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B. TATE,
Tanner & Currier,
. INFORMS the public in general and his
A friends and customers in particular, that
he has lately received from Philadelphia
and Lancaster, a Urge quantity of. Soal.
Skirting and Upper Leather, Calf Skins
end Calf Skin Boot Legs, of excellent qual
iiy (purchased by himself,) which in ad.
dlticn to the large stock in his Tnnyard,
makes a very rxtensive and compleat as
sortment of Leather of the best quality
. via i -
Slaughter and Spanish Hide Soal,
Skirting, Harness, Black St Fa r Bri
dle, Wax’d and Russette, Upper and
Kips, Coach Lining. Covering and
Koof Hides, Black and Fair Bag, and
Bellows Hides. Wax’d Black Grain’d
and Fair Calf Skins, Sheep and Lamb
- Skins Tart’d and Tatf’d, Wax’d Calf
and Cordovan Boot Legs and Cordo
van Roundings.
Also n few Hundred Spanish Dry’d
Tlides,—For sale at. reasonable prices for
Ready Money, a' his Currying Shop and
Leather Store, second door below the dell
Tavern.
READY MONEY given for good RAW
HIDES and BAKlv.
Richmond, Oct. 2d, 1810. [t 25 <*.]
B\ virtue of a deed of trust, of record
in Charles city county conr, executed
by Miles Cary to William Lightfoot and
K< bert T *ylor—will be sold, to the highest
b.tlder, for ready money, on the premises,
on the 25ih day of October next, one
Tractor parcel of Land,
lying and being in the rounty of Charles
City, whereon the said Cary now lives,
cootaining by estimation six hundred acres,
cr so much of said tract as will be suffici.
•ent to pay the sum of one hundrfd and
fi'ty three pounds thirteen shillings and
four pence, with law ui interest thereon
from the 30th of June, 17 «0, due to tne
subscriber, ass’, e. of William Allen who is
Executor r»f Willi. f.m I.'loU kU^ I
expences of recording s**.id deed'and car
rying the same into eiiect. It is believed
that the title to the said Laud is indispu
table.
Charles W. Lewis.
Richmond, Oct. 2d, 1210. t d s.
TO BE SOLD, on the 22d ot October,
the
Personal Estate
of JobnS"'nn, sen. dec’d. at his late resu
drnrc.—Terms of sate, 12 months credit
with bor'd nv.d approved security for aU
sums over T<m Dollars, and under Ten
Dollars, cash. Persons having claims on
the Estate will present them on or before
the day of sale; those indebted will he
Eleased to settle their accounts.—The
.and will be rented on shares or otherwise
to «uit those inclined to rent, and some
crop Negroes to hire deliverable at
Christmas. There will be told at same!
time «mi on the same terms, a small in- j
voice of
Saddler's Tools
entirely new.
John T. Swan, adm’r
with the will Annexed of
John Swan, dec’d.
Oct. 2d, 121Q, * t d s
Public 6’iiic of
MERINO SHEEP.
Friday the IPrh dry of Oct. next
v l>einR liie third day of New Market
H "cpsa? eight o'clock in the morntn<, i
W 11 «>e Exposed to Puhl.c Sale,
1 wciitv-seveii full blooded
Merino Sheep,
VI2 ; SIX. HAMS AND TWlSNl Y '
OWE KWES;
H«£Y were lately imported hi the chip »
Fuv/hatan, Captain Poythress, from Iii*„ I
bon, nml will be wnrrantcd to he «f the !
gcruin*- breed. The sale will tal . pluc* 1
at the Vendue Office ofMttsrs. \\\ ami H {
HAXMJ,, and the Sheep enn ').• •, ;,i r.i
llnsnn, by Intending purchaser! at m.v i
liin«* previous to the day of ,a]e.
T'rmv-^Approved endorsed paper.it'
four nnd siv. month*—The Ew^s -ire a’S '
t • bfUrved in he w.th Lamb by a blooded 1
Mrt mo Kam.
