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VARIETIES
LITERARY V PHILOSOPHICAL.
(FBOM TUB LONDON MONTHLY MAC All M B
WOm JANUARY, 1810)
The society for the encourage to ent of Arts,
Manufactures, and Commerce, have lately pre
sented Mr. yoh» Moriton with their silver me vi
al and forty guineas, for his ingenuity in provid
ing himself with artificial arms, after life had ex
perienced the misfortune to lose his natural ones
by the discharge of a cannon. This worthy man,
vvho lives in the neighbourhoood of Holbon Bars,
Xiudertakcs to supply other persons labouring
under similtr misfortunes with that which he de
plores, with artificial arms, legs, and other in
strumeftts, adapted to almost every purpose of
life.
In the first week of the present yesr, will be
published, a n»w edition, being the seventh, of
the “ Laboratory, or School of Arts,'* contain
ing a m itch larger and more extensive collection
of valuable secrets, experiments, and manual
operations, in the arts and manufactures, than is
to be met with in any other work in the English
language. The whole is adapted to the present
improved state of the arts and sciences, and il
lustrated with about forty copper-plates, some
of winch are entirely new.
Mr. yep son Oddy, author of European Com
merce, is engaged in a work on the political,
commercial, and local interest of this country ;
particularly as they will be promoted by the inten
ded Stanford navigation.
It appears, that in the principal works of bota
ny, are described 2046 genera, A 19,803 species
•t plants, of which 683 genera have but onr spe
cies, 263 but two, 174 nut three, 124 but lour.—
Tnis enumeration is, however, only an approxi
mation to the truth, as the works reierrcd to are
defective, and we may call the number of descri
bed plants 22 COO The first edition of Lin
Hxus’b Spretc* Fiantarum contained only 7,300.
pommon spirits of turpentine have been re
cently administered by several medical gen •».
2nen of the metropolis, with good effect, in the
cure of tape worm. 'I he doses given were in
aome cases so large as two ounces, but those of
half an ounce at a time, repeated, twice a day,
■were generally found to answer the purpose.—
The vehicle in which the turpentine was admin
istered, wa9 generally honey.
ic is Tact winch ought to be known to all
house-wiveR, that if they begin to grate a nutmeg
at the stalk end, it will prove hollow throughout
—whereas the same nutmeg grated from the o
Iher end, would have proved sound and solid to
the last. The centre of a nutmeg, consists of
a number of fibres issuing from the stalk, and its
continuation through the centre of the fruit, the
other ends of which fibres, though closely sur
rounded, and pressed by the fruit, do not adhere
to When tlte stalk is grated away, those fi
bres having lost tbeir hold gradually drop out,
and the nutmeg appears liollow ; and as more
ol the stalk is grated away, others drop out in
succession, and the hollow continues through
the whole nnt. By beginning at the contrary
end, the fibres above-mentioned are grated off at
their core end, with the surrounding fruit, and
do nftt drop out and cause a hole. Another cir
cumstance worth knowing, is, that in conse
quence of the great value of the oil of nutmegs,
it is often extracted from the nuts that are «
po*.e 1 to sale, by which they are rendered of vt
ry i-ttle value. To ascertain the quality of nut
megs, force a pin into them, and if good, howe
ever dry they may anpear, the oil will be seen
oozing out all round the pin, from the compres
sion occasioned in the surrounding parts.
The Rev. Jamc* Hall, has, for several months
past, been usefully engaged in experiments for
procuring Hax from broom. This 16 done by the
following- process :—Steep the twigs, or the for
mer year’s branches preferring the most vigor
ous shoots, for two or three weeks, more lor less
according to the heat of the season,in stagnant
•water, or boil them for an hour, in water. This
done, the flax separates freely from the twigs ;
and where there is not machinery for the pur
pose, it may be easily stripped off by children,
or others, at any time, when not quite dry: as
hemp is pulled from the stalks Wlial adds
to the value of this discovery is, that on being
cleared of the flax, and steeped for some time in
boiling water, the twigs, or wood, become
tough and beautifully white, and are worth, at a
medium, from a shilling to eighteen pence a
pound, for making carpet brooms, &c. When
stripped Irom the twigs, th* flax requires only
to be well washed in cold water, then wrung,
and shaken well, and hung out to dry, previous
ly to its being sent off ro the p.per manufactures,
tkc. Professor Davy has bleached some of it for
Mr Hail, who hub also seen it spun. The s; roe
gentleman also observes, that the fibres of all
kinds of mallows are parliculaily beautiful, es
pecially the malvk-avlvestris They are fintr
than camel’s hair, which they somewhat resem
ble, and there is no difficulty in procuring them,
r r Asia.
