The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-13 00:00:00, page 3

'vfc ha vs the following strictures on the po
liry of A neric t:
**It tetiot within the scope of my present
desig i to touch upon the internal system of
r > nplicated polity, which distinguishes the
federal republic of America fro n all other
governments ancient nr nvxlcrn ; to descant
upon her 18 separate, independent sove
reignties, etch containing its own state
executive, !• g dative and judicial depart
ments ; her federal or general head with
its own separate, superintending executive,
« legislative and ju licial branches of govern
f went ; her blind voting by ballot; her right
of universal suffrage; her ponetuallv recur
ring elections of federal Executive. Senators
and Representatives, of State Executive,
Senators and Representatives, See. &c. All
these and many other practical comments
up. *n the theories of speculative, metaphu-\
aical politicians, 8cc. are made in this coun
try under the most favorable of all possible
circumstances;” and among others, says
Bristed, “the most jealous, fearful exclusi
on of the two only natural and effective aris
tocracies of man, namely, talent and pro
perty from all political power and influ
ence ’*
In the course of his work Mr. B. of course
descants on the French influence predomi
nant in the Republican party 8c of the wrongs
done to us by France—he magnifies the re
sources of Britain, and softens her injuries
towards this country—“ It is not my business
71070 (says lie) to notice how industriously the
whole hotly of democrats in the U. S. sci^e
every opportunity identifying themselves He
their cause with the interest and policy of
France.” p 397. Faithful historian this is!
who writes in the style of Cullen, as if he
were giving evidence in a Court of Justice.
On the Republican parts and party of the
United States, he is of course monstrously
severe l “South of the Potomac (■•ays he)
the American staies a> e very generally jaco
binical, in the full sense of the term ; name
ly, deadly enemies to religion; des/iisens of
all moral obligation ; cruel, fraudulent Isf
ferocious.”
*• The leaders of American democracy
:ire «•destroying all ihe commerce” of the
IVew-England spates ; « well knowing that
a merely agricultural people must always
be ten poor, feeble, and widely scattered,
ever to make any effectual resistance to the
desol tion of Jacobinical tyranny, which is
rapidly pervading this country.” Nay, the
sweeping scythe of this goliah of Toryism
does not spare the federalists themselves of
these accursed southern regions : “ I must do
the people in our southern states, namely,
in Maryland, Virginia, the two Carolinas,
Georgia and Louisiana, the justice to say that
they are more impartial; there,-in general,
the very few federalists that are to be found,
imitate the laudable example of the vast bo
dy-jacobin in those districts, in their utter
disregard of rex<clalion, and their becotn
ingfreedom from all the prejudices of mo
rul restraint ” What say you, gentlemen t
sjrinity or not guilty' *
But we have clone for the present, with
this nauseating production-of this full
blooded emissary of Britain.—We have no
fears, however, from the enterprises of such
a being. Ilis pen is spiritless—his experi
ence is not chastened by discretion. His
designs are of too glaring a description to de
ceive any one. He is like Cullen, too great
a bungler in his business to be fit for service.
The K.itish ministry she-ild recall and dis
miss him from their roll of t'.sfiioua^c !
i VIRGINIA LEGISLATUKE.
^'’c have brought down the Journals ofthe
Assembly, to almost the ve ry eve of their ad
journ men t— And in tl.is paper, we conclude the
View of all the Laws which they have passed, the
contents of those of a public nature, St two of them
verbatim, which are of great k general concern :
V'* 'liu Supplementary Execution I.an, and the
Tobacco Inspection Law, d< signed to put a cheek
oil the very fraudulent trade of shipping refused
Tobacco
i .e Journal, which is cs hand,'need not be
given, in Jixtenso—most of the points which, it
einbri.ces, ^re brought together in the View,
which we lay before our readers.—There are
some tilings, however, pretermi ted in this View,
too interesting to be passed ovet—ll e •, de
taching from the technical forms nml terms of the
Journals, we shall throw into the following con
densed form :
Resolutions as to the General Government.
f>:i the 7te inst. the If. of I) received a Com
munication from the Senate, si tting among other
things, that ,n-y had “ agreed to the preamble
4‘ .ml resolutions relative to the Conduct ofthe
"" Executive <d the United Stales in reganl to!l>e
“ late lu-gocialioit with Gieat Britain and to fo
“ reir n a If* it s in general, with amendments to
ui.: h ticy requested the concurrence of the
Ho 'seol I)« lt gates T/*'i’liese amendments
do not msterially affect the sense or spirit of the
F ram le and Kesolm ions,
l oe flotise proceeded to consider the amend
. n'oii.s, and the same being twice read, were a
dopted l»v flit House.
