Virginia Argus — Richmond, Va., 1810-11-23 00:00:00, page 1

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TH YEAR*J A TREE P ESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE. [N O lfcc,2 7
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Jjvmta HivKH LAND FOR SALE_The
subscriber being abrbt to removd to the upber
country, Wifi dttpofe* of fhtt
Tract o f Land,
knoOn by the name of Milton lying on Tames
Htfer. and ft, tfc. county of cfia4.Chy. abou.
f.»e n-fie* b the Cmm 11->use.
hfilron con'aim by m old srtvey ?$0 acres
The sol! is riffj and parMcu'.arly excellent for
thr culture of wheat, and from the level surface
which if frtrttttb, A^yJSfUghprOVtl to the grda»
estadyhn'Sge. fj
Tho ritiMiion commatChTt Iv'ibrW rtnd Oaten
rive view of James Rh*^ J»ine on the 7 Mile
Rehch. FisVj and wild foWU>0 v>n- eodveV.eht
in thrti' aHJ Oyster* n“wy be had-iw a
bnndanrr from .he Post*, which pare almost ev.
f’Tdoy IB the Fall and Winter month**—
There I# a good and etmvferimt DWELLING
HOUSE ott rhhr lard, drhh 9 rooitta and a large
passage—it is now in good condition for the rc»
4 optloji of a family. The ou> houses ads conve.
nient; and are now m a tolerable state of repair",
Ke will-a<iO dell that TRACT OF LAND
hnbwtVBy the name of Brown** Quarter ainiat,’
ed about l> T 2 mile* from Jamqg River* and in
the county of Charles City, 3 or ♦ nWet below
, he Court House. ~Ms tract originally contain,
ed 234 acre thy an o»d survey > but a small part
of it, «t the1 north end having bem lately add, it
Is supposed now ro contain about 200 acres.-.
This land ab onda with excellent timber_The
teij i* light, and easy to cultito’e, and produces
Tndian Com and Rye very well—-On this land !
i; an unfinished Dwelling House 20 feet by 30—
and a sprit!g of water, equal to any in the lower
country.
, ne Wil sn«j[a« Agent r.ir Mis* Ann B.
• Southall} sell a plantation adjoining the former
one, known 5y llie name of Vaughan V contain.
i« g'2o4 atreit^this tract and Brown** Quarter
toge'her from their contiguity wiR make a mw
l»*»u iftil and compact plantation_The toil, and
local advantage*, of each are nearly the aame
He will alao dispose of one Hath pan of the rtvft
of land known l>y the name of Old Town [which
Is yet undivided! and lymg in the county of New
Kent, near the Court H*mc.—freum-ng that j
, *' o*c in lined <o pu-chit-c any of the above nan
fionrd LANDS, wi!i first view them, a more
particular account thereof^* ihoughr unnecessary
—suffice it to say, they win be sold on m:derate
terms, and the payments made easy to purcha
•eri.
Carv Wilkinson.
Milton, November 17th, 1810. tf
At * Clianc-ry DbtriA Com- held in Wdharns
burg, the 25th Apr!', 1810.
William Evans, Thomas R. Evans,
Porter and B izahe:h hi wife Jamw Evans 1
and Dice Evans, infants under the aga of j
twenty .fine years, by Thoms* R. Evans, (
•heir neat Mew!, Harry Gardner and Ste* L
phen Print a and Bhftabeth hi* wife. Pit ft. f
Wiliam Blake TbwdSun^faM, senior, John j
Trans artd ThorTias\£*aJs, Junior. Delta.j
TH19 cause in which Jit bill of the PI. fa. i>
taken for confessed^*** the Defendant*
Thomas Evaas, senior, John Evans, and Thoma*
Evan?, junioiy came on this day to be heard or
the bill, 'he answer of the defendant William
Blake, the exhibi a and the termination of s
witness, and was argued by counsel on behalf ot
the plaintiffs, no counsel appea mg rn b .-ha'f of
the defendants—oh considers ion wher.of the
£ovrt doth adiodge^ or. Cr and decree, iMat the
defendants John Evan* and Fh>'m*r Evan*, *e
riov, pay unto the plaintiffs the sum of three
hundred and twetvy fy unds, with intereat there*
on from the first da of December 1806, Hit paid
and their tcitf by them expended in dir prosecu
tion of this suit, in the following proportion* tv
wit—one fifth thereof to the | lamttff W’llTam
J’.vanr, one fifrh thereof to the j (»i i jffs Thoma
11. Evans and Saly Evan*r one fifth thereof tpl
th« p‘sin:iff* Harry Gardner tai Stephen Prirct
and El zabeth his wife, one fifth rhereof toi 1 ho
tnas R. Evans, guardian of the plaintiffs, James
Evans and Diet* Evans, and one filth thereof to
the plaintiff* Porter and gliztb&rh his
wife, and ?n ease of fauthe in the payment of
the aaid rum of money, interest anti costs in
nutmtr aforesaid, on 6r before the fi.»t day ol
Aufenst next, that Lawrence Muse, Jxmes Muse,
Jswirt Wrbb, Jo'll! Ritchie and Heabeh Gurne t,
or AVIV UfO them. ntVpr tivimf lJi-fe cu* pita
ptevioirs notice in one of the Kiettmcnd ncwspa.
