The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-01-04 00:00:00, page 3

properly through the miniater, whom hit
majesty has directed to proceed to Ameri
ca» war on any s/irchil intaeion (which Mr.
Erskine wan not authorized to promise, ex
reftt upon conditions not one of which he lias
obtained ;) but as the auceeaaor of Mr. Ers
kine whom his Majesty has lost net a mo.
ment in recalling ”
Such hi the first blush, as well as on mature
consideration, would be the construction by
every man of Mr. J’s fiower*—what then is
our astonishment, when in his next letter,
we see him giving a new construction
and extension to his privileges: “ Be
yond this point of explanation which was
supposed to have been attained; but which
is now given to the present letter, in the form
understood to be most agreeable to the Ame
rican government, my instructions are pro
spective; they look to substituting for noti
ons of good understanding, erroneously en
tertained, practical stipulations on which a
real reconciliation of all differences may be
substantially founded; and they authorise
me not to renew proposals which have al
ready been declared here to be unacceptable
—but to receive and discuss any proposal
made on the part of the United States, and
eventually to conclude a convention between
the two countries. Jt is not of course inten
ded to call upon me to state as a preliminary
to negociation, what is the whole extent of
those instructions; they must, as I have be.
fore said, remain subject to niy own discre
tion, until I am enabled to apply them to
the overtures which I may have the honor of
receiving from you.”
Mow much greater is our astonishment,
when w« find Mr. J., in still more peremp
tory terms, subseqaently giving the contra
diction to his first assurances. The fallow
ing is from hjs letter of the 4th November:
** I am surprised at the transition, bv
which it appears to you, that this part of
the subject is connected with the authority
empowering me to negociate with you. It
will not, I dare say, have escaped your re
collection, that I informed yon, at a very
early period of our communications, that, in
addition to the usual credential letter, his
majesty had been pleased to invest me with
a full power, under the great seal of his king
dom, for the express purpose of concluding a
treaty or conven ion. I well remember your
testily,eg your sntisiactiou at the circum
stance ; and I have only now to add, that I
cn.i r ady, svhertevrr it suits j/our conveni
ence, to exchange my full /tower against
that with which you shall be firovidcd
for the fir ogress of our negociatioti.”
I roin these citations, it is plain, thaTMr.
J’s statements of his powers are vague and
ambiguous. He deals in equivoques_he
wraps himself in the most mysterious mazes
of diplomatic lore.—Since, therefore, his
expressions about the nature of his {lowers
are so indefinite and vague, would it not he
ratioual to look for the same ambiguity in
his statement of the terms, which his /tow
ers would permit him to entertain ? Thesane
want of precision, indeecH^pevvades this
branch of the subject—and therefore it
seems somewhat difficult to fix the precise
nature of the terms, which he was to de
mand from our government. From his dif
ferent expressions, however, on this sub
ject, as well as from the general tone and
course of Ins negotiation, it. is not difficult
to see, that the three Conditions in the Des
patch of January 23d, are not forgotten—
and that no arrangement was likely tube
made, which did not formally recognize or
substantially, in some form or other, secure
the object of these propositions.
We shall take up the Correspondence in
our next, and show that such are the facts.
Mr. Dana quotes Grotius as justifying the
disavowal of Mr. Erskine’s arrangement._
Howidoes he reconcile this with Grotius B.
3 c. 23, s.4. where he says, “Here we must
repeat what we formerly said, viz. that the
Sovereign is obliged by the act of his Agent,
though he act contrary to his private in
structions?” Aiul in i>. 2, c. 11, s.'11_“ But
we may also he obliged hv what another
man does, if it appears that we have deputed
ami empowered him to 2ct for ns either as
our Proxy in that particular, or by virtue of
some general qualification; it may also hap
pen where the commission is to act in gene
ral. that the person so commissioned may
lay us under an obligation, tho’ he acts con
trary to our will, signified to him by hix/tri
vale instructions ; *for here be two distinct
acts ot the will, the one by which we bind
ourselves to ratify, whatever our Proxy shall
do in such a business ; the other, whereby we
tell our Proxy that he shall not act beyond
Mime pi ivate instructions that are known to
him and nobody else. This is to be \frell ob
pervefl in relation to those things which am
bassadors promise for their principals, who
hv virtue of their public powers and creden
tials, flu sometime exceed their secret or
ders.”
A CORRESPONDENT.
