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twren d -cl.s thin cite TTnl < <1 States; but that
the latter is about ten feet loniat To men
not acquainted with nautical affairs it w*uld
Seem that, in this respect, tlie American frigate
bad the advantsgt^^iht-T^jis the reverse is t!ir
fact. From the fgreauT"^kh of the United
States she will wear or may i^we’l a» the Mace
donian ; or, in otlfer wnr^ shiennnot put about
a* s-o-in; and so (Ver
eers of thiJLfact, t^rit
ing, some of the mott
recommended, that
d are our offi
ithnrised in say*
■cut of them have
tv four’, which we
are about tolbuild, sliall have from six to ten
fret less decS, than thos^j^or^a use have.
Thus adoptinsy^pdW^nsi/.'', the inode l of the
llaccd^^^lflptcst. calculated for effective scr
Tie next cc^sideration is the weight of 11
tal. It is wcllkknown, that the Briti-dt w. re
formerly in th^h.thit of carrying twenty four
pounders on hoard th*-ir large frigates; that the
Acasta mounted them when first built: but to.it
they have abandoned this system, and adopted
tiie eighteen pounders, as tin- most advantage
ous piece of ordnance * because handled and
mantifd with so mun|^f^Si^tid facility to the
men, and conseque^ny, fmJ«Spftentr; and he
•tuise,it is gcneraipr adulated,, that at a dis
tance no shot can If- fir%l
than a 13 pound hall
On this point, lutwevd
his opinion to Captain ^cc .tt
previous to the war, at Norfolk
ingboth frigates (iapt. Carden
own ; and speaking of the weight of metal he
remarked to Captain Decaiur, that as to twenty
four pounders on board frigates tli y had been
completely tri> d in tlie-11 ritish navy ; that alter
long practice they had been abandoned in his
Majesty’s service, and the eighteen pounders
adopted ; and, sir, added when the Ameri
can officers have had av tnVcbexperience as we
have had, they too will (refer the eighteen
pounders. The frigate M;«odonian^s<)-v 1 v 2
years old, and we venture m ajjj^Tin every
rerpcc*, is rri1 of the finest s that ever
floated on the oee n. UonupVls cut lie result
• ftliis actio; , betweentfp frigates under
such circumstances
pore certainty
Carden gave
some months
After cxssiiin
preferred his
N'ut. .ft/e.
fron 'rets.
RESTRICT
A INST NEU
their ord. rs in
its all vessels
is—in order to
This romiflenrei
council to hi
bound to FrJ
starve that nation
This In-oii
This system coHt ,_
The lllockade ofCurracoa and Fecamp 180-1.
Direct trade to French Colonies restricted
180.5 and subjected to particular inconveni
1806, Aprd 8—Blockade of tbe Ert:S Sc V.'r
ser.
1836, May IS—3Iockade of the El' u and t!ie
Coast to Brest—!• 08.miles
—no place invested by' troops
and no ship* before many of
the ports.
TSOfi,Nov. 21—Berlin D.cree
1837, March 12.—British orders, int rdict
ii'g 11 trade between port
and port it. France.
1807, Dec. 17—Milan Decree.
1807, Nov. 11.—3 orders in council
18t'7, Nov. 25—,*
1808, .lap. a-jSiloc
1 BUS, April IT
In 1838—Acts of Par
1 law 1
1834, May 4—Block
tfc
;rlianv?irtTijfHat»nj_
bektt#*cn Great
atret "Ir e United
1804, June 23—A
the TiJ
Britain’
8 tat C3.
1S04,Oct.14—Admiral Cochran,declares al
the I are ward Islands blocka
tied fur captures.
British, prior to Orders in Council of
November, 10 7, had Captured 528
Subsequent to these Orders, 380'
french prior to Berlin ar.,^Ali
lan Decrees, 2J6
During the existence of tiftie
Decrees * 307
Since the Revocation, 45
ITcapolitan Captures, 47
917
558
From the Smrr.
CAUSES OF WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Tmpresstnent of Seamen.* We art* made tu
fi^ht against t none n ujjjiy^Wthu’lioin we are
at peace—against our —,ubj *ct to
tlie lashes and discipline of tneir navy officers
—wives deprived of the husbands of their bo
soms—of their supporters. Children of their
parents—and aged Parents of tlicir beloved L
dutiful Children.
