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tSicfjujonD $rice Current*
(corrected Weekly.]
cash.
D. C.
tobacco, s : st : 5 oo
wheat (hew] z i : ; l 50
FLOUR [SUPERFINE] S j S 9 59
FLOUR [FTME] * f 5 » 9 00
CORN, • • • • • . o 50
HEMP, PER TON, . • • .315 00
IRON, . . . . • • HO 00
RACON,. 00 09
WHISKEY, . . . • . 09 TO
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Rees’s Cyclopedia*
72o. 24 ~i
Is just Received at this Office.
07T NATHANIEL SHEPPARD. At
torney at L*w„ has removed his Office to
the Room over the arch opposiy the
Globe Tavern, where the Sherttf’rOSBce
of Henrico was formerly kept.
July 6,1810.
JUST RECEIVED,
And for Sale by the Subsciiberg.
3QTIhds prime Antigua Rum,
j^flHk'casks Malaga Wine,
l^rols. Prime Greet Coffee,*^
* Also in Store, /
30 Tierces prime Upland Whiskey
* 30 hbls Old double Distilled do.
Together with their usual supply of
HARDWARE.
BRYSON & PARCHILL.
Richmond, ^uly 3d, 1810. (4 w)
NO 7 ICE.
In CounciAjunefot/iy 1810.
rT'HF. Executiv*-\5re. jrairom of selling
" seven Negro meiraiavea nowein the
Penitentiary, lately \q/victed of crainea 8c
under sentence of death, but repr:eVM0*ror
sale and trausportatynV beyond the liumg
of the United fctnte/ aArlirected by law.
Proposals will be to, ^3 w. J
Attest, M \
SAMUE^OLEM AN, a. c. 6.
BY Vittue of a Deed of Trust bearing date '
the 9iU day of Apiil lflfiS, executed by
NathantiM Ha- ris to ir.e, for the purpose oi n* -
• ' curing a sum of mony therein mentioned, to the
Ute fi m of Buchanan, Dunlop Sc Co. 1 will
proceed on Monday the lS'h day ot August
next, at 10 o'clock, on the pietniacsttc ttil at
Public Auction, on a credit of one, two and
th:ee)cars, [equal instalment*) a
Tract of Land^
ON Fall’s Creek, in the county of Pittsylvania,
containing by e donation 3o7d acrest moie or
less, being the stint whicu the said H \rrl»"jn.
hcir.ee'. fr m Ids deceased father and on which,
there are a good Dwelling Houu Store Huiae
Diiti lery, and many othe- improvements.
Hoads with tpproved secu-ity, to bear in’er
eiii from the date, will bertq.iiredj but the in
terest will be r€mitieu if the princ pal is pane*
tnaiky paid.
JOHN DUNLOP.
Petersburg, July 1st, 1810. [i.da]
BAR rLETT S V
Tobacco Broker ?nd V
Comnmsion Mer
Richmond, Virgin
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Patent Medicinesv
For Sale at the Arcus Office.
It/" A FEHSH SUPPLY or
Tissofs
CPLFPRATED /
Cont £r Rheumatic Dropsy
Is just r re rived and for Srtle at the Ar.
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AN ACT
Authorising a loan of money, for a
sum not exceeding the amount of
the principal of the public debt,
reimbursable during the year one
thousand eight hundred and ten.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the
ted States of America, in Congress
assembled, That the President of the
United States be, and he is hereby
empowered toboirow,on the credit of
the United States, a sum not exceed
ing the amount of the principal of the
public debt, which will be reimbursed
according tolaw, during theprescniyear,
by the commissioners of the sinking
fund, at a rate of interest, payable quar*
teryearly, not ex ceding six per centum
per annum, aed reimbursable at the
pleasure of the United States, or at
such period as may be stipula ed by
contract not exceeding six years from
the first day of Januarv next ; to be
applied, in addition to the monies now
in the Treasury, or which may be|
received therein from other sources
during the pres nt year, to defray am
of the public exptnees which are ir
may be authorised by law. The stock
thereby created, shall be transferable
in the same manner as is provided by
law for the transfer of the fended debt.
