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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-24

Britain; That. on that occassce. a chans.
took place in my manner is very prcba bic
but Mr.. Erskipe has ascribed il TO a,
source very different from that which ac.
casiaRsd IL. ! had very lately been ze ~
oXSiy employed Is" repelliDg the charse-a
chaEeSwhich i rever could hear wisnou,
in1gnaton. Eight years of the most int, :.
NATE 'n'ercourse, during which not nr act.
ncr hardly thought respecting the for
Reign relations eff America was concealed
enable me confidently TO say, that Mr..
Jefferson never had in that respect any.
other object in view bur the protection Of
the rights of the Uaited States against
every fore gn aggression or injury from
whatever nation It proceeded, and has IN
every instance, observed towards all the
oeiiNsfnts the most strict Justice aud The,
mcst-scfppoicus impartiality. His char
acser stands moi in need OF this dec arat,o.
It is due TO myself II. $50
The groundless accusations of FOREIGN
bias and influence have been generated
solely by the y,ruleuce ofparty spirit. and
they we're adopted abroad as an apology
or Pretence for unprovoked aggressions.
n Jus, sense OF the injuries received, and
tns most temperate effosts to obtain re.
dress constitute whskhas been called par !.
tla'itE And 1t seems to have been for
gotten, e. al, from The time when Mr.. Jef.
ferson became Presid mt At:i the inonth OF
August, 1907, no actual aggression on the
neutral rights of America had. been COM
mitged by France; whilst, during the same
period the nominal blockades of eDemIes'
pcrts by England and the annual actual
oioe kades, as they may be called, of cur
own the renewsl, contrary to express and
mutual explanations, of he 6epredations
on ting indirec colonial trade, the cortirucd
tmpEessmenls of our seamea and the alta, K
he Chesapeake had actually taken
plafes During shatperiod, the laws, the
exc stiye Acts, the negotiations of the A.
merican government could have been di :.
| rected to that government alone
| from whom injuries had been received.
But from the time when the rights o. the
United 3 ates were invaded BY both the
oeiligerents, every public measure has e.
quaily embraced both {; the ike efforts,
founded on the same basis have uniformly
though without success, been made TO o..
tain redress from both And the CORES.
pondence now published furnishes at least
irrefragable proofs of the earnes: desire
OF Mr. leFerson's administration to adj
just the ,diHe eences with Great Britain and
OF their disposition to remove, for tina,
purpose, Whatever might serve as the sha.
dow of a pretence for a denial os Justice on
her part.
ALBERT GkLLhTIN.
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BLooded Horses.

consisting oftwo Stations, one years old
last spring and distinguished 6y his success
fui performances on the turf--the other
years otq,Pt high form and great beauty -
seyeral Hrood Mares, two very elegant
yeari'ng Lofts, and two Fillies-all Of tie
NOS approved crosses and genuine blood
as will be shewn on the day of Sale ~
authentic Prdigrees in the possession of
JNO. II. COOKE,
N. B. About 40 head OF sheep will Al
so be offered for sale at the same time.
j. II. C..
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R0r ths Nati2nal Mlelageneer.

Amongst the papers lately laid before
the British Parliament respecting Amer
-Ican affairs IS dispatch from Mr. Frs.
kline tofAr Calming, dated 4th December
1908, which principally relates 10 con.
yersation bet~eeo Mr. Erskine and myself.
! his look place at my house and without
sny previous appointment But as Mr.
Ersk'ne had during the preceding week
conversed with Mr. Madison ON the same
toPicks, and the result had been commu<
nice 10 me the day before by Mr. Ma
Olson, was prepared for the subject and
every sentiment uttered was IN perfscl
nnIten with those OF the President and ol
the Secretary of State. What was mean,
by colonial trade has already been ex.
planned by Mar Erskine but as his own
share ~ those conversations with several
meSabess Of the administration is, in hi.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-24
York, (Penn.) July ID.

