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Lt,de existed, which might terminate IN the
snh;ection of all Europe to the Power OF DO
naparte. If, however, the Emperor OF Russia
should avoid the shock, and tamely yield to the
continental system Of his adversary, the effect
Of this occlusion of the ports of all Europe to
the British trade, could not fail to be sensIby
felt by that power, and to create new induce
ments upon her part, to cultivate friendship,
and peace with the United States.
Attic same time, gentlemen would call 10
mind the unsettled state of affairs between this
country and France. The principle OF Impair
tial and equal conduct as to the belhgerents
was ayowed by all, and he had, as yet met with
no one who hesitated TO declare, that II france
refused redress for the wrongs she had done
us, that the same course ought to be taken IN
relation to her as to England. 1t was aiIedged
that negotiation was still pending between the
United States and France. and at present we
were bound to abstain from acts OF hostility as
to her. This doubtful state Of affairs as to that
power was strong reason for delay "A few
months will necessarily realize or disappoint
the expectations which are entertained. 1t
could not be the intention of gentlemen TO pro-
pitate the Emperor, and to secure treaty by
means of war with England. This would be
purchasing his friendship at the exPence OF
our honor, as well as of our blood and trea-
sure. Before we break with England, We
ought to know upon what terms we stand
With France If France will concede nothing
III order to induce to enter into the war,
what are We to expect when she is no longer
skiing our aid, but we are standing in need Of
her assistance, to carry on the contest. In
yin then will you ask for redress and in
demnity for seizures and spoiliatons. Let us
wait and see what she will do before we throw
urselyes into her scaIes-afterwards, it will
be too late.
ITO be continued
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our peace jeopaFdized thcna as well ssna
Yet peace and commerce were prese,s, -,
Washington and Adarns-the rights = "
country were vlndicated--and eycrv Vls
swelled the treasury, invigorstcd tic in1 va.
and exalted the character of the consry,
Alas those times arc gone by, Fros,ma~
ment the republican administration corn no
ed, the tide of prosperity ceased to flow nc,
Low, Low indeed is the cbb! RepqbGe.aa
administration do say? Meas far ff,o,' @''N
publican as the east is from the west = y
citizens are dcluded by namr-butth they CO oa'
be deluded by things. The woful state of = p
nation speaks i'll language louder than y, .s
thousand murders, to dissipate dclrsion "a =
demands that our citizens no longer follow \
name In my next vii! give you nv cp;,;,
on the subject Of the UNION" f'"O1
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From the PHILADELPHIA Register.
SPEECH
OF
.MR. BaEaRD,

In THE SENATE OF THE U. STATES,
Uhon his motion made on the 1914 OF June, TO
hosthone tho further coasiderat'on Of me
Bill declaring Var against Great Britain, 20
the Slst Of October.
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NUI ICE.

rVHE subscribers to Ashby Cap Turnpike
4 Company, are hereby notified and re-
auestedto pay TO the Treasurer of said COM
pany on or before he first day of August
next, the sum of twenty dollars on each
share also further sum of twenty dollars
on the first day of DECEMBER next, on each
and every share, by them respectively sub
scribed
BY order of the President and Directors.
A. Gibson, Treasurer.
Misdleburg, June 29-July /. sot
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-05
To THE EDITOR.
Detroit, Michigan Teu9tory,
February II, 1912.
Mr.. GALES,

