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• *TX) PARENTS,—The custom in all o.
X ther parts of the United States, has
beta, that there should he two duly periods
ot attendance all the year round; then
whv not here ?
The Subscribers, through motives of
fMbtte as well as privatb utility,will in
troduce a standard dott to teachers
as well as standard pricks.
The duties shall be strict attention,
(from the 1st of dept, till the 1st of April)
from 9 in the Moridnf till 1 m the After,
yho, and from 3 in the Afternoon till 5.
" The prices shall be quarterly.
For English, small classes, f 6
For Do. ■■ ■■advanced Do. 8
K For Do. with Greek, and Latin 10
, . For Fren?h, addi tonal 3
Half day Scholars, of either Sex, will be
received and proportionately charged^.
R.* DABNEY.
September 4, 1810, 3 W
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■pOR SALE—That beautiful aituaion
a near Manchester, called .
BUCK HILL,
Which for heaUhhieas, excellent water, and
exit naive prospect, is not exceeded by
any plact> in this Ne'ghbonrhood. Its eie.
vation is such as to command an entire
view of the City of rttchun ml, anil the ad.
Jacent Scenery. It has been long noted
for an uncommonly early and productive
i Garden, and good fruit. There are about
I 350 Acres of Landy
v.f which upwards of two hundred abound
■with firewood, and the whole, from its
proximity to Manchester, being but one
-tnlle distant, must oe annuany rising m
value; It is a most desirable residence
i for a genteel family, uniting tbe cohveni
ences of both Town & Country, without
the disadvantages of either. As the sub*
her'-her is desirous of making a speedy sale,
st great bargain may be had by an imme*
diate application to *.
JOHN MAYO.
Richmond, August 30th, 1810.
BY virue of a deed of trust executed by
Daniel Mayo of this county, to the"
Subscriber to secure the payment of cer
r i%r* sums of Money to Benjamin Moshy,
<wKo hds paid the same for the s-*id Mayo
as h s security.) Will be bold, on the pre
mises to the highest bidder for ready
. Money, oo Wednesday the 10th day of Oc
| cober next, a
| Tract of Land,
srbereon the said Mayo resides, contain,
ing one hundred acres, more or less, as
particularly described in sard deed.
JOS1AH SMITH, Tiustee.
, Powhatan County, Aug. 30th, 1C10. In.
VINEYARD LOTTERY.
Begin Drawing October 29th,
THE Scheme exhibits nearly four times
as many Capital Prizes, as any other
Lottery advertised (o be drawn this year,
via.
1 Prize of 12 000 Dollars.
1 of 8,000
1 of 4.000
i 2 of 2 000 .
of 2,500
• of 1,000
10 of * 500
10 of 300
12 of 200
Resides a great many Inferior Prizes.
Superior advantages of the Vineyard
Lottery over any other that will be drawn
this year —
1st—"The Vineyard Lottery has only two
and a quarter blinks to a prize.
<hl_Tk. T ....I.
four lionet as many Capital Prizes as any
other Lottery now advertised to be drawn
flii* year.
3d—The prizes in the Vineyard Lotte.
Ty w II be paid m the short spare of Thir..
ty Dtrs after the drawing, whilst all o*
*% r.t Lotteries that will be drawn this
• ^r will not be paid till sixty days after
fne drawing is over.
Lastly—The price 6f Tickets in the
Vineyard Lottery is considerably less than
any other Tickets now fnr sale,
(£7" Tickets, for sale atthe ArgusOffice.
Valuable Land for Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of (rust, of record
in Goochland court, executed by Gi.
debn Massle, and Susanna his wife (o
Thomas lUntford, Warner Lewis and
Wiliam G. Poindexter, to kccure the
payment of several toms of Money there*
in specified, and intended to be secured
due to Elijah May, WILL BE SOLD on
the preapises, 10 the highest bidder, for
ready money,on the twenty ninth day of
September next, cne 'IKACT or PAR
CEL of LAND, lying in the county ot
Goochland, on the little Hyrd Cicck, ad.
Joming the lands 'of Thomas Miller,
Geotge Toler, James bciuggs and Wil.
lam Geo'ge, containing »<x hurdred
acres, be (he sa.ne more or less. It is
believed that the title to this Imd is India*
putable, but skiing as a trustee, 1 shall
convey only such tide ss vested in mtby
virtue of said deed of trust.
w iliittm G. 1‘oindexter.
