The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-03-27 00:00:00, page 3

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may, in cue of war, be doubled without in*
convenience or dange ’.
In iiue of peace, and particularly undc£
existing circumstances, habits of smuggling
plight be promoted by too great an increase.
But the precise rate which may with safety
be adopted can only be a matter of opinion
to be tested by experience. I would not lie
sitatc however to mention an additional du
ty qf five per cent. ->n merchandize, paying
I ad valorem duties, and mi increase of 33 1-3
■ per cent, oa the existing duties on all other
articles, as attended with very little danger,
mid preferable to any other new source of
taxation. A renewal of the duty on salt,
which produced six hundred thousand dol
lars a year, m*y be exceptionable in other
respects, but on account of the bulk of the
article, is liable to no objection in the pre
sent view of the subject,
It was stated in the annual report of Dec.
last, that an increase of duties would not, on
account of the terms of credit allov/ad for
the payment of duties, supercede tile ne
cessity of a Wan for the service of this year.
The amount of that loan might of course he
diminished, if no credit, or a credit of only
sixty days was allowed for the payment of
the proposed additional duties.
Public I.unda.
These constitute the only great national
resource exclusively of loans and taxes.
They have already been mentioned as form,
ing a fund for the ultimate extinguishment
of the public debt; and the possibility of
their being used as a means of facilitating
loans, has been suggested. A portion might
also be usefully applied as a bounty to otli
cers and soldiers, whenever it may become
necessary to raise a considerable force. —
But as an object of Immediate revenue, I
much doubt whether this can he materially
increased without a r4dical change in tin?
present system.
Not less than t«n land offices are now
in full operation, offering a great choice sf
good land3, situated in various climates, and
suited to the habits of the citizens of every
portion of the Union. They arc sold at the
rate of two dollars an acre, or rather at one
dollar and sixty four cents, if paid for at
the time of purchase,- and in tracts of one
hundred ui*.d sixty acres; As much is sold
ns there is actual demand tur land in simi
lar situations at that price. The sales are
however, almost exclusively confined to
those who arc or intend to become actual
settlers, and all die money which can be
raised by that description of purchasers is
annually paid ro the United States. In or
dtr to increase immediately the amount of
sties, a different capita) front that which
lias heretofore beta applied to that object,
the capital of persons who will purchase for
the purpose of selling' again with a pro
lit, must be brought into action. But it
is evident that n.» pertans will jmrehase
lands at die present ptice as an object of
speculation, whilst the United States conti
nue to sell at the same price in small tracts.
T<* efleet the proposed object, it would be
necessary not only to reduce the price, but
to make a difference bt tween that of lands
sold in large tracts, and that asked for
s.-uall tracts, sufficient tu encourage pur
chases on an extensive scale. That al
teration might produce tut additional revenue,
butapj^cais to me extremely injurious in
other inspects. The present system of sales
has been tried, and answers the expectati
ons of the Legislature. A gradual increase
must,notwithstanding dome temporary fluc
tuations, necessarily take place. Un that
1 would rely ; nor, wc uld I venture to sug
gest any other change than that already
proposed oh a former occasion, a moderate
and general reel actio j of prices, discontinu
ing at the same time all saLs on credit, but
continuing to sell at {he same rate Urge or
small tracts of land.
I have the honf-r to be,
Very respectfully.
Sir, your obedient servant.
ALBERT GALLATIN.
lion. Jons IV. Rppss,
Chuirman of the Covi
mittee of IVayn aid
Means.
■ Klffie inquirer.
RICHMOND MARCH 27, 1810.
.1 he following IdOrirnii of a cont/iicuous
charac er w.i rrcaiued last week,
by the EdUorfrvm the Ci
ty of Washington. «
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRES.
SIR, - ~~( \ *
The federalists, we have seen, ascribe
Philo-Laos to Mr. John Randolph, a mem
ber ot Congress; and had I any personal
hostility to that gentleman, I might perhaps
Le gratified by the irr.utatiofi. but 1 have
none ; for I liuve never received an injury
from hint and certainly shah never do him
'>ne, unless tlte exercise of my constitutional
i iglit in expressing my opinion of him, us a
public man, can be justly considered in the
light of an injury. It is therefore hut an
%tcc of common justice to Mr. Randolph, and
'is ccf’ainly paying no very great compliment
T»\;.hia talents to say, that I think his friends
injure >Yun, grossly, in ascribing the author
ship of that t,*:.ay to him.
