The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-13 00:00:00, page 1

03* Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly op
finite the Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia.
O* CO ND 11IO blS:—live dollars a year, to
be paid annually in advance. Those vs ho wish to
be considered as annual subscribers, must hereafter
^designate it at the time oj subscribing, otherwise
their p liers will be discontinued at the expiration
of the first year.
BY virtue of a dee;! of trust, cxccutrd by J *mes
Hurt, to t!ie subscriber, to satisfy apd pay a
sum of money therein mentioned, due to John F.
Price : Will be sold, fot ready money, mi die
27'hday of tins present month, at the Eagle Ta
vern, tin? brick HOUSE & LOT, belonging to
tiie said Hurl, lying and being m lie city of Itich
juond, on the street running parallel with the
north side of the basin of the canal, as particular
ly described in the said di ed.
ll'm. D WREN, Trustee.
jone 19. uls
*.• The sale of the above property is postpo
ned mUie 2‘st July, when it will positively lake
place
june 25. tds
CTEKH.fc.LL and L ATKINSON, have
• removed their SCHOOL, tioin the
mam street, to a shady and retired situation on
the lull, i ljomiiig Southgate’s.
May 29 ' tf
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR S*LE
ALUABLE
The sub»ciiber is authorised to sell ti e
laige &. commodious BitlCK UUll.DlNCj, on
the Main Sueet on Shorkuc Hilt, at present oc
cupied >y Mr KivaLin—Also, the small 13HI CK
HOUSE, (text above the one* i'i wlncu Mr Ki
val on lives, and the two WOODEN TENE
Mr.NTS l»eiweeii the last mentioned house and
Mrs. BraXton’b—For parlirul rs enquire of
THOS TAYLOlt.
M ,y 29, 1810. tf
3}, Y Vo-tueof a decretal order of the Court
)) it the United States lor the fifth Circuit,
and Virginia district, p-onouuced on the 2lsi
day of June, 1809, itmeniled by an order entered
on tlie 24.li day of M tv, 1810, in a suit wherein
John Lloyd, executor of the surviving partner
of Cape l tk Osgood Haiibury, was plain till, and
Rtibert Patton and others were defendants, 1
shall, on the first day of August next, sell to the
highest bidder, on a credit of one two and three
* ye-ais, the whole ofthe Estate called MANS
I'1 ILL U, Subject to the dower-rights of the el
tkr \Ir.-> Page, and to a tenancy, during the pre
„ Bent year, on the balance. Tins ekg mi aHd val
u . ;le property lies within one mde ol Fredei ks
burg Tiie houses are among the best in the
State. 1‘he situation is extttrmelv healtliy, and
supplied with the best water— l ift soil issuppo
• *ed to be equal to any on me Kapp-ahannook Hi
ve. ; o.i me border of which, inexhaustible quar
ries of excellent free storie may he opened, pro
mising great profit to a man of enterprize Mrs.
Page’s dower is m 1,UI4 j acres ; the reversion of
winch, alter her interest is spent, will constitute
one Lot The part held by the tenants of llo
bert C Page, consisting of <372$ acres, will con- ■
et ttute another Lot i uud flic n .lance, of 1,137
TfTtke j...e CTfrcrtol.' Cii * thu last, there are' h
bout 5<K) acres ol wood luiul, and on tiie others,
there is me usual prop u-lion of wood* If I
should tj:id that it would suit i»c vie ws of purcha
se1'* oettei, the Lots may be m idifi.d on the day
of sale.
At the same tirtje, & in pursuance of the same
orders> I will suh in different L its, on the same
terms, about el. ven or twelve hundred acres on
Mass »p max. d-.-vised py Hie lute Col' Page t<> l.is
«
■on John 1' Pu<e The sales will commence at
32 o’clock before the front doorot William
Herndon’s Tavern, in Fredericksburg, and be
adjourned, if necessary, from day to duy
The purchaser ol each Lot must give bond,
•With approved security, for lue purchase money,
*n 1 tlie find is to rein bn bound St be re-sold, on
default of payment, t r so nm ti ready money,
as m.«y be suRi u-ui to raise the balance then due,
and the residu •, on cr dit, to meet the future m
Htahpeht, or instalments ; the pro teeds of which
*e sde is to be in like manner secured ; and tins
oper ation of re sale is tube made as often us such
cess.ve defaults sh ‘1 require ; conforming each,
to toe terms prescribed lor ttie fi st.