It shall be lawful for the bank ot the
united states to lend the said sum, ot
any part thereof ; and it is further
hereb) declared, that it shall be det m
ed a good execution of the said
power to borrow, for the Secretary
of the Treasury with the approbation
of the President of the United Sia ts,
to cause to be constituted certificates
of stock, signed by the Register cl
the Treasu ry, or by a commissioner of
loans, for the sum- to be borrowed,
cr lor any part thereof, bearing ar.
interest ot six per cent, per annum,
transferable and reimbursable as a—
fcresaid ; and to cause the said cer
tificates of stock to be sold : Provi
ded, That no such stock be sold un
der par.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary of the Treasury
be, and he is hereby authorised, with
the approbation of the President of
the United States, to give the prefer
ence, in the subscriptions which may
be made to the lean authorised by
this ac», the holders of the ex
changed six per 'cmt. stock, created
by virtue of the second section of the
act passed on the eleventh day cl
February, one thousand eight hundred
and seven, for an amount not ex
ceeding, lor each such stockholder,
; the amount ol the said exchanged six
per cent, stock held by him at the
time of subscribing as aforesaid:
i Provided, That the holders of thr
said stock, who may be desirous tn
subscribe to the said loan, shall noti
fy the same in the manner and within
the time to be designated by publi<
notice, for that nurnn&r. hv
retary of the Treasury*, with the ap
probation of the President of the U
nitetl States : And provided also.
Thai the sum which may be thus
borrowed from the holders of the
said exchanged six per cent, stock
»hall be reimbursable at the plea&U) e ol
the United States.
Sec. 3. And bo it,further enacted,
l hat so much'of the fgftds constitu
ting the annual appropriation of eighi
millions of dollars, for the payment
ol the principal and interest of the
public debt of the United States, at
may be wanted for that purpose, ii
hereby pledged and appropriated foi
the payment of the interest and for the
reimbursement of the principal of th<
stock, which may be created by vir
tue of this act. It shall accordingly
be the duty of the commissioners 01
the sit.kiug fund, to Ci>uae to be ap
plied and paid but of the said funt
yearly, and every year, such sum anc
sums as may be annually wanted tc
discharge the interest accruing on tht
said stock, and to reimburse the prin
cipal as the same shall become due
and may be discharged in conformity
with the terms of the loan ; and they
are further authorised to apply*, frorr
time to time, such sum or sums out o
the said fund as they may think pro
per, towards redeeming by purchase
J and at a price not ab^ve par. the prin
cipal ot the said stock $r any parti
‘ hereof. And the faith of the United I
States is hereby pledged to establish *
sufficient revenues for making up any |
deficiency that may hereafter take
?!; ce in the lundt hereby appropriated
f r paying the said interest and piinci
pal sums, ur auy of them in manner
aforesaid*
J. B. VARNUM,
Speaker of the House of Repie.
eentatlves.
lOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate,^pro-tempore.'
May 1, 1810.
Approved)
JAMES MADISON1;
AN ACT
Providing for the sale of cert-ih lands
in the Indiana territory, *nd for
other purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative* of the
United States of America, in Congress
assembled, That all that tract cf land,
to which the Indian title was exfin
gnished by the treaty made at Fort
Wayne, on the thirtieth day of Sept- m
ber, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and nine, ly ing west, and ad
joining to the boundary line establish'd
by the treaty of Greenville, shall be
a tached to, and made a part of the dis
trict of Cincinnati ; and the residue of
'.he lands to which the Indian tide was
extinguished by the said treaty, ando
ther treaties made at Vincennes in the
same year, snail be attached to* and
made a part of the district of Vicen
nes ; and the said lands, with t>;e ex
ception of section number sixteen,
which shall be reserved in each town
ship for the use of schools within the
same, shall be offered for sale to the
highest bidder, under the direction of
the register of the laud office, and of
the receiver of public monies, at the
places respectively where the land of
fices are kept, and on such day or da's
as shall by proclamation of the Presi
dent of the United States* be de.sigt\a
ud for that purpose; the sabs shall
remain open at Cincinttatti one weak
and at Vincennes three week?, and no
longer ; the lands shall not be sold for
less than two dollars an acre, and shall
in every other respect be sold in tracts
of the same size, and on the same
terms aad conditions, as have been or
may be provided for lands sold in the
same districts; all the lands in the
said tracts, with the exception above
mentioned, remaining unsold at the
close ol the said sales, may be dispo
sed of at private sale by the register of
the respective land offices, in the same
manner, under the same rtgulations,
for the same price . and on thr
same terms and conditions, as are
or may be pr- vided by law tor the sale
ot lands in the same districts, and|
patents shall be obtained in the same
manner anti on the same terms as for
other public lands, sold in the same
districts.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
That the several superintendants of
public sales directed by this act, shall
receive four dollars a day, for each
day’s attendance on ihe said sales.
