The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-27 00:00:00, page 4

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VARIETIES,
Literary and'Philosophical.
(From the London " Monthly Magazine”
for October end A'ovembcr', lb'09 )
In the Champ* Elytctt* near the ancient Cha
pel of St. Bardulph, callt d by some, the Temple
of the Manes at Arles, have been found, among
many fragments of large earthen urns, a similar
one ot the same substance ; two beautiful lacry
mutinies, one of which is of cons:<lerabie length ;
a tine sepulchral lamp of earth, in good preser-.
vation, upon which is a winged genius ; u pria
pus <>f bronze, turned green by being in contact
■with a Inonze ring, designed to suspend it by,
m small bracelet tor a child, in bronze, to which
is fastened a med.d of the colony of Nimes, die
impression mudi effaced, and almost illegible ;
twelve glass beads upon wire, two of red glass
joined together, one of white glass, and the drop
ot h pendant likewise of glass; another larger
bracelet in bronze; a small drum ; h head of
Medusa of blue glass, thick,-tnd in relievo.
M Hieknke ln.9 invented a new kind of
bellows, m wlii. - the current of air may be in
creased or diminished at pleasure, without inter
rupting i's action.
M Klaproth, member of the Academy of
Sciences of Petersburg, lias set out for Tclilia,
the oap.'ai «<i Georgia, w ith a view to proceed to
Tgheran, in Persia. lie intends to spend several
years in the latter country, in order to make him
self thoroughly acquainted with it
The account ol Captain Kiiusenstihrm’s
Voyage round the world, is preparing with the
greatest dispatch. Almost all the engravings
cue finished. The trxt is in the Uursiati language
but the captain will lutnself publish a Cot than
Iran lation.
The Imperial Academy of Sciences, at Peters
burgh, hutt published tho thirteenth volume of
its Mtbioirs with the title ot Neva Acta Acade
mia Scicntiarum Imperials l\iripu!itar..r
To this volume ia prefixed the history of the A a
demy from 1795, to 1796,St biographical accounts
of ten Academicians,who have died since that pe
riod ; among whotn is the celebrated naturalist,
Eric Latvian, who was horn at Abo, m Fin
land in 1737, and died near Tobolsk, in Siberia,
in 1795. Among the reports made to the Aca
demy, is one on tlu* direction of balloons, and a
nother on M Pallas’s Travels in Tauris. The
matru inattcul memoirs inserted in this volume,
are thirteen in number, four of which are by the
.celebrated Euler. The department of physi
cal sciences, coiriprehemls, among others, an in
teresting memoir on the mines of Siberia, by M
Herman, under the t.tle of Description of the
celebrated Silver Mine* ofZmeof, or Mount Al
tai, in Siberia. This mine, which lias loiig been
known, has been wrought only since 1745, at the
experte of the crown Tiie quantity of ore eb
tained liom it annually amounts to 1,200 OOtit
puds ; and the total produce from 1747 to 1703,
was 34 44 l puds of silver, among which was a
bo'H 1000 of gold. The pud weigh*, from ll.ir
tj five to lorty pounds, bo that this produce may
be estimated at forty lour millions of rubles, or
about a million a year. 1 lie c.itronnmical me
tnolrs urethree, in number One. by Mr. Henry,
sjomaius Observal'ens or. the Planet Venus; the
Wjeorri by M Stephen Uumowsky, treats of
the Figure of the Earth ; the third is a supple
ment to Euler’s 'i lieory of the Moon, by M
Schubert.
O i the 22d of August,last year, M. Antrc
oei, and M. IIriosciIi, ascended in a balloon at
Padua When the nu rcury had fallen to fifteen
inoi.es, about the height of three miles und an
hail, the latter began to fed an extraordinary
palpitation of the heart, without any painful sen
sstion ui breathing. When the mercury was
down to twelve, (four n.lies and an half) he was
Overpowered with a pieusirig sleep, that *>oi h
became a teal lethargy. The balloon continued
ascending, and when the mercury was about nine
inches, car six miles,) M. Andreoli perceiv
ed lumsi If s wollen nli over, and could not move
Ids left hand- Wlicn the mercury had fallen to
8,5 [about six miles and a quarter,] the balloon
burst with a loud explosion, & began to descend
rapidly with much noise, which awoke M. Bri
uschi. It fell about twelve miles from Padua,
without any injury toTthe aerial tra\. litis.
'1 he celebrated Ca no v a, who is io receive
one hundred thousand crowns for . i i.-s .1 sta
tute of Jv poleon, in bronze, has c; . . gi .1 tiie as
sistance of the German artists, i.l Vuuna, who
cast tire statute of josepn 12 under the direction
of the crlebrated profe-ssor ZAUNER.
Th«* subterraneous p •= ;,<• ny which the Ro
man Emperors went pnvan 1% f,; nnlie Palace of
the t.xsars, on Mount Ca: us, at Rome, to the
Piavii<.i amphitheatre, it s lu-cn lately discover
ed. From it have been t~k n a number of ar
chitectural fragments, capitals, cornices, and
vases, proofs of tiie splendor ol its decorations.
