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mental staff infantry regimental s'taiTR i VIRGINIA ARGUS I 1IMON FRIDAY DECEMBER 26 18067 arrived oiis mail soonrf vre should have had it in our power to smzcot a largs uuantity of pork and whisky 'Nathaniel Irish and Robinson two justices of the peace issued process against a Joseph Davis of this town for purchasing provisions for the when brought before them he acknowledged the fact allcdged against him and said that he was employed by a certain Tyler and major Smith both late of New the money obtained here to defray the expense of purchase of provisions £ccis on orders drawn by Corn-fort Tyler on Ogden" and Smith of New orders are promptly paid" Lhc torp3 of marine consists ot aoout lOOO-total regular military force! of the union four thousand four hundred and forty Bost' Chron European France in the year IT91 set about to new model her government The Italian and German states including Prussia incited by the jgovefnment of England interfercdm their concerns and threatened if the French people persevered sfiqrtition thei country as some of the xrowned monsters had just partitioned Poland i The erman and Italian states had soldiers but no money England had money but no soldiers 'England therefore By Last Night's Mail" neV yorIv Dee: 2a IMPORTANT JDucnos Apres retaken MrTtall a pas senger in the brig: Adeline capt'iin Wick- liamf 18 days from Havanna furnishes the following intelligence -Two or three davs previous to the sail-f ingofthe Adeline ncwsvras received froint Panama stating that rccoimts had just lieea received there (the 20th of October) of the? of Buenos- Vyrcs on the Sth Aticust by a Naval cmmapder naoied allty anA Tt will Jrtleged that all the expanses of government ought to be mutually borne by nil descriptions of people and that every tax calculated to screen one portion of society from the burthens which are imposed upnn others is not only in itself unjust and oppressive but will trench upon the established principles of a free government All that can now be said in relation to tltfs objectionf is to deny iU The design of the writer is merely io brine into notice those opinions which prevail his own mind He believes that a public guard is absolutely necessary that the system which' he has recommended is far superior that which exists arid that a tax upon slaves is not only just and reasonable in itself but by no means inconsistent with the equal principles offour constitution If these ideas should make the impression for which thev are written it will be FROM THE PITTSBURG PENN'GAZETTE furnished thosestates with money and they Don St Jiigo Le Niar a 'the he id of 1 0O sent legions into France to corifjuer and troops anu or uo volunteers wi hitij FOR THE ARGUS FOR fUE LEG IS fURE OF VIRGINIA Concerning the PUBLIC GUARD and SLAVKS -HVO subjects of great importance have hrn considered by the Legislature now in fc'cswju The first relates to slaves the second to the public guard As the last of thcc proceeds from the first Jt seems lobe proper to consider them at the same time tndin such a manner that the legislative proceedings concerning the one may not couarcract the true policy which relates to the other According to this general opi-liion and with ail the deference which is due to the representatives of an independent and enlightened' people I shell now Mihmlt as well to their notice as to that of killed about 500 and took about 100O partition it Hie Dake ot lirunswiCic ffa5aaij- Mr' The departure of several young men from this place for Orleans at this particular crisis has created a variety of improper suspicions and sur villain employed in this Knglish ling in the latter the? destruction i Justice is commander K'urlc nad a number of ofli- tne nrst illustrious work of ronar and id proper then to ascertain the amount of the sure though sometimes npt speedyr He feU tax and the descriptions of slave to which -you will please to state to the pub-it ought to be confined A general tax up- lie those young men stand pledged to their on all slaves the voting and helpless as friends and the vorld that they have no cers The" Spmi troops were from Mon teviedo aud were carried up the river abou 24 mile -N' Buen os- Ay res ta the river Concho in 1 uinchcs and'small 1 as the old and useless would be op- improper lawless or treasonable object well view and that they will not engage