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CFROM THE EDINBURGH REVIEW J
Tableau Physique ties Regions lu/utUorialrs, 'Ox
Par Alexandre de Humboldt 4 to Pdf to, 1607, et
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(continued)
The subject of climate, as yet so imperfectly
underwood, would allurd room fbr much very in
teresting discussion We ahull, however, content
ourselves at present with offering a few short re
marks.
The mean temperature of any place depends on
two distinct conditions, its distance, from the e*
qua tor, and its elevation above the sea. The
Warmth that vivifies our globe is all derived from
the rays of the sun, which, being absorbed at the
surface of the ground, and partly in the lower
Strata of the atmosphere, constitute the general
mass of heat. But, in consequence of the obliqni
ty of the earth's axis, combined with the eff-ct
of its rotundity, the proportion ot light which
falls in the various latitudes is most widely dif
ferent The solar action is lienee shared out
With such excessive inequality, that, if left to its
unmitigated influence, the several climates on
the surface of the globe would be divided by im
Eass:,bio tones. Our atmosphere, the great ve
icle of impressions, per forms that essential of
fice : and, maintaining, by means of a complex
system of winds, a si >w yet continual intercourse
between the equator and the poles, transports the
heat of the sou di to the frozen regions of the
north, and carries ba. k the polar col J to fan the
Sultry face of the tropicks ; thus blending the
different effects, and attempering the gen<-r«l
distribution of warmth A fluid of greater mo
bility or conducting power would still further re
duce the inequality of climates Had the atmos
phere consisted i f hydrogen g is, the difference of
temperature between the equator and the poles
wciid have been three times less than what ob
tains in the actual constitution of our globe
Prom these principles, the law of temperature,
as dependent on latitude, may be determined, a
greeing with the formula discovered by the cele
brated Mayer of Gottingen, which, with a slight
modification, corresponds with the most precise
observations. We should expect the mean tem
perature of Vera Cruz to be 78j degrees. Hum
boldt, from a register kept there for s» vr ral years,
states it at 78° ; but the heat of Callao, the port
of I.iina, which ought to be 82°. is, apparently
on very slight grounds, noted so low as 60*
This difference, which exceeds, altogether, the
limits of probability, he would aserbe chit fly to
the effect ofa remarkable cold current that flows
along the western coast of America, from the
strait of Magellan to cape Parinnu, and had, op.
posite to Lima, only the temperature of 61°
*rhis singular current seems to be an exact
counterpart to the famous gulpli stream, which,
on the other side <>f the continent, after having
swept t.ie bay of Mexico, shoots towards the
northeast, till it loses itself in the Atlantick.
But the mean temperature t any place is ma
terially affected by its elevation. A rapid inter
change is incessantly maintained between the
higher and lower strata of the atmosphere The
heat principally received at the surface, becomes
thus almost uniformly diffused through the verti
cal columns of air. When a warm portion of the
fluid rises from below, an tqual portion must de
sccud ; and tliis pei pendicular communication,
being confined to a space eight, thousand times
smaller than the range ol the horizontal currents
■which connect the equator with the poles, may
be considered as producing its full effect, and es
tablishing a pi riect equilibrium. The same abso
lute quantity of heat, therefore, exists at e^ery
height of the atmosphere. If the capacity of air
were not affected by its density, a uniform tem
perature would, in consequence, prevail through
the whole xertical column. But since the pow
er of containing heat increases as the density of
the fluid is diminished, the temperature of the
higher region's of the atmosphere suffers a cor
responding reduction. The temperature which
obtains ax any elevation, is, therefore, inversely
proportional to the capacity for heat belonging to
»iir of such density. From this principle, gui
ded by experiment, and further adjusted by ob
set vation, we derive a very simple formula for
expressing the diminution of temperature in the
vertical ascent. The gradation is not uniform, as
many have supposed, but decreases faster in the
upper regions of the atmosphere This infer
ence is confirmed, by a close inspection of the
best and most txientive observations. Under the
equator, the decrement of heat, in mounting up
wards, may be calculated, near the surface, at
S24fect, for each degree ol Fahrenheit’s scale ;
at 297 feel, when the height is 10 000 feet ; and at
218 feet, for an elevation of20,000 feet M Hum
boldt, reckoning the mean decrement at 144 tcet,
considers it as uniform to the height of 8,000 feet,
and afterwards reduced to time fifths of that
quantity beyond the elevation pf 10,000 feet -
This statement is quite anomalous * but it is con
netted with another strange opinion which he
Las advanced, in supposing that, above the height
cf three miles in the atmosphere, the 3-tme pre
cise degree of cold prevails, in the wli le exit lit,
from the equator to the poles. The mean tem
perature of the city of C>uito, at the height of I
9,550 feet above the sea, may be computed at 53*
._*nd that of Mexico, which lias an elevation of
7,475 feet at 55°. Humboldt makes the former
to be 58° i. and the latter 62* } 5 both of them
Obviously loo great. The temperature of Mexi |
co might, indeed, be somewhat raised above the I
standard, from, the circumstance of its lying in'
the midst of such a vast tract of high country,!
