The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-08-10 00:00:00, page 4

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Fmom the Avhoka.
THE DIPLOMACY EXAMINED.
No in
r The share which Mr Smith had in the con
versations with Mr. Erskinc, we now promise
examining. Ilis name first appears in his dis
patch N«> 1. in which Mr. Erskine states lie had
collected from Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Smith in
several private interview*, that their aen'iments
coincided with Mr. Madison, as detailed ill the
preceding number—Upon that number we yes
teruay offered our rema rks
There is one point of acme moment in the first
paragraph of this second dispatch ; after stating
that they concurred in the propet course of con
duct to he pursued by the United States in their
present situation, although they hail differed us
to the propriety of laying on the embargo, and
had 'bought measures oi a more decided nature
should have been taken. The ttnde ofexpres !
sion employed by Mr Erskine does not desig
nate wt ich was in favor of the embargo, or which '
for strong* r measure s, a point ot woich he could
not be ignorant, and which would shed much 1
light on the subject under discussion.
Mr. Gallatin is the burthen of the whole of the i
remaining part oftlte long dispatch No. II. All
that «'■ discover so far exceptionable in Mr. •
Smith's conduct, is, that he. while secretaiy of
the navy, Ik Id tlie se irregular conversations on
•fi» rs out of his de| arlment
In thedispitch N > VII we again find Mr.
Eixkme reporting to Mr Onting that both Mr
W adison and Mr Smith fad expressed their sen.
tin nit '■ very fret ly ; at this tim- Mr. Smith had
breorre vrc.it t iry of state ; hut in a snbsi ctoent
P ragraph we find Mr. Erskine referring tupre« I
Vnnta rcnvi rvations with Mr Smith
*1 here is at* expression in this patagraph which !
hns met with much sever** aiumadvt rsion ; it is I
in these word.*—“ He (Mr. Smith) declared to
me also that hi knows that war would have been
instantly declated against France, upon Eng
land’s relsixing her orders. &c
In order to ascertain the value of the empha
tie w ord know* ; wi must ask how he could know t
the power of d* daring war is vested by die
Constitution of the United Slates in congress ;
there might have been men disposed to go to
war, as no doubt there were in both houses ; but
there certainly was not any evidence given by
the proceedings, or by the linatment which the
most energetic measures received, which wi re
brought before congress, to engage in any shape
in war; this know ledge of Mr. Smith therefore
n ttst have been a know ledge of the dispositions of
«iire of the influential nit mbers of congress to
propose such s measure ; and no doubt such a
deposition was consistent with die measures of
fered to both the belligerents, as u contingent ef
feet of the refusal oftlie odier, and the consent of
one.
.ftnoiiier expression nns oeen censured_it is
ss folk ».*—“ (He Mr Smith) was unwilling to
seethe United States thrown into an alliance
£with a nation} which he thought already too
powerful for the interest of the world. He did
rut pretend to entertain any partiality towards
England, but considered that the interest of the
United States was the came at the present mo
ment with that of G. U.”
There are two sentiments in this extract which
»re undoubtedly exceptionable, taken in any o
tber light than as the language of a diplomatist ;
and even in the latitude which custom allows for
diplomatic argumentation, it will be vcrv ques
tunable, whether it would not have been prefer
able to employ the force of this sentiment the ve
ry opposite wsy. With the growth or diminu
tmnofthe powers o( Europe, it would seem to
l>< our best policy to have no concern, to he in
thought as well as in deed severely neutral. But
if in disputing upon our own rights, and main
taining them ag.iinst a power which was the
source anil cause and beginning of all our aggres
fcions, an American minister could not be consi
dered as speaking beyond the bounds of fairness,
if be were to say that the power of France was
too powerful for the whole continent of Europe,
ard that although we were solicitous above all
things to avoid involv ment either for or against
either power, that the aggressions of England
were calculated to had us, without wishing it,
info a situation which would have all the effects
of an alliance with the powers which held forth
the proon’tei and which had » ti ul interest, at
leas: for the time, in Im freedom of theteas ——
As the expression of Mr Smith stands, it is tin
duubtecHy the amount of a sent ment common to
»l! pul lir men, who arc impressed upon by that
phantom of ambiti n, the balance of power ; if
there is now am/ foundation, or if'berv -:\er >va«,
ar.t such thing in reality ns balance of power in
Europe, undoubtedly the exp,,‘Sion i> i. it,at
sense strictly ct nformablr to diplomatic notions
and language ; and turn M muh mig t be
supposed either to speak according to his own
^Understanding ot belief of the balance ofpowtr
or o addri ss himself to Mr. Erskine in the. idit m
v Inch he migl i have known to be best under
Stood anil orthodox with Mr Erskine
I I hr second sentiment of a covnnon interest on
that t,tne be*wi en G'eat Britain and the United
States, is nut better founded than the preceding ;
and the mind is lost in search of facts upon who h
to form even a plausible argument in support of
touch an opinion : a common interest in v» hat ?—
II ..-w, in what respect is their interest the tame t
ll .ve we an interest in stirring up nations to