inan'y bcex an on- vessels It appeared to hav at the battle of 4ena His savage apd infamous manifesto published when He lios-tilely entered into tbe territories of Fraiice is not argotten" vThe war on the rart of the combined powers was one of booty on the side of "France (originally) of defence His Prussian majesty after two or three years of impotent fiditing backed' out as and in these relations unreasonable because the necessity for establishing anv additional burthen proceeds from the loiiowers uu- -c terprize of Le Niar and his known to the Spanish rovernment 1 act or enterprise which may not be deemed Honorable and laudable MFADviLLKt (PenrrA Nov 27 les their cawiiacnis mc "Ul dancers to be apprehended trom the ma The accounts' received at the Ha vanna niike no racntion of the English reasons fr important ami rauica I wlm are in the active aces of life and liis: Tiie results of which may be Feaui therefore ousht to be confined splely to On Monday last a number of the citizens waggonners say nrst troooing nngiana shipping" -( K- nninatcd i however byway of a joke ot three mini- ons sterlingV sent as subsidy to continuei him in'arms His Prussian majesty pock- LL persons having claims against the? those of that description "According to lot this town said to be "engaged" in llietse-this idea the tax ought to be imposed up-1 cret expedition took their departure for on all the males between the ages of 16 Beaver the place of rendezvous situated and Bv this means the treasury would on the river Ohio Numbers engaged in revive1 nnnuallv a sum of monev fullv e- i the tame enterprize have recently: passed A eted the monev and then made peace 'Hi is estate of Joseph rrabue decof Pow was all well "enouch amancst such folks hatan county cither by bond or open ac- 111 lj 1 The company of guards considering tne manner in which it is organized and the materials of which it is composed dots not aford that satisfaction which was anticipated when it was established The pay and emoluments are small: The duty is severe ave unceasing and there is no general pre- tn the respectability of qual to the public exigency and solely from' through this place" from the state of Ncw-that description of property the peculiar 1 York count will please bring them-' forward on or before the first day of April next as wisti to ascertain the amount by that time Those who do not present them to me be blunder was the cement pt the comomation of crowned heads In pocketing the three millions the grand biter was but bitten Now4 the simple question among these warring powers has been ever since the situation of which imposes it as a auty in cident to self-preservation to incur a heavy Ij'exington" Nov 24 From Frankfort we learn that the House the soldier Krom this defect individuals annual expense of had habits and vicious inclinations have cf Repretentatives have cited Jadce Se- -i I ll XillS SUDJCCl SiUJUlU UJUilll UULMIl' notice- btcn frequently enlisteo who have either then be proper to unfold and iilus- will then be proper to unfold and iilus the nbovetime must not expect to be placS ed on an equal footing with the rest of the creditors Ar niuzi SosLErr Adm'r Powliatan 19th Dec 1806 2w bastipn to appear bctore them on 1 hurs-r oisoneci tne minus u4 vuVt trate some other ideas such as will proper- day next to answer to the charge of re ow commencement of hostilities whether the combined powers shall partition France France forced into the contest shall aggrandize herself at the expense of the Combined powers and it is only answered by France finding herself in a condition to pliy the character of the master-robber miSCOndUCt CXWICU ijvi 1 Tt tn relate to the modihcations of the plan ccivmg a pension trom the Spanish govern- rrrt towards the who corps rom these ft -I i 1 MA i hi men ue ciwuircu wucuitr-mtviw iiicuv nics houe servants waiters wagoners Notice i ny virtue ot a deed ot trust executed to England half bullied and half bribed the the of regard and reciprocal conuaencebe-twren the soldier and the citizen which is calculated to render the service honorable rrf nnd iiwful to the other For draymen and Watermen ought not to pay a higher tax than those who re employed in And whether in future' and Philadelphia Dec 19 Extract of a letter from Washington 16th ipst combined powers into the warVand her a- -J the subscriber on the 20th day ot Janu- cents here are attemptinc to play