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formation of the constitution, have been in
the constant habit of varying the salaries
of tr.e Judges and Attorney General, as it
, appeared to fall short of, or exceed an ad
equate compensation.—Thus, >n the Octot
her session, 1781, after reciting that “ the
provision made for the officers of govern*
ment by an act i f assembly, passed in May
preceding, |»ad been found inadequate to
their services, as well on account of the
quan u/n as the depreciation between each
quarterly payment,” the legislature increa
sed tiie salaries of the different officers at
government, and made their pay equal to
specie, (ike laws of Virginia, KJ.t. 178J,
p.t. 150.j— In 1785, only four years after
wants, the legislature, by an act, the pre
amble of wuicK recites that “ the salaries
allowed by law to ihe officers of civil gov
erstmni had been found to exceed a proper
and adequate compensation for tneir servi
ces,” reduced tile salaries of most of the
officers of government, including the At
torney General, (.retracts of 1785, ch 16 )
—In 1777, at the organisation of the ge
neral courts the salary of the judges wa3
five hundred founds per annum. (See Laws
ol Virginia, edit. 17G5, pa 75, sect. 73.)
it was alwfrwarus reduced to three hun
dred fiounds ; (See acts oi 1785, ch. 16.—
Hey. Code, v.l. 1, ch. 58, p. 56.) Afier
the establishment of the district courts, the
judges were allowed, in addition to their
stated salary, of one thousand dollars per
•annum, tneir travelling ex fie uses ; winch
were commuted tor tn« present salary ot
fifteen hundred dollars per annum.
Having shewn the /i raclicc of the govern
men to have been to vary the salaries ot
the judges from time to time, as they ei
ther exiceded an adequate compensation,
or were not equal to tneir services, let us
see whetucr there be anything infirinci/iie
which is hostile to it.— i'ho constitution ot ,
Virginia provides 'hat the salary of the
judges shall btjixed and adequate ; not that |
a snail »oi be diminished.-— biow; it is ap*
paicm to the understanding ot every man, \
that the constitution is not satisfied, unless !
those salaries be not «>niy Jixed, that is, |
certain- but adequate also—a salary may j
he tiermanatt. bot not adequate.—hoanuosc
the judges have •<« fixed salary, and either j
from the depreciation of the value of mo
nty, or an increase ot business, it should
be inadequate 10 their services, would nut
the legislature be bound, in uuiy to the
Judges, to increase it ? On the other hand,
a from an appreciation ot the value of mo
ney, or a diminution of business, the sala_
ry of the judges should be m.«re tnan ade
quate, wcuid not the legislature, be bound,
in duty to the ftcofile, to reduce it ? — Met
ui. suppose that, in consequence of the great
pressure in business before the court ot ap*
peals, the legislature slum d require the
judges to sit 2tu days in tne year, aadj
should tix upon any given su>u as an ade.
quaio compensation tor such sci vices; bat I
u: order to promote an earlier UcC.sion of
Jcr.us-. s by that courtv they shall determine
to take away »he right of arbitrary
peals, and increase the sum for wmch u
% v. i'ii of erior or supersedeas shall lie, thus
dcctcas ng the business, ;.nd not making it
necessary tor lire judges to sit more Utau
100 nays, would it oe said that a salary
vi'xh was adequate when the court were
Compelled to sit 200 days, snail uecesshri
k be continued, whtu tne judges are only
employed half that time ?
but I have heard it said, you may in
crease the salary of the judges as much as
ycu {lease, but you cannot diminish it,
without affecting their independence, it
by the U i m independence, you mean a
mai/s pecuniary circumstances, no^wurd
in the L-rigbsh language can convey a more
indetet roina'x idea.—it is from a man's
wan s, either real or imaginary, that the
same sum oi money will mane linn indepen
dent or otnerwtse. — lregal man content
with the necessaries of life, will be m ,re
independent, on a salary of 2500 dollars a
year, than a man who indulges himself in
luxury would be on a salary of 5000 dolls,
lint llie argument is foundtdon the suppo.
