The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-08-24 00:00:00, page 1

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VA1.UAHLE PROPERTY — P'OR SALK —
In pursuance of a decree of the circuit court
of die U. States, for the Virginia district, pro
nounceil at the Nov. 1809, session of that court,
between Win Kiinkull 8c Co plaintiffs, against
Thomas ivi Deane ami others, defendants, and
between Scribia Scrophalt and Starman, plt’ii's
and the same defendants »
Will beexjjosedto sale, at auction, at Ca Ira,
in the county of Cumberland, on Monday, the
27th day of August next, that valuable MER
CHANT MILL, usually died the Ca Ira Mills,
Tobacco Ware House, Tavern and other I- t's of
Ground at that place. Also, all the LANDS at
or near Ca Ira, consisting of 2000 acres and up
•wards, which belonged to James Deane, Thomas
M. Deane and Francis B Deane, or to either of
them, on the 20lh day of March, 1801 Terms of
sale, ten per cent, on the purchases to be paid in
cash—A credit of one, two and three years for
the residue of the purchase money, to bear inter
est from the day of sale—the purchaser or pur
chasers giving bonds, with security, to he ap
proved by the undersigned commissioners, or
the one that may act, and also executing a deed
of trust upon the property so purchased, for se
curing the payment thereof, at the periods afore
said. Previous to the day of sale, the laud will
be divided into convenient lots to suit purchasers
C COPLAND
> Com'rs
w. c. WILLIAMS,
ids
July 17.
0CT The sale of the above mentioned propvb
fv, ’.s unavoidably postponed till Wednesday the
26th of next month, at which lime it will cer
tainly take place.
C COPLAND,
TV WILLIAMS.
August 14
trls
t\ m.r. run sni^r, —me
subscriber will sell, and give immediate
possession, of that well known estate, called
Blenheim, situated on the soutli west mountains,
in tile county of Albemarle, containing by lute
surveys, two thousand eight hundred and ninety
acres : this [.and is peculiarly well adapted to the
growth of Wheat and Tobacco, anil considered
equal in fertility to any adj ic.ent thereto, is
about six miles from Milton, from winch place
there is an easy navigation for batteaux to the city
©t Richmond. On the premises isa large commodi
ous dwelling House, which, from the elegance ot
iu> situation, and other advantages, makes it a
desirable residence for :» genteel family. It will
be sold entire or divided, to suit purchasers
Further particulars made known bj Captain John
Harris, Albemarle county, Mr. James Patton,
Alexandria, Messrs Macdonald and Ridely, Bal
timore, or J. BOSS,
Who wishes to sell Land in the counties of
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania ami Caroline,
also Houses and Lotts, pleasantly and advanta
geously situated on the Hill and Mainslreet, in
the town of Federicksburg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1 tf
PUBLIC PRO PERT Y.—All the property be
longing to the Commonwealth of Virginia,
in the county of Fluvanna, very recently adverti- j
sed in the Enquirer and the Virginia Aigus : Will
be exposed to public sale, oa Tnursday, the 23d
of August next, at the old Arsenal on the Bar
rack Hill, in said county. The" terms of the sale
■will be 12 months credit, the purchasers giving
eontl with security, to he approved of by the Ex
ecutive. The sale will commence at T2 o’clock,
nor w ill it be postponed on account of the wea
ther, unless it is very inclement. For further in
formation, apply to
JOHN WILLS.