The praise of genius is certainly his due.
Mr. 1\ ft.dolph has a fancy prompt and fruit
► fill, conceptions quick, sparkling and pe
rennial, an ample fund of classical allusion
end embellishment, and alt elocution lofty,
impressive and commanding. Yet I have
never thought him i*i the Jivut class of intel
lectual character. To that class belong
minds distinguished by their strength, but
in those operation? which are calculated to
try the strength of the mind, Mr. Randolph
has never, on any one occasion, been signa
lled. We have heard'from him ■ * profound
and luminous analysis ; no simplification of a
complex and abstruse subject; no instance
of deep and well connected argument; no
political system denoting closeness and accu
racy, as well as rcacu or thought; indeed he
has originated nnsystem at all; none of those
compreli/asive and yet detailed views which
*h*w u« a subject in every mwteiial aspect,
mid present us with all that may be impor
tant to ri-cide it. Yet these are tiie opera
tion# which prove the powers of the mind,
and which alone can shew it to be solidly
useful.
Ror u light skirmish or a brilliant sally
he is ever ready, and eminently great; and
in such rencounters he will foil his superior
in strength, bet him off at a distance and
give him his bow end quiver, lie launches
uis iwiotr.? vit.h the id em Apollo.' out
l
bring him to close combat, hand tohai.d,
where victory can only light upon the plume
of the strongest, and she will seldom he
found to light upon that of Mr. Kamlolph.
Ilis speech on the. Yazoo,-shewed his pow
ers-of invective ; that on Chase’s trial, ins
perfect impotence in argument. His speech
es in general bear loo strong a resemblance
to the street exhibition of the camera co
scura ; we have a passing view of a variety
of subjects, all of them pretty and enter
taining eaough; hut our views are only
glimpses, and the subjects themselves ore
totally unconnected : remove the sn <w_box
and you have no trace upon your memory,
but of a jumble of spires and cupolas and co
lors. * {
I have no pleasure in adverting to this
gentleman’s peculiar propensity to satire, \
for I consider it as the misfortune and not
the ornament of his character. It has made
enemies of many, whom (to say the least of
it) it was idle in him to offend, & has spread
a gloomy and unsocial desolation around him.
There is a kind of wit which conciliates
even those whom it strikes; such is always
the effect, when, besides being brilliant, it
it accompanied with politeness, and good
humor: but this is not the case of Mr. Ran
dolph’s wit; his arrqws are dipped in
poison, and rankle where they wound. Yet
it is this traite of his character, psrhaps,
which has given him his highest eclat. It
is this principally,which attracts such crouds
to the galleries of Congress, whenever it is1
understood that ho is to conic out. They
are brought together by a sentiment nkiii
to that which filled the amphitheatres of
ancient Ron.s; to enjoy the very humane
spectacle of the combats of the gladiators ;
to see with what dexterity the one can thrust,
and with what winning grace the other can
die.
Mr. Randolph’s sarcasms-are, in my opi
nion, far more barbarous than brilliant.—_
They are much more strongly marked by
i udetiess than wit: they’ prove that he regards
himself as a superior being and iooks upon
his equals with the most unfeeling contempt.
Whether this lordly port befits a republican,*
and becomes a Congress composed of free’
men, let those, who are the best judges of 1
their own privileges, decide. Its effect, in j
a public point of view, is most pernicious , j
for its tendency is to check and trammel
debate and indeed to destroy its utility alto j
getlier. It is not every man, not even every '
sensible man, who has firmness enough to •
defy the rudeness; of his personalities: and I '
should not be surprised, if they impose si
lence on many, who, although unabie to cope
with him in point of repartee, are capable
of giving much more solid aid to the debate.