Some fim torsos litvr also Leen found, and a
head of Mercury, which have odonged to the
statue fornu rly in the garden of the Pope, and
now in the Ciiiaramonti Museum. Several
pip* a at d gutters lor carrying olf water were al
no tli** overtd and twenty rooms of very small
dimensions, ai.d lighted only from the top
These arc piesumcd to he he fornicet, so fre
quently mentioned by Martial, Seneca, and Ju
venal.
Mr. I A Mr.CRT, who late ly travelled through
Lower Canada, and the United States, has begun
to print an account of his observations on the
present state of those interesting Countries. His
wink will m ke three volumes octavo, and will
be illustrate ! with a variety of engravings, Com
drawings made on the spot.
Some, copies of the original quarto edition of
Mr. Barlow’s line poem ofthe Cohimbiad, have
been imported from America, by Mr. Raymond,
of •‘all Mail, and a>e to be had at four guineas
in hoards. The volume taken altogether,’ is one
of (lie most elegant that ever issued from the
press.
A Companion to Miss Byron’s CtTm in search
id a Husband, will soon appear under the title of
Celia Suited ; and contains Sketches of modern
female habits and manneis.
Mr U. Cook, of Birmingham, considering the
superior advantage which would result from a
discovery of some method of providing security
against fire s within dcora, conceives that this de
sirable Mid might he in a pieat measure answer
ed by the introduction of iron staircases. Com
mon dim, be t r nks, might be a Honied aa cliern
*" any kind of wood ; or where ornament is re
quired, they n ight be made quite asel-gant m d
band's me as those of tin- most costly materials.
He aiio suggests the forming of the joitts, r«f
tera am! beam*, which niight be cart hollow, of
the same trivial ; by which means, fire could not
be easily communicated from one room to ano
ther.
M Francos*, has invented » travelling car
riage, containing n complete habitation and of
very simple cons'met ion. It is composed of a
body fifteen fi-et long, seven and a lo.lt wide, and
six high, being rai-td liner fret If.nn the ground
upon the wheels of a common curricle. Hacks
arc placed upon the f< u> sides, so as to l><> „Me
to feed si: t«cr or twenly horse s : canvas, which
covers lot body of tbs vehicle, wlm • it is going,
may la raised to shelter the horse;, and exhibits
lbe spjr ar/mce of a l. rgc tent, ] .laced round a
I vvil surmounted w.t:i a lightning conductor.
Doors open oil the light and Isli, wheic six steps
* liable ll.e travel lei to get in at d out with case
'I be interior is divided hy ap utition, into two I
ApsilineM », one i f which at ne* f>r .,r. Ni>ii chum- I
bt.r,k; Iteuor nfUng room, and the o'het fi.ru
’•<■<1 im-mbcr. A i;.di..v i„ font of the vehicle I
iv.s iul lor .,ri.i».| , ami f.i.b'i .•* the traveler to
p-» bifi.ut, »:i it wi re, v, u. •, abghtug. r -.\
I. nk i sic stl.i .ci > lor |:;;vi. ,.g post with tins
i a. •.», (.cr.cn.ina'co pyn.l guile of iron, ob
V
tained t>y the distillation of wood, is employed
with great success in the arts. It has already
been extracted from v»n« (»ar,' without any empy
reumatic smell, also from oil $ and with it may
be formed to# base of a greut number of solvents.
M. Vita t.is has applied it to the dying of thread
and cotton, and this practice is now followed in
the man -* .clones of Rouen, where black cottons
for'mourmng, which used formerly to be procur
ed from Hellattd, are died in a solid and eheap
manner, by tm-aua of the pyro4ignite of iron.
1 his colour lasts very long, and is not liable to
turn ru»tylike common blacks.
M. Hoc no lx, of Issoudus, in the department
of Indre, has long used the expressed juice of
the barberry in dying. The root of the plant boil
ed in water, gives a beautiful green, applicable
| to goat r.nd sheep skins.
M. Alexandre, of Bonrdeaux, employs a
method of filtering water, w ithout either sand,
sponge, or pounded charcoal. It consists in ,
merely causing the liquid to pass through the ca
pillary tubes, of a piece of half worn out cotton.
It is well known that u skain of thread, or a rib
bon, one end of which is pnt into a vfifescl, while :
the other hangs over the side, will very soon be-1
come a conductor of the liquid, which biters and
runs off, till the vessel is nearly empty. This ex
periment, M. Alexandre has applied on a large
scale, to the purification of the water of the Ga
ronne.
M. Peilon, during his voyage to the South
Seas, collected a great number of that remarks
j ble genus of animals, to which Linnaeus gave the
| name of Medina, aiul has increased that family
| to more than 150 species. In an account latily
| presented by him to the National Institute, their
I singularities are w’ell expressed in the following
I terms :—“Their substance seems to be merely
| a coagulated water, yet the most important func
tions of life are exercised in it. Their multi
plication is prodigious, yet we know nothing of
I the peculiar mode in which it is effected. They
arc capable of attaining several feet in diameter,
and the weight of fifty’ or sixty pounds, yet their
nutritive system escapes our eyes. They execute
the most tvpid and long continued movements,
yet tlie details of their muscular system are im
perceptible. They have a very active species of
respiration, the true Beat of which is a mystery.
