The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-25 00:00:00, page 4

VARIETIES,
Liyikaiy and Philosophical.
CFrom the London “ Monthly Magazine,”
ybr Sc/iteniber and October iSOV.J
Dr. BncwmK, of Edinburgh, lias invented a
new gnomiomelricul telescope, fc microscope, f^r
measuring the angles of crystals by reflection, &.
for ascertaining the inclination of strata, and the
apparent magnitude of angles, when the eye is
not placed at me vertex.
The same gentleman has also invented an in
strument for determining distances at one stati
on, without measuring a base, without a porta
ble baise being attached to the instrument, or
without knowing the magnitude of the object,
the distance of which is to be ascertained. A
long base is actually created by the instrument,
•without meaning it; and the distance is obtuin
ed upon a principle, which, as fur as is known,
has never been employed in trigonometrical in
struments.
A few years since, Messrs. Foukchoy and
VAv<tuiLix remarked, that a concrete su
gar, or manna, exuded from the receptacle of the
flowers of the politic dwarf rosebay (~Rhododen
dron fiontievm J M. Bose has recently observ
*d it afresh, and presented to the National In
slitute some grains of this substance, collected
from the receptacle of the fruit, several of which
were about 8-10 of a line in diameter. Their
taste and appearance do not differ perceptibly
from the purest sugar-candy ,* but it is necessa
ry to be upon oiir guard against thi3 appearance,
on account of the deleterious properties suspec
ted in the plant. This manna, according to M.
Bose, is dissolved during the night by the mois
ture of the atmosphere, melted in the cloy by the
heat of the sun, and does nut exude from plains
of a vigorous vegetation. These are the reasons
Why it is so seldom seen. Plants growing in
pou, and sheltered from the dew, us well as
from the sun, are most likely to furnish it —
The grains above mentioned, were collected
from a plant, in which all these circumstances
united.
To the methods that have beer, suggested for
improving common alum* by freeing it from the
iron which it contains, Mr. Segiun has added a
new one, founded on the different solubility of
puie alum, and alum mixed with iron. He dis
solves sixteen parts of common alum in twenty
four of water, crystallizes, and thus obtains four
teen parts of aliun, equal to the Roman, and
two nearly equal to that of Liege. This *i recess
might be employed in the manufacture of alum,
ao as to obtain at first an alum worth one third
more than in its impure state.
The fourth part of Vo n Humboldt’* 1; Bon
vland’s Travels, will contain, in two quarto
volumes, the astronomical observations, irigo
nomelrical operations, an4 barometrical mea
sures——Mr. Von II. has thought that It
would be most satisfuctoi j to give the whole
of the original observations, that it may be
seen what degree of confidence the results de
Ji_1 i*_ .1 _ i ....
•• Vlll ir.LIM VSV. ULI A * It Litll UlUUUIIa
have been made by M. Olt'.nanus, from tWe best
tables. The magnetical observations, with an
examination of them, and of those of Cook, Van
couver, and other able astronomers, by Biot, will
occupy the second volume. As such a number
of figures must be a considerable time printing,
the latitudes and longitudes of various places,
deduced from astronomical observations, have
been published in a separate tract in Latin.
M. Bott a, a member of the Legislative Bo
dy, already known by Ills Flora MeJicale di Cor
fu, has just completed in Italian, the History of
the American War. This work, which will form
about six octavo volumes, is distinguished for
perspicuity, fidelity and impartiality. It likewise
possesses the very rare merit of being written in
the purest style, and forcibly reminding the lo
vura of the Italian language, of the beauties of the j
w riters who flourished in the age of Leo X.
The Phelloplastic Cabinet of M. S r am a tv j
has been for some time exhibited at Baris. It
conaiBts of representations in cork, of the most
.important and curious monuments of ancient
Rome, and the south of France. Nothing is so
favorable for representing ruins as cork; its co
lour aitd the inequality of its pores, heighten the
illusion : but it is very difficult to cut, and works
so delicate as M Stamaty’s require infinite pa
tience. That artist has spent twenty years in
executing the articles which lie is now exhi
biting. TItey exceed forty : among which the
great Pantheon of Agrippa, now the Church of
the Rotunda at Rome ; the Tower of Pisa, with
eight rows of columns, inclining 7j fathoms
the Triumphal Arch of Septimius Severus : that
of Constantine ; the Pont du Gard, with three
rows of arches ; the Maison Carres of Njsmes,
tic. &c. deserve particular notice.
The female zebra, which was one of the prin
cipal ornaments of the Menagerie of the Garden
of Plants, .died suddenly, after an attack of the
cholic of two hours. This loss, which it will be
very difficult to repair,Is the more to lie regret
ted, as hopes were entertained that she would
produce in due time, the offspring of a new cross
of her species, with a Lapland horse. The fe
male mongrel, obtained from her former copu
lation with an Etrurian ass, continues lively, and
promises the inquisitive naturalist a source of
new observations.
