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COMMUNICATED.
The f?-ecian Song in honour of Harmodius
nd Arir: y*ton, who fell martyrs to their pa- ’
-iotie effo-tsto reftorethe democracy of Athens,
y killing Ilippins and Hipparchus, the fun* of i
*i ft ft rat us the tyrant.—They made the noble
♦.tempt on the day of the Panathenxnm, or
reat annual feftival; their daggers, to efcape
nervation, being concealed under twigs of .
.yrtle. j
RANSLATED FROM THE CREEK OF ATHE
N/TU8.
I’ll walk prepar’d my fword to wield.
My fword by myrtle leaves conceal’d ;
As by H irmodin? brave was done.
And fearlefs Ariftogiton :—
Who, giving tyrant-power its due,
The fon of Pififtratus flew;
And pain’d for Athens freed, the rei-n
Of juft and equal laws again.
Bdov’d Harmodius ! tlio* the force
Of murdtnus weapons gor’d thy corfe,
Thou art not dead ;—the fares deny
That friends to virtue e'er fhould vile.
Thou liv’ft in happinefs and reft,
Where, in me iiiands of the Bleft,
Achilles fwift of foot abides.
And valiant Diomede relkles.
I’ll walk prepar’d my fword to wield,
My fword by myrtle leaves conceal'd ;
As by Harmodius brave was done,
And fearlefs Ariftogiton :—
Who, giving tyrant power its due.
The gallant prince Hipparchus flew ;
Where crouds were met, wish gazing eyes,
Their public fe.aft to folcmnize.
Ye patriot pair, in*ranc’d I view
Eternal "lory wait on you ;
Beyond what ever went before,
To left till time fhnil be no more ;
Becaufe, prepar’d to a^t v >ur part,
Ye pierc’d the oporeffbvs’ cruel heart,
And gain’d for Athens freed,the reign
Of juft and equal laws again.
MAP OF VIRGINIA.
From rhe Petersburg Intelligence*.
Mejbt. I);cKsoff and Ps;svd,
THE ohji ft of the enclofcd letter will be
mfwered by publifliing it : I have therefore to
rt quefl that you will infert it in yonr next pa
per. A rough draught of the M\P there
in referred to, hasbeen fubmitted to the inflec
tion of the members of the General Affembly,
who have generally exprefled their approbation
of the work, and offered their friendly interpo
lation to iufure its publication. In confeqner.ee
of which an ingenious and competent aitilt has
b«en engaged to engrave the Map, which I
flatter myfelf will be executed in a flyie not in
ferinrtoany fimilar work in the United States.
Propolals will be handed to you in a few
days.
I am your’s, ?r<\ &r.
WTT.LTAM PRENTIS.
Peterfburg, Feb. C, im$.
DfAR fiR,
TTIF Map of Virginia, to which you
have lent fo confidcrable a/finance in the col
leftion of fome of the ncceflVv materials, is
nearly completed. Forth? forvsr hiefs of the
work, T am indebted to Mr. Willicrn Davis,
whom I have found to be a neat, correft and
intelligent draughtfinan.
In making to our countrymen your prom'—
f:d« for the publication • f this Map, it wiii he
proper to mention, in a few words, the data
upon which it is founded. T.’ufe ought to be
known, in order that fome previous judgment
may be formed of its pretentions to public at
tention and encouragement ; a.id alfo, that it
may not be ftipoofed, a greater degree of accu
racy is afTumcd, than the information pofTeficd
will warrant. For this pnrpofe, it may be flu
ted—
Tfi. Tiiat the 1atitod.»and longitude of fevr.
i.r virtuiM i irMiiiN. miaicmai'T i mi or mre,
aft'vd fo many efltmtiaj reqnifites in the forma
tion of a Map, and cannot fail, as f ir as they
ex’end. to cond ft to greater accuracy.
C flv. Tl at plo's of counties, fernifhed by
their forveyors, pirtb'nl.arly hv thofe of the
tmf.iw’tanr and middle parts of the flit.',
h-tv" been rolh-ftei? with mtr'h labor, and very
corndmb!'* fuccefy ;—that furveys .alfo, which
h"1" ’'"en tnadc of the boundaries of counties,
of ¥t%i crurfes of rivr rs, of the bearings of
mountains, and of the diftance of places, have
been (ought for with the rrcuteft diligence, and
oh* lined, cxrcnt in a few inft.inr.’3.
ftUv. That the exnofnre of the firft deli -
n'adon to 'he anim.sdverfion of the Renrefen
tatives in Ri.bmond, whofe local information
mav he prefnmed to be corrcft, has afforded
tb>* means of retrenching many errors, and of
funnlv'rig t deficiency in materials.
