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For in K'tuuuto.
| In the Rainbow' two EJfayi have appeared on tbe fubjeS
of duelling : tbe writers of both EJfays feem to concur
in condemning tbe prafiice.—If tbe publication of tbe
following olftrvations, Jbould draws from tbe writers
of tbrfc EJfays, or [turn any ctber perfons a dif inH and
lumittzis refutation, tbe purpofe of tbe eommuni.aior
wilt be fully aufwered. He is not yvitbout e hope,
that as tbe fecond EJfay to which be refers is unfnijhed,
tbe perufal of this communication, Jbould it fall into bit
bands, will induce tbe author of that elegaat and inge
nious number, to cajider tbe fubjeff wtiia more earnejl
attention and awakened fenfibiiity.]
VINDICATION OF DUELLING.
That the pradice of Duelling fhotild excite afto
nilhment and horror, in the mind of a perfon unac
quainted with the adual ufages and manners of civi
lized nations, does not f&rprife me. It mull be ad
mitted, that when tried by the flandard of impartial
reafoti and immutable jullire, no pradice can appear
more abfurd, barbarous and abominable. But the
practical propriety of an eltablilhed cuftom, ought
not to be determined by its conformity folely to the
maxims of philofophical morality. In determining eve
ry quertion of this nature, we mufl weigh alfo im- i
partially, extenfively and minutely the prevailing fen- [
timents of the age in which we live, the community
to which we belong, the perlbns with whom we are
mort intima'ely connected, whofe confidence and af
fedion arc dearer to us than life, and without whofe
confidence and affedion, life is diverted of its attrac
tions and death of its terrors. If this pofiticn be ad
mitted. the pradice of duelling, as fociety is at pre
fent conftituted, may polfibly admit of a fubrtuntial
vindication.
Throughout the civilized world, the laws of honour
and opinion, which no individual has power to abro
gate, or fuffiJent magnanimity and energy to difobey
with impunity ; laws, for the operation of which, how
liiifchievous and tragical foever, no individual can be
confidered as perfonally refponfible, becaufe they
were enaded without liisconfent, and attach to their
violation, confequences ruinous to his refpedability,
the awful and inviolable laws of honour and opinion
have eftabliflied and fandioned the pradice of duel
ling. 7 he laws of honour, inferibed not oh moul
dering parchment, but on the tablets of the heart,
proclaimed, not by the voice of the detefted defpot,
the venal legiflator, or the giddy multitude, but by
the, principle of honour in the inmort recedes of the
foul, command every gallant and grncrons fpirit, to
expofehis life, and flted his blood in defence of his re
putation. In vain do the precepts oflaw and religion,
the maxims of popular and philofophical morality,
comhine to abolifh this pradice. So long as general
op;nion fhall fand'on it, fo long as men pre-er.iinentiy
diftinguilhed by nation, charader and refpedability
fhall nfort to it, as the mort honourable method of
avenging an infult, fo long as the alternative frail be
diftindly prefented to a brave and generous man, of
calmly repairing to the “ field of deliberate murder,”
or tamely fubmitttng to diihonourable imputation
fo long,in delpite of the didates of reafon, the expos
tulations of the moralifi, the terrors of penal law, aud
the tremendous denunciations of the eccleliaftical
fhepherd, in defpite even of the foul-fubduing influ
ence, the heart-rending remonftranres of conjugal,
filial and parental love, will the pradice of duelling
ma main its afceridancy. Yes! when fummoned by
a challenge to the bloody field, the man of honor muff
tear himfelf from his fond partner, dearer to him
than the “ ruddy drops that warm his heart,” the huf
bard from the arms of his diflraded wife, the father
mud umlafp the clinging hands of his weeping in
fants from his trembling knee, the firm muft turn a
deaf ear to tiie remonftrances of his refpsded father,
to the (hrieksof bis frantic mother, to the Iimentati
ons of his forlorn filter, and repair, with dreadful de
liberation to point a weapon fraught wit* death, at
the bofomof—whom ? bis implacably fee, a pefl to
fociety ? No, a man to whom perhaps his foul had
been linked by the bands of difintererted friendship,
endowed with every amiable and admirable quality,
and placed in a iituation the moll aufpicious for the
fruition and diffuficn of happinefs. Yes ! when fum
moned by a challenge to the bloody field, the man of
honour mud obey the fumtr.ons, were that field invert
ed by the vindictive minifters of penal Jaw, did. the
heavens gro\y blac’c above and the bolted thunder
mutter o'er his haad, thvugli hell gaped under
and the furies were feen preparing torments for the
difembodied fpirit.