1,1,8 i rt:an*i>ie am* three Resolution* beinj
thus amended, run in tiie folio wing worjs :
♦ The General Assembly of Virginia having at
the last, ami several jner.eding sessions, so fully
expressr\. their strong and decided approbation
; oltlie »...iise pursued by the general govern
inent, in relation to the contending powers of
* Europe, would 'levin it unnecessary, at this t urn.-,
to tenew the express on ol their sentiments it*
the arrangement concluded in Aoril last, wi. .
David M Erskine, the accredited ininitK r < f Ids
liritasimc majesty, had not been p ilidiotisly dis«
vowed by his governin'nt, mid If Ida successor,
riancis J Jackson, alter having gross’* insulted
the government of tnis country, bail not made an
uir ran table and insidious appeal to the nation.
— lu t.us situation of our it is til? sacred
duty ol every part ol the nation to declare their
determination to simd forward, firm and united,
!’ support id the guier:d gurernmnit, in their
; laudable eh t3 to d t, ml tlj,-i ,:i,ts of this coun
ty against the con.,lined and growing aggressi*
ons of tot- great and haughty nations of Europe :
u. S .ivi d. That the coune which has l,o«n
pm n .>j v'll in regard to the arrangement
com m led in Ap d l,s|, with David M. Eiekine,
i"mister phmipt Unti ryofhis Uritanuic majesty,
*s w,u, respect to the subsequent correspon
*f ri Wl ltt <«• uiiibir.il f/,9 ins iu«cfi9or Fran
CO ,. Jackson, and in relation to our foreign at
tMOs ;,, general, h a confirmed the general as
scrr.I.ly t,| Virginia, in the exalted opinion which
they entertained of the justice and wisdom, the
firmness, uectsion ami patriotism of the present
Executive of the U s. *
J<rs Ived l iiat theg-ner .| Assembly of Virgo
n, <. being deeply impressed will, the necessity of
"."on a„,..„K the people, and devotion to the gov.
• rnmcnt.do hereoy .olemny pledge Uiemsdvea
> siijip ■ t 11•: general govemtnent in all such
measures as rosy Or kernel necessary lor the de
tenc. ol the rigms, the interest* and the honor of
the nation.
Cltr nf Mr. Dei, (t McLaughlin.
On .he ,th, Mr. W ,<„1 „g, (from me Commit
tee nf t nvilvges aim Elm;t,on») made th follow
mg Hcpurt on the c*.-j of Mr. Mcl.auphhn •
»uc Committee of Privileges *„d
"•v, >«'«-'7»»g to order, and in pursuanr r
» >-f hit on ,f ino lloute of Delegates, .
tncir co«4»J(.4avion iCrUfn charges wX|,„; ' a-i
m . -
a I ? I 1
ga'nst Dennis McLaughlin, a member from the
county of Greenbrier : they have examined atten
tively all the evidence exhibited before them,
touching the said charges, and beg leave to sub
mit to the Home, the fit owing resolution as the
result oft heir investigation :
Resolved, That the charges exhibited against
Dennis McLaughlin, are in the opinion of tins
committee unfounded, and not supported by the
evidence exhibited to them.
This Resolution b'-ing road a second time, a
■notion was made “ Th t the note and nceompa
“ nyments front Greenbrier, by order oft he Com*
“ mittee of Privileges and Elections referred to
“ in the first specifications, be rea-l.”—
A motion w is made to amend this Proposition
by adding to it the following words : “ Togeth
“ «*r with all the testimony exhibited before tlie
" Cummittleo of Privileges ami Elections, be
“ beard ; and that the said McLaugiilin may be
“ heard, by his attorney, at the bar of this
“ House.”
A motion was then made to amend the said a
mendm-mt by striking out the words “ and that
tne said McLaughlin may be heard, by his attor
ney, at the bar of this House anil the question
being put on tlie proposed amendment, it passed
in the negative ;
A motion was then made to recommit the said
report and resolution to tbe Committee of Privi
leges and Elections ; and the question being put
on the said motion for recommitment, it passed in
the affirmative.
A motion was then made that th* Committee
of Privileges and Elections be discharged from
further proceeding oil the said resolution, as also
:hj said report and resolution ; and the question
being put on the said motion, it passed in the af
firmative. Ayes 68 Noes 57.
