The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-02-16 00:00:00, page 4

from Mile hill ur:>l MUlrr'a (A*. Y.J Me
tlicul l\e/io«itonj, fi.r A'ov. Dei. and
Jan. 1809,—10.
7 he doctrine xf I’hlogitttn reviving.
The Science of chemistry is not yet establish
ed upon stationary or iinmutaGle principles In
the progress of experiment, new methods of
analysis are discovered, and deeper researches
are made into the composition of matter.
Of the great theories, the pklogittie, or the
Gkrman doctrine, ami the •xjger.oui or the
J'rskch, have been the most distinguished.
Beecher and Stahl were the authors of the for
mer. They supposed that during the burning of
bodies something volatile escaped and Hew away.
From the observations they made on bodies un
dergoing decomposition by fire, they justly con
cluded that these contained an inflammable prin
ciple. To this they gave the correct and appro
priate name of phlogiston. But as sulphur, coal,
phosphorus,iron,zinc,Sc several other bodies were
inflammable substances, those chemists were
puzzled to tell what their phlogiston was. For
wantof such a definition, they bewildered them
aelves and their followers.
The obscurity which thus overspread the sci
ence of chemistry prepared the way for a revolu
tion in its doctrines. Lavoisier and Berthollett
were induced, by observing the phenomena
wrought by oxygen in calcination and combusti
on, to reject the theory of the German philoso
pher* altogether. * They established the ami
phlogistic hypothesis ; and in reforming the lan
guage of chemistry they expunged the name of
phlogiston from its nomenclature.
The experiments made in confirmation of the
h French doctrines were so specious, and the rea
S »oning on them so’imposing, that-they rapidly
'• won the assent of the chemical world. Kirwan
suffered himself to he dazzled by their glare, Sc
to profess a conviction of their truth. Black
yielded a too easy assent, and subscribed in his
latter days a recantation of .lie opinions he had
publicly taught for many years. And Priestly,
whose perspicacity enabled him t-. discern the
inconchiaivcness of the alleged facts, and -the
looseness of the arguments deduced from them,
was considered by tiis old friends as obstinately
adhering to antiquated and exploded opinions
This able expo, imenter persisted to the end of
his life in the. belief t , t the Frenchmen were in
correct in their exhin.don of theta, and lie deni
ed the fairness of the conclusions they dedured
f>om their premises. [See Med. Repos. Hex.
I. vol 1 and 2, for the series of objections he
niadu-3 But this great man waged an unequal
contest, because he did not define specifically
what bis phlogiston whs.
ill J| Jo, America ouereci to mediate between
the philosophical belligerents ; but Priestly was
proud of contending alone against the whole
host of anli-phlogistians, and the anti-phlogisti
ans were confident of numbers, anil sure of vic
tory over the insignificant opposition that remain
ed. It whs proposed to them to consider the
hydrogen of the neoiogists as phlogiston, and to
make the language conform by obliterating the
former of these words, and substituting the 1 li
ter in its place But neither party would agree
to this fair and equitable proposal. The war
continued until it seemed in great measure to
have ceased by the removal of the chief of the
phlogistians from the field.
It was nevertheless affirmed in America, that
flie hypothesis on which the nomenclature of 1797
had been formed, was untrue. The metals, sul
phur, phosphorus and coal were affirmed to con
sist respectively of a base and phlogiston. To
this phlogiston was ascribed the hl.xae or flame
they exhibited as they burned. To the lost of
this, i s well as to the absorption of oxygen, was
the production of oxyds, acid3 and water, during
that process, attributed. In short, by clothing
phlogiston with the character and qualities of
hydrogen, the principal difficulties vanished, and
the dispute seemed to be capable of being en
tirely reconciled. [Sec the plan in Med. Repos.
Hex. I. vol. 1 p 514, and in Nicolson’s Journal.]
Subsequent discoveries have proved that the ta
ble of chemical nomenclature was framed too
soon, and that the earths and alkalies are no more
entitled to be ranked among the simple substan
ces, than the inflammables and the metals._
jThey are ail compounds.
Thus the controversy rested until a scries of
experiments and -doctrines arose in England,
which threaten another revolution in chemistry.
