The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-12-18 00:00:00, page 4

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/ irg'nrin Le<risluf ure.
JtQUSM OF DKl.KO.iTES,
Monday, December 10.
^,r- Monroe, fi-om the committee appointed
♦'•inform John Tyler, Jisrj ol’hur: ui jwintment
tollo* < Hi e of Govern »r or chief n'.;t;*i»tra;c oT
this commonwealth f ir vv.r year, reported, that
tli«* eonindtlec fad, according to order, |x:r
f.rrmed that in v. it Hint the Governor was
]•Iru-'erl Vo m:ikr the following reply ;
Uen t J.EMP V,
1 receive tii™ no! iiir'14* Inn <,r uiy llilrd
sppoir'nteat t'v the I.e^isl tturr of my country to
thei dice of G wet-nn? or Chief -agistrate of tlto
sti.tc, with ullth.it s*n-iibihtv \v1 c • might roa
enrtaMy be expected to arise ffoin u grateful
heart:
l'h» motives w’ f di ycu vverr pleased to s- y,
iatln- ed the first call for my let ble s< rnefs in the
t*xrt umedrpu.tnn nt, w .11 i>< rememh ted t>y tnc
■w.th fe» I ngs not to he e dy expressed, & if upon
doe r< fl ction my past life can he v iewed so as t >
produce a ‘eilenuv ct on ol n v hovinjj done my j
d,|,y according to tire taitnt givtn, 1 shall lx
tli'ly hspj y
'v ' y* U; Mr CknirTfian, as with ir.anv of
my k!!ow citizen*, yetalive, 1 have had a long
|X i.ticai fi ui r, m i t nst t!.: t none of us have, j
til -iy :ini , how eser trying, doubled the righte j
uusr,c»s if our r;i sc, or had reason to le- j
j, ’ t! km piivstior.s which wt aus’.vntd in the'
t%n : struggle for our independence, t!.e
finis oi wh efi we mi ulinn anlly c.ij.iy above
a1.- 'he riv:! jsrd world i>nn which it is* devoutly
In ped w s' all always cherish and protect with
ti tridy 11 u.aiitort'!ude and virtue. Be pleased
tn inform your honor able body lb. t I will ..gain
ei" .• on the duties of the ellie.e with the siine
2 ' l md assiduity, v\1 *• li I trust my past con
t'oef Pci., evinced ; and tor thr polite and friendly
m ' m r in vvhic!. jour communication lias been
in • e, accept my warmest a-knnwlpdgemenls
Ti c Speslicr laid b fore the house r letter from
the Governor, covering certain resolutions of a
m Bilh-r ill tin* c t z-1 - oi Wood coiii.ty in rein*
tion to the conduct of the n heator and coni
nor. weal it attorn y uf the scM county of Wo-.d,
and • 1st. «.f Hat risun county, in certain pr cced
ittj; on .Its lln escheat lawn, mid also covering
in- -.dviccol Council on the mi jvet <f the said
resolutions winch letter and documents were
rein., mid on motion, referred to ;lu* committee
appointed to bin g in a bill to amend the escheat
law s.
t>n motion, Ordered, That two hundred and
fifty copies of tli- ttei from the lion. William
Is' oti t> tli Governor, and c«»m*uunicatcd
by hun to t) .■ L gislalMtc, he printed Jor the
ii.tt of the nu a bt rj of the General Assem
kl> •
A petition was presented and trad fic.m a
number of the inhabitants of Accomack county,
s’uring the existence of certain defects in the
c ns tuiion or h>rm of government of this com
ir nwealth, aiul prying the adoption of mea
s s by t!.<- hgishitute to call a convention to
rts :■ md ant' nd lit- same.
Ordered, That the s'. d petition be referred to
a r r;.milter ot tie whole h' use on the state of
flu CnnfinionweHlt.li
A • r-tition was presented and read from the
ofti- ;s and non commissiotied ofHcers ai.c} pru
V;..f the 56th and 5Tth regiments of the mi
li'i. stating certain delects vviiich exist in the
P s -nt in litia system, and prating the pas
& of a la w making certain alteraUci.s there
Ifl: —
O:. ered, That the said petition be referred to
s s M i ccr. Johnston, (of Prince Ed ward)
K t.doiph (of Nottoway) Madison, Monro*,
lVi..- kburn, Hitch ie, Cole man (of Pittsylvania)
\ ni cy, Mims, Green, MTarlane, Wyatt and
Lewis.
Petitions were presented and read from Ca
thurine Wiitis, pri-ymi- to be divorced from her
husband Joseph V. iili-’o:o Christopher M*
Pl.ers-u, ot tbi: city of Kichimm , a man of co
lor, stating certain hardsbi s indicted on per
sons of his description, o\ an ordinance of the
corporation ol Richmond, m prohibiting them he
use of carriages under cerudn circumstancts,
v ilicit he conceives to be unonslilimoii.d and
illegal, and praying the interference of the Le.
