The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-06-15 00:00:00, page 3

Tb Wench privateer Intrepide, libelled
at N. h is been liberated by the
district J id^e. on giving 1500 dollars.
The l*Vt uch privateer L/Lv»pine, which
robbed tne ship John, of Boston, has put into
Nt»w-Oileans, in distress! •
The Rev. Alexander V. Griswold, of
Urislol, (U I.) has been unanimously elected
llishop over the Episcopal Churches ii» Mas
MH'.huM tis, New iiatiipsUife, Vermont and
Rhode Island.
Aeht route, June 7.
Cafit, Cox. who arrived here yesterday
in 17 days from Hr. Hurts, informs, that {
just before he sailed, the news of the revi
vat of intercourse reached that /dace via
Antigua, at which place a number if Arne
ricun vessels had already arrived t’here
were abyve 40 sail of A inert cun vessels at
At. Hurts, which wen. getting ready to leave
the place.
Hu the schr, Swift, wr /rare received a
J\usx'iu paper of the 26th of Pfutj, which \
contains a Hr or tarnation of the Gov. of the
Jlahamu Jsfunds dated on the 15'h of that
month,allowing the importation, (in Hri
tieh vessels only ) from the U. States, of to- !
doeco, pilch, tar, turpentine. hemp, jia.r,
it.dts. rqrns, bowsprits, staves, heading,
hoards, tiirrl.er, shingles and lumber, of
any sort, bread, biscuit, flour, peas, beans,
potatoes. wheat, rice, cats, barley, and all
finds of grain, for a United time.
Virginia Hank Notes.
A very clumsey attempt (nevertheless in
one or two instances practised successfully)
has, we are told, lately been made to chan
ge 5 Dollar Virginia Rank. Notes into
1'ifty by the addition of a 0 and by
tearing off the opposite corners of the |
Notes, after the letters l'I which designate \
the amount. This fraud is said to have j
originated with a scoundrel in Bedford
County, who on the discovery of his base !
tricks, absented himself—Such arc the de
vices—such the numerous checks ; and such
the elegance of design, and execution, of the
Virginia Rank Notes, and for which
the Direction is entitled to great praise, that
no attempt in this quarter has been un
til this, made, either to counterfeit, or alter
them-—As the inexperienced, only, will be
liable to imposture, strict examination on
their part, will in future be necessary, on
receiving Bank Paper.—Lynchburg Star.
We have been informed, that the J. Ad_
ams is expected to bring such news trom
Jiuvope as will require an Immediate call of
congress by proclamation ; and, that it is
the intention of the President to convene them
in case of public exigence.--llai:. Whig.
Charleston, June 2.
On the 8th M iv a severe storm passed o..
ver part of St. Bartholomews and Si. Paul’s
Parishes, to the extent of about thirty miles.
Jt passed over Air. Chamfiney'a Plantation
in St. Paul’s at 12 o’clock from the South
lyist ; but the wind changed shortly after..
w\rds to North Wyst, when an immense
quantity ot transparent ice fell in pieces,
in Iny of which were 2 1 2inches long, 2 in
cites broad and neatly 2 inches thick. It
destroyed So acres of his cotton, 8c in its
Course over other plautationadid considerable
damage tr> cotton £c<corn fields; killed the ;
poultry and some large pigs. The Thermo
meter st >nd at T5 but immediately after the
•dpi in commenced it fell to 60, and at
3 o’clock P. M. it was down to 50. IT-w sev
eral succeeding mornings the Thermnme.
tyr stood at 50 to 52. Courier.
A very heavy bail storm was exprienred in
the neighborhood of Coosa wlmtchie, on Wed
nesday l-.st. which has done considerable
iiijAry to t'w fields over which it passed.—
fortunately the vein was not very wide, be
iag not more than half a mile, Jts extent
lias not been ascertained.* Some of the hail
trouesfaie said to have measured between 6 ?t
T Inches in circnniference. Our inform
states that several fields of corn which
ll,e wiritpssed, exhibited nothing hut bare
blatks, t ie blades having been totally beaten
lloiu the m • y hail.
Savannah Republican of Alcxj 29.
*4 letter from the Collector of Ocrcicocfl. to
the Editor, dated Lhzabeth City, (.\.
C JJune 4, says—
“ Arrived capt Carter, of the schnr. lie
yo, of i roy," (Massachusetts) who brings in
formation that a schooner of nhmit f>0 tons,
that sailed from Marsden’s whai f, Norfolk,
last i hursday lor ©era cock, missed the
Channel and upset on the Bar, where all
tiands pcrialMid.——Aorfolk Herald.
