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The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-17
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Capt. Harrc.l, from Point petrc, (Gauda-
lcupe) informs that an embargo was laid on.
that port for eight days previous to his sail
ing, owing to an expedition that was fitting
cut at Point Petre, consisting of the brig &C.
neral Erneuf, and large cutter, both French
privateers, carrying upwards of 500 men.
This expedition was planned against St Bar
tho omews aid was completely successful.
The Fort was surprised and carried at mid
night IN n ric n brig and schooner Wing
there, both belonging to Baltimore, were cap
tn I'd; they were under Swedish fsgs and
loaded with coffee from St. Domingo. The
exDediticn returned to Point Petre on the
IS h of November with their prizes ard So
OC0 lbs. coffee, taken from the store Of Mr.
--, agent for the Americans engaged in
that traffic.
Several LARGE West-lndiamen have been
captured by French privateers and brought
to Point Petre, with coffee, sugar and cotton,
frNp Demarara and Surrinam. Markets at
Point Petrc for American commodities, very
dull, and payment in bad sugar and high
price.
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.HAlTCABLE PROCLHMATIOW


Next to the Proclamation which preceded
the amicaoie occupation of Copenhagen, and
the amicablc deposit of the Danish naVy-Sa
the amicabie burning and desoiation OF the
Ianish pital perhaps there is nothing AT
his appeared as the public official act of 20
verRment, so marked with predetermined
hostility and deliberate contempt as llle proc
L. nation of his Britannia majesty OF the 10th
. Of Oct. last.
From this public act, we once for all learn,
two facts of prim9ry Importance s, a null
t'ude OF secondary or incidental facts, all OF
them, embracing cause Of war according to
t G usages OF the last three Centuries
he hrst flct Is that G. ETltain will not
acknowledge tie right of The Anes.iC an nation
to legisate, in the same manner and on the
same principles, as Britain legislaies for her
sell. The second is that while she impresses
and detainsby force thousands of our citizens,
and refuses to deliver them up to their fami-
lies, she demands of the u. $ the surrender of
others other subjects who enter the service OF
the y. 5. Voluntarily.
These are naked facts-and altho' we ex-
p It to see the advocates of foreign tyranny
resort 10 Ill the articles that se...;!;t,, ana!
corruption can devise, it VIII be seen that 10
Yield one point viii be at once to abandon our
sovereignty. and become more the obedient
Nlss5lsct George III
MS proclamation AZ once shows what the
ofiec. Of Roses mission is, it is the basis Of
his Instructions and the American people
must he prepared 10 see it followed UP by a
coHl de hsai1--thc adeliral who commanded
tnc memorable and Infamous expedition to
cNlbrroo'', is appointed to the American sta
ton; togive ,his proclamation its fall opera
ton and rcsraUuga7' as 1t may at f;ls. sight
APP ca, You, people of America, may ex-
ect to ind this Qroc amation followed By an
otter declaring Che treaty of 17s3 null and
VOID, an yaU Independence IS having been
Tecrgn'zed through an eXPediency that nc
lcnfeT exists.
lie Won reaiy-and TO be ready is to be Sc
clre for fiycfa ed you Cannot be easailel
with imPunitv; & YOU sutIcr yourse yes t. be
deceived yol viii not be prepared--but if YOU
are prepared, Ike very preparation vii, per
haps save the bleed of thousands, and disnaa,
your internal as well as external enemies.
.Htiyova.
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II DUCAtiCN-JoHv RoBERrsov respect
- fully informs the public chat he viii cont
pre otc Oh in CAPT. VIM d. Meri,ge'hc,'s neigh.
bDrhood, tic English Language a1sinm tcallv.
q Latin, Greek and French languages, Arith-