| MR.. GALES,
| The following facts are COM
| mumcated to you by a subscriber, with
view OF gaining them publicity through YOUR
! paper, should you deem them of sufficient
! importance -
Since the battle of Tippecanoe, large num-
| bers OF saVages who have visited the British
| fort at Amherstburg, eighteen miles below
this place, have been there literally suppii-
ed with arms and munitions of war: within
| the knowledge ofthe writer of this article.
one Indian alone, whose residence is on the
| river Sinclair, sixty miles above here, receiy-
ed as a present, among other things, f7vO
| 6a1TeIs Of gun fo7udrr, from the British g.
gent, the famous ELfett, and passed by this
town with 1t on his way to his tribe three
weeks since. The above named Elliot, has
great influence with the Indians he is
member OF the parliament of Upper Cana
"a, winch commenced its session the last of
January at York, and be left home for that
| place about twenty days past, and although
the Parliament will probably remain in ses-
sion many weeks, Mr.. Elliott has been or
dered to return to Amherstburg to resume
MS functions as Indian Agent, and is expect
ed there Tomorrow. The writer of this ar
tlcle, on the 30th of November last, saw
letter from another honorable Member of
the Canadian Parliament, to his friend in
the interior of the province, informing him
that the Yankees had haG1a battle with the
Indians on the Wabash, and lost six han-
dred men that the loss Of the savaees a.
mounted to about forty, OF whom half were
SqHa'os." From the tenor of the letter il
app cared that the honorable Member deri.
we'd much satisfaction from being able tn
make the communication. From these and
an inhnity Of other circumstances, with which
l 90 not wish to crond your columns, devo-
tea as they are to the dissemination of the
most interesting information at this inpor-
tant Crisis, II might appear that notwithstan
dIng the British I" goDeThnent' disavoy the
insugation OF the savages 70 hostility against
us, yet perhaps there are certain "herSous''
IN the employ and nay Of that government.
whose hands arc not so clear Of the blood of
our citizens. 1t is fact, sir, that Col G. rant
oil the British army, who lately commanded
at Amherstburg, did acknozvkedVe (when he
was demonstrated with by Governor Hub.
ID 1907 on the inhuman policy of calling in
saYages to interfere in the disputes Of civiliz-
cd nauons) fhH the object If himself and
me BTzstsh agents 7vas 10 eqgage and retain
me SuUdSes ia their service IN the epe,7t of
zuar: and he alledged as a justification of
such conduct, that our government qy1flLd
SEM the hentRcki4ns tnfo C01u0q Cal
!ant kcntuckians, what thiuk We, Of British
colonel, putting sou upon a footing with the
Wurderous Sdvaget The British are not
renIss IN accelerating the preparations of their
LaEgfid resources against us in this r,,sr,er
/ ne brit'sh naval force onlakc Eric consists,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-05
WAsH1NGroN CRY, Feb. %.

The House of Represent atiyes adjourned
Yesterday, after refusing, by majority Of
three votes, to concur in that part of the re-
port OF the committee of WAYS and Means
winch goes to lay tax on imported Salt
IL gives us pam to say, that much difference
OF opinion prevails III the House on the sub
JeCt now before them. War out ofthc oues
ton, we should have been rs much ODD osed
to taxes as any one but when war mea-
sures nave been resorted &c, and expences
INQUIRE q, we cannot see how hose, who
nave been their warwest 2,iL coates, can re-
conciie with consistency . refusal TO provide
the ways and means Coz carving them into
effect. We cannot the, for conceal our
surprise and regret az having seen pr;n-
cipal feature OF system, the result of the
closest investigation and E3.urest reflection,
reJected-reJected almost cetore its bearing
was considered. The argument of UNEQUAL
operation will apply as we'll 10 anv other
tax as to this, and Will, L Suffered to pre-
dominate, as certainly defeat every tax pro-
posed by the tinanc,al Committee.
The most favorable New which can be ia
ken ofthls subject is, that the iniisposition
| to Vote the necessary taxes result from the
iaudabie determination 20 make them con-
temporary 18Th H3Wzr, 70 nave no existence
| TIL 1t Is comWencCt, auG t. cease when it is
~ 40 i''fi'n from lN!S cause.
combined wish she fear of alarming the
! people" by the ,umor of taxes, thai So many
are opposed to che discussion and abortion
| OF the Propcsed system. Faxes, It is said,
are:fct pai@taoie to the people. They cam
notbe less SO, we reply, than war-and ma
wing determined the greater question by au-
| ShorIsing The creationof a vast military force,
| shall We shrink fromthe comparatively nm
important question of taxation, TO an ',ount
sufficient to pay the interest of the loans re-
cessary to support It The people are, we
believe, much less afraid of taxation than
their Representatives, and viii meet with
cheeriulness the cost of war undertaken
Tor the support of their national rights
cost Tor which their pockets are nc 10 be
taxed until war shall actually Commence.
Letus, however, hope for the best, and
trust to the patriotism and wisdom of the
Representatives of the peaple to substitute
for the rejected item some object of Ga lion
which will produce an equal revenue, ~ a
manner less obnoxious to their feelings IL
such shouldbe the consequence ofyesterday's
decision, We need not say that we shall sin
cereiy rejoice in it.--Nat. Intcl
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ford, Stuart, Taggart, Tallraadge, Whea.
ton, Whitehill, Widgery, Wilson, Wright,
so.
[Yeas 57-Nays 60. Absent on this vote
% members, viz. Messers. Bartlett, Sullivan,
Cults, Taliman, Avery, Cook, Paulding, Hv-
neman, raliaterro, Sawyer, Williams, Cobb
and Gannet, absent from the city and
Messrs. Clopton, Bigelow, White, Davenport,
Sturges, Fisk, Strong, Livingston, Gold and
Richardson, absent from indsposition and o.
Their causes.1
The 5th resolution next came under con-
sideration for laying duties on distillers
when
Mr.. M'Kim moved to strike out what re-
lates to laying 4 duty OH the capacity of the
still. and to insert in its place 25 cents per
gallon.
Mr.. Seybert did not know that he should
have made single observation on this sub
lJect, had it not been for the vote which had
Just been taken; but he must acknowledge
he felt himSelfso disappointed and mortified,
| that he believed he should vote against every
other tax. For if gentlemen will oppose one
item OF taxation, because il. happens to fall a
little harder on some sections of the country
than others, whilst other gentlemen, for the
sake OF accommodates, have consented to
lay much heavier brrthcns on their constitu-
ents, he tiespaired of establishing any sys-
tenn OF taxation. He had been told we were
entering on a war for commerce. He did not
so consider it. He believed we were about
to engage i'll war to maintain our honor,
liberty and sovereignty, as nation. Whilst
the PenRsylvanians are selling their wheat for
two dollars a bushcl, it could not be said they
wanted war to obtain any better price for
their produce; if any part of the country
were inhuencedby motives of interest, it must
be the tobacco and cotton planters; it might
therefore be rather termed war for agri-
culture, and particular species of it, than
for commerce. But he had always consider
ed it as having higher objects in view.
The Speaker declared the motion of the
gentleman from Maryland to be out of or
der; as all propositions for raising revenue
must first be discussed i'll committee of the
whole.
A motion to adjourn was made and carri-
ed.
Adjourned till Monday.
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INTEREsTING-From SPAIN.