A compleat map of the land writ be left with
M VIs >p, at Mansti- ld, who will show the
Pt ■mis ■>. BENJ/tMlN BOTTS.
M iy 22 eptds
Lands for sale — Fhe
huuscrioer of
f-rs f.*!• -i , his
TRACT OF LAJfD,
Ly'ngin toe county of Am u m, on die waters of
( 1* ney river, adjoining toe l unis of James Frank
lin, J >el Franklin’s estate, Viic.*j ti Camden,
WilliumS Crawford ami Bartlett Cash; con
k taining near yuO acr-s I’nis tract lies extremely
L well; upon it is a considerable quantity ot mea
* <low ground, it is very fertile-, welt watered, and
well adaptotl to the culture of corn, wheat and
tobacco ; upon it is a plantation sufficient to vvoik
eight hands, a considerable, part of it is fresh land,
^ and the whole of it is in a high suit-* of cultivation
“•well enclosed, and divided into fmr lit Ids ;
each field in *tt, turn has been sowed m small
grain, a part of the grain has been rotted in the
400^1 osier ot Paris, and the who!? have been sowed
in tlteir turn in red clover, which grows luxuri
ant on tliispl iHtstion ; ih *t, together with the
'wfiiie clovt r, which grows naturally upon ir,
producos very fine pasturage, there is also upon
*ta very good «:>ple orchard, and tlierr lias lately
i>e«n bu.lt thereon, some useful aiul valuable hou*
tris A turther description is deemed util, '-‘-ssa
rv. as it is presumed that no person will purchase
without first viewing the lands. 1 lie overseer
living on tin plantation, will »iit-w the land to any
person wishing to purchase.
^ ALSO—Ooo other i i-act, lying in Goochland
county, on both sides of Tuckahoe creek, on the
north side of the Three Chop road, adjoining the
lends of'Benjamin Hughes, Benjamin Watkins,
and Elisha Leak’s estate, containing three hun
dred and fifty »<nvs, a considerable part of this
land is cleared, and node ot it has been in cultiva
tion for some ye. ;s past ; it is land of good soil,
and is well adapted to the culture of corn and
, wheat, and is v» ■ y convenient to market, being
about twenty ttirec mile* Irom the city of Rich
mond.
These Land* will be sold on time, and the pay
merits made accommodating to pin ch isers For
further particulars respecting this hi si tract of
JLi*nd, apply to Col Robert 11 Saunders, living
near it in the sai l county, or to titc subscriber in
tke city of Richmond WILLIAM GAL T.
April 31. tf
UN-I'O V T>I£K !—The pri.pr clou of the
RICHMOND POWDER MILL*. «ff
fcr nale, by U»o k< « or hu*i r qu .utily, P and TF
Guo Powder, gW,ed and unftijjcd ; warr aMeil
equal to any ii<q >t U*d, and on reasonable tri ms
ReUilcra at l.lxvty to n turn the powder, if
Sot approved. Apply to
ja^/e? morrN, y,. o»,
rj BUKA
May 22.
Sawitt&lawtf
ONFORM ABLY to a deed of trust to us
executed, bearing il«te the 31st January
1805, tor certain purposes therein expressed,
will be sold to the highest bidder, for r.as :
on the 30th instant at Joun Ring's near William
Ifrmlerton't Store ill Richmond County, Virgin.*,
the following property (to wit,) Stephen, Sarah,
Esther, Lucy, St Solomon, or so many thereof as
will satisfy the amount specified In said uecd ot
trust.
THOMAS PLUMMER, 7 „
RICHARD STREET', 5 lrU;tee*
July 6. KUO tds 1
Removal -thomas didder, grate
till for toe liberal support he has experien*
ccd irk his trade, respectfully informs his custo
mers and the Public generally, that, he lias re
moved Iris Tailor’s Shop to the main street ad
Joining Robert Bell’s , saddler, and opposite Dr
Duvall’s apothecary sliop^, where lie wdl thunk
tolly receive any business in his line, and hopes
by attention anil ndeuvors to please, to merit a
Continuance of favor
Richmond, i»la> 8
ep3m
TllS SUBSCRIBER, lias FOR SALE— At
Ins Cl ss and China Store, tirsl door above
tlie Eagle-Tavern : A supply oi fresh Teas, viz.