fc,t on that the independence of a judge c..n
only te affected by diminishing ms salary,
ibid thereby inducing biin to coart the ta_
ver of the legislatuie. lias it ever occur
red to gentlemen, that when we depart
from the constitutional ground of a jived
salary, the argument applies as strong,y to
an increase as a diminution l if, in the one
ca?c, a judge would he detened from do*
jr.g his duty for lear the leg stature might
diminish his sulary, might he not in tne
ot»>er be induced to court their favor, un
der a hope that it would be increased l—
Let .1 tie distinctly understood ythat 1 put
tiiefc casts merely hyp'tii. .^cal y. I have
no idea that any judge wiuid be influenced
by tuCh unworthy urn ives. liut cs argu.
n.eots have been deduced from a view of
c ,c side of the picture, i thought it but fair
to exhibit the other.
A* to the expediency of allowing the
judges <>* ilie c< uii ol appeals a salary of
5 jO0 dollar* a year, 1 have as little doubt,
as 1 have of tin c'jnutitudona ity of increa .
nit g or diminishing their salaries as a
change of circumstances may rt qu re. In
iht prertnt state of tlicdoi ke. of mat court,
it wi uld rt quire the utmost exei turns of ihe
* judges, siting everyday m the year, togrt
0. rrugh it j hey will, no doubt, ted me
r,ttt *.£ity of meeting in vacation and of
t>( sj.esMng themselves fully of the ttcorda
in : s many »uses as can pnMibiy be der.id.
r«i at ihe vuccerdiif? tufa, 'ty pursuing
th*» cturse, they will require no arguments
upon point*, ou which any ol the
jin get may entertain a d***bt ; and ti.us a
pica: (it• .j.ors.on ol tune which is consum
«,t at iv. iy icrjn, wdi he saved, l u a
j • ,ion »• qn onurt with the expenses .nci*
ij, |,i ton v» sidence in Hichmund, wneie
il"* judges will he compelled to remain, the
Mriin ii salary tf 2500 d hUrs, wdi appear
h rrly a Competency. It is far, very far,
»Jhotlufthe lncofhi of M>«wy*inemburs ot
fhtlir.r ; and I believe there .arc very few
who move Wi the m«it polished Circle's,
; who dt»*o» rfSpcml im rt than tiouole that
sum. I am iioliiciidto the encouragement
of ixtraviifat.ee ; but «m cleariy of opini.
* ! «i, that a judge shounlnm only hsve a com..
1. eieoty wade lie is pertorrr.ng the duties
1 <,f hi! office, but should be enabled to lay
up Miimibfiif tor old age j.vntl should not
J be compelled, for the mere sake of getting
^ bis Wi ead, to continue in a liignly respon
ioir olSce, wfien nature and his declining
wvuute* admonish halt to retire*
One word as to the qu ilificatiao of a jq.1*e
of the court of appeals.—I shall not pre.
sume, as some gen.leme i out of do a s have
done, to dictate to the legislature, or to point
to particular characters Tory will, doubt
less, take a range in their selection, (should
there be occasion for it) as expensive as
the state itscif : and wherever they find a
man able bo h in body and in imud, and
v/ho, from hisformtr conduct, lias disco,
vrred a wil:intpicaa t» discharge the public
duties confute i to him, tney w,ll make aim
one of the objects of ihiriv choice.
When I commenced this letter, I had n<>
idea of extending it to so unrraso.-.abie a
length. I tear, indeed, that 1 have tired
your pntieuce. ; but or. this important sub
ject, 1 cou ti uot avoid exercising toe rights
of
One 9? the Soverp.iun People.
For the Arcus.*
THE RESOURCES of the NATION.
No. 3.