— At Norfolk Mrs. Wes*’, relict of
Air. i'honiHs Weal, deceased, founder of the
.Virginia Theatres.
The Hr^ton Centinel gays—The United
States have Reed the county of York for the
escape Itom jaj| of CJark, the public de_
fauker. The cuu ,e was tried last week
»t i ortlaml, in the district court, and a ver
uict found toy fhp County.”
Nkw-Yop.k, June 9.
"I hursday evening a gale set in Irmn
the northward nod eastward, cud in the
course cl the night a heavy Sail of rain com
menced, which continued till our paper went
to press last night.
I lie new brig Wanderer, loaded, and
bound to Liabon, tvas driven from her an
chorage in the North Hirer, during the night,
iirid it is ieart d she was cast upon a lee
shore. I he captain went down yesterday
morning in pursuit of her.
1 he gale was so severe yesterday that the
» outhern Mai! was not brought over from
* owlcS'Il(>ok. till iwo (/clock*
Much later news from England, hourly
expected. It appears that the ship Eliza
Ann, day* bum London, was spoken on
Saturday J.tst. i iie Hosion papers sav that
slic was bound to that port. The Eliza.Aim
is hound to tliis port- and may be expected
in soon alter the lircs-.it North east gale
subsides, b
(COMMUNICATION.)
Don Lewis !)*• Oni» hs* issued at Philsdel
phiaa“ Circular'* notife alion, directed to the
Consuls ami Vice Consuls of Spain resident in
d.nrrem ports of the U S. The character ol
Minitirr Vlnrfsnttntijry" which Don Unis
thcroul ttssun.rH. is one which is not recognised
In tile person «»f that gentleman by our govern
U);:nl: but, ut the same lin.e, h i> mu appellation
H iked nn<l inefficient, which the law* of theU.
S. do not pioliil.it any individual from taking up
on h.m«r|f# if »n individual should choose to
pi »ce b nrisi If in sucii a ludicrous posture before
t i? p-» .1 c.
i n-u.Miijf to rerciv- Don Onis in the c.npuci
tj .1 u i.ip -muliC agsnto; ti.e Spanish UK^uch^
the American government only adhered td that
impartiality, tor which it hr* been so wudh dis
tinguished, since itd.d not reject the gentleman
in question to makcrooni for ancijvo, from Jo
seph Bonaparte. Ttie U. States cm.!.I only look
ti the subject as it related to the *<rv.irt\£ii p<; w
rr of the Spanish nation in poim of .1 not
in point ol right—to things ns they existed, and
not to things us they ctight to exist.
Events have fully justified the conduct ct *he
President with respect to Dou Onis. Vne Su
preme Junta, in whose name he actually . , ue
hither, lias been dissolved under tho most i.npi <»
wising circuiiistiiioca ; and the only formal • i«
lii.irity maintained in the Hams of Hie Bouibou*
on the Iberian Peninsula, is exercised by a local
committee at Cadi/.. Ad l to which, the pi esc: l
appearance of political a Hairs in the Spanish A
nicrican provinces dues not see in in the least de
. c auspicious to the cause of Ferdinand VII —
t uesc ficis apart, however, the U.S. could not
have interfered in the contest between the
! Hour bens slid (he Bouaparlcs without a tnuiii
| lc»t relinquishment of their neutral character.
'I here did not exist the i -asl necessity for this
art ot Don Unia The Span sli consuls or vice
1 Consuls, proceeding in virtue of their respective
' i*.\equ «;iits, wcie fully comp-, tent to disseminate
the information which the notification contains —
It will strike every intelligent m.ui, also, that
commercial agents are UiOlisual ami most proper
organs for such communications —Njt. Jut
RICHMOND, JUNE 15. luio.
SOUTH AMERICA.
1 !'e general defence of the Provinces is
confided to Vae captain-general, resident at.
Caraccus. T'hc Governor of eacli has a
l ight to take such provisional measures, as
art dictated ijy circumstances——but they
must render an account of these to the Cap_
tarn .genera), and are eventually to exe_
cine his orders. “ It appears un the first
view, says Depons, that the provinces act
mg upon the same plan, must make a de
fence more systematical and more efficient,
than if each acted separately. This would
be the tact it they were sulliciet. ly near to
render mutual assistance. But the immense
distance that Separates them, prohibits the
union of their common forces without much
difficulty and great delay.” For instance
—the town ot Maracaibo is bounded by Ve
nezuela, the lake of Marac:.ibo. and by de„
.scriy 60 leagues in extent—these deserts
are between Maracaibo and Truxillo, the
nearest city from which it can expect as
sistance-and even that reinforcement can
not be marched without the assent of the
Captain .General, who lives more than a
hundred leagues distant.