Atgusi Sl.ii, 1819, 4dl
Valuable Land for Sale.
ILY virtde of A deed of trust of record
it* Gdochlsnd court, -execu ed by Gi.
dean Mattie to Benjamin Anderson, John
S. Lrr, and George Woodson Payne,
WILL* BE SOLD, to the highest bidder
for ready Money, on the premises, on
the twenty ninth day of September next,
one TRACT or PARCEL of LAND
lying in the county of Goochland, whereon
the said Gideon Mattie now fives, con
taining by estimation five hundred arras,
or so much of said tra6t at will be sjjfii.
"iVnt.to pay the sum of seven hundred
*ad ten dollars and eighty three cents,
with lawful interest thereon from the
30th day of January 1808, due to Augus
tin Bailey, assignee of Elijah May,'' who
was assignee of Archibald Bryce, and the
expences of recording said deed and ct'«
tying the same into effedl. It is believed
that the title to this land is indisputable,
but aaing as a trustee, 1 shall convey
only such t»:le as vested in me by virtue
of said deed of trust.
BENJAMfN ANDERSON.
AugU3t £4'h, 18iO. ( d s
Lands and Negroes
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber being ahont to remove
irom this statej offers for sale, a valu*
able
Tract of Land,
Lying in the county ot Prinre Edward, or
the waters of Spring Creek, containing
4,44o acres by an old survey. This Jaml
.uill k. <1.—•_ . I
wv v.tsuvu 111 any way iu sun purcnaw
**r», A small part of the purchase money
willlbe required in hand, and the balance
In three equal annual pay men's; bonds with
approved security and a deed of trust ep.
on the land to ensure punctual payment
will also be required Will be sold, at
public auction, on the tenth day olDecem.
ber next, if fair, if not, the next fair day
at the above mentioned place, 89 as likely
NEGROES as any in Virginia, cons stiiq
of males and femaies, of all ages and des.
criptions. Among them a blacksmith, wbi
is young and healthy_a wheelwrigh»=*
good cooper and carpenter. Terms forth*
negroes; one fourth in cash, and the bal,
anoe to be paid in twelve months. Bond
with unexceptionable security to bear inte,
rest (rom the date, if not punctually paid
will be required, and eight per ernt pei
annum will be deducted for cash. AM per,
sons.to whom the 'ubscriber is indebiei
may expect payment as soon after the sal
of >he above property is «*He«ied as tnai
oe convenient for them to apply,
Richard Kidder Randolph.
August 21st, 1810.
New Publications,
Jvsf Rzcnirzoy Ann for Sals at rnit
Office,
The Village Pastor and
h»s Children, a Novel. By Angus
tus La Fontaine, (the German Sterne) *
w«t«in3.
E'la Rosenberg, a Romance, 2 vols In one
The Scottish Chiefs, a Romance, m tbre*
vols by Mias Jane Porter
The Criminal Recorder, or an awful Bea>
con .u the Rising Generation of boti
sexes, directed by the arm rf Justice
to persuade them from the dreadful mu
series of Guilt—with Engravings.
The Vicar of Wakefield_a new edition bj
I Doct, Aikin, with an interesting Biogra.
phv of the Author, Oliver Goiuhmitb
j The Lake of Killarney, a Novel iii 2 volt
by Mifcs Porter,
jGlenparn or the disappointments of Youth
[Letters supposed to have passed be.
tween M. de St, Evremond and Mr
Waller, collected and published by Doct.
Langhorne—to which is prefixed a bio
graphical sketch.
[Laughable Songster, and Fashionable
Quizzer.
Christian Memoirs, by W. Shrubsrle.
PLAYS—School for Author »<s*Safe and
Sound—Free Knight*—Two Far*s nutlet
A Hood -'-Hogantino»lron Chest—Riches
or the Wife and Brother.
Also for Sale as above,
I Lessons to Young Persons in Humble Life
Tales of Fashionable Life by Miss Edge,
worth.
Select Speeches, Forensic and Parliamen.
tsry, 6 vols.
Carey’s Pocket Atlas—Zion’s Pilgrim—
I Bordleys Husbandry—Don Sebastian—Geo.
| graphical Compilation!—Domestic Cookery
| or complete Woman’s Cooke—Glilies' His
1 tory of Greece—Cmxall's Fab'cs—Ptnmyl.