'rhcy appear extremely feeble ; yet fish ot cun
sulmblc s.zelorm their daily prey, ami dissolve
iu a few moments in their stomach. Mriiv spe
cies of them shine in the night like bills of fire,
and some sting or benumb the hand tint touches
them ; yet the principles and ayents of both
these properties remain to be discovered.” All
the medusas have a gelatinous body, nearly re
sembling the esp of a mushroom, and hence de
nominated uvwreila ,- but they differ in wanting
or ha' :ng a mouth ; in the mouth being simple or
multiplicmus ; in the presence or absence of a
production resembling a pedicle ; and in the edg
es of this pedicle, or of the mouth itself, being
furnished with tt'xtacula, or filaments, more or
less numerous. From these characters, M. Pe
ran forms divisions and subdivisions, under which
every possible kind of medusa may be arranged.
Some of these animals exhibit beautiful colors.
Mr Jefteksok, lute president of the United
States, has sent to the class of natural history of
the Institute a fine collection of fossil bones, dug
upon the banks of the Ohio. The greater num
ber belong to the large animal, improperly called
Mammoth by the Americans, and to which M
Cuvier gives, the name of Mastodonte 5 hut
there are likewise some belonging to the genuine
Mammoth of the Russians, or the other land
animal, much resembling the Indian elephant, the
remains of which are so common in Siberia.
These two gigantic creatures therefore, formerly
inhabited together the northern parts of our globe.
M Charles Otto, a paper m .ker,of Saxo
ny, has discovered a method of sizing paper while
it is still in the vat, and in every season of the
year, without using either the shreds of skins or
any other animal substance
The proprietor of one of the principal glass
houses in bohemia asserts, that he has discover
ed the secret of rendering glass malleable and
ductile.
Iu the evening of the26lli of June, a terrestri
al waterspout ..pp'-ared about a league southeast
of Carm gnole, in the department of the Po
The weather was stormy '1 he cloud which g ive
rise to this meteor, was greyish, and not \ery
large ; but it beg .n to lengthen on one side, form
ing as it were, a very sharp tail, which approach
ed the earth in a serpentine line. The cloud had
then the shape of a reversed cone, part of which
emitted a very perceptible yellowish light ; tlii.*.
conc, about half way between the summit and
base, might be eight or nine yards in circumfer
ence. As it approached the earth, u kind of
cloud that locked like smoke, having : Iso tr.<
appearance of a kind of cone, was formed, and
; hs summit advanced towards the water-spout
The duration of this meteor was twenty minutes,
during which it traversed a space of more than
eight hundred yards, and then descended in a do
Inge of watr r. In its way, it overthrew a yotu.p
oak, and stripped the bark from a mulber y I roe,
the roots of which were almost entirely laid bare,
by the removal of the earth which covered them
I he bark was reduct d to a drv, whitish and
almost friable substance. The lower cone also
exerted its fury upon the dust, which it raised.
ana me corn which was then cut in the fields,
and which it carried away and dispersed. A
man, who was in the line traversed by this phe
nomenon, l.eling himself beginning1 to rise, hetld
by s bush, that he might not he carried away.
A quarter of an hour after the disappearance of
the water-spout, there was a thunder storm,
with hail. The thermometer was at 18°, and
the mercury in the barometer, which at first
stood at twenty seven inches six lines, rapidly
felt, 2$ lines.
At a late meeting ofthc Academy of Sciences,
Literature, and Fine Arts, of Turin, M Hoisa
relli, chemist, presented two specimens of artifici
al cotton oread, made by Messrs. Copps and Fa
rodi, of Genoa. He likewise stilted that stock
ings, cloth, and wicks for candles, had been
made of this cotton, but the latter gave only an
indifferent light; a defect which he ascribed to
the maceration of the material in alkalies, and
which washing in watc r was expected to correct.
The academy was satisfied of the resemblance of
the specimens U cotton; and 1 )r. Uizzetti, hav
ing observed that, I / treating tow of hemp with
ditfer'-nt agents, it might he reduced to a simi
lar substance, lie was commissioned to make
the nec< iary experiments at the expcnce of the
academy.
A letter, dated C. pe of Good Hope, May 21,
; 1809 g'ves the following inicrestiog particulars : '
| —■“ At>- u* ten months ago, Lieutenant Donovan, '
I cd the 8dd regiment, Assistant Surgeon Cow in,
and twelve Hottentots, left the Cape, with the'
intentioi^of travelling, if possible, as lar as M a- j
ambique. This undertaking, if it be accomplish* j
i d, will f«r ( xi red any African travels that have j
! hitherto been performed, as the regions through '
which they pass are utterly unknown to my Iiu- '
ropean. Last week, letters, dated about two
months ago, were icceircd from these gentle- |
lin n, at which time they had penetrated to Lt.