On the second of january, the Spanish
Ciencia arrived at Cadi8 from Lima, with
100000 of dollars.-She left the British
~, Bulwark, Capt. Fleming, at Lima, ia
King in specie for Cadiz. The Ciencia brings
the most flattering accounts from Peru
Perfect tranquility existed and the inhabi-
tants displayed the greatest patriotism and
attachment to the mother country.-Ama-
zng voluntary contributions had been raised
for the support of the war in the Peninsula.
The chief of the Etat Major has received
from the General of the 4th army a copv Of
the despatch addressed to him by Gen. Don
Francisco Copons, from Tarifa, dated the
9th inst. and is as follows:
Most Excellent Sr-Thc enemy have
entirely retired, and passed through Veger
and Medina. Although l mentioned toyour
Exceliency that they had lost the greatest
part of their train ofartilery, it is ascertain
ed the whole has been taken: They have
saved nothing; the Foads arescovered with
different effects, and the country houses are
filled with ammunition.
They have buried all their artillery of 10
Founders, and we are endavoriDg to disco
vcr the place.
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February SO.

The Speaker laid before the House a pc
tition from tho Wyandot Indians, praying for
a grant of land, accompanied with suHtlry
talks.-Referred to the committee OH Pnblie
Lands.
Also, a report from the Secretary of the
Treasury; with statement Of the amount of
the customs, from the commencement of the
preseat government, which was ordered to
be printed.
A bill from the Senate to establish a Gene
raj Land Office in the Department of the
Treasury, was twice read aud referred to
the committee on Public Lands.
The amendments Of the Senate to the bin
authorising the Secretary of the Treasury to
purchase Winslow Lewis's patcnt-ri.h. for
lighting ght-Houscs, we're agreed to.
Mr. Basset observed, that a new edition of
the Manual Of Parliamentary Practice was a.
bout to be published in this city and as he
believed no book could be placed in the Lii
Drary that would be more useful to members
OF Congress, lac had prepared resolution
proposing to authorize the Clerk to subscribe
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measures TO, Pause upon this fearful ABYSS
this labyrinth ofwar, into which whomsoever
mas entered, except the two great devourers
OF mankind, the Tiger and the Shark, have
most assuredly died.
With respect to the taxes in question, tho
they should be voted in shoals, he should ne
yer believe that the people of the u. States
VIII ever submit TO pay them. He wished not
to be misunderstood. They will submit to
them as long rs they are enforced by lay :;
but the people of the U. States are the law
glvers OF this land; and they will take care
these laws shall not long exist. Indeed, they
would be traitors to themselves and their
children, 1t they suffered their last shilling To
be taken from their pockets, and their blood
10 DC spiiied In war which they did not APP
prove.
The bill passed its third reading % to 90,
The Yeas and Nays were:
I lEAS-Messrs. Aston, Anderson. Ar
cher, Bacon, Bard, Bassett, Bib3, Bleecker,
bnyd' Brown, Burwell, Butler, Calhoun,
SheveS, Clay, Cochran, Condit, Crawford
laws, Dawson, Desha, Dinsmoor, Earle
Emott, tlndley, Fisk, Franklin, Gholson
Gold, Goodwyn, Green, Grundy, b. Hall
-. Hall, Harper. Hawcs, Hufty, Johnson
hent, King, Laeock, Lefever, Little, Living
ston, Lowndes, Lyle, Macon, Maxwell
Moore, M'Coy, M'Kim, Metcalf, Morgan
Morrow, Nelson. New, Newbold, Newton
Ormsoy, Pickens, Piper, Peasants, Pond
Porter, Potter, Quincy, Reed, Richardson
h'nggo! 'Rhea, Roane, Roberts, Sage, Sam.
mons, Seaver, Sewer, Seybert, Shaw, Smile
". smith, J. Smith, Stow, Strong, Tracy
| irouP, Turner, Van Cortlandt, Whitehiil
Widgery, VIM, Wright -92.
NAfS-Messrs. Baker, Bigelow, Brigham
breckenridge, Champion, Chittenden, Da.
venport, Fitch, Godsborough, GRAY, Jack.
son, Law, Lewis, Minor, Mosely, Pearson
Pitkin, Randolph, Ridgely, Rodman, Shcffey
Stanford Stewart, Sturges. Taggart, Tall
maage, Wheaton, White, Wilson.-29.
a bill from the Senate for establishing
| Quarter masters Department, and for othe,
purposes, was twice read, and referred tn the
