The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-08 00:00:00, page 3

tV»« tow** **n a child of Mr. Jlenry Swisher of
Willitii H'in county. The following are the cir
cumstances which gave occasion to this uncom*
i ion and tcrrifj ing operation.
The daughter of Mr. Swisher, of three years
«>nd a few months old, while eating and plat ing
with n water-melon, received into its wind pipe
one oft'ie seeds thereof of the largest size ; after
being frequently almost strangled with this sub.
stance & the concomitant accumulation of mucus
the wind pi; , was brought to Nashville al
most in the act of suribeathm. An incision was
roon after made into the wind pipe near the
breast bone, and the seed happily extracted with
a civ> ked prone. A free respiration was imme
diately restored, and great relief afforded a much
distressed and anxious mother, amt several sym
pathising spectators. The child is now in per
iect health, except a small wound which is rap*
idly healing.
S r. Boots, (U. I.ouis’a) Dee. 21.
The party which left the Mines to Blaze a road
to Orleans, have returned without effecting the
object intended ; it is supposed they took their
course too much west having fell in with a moon
taneous country very ditlicult to penentrate
■we learn that the enterprise is not abandon
ed.
December 28—We are informed thnt about
the 20th ult. capt. It. Smith, Mrt M’Lanehan, and
a Mr. Patterson, set out from the district of St.
Genevieve upon a journey to Santa Fea, accom
panied by Emanuel Blanco, a native of Mexico.
\V« presume their object is mercantile ; the en
terprizc must be toilsome and perilous, the dis
tance being computed at 5 or 600 miles, alto
gether lluough u wilderness heretofore unexplor
ed.
Committee Chamber, y<m. 10, 1810.
SIR,
Pursuant to the instiuctions of the commit
tee of the Senate, to whom was referred the mes
sage of the P. of the U. S. of the 3d iuat. I have
the honor to request you to furnish an estim ite
of the number of midshipmen, able seamen, ordi
nary seamen and boys, which may be necessary
to carry into effect the provision.! of the enclosed
bill. 1 am also charged to enquire, whether an
additional number of commissioned officers to
those already appointed, may not be requisite fjr
the same object ?
Be pleased, sir, to accept assurances of ray
higu consideration, &c.
W. B. Gibes, chairman.
The Han. Paul Hamilton,)
Jsec’ry of the Navy. ^ e
NAVY DEPARTMENT,
January 12,1610.
Sin,
1 th‘i3 day liad the honor of receiving your
letter of the idth inst.
To enable toe executive to carry into effect
the provisions of the bill entitled “A bill autho
rising the fitting out, officering and manning the
frigates belonging to the U. States,” no addition
al number of midahinruen, able seamen, ordinary
seamen or boys, need be authorised by Inw, the
number at this time authorised being sufficient;
hut 1 respectfully submit, upon the grounds ex
hibited, ill the accompanying paper marked A.
whether it would not be exjiedieiit to authorise
four captains, four masters commandant, St four
teen lieutenants, ni addition to the number at this
time authorised by law.
This paper A.hua been prepared under the im
pression, Omt lh« intention of the bill ia singly to
repair and put in commission all the frigates that
may be deemed worthy of repair, and that aie
not at this time in commission ; and that it is
not in the contemplation of the committee to lay
up any of the small vessels now in commission,
lleace I have therein stated not only what ad
dition..! officers are necessary for the frigates, but
also what are necessary for the smaller vessels.
In addition to the considerations which pre
sent themselves upon ilia face of this paper, .it
affords me great satisfaction to have it in my
power to state to you, that if authority were
given, distinguished professional merit might
li rewarded by' ll>e appointment of the pro
posed number of commissioned officers.
Those who would, agree .bly to the established
rule, be appointed captains slid masters comman
dant, have been in the Navy from 9 to 11 years,
and have given satisfactory proof of their quali
fications in all respects ; ami those who wwuld
l»e appointed lieutenants, have served as midship
men for m >ny years, and have faithfully dischar
ged their duties at a rate of pay which necessa
rily compelled them to c aw largely upon their
own pi ..ate funds for their support.
