The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-30 00:00:00, page 4

NATIONAL INSTITUTE.
Jteftort m the progress oj the Sciences from the R
fath of the French Revolution (1789) to the year
1808 made Ly a commission of the Institute <f
France, try order of the Km per or Napoleon.
Hi* Majesty being in council, * deputation
from the clues of JWa'heitia^fcur and Physical Sci
ence* oj the Institute, compos-d of M M. E • i
gainvilir, president of the Institute i Terron,
vice president; Delambre, Cuvier, secretaries ;
^1. M Lagrange, Monge, M< vier de Fleuricn,
Ch«»rle* Itertholiett, Huug, J.atmick, Thou'n,'
de Lacepede, and Dessrs*rts, n-mbers of the
Institute ; was pres-nted by hi* stxcellmtev the
minister of the home department, a.vl admitted to
the bar of the conned.
Introductory spftch of M -Bougainville, Prcsi
dent oj the Institute. ,
Sirk,
Y< ur imperial and royal majesty has ordered
that the aeverul clashes of the Institute should
appear in your council, and report to you on the
prertnt state of the sciences, litc-atute, and the
art*, and on their progiess since the year 1789
The class of the mathematical and physical
sciences now perform that duty, and in presenting
myself at the herd of the learned mm who
compose it, T am indebted to my age for that ho
■or.
But, tire, such is the variety of objects with
which thjs clsss has b*-en occupied, that even
witn dl the conciseness of which profound know
ledge and a spirit ot analysis afford a facility,
the icpoit containing a bare statement of facts is
•f great extent.
It is therefore only the sketch of their la
bors that M M. Delambre and Cuvier are about
to read.
I shall make only s single observation, which
is. thin, at the same tim that the period from
37by to 1808 will he, for pnliti''ul and military
evems, one of the most memorable in the annals
of nations, it will also he one of the most brilli
ant in the records of the arts and sciences.
The share which the French lm'e had in the
improvement of those analytical methods, which
Live led to the great discoveries of the system
of the world, and even to those of the three
kingdoms of nature, will shew th it if the infill
cnee of one nun alone lias ma.^e heroes of
all our warriors, our learned men, honored by
the protection of your majesty, whom they have
seen in their ranks, have a claim to add some
rays to the national glory.
[U. re billows .VI. Delambre, Secretary of the
Cla^s, for the Mathematical Sciences—we shtll
pass over what he says as to the progress of the
clemency mathematics, and their application to
rational and practical mechanic*, and astronomy '<
—and go on to what is more intelligible and in j
Seresting to the generality of readers J
M AT H tHATICAI. PHYSICS.
The revolution effected in chemistry, within
•ur time, mint, in some measure, have diverged
from their habitual pur> uits our natuial philoso
phers, who perceived ,n a science, so nearly re
late d to their own, a career opened before them,
promising more numerous discoveries-We
ahull, however, have to relate, in phys'es, some
curious labors and interesting inventions.
Tiie balance of'Torsion, sitii which Coulomb
so successfully determined the law of elect; ical
attractions and repulsions, was sufficient for him
to prove, dial the m.guelic phenomena are sub
ject to a similar law ; to measure the smallest
effects of magnetism ; to find a high degree of
temperature, which causes them totally to dis
appear ; to shew that magnetism is not, as it
•was supposed, a property peculiar to certain bo
dies, but that it exists in all, even to those which
appear the most destitute of it. Ey means cf
ti.c aune osl-oice, he measured the resistance
which li.iitis oppose to motion, the law of which
is expressed by two terms, of which Newton
had 1 >nnd only the first, because the second
becomes sensible only in very slow motions.
Coulomb devi led his whole life to the im
provement of dipping and dec! nmg compasses.—
Tin: dip was particularly d fficult to obtain ; lx:
cause M. M. Coulomb, Laplace and Burda, had
not y et given the canons calculated to determine
it by tlu. nuir.oer of oscillations ; and bec.mse the
rpnipaitlei vw s iiwtcui'MC. M Gilpin has just
fublished, in the philosophical transactions, »
nig series of observations, shewing that the in
clination or dip is sul.jc. t to diurnal and secular
Variations, and that the annual diminution is now
live minutes. M. Cassini observed the diurnal
in 4 i iiitiea of the decliniuion with compasses of
hisowr invention. M Ei-1 has attempted to de
teimine, by the observations of i. typsrouse and
M Humuoldt, l!i» |>ositio:i of the magnetic e
quu'.or and its intersection with the terrestrial
equator M. llti'.nbolot in his (urn, verified M.
Biot’s theory, by r.ew observations made con
jointly with M Gray Luosac. They found, that
neither tlie great chains of mountains, nor vnl
canoes, even when burning, bud any sensible in
fluenee on the raagnt nc force i thut this force
diminished progressively-, in proportion to the
diaiehr.e from the terresiud equ tor. M M. ni
oi ami Oiy i/imiicrerrtitieii, in tneir areostalic
ascensions, that tlie d? tauce from tlie earth c..u«
ed no perceptible dn.i.nution in the intensity of
jo •.gnetuun, although M. Gay Ltwrfac, in the last
of tnese ascensions, rose u» the. greatest height
to which any one ever reached, as it excecils
that o! all tlie mountains of the globe.
