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'Wafhing ton Bridge Company.

THE. Stockholders of The Was hington
Bridge Company, are hereby notified that
the third instalment of Ten Dollars On each
share is called for by the Directors, and
must be paid on or before ~ hrst day OF
November next, agreeabl TO the act OF Con-
ress, entit.edss An act authorship the G.
setion OF a Bridge over the river Potomac
within the district Of Columbia"
By order ofsthe Directors,
DANIEL sCAEiSOL, of bud.
President.
actoher 1918. dtliN.
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August %.
FOR SALE.

ON board the sloop Juliet Captain owe a s.
from Newport, now lying at Hartshorhe :
wharf
a quantity Of excellent Rhode
1.s.rd Potatoes, Greening Apples, Clder'
c 1s1. Onions, New,Engiand Rum, &C.
Annly on board, or to
Apply : = John G. Laid.
November 2.
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LOTTERY INTELLIGENCE.
Trinity Church Lottery.
GAIN OF the wheel lst day, $40 dollars
Do. do. 2dday, 1922
Do. do. dday, 1875

Total gain, s 1868
The fourth days drawing was on Saturday.
Tomorrow will be the fifth, and the frst
drawn blank will be entitled to 200 dollars.
COCO tickets have been drawn and no prize
higher than 200 dollars has yet come up.
Those who are dissatisfied with II cir puir.
chases n the, Csa,ifablc Ala,7ns Society Lotto.
ny may exchange their Tickets, if undrawn,
for Tickets in this Lottery, by paying tho
difference CT price.
r. GRAY.
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Blu LI.vDLEY MURRAY,

From the thirteenth English edition, cnlars-
ed and improved By the Author.
Price handsomely bound ard ietscred, aolar.
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HOUSE oF.REPREsENTATIvEs US
MONDAY, Dec. 26.

.Mr. NELSON, ,jiom the committee to zvsom
zvas referred 50 much Of the Message Of
tie President q the q. Stctes, as related
to the military and aaaval establishments,
aadS0 sulsom z0as ferrea on the 18th inst.
a resolution for blacins, tie country in a
mare complete state of defence, submitted
Tie ioAosOins
RESOLUTION IN PART.
Rcs0l0ed, That ii is expedient immedi-
ately to raise, arm and equip, fifty thousand
volunteers, to serve for the term Of two
years.
TIE following is annexed to the report
q b,.a{o tJ+s.a,, EorrnasS37g 6ffv t}lou-
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without, however, any remission of sprcvi-,
Gus fines and forfeitures. Vessels bound to
any foreign port or place with which inter-
course shall have been thus restored, are 20
give bond and approved securiay, in SIX
times the value of such yessel and cargo,
not to proceed to any foreign pors, nor
trade with any country other tIlan chose with
which commercial intercopyse shs9 bave
peen thus permitted; the President vested
with power to extend thc provisions a the
bill to any nations having in force edicts &c.
such as those OF G. Britaia and France ao,d
all the penalties, &c. Of thu bill, srads an
phcable to them.
lBEsDAY, December, ~.
On motion of Mr.. c.. w. Camnbeu tb.
house resolved into committee Of the whoIe
on the bill reported yesterday, to continue
the Mediterranean fund, which he stated ia
expire on the first of January, and there
tore required speedy decisionby the house.
Mr. CUrre in the chair.
The bill proposes to continue the fond
for one year,
The bib went through the committee Of
the whole, and was ordered to asthird read
ding.
f. letter was received from the secretary
OF the treasury iIclosing the annual state.
m ment OF the district tonnage of the United
States. Ordered to be printed.
A letter was also received from the Sc
cretary of the Treasury, enclosing the annu-
al statement of the exports during tho last
year. Ordered to be printed.
Mr.. .9acksoa moved that the committees
OF the whole be discharged from further
consideration fthe bill for enforcing the
embargo, with view to refer it to a Select
committee, to make amendments. wished
by Its friends, which could not be alade
without difficulty in COMMITTEES of the. whole. +.
After discussion of three hours and
hall, the motion to discharge the commit
tee OF the whole from the further conside-
ration OF the bill, was carried, AYES 70.
and the bll committed to select commits
tee OF seven members. Adjourned at
o'clock.
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BY THE LAST MAIL.
IatsR trom So2tth Of Sbas;irl.
BOSTON, December 90.