It were futile and abfurd, to endeavour to explain
the motives that actuate a ntan of honour on occafions
of this nature. Tis an affair, not of reflection but!
of fenfation, not of rcafoning but of feeling. To a
mind fo conftituced as to be infenlible to thefe feel
ings, the practice of duelling murt be viewed as a
compound of wanton atrocity, uncompcnfated wretch
ednefs, diabolical malevolence, and the wildeft infini
ty. The paflfions and feelings of the human mind arc
eminently, if not entirely, the creatures of education
and habit. An ancient ftoic, when exported to wan
ton infult and the bafert afptrfions, regarded the ca
lumniator with commiferation and contempt, and fa
tisfied with the confcioufnefs of innocence, indulged
no malevolence or vindidive emotion. A Grecian
hero' when the cane was vibrated over his head,
could calmly fay, “ ftrike! but liften.” The
primitive chriftian, when fmitten on the right
cheek, could deliberately prel'ent the left to the
fmiter. But the feelings of the modern man
of honour are altogether different; the properties of
ice, are not more oppofite to thofe of fire, nor the in
ftind of the lion to that of the lamb.—When infill
led, he is impelled to feek the'.reparation and redrefs
which the laws of honour command him to exad, by
an uncontrollable impulfe. Unlefs he fhall obtain
this reparation and redrefs, the very confcioufnefs of
exiftence is a^ony, the myrterious attradions of life
are broken, the fined fenfibiliries of his foul are wi
thered, ht turns with loathing from the face of friend
fhip and of love. To attempt by phlegmatic reafon
ings refpeding the injuflice of duelling to controul
thefe inexplicable but imperious feelings, betrays the
profoundelt ignorance ol the nature ol man. As
well might we attempt by argument to quench the
fever’s fire, or quell the phrenzy of a maniac’s brain.
Nor are theft feelings polluted by any admixture of
brutal ferocity and favage revenge. A defire to afftrt
that rank in public eftimafion to which he is jtiftly
entitled, topreftrve unfullied the dignified confciouf
nefs of independence and innocence, to fecure the
confidence and affection of the generous and brave,
are the only* motives by which a man of honour it
actuated. The elevation of hi* motives charadterife
his deportment. “ He is determined without pofi
tivenefs, elevated without infolence,” his behaviour ii
marked hy franknefs,urbanity and generous forbear
ance, even towards the perfon hy whom he is inful
led. When the man of honour repairs to the bloo
dy field and in obedience to the awful fignal, prefents
his deadly weapon at the heart of his antagonift, he
experiences no malevolent or vindictive fenfations.
Far from thirfting like theruthleft tyger, or inhuman
cannibal for the blood of his vidim, he deplores the
direful neceftity that calls him to the field, anticipates
with horror the cataftrophe that may enfue, and at
no period of his exiftence does ho experience fo dif
tindly the divine emotions of forgivenefs, humanity
and co npafiion. fnthe many-colour.*d dranu” of
human lift, in the black and bloody catalogue of hu
man woes, noftenc can be ftledled, fo ftrongly calcu
lated to excite the commiferation of the philanthro
phift,as that in which-a man of honour whew fnm
moned to the field of death, is frequently compelled
to adt and fufftr. The lot of him who falls is often
comparatively fortnnats and happy. The furvivor
is the genuine victim. He is doomed perhaps to be
hold the blood fireaming from the lireaft of his expi
ring friend, whnft dying eyes e’rc they cJnfe for e
fer.with their “ laft ling-ring agonifing look” befpeak
forgivt-nefs, whofe quick hretth quivering on his whi
tening lips f.tuhers in inarticulate accents an everlaft
jng adieu, whofe palfied, clay-cold hand, with its laft
* 'T’bfrijiedti.
convulflve grafp, expreffes not the pang of dllTblution.
hut the feverer pang «>f final feparution from the
frieitvl he leaves the feverer pang of commiferation
for the agonies that await him, whilft in dark and hi
deous perfpecUve, the heart-harrowing images of the
dill rated wife, the frantic mother, the little hauds
of the innocent infant wrung in agony, in dread Aic
ceflion Aalh upon his foul. ' Senfibility expires at the
Ipeducle, the heart fickens at the conception, Pagi
nation petrefies at the defeription of this “ umliffeni
bled tragedy,” this temporal hell of human torment.