Chatham, Fluvanna, june 2J. 8w
HE SULL), tor ready money, pursuant to
-fl. a decree of the Superior Court ol Chance'
ry. for the district of Richmond, marie on the 8lb
day of September, 1809, in a suit between Thu
mas Snulhcomb, John Jackson £t Abraham Hen
ry Chamhrrs, plaintiff., and Lewis Burwell and
Thomas R. Routes, defendants
Ali that TRACT OF LAND, in the county of
Gloucester, and Parish of Abingtl<<n, that lor
merly belonged to the above named Lewis Bur
well, and was conveyed by him to John Hughes,
by deed of Mortgage, on the fifth day of June,
1797, and recorded in the county court of Glou
cosier, known l>y the name of James’s, adjoining
the tract called While Marsh, whereon the said
liurwell then lived, the boundaries whereof are
Set fbrlh in the said deed, or so much thereof as
rn.iy appear necessary to raise the sum of 500 £
current money, with lawful interest from the Isi
January, 1800, till payment, the costs of suit and
the charges and expenses of sale.
The sale will take place at Gloucester court
house on the third dav of September next.
MANN PAGE, }
ROBE R T NE LSON, C Comm'rt.
JOHN LEWIS, 2>
julv 31. tds
■ ANI) FOR SALE—By virtue of a decree
-1-a of the Superior Court of Chancery lor the
Richmond District,—w»Y/ be offered for tale at
the town of Caira, on v* outlay the 27th day of
August next, that valuable TRACT OF L AN \),
belonging to the estate of Peterfield Trent, dec’d.
containing by estimation, 783 acres lying in the
county of Cumberland, on Willis river and ad
joining the town of Caira, for the purpose of
raising a sum of money therein mentioned, due
and owing to the estate of Alexander Trent,
dec’ll the contiguity of this land to the town of
Caira ; where there is a Merchant Mill, which
■will no doubt, in a short time be in complete re
p-iir, and const qut fitly will require a large quan
tity of wheat, Hec. as well as a tobacco inspec
tion—and being at the head of the navigable
•waters of IV illis’s river, rentier it one of the most
desi"cable tracts of land in that part of the coun
try. Added to these, the land is of excellent
quality, and well adapted to the culture of to
Dar.cn, wheat, corn; 8tc.
Previous to the tLy of sale, this land will he
laid of! in hits, anti sold to suit purchasers—mid
a e terms ol sale liberal, only one third will bt
, , ’Hired when the deed is made, and one, two
three years for toe balance s Bonds and 9e
Cii'Yv wdt be demanded, secured by a deed of
tru n a.*’required by the COMMISSIONERS.
July 2»9. tds.
Of/' TV *«l* of the above mentioned property,
in unavoidably postponed till Wednesday the 26th
of next month, at which time it will certainly
take place
. August 21. _ tds
BLANKS,
OF EVERY DI4SCRIPTIO V,
FOR iidlLK JT THIS OFFIC.%,
JjH)R SALE—a valuable MERCHANT ami
SAW MILE ; situated m lli« county of
on Goure ticck j ui'a mile iroin where
it empties in the Potomac 4 miles from Leesburg,
35 from Alexandria anti aImut the 9aine distance
from Geoige Town; in the mnlsl of the finest
wheat country of Virginia The main road from
L esburg to Alexandria, passes within one nule
wf the mill, and the bouts that navigate the Poto
mac come up to the Mill, which affords great
opportunity of procuring wheat, by intans ot the
river, at all seasons, and a great facility of sending
flour to market by water to George Town and
Alexandria The Mill-House is built of stone 50
feet by 34. two stories and four floors, and works
two pair of stones. The machinery, which is of
the most approved construction, is in good repair.
Th> saw mill, is of t!ie odinary size & works 1 saw
—VVith the Mill, if suitable to the purchaser, may
be had 10 or 20 acres of Land, on the side of the
creek on which the mill stands, and on the oppo
site a tract of Land, containing about 280 or 300
acres, of good (juality and well timbeied. The
excellence of the stream of Goose creek, at this
place ; the abundance of wheat grown tn the vi
c nity ; the facilities of water navigation ; and the
general and rapid improvements of ttiis part of
the state hold out great inducements to a person
of activity and spit it, inclined to vest his money
m property of this description. For further par
ticulars apply to WM. BREN i\ Jr.
Ntar A'/um fost OJJicc, Virginia.