Dr. Woilastuto had contrived an extremely
simple apparatus, by mean* of which he m-asiir
ed, with accurai y, the refraction and reflection
of transparrnt substance*. M M dus, by a ve
ry ingenious addition, cx'ended the use of it to
opaque substance* ; an I l.is analysis Ins ena
bled iiim to discover an error which had esca
ped Dr Wollaston, who h»d not the means of
stibn. ttii g to experiment tl at part of his theo
*7
M I’.amond, o*r the Pyrenees, had discovered j
a very si g »t collection tube m» ieinthe co •Hi- j
cl- nt of the c«non of M.Lv>l<ice,l»*' measuring the ■
height of % mouotiin, on winch a bar.mieuic oh
se ration is made M Bio*, in repeating the |
physi i<l exper.rr.*ms on w’.iiclt M Laplace had j
founded hi* theory, discovered that the correc-1
tin.i was necessary; and these experiments of 1
M Biot gavu him the < i elfi ient of M Kuiiioml, \
ss tney gave tlie refra ,«.;on ot M De'ambre.— —
This same labor ltd f, other interesting conse
quences, on the rcljracting power of the differ* '
• lit gates, and to t mtthud of estimating, with
more prtcision tit/ ( even byjcl.em cal piocesscs,'
the composition, of various substances ; such, for j
ininmee, m lli't diamond, which lot thinks to be
partly comp' a d of oxygen.
While tb i French astronomers were m-asur
tngthe ditvjjnaions of the eatih, t? ettabti th the'
foutidaiio'.i of the metrical system, Sir G. Shuck-.
burgh r.ruie.ivored to determine the ratio of the
measures used in England, by the pendulvm
which beats seconds at the latitude of 51 degrees
and u hu’f. Mis experiments v/ere very accii-!
rate i blit, on comparing the length of bis pen-;
sliilum with two and oil rules, constructed by |
two eminent artists, he was surprised to discover,
that the two rules were not exactly of the same
lei.gib, which shews the inconvenience ot such
arbitrary measures, tlie mud: la of winch exist no
where in niiture ; of this we hod before a proof
in the altera, inns, which the course of time had
occasioned in our toise snd the Pai is pint
At the same time, M. Cavendish, by means
which are only Coulomb's Indnuce of Torsion,
. ssmlrdcirdon a large scale, determined the den
•i'y of the earth, which lie found to be five and
half times greater than!hut of water.
H'.y and H msden «Irorved the dilations of
g].1 s«, and ot »» veral xn .taiv, in order to be pre
pared for the mea/tirt mewl of t wo oases in the
Ir'R'inoim'trJe. ' , rttwm fur Knglsntl. Lavoiiurr
.9%) d jjorda octet nosed the (li'.nauons ot tfctUtn It
pTetina. Borda am\ M. Cassini measured, by ■
observations of a precision quite novel* ike length
oflhe pendulum which heats seconds at Paris, in
order t« obtain exactly the ratio of tins pendulum
with the metve. About the same lime, a neiS
branch of physics sprung From an experiment of
Galvani, which all natural philosophers hastened
to repeat Ik divcrs;fy. M Humboldt had the cou
rage to undergo it himself, by aubmitlii g to the
most acute pains, in order the better to ascer
tain effects, from which very important know
ledge was expected, respecting animal economy,
and, perhaps, the principle of life itself. If these
brilliant expectations lisive not yet been realised, i
Galvanism lias, at least, ipven birth to the Vol-I
taic pile, which soon disclosed to ua real won- J
ders, which, at this moment, excite the moat!
lively interest- M. Biot has given a very elegant'
theory of this apparatus, but winch supposes two !
principles ; one of them, though a very near ap- '
proximation, and the must simple that can be ;
imagined, hm not, however, been placed, by ex- j
pertinent, totally beyond the reach of doubt.