The art of printing from stone, continues to
be practised with g eat success. At Stutgard
a printing office has been established for the more
extensive application of this invention. The en
graving of music is tfie chief branch to which it
has hitherto been directed.
Baron Luigendojit, well known for his!
travels, has invented a machine, by means of
■which a person may exist under water, with- I
out fear of being drowned.-It is a kind of
cuirass, which allows the body to assume every
possible position, and which is expected to he
extremity useful in saving persons in danger of
bring drowned. The police of Vienna hav/pur
chased a considerable number of these mummies,
with the view of asristing in bringing up drown
* ••um »* *i ii .mini ut me ij.imiue.
M. HokfI a ns ego, is emnfoyed upon a splen
did work, on the plants of Portugal uiul Brazil.
It will surpassed by few in elegance and ex
pence. The author has devoted the sum of for
ty thousand crowns to the purpose of this pub
lication ; each copy of which will cost one hun
dred gid!i':'K ; and yet the cost is auid to be near
ly already provided tor by subscriptions. The
JEmperor of Russia tics subscribed far sixteen co
pies.
Tbs literary world, who have so justly regret
ted the loss of the celebrated AoeluIO, at the
moment when he was engaged in finishing his
Mitlirtdai.es, will doubtless learn with pleasure,
that the fitiit of hi v labors will not be lost. Ilia
plan was to give an analytical sketch of all lan
guages, both ancient and modern, divided into
classes and families. 1) -ath snatched him away,
while th« first volume, comprehending the Asi
*tic languages, was nt press. Those who have
read that astonishing performance, for which the
author had engaged the assistance of one of the
most learned oriental scholars of Germany, can
not forbear paying a jit.il tribute of admiration,
not only to the erudition which it displays, but
•Iso to the Sagacity and discernment with winch
the author ban arranged Ins materials. He there
gives his opinions respecting the origin ofthehu
man race, the cradle of civilization, which he
plane* in Upper Ail*, the I • •■« ...•*•< - of the E st,
Ike. The second volume i*. tucontsi i all the Eu
ropean Urgiuj. s, •divided Into s'X principal fa
milies. All that r. lit».h lo that.which he deno
minates C-*»tie<>.C. liio-Ci.ibi ic, composing ,nx
she- ta, was primed oil before the author’s oeath.
lie hutunat' ly lir e! time to chttre H worthy as
si am to finish In., work, hi Pr.tfuw.r V* rgii,
t*r U d’.e, t . whom Ai.su 4 . hairs have faith
f'P’y irsnsmitti >.l In* Hi.iiuMcriylA Among the
male rial.* intend- d f -r toe second volume, hivs
bttvii isjaivl *11 liic psuUcuUi'i cunc€*;iinL
■'j #
Gaelic language, with wliich'ApELUtiG was litr
nislied by James Macdunalu a others rela
tive to the ScLvonian l»ngu <gcs, supplied bv the
learned DoaxswzKt; and ethers ou the Hun
gariult language, by Professor Hu mi. Upon the
whole, there is asullicienry of materials for the
European languages, witti the exception, per
haps. of the primitive Greek, on which Ade
Lvkg’i Uesearches have not thrown much more
lijf*»t, than those his predecessors. The third
and fourth volumes will he occupied with the
language of America, and the South Sea Islands.
It is in this part, as may In: easily conceived.
tliat^A dklu nc’i manuscripts arc most defici
ent ; but the puidic will learn w:U> so much more
pleasure, that M. Von IIumboT u r, in order to
supply it ns much as pos il»le, has generously
transmitted to his friend. Professor Vater,
all his manuscripts relative to the languages of
America.
A correspondent of Nicholson's Journal, has
discovered a process for obtaining front ginger,
an acid, which lie proposes to call zingiberic. One
ounce of the best white ginger was infused two
or three days, in six ounces of nitrous acid ; af
ter which, rather more than an e»pi d quantity of
water was added, and the whole was kept at
the heat of 212°, adding water to supply the loss
by evaporation, till the nitrous smell had di*.Ap
peared. Carbonate of lead was then added to
saturation, and the solution filtred ; afier which
the lead was precipitated by sulphuric acid, and
a second filtration was made. By evaporating
the filtred liquor, an acid similar in appearance to
short while pieces of raw siik, was obtained,
which oxidates zinc and iron, mid dissolves pot
ash, soda, uml ammonia, barytes, stronlian, lime,
magnesia, and thc\>xides of zinc, iron, load and
copper. The zingiberic acid differs from the
sulphuric, sulphurous, carbonic, oxalic, tartarou i,
citric, mucous, succinic and camphoric acids, in
forming a soluble salt with barytes and lime ;
from the nitric, nitrous, muriatic, acetic, acetous,
sehacic, malic and prussic, by remaining in the
solid form at 212w ; from the benzoic, and sube
ric, by its greater solubility ; and it does not, like
gallic acid, precipitate copper of a brown color.