When the federalists assert that the
treasury is empty, they proclaim what
cannot be d. nied,: but they have not cani
dor emmgh to go a little further, and tell
the whole truth. IF the treasury bennpty,
it has been occasioned by the payment of
many millions of the public debt, a circum
stance winch h*s raised the credit of this
nation to so h;gh a pilch, that any sum can
be obtained ou loan at a moment's warn
ing
Let the case be stated with fairness —
When the federalists went out of power
they lelt little better than one million of
dollars in the treasury ; and they left the
nation in dent to the amount of nearly an
hundred millions. The republican Con
gre.-,s, after p »y.ng off nearly,the half of that
enormous sum, have even at tki3 moment
more money in hand than the federalists
had when buy went out of power. Th s
is an undeniable fact, which the official
documents of the government will prove,
ami for the truth of which I boldly appeal
to the Honorable John M irshali, chief jus
tice of the United States, as a man of in
formation among the federalists, and whose
word will be taicen by th-it pir«.y as ample
evidence. In three things, then, the re.
publicansexceeded the federalists, and satis
ine nation, to wit ;
1. In not au,jinent;*g the public debt.
2. In reducing that debt from near one
hundred millions of dollars to half the a
inount.
3. In leaving in the treasury, after pay
ing the moiety of the debt or thereabouts,
more money than the federalists left in it
alter they had run the nation m debt.
And what adds to the excellency of the
republican conduct jn this respect is this, the
federalists got in debt while they taxed
the people : the republicans paid the debt
and did not tax the people. j
Thus, therefore, if the tveasury be emp- !
ty, it has been honestly and honor ably emp
tied, which is more than the federalists
dare attempt to prove that they did.
But suppose the republican Congress had
acted even in part as the federalists acted ;
—suppose they h id c ontinued to tax the
people, ami had not paid the public debt,
(as the federalists did not,) hut had hoar
ded up the money; what would have been
the result l Way the republicans would
have had at this moment sixty millions of
dollars at least in the treasury, iu cash.
Dare Judge Marshall, or any other re
spectable federalist pledge his word and
honor that this is not the fact l I am bold
to Say, he dare not.
Th.s being the case, and the people see
ing that the republican Congres has iairly
and agreeably to the popular wish appr >1
printed the revenue of the union, will the
people abandon the govern men ? Will
they belie and stigmatize their own doc
trines l Will they in short abandon men
who have paid their debts, and freed them
from debt, to rush into the arms of persons
who have always taxed them and always
run them in debt ? They never can, they
never will do it.
The system of paying the debt was di
vided by Mr. JefF.rson; that great and
good man, to whom this country owes so
much. Hut, as if to sink, the system into
contempt; ns if to show that the honest
payment of a nation’s debts in time of
peace and prosperity was the way to re
duce her to b ggary and wretchedness,
Mr. Gallatin does not support it with a
collateral system; hut presents the Coii
I nr—..oc ufitK lir. .rI- inr na.ppnt u/ upK — .
presents the republic as u starveling, and
Mr. Jefferson's and the republican Con
gress's plan of anti-taxation and liquida
tion of debts as puerile and ridiruln^s.
This conduct id the Secretary of tne
Tre&snury* although it may appear incon
sistent wills the tenor of Mr. Gnliatiu’s
ftttAiic con .uct, i>, n vertheless, perfect
ly consonant to the wtioie tenor o! bin firi.
vn e politics. It ha> b.m long known a
mong men of accurate inform tion, that
Allvert (l ilia nw.s, when he first lire irile
Secretary of the Treasury. not cheerfully
disposed to abolish tne internal revenue,
lor the simple reason, perh <ps,b'jcau<e lie •
saw in ill it odious financial prrjecr the!
