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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1811-05-02
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The rumor, which our Washington
correspondent informed us prevailed at
the city on Saturday last, of the en-
tire abrogation of the French DEGREES,
does not very clearly assume the form
of fact. But, Judging from the COM
Plexion and character of the Boston
prints, we think the news rather in
clines TO the opinion that the DEGREES
have ceased to operate.
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Delegates elected to serve in the next
General Assembly.
Washington, Reuben Brady & John
Campbell.
Amelia, James P. Cooke & James
Robertson, jun.
Brunswick, John Tucker & James
Edmunds.
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0D0ule6t1c.
PHILADELPHIA, May 9.

PHILADELPHIA, May 3.
{ Communicated for tie FreemaR'S Jour
nal
Extract Of a letter from gentleman in
CaTraccas. (Shan,sh Maine 10 his
friendi IN Philadeiflhia, dated
Caracas, March 10.
" The President of the Junta here is now
out of office, a regular Congress having
met for the FIRST time the I'd ms and they
are now busy planning Constitution & new
laws. The people are at present very Cui
ct, but perhaps it is calm portending G.
st0fm.-The day the Congress met, con
spiracy was discovered and quasbed, at the
head of which was hot headed and weak
young man, brother ln-law OF the Presi..
dent! The object of this rash plot was to
excite the slaves and mulattoes to follow
the example Of their Sc. Domingo brethren
Yet they are printing here " Paine's RiQhts
If Men," and " Roasseau's Social Con
tract"
" am just returned from trip of aboat
800 miles in the interior. | travelled on
horseback, and it was something disagree
able; sleeping frequently on the bare ground
With only tie sky for covering, aud this
after ore scanty meal in the day of Casa
va bread and brown sugar, washed down
the dirt of alligators and the slime of wa
ter snakes, Of one Of which l saw a skele-
ton, the monster being Killed in the act of
swallowing deer at guip. During the
whole three weeks was absent, there was
not a dfop of rain fell, and yet the heat was
by no means excessive. In fact, return
ed from my tour wi h a sun-burut face, but
All increased appetite. For the first Ihrce
days travelling, the road leads over high
| hills, with narrow vailies between, which
| give rich crops of sugar and indigo, and OF
the rising grounds coffee. SO happy 10 the
climate, that, so miles from this, you see
corn fields interspersed with the sugar
cane and cocoa plant aud if they we're ia
the hands Of any other people, for instance
the English, French, Dutch, or Yankees
IN every garden would be united all the En-
ropcau and Tropical fruits; yet. except
m1sk and wates msioHs which grow wilhdu
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! AND FOX sALE.-will be sold to tn,
w5wT

4 AND FOX SALE.-Will be sold to the
- highest bidder on the premises, on the LIST
day OF September l8II.-That we'll known tract
OF Land called Smithfield containing by estima-
ton five hundred and fifty acres, lying on the
RappshannocIS in avery healthy situation about
four miles below Fredericksburg.-O On this tract
there is two hundred and fifty acres of Wood
land, and the open lard Cor fertility of soil and
the many natural advantages is not surpassed by
any tract ofthe size in the state.-There are Sc
veral O.Iarries of valuable Freestone upon the
margin Of the River. The land is well watered
with never failing springs. There is natural
Wharf where vessels drawing ten feet water
may take off grain.-There is smell meadow
Of about twenty acres OH the River and about
fifty acres OF improved Land which is supposed
by Judges to be Superior to the other
The above Property will be sold for the dis.
charge of two deeds Of trust to Robert Pat
aon OF Fredericksburg. ---The terms of the
ssIe will be one fourth of the Purchase money
TO be paid down on the day of Sale and the Ba-
lance by three annual payments, taking Bonds
with approved security and deed of trust up
on tile land bearing interest from the date.
THE TRUSTEES.
February 26. WITS.
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PARIS, Feb. c,

The following is the answer of his males
y toa deputatiCn of the Electo-C ollege Of
the Department of Finesterre:
81 receive your address. Tie true cause
OF the disasters which the navy has sus-
tanned, arises from the loss of those ineSti-
mable men which France has been depri.
we'd of in the civil wars hat have princi-
pally torn Brittany and Foiton shall vi
sit Brest as soon as it is in my power Bot
such is the power of my people, tn at liz four
years shall have more than one hundred
sail of the line. and twohu,dred frigates.-
The sailors of the Adriatic, a. well as those
OF the Baltic already con end with my Bre-
tons and PrOvencaIs in zeal and courage to
contribute to the freedom Of the seas in
which, not only the interest of my Empire,
but that OF all the nations of the world is in.
viewed"
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February 26.

