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vALLADoLID, lspainl Nov. so.

An official account was this day re-
ceiyed that K Herman had attacked
he Spaniar3s IL their position Of Alba
de Formes, had killed 5000, taken IL
pieces OF cannon aud s colours, took a
great many prisoners, and was still
pursuing .hem. Letters from Madrid,
state that The prisoners taken at the
battle CT Ocana, arrived every day In
hat city. The number am cunts to
10000 men.
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1IHAlsURGa, Dec. 3

The same measures have been taken
at Husn n, and at Tonn!ngen as were
taken at Altoona against, &c expectation
ot colonial. produce, and thro Ighout
the Drtchies OF Holstein and Sleswick
the .roops have received orders to
put in force the rigorous measures OF
the commissions app int-d to prevent
the expectation Of coloaial produce.
The last victory obtained by the
Russians over the Turks was celehra-
ted with great pomp the 18th Nov. at
St. Petersburgh.-Forty SIX stands o.
colours taken in that battle were car
ried to s.. Isaac's church, AMI after
wards taken to and deposited in the
Fortress at the sound of repeated dis
Charges of artillery. Ga that occasion
t9ere Was grand parade and circle AT
the court.
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[12 i-2 Gents Siagie]

At the palace of the ThuiIleries De-
tcember Is, 1909,
Napoleon, emperor of the French,
king OF Italy, and protector OF sae con-
federation of the Rhine,
We have decreed and do decree as
follows:
The senate viii assemble on Satur-
day, the. 18th lust, 1T eleven in the fore
.nooo, at their usual place OF sitting.
(Sigaed)
NAPOLEON.
BY the Emperor,
The minister Secretary of State,
(Signed}
H. g. Duke of Bassano.
His serene highness, the p,iace
arch chancellor OF the empire, who
vas to preside at the sitting, was re-
ceived with the customary honors.
His majesty, the king of Yestphalia,
his majesty the king of Naples, great.
admiral, his imperial highness til.
prince viceroy OF Italy, archchancel.
Tor of state, their serene highness, this
prince vice constable and the prince
vice grand elector being present,
The sitting was opened by the req
dag of the act of designation OF the
following tenor:
Extract from the register of the Sc
cretary of State.
AT the palace of the Thnilleries,
December IS, 1902
Napoleon, emPsror, &c.
We have decreed and do decree az
follows:
Our cousin the prince arch-chancel-
sor of the empire will preside in the
senate which will assemossson the 10Th
inst.
Signed, ~
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IMPERIAL DIVORCES.
CONSERVATIVE SENATE.

Sitting of The 10th December, 1909.
At eleven o'clock, A. W. the mem
bers of the senate assembled in their
robes in the palace in virtue of tho act
of congocation, Of which the following
is the tenor:
Extract from the register Of the Sc
cretsry Of state.
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Augsburg, Nov. %.

We are assured that the corps COM
manded by Marshal Oud:no:, has re-
ce'ved orders TO qui. its cantonments
On the DAnu5e aad 20 retucn to France,
Dor Splin.l
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-03-09
NAPOLEON.

By the Emperor.
The Minister Secretary of State
Signed,
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Paris, Dec. IL.

Orders have been received from
Charres to provide for he reception
OF great number Of troops, which are
to pass through that city Tor Spain.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-03-09
Paris, Dec. 9.

An American vessel loaded with
colonial produce has arrived at Passage
(near Bayonne.)
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-03-09
Nismes, Nov. IS.