givltture to remedy ti-f-avii ri,snr>i»irv*d _
from Mary Webb, of Lunenburg county, widow
ami administratrix of William Webb, dco’d
praying that she may be authorised to stll cer
tain Inula of which said William died s ized,
for |.ui foies in said petition stated*——from
l*< i..pry Branch, a black mm, stating that be
has received hi' lincdom lindir certain circuit}*
stances in the said ps'ition mentioned, which in
part occurred before the passage of tiie law
pi ohihiiirig emancipations, aiul praying that he
nny bn an tionseu i/y law to remain m tbu
sisn ——(.'inn a tiunD -ci i.l the inhabitants at
Siatfbrd county, Mai*, g cert;i'in defects in the
p!'. -i* chancery syst*m, and praying certain
al turns tlieum-from sundry inhabitants of
J-J nson county, ,*n.y ing f.-r a division of the
e. 'I county-tin lry oilier inhabit snis of
the said orjunty in opposiii n thereto-ham
fcui.t y Cit.z. ns of She ...iiboidi anti Kot.kuigham
c t s, pr.ying li. I a new county m.iy be
fi rr (1 out "I a watt of « act) of the 9 >d counties
/•— omfntnd-y f h*:r cittzc; • f th* s 11 emm
t' m oppos ttoa tin rei.-iron- 7, in,rub
V • ii ami otheis, piayn g h ;>.osjy .■ t.f
an orisirg th est bliMnia nt of a niauiiacturing
ai - i* ;it the town cKJocoquan——ii-wn sundry
in iibitaii's of lire count o s >f Uooci l jiut, i’ow
lt.< oi, Cumberland and Fluvanna, s ‘tin" many
injuti a to \vb:« h j:t; sons living on Janu. > river
»»• m its vicinity are subje: t, from iu- d, pred t.
ti; ns committed on the:r property by persons
>u»-gating the upp v purls of said river, pikI
pi g the p . of a law subjecting them to
ft* ’a n rcgiiiuiu ..!. anu restrictions-from the
X<r n*. £* direct or.s of the Potomic Company,
pray ; g » t extensinn of the lime allowed the
c* no any for comp’.et: ng the navigation of the
P > omnc & Shenandoah tivera-rrom sundry
p t-.t ns in opposition to the last mentioned peti
l.ini -— trniii Natlu.; :el LlhwOlt tkothc rs piaying
tin passage of a law to incorpoialt a company
fot the pu; pojc of tutnp.king pan of the ro d
leading front Alexandria io Frctli riri'lni'g
— From a number <d pe , *ris, in nppo.i mti to th
petition of .,undf> iuti ihitunts of Campbell ai d
othei counties, wh'n I. prays i'or Uk estnhl s’t
tiii-nt of a toll bridgt a ere.-a James Hiver, ;*t the
town of Lyncbbfirg—From Aoum I f sher, A
lexandcr \VySt ar.a lf.iv d Slcelh, ;>r tying coni
ptosation lor services* rend ore* I by them in view
ii.g the wav for a road from Harris* >u eoif t liouse
to Viimoi) t ourt Jh u c— h i.n 2n* wolas It r,
st ding his itu bility to support himself in hi* de
clining yCHtv, hi r , , (pu nee ol a i niti'cr ol
wi-ui da 1111 ivcti dm ;i g the revolution*! y war,
ai’.' praying sorn lid Iroin tin L y h iun — ...
I'iMu a tiyinb i of he bib-1 t »nta of Ca #eii c<>im
ty, pitying tbit J Im Car'tr. a permt n »w o i
the pension list, in -y i>. taken oil the said list, lie
L*img i hl'.'. to supp* * bin *• it b. hi • Li, ir, bt. i ij;
k I I f«*t ’ m .ii- On motion, C'r.crtd, Tint tins
lukf pelt* roil be 1 * •«i u| n I!:■ • table
F*i itiwi'i w»- e p' <* surd (. cm Henry J ir.ksott,
a f I 'm black man of tin* urotigli id Norfolk pray
ing .h»' 1 r l«w j,!• chib,fit g persons of his dcs
cup mn f: ont . ■ mg •» pi) >tft, ju j he changed
a f t i i ’.<«■ ate* on tiie p. tit inner, for tenson*
in i k.iwt p t don * *t<*:—f rom i)r*iry Hetch
e*, of lao ** "nM pr * .g to he divorced I torn
t 1 win S;i» .*—*•'"’To "»t shei n't of Monongslis,
f>, i , ll *i i n, Kai doiph iii kc tnd \\ o i.
•..,*!): *t suitilry lb i- pat ijns. pm. r, •
tl p «v s .n l ay lit liaiii io. t:i k ilg COltipcfi
s >i* mye■*rir* Hiteiing to '•ofuptirn t!it* poll.,
v n.-*v he d -i <im d .ind conn ouenuy Ktthjce vii
ti c, •* s an*i a his**«'f time- -atul the epu be
it * *'< r t*r'eiice or Umi Said pctiUbuS, it
ptistt-o m im net *>vb<
I Mr Johnston (of Frirce Edward) from the
Committee for Courts of Justice, m <V me fol.
I lowing reportT!ic Committee for Courts of
| Justice have, according to order, had under their
c usideration the Petition of John Tharp, to them
j referred, and hare rgeed tip<"» a report, & come
t to a resolution thereupon, a*> follows :
It to your commiUce by tlie affi
; davits ol sundry persons, that in or about the
\earld'.’2, the petitioner was united in uiatriino
I uy to u. certs n Milly Terry, u widow, with who n
i he cohabited till about, t wetve mo iths thereafter
; — ttiat during that time lie tres.teJ »i r with greet
1 ci.deipesn and atl’ <-tion, and within ttie same
! period she had a child which the petitioner re
I cognized as his own ; hut within a short time
thereafter suspicions w c cnt» ruined as to the
chastity of the said Milly, r.iul soon confirmed by
her elope tn .-lit fmm lier husband with another
m;»n, with whom she Into since res’ded in an „d
joining s«.ate upwards ol s.x years, h iving in that
t.iiu several children—It iui.her appears to your
committee, by the affidavit of another \viln> s.>,
that the sail! Milly lias declared .» determination
ncv< r to return to the house or protection ot her
s«id husband
iv soivcu, as ine opinion ot thin commit*
t:’c. That. 11k petition ol' the said John Tharp,
prying that an net may pass, divorcing him from
liis said wiCt, is re.iaonahlj—which usiluiton
was : greed to by the House.
pointed to bring in a bill “ To amend an act, e!i
tilled an act, concerning pub! c roads,” bo in
structed to take intotl.eir consideration tlie pro
priety of incorp mating in said hi!!, provisions
respecting ferries, bridges and navigable water
courses.