the same i ary last bv Thomas Pauletir of Charlotte i Vr by decrees the blacks should not be ex- taken the liberty to rh arts nr thrse purposes I have submit to public notice the following propa game with us 1 neir bardinian andJNea- county tor the beneht ot iUartm iiancocKt politan -the Emperor of Austria will be sold for ready -money on Friday tne probably the King of Prussia and certainly I 9th of January 1807 at Thomas St M'Km- fr'6m being public carriers Inn ovations of this sqrty would be at first attended with I some inconvenience out as soon as the re- sitr ns The Tviblic cuard mirrht be rendered The report of yesterday respecting Col Burr's departuiti with one thousand men is The President mentioned that a party of twenty had marched to join him and by the time this had travelled from the President's House to the Capitol it had augmented to one thousand It now appears that the Proclamation was sorae twenty or thirty Duke and btad- ney a store said county ttie toiiowing tholclers are no wore! It should seem as if 'property to wit tiwoi tho rnitinupinr si in i im til 111U UK- mi fmdation was known to be nrmlv settled the counsel ot England was death to all na- tioiis that listen to it Citizen) fording the rudirnentso i 2nd established the laborious and Jndustri: on wh-ch might be I ons poor would very readily embrace those parts cf the for the most wifenjles and in the part discharged by slaves By this change Let it be supposed that the estaolishecl i -rt Chrce likdy NVgroeS) named Frank Washington and Anna also three Horses six head of Cattle feather Beds and furniture with a quantity of household and kitchen Furniture' or so much of said property as shall be sufficient' to satisfy the purpose of the said deed of trust in advance of all Burros parties and that orders had been given to seize the boats and prevent the junction of the different bo- UlOit socjeiy wjuju jpivt i uiviwii i vai- puober of guards should be one hundred er security than can be expected from the establishment" of guards even tho' their LITERARY "Diversions Pur This work: forms a new era in philosophy It is the production of the celebrated John Hqrute Too ke and is stamped ith all the marks of his strong and active mind He points out in the course of it corrects the errors of men whofse erudition had sanctioned those errors and whose character for dry research-had made them in some measure the arbiters lansruace He traces those Extract cf a letter received at New York dated Washington December 18 1805 44 1 am happy to inform you that the of defence" for York has beenfiegun or ne from each -regiment or it the plan deserved so much countenance let there be two or three from each regiment Let no one be admitted who was younger thart IS or older than 25 years" and no oile beal lowed to serve move than three years So that the military' knowledge acq red in 'the fervifc might he extended by a con--r-nt fnccescirn' To render the corps not Ip h-norablethan useful np one to ad- mitted without recommendation from res-trtaldr ruthVritv of the county- or regi numbers and organization should be equal to those ideas which have been partially un- fldcd All these considerations might be made not only subservient to each otherj but vvith-mit affording rcksonable cause cf complaint to any one w'oulda)so promote public trail--quilitv and prosperity and fit the same time 'iuture the general happiness of so- seriously bv the executive arid will be stea Claiborne Bdrksdale jr Trustee Charlotte Dec 13 1S06 Notice FOREWATIN all persons from taking A rui assimmpnt-nf vnrvlnv Ttnnlc- rivn lw dily pursued until the city and harbor shall be "put into a a respectable state of defence errors to their source and bv arguments 1 7 fi in a tew days a report win oe mane to the Senate on this subject which will anti-' i bm th Blakev ot ricnriro ronntv tr loberb 1 rietv perfect and implicit assent to ins own doc- (f- chv nf llirlim whfrh It will nof hf nrntonr Cf that these pro- cipate uie mtuiui aiur vuui vmcsim- ment to which hVmight each pri- tnnes It is a work which shoud be read -n nnn ftettiftne rnriMitSoi' nWf- sTnrovpfl less thev are very expeditious General -I 1 1 1 1 --V ItUn I of which the case is susceptible But it Dearborn' has given tne the niost solid as- anu siuuicu uy conceive the said bonds were discharged a pure tand perspicuous style and by the sd Smith Blakey and the said