Steam Boat of Messrs. Livingston and Fulton.
On tl|p 7tli the House of Delegates had tlie en
grossed bill before them, “ For granting and se
“ curing to Robert R Livingston and,Robert Ful
“ l°n the sole right and advantage of making and
“ employing, for a limited time, tlie stenni born
*'or boats by them invented,” and several blanks
weie filled up, when the House adjourned.
On the subsequent day, the Speaker laid before
the House a letter from William Thornton, Su
perintend ant of die Patent office, Washington, in
the following words and figures ;
DEPARfMEKT Or STATE, 1
Patent Orfice, Jan. 29, 1810.
I address you with extreme reluctance on
a subject which affects very nearly the interests
of many of my fellow-citizens; but being called
upon by them, 1 consider it as a duty to repre
sent to you. and through you to the honorable bo
dy over which you preside, that they view with
very great concern, an attempt to obtain from the
legislature of your state, an exclusive right to
navigate with steam boat*, the waters therein,
for a very long period ; which, ir gran tea, would
effectually deprive ihany ingenious inventors,
and mechanics, ol the benefits expected from
thou- various inventions and improvements iu
steamboats, P/r which they have taken patents
fiom the United Stales, under an impression
that the Slates had ceded, by the constitution, to
the congress, the right to grant patents or exclu
sive privileges for limited times, to nuthorsor m
v> mors, thereby to promote tho sciences & arts ;
on the expiration ot which limitations their seve
rai inventions become the property of every citi
ze i ol the United States; hy which tacit con
tract the individual is for a time benefited, and the
public for ever after : but if the honorable the le
gislature ofy«>ur state grant the privileges now
• desired, the example in..y lead to dangerous and
oppressive consequences.
Phis is submitted to your consideration, with
the highest respect and deference.
WILLIAM THORNTON.
To the Honorable the Speaker}
ot the House of Representa- C
fives of the state of Virginia. ^
;T7* The Patent law of the United States,
cedes the patent right for fourteen years only_
Messis. Livingston and Fulton wished the pe
riod to be. extended for a longer time, us to the
.state ot Virginia—hence their application to the
Legislature of this state-the law,if it had pas
sed, would liave al'-ovved them 20 years. As to
tne right of the States to issue patents--Si as to
tho consequences of this clashing jurisdiction be
tween the Stales and the United State*-we
shall not enter upon that question.
1C? By the law ot Virginia (1785,passed previ
ous to the adoption of the Constitution of the U
States,) the exclusive right of printing Si vending
their works, that is, hoots or pamphlets, is secured
to the authors ot them, being citizens of any one of
the United States, for twenty one years.— By the
constit ution of the United Slates, Congress are
authorised “ to promote the progress of science
“ R»d useful arts, hy securing, for limited times,
“ to authors and inventors, the exclusive right
“ to their respective writings and discoveries
And now by the law of the U. Stales, the authors
ot any map*, chart, or book, being a citizen of,
or resident in, the United States, I.is executors,
administrators, and assigns, shall have the »*x
chuive right of printing, and vending the same
lor 14 years, and it at the end of tint term the
author he living, anti a citizen of, or resident in,
the U States, the same exclusive right shall he
continued t** hun. his executors, administrators,
or assigns, lor the furihtc term of 14 years L
y 1 won:' 'i r>ess.c la. •• ilnaact (say*
judge Tucker in ins n ites to Black*tone) is more
extensively bench i;.l than the Law of this Si de,
th'.- fen-me r will probably fall into disuse !**—- Tin
b!:e exclusive right is >,e.c> - d to the inventors <n
••'•y new and iH'-ful art, machine, manufacture,
or composition of matter, or any new and uicftil
im|>riivement of any art for a term not ex
ceeding 1-iyeais. L. U. S 1 C mg Ses* r. 7. 2
(Jong.c 3,i—Such are the laws &c. on this subject
—i:am tlies-! dit.iw leave the reader to form
Hi* own opinion
The letter of Mr. Thornton was ordered to be
laid upon the table The House then resinned
too consideration of the engrossed bill •* For
granting and securing to Robert R. Livingston
• ml R ibert Fulton, the sole right and advantage
of m.’kfng and employ ing for a limited time, ibe
steam boat or boats bv them invented which
had been read a third tune* and several blanks
therein filled up, and wm in possession of the
chair when the House ad journed oh the evening
before ; k the cpnMion being put on the passage of
the bill, it passed in the . -gat .ve :
'J'be Bill w.'s, of course, rejected.