6257—arc in these dens—now fighting against
own Country. -
Orders in Council—Paper 1ft,chide*—destroy
in g the rights of Neutral sW subjecting their
trade to the will of these Ln™ ; of tlie Ocean_
making their orders n nmratitnc I .aw against
the Law of Njtions universally acknowledged
—and making those orders paramount in their
Courts of Admiralty. Witness '.>17 Vessels
taken under these illegal acts—and in a time
they pretended to be at peace with our coun
try.
The License Trade. Wc must have their
License, or we arc not permitted with safety
to cross the ocean, in an acknow Icdgcd legal
trade.
Thun ri sking us their subjects
Shooting I’eircc off
tack 0:1 the Chesapeak
in our own waters—c;
tried and hung und
the murder of our cili/.
Ajfffravatinif Insult
slaughter into Ifamptoi
ereigns of our Country
Res to examine
—and ‘cv*
schedules of lh«
ar acwni
own Custom house boats
linn of Arms, fee. *
Tlie Hreach of Kfmh, inShe Treaty with Mr,
Ersk ine.
Insult to our Executive by a Hritlsh minis
ter—Insisting th..t gur govgritthenf "leill inter
f< re in toe municipal con/ornAif i’rVicc—that
e shall le n
xamine every\rZsrl, hound in or
even tin* rivcifi coasters—di-man
rs of their ragiflet—taking a par
rt» and of the irifi, f<c.—vine as
|t_ harbor—At*
hat ship
ora -t>> be
Sun after
from this
acting as gov*
jn^irined bar.
or out
1/"*K
partie.u
our
with every aggrava
unc.mdit ion
tiie Derives of prance shall b
'td^d
-bei”>n®u-y are to do a* re <• able
to their own engagement. |'lZ mn<t Ameri
» - c >n»intfc to r-rlive, insul; y, -sfn 1 injuries
from hnglatul. though I-’lanee has repealed her
Decrees ns aff.-ct in:# Amerieli-*^
The Mission of iftnry acknowledged in par
liamen’, as a i »et *tlit;r n.inistrv-with the
intent of dividing j^le Union of these 9tides—
rid to hind a part to the Mulish government
an J influence.
Their bribery of the Indians, to kill our ci
fizens. V -t our n irthern brethren d.‘chare,
1 1 . i i, “ ,i. done
ii: i.o cnvcntial injury
Cnnfre- • have been two n^.tiis and mo-e in
feseion and it is every hout^isktd, whfit have
I they dtwip ' yfr answer, they lism given m>
I from ton to twenty millions o'* Public Money
to atop the mouth of disaffection and lull the
revelling* nfllri’ish agents-the Agents of
tlir rneiuy ; hut they have nut devised the Wavs
• id M ani to carry on the war with vigor.
" hv d » not the pure and patriotic understand
on.- another, act together und ncith r he coax
ed nor driven from the path of rectitude and
honor.
Dtm. Frets.
Baltimore, Jan 12.
Cot':m anient cd fur the Federal Gazette.
.T\t 'net of (i fetter dntnfS.'.c!etr's Harbour, Dee.
Xu ht ton respectable gentle mart in this cit
“ O n- fleet lr»s had heretof-re entirt* com
mand of the I. ike l»-it the season prevents anv
further active operations for the present. The
enemy ln*s v*tclent f to cope with it,
d they Ita-i suflicient cx»^wiencc and courage;
t'x-y are devoid i»flioth th(%<*ro(juisit s. Ohatin
c»-v has laid the fleet up | this place for the
winter. The
»>ni"- -s and in*-n are in poo 1 spirits. The
British fleet lias gone into Kingston and laid
up there.
It is probable we shall be a'tacke 1 hv the e
nemy "'hen the navigation is sufficiently c.loscd
—wc c\p- rt they will cross on sledges '»ith ;«
view of destroying <>ur shipping. .Should they
crose, wc will use every exertion for the pre
servation of the fleet. We 'In'l rely princi
pally upon tlie Sailors and Ueipflnrs, :is there
no d-pcmlcnce to he placed onon the militia
I 'eft" we shall nit he able to oppose the force
that may (>•- brought against us, owing to the
mortality that prevails among the troops ; n ; r
Iv one half our force was reported this morn
ng as unfit for duty.** A
Wash ixotonIitt, Jan. Id.