July 31. ep2‘ mhafitf
A VALUABLE TRACT OF UVD FOR
SALti — Will be Hold on the premises, the
171b day of September next, the LAND where
nil the late Colonel Willnttn Nelson resided, ly
ing in the tipper end of King William County,
and contains by Purvey 1500 acres ; tins Land is
well adapted to the culture of Corn, Wheat and
Tobacco, it will be laid oil'before the day of sale
in convenient lots, so as to suit those who may
wish to purchase. The terms of sale will be
one half of the , urchase money paid in 12 months
from the day of sale, the other half in two years,
the purchaser giving bond with unproved securi
ty, and a deed of trust upon the Land A good
title will be made by
CHARLES C. PAGE,
Adm r with the will annexed
August 10. tils
VAl,UABLE PROPERTY FOR SaLE
The subscriber is authorised to sell the
large &. commodious BRICK BUILDING, on
the Main Street on Shockoc Hill, at present oc
cupied >y Mr. Kivalain—Also, the small BRICK
HOUSE, next above the one in which Mr. Ri
* ahull lives, and the two WOODEN TENE
MENTS between the last mentioned house and
Mrs. Braxton's—For particulars enquire of
TIIOS. TAYLOR.
May 29, lsio^-_tf
LAND AND MILLS—The subscriber be*
mg authorised by Mr Spotswood L ps
combe, offers for sale, Three hundred and forty
five acres o/ LAND, lying in Henrico county
about six miles from Richmond, on Westham
Creek, between the three-choped and river toads
—the improvements consist of a small Dwelling
of four rooms, Kitchen, Dairy, Meat house, a
garden and yard well inclosed ; a Saxo and Grist
Mill, all recently built—About thirty five acres
of this Land is in cultivation, the residue a
bounds with excellent building, and other lim
ber ; twenty five acres of prime Meadow might
be had at a small expence of reclaiming it
The premises will be shewn to any person in
clined to purchase, by Mr Edmund West, (man
agerj on the Land, and the terms made known
by
THOMAS TAYLOR.
August 7. tl5'hS.
BY virtue of a decree of tiie Superior court
of Chancery, for the Richmond district,
pronounced on the 21st September, 1809, be
tween James Govan axs'ee of Janies Innis pic
and John II. Winn and Frances his wtfe,<hj'ts.
Will be sold to the highest bidder for ready
money, on I'liesday the 11th of September next,
at the dwelling house of Jesse I’uryear, between
the hours ot one and three o’clock, i* m the tract
of LAND whereon the said Puryear now lives :
An 1 at the Mill commonly known by the name of
Winn’s Mill, which adjoins the said Land, be
t wet n the hours of 3 and 5 o’clock, r m the
one undivided third parr of the said mill seat.
PARKE GOODALL, Sherijf
of H,mover County, anil Commissioner.
August 21 ep3*1|
r I *HE Subscriber, bv virtue of a deed of trust
1 from Matthew Brown, bearing date 31st
ol January 1807, will st II for ready money,at Eli
jah Garth’s Tavern, in the town of Charlolts
vilU-, on Monday the 3rd day of Sept 1810 it
being A1 letmrle court day, a tract of valuable
north Garden Land, lying in the county of Albe
marle, on the waters of Hardware, it being the
Land whereon the said Brown now resides, tor
merly Sheppard’s quarter : about one third of this
land is now cleared, anti in good funning order,
With a sufficiency ot good Tobjcco and meadow
land how to clear; the improvements u re a good
framed Barn St l<g houses for the accommodation
Ot a small family ; it lies in a good neighborhood,
about six miles from captain Cm k’-- wheat mill
atid about 20 miles from Milton, Warren and
Scots landing, on J «nies R-ver Possession will
be g ven us soon as Mr. Brown can finish his
crops now growing, with thr privilege of seeding
wheat and rye, hi the proper seasons. A title
to the same will be conveyed the purchaser on
the day of sale, hy
DABNEY MINOR, Trustee.