TO TIIE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER,
SIR,
Whenever an individual forces himself
open the attention of the public ; both his mo.
l ives and manner, to every member of that pub.
he in general, but chiefly to the particular /-jaw
or portion of it directly addressed, become f. ,r
subjects for free and severe examinatiqn. In
each of the characters shove mentioned, it is
my right to animadvert an .1 number in your last
pu;u-r, relative to the chancery bill now before
ti e house of delate-, ;in.t j amstlre too
^< d tmcwrstaii .: mat right, to object to my oh
''■'v tmna because they touch the manner and
Itv iiv'* of that Mliter, with the most familiar
am! ..neeremonimw sentiiny. n>e subject call*
M‘e g'^ di it plainness ; .‘s. courtly c ivility must
n< t furnish a protection tor glaring impropriety.
■ be an'.' or commences by an accusation 01 even
disingenuous a»i(l unmanly practice by the opiK>.
mntn of that bill. So far as these assertion*
maybe intended to ettlist the sympathies of the
l-gt-uati.rr?, in behidl of his darling project,, by
holding i? up as un object of persecution) it ap
f :-r» 1,1 weak and rmer.le in I'm extreme, to
PP0** that men deliberating witli the* lione«t
* twt of patriots, and under the holiest of reli
< ns m.d social obligations, are to he duped by
a trick as old us artifice and sel!i litiess them
stores; so far as they are intended to charac
lenm> the intentions and proceedings of the op
ponents of that bill, for myself, (and I believe
«»r eicry gentleman who thinks with me, I may
do the same,) I pronounce them illiberal, un"
candid, falsv The essay rigued A. <J. ! have
Jte'. er lead, but many of the best heads in the
stale, I l now, are stedfusi in the opinion that
common law and chancery jurisdiction cannot
ib.y w tli .the ronstnutinrt lie Mended in
V ’'1 * urt.i,,'lg,s. Our own rer>*');is fu
’’ " ' l"inoi», is on the noli, v oi the plan pro.
J**. •• Stull b« declared at. their p'-oper place
*• V’ sn.l not ifcc jiiiy »pr vd in ••"'mptin.
e % on,, mating tvloc . .? is hoped no argjmefit
n. r to. deration of public henetitcan divide.
i '• .pi'igt s ol Ute general coutt, it seems,
r«-»t and “ not on<* has intimated au
V> refuse to e\i-rm^ tIn* ” Mai
. 1 \v evasivenf's and ambiguity of tiiir
w,'r" y ’* n * one bus in.i'imetl **5 mention to
4 - f # . \ i
refus* to execute the law.” Wss it probaMc
they would make a declaration refusing to exe
cute a law not in existence l if such a law was
contemplat- d, is it probable that a number of
discreet men would wantonly have thrown a deli
ance in the face of the legislature > Or did those
judges, let me ask, declare themselves willing to
execute this law, which it is tier* insinuated
they would influence the legislature to pass ?
But who is this, sir, so intimate with the secret
determinations of the judiciary body > This is an
enquiry of no small interest: lor if he be a ntem
bar of that body, I would ask him how lie would
be prepared to support the deep indignation of
a numerous and respectable portion of the house
of delegates, when detected of charging them
with dishonorable ami dishonest modes of oppo.
sition to a measure of acknowledged public ail
vantage. Let me assure suoh judge that if mis.
deeds like these elevated him not to the formal
ities of impeachment, they limild confer strong
claims to a station at the bar of the house.
