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Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-08
From, the Aurora.

"The late DEFICIENCIES in the United States
treasury, in consequence Of the reaueed state
ofour trade, has not failed to call forth all
their 1.-THE federalists] abuse. The OCCASION
was too inviting to be ne elected, an1 it would
seem as if for once they had gained their
point A GENERAL ACQUIES-
'CENCE IN their sophisticated deductions,
SEEMS TO CONDEMN THE LAST
e. PRESENT ADMINISTRATIONS
so COMPLETELY, THAT NO
FRIEND DARE APPEARIN THEIR
DEFENCE.THEC CHARGE STANDS
CONFESSED TO IT'S FULLEST
EXTENT. ... 49,
"Tte fact is doubtless TRUE, that great
deficiency compared with III. preceding
vears) does exist, and unfortunately there
is little sppea ranee Of an early change. 1t
is notices. TRuE,,hat TAXES MUST Who'll.
Ly or in part SUPPLY THE DEFICIENCY, that
government may continue in eperatio on, and
its creditors be Punctualy satisfied"
What most lamentablc, heart.rending
and soul-appalliug picture, has the Aurora
exhibited to the view Of. that administers
ton which it Processes to vindieate. Is il
therefore strange that the people should
know these things as we'll as the Aurora
and knowing them, tina. they should with.
draw their confidence from the men who
have brought the country t. the verge Of
ruin! -,, ~
The remainder Of the piece from, which
the above extracts are taken, endeavors to
vindieate the conduct Of the men ID Office,
but the reasoning Is 90 lame and futile thar
it Only makes jsdwoRsE.
- Ffsemsa's 9sx,aak]
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TO RENT.

THE subscriber will rent the house on
Fairfax street, Alcxantria, now occupied by
Mrs. = Nichols, for 200 dollars a year, pay !.
sbje malt yearly, and give possession Oh the
lst of May. ..
He will rent he property commonly called
Jones's Point, the marsh and adjacent hills,
or any part Of them or he will sell any part
of them, on a credit OF one, two and three
years-For his land on Fairfax anil Franklin
streets, he will take one third of the assessed
value He offers for sale valuable GRlST
MILL on Goose Greek, IN the county Of
Loudoun, iVa.) within half mile Of the old
turnpike road leading to Alexandria, and a.
bout goo acres of Land adjoining the Mill,
great part of which Is well covered with tim
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H. S. COOKE.
Lsesburgh, Lonndeu. County, ~.
March i +
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RICHARD WOOD,

ladies g Geatlemcn's Ha,r-DrtBer,
TTAS commenced business this day, a. his
II shop on Fairfax street, opposite Mr.
GU Afkinson's. From his experience in a
business, obtsiaed by an eisht y, ers ottrsn-
.ieeshih in this town, he fatters himself that
he will be able to please every pcrsoa whose
good wishes for the prosperity of young
man may induce them to employ him.
February 26. d
r An APPRENTICE will be taken to
the above business.
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authorising the. President OF the United
States 20 march the militia or volunteers to
Canada. IL was new way of making war.
He had as much confidence in the president
4, he had ever expected to have in any man,
but he thought under the oath he had taken
ID support the constitution, he could not
vote for the bill if the words were retained.
Mr.. VARSUM observed that the title need
not be an object of objection, for that could
be amended at proper time. ltGreat Bril-
tain should make>an attack on the country,
those men would oe ready to march into the
British provinces. IF an attack was made
bv France on the other hand, and it was
necessary 10 go iuto Florida, these men
would be ready for that purpose. He was
clearly of opinion that the words ought to
be retained. ..,.
Mr.. CLAY said that if his eastern friends
.houd be invaded, he wished to be ready to
assist ,hsm and when they had driven the
enemy back 70 the line, TO be at liberty TO
step over it. He said gentlemen might as
we'll doubt the right Of congress to legislate
at all, as doubt their right to make the pro-
visions contemplated BY the bill. Whs,hrr
it was retained or not, he apprehended that
the militia, after they had driven an ivading
force to the line, would not stop there. p,
Mr.. KEY though. this very important
question, wrapped up in the soft title OF a
bill authorisng a detachment of militia
He agreed that the militia, after pursuing
the enemy to the line, would not pull off .heir
hats and bid them good bye--but that was
not the question. This detachment of
militia" was in fact provisional army to
serve for nine months. in effect standing
army for that time. There was nothing ever
less militia than this volunteer corps. He
was for the amendment.
A motion was made that the committee
rise and report progress.
Mr.. LYON hoped the committee would
not rise, for is seemed TO be just understood
that this bill was to raise an army of 10000
men to 60 to Canada or Cape Horn. II:
was not much alarmed at the idea of the
presidents using the power proposed to be
given him BY this bill. No presiden! would
dare to call out an army to attack Canada
under such bill as this. But why violate
the constitution in this way? One of the
great charges against the Federal admin.
stration was, that it created an army in this
way thar the constitution did not recognize.
He had idea ia this way of raising an army
to 60 to HuGson's BAY or Cape Horn. If
that was not intended, why not strike out the
, words
Mr.. HOLLAND said it would be perfectly
understood by those engaging as volunteers
that they were to go beyond the jurisdiction
OF the United States if required, and he
wished the Unted States to have SO or
100000 mru ready to march at a moments
warning if it should be deemed necessary.
The committee then rose, so to as, and
obtained leave to sit again.
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alsrsnurta paflp 6a,stts.
THURSDAY, MARCH g..