luigi {10q'5 so01ttG Of op0e7l.
The ship Juiia, captain Snow, anchored
r the outer harbor Yesterday afternoon,
pom Valencia, via Gibraltar. Captain S.
fit Valencia October IS, and the latter
Place the 81. Left his ship before she came
b anchor in the afternoon, and arrived in
fwn in the evening. He has Gazettes
ma letters, to the date of his leaving Valen-
ia, bat didnot bring them on shore. He
2rports. that the Spanish people are perfect
uMsedintheir cause and new government
q mat governors had been appointed to all
ae PROVINCES in the Kingdom that 1000
S4iSa troops had been landed near Valcn-
,a' rom Pcrtugal,& had marched & farm-
i ajgnctlon with 1900 Spaniards, who
sie drawing near, and investing Barcelo-
H. winch was by the last, accounts in
POSSESSION OF the French) but it was
fnouSht they could not hold out long, as
lallral Coillngwood had strong ma
Rsl iofse biockading that port; that the
isAca nac, twas said, $4,000 men at Pc
ssn0n' Tor the relief OF Barcelona, but that
fueY aad not attempted to enter; that the
Sh asIDsiore hs lett Valencia, an agent from
s,seaerai government requested him to
<sss9 aiew days,to bring out dispatches to
government of the U. S. and TO the go-
saofs OF the several states, the purport OF
, a'en was to inform them, that, ALI Spa
4. PIT STs WERE OPEN TO NEuTRALs FOR
80 TREE TRAoE.-The day he left Gibraltar
soul's had been received from Madrid
j. Ia ne general Junta, announcing that all
american vessels, detained at Algesi-
,s - aug ether ports of Spain, should be I'M.
Flessdlately liberated.
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ageranDrta ratIp @a,ette.
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER %.
FEDERALISM IN VERMONT.

Tie second election for members of Con-
gress IN Vermont, took place on the 18th In
slant. The votes as publishes in :. democra-.
tic paper, and which include the returns from
all the principal towns, give handsome MAJ
jority to the federal candidates. In the south
eastern district, HUI bbard has 679 majority;
81 scattering. In the north eastern district,
Mr. Chamberlain's majority is not exactly
known but supposed to be little short of two
hundred.
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of;t inthis house as a measure that

os;t this house as a measure that
Ppe, ga roerce your enemies TO submission,
YOU, sslp;np Of it in Europe as municipal
Fnu . ,a in ofsriag to withdraw it we
rs ',' ,,sen bv one power insulted, by the O.
4 eas : laughed at. The report says, from one
|l ~, : no answer has been received-tron
nee. Sir, we have an answer from
lace which satisfies every one who has
and there does not exist man IN
E - base enough to comply with the
E.;sbes Of the one party, orthe mandates of
4 sber. We have gone to Europe, and
III l,f this ernaargo, which was laid I'M
E.sssbonahl,-, even by the report ofthe com
M ! before the British orders IN council
[,ere received-becaase, as they tell you, i,
b begore the Milan decree was known
4 hive told the belligerents that this coase-
.,.r, stall be witheirawh if they viii with
.s,s s,I,eir proportions. IA fact, like Jack
she ale Of Tub, we have hanged our
|ryyes for spite, in hopes that one Or the o..
-, &c our enemies viii come and cut Us
6awn. Bothsaye refused; ard it remains
J : rs 10 say whether We viii longer dangle
1 our cartsrs. for one have no such dis-
kosition.
/ Or the subject of he embargo, as it has
k.en DRAGGED into this controversy, will
- ,hat tie siegs TAX n oif itscsigia hasbeen
D,eh more e,roatces than the pred!ci ions
q tots eaect. It's well known to have c.
e;;na,sd IN the discrimination OF France to
Z on the Berlin decree in the broadcast
Epse of the letter Of it, and in the Proeia-
Pation Of 6. Britain inviting homo her na-
I've subjects. Ii is MS well known to me
2bat It did not originate in the orders OF
<ounci, as that it did not originate n events
shirh took place long since il was enacted.
For although the orders IN council were un-
Suestionably issued before the embargo was
mid. as unqusstionabsy they were not known
b us, and were not once mentioned IN my
hearing as a cause, for the passage OF that
hw.
Sir, have occupied your time to vsay
Gttle purpose; am assensible OF it as any
han who hears sne. twas not my inten-.
ion to have taken some of the positions
mich have advanced since I got up. L
&aye been ir',esistibly ledto open some ques-
IONS which may lead TO unpleasant discus
ion; but | could not omit the temptation
u sslf,iustiasatien.
4 Iknow, Sir, That have hadneither art
Or parsiabrinSing you INTO this disastrous
tnation, and that reflection is worth TO me.
very thing which in political point of
|ficw, this world has to afford.
II Cebase to Be c0atinacs!.
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Cebase % De- c0nti,sNes2.
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SENATE.-Nobusines has been trans
acted during the two last days, owing to
the absence of the Vice President of the
United States, occasioncd by his indispo-
sltion.
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Carlisle, Penn. DEC. 81.
MARCHING ORDERS.