Towards the close of Coluber 1809, the profes
sor of that science in the new institution at Lon
don had persuaded the Scavans, that of the pal
pable substances there were but two in nature in
an elementary state, viz. oxygen and metal
The earths and the three alkalies had all been
demonstrated to be metallic oxyds, either by ex
hibiting them alone, or in alloys with mercury
or other metals. The inflammable boJies, sul
phur, charcoal, phosphorus and the baais of bo
racic acid, had been all decompounded, and yiel
d-d nu lal. Strange notions had been started
concerning hydrogen. According to the pro
grew at that time made, hydrogen was conjec
tured to contain a metalic basis, suscept'.-ie of
eight degree* of oxygenation. 1. The first de
gree of oxygenation, or protoxyd of this supposed
metal, is summon hydrogen : 2. the deteroxyd is
ammoniac, or t-olattle alkali s 3. the tritoxyd is
teptoii, or aztye ; 4. the telryxed is vitaer 5
the penlox) d b oxydule qf azote ; G. the licxox
yd is oxyd of azote, or exhilarating gut ; 7. the
lieptoxyd a nitrous aeid and 8 the octoxyd is
nitric acid• Thus oxygen and the same metal,
according to the state and degree of oxygenation,
constitute inflummaUe mutter, alkali, asote, wa
ter, oxyd* and even acids.
Amidst these turnings and over-turnings, it
may be plainly seen by an impartial by-stander,
that many of the modern experiments and fashi
onable doctrines erected upon them, are wholly
superceded. The fact* more lately developed,
warrant th ; conclusion that the earths and a'k.i
l.ea are compose 1 of oxigen an 1 metal ; and on
separating tlna oxygen from i<» bisv, and addin
phlogiston thereto in its place, the oxyd is con
verted to metal proper. While, on" exposing
those metals to oxygen, the former is detached,
the latte, ausoru^d, and the metal re-convcrted
to an oxyd.
Aiul wnatis true ot these new metals, 13 true,
by analogy, ofall the other metals. (Indeed j.irm
redit et oirgo, redcunt naturnia regna—l»y the. ad
dition of phlogiston [hydrogen* to metals und
imllainmabU-*, do the former acquire their shin
ing and maileibie qualities, and the? latter the
power of H lining or blaming; and by the depar
ture of thin, and the combination with oxygen, do
they turn to oxyda and acids.
From Cohirtt'n Political Fegistcr.
n The Jus 11. was celebrated at the lute of
“ Walcher«ii, witu as much festivity as in any
“ part of Hu Ma jesty's dominions. At 11 o’
" clock in the forenoon, General Don, witli til
'* the Gem ral Officers, and many of the prill
“ ripal inhabitant# paid their lespects to Sir
“Lyre Coote, at the Palace. In every quar*
“ ter oflhc Island the troops fired three vol
“ li'-s at noon ; and at noon ail the ships fired
“a i< /a! Mlire. After all the General Ofii
“ cers. Public Functionaries, ami principal in
" habitants lud paid their respects to Sir Eyre
“ Coote, they attended him in procession to
“ the great church, where detachments of the
“ eight regiments in M.ddlehurgh, with their
“ colors, went also. At bvc Sir Eyre Coote
“ entertained a most numerous party to din
“ uer, at Mid lleburgh. Admiral Otwry also
“ gave a sumpiu >«.* entertainment, on board
"the Cesar. In tb- evening there w»*» a
“ Grand Display ef tire Works at Middle
“ buigo.”.fat.
JUIHLEE.
Well, sod whet If the emiliacnt. he Subdued ;
and what if our turn of, at least, constant alarm,
he- now conic ; what of these ? —We still can
hold a Jouti.se—and go to church--and thank
God *’ur a reign, which, at the close of its forty
nhlth year, sees us in a state of continual jeopar
dy ; ina stale, which plains an army of foreign
mercenaries in the heart of the country ; in u
slate in which we see officers of tlio e foreign
meneiiaru s, taking the command, ev;ii at le
views, in our own counties, of dnglis . officers
and regiments, not excepting regiments of mili
tia. Yes, in such a state of things, we can hold
a Jubilee ; we can go and turn up the whites of
our eyes, and clench our hands together, and
make responses, and sing anthems with a voice
as loud as that of Martin Morales. Yes, there
are to be foun ! amongst us, people thus to go
and to thank. Go I—to look, upwards, as if in the
face of their maker, and thank him for a reign,
that found all onr enemies at our feet, end wtiich
has brought us to a point which it is unnecessary
to attempt to describe. Numerous are the de
nunciations against hypoeric.y j but our Jubilee
crew seem to have forgotten them all.
The conduct of many of the i lergy, upon this
occasion, is worthy of notice ; hut, »v- must
not be too general here—because many honora
ble exceptions will have occurred to every man,
who has had the means of extensive observati
on.