On motion, FesnlteJ, That a committee be ap
pointed, whose duty it shall be to examine into
the present state of the Public Jail and Penitcn
tiary, and to report by bill or otherwise; ,nd a
committee was apponted of Messrs Johnston (of
Prince Edward) H.'kcr( I'Not thanipt'in) Hen
r>» 1'ilzgcrald, Davis, U 'pk.1.9, Son n, Young,
T, inti, Hairston, Etuis (of Monongalia) & Ran’
dolph ^ol Nottoway )
Ordered, That leave he given to bring in a bill
“ l’o amend the act, entitled, an ici to prevent
the hauling of seines t cen.Mii places within
certain peiiods annually and that Messrs M .1
lory, Finnic, Walls, G«rro-v Junes (of War
wick) Barrett, Gee, Blunt fcc Perrin, do prepare
&. bring m the sau.e
Ordered, That leave be given to bring in a bill
|“ fo amend the act, entitled, un act for regula
t.ng conveyances ; also the act entitled an act,
ivdu ing into one the several acts concerning1
; vs.ils, the distribution of intest des* estates, fit the
; du y of executors and admiuistrato s apdlhat
; Messrs Stevenson, Staninrd (of Spoitsvita.'-uj
| M llory, Houston, Saund.rs, Claiborne & Pres
i ton (ot Rockbridge) do prepare a..d bring m the
same.
Tot spay n c. 11th
Mr. Madison from the com i-nt-e of Pi .p .si
tif s and Giicvancts, m..dc the foil -w ngieport
1 lie coinipiUee >>l Propositions and Gricvan
ces iiuie, according to order, had under t mir
consideration sundry petitions to th m tef.rred,
and have come th the following r s dutions t’ e.e
upon;
1. Fetched, As the opinion of this committee
That the pc tit ion of Joint Ward, of the county
oi Campbell, praying that »n act 111 .> pass au
; thorizing him to ■ rert a toll bridge hcioss Staun
i tun river, fn.ni h s land in the sa ' county, to ni>.
I ".Vi. land on flic opposite snore, in the countv ot
! Pitlsy lvania, near the place where the s.id
I V'/ard’s ferry is now kept, is reason .bi> .
1.2. F.tv.vtd, a> tie opii ion of this committee,
Th.it the petition of surd' inhabit mts of the
town ol lli.mnty. i-. the county of H uni.'lnre,
; P/aying th-.t u law may p .ss restraining the prac
tice of pl y mg the game of bullets, and of horse!
1 racing m the st tecta if the said town, is reasons
1 blc
I 3. Resolved. As the op nion of this committee,
I That the petition of sundry inhabitants of tbe
I county of Cabell, pr.iving that an act may p,ss
j retnoi ing the • l of jtHtire I'or the s .id county,
f. ni where t now stands, to « place -bout half
a miic above tne mouth of .. uJ iver, is tvasona
hie.
4 Resolved, As the opinion of th:s committee,
That the petition of sundry oiktr inhabitants of
the county of Cabell in opposition thereto, b= re
jeiied
5 Resolved, as the opinion of this committee,
That the petition of John Bryson, praying that
lie may he authorised by law to opeu a road on
hisou.i land thrnugn the Blue Ridge, in the
county ol Grayson, near the Good Spur, and to
demand and receive a reusonaole toll for using
the same, is reasonable.
6 Resolved, as the opinion of this committc ,
That the potiti >n of undry inhabit lit* of tin
county of Eliza’o ih City, praying that an act m y
pass authorising them to erect by voluntary sir.
seription a oritige across Backnyrr (at the place
a bridge 1 or me rly stood) from ill- land ofCharles
K. Milloiv, to that of the heirs of the late Tho.
rnas Junes, of Pembroke, and also f >r au'horis
mg tlie free holders and inhabitants of the town
of Hampton to elect trustees with power to
make bye laws & regulations for the internal g.»
vernment i f the said town and that they may be
moreo\ er empowered to sella small piece of
i ground wl.-reon a market house formerly stood,
and to appropriate the money arising from such
sale to the erection of a maikct house in a more
convenient pi ire, is reasonable
I In-s o l resolutions being severally read a
*><•• >nd time, were agreed to by the House.
)'•:tilwere received from sundry inhabi
j tan's of Campbell and o her c iunii s, praying an '
I encrease & < xi r.sion of the capital stock of the *
. Hank or Virginia, an ' the * st .dMishment of a :
| branch of .Ji:r.ou.it rn-4 deposit at the town of j
! LyneJ'inirg ;
— r i a iu\TnrToi me inuaDitants r>! .st Mary »
p.irisli, county of*Carotin, , ,u;i p;, that thy other
parishes ol the said county having refused tu u 1
uitc thc*ir funds with tic a- of the a nd parish lor !
