The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1809-10-03 00:00:00, page 4

MISCELLANEOUS. 1
CHIVICAL OBSERVATIONS
Cn r e Poem oj air Jopl Barlow, <A* C^i i m
BiAD, hi 4(t. PA Iptiim, l r. Ai Mr. Gre
t ite, formerly Bishop of Biois% Senator, Mem
i-. ro/ the B'utional J stitiue, f c.
Paris, 1SQ9.
' !*.* Dear Fkxenc,
1 have rcckivcd will* gratitude,
*' 1 rend with interc . t, your magnificent work
I. •’ L'olumki.td. This vnominent of genius and
typography, will immortalize the author and give
i t- to the American Press; this alone w»i;|t!
I > sufficient to destroy the assertion of Pauw ,
ier writers, that there is a \* ant of talents in
merica, if your country did not already offer a
• t of great men, who will go'down with eclat to
j >sterity.
When a book is published, • e enters the do
mains of criticism ; yott yourself sofeit it in the
1< iter which accompanies your pres-mt vmi so
licit it with the frankness which is atu-..; t * \*m.
Thus I exercise a right as well as perforin a du
’ y, notin addressing literary observations to you,
but in repelling an insuit to Christianity, an insult
r n which I should be silent, if Barlow was a cor.t
r.—n writer or his poem an inf* nor work, In. cause
v e book and its author '.voultl sink tog*, ther into
i ue stream of oblivion.
Amiens Ui>f|iie ad aras, sa\s an ancient—It is
■ the foot of the altar,that 1 blame certain lines!
. our book, and an engraving which lias tin; fol
lowing inscription : Final t- sanction <■/ prejudi
c t. Prejudices! Pei Imps no tme desires their
* * struction more than myself. But what d > yott
c.dl by this equivocal name ? and what do I per
* Mve in tliu midst of tl*- heaps in tl i- picture,
which serve fi r emblems * Tl • attributes of the
catholic ni; * 'try, and, above all, the standard of
<•! ristianity, the cross ofJesus Christ ? Arc those
\ hat yott call prejudices f If even the excellent
works, which have rendered evidert the truth of
1 ’ » gospel; if even the principles and the histo*
iy *)t eighteencentut ic » did not give you formal
•7 'be lie, it would l c easy to shew, tiiat this pic
ture is an alia* k against all Christian societies,
nit if is an art of intolerance, of persecution,
v hick offends God and man.
The unlimited freedom of religion in the Uni
*■■ d Siatts, confers on ao seot a character of do
> iillation, nor any of tho'.o exclusive privileges,
but are possessed in different countries of Lu
. ope, by the churches of the Catholics, Greeks,
Lutherans, Calvinists, &c. Let us leave to the
p. rtisans of ll*e Lnglish church the endless dis
pute on the pr rogatives of tlm established church,
■ .‘I the utility of those sivil establishments, which,
already shaken, will Crumble, perhaps, on all
* ides, at no very distant epoch. Though l am by
conviction, by sentiment, a catholic, and honored
'v di the episcopal character, afu r del iberate exa
mination, I think tliatil we owe to the state a gua
rantee ot obedience when it requires it, that lie
s' r Judes* these civil establishments, whit li may
be in favor of error as well as of truth, are often
unjust, impolitic, dangerous in more than one
respect, though Providence may draw good f, m
them,.as it does from many other evils which it
tolerates.
i-i-i r\cry im re aunjr to conscience, as wc li
*s every tiling that belongs to social organization,
b- Fi'■ • Ij r;;. us...«i ; trutli dcmantls examinati
on, which despotism only can lear ; thi. alone
H-Jtls it necessary to invoke ignorance, to sur
round itself with daikness, to repel the light
which bmaks out from the re arches that are di
ret led by good faith and sagacity.
But what will be the result, if, instead of re a*
Boning with calmness and respect on religion, the
most important obje< t for man in die course of
Ms fugitive existence, calumny should point its
e iCasins, and spread its black colors over histo
rical facts which it misrepresents; if instead uf
■peaking to the understanding to enlighten it, we
a .dress ourselves to the passions to seduce ?_
This lias been the conduct which our infidel
Irenchmen have followed, pluming themselves
with the title of philosophers. It is important
to recollect, and to recollect often, that of those
w ho have combated christl inity, the greater part
lia\ i vomited the most iiifamous tilings against
decency, and morality ; I.amettre, Voltaire, J. J.
Itousseau, Diderot, Mirabeau, of the constituent
assembly, p-, fcc.—Others have said before
me, that incredulity almost alvvay , lias us source
in tlie heart, and that the antagonists of a religi
on, whose morality is so pure, are advocates who
defend their own cause.
Almost all of them have attacked chrislienity
Ly reproaching it with the abuses it has cxpjri
cnccd.a . if tits abuses were tin thing itself; as
if, utter having directed the wind on the straw,
we must stilt blow away the grain ; as if wine
snd iron ought to beprosciibed, because they are
debauchees and assassins.
