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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-04-10
Say OUR present revenue
Add new internal taxes to
support a navy
t5,ooo,ooe
100000


~. g so COO
This would surely be an ample allowano.
comparing the present state of our corn,r,,
with such contingency. What womb ),
navy cost 20 build What annually 70 sn,.
port 1t The sum required to build. wc
shah not contound our readers bv notipr-;f
they choose to multiply the number bv tb.
cost OF the frigate u. States built in THO
port; the average amount will be abour
one half the first expense.
but the subsistence of navy, what would
1t cost, supposing the feet had suddeni,-
sprung up; rthat the British government
instead of using them to transport their mo
march and regalia to Bengal, had made ne
n present Of the whole.
AJudicious and dispassionate pamnhle,
lately published on this subject 1--WE nre-
sumo production of Mr.. Tench Cow,
furnishes data ready prepared but over
cautiously put down in that pamphlet tbr
average annual expense is however SET
DOWN at near t7oc'aty millions of dollars
short of the real expense yet it states the
average at 10000, 600 of dollars wear
Deduct your thirty millions even from This.
and you would have still forty millions
more to provide for.
Your acre of land, citizens of America.
could not then produce you a thousand
onSiieLs Of corn and you must be content
to take your land and cultivate it with care
and be satisfied with what it will produce.
| though 1t were from 10 to S..
But there is another circumstance
where would the men come from Great
Britain, although she has ireland and Scot
land to drain from by impressment. isforc-
ed to seize and make slaves of 3, 600 of our
citlzens; and the Danes, Swedes. Italians.
Lubeckers, Hamburgers, and Dutch sea-
men, arc allowed TO compose a full third
OF the seamen who navigate and fight her
ships of war.
Are you farmers ready to send your sons
on board the destructive den of disease.
crimes, immortality and human de6Qse,nenf.
called man of war? o! God forbid -
remote be that day when national infatua.
ton or corruption, or debasement, shall
tear our yeomen from the plough, to carry
murder and desolatien on the ocean-mur-
der for sordid gain--while we have coun-
try before us blessed by nature with all
| that can be required by virtuous man, and
to invite the love Of peace, and the blessing,
which peace, liberty and justice are capa-
bic OF comforting on man.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-04-10
u Uantcd inmrdiofcly attAis omer,

as an APPRENTICE to the PRINTING
BUSINESS you.h about ~ or "a years old
OF respectable connections, who can smell and
read correctly. ne viii have the advantage. Is
more agreeable 20 his paren, Or guardian. of ar
'enohg IN the Book store during part Of his
'me' where he vii have an opaouunity Of I'M
proving himse.f in reading, writing, sc.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10
BURR,S CONSPIRACY

E*frna IF n letter from 81. Louis, Loufsaac.
February 1871, 1so7.
mat conipracy has been formed headed
ny Aaron Burr, to overturn the ben govern.
ment, which the wifdom of man has vet ds,i,.
ed, no rational man can longer Goubt.
On the 9Th inR. Robert Wetcott, tfu. who
IS majo OF the frG battalion OF militia and iui
tice CT the court ofcommon pleas and Charter
felions for s.. Louis din iSf. was arrrn.d and
recognized before his honor Judge ucAs, ON A
charge OF conipIracy-This MN Wcfcott has
always been violent FederaliR-. lie was 4
captain ~ yohn Adams Standing army he 10
from Philadelphia rcfdeS At the Coqertmsg.
Hoge, and is the lou-ib-law of our 7,ery zoar,b,
Secretary Jofeph Browne, who is a biothtr.ii-
law Of Bnrr.
John Smith, Efq. col. Of the militia and chief
Juitice OF the court Of common pleas and opar
ter feilions and Henry Dodge who is Sheriff and
adjutsnt Of regiment OF St. Genevege diad9,
have alio been arrened and recognized tefore
his honor, Judge shroader upon the r,ne
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10
CHARLESTON, March a6.

A gentleman arrived yefterday from Havana,
informs us, thar one of the Britifll cartes, from
Jamaica, bound to Europe, with part of the
Dutch prifoners taken at Curracoa, had arrived
at that Inland. 1t was Rated that the Brtifh
commander had been compelled to enter that
port, by the prifoners the vefIel had been feiz.
ed by the SPanilh government, and condemn.
ed; and the captain had been ordered to leave
the place. The Spanfh officers executed them.
ielves tor this ae. of outrage agaioft the eitab-
II,hed cuitom of nations, by afIerting that the
britiih had been guilty of imilar conduct.
Courier.
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Rxsratzed fen, Eagl;G Paper, TO FEB. IL.