We learn from every quarter as far
as our enquiries have extended, that
the crops in this country, particularly
OF wheat and other small grain, are ex-
tensive and uncommonly exuberant.
Should -four, the great staple of this
state, experience no declension in price
the farmer will reap greater advanta-
ges from this source of wealth the pre-
sent than for many past years.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-07-24

At Court he,d for Prince Edward
county, June the 18Th 1910.
John Watts and Cnomss L. Scote \
Executors of William Wat. decd.
Com2i's =
Jesse Hamlet, and Betsey his wife. =
late bstsey Clarke, and Susann.d :.
CSrke, heirs OF John Clarke, dec'd. -
Miaton G. Harper,, Mas,on G.
Cratkc, emf Lucy g. his wife late n
Lucy g. Harper. Joel B. Hsroer
and Elizabeth L, Harper, heirs Of -
James Harper, decd. Dek,s ~
THE defendants Maston C. Harner
Maston G. Clarke aud I.pev q. e.
wife, late Lucy e.. Harper JoeI n r.,
per ana si,za9etnE Harper, nor havisE
entered thcir appearance and given Ell.
'ri'y according TO an set o. The GeArall
hssem''y, and the rules OF tais Cour4 am
it appearing 10 the Satisfaction fine x.rrs
mat they are NOT inhabitants of this sNae-
on che motion OF the complainants, by t,y,.
counsel, II is ordered, that The said ,Lfso.
Giants Maston q Harper, Mas,oa &
Clarke, and Lucy G. his wife, late Lucy
q. Harper, Joel 3. Harper. am Rlizxue,n
Z. harPer, do appear here .on r,.e Srsc
day o! October court next, and ans yertne
|coWpialnants bill, and.tha a copy OK. ,b;,
order be ,fnrlhwish inserted in some one
OF the public Nsws.Papers printed. m the
city OF Richmond lar two manshs succes-
siveiy, and also posted at the trout. door Of
the Court House of this county.
ACopy Tes.e,
B. J. WORSHAM, d. r.
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At Court continued and heid tor r,,o.e
Edward County, June 1etn, 1910.

AT Court continued and held tor f,in.e
Edward county, June 18TH, 1910.
Joseph H. Morgan and Poly his wife, \
Comph's. =
Against
Jchn Young, Jennet Young, James .
Read and Nancy his wife, Samuel
Yoaas, and lanes HIx, specially az
appreciated Guardian for William 9
Young AID Henry Young, who are
infants under the age of twenty enc
years, Delt's.
THE d PENDANTS John Young, James
Read, and Nancy his wife, and Samu.-
Ell Young not having entered their appeaf-
ance and given security according t9anf
aes.etAbe General Assembly and The 6laX
OF thIsHpurs, and It appearing to the vatl
isfact& 20 OF the Court that they are n, }r.S
haoitahS of this state, On the motion p
the complainants by their counsel, 1t is or.
dered, that the said de PENDANTS Iohn Ytunp'
James Read and Nancy has wife, and ann.
Ell Young, do appear here on the first dav
OF September Court next and answer tbs
compliments bill, and that copy of this
order be forthwith inserted in some one OF
the public NEWSPAPERS printed in the eli
ty OF Richmond for two months successivl
", and also posted at the front door Of tha
Court House OF this County.
A Copy Teste,
F. WATKINS, elk.
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lAoryz1g 6r.d Horses 70 aale.