Imperial. Hyson, Cun-Powder, Young Hyson it
Souchong Teas,
Old Peach md Cognise Brandies,
London Particular, Madeira, ury Sherry, Claret
and Port Wines,
10 HIkIs. New Orleans Sugar,
Best refined Philadelphia and N. York Loaf do
lLiv-iiuia Sugar for preserving,
19 Hampers best Florence Oil,
20 Crates Liverpool V/ate,
10 Boxes Glass, consisting of q uirt and pint
D cniters, Tumblers, Wine Classes, U Cru
ets,
^0 Casks first quality Whiskey,
|0 Do. Apple Brandy, '
.,0 Do Linseed Od,
~0 Sells Table and Tea, Liverpool and Canton
China,
Preserve and Pickling Pots of every descrip'ion,
8 by 10—10 by 13 and 12 by 14 sup rior quality
Window Glass by the box, *
Richmond and Brandy Wee F St IrF Gun Pow
tier by the keg,
8,000 ihs Sad I'etred Bacon, consisting of Hams
and Middlings,
20 Boxes Spanish Cigars.
EDWARD HALL AM.
jnne 1. tf
'"l''HE White or Bowyer’s Sulphur Springt—
A Greenbrier county, Virginia.—These high
ly .tiidjusily celebrated Waters,together with the
Buildings and a part of the Landed e.-'ute apper
taining thereto, have been leased by the subscri
bers, who mean to exert their utmost power to
prepare lot the reception and comfortable accom
modation of as many, as a want of health, or a
wish to preserve it, ni ty induce to vi*»t these well
Known Fountains of Health, the salutary effect:
of which, they hope aod believe will be much in
creased by tnc additional comfort in the *cc,m
modation which the subscribers mean to afford
The season wid commence on the first djy of
But a good tavern will at aliMmes be kepi o
pen lor the reception and accommodation of tra
t ellers and outers, under 'he care of Mr. J ames
1-1 ja most respectable man, for whose good
conduct the subscribers pledge themselve.
Wm HERNDON St Co.
Fredericksburg, ju; e 26. tl5J
JAMES RIVER L AND— FOR SALE.— Un
der the authority of a power of atiouivy, from
Dr. Kolieri Mayo, the subscriber will sell, to the j
highest bidder, at Amherst court house, on t';e [
third Monday in July next, being court day, that i
valuable 'TRACT OF LAND, whereon J- s-e
Spinner resides. Tlie quantity exceeds 600 a
cres ; 150 of which arc prune Low Grounds ft
in excellent arable condition The Hign L.au.1 ,s
unimproved, but promises well tor tne culture oi
tobu’ co, 6*o.
Willi many other advantages of this Land,
there is a Mill Seat, on a bold stream, tiia’. may
be easily improved —The ii: umbrance of a lease
to Mr Spinner, which w.„s an obstacle to a sale
according to the appointment of a Lie advertise
ir.ent, is removed, except lor tlie ensuing year
1 he privilege of sowing small grain in tne (allot
th t year, wii! be allowed the purchaser, with Vlie
rents accruing from this lime
TERMS —One fourth of the purchase money
on tin day ot sale, anti ln« balance in three equal
annual payments, to be secured ny bond and up
proved security, and a deed of trust on the land
Joseph may.),
Attornej Jor Robert Muyo
J""? 22. _ ,'ds
BY V' irtue of a deed of trust, bearing dale tin
Dili day of prii, lo02, executed oy N«
t'l.niitl Harris to me, for the purpose of securi g
a tunicl money therein mentioned, to the* Ian
firm ol Ru hunntin, Dunlop, nnd Co 1 will pro
c ii on uiiday tlie I3in day of August next, at
10 o’clock, on.die premises, to sdl at Public
Auction, on :«credit of one, nvo nd three years,
(equal instalments) a 1UACT OF LAND, on
tail’s Creek, in the county oi Pibsylvahia con
lauung by estimation Jt/70 uc.res, more or less,
b-nig the same which tin said H arts inherited
frmi ms deceased fattier, and on wniclt lb re are
u goud Dwelling House, Store ll uvc, Distdlc
ry, and many oiliei improvement'.
B'/nd.s with approved security, to bear interest
from Hie (late, will be required, out the interest
wolne reunited if the principal is punctually
paid. *
- JOHN DUNLOP
I’ctershurg, July 6. 1810 tt
\GhN J LE .1 \N, who Inc* taught iiie Greet, I
Latin unJ K'^luh Linj'uai;es, for iteverai j I
>tais, Wish, k » optoy menl fir the tHsuiritfl
y** *' * Hit* nairn* ainl plic.'ui rs)iil«iict iniy be j 1
known oy appiyiuff lottie ivUior ui llte £nq>iirer,
1 wlnwi t<t ii»:» -f posited lit*: tit isl » uibhiclory
testimom.l:* of Ini epialtficalioiis and success as u
Te.icliCi.