NJ OTICE.-By virtue of a deed of trust ex
IN cuted to us by Nicholas Durham, for the
purpose of securing the payment of certain debts
therein mentioned, will be sold on the premises,
TO the highest bidder, for cash, on Thursday,
the 9th of June next, if fair, Of not) the next
fair day, two tracts Of LAND zone on which the
said Durham now resides, lying in the county
Of Cumberland, containing 1928 acres, more or
less; and bounded by the lasds of George Hol-
man, Joseph Anglea and the lands of John Ma.
cons estate--the other also lying in the county
OF Cumberland, containing 213 acres and boun
ded by the lands Of the said Geo. Holman, To.
sept Angles, Page p Tbinny and the said Ma
cons estate.
TSCHARNER WOoDSON,
GEORGE HOLMAN. ATHfees'
apFi go w4w
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LoUISA JOCKEY CLUE R4cRs.

NNTI ILL commence at Louisa Court House
w Thursday the 3Oth day of May next,
free FOR any horse, mare or gelding, foalded the
property Of an inhsbitant Of Louisa County.
LIST Day, two thirds of the whole amount of
Che subscription money, together with five dol
lars entrance, two mile heats.
End Day, the other third Of the subscription
money, with the Ike entrance Of FIVE dollars, one
mile heats
The Secretary being authorised to receive
Subscribers until the first day Of the race, it IS
unknown what tie precise amount of the sub
scr'ption will be, but from the number OF sub
scribefs already obtained, it is supposed the
purse for the first day, will be at least s 10
and .or the second at least S 90.
WILLIAM ERR ET, Secyetar,
Ma 4 w3wT
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THHe Subscriber having quit the Grocery
Il Business, and expects to be absent from
thus place for some months, has authorised
Messrs. Hohsen and Bracket of Manchester, 10
settle his AccouHts--Those who may have
claims against him, will please call on them for
payment, and all those who may be in arrears, I
ces without delay, as no longer Indulgence can
be given--Messrs. Hobson and Brackets recent
will be good tor any money paid them, as they
are the only persons authorized to settle my ac-
counts.
DANIEL GORDON.
Manchester, May g. WOW
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LONDON, NJ arch %.

Il
The Board of Trade have CON nunIcated
20 the Merchants the precis, conditions
on which iicence will be grated. The
subject having hitherto been but briefly
alluded to. we shall here sulJoin particu-
lars -
Imports from the Baltic se to continue
until the 1st day o. January 1912. confined
90 the ports to the eastward or the river y
dro. on the south side of the Baltic; on con-
dition that the name of thr vessel, the coun-
try to which she belongs, rae tonnage, the
name OF her master, AM the port from
which she is to clear ou., are all sPecihed
in the licence.
Imports from the Swedish ports in the
Baltic, to the er.stwarG of Hano Bay, are
confined to the Port of Ystadt.
Imports from the. rorts to the eastward
of the river OGro az. allowed on the same
conditions as hose IF the Baltic, except,
thar it is rr4quireI that an export from
the United Kir sdom must first take
place.
Imports from Sweden, Norway and
Denmark, without the Baltic, are to be
admitted On tie same conditions as be-
fore.
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ME Commissioners have appointed to meet
Il in Manchester, on Monday the 9th Nav
next from whence they will proceed to view
and mark out the way for road to be opened
from that place to the North Carolina line as
directed by all act passed at the last session of
the General Assembly.
April}). 1911 w5wg
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LoNBoN. March %.