T.aftlv. The completion <if the boundaries of
tbr* Rate, together with the labors of tWr who
have preceded in the fame work, furnifh r*r?n
cinVs f ir geographicalcombination, which lead,
in fotnrraf a, to iifcf-il r< Tults.
Such is *ur ge uind work of the Mao.—Its
(i7which will hr- f, feet 6 inches, in length, nod
3 f»r‘t 3 inches in breadth, will be foun^, I think,
foTcien'Iv fnited (o the magnitude of the fta'e.
With re for ft to the delineation, it is • bfer
▼ed, th at acc”ricv. fo far n the nrrfent (late of
the crogranhir.il knowledge of this coontrv
couM be ob' .lined, and will permit, has been
fllldiouflv aimed at. Tilt* decree of corrcftnrf
of whieh 'he Map tnay boaft, is greatly fhnrt
of that which m?"ht b* attained bv the interpo
F’ion of tbe leyiflatnre of Virginia. It is onlv
her fiat, which can give exiftcncetoa pcrfeftlv
full pifture of herfvlf. In the mean time, I flat
ter mvfftf. 'hat the renrefentation which is now
pronofed to V exhibited, imprrfeft as it tn.iv
be in fome refnefts, will ftil! be found more fi
t'sfaftory, than anv which hath hitherto ,ip.
prared ; an 1 will aid in the promotion of that
geocnohical knowledge, which is the mod in*
ferefting to every Virginian.
I am, Pear Sir.
Your’s, very rcfpeftfultv,
/. MADISON.
William (burp, Feb. l, tens.
Mr. William Frfntis, )
Petrrjbnrz* )
If i» a fmirre of uefeier"'’, fiitisf, ftion toerery one
•diofr mind is net eftranged fromfrfl brin.ipftt and
X JTII, fo find that a H'ftorv of th" rrV'ihitinn.irv
Tar, is at length announced by Mrs. M. Warns,
’ Plymoti'h.
It s twedlefs to obfirve to any p’rlen in 'he nor;!i
•r, fates fhxt Mrs. Warren is the filler of fames O
the mafter-fpirit of die Revolution; 'hat fbe has
■on converf.mt (during every part of the period wh:c h
e deferihes) with tlie molt dluftrioiis ftn efnim r.nd
triots who produced and yiided the Rev-duiinn : u*
ong whom ter own httfbmd, the prefect Gen. W« r*
n, was by no mean* th. !e <f> cotTpivv i,. Hrr finur
s of n ! irm i ion are ther*fr,re the mot1 authentic :
d her fidelity to them, and lier ability to clot! ft •
th ie a cv>tiv«t'»i|
If there is ever t^lt » rivrifhip between :h- Nsrth- 1
ern and Southern Statee, let it he only the riv*'ft»|> of
talents aiul virtue. Hnbrrto Ramfay’s Hiftpry has
been onrivslk-i for impartiality and an elegant fuc
einctnersofdiih’o!:; thefe who know the talents of Mrs.
Warren, of which lht- ha*given repeated proof*, anti
cipate in her work, all that can in ter eft, inDrud or del
light the friend cf truth, invtftignting the tr.ofl hrilli
ant period that ha* ever occurred in the annals of time.
LhJIc* DfjMcr-t.
Barov Humbolt.—A Paris paper of Octo
ber is, lavs, M. de Humbolt, correfpondcnt of
the Inftitute had read, at thelaft fitting of.the
clafs of phvfirj and mathematics, a third me
moir, on the journey he had performed with M.
Bompland in the interior of middle America
and Mexico. In the ftrft he had traced the ob
ferrnt ions made in the Atlantic oce in, at thefuni
mit of the pr^ic «-r Tenerirfe, and in the province '
of New AnJa’ufia. In the fccond he had re- 1
marked his operations in the province ofVrne
zeula, and the plains of Calobozo, \vh;: c he had .
made fomc curious experiments on the S?hk~ .
lus rleHrior:.. In the third memoir In- has pre
fented an abridged fmnmary of his navigation on
the Oronooho, the Rio-N.gro, and the Carfc
ettiare, a dangerous navigation performed tode-1
tennine aiVonomioally the communication of
the Orinaro with the river Amazon. Thefe
memoirs, which cotnpriic ere: v tl ing interift
ing in thefe countries, that relates to "eoera
pby, !>ota ty, mineralogy, and the moral history '
of man, will be fhortly printed. An artift has
already commenced the engraving of fevcraldc
figns of M. dt Humbolt.
BANKS OF THE MAIN, Nov. 2.