Z -. ~ ~ - - -. ~, s-,.>t.
7o,bedses.-A bill on the sobjcc. Of
Torpedoes has been passed 10 the 'Senate';
and was sen. down to the house fer concur.
renee on Friday evening, Congress have,
therefore, to speed l;;,!e more Of the ma
ton $ time. and perhaps some Of the nations
money, on this whimsical! project For my
part, have no objection to their. granting
Mr.. Fulton few thousand dollats from
our 0vrrfe1Ving treasury : and they may
as we'll debate fe weeks On the subject
as on more mi.ehisycus projects. But
hope they viii no. further disgrace our
country, by adopting .his cheap mode ef
defence, to the exclusior, Of more suhstan.
,ial preparations. II stiMs we should have
done with experiments. The nation has
been philosophical out Of It's senses too long.
Embargoe., non intrrcourses, proelama-
tons and sun-boa,s have been tried long
enough Il. high time to think of some
thing more substantial. These experiments
have cost the nation millions Of treasure
and have done no good but an inGnity OF
evil. Had the money which has been cx-
pended on these useless whims, been laid
out in terrifying our ports and harbors, our
country by this time, would have been p'ae-
ed in respectable state of defence. Gun.
boats, and all the long train of commercial
restrictions are about to pass away and for
the sake of our suffering country let US not
be diverted from our true Interests, by such
aridicu,ous project as tina. of Torpedos'.
Il Precious Csntsssion.-The following
is extracted from The Aurora Of the I'd inst
1t is certainly true that great change has
taken place in the sentiments OF the Peop's.
East, West, North and South, during the
las, two months. To what 10 this owing!
Not TO the sophisties,c deductions" OF
the "Feteralists," as the writer in the Au-
rora insinuates, butte the plain good sense
of the farmers and mechanics, who have
afera fair trial, candidly and imparially
weighed the merits Of" the last and present
adminis., a.ion," and have = found them
wanting" ., ., -.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23
From the Boston Patrio.
THE VOLUNTEER.

What are those rights essential to
our ssyereigaty, which we ought at c.
Very haZard to defend?
ISoOereign pozve- at nation. Ii
we rnean TO arrive at conclusive reason
ing on the subject Of those rights in
hersntt 20 our sovereignty, essential to
II, and which are the par ocular object
OF present discussion, it will be proper
to examine
1. What is the essence or nature of
the sovereign power ofan Independent
nation And what are the immediate
rights and duties resulting from it
2. What are the relative rights and
duties ofan independent state, consi-
dsring Il as a member of the commu-
nifty OF nations?
5. What arc lis rights, privileges &
immrnities, with respect TO its flag,
and the persons and properly which
sail under it, by those usages founded
in qie immutabIe principles ofius,ice &
in fhe nature of things, which make the
basis Of thatpublic law which civilized
nations have agreed to make the rule
OF their conduct in their intercourse
with each other!
The FIRST aud second of these iDdui-
ries need not be tedious. / shall be
brief on those subjects in which all
well informed men appear to be a.
gteed. AS the sanction Of approved
spthors often abridgcs the labor oil ar
guDient, | shall have frequent recourse
to those of established reputation, in
England and America, particularly
such as are familiar to our couatry.
men.
Here let me observe once for all !;
,h9Ajn my recitation of authorities and
facss, | shall adhere to that scrupulous
hdeiity which is necessary in our re-
searches for ifuth and while I chal
ienge contradiction, spare no pains to
make my essays worthy the perusal Of
any who speak the common language
ofthe 2nations now Immediately con.
cefped in this great subject of oontro-
yessy. In drawing my conclusions,
1 shall follow the Eest dictates Of my
own understanding; and while ! pur.
sue the general course have prescri.
bed to myself determined not TO BIZ
crawn aside by the current lollies OF
willing ignorance and willuI pelversi.
on--I shall cheeffnayis to any sup.
eessions which.may tend to throw light
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23