|>ei«| rto expose to public sale by auftion, io* rea*
dy money, the traft of lend in the bill mentioned,
in tfce cour-iy of Es|cx, and containing a
bout one hundred amt fifty aeses, »r.d out ot the
ptotcedi of the sale pay unto tit? plait tills the
arid turn of money. Interest and cos * in roan cr
aforcis.id, and the surplus of the proceed, of the
aa*e, if any, after deducing the ex; euccs attend
ant thereon, pay unto the defendant Wllibnt
Blake, and make repent thereof to the coun in
order to a finaldertcc.
A Copy,
Ant’y. Robinson, c. c.
In obedience to the foregoing'decree, we sahll
<m Saturday the fifteenth day of December next,
if fair, otherwise the firs* fair day, on the pre
mises, proceed to make sale of the waft of Land
in the said decree mentioned. By the
COMMISSIONERS.
November 19*ts, 1810.
I AND FOR SALE —By vir tie of a deed
-i of trust execuieyfm-^e sttb'criber by Wil.
Hatn Dehell and wjie, 1st* o^h» county of Loiii.
»a, in order to du; Reuben £H.
wards of said at solo, to t»c
hitfhett bidder,: on thr premise*,
on the‘.i9 h day ext, MM certain
Tract o v *eUof Tandy
containing 200 sciit^ he tly same mo o or lest
lying ami being in r>«s^ahlToa»ty of Louisa, and
on the north side « f Hams’* rrek. and adjoin,
ing the Hnd« of Thomas Wood and others, }'
being the treA o* land purchased by raid William
A D'brll of the said Reuben Edwards and convey.
*d m trust to the subscrib r by the said William
Debeli, for the above purpose
JOHM EDWARDS,
Trustee,
Ifmr y>t, 1810. wit.
PAIL «n<l DELIVERY RONDS
T for tale at thi*m office.
-OUNDRY TENEMENTS in R-chmand and
O Manchester, f<>rjint the ensuing year, an^
•host of them fir Mfelftrstrt come—on; of the»f
Hi m excel etM s*<&*t fn Tafvern.—**A letter di
jreeted to F. G. and \tmtx the Editors office will
be' attended to. Ms»«.
[ November 20fh, lSldi tf
-1——• »■*- ■ ft r.r tr-rf ».Tr fnii.i.li
LANDS POR SAT.B —TheSMbsctibW"Per*
for tale the TRACT whereon he resides,
containing by old
1000 wX* 30 acres,
'It is bordering on t ill afcApp’oniatfojf for np
•wards of two rrnlet. t' it tnrTfmsed to be about
bne half in woods, and is partica'arfy wertl water.
ed and timbered_f»»r farther particulars enquire
uf FRANCIS AlU>£KSON. I
Amelia, November Fstrf 1810, 4t p
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pn"OTICKr fo>hereby given, that a petition wi’l <
be presented brtDk Po cmack Company,*o ^
tht Assembly of VneMa, at tbeir next session
to st ain the said company a further time to com
p'ete the nashgatiun^wafc* Potomick and She.
nandoah rivet's. • „
November 12:h, 181ft. 3*,
L^T with theJBMscrlber, at Rockets, by
Capraiti PslnKtflfthe schooner A’a'anta.
