The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-09-25 00:00:00, page 4

1 1“ ■- r- —~ir=r-i _ :—. -J. K.P
EXTRACTS,
from Mr. Cobhrtt's first Address from N.-vi £r.te
Gaol, to the Headers of his Political Register
After having published seventeen volumes of
this Woik, embracing the period of eight years*
■nd a half, during which time, l have written
•with my own hand, nearly two thousand articles
upon various subjects, without having, except tn
one single instance, incurred even the threats of
the law, I begin the Eighteenth Volume in a pri
son. In this respect howev'er, I only share the
lot of many men, who have inhabited this very
prison before me ; nor have I the smallest doubt
that I ahall hereafter be enabled to follow tha ex
ample of those men. On the triumoh'ng, the
boundless joy, the feasting and shouting of the
Peculators, or Public Robbers, and of «U those,
whether profligate or hypocritical villains, of
whom I have been the scourge, 1 look with con |
tempt, knowing very well,- and feeling in my
heart, that my situation, even at this time, is in
finitely preferable to theirs : and as to the future,
I can reasonably promise m\self days of peace
■nd happiness, while continual dread must
haunt their guilty minds ; while every stir, and e
very sound must make them quake tor fear,—
Their day 19 yet to come.
From my outset as a writer, to the present
hour, I have always preferred principle to gain
Xu America, the King’s miniater made, and not
*»t all improperly, offers of service to me, on the
part of the ministry at home. The offer was put,
as of service to any relations that 1 might have
i:> England, and my answer was, tiiat if I could
earn any thing my9-*lf wherewith to assist my re
latiotia, 1 should ssist them, but that I would
not be the cause of their receiving any thing out
of the public purse Mr. Liston, then our minis
ter in America, can beir testimony to the truth
of this statement. And, was this the conduct of I
a nv.n who sought after •*base lucre 1" Is this j
the conduct which >s now f»s!iiona de among j
those, who call themselves “ the loyvl ” and the ,
•* King’s fiienda l” Df> they rt-j.-'-t offers of the 1
public purse ? Do they take cure to Le-p h
poor relations, out of theirown •arnings >>r pro J
perty, or do they throw them, neck and he-ls, 1
upon the public, to be maintained out of tin; t> x •
ee, as a higher order of paupers? I have acted!
up to my professions 1 have, at this time, de
pendent upon me, for almost every thing, neariy
twenty children besides my own. I walk on
•foot, while others would ride in a coach, that I
may have the means of yielJing them support ;
that 1 m»y have the means of preventing every
one hel mgingto me, from seeking support from
the pubbe, in any shape w hatever Is tins the
fashion of “ the loyal I" Do ‘ the 1 >yal” ar.t
thus ? Do they make sacrifices in o-der that tneir
Ipoor relations may not become a charge to the
public ? Let that public answer t’ •>, question,
■nd »<t) to whom the charge of a- 1 king after
•1 k._1_n 1. .1_
i I wond> r whether it has ever happened to the
Attorney General to reject the offer of two ser
▼ices of plate, tendered him for the successful
exertion of his talents l This lias happened to
Hie, though the offer, on each occasion, was made
in the most delicate manner, though the service
liad alrendy been performed, though the thing
« was done with, and the offer could not have a
t respective view', and though the Service had
een performed without any previotia application
1 wonder whether Sir Vicary Gibbs did ever re
ject an offer of this sort ? And I do wonder how
many there are amongst the whole tribe of
a learned friends,’ who have, or ever will have to
accuse themselves of such an act ? Yet lias he the
assurance to impute my writings to motirea of
base lucre. The truth is, thatl am hated by the
pretended * loyal’ because I am proof -gainst all
the temptations of base lucre. I have spoken of
the offer made me, while in America. Upon my
return home, the ministers made me other offers,
and, amongst the rest, they offered me a share of
the True Briton newspaper, conducted, and no
minally owned by Mr. Herriot. 1 who was
what the country people call a green horn, as to
such matters, and who wni dull enough to think,
that it was principle that actuated every writer
on what 1 tlien deemed the right side ; I was
quite astonished to find, that the treasury w^s a- j
Lie to offer me a share in a newspaper. 1 rejec- j
ted the offer in the most delicate manner that I
could ; hut 1 never was forgiven. I have expe |
rienced, as might have been expected, every spe- !
cies of abuse since that time, but, 1 did not, I
must confess, expect ever to be accused of wii j
ting “ for base lucre ” This is a charge, wliich,
as 1 shewed upon the trial, originated with the
Very scum of the press, and had ns foundation in
the worst and most villainous of passions.