August 21. cp4«.1i
'T'HE SUBSCRIBER, has LOR SALK—W
J. his Glass and China Store, first door above
the Eagle-Tavern : A supply ot fresh Teas, viz.
Imperial, Hyson, Gun-Powder, Young Hyson lit
Souchong Teas,
I Old Peach ind Cognise Brandies,
London Particular, Madeira, irry Sherry, Claret
and Port Wines,
10 Hhds. New-Orleans Sugar,
Best relined Philadelphia and N. York Loaf do.
Havanna Sugar for preserving,
10 Hampers best Florence Oil,
20 Crates Liverpool Ware,
10 Box • « Glass, consisting of quart and pint
Decanters, Tumblers, Wine Glasses, U Cru
ets,
50 Casks first quality Whiskey,
50 I)n Apple Brandy,
10 Do I.umeed Oil,
20 Srtts 1 able and Tea, Liverpool and Canton
China,
Preserve and Pickling I’ots of every description,
8 by 10 —loby 12 ami 12 by 14 sup rior quality
Window Glass by the 'six,
Richmond and Brandy Wine F & FF Gun Pow
derby the keg,
8,000 lbs Su'tPetrcd Bacon, consisting of Hams
and Midfilings,
20 Boxes Spanish Cigars.
now Ann IIALLAM.
June 1
tf
Afr. G.iarti'n having preferred a situation outfit
Hi)l tor his establishment.
r ! 'HE SUBSCRIBERS can with pleasure as
ft sure their Iriends, that the business of the
Academy, whereof L. H Gir.udin, 1) Doyle and
John Wood, have at present tri«- administration,
will, h-ont the 1st of September next, l>e conduc
ted by them with the co-operation of Mr. Cru
solles, late a teacher in the College of Baltimore ;
a French gentlunvin of gr«-at acquirements as
weil in Classics and Mathematics as in ius na
tive longue.
The advantages resulting'to youth from this
association will be of great consequence to the
inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity. More
time and attention will be applied to English,
L-atin and Greek Classics—the fees lor Tuition
reduced to a reasonable standard, and tbe mmd
>e directed to useful and early practice, as well
as Theory, in Mathematical and Mercantile stu
dies.
1 hey will limit to that number which may ap
pear most reasonable to tiic parents ami them
selves : tile teachers will be equally responsible
in their departments, excepting the French
teacher, whose hours of attendance will be limit
led.
In discipline, the same order and harmony
shall be preserved in all departments, that li»rt
tor nearly three years been kept up by IJ Doyli
in his department: it shall be neither indolently
I lax nor tyrannically sevi te.
The prices concluded on as most reasonable,
will be.
For English, including History, Geography,
Belles-Letters. Bookkeeping, ami Mathematic*,
per quarter—S 8
Fur the above with Latin and Greek langua
ges— S 10.
For small Classes in Spelling', Heading, Wri
ting »nd Grammar—g 6
This establishment will have in view utility
not ostentation ; and its object will be to give
that knowledge of the Englith Lan^uife, of the
Classics, and of the Mathematics, winch will
considerably facilitate the completion of a colie
giate education.
It must be apparent to all, that, whereas the
English, Latin and Greek classics, as well as
Spelling, Heading, Writing and Arithmetic, and
lor the most part, Geography and the use of the
Globes were taught solely by D Doyle, lor near
ly two years in this Academy, when tile school
was numerous, that, when an additional teacher
of < qual capability is added, the number of pupils
limited, and the fees for tuition much diminish
ed, there can be little doubt of a respectable and
lasting patronage.
D. DOYLE.
R DA UREY
August 14. tf
'I TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD? Emj7
Jl ed from Mr. James Smith, about the mu'
!die of May last, a slave, named SAM, who ha
been employed forseverul years past in that gen
tlenian’s Bake-House.