- in mi e>.- Ill} I.wuisr t/i uni I c VOiiltlOlij TllCr IP
Uriels held, uiing some years, tilt sceptre of
power •, you were a witness of the use they mad*
of it In an instant, these champions of tolerati
on and humanity were seen to.display all the fe
rocity of Diocletian ; to shut up, profane and
destroy rttr teqiples ; to pursue tlie religious man
even in the ussylum of Ins thoughts ; to incarce
rate and transport bishops and priests. A great
number of calliol'*- pastors were dragged to tlie
sc ch ild; riming eighteen months, 1 feared and
expected the Maine late ; u is well known with
v hat outrages I was loaded, it the midst of the
national convention, for having hravc d the infti
tiated bowlings of impiety ; the greatest favor
that w s accorded ns, was only to mark us out as
superstitious, asfanatics ; these were the epithets
in I ah ion. For seve!*nl years we were constant
ly under the axe of executioners, calling them
selves philosophers-Do you hasten to tell
me they usinpecl this title ; we arc agreed
r OI) preserve me from attributing to pjiilnsophy
. >e crimes of brigand.;, who dressed them? elves
11 her liveries! In the face, evert ofth^ Altar, 1
have justified her from crimes she ablArs ;* I tit
will our infidels ever exercise good faith? Will
they e\er eras? to r« proach ohrislianity with tiie
abuses wltii li she laments ?
What further did they do ? They travesty-d au
gust liberty as * bacchante; they exclnim</U that
no owe could be at on e a Christian and a republi
can, at once a republican and a moderate ; tho*
thousands of examples among us, as well as ■%.
n»ong :• f . ed the contrary ; though a holy
mid natural alliance establishes itself i .-tv-..-n
those chai act* r*. Some pi ms but niieidiglitenctl
Tun- were frighter e-i by tiies** r.ismor* ; belie,
ing themselves placed between liberty* and reli
gion ; could they balance in their choice ? It
may be seen how our reformers, wishing to as
rociate the republic with every thing that could
destroy it, teems* lv*.-s precipitated the vci- 11 *,l
Mx ity into the ahyss, at the moment it \, .,a
reaching the port.
What wotil-l they have substituted for elni ti
an'ly ? A t( o<ldess and a temple if reason, m-*n I n
Cod hi in aril They afterwards marie temylcs tin
Xu prime Btiny, / tempt -.whiri the ophihuitro
plr. mected iu <- 'x/t'hs, tdi the pei in-1 wh n the
worshipper of th- deists found ;«.»! -j . ;.<* ti. - i
ted ui France, ms that of David Williams was in
London.
AC Inis period, foreign nations wared smon*.
tis the banners of discord ; th*y were j-ow'-iiulU
sided by all tlu- « 11 mips of the revolution, i t
whom a part I avirg fled thru- country v I - u i
v .* ,r. danger, to •firiipagain.it- it th - potei/ .
of Mump.-, corn j < uded with those who ren. n
* d in their i .*• i m, to kindle <| sen. ,nd an -i ci v.
Jiy a lefim in* n- of pervert,'. , they « m> <m <1
tbe plan of d s i i,.£ the most • ilutary return ,
Iiy ontsueti lung- tin ooj-• t. a* I fy -i- *■ ...v ■ -, ■
tneastire ** of iend*.ring odiqus sir rii'i- uiio ,
c®"»* '•! UO'ioni, by exaggeratingtliein : ini. «,
* D- fours' on the pitting oft! ’ati„ tot (li
cil *j 1 l»s* 1, p d.
revelling the people, 1 y alarming their consci
ences.
W ho coal lhflieve it. if accumulated facta did
not attest a, that »wo classes of men the must op
Jposite were seen at tins period acting in concert
[to commit the s an- crimes, and to destroy reli
T**»n ?—Pretended jiliiliMiplim from haired a
<o Lit; p-ctended Christians front haired to
every priest, who hud submitted to the law re
tptirmg an oath ? They would rather have seen
i our altars overturned, ore sanctuaries profaned
and covered with iiltli and sacrilege, than to be
hold their brethren in the same sacerdotal ha
bits, but, faithful to their God and their country,
offer the same sacrifice, and preach the same gos
pel
These distressing recoJJcCtions will he engra
ved by history, they will resound in future ages ;
and when reason shall surmount extinguished
! " sions, impartial posterity will decide oil which
side were truth, charity and justice.
Does not your engraving appear to retrace,
not as regards the manner, but the resuits, what
no - persecutors have executed ! Tim illusory
theories of impiety are falsified by the most de
cisive experience ; which attest* that morality
is wxvermg, and without support, if it does not
receive it t;< ■in the hands of religion ; that reli
gion is without consistence, if it is not positive,
that is to say, founded on facts and on revelati
on. 1 conversed o . this subject with your coun
tryman, Thomas Paine. Write, said I to hint,
on political rights, but not on religions mativrs ;
your ‘ Age of fit axon' Ims discovered your incapa
city ; you will never be aide to oppose any thing (
■•olid to the excellent-refutation of \our sv>ietn b*
a crowd of writers, above all Ly the learned bT'*t- ■
op of Landaff.
Sonic « f our persecutors, who styled tlicjrtselves
philosophers, are already thrown intO/tne sew ;
-ers of history ; the rest will be in th- r iurn. The
greatest part of those who have -..tmived, vent
themselves in mulcdicf ms Ver uvf tomb of Ho- ,
be spier re, that it muy he iorgottiuf they were his
accomplices, liisg raids, and hir banditti. They
would he so again, it he and his power were re
suscitate 1.—Formerly tinde^ grotesque names
andryni-al dress, they dirlu nored die CMlse of
liberty ; vile Proteuses^viey have changed their
language still mot e tir o their drc*s. Formerly
they blasphemed against Christianity; bigots
now, and at no liPie pious, limited to certain
forms, certain iKtiing customs, 'neglecting in re- j
brion every uiing that restrains them, perverting ;
its august truths as their interest may dictate*, :
from the motives which St Augustine itas dev el
oped in so striking a manner in his City cf God,\ I
they II themselves Christians through policy, [
because according to the expression of a modern
or dor, religion is necessary for the peop.e ; and
as the secret of their heart always betrays i*self
rnhre by their conduct than their discourse, the
sacred instrument they would pet vert is broken in
'Jioir hands ; li;» among that race always frivo
lous and without character, that is called French
men, there is not one, even to the servant girl,
who, in robbing her master, does not repeat
dial religion is nt-ocssary for the people, on con
dition that she may be dispensed from having it
herself.