Another part of Z’t project doserves par
ticular notice ; (it is indeed the soul of that d«
formed and disjointed ho ly, which, like him
self, lie asks the legislature to admire ;) “Judge
While is considered eminently qualified for pro
motion to tb.* court of appeals, t/ud^e Rolmej is
t-miilcd to his circuit.” Is this writer a repub
lican ? must he not possess more than usual as
surance to ask of the Legislature to add the
weight «f office mil to give more extensive scope
to tenets which Vuty in reality, and which he
pretends to reprobate f Is no advancement of
personal interest or convenietuia to be detected
through tliis mi..-.gestion ! A liiniud knowledge
, Ihe world will prove to every man that, sepa
rate and distinct fr#m person, there is an influence
attached to station alone; tlwt altho’ in fact,
the person may become less active in the exer
tion off such influence, it will notwithstanding
increase in proportion to his elevation. Judge
White is it determined federalist, who fl-om the
origin ot po'itimd distinctions in our eountry, has
been uniformly opposed to the principles of the
present majority. Not satisfied with the shame
less attempts of federalism at this critical junc
hire in other quaiters, /, would strengthen
them here also ; Not satisfied that Judge White
may affect a section «»f the state, he would place
him on a pinnacle at the seat of government to
range over the entire commonwealth ; he would
transfer the disease from an extremity to the
heart. Judge White, tho’useful and respectable
in a nisi prius station, deserves not this distinc
tion above one at least of his brethren ; and in
constituting a tribunal wVose decisions are to
ui«ke the supreme rule. I think it bad policy to
circumscribed by any limits less extensive
than tho.-e of the state. In fine, air, after scan,
niiijr Z. his plans and the temper with which
they arc proposed, 1 cannot forbear to exclaim,
“hie nlger cst there is something insidious
here. The Legislature and " friends of the peo
!*'e” will, I trust, appreciate him properly ; the
former in particular will, I am sure, entertain
Miose indignant feelings which I know would
there be manifested, could ha be dragged into
day.
PKOBUS.
To the Editor oj the Enquirer.
.SIR,
It is very unusual that any of mv sox e
ver think, for themselves, and much more so
that they ever submit their thoughts to the
world. I ani aware, that in violating the
rules which custom has thus consecrated, I
shall expose myself to the imputations of va
nity and presumption; But when 1 avow,
that no other motives than & sensibility to the
rights of women, and a desire to awaken
them from their lethargic indolence, have
induced me to appear before the public, it is
, hoped that the liberal part of mankind will
exempt me from a re/ironch equally dina
grtcable and unmerited.
OCT A VI A.
REFLECTIONS ON
FEMALE EDUCATION.
Among the various agents concerned in the
. Production of national happiness, there is
| none moro constant in its operation orimpor.
j taut in its consequences than Education. It
is the grand principle which preserves the
! harmony and rigour cf of the social system,
! wh,ch imparts energy to government’ with
i out rendering it despotic, and liberty to the
| people without rendering them licentious.
Nothing cau excite greater astonishment,
j than that a subject so completely identified
' with the int«re--t.s of the public, should have
| been considered with such little attention.
| Although patriotic efforts have been made to
1 diffuse more widely the streams of knowl
j fdge and to render them accessible t» every
I class of citizens, yet these efforts have not
| been commensurate to the magnitude of the
; object, whose accomplishment was designed
Institutions for the instruction of young men
■ have been reared, and submitted to the con
1 trol of enlightened professors. In this man
| ner the cause of science has bean promoted
and the number ot her votaries increased :
j but she has never found a santuary amongst
j Mat sex, whose situation in life requires ev.
i ery adventitious support.
i i ne necessity ot enlarging the limits of
female education will be acknowledged bv
evei v generous and unprejudiced mind, and
ad the meretricious arts of sophistry will ne
ver be sufficient to palliate its neglect. Wo
amplify the function- which belc ig to men,
because we are accustomed to sen them co
vered with the “purple robes of power,1’’hold-'
.ng the balance in which the destinies of oa .
tinns are deposited, at one lime summoning a
whole world to arms, at another recalling
them, with tile gentle voice of peace to the !
hallowed pursuits of honest industry.
We depreciate the respectability of women !
in a corresponding proportion, because we '
contemplate them in no other department of'
life than that «f attending to culinary prepa.i
rations, or of furnishing an exhausted ward
robe with the splendid trappings of fashion, i
Hut let us recollect that the characters ofi
the most distinguished actors on this enpa- I
cions theatre are modified by the impressions '
which they receive from their mothers;!
n»at they are virtuous or vicious, that thev I
bnin with a holy zeal tor the happinrss of!
mankind, or are hurried into the work of!
destruction bv the infatuation of ambition, 1
in proportion ns those who gave them birth !
ami who nre the organs of awakening ihe.r
intellectual energies,are enlightened or igno
rant, generous or depraved, in infancy the
mind is peculiarly ductila, and may wltlie
fl'*,|l facility, Itn mada the se.it of corruption,
or the shrine of morality. At this eventful'
period of human life, the mother implants
th- rudiments of the character which futu
rity will developc. Who formed 'he Grac
chi to virtue, stored their young mind* with
knowledge and tuned their torgucs to el
oquence? The illustrious Cornelia_Other
n inies might lie added# and numerous re flee
tiro* introduced to shew tio | edwminant in
..uence of e.nly impressions in deciding the
fate of individual*— but this truth, it )« pre
sutned, cannot b~ controverted, and there
fore requires no further illustration.