We hear talk of enemies of the Church ; but
the real enemies of the church arc those, wh *
makes use of it fur political purposes which,
first or last, must be universally reprobated —
A few years ago, a9 a i (respondent observes,
the clergy lent their churches, and were most
active in preaching fur, and even in same in
stances threatening their Hock' into subkerip
lions to the l.lojd’s Fund, called by its ma
nagers, Patriotic. The recent attempt to revive
that fund, has shared the late of the attempt i»:
John Bowles, and his brother commissioners, a*
revive Jacobinism. The late trick of a Jubilee
has, in f^et, also faded, and ut’crly disappoint.- >
its planners and proposers To require men t»
rejoice and he glad, ut the end of the forty-ninth
year ot the present reign, lor what has happened
to it, would be like requiring a m.m to laugh
and he happy w ith his hand held in a hut fire ;
or, like asking a sick nvui in bed, to get up and
dance and sing. !1 he J ng is impossible-and
the project, the trick 1 is failed entirely, from
the natural and innate feelings of all men at the
present crisis. But those hypocrites, who put
forward the project with their usual cant and
cunning, are now grievously vexed at its failure
—and, taking advantage of a proposition, made
in the city by loose hostile to the Jubilee, of con.
verting it to the purpose of charity, they have a
gain set the clergy to work, to collect money,
under the specious pretence of ** relieving the
poor”—but in fact to endeavor, by this contri
vance, to let down easy their plan of rejoicing, at
ujliinc when men feel only fear and distress ;—
shame for things that have passed, and appre
hension for the future ; and in the midst of a war
that promises no termination, hut in a peace
without security. Amongst many who have
written to me on this subject, one gentleman tells
me, the parson of the parish came to his door,
with his be.-idle and six other persons, to ask for
money on this occasion; that he gave them none,
but told them frankly that they seemed to be ma
kmg an attempt to frighten or cajole people out
of their property ; else why not appoint a place
and leave people to carry in their subscriptions ?
He tells me, that he knows of several persons,
particularly old women and others, who are ti
mid, that have drawn their purses through fcar,
atul tear only.
* •»*» '!» rue cnse ail over the country. Not a
penny is given from the pretended motive. I
cannot help noticing, in a particular manner, the
Jubilee subscriptions at I lamp *.ead, swarming
I dure say, with government depcndenls, with
creatures who live upon the public. From a
pr'n 'ed paper, now lying before me, purporting
to be an account of the proceedings of the Jubi
lee crew at Hampstead, and signed by a person
named Charles Cartwright, as chairman, it ap
pears, that there was found to be, in that village,
two thousand one hundred poor persons, fit ob
jects to be relieved ; and, it was, accordingly
j resolved, to give to each of the families,'to
; which tlic said persons belonged, a piece of beef
j and a proportionate quantity of bread, potatoes,
| and purler, and also a quantity of co^ls sufficient
, for dressing the same ! Why not send them
: platters too, and knives, that, for once, they
i might not tear their food with "their claws —
Well ; but what were these people to rejoice
for ’ Why, that they got a maw full, to be sure ;
for, as to rejoicing lor any good that their coun
try had enjoyed, the very thought would have
been absurdity. But, mark, here were 2100 ob
jects of compassion ; 2100, who were in want
even of a couple of hat fulls of coals ; and, ac
cording to the official returns laid before Parlia
ment, the whole of the population of Hampstead
amounts to no more than 43-1J ; so that these
canting gentry, these people who are calling
upon ti.e nation to thank God for the blessings
of this reign, have themselves, in print, and
under their signatures, furnished us with the
proof, that wit.mi a very tiifle of one half of the
people in this “ loyal” parish, are objects of
compassion on account of their poverty ; are so
poor as to render a single meal of animal food
a tiling worth applying for and going after ;
are so wretched as to render two hat Fulls of coals
worth their acceptance. This is, iideed, a stri
king fact. It is, at once, proof of the m isery of
the people and of the crat't of those who have
been treating them.
1 he intention (and I beg the reader to bear it
in mind) the declared intention, ol'tlie first open
movers of the jubilee, was to have a feasting, and
nothing but a feasting all over the country. They
said nothing about charily, and, indeed to keep a
jubilee in honor of a reign which exhibited such
swarms of paupers ; to thank God for all this pau
perism and misery, must Slave seemed a little in
consistent. But* the harvest happening to run
rather short, and bread rising just about the t ime
that the Jubilee project was first broached, the
projectors began to fear that their festivity would
not be well stomached by the half-starved people,
wb > have had the happiness to live under the Ju
bilee reign. It was not till now, and till the crew
received some gcnllt*‘1iints of what they might
expect ; it was not till now, that they thought of
the charity part of the scheme. In fact, they
found, that it they did not give the hungry poor a
share with them, the Jubilee feat was very likely
to lead to the vety thing which the feast was in
tended to prevent; and that, instead of continu
ing the blindness of the common people, it would,
at once, open their eyes. The chanty, therefore,
was a sort of sop to keep the poor and hungry
from making clamorous complaints. But, this
sop was not to be given without acknowledging
that, which, upon such on occasion, the crew
must have been desirous to keep out of sight; be- |
cause, what could he more mortifying, than, on a i
day of Jubilee, to make such a grand exhibition!
of poverty a .d misery ; to exhibit such undenia
ble proofs of the evils ol the reign, which the
people were called on to celebrate, and for the
blessings of w hich tliey were to thunk Uod ?