mctic, The ~i1merf7rr '.orts Of Mathematics. Io-
&c. Ethics. History, ancient and modern, and Ge.
"C1ryny with t'ie use Of the Globes.
lis fees arc "A dollars per wnuin first quar-
t"r pad IN advance. ~ addition to his present
number Of scholars, DC will take seventeen more.
ic hoccs from his experience. Affection, ari r--
neral success as teacher, to meet with the cncou-
ragem,rt of the Public.
Mr.. John Watsrn. who Iives very convenient
VI ta' 70 IKE numb Of twenty or twcnt five
boSfdeis. Dec. II. L--wow.l
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Pesoiyea, That i IS Che o-,'nion If thi, commit.
tee, u'd tne said memorial, proposing that the
,esms 1f ,he sad c0Ul, May ilft".vre be i,c'd Z
the following times, 'iz.--the frs commen,e on
The first day OF March in each .r and continue
twenty-seven jur.dc,l days tn second on the
l5ti day OF Ap;,l and continue :y-fn9r days ;
nd the tl'ird Oh the first day Of October and CON
tnue iiity-fye days, or 1T such other times as to
t"e Leg stature may seem prOper, is reasonable.
The Sad resolution being read seconC. time
was on the question put thereupon agreed to by
the house.
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t-yec .. 3. may maintain, the u States
must cons der orr HatWaAscd citizens as entitled
TO TIC s'ihe protection IS our aGiitral-Jora citi-
zenS. II would be the height OF Injustice fer US
/" open IN asylum for foreigners, and invite thcm
into 1t by . promise Of protection, and after thev
mad coupled WIKI conditions, to vioiate our
Jaith, by abard nmg them to the assumed claims
" ny htu1N N ne uN.yrr.e. Anqnirer.
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ITEMALE EDUCATION VIII be continued
Z &C Mouot-airy, the ensuing gear, under the d.
rection OF Mss Terrell who viii teach Rca,jpp.
Writing, Arithmetic, English Grammar and &C.
og"Piy.
The school will be opened on Monday the 18th
JaTH1.v.
tcrms-Tor boc"d o"' Tuition, each finding
h." own bedding, 8 100 per ,,n,..n. paid quarter,
ly III advance and as provisions vii ne made in
lue time for the reception Of boardr,s, no dcduc-
ion can be made for entering boarttr -r-,. a
Part Of the first quarter hes ELAPSED no, for Che
necessary vacations HUMPHREY NIL.
Caroline, Dcc. II. rqts1
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NJ JTiCE-rpc EAgE VIII not be open ON Fri
dag the 2',h INST rt, nor on FRIDAY tie 1st
" January Bills and notes falling due on hose
ays, must be paid on ihc THUsdars Immediately
5icccdng, and paper TO be discounted must be or
cred on inc Wedue,iqgs
JOHN BEOCKENBRO QUOT.
Bank Of Virginia, Doc IL. I'll
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E&t'ac.ci from Re5JIItl3ps which were pas
sd ihe lst ~ last august, " alta tncetinr OF tho
't/cns 81 that portion ~ the county Of iV,the,
comprised within t''s boundary OF Tie fr.t b,tta-
l.o1 of The lDo,h Regiment and some from other
parts OF 'hc said county i Alexander Smvth,
"a Chairman y! was impossible forus pub
sl these resolutions with many othc s. which
y'rc Transmitted 20 us, from the vast pressure
T matter during Burr's trial
Letter the Hiyd, 10 Mr. RaadoLhh, in our
HcTt.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

Thr determinations &c Britain n 90 to
war with ms are well known, that they are
not ayowe1 and acted upon openly. is Who'll
" owing 20 the. uncertainty of the issue of
mar 7r fedce between France and ,RusSid
that issue will soon be known; but we
do not calculate upon security from the
despair cf Great Britain. We calculate
what we long since predicted, a wide and
unhounded system of 6uccaaeering and Yu-
gage, and that like certain characters, in
toxica,ed by the draughts of rapine, she
will increase her draft and die deShcrutc
and drGhk.-.1urora
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FROM THE VIRcINIA cAzETTE.
Mr.. DAVIS,