SAM is about twenty four or five years of age,
low of stature, and not very bulky; of youthful
appe arance, a dark complexion, a countenance
with an incessant smile, approaching to a grin,
and thereby discovers a fine set of teeth, which
lie is not a little fond of shewing He is slow of
speech, and when spoken to suddenly or quick
ly, stammers and hesitates exceedingly.— His
clothes not recollected.
Some tune in August last, a note was given
him by the Suoscriber, (who then wished to dis
pose of him,) to look-out for a purchaser-li
merely purported the terms “ to any person re
siding in Richmond, or it’s neighbourhood —
Anil as he lias tin note still in possession, he
will probably, tinder pretence of seeKmg a mas
ter. endeavor thereby to effect hts escape out of
the Stale.
All masters of vessels and others are, there
fore, to bid, at their peril, harboring or carrying
him oft'.
The above reward will be given, and all rea
sonable charges allowed, if brought back in saie
ty to
JOHN KING.
Richmond, July 10. tf
In Council, July 20th, 18IU
I T IS ADVISED, That in future, no claim
for attendance on Courts Martial, either uj
Judge Advocate, Members or Witnesses, be re
1’erred to the Auditor for adjustment, until a co
py of the proceedings of such court martial, duly
authenticated by the President and Judge Advo
cate, shall he received by tbe Executive : And
that this advice be published in the Argus U En
quirer for six weeks, and copies thereol furnished
the commandants ol Brigades and Regiments.
Extract from the minutes.
Attest,
DANL- L HYLTON, Clerk if the Council
July 24. CM
ITHKI Y DOLLARS R RIVARD.— Runaway
from the subscriber, living in Stokes coun
t)'. North Carolina, on the 29'h of May last, two
Negroes ISAAC O ESTHER, both of a daik
complexion Isaac is about 23 years of age, up
wards ol six lect high, manned in the right
hand Esther is of a middle size, and has ins
the sight of her I*ft eye : it is supposed they wilt
either make for llanovcr County, Virgmia,«or
Portsmouth, as the fellow was purchased in
it.novel* and the wench in Portsmouth Any
person taking up said Negroes, and confining
them in any jail, so that I get them, shall be en
titled to the above reward
TJiOS. LONGING.
August 14. 4,^|
LN pursuance of a decree of Cumberland
3 County Court, we shall proceed on the 15<b
day of September next, on the premises, to si 11 a
tract ol LAND lying in said County, whereon
William Hudson,(lec’d, formerly resided, on the
following terms : The purchaser shall pay the
commissioners the cost of suit, and. the cost at
tending the sale, in really money, for the balance
of th« purchase money : bonds and security will
be required of the purchaser, payable in twelve
months from the day of sale. Possession will
be given the 1st of / mtiary next
i nomas brackhtt,a
I HO i/.L' GO ti /) JC N, C Cimr's
NORTON GOODMAN )
August 14 ep4w5J
1 JO A K 1)1 NG HOUSE, & PRIVATE UN
1 ^ TERTAIA AtE N T.— I’he M ibscnbc i, re
Hiding iii tue city or \Vilhatnshurg, will furiusl
I.h ■, &. Gentlemen, Boys Pc Girls, with Bonn
Lr Lodging, by the day, week, month, qUtriero
year, tin reasonable terms Her house is largi
ami convenient, and she hopes to merit a share o
ptiHic patronage, by toe goodness ot her accom
niodalions and unremitlutg exertions to pleast
ANNA BYRD
August 3. lawdw
1W1LL sell tor casli twenty acres and oi
rood ot Land, near Chestc rfield court lions
1 nose Who wish to | ur< Ron , will ap|>ly to Riel
ard Brooke ol Richmond, or to myself
Wm. McCABE.
AugUdt 21.
I
HECK’S PATE Ml' SHOT.