GEOCUAMIY. VOTXOE9, A !* O TRAVF.I.S
At the epoch of 1789, all nations seemed to
v:e with e-ich other, in improving the descriptions
of their states, and of the seas which surround
their coasts. The taste, excited by the fortunate
and brilliant voyages of Bougainville and Cook,
was not diminished by the disastrous, though
not altogether u.,else*. expeditions of La Pcy
rouse, and E’ltrecaateux. The English have a
vaihd them rives of the advantages of their si
tuatiun While their African Society, directed
its a'ten ion to countries tot illy unknown ; while
llieir Hornemann m**t with the most distinguish
ed reception from the Coixpienir of Egypt ;
XVliile Mungo P.»rk braved the greatest dangers
to open new channels to th«* commerce of his
country ; while Flinders encountered dangers
still more terrible on the masts of Van Diemen’s
Land and N- w Ho'.Lnd ; their ships explored
the Indian Arrhipelago, their rmbass-ulors recon
noitred the Thibet, visited the kingdom of Ava,
and penetrated into China* Vancouver described
the coasts which he was charg-d to inspect, with
x cure and accuracy worthy of serving ns « ni -
del trail those who may have to execute similar
ovations The French, so gloriously engaged
in a different line, had not. however, abandoned
geographical researches; ifthe English made us
better acquainted with the southern point of A
frica, the French found in Egypt subjects of more
interesting descriptions—Captain Marchandpcr j
•vi un.u mmiiiu uic wunu a
which to he properly appreciated, awaited the
pen of a distinguished navigator. M Fl-urieu
has rendered it more valuable, by giving to sea
men such instructions, as may render their cours
es less perilous and more useful, by preparing
them to receive the benefit of the new measure-,
and by proposing a more methodical division of
the tic as—a division already adopted i t Spain by
a learned man, who thought, however, that he
hud reaaon to complain of the manner in which
M. Fletirieu had spoken of his countrymen —
Unlit the Spaniards really merited stu li reproach
es fsrmerly, by reserving for the nisei ves their
discoveries, it is but justice to sav, that they h»ve
now adopted a system quite opposite ; the hy
drographical depot at Madrid, aher the example
of that of France, lias liberally published charts
and works, which reflect the greatest honour on
id
M. Buachehas prepared for our navigators all
the instructions necessary for directing their
courses j he has collected in the depot of the
navy all the information that could be useful to
them ; he has discussed every essential point,
which a v.rst erudition enabled him to discover
in the ancient geographers, to whom he thinks
the interior of Africa, and even New Holland,
rzrrv pretty well known.— Captain Baudin, pro
vided with these instructions. west to reconnoi
tre the counts of New Holland; an expedition
particularly commendable for trie services ren
dered by it to natural history. Finally, to conclude
this account, by travels which ceanbine every
| species of merit, M. Humboldt performed, at bis
[ own expense, an undertaking which would honor
a state ; with l» s friend Boiiiplan alone lie pvne
fated into the desalts of America, from which
he brought home 6-jQ'J plants, wit'*, their drsrr'm
i tiom, the positions of JoG points and upwards,
| deternruned astronomically ; be ascended to the
| summit o| the C'mboraeo, and measured its ele
I vatton. created the geography of plants ;
assigned the boundaries betsveea vegetation and
1 eternal snow ; observed the phenomena of the
magnet, and of electrical fishes ; and furnished
the amateurs ol antiquity with precious im'ormn
tion relative to the Mexicans, their language,
their hietory,and their monuments.
Sire—-We have oh yed (very imperfectly, no
doubt, but as well as our moans would allow) the
orders of your Mijes'y, by offering to you this
| summary extract, of a more extensive and less
| incomplete view, which we have the honor to
present to you, in Hie nam. of die class for M .
thematical and Physical Sciences of the Institute.
Y >ur Majesty has now heard the nmic-s of ali
those who have contributed to the p.-< gress of
.. wu av. icai uru IIU II VIII HHU
the most flattering of all recorpp noes, id the >«s
surance that their efforts ait known to the august
protector, whose countenance * sufficient to en
courage the sciences, letters, and the srts.
1 here still rum ling ft,r u*> to fulfil m very easy
and very honouranie duty Yom mijesty conde
scends tt> consult the Institute, respecting the
means of securing ultc rior progress : the pro
grrsia of mathematic* is not in the leant doubtful
the p' imary iustiu lion finds *btr<djiil sources
in the Lyova ; ttie Polytechnic school is a nurse
ry of dist u.guisited subj< cts for ail the different
branches of the public service. We It *ve . Irc*
dy 4ren to proceed from that school more than
one voting nan of learning, who, like MM Hi
ot, Poisson, Mains, marching in tlie tr ices of the
great geometricians, promise them w< rthy sttc
ccssora ; others, such us MM Puiss.int, Fran
caeur, have seen their works adopted for the in
struction oif<1 vei vices of the public. The bene*
volenl law which regenerated instruction, pro
mot'd an especial sehool for mathematics : tliis
school existed. Geometry and algebra, ts'rono
my and physics, are taught at the Imperial Col
1’ ge of I'ranee. A cotfse of transcendental
aiulysit there would complete the s>s*em of in
struction in the accurate sciences An op ration
of importance was commenced, in order to pro
cute t<» France a perpendicular worthy of its me
ridian—but we express no wish ; we wait with
respectful contid- nce,whatever your majesty may
be pleased to order in favour of a scie nce, the
boundaries of wltirli you would yourself have
extended, had not higher destinies called upon
you to afl ird equal protection to all : and to m <ke
them contribute to the splendor and prodigies of
your reign.
