Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1815-12-09
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NEw-HAvEN, Nov. 90.
On Thursday last the Pews in the new
brick Chuch e. 'cted for the United Socie-
ty IN this city, were put up at public sale.
and went OFF very reatlilyat very high pri-
ces. The whole number of Pews is fS2 |:
SO of which were reserved 3: the property
OF the Society.-The sale of the remainder
produced the aggregate sum of thirty
three thousand eight hundred and serenty.
fire dollars; which, after paying the eS-
pense of the building. will leave hand
some surplus to the funds of the Society.
A similar sale Of the Church erected for
the First Society last fall, produced up
wards of thirtu-t,co thousand dollars.
The new Episcopal Church is nearly
completed, the expense of which will pro-
badly exceed thirty thousand douars-and
there can be no doubt that the cost of this
superb ediiice will be as ibsralIy re-
munerated as that of either of the others.
These facts afford the strongest evidence
DIT the public spirit and honorable NUM-
ticence of our citizens. These three
Churches stand on line, upon Temple
Street, at suitable distances, fronting the
public square, and we think we may safely
assert that no town in the Union can pre-
sent, three similar public buildings combin-
ing their elegance of situation. nobleness Us,
architecture aud beauty of perspective.
ktthe time Decatur arrived in sight of Gibrsl.
tar, great number of British officers and citi.
zens, and among them an American gentleman,
were assembled on an EN- nence ovlsw the a.
mercan fleet. Decatur entered the hsrbor with
his squadron in very handsome STYLE; sailed
,,r,l.
Choir Ibis object beng entirely to make signals
W til the sloop of war Ontario The British off,
GERS were very des .rous of knowing the differ.
ent names of the vessels IF the squadron as they
approached The shrewd American pretended
to know every vessel the mament he saw her,
broadside, and they crouded around him for i'm
formation The first fr,gate, he said, was the
Guerrero, the second the Macedonian; ths third.
the lava the next was the Epervier, the next
the Peacock-and the next {. oh, damn the nc KIT
they exclaimed, and Immediately moved off,
highly disguised with the of the vessels of
the Yankee squadron. Bos. Paf
1t is said the Dey of Algiers very reluctantly
gave up all idea of receiving tr1Sute from the A.
mer,cans, and alleged among other things, that
other nations, Il he consented, might take adj
vantage OF It, and perhaps unite, and occasonhis
destruction. II vas not the amount or value Of
the sum he was particular alb ar, but the reseiv-
ing something annually of the Amer. cans would
adj to his security, fit was only Rttle BORDER
Com Decatur observed, that he thought it very
probable ifhe insisted upon receiving powder Of
the Americans tribute, his wishes would be
gratIfied, but he must certainly erptct TO RECEIVE
balls NTH it. HIS Dey ship very wisely gave up
the point. ID.
A letter from an E.glishman in Paris,
furnishes a. key to the policy aud charac-
ter of the English nation. Wellington,
having determined to plumber some pic
lures in the galleries, employed without
his usual caution an English Guard.
Amidst all the ravaging, thisspalticaiar act
of plunderng was peculiarly offensive TO
the F,ench. The letter writer laments
that a Dutch guard had not been employed,
50 that the English might haze PRESCRIBED
their character for Observation-Disclosures
cry, hypocrisy, aad cunning, are the pro-
minent features in the English character.
The disguise sometimes falls of aud the
freeboofers are exposed. Wellington for
got himself, and perhaps thought heiwas
in India. ib.