1 he fortifications of their towns, are few
and defective. Depons conceives that in
case of a strong debarkation on the coasts,
the country would be able to yield a very
inefficient resistance-the ports at e dis
tant from each other, 60 or 100 leagues
— he intervals present numberless rivers
and beaches suitable for the debarkation_
there are no fortified places but on the shore,
and they are so “ distant from each other,
that whole months are requisite for com
munication, even in the most favorable
seasons.” “ The enemy might penetrate into
the country, every day augmenting its force
with new conquests ; and by cutting off the
communication between the interior and the
ports, already blockaded by the squadron,
compel the latter to surrender at discre
tion, through famine, without the loss of a
single Cartridge.”
The troo/ia are few in number, though
their discipline and strength are on the ad
vance. 1 he armed force consists of troops
ol the line and of the militia. For, “that
neither cultivation nor commerce may be
too much interrupted, the service is distin
guished into ordinary and extraoi dinary.—
Lite first is executed by troops of the line,
or regular forces, in garrison in the cities ;
the 2d requires the whole population to take
up arms.”
1 he militia are said to be in good order.
A spirit of emulation has diffused itself a
nu.tig them. The ambition of the distin
guished Cre< les, (the natives of the country
with Spanish parent?.je) is excited to such
a degree, that “ there is none of them, who
does not feel honored h being incorporated
in the militia, wi.h the title of officer.”_
L’he militia are constantly exercised in the
management ot arms. “ The people of co
bvir lot m s«. porate corps of militia and have
officers of their own colour, as high as the
grade of captain ; all above that rank must
be white.
Hi the province of Curraccas, the Troops
of the line are 918, rank and die—& 900 artil
lery—lo30 militia, embracing 1 battallion of
whites, &ri. flee.- .... -1 he nutn total nfiniiita
ry lorce. in all the provinces, under the Cap
tain General, was,-13136 men, of
which 1T.50 were troops ot the line, diffused
through the various towns of the provinces.
I* roin arms, let us pass to the church —
the one is as strong as the other seems to be
wc-tk— i he Homan Catholic religion has the
exclusive monopoly, in thu Spanish posses
sions, as well as in the metropolis. Woe to
the poor Schismatic, who thinks for himself!
—There me three tribunals of the inquisi
tion which hold their sessions at Mexico,
C»naa and ('art ha genu of the Indies, They
have immense power—not only heresy, but
divorce, polygamy, sodomy, qnd the anatlie
inuti?,lng of supecied books, arc within their
province——their temporal weapons are
tines, confiscations, banishment, the galleys
or the flames. The strongest measures are
used to keep the human mind in chains.
All Booksellers are responsible to them-.
and a Catalogue lias been formed of such
books as are prohibited and proscribed. The
inquisition has set the seal of its reprobati
on in the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Ray.
tral, the mild Addison, the feeling lieccaria,
the Belisarins of Marmontel, Montesquieu,
Hume, Fcnelon, \attcl, Puftendorf ; and
will you believe it ? tbe cheering coinpanL
on ot our childhood, Robinson Crusoe. In
I liar, there is not one, that is remarkable for
[depth or duringnoss cfthought,that bus es.
Caped the eagle talons of these Marauders,
A system ot this sort should lie exterminated 1
from the earth. These who are subject
til to it, should pray incessantly for a Re
form,
But the crown of Spain had sonic share in
ecclesiastical affairs. The right of Patron
age belonged to the king-u was cooler
red on him by the bulls ot the popes. No
cathedral, no parish Church, no monastery
or hospital can be founded in America with
out Itis express permission. •• The -arch
bishops, bishops ai dabhes, were nominattd
by the pope,but on the particular and spon
taneous presentation of the king ”
I hr re arc three bishopric* in the Cap.
tain.Gencialship of Camcent ——at Carnc
cas, at Merida tl*i Marat aioo and San Tho
mas do Guiana. Cieh bishop Ua%liUec
clesinsiical tribunal, which til •$ cave *»f the ,
rights of the church, See. At the chief place j
of each bishopric, tucie is a chapter, whus.:]
number is proportioned to the revenues of ■
the diocese, Desides Ihwe, art* (httuntts,
who have the conscience of the devout ini
their keeping.-These are either lecto.j
ral, those who officiate in parishes, in which '
the Spanish population predominates-or
j doctrinal, those who exercise curial fundi.!
ons iu the Indian Villages'*——and nn sion* |
•tries. who catechise the Indians, i'-c instruct
them in the rudiments of social life.