Much companion, or affected compassion, has
been, by our hirelings, licstowed upon the people
of the continent, conquered or over run by Bona
parte. But, strange as it rnay appear tons, those
people, those very people, have been holding a
sort of Jubilee, and, to all appearance, have
greatly surpassed us in their manner of doing it.
The Moniteur—" The peace recently concluded
has been announced in all the principal cities on
’he continent, amidst the sound of cannon, and e
very demonstration of general rejoicing. At Vi
enna, Munich, Stotgird, Frankfort, Naples,
Rome, Florence, Milan, Madrid, he. as well as
in Paris, illuminations have taken place- A hun
dred millions of men have taken part in this gene
ral festivity, anil celebrated it with marks of pub
lic approbation,”
Well, now, you hyyoerites, what d<* you say to
tins ? Was all this (casting and rejoicing a sluim ’
Whs it all a vile mockery 1 Were these signs of
i'*y exhibited by slaves, with a view of gaining
favor with t heir masters, or of saving themselves
from the effects of the anger of those masters ?
Were these signs of joy merely made use of by
some tor tiie rascally purpose of earning therein
a chalice of picking the public pocket, or for the
•tupid one of obtainin'* some paltry title t« gratify
die vexatious vanity of a tawdry and freakish
w.fe } Dui these rejoicers,supposing,nay, know
ing Napoleon to be the most consummate hypo
rite of his age, think to flatter him by this imita
tion of his conduct; and did he himself, at the
same time and in the same act, seem as it lie were
retolvi d to out-hypocrite them ? Now, I-believe
none ol these. 1 believe, that these rejoicings
were not totally insincere ; but, you must allo w
them to have been all sincerity, or else what be
comes of your own illuminations, and other signs
of joy ! At any rat , we do not find, that Napo
leon’s re joicers lutd recourse to the trick of stop
ping the mouths of the poor. They seem to have
been in no dread of a people wanting a single
meal of victuals and drink.
Of all the good things, however, connected
with this famous jubilee, this was the best, of
which record was made in my motto. So, the
peop|.- of Middleburgli kept the day with as much
festivity as any people in his Majesty’s domini
ons ! — I believe it, with all uiy soul—Full as
much festivity, including, of course, heartiness,
or sincerity ; and 1 verily believe, that the joy
was full as sincere ;u Middleburgli as it was at
London, or any where else. Yes, this is an ex
cellent specimen. We re it not for this, we might
oe at a loss for a standard of interpretation.
Now,' we know what the word joy meant, when
used upon this occasion.—Hut the joy, the heart
hdt joy, and “ pious gratitude to Heaven,” vis
• bio in the island of W.vlr/heren, were not confin
, ed to the inhabitants ;—they were also visible in
j i-*erv part of the army and the navy, who even
fired feus-de-joy and royal salutes. Aye, this is
' t . Make ready ! — Present !-Fire ’
j This L the true sort of joy ; it is joy at word of
j domnniul. This is unanimity; this is -. speci~
j men of that “i»*.ctric unison of the feelings,”
I of which the wise men ol the Morning Post tulk
i ed so nicely.
It would be curious to know, if one could as
certain it, how many thousands of Englishmen,
sick and dying, there were in the island of \Val
clieren on the day of the jubilee ; how many ac
tually expired that day ; how many were strug
gling in the last panga of death, while the toasts
and songs were going round at the festive table ;
k how many whose lives were shortened by the
tremendous noise which must have prevailed. It
would be curious to ascertain these facts. A
calculation might come near to the point, which
is h very interesting one.
Heavier, let me take the liberty to press upon
your attention this account of the jubilee in Wal
cheren, given by the most famous of the liberty
hirelings in London. He tells us, tliai the peo
ple of Middleburgh rejoiced. Notv, after this,
will you say, that any account given by these
mercenary wretches, is to be relied upon ? Will
you believe, that people, in whose h-« tes our
troops were living at free <piarter, could join in a
ny rejoicings of ours ?—No small part of the peo
ple of Middleburgh must have been injured by
the war; and, will you believe that they since! e
ly rejoiced, that their expressions of esteem ;
that, in short, their prayers lor the King of their
invaders, were sincere ? They, too, you will ob
serve, went to cbuicli. Would it not have bean
a good thing to have heard their prayers ?