1 he remark is at levst as old as the reign of
James the 1st of England, “ those that’are
t weakest in the coarse are yet nimblest in
jthe turn; as it is betwixt the erev-hciunri &
j tuc hare.
It was certainly no small misfortune to
this gentleman, that the speeches of Lord
[Chatham fell so early into his hands, liadhis
character been permitted to form itself bv
intermixing with his countrymen, he would
have been much better suited to the meri
I dian in which his fortunes are cast; but he
caught a view of Lord Chatham and his
doom was sealed. It is to the injudicious I
and unfortunate effort, which he is making to i
force himself into the character of that ce !
lebrated statesman, in defiance of nature, |
times %nd circumstances, that we may trace 1
almost every thing offensive in his manner,'
and all that is strange in his political career, j
fni ' imperious and dictatorial manner i
of Chatham, resulting from the conscious •
superiority ol his mind ; the lofty and irre- !
sistiblc spirit, with which he repelled the
aSErc3$ions of his adversaries and awed
them imo silence ; the proud contempt with
which he brushed away the gilded insects,
that wantoned in the begins of royal i*vor,
and these acts r istained and set off by the’
unrivalled vigor of his genius and fire of his
eloquence, presented a model which an as- j
piring young man could scarcely be expected
to resist. But in the eagerness of imitation, i
he has forgotten the dissimilitude of circum
stances. Lord Chatham lived under a strong
y niuimicuy ; supported Dy a npit
of rich ami luxurious nobles; & the highest
and most glorious efforts of his eloquence,
were ou the side of the people against the
power of the crown. Representing, as he
did, the majesty ot the people, and arraign
ing, on their behalf, the corruption, the fol.
ly or the tyranny of the court, he could
scarcely have taken a tone too high to be ,
becoming. But even in a monarchy, that1
tone would not have been long borne, unless
the grievances which lie depicted had been i
retd, and unless too, be had been upheld by j
a power of intellect, such as rarely occurs, |
more than once in an age. Bolingbroke
speaks ot the f.rofiricty of manners to cha
racter, :•% being that in which the grace of
action almost entirely consists : J give the
sentiment, I do not quote his words. Lord
Chatham’s manners were suited to his cha
racter, his country, and Ids times; butwhe
utar they will bear transplantation to the
CTTmate of a simple JKpublic, and become a
i man who, against t“e suffrage of rjie pc>
I pie, appoints hirnself to the office of dictator,
! who imagines grievances, that he may have
| ao opportunity of depicting them, and has
i neither Chatham's cause nor his vigor to
justify and uphold his manner, wz may
judge from the success of Mi'i Randolph !
experiment.
Had the Kings of Great Britain, the two i
last Georges, been virtuous ami enlightened, I
their measures judicious, and supported by I
a pure and untaught majority in Parlia- j
ment, Chatham, witli all Ins pv*ers, would
never have assailed them. It his patriotism i
had been asleep, hi? good sense would have |
told him, that such an assault could end on* j
ly in his own ruin, for he well knew, that |
r.u talents which the Almighty has ever ;
bestowed on man, can enable him to alter
the e sential qature of thing., or resist, for j
any length of time, the omnipotence of truth. |
Vet such, it stems to me, is the enterprise 1
in which Mr. Randolph is embarked.
'Hie eloquence of Lord Chatham had been
exerted in the opposition. A man, the e/ore,,
who had formed himself upon his model,!
had laboured to seizu his spirit, to catch the j
inspirations of his peculiar genius, and who !
depended more upon this factitious, than any !
original character, would find it necessary |
to enlist in a similar kind of warfare, that!
;s to say, in the ranks of opposition, or to
give up the hope oi shining with pre emi.i
nence. And, therefore, i:i the tufdiort of|
an American administration, even although j
of concurrent sentiments, Mr. Randolph j
s<x>n found himself entirely out of his ele
ment j the businen *as tame, and dull and!
insipid ; it gave no range for the boldntis of,
Ch.itaarns’s invective, no topic for annppeal
to shake the nation, no argument or scope I
for talents trained only to opposition. He- !
tidc,1> Lord Chatham was always at •]»« head
qP 1 party ; ant! it illy became his American
rival, to remain contented in u situation
where the most that he could expect, would
be to fill tbe foufth place, .tut C'xaar, aui
tiu!:ua. Ilem.e it \vv.'s, that suddenly, and n
Abe surprise of us all, without any apparent
jor assignable motive, |>e darted from the
tsphere in which he had been solving rolling
with splendor, and dropped, with all hit
hopes, into the abyss of federalism.