ON the 18th September next, at NV
~ Plantation in the county of FIuvann..
called Upper Bronco, will be offered for
Sale to the highest bidder, on a credit of
IL months mystock, e
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Gun Powder,

4 HE OWNER Of n hid Tobacco laying
IN 0eaue's Ware House and ,nspeo ed
in the name of Joseph Jennings as below
described is requested 70 come forward q
claim the sarue, otherwise 1t wiz bel bold
agreeable to Law Ia that case madsf and
provided.
Deane's No. ora 1868. 1ss 100
SINS & GAULD
<l1nspeetors Deane's Warehouse.
July 2s:h, 1910.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-04

no authority 10 act a. Consul, mse,irg
Washed by the Americana in port, and
letter addressed 10 Mr.. .. pointing out
the improperly Of his opening dispatches
from our government, and likewise the.
psrnicious tendency his coadaS would
have in administering an Office he was in
no wise entitled To. s..
The British. Admiral on the station, re-
fused 10 give convoy instructions to any
but vessels having licence, bat observed
that he conceiv d himself bound to pro-
tect all American vessels that chose 10
Join the consoys and should protect them
accordingly.
Capt. r. further states, that ell the Da-
'nish ports are shut 10 American vessels,
end that their privateers capture almost
every American vessel they meet with,
several Of which had been condemned.
~ Mer. AdSer.
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LYNoHBuAo, Aug. "a.
CRESTION alas Wal INCH AM.

.lf a
A paper, of which the following is
a Copy, was found in the Jail of Fin
castle, on the same morning that the
fate of that unfortunate man was dis
covered; and Of whom some notice
has . lready been taken in our former
numbers.
On being brought before Cour',
called for the purpose, Bail to the a.
mount of two Thousand dollars was
demanded for his appearance at the
next Term. This Bail Walsingham
obtained and offered to the court but
we are told that, Oh the suggestion of
the States attorney, the further sum
rof 8 thousand dollars was required.
1t was then on the cxorhitance Of a
demand which he deemed oppressive,
that this Ill fated man formed his FINAL
desperate determination. Whatever
may have been hisfaiIings orhis crimes,
the following cannot be read with
indifference by any man of sense or
sensibility.
The object and end ofjustice is de-
defeated it laws are made nullity by
irregular commitments, and excessive
bail demanded, for bailable offence.
Honor Is unsafe in such keeping. I
prefer death to forced submission,
and indignities consequent on perse-
cution.
Spare the stranger, for whom alone
my last pulse beat-a knowledge of
what would be to her scene of hor-
ror. Let it suffice that die for her.
r she is the Innocent injured victim,
OF circumstances, which nhe neither
(could) foresee or avoid---No per-
son can claim the triaiug property left
IN this room. Let 1t be given TO some
one In charity. without parade. I
have no other estate, / have no family.
The spirit that once animated this man
gled body disdains to ask the least
grace for il, of fellow worms--Perhaps
the first paragraph in this note is un-
just: if so, let those whom il concerns
be happy---To err is human. Let
no one say to much or too little has
been written. The dead cannot re-
Ply"
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-04

sess=-The British masters and sapercar-
goes, sell and purchase, in he b-st man.
ner they can, while the Americans are
compelled u sell, and receive paymeni,
as above stated. A seaman, belonging 10
s vessel from this port, haiiog expressed
some indignation at this tfea,ments was
,hSown into prison BY Christ he's orders,
where he new les. Che prowess of COR
coun,tymen, since the misruie OF phiIoso-
ply, seems 10 be confined 10 toas s ard o.
most energetick people upon earth.
Ledger.
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NEw-YoRK, August %.
BRITISH OUTRAGE.

