Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1805-09-04


Ertr1et sjea letter from. zens Ja1.e. I:a ~,
renee' commanding o6feer If .guu-5oas No.
"GIsRALrAn, June 18th, 1906.
:. = have The honor to irfurm you of INV
arrival IN this place on the evening OF the.
18th. iparted with he John Adams, in
q log the third day after leaving rbe Hook,
and arrived in Gibraltar thirty hour. be
lore her lam happy to inform you that
NO. O. IS an excellent sea boat, and sails We.
~ fast. ! should have proceeded aioft
immediately on mounting my guns. bun
captain Shaw judged II most aIivisable as
there We're four ofus, for us all to sail to.
gether." *
Ertrset ETA ieffer jros, Eenfennnf J,tn
Hsni,tre,nptandiqg officer Of gao, boar No.
a, dafe6 .sl.t
GrBRALrAR, June 27d, 1905. !,
al have the pleasure to inform YOU a.
my safe arrive! al this port, on the night OF
the list instsnt On The 22d of May. in
is.. sc 80, and long. 6I.we had gale of
wind from S. w. in which we were so IN
Fortunate, as to part company Win Nus. 10
and S. 1 lay too that night. bur seeing, no.
thing OF them in the morning, thought il
most prudent, to make the best OF ms
way to Gibraltar. Ipassed in sighs of,he
Western Islands, to the ". on the 7th Of
June.
1 received every assistance at this place
from Admiral Knight and Captain Otway.
and have this day mounted nv guns. and
expect TO sail again in thirty hours from
the time | sncho-ed. The Frigae John
Adams sailed three days ago for Tripo,i
in compan, with No. S, No.. 10, and No.
s how those bnatA got in before me, is
what cannot account for''
On the oath Junr Sir Richard Bickrr-
ton arrived at Gibraltar with & ships of The
line and proceeded wah the Brush exo-
dItIon TO the eastward, the destination OF
which was unknown. (yvat. Gufei.J
We learn by captain Coffin, Of the Ju-
no, from the isle o France, that the IA
Peteche, French frigats Of 80 guns, capt.
Buquet' has been taken in the Bay of Ben.
gall by the British frigaie St. Florenzo,
rated IN Steele's list Of IS guns, captain
Bathurst. The battle lasted four hours.
The French frigste was dsmasted, and /,
was SAID lost all her officers except the
captain, aud had 40 men killed and 60
wouedrd. The British frigats was much
damaged.--Bssf. Pal.
Arrived at Philadelphia, ship Margaret,
Captain Gardner, from Roiterdam, with
24o German passengers, al Of them have
paid their passage.
J By the British Packet Windsor Castle.
we learn that previous to her sailing from
| Fa,mo~,h, information had reached that
place ct the capture Of French 81 gun
ship OFF Bres,. by two British a. gun
! frigatess The French man Of var was re-
connoitring, when the British friga,es, by
superior mshcuvring, Gu. her offirom the
land and captured her.--N. Y. Pap.
we give with much pleasure The FOL.
lowing extract from Major Cb4rletom'S
Grafton. II involves an analysis ofthe
| leading principles Of republicsnism, and
the measures of the present sdmiDistrau.
on, which we hope will give satisfaction "a
every Pafrfor. The public curiosity shall
be speedily gratilied with publication Of
this Grafton. Sac. Pdfriof.]
/ Under this administration (Mr. Jef
fersos's) all the bene6cient principles !
have attached to the idea ofrepresenlatiye
republic, have been fairly developed--the
experiment has been fairly made, and the
result is that republic conveys with !, {
definite iroport--tbat it means SOME
! THINC.--That itmsans political inst
tuition founded on the rights Of the peopi,
Having their happiness, private and pub
I lic--as well in matters Of religion as POLL
tics, for iis principal objeGls That it qua
rantees to honesty---to taIents--to tht
whole train Of moral and political virtues
the full enjoyment ali these distinction
and privileges which their fitness to eter
nal truths, and the nature of things cnti,l
them to (: That il means a right in all tbos
who live under its dispensation, to resis
| the despotism Of their ruIers---sndlo viii