lUligion, necessary to every individual, is still
more so to those magistrates who are the regu
lators ef'states. Fat al experience of the misfor
tunes, occasioned hy an abandonment of Christi
anity, lias not yet opened our yes. We liavd re
course to a palliative to' ure the wounds which
have been made by irreligicn, and its offspring
immorality ; they have loost ued the bonds of so
ciety to such a degree, that they menace it with
decomposition, which will be common to many
| neighboring nations. It ever decrepid Europe
ir. altes a slop towards moral order, it will l>« less
•i m love of that than from lassitude of crime ;
j but it will be under the escort of clnistianity, and
! in consequence of inevitable catastrophes. In
1 spite of the clouds that cover the future, this e
| poch may be perceived, though we at e unable to
| predict it in a precise manner, though unable to j
| calculate its term, or its disasters.
If the bounds of this letter permitted ma, 1
would oppose to the evils engendered hy infideli
ty. tlie benefits profusely spread by the Christian
t religion ; its introduction was the most vast of
all revolutions, and the most beautiful because
the.most useful to tlie human race. The cross
| and Uic gospel in preparing us for the happiness
! of eternity, have civilized the world i virtue and
[knowledge have every where marched in their
tt iiin i every region has been abandoned by virtue
and Knowledge which has lost Christianity ; those
regions have returned to barbarism: Witness
! tlie church of Africa, illustrious for so many
learned men, and which was once one of the most
brilliant portions of Christendom. Witness Al
giers where you resided two years ; such would
be tlie lot w hich the United States would feel, if
ever they should cease to be Christians.
mu UII9 c-t] IIWUICIII IU WiiHl }flll propose
in some lines, and by an engraving, whicli a dis
c-pie of the gospel repels with horror ! Tiie at
tributes of pure Christianity are classed among
the emblems of prejudices. Where are your
proofs? It is in the nature of tilings that what
is inv iriably useful should be essentially true ; in
stead of proofs you give up to derision objects
revered by many hundred millions ot' men, who
will not beli. ve you on jour word ; they will see
that your anti-chrisli.tii sentence wants justness :
th.a it is a consequence without premises ; that
without i easoning at all, you decide that ail the
principles ot the gospel reason falsely.
Viriuous minds would sign to behold calumny,
i: .-.ety, and lubricity di- ay themselves with
effrontery, protected by the lib rty of the press ;
b> l as we do not know where to place the hunt-.,
it wc attempt to establish by law repressive
measures, this evil would be counterbalanced I y
others, if our mouths were locked and our pens
I crushed by tyranny. The press is free in j out
country {'thus you are not reprehensible by" the
l»\v, hut com! *mliable at the tribunal ol Opinion,
the supreme judge <1 all crime s tii .t offend pro
priety and justice. Yours olfends both.
It ofhiids justice, because it is a gratuitous
outrage, that resembles that of the Jmuuiy at J i
.11". What would you say, if the ultribiihs ot Ii
belly, winch tire so dear to you, weiv trampled
i tinder hot between your ej es ?
It offends propriety, because, in holding out as
Ipnjuuicn tiie emhleins ol the Christian religion,
it is saying to all those who nl'ess it, that they
are fools; this compliment addrt -s itself to the
disciples of the gospel in c v ery p.ut of the globe ;
1 it addresses itself fo the estimable descendants of
tlio; e catholics, who, fljing from British perse
ciition, t-9l.tblisiied in Murjhuitl, a state b'-long
| ing to your confederatk.n ; it addr. s*cs itself to
| tiie v ■ i.erahie C-arroll, hilltop (if Batumie ; you
trample on the attribute v ot his pastoral chard
fei. lu France, it is true, the non conformists
outri ge in this way, episcopacy on the pcr«onof
j those pastors, wlm, fnu-fnl to 'be voice of their
, cunsci. in , i, have coi.mif.ed the ut.parduinible
j crime of submitting to the laws of their country ;
this is a • ad example* * rite, no a model to irni
■tal* . Your sbytcri.'.n countrymen will per
j Ii ij « ask, il j on abjured the principles that you
} profes-1 ", wI,( n j hi we. t-tiie thup.uiii of it regi
l men* in the wsrot independence.
II to heliev* m tlie gospel, b*' a prejudice, per
| re.l tis to partiik • of it, with the treble minds of
i A Uliron, A'*ha»lie, Arbuthimt, Bacon, 13..-: kelev,
| Ii -rrow, Beattie, Bentley, Jlo»,rhavc, Bonnet,
Boyle, Blarkstone, Ciaike, Cullen, J; iddridg ,
! rjitton, i-»rh s, Fothe.;’ 'I, Ic -liSOll, (,rot u<,
Cray, Mei-yey, Hanw.y, v, Harrington,
| Haller, Ji.ncs, Johns >n, l,irkc, I.arUucr,
I : bnity, I.it;1 U n, I)t l.uMilton, Newton,
, ■ ’ *b- i <1 ’ , 1' i , I*ridi, I'i itigh:, Pm ally, Brie-,
di). Hi iCticr, Uoiisliin, Ifoocn on, Snerlock,
| Si>. i-’ci, Stti ic, 11. >inp* a , VV.ill. , Washington,
I I .In, \V(. i ward. Young, < to. and with those
I nn...m- o, v. .tliyol ; ity, ii.-tt-.-.’u ■, B uirdaloiie,
! '■* •rnjcic, Copeiuu i.t, uiicilic, d’Agucsscau,
ii ■*. f Z2.