port in frssce between ard
both inclusive, any a','cies tie whcmso
ever TIE same may brloDg] which may
by law be exported, except cotton, wool,
and TO import into any port of Creat.
Britain, from the said port of delivery.
or from some oiher port in France with.
n the district above named, with liberty
f,r the vessel to proceed in ballast from
the said port CT delivery 10 the port of
lading, cargo 10 whomsoeyer the
same may belong, consisting of grain,
meal -four, hur-s,ones, seeds, and olive,
oil and wine, upon condition that the
vessel importing The wine shall have ex-
ported 70 France, under the same license,
British or East. Indian manufactured
goods, sugar. and coffee, 10 the amount
in bulk Of one THU d Of the tonnage OF the
vessel and that the cargo 10 be SO inn.
ported as aforesaid shall consist of Two
thirds in bulk Of grain, meal, and -four,
it improbable according To The provisions
Of the corn Laws, and seeds, aud in 10
case of more than oue-.hitd in bulk OF
wine. The sad proportions both Of
export and import ascerialneA 10 The
satisfaction Of the officers oil the customs
at the port Of importation. And upon
the further condition, that such vessel so
procre ding under the permission of the
said license with wins TO any por, east
ofFalmoeth, shall stop a. Falmouth or
Plymouth for convoy, ard shall not pro-
coed TO The eastward Of Plymouth, with,
OUT convoy, aud shall proceed with such
cosvoy end not desert the same ill her
arrival at the port of destination, as long
as suf4 rcuyoy shall be instructed 10 pro.
tect Heh the master TO be permitted 10
recei' his freight ard depart with his
yesseHand crew 70 any pr. not blockaded
--and also upon the fur;her condition
thar this license shall nor be understood
to protect any vessel navigated by French
seamen, or any French built vessel, ex.
cept such as shall have been taken as
prize. or shall have been transferred from
French possession prior to the order of
ccuecil Of lC h November. lSO7, r. spect
ing the sale OF eBsmy's ships, aud shall
not 10 either case have returned again
INTO French possession. And that the
maine and tonnage of the vessel, and the
nI.ne of the master and time of Clear
ance from the port Of fading, shall be
endorsed at the time OF clearance on the
said license. Such license TO remain in
force for and at the expirar,on
OF that period, or sooner, if the sad i'm
poriatiHp is completed, to be deposited
with Tie commits sionets Of his malss;y's
Customs q. the port u LoOdon. or with
the collector of the customs at the out.
poris. Ard the right hon. Richard Ry-
der, one OF his maje.ty's.principal secreia.
rIes OF state IS hereby authorised to grant
such LICENCES. in case he shall sac no OBJ
Jecnan thsfe,o, annexlSg to such license
tae duplicate Of this order herewith
sent for this purpose"
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IVA NoRF0LK.l
Ga COW. Anrnst al.

Ola Cow, August 81,
The following IS copy ot 90 order IN
council issued on Thursday 10y his ma.
Avs ministers, in consequence Of Buo.
ie1rte's late in.imaiion respecting his
H'in ard Milan dssFees.
" Al The Council Chamber, Whitehall
the oi 1910, present ibe lords
OF his majesiy's most honorable priv,
council.
whereas there was this day read al
The board Tue humble petition Of
~ IS ordered, that lceuse granted to
Of OF tons bur.
hen, rDder any Gag excep, the French,
10 export irom lie port Of to an
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23
Extract off letter from Port au Prince
dated September IL.