Sometime ago, SON of Iibernia an itine-
rant dealer in drapery goods, put up at the
sign OF the Dolphin, in ew-Castle-undet-
Lyme Going Uut in the afternoon. and con.
ceIving his business might detain him ra-
ther later than usual, he requested his land
lord to wait for him until eleven o'clock =
ms was promised, but Pat forgot the hour
ana dld not return till 10, when finding
TIE door fastened, and all the family in bed
ne immediately crossed the road. and sci.
sing the knocker Of an opposite door. began
TO Knock most iuriousy. The noise soon
awoke the gentleman of the house. who in
great surprise opened the window and en-
CURED the reason of the disturbance pa
replied Il is only l your honor don't
mean TO disturb you lodge at the SIGN Of
me Bg Ij8h, but the landlord being ~ he'd
and the door made last, have o1Jy bar
ro7ged tie lean u your kn9cker 10 zpake him
--thaFs oH! '''''
Plate and jewels to an immense value
nave been discovered in various parts o
france, which had been buried before theii
J ulgh' by the Eo5les attached to the direfu
i0rtanss OF she house Of Bourbon, Psy.icu
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or Published BY Tho,ra. Richie, nearly Oh.
posite the Globe Tdvcrn, Richmond, Vireinia.
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De considered as dnnai subscribers, must hereafter
designate 1t at the time Of subscribing, otherwise
teir papers wtH De discontinued at TIE expiration
of the frst year.
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price per SOU is, IS Cents for the first insertion,
and so for every subsequent one
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o. There will be published. from this Office

(perhaps in 2 volumes9
THE OLD BACHELOR.
Which has deservedly attracted the atten, inn of
she literary world-a woJ1, which has, in fact.
been pronounced sufficient to redeem the cha.
racter of the American Literature from the iIl;.
beral structures Of the Edinburgh Review
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thanks of the Editor.
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NE SnRGCRIBER.

4 INTENDS in future, TO practice LAW in
Il the Superior and Inferior Courts of Abe
marie County. He will continue his prctice in
the Superior and Inferior Courts of Louisa and
GoOchland.
Wa. C. POINDEXTER.
Louisa, May WOW
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lay in the environs Of Paris. The spot
were these valuabes we're dep sited
wre discovered by the Ingenious az plica-
tio of watering machines-the unJroken
goupd retaining the wa;er consi cradle
tine on the surface, while that which
hid been broken very quickly absorbed
e
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JAMES LANG, TAYLoR-Has comnen.
y ced business in the house of Mr. Solemn
Marks, directly opposite Mr.. II Tompkits.
where he hopes from steady application to me
mt a share ofpublic patronage.
april 90 w5w
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FIR nj a London Pa}ier.

3 A writing master in Islington has contri-
we'd to carry off young lady scholar, with
fortune o. & $4,000. a few days before
the eloper.ent, he was askedby her guard
an show miss came on with her writing ?"
To which the master drily replied, vastly
we'll, sir, for shall soon put her into join
ing ha5.d
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Ertr1cs Of a letter from an English mer-
ch4nr i,A Calcutta, 10 his, friend in Boston,
d1ted Dec q, 1910.

dsted Dec q, 1910.
= The Cheese you sent me by the Cara
van came out in the highest order. I,wish
y)1 had sent thousand. as I could have
sod them all for 2 rupees anas per pound,
L dollar 25 cents.l Il was equal to any
double Gloucester that ever came out from
England. and was actually taken for one
IF that description. The mcde of packing
was excellent Such cheese, with cider
and perry, in bottles, will always meet with
good market here, if they arrive in good
order.
a. The above cheese was purchased
of MIR. Joseph Calender. in March, 1910,
and Packed in a tin case under his iaopec-
ton.
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~ APPRENTICES
NTANTED Immediately, at this Offse. two
Wv or three APPRENTYCES-Quai
ons and terms made known, on application.
April 2. IF
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IN6EpENDENoE o. sFAMisn Amra1oA