It is observe;!, by a distinguished wi itet
to whom 1 have already referred, that “ ti
do great hurt, some genius, some knowledge,
some talents, in short, natural or acquired,
are necessaiy-less indeed, far lean, than
arc required to do good, but always aome ”
I o do grcat hurt, indeed, may require ge
nius .• d knowledge ; but sorely to carp and
cavil at arty course of political conduct upon
earth, is among the easiest of all exertions
of the intellect. Milton halt shown us by
the speeches which he puts into tbe mouths
of the rebel angels, both bef. re and after
their fall, that exceptions, such as they arc.
may be taken even to the government of
Heaven, and most eloquent invectives be
pronounced against the administration of
the Almighty. And if tbe human mind be
equal to efforts like these, how much easier
is it to arraign the best works of man? All
taat we can ask of him, is, that hr shall
be honest and pure, and that he shall exert
his best faculties for his country’s good.
Randolph and the minority have
not thought it prudent to rely merely on the
use of reason, in forming and rallying a par
ty under his standard Pride, shame, vani
ty, tenor, interest, almost every noble and
every sordid feeling of the heart, have been
summoned to their a d, and, thank Heaven,
as yet, have been summoned in vain. Hence
young men who remain attached to the ad.
mi hi st ration, from the pure conviction
both ofits integrity and ability, are repre
sented as drones, who hang upon the court
without the spirit to think or act for them
*V,V ? • vv tnpse patriots, who assist in
aevising or supporting the e;ensures of go
vern men., because they sincerely ' believe
them most conducive to the public good, are
held forth as venal and time serving syco
phants; in the language of Philo Laos, “by
lur the most serxule courtiers we have."
Their crime is, that they have not the in
dependence to be led by Mr. Randolph.—
And wluie men of the first talents and firm
est virtues, are treated with this indignity,
every man, no matter how weak, who wa
ve* . or is thought to waver for a single mo.,
meiit, is courted with the most assiduous and
seducing flmery, and if he goes over, is
hailed wiwi eulogies, whose meaning, per
haps, lie scarcely understands: The timid
and nervous are brow-beaten and dismayed ;
the ardent and enterprising are allured by
the pride of taking bold and difficult ground :
The ignorant and honest, are to be alarmed
by being told, that their country is to be
annexed to the empire of France ; the weak
ancl sc I iii J are admonished, that power is
about to shift hands, and are advised to se
cure themselves by a timely retreat. Hut
notwithstanding the dexterity with which
ad these keys have been touched, the party
vvasstill so inconsideraole, that instead of be
ing able to make an impression upm the
country, the closing waves of popular sen
timent threatened to hide hem for ever.
As a last and desperate effort, therefore,
the federalists are called in ; and lest the
sincerity of the tendered alliance should be
tor a moment suspected, the leader of the
minority gives a public pfedga ; in hisplace
o > the floor of Congress, lie coinmks him
selt oy the declaration, that “ there can be
but two parties in any country ; the ins and
the outs.” I be pledge is accepted; the
parties coalesce, and are now striving in con
junction, to heave back the wheels of govern
ment.
Considering Philo-Laos and Muciusa3the
emissaries, at least, of Mr. Randolph, and
there is a sentiment in each of them very
characteristic of the man : The first deno_
ting his determined system of opposition, and
the other betraying his ambition totakethe
lead. By Philo-Laos we are told, that j
“ Whigs in power become Tories, and To
1 ics out oi power, Wings. This is obviously :
not only an apology for the present, but a
provision for the future, by entailing in end
iess perpetuity, on every opposition, the
popular and attractive name of Whig, llut
if this maxim were true, in the extent to
which it is laid down, it might well fill the
bosom of every friend of liberty with des
pair.