Difpatches were received on Friday, from
Mr.. Adair, winch intimate that vitory had
been gained by the Ru(Iians after the goth. The
Rufiian general r. is faid to have been bought
by the French, and to have been detected by
the general in chief, Kaminfsoy, when on the
point Of leaving to the French the whole Of the
Ruilan magazines, By withdrawing the guard.
Kaminfkoy, it is faid, took his fword from
him with his own hands, and frnt him in irons
to St. Peter!burgh, and the French, when they
made their attack, experienced the mott for.
rnidab!e refiftance, which ended ia compleat
defeat. Great diforder is laid to have prevail
ed in the French army, particularly amoneR the
emperor's guards, who inflted on winter quar-
ters, and of FIVE of the columns employed In the
attack, three were defeated, and one had re-
fu(yI to ADVANCE.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10
PENNSYLVANIA AFFAIRS

r The committee of enquiry into the govern
or's conduct made report this merninp-the
charges are,
/. The ufe Of the fac Emile.
2. The appointment of DIR. Buchanan,
s. The removal of DR.. Reynolds.
4. The overtures made to Duane 10 withdraw
criminal profecution againflhim, on condition
that he would diicontiBue his iuits againf J. B.
M'Kean and others.
S. Setting aide the election of Wolbert, for
which the committee think the governor had
not fliddow Of caufe.
o. Sending A blank commifIion to he filed I'D
by J. u. m'Kean, to examine witneGes rsfpe6-
ing the conteted eleftion of fherif.
Z. i1ung warrant for the arrelt of Cabrera
and afterwards dfpenfing with the rules of the
prifon with refpeet to him.
United States Gas.
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FRENCH NEWS.
From a Iate London Saber.

From a late London PAPER.
St'iI are we without any official advices from
the continent. Yet accounts continue Ia he re-
ceived from various parts of the fuccehes ofthe
Kuiiians after the 9sth of Dec. One letter from
houie in Germany, dated the esd ult. ftates.
mat the French loft nine generals in the bat
ties Immediately fubfequent to that of the goth
December; but not word more do thew men.
ton OF their lois. Davouh attacked the cen.
tire OF the Ruiiian army. on which this diyifion
retired hghting; but they brought both their
wings to bear on Davouft's rear, and ultimately
defeated him with great lofs."
Another letter fays, that it was on the gath
Dec. "that the fortune of war changed in favor
OF the Rufiian army, and continued decidedly
10 TIL the 3oth, the date of the laft difpatcbes
from the icene Of action, which at that time
nad renewed nearer Warfaw, to which city the
french had retr>ated, after fuffering repeated
defeats"
General Menffein, the commander of Dant.
l'c, has pubihed bulletin, announcing intel
sence from Koningfberg, of another total de.
feat OF the French by the RufIians, after fight.
ing from the 9th to the soth Dec.-The editor
OF the French paper printed at Altoona, alto re-
ceived letter containing the particulars of the
above defeat but the French Minifter inffted
that the whole was falfehood, and had il fun.
Prenea.-Accordins to this letter, Martial Ka-
| ~ u uiduCEuVrc with the CEN
ter and left wing of the Rufiian army, is faid
to have turned and furrounded three corps of
the French army, namely, thofe of Dayouff.
Ney, and Sout; to have killed upwards If
10000 and taken 10000 prifoners, among the
latter is fdid to be Dayouft himfeIf.
BY the mail from Hufum, which arrived on
Friday, and brought letters from 'Hamburoh
to the ead, and accounts from Warfaw of the
9th, the fact, that the French have fuitained a
igna defeat in Poland, is fill farther confirm.
ed. All the accounts pubfhcd in the Ham
burgh papers are, as might be fuppofed, entire
ly ilent as to any defeat of the French But
the matter of Danifh vefel which arrived
on Friday in the river, has affirmed, that before
he Jailed from Elfneur on the aIft he faw
printed official account of the particulars of the
victory obtained by the Rulfians. TWAS ihewn
to him by the cemmandant of the place. and
agrees with the fubfance of the reports which
have already appeared.-After the arrival of the
mail on Friday, note, of which the following
IS a eopy,lwas circulated among the public Of
hcers -
January So Various accounts received this
morning confirm the defeat of the French at
Oitrolenka, but the official details are not vet
arrived. Letters from Dantzick mention. that
10000 French prifoners are marched into Kon.
ng1berg-Bonaparte was at Warfaw on the 9Th
OF January; but the Rufiians have crofIed the
Viitua, and an engagement took place on the
7th January at Szakahow, on the road to Po
len, which is faid to have terminated TO the diff.
advantage of the French"
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the common good requires their exertious, to
obey the luminous OF their fovcreign, and to
meet with fpirit every toll, ard every danger for
the frrv'ce of che empire, convince US how or
sally, zca'oufy, and efficaciouHy, il will CO.
operate with us for the .fprrdy and fuc, efsiul
completion Of fuch pruvGo"al armament or
militia, as is ndifpcniibly required, and now
ordained for public fecurity, according to the
res ul3tions annexed hereto.
"We are ikewifc well afIured, that our
faithful corporations, and every cafs of citi-
zSns, rs well as the crown peafants, and free
Doors through the country, will unite their ef-
forts to bear the common burden of this inn
Portant public duty for the defence of our holy
Faith, and for individual prefervation.
"May the fervants of the church of God Of
fer up in concert with ourfrlves and all our
faithful fubjeets. the mott fervent prayers to-
wards the Supreme Difpofer of events, that he
may ihed his divine favour our efforts to
avert the common danger, to vanquiih and cx-
terminate the fee, and to reitore the blelings of
peace and tranquility in the heart of our en-
pire."
To this manifeno is annexed a proclamation
for erecting Immediately provihonal force, or
militia, of $4,000 men. For this purpoie the
different governments throughout the Rufiian
Empire are divided into feyen diitricts, each of
which according 10 the plan laid down, is to
iurniih certain number of troops. Thtfe fe-
ven armies, or contingents of diftri1s, were to
be formed as fooD as the different preliminary
meaiures, iuch as the making out lifts, and ap-
pointing officers, had been gone through; but
they were to continue no longer embodied than
the prefent danger exiflcd.
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PHILADELPHIA, April 3.
REpEII1oN or ,,,,,rros