’die establishment of an academy, the trustees i
have resolved, that if the pi pri~tors of the
I land adjacent to St. M ry’s church, will besto* j
ion the proposed academy twenty ados around
j it. ao<l the parishioners can c'u . u the consent
I "*'• he t.egiiditure, p t the s I church sh.dl he
■ da “'•Me; and then id twenty nr..vs bavin:.
Seen bestowed, the py it ion era therefore pray
! di passive of a law, authorising the s ide >urch
j to be const rled into a house for the purposes a
I fore-said ;—From n number of ilie inhabitants of
j the counties of Harrison and Mononjjdia, pray*
j U',T 'be Legislature to a; propriatc » sum of mo
! rfey f->r the improvement of a road in the said
j Counties ;—Fiorn l’iio-nss Matti'-Ws, a com
hi ssion.r of ihe rcvfnrt, in l!ie county <<f F.s,cx,
I pr.uvnp; to i<" reunhursed a cert a n urn of money
,v.dj h he has expend, d in piejccutin^ certain
amt ol the commonwealth •
] Ordered, , lut leave be given to !>r■ ripe in a hill,
j ** 1 ’ fi'lt' i d an act, entitled an ac‘, o prevent
! (lie <»• at ruction ol oysters within lids common
I wealth," and that Messrs. Seaviell, ILnvc, dice,
(i'inilioii, H.ui.t, Coibio aiul Perrin «io prepare
b. bring in tin same.
Oidcrtd, i I^m Icavi be given to bring in a hill
L- ncernbijj the superior court ot law for the
f'iu> u t i.tli r.irtu i, composed of the counties of
\ coiu ick soil Northampton,” and tint Messrs
l’.iikrf (of Acr.oniack) Parker (of Nofthamnt n)
Jlunion, C it’bin, hoicld, Newton, Finnic, John
son (of l \Y iglll) Mallory nr.(J Hoorn* s cio pre
pare h bring m t ,o same.
I Ordt fed, That least be given to bring in a bill
J “ to incorporate a company hi the borough of
1 Norfolk (or marine insurances and for oilier pur*
p<>«*\s,” fixj Ihft Messrs. Newton, Holt, Lee (of
j Norfolk borough) UasbSct, Parker (of N irth*
i anipion) John on (of Isle <*f W-ght) Graves,
Scum-to i, Si i'll, J i.rot, and S cl l do prepare
1 a-iii r>. i. g iatili M:uc,
•rdared, That leave be given to bring in a hill
" To h nend the penal l*\ss of thin comuin.i
wealth, and give further juris lictioo to lh“ <• tin
ty arul sitperi >r courts in certain r <s» s. uml fo;
other purposes,” nd that Messrs K dlv, Smit
(ol Greenbrier) Claih -rne, 11 dl, Preston (*•
MontpirntTv) Stith, Standard [ofSpoittylvama]
Ruchio, F.gtnon, K Christ.in ml Taylor (V
Botetourt3 Jn prepare uul hrin;» in the sam
On motion. Res deed, That t e c mod ■ • •»<
Privileges and Elections b'* instructed to enquir
IUIO tilt* t of J »f>?l N-l K.'i'JMj'OHt* oflllP • (<
legates ill the present General Assembly, fro a
the county of Lee, who is repr rsen'eJ to i .s
house to have been guilty of the crime of big
uiv, and that they make report f th ■if proce .1
mj> s with their opinion thereupon to this nous
A motion whs made that the house should
come *o the following resolution ; —LI i motion,
Resolved,That a committee he a ipomted to aid
in prosecuting tin* t solution ol this house in the
case of John di'K •on. before the Committee ol
Privileges and Elections {—Negatived.
On motion, O tere I, Phi’. si mu ui if th<* go
vernor’s communication as relates to the subi u
of education he referred to M ssis Noland,
M nroe, Corhin, Stevenson, O y Blackburn,
B-'Wyer, Hoffing, Campbell [at WashingtonJ
S i -d , Pe Coleman [of P.tt ylvaniaj Ar
cher ami Saunders.
inuuii t —Ai « Superior C-uiri ui Giiau
V”"
eery, holden at the* capitol, in the cily of
Richmond, tin* tirstdayol Sept 1810
William C. x and his children, namely, Malin
d.i C >x, F.iimy Cox and Z ichariah Cox, infante,
under the i(f« of twenty one years, by the said
William Cox, their next irieitd, and Francis Re
, . PU'fft.
Against
E-iolo Orc-v. executor of Scarlet M addin, Pe
ter GI -is ■; --fc ail’d . s children, namely, Scarlet,
Snarnot, Fielding, F--ter, Peggy, Fanny and Cet
sey, the infants of »tioni m to In represented
’■v the sod Peter Glisco-.k, first named, ac John
Peyton, Enoch Reno and D->vid Jameson,
Dtfrndantt.
d HE defendants, Peter Glascock and ms chil
dren. namely, Scarlet, Sharnot, Fielding, Peter,
1>CPKJ » Fanny and Betsey, John Peyton, lino-h
R< ivi, and David Jam soi;, not hut tng eme- vl
theii appearance and given security according to
the act o( assembly and the rules of this court,
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the couit,
that they arc not inhahitants of this country : On
motion of the plaintiffs, by their counsel; It is
ordereil, That the said defen 1 mts do appeur here
on the first d iy of the next term, and answer the
bill of t le plaintiffs ; p.nd that a copy of this or
der be forthwith inserted in some news-paper
published in the city of Richmond, i n wo months
successively, and posted at tile front door of the
capitol, in the sanl city.
A Copy. Teste,
Wm IP HENING, c c
December 4 w8w
At 1 ACUMEN f in C • uioery— Cumberland
November Court, 1810.