Domestic Manufactures.
On Fridayju-d before adjournment, the House
of ]). legates adopted the following commend;.,
ble resolution* on motion of Mr. Marti.i, oi Hen
ry ;
The House of D legates taking into conside
ration the embarr is >cd situation of tiie commerce
of the United States ; and considering it as en
tirely iiucenain wiien those embarrassment* will
he renmved j and being also fully impressed
with the troth,that nothing would more conduce
to the real independence of their country than
the resolution of supplying within ourselves those
articles* for which we hj»ve •'em accustomed to
depend on other nations-* do therefore
Resolve, That as far as their individual ex.
ertions will g» to effect so laudable a purpose,
such o| thrni as shail hr me moors of die next
legislative body will, at the meeting of tliat bo
dy. appear in cloiuts Conaisling of the inarm
facture of th-ir own state, or of tiie U States ;
and that they tv'.ll further, as far as tneir infill
ence will tend to produce so desirable an end,
prevail on their fellow citizens t.» loilow then
example.
Tne qoes* ion being put on agreeing to the said
resolution, > p-.s.-d in liie idh,(nU;v;-.
1 lie Hoi of : )< U :, slc» adjourn- d,in the u
'•'*1 »tyl**, to ibe..1st of .A iicw—Tlic .^tna'.c to
the brat M /iiday m iJtcei/i j.i
27* There are, we truer, some exceptions
to the following harsh Strictures on the
manners of Richmond.
TOR THE EJtQUlRER.
A preference of wealth to virtue, is an
alarming symptom in a democracy; anti
whenever it appears in such a government,
we. may solely pronounce the body politic
diseased.
Issuing from the western woods, where we
breathe no other than the air of liberty,
pure uml uncontami.iated, I hastened to your
metropolis foi the first time, with the glow,
ing feelings of a youth, naturally warm and
sanguine, who felt the germ of virtuous i
freedom within his bosom, which he anxi
ously hoped, in your city, by the influence
cf example, to have had expanded, rectified
and confirmed, iu the metropolis of Virgi
nia, I expected to have seen virtue in her
most engaging shape : I expected to have
Found her strengthened by the purest princi
ples of republicanism, ami exalted by a su
periority of wisdom.—How my expectati
ons have been mis wered, I feel my inability
to tell.
On my arrival in town, I embraced eve
ry opportunity of mixing with your citizens;
I obeyed with alacrity every summons to a
private circle. I looked with anxious solici
tude in every unknown face for the ensigns
of simplicity and of wisdom : But my search
was fruitless. I presume not however, to
say or to think, that simplicity and wisdom
dwell not here; but they are seldom found
in public or .in private assemblies. Tired
ol the search, and mortified by the disap
pointment of my darling hope, I retired
gloomy and melancholy to my own apart
ment. All.the social feelings of my soul are
now shrunk within my own breast; and my
arms, which, on entering your city, were
extended with the rapturous expectation u*’
encircling the virtuous sons of freedom and
of science, are now folded in sullen discon
tent upon inv own bosom.
Methinks that avarice has here smothered
all tlie feelings which mark the man of
cultured soul,” or patriotic principles.—
Honor, honesty, patriotism, and virtue,
yield without a struggle to the potent powers
of avarice. The man who h;i3 risen from
the mud-hole of iniquity to the temple of
fortune, is here hailed as the guardian of
society, “the prop or pleasure’s common
weal.” The hoary-headed veteran of vice,
who recognizes a foe in every friend of vir
tue, is not here suffered to occupy his hall
of spacious emptiness. The frothy sons of
luxurious ease, those butterflies engendered
by the vices of-society, arc here permitted
to rest their silken wings on the maiden lap
of female delicacy, white the unpolished son
ot honest industry, whose soul perhaps vi
brates with every dignified honorable and
valuable feeling of man, is loaded with con
temptuous sneers, or honored by their disre
gard, and retires fiv n company to contemn
and despise in his turn.
r emale influence, when properly direct
ed, is u-questionably the “ sweetener of
life and solder of society but when under
the sole direction of folly and caprice, is to
be deplored as a national evil, and should be
thrown off by every rational man. The fe
male world should see, that though we bow
with pleasure at the shrine of beauty, when
delicacy and rationality are the inmates of
its bosom, we disdain to sacrifice at the
shrine of folly. . The gay coxcomb, who
talks you dead by all elaborate dissertation
on the workmanship of a snuffbox, and the
pert miss, who prates ot matrimony, with all
the unblushing nnpudeaeeot matronal ex
pcrience, may be prominent features in the
floor ot a dancing room, but weigh no feather
in reason’s scale. So much for the fair and
the fop—a future day may bring them again
into notice.