Upwards of sixty chests, containing produc
tions of art, collected during the late war, h..ve
arrived at Paris. Among ihe roost valuable,
are many original pictures of the Flemish school,
nnd a great number of rare printed hooks from
Vienna. From that city have also arrived
number of animals, among which arc two li
ens, kangaroos, a cassowary, parroquets. kc—
Some of these animals are destined for the me
nagerie of Malmaison; others for the Muse
um of Natural History. They were accompa
nied by many boxes containing rare and curio”!
exotic plants.
A family, consisting of tfio father, mother,
and daughter, died list Octo!»er, in the commune
of Portets, from eating champignons, which
they procured from an old woman, who was in
the habit of collecting them for sale. The old
woman herself, though she hr.d eaten a quantity
ot the same hind oi champignons at several
meals, experienced no disagreeable consequcn
«es It w.*s found, tipon enquiry, that she was
intox'ened with sour wine at ail her mea's, and
the effect of vegetable acids, in counteracting
tiarectie poisons, is w'-ll known. Both vhe per
cons who died, and the inhabitants of the place
■•vhere thev lived, assured the medical attendants
that they had used the same species of mush
rooms for food in former seasons, without any
bad eOects. The French nsturalists suggest,
that they may have contracted their deleterious
pcoperties from the state of the atmosphere.
For come time, (he curiosity of the Parisians
h i9 been gratified,by Messrs, Fhasconi, with
* spectacle truly extraordinary ; that of the most
■by and timid animal, a stag, tamed and trained
to the eafnfi pcrloi in.viu.es an the most docile and
•ourageoua horse. J.ed by' bis instructor, the
docile animal advances into the arena, looking
round on every side with an air equally expres
ove ol gentleness and intelligence. At the com
tnand ot his master, he bends his kuces, and res
pectfully bows his heed. M. Franconi gets up
on his back, Creeks his whip, and fires pistols,
*1 which the anim tl shows neither fear nor a
lai rn. Afrer this first experiment, be is left to
himself,and pude to perform the exercises of
the m mege, like the best-traioed horse. He
Sets oT at lull gallop: turns and stops at the
■word of command. He leaps orer rails with
wonderful agility, and even clears two horses
•srv.K. Alter every performance, he stands
s.i'il. fixes his eyes on his master, and endeavors
to discover from his looks whether he is s.Uis.
Ji «1. M. Franconi then goes up to him, pats
liitn, arid bostowa other caresses, lor which the
Ct-nUo auiotal teatiiios the i« giiest gratitude.
In the last place, a triumphal arch, charged Sritb
fire-works, is erected in the middle of the air ;
it is set on fire ; and the stag, impatient for tlie
signal, starts off, as soon as it is given, ami pas
ses twice under the blaming arch, amidst the
shouts and applauses of the spectators.
M. Chapul has recently made experiments to
ascertain the nature of seven specimens of co.
lours, found in a colour shop st Pompeii. No. 1,
the only one which has not received any prepa
ration from the hand of man, is a greenish and
saponaceous argil, in the state in whirh Ns
ture presents it in various parts of the globe, and
resembling that known by the name ot Terra di
Verona.—No. 2, is an ochre of a beautiful yel
low, ail the impurities ot which have been re
moved by washing. As this substance turns red
by calcination with a gentle fire, the yellow co
lour, which it hits preserved without alteration,
affords a uew proof, that the ashes which cover
ed Pompeii retained but a slight degree of heat.
No 3, is a brown red, like that employed at pre
sent for coarse work, and is produced by the
calcination of the preceding—No 4, is a pum
ice stone, extremely light and white ; the tex
ture is very fine and close : the three others are
compound colours, which M. Cfiuptal was oblig
ed to analyse, in order to ascertain their consti
tuent principles.—prom his experiments on No.!