*
ntnarlrs, Despresttx, Fcuelon, Galileo, Gassen
di, Houbi .-ant, f.’alebrtnche, Mustilan, Ni -ole,
Pope. Pascal, Uucytt Winslow, Wink elm «n,
&c. t>li sincere Catholics ; >ut to .s;«vk serious!'.
it is pleasant to 1 >se our-elves in strdi a brill >•»
company. <
1 must add, that in wishing in undeceive in in
regaixl to what you call fireju.1 ce*. you err in the
choice of means ; for conviction can only he tile
effect ol‘reasoning ; man cannot detach hi. affec
lion from the object most dear to him. uid • tl.o
motives that support it }u«t destroyed. But il
injuries that revolt are substituted tor argument*
that convince, we are sure to strengthen the .id
liesion to principles which are riioted in the mind
and the heart. If to convert .* Mussulman, i:
s-'.cad of proving to him that At alio ret was an
impostor, 1 should commence by placing b lore
••is eyes a picture in which the Cor.m and the
Crescent were trampled under foot, his heart em
bittered would cloud his undei stun ling, and
prevent all access to my attempts. Apply these
reflections to the true religion, and s--e if von
have not failed entirely in a deplorable vies;.; i.
Persecution, my dear Barlv>w, does not c vsi*»»
only fn ex*ling, incarcerating, and ais.. ,-d ..ding
men; Julian invented ire cuvuiug.'ti not less cru
el vexations. Th y havt; i*eon reti l among us
at the end of the eigl.ifot.th century, in li ira o eg
ami lacerating tb~ Gutholicks without cessation,
by repeated .rvectives, by a multitude ofthvis<*
little mea«S, wiuise application was continual tor
ture ; impious verses, songs, epigrams, carica
ture*., every thing was m i le use of—You are vv
vlilll rent from s • ;Ii men, but why resv'tr.blv
them in any tiling ? Your engraving is an offence
against the freedom of religion ; a sort nf perse
cution which your heart disavows ; rt-iie - Li >.i
will bring on regret. Believe in-, iny friend, dial
these injured Callmlicks will net make use uf re
prisals ; true piety opens her boson; to v rrirg
brethren, without opening it to v;rror t to < c!; i ■
en them she places the torch of truth in the hand
of charity, ilav ng but a moment to exist n tiii:
world, we should love our fellow-qu-r.. be be
nevolent towards all, whatever ilia} be their re
ligion, their color or their country Jesus Cini.-.'
has given us both precept and example in th
turn ; lie displayed alternately l\rmn*ss and p. > !•
mss towards the Pharisees; lus parabh- of the
Samaritan is a perpetual judgment against per
secutors.
If you should say further, that France offers
examples worthy of condemnation, and f hat pro
vious to censuring an Amencm, my zeal aiiovivl
he exerci cvl to convert my countrymen.; far
from weakening the vjbj»ction, I v. ndvl fortify it.
I would say, that, in a country where so . cany
truths have returned to their wells, we ->ev print
ed and circulated freely the obscene poetry of a
member of the national inat tute.anvl the rhapso
dies of romance writers, who serve up afresh im
pieties so many times refuted. I would say to i,
that, without respect «■# the first body of the
state, which ought to give a"n example v-f decen
cy, immorality is authorised, by peopling tin
garden of the palace with licentious statue*, to
such u degree that virtuous mothers dal e not con
viuct their children thither.
You see that- I am tar trom avoiding objecti
ons ; but by my disapprobation of an ■>t?Vin i:i
wliich 1 have no snare, ami against which my col
league Lanjuinais protested vainly in lull sen
ate, though with the general ass-nt of the sens
tors, 1 have reserved to myself the rigid of tel
ling \ ott, that to recriminate is n.ot to answer :
and that what might be aUcdged as un eva nple I •
follow, cannot be'but, as an abuse to reform
Gorani observes that the licenuousness of paint
ing and sculpture had exercised a disastrous in
fluence over Italy : that the masterpieces ul tit
ans had drawn away sound minds f. a uv. f'ul
an 1 necessary studies, had depraved their man
ners, enervated their courage, and foment -d tiie
most hateful vices $ When public shame, is ex
tinct, do not expect to preserve the private v .1—
tues : and when religion is publicly insulted,
it is a wound to morality, a national calamity'.
Many limes have I i ( pented having employed
so many efforts to defend the arts and those who
cultivate them agaoist V.-ndalisin : not that tin-r
arts, which are called fine, and wiii'di .u ■ n . al
ways good, are bad in their very nature ; lull,
almost always they arc flatterers and o.n not
wliich by un inconceivable fatality, precede-,
bring on, escort, and fallow depravation. Kivu
in tiis time the illustrious GersonJ compl third
of it, to whom France owes a mouiim and
whom she has almost lorgoltcn : he v as griev
ed to see scandalous pictur- and a liui luious
work, the Jiomanc of '-he Hos , expose to liter
eyes of youtl;. At tiie moment 1 am wi i.ing, we
are menaceil with a nt-w edition of ii.
What will l»e tlie fruit of mv r. monstrance ?
