The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-27 00:00:00, page 4

Fk<-M 1 HE ESCEX KtGISTKH.
The greatest attention is now drawn towards
South Americ* We have been accustomed to
consider ourselves as surrounded i»y European
Colonies, from vhinh we could expect nothing,
but as it was first <1 elated by European policy.
•whatever injuries mgln aii.se from it to Ain -ri
can settlem.-its It is true, these r< fl:-- iioii>
wen- q.ithfi-d according to our conceptions ol
the wisdom which directed the respective na
tions, hnt the essential character <>f colonialg >
vemments wis .i'N>f changed Their t- quent com
plaints ur.d petition.? have ill disooveicd thai
they '■'ootempluir 1 the some character in tneir
government, ai.l expect- d only p..riial relief for
tlie injuries they received It is true, they
sometimes speadc the language ofgr ititude, and
ConlV-Rsed til y ougiit to reward the benefactors
who protected lh«'m, but they have all be'-n con
vinced, in the prosperity of our states in North
America, how much better it might be to help
th cm selves lie time lias com • when the ob
ligation to relieve themselves aeents to be as
gmat as the de-ire, and when ttje must iiapnr
taut circumstances seem to require die full per
forrnance of their duty flicy have no band * of
pa., i-ilism to break, no allegiance to a ly prince
to dissolve They are to revolt from no govern
incut which is establish d, and th v have the
power to maintain so much of tneir present clia
racier as can agree with the public wishes, ltj
lig on p oit,.» s no change, and denounces n->
choice th _\ ran m.-kr f.»i t’ueir political s dvation.
"\V hat will be l!ie progress, it is in vain to con
jecture Alt the hopes which ever did belmg
to any settlements, are their own America will
be free, but woe .her by bold an-1 decis ve tum
sures.or by t o; imperious necessity in in ir , f
lairs, is hardly open for our conjectures we
cannot have more to Imps slid less to fear
The celebrated cnit it Hum mil. who visited
our stales, embraced also South America in Ins
discoveries and in h«s travels. We have seen
Some observations from lus Views of Nature,
which will be acceptable at a time when we are
enquiring into tlie history of a p irtion > f our own
continent, w th which w<* hope f »r important con
ne ‘ions n some future ages of its prosperity.—
Count llumVddt tells us, “ The interest which
S "ith America excites, belongs • nttrely to na
tin e Nothing exists to bring to our recollection
the ancient dwellings of men N > temple, no
•tone wrought by the hand of m .n is here
to Ik* seen. From the in untainr ufthcCarac
eas, the oesert extends into the forest of Guiana,
and fro n the mountains -if Merida, where we
see sulphurious springs issumg from beds of per
petual mow, the same deiJ—vt stretches to the iin
menu 1) in, fomi-d uy tiu mouths of the Oro.
noko. T«»'he .nuthwest these plains extend in
the form of i ho s—a hevond the shores of the Me
ta, and o! Uu V» had « to the rlmost unknown
aourr- x of th-: Guavi.tra, or to the isolated peak
wa'l.-.l i>. the Spaniards Paramo de h sununo
1* z. tin* residence of termd p acc This plain
ociupics if tif.ee of 14. QUO -q ive miles The
sent, g- -gr -piiical k i-vle-'g- hitherto in our
|>oss -hion respecting ;h.*se countries, encourag
ed m idea thnt it is -;o t imed .o fie straits ol
M gellan, but no reg - dhas been paid to the
chain, which extends to tne east of the Andes,
air! which separates to the northward and the
Southward, toe woody pluusofthc river of A
Blazons, and the iii.- .dutts :>f Rio de la Plata_
T! latter which firm the Pampas ot Buenos
Ay cs, are there tlie - \tent of the Llanos ; on tile
north they ate bounded by forests of Palm trees,
while the southern parts arc constantly covered
with icc ami snow. Countries already half cul
tivated b> Europeans, bo'i'-d the vast plains of
South America l't.c countries which extend
noi i h wMil, hi .ween the chain of the V .-m zuel .
