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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
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District &C Virginia. to wit

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Of she claims rs proprietor. in the words fol~
loving, TO wit rlr. Statutes at Large, be
ing = collection Of all the laws OF Virginia, from
the 6rst session of the Legislature in the year
1919. Published pursuant to sn act Of the
General Assembly II Virginia. passed on The
fifth day of Fehrusry. one thousand eight hun.
bred. BY William Waller Hening."
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the United States, entitled act for the
encouragement Of learning. by securing the
copies OF maps, charts AMI books. to the authors
and prorrietors Of such copies, during the
times therein mentioned" Ani also to an act
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and books, 10 the authors aud proprietors o.
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Clerk Of fhe Distries ef Virginia.
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IL. So WIN MARSHALL,
CLERK Of the District of Virginia.

BE it remembered that on the 1ssh day OF
December, in the 39th year Of the independence
OF the United States Of America. Deborah w.
PIessnnts ofthe said district, hath deposited in
this Office the title Of a book, tue right whereof
she clsims as proprietor, in the words follow.
ing, to wit " Supplement, containing tie
Acts OF the General Assembly Of Virginia OF a
public and generally inter sting nature, passed
since the session of the General Assembly which
commenced in the year one thousand eight
hundred and seven, published pursuant TO an
act OF tie General Asst mbiy, passed tue tenth
day Of February one Thousand eight hundred
and twelve"
In conformity TO the act Of the Congress Of
the Unied States. entitled, "An act Tor the
encouragement of learning, by securing the
copies of maps, charts and books, to the au
thors and proprietofs of such copies, during
the times thefeia mentioned" And also 10 an
act entitled +" An act supplementary to an act,
entitled an act for the Encouragement OF learn
ing, by securing the copies of maps, charts aud
books, 70 the authors aud proprietors Of such
copies. during the times therein mentioned.
And extending the benefits thereof 10 the arts
of designing, ensrayisg, and etching historical
aud other prints"
WM. MARSHALL,
Clerk Of Hs Diafris c{ Virginia.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
Clerk of The Distrirt OF Yfreini
District Of Virginia, to wit:

Be it remembered, that oa the 18th day Of
December 80 the S3t, year ofthe Independence
CT the United States of America, Deborah w
Pleassn,s of the s,ih district, hath deposited
In this Office the title Of q book, the Right
whereof she claims az proprietor, in the words
following, to wit: "a collection Of NJ, such
acts Of the General Assembly of vir5ilia Of a
public sui permanent nature as have pissed
since the session oil 1901, TO which arc added
appendices, containing a compilation of III
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river, Potomac, Appnm.ltox and Dism.i
Swamp Canal Companies laws concerning the
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ton OF toll bridges asompi.sttop CT the srve-
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ted in the revissis Of 1894 and 1903. Laws
concerning wsste and unappropriated lands on
the Ess. ern and Western waters laws estab-
fishing ferries; lava concerning TIE public
guard titles of private and local acts, and a
table of fines. forfeitures, per Ities and amerce
ments, Designating such as are TO the use ofthe
commonwealth, such as go towards lessening
the county levy such as belong TO individuals
and such as are appropriated to any pariicu,
lar object /: with a complete index to The Whole
Vol Ii. Published pursuant TO ap act of the
General Assembly of Virginia, passed the 7,h
day OF January, Que Thousand eight hundred
and seven"
In conformity to the act Of the Congress OF
the United States, entitled Al act tor the en-
eour. cement of Learnt *, by securing he copies
of maps, charts and books, To the authors and
proprietors Of such copies, during the times
therein mentioned - And also TO an act, enti.
tied " An act supplementary to an act entitled
An act for the encouragement of learning, b,
securing the copies of maps, CHARTS and book,
to the authors and proprietors 9f such copie.
during the times therein mentioned And ex
tending the benefits thereof to tie arts Of tie
signing. engraving and etching historical and
other prints"
q. So WIN MARSHALL,
Clerk of the Distrgct of Virginia.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
DDMEsTiC.