John Armstrong, Ksq. w n Brigadier
General in t1'" trmy ofthe Tinned States, an 1
atelyour Minister in France, js appointed bv
the Ik- :i lent-md Senate, Sicuetahy of War
ot t!ie United States.
Nat. lut.
The Sill fr :n the House of Representatives
supplementary to the act fo-the more perfect
or - niz: <i m of the army of the United States,
has pnsed the S^nat^*, with several amend
nil- s : -qu eng ’be concurrence of tlte Mouse,
one of which subsitutes an advance of pay, to
the amount of twenty four dollars, for tl.e in
crease of bounty proposed by this act.
lb.
The recruit ing servicp begins to be mr
brisk NYarlv fifty ni n have been enlisted in
one week in Baltimore alone.
The rifle comnanv of Uant. Forsyth, nowon
the water* of St Laurence,\rhich was originally
enli-ted m North lias been augment
ed, b»- rnhstnH'nt^.forJivSjrears, to 185 men.
\\V are requested to station* the North Caro
linian' enjoy high health «i that country, not
one having died since their arrival there.
Ib.
William Jones, Esq. of Pennsylvania, is
npp inted, bv tlu- President and Senate, Se
cheteey or the Navy of the United S*ates.
lb.
Norfolk, Jan. 13.
Mr Chapman, Pilot, who was at t lie Capes
yesterday, informs, that about half past 4 P.
M be saw a large frigate under a pr-ss of sail
standing into the bav in pursuit * f a four mas
ted armed vessel under French colors. The
frigate at one time put out her hosts wish u
design to hoar-l the frenchman, butt - ev were
beaten oft’ The chase continued until 9 o’
clock, the frigate keeping up an almost inces
sant fire the whole time. "When our inform
ant lost sight of them, he supposes tlmy were
about half way between Cape Henry and New
Point Comfort; he afterwards learned from the
pilot boat TtetsCy, of Hampton, that she had
pul a pilot on board the French vessel in the
fore part of the day, outside the Capes.
Herald.
From a pilot who left the capes last night,
we leant that a French ship came into the b iv
yesterday, followed by ah English frigate. The
wind being very light, the frigate sent her
hosts which were beat oflT. The wind spring
ing up, both ships went up the bay—and when
our informant lost sight of them, the frigate
was firing her bow chaces. The ships were a
^ont halt way between Cape Henry and New
Point Coinfcnt.-Ledger.
IN HAMPTON ROADS.
Swedish brig Stockholm, Owens, 21 davs fr.
St Bartholomews, bound to Alexandria
•*an- Ohirtcoteaguc, was boarded hv an of
ficer f ’oin If. B. M. ship Poictiers, of 74 guns,
Oapt. Beresford ; put on board Mr. William
l/imb, of Boston, taken out the schooner
!■ anev, C&pt. Mann, of Scifnatcl(MasH ) from
Niv.btrn, N C. bound to Bostotmwtvh a cargo
of corn, captured the 4th instant, about 79 miles
to <be eastward of Chincotcague ; took about
half the cargo out, the sclir. sunk with the re
mainder alongside. Also, Mr John Rand, of
Boston, taken out oF the sclir. Rhoda, captain
Kennedy, ot and from Rsston, bound Ur this
port, with a cargo o) lumber and beef, captur
ed the ?th inst off Cape*#'hnrle:i, and orderc 1
fo,-Halifax. The sloop Hover, vVhite, of and
from Boston, botyul to Richmond, with an as
sorted cargo, was captured the 6th December ;
ret r taking out the cargo, scuttled h*r. Th
brig Suvnnnah Parte?, Johnson, from N. York,
bound to Savannah, was captured the 5lh inst.
captain and all hands taken put except Mr*.
Mathers, a passenger, and the cook, ainl order
ed for Bermuda. The brig Herald, of Balti
more, from Bordeaux, was eap’urcd the latter
end ol December, ami ordered for Bermuda.
Ib.
V/i/.VV-; 7'IVIjYE.