Captains Irvine and Peters, of the Light
Artillery, have received orders to march for
Piusburg on Saturday next; and from letters
received by the other officers, it is expected
that the whole OF the troops viii aave orders
to leave this in short time
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Observation-Disclosures.

/ Mr.. G. ". Campbell, from the committee
On our foreign relations, to whom was re-
ferred the resolutions lately passed b he
house on the subject, reported bill to In
terdict commercial intercourse between the
u. Sand G. Britain and France and their
dependencies, and for other purposes
Twice read and referred to committee Of
the whole Oh Wednesday next.
The following are the nrominent features
of the non-intercourse bin.
Exclusion from the harbors and waters
of the United States, and the territories
thereof, of all public ships and vessels be-
longing to Great Britain or France, or any
other befligerert power or powers having in
force orders, DEGREES, edicts, or laws, violat-
ing the lawful commerce or neutral rights
of the United States, excepting vessels fore
ed in by stress ofweasher, pursuit of an enc
my, such as are charged with dispatches,
or business from their governments, or
packets having no cargo nor merchandise
on board. The President is authorised to
expel by force all such vessels as contravene
this regulation. A penalty net exceeding
$4,000, nor less than 500, and imprison-
ment for rot less than one month, and not
more than one year, upon all persons afford
ing assistance to vessels entering contrary
to the law, excepting in case Of plotting them
out of the jurisdiction of the United States.
Authority to seize and condemn after a GER
tain day, all vessels and their cargocs, bear
the French or English flag, or owned in
whole or in part by any citizen or subject
of either, which may enter the ports, y. {
of the United States, sc. excepting aiy
vessels expressly hired to convey dispfch-
es, such as put in through distress, 4 are
chased in by an enemy. Prohibits tter
certain day, of the imporsatiopoi any
goods or merchandise, the predut or ma
nufacture of Great Britain or rance, or
their dependencies either direct or lndl-
rectly, from any country whasVer., Inc
forfeiture, and payment OF treAe saiue ~
the owners of any goods so Fohloitea' at
tempted to be introduced INTO me y. =. on
board Of any ship or vessel, boat, raft or
carriage-forfeiture of the ship, vessei,
boat, raft or carriage, whid shall receive
prohibited goods on board, moving them
to be such, and the owner AM master mlllct-
ed intreble the value of thyarticles; provl-
sion that if G. Britain or france, revoke or !
modify their orders or d6rees 50 as to rem
der our commerce suffc fntiy safe m the o.
pinion of the President OF the -. .. OF
which revocation or modification ne shall
give public notice by proclamation, the ope-
ration of this act and Of the embargo acts,
shall so far as relates to the nation making |
such revocation or modification, and to ma
tons in amity with her, and having no or
ders, DEGREES or edicts in force, violating
the lawful commerce and neutral rights OF
the u. S. forthwith cease and determine
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Public Sale.

On Saturday next will be sold the cargo
of schooner Patsy from Savannah, Coco
Bales prime upland cotton, 20 Ticrces and
20 half Iierces of Rice lying at M'Cleaus
wharf. Credit 60 and 90 days.
P. G. McyRsllsr. a
Dere,as.r 90
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RESOLUTION IN PART.
4 pfoPo5l5s0a iforraSssng]gDthoa-
sQHl uoluntes2s.