mount a. tin and the \Vtst India islands, are cover
ied w-th flourishing towns, and well cultivated
farms. Tie nr.mi-n.se desert is bounded on the
6on.ii by unpenetrable forests of timber, which
occupy tlie damp regions between the rivers O
ronoko and Amazon Enormous rocks of granite
line tlie beds of their foamy waters Tlie
mountains and forests echo back the noise of
their water falls, and the almost incessant cries
of auiiTi.Is prognosticate approaching storms
Various are the races ol man which inhabit these
Savage countries ; the" are distinguished by the
variety of'he tr language. Of tln.se the Oioimcs
and tlie J'Oures feed upon ants, gum, and even
earth O'liers, more intelligent and of tntld-*r
bi .liners, live on the fruits ot the earth which
thi y cultivate. Immense regions are inhabited
only by monkies who live in a kind of societ1. —
1m g»-s, however, carved on the rocks, announce
the existence of mankind in ih**»e countries at
some remote period Tnese relies contain the
aeoiei of tlie mutant • desnnii sot men, un.i prove
that the mini-tic,uions nf language are invariably
the m>>st indelible monuments ot lit ir li. «t ori
fpn. Tlie savage t ibts n Guiana wage i i.*r
Hal war.’’ Such is ihe outline ot the picture
whir-ti this celebrated naturalist his given of a
p- ft inn of >ur com mem, which is soon to receive
ne w honors The historian h .sg'v-n a pointed
contrast betiyecn Sontii .Am: r> a md Africa —
T e cold uul the In: • ul 'yof S nu'i \ nerica he
oo ili six . .0 ,b* hu .ing ueserts -n' Africa
A'--"., iing io linn f’l'i lif’iii, <>f Soutti America
is siMDiti (I beyond th» Equator, in a h* m sphere
Tiv.-li i-t'.l colder by I kis and rivers, l!i:ui the
B i n in hem spite:.*, to which lliegi* >ter p..rt
of At ica brd-.nga. \Ve do not c niccrn otiist v s
With lus ingenious reasoning upon the fans in
tlie history >>f man, he n .lu es * tribe of South A
Bter'r ans inhabiting tlie ba k -. >fthc Or..noko near
its mouth, and who live iii cah.ns suspended to
Ibe branches of the tree call, d M mniia. The
existence <>t this tribe lie represents as depend
ing entirely upon the productions of the MaU'i
tia During llie inund ti >n of the Delta, ttiev
suspend ingeniously between tin branches of
the tree, kinds of hammocks, woven with tin
leavi s iiiid sowed together with threads made
from the mmc trie. He testifies to the im
in n.s-^ herds of Inn ned cattle, horses and wild a-..
Jies, winch pasture in the South American j
(dittos , t ha- pro,lift >-kU8 OlCrCaSC ol lilt s- alomals j
s to i<<m more astonishing, from the diffi. nltics I
with wire i they luve to contend and wmch lie
describes
[liY AUTHORITY]
(Jlf THE U.V1TEU STATES.
AN ACT
JPro>V’ding for the punting unit distributing of such
/oivs of the Umtid States ns rcsptct the public
Innas
IP L a enacted by thr Sen ite and House of Rr
5 present wives of the United States of .hunt
ca, in Logins us! mded, That the President of
Ihi1 U n'.e I id.«t<-s oe and he is hereby authorise*!
to cau«*’ to he colit cU d into one volume and
fcriang-d, tl»** several law* of the United States.
r< sofuiions of he Congress under the confed.ra
tiou, lie.itiea <oid p oolum .t ons that hare ope
r«ti ii and re*p •< t to the public land* » and to
©■use tw- lve hundred copies lo be printed, one
ol wh Hi .hall he ir iiisiTiitn d to each of toe cx
tiling und boaulsol commissioners lor settling
la i claims, *nd •«'■opy to each of the registers
mm iff ncrs of i ii lie monies of the several
lan i <’fn.es ol tin Unite.I dtatcsj and the residue
of the sail copies . r* 11 o« presen d for the lu
lu C dlMU lSltK.ll Ol t!»• ess
J. B. VAHNUM,
Speaker of thr House of Representatives
JOHN GAiCLAit!),
President of thr Senate, p o tun.
A» PROVIll,
IAMBS MADISON.
April 27, ldlO- j
AN AC'S
Prov 'ding fiir the sale of certain lands in the In
dtniia territory, and Jor other purposes.
BK it enacted by the Senate <tnd Ihuse of Re
presentntivrs of the United States of America,
in Congress assembled, 'I hit all that tract of land,
to which the Indian title w is extinguished by
the treaty made at Fort Wayne, on the thirli
elh day of Scp’r, in theyear one thousand eight
hundred St nine, lying west, &. adjoining to the
boundary line established by the treaty ot Green
vile, shall be attached to, and made a part of the
district ot C ocinnatti; mid the residue of the
lands to which the Indian title was extinguished
by tlie said treaty, and other treaties made at
V iicennes in the same y*-ar, shall be attached
to, and math- a part of the district of Vine utiles
—and the said lands with the exception of see
tiifli number sixteen, which shall be reserved in
earn town di p for the use of schools within the
same, shall be offered h»r sale to the highest bnl
der, mder the direction of the register of the
land offi'.e, and of the rec< iver of public monies,
at the places respectively wher'* the land *-ffi es
arc kept, and on su'li day or1 days as shad by
proclamation of the President of the United
States, be designated f"• that purpose ; the
sales shall remain open at Cmcinnatti one week,
•*nd it Vincennes three weeks, and no longer;
the lands shall not he sold Ibr less than two dol
lars, and shall in every other respect be sold in
tr-u ts of the sums viz--, and on the same terms
ami conditions, as h ue been or may be provided
f>r I md# sold in tin* amc districts ; all the lands
in th.-said tr« -ls with the exception above men
tinned rem aining un .old at the close of the said
sal ». tray be disposed of at private sale by the
r ;gi?t«rr of the respective land offices, in the
st- uc -.1 inner, under Ilia same regulations, for
t ic Maine price and on the same terms and con
ditions, us ire or may be provided by law lor the
s.ilc ofl tnds in the smie districts, and patents
shall be obtained in the sune manner and on the
sunn, terms us lor other public lands, sold in the
said disti icts.