June 29.
v. tf
\j\j ft .')!<AMS i of /od ctu
* * ihM't disposition—lor wln'm, ;» very
liberal |mice wiil be given, in cash. Apply at
ll'ts ofi'e <•
Jans 2<» tf
LEKT it li t* p »s«-->i!.i.>n of some person in or
•*h ni it icl I III I»ttr, by rir>in,.s Ijt ink-, mpi.
°* tlic Stl»Hn.fi He •i-H-nw Iroin Ehtlwltlplua, » ;
box A/A j(t, 1/’.i i* U/A7’. , uiliii’CH-iiil to Cli i! ics
Bryilie, cm. ** wl d«ss*> L. ive u Culler, i^elciH*
*»uik The gentleman tn. whose care ilir said
box i* left, IS i. quest'd to give information to ■
Mr Ho c»t C».'.tli.«i:i o' ."'iiiiicir ,i(rf, w),o -a au*
'domed i»r< evivo il.c same, and who will pay ,
height «'id murage,
J“J> 3 1m
•VT A t ff/VlJlLCJ, SliEi’i'AHn, Attorney at
X *1 Lav, hr.a rern *vc i me otilcc to the room o
v‘r tbe Arofi, opposite; tiur GJ >S:-. Tatrern, where
c >*n rili ’a oflivS of Hc.dico .v-s fbruurly be pi.
July •. ^
ANII-NOTES LOST!'!-I’tie follow
li 9 '"K iVO?'i'S wt i'e Hirwirdcd p*r m d, t«:
(•*in13vlt*i(»titu, by Messrs. M -Clure and Eljer ol
CDi ksx'ill.*, T« imrsite, viz:
A S KK) No 854, Bank of Virginia, lVlfriburj;
Ulliec, 6 July, I885
C 100 800, Do. n Do
7 May, 1 zJS
The first halves of the shove Notes, wr re »ei t
MiclunrJ in n It tier *o Samuel Chi swell, under
late ot the lltli December, 18o9, and ilulv le
eived. The second halves were sent on the 18.ii
Dec 1809, but were not Icccixed.
A }■) 100 No 18’ 2 ll.inlt ol Vinr 14 March 18'19
8 100 198, do 2«1 October, 1809
I he first halv es o! the above notes were seni to
Robert Smith & Co in’a letter dared the 11 th
December, 1809, and were duly received—-The
■cuoml halves, sent oil the 18.1 Dec. 1809, but
lot >vcei v eJ
I S 10 No. 4189, U S Dink Charleston nfScc.
30d»Ju , 1897.
A 20 4322, Virginia Dank
9 d y. tbo9
A 20 2427 do. do. •-.
* 11 April*, 1805
Sent the above to Samuel and S. Jackson, 5»!i
funitary, 1809—Not rut. nor received by them.
8 s0 No 795, Dank of Virginia, May 10, 18d9
Sent John Morrel, 8 Jan 1810— not cut nor re
reived.
d S 100 No 1708, Batik of Virginia, March i J
1809
- 50 812, do Max 14. 1809
Sent to Jacob Massinger, 8Jan 1810—Notre
:cived
Fifty Dollars reward will he paid to any person
who will deliver tiie above BANK-NOTES, (or
II the same proportion for *..> part ol them) to
Messrs. Robert Smith 0“Co of Philadelphia, or to
.he subscriber in Richmond.
M. \V. HANCOCK.
juiyJ5_ 8 xv
MADE IK V. WINE, heliexeil to be ol the ve
1 y best qualit)—>or sale by the Pipe or
Hogshead.
GIBSON £> JEFFERSON
June 19. _ , tf
i^IIE Subscriber intending in a few days to
leave this State tor Europe, gives notice
that Francis R Slrobl.i is ms atloriu y in f act to
transact his business in his absence.