in .ke war and plunder each other ? Have we
the saint interest in destroying the freedom of the
seas ? Have we the interest in the colonial Sc carry
Sng trade ? Have we the same interest in i tic block
Adc of the ports « f Europe by an order of • nun
cil ? Have we the same interest in being pro', ibi
ted fn-rn going to any other poits than those of
Gicat Britain ! Search the whole range of hu
m..11 affairs, and except it be in peace alone, there
is no one point, in whi< li British interests are not
adverse to those of America ; even our prospe
ritv is in their eyes the greater of all the evils
that menace the British We appeal to lord
Sheffi' id, to lord Liverpool to the author of H ,ir
in Ltiguite, which contains ttie political cried of
tbi British Government. Hear what this oracle
declares :
** Such 19 the position of the United States,
«hd sutli the »tl ctofthe trade winds, that Eu
toprnn vessels, homeward bound from the West
Indies, can touch at their ports with very little
inconvenience or delay; and the same is the
case, though in a less degree in regard to ves
sels coming from the lemotest parts of South
.America or East Indies. The passage from the
Gulplt * f Mexico, especially, runs so close along
the Month American shore, that ships bourn!
iroin the ilavanna, from Vera Crux, and otiier
Spanish ports in that Gulpii, to Europe, can
touch at certain ports in the United States, with
Scarcely any deviation, £tc. But this new m v
tral country to happily placed as an entrepot is ob
viousiy no place for a fictitious destination,”
Ournatotal midway position, the very trade
winds, our happy position for an entrepot, create
grievances in the eyes of British politician?, for
which we can never be excused ; and which at
bast induce them to think our interests and
thtfrs adverse and repugnant to each other.—
\V hat is the policy ot England ! for two hundred
years the uiuioi in undeviatitig and surct ssful po
h y of England, has been to make England the
uirvei sal entrepot t .« d are we such children in
political afiaiiH, as to suppose she will coiiutc
nine* or pe> imt, if in her power, the establish
ment ot an "entrepot, for which her oracle de
Ciares our position m the universe so happily a<
d ipt* us ?
ihc language ot Iinti9ii proclamations, of <]■
pi.realists and Statesmen, cannot he mistaken
v ot n tin > talk ol the commerce of other nations,
U.|.if t xpi«fe»ions are those ot inastt rs over
or lot da over stomata—Autevica yrti»
premitttd— American sh'Jw are ftroTiibflti?—*■
they grant an indulgence, lit trade— *r Ote In d»
of trade, in, lheirgre.it indulgence, thought pro
per to listen to the Americans ; and while they
are using this language, and vailing against the
Americans carrying on this 5r that trade, they
aie themselves carrying on the same articles, by
special licence, with their open enemies, which
they will not permit us in carry on as neutrals
•ire our tnteretfs then the same f
This brief view of the respective interests, we
have thought fit to take at this point 5 we shall
exhibit it more at large when we come to exa
mine thejfenrrctfpolicy unfolded in this corrcspon
d< nee M- Smith, by his letter of August 9,
18u0, N". XVI. appears to have been completely
released from tlie delusion which had prevailed
oyer him, and Ins mind appears to have felt
wounded hy the three propositions revealed by
Canning’s dinpatch No. X as well js hy the con
viction that the overtures of the British ware all
hollow and insincere
He expresses his surprize" at th3 extraordi
nary pretension!! set fortli in this letter of instnir. I
lion, and especially at the expectation that this ;
government would, as a nreliminary, recogn.ze
conditions, two of which are so manifestly irre
concilable to the d;gnny and interest of the Uni
ted Slates I, however, remark that had you
deemed it proper to have communicated is rx
tenso this letter, it would have been iinpo-ainle
for the president to have perceived in its condi
tions, or in its spirit, that conciliatory dispo
sition, which had been professed, and winch it
was hoped, bad really existed ”
The plain English of this is, that the Bri
tish government, a*ter discovering unequivocal
ly, that there was a disposition unquestionable in
the. American government, to maintain peace up
on reasonable and honorable terms, immediate
ly took higher ground in proportion as we re
treated Mr Ei skine very candidly stale* in his
own defence :
“ 1'^ appeared to me that if any indecorum
could justly In' attributed to the expressions in
the ofii ial notes < t this govei nment, the censure
due would fall upon them, and that the pu'dick
opinion would condemn the had taste or wall* of
propriety in cnldl\ and ungraciously giving up
what they considered as a right, but which they
were net in a condition to enforce ”
Indeed the credulity of our administration i
throughout is beyond precedent ; and the sue
cess of the British minister's stratagems, first to
delude us against the daily evidence of our
senses, into a belief of good wil where there
was deep injury, unredressed and aggravated bv
the manner of the refusal ; next to cheat us out
of the enforcement of our own laws and policy,
by their eastern intrigues, is such a series of
transaction’', ns justifies the account* we hear
constantly from Enro[>e that trie American name
has become a bye word of reproach
To morrow we sh ill examine Mr. Gallatin's
share in these transactions
VIRGINIA, to wit:— Ai a Chancery District
Court, held at the former capitol, it, the ci
ty of Williamsburg, the 22d day of July, 1*10
John Laird, Plt'ff.