Sec 2 And be it further enacted, That the
several supcrinlendants o! public sales directed
•\V lids act, shall receive four dollars u day, for
each day’s attendance on the said sales.
See 3. And I>e it further enacted, That from
and alter lit** first day ot June next, the second
principal meridian established by the surveyor
general in the Indians territory, shall be the
boundary between the district ol Vincennes &
J fiersonville ; and the lands included in tin said
districts respectively, according to the bounds
ries above mentioned, shall become a part of
the district in which they are included, and shall
be sold at the same place, in the same manner,
and am the s ime term* and conditions the
other public lands, lying in the same district
Sec 4 And be it jmther enacted. Tliat any
person or persons entitled to donition lands, in
the district ol ViuCennes by any former resolu
tion or act of Congress, and who were minors,
or did not reside within the Indiana le mory
during the time allowed by law for registering
claim, to land with die *ub,unce .f the evidence
adduced in support thereof, with such remaiks
thereon as they may think proper; which re
port, together with a list ot the claims, which
in the opinion of the register and receiver ought
to be cor.fit med, shall be laid by the S. ctetaiy
ot the Treasury before Congress at their next
session, for their determination thereon ; and the
said register and receiver shall each hr allowed
an additional compensation <.f one hundred dal
lars, hi tull lor their services in relation to sue!
claims, and one hundred dollars fur clerk hire.
Sec 5 And be it further enacted, Tha * tract
of laud in the Illinois terriioiy at, and including
j Shawnee town, on the Onto river shah, under
j the direction of the surveyor general, be bid-.fi
, into town lota, streets and avenues, and into out
i lots, in such manner and of such dimensions us
J he may judge proper : Provided The tract so tc
I be laid off shall not exceed tin quantity of land
1 contained in two entire sections, nor tne towr
lots one quarter of an acre each ; when tin
survey of the lots shall he completed, a plai
thereof shall be returned to the survcyoi
general, on which the town lots and oul
I its shall respective ly be designated by progres
sive numbers, who shall cause two copies to bt
made, one to be transmitted to the Secretary ol
the Treasury, and the other to the register of
the land offi e; and the lots shall be offered to
the highest bidder at public sale, ut the same
I tirne and place, on the same terms and conditi
ons, (exc pt as to the quantity of land,) as liHve
or may lie provided for me sale of tor other pub
lic lauds in the said territory : Prc-tidcd, Tliat
no town lot shall be sold for a less price than eight
doll - s, nor any out lots for less than at the rate
ot five dollars an acre.
J B.VARNUM,
Speaker of the Rouse of ReOresent .fives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore.
A P H R O V K D,
JAMES MADISON.
April SO. 1810,
t^oR ai.e, THREE TRACTS OF LAND,
lying in , Charlotte Couil House:
One of fif i y acres, in a half mile of said
C-uir ! H use. at the fork of the roads leading
'•** C ’1 * "• fkCia; k\s ferrys*; running across both
J i 'ad -., and lukuvg in u small point bet ween them,
admirably situated for a Tavern or Si re
A it er of ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
! t lr.n i acres, upon Clark’s f.rry road, hi about
jiiiive qu li ters of a mile of said Court-House
i having . ve.y good Spring on it : —Those tracts
ire without improvements
Another of nine hundred and twenty
* e ve n acres, in three miles of said Court*
House, lying upon little ltoanoak River, cuu
..«ining hy estimation, one hundred and seventy
’■J" eighty S' res of Low-Grounds of good quality
l his tract lias sm <11 improvements, with a fresh
.il.iMtation, and adjacent to as good a langeas
■ y in the County I am resolved to sell, and
w.ll i ike young Negroes in part pay —Any per
son wishing to purcii ise, may apply to the Sub
icrioer living at Halifax Cmirt H -use
THOMAS H. READ.
M..y_ 25. _ lawl2w<fl
MLlUClNt.S, DRUGS, TAINTS,
• Crc.—To* subscriber has just received a f resh
supply of Medicines, Dru%t, Taints, Terjutn tj,
E*c. which, added to his former stork, completes
li.s assortment, and renders it very extensive*
Physicians, country slore-keepers, batters,
painters, and other persons wanting any thing in
iiis line, wilt be supplied on «ery moderat terms.