Surely the molt fuperticiul obferver of human nature
muft perceive, that if the dreadful confeqtiences which
lo often refolt from the practice of duelling are infill
ficient to effect its abolition, it muft be chimerical to
exped that its progrsfs can be arrefted by fpeculaiive
reafonirg.
Meanwhile, that pradice how tragical foever its
conlequences may occafionally be, is not altogether
unittpported by confiderations of general utility. The
arguments that may be urged in its defence, are at
leaft fpecious and impoting, if not lolid and incontro
vertible.
It is univerfally admitted that human life is more
embittered by in fults, than by injuries; that a word,
a loo!:, a tone, a geflure, circumllance* wholly eva
nefeent and indefinable, are capable of iufliding pain*
more exquilite than racks, whips, or chains : It is al
fo univerfally admitted that this fource of focial dif
cord and ntifery, lye* beyond the reach of any prac
ticable fcheme of regulation or police. “ I cannot
l'ue, for an uffault and battery cn the l'enGbilities of
my heart,” or obtain damages for an injury, which al
though it has neither mutilated my body, invaded my
property, nor llained my reputation, may have racked
every feeling of my foul with iiifupporrible agony.
The practice of duelling, although not perhaps the
bed expedient for this purptife, which a more impro
ved ftate of fociety may introduce, certainly has a ten
dency to correct and counteract this fundamental evil.
F. very individual is compelled bv a regard to felfpre
fervation to eultivate and prad/a habit* of benignity,
urbanity and forbearance, in his imercourfe with ;i
thers, to abtlain from every aClion or exprefllon cal
culated to wound the ferlings of thofe with whom he
alTociates, to reftrain and fupprels the fuggeftions of
pride, arrogance and i’pleen, to model his behavior &
converfation, according to the principles of benevo
lence and jullicc. Viewed in this light, the pradice
of duelling probably deferves to be regarded, as one
of the moll effectual fafeguards and fanCtionsof the
tranquility, harmony and decorum of civilized foci
ety. To its influence probably,ought to be aferibed
the fsperior propriety, delicacy and refinement of mo
dern manners. Injudging of the expediency of any
public inftitution, law or cuftom, we muft not con
fine our attention to the evils it may produce iu par
ticular inftances, but extend our view to its general
tendency and effects. I.et the pradiceof due'iing bt
tried by tliis criterion. Let the advocate for its im
mediate abolition refleCl that it is one of the great
penal reftraints upon the felfifh and unfocial propen
bties, which mankindjare fo prone to indulge : Let
lim recolleCt, whilit lie is depicting with glowing
fenfibiiity the tragical eonfequences which it occaGon
ally producer, how many animofities, quarrels and
contentions it tends to prevent, by reftraining and ex
nnguifhing the paflionsfiom which they fpring. Let
bim recoiled, that the immediate abolition of this
pradice, without a correfponding improvemeut of
the underftondings and melioration of the temper of
individuals, would awaken and unchain thole pif
Gons : Laftly, let him recoiled that a pure and unfill
ed fame is tlie palladium of female happinefs and vir
tue and that the reputation of the f.iireft and mod
amiable part of the creation, might be blafted with
impunity, were the brother, the lover, the hufband or
the father, prevented from inflicting that vengeance
which the laws of honour jrd f will add the laws of
juftice too command him to inflid, on the remorfelefs
villain, who dare* to blot the “ fair leaf of virgin
Mean while whatever difference of opinion may «
ill with refpe& to the criminality of duelling, this
practice as frciety is at prefent conftiruted, admits of
obvious extenuations. The queRions refpciRing the
! criminality of duelling and the criminality of duelliR*
are radically diRintft. The confequences of this prac
tice, ought to be aferihed not to the depravity of the
individual, but to the extent and inveteracy of the
delufions by which it it fan&ioncd. When charged
with its enormity, the doelliR may juftiy exclaim in
the language of Macbeth.