Extract Of a letter from a gentleman at
Burington, On. } to the Editor of
= The Plebidn, dated 9Th inst,
A serions outrage has recently been
committee on th- Seam Boar and o.
Their American vessels at ST. Johns,
(Canada) by the commanding officer
of that pps,, who it seems went on
beard them withsn armed guard, took
out their lading and baggage, and Gu,
away their shrouds and rudders to
prevent their leaving the port. This
was done in defiance of the authority
ofths peace and custom officers. The
pretext of the commapdant was TO in.
tercept the papers, and prevent the de-
parti1rc of a Spanish gentleman, whom
he suspected TO be spy.
"it;s said TO be the fact, that the
fgeutlenap is governor Of one OF the
Spanish PROVINCES and went in on bu-
siness of political nature probably
With the governor of Canada, whose
passports he had for safe conduct in
and out. Notwithstanding this, ard
the apparent poliseness and respect
with whica tits said hr WAS treated in
Canada, suspicious were entertained
Of his character, and TO ascertain his
real rnosives, the commaudaats of the
different posts on the frontiers had spe-
cial orders to seize his psrson and pa
p-rs at the moment ofhis leaving the
country. But if this was the real eb-
iect Of the gross outrage upon Our yes
sels IL t,as failed. The command ant
of 81. Johns it is said is Ia confnc-
ment and the excuse now slledged in
his behalfis this ne has been suffice,
10 frs and insaai,yl a pr tty charac-
tor then truly 20 be entrusted With the
command Of q frontier post! The
true cause, hewever, viii perhaps re-
main in that sink of corruption md oil
inveterate enmity from Which so ma
~ insults and injuries have proceed
ed. Columbisn.
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no PARENTs.-The custom in all o.

ITO PARENTS. The custom in all o.
j. TIER parts Of the United States, has
beenS that there should be two daily periods
ct aasRdance all the year rsund |; then
why apf herel
The Subscribers, through motives of
public as well as PRIVATE utility, will in.
troduce tTAEpARD DUTT to teachers
as well as sTArDARD PRICES.
The duties snail DC strict attdhtion,
(from the 1st Of Sept, till the 1st ofkpril)
from 9 in the Morning tiil 1 in thekAfter-
noon, and from . in the Afternscn Till s..
The prices shall be quarterly.
For English, small classes, S6
For Ds,-----adyanced DO.
For DO with Greek and Latin 10
For French, additional
Hall day Scholars, OF either Sex, will be
received udpicportionasely charged.
ID. DOYLE.
K. DABkST.
September :. 1919. 8.
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r ATEST FROM GOTTEMBURG.

LATEST FROM GOTlENBURG.
On Saturday, last Arrived at this port,
the fs., sailing big S,iph. Cap. Fo,bes,
in AZ days from CotttLbu5g, whi.h port
he lef. on he i2ih Of lure.
cspt r, informs, hat !, was currently
reported, that the emperor Of Russia Rad
made propositions TO the British govern
rntnt, 70 Join in war agsins F,snce--
that q FRENCH Consul was houriy expect.
ed 3; Gonenbufg, wien il was feared that
all American proregly would be stques-
ttled. % conseqcenre Of this NORMA
TON he American vessels had hauled out
OF the reach cf be casile.
Capt. +. also states, lhs, The High Mar
shat at Gotsnbufg was taken fon, his
ca, ,isge by the penfle ard torn to pie.
ees, ON account Of suspicion that he bad
q. en sccessery 10 the death OF the Gown
Prince.
The British ConsuI's functions ceased
90 The S0lh Jnne al Gouenbuig, by or
del Of ;he Swedish government.
Me-. Robert d cksop, who had usufp.
ed power of acnng az American Cou-
,ul, was said 20 be an agent OF 'he go
yernor Of Auhol,, add concerned with
h,n IN several priva.eers.--l hiss conisi-
bred very much to exsspeTate The Danes
sgeinst Am rIcans; in consequeace OF is
seiDg d seogsred that the SAD Dicksoa had
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BosIoN, Aug ~.
Another DINNER to ar. COPEM-
t{Y4,E EN-