Apuhcation made in your paper
by Mr.. Beverly. purporiing 10 be an account of
sonie occurrences which took place respecting gen.
WI kinson. before the Grand Jury, which lately
attended the United States C0ar, al Richmond /;
doth cer;ainy Contain soms errors. They will
be rectit:ed rs far as my name is concerned by
the publication of this note.
There was no motion made TO present general
Wilkinson for High Treason, that l remember :;
there certainly was no vote taken unom such a
question q mo;icn was made 10 present gen.
Wilkinson Tor rtis p-isio1 oj TTeIson The lazy
divided, seven for. nine agains, the presen'ment.
was with the minority.
A motion was also made 20 p.esen. the gen.
eral cor a violation of the laws and constitution
OF The U Sta'es. do not remember how tine
lpry divi1eh on lhis qnes,icn BIZ, l was with
the majory
shoed not perhaps have troubled you with
his address had it no; become necessary 10 car.
recf another foi.sske
ain int'rred tral several gentlemen in Rich
mend have sai'!, and perhaps certified under their
Ia Us, TIA, tht) receiyei al account from ne
corresponding with tEn Naement made by hIr
oevery. Those declarations and oerlliica,es II
any sHc6 'te'e ts. mist be due 10 rr,isunders,an
ding or misapEicalion Of TIC terms Of my con
yer atoms Il never did state TO any perscn tha,
&c SFanc Jur, wee d.viisd on naicn To pse-
sent general Wilkinson 'Gor HEB 1ieason or
hat any such question was mace before them
After the Grand Jury were discharged, and Ia
cou sc oi the next day, sundfy genuemen OF my
acqua'n'ancs, at diRsreu, times and places adj
nreiset ne TO the tc!;oMins effect" We have
heard contradictory accounts OF the divisi N Of
me Grand Jury, upon motion 70 prcssn' gene
RI Ni'''ins"n. (wi hour stating tor Whist o.
tence) viii you be 80 good as 10 give US The c0.-
rec ACCOUNT" | answered 4" believe hat the
ju were divided, esvsn Tor nine agAirs III, per-
seninent ne msunde sandirg, suppose
must have happened this way --Those who had
heard OF Mr.. Beverly's account of 4 motion to
p esent for HtS5 7Teason, ,ptic6 5t:- aof ,N,,ie
connected with it, my answer WHICH could re
Ier TO no other than the motion ~ PIE sen5 to,
msP isi'n of Treason Spbi: tuds .a.dde -Or fan,
sea e. an addressed rue in ,erns waich au,ho
rISed him 10 regard my answer as applicable 10
qresto" OF f1'gh Ttreason, did no, attend
uihci'n'ly 'othe terms of his q:,es ION Or sbo nj
certainly have set him rig :. can see 70 no.
tive tor wii'u r'isrep,eseu alton us this suljsci
on the part OF ady- 1 will suppose none to eA-
ist.
WILLIAM DANIEL, Jun.
Cumberland, July 18th, 1907.
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NOTICE.

Messrs Robert King and Charles Cronsh,or
ana X bert King, James Thompson L Tho.
mas Rayenhi.,, Joan Edo. Conrad Lamb and
William David-on Eze:uiors Of James Shott.
dec ased
'TAKE HoTteE, That shall proceed to take
the following de- 20 it,Cns ~ the times and
places hercatteT menrionea 10 Be read as evil
dence IN two suns now dspSnding IN the Chars
&C y Court for the Richmond Di,t4ic, inwhioh
am plaintiff and y,u are defendants 20 wit
Ine ocpos ion of Chades Nooe and others. on
t'e '"enty-nin day # Augus, 1907 betweers
the hours oil ten oclrA in the II, rn.ng and SUM-
&c OF the same, :. tHe dwelling h5use of lchn
q, Rooe in Madlson coun And on he thirty.
hrtt day Of August, 1877 bstVeen the honrs
Of ten o'elcck in The morning and sun SET of ths
same, the Tavern in l., n,rbu,g kcpr by ne
Hoye, shall take the deposition f Col. rho.
mas Clark and o,hets of Campben coun.y-And
on the bird Day ct September, 1907, setv cen
the hours Off O'Clock IN the morning ami sun.
et OF the sane, shall take The de;.os,,ion OF
James hehois ond Others, at his dwelling houcs
in the county ct Bedford.
ROBERT II ROSE.
July 90.h, 1907 DIV
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dUIY y,
EARLY WINNINGS.