In general it is a topic of exultation, that indus
try and talent are rewarded with the possession
of wealth. The great object of the teachers of
youth, in this country, seems alway s to have been
the sure reward of industry and abil ty Upon
what ground, then, is it that the “ amassing if
wealth,” the “making of a fortune,” by the use
of industry and talents, i» to be considered as |
meriting reproach in me i The fart is not true — i
1 have not amassed wealth, and have not made a *
fortune, in any fair sense of those phrases 1 do
not possess a quarter part as much as 1 should, in
all probability, have gain- d, by the use of the
same degree of industry and ability in trade or
commerce. But, if the fart were othei wise, and
if I rode in a coach and four instead if keeping
one pleasure horse, and that one only because it
is thought necessary to the he,dm of my wife ;
if 1 had really a fortune wort! y of be.ing so called,
wh.-.t right would any one h*ve to reproach no
w ith the possession of it ? I h.«ve been l*.ijr>urmg
seventeen years, since I Quitted the army. 1
have never known what it was to enjoy any of
that wliich the world calls pleasure From a be-<
ginning with nothing, I have acquired the means
of making some little provision fora family of
six children (the remains of thirteen.) besides
having for several years, maintained almost whol
ly, three times as many children of my relations.
And, am I to be reproached as a lover of “ base
lucre,” because I begin to h .ve a prospect (for il
i? nothing more) of making such a provision f
And, am 1 now, upon such charge, to be stripped,
in one way or another, of the means of m iking
such provision i Was it manly and brave for
the Attorney General, when lie knew that I
aiiould not be permitted to answer him, to make j
nuch an attack, not only upon me but upon the
future comforts of ttiose, who depend upon me
for support ? Verily, this is not to be forgotten
presently. As long as I or my children are able
to remember, this will be borne in mind ; and, I
have not the smallest doubt of seeing the day,
when Sir Vicary Gibbs, and those who In-long
to him, will not think of any such thing as that
of reproaching us with the possession of our own
earning*.
uuring me ume i wis ausent irom mime Tor
the purpose of giving bail, as before stated, m
man, drersed like a gentleman, went upon my
land in the neighliorhuud of Doth y, got into con
vernation with my aeivanis, asked them how
mudi property I had, where it lay, of whom 1 i
purchased it, what 1 had given for it, whether 1
was upon the point of purchasing >ny more, and
a great number of otlier questions of the si arm
sort.’ When lie wentawsy from one of them, tie
told him : “ Vou will not have Cobbott here again
for one while /’or words to that effect I leavO
the public to form their opinion? as to the object
of this visit, and of the person who made it. The
truth of the fact can, at any time be verified up
0 oaib. If this scoundrel had been put to the
In', l wonder wlutt account he could have ren
t! d cf the •< u.oe ol*his means; oftiic rrt.mey
v h had pinches <1 the do.hs* up»»n liis b*i.k.
> >* long tn fore the time j .st mentioned, another
1 »y.i o: s nfnsUr i* scnjition wet t t> another
r< *. <•*, wo form;, .-ikednim what sent of a
m • 1 v*.,, * i > he had ever heard me say shout
t lit • if » ^ ivernim ?t, .,nd told him th»i
\ ■* !. Uiv^ut .i.c a ,ery great enemy of
*oT*rrrm*ht The p«tton wnt into a little ppMic
hons« :n the neighborhood of my farm, where he
K'*t into conversation vnth those whom lt#f<>und
their, and eontriv.nl ao as to make that conver.
s-itton turn upon in He heard nothing but good
of me as a neighbor and a master and, as to po
litics, not a soul that lie talked to knew what he
meant, never having in their lives hoard me utter
s word upon any subject of that sort Ol the
two servants, whom 1 have alluded to above, the
name of the former is John Dean and that of
the latter James Cowherd ; bdth of them men,
upon wlios word 1 tan rely, and who, as 1 said
before, are ready to verify this statement upon
their oath The modesty and good manners of
my men induced theta to give answers to the
questions of these base rascals, without suspect
ing any tiling of their real character or design j
nor had either of them the smallest notion ot that
design ; until my return home, and until I had
acquainted them with the nature of my situation.
If the design (which must I think, be manife«t
enbd£h to the reader) had been known, their
bones or, at least their skin, would, I am afraid,
have carried oft’:» testimonal of their baseness
and of the indignation of my servants. The base
miscreants would then have had a feeling proof
ot Ui« sentiments, entertained towards me by
those who ktu-w me 'test and have had.the great*
ent experience of my disposition. I leave the
public to ruminate upon what I have here stated,
relative to the enquiries ot tuese v ll.iins The vil
lians who went io make the enquiries about the
extent of my property, did not.it seems, goto
Botley, but appear? I to go from, and to, return j
o, some town or village upon the G isport road, i
fearing, apparently, to be known, or, at least,
traced-, if he put up at the Inn at Botley- 1 leave
the public, I s;«y, to form their opinion upon the
farts It is, I think, q>Me unnecessary for tne to
give any opinion of my own.
