The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1804-11-10 00:00:00, page 4

FOR THE ENQUIRER.
<i£l)i Uatiiiiou*.—St l ies 2d.
No. II.
ON FORENSIC ELOQUENCE.
\V>. have been juft gratified by a very elegant
publication : the Speeches of the celebrated
Irifti advocate John P. Curran. Their merit
will no doubt fecure to them an extenfive
and rapid circulation in America; nor would
it be matter of furprife, if they loon produce a
ftriking efTcft on the American bar. Wherever
genius exifts it will be very apt either to kindle
into emulation, on the perufal of thefe fpeeches,
or to be difmayed at the elevation and grandeur
of the oralor, and (ink down, under the coin
parifon, into dcfponder.cy and defpair. I lhould
be forry if either effect were produced in its full
extent by this fine collodion. 1 fhould be forry
that a Angle man of genius lhould have his en
terprife damped, much lefs extinguifhed, by a
comparifnn with Mr. Curran ; or that he fhould J
3 flu me him as the ftar.dard oftbrenfic eloquence
and form h’ nfelf on the models which that ora-!
tor has farnifhed. Let me not he umierftood as
wiihing to detrad*. from the merits of Mr. Cur
ran. I believe I may venture to fay, that there
arc few readers who otrer to his genius, homage
more fin cere and fervent than I do. 1 have read
bis fpreche3 not only with admiration and de
light, but with amazement at the powers of the J
human mind. He has afledled my heart with
every emotion, with every paflinu which can
touch and ei.flame the bofom of man ; and I
have followed, in filcnt wonder, the eagle flights
of bis genius, until I have loft light of the eart h,
cfmyfclf, of every thing hut the divine pheno
menon who was leading the way.—Yet when I
came back to terra Anna again, I have retained
few or no imprcfTions promotive of the orator’s
principal purpofe ; I have retained no itnpref
fion but of the richly’ variegated enchantments
offlyleand figure; of the bright, the heavenly
viflons of fancy with which I had been rapt and
entranced. I have laid down the fpeech filled
with aftonifhmtnt at the powers of Mr. Curran,
but not thinking, fcarcely once, either of his
client or of hiscaufe.
I do not fay that Mr. Curran's fpeeches con
tain no argument, for that would be untrue.—
They do contain argument which is ftrong and
in itfelf, very often, conclusive and irrefifiihlt.
But then it is covered with an envelope fo magni
ficent that the argument is eclipfed, loft and for
gotten. Take any one of his fpeeches, that,
for in fiance, in which he defends Mr. Rowan ;
take o!F the rich and flowing attire in which it is j
array’ed, and a Hercules of an argument, with
inis mnfcles of brawn Sc his refiftlels club, (lands
aucioieu to your view, uovtr it again witn me |
apparel of tlic orator, it feemsa Hercules no j
more ; his muTclcs are hidden under a robe of !
Tyrian dye, bis very club begins to bud and i
bloom, and becomes fuddenly metamorphofed
into a branch of laurel.
It is to be remembered that tbefe fpeeches
were addrelfed to juries ; juries too, fuppoftd |
to be previou'b unfavorable to the caufcs which j
he advocated. Now it ij not to be expected of i
juries (and much lefs of prejudiced ones) that in
their recefs they will take the pains to aualife !
an advocate’s fpeech, fo as to draw all its force j
together. Juries generally poffefs not this che- j
mical apprratus of the mind, hv which the ef- .
fential argument can be extracted and conccn- |
trated ; or if they pofl’efs it, they choofe not to J
undergo the labour of the proccfs. They lifU-n •
to the prifoncr’s counlil with too much diftmft
and diinclination to receive any impreliion from i
the fpeech which they can refill at the time of 1
its delivery. They are to be convinced by
min force ar 1 again ft their will. They are to j
be bo’.ii ii naud and foot by the cords of arg’u- j
rnent, and deprived of all power of refinance, j
The fp. alter who does this the mod effectually,
will furnifh me heft model for the imitation of
u.-.r youth ; but that lpeakcr is, in my opinion,
net Mr. Curran,
I would not be underftood as feeking tobanifii
every thing like ornament from the bar, and to
introduce argument alone ; argument dry, rigid
.a id auftere. "Tut?, indeed, mhy do with a court, 1
but with juries i think it wiii feidom do. With '
the latter, a m.ici.m.'l have home talent toawa- j
ken, ir.tereft and amufe, or his argument will be ;
loll ; and the q aeftion is only between the low- ;
eft and the higheft admiffible degree in which ;
this talent may be exercifed. Even the dunces ■
of the profedioo are fo perfectly convinced of
the neceflity of thefe auxiliary powers, that wc ,
find them all praiftifing foine trick of attitude,
Icok, voice, or gellure to attract the eye and at- .
tention of the jury. Thefe inflked are generally' .
fuch arts as a mangrf fuperior genius would d:f
dain.—Yet thefe, with the arts which men of
genius themfelvcs practice to produce the fame
cffc.ft, prove the general, and I may add uni
versal impreflion, that juries require fomething
befide pure argument todifpel their laflitude,to
engage their affections, to fix their attention im
moviibly on the fpoiker, to difpofc them to re
ceive his arguments with avidity and with ef- J
feci. Let the fpeakcr therefore captivate them
with all the juft graces and embellifhments of
oratory ; but let him not captivate them merely
for the fake of making captives ; let him turn
their captivity to the advantage of his client by
giving them fuch a f.ibrick of argument as no
prevtotiDy exifling prejudice on their put, nor
powers on that of hi* autagomft fball be able to
overturn.