In critical times plain speaking is the best
styie--therc are several persons who are
now about to undertake voyages TO sea, CT
ther Incapable Of perceiyiug What is the
proper course TO pursue for che safety OF
thsir property, or blindedby the deceits Of
printers which arc hired to deceive and be-
tray them.
mere are some others who are pursuing
adventures 20 sea, with other views-thcV
80 upon desperate hazard, under the ex-
pectation that they may possibly, or 6y
chance, be fortunate, or If not that their
failure IN their present enterprise may CO.
yer their former oSse and excuse failure.
Men who send adventures 10 sea now,
ana prove unfortunate (or fortunate az thr
oaSe MAY he y should lie aware thus early
hat they will have no right hereafter 10
lttribute their losses 70 any other cause
han their own want of discretion q pru-
dence.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

We have copied into our paper of this
day some articles which shew the impress
sions made at Halifax by the recent out
rage. GSee Boston head. lit is our cpl
Mon that the British government will not
relihquish the principle, and that we shall
have to maintain our rights by an appeal
to arms. Partial, indeed extensive mis-
chief will be the consequence, but we must
reconcile ourselves to it, remembering that
we contend for every thing that is honora-
bic to us as a nation, for nothing short of
independence. The government is pursu-
ing course that demands, and we hope,
Will receive the unanimous support of the
people. 1t will seek redress by negotiate
en-, and if that fails, it will be prepared for
war.--LeGSer.
a Philadelphia writer has ventured to
attribute the violence of the British to the
measures OF our administration in Not pro.
Niding navy. Why did he not attribute
the snfferings Of the Danes to the same
cause Why did he not attribute it to the
srnseiess abuse which has been poured up
on our administration because lit did not
rush into war with France! WHY were
not the Spanish fleet secure, when Britain
was negotiating with Spain? Why was
not Turkey safe, when the British feet
carried proposals of peace during an expo
dition To AleXadria1 Fleet or no &c ct, more
probable causes can he found for British
outrage than any negotiations of the pre-
sident, o: any want of flcets, and armies.
We are common sufferers with all nations.
We must do all that our prudence, our cou-
rage, and our patriotism can do, but we
must look to no feet we can possess in this
generation for protection, without an entire
revolution in European affairs---SaLeni Reg.
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MELANCHOLY sHIPwRECK!
Ertracf from letter dated, Portland, il

E.rtract from letter dated, Portland, Ju-
IN 10, 1907.
hasten to inform you of melancholy
event which took place last night, between,
the hours cftweive and one o'clock. Cant.
ADAMS, in the schr. Charles, with is pas
sengers on board, from Boston, bound TO
this port, running in nearer than he was
aware (therc being : thick fog) struck up
on reef OF rocks little To- the westward
OF the lighthouse the vessel was irnnleGi-
ately thrown on her beam ends by the
i"rce OF the sea, and bilged The passen-
gers Immediately running on deck, were
almost as soon swept Off by the ,c.,, making
continual breach over it.---rhe caDtain
with three men got on shore about > O'Clock
but lie overcome by the shrehs of his wife
and passengers, attempted to get on board
again, but failed, and was heard TO saw,
am gone" and lost in the destructive
element lone of the men, (Sidney Thax
teri arrived here about 9 O'Clock this
morning; he SAYS, when he left the wreck j.,
there we're 6 persons holding fast on the
Shrouds, viz. four men, one woman and a
boy---i Cannot learn who the lady was.
:" understand this moment, that all the
ladies' were lost; that OF 20 persons, ONLY
are saved, or" If whom is Mr.. Samuel
Richards, left to lament the untimely death
o. his wife and two chilclren---Amone the
number drowned also were MIR. Eleazer
jerks, MIR. Josiah Haydens wife and
child, Miss Lydia Carver, of Freeport, and
Miss Richards, of Dedha m.''
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- virue "a a deSd Vi tusi 3s,Su.ed ~ us =
- Rich@'d Foster for the purpose Of securing
the payment OF certain sum of money The en-
mentioned and interest, due Thomas Perkiuson.
and the costs OF Carrying said irus. inlo elfser
We will on Friday the lfth Angus. next, e,syeeb
'he hours OF c'even and twelve o'cloSk, proceed
o sell at Abe jaeksOn's Tsvt IN, in the couptt
OF Amelia to ne highes. bdder To- resds no.
ney, the follow ing PROPERTY, 20 vii Six
'iorses' one Negro Man named Chance, and The
residue # me Tract of Land wherton the said
('chard foster res~ies m Amelia county, be-
ins the tes'd"s Ut the property unsoid, under ote
.,Uner advertiser ent ami winch was p9spolea
, consent Of Pa'ues, or SO much OF said psoter.
- Wal be sufficient 20 safety said deed of
tust, costs attending tn SANG, &c.
Gorge Scoff, }
Tbmps,a Seoft, Trustees.
Totn 1rfsy,
Amelia IVY 81 9C7 Be-
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NOTICE.