WHAT IS A coNscRIprloNs

We have of'cn remarked, that j. is a good
evidence OF the wisdom and efficacy of a
pubic measure. when it alarms the enc.
mics of the government.
The word conscrihtion is exactly Of this
na'ure-the measure which Is denoninased
by the ere .iies Of the repr,lic a CONSUMPTION,
IS really the most efficient. probably the on
ly mean bywaicA the c,untrv can De res
cued from the bArbarity of the public enc.
a0y. aud the united treaclery of the cue.
my's adherents.
It is TIE efficacy and the Justice of that
means of defending the country which ex,
cites the apprehension Of the English adj
herfnfs--for 10 hoDeSs ,nan pus,e ,sed Of
common sence, would use the term as a
measure of an exceptionable nature be-
cause What IS cal;ed co'isc1ihfion is atreodv
The lag ofthe iand land while a free go
vernmen, exists, it must be the law OF free
anil equal government
No man who is not ap adherent of the
British government, can find an execution
To 1t, urless IL is his desire to qoifhdruzv him.
SELF from fhe dCfenco II his country, or to
G5ef the enemy.
The only objections which can be fairly
made gainst the laws proposed call them
eonscrllon. or militia drafts, add the mean,
ing is exactly the same-call them by either
name, and The most powerful and only ar.
guments that can be urged against them
are
1. The hrohoskion. carried info effect. auil
! give a coDzfcfentJ force.
2. The means proposed would over wlelm
the enemy in three months.
5 The war would be decided with glory
and safety In a campaign.
4. But it would destroy English influence
which has cursttha country so much.
s. The silk stocking gentry. and the sf.
f%eDnnate aristocracy would be shocked at
the idea OF mingling their best blood With
the plebiap farmers and trades people who
make the rank and file of the armies.
6. Every man would be bound TO take his
tour OF duty, or End a substitute,
ihis IS the utmost latitude OF exception
that can be taken to what is called the con
srrihfion ; and every other exception or pre-
text UPON which It Is opposed con sists in
lisiQble ignorauce-or hollow fraud, or
outrageous falsehood, or cowardly dishon~
esiy.
Let US see uvhaf Ia hrotoscd 10 be done /?
Why the nation is at war with a powerful
and yiodictive enemy, who, BY the changes
ia Europe, has a largs veteran army uf
more than 14O, 00e men at its disposal ; and
a fleet of 1000 ships Of all rates (; this power
fpi enemy has produced those changes in
Europe by its corruption, not by its hrosvess;
by purchasing the Minister'S and arrayins
all the powers OF Europe on its side, it has
spoceeded in prostrating. for some years,
the power of France.
BY the same process Of corruption, car
ried on for years. Of which the agency of
Henry, if there we're no other. would be a
sufficient proof. the enemy has organized an
English marry in the United States. whose
views and designs are unfclded with sufici-
ent clearness in the discoveries OF Henry,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
THE COPY-RIGH TIT
OF the following valuable
Works are now Cor sale:
DEVISED CODE.
District of Vireinia to wifi

Be it remembered. that on the 18th day of
December, in the .39th year of the indepen.
dence OF the United States OF America, Debo.
rah w. Pleasants OF the said District, hath Is-
positesi in this Office the title of a book, the
right whereof SIZE claims MS proprietor, i'm the
words following, to wit " a collection of al.
sach acts of the General Assembly OF Virgins,
Of q public and permanent nature as are now
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proprietors of such copies, during the times
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tied " An act supplementary To an act, ~entitlcl
An act for the encouragement of learning, by
securing the copies of maps, charts aud books,
to the authors and proprictors Ct such copies,
during the times therein mentioned And
extending the benefits thereof TO the arts OF
designing. engraving aud etching oil historical
and otser ptin.s.S
Wsf. MARSHALL,
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TO RRMZ.

Two three story brick renemeuts belongs
ing to the Estate Of Samuel Peasants, deceas-
ed. situated on = cross street near James
Browns veudue Office, and adjoining James
Lownes' dwelling Each tenement contains 3
well finished rooms. with many CONVENIENT clo-
sets, and good accommodations tor servants
They are we'll situated for a private family or
a genteei boarding house. Possession may be
had OF one OF the tcnemcnts immediately and
of the 9th III in n few weeks. For further par
,iculars enquire of James Lswnes or the ADM
nistratrix.
ID. w. PEASANTS, Adm'x,
December 8. 1914,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
Rrsm the Platfs6urgh Republican Of Der
Gender 5.

Gen. Powers. with the 9Th regiment, about
eight hundred, has left Montreal Tor HaIiEx.-
These, it il believed, are the only troops which
have left the Province for Halifax. and their
place is supplied by more than one thousand
troops which have arrived in Canada, during
the last two months.
Il is reported that the British are contracts
ing for several Thousand Sieighs, and for ten
thousand Buffaio skins and that a winter
campaign is the order Of the day in Canada.
1t is very possible, that Sir George win at
tempt to remove the British boundary TO Crown
Point, while the Lake is covered viii ice. Eve.
ry exertion ought to be made to prevent such
a disaster. The enemy having the coJafranI
Of Lake Ontario, Will doubtless direqt ali his
energies TO this quarter, in order 80 gam q hike
ascendanoy on this lake. unless the iJss o. cSc.
RING the war into the United States, has 5eep
abandoned. The enemy cannot get the immes
diate command Of tins lake, by buj!ding--
hence the probability Of something Seiag c9zs
templated this winter.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
i.O RENT.