The celebrated traveller Von Humboldt,
wrote a letter to hi* PnifTian majrfty, immedi
ately on his arrival at Paris. The following is j
the flattering asfwcr he received from that mo
narch :
“ I have feen, with the moft lively inhered,
by your letter of the Bd of this month, that you
have fifc-Jy returned to Europe, after a vovage
offuch importance to the ftudyof natnrr and
the knowledge of foreign nations; and that, af
ter fettling your literary affairs at Paris, and
vifiting your brother at Rome, you gropofe to
return to your native counti •, to iive at Berlin, i
and to employ yourfelf with the publication of
your manufciipts and drawings relative to the .
countries on the American continent.—I have
ro difficulty in granting veil the pcrtniilion you
rrqueff, to continue in France and Italy till the
nextfummer; and, notwithfranding rr.r defire
to become acquainted with a man, who, out of!
the love to the fciences, has fupported for years
*yith unparalellcd conftaney, the great eft fa
tigues, and braved dangers, in unknown regi- 1
oris, and who has thereby filed new luftre on '
his country ; yet I cannot forbear doing itiftice [
to the motives which have led you to this de
termination. This perini.Tion I accompany!
'■ with the a.Turanee, that on your return to your
; country, you fli.tli eujov, rot only all thr confi
•Jeration due to merit, fo diftmgmfhcd as yours, '
hut that a penfion fhal! likewife he affigned
you, that you may be enabled to devote yonr
fclf entirely tot’t fciences.—The orefent which
. you propofe to make of your collection to my
cabinet of mineralogy, demands my highrftnck
j nowlcdgements, not only on account of their
r< a! value, hut hecaufe you merciy afford a ma
rl <feft proof of vonr love to your country. I
cvpcf) :'t vriih impatience, as (veil ns the extra
ordinary piece of platina, with which \ on in
tend to enrich my cabinet. I am not lefs ohlig
<*d to yon for having1 thought of emhellifhing
try botanic garden by means of tlic feeds of un
known plants.
I am, with particular efteem,
Your kine.
(Signed) FREDERICK WILLIAM.
. Fot/fiamf Srftrmber 24, 1804.
THE YOUNG ROSCIUS,
After having acquired fuch a diftingniilied re
putation on the Theatres of Belfaft, Liver
pool. Edinburgh, Bath, Birmingham 81 other
provincial towns, has at length madehis debut
on the London boards. His firft: exhibition
before this grand inrn, ft of the theatre, whofe
vet diet never fails to he accompanied hv the
..i.t *v... ~na u_1 c. j__>.
1 m • . si«v u.uts iMun.iv 10 tUgidUrt
tion, has only feemed to add new laurels to
the wreath, which has fo long encircled his
brow. The 1endon MojfutxG Chronicle
contains the following critique on his firft ap
pearance a'. Covent-Oatdeu.
—
It would not be eafy to convey to the mind
of a dry mathematician or a four puritan, the
anxiety that was felt to witnefathe performance
of Saturday evening. Thoufands, willing to
give ary money to he admitted, remained at
home in defpnir. Others, more adventurous,
fdlied forth hc'ore mid da*’, and patroled in the
neighbourhood of Covent-Garden, ready to take
their pnft upon anrappearance of a crowd. The
avenues to the pit and gallerie0 began to fill
about two, and in little more than an hour a
greater niimt er had aftcmb'ed than the honfe
could contain. Curiofity being often in the in
verfe ratio to ftrvnyth, not a few of the fair fey
were found mived with the multitude, in d**fi
ance of hr at, preffure and broken limbs. The
!oors were opened exactly at five. We have
not heard that anv ferious accident took place,
notwi'hftandiog the violence of the ftruggle
which enfued. Several times the torrent was
* he to hear down all oppofition ; hut aval pret
ty well rrnrrlTed bv means of bolts, bars, guards
and cortftables. The pit was quite full in not
many moments. A few ft-emed to have been
admitted through the honfe, and more leaped
over from the boxes. After the pit was crowd
ed, there was a great number of perfon* in the
'ront foxes in their way thither. A* the pnr
pofe fw which they had been let in had become
'mpoffible, they were afked to withdraw. In.
ftead of complying, they fquxtted tbemfelves
down, and Wept onfTVfTion for the remainder of
the evening in fnite of all the entreaties and mr
mees employed to ejeift them. Fainting fits,
er'eo of murder, and blnftcrinjr q-n re's, amu
f<-d the attention of the audi nre til! t*-e period
when the performance was to begin. The honfe
now made a very brilliant figure. There was
i rich difolay of beauty and fafttionon all fide-,
and every countenance was animated by expec
tation. ’
The moment at laft arrived for the pretended
/Ic'-'vr! to be produced before /? it-harcfo. Maf
ter TH ttv walked in with an air the mofl ea
fv. dignified .and modeft. He received the greet-1
!ng of (he audience withfymnt amsof fenfiirility,
but wihoiit asv embarraftmenf. His looks J
were Incxpreftildy prepoflWTing. He is t?:!er;
than roft hoys of his age, and hi* Joints at the J
fame time are firmly knit, and his limb* extreme
ly well proportioned. His countenance cannot
vet he marked hy the deep lines of thought j j
but it is open, ingenious, and expr ffi-’c. 7'he 1
manner in which he prefented the l ing to the ,
tyrant, and recounted the ftorv of Srlim’j nur-1
der, was a fufficient pledge of hi* qualifications *
as an n-ftor. Stu b was our amazement at the
point of d-f tpline to which this ftripling has
Tver In ou V. that s c know rot how to utter
our own feelings, or to do fnftice to his merit,
w*»hot»t running into hvpcrl o'e.—We will yen.
