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Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
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An ACT
sTONINGToN.

AN ACT
Relating to settlers on the lands of the u States
Re Il enacted by The Senate and House of ne.
PTe'eHtafiUes efns United States of .lnerica i,
congress assembled, That any person or persons
"ho' before me hrst day Of February, one thou.
sand eight hundred and sixteen. nj toLe-, ~.
session OF, occupied or made settlement on ,1,,
lands coded or secured to the United STATE hy
any treaty made with foreign nation. or BIZ =
cessi)n from any state 70 the Unit ed states which
land had not been previously Sold ceded or leased
BY the United States, or the claim TO which AM
had not been previously recognised, orconfrned
by he United States, and who at the time Of pss.
sing this act, does, or do actually inhabit or re-
SIDE On such lands, may al any time pf.oT 10 the
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20

porsting therein the principles indicated in
hi, motion of yesterday,
This motion was negatived; and the bill
was ordered to be engrOssed for Sd read
ing.
The Senate resumed the consideration of
the bill to increase the salaries of the off,
GERS of government therein mentioned. A
motion was made to postpone the further
consideration thereof indefinitely. which
gave rise to considerable debate. The mo-
ton was negatived.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20

admirable, and strictness and punctuaIit,
are worked into perfect system 9 sloop
of war are constantly cruizing in sight o
the Island, one to leeward, the other t.
windward, and between which and the sig
nal posts on the Island, there is an inces-
SAINT communication kept up. No vessel
OF any description can possibly approach
the Island without being discovered by
these cruizers. The Island of Ascension
has been fortified, and party of men land
ed to garrison it. One sloop of war is con-
stantly stationed there.
The Duchess of Mecklenburgh has de-
parted this life; she was only IS years Of
age.
A German paper states, that Eugene.
Beauharnois will cede his possessions in
Italy to Austria, for yearly income of a
million of francs.
Last Saturday morning. at an early hour,
the thermometer fell as low, in some situa-
tons in this neighborhood, as % J deg. be-
low the freezing point. In London the
cold appears to have been still more in
tense. Nothing equal to it has been re-
membered for several years.
The second West York regiment of mill
tia arrived here on Sunday from Ireland :;
and on Tuesday and Wednesday march
ed to their own county to be disbanded.
A new method has been adopted of sup
porting the distressed seamen i'm this port,
less burthensome to the parish, and more
advantageous to themselves. Such of them
as choose to attend at the work house. are
employed six or eight hours in a day, in
moderate labor, and for this they are provi-
ded with plentiful dinner, the remains of
which they are allowed to take away, and
which is GENERALLY sufficient for supper
also. They receive also in addition, their
usual allowance of six pence day, to pro-
vide them with lodgings, &c. Such of them
as are in good health, and do not choose to
attend at the work house, have their slow
ance discontinued. This plan will at once
segregate the industrious from the idle,
gradually diminish their numbers, and save
the parish heavy expeuce.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20

children, 40 Total, S65.-The numbe
saved amounted only to SO. The unfortu
nate females, il is said, met their fate witt
uncommon firmness. As the ship driftet
towards the shore, with the sea making ;
clear breach over her, they embraced theil
husbands, and babe them final FAREWELL
Mrs. Baird went into the cabin with her
children, saying to an officer, '' Ii is the
will of Heavens" and was seen no more
The wife of private said, s' Will you die
with me and your child But you may es-
cape, and this may be of use," giving him
her pocket with sum of money she even
took out her earrings and put them in it.
Herself aud child were lost The survi-
vor, more wretched than they, lives to tell
the tale as tears mark his manly face. The
Lord Melville and the Boadicea brigs rode
out the gale for some time, but at length
were driven on the rocks between the Old
Head and the Swan Heads. Shortly after
the Lord Melville struck, her boat was
launched and manned with FIVE seamen,
two officers and two ladies', supposed to be
their wives, an assistant surgeon, serjeant
and his wife and child, in the hope of gain
ing the shore but in few moments she
was struck with a wave, and swanped {:
and every soul persisted with the exception
of one of the seamen, who reached the land
scarcely alive. All the rest of the people
fortunately remained in the vessel, which
at low water, in the course of the night, was
left nearly dry; and at about one or two
o'clock they succeeded in getting safely to
land, to the number of about 400 souls
The BOadicea was distinctly seen by the
revenue officers and military party, with a
light at her t0pmast, till after midnight
The light and vessel then disappeared alto.
gether, and her fate was easily anticipated
Next morning her fragments were disco.
vered among the rocks which lie between
the two strands of Garretts-town, and
where she had been driven after parting
from her anchors in the night. Upon ap.
preaching the wreck, most heart-rendins
scene of misery, desolation and death, pre-.
sented itself to the view. The vessel seem.
ed to be confused mass of timber, planks
and boards, broken to pieces and intermix.
ed with piles of dead bodies-men, women
and children Near to the wreck was o
rock somewhat elevated above the surface
of the water, and upon this were seen
about 80 or 80 poor human creatures, who
had scrambled to it from the vessel, and
were still alive. The people from the shore
communicated to them as we'll as they
could, that their only chance of safety was
in remaining where they were until low
water but either through Impotence of the
misery Of their situation, or from the i'm
pulse of despair, near so of them plunged
into the sea, and endeavored to gain the
shore, but in vain, as most of them perish
ed in the attempt. AOout 90 of them re
NAMED On the rock until low water, anC
were all saved. The Boadicea, it is said
had on board $50 officers and privates.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
JAMES MADISON,
AN ACT

