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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.