5, which is of a deep blue, and in small pieces
of the same form, it appears to be composed of
oxyde of copper, lime, and alumine. It resem
bles ash-blues in the nature of its principles, but,
differs from them in its chemical properties_It
seems to be tfie result, not of precipitation, but
of the commencement of vitrification ; and the
process by which it was obtained by the ancients,
is lost.—No. 6, is a sand of light blue, mixed
with some small whitish grains—On analysing
it, M Chaptal discovered in it the same princi
ples as in the preceding ; indeed.it may be con
sidered as a composition of the same nature, in
which there is a greater proportion of lime and
alumine. No. 7, is of a beautiful roseate hue;
it is soft to the touch ; is reduced between the
fingers to an impalpable powder; and leaves
upon the skin a pleasing carnation colour. From
M. Chapters experiments, he looks upon it as a
re d lake, in which the colouring principle is u
nited with alumine. In its properties, its hue,
andithe nature of its colouring principle, it has
nearly a complete analogy with madder lake.—
The preservation of this lake For nineteen cen
turies, without perceptible alteration, is a phe
nomenon which cannot fail to excite the aaton
j isiimant of chemists.
Italy.
a Homan peasant recently discovered in a
field at Monterosi, a coin which is thought to be
the most ancient of any extant. It is conjectur
ed to have been struck under Servius Tullius the
Sixth King of the Romans, who died in the
year of Rome, 218, and must consequently be
2,300 years old. Its weight is eleven ounces
lTdwt. and its diameter two inches ten lines
On one side is the head of Minerva seen in pro
file with a helmet (’Pailat GaleataJ and on
the other an ox with a small i. denoting the
first of tlte Roman figures. On the exergue is
inscribed in large characters Roma This
type is the same as thet described by Pliny and
Plutarch and Varroand ascribed by thos. au
thors to the time of Servius Tullins. In Cardin
al Zeladas's collection ofcoins, there is a speci
men of a similar type to that lately found ; but
the antiquaries who have examined have found
that it was not of the weight which those coins
must necessarily have been. That described a
bove is of the actual weight of a Roman pound ;
for the difference of seven dwts- can be ascribed
only to the injuries of time. The characters of
the word Rotna are of the same form as those
ofEtruria and Samnium. Thp metal is very
pure and has considerable analogy with Egy p
tian copper of the coins of the Ptolemies.
The Eugenian Museum at Milan has lately
been enriched with eight new pieces discover
ed in the excavations made at Aquilegi. They
consist of a group oftwo busts in marble Remar
kable for the elegance or their drapery ; a sta
tue without ahead likewise of marble; an arm
adorned with bracelets, the hand of which holds
an instrument that was employed in sacrifices ;
the upper extremity of a cippus, several sepul
chral caskets of lead, a stone inkstand and sev
eral sareophagi.
HOLLAND.
Dr. Van Marum has discovered a very sim
ple method, proved by repeated experiments,
of preserving the air pure in large halls, theatres
hospitals 8tc. The apparatus for this purpose is
nothingbut a common lamp made according to
Argand’s construction suspended from the roof of
the hall and kept burning under a funnel, the
tube of which arises above the roof without and
is furnished with a ventilator. For his first ex
periment he filled his large laboratory with the
smokeof shavings A few minutes after he ligh
ted his lamp, the whole of the smoke had disap
peared and the air was perfectly purified.
FOR THE ENQUJRERi
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
No. XV.
The amount of the sums which I have shewn,
has been improperly charged to the account of
making arms, is as follows, to wit :
For tools, bedding for artificers,
\ their travelling expences, Sec. as
per Mr. Jackson's certificate, g 15683 38j
For timber, cast-iron-work, stamp
ing arms, &o. as above stated, . 301 35J
The sum twice charged by the au
ditor to the account of making
i arms, 3520 63
Amount improperly charged by the
Auditor, to “ Axii/iufactunn?
Ann*," .... S 20111 57
Tliis sum ofg 20111 37, being deducted from
the g 264622 60, -which the Auditor improperly
si ded to have been applied to * iniimtfociurinx
urtn*,‘ shews that the whole sum applied to that
object (including the expence of the materials
stated in Mr Williamson’s certificate to have
been applied to making tools and apparatus, iron
work for the machinery, and also the expence of
the m-iterials employed in repairing old arms.) is
$ 241611 23.