BENJAMIN DUVAL.
jnne 29oaw3 *vfr
I. GKIi.1 1'KK, Jeweller and Silversmith
opposite Gamble’s corner, Main-street—
Grateful tor the liberal encouragement tie lias re
ceived since Iiis commencement in business, in
forms his friends and customers, .he has selected
for cash, in New Yn.k and Philadelphia, an ex
tensive assortm- nt of articles in his line, among
which sre, the following, viz: Pearl andTop.z
Bracelets, Brea>t Pins, Kings and Earrings, pla
[ ltd rea Setts, complete, oread and cake Baskets,
C ikIU sticks with nodwithout branches, Castors,
Dottle stands, e words, Ep.mlelts, he which, in
.-dditmn to his former stock, renders Ins assort
in'nt very gent ml
UjT N. D The highest price for old Gold and
Silver.
jnne 15. wtf
AII0U>E toil SALE—The framed bouse
belonging to the James Kiver Company,
m ar B. iVedierc, and formerly occupied l*y Mr
J.inirs Harris s TVtli he ssld, to the highest hid
(I r, for ready money, at the Eagle Tavern, in
ttie city ol Richmond, o i the first day of Au
I gust next. ROBERT TOLLAND
| July Wt tdj
Battersea PAPER.mLLs.-T?»oscxrT>o
w.ah to encourage the manufactures of their
own state are in form yd, that they can be suppli
ed with Pa|»er Manufactured in Petersburg, it
any quantities
PRICES AS FOLLOWS:
Fin# Letter Paper Vellum, 4 75 ^
Do do. Laid, 4 50 Jj
Fotils Cap No. 1. 4 37J **
Do. No 2. 3 37i 5
Do. No 3. 3 12J i<$
Folio Post Vellum, 9 50 i °
Do. Laid, 9 t*
Fine Printing Medium, 5 50 §
Do. 4 50 r
Excellent Wrapping Paper, 1 12J„
1J* A liberal discount made to wholesale pur
chasers
Orders for any of the above qualities, address
ed to the subscribers, executed at the shortest
notice
HAMSTER C* Co
August 4 W(f
■ i Y > irnir ot l d<*. d of t> list bearing date the
t 3 8 ti tluv ot Aprd, 1806, and of record in
G tochfand county court, executed by Win. John
sen ot Goochland county, and Sally his wife, to
the subscribers, to secure the pat ment ol six hun
dred pounds, to Kendall Lee, of the county of
Fluvanna, payable by equal instalments annually,
commencing from the 25.h day of December,
18D5 : Wiu be expos'd to sale, at public auction,
at Goochland Court House for ready money, on
the 20th day of August n.-xt, tits' being Gooch
land Court day, two hundred fifteen and one half
acres of LAN 1), lying on the waters of Licking
hold Creek in the county of Goochland, and boun
ded by the LANDS of Shadnck Vaughan, Du
guid Mims and others ; it being the bal ance of a
tract of land containing by estimation three him
dred fourteen and one hall acres, ninety nine a
crcs of said tract having been heretofore sold by
virtue of said deed of trust-.vhich said
tract of land was cor.reyed by Kendall Lee to
tin- said William Johnson by deed of equal date
with said deed of trust, to pay and satisfy Charles
Smith as- ignee of Thomas Wells Jr who was as
siguee of Kendall Lee, the sum of two hundred
pounds with interest from the 25th day of Dc
cember 1808, it being the last instalment, inten
ded to be secured by said deed of trust_We
shall convey such title only as we hold as trus
tees.
WARNER LEWIS, -)
WILLI VM MORROW, C Trustees.
GEO. WOODSON PAYNE, S
_July 20 \v4*il
I \T u 1 ICE —By virtue of u trust deed execu
1 I.X led to tilt: subscribers, by Reuben Wright,
to seen . the payment of a debt due to Allen Je’
t- r : Will be sold, to the highest bidder, foreash,
on the premises, in Amelia county, on the 10th
day of Aug. next, one hundred acres of L A N I),
m u e or k-«s, bounded bv the lands of Allen Je’
ter and others.
D AIINRY MILL RR. ~)
ROD JR HIL Jr. PER, C Trustees.
Wni. ROWELL, 3
July 13 w3w
IRON CASTINGS, ot every description
(patterns being furnished) will he executed
in the neatest manner at liie Foundery, attached
to th' V •r"’!.i \I I'uf n >ry of ti-ns
JOHN STAPLES, Sufierintendant.
April 10. vvbmp
|\/T MJEIR t \V 1 NE, believed to be oi the ve*
. ry *>cst quality—lor sale by the Pipe or
Hogshead.
GIBSON Or JEFFERSON.