1 have liie honor lo be with great respict, air,
j our ooedient servant.
PAUL. HAMILTON.
Hon. W. 1». Giles, Chairman)
oi the Committee, he. 3
(A.)
I'M.'bit, shewing tlie number of captains, mas
tera command ant and heutenanls, necessary to
«nvble the executive to carry into ftfi'cct the
bili, cnlnled “ A bill authorising the fitting
out, officering and manning the frij ■ cs be
longiog to tlie \J. Mates."
/.’tyutrid Jt.r cap'.x. matter lieut.
c'jind’t.
Frigate Constitution 115
President 115
United States 1 5
Chesapeake 1 4
CoiigiesN 1 4
Constellation 1 4
New York 1 4
K*sex 1 4
Adams 1 3
Ship John Adams 1 3
V/asp 1 3
Brig Hornet 1 S
Argus 1 5
Siren 1 3
Oneida 1 3
Vixen 1 2
Enterprise 1 2
Nautilus 1 2
Ferret ] 2
ror the 6 Navy Yards 6 1
For the N. Or’ns station 1 2 12
17 13 76
Existing laws authorise 13 9 72
Deficient 4 4 4
To provide lor casualties lU
Number rerommenderl to
be authorised, in additi
on to those now author
ised 4 4 14
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
January 15th, 1810.
Ktr,
Illustrative of my letter of the 12th inst. I
beg leave to enclose to you some remarks to
which pray refer.
Accept the assurance of my great deference ft
i aspect.
PAUL HAMILTON.
I b n. Mr. Giles, Chairman ul the \
Comrn tie* of the Senate. 3
NAVY DEPARTMENT.
January 15th, V 10.
ft»,
VV *’• rrrpect to »Mr s-•men, ordinary aea
1 *n and Lr > , i».tated to yon in my letter of tlie
1 2th in-1 that it would no* b; n*-* ms.-.ry f >r Con
| "sis to authorise ary ad it inoat number to eoa
' tlie cicriilifi to carry ».if<, e'/.l cl the provid.
' 1 of file I hi now the Senate —To e
l.cdste t'.is ■ -.Tiara, 1 subjoin da following
terra:, t ,
Existing laws author!.;* S,tt2j j
There rre at this time in
service 5,7*23
'I ne fire frigates propos
ed to be equipped
- would require :
Chesapeake 272
Congress 272
Constellation 272
NewYoik U72
Adams 200
1.2RS
—-- 4.1CI
Leaving a surplus of l,014
These 1,014 men would be sufficient t«* nun
42 gun boats i and if they were thus employed,
there would then be 66 gun boats in commission.
The remaining gun boats, including the Oneida,
would require about 2,459
From which deduct the number
at litis time employed to take
care of them in ordinary M3
. Leaves • 2 ? j
It hence results that toer.able the executive '<» |
call into actual service alt the gnu boats, as well!
as ail the frigates anil other vessels belonging to
the navy, there would be required about 2,3U0 u
bj'-‘ seamen, ordinary seamen and boys, in addi
tiou to the number at this time authorised by law.
1 am, Ac.
PAUL HAMILTON.
Hon. W. B. Giles.
Port of Baltimore—The Globe, Divid
son, left St. Barts. 14th instant, there were
lying there 230 sail, among which' were the
brig Cyrus, Smith, for Baltimore, in 4 or 5
days; ship Richard for New York, about the
same time. The brig Gipsey, Chase, ofN.
York, arrived there about the 10th inst. in
35 i: ays from the Cape of Good Hope. Tho
brig Hunter and scliV Susan far Baltimore,
sailed 9 or 10 days before the Globe. The
brig j lu ce Brothers tor do. 5 flays before.—
The island q! Gusrialoupe n.ad beea closely
blockaded by the British for some time.
The troops gathering for its defence were in
readiness at Martinique and Barbarities —
C.apt. 1), understood they would commence
the day he sailed. The French at (iuada
loupe had concentrated their forces at Bas
saterre. Flour at St. Barts 9 dollars.