THOMAS GILLIAT
June 8. 2m
A MILLER, who can come well reconi men
-1-A- ded, may ii id employment by application
to t!ie subscriber, 6 mites ’above Genito Ur dge
MART ME.JDK
Aim lia County, june 29 *1
JOHN T AY Lute's tine M , RLE ABLE EAR
IRON—The subscribe. expects a bout ioa
til it every day, and mipsiis 'o h-iVt* a coini.iuance
of constant supply—— nd t.icretore invites the
Smiths in this place and Peiersbuig, imil m tlie
Country, to make trial ot its qualit,', mat the mer
■v-, ^ w ..,1^ UaA
VI amchuhljj
N nlory on the B«s;n,
June 29. ,f
TT vV O or three Tou\t( Ludiet, (Cu.m the court
A lr>») whose paren-.s wisi. .liein benefited u>
any seima.iry of learning, in Richmond, m..y be
■ crnmni >' util wim EO.IRJJ, m a r. special.!.
lam F 11 particulars, apply m the Ednor ot
the Enquirer
*'■'*? 8 _ tf
\AJ 1J.L UE rvOEJ), at Hanover cou.t b ms
on tiie ioui tii W-ilmsday in mis montn,
”■ ,I,!* Cl,urt day —T ie 6j acres of LAND, eon
r«yeu oy deed of trust from Kioha u is Ann
mug and wife to us, for tlie purpose of secu
I'-tf a debt due to Pa. kr Street The trust deed
rears date tin- 3d of May, 18U8 and is ol i ceoui
n the cou:i ot tins coun y
A 2V Tlx 'JNT ST . E E T,
C F G JUDuLL
Hanover, July 6. ltI„
/V nv l'.K 1 1SEMEN r—Oil toe 18m Hay o
a- A. july next, .i fair, if not, the i.e.U Uiv day a
oe mansion house of the Jute Samuel Montagu
Joe il. m the low. rend ot E.sex County ; IV i
>e sold, to tlie (ugliest bidder, ah tiie PhKSUN
AH hit 1ATE «if the said dece lent, eonsistmi
i H..rSi'S, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Horses, 11 .u-e
Hold an.l Ivuehen turin ure, and Plantation U
leirols : six months credit w.h be allowed the pur
r.lasers, 1 ir all sums exceeding Pen Dollars oi
l.eir giving bond with approved security, to car
ry nteresi from the date, if not punctually paid
At the Sams time, w.ll he sold for ready money
fn,rty or forty Ukcly NEGRO SLAVES, coil
rAt.ngo, me.., women, boys and g. is. Any per
sons having money due him by replevy bonds
,;'e' utiuu Bond, or forth coming wind, will b.
mowed to purchase in discount thereof.
T , _ JOSEPH JANEY, Admtnistraor
Jl,,> 6_ t.ls
u
•n uie nrm
A. - onu«y m Aiigustnext.it being
Aloeniarle conn d \, if lair, if not, me
'■ 1 —W'.// £<• WJ, m Hie town of Uht
sviHf, tlie 'IaVUhN and appurtenances at
prestntoccupi.-d b>Cu|n. Triplet T
‘■V' 1°*"- \,3°> between C and 7 veres oi /. w,
-ming s.„d luwn, on ine lulluwinj; ie, ,«*, lo
, °r‘r fo,'rt!' of t!lc purchase money to be paid on
oe In-M ol J ii'ii ,ry nex. : one fourth on tb. ls;
I 'unary, lbU ; one fourth on the 1st jniv
MIJ. .owl Ine remaining fourth on lot of J unary!
Uond, with approved security, and a dee.l
’* l‘1uno" ll;e p'opc'ty. Will be required of the
MircIUAur. 11.0 ..hove m-iitioucd property is so
p-'iicrally known, Inal a minute description of ,t
a thought unnecessary ; sutii e H lo s;,y, lilrtt
Me 1 avein is la.ge and comm aliotis and in good
e:.an, and not interior as a stand lo any in mt
J,.p' i Country Posa-s-non vv.ll be given on thb
Is. day of Ot toiler Undoubted bonds tits one
,e .r b-tore the two I .st instalments would b. r.
’Attf ll'J* <».<. i» for less
... JOHN \t. SHEPPARD
II nny person should be luclimd t„ .mren-.s.
be above property b> private contraft.-pphc
m may be m He to the suoscril.er ,n pm so,, or by
Cite: St Ins residence at S. otcli I own, li ,„ovci
:ounty.
II a sale should not be made, t' c above Pro
JCNy Will be lor rent or lease, a* may he a*, , ed
!k>°- *
iT?" CAVALllY OHDEKS »
T"E /,76// l/OA'Zj V7. OOP w.ll mutter or
Uu ir usual ground, ... rV.mel c„.is, with
im halter* or <al.ce«,o.» VV.dne.day evenin.Ml.c
bib instant, at 5 oVIork. J
HOB I . GAMBLE, Cafu.