. , .< . ?- _ r_,t i 1..^.
4 Uim ill nij/vvv.. ....-/
whatever ornnmcnis an orator may admit, argu
ment/honM be predominant. It fhould have made
an im predion on tire mind uf the jury fo para
mount, fo clear, fo diftiuct and fo Jeep, that
when th**v retire, the argument alone iii.JI invo
luntarily ‘ recur to them—thall haunt them —
/halt fatten on their recollection with fuch impor
tunity that they lliall.be unable bo get rid of it :
fli.iH bear upon them with a force fo ttrong that
they fh.ri! be unable to render a verdict againft
it. But this is not the character of Mr. Cur
ran’s fpceches. in them fancy, not argument,
in predominant; cOnieqaently, when the jury
retire, it is not the argument which involuntarily
rtenrs and fattens on tin rn with importunity ;
noii"ht ?<■ "rs but tlie beautiful exhibition of
figure* with which he has trotted them ; the
moonlight dance of the buries nt fancy ; and
when the foreman of the jury is penning hi j ver
dict, there i» not an argument of Mr. Curran's
whi< h fifes up in judgment, in the memory of
any one of tnrm, to gaiid'y it* propriety. I
trutt, their fore, it will Ire undtrftood that I
fhould not object to all the v'tjd grace and beau
ty which Mr. Curin'! has ini' fed into the molt
highly finifh. J of his fprrchra} provided that,
i.i catting the whole p ece, i>e hud given to ar
gument that afccndancy which argument Ihouid
always have, that nfceudaflcy which would over
look. i he array of image:;; which would com
mand, tnipcrioi.fi;'. the recoliection, and the
Convillion too, of every imprejUcbred hearer tk
reader. For no*, h .ring done thi*, I cenfure Mr.
C rr vi’s fpr*. he*, mob ’r.e,i ,« being defence*
befine a jury ; and fhould give my voice fot
M < it rtji i*(io i ait ~-.odf!*<d turerfic eloquence.
But Im f.!c this i nptrfc^tion in the e aft of Mi.
( uiran’s defence*, they are dangerous, con H
t.,ud a*models, in anotbt: {vlri .»'• view. f* «
pi.iv ni* lancy i.iimirpcif ; yiT :i will loo
probably produce a crowd of rumble and abor
tive imitators. Our young meu, not conlidtr
ing the peculiar cue a in dances in v.-*•"••• Mr.
Curran (poke, which infpimi h'.m, and tuvc a
propriety to all his ardor and enthuliafm, will
he too apt to attt»'iT>t ;» iiuui.tr dilplay of tire
and pathos on vcr\ inferior occafions. It Should
be remembered, at w hat an awful crifis of nati
onal fuiTeriny and qonvuUion Mr. Curran deli
vered thtfc orations ; it ihouhl lie remembered,
that tb< nation was prepared to echo back the
bolded of his fentiincuts ; it diould he remem
liered that his own foul had been harrowed up
| by feeing fume of the bed men of Ireland, per
of the world, led one after another, in mournful
proceflion, to undeferved ignominy and death ;
it Ihouhl be remembered that, day after day, he
faw around him the conflagrations of cottages,
and heard in every direction, the deep groan
of widowed love, or the wild fhriek of violated
beauty ; and, in a tituation like this, we (hull not
wonder that his genius was goaded into the fub
limc frenzy which his fpccehcs display. Hat
although in thefe circum dances the bolded ex
plolion of Mr. Curran’s was natural, j nit and
proper, anti was reverberated from the breads
of a great majority of his countrymen, yet in ca
fes of ordinary occurrence :t the bar of our
country, how illy timed would Inch expfofinn
be ! it would he the ludicrous folemnity «>f
Foote’s Crononhotonthologos :
“ For Phofcophornio has received a bio?/,
Ami Ci oaouhoioiidtohiwos mail die."
But conlidering thole Speeches merely as the
extemporaneous eHufions of genius, and mak
ing allowance for the obvious deficiencies of the
reporter, I may venture to affirm that they are
furpafied by nothing in the English language.
The fecundity of Mr. Curran’s fancy is aitonifil
ing ; every plain thought in the courfc of has
iuveftigatioti, ftarts a hod of analogies always
pidlurcfque, always beautiful or grand. Every
image is apt and drong in the conception ; and
p tinted in colours fo appropriate and vivid as
to render it an objedt of fight and not of thought.