AN ACT
10 limit the right of appeal from the Circuit
Columbia Va
BE az enacted by the Senate and Hous, of Re.
pre'entaF'veS Of the United States of 4ue,icn in
congress assembled That no cause shall hereaf
Ter be removed from the Circuit Court of the
United States for the District of Columbia to the
supreme Court OF the United States BY appeal or
VIZ Vi error unless tine matter in dispute in such
cause shall be Of the value of one tbou.snd doi-
lars or upwards, exclusive # costs
Sec ProT10ed always, and be il f,rtder enact
"a nat when any p rson or persons, BODY poll
TIC or corporate, shall think him. her or them
Selves aggrieved by any final Judgment. order or
e0ree Oh the SAD Circuit Court, where the mat.
CT III otsPute, exclusive Of COSTS shall be of the
'alue OF one hundred dalars, and of less vaI,,e
than one Thousand d.. lars, and shall have prsvaJ
IN appeal or shall desire to sue out writ of or,
ror 10 the supreme Court vi the United States
OUCH person OF persons, body JlIlIc OF CORPORATE
may EXHIBIT petition IN writing, accommodated
oy copy OFT the proceedings Complained OF. and
"a assignment OF the errors relied TO any Judge
tle "a supreme Court, who, f ne s.uuld be
d oPnon that such errors or any of The IL, n
'olVe questions of law of such extensive interest,"
ana operation, as to render the final decision OF
'heh by the SAID sup enc Court desirable. nav
u'e euPCh at II. = d.ScreJlOn, and upon The terms
ahL conditions prescribed by lsw, by his order 10
D. directed 70 'he clerk Of the county in which
the proceedings shall have been he'd ,direc, such
appeal to be allowed, writ of error 10 De issued
which snail be done accordingly
Sec ) ind be ii further enacted. That when
any appeal or writ OF error hall have been direc.
led in the manner prescr bed by the second sec
ION OF ms act, and 1e order OF the Judge of the
supreme Court aforesaid thereon shall have been
hied IN the office of he Clerk ofLhe proper cum
", within thirty days at err the end OF the term at
winch the Judsmen,, order OF decree to be affect.
eu Dy such writ OF error Or appeal shsi have been
rs slu or made such wr' of error or appeal
shall operate as sUpersedeas all proceed,ngg-
under such judgment, order or decree.
II CLAY,
Speaker Of The House Of Representation.
JOHN GAILLARD.
49,. President oflis Senate pro tsnlDore,
JAMES MADISON.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
LONDON, Feb. Is.
The Princess Charlotte of Wales.

