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ARGUS.
“Here TRUTH unlicens'd reigns,
And dare accost e’en hinge themselves
...Or rulers of the free."
■MILLEDQE Vtl.I E :
H'LDNM SI) A r, 1)1 C. 19, 1810.
<11 SK'5>i"
Tlio fixth Circui) Ci urt of the
TT'iifod States, commenced its
fell! n in this place on the 14;h
irith PiTffeht hie Honor Judge
Jjjlnfon. I he Grand Jury f .und
f vend ir.dicbmrot, again!! pu*-
fon r . for* trefpsfli -g on the Indi
an lan-ls—and found ,a tiue bill
ogaiuft Fiukcr and Morgan for
the Murder of Strickland ; but
th 'V were diich irgcd m a plea
to ;h- j infdittion of the Court.
The Coy t adjourned on Mon-
day evening after going through
a Multiplicity of bufijitTs. Judge
fr-vens did not attend, being
prevented by in difpcfitioii.
Con fid er, with particular care !k may five at* they are man & wife,
attention, what you ought to i.o. without bar ui p-. rjury.
Liftcn to the voice of virtue, If you fee a lady wh f* beau-
truth and honor. Know that ty and carriage attract the eyes
the rebt Ulcus and pervade Jon- and engage thedfclpeCt of all the
ta fuk only to deceive you, and ^company, except a certain gen-
to Iti ip you cf all that wealth and tleman, who fpeaks to her, in a
Vill < Franca, the Britifn head-
quarters, at the lad dates, is on
ly K5 roller from I. (b in. Coim
bra, from whence lord Welling
ton dated bis difpatrh, is 96 miles
diilant. 1'he retre-.t of the Rri
tifh, therefore, h. s bc< n by no
means fl >w or incoofi'Jerabu ;
and one mi|h more would proba
blv fiiufli tmj campaign. With
the Coiunna example befori
treafure wiiich you p ffi fs, in or
der to make you the more fub-
mi (five and cringing to its bloo
dy mandates, and hypocritical
ar.d treacherous views. He al‘
lured, that the Englifli on their
part endeavor to fpoil vou of
your go.Id and hap;.in! f, only
in ord< r*to maintain with it a
war which they have provoked,
the tendency and enu of which
i. to annihilate you. Confider,
r flccb, and ponder ail this; arid
if vour impartial uecificn is not
to fubmit yourfelvcs to our pa
ternal and juft government, I
advile you to unite together all
in u body, like good and efTu&i
oi’.ate brothers, and to declare
yourfclves free and independent of
all he nations in the world.
Atjolifh entirely dint iniquitous,
batoarour, lain tied govern
mert, under wiiich you have
groaned and fuffufed fo long—
Djfli to the ground the inhu
man and infernal i -quifition.—
G ve to the v.orid illqltrious
I proofs of honor, valor and tole
I ration, Enact juft, wife and
v.hoiefome laws, (''pen veur
rough accent, not at ail all' tied
wi.ii her charms you may be
furc it is her ftufbaud who mar
ried In r for love and row flights
h- r If you fee a gentleman that
is courtt ons, obliging, and guod
natured to every body except a
certain 1 male (hat lives under
the fame roof with him, to whom
he is unreafonahly crois ar il ill
natured. it is his wile. It you
fee a maie & letnile, continually
jirfing checking and thwarting
each other, yet under the kintftfl
terms and appellations imagina
ble, as dear etc. they arc man &
wife.
Id-n, it will argue much folly or j f pe 3 in your own proper inter
want of fore fight in the Britifh <■(!. IT.
e(f.— Undo refolutely the fatal
commander, if he does not bring ! vdli.o.cu winch exi'h, between I
rtf bis troops in a bett.-r plight I yeu and th; Erojifh vtl
tlun fu John lvloore’s?rmy. And J altc * i-ic pit; pole it
y t we f}y**u!d nor be
t<* hear oi tin Then." h be
them pellmeli i i the v
of 1'then A feWVays
us tlie iffuC of tins exp*
Co
fu prii'e*.
' gup >n
y fit-pets
wdi giyc
dim -)i.
umbian.