Jab. & John Dunlop.
Petersburg Sep-. 31,1*JO t d «.
UV virtue of a di^d of t*-j-:t *«ec»it»d by Wil (
liam McCxy torhe sooxcrhnr, WlI.L cZ
SOLD, f<“r c**^ on tb* 2rvt <t*r of Kovtml^
next, J’ f tlit d.w rf the Br)l T*rein in tlit l
ci'y oi Richmond, ad itfat
LOT or parcel of GROUND.
Irinj; within the boundary cf ItichmonJ, and si«
taxte in Dura *s Virfagu, No. SJJ, nr so rrnicn
thereof aswi-l h« *artic:en» to raw she rum oi
£ 173, wi»h djerc-su Uttrtlt from »be 1st of
Mav, lbOJ, to me dx* yf a'C, v/.*h ail cosu
attending the execotion of the uutt.
WILLIAM COOK.
September 3*d, IdlO. pU,
m N. R. The lot contains two acres, on v/i kl»
thr.c ts *n exc. |U r.t two story In.uic, one story
brick and the other wood.
For Sale."
RY virtue of a decree of the superior
Court cf chancery, wherein Mathew
Dobson and Joshun Dobson, administrators
of John Dobson, deeM. who was the sur
viving partner of Dobson, Dallrca and
Walker, yrere complainants, and l*eiprr
and others were defendants, wilj be sold,
to the highest holder, for cash, before /Tic
Courthouse of Hourito county- on Satur
day tin- 20th October next, the following
Tracts of Land,
belonging to the estate of Peterfield Trent,
dec/d. vi2—onc tract containing 40U acres,
In Henrico county, on the Turn Pike
Road, and distant from the cit^ of Rich
mond about seven miles—the other, con
taining 100 acres in the county ol Ches
terfield, and adjoining the town of Man.
Chester, or eo much thereof as will be
sufficient to raise the 9niu of 42665 : lSs»
4d. with interest thereon from January l'o,
1789—and all costs attending the said suit
and carrying the above decree into effect.
The Commissioners.
Sept. 25, 1810. ' t (Is.
OTRAYED or STOI.F.N r>c>n thTpiano.
c rion of John Marshall, esquire, on chicka
hominy.
Two Work Horses,
of a blight bay colour 5 one is a tall stout built
hone, with a long tail, and a head of unnsua]
length. He ha: a nnall hole In his right side
the effect of a wound received soma time ago.—
The other is likewise a tall hut a slender built
hone, with a short »-iI, and the tight hind foot
nearly without lnir^ in cour^quence of the
•cratches. Whoever wifi deliver the sa d h-'rsr*
to the overseer at the plantation aforesaid, or to
the subscriber residing iu Richmond, or give
such information as will cnzble the subscriber
to recover them^ shall be handsomely rewsided.
Thomas Marshall.
September 24th, lSlO. tf
rAN Wednesday the 10th day of next month,
will be exposed at public sale at the Eng e.
Tavctn in the riiy of Richmond, a EOT in
.ary street in the s.iid city, on which tlu rc is a
substantial Hiller WAREHOUSE in good
repair, being ‘lie same wliich was la'cly owned
oy Mr. wiiiiam -Mackenzie, and conveyed to us
by Him,
The premises may be viewed any day previ
cus to the .sale, on application to Me><srs. Tomp
kinsO Murray, or Afessr*. Prosser £»• Afpr.cuie,
1 erms, approved endorsed nates at 4, 6 and
8 mouths.
G. K. Taylor,
John Dunlop,
Attotnics for Dir widow*
Crawford, & Co.
Sej»rt*mbrV C?4, 1811. ut,
JUST M711LISHED,
Wfir Qllr n» Q t.’ __ • ^
letV doers below the Beil
Tavern, Richmond,
Hening's Virginia Justice,
I he second edition revised^ correct
ed, greatly enlarged, and brought dozen
to the present time (1310) by the Au
thor.
DR. CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS.