Why doR thou Ihat s thy gory locks at rnc ?
Thou canA not fay! I did it.
Did 1 introduce this barbarous and abominable cuf
tom ? Am I refpccChle for the mifery it produces ?
Am I expecRed to Rem the torrent o.' univerfal preju
dice ? Society would difplay an unprecedented Rrain
of tyranny by functioning, in the firR inftance, an ab
furd and atrocious practice, and compelling individuals
to refort to it, under pain of intolerable humiliation
and indelible difgrace ; and punifhing, in the fequel,
with unrelenting feverity,the furviving victims of her
own injuftice.
X.
1 _LLLL l_ . ■ u .
^tirliortrp,
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT,
To provide for completing the valuation of landj.
and daueHing-houfes, and the enumeration of
favet in South-Carolina ; and for other pur
pofes.
BF, it enabled, by the Senate and Houfe of Re
presentatives of the United States of Ameri
ca in Contrrefs affembled, That the fecretary of
the treafury be, and he is hereby authorifed and
direfted to employ clerks for fuch compenfati
on as he fliall judge reafonable, to complete, re
mitter, and record, under the direction of the
fupervifor of the diftrift of South-Carolina, the
lifts and ahftrafts of the valuation of lands and
dwelling-houfes, and of the enumeration of
(laves within the ftate of South-Carolina ; and
under the direftion of the fupervifor aforefaid,
to add to or deduft from the valuations afore
faid, of each individual, fuch a rate of per cen
tum as has been determined by the commifTion
iers appointed for the faid ftate, under the aft
intituled “ An aft to provide for the valuation
of lands and dwelling-honfes, and the enumera
tion of Haves, within the United States," agree
ably to the provifior.s of the faid aft, of the aft
intituled “ An aft fupplemcntary to the aft in
i tituleol “ An aft to provide for the valuation of
lands and dwelling-honfes, and the enumerati
on of Hares, within the United States,” and of
the aft intituled “ An aft to provide for equali
ng the valuation of unfeated lands." Which
lifts and abftrafts, thus completed in conformi
ty with the revifions and equalizations made by
! the commiflioners aforefaid, fliall have the fame
force and efF. ft as if they had been completed,
regiftered and recorded, under the direftion of
the commiflioners aforefaid, agreeably to the
proviflons of the abovementioned aft9. The
I fupervifor aforefaid, fliall be allowed, in additi
on to his annual enmpenfation, at the rate of
three dollars per diem, for each and every day
employed by him, in completing or fuprrintend
ing the completion of the lifts and ahftrafts a
iforeftid. Provided, That the whole amount
| of the faid additional allowance, fliall not ex
ceed five hundred dollars, and the faid allow
1 ance, as well as the comprnfation of the clerks
employed by virtue of this feftion, (ball be paid
out of the monies apnropriated, or which may
hereafter be appropriated for defraying the ex
pence* incident to the valuation of honfes and
; lands, and the enumeration of Haves, within the
; United States.
! S'C. 2. And be it further 'tinned, That the
fupervifor of the diftrift of South-Carolina h",
land he is hereby authorifed and d'rrfted, as
I foon at flic aflellmcnt of the direft tax to be Ic
t .