June 19. tf
i 13 L7BLIC PROPERTY.— All the property be*
r the Commonweahli of Virginia,
in the county of Fluvanna, very recently adverti
sed in the Enquirer an 1 the Virginia Argus . Will
be exposed to public sale, o» Thursday, the 23d
ot August next, at the old Arsenal on the Bar
ruck Hill, in said county. The .erins of the sale
will be 12 months credit, the purchasers giving
eond with security, to be approved of by tlie Ex
ecutive. Tlte sale will commence at 12 o’clock,
nor will it b<- postponed ou account of the wea
ther, unless it is very inclement. For further in
formation, apply to
_. , JOHN WILLS.
Chatham, Fluvanna, june 2y. 8w
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to me
by Hartshorn Kinsey, to secure the pay
ment of one hundred and six dollars, due to J.:s
se Beimel, with interest from the third d ly ot De
Co mber, 18U8, will be sold for cash, at public sale,
at the court house of Mason coun'y, and state ot
Viiginia, on the last Saturday in July next, four
hundred and seventy five acres ot LAND, lying
and being in said county of Mason, adjoining the
lands of Joseph McBride and others
THOMAS HOG, Trustee
June 1. wlOw
BY virtue of the last will and testament of
Robert Means, deceased ; will be sold at
Public Auction, on Wednesday the 1st day of Au
gust next, it fair. If not, the next fair day—Part
ot a naked LOT OF GROUND, lying between
the Dwelling House of Augustine Davis andtlie
Basin—and a HOUSE AND LOT, on the Ba
sin adjoining Mr Jonn Purse —Twelve months
credit will be allowed The purchasers to give
bond with approved security, together with a
deed of trust upon the property, to ensure punc
tual payment of the purchase money
DANIEL CALL,
Execatot oj the last wilt and testament of Ro
bert Means deceased.
Ju,y6-_ tds
BY Virtue of a deed of trust, hearing date the
9lh day of April, 1802, executed by Na
thaniel Harris to me, lor the purpose of securing
a sum of money therein mentioned, to the late
firm of Duchannan, Dunlop, and Co I will pro
ceed on -fonday the IJtli day of August next, at
10 o’clock, on the premises, to sell at Public
Auction, on a credit of one, two and three years
(equal instalments) a TRACT (JF LAND, on
Fall’s Creek, in the county of Pittsylvania, con
taining hy estimation 3070 acres, inofe or less,
being the same which the said Harris inherited
from his deceased father, and on which there are
a good Dwelling House, Store House, Distille
ry, and many other improvements.
Honda with approved security, to hear interest
from the date, will be required, hut the interest
will be remitted if the principal is punctually
paid. *
JOHN DUNLOP
Petersburg, July 6, 1810. tf
VGKNTLEM AN, who has taught the Greek,
Latin and Englith Languages, lor several
years past, wishes employment for the cHsuing
year. His name and place oi residence may he
known by applying to the Editor of the Enquirer,
with whom he has deposited the mostsam,iaotory
testimonials of his qualifications and success as a
Teacher.
June 29._ wtf
I^HE Subscriber intending in a few days to
leave this State for Europe, gives notice
that Francis R^Strobia is Ins attorney in fact to
transact his business in his absence.
THOMAS GILL1AT.
J»np 8-_2m
LEFT ill the possession of some p» rson m m
about Kb bin >n«f, by Thomas Demke, capt.
ol the Schooner Pen ramie from Philadelphia, „
b »x MERCHANDIZE, addressed to Charles
Brydic, care of Messrs I. >vc 8c Cutler, Peters
bu g The gentleman in whose care the said
box is left, is requested fo give information to
Mr Robert Graham of Manchester, who is au
thorised to receive the aaiae, and who will pj\
freight and storage,
Jul* 4 *rq
JUST RECEIVED and FOR SALE, by the
Subscribers—
30 HIuls prime Antigua Hunt
20 Q^.cask Malaga Wine
2u IlJts prim-* Grern C<dl'r-e.
jtl.RO, IN STORE:
50 Tierce* Upluiid Whisky
30 Bbls old double dislilk d Do.
I'ogetbcr with their usual supply «>f 11 inlwarr,
&c.
ORISON Cr PARK HILL
July 6. _ w
ON the first Monday in August next, it l>el»g
All: marie court diy, if fair, if not, in,
in xt fair dav—IVtll /.«• tvlj, in the town »>f Char
lollcsvide, the PAVE tx R an.l appurtenances at
present occupied by Capt. Triplett T L*'.-s in
s rid town—Also, between 6 and 7 acres of L<iuJ,
adj 'inmg said town, on the following terms, to
wit :
One fourth of the purchase money to be paid on
the first of Jar.u.rv next ; one fourth on the- 1st
of January, K112; one fourth on the 1st Jiriv,
1813. ami the remaining fourth on 1st of J miiary,
1815. Bond, with approved security, and a deed
of t< ust on the pu.pe ty, will be required of the
purchaser. The above mentioned property is m>
generally known, that a minute description of it
is thought unnecessary ; sulli~e il to say, tiist
jthc Tavern is large and commodious and in good
1 repair, and not inferior as a stand to any in the
Upper Country Possession will !>e given on the
1st day «f October. Undoubted bonds due .. .c
year before the two last instalments would b*- re
reived; provided that no such bond is lor less
than 1U0 dollars.