THE subscribers, (being1 appointed A gen 18
in this city, for tbe Manufacturers in PliL
Indelphia) have now on hand for sale, Ten tons
of ft.U nt Shot, assorted : and will hereafter be
furnished, from the Manufactory, will a supply
sufficient to meet any demand at this Market.
M. O li. MYERS.
August 17. eptiw
iT7* APPRENTICES WANTED^
JOHNSON & RE AT, wish to have 2 Boys
of about 14 or 15 years of age, to work at the
Siivers7n:tfis' /iusiness.
inly 24. IT
4j^i0cdlaueonl
rt.OM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCEll.
It is known to most of our readers that va_
rious opinions have been long entertained hv
the naturalists of our country tespectirg the
character of the Mammoth, the bones of
which have been found in different parts of
the Union. The following letter from Dr
Barton, one of the most enlightened and dm ’
gent cultivators of natural science of the pre
sent times, to Mr. JefFerson, which weareen
aided to present to our readers, cannot fail
to awaken and reward curiosity.
Letter from Dr. Beniamin Smith Barton
to Air Jefferxon, da id Blue ltidge, vi^
cinity of Baris, Fa. July 13, laiO?
Dear Sir,
As you take much interest in the
knowledge of every thing relative to the A_
merican Mammoth, and other similar ani
mals, I am persuaded that you will be glad
to learn that 1 have recently received from
St. Petersburg!! in Russia, some line large
drawings of the great Asiatic IMominoth,
whose skeleton, together wish some portions
ot the skin and muscular parts, has lately
been discovered, in a state of excellent pie”
servatioo. under vas* masses of ice, near the
mouth of the river Lena, in latitude 72
North. For this, to me inestimable, present,
I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. Ti
lesius. an eminent naturalist, by whom the
drawings were made, and who has, at the
same time, favored me with some impor
taut manuscript observations concerning the
animal.
I need not tell you. that this Asiatic Mam
moth is specifically distinct from the gieat
Mammoth ot Norh America; that whose
bones have been discovered in so many parts
ot our continent, and that of which Mr.
Peale has mounted the skeleton, in his mu
seuirt. 1 he two animals are specifically
distinct, though I am very tar from thinking
them gencrically so. Bui the Asiatic Mam
moth has, at some former period, been ana
tive ot America, as well as of Asia, and of
Europe. The grinding teeth, the incisors
(or tusks,) and other bones of ibis animal,
have been discovered in several different
parts of the U.S &c. as in Pennsylvania, in
the river Susquehanna, a brancii of which I
have elsewhere shown, receives its name of
Chemung from the incisors of one of these
huge animals. Similar remains have bien
discovered in the county of Wythe, in this
| state ; in tile same muriatic lick aiung wjtii
the lemainsot the other Mammoth, or wiiat
I will call, fur the present, the Ohio Main
moth ; m S(>uili Carolina in digging the San -
tee canal ; m Kentucky, and doubtless, in
' m*‘n> mher places, some of which 1 could
mention. I had long suspected, and even
asserted, that the Mammoth of the Chemung
was the Same as that ot Siberia : and this
muttei is imw put beyond all doubt by the
diavviugs and information communicated to
me by Mi. Filesius
. oi elephant, therefore,
(ior it is by al. naturalists allowed, that the
A »iatic Mammoth was a legitimate species ot
fcdephas.) has been a native bo li ot the old
and ot etie new world. I am inclined, how
ever, to think, that the species has never
been so com mon in America as in Asia, t rum
wneuce, therefore 1 venture to conjecture,
that thes.ock oi iginaUy proceeded. It is too
soon, however, in the more caution* and so
bei discussions ot natural history, to press
tor ward such conjectures as these. We
Itave just begun the study of the natural Ins
tory of our country. Future reseat dies and
discoveries may render it at least highly
probable, that the Asiatic M unmotli. aswe
iu.•/ call it, was once as common in North
America, as in any part of the old world.