where the sun's heat isrfticctly absorOed, and the
communication between ihe upper and the under
strata of the atmosphere i* necessarily rendered
Circuitous. ... 1
But, when tlie observations of our ingenious
travi Her. become more precise, they cease to bt
discordant with theory. In the torrid zone, the
limit ofpeipetdul congelation is very distinctly
marked, not varying more than 100 yards under
the equator, or 500 at the tiopick of Cancer.—
This boundary according to Humboldt, lias an e
levation of 15,700 leetai the equator, and 15,000
feet in the latitude ot 20* j results which per
fectly agree with the formula We may remark,
by the way, tliat the comparatively very narrow
margin of the snow within the tropitks, causes
the majestic Andes to want those glacieis, or icy
belts, which, in Europe, bestow so much lieuhty
and grandeur on the Alpine scenery.
The settlors in New Spain distinguished the
cultivated part of the country into three zones.—
1. The tirrrat cnlienUt or warm grounds, which,
never rising. I,0b0 ftet above the sea, i ave a heal
of about &J°, and yield abundantly, sugar, indi
go, c tton and plantain* or bannanaf. 2. Then'
errat ttrnpiadut. or temperate grounds, which, ly
lt on the declivity 11 the gnat ridge, at an ah
titude from 4 to 5,00(i feet, enjoy a mild, vernal
temperatiu e of 6B" to 70°, that seldom varies lb
tic grees through the whole year. 3. The lietrat
ft um, or cold grounds, having an elevation of
ft 000 lect, and comprehending die high plains, or
fable land, such as that of Mexico, ol which the
ten g ra u is £f.nfir..l!y under 65*’, and never
exceeds 75°. ,
In II e Oil id zo?ie, the blue sky takes* deeper
I n* j <hc nig tv are resplendent ; and the vault
of I,cam n, • xhib’.ting in succession the whole of
lltu coiiaU llaiions, apperrs studded w.th fixed
*’, *(, wh>. h ainfte like planet*, wMi a clear and
s < ■> light. Jo the upper regions of the atfnos
p i j< , t.V attenuated air reflect* only a daik a
r,.,a The cymometer, which at Paris marked
J6i<« ;rn intlif ate-l 23neirthe shore* of Cu*
n 11 ii *: 46 hi the he gi ts of the And* s. ho
1' iT is the o ot those climates, that,in
the i. > in a n oi Quito, one may distinguish,
with die naked eye, the ftnthel or wmte mamle
oP ft person oft liorsetaric, at tlie distance of tir
mp.es.
Mr. Humboldt laments that he had not an op
portunity of trying, within the tropicks, the pho
tometer, with winch professor Leslie hat enrich
ed okr philosophical apparatus. We heartily join
him in that feeling ; but we regret still more that
••• had nos employed tlie hygrometer, which the
k;tme phi'oaoplo r has constructed from a nice
view of the natur** of evaporation; and which,
combining accuracy of principle with facility of
application, promises, when better understood, &
more generally diffused, to procure incalculable
advantages to science und to the practice of the
useful arts The hair hygrometer of Saussure,
the most delicate, perhaps, of all those formed
with a hygroscopirk substance, can only shew, in
any ruse, tlie relative attraction, as it is variously
mollified, of air, and of the material itself, for
humidity The instrument, on the summit of the
Andes, was found to mark 46°, which quantity
being reduced by correction to 32°, is conceived
to denote most excessive dryness ; a proof suffi
ciently striking, of the utter futility of the con
trivance ; for, at those vast heights, the air seems
to be constantly charged with vapour ; and drift
ing fogs moisten and refresh the languid vegeta
tion of the paramo*, or Alpine deserts. We will
admit, that the capacities of air lor heat und
moisture are augmented together, by rarefaction.
II an apartment in Quito were constantly heated
up to the same degree as one at Lima, it would,
no doubt, he much drier ; but this disposition is
first counteracted by the cold which prevails
in the superior regions. The condition ot the at
mosphere in regard to humidity, depends on the
opposite influence of two very different laws,
which appi .trioperform an important part in the
economy of nature. Where the antagonist forces'
balance each other, the greatest humidity cx- I
ists
This is tlie proper region of the clouds, beyond i
w/iich the sky is perpetually clear and serene. In
the vicinity of the Andes, according to Hum
boldt the large clouds are not seen to rise higher !
than 10 or )2,000 tret above the sea ; but small I
while or fleecy clouds, which the inhabitants call
thtep, are often observed floating at a height of I
25 000 feel. These mountains are moistened with I
perpetual dews. Hail and snow fall, mcer'ainl
se isons of tlie year, at the elevation of 12,000
feet; but, at that ot 10,000 fi-et, hail appears, uc- j
j companied with thundt r. The high plain of Mex-'
ico is generally dry and parched, and in many
parts covered with a saline efflorescence Among
j the lower valleys, toirible storms of thunder,
with torrents of rain, are frequent during the
night In New Spain, there are only two distinct
seasons ; the (Citation dc la* aguas, or rainy sea
son ; which begins in June or July, and ends with
September or October ; and tlie rdip, or dry sea
son, winch lasts during all the rest of tlie year.