In passing from the duties of a mother to
thus.- of a w.fe, we snail not find less i ducc
m -nts to ameliorate the svstern o? fr-r.ale
ed tc*tion. in the latter character which
ceucemrates ;< •« m.bit tender re'^ti;.ufna
« • X \ f
man life, the endowments of the mind, and
the softer sensibilities of ttye heart are requi
red iu aa eminent degree. Domestic felici
ty is never the offspring of mere sensation,
but of a cordial correspondence of senti
ments and desires. As soon as the husband
renounces the puerile dalliance ot the lover,
and ceases to consider his partner as a mis
tress, lie must find iu her an agreeable com
panion and a genuine friend through every
stage of their intercourse. B it these quali
ties are the products of early instruction,
and such is their importance that the pie
senca of them diffuses gaiety and rapture o
ver every scene of connubial life ; their ab- {
sence is disappointment, bitterness and an
guish. With what extacy do we read of the !
divine entertainment which Kotzebue deri- i
ved from the sentimental refinement of his
Frederica, with what disgust do we w itness I
the dictatorial asperity of an unfeeling boor I
towards his submissive dame ! When w-e
look abroad into the world, how often do we
see the enthusiastic lover dwindling into'he ■
phlegmatic husband ; the doating maid into j
the unhappy termagant, and whence arises !
this lamentable estrangement, but from a
deficiency ot such rational amusements as
would serve to collect the scattered affec
tions into one common centre.
. If we pursue our inquiries still farther and i
examine the whole catalogue of human oh- !
ligations, we shall not find among them one
more sacred than that of cultivating the fe- i
male miml. •.* The object of every moral
process (to borrow the language of a celebra- ]
ted writer) is the generation of happiness.”
1 his maxim is the universal sugge .tion of
natural reason, and enjoins on us a tender so
licitude for the well-being of others. No per
son will be so absurd as to contend that »
mere distinction of sex exempts him from
tins first of social duties. Is not, then, ave
rv high degree of moral turpitude incurred
by permitting one half of the human family,
to remain in a state which neither possesses
usefulness, u*r administers delight? It is
impossible that, in the gothic darkness which
at present surrounds them, tney can enjoy
any of those etherinl pleasures n’hich consti
tute the peculiar dignity and boa-ted supe
riority of our specias. ' They are strangers
to every kind of intellectual jov, aiul surely
--more
sol‘d, more durable, and more constantly ac
cessible than those which an enlightened
undci s >iid ng afTords. lie who possesses it,
has within himself a resource, of happiness
which cannot be affected by the ordiuary vi
cissitudes of human life, "and may defy in
proud security 'lie impotent persecutions of
a malignant destiny—The Arabian odours
—the gentle zephyrs—the blended glories
which play around the consecrated haunts
ot leaining, communicate a thousand rap
tiirous. delights which ignorance can never
know. To what higher station, then, to
what greater honor can any mortal aspire
than to snatch the female mind fi«m this
growing degeneracy, to emancipate it from
the gross control of absurd prejudices, and
to introduce it to that pure banquet of intel
lectual dainties, on which the philosopher
feasts with oik- oyed appetite t
| Let us not forget that as female education
I Promotes the public prosperity, so the neglect
,ot it may be replete with the most disastrous
| consequences. A vicious woman may n it
j only doom a family to irremediable wretrb
l ethtess, but she ntay imprint on the operations
ot government, every signature of execrable
baseness and sanguinary cruelty. Did not
tlessalina commence the debasement of
Komc by inundating it with crimes, by ma
king it a prey to the complicated horrors of
tyranny, and by suborning her minions to the
use of the dagger and the poisonous bowl •»
i , • At5, ippina continue the progress of
i this debasement by murdering an uncle* for
, the purpose of elevating a sonf, who soon
; became the instrument of her death, the
j cxecutionei of bis benefactors & the scourge
■ of bis people ?
Ihe immense ot female society on the
: national character is too well attested by
experience, to require any additional proof,
h-very one knows thatihe introduction of the
[Sabine women softened the native ferocity
, ot the Romans, banished tha roughness of
the warrior and r eplaced it wiih the retine
ment ot the gentleman Although t p no
meness ami vivacity of the French are gen
erally ascribed to the lightness of their fond
and the salubrity of the air, v. t it is certain
that the general intercourse of the sexes lias
not less contributed to render them the boast
of civilization.
