Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-03-08

| an, Cir, your very humble servant.
MOSES ATTENTIVE.
r. S. You must make your purchases inn
mediately, for after the order Of Council
appears on Saturday, every person will
know Of il, and be sanding out similar or
ders and advice.
LONDON, March 4, 1908.
Messrs. Wellwishers, Brothers & Co.
Merchants, Philadelphia.
Gentlemen,
I HAD the pleasure of writing you
on the 14.h January, 1908.
am truly sorry to inform you that yes
terday, at Il Cabinet Council, IL was deter
mined to rescind the former order III Coun-
ell respecting Americans carrying West
India produce, and to be more strict, they
have determined to bring in all Americans
with sugar and coffee. hope this will be
ment pointed out to you. am afraid we
shall be ruined if you have. Waiting the
event, am,
Sir,
Your very humble servant,
Ah MOSES ATTENTIVE.
On the first of April the following letter is
h. received:
PHILADELPHIA, 9TH of third month, 1907.
Moses Attentive. London.
Respected Friend,
We Yesterday received thy letter of
the 18th of the first month, and we feel plea.
sed that thy government have relaxed their
unfrendly mea sures towards us
Feeling confident that this sugar and coz
fee will answer, we have lost no time in ma
king the purchases and hiring the following
three ships
The William Penn, Obadiah Cnderdone,
Master.
Father s Son, Jesse Shatterwood.
Six Sisters. Zachariah Anxious
We trust We shall, be able to send thcm
al TO sea this week. We incluse their bill
of fading and invoice, amounting Ia one hun.
dred and eight thousand pounds. Thee wilt
be particular To insure immediately, Will
am Penn, 40, o00k Father and Son, s. ,Oooi !;
Six Sisters, $4,000.
We have availed ourselves Of thu permits
sion to draw for the proportion as under /;
and beg to let thee know that we consider
thee one half concerned.
Wishing the shipswell with thy friends,
We arc yours assuredly,
WET.LWISHERS, BROTHERS, AND Co.
2. 5. We hope thee will always bear us
in mind, and let us know part of.thy early
iliAOl
Bills as under:
Dated 9TH of the third month, in favor of
Caleb Jones, of Liverpool, 100000
Owen Thompson, Leeds, IS ,O00k.
Solomon Overgrown, Glasgow, 100000.
Jesse Wishwell, Bristol, $4,000.
Ezekiel Nogood. London, lO0t
VIM. Cruikshanks, Manchester, 1901
Mr.. Moses Attentive accordingly insures
This three ships, and in about week, gets
up, goes 10 Lloyd's, waits with great impa
thence until Mr.. Pompous struts in with a
list of the arrivals of the morning TO put on
the book /; and the first ship he enters is the
| William Penn, from Philadelphia to Am
sterdam taken by British ship, and car
Iried into Bermuda.
Mr.. Attentive scratches his head, goes
home and finds the following letter:
| BGRMUDA, goth March, 1903.
Mr.. Moses Attentive,
SIR,
AM sorry to inform you, that on my
voyage from Philadelphia to Amsterdam,
in Long. % Lat. 81. | fell in with the En-
giish frigate John Bull, Captain rakeali,
who asked me the following questions.
"What ship is that 7"
William Penn.
| "Where from :"
Philadelphia.
sWhere bound!"
Amsterdam.
"What have you got on board ?"
Sugar and coffee.
"Didyou say sugar and coffee :"
Yes.
"Back your main toD-saiis, receive on
board lieutenant and ten men, and bear
away for Bermuda"
After very unpleasant voyage, we ar
rived here yesterday.
Your obedient Servant,
ABEDIAI UNDERDONE.
! n, B. Pray Immediately send me a letter
fof credit, to prosecute my suit, for | have
no money, and the Proctors viii not go on
without having it; though the judges do not
sit for six months. and there are twenty-five
other American ships sent in before me,
whose causes come on before mine. ] ain