Troops pass through here con,inu-
ally to reinforce our army in Catalo-
MIA.
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The Minister Secretary of State.
Signed,
H. 3. Duke of Bassano.
The speech of the prince urcla-chaaceI-
lor of State On taking the oath Of
Senator.
His imperial highness on taking the
oath spoke in The following manner:
Prince, Senators;
6 Since the bouuties of his ma.
jesty the emperor & the king,have cali
led me to be reckoned one ofvour numb
Der, testimonials OF his confidence have
continually kept me far distant from
Paris, and il is for the first time TO
dav that l have had the honor OF ap-
pearing in your body.
81 am happy to inform you, that in
the midst OF the favors which his
majesty has INCREASINGLY hgaped upon
me, l am particularly sensi5l= of
the honor accorded NE in making ne
a member of the Hrst body OF the en-
pire.
Accept, Senators, the expression OF
my sentiments, and che assurance Of the
happiness expert nce in -aking IN tht.
midst of yoa, that oath which is 70 me
that Of duty,oi love & OF acknowledge
ment.
"I swear obedience to the cons.i.
tutions of the empire and fidelity to
the Emperor"
the prince arch-chanceIlor of thc
empire, president, replied to the prince,
in the following words:
Whea his maj-s;y the emperor
and king conferred ON you the high
dignity, one OF the most essential pre-
negatives OF which YOU have exercised.
The senate apPlauded this act of JUS
tice: it felicitated itself, in reck-
oniug amongst its number, prince
whose brilliant qualities gave them
such just hopes. This day a. these
hopes are realised by The glory of
your late campaigns and by The wisdom
OF your administrator, tie eena:e ex-
peTiences great satisfaction TO see you
IN its body, TO concur ia the inpe,r-
tant deliberations which are abces T.,
take place. You have shewn yopass!f
ltraly the adopted son 81 the hero VITO
governs rs ia smothsrins as he has
dene, your private affections, for ln-
public veal.
Your Grst step 10 ehis enclosure
could not be more wcrthiiy sigualizel
than BY this grand testIm opy OF pGtrio-
tism, Of devotion, auj 81 hdclty.
g felicItate myself, 20 be near your
J higlness, the interpreter OF she senatcs
and 90 express 10 you tlle.Sie1A whitn
Il forms fer your prospeiiy."
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ERfo III, RcK 9, 1910.
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SCRAPG.