I he annual fill of t ain within the tropick*, may
be stated at six feet; it amounts to eight feet at
Guayaquil.
Uncultivated plains of amazing extent occur
in South America-i'lie Llano} or savannahs,
winch stretch on a dead level for hundreds of
mi.» s south east from the shores of the Orenoc
co, resemble the placid surface bf the ocean.—
Covered with a thin layer of vegetable mould &
ted by dews, or deluged by periodical rains, tho*
destitute of springs or trees, they produce in lux
unance a tall rushy grass, which pastures mime
kui.s herds of cattle, that, since the conquest of
America, hure become wild, and roam in a slate
, "alu,'e The pampas of Buenos Ayres are
plains ot the same kind, but still more extensive
Among these shady flats, packs of dogs, which
nave relapsed into the savage state, and lodge in
the holes, rush fiercely from their burrowa upon
the unwary traveller. A succession of plain*
stretches, perhaps beyond the sources of the Gu
avian, to that vast upland desert, which the ear
ly discoverers ot America, viewing as far be
yona tlie din ana stir of mortals, siyieu, in ihe
play ot imagination, the paramo de la sutntna pjz,
or the “wilderness of supreme repose.
| . II1- lr’ genial climes of the south, nature
: has iiotu ed forth her vegetable productions in
I rich variety and splendid prolusion. Here is the
reign of eternal spring ; and flowers and fruits
cluster the boughs in constant succession. No
tiling can exceed the beauty and grandeur of the
forests within the torrid mone. Thick intermin
gled trees, of majestic port and each Varied hue, I
rear their lofty heads, crowned with odorous !
flowers, & spreading with umbrageous & resplen-1
nent foliage. Creeping plants mantling m rank '
luxuriance, interface the smooth trunks with end t
less festoons. Dense woods of this composition,
interrupted only by some rivers, extend over a
space of more than 1500 miles, from the banks
ot the Orenocco to the shores of the Amazons.
I lie chief inhabitants of these forests are inon* ^
keys, which multiply exceedingly among tlie'
Fruit Pal boughs. Some of them live in pairs, me- j
lancholy, shy, and avoiding even their own spe- '
c es. Olliers go in troops of eighty or a hundred,!
springing from branch to branch in quest of
food.
Hut the equatorial regions of America, pos 1
sessmg, in consequence of their vast range of e !
lev at ion, every possible degree of temperature,1
concentrate all the diversity of the vegetable i
tribes. From the shore* of the Atlantic^ to the j
heights ol the Andes, the diff erent kinds of I
plunts follo w each other in almost regular succes- !
sion. Similar transition*, on a small settle, are
observed among the Alps of Switzerland. As
cending these mountains from the lower valleys,
we meet successively with chcsnuls, beeches,
oaks, and then pines, which, covering a much
broader space, advance till they become stunted
and gradually disappear, not far from the verge
rt perennial snow. To trace the geography of
plant, in the Idw grounds of Europe, is rendered j
peculiarly difficult by the activity of cultivation ; I
but in these boundless deserts, each species still
occupies its own distinct territory. The vine oc
cupies a narrow belt towards the north of the la
titude ol 30° Chcsnuts grow in the same paral
lel Next succeeds the oak, which extends ab
most to the 60lh degree oflatitude. In this tern
pci ate zone, wheat and barluy are cultivated.—
Oats p'elcr a colder climate ; but will seldom
tlinve beyond the latitude of &3U.