vied, and collected in the (late of South-Caroli
na, by virtue of the aCl intituled “ An aft to '.ay
and colleft a direft tax, within the U. States,”
(hall have been completed, to appoint f. >r the
whole of the laid (late, one or more furv. yors ■
of the revenue; who (ball be authorifed to j
make out the lids containing the futns payable, I
according to luch aflrflTment, for every dwelling- j
houfe, traft, or lot of land and (lave, in (aid j
fla'.e. Which lifts (hall have the fame force |
and effect, as if they had been made for each
.lilt{lincnt dirtrift, by a diftinft furveyor of the
revenue: the furveyor or fprveyors of the re
venue, thus appointed for the whole (late of
South-Carolina, fliall like wife perform all the
other duties, exercife all the powers anil re
ceive the fame compenfation, which hy virtue
of the provifiors dill in force of any former aft,
or afts, were direfted to he performed, exerci
led, and received by the furvcynr* of the reve
nue for the fever."I affeirinent dillrifts; and fo
much of any aft or afts, as direfted the ap
pointment of one furveyor of the revenue fi»r
each afTeffment d-fliift, is fo far as it relates to
the State of South-Carolina, hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. Ami be it further enaAed, That the
fevcral fupervifors, or oiliceis aftinv as ti p r
vifors, may with the approbation of the f • re
tary of the treafury, unite, when vet fuch mes»
fure fliall he thought expedient for the hotter
collection of the direft tax, one m m readefl*
ment dill rifts into one dirtrift, and tppoint on
ly one col left or of the laid tax, for the aflefl*
inent .lift rifts thus united, any thin - iri anv
former aft or acts to the contrary notwithfta id
ing.
Sec. 4. And be :t further enaAed, That tire
accounting officers of the treafury be, and they
are hereby authorifed to fettle the accounts of
any cf the comnvflRoners, or afTeftbrs employed
in making the valuations, and enumerations a
hovementioned, in the flate of South Carolina,
although the fame may not h ive been prefentrd
to, and certified by the comnnffi iners aforefaid,
in conformity with the prnvifions of the aft in
tituled ‘‘An aft to provide tor the valuation of
lands, and dwelling-hourv>, and the enumera
tion of fl ives, within the United States.”
Sec. 5. And !>. it further enaAed, That any
of the com million rs aforefaid, vrho fhall on
the requeflof the fe retary of the treafury, at
tend for the pur > ft* of artirting the fupervifor
of the dirtrift of S 'th-Carolina, in completing
the lifts and abft.aCls of valuations, and enume
rations in the manner provided hy the firrt fefti
on of this aft, fliall he allowed the fame rate of
compenfation, as is provided hy law, for attend
ing a meeting of the board of commiffioners.
Sec. 6. And he it further enaAed, That a fum |
not exceeding thirteen thonfand five hundred
and nii ety-three dollars, and twenty-three cents
to be paid out of any monies in the treafury,
not otherwife appropriated, be, and the fame
is hereby appropriated, for defraying the
further expences, incident to the valuation of
houfes and lands, and the enumeration of (laves,
within the United States.
NATHl. MACON,
Speaker of the Houfe of Reprefmtatives.
JOS. ANDERSON,
Prefident tf the Senate, pro tempore.
January s>, 1805.
Approved,
j TH: JEFFERSON.
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of February next.
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Peterjlurg, None. 15, 1804. eptf
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• Fairfield races. ^
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5 do. do. IIS
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_March '26. (jplR) 1
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BOOT if SHOE MANUFACTURER,
MAIN-STREET RICHMOND,
with Boots or Shoes as well as il they were on the
fpot.„.A—tlie length of the Boot C—round the
Calf..„.B—the pitch of ditto—.D—round tire heel arm
iuftep—E—round the iuftep.G—acrofs the ball of
the foot. Fix the heel againft a perpendicular, anc
Hick a knife at the end of the great toe—fet down ir.
figure* the number of inches andquaiters, in the dif
ferent meafures. January 1. entf
LAND FOR SALE.”
A TRACT of about 850 acres, lying on James
.1 A River, adjoining the town of I.ynchburg ; one
hundred and forty of which is low ground, and faid
to be of the first quality ; a confidt rable proportion of
the high ground lie* well, and w ell adapted to the
culture of tobacco and grain. It has an excellent fhad
and rock fi fit cry on it; afmall apple orchard, a good
dwelling houfe and convenient out-houfes; a mill
feat, fuppofrd to be fuperior to any in that part of the
country—the mill houfe would let within thirty-fix
poles of the river, on navigable water. Likely negroes
would be received in part pay, and a generous price
allowed for one or two blackfmiths that are under
XU years of age, and good workmen. For further
part iculars, apply to the fubferiber on the prcmi.es,
er Mr. William Brown, merchant, in Lynchburg.
LEWELLEN JONES.