VIII isaa.. be advisable TO propose rais-
ing an army of 50, 1000 volunteers, to be en-
gagged for two wears, and 20 serve II requlr-
ed for actual service, any proportion atfne
term not exceeding twelve months within
the term for which they shall be engaged ];
each .non-cornnissioned officer, musician
and private, to receive ten dollars bounty,
and each commissioned officer to receive
one months pay when appointed and the
whole to receive pay and rations when at
tending musters as well as when in actual
service Is he Ton commissioned officers,
musicians and privatcs, to be armed and e.
qnipped by the public, and to receive an u
inform coat, vest, one pair pantaloons, hat
two shirts, one pair of shoes, and blanket,
and if called into actual service for any term
over three months, to receive other articles
Of cloathing in proportion to the term or
service, not exceeding in the whole Gnclud.
ing those first received what are allowed to
the soldiers in the regular army for one year
The whole to be mustered anal exercised In
companies four days within the two first
months after being engaged, and six days in
each succeeding year, and to meet and en-
camp in their respective states and terrific
ries thirty days in each year, no man to be
enlisted into any company, whose place OF
residence shall not be within reasonable
distance from the company parade to which,
he shah belong.
A suitable number CT inspectors to be APP
pointed by the President ofthe q. States,
to direct and inspect the exercise OF the
companies and to direct and receive al re-
turns, muster and pay rolls, to be transmit
ted toan5 adjutant and mspect tor general Ito
be appointed by the President of the y,
States who shall give general instructions
to all sub-inspectors, for the drilling, exer-
else, discipline, and police Of the volun-
teers when not in actual service. The OIL
GERS to be appointed and commissioned by
the President of the u. States. The pro.
posed corps to include as many of the vo-
lunteers who have offered their services I'M
der the act of s4th of February 1907, as
snail engage in the voluntary army now
proposed. The whole to consist Of $4,000
infantry, 5000 artillery, aud 5000 rifle
men, to be organized into companies OF 100
each, including officers, regiments Of 1000,
brigades of 5000, and divisions of 10000
each, to have the usual staff, including sur
geons and mates; the surgeons and mates
to attend the annual encampment and actu--
al service, and to receive pay only for their
actual service, at the same rate as allowed
to regimental surgeons and mates in TIE O.
Their corps of the army.
Pay per month
Major generals S166 $50
10 Brigatiier gems. 1o4 1910
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N o T / C E.

LOST or MISLAID, three Gertihcates
for three Shares in the Capital stock OF my
Little River Turnpike Company X
$40, 81, and sl2, issued to me--1ol.s4 ~
renewal of which application will be msae -
tbe pre.ident and Directors of said Comps
nv on the goth day of January, SOY.
Richard Bland Lee.
December u.
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sa,oss,e7s SO
100000 ;
100000
S2,9OO.Ooo

D2,SIU,U0U
The Speaker laid before the house letter
from the secretary of the treasury enclosing
statement of the appropriations necessary
tor the service of the ensuing year, and of
the receipts and expenditures for the year
past. Referred to the committee Of ways
and means.
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Per month S 1880
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The first years expence will
be,
The second year will be,
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2 Ia months pay.for COM
missioned officers, Sass4J7o7 so
1 lido. for nom commisS- 81
oned officers, musicians s ~
privates, sf6Jsz5
I Ia do. subsistence Of tie
commissioned officers, at
90 cents per ration, s5,537 SO
I ia do. do. ofthe non-com-
naissioned officers, Seats
cents per ration, 27a,sl2 SO
Cloathing for non-commissi-
oned officers, &c. at S14
each, $4,000
bounty for DO. do.at 10 each, $4,000
Tents s contingent expences
peryear, 10000
S2,os3,97s SO
The first years expence will
be, 100000
The second year will be. 800 0cO
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t. P O r T E z.

December 90.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-09-09
William Lownes,

u ETURNS his thanks 20 his friends and the
IN pulls generally for thsir liberal encourage
'nen, and hopes his assidui'y 70 business and
pune uaity vii n tie him 70 continuance of
ineir favors lie has rer-ved 10 Inc corner i'm
medstely opposi'e the Bell, Formerly occupied by
Gran,land, where ne in'ends carrying on he
Book~binding- business in all It's variety and in
the nos modern s. fashionable sriie, with pune
;ualitY, neatness and dispatch.
Printed books bound in he most elegant man
ner in NJ o,Gcco end Calf skin, full gilt aud e,'.
ed; as ia sheep skin, gill;, l,tered AVID plain
Blank aoks of very description ruled any
pattern and baund with the latest improved spring
or pa,en, backs.
Orders from the country will be thankfully re
ceived and PuncSually attended TO. Old books
rebound.
N .. An apprentice viii be taken to the Booi,
Binding business, if immediate application bt
made, with good recommendation.
August % ,r.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-09-09
By the Gopernor Of tie Commonwealth of
Virginia,
A PROCL AN1ATION.