According to Depons, the number of
priests here is less man it used to be-the ,
improvement of tire military lias dcpopulu. |
ted the seminaries of religion-the epau
lette is sought after with as much avidity!
as was formerly the tonsure-rnd tire nrul- !
tiplication of oilier offices lias, by u species 1
ol paradox, contributed to improve the peo- j
pie. 1 here ate also tevver convents and
monks.
It bum tlie religion of these people, we :
pxss on to their manners and state uf ini i
prove lilt nt, we shall perceive the strong.
sympathy that exists between them. We ,
all know, to what a lory state of degenera,
lion the human mind has sunk in Spain— >
what can we expect from her colonies *-f
They are equally wrapt in the gloom of
darkness. *- Men are almost always what!
they are made,” says Dupuis. riius to!
know in what manner a nation educate their
children, is very' nearly to know their man
wen?.”
But what sketch does he present us of their
education, drawn by the pencil of a gentleman
of the la v 1). Miguel Joseph Sana ? ** No
sooner does the child discover the first feeble
efforts of intellect, then he is sent to school
where he learns to read bonks replete with
ridiculous and extravagant t il«*s. frightful
mil aclcs, and a superstitions devotion redu
ced to certain external forms by which he is*
disciplined to hypocrisy and imposture.”_i
The system Is nearly uniform throughout ;{
the human mind, swathed up and suffocated I
at first, never resumes ir<i proper tone. I.ike
the bandaged feet ofa Chinese Child, it con j
tinues to hobble on to tire last.’
Depans confesses, drat this portrait is in ‘
the main, fai hful enough-but he adds, j
that the Creoles, of Terra Virion, naturally
possess a quick penetratim mind that the»is- j
ing generation is improving, their prejudices
in favour of every tiimg Spanish begin to va
nish, they are beginning to read French
authors, ?tc.—lfut they want tire main
spring of Civilization-:ht Jirtsa There
was no printing press ir. Crnaccas in 180*
l lie king expressly re used tire application
of the consulate to establish a printer the”-, j
though under the same regub.‘.i ,ns am: su~
peribtendance, with those of Ilavanna, ... u
ta_Fe, Lima, &c.
These things, it must be confessed, are
but miserable omens in favor of the Revolu- ;
tion of Carrnecas-They ho., the nc i
cessity of a Reform, buc at the sami *ime, I
do they not disqualify tire people from at. I
tailring it ? Can Urey be free—much less in- |
dependent of any foreign government, if a 1
vigorous attack be made upon them—under j
sucli circumstances ?— 1'hesc points are re" i
served for the next number.
T. lie toast of Mr. Jackson is a 3ort of /Wo
de se.-j lie invocation, which it makes,
would turn at once upon its author.—“ May
the swords of this Ancient anil Honorable
Artillery be drawn against those who would
intei rapt the harmony between G. II. and
th > U. S.”—And who a-e they that do in
terrupt it ? “Think of that, master Brookes.”
—Mr. Jackson cuts om. ihore work, for
this Ancient and Honorable Artillery than
they are willing to execute. Their swords
would shave closer than he would wish_
for in truth the whiskers of his “ majesty’s
ministers” would be in some danger. The
spirit of the To., t is this :
“ May the swords ot this Ancient and
Honorable Artillery be drawn against hose,
who trample on the right* of America.”
“ May their swords he drawn against
those, who have tm/tressed thousands of A
merican Seamen.”
“ May their swords be drawn against
those, who have murdered the citizens of A
mcrica within their own limits— -as well
as those who abet or counienuncc sucli out~
rages.”
“ May their swords be drawn against
those, who have made an assault upon the
Chesapeake, as well as those who refused
re/iaration.”
“ May their swords be drawn against
those, who have issued the British Orders in
Council.”
“May their swords be drawn against the
minister, who had the effrontery to beard
your President.”
“And may their swords be drawn against
those, who would lend encouragement to such
• nsuits by the public marks of respect, which
they have shown to that minister.”
1 lie Essex Junto prove by their attentions to
Mr. Jackson, how little they respect their own
govc ntnent £i how much they reverence that of
ti. IJ—How little they care for our President,
how much for the man he has dismissed—Jh k
son is taken by the hand—he is publicly floated
be is toasted**Little Otis vouches for the pij*
rity of In*character—And the mean prints of
the junto strike in with the current, and courtier
like, inform the public, that “ 'or. & Mrs. Jack
son will,” on a certain night, “ honor Mr. Dwy
er’s benefit with their company ” We are proud
to see, at least, that the Cnief Magistrate of Mas
sachusetts disdains to associate with the insuiter
ol his Country.