On ! it lias been a sad scene of hypocrisy, from
the beginning to the er.d. 'i here wanted nothing
but this jubilee to cap the character of those
who set on fort and urged it forward. I repeat,
however, that it has answered this good pm pose
—it lias given rise to discussion, and will give
I rise to further discussion ; for the promoters of
| it having thrown down the gauntlet, we ‘hall uoi
; fail to take it up. They have, by their proposi
j lion to hold a jubilee, challenged us to a <'i»;us
i sion upon all and singular the measures of the
j King’s reign ; they have invited us to examine
! into many tilings, which might have passed
I without examination ; they have, in short, reliev
. ed us from all scruples as to many very delicate
| topics of discussion, Sc these we shall, of course,
j take up as occasion offers.
The following instance of extraordinary pre
j sencc of mind and courage, is mentioned in one of
the lust Madras Couriers :
“ Velljec 1jatell, uii inhabitant of Maho
noodabad, in the vicinity of Kaira, about noon,
on the 13th of January last, whilst working in his
cotton field, perceived a Royal Tygress approach
ing him, in an attitude that convinced Vclljee of
the animal’s desire to destroy hire—Ei, as lie was
| aware, from the nature of his situation, he could
not escape, he made preparations to receive her.
The Tygress spi inring on this undaunted cultiva
tor, he held out his l«.ft -fin to oppose her ; whilst,
with his right, uplifted ak.vi-and, or small hatch
et, his premeditated blow was so correctly given
between the cars of the animal, and with such
j force, opposed to the velocity with which the
Tygress advanced, that it occasioned her i nme
diate death.—Velljee Pateu had his left
wrist much lacerated.”—Lon. Pap.
Character of a Whig, such as he ought to be.
f by the late Dr. Franklin _)
The whig lives in every state, but wishes to
live only in a free state. He claims no right in
himself, but what he is willing to give to his
neighbor, lie is not listed in sects by sounds,
nor Kept in them by prejudices ; Ins mind is not
contracted by systems, nor sacred bigots ; it is
open to God and nature ; lie is not attached to
PERSON Ol FACTION, blit tO THINGS, to JOS
tick, to liberty, to viRTCE, and to his coun
try.— He adheres to men %iho adheres to these ,
and adheres to them no longer than they adhere to
tfuse With like contempt of promises and me
naces, unawed by power, he is attached to
these. Not lurking as a drone, to reap wnat o
tiicrs sow, he cheerfully acts his part in society ;
lie does wlut he can; he endeavors within his
sphere to promote the general welfare. No mat
ter what yon call him-what Ins rank, his
profusion, or the title of his religion—.*/.:/ u a
«%•
-Jrv—WTS-.v'iiBJ-M '•.t—Iw-wwrr ■ • ■ im,
y ANI) FOR SALK—That valuable Tract of
* LAND laying in Amherst county, common
ly known by the name of Gordon’s f’uurter, situ
ated near the Tobacco row mountain, containing
eleven hundred acres, is now oflercd for sale on
liberal terms. The quality of this laud is said to
be equal to any tract in that county.
The terms will be known by inak:ng applica
tion to either of the subscribers in Petersburg,
or to Mr. Samuel Irvin of Lynch burgh, w ho will
shew the premises or give such description of
ham as will satisfy any person desirous of pur
chasing.
10 HN WILDER,
l/OHN BELL.
I’.-'crsburg, January 4. w.lrn
DOLLARS REWARD.—Strayed or
-1. stolen near the market house in Rich
mond, on the night of the 29th inst. (January,)
a likely dark hay waggon horse, eight years
old, about live feet high, is in good order, and
the hair a .itlle rubbed off with the traces. 1
will give a reward often dollars to any person,
that will deliver said horse to Mr. Samuel tVhite
of Richmond, or to me in the County of Cum
berland. Whosoever will deliver me the thief,
(if stolen,) for punishment, shall receive a re
ward of 20 dollars.
N. If. He is blind in the right eye, and a noted
•car on the left rump.
NATItc, LANCASTER.
Feb. 1. u^j(
; EDWARD HALL AM.
! f IAS received by the last arrivals fromEiu
1 i 1 rope, and for sale next d«> *r above the Eagle
| Tavern—a frcsli and jjenevai supply of Garden
Seeds, vi/.
CABBAGES.
F.ariy York,
Etrly Sugar Loaf,
Early heart shaped,
DiW Head,
Green and Yellow
Savov.
PEAS.
Early Frame,
Early Hot Spur,
Canadian,
Murrowfatt,
Glory of England,
and Blue Prussian.
SNAPS.
Early six weeks,
Blarly China IJwarf,
Early Speckled,
Early l)un.
LETTUCE.
Imperial,
Brown Dutch,
Grand Admiral,
Mouse Ear,
and Ice.
K AlHSH.
Salmon Purple,
W lotc and Black.
CUCUMBEK.
Early Frame,
Long Green,
and Prickley.
Large White Imlirc.
November C-t.