w HEREAS il appears TO the Executive
w by an in9uistior taken before William
White and James M Williams, gentlemen. JUS
iices of the peace for the county of Piu,sylvania
thar an ATTRACTIONS murder was committed on the
18th day of the present month b. q certain
Gardiner Mays, late of the county aforesaid, on
the body of Robert Wynn, who it appears was
late deputy sheriff for the said county and in
the execution of the duties of his Office as such,
when the said murder was committed, and that
the said Gardiner Mays has fed from justice: l
have there fore thought fit, wi The advice of the
council of state, e. issue this proclamation, here
b offering reward of 20 hundred dollars TO
any person or persons who shall spprehsnd and
carry before some justice OF the peace for the
county of pi,tsylvana aforesaid, the said Gardiner
Mays, thai he may be dealt with as dre6ted by
law. And do moreover hereby enjoin all off.
GERS. civil and military. and exhort the good peo.
Pile of this commonwealth 60 use their best en-
beavers to appsehend the said Gardiner Mays.
thar such proceedings may be had against him as
is prescribed by law.
Given under my hand. with the seal OF the
a.. s commonwealth annexed. at Richmond,
this 27'h day of Juy, 1903.
Signed,
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Electoral Ticket.

THE following is the Madisonian EleC
toral Ticket, repubfshe1 Tor the infoI
nation of the citizens of Virginia:
Joseph Goodwin, sen. Nansemond.
Benjamin Harrison, Prince George.
Edward Pegram, sen. Dinw.ddie.
Richard Field, Brunswick.
Col. I thomas Read, Charlotte.
Joseph Eggleston, Amelia.
Hugh Nelson, Albemarle. o.
Col. George Penn, Patrick.
Philip n. Nicholas, Richmond City.
Judge Spencer Roane, Hanover.
John Roane, King William.
Robert Taylor, Orange.
Gustavus Is. Horner, Fauquier.
Robert Nelson, York.
Mann Page, Gloucester.
Richard Barnes, Richmond County.
John 7. Brooke, Stafford.
Hugh Holmes, Frederick.
Osborne Sprigs, Hampshire.
James Allen, Shenandoah.
Archibald Stuart, Augusta.
Andrew Russell, Washington.
Gen. John Preston, Montgomery.
William M.kinley, Ohio
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James A. Oswald
100 Dollars Reward.

DUNAWAY from the subscriber the 5th No
IL venber, 1906, Negro Mn, named AN
DREW he is about % years of age abouj 6
feet high, well made, Of 4 ia complexion :;
he has pleasing eounienanee, and when spoke
70 has a stoppage in his speech. re was raised
BY DR. John Shore, Of Petersburg his her and
mother are living in Manchester where it j, pro-
bsble he IS now lurking. The above reward viii
be given 70 any one who viii deliver the aid me-
gro 10 me near Pctersburg, or secure him IN any
jail, so that / &c him again. Masters Of vessels
and others are forewatned carrying him Of or
harboring him az their peril.
Drury Birchett.
Richmond. August Is, sOe "a 3m.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1808-09-09
by the Lieutenant Governor of the Com
n1onweaLth Of Yirginiq,
a PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS it is represented to the Execu-
tive, that on the fourth day of ,he present
month, an auocicus murder was committed IN
the C UNITY of Meck'enburg, by a certain John
DAVIS, an inhabtan5 of the said county of Meek
lenbnrg, on the body of Francis Ballard, lare of
the same county and that the said John DAVIS
hath fed from justice have the efore thought
ht with the advice of the Council of STATE, 10 is
sue this proclamation, hereby Offering a reward
of two hundred dollars to any person or persons.
who shall aPprehend and conduct before some
justice of The peace for the SAID County of Meek
ienburg, the said John DAVIS, tha; he may be
dealt with as The law directs. And do more
over enjoin all officers, civil AMI military, and ex
hort the good people of the commonwealth, to
use their best endeavors TO app ehend and carry
before some justice of the peace for the comfy
aforesaid, the said John DAVIS that such rru-
ceedings may bs had 'hereupon as are prescribed
by law.
Given under my hand, with the Seal of the
l.. D. Commonwealth annexed, TT Richmond.
this 18th day of August, 1903.
SigLed,