[ vanla FarmerwGlear.ings on Husbandry
Hemy on Prayer^Sheridan’s Lecture#—
I Atnerican Tutor’s Guide—Tooke’s Pan.
theon=eGibson’s Surveying-—Simpson's Al.
! gebra—Jefferson’s NottsjaPaine’s Works
icnJ^ife of Doct. Frankltn'sAinsworih’i
! f.mtin Dictionary —Montgomery’s J*oems«j
! WonosirtK-bt’s French Grammar^Scott’i
Recuil—Rise and Progres*«»Fsther and
Daughter, by Mr*. Upie— Fatal Keveng
^Principles of Politeness—Annan Ban.
quet-^eCan’s Scotland—Rees’ Short Hand
—Nurse’s Guide—Cornel us Nepb«:***Bo.
tanical Garden— spirit ol Masonrj taller
▼ey’s Dialogue old smith’s work#- Her.
♦ey's Sermon?—Heather Gods—Hey * Sur.
gcry-Simpsuc’s Euclid. e p f.
mn'imy t»m 11 at-.1 i j. ,
Pcom the Independent America*
master’ PAYNE. j
Few indeed among the best poets, are t\i m*
stances where, at the age of seventeen, more
fancy, t^s»e ard correctness are diseo*rr«&>*e, ?
than in the following verses directed to » young
lady in Virginia, an aegoalntsnce or the author*
a copy of which I procured and the paUftcatioa
of which must be panloned*
' night Whilo restlsss on my bed
t languish’d for the dawn ef morr**>
hoft slumber soothld my arhtng bead,
And tail'd. In fairy dreams my torr-TT.
I stood in that serene retitit, v1’ -
Which smiles ih spite of stormy wr* her j
Where flow'rs and virtue* cluttVing Oei,
J..d oheefcs and rosta hash togeth^, j
When soon, twelve mylphjika forms l dfeem'd, !
Successive on my vision darted -j
And still the latest comer team'd
Fairer than she who just departed.
Yet owe there was, whose szure ey#
A melting^ holy lustre lighted;
Which censur’d while it wak'd the sigh,
Jnd chid :he feelings it excited,
“ Mortal/” (a mystic speaker said) ' »,
“ In those the sister months discover/
“Select from these the brightest maid /
* Frove to the brigluest maid a lover.0
v '
I heard, and felt no longer frcea
From all the rest I gladly teverj
And in perennial joy, with thee.
Dear May—O / rou d reside forever*
THE TOMrf OF EUZA.
S»r nger i if by wordly views
Thy heart is dead to love's nontrwul.
If feeltng never nurs’d with dews
The rose of passion, in thy soul ;
Turn froiu this grave thy sullen Head,
For this is pity’s holy shrine j
The lillies that surround the dead
Would shrink (rom such * hand as
thine.
But if thy bresst, with ardor warm.
Beats to the thrilling glance of beauty ,• *
If thou has knelt to woman’s charm,
Wilh all of 1 eve’s euraptured duty*
■ Then, stranger, p»us* and linger hers,
1 For love and pity seldom sever;
1 And frame the sighs to passion dear
Where F.liza sleeps, alas 1 forever*
- Sweet maid, within thy genii* breast
Affection bloom’d, OI», now sincerely /
And why did fate, with frowu unhlest,
Break a fond heart which lc*\» *o
ly—
For cold, beneath the western ware
Hrr lover found an icy pillow—
No flower to deck his lonely grave,
No death shroud but thy foaming bif
low.
The spirit of the morn had sighed,
Delighted, o’er the rove’s bloom,
But sorrow came, with withering stride,
And swept its beauty to the tomb.
Stranger { if love awake your sighs.
And love and pity aeldom severs*
Pause where that rose of beauty lies,
Where Eliza sleeps, alas { forever,*
FROM THE COURANT.
• ——
THE MONITOR.
( ' ON SELF COMMAND.
^ AJnii T rrovi#r«i »t ii/vsosnM» *rn»//i /i/ic/»_ I
f O..3 l-*-- —
lute sway,
And grow wiser and better as life wears
away.99
SOME old philosopher, I forgot
who, defined man to be M a bung that
looks before him, and ba'-k.” That is,
a creature who possesses the powers
both of forethought and reflection.—
All this he hns^yet is he driven abouJt^
to and fro, as it were at random, like
a vessel without rudder. He has rea
son yet acts not reasonably. The pow
er of reflection has he, yet does it not
make him practically wise. Memory
tells him how that thing, or the other,
he has found already bi ter as death:
yet the same thing he pursues and
embraces again. His own reason says
to him, There’s the precip ee ! One
step further and thou art lost : yet,
with eyes open, he presses forward, St
. plunges down it.