The honorable duty which the order'-, of your
Imperial Majesty call upon us to fulfil, intimi
dates us equally whether we consider the extent
of the sciences, the history of which we have to
tra'T, or the number and the ardor of those who
cultivate them, or the rapidity of the progress
which they have made, during the last twenty
years; ana it is not without awe, that we have
ventured to select, among such a variety of la
bors, and among so many men of dis -.inguiahed
merit, those who have appeared to tin most wor
thy of bi ing named to you. Indeed, could the
dresd of having been guilty ot an unjust omissi
on, ever be more sensibly felt, than on this so
1 inn occasion ; wh<-n geniii* '•equires to become
acquainted with, and to honor geniu), when the
heio, who has extended military and political
gl uy beyond the limits assigned t<* it l»v nil the
Nxarnplcs ot history and the boldest flights of
imagination, wishes 10 draw near him, and to
crown with bis own hand- every species of’me
rit, to tneotirage every kind of talent, and to
order the execution «-ftvefy useful nnd-rt-iking
Dnt in what branch of hum <n l.»ow»edg<* is
such an omission more difficult to be avoulr-d,
thsa in tlis natural science*, a bald at the san.a
time the most b«m»dlesit, and tl>e most fruitful i
that the mind it capable of cultivr’ing ? Their'
moat general principles are not yet reduced »o
precise calculations, and consequently tliey ad
mit of no other guides, than observation and t t
perience ; but by a consequence n »t l~ss evident;
every accurate observation, every conclusive ex
periment; is entitled to a place l a'wpt these
sciences; and the particular labors employed
on them, '.vhiclt their historian is not at li
berty to neglect, are multiplied beyond all
bounds.
This prod -gioua number of facts, extending
from the simple aggregation of the molecules of |
a salt, to the Ibrmation of organised bodies, and I
to the most complicated functions of life, seems, I
however, to relate more or less immediately t>*;
the general phenomenon of molecular attracti
on j and we could not have chosen a more con
venient clue, to direct us through ti>• s immense
labyi inth
We hare, therefore, fi st examined molecular
attraction, in os most immediate rll’e:ts ; in the
laws to which it issitbjec*. and in the mod (i • iti
ons which it undergoes, ftotn the other govern!
principles; to this w.> owe the rdv.int'igo of be
ginning our report, with the theory of crystals,
and that of the affinities, two sciences entirely !
new, and originating within the period of which
we have to »i«-.it
The former, which distinguished its com [
mere* ment, is entirely due to NT. llatiy; those j
figures so regular, anti ? varied, which miner,,ls
assume in a t. .niquil t>>rmatiou, are now redoc,•»!
to calculation, and vrrifi ‘<1 by mechanical divisi
on : this curious phenomenon offers nothing
arbitrary, nothing vagu - in its explanation; the
same ag**, the samg author, have se, ti the birth
of the science, and have, as it were, brought it
to mati.ri y
The theory of affinities, more ancient as to jts
primitive origin, ir>s recently experienced a com
plete revolution ; and M. Berthollet has reduced
it to new laws He no longer adir.i*s of elective
affinities, nor absolute decompositions ; affinity,
with Inm, is no more than a general tendency of
a body, to unite itself \vitli others, which would
Continue to operate when three or more bodies
are mixed, were it not counterbalanced by oppo
site forces, such *s the md’ssoluhility of nne of
the resulting combinations, or its greater t» nden
cy tocrystahze, to effloresce, cr to Cv*porat? Ir
st*ort. heat and pressure are powers >j unite to
each other, w Inch cause affinity itself to isry in
different ways, as well as tiiv tendencies which
are contrary to it We shew particular!; in our
report, that these principles throw avoid light
on what was hitherto most obscure in chemis
try ; and we render perceptible the-Influence
which they will one dry exercise on all the o
ther physical sciences
Proceeding next to the divers imponderable a
I gents, which cause the .flimlies :• varv. we s ,y
lew words on the chem'ical action of light, and
on the hitherto cont-sted experiments of IJ,
Hcrslicl, on the mode of its union with beat in
the solar rays
C To be Continued J
TROM THE ROSI'OR PATRIOT.
REVIEW OF THE EPILOGUE TO
“ The Clihsyman'i Dauciitek,”
(Tha Play itself was written by Mr While, End
acted w.tn eclat on the Boston boards.)
Written by R T. Paine, jr. Esq —-published in a
cekly literary paper, entitled ** Something-,”
Saturday, fan. 6, 1810
The author of this excellent performance lias
transcended the limbs which custom has pre-1
scribed to the Epilogue, and instead of producing j
fifiy lines of unmeaning frivolity and rneigie wit
ticiarn, haa honored his country with an elegant
satirical poem
I The poem is introduced by the foil owing ver
ees, distinguished fir their flowing elegance
“ Gay, as the belle, who lighten* down the ball,
| While half who gare, can scarce-') trtvre at all
I Pert, as the elf. «A(,t „t a t„„ . „.'3 >(l,p>
Pops in a Phantom, and pop;* rut a Pop ;
As rain as beauty, and a** faahi in witty,
A tooth pick Epilogue shout'd lounge the oily ,
And prattle, comine it fuut,— ,rith naught to
say,—
A world of words-‘.Vie newest kind of
Siici tcas dame Epilogue, when bl.lho and
young, k’.r. ”
The author then proceeds to mak* a ludicrous
application of many well known passages front
Shakespeare
“ My bond—I'll have my bond''—old Foreclose
“ Who steals my purse steals trash,"—the bard re
plus ;
“ Out, damned Spot /” snarls old Miss Pimple
Fret ;
“ Tin n't ruefor you,"—whispers her arch snub
rettc.
rhe love-sick cook-maid lisps— ** hist, Romeo,
hist !'*
“ Au.J Snip,—the tailor,— rants,”” List, list oh!