March 1._’ (eptf)
1 RAYED from the fubferiber, on the 1 4th day
of February lalt, about fix miles from the Coal
Pitts, in Chefterfield county, TWO MARES, one a
black about 4 teet 9 or 10inches high, 12 or IS years
ohl, paces naturally, lone w hat rubbed with the geer,
and liiod all round.— 1 he other a yellow bay, about
-1 leet 10 inches high, 7 years old, a fmall ftar in her
forehead and a Inip on the nofe, one hind foot white,
and 'hod -*11 round. Any perlou that will deliver the
faiJhorlet to mein Charlotte county, near Bibb’s
feiry, or lodj-e information with the printer hereof,
ihall be handtomely rewarded.
HELLERY MOSELEY.
March 23. eptf
TO BE SOLD-FOR READY MONEY,
I NT purfuance of a decree of the Circuit Court of the
J1 United States, between Pliineas Bond, attorney
the creditors ol Ezckial Edwards, plaintiff, and
David Rofs,and others, defendants, in order to raiie
the luni ol * OOO dols. 40 cents, with the t-xpencesof
lair, A NUMBER OF SLAVES and fo much of that
valuable Filiate in the county of Campbell, known by
the name of the OXFORD IRON WORKS, as (hall
appear fulfil ient to raife the laid fum of money and
the laid expence*; the laid land being now in the occu
pation of the laid David Rofs, and the Haves aforefaid,
being on the land.
The fale will take place at the Oxford Iron Works,
in the county of Campbell, on Thurfday the I Itli of
April next.
The Haves are represented to be very valuable.
The land is f* well known, as to render a defcriptioH
■nneceflary. BEN. MOSBY.d. m. for
Jos. Scott, m. v. b.
M»nh I, ] f.o
rltUrtRl i
FOR SALE.
WILL BF, SOI. D, to the highvft bidder, on the
premifes, on the third day of April next, at
12 o’clock, an undivided moiety in the two lots of
ground, formerly the property of Andrew Ronald,
dec’d. fronting the Bafon of the James River Canal,
near the center of the city of Richmond, with an un
divided moiety of all the valuable buildings thereon,
con lifting of a large three ftory BRICK BUILDING,
eighty feet in length, with fnurtenenients, twenty
feet wide and forty-five feet in length, with fire pla
ces on the firft and fecond floors, roomy garrets in
each, with large wheels fixed for hoifting and lower
ing packages, &c. with difpatch and eale, good dry
cellars, with fire places in each. This houfe has been
lately built and in good repair; adjoining is a well fi
nidled two ftory framed dwelling houfe, thirty ei«-ht
feet fquare, with two good ceilars, with fire places in
each for cooking, in the firft and fecond floors arc
eight rooms and fix fire places— Alfo, a fmall two fto
ry- Brick Houfe with four rooms, with fire places in
each, convenient for a (lore orfniali family, like wife a
fmall wooden building with a cellar, built for a kitch
en, and may be ul'ed as a (hop ; alio two fbbles and a
carriage houfe. The buildings except the kitchen,
liable and carriage houfe, are infurr.d in the Mutual
Insurance Company again!! fire in the (late of Virgi
nia,an ! the premiums paid. The lot* front the bafoti
on one fid<, and are hounded by Cary’s llreet, and the
ftreet leading to Shockoe warehnufe, on the two « -
ther Tides 01 them and are as convenient for com
mercial or other hufinefs as any in the city.
The terms of tale, will be I'eventeen thoufand dol
lars in ready money, the refidue payable the fifth day
of Augufl next, for which refidue, bond with approv
ed feeurity will be required. It is deemed tmnecelTa
ry to ftate the great value of the above property, to
thofe who refide in this city, but for the information
of strangers, the fuhfcrihc-r begs leave to state, that
the aforefaid property it immediately oppofite the
lower part of the hafin of the James river raral, where
all the produce of the upper country is landed ; and
to any pc-rfon defirous of carrying on the commiflion
hufinefs extenfivcly, perhaps is fuperior to any other
in this city.
WILLIAM AUSTIN.