7 Wish to inform M friends and the public
generally, that have taken the use 'ately
occupied by Mrs Eunity Hooper Of he county
of Hanover. where l ntcnd ENFERTAIN-
NENT on III, u.uAI low terms and from srric,
ass'duity hope to give general satisfac lion TO
all who may please TO favor me with their
custom.
JAMES Fl. OVERSIGHT,
July IS, 1867 2s
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LEXINGr ron. lKcn.l Iulx.z.

By private letter of the 18th ult. from
Natchez, we are informed that the supreme
court of the Mississippi territory have dis
charged Blannerhasset and Tyler, for
want of evidence of their guilt that Rail
ston and Floyd were indicted in the circuit
court of Wilkinson county, and demur-
rer to the Indictments was sustained by
the court, and that Blannerhasset had set
OUT for home
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have endeavored to force themselves for
ward. Doubts are therefore naturally en-
tertained as to their object, whether they
wish to release their guild emperor from
the penitentiary, or as they now profess, to
march against our deadly enemies whom
they have hitherto exalted TO the skies for
their magnanimity and justice towards our
much injured country"
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RIO BERT GORDON & Co.
NAVE F0K SALE, a FEW PIES
Madeira WINE.

Or the very best quality. just rectievd by
~ the Barque, Petersburg and consid .rable
a eek of former inportaIons. part upwards of
hree years in Richmond. imported from the
ms OF Murdoch Yuille, " ardrop & Co Scott
X Co and Phelps < Co. Also als,ock Of supe.
nor
OLD PORT s. LISBON HINES.
n few tons OF cor PER IN shce.s Of all dimcns
tons and weights suitable for common sized
stills
EiGnInOnd, 2StA July, 1907 wa d
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his absence, and at time wien ne is eiis
gagged in the service OF his country NJ Nor
folk. These are heavy charges indeed ::
but we beg leave TO observe thar no herso.
nal allusoh to NJ. Ritciiie was n,ade in tho
Argus; and that the attack on the editot.
or the Enquirer {whoeyer he NAV have been
at the time) was surely not unprcy okcd
he first treated us in very uGprovoked
and ungenerous manner b. extracting from
the Virginia Gazette piece strongly {, hu.
sive of one which had appeared in It's Ar>
gus; without publishing, Gas fair play des
manded) the latter also (; BY prefacing that
piece with long series CT remarks Of his
own, IN which he plainly insinuatec that
our principles were unsOund ; and that our
bawiing against federalism was no urea
fragable proof OF orr attachment 10 deuoa
Gravy in return for this treatment, we con=
tess, We endeavored to give him little
wholesome chastisement and, being una
bic TO shelter himself from it, he wishes
now TO cast it from his own shoulders on
those OF MIR. Richie The composition in
the Enquirer was not insert, d as u COM
mun'cation /; but was plainly an editorial
composition; and our allusions, in reply,
were to the editor only. 1t was the, efore
evident, (snce Mr.. Richie had Informed
the public of his intended departure to
Norfolk, and had mentioned, in the Enqui-
reritselt, that, during his absence, he should
not Conduct the paper,) that our remarks
were not intended to apply to him.
we are told that we may know the name
OF the writer in Tie Enquirer by applying
at the Office but we Shall not give our1
selves that trouble for we want no far
Their Information, than the political char
acter OF his writings, to discover him. It
is with great ease we recognize in them
the eloquent writer of &c Alcibiades - a most
jealous, and, we hope, sincere republican
and enemy to federal and British politics,
out who, nevertheless, under that sigma
ture. proposed an alliance offensive and de-
tensive between the United States and
Great Britain; and is now at once, w arm
declaimer against British aggressions, and
an advocate for a coalition with the federal-
lists
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PHTLADELpdIA. JnIv o.