list r
After this, a full character is drawn of a 1 ito
ran fop, a creature well known at l-ast in Eng
r>l*nd Everyone we think must admire I been*
< liant ing levit\ wli.c • >» employed to hit < fl' this
“ eage of fashion, and hen tan of boot’s." We re
K ct ih t our liiin'.a ia>II not permit its to give
more than a specimen of this truly facetious tie
■cription
“ Sir Fop ling Classic is a wight I ween,
I Who re.ids to quote, and dresses to be sect) ;
| Tin p‘ inct of Jolly, ami th' fool ’.fvirt,
, H- plots a dinner, to campaign u hit *
With well Urest wiadoin, tout afait he looks,
I lie of ./as/i/sn and hon-ton of books ”
The impudence with which certain ” rirh did
rogues’ urroga'c to thi msclves that hom g:
which is due only to genius, and the disgraceful
j compliances whi -ii such arrogance Iso often re
ceives, from the meanness of sycophancy, is tie
j scribed with great felicity of invention
“ Who delves to be a wit, must own a mine,
In wealth must gutter, ere in taste hr shine :—
Gold buy s him genius, and no churl will rail,
When/ru*f* are brilliant, that spun is stale
j lip suit with gold t—each shift with shouts is
Mown
i He drinks Champaign, and must not laugh a
The grape has point, aitlio’ the itke brf.it,
I'op ! goes tin. cork / — • heir’s'epigram in that !
Tlir spouf/rt^ bmtle ih the brisk jet d'c.iu,
Which shews how high its fountain head can
throw!
I Sec ! while the framing mist asrerds the room,
Sir fopling rises in the v>f perfume !
The ne t tive delights which the bard derives
from the illusions offirlion, display the finest de
licacy of feeling, and shew the power which Mr
Paine possesses over the graces arid cliaimsoi
poetry.
" I-orn thro’ the lobby see the poet steal.
Forgetting life, while he can hie to feel „•—
To blank oblivion yielding private woe,
While public virtue give * >ne tear to Mow :
And, (harm'd with fiction, that her sorrows
His fancy riots in (l*» lov’d distress,
lint ah !—illusion sweet of tears and smiles,
Where virtue revels, while foi*ance b* guiles,
What cheerless hours doth destiny delay.
Till recollected Mr* returns with day ,•—
When he, who wanders with a poet's nam<*.
Must live on friendohp, white he stories on
fame /
Plett be the bard, whose tender tVe jnsf/rms i
The passion’d scene, wilo virtue’s holiest fires ;
Who draws f.om brightest eyes the moisten’d
soul.
And bids their tributes gl tier tu they roll ?
Tft when Ltrliett grace Is jj?»-eu* t
Th»*»i//e ot He..mtr it ,t nry tu.m heaven
Soft x* mr fatty writ. Arai'hne-'*e**e
To wardiht* night dew trom the lit.^ leaves;
Chaste u* the |iiiv of Aurora’s tears,
W hen tne t»c6 tremble* will* the pearl it be.irs."
The allusion to the spider's web. is eminently
beautilul it s new thought one which
would d > honor to sny poet.
The ail hor next introduces ’o us another wit*
ling, wi*om lie thus describe* :
“ T in dspptr Hash—who screen* the lobby
lire—
I* doughty I*. >er Far ig> tfih, Cstprirr,—
I'rtrevti’ knowing— it.il :,*r,- ver knocm —
The gav Court Calender—of aft the town —
His hrill'.mt fancy sviugs such rapid flights,
i hut hit ]> n fl* Sites,—'ike the northern light* / I
On fashion's lace )ie marks each patch anu firm
Xotvs all ;hc JJe/le A;ten*lice—to a dimple : —
Keeps dales of vrtnllet,—sets each freckle
down,—
And kn.ms the age of col'll old maid in town !
We are sorry that we cannot present the
reader with me whole of thin admirable descrip
tion.
i'othe Miser, our author ha« done the severest
Justin.-. On lhia mi j ;ct i n tiumglus ot the po
et swell with that proud in<l gn.tlinn, which
meann-ss never fail* «o excite in the generous
heart of a iran of genius.
“ Oil ! wiiat is man, who, thus debat’d by
pelf,
All human nature sinks in human self ; —
Who Iw-idy [lillr'a, with iin'ei-uug' j'*y,
A mother's piett’-e from ail irtlrse hoy /*
W lien man’s detecting tout I -rs.kes ii> s hr east,
1 o pirn; i death natch 1:1 rn sir's chest.
I he Mai viiiji a\ jmk'I'i'c Hri'unce swears
To gold and yr’-acc, 'o p »v“ ti anil r yera ; —
And, not one joy his dickering Lmn to cheer,
Li'cs without love, and dies without a tear !
Such are the ** Gripes,” the meanest of their
tribe,
Who cheat themselves— »nd chuckle at the !
bribe ;—
Who bury n >ltire, ere lie'1 mortal doom,
And iir ft existence in a living tomt ?'
Mr. l’aine has relubra'cit t'>c d l phis of be
iievolcnce io strains of which l’opc would have
been proud
“ Silent as light—and like ils sow ce serene—
It s bounty gi o. unknown. ..nil rja"nr u>.s-cn.