A medicine unequalled by any o*h«*r in
tho world since first discovered by Doctor
Church; it has restored to health many
thousands of the most emaciated objects,
both asthmatic and consumptive, that
were ever Known to exist both in Europe,
America and the Wc--t..Indiea, anil often
when every other medicine hail been used
without effect, and tbc most eminent of the
faculty cor suited in vain. It is a sover
eign speedy; and effectual remedy in ca
tarrhs, shortness r f.breath, tickling in the
.""j *wj5»Mu«r«!i in me cnc*t, whopping
c^ugh, sore throats, wheeriiigit^ copgtalcil
phlegm, spitting of bland, soreness of the
breast H'lfl stomach, &e. astman and con,
sumprious, and all disorders of the breast
and lungs
Sold (by appointment) at S. rieahants’
i’riiiting Oft.ce, R.chnicnd.
HOT PRESSED
BLANKS.
For Sale at S. Pleasants’ Printing
Office, Kkhmoful,
A great variety of BLANKS, execu
ted id a vety superior style of ele
gance, on hue paper ; amongst
them are
mils cf Exchange, I siting Bank Stock
Htlia f'l Lading J for discount.
Negotiable Notes, Rank Checks.
D.ttn with power | Seamen’s Menifest*,
of Attorney an- I esc. die.
nexed, for dtp.*- I
lately fuklislbd,
and ron halp at this offics.
THE
Virginan Orator.
Being a variety of Original & Selected
Poems, Orations, if Dramatic Scenes;
To Improve the American youth in
the ornamental and useful art of
EliCQUENCB h <*RSHJHK.
Thomas E. Uuich.
^gaa-Hwii- n. i - • • ••-I, -
fOR TKK ARGUS.
the F*.Swing scene,'
Hr.vr we a heart, abd dtji’t we fee!*
1 t\ sharp, severe, nod jacking three,-.
iMix’d with sad joy as changes rttiM
• And former t me is *e*h no more ?
{The p-psiviwTimsr, her rhohrrtful rtrhln,
M*y chtstJut In fttow •
Or strike her Syren notes nfcain,' *
Ju>=t as Tnr..e’r. treble currents flow,
P<ea5 d or asp rjtd.'d, or grave—
With rsp'trmis joy, or Ofole serene,
(She may regard l ime’s fluctuant wave,
And view this world*! grand fleeting
scene. qt •
Oh / what haycy wc that lasting is—
SVhat sober joyjfVkhout allay,
What riches, Lonrtirs, friends, or blis3
That survive a tYnnsient day I
Have we all Opbir stack’d in huard,
On w/ii£h tve dost in ecstje}' i
Do yellcw vases crewn o«p- hoad
^ And enst effulgence.on thi day ?
Their brilliant glory s*>o;i is gene.
When esuvine rime, Corrode* ;he icasa—
Their votar^k tftrn are left forlorn,
Their lives in f/Goncy viasion pass.
Do glorious honours crr.wn oar brow ?
Do grandeur, pomp, «rd state attend ?
Does Ivy tw:rc—srlo Lr.u-rh grow
And changeful Fortune net" tl?e friend ?
F.re yet the glcrir-us honors btoyv.
The Ivy blights, the L»^rc!9fade=
Fortune enlists our deadly foe,
And grandeur, potr.p, and* state de„
grade J
!Dces Friendship grace the rdcr Vi. -trife
And Mffetly give convivial mirth ?
Dees Friendship guard the pass of life
And sanctify our loves nt birth ?
Friendship ba* short, cnrnpt’rtng charms.
Vested in spells, bedeck'd • with guile-i
=It eft consumes the breast it warms,
Wifh baleiul t-ith, or hectic wde.
Just like a meteor, while ft lircs,
Strikes VVondious terror or. burprisccs
I »>Meri(iii|i glow it fcaice su y vi,
» —uuim uuv w uicj ;
Doe* nap'iaj joy nr social bliss
To Friendship give its s,,T»c*t.cst charm ?