Mr Wili.iam Curtis, of the Botanic Gar
den, Brompton, has been rewarded by the Socie
ty ot Arts, for his valuable application of the
Long White Moss of the Marshes ('Sphagnum
palustre, Linn) to the packing of young tree*
for exportation. This is done by squeezing out
part of the moisture from the moss, and laying
courses of it about three inches thick, interposed
with other courses of the trees (previously shor
tened in their branches and roots) stratum above
stratum, tilt the box is filled, when the whole
must he trodden down, and the lid properly se
cured. The trees will wunt no care, even du
ring a voyage often or twelve months ; the moss
being wonderfully retentive of moisture, and
seeming to possess an antiseptic property, which
totally prevents fermentation, or putrefaction. In
fact, vegetation actually proceeds during the time
the trees remain inclosed ; shoots .being formed
both Irom the brandies and roots, which, howe
ver, are blanched and tender, for want of light
ami air, to which the trees consequently require
to be gradually inured. This moss is very com
mon in most parts of Europe and America, which
renders the application more easy, and,the disco
.... J lOMl.
M. LnjfORMASD has succeeded in producing
a fine colorless varnish with copal. As all copal
is not fit for this purpose, and to ascertain such
pieces as are good, each must he taken separate
ly, and a single drop of pure essential oil of rose
mary, not altered by keeping, i»ust be let fall on
it. Those pieces which soften at the part that
imbibes the oil, are good; reduce them to pow
der, which silt through a very fine hair sieve, ami
put it into a glass, on the bottom of which it must
not lie more than a fingers-Oreadth thick. Pour
upon it essence of rosemary to a similar height;
stir the whole for a few minutos, when the copal
will dissolve into a viscous fluid. Let it stand
for two hours, and then pour gently on it tv.o or
three drops of very pure alcohol, which distribute
over the oily mass, by inclining the bottle in dif
ferent directions with a very geu.le motion. Re
peat tiiin operation by little and little, till the in
corporation is effected, and the varnish reduced
to a proper degree of fluidity, it must then be
left to stand a few days, and when very clear be
decanted off. This v:. r ish, thus made without
heat, may be applied with equal success to paste
board, wood, and metals, and takes a better po
lish than any other. It may be used on paintings,
the beauty of which it greatly heightens.
M. Cuvier has published a brief description
of a bird produced by a swan and a goose She
laid nine eggs, ami began to hatch them, but only
one living bird was obtained. On quitting the
shell, this young one differed very little from a
gosling ; it was covered with a yellowish down,
with a dark olivo tint on the back, neck, and
head. The upper inaudible of the bill was black
except the point, where it was white ; and the
lower was orange-coloured. The feet were also
of the latter colour, and disprOportionably large ;
the circle of the iris was brown, and tne eyelids
yellow. The only change which it has since un
dergone is in its size, which considerably ex
ceeds that of the mother, though it bears a much
greater resemblance to her than to the swan.
M. Fouunieu has invented an apparatus fpr
determining with precision, the quantity of spirit
contained in any liquid, to which he gives the
name of alconometer, or acnometer. This inslru
ment is composed of a glass tube, six or seven
inches long, and placed vertically upon a cap of
copper, and having a graduated bar of the same
metal attached to its centre. At the place where
the bar enters the tube adjusted to its base, there
is a screw, by which it is hermetically closed, &
which prevents the liquid to be analized from
spilling. This little apparatus stands upon three
legi ; at the foot is a lamp with spirit of wine,
placed under the copper cap, and direr" ly beneath
tiie bar, to heat it quickly. On one of the legs is
a moveable ferrule, with a damper, for the pur
pose of moderating at pleasu. c, the action of the
flame, and thus preventing the liquid in the tube
M Fa vieb, having remarked that black truf
fles are principally uvei with in the vicinity of
oak an 1 chesimt trees,__and even found this highly
esteemed species in soil formed entirely of the
fragments, of those astringent vegetable *, lias
made the experiment of planting potatoes in
trenches prep »red with tan and earth, disposed in
alternate strata of about two inches each. These
potatoes, when dug no, were LUck, and tasted
very much like truffles. He imagines, that in
this manner the quality of those roots m^lit, in
two or three years, be so far changed as to give
them the exact taste and appear slice of trufiles.