Against
Carter Mitchell, executor of Robert Mitchell,
Priscilla Mitchell, John Y. Clusm and Sarah Ins
! Tasker Carter Quinlan, an infant ; John W
Bellield, and Frances F his wife, Harliei Peck,
Harriet Lucy Maund, John C Pc-:k and Em «nuel
Per k, infants ; Spencer Ball and Bi tty L. his
wife, Sophia Curler, Robert Berkl y and Julia
his wife, Thomas Ap Jones, Sarah J Jones, Eli
zabeth Jones and Jane Jones, infants, and George
Carter, Deptt
ON the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel.
Carter Mitchell is assigned guardian to the inf ,nt
defendants, Tasker Carter Quinlan, John C Peck
and Emanuel Peck, anti Walter J »nes, to the in
fant defendants, Sarah J Jones, Ehzibeth Jones
and Jane Jones, to defend them in this sun, and
the defendant Sophia Carter, not having entered
her appearance and given security according to
the acts of assembly, and the rules of this court,
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
that she is not an inhabitant of this country : On
the further motion of the pluintiff, It it ordered,
that the said defendants do appear here on tlic 1st
day of April term next and answer the bill of
he plaintiff &. that a copy of tins order be forth
with inserted in some news paper of the city of
Richmonc, tor two months successively, and pos
ted at the frout door of the former capital in this
city.
A Copy.
A NT'Y. ROBINSON, C. C.
July 27. w8w
VIRGINIA, to wit—At a Chancery District
Court, liel«l at me former capit.nl. in the
c '.v of Williamsburg, the thirteenth day of-April,
18t0.
J mi's Elliott, P'd'ff. i
Against
Rich.oo B Lee, administrator with the will
annexed of Ktchurd L*, Willoughby Newton
and Sally Ins wife, who was the widow of the
Said Richard Lee, Thomas Jones and Mary his
wife, John Smith and Lelitia l.is wife, and Kicar
da Let an infant, wluch Mary, Letitiaand Kicar
du are children of the said Richard Lee, Dff'ta
ON the motion of the phintiff by his counsel,
the defendant Willoughby Newton, is assigned
guardian to the infant defendant Ricarda Lee, to
defend her in this suit, and the defendants John '
Smith and Lelitia his wife, not having entered I
their appearance, and given security according to
the. acts of assembly and the rules of this court,
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court) i
that they are not inhabitants of this country : On |
the motion of the plaintiff, by his counsel, It is 1
ordered. That the said defendants do appear here
on the first day of the next term, and answer the
bill ol ttie plaintiff, and that a copy of this order
be forthwith inserted in one of toe Ricr mond
news papers, for two months successively, and
posted at the front door of the former Capitol in
this city.
A Copy.
A NTT. ROBINSON, C C.
July 27. w8w
IN CHANCERY—Tappali.induck, Essex In
tervening Court, Continued and held on the
20lii day of June, 1810.
John Jones, Sompl't
A S A INST
Andrew Allen and John E Craw, De/'tt.
CAME the complainant, by Ins attorney, and
it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendant Andrew Allen is not an inhabitant
of this Btit/- : On the motion of the cornpUiiunt,
it ts ordered. That he ap|x.*ar here on the first day
of September court next, Hnd answer the com
plmnanl’a bill, and that a copy of this order he in
serted in some public news paper, printed in the
city of Richmond, lor two months t.iiccessivt Iv,
and that another copy hereof he posted at the
I tout door of this court house.