{Coffee House Bools, ■, j
mh t »giU{miTc«
RICHMOND, FEBRUARY 8,1810.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
TO PHILO LAOS,
ALIAS
MU C I U S,
alias
Tint Hon. John Randolph.
Sip.—1 he world is at no loss to discover
the honorable gentleman, who has addressed
the President of me United States-No
one can mistake the peculiar style of his
compositions. The pen which he wields is
evidently borne along by the same irregular
eccentricity, which m:;*\s the political
path of their author—lie observes no rules
ot composition-he pursues no arrange
ment of ideas. He skips here and there,
with tiie antic agility of a jacko—and wan
ders from subject to subjact, without the
least regard to the connection of ideas
He writes as bespeaks—in the same “ crude
ancl desultory” style—and with the same !
want of argument and logic-All his ide- j
as aro loose, brilliant without solidity-;
“themere legs and wings” of an argument. |
They are the emblems of the mind from!
which they spring. For he that thinks with -1
out reasoning on any subject, must necessarily
speak by starts, and write in ihe mazes or
parenthesis. Nothing is more remarkable j
in these compositions, than such involutions !
of style ; the miserable fit falls of thought I
—which, (says an ingenious writer,) "on!
some occasions, may have a spirited appear
ance, as prompted by a certain vivacity of
thought, which can glance happily aside,
as it is going along. lint, for the most part,
their effect is extremely bad; being a sort
of wheels within wheels; sentences in the
midst of sentences; the perplexed method
of disposing of some thought, which n wri
ter suunts art to introduce in its firohtr
filace.''
j'.ut tneae letters, Mr, do infinitely more
credit to the Head than to the Heart of their
writer. They are marked by a peculiar
mannerism of temper, if I may be allowed
the expression, which stamps them as the
production of your pen. The spirit, which
inspires them, is yours. That illiberal vehe
mence of temper, which knows no curl) upon
its resentment-which overleaps all the
bounds of principle or prudence to satiate
its vengeance or its ambition—which fall*
without distinction, like the merciless Indian
Tomahawk, upon the head of the old or the
young—that haughty mien of self-sufficiency
which arrogates all possible merit to itself,
and denies it to all, but to the votaries enlis
ted in its service-that air of patent pa
rity which falsely assumes the exclusive ti
tie of Sepublicuvs of '.he Old School, and
“ lets loose the degs of war” upon every tnan
who dares to dissent from i's charter_
these are the symptoms which peculiarly
point out the author of these addresses.
Whether you sir, utter declamations in the
Representative Hall of Congress—or deign
to unbend your majesty in the circle of your
“ choice spirits”—or whether yon are
stretched on thebed of disease, really sick
or only " crafty sick," the envenomed spi
rit of resentment will still continue to haunt
you. Wherever you are, the incubus is up.
on you—Hcerct lateri lethalis arutido—tho’
your head may fail you, the mnster spirit,
which presides over your disposition, is al
ways at its post. Dismiss yonr fears, sir, a
bout the progress ot your disorder. “ Ob
scurity and feebleness” may rob your un
derstanding of its powers, but the rancor o!
the politician will never desert yon
It is not wonderful that this sort of spirit
should have been infused into your follow
ers. They have caught it by a sort of poll
tical inoculation from yourself. In the opin
ion of these tolerant gentlemen, they are the
only Elect of Heaven—they represent them
selves the exolusive Repiiolicaus of the old
school—you are shadowed out as the holy
St. Peter of tliin political world, nod all
those who ore *o presumptuous as to refuse
to kiss the little toe of their Pope, is of
course to be damned without the chance of
redemption.
I ask, sir, where is the political sac: in
this country, which has been animated by a
more rancoroussenbmrnt of hostility f The I
“ two gt c£P," in*o whic h, you art pleased :
to »,»y. Hit people of the U, States “ have
been divided.” aie comparatively tolerant!
towards each other. They will occasionally
attow some atm or went to wetr •nnonenrs.