24° S. long. 28" E. Accoidingto ftie infonna- I
tioo which thev had coliecteu, in about twelve or !
fourteen days longer travelling to the N I*. !
they should arrive at a place, to which white j
people were in the habit of gwng from Mot m- I
bique ; so tint* there is great icasnti to hope this I
hi iltioit* enterpriz • may l>»- successiiilly achievr <1 j
The country whit h tVy were then in was fertile.
1 iie only discovery ot material importance, which
they appear to have made, at the time their let
trr* were written, was, t! at they had found
wild camels, an m.dr not h. fire known t • be in !
habitants of South Africa. This unexpected dis
oovcry may in ntiialiy prove of die highest ut.'. ty
to this col'*rty, in m«»y parts of which, for sevc-1
r..l ijcc ceding d .ys, a trav*llr cannot meet j
with v ..I, r j in J, from the burdens which cam- [
-*■» h*'» capable of hearing, tiivy may probably
supersede, In a great degree, the use of wap
Rons, each of which requires from e'ght or ten
to sixteen or eighteen buttocks to drag them o
ver the sandy or stony reads in the vicinity of
the Cape.” From this account it anpears, that
the travellers had proceeded in a diagonal line, t
and in a north easterly direction, from o4° S. lat.
and 23® E. long (~the situation of the CipeJ to
24° S. lat and 28® E. loug that is, 10° to tlie
northward, and 5° to the east ward ; and that, as
Mosambique is situated in 40° E long and 15®
S. lat they had still to traverse 9° of lat. and 13°
oflong. so that their journey was not then nearlv
halfcompletcd.
On the 10th of April last, the first stone of a
new town, which is to be called Kingston in Af
Tries, was laid by the governor of Sierra Leone,
on the banks of a stream, denominated Hog
Brook. The situation, about five miles directly
inland, appears to be favorable, on account of the
quality of the soil in its neighborhood, and also
in regard to water, being an angle formed by the
largest stream of fresh water known to < *i-o
within the colony. A number of natives cm l>>\
ed upon the new road, which has been abe-id)
cut to this place, having huil‘. bouses, . ml collect
ed a quantity of live st >ck, -t the foot . 1 Leices
ter Mountain, about half way between thv old
and new settlements ; they hav*- been encom jj;
ed to settle in this position, and the place ha*, re
ceived the nume of Leicester Some progress
lias also been m ide here in t,*e estaM; bmeut of
a school of cadets, in which it is proposed to ed
ucate a number of African boys, w:u» m ly here
after form the ofli; ers of an African army A
barrack in Fort Thornton hai been appropriated
to the use of these cadets ; ami in addition to wm
of the schoolmasters sent out by the Diitish Gov
ernment, an experienced serjeant of the African ;
corps has berit appointed to superintend them.!
'1 he haven of this settlement is undergoing con
siderable alteialHiii, and it is expected, that i1. j
will he found practicable to extend it to near .our J
times its original s re.
~4n almost unparalleled instance of perse - |
vering llrax'erij.
Capt. Frazer Smith, late master of ship!
Neptune, of Greennock, (Scot ) wrote his |
owners from Lima, in Apiil taut that while j
on the coast ot Peru, lie first encountered a •
French privateer for 4 hours, and beat her j
off: That a few weeks after, the same pri
vateer, with a ship she had captured, made !
an attack on his ship, and after several hours
oi hard fighting drove them both off, but had
suffered greatly in hi- rigging, &c. Sic
That a tew days after another privateer,
mounting 22 guns, and 1T0 men, attacked
bis ship in the night, when he fought her
three hours, and drove her off, she returned
to the second Attack at day light, arid the ,
obstinate and unequal contest was continued i
with little or no remission from Monday to i
Thursday; when his ship’s ammunition was
entirely expended; & being exhausted from
fatigue and wiant of food, (not having time
to spare to eat or drink) his ship surrender
ed, a compie e wreck, literally knocked to
pieces, the maintopmast and mainvard shot I
away, his sails cut to rags, and not a aii gle j
shroud left standing! Capt. S. lost his 11 *te
and 7 of his crew, killed ; and himself and 9
of his crew wounded.
from the Baltimore American.
The following conclusion of a charge to the
francl Jury «i Calcutta betrays the fears of the
nglisli government in India upon the subject of
revolution. The officers in the India-Company’s
service are nu n of skill and what they project, |
the natives will execute, a strong jealousy exists
between company’s and king’s officers, as it did
formerly in this country, with the provincials.—
Similar causes produce similar efil < ;j
From the Philadelphia Ft. u:rr.
