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the several branches ot Eoglbi# inSluBng
Mor?l and Ka'ural Philosophy* Lc*c,ftel
le3-l/«ttre«, M;.(hematics, Sc tk ufc efthe
Globes; tngcher with the Grayir, Jltm,
Burl French languages. W
J Price ioc taulon, during the tertn 8 4C
1 each, to br paid quarterly in advance. •
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1 their students and-pupils on Thursday the
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Dec, II, 1810.
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THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE.
•
The Message of the President of
the United States to Congress at the
Opening of the present session, whe
ther considered as a literary compo
sition, or as a state paper, is entided
to universal admiration. Viewing it
under the first character, its style has
a great deal of what portrait painters
call expressionj aftd, considered in
relation to its au>hbr, it displays a
moral beauty, the effect of a mind
discip it.ed to virtue, and of a temper
influenced by the complacency of a
rational philosophy;
it may seem strange to roeh who
have rot well considered this subject',
out it is certainly true, that no one
can write in a style at once calm and
lucid, logical and graceful, who is not I
essentially a good man, whose pissi-!
ons are not capiites to his reason,"
and whose thoughts are not controlled 1
by truth* It is impossible, even for a i
stranger, to read Mr; Madison’s j
speech, and not to be impressed wi-h
an opmion very much in his favor.
The anagraph which briefly, but
jisUyfccy rirays the advantages of a
u ttion» university, is a fioe instance
ot mature genius: the theme is no
ble, and, in the h <nds of an unskilful
prrson would in all probability, have
occasioned bombast; but the correct
t Lanjt of Mr. Madison gives us all the
necessary ideas, appropriately dressed
with the precise force.of expression
requisite to set us to thinking further
on ihe subject. The concluding pata
graph glows with a charming spiric o>
devotion to the sacred cause of our
country, and serve admirabtv to wind
up th* variety of topics embraced in
the message, which are so well ar
ranged that they form a narrative too
clear to require analysis.
Regarding the message as a state
p.ip^r, it merits general approbation—
chiefly for the candor that rcigrs
throughout the-whole communication.
If we are not mistaken the tone, also,
will make it relish vrell with the pub
fc palate.. The silence, the promp
.fjjide, the steady firmness ifcuh which
tH^hjighttul occupancy of the'territory
Florida has been asserted, is
a brilliant feature of eatecutiv^ability •
and demrnotr*** tNfttafedhcy of^the
oft-rejxated remark, that a republican
government is incapable ©reflecting an
object which require® at onoe both yt
g<w and secrecy. TThe readers of the
A^MrU r®c°ilecf that we have of
t<-n^YVhem ,10 J^ouW ex
hilAA^I^e energy than Mr. Madison
on a proper occasion.
We are of opiniou with respect to
France and England, that the Presi
dent has been sufficiently specific :
to think, ancTVcry properly
g(:v^Pintiu^iii pledged to a
*^W^^COur!iC^jJConcluct in conse
t^ie °f the derlin apd
Mil^rdecreesjfflh^L therefore, he on
ditfcis attention ot Congress
^he constitutional “to a re
myvaLt.f d .ubis ’.y jp-ur in !
me ^position, Pn difficulties in !
*hTc ^-utton of t t of the first of
May last.
It ts pleasing to observe, in the con
templation of future contingencies, the
growing frieudl.ne«s-dT the Indians,
V °-’.!n RUC^ ” 1 mP#‘r» lessen the ne.
“ " for an extension of military
and, m the event of war, would
shield to the inhabitants of our
'
II i'c subjects of education, manufac
tures, fortifications, and those other
wise connected wilh our naval and
i m!,itar>* institutions, nr« touched with
great propriety. It js very grateful,
likewise, tor observe the unexpected
.s fluency of the national treasury ; a
ritcuimiance which appears to h ve
tiken the hotd of that department «i
much by surprize an it will he morti
I -mg to the I*sderslists. A reduction
!;n t. e tiagociated loan from the (Jni
tea .States Hank has been the pleasing
consequence. “
hj^ruth, wh^n, from this
II if- ” gUnce at the state of
thWti%iorf we find lutfe to deplore,
except the injustice of the English and
*'rer,,:h R^rnmen s. It ia difficult to
§sy that war Would have ameliorated
t iat injustice, but it ’very |rohahly
v/ou. l have made our own condition
worse. The vi. w* of the President,
however, its relation to military *ci.-nce
are p;f»«-ct!y correct: for, whilst the
principle* of war can onlv bp acquired
>V Pr»ctic« is only to be
poy«lrd by Moody experience. To
rroi^p/thp latter, we must wait the
moment of war; but the acquisition of
.ha farmer can never be out of season.