Does the kind flume of hnppineSf,
Invade our soul , our bosom warm ?
Alas 1 the rapture, f^oon as ft it,
Leaves to tue heart an echir.g^ void J
I<* ab'f,«ce does like panful cut’.t.
To dread »nd an^oish Fi e rc * lt f,C3d 1
We lose (my s*u| » oh • speak the grieH
Our Friends, our Fortunes and our all—
The dearest t:cs find no reijrl,
But sever at tjie nw.ul call.
How vain, are al! delusive j j
Hrw short, how qUic.lt, huwvtranstrh’ i
t oo J >
They in one short, one fatal voice J
Express delight, and.biting woe »
All ih ngs on earth are short and fleet, j
They just now risk, now disappears
They scarcely do our senses greet,
Err they consign us to despair f J
True Friends embrace, and sink in
death-—
Affections rise, are, form’d and die !
I’AiicftTs and CirtLtorkn yield their
breath,
And Mastjir and slave mingled lie J
i All nature’s splendid, charming days^
F.ying as rampant gloams, are uenes
Her lift in quickest pulse decays,
Aii seems a sublime, passing scene t
FLEB1L1U9.
FOR THE ARGUS;
Holland at this time exhibits to an
astonished and admiring world, a phe
nomenon more singularly novel, and
attractively interesting, than any which
is to be met with in the anruls of bis
tory. sovereign in the flower of his
age, uninflicted by debilitating disease,
undebased by mental infinriry, undis
turbed by the opposition and unharr»s<*
ed by the sedition of his subj<t.h, in
the midst of ail the enjoyment of over
flowing affluence, is seen in a moment
of generous and matchless reiolu
don, to lay down his occp;n-, aban
don hi t throne, ami cast away all the
insignia of hia power. It is nut the
bare act of abdicating a throne, hut
theacc.ompany;ngcxrcumstancrs,whic.h
renders the resignation of houis Na
poleon, so conspicuously ntvel, and
interesting. Although it requite# ’lie
noblest and must energetic exertion of
human reason, to diser.ti.rril t!v mind
from the fascinating chains of ambiti
on and power, and elevate it to that
ex<*Ued pitch of rare resolution, which
can embohfena man, “to descend vo
luntarily from the supreme to a subor
dinate station, and to relinquish the
possession of power in order to attain
the enjoyment of happiness,” yet *he
history of man presents us with a few,
and but a few, instances of monarch*,
who have had philosophy sufficient to
conceive and execute this bold and ge
nerous resolution. I do not here al
lude to these wreak princes, who nn u
bie to rule and sinking in their punt
strength under t!*e heavy burthen of
state, have suirendered their crowns
which they were unable to support,
and sunk into that state of in-ignifi
Cuttce which they were boro to fill}
but to those abler sovereigns, who
'.hough capacitated by their vigorous
powers, to support the gr^at weigh
bf government, have abandoned tbeit
power through choice, and retired tc
the calms of private life, pr<] t’nc
peaceful shade's of seclusion, through
unconstrained and uncoerr.er! election
f he former are numerous, and from
the contempt in which weakness anti
folly arc held by the world, they are
regarded w:th sc'frn and derision ; the
latter more rare* rarer than the Phoe
nix, have received that tribute of ad
miration, which is always v. i Hi ugly be
stewed, and is peculiarly due, to acti
ons evincive of superior; f rmness and
magnanimity. Amongst the latter
stands I.ouis Napoleon late King of
Holland, and amongst them here
stands pre-eminently conspicuous for
the generous reasons which influenced
his abdication. They were highly
hopoi a’.le, and f suspect, unexampled.
?so sovereign hith* no had had the en
uohling i-.tegiity, the exalted magmu
nitni'y, to come forth boldly in the
faced the world, anti proclaim to his
subjects in the hallowed language of
truth, long have I endeavoured, with
unfeigned and unwearied to pro
mote your happ ness and ecu firm vour
[ prosperin’, but all mv efforts have been
I Vain; it is now time that my reign
should cease, since it has erased to he
beneficial to yon; it is time that I'
should lav down my crown, since I
can no longer weir it except at die aa-’
ciifice of my hotter ar.d integrity, and
.... wii ' * m.ui muu 3ii'Tea uuty
wnic'u binds me to yet:, to your inter.