February 8.— ■ tf
%* From eirctemjlanoet not attended to when the above
vAmMe property -war advertifed for faU, the fdf tiler
hat popp'ned the day of fate, 'till tVedrefday the Eighth
day of May next, at nt hieh time it m ill certain!- tale
(lace at 12 o'c/oet on the premifee ; -a-hen one fourth of
the frrrhnfe money only yvi/l he required in hand, and a
credit of three, pee and nine mantle given J-,r the balance^
the pvrrhafer to give hondi and feeurity to carry irlenp
from ti„ day offate, inti a deed of trap on the feon-it-, to
\fccure the payment. Hit: AUSTIN.
I Mar«f 12,
T* / AKEti Boots Shoes
-t to any pattern or fafh
ion, equal in point of Ma
terials and Workman*
*ui? to any in generalufe.
Imported Boors and
Snots, oi the firil qualit*
and newefl fafhion, for fair
Gentlemen at a dii
tance, who are difpofed tt
forward me their meafurc
by paying attention to the
annexed cut, can be fitted
T HE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS
FOR SALE,
V-J^' hundred and forty acres of the well knov-%
‘ * I ract of Land called “ THE SHATON’s FER
RV i RAC I ; King upon th1* Peanketank river in
Clli)R.-r county, r.djoit.b g the land ol Mr. Johnllon,
thi* trilate of 25t*nj*mm MvwMc, dec. «u.d others.
I his land i> heavily timbered with the heft chcihut,
mk, hickory, dogwood, and a lecond growth of p tte,
capable of beingconverted into common plank or fcant
in.g. There are not more than tv o hundred acres cf
cleared land upon the tratfh A 11 ream ruu» through
the l*ody of this land, upc,. which an over-(hot mill
imgut be creeled at a fm.tll expence. No fit oat inn in
the low Country of Virginia, has mere the advantage
of good water, ftlli, oyfters, ik falubrious air. than this.
The improvements are iiiconfiderabie. 1 he dwt lluig
Houfr has lately been in part repaired, mid coullfls of
three rooms and a palfage below,and two above (lairs.
1 he terms will be made known upon the promifoa
,:T JAMES R. MlCOU.
Seaton s Ferry, Feb. 19. eF Sm.
TO THE PRESIDENT b^~DIRECT0r7 OF
THE JAMES PITER COMP'T.
T FIND that our lad Leg;flature has diretfled that *-,.u
A (hall have the Navigation cf the Canal conned*- d
with Tide-water by means of Locks. Much has
been faid on this fubjedl, and many have luggelK 1
their doubts as to the pradicabilky of eroding fitch
Locks as w ill be permanent, and anfwer the purpofe.
In my opinion, it is praaitable, plain, and eafy ; bur
the cod will far exceed common computation, out
not more titan fonte of you calculate.
As I have made ntylelf well acquainted with rwi
plans that will anfwer, differing from each other only
in the materials. I hereby offer myielt to you as a !U
perintendant of die building cf them ou the follow -
ing terms, viz :
Ten thoufaud dollars for my ferviccs, to he paid at
the end of five years from the time the Loih^ .ire fi
nifiied, provided they Hand; other wile, nothing. (t
will be equally agreeable to me, to take a larger «.r
fmaller fum, on a longer or fhorter time, addin’- <-r
dedufling at the rate of one thottfand dollar? pir ami.
If you v.ifh to have my plans explained to you, you
will pleale to add refs me through the medium cf this
paper, and I will attend you in per Ion at any time and
place you may appoint.
Should you conclude that my price is m -re than
you will give, in the event that you (hall approve mv
plans, nothing reed be laid by you to me o'. the it h
jea.
Your filerce for three months, f fhal! ct tifider as
full difapptobation to my propofition.
A CITIZEN OF RICHMOND.
March 1. (eF2m)
/' Ui(SJj\ IA:
At afuperior Court of Chancery held at the Capi
tol in the city of Richmond, the firil day of March,
one thoufand eight hundred and live—
Between
Marcus Elcan and William Temple, af
fignccs of Hooper and Toler Bankrupts, C Plaintiff*.