.!OITN’SOV ti \
40uij lbs. ol Ken".i^
|> rior quality
the quantity,
pep lb.
Richmond,
F.U lure just receive-’,
KINE TWINE, of a s«.
lioy wUI dispose ot’ by
iodcrateWricc oi’5G cent<
11, laid.
8t.
THM Stockholders of the llrgpkc Turnpike
Company, are requ^jled to alt< *1 at the Hell
Tavern, no Tiiitrs ia>t%e -1' t in*, at 1 ak,
to take into ri.n a disfoiot lupHr 4:1 id
Cotnp’.uy, in con«eqynre of tl* affpN'ivp d.v
ni.v-fj nssemd byj/i* Jury, the writs of
ad qii-xl damnum, WfHWnsCiifitnpnssilde with
tl.e present capit I to u^'pleJ said road.
Bj order of thrliin ctm*.
CARTER 11. JACK, Trcas’r.
NOTICE.
T OST some time last Spring, a RED MO.
» akf)!!(J()l’lK'K ETM» *' • coo: lining a Hon d
of I'.d’d Bollhvr, UMOkittlerson, security .drawn
for If in'iii b t#y”\Wilm,:s, p y.able the 2.5th
l)-r. lbliJ (pityMtly the suf>-.<liiber) with sun
dry other papcrs^HaiyMar no to any one
All p nwmsar.r l^Wn^^Wtam<ll from trading
for sai l lhsnd or taking nn asfi^immt thereof.
WILLIAM GLOVER.
*
Jan. 14.
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICH \T O JYI) :
MONOAY, JANUARY is, ISIS.
The federal prints evince, by their how ling,
that they feci the force of the u *\v anpointments
in tlie War and Navy offices. Cen. Armstrong,
in particular, seems to bujreaded. Mr. Junes
i i denounced as an which, bv
the wav, is no mean comp^mbnt to the Presi
dent far selecting him It as precisely an old
sea-captain—that is, a practical nautical man,
that is wanted as the successor of Mr. Hamil
ton. The l.vul-toj's will he compelled to hop
of from this son of N'< ptttnc.
It is obvious, from the abuse poured out in a
c -rtai i scandalous Chronicle, that William
Pinkney, < sq. AttorneyM «er.d of tlie United
Stutes, is rising in the puBire estimation.
The nonrense published in all the journals
of the d*v, under the title of the* 2J.b bulle
t.n of tiie* Crand French Army, turns out
to he a complete </uiz. Tlie Uriish accounts
of the Ntipolc viis s having evacualcd .Moscow
appears to be doubted.
The subject of impressment seems ft pre
sent very much to occupy public .'.Mention.
Our Essayists are going into the stibji ct at
great Icngtli. This Would he ' rv wll if it
were likely to make the least impression upon
tlie enemy. What is^bielly wanted at thi time,
is not argument* toqAove At we arc in the
right on this head, demoustraie
that we are able to mnnkhin ti\\ght.
It is saul Mr. Randot^A has®cely spoken
three hours, in a most Wi-yui, against
the war. It is, however, one thing to speak e
loqucntlv, and another to speak aer.tihlf. We
have frequently had occasion to remark, that
men generally can talk most about tliat which
they least understand.
The C.azcttcs which opposed Mr. Madison’s
re-election arc very consistent in continuing' to
oppose him alter his sticress’is fully ascertain
ed. The Molumhian, indq^l, withes to find an
apology for its snarling jMtlie trien.llv criti
cisms ofprints that supp<>rtli<ra'.lminis'ration ;
but the Albany Register is lathing but Worml
wood. The latter, as it exhibits more ability,
may, perhaps, be allowed to have more I,if er
nes*. Those who preach up union, however,
ought to cultivate tlic sentiments which I ad to
union. Reproaches, and a knack of pourtrav
ing in dark colors every little unfavorable acci
dent, are not calculated to qnnciliatc.
It is remarkable, th .t it waflBhe boast of the
Itritidi not long since, that the retreat of th.
French army from Moscow was cut off/ and
that the last accounts positively assort that
they had retreated. One or the other of these
things must be false s^ju^icrhapj, they may
both be so.
GENERAL «1YTH.
This officer has been trej^tced as a trai
tor, and a coward.
