Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1816-01-03

eVS"cit WITH hr. Snore'S Books, and
transmit TO me the result. He very oblig-
ihsiy dtl So, and cannot do better than
TO give the public in his own words the in
formation, he obtained, which is supported
by tire Transcript sent to Petersburg,
and whereon is noted by MIR. Shore him
self the tine ut the arrival of the mails in
toat piace.--I'his Transcript is left at the
Enquirer Oaice, and NAV be seen by any
one disposed to examine it.
The following is an extract from the
Sea.leman's Letter :-.s [ examined the
transcripts, and the most perfect reliance
may BE placed on their accGracy.-You
wall had that from the Goth of November
mp to the 23th. the Northern Mail was in
due order received and noted at the Ole.
! ri Petersburg.-On the 50th, the mail due
I from the north Ofthe eth and 29th from
Washington, and which arrived at Rich
mOnd OH the 2Sth and 29th. come TO hand
at Petersburg. mail from Washing
Ton oi the 29thult. which arrived at Rich
!nond On the Both, lid notarriye on the Gst
december, but on the Cd December, that
mail and the mail of the SOth, regularly
| arrived, which you will fad noted IN the
sheet enciosed--A reference TO that will
explain what have stated, and will fur
nisll the particulars you iequred up to the
period Of the 5th, which concludes the
sheet. Thus 1t is established, that from
the Goth ult. TO the 4th inst inclusive.
more than two mails have never arrived at
this OGice.o
The sheet alluded to, shews, moreover.
VIVA TINS gentleman does not state. that
the mail which arrived here on the Ist OF
December, arrived regularly at Peters
burg on the Cd.
linus 1T can be proved by evidence which
Cannot he contradictcd, that the Northern
Mail which the Editor asserts had not ar
rived regularly in Petersburg for a fort
ntghtpreyiUus to the 9Th OF December, had
more frequently arrived regularity than o.
therwlSe--that it had arrived regularly 9
days out OF l4-fhat it had arrived rrg.lt-
tarty, only two days before aud that his
fortnight turns out to be only t,ro days.
What credit, let me ask, ought to be at
tached TO his ether statements, when IN
this he has shewn So little accuracy He
refers, indeed, to the authority Of MIR,
Shore, but caa scarcely persuade myself,
that MT. Shore could have been SO FAR ms
taken about fact OF thls nature.
Tie Editor of the !. Re u5l.can'' cannot
on the 18th instant s. remember the time
| when regular mail had arrived. Now
1t l. true that the account sent to Peters
eurg eSte ded only % tie 4th, because /
had then seen the publication of the 9TH.
and iiad not seen that al the 10th.
Ii is probable, however, that the mails
between the 9Th aud the 18th, arrived a.
bout as regularly as Defore; and il they
did not, and the last regular mail was On
the "a OF December, one would think that
| the Editors memory might have reached
even to that day. Indeed the other Pc
tersburg Editor, who since he had enlarg-
! ed two days into fortnight, could not be
susceptible Of making & e time shorter
/ than IT really was, only asserts on the 18Th,
I that no regular mail had been received
Tor week 50, that the Editor of the Re-
| pu5hcaH, 1t must be concluded, cannof
. 'ememOer' any TACT that happened far
ther 5ack than a week.
This lOOSfness of expression in the one.
AID lnaGcuracy of statement in the other
Wi serve 10 place their assertions in their
proper light.
As to the second assertion of the Editor
OF the . lnteIiigencer," that on Wednes-
day before he wrote, viz :--on Wednesday
the 29th November, the case occurred.
| winch had occurred befOre-that for f5ree
days the Northern Mail had not arrived.
1t IS utterly destitute of truth as is prov.
ed, LIST, by the extract OF the letter siven
above; 2dly, by Mr. Shores certificate
wdch Is annexed 3dly, by Mr.. Priday's
certificate also annexed and 4thly. by the
extract from my books aud those OF MIR.
Shores aliIi ed to above.
These Documents prove generally, that
the Northern Mail lai!ing to arrive in Pc
tersburg on one night, arrives regularly the
next and particularly. that il had arrived
regularly OF Tuesday the 2sth November.
aud for week Beforehand that on We'd
tuesday, the 10Th. when the Editor asserts
he had waited . three tedious DAYS" for
news, he only waited Que. lie is thus
perfectly consistent with himself; out of
two days he makes a fortnight, and out Of
one day, three.
In another part, indeed, Of the same publica
ton, he eHiarges the one day to four, because he
asserts THAT the A" Merchants Of Petersburg ar.
leii HDce Of foIr days behind their more forth
nSte neiglbors ~ the course Of corresDondence
merely because the P0st.NIaster at RichDond
does moi choose to soil his fingers with ne mail.
shouh' ~ arrive ono serond beyond the bounds
prescribed by the law"
lbc5c eXaggcratons remind ma og F,le.,g,.