I-rz, .icvuthelcfs, to Rate, that he •* to our ap.
yrehenfior. the yve^te1! mailer in the mechanical j
department of the art wc hare at anytime teen. J
He treads the tlace with the created dignity, and
Can vary his (lep in e\ ry poifible way, from the
ftatelv ft rut to the ahrupt pace of hurry and
confirmation. Hi1* attitudes are hold, eorrefl,
and graceful. Whether bowing as a H ive, or
commanding a* a prince; whether aiming a
blow at the ufurper, or trying to brin * back his
mother to life, he was fttll in a pofture at once
fli'king and elegant. His action was at times
rarhci redundant, and did not conel'pond entire
ly with the fentiment ; but in genrral it was
ch fie and appropriate, and fermed the unpre
meditated clFe«5t of mental impulfe. None but]
the vulgar will fuppofe that ail this is the gift of
r.at'jre, or comes by infpiration. It might as
well l>e foppofed, that, without any inftrudlion,
tie might he an adept at chefs, or go through
the manuel and platoon exiicile much better
than any fiude nvin. lie mull have been lo: g
and laborioufivdrilled. Now, however, from
the combined effect of genius and flinty, he has
reached that hie') degree of art which hides the
art that I - employed. We were chiefly afraid
of his failure in J^ondon on the f ore of voice.
This turns out to he one of the particulars in
which be ipofl excels. He was heard ditliuAiy
in the remotefl earner of the houfe. His articu
lation is uncommonly juft and accurate, which
is of much more conf qucnce than flrength of
lunirs. Ilia voice, however, is in it 11 If very pow
erful, ami fufeeptihie of great variety of modula
tion. It is neccfFarily defi. icot in tharp losses to
exjmfr.the angrv paffions, 1>. t it 5-fwect, plain
tive, 3*1 l mellifluous. Confidering that this
was his firfl elFuit in a large building he managed
it well ; though he will know in future, that it is
not neceflTarv for him to keep it fo conflantly at
the top of its compafe.
To rhefe general obf.rvatinns we have only
to add, that his bye-play is inimitable. He is
completely abforhtd in the biilinef, of the feene.
He liftens with as great attention when unoh
f rved, as when lie is immediately addrefled.
Never once doe? he coquet v/itli the audience,
or lock about with a vacant flare. Everything
which he hear?, everv tiling which he fees, pro
duces the effett upon him that might be expe<5l
eci n real me.
That he fhc-uld he competent to comprehend
and to delineate'he great chambers of Shal-f
penre, we tnuft ftill be permitted to doubt.
Hi*, sopearance in Richard III Othello, or Lear,
mult be quite ludicrous, and to rut him into
them at prefent would be to profane thefe di
vine compofitions. But he looked the part of
Achmet well, and the illufion wa* completely
kept up. He har, nothing cither to (ay or to do
which is palpably incontinent with a youth of
his years and of his frame. Nor docs Ach.net
require any great (hare of difciimir.ation, fo that
we really believe that it has fcarccly ever been
reprfented better. The principal pa (lions fo
be pourt rayed are filial p’ety, indignation
and revenge, which may each be ftinpofed
to a.innate the irfant bofo-n. Love unfortu
nately now and then intervenes and contends
for inaftcry. Betty appeared to have a tho
rough conception of what he had to do.—Tn
the firft interview with Barbaroffn. he mits on,
very happily, the fervility,cruelty, and hifrncfs,
of the hired aftaffin ; at the fame tim- (hewing
evidenttv, that far different was his rt d^fpoti
tion. Tne difeovery of himfelf to Oibman was
managed with great delicacy. He at firft fii
umphed in the murder with favage ferocitv;
by and bve he could with difficulty contain his
honeft tranfportH upon hearing himfelf praifed
and lamented.