dated September IL.
San attack was made about the last
OF August by the army Of Christouhe.
on the mole. Gen. Veillard, who sue
ceeded Gen. Lainarre in the command
OF that place, repulsed the enemy with
great loss; they left on the field 600
msn, amongst whom were four gene.
raj officers. Gen. Veillard is Young
officer OF great courage and conduct
and there is no doubt of his being "A
BILE TO maintain the place against Chris
toPhe.-The mole has four months pro-
viNons, and the garrison in high spi-
7t@ Gen. Potion is preparing to march
against Cape FRANCHISE, which fiatter
myself will terminate the power of that
monster Christophe, who, find by
some OF your late papers, has through
some OF his base agents, published ac-
counts of victories he never gained. ba-
wing fer considerable time lost every
battle he has fought with our brave ar
my.
Ger. Rigaud is at CcrniI, in GOOD
health. There is no doubt of his sue
e7@in constituting the dissatisfied in
IN quarter; he is much beloved by
arthe people, aud the president sni
himself are On the most confidential
and anicable terms. hope my dear
friend, that under the auspices of those
two good ard great men, our country
VIII erjuy that pure happiness We have
SO much wi5hed for; end strangers
that security, which will induce them
70 carry on 4 mutually profitable com.
meFee' Pail. Gaz.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23

on the subject or corrs.s any etror in
Fact or arsu.neas. LrIDl ,scesed then
10 examane--
What is the essence or nature ofthe
sovereign power of an independence
nation! And what are the iIamedi. :
ate rights and duties resulting from
ii!
"By the sovereign power, (savs
Blackstone, not in his usuat.styie :. s
accuracy, is meant the naIine 3 fiaws.',1
Bracton is moro full and intelIisihfr
in his defnition. Defining me soyr.
reign power of a state Supposed 70
preside in the person OF king, he
says
sRer est oicarius ct minister Die in
terra, onlnis quiaem su6 60 esq, ct ipsc,
subnsllo, nisi tantum Deo."
Which with free translation an.
plicable to all independent states NAV
be rendered.-The sovereign power +
a nation is the minister OF Cop, to
which all are subject within its own
jurisdiction ; and which is accountable
to none. but. God aione--In other
words, it il of tina, absolute and exalted
nature, that it cannot be arraiened be-
fore any earthly tribunal for its con
duct. So
Every nation that governs itself.
under what form soever, without any
dependence on foreign power, Tsays
Va'tel, 3. 1. ch. I. sec. 4 is a sover-
eig1nstate. Its rights are naturally
the Rme as those of any other state.
Such are the moral persons who live
together in natural society under the
law of nations. To give a nation a
right to maintain an Immediate figure
in this grand society, it is sufficient if
II be really so0ereign and indceend Mt :.
that is, it mast gouern itseFby its GUN
laos"
The same writer savs-u Since
then the necessary lao ofnations COM
sists in that Of the law of nature "a
states, and is inmutable, as being,
founded on the nature of things, and in
particular on the nature of man it fol-
lows that the law of nations is immu-
table. - Prelim. sec. 9.
From these iucontrovertible pre.
misses we may safely draw those I'M
erring conclusions, in which all ele-
Inentary writers on national law agree
aud which give the general answer to
my first enquiry.
1fie very essence of the SOVEREIGN
power OF nation consists in its perfece
and uncontrolled right to manage it's
own proper concerns, in whatever way
it thinks best, agreeably to the dc
tates of i:sNoyn wiSsom and eonsci-
The immediYe rights and duties
which result 70 q nation, from this
state Of indepe ndenee, are analogous
to those Of an individual for the state
of ature, and compri2sd in general
terms, consists in its duty to provide
for its own security and happiness !; to
preserve itself and all It's members
from Injury i: and its right to u.s all
means in its power for these purposes.
without infringing upon the rights Of
others. The right Of selC-defsnce. and
Of aasailiag the aggressor by force, till
ne consent to do justice, becomes as
clear IN the case of nation as of an
individual under the protection of no
laws but those of nature and the VOL
untary aequiescence in wrong, de.
strnctive of the vital interests Of the
body corporate, or of its members, as
manifest breach Of duty, as the ne
Slecr TO rePsl dangerous disease-or
in an extreme case, as the crime Of
suicide. THE VOLUNTEER.
Extract OF letter from Port au Prince
dated September -
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23
RUSSIAN DECREE.