Jam. s Dick, jr. & Co. Plt'ff*
Against
J l,n<-’9 E iycie and Fleming Caycie, Dtfts.
1 HE defendant, J imes, not having entered his
appearance and given secuiity according to the
act of assembly and the rules of tins court, and
I it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that
I he is not an inhabitant ot this state: On the mo
I tion of tlie plaint fl**, by their counsel; It is order
cu% l hat ihe said J »:n ■«, fio uppear ,iu or lie
fo. e December court 11 xt, and answer the lull
-fthe plaintiff’s, or the g .nrie wdl be i «k n us con
fessed, slid the matter thereof decreed -gainst
him ; and that a copy of this order he inserted
in s .me one o! the news papers printed intheci
ty oi Richmond, for two months successively, and
that a copy be posted at the front door of the et.
house of tins county
A C’py A:teste,
MILLER WOOD AON, Jr o o c c.
Decemb r 6
IN C.ll ANCE11Y —Lancaster County C-iuri
20 h N ivember, 1310.
James Un-nt, rit'ff
Against
Richard Rennett and Elias Edmonds,
THE defendant Bennett, not having c-merei
bis appearance and given security, according t,
•aw and the ruiesot this court, and it appearing
io the satisfaction of the court, that the s.id de
fendant is notan inhabitant of the state of Virgi
on. On the motion o I the plaintiff; It is ordered
That lie do appear here on the third Monday »
F b-uary next, and answer the bill of the'puin
tiffs, and that s copy of this order he forth id
•nserted in some news paper published in the cilj
•if Richmond, for two months successively, w*
another posted at the front door of this cour
house
A Copy..
y. TOWLES, Clerk
December 0. w8»v^j
Richard anderson, com mis ;io
MERCHANT near the Has n, it. uno.u
is ankful to ins friends for tlie liber.d encoi
ragement he received the last year, and hope
by strict attention to business—to merit a com
nuance of their favors.
December 4 w2m
JOHN A. Ft/LTON, continues to locate V.
giniu Military Land Warrants, on the mo
moderate terms From a long practice in the di
trict, and having made a complete conne tion
the whole of the same, which has noi hercto’oi
been done, and likewise procured copies of ■.
the entries,old ainl new ; lie now conceives "in
•elf competent of making entries spec-al, and
a? go ld ad vintage as any other locatcr, and w
pay particular attention to those that m»y tliii
prop- r to favor him with their business
Chdl mbo, Ohio, November 27. w4w
JOIf'I ‘ :>N & It RAT. y K W K LL ii H > IN h
&H-VhRSWl'l'US. ‘[ip .site ui £ .gle l a
vein si tin- Creticent sign
Grateful t r the I: .oral encouragement they
fia. ;■ c • veil from the public, end anxious to
(itserve it, have,in addition to tticit former stock
pi i- iin (1 i g e it variety of arti- les in their line
of the Tiost fas lionabl* patterns,wlncli have been
personally X' looted from the principal Jewellery*
Mm i n Ilahimo" t'lidad Ipliie »< N w Y nit,
all of which tl * y <ti’ i at their hsii .1 |,,w prices
to the citin-ns of Richmond, M .nrdv ster, *•
Consiating of p.- *rl m<< t'».viz •• «rnngs, finger*
rings, breast pins an l bracelets IVtrl & mock
topaz, do. do corin'li ■ » o l pearl do do. jclt
i earrings, fingerrings, b: »* ,<p pink and brart lets,
plain gold do do Gold chv;i«, seals and key-i,
gold and silver watches, gold -»nd silver n *tt
| purses, silver work c ms. n .g of nl km Is of
I spoons of the »>e«t work m < iship, teasels d'H i
. tania, plated and silver w re, .Iso silver plate
I Made to any given pittrm on 'he shortest not'ce,
| Silver and plated whistles and belia for children,
j silver inkMan.Is, petted cases, h,.dkinu, tnoth
I picks and thimbles, a general assortment e>f neck
i lace Very elegant pci.knives and sci»«ors, ail
ver, gilt and jett mantle clasp3, wine labels, an
! assortment of t e most fashionable tortoise shell
combs, rto snufl boxes, tortoise and silver spec
tacles, s words mounted with plated gilt and sil
I V; r mournings, dirks do, do Pocket pistols, silk
, ‘ ishes.gold dc silver cpaulctts, plu.cd do. gold U
■ silver cord, hair and tooth brushes.
l'l.it"<l rj.stor Irarncs with silver edges
I and licit out glasses,candlesticks with two,three
I and five light branches, bread, fruit and cake
i i* .suet-*, snuflers «rj trays, s dt stands and bot
J tie coasters, and a number of other articles two
tedious to mention.
Orders from the country strictly attended to
i i he highest price given fur old gold and silver
i'wo buys iron 14 to l.lycan old of age wil*
I betaken as apprentices to nre’*b37e business.
• December t xrjw
DT~SOT.UTIO'v*.--Tlie business under the
f« m o' i’aylnr and Stubbs, jr is dissolved
C ust quently ic becomes more necessary for
thov indebted to s»i-l concern, to come forward
»nd p<\ their is-pcctive balances to John S.
S:u*vjb. jr nho < l'<ne is authorised to receive th«
one,or suits vt ill be indiscriminately brought a
>t. hni|U>nt debtors, the first of J anuary
n-‘X'- Ml persons having claims against
s «ui n n, are requested to bring them for
vtrd properly authenticated to said Stubbs, Jr
f >r pavfn nt.
JOfIJV S. STUBBS. /a.