But very different indeed is the spirit which
animates T our small and putty hand ! We
perhaps owe it to that very contemptible
thinness of j our numbers, that at this moment
the iir. ferant practices of the superstitious
vm- s - t antiquity are not again dug up, to
b used against us—that we are not now
'•roiled on the gridiron, or, roasting on coals.
The fire and laggot cf the catholic super..
Hiltons are but types and emblems of the
fury which would consume us. But your
ranks :..e ton thin lor the purposes of re
sent meat—-and therefore von may ’akeit
out in low alni.e. Monks and women, who
have no other made of venting and gratify
mg their spleen, are proverbially ptivi
leged t*» rail • Like them, sir, you, are
destitute of the rol*t‘cal power of inflict,
ii'g a more decisive vengeance—and like
them, may enjoy the distinguished privilege
of employing yourtbngue or pen in the lan
guage of the passions. Happy, if you do not
iuflict greater mischiefs upon yourselves,
than upon the objects of your resentment!
In vain do we look for some distinguished
exception in the ntoiley group, which you
have rallied together. Your spirit animates
die v. hole.-Whether tve contemplate
their restless and ambitious chieftain, or
tlune who stand next to him in vehemence
and rank, or that class of subaltern charac
ters, that bring up the rear of the army—we
behold the fire of pel sreuthm, spread along
the ranks. The generosity of their oppo
nents yields no cloitn upon their gratitude* £c
toleration. In Tain have twoadminis*rations
shed the light of their countenance npbn au
attorney of the* United States—in vain are
instances of official rrmisstiess imputed to
him-—in vain is his disaffection to the lea
ding measures of administration not only
suspected but proved upon him—the man
still retains ins post and his hostility. Plea
ding before the t t*i y tribunal of the Chief
Justice of the United States, in this district-,
under the lust administration, he laments that
the substance of Liberty wav near being <Mfa
ced in this country. And now be is preaching
up the extinction ot Federal And Republican
distinctions—the union of all the friends of
their country to snatch it from ;he disgrace,
which hovers over it through the auspices of
the predominant paitv.
* <119 wj/M It, 1.1 imn vtiii*—dim I
it covers under its wings tne most pernicious
absurdities, which you utter. I will not say
of you, sir. n*r of them, what Hume -a\s of
the votaries of idolatry, that “ the ba*cr the
“ materials are, of which the c^ivinit y is com
“ posed, the greater i/cvo tan is he likely
“ to excite in thebressis of his deluded vo
“ taries—that they exult in their shame,
“ and make a merit with their deity, in bra
“ ving, for his sake all the ridicule and Con
“ tumely of his ei.emit s—that ten t housand
‘ crusaders enlist tlic»r.>clves under the holv
“ banners ; and even > penly triumph in those
“ pai ls of their religion, which their adver
“ saries regard as tne mosc reproachful”—
I have too a high respect tor your genius
and integrity to entitle them base rr.ateri
als-and one of the sincerer.t regrets,
which I feel, when John Randolph rises to
my view, is the prostitution of those* powers,
which he possesses, to the gratificu ion of
his ungenerous and unbounded passions.
Had you, sir, at the time wh»n you dis
approved of any particular schemes of the
last administration, confined your strictures
to the; '* alone—had you exercised your in
dependence, as you ought to have done,
without flying into the extremes of passion— J
had you come forth frankly and fairly with
your reasonable objections and re ni oust ran
ces—your object might possibly have been
atchieved, and your taleNts would have been
of use to your country. The gallant stand,
which you had made, against the Yazoo
fraud, would have insured you a most fa
vorable hearing. . A.t all events, the co
lossus of your refutation would not at this
time have strewed the earth—your ears
would not have been ravished with tha
thanksgivings of Federal hosts and British
minions.
.But this reasonable course did not 3uit
your ambition. You aspired to be the lead
er of your party—and you have now sunk
into the champion of a faction. You might
hute been spared the mortification of con.,
trndicting your former maxims, and of re
futing yourself. . You might hav* avoided
the mortification of fh ing thro* the signs of
the Political Zodiac, from Capricorn to the
Crab.
