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25icfnoonfc ice Current*
(CORRECTED WEEKLY.]
CARE.
p.c.
TOR ACCO, J t t R t it 6 GO'
WHEAT (NEW] t | f I 50?
FLOUR [aUPERFINR] S # t $ 25
FLOUR (FIN K] * * i \ 8 75*
CORN, . • ... . 4 00
HEMP, PER TON, , . . 280 00
Iron, • • • • • s 115 00
BACON, j> . . . . 00 l4
WEIULRT, . . . • . 00 62
MRS. JUDlTrt NELSON c'HitinUes to keep ;
* BOARDING HOUSK, m the upper te
nement of the large brick building belonging to
the estate oF Wm. Price, dec’d. wheaenhe wilt
be prepared to accorrmodate ten nr nrEy* tr-em
ber* of Assembly during the ensuing S^(fcn. —.
Every exertion wrll be made by her to give satie,
fafliqu to those who may favor her with iheir
custom.
• 15th Nov. 1810. 4rp.
■^^QTICE.—We shall petition the ensu_
, »ng Lpgislatuce for leave to brirg.into
this State certain slaves from the ^tates ;
of Georgia and Nbrtii Carolina.
ri% JOHN WARE, Cm.
/#-—-- ■■ vANNWARE.
I J Goochland, Nov.13T"Hfl^
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-NOTICE.
ON "Wednesday the 21st of this month—be
tween the hours of 12 and 3, will be sold at
Au&ioii to the highest bidder in -he street lead*
ing to Courts’Ferry, THREE BRICK DWEL,
X.ING HOUSES^ partly situated on the afore
said atteet, and piriWon Cyy Street .• q^so some
■vacant ground adjmnnur t»rr-to—
For the houses one iVfrd of the pric^^'ill be
expected, in casn, one hw in six nu>qfh» end
the remaining third tw^c month* from* the
day of rale ; " For thtfvacam ghqund one hslf will
be expected in cashed the bnlnn^in six months.
Deeds of tun tosenrre the latter parents win be
required—With respetft to the vx<«k tf the above
proper*'j the subsc’iber will merely amte^ tha’
the houses rent for §500 per yeai-j and that they
have been as seldom vacant as any hou.es of that
riescriphon in the city« he fotbesrs to say any
thing of the piobabie increase of value of this
property, although few events may he expefied
with more certainty, because he is awa-r, a, the
present day, that men can and will judge for
ibemaciveg
John Scabrook.
November 15th, 1810. tf
WILLIAM TURNER,
ATp. 311 South Street^ NnixTTarb
BF.CS leave to offer his services to tir&i ,zen'
of Richmond in the Cotnrnittio^LJ^ie of
Bus’ncst—he flatten himselF that f-om hi« cx
pe-iencein t'nc purchase and sale of Merchsndi*^
and particularly all kinds of co»u ry produce that
he is capable of giving *a isf £ion vo those who
may faveur him with their Business.
November 3d, 1810. 4 t
JL.
By virtue of a deed of Trustj frem Andrew Lew 1
is,of the count of Montgomery, will be Soi.d, 1
hy the subscriber, to the highest bidder for '
ready mon*yt *t the Kag'e Tavern^ in the c ty
of Richmond, up n the 18th day oi He i n 'ucr
next., the following TRACTS of LAND,
wi»h their appurtenances, or so much thereof;
as may be neces-.aryto pay ce> ain debts in the
said deed of Trust mentioned, that is t» s«i' ;
ONE itfifl si'vate in the county of Mont.
gomery, cmtainlng 80<) acres, being tnat j
tract on which the Andrew Lewis now |
lives; or.c othertraff adjoining ’he last mention. t
ed on the nortlv, containing ten thousand acres ; i
one o her trafl adjoining the firs* mvnticHiefl, be- |
ing an inclusive survey, containing seven thotis. ;
and seven hundted acres; one other ttatt adjoin- ,
irg the last mentioned at tho w< Et end, wwvain- j
ur.ft called the Ciir<NVT N tew, comamj th»e<- I
hund.cd and sixty six acres ; one other^^dl rail
rtlSrvr.sAs tiaft on Bui) m Creek adjoining
the fir t mctvicn?d t ail of eight hundred ncret^
and cor*kiningenc 1 ur.dred and lif-y *c es tone
ether trail alaoadicinirg theft.-/ mentioned trail
called Broth nou, G .rden, containing one hundred
and twenty flight arnet; one other trail > joining
the ia'.t nat ntioned, containing ere hundred and
thirty acres; one o>lit r t art adjoining thetneiu
s»v« surve* of seven thousand seven ht.tuhcda
ere* above mentioned,^.'ntsining eigh y tc.es—
one <xheir trail adjoin<n;' the same inc u»>ve sur
vey and containing on? mu dred acres—one other
tract ') ing on both rides of Lit le Hrver e^n'ain
iug one huodrtd and fifty acres, on which it
fitrtue H f*:wcll Barge—ore other rart adjoin.