A Copy. Test,
Wm. B. MATTHEWS, d. o.
Tor
JOHN P. LEE, 0. b. c c.
*u!-V &___ w8w
A PERSON, well qualified to tearh the Eng
•ish, 111 uch. l,kiin and Greek l.«*nguagcs
Pliilolog cally, proposes taking a situation im
mediately as a private TUTOR, for a year :
Any gentleman wtio wishes to engage an instruc
tor in (hose branches, can make application at
this oflice.
Ju>y 31_Wawfl
Ar i tH the 15th of U»c present month, the
subscriber can accommodate 4 or 5 small
FJo>a, with HOARD, Washing and a Lodging
Room, at JO dollars jure quarter, paid in advance.
&HJLH3 TKM HULL.
August St. lawbwU
The sale of the above mentioned property has i
been postponed, until Saturday the 8th day of
September, when it will positively take place
at the Jingle Tavern.
It consuls of a well-improved square of Lott
under good enclosures, a Jfwel/inj house (built I
of the most durable materials,) with live rooms
mi one floor ami two good ones in the basement
Story, a brick kitchen, carriage house and sta
ble, ami a good smoke house The situation is
I healthy U beautiful, and would be rendered ve
ry convenient lor a person in business below the
Capit./l hill, by putting a bridge over llie Canal
near Mr. Uutlieilord's mills.
A. B. V.
• S McC.
August gjF l*wtbS.
TWILL ftive a reward ol Tw««ty1*luiu,
. soy person, who will ap >-ehend sod safe,
ly deliver to me, a low, well made dark com
plectioned Negro Man. whose name is Isaac ; &
who absconded on the 23 I day of June ; or 1'kN
Dollars if lie shall he so secured, in any jad
as for me lo get him again
Isasc is twenty four years old, and Ilia stature
is about five feet, lie has a surly countenance, his
lips somewhat prominent, his hair, which he
wears long on the top of his bead, is thick,
and grows low on the forehead rather H it, and
his eyes are seldom raised to a person's face I
know of no mark or scar by winch lie tnsy he
designated Ho took with him a tolerable good
drab cloth sort out, witli a velvet cape 8t lined with
yellow flannel, an old ind a new drab short coat, a
pair of drab 8c a pr. of coarse while cotton panta
loons, 2 pair of blatksiik stockings, an old furr
hat, aid other clothes; these 1 do not now recol
lect. He has many relations and acquaintances
in this county and Wcatmorel >nd, and he in tv be
lurking among them, but 1 am more inclined
io believe that he will attempt to go out of this
state In the capacity of a waiting servant he
has required a considerable d^er of sm ir* aess
J FAUNTLEROY.
Richmond C-Mintv. July 27. w3w
r■ ^Ht*. following valuable L ItVDS in 'he
A County of Fluvanna, upon extensive Credit,
are worthy the attention of the Farmers and Plan
ters.
i HOSE Lands contain about twelve thousand |
acres, a £• eat part of it situated on both sides of 1
Cunningham Creek, .nd its branches--Tliis ts a I
large never failing stream on the south side ot I
the Rivanna, winch is the North Fork of James ^
River, the rest ot the Land on the North side of
said River on both sides of Ualenger’s Creek ; the
whole land has been recently resurveyed and divi
ded into small tracts to accommodate purcha
sers, and for each tract there is a correct plat —
I he soil in general is suitable for the usual ng
ricultural productions ot the country, and parti
cularly for Wheat and Tobacco—The climate
is extremely healthy, tqndly so as Mountain
I' mins—The whole is well watered by excellent
springs and small streams : not tine of the farms
will lie more than six or seven miles from the
navigation of the South and North branches of
James River most of diem much nearer—The
principal part ot this land is well timbered and
the surplus ol the new grounds with little labor
may he turned into money, there being » constant
demand tor it at the different towns upon the
River, and particularly ai Richmond—Cunning
ham Cteek and its branches affords m .nv good
oili seats a'hd the stream never tads—Ualenger’s
Cr- ek thonglt smaller, is a good stream, and af
fords some excellent mill seats ; one very near
the iank of the river.—The centre of the land is 1
>.i\ n sev-n miles from the town ot Ne w-Canton,
12 rades tr m tne town of Milton, 18 miles from
toe to an utColu nhia, 25 mdes >r< m me town
Caftersville ; each uf those towns are upon I
the rivers and aTotiacco inspection at each, lor
which there is a good market, as also f u Corn,
Wheat, and other produce—’tis about 65 miles
from the city of Richmond; the navigation safe
an 1 good, and 'he freights very moderate
