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VARIETIES
LITERARY L’ PHILOSOPHICAL.
(riU»M THE LONDON MONTHLY LACUINC
rou februahy, IblO )
Dr. Scott, late oriental professor at th« Roy
al East-India College, has in the press, an edi
tion of the Arabian Night* Entertainments, to be
embellished wiili engraaings from designs by
Emirke. The last edition in four volt*, duodeci
mo* of the translation from GaUaud’s French ver
sion, received considerable additions iron; the
pfn of Mr. Gough of Eidicld. This Edition Dr.
Soott adopts as his basis, carefully revising and
occasionally correcting it from tiie Arabic origi
ns.. To this he has added anew volume, com
prising thirty-live Talcs, now first translated
from an Arabic copy of the One Thousand and
Gne Nights, brought into Europe by Edward
Wortley Montagu, and deposited in the Bodlei-1
all Library ; Sc also an Introduction & notes illus
trative oft he religion, Manners, Customs, and
Domestic Habits, 8tc. of the Mahummeduns.
Hinry HinJe Felly Ls(/. of Upton, Essex, a gen
tleman advanced in years, and who used to be
Hiii up annually for three or four months with a
vfolpnt fit of the gout, having read in some old
b£<V that a loadstone worn next the skin was a
sure preservative against that excruciating dis
ease, and knowing that some ol tlie finest and
most powerful magnets are found in G»lr.onds,
employed an agent in India to procure him orc
froVn that province. This stone chipped into a
convenient shape, he constantly wears sewed in
* litL'e flannel case, suspended from a black ribbon
fount l his neck next his skin. It is about two
inch^i long, an inch and a half broad, and two
tenths, of an inch thick, and its magnetic virtue
is very; great. It much resembles a piece of
slate- Such as school boys learn to cypher or..—
Ftitly says that be now and then has some
slight Switches, which only serve to remind him
of the t errible paroxysms to which he once was
subject, lie happened one diy to omit hanging
this amulet about his neck ; another and another
day passed, and as several years had elapsed
without a lit, he began to think that the magnet
had altered his system, and rendered him intan.
ypble by gout. One night however ho awoke in
torment; he called for his safeguard and threw
it about his neck ; he escaped with a slight at
tack, and has never since been without his piece
of loadstone, which he wears night and day, and
enjoys perfect freedom from all the pains inflict
ed by bis old enemy.
JI'JSSIA.
The skeleton of the Mammoth found in the
ice, at the mouth of the river Lena, in Siberia,
■which hus been for some time publicly exhibited
at Moscow, is said to be intended for the Mu
seum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, at
Petersburg. Professor Tilesius lias made forty
drawings of the skeleton, and its various parts,
which tie merns to publish in folio, with obser
Vations. On some joints he differs from Cuvier.
TJie greatest cold of last winter observed at
Mojj ow, was in the night of the lllh ofJanua
ary. Mercury exposed to the open air, in a cup,
Jby Dr. Itehmann, was frozen so bard, that it
anight be cut with sheers, and even filed. Count
lluulou; lin found the Mercury in three thermo
meters withdrawn entirely into the ball and fro.
.zert ; but in another it was seen by himself and
four o* her persons, from 6 o'clock till half after,
(46j F.) Mr. Rogers, of Troitsk, is
said to hare seen it at 3-l'J (4-1* F ) before it
froze and withdrew into tlie ball.
crr«A.:;v
The last October beuk fair at Leipsic, although
it boasted of as numerous a collection of litera
ry novelties as usual, was by no means so well
attended by purchasers as on former occa
sions.
The names of 178 booksellers appear in the nffi.
cial catalogue, published during the fair, as con
tributing new publications on tills occasion ; of
these the total number was 777. Seven hundred
and fifteen were German productions, and sixty- i
two were written in the other European langua
ges. Of the German works 116 were new edi
tions, seventy nine were almanacks, and other
periodical works. The rest chiefly consisted of
compilations and elementary works, for the best
of schools. Indeed books of this last descrip
tion were more numerous than at any former
fair.
Fifty seven novels or romances have been pro
duced during the year. The most popular of
these, Dig IVlull verveandschajten, is from the
fertile and pathetic pen of M. Goethe. The
names of Lufont&ine, Wagner, and Voss, also
appear in the Leipsic catalogue as the authors
of several works of this description ; and M
Kotzebue has favoured his admirers with a new
s ohime of Tales. Under the head of Novels and
Komanr.es, we find a volume with the title cf
Schilhana ,-—the adventures of tl>e unfortunate
JSchill and his. followers, form the subject of these
ana.
FRANCE.
The use of copper vessels in cookery is justly
dreaded, and Various articles are, nevertheless,
dressed in such vessels, without acquiring any
injurious qualities. M. Proust determined to
discover, it possible, the cause of these contra
dictory effects lie boiled for above an hour, in
a copper vessel, a quantity of strong vinegar,
■which completely filled the vessel. The most
active re-ag nts, siioli as sulphurated hydrogen,
did pot discover the smallest effect produced on
the liquor by the copper. He found however
that theconj becomes oxided, or rusted, only
when the vessel is not full; in which case, a
portion of its surface is exposed to the action of
the atmosphere, the oxygen of Which combine*
Writhit. This theory he verified by many expe
riments. The heat produced during the lime of
boiling, b)’ greatly dilating the air which comes
into contact with the copper, prevents thi*
Combination. The accidents then which some
times follow the use of copper vessels, are. oc
casioned by stiffen nig 1 quids to co-.d in them, tin.
ring which lime the air has access to the surface
of the copper. This theory certainly explains by
•what meant it may happen, that one person shall
use with safety, and consider os not unwhole
some, the saint vessel which another person finds
extremely deleterious. Hence also our house
wives will perceive the. reason, why cleanliness
is their security, when their culinary vessels be
come partly unturned by continued use.
M. Vauqnelin lias analysed a meteoric stone,
winch fell on the *t-l of May, IftOrt, at btaunern,
in ivJor.,via, and found in Poe hundred pails of it
the following substances 1
Sile* 50
JLirne 22
.Alumine <j \
Oxide of iron gy
Oxide of Manganese j
Oxide of W ickel, « slight trace, 7
scarcely to be. estimated at 001 jj
Sulphur, an atom
Thin aerolite must therefore l>e of a dWItrent
BpBcios liom Uiose that h*vi- hitherto been nu»
lystd. itneo it contain# iu.iH.r-r magnesia nor
emornc, substances constantly futmd in other
atones of t us description j ittiu in containing a
considerable quantity of aluminei trace# only’of
Vrhieb Iimvo beet, diioiffettd ttr others.
Thei.ij deduct* ednvtructinj' at I'.-ris, hare en
Itfded M. Jiiot to irak. (xperimriiU on the pro*
fi.*^A;.on '■•i fcotnu), vlin#ufjli solid bodies, on u
la'*. s ili l * inn had in ther to been <l(i,c. 'Hie
towl .t.iftdi o. it.ii pipes was, UlSduW.* A Liu*
TOR THE EjXQUIRER.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
_ No. XVI,
The committee have also reported, that " 11460
musket stocks arc estimated at 25 cents tack, the
greatest portion of tv Me A cost only 18, tome 19, &■
a feta 21 cents. 8092 pistol stocks arc estimated
at 12 cents each, which cost 6i ana a few li cents
each.”
la relation to the difference between the origi
nal cost ol the musket and pistol stocks, and the
prices ot those articles, as estimated in the state
ment of stock on hand, when the subsequent ex
pellees of those articles were added ; 1 have to
remark, that the observations which 1 made above
respecting the cost of the iron on hand, will e
qually apply to the musket and pistol stocks : But
the committee, in stating that the musket stocks
had “ cost 18, some nineteen, and a few twenty-one
cents each,” have made another wilful attempt
to deceive. As in their representation of the ori
ginal cost of the iron ; so in their representation
ot the original cost of the musket & pistol stocks,
their report is Lise, as the documents in the Au
ditor’s oflice will prove. 1 have jiaid that the at
tempt was wilful, because they must have exa
mined the documents relative to the musket
slocks, to have ascertained that some of them
were purchased at 18, some at 19, and a few at
— I cents each , and the same documents proven
that several purchases ol musket stocks were
made within tile common wealth, at 25 cents each,
ic that thousands had been purchased at Philadel
phia, for our armory, at 25 cents each, exclusive
ol the additional expcnces incurred in their trans
portation from thence to the „rmory. The same
document.* also shew that eight cents each was
not the highest price given for pistol slocks, and
that 64 cents was given lor cutting them out of
the walnut plank alter it was purchased, although
| the committee have stated that 64 cents was the
lull cost of each pistol stock.
1 ne report further states—“ Your committee
beg leave to select a few instances, to show the
incorrectness of the estimate made : 1853 wel
ded barrels arc charged at 139 cents eacli; in the
last annual report, they weri estimated at 114
cents. 2279 pistol barrels in different situations,
as stated to be on ham!, which are estimated from
20 to 30 per cent, more, than in toe report of last
year.” I will here observe, that the committee
were frequently informed of the circumstances
which caused the musket and pistol barrels to
cost more in the year 1808, than in the preceding
jear. It was frequently mentioned to them, that:
having enlarged the proof charge of our barrels,
it was necessary to give them additional thick-1
ness, to enable them to bear that charge ; which 1
required more iron than was formerly used for
that purpose, and that the price of that article \
was somewhat higher, to which was added a|
small difference in the price of the labor employ-1
ed on barrels. But because the barrels had cost
25 cents more in 1803 than in 1807, which is the '
difference between the 139 and the 114 cents :
Does that “ shew the incorrectness of the estimate
made ?” Surely they might nave known (without
being told) that neither Lite price ot labor, nor of
mutcrmls, is stationary, but that they rise and fall
according to circumstances. The committee
were also informed, that the pistol barrels were
formerly made of the sound and substantial parts
ol refused musket barrels, oil which account the
pistol barrels cost considerably less than if they
had been welded lor the purpose ; but the de
mand fur arms for the cavalry, induced the exe
cutive to direct the making of a greater number
ol pistols, than we could procure barrels lor in j
that way, and we were under the necessity of ha-1
vmg them welded for the purpose, which caused '
them to cost considerably more than when they |
v.ere made of the parts of musket barrels. The I
committee may have found an interest in the ma
king of false statements ; but no interest could
have accrued to the otliccrs of that institution by
adopting such a course.
’lie report further states—“Your committee
arc therefore induced to believe, that the compo
nent purls and niutetiuis on hand, are estimateu at
icast 25 per cent, more than they are really
worth”
Here then wc see that the committee, in»teatl
of finding from a:» examination of ducuineiUI,
wlicllic. or not llie component parts rnd materials
liad really co*t what 1 had reported, hypotheti
cally stale that they are •* induced to believe" that
the component parts and material* on hand, are
estimated at least 25 per cent more than .hey are
really worth. And accordingly, they nave, at
random, estimated them at 25 per cent.less than
their actual coat, in order to throw the balance
oi their cost on the muskets. They might with e
cjual propriety, have estimated them at 50 per ct.
or at any other rate, us at 25, less than their cost,
winch was an arbitrary and unjust valuation.
i lie report proceed* thus—** Your committee
have not imluded in the foregoing estimate of
disbursements, for the manufactory of arm*, the
expense necessary to keep the machinery in re
pair, which amounts to S 1000 per annum ——tf
Uiat should he deemed a proper charge, and your
committee ere correct in estimating the materials
component parts at 25 per cent, less than the
s'.ati rncmol the olficcis, then the account would
st ind ih'is i
j Nett sum of disbursements as above
stated,
S 150,300 55
One fou, l!i of tlie estimate of mate*
i n Is and component pavts,
6,000
171,123 55
“ Which brings each musket made-, to tl,c sum
*-f {■_> 5 6 42,anu shews that the public have lost
liic suiu ol £y 56,237 25, AAtfhialing e.ich jjnn,
with the hammer atone eiut, was heard at the
other, producing two distinct sounds ; the inter
val of which measured In more than 200 trials
was 2,5”. The temperature was 11” (5^ 8 F-)
According to the experiments of the Academy,
the time of the propagation or sotlnd to this dis
tance, through the air, should be 2,79”, at the
temperature j from which, if we deduct 2.5”,
the interval observed, we have 0,29” for the time
the sound was in being propagated through this
solid substance. This result was confu-ined in
another way. Two persons were stationed at
the opposite extremities of the pipe, each provi
ded with a half second watch, carefully compar
ed, and each struck alternately with a hammer
at intervals, of 0,15,30, and 45 seconds. The
time of the arrival of the two sounds was not* u,
and the sum of the numbers indicated by the
watches, gave double the time oi the propaga
tion by the solid substance, independent of the
difference there might be between them. Tims
the time of the transmission oy the solid, was
found by repeated observations to bn 0,26”. and
ot that by the air 2,76". The first result diilcrs
from that given by the intervals of the sounds on-!
ly 0,03” ; and the second dilfers from the time
deduced from the observations of the acudcmy
just as much ; an agreement that appears to
confirm the results. M. Biot likewise observed
that, at this distance, the lowest voice might he
heard perfectly well from one end to the o
tlier, and with sufficient distinctness to keep up
a conversation.
LAST INDIES.
A shark of extraordinary dimensions sotr
months since made its appearance in the upper
parts of the river Hooglcy, where the Hindoos
are accustomed to perform their ablutions.—Mu- j
ny attempts wrere made to destroy it, but in vain !
Three bramins with several of their folio wets
were among its victims, ar.d the greatest con
sternation prevailed among the bathers, who
rather than forego a practice consecrated by their
religion, were content to enjoy it at the risk of
their lives.
1> ATTERSEA T,Al*ERMILLS.-Those wno
5 wish to encourage the manufactures of their
own *lute are infbrntr.il, that they Cali be suppli
ed witii Paper Manufactured in Petersburg, ii
any quantities.
PRICKS AS FOLLOWSt
Fine Letter Paper Vellum, jj> 4 75 '
Do. do. Laid, 4 50
Jjr
Fools Cap No. 1. 4 3
Do. No 2. 3 37J
Do. No. 3. 3 121,
Folio Post Vellum, 9 50
Do. Laid, 9
Fine Printing Medium, 5 50
Do. 4 50
Excellent Wrapping Paper, 1
(Li* A liberal discount made to wholesale pur.
chasers.
Or Jcrs for any of the above qualities, r ddress
cdto the subscribers, executed at the shortest
notice.
BAKISTER O’ C9.
August 4.
•vuf
u joriunatcly did without doing any inju„
ry I It in stated that there were frem lu to
12.000 bushells of grain in these mills, the
whole oj which we believe will be lost, be
sides large quantities of four .four barrels,
hogsheads, isfc Lie. lost and damaged. IVc
curt give no guess at the immense loss of
Jirojterty sustained by this unfortunate e~
vent ; <wc may however venture to say,
40.000 dollars at a moderate commutation.
'Ihe night was calm : and the volumes of
curling smoke and flame seemed to ascend
to heaven, H Jail again to earth, in a show
er of burning cinders. Our powers of des
cription would fail us, were sue to attempt
to paint the scene as it really was. The
gleaming of the flames, contrasted with the
blackness of the. horizon; the scenery around,
with the attendant circumstances,presented
a picture (alas, too real !) awfully magni
feent.
One of these mills (Morton and Wil•
son's) wus built on the most modern con„
structivn, and had every improvement and
convenience, which rendered it not only one
the first in the United Utates, but in the
world. —Watchman.
But notwithstanding this declaration, that in
relation to the component parts and materials on
hand, they had“ taken the statement and valua
tion of the officers,” yet in a subsequent part of
the report, we lind that the committee them
selves did estimate or value those component
parts anu materials on1?andat‘‘ do per cent less
than tlie statement of the officers,” the words
then, •* your committee have taken the statement
and valuation of the officers,” are palpably (aise.
liy undervaluing the rifles, pistols, swords, i*c.
' the committee made the muskets appear to cost
dolls. 14 55, aiurwards by changing their ground
and undervaluing the component parts and ma
I terials ou hand, they make the muskets appear to
j cost dolls-16 42 cents. Aud, lastly, by underva
J Luingthe muskets, they endeavor to make it ap
I pear, that the commonwealth have lost, or impro
perly expended dull*. 56,237 25. So that the
committee, instead of ascertaining the cost of
the arms, from the vouchers which are kept in
the public offices for that purpose, arbitiarily and
unjustly seta value (according to tiieir own ca
| price) upon every species of arms made at the
manufactory ; anu also upon the stock of compo
nent parts of arms aud materials on hand.
JOHN CLARKE.
JVilxington (Delaware. ) June 2. j
AWFUL IT DESTRUCTIVE CONFLAGRATION
About one o'clock yesterday morning
the cry of fire was heard in our streets.
The cause of this alarm originated in the
large and extensive mill lately erected at
Brandywine by Morton and Wilson. Be- i
fore the citizens had arrived at the spot
from Wilmington, the whole roof of the j
building was enveloped in a mass o/ JSre; 1
and in spite oj the united exertions of the
people of Brandywine and Wilmington, the
mill in which the fire began, together with
the one adjoining were entirely consumed.
One man, in the confusion, got his leg broke.
We have heard of no other accident. This
was truly fortunate : for during the bust
est purl of this melancholy scute, a mill
stone, which was rolled out of one of the
mill doors, took a direction down the hill,
and through the crowd, who parted before
it yuick enough to suffer it to pass, which !
•wUh a bayonet, at g 10 73, for which it appears
they could be furbished by contract.”
The committee in tins case, appear to have
shrunk from the iViseigenuousness of their own
report, tor conscious that the gross misrepresen
tations whirli it contains, (particularly in this in
stance) did not 'merit coi lidencc, they apeak
doubtfully <‘f the propriety ot* the course they
have here tak in, to make the ir.usiett appear t<>
cost more th.ni even their former exaggerated
statement made then) ; this ap{>cars by the fol
lowing' words, viz. lfihjt should he deemed
a proper einrge, and your committee are corvect
in estimating the materials and component parts
at '23 per cent. Lss than the statement of the of
liocrj.”
’l his was, in effect, saying to the House and to
the world, »ve are conscious that we are misre
presenting f.icts, but if you will be so credulous
as to believe our estimate, which is founded upon
mere conjecture, and is not only unsupported but
Contradicted, by public documents and vouchers,
we can then make you believe that the muskets
cost whatever we may please to state , either
sixteen or sixty dollars each. In relation to tins
disgusting imposition, 1 will observe, that the j
committee might, with the same degree of pro-!
pricty, instead ol estimating the component parts I
and materials st -5 per cent less than their cost,
have estimated them at 1UU [>cr cent, less ; at
which estimate they would amount to nothing:
Then ttie whole sum expended on those articles,
might be laid on the muskets, which would have
made them appear to cost considerably more than
the committee had stated, hut let us unravel
this sophistical statement. The committee by the j
uncandiil process above exhibited, arbitrarily ue- !
duce g in.123 55, us a sum proper to be divided
among 10395 muskets, which they say ** brings
each musket made, to the sum of }5 16 42 (a
price iS 1 S7 higher than they had already stated
them to have cost, as has been shewn, to wit :
S 1-4 55.) They then say—" estimating each gun
w.th a bayonet at S 10 75-” And by their calcu
lations ( which indeed would disgrace a school
boy,) they make the 10325 muskets at dulls. 16
42 each, amount to dolls. 56,237 25 more than if
they had cost only dolls. 10 75; the price they
had arbitrarily tixed upon them ; and attempt to
impose upon Hie credulous a belief, that the pub
lic have lost dolls. 56,237 55, because they chose
to fix a price upon the arms, &.c. greatly below
their cost or their value. It will be recollected,
that the first step taken by the comtipllce in re
lation to the cost of the arms, he. was, that they
tixed an arbitrary value upon all the rifles, pistols,
cavalry swords, polished iron scabbards, japan
ned iron scabbards, artillery swords, 5cc. greatly
below their value, in order to throw the balance
ot their cost upon the musJL-ett. by which they
made the muskets amount to dolls. 14 55, when,
in tact, they bad not cost so nmcli as dollars 12.
They then stated, that “ as it respects the num
ber and quantity of component parts and materi
als on hand, and oilier arms and urticles comple
ted, your committee have taken the statement
and valuation of the officers, except the value of
rifles, pistols, swords and scabbards, which your
committee estimated from the testimony Ik their
own information.”
NOTICE.—All persons indebted 10 vlic t-5
tale of Mr. Robert Gamble, dcc’tl.are re
quested to come forward &. settle llieir uccounts
1 hose who have claims against the estate, will,
please make them known to
JOHN C. GAMBLE, Administrator.
3J. _W«jy
I^OU SALE, THE HOUSE AML) ROTS
in the City ot Richmond, at present m the
occupation of Mr. John St. John.
1 tie imnroremenls consist of a good dwelling
Utilise, Office, kitchiu and stable. On the square
opposite to the House, are two half acre lots,
which will be sold separately or with l!iu house.
The premises will be shown by Mr. St. John to
any person wishing to put chase. The terms
may be known on application to Gen. John Pres
ton, or to the subscriber in Lynchburg.
V/. RADFORD.
June 1._\vtf
Best London sureri<ini<. cloths
AS IT KERSEYMEllES. The subscri
bers have just received an elegant assortment of
the bat Superfine
CLOTHS AMD KERSEYMERES,
Per John and Edward, via New-York—2 Rales
Carpeting, and 40 boxes 8 by 10 and 10 by 12
Window Glass—they have also on hand, a few
pieces Irish Linens,-^Cotton Csmbrichs, Iron
Rein Door Locks, Scot’s Springs, cic. which they
will sell lota I’or cash.
ELLIS & ALLAH.
June L__Ww
IRON CASTINGS, of every description
(.patterns being furnished) will be executed
m the neatest manner, at the Voundcry, attached
to the Virginia Manufactory of Arms.
JOHN Sl'APLES, Sujicrintcndant.
•A-P1*! JO* wGanp
V ALUABLE LAivDS FOR SALE—A
V "1 ract in Lincoln County, Kentucky, lying
on both sides Rock Castle River in an oblong
square, containing by survey in 1700—6437 2-3
Acres. Or one thousand Acr.-s—the first
•hoice of the whole tract, may be sold scperaic
*y
This Land, from its situatim, certainly com- j
mands advantages above any other in that part
of the country where it lies- It is'well water- ■
eA, and has many very superior M ill-seata, and !
Three Saltworks now in operation.
Also, a tract of 1,360 Acres l'rime Land, in '
the Fork of Butlidoe Creek, in Monongalia
County, Virginia.—This laud is extremely valu
able for grazing on.
This is the greatest opening that, perhaps, c
ver has, or ever may offer again, lor Land spe- '
culalion.
Any person wishing to purchase, or obtain a- !
ny information on the su'-.ject, will please make I
application at the Post Ollicc, Richmond City, j
The Titles to these Lands are indisputable. •
_Richmond City Va.—juue 1. w4w
BY virtue of a deed of trust, bearing date the
8th clay of August, 1807, ami recorded in
the General Court ; Will be sold, for icady mo
ney, on Thursday, the i2th of luly next, the
LOTS 1ST HOUS li S,
Near Belvidere, now in tin, occupancy of Mrs.
Price. The sale will take piace on the premises,
at 11 o'clock, a m
A B VENABLE, } _
SAME EL McCRAW, $ Tiutcet.
_ Pine 8.______ wllSJuly
JT'OR SALE—MT TRACT OF L AS U~T\y
. irg in Amherst county, oil James River—
about 6 miles above Lynchbuig; which conLins
426 acres, 30 of which is excellent low grounds,
the balance good high land. There is about220
acres to clrar ; and there is also two cotnlo, table
Dwelling Houses, and several necessary out ’
bouses—there is also a good shad fishery and a
public ferry.
If any gentleman w ishes to view the Land, it
will be shewn by Mr. John Magan, who resides
on it. Possession given next fall. The terms of
sale may be made known by applying to the sub
scriber, residing in Warminster. There will he
a great bargain sold. WILLIS H. WILLS.
June 8. \v4a<([
N. 11. This Tract of Land goes by tire name of
Trent’s Ferry.
JOHNSON & RF.AT—JEWELLERS and
SILVER-SMITHS, at the Crescent Sign,
nearly opposite the Eagle-Tavern, have just re
ceived, h Supply of articles in their hue, which
in addition to their former stock, renders their
assortment very complete, consisting of Pearl U
Topaz BroaslPm.% Darings and Bracelets, PL
led Castors, Bread Baskets, and Candlesticks.
Jcwelrj or Plate furnished on the shortest no
tice, to any patterns. Ordcts from their friends
will be attended to with their usual punctuality,
O J’ The highest price given for old Silver or
Gold.
June L_ tf
WAM El), 1MMEI)/J '/Tf AT, at the Bell
Tavern, a young man well calculated for
A BAR-KEE P K R :
He must be sober, i illustrious, nttetitive, and a
tolerable book kccjier—To s.icji a one, well re
commended, liberal wages will be given.
June 0. gf
IN pursuance of an ORDINANCE, to amend
the Ordinance to prevent Dugs from going
at large in the city of Richmond. Notice L, here
by given, that no dogs will be permitted to run
at large, in the said cilf, between the first day id
next month, and the hftcmtli day of September
next
May 22. tlJj
Fousat.e, THREE TRACTS OP LAND,
lying ite»r Charlotte Couil-Hou.se :
One of fifty Here*, in a half mile of amid
Court-House, at the fork of the roads leading
l» Colc*’s IkClark’s Irrryc*; running across both
roads, uml taking in a small point between lhcu>,
admirably situated fora Tavern or Store.
Another of one iiunuriu axl> i hirty
eight acres, upon Clark’s ferry-road, in about
three quarters of a mile of said Court House,
having a very good Spring on itThose tract*
are without improvement*.
Anotberof nine kunukeu and twenty
seven acres, in three miles of said Court
House, lying upon little Koanoak Kiver, con
taining by estimation, one hundred and seventy
or eighty acres of Low-Grounds of got d quality
This tract has small improve menu, with u fresh
plantation, and adjacent to as good a range as
any in the County. I atn resolved to sell, and
will take young Negroes in part pay—Any per
son wishing to purchase, may apply to the Sub
scriber living at Halifax Court House.
THOMAS H. READ.
May 25. Iawl2w1t
INCHANCERY.—Buckingham May Court,
1810.
Cary Drew and Elizabeth his wife, administra
tor and administratrix of Charles Taliaferro, de
ceased, Plaintiff.
Vs
John Baskcrvills, jr. and Robert Rurton,
Defendant*.
ON tbe motion of the plaintiffs, and it appear
ing to tiie satisfaction of die court, that the de
fendant, B iskervllle, is not an inhabitant of this
state : It is ordered and dt creed, Tliut unless the
defendant Baskerville shall appear here at Au
gust term next, and answer th'e plainliiPs bill,
the court will then proceed to take the same for
confessed, and decree the matter thereof accor
dingly ; and that a copy of tkis order be forth
with published in some publicnews-paper of the
city of Richmond, for two months successively,
and another copy be posted up at the courthouse
door of this county.
A Copy.
It. ELDR1DGE, jr. n. c.
May 25. w8wn
V"A J-UARLE LAND FOR SALE—The
subscriber will sell, ami give immediate
possession, of that well b .wn .stale, CfcUcil
lJlcnheim, situated on the south west moitniaiiw,
in tile county of Albcniai'lt*, containing by late
survey*, two thousand eight hundred auduinetr
acres : this Land is peculiarly well adapted to the
grow ih \\ neat anti i oliacco, untl considered
equal in fertility to any adjacent thereto, is.
shout six miles front Hiiiton, from which pluces
there i3 an easy navigation for bnttcaux to the city
of Richmond. O.i the premises is a large connuodi
ous dwelling House, which, from the elegance of
its situation, and other advantages, nukes its*
desirable residence for a genteel family. I* will
he told entire or ditid-: «l, to suit purchasers_
Further particulars made known by Captain joha
Harris, Albemarle county, Mr. James Patton,
Alexandria, Messrs Maedoualdun J Ridel;-, Bal
timore, or j Roys
Who wishes to sell Land in the counties*of
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania and Caroline,
also Houses and Lotts, pleasantly and advanta
geously situated on the Ilill und hlainstrcct ix
the town of Fetlerickshurg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, May l tf
C'* TERRELL and L. ATKINSON, have
removed their SCHOOL, from the
main street, to a shady and retired situation ota
the hill, unjoining Southgate’s.
May ‘JP.,f
OltnoN; TROKMS Sk. Co. oiler for sale,
VJ" 11 pipes, 14 hhda. and some quarter casks
Madeira Wine, which they have imported in a
vessel direct from Madeira, arrived 3 or 10 days
ago at Norfolk, and hourly expected at Rocketts.
This Wine was particularly ordered to be of the
fust quality, the price not being an object, and it
is said to be “ ol superior quality and selected
with uncommon care,” partly from the firrnof
Murdoch, Yuille, Wudrop &. Co and Scot & Co.
whose Wines arc generally pul up very differ*
ently 11 ivoral.
June 5. 4t
jl is heicby agreed, that all contracts or co
. partnerships existing between L. H.Girar.
dm and D. Doyle, as well as between L. H. Ci
r»rdin, D Doyle, and John Wood, as joint lea
chersotthe school, commonly knovtu byt!ie
name of Girard in’s Academy, cease to exist on
the first day of September, 1810. As witness
our lm.ida this 29th of May 1810.
L. II. GIRARDIN,
DAVID DOYLE,
JOHN WOOD,
June 5
If
IN consequence of the separation winch will
take place on the first of next September be
tween L.H Girardin, D. Doyle, and John
W ood, the undersigned wi'l jointly from said
date, continue to teach young ladies and gmtle
men in the s&ine buddings in which tbs school
wts before kept, with uninterrupted zeal, in se
' parate rp irtments as heretofore.
The prices shall be reduced to ten dollars per
quarter, ior the English brunches, consisting of
Sp'T.ing, Reading, Writing, Geography, H'uto
iy, Belies litres, Mercantile Arithmetic ; and
the useful practical brandies of mathematics;
Book Keeping and the use of the Globes—with
which
The Latin anc? Graek languages, or either,
v;.,!L>e taught for 12 Dollars oi> Cls. per qusu>
| ter.
The objects and advantages of this connection
| 1,1 due time, be more fully explained in a
card, which will be circulated for that purpose.
DAVID DOYLE.
RICHARD DABNEY.
Richmond, june 5, tf
VALUABLE PUOPEKTY FOlV SaLeI
The subscriber is authorised to sell the
large & commodious llltlCK BUILDING, on
the Main Street on Shockte Hill, at present oc
cupied hy Mr. Kivalain—Also, the small BRICK.
HOUSE, next above the one in which Mr. Ri
Viduin lives, and Hie two WOODEN TENE
MENTS between the last mentioned house and
Mrs. Braxton’s—For particulars enquire of
THUS. TAYLOll.
Mav 2D. into.tf
r |^HE'Equalizers of the taxes for the city of
fl. Richmond will hold their meetings at the
Clerk’s Oliice, of the Common Hail, in the up
per story i>l the Maikrt House, on every
Tuesday and Thursday from the hours of eleven
tonne o’clock, commencing on Tuesday the 5Wth
inst. and continuing three w eeks from said day—
Applications by persons considering themselves
aggrieved by the valuation of property made by
the assessor oftiie city taxes and his associates
will apply for relief, on the s lid days by a note
in writing addressed to the E jua 1‘uers and left
at the s,«id Clerk’s Olii ;e—No applications vrd
be received in any other it rm.
N. SHEPPARD.
Cur^ Common Ilull.
May 25.
t> EMOVAL —THOMAS D1DDEP, grate
Ax. lul for Iho liberal support lie has rxperien
ced in his trade, lespectloliy informs his custo
mers cd the Public generally, that he litis re*
moved bis Tailor’s Shop to the main street ad
joining Robert Bell’s , saddler, and opposite I)r,
Duvall’s apothecary shop, where lie will thank
fully receive any business in his line, and hopes
by attention and endeavors to please, to merit a
continuance of favor.
Richmond, May 8. ep3m
RAN-AWAY.—Five dollars reward wilt be
given to any one who will bring home my
negro boy WILSON, or inform me where he is
so that I may get him, he has been away since the
latter end of Fci>. last, he is a bright mulatto
about 15 years old, about 4 feet 4 inches high.—
1 am of opinion be is harbored in this city, nr
Manchester, as he has been repeatedly seen in
both places. I expect he has hired himself to
some tubanco factory, and probably attempts to
p iss as a free boy, or says it is with my apprms
tion. My reason tor supposing so, is, tint
J y ears ago be ran array, and hired lumscll to
a Tobacco b Uin. mery.
D. L'QK JUNG TON.
May 2 5.
if
V
rrnVENTY DOLJ.ARS REWARD FOk\
1 royal, ami ten dollars ion T.
SAAC—Royal tan away from the subscriber, i»if|
Albemarle county, on the 15th of Febru-n luM.
He is a bright mulatto, suppose-! to he 2b yerra
of age } rather slender made ; full face ; lu^t a
very noted scar on the ahlelof his no-r md
a bushy head of hair ; lie is five teet y or 10 i*>.
dies high : his clothing not recollected, except
a blue cloth frock coat, better titan hall* worn —
lie is a hatter by trade, and worked with Willi
am Bradley ot Charles City County. He was
formerly the property of James Nance of said
county. I will give the above reward to any per
son who will secure the said fellow in jail so that
I get him again.
IX A AC, who eloped from the subscriber, on
the night of the i>l*tof May, is of rather a light
er colour than otherwise; supposed to be twen
ty-four or five years old ; straight made, and ha*
a short nappy head of hair, which he ties bvhiud,
—he is about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high ; had on,
when he eloped, a round short blue jacket, and
an old fur hat ; he had also with him a double
wove black Virginia cloth coat. I purchased the
sa’d fellow ofS. Shepard of Nanseniond county*
It is probable ho may have a free pass, and will,
therefore, endeavor to impose himself on the pub
lic for a free man, having passed for such, four
or five years abou*. Williamsburg, previous to my
having purchased him.
I will give the above reward to any person who
will secure tile said Neirroes in j »ifi so that I
get them again,
N 1C HO LAS LEWIS.
junc 8
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