His Majcs,y's adhrren,s in Montreal, IL.
Imitation cfrhose at the headquarters OF
Brush politics, have lately given MIR.
Francis Copenhagen pubic dinner. Ia
the address, 10 his caterers, Mr.. Jackson
says, the Commercial Interest aud ma
val supremacy OF Grea, Britain must be
as strencusfy asserted-in the Cabinet as
they are gioriousIy maintained upon the
Ocean by those heroes to whom our in 4
,erests upon that element are dsseryed!y
entrusted" ~
\ Mr.. J. further says-.-" After the appro.
Nation which have been SO happy as TO
receive from our most gracious Sovereign,
conveyed in terms far transcenting any
merits that can baye contracted in his
service, II has been satisfaction 10 ME
to end my conduct sanctioned by great
and very respectable part OF the commu.
ty inawhich l have lately resided"
The. community TO which Mr.. Jackson
here refers, 10 the American nation: and
what he denominates the (" great and res.
pee'abls part" is the federal, or British
faction one rsmi6cation OF which, in the
g pa,riotic'' and loyal town of Boston, pro.
vidrd dinner for him, aad pushed for
ward MURDER Of their 8, young men" 10
assist in carving, and drink ng the heal n
Of his rnost gracious Majesty. Al this
patriotic dinner as well a. al that in Mon
treai, the I" Naval Supremacy of England,' =
was prominent and favori.c sentiment.
The magprude of The federal party,
upon which Mr.. J. lays so much empha-
sis, may be well Judged Of, when we re-
cnllect, that five years ago. when the
chnice OF President Car.le before the A.
MEXICAN nation. Mr.. Jefferson had i62
20 es ard the federal candidate but Ia -
40 illustrate sun flu her the magnitude
c.-this party, lei it be remembered lha,
'out of % Governors IN the United States,
or elective and 6 territorial the federal
lists have but two!! Chronicle.
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New-YoRK. AUG. 81.

On Thursday evening last, during a Sc
we're storm of rain, thunder ard lightning,
three seauen belonging to the British fri.
gate Venus. effected their escape at the
imminent danger of their lives, by SWIM
ming At least three quarters Of mile, to
a vessel which lay Oh in the North Ri
yer; the captain being alarmed with the
cry of {" Help, help" ran upon DE- OK, low
cred his boat, and picked two of them up
the third made out to reach Spanish ves-
sci near at hand, One of the poor fei-
lows was an American by birth, and had
been impre ssed=she declares that there are
number OF our impressed couutrymcn
now on board. they all protest against
the abominable tyranny exercised by the
British officers, snd say they would rather
suffer death than TO go back again.
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isllg1nsa ArgllS.

RI Gu NJ o N u.

On Friday last, VIM. S. Clark, d.
S. for Col VIM. Clark, sheriff of Pitt
sylvania county, paid into the Public
Treasury, the amount of the Revenue
and Merchants Licences, for the said
county.
The citizens Of the county of Pitt
sylvania, -havet he credit second time,
ofSheing the first county in the state to
pay It's Revenue, and by the same She
riff.
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Angus

The Faction attached to Britain,
bawlsd vehemently against the emoar-
gc--they beloved for a free trade,
clogged with licenses and clouded
with risk. They however obtained
their wishes; the embargo was re-
pealed. They carried their influence
farther Mr.. Gaila,in so far complied
with their blind desires, as to author
rise clearsnces for ports not within
the purview' of the non-interceurse
law.
They sailed, landed, and were seiz-
ed.
Yet, some ofthese people complain
of our general government---Is not this
too badl
The Bnonapartean seizure is confes-
sedly---too bad.
Gallatin's construction was--too fla
GRAVITY bad.
1t is too bad all round.
And there is far worse TO come.
The sad effects of submission are
not yet halfdeveloped; they viii be
seen in the reduction of the national
spIrit--thsy WILDE seen in, the increas-
ing contempt of foreign nations for
Anerica---they will be felt too and
on this we build our hopes Of ultimate
resistance and recovery.
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Wythe, 23rd ing. 1910.