Notwithstanding all those considerations,
the cynic and the sophist will prohablv
withhold their suffrages from what I have
recommended to public attention. They
wijl exclaim “ that learning renders women
i in pertinent am' ridiculous, that they require
only a knowledge of the duties of domestic
economy and obedience to their husbands.”
But every judicious person will consider this
opinion as not less fallacious and absurd,
than its supporters are ignorant and illiberal’.
He will recollect that although females are
incapacitated to mingle in the turmoil of
battle or “to tread the weary labyrinth of
state,” that yet they are called to offices
which cannot be performed . ithnut an un
clouded discernment and a never failing
virtue.
'To be convinced that learning neither en
genders impertinence, not- renders females
ridiculous, we need only to recur to the me
morable productions of a Montague, a Savig
ni and a Dacier. These names will shed
a long track of glory on the annals of litera
tore, and will ever be hailed with the plan
din of an admiring world. 'They are impe
rishable monuments of the genius of their
sex, and are alone sufficient to refute the
prevailing dogma of female imbecility. May
we not hope that the present age will pro
duce some choice spirits like these, who will
soar a sightless distance above the ignoble
herd, and whose splendid attainments will
cover them with never fading honours? [,<-t j
the fend met her devote lier whole; attention
to the •• delightful task ot rearing the tender I
thought,” of mould ug the Infant mind by the !
maxims of an enlightened morality, let her!
s udy and apply the precepts of Fenelou 8c
St. Austin}:, and this lu*j»e would no longer
be del sive. Tne world would then exhibit
an .Arcadian scene precious indeed to Uic
/ihilan.fn o/iic breast.
OCTAVIA.
* Claudius.
| jVero.
% These writer* have /riven the world
very Icariicd treatises on the Julacati n <>)
Children.
manufactures.
\\q are happy to learn that a mannfactu
r,ng efctahii'htueut i> u«- w on h ot, in tne vi-j
ciouy or Petcisbnrg, it. -bis *t;.tc, ,
tal is subscribed by « Ci.r. 11*^0 )—to t > 1
mount, it nuccasu-.y, c;t Cj.WQ, The Spin,
ning Machine it at work—ar,4 may be en
larged, if need be, to a* maar ns 500 Spin
dles. Some of the Cotton-Ysrn, which it
manufactures, has fallen withm our notice—
and though it is said to be the worst which
they have spun, it is uncommonly smooth 8c
excellent. My the aid of this machinery
Cotton can be spun perhaps 33 1 3 per eent
cheaper than by the comutonjspinning wheel.
Those in the vicinity of the machine, will find
it to their interest to exchange the raw ma
terial for yarn—and if events are auspicious
to the prosperity of such establish incuts, the
Yarn may be distributed over the* stale, to
be woven into cloth—& instead of seeing our
Cotton shipped to Kngland, as it now is, to
be wrought into Vara for the use of the con- ]
tineut, we may see onr own Yarn becoming
au article of direct exportation to the mar !
kets of the continent.
Tile Petersburg Institution is under the
care of Mr. R. Harris, late of Rhode Is
land.—— i he following is an extract of a
letter just addressed to that Gentleman, 8c is
published to shew the immense spring, which
manufactures are receiving in that quar
ter of the country :
PiiovtDiscr., (R.I.)
** I have and trust shall ever entertain a strong
desire to promote the prosperity. ImopiiMss and
independence of mv country, and rejoice that tli.s
spirit pievnils in the United Stut-i : nothing will
con lure more to this great object than n proper
attention to manufactures.^-! am inu«h pleased
to fil'd you have succeeded inpn'ling into opera
tion the machinery you piocur.-d wink* here,
:ui-l hope you m iy he fully- remunerated for the
s icrili.es made while acquiring the necessary
information. I am apprehensive that the cottoii
• it'ancii w.d be greatly overdone, in August past
more than fifty mills (in N. England only) weic
| ’ op cted and actually commenced, sinee which
time, the cotton spinning fever lias raged-to such
e :,s t<, h ,p> .-ny accurate c-lcnlati,>:i to
quantum: it certainly has increased grcallv, every
\> retc announces some now adventurers in this
< "-ini'y Hlune, from the*.' circumstances you will
re .d:ly perceive il.'C difficulty in procuring per
so.is atiilind in ending nd spiiuiing. I do not
tifiik t possible at present to engage «uch a one
*s. will be suitable lor your purposes in this part
oil ccointry; this difficulty cannot long exist, as
great numbers will be engaged in Hie business &
'soon taught.
