to misery.
Bur think not my brethren that the
country parsea is foe to recreation. Oh !!
no. Isis salntary TO the son of industry.
There are times and seasons for pleasure.
and for past time, which should not be
neglected. Tits wholesome to the mind as
well as toshe body, 30 indulge them occasi-
onally, in decoroas playfulasss & ianoceat
diversion.
FCbrrls. Times.
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Jonathan & Mahlon Scholheld
HoVe jgG rteeivel, pta PbiAaeIbh,0,
A large and general Aiiortment Of
DRY GOODS.
Suitable to the featon-coniiaine Of

lrilll linens, lriih' and Ruifia dia-
pers, dowlas ticSlenbur8s, zDaburaa, brown
Hollands, ~hife Plat,Ilas, siesi4s, fh.eung s,
checks, sho,ted tiarlem ifripcs, cambrick add
jsconet mailius, BOOK mullins, colored cam.
bricks, laced can5fichs, Allotted Laced cam.
brick fhawis, 8ce,soou gurrahs, man,odcs, fine
cofacs, fine battas, and fannahs mullins India
chintz, India checks, Romal hahdkercbieis, long
ard (hort yellow nsnkeens, tIne and black dirto,
Cotton csfEimeres, slorted din,ities, aiicrted
Mslsci!les; aforted India sod italian Gks, az
iorted; fartenets and pss.aags, 2fT ,cd fix,
cotton, and thssai hofery, Leghorn Sonnets,
fix and kid gloves, walh leather ditto, pins,
tspss, threads, fewing iiIks, aGorted !; fans and
buttons; and
4 yarlsD Of other articles,
In addition to their former Aoek, make cry
complete aaortment:
All Of shch they Will (ril low for cath, or
good notes payable in Alexandra, at 60 days.
MAY zo.
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Has ON HAND,
VSie5 he eviN dgpsfs q. an ter@ss aavantageass
10 be fu,ebafrr,,.j5r e4@ Or notet,
The following Articles, VIE.
Sups. INC and feeond CLOTHS
Kerfrymeres am. fwandnwns
Bearlklns and teafnonsh's
Durants and cal,nancocs !.
Bombazets and WldkoEe,
Common and boiI'd camb!ets
Silk, cotton, and verified hoasry
Engilfh extra long elk glove.
Silk fwif and thread I 49,
Diaper and common taps,
Paper and pound pins
White and rrirtca ,narseiiIes ],
Laces, edghlgs ar; siuaps 5,
Elegant black and white lace veil.
Patent do. do.
Satin peelong and ill, handkerchief
A, e.8, and 81 Cambrick mpains
India Jaconct do. ,.g.f
Fastisns, b5ckrann, sc. SIC.
ALSO,
A few bales Of Negro Caddies, and enc trunk
ELK and cotton lings.
January 2. 9
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No. 1890: sgg
Il Z ~ q Y 4 {.
7 a M E S r T, S Sc l.,

JAMES Russell,
kai rnse'sa BIS Stare IA R9yaifreef, mYan IF
The Or EAGLE fAvra& Houss, ea< DIR
a'rts Of Ksg f'ret; Euher< 6sshas inf osterd
atrs@yspa5.sf 80
German e Eaa-Iadia Goods,
Prints, Einisie,, Checks, Iriih Linens, &c. &c.
which hs will fell By the ritce, low, t0r csiI,,
or on a1ilort cscdit.
MAJ q. q
N, 3. / viii let, for four YEAR, tie BRICK
HOME / have jaf: Jeff, on FaiffsxN,eet.
IA
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VOL vi
pablit Sale.
ON TUESDAY next,

4 On TUESDAY next,
! ! S,S0ss, will be fold at s ysadae store
= r u M
s.a,. and b!s. French Brandy in pipes
Gin d pipes and bis.
I S ny !, T's soa Apple Bandy in bis.
s.-,rin hhds. tisrccs and DIS.
S Ts;Is sid brown Soap and inboxs''
Mould and dips Candles ]
ps;sa, n kegs, boxes and jat',
Ri, IN kegs and fraiis,
os..a,s Ware 10 crates,
HOUSEHOLD FURNl1,UKh'
s &c.-ALso,
i Variety Of DRY GOODS,
amoug which are
clolbs. Coatings, Keriemeres,
Mans. Plains, Kerfeys, Negro Cotsons,
S.,o., EiaAieks, blue Friezes,
c,Iinaocoei, Rassls, Yarn Stockings,
CSiotzes aud Ca.licoes,
rim Lin.h,, S:iefad do
0EaaSares and Fickleubags,
MD,l;a saa Muslin Handkerchief, y
MAJ, Muslins and Table Clothes,
paudsnna fiandkerchicfs,
coIotr'd Threads, Hats and saaa'y other
kaci.,. . -,
Der. 10.
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/ pose TO which yoa have alluded, and would
recommend it TO TIE people To- pay theirs
into the hands OF Certain persons TO be ap.
pointed by them, who should be annually
en- rusted with the application ofiheir con-
uiou'ions to their respe Give purposcs.
And this has been regularly performed
with proper attention aud fidelity ever
since. Every member OF the community
contributes. cheerfully by donations, or
bodily labor to the support ofevery insti.
tuition which has been beneficial or even
commodious TO their country. These con-
tributio3s are never Furthermore, as the
taxes osedto be, which were formerly lie.
NED on the people for the same purposes
as(there is more industry, economy and
tidsiity used in the. application of them,
than OF The takes, aud the whole expense
of collecting them which was always one
fourth more, is now saved, besides the
heavy expenses Of paying the king or chief
magistrate and h;i numerous dependents,
and the judges, and the members of the
Legislature, when in session.
{ To be ccufinued.
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fRoM rnE AUG usrA HERA1r