No government requires so much virtue
and wi,Jorn for its support as a democracy.
The people of your city are too much at
tached to wealth to profess a large portion
cf either. You may draw the inference.—
When I see that inconsistent, incomprehen
sible animal, your lordly democrat, stalking
over your public square in all the pomp and
majesty of self-importance; when I hear
this same lordly animal expressing his at
tachment, if not to the office, at least to the
trappings, the splendor, the gewgaws of
kings, and declaring in effect, liis utter ah
horrence of republican simplicity, I am im
pelled to reflect on the instability of human
establishments -n general, and forced to
doubt the immortality even of the American
government.
0On*- next paper on Friday.
Marius, No. 2, in our next.
$7* Mo {la/icra by yesterday'* northern
mail.
A PROCLAMATION,
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
WHEREAS information has been received
i liat a number of individml.s, .who have deserted
from the army of the United States, some of
whom have sought shelter without the jttrisdicli
• >n thereof, have become sensible of their offence,
and are desirous of returning to their duty_
A iiill pardon is b*-reby grant-d and proclaim
ed to etch and all of such individuals as shall,
within four months from the due thereof, sur
render tbemv-Ives to the commanding officer of
any military post within the U. S. or the territo
ries ‘hereof.
In testimony whereof, I have caused live seal of
the U S. to he affixed to these presents, and sign
ed the same with my hand.
Done at the City of Washington, the ,] ,y
ot | i ciliary, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ten, and of the Inde
pendence oi the United Mates of America
the thirty fun th.
(Signed) JAMES MAIJISON.
By the President,
P. SMITH, Secretary of State.
Marmriy, nn Thursday evening last, by ttic
Revtl. Mr. Blair, Mr. John Tompkins, merchant,
to Miss Elvira Poe, ail of this city.
-On Thursday the 1st instant, Ivy the
Rev. Mr. I'ortl at Mr. John Trevtiian's, Gooch
1 uni, Colonel Korcii r Sai/sdciu to tin* very
amiable Miss l.ttcv M ayo, daughter of the late
J osep i Mayo, Estpiire, of Powhatan.
OTlCE. — In pursuance of nn act of the Ge
^ neral Assembly, passed on the 8?h day of
i'clirtiiry, Idltf, intituled, " An act 1‘galifing
certain official act s p< rfm tned by Edward C. Da
via, as Register of the Land Office, and for other
purposes,” tjie Executive will proceed on the
lolti day of the present month, to consider any
proposals which may he flume tor recording six
teen thousand platts and certificates of survey,
that rent.i n to he recorded in that oflice, at a
price note .Ceeding seventeen cents for each plan
and eert.li -av aforesaid. Bond with security in
the penally of f.ve thous md <1 dlars, to be given
l>v the person appoint. t to tiiis service lor the
laitidui performance thereof.
Exit act from the Minutes,
Attest, SAMUEL COUiMAN, a c c
i Il.w'j njnd, Fwbruafy 1J. it
TO THE EDITOR Or THE ENQUIRER.
Sir, ✓ *
Abhorrent as it is to my feelings to he en
gsge»l in a newspaper controversy on any subject,
so-1 much more when opposed to a inan of so'cor
rupt h nature ; the recent attack made on me
in your paper of the 8th lust, by Michael Wall
Hancock, renders it necessary to say a low words
in my defence. If the charges thus made were
to be seen only by tho»e who know me, or those
or./y wlto know him, 1 would not utter one syll*.
ble in my vindication. But as they will be read
by those who know neither, it is my duty to re
pel the attack, so unwarrantably and so unexpect
edly made.
The first charge is, that Nicolson, Hetli & Co.
hold »l»e negotiable notes of Randolph, Gillia*
anil Hancock for at least 50 000 bushels of coal
more than the quantity on hand. Q-j what ground
or authority this assertion is made, does not ap
wcar. But if true, it is of no great moment—
It would oi*‘y shew that the quantity of coal had
not been accurately estimated—’tis a difficult
matter accurately to ascertain the quantity of'coal
lying in large irregular banks ; but on this point,
he canv t even hiinselt believe the assertion—See
the certificate of Mr. Zachariah McGruder, ( A)
the mail who raised most of the coal, who has
been long in the business, ami who is now in
Hancock’s employment—Sec also Mr. Han’l Bur
ton's answer in my letter (U ) These two exhi
bits will not only shew my just intention on the
subject, but will rivet the belief that the quanti
ty will actually overrun the estimate.
