Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-08-26
II r c III M o " ID.
MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1911.

M " IN IL a Y, AUGUST 20, l0lI
fCur. accounts from the north of Eurrpc
conirve III favorable TO American trade anG
sii,Nngk With Russia, the only power on
the captiNcnt .thas has not sbuse,i e;fr Hng
and I'M llted our government, We continue 70
enjoy RcomIxercial intercourse truly graft
flying to our merchants. Too much credit
cannot be attached to our miministcr resi-
dent at the Court Of St. Petersburg, for his
zeal and ability il, securing trade so lucra-
tive, with a nation that has conducted to-
wards MS in the charactcr'of friendly pow
err. With Denmark our affairs look better,
we shall soon sec whether Mr.. Erting, our MI
mister there has rendered his country any
services, or whether he viii be, as insinuated
by,a crazy :" Re6ei,' u dead weight to Co
vernmd 1t will be recollected, that beth
these missions were opposed by the federal
party.-Bost. Paaiof.
Brtruct ofa letter from a friend lately re-
tarned from a journey to fhe state Of Ohio.
"My route from Cincinnati was out North,
crossed the great Miami TO the west, thence
up to Dayton ard up Mad River, to the yell
low springs, by Davis mill, crossed three
branches Of Paint Greek, thence across Deer
Greek to the town of Jefferson, on the Pilka-
wa plain, which is Even miles long and
three miles wide, on high level ground
with a luxuriant soil, covered with natural
grasA where there was never tree since
the ulenGf man. On this plain saw two
huneredScfes of wheat in one field, the most
beasGll sight ] ever saw. The last year
thcrs~erd&f ~ 2 Bushels to an acre, taken
of the same land."-i6.
WIN. CosDETF, asserts, that in the late
battle of Albuera, the force opposed to Soult's
$4,000 men, amounted at the lowest rate to
$4,000 "Indeed, (says he) from all have
seen,.I am convinced that the French com
mander made little or no account of any but
the British troops. Such is my estimation of
numbers, and am satisfied that it will be We
ry difficult for any one to show that have
estimated unfairly."-i6.
The British West India Merchants stated
to their government in May last, that their
produce formed one third of the imports of
the Kingdom, and their supplies required
nearly one fourth of the exports; that the
British capital employed in the West Indies,
is supposed to amount 10000, oooL-i6.
Entraet Qfu letter from gentleman Of Bos-
ION, 70 the Editors Of the Chronicle, da-
ted,
LISBON, June 70, 1871.
"The papers enclose to You contain eve
ry thing ofimportancc relative to the armies,
that is known here. Yesterday more troops
arrived from England, principally cavalry,
OF which Lord Wellington stands in great
need. This city is little else than one great
hospital and barrack. Most fthe Converts,
which have visited, are filled with the sick
and wounded of the English and Portuguese
n II ,b,t, ri
ing arms are either volunteers in the service
or soldiers by compulsion; government i'm
pressing every man who will not volunteer.
number'of prisoners lately arrived that
were taken at the battle of Albuera they
are to be sfH IA small island, situated a.
bout six mrs NTH OF the Tagus, which it is
intended to foortify by their means"
Bos. Chron.
The affair of the Susan's being run foul of
by the British frigate Belvidere [noticed in
our New-York Letter,) was witnessed by
the company ut Bennet's Long Branch. A
gentleman there, writes to US, that after the
transaction took, they had the curiosity to
send ont 70 the Susan, the captain of which
furnished them with the following note
1.-The captain of the schr Susan, is much o.
| bHged to the gentlemen at Long Branch and
can only say, that the vessel alluded to is a
| British Frigate-she fred two or three guns
at Us, and run down athwart our bow, and
carried away the bowsprit and stove in the
bow. The officer then Came on board, would
not tell the name ofthe frisate, nor the cap
tain. Said they took us to be French pri-
vatecr, and meant TO run her down. They
then left us without offering any relief"
PhRa. Gdz.
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