One cannot, however, help observing how very
finely all these things agree with the notion, now
ami occasionally heretofoie endeavored to be pro
p-igated, that I tm a person not worthy of notice,
l’lns i.otion agrees admirably with all that the
pu' h • has seen and heard for the last 12 months,
during winch time, there has been more written
and printed against me individually, thin would,
if collected together, make twenty thick quarto
v dames j and (melancholy to relate I) without
procuring the loss of on? of my friends, the fall
ing oft ot one of my readers, or the robbing me
ot one wink of sieep, while mv enemies, if upon
any occasion, : hey d ire show themselves, become
objects of public hatred and scorn ; & I solemn
ly declare, Put I would rather commit the horrid
and cowardly act of suicide than change names
and characters with the very best, or rather, the
least bad, of all those enemies, whether 1 look a
mong the young or old, amongst the profligates
or the hypocrites, amongst the daring robbers or
the sly and smooth cheaters.
My readers kuov/, that besides the Political
Register, I have undertaken, and ain carrying on
thief other publications, namely, the Parliamen
t'll'.) History, the Parliamentary Debates, and the
btate Trials ; and, under the present circumstan
ces, 1 think it will not be deemed egotistic if I say
something about them. These works, particular
ly tiie former and the latter, so far from being un
dertaken with a hope of merely gaining money,
were undertaken with the certainly of sinking
money, for some time, at least; probably for ma
ny years j and pnssibly for ever n They were
works, which though absolutely necessary to the
completing of our political libraries, none of the
book sellers in London, though many of them
are poa«i-ssed of ten times my pecuniary means,
would venture to undertake. After long waiting
they promise profit ; but it must be evident to eve
ry man at all acquainted with these matters, that
base lucre” could form no part of the object |
with which they were undertaken. I have heard (
others applauded for tucir public spirit in en
countering what have been called great Rational
works.
What a clutter was made in this way about
lmge editions of Sh-kespeare and Milton, which
were at last, got rid f by the means of a lottery,
authorized by act of Parliament The terni9 li
berality and munificence were given to the under ■
takers of those works ; but was there any thing
in them of national utility, worthy of being com
pared with these works of mine i I haTe encoun
tered these works, unaided by any body j I shall
avkthe Honorable House for no Lottery to carry
them through ; 1 trust solely to then- real intrinsic
merit for their success ; and, if they do succeed,
shall I therefore, he accused of seeking afier
“ base lucre r This work, of which 1 now be
gin the eighteenth volume, lias had nothing to
support it but its own merits Not a pound, not
wen u pound in paper money, wa9 ever expended
upon advertising it. It came up like a grain of
mustard seed, and, like a grain of mustard aeed,
it has spread over the whole civilized world -
And wtiy has it spread more than other publica
tions of the same kind? There have not been
wanting imitations of it. There have been some
dozens of them, I believe, Same size, same form,
same type, same heads of matter, same tide, all
hut the word expr sving my name. How many
efforts have been made to tempt ihe public away
from me, while not one attempt has been made
by me to prevent il ! Yet all have failed The
cbaiigwl rtg has been discovered, and the wretch
ed adventurers have then endeavored to wreak
their vengeance on me. They have sworn that 1 .
write b ully ; that I publish nothing but trash_j
i bat I am both fool >nd knave. But still t lie re a I
ders hang on me. One would think, as FalstafF
-ays, that 1 have given them love powder No:
but t have given them as great a rarity, & some
thing full as attractive ; namely, truth in clear
1 mgu ige I h ive stripped statement and reason
ing of the foppery of affectation ; and, amongst
my other sins, is that of having shown, of having
proved beyond all dispute, iliat very much of
*vhat is calleJ * learning,' i- imposture, quite use
less to any man whom G >d has blessed with
brains The public, however, much in many ca
Si-s, some oftliem dissent from my opinions, will
never ho persuaded that my views are inimical to
ni) country, or have any dishonorable object —
Nothing will ever persuade any man, be he who
ite may, sincerity to believe this. There are nia
ny, who will pretend to believe it j but they will
not believe it at bottom, and they will ri ad on —
The public lias perceived in me. a sm-t of roiwhu-t
towards iny adversaries, which they never wit
nessed in any oilier public writer. They have
s'.-i-n, that I always insert, and give publicity to,
whatever is sent in answer t/> myself This is a
proof of my love of truth, ten thousand times
stronger ill in any professions, however strong.