T!»c business, hereafter, will be r irried on i11
,tbe name o'.'John S. Stubbs. Jr.—who otters hi
s-tv ices to the public in the buying and s. 11 in
11 kmds of produce on commissioi —— i id more
par'i.tihrly that of tobacco ; as lie flatters him
s If competent in judgement to give satisfaction
both *s it respects quality and order, from an ex
perience which the msmifu luring b s given
JOhN S. STUBBS. Jn.
N B All pers nis are fur warned tra
dmg for a note given in the names or J .bn S.
'stuohs jr ami John S Sltihb- s -nr. an l made I
«»»' ible to Richardson Taylor the 7tli of May i
lbll .s said Srubbsjr holds oil sett for the same, j
winch will be made to -ppear
JOHN S SIUBBS.Jr
Dec 3.
3w I
>■ -r<c >pi....i. ; : ;-, i
"V • *w**—*•*«••>- *>.u hoc .iir. <» n. gM^s !
in Richmond, of Thomas Griffin Peuchv,
K'q late ot 'Williamsburg, belonging to the ea-j
U»e of the late Mrs Elz.bctli Peachy, are re !
quested to rotten the same to Mr R\|:.n<l R«n |
<i«tlph, who is authorized to hire them tor th -next
year ; and those hired in Petersburg and Willi
amsburg are requested to return tliem to the
subscriber, at Simmnns’a Tavern, in the town of
Petersburg, on the exp- vion ,,r •
RICHARD EPF.S,
Administrator w>th the Will annexed of
E.’Zibtth Peachy, Dcc'tl
December 4- w4ufl
^ 3 y virtue ot p> vs, rS vest. <1 in Die BUDS-ribcrs,
£ 3 b\ Mr. Moses Oates, formerly of this vale,
they Wilt pro;p d • , sell, at 2. Brooks’s tavern
III the t »W1 it M iiester, on the Is; r.t J mo try
lu xi, five NEG ROE'.9. for cash
yiKES A. PATTI?SON j
PETEK E SM1/H
!)■•:cnilirr 4 w4 ■ *[ j
i/l ’• C H \EL ;RETTER SIl. VERS Vfl i H i
iND JEWELLER, op.n.-o. G, ■ I,-.' ,
Corner, Mam-Sircet—jpv,ei'ul f. »j„. t-1 f.,• ,..A
cour.*get?ient lie has received f.-uo. ,i f, •.
and customers, he has r r< ived o a. s,,n.
ply of articlei : He In.. i and i e .st f »i,,
enable assortment «f P u ! G i t, Silvr • t Pi,
ted G io.'.s—among vv iich n P > ! | *p . .z
Breast-Pins, Rings, Ear: i:»Ks jj. ,.| &M
omellfd do Cornelian, \ j t \:t. fc;
Plated Tea Setts, com.d , C •» , s, C odl
iti. ks, SiuiH' rs and Snufh r frays .1 ,n<l
Cake Basket*, B nile and S it s:.. id* fiC &c
Si ver Table, lJesrer’ nd r > ' i*-, Soup,
Punch and Or, am L:.<!1 s tk H is in 1 ily
expectation of* further supply off.shorn iblc Si I
>er Piute; -i 1 of which iie oilcry a’> his usual mo
derate prices
Wanted, one or two Boys, as apprentices i<
the above business
N. B Liberal w tge* will be given to a Jewel
ler who understands ins business perfectly.
October 16 wtf
|> UMFOKD AC \DEMY—A'ING WIl.Ll
j a I. AM,— The subscribers intend to remove
I th.-ir SCHOOL, the ensuing year, to Kuhfdrd
Academy, which is the property of R Hill_
As it is contemplated to establish a permanent
school here, they will exert themselves to be use
1m! in their profession—1 lie situation :s remarka
bly hea'lhy, and the buildings sufficiently exten
sive for the accommodation of thirty boarders.
Toe school will commence on the l^tii January,
and end the fifteenth December ; in which will j
he taught spelling, reading, writing, arithmetic,!
English grammar, geography, the use of the t
glob-a, mathematics^ with iis application to sur
veying, belles leitres, the elements unnatural phi
losophy, and the Latin language. Each pupil
w 11 he considered ks engaged until tile expira !
1,0,1 °* ***e term, and no deduction allowi d those
who <lo not enter, at the beguili ng of a quarter,
nor for die usual vacations. Books will be for 1
nished (at the Richmond prices) if requested bv
pan nla
TERMS t
Board (each boardc finding his bed and
candles) per annum, * g 70
Tuition, ^
Payable quarterly
RICH MID HILL, i
BRO()K.li HILL
November M
'■B H
£ 'Hir S,,Ds ;r,ber returns In- sincere titn.ik^ to
& his friends and the public in gener i f(>|.
the lib-ral encouragement he bn* rer ivt tl in ;.,s
business, since the r »mm> ncenv nt of it and s >
heits rt continuance of their patronage as „
cletcrmio^fl that \ bor, exertion r«*»i a*r. i
attention shall be wanting on his par t > i ndei
complete satisiartinn to all th.»3e who m-y f v,.r
him with their confi lencC He st il r.ont.nu--s in
that large and commodious ti--p oof bri. k b<i i
dmg of Mr. tVm. M tchell’s opposite the lark. t
House ; and has now on h-rd —
500 Sacks of Liverpool S It
Antigua and New England Hum in hlids. and
barrels
Molasses in lihds.
Coflee m bags, and
Soap in boxes
And many other article* in the Grocery and Dry
Good line, all of whicu he will sell low for nego
tiable puper, or acrei t„n-.r„ ,,, .