This is the ape of bombast. Wliatjis rnornjri
dtculous than to ste u private man taking upon
hin.sclt (tie title of " Minister Plenipotentiary ?”
--Doi} Quit, at least, will have to change liis sign
n um “ Minister Plenipotentiary of Ferdinand 7,”
to " M, P. ot tiie Count of l’rovence, (Louis
13.)
Proclamation.
Whereas In these times any man may dub
himself a Minister Plenipotentiary, with
out the aid of the Government to whom he
is sent:
Ami, whereas I have taken upon myself the
li'lc ot Minister Pbinpo. ot the Choctaw
tribe#, wiio rest le within the limits of the
V 8.
Tills is therefore, to inform all those who are
concerned, that no vessel will be “ admitted to an
eiiti j ” in any of the Cno-;Uw ports, ("whzrtewr
thfy may be/0un,i) w ithout their 5>.ir.l.ein’» Consuls
r.ei lift cates m their respective ports of clear mee
I have communicated this to all subaltern struts,
lAiro whom I expect implicit obe<Vience,un<i who
!*a\r all the r^uts in ffhcaizt flowing Irom My
Hii'.l their official situation.
C >d pi serve you many years.”
liicliiitoud, Sewsr u oi I fortfet what, IftlO
VUCkON AllO.Vl
Come at font !-The John Adams has
Rbi.e up the Chesapeake liuy on Hut.day —
'‘l- * id, to Annapolis.
(FOr* THE KXQUKIER )
It is cm ions, what changes some of our vnrds
!ia-» uudci gone*—so *'new are their fares,” that
ilicy me uvi jawj j knovui <>s ‘*o!d acqu.iintau
CCS.”
1'ii's le-mnrk i* true of every variety of words,
:-s mil as ol every tongue. kanguagu i, liable
to an eternal revolution—it is never lived at any
or.o jaunt. '1 lie dialect «>f liie last rtuitury is tlif
ferent t«oin the dialect oftliis, fir ofllifcl lit fore it.
I>ltw wot J.i are used , old ones are ilioU^vd ; new
modes ef spelling are introduced ; and even at
distant ii iei v.ds the vhapes of the letters them
Selves vary. The tn* tv forms nfspc hiig, are it. coi.
si (jiKiice of new modes of pronimovl’on. The
written language generally follows the late of the
spoken ; for the one is hut the picture or record of
the other. As Man therefore abbr^-ticue* not on
ly Ins phrase*, but liis xa»rd* / it livquently hap
pens, that some parts ct the; words are dmpt ;
letters are struck out; syllables run into each ci
ther; the word changes us sound, and therefore
changes its spelling. Thus the word dn,pt in the
last sentence ; was at lit si dt upped, Uten dropp'd,
and now it is ({rtpc
Hut this prim if.le of llic revolution of worils :s
to l>c tukan with much allowance. I;aw tilings
a< e mine liable to change; und yet what m\y
vetin paradoxical enough, »hne is nothing in the j
customs aiid institutions of nations, except their
written or printed records, which is *>o sure a rlise
to the rise or antiquity of ihnt nation, as words.!
I radniuiiary history mu/ deceive. The memory I
•Kguis to fail, and the defect is supplied by ths ]
imagination. Kuble becomes so ii:t»;r\voven wi'.li !
truth, that it is impossible to distinguish them — j
1 he dresse s, diets and buildings of a nation shift. |
With the fa- loons ol the times.— 1 here are some
aits indeed of so much importance that they cun
scarcely be lost, and »f such a peculiar nature,
that they must remain, more or Less, the suinc ;
such Is the use of fire, the loom an.l the plough . i
these m.»y indeed sometimes light in in our re 1
searches; but they are so common, there are so j
many countries which have them, that they can
scarcely point out the particular region from j
which a continent or an island was peopled_On *
the other hand, the languages of the mother nati- I
on* are different ; language is l-vi nccessarv to n I
colony lobe lost, and too intiactable to be chan- !