JOHN M. SHEPPARD
If any person should tie iin lim d to purchase
the above property by private contract, applicati
on may be made to tlie subscriber in prison or by
letter at his residence at Scotch Town, lI*novcr
county.
If a sale should not he m ule, the above Pro
perty will be for rent or lease, as inav Ik- gr, cd
, J M S
J«b 10-__list A
GUN—PO'VDER!—The proprietors of the
RICH WOND POIVDRR MlLLS, ..IK*••
for sale, by the keg or lai g r qu mi'y, r Hnd FF
Gun Powder, glazed and ung. .ied ; warrant d
equal to any imported, and on reasonable terms
Retailers at liberty to return the powdei, if
not approved. Apply to
JAMES BROWN, J, Or.
David j burr
May 22. 2aw2w&lawtf
VALUABLE LAND FOB SALE —The
subscril»er will sell, and give immediate
possession, of tnat well known estate, called
Blenheim, situated on the south west mountains,
| in the county of Albemarle, containing by late
surveys, two thousand eight hundred and ninety
acres: this Land is peculiarly well adapted to tin
growth of Wheat and Tobacco, and considered
equal infertility to any adjacent thereto, is
about six miles from Milton, from which plare
tin-re is an easy navigation for balteatix to the city
of Richmond. On the premises is a large coni modi
ous dwelling H >use, which, from the elegance of
its situation, and other advantages, makes it a
desirable residence for a genteel family. I- will
be sold entire or divide *1, to suit purchasers_
Further particulars made known by Captain Job-i
Harris, Albemarle county, Mr James Patton,
Alexandria, Messrs Macdonald anil Ridely, Hal
timore, or j
Who wishes to sill Land in the counties of
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania and Caroline,
also Houses an I Lilts, pleasantly and advanta
geously situated on the II,II _nd Muinstrcet, in
the town of Federicksburg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia. M -v 1 if
13 A NK-NOTE.S LUb, — ,, . . .i
i-3 month, was put into tie- post .,ili e in this
place, directed to Wm Wood, Buck Island, AI
»v m„rle county, Bank Notes to the amount of
three hundred and thirty dollars, as described
below; which have not been received by t aid
Wood The necessary im ps to s op the pay
ment of the notes at the Bunk, have been taken ;
as the letter which covered those notes m.iy have
been missent, it is requested that it be sent to
' th Milton Post Offi e.
| Virginia, Richmond,
! C 349 Simon Hunter 14 J in. 180? 5U
Do do C 143 Henry Ellis, 17 Mo- 18X3 50
Do do A 4J2 Wilson Allen 19 Jan 18 i7, so
Do do C 2386 Edwin Novel 1 Ft- > 181; jo
Do do A 358 Simon Hunter 14 J n Su
Do do C 522 Phil Ungers 6 vl ,r i«.. .* jo
Do do D 3394 James East 25 Nov 189/ 10
Do. Norfolk,
A 1376 iliehM R L*»e 2 Miy 18u5
BICIIAHQ Aj\B KHSQN.
j'tlylT^___ f
I70K SALE r HOUSE & LOT <>„ F v
. street, nea. C mts’s Feny he lot is 40
feet in front, <nd 132 feetd ep, having sufficient
room on the ba k of it for a lumber n use wiii
convenient acctss t . it ’Ti, a pk asant and de
sirable situation for a private family, and rents a
well s any house in the city: a fm liter descripti
on of it is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed
that no person will purchase without first viewing
the premises- Fir terms apply to James Sea
brook, next do* r above the Post Office.
July 10. tf
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r|UVENTY DOLLARS REWARD Elop.
g. cd frv.’ii Mr J inies Smitn, about the mill
die of May last, a slave, named SAM, who had
been employed for several years past in that gen
tlctnan’s Bakc-H mse
SA 4 is abouttwentyfoi.tr nr five years of age
low of stature, and not very bu-ky ; of youthlm
nppvarance, a dark complexion, a Countenanct
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 su idenly or quit k
•y, stammers and hesitates exceedingly._H;s
clothes not recollected.
Some lime in August last, a note was given
him by the Subscriber, (who then wished to dis
poseof him,) to lookout for a punhasM_
merely purported the terms “ to any person re
siding in Richmond, or it’s neighbourhood:”_
And as lie has tilt note still in possession, he
will probably, under pretem e of seeding a mas
ter, endeavor tiiereby to effect fits escape out of
the State.