From our Calcutta papers.
lion Sir r. .Strange’s c . g..- to the gra dju
ry, [l ODciluleil.] They, he s \r» i. v stood n. w
tor sever-.1 years on tin- t un tion <<t :«ce)ei> . u d
act of |.-ai'liamcut, defining then p’.,\\iis arid. .In
jection, with reference to wliirh l-.tu-r lhe\ rn-y
be regarded asking’s governments, as much hs
any omer within tile empire, t>- wliicii the king
directly appoints. Against such an :,u limit},
it is that many of ike c inpany’s officers in > i>e
< onsidered is at this ni inent in arms, many \u ne
hi a s’ate of desertion fiom their duty, having in
I'apacit .ted themselves from performing it by do-;
doing to abide by die tenor of their commissi- J
0113. In such a state of things, g ntlenien, is it'
| for the government to surrender ? Distress
! might compel it; it must be extreme however,
j to justify a thought of the kind. If it have the i
means of protecting the public authority, it is !
us duly to exert them for the purpose to the ut-1
most '
v»enucmen, the sentiments winch n ion this
occasion I wish to convey, occur in a paper I have
lately had occasion to see, so stated, that, while
1 adorn my charge by their insertion, I tbiik I
cannot more effectually serve the cause to which
they relate, than by offering them to you as 1 find
them expressed.
“ I should sincerely hope fsays the writer of
it] tout there is no officer however deluded l<y
liis passions, who, to produce redress for his
grievances, will deliberately justify an act of re
sistance against the legal and established autho
rity of govornment.
“ Were they ten times as numerous as they are
represented to be, it will not, 1 trust, he asserted
that redress should be insisted upon, though the
government itself be destroyed in the attempt
liut the officers seem to consider themselves ir
rcvocablv engaged by certain pledges and pro
mists, from whence they think, they cannot re
cede with honor to themselves.
“A promise from one officer to another is assur
edly a oolemn obligation, and one that should not
be lightly abandoned But the officers should se
riously reflect that there ate sacred pledges and
promises which are antecedent and super ior to
those that they have given to support their pre
sent desperate undertaking. In giving a pledge
to promote a hostile combination against the
government, the officers should recollect that I
they violate all their solemn obligations, as soldi
ers and subjects. No promise to perform an il
legal act, can be legal: no engagement ought to
lie considered s binding, which is itself a viola
lion, of all prior, and superior engagements
The duty of a soldier to his superior, and of a sub
jrcl to h.s government, is paramount to bis dutv
to ti brother officer.”
J his beautiful exposition of sentiments the
most correct, comes from an accomplished offi j
cer in the same service, the character of winch
upon the coast the application of them so severe-!
ly, but so justly arraigns, and 1 am happy in lie- i
ing empowerad to give them the greatest circu- |
lation.
Gentlemen, there has been averred lo you in !
justification of the charge, th .t 1 on delivering ;
nothing but what 1 have upon the best authority, i
reason to know to be the luct. The < onseqm nee j
I should think, would in »tie inind of every g »od j
subject instantaneously follow lUbeilmn is to
be discountenanced, n ,d put down, Kvrry at- j
lempt Uj intimidate government into th« fetrac- j
lion of acts that have been dtlibi. lately adopted, I
«°d may, if exceptionable, he rectified at home, I
should he reprobated tending to the subversion
of its general authority, upon toe maintenance of
wiiich the peace and preservation of society de
pc nils, iti thus exhorting you, gcntlein :ii, 1 am'
not undertaking the di lrr.ee of measures. Non
all aiixi'io. Not cn.ly it is impossible that I
slionhi have hail any purtii ipalioo in those which ;
hayc been so perscveringly rest nud l>y tl;c gust,
body ofthe compam’a, officer# upon this estah
lishmcut, and highly improbable at lead! that I
should have been consulted upo'! them, bid from
tiii* seal of truth as well as of justice, 1 lake thi»
opp irtunity ot drcb»riiig that of the occasion »:ni
grounds ot them 1 know as much and not uior.
than the least informed smou* yourselves Jlut,
though it is not fur me to defend mearttren, there
are | nnciplt-s which it is my province to iti-ol*
cat^, nor, rejt rdless of all private interests and
particular pirjiidiccs, can you, gentlemen, possi
bly at this moment, render a more important s
vice to your country, th n, by adopting »nd en
forcing'them, to contribute to faring back tin
licludt * to tiieir duty, and restore to this distract-'
ed portion of the empire, something like union
and security. . ;<•
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NO PICK—Allperauns iudubteu i • t*i
of Josiah Wright, decetscd, aie requested
to come forward and pay tiieir respective tu
cuiinU to tlie subscriber—Those having cl »ims
against t lie estate are requested to bring I or ward
tneir accounts properly HUlhenticated, to
ABU \liAjvl' DOUGLASS, Ahn'r.
J.mu iry 4 10>
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A 'J P - tfuBy informs the Ladies of Richn.iirtli
«nd it - vxin iy. th «t h • i-. just establishing a I, i
dies Shoe Ma'UTACTOhv h tew doors l>el»w
the Uei! Tavern out next door to S 1*1. asaius’s
Bonk Stor •—1( • It is on h.«ni! an cl jriut asaort
ni> »t of Kid and Morocco .VA*/A S, given, led,
blank, mi.He, tea and buff Ait of the most la hi
unable colours.