IHS CTWCeSS CHuTIOtJS OF ~ uteS.
1t is now understood that matters are
fairly en- train for the nuptials of this illus
trious parsonage. The first personal in
terview between this iIIustrious Princess
and her intended Consort, took place in
the summer of 1914, when the metropolis
was filled with the Royal and Noble Vis-
tors from the Continent. On that occasion
his highness was the bearer Of a letter from
the late Duke of Brunswick Gels, to his
cousin, the Princess Charlotte. His pleas
ing manners produced an invitation from
the Princess, with the most perfect appro-
baton of the ladies of her establishment, t.
repeat his visits. as a tea-table companion
at Warwick house. The instant that
Prince Leopold thought he discovered that
his company was agreeable to the Princess,
he waited upon the Prince Regent, and in
the most manly aud candid manner, stated
the circumstances in which he was placed,
as delicately as he could. His highness
then added, that proud as he would be of
such an illustrious alliance, he came to take
the commands of his Royal Highness to
quit the country instantly if his prosecu-
ton of the affair did not meet with the en-.
tire and cordial appreciation of his Royal
HIghness." The answer was what might
have been expected from the dictates of a
generous and magnanimOus breast. The
Prince Regent gave his sanction to the con-
tlnuanCe of an intercourse which was COM
menced and carried on upon such honora-
bic principles. One part of the proposed
arrangements must at least be pecuIia ly
pleasing to our national feelings the Prin-
cess Charlotte of Wales has expressly stip-
ulated that she shall never be taken out of
the country without her full and free con
sent.
His Maiesty's ship Minden, of "a guns.
guns, captain Mackay, recently arrived at
Portsmouth, from the East-Indies, touched
at st. Helena; and while laying there the
officers had frequent opportunities of seeing
BonaParte. Two days previously to her
Ealing from thence, he had removed, with
his companions, from his temporary resi-
dence MIR. BalCOmbie's hOu-e) to his per-
manent one in the interior OF the Island,
called LOngwOOd. 1t is situated on the
top OF hill, and is the only flat piece of
ground on the Island. II is nearly three
miles in circumference, with a good road
and walks for exercise. He was accompa-
med to this spot by Sir George Cockburn,
Captain Macksy, and Mr.. Glover, Secreta-
ry TO Sir George Cockburn. Upon enter
ing the house, he expressed himself much
gratliied at the pains which had been taken
to render his abode comfortable. He had
visited the house on his first arrival when
1t was ia state Of disorder, and the great
change it had undergone la so short time,
apparently excited his gratitude. He is inI
gcpd health, and we are assured, does notI
discover any depression Of spirits from hi,
iallen circumstances. The arrangements
made at st. Helena By Sir George Cock
Ourn for his safe custody, are SAID to be
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
VIRGINIA.

1t Rules ho'den IN the Clerks Office ofhe .Ss.
Perior Court IF Chancery .f5, the RicIaoud
District the 5M day Of .ipri 1876
Robert GCaham, Tariton Saunders. Kennon C1es
and JOHN Leslie 1L,;yt;F,
.IgGinSt,
James Hal, George Picket, Joseph Marx. Mi.
chael w Hancock, Robert Gordon, James
Currle, William Ball, Jesse Hicks and I'd.
, TS,n w rent III Hdanf5
lHE defendant James Hall rot having en- cred
disappearance and gwen security according 10
the act OF Assembly and the Rules Of this Court.
and T. appearing by satisfactory evidence that uo.
on enquiry az his usual place of abode. he can.
not be found, so as to be served with nrocess.
1t is ordered that the laid Defendant do appear
here on the twenty first day Of the next term and
answer the bill of the Plaintiffs and that co..
Py ofthis ordar be forthwith inserted in some
newspaper published in the C ty of chmond
Tor Two months successfully and posted at tbe
front door of The CaPito', III the said City.
Copy--Teste,
April 90 y8,y
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
April 90.
VIRGINIA

az R"'os holden in the Clerks Office ofMe Sgse.
rtor Court Of ChaHcerv far me Rich1gond dis.
frtcf the 5tt day gf.4prit 1916.
'A'''uei a payies PiaraE.
Jeremiah Jackson and Anne MS wife. Ayebu5
Bass, Matthew w Shields, and Mary r. HE
wife, Richard Il. Bell, and Rebecca, and sslly
Brl, which Rebeccs and Sally are infan,s. and
W.lian FHichfr Defendants.
THE Defendant Richard u. Bell. not having
entered his appearance and given security accord
Ging TO the Act Of Assembly and the Rules OF
TINS Court and t appearing by satisfactory evil
dence that he 10 not an inhsb,snt Of this coun,r.
1t IS ordered, That the sad Defendant do :,
pear here on the twenty first day of the next I'd
ana answer the bill Of the Plaintiff; and ths,
copy ofthis order be forthwith inserted in
Newspaper published in the city of RichuI
TOR two months successfully and pos e
'front.' door ofthe Capitol in the said CITY
Copy-Teste,
VIM. w. HENIa
April 20.
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CONNECTICUT EIFcT1oN