REBELLION OF PRINCETON COLLEGE
We have feen letters from Princeton, (x. ~ dated
yetterday, which 6ates, that very ferrous rupture
bad occurred in the College of that place. Upwards
OF so audents have openly revolted again the au-
thorty OF the Principal and Teachers in coueauence
LED
The whole number of Literary Zalrrgerts have
been dfmiHsd from the walls of the college, until a
Board of Truees, to be Immediately convened, fhall
give desiion on the fubjea We fincerely regre,
that any thing fhould have occurred to tarnig the
reputation, interrupt the progrefs Of 70 respectable
and ufeful feminary of learning. PLH Oas.
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1De9t9n1tes.
GENERAL cRAwFoRD'S EXPEDITION
LONDON. Fehrnaru 10

We have the Pleafure of announcing the fate arri
val St. Jago, the 18th of December lat, of the
expedition uader General Crawford. The following
letter from gentleman attached to the expedition
the more gratifying, beeaufe implicitly RELY
on the accuracy of our correspondent:
Jaandef So. J9go, Dec %, 1906.
1t is chance If this reach you Blu. fhall
run the rifk Of writing, the Argo man Of war,
which accidentally came in here few days ago, will
fail to day on eruze, and il is probable fhe may
have the good fortune of forwarding this letter to
England.
The expedition under the command of brigadier
general Crawford, left Falmouth the 18th Nov.
and arrived here the 18th inn. The following /,
a lit of the hips Of war which accompanied it,
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10
ILLNESS OF BONApARTF