The Federal and English prints =, bo,t.
sides OF the water have loudly urorIai
ed, that the spirit OF freedom was 40 =,
the Spanish Provinces; and thev annsaa
TO be delighted their own acco1nfs &C
millions of men quietly enduriug az
Chains OF mona rchy and superstitioni Pnt,
we have vely good reason to disbtIiex|
these stories+-Ihe Spanish Americsra
still aspire to freedom and nv tS.,'
achieve it We copy the foIy,a,ieSS
from the American of this Mcrn,n, "s
" If we may judge from circut staSces,
HAVANA or more properly speaking, az
Island OF Cuba, is on the eve of 4 revnI;t,;o,,
IN favor OF free and ndependsnt rnosrnA
ment' We have received the fr.t r ;r,ro-
duCtory number Of the American ps,r;o, y
Pii"ted at Havana, by Don pedra N,ch.
las PALMER. The public NAV fotn sn5oe
idea OF It's object by It's Contents. I, isin,bS
hands OF translator and will he ,;y"r ~
an carly hour. This IS me FRA -
the Kind that was ever dared To he n,,,,. OF
ed IN that island and begins thus ~ ~
Empire of tyranny is at an end. and ~ Z
! OF liberty commences the reign If a.
tisT gives way % that Of Justice ana ~. ~
1on." 1he Aditcg promises, 81 erss.,,.t -
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II letter iron, Havannah, of IN,

5taffS,
" That the instruction in Mexico was
entirely subdued tranquility was restored
throughout the Kingdom, and free COM
merce with the other colonies of Spain un.
der the national flag.
The Schooner Ramona had arrived az
La Vera Cruz from Maracay boz
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ceivable. The wall encloses an area of a.
bout thrty-ivc acres; the highest part of
the enclosure IS where the wall first casn-
mences Here also, on this high and COM
manding eminence, is another small Fort a.
bot thirty yards long and ten broad, the
wall or which is composed Of the same ma
terials as the other. This Fort is inside Of
the first, one end and side os which is not more
than thirty feet from the onter wall the in
side wall is higher and thicker than the outer
one. Tacrc are three gates, one is in the
outer wall, another is in one end of the inner
Fort, exactly fronting the first and eAe.other.
inside of the inner Fort, near one conner
This inner Fort appears to have been inten-
del among other purposes, for retreat in
the last extremity of a siege The land
which the Fort enclosesi is not fertile, neither
is i 50 in its neighbornood. The Fort must
have been erected many years ago, for
could see difference in the trees growing in
1t aud on the walls, from those outside; but 1
noticed some OF them on the wall had been
blown down, and were nearly rotted away
The place is visited by most travellers who
pass near it.-For my part, was much gra-
titled with sight of it.
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mug a. ALL is worth doing well. Do one thing
at t'me, and hntsh what you begin. Keep
Your kitchen as neat as your parlonr. Be re-
gular IN your domestic duties. Always wash
on Mondays, and for the credit Of your d augh-
ters, it yodshave to rise by day light. be sure
TO nave your clothes hung ont before noon,
and your baking finished before dinner. Keen
your children. neat and when they grow up
they viii keep themselves clean AS to,tae
article OF scolding, know it would be use
less to prohibit it altogether, but pray YOU
toroear as much as possible, for there is no.
thrns SO lilly becomes the rosy lip Of pretty
woman W., as scowl OF an angry expression
The Cleaner.
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CHARLESTON, May %.
COMMUNICATION.
Shorsan6trgA District, May, 1911.

Mr lHoMAs,-ln recent tour took
through the western country, my curiosity led
me to visit the remains of q fertilization T.,
Bedford county, state of Tennessee, winch 1
think merits the attention of the lovers of
antiquity.
There are three streams, which when thew
unite take the name of Duck River, and are
called the forks Of Duck River; the Fort is
on the east side of the most eastwardly of
these streams, called the Barren Fork, which
Is tnWty or forty yards wide. The spot on
winch the Fort stands, appears to have
been very Jddiciously chosen for place of
sateJy and defence, as it was most evidently
intended tor that purpose, being the most
eieVated IN It's nelshborhood, and command
ing prospect OF the country round about.
The Barren Fork passes the Fort in a south
west dlrection-the Bark Camp Creek. a
branch of Barren Fork and nearly the same
size, makes SO near an approach to the latter
Immediately above che Fort, as not to be
more than one hundred yards apart; then
passing tue Fort, on the east, it winds round
some lofty Knobs and craggy cliffs, for a mile
or two, and then unites with Barren Fork one.
hundred yards below the Fort. The Fort
wall commences about ten yards from Barren
Fork, AMI passing down that river nearly
parallel with the wall, at length comes in
contact with the rivers bluG-5fere the bluG
IS so hiSn and steep, as to supercede the ne
cesslty OF wall, being entirely unassailable
by the enemy. Where the bluifbecomcs lese
steep, the wall again commences, and era
dually leaving the river it gently winds round.
and then taking a straghtdireCtion il stretch
es across plain till It reaches BARK Camp
Creek: here the creek bluff is so steep, and
sor some distance up it, as again 10 supercede
the necessity Of u wall-again the wah iscon-
tinued, and gradually leaving the creek. it
winds round and finally ascends the hill. and
| is joined TO the river wall at the bee.fnninp
corner. The wall is yet from eight to ten feri
high, and composed Of dirt and stone due mn
on each side oft; tine dilches are still per.
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ll2 70 Cent 3rpele. i