Selim is yet alive !
he fpoke as if feprful to bre ik the news too fud
dcr.iy ; and hi', accent in
What '. like thi*!
as he (hewed the fear, imoirted the idea that he
was nleafed with his prefe'-vation, chieflv he
caufe he thus rejoiced the heart of an old adhe
ren* to his honfe.—When he proceeded fo re
veal the terrible ol>|«ff of his vitit to Algiers,
there was a folemnitv in his utterance, a"d a
refolutenefs in hi-; face, which gave a hi^h no
tion ofh.is h^roifm, and created much alarm
for his fafety. Nothing but a prcfer.t fenfe of
the wrongs he had fuffered, could juftify the
eagernefs with which he exclaimed—
Ere morning (lvnes,
Thii, Othman—this—(hall drink the Tyrant’s
blood.'
The firff fcene in the third is a very diffi
cult one, and we do not think he force'ded in
it. Selim, in refruing BarbarofTa’s daaebter
from captivity. isfuDpofed fo*hf deeply fmit
ten with her charms ; he makes his love Arbor
dinate to t>i< revenge, but it coffs him many a
painful effort. Upon being unexpectedly re
cognized by Irene, as he pafTed through the pa
'ace, he has a five re ftruggle between tender
nef? and diferetion. Under this our debutant
did not at all fetm to writhe. T*Ie treated ‘he
poor girl I'Ve a raff miff refs whom he was verv
firry to meet, and to whom he faid a few fine!
things iuft to ft'fle her reproaches. The inter
view, which might be rendered very affeCling,
naffed off coldlv and heavily. This verv circum
ftance exabs the lad’s merit, for he might have
been tnu^ht to ape the amorous paflion as well
a« any other. Fxeeptio format re^ulam. How
ever, when he fmrrna at the advice of Otbman
toffv from the dangers that were gathering a
rorind him, he retched a frill higher degree of
excellence than in any previous paffage. The
idea of leaving his hclplefs mother “ a preyto
cruelty and Miff,” feemed to infnire him with
horror, and he eagerly turned from it to the
fwceter profpe£t of revenge. He declared his
determination to lurk in the palace for the pro
tection of his mother, and the chnftifemrnt of
he. opprcfTbr, with an eameftnefs that muft
furely have arifen from a momentary belief
that he was in reality the charadh - he perfora
ted, and that every thing depended with him
upon the eventsof the coming night, X 'thing
was evermore exejuifite than his delivery of the
linr'—
And fit mild he meditate a deed fn vi’».
I'll h«ver o’er him like so iinfetn paf.ile.Kt
And blaft hirn in hi* guilt.
When i: trod need into the prefcnce of Z<?Mr
r/7. he hid only to difplay that beautiful afTiili
on for a parent, which is. no doubt, predomi
nant in hir. own mind. When he cried out—'
O powerful nature, then wilt fure betray me !
it feemed the utmoft exertion of prudence only,
that prev*nted him from running info his mo
ther’s arms and claiming all the rarefies due to
a fon rrftored from the grave. Mis exultation
>vp heartfelt in finding her foil virtuous, and
ref rived to with ft and all the folicitatibns and
threats that could he devifed to ruin her.
When BijrbaroJii fnfpedh* the deceit and is rea
dy to ftab him, he eluded the blow with afton
iftiingcoolnefs, preferweof iniud, and outward
firreerity. But it was in the end of the fourth
a6t that hir- powers (hone out with pecu'iw luf
trr. The excufc was extremely well feigned
Art coming iutothe apartment; as his mother was
now in gre-»t*r danger he was lefs careful to j
wraphlmfeifnpirrhit difguife. He nsadethepafi j
at H/trkaroffii as one filing to madnefs, yet a no- j
vice in the wava of blood. When detailed he '
appeared indifTe rent about the puriffirncnt that I
a Ashed him, and folcly to regret th^t his pnr*)
pofe 'Vi* fm ft rated. When lie throw open his
Have** drefs and difcovrred the etiGgtl* of royal
ty., he faid, with all the energy we Inve he ad
in the famous exclamation of Zunga—“ Know,
then, ’twas I,"
-Hear me tyrant • while with voice
More terrible then thunder I proclaim—
That he who aimed the dagger at thy heart—
U Selim !
The diftrefsof his mother mBidts a par? tip.
on him beyond the po er of Borf>ar<i/Ki. Whnt
he felt, however, in feeing her lifelefs was light
compared with his agony when to fave him flic
wasahout to facrifice herfelf. We do not at a
ny time recollect to have witnefled a finer burft
of paflion than when he reproached her for
her wcaknefc, and fwrore not to furvive her dil
gracc.
-What, doom thyfelf
The guilty p.rtnerof a murder -r’* hed,
Whole hand* yet reek with thy poor hufband’s
blood ?
To be the mother ofdeftrv5hiv» tyrants.
The curie* of mankind ! Ey hearer, I fwear,
The guilty hour that giv** thee to the arm*
jOf that detefted murderer, iball end
Thi* hat«-d life !