UK SALh.—Two hundred an*i lilty <uu acres*
A- of LAND lying in t lie county of Middlesex,
within one and a half miles ol Urbanna. This
Land will be sold on the first Monday in March
next, on the premises, on a credit of twelve
months, by virtue of an act of the General As
sembly in that case made and provided Bond
with approved security will be required from the
purchaser, payable to the overseers of the poor
or their successors.
February 6. v$w«J
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOK za/.jz —
In pursuance of a decree of tbe Circuit
Court of the United States, in the Virginia Dis
trict, pronounced at the last session of that court,
in the suits there depending betwen Win. Kunkali
j Sc Co. plaintiffs, against Thomas M. Deane and
: others, tlefendants, and between Scriba Scrophal
j and Starman, plaintiffs, and the same defendants :
I Will be exposed to sale, at auction, at Caira, in
t the county of Cumberland, on Thursday the loth
Of February next, that valuable MERCHAN T
MILL lisuaHy called the Caira t is—Tobacco
Warehouse, Tavern, and other Lots of Ground
at that place—Also, all the Lands at or near Ca
j ira, (consisting of 2000 acres and upwards)
j which belonged to James Deane, Thomas M.
; Deane & Francis B. Deane or to either of them,
I the 20lh day of March, 1801.—Terms oi
j sale—Ten per cent on the amount of the pur
chases to be paid in cash ; a credit of one, two
and three years for tbe residue of the purchase
money, to bear interest f rom the day of sale,
the purchaser or purchasers giving bonds with
security, to be approved by the undersigned com
missioners, nr the one that may act, and also ex
ecuting a deed of trust upon the property so
purchased, for securing the payment thereof at
the periods aforesaid.
Pievious to the day of sale the Lard will be
divided into convenient lots to suit purchasers.
C. COPLAND, 7 Commissi
W. C. WILLIAMS, 3 oners.
December 30.
N- B. The sale above mentioned is postponed
tiH the 2fth oi August, at which time it will take
place.
February 1. _wtds
O I ICE.— Tlie subscriber being desirous to
a- x close his Executorship of the estate of
Paul Graham dcc’d. and whereas there appears,
by toe will ol the said Graham, a debt to be due
lrom the Lstt'e of bis Grandfather Duncan Gra
ham, to the firm of Liles Bogle St Co—for the
payment of which, or a part of which, provision
is made hv the will of the said Paul Graham;
•Ms is therefore to i enure the said firm, or their
agent to come forward, state their claim, and
establish the amount due, that the same may be
settled ; otherwise the assets will (after three
months frqm this time) he applied to the dis
charge ol other debts due from the estate of the
said Paul Graham ; and this notice will be plead
ed in bar to the said claim.
SAMUEL BURRUSS,
J'x'r ij Paul Graham.
Caroline County Virga.")
1-tnuar.y 27.1’, 1309. £_1 .wfltvy
I AN D FOR SALE—By virtue of an act of
‘-* the General Ahsemby of Virginia, passed
the 22d day of Ja nary 1310. Will be said at
Public Auction, at Mathews court-house, on
Mon-lay the 12Ji day of March next, if Ihir,other
wise next fair day, on a credit of unr, 1 wo, ; ltd
Circe years, the 'Tract of Land .cor.tnim -g about
500 acres (in lots or the whole together, as may
best smt the purchasers, and promote the pub
lic interest,) lying in the county of Mathews,
called Kingston parish Glebe Land. 'This Land
is conveniently situated on East River, and Pud
den Creek, which abounds vvitli Fi-li and O-'s
Icrs in their season, and is a nut one anil a half
i mile from tlie said court house. Further des
cription is deemed us; less, as it’s expected those
inclined to purchase, will view the premises bc
thre the day of sale. Bonds with good securi
t cs, wiJj a lien on the said land \. ill be required
by
PERRIN SMITH. ■)
HOULDEK HUDGINS,
RICH AH I) BILLUPS, [ _ .
AN Ty HUDGINS, ( Com
GAUi.. MILLER. Sp.nh. \
.ano SANDS SMITH. J
I _ lawj'.v
j OTOCK OF DRY GOODS FOR SALE.—
C.y 1 he subscriber desirous of removing to Phi
ladelphia, will dispose of bis stock of well assort
ed Dry Goods on l.lx 1 terma. To those dis
posed to cuter into this business, or to add to
then picfjcnt stock ; ibis is s*n o >ject worth their
attention, as a very considerable proportion of his
goods are scarce.
HUGH CHAMBERS.
The debtors of the subscriber will coll and
settle their accounts immediately, or expect with
out distinction to have them put in an attorney’s
bauds for collection ; bis creditors will call and
receive payment.
HUGH CHAMBERS.