Iisc Ca similar iJnr es tn our property 9th rugd
mnch less to our seamen) from France.
w oether these actual Injuries by France Gre
IN retaliation of prior injuries by Britain or
whetheT thooe Of France we're the original ag-
sressions, they are injuries, golifch haUe not a.
risen Jr0ss our government.
One truth, absolute in its nature and unde-
niable, ought to destroy the clierge against
our government tits this--s5et our laws
are deliberately framedsa,id settled, that if
France and Britain shallts ascertaiuet TO
have concerned to the eqntaofe law of nati-
oas, our regulating and restricting clauses ait
become void, The proc,amations issued by
the Presidents Jefferson md Madison, in con
sequence of the two several acts OF nIr. Err
skIne and the Duke Of Cadore, afford con-
elusive evidence, that this government, which
has remarkably sfariuonized in the h lnds Ct
those two Presidents, was willing, ready and
desirous, nay anxious to relieve oar navigate
on, our coslsrcrcc, our merchants and our
mariners from every obstruction and restric-
ton. .ss
Every candid n7n who coolly examines
these facts, viii find that they afford the
strongest reasons to throw the blame of our
commercialsutferings upon the wild ambition,
the gross cupility, the raging passions, and.
the consequent conduct of the beliis erents
govern their respective countries and all TO-
reign property and people, whom they reach,
with an iron regimen. Oar laws are all con-
ditional, alItenporaiy as they regard this SUBJ
ject. The condition of them is, that they
shall become null and'void, when France and
Britain snail cease unlawful injuries TO our
persons, our property and our rights. This
condition is surely not foolish, not criminal,
not extravagant, not extraordinary. 1t is
wise, dutiful in our public agents. Just to-
wards the offending belligerents, paternal and
protecting towards the suffering merchants
and seamen. Prejudice alone can render II
excepticnable to a genuine American. Fo-
reign operations and devices may occasion it
to be disapproved for moment but "there
is Z, fund otgood sense" in the body of the
nisinformed, which cannot long be deceiy-
ed.
MODETUS.
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POETRY.
From Bells (LO'sdoa) Weekly Messenger.
LIES WEATHER GAUGE.
COMPOSED BY Mr.. D1Bp1N.

! COMPOSED BY Mr.. DIBDIN.
Kim for Tom Tiller's golden maxim,
Who studies life in every stage;
He'll tell you plainly, if you AK him,
Contents this LIES best Weather Gauge.
own Tom had bat little learning,
Such as our flats pick up at school;
Yet heis cunning and discerning,
And though no conjuror, Toms no fool.
A Tar, cried Toms to peace a STRANGER;
Fore Fortunes tempest cuts AMI drives,
No single moment free from dranger,
And so does every man that lives;
In toll and peril he his part takes,
Stands fire, and hurricane aud shot:
he has his quaLns, his headaches, heart
aches,
And where's the luhber that has nots
he gold he gets does good to others.
though he az random let's it fly;
For, as mankind are all his brothers.
He keeps &c in the family;
Hair breadth escapes each hour he weathers
ITO moment he can call his own;
And thus are men PIT to their tethers,
Up from the cottage to the throne.
The thing is this: in every station
We're born for pleasure and for trouble {.
And, if you strike to each vexation,
Good Hopes true Cape you'll never dou-
BILE;
Bat take the cool and evil CHEEKY,
And sum up creditor and debtor.
II iii this world they use Won oueerlv.
be honest, and you'n find a better.
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Neef,s System of Te ACHING.
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A LETTER

FROM gentleman in Philadelphia, 10 ano-
ther in Providence, K. l. dated, H.tru %,
1911.
DEAR sra