Having confirmed herr. folution, and taken a
: lad embrace, he walked off to torture and exe
cution with an elevation <>f mien, as If the hit
trrnefs <>f his fate were now over, and he defp
fod the impotent malignity of his deftrove*-. !■
the laft ac't he was unequal. He taunted
hiro/pt with ftiflu-ient acutcnefs >f i :v.if'.i ;
but in the vilit from Irene he did no* betray
th etn ition which might have been exp ‘led
at the moment of eternal reparation, and when
there was no longer any re tfon why he fli mid
; fnoprefs or r ft’.ain the inpu'Os of hia heart.
He again broke forth, however, from beneath
this cloud, and iitiilheil his cotirfe- with fplen
dmr. The figml that his friends were e.ffail
ing the palace fet l.is foul on fire : I'.’.i love of
life returned, his hope of glory was revived,
and h's thirft for revenge was tenfold infi mud,
—He ftrove to free hiinfelf from the wheel if
his ftrength were increafed with his inclination ;
and on being IU«rralrd by his friends, he flew
out brandishing his fword, feemingly terrified
tliat the ufurper might fall by another hand.
Throughout lie delivered thetc xt with gi **>
precilion, and was not once obliged to the nffift.
ance of the prompter. Far from confidcring
that his memory was hurthened. In* introduced
mod of the lines marked with inverted commas
as ufually omitted. lie by this means feveral
times wrought powerfully upon the fympathy
of the audience, and eflentiaily heightened the
e fit-eft of tlie feene. Thofe who were prefont
will not foon forget the pathos with which he
concluded the admonitions he pretended to bear
from Selim to his mo her, in the words
An*' then lie wept at I do.
Wc need fcarc.'ly new obfervr, that Mafter
B. received every mark of admiration, and al
rnoft of idolatry. The m >lt profound and
death-like filence prevailed when he was to
fpeak, and as foon a3 he had finished the hoafe
rung with fucceflive penlsof npplaufe. Not a
few ftiewed their approbation hv the left noify,
but more fl ittrring trihwte of a tear. At the
conclufion of-very aft, feveral perfonsnot con
tented with what could be done with their fret
and hands, muu ited the benclies, waved their
hats around their heads, and call' d out hut^i!
ns if they had fuceeeiled at an election in bring*
ingin their favorite candidate. Theft who re
mained filent and fallen, we are perfunded, mull
have been either fuch as had no hearts to feel,
or who had taken up an opinion from which
they were refolvcd not to recede, or who were
under the influence of jealoufy on their own a -
count, or that of their friends. When the no
velty has palled away, wc make no queftion
hut this aftoning creature will retain a great
fliare of his popularity. lie has real, genuine,
fteriing talents. It is faid by his friends that he
will yet appear t«> greater advantage, and that
the faults to be difeernedin his performance
arife entirely from the monotonous, heavy, de
clamatory charafter of Achmet.
FOR SALE,
By WILLIAM ROSS, at the Eagle Tavern :
IGI1 TY-leur yard; Fancy, Tcilcnct, Cafllmext
>4 and Swanfdown Weftcoating,
2 cafes Britannias, 1 bale Ticklenburgs,
8 cafes and tt unks Chintzes and Callicoes,
1 cafe Cotton Shawls and Pocket Hhdkfa.
1 do. India Sattins, afloi ted colours,
1 bale Gurrah Mullins,
2 do. Bafta do.
S do. Coffa do.
1 do. Jaanuah Mmioody do.
1 do. dij. Sannah do.
GO boxes Spanifh Sugars,
20 do. containing fetts of Tea China, 61 pieces cad.,
5 do. aflorted ditto.
RO rheam Medium Vellum Printing Paper,
G do. Foolfcap Writing ditto.
Alfo, 5 boxes Glafs Tumblers and Decanters.
N. B. Crop Tobacco, Flour, or Flax-Seed, will be
taken in payment as calh.
January 11. (lawtf)
TO NON-RESIDENTS OF KENTUCKY.
r| ''HE SUBSCRIBER living in the neighbour
1 hood of Frankfort, Kentucky, having under
taken to pay the taxes of a number of gentlemen
refiding in Virginia and elfcwhrre, on their lands
in this Jlate, andfinding that the remitting of mo
ney to him for that purpofe is attended with great
difficulties, rijk and trouble, pmpofes it to thofe
gentlemen and any others who may find it an m
commodation to them, the following plan, to wit :
That they /ball depqfit their money in cither of the
banks of Richmond, Alexandria, George to wn or
St, ill; more, on or before the firjl day of May an
nually, and nuthorifefame pe 'rfon at thofe fi ve
ra! hanks toadvife him by po/l of the amount,
and to whofecredit it /ball be applied, and tmpow
er bin: to draw for the fame, payable on fight.