Independence* of viper fl) America■
Tile extract ptiBiiiiied in the
Whig of yeflerd- v, r. fpcctmg
the f.vofabie d'fp .-fiton oi
France tothiindupendc nee of
the Snar.'fh Colonics, though
v-ry fv.isfaftory, is far from
being fn explicit as the follow
ing oflicid exhortation from
Jo-fcph, in which he coi jures
the people to declare them
feives independent. Of all
the events coufiqucni on tin
revolutions in F.urope, the in
dependence of South Am; ii
ca is tnofl important to th
New V orld. In imagination
we anticipate tljoufsnds of
benefits from it: although v. r
th^t a
do not flippoL Mini n jirM
ever whom tyranny, civil and
nligious, has fo lorg held
centum!, can be capable o:
perfect freedom all at once
llut independence wdi enlarge
th lr minds, an; pi\ pare thi tn
fora better flak—-B Whig.
fe tin-
to avail
thdinfelv* s of your valuable
tn-iies which iiie bo Com of your
li b (ortin ries contains.—Their i vunroej
vi w ! r fome years b..rk has
l:'■ er* fixed on fbef’e.— Ulj vour
utmoli advlrcflv-j, ih refer., to
prevent-jlhj|tn from realizing
their vile and uujufi defigns.
Wiili i qual ( are and vigilance,
kept aloof f.c m ;\ll pretended
tuaties of commerce and fiiend-
flilp, which other nations may
cfler to make with you Re
main firm, conftant. and deter -
mined to maintain the wife and
iWppy government which you
IV;ay .have el*- fen ; a'i united un
der the 1. me llandanl, iiveipca-.ee-
able and iiappy. Hold fcr.h to
the.other nations the exarffp!; of
wifi om, valor, jrdli
: and nr.
'-11 tOW a'.
and hap
ternal care &
vou fhall be
aflveti
oLtaincd.
“ Given in r,ui Rov^l Palace
at Maui id, this tid’d of March.
1810
I. the King,
(Signed)
“ JOSI.PH."
The fir ft account of the French
lols in the attacks upon lord
Wellington made it amount from
16-000 men down to
000. 1 he next acivi
reduce the number to 5000 l>y
another arrival we may learn
that it is only about 500, winch
we expect is nearer the tiudi
than either of the lomier num
burs.
Edward LRyd, cfq. has been
re elected govi rnor of the ifate
of Maryland for the unhung
year.
Return J. Meigs is, by a ma-
j iiiy of nearly 2000 votes, e-‘
ledted poverxer of Ohio (late,
the leg.fixture cf which, by law,
have trawl erred the feat ol go-
Zanelville.
'1 he F.nglifh have tak* n the
Ifiaiid of Btuibon, and have
gone aguiutt the Hie of France.
On the 6th m fl - in the Uni
ted S ates Court for the ddinct
of New York, Doctor William
J.,tin s Mae Ncwn, formerly oho
of the me ft eminent patiiots in
Ireland, biffingmHied equally by
his talents his iuflei'ings, and bis
zeal in the caule of iieedOm,
was admitted a citizen of th U. !
Status, before his honor Judge j
Talmadge.
A p ution to the PennfyIvania
Leg ihuure is circulating in Phi
ladelphia for figuaturcs, praying
its interference again It tin* re-
n.'iv.d of the charter of the Uni
ted S..ates Car.k, g.i.uuded both
on the uuconllitmionality and
inexpediency of the mcafure.
i 'I'wenty li ven chells contain-
! ing fiiver in bars and valued at
60 vi 0/(fi l ling, was fiupped by
the American navy agent at Ca
diz in the Ze-nob!e* for London,
the organisation of a new con-
fiituuon and the adminiitratiofi
of it in cor j.itlion with bit* Re
gency, ns (h- Executive in the
name of Fir din an n VI’ h:
Boston Ceniiiiel *
Tiie fin*11 fiate of Rhode ffl
and, which fends but two Rep
refentativ s to Congrefs, has • .‘3
barks. The fame proportion of
banks topouidatiom throughout
the U liteu Sta'i-: wruii’ produce
an aggregate of nine hundred and
thirty banks Tht Ibtu of North
Carolina which f nds 10 R*prt-
fentativ'S to Congrefs, has but
two bat ks.
Penal Code of China—By the
laws of China, the authors of all
anonymous a*. . uNtions againft o
tin rs ar«.- puntfbud with death.
although filch accufuticns pro r e
true! 1 heir laws nfpeefing di
vorce are not It fs curious, though
to our lair country women they
will, no doubt, appear vt ry ar
bitrary. A hulbaml can put his
wife away, if he lubftanuate one
o 14 or JO,- ! of the following caufcs: lafcivi-
.•iri s we get oufnefs, difregaui of her hus
band’s parent*. Uilhaiivttefs, or an
envious ant! fufpidous; ten per.
a loud rumbling none T, .,
I - ., idea, uv ciqi kciy li aridm - ^
fiu ives, were very much sgit*.
ted.—Watchman.