The London Sunday Review of Jan. e5, faye,
Through an autheStic channel, we have re-.
ceived advice that Bonaparte's health has been
10 much impaired by the fatigue and anxiety to
which he has of late been expofed, as to i'm
preis his medical attendants with the mott fe-
rious approximations for his fafety.
He has for fome time laboured under drop
Zeal complaint ; and contrary to the advice of
his PhyfciaDs, per!ilts in profufe ufe of OPT
um. He alto drinks executive quantities of cot.
fee, without either fugar or cream (; a prac-
tice which is fuppofed to have contributed to
that laugour and debility which occasionally
oPPreis him in iuch degree, as to render him
incapable of any ordinary exertion.
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the tr,ri OF Kerr, h we heen diin iGtd, .rt
new trial is ordere.i, not wth landing the oppe.
ition OF the Attorney General, Mr.. Brown.
who, however, as well as Judge Hail., ap,ear
at prefrnt as Jealous in the PROHIBITIONS oi lhe
culprta, as they lately were remifs. II an.
pears to ne that the PRECEDENT will ac wifclv bv
cauhDg the governor to remove from Office Al,
thofe portions who have been engaged in the fe.
cret combination with Workman, and Co
This is notoriouny the cafe with feveral who
hold the mott lucrative Offices in this TERRITORY.
and their names mutt have been made known To-
the PRECEDENT.
a raod change is taking place in the pnh,;,
mind daily. in favor of Wilkinfon.
E*.ra9 eta letter. from Matches, xafed F,lyyo.
~ Is, 1907.
Judge Toulmin has committed BlannerhaGet.
an ir'h gentleman, living on the Ohio, TO tatt
his trial in the Gate of Virginia, where he re-.
hded, and where all the fubitantial trainony
which will SIX illegal intentions upon him il 70
be found. This, however, is here conf;d.,.d
as rlof Raerant outrage, becaufe his wife and
children are here, and here it is aIledoed. he
ought to he tried. Although profrcnt;on =.
galnft him carried on here mutt of necefIitv Ter.
inmate in an idle parade.
Floyd and RaRon, on the other hand. ,v;o,
to be tried in Kentucky and Indiana. for there
they live-but as the evidence of their intention
Is to be found here in the teftimony of Doctor
Sarmichaei, they have been committed for
.riai IN the M'iiiiiippi Territory, before a court
10 De iummoned fpecially by the governor-and
which will it is believed, have full iuriG,;c;nn
under the ad of Corerefs.
All OF thoie gentlemen have bee, r,,..r.t
from confinement by 4 writ of Habeas Co,-rs
and are now at large. '
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TRIBUTE OF APPL dUsF
HIS FXCELLENCY.
BRrcADiER GENERAL JAMES w,,r,x.o

BaIcADiER GENERAL JAMES WrLx,Ssos
SIR, ON
The fubfcribers, matters of vefTals !, ,s.
port of New-Orleans, beg leave 70 ex,r,c, .,
you through this channel of cotnmunication. NJ.
high fenfe they entertain OF your frrvcrs in ,b,.
prefent alarming crihs.
Surrounded as we are BY the fnfoicions of de-
luded perfons, more than ordinary nc,ns sr..
qu'hte to truttrate their nefarinus deGsns. anil
though we dePreoa ate military afcendeney in
iree government yet, we copiider il 4, ,b;s
Juncture, the only alternative to nref,.rve -.
peace OF the country, and maintain inyiolate N.
real lnterefs ofthe United States.
In all your meaiures, fir, we have perceive,
the arm OF power, guided by the dictates of ma.
tr'ot'im and we are well convinced that The
civil authority is fet aide only bseauee II ia
incompetent from the nature of its procef:.
to avert the form which was readv n hnro
verus. " VI
That your exertions NAV he crowned ,ci,
iucceis, and your fersices meet the reward
which they 10 jufly merit, 1t is the fincere win
Of, vim
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10
PHILADELPHIA, April 3.

A letter is fad 20 have been received, BY GENTLE
in this city, from his friend in Bordeaux or Pa
ris dated about the goth January, giving an aeeoun,
Of fevere adisn Of fxty hours, after that of Deem
Der Goth, between the French and Rulians. AT the
elofe of this long lrugglv, which was extremely iarp
and bloody, the Emperor OF France, is ated TO have
thrown body Of 10000 horfe into the Ruian rear.
by wonderful cireutous forced march. This ma
nGuvre produced total rout Of the RufIiaus, who
had $4,000 men killed, taken and wounded.
Dan. PrlJ.
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f<frad Of letter from a rsibefFabie gentleman
in NetO. Orie0nJ, datrd ~ March, 1907.
There are frong hopes that Judge Work
man and 1t. Col. Kerr (Oreans Militis) will
meet their defers. A confciousnefs Of guilt
has induced the fra to reign his judceaip-
and the packed jury who could rot agree on
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10