The finished arms besides mus
kets, the component parts of un
finished arms, and the materials
on hand, amount (as per forego
ing statement, which shews their
real cost) to S 116708 20
[The 10395musket9 with bayonets,
&e. at g 11 45cta. 1 mill, (the
price stated in my last report laid ✓
he fare Uie Legislature,) amount
1° • 119033 14
g 235741 34
Dedndt this sum from the sum applied to the
making of arms, he. Thus—
The whole sum applied to the ma
king of arms, he. g 244511 23
The amount of tiia arms finished,
and of the component parts and
materials on hand, us above sta
ted* 235741 .",4
8769 89
After this -’eduction we find, that g 8769 89
cents remain « and is this astonishing, whrn we
consider that a considerable portion of the mate
rials purchased for making arms, (such as iron,
steel, coal, fihL, grind stones, nil, emery, Sec. hr. )
were applied to the making of numerous tools.
apparatus, iron work for fixtures and for fnaelnne
ry, and also for the repairs of old public arms * Is
it astonishing, 1 repeat, that from the 1st May,
1801, to tit : 1st October, 1S08, a period of seven
years and five months, in preparing for operation,
one of the most extensive manufactories in Ame
rica, or perhaps in the world, materials to the a
mount ot dolls. 8769 89, should be used in the
manner and for the purpose* above mentioned, as
Mr Williamson, the first master armorer, during
that time, as well as now, has certified upon oath
that they Inve ? .It is to be understood that the
cost of the materials, here staled to have been
applied to the making cf tools, Ike Ste. is not in
cluded in the amount staled in Mr. Jackson’s cer
tificate, relative to tools, &c.—these are materi
als which were purchased for making arms, but
were used at the armory for the purposes above
stated During the above period, the erection
of the works, and the operations of making arms
were both going on at the same tune, and both
required public materials of the same kind. 1
therefore considered it my duty as the agent who
superintended both the erection and operations,
to use the materials in the way which was most
advantageous to the commonwealth, and there
fore caused the best of the materials to be used
in the making of arms, and those of inferior qua
lity to the purposes stated above.
But suppose fora moment, that all the materi
als actually purchased for making arms, had
been applied exclusively to that object—in that
case, the dolls. 8769 89, ought, to be divided s
mong all the arms made—it should be laid on the
rifles, swords, pistols, &c as well as upon the
muskets ; which would muke a trifling difference
ot a few cents in the cost of each article. But if
the whole aunt should be laid exclusively upon
the muskets, it would add but eighty four cents I
and three mills to the cost of each musket:-!
This, with their real cost, viz. dols. 11 45 cents
1 mill, would make each musket amount to dols.
12 29 cents 4 mills, which is within less than 1
cent of t he cost of the muskets, us stated in the
report of the last committee, made on the 29th
January, 1810. The cost of each musket, ac
cording to that report, is dolls. 12 $8|, so that
with the cost of ail the materials above enume
rated, purchased for making arms but applied to
the completion of the works, &c. added to the
real cost of the muskets, they would amount to
but a little more than the half of a cent, viz. 6£
mills, more than the cost of each musket, as sta
ted in the report of the last committee. But if
the sum should be laid upon the whole of the
arms, 8tc. manufactured, the muskets would a
mount to less than the cost of each, reported by
the last committee.
i lie next anathema pronounced against that in
stitution and its officers, is as follows:
“ On the statement so furnished hy the officers,
your committee beg leave to observe, that how
ever accui ate it may be as to quantity and num
ber, it is certainly very defective as to the prices
or value—Your committee beg leave to notice a
few ot the many instance* which occur. In that
part which contains the estimate of stock on nand,
iron is charged at 147 dolls per ton, while it ap
pears, that article lias been purchased for the use
I of the armory from 100 to 120 dollars per ton.”
Prom the strained and distorted manner in which
the committee have stated this circumstance, it
might be inferred that the officers had purcha
sed the iron at the rate of 100 to 120 dollars per
ton, and charged it to the commonwealth at 147
dollars per ton, and had saved the difference in
tile amount, between the price at which it was
purchased, and the price at which it was charged
to the commonwealth, as a profit to themselves ;
indeed I have understood that the report had
made that impression on the minds of many peo
ple in the country : Whereas no officer of that
institution ever did, or could, have received
a single dollar profit upon the purchases made of
iron or any other material used at the manufacto
ry. When iron was obtained within the state,
the persons of whom it was purchased, or their
agents, received payment at the public treasury,
as the documents filed in the auditor’s office, will
prove: When it was'purchased without the stale,
°ur agent invariably transmitted an account ex
hibiting the quantity and price of the iron pur
chased, with the money sent to him for that pur
pose, which account was filed in the public office,
and remains there still; so that even if the offi
cers were mean enough to desire it, no profit
could be made by them cn the purchases of iron.