Ho feels—* ode tear. ' -e -a- red j: v cor ■ «ss —
MAN LIKENS GOD— when lie has PO WEU
TO BLESS.”
I” tins I'vquisito satire, jyjr Paint* lias not over- i
linked .he indiscriminate austerity of mdicious |
and ignorant critics. Letth *- hii>*|v p*rsonny*- -* I
r> ad the t lowing lines, and * then io supper •with I
what appetite they can "
Streams when iwjjleeted, sink to common]
SCKVCfJ
•\tv! J, aappo<ntril Ant/i»rt linn Ih virvrers /(•
I.ike »t:«gn .n> |> »<>is in- Ure-itne pti'rescout air,
Fmm tin1 trifen fiiin, thcirfetH busnmi Ivar.”
I''iw.inU i'ie jrenc-rou* critic, the poet li-.n ht-en
crj'f -lly jyiifr u<*.
“ C' >'.icki there are, *v*in finest a m-hle race ;
\Viin twine with p nuis every letter'd g.-.-t j—
Candid tonsure.—g.-ot-iou* to comm nd,—
ill*- o* lisiiM vch'*lar and t <• fa. •»(Till IVinnt,—
1-0' <1 l>y the Mii'i1, they feel the p ■< t’s firr,
’ «»uihc the mirstrrl. 'vi.ile they tve ins i/re ;
t )n jfriv ite merit, public fume the, i-.»*.o,
l or ncr. Hat ion sh >res i;s Author's pi in- "
Snch is the character of l! is .itlmir.*h!e pro
ihirlion ;—i production which m-iy justly he
considered *3 a valuable acquisition t> .\m. rican
loiters.
* A!hi tin? to ti>: in‘ere*tin% irrident in the Pity.
t these tvo {ines ate altered from the •* Chil
dren ol Thespis ”
ri^Ll.-kHS ttEtV AHr» —Stole n from
hn Maldo on the niirl't of the 12 h instant,
* *>OKREf.j MO-tSE II • l ad on los lor hea l
» «c»r n:.<l a snip ; :* l> ih tail; his left hind foot
white to the t -n'lot.'lc The s-ght of <-ne i;f hi.v
eye« is at ;o im > It may not hr amiss to
st te. that it i» tl «e same horse l have been in
the habit of riding soil e <e-:rs in th-s ctv
J \ MES GltEi-NHOtV.
Richmond. J mna v 20 il
iN CHAMCEHV—In C. field Couciy
Court, K"Vemhrr lot!* 18 )9.
I horn is smith, Plaintiff vs. Stephen Earn
and Judith H s«, Defendants.
Thisday came the plaintiff hy James U'-hert
snn, jr. esquire, his attorney, and it appearing to
the satisfaction of the court, that the defe.n . . it
Elam is not an tnli.thiiant of this commonwealth.
It is ordered, that the said Eiam do enter hi* up
j pearsnee in this suit on or before the secoiil
] Monday in January next and give security for
• prrinrn.'tig s eh decree as the court to ty here
after m be in the premises : It i* further o <1- -
ml. that ih.- def-n.lant IJ ss, o it of theelle -'s in
j her hands bclor gin,* to the d.-'Viidanl Elam,
rr,..in snlliriciit to satisfy to III.- plaintiff the su;’i
<>l /l 9 6s 9.1 with six per e*nt interest there.,e.
fr,.m the 8th day ol Jum.ry ISO”, until pii.l, and
S 9 38 its. costs, and also the ro.» is of tins suit,
ami tlist a copy (ifthis or.ler be published in s me
, He wspaper in i Ik- city of Hicumpoil f«i t wo months
successively, and at the from door of ttic court
bouse of this count).
A Copy. s' u,
P. POIMDEX TEU, T*. e.
D* rp,n|,er 16 v 3w
Jl N UH VNUKIIY —At -4 Cot. 11.( III for Cum
£ bo U;id Count v, the ‘J7U: day of N<>"(mbt r,
It,O').
Willi im Moore ?< M »rv it is wife, Plaintiffs_
Ags'inst J h>-. Ho hnn, H-nry Mom* Huo«,n,
J soma* Hudson Francis Hudson, Wi.li: n Hud
s >n, Viniuel Hudson, Win 1’avlor and U<beeri
Uss wife, ud Join, llilto ” m l Elizabeth his wfe,
ieg.l representative* of' Wilictm Hudson, de
ceased
'lMiis day r-m<* the phinifFa hr their attorney,
-*nd it appearing to the satis, .< t t«»n of the n,ml
d.it two of toe d -fe-.d nu, H.-nry Moore Hud
sou and Francis Hudson, ere not inhabitants of
this rti-te, on the motion of Hie plaintiffs by their
counsel. It if ordereti, that the Said defend ml* do
ppear horc on l!»e li'-st day of February term
next and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, or the
same shall then be taken u confessed, and the
in itter thereof deem d accordingly, and that a
copy of this oid< r be forthwith inserted in some
one of the newspapers published in me city of
Richmond, and posted at the fiont door oi the
court-house of this county.
