Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-08-02
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMoND.
SATURDAY. AUGUST .. 1905.
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The measures recently taken in France
evidently point out the intentions CT tha,
government TO establish navy--and not
only navy, but most numerous and DOW
criul one--irom the corps nf navs; and
military engineers, there were selected
in the latter part Of Nav lest, twelve i'm.
spe6tors general OF The forests 10 each of
whom a province has been assigned ard
specific directions 10 collect al! the timber
tit for naval purpose, s. such information
intheir several departments, a. may enable
the government 10 estimate It's r.sources
at all times these inspectors sra Messrs.
bertrand, Creepy, Cas;aing, Dollars, Du.
bo;s, Da5ailler. Du,eil Carton. Guy, lie,
grand Lagrange, Marcoi.e, and Seiziiie.
The memorable h66e Marry (now har
crcsAence arrived al Lyons on
the 81 st May, on his rout to Paris
On 4 visit TO the arbiter of Europe.
Lord Darntey is the Engli,h ambassa
dor j, Vienna, vice Paget; this !ord's e..
mily name is BEgh, heis descended Of one
Of ,hsse adven;urrrs who passed to Ire.
land with. Cromwell and made .N,5ob's
cs;ae there, which qualified the family
for neutrality-suspicious.
British and French YeSt India Rsets--
Capt. Gamble of the schooner Fayo,ite.
arrived at the Lazare;to in IS days fiom
ST.. pierres Mart informs tina, four days
before lie sailed, a French squadron, left
! Martinique, consisting OF ships Of the line
/ and one frigate, VIZ. lie Foudroyan,, ad :.
mira' Viiiiaumsz, capt. Henry, 81 guns !;
lie Veteran, capt. Jerome Bonaparte, so !;
! l. Cole, captain Pcrrol, de ie Palriat, u /;
lie Jupiter, capt. LareYer, "a La Croix,
70 L. Ci",ard, capt Faure, II La,
capt. L'Alguet, friga,e 4o.--PeL. Reg.
BY the sch'r Margaret Tingev, capt.
| iNewconib, arrived q, he Lazaretto OH
! Friday, in /? days from Martinique, (via
ST. Thomasl we are informed that the
! English feet had returned 10 Tortola,
without anT action with the French having
taken place. In the Gulph Stream, cap
tain N. was boarded by the British fri
gate Fortune, WHO said he had cut off 81
sail of drosgers from SANTANA. and des.
troyed them at sea, as also Two other YES.
sels, one Of them loaded with coffee---
and that the frigaic with q sal, of the liue
were convoy 10 Beet OF i72 merchant
men. from The West iodies bound for
Europe, sc. then in sight, and through
which captain N. had passed.-i6.
a detschmeh, Of y men, (new re-
crui.s) under tbs command OF lieut.. T..
Vincent Bouis, from f,rt M'U.nry, near
Baltimore, arrived at New Orleans.
In late New Orleans papers We observe, tina,
less than % aIss or ar.s. from different paris
u2 the Mississippi and OHIO, had arrived thers
with the produce of our western country, ia one
weel, N T. u. IGv.
Exlraa Of a leuer from Hbeustock, in
Saxony, April S7.-Erhe dreadful dearth
and famine which distress our mountains,
are particularly felt in our very popuIous
town, where provisions are not abundant,
and where 5000 inhabitants are crowded
together in 400 small houses. One third
, Is so exhausted by famine, that many Of
thera who migb. cain something by their
/ Labor, are so reduced as to be unable to do
any thing, and are obliged to submit TO
thsic rigorous iate.--Some relief, which
! tnSy TeceVed from uHDS 20 UBlSi ifOD
charitable persons IN DISSENT paris, relard
the melancholy end Of these unfortunate
wrslcbes, which is inevitable, unless God
himself rescues them from their misery.
! The young people arc most To- bc pitied
out of 500 children VINO attend the school,
there are at least 100 who look like
corpses, Most CT Them have not s,reiislh
TO go to school they have no other sus
! ,enance b.a bread aaG potatoes, and those