committee on Military Affairs.
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begin rcaping for me on Monday next, il the
weather continues fine. The woman's name
is Elizabeth Austin her age 70.
L. II. SHRIMPTON, Gov.
House of Industry, Harrington,
Berks, August 80, 1905.
The receipt alluded to in the above letter
was as follows -" Eating the leaves of Bo-
hea Tea is stated 10 have effected several
cures IN the cases of Dropsy, in the course of
few days About two large tea-cups full
OF the tea are Infused in = quart of water,
and during the day the decoctios is to be
drank and the leaves eaten at short inter
vals."
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-05
Foreign Intelligence.
HH1LADELPHIA, February 81.
Ertrdct ojra letter 10 the Editor Of the De.
n,ocratic Press, dated


paris, January 1, 1912.
1--WE are to have a treaty of commerce
with this nation on advantageous and liberal
terms, and while this treaty is negotiating
our commerce is to enter the ports of France
without any other formalities than the ships
papers and clearance with certificate of
origin, and none of our vessels are to be seiz-
ed except under we'll grounded and strong
suspicious OF having false papers,
"West India produce will not be admitted
unless under special license, unless our eo-
vernment will make some new and efficient
arrangements to prevent the counterfei,inr
ships papers, &c, and uss-t,t.evvntinp, the
shameful abuse and prostitution of our fap.
Such arrangement has become Indispensable,
will state one fact Eighty three z,eaSeIs
entered the Black Sea, and landed theifcar-
goes at Cressin and Odessa, at,acte,- .4,ne,icon
cotorS having passed the Dardannells ander
the protection of the British has.-.--
Similar abuses have prevailed the whole wa,.
and they have multiplied as the cord of com.
mercial restriction has been drawing tighter.
"'Fhe Berlin and Milan DEGREES are revo-
ked SO far as they affect us. The shin A.
castus, OF Boston, taken and Brought into Fe-
camp under them, has, on NJ. Barlow's an
phcation, been given up, as has several O.
theirs.
Notwithstanding the many rumors to the
contrary, the best informed politicians are of
opinion that peace will be preserved between
this country and Russia
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for as many copies as might appear suffci-
ent tor the use of the number of new mem
oers which might at any time be in the
House. 1t was in the following words:
ReSot0ed, That the Clerk Of this House
be authorised to subscribe to Joseph Mnligan
ana W M: cooper tor copies ofthe new
edition of JeHerson's Manual. provided they
annex thereto the standing rules and orders
otthis House, to be paid for out of the Con-
tnSent fund, and the books placed in the Ii
brary for the use of Congress-
The blank was filled with SO, and the re-
solution agreed to.
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Mr. Randolph certainly had no allusion
20 the National lntelligencer in this remark
because, as to this paper such an impntaGon
as IS here conveyed would be utterly and no.
toriousiy without foundation. Whatever NAV
be our errors Of omission or commission, MIR.
Randolph and his friends (the description of
persons, we presume, to whom the orator
adyerts( have neither right or reason to com
PLAN they certainly have heretofore occu-
Pied, I'D our columns, their full share Of pub
Tic attention. We have therefore tboi,e,b,
proper to caution our readers against f,Ijine.
INTO the error, from the generality of the hon
orable gentleman's phraseology, of supposing
sIn to have alluded TO this paper.
Ed. Net. In.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-05

Marnont is at open war with Joseph b.
naparte hostiIitieS are public. That gene
raj has lately ordered Foy to take possession
OF the store houses at Aranjuez, and imme-
diately sold all the grain deposited therein.
without paying the least regard to the remon-
strances of the intrusive government that
had collected them for very different OBJ
jcct
An expedition has set out to levy a contri-
button Of 100000 reals in the mountain cal
led Sierra dc Francia.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-05
To the Eator Of me London Sun.