The reporters have shewn their usual want of
candor in tbe following expressions, to wit. “ /»
that part which Contains the estimate oj stock on
hand, iron is charged at 147 dollars per ton, while
it appears, that article has been purchased for the
use of the armory ^ for 100 to 120 dollars per ton n
They certainly meant that it should be under
stood by those who read the report, that 10U dol
lars was the lowest and that 120 dollars was the
highest price per ton, that had bean given for
iron, but why did they not mention the number
ot instances in which iron had been purchased at
so low a rate as 100 dollars per ton ; I recollect
but one, and they have seized upon that. The
mention of 120 dollars as being the highest price
per ton that had been given for iron, must also
have been intended to deceive, for the c rami'tee
must have seen from the statements before them,
that there were dozens of instances in which a
higher price than 120 dollars per ton was given
for iron, and that the highest prices wire at die
rate of 149 dollars per ton. And had they been
as much disposed to do justice and to state the
truth, as they were bent upon gaining popularity
by making false statements, anil the misrepresen
tation of facts ; instead of reporting 120 dollars
per ton as the highest price, they would have
stated that a large portion, upwards of one lliii d
of the iron purchased for making arms, amount"
ing to many thousands of dollars, was purchased
at an higher price than the highest they have sta
ted ; 1 mean a higher price than 120 dollars per
ton, as the vouchers in the auditor’s office wiil
prove. In calculating the value of the siock on
hand, it is always proper, that every exjience that
the articles have incurred i.ubsequcHtly to their
purchase, should be added to their original cost.
A great portion of the iron used at the inaimfuc.
toiy of arms, was made in the state of Pennsyl
vaoia, and was shipped from Philadelphia ; The
expence of its transports’ion by land from the i
ron wo: ks, where it wm made, to the vessel; the
freigfit from Philadelphia to It ichmond ; the dray
age from tile vessel to the armory, it the weighing
and storage, as well as the commission on its pur
chase which the executive allowed our agent in
Philadelphia, are all to ba added to the cost of
the iron at the works where it was made. When
iron was purchased in Richmond, the expences
of drayage, weighing, storage .five- were added.—
These, all, are charges which must be included
with the original cost of iron r bi sides which,
as the amount of the salary of the officers must
be laid on all the articles over which they exer
cise an agency, the iron must bear a proportion
of that expence, as well as every other article
under their management, ami if the committee
had added to the original cost of the iron, all
the subsequent charges, they would have found
my statements correct. They, no doubt, wished
to induce a belief, that the iron and other articles
on hand at the end of the year, were estimated
by the officers of the armory higher than was
proper, in order that the finished arm* might ap
pear to cost less than they really did : But my re
jKirts for years luck, which were in the possess
innof the committer, through the whole course
of the session, shewed that no such course was
attempted. As the reports alluded to were nub
lishcd in the news papers as well as pamphlets,
and may easily be resorted to, I invite tlie attenti
on of the readrrto them j they will find itexbi
luted by them, that the stock of conqioneiit parts
anil materials on band, for which the inatili-iion
had credit at ti»e end of each year, was charged
at the same prices against the operations ot llte
ensuing year. For instance, the. component parts
and materia la that were on hand at tbe close of
the year 1805, were charged in my report for the
year 1806, at lira prices at which they were ere
Aitcd in the report of 180$, (at viM be seen by
the reports,) and this course has been pursued
through every successive year.
The cost of the arms made is ascertained as
follows i At the commencement of a year, the
stock of component parts and materials on hand,
are charged to the manufactory of arms at the
prices they have actually cost, including every
expence ; to that charge is added, all the other
expenees incurred in currying on the operations
during that year ; From that amount deduct the
amount of the component parts and materials
leit on hand at the end of the year, and the ba
lance Iteing divided among the arms completed
in that year, shews their cost. So that if at the
close of a year 1 had stated that the iron on hand
had cost more titan it really had, say (if you
please) a thousand dollars per ton, and by that
means had made it appear that the arms made
that year had cost very little 5 would not the
same iron at the same price be charged to the
making of arms the next year, and would not
that cause them to appear to cost enormously
high ? Notning therefore could be gained, ei
ther for the character of the institution or of its
officers, by such a mis statement. The price of
I iron fluctuates according to circumstances :_
when much is made in the country, or imported,
it becomes cheaper ; and when there is a scar
city it is dearer. But for the two years prece
ding the year 1808, the un wrought iron on hand,
was estimated only one dollar and sixty cents
less than it was estimated at in 1808, (of which
.lie committee complain,) when the price of iron
was somewhat higher j The iron on hand at the
close of the year 1806, and of the year 1807, was
staled in my Report of December 313t, 1806,
and my R^ort of December 21st, 1807, at
S 14$ 40 per ton.