The first charge does not seem applica
ble to an officer who lias (lone much more
than his duty required to have a sufficient
force to act against the enemy ; whose troops
have been generally successful, and who lias
COST NOTH ING.
The second charge can be best decided on
bv those who have seen General Smyth in
danger.
Col. Winder, Lieut. Angus of the Navy,
Lieut. T. B. Randolph, Doctor Young, Doc
tor Branough and 1). ctor Reynolds, have
very lately seen Gen. Smyth expose his life.
If these gentlemen will say that there is
in existence a man who exposes his life to
imminent danger with more tranquility than
General Smyth does, he' will quit the ser
vice.
Shall the reputation of an officer be (lc
B'royed because talse, Asigniag, and un
principled men unjustly aWose him, and are
echoed by an uninformed Slid seditious rab
ble ?
One of the most active men in exciting se
dition against General Srnytli among the vo
lunteers, whom Cicn. Porter calls “ Capt.
Mills”, lias since gone over to the British at
Schlosser.
The motives of Porter himself will appear
by the following document, which will also
shew the necessity of reformingthe Commis
sariat of the Army of the United States.
Co/iirs, extracts and memorandums, relative
to the /ittrehuse of provisions.
Oct. 24th. Required of the contractor a
deposit of two months’ Aovisinns (beside
the current issues) for tlirdfe thousand men
at or within a mile of tlm encampment at
Mr. Granger’s; and oft^kurViths’ provisi
ons for five hundred mcn^EcTfe the current
issues, at Fort Niagara. be done with
out the delay of a moment^
Extract—Col. Winder to Gen. Smyth, 7th
November, 1812.
“ VVe arc literally starving on this end of
the line for bread ; and unless the supply is
more abundant, the co'itActors will be an
swerablcfor conac-j’.icncgAiorc fatal to their
country than treason.” f
Nov. 8th—Notified Qen. I’. II. Porter of
the above ; and ordered llu^/eputy Quar
ter master to purchase t-vo.Snubs’ provisi
ons for five hundred mcn^ind to deliver
them within ten days into Fort Niagara.
Nov. 22d.—The requisition of Oct. 24th not
b'ty" '•omplDd with, ordered the Deputy
p laner master to purcha- - flour for five
thousand men for two months, and deposit
itnear Buffalo.
tmyth.
Extract—Ufaj. .dnnhtrad to Cm. .
dated 22nd November, 1^12.
“ But my p-T,-'<t concern is tlie want of
provisions, w ch i. .p|J:* *smJ1 jfi
e.vit.ibly have ; -i.enate tldL
insc Fort Niagara.
Nov. 30th—Bi-quin d rnnons for 2,500
men for four days at th^#iM^yard.
*ll raftpns
|tuJ|kBb!
P
:3*i
here ismo
Bbls. 10 whis
Ca/it. Thomas, Definty Quarter-matter to
Gen. Smuth. ^ \ j \ ,uv. (H) in the
evening1 jt U, "
“ I called on the contractor, who furnish
ed me the pork and whiskey required
thirty five barrels of four was alt I could
obtain, which is deposited at the Navy
yard ”
" N. B. Quantity reqtj
key, I)o 33 pork, Do.
Gen. Tannehill to Gen.
bir, 18l
“There is a complaint 1
quarter-master, that there
drawn.”
The world will judge Ixtwarn (Jen. Smyth
and Clcn. Porter; and perj^ps ultimately
1st Deeem
rrgimental
flour to be
may do each cf them justice
Ext-T“t of n Inter frotn a vtcmlef rf C --r tt
to the Editor of the Argno, (faced Wathi won
Jan. 15th, 131J.
“ At Ii hk;!i. u'.\\ a very ffc^torv debate of
at least 10 or 12ua\-w«>r^ r'l^CTronVln to have
luen—i debate,® lie who!e%otirse of vvbicl
"ot more peril.-.one temh pirt of what
was said had any*i rWt I>m)ong t^pon the sub
.1 m. U: rof't, tliQhiil for raising 20 addition
l.-.l regiments for on<*\ ear has been passed The
quest ion was taken oil its final passage last
night about 7 o'clock It is not improbable that
it may linger for *ome time—perhaps a cotisi
durable time in the Senate. It is to he lament
••<1 t‘..»t a measure so eminently call mg’ for dis
patch should have been protracted to such an
astonishing length of time—a measure, the ben
eficial effects of which may be in a great degree
defeated by th^delay, for iUuft be of ell pc m*
importance in ren^^^k a strong com -
mantling for^^^mr opi niti^^® campaign
Canada as \ tbe sptVg as possible.