R6- -v- Ko i-inriiitvT lf cnnamtn-l with thp will be strenuously insisted that thev af- surance that both the battery and arrows will be fortified in their turns and that ford views which may be greatly improved 'v sv "Tf" bert louche 1 has refused tog va them up meaning and nature of those hitherto puz-- a 0 nA -lX iijj iiuvi iirtiui yji iiitiiv1 there va -e to receive so niuch and such ciotii-inp- rind rations from the public as to afford inducements for vmng men of character prifk and laudable ambition to enter into the service V-- In cases' of dishoncrdble disobedient or Kpsoldier-'lke conduct the effeuders to be -rrmished hv martial law and after receiv- or enlarged according to the general impressions which a more matured examination may afford All that is now intended is to submit to notice the impressions upon fcrt Jay shall be fortified 'the' most complete manner -It is the ''intention of the executive to do evci thing for permanent service'and to have Po mnre fortifications of wood sand Toll cur citizens thoy shall be defended Tell them government is a-wake to their protection and if business due in 1793 1794 and 1795 and one notfc taken oh demand for fifty-three in 1797 Geo JlLAKEr Adm'r of Smith B'akcUs dec 9- subjects of considerable magnitude' iilus- 'A- 4- 1 in'1! 4- mV v- ill inrhiftt will induce rimg Dutnecessary parts 01 our aanguagc which grammarians have been content to name without explaining The-first American edition of this work will be comprised in two volumes large octavo the'first of these has just been published- the -second" will be ready for delivery within a-month 1 or after conviction of the ang punishment trated only to such cxtentas ohence even I whnm thmav he read and have 18Co 25th Nov 3t iTmitted the effender to be expelled ironi goes on slow it Will be the more sure and sufficient in9uerce'tp devote to it a reasona- Ctlcctual on tliat account ible portion of their time and reflection Subscriptions "will be received until the NQW READY FOR THE PRESS And will be published immediately aYertht next session of the Genera: Avvrriibl?) Bv Samuel Ple'asants Jan VOLUME SECOND second volume snail oe reaay tor puoiicati-on and no at two dollars and fifty rents each volume in boards payable on deliverv Booksellers may obtain anv number of the ilie corps A preposition like this will he opposed from two causes the first relates to the general and just objection which exists a-ainst an established military corps the second relates to the expense Both cf these objections deserve notice and may be removed With rpect t0 tne first' 'n is conceived that the objection will he entirely obviated by the successive routine provided for in the mole of establishment whereby the corns '-nytead 'of becoming dangerous-' to li OF rjfE It is now very generally believed that 1 our-ministers iii London have- satisfactorily adjusted all the points of difference and complaint against (a reat' Britain except- ing only that which relates to impress- ment from on board 'American vessels Some difficulties In restricting this practice had occurred but it was confidently believed that those would soon be rem j- The Legislature-' South1 Carolina on the 9th instant elected Charles Pinck-n ky Governor cf that State in the place of Paul 'Hamilton resigned--Jou iv Ilor-kins was chosen Lieutenant governor At the same time John Ga i li ar was re-elected a Senator in the Congress of the United States work boulidor in sheets'on the usual termsj on application to the publisher Wm Du-anc1 1 GO Market street Philadelphia REVISED CODE cqataLylyg A collection cf all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia of a public and permanent nature as have been passed bince-tho session of 1801 to which will be added kiich Acts of the same nature as may be passed at the session of 1805 Major Jesse FHinklin has be-n re-elec berty will Income the instrument of instruc- rT 7 Pfin rlvi" rsTJilf The dignified attitude in which the President of the United States appears in his last address commands the reverence even a Senator in rl Wziriofni in I tim as well as the immediate sale-guard ot of North Carolina the public tranquility 37 SuBscmnERs Dr Hkhs CYCLOPEDIA Are informed that vol II part II or no 4 of the work is Just received and ready for delivery at Pleasants Bock-Store Dec 26 When a vouner man enters into the ser of his The evasive remarks the THE JUDICIARY