The second charge i.,, that Nicolson, Hetli and
Co. have paid no rent on the Deep Run Coal Pitts
for the years 1808 &. 1809 ; 8cV at they have with
held payment under the pretence of having paid
them to Mr. 1). Ross, when in fact Mr. Ross had,
to tl-.e knowledge of both Nicolson and Hethi
previous to their making the all dged payment,
transferred to him, M. \V. Hancock, his part of
the Weep Run Coal Pitts, together with his inte
rest in the lease, Sc<~.—in answer to tins clisrge,
which, if i.ue, would prove that Nicolson, Hellij
and Co. had been guilty of great folly as well as
injustice ; it is sufficient to i’<-m»rk, that Han
cock obtained a transfer of the Pitts from Mr.
Ross (by me ins best known to himself) on the
20th day of J «n in the year 1808 (C).artd by the
original drafts of Mi- Ross on N. and Hetli, (now
delivered you, Mr. Ritchie.) it will be found, that
one is dated and accepUd on the 15th June, and
the other on the 10th Dec. lSOf, <L>) both lodged
in the Bank lor collection, and tuken up by them
So much for this—That part of his publication
which relates to matters in suit ( with one cxccp
tion) will not he noticed. They are b thre the
court of chancery, and not in the court of appeals •
neither is it expected, they ever will be there All
of these may be brought to a final close durin -
the present session of chancery, if M \V Ham
cock will allow his counsel to bring them forward
l'lie question as to Mr. Ross’s debt tn Nicolson
and Hetli being a good offset against the rents is
suspended by a supersedeas awarded by the dis
trict court. It ma\, however, betaken out to
morrow and submitted to any one, two, or three
professional men of character—and Nicolson,
Hcth and Co. are ready at any moment to abide
by their award.
I lie next Charge is, ti.ar “ i have among ma
nyotner w-cked and malicious expedients to do
him (M W. Hancock) injustice, brought a suit
in chancery to recover back ‘5 2000, actually paid
to him, ’—that 1 have filed a copy of alette - (ad
dressed to him, Michael V/. Hancock) as an exhi
b.t, fit that I havo falsely transcribed (be only part
of the letter that applies to the subject J con
troversy—A charge like this, winch, if true
would not only prove ine to he a base man. but
: base without a possibility of advantage to miself
! a,,J " ‘Yh a certainty of detection before my eyes,
I and what is more, base wbhout a motive, for then
no controversy existed, does not excite in my
, mind those feelings which perhaps many woul 1
think ought to be indulged—but when the public
shall know M. W Hancock as well as I do, and
many others in the city of Richmond, it will not
he a matter of surprise, tiiat I feel no sentiment
but that of contempt—the accusation and accuser
1 hold in equal scorn. The exhibit alluded to
accompanies this letter, (marked la.) It is an
thfiiiticated by the clerk of the court of chancery
It .8 an exhibit filed in a suit brought against him
‘,r und I h&vtj no tloubt in my own wind,
(made more confident by tlie opinion of able
counsel,) but that I shall recover back the S2000
he so unjustly obtained from me. The original
is 111 the hands of Michael W. Hancock, and I
call upon him in the name of ,.11 that is fair and
g-*od on Ih.s oart’i, to produce it I.et him leave
it wall you, Mr. Ritchie, that it may he publish
ed and compared with the exhibit, and if tl,ere
be any difference that cannot be fairly supposed
to have arisen from the haste and carelessness
wah whicn I generally write, or which mi-la
■mt happen to any man in copying his own letters
—any difference winch betrays the least shade of
an improper or fraudulent design—1 s:i 4;| .)ien 1 ,
content to bear all the misery and degr.v.alien
which I know that M. W. Hancock now ically
deserves, and ere long u - I experience.
It may not be a.i.iss to add, that neither Mr.
G lliatnor M. W. Hancock were known to N.
and II in the transaction lor which the regotia
hie notes in question were given, cx;cpt by exe
cuting an instrument of writing, binding'them
selves to execute with Mr. R. Randolph or en
dorse forlorn, Ms not recollected winch (that p 1
per not being at this moment before me, but which
will be sent to you, Mr. R ) negotiable notes for
the amount of any purchase lie might make of N.