‘*1 •.•nurr my respects ot the gentlemen compos
ing t|.e Manufac’.ix* ing society in vi»ur place
and inform them, I shall always be disposed to
se; vj tliein. And accept my wishes for your suc
cess.
Yours, Jtc.
SETH WHEATON.”
FIST OF DIRECTORS
or THE nAVK OF VIRGINIA, FOR *1 HR PRE
SENT YAKR.
i' rc'Z7nO'in.
I Abraham B Vemhlc,
Benjamin Hatcher,
Joseph Clllcs:i,
i tiervas Stores,
Samuel Pleasants,jr.
William Wardlaw,
John H. Foutfhee,
Richard Afl.r.s,
J ohn Tompkins,
Rohert Gamble,
*tidwd. W. Kootes,
'Robert Mitchell,
•John G. Hubner,
*jantes Brown,
Pttfrtbur
Rohert Birchett,
J»mes Byrne,
Alexander Brown,
Joel 11 am moil,
William Bowdoin,
Archibald Bmgh,
William Clark,
Paul N.rsli,
Robert Walker,
"1 homas Atkinson,
•Nathaniel Friend,
•Robert Pollok,
•William Haxall.
' Ncio P'cmbers.
AGRICOLA, No. 2—On Saturday.
\if.ws of the Correspondence, No
3—on do.
A T ft 'Jeneral Meeting of the Members ort.he
i x Mutual Assurance Society against Fire on
Buildings of the state of Virginia, l eld by ad
journment at the Capi‘<)l, in the City of Rich
mond, on the 30th of December, 1809
Present iu person and by pioxy, 1334 mem
bers—which number constituting a majority ef
the members of the society,
Mr. Robert Taylor was called to the chair,
when the following resolutions were submitted
and adopted unanimously.
Resolved, That a committee be anpointed to
examine the accounts of this Society, and that
the said committee do report to the General
Meeting upon the receipts and expenditures «*f
tile said society during the year 1809—As also
concerning any monies in possession of the said
society, and the claims which are due in favor or
against the same.
Resolved, That a committee he appointed to
enquire whether any, and if any, what altera
tions and amendments would he proper in the
laws and regulations of the Mutual Assurance
Society, and nuke report thereupon to the Ge
neral Meeting.
The foregoing resolutions were then ref-rred
to a committee formed of the following gentle
men, to wit :
William Noland, Gerard Alexander, Jr.
Samuel 1$ Archer, William Joucs,
William Will, Charles F. Mercer,
Hubert B. Stannrd, William Brent and I
Andrew Stevenson, Charles Brent.
No further business being submitted to the
Meeting, Resolved, That the same be adjourn
ed ’till Monday the first day of January.
LEWIS M. RIVAL AIN, Sec'y G. M.
rg'-U-i.*.1 ■ ■■x . ■ »t'" ' *u ■< j i i.. j_ i i.i . i ■ —.
IRicFimonD CDrntrc.
This Evening, (Thursday) January 4, 1810, will
be presented an Historical Drama, called the
INDIAN PRINCESS;
OP., THE
/' IRST SE TTI. EM ENT qf VIRGINIA,
After the Play, a Hal let, to he performed by
Children only,called
.lack in Distress,
OH,
THE SAILOR'S LANDLADY.
To which will he added, the much admired Pan
terntme of
The Devil on J wo Sticks,
O R,
Pise Magic Chamber.
v '< f ^ Lb—Two CaiivF.y i arn, one Tan
41. k eu and one Drica Mo ul, visit.
Jib IV IP jHARV1K
January 4 it
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rrcarrtckthing.
David C, Keir,
John Minor,
John T. Brooke,
John Mercer,
Hugh Mercer,
Chs. L Carter,
Thomas Goodwin,
Robert Ration,
William S. Stone,
* Robert S. Chew,
* Fielding I.ucas,
“Divid Henderson,
‘John Scott.
Norfolk.
Richard E. Dee,
George Newton,
Janies Tayi.ir, sr.