All masters of vessels anti others are, there
fore, forbid, atlbcir peril, harboring or carrying
him off
The above reward will be given, ami all rea
sonable charges allowed, if brought back m safe
ty to
JOHN KING.
Richmond, July 10 tf
1'*HE subscriber will take- ten or twelve
Young Ladies, ns IIoakou.i, if npplica
tionssball be made to her, for Dial pu p >s«-, prc _
vious to the first day of O t. next. Should a suf.
i;ient number of applications, for Board of
Young 1.aclies, not he made before the firs’ of
October, she will, after that period b • prepared to
accommodate, us boardeis, I14II a dozen young
gentlemen.
As an inducement to parents who may be in
clined to send their children to resi de 10 Willi
arusburg, tnc subs riber thinks it proper to re
mark, that her dwelling is situated cm the pub
lie square, atf? on c ue of the most pleasant and
healtny situations within the city. Tito terms
will be made known on application to
MAKY M PEACHY.
July 20
\\T iiil), A SE AM.Vi’i'.ES S 0} good clia
» r lacter and disposition—lor whom, a %<u
liberal price will be given, in ca&h. Ap ty ai
this office.
June 26* tf
BY Virtue of a decretal order or Otb (j nut
of the United States tor the fifth Circuit,
and Virginia district, pronounced outlie yl-v
day ol June, 1809, untended by an ordc r entci. d
on tbc 24tli day of May, 1810, in a suit wherci.t,
John I.loyd, executor ol' the surviving parln r
ol Cape! & Osgood llaubury, was plaintiff', and
Hobrrt Patton ami other* were defendants. 1
shill, on the first day of August next, sell to the
ghost bidder, on a credit of one, two and three
years, the whole ofthe E-date called M \NS
FIELD, Subject to the dower rights of the el*
d-r Mrs. Page, and to a tenanc y, during the pre
sont year, on the balm.ee. This cl gant mid cal
liable property lies within one m.le ol Fredericks
burg, i lie house-* are among the beet in tlie
State. 1 lie situation is extremely healthy, and
supplied with the b*-st water—The suit is suppo
sed lobe equal to any on the Rappahannock Ri
ver j on the border of which, inexhaustible quar
1 ***** " t‘xcrll»‘iil tree stone may be opened, pro
mising great profit to a man of enterprise Mrs.
p .ge s dower is in 1,014 J acres ; the .eversion of
which, alter her interest is spent, will constitute
me Lot Tlte part held bv the tenants of Ro
| t>ert C Page, consisting of 672.J acres, will con
stitute another Lot : and tlie balance, of 1. Id?
fire's, on which the improvements are, will
make t he third Lot. On this last, there are a
bout roo acres e.f wood land, and on the others,
there is the usual proportion of wood* If l
should find rial it would suit the views of purcl.se
sers better, the Lets may be m nidi d on thedav
ol sale. “J
At the same time, ft -n pursuance of the same
orders. I will sell in different Lots, on the same
terms, about cl veil or twelve hundred acre'on
Mr.ssup max, devised by the late C-d Page to his
s in John 1. Page rhe sales will commence xt
\ 2 o’clock before the front door of William
lleindon s Tuvcni.iii 1*rcder»cksburg, *md be
adjourned, it necessary, from day today.
Tins purchaser ol e ach Lot must give bond,
with approved scruriiy, fortue pur-base nnm v,
mid the land is tor, main bound &. t>e re sold e’n
default of pro me-iir, for so much r, dy moil y,
as may be sufficient to raise the balance tfien due*
and the residue, on credit, to meet the future in
stalment. or instilments } the proceeds of which
re-saU* is to be in like manner secured; and this
operation of resale is lobe made ns often as <*uch
j reKS,ve defaults shall require {conforming each,
to tlie terms prescribed lor tlie frst
A compleal map of the land will he loft with
M- Msop, at Mansfield, who will show ine
premises. BENJAMIN BO I’TS.
i May 29. eptds
LANDS FOR SALE—The Suosctioer of*
fcrs for sale, his
TRACT OF L A JYI),
' Eying in the county of A mliersi, on the waters of
I Pu<v river, adjoining the lands of James Fra .lc
| hn, J .el Franklin’s estate, Micaj.h Camden,
William S Crawford and Bartlett Cash ; con
taining nrar 900 acres This tract lies extremely
w> !l; upon it is a considerable quantity of mea
<hm ground, it is very fertile, well watered, and
well adapted to the culture of corn, wheal and
; tobacco j upon it is a plantation sufficient to work
. eignt hands, a considerable part of it is fresh land,
I a,u* ^'e whole ol it is in a high state of cultivati <n
, —wc*> enclosed, and divided into four fields l
| each field in its turn has been sowed in small
I grain, a part of the gram has been rolled in the
Plaisterof Paris, and ihe whole have been sowed
in tneir turn in red clover, which grows luxuri
ant. on thimplantation j that, to jetuer with t ie
white clover, which grows naturally up in it,
produces very fine p-.smrage, there is also uuon
it a very, good apple orchard, and there has lately
oeui limit thereon, tome useful and valuable hou*
ses A lurtlier description is deemed unnecessa
ry, as il is presumed tit .t no person will purchase
without first viewing the lands The overseer
| living on the plantation, will s'icw the land to an*
person wishing to purchase.