^S'S, to your happiness, ao.i prosperity.
O! this is a cale, wbich my greedy mind
■ • ‘O'il on j I i »tpf| h*»(\ wonder.
Listen and wonddr still, and still insatiate.
I defy the p.cJucion of a 'ingle in
stance from the records of time, from
the cored archives of boi«ted r*nt>qui
ry, from the ut folded peges of more
modern eras, which can be placed in
competition, with this singularly splen
did exertion of the irvind, this bright
display of .superior honor, »n cl magna
nimity. In the midst of the sixteenth
century, nt the age of frfty five, an age
whm ambition is still unextinct in the
mind, and when it glows with prestine
ardour, wc have seen a Charles V. af*
ter having convulsed Europe to her
re tre, with the intemperate struggles
of his inordinate ambition, alter ha
v ng with audacious efforts and alarm
ing success r.rp’rred to, and threatened
her universal subjugation, suddenly
abandon his throne, his ambitious as
piringa, his overweening enterpriz* s,
his comprehensive hopes, his widely
extended dominions, his accumulated
power; This astonishing event v/as
probably the result of a distressing re
verse of fortune, of disappointed hope,
of disturbing anxiety, cf enfeebling
disease, of the corroding auguiah of a
vitiated mind, and .of the tormenting
throes of a self-convicted cpnscienc*,.
i*he ruinous and destructive rage, with
which Charles pursued Iris ambitious
nopn, Rtm me ,nti xime and intolerant
z?«t) with which ho persecuted rein
[ gious sectaries, preclude him from the
praises anil admiration of dispa&sion
' ute posterity, and cast a rloud over all
[ his greatness. We follow him »o his
retreat in the monastery of St. Jus
tus, without sympathy or compassion
for his infirmities, and we soon learn
to despite the monarc h degraded into
I a superstitious monk, cjtcrcisirg on
|himself all the severities of a monas
tic life ; fasting, eftauoting hymns, and
la#cera?ing his body with the bloody
co.d of s. lf-it fliclion, tii; gloomy sug
gestions of an Illiberal superstition,
and a timid suit it, and the disturbing
companions of the dark winter of fui>
boisterous life.
Adverting to antiquity w« shall be
hold in the Emperor Dociitiau, the
counterpart of Charles Quint, lie re
sembled him in many of the more
distinguishing features of character;
he was assimilated with him in many
of the occurrences of life ; not his in
terior in council, p'rh-ps his supe.i *r
in the field ; 1 kc him an intolerant per
secutor, savage in flispotd ion, tyran
nical in power, tinrrlen ing in hate;
and like him a willing abdkstor ot
that power which he had all his life
sought to obtain. Could the world
have beheld him iuhishumbie descent
from the exshed supremacy of h:s
power, occupied in the culture of his
gardens at Saiuna, acd busted in the
i hum.de office of ifiear*ng cabbage*
i could the -orld I sav, have beheld hi
: m this situation wi'hon? the recolle. li
on of the cruelties dr his Yeicn, thev
' Y°uld.i,ave bestewed on him the * a.