You are not one of those men who are afraid io
acknowledge that you arc wrong. A rn.ui isal
ways honored in doing an act ot reparation. I
appeal to your loyalty, to your delicacy, i ins i<>
to put you at strife with join self.
My soul is oppressed in iwili* *caus •<>! b.iime
ina man, in whom 1; ee so much to piaise. Your
chai Scter is not degraded by meanness, like that
Of the greater part of your brethren the poets ;
you have not prostituted your talent* to adut .li
on ; do not tarnish them by incredulity, nor by a
sort of persecution. Placed at the summit oft le
American ParnaMiis, a creditor cl glory, you
have sung in beautiful versrs'that liberty you de
fended with your arms you c*mc to . coder
her homage at the bar of the national convention,
where, as president, 1 answered in a manner
•that accorded with the principles you proclai.fl
ed. Our hearts were in unison.
The true foundation of political libertj- is in
the gospel, for it perp •tually* reminds men, that
having all proceeded from the same .* • k
they compose only one family : tlial there > lists
among them, not a species »f relationship, as has
been said in a well known w irk, bin .» real con
sanguinity, uliu«e bond is indestructible. The
gospel unceasingly incubates on nun a spirit
of chanty and fraternal sentiments. The Chris
tian religion would be perverted and disguised,
if it were'subordinate to the caprices of rulers
and the pus hons ; but well understood and rig .il
ly prac tised, it ii the most certain guaranti • «.f
the purity of puulic and private manners—Under
its wings, my friend, your state of society was
raised, and consolidated, and the domestic, vir
tues herediti-.il transmitted ; it is to that, with
out doubt, that you owe, among other advanta
ges, that of having a wife gifted with » i many
rare (|ual . < 3 and inest'm-ibie virtues, lngrati
i Hub- alone cou f mistake the benefits of this an
gust and divine religi m ; it would be like despis
ing the bosom of our mother
I have discharged, my <K sr Harlow, a very
p •inful task in censoring, without human respect,
v.htlin your poem oh- :ids chri.viuniv. The
work lx isg public. 1 give tin s one pnxlir.it v to my
j rcnionsli .«uce, bus satisfying what is pres.- ribi 1
to me liy my principles, iry situation, my consci
c..^c, a.lit my invariable friendship.
il. GRKGOIUE.
Former Po .hop of Ili.fn, senator, Sic.
j Pari*, March 15, 16J-).
t Srf the prrfuce to the mem oirs secrets et criti
ques let crus des gnu v-r nans, da snoeurs ties
principeiux etais be i'Italic, hj 6 or am.—Pans,
179J.
$ Vide his works, edit. Dupin v ii,p 2:>t,&c.
1i Mr Ilarlovi must have represented himself
i as a to'dicr of the Ani-ric.m 1 evolution, to Mr.
(ire^oit , tv J careful// co ruled from him, tha>
he \jus a (.httpiatn m the army—a minister of tl, t
religion fr orn ihich he hat af.stutis'J, and become
a bitter r,vlcr /
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j Wheat and Corn. J\ U.‘.X 1/ALL r C>
Ji-j t.K.'ocr 5. tf
| ~.MOV\l..—The subscribe- !m rrtvo" ’
j \his Coac’n*VI ikerh* Shop about tlir • squari*
; n irib-cHs*, on the s.u'a- Mrei 11.« .i\ m* d on. ; a.'
nearly opposite t!« ... <• form-i lv k< pi I y \d *i
J C raig. ip'C’d wV.Pir : ti rv •> on l • ooi.'h r.i -
j if’iicj' biisin***. i.i »* 1 its :-ra .eh -s. lie ' eg* .,
. rreturn hr. sincere thanks til 't; uds an ’ *
public in general, f<r their past *upp n... in.. ,
by his .<•'.eirio » and p inc’.n dity, to iner t a e ..i
tinuuuce of their pair magi;.
. Joshua west.
Sept. 20. w6w
/A OMN^TTIil) to the Jail >: th- count'- oi
i Middle the ti'.h of June las*, a n r id
man, wim o.dis nim .*lf UK Sill' l- /.\ :t • l says
In; was horn Ire ai.t i... .1 in Hie town «>f N :•
folk : lie is about lirtriy ye; •• • of lit e I it
seven of eight inches high, well p.> rtioned, u|
a \ery dark r in, .l.-aioii, anil marked .ills fan ,
very thick wi'.o pits <>, he smaii-pox, 1 a t on
when taken up, a light coloured im.el Virginia
Cl 'ii| Coal, a eriped v'lr.yinin Club War-trout,
and hiiieiiaoket n pantaloons, but lias with him,
a nuntiiei’i i o. 11«*r clothes. As the s ,;h Negro is
j supposed to I): a runaway, tl • owner is req i .-.t
i ed td conic thru*: rd, prove his property, pay bar
ges and lake him aw y, otherwise, he will be
j dealt with, -*s tie- ! iw directs.
’I'll': I1EALY, S rijof MiAMefex C'ltint:.
August 11. wj.
! ^ USCONDED ’’' 'm the S-ihse.-ihi r, on the
.a -ti. iJ ditto 1" 7t;i July last, a Negro r.ia'i
i named .Stephen 20 tears old, live feet, eight or
| nine inches high, of a tuwtiry com 1 von, vitb
| a very renaarkabl* rar, on the’ ri.gut *.de of his
forehead, occusi i,ed hy a burn ; 1 -• curried with
him sundry clothes among tlium was a black du
ranlz coat, cons'ituti n cord pant'd > .and wo
■cotton sliirts l'!. * 'above n -. ■> was pT'cS 1
of Mr. Joseph Ile.'hiel l of Northumberland
County, t.» widen da<-<- I vispcct he will eiideu*
! vor to get, as his p.-rem* live in that coun
ty. I will give twenty dollars to any p : son ii.at
will apprehen ’ tin jail,
again, or forty doila •, for his deli. ery to inn li\ pig
in lirunswick Count*
PETRRSON HAWLIN VS.