■ July 10« turn
B L A N R S,
ov rvr.ry Da ctiriinv,
JiOH 3Ajl.H AT Tills &TTJCM*
Is* BANIv OF VIRGINIA.
THE President and it r< cturj have this «lay
declared a dividend oT live per rent » it i!,e
c&nital slock I >r the list It .11 year, wit ch will he
P «id ti> the shareholders on appiicat: n at the bank
in person, or hv Itltarn \ il’ter t c lMh tost
JQtll? BHOCKKNBROUGH rath ter
pdv 3, _
SAI.E, a h. 'JUSJi Cf /.(J ’/’ on I*'*rrv
street, near CooUs's Ferry. 1 lie lot. is 40
feet in iVont, and 132 leet deep, having snlfi iem
room on the hack of it for a lumber house with
convenient access to it ’Tin a pleasant and de
sirable situation for a private f.tnidy, and rents as
w*'II *p any house in the city : a fu tiier descripti
on o| it is thought nnuecc-ss »ry, as it is |>resumi d
that no person will purchase without first viewing
i lie premises- For terms apply to J .n»e» Sea
br> • k, next dour above the Foil Office.
July 10.
tf
InVENTY DOLLARS UBWAKD EUo
til f*>m Mr J im ;s S.nit i, .• until tiie mill
cti«- «>4 M-v last, a slave, named ‘■'AVI, who hid
« mpl >v« d for several years past in that gen
1 Icman’s Duke- M vise
S A ’ is about t wenty four or five years of ge
low ol stature, and not very bulky ; of yontiifui
.ppvitrance, it il.uk complexion, a counurumce
wnli an incessant smde, approaching' to a grin,
and thereby discovers a fine set of teeth, wh-ch
he is not h little fond of shewing lie is slow of
speech, amt when sp. ken to t>u di nly or qui< k
•y. stammers and hesitates exceedingly—Mis
clothes not recollected.
Some time in August last, a note was given ?
loni by tlie Stioscrihcr, (who then wished to dis
pose of him,) to lookout for a purcltas -Ic
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, tin lerpieten -e of secKing a mas j
ter. endeavor thereby to efFcftt hts escape out of |
the State.
All masters of vessels and others are, there i
fore, forbid, at their peril, harboring or carrying '
him of]' " 8 J
The above reward will he given, anci all tea i
sonable charges allowed, if brought back m safe- |
ty to
JOHN KING
Richmond, July 10.
FROM THE N. Y COLUMBIAN
FO R EjYSJC E L (j Q UK ACE.
The following speech of Counsellor Sam/i
son is rccouum t.dcd to the reader us a ingu
finished specimen ol bur.el nju ncu.
On 'lie prosecution of Jumt-s Cheeiham, ‘
for a Lbel on Madam Bon ev.lie puonfch
ed in his Eije o; 1‘uinc the counst lor tlie
. li teller to- k two gi i-utuls of defence :
I l'1. Tiiut the tacts charged were true. !
• 2 i, T.i..t the defendant wa an Ifistonuti
•ami as such hail a right to puhli:..t wiiat he
| hud heard and believed, though it icflecied
i on an inn.-cent person.
| I h. first position was, after a contempti
•le t O' rt to support it. abandoned even by
the libeller's counsel. They were a>lut>n
sd ot it tlie ves Several lailies or die ,
first dis mctimi whose dutigluets uad been .
entrusted to he cure of inuduuie Bonne vide j
;to learn the French language appeared in
court, and testifi d to the unblemished cau
lacier ol mis umc . inj i cl female,
i 1 .e c u- sel lur Lite .tuellet ihcn hud te_
Cuuise to heir last ground, unci strenuously
maintained me pt inciple tlicy had laid dow n.
1 t»ey perhaps tell confidence m •hecouti,
.. in mai i.i i
, matfd in opinion favorable lo the new and
extravagant pretension sec up by a .ibel e
under til*/name of an /neiorian Nor wa
crus confid *»ct- mi placed. Mr. Kecok
UKit Hoffman diiecced the jury v.ii i.
j tuvy should b. of option that Mr. Clu eihum
; h.ul b;.en miormed of what lie w.i -.e, and
believed it, lie was justified, and that tho*
madareie Uonneville was an innocent woman,
j they were authorised to acquit Mr. Chen
j ham, lie also read the letter of a man by
the name <>1 Carver, as a justification of the
liheber, though his counsel had no. incnti_
oned it.