F >r the accommodation of people desirous of
viewing the Lands, the surveyor of the County,
Mr. Peter H. Ware, is engaged to attend at
Fluvanna Court House from and afier the 1st day
oi July next, every Monday and Tuesday, until
the day of sale, to shew the land; Mr. John
Blai k, living near the centre of it will be ready
for the same purpose, at his own house, every
Wednesday and Thursday; Mr. Christopher
Clark who is equally convenient, will be ready
tor the like purpose to attend every Fri
day and Saturday : this arrangement is made to
I prevent disappointments or delays to people com
ing a distance
1 he sale Will commence at Fluvanna Court
House on Monday the 6th day of August next,
and continue day by day umil finished.—The Mir
veyor of the county, who has been frequently o
; yer the lands, will attend during the su.e to give
i information to purchasers in Mich particulirs as
i relates to his official duty The titlea are mi
questionable, and i general warrantee will be
made to the purchasers
The terms of payment are, one fourth ready
money, in every instance ; and f a greater pro
portion be paid, a discoumwill be made tiien up
on ; the balance to t>e paid in three e-qiuM inst il
ments, and trust deeds upon the land itself taken
as security
The sale will be conducted under the n-irticu
lar agency oi Major Geo Holm.in and 'vti J.t i>b
Myers, who wdi be (>r< p,u\ d with the ik-c
deeds and ready to execute then upon r r:>, ,g
the first payment in cash. D aVID RObS
Richmond july 27. v. f.\v
GO* THE Sales of the LAND above men
tioned are postponed until the 18th day of Sep
timber next, when the same will certainly take
place in the very same manner as above mention
ed The sales of ttiose Lands were first adver
tised to be applied to two securities given up m
the s me, the first to Messrs. Macmurdo arid
Fisher, the second to William C. Williams ; the ‘
fii si having been fully discharged and exonera
led on th6 13th day of this month, and the con
veyance to Macmurdo and Fisher taken up, and
their foi mer claims duly vested in Mr, William
C William by their deed upon record The
public are informed that the sale wi II be conduc
ted with the consent of all concerned, who will
by themselves or agent attend ami concur there
in, affording to those who may incline to pur
chase the most satisfactory evidence of an un
questionable title. D. ROS'.
NO ! ICE, from the Marshal ot V.ignna, ■>
his assistants-The Marshal, in « circu
lar letter to his assistants, appointed to take the
third census, has requested of them to acknow
ledge the receipt of their commissions as soon „f
ter they receive them as possiole. He here a
gain repea's the request, and hopes that no time
will be lost by Mich assistants as have not ac
knowledged the receipt of theirs, to do it wiih
out further delay, and in case of death, sickness,
or any other cause, it snoul I become necessary to
n ,ke or her appointments in the room of any of
those already made ; the marshal requests that he
may receive the earliest notice thereof, Irom any
county, city or borough where any such occur
leuce may take place, and at toe same lime, a
recommendation of s <me discreet and proper
person to act in the room of those that may de
cline acting.
Joseph Scott,
Marshall, V. D.
City Richmond Marshall's OJfiee ;/*/ , w
I > Y virtue of a u < n ti . - n .i,,iK.l! ~
I> Stli day of Align. 18J7, and recorded in
the General Court; Will1, sold for ready mo
ney, on Thursd v the 12'h ot Job next, the
l.OTH * HOUSES,
Near Belvidere, now ui flic occup.ui-y of Mrs.
Price. The sale will take place on the premi
ses, at 11 o’clock, a m
A II V ENABLE, ? _
SAMUEL Met!JlAIT, $ Trustees
June 8. wt 12july
BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to the
subscribers, l.y Wm Mayo, c’.ece grd, l,.te
of the county of Powhatan and of record inti..
court of the saul county ; Will be off,re t tor „ue
for cash, on the 17th day of October next, at the
cotirt house of said county—one certain tract or
parcel ol LAN1J, situate, lying and being in tfie '
County aforesaid, and containing l>y survey, 200
acres, it being that part of the ti <rt containing
• lie improvements, on which the said M*v« for
meriy resided For the purpose of indemnifying
Ureti Randolph and Seth log...), who were -.
curities for the • .id vVm M,.yo and I is son Da
niel Mayo, against the payment of a certain sum
of money, recovered against them in the aforesaid
court, tor tin b nefit of ine distributees of 1 bos.