Sec. 3. * And lie it farther enacted,
That fromjand after the first day of
June next, the second principal me
ridian established by the surveyor gen
eral in the Indiana territory, shall be
♦he boundary between the districts of
Vim ennes and Jeffersonville ; and the
lands included in the said districts re
spectively, according to the bounda
’ ties above mentioned, shall become a
i part of the district in which they are
• included, and shall be sold at the same
place, in the same manner, and on the
terms and conditions as the other pub*
lie lands, lying in the same district.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted,
That any person or persons entitled to
dona'ion lands, in the district of Vin
cennes by any former resolution or
act of Contrress,and wi.o were minor*
1 or did not reside within the Indiana
territory during the time allowed by
> law for registering claims to hnd with
, in the. said district, and who*e claim*
have not heretofore been presented to
cither of the boards of commission' r
or adjusting claims to land at Vin
cennes and Kaska«kia, may, until th«
Itrst day of November next, give no
i in writing, to the register of th«
land office of the said district of their
claims, and have the evidence of the
same recorded in the . same manner
and on payment of the fees provided
by an act, entitled M An net making
provision for the djsDOsal of the pub~
lie lauds in the Indiana territory, and
for other purposes ;n and the right qf
anv such persons neglecting to giv<
such notice 61 his claim, and to have
the evidence of the sam- record' d,
shall become void, and forever be bar
red.
< Sec. 5. And be it further enacted,
T hat the registerof the land office and
ihe receiver of public monies at Vin
:ennes shall perform the same dutie >
ind exercise the same powers in re
lation to the claims filed with the re
gister under this act which by the last
recited act were enjoined cn,cr vestrd
n the commissioners designated by
he said act ; and it shall also be the
Juty ol the said register and receiver,
to make to the Secretary of the Trea
son* a rep rt of all the claims thus
filed with the register of the land of
lice, together with the substance of
he evidt nee adduced in support there
">f, with such r ma'ks the eon as they
may think pr« per ; w hich report, to
gether with a list of the claims, which
in the opinion of the register and re
cover ought to be confirmed, shall he
laid by the Secretary of the Treasury
before Congress at their ncx'. session,
lor their determina ion thereon ; atv'
the said register and receiver shall
each be allowed an additional compen
sation of one hundred d >llars in lull
for their services in relation to such
claims, ai,a oue nundred dollars for
clerk hire.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted,
That a tract of land in the Minus
territory-, at, and including Shawnee
town, on the Ohio river shall, under
the diiection of the survejcr general,
be laid off into town lots, streets and
avenues, and into cut lots, in such
manner and of such dimensions as he
mil} judge proper: Piovided, The
tract so to be laid off shall not exceed
^be quan>ity of land contained in two
entire sections, nor the town lots one
quarter of nn acre each ; when thi
survey of the lots shall be completed,
a plat thereof shall be returned to the
surveyor general, on which the town
lots and out lots shall respectively be
designated by progressive numbers,
who shall cause two copies to be made,
one to be transmitted to th • Secretary
of the Treasury, and the other to the
register of ihe land office ; and the
lots shall be offered to the highest bid
der at public sale, at the same time and
place, on the same terms and cond ti
ons, (except as to the quan itv of land,)
as have or may be pr vitied for tin
sale of the ether public lands in tl.»
said territory : Provided, That m
town lot shall be s-^ld lor a less pric*
than eight dollars, nor aoy out <ot fo
less than at the rate of five dollars at.
acre.
J. B. VARNUM,
#• s i* t «« ^ _
opcdKer oi me nouse or tvepre
ftentativesi
JOHH GAILLARD,
President of the Senate, pro-teiv.
April 30, 1810.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
From the national intelligencer.
(Continued;)
Mr. Randolph stairs that in the year
1800 each man employed in the r«v)
jcost 47? dollars—and that in the year
1809 each man cost r.ea ly 900 dollars
II his premises were correct, the in.
ferrnce would be nearly so; but we
have already seen that he possesses
powers to magnify and reduce at pleas*
ure—he swells 6353 men to 8000, and
he reduces 7451 first to 2723, and
presently to 2300. It would indeed
appear that he cannot multiply quit*
as rapidly os he can destroy the human
species. However, I proceed with
iny “ comparative political anatomv."
I proceed to the anatomy of thing?
real, not imaginary, and shall confine
myself to Mr. Randolph's chosen ye.in
—1800 and 1809.