The Gazette de la Martinique, ;" states, that
the Acorrhque (rree) is specific in all tlisea
ses of the Liver, and the Lungs, which had
been hitherto deened ncurs"le. Il is a tree
which grows on the Spanish Main It's wood
very heavy and compact TIL word really sig
mites Cork although diff-rs essentially from il:
Cork bcing well known to be of light and 20
RUS nature.-I,s virtues were communicated
py an Indian OF GARAGES. Two cases are ri.
yen-one ot them signed by p Bsdollet who had
been cured Of a pulmonary complaint, pronoun
ced by the physicians TO be tubercies in the lungs
the ofhfr by Don Mscias, vino had been Gu
red OF an aoscess in the liver, which had prev.
ously deiied the pbysicsns' art TO prepare
the dose, he infused IL w of the Aicornoque
tthe outer bark taken Off in regular quantity
OF pure water--a gass-fal to be tsken the next
morning and night, luke warm, with spoon.fulls
OF honey, and to be used, cold, as the ordinary
drink OF the day--three bottles. were used every
day, divlsbie into or 9 glasses--ila great de al
Of heat IS telt, on using IT, barley water is to be
drunk, without any acid in it--eyery irritating
thing should be lad aside--be SIDES this infusion
macias applied cataplasm to the region of me
liver, and the pains instantly abated = From be
nag m Tie most miserable state, bringing aw Y
blood and pus, II days use of the Alcornooue
ehected complete cure; the whole of the 40
scess beng violently discharged by the mouth
Alter the cure, come cooling medicines are to
be administered, as the Alcoraoque is extreme
~ hOt-- n nope Us expressed tnat some one who
visits the Spanish Nam, would procure a uuan.
uty oft, III order to test its virtues in this 5oun.
try
In the London Statesman q the latest date,)
we have accounts of sales Of Merin1 hock,
which had been auctioned at Ellington, the day
before. The flock consisted vt so rams and 100
ewes, OF the true paular breed, formerly 5eIoug
ing to the Prince of Peace, and presented by the
supreme Regency Of Spain, TO Colonel Doqugie
the sale began at 10, and was attended by
large sssembIage OF Nobemen, Gentlemen.
Breeders ard AGriculturists-The wool vas
allowed to be Of tie finest clpaIity The rams
we're IN general full mouthed and some Of them
not IN the best condition, bit AL we're heaithy-
the ewes were young, nimbe and IN tolefablc
order. Both rams and ewes ave,dgeG about Is
guineas each IS 70,) but THIS price was much
less than the AuctiOneer bad sold the same breed
Tor, sometime since. The highest mark to
which, any ram rose, was 81 gtiineas
The Regent has issued an address to The PEG.
pie OF Portugal IN which he exhorts them to re.
gard the English as thsir best friends. to unite
with them IA the defence OF their country, snd
as an evidence Ofhis own confidence IN their ho-
nor and courage, he appoints Admiral Be,klcy
the Chesapeake Hero as Commander in Chief
OF the Portuguese navy, and nam s the British
Ambassador To- seat in the Council of Re.
gency
Newspaper IS 20 be published at Baton
Rouge, West Florida, under the tit,e OF " The
Flor ds Herald" The Advertisement rams, Shy
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termination of II. E. d. Carlos Default de Las
sus. Gov. If w F. Proposals by Joseph q Bairc
ssc l, was expected to commence about the
1st of October
We have New Orleans dates to the 14th Sept
The United States brig VIXEN, capt Josepl
Bainbridge, sailed from that por, on the 5l----
she would cruize for a short time in the Gulf
and then proceed for the City of w ashington.
Counsellor Simpsons Lady and family hav.
arrived at New York, 43 days from Belfast.
! Election Memoranda for October-Conrres 8
| Maryland and Georgia were on LIST Monday
Delaware LIST Tuesday-S Carolina, 2nd Mon
lday-Pennsyivana, New Jersey and Ohie, 2nd
uesday-Virginia and Tennessee are the oniy
States, which do not elect till the Spring
| Al the last session OF the Supreme Court, for
the County of Berkshire, the Grand Jury return.
ed two bills CT indictment against b. b dwell -
one Tor fraud, the OTHER for forgery conceal il.
On The unanimous motion ofthe bar, the Court
unanimously struck MI his name from the roll of
Counseilors OF that Cuurt-A certain ne ws-pa per
runs IN the following style: The honorable Is
d &c &c has run away, being charged with
forgery, peculstion and fraud" What a satire
10 this upon FoncrUy rifles Z -
Perhaps the whole circle Of the Pench Gy FL
pr does not furnish, more violent puiiticd bias
phemy, than the following extract from the Fast
Sermon OF DR.. osgood, (Mass y" We thank
thee, q Fi,her, Lord of Heaven and Earth, that
thou hast poured contempt upon the wrath of
"iS"i, upon the open hostility OF France, and the
secret grudge and malice of the American go
Fernnient, SO overriding the French DEGREES and
american Eni6argoes, devised on purpose for the
rum OF Britain. as to render them subservient to
the increase other revenue and the extension of
her commerce. What f,lsities are here utt
cd IN The Temple of Cod THANKS are poured
sorth to the Throne ot Grace that a measure
winch was intended to screen our country from
insult and even from war, should have operated
only - tie advantage Of the opDressor
Mr. and Mrs Stanley, of the Theatre Royal
Liverpool, have arrived At N Y under an en-
gagement with Mr.. Cooper.
DIED, at George T. yyn, Col. vii Augustine
remains were deposited in the vault at Vi cunt
Vernon, near those of his illustrious relative
A Mr.. Wells, at Carlisle barracks in Penn ad
vertises, that i,e has made discovery, of peculi
ar interest To Bachelors, old Maids and widows.
viz the art of coloring the human hair He
wiliimpsrt beautiful black or light brown to
tresses which are white, grey; red or sandy,
whether produced by age, birth, or any other
cause.
OR--St AND.-The federal Editors
seem to be amazingly out, in their Gram
mars and Primers. They confuund the
two conjunc,ions or & and-The French
Emperor tells us, q will revoke my de -.
crees; 1T being understood, that the British
orders VIII cease, or that the u. S &c will
resist contormabiy, &c. &C." Now. some
lof these gentlemen take the two things 10
Scfher, instead OF dfiart.-Nay, one OF them
goes so tar, as to say, that his revocation
" depends upon three conditions"
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u Behold another proof of British res
oect for the rights of man!