A Copy Attest,
MILLER WOODSON, jr. D C.C C
ricc.e in her 9 w2in
i*v" CHAWCER North'imlicrlaiKi County
Coiiit, I3!h Not ember, I8*i9
Joseph Rogers,/;./ Against Elizabeth R. Ra
ker, Virginia Raker, Walter C Baker and Horn
er Webb, dejtt.
iDefendant* Elizabeth R B iker, Virglnis
Raker *nd Walter C. Baker not having ern . eii
their appearance ami given security according to
the act of Assembly, and the rules of this court,
and it appealing to the satisfaction ot the couri
that thev are not inhabitants of this state, o the
motion of the pl iimilf, It in decreed and orderrd ;
riia» the sain defendants appear here on the f»r* t
<lay of March court ne xt, and answer the hill ol
the plaintiff, end that a c-py of tin* order be forth
with inserted tor two months s-icce«sir. |y in
some newspaper published in the citv of M e.h
fRO’id, *ti*l posted at the front door of the court
house ot this county And - it further ordered,
i'li't the defendant W nu r»;ain' n his hands
mon-y |,c may have belonging to the es* ate of tb.
Iat« Doctor C-o ban Laker, till tl.« father ordei
of the court.
Attett
rLZMlNG BATHS, e w o
December 7.
»2<nf
"T ^ ’Tirthitmiierlarvl Cpt.'t.
-- Caurl,Iwltmenua*, ?J$;9
James Small, ftlt. Against j&iizabedi 11. Jtu
ker, Virginia Matter, Walter JJaker ami Samuel
Blackwell, ,irfu
l’lie Defendant* Elizabeth B. Baker, Virginia
Baker and Walter BArri^it having entered tiit.tr
appearance and given security according •*» the
act of Assembly, aad the miles of thin court, anil it
appearing to the satisfaction of this corn** tiiat
they are not ir.Irth.iantK «»f this state, oa tin.* poti
on of the plaintiff. It it decreed and ordered. That
the s i'ul defendants app^ ar here oa tl.e first day
•t March Court neat, .old answer the bill of the
plaintiff, and that a copy of this order bo forth
with inserted for two month* successively in
some newspaper published, in the city of Rich
mond, «nd posted at the front door of the ceurU
hoHSe of this county.
At tat
FLKMI.VG BATES, © jr o
Dccemher 7. _ y»2m%
VIRGINIA —‘June General Court, 1S08
Fite Commonwealth, against Jotiali M’
Clenesfcn, Del’t—upon an adjourned cas from
the District Court, field at M.'rg .n Town.
I'ue Court ate luiaiiimoiialy of upimen that
"'here an indictment or presi ntnunl is louml by
a Grand Jury against any person far a misdemea
nor, to which the law li.,s affixed an infamous or
corporal punishment, that the court tafore whom
su :h presentment or indictment is found, may
in its discietion award a Capias in the first in
stance, and that upon indictments and present
ments of an inferior nature, such Court ought,
after two Venire Fact.,s’* have been returned,
not found to award a C ipias.
It is therefore ordered, that it be certified ft*
the Morgan T*o wn District Court, that a Capita
ought to lie awarded in this case.
Pauli shed by nnh*ri.f court, Nov. 183®.
PETTON DREW, C G. C.
[nm.irrHf_law8 «
A PPi.IC A i lO.'t will he niad« to uie I'resi
*■ dr IK and !>• -n.irs of the dunk ..f Virgi
n . to t en * certtftrmies of stock Nos. 2809 and
3019 standing in my name on tha books of tlm
Bank.
, G NEWTON.
J™l|,|rv A-_ 2 .«6w«3
fT v j. V0H \IZE, TAYLOR—Res
fully in!..mi, tne Ladies and Genlkis.
iscn of Richmond atid its vicinity, that he haa
.''i"iPieicf.l hu*»liirs* in the home next to \i»-.
N *’i, >n’s ■' >re, I.. ii.i street, w -re h. hopes, by
.u jmlmty and rutention to all nommaadi, to ,-ae
nt a stare of public patronage.
**" AU <»mI.:i-k executed afisr tko newest and
ncar.'^t r.ts'nons.
1 • :vy 13 C*.\v4rr
N il riiri e or f mr good Workmen wanted,
in whom die higi.esr wages will be given. Ap
ply hove.
T DS i O t I'riilHji tm' 12tli of th;* month. be.
A-i (wren the City und H Ground, going the
’ 'vut, Io-j'e Snitch Pebble So d mourned
with guld, hikI with J T. rut in a cypher on the
A gold riiijf was attached to'tke loop of
ioe .sea!, i»v whirl, ;t was suspended. A liberal
reward will !>e given for its recovery. Apply tv
the Primer.
January 25 «t
J ' N.OS A Ll.ltY, irum new York, mam re w
I J P •duh) intin ms the Ladies <>t Richmond
and as vicinity, ihut n; is just e.stablif hing a La
die-. Shoe Mjlmi **ctohy a lew dooi.s oelow
ii>e Bed rovorii and next door to S. Pleasants’*
Boole Shire— He bason hand >n elegant assort*
nv-iu ot Kid and rlorivjco SKli!* S, gr-en, red
black, wniie. tea *nd baft’. Ah ot toe mostVasili*
u:*, dale ctd drs.