'The.following method of preserving grapes in
given in a French journal : Take a cask or barrel
inaccik* ible to the external air, end put into it a
laver of bran dried in an oven, or of ashes well
dried and sifted. Upon this place a layer of
; bunches of grapeo well cleaned, and gathered in
the afternoon ot a dry day before th-y are per
fectly ripe Proceed thus with alternate layers
of bran and grapes, till the barrel is full, taking
cat o that the grapes do not touch each other, and
to let the Inst layer ho of bran ; then close the
j b irrej, so that the air may not lie able to pene
trate, which is an essential point. Grapes thus
packed will keep sine, or even twelve month ;
To restore them to iheir freshness, cut the end of
the stalk of car i bunch of gapes, and put that of
white grapes into white w;ne, and that of the
black grapes into red wine, as you would put
flowers into water, to revive or to keep them
fresh.
M. rAnvtNTisn, whose labours are always
directed to seme useful end, has made public a
new method of preparing the extract of opium,
which appear* f*r superior to all those hitherto
known. It takes from that substance the amen
by which it is distinguished, and which is at
wajs in proportion t.» ii* nin' gnant qualities. Tins
mat met ui p.cpmi ng 24 ounces of opium is as
follows : Macerate in rain-water fob fhe days ;
then boil for n qnmrtcr of an hour with two pourd :i
of pulverized charcoal.; strain, and fclarifv w'.J.
wltite of egg, and, by a auit-il.de evaporation, you
will obtain twelve ounces of extract.
From the Neva-Hcmpol.ir c Patriot.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
Within a few weeks, Benjamin Franklin
Stick ney, of Bow, bus discovered and opened
a large body of Iron One it* the northern part
of the township of Cheater, ne.tr Merrim ic river,
about a mile above iallc-Hooksett Falla, atul a
bout tbc same distance from the great falls or.
Sttncook river.
The county nad from Chester to Pembroke
passes a part of the vein known by the name of
Brown's Hill. Mr. Stickney- (the present pro
prietor of the ore) has proposed giving this hill
the name of Mount Maks,* that the name
may be expressive of its contents.
This ore is of the argillaceous kind, and por
Imps the richest ore of that kind ever discover
ed ; and, from the present appearance, the quail
tity is inexhaustible : it has been known for some
time that there was Iron ore deposited mining
the earth at the discharge of springs that issuerl
Iron* this hill, and it has been examined as such
by a mineralogist ; but the connected muss lying
in a regular vein of more than -i fuart-lredyard* wide
w.»s not noticed till explored by Mr" Stukney.
There is u considerable part of this o"** covered
with a mass of ealredony*, .but more of it with a
beautiful white felspar, of what the. Chinese cal!
Petunui -j- In some places the ore in entirely tin
covered. Considerable part of tk* caloed-mv
and felspar has a thin covering of earth, and a
mong this earth sre many blocks of handsome
juspur, red striped and spotted.
Where the vein has been opened, the ore lies
in rugged sistose about a foot thick, and between
the layers a beautiful red ocherotic eartli, from
one to three inches thick and extremely fine, ex
cept a few grains of spar interspersed in various
parts of it ; and indeed the principal gang of the
ore is a variety spar. Such parts of the ore as
contain little or no soar may be easily munufar..
lured into any of the shades of yellow or red
j ochre ; the ore being simply pulverized makes a
■ iine yellow, and by tbe proper management of
fire, aU deeper shades of y ellow, may he had,
I with all the shades of red and even to a brown.
The vein runs about north east and suu.h west.
I The southeastern ski.- is connected with a coarse
I granite, on a straight line ; but the northwestern
side is so much covered with earth, that it is im
possible at present to know with what it is con
nected.
This body of ore is very fortunately situated in
tbe midst of surrounding forests of wood suita
ble for coal; neat* excellent waterfalls, and by
the side of the Merrimac, the principal dept n
dance of New-Hatr.pshire for boat navigation ;
by which a great part of the nation might be
supplied with iron (if it were required) with but
little land carriage.
* 'Fhe ancients, who knew hut s*vrn metals,
named them from the seven planets, which were all
they were then acquainted with, except the earth
we inhabit. Among the names, Iron received that
of Mat s
f Of Fetunsi, with a white clay they call Kao
lift, the Chinese make their porcelain or China
ware.
rnOM THE SIW-VORK COLUMBIAN.
THE TORTOISE.
Defence of cur Harbcur and City.
Cf all the plans suggested for thi.s great end,
one which has not yet been published sceins de
serving of particular attention. It is the inven
tion oi Councellor :>ami>son, and is a fresh proof
ot the extent anti versatility or his inventive pow
ers. Its simplicity, which by some would b*: a
reason for undervaluing it, is to men of solid
judgment its greatest recommend;.lion.
It is nothing more than a large scow, which
may be made of the commonest material-', and
i® t<> carry a battery of 20 or 3d cannon of 42ibs.
calibre.
It is so flat that the troops who embark in it
can march on board, and proceed with arising
tide in the course of two hours towards its des
tination.
It is so low that the shot from a ship cf war
can seldom, tc but by the greatest chance, strike
it.