When we examine his portrait of an infor
mer, we do not merely fhrink intellcRuattj; we
draw back from the hook with loathing and
horror as if the peflilential objedt were perlo
nally before us. When we read hisapoftrophe
to Ireland, we lift our eyes from the page (not
to indulge the illuliori of fancy, but) to caft them j
on the bancs of patriots, bleaching on the green |
fields of their native country ; to foilow, with
burfting heart, the voluntary exile, bounding
afar off, on the billows of the ocean, and mix
ing his groans with the blafts which how! wild
ana rcicnucis avounu nno. .mkikcipear can no
where boaft of an expreffion more ftrong “than ■
the ferratedand iron fangs of remorl'ehe can i
no where boaft of a picture more affeCling and |
fublime than that which Mr. Currrau draws of I
the Bi itidi conftitution.—Pity it is that all this !
efflorcflcence, all this luxuriant beauty, all this
grand and fplcndid cxcurlion, all this fablimity
that raps and pathos that fhakes and fir 's, and
melts, fitould be without the counterpoifc of
folid argument!
And let it not he fuppofed that in demand
ing this union of fancy and argument, I make a
chimerical demand. Mr. Krikine has ftved us
the trouble of a metaphyfleal difquifition on
the fubjeCl by exemplifying the practicability
of this union. In his defence of Mr. Stockdale,
profecuted for a libel, he has given us in mv o
pinion, a perfcCt model of forentic eloquence.
There we fee how fancy may be exerted to
fpread light and grace and dignity over an argu
ment, initcad of weakening it’s force, or throw
ing it into the fliadc. There we lec reafon and
fancy in their proper characters; reafon the
principal divinity ; and fancy (inltead of being
a rival) merely a fubfervient grace, miniftring to
the decoration ot her peifon. Mr. Erlkine pof
feflingan imagination warm, prolific and exal*
eri, commands it inftead of being commanded
by it. He is Sol, in his chariot of light, con
trouling and direClinghis couriers in the path of
day anil gladdening the earth by the temperate j
diffufion of his beams ; not Phaeton, throwing
up the reins, diverging from the courfe, dafiiing
his blazing car through ftrange and tracklefs
regions, filling the zodriac with terror and con
firmation, and firing, inftead of enlightening a
world. In a word, wc fee in the defence of Mr.
Siockdaie’s, argument and fancy fo happily,at
teraperod and blended, that conviction and de
light, go hand in hand, the reader when he has
finifhed theperuf.il, regrets that the banquet of
reafon and tafte is at an end. On this model
let the candidate for forenfic glory form himfelf.
It will teach him the relative importance of rea
foning and ornament. It will teach him that he
is firlt to rear the great edifice of argument on a
rock, before he calls in fancy to gild and to paint.
Y.
TO RENT,
FOR ONE OR MORE YEARS.
MY Ilo u/e in the city of Richmond, at prefcnt
occupied by my [elf and for fever a l years
’hack by Crouch if ll'ebfler ; this is a well known
fland as a public bo ufe for more than twenty
years, it is wellf United, near the centre of btt
finefs, within twenty yards of Proffer if dim
cure’s Vendue off!re and one hundred yards of the
Capitol. It is unneerjary to give further defer ip
lion, as it is prefumed no one will rent without
viewing the premijes. Poffeffon will be given
immediately if application is made within three
or four weeks, but if not within that time, will
not be rented till after the ri/ing of the Affembly ;
terms well be made known on application to
RICHARD CROUCH, Sen’r.
Oct. nth. s. 2.
NOTICE.
TT7ILUAM JONES of Philadelphia, and
' ' Nf.ll, M'COULL of Richmond, being ap
pointed to fettle the bitftneft of Rofs and Ford,
the collection of the debts devolves on tl
.1 PCou/l—who reqin jlt thefe indebted to cornc for
ward and give affnrnncet, of when payrntc: may
be expected, as it is his duty to commence fuits im
mediately uyalnfl thoj’e who do not.
H I I. L l AM JONES,
id lit L M‘ COL'LL.
October 20...-f, S. 3w.
NF.AL NELSON, 1
ROOT if StlOR MANUFACTURER-,
MAIN-STREET. RICHMOND.
j.} annexed cm, cun r>e Mini
with Boots or Shoes a* well as if they wore on the
rpot............ A—the length of the Boot.('—round the
C'a!f.....P—the pitch o{ ditto.P—round the he. ! and
uiftep.K—round the inftep.O—acrof« the hall of
■he foot. K-x flu- heel ayainfl a perpetiditnktr, and
(firku knife at the end of the ’r,re tt f<ic—let down ii.
frjtifci th» ni'tnhet of inch. . a.id quarters, in the dif
ft r ent c> June ;h;. cpo'itr.
M akes Boot* ft sso.