It is,a sjk iking fact, which is always the thing to
produce the most impression. The Register has
crested in England, a"d even In other countries,
a now taste in reading, and ah entirely new set of
notions, upon political matters ; and, can it he
possible, that any one is to be persuaded, that
‘•uefi an effect is to be produced by mere libel
ling ? Uv : Nor will any one believe, that it is to
be produced by a mind bent upon " base lucre ”
It " bane lucre” h.ul been my principal object,
or. Indeed d it bad been u considerable ohieut
with me, I never should have written with effect
—because to write with effect, one’s mind must
be free, which it never can bp if the love of gain
be Uppermost. Resides, how inconsistent,is tins
cliaigt; of41 base lucre,” w-tii the charge of cedi
tious intentions ? The two things are absolutely
incompatible with one another s tor, if insurrec
tion and confusion were to take place, all the
works above mentioned, all the numerous vo
liirnca ot those wpiks, whence my pri.fit9 are to
come, if they come at all, would, at once, ccr.se
%'> bo ot any more use than so many srjiura bits
9* wood. Tor a man who lias real property, to
'»i»b for the annihilation of those laws, hy widen
alon- that property is secured him, is not very
I arty ; for a rnan, who, like me is planting trees
i\n:i »owing acorns,and making roads snd break
s up Waste*, to wish for the destruction of or*
Vr and law and property is atill le$.s likely t bu
for * tfiai, <Ti< Aliief par! of ♦Insfe ecu 1
sists of what must of necessity, becom<» merr
waste paper in case of a destruc' ion of order k
law, for such a man to wiah for such destruilior
i« utterly out of belief, and quite impossible if he
be a seeker after “ base lucre.”
So much for the two first assertions of die At
tomey General The third, namely, that the ar
iry was anxious to see me punished, I willen
quire into in iny next. It will take up some con
siderable space * far I am rcso’- ed to show, an '
that in a manner to leave n:> d ubt in the mind o'
any man, that the army have no reason to fiv
fault with me, that 1 have always been the friend
of the soldier, and. that of course, I merit not li<*
bad wishes. 1 shall have much to bring up next
week, and 1 promise in order at once to get tilings
smooth, to publish a doable number. The reader
♦ill, I am sure, excuse me tor giving under the
present circumstances, the precedancc to o >ser
vations inoro immediately relating to myself;_
bdthe need not fear, that 1 shall trespass murh
upon him in this way. 1 shall resume my usual
course of proceeding, and, according to my for
mer practice, leave my calumniator* to clioak in
their olvii gall.
Wit. COBBETT.
State Prison, JITrci'{ate,
Fudity, X&tk'ju'i. 1810.- - ..
ISKUK'S FA t a » /'
THE subscribers, (being appointed Agents
hi this city, lor the Manufacturers in Phi
ladelphia) have now on h and for sale, Ten tons
of Patent Shot, assorted : and will hereafter he
turns lied, from the Manufactory, with a supply
sufficient to meet any demand at this Marked
M & 3 MYERS.
August 17 _‘_ , - fi„•
BY virtue of a deed of uu<t, x .iitea u> toe
subscriber, by Thomas P. Manson, of tlie
city of Kiclimond— Will t>e offered Jor sale, on tlie
second day of next month, u the Bell Tavern, a
Negro Girl, named JUDITH, to satisfy the debt
due on said trust, and the expenccs attending the
sale. I snail convey to the purchaser the title
vested in me as trustee only
o Wm. d. wren, rruueei
September 11. T3w
IN CHANCElty.■ ■ ■ Louisa County, June
court, 1810.
Tboin.ts Nuckolds, Plt'ff.
Against
Samuel Overton, jr Richard Morris, James
Michie, Wm. Cooke, James Nelson, William G.
Poindexter, executor of Warner H Broaddus,
deceased, Overton Harris, Edward Ragland,’
John White, Elizabeth Lawrence, adminislrn
tnx of William Lawrence, deceased, Thomas
Holladay, Thornton Gibson, Nicholas Meriwe
tlier and Barnett Moore, Hcf'ts
THE defendants, Samuel Overton, jr. Nicho
las Meriwether and Darnell Moore, not having
entered their appearance and given security ac
cording to the act ot Assembly and the rules ot
this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of
the court that they are not inhabitants of this
®t*te : On the motion ofthe plaintiff’, by his coun
sel, It is ordered, That the said defendants, S i
muel Overton, jr. Nicholas Meriwether &. Bar
nett Moore, do appear here on the second Mon
day in October next, and answer the plaintiff’s
bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith
inserted in one of the newspapers printed in the
city ot Richmond for eight weeks successivelv,
and published at the front door of the court house
of ibis county, on some court day.