__ JOHN CLARKE.
\TALUABLE PROPERTY-FOR SALK.
▼ To be sold, to the high, st bidder, for ready
money, on Friday, the 22-! day or June next, at
tne house called Napier's Tavern, in the town of
Columbia :
A TRACT OF LAMD,
on the Rivanna river, in the county of Fluvanna ;
containing by a late survey, 334 acres, more or
ltjss, a.ljomiug the lands of Carles Adams, Ri.
cnard Adams, Pleasant Bybee and others, beinir
land sold by David Ross to Aina! am Shepherd
and conveyed by him, Shepherd, to us in trust,
to secure a debt due to saui Ross, «s slated in
said trust deed, which said debt It «s since been
assigned by said Ross, to Henry E. Colima;).—
We aell our right t.j trustees only
GEO r HOLMAN,-)
lVm. Pasteur, \ Trustee*.
JACOB MYERS, S
May 22.
wtds
VIRGINIA—At a Superior Court of chan
cery, holdsn at the Capitol, in the City of
Richmond, the 12<li day of February, 1310.
Josias Smith and Benjamin Moaby, executors
ol Littleberry Mosby, dec’U. Plaintiffs.
Against “/
J0*1" P“va}l> Edward Johnson, Samuel llobson
and Elizabeth Ins wife, and Daniel Wilson and
j r‘Vr,re’ T . defendants
^ i HE defendants, Daniel Wilson aiui Henrietta
Ins wife not having entered their .ppearauce and
given security according to the act of assembly
and the ruins of this court, and it appearing to u,e
satisfaction of the court, that they are nut inhabi
tants of this country : On mitionuf the plamtifl
by counsel; It is ordered, That tl.e said dtfen
dants do appear here on the hi st day of the next
term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs ; :iIKi
that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in
some newspaper published m the city of Itieh
morul for two months successively, and posted
at the frontdoor of the cupitol, in tlie said ciiv
A Copy. Teste. 3
a •• PKT&R TZNSLET, c c.
April 20
TT\OCl OR J. JONES, purposes % steady r<-.
^ cideuce in the city of R.climond, and will
«*ve a strict attention to such cases in Medicine
Surgery or Midwifery, as may be entrusted to his
care
April 24. _ 1Ttf
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed tame
by Hartshorn Kinsey, to necure the pay
ment of one hundred and six dollars, due to Jes
se Bennet, with interest from the third day of De
cember, 1808, will be sold for cusli, at public sale,
at the court house of Mason county, and state of
Virginia, on the last Saturday in July next, four
hundred and seventy .five acres of LAND. lying
and being in saidcomny of Mason, adjoining the
land* of Joseph McBride and ethers.^
J NOMA^s HOG, Trustee.
June 1. wlOw
Notice—all persons indebted to the estate o
1\ ter Pic; net, late of New-Kent, are cal
led on to make immediate payment, and thos<
having claims, to present tilt in, properly authen
ticated, on or belore the 15tn of September i»ex
—after which, this notice wil! be pie d in bar.
STEPHEN il. LACY,
Adm'r. with the will annexed.
May 15. w4,vfl
BY virtue of a deed ot trust duly execute
and recorded, willbe sold at Buckinghai
Court House on the second monday in Augu
next (being court day) twenty or thirty valu.sbl
SLAVE.?, among whom are several tradesmen
such as voughCurpenters, Shoemakers, Weave:
ic. Terms of sale, < ne half rash, the other tin
ety payable the fi-st day of januaty fdlowing
Bnnd witli aporoved security will be require
for thv last paym-mt. At the same time and plac
will Pe offered 400 acres of LAND lying ubci
•even or cijpt miies above the said Court House
terms the rune as for *he Slaves
BY THli TRUSTEE.
May 8. wl3wsr
BY virtue of a decree of Essex county court
wherein Archibald McCall is plaintiff, and
Catharine and Molly Loyd »rc defendants, the
undersigned as commissioners appointed by the
decree, will expose to sale, to tnc highest bidder,
according to the diruciion of the said decree, a
tract of LAMIJ, in the county aforesaid, lying in
the parish of at Ann, whereon Thomas Loyd re
sided, and commonly known by n.m«, Loyd’s._
This sale will take place on the 15tn day u< June
next, and if any thing should happen to pt-svo**
the sale an that day, it will he continued to the
next day.