On tbi9 subject, Humboldt has furnished
some Valuable remarks. He has also given us
a very curious and instructive drawing, which
represents a vertical section of the American
continent utroas the Andest and exhibits in a
syuoptick view, the results of lus various obser
vations, physical, geological, and botanical. ■ - —
i he plate is, perhaps, too much crowded with
names, and with detached notices ; but the origi
nality of the dtiign, and the general skiifulntas
of its execution, deserve high commendation —
In Europe, the several species of plants are com
monly associated in large, distinct mu&svs } but
within the tropicks, the different vegetable
tribes appear interspersed and blended in loose
disorder. ‘There are, however, some partial
exceptions. In new Granada, the batnbura i>
helicon*a form continued belts j and the same
: disposition is observed in the mhuritiii, the tvl
lingia and the herbRccous mirnos.e, that shoot up
I along the savannahs of the Orcnoc-co, and in the
godoja, Hie bougainvillea and the croton at gen
' teunn, which grow amidst the plains of tire Am»
amis On the back of the extended chain of the
Andes, and at toe height of 10 000 tret, spread
| the brut his junipertnti, toe jtsraviif, tiie etc..Ita
j r.in myrtiltonttt, and especially the tovrrema,
| whom pith sflords the abject Indians wretched
J sustenance, lor which he sometimes contends
j with the bears. Hut the American scenery is,
I in general, devoid of such uniformity. Under
! ttye equator, from the Coast to Hie height of 3,000
| feet, grow Hie scttatnmttt ol‘ Jetsien ; the palms,
I the sensitive plants, and the most odoriferous ol
the liliaceous tribe In that sultYy zone, where
| vegetation wantons in the rankest luxuriance,
appear likewise, the theophrastu, the himcnx t,
die eecfopm pcltaui, the altioniat the concern put,
the cmvotiutMs httoralit, the cactus perttHa,Hie
IRISH LINENS.—Just received and for sale.
by Henj .min Kimball, 4 b.ixes 4 4 and 1 do.
7-3 Irish Linens,cost from 22d to 4s 1 Od. sterling
extremely low charged.
Sept. 28. w4w
17°R SALE-The PLANTATION, on
which I now reside, in toe county of King
William, containing 312 acres, witlun sight of
H .nover Town, and adjoining the Lands of’vVar
tier Woimley and others
A lso— Die crop ot Cohn, Fodder & Stock
of every kind, may he had with the Land—theie
will be from 30 to 40 bushels of prime Wheat
sown this fall—Posesssion may Lie had in Ja
nuary next.
Presuming that no person will purchase with
out vie wing the premises, Iconceive it unnecessa
ry to say any thing -respecting this truly desirable
little Farm—only that there is a good Dwel
ling and every necessary OiilHoiise, foe the
convenience of a family with a good Garden, £t
a well of excellent water-Application to
John or Charles liosher, of Kiciunond, or to the
subscriber, wdi be attended to.
GIDEON COSHER.
October 12. wtf
IN CHANCERY.— Fluvanna County Court,
September 23th, 1810.
Mo'-criefli- Hill, administrator with the will
annexed of Robert Hill, dec’d. ^'JF
Against
John Forbes and Patrick Williamson,
Def'tt.
The Defendant, Williamson, not having enter
ed Ins appearance and given security according
to the act of assembly and the rules uf this court,
sod it appearing to the satisfaction of the court,
that he is not an inhabitant of this country : Un
the motion of the plaintiff, by bis counsel ; It it
ordered, that the said defendant, Williamson, do
• ppear hero on or before the first day of Decern
tf-r court next, and answer the plaintiff’s bill, fk
.hat a copy ot this Of dr r be forthwith ins< ited in
one of the Richmond news papers, and coutinu
d for two months successively, and anoti.ei to
,»v posted at the front door of ttie court house of
tins county
A
y fl MB UR LAKE, yr o c r c
October 19 ■ 1i
SA M PSO N ’Slsl’KEcTl,
C In Pamphlets J for talc, at tint Office.
tettivi'jyn portnlaeastrUfk, the tslufera balsa
mum, O cusfiaria febrifuga, or the quinquina of
Sarony. Between 3,000 and 6,000 feet of eleva
tion, occur th* mclattomtt, the clusia alba, the
peanut occidrnralit, the ficut, the mnrsta, the ca
hcarpa, the acrottiebum, the tolanutn, the doli
chot croton, and the patsfiora tomentosa. Above
those limits, the sensitive plant ceases to appear.
The tree fern* range from the height ot 1,500 to
that of 5,000 feet The tracts which have *ne
levation from 0.000 to 9,000 feet, and enjoy a
mild temperature, varying between 34° and 72°,
produce the Juchritr, the lobs lie, the ttyrax, the
tropaolum, the begonia, ami the columella To
wards the upper part of fiat zone, the arena.
the dickondru, the nierembergia, the hydrocottle,
the nencria and the alckemilla, cover tiie sin face
with a fine herbage. This is the region of the
oak, or the qucrcus granatensit, which annually
sheds it* leaves, mid from an elevation of 9,200
feet, never descend* near the equator, below that
of 5,500 feet, though it occurs, under the pa
rallel qf Mexico, at the height of only 2,620 feet.