mean* of exiensive patronage and power- j
ltd if.fluent ■; iii“the nation. Air. Jefferson 1
I and the rest of the cabinet in*!* cd on the 1
; repeal ; and n > man kn iws, b tter titan 1
! Albert Gallatin, iniiv to acquiesce where j
he ca'ioot c tnlrol. There li. qf course, a
iprrlect con l atency in g-jring ilio p I cy to j
.vntch he w** "ppbsed Uffder Mr. JefF.*r_ *
son a aide.hl/w under Mr M id srm. I'he j
truth uniat come out. Kepuul Caniim n.i*
; nothing to ft* tr trom open, iair, and momy
{expositions bu: it na» every tiling to up
I prebend from slv, dark, mysterious, and
j intriguing con luct, It is in the power of ;
| a..Sr cretary of tne Treasury to ruin any ,
party, any adm n'stration, any President. |
But let it tie remembered .««!*w,'t'iai a par- j
ty, a president, or an administration, can j
preserve itself hy Vig l.mce cud vi^or. I
There must hr purgailuM in politics as i
well as In phjs cs ; and resolute surgeons I
have told u< that tne ku te i» in some ci
*es necessary t<» preserve existence. Where
duplicity and corruption oi principle np
p -ar, let no statesman forbear to use the
slade with decision.
I WASHINGTON. <
THE PYTHAGOREANS.
The ni gration of spirits is an old doc"
.rine but we find it revived in our day_
A Pythagorean sect of politicians h is sprung
up a in eng us, whose vis vis it is almost
impossible to identify m one pUce or in
nae carcase, before, like a conjuror's bad
it has vanished into another. The Spirit
of'76 Is of this tribe; it seems tobe'mi-.
king an effort to render the individuals «>f
iis assoc atiou gregarious-and what has
not a Utile surprised us is, that it holds
u:> Mr. Gallatin as one of the fraternity.
I he letters from a Memoer of Congress,
published some time since in the Argus,
and which spoke of .Mr. Maoon a littie
cavalierly, have, it seems, awakened the
acumen of the Spirit, and excited its pow
ers of ridicule. Will Air. Stanu.d he
kind enough to spare the Member of Con
gress, from the snurpedge of his cruel iro
ny ! In mercy spire him ! Wan Mr.
Macon’s intelligence, wild Mr. Randolph’s
penetration, and Mr. Gailatm’s superiority
over the wb^le cabinet, surely a solitary
memoer of Congress stands no chance na
ture the public. But is Mr. Gallatin of the
corps? Is he of the new Pythagorean
scho >1 i Has he, in reality, got a new soul
since- he first ca-ne into office ? We mere
ly ask for information. We could, surely
never have suspected that Mr. Gal atin and
Mr. Randolph be.onge.l to the same band.
But as the Spirit defends them both, eu
logizes them b<*?h, and speaks most aft*rc„
tionatcly of them both, why, the probabili
ty is, per adventure^. that they are both
of the same peculiar ^politics. We never,
to be sure, could have su pected, that an
association would have taken place, sub
rota, between a cabinet minister of Mr.
Jefferson, a cabinet minister of Mr. Madi
son, and the uau who denounced Mr. Jef
erson and Mr. Madison. But, this is a
strange, mutable world—an 1 some men
when they carinot get iuto the pulpit are
ready to pull the church down. As to
Mr. Macon ^whom may Heaven preserve
many years,) the member of Congress
wishes him, wejknow, a good appetite and a
plenty to eat, out certainly d ies not wish
to sea him the chairman of a committee
of foreign relations. And where’s me won
der ? Mr. Macau boasts ot ms never read
ing ^books, and the like, it he is inspired,
tnat’s another affair. As this is a free
countryj any man may turn prophct=jut
mr same ireeaotn exonerates us from be_
Iieving all tie prwphxcies. If, for example”
lie should prophecy that one man c>uiJ
ihoot another man with his fist, who would
credit him ? And shall \tt* ibe more rea
dily give ear to him when he comes out
with a patched up bill of paltry provisions,
which he assures us is to ah'joc ti'jion. both,
tue great belligerents ? It Mr. Gallatm
is represented as the father of that bill,
will the secretary deny it—tuat is, will he
deny it, ufion /tafirr ? because ycur deni,
als.^ by whispering soft things in peo
ple’s ears is a convenient way of getting
ou ot a hobble. To cmolude, Mr. Gal
1 itin is congratulated oa tncdevelopeuicnt
ot ti13 new connection One word, as to
Mr. Gallatin’s giving up tiie carry ing trade
—it was a silly th ng in him to injn ion
it to Air. lirskine at all, oetore a treaty
was on the tapis, because it w.is yielding
a point in advance winch might nave been
sk.Lully handled in negociation—and, it
was not only the direct but the circuit
ous trade too, ('icquicsc-ng in the rule ot ’56)
that the secretary ot the treasury surren
dered in conversation with Mr. Erdtine.