\\ ith sucii collect(V by such a time,
it may He rcaso^^pM caJcniatM^hat a very da
cisivc blow may If stiHMPVfek^t country.
W hat a pity would it be tin n^^such a force
should not he collected in due time! It is by
quickness ol action, and not by tedious discus
sions that provision* for a vigorous prosecution
of war ought to lie made. AVitli sincere wishes
that the measure here alluded to may be cfV. c
five and produce the desired force for operation
in due time.
I am, ?ce. fcc.”
M AlUlll'D—Oti#l')mrsd.iv eienlng, bv the
l?, v’d JiiHsCouiel.'AEv, ATJI AXIF.I.
H 111 !'l,OW, to ainii.lft'Wliss NANCY
Nr',\\ \I \ \T, both ^^llenrico i\iVv.
7- ’ - ’*■ -E- _
“ .1" honest God."
Dim suddenly, ilie 25th
ull. JOHN' CUE It RANT, senior, iii the eighti
eth year of l»is age. Hi- was of the second pc
novation (and perhaps the last men.her of it)
«*f that immense posterity desrended from tin*
old French refugees (of Whom lie often spoke
*i ith grateful respect) who, under the auspices
of rclij-i .n, left their native oppr used rtmntrv
—sought an asylum in tiiis land «>f freedom*,
and settled on t lie southern bank of James ri
ver, at the phaC' called tile Manikcn town, in
the county of l,oiVli;it.:n, *’ was horn.
Inspire .1 wi'h those princtVcsand :entiments
oftlie Christian religion, umich animated his
ancestors, he mrt in a peculiar manner liislong
expected sudden exit, with that fortitude and
reignation founded upon the Rod of our Sal
vation, and is gore to sleep among his fathers.
He has left a widow, with whom he had happily
lived in connubial ties for more than sixty-one
affspling £
cellar, an
anil friends to
years, and a numerous off
bemoan his loss.
t 1 hrough a lonsr, a regulaT, and exemplary
bfi, rni rked throughout with the characteris
tic* of the soundest probity—industry, and u:
conomv ; lie Wa« a friend to the human family,
and by all esteemed, an Honest Man.
By Bast Kveninw’s Mail.
New York, jail. 12.
l.ATr3^%tO\t PORTUGAL,
r.y the sliip M^pchusetfs, rapt. Stevens,
arrived >esterd:o^<J^) Lisl><&, 'Ahjch port she
left on the 2Ji!i JfovembeX we ^earn, that
the French army had dfcken.Nnidrid ; that lord
Wellington had retre^^d tram \henre to Sala
manca, leaving his sick, woundeap®id cannon ;
and that no Algerine cruisers had been lnti-lv
seen Without the Straits. Flour at Lisbon SIS
3-4- per barrel.
Wasuivgtox Ci ry, Januasy 15.
At a l' te liour last evening the question was
taken m the House of Representatives an (lie
addition .! army bill, and carried in the affir
mative by a large majority. The debate has
been thus far protracted on general topics and
not on the particular merits of the bill: it was
finished, after many able speeches on both sides
of the House, by a brilliant speech from Mr.
Chcves in support of the war, not less conclu
sive than brilliant We congratulate our rea
ders on the proud ascendyey which we con
ceive to have been vnaintauWfrmy the Republi
can side of the House in this ^parliamentary con
test. Nat. Int.
January 16
The amendments of the Senate to the bill
from the House of Representatives, for the en
couragement of enlistments and better organiza
tion oftlie army, having been agreed to by the
House, it only wants the signat ure of the I*r si
dent to become a law. Ib.
We understand tha* a number of boxes of
gold dust were taken from the Swallow packet
by Commodore Rodgers, besides the money,
that the whole amount landed yesterday from
• he President, and deposited in the state bank,
its above S 300,000.
Kssex Register.