The ccrauylon . andicola, or wax palm, whose
trunk is 180 feet high, grows on the mountains
of Quindiu, from 6,000 to 9,000 feel above the
sea., Beyond this limit of 9,000 feet, the larger
trees of every kind cease toappeir. Some dwar
fish pincr, indeed, rise to near 13.000 teet. The
s« veral species of cinchona, which furnishes the
salntary Peruvian bark, arc scattered along the
chain of the Amies, over an extent of 2 thousand
mile* at an elevation from 2.300 to 9,500 f-et, &.
therefore, exposed to great variety of climate —
1 he lancifolin and card folia prefer the plains; —
the oblongtfolia and longifiora- occur aJmewhat
higher : but the noted quinquina of Loxa, and
whielpHumboldt proposes to name the cinchona
condum’nta, grows at heights from 6 250 to
8 300 fest, where the rattan temperature vaiies
between 59 and 62 degrees, on a bottom of mi
caceous schist in the-woods of Caxanuma and
Uritucinga. This precious shrub forms one con
tinued forest on the eastern declivity of the An
des, as far as the province of Jaen, and the hills
above the river Amazons.. Baric of a similar
quality is thus obtained from very distinct kinds
of the cinchona : in the same manner a; the ca
•utchaut, or common elastick gum, is procured
from the inspissated juice of a variety of differ
enl vegetables—from the ficus, tile Lena, the
lobelia, the castilloa and several species of the
euphorbium. The vsintcra and escalloniii occur
at an altitude from 9,200 to 10,SOU feet, and
form scrubby hushes in the .cold and moist cli
mate ol the paramos. Above the height of 10,
500 feet, the arborescent vegetables disappear.
The Alpine plants occupy an elevation from 6 -
500 to 13 500 feet. There grow the .gentians,
the Stalina and the espeletia frailexoii, whosi.
hairy leaves often aflord cover to the shivering
Indians, when benighted in those upland r-gi
ons. The grasses appear at a heig it from 13.
500 to 15,100 icet. In tiiis zone, where snow
falls at times, the jurava, ami a multitude of new
species ofpmiicum, agrostio, avena, Cr d iet) lit,
cover the soil with a yellow carpel, which the
inhabitants rah pajonal From the height of a
bout 15,000 feet, to the boundary of perpetual
congelation, the only plants visihle are the licli
ens, which cover the face of the rocks, anti seem
even to penetrate under the snow
It is a most curious fact, that those plants
which seem to constitute the natural riches of
the equatorial regions, are never found growing
spontaneously. The carica papaya, the jatropha
uianihot, or Qssavn, the plantain and maize,
from which the native Americans drew their
principal subsistence, wore no where seen by
Humboldt in the wild state ; nor could lie dis
cover the potatoe, though tiiis invaluable root is,
along with the chcnopodium r/uinoa, cultivated in
the high country of New Granada. In the
lower grounds between the tropicks, the natives
raise cassava, cacao, maize, and plantains. It
•a inc icgitii, ofuieiJMSiHifa, of oranges, pine
apples, and the most delicious fruitB. The Eu
ropeans have introuuced indigo, sugar, cotton,
and coffee,which they cultivate to near the height
of 5,000 feet above the sea, chiefly by the labour
ot negro slaves. Indigo and cacao require great
".eat; but cotton and coflee will gro w at a con
siderable elevation ; ami sugar is cultivated, e
ven with success, in the temperate parts of Qfti* !
to This is the habitation of the cerealia, or
breadcorn. The introduction of whsfct into New
Spam, is traced to three or four grains which a
negro servant of Cortez picked out among the
stoi es of rice that had been sent from Europe,for
subsisting the\rocps. The monks cf Quito still
preserve, as a precious relict, the earthen jar in
which I*atlier Kijti ot Ghent gathered the first
crop, from a spot of ground cleared away in
front ol the convent. Wheat, under the equa
tor, will seldom form an ear below the elevation
of 4.500 feet, or ripen it above that of 10,800.
Barley is made to grow somewhat higher ; but
liien witli the it)most difficulty. Between the
altitudes of 6,000 and 9,000 feet, lies the climate
b-‘st suited for the culture of all kinds of Euro
pean gram. In the same tract is raised the
cjicnopodium tfuino t. From the elevation of 4,
500 feet to th*t of 6 200 grows the erythroxytum
peruvianum, whose leaves, called cocca, being
mixed with quicklime, serve to stimulate the
exhausted force of the Indian, during his long
and toilsome journeys over the heights of the
Andes. In t> c space between the altitudes of
9,800 and 13,000 feet, potatoes and the tmpxo
turn eseulrntum are generally cultivated
C To be concluded tn our next. )
IN CHANCERY—At » quarterly eSurt,
continued and held for Kmg & Queen Coun
ty, »t the Court house, on Wednesday the 15«ii
of August. 1810.