18 Barribrof Porky
Shipped by William Warner of New York. The
consignee is requested tc apply for them and pay
the f.eight snd charges. if
November IT.JOI7N FINNEY.
Mils JU1»ITH NELSON continues t-* Keep
a BOARDING nnUSB, in the upper te
r.ement of the building belonging to
'•he es*ate of Wra. P pt dec’d. where she vmll
be prepared to accommodate ten or twelve rrcm•
ben of Assembly dprin^ffh* ensuing Session _
Every exertion will biTmade oy her to give vstti*.
taftion to those who may ftvor her with thdr
custom.
15.h Nov- 1310. 4tp.
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T^OTfCE—We shall petition the ensn.
*■ Legislature f^rjleave to bring into
this .ttnte certain sfavA from the States
of Georgia and Nor l‘?\>nroiiw*.
KlHN WARE,
„ .. ‘Mnn ware.
Goochland, Nor, 15, 1801.
WILLIAM TURNER,
N6. 31 j Strettj N’>'vy-Yorl
jOECj*; lesve to offer hirJr-^ces *o *he cbizen*
„ ,°r R;chmonrf in N* (;~t 0f
Buttnrtr—y? fetters himJelf $hat f.vm hi* ex
penrnce in *be pnrchffccjsbd tale of Merchandise
• nd pa*ticula«iy al! kinds of coun ry produce ihv
[ he L capab e of gfrHg e» isf ft”,on tdr those u hb
miy favour him with their" lRs-i«*;s<
November 3d, 1810. 4<t
K* ALL GOODS—The subscriber has received
. bf ,he Averick from London and Cora from
Liverpuolj a general assortment. of
GOODS,
suitable (.0 the Seaton.
—amonO t/em are
London and YoHtshirf Supcrffre Cloths aard
Cassimeres / .
Unionj Bedford andTBerl'et Certv,
Swan«dnwnv, ToJfau rrfand Dimn’s5.4and
6 4 dble Mi*l'd Cl/h<4
Cta mg. Bearskin, F ifzc/l«'lanr.ds& BaiaeSf,
Plains^ Kersey’s ar.d B-ankets,
Gnugh and Brathtvai e’ napt Cr.nr.rs
Ya n Heir, Worsted and Cotton Stockings,
Hhdfs. Shawls and lluxiinSj
i bilk Velvets and bowing Shk,
Irtsh Linens and Dioglu-da’s.
Queen’* C'.rtij Velvets. Thick setts and Con.
stiintirn C<’i-ds,
A g.oti assortment of Saddlery, Hardware
and Cu lery.
Smiths Bellow*, Anvi’s and Vises
Flat Bftt, Crawley & English BILtered Steel.
He continue* to transact business on commrs.
1 non, and hss for sale,
on colsiqnment,
Olsen’s Ware. Whiskey, Mind and B?r Iron.
robe in' Cam ble
Richmond, Nov. 9, 1 fito.' ,F
r'l).N D<>LI,A.K5 HKWAKD—WM stolen
cut of a Stable, near Bottom's Bridge on
.he twenty a venth ot lut month, a -
BAY HORSE*
about five feet high five yea » old-—I rmild tie.
terihe s.nd Horse winrrly, bnt do not think it
worth time, he havi/; or.t mark that cannot c*
cape tee eye of any /enln that may no ice h'.m—
•hat ia, a large wf-^^lice on hii wea
The ah«ve He'wif't wijl be ghren to any person
that will deliver the Said H<'«e to rrr, neat
Bottom’s Bridge in tb* lower e<nl of Henrico
county, or five dollars for such Information th:t
shall cause m^ro pet him Jtgain f a* thia is the
e'rver.th th*t I have had the bad lack thrto^h
various ways to lore within the spice of three
years sr.d six monthi, stud fully up to the price
of $5 70 tav? one and ;evr.rM of rmrch more va
lue, I cannot help so icitin^ the favour of my
artfuaiinances in this, and the* ja:cn couode*,
to make in their neighbour})* >d tome smaU en.
<|ui»y, which favour shall ever be grdeful y ac
knowledged by the Subscriber.
Joseph Jenkins.
Nor. nth, 1*10. [t ♦]
If^fcrjUST PUULlijliluD,
Ahd For Saltrat S. Pleasants’ Print
ing Office and Book Store,
BATES*
Virginia Almanack
_FOR 18 n._
LeA FKFtH srpnr of rat cili<
’ BRATS D
Gout & Rheumatic Drops,
Just received aud for sale at this office*
New Penitentiary Store.