1'. Swann, dec’d.
The title vested in us as trustees only will be
conveyed to the purchaser.
JOHN LIGON l
J iMKS #OlXDli.XT&Rt 3 r'ut,rf’
^ v 3m ,
Fossat.u, THREE TR ACTS OFLANB,
lying noar Charlotte Court House:
One ot riri'Y acres, in a half mile of said
Court House, at the f>rk of the roads leading
lt* Cole*’* ScClaik’s ferry s*; running across both
roads, and t .king in a s'n.l! point bel ween them,
admirably situated l*.»ra Tasernor Store
Aanther ol one iiundueo and thirty
high r arres, upon Clark’s f try road, in about
three quarters of a mile of stid Court House
having a very good Spring on itThose truct*.
arc without improvements
Another ot nine hundred and twenty
seven acres, in three mile* of said Court'
House, lying upon little Koanoak River, con
taining by estimation, one hundred and seventy
or eighty acres ol Low Grounds of good quality
1 his tract lias sm .il improvements, with a fresh
plantation, and adj scent to as good a range as
any in the C aunty lam resolved to sell, and
will take young Negroes in part pay—Any per
son wisaing to purchase, may spplv to the Sub
scriber living at Court House
THOMAS H. READ.
May 25 lawlSwfl
I i Y virtue of :« dot d of t ust nearing date the
4 I 8'.h day r.l April, 18o(5, and of record hi
Goochland county court, executed hy Wm. John
son ol Goochland county, und S.dly his wile, to
Ihe- subscribers, to secure tlu payment 01 six hun.
deed iMKtnds, to Kt'iulail Lee, of the county of
1' luu’iiu, payable by etpial instalments annually,
rmnm-m-i.g from the 25'n (|i; of December,
18 >5 : ]ViU be exposed to sale, at public auction,
at Goochland Oviu.t 11 mse for ready tnon y, on
the 2d •» day of August n xt, tha* being Gooch
land Court day two hundred fifteen and one lull
acres nl LAND, lying on the waters of Licking
hold Creek in the county of Goochl md, and houn
ded by the LANDS of Shadrick Vaughan, Du
gtml Mims and others ; it being the balance nl
tract of land containing by estimation three hun
dred fourteen aiul one halt acres, ninety nine a
cr.-s of said tract having been heretofore sold by
virtue of said deed of trus?-which said
tract of land was conveyed by K ndall Lee to
the said William Johnson by deed of kj id date
with said depfi of trust, to p.»v and satisfy (Jli <rh s
Smith as ignee of Thom .s Wells Jr who was as
signee of Kendall Lee, the sum >f two bund1 ed
pounds with interest from tlie 25di day of De
cember 18U8, it being the last instalment, mien
dec! to be secured by said deed of trust_We
shall convey such title only as we hold as trus
tees.
WARNER LEWIS, A
WILLI \ VI MORROW, C Trustees
GE-) WOODSON PAYNE, 3
J,n> _ w4.v1|
MElV >W«KS -JOHN R. JONES, at his
f > Art*) Store, opposite tlu- Eagle Tavern,
(our doom below his former situation, has iu-tl
received the following new publications -
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TERT.tlN Hr NR.—flit Sii . rc
'If in the city ..I tV i bamsburg, wid Minis!.1
■ x G ii lenieii Boys & Girls, wu. Board
Cr n# v v •. . n nonih, qu rteror
> Her house k large
a.. ' OMiiy.-ni* n m - I,, pes r, merit a share of j
" r r* . g: -•) ite- i-'podu- »- of her sc «.m
1 unt ■ m i ng tx rlions to p! ,m
ANN \ BY'< 1j
August 3 i ■<
w ALU > H L LAND i* < > I*. x,,{
’ S» s t * sell .Ur.o. .j LAND
in : i V"U)’ or I. s x, containing tw* hundred
an,1 lnr*v iows, ,.dj,non,g the ..wnofT,ip itan
nocW —A'so another tract with,.. ,ne m. id ■
linlt it iin said iowii, contain.ng fir- hu: !n-d
and t went i nine acres. Flies Lands are ot ex
rrll-Mi qo di'\ and well situaieil f , fa ni.i '_
For terms ipb to
THOMAS BROCKEN ROUGH.