Thomas Gayle, Brooking TayiOr. and Ann hi»
wife, Eliz ibclh Gayle and George Gayle, iulUnts
under the age of twenty one years, by Philip
Gvewotnl tiieir Gun-liao and next friend, Wil
liajn Gayle and J >.i.h Guile ii.t'anu, tinder'
the age of (wenty one ye n ' by Philip Gate
wood their next friend, and Sarah Ann Stu
art and Elizabeth Stuart infants, under the >ig* <>}
i wenty one years, hy Edward VV right tlu-ir Guar
dun ami next friend,
Plaintiffs.
Against
John G.rvle Ex'or of Mttlhew G..vle, dec’d
M»tthew Gayle, Robert JJ G.iyle and George
Buckner, ' Dfft,.
^ The defendants, Matthew Gale & Robert D
G iylc, not having entered their appearance and
given security according to the net of assembiv
and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to
the satisfaction of the court, that they are not
inhabitants ot the comm-in wealth : It is ordered,
That the said defendants, Mali hew C .ylc & R,i!
bert 1). Gayle, do appear hereon the second
Monday in November next, and answer the bill
of the plaint ill's, and that a copy of this order be
forthwith published in some pubic news paper,
printed in the Ci'y of Richmond,for two months
successively, and that another copy be posted
at the front door ol this court house.
Teste,
RO POLLARD, c c.
S«T 14.__w 8 a -tl
V ALU MILE 1. \N t) ~F'Jl< S.iLE_me
V subscriber wishes to dispose of nis military
LAS'OS, in tile state of Kentuc ky, containing a
bout oUOl acres, lying on Big B irren river, which
afiouls a good navigation, and situated in the
county of Barren ; there cult lie no oojection to
the qu-dity of the Land, a considerable proporti
ooot which are Low Grounds, and lying contigu
<>iis to Nashville, l'ei\ness«c, being only 50 nnles
distant; which aifirds a good-trade A. bargain
will be sold in the Land, or I will barter for lands
in this slate. su-:h ..,s may suit For further par
ticulars, apply to the subscriber. '
_ EDMUND BOOKER.
Jamestown, Prince Edward, A tig ^l 8\vff
j\TO ICt-. — By virtue of a deed of trust, ex
v v cuted ny David \V Sharp, to John Treelv
dec’d be.u ii.g - late 6ili of December, 1802, arid
recorded in the county.court of Henrico on th<'
Gib of December, 1802. for the purpose of secu
rmg the payment of £ 500 due to R ,bt Vaugii .n,
,]r. by inslaliiieit.tsiii.il,.: manner expressed in the
said deed, to wit : £ 250 on the 7ih day of June,
1801, with interest thereon from the 7tli d»y of
June, 1802, and the-farther sum of £ 250 on the
7th lay of June, 3806, with interest tin reou from
7th June, 1802, till paid, and the costs and <jhar
[ ges necessarily incurred bv carrying the said»rust
into effect : File subscribers will s II, to the
highes* bidder, for ready money, at the Ct house
ot Henrico county, on the first Mondav iv Dec.
next, (l> -mg Henrico county court, day) 484 acres
o( LAND, more or less, lying-in the county of
Henrico and bounded by the lands of Thomas
Friend,- Burton, Joseph Bailey, Win. Ran
dolph and James River.
f m ah ive deed of trust is entitled to a credit
of£‘Jl 0s. Sd. paid on the 1st September, 1804,
and the land wll he sold for the purpose ofob
taming the balance due thereon.
JOSHUA CHAFFIN,
GEO/ GE SCOTT,
Executors of John Treely
Sept. 28._ \v8wtf
IfOK SALE, on Thursday, toe lirst of Nov.
B next on the pr.-mises, in Loudoun county, the !
I FACT OF L IND, on which the late Judge (
Jones resided ; consisting of about 2009 acres.
It lies on Little River, ten miles from Leesburg, i
and 35 from Alexandria and George.Town ; is I
reniokably well watered; has at-kast 60 acres I
well set with Timothy, and 300 idapted to its cul
ture ; has 2 merchant mills in its neighborhood,
dte farthest not more than two miles distant, am!
the turnpike from Alexandria, passing through a
corner of it.
As the Land was accurately described, in a
former -ulver.iseme'it it is unnecessary to be more
particular in this. It will be divided into lots of
different dimensions, to suit those who may he
inclined to purchase. A credit of one, two and
three years will be allowed-the purchaser giving
bond with approved security, and a trust on the
Land,to secure the payment.
JAMES MONROE.
Albemri' le, August 31 ids
NO l ICE.— All persons who have claims a
gainst the Estate of JV.ter. Tinsi.ey,
deceased, are requested to send in their accounts
immediately to the subscriber, and all those in
debit'd to said estate arc intreuted to make
speedy payment to
JAMES BROWN, Jr. Adm'r.
October 9 tf
IXT ANTED, to purchase or hire, a good Cook,
“ ” lyjr which cash will be given. Enquire at
this office.