g d so much in the nyide, n, a coat or a house ;
f*u<| though it will be liable to great changes, yet
it id ways preserves s nnedi ng of .u grand, and o
riginal features : Some words will be lost ; but
others will last. And though there is scarcely
any word, which does not undergo some changes,
yet there is most generally something of the ori
ginal stamina, the root of die word, preserved_
These arc the cine to guide us, as to v hat the ori
ginal word might have been. Words are not ge
nerally hire the famous black silk, stockings, spo
k'-n < t by the metaphysicians—which was so of
ten mended with white silk, that not a black
thread was left Was tbis, quoth the metaphysi
cian, the same pair of stockings or not ? Words, j
we say, are not like these—there is generally I
some thread in them, which serves as a clue to its I
oi 'gmal sell. As to the use which has been made
' l,,'S clue, by antiquarians and others, to trace
tbc r:re ol the tril> s of America,or Asia, ore
ven old Rome itself, it is not for me to say. (See
Ho> ne Tookts’s “ Epca Ptorocnta ”)
Cut I cm wandering from the point 1 had in
view —— .Vords, then, are apt to change—but
wimt words are most apt to change? What;
classes of words tre most liable to variation .'
Ilorne look tells us, that the words most gene
rally in use are the most liable to abbreviation_
hk.- a shilling or a cent, which passing through
such a variety of hands, is most apt to be worn
away. He has at least, shown how true is, this
rule in Ins profound dissertation on the origin
ot these .small words in our language, which are
so generally used—urd which are called by the
Grammarians, prepositions, conjunctions, ike._
Thus, if was the imperative gif of the Saxon
verb gif an to give. “ If you cat, you’ll die/’
Wiiis is thus resolved by H. T. “ You eat gif
(that, grant that circumstance, am!) you'll die”
In the same way he shews.that and, viith, Uc
Stc. are but .'bbreviations of oilier verbs of nuuio
— from the elementary tongues—and by tfiis sin
gle flash of light he lias nearly upset the systems
ot every man, who had written before him, on
Grammar.—In these cases, the word that is chan
ged or corrupted from its root, is in use. in wri
ti;,g as well as in speech—whilst the root itself
is out of use.
But there arc a few cases in which theVicken
word remains the same, but the written word,
from some similarity between that spoken word
St another spoken word, (hut more common,)
comes to vary in its spelling, by adopting th :
pelling of the other word. Tims u»e word
Loadstone-—is the same in sound now, as ever it
, was—but it is not the same in spelling. It was
originally Spelt, as it ought to be now, Lode
stone —The word Local star was once in vogue—
l Inis Shakespeare—
-“ O happy fair !
Your eyes are lodc-aiui s: .ml your tongue’s
sweet ur,
More tunable than lark to shepherd’s enr,
Y/hen wheat is preen, when hawthorn bads ap
1 pear.
d/u/ '.turner 2?ight'*-Dream.
Lodestar is the ,ur, the lending orguiding
st?r—from loedt'n, . i. , ,p v ,kc manner
lade time, is the atom-., :n which the mguct is
touched, to gniile to ;t North
But the oddest and -t tviiculc v case of ",ll
is, where certain words-to •stilt writ?in and spo
ken as usual, bv those who know them, but cor
rupted by the vulgar into s >meibitg very differ
ent from themselves. i his happens, -when the
words are ra.hcr hard of pronur.cialionEsthe things
themselves are commonly so ken of—Two or
three words of this description billow :
Old and rotten wood, when wt gn s a light
in the night—this is vulgarly lied Fox Jin.—
It is obvious, that this is a corrup-.ion of me word
Phosphorus, which meins any ** chemical . ub
stsnee, that exposed to the air, takes nre.”
We have a very common plant among us,
which y elds the Sumac bcriy—this is changed by
.» sort of hocus-pocus, into Shoe maker's r,y,_
“ A great ileal of American Sumac,'" say Silii
niaii’s Travels just published, “ used in Man
chester (Eng.) in dying I learned in one of the
dye-lmuses that Uie Americans give themselves
unnecessary trouble in grinding this article, nnd
that it is quite as usef ul in the state of 1- uvea,
merely dried and packed in that condition. H.o
habl, there may be so much saving in freight, in
consequence of grinding, a9 to pay for thi.t ope
ration.
We have a word in our kitchens and at our
tables, Coll drdt—this is undoubtedly Coirwort* :
" How turnips hide their swelling heads below
“ And how the closing Culexoorts upwards grow.”
Guy.
There is the name of a little fruit, just coming
into season, which we call the Huckleberry
Certsin'y, this is the Whortleberry of the im u
ralists—According to thu British Encyclopedia,
tins belongs to a genus of which there are not
h:-*s than 13 Species. The 1st named is the Myr
tillns, black whort, whortleberry, or bilberry •
the berries are ot a t-hiish black color—a singular
variety, with white berries, was found in .‘Scot
land— >. the great bilberry*hush. 3. the red
hort!-.;.berries. 1 Osycoccns, cr«in berries,
ivloNs-berries or Moor-berries, itc.