. *o any pattern wrfafh
ion, equal in point of Ma
TUMLt and Wo*xma?>
stiir to any in general ufe.
&'»• Importer! Boot*ant'
Sno» •*, of the firfl quality
and ncwcd (rf.iion, for fale
Gentlemen at a dif
tatice, who are difpofed to
forward roe their meafnrc^,
^^hy paying attention to the
{ Jci-li Hnifn «in*» ;Tv Dfiva C&
JOHN H *■ NRY has imported in the fhip Latona,
captain Thurfton, from Liverpool, a few In tall
b"<*es,,f well aflurted J-lth', IRISH L.1NF.N, purrha
fal in Dublin iti July; which, with fine old London
particular MADEIRA WINK, in pipes and half pipes,
he offers for fule oa modetato terms.
Nov. 7. eptf.
j^lltoanablr ant* fall C00&3.
BARTLETT STILL
HAS For Sale, at l-.isStore, FASH IONA RLE IS
F.'l.L. GOOFS, confifting of—Superfine Calli
coes, f>-4 Cambrick Dimities, »>-1 Cambrick Mullins,
ittd’d Book Mullins, India Hook Hati.lkfs. India Mull
mull Mu Jins iuul HanJkfs. plain and figured, laced
Cambrick Muflins 9-8 Colonade Mullins, Chambray
Mullins of ili co. nt"newell patterns, Solmon, Blue,
I Yellow, tir if, Bull', Pink, aud black inihofs'd Cam
brick Mufi’iv , datnulk and laced Cambrick Shawl?,
| laced Caps, block and white laced Veils, Spanifh
• Cloak., ;>-•! and •«-i laced I IanJkfs. ft—1 laced Shawls,
; picnic Gloves,extra long k! J and walh Leather Gloves,
1 ccttcn, lilr. and worllcd Hofiery, color’d camel’ hair
; Shawls, 4-5 Irilh Linens and Sheetings, India and
, French Lutellrings, black and white India Sattins, ha
I lius and Leghorn Silks, London and French fuperfinc
C!~*h"., fuperi >r quality Molefkin,' SsvaufJown and
. ioiiinct Veft-Giating, 40 pieces Second Cloths at
8 j percent advance. Patent Curds and C.’.f!imeres,
| Bayfcs, Coatings, BearCtins, Foarr.augbts, Blankets,
i Plains, Flannels, Bonibozeens,' Botr.hczets, Camhlets
and Durants, mill’d Gloves and Stocking?, 9 compleat
fett* Table China, 8 tea fe'ts India and French ditto,
neat patterns. Imperial and Hylbn Teas, bell tribie
fining Gun Powder, douh’e and Tingle barrel’d Gnns,
rillcls, DretTit.g Cafes, Portable Writing Defks, Play
ing Card?, Writing Paper and Quills, Morocco Shav
ing Cafe?, Bacgair.on Tables, Reeve’s Colours, Copy
ing Machines, Surveyors Compaffes and Intlrumcnt*
compleat, Bailey’s Blackin ', Windfor Soap and Hair
Powder, Marking Types and Durable Ink, Ladies
Mahogany DreiTing Cale? compleat. Gold and Stiver
Watches and Clocks, Pearl and Topas Bracelets and
Ear Rings—Hardham’s Snuff, No. 9—Prime Chewing
Tobicco and Scotch Snuff—Bed Spanifh Segars.
r.4h A liberal difeount for t’afli will be allowed for
the above articles, with a number of other- too tedi
ous to mention. Nov. 7. tf
By the late arrivals from London and Liver
pool,
W. MACKENZIE oJ CO.
n/.VZ RECEIVED THEIR
fall ®3Qt!£,
Nav. 7. «p tw
IVe have received a small additional /apply of
MADEIRA WINE,
OF .1 fuptrrior quality, which we offer for fale
by the hogfhcad and quart er-cafk.
CtBSOX if JttFf-KSON.
July 18. eptf
FALL GOODS.
WILLIAM TEMPLE has received by the
flip Edzvard and Charles, front London,
AN EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF GOODS,
rilit able to the approaching feafon. He expefls an
ADDITIONAL SUPPLY,
to comp leaf h Is affortmen!, by the/hip Sal/ from
London, and Latonafrorn Liverpool ; which he
will difpofe of on his ufual low terms.
Sept. 8. eptf'
FALL GOODS.
COLIN MACRAE Las received l>v the lad arri
vals fron. Europe, a very extenfive affbntr.cnt of
GOODS, which will be ‘>ij u'l mo(h*r'>te terns for
culh or produce, or ou time to punctual meu.
Maucheiler, Nov. 3. Ct
THE SUBSCRIBER
HAS JUST RECEIVED FROM NORFOLK,
A CONSIGNMENT of 30 Barrels, 8 Tierces, A
2 hhds. BROWN SUGAR, which he will fell
reafonahle for ca(h, or negotiable notes, at 60 days.