Imparlance of the Colton Trade.
I i the year, 1768, Cotton a r -;m
article of comr.ierce, was fcarccly
krdwn in Great Britain.
A feiv years’ after, Arkwhrij>ht
t brained Iris patent for working Cot
ton by machinery.
In 17n2, tl.e whole prr-duce of
die Cotton manufafiure did not ex-
ce.-il two millions Uerling.
In 1801, the import oi Cot*on was
52.000. 000 lbf. and the value of
die manuiadfure l5,000,00('j£ Her-
lin^ !
In 1802, the import exceeded
1.5 000 000 lbs and lias fince a-
mouni* d to a great deal mere*
1'he tr.idc ifives. niployment til's
hunilri-d tlioufai-d individuals, Aid
the annual return of the manufac
ture is as follows :
Cml ;he cotton in
the country where it
grow* .infurancc,freight
oilier (hippier charges,
and merchai ’ profit, 4,725,000/.
[ he intcreit at 5 per
cent upon the capital of
9.225.. 000 funk in bail- ^
ding and machinery,
with ten per cent, for
tear and wear of do.
Wages of fpinning,
value of materials con-
ftimed .ii the procefs of
fpinning she cotton in
to Thread,* and fpin-
tnjr’s i',rofit,
Value of materials
confirmed in fubfequent
I manufactures, manu-
I fa&ttring wages, inter-
eit of capital and profit, 9,000.0001.
1,333,740/.
,100,000/.
Sterling—20.008,750/.
Of which fum at lea It 13,009 000/.
flniingari paid in wages.
The following (tatenunt of tlie
Bruifl! national debt is derived from
the London prints:
Funded debt 761,117,457,13
Unfunded 50,780.(125,14
Total 81 t,898,()0u/. or
about 3 th' iifand and leven hundred
; midion- cf dollars !
Alisce/laih ons Selections.
in return for nrovifions funufli
From the London Courier cf C/7. 2.
I be lul j .'met Piocl matron
hn<- with other p.-purs cf to> !e
qu i vu, he n infetccpud it is!
v.ry to tboft* to whom it is ad- j
t'rtfT il, the ir.ii bit: nts ol Spar., |
ill \m- its, by tluir Irtrulive
IL.'g, J< fi-ph Bur.;parte:
liis !4oft C'tholic Majefty of
Sjtain, ;-t.d of both tin Indies,
SIGN’S
If you fee n nan and woman,
v i h ii*t!c or v.o ore; fior, often
finuiup lault. ar.ci ci.riveting one
croli er in con.pany,’ you may
I c fuio thty ait man and wile.
II you fee u punt
in tinTimt ; rich, in piofcimd
flit.i ce, ifu one looking out at
cue fide, the cth r at ti t other
to the SpaniflvAroeiicnns, na j life, u> ver imt-gii e they mean
tivus of >k> ■ Wifi Indies— any haim to one rnotlur : they
and Dear People, are alrtady hbncftly married.—
Beloved Suljtcl
“ Who, through the un
fortunate ciroUmftances which
If vou lcc a ltuly accidentally
fail a glove c r h .;n ktrehief, ;>n<l
tl.' 1 'n nues o; your profpinty, 1 a gctitietnan that is next to her
td * our peace and ferurity, have | kindly tullli g hi r cf it, that flic
pr-iduced, now find your;elves j might gather it up. nun ft wife,
p tinged in a lea of difhcuitit's, if y,-.u fee a lacy pfeftr.ting a
ed the Spaniards by the Ameri
cans. 1 bis is circuitous way
of paying Americans lor provis
ions.
A purls paper dates that the
Irifli regiments have recruited
no lefs i nan 3,000 FngMhm- n
and Scotchmen from the d.ffir-
j ent dt pots of prifontrs, while the
man and lady French prifoners in Cae.iz and
el few hero refilled the moil temp
ting offers to enter military fer-
vice agair.ft their country.
A liquid has been difcoveied
by a Mr. Gouzati at Venice,
'which refills St immediately ux-
tingu flies thehotteft fires. Wood
dipped into tar, pitch and rofim
THE EARTHQUAKE.
j Portsmouth —A fliock of an I
‘ earti.quake was felt in tills town
bid evening, a few minutes pad
!) o’clock, its duiation neatly
two minutes. L was the mod
IVvcre felt here for many years.
We hear fume window-gLis was
bri ken by the fhoctc.
Newbury port.— On Friday e-
vening lad, a fevere fhock of an
eavthqu-.ke was felt in ill's town,
hu h laded about 20 feconds.
It appeared to pafs from the
lourhward to the northward.