ALSO— One other Tract, lying in Goochland
county, on both sides of Tuckxhoe creek, on t!ie
north side ot the Three Chop road, adjoining he
lands ol Benjamin Hughes, Benjamin Watkins*
and Elisha Leak’s estate, containiitg three hun
dred and fifty teres, a considerable part of this
land is cleared, and none of it has been in cultiva
tion Knr some yeats past : it is land of go. d vijl,
and is w. ll adapted to Ihc culture of corn r.d
wheat, and is very convenient to market Ik .. g
about twenty three m.ies from the city of Rich
mond.
These Lands will be sold on tune, and the oay
nieitts m ade accommodating to purrli ,scrs For
lurtlier particulars respecting Uiiml.mt tract of
L:,nd, apply to Col Robert H Saunders, living
tear it in the said county, nr t . the sic oriber m
4ccity oi Richmond WILLIAM GALT
April 31. g
\yiLL be offered f>r sahT^.T/i 15'hda- 7f 4
* August next on the promts, s, to the highest
bidder, that v lu Ole E . a;.-, ca d
S UMME R HI L L,
L itel the p petty of U Join H Icningham,
ileci art /, situate in Chest field ton ,ty adjoining
Jem > River tibou‘ four m.lct below the t wn of
.Winchester con, truing by a fate survey. 795 acres ■
me half of which is woo .land mostly well t m
hertd, ant 8 ] acres of low ground rncluling about
aces of v ilu tide m> allow-improvements of
v incus kinds chotto Fruit T, es , houses usually a
da.pteit to « Plant* ion a fiw lung HnUSt with 4
ro'ins each a fire place p ss tge and closets ana.
excellent springs of water, conv mem to the dwrl
ling house. This situation commands n pie y mg
View of the river, the adjacent sc its and gr-ar p at
laf'nly H C!,mon!- , The of sale wtll
he S 3 j00 m cash, and the balance of the pur base
money payable by two annual instalments with a
d< cd of rust on the land to secure the payments —
Permission to sow wheat at the usu tl time, and
pot .tss'on will begivt n oh the fiig, day of Janu •> y
Lil 1. Those inclined to pu, eh ,se will be "shewn the
Land by applying to Mr R P, tcha d, or to Mr.
fVm Short who live adjoining.
Those who have claims up .n the estate of the de.
ceased J II are requested to h tnd them to Mr.
B ander of M uchester for adjustment and those
indebted are requested to m tkr f>, rnent to him
, , THE trustees.
.J,,,y,3-_ tds
I AM) FOR SALE—By virtur of a decree
A-* of the Superior Court nf Citin'-ary tor the
Ki hmond District,—tvi// be offered for tale at
Hie town ol Caira, on ond.iy the 27»h day of
August next, that valuable TR dCTOFL A ND
belonging to the estate ol D Mfield Trent. dec\f.
containing l>y estimation, 783 acres lying m the
county of Cumberland, on Willis river and ad- 4
joining the town of Caira, tor the purpose of
raising a sum of money therein mentioned, due
ami owiiijr to the estate of Alexander Trent,
dec «l tlie continuity of this to tf if* town of
Caira ; where then is a M. reliant M Is, which
| will no doubt, in a short time be in comple'e re
l pair, and constquently w ill require a Lrg- qU «n
t.tv of wheal, tie as well ns a tobacco inspec
tion—and being al tlie head of the navigable
waters of W illis’s river, render it one of the most
desreable tracts of land in tlut part of the coun
tiy. Added to these, tlie land is of excellent
| quality, and well adapted to the culture ol to
banco, wheat, corn, he.
Previous to the d »y of sale, this land will be
luil off in lots, and sold to suit purchasers—md
the terms of sale lit er d, only one third will be
r* quired when the deed is made, and one, t vo
and three years lor the balance s B.mds and se
curity w ill be demanded, secured by a d»< d of
trust .frequired by tlie COMMISSIONER*
July 20 tds.
f\ TERRELL and !v A ' KIN.SON, have
• removed their SCHO )L, t in 4nc
u rn s!rei t, to a suady and retired situal.ua on
ne hill, adjoining booliigaU’a.
May dO. tf