N. i: ’1'iia.s" ladies who won! ! wish to b->v,
their shorn made in the most liuiliion *ble nmd* .
will pleuse to call as above. Ad orders v:ll in
thank fully ic< eived and immediately attended to
Ten or twelve wom-n shoe binders will nin-l
*-v !lt cirploytricnt by applying at tlie abov-- pi ace
January 13. ;J v
JOllNSON AN1) RE.YT,
JEWELLERS o* SILVERSMITHS :
1' t!;< I'lfsoi'ilt tip, o;i]msitf; llii1
d -k. veni—Have jhst received ::ii udir’i'ind sup
ply <>' Arrici.Ei in thoirline, (which with then
former stock v d. •tinh r their assortment very
complete) consisting f—
Pe n : Eur-Iiingr, Ear-Rings Sc Drops, Breast
Pi is. Bi aceleta and Fingtr Kings.
Ji.1 tV cast-Pins, Bracelets, E ir-Rings I*. Neck
laces, tortoise shell Combs <>t tne most approved
path gold Watcli-Cha ns, S^als and Keys of
the iair-st patterns, Ear-Rings, Fing#r-Rmg$,
Breast-Pins, Bracelets, Buttons, Lockets and
Mi’ i. ture Sett nigs.
Silver Tea Pots, Coffee Pots, Sugar Dishes,
Sl<>r> Bowls, Cream-Pots, C oins and Gobletts.
Table,desalt, tea and salt Spoousj soup, toddy
ream and mustard Ladles, Salt Stands, Tliun
• 1 -s, Coral oc Bells, Te* fongx &. Pencil Cases,
silver mounted Dirks, Swords and Soul)'Boxes
Plated Castorsoi various prices, Candlesticks,
fruit Baskets, Tea-Pots, Sugar Dishes, Cream -
Pots, Salt-Stands, Table Spoons and Tea-for.ga
block tin Tea Pots and Tea Cmi.it>, together
with sundry other articl*s too tedious to e..m. e
nde here, nil of which they ofrer on moderate
terms. Orders fur work strictly attended to
The highest price given for old silver and gold.
December 7* •*pif
VALUA1ILE PROPER 1 if TOR Sara —
In pursuance of a decree of the Circ uit
Court of the United States, in the Virginia Dis
trict, pronounced at the last session o! lh.*t cO"i-t,
in the suits there depending bet wen Wm Kunk 11
It Co. plaintiffs, against Tuomas M. Deane and
others, defendants, and between Scriba Scrophal
nod Slarman, plaintiffs, ai.d the same defendants :
Will be exposed to sale, at auction, at Caira, in
the county of Cumberland, on Thursday the 1.5di
of February next, that valuable MERCHANT
MILL usually called the Cairo MHU—Tobacco
Warehouse, Taverr, an t oth°r Lett of Ground
at that place—Also, all the Lands at or near C i
iru, (consisting of 2uul> acres and upwards;
w iie.lt belonged tu James Deane, Thomas M
Di-ant* Francis B Deane or to either of*them,
on the 20th d.iy ot March, 1801—Terms of
sale—Ten per cent on ttic amount of the pur
chases to be paid in cash ; a credit of or./, two
and three years for the residue of the purchase
money, to bear interest bom toe d«y of si e,
t .e purchaser or purchasers giving bomb- witn
M-r.ur t\, to bc-appi... d by the mu'. r» ignetlcom
missioners, or I he one that may act, and al-o ex
ecutuig a need of trust upon the property m
purcti ■ ai fir securing toe payment thereof a.
t’i- periods aforeh.dt’..
P /.o .o tot'ue day of .sde the Land will be
diviued into • ...v ’ r.t! ' : >saii ptu .sers.
L. Ct)P .i ) Co.a mitti
\v L. iV iLI.i. **.v, j 'in rt.
D -r-rak - • tO rp.ds
HEADY MAD ■ .
CLOTHES.
' y "•HE SL ■. ' > ! .
i.is keeping on
" hand
y vi GARMENT.}
re M r m »tle, for th- o<'rpi>
••/•J * i. at if g- n tie me i
from the country who wist
i >o in* furnibiied at
short notice. Apply nearly
opposite the E tgle
Tavern to
C. I*AIi<iJIIIT.D,
Merchant i'avlor
J mu-try 18
oil'
'jpKN DOLLARS REWARD—Molen from
M iny liable on the night of tiie 12.n instant,
a iiOUKEb HO-tSE. He iind on ms forehead
a star and a snip ; bob tail ; his left huid foot
white to tlie iootl.ick The fight of one < f h.s
eyes is also impaired It may not be amiss «•.
state, that it is the same horse l have been in
the liab.t of riding some y< .rs in »h s city.
JAMES GKEENHOW.