How many thousands, yea millions
i of human beings, are in the condition
described by the poet;
“ I see the right, approve it too t
Condemn the wrong, and yet the wrong
pursue99
Where lies this disorder ? In the !
heart. We reason from the head } but
act from the heart. The eyes of in- I
tellect sees clear what ought to be done.
Hut the family of passions, a most
clamorous brawling tribe, rise up in
opposition ; and volition yields to these
insurgent-. Thus is it even with some
men of great parts and splendid abili-1
ties. By reason that the* h.tveno*<lf
coonnand, their very talents prove a
4
• 1 11 I ■'
Mjifonutiie tb thenrfsfclves, to their
friends aOd to Community at large.
It is self command that gives cne
of the noblest distinctions to • human
being. «« He that ruleth Ilia own spirt
it is better than thte mighty.** He is
r eonqoefcor indeed, Who hat subdued
his own unruly passion* ind appetites ;
who resolutely repels end Vanquishes
even «*the sin that most easily besets
hint**’ He is fre'e indeed, whose will
is fettered by no vicb j who stead
fastly; obeys the light that God has giv
en him, and has the resolution inly
fixed and clinched, that his “ heart shall
rmt reproach him so long as he lives.**
He Is the *iket, If not the greatest, of
commanders, who strictly and uni forma
ty maintains self-command-. Where
as, without a .considerable degree of
self-command, though one had va t
knowledge, added to vast wealth, he
is, notwithstanding, but n pitiful little
creature in the scale of rational beings.
A mind strong in understanding, but
weak to resist the impulse of passion
rn'd appetite ; is, on the whole, a debai
led and feeble mind.
I? is out of our power t6 alter the
structure of our bodies ; we must take
them as they be, for better or for worse.
We cannot change otir Complexions,
or fashion our own features. We can
not add to our statur-, or make even
a single hair of our head white or
black. But it is not altogether so with
the mind. We can, with the divine
helps afforded us, improve and me!L
orate that. Wo can keep our p ss‘ >u?
& appetites in subordination to our un
wsuiauuiu^s. adq in ir»is cecessar.
and noble exercise should every O'te be
employed, day by day, who wishes t<
be wise or expects to be happy.
SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.
The conduct of this gentleman or
the most trying occasions has been ai>
prudent and modest as his principles
are correct.
He retired privately from the Tow
er; and with a few friends got into t
boat, was rowed down the Thames;
and eluded the throng of friends ant‘
patriots, who were anxiously waiting
for him ro join the procession. Hi
disappearance gave disgust to th<
crowd ,* and two of the committee cl
arrangement afterwards waited on Mr.
Burdett at Wimbledon for an explana
tion. Burdett told them frankly, that
his cotyJijet on the day of the prcces
sion was the result of much reflection
u that notwithstanding the public
might feel disappointed, and Would no
doubt express that disappointment
strorigly, yet he was convinced that
in less than six weeks th» re would not
be a reflecting mind in the kingdom
that would not rf^prove of w hat he had
done. Our enemies, he said, had
been base enough to charge him with
me moou that had been shed ; and had
he, by gratifying his personal vanity,
been the cause of a single accident, or
the death of any person, he should
have reflected up n it wuh pain lei
the remainder 6l his life.”
“ We £Nichol on and Powell] stat
ed the little probability of, and the
precaution that had been taken *© pie
vent, even the possibility of mischief.
Sir Francis replied, there was no an
swering for public feeling.
“We further stated ihat his deter
mination ought to have been made
known; to this sir Francis remaiktd
that it was absolutely ntcessary there
should be an expression ot public sen
timent; that was now complete, and
his being in the procession could not
have added thereto. We said, we
wished that some of our friends had
been in the Tower, to have forced him
into the carriage.
“ Sir Francis expressed his grati
tude for' that expression of kindness,
as indeed he did to all bis friends but
this would have had the appearance of
finesse ; that he looked only to the
public cause, which he was convinced
would be benefited by his conduct,
and of this all his friends would no
doubt be convinced.”
Whig.
Anniversary of the Battle of Benning
ton.