A Copy. Ttst,
' JOHN POINDEXTER, Ci'k.
August 7. w8w
r\ ''O The Patrons and Friends of the JMAM
1 CHESTER ACADEMY.
.. ends in the Manchester Academy, on
l,'e.i10 h| inS|‘ The following is the program of
studies lor the ensuing year :
GREEK TONGUE.
Senior Class—Homer, Demosthenes, Long!
nus, Neilaon’a Greek Exercises, and Greek. Pa’r
sing.
Second Class—Epictetus, XenophorTs Cyropce
dia, Anacreon and Greek Pursing
Third Class—M .ore’s Greek Gi ammar, Greek
Testament aim G eek Paising.
LATIN TONGUE.
Senior Claes—Horace’s 2d Book of Epistles &
artot Poetry, Cicero’s Orations, Tacitus, Lucre
tius : witii Latin ■ raiislaiions from the hist-iryof
England, by Dr. Goldsmith, and from Junius’ Let
ters
Second Class—Sallust, Virgil and Terence,
with Latin on! English Exercises, and parsing
Third Class — Cas.tr and Jmtin, with Ra<f.
man’s Lat.ri exercises and L d'ti parsing.
Fourth Class— Rudim .nN Latin G-ammar. Ln
trop.us’ abridgement of Roman history, and La
tin exercises.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE.
Senior (Hass— Blair s Lectu. vs oil Rhetoric,
Sheridan’s Lectures on Elocution, Murray’s large
English Grammar, and exercises, Jones’ Pro
nouncing Dictionary, and English parsing.
Second Class—Adams’ Flowers of Modern his
tory, Murray’s Grammar and exercises, with
Jones’ Pronouncing Dictionary, and English par
sing
Third Class—Adams’ Flowers of Ancient His
tory, Murray’# abridgement of English Gram
mar, and S|>elliiig Book.
FRENCH LANGUAGE.
Senior Class—Telem.ichus, Scott’s Recuell,
French Exercises, trench parting and practice ol
speaking.
Second Class—Perm’s French Grammar, Pe
rm’s French Exercises and Fables, with French
parsing.
MATHEMATICS.
Simpson’s Euclid, Bonycastlc’s and Friend’s
Atg. hra, Mackay’s Navigation, Flint’s Survey
ing, Helsham’s Natural Philosophy.
ARITHMETIC.
Senior Class—Vulgar and Decimal Fractions,
&c. in Pike’s Arithmetic.
Second Class—Common rules in Pike’s Aritli-!
metic.
HISTORY.
Bingland on ♦ lie study oi Ancient History,
BingUnd on tito study of Modern History.
GEOGRAPHY.
Cottineu’s Modern Geography with Arrow
smith s Maps. 1)’Anri lie's Ancient Geogruphy.
RHETORIC. ‘
Cicero a Orator, R.dlin’s Qjiintillian, Pierce’s
Longinus, with English and Gatin compositions*
LOGIC.
Dsnoan’s Logic, Locke on the Human Under*
standing abridged.
MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
Hutcheson’s abridgement, and Raley's Philo,
sophy.
FRANCIS S. O’REILLY, troetdent.
Manchester Academy, Sept. 7. w3w
A TEACHER WANTED— Wanted in an
Academy in the neighbor! 100 1 of Rich
tnond, a gentl-inan possessing in accurate know
Isdg» of the English language, of Arithmetic, and
»viio also writes a good h md. Should he h*p
pen to lie ucqu 1 oiled with any of her branch of e
d neat ion usiuliy taught in Academies, he shall
'»■ considered as entitled to further remuneration.
W th equal attainments, a preference wd* be gi
• en to m (pinisterof some religious worship;
but though, this is not de- rn<-d s^n essential con
dition, yet in no case shall my person ho em
ployed Other t un one of orderly habits and
• pproved character.
Latter# post paid and directed to E—NA
at Manchester shall be attended to.
September 11. lawtf
I QT Fairfield Races !!! !
THE FA* A IT ELD RACES,
\\* ILL commence oil Monday, the lirst of Oc
» » to'ier.
FIRST DAY—A Cup will he run for, value
twenty live guineas ; one mile heat—five subscri
bers end subscription closed.
SECOND DAY—1 he Jockey-Club Purse of
-S 430—four mile heats.
THIRD D AY-TheProp Actors’ Purse of g 200
—three mile lira's.
FOURTH D AY—A Handy Cap, one m'le heat
—each subscriber to pay ten dollars entn»n~e, and
the toll of the gate for that day given in
Weights agreeably to the vul is of the club.