We herd report yesterd1y, that let
ters mad been re ceived in town from Hall
i@XS which state that two regiments in addi-
uon TO those sent thtther some months since,
"ere expected at that place: and that a
considerable force was expected at Quebec,
among when were three regiments of Scots
dIsn aTde rs.-.durora.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

to any &c his majesty officers, OF lodged
in any of the iails in this Province.
ANDREW BELCHER,
... JOHN PRYOR.
JAMES FOREMAN,
CHARLES r. PRESCOTT,
JAMES FRASER.
July 16.
The ship Swift, capt. Stevens, arrived at
Newport on Tuesday last, in Is days from
Monte Video. Mr.. Morris, passenger in
the Swift, arrived in town las; evening, adj
vises that Colons and st Lucie had follow.
ed the capture of Monte Video: that these
places had been also garrisoned by the En-
glish: and that preparations were making
for the repoSsession of Buenos Ayres. which
would be attempted at the moment the re-.
Inducements reached that place, which
were hourly expet ted-a part of them tn
come from the Cape OF Good Hope, and
the others from Ensiand.-The staff mad
already arrived.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

A number of English officers from Ca
hada are said to be now in different paris
~ the United states ; on what on sness we
nave not heard, but we certainly suspect :;
ana as we see none of them in their mn
LormS, we cannot but ask why and where
fore are they here lib.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

BRRATA"-M the 12fh lire ofthe tirean,s
Die to he Benz Greek resolutions, hubkSh-
ed IN he .fgnrS Of fhe 92d inst afer. the
zvord with, the following shouidbe inserted
but those monstrous deeds when compared
with, Sc
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FOR SALE
NY Irnct Of LQnd.

IN Oh tcifcId corn'y, bs'we n six ard sevsa
hp1d'ed aces nj land Jiog on beth sidss Of
Falling creet ti2h' niles fem the town Of Man
chester VIII sel' I, enif e. divide II as NAV
beg suli iha Pnreha5e's RnJ person irelinabie
70 r@rc6ass, y Is CspcttSd Vil frst view ,hs pre-
rlscs' Any further descti, ten 30 deemed unpg.
cessa'y for terms apply &c the subse.ibe, living
on the pvemiats p
JOHN BAKER
JAY % 1907 ws,A
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

About O'Clock Yesterday afternoon, Mr..
Fulton, agreeably to his promise, blew up
brig OF ECO tons, stationed between e.
hiss island and the Battery. We were not
spectators ofthe seeue bat are informed that
by the submarine operation she was silent
~ split completely in two parts, that the
masts, disentangied, fell between them, and
that the whole sunk instantaneousv and
disappeared, amid repeated shouts of the
spectators on the Battcry.-Amer. Cir.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29

IN the Enquirer of the 94h instant, we
are accused OF having made an uAhyOUokea
and uneiVil attack upon the Editor, during
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-07-29
DESERrION.

BY the following advertisements from q
late Halitaz paper, itappears that the sue
cess winch has recently attended deserters
from the British men of war, has occasi-
oned considerable alarm there: