Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-03

! The newspapers complain of the
sheet,ish tone Of Mr.. Pinkneyto lord
Wellesley, not recollccting that he had
been at the Arlington shecp-shcay:ng
where he might have caught the sub.
missive rpirit from the aAeecy throng.
Yet they are much in the right. None
but fax should be sent to negotiate
with sooloes. sEColumbian. 4
We hear with regret, that the ra-
wages of the rLy in several parts OF
Maryland, have destroyed the fairest
portion of the farmers hopes for this
season. The late excessive drought
assisted the depredations of the in.
sect; and many planters on the Eas-
tern shore, we arc informed, have
'plowed' up their wheat fields to pre-
pare them for fall crop. How far
the fly has infested the Western Shore,
we have not learned. But, many far
mers have prospects of plentiful har::
vest: we presume too, that the grain
in the N. and N. W.parts of the state,
us fourishiag. Wing.
Extract of a letter from a gentle man
at Natchez, to his friend at Norfolk.
Is Your friend W has overtaken
ME at last at this place, from whence
we shall go in company to the Oplousa
country. As usual, he rs full of news,
but what rs most surprising, he actual-
ly brings us something unusually in
teresting. He informs me, thatin de-
scending the river, he fell in with a
party of four men Cor rather heroes)
who, after suffering shipwreck on the
North West Coast, had not only the
spirit to plan, but courage to attempt,
and fortitude to persevere and succeed
in one of the most daring undertakings
| ever have heard of, VIA Journey
across the continent, from the Pacific
to the Atlantic Ocean, with no other
provision than their guns, with six
pounds of powder, and 90 pounds Of
shot.-Incredible as this circumstance
may appear, the short account given
by the head of the party, Mr.. Baptiste
laval, to Mr.. W. carries the
strongest evidence of the facts.
Mr.. LAVAL was born in the city
(of Philadelphia, and although a repub-
lican himself, yet the attachment of
his father and family to tke king, rem.
dered it necessary for them to remove
to Canada after the close of the war.
where he ever since had been engaged
in the fur trade-That having fallen
heir to an estate, he went to England
to receive it, and there embarked on a
trading voyage on the North We st
Coast on board the schooner Sea Otter,
of 17o tons, and commanded by Iohn
Niles-that he was part owner, as well
as supercargo-and on the 22d Au.
gust, 1903, the vessel, cargo and crew.
consisting of nine souls, were all lost
in avi6lent gale, about 200 miles south
OF Columbia River, while he, together
with Michael Conner, lean Lozier,
and Emanuel Silver, were. providenyi.
ally saved by being absent on hunt
on an uninhabited isIand-1hat after
waiting some time, in hope Of meeting.
with some vessel, they gave up that
point In despair; when he prevailed
on his companions to attempt to cross
over the continent by land--That af.
ter passing through an endless num-
Der OF strange and savage nations, a.
mongst whom they were often detain-
ed as prisoners, and suffering every
privation and hardship that it was pos.
sibie TO endure, they happily succeed.
ed in accomplishing their desperate
undertaking."
On Tuesday last, Theodore Count
Pahlen, Minister Plenipotentiary and
Envoy Extraordinary tothe u. S. from
his majesty the Emperor IF all the
Russias, was presented to the Presi-
dent OF the u. States, to whom he de-
livered his letters of crcdence.
Count Pahlen is accompanied by
Mr. Poletica as Councillor of Legati.
on, Mr.. IvanoG as Secretary Of Lega
ton, and Count Nicholas Pahlcn at
tached to the Legation.
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