It may occasionally use sails, but at all tim«s
be put in motion by paddles or wheels inserted in
a groove in a central line from stem to stern,
which can be worked by the hands employed to
fight the enemy.
It is in form cf a tortoiseshell, as to its edge Si
circumference ; so that if any bull should stiike
‘it, it must either glance over or under ; it is there
fore shot proof.
Every shot from it will, if tolerably directed,
taka effect upon a ship, owing to the height of her
sides, while it presents scarcely any surface vul
nerable to her fire.
It can move in silence and unperceived in the
night ; and being too low upon the water to be
perceived at any distance, may give the first
notice of its approach by a terrible broadside.
It is so constructed that either end may go
foremost; and .‘.s direction be changed without
delay.
It may he made to hold as good a wind as a
frigate, by mear j of .occasional lee-boards, and
be made to turn with the greatest dispatch by
two Cliine-e-rndders, one in each end, which
when put in contrary directions will work to the
same end.
It may be provided if necessary with furna
ces for healing shot, and with other means of
assailing.
ii wm not require ir.e skiu oi many educated
seamen. A lew of the officers, known by their
brave deeds on tfie Barbary coast, will be able
to do their country a utill more noble service, by
this new-invented mode of humbling the pride of
the invaders of our sea-shores.
The same hard hands who to day hold the
..lough, in ty to morrow cover their urows with
glorious laurels.
This unarliUoial mode of defence against those
terrible ministers of wrath, (ships of war) wiii
appear more consistent with its design, it it be
considered that this battery has but one single
pur ose, the fdiips of war having many.
The man of war must ha built to. sail fast, to
endure long, to contain much provisions, ammu
nition and stores, to cross the ocoaa and resist the
tempests ; and with all the complexity of n, -
chanism necessary to attain such various ends,
is not lor the purpose of an action in smooth wa
ter half so etrici- i,' a battery as this plain contri
vai ce, which if it answers one tingle purpose is
as good as if it possessed ail the other qualities,
which in Ihe only needful case render it by so
much the mo.e inconvenient, vulnerable and in
efficient.
When we know that a gun is equal to a gun of
equal metal from whatever scaffolding it may
fire, such a project ns this is sun ly preferable to
that of sinking islands in the sea h>r the purpose
of mounting a few cannon, to remain there till
the object of the attack h* brought within their
reach j whereas this lie ..mg machine can either
remain at a station, or pursue its enemy wherever
lie may take his position.
If this tortoite c be made to go one-th'rd or
one-fourttl as fast as a ship sails, it will he... ways
enabled to quit her when necessary for any pur
pose, by going right to windward and leaving
her to l*e».t aher it in vain
Tlu comparative expense will be much as a
, tingle button is to a suit of clothes.
'i he expedition with which such machines
could Iks conttructthl is another reason for then
adoption in the present crisis.
*. i
i "The gunwale being sloped hi fi*rtn rf p ffttch, •
! and there he »r no port-holes, the gnus w it ne
cn iiurSette, anfl may be mounted wit't parallels.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
The Marquis oT Ijin^dupne, who died at Ids
house in H* rK« ley square, on Ttn*«day evening,
was loiijr ufilifted with n malady, which is gene
rally denominated the liver complaint. He was
> horn Dec. 9. 1/65 i succeeded Ids ti.theF. tbe
first marquis., on the 7di of M»v,> 1805, and on
the 27th of the sun* month was iVveried**
•o Indy Gi/lbrd, bv whom he has I it no issue.
He is succeeded "by his brother bu d Henry Pet
ty, who is now marquis!of Lansdowne, earl of
Wycombe—The late muq iia- was tor in any i
j month* in a declining »tale of health. In the j
auUNiin of the present ye ir, by the advice of his |
medical attendants, he was preparing to embark j
Tor Lisbon, to try the effect of the temperature of |
the atmostphere ofthat country. Previously to j
his intended departure lie visited his f.vociu
Castle nt South unptnn, and finding himself daily
getting better, he abandoned his intention of go*
ing to Portugal.
PURSUANI .a a «'»»cree ol Caroline County
Court, in th<- name of the Legatees of Ed
j mund June*, duc'cl &c. against the Administrator
with the Will annexed, of tint said Jones, dec'd.
Sic. Will he sold, on Frid.y the 23d day of F
bruary, to the highest bidder, on t> :lve months
credit, at. Charles Tod’s Tavern, in Caroline
County, seven Negro 51. AFES, belongi:ig t«» the
estate of the said Jrenrs. Bonds with approved
sucurtly will he teqniivd of the purchaser t, in
manner as directed by to- said decree. All who
have claims against the said estate are requested
to exhibit them outlie day of sale to the Aumi
nUtrutor.
BV THE COMMISSIONERS.