I August 22. wj.i«[
j 17 DUC AT1C) M — I'lie suo.w s piopnye o'
r j pc nng a Boat'’ing-Sch.cu We due
the 10th day of Jann ii i next, rt tl.'- lute dwel*
jingol their father, the ivi-v'd. Matthew Maury,
in the county of Albemarle, wh.*; e tiny will in*
, struct Young . Gentlemen, i-* the Latin, Or -e,
! reach am.l Eaglish La 'liras, nyi'i she follow
ing terms: Tiiei.- price i*»i board will 1;,- eighty
dollars, lor tuition, :>h> I J, an t for washing oc
meiuling 3 12, payable ball »• -a ly, e-»ch hoarder
finding Ins own bed ling. ’The tpial bcations of
j one of the subscribers have been proven hy live
years exp riciice in tiiis •■■tr of I • sines*. Tin* «.
! ther lias been educated in the same S -.hool, and
wants nothing but a f.-iv months expcrienc - to
render his qualifications fully eipial. The adv.m
i.i.'fas oi urn Mtiuiio'i irn m m-nurdy great, t: he
■ :>g in the heart of • healthy anil po ithed neigh*
horliood, and far removed from every i;*ceini\e > i
vice and dissipation. The s-r.bsi••fibers, deeply
impressed with the great importance of t’o* du
ties which-they have assigns.; ■ hem-elves, pledge
all tlteir powers for their performance. J oey
have a tolerably ext five and well selected his
lor cal Library, whicu -had, (during the winter
nights,) be u.-ed under their superintendence, lor
the hrnefil of itieir pupils. SI: >ul 1 any of those
gentlemen, who have patron.?.i : the 1. . of F.
» . Maui/, tli»‘ Green Spring-, in Louisa,
choose to place tiieir sons or wards with the sub
t scrilicrs,their bedding, broJcs, Stc. shall be re
moved to this place gratis. Comoiunicali.iin di
re ted to the subscriber-, Lindsay's St uv, Albe
marle county, will be immedi itch ittend-d to.
1 HOMAS \V . MAURY ,
FRAWC1S F. MAURY.
September 12. vvif
r I ^ 1 i IK i' Y DOLL A its"Rli \VARir T< ntTa”
SL ‘ w iy from the Subscriber, on tint 2’.'tli «J y
ot Much HI07, a negro man named JAMES-—he
i : about fd'y y us of ng*. 5 feet 6 or 7 inches
high, spare made, I -z .t v-• .1 ,f hi# jure
teeth, has a down loo!;, n vl -ttrmnei-s much
•
to make laborious attempts with his mouth ami
tongue, loan--ver you', a.;:! with dihiculty mic
cee , at last, in an eva.iv manner: He former
!y b Ion jvdto tlieesL>tcof Mr. Farms of Glou
[ tester, v.-her* r is p dnMe he nay now la* luik
i'tg—o • in If; •limnu.l h it- neighborhood, wlier
tin* subscriber hr.s ' n iufoi aul lu* ha. been
-ten. lie i.> a . vp :e S'l i-t and may per
il ips foil >w that trade. The .. ■ i. ward will
hvp-id, for ap;.-]- ling and ileliVerin ' him to
the subscriber, living near Ay! tt's waye bruise,
m Ring Wpllnni co iiuv, with i •-veiling expell
ees, or for see: l ing him, in jail, so that I get him
I again. TrIDMAS BOSilER.
September 12. v/G.vfl
NOi’ICE—Oil Monday tire 2>rd day <>t Ocjlo
tober next, will be’sold at WHITBY, in
the County ot Chesterfield, upon a credit of 12
months; the pi is mal estate of the Lie C ,!. R<*
bert Gbode, consisting of ilv present crop of
Corn, Wheat, Ous. Fodder atid liny; the slock
of Horses, Cow, Sheep and Hrg» ’; tiie plan. .
tion Utetis.Is and Household and Kitchen furni
ture. Bonds and approved security will he re
quired of the purchasers to carry'interest from
the date ifm punctually paid.
It is particularly requested that s!l those who
may have clriuM against the Estate, will make
thein kn >wn immedle.-ly, to either of the sub
scriber*, in order that provision may he made for
payment
RICHARD R. GOO HE,\ Ahn'rt of the
h RA Ni.lS GOODE. j Will annexe.!.
'i’ll A l valuable and well known Estate called
Wiiithy,on James River, aiiout three miles from
the town of Manchester, will also be sold b pri
vate contract ; it contains 12 >2 Acres <h I. m.l,
about 220 acres of which are of the first rate
low-grounds, nncl more than one h; If of the re
sidue thereof, is hoavily tim1- red. To this Es
tate there is attached one iff the best Fish lies
on James River, and every convenient and . •
cessary House for the accmnmoda'.ioe, fa Fami
ly ( An indisputable title will be made and pos
session given on the lirstdav of December i, xt.
wi'o the liberty of sowing small Grain at any
tin' .agreeable to the purchaser. TiU-terms
may he known on appli ,,tion to
RICHARD J!. GOODE. ) ..Ianchetter
OR (
FRANCIS) GOODE, j Powhatan.