The National IotcMigenc^r gives us
the proceedings of v^th Houses of
Congrta* to Friday laXt inclusive;
but as no business of importance was
transacted bn those days, they are
postponed til! our next, to make room
lor the int-resting docu.nm.s acconu
panying the President’s mensape, and
the proceedings of our state Legisl*.
ture.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
HOUSE OF "DELEGATES.
* , ; . Tfruasoar, Dec. 6.
Tb (^Speaker laid before the House
« letteWspm the Governor, with sun
dry d^Hnems,-—ordered to be laid
upon thWable.
Ordered* that 500 copies of the go
vernor’s letter be printed fo* the use of
the legislature, «•
A resolution was offered f r the ap
pointment of a chaplain, which was dis
agreed to by the house.
The house agreed tb. proceed on the
10th instant, ta the appointment of two
councillors to supply die places of John
Heath, Ksq. defcevised,, and VV. W.
Hewing, E,.q. resigned.——Also, to
the choice ol a S ^ijtor in Congress to
fill the vacr.'noy therein, which will be
occasioned by the. aspiration <*of the
^erm c*f sefvi.^ eft W. B. Giles, Esq.
on the 3d day of March qext.
A pttitioq was presented and read
from George Minor, of Fairfax county,
complaining of rfie undue election and
return of Hichard Coif man* one of the
-f)-— W UVI fw IU IIII9 |JI c
sent General Assembly, from the said
county—Referred ta the committee of
Privileges and Elections*
A peurion was presented and read
from Hezckiah Ford, of Cumberland
county pray ing to be divorced from his
wife Nancy; and the question being
put on the referrence ol the said peti
tion, it passed in the negative.
Re-tolvtd, That the said petition be
rejected. .
Ordered, ThT leave be given 10
bring in a bill « To amend an act, en
titled an act concerning public road* ;”
and that Messrs. Noland, Mercer,
Strode, Monroe, Blackburn, John* tone
(°f£p|nj»Edward) Prestoti (of Rock
fnic^®)^iuatiers» Otey, Randolph (of
AmiPro) ^rutchfield, Prunty and Lew
is, do prepare and bring in the same.
Pct%ons were received from 27 per
sons, on the subject of introducing and
holding certain slaves in this state, and
referred to the committee of courts of
justice*
4P<*fei«ps were received from sundry
members of the Mu ual Assurance So
ciety against fire on buildings of the
staje ot Virginia, and referred to the
h Committee for Courts of Justice, to
which are referred- o her petitions on
the same subject.
Petitions from the inhabitants of
Monongalia and sundry other counties
were freceived, stating certain defects
in-the present organization of the Chan
cery Courts, and praying su h altera
tions therein as the wisdom of the Le
gislature may devise, and referred to
the Committee for Courts of Justice,
to wiJMfee referred sundry other pe
utiot^^^Hie same subject.
APURtn was pres.nted and r^ad
from James Compton, John Dixon,
Samuel Holmes and Hamilton Morri
son, of Wood county, praying that the
right of the Commonwealth to certain
lands, in which the petitioners are in*
tt-rested, may be rebated in their fa
vor.
Petitions were also received from
Edward Skelton, George Towers, Wil
jliam Giltis, Mary Anne ftl. East, Wil
| liam Campbell, Jamts Summerville and
Charles Catherwood, with a prayer of
a nature similar to the prayer of the
foregoing petition ;
A pc uin was also presented rnd
read from James, otherwise called
J.lines Butler, a man of colour, fraying
that his present master, John Osborne,
to whom he has paid the sum of one
hundred and eighty pountU for his
freedom, may be permitted to emanci
pate him, with the privilege of his re
it ainir.g in this state ;
Also a petition of Johnson Preeman,
an emancipated man of colour, praying
be authorise I to remain
lion from Toney, Phillis
persons of colour, who
have been emancipated by the last
will of Levi Mills, praying that they’
! way be permitted to remain in this
1 state |
Or lered, Tha* the said petitions be
referred to ths Committee for Courts
of Justice, that they do ex .mine the
ma'trr thereof, and report the same
with their opinion thereupon to the
House.