THE Subscriber, Agent foh the Com
monwealth, ha# for Sale the following;
Articles the Manu acture of the Peoiten
tiary^ wholesale and retailj Tor cash on.
Cr T NAILS.
Wholesale pi Retail prices.
J dy 13 l‘« J 2 cts per lb.
r
5 13
i 11
id io 1.2
13 * W 1.2
10 11 1.2
NAlV.
Wholehale prices. 1. Retail prices.
> dy 14 1.2 cts per
I - 14
L0 13 1-2 ^14
12 13
20 12 1-2
30 13 1.2 13
SP&$GS.
Wholesale prices* Retail
3dy 39 cts, per lb^. f*
t 22 1/3 / \
5 ,rifcufBR^V
Wholesalefcjrc^s. Retail prices.
\!f isflf Q )>y\\\ia
S3 JS Uv O / ! X
Broad and Arc*, Hatchets, Mat
Axes, P f Grrbj6ito Hoes,
broad Hll arden Hof's,Traces,
IV^Il Ch feat aizea^
Hammers,. airtl Cinder
Shovels, Bri ^ mfe Collars,
Mute CollhrsJ1 ngles^ Back Bands,
Belly Bands, Brecctt-ng and Fire Buck
ets, Bed Cords, fiTst and second qualities,
, Leading Lines, Lasti Cord,- Chalk
Lines ard Seioe Turine, Virginia Clolli,
Male Yarn, kc kc.
BOOT S*
Fair Tops, Back Straps $ 9
Ditto Plain 8
Snv?arrow*s T
Military Boot a 6
Half Diuo 5
SHOE S.
Men's C ilf Skin Shoe* Lin’d, 10s 6d a 13.
Ditto Side Leather 7s dd a 9s.
Boys do 4a 6d 6s.
Smaller do 3s a 5* 2d.
Women's Leather Shoes, thick Soles 7s 64
Do do thin do 6s 9d»
Ditter ditto Slip* 6e.,
Ditto Morocco do. 6s 9d.
Ditto ditto Ties 7s 6d.
Girl's Morocco Shoes 5s a 6^.
DiUo ditto Smaller do fL a 4* 6rt.
Girl's Leather Shoes 5s a 6s.
Do. do Smaller do 3s a 4a 6d.
Negroes Shoes sirong Russctt 7s 6JL a 8a.
Hoots, Sboes^ or a;>y ot the ab< ve Ar
ticles, made to orders left at the Peniten
tiary Store, next door to Mt, Jofeptt Car.
tersj on Sbockoe Hill.
Maun S. Valentine.
Mr, Pleasants,
1 have hern informed that you are wil
ling to devnie a column of you* paper to rcligi.
r>us and moral essays. This is an uncommon
thing for a newspaper ; but it is a thing which I
have long wished to see. I eenrt you the enclos
ed, Lr insertion in the Argus, if you please. If
it shall appear, it will be followed by m.-re,
November 1810. A FHIEND.
SERIOUS REFLECTIONS,
wo. I.
“ Whereanth shall I come before the Lord ?’*
It is roy purpose, fr'endly reader, to
ofleryou a few thoughts on the subject
of religion. This humble labour is
ninmn'.erl Hir tint rr.n*iftinn rh n li_
I j / — - -
gion is of the greatest importance to
your happiness: and if I can impress
tile same conviction on your mind, bo
that it shall effectually govern your
conduct, the end at which I aim will
he accomplished. Favor me, then,
with your candid attention. Let us
for a while withdraw from the infatu
ating scenes of gaiety and amusement.
Let us intermit the anxious cares of
the world. Let us think and talk of
that which will afford us jov when the
world, with all its business and all its
follies, shall have passed forever away.
I do not intend to enter the fit Id of
controverty against those who briieve,
or affect to believe, that this universe
is the work of chance: nor against
those who deride the scriptures as rhe
production bf fanaticism or imposture.