January 18 v.'3\v1f
BAT TERSE A P A PER MILl.S.-Those who
wish to encourage the manufactures ot their
own state are inform, il, that they can oe suppli.
td with Paper Manufactured in Petersburg, in
uuy quantities.
* PRICES AS FOLLOWS:
Fine Letter Paper Vellum, £> 4 75
Do. do. Laid, 4 50 Aj
•Fools Cap No. 1. 4 37J 3
Do. No 2. 3 37J -
Do. No. j. 3 125 v y
Folio Post Vellum, 9 50 ('•
Do. Laid, 9 S
Fine Printing Medium, 5 50 2
Do. 4 50 ?
Excellent Wrapping Paper, 1 12\J
0? A liberal discount made to wholesale pur
chasers.
Orders for any of the above qualities, address
edto the subset:i>ers, executed at the shortest
notice.
BANISTER Cr Co.
Auguat 4. wtf
John Hastings, nurseryman, g ir.
DENER, SEEDSMAN & FLORIST, has
ron e.ylk, Apple, Apricot, Nectarine, JJl.iml>,
I'car. Reach and Cherry "Trees of the v< rv best
sort"—Also, Gooseberry C- Currant Bushes, with
a numerous variety of Shuubs and Plants of
the most rare kind.
Catalogues of the above may he seen at Fitz
whyltonn and Potter’s, Richmond, who w ill punc
tualty attend to any orders left with them
. Ar R. FmwHYLSONN f> Potter, h*v.* just
received a smalt assortment of fresh G iR.
DEN SEEDS.
January 20 S3 tv
'll T ANTED as a Teacher in an Academy,
» V a Gentleman possessing a classic it know
ledge of the French Language. A native s-T
France would he preferred, should he happen to
be suffi ieiilly acquainted with the English
tongue. 11, beside, his informaticn in any otl. r
language or in any of t!.e arts and sciences u,u.
ally taught in academics, be such as would qua
lify him to give instruction, lie shall he cons Mi r
ed, on that account, as entitled to further remu
neration.
Application to be made to the Printer ; or let
i ters post paid and addressed to E—n i, will be at
j tended to.
January SO.___ w4w
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
j T> AN—AW A V, fro m the Substriber, in the city
I J-*- °f Richmond, on the 2Oth of October lost, a ,
j Negro Man named BILLY, supposed to be about I
i Jive,feet nine or ten inches high ; stout, well made,
| a little bow-leged, has a Jull face ; ubout twenty
i years of age ; it-as put chased of Cyrus Curtis of
| Northumberland County ; was raised in Lance.,ter
j County, on the Curritoman plantation by :>lr. Car
[ ter ; he is called by the negroes of that place, wait
i i’gman Billy : he is well acquainted at Shirley, on
j fames River, where it is likely he is lurking at this
time.
I J will give the above reward if secured in jail
i in t/u9 i.itj •/ Richmond, or sixty dollars if sc .i
j red in any jail in ihe state of Virginia, and i. for
j m i:ion given to foseph Carter, of Richmond, or
i fohn IVinn, of Charlottesville.
TIIOS. WINN, Jr.
October 27.,_
NO a ICE.—Mr. John M. Syme having made
provision for the payment of Ids debts, and
those also for which lie is bound for his father, it
is requested that all such creditors should make
their respective demands known to us, or one of
us, on or before the first day of February next, at
which time the second payment for the land, sold
for that pur|Rise, becomes due. Giving tins no
tice, we shall not consider ourselves bound to p;<v
interest alter we receive payment for the land, as
the money will he kept lor the creditors.
All such creditors us have liens upon the Hew
Castle Land, cither by deed or judgment, aie re
quested to give us information thereof.
BF.Nf.iMIN OLIVER, Jr.
WILL! iM CUNNINGHAM,
SAMUEL RICHARDSON.
Hanover Town. J mu ar y 1,3 todm
GARDEN SEED of European Growth—Im
ported by Grant Thnrborn of Now York,
and for sale by Win. We t & Co. at their Ap.»
thecary’s shop near the market—the seed offer
ed for sale may he relied on as fresh, and of the
last fall’s importation.
Juitury 13._ wtf
r P ^ SUBitGlilHK U gives Notivc. that w Ci
ll a view to tlic education of bis own Children,
he has determined to remove his fa.oily to the
City of Richmond.— He has rented tiic House a',
present occupied by the Chancellor, and pi oriol
es taking 10 or J2 young boys or girls into hia fa
mily as boarders.
H • pledges himseli’lh'it the most rigid nttenlt
on sh ill be paid to the morals and gem rul v»d
|*r® of such as may be committed to iiis care.—
i he situation lie has chosen is high and lierUhy,
and sufficiently convenient to tint Academy. He
expects to be in readiness to receive boarders by
the 10th of January ; in the mean lime any com
rr.itnications on liiis subject may Le addressed to
I him at Columbia.