The lands of non-refidents are advertized about
the firjl of July, which is an rjepmee of twenty
five cents on each trail. The fubfieri her* s draft
will command the cajh in thisJlate, and as Jo on
as his hills are honoured at any of the above menti
oned banks, he will advance the money in Ken
tucky, deduff ing feven and a half percent conmfi
on for bis trouble, in attending to and executing
the bufinefs. Ur will enclofe duplicate receipts
to thofe banks in which the money is depqfited, or
to the proprietors of the lands, keeping the original
in his rwnpq/feffion, tocorrecf any errors which may
cur in the auditors office of Kentucky. To l ho ft
gentlemen who may -wifh to pay their tuxes in
this way, and who have not a perfonal acquain
tance with the fubferiher, he begs leave to refer
them to the lion. John Dree ken ridge, the Hen.
Matthew Walton, Ffqrs. now in Congrrfs, at the
city of kVa/bington, or to Gen. John Pre/Ion of
Montgomery county, and Col. James Brrckenridgt
of Botetourt county, Virginia, at to the confidence
which may be rtpofed in him.
NATHANIEL HART.
N. B. The fio/higr on all letters dire fled to nu
on the above oufirrfs mufi be paid. f
December} 5, 1801. (rSfl Waff
\ITILL be ghrn for H or l.5 BOTH, from
’ * “7 to 1.5 years oU. Bn quire of the P inters.
Idee. 1 It. (//*/•]
HUGH J. CRAWTb *^D,
YTASJud Received, per the (hip Ai. mder,from
i L London : A gd'eral Aflbrtruent of Genuine
DRUGS tk MEDICINES, which he will diipc.fe of
oil moderate unr.».
Richmond, Dec. 25. (lav;2ni.
TO BE SOLD, "* l
For ready money, purfuant to a decree of the Fede
ral Cir-uit Cvurt, for the dittriet of Virginia in a
fuit between Pniceaa lioud, A.torney for the 1
creditors of Er.ekd Edwards Plaintiff, and David,
Rof« ar.d others defendants—
• e WO undivided part*, out of three, of forty-two
4 acres of LAND, in the county of Henrico,
upon Four-Mile Ciceh, with the Mills and IToiHirs
thereon, known by the name ol the Norwich Mills,
ALSO—a Trail or Parcel ofLAND, lituare in the
county of Heiu'ico, about feven miles bclcw the Ci
ty of R'Clnaictid, coinmouly c ill^d and lenowft by the
name ul the Seven Pir.es,thought to contain one tliou
fand acres, but tvlr. Rt Is undertake*, thst an accu
rate lurvey and plot (hall be produced on Ibe day of
fale. 7
The S?le w ill pofitivdytaJ.i plate at thr " . de ''’a
verti in the City of Richmond on Thurfday ti-.e ifift
day of February next.
BEN. MOSBY. t>. st. for
Joseph ycor r, m.v. D.
Jan. 8. (id*.)
At ti e far.it time ar.d ;-! tc?, I will difprfe of *1 r.
other undivided third fart of -.he find Norwich Mills
?nti will slfo difyofe of a valuable frail of LAND
u:i uning thereto, which contains about five luu .ited
j acres,wit:» various improveinen!*—The whole is i va
i luahle cllate.—Mr. 1 looien will (hew the Mills u \
I the liind. 'I'iie terms of payment for ti e s.id bud
i and the other third part of the Mills will br* bad' r-.i
dy money, and twelve months credit for the other
half.
DAVID ROS3.
TO PRINTS I: S.
HENRY OUR AM—PRESS -MAKER,
South-east comer of Prime ami Sixth-flrtcts :
- E3PECTFULLY informs the trad-, that he
v undertakes to fupply Print;/ g-(ITices with
every tf ing in his line, having a csmpirre Prin
ter's Joiner, confianth employed i>: making tl-e
'•l oadpart of Pre^es, Furniture, Rules, >57. ifir.
Chafes of all ji~es, Compiling Sticks, Brufs do
Wood Galleys, C3\ lit. confianth on hand, or
made to order W’tb difputrh and K-atKifs.
Orders from any part of tbe Continent ottcr.d
<"d to. Fbilnd. fen. 5. epUm.
FOR SALE,
T7IVE Khds. and 10 qr. calk? <TLONDON PAP..
* TICULAR TENiiRiFl'Ii W1NF of afuna: ior
quality,.m a credit of 120 dav»—Neynti-.i'ile not?*.
Enquire of THOMAS NORVElj..
December 23. (tf,j
BROKER’S OFFICE.
| he Svhferil-r has epci.eJ a 2!raid's Office, cf.pe/Jte
» tl. Uni.rt Twa in, a:.J (net Wi C;- ::tir:j-bCuiv uf
I TLtimai and Aries Ladd. All bufeuft «r.fidea to bin,
j luill be tranfuitai rvill firici
TEC:.IAS SORRELL.