^h- 6._epif
VJ OT1CE — Uy virtue of a deed oi trust, from
1 N Samuel Sm.tlison to'tlie subscriber, to se
cure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives
* Cc.—will be > I<1 fagreeable to law, at Elijah
G irth’s Tavern, in the- town »»fCliarlotigvillc, oh
Monday ttie 5th day of March next, it being Al
be marie court day, the ...Slowing property to wit :
a negro worn n named Lii y, and her three chil
dren, Jack, Isaac, and Alse, a negro man nam
ed Watt, a Ivy a waggon and four horses with
gerr complete, or so natch thereof as will lie suf
be.ent to pay the balance due under said trust
MARTIN DAWSON, Trusttc.
Milton, 10th Feb. jw
y\ 1'1’LlC A l’ION will bo made to the Pnesi
'.entaiid Directors of the Bank of Virgi
nia to renew certificates of stock Nos. 2809 and
.3019 standing in my name on the books of the
Bank.
. G. NEWTON.
Jdnuarj' ♦,
Solid Cellery,
Hound Spillage,
Pepper Grass,
Early Spring,
and Winter Crrss.
Double Pot Mary*
gold.
Pot Marjoram,
Blond Itect,
Orange Carrot.
Spring and Winter
Turnips,
and Wlute Mustard
Seed.
1>E A.TIS.
Large white Kid
ney,
C ranberry.
Speckled and
A rbour.
COHN.
Early Fra n-.
Do. Canadian,
Do Sweet,
- Do- Silesia.
Little Dwarf Clo
ver,
Large Red, do. and
Timothy Seed.
Also Fifteen Tierces
Rice,
Ten Koxes Sperma
ceti Candles.
wt r
I^*OR SAT.F., the tr/kiiwwtg PROPER!! i\
the Town of W-.viu •>*»>. i, viz ;
The Taysrv occupi. J !• William Brown —
T he House contains ten r 'ir.snnd five fire pine-.,
witli a portico in front ; .< I .rge complete Stuie
Horse adjoining, a cellar u’.lcrthe whole, and <
log kitchen on a lot o;>p»si'v, :» st »hle 60 hy 3ti
feet. The httihd’.ngs' (,k P-hen excepted) arc
frame, put up about fire ..r air; years : Also t!,
adjoining lot ai-vl <>ld huiidnigs, long occupied an
a I’svern. The garden ground is of the fi m
quality : Also two e-tt lots, one of five, the other
two ’cits, togetkvir, with or without, as might
suit toe nu,•chaser. One hundred acres of well
timbered Lund, lying on hotii sides tl>** Turnpike
in Kocklisli Gup, two to thro** miles from the a
foresnid property All tiie toads leading from
the west to Kocktish, unite at Waynesborough,
mul being situate in a popular neighborhood, is
believed to he one of the best stands for public
business in the upper country. Possession to-.y
lie had outlie 25tli of June next.—Apply to Ro
bert Porterfield, who also oilers roc. sale, the
following
MILITARY LANDS
IX THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
No. 164—1200 seres on the Ohio, at the mouth
of Delaware Creek.
No. 304—1333 1 3 acres on the Ohio, adjoining
the above, Sic.
No. ;>I7—1200 acres on Delaware creek, adjoin,
mg J.vucs Curry, 5tc.
No. -j 13—1200 acres on said creek adjoining No.
.lli, ac.
No. 334—1-2*> < unes on Hunting creek adjoining
John Bsytnp, !tc.
No. 54S—12U0 acres adjoining Win. Campbell's
entry, £ic. near the lands reserved
firs town on the Mississippi.
These locutions arc specially m ule, copies of
which, together with copies of ail t lie: military
entries made below the Tennessee, certified hy
♦lie principal surveyor of the military lands, are
in my possession. It has been stated to me tint a
great j onion ol the above lands are of the first
quality ; that neck 01 land bounded by the Ten
ness*, e river, the Ohio, the Mississippi and the
I omtessee line, h is been generally represented
by tuose who have explored it, to possess superior
local advantages to any tract of equal extent in
the western country. The Indian claim to the
Lands in question is how about to be extinguish
ed, commissioners being appointed for that pur
pose, when those lands will unquestionably be of
good value.
At.so, 84i acres on the S. W. side of the
Cumberland, one to two mdcs below the town of
Eddyvillc—This tract fronts on the river 433
poles, part of the low’ ground, which is extensive,
is heavily limbered ; and from the quantity of
earth eaten by wild animals at the river bank and
sundry places in the low ground, from my own
view and the opinion of others, it probably c->n»
tains as rich a body of salt, us any yet discovered
in tite state of Kentucky.
Also, 489 1-3 acres adjoining the hack line of
the above. These tracts were patented in line
year 1787.
I THE STATE Or OHIO.