BILL uUKTH Jt ITU 'AM APPENDIX tit AVHICn WILL BE lNSESXED I Such Public Acts as have been omitted in' Freight Wanted Passed both houses of the Legislature of pretended omissions the pitiful censures this State on the fi th instant This bill all speak to a discerning man anoppositi-provides that there shall be two Superior on which truth cennot support which pa-Courts in eacti county yearly and that the 1 trjotism -will not and which county courts are to try jury causes twice sincerity must despise In this address a year oftener if the business requires it with great perspicuity is united a comprc in addition to the Judges and Soli- hensive view of our national interest Our citcrs now in office there are to be two more internal resources are explained from the Judges and four more Solicitors appointed most simple facts while no unreasonable a Judtre and a Solicitor are to perform one expectations are excited from our present FOR CHARLESTON The -ficst sailing sloop RE E- NUE West burthen 63 tons or there abouts Will sail r-l 'V in one week Tor freight ap- tnSt tio ttf a Koinn n(T tntn si rif irreflt tirosoeri tv Necoci attons -arc shown iinfinc oorli -n'V nnrK fir in their cbararter- and nrfi entmsted tn vi- PY ooai'd mitvrlr 'm 'tliP first Mondav in irilance to fidelity and to -honest-princi- Hicamoutt Dec' 2 4 1305 tne last tuition oi me nevised oae II A compilation of the several laws for the establish meat of the James River Potow- mac Appomattox arid Dismal Swamp Canal companies in ail of which the state has au interest III Acts for the establishment of tiie Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings cf the tate of Virginia IV Lawsconce rn ing the orthern Neck A Table of Pines Forfeitures Peaattiest and Amercements designating such a 3-are to the use ef the 'Commonwealth buch as go towards lessening the county levy such as beiong to individuals ind such as are appropriated to any particu- lar object VJ Act far establishing TuiT-oike ronds March and that 'the Judges pies Our frontiers are examined and the are to hold a supreme court at Raleigh once best defence of them proposed: The dis-a vear on the tenth of "June' In addition coveries in Iouisiana- which have been 10 Dollars Reward -1 -JiJ i 1 i maue wuu great success -avc iccounucuu- vice he would anticipate such a course of conduct as will entitle him to an honorable reception among bis friends after the term ef service has expired The knowledge which he will acquire if he deserves public wiU entitle him to promotion in the militia and in case of war to an honorable military appointment according to his merits He will naturally anticipate the most favorable consequences which can result from a proper line of conduct and will be therefore doubly excited not only to avoid blame but likewise to entitle himself ata future day tor the advantages which such conduct would entitle him to expect The next objection will relate to the expense Unless this can be provided for in the most satisfactory manner it is not expected that thei propositi ens already unfolded will meet with countenance It is for this reason that the following consequential considerations are also respectfully submitted to the noticeof the legisaiture -The benefits to be derived from the establishment of a military corps cannot be denied Norman it be pretended that under the actual state of society some provision of that sort is not absolutely necessary And why absolutely necessary It is be-ciuse the state of slavery which exists added to recent events and frequent a-larms impresses it upon the mind of every cd and the worthy citizens who have as to 8 masters cnancerv tnere are to ue 52 more' appointed and in addition to the clerks of the present superior courts 52 more are to be appointed by the Judges A Carolina Pap STOLEN from my house in New-Kent county-' 's A Sorrel Horse sisted them are 'committed to the public gratitude Humanity is not forgotten in his wise policy and the system of revenue is accommodated to the benefit of the citizens From this address we can safely predict the increasing affections of the citizens of the United States towards the VIL Acts authurtsmg the-erection 'of Toll Bridges All the Acts comprised in this volume have been carefully collated bv a srentlc-i Extract cf a letter from John Gdvino Es(j Consul of the United at Gibraltar to the Secretary qf State dated Between 4 feet 10 inches