Majority in ia towns for Gov. Smi,b Eel zoe
6 Towns to be heard from.
Majority in Ill Towns for Ingersou. 1t.
Governor, 1894
9 Towns TO be heard ON
Mr.. lngersoll though Federalist is summon
ted by theRePublcans tor 1t Governor. and Oh
Yer Wolcott Esq. as Governor.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20

first day of September next, apply tothe proper re
giSter, or recorder, as the case NAV be- Of IN.
land office established for the disposal. register.
| ing or recording of such lands and where there
| is no register or recorder, TO the marshal, or 10
such person Or persons may De by the Registers
recorders or marshsls respectively appo. ntel for
the purpose of receiving such applications. Sta
ting the tract or tracts of land thus occupied.
settled atd inhabited by such applicant or appii.
cants, and request ng permission TO continue
thereon & 1t shall thereupon be lawful for such
recorder or marshal respectively % permit in CON.
flrnlty with such instructions a. NAV be given nv
the secretary OF the Treasury, with tie spproba-
ton OF the President Of the United States for tba.
purpose, such applicant or applicants to remain
on SUCH tract or tracts of land, provided the
same shall at that time remain unsnld by the IT.
States, not exceeding three hundred and twenty
acres tor each applicant, as tenants a, Will on such
terms and condition rs shall prevent any waste or
damage on such lands, and on the express con-
diton that such applicant or applicants shall.
Whenever such tract or tracts of land may he LII
or ceded by the United States; or whenever.
from any other Cause, he or they NAV be REQUIRED
under the authority of the United States M to-
90, give quiet possession of such tracts of lands,
10 the purchaser or purchasers, or to remove al
together from the land, as the case NAV he Pm
Oided hoEgeUsr, That such permission shall not be
granted TO any applicant, unless he shall preyi-
ouSiy sign declar tion, stating that he does not
lay claim to such tract tracts ofland, and that
ne does not occupy the same by virtue of any
claim or pretended claim, derived or pretended
10 be derived from any other person or persons;
ma proui0ed also, That in all cases where the
tract OF land applied fer includes either lead
Ihihe or salt spring, no permission 10 work the
same shall be grained, without the appreciation of
the Presldenl OF the United st tes
Sec. q ind be ii further enacted That all the
app,caI!ons made and Permssons granted by
tered on books to be kept for that purpose by
NE registers, recorders and marshais aforesaid.
respeetNey and they s"all be en- tied to re-
ceiVe from the party, for each anaIcat,on. ffv
ems aud Tor each perm lsslon one dollar
sec. . and6eit further enacted, Tha this act
'nali continue and be in force for the term of one
year. any law to the contrary notwit standing.
Fl CLAY,
Speaker Of The House Of Representatives,
JOHN GAILLARD,
President IF the Senate Sro ssnbOrs
March IS, 1816-APPnoyED,
JAMES MADISON,
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
VIRGINIA ELECTIONS

Porvhatan,-Wlliam Archer, Collin Clarke .
Camt6eiI--christopher Anthony william
j Lewis.
Frankhn-Benjamin Cook William Galloway
GIouces'er-Col VIM jones' Overton seaweii'
Richmond CO.-Carter MITCHELL John w. Bel
1Mo3oH' CO.-Mordicai Cook, Benjamin Poi
lard.' VI
Fdi9dr- - Thompson, = - Peake.
GreenUiHs-Robert B Stark, Nath. Laud :
.hatthezos-Rlchard Bilups, --Ransome. .
Esser-Henry Lattsine, Robert Gsrnett.
Mem Members
MASSACHUSETTS, ELECTION
BRooKs.-DExTER.
Returns from 4l6 towns ,4o8.
Net Republican gain 1927:
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VIRGINIA ARGUS.
Ne dIsbnte. iamais, e. sonrenf discnfe-
Richmond, april 90, 1916.

The subscription to the Argus became due on
the 25th March last. A number of our subscri-
bears are still in arrears, and the payments are
obliged to make in all this month and the next,
impel us to press them for compliance with our
terms. The sum due by each subscriber, is in
fact, small, but taken in the aggregate, the non
reception of the amount due to US, At the time it
ought to have been paid, is q serious injury -
Besides, we are preparing to enlarge our pare
and calculate upon presenting it. in very shor
time. to our patrons N new dress. To cab e
US to effect our object, it is absolutely ne
cessary that the amount of subscriptions due US
should be transmitted forthwith
Those indebted for advertising, would great
oblige us by forwarding he amount ofther res.
pective accounts.
O. The United States Bank Bill, unavoids b'y
excludes from the Columns of the Argus, some
original matter prepared for publication.
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
Washington, April

The SENATE were deeply engaged YESTERDAY
IN consideration of he bill from the other Homsc
commonly called the Tariff bill to which fur.
ther amendments were made The question d.,
pending at the time ofadjournment was, ON tn.
motion OF Mr.. Barbour, to reduce the du,v or
imported Woolens from 25 20 % per cent adj va
iorem. Should this motion prevail. a s;m'Iar nv
'on will be made IN regard to the duty ON cottons
Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-04-20
I0 be Edlters ofMe .Ni,tionnL In,ene......-