1 St II ft Co—and Mr. Randolph has N. ft Herb’s
| bond conditioned f or the payment of any defici
tiicy which may occur ; and fie h*s ,1 bond not
yet returned to N. and H-for the signature of
Messrs. Giliiai an 1 Hancock as his srciir.ties,
condition'’cl for the payment to them, N. ,,f.d h!
of any surplus whicn may happen on actual me ,1
surement of the coal. The notes will be put in
Rank for collection—they still count as much on
Mr. Gilliat’a integrity as they count on M JTs
baseness.
, HARRY IIETH.
Black Hall, Febmary’tO, Ulo.
(A)
I have lived at Deep Kim Coal pits, as the
manager of them since the beginning of the year
1808. M<»*t of the Coal on hand on the 20th
December last, was raised by me. I was pre
sent on that day with Mr. Richard Randolph, fc
Mr. II. lieth.when the quantity was estimated. I
do well recollect to have heard Mr. Helli rumrk
more than once that “ it mattered not, what the
several hanks were estimated at—that if it over
I rim the quantity *hus estimated, Mr Randolph
was to pay for it, and if it fell short, it was to
! lie deducted, but that he would mu h ratlmr it
| .should be estimated un< r than ovtr (he acttial
quantity,” or words to that effect. 1 am dearly
nl opinion that tho Coal on actual measuremf u*,
v. ill turn out lo equal the estimated quantity*
say 180 000 bushels.
ZACK. MAGRL'DF.R.
Test •,
EDWARD l). DIGGF3.
(U)
Mr. Daniel Burton,
Sir,
Will you do me the favor to saj’ if you were
present at the Deep Rim pits, on the 20th De
cember last, <rt.en the quantity of cod the c,
was estimate I. between Mr. Richard Randolph
an<l myself. State if you please, the conversati
on that past then, and what you have heard Mr.
Randolph say since on that subject. Have you
not for a lorn, tune been engaged m Waggonmj
coal from those pits, as you live near the pits ?
•V*y 'f the estimate mule of the sever.I hanks of
Coal at Jhc tunc mentioned above, were in yom
.judjjni-iil, esl..oatcd at mure or it's than td. re
al quant,ty, and what is your present opinion on
that subject.
Your most obedient s'rvant,
HARRY HfcTH.
Richmond, Feb. 10,1810.
ANSWER.
I was present, at the particu’ar request of
tluxe gentlemen—mv opinion of the quantity of
, co .1 on h ind was asked bv them, and do well r« -
| collect giving it. 1 said I would ensure there to
| lie more than 180 000 bushels, the quantity , .
j mated, in all the b»nks Mr. Heth immediate*
!v remarked, “ that makes no odds, 1 would ru.
thcr the rstimat'‘d quantity should be under than
over tile quantity, for whatever it ovcriuun they
are to pay for, and if it should fall slimt, it will be
deducted.”
Mr Randolph and mvsclf, have had many cost*
vers.tions on the subject of Ins contract with
: Nicolson and Heth. and particularly yesterday ;
| we agreed in opinion that it would be impos'd.
I 1 le to ascertain the actual quantity of coal w thin
s x months, in their present mode of measure,
umin, by bawling away in waggons. I remark,
j ed that consequently no deduction could he made
! *r,,,,n the first note, if in fact, a deli, i, nry should
j take place, it must come out of the last—>Mr.
Randolph agreed w:tli me in opinion, and said,
lie knew the quantity could not be ascertained
i within six months. 1 do live within a mile, or
less, oi the pits, and have long been accustomed
to see large banks of coal, «nd for many years
have been engaged in waggoning coal fmm'those
p-ts. 1 am still of the same opinion that, there
will he con.vderaUy more than 180,000 bushels
coal, the qu nitity estimated.
1 am sir, &c.
DANIEL BURTON.
«>/r. //-it ry Heth.
February li/tli, 1310.
(C.)
A deed bearing date the 20th d*v of January
; 1308, from David Ross to Michael W. H mcock
j conveying an undivided two thirds of the land
I called the Deep Run coal pita, lying anj ke,llK
m the county of Henrico” was admitted to re
cord m Uie Richmond District Court the 2d dav
of April 1808. *
Tate.
J. ROBINSON, C. H. S C.
(D.)
5 . Richmond, June, 15th 1807.