I take it for granted that you believe
in the existence of an all-perfect God,
the Creator ami moral Govrrnor of the
world i that you expect a day of judg
ment and retribution, an eternity of
bliss or woe, beyond the giave ; and
that you acknowledge the divine au
thority of the Bible, as a revelation
from him who cannot lie. In addition
to this, allow me to suppose that 1011
are willing to indulge a train of scrioui
thought, and to feel the force of what
ever arguments may he presented ir
| behalf of a life of religion.
A little reflection convinces us that
we are moral agenrs, responsible to our
Maker. As it is in him that we live
and move arid have our being, we know
that he is every where present, and that
we are under his continual and perfect
inspection. He searches the recesses
ol our hearts. He decides every mo
ment on oufr characters ahd actions;
and his decision cannot be otherwise
than infallibly correct. Think of this j
omniscient and most holv Eord God.
la it not a very interesting inquiry,
wherewith shall I come before him, so
as to meet his apprbBattan ? How shall
I conduct myself so that* I1 need not
shrink from the scrutiny of his eye ?
Estimate justly the gratifications which
the world affords * to her votaries.
Weigh the applauses bestowed by.fal
lible, deceitful man. Wh <t are they
a!(, compared with the smile of God,
ami the cheering verdict of his minis
ter, conscience, speaking peace to the
soul ?
Are you indifferent about this mat
ter ? Areyou so much engaged in pur- ’
suit of the things that are seen, so well I
satisfied with the pleasures of the world, (
as to feel no solicitude whether the Al
mighty be pleased with you or not?
Alas, this is case^of many. Con
si post, over
care & sensual enjoyiffl^'" Surround
ed with God, the heart thinks not ol
him, and feels no sensibility to his plau
dit or his frown. Yet remember that
the" place which now knows yon is scon
to know you no more. Your bodv
must return to the dust j and you your
sell, the immortal apirir, must ascend
to the presence of God. Prepared or
unprepared, you must abide his righ
teous judgment, and receive at his
hands the doom which accords with the
deeds done in the bod\. Aud where
with wilf you come before the Lord in
that day ? Surely it is a dreadful thing
to offend the sovereign of the world,
and to meet h:m arrayed in vengeance.
You may contrive to live at ease, while
yon lorgef God-and your future des
tination : nut how will you stand when
he &half summon you to his bar ? You
may banish that tremendous hour far
from your recollection • but you can
not annul the d cree which ha* ap
pointed it, nor arrest its approach a sin
gle moment. While we talk of it, the
wheels of time bring it rapid!v forward.
Behold, it is even now at hand. Will
you indulge the drenm of inconsidera
tion, the delirium of an unhallowed se
curtty, while the precipice on which
you rest may be crumbling beneath
you, ready to plunge you the next in
stant into eternal ruin ? God forbid !
Let me intreat you to resolve, in j
good earnest, and without delay, that
this shall be your supreme concern,
how you may come before God with
acceptance, both her* and hereafter ;
that of whatever else you may remain
ignorant, this point must be diligently
and thoroughly studied ; that whatever
else may be neglected, the welfare of
your soul must be secured by the most
fervent and unremitted exertion.
BENEVOLUS.
From the Lynchburg Press.
We have thought proper to g’v~cur rea
der* twenty reasons for not getting drunk,
as published by The Club, In the Virginia
Argus, and considering how much brandy
•a made this season, and how much the ha
bit of drunkenness, is increased in ninuy
places, we have thought it rrtight he writ,
to give some further explanatory and ad.
ditinnai reasons, for the prevention of this
base immorality.
I)r. Kush in his essays, says of spiritous
liquors. “They render the temper |«ee.
vish and passionate. They beget quarrels,
*txl lead to profane ami Indecent language.
They are the parents ut idleness and ex
travagance, and the certain fore-rum.eri of
poverty, and frequently of jails, wheel bar
rows and the gallows. They arc likewise
injurious »o health 8c life, !c k• *i more than
the pestilence or the sword ” Whilst all
these shocking evils are produced s-* ruin*
ous to individual and social happiness—
The poor Drunkard is prematurely vtrnr.
ing out his liver and other blood making
organs, so as to induce, untimety old age.
His face assumes the shimug redoes* ol the
boiled ersb, and breaks out in numberless
offensive tumors—oppressed nature declar
ing his shame, by a perpt ual tiio* invo
luntary blush. In the mean time hi*
wtio'e tress is contaminated, and wdh eve
ry breath he emits an excremen'it nax n«
dour utterly ii*».npporUb!e to any pers.i of
, cleanly ami aohrr habits. His wife itom*
compelled rn oppose tho dictates o* her
1 sense1, and '«**■ everything th«tm hat (»♦,
I or violate the rales of her duy in tr. *•-.