PATES OF TOLL :
F%mr wheel Carriages g 1 09
Two do do 0 50
M an and Horse • (J 21
Foot passengers 0 12ij
FSVE SMOCK,
Treasurer and Prcpru tor.
Sept. 11. wtK
THE Subscriber bus reo-meu, and otters for
sale, at h.s Grocery Sro~c, between Messrs
Kb by, Drake a id Taylor, and Messrs. Gallego,
Richards 8e Co*s:
190 Kegs F FF FFF Dimont de Nrmonr h
Go’s Brandy wine GC’H-POWDER, war
ranted of superior quality,
TO Hogsheads Prime) Antigua Rum,
2C009 wt Brown Sugar,’
6003 do. CtnT-e,
10 Bales Bourbon, do. ’ ’
20 Chests heel Hyson, Youhg Hyson, Tnipe
. rial, Gun powder and Souchong TEAS, of
last importation,
130 2 and 3 lb each Lead Canister Imperial
and Gitu powd. f Tea,
24 Dor.. Bottles Martinique Cordial assorted
■*’ in hoxpsor 12 bottles each,
109 Doz. Claret, Vise de Graver Blanc, Rhe
nish do. Burgundy, Champaigne and old
Port WIPE,
2 I) .z. Carboys L ondon Bdl Madeira Wine
of 1799 & 1801,
2 Pipes old London Market, Sherry, Lis*
bon 8t IVnerifTe Wine,
4 Pipes rid Cogniac. Brandy—ft 100 Box
es of superior quality Havanna Segars ;
With a large end general assortment of Groce
ries of superior quality, also, China and Glass
Ware, all of which lie will dispose of at low pri
ces for cash.
AUB1H LAFOREST
August 21 liwl'
G* UN-I'OW DEK ! —'11. TT . ,T ,r
* RICHMOND POWDER MILLS, uff-r
for sale, by the keg or K- ger quantity, F and FF
Gun Powder, glazed and unglared ; warranted
equal to any imported, and on reasonable terms.
Retailers at liberty to return the powder, if
not approved. Apply to
JAMES BROWN, Jr. Or,
DAVID J BURR.
22. 2»w2w&lawtf
AT a Superior Court of Chancery, koldenTat !
the Capitol, in the City of Richmond* the
22d September, 1809
Sanm.-l Don ddsun, surviving partner of James
Ginson, Samuel Donaldson and Douglass Hamil
ton, merchants and partners, under the firm of
Gibson. Donaldson and Hamilton, P.uiniijfs
Aoaisst
Alexander Donald & John Mercliic, surviving
executors, and trustees of Robert Donald, de<:\l
Daniel Weisegar, executor of Joseph Weisegar,
who was also an executor of vhe said Robert Do
nald, dec’d. and Tuomas Augustus Taylor,
Defendants
THE defendant Daniel Weisegar, who s out
of this country, and against whom the fdaintilfip- ;
Pears to have proceeded in the mode prescribed
by law, in smell cases, not having entered his ap. I
pearaucc &. given security to pci ib>m the decree ;
the court on motion of the plaintiff; bj counsei,
doth take his hill for confessed -is to that df fen
thuu, and order one of its commissioners to ex
amine, state and settle an account, of the adminis
tration of the goods, and chattels, and credits of
Robert Donald dec’d ns well by the said Daniel
Weisegar as by his testator, the said Joseph Wei
s gm, and make report tlu-rcof to the Court,
with any special matter thought pertinent by him
self, or required by the parties to be specially sU
led.
A Copy. Teste,
JVm W. HKNING, c. c.
Comminttioners’ Office,
Richmond, 4,7: Sepu rnber, 1810
The parties concerned, are desired to take no
tice,that 1 have appoint'd Tuesday,the thirtieth
day of October next, for carrying into i fleet the
foregoing decretal order of court, on which day
their attendance is required at my office, with all
their papers, accounts and vou< hers, ready for
examination and sHtlt m*nt
Wm. POR RESTER, m c
Sept 7 T8w
I N CHANCERY. Louisa county. June Court.
M 1810.
John Lewis and Susanna his wife, Samuel He*
ter, Barbara Bridge watery Owen Burton Si Polly
hi» w;fe, Valentine • oCutehen, adm;uistr tor of
Ann McCutchen, deceased, bis late wife, Henri
etta Greenwood, and Benjamin R Pulliam, le
gal representatives ol Ann Pulliam deceased.
Plaintiffs.
Against
fv<m,l Overton,jr.ndm’r with the will annexed
oi >am I Ragland, deceased, Wm. Cooke, James
Nelson, James Michie, Win G. Poindexter, ex
ecutor of Warner II Broaildus, ii“ceascd, Over
ton Harris, Edward Ragland, Elizabeth Lau
rence, administratrix of Win Laurence, dec’d.
