Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-09-09

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- An army of 20, 900 men was sent to meet th,.
French, who, with corps of 900 men had mar
ched within siSlcagies Of Oporto. The Pro-
vinces rrasor. Monies, Mimic, and the North
ern parts Of Beira. have risen in arms TO the A.
mount of one hundred thousand men, inclusive
of the force in Oport,.
"Ceneral Spencer arrived off Lisbon in the
Scout brig. OF the 24tl of J me, and If err COM
munic ating wi h Sir Cotton returned to Join
the forces off Cane St Vincent
" A dispatch has also been received from
Admiral Lord Gambler, enclosing u letter from
Captain ID gby. of the Cossack, dated off St.
And ro, 2Sth June, by which it appears that on
the 2Sd, the French entered the place, previous
TO which the boats of the Cossack and Comet
spiked all the guns on fort Salvador de Ano,
anil fort Sedra, and completely DESTROYED the
magazines with 500 barrels of powder, and a
quantity Of othcr stores. The boats had lust
retu-ned round point de Aro, when considc
rablc body of French dragons appeared on the
hill"
French prize sent into Plymouth brings
accounts that the traitors Of the Aristocracv
who had joined Nap,ieon's Court at Bayonne,
were fighting for the French against the Spa
nish popuacc in the province of Biscay.
which reaches from Bayonne to St. Andero-a
sm7ll track, and which seems to b.: the oalv
Spa ish TERRITORY now occupied by the French
RI with 5000 nen, but before they arrived the
boats % His Majesty's ships Cossack and Co
met had landed, piked all the guns and bl wn
un the magazine. In tina, quarter it is report
ed tina BonaDarte is marching to Madrid with
an army Of 100000 men. We d, not believ,
t--He will be careful how he ventures to adj
vance Ito the heart of a country where every
human being IS patr'o'. and every patriot rea
dy to sacrifice himself ,r his country.
T. Dery and lettarc have h.a,, .,,t
ON Holland The former contain P'oc.ams-
no, OF Louis Bon parte, stating. that kim u
eph W received in 6 'ain with he IN pst az
mt denonstra ion of joy, and thai peri. {
| peace and tranquility prevailed throughout that
whole Kingdom, particularly Mt Madrid and "a
az. The Dutch papers contain nothing else
| OF any interest.
| We arc sorry o observe that some symDtoms
ot r otous disposition, AMI resistance to tn.
laws. have appeared in the parishes o ID ,nny-
cioney and Tullylish, in tbs county IF Monag
hai'. where the sale of some lands (3ieary) was
recently attemptedto b. stopp d, accom- panied
by acts oi outrage and violence. A meeting OF
he Magistrates and Gentlemen of that country
was IN consequence convened on the 4th inst
{"t Mlnaghan, whena public express on o. their
lreprobaton was nude known in resolutions to
resist such unlawful attempts, and to bring the
Perpetrators tn condisn punishment.
Our working silk manufacturers appear II be
recovering from their late dependency, lag they
shortly expect large supply OF raw silk from
the ports OF SPAN, & though it may not be of so
Time quality as that of Piedmont, Luce, Gaia
lbra, &c. yet it may be made to ans wer several
purposes in the silk trade, and To afford employ.
ment to numbers ofpeople who are literally IA
mishIng, and theirfAmlies in a perishable state
Mlscovauo and clayed sugars are at present
IN such Quantities at the stores of our mer.
chants, that they are still looking down, as we
nave no foreign market as yet TO send them to-
I-Coiiee falls under like predicaQeHt.
Russian iron is now exhausted, but there is
toler4bl stock of Swedish iron on hand
whic! Is OF superior qdsl Y to the former
but britlsn iron is rather inferior even to that
Of H..ssIa%-He, however, still expect large
:! sup lies ofthat of Sweden.
Ihe French feet remains quiet at Touion
IL now amounts Il IL sail ,fthe line two Rus.
IAN hne-of battle SHIPS having gone into tina,
port.
! September 5.
BY the packet Alonzo, captain West
colt we learn thai the result of the election
in Rhode Island which took ace on rues
dey laV far members OF Congress and
State Legi laors, has been favourable e
Fede alsm. In New P1r,, where the re.
ublican majority has oeen 80, there va,
maj 1riy of so in favour of The Fedora
candidates in Providence, a federal ma
I'rl OF $50; in jamestown, a federal
majority of z; Middletown and Ports.
IN 18th were divided. The other towns had
not been head from.