1000 acres on Dew creek, about 3 miles from
its mouth and about S or 10 miles from the .~e.it
of government, includes an old Indian to'vn, lies
GOO poles on the creek, affords an excellent mill
seat and a number of never failing spring';, per--'
haps from 5 to GdO acres of low ground, part of
Which is heavily timbered, part prairie, a consi
derable portion of which is inclosed and under
cultivation, some timothy meadow, fruit trees
planted, and other improvements mad •. On li.e
high land are two large groves of sugar maple.
1G00 acr,.s of high land near Darby creek,
nout three miles from the Sciota and perhaps 25
miles from ihe scat of government—I his tract
lies extremely well, is covered with a heavy
growth of oak, hickory, walnut, cherry, Etc.
2000 acres on Mad river or its waters, entered
second rate ; a true description i s shortly expect
ed.
333 1-3 acres on Whiteoak creek, not far from,
tiic Ohio, entered second rate. Its true descrip
! lion, together w ith tliat of two other small tracts,
| is also shortly expected.
I am desirous of selling the above lands alto
| gether, or they will he sold separately for cash,
I well secured bonds ,■ oilier negotiable paper, or
part payment may hi mini.- ir. lands below, «*r in
the adjoining counties above the blue ridge. .The
terms will be mudj known by application to
KOUJT.KT POK 1 IsliFIELD.
Augusta County, (Va.) Feb o. 2-twif
MAR$SAL’S SALEsI
IJ Y virtue of :* dci.ieeof the court of the U
2 nited Slates fori e I » !i cir uil in the Vir
ginia District, pronounced on me 2rth <1 y of
November, mie thousand eight bundn.-il ami mne,
in the mime ot the United States, plainta
gainst'i ooinas Muse and Elliott Muse, heirs an l
devisees ol Hudson Muse, deceased, defendanti,
| hi Chancery : will he sold lor ready money, on
[ the pre mises, on ihe 26'h day of February"’ nex‘,
| u I 'ir, it not, the next fair day, tlie* several true 4
i of L.l .YZn lying in ;iie county of Middlesex, viz.
Eight hundred and fifty acre* of I.md cal.c.l
I iUmsIeuu or Hampstead Tract; another tract
| containing two hundred and fifty t wo £k three 4 in
of an acre, called ilachtlor’s, a .mall tract cal' l
Hall’s, lonininii.g twenty five acres, and. a M l
Scat called Hamslead Mid Seat, of winch 1.anils
the said Hudson Muse died seized, to raise cer
tain sums of money in said decree mentioned.
The s ile will comm- nee at the mill seat first, and
be continued until the sale is completed.
WILLIAM MANN, D. M,
r o n
Joseph scorr, ?.i. v. d.
Janunry 27. t Feb. 1), 1310. 2 ivv3w
T A NTT. 1) immediately, one or two good
7 t" wutkmen ut the C'»*cli-making business :
to master workmen liberal wages will be giveis
by Messrs. Wren & Robinson, just below the
Swam tuvci'H, on ShockoHill, Richmond. ,
February 8. 2awtf
NT OTICE—The Executive will receive pro
1 s pnsa'.s f„r making Carriages to mount Can
non, u< til t!.e 10th of March next, recording t»
a model to be exhibits l h ;re, or so described ;*
to be understood by the undertaker.
Attat, ^ J
S \MUEL COLEMAN, a. c.c • 5
Richmond, Feb. 8. eptlO.M.
T“<T OW IS TIIE TIME ! The ingenious pfei
of mechanism called the MICROCOM,
will be exhibited for a few davs longer, in a4,'ge
chamber next to tli Post Office—The pj^rie
for most grateful to the ladies and gentlefn of
Richmond, for having been favored oftheif*8itsr
is now soli siting the patronage of too' wh*
have not had the opportunity to see t,4j»itirioii*
effort of human ingenuity.
Admittance* from 9 o’clock in trio riding till
2 23 cents ; £4 with music, which w»!;f from -*
till 9 in the evening, 31 1-4 cents.
Smocking segars is not allowed, v^n ladies
are in the room.
Richmond, Fch. fib, 1310. fnt1
Y v irtue of a decree of p-e Iloipble Court
a k r.i‘ Chancery for the K'chind District,
will be sold to the highest bidder, ♦ ready mo
nev, the Tract of 1.and called II.VIDEIti:
1 It AC F, near the city of Rich rum containing
one hundred acres more or less. *e sale wi 1
Iske place 01 the premises 011 tl/*fth day of
March next.
WILLIAM MAM<Tf.L,~>
ltAVH) BULLOCK. r Cotn'rt. !
rJCjT!N liOBlNsOX, J
Frhmsry 10 tds
1 INTEND to reni<>ve out state in l!;e !
„ course of a lew weeks.
- PARKER.
Cumberland County, Feb. 3, |W j «.
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