Samuel Marsh,
William b. Lamb,
Richard Bowden,
Wni. A. Arinisle&d,
Murtin Fisk,
Christopher Frv,
‘John E Holt,
“ W m R S« iden,
‘John Brown,
* Arthur Taylor.
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✓/ LIST OF I. E17'EPS
REMAINING is THE Tult'SrrilK, AT RUM
monI), the 3I*t p.vrp»:aR», lt,09.
A—John Alcock. John C,~'y, Cncrl.* Antho
ny, John Adams. Robert An-Verson, John S An
tiersan, Mni IMly Austin, Muh YVdiu* A. Amu
taad, CharleaZ. Abrahauii, John A"*»her
ti—Chart** Barret, Heilnicitui 1* Burry, Bar
thelomew Blunt, Colonel William Hull. Mis*
Lydia G. Brown. Janie* Bent, Richard Utbb,
Hi'". Brown, Colonel lame* Bern. Peter Bland,
Linacus -Boning, Luther Boydcu, James Boul
ton, JmIuis BarMett. John Bell.
C—William b o*»r, John Collins, John Carr,
Stapletan Cruteiih-.ld, Willi una C\i**r, Samuel
Combi, Richard Carter, James Craddock, John
Cunliffe, M Crousil, Dr. Nathaniel V Cloptnn,
Samuel C»dwell, Robert Campbell, Nathaniel
Carpenter, Joseph Carter.
Ti—Miss Elizabeth Dnnti, William Duvall, I
s*uc Deiyon, Eliphalet Duwev, Mr* Susan l)->r
} rington, Uavid Ii'irrinj^im Colour l Will;; m
i Daniel, Sarah Depass, John Dabney. John Diivlc,
• John Dowh.-r, William Dcrtond, Captain Tko*
[ inn* Denike.
L—Joseph rtifpfDs'on, George Evans.
f" — Mir* Sarah Fonta'iim, Samuel Fravser,
William Finney, Samuel F.dtlcman, Win. Frost,
j Hamuli Franklin.
G—Kiolurd L.' Green, J< sepb Godwin,
j James Gray, Elizabeth A. Grace, Am.stead
I Green, Thomas Gholloa, Jobcph G. Gale, John
| Goo(]<\ Dr. Chicle* ii. Graves, Willi* Godwin.
| //—John vV. Harris, Ira Hall, John Howard,
* Joseph Hoffmann, Gecige Herbert, Frederick
| Hill, Samuel Hoxford, Harry Hetli, Benjamin
j Hardin, .William Hix. Robert Hyde, Holder
Hudgings, Thus. Humes, Jacob Hobson, James
: Horsley.
! y—Jeky! Jones. Colonel- Ingle*, Jonp*
I Jounton, J iir.«s June, Christopher Irvine,
J L-fchtibot Junney, William Jonea,Tobias Isuac.ks,
1 Mawuey J as train, Sairund Irvin*, Jonn M . Jef
| fries
L—Willism Lewis, John Litchfield, Adn-.n
I L ee, Kamh Lester, David Logan, George Ren*
; (LU Lae, Arthur I,we, 5h ssiona Lester, Samuel
| Lawrence, John Lee, William Litllepage, Mrs
I Sarah Lyaies.Ji.hu I y ns, John Lali r.
M—John Mure hie, Robert M’Kim, Doctor*
j Thomas Missie, Thomas P. Muiimui, William
ill. ?lrs. Mary Mrfliiile, VV. Muiiseii, Messrs.
I James Max* ami Co. William Miller, An 'heluua
■ Maya, L)I Maids, Thomas Mitchel, Wwuit Man
| sou, franc in J Mitchel, Benjamin Mushy, Tho
; mss D. Martin, Alexander M’Kinstry, William
j Mr.kinster.
A'—Nixcm.
O— Mr.-Oswald, Richard Oafclcv.
P— Bailee l’eopci, John \V. Pleasants, j imes
Price, James Pleasants, Capt. Ephraim Pearsen,
Mrs Mary Pointer, <®>rris Paine, Mrs. Lucy
Pendhum, 'I honiMS Prosser, Nicholas B. Pryor,
Edmund P. Pearson.
—Col Alexander Quarrier.