r.ippulidiinoi k, August 3 <j
GU N-'*0 W I JEW ! — 10 T.VT
RICHMOND POWDER MILLS „«
for sale, by u.c L .g or la g. :• qu-.n;,.). V .„d FI
Gun Powder, glazed and .ingi.je . ; warrant. ,|
equal to any imported, and on r as„n -U terms
Retailers at liberty to return the powde. if
not approved. Apply to
y.IMFs BROWN, J, Or
a* oo David y burr
_^___2a 2-v.alawtf
VALUABLE LAND FOR SaLE—The
subscriber wih s«:l , and glVe unmedutt
possession, of that well kniwn eat ue, called
Blenheim, situated on the south west mountains,
in the county of Alhem.rle, .. Y t,v !att
surveys, two thousand eight huiulreU mi i ntti
acres: this Land is peculiarly wi ll ..dap d to tlm
growth ot Wheat and Tobacco, and considered
equal infertility to any a,|j cent th.reo, i*
about six miles from Milton, f --m winch plan
there is an easy navigation for butt, mix to tile ci’>
ol Richmond. On the premises is* large com modi
ousdwelling II lu^e, which, from the elegance ot
its situation, and other advantages, rft.kesiia
desirable residence for a genteel family It will
be sold entire or divided, to mil purchasers_
Further particulars made known bj Captain John
Hams, Albemarle county, Mr. James Patton,
Alexandria, Messrs Macdonald and ltidely, Bal
timore, or j gObS,
Who wishes to sell Land in the counties’of
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania and Caroline,
also Houses and Lotts, pleasantly and advanta
geously situated on the H li and Mainalreel, in
the town of Pederickshnrg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1 tf
PUBLIC PROPERTY —AU the pronrrty be
longing to the Commonwealth of Virginia,
in the county of Fluvanna, very recently adverti
sed in the Enquirer and the Virginia Argus : Will
be exposed to public st^e, on Thursday, tlic 2. I
■»f August next, at the old Arsenal on the Bar
rack lull, in said county. The terms of tl.e s tie
will he 12 months credit, the purchasers giv ing
roinl with security, to be approved of by tin Ex
ecutive. The sale w ill commence at 1J o'clock,
nor will it be postponed a,< account of the wea
ther, unless it is very incl-incnt. For further
formation, apply to « A
JOHN iriLLS.
Chatham, Flnvtnna, jnne 2il. bw
I v Council., July 20th, 1810.
IT IS ADVISED, That in future, no claim
for attendance on Courts Martial, either as
Judge Advorafce. Members or Witnesses, he re
ferred to the Auditor for adjustment, until a co
py of the proceedings of Midi court martial, duly
authenticated by the President uml Judge Advo
cate, shall be received by the Executive : And
that this advice be published in the Argus & En
quirer for six weeks, and cop es thereof furnished
the commandants of Brigades and Regiments.
Extract from the minutes.
Attest,
1) A A L L HYLTON, CUrt of the Council
J'»>V 24.
■ee
- w—.. ui '-wry lor the
Ridimond District,—null l be offeredfor talc at
ti-e town ot Laira, on onday the 27ih day of
August next, that valuable TRa CT OF LAND
belonging to the estate o! D frrfiel.l Trent y
containing by estimation, 7S3 acre* lying’in the*
county ot Cumberland, on Willis river and ad
joining the town of Caira, for the purpose of
raising a sum of money tin rein mentioned, dye
®nd owing to the estate of Alexander Trent
dec’d the rontiguity of this Uml to the town of
Caira j where there is a Merchant M il, which
will no doubt, in a short time t>e in complete re
p ur, and consequently will require a lari-,-<,ua„.
t tv ot wheat, five as well as a tobacco msiiec
t'on—and being at the head of the navigable
waters of Willis’s river, render it one ot'the most
desireable tracts ofland in that part of the coun
ty Added to these, the land is ofexcellent
quality, and well adapted to the culture ot tu
ba :co, wheat, corn, &c.
Previous to the day of sale, this land will ba
l.ud »tt m lots, ami sold to suit purchasers-and
the te rns of sale liberal, only one third will be
is mined when the deed is made, undone, two
and three years for tlie balance ; Bunds and se
curity will he demanded, secured by a deed of
trust if required by the COMMISSIONERS
July20____tda
VALUABLE PROPER I Y—EOR SALE-!■
In pursti nice ot a decree of the circuit court
of tlie U States, for tlie Virginia district, pro
nounced at the Nov. 1809, session of that court,
between Win. Kunkali U Co plaintiffs, against
Thomas M Deane and others, defendants, and
between Scribia Scrophalt and Slarman, plt’lis..