1 he course ot tew men nm been more eccen
tric and inconsistent than your own.-You !
have scarcely consulted any other monitor
IMan vonr own passions-a ad they, Tike
an ignsa fatuua, have bewildered you
amidst bogs and quagmires. These very
letters which you have addressed tothe i’re
aident ot the United States, furnish new
proofs ot the facility with which yon mav
contradict yourself. At this time," you can
speak with a sneer of “ the maateriy ar
rangement with Mr. Erakine”-when you
were the very first man, during the last ses
sion of Congress, to bring forward a Reso
lution, approving of Mr. Madiaords promp
titude in torming that arrangement.
In what terms shall we speak of your eon- j
duct towards Th. Jefferson—*he man, whom
you oner so deeply admired, hut of whom
you now sneeringly state, that he “ mode his
debut” (this you know :s false) “on the the
atre of the great world at the court of Ver
sailles, Sc came home, in due season, jn dress,
taste, politics,” (what politics, of toe old or
new regime, you do not distinguish) “philoso
phy and religion; in short, in every thing
but the polish of his manners, a finished
Frenchman.”—When you say of him, tiiat
“the measures which have led to our pre
sent disastrous and disgraceful condition,
were the measure^of that man"— do yoa
imagine that the world have forgotten the
compliments which you paid him at the lust
session of Congress, when you said that the
sage “Nestorand faithful Sthenelus by his
side” had prevented a British war ? And is
it Mr. J. who is now the can ,e “ of our pre
sent disastrous and disgraceful condition”?
Was it he, Sir, who has issued the French
Edicts and British Orders of Council?
Was it he who wove around the brow of
Napoleon, the laurels of Austerlitz-or
was it he that deposited the Trident of the
Sea into the hands of Britain ? Yet when
these unjust Edicts were issued against our
commerce, the spirit of this Country, sir,
Hew to an Embargo-this would have an
swered evciy pm pose, but for the evasions
of smugglers, and the opposition of such de
claimed, as yourself in the national coun
cil*.-The world are well acquainted with
*he measures of protection winch you would
have pursued, though you have not had the
manly spirit openly to avow them.—The
Honorable John Randolph was for a base
unconditional, unmitigated submission to
British outrage and mcrcantiio cupidity
He was for giving Cirrat Britain a carte
blanche to be filled up, as she pleated, out of
toe spmtsm o(»r t^grtr* j»nn onr nmtrr——
Good Heaven* ! Could the spirit of the im
mortal Curtius be once more permitted to
visit the regions of day, haw would it blush
with ind'gnn'inn tn behold you thus basely
stooping to “a stupid and insolent monarch
'vlio hjis long been the tyrant of the Ocean,
the tune of his people and the scourge of
the world!”
I sh ill not breathe another word, sir, in the
defenceol Mr. Jefferson———when un adver
sary comes forth, who is any thing like h‘s
/'ter in accomplishments or service*, he
I shall be heard-but at present, it is an un
I necessary task-- for when such mm as
I John Randolph are the assailants of such
| men as ’/'hymns Jefferson, a defence is uie
i less-1'he accusation only recoils upon 'he
[ accuser. It is “ Hyperion” and a •• Satyr”—
; ic is the attack of Diomede against the shield
I of Apollo.-1 pray yon, sir, torn your re j
| sentnicnf* against some humbler game—1
assault, if you please, the reputation of Wil
kinson——but Thomas Jefferson i* above i
your m irk. Like the illustrious Chatham,
j “ recorded honors shall gather round his
monument, nntl tliirken over him. It is a
I solid fabric,'and will support the luurfels that
j adorn i.. 1 hew praise* will wear well, for
j they have been dearly earned.”
I .These observations are some what * like
your own —desultory and unconnected. In
my next, Sir, we will go on to take up Mu.
cius more in the wav of system, anti touch
the principal points which lie discloses.