Imj| thereto-, containing rne hundred and forty a
c»es—one other tract adjoining the same, cal ed
the Saw-mill traCy containing four hundred and
th ly eight kcrfcs. -and < n?. other tract adjjir.iug
the 'k»i mentioned traci, corvaimng one hundred
»oe*—wl.u U taid several trac s of laud ate sit
, vale in the countv of M-mtgomci y
£BW AK1> JOHNSTON,
Sutvivirg Trustee
N. B. The above men toned property is situ
ate on and about what Is goncra'dy called the
BENT MOUNTAIN^ *>.l conskUnd a ten
Valuable estate, particular*/ for graantg, An/
one wishing for more pamjCufar inieirnuii rtt, mi/
a,>idy to Charles Johnson, residing in Csmfbsil
Countyi near !,)fjchburjfj or to Uvbtrt Pollard,
George Pioitett, or Ga,l.go> Richard As CJ®, »n
the cny of Richmond,
November lO^h^ IfflO. »ds
^ >> .. Cr< * I/)!)'-:? I > «■ VP- ' tj
y Will m»'.t f ... * • V. V . M It' y
of Hi/ tmon i( .u 5 oVocfc to the evening g
•econ I Monday in Uccetflbcf ocat, "**■'
llichm .nd, Mov*,.tbcr 90s, IbiO. 3 D
| ■< PH,fi«Txht; in all jt3 variety mtatly
ecuted at tins omce.
l Ve<\ "
■pALL GOOr*S—The subscriber has received
. by the Averick frbm London and Cora from
Liverpool, a general aasortrfinu of
GOODS,
lultablt lo the s«a*oB.
■ AlOlKO TBBM ASF
London end Yorkshire Supcrl'u* Cloths ahd
Cessimervs
Union, Bed find and Rennet Cords,
Swanwiownsi Vo'dinettes anti Dinm’s 5-4 and
f>4 dhle Mi'l’d (*k> h~*
Coadng, Bearskin , Ftozej Flannels St Baizes,
P'aina, Kersry’.s aud Blanker JS^
Gough and BratywaW’? napt CononvC
Yam Ho»f, Wornrd’and Cotton Sxodjhga,
Hhdfs. Shawls and Muslins,
9l'k Velvets and Sewing Silk,
Irish Linens and Drogbeda'o*
QaCcn*i Cprd, Velvets, Thickset?* and Coin.
: ttim^aotords,
A god* «**snftmeut of Saddlery, Hardware
and Cu levy.
Smiths Bellows, Anvils and Vitea,
Flat Bar, Crawley & English BILtered Stefel,
Ho continue* to transact business on commit*
sion, and ha* for sale.
ON CONSIGNMENT, |
Queen’s Wi»«- f Whiskey Shad and Bar Iron.
ROBER T GAMBLE. .
Richmond, Nov. 9, 1810. tf. i
pEN DOLLARS KEWAl D-Wu etoUn
A out of a Stable, near Bottom’s Bridge, on ,
the twenty s ven*h of last mouth a
BAY HORSE/
about five feet high, five years old—I eoold dc. ,
scribe said Horse minutely, but do r.ot think it
worth time, he having one mark that cannot es
cape the eye of any person that may nbtlee h-rr.—
that is, a large white place on his vya-hers.
The above Reward will be given to awy person
that will deliver the said Horse y>Ae, near
Bottom’s Bridge in the lower end or Henrico
countyj or five dollars for such inforfnation that
shall c»uwt me to get him again r at this is the
eleventh that I have had the bad luck through
various wavs to Iofc within th, on..-, or
ve»rs and «ix month*. and fully up to the price
of g 70 »avc one^ and acveral of much more va_
Iup, I cannot help soliciting the favour of my
acquaintances in »hi*a and ihe abjar. n countie, •
o make in theie neighbourhood some *m*.i en.>
quiry, which favour ahall eve» he gratefully ac
knowledged by the Suoacriher.
Joseph Jenkins.
Nov. 13th, 1810. [t ♦]
N O T 1 C E.
Agreeable to the Last Will find Testament
of Arm»»'ead Russel, dec’u
vvill be Sold,
At Ncw-Kent C'»irtahouse, on the firs*
day of November coart, iyfair, if nut on
the nVtriny of Dec/mber court,
A X K A Gr T O F
L X/N D I
Lying in New-Hmit county, cjllejftt the
OLD PLACE, jfuXontainmg wy otd&ur..
vey 47f> acres.^Ttiinand prc«ucta7well
orn and Wh^at, amP|s plea^mly^itua..
ted in an agrsfrable r.eighVourhood—w three
miles fronyflie ccurt-hou^e, and two from
Pamunktdf ILver. The T^rms of Sale,
will oe (me half of the purchase money to
be paid in twelve months, ai d the other
in two year3 from the driy of Sale. Bends
with e.purrvcd security, and a deed of trust
on the land to secure payment, to carry
interest from the date, if not paid when
clue will be required.