RICHARD BkOOKR,
Auctioneer and Communion Alrrc/iant
november 23 VV6W
iTlHGlNiA. toviit .— At a Chancery District
" Court, held at the former capitol, in the
1810 ^ 'V,iliamsl>u,'ff> lhe 15tli day of October,
odes Cury tt Elizabeth K. Cary his wife,
. . Mf,
Against
Hi Ilia \V. ay, execu'rix of George Wray, who
was one of ue a-lmiuistrstors, with the will an
nexed, of John Pag-, d-c’d Win II I'sge, sur
viving udministrato , with th-* willanuexd of he
sii 1 John P,.ge. d.erased, Willi, m II P gc and
VI ry M. Page, infant* ; and El ward Si,an,
Muy Swan and Thomas Swan, infants.
Defalt
ON the motion of the plaintiff-, by their coun
***I * vV,n H Page is iso ii. .. | g ta' dian to t ie
infant defend -nts, Win. B P-g irul Mary M
Page, and Plmma* 8* o is • ; g ,ardi , to
the *i*fml ill. fendants Ed w .rd S'van, fvLo*i >wsn,
and l bonus Swm, to defend tii m m t> u jou •
and the s iid defmdan's E-lward j-w.,,,f M.uy
Sw.n & Titos Swan, not having en e ^dl di
pvannee and given security .-cording t , the „« t
ol assembly and I he rules tjf this cour, and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the cout that
they arc not inhabitants of this - ornery : On t ,r<
further motion of the pi untiffs by their counsel ■,
It i* or,l red. That th-- said doK mlrnb, E iward
Swan, .VlaiySwan anj Thom.* Swan, by their
guardian aforesaid, do appear hereon the hist
day of the ncx1 term, and answer the lull of the
plaintiffs, anti that a copyoftnis order be form
wdii inserted in the Eoqmr-r for two months
successively, anti posted at the front door ol the
former capitol in this city.
A Copy. 'It., ic,
AHTT. ROBINSON, c. c.
December 11 *8*1!
HL AN k ts,
of r.vusT or. .ci i p i toib.
If OR it.iLt. AT TlHa Oi'TJCM.
NEW ROOKS.
JOHN K JONES, oppf sit the Eagle-T vem,
has received and is con., .u iU receiving l "
:» 'ditions to his former stock i (BOOKa C- 6'1
T10 S'.t ffl', which he otters to those who n. iy f.<
vor him with their commands, on the most ic.»
sinablc terms: Among the lust receipts, mv -he
foil >vying ,Veto Publication* : Life of B< » >purte%
containing every authentic puitictd.ir, by which
his extraordinary character has been formed, with
•* concise history of the events, that have occasi
oned his tinparullellcd elevation, and u philoso
phical review of Ins nun tiers and policy t<s a sol
dier, a statesman and a sovereign* • including me*
moos and original anecdotes of the imperial Jumi
ly. and ttie most celebrated characters that have
appeared in France, during the Revolution. 11
ItlstraU d with portr.nirs, 4 vs. octavo, price S 10.
hV II in I.od*- vyk \ an Tktvil in Love—<
Tr nsl.it- ’ from the French, 12 . Hr* cents. /'«*
net on on Eloquence 7.5 cents. Hurd on the Protht.
Cies ; John -nn’s Jturner to the Ih hritUs. g 1 50
An improved Version 0/ the jNcu Testament S3*
bl/ticlcrSocket's history of ift'X’Xork g 3 ; The lab'
of Kiilarpey, a new and interesting novel in tw e
evou. t>y Miss Amt Marin Porter, pric • g 9, neatU
ly hound and letters (1 ; Mrs. JMon tag tee's Letters '
b l i Oriental Dabtgalor, or new directions fo*
! nliinr to and from the East Indies S 4 50. v
Sketches r« Versr. pitbiisht d tirji in the first
> nunsbrrs of* the t-—4 §• »*... ... *•;»:_«»._
| elegant engravings, calf gilt, 6 v». jirice S 3 50*
j Ramt* bo,»fe bot;nd in boards g 2 .50 ; The L id>
:f the Labe, a Poem by Walter Scott, price S 1.
J. R. JONES, also receives subscriptions to
Lexis O’ Clarke's Travels, through the continent,
ot North America, performed bv order of govern*
meiit. New American edition of Hacon’s A
bridgement, with I urge editions, comprising all
the later English Law ; also a complete Abridge
ment of Aincri-ai* Law ; hy Hyrd Wilson, prico
to subscribers g SO per ropy, IT d<ds. less than
the London ei1 non js now s’dling .
N U. Booth ending in all its branches, as usual.
Doch'injwf G. m
Nn
K.GKOZS FOR SALE.-!3y virtuu rtf
a deed of t'-ust executed to us, by Wm.
J Norton n! Loyis-A ci uoly.«for the purpos > of
pijii-jra cjtt'i’mdebi thereon mentioned , Will
ke sold, to *!i h<t;liest bidder, for ready money,
John N H iil. n’s Tavern ;n Goochland comity,
on Wedhes :*y the second dav of J wuiurv m at,
it i.nr, it n it the next fair <1 iy ; Eleven' Vbgi
r ta Bom Slaves, or so many of the said slaves
my the above deb', with interest and ex -
penr.es a’lendintr this trust.
JOH \ )V : { iv,
H JS GARDNER. C T\ustces,
Wm G V H.VJDtiXTER, 3
n’?,; 6 w4 ,fl.