A petition wa* received from sundry
merchants and 1 raders of the town of
kvn*hfc»rg, praying for an extension
|of ths|ctp<tal »!o'k of the Bank ot
i Virginia (with the assent of the pre
| fceDt stockholders) and that a branch
[ cf discount .and deposit may B* ^stab
I lished in the said town of Lyii'phburg,
which was referred to the Committee
ot .Prop0**1*0*** and, Grievances, to
which is referred other petitions of a
similar nafu.re. (
^ patition was presented and read
“ Sesbrook, of the city of
praying the passage of a
si tig an inspection of to
s lands in the said city ,•
Also a petition from sundry inhabi.
tants of the town cf Waterford and its
vicipity, praying the passage of an act,
to incorporate a library company in
the said town ; _
Also a petition from certain inhabi
tants of the borough cf Norfolk, pray
ing the passage of a law, authorising
some alterations in certain streets in
the said borough |
Also a petition of the inspectors of
tohacco in the town of jLynchburg,
pr-iying for an augmentation of their
*al«riea ; - , I
Also a petition from the inhabitants
of Ktngwood, in the county of Mo.
nongalia, praying the establishment of
« town at the said place;
• Ordered, That the said petitions be
referred to the Committee of Proposi
tions and Grievances, that they do ex
amine the matter thereof, and and re
port the same with their opinion there
upon to the House.
petition was presented and rend
fr^m Samuel Ctdeman, of the city^ ol
W hmond,stating, that since the death
£ adjutant general, in Augustlast,
»ie,xlmies of that
F p id at, l<ecemSer T."
A message irom the Senate by Mr.
Trizvant
* Mr. Speaker—The Senate have a
gr^ed to the resolution requesting the
Executive to lay the journal of their
proceedings before the General As
sembly ; also to the resolution for pro
ceeding on this day to the choice of a
Governor or Chief Magistrate of this
Commonwealth for one year; they
have also agreed to the resolution to
proceed on Monday the 10th inat. by
joint ballot, to the choice of two mem
bers of the Privy Council or Council
of .Sta'e, to supply the vacancies occa
sioned by the death of John Heath and
the resignation of William ,W. Hen
ing, esquires ; and to the resolution to
proceed on Tuesday the ltth inst. to
the choice of a .Senator to represent
this state in the Congress of the Uni
ted States, to supply the vacancy which
will be produced by the expiration of
the term of service of William B.
Giles, esq. on the third day of March
next, with an ammdment to each of
the last mentioned resolutions, to
which they desire the concurrence of
the House of Delegates,—and then he
withdrew.
The House proceeded to consider
the amendments proposed by the .Sen
ate to the said rrso!ufions, and the
same being severally twice read, were
agreed toby the House, with an amend
ment to the .Senate’s amendnvnt to the
resolution for the election of Council
lors.
Ordered, T’r at the Clerk acquairt
the .Senate therewith.
John Tyler, Esq. was re elected Go
vtrnorior the ensuing year, by a joint
ballotVfrlxHh Houses.
Petitions were received, read and
reierrcet, irom me iMiowing person >,
viz. ,
From Jeremiah Andrews, (of Nor*
folk)jMnecting a claim against u Fhe
MutMLatisurance Company ng-unst
fire (^RorU and Furniture in V-rgi-t
nia,” prapng certain explanations of
the law establishing said society—
I'rom John 1 harp, praying for a di
vorce—
From E. Morris, clerk of Cabell
county, praying that he wny be author
j >sed to keep the office on hid own land—
j 1* rom J. Lott, a man of colour, pray
ing for a law confirming to him his full
privilege of freedom, ;'grecably to the
will of his late master—
From S. II Lacey, pnying the re
linquishment of the state's right in his
favor, to a tract r f land, of which P.
Piernctdied seized —
From sundry persons, praying to he
permitted to introduce and hold in
this state certain slave**—
From sundry inhabitants of Frank
lin county, praying certain alterations
, in the laws regulating the inspection
of tobacco
From sundry inhobi'an‘s rf Cabell
county, prat ing that the pi ice of h' 1.1
tng ccuits in the said county may be
changed—
From sundry ether inhabitants of
said countv in opposition ther to ;
rom Ja nes Deneale, ol Pr nee
William county, Mating that he is the
ses of a mariutiicturin£iniil, may
exempted fron\the #p ra;ion
so far as irxo|npels
mon cuuoimfhtrea
William RohinsOn
Buying thA tax?
certain raids i)*
ot Wood may be remitted Tavor
the petitioners; and that town
now laid out on said lands
tablished by the name of Pallet r sburtr
Froth J. Ward, praying for lea
erwt abridge across Staunton river—
.. From the inhabitants of D trkesville,
prayings ior a certain alteration instdd
town—
Fmm sundry inhabitants of Ohio
praying for a change in the place
holding their courts—also fmm
other inhabitants in
to—- - * "
From Am
building a tot
also fro’m su
town of Madi
to-^
re centre rj
dy^De$^|4l
Avo pctuioi
ter Sc Willtam t
aivorce—which were rejected.