P—Mr*. Fanny Robertson, John Roberts,
Captain Charles Hutke, Col William Robinson,
Archibald Ritchie,T. J Randolph, Henry Ran*
dultrh, Mrs. Mary Ragland, N. T. Robei’* >ru
S—S»nili Symn, Nath, nisi Shipps: d, Thomas
Smith, William Strawdar, Tlmnis.'S i.umon, Jo
seph Robinson, N. Spurt di, Miss Lu- y IV3 Scott,
Captain Philip Simpp, George H Stanoack, John
Sprague, William Smith, William Stevenson.
7’—Aaron D. Tarber, James Thomson, Creed
Taylor, B j.inain Turner, Vi : InbatdTesey, John
ray!..!. John J. Taylor, Armsied TTouslow,
Lnrence baker, Thomas J. Thompson, Robert
Temple, Messrs. G<orge and J urns Taylor,
J-ines Tallsy, Elizabeth T emple, William Terry.
TV—Mr*. Judith Webb, James or Pleasant
Winston, Twyman \V«yt, Allen Whiting, Hum*
phrey Walker, William Wren, Captain George
Washington, John Wild, William Willis, John
P Williamson, Mrs. Sally Webb, Miss Catuu
rine Williams.
U—Lieut. Thomas Underwood, Daniel Vun
devall, Marks Vamjevnll, Susan Voas.
V—James Young.
Clerk ol'the General Court.
Wm FOUSIIEE, t m
y ANll FOR SaI.E—That valuable Tract of
1—i I.JNB laying in Amherst county, common
ly known by the name, of Gordon’s Quarter, situ
ated near the Tobacco row mountain, routs.ning
eleven hundred acres, i* now otieied for «ule on
liberal terms The quality of this land is said to
be i onal to any true? in that county.
The terms will be known by making applica
tion to either of the subscribers ih Petersburg,
or to Mr. Samuel Irvin of Lymchburgh, who will
shew the premises er give such description of
them aa will satisfy any person desirous *f pur-’
chasing.
e?OHN WILBER, ,
yOLti\ BELL.
Petersburg, January' 4. w3m
13 ANK OF VIRGINIA—The President and
e Directors have this day declared a dividend
offtiir percent, oh the capital stock, which will
be p-id to the stockholders on application at the
Bank, in person, or by attorney, after tire L5tl»
instant.
J. BROCKENBROUGH, Cashirr.
January 1. w3t
NOTICE —AH person*indebted to the estate
of Josiali Wright, deceased, are requested
! to come forward and pay their respective ac
counts to the subscriber—Those having claims
against the estate are requested to bring forward
their accounts p: .nerlv authenticated, to
ABRAHaM DOUGLASS, JJm.’r.
January 4. 10t
THE subscriber has opened his Scl oolRoom
in the new building adjoining the Custom
House. Parents and guardians who hase chil
dren to be taught, and who may wish to b«*cOm«
acquainted with his plan of Rduoation, are here
by invited to visit him for the purpose
CHILES TERRELL.
January 4. 3itj
'~| *() HE SOLI) to the highest bidder, at
JL Windsor the PLANTATION lately pos
sessed by Carter Braxton,dec’d about one mile
fromTappahannock, on Tuesday the 3* tli dsvof
January »t*r, a^out thirty negro SLAVES be
longing to the sai* dec’d. consisting of men, wo
men, boys and gills, among them is a very good
House Carpenter about twenty-one years old >
part of them will be sold for cash, and the resi
due on a credit cf rix month*, the purc.Ii*»e”9
giving bonds with approved security. AH per
sons having i firms against ttie said dec’d. are ru
questcuto make them known to
SABAH S. BRAXTON.
JAM LX WV.HH & I,,,
Wll.HAM FLEET. > An’
January 4 w3*1J
A VALUABLE WATER LOT—The sub
scriber idler* for sale, that V-lwable water
1st os Jatne.s River, containing luO feet in front,
it being the same lot on which C ipt Hall, huilt
the new brig at Rocketts, and adjoins the Coal
Yard, lately occupied by Messrs. Nicholson and
Hath ; the tcrm**of sale will as made known by
application to the subscriber, living near Rich
mond, or Richardson Taylor living in the c ly,
who will shew the property to any one disposed
to purchase.
JOHN S. STUBBS, Senr.
Jmunrv 4. w5w
PPI.1CA HON will he mash* to the ) re
drill and Directors of the Pink of V if, ^
nia to r< n#w c<i tificutes ol stock No*. 980 a <1
3019 standing in my ramo on die hooka o. t! •
Bank.
O 1 E VTON
January 4 g -a vbw*{