It evvery man whom we call into »ur cm
ployinept, becomes thereby of necessity a
traitor to himself and his country, it is
matter o» little moment whom we employ ;
the republic is at an end ; or might as well
be at end ; for all it sbenefits and beauty and
lustre arc gene. It is consolatory, there
fore, to remember that the maxim 13 pure
ly British, both in it3 terms and intention,
and applies to this country much about as
correctly ns the phrases’’“ servile coutriers,
palaces, ministry, court, chancellor of the
exchequer," and many others, which we
hear so frequently from the lips of Mr. Ran
dolph, and which he has learned to repeat
after lard Chatham.
Kven in England, however, I presume it
will be admitted, that this maxim had an
exception in that nobleman himself; and
surely in the United States, it had an ex
ception in Washington; in Washington to
whose illustrious virtues every American
feciinjj subscribes, and whose fame is too
solid to hs in danger of injury, except from
its prostitution to the most insidious and
base of purposes. I need say nothing of Mr.
Jefferson, as constituting another exception
to this maxim ; a great majority of his coun
trymen have already pronounced this opini
on ; and alt ho’ the pnvy and the malice of a
few, may strive to darken the present mo
ment, their efforts and themselves will soon
pass into oblivion. The candor o' the his
torian will dissipate these mists; posterity
wiil see only his principles and hi; actions,
and tracing him from his first step to his
f<nat retirement, will pronounce him among
the most pure, disinterested, enlightened!
zealous and able friends that this or any o
thcr republic, ever yet enjoved.
I lie sentiment from Mucins deserves
more serious attention ; it is this : •• weak
minds receive opinions at second hand;
ifrcot ones imfiosc themThis is a reflec
tion drawn from the life of Lord Chatham ;
.md frankly gives the key to the political
conduct of Mr. Unndolph.
Hr disdains to 51 .’opt the opinions of others
and aspires to the glory of imposing his own ;
hence he left the administration and attempt
ed to d erate a riei/- sectary of his own. This
is one of those casual escapes of sentiment
that shew fhe true character of a man
much more effectually, than any formal
profession of political faith, or than even
.iHv on*h of allegiante or abjuration. The
senti uent is certainly that of a man, whe
is ambitious 10 “ bestride the optjuu Hke a
Culos'us but thanks to the parcutm pr^tec
tim. ot 1'iovidcnce, it is the inclination only
and not "he power that lie possesses. J-\n
the Sul. of tile yndug, it may not be amis;
to ask, whether there lias been as n.ucl
judgment as ambition concerned in form
wig this scutimeut. The great Locke*
thought it an evidence rather of wisuuip
than of weakness, to receive a correct opi
nion, even at second hand; and so 1 prc’
some will every candid enquirer alter truth
mulatto the list member *of tj»e sentiment,
I (it Mr. Kandolph’s mind is to l»e reckoned
j among; the great ones,) experience mighi
, long since have, convinced him of its fallacy ;
j in such an age as this, no mind, howevti
great, can leng impose a f.ilxc opinion upon
the world, while men continue virtuous, and
the press and speech are free,
j Mad Mr. Knndolph appeared on the same
| theatre with Lord Chatham, it. would have
been obvious tc even' one, that he w^s mere..
; ly following the steps of a leader—“ non
fiassidus <equia:” hut in this country, where
the peculiar cast of Chatham’s character is
! very little studied by the young and almost
| entirely unknown onfonjotten hy the oltlj
this gentlemen has been able to pass off that,
j upon us, as boldness and originality, which,
in truth, is nothing more. than theatrical
imitation. It certainly requires uo small
: share of ingenuity even to imitate Lord
.Chatham's manner with tolerable. success,
i anil I willingly believe that in this case, the
I imitation would be perfect in every part, l» ;J
• far circumstances which Mr. llaudoiph can
j not possibly controul; such lot instance,us thet
jtMC government is not a monarchy ; that the
administration is neither ignorant, corrupt
nor ambitious; and that he himself has not
the stamina of his illustriuu.3 prototype.