1 ci mit me to add, that I am daily pot in
possession of fans winch piove, that our
continent and Asia have hail, and s ill con
tinue t« have, in common, many species of
animals and vegetables, in all enncntiai points
the same.
Mr 1 desius’s drawings are of great im
portance to me : and they came, unasked and
even unlocked tor. almost at Wic very time
that 1 was busily occupied in superintend
mg a drawing ot the skeleton in the muse
urn, and in putting together my materials,
the Iruit ot many years research, o>. cerning
me Ohio animal. I'he two animals, it is
tine, ate very different from each other :
but they h ive, nevertheless, great and in
teresting affinitic. to each other. The affin
ties are such, that I cannot consent to consi
der the American animal as any thing but
i ({ *tlrc%*rH °t l'le/ihant I know, indeed, that
Mr. Cuvier is now of opinion, that the Ohio I
hones bespeak an animal i'cnericully difi-r
ent from the elephant. But although this:
naturalist s authority is deservedly high, and ]
oi groat weight, I am disposed to adhere to ;
my own opinion, and to consider the Ohio I
Mammoth as belongmg to the same genus, !
or tnmi.y, as the two or three still existing
species of elphaut, and as the great ex !
tmci Mammoth of the North of Asia and ot
I'.urope ; the elephan priaiigeniusoi Bluinen
bach : or, as we in America, may name it,
to distinguish it from the Ohio elephant, the
“ Chemung Mammoth.”
f Although m the general form of the mo
biles, or grinders, therein a much greater
affinity be wren the Asiatic M unmoth and
the exis ing Asiatic elephant, than there
Is between either of tn^sc lat er animals anti
the Ohio Mammoth, yet there arc nevercl
other characters in which the resemblance
rs much closer between the Ohio animal and,
the extinct Asiatic Mammoth, than betwee,,
tins latter and the living; elephant of Asia
i shall only at present, mention one of hese
cii.ifdCic s ; that oi the incisors, nr rfcfnicra,
which we call tusks. These in tli , Ohm
Mammoth a.id in the e'eph. 3 pmnigcmus,
<>r Chemung Mammoth, are. indeed, very
similar, bu ll in tiieir relative proportion to
the general tnass of the skeleton of the
two animals, and in their degrees af curva
ture.
On the other hand, the Ohio Mammoth
and the living Asiatic elepaant se into have
been more nearly allied to each oilier, in the
form ot their feet, than were he latter ani
mal and the extinct Asiatic M mini >tii: i. c.
the Chemung Mammoth. When Mr. Tile
sins shall [>ub ish his history and drawing of
1 the eltphas prim genius, and when he his
t°ry of the elephas mast' d ulus sh .11 be
completed, even intelligent an I cand-d nat
uralist will he forcibly struck with the cir
cumstances which I have inemioin d; £c Itt it
ter myself, • (l it some of he m »s> learned of
Iu sc Hat 111 alists. a ml among others mv can
did and liberal friend Tilebus, will not re
fuse their assent to my opinion, that the
Mammoth of the Ohio has becu a true s te
cies of elephant. 1
Mr. Tilesius’s drawings are important to
me in another point of view. They plainly
show. I think, what has been the nuiural'&i
rection ol the mcisors in the h ad of the Ohio
Matnmo'ii. Indeed;) previo. s y to tlie re
ceipt of these drawing-., 1 had sa'i-fi d ,ny
mind as o this point, from the information
w.ucli 1 had 1 eceived from &n intelligent cor
respondent, who had an °pporuini'.y of see
ing the incisors still occupying iheir original
position in the head of a .Mammoth which,
was discovered, a few years since, in
one of our western muriatic licks, or sa
lines.