October 5. tf
LAND kOR SALE.— rile subscriber wishes
to dispose of a tract of LAND, containing
7U0 acre-.. anti situated on Piscatcway Creek, in
the coutity of Essex. The plantation is common
ly called Bathurst, and lias many desirable qua
lities. lie deems a description of the farm use
less, as purchasers will examine it The subscri
ber will accommodate any disposed to purchase
with a generous indulgence, and his terms mat
be known by application to Mr John W Belfteld
of Belinount, Richmond county.
THOS. JOKES.
Essex County, sept. 28. tf
WILL he sold to the highest bidder on the
premises on the 1st Monday in Dec. next,
THREE THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND
in the C 'tiniv of Henrico, within six miles of the
City of Richmond, and on each aide ofth* Stage
road leading from Richmond to Fredericksburg,
on the wate rs of the- Brook Run. The land on the
west side of the road will be laid ofTin lots from 10
to 300 a res j on tliis part ofttie land is a manufac
turing U saw mill The East side and on which
the dwelling house stands, in one lot containing*
between 600 and 700 acres It is thought unne
cessary to give a description of the above proper
ty* ns it is presumed, purchasers will form their
own opinion of it9 present or future value Terms
ofs.de.one third cash,one third in twelve m >nths,
the balance, in two years : bonds with approved
security, with Deeds of Trust on the land, will
he required of the purchasers.
T. H PROSSER
Sep 23, 1H10.__ U|t
NOTICE—The subscriber has rented, and
removed his Counting Room to the large
new Brick Lumber House, near Shockoe Ware
House, and lately occupied by Mr. James C An
thony I ns house is calculated to store up
wards of .500 nogaheads of Tobacco, and several
thousand barrels of flour ; it is situated convent
ent to the basin of the canal, and rendered secure
from lire by being covered with tile,
THOMAS CUV.
Richmond, Sep 21 .tin
I^RUIT TREES.—Those persons who are
desirous of procuring from John Hustings, a
supply of Fatu r Tnr.Es, are requested to semi
their orders im media fly to Fitzwiiyi.sovk &
PoTTttn, that they may, at the endof this month,
be forwarded for execution.
F U P. have just received a large addition t
their former stock cf St a* ionary, witli an assort
tm-nt of Flays and N> n> Publications
A variety of Day Books, Journals, Ledgers
Afford mid other Bunk Books, on hand.
October {0. gt
PUBLIC AUCTION.
IN CHANCERY.—In Henrico County couTt,
August 9th, 1810.
t'iMT « Watkins, Compit.
Against
S'Uun-'l Parsons, Dert.
i mis day came as well the plaintiff, hv his at
torney, as the defendant, S\ S mmel McCr^v.lr*
attorney, ami hy coos-.it ; It is ordered. That the
decree pronounced in this cause, on Monday the
2d day ot July, ISil), be set as.de—And !>y con
sent of the parties, by their said attornies, the
court doth decree, that all that part of the ground
and houses on the Lot known and distinguished
in the plan of the oily of Kiehmond, by the No*
427, belonging to S imuel Parsons ; also, on» half
acre Lot of GROUHD, known and distin^u sh. J
ed in the plan of the said city, by the No 465
adjoining the public warehouse on the south side
of the basin, and in front of the s lid Parsons’pre
sent dwelling house, the first mentioned Lot ly
ing on the north side of tile basin, be sold ;.t pub
lic sale, for the purposes in the deed of inden
ture annexed to the complainant's hill men tinned
—that Thomas Taylor do proceed to make the
said sale on the first Monday in November next,
having first given one month’s notice of the time
and place at which it will take place, by adver
tisement in the Patriot and Enquirer, gazettes
published in the city of Richmond, on the terms
and conditions following, viz The Lot No 4G5
to be sold on a credit ot sixty and one hundred Sc
twenty days, from the time of the sale, and if two
thousand dollars should not be raised by the sale
of the said Lot No. 465, then as much money to
be paid in one hundred and twenty days of the
sum for which the Lot No 427 may be sold, as
will make up the said sum of two thousand dol
lars, and the balance t be paid in one, two and
thru- years, in equal payments ; that the said
Thomas Taylor do apply the money which may a
rise from the said sales, to the payment of the
debt due from the said Parsons to the said Wat
kins, after deducting the expcnces attending the
execution of tnis deciee ; that bond with se
curity, to be approved by the plaintiff or his
attorney, be taken of the purchasers of the
said property, and that the lien of the said Wat
kins, on the said property remain hs at present,
until after the payment of the last instalment,
when a release shall be executed by him to the
purchasers And as to the residue of the pro
perty' pledged to the said Watkins, by the said
P.irsons : This court doth not at pres nt pro-,
nomine any decree, but doth continue the said
cause. -
A Copy Teste.
JROB'T ir. CURirriAV, d. c. h. c.
i * ■—
P S The above described property will b®
sold, on the premises, on Monday, the. 5th d.yof
November next.