Hundreds of these ininnotncro are to L found
in the conversations of some men. In general,
they g*>l the sound £1 near »S they can to those
analogous ones, with which they are already f.»
niiliar.-—But of tli^se triTles, enough !
WORD.V V/OHD.V WORDS*.
Vegntntitm In the States -~Cireen Teas
were not broiightto the Uoston Market, tin*
til the 4th ot Jun. —— ind then they sold
•or S 8 aojthel.—la the «V*^ York Market,
• Itey were sold «u the 2?*h !>lftv at $> 5_
wItere watermelon-. Iro n rlie’^South- are now*
t be bought.-in Richmond. Va. green
w‘*i’e at Market, about the 5ti May.
at ;^> *5 a bushel.—!:i H-.ivunnah, (J.tiity were
npe about the 5di April,
J'i Livinjtton has settled in the citu cf
A. i urk. J J
AUCTION-On Tuesday next*
, wnl be soM n Ft.biic A union, «t the Ivuhq
teldy nrnipinj hv Mr ... G.I!iat-*L h.s
Iloiisciiolil iiiifl Kitchen FURNITURE : Also
an elegant. CHAR RIOT und Ha.ntss.
1 ei ins ol salt-\I1 sums „rtt|er jq dnPtrH,
cash ; above 50 dollars, six credit. N i.ea
with approved endorsers wifi be required.
thus. Taylor, .wv.
June la. j.
j rH“ °ffice of Hie High Constable, for the ci
I It tv, is removed to the office 1 rmerlyocQu
,l>*.cd by the Lie Cspt. William RichrutWn, *i\
no s’reet leading to Mayo’s bridge, and Shimt di
■ .U** ) opposite the Rising Sun Tavern. Hours of
| ^tendance, fcon, y till 12 o’clock -ach da.,.
ML GKETTEH, Jeweller and Siivi '..nurh,
opposite Gamble’s corner, Main*stree>_
! Gr itelnllor ibc libei :d encouragement he l> ts re
ceived since h-.* commencement in business, in*
| formskis friends and customers, he has seie ted
r for cash, m New Y uk ami fHiihdetpbia, nu ex.
I tensive assortment of articles in his line, a.T.ong
| which are, the following, rjz : I*0:.'l and Topai
| Hrucelew, Breact Fins, iti igs and Earring*1, pla
ited Tea Setts, -om;>i(u bre .1 and c»ke"Ba-Lets,
Candle.dicks with andwi bc.ut b'-,r:ri,e;, Cxators
I ilnK.e stands. Swords, It,,i.itnellj, S.c. whiuh, in
I addition to Ins f.«r.-jer atocl:, renders Ids ossort
1 incut very general.
N. U. 1 lie highest price for old Cold and
__ wtf
f llO.iL who a-e l.»p sale LundcdC'tr■ :firalet,
. or it «f tri.it> lionnty Warrant* on the
.dale cl G iorgia. hear uf a p^rch.-scr by ap
plying immediately it the i’t u cis’ Inn.
June 1.5. 4f
iL>" C'AVALRY OA*DERi> //'
.'T'HE Rh UArOl D FPQOP, will muster on
A (heir usual ground, at 5 o'clock, p. m. on
Wednesday, the 20th instant, in Fltnael Jackets,
completely equipt, except valieces, I takers and.
cruppers.
ROBERT GAMBLE, Captain.
^june 15 4 ot
TjMTZVVHYLSONN Si POTTER, have just
A received from London, by way of N York,
a large supply of articles, which added to their
lornier stock, makes up a very extensive assort
incut. If consists principally of
\\ riling Pipers, ol various sizes and qualities
Counting H iuse, Chamber &, pocket Ink-Stands
I-'tcclleii Pen Knives and Razors
Odiee seals, Wax and Wafers
Drawing Books and \V .ter Colour*
Pencils and India Rubber ,
Violin Bows, H:..r and string's
Music and Music Books
Ladies’ and Gentlemen. Pocket Bouks
Travelling and otnur trunks
Playing and visiting Card*
Gold Leaf
Tooth Brushes with silver wire
Ghess Men and Boards
Backgammon Tables, Durable & Japan Ink
School Books, Family Bibles,
r Tl.eyJtave on hand, a large supply ofday Looks,
•f0".*''*}* ®nl L'era, ji H ,;0r -.. iiiagk Notes ,
j*, '-•‘ecks, Lee on. and Slierii , Books, Paper
H mgings for houoes, &c. &c &c.