and tlie same defendants :
Will be exposed to sale, at auction, at Ca Ira,
in the county ot Cumberland, on Monday, the
27th day of August next, that valuable ME A’—
CHANT MILL, usually called the Ca Ira Mills,
tobacco Wire House, Tavenvand other Lots of
Ground at that place Also, a IP I LANDS at
or near Ca Ira, consisting of 200U acres and up
wards, which belonged to J ,mes Deane, Thomas
M Deane and Francis B Deane, or to either of
them, on tlie 20ih day of March, 1801. Terms of
sale, ten per cent, on tlie purchases to be paid in
cash A credit ot one, two and three years for
the residue of the purchase money, to bear inter
est from the day of sale—the purchaser or pur
chasers giving bonds, with security, to be ap
proved by the undersigned commissioners, or
the one that may act, and also executing a deed
ot trust upon the property so purchase..!, for se
curing the payment thereof, at the pet iods i.fore
!* ,. .previous IO the day ot sale, the land will
oe divided into convenient lots to suit purchasers.
July 17.
I l!E SUBSCRIBER, has FOE SALE_At
-I •.i G. ss and China Store, first door above
v r Eagle-Tavern : A supply ot fresh Teas,. viz.
imperial, Hyson, Gun-Powder, Young Hyson U.
Souchong Teas,
Ulo !*<•.. h I’-l Cngniac Brandies,
I. ,n n Purtiruiar, Madeira, ury Sherry, Claret
and Pori Wines,
Id Ifuris. New Orleans Sugar,
t refined Philadelphia and N. York Loaf do.
if vatuia Sugar for preserving,
10 Hampers best Florence Oil,
20 Crates Liverpool Ware,
Id Bi'X-m Glass, consisting of qu .rt and pint
D canters, Tumblers, Wine Glasses, U Cru
ets,
50 Casks firsl quality Whiskey,
50 I)o Apple Br . i u1 y,
10 Do Linseed Oo,
» Setts Table and Tea, Liverpool and Canton
China,
Preserve and P .-kling P its of every descrin’ion
i y 10—Id y 12 and 12 by 14 sup rior quality
Window Gi ms by the l>ox,
Richmond and Brandy Wine F & FF Gun Pow
der by the Iteg,
8 UO'J Kis Salt Pctred Bacon, consisting of Hams
and Midiilings, ,
20 Boxes Spanish Cigars.
EDIVAED IIALL AM.
june t. tp
JV/TADEIRA WINE, believed b. he ot lb. ve
,jX, r-v |'esl q’Mlily—tor sale by the Pipe or
Hugiliead. 1
GIBSON & JEFFERSON.
june 19 tj.
VW'iI.L BE SOul). at Hanover court hi. usel
,,n l,,‘ Wednesday in August next,
being court day, Joseph Thompson's undivided
in-, resi in the lands lying in R.nover and Louisa
o which the child*., of Joseph Thumps, n are
eutitle, , under the will of their gi and f iber,
John I bnmpsun, deceased, which will is of re
cord in the court of this county j 1 be said jo
s. pb having conveyed the same to me to secure
the pay ment ol money due by him, to Anthony
Mreet, as appears by * d. ed of trust, bearing
date the 2d day ol April, 1808, which is also of
record in the said court.
SAMUEL GRAKTLAND.
31___ 7.U
f wf.?IY DOLLARS HEWAKD jtlopI
i * w Mr J ‘me8 Smitii, about toe m„l
(lieot M-y last, a slave, named SAM, who |,:.d
h.-en employed for several years past in that gen
tleman’s Bake-House *
SA \ is -bout twenty four or five years of age.
low of stature, and nol very bulky j of youthful
Appearance, a dark complexion, a countenance
'vith an incessant smile, approaching to a grin
and thereby discovers a fine .<et of teeth, winch
,,e '» »ot a little bind of shewing He is slow of
speech, and when sp ken to suddenly oi quo k
‘y. stammers and Hesitates exceedingly — Hia
clotln s not recollected.
Some time in August last, a note was giver.
• in by the Su iscriber, (who then wished m -|is.
(><ise of him,) to lo^k out for a purchasi i lr
merely purported the terms •• to any person ,e.
soling m Richmond, or it’s nciglibonrhood
And as he Mss th« note still in possession,' he
*.|| probably, under pretence of seeking , ,9.
7 ‘"dei,*°r thereby to effect Ids escape out of
the State.
All masters of vessels and others are, there,
t 'n* 1^™’ ^ d,ei1' pvril, harboring or can y.ng
1 lie above reward w It be given, and all r<‘n»
-nable charges all,, wed, *fbr. ugM back m sate,
y to
u , . . JOHa'f KING.
Hiclurioud, July IQ, u