Such are my sentiments of Mr. Knndolph
| as a politician. 1 hey may do him injustice
j—his admirers, I am sure, will pronounce
. them heretical and damnable ; they are ncr
vertheless, my sincere sentiments, and form.
cti, u x can junge my own Heart, without
j malice, hatred or ill will. Net- should I
•have thought it worth while to give either
I myself the trouble of expressing, or you of
reading them, but that the federalists stem
to think there is virtue enough in his name
to raise the dead, and serve as a passport
t.o their exploded opinions and calumnies.—
It is certainly high time fur the people cf
the U.S.to form a correct estimate of a man
when he himself avows, either by himself,
or his emissaries, that be seeks to ini/io&c
ftis opinions on us, and his friends quote his
savings as the responses of oracles.
Before v,e can be required to rely on him !
as an oracle, it surely is but reasonable that
l we be permitted to ascertain both hisdiviui
ty and impartiality. Demo-.thenes accused
the oracle at Dclphos of Phiiipisiug ; and j
without imputing the same motive, I strong j
ly suspect this new federal oracle of Ai.’glt- j
citing. It is impossible that I can coidide
both in the candor and acuteness of that
mind, which professes its inability to follow
the argument on the colonial trade ; or de
clares that it lias looked in vain for the inso
lence of Mr. Jackson.
DENTATUS.
* See his rpost excellent essay on the Con
duct of the Understanding.
Cj* la die Senate U. Suites, tiir. Bill for the im
provement of the U. S. by public roads and canals
has been postponed to the first Monday in Lzecth
ber next.
GC5* Accounts are afloat, that a French corps cf
60,000 were within 100 mites of Seville—that the
Supreme Junta were t/uittir.g business there, ^nd
removing to Cudiz.
Died—On Wednesday night, at his sea,
in Isle of Wight County, Col. Josiah Par
ker, an officer in the revolutionary army*
and many years a representative in Congress
for the Norfolk district.
Died, on Tuesday, the 20th instant, in the
22d year of her age, Mrs Aiiru C. Hoomks—
wife of Armstead Hoomes, Esq. of Caroline
county.
XT' ^TTjr.YTIQJY !*!
Manchester republic an blues’
you are ordered to attend mutter, at your
usual parade ground, in the town of Manchester,
on Saturday; the 7th April next, at diver, o’clock
precisely, with'anns, &c. in completq ordei.
By order of the Captain,
JOHN LORA, First S&rgeart.
March 27. iifl
V ALU ADI E PROPERTY FOR S A LE.—
On Wednesday the IBtli dv.y of Aj r.n
suing—Will he fi^td rt Public Auetioji, n.^ rtiie
premises, that beautiful and most desirable'valu
ation belonging ,o Mr. JededUb Allen, neaMhe
property qt Mrs! Craig—It has on it a hand;, i ne
frame Dwelling-House, with a" pood kilcltn,
smoke-house, dairy md jt..h‘a well o/ the bVt
water tn the r’ty of Richmond.
The Lott contain* one 3crC, having been or},
(finally two half acre Lotts, and has the adv.in
| tage of being bounded on .three sides by streets,
is highly improved—having a falling garden in
front anti a rery extensive and beautiful garden
at the Back of the house—anti for ngreeableness
of situation and salubrity of air, may be estimated
among the belt in the City.
Six, twelve and eighteen months credit will
be given, by giving notes with approved endor
sers, negotiable at the Bunk of Virginia and a
deed <d trust on the property to secure the pay
ment of the notes
STILL & BROOKE, Aue’rt.
Richmond, March 27. tds
SINGING SCHOOL—The subscriber will
open a SINGING SCHOOL, -it the Baptist
Meeting House, in this city, on Thursday, the
26lh of April next, where he will teach Psalm >.
dy. in all its parts, agiee.d>ly to the mosi approved
plan. His price for tuition is, five dollars p i
scholar,per quarter, comprising eighteen Iwy s
instruction. Three days in each month .from the
commencement until the school is finished. lie
trns.s from his knowledge in vocal music, logo,
ther with upwards ol'20year* e perience in teacn
ing.wiil merit a reasonable patronage, bupscripti
ona are taken by the Rcv’d. Mr. Pdair, Ucv’d
Mr. Courtn.ey, Major Robert Quarles, Mr. llob’t
McKiin and others.