u Behold another proof of British res
pect for the rights of man!
From a .Ne1v- York Pater.
Tie following article is published for III c
Information OF the friends of thv unfortu-
nate victims of British naval rapacity We
understand IL 10 copied from a Journal kept
on board the brig Fredonia, Captain Adams,
arrived here from Dublin the Ist inst
Sep,ember8, in la, 50, long. az, The
Fred"nia was boarded by the British frigase
Meampus. Captain Hauker, who detained
the Fredonia five hours. compelled every
male, CABIN and steerage, passenger, except
four. TO go on, board the .frigate, and impress.
ed eleven, whose names. occupations and
ages are as follow :--5amuel Little. far
mer, 80; John Fearburn, a Child, coming
to this Country to reside with his uncle (;
James Sutluif, farrier, %; Charles Ruley,
clerk, "a; Daniel Ledger, 90 !; Thomas
Fitzpatrick, "a; William Ballard 90 Pc
ter Finn, 20; rhonas Knsela, 90; Mae.
thew k'nsea, 20; John Raiiey, a boy. -.
All or whom We're examined at the differ
ent Offices in Dublin, and allowed to depart
from their Country.
The officer that boarded the Fredonia de
manded of captain Adams s. guineas, al
lodging he would receive that sum for pas
sage money, paid BY the passengers impress.
sea- MS demand captain A refused, as
he only found The passengers ship room, and
they all furnished their own stores Those
servants OF tyranny, after behaving with thi,
insolence, departed with their prey"
1t is customary, in the court of GuildhaI,,
in England, for pick pocket or shop .lister,
to beg as favor of the judge. that he would
let him serve his majesty in the navy. in
stead OF being transported or pilloried-
Sometimes. the court itself proposes this
honorable alternative to the cuiprit. We
see instances of this sort in The trials ar
GTldhali on the 8'h of August As con
temporary print observes on a similar case
thousands of our own countr, men are con
signed TO the same punishment, which A.
waits the English culprits without the
perpetration of a single crime, and doomed
to drag out perhaps the remainder of their
existence amidst thieves and murderers''-
g in the com munity of vulgar vice and base
born profigacy."
18TH CoNGREss.-The follouuinr sketch
shozUs the relative force Of parties in ,he
11h and 18Th Congress, as far 6s relurns
hdUe come to HQrG
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RoR TRE ENoUIR ER.