In estimating the annual cor t of each
seaman, shall we charge him not cn!\
with his pay, subsistence, me liclne £
".ospita] ‘.t./res, hut with the cxp'mc
t repairing and keeping in repair ar>
ill ct.n'.ngent expenr.es of the ship it
which he »ails ;or shall we only cha*g«
the poor fellow, for ** there is no clast
►
in society whom I thick more deserv
i gv with his pay, his subsistence and
hih medicine, and charge the repaiis &
contingent expellees to th£ numerous
artifi* ers, mechanics andffabourers who
actually receive the cash.' We will try
iuboth ways—1st then we will charge
him witlxevery sort ofexptnee belong
ing to the ship.
In the year 1800 there were as above
stated 6,353 stamen employ* d—- and
for the service of that year, there was
appropriated, see voli. 5 p. ge 189 laws
U. States.
F'*r pay and subsistence of officer*
and pay of seamen 1,280,65 8 40
For provisions 603 642 67
Fur repairs &c contin
gencies of all sorts 493,600
For medicines and hes
pitJ exptnees 826,-!7 20
Making a total of 2.310,548 27
Now according to my arithmatic if
6353 cost 2,310,548 27 one w.il cost
363 dollars. 1 bus I make it » ut that
in the year 1800, tachnvah, charged
with his prop rti-m ot every d.s ri, ci
on ot txpence belonging "to the 6bip
cos* 363 hollars aunuallv —and > ft Mr.
Kandolph states; yes, gentlemen, he
dually s at- s ,• that in the year 1800,
each man cost 472 dollars ; at least so
•*aj s .h spe* ch, and it is by some call
.-<ia very pretty speech* weli.'Worthy
of quotation an reference. ,
Now.in he year 809 there'was es
timated for 7451 seamen, and the
sums estimate^ and app npriated (tee
vol. 9 page 291, laws United States}
w er-,
ror pay and subsistence of the off
ers nnd pay ot seam.n 1,330,077
F r provisions £(57,765
For repairs & contingen
cies ot all s.-rts £95,000
For medicines, and hos
pital stores &c. 35,000
Making a total of g 2 520,842
If then 7451 cost 2.520,842 dolls.—
'me will coat 333 dollars. Thus I find
that each teamen, charged with his
proportion ot t vet \ drscrip'ion of ex*
pence attending the vessel in which he
sails,costin the year 1809 rhe sum of
3„3 dollars-** and yet i\l*. HitiKlolpti
| really says that he cost nearly 900 dol
lars.
What then does Mr. Randolph's
|4‘ political anatomy” amount to. Why
be imagines certa n things, considers
them as tacts, and thine** • rr.ws ci n
elusions the most talse. He say* that
each man in the year 1809 eo*t 900
dollars, or twice ■.,« much he did in
ihe year 1800. Now l have referred
to authonties for everything I have
stated ; and I think 1 haveciemenstrat*
c 1 that each man in the year 1809 cost
30 fSolU>s less than he did in the year
1800*—and I would thence rather infer
that “ in the civil branch of’the navy”
we are rather improving tjian retro
gading; and with respect to-the mili
tary branch, Mr. Randolph hrmself ob
serves ** there is no class in society
wMuiu i ininK more nigniy deserving.
“ 1 know, sir, that these itstefinenta
^re dry but they are useful in propor
tion as they are dry.”
Lei us notv see what each seamen
cost annually in the } ear 1800 &. 1309,
when c\». rted w th all his pay, pro
visions, and medicines, which I think
are all th ;t can fairly be chi’za
him. Deducting the item for repairs
and contingf-nc.e in the year IROC.
we find 'he 2ggrega c appropriation
for that year to be 1,910,948 27-100
for 0353 seairen—or 317 dollars per
man; and following the same role,
we find the aggregate appropriate* for
he year 1 BOO to » e 1,905,842—for
7451 m* n—or 8263 per a an — whit U
is 54 dollars less th <n m the v rar 1 800.
Notwithstanding Mr. Randolph say*
they cost twice as much. And let'it
he rerpembererf too, that in estroa iog
the ftifnifal cost of each ir.an, all ti e of
ficer? are included with the seamen.
IVlr. Randolph goes on to state ch*
“in |he yfcar/lgoo tb' r-timated p«if
<A the oihfi^s is 391,000 dollars, arf i *
?hat ol the seamen til8,'JOO—me! vet,
iir, by the estimate now befeye me an<l
which any gentleman c?n turn to, mad-,
‘or the year 1809, the fobsfatenre of
*he officers, their pay and »hat <,{ ti
'•amen mour. s only to 296,000 do „
ars, than th- estimated pay ah n- ni*
the officers in 1800^ whilst the « x v ^
res of the whole establishment an.
1 proach withiu one million oi cicll ■; (,f