II Three Story Fire Proof Brick House;
Situated on Z Street, opposite the peii Ia.
vern. and now occupied by ) and s. Cosby, one
among the best stands for a Groccry Store, and
possession 90 be given the a,h of next month
inquire OF James Lownes, o. ia his abssnce Of
Caleb Lownes.
+ -ALSO-
Two other Brick Dwellings in the Pulling
Garden. lnquirc of James Lownes, or in his
absence of Caleb Lownes who lives near the
premises JAMES LOWNES.
18th Month 18th, 1914.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
FsoH The NATIONAL INrELLIoENcEn,
PRINCE

Among the military INCIDENTS of modern
times, 1t would be difficult to find one more he.
roically sublime than the death of the Polish
Prince Pcniatowski :"
He commanded a small body of his country.
men IN the French grand army when it aban-
doned Leipsic and was directed to take 2 Do.
sltion TO coyer the retreating COLUMNS of Napo-
In that situation he saw the adyas &c of a vic,
torious enemy, pressing him on ev, ry side ; and
surveyed with undoubted and serene counte-
nance, the whole scene before him. Capt,y,tv
seemed to him inevitable. ffN
We may suppose Poniatowsk;, at that MOI
r!ent, occupied with thoughts of his iliustrious
descent, OF the ruined fortunes of the illrEated
emperor OF the French. of the probable add.
aohai degradation Of Poland, and of the per.
sonai ihdignities and reproaches he might en-.
couater, ios having adhered to Bonapsrte, if he
Iei into tie bands Of the Russians and Austri.
ans. These ideas would occupy MIN but an in-
slant Tor, as Scott finely expresses ii.
{" Thoughts, .f-en fhe tongue thar sScsyiy BAT.
Gtan'ce qsses IS ish.nigg ttr0' tie hsqrsY'
We may suppose, moreover. the Polish offs
GERS, Immediately about the Prince, Watching
his looks, and impatiently awaiting his deter
mination. T|
Suddenly his resolution is formed His mind
at once rises to extreme and scorGiul energy a.
the abject image of a prisoher Of war ia The
hands OF the deadly foes Of his country. His
aids are GREATNESS with attention their ewes
follow his hand to his sabre, his steed geiphs
as he feels the altering rein the blade gli,ters
IN the beams OF the sna; and Poniatowski,
turning to his comrades, ex .iaims, " Gsa.Ie,
men, f is bener TO fdY with Hsnow g1 lie
springs forward is wounded cuts bis way.
sword in hand, TO the Pleisse reaches the I'll.
ster, its margin swarming with enepies plume
ges in, and is seen ne more. 90
Thus, the last sct of life, marked in so ms
ny peD by want OF irmne IS, was characterised
in this prince by a dignity Of sentiment, and
heroism of conduct, altogether admirable.
Is it not a fit subject for the painter!
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24

classes into which the people were by law
sub.diylded each class Furnished 4 man sue
cessively in rotation, until the whole number
required was furnished.
it ~ exactly the same at this moment In
every state of the union-an1 has been SO
since the srss militia law established in 1872
to fhis moment. in words and manner follow
ing /. !, 1880. !, r,., I. ..,,.,. (,
the United States shall be composed of az
t@s o6is bodied white male ~citiSeas of the
re spectise STATED, resjdent therein" &c.
The law Of congress passed 7th April,
1901, 70 IN these words:
De Il enacted, &c, Thct each and fvery
free, able bodied white male citizen Of the
respective states, resident therein, who is,
or shall be, of the ago of 10, and under the
age Of IS years. shall be enrolled in the ME
Gfia."
What is enrolling in the militial Why it
Is doing exactly as the Romans did with their
citizess-every name was erroHed. that u
lvriffsn 10 = rslt, consrribed in abook or roll,
and this was the cunscription.
And WI proceed, as nearly as can posi-
bly, be. in the same way as the Romans ; our
citizens are divided into classes, and the
draG is made from the classes in rotation
we call it a draft. of drawing out, because it
was sometimes done by lot; the Romans
called tue draft, or dra wing out, u cpnscrip-
ton, because they wrote down the names OF
all those who belonged to each class
But we are told that it is horrible, because
Bcnaparte employed it. Well. Bonapapte is
now out of the way, and this thing stands as
it did before he was thought of. But let us
see if even under Bonaparte this conscrip>
'ion was such an institution as was odious IN
itse!f. Fundamentally unjust, or unequal; or
whetherit was, indeed, any eshsr than a more
ably digested. and equitanly regulated mill.
tia system, than cur own. !.
In order to know what the CONSUMPTION
was in France, we ANAL cite the account gil
ven of it by Faber. one of those stipendary
writer's which England dispcrses over the
world to earn bread and infamy. by COR
rupting mankind. The following 10 Faber's
account Of the French conscritfion-
All the youag men who have attained
the age between fzuenfy and twenfy fvc
years, replaced on the CONSUMPTION OF that
year ; aid if the necessities ct se STATE re-
qAare IL, they a,ust march. They are divis
ded into fve c-lasses--each class comprises
those born in the same year. The first class
consists of those who nave Completed their
Twentieth year, the second class those OF
twenty one years.. AID SO on year by year, a
class"
This is the principle Of the French con-
scription let us now see its application In
the practice OF war. The population OF
France. at the period Of the CONSUMPTION of
Bonaparte. a ABOUT 40, 100000 allowing
one halt for femaies. we shall have
10000, 900 males of all ages-they may be
thus classed :
NOR dishosable. dishosa6!c.
10 VS. & under 6 20,hs 5000, 600
10 Is S 20ths S 100000
IS As 62oths 100000
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24