Mr.. EDITOR. 1T is really depIorab1e>to
observe the little credit thatseems to be gi-
ven to newspapers in this country generally.
II would be worthy of enquiry, how they
nave become .hus degraded in the ewes Of
the public--Has it really been from want
OF character in the Editors of papers, from
the rage of contending parties. from the inn
positions OF .kaaUes and the creduliiy of
duheS, or froJn the arttul influence Of de-
signing men in powerl It rs recollected,
sir, that when the Honorable John Randolph
first discovered symptoms of desertion Of
the American cause, and of attachment to
the British views and interests. one of the
first steps which he took, was to abuse the
licentiousness OF the press, so as TO destroy
the use of free Presses altogether; and
through some means or other, the object has
been achieved.
Inc particular circumstance, that has
led me into this train Of reflection, is this
Some time since, the Aurora charged the
Honorable John Randolph with direct
breach OF Veracity. Some of that honora =
bic genteman's friends we're inquisitive TO
know, upon what grounds he had been thus
charged. You published The anecdote, which
bore every appearance If truth. Yet nei
Their he nor his friends appear to regard the
charge, One and all, they shrug up their
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y OBERT POLLOK, is now receiving, by
A the AOeyict G Djsbatch, a part Of his Fail
supply OF British Nj lnufaclures, and expects by
me FoHa, siieta An addition thereto, as will rem
intending purchasers; hi, terms of sale will be
moderate
He OVERS for Freight or Charter, the excellent
iast sailing SHIP, George e SusqH, capt Wood,
6urthen 29O tons, daily expected to arrive at City
Point, from Liverpool
those still indebted to the late firm Of B0chda
an & P0'Iot' are requested TO come forward and
settle, as longer indulgence ought not to be TX.
pected.
Petersburg, October 10. &
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lis competent, by means of its Marshall, "a
lew sum OF money recovered oy one IN an
against another. it is no. compe .ent her Sc,
70 extiuguish the Indian title to the land in
question. nor to execute by their officer, a
writ OF hd6ere .facies fosaessionen,. in a
Wilderness several hundred miles distant
from the inhabitants, and where an orn7y
would be requisite to expel The hostile
tribes at Indians residing upon the premi :
ses in question.
Il have thus taken the liberty to state. to
my. fellow-citizens, in desuitory way,
SOME ofmy views, of the ordinary grounds.
ON which the case in question seems TO de
pend. have only touched upon the ordina-
~ grounds. because they alone are, in my
Judgment. entirely adequate to the end pro-
posed, and because, being of a technical and
Professional nature, they are hiddeu from
the view of the mass of our people. 1t is
only on this last ground. that the astonisb
ing silence of the Press can DE accounted
tor. on a subject which, Notwithstanding
that circumstance has created no ordina
ry degree of sensation.
AS TO the extraordinary views, of which
this subject is susceptible. do not presume
to meadie with them. They are submitted
to the superior judgment aud discernment
OF the statesmen and politicians of our coun
try. have discovered no disposition in this
class OF our citizens, to refuse ,o-the judici :
airy the just exercise of its proper functions.
II, on the contrary, that department has in
dulged Itself in novel and gigantic projects
and schemes otpower, wholly unprecedent
ed I'm that Country from whence our judicial
systems have been taken /; if it shall even
aspire so high. as to claim to become aho !.
htfcal body, and to check. control and en-.
barrass the operations of the government
1t caunot expect that such proceedings will
be tameiy submitted to. The people of A
merica, hostile to every kind Of usurpation,
are under no obligation to submit to the in.
vasions of the Judiciary.
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October ~

4 TEACHER WANTED A nber., N
I a Pensalion will be given for AN Ass,st,n M
Teacher who IS qlalified to instruct the higher
uses IN the Latin and Creek Languages, and to
rtphy and History. Should he understand the
French language, it will be an additional recon-
mend ton The 81 uation is an agreeable one in
a small town near Norfolk a single man and a
clergyman viii be preferred For further infor.
nation. apply at this office
October II az
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NJ OfiCE.--All those whom 1t may coDcern-
4 are respectfully informed thai arrangements
VIII soon be made for the gratuitous instruction,
OF SUCH children as are embraced in the ordinances
o. the Common H of this city, passed on the
io''' OF July last. Application may be made to
Messrs. Benjamin Tate, James i.ownes and yobU
ID. Biz IL, IN their respective warfls
By order Of the Board { Trustees.
JOIN BUCHANAN, Presi4ens.
October 9. 4,
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shoulders and cry out. 90 Newspassr abuse ;
the mere SANDER oflying Editors, &c" If,
SIR. there is not some means taken To cor
rect this procedure, the liberty of the Pre- s.,
Will be OF little avail in the United States.
You, Mr.. Editor. see the evil, and hope
viii use your best endeayors to put stop
to it.
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j 'HiRTY DOLLARS REV an
awav from the subscriber bout o;mo nths
a6n' ELIZA, mulatto woman about thirty
years 81 age OF the common stature, none Oft her
clothing recoliected-ber hush nd iiyes in r. oh,
mond i expect she is either lurking In that plqces
or IN the neighborhood Of Wli;amisburg----sls
was purchased Of Doctor TszeweII about three
or four years ago and mi told ha bored IN he
neighborhood OF the latter place rhc ahoye
reward wili be pad to sFy person who will deli,
yer her to me in Manchester
JAMES w WINFREE
October 12 M1
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A.
AVA GAINST FIRE, ON BUILDINGS. j.
THE STATE oB VIRGINIA.
ARTICLE Isr:

SEC. lst. a General Meeting of tb;a eor;
ETY. to be formed of majority Of members. or
mount insured, shall be held annually in th. civ
OF Richmond. on the ond Monday of Noyern
Der ~ every y9ar: Provided, That Il & sufficient
number ot memheTs, IN person, or by proxy shall
not attend on that day, The standing committee
snail adJourn the meeting from day 20 day. or to
| such future time as they may think proper
SEC 2nd AT least four weeks previous no.
tlce snail be given OF the time and place of hold
.'S me General Meeting, by advertising the same
IN such news papers as the standing committee
may deem to be proper"
in extract from the constitution. rules, &c. Of
the NJ Il Soc ETY.: ~ y
s. GREENHoW, p Aqen.
AT Getting of the Members of the Standing
Committee, of the Mutual Assurance societv
against Fire, on Buildings, OF the State of VIZ
gh'i, heid at The General Office, on the 2oth
day oFSept 1910:
:" Resolved, Thai the Principal Aren't be, and ia
Hereby requested TO publish in tie Enau;rey Y;rg,
MIA Parrot and d,Sus Cth,ee neus aroe,s ty;nSeo
i" the cry Of RiehmOnd accordn9 to The se .,,a
secfion Of the FIST artiee Of the constitution ,xle,
ana regulations Of rhe Society, that General Neet
'ng wit BE- held according 10 the said conaijut;o,
ana THles on the second Monday in November ne<t
Copy from the Journal Of the Standing Com.
niittee,
.,.s L.. III RIVALIIN, CLERK
In conformity to the above resolution hrreIv
give notice, that the annual meeting of the socie
~ aforesaid. will be held in the Capitol at the
CITY OF Richmond, or the said second Monda, in
November next ~
SAMUEL cREENBOW.
- Principal agent Mutual d. Sociefy
General Office Of Assurance.
Richmond, 18th October, 1910 1t
RIPLETT +. ESTES, Returns BIS ti1ank,
70 the public in general, for the liberal pat
ronsge already bestowed on him, in hi, line of Inn
sness, and further informs tiicm that he has lust
purchased and removed to that co,nmod,Ous Ia
Vern, III Charlottesville. knhwh bv !.e name of liz,
TONE HOUSE,:
Anu pledges himself that no attention shall bs
wanting to render agreeable the situation of an
those who may call OH him
October IL. &c
FALL GOODS - RUSSFTT e TV7T-
- LICE, have just received by the Dispatcl,
rom Liverpool, 10 bales W0olens, consisting of
Cloths, twliied Coatngs and Blankets, to be Sold
only by the bale,
Like wise by the Levaut-- .-t
"a Boxes window Glass, 10 BY Is & Is bv 10
! Cssk Scy,he Blades assorted
- doc. Spades add ShOTas.
Likewise by the John and Adam from London
Az Pieces best twilIed Sackine
l Case Manchester stuifs, assorted colours
1000 ID Seine Twne
! Trunk Threads, assorted colors, from No.
Toto No 16 49,
The above GOODS will be soil reasonable.
for cash or aoceptancss in own, 90 DAYS
Likewise two ton GERMAN STEEL.
October 10 1ov