THOMAS TAYLOR:
October 2- * nls
IN CHANCEll')'-In Richmond Hu bugs
Court, Aug. 16, 18lu.
oseph 1) Richardson, Plt'ff
A g a.1 as r
Daileys’ Def'tt.
Sully Dailey is assigned guardian to tor infant
defend ants, and thereupon this cause came on to
be heard, !,y consent, upon the hill, answers nut
exhibi'e, a d was argued by counsel: On cm.si
deration whereof, It it decreed and ordered, i b it
Eamuel McGr i a be-appmiited a commissioner for
the purpose of exposing sale, l»y public aueti
on, tlie Land or putt if a Lot mentioned m me
bill* tome highest bidder, upon a credit f si*
mouths, after having given thirty d ays nolle.- uf
tho time and place of sa'-s, in one of toe news.pa
pers, published in this city ; the said com n-.si
oner taking of tfie purchaser a note negot ibie in
the bank of Virgin :a, with in appro veil end ir-'T,
for the amount, au l retaining the title in a >d to
the raid ground, until -payment he mule of the
purchase money : And ,t it further decreed md
ordered, Ttiat the rai-l to in mission or do report hi*
proceedings iA execution hereof, in order to i fi
nal decree. Tlie f >llu w;;;£ is » description of he
land hereby directed lo fie sold, as mentioned Sc
particularized in the wijl.of Jos Diitey—*• i he
Lot on the street leading,to K ssV, Mill, di .t i 'o
say, from the cross padimj on Ross’s line ——
feet south of my li»us», next die river; thence
on tlie old pailing line to the hack line, leaving
out the handkerchief p_rt, - which is included in
the deed to iny daughter Sally ”
A Copy. Tette,
. TH: C HOWARD. —.
lTj‘ Tlie sale as direct*- I'm ml by virtue of tlie
foregoing decree, will take place on die 1st Mon
lay in November next, befire tlie front door ol’
Henrico court house, It heingcourt day
SAMUEL AfcCRAW, Commissoner.
Sept. 28 i,»3
NOTICE-—Notwitustaiiding ine i.ti.i <*i vie.
Andrew^ Nicolson, the tirin of N.cohon,
He 111 Si Co. will continue (agreeably to their at.
tides of co-p.irtnery) until the first of J irjuary
next, when it will expire : In the mean tune, tlie
business will be carried on as usualj by the sur
viving partners, at their office, in this place
AH those indebted to that firm, or to Nicolson
and Helh, are desired to come forward and set
tle their accounts on or before the first day of No
vember next : Otherwise, suits will be institu
ted, without discrimination, against nil those who
fail to serure their respective ballanc<*3 Those
who have cl tims against the said concerns will
call for payment. Timely notice will be given of
the firm under which the new year will com
mence, who will continue to supply tbeir custo
mer?- wid* tlie choicest coal; tbeir prospr ct for the
ensuing year, being more thin usually flattering.
H > R RY HE TH.
BhVRtiLY RANDOLPH,
EDWARD D. DIGGER.
Manchester, Sept. 7 fVnv
». DENNIS having commenced m* S m u
ry heretofore spoken of near the Swan Ta
vern, respectfully solicits the patronage of hit
friends and the public. He teaches writing and
Arithmetic, the English language grammatically.
Astronomy, Natural and Moral I'bilo-opb^, Ge
ography, Surveying and book keeping, fie 25 £>
per annum, and promises to pay the most uiire*
mining attention to the moral as well as intel
lectual improvement of such pupils as maybe
Confided to his care •
N B II aving established a regular boarding
house he will continue to receive boarders nt 150
S per annum, allowing breakfast, dinner, Biipper
and lodging,or4 ft per week.
(IctobeY tf
POLLOK & TREDWAY, have, by the late
arrivals from Loud <n and Liverpool, receiv
ed apart of their supply of FALL GOODS, &
expect^by the first vessels, such an addition there
to, as will rende r their assortment of British
Manufactures well worthy the attention of inten
ding purchasers, and for prompt pay, or on a ere*
flit to punctual people, they will sell on very mo
derate terms.
A few pieces of extra Superfine CLOTHS &
KERShYMKRKS, just opened.
Manchester, October 12 fit
Those still indebted to the late firm of Polloim
Tmlwtty Cy Co are earnestly requested to come
forward and settle, as after the unusual indul
I gence already granted, much longer need not be
I expected
Nr OT1CE—Vli.it a PE TITION will t>e pre
sent'd to the next General Assembly,
praying that an act may pass autFtorising the com
mon hall, of the city of Richmond, to establish
a reasonable boundary to said city.
October 19. w6w
PRIN T I N G,
L»r svsrt nr.scaip rtON, sjatly p.x*c*tp*>
A t TjlKS OFFICE,