hng tribute of praise. Hot that recoil* -
tron came like an ‘eclipse across hi*
gloryv Thepomi-rs <rtV(s n.itul are
acknowledged, but his vices arc recof
lected with detestation. His r^ignati
on of his power, lifts wer the astonish
ment-, but not the esteem of the world
Advancing still further mto an iqui
1 we iihall discover a's'iM more se-i
ip-ising instance of this kind n* magna
nimity. We . behold a Sylla, after
(sweeping away in the resistless impe
tus of his ambition, every impending
obstacle to its gratification;, after wat
ding in laborious toil thro’civil blood
and desolation to the supreme domi
nation of his conntrv, vanquished ex
r «\5,I!tn ; aftcr de»t«-oying the
enfeebled bulwark of her laws ; after
proscribing her citizens and hitcher-,
•ngn^-r freemen; aftcr subvcrrit.fr h«r
const,union, and after submerging
her liberties to extinguishment with
the inordinate pressure of his gigantic
poweryuddenly, to the inexpressible
astonishment of his incredulous roun
tryn.cn, throw up the r 5ns of a most
despotic and unprenciibed rule, free hi*
country from the iron and secatnl
bonds of oppression, and sink into the
quiescent state of a private citizen.
t c causes whrh produced the me
morable event, were unknown to COr
; temporary historians, and it is imr-os
............. ,„Itnnt da
v>Th.n, through * the dark n.v.uu'e
of t.mc long elided .’with tha'r!-tmrc
nesa which is indispensibly requisite to
the format,on of a definite <jtci«i-m *
hut from hie charac'er which was fad
lotis turbulence, relentless rage sun
guinarv cruelty, and inordinate ambi
cn, we may infer, that thev were not
r.uth as should confer honor, or elicit
our admiration. Born «tn ride in the
whirlwind and direct the storm,’
delighted in war a? a congenial
meat, he gloried H ho, rid cot
urns, he wanton ?d in blood si
i desolation, he rioted in ruin l
j' n ; out he turned in loa^hiiij
L.V'5 CH,ms of !>t;:CC» which 3teVn«ea
oirecco suspended and pnralized the
active energies of his mind, and left
oi.n in a stme of apathy and frigid
quiescence ; he disdained to oppress
• us country, when she no longer resist
ed the dictates of hi. u ill. he scorned
to tyrannize over abject slaves.
The abdications of Sylla, of Drdu
ti;ui, and of Charles, are most distin
guished instances of the kind, which
are found in the history of
; Ih* lat* of the king of Holland is
,n my opinion superior to cither of
I 'h-sc. Unlike theiq, he has giv^n up
I h s power ere it was 4bu-cd, St surren
j acted his sceptre ere it was stained
| with »hr poMurion of cruelty or fyran
i ;iv. Ut.like them, his constant endea
j vor was to advance the happiness of
j »hose whom he commanded, and w hen
i IlC ft'Ui.'l HlS Oldpjl’nra nnan^li:_1_
| resolved to relinquish a power, whic"t
conhl not exercise v. i*h honor to
himself, or benefit to his people. The
furious atr Lition of his headstrong bro
ther, overruled the calmer dicrates of
his persuasion, & rejected he admoni
tions of bis ;crson. Resolved to ruin
ilolliiufl iri despotism, the Entpttor
Napoleon endeavoured to employ him
! ns the instrument, l>ui his pr- ffer* re
[rejected with disd-in. With indig-*
I ijant horror, Louis revolved to ssc.ri
j ftce his power and his thronr, to pi-*.,
serve inviolate hts iotegritv. ijp
hose rather to !>e a prtvfv- citizen,
[than a kingly tool of despotism.
When vice prevails, and iirpou* men b.*c*r
| »w y,
[ * hn post «»i honor is the private station
Louis Napoleon, your memory iv
immortalized. It shall not perish be
fore that of your ambitious, aspiring
h*other. Whilst he is rrculltpted .is
tlv* enslaver of his enuotrv, tfie foe of
mankind, and the destroys of nations,
you shall be remembered as 4 man »F
mild virtues, generous in'egiity, r»nd
incorruptible virtue. \Y*« uhl to iioJ
that nil sovereigns werv of your dis
position. The wb-hl would then « u
jo> peace,liberty and happiness. V-V^
would then cease, vtv s the h«*s ©*‘
nuiiki *d, the result of the a nbiii.>ri of
the few, to rhe ru;n of ibe mans. itu<ft
the sovereign of a powerful per pie,
w'aj now exists and directs *d c uoo