Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-04-29
NEw.ORLxAHs, March Is.


NEw-ORLEAas, March Is.
Ii is reported and believed, that ves-
sci bound 20 Fort Stoddart, with prcvisi-
ons for our troops. has been brought to at
the town of Mobile, and is not permitted
to proceed on her voyage. Ifconduct like
this be persisted in, tits hoped that some
eficicn, means will be adopted.to obtain a
free nayis alton OF the waters Of the Mo-
bile. Such navigation is essestial,o the
welfare Of our settlements on the Tombig-
by, * it is presumed, tina. a suspessiop of it
will not be submitted to by The American
government.
ID" Just as our paper was going ia
press, we received information, that one
of the carriers of the neil of The United
States had returned to this city, and that
he reports, that he was not permitted to
pass the town of Mobile with the mall
He Mrther states thar governor Folck in
formed Kim, that for the future the mail
of the United States would not be permit
ted to pass either By land or water, thro'
the dominions Of the King Of Spain.
Whence all this Glamour against the admin
istra,ion. thar proceeds from fcd~riists Why
! this af.sa,s. Of raEsrd for the national bonor
and insersU Are Questions th.t are necess.ri-
~ aakSd BY every one, who reads The Fr,ats 81
| this City Do ihs ssdcralists condemn secrecy,
which was so ~.i:h ths fSshion when ,key were
in power Do s5sy. without bushirg. eensuss al,
appropriation oft~o mii.ns of 6ollsrs to Purchae
| the FloNdss, who spsnt ,ens ss raillion. inlpur
chasing netting bur nationaI disgrace and natl
onsl disastsr. rhsy tell Us of all they did foy
the country, az II ths country forgot its laiost
history they tell us of savy that consisted OF
bigates and brigs, from which 10 aEin,i service
was dsrivad until the election OF Mr. Jeff.rsoa /:
tbs, tell US Of the impressnsn, OF oa. ssanen,
olthou2h ever; fessrSIist in congress vct.d e.
Csinst the meaaurss adopted for their reis,ss
| they talk of dispatches being withheld. forget
ting that The Washington administration refused
to let congress know the na,u.s of dispatches
on great public qussti,ns. There ia nor, indeed
one snppsaed al of misconduct, charged zgsiass
thf a'lmnsratios- that its predecessors did not
a6aa'ly coTnmis.--Auord.
The cid friends of cob5ct are greeted with the
following probation from kis pen hz spssks
Of another friend Of the fedcral;sts, Mr.. I'm.
Pia :--ib.
az has been stated, in some ofthc paragraphs,
10 which have alluded. tina, tina losa Of 81 IT,
! Pitt, is srhjsI ef regret arnongst the poop!s
That he may be regse,ted by those who wsre look
ing up TO his power for emalu risnts Tor s.isl-
ter; by the numerous swarm Of " blood suckers
and mack worms" that his loss may be re GREETED
and deeply regretted by these. am far FROM
meaning TO dsay but that no is regreued by the
psopls OF England, is fashood which, CONS
whence il will. shall never pass uncontradiSted
by me They do not regret bis loss so far from
segrettiDg his death as an % irreparab.e" loss,
! IN az M iasa IA tt,o,, feel NJ
press satisfaction at it their resentment has cea.
sed they relaiu little or no anger against him;
tits IN their easily 20 forgive cut they look
] upon his dss.h rs the FIRST dawn of their deli
tvsEarcc from On accumulation Of danger and dis
grace"
a match was made by two gentlemen
between the celebrated horse Dniehm6n,
OF Boston, and the small black Virginian
| Cr2f, OF this town, who had been much
celebrated for his bottom, and active
movements over the ground as traveller.
Dnfchman was likewise celebrated for his
speed on the turf. These horses were 10
travel from Providence TO Boston, and
back again. The bet between the parties
was 500 dollars. They started from
Constitution- precisely at O'Clock
on Tuesday morning, and arrived in Bos
'oa 20 minutes past l2, Crolt returned
immediately for Providence, was lively
and in good spirits for 76 miles, which he
performed in 8 hours and 50 minutes
lie travelled The first so miles in 8 hours
and IL minutes. The last or miles he
fsiisd very fast, and became totally blind.
He, however, arrived in town precisely at
o'clock, p. NJ. Thus poor Croh per-
formed a journey fs2 miles in 9 hours (;
he was Immediately stabbed, but expired
in IS minutes after his arrival. Dutch
man. when he passed the dollhouse in
Dedhsm, was 90 minutes bshind Croh,
nor was he able TO oycrtake him, but fsil-