1 iiomas Holladay, Thornton Gibson, Nicholas
Meriwether and Barnett Moor®, Dcf’ts.
THE defendant*, Samuel Overton, jm.r. ad
xninistralor »« aforesaid, Nicholas Meriwether
and Barnett Moore, net having entered their ap
pearance and given security according to the act
of Assembly and the rules of* this court, and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the court that
they arc not inhabitants of this state : on the mo
lion of the plaintiff", by their couns-l. it ts or
dered, That the said defendants, Samuel Over!on,
junr. administrator with the will annexed of Sa
muel Ragland, dec’d. Nicholas Meriwether and
Barnett Mo»re, do appeur here on the second
Monday in October next, and answer tne plain
tiff’s bill, and that a copy of Inis order be forth
with inserted in one of the newspapers printed
in the city of Richmond, for eight weeks sue
oessively, and published at ihc font door of the
court house of this county, on some court day.
A Copv. Terr,
yo/lN POINDEXTER, CCk
August 7. _ wKw
O L A 1ST EM v ARTS-Onh is for Ground
A P,aister of Paris, lodged with the subscri
ber. will be forwarded to Wright and Byrnes,
Baltimore, and executed by them. i
HA MU EL AIDERS.
Sept. 10. , 14
ft LANK S,
o i v. vr.uv tir.scurriov,
ton HALL A1 Tula 01“
Twenty dollars reward. el>*.
ed from Mr James Smith, shout the mic»
die of May last, a slave, mm?d SAM, ul«i l -d
been employei! for several years pait in that gen
leman’a Bake-House.
SAM is about twenty four or five years of ;«ge,v
low of stature, aoil not very bulky ; of youthful
sppaimnre, a dark complexion, n countenance
with an incessant smile, approaching to a grin,
«nd thereby discovers h fine set of t'-etlt, which
Me is not a little fond of shewing He is slow of
speech, and when spoken to suddenly or quick
'y, stammers and hesitates exceedingly.—His
clothes not nwoHertcd.
Some time in August last, n note was given
him by the Subscriber, (who then wished to dis
pose of him,) to look-out for a purchase i- — *r
merely purported the terms “ to any person
siding in Richmond, or it’s * neighbourhood :”<• <
And as he has the role still in possession, he
will probably, under pre’enre of sensing a mas
ter, endeavor thereby to effect his escape out of
the Stnte.
All musters of vessels and others are, there
fore, forbid, at their peril, harboring or carrying
him off.
The above reward will be given, and all rea
sonable charges allowed, if brought back in safe
ty to
JOHN KING.
Richmond, July 10 tf
| AND FOR. SALE—By virtue of a decree
"of the Superior Court of Chancery tor the
Richmond District, —tfill he ojfrrcd for tale at
tl e town of C ura, on •Monday the 27lh day of
August next, that valuable TR ACT OF LAND,
belonging to the estate o/ P terfiel l Trent, dec.M,
containing by estimation, 785 ac.res lying in the
county of Cumberland, on Willis river and ad
joining the town of Cairn, fur the purpose of
raising * sum of money therein mentioned, due
ami owing to tlie estate of Alexander Trent,
doc’il. the cor.tigtiiiy or tiiis laud to the town of
Cairn ; is here thvr* is a Vb-rebunt Mill, which
will no doubt, tn a .short ime h* in complete re
pair, and consequently will require a Urg qunn
tjlv of wheat, Nr., as well ns a tobacco inspec
tion—-and bring at the head of the nsvitpibl^s
waters of W tllis’a river, rentier it one of the most
diiaircable tracts oflrnd in that part of the coun
try. . Added to these, the land is of excellent
quality, and well adapted to the culture of to*
bar-o, wheat, coi n, Nc.
l’rcvi'jus to. the day of sale, ihis land will bo
Rid of) in lots, and sold to suit purchasers—and
the terms of sale liberal, only one third will be
required when the deed is made, and one, two
and three years for the balance ; Bonds and se
curity will be demanded, secured by a deed ojf
rust if required by the COMMISSIONERS.
Jtrly 20. ids.
(O' T^he cals of me above mentioned property,
a unavoidably postponed till Wednesday the 26th
of next ntoniu, at which time it will certainly
take place.
August 21 tds
Sales of household fur hi pure'
TUg subscriber has li r*d, ah') i. 3 3,00t.>
worth of excel I nl MAHOGANY HOUSE-*
HOLD FURNITURE toiunstingoi Sit; oo«»rda#
CellcretU, Burt us. Dining, Ca,d and Tua>T»»
hies, Sofas, Bedsteads of every description, Easy
Chairs, Wash stand*', C: ndle stands, \V udiobe*.