0cider 3. tf *
_ . .
! "OURR MILL STONES, c? xr.r. st-ts; r.^T
; XD PI. AI S'1 ER OF PARIS, of an ercdUnit quality,
, /ax :ai.l, as usual, fir
WILLIAM DAVIDSON.
near the Market.
! Dec. 4. [eptr.]
PUBLIC NOTICE IS GIVEN,
r * HAT tbe Prefilent and Common Council of
■■ the City of Richmond, uiil, at their next
Monthly M“ettng, to beheld at tbe Court-Ertufe ca
the 3d Monday in February neat, pr«n.etd to reco u*
mend to the Court of Huttings of laid city, one St
and proper perfon to be appointed a CONSTABLE,
"ithi.i the fame, in the room of .J.,*. Childrefs, re*
fil led. AND: STEVENSON, C. C. C.
Jan. 23. dofa.
JOHN SPINDLER,
j T> ESPECTFULLY informs the Indies ard
| 1\ Gentlemen of Richmond, that hr intends to
■teach DRAWING, PAINTING in Oil Colours
' and Crayons, and would instruct 6 or 8 pupils in
thnfe hrnnebr!; either by waiting on than, (,i
, bis bottfe, oppfite Tfoomas IVilJen's Eh. back
1 fir ret.
N. !i. Sign, Houfe, and Military Colours paiut
cd by J. S. Orders from the country punbfuully
attended to.
NOTICE.
f M ’HOSE indrLteJ tn the late firm of Shank; 'j'
fi MRae, either t" B-rd rr opsrt .re an* t, are de-ired
te make payment before \fi f March. A lfsR- »:.* retry
!y, •wit/find Ibeir accounts in the Lind ofunat.
COLIN MACRAE.
Manebefier, January 1 j.—[JJa-x.
NOTICE.
" F’' I * V./ulfcrilers having put an cnl to their re*
I tail buftutfs. requejl the debtors to this f.nn to
come forward, without lofs of time, to have their
accounts adjuJL d, and to pry wh et me, !>* due.
ds great indulgence has been already given, fur
ther cannot reafinable Lc expected. George Mc
Credie will attend at this /dace, for the pnrpofrs
nffrtt<mg the accounts, and receiving payments.
Thofe who do not pay, or give fatisfaiirry a flu
ranee of paging Jim, mu/} blame t be nfelves if
fiats are injlitutcd again/} than.
LYLE V Me CRED/E.
Mancbejler, Feb. 5.-(rpHw.J
j RISH I.incnt OnJ <jj./itdrirrj . S .p.'ifne C.l/.bj anti
\ Caf,meres ;
ThJia, ltill/.in nnt Frer.h '-i'ks ;
Ho jWl-H Mutt M:fins i
Ho. do. do. fihdlfs.
Ferny Alufin, Veils aaJ Shan 't ;
Colon,,.>r sA-fins ; 1’tin brisk Hia.'.iin 'tf Cctlicoes /
LacrJ Cap. .xn,t Veits ;
lie. IlU'fs and Fihiivvls i
Lis. Gloves /.rid Mitts ;
tV fo Lull.ee an l Kid Git vci.
tut i>*ie by
Bartlett still.
January 18. tf
WASJI1
J III’ subscriber has takm a Hifr of this true
I mutt for a Winder tf sun, . 1 put hints
itutr of repair lubieb tri-.r, it r ! irfe-t - *o <» < • jp • Sjj
City, but Jet the ‘/'avert, /• /->> Jcla.h ■’ h ;lj!ngt, . ..rfl
r
privacy than a tavt-n ,J ».j tff-rdt. dbefi t -teu nU
tidfin t ie public fotstirt, and at: eehi'irt huej, r! «arJo
*/ t./e 1 iit’itrj. They b ’’ 'C d • Jt '■!. ■ r ant s. ' er
btof'i in tbu City, «• L rf\. 7 t p»,t air and nnJl.it
viler. He bat O’tOis /.Bt.SS anj 1 e’. fmt fnfply of
the hf torts iB. lltuntle 1 L,< hr >/>« t< tri- J
the public, and nffortt the-1, t! ot r oi/n ./,,, r ,r
my other prattles svbhb right, tn my drgr-t, bjvr ii ter.
’ rj to uftroy the pea:e oj nis bor/t, milt ever i fieri lit'
led.
£ DCARD IIAI.Ah/.
Ri’hmond, Septs yihsr 2(i.
rI"rHE ME riVr offer* For f.<Y, the prop v.
1 1. tf ufi whi h he now refidir. roofiitmw of
two nerr* (town itirafure)of hr My irrproYtd
I-V 4, r>" which i? ft Mated a *00,] R.-ct. dwel
arig with nil the receflsry offices.
/AMES DREW M CAW.
> February a. tf.