MARIUS.
T:>* f- 'tiou'<n% let'er rec/s enclosed to both
Houses Qj the General Assetnaly, by the
Govemor o f this Commonwealth.
Fairfax County, dun. 30, IS 10.
PfR,
My health having become too much
impaired to enable me to undergo much bo
dily fatigue, or to perform any active duties,
should occasion require them ; I deem it
most consistent with my duty and the in
terest of the c»mmunity, to resign the of
hce of Brigadier General of the Militia of
this State, with which I have be*n honored
by the Legislature of my Country ; and re
quest \ou. sir. tocenviderthis as my resig
nation; and that you will communicate the
same to the Legislature, that the vacancy
thus occasioned may be supplied.
Iam, with great respect.
Sir, your most obedient servant,
THOMSON MASON.
The Honorable John Tyler,
Governor of Virginia.
On Tuesday, the vacancy was filled, by
joint vore at both houses of Assembly, bv
the appointment of Col. Hugh Douglas, of
Loudon.
It is presumed that the Legislature of Vir
ginia will adjourn—this day.
£7* We received a Pile of Papers by yes
terday's north -rrt mail-there is no newt
-fwo Washington papers are at thi
time due—For the following account of
Congressional proceedings, we are indebt
ed to the Alexandria paper:
HO USE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Thursday, Feb. 1.
[ Taker.for the Alexandria Gazette.]
A message w*s received from the Presi
dent, covering copies of instructions given
to American armed vessels ; comrnunica
ted in pursuance of a call of the house of
the lCth of January. Ordered to be prin
ted.
A message was received from the. Presi
dent, covering a return of the army of the U.
States; communicated in pursuance of a i
call of the house of the 23d of Janury. Mr. j
F.hy made a motion to print this message^
with the documents accompanying it. This!
motion was opposed by Messrs. NoWton and
F.ppes, and supported by Mr. Tallmadge.
Before the question was taken, the house ad
journed.
FRli;4 T, Feb. 2. |
On motion of Mr. Kly the message of the ;
President received last evening covering a I
return ot die army was ordered to be printed!
—50 tc 23.
The follo'/.vtne in a etatemeut of lVilkinaon't!
jinny taken from that return:
Privates fit for duty ?76 i
Do. sick -j 621 I
Do. in arrest 8
Do. » absent 899
Do. dead from May 1, s23
Officers on duty 4j I
Do. sick 171
Officers in arrest 2 !
Do. dead 16
Do. resigned 51
Do. absent 46
Do. dismissed by court-martial 6
Non-commissioned officers and privates
. absent 43
Non commissioned officers on duty 95
Do. hick 107
C?" Tlie specimen of Virg'nia Waistcoating,
which is to lie seen at our office, has been much
admired—hut we regret, when the note whir
announced it, went to press, that wo ware not bj
to correct it—two errata crept in—instead n
“ inter altutf' read “ inter alios"—and instead of
the signature *' J. p.” read “ J. S’.**
M a an i rd—Rv the h'ev. C. Sheice, on Sat urday
the 3d inst. Mr. O l w ay Camm e »»f Cumberland
county, to the amiable Mist Maria Cr. sake,
daughter of William Clarke, Etq. of Powhatan
county.
DIED, at his residence in.Goochland County
on the 31st Of January, Maj. J o»e p n \V oo nsox.
aged 77 years—he left behind kirn a truly amiabV
W ido w.
'.'■iiLL»J .■» .is.
NOW IS THE TIME ! The ingenious piece
of mechanism called the MICROCOSM,
will be exhibited for a few days longer, in a ktiyi
chamber nest to tlie Post Office — : proprie
tor most grateful to tlie ladies end gentlemen of
Richmond, for having been favored of inetr visits,
s now soliciting the patronage of those who
have not had the opportunity to see this curious
effort of human Ingenuity.
Admittance from 9 o’clock in the morning till
! 7. 25 cents ; & w ith music, which will he from 4
till in the evening, 31 1-4 cents.
Smoaking segars is not allowed, when ladies
are in the room.