The Philadelphia Democratic Press says,
“We learn from Washington City, that Ge
neral Hull lias been exchanged, not for thirty
pieces of silver, but for thirty soldiers. It is
expected lie will Iw tried without delay.”
In our I nst we'not iced
ii*r
Npur\K, J:.n. 15.
iOKTt
at* ll. it i^li frigate liad
1 he bay. \Ve have
;in<'c ascertained that tlio^fcfneh .ship is the
Tamerlane, 10 weeks frosure, bound to
Haltimor<-,with :«valuable cargo of Shk^ l.aces,
'Vine, and llrandy, r.n l that the Hiitin> ship is
the Tartarus of‘JO guns. fn the pursuit both
‘•hips got on sli'uv upon the Middle frrnund.
The Tartarus threw all her guns overboard but
four, by which means she was got off.
A pilot boat was decoyed alongside, and was
intended to transport the cargo of the Tamer
lane on hoard the Tartarus. A petty officer
who was charged with the execution ofthis du
ty, not being very vigilant, the pilots cast off
tin; lasts that held thorn to the Tamerlane, sml
made sail for this place, where they arrived
yesterday looming, with the officer and three
men. Yesterday uvo boats brought up the pas
senger# snd crew of the Tamerlane It is sup
posed she cannot bo got oil, though a part ol
her cargo has doubt been taken out bv the
Hritiaii ships—1‘lie Cilobt: privateer of ISal i
more, went down yesterday, as did several gun
fonts.- In beating dotmtjie (ilote got a ground,
but was soon off, and ^s ntairm^w iiliout dam
age.
(Ir.sed a French dip it!
Fly a Pilot who earn
are informed thut
longside the French ship Time
anil that slie was on her beam ends.— J
man of war in sight.
hK \
ami up this learning, we
schAener iijM^sIn^j^were a
nds.— nWj
relay,
Iritish
Unci
JUST RFlCFdVf
Half H inds Nli
Jan. 7.
A few Tickets in the
liOtery (wnrrantc<lfcimlra'ii#»
just received and^w^sale *t
Two 3u,00U—t#oW),000 and
uehana Card
ie 4Sth d»v!
• in efRce. ■■
two 5WO dollar
prizes are still in flic whc«.l
Jaii&ra 13
„ 50
IvSOr, 5491, 193R4, jo
i icki'fs ^ Sluires,
For Sale cl the Argos Office, Itic/mtond
h'e>h blooded
WILL STAND
Jacob Micheaux*
Powhatan county
monel and 2 n»
House.
Terms will be cl
Petersburg, Jan. lo?
ng seisin, at Mr.
>n James Itiver, in
tnilesfabove ltich
Loocfdand Court
in clue time.
\VV. H AX ALL.
Wot
BY virtue of a deed «L trust exi
William Sliitcn to for the |
retiring the payment ofaWhrtain sc
■y, therein mentioned, t<? Armisteai
executed by
puraose of
sum of mo
ad Russell ;
I .shall •nthe 1 ?di day of the n< xl month ( Fe
bruary) sell to the highest bidder, on the pre
mises, for cash, a
TR VCT
Hi-longing to the said
now resides, lying ncj
county of New Kent,
one hundred and twen
fifry Veres, it being a"
Tlfstai
ire It*
A
LAND,
state, and on which lie
Ware-CJrcck, in the
id containing between
l<ive, St one hundred Sc
t o a tract formerly
belonging to Anniatead Russell, sinV. dcc'd.
called
"Warc-Creclr.
Persons disposed to purchase, arc invited t*
view the Land previous to the dav of sale.
YVM. AU Ml STEAD.
7t.
Jan. 17.
TliR subscriber offers for 9ile,
The Houses and Lot,
Which be now nccun^V, situate or. 'he rre?i
street, leading to ri.if's’s Ferry, anti contigu
nus to the M.vkct. iudisputabie tit’e will
be made, and invii^iate possession had if
required. I ‘‘not so® in two or three weeks, it
will be to Kent.
M. CUlANfTLANT).
Jan. 8. 2w.
Loaf Sutrar, Af lassr* ancl Chocolate*
10 Minis. K'-fined iAtjar,
1 > Mo. Ttet’-l!ingifc#.lasses,
2j i'.ox. s < ,id Firmer, StCo. sup fine
Chocolate For -.ale by
MUiii’diy & SCOTT, Auct'rt.