r. lUn
Ion Monday, the 7th OStober, colonel
Benjamin Hawkins, the lltian agent for
the United States, arrived hers. with de.
patation of Chiefs from The Ufoer and
Lower Creek Nations, Consisting or Alex.
ander CornelIs and Tuskenehaw. from the
upper towns and William MIntosh,
iuskeenee hue Chayeo-Euchau Thluc-
CO, and Che, cop, ehelco Eman,lau, from
the lower towns. On Tuesday they left
this pace.fn the stage on tlIeir way To he
City OF Washiagton--W understand that
their visit TO the seat of Government is
10 treat for an extension OF the boundary
line ofthis state 10 the OAkmulgee River
the Upper Creeks we are told are in ia.
vor OF cedirg the land as FAR as the Oak.
mulgee, and lhe Lower Creeks opposed 10
1t. We believe however that the agent is
OF opinion the land may be obtained.
II will afford pleasure to benevolent
mind to know that the efforts Of Col. Haw.
kins TO meliora,e the condition OF the sa
wage tribes, and to bring them into some.
Thing like social state, have been great
~ successful, and that they are almost dali
~, though slowly, making advances in ci.
siilzaiion--T There were in The Greek Ma
ten when the agent LETT it Twelve looms
employ cd, eight of them if we recolieet
alght were made by Indian women, VINO
also spin The cotton witch they weave.
The plough and the hoe are row also in
very. general use AMONG Them, and in be-
Coming attached 10 properly and being ac-
qnain,edwitht the comforts and advantages
OF agricultural improvements, they are
losing very considerably that pi sdileetion
lor the chase and the hunting life, which,
almost universally characteristics sayape
nations. The agent has introduced among
them weights and measures, and made
many OF them acquainted with figures, so
that they are enabled TO weigh out their
own articles for sale, and to calculate the
amoont-of ,hem with great accuracy, and
the advantages they discover 10 arise from
these glimmerings of science, is gradual.
ly exciting desire To extend their know
ledge, and will doubtless prepare the WV
for the establishment Of schools among
them, and will create an order for future
improvement. From the advances alrea.
dy made in the arts OF civil life, there can
DC little doubt that foundation is laid, for
an entire change in the disposition and ha
bits of these tribes.
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force, was hourly exneeted 10 srs,se on !,
That station, for the purpose CT taking The
command of the blockade.
Captain Rogers fqE:hsr advises, that
the French and Spanish troops, in tie
'neighbourhocd Of GibYaisar. wefc said Ia
amount to between 20 and 80 thousand
men; and that on The estut Of the retuia
OF the calamity which proved SO fatal 10
The garrison and inhabitants during The
last year, it was expected 40 attack would
be made. AT present the troors enjoyed
great health, and were prepared to meet
the enemy at every point.
The differences between this country
and Tripoli being fully adjusted, q part Of
the u. S. squadron, then lying at G,bsai-
tar, and consis,ing offs frigates, sehcon-
ers, and bomb briggs, were expected to
sail immediately FOR Amcrics.
No accounts had been received al Ma
laga or Gibraltar, OF any hottie disposi-
lion, having been recently discovered on
the part of runis, or any f,he o,bef bar.
barry powers, against this country. s.
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~ Y virtue ola deed Of trHs, executed by Rich
A. ard DaDney Of King William county. 20 the
subscriber, 20 secure and sausiy a debt Que from
the SAID Richard 70 Contlius Dlbney ,adnlinisir..
tor With the viii annexed, Of Oven Dsbney. dec,
VIII be offered to SALE, on Friday tie 6sh azy
OF December next. az Hanover Town, TO tho
niBhest ecdcr log ready payment, in current mo.
ney, SUNDRT- SLHIES, consisting Of rren,
women and children; one Brood Mare. about
years Old, by Lanpligh,er two small horse Colts.
about years Old. o. Americans she noted Sud
Horse called Hsnoveyi one W ag2on and Ger,
and Horses, ore excellent chair horsc sbou, y
years oil, and one bay nave Colt, by AmeDesnss
Geo. VIM. Smith.
RiShncnd, NeS. 5th, 1905. ts