SIR,
Mr.. SHEFFEY, member of Congress ;,
reports here that you affirm your intention
OF encarping at TERRE An BABUF was
submitted to my consideration, aud had any
appreciation. ~
Whether any thing you have said will
authorise Mr. Shelley to report this or
not, it becomes my duty to contradict il.
You will recollect that never saw You're
place of encampment until a detachment
of 500 men were descending the river to
clear the ground, you having completely
decided to encamp there,
On that day accompanied you in a
barge to TERRR Az BAEUF, and in passing
over piece of firm dry ground, hand
somely shaded by live oaks scattered over
1t, the same IN which the light artillery
afterwards encamped. as I have under.
stoods on your pralsng the situation, said
that THAT was Gas handsome piece of
land for encamping on as any had seen
in Orleans" ! now make the same de-
clatatioD. had seen only the banks of
the river below the city, and the ground
immediately adjoining 70 the city, en- no
part Of which should troops eRoamp. In
justification Of the opinion, / hastily ex.
pressed, of the small piece of ground spo-
ken Of, II may be mentioned, that the
troops who occupied it we're THE LAST
taken sick. This presume is al much as
could be hoped from ahy grouud in the isle
of Orleans.
On arriving at the house where you es.
tablished your head quarters, perceived
from the willow growth, that the swamp
was near. Then Iventured TO propose 20
you TO encsmp, not where you did, bur in
an old 6sld ssed as pasture for the hor-
ses oftbe light artillery. Yen said the
heat Of the sun thers would be intolsra-
BILE. 11 II
Sc far, Sir, vas from approving the
measure of descending the river, and en-
camping ~ TERRx Az pEAsF that | am
persuaded ne officer deprecated 1t more.
] remembered the advice of the sciesti-
&c bard
In quest ef sites, avoid the snournful plain
Where osiers, thrive X trees that love the
lake.
Nor for the wealth that all the Indies roll,
FIX near the marshy margin Of the main.
| In the preceding December bad taken
the liberty Of expressing 10 the late Secre-
tary Of War, q hope thatth troops would
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-04

Recent adyices from & Francois, inform,
that his sable Highnsss Christophe, treas,
our Gag with the same iodigniiy, that has
Brr her Emperovs does IN Europe - Ills
cJuizers cordua nus vessels into his ports,
where nc takes their cargscs at bis own
piices, and pays, when, aud how. he plea
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1810-09-04

In the Spring of the year he removed mp
10 the highlands. understood him that
they would be so removed
" AS the Spring was past, the troops Still
at N.Orleans, and you alledged your or
ders were " TO cover the city, my op'n'~
on was they should be keptin quarters.
do not recoiiect expressing that opinion
to you. You decided to encamo, aud &C
TERRE AU BAEuF. No choice remained
TO be made, but between field fit Tor cui-
tivationI and an unimproyed trace, partly
marsh: recommended the former. You
preferred the latter. BY encainp.nx in the
field the toiisome labor OF clearing new wei.
lands would have been avoided.
expected, Sir, your camp would prove
sickly, and tho situation, of the troops III it
distresssul. My opinion was probably Known
in June to Captains Peter, Wilson, and
Scott. with whom left New Orleans and
certainly in July 10 the hon. Secretary or
War. But | could not presume to tell my
COMMANDER, an officer of thirty years ex.
perience. that he had taken step thar
would destroy the army. am persuaded
that never said TO you any thing that /
did not think But did not conceive ir
to be proper that should say to you eve.
ry thing thought. 1 limited my advice.
ADD you did not .acceps it. 49,,
Yeuweli know, General, that ne opinion
Of mine either induced you 20 sncamp
where you did, or TO remain there. Had
your camp proved salubrisus, the credit
would all have been due'to you. Seek noe
70 share with those who had no vote on the
question the csnsure, if censure is due. ~,
With respect Generals
am your most obt.
ALEXANDRA SMYTH. z
To BRIG. GEN. ] AXES
WILKIssoS.
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pY virtue of deed of trust executed by
I'D Daniel Mayo Of this coanty, to the
Subscriber to secure the payment OF GER.
tain sums of Money TO Benjamin Mosby,
(who has paid the same for the said Mayo
as his security Win be Sold, on the pre-
misses to the highest bidder for ready
Money, on Wednesday the 10th day of oc-
tober next,