I wMl with pleasure shew the land to a*
f,y person inclined to purchase.
AliMISTEADRUSSEL,
Executor.
August 10,1810. t ds
TAKE NOTICE.
The Vineyard Lottery,
Will positively commence drawing at the
St ite-H use in Philadelphia, on Mon .
d:iy the 29th ins'. (Oct.) And will be
certainly be finished in 15f weeks thereaf
ter.
TICKETT3 AND SHARES
> F< K SALK AT
o. & R. WA1 rE’S 1
Lottery and Exchange Office L
No. 17, North Second-street ;
Where Schemes at Urge and all Lotte
ry information may be obtained gratis.
G. & IE WAITE,
Guarantee to the. public the faithfu
payment of all Prizes drawn in the Vine
yard Lottery, as well as punctuality in the
drawing.
■«* Ticket* for Sale at the Argos Office,
Richmond, whern Hank Notes of the dif
ferent States, ard Prizes in the Lehigh,
I Baltimore and New York Lotteries taken
In payment.
nor PuiiissiiD
BLANKS.
)
For Sale at S. Pleasants’ Priotin.
Oilicc, 1 ichmond, p^
A greM variety of 1>L A NKS,^xecit
ted in a very superior style of ele
gance, on fine paper j amongst
them are
Rills of Exchange, j *.ting Rank Stock
Bills »t Lading J for discount.
Negotiable Notes, j Bank Chi cks,
Ditto v/ith power j Seamen’s Manifests,
of Attorney <ui« | fcte u c.
rn xrd, for dtpn* |
BAIL and DELIVERY BONDS
Jor sale at th e ffice.
THE PR E SS,
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William W. Or at, Lynchburgs
at Fifteen Shillings a year.
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Lynchurue I nsss Establishmbrt, feels
therefore tbe more determined to execute the
business of the Office with accuracy and did.
patch. And if faithful attention, and con
slant revolution, impartially to serve the pul*.
K can constitute a palm of reciprocal patron*
age, he is determined to maintain such claim
with unabating effort.—The editorial branch
of the establishment remain* unchanged, and
will still be coadu£cd by the same hand, whose
address is here annexed
TO THE PUBLIC.
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ve shall continue to diffuse useful and so
ld information
Trac'R, political, moral, philosophical
ind religions, will occupy considerable por
ions of our columns. No attempt, howe.{
rer will be made to support any particu
lar system. Our extracts and observations
ihall always be such, as assume the most
jeneral form.
Agricultural and commercial observati
ons, will claim a share of our attention—
And Rell«« lettres, the arts, and other ra
tional eAtertainmeut, shall not be neglect,
rd.
We do not pretend to such exquisite skill
in the affairs of Government, as to be able
to prescribe laws for the Legislative, or
to dictate measures for the Executive Lie
pnrtments. But we shall use our utmost
exertions, to collect as early as possible,
iuch documents as may assist cur readers
in forming a proper estimate of public men
and measures.
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v wtniuijr i*wrryj \iiai su ninny|
and such violent dissentions exist in our
souniry. Unanimity of sentiment and har
mony of efi'ort in conductir.g the affairs of
St.ite, are always desirable, and part.cu.
Urly so ir times of public danger. We
►heretore feel ounelvts under the most se
rious obligation, to exclude every thing of
an mflam&tory nature. At least we sh li
endeavor to be impartial in our sekcli.
OBS. ‘
The offence is considered by us to be
the same, whether we indulge ourselves
tn evil speaking, or give publicity to the
slander of anotner. Private reputation,
therefore, brill be held inviolably sacred
We utterly detest the practice of those
who in ao ostentatious prospectus ad
dress themselves to the public .with the
flattering appellation of “An tightened
people,” and at.erwarda presume to en
tertain the name ** enlightened people”
with obscenity and defamation. We hope
never to excite a blush on the cheek of mo -!
dusty—we are determined nut to trouble
our renders with personal contention, fa
mily bickerings or neighborhood broils—
ami we pledge ourselves to act with can
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rr.«ty think proper to make on the publica
tions of any other press.
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thankiully received, reserving to ourselves
the privilege ol commenting on the tenden
cy or its principles.
Such is still our proposed plan—-confiding
in the correctness of its principles, we
cheerfully Commit our cause to tifcu candor
and liberality