JOHN JONES,
Wm, fisher,
JOHN P. LEE.
May 15. T4tv
TP HI KTY DOLLARS KEVVAKO Rana
X way from the subscriber, in Mecklenburg
County, some time in the mouth of February
last, a mulatto man slave tunned TOM
GRAVES by trade a .blacksmith j he is about
5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, with straight bla;k
hair, bow-legged and stoops in his shoulders,
his nose turns up, and when spoken .to, is very
apt to snuff. He went off in company with
a mulatto fellow, by me name of Billy, belonging
to Mr. George Field.—-They are supposed to
have procured free passes under the name of
Mayo. Whoever will apprehend the said slave
and secure him in any Jail so that I get him s
gain, shall be entitled to the above reward.— All
masters of vessels are for warned from harbour
mg or satrrying Inin off.
GEORGE TARRY.
May 15. w8w
THOMAS S. POPE, lias removed his Shop
tuthc house lately occupied l>v Mr. Tlios
Diddep, on the Cross street, leading from the
Main street to Siwckte Warehouse, where he
iiopes by attention nnd punctuality, to merit the
,wtr mage of his friends and the public generally
May 15. It
Land for sale—-By virtue »>f id^ior
trust, executed by Abijah Hur.irr, io tho
subscriber, to satisfy and pay a sum of mmiryj
due to James Bray : Wilt be sold, tor ready ino*
ncy, the 9ih day of June next, at William l.ai.k*
ford’s Tavern in Chesterfield couutv, a Tr »ct of
LAND, belonging to the said Homer, lying and
being in the county aforesaid, and bounded by the
lands of John J. K.lcinhoff, Darius K.. Faigusou,
and tire old Buckingham road.
THOMAS CHEATHAM, \
WILLIAM LANKFOKUX rr*ne**‘
May 29._' _ T2iJ
Dissolution of partnf.Rsmp.—
The partnership of Still & Brooke is this
day dissolved by mutual consent—all claims on
the said firm will be discharged on application
to Richard Brooke, and all debts due to the
concern are to be paid to him only—he alone
being authorised to gite receipts or grant dia«
charges.
BARTLETT STILL.
RICHARD BROOKE.
The business hereafter will be conducted by
the subscriber—Who br.ving obtained licence as
an Auctioneer will attend to the sale of any spe
cies of property in the City or County, on the
shortest notice—Ahd sny consignments made to
him will be thankfully received and puncru*
airy attended to.
He hopes from the experience he bts had in
the business, and the unceasing attention be is
determined to pay to promote the interest of
those who may favor him with their custom, to
merit a share of public patronage.
RICHARD BROOKE.
May 18.
ep3 w
VA^UAtSL*. LAND—FOR SALE—The
subscriber will sell, and {five immediate
possession of bis plantation, in King William
county, near the Piping Tree, containing by *
l^tc survey, four IuukIiccI find eighty two seres,
riiere is bait of this Land sufficiently fertile for
tobacco, tout which has beta in cultivation, pro.
duces {food corn and wheat. On the premise*,
is :* two story Dwelling House, elegantly silua*
ted, which, with little cxpencc, may be made
comfortable aiul convenient ; there is also athri
| V‘PK apple orchard of choice fruit, and a variety
of Other advantages, which makes this plantation
a desirahle residence for a geutnel family ; it ia
aoout oi ;e miles to Hanover Town, and twenty *
.iv^to Richmond-Further particulars made
known by the subscriber, residing in the cbv of
Richmond. CULK DIGGRS.
—M,y ~5_ • lm
Removal —thomas diddkp, grater
# ,u* for the liberal support lie has experien
ced in his trade, respectfully informs Ids custo
mers and the Public generally, that he hsi.s re
moved his Tailor’s Shop to the main street ad
joining Robert Hell’s, saddler, and opposite Dr.
Duvall’s apothecary shop, where tie will thank
fully receive any business in his line, and hope*
by attention and endeavors to please, to merit a
continuance of favor.