And ^
Thomas Stewart andccmpanieandWilO
liam M'Xenzie and Companie. } Defendant*,
jj 'HE defendants 1 homas Stewatt and compa
\ nie not having entered their appearance and
given fecurity according to the a& of Affemhly, and
the rules of this court, and it appearing to the f- tif
fadlion of the court, that they are not inhabitants of
this country ; on the motion of the plaintiffs, by their
counfel, it is ordered that the Jaid defendant Jo ap
pear here on the firfl day of next term, and an.wer
'he bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this ordt r
be forthwith inferted in fome news-paper publilhed in
the city of Richmond for two months fucceflively, and
polled at the front door of the capitol in the laid c-ty.
P. Tinfley, C. C.
March 5. (eF2m)
A VALUABLE PLANTATION,
LYING on Fighting-creek, in this count ;, will be
offered for lale to the highefl. bidder at Puv.ha
tan April court, which is the 17th day of the month
It is iuppoled to contain 80s acres, hut previous to
the day of lale, a lurvey will be maJe thereof, and a
plot exhibited on that day; in the mean time, it will
he (hewn to any perfon defirous of viewing it, either
by myfclf or my overfeer living thereon. It is dil
tant from Richmond 30 niiies, Peterlburgh 40;
James river 10 ; Appamattox I ; and is thought by
judges to contain a body of coal. A fmall proporti
on of thepurchafe money will be required in hand,
one half of the remainder on the 111 day of January
next, and the balance in two equal annual payments,
for which fecurity on the land or otherwile will
be expeded.
BRETT RANDOLPH.
Fighting-creek, Powhatan 7
county, Feb. 17, 1805. $ eF8w.
TO NON-RESIDENTS OF KENTUCKY
rT',HL SUBSCRIBER living in the neighbour
ly hood of Frankfort, Kentucky, having urn e -
taken to pay the taxes of a number of gentlemen
ref ding in Virginia and elfewhere, on their lands
in this Jlate, and finding that the remitting of mo
ney to him for that purpofe is attended with great
difficulties, ri/k and trouble, propofes it to thofe
gentlemen and any others who may find it an ac
commodation to them, the following plan, to wit :
That they /hall depofit their money in either of the
banks of Richmond, Alexandria, George town or
Baltimore, on or before thefirfl day of May an
nually, and authorifefameperfon at thofe feve
ral banks to advifc him by pojl of the amount,
and to whofecredit it Jhall be applied, andimpow
er him to draw for the fame, payable on fight.
The lands of non-ref dents are advertizt d about
of fitly, which is an expence of twenty
five cents on each trail. ThefiihCrriher’s draft
will command the eafh in this fate, and as foon
as his bills are honoured at any of the above menti
oned banks, he will advance the money in Ken
tucky, deducting feven and a half percent commif
on for his trouble, in attending to and executing
the bufnefs. He will enclofe duplicate receipts
to thofe banks in which the money is drpofted, or
to the proprietors of t he lands, keeping t he original
in his own poffeffion, tocorre ft any errors which may
cur in the auditors office of Kentucky. To thofe
gentlemen who may wifh to pay their taxes in
this way, and who have not a perfonal acauain
tance with the fuhfcriher, he begs leave to refer
them to the Hon. John Brerkenridge, the lion.
Matthew Italian, Ef/rs.now in Congrefs, at the
city of ti'afhington, or to Gen. John P re ft on cf
Montgomery county, and Col. fames Breckinridge
of Botetourt county, Virginia, Os to the corf deuce
which may be repofed in him.
NATHANIEL HART.
N. B. The t< oft age on all letters dire fled to mt
on the above buftnefs muf be paid.
December 1 5, 1801. (oSllMay.)
TO PRINTERS.
HENRY OUR AM—PRESS MAKER,
South-east corner of Prune and Sixth-flrerts :
D ESPECTFULiY informs tlx trade, that he
’ V undertakes to fnpply Printing-Offices w>k
every fling in his line, having a com pleat Prin
ter's Joiner, conftautly employed in making the
wood part of Preffes, Fur nit tire, Rules, life. ifc.
Chafes of all hzes, Compofng Slicks, Brafs if
Hood Gulleys, hi. W. confluntly on hand, or
made to order with difputch and neat nrfs.
Orders from any pari cf the Continent attend
ed Pblind, Jan. .5. <p..m,
'ITTII.MAM A. P* N I 1.1. { iv» ohtaifKvl licet-.r^
V V fr> 1 «v.
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