Ladies Cabinetis, Dressing Glasses.
ALSO—Colts and Mattris*cs, which will bo
offer.* d fur sale, nt public •cction, un Monday the
first October next, at iiis Ware Room, on the st.
leading to the Governor’s house.
The «ale to commence*at 10 o’clock, & to con
tinue from day today, tit! all ire disposed of.
The terms of sale—AH mu 3 under 50 dolls,
cash ; all over 50 dolls not cxrr<*Jl.ng 100 dolls,
sixty days credit; alt sums over 100 dollars, 1*6
days credit. Notes, with approved endorsers,
will be required.
JOIiS ALCGSK.
Sept 18 • uls
NOTICE*—Notwithstanding the death oi Mr*
Andrew Nicolson, the m*m of NicoDou,
Hath fic Co will continue ( igreeably to their at -
ticlosof co.parlnery) unlit'.lie iir3t of Jaiiu-uv
next, when it will expire : In the mean tune, the*
busin< ss will be earned on ns usual, by tile sur
viving partners, at their office, in this place
All those indebted to that firm, or to Wicolsor*
and H *lb, are desired to corue forward and set-,
tic their accounts on or before the first day of No
vember next : Otherwise, suits will be institu
ted, without discrimination, against ail those who
fail to secure their 1 c9pcctive ballances Those*
who have claims agr.inst the said concerns will
call for payment. Timely notice will be given oF
tire firm under which the new year will com
mence, who will continue to supply their custo
mers with the choicest coal; their prospect for the
ensuing year, being mon * li m Usually H.iiieritig.
Harry iif.th.
LRVRkLT RANDOLPH
EDWARD D. DIGGES.
Manchester, Sept. 7■ llNov
F >1< SALE.—Outlie plantation in Chester
fi'M County, the residence of the late Mr.
Francis Eppes dec’d. will be sold on the lOtli day
of October next, to flu* highest bidders, about
twenty valuable NEGROES consisting of men.
women & children, among them is a good carpen
ter, and a good miller.— Also the stock of horses,
mules, cattle, sheep and hi gs, a neat coacher* $c
li <meas for four horses, 1 gig and harness, tlit*
plantation tools, some household and kitchen fur
ndure—amongst the horses arc two vtluahls
b oMd moes—Mary Gray the clam of Wonder
aad Palsfox—a bay mare out of Mary Gray by
Darn Devil.
ihe stock of cattle and sheep arc equal, if noU
superior to any in Virginia Ct.hw.d be re -
quired for all sums .of thirty dolLrsor less—for
all purchases exceeding,thirty dollars a credit of
twelve months will be allowed, on the purcha
ser;. giving bonds with the most approved secu
rity-— interest from the date of the bunds will bej
demanded, if they are notpunctu-lly paid.
JOHN W. EPPES. & 7 .. .
JERM AN 13AKEK, $ 0r+
September 18, 1810
rne simp lime an;: place may be purchaser*
of the representatives of the late Mr. Eppes that
valuable plantation c ll.*d Eppington, lying or»
Appomattox River about 24 miles above Pci-ra
burg, containing one thousand acres s about four
hundred of which are in woods. Mr. Childers
manager on the plantation will shew it to those
disposed to purchase.
Sep 18. t(]s
A COURT OF ENQUIRY For the 1st Ratal
19th Regiment, i* appointed to be held in
the upper pert of the Mnrket House on the 27tl*
day of this month, and for the 2d Batah nme
Regiment, at the mnrket house on the 28th day
of this Month, and a Hr.nmrntal Court of Knqui~
rv is appointed to be hr 1*1 it the market house on
the 29jb day of this month.
Thefte Courts will commence at 10o'clock A.
I. Bv order oi ihe Lieut. C-1 >nel, Commandant
19 Regiment Virginia Mb, a.
S/iM. G. AD VMS, Adjutant.
CD* Any persons rgainst wlv-m fines sre now In
• he hands of the co'l -cto,, and who from absence
from this city, or any other cause, h >ve been pre
vented from attending ny Battalion or H> gotten
’ i court heretofore, to shew cause agiinst b- ing
fined, art invited to attend the a.id Mcy-m- ntal
court of Enquiry to Ik- held on the 29 »• m t, , „d
make known to said c uri the o'j <ticns l ey
may have sgsinst the payment ol such linrs,
adnch objections, d deemed suffi* lent, will b so
ert-fi d by sa-d court, tof«etht*le relief t*. loose
ho may thi It prop* r to apply Untetcr tome
ext General Assembly.
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