He has alfo, COFFEE by the Barrel, and Spatiifh
SEO ARS by the Box, all of which articles arc good in
quality.
HE IIAS ALSO FOR SALE,
200Spanidr hides of good quality, alfo on coufign
ment.
DANIEL TRIPLETT.
[ October 10.-[£>f.
3j!fiir*H!cf p.g.iinfl’ j:uc.
Pban'tx Firt Ojf ',
May 1, i 804.
rHK numerous and deftrv&ive Fires which have
happened within the period of thetwblafl yeara,
in uiilbrent parts of £uropc and America, (more parti
cular iu the town , of Liverpool in England, Gothen
burg In Sweden, and Norfolk in Virginia,) render it
proper to remind all perfons who pofief* property
ip the United States of America of the utility of iufur
ance.
The Phctnix O.Hcc of London, it an iuftitution fiif
ficiently known by the very 1* ,ge and important lofles
it ha* paid, in confequetice of tiie extenfive conflagra
tions m the cirii* ami towns of America to fuch fufli-r
«*r* ashavehad the prudcncctoproteiltheirprwperty, by
infurance.—The Phoenix Company deeply regret that,
owing to theexpenfe ofierioutandenntinuedlofles,upon
thebiiildingsandtlores in the timbber towns, no alterati
on nor rviniflion on fuch rifks cauhemadeat prefent—
but the DirciSors hope from the inrrenfe of brick and
flotie buildings, and other improvements of fecurity,
that the period is not far dillant, whe.st'iey svill he a
hie generally, to mitigate the rates of infurance in
N*»rth America; and they confidently prtfume tba
the promptitude and honor with which they have uni
formerly fulfilled their extenfive engagements, have
unequivocally efKbliflied the fnlidity, credit, and good
faith of the Company.
'l*he Phoenix Company grant infunnees upon buil
ding-, go-ids and (hips, whilll in dock or in harbor
from !ofs or damage by fire, upon the moil morferati
ami equitable terms; and per.on* defironsof iecuriiq
tbeir property by policies from this company, are r<
i.-ueflcdto tranfmit tbe.r orders to tlieircom fpond-.m
in Great Britain.
Nov. 3. eplt>t.
WILLIAM 3c MAHYCOLO r;£.
" J ’’HF. Lt dtures on LAW ami POLICE at th<
JL CoMegc of William ami Mary, will coin
mencc on the ‘jofh of November.
0.51. 2(), 1804. [im]
A WET NIULSE.
Y Y rANTF.Il to Lire or p-trchale, a Wet Nnrf
V V without a child of her own. Enquire of thi
Printers. Augidl tf
IVAT.’TED ON HIRE;
A WOM.'iN without a Child, who is a grind C<v>F
i 1 Waflier, and Ironer. Liberal wag 'are ofleie.
for one who can come v eil recommended.
Amo—A CURL,from 12 to lq, who has beei
acutflomed to wait in a hoBfe. Apply at the Knqui
ret Olfae. Sept. s.
HROKER’s office.
IHF. fiuirfi' icrr hat of mne.t a ffroisr t ( Obfnjti
ib limn 1 ivrrn, and wart ibe Ctutfiing^hcujt *
| Tbn nit a -'ll A ’no i t.Ad. A’.l b‘ft nr ft tonjidrd it hit*
1 li'ill i • h <■ Jjcltd mtb frill fid.hty.
'THOMAS H’OFF ELI..
» C.;, Ve 3. //
i THREE DWELLING HOUSES ’
TO tlK RENTED.
ONE fituate at the foot of Adams’ hill, and buta
final! diftnncc from the Mafons Hail, lately occu
pied by Mr. Thomas Underwood ; oil this lot there
t:. a very good and well enclofed garden, a well of ex
cellent water and other conveniences.
One other lituatc in the alley between the ftreet
leading to Shockce warchoufe, and that leading to
Mayo’s Bridge, lately occupied by Mr. John Rob
bins.
The other fituate in the hack ftreet near Herns’*
Tobacco manufactory, and the Rock landing—having
a large garden 'veil iticlofetl, and at prefer.t occupied
by Mr. Henry Tompkins.
PofTellion of the two firft deferibotf may be had
immediately, and of the other on the first of January
next.
Apply to JOSEPH GALLEGO.
WHO HAS FOR SALE,
A light Coachee, nearly new, with plated mounted
harticfr, complete for two horles.
13th October. (eptf.)
WILL BE SOLD,
On the 21th day of November, to the higheft
bidder, for ca!h, at Richard Greg'y’s Ta
vern, in Chellcrfield cout.ty :
f'lVE LIKELY NEGROES, or To many of them
as will fatisfy the debt hereafter mentioned, the
property of James Fargufon, of faid county ; which
property is conveyed to us in trud, baling date on the ]
ninth day of March, in the year one thoufand eight
hundred and two,by the faid James Tui gufon.to l's-]
cure the payment of fourteen thoufand fix hundred and j
eighty-fix pound* of Tobacco, of the Upper Infpeiflixn j
or. James River.—J ikewii'e, the turn of three pounds !
thirteen (hillings and fix pence, current money of Vir- !
ginia, with filtered and cod from the within mentioned 1
date; due by the laid James Furgufon to Miles Sclden.