Richmond, May 8 epStn
Ihf pursuance of an ORDINANCE, to amend
the Ordinance to prtvent Dogs from going
s'. large in the city of Richmond. Notice is here
by given, that no dogs will be permitted to run
at large, in the said cilr, between the first day of
next month, and the tifieeaih day of September
next
May 22._ tl5j
i r 8 Equalizers ot the taxes for ihe city qt*
I a Richmond will hold their .meetings at the.
| CierkN Ofli-.c, of the Common Hull, in the up
I per story of the Market House, on every
: l'uesday and Thursday from the hours of elcvea
! to one o’clock, commencing on Tuesday the 59iU
j inst and continuing three weeks from said day—•
I Applications by persons considering themselves
j aggrieved by the valuation of property made by
: the assessor of the city taxes and his associates
will apnly fur relief, on the raid day* by a nuts
l m writing addressed to the Equalizers and left
at the suid Clerk's Office-—No applications wit
be received iu any other form
N. SHEPPARD.
Clerk Common Hall.
May 35._ 3w
VALUABLE i.AND FOR S> a t."fc. —The’
subscriber will sell, and give immediate
possession, of that well known estate, called
Blenheim, smutted on the south west mountains.
I in the county of Albemarle, container by ,^te
surveys, two thousand eight huudred a.id ninety
, acrc*: this Land is p< cuiiarly well adapter!the
growth ot.Wheat and Tobacco, and cmihidcicd
j equal in fertility to any adjacent ’hereto, is
I about six miles from Milton, Loin w nidi place
i there is an easy navigation tin- battcaux to the city
ol Richmond. On thcorcroises is a large -or modi
j nos dwelling House, which, from die tdegnnce of
it9 situation, and other advantages, ni.tk.os it a
; desirable residence for a genteel family. I. will
! he sold entire or divid'd, to suit ; uichasen_
; Further particulars ipade known by Captain John
* Harris, Albcmai le county, Mr. James Patton,
Alexandria, Messrs. Macdonald and Kiddy, llal
limore, or J. KO i,
[ Who wishes to sell Lend in the counties of
| Culpepper, Fauquier} Spotsylvania and Caroline.
; also Houses and Lotts, pleasantly and advanta
j g .ously situated on theHiU and Alulniitrect, ia
I the town of Fedei icksburg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia. May 1 tf
JN CHANCERY, In Kicin/ionO Husting
Court, November 18lh, ldlQ.
Oabi iel Ralston, Plaintiff'.
Against
William Long, srlministrator of James Dunlop
dec’d. and Ucillu Dunlop, Mary Anne Dunlop
and James Dunlop, infant children and heirs of
the said James Dunlop, by Thomas Wilson their
Guardian, St Dannsdatt, Foster end Sate hell.
Defendants.
THIS cause came on thh».day, by consent of
parlies, lo be heard, on the bill, answers of all ilia
defendants, sundry exhibits filed and was argued
by counsel : on consideration whereof; It is dc~ #
creed and ordered that unless the defendants, the
infant neii j of the said J ones Dunlop, do pay
to the plaintiff the. sum of three thousand two
hundrt d and thirty dollars, three cents, with in
terest thereon, to be computed after the rate of
six per cent per annum, from the lJUhdayof,
March, 1806, within three months from this dav,
that then their equity of redemption in the h«*.tls
in the mortgage mentioned, he forever foie clo
sed, and in defauil of such payment, that Ilia
Sergeant of the city do proceed to sell the same
to the highest bidder, for ready money, after ha
ving advertised the time and place tf sale for
three weeks in some one of the Richmond
newspapers, and out of the proceeds ot the sale,
that he first pay the cost knd charges of the sale
and then pay to the plaintiffhis said demand, aail
the residue, if any, bring into Court, such sale
be made subject to the dower ofEsthur Dunlop,
widow and relict of the said James Dunlop, de
ceased, and that he make conveyance to the pur"
chase r accordingly, and make report of his pro
ceedings to the court, in order for a final decree.
A copy, T. C. HOWARD, Clct*.
In confotmity with the foregoing decree, will
he sold on the premises on the ninth day of June
next, for cash, the HOUSE AND LOT therein
mentioned, at present occupied by Foster and
Matched as a Vendue Store, containing twenty
three feet six inches front, on the tminstreet, run
ning back one hundred feet, as mentioned in the
mortgage. JOHN F l'HICE,
Sergeant of the City of Muhmond.
May 11. ids
TERRELL and L. ATKINSON, hate
d • removed their SCHOOL, lioin the
nain s cet, to a ahady and retired situation on
the hili, .'tdjoiunig Souliigat-’
tf
May 2?.