July I h WtislO
A I the request of the legatees, an 1 by virtue
of a deed of trust, executed to us by the
. I ite col. Robert Goode, decM. for the purpose of
I s tti-.fying a d.-bl ther<-n mentioned, d • i> \\
j J unes I,j le, the above inentione l Tract of Law'.
anil improvements, will be sold, to the highest
bidder, on the pi-cm'sr-s, on the J > l daj of Ot.'n
j her next, if not previously disposed of bv privi.ie
| contract, in which event taking i> >cr, imply .m
tice will be give n. Terms ol a. , one-third part
• »f the purchase money will lie required on the
d.iy of sal.-, cu ,-third in twelve months, and the
r< tna-niiig third in twoyeais, ihe instalments to
citfry interest from tlie day of sale, and the pur
chaser giving such sa'd lac'ory security ;o* may
I be required.
JOHN MU nut IE, ) ...
TARl. l'ON SAUNDERS, S Jru,ec/
v. .1
I j’OR SALE—.J tin all fra^t of LAND, Ding i.
k. . e eon ity ./ Rrir • /, • tr /, on 'ti-i river,
in’iig t>,e land on wit ch 1 no a t tsi.le, a ,d contain
ir i i,ui ",Wt> acres
j Alto, a Jew likely NEGROES—For terms rf>
; p’y to Win Rnuidfh, in Richmond, or the su >
j scriher, in Prince J. d-vs.trd
j ■ETT.'N II AN DO !. PH.
> SrC‘e'tiler *•. wl.rt
! TTtm ^.V*E-3«.5 JC*tS JAM • r
j » J..IS i)—tin thy 10'. i Orcein u i- ne\;,
. .
* * > » .' p V lli- .1, # True#
• ' A . .V J : 1 . . b.un c<• ,otv, ’ . tu c -
>' •t.,.i «>poo> (• , ii i »i: R.» k-v. > i . i «
i!. i \ acre- <■■.' «.< ', .,»• ■ prime . vr £t-o<iu.t *
r a >1 ■. i-1, ■
•"■ ■ i1 to the coi.a.t . t' Tuba . co, Cora, .tud.
VV beat.
V C'.'eil’t I.; one, two ml three \c-ir-. will !>•
J?: v,“tt» pit ‘hi- .It e _ ,1 oiotnl.nOilts, with Ulte*
■ d to he c if the payments be
•unctuul!/ - aim *:• i.l wif.i approved securi
•y 1 1 •' ! 1,1 d >. le.,r title made, it ,m*- 1
•. ‘i • ftit c «>:» tiie day of sale.
1 ' bi.- e I i- to: i..vi«l ii ,s bi-mi conveyed
t i me m R.t c ;• .., j,,„ n.ickinjfliam, ;•
be s .1.1 lor tb.e paym i. of his debts
.11. XX. i nOAt, 'JYustcc.
j 23__ _la on.
/\ 1 ' tOA t.'. I El)— Mr. Fontaine Mjii« *
-1- 1'. . who t:emlit > lionl, ., this >1.», til*
st .-s, 11 iV.ruvi i i A.o< .nirle. at
j Ciii'i 't-in vs A | du!' <j ti .' b 'il, vviii pis i a
j bly find it hi- 'Here; t i so. c< il • on The .«L>*
1 scrlber will furnish b - d, ft upon the ouat*
b#
made ill lime, that aria \ fin »'■. jp
„ XL.S1..XU
Crv-'.-n-Sprinps, I.ouisa^ j
County, Sejit. ID. $ f . uT.w
| N CHANCERY.—At h C.. held fur ilud*
i ingnant County, tin- ldtii July, t».
I horn i. ■ ■ t
! a*/ lin.sl i-'.-i : i: . las 1 .. I ■' ml e ...t . 1' *
son, Dr"/ ts
On me inotio.i oftii - phi . d . bv c cm | ;nl4
il a '• if the c itirl th.it
• .! .Tend oils an: i. > inn • s o th - ■ .
/ is orle eil .nil derived, i i. t i.:.h , 1' . . all
a here u or brf ire O ■ tier Court • st,
1 ami :msv . r •.he ifii-of in- ;.: i. >-iii-, C *.»rt <
■ will tlitn j.r weed to t; the ..
seil, am y
and that a copyoftiini order be forthwith pub
lished in some p-.iiiic in.-vvr; paper • <.."t i:f
■
e her • oi!.e | <ii"i uj; at the hunt w n ot the
Courthouse of tiiis County.
A Copy. 7'ste,
R. D TDCr. j:\ d c.
j August 22. vb.r
U* olNI V.— il k ; . Court C
V <cv\, hold* ) .it the C..;iJt,l, m ili;.iv:i id,
June the 1st, lboy.
Henry],. Biscoe Pi:'if. a ;.ii-ut i’c cr Salh-c.
Ihj’t. '
* he defendant n it having entere I !*is a;-; ir
I of
nblj it, ap.
pencil.< to the sa'.ot .*-t *i * ‘ l,,. eourl, li: it 'is
• • i>"t »u inhabitant of tJii*. co.imrv ; On motion
plaintiff, , J /, . |
' f e • 1 lief-ild it d«» ear Here, in lie first
‘ ■> the next tei *d answi r lb- h i. .1*
j lainiill, and t i.«t a c ;>y ut’ ibis ord r fit* < i. lb
i'.'i insert 1 in s > m*; new.-.paper, pub’.she n,
»I 'e city t .v I' I ■ i I, t\V i I. i'. | s iU'.'Ci. aS
ive:y, a.i I : i st.- I ut u.e front el. • of the c- ..il
in the said city.