Richmond, Januaty 20 If
VJ OTICE.—The Cop rtnerdiip of Fitzgerald
Lx and Vaughan will dissolve by mut'i.d con
schton the 31st day of D cemb'-r ensuing—All
persons having claims -.re desired to call for pay
ment, and those indebted by bond, note or open
account, arc most earnestly .s limited to discharge
the s*mc, as oirrumslanccs render it absolutely
and indispensably necessary that all the transac
tions of the ooncern be liquidated with as little
delay as possible.
Those persons yet indebted to the old concern
of Henderson and Fitzgerald, are also desired to
discharge their respective balances immediately,
as longer indulgence cannot he given.
JA MES H K N I) /•; F SO V,
JiOBEKT FI'JAGEl<ALD,
ASA VAUGHAN
Nottoway County, Nov 28, tDec. 16,) 1003.
P1»K Subscriber offers r in s/w.n the PLAN
A 'I AT/ON whereon he now resides, near
N >Uoway courthouse, containing 306 acres, on
which me good improvements of almost every
kind in excellent order.
Also, 800 .i "irs, by an old survey, on the wi.
ters of Litth? Nottoway river, about 8 or 10 miles
front the courthouse, one half ot which is un
cleared and covered witlt ex' »- h ut timber of
almost every description, and the plantation in
good order for cropmng.
UO.i-ilT FITZGERALD.
I) •'•ember 16 v*6wV
AVA1.UA i|Lt W viKil LOT.—The sub
srriber idlers fir «ilr, that \ I...<L1 •» water
Jot on Jamec River, inn: Ruing 10J Let in front,
it being toe sa ne lot on which C pi ]J ,i!t built
toe new br:g .it Rock -I s, anti adjoins tiie Coal
V <rd, lately occupied by Messrs. Nicholson and
Hcth j the terms of m!c will be made known by
appl-/slion to toe subscriber, living ne. r Rich
moud, r Richardson Taylor living in tiie e.ily,
Who will shew the property to any one disposed
to purchase.
JOHN S. GTUiiil.o, Setir,
Jariil .ry 4.
w> v
CTTEESF.. HATS. SALT-I*ETF.F., GuN
PUWOEK-A eno«ignip*ut of Co (out erf
Cheete of superior quality, in cask* and thixei,
just received.
A Krjfe and general assortment of gentlemen's
S'(k Beaver situ Furr HATS.
English refined S11.1 Pt tv.e,
F and FF glazed and rough CuN-Powsm.
roK sale, »▼—
D. J. BUim.
December 1. 2aw2 n
APPLICATION will be made to the Picsi
d>-nt and Directors of the Bunk of Virgi
nia to renew certificate* of stock Nos. 2809 and
3019 standing in my name on the books of the
Bank.
G. NEWTON.
Junimrr 4. _2aw6wf
E 1.1 AS V. LACHAIZE, TAYLOR.—Rea- t
pert fully informs the Ladies and Gentle
men of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has
commenced business in the house next to Mr. '
Neilk 'ii’s store, main street,, where he hopes, by
assiduity and attention to all commands, to me
rit a ah ire of public patronage.
*** A'.l orders executed after the newest and
newest fashions.
J'tn'nry 13 2iiv4w,
N. li Three or four good Workmen wanted,
to whom the highest whges will be given. Ap
ply ::n above.
l-t* PEriCOI.AS respectfully infjrms the
C-tir. *ns of Uichmond, that he intends
tea--1.i ii- D awing and Painting, being prepared
for the. reception of Sellers «t his residence oa
j SlmcW H U w
H- wil: 1 otake profiles on a large scale, and
i.Ik-’nrsscH in Miniature.
January 18 l.w3w^f
Lost—On Friday the 12tli of this month, be
tween the City art 1 It ce Ground, going the
iv,; r w u, a large Scotch Pebble Seal ‘mounted
with gold, and wit It J T cut in a cypher on the
l as. . A gold ring was st a-hed to the loop of
the Seal, by whi^-’j it was susp nded. A liberal
reward will be given for its recovery. Apply to
the Printer
January 25
St
NEW OXFORD ACADEMY—The sub
sc.riber wishev to employ, and will pay a
lib-Tal price to a mail capable of teachingthe
Latin, Gifo-k, French & English Languages, to*
father with Geography, &c and who shall come
well recommended as a proper person to take
charge oF ti e New Oxford Academy, lately e
rented near the Half wav H.iune between Rich
mond and Petersburg, on tile main stage road—
where hetton’emplales to receive thi-ty Uovs rn
/)>, who may lie hoarded at £01 per annum (ex
clusive of bedding and washing, which must he
furnished, or will occasion an additional charge)
and maybe instru*tcd in sdl or any of the shove
latigti.ges, at £30 per annum, payable quarterly,
but notin advance—The situation of this Acade
my is high and healthy, and combines as many
advantages ,.s any oto r in this state.— The sub
scriber pledges himself that great .md uncommon
attention snail he paid to the morals and instruc
. tion of those wh may be- sent to this Academy,
I and fl tiers Irimelf with a hope, that it will be a
ns iul and fi -uriahing establishment—As soon as
a Teacher can be p'oeureri, q unified in all res.
o. cts to manage the Semin »ry, t!ie puolic shall
l I'lTidve dn« notice of the day on which this school
willcommenca.