This monstrous doctrine, which leads to
the toial prostration of private reputation
it not to the dissolution of cm society, was
promptly rejected by tic jury, (although
: Composedot men of different political semi.,
meins) who returned in a tew minutes u
verdict of guilty.
The court, however, when the libeltei
came up the next day to iecen e Ins sentence,
Inguly commended the bool; which contain.,
ed ilie libellous publication, declared that it
tended toseive»he cause of religion, and
imposed no other punishment on the libelle ,
than the payment of 1J0 dnilai-8, wi.ii ndl
rtciion that the costs oe taken out of it!
Mr. Recorder Hoffman d -cs not belong to
what is called the Republican party in
America. ’
Mr. Sampson rose, with n full knowledge
of the peculiar opinion of the court, and ad
dressed an independent jury, in the speech
which follows.
Ma. SAMPHO/PS REPLY.
Gentlkjien of the jury,
. , , i •>« counsel who do
sert the d-.tence Finisii. d by cuutioni g you !
i “gains: the eloquent declamation ot his ..d
j vcrsaries, with what justice you can jinig..
Ii scare ly became him to do so, iKci lie and
Ills colleague had added to ettry practlt-i ,
resource hai skill and deep finesse i mild ,
oriel', a torrent 01 declamation, and a diqd iy
nt laiem wonhy a b« tie, cau^e. Far d.ll'er j
cut is ilie track 1 shall pursue ; and liii.e do 1 ]
they know me, who supp .se that I timid m |
any thing inmate an txau.ple s,» worthy to
'*® shunned. It wind little profit the pt-n„
rf Uk whose beliuit i now aj>jn:art or that
injured lady in defence of whose unsullied
honor i s.and forward, 10 mix her claim with
any subject foreign to her cause. The tat.
tl",8 language oi saucy eloquence, ttie loud
•udHCiotis i ant ol b, is crons words, would ill
Hccord with the sad Accents ot w. man's ten
dti ttoilows; with those ins ructions she
b ts gi'en, which are cotnuiands to me.——
II I could lay bvlore you the s lent anguish
<-l her g,let-worn sout, her wounded spirit
and her broken heart, 1 should be eloquent’
and el. quent enough
3ttt who is be that can describe the wounds
(that show not outwardly, but bleed within
Wiiicli art can never cicatrize nor time as
suage? \\ ho can relate the torme nts ot that
•imiiien- '.hen hi st site felt the Macke ofsud
tien desolation, and tot.ml the barbed i;r
row iii her heart ? She who st n,d spoilt
Delore (*od and man, who never had in word
»r deed offended. VVr.o s ught a refuge
ironi lurther evils oh your hospitable shores.
'V In had .in this obeyed the counsel of her
law.ul husband, and brought with her, as
!° "here law and justice reigned, one
halt ut tlu.se dear intanis whose love bound
them together by a common and mutual
Vile a,K* *>,aP^e<* l'le'r affections to a weary
Was it not enough to satiate ilvs cruel li
beller that he had scattered far and wide
, vtrnomecl shaits thiough ail this terrifi
ed community ? that he had carried discord,
pain, and son ow to every heart, poisoned
toe cup ot lnendship, troubled the social
boatd and noted m mischief ? that he had
spared no principle noparty.no viruit nor
no tt tend ? but must a v/retched female,whose
mem and itusiortune would command res.