Virginia Legislature.
The following Bills have passed both Hou
ses of the Legislature, and have of course
become Laws.
An act incorporating trustees of an ac
ademy in the town ol Berry vdle, m Fred
erick county.
An act concerning certificates.
An actco cemii'g the town of Moorefield
in the county i f Hardy,
An act for alien ng the place of holding
conrts in the county of Warwick.
An act to suspend the operation of part
cf the act, entitled an act, autiiorising
John Wunb sh to erect a dam across Ban.
uter river.”
An act authorising a sale of a certain
tract of land in Middlesex county, devised
by Alexander Frazier, dec’d, lor the bene
fit of a free school.
An act placing John Harper on the pen
sion 1st.
Aa act authorisinr the clerk of rl««»
perior court of Mecklenburg county to
keep his oiTiCe at JLjmoardy (irove in the
sa d cou .ty.
An act for paying a sum of money to
Henry Savune.
An act authorising the sale of the church
plate in the p .r.sh ot Southwark in tUe
county oi Surry.
An act iucorpora'ing the town of Clarks*
burg in the county ot Harrison.
An ace encieasing the salaries of the in
inspectors at McRae’s War eh <usc m the
town of Pcter.burg
An act to prevent obstructions to the
p;ssr.ge Of fish tn Pig river.
Ail act establishing an inspection of flour
at Williams*! ferry 111 the county ot Kimr
William. b
An act to amend the nr.t/cnti'lcd “ An
act concerning the upper Appomattox com
pany.
An net authorising Swnucl H rimes tn
discharge* a certain judgment at tue com
monwealth in the manner therein mention
ed.
An act giving further lime to the owners
of hits In tue town of f Abell to improve the
same.
An act concerning Randolph Harri
son.
Extract of a letter from a member of Con
gress to i member of tue Virginia Le
gislature. dated Washington, January 3d,
IHKj.
Dkar Sir,
•• W« were engaged until past 6 o’c!*cJi
last evening on tins pintimi for indift n'.i
postponement of the t rsolutions from tht
Senate, relative to Mr. J*«* comluc , wh«*i
it was negatived by a in jon y cf 39
ssvcral who w uid have voted wait the ni -jo,
rity being absent. Kvery possible au.
was made to pr«crastiq*ec a riecliioa, th.1
would cyu.cc the national feeling rt«d fore
| c.o>e intrigue, with vibrating and irr'eso.
iaie characters—In not this a con firm* tioo
of Mr Adams* opinion, specking of the
Cian, who endeavored to thwart a recon
ciliation wi;h France daring his adminis
tration, ol wliich party, Home are now here,
playing their parts like good subjects !
That vote not only exlub ts a determination
to support our executive, bui will apparent
ly add weight to those measure* requisi'e to
be taken under existingcircutnstrr.ee.* by
settling stragglers, who like other noughts,
count only from position.
\t>u will will have seen most of the Par
liament speeches, and for the necessity of
counteracting their intended effect, bv ex
prcx-ioii oi suite opinions.—I would not be
unde) stood to infm ite an apprehension,
tliat any Innest American would feel
thcr sensations than disgust and contempt,
tr.im a perusal ot these productions, never
theless promptitude and regular co.opera
tions greatly facilitate progress, in $o vast
; complicated a machine as our govern*
nient—lhe course pursued by the exccu*
tive last spring, and impartially towards
the belligerents, manifested in the summer
session, have nearly disarmed the eastern
literati of thi-ir best weapon, “ a hue and
cry against French partisans,** and 1 most
s ncerely wish, so gnod an opportunity as
the present, h id been embraced by them to
shew eqiml impartially.
“ From the great scope taken in debate
upon the previous question, and apparent
zeal to defend the noly character of Mr.
| Jackson, or perhaps something more m_
triuVically valuable, we may expect to have
not only resolutions, sentences and words
scanned, but even letters and points, with
the utmost dexterity ot forensic skill, oi
which yo shall hear more Do lit me
hear what you me about i The order of
the day is called for, I therefore con
iude.” Enquirer.
FROM THjTSaLTIMORE
“ WHIG.”
“Mr Irvine, Communication.
“ Unfounded rumors often travel from
press to press, chro’out the Union ; &
none is more so than that respecting
General Wilkinson, published in a Pe
tersburg paper. A correspondent at
VvAshmgtoa informs me, that he is
ordered thither, to clear up certain al
legations, which I wish he may he a
hie to do. L) licacy would have let
• this 'affair rest; but, error ought not
to be circulated unchecked.
No Burrite.”
THE JUBILEE.
[While ministerial too's, jobbers, and con
tractors of the government, and some of
the fooli-:h people of England wire cele
brating his mujeyty’s entry into tne 50th
year of his reign, as a jubilee, Peter
Horcup ne points to tiv* state of the na
tion, as exhibiting more cause for mourn
ing than mirth. He talks of «* the long
and unfortunate reign.” We extract the
following ;]
When the kuig mounted the throne, the
debt, of which the nation pays the inter
est by taxes, amounted to about l(j milli
ons ; it now amounts to nearly 700 milli
ons ; and, one year's taxc3 now is nearly
equal to what the whole debt then wns.
The poor rates of England and Wales then
amounted to about a in.Hion and a quarter
annually ; they now amount to more than
six millions annually. The number of pa
rish paupers was then about two hundred
thousand : that number now is about twelve
hundred thou and. These are pretty good
proofs, sir, that we have no cause to re
joice at the changes of this reign. But, sir,
| there is one, which will be very pat to
your purpose, when you have the poor la
bourers of Dr oxford parish assembled on
the iubile*»-diy ; and that is, that, when tins
reign began, it cost the labouiing man five
days work to earn a busliei of dour, and
that now it costs him ten days wotk to
earn a bushel of flour ; and that, if lie hap
pens to have three children, it is, upon
the common run of wages, utterly imposi
b:e for hiiti to earn bread enough for his
family to eat, say nothing of m a , drink,
clothing, fire and house rent. Pray, sir,
sta’.e the tact to the young mes ; the old
ones will not need he told ot it. State this
fact to them, and if they do not rejoice it
is very strange indeed.—Then, sir, if you
<•1)0111(1 have some politicians In the higher
seats of the festival, you may entertain
in*, in whii u. - msiuiy ui uic imy
tears glories, in Vplomacy an t in war.
You may relate to them how we lost the
continent of America for the sake of a
tax; and how, for the sake of o1 her taxes,
and of con op ion, we got possscstion ot vast
countries in the East, through the means
of which countries enterpnzing young men,
with scarcely a second shirt to their backs,
and with a not much greater stock of i
dc.tS, contrive so to draw upon the taxes
raised in England ns ;o oust trom their es.
tn»es those i»v whom the said t«xes have
been paid.—From these topics you maydi
vctge into nutters of a warlike nature ;
you may rem nd the “ loyal** audience o;
tue capture nf a whole British army a'. Si
1 laingt, and of number at Yorktown. Dun.
I kirk and the He.der will, of course be the
' theme of y< ur pr use, after which, in due
j place, will follow Ftfrrol', Buenos Ayres,
i Cairo, Cintra, Corruna, Talavera 3t Wal.
cheren. You will, then, doubtless, at"
temp; an enumeration of those wuo have
been slain .taring the thirty years if war,
wait which this nation has been blessed out
of the happy dt'ty ; n'»r w uid it be amiss
if you were to lay before the convivial
guot* a detailed ate ant of those who have
iat«.‘y tl.ed at Walchercn, and of the iho«
sands of sick and wounded left behind by
our general in Spain, to tne mercy of too
French ; aye, to the mercy of those very
French, whom the " loyal’* writers m Eng.
! land denominate “ blood thirsty villains.”
Upturning ugiiri to the bicssinga nf our
j present state, Mini the cause w i havd fot
joy, you may remind your hearers, thal
i ! the k.ns*» servants, in their extreme care
-j of ns, b.»v«« intro Isoed a very considerable
body, ot foreign trumps into the country i
t a whole legion of iunnilM, hor*e, foot, it
t an liny. Y .u may remind them of tht
• present state o< Ireland, and bid them no1
y •
. to forget the number of y?nrs (la-*r.£ tb«*
present reign, t;iat uv t -.mcw- 'i s .
Icurity act suspended aod diring winch
years many of their countrym.,u
j kept, for years in >a«i • wither Ikmujj
[ brought to tri.iLfrom fir>t to i .-—I♦* th'i
hi not enough *=if you ii .4 them « Ivict^
ward in rejoicing, remind them of he t.*<
ei they have to pay, aud to the pur«>*<
which they are applied—and, pi -y d.», vi
•how them that there arc *n*nv in 'ivld nl
an cure placemen, and many pensioner-^
any one of whom swallows up more of t>«*
taxes, in one moi\th, than go.stothe seep
ing of all the poor in l)rc:.tord for a w wi»
year.—Should tiiey still ire insensible (0
; your eioq \ence, remind them ot the histo
1 ry of the Darling, not forgetting your oi l
neighbour—lute a tenant of Newgate.* Your
reverend coadjutors may expoumt to them
the cases of toe holy d'Sciors 0‘Meara **<1
Locke, and of the reverend Mr. Keoa-dy,
and b d any one prod ice, if he car.,
thing the iikc thereof in uny r.ih’r reign.
Any royal lady, who chances to hr present,
inay enter upon the rise, progress, notl
suspension of the 11 delicate investigation f
and il they still remain unmoved, *vny ttil
them, tell then yourself, sir, the hutory*
of the G.nrniers and their sinecure.
Mariror—On Christmas Day, Gn
verneur Morris, Esq. of Morrisanin,
to Miss Ann C try Randolph, daughter,
of the late Thomas M. Randolph,
Esq. ol Virginia.
THEAiRE.
The Public are respectfully informed,
dos ing the season there will be no
postponement on account of
W eather.
On Tuesday evenin January 9 h, will be
presented 1 he celebrated Play cal *d.
PIZARRQ ;
• nxf Tn r
Death of Rolla.
Rolla (his fourth appear nee here)
MAS fER PAYNE.
To which will be added, the mosical
entertainment of the
PRIZE;
I OH
2, 5, 3, 8.
Tfnors to be opened at fi.-«* o’clock
Curtain to rise at quarter past «ix o’clucn
p/v<scisely.
ALUABLE HO-tSES FOR
Pursuant to the Will and u*t Testa*
ment of Cap*. George Wilkinson, d<*cr .
ed, of Ifcwr Kent county, will be sold, t«.
the highest bidder, on Saturday the 10th
day ol February next, before the door oc
the Bell Tavern, in the c.ty of Richmond,'
at 11 o’clock iu the forenoon, the fo.lowing
HORSES, to wit / a mare e>ght years
old, now in foal by Fiorizel, a filly 2 years
old next springy and an elegant oay geld,
ing. The blood of the aforementioned hor
ses^ will be proven as below stated. Twelve
months credit will be allowed the purcha
sers upon entering into bond w.th secui uy
approved oy the
EXECUTRIX.