■ •- - ■ - ’ -L -1 ■ " A
ing him as he is a beastly stinkard. Who
that has ary regard for his person or hd
race, can reflect bn »uch degradation, and
continue the practice of drunkei ntsi 1
We, seriously think, it Ought to b come
U matter of legislative Concern, and thuk
every habitual drunkard, should be di-qual •
ified for any public trust—and wher ever
he is found wasting his eat ate, it sh<uld be
taken from fnm by an order of c«;U t, ai d
put into the h.mds i f trustees, for the bene
fit of bis creditors and family*
*4 A small Treatise on the Improvement
of inland Navigation oj the river
Rappahannock, and Highways p o.rx
the town of Tiedrttk*bu g, through
the county of Culpeper to the Moun
tains t with some particular details,
demonstrating ' the practicability ef
each—by John Strode/*
(Continued from our last.)
Thus the expense of opening and
improving the river and its two large,
branches, from tide water up to its ut
most improvable extremities, a^ ap
pears by the foregoing calculates to
amount to the sum of % 3°(^§nThich,
if divided into 100 dolls, ^ach, wtW
m ke 500 shares : of these it is pro
bable that the state may take one hun
dred, leaving 200 to be divided a*
mong private adventurers ; to be paid
10 dolls, at subscribing, or at least be
fore the commencement of the work,
the balance quarterly, in proportion
as the work advances : under nroner
restrictions and regulations :o be con
sidered arid concluded on after the
company' shall be organized; but
should our Legislature decline taking
any part thereof ; notwithstanding*
there will* no doubt* be public spirited
characters enough to purchase up the
whole.
Af er performing the grand object
^topening and perfecting the naviga
op the river and its two large
branches, a better estimate and judg
ment can be formed of opening the
intermediate branches thereof* as well
as any other screams cf- proper size,
which may fall into them- Ary branch
or run of water sufficient to turn a
grain mill of one pa r ot stones, is ful
ly sufficient to support a canal and its
necessary locks.
The intermediate streatr.3 between
those two large* extensive branches
of the river, to wit* the Gou d Vine,
the Hazle river, the mountain run,
Cedar run, Crooked run, the Robert
son river, and indeed several smaller
streams are all capable of beiag im
proved into useful navigation in every
instance, up as high as before stated.
Great advantages may be gained by
opening the navigation of the moun
tain run in particular ; because in its
course it passes very near the town of
Sievensburg, and still more near to the
growing to*n of Fairfax* where the
courthouse of Culpeper county is erec
ted.—No water of the same size can
be better calculated for inland navi
gation than this run ; nor is there a
ny that can be effected at much smal
ler expense.—It wants little more than
; a lock at each mill dam already erec
I ted thereon.
The utility and advantages to he de
rived from improvements by inland
navigation, must more or lrrs depend
on their local situation ; whether they
pass through and ex end to a sudkt
ently Urge body of rich land*—whe
ther they have arrived at a proper
| state of improvement—-whether the
! surplus produce there *f he of a bulk v,
i heavy kind, such as flour, wheat, t
i bacco, hemp, *hip and bouse timb-r,
| plank, scantling, lumber, lime, si tfe
. for covering houses, tan bark, &c.
I Whether it be of more portahl- and
precious kind, such a* potash, indigo,
| silt petr*, gun-powder, fkc. (wtur.it
! could, to a large amount, be transpor*
1 ted, at small expense, in waggons,
i carts, or by beasts of burthen)—and
; wheih. r there be trading sea
ports town to which these improve
will facilitate and cheapen the carriage
proportionably to the expense of exe
cuting them.
In all these casts the products of
the Happahaonock and its Water*, fully
answer the desired purposes, and pro
perly apply to tile proposed design*
The country through witi'h tnesc wa
ters pas*, and reach to, t* extrusive*
fertile and in a high state of cultiv ir -
on and in pro v« merit. \ Hive the tl«i«,
this liver and it> v«rtt>u hrmeht-s ure
bounded bv the countie- of 3
v^m-i and Orange, on tbs vi . i »
aui by the counties oi Suajil an<4