J>tct from any but a savage, whose modest
h.c* and laudable endeavos to bo useful
'vere crmvued with approbation by those
whose confidence was toiler and to the w rid
a stamp of sterling worth ; was she t >o to
be dragged lrum mo lest privacy, to make ri
pan ia his obscene and blasphemous histo
ms . to he coupled with the celebrity of
i nomas Paine, and in whatever country of
the earth, whatever distant period of time
J et vo come, the searching eve of curiosity'
ul t. c keener sccut ul >c iml tl sliuuld fix im_
on this work, which he calls history, and I
cad villainy, emblazoned as the guilty hero
ine of die odious tale, the stru npet of one
therein described lobe the fo.d~.a a.„i
tmluest or men *
But what is strange to me, who am not
\eistd iu secret history, who mecfdlt* lutle
wnU the hidden springs of others’actions,
oi Uie unseen motives ,hat bring m\ sterinus
things to light, is this, that this man should
) *d to justily this crime, the eloquent tongues
winch so very lately had depicted him as
the most scurrilous and monstrous libeller
that ever suffered from offended justice._
i hat any man could countenance such acs
1 unis lament; that honest men should do
u with sucti seal, l am pained to see But
wn.ti these honorable gentlemen !ta\e done,
is but perhaps a course which their pro
fession warrants. Perhaps within them
sehes they are contented, because they
iiimk til at while they maw a proud dis
phi> ot talent, it is impossible cruel success
or irjis- vicory cun follow. S> they
may icav.ii with thi ir consciences, bu< t
to. ce.h them well enough to think that ii*
their hearts they would despise the verdicts
thu crowned ifieir efforts
ldo not envy hem their cause. al'hougU
. ' t-‘ nuen it ir, more easy and more
igm to sport silt topics when the heart is
dee and where deie.at itseif bungs plet
s . e wi !i it, h;m to wield ;l cause in wh.cli
to lad ,v. u d b- to suffer, not the Uv.'rmor
tiiicaii..., m being vanquished in a g-me of
**" V In * c situl piquant cltjf’c ion
t'it tffl e s the b< nest mind, wlitn Crime
■Kid insolence ob a,ns a triumph over hu
rti >4 : y # 1
Tl,e confidence with which this cause
'mis opened m you, t|.e effrontery with
wruen he whei stands accused c me 'orward
in the sanctuary f the law mjustify a now
•cknowledg 1 libel and a falsehood, bv scan
. s'1” more at roc i a.s ..ud more ba.efaccd
wi n compu' g i'-o s who would witiiin lme
t'- • veais p rat have spoiOed him tiom them
8 rind to hespr ak In I shall never name
--Inc thought is sh cki ,g to an honest
om.d ; may heaven avert such shame from
all t,f us !
I*oi me, I find all words so poor to paint
he sense I Ittveof such injustice that if I
thought it possible that this man’s co,-.fide c®
was grounded in the favor of anv «.t nis
fudges. I should resolve to sit me down
0 niimeiul the lady’s cause in silen: prayer
1 . Leaven, and trust to him whose ways
are mcrcPul to compass her with Ids benign
projection. Indeed to him alone she now
must look. I >r consolation, fur man can give
her little, Mid rrpa.-uti- n she cm nevei h *ve
nor peace ihis side ‘he g ave Already has
her sad celebn.y fi wn to he furihes' cor
,,cr,,Iinc «*■■••»» ; already lias the wanton
calumny reached those distant friend-. >vh ; «
kind remembrance* were a'l he bl „ foe
'i id reserved for lier She feels'heir an
gmsli added tn her own. She cannot name
■ie father of her children : if she does, me
"ouSb< hke ligh uing fl ishesnnher mind,
t tat her once tender name iS no* reproach
ml. She cannot cast n lo< 1: of mo her s love
upon her innocent infants, bur the k^en hit a.
snoots through her coul. that they arc stig
m itizt d m history whh infamv and bastar
dy. blightod and blasted in their dawn c£
Lite.
In every other grief than that which thin
hiHtonan has inflicted m, her. the innorent
h id comfort; for innocence in a'l oth»r
W!"' GS against all other strokes of mtin’s
njos ice or oppression is as evenfold shield.
. a mi where woman's honor is as-tailed.—
Suspicion there is wm-e than death itself;
I istiiai shame to which the chaste Lucre
:i.i. rather than seem consent mg. preferred
0 phi' gi- a dagger in |,ei hean ft j, that
or whim alone tliv innorvn w fe ofCscuir
'vas repudiated. Ill- man who dan * at..
*ick it, is of II o'.iier criminals tlie g«eatZ
581 • II hr he nut i traitor, it is fm this
•me, ih .i he is worse. For many a man
las suffered as a traitor, whom utter ages
uve r'veien and honored. Rut never wan
IK w, ° I,-‘l ''«* cloven foot up. u a woman’s
1 'tvo w nth’ 'll" n 1 »• of r„ |,|.
[Hcie the (It endant rose and cla med
ir p III c mi ot the c un. not s. ninth
vth a desire t<» prevent the range of d o
griiioiis coiinvi I, as to prevent lie ut-er
mce of pei»tsia).ties, that it w.„ild not |*»
a tight prudent perhaps to icpcat out ot
lourt
Wliil.t the defendant was addressing 'he
: >nrt, the Counsel calmly udvai.o.d <»id r»k
ng a pinch of si off, mrdrs'ly observed i . t
ha he was don g now w;-., in court, and
vrut w as ti *n- (lore nut of court was not u h«r
tlked of I ere. i hen poioiing tu the do*
« ndai.t, and caving :4 significant lo< k titmn
um. he proceeded j
This unnghteoiis man h*s by this ve/r