RICHARD GREGORY, ->
JOHN R. BRADLEY, C Trufteus.
GEORGE GARY, 3
Nov. 3. Ct\
FOR SALE,
All Louifu Courtbotifc, on the f.rjl IVednefday in !
December next,
182 VALUABLE SLAVES,
CCONSISTING of Men, IVomen, Boys and'
A Girls, belonging to tie ejlalc of Cltriflopher Smith,
dec. Among them is u %..!ual!e TA HHLR, regularly •
bred to tic Luftncfs. Tie Julfcribtr las refufed to fell anv I
of the: privately, and they will certainly be offered at J
public fate at tie time above mentioned. A credit till tb-i
lOtb of February, 1806, will be given, on tie pur chafer 1 i
giving bonds with approvedfernrity, to carry inter eft from j
I the d 1 te ; lu t if tie principal is punftually paid, tit iati
1 reft witl be remitted.
CHARLES SMITH, \
A cling Executor of Cbrifiobber Smith, dec. I
ORohr 3. J P (jptdsj j
VALUABLE LANDS—FOR SALE, j
In the county of King Willimn, on Thursday tbe\
"2'yh of' November, to the kigbejl bidder, at ,
Fr azer s Ferry :
[’WO TRACTS or LAND, belonging to tie rfafe '
e-J William Bruibe, dec.-ufrd, and lyinr imenedu tele
e.-r ALuttofony river ; one of them containing up-warJs of
700 acres of high land, and about 200 acres of valuable 1
wild cat marfh, abounding with a variety cf wild feral in -
theirfeafons. This trait lies about 2 \ miles from Fra- j
\ftrs ferry, feven from King William Court Houf, and
within fve •f King and Ou-en Court Houfe. The buil
dings on this land area new Inm It?fable, ivilb other
lenfes ft for the accommodation of au uvetfetr and n.
grocs.
The other trafi contains about 27.1 acres of bi-sb land, '
and has on it a very landj'ome lino fury Uriel Luufc CO !
l-y 26 feet, iu:ih three r-ontt and aa airy paffage below, J
and four ro’.tns and a p.tfjgc above, wills fsmi oat hoof's, j
f turned on a high eminence ajjci Jiag a delightful view if |
to; river and adjacent country, theft bm.fts are fume what
out of repair, but for a ftn ’ll fu.es rr.jy be rendered very
comfortable. Tbit laf mention. J fituation is confl icted
trio if Use er-f bruliLo eird pLrfirl in tie .Viost event.
‘Thefe trails adjoin each other in a very convenient manner
and would rnabr a profitable farm under the Jis eCtlsr. of an '
attentive farmer. A further defei ipiion of thefe land. is j
deemed unneceffary, at thofe who ere inclined to purebafe j
will undoubtedly viecu them. The conditions of fale will \
| b<‘ one fifth of the purebafe teecuey to be paid iu lie day of,
fair ami toe other Jour fifths in three equal annual pay
ments, to carry interif frten the date if rut punfhiafly
paid. A b-ind andf-.L ether fccurity as tie ex'aster mr.y
deem r.eccjfary will be required.—TLefe lends may bedivid d
to fait pur chafers or. ft rff(r had r-: tlifrf cf fsr.urr
1805.'
RICHARD EROOKF..
N*v. S. 4w
NEGROES—FOR SALE.
\ LIKELY NEGRO WOMAN, alout SC years
Lx old, with three children ; two Girls 13 and
•1 years old, and a Boy 5 or 6. They are row Ih-i-n with
Aire. Brewer in Bedford county, and auill be fold low fur
cafe. Apply to the Editor of The E.yQplHER,cr the
fubferiber.
LAURENCE MUSE.
Tappeshannocl, Sept. 23. \tf.
BY virtue of a decree of the Court of the United
States for the fifth circuit, in the Virginia diftridl,
hearing date the 6'th day of June, !S0-1, in hehalf ot
Phineat Bond, attorney for the creditor* ol Ezekiel
Edward*, againfl David Rofs and others,
WILL BE SOLD,
To the lighsfl bidder,for ready W'r.cy, at Gothland C'ntri
lloufe, on the 2i)t/> day of November next,
A TRACT of LAND,
In faid county, on Bcvcrdam crock, containing fifteen
hundred acres, mere or lefs, including the Enid where
on the Court Houfc is fituated, hounded by the lands
of Samuel Woodfon and others, and commonly called
P.ofs’s Goothiand Court Houfe Tradf; or fo much
thereof as may he fuOicient to raife the fum often
thoufand Dollars, and the czpeucet attending the
ate.