and 5 feet high between four arid -five years old a small star in his forehead one of his hind fet wh'te a small lump on the inside of pne of his fere legs nick'd tail and in low order Supposed to have been stolen by a man named Bob Scott a bright mulatto Gcxxdi-land countv who was formerly in the mad bruUe Whoever will deliver the said horse President and assure confidence in his ad 4th Oct 1G06 ministration A steady pursuit of the national interest and instant attention to e-very appearance of p-ublie danger must entitle him to the character of the Guar li- man vi soil's oi reierencc to lor- mer and subsequent statutes "are annexed to each chapter and a copious Index viii be given at the end of the wcrk TERMS I It sliall be printed on aa entire new tvrC4 restaint on Tobacco fromft U-nited States continues at this port and has overset several voyages by which our merchants in America will be considerable sufferers" anof lhe public happiness Every attempt 1 to Christopher Tompkins or Richard Fd-toreproachhiniwhileheissurroundedwith ward in Ricltmond or to the subscriber in New-Kent county shall receive the a- bove reward (v sucn reai gury win mvic no omer rem- Extrtict of a letter from a gentleman in tation than a glance at tl light he sheds Pittsburg' Pen to a member of Con- around him The friends f'-oir country oi a si7e larger man mat uscu in the 4St edition of the JtcvisetLCode pub lie ia H-The paper sliall be of good quality atii JOHjV MOSS Jr 2 must' be pleased with best defence of grew dated Dec 8 1806 Dec 22 1006 wiv 'aj tv uvu uuviriuj will iVi Ul i VlilUIHC in lare octavo to match first volume Of the same work The number of paces' cannot be ascertained though it is expected from the matter of which the book will be composed (there bein riinety-fivd pew chapters in the coutiimatbu froi W'antkp to Iiiki A Woman Servant The man to be a handy servantabout a house and the woman to know h'ow to cook wash and iron-4lso asm GIRLi abcait twelve or fourteen years of to be well recommended for their sobriety and hones the President and of the administration It is drawn from our best evdence our experience and it is confirntd in the dura tion of the public Salem Reg The standing military jbrce of the lini-ted States consists at preicnt of one regiment containing five battalions of artillery consisting of twenty companies of 91 men each including officers Ike total number of artillerists 1820 Twa reKiments con- tnati of reflection that i some ctlcctual and tcrmancnt means ought to be employed to Kuard against actual danger as well as to insure public tranquility A state of slavery and the situation of society proceeding from that sole cause therefore impress it as a duty upon the legislature to secure the public peace and to anticipate such disasters as an actual m- 1 urrection might produce Jf th3 be so if the necessity of incurring a heavy public expense proceeds altogether from the situation of society as relates to the then nothing can be more reasonable than that the whole expense ought to be borne by the holders of that par- -ticular specie of property It is ibreteen that this will be immedi- A number of young men inhabitants of this town amounting to seven have set out with an intention to join cob Burr in his expedition against Mexico among whom is Morgan Nevill sou to gen Prcsly Nevill it is said with -the konwiedgc arid consent of his father he provided himself with two suits of regimentals before his Thomas Butler son to the late coL Butler Mr Forward" printer and e-ditorcf the Tree of Liberty and publisher of theU laws by authority after having made preparations was prevented from going by sickness' 5 It Ayoiild have been a fortunate circum staade bad tho ecsident's prdcUaiatioa 1801 td 1805i and towards of one bun dred oiattcd acts) that it will contain ty forhich liberal Waes will be given nearly as many pages as the last edition UUThe price ta subscribers will be Fivil Enqpire at this office December 2Jd 1606 tf i -wvuufljiqj yi- iram ki icii erv ct tna ft taming fouf battalions of infantry consisting often companies each (twenty companies) each" company consiuini? of 80' men incln- to nousubsct-ibrs the price wiU be ccnsidcrablv encreasud ia the Second C'jis-if the NVi-liam Mairy Lctte aid ice sil-4t ill o-c dingr ofiicers total number ofiufan JSus scxtf'rjoss art revived by th S' 1102 'General staff 4 artillery rji- if2 i 1-.