Richmond, F*b. 7th, 1810. 3
'‘f'MfE lour Tract* >t LaND lately advertised
1. by the subscribers for sale ot Fluvanna Ja
nuary court last, not having been sold in conse
quence of tlie badness of (lie weather, will cer
tainly !>» sold to the highest bidder, for cash, on
the fourth Monday in this month, at flUT«nria
courthouse, it being courf day.
JOHN QTIARI.ES,
GW/ acting Executor of Duncan AicLauch.lan.
DAVID ROSS,
The turtiming ptirh.tr an to hi* right'
February 8.
Ni.w-rnc.t.and HUM. 6c %*—as a
OTIS offers for sale, adjoining the Bell
Tavern,
20 It fids’. Netv-fcnglaad Rhm,
10 do. Antigua and VV. I. do. .
. .*>0 bbU Apple Brandy.
n few Boxes QtndUt of a very superim*
tv —with a general assortment of Groceries by
whole-sale and retail, which will be sold low for
c-sli or approved credit.
February 8. o,sj
' « ? H !*: Fvifel’c are cautioned ng.iiust receiving
f an assignment of two Notes given by Ki
el.arl Randolph, Thomas Cilliattand Mich’l. W.
Hancock to Nicolson, Hcth & Co both dated the
21st D-c*tnber last, lor an amount betwixt <i>
and 7UOO ?> dach, one payable 180, the other .->40
d.rys i.lier date—The subscriber, on behalf of
himself and Thomas Gilliutt, cl ugts ofo-tts to
tbe«e noter, and hereby gives nonce, that pay
ment of them will not be made until the ollsettt
clwiitied are deducted.
M. VV. HANCOCK..
Richmond, 29th January, 1810.
N. 11 Orders for Drrp Run Con! left nt the
-obscriher’s counting house, will be immediately
attended to ; great care will be Uli.cn to supply
customers regularly with good coal.
M. VV. H.
January 30. . w4w
TVJ ICOLSOV, Hli I’H 6 Co. believing that
■c > Mr. Giltiat Valu“s his own character too
highly to have been in any way iustrumental in
the above publication, he will therefor') consider
this note as not bein^* addresnoJ to him. Mi
chael Wall Hancock, is invited by Nicol.on,
Heth ?< C... to stale h«fore the pubhc vi/mt ore
tfteoJTttti, which lie for himself an.l'Mr. Gitliai
claims against the negotiable notes mentioned in
L e above publication. That publication being
the lirst intimation given to Nicolson, HeUt,
i* Co. of offsets claimed against duse notes.
Manchester, Feb. 5.
AGRblli ABLY tothe abo-.e invitation, I siixll
. proceed to state the grounds on which I
claim offsets to the above notes. In the first
place, they were given in part for an estimated
quantity of coal ;.t the Deep Run Pitts, t|l(5
condition that they should be credited for the ile
li.-iency, or charged with the excess which might
-ppe.-.r on actual me inurement—the reader is re
ferred on,this subject to the certificate of Richard
Randolph below—From his statement, which is
corroborated by N.- ohonand Heth’s written con
tract, now in mj possession, it will appear that
ihey have no right to pass off or negotiate these
totes, until the turns on which jury received
hem he complied with s and from the best infor
mation I r-jti obtain, they hold these notes for at
east 50,000 bushels of coal more than the quan
tity on hand. In th? next pltce, NicvNon and
Heth owe Mr. Gilliat and myself tint rent on the
very coal for which these notes .■ t given ; in ficf
hey have paid no rent on the P-rp Run Coal
f’itt* for the yea: s 1803 ml 1(> < 'he con
trary, they have availed (h^msch ?! of :.!;ndelays
[if the law in order to avuid p:tvrr»*>::t— and utter
three o- four unsuccessful a;ip!ic«u ions to the
Chancellor, liuvc signified t'»eir ' v rminatiouto
i »r: y the subject to die C.- irt of Ap r„l» ; the
frivolous pretext they give for withholding pay
ment is. tliat they hav« paid the tents to Mr. Da
vid Hogs, when in fact, Mr. Ko-s had, to the