Sir-ln your paper few weeks since OBJ
served that Bohea Tea. and the leaves to be
eaten, was recommended as cure for the
above iaia! disorder; and as had pauper
IN the house at that time, who was given over
by the visiting surgeon, ] ventured the expc-
rimcnt, and 20 my astOuishment found an al
most instant relief repeated the dose but
once, and lie woman iD the course ola week
was able to 80 out to hay-making, and will
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-03-05
BosroN. Feb. %.

DOSTON, cd. "a.
Mr.. Kennard, of this town, has invented.
and is now building travelling carriage. 20
be propelled without horses, and go much
faster, with small burthen, than common
stage travelling; and with great burthen
as fast as a baggage Wagon.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-08-10
ron 4aE yIac1slA ARcvs.

His Ezcellcncy Caleb Strong, ESQUIRE.
prefaces his proclamation for a day Of pul-
lie fasting with this remarkable phraseolo-
~: Whereas IL has pleased the Almighty
Ruler OF the world, in his righteous provi-
dence, 20 Permit rs to be engaged in plr
against The nation fran which ne are de
scended, and 7vhich, for many Senerations,
Has been The 6airDark 2fthe reEigi0H zye ffro-
fess." At war with the nation from which
we descended! Did ever mortal man hear
of such a prodigy ? Oh the deprayity Of hui
man nature, Who can be so increduIons
after this as to deny the existence Of French
influence on our government Nay, that
Boaaparte dictated in pointed terms TO our
administration The revolutionary war IS
forgotten in Massachusetts. The decIa-
ration of independence is now considered
in New England as ccngeries of misrepre-
sensations and falsehoods; and all the pa,ri-
OTIS and immortal worthless of the revolution,
Rebels and Traitors. az For many genera
tons the bulwark Of the religion We pro-
fess:" indeed it is time the history II New
England should be corrected; for that in
forms tvs that the first settlers Of it fed from
the mother country on account of religious
persecution; that they flew for refuge to the
wiles Of America, to escape the prosecutions
of the National Church.
lrvo,Ild seem too, that this bulwark of re-
ligiou withhoids privileges from its native
subjects, the Catholics of ireland, on account
of their faith, while it is waging desperate
and bloody war IN Spain and Portugal to
re-estahlislf the iIieaisition-th He'll upon
Earth-And IS non this engine OF Satan at
this tiS,e countenanced and protected at
Gina, in Asia, by rnis doughty buiwarS of
Caleb Strong Esquire's religiou1
Although at such time as the present,
humiliation, fasting and prayer, are pecuii-
ariy suitable to us as a people. who, BY cur
transgressions have incurred the Just dis
pleasure of our heavenly Benefacsor,--yet,
that a governor of a respectable state shanid
use this occasion to pervert proclamation,
recommending Humiliation, &c. to a vehicle
of SANDER and defamation, against oar adj
minissration and the majority Of Congress
is lamentable proof of faction in the east,
.inimical toouT republican government, and
of unconquera5le partially for the monar
chical governmental Great Britain.--Mo-
ney is the root of all evil
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1812-08-10
WAsHrxGrox CRY, August 6.

Letters from the Northwestern army under
General Hull, dated July 2ist and 22nd, stat
that the Result of the Indian couRcil AZ Browns
town has been communicated 20 the Genera
by which 1t appears that the Ottawas, ChIpoj
was, Pottawatanies, Wyandots, Delaw4resy
Nunsecs, some KickapOos, S4cs and the SIX Nal
tons, are unanimous for remaining neutral Te-
cuinssh and MarpOt are tue only chiefs ct con-
sequence remaining with the british. A p2rtT
OF the British, with II their Indians, passed
the River Aux CAnsrds, twelve miles from the
encampment.
sart of hrs regiment, to protect the inhabitants
The colonel attacked AMI drove them back
two of the COlonel's men were slightly .S0und.
ed-;he loss Ofthe enemy is not ascerta ined.
Col RArtliur's conduct on this, as aiibther oS9
casions, entities him TO CREDITS -.