Mr. Mad bod, from the committe
of Proposition’s and Grievances, mad
a favoable report which was adopted
by the Hour**, on sundry p“r»ttcns%
viz. from the inhabitant-* of £. City
respecting the ferry at Hampton,
From the inhahi ants of Fauquier &c
for the establishment of a town to be
called Paris—From Charles Scott,
respecting the erection of a dam across
an arm of D *n river, 8cc.
A committee was appointed to ex.
am-ne the Treasurer’s accounts.
Leave was given to bring in the fol
low infills, viz. bills “ To amend the
firsui ~— -r
al lift s, emterrnufa si v.*s”—and “ To
regtflate tfit comSct of SherifTs & At
tomtfca ft certa n ’tasts.”
Sales at Auction.
W ILL be sdd, on Thuradav the 20'.h in«t. it.
-he late dwelling hou >e of Mai J acob Sco t
deceased, all his hruseholdand kitche n fyrnitu e
comitting or excellent Beds amt MattraMe»,*T«.J
bles, Chairs, Sophav cneSdeboardj one Che&c
of Draws one Liq lor Cawt one Desk and ft
Borkcmse.a com pleat ret cf Knives and Fo.i.« M
tna silver Tea pot, Tab e and T«* Spoon. M
— ALSO— U
A very valuable collection of books and maps ■
—AMONG WHICH ABB—*;
Shakespesrs plays, coran’ear.
i Empire da, T
loi England do,
a,and tundiy articles two led:,
f The sale wi I cnmnenceat
I sum. un ler g 50 cash, & for all
-Jt hund’td and twenty day. Cre.
Ked endorsed Negotiable no e».
TLETT S IuL Auctioneer
Richmond, Dec. 10, lglO.
7o the Public.
HIS Is to wnrn all persons from purclii
~‘ng or taking an assignment of three
ivtjn by me to a c>. cfRiin John Co* of
__County and Sfate of Virginia,
the la»a bonds are giy/n for six hundred M
anil twenty.six and ulbalf acre* of Land, M
the first is for three hundred do lars, to be®
paid in November 1810, the ether to l>e^
paid in horses, which is 476 dollars and a
half, aod to pe*|iaid in the autumn 131J,
the other 47IT 1.2 dollars to be mid n hor
ses in the/*l| of 1811, at eacfl valuation,
none to 6e valued at less than fiity dollar *
and in the value of which th** said Cox
bath practised upon me a most shantvlul
ipsud, in consequence of which lam deter
rbined not to pay the said bonds or any part
of tttfem unless 1 am compelled by taw so
th do.
tl ' i GEORGE SMITH.
Dkcembsfl1 10, 1810. 3p
TO THE PUBLIC.
THIS is to warn ail persons fr m ■ urchadng
or taking an assign item on eri h«r of
bonds given by me to ] ho C die county ©f#
Powhatan and state of Virginia for n nrty theerM
d'4'arseaeh^ one pnynhls <u*»h<- Sp'ingof 1B11»
the other payable in th* autumn of 18 *1 •** -tM
raid hoids were given f<w land purchased by r7
of said Co*, in th« sa e of which the said Our
prsft»*fd upon me a shameful ft«i<J*j?r|
therptA determined not to pay any p*rt ,»f t»ig
bondsSnleis eon-psilrd Hy he law
s J \MES STANFORD.
Wcfetr^v 13iVl8iO. 3
nr KENT,
rHl Upper garments adjoining mr
1 HSoe.otiw^ T'ey oonsln (s' (our
rooms, with a fire place in each, and large
airy passages.*^Vito, attached <o the -
miscs, ure a Kitchen and Cellar,w-andf
wftnta a few feet of the door. Is a Cmotim
of l*&6d Spring Water from the ft.ootfy
Run, ktc.
; San.uel Pleasants* jr.
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