■Messrs Nicolson and Heth,
G E S l'LEM C J»,
„• „ six mon,hs afl,;r date hereof, pPy to
William V/oodson, or order, eight hundred anil
thirty dollars, negoc table at the Rank of Virginia,
lor value received, which charge to account.
Your ob’i servant.
_ _ DAVID ROSS.
A note of accommodation, to be settled and
paid by I). Ross.
12th March, 1803.
[Endorsed-—Received at Bank.
i’rosser Si Monoure.J
Richmond, Dec. 10th, 1307.
Messrs. Nicolson and Jdct/i,
Gen r Lit men,
T,^in,e,y d-y’ afterdate hereof, pay to
William Woodson, or order, twelve hundred
dollars, for value received, ncgocialde at the
liunk. ot V irginia, which clia’ge io account.
i our ob’t servant,
A , DAVID ROSS.
Accepted.
NICOLSON 8c HETH.
riiia was a note of arcommodation, and to be
settled anil paid |JV 1). Ross.
12th March, ltijH
[Endorsed— Raid at Rank of Virginia..]
(E )
' Dear Sir,
j Since yon proposed that I should
I t:‘ke or purchase a ih.r.l of u,t. tilling ertek e<
late, in lieu of the exchange as previously agreed
on, I hate thought much ou the sur.ject of those
joint purchases, the result of which is. a deler
iiiinalioii to make a different proposition to you
It is indeed, as my present partner obs ives. a
very disagreeable, and extremely dangerous
Hung to hold property of this nature in connec
on wall another but more so with many others •
our views, our ideas ot such property, and of the
mode ot working ihe pit* and carrying on the
business, may be so extremely variant as to ere
ate disputation and all the dis greeable conse
quences attending such dis igrcenents. 1 should
tnoielore prefer a division of the property in such
a way, as may he agreeable, to wit: I will take
the deep run esute at 46301. pavahle in 3 and f,
months, and you may keep the falling creek at
cost, or I will take the Idling creek at 3000
dollars, and you may keep Hie deep run at
coit I make this difference in your favor to
compensate for the advance of money on yrour
part The magnitude of those purchases are.
r aUy in mind past all calculation, particularly
that of Deep Run, ami uorhiug but the reasons
above stated, added to the *ciy eaily period
some ot my childien will come into life, and the
very great uncertainty when I mav go out of it
would induce me to let go my hod, upon one
mcl. ot < ither. I should be glad to hear from
yon, or see you any day after Tuesday, that you’
May find it agreeable to ride up.
Yours respectfully,
~ * st ,,, H. HETH.
Copy to HI. V/. Hancock
^ Cop,. T,.„. ‘3th March’ ,808'
. PETER TINSLEY, c e.
February 13 jt
A I J ENTION.—The nu mbers of the Rich
x V. moi d Pioop, are commanded to ur.n-u..
iiy ordei ef the capt tin
RICHARD RANDOLPH,
Feb n Ut SerS‘- *■ T- &
let> *■»_t2 2<1
J SHALL le .xtf inis state (immediate!),) for
fl a lew month*.
AUBIN LA FOREST.
—"S 13 _2t
NOW IS THE TIME!! “*
F Wf‘k of *•''* WAX ironK, that is fn.
hibited at the City Tavern, in Richmond
Admittance reduced to 23 cents, children h-if
j price.
PROFILES taken in a very correct manner
1 and hmuLomely framed.
Good Music on an Organ.
Richmond. February 1,3 ll«
PE N PI E NT IA K Y STOR E,
A NO
I) o M E S TIC W A HR IIOU S R.
DJ. BURR, in addition to the articles ma
• nutactured at the Penitentiary, oiler# for
s.tlonn ass.rtnient of GOODS of HOME Ml.
NUFACTUHR, viz :
Fine and course HATS of every description.
A regular supply of Cotton CLOTH, on con
signment from the Providence Manuliicthry, and
will be old by the piece at the mill prices, v\t:
Hiuticki no, S i kipks, Checks &. Pi.ain
Ci o i its, Srt/N Cotton, single and double,
home m- de Lines S\ieftiso
RICHMOND GUN-POWDER. by the keg,
wavrant«:d r»t superior rjudity.
PHILADELPHIA PORTER ALE in
c.a ks and bottle#, and BEfclt in barrels.
Harness Leather, Wax Calfskins, Boot Lc~s;
Coloured Mild i)!-r,k. Itoans.
Wanted to Hike, by the #ear. a trod
COOPER *
February I n ,f