BY the grace of God, we Alexander
Emperor and Autocrat OF the Russi-
as, &c. &c. &c.
Political circumstances having put an
end to all commercial connection with
Portugal, the Brazilian ports have
been insconsequence thrown open to
friendly posers,
In conformity with which, at the re.
presentation of the Chancellor of our
empire, and by the advice of our privy
council, We have thought at to order
the following changes to take place in
the commercial treaty entered into
with the Portuguese government IN
1898.
1. From the date of the present, the
Importation of Portuguese products in
to this country, as we'll as the clear
ance of Russian vessels or goods,
Tor Portuguese ports is strictly prohi-
bited.
.. The reduction in the duties of
Portuguese wines, oils and salt, is to
be suspended until regulations shall be
issued TO the contrary.
8. Wines from the island of Madei-
ra and the Azores. Brazilian indigo
4 tobacco, imported direc, from these
countries, shall enjoy the benefit of
the reduced duty established by the
commercial treaty of 1893.
4. Sugars of all kinds, raw sugar,
coffee, cocoa, dye-woods, rice, aud
drugs, imported direct from the Bra
Ills, and her colonies in Russian or
Pci tuguese bottoms, for accou&t Of
lsassian or Portuguese subjects, shall
pay only one halfof the customary du-
ties of these articles in Russia on the
production of the ne cessary proofs of
their authenticity.
S. Russian produce exported to the
brszlls and her colonies, v i'll be sub-
.lect only to the same duty, as establish
ell IN the commercial treaty with the
portuguese governments.
6. In conformity with the regulati..
ors established, merchant vessels ar
living from the Portuguese colonies.
will NOT be permitted to unload their
eaigoes before their papers have been
submitted to the commission appoint
ed Tor the purpose OF asoer,aining whe-
iher they have had any come clion with
Great Britain and thev will be subiece
IN all respt cts to the laws laid down
Tor Vessels belonging to other friendly
powers, and of the departure of the
Portuguese vessels from hence, the
merchants loading Russian produce on
board, will have 20 make oath IN our
custcm-house that the coo DIS are des-
uned Tor neutral places, and not to a.
ny port at snmity with this country.
/ z. Inc 4th and 5lh articles. relative
to the reduction in the customs Of goods
exported and imported from Portu-
gnese soionies, WILDE in force until the
l5,h OF march, 1871.
81. Petersburg, May $, 1910.
Signed with his Imperial Majesty's
sign manual.
ALEXANDER.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23
ALEXANDER.
NEw-YoaK, Oct. II.
LATEST FROM PORTUGAL.

BY Captain Doane, CT the ship Ira
yellsr, from Lisbon, from whence +he
sailed on the 9th Of Scp,e mbcr. we
learn that Almeida surrendered 10 the
Preach en- the 9th Of Aug. in which
the British lost thrse OF their best re-
gimen.f.
Several transports had arrived at
Lisbon from England & Cadiz. Two
Scotch regiments from Cadiz, arrived
at Lisbon, on the 9TH Sept.
An Austrian corps was daily expect
ed 10 reinforce the French army which
consisted Of upwards Of 100000 men.
The British army consisted Of $4,000
men, and between 70 and 10000 Por.
iuGuese.
Every thing was Tranquil at Lisbon.
Capt. d. further states, that abou.
5000 Portuguese troops who were in
the garrison at Almeida, were made
prisoners and were 6, n. 10 France.
The news Of the repeal of the French
DEGREES, had been received at Lisbon.
Admiral Berkeley commands the
Portuguese Heet.
We have received a Lisbon paper
Of the Sd. Of Sept. which we under
stand contains the official account Of
the surrender of Almeids, which we
shall give translation of in our next
paper Mer. Adv.
LATE6TNEW FROM ENGL IND.
At a late hour last evening the brio
Savannah-P~eket, Jocelin. arrived
from Liverpool, which port she le f. on
ihe 20 OF Septem Capt. I. has
Dol gingly furnished the editors Of
ife Mercantile Advertiser with a sl,
81 London papers to the evening Of
the Slst q Angus, Lloy ds List 10 the
s9'h, and Liverpool papers TO the soth.
nom "hieh we have made the follow
40 extrac;s.
our London pspers are q days later
than hIiherto received.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-10-23
HAMpuRo. Aur. Z.

=. ~ D"ItN1 IINHs Os
4 Since the union Of Holland, the
magazines of IIsligoland find no lon
ger any vent, and are quite cboakeo
Up. The quantity OF merchandise
which IS lostis inc nceivable. Every
moment We see new magazines form.
ed, hut al are foil, aud most OF the
bales remain unpacked. This exam
pie IS singular, and shews TO what a