I His price fur hoard is $ 120 per annum 5 one
i 'bird to be paid in advance, one third In six
! months, and tho balance at the end of the year,
each boarder (hiding sis bed.
no. A PLUS. I
IVr*«mHer 12. ' wSw y,^
N(j riCi: -—All persons indebted to the e-tatr
of Josiaii Wright, deceased, are rcyicst.:!
; to c ome forward ami pay their reaper..ivc ac
! counts to Uie subscriber—Those h-ilng cuinn.
I against the cs'.,«te arc rcrjM isted to bring forward I
; tiieir wcc<> 1 us properly .lutlicmicated, io
AilKAH/i.n , !J...V
I January 4. f
' s
AI.’.KY, “f'v York, nos*, rt »
A > pectflllly inform « y «♦ I dh*s of i ic’.HII ...d
aud its vicinity, th. i h-isjuH rvhbliihi «■ j. i,.r
dies Sim Mar.’ rtoroiiv a few ilo s below
(lie Bell Tavern *o<A next door to S. PI. •sauts's
Ht»ekS‘or»*—It* i .son band nn elegant assort
'd. nt of Kid and M(»**t>con SA‘ ISi', gre« n, ivd,
’>Dck, *ri. '**, tea and buff. All of the m< t fashi
onnMr colr>u,‘’i.
K. H Tin>3-* lad!*** who would wish to lu*,e
* l.eir sliiies made nt tii-u>.>«t fashionable ii,'’<1i*,
will please in call as above. All orders wih lie
•.hmikfully received and immediately aUcd*rt
J on «>r twelve women v!ioe hinders will nu et
with employ meat by applying at the above place.
I .rnatv 13.__ 3.v
JOHNSON AND KEAT,
JR IVRL LR US If SIR VKUSMITHS ;
\ T the crescent sign, opposite tin E*gie-T;»
A A vein—Have just received an additional sup
ply of Artioi.es ill their line, (which with their
former stock will i-under their assortment very
Complete) consist of—
B-wi Ear-Kings. Ear-Kings Drops, lireast
Hr:s. Bi ’-elel# and Fr.igvr Kings.
Jet Hr. ast-Psns. Bracelets, E..r-Rings & Neck
laces, tortoise-shell Combs et the in>st approved
patterns.-,gold Watch-Chums, Seals and Key* of
the latest patterns, Ear-Kings, F’lig.r-Kn s,
Brea..;-Kins, Bracelets, Buttons, Lockets and
M iniature Settings.
Silver Tea Pole, Coffee Pots, Sugar Dishes,
Slop Bowls, Cream-Puls, Canos and GoMe'ls.
Faldc,di «.-rt, lea ami salt Sjtoons, soup, to- ily,
cream and mustard /.’idles, Salt-Stands, Thim
bles, Coral & !* -ID. Tea Toilgs & Pencil Cas s.
silver mounted lbrks, Swords and Snuff Bo*
Plated C-.slors of various prices, Candle slicks
Fruit Baskets, Tea-Pots, Sugar Dishes, Cream
Pul-, Sk.Stands. Table Spoons and Teu-T»:ig*.
Block tin Tea 1* ts and Tea Cad.is, together
with sundry other articles too tedious to eituiue
r;.’.e here, all of which they* offer on moderate
terms. Orders for work strictly attended to.—
The highest price given for old silver and gold.
December 7- eptf
VAf.U \BL*£ PROPERTY FOR xjjlji --
In pursuance of a decree of the Circuit
Court of the United States, in the Virginia Dis
trict, pronounced at the lust session of that court,
in the suits tin iedepending betwen Wm Kunki ll
& Co. plaintiffs, against Thom. * M Deane and
olliers, defend inU, and betwv. n S.riba Scrophal
and Stann.in. pi i.rill-, and lie samedi fend oils ;
\V .11 he exposed to sale, at auction, at Caira, in
the rouuiyof CuniVri mil, on Thursday the 15i.»
of February next, that valuable* MERCI/AN*
MILL usually called tiie Citiiii A'i.Ut—Tobacco
Warehouse, T«v n», and other Lota of Ground
at dial place—Also, all the Ln Is at or near Ca
ira, (consisting ot 20U0 acres and upwards)
which belonged to J .un s Deane, Thiftnas AI.
Deane t* Francis B. Deane or to either of them,
on the Unit day of M irch, 1SU1.—Term* of
s: :—Ten per cent on the amount cf the our
chases to he- paid in cash » a credit of onfe, two
and three years fin* the r.-ddue *f tl»e purchase
money, to bear interest ft om the d .y of sale*
the purchaser or purchasers giving bonds with
security, to he approved t-y the itnth e*tgncd com
missioners, or tie* one that may act, and also ex
ecuting a deed of trust upon tnc property ho
purchased, for securing the payment thereof at
the periods aforesaid: *
I* ev'.ous to the day of s ile the Laml will b*
divided into convenient inis to suit parch serv.