Thirtv Hollars I'eward.
RW-AWAY from 1lv» subscriber, on Mon
thly the lltli inst a bright Mulatto Roy named
1) f C K,
Mjout 14 or 15years old, well grown, k stout
for his age ; has som? marks on lii.i lace which
appears to have been c.usej by the stroke of
a whip—lie had on when lie absconded, a
brown mixt cloth Coat and Waistcoi'it, and.
count:y cloth Pantaloons. HE TOOK M i l'll
HIM
Two Horses ;
One a hay with a switch fail, high boned, and
sunk body—the other a sorrel, with a roached
n-.anc and a bob :ail, white sta-in Ids forehead
and a snip on his upper lip Any person who
wifi return said Boy and Morses to me in Rich
mond, shall receive the above reward, with rea
sonable charges ; otwmie half for the Morses i
brought without trtei Moj.—It is supposed la
has gone to Mooch! mil county, wdiere he w as
born and lived With Air. .Matthew Lacey.
SAMUEL AIYKRS.
Jan. 14. tf.
Washington L:e’irr Academy.
Hanover T.vmn Road, 10 mile» from Richmond.
I IIP, 1 rosters of the Academy, are enabled
to announce to the public that Mr. Doyle, u£
Richmond, late coadjutor with Messrs Girur
din k Wood, has accepted its stiperintendam«
—and, in censcquence of their liberal applica
tion of the funds, has agreed to employ an as
sistant, and reduce the fees for tuition, to four,
bix, and eight dollar*, per quarter, according as
the classes are advanced, as shall appear on
car Is to he distributed for the purpose.
Hoard can he had in the most respectable fa
milies convenient, for from sixty to eighty dol
lars per annum. Young ladies and young gen
tlemen will be instruerd in separate rooms,
*nu the same ady^iag^,* can be enjoved hero
as in Richmond^ yet nor^pf the disadvantages
—for instance as fund boanL washing, lodging
mul tuition #«n b® f*qjfeivedWiere, as in town
for little mwrcexpwncJniAit tliition alone there t
yet free fr<j|n all twa^pcioiisejshils and v.cioua
society, common to all cjtiy4.
i hu ongilal intc^ionor donors to this
Academy p re •cut trus*
tee* are deterims^PPo sfTaTNRS^ezpence time
tiieir hinds will admit of, in Tarrying it into
execution. Tfiav are now prepared to accom
modate any number of pupil* that may offer.
Yoon* gentlemen may if they please, have lodg
incf rooms in the Academy. Young; ladies aril
little boys can be accommodated at Captain
Kichardson’s, or any of the neighbouring ePn
tlcmen’a. "
All the advantages arising to youth from the
: present plan cannot be set forth in ;.n adver
tisement ; hut inav he fully ascertained hy ap
P*yi'-;r ;*t Mr. Hickinson’s Tarern, or to any of
the undernamed trustees, vir,:
Ch... William Trueheart.Capt. John A.TIich
ardson, Major Thomas Starke, Capt. IVtr rFos
ter, AliiX'inder Anderson, F.sq. or the subseri
; her, allot' whom live convenient to '.lie inatitu
tion,
THOM A 3 T1NSI.RT, Chairman
of the Jioorii of Truttert.
The course of F,duration, though somewhat
different in form, * • in fact, as
that pursued in lh< Uichn. TBtcademy, when
Mr. D. left it, via • ^Th <krcf-m T.»tin and Kn
ffl'»l» langns'es cla**mil% llVory, Cieo rH.
I»hy and the llellr* Ix-ttAa ;mritV.etic. Hook.
Keeping, and all the practla i\)nni\ „ eful bran*
che* of the Mathematics wiCTthe mgYlfCtlobcs
hind other instruments—The School will com*
inence the second Monday in January next, and
continue the whole year, as no holidays *ini La
allowed hut those requested hr parents.
»9_._ att
THK KAMBLKH,
Rr Doctoj^Jornson.
JfT^IT Tt-ccive.lf^ TTjgtbr mle bv q. p, *A
ssh rs, Richmond, th/RlMmf.EM a. ,i«
neatly bouad, rri#a 'Jb *. W '