Bfn : Mosbv, d. m. for
fcftfih Scott, St. r Bt.
Oifiobcr 17. (tdf.J
WASHINGTON TAVKRN.
| ' r ’ H F. subscriber has takas a leafe of thistetu
j .L rrent for a un-nter of years, and has put it in a
, ../.»/«• of repair which eintUn it not inferior to my in it. ..
Cun. Ttefidei the Tamer i li Inn Jet at itd b tiling., nu It
' miniated to accommodate theft who are anxious of ore.iter
f t i./ey than a tavern ilf-.tally affords. Tltef tenement!
rJ,cin the public fjiiare, nr-J ore -.litbin two hundredyards
cj ". Capitol. 'rtiyliavfdreiJedadrHiniisgcsoviraHyotl.tr
ho fee in this City, n'itb rcfgeft to fit re air and erce.'hnt
water. Hr hat ' • '<n times and a sonjlant ft fifily tj
the b Jt roHAt F. Hr tend • • tit f.rvi'es to 1st frienit a nil
the public, unr! .ft. • th -, >1 st re i.xt.rufal gisvtint, feet
’ any other prettier which "’■ ■‘■t. in -.y 7 r have a ten
den y to defr ■J the fi.uie of hie h nj}, will e ver be permit
■ ted.
r. DU'A SO lf.ll/AM.
R’. truer J, Septet-’' r i!f#,
'V. li. A’ntei ruicrr ttr.'ntttt of the r- t Aczv
r i.r t-tt-i /,• well aaoeninoJjtfJ, ■ f Wlo v eight'en havt
already enp< y d. A. H.
A PETITION will Iw- prefented to the KtXt Gere
1 ral AlTirnihly,to eUahlifn a FFRRt fioin ih<
lands,;f Pr rt.x Rust, in Richmond County, to IT
the faid Rust’s lands in LITex County.
September 15.-[ Smep.
r
1> AXES’* ALMANAC—PON l»o.7 - PuL/iff,
y ed hy Mcfjrs. Davis Tl Ctiurtnej, hi
hud eet the Once of the F.nqv'tr r.
September ) P. rptf
!.. .. N OTIC F.
I IIE office of Sepv siiur of <he Revenue for
^ the Diltricl.of Virginia being difeintiuoed, ci:J
the unCniflted bulu.cik of ih« Lid Office transferred to
me; the CulloSort of the Direct Tax and Internal
Revenue, whoft accounts have not btvii finally udjuft
cd and pa:d, are hereby informed, that they are now
refuelled to call at n«y office, in the city of Richmond,
without delay, and pay the balances dee to tl.e United
•States.—Aii j thofe whole hu.d* have bt i:: fold iu the
diltriift of Virginia by authority of an udl of Congrets
of the L rated States fot nor.-paytner.t cf the Dire it
I ax, may redeem fuch land?,by paying to me withe*!
the time limited,the principal colts uno fees a? the law
directs.
Asmoft of the abovementioned lands were- fold in
Dec. 1802, the privilcdgc of redemption will cotair.ue
until December next.
1 ne money received1 by me for the redemption of
the faid lands, will he rt turned to the pnrehafer, v Ith
intere.l at the rate of 25 per cent per annum on the
pttrehafe money, to Cht day on which it mav be u l
to,,ie- JOSEl’H SCOTT.
Marthal V. D
Jul7 7* • ep—*f,
Mtkhterriineati Peisv/wi is.
\J OTICE is hereby given, that it has been
* > deemed expedient to change the form cf
the Mediterranean paffiport iffiicd to ve fills of
the United Stat* s ; that from the 8th day of Ju
ly next, thole of the new form will he i.Fiied at
the cuftom homes to every veil'd, ror which ap
plication may lie made on a compliance with
thr terms preferibed by law and fuiTcndeiirig tiie
tenner pail'pcrt of which fnc may be poflelTed,
if any, m which lattercafe no fees u iil be r. qui
ird torthe exchange : and that bv ati arrai.ee
ment agreed upon by the Barbarv powers with
whom we are at peace, either the old or the
new form of pafiport will be fufficierit to pro
teft the vtllels of the United States, frorri cap
tore until tiie 1ft of July 1805, after which the
old form of pafiport will be unavailable and the
new one alone in ufe.
Department of State, 7
t'Sd of May, 1804. )
The printers of the laws of the United States are
reqarfed to insert the clave in their G/vr'tc-j
twice a week for the space of fix months, and the
G.(l/cflors of the cujloms to ktep copies of it poli:d
up in their offices.
June, 2.