The 16th inst. says the Albany Re
gisier, ihe anniversary oi the ha.tie of
Bennington, was celebrated by the re
publicans of that vicinity, and a num.
ber ot their republican brethren from
Rensselaer rind Wa^hi ipfon, and FrqlH
thit city; The cclehratibA took plefe***'''
on the encampment of tbe veter* t\
STARK; Col. David Robertson of
Bendingtob, was marshal and J r
L; Billing*; fesq. of Salem; obtdfofihs
day. . The proceedings were in -uni
son with that spirit of liberty and thas
display of valor which they were in
tended to inspire and to cbm memo
rate. The oHtor bf tha day acquit
ted hiihself very habdfcsutocly, and re- .
ceived the uncauitocai applause ©fthe
thousands who wash aioamfcled on tho
octasionv
Woth the Boston CTentiael.
Of one hundred and thirty two ress-ls
and cargoes decoyed seized,- eoof.-.,
cated and sold in dominions governed by
Boraparte, no less than filvy one belonged
to Massachusetts. THfc Sa>ro Gree ts
states the l«ss of that totn, in th** eight
vessels condemned in Italy, 6*7 000 do!,
lars. Marb’thead too has buffered severe J
ly from the squeezing of its « good friend*"*
Recapitulation, or summary view of
Spoliations in Naples.
“) or 8 M17,
Bos’ on ■ 8 359.000 (. 000 ot
Salem, 753, QuO 1 ?erty-» oe
1 longing to
_ . J Muss.
Other ports In > 3,06,C0A
Ml.!, S
O'her p rts in } 284,000
the II. S. 5
05** Total g 2,251...tO-sTw» mWon©
-wo hundred anti fi/»y me thousand collars,
in one port i=*Of wh-C’* lun mnn- ih...
h and rather less thao iwu thuds, is
Massachusetts’ thare of loss.
NRCK AND HEELS.
Was married some time sijnce in Eeg^
land, Mr Jonathan Neck, to Miss DetnT •
rah Heels. This is a close but radur u
crooked union.
Freeman’s Journal.
New-York, August 31.
COAL MINES.
The coal recently brought to this ci
ty from the mines of Lewis Hepburn
apd Abijah Smith, which were disco
vered about two jears since on the
hanks of the Susquehannah river, is
apparently of a-superior quality to any
of the European cOal hitherto imported
into this country. The sample of the
corgo furnished for the use ot the Citv
Hotel, afcd for other domtaik urea *m
this city, has excited the surpriz? an l
admiration of all the ^c.itlemen who
have betff' to see it burn j and induced
them to declare that it not only exceed
ed their most »->ng line expectations,
but gave them the most favorable opi
nion of the usefulness of the mines.
A 6re can be made of ihis coal wih.
the greatest facility, and when the gra <3
is once filled, it needs no rtplenis- iug
for twelve or fourteen hours, notwith
standing the fire is much hotter and
more pleasant for all domestic u es,
than thus murlp Irnm imnn.r.J aonl. .
on accbunt of its being entirely free
bom smoke, any disagreeable smell or
riust, w hich ; re the inseperable con
coo itants of all other coals.
We are happy to be informed that
ir can tie dug, brought to this city and
forded here for 10 or 12 dollars a
bhuldon, which in the course of a Very
short time must inevitably prove to ba
one of the gnateat acquisitions ever
discovered and brought to perfection
in this country.
WEAVING.
The following extraordinary davs
work was performed at Mr. Hussell
Bran* in’s Manufactory in Clinton, O
Inclda county, state of New York, by
a young man by the name of Ertstus
Bader, 17years old, (American borv)
who, on the 18th instant, wove 50 I 4
yard of Cotton Shirting, rising .1-4 yard
wide of yarn No. 11, spun at mo
Whites town Cotton Manufactory—
He commenced at 5 o’clock in the
morning and terminated his day’s wo It
at 7 in the evening, tnakiug 14 hour»,
including all necessary intermissions.
The cloth which i* of an * ven beautiful
texture has Keen inspected and measur
ed by the subscribers, who can attest
to the above facts.
On the 20th in*t. the same young
man wove one yard of ;he :;ame kind
of cloth in precistlv ten minutes
CHAUNCEY GttliJCRY,
SETH HASTINGS, tun.
AUSTIN MYGATT.
Clinton, Aug. 21, 1810.