knowlodge «F both Ni«:iicon and Hath, previous
to their making thealiedgod paym i. transferred
Lo ine his pm of th* Deep Run HP's, to're'.iier
with Hi i in ereat in the La-.e. in which there is a
clause that express!v prohibits dum front with,
bo ding any part of the lease m uiev, but forcer
lain repairs evade and mu'.tt illy admitted on the
demised premises—So much !'. r Nicolson and
Heth ; and here I should have drooped the sub
j*ct, had not Harry Until (who L liml to he th2
writer jf the above invitation) mentioned the de
licate iiibjev ; of character ; this being tha rise
I cann it in justice to myself ami him piss him
over in %'distiee. This man among many other
wicked and malicious expedients ' o do me injus
tice, has lately instituted a suit in chancery a
gs nst me to recover lack the sum of two thou
sand dollars, whieh he jus’lv owed, ;tx 1 which
has been paid me ; tha only exhibit accompany
in* his bill is tiled hy him as a copy of a U tter
the original of which he Bays had been delivered
me. in which l find he has falsely transcribed the
only part of th? letter that applies to the subject
of controversy.
I have many reasons for wishing to decline
seeking mv rights in the iourt of appeals, to
which in the present in dance, is added my une
qual chance of contending with a man who is
capable of furnishing falte l anscripti, and being
disposed to have »n immediate adjustment of
«l) pecuniary difference:. I, in my turn invite An
drew rticolsin mid Harry Iletli, t/j co ne for
ward, pay the rents due, apd arbitrate the other
points ill dispute : this done, the notes i:i question
shall at maturity be punctually paid, oto<.rwtse
they must accompany the question for ren s to tm»
Court of Appeals.
M. W. HANCOCK.
Feb. P.
1 do hereby certify that I entered intr* the con
tract witli Nicholson and Hein, u: lr r which the
above notes were given ; and that " wav fullv
understood between Mr. Iletii md nyulf, and
so express-d in the written con'ract, that the
obligations for the C«»il .t t!ie Deep Run Pits
were entitled to a credit for the deficiency (if a
'v there should be,) in they oal after an actual
miMinrerrifnt, and that I still consider those
notes entitled to a credit, as aforesaid, if theie
*1' lid prove a deficiency intlieCoul
<;<ven under my hand this 6th day of February,
i t.lO.
RICH Alt D RANDOLPH.
Richmond, February 8.
VTOTICE to all whom it may concern, that in
i.N tending short I •/ to remove from hence, I
have resigned the office of Agent and Treasurer
to the commissioners ofthe Lottery, f ir the ben
efit of live College of William t* Mary, in thisc
ty.
ROt GREEN HOW.
Williamsburg, Feb. C.
NO ITCE.
VI*I. perrons are hereby forewarned front
hunting, fowling, fishing, or otherwise en
lering and trespassing upon' my !«-’'»« at Nrv
Cattle ai d Spring (Harden, in the County of Hano
ver.
SPENCER ROANE.
Spring Garden, February 8, 1810. w3w
XT/ANTED immediately, one or two good
\ workmen at the Coach-making business :
to master workmen liberal wages will be given
hy Messrs. Wren 84 Kobins.ui, just belov/the
Swann lavcra.on Shocktc Hill, Richmond.
February G. 2awtf
NO I ICE—The Executive will receive pro
posal* for making CaTiagrsto mo,mt Can
non, until the 10th of March i *xt, hCrordtng to
a model to be exhibited here, or so described as
to be tmJeratood by the undertaker.
Attest,
SAMUEL COLEMAN, a. c. c.
Richmond, Feb. 8. eptid^l.
* I’PLIC A'l tON will be made to toe 1'n
dent and Directors of the Bank of Vhgi
niato renew certificates of stock Nos. 28();> an-|
J019 standing in my rums cm the books of t'.«e
Bank.
G. KKWTOV.
January A, 4