N. B funs** ladies who would wish to hava
their sIkk-s made in the most fashionable node,
V. ii plcy"f to Call as above. Ail orders will bo
thaukl'tiily received and immediately altend< d to.
T» n or twelve women shoe binders will meet
with t inployinciit by applying at the above place.
January ».). F.W
JOHNSON AND REAT,
JEWELLERS if SILVERSMITHS r.
AT the ciescent sign, iopns.te the Kagle-Ta
t ei n—U ivc just received an additional sup
;l. of Articles in tiieir line, (which, with tbeip
; Iri.-nvn stock v.dl ren Icr thsir assortment very
con* >lctt' con-d'Uiii.c of—
Pt >ri i .-Kings, Lar-Rings ^ Drops, Breast
Pi1 ., Is ’.ctleis ami Finger ti ngs.
}Hi>,' d-Pins, Uract-Lsis, K .r-ftmgs 3t Neck
l?v. h, t'jrlojs-' s u.ll Co nbs • t the most approveil
pattern*, gold »V ;.u:!i Cii* us, ILals and Key* of
I the lilrst patterns, liar-if mgs, i'nigrr-K.ngs,
Bre.a>*.-Hins, Bracelets, Lotions, Lockets and.
Mini dure Setting's.
Silver Ten PoU, CofTee Pots, Sug.-f Dishes*
Bowls, Cream-F >(s, Cairns and GnbleiiH.
Table, hisi-rt, tea an t s- !» Sp'«>ns, soup, toddy,
cream a .d nmujivl I..nil* Salt-Stands, llism*
; bleV, v oral Bui;, i’.u I A Pencil Cases,
• r.d mounted !>• -Its, Sw nus and Snufl" Ifoxe*.
] ittd Castur.;ot v trious prices, Cund! sticks*
Fruit Baskets, Tea-Pols, Sugar Dishes, Cream
P s, S dt-S» iiris, l aljle Spoons and TeL ongs.
Bhr k tin Tea P»ts and Tea Cadas, together
' with sundry other article* too tedious '.o enume
rate here, allof wnicli they oHV.r on moderate
terms. Orders i >r work siricUv attend-d to --
The highest price given lor oid silver and golu.
!)• <-* mber 7• entf
VALUABLE PKOPErtTY hOJ< -
In pursuance <>f a decree of ihe Circuit
Court of (lie United States, in lb* Virginia Dis
trirt, pronounced at tlie I'lStsessign ot that court*
in the suit* th«*r • depending bet wen Win KunknU
U. Co. pla'ntitfs, against Thomas M D**ane and
others, def udants, and between Scriha Scrnpbal
1 and Starinun, plainlills, and the same defend mts r
| Will he exposed to sal**, at auc'ion, at Caira, in
the munly of Cumberland, on Thursday tin- 15Ut
of February next, that valuable MEltCHANT
| MILL usually called the Caira Mills—Tobacco
[ Warehouse, Tavern, and *»i!i**r L <ts of G'ound
at that place—Also, all the Lands ai or near C*
! ira, (con-isting of 2000 ar-res and upwards)
wliirli belonged to J irncs D ane, Thomas M.
Desne & Francis ii Deane or to either of them,
i on die 20th day of M..rch, 1B0I —Terms n€
! sale—Ten per cent on ttie amount of the pur
I chases to be paid in rash j a credit of one, tww
I and three years for tl.e residue of the purchase*
money, t*» bear interest Irom the day of sale,,
thr purchaser or purchasers giving l*#nds with
securty* to he approved hy the undersigned com
tnissiouers, or the one that m.ty act, and also ex
ecuting a deed of trust upon the property
purchased, f>r securing the payment thereof at
the periods aforesaid.
P.evious totbe day of s ilo the Land will b*»
divided into convenient lots to suit purch asers.
C. COI’I, \ Nl), ) Commissi*
W. C. WILLIAMS, j oners.
December 30 **ntds
NOTICE —T ie subscriber being desirous to
close liis Executorship of tlie estate of
j Putt* Giall on decM and wiiciess tli *re appears,
I bv the wid of the s:«;d Graham, a u«*l»t to be title
■ from the Estate »»f 1»i- Grandf..liter Duncan Gra
j hum, to tl.e firm of I,il**s Bogie h Co—for the
j payment of which, or . pint of which, provisir n
j *a mad.' by the will of tlie -aid I’ml Graham ;
j <lv« is therefore t*> require the said firm, or the if*
ag**n to come forward, sta’e their claim, and
establish the amount <loe, that. th<* <aoie m«v be
settled j o*tc '•\vi.**e the assets w II (aftei three
months fi-nto this tirni ) lx* vppl'-d to the ci*
c'l.irgi of cither debis due from the tiwtn o* i>*<*
s id I’puI Graham; and I i . notice will he pica*.
e(l in bar to the said < IsJrn.
SAMUEL hU'M'U*?,
M>xs t.JI’u*. Otdham.
Caroline County V'n g, y
January 27ih, 1H09. %
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