A C ip j. Ti'j.'c,
PETER T2XSLET, C C.
Aiigtikt 15
iy. Chancery.—Ame ia County, August C uit,
2 J)9.
■ i i. * 1 rulv,pit f \ 'iiin jt i’lit) :; •..* Berfcinso*
and Jos ph Brown lit ft*.
d' . lav came t: _• i . u iff ' ' {. 4ne '.is
Couuc.il, U it appe ring to the <:.>*. , IT..- m • ie
teudaiit J* sepn Blown is not'an nimbi *nt if
1 Court ; /t i* ortlcrt .1 oil n t.o.o f I • hull
I tui’.s Council, i hat sajcl Brow do i'ere
• ■ . . ofni I ■ •
JVI r me bill of tbe pUll and ive seen :i \
, c ding to the act of Assembly in mi ii case ..i.Mc,
• i I it is orel I, that .» cupv of this o: 1 -r .«
i forthwith published for two m .ntbs w.' :st -ive
lj in > >«w . r nub ’.,h. d :o tue C.:y of
It i*‘ dm. ■ id, i: d tHat aii'H In r < <■ ,v In* * .. ; 1
tl»- front door i : .c Courthouse of l!;i County,
j. a f- .v Wi •
JAMES TOWNES, c it.
$ imtember 5. o w
: a 'I I'.i.i'; v,i s i I*." ahusii. dT"7T~7T
tl.E—fhi •'‘•us* * d id-.icrueut where
‘he. v .* .'*bt;r lately r<" ' ■ I.
i hi# tfciienie; ’ ;.i ly rands am mgst the: first,
ibllrs ;iia •inh iiiu:*’c I-g-mre, convenience,
j cont i . uity u> tho’Ci.' it I, .ul in the centre of a.
i most ati'rre ibis'neighborhood
• > ’ « appl 1 iVIr.'Wirt.Tuang wllo is fa'
ly authori, ,i to c» . r .•t for the same.
J. 1‘ENNd
I T"^il_ tfi.
i ’ v J r. 'll.LARS HEW A Si) - i m,war
! X fr rn tin* Sducr'i.’i vs, in thj early pet -»f
April Iasi, ne ar . ith-VFi .M}nmt,'o Tennessee,
, a i.. man, nani - l YIOiM K
to b - moot s'X feet ti'>,(!i, v ’,1 in de, a *•»<!« in*
njilenon,
♦
j a : • • : lii> ido l.- s r-mi i'.‘ : iSt us
to >k off a number, .o 1 of various kin,Is.
The said n-*£ro w s porch ,v-d by tin* an'iserl.
b»*rs, (in February la^t,} of Mr| i Turner, uftbis
Ckv, and y -n '•dlv r, ills hints.W >f .s.-s T ir er.
Htfhssa wife in this ph.ee, and it is supposed
he iahow lurking some .vlpt'm t : d F-nvn, .«•» w*
have been informed be has b<m - n he>e, p •.
vioiis to our arrival. Tin above re w* id, beside*
lepral char. *s, will b • ■•'tv, n to tty tsuii who
i will i! viv' i- the said Ncjjro to Hi *h •. d J’ rrel or
i 1- A. Gi nt, or -cure :umin any Jail so that
thev "et hint aj.nn.
TL TERHEL.
J A. GRANT.
Sept. 15. if
_
(X~J All persons arw strictly forvrarned f-" vi
j ha b • •■or nr emnloyinsf the above Mr -ro. Also,,
dl Gapi is of Ve s. Is, or any oth-v i - at, : re
forwar.'-d from taking *!»«• • aid fellow rut
of , State under the atrictest pcn.'tyof ’.lie
L tw.
_ R.T f. J \ r.
j nr* !*■ Mier«lii(» of l/f- RfjLI.F.i'
A i this cloy «! solv'd ,v nolual consrnt.—
All df hi s :!ue to and front the; Finn, will be iL-i
tled by James dream.
JAMES H ■? ” 1M,
FRA XCIS J/'OLLET.
Richmond, Sept. 13.
JAM' i LIE V I re meet fully informs lbs
Friends and th • Public, th .t t ,■ im iw mio f.f
J- .hi ini Fvliet i \\r dissv 'f l toe aioin.oi
w■ 1 r i r ■! by .tim -I • r . eels *t*>o iv *
r v.ei a i '.-sh supply of articles it tie- Ir- unt i l*
»
sto k in band, he will !i lti .v for c«»h, ..up,* /Vu4
I paper, or country produce.
Sr of. in. yf
\T ALU ABLE LANDS FOIV SALE—The
» Subscriber, wish to dispose r>f j|t ,t > J.,,,.
Me I met of LAND ca.erlFoHi l.i ns, I g
it) .the Count! s«if Bottetourt and Mor Iponu
»
in tb#
C<rr * v ol Fin vam , '■» lie ■ .mb kjJ, ,,f th*
»’• v.vti v i . , i f. - i c Cary’s linn,
,v **• '• i ’ ■ thin iut a mile of C*
btntbia.
'J I • ' H' ■ • T ' • r • ’, brio# in five rlifl
i ir if a. '.ii - i • or together,
• ; 1 ; r.ny ,t. uric, M of pllichaa
’•k <"*•'« i ■ If .'Di" " being paid in
*,»»y r- > ...!iic cr ■ ;. wtlll - iren lov the
e.
r-u SON JEFrEUSON.
1 li chute .<J, Ju» _u. w