The rr.are above mentioned, was gotten
by old Uioined, her dam oy Col. Syuie's
old Wild Air, tier grand <1 «m !iy Cade, htr
great grand dam by Crip.-le^ her g'cut
great grandain by the imported hor ,c Lieu*
fay: • he filly mentioned abovej was go-ten
by Fiorizel out of the Diomed mare, and
he bay gelding by the imported horse II. d
ford^ out of the above mentioned Wild Air
ru..r"i.
January 8Mt, 1810,_ wtds
NOTICE. Ttio^e persons wno-<e bonds
become due to the esta e ot Pleasant
Younghusband, for articles bought at tin*
sale on the plantation oi the deceased, will
call on Andrew Stevenson, attorn: y ^t Uw,
of this city, who is authorised to receiv-*.'
payment. The subscriber will be from
home lor several weeks.
SAMl. P. FARSONS, Adm’r* of
P. YdUNGHUSBANU
Richmond, 1st M<» 8th, 1810 w.3t
bUUKb
Just H*ctiviu, aid for Sale at tui»
of rice.
rUC K.ER'5 Black stone. Waslvngton’*
Reports, 2 vols. V.itttl’s, nod Mar. ^
ten's Law ol Nations. Azum’s MarMi.ne
Law. Fonbi mque on l:^(|uity. Po* ,1 nu
Mortgages. Harrison's Chancery I’t.ti ir.:#
Village Sermons. Venom, or the Nevict;
of St. Marks j a drama, by M. Cl. Lew 3*
Nubila in Search of a Husband : inciu.
ding sketches of Mortem Society, unit in.
tersperted with Mural and Literaly l)n„
quis:tions. Letters and iteflecun/ih «.| pm
Austrian Field Marsh.il Prince t’e L -p
edited byjhe Baroness tie St.ttl H.d -i ,
containing Anecdotrs hithrito unpnt>!ls-.i <1
**f Joseph 2T, Cnthanne Jd, Freu*>- ch ■ ,c
greet, Rousseau, Volta• re, and o.he.-a, with
interesting Remarks on the Ta,u». ' </4. j
bine> of Moinus , a choice collection of H •- 4
morons Poems, from P. Puviar, Frame u '
Laid, Swift, UibrtJri, Penwaine, llu.r,
phries, Taylor, Colmso, Hopk (Hon, Hart *
son, Pitt, £cc. Ike. Jumu,'s Letters, m i.i.
| afure edition, Gurney's al ert t pud at
j tmg. Adam-.* lbnlopny. Domes.ic C <1^7
I ery. Sco t’s (iuzetter Itnngu?* cf tn.
Queen ot Spain. Fishci’s Military I x »cs.
I first stttlefs of Virginia, an luster cal <„
v11• Abeliino, ihc Bravo of Vtiu.e, a Kn!
uianre, by M. F*. Lewis. Ch. d t», p
six Fathers Simple Tales, 1?/ Mrs (.
| pie. Mis. Grant's memoirs n u \
I can Lady. i hc Exile at JEn* « ip.vI ,*
Plowder’s History of Ireland, 4 vol5. G(>r*
dens’s do. 3 vt* s. Travels of An. charv*
me lounger. Took’* l) version* qf Vml
Russel’s Modern and Ancient L.u,.„>*
I Cnaso’s Trial. Burk’s H.story ot wlr
| nia. The Kexoiuion.i.) Flu*. . .• u S'
I mo r< of the Bonaparte Family. ‘ C"
G iHMAN ANbKN'CiLioii
Almanacks for 1810
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