C. COPLAND, > Cummitai
W C .WILLI v M S, 5 on, rs.
December 30 * t pids
txu.iv zun. iturn.
r SUbSCRili. R iiueicls keeping on
1: ii.»:> 1 .1 <-om,i ,,u s-i,tply i.i G.IK Mli, i\’T&
ready m .tie, ft.r tb- a :c- in n diti ,n i.f gentlemen
'• “in ill.- \<"Uii.ry v.h , lu lie fii.'nisbcd nt
short notice. Apply nearly opposite the Eagls
Tuvem to
C. FAIRCHILD.
Al. i clu.nt i aylor*
Jaduiryllt. eptf
¥ AM) K')K SALE —The trait of I.AND
■dt—* Inin.; in Mrim-vvs county, whereon Tho
,i.n Oibi ims lately re filled, ami w .* formerly
the prop;- >_> of uoctor Frederick IV. Hearn,
■lerM and uv him pii: cli..,v il of Mr | hn Hayes,
cor,! hi ft- g hoot 2JJ iicu s; t ,',s Laud is convc
niemlv -itiRited on North river, ami eominumla a
handsome prospect of Mobj... k b -j and -.aid ri
ver—-.ii the -d Laid is a c-mv nieitv dwelling
house witii f -ur ro -iu.s b. i -vv, ,n.i several out
hou““- : Mie ..oil it fertile, id river abounds
with ush, Oy-.ii. s, and w.kl fowl in season; the
situation is very hetlihy iVrm, will he nia-le
known and possession iYr.uK:f.i.-.E ly given to the
purchaser by
RICHARD BILLUPS.
the Tract ol Im<l on said river, con
taining ?5 r.cres, which ry i)u;l'< y, died pas
sos-ed of,will lies/..!, at pu'.l.c an n,on the 2 J
d-y of April ne^.t, rod atiila made oy her law
ful heirs—Apply as above.
Matthews County, Jan 20. • 3t
ripEN- DOLLARS RE WAR D.—Stolen from
X my stable on the night of the 12m instant,
a SORREL HORSE. II : fail on Ins forehead,
a star arid a snip ; a \,Jj ta.. ; his left hind foot
white to tuc ioolloclc. ’J he sight of one i f Ii--*
eyes is also impaired. It rr>y not be amiss to
state, that it is the .same horse l have l»-cn in
the habit of riding some years in fids citv.
JAMES GKEENIiOW.
Richmond, January 20. tf
IOST between Mr. Buchannan’s farm and
a the Wailiiiigton tavern, a SCOTH foil
BLE SEAL set in gold. Il lias a ilove > ngrav
cilfor a device, with the letters J 11 und rm nth.
The finder wi'.l be liberally rewarded by leaving
il with the Editor of this paper.
January 23. 2i«J
y AND FOR SALE—Thai valuable Tract of
ax LAND laying in Anther ,t county, common
ly known by the name of Gordon's Quarter, situ
air d near the Tobacco row mountaiu, '■omainiiig
n hundred acres, is now < fiered for sale on
liberal terms The quality of this land is said t*
be equ.d to uny tract in that county.
The terms will he known by making applica
tion to either of the subscribers in Petersburg,
or to Mr. Samuel Irvin of Lyncbburgh, who will
shew the premi.es or give such description of
hem as wi.! t, ..Italy any person desirous of pur
chasing.
JOHN WILDER,
'J'JliN HELL.
Petersburg, January 4. w3in
K J OTICE —I’.y virtueof a deed of trust execut
e's ed to me i>y Francis Vaughan,for the purpose
of securing the oiyment of debts (herein men
tioned, due to William Wlii.e : Will he exposed
to sale to the highest bidder, in J .-.down, on
the 15'.i day of February next, tl e Tract of
LAND vrb c hi tlwra d V uighati lesdes, lying
in "Cumberland county, near Jam. down, and
containing upward* of two hundred acres, an l
adjoining-lie l.uidi of J 1) Lee, jo#. R. Roy
all Wir Corley and the mi .vrib-r.
TbCIlAIt.NLlt WOODSON.
Cumberland County, Jan. II. w
7, yt)TI/.!K—All persons having claims against
x 4 the estate of Robert C F.iriiileo’a. n-e
r •qi'.er.tcd to bring them in p- iptb-ly authenticated
tin t lucy iii j receive payment, nn<l all person*
Midel.U d to the said eat;, ea »-ciues!ed to trial..;
imnii d.ati pay rn< ill, oi.,,.. im-ir bond* >d
in; pm into •«,- bands of ;,n al-.o. to y to bfino * .*
at el li cit coin t.
JOHN J .»M' ", awl 7 •
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