The noife was like a carriage,
moderately p?fling a bridge, till
the earth began io tremble, then
fucceeded a kind of roaring like
diflant thunder. A veffJ w’as
at that time coming up the river,
which ft it the fliock, io as to in
duce the people to think flic
Ittu k on rocks.
At Haverhill, it was fcnfibly
filt, and at Hampton, it was fo
fevere as to flop the clocks.
Exeter — On Friday evening,
between the hours cf 9 and 10,
was expuiieficed in this and the
neighboring towns a violent con-
cufiicn of buildings, &c. accom
panied by an explofion like pow
der, and fubf quent rumbling.
Many cii cumflantes confpire to
t oiiblus and dangers; it is to
y ;, u, to whom our paternal voice
*dr fled. You.
l *,*. *d: Hud. \ oir, cur dear
fu'ji cls, who are «vidcnijy de-
c v- d, and imp* fed upon by the
fade news, and egregious un
tiu h.t, which the aucUcipus rr.
bels of tills our king lom cf
ain an the cruel pet f-rutors
human! race, thofi? Knrr
gintleman with for*’ -thing fide-
w^ys, atarmsbrgth, aith hir
head turned another way, fpeak
ing to him v. ith a look and ac
cent diffm-nt from that flic ufes
to .ctluis, it if her hufbiml. Ii
you fee a man & woman walking
in ibe fields in a direct line twen
ty vote’s i iflanco from one mo
ther the mar fl t ides ov\r .1 Rile,
L*r-di f patch and trail unit to you. . and gu,s cu sans cenmaiie, you
has been fet on fue and inftantly , make us believe that it was not
ejftinguifhed by a few drops of j an earthquake. Wo rather iuf
this liquid, Which is confidered
of the utmoli confcquence in ca
fus of lire.
Yeflerdav we received files cf
Cadiz Guzct es to the 29lh Sept.
1 hey contain iketchcs of debates
in the Cortes, or Generel Con-
grefs of Spain, which had com
menced its luffion near Cadis,
with open doors, and in which
till the kingdoms, domains and
colonics were represented. The
principal topic of discussion was
All Act
: To point out the mode of ele&ing
| a Receiver of Returns of Taxable
l'ropertyr-ncl Tax Co!!c£lorfor the
fcveial counties of this State, and
to repeal the twenty feventh fec-
I tion of an ;kT entitled “An a£f
| to taife a tax for the fupport of
Government for the y< ar Eighteen
hundred and five” palled the 12th
j December, 1804.
B E it enabled by the Senate a.ul
Houfe of Reprcfentatives of the
State cf Georgia in General jfjfentbly
i met, and by the authority of the lame.
That on the firft blond ty in Janua
ry annually, the Eicdlors in the fe-
veral counties in this State, entitled
to vote at the General Elections, be &
they are hereby authorized and in
quired to Elect by ballot at V->c
Court-Houfe of the refpucfive coun
ties a Receiver of Returnsof Taxable
Property and Tax CollgUor for
each couir.y in this State, which
j faid Eleflion Ihal-1 be held un
der the direction of three Jufliccs
of the Peace, who (hall tranfmit all
returns of faid Eleflions to the Go
vernor for the time being in twr'Aty
days, who (hall Commiflion fucli per-
fon or perfons fo EleRed.
And be it further enabled, That
thetwenty-feventh feftion of the a-
bove recited adb, and all other adls
or parts of adls militating againfl this
afl be and the fame are hereby re
pealed. a
BENJAMIN WHITAKER,
Speaker of the Houfe of Rc-
prefentatives.
JARED IRWIN, P'x-fidcnt of
Senate.
Executive Department, Gea r in'
A {Lined to 15th Dec 1810* .
DAVID B. MITCHELL,
Governor.
pert it Originated in the Hr.
Portland.—A fmall fliock cf
an earthquake was felt in this
town, on Friday evening lafi, at
about half pail 9 o’clock From
a cabn the wind blew vuy frefh
before the fliock. j Ordinary for t>, e county of Hancck,
Kennebuilk. On the evening f or Lave to f-ell all the real eft ate of
A VT
Months ap plication will he
jmadc* to the hone . ra bTo the Court of
of the 9th inft. at precilely 9
o’clock, a violent fliock of an
earthquake was experienced in
this* place. Its duration was u-
bout 20 feconds, attended with
Solomon R ountree, dec. for the be-
neiit of the heirs of faid dec.
Hugh Taylc", L p ,
Wm. Terr c/1, 5 ,s ‘
June 13. ] i-9m.
a See Supplement.