■ Ju,>e l5-__ 4w
p .\U BARY SHEEP-Laving increased my
ituinbt r of Ewes, the last season, I can fur
nish to a roil!-.du able extent, n ose who wish to
cultivate tite Barbary breed ol Sheep, defied
(rum the Asiatic Broad Tails, with ramb lambs,
£*. Ewes, a few of gum! size and form. Those de
1 cred last year were drop; late, many of them
U .m lambs of the preceding year—md all from
i ups or mx or eight months old—mv breeding has
been fiorn a p ut presented to me by Gen.Eaton,
and a Jamb descended from a ran ol Co.iimndore
burun ■> importation, I be n • of t.'.ia brcvJ is
filler and larger than that of our ccmmo.i sheep,
ilte size about the same. Having only four of the
kind <>n my plantation, I called some of my neigh*
burs togethrr, ,o witness tj.eir s ^earing, a lew
days past, one a lamb or the last year, yielded se
ven pounds by nice weight; the four together,
twenty three pounds and upwards, without any
particular care bestowed—ami my pastures crow
ded with up ward* of three hundred bead, where
small numbers have been kept and tolerable pas
ture afforded. 1 have known the heece to aver
age six pounds for the ewes, and eight for the
rams, the hi st fbcces.
'I hose who wish to ascertain tlio meifls of the
Asiatic Uroao I ailed Sheep, are referred to Ar
thur Young’s general history of Sheep. They will
find there, that they ure placed next to the Meri
no in fineness of the tleece, with larger bodies ;
and in delicacy of flesh given the preference of
all other:,.
A few yearling ram3 may he had—these at 10
dollars—choice ram lamb/ at S doL .rs—second
choice :tt 5 dollars—and a few evrsc at 5 dollars.
Many verbal implications bavin been wiad** it
is requested of *n.r* who desirs V. be fitrnished
by me, tliaf they send in tli • e name ;, v/itii any
particularity in their tinman i?, f on ns convenient
and it i ,‘xpecte.l that they will ,>e prepared
,n receive the lamb , by the first v/t.ei. in Jnly, a*
i bo subscriber is obliged to vi? the VVts'orn
Utnmtry in August T. e Cap &h *p .re s ,Ve
t,rT,es* »*y i .ati* to the >• iriou;- b.ecd,
..nsuken no t-rbary Tut Cap is larger
i .uiit.. niary, with fiat, short s d tapering tails j
their ftejli and vool remarkably ai.?c
,. Wm. F'jNTA/NJl.
rmnover, .tune 15, It
Wtliiavisiurg, Jn Common Council,
OMuy ]GM, 1810.
RDI.HI'.n, That publ.ov.ion bu made in the
Mi.(jinn .led in lliclrrtond, for 2 wicks,
successively) < • it • *10 Ciinmon Council will, on
tlif! first Mo'.d-.y m Jnly next, pranced to the e»
lection of a : k.ster b - the Free Sidiool, in the
city ot W.'hannsfc ; r> at'iresuid.
A Copy, 'l este,
W. HUSSELL, Cirri.
June 12.
AND FOK SAI-E—
L
• Wiil he exposed
to p;<t>lio sale at in ierr
iiirt uou i>: 1 on
the first <>;-y of the ensuing Aug i?t term (if lair,
other wLc.tiie 1 ex' f»ird..y dur.ng .aidterm.) the
foil 'V.mg tracts 01 LAND, belonging to the
estate ot Doctor Henry kn<.- deceased, h e of
Fairfax county, subject t > the widov>’» do ver.
hi* veil hundred arid seventy acres, (t»y a l. tc
survey.) on Hat creek, f*. rUo.i county, neat to
M»j. 1 In m. Massie’s Mill, and now in 1 * cocu
J> they of .1 "tenant at \Y ill ; a cotiiderable pro
portion of which is belie/ed to be good tot>a<icu
laid. ■**
Seventy-four acres also in Kelson county,
ad joining the lands of Alexander H. K<ne ami
rtioma-s Fit/.bugh, being aj>art of .1 Imf'e t x
rendraOy known as the f’niey f-o urn
terms «>t si*ic will be made known on the day
thereof, by
AI.EX. F. HOSK,
Iix-eiutcr «/ Ur. Henry how, Ur. a /.
1 y. _u yv/wj