As to the form of the grinders, and the
disposition or ne vitreous body, or enamel
npon i>r through them, Igrant that it is ve*
iy different in the Ohio_mammoth and in.
the extinct as well as exciting elephant ot'
the old world. But if this difference be of
sum ient importance to constitute a differ
ence ot genua between the American and
Asiatic animals, then we must proceeii
consistently to break up several of thts
long established genera of mammalia, sub
dividing each genus into at least two dis
V!lct StM,ern* l <>»av mention the genus
. liimot, to winch belongs >ur ground h g,
or Manrck, as illustrative of this idea f
shall call the Ohio mamim h Elephas Mas
tot.entus. It is the Elephas Americana*of
Air. iilumenbiicli
1 have nearly prepared, and shall *h rdy
present to our Philosophical Society m cx
tunsive memoir on the extinction of ne
species ot Mammalia. This me).oir wilt
uecessarib contain much ma"er. men lv of
a speculative nature; but I fl utef mi self,
that it will also contain some iutereating
anu hitherto unnoticed tic's.
I shall be much gratified if thlis letter
written among the mountains « f vour sr .te*
at a distance from my bonks and p ipers, afl
ford you am amusement. Of all ihesuSit c-3
of animal natural history, there in not one
more interesting than that which relates -o
the characters and his orv of those vase
organized bodies —many of the n, too en«.
dowed with an immense portion of ir.telli
gance which the God of Nature had cre
ated ; and after suffering th in -o grow and
exist through age*, unknown ages, of time,
has at leng-h entirely removed from »he>
earth; not merely as individuals, but as
9/iecieg. I here is somethi-;g awful in tlm
consideration of this subject: ami vet this
very subject is admirably calculated to dis
play to us the wi*d >m as wedt as power, fltim
who formed all things The harmony of
nature is not, in the s uallesr degree, disturb
ed by the to»al destruction of what manvhave
deemed neceam/ry integral parts of a com
mon whole. Nor is this business of dieex
"ic ion of species a' an &nd. That which,
has already taken place, with respect ter
species of Elephant, Rhinoceros and other
vast families of animals, will unquestionably
take place, with respect to many of tlie fa
milies of anim. ls which now cover tlie sur—
1 ice of this globe. The steps of this vast
and generally utilor ked forchangp, are ra
pid.y preparing in difF rent parts of die
wond ; and in none, I think, more rapidly
b in in that portion of it which we inha
bit.
I am. Dear Sir,
VVi'h very great respect,
\ air obedient servant, &e &c.
BENJAMIN SMITH BARTON.
iForcip.
FROM TflE ESSEX REGISTER.
Tile Inst dates from tlie Illvti m provin
ces inform us of the French official account
ot the late troubles in Croatia. The Turks
had entered in an hostile manner upon the
frontiers of the country, which the French
h:al churned. These invaders had been or
deiedbv the authority of the Court of Con*
stantinoplw, to reiiie But l<«ng accustomed
to act from the impulse of their own resent"*
mem, they i fused. The pie i of the French
then, was, not Ql a war With the Tut ks but
insurgent#. The general of the ptov.nce of
H .snia gave notice of the pleasure of the
I ui ktst. Court in vain, and the French p air
ed all t heir fury upon the invaders vlar
sht.l Marmont marched to the place in which
their chief force was Collected, and laid it
in ashes. He pursued lies- invaders, who
implored mercy, and th n he proceeded tt>
their most powet Tul f'm tificato-n, which they
abandoned upon his approach, though pro
vided with military stores and provisions for
n.srige, and in which it was «xpected they
wi nhi m.'ke a brav. resistance to the French
A corresponde ice and neg da ion ensued
betweeti the I hike of If u;us , & the comman
derof B isni t bv wlticu the frontier district
including 25.000 persons, is left in trsnquili"
.y, and the French tro ps hive returned to
their former stations. The history of th««
several positions which .fie French took, and
the. military character of the invaders prov>
that the dread of the Fiench name had <**
ready seized the people of th se pr
The military operations appear • ,
involve a rupture with the Turin to
ard ajtjtear also fo have no ConnerJL1 °"rt.
'"‘ion vyjtn