LLISIIA LURING TON.
Richmond, March 27. nawGwfl
'"pHE Subscriber will practise LAW in th<
X Superior and Inferior Courts of Albe
marie, Nelson and Amherst, and in the Jug}
Court of Chancery for the district of Staunton
He will reside and occupy an pffice in the brici
building belonging to Col. Nimro l Branham
fronting the public square )n the to^o of Char
; ldttesville.
JO : JO : MONROE.
Oh.iflt/ltcivill?/ Mtrch 77. w.»w
t Tv
1. Willimtubuig, 4&/i Mutch, 181 -j.
*r|''llE ANNUAL MEETING of ti e I .. . i,
fl etors of llit' lJ sinal Swimp Com[i;iny, .It
heheld ul Suiioik, on the Slh day «f M.i
bougf’ie ueconilTi tf'sday. Anil it is earnestly
I iMjuestcU that the members will be pugctiml m
,',°i* attendance, either personally or L*. their Si
te; :.iea *
WILLIAM NELSON,
JOLfL ItRAC'KEN, l
CuR/J/N Gli JENIN, (-Managers.
JAMES HEN PERSON, J
. Maid. 27._ 4w
Nln Cutrcii, March 22J, lb 10.
OT1CI-—I’rojios.ds will be received, by the
1 Executive, for laying a floor in the Public
| I obacco Wan house, for the put {hue of si« Jug
| Hour, ]>.ii tui.nl to an act of the Gem. rat Asaeni
b'v, passed ut the 1 ..t session, until Mumt.-.- the
oi Ajnil next.
. SAMVEL COLEMAN, a. c. c.
Marcn 27 • 2t
Notipi 7" Councit. March 221, 1G10.
- ICL—In pursuance of an act of the Ge
neral Assembly, passed i * the hist sesal
on : Notica is hereby given, that a saie of the
PUB INC P NOP E It TY,
atthefoim „f Fork, will ta\c place, on Thurs
nay the 25th day U May ..ext, u.».ii«c premises,
m* crt;c3,“ ot V*e,'e "lunths Loud and security
to be approved by the Executive, will be requi
rad. l or uifor.natioii respecting the l.r-rvrtv
| inquire oi‘ jQpelor John Wills of Flu am.a coy,,*
I __ , SAMUEL COLEMAN, a. c. i.
f Mrrch St. 8vv
1 WfNGFIELD ACADEMY- ROLLS OF
Y» cs.iNOLL.lt—By ,iie expiration of the
| term of some of tm* student* (Jjoardcrj. a, this *
seminar,-, on the fi s« of April, there w.ll be room
lo. Urn reception arid nct'oi.iinedatum of four or
u*i-Scholars, a ; bo tilers
i-m- subsci ibvr deems it sufficient to say, that
« those branches of Literature a id S; iei.ee, u
s'udy attended u» at - cch hist^utiovs, aVe taught
w V to l,lc ,,iC,s:- approved methods •
,'v ,u* vuccesv, he is willing the publ.c, who
have had opportunity of judging, slioulU deter
mine.
Tlie strictest attention will lie paid to the health'
and morals, as well as to the I’miifovemcntcf the
students. * .
TERMS.
® rer quarter, inclusive of bed and bedding
» 7 10*. per quarter, exclusive of do
-- , PETER NELSON.
March 27. , ...
*_Z L___ u w
v > I vuiue of two decrees of the Superior
> J* Court of Chancery, for tilt Richmond dis*
tnct, in the casts i f Jordan and Mirrshall ai d
l ay lor, Guardiaes of the orphans of William
Daiidr.dge, decM. against the heirs and adminis
tiator.s or William Price, cVv.iMstil Will be
Belli, at public auction, on the premises, on Mon
‘!aX *'* April next, The following PkO
rEA\ > i, to \.if ; ,v HOUSE and part of a 1.07\
on the -t, in the -ity ,.f Kirlimom . or*
w lockoe-ILd, aojoinirtg a brick house belonging
! > iiiomas White, called the Blue House, &uh
jtec iii il>e eventual claim of dower, of the wife
ot J"hn Britain, and four . uni/uprovioi half acre
LO lin the same cry, l .te titc mi.petty of tha
sa,<* VVilliuin Price, dcckl. on, a errdit of two
yearj, with interest from the date The purch,.
vr giv.ng bonds w.th approved security, pavublo
to the respective planiifis, and tlie title to be re
tamed until the payments are made.
