Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-05-20

Pursues the seven tenor u ms way" ana
wlli soon, like the sun, when approac bin,-
10 ms setting, with a parting beam dispei
.nS eiUuHs ".iGA Ia w.. :. .tEs.-s ! u CT cure
his splehdor 49,
he manufacturing company ar Peters
onrg have Sc an exnmple mo-, wo,thv of
limitation TO the wealthy inha btants of Rich
NINA. we hope, altho' it is now 90 late
ior them 10 have the credit of leading m,
fo0g IN the iaudaoie undertaking of emab.
Cipatng their country from foreign lpfu-
ence by introducing domestic manufacturers
tnat they VIII no. permit themselves TO he
atSfaaeed in the Career OF honor.
Coi Alexander Smyth has been elected
a Senator Tor the District Composed of the
Counties OF Wythc, washington. Rote,o,rr
Montgomery, Greenbier, Monroe. Russeu
Lee, Tazewell, Grayson, Mason. Kanawb,
ana Giles, by nearly unan' mous y,te.
IN eleven OF those counties from which we
| nave heard, he had Ave thousand votes
! PIX o.her republicans who had been men.
TONED as candidates, declined off.rinv.
Cai. Lewis the federal candidate also de-
clned on the morning Of the electi n in
! montgomery But his friends IN Bu,e,ourt
! opened poll for him and gave him forty
three votes.
hlecttons. The latest federal prints re.
/ r. I'm
ther exuitatiln. Their warnu homes lave
been n'pt by an unti,nely northern fros,
and there is good reason to infer tb., tue
| region OF delusion has been circumscri
/ oy mucn narrower limits than th.se assign
Su IL, he result of the elections is NOT
| accurately ascertained. But the Citizen
computes the republican majority in the
Senate ct Is, and IN the House of Repre
sentatiVes at %, even throwing the ouids
into the federal scale
! IN HeSSdchuSettS, the Chronicle saws
! '" lin os towns, which is all we have heard
| from, the whole number of RepubI,can re
personalities chosen to the next General
court is efShty-one, and the feaeraiists have
forty eight only" The Democrat calcu-
| ia'es on republican majority If eighty in
the house OF Representatives and saws that
owing % theIr being no choice of Senator'S
In Cumberland, tho federaiIs S nave not n
majority in the Senate.
| In RHODE Island, Governor Fepner. i.
republican, Is reelected, and we believe
the complexion of the legislature continues
republican. =
In this paper of Monday we stated
the following fact: q The ship AZ
tive, belonging 10 this port with a
cargo of'salt from St. Uhes, returning.
home was captured and carried into
Falmouth, and has been condemned
vessel and cargo" under the late Bri.
fish orders in Council. This fact
and that two other ships under similar
circumstances are detained In British
ports, has been well known at the cot.
tee house tor several DAYS, VET it has
never appeared on the coffee house
books, Notwithstanding its importance
demanded an immediate insertion .
further these facts have not been NH.
lished IL any Federal paper in this
city
Had the French g3vernm ent can.
tnfed and condemned an American
vessel and cargo under the Milan de.
cree Il would istan.iy have been p!a-
ced on the coffee house books and
published with countless remarks in
the Federal papers.
) his partially, this Withholding &c
: iacts from the citizens, this keeo;nc,
back otthe materials upon whiebalone
3 correct opinions a, 10 the condnct nf
the belllgerents toward this country
can be formed, is an endeayor TO hood
49, PNHt'iS WHICH merits the &C.
verest apprehension. The federaI;sts
are fond Of trumpeting forth the rrv
OF French influence, but their condnct
: is infinitely more conclusive of Rr;,i y
influence. The American govern
ment has wisely determined ON = str;ct
and digni6ed neutrality, and il is the
duty OF all its citizens to assnn,e ~,
same attitude.--. Democratic Press,
Extract from late letter, dated London.
February l3, 1908
am TO return you my acknowledge
ment for your obliging favor IL The sd
December, communicating an imp t,tnt
measure taken by The legislature ON the
day preceding Allho' its effects would
be first deeply felt at home, yet violent as
he remedy may be, it was perhaps ihe
only one IN our power, and therefore pre-.
lerable 10 the ultima ratio. Have the A.
merican people 6rmncss or virtue enough
10 suPport their government in il, or patti
emily TO endure its inconyeuiences l. a
I cues ION asked by many and doubted by
D IN 81 persons here, where ouv Numerous
enemies consider IL as One of nuf a,ac M,