7" HERE AS doubts are entertained, whether
' V the corporation of the city of Richmond,
have authority to appoint a tnai it metical fur
vcyor, to preferiue and regulate his duties c:r d
fees ; and it is alfo doubted, whether a Jlrcct hi s
teen cflclblifhcd, corn muni eating from the Shot
ficlory on the north-wef! fide of Sherbet-(inch to
the ncrth-wefl corner of the old town of Rich
mond ; and thev.ee along tlx j'outb boundary of
faid old town to thefsuth-eafi corner thereof, ar d
thence to Rocketts upon the margin ef the » •
ver, or otherwife m one continued and dir-A
coukfe } and doubts aljo exifi, whether there it
any Jireet eflahlijhed on the north-wt ft boundart
of i he faid old town by the Market-hovfr ; and it
be ng deemed expedient that fuch doubts Jhoudd it
removed, and fuch Jlrcels (if t:cne exifi) cjlablijh
ed ;
Public notice is hereby given, That a
petition from the Prefider.t end Common Council
if the faid City, will he prefented to the next Ge
neral Ajjembly of this commonwealth, pray:we
them to expiam exfiing laws, or cm t? ft it n
others, as may mojl ejf,ellually obviate the /aid
doubts, efiublijh (ifv.ectffary) the faid Jireet s, cri
authorize the appointment of a furvc'-or.
ANDRE IV STEP EASON, C. C. C.
O Sober 17. (epafT.)
VALUABLE PROPERTY
FOR SALE.
ON Th’trfdny the 2ZtL Dcc. nUr next, at ,ny
- * fiorc ho,ift, 2 miles shove Geniio bri t%c, to
tier big Left bidder, will be fold ten valuable
TOUN G NEC ROES, confifiing of PEG MEN and
LOTS, among the former are two excel unit ho:/ re
fi / vents, cue of whom is a goodfeamfinfs, tiud^in
all other refp.-hls well verfed in the duties of this
occupation, aged 18years, the other IS years od,
&J uncommonly expert, the reft very likely, but ac
cufiomed only to the field, LG TS from *i to ten
years of age.
Ai.i'j—A vahtahh J) 10MED STUD HORSE,
(D10MEDES,) four years old, upwards of if
tecn hand■ high, and mojl elegantly formed. From
the few experiments made with this borfe on tie
turf, it is reduced to a certainly that he is a r fini
te! runner, and in the efihr.ation of judges one * of
tkcfleetcjl borfes on the continent. Gv. r th - Pr'tdcf
villtcourfe Z\Jl Augufi, he won with eafe about
300 dollars, diftancing the firjl heat, Col. Hal
comb’s horfe Dent at us, Col. Royal? s horfe Chiva
lecr, and Mr. Towne’s ; Balms, Co!. Bent ley's
horfe ’/.orinfer, barely faved Isis dijinnce,and was
beaten with eafe. Tlse fecond heat over the Scoti
ville courfe on tioe I -Ith September, altbovgb 'in
mojl intolerable condition (2 mile heats,) be run
upon a bearing rein ) mi't and J5-l»; before the
\ field, on this heat foe won SCO dollars, beating Mr.
Ball's Che/nut Diomed borfe, Mr. Hajkins’s Jim
crack mare, and Mr. T'owneds Balius; Col. Hal
comb's Leopard beat him about 8 feet, he was
drawn the fecond heat. Several races of left note
have been won ly him with great eafe. // certi
ficate of the age and pedigree of this horfe, will
be produced on the day of fate. Terms, one third
cajls,thebalance payable in fix months. Bonds wife'
fertility of) demand will be required, but interejl
remitted, in cafe the principal is punctually paid.
JOHN ARCHER ROBERTSON.
A. B. I have no objection to difpofc of any of
the at" vc property privately. I. A. R.
Cl if ten (Amelia,) October 20.-(eS. 5w.
TO KENT,
j ' r HE HOUSE wherein 1 now live, on the fir Met
] J leading np Shockoe Hill by the Governors; it
i contain* a large cellar, a well fhiiflied ftore, e counl
1 ing room, a drawing and a bed room in the fecond fto
ry ; three bed room* in the garret, a* alio a lumber
i room and a room on the firfl floor, which ni iy be ufed
!a kitchen ; liable room fur two horfe* and part of
| the finoke hotife. The fituatinn is healthy and oh a*
lam, having a fine view over the town, rmsr and the
[ edjacent c< untry. It being in the centre of the cit •,
t it is convenient for ht.fincfs. Immediate pdTdTion will
be given. |'y 1 fhall continue in die r.ev/ hotife aj
ded to he above. \V. f, Ajl.
Nov. 7. W'In
MISS ROBBINS,
\T I F.R making her finerrt acknowledge
ments to her friend* and the public, for that
portion of patronage which Ihehaa experienced, wi ft**
to inform her pjtmns, that Ihe ha* removed hm
Srnoot to a hotife nearly oppofito to Mr. Coo*
l. tiu’s on Shock ce Hill where flie can accomodate £
a dozen young Ladle* as Boarders.
Nrv. 3. edgm
{fr DILLS rr LADING,SHERIFF,' FLANKS
FLANK BONDS, ITc.trc.
FOR SALE AT THIS Of TICK.
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