JOHN PROSSER,'} ^
Wr... MONCURE, < Co.*nm rs
M^rcl> 23_ tils
OTICE I hereby caution all persons a- '
, h'ainsi cr« diimg my roil James Johnson, ji .
, as } am determined not to p ,y any debt of his
■ contracting : 1 also give tl;e same caut-on to ail
. pcraO.is against bargaining with my sa.tl son, or
contracting with him for my property, as he is
under ago, aiiii T dial. in either case, avail myself
of the law and this notice.
j , JAMES JOHNSON, Svr'r
Loun v M irrli 27 u>: . 051
I t‘ilwij-‘ ier r- • 1 i i m arms the in
: JL habnams of Mnnclirsicr and its vii initv,
: that he has just open . R ,.l Medical Sioiej
mime ’lately opposite John*. n’s warehouse, jn
I "■'*>*} tow.i .vui-re will b^ kepi a constant sup.
piy of fresh Medecine*. whidu will be sold lew
j tor cask.
; K. B The Copartnership df Watts k Arch
er was dissolved in June last. The Subscriber
j continues to practice Physic, Suigery an f .Mid
wdery; tliose who may cluise to employ him
mav rely on the strictest attention being paid to
their respective cases. ,
• P IS HING TON JVJ TTS.
Manchester, March 23. 3^.
^ Council, March IP. 1810.
Nf* I Ii_.E—1 hat llie Executive will receive
proposals until the 15fi bi April next, fob
furnishing the Prisoners in the Pehiti.nli-irv, with
r .tn.ii for one ve*r, commencing Ihe’ltJlh 1 f the
4a d month of April next.
At tut,
SAMUEL COLEMAN, a. c. c.
March 23. ___ t!5A
XTO 1' 1 <’b.—The Subscriber having j u.chaa
IN cd the entire Stocks of Mr. Alexander d«
Plainville, begs leave to otter to the public a g.ne
iy,I rum itiii.riit oi C,rocei_t, Confectionary, Cake,
kc.— Which will Le disposed of to a moderate
price.'
LEWIS COUVERT.
{March 23. 4t
I4*t>If SA1.F.—5*T ar.r< of l.ANJ), in ine
1- county of r'.mherst, on the head waters i f
Tye River, tiist rate tobacco Fat'd. As t • its si.
tuatinn, empiirc of Col Joseph Shell on, of Nd
>son county, who has a power to dispose of the
Bame dr to T. H. PROSSER.
March 2^. ep4w
(£P FairliekL Races!!!'
THK FAIUFIELD HACKS,
Will ccnimcncc on(hc jtraC Monday in May
I^IHSr DAY'—The Jocky Club Pune,'$400*
fojir mile hea.a
2d DAY—The Proprietor's Purse, of $ 200,
three iBilc heats.
3d J) AY—.The J mitral Sroeepsttde, three mile
heats, i,e Subscribers at $ 1U0 c.'di, frte for all
“*«»• ,
4tli 1VVY—A Sveepstale will he opened for
four ye*.'old«, two mile heat*, & J'j dolla.s en
trance, tote run for *t 1 o'clock, free only for
the TTH-ml.Wof the chib—and oh fin* BarneWay,
i another Svt cpstak?. is opened for three year old
colts Mill lliY.ts, tv o mile. l.a its, fif;y dollar* cn
I trance, to bo run lor at 4 o’clock—free only for
j members.
There ave several other Sweepstakes opcn<\.?,
i which will shewn 3tthe Judges’ stand, oh the’
■ first day’s race.
E. SMOCK,
Treasurer and Pnpriefor.
March ' »>?
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