o. A sale Of this Establish
ment no.. having 'een made
on the 18th inst. the pu lie
are respectfully Informed that
it is now offered ut private
sale.
The 0Mne for printing
Books, Sc. is also offered at
private sale.
For particulars enquire at
the Argus Office.
December IL.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24

oOVIUVU
What do they say at this day, and in our
country? Why they say submit-do not
defend yoprseives-Militia is called, and
these people refuse-they win not vote mos
ney to levy troops by enlistment-and they
excIaim against drafts from the people Of
military age TO defend the country.
We repeatit-and it Is well known to
men Of worth and eminence in Congress,
that it was furetold long ago, that az effect
i've force could not be found by egiisr .le1f,
however high the premium-that men who
entered the army went spoa different views
from that presented by a large bounty
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
Il ii.liis tss., assgpa.

The greatest portion OF vitt,ls aud pIii';a
spirit. and IN the 2urest state. 10 10 le io,,nd
IN nat class OF men who form the ranks %
our army; they are a d.iiescnt Kind OF mea
mica. ~,
Men taken up for one or even two yeafs
VIII not answer the purpose of an effertiyH
prosecution Of the war. An armv must be
formed toJhJl tie serpice for ,phicE il il
Engaged, 80 bring Me mar to q cioss yith
visor and celebrity. The best economy is 90
MAKE the army efficient at once, and il
events authorize, as success could not hus
authorize, then the army might be reduced
70 the number reqaired-bpt il a force be-
not now raised. By the means pqin.ed out
oY secretary Menroe !; If it be not done by
the present Congress: then thousands viii
haze cause to deplcre their blindness-and
" tae governm ent survives the shock Of the
next year, the Congress then. or the peo-
PIE themselves, will nave to do what may
now DC done with effect-yith the sure eff
rect OF glory and triumpa for the republic.
shame and defeat and confusion to its enes
mics. ~
10 prove that ths government Of the United
STATES intended TO conquer and annex the ca,
nadas to their territory, the British eommis.
sioners at Client quote or refer to q remon,
STRANGE OF the legislature Of Massachusetts.
IN which that assertion is made. We regret
mat our ministers did not reply, that the legis.
iature OF MASSACHUSETTS, neither knew nor were
disposed to understand the views of tn. ANA,
r.can government, but to misrepresent AID fsl,
shy every act which it adoptcd.-They might
nave adqsl, that Massachusetts, was 1t this
time ruled by a British faction, and was mot
therefore disinterested au hority in any guess
ton between Engiaod and America
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1814-12-24
600

Thus we see that the men Of the military
age in France amounted to eleyen millions.
The greatest number of m.en France has
had in the field has not exceeded a million,
even when the whole force of Russia,
Austria, Prussia, indeed the whole of Europe
was arrayed against her-whether in 1872
and 1894, before Bonaparts was heard of,
or in 1910, when he only employed what the
genius of the republican, era initiating the
Romans, had CIR ated for him.
Our militia laws conform exactly to the
principles of the Rom&n conscrltfioH and to
the French Consumption, there is no differ
ence between them but the names.
The CONSUMPTION was suggested In a mo-
ton made by one of the feers Of France of
the present day. 1t was on the 18th July,
1872 when France had to organize four
teen armies to oppose so many different at
tacks, from Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgian,
when the combined powers proclaimed the
same doctrine as the British have held forth
to our people in Maryland and in Massa-
chusctts, submit TO have your country ra
vaged and you shat be unmotesfed. But if
you offend yourself, or rake pm aTnisfo de-
Tend your country, you shah be destroyed.
So the coalesced powers, under Brunswick,
said to the peopls Of France, " zvhoepe- SHAH
"dGre TO defend nemseiDes are consigned
$50 military erecufion----aH who shall be
Equity ofresis ance shaH berish."
Then it was that the French cqnscription
had its birth, and which produced in 49,
fta fo11~.y..- .e.o