RICH’D. GREGORY.
Jarturv 13.'w3^1j
’ jj "’WE Subscribers having connected them
2 :!v s in the AUCTION BUSINESS—
O!. r t'ic'.r services to the Public, at their Aucti
on Room, opposite the Bell Tav'-ni, 1o carry on
A RETAIL NIG if AUCTION;
^ Also to s-!l in i? dt.y all kinds of Goods,
V/ r a and MerchaudiZ", Lands, Houses and
l.fts, II ».*ses, \Ti‘eM,s, &<-. or ;«nv other kind
rYop-iU which ina\ he i itr«ist.-d with them.
1 ;ey w:! ;uSys d r it tlieir duty at all
liiiit-s, fai::i'iill» i » < !'■>. . the interest of llioss
.viio may hoii >}* llit*iii w :1 • ,v confidence.
S i’ILL & BROOKE.
I), cent 2.11 lawGw
N » U\»‘,1 LETT STILL individM:d1y?wifi
! transact h. a;- c-..s. as a Tobacco B'-okcr and
| Comm-«• oon 'R- rii t.il, > 1; iv .i'l l sell ..li kinds
t ”* l 'ini.y produce ; Aiso 11 mk Stock, Nates,
I Rc
LAND FOK SALE —That valuable Tract of
L hVfl I.'t ing :u Am « rrl ro inty, common
• ' known bj tinname of G"i<! ,n’s Quarter, situ
ated n the t obacco row mountain, containing
elev n hundred acre*-, is vow of Erred for nit- «>n
hh. r>\lu rms The qu dity of tins land is said to
be equal to any tract m :li it County.
Tli..'terms will be kv'wu by making applica
tion to either of die luliscrih' rs in Petersburg,
or lo Mr. Samuel Irvin of Lynchburgh, who w ill
shew the premises or give such description of
■' na I* will s.*iisry any person desirous of pur
ehuioig
.737/ V WILDER,
-J 'JIIX tUiJ. L
Petersburg, J-»nnnrv4 r.#3in
O riCE.— b’y in *d of trust execut
X x ed to me bv Fra .<•. s Vanj;l»an,for the purpose
of securing Ihf o ym».it of u.-bts th^roin m* n
tioiied, fine to William White : Will l;e exposed
to s.ilf to the b'jjli«*9t bidder, in J • meslown, on
the l.i h «lay ol February next, the Tract of
LADD wlierron Ih'said Vaughan resides, lying1
m Corroetlaml conn*), near Jamestown, and
r ml 11ni .g upwards of two hundred acres, .and
ndjniniogibe I ids of J »s L) Lee, Jos K. Koy
»*Il, Win Corley and the subscriber.
TSC/IAHNEll WOODSON.
Ctimbfflmwi County, Jan 11. vd .*:
1y ATTEKSEAPAPEW .vl! LLS.-Those who
■J voali to encourage tue manufactures of tlieir
own state are inform' <1, that they can be suppli
ed with )’;•[>» r Manufactured in Petersburg, in
any quantities
I’llICF.S AS FOLLOWS:
Fine Lcttei 1’iper Vcl.u.n,
& 4 75 -)
Do. do. Laid,
4 50
Fools Cap
No. 1.
4 371
1)9.
No 2.
3 37i
No. 3.
Do.
m
Folio Post Vallum,
50
Do. Laid,
Fine Printing Medium,
50
Do.
50
Excellent Wrapping P iper, _
12£
Ojf* A liberal discount matl • to wholesale pur-,
chasers.
Orders for an/ of 'lie nbov^qualities, Mldress
ed to tlie subscribers, executed at the shortest
notice.
HAMSTER & Co.
August 4
f wtf
FIFTY KOI. LAKH UMIAK I).
RA ;«-A \ ’ \C, firm tin- .tuOtt iber, in the ritj*
of Orimmi.i, m the 2oi/> of Or oher last, a
Negro 31in nant'd HILLY, supposed Jo be abt.ut
five Jet nn;? o’ trn inches l igh ; stout i.’c/i mo..r,
a little t .to-lege /, has a fmi fro • about twenty
ye/tunf uyr / rent pirch, -/ of Cyrus (.unit of
Nonnatu ierland County / nuts raised in Lancaster
County, on > t Curt itotnan pi nration b Mr. Cut •
trr ; he it callby the t t utors of that p uce, wait
ittylnui Hilly : hr is veil netju(tinted at Shirley, on
y.itnes J<tvtrtViluieit u likely he tt i nking at tb s
ft inr.
J trill give the above reward if secured /•: ;
in the Cny <>/ Rici.tr, • l, »»■ ri ■ r ,■ .da’/ if m, <
red in any jail i* the state Vtry i t, e 'il /> .
Hi nto i given to ‘/o-.i/A t .trtcr, of Ft- 'nnond, •»'
y Hum, of Li.arrotte* ■ ,,
> H/NN It.'
Otto n't 17,