10 the Editors Of the National I1teETeeucer
mad Yesterday the curiosity TO extrsct from
Cra"iord book, at the Union Tavern, George
town, the following names of British Office q noy
at that place, which, from The manner of their on.
try IN the book, clearly indicate hope that som,
careful observer, Ike myself, would make them
public L comply with the hint and shall her
give you the names:
Deputy Paymaster General Crawford. General
Staff S''e' 81
Major Greene, Royal artillery.
: Captain d Hahn, Reg. de Meuro,
= Mr.. Burke, Paymaster Generals Depsrtnoen,
since have taken up my pen to obi ge thes,
gentlemen, cannot IN justice Law IT down with.
out observing, that we, Americans, ought ,ova-
rIaDly TO pay particular attention TO the move
mems OF British officers through our countr,
since me conclusion of the late GLORIOUS COMES
with England, many other gallant defenders
nave honored Us with their visits, and it is SIN
Uerey 10 De hoPed that not one of them will pass
through our republic without ADEQUATE not &c
Admiral Sir Alex nder Coffin, of the r itsb NJ
Wv, assures us that he intends, m companv win
several other British officers to exsm,ne our coa.
rom one extreme to the other, during the ensu
ing summer, lH order 10 ascertain me different
KINDS Of SheH fish that may be fund ub,u II and
expresses ms confidence that tur6ot rnay be cauobt
W 'eUeraL places Tvlthom our matters. Now, vine
tner the Admiral has seriously turned naturoIist
IN his old days, or whether any of the Nantuctet
spirit TOR hshmg still peryades his bosom. il is
certainly little strange that he could at this
la'e Gay, resolve to Dig in our mud banks ON
the coast to discover and CLASSIFY shell fish
some presume to say that the Admiral is tired Of
bbsters andD gby Herrngs, and that he intends
merely TO explore our coast for the purpo-e Of
hnding new daintles for his appetite. But. how.
ever this may be, his fondness for the p,seatorv
race has not p cvented him from visiting our arse
nails and navy yards, and sugg sting many Inn.
Preye'nehts 40 naval matters that, in his opinion,
might prove highly advantageous 10 us PsS;GeS
him, several other of His Majesty's ga and land
ohceis have been equally kind to us during their
y.sits' and It will be entirely our own fault II
their views are not effected
Your very obedient,
STONINCTON
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Valuable Land Tor Sale.


Under The authority Ut a decree OF
;he superior Court at ChaurCery held
FrederiCksbu"gh, IN the SUIT of Giles
FitZhuSh against 4. aud J. 3cholfsid
the subscriber Will offer at public sale,
Tor cash, at GoodIng's tavern on the
premises, Oh Thursday the 22d day ot
August next, = valuable tract OF LAND
containing abou, 1916 acres, situate
IN taIrtaX county, on both sides of the
Little River Turnpike Road and 0!
Accotink Run, about nine miles from
Alexandra and nearly the same dis
lance from the city OF Washington ana
Gcorg@town, part of iapge tract
c4iied Rayeusworih, and formerly own
ed By Giles FitzhuGh On th,s Gac,
here is a very valuable Mill Seat, 10
wards the improvement OF which con
,'dera6ic progress has lately been msde
by digging out and preparing the RAJ
lcs, and collecting large portion OF
the building matcrisis which are nov
on the spot the scIte also affords roo.,
Tor an extensive manufacturing cs;ab
iishmcrt.
Most o. The great roads leading 10
the towDs above mentioned iall mi,
the Little River Turnpike Road 4 shor
distance above the land proposed to be
so!d, and ncw turnpike rOad leading
directly from the IanG to tic City o.
Washington and Georgetown, has late
iy been laid oil, ADD par, of 1T finished
The sol! is "c!l ad1pted TO farming S;
the use OF plals.er amd clover, and d
| large portion Of The land is already
| we'll taken in clover. The various al e
vaDtagos TINS tract posse sses, render II
we'll worth ,he attention OF en:erprisIl.g
| men, Is great nUmbe, OF lots nav,
been laid off :or town proposed to be
established along the turnpike road
The sale Will commence precisely
at 10 O'clock and the land Will be laic
off inio lots to sui. purchasers. ANY
chartered bank paper declared to be
current in Fairiax County by the cour
Of that county, will be received in pay
ment-
Richard II. Henderson,
X. l. Taylor,
Commissioners.
July l9--eOts