3 SJJBSC'tfiJER is now opening ,.t ns
„ * , 'Ivdicine store, a few doors bc!o>v the
c. jle 1'ivern, * hope fk complete asHortmert of
1 w r ^kDlCINES, received per the Ship \ve
i i's from Loudon,which lie will sell on reasonably
terms.
ALSO —
l^nnon wmte Lead,
in K £s
Si>»nisti ilrown, in do
G >U1 fit Stiver Leaf, ^
J. t.K WYI OIII#.
November 13.
wj n
|^ALL^ GOODS.--RUSSELL cr ilr L
IT LACE, have just received by the Dispatch
Irom Liverpool, 18 bales Woolens, consisting of
Cloihs, twilled Coatings and Blankets, and Flam*
nels, to be sold only by tbs bale.
Likewise l»y the Levant—
24 Boxes Window Glass, 12 by 15 & 15 by 18
1 Cask Scythe Blades assortcd
13 doz. Spades nod Shovds.
Likewise by tile John and Adam from London »
40 Pieces best twilled Sacking
1 case Manchester stuffs, ussorted colours
2000 Lb. Seine Twine
1 Trunk Threads, assorted colors, from No.
lu to No. l'i
The above GOODS will be cold reasonable,
for cash or acceptuicas in >own, 90 lays.
Likewise two ton GERMAN STEEL.
October 12. i2w
‘ ¥* HlS subscriber baa received and wll , .n,t
",l,e rert-iv'c- l rge assortments of 1 r.-^.
fi «C tuaUe-iuie 3 it: iuO'ri, ’x vhlt*
Spinnies, Axli-trce*. Ov vb.cb lie will >. n
wbo-sal* orret td. - n moderate terms, .it bis
Na.lory the b .SM, where all kinds of cut ...id
I. nnm d N.nls, of superior quality may P. i -d.
ALSO, Nad Kn:l< .d I loop Iron, and Smiths*
work d'-ne of ©very k rfd
L;k.*a' se, for s> ale, L-»af Sugar, Scotch S <ifT
Apple Brandy
ARC ILL)
McCall.
Norcmher 23.
ft f
»VT U - I K —
be subscribers have o
lined
.^t STORE,
is vtdoor above the bon . ;',r„
n ty ir.cupied
. VI, s s r » Robt & Allan To lokt
.... business, under , - ,n
of Iriltr im Colqu'tou’i Gf Co. wiliuLv.ysk ,u
and. a g a J >v in ml of DRY GOODS,
sun able to tnr season, which they w. 1 sell I iw
•»\ w . .lesaie. lor c «sh, or on a credit to punctual
ctia* oners
Tbcv have now received all their London sup
ple ’om the ship AvericK ; Cr by the ship George
■us t i, daily expected Irom Liverpool, they
ecetve their Coat.it- Goods, Hardware and
|.v.'.r;;y. which will complete their assortment ibr
WILLI \ M COLQUHOUN.
W \LTEit 6c THUS. COLQUHOUN/
November 6.
S y-L OF VIKdNlA ISORN 3I.AVE3, Tweif
^ ty four likely slave* which ware of major
Wm. J,'g!)tfof,t at ihe time of Ins death will bs
sold t,> tl.e Imfhest bidder before the Kaleigli
door ,n the city of Williamsburg on the 4tl. day
of January next on twelve months credit ; bond
with approved security will be required to car; y
interest from-the date if not punctually paid,
should the 4-h of January be so unlikely at to
nevent the sale, it will take place so soon as
the weather will permit. Most of these »l,ve«
are young .md veiy likely, four oftliem are t mie
m. n just K< own there are three boy* *!>«„ i*
"n‘1 «ip,s' °ne o» ‘he men
•s middle .K«d, be s a good rarpsnter and bis
woe who l.a* no child as is believed is ... ox I.
?nt weav"r-Mr Browne intend* to sell at
l,“ ,T?‘.|t,rT1 '"V! P^fe'evc" Valuable slave*,
so that . here w.' on that day be disposed of
thirty one likely .slaves
JAMES SEMPLE,
Aitm r WM LlGUTFOOl' U :'d
Petershu s. |) t 4
ijan
I HEsrhsmbera have just received supply
!v T.1’ I,,Bro" UoL ,so Cl'"1 »». "hich
~ « \ a a’r. 9 ' ; A,h,,‘ 4 ' * m«ns’ fine* Ii»ls,
7 6 md 4 4 I ish Linens, Ker seymere*, Mona' «
w ifmok C'tton H .sicry, Hxvaonah CiKi.„, Can.
, s» Soar., Ka.smr in kcgs, Muscovado Sugar n
bop ead-. nd baritl,, u few boxes 10 by 12
400 boxes 8 >y 10 Window Glass, at an unusual
z:‘ "S8"u’ * co,'*i*ni “w* <*
mm so. M & * !*KK«S
_—^vvo.wiw
V °i,CE —^he subscriber has rented, and
A „rC?°. h,s Counting Hoorn to the l.rre
new Brick Lumber House, near Shockoe \Va.e
H .use, and lately occupied by Mr. James C An
tnonv T.us house is calculated to store uD
w .rds of .500 libgsheads of Tobacco, sr.d se v ,(
thousand barrel, of flour ; it is situated eon.. „i
cut to the bas.rt of the canal, and rendered * u:e
rom fire by bring covered with til.
u , , THOMAS <JL’t\
Htchmond, Sep, 21, Jin
M udder,
Amatto,
Tooth finishes,
Copsl Vu- Msh, ?cc;