In the Britifh Houfe Of Commons, in Deem
Der lat, Lord Caitlereagh, after taking nefice
of the defencelefs rate in which the garrifou Of
Buenos Ayres had been left for nearly four
mo'Sis without any reinforcement, faid, that
" IT was not merely in that point that the negIi.
gence of his MajeRy's Mluifters were to te
feen there is another and very intere1ing part
OF South America, where little timely ai1ift-
ance on the part Of the Britifh government to
the operations of Gen. Miranda might have oro.
duced the moft important advantages to this
country. We have fufIicent forces in the w.
Indies TO have sfiifted gen. Miranda. But our
naval and military officers in that part of the
world could not venture TO Cir for want Of in
ftruelions from government"
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-10

The fchr. Concord, Warrel, arrived at Bal.
timore in Sc days from Kingdom, Jam.) in
forms that the evening before he failed, the Me-
diator and Bacchante friga.es arrived at Port
Royal from SANTANA, which place they had at
tackled, demolfhed the forts, and fpiked the
guns; took four prizes, two French priva,eers
and an American ihip and fchr. belonging to
New-York, which they loaded with what cof-
fee was in the place and brought them off.
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loufy the enemy, & not from ,ry irdifpoaticn
to appreciate their merit in the n,ofi liberal man
ner; fentiment which have held on every
occaiion, and pudc!Y marked it in al former
Uipaich>s-
have the honour ia b., &c.
II. PSPIAM
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Don,e8ttc.
PHILADELPHIA. April Q.

Orders, it is faid, have been received from
the Navy-Ofice, directing the difmantng of
the gun-boats, which have been fitting out at
the Navy-Yard at Brookyn-thefe vef!cs were
nearly ready for fea, and had, we underftand,
taken In their water under the hourly expeea.
ton of receiving orders to depart.
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Your admirers and friends.


Richard S!iteJ, IEylj;,,,, mr..
DHVi4 bTozOH, Samuel Smith
benjamin Bryaa, 1obu Pratt.
Edqvard O'Brieu, Y.br CT
Richard Field, =. Syn,uJi
John Brozun, p. Bro,,,
etep0e" C'Hr. John RiebardI,
J""IeJ o1"HJora, Gamer Eyil5ruv
j Iio.J c, o..' r~,hp NiJton, jAr.
6iepH JoneJ' Jo6n Waller,
S Ss..,, ~. Saoin)0"' HiIIiam q Rieof,
oam M G ixf.;;. EasOara HmI,
11""'!"1 WHffHmJ, O. BoRruek
poh.r. reao0"' 5b0maS CbunGdtJ,
drvOe'f otpHi"' George Cbabvgaa,
1"'''N' o'N0' Prefaipia Waidron.
New-oreans, 18th February, 1907.
Lloyd 1ore5, Committee appointed to
wf1iam ;. Pigot. wait on the general.
To captain Richard Sites, Lloyd Yo1., nm, MI,
ham J: Pig0t,---a committee from ,b;rt..
one m4fers Of e'lgsh liz f6e porf of Nezv.Or.
GENTLEMEN,
receive with great f,tisfa6ton this tea;ro.
ny OF your appreciation of my condu(f. nenJ-
ing one of the mott painful and interefipr }renss
of my life. 'ce"s'
ne lpontaneous offerings of band of ma.
tr'o'a, aiiembIed at this remote point. from
various quarters of the American nnion: Of a
BODY OF respectable citizens, who, though Der
lona'Iy unknown to me, have had an oppor.u-
MY OF witneiiing my whole cordutl. cannot
De TOO highly appreciated becaufe thew mnn
De coniidered the genuine Offspring oftbe breaG
unioduced by management, and untiDeured bv
prejudice or perfonaltv.
!! az ardeht' honet zeal has imPeIlcd me to
anticipate the tardy courfe of the law. for the
ialvation OF the contribution, hope the mag
ntude OF the motive may extenuate the martial.
Perionai, momentary trefpafs; and that the
aeeihve hePs which have been forced upon me
by combination of imperious circumaances.
may be preferred by every vigi!ant, faithful ci,
t'zen, to timid circumfpccion, which would
nave put to hazard the fafcty of this emporium
and whole country.
beg you, gentlemen, and thofe when, vou
rspreieht, TO accept my Acknowledgement for
your Partially, and my warrneft wifhes for
your individual PROPERTY and happiness.
JAMES WILKINSON.
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I" IT is underfood that the profits of the Ma.
ngfa6wing Department of the Houfe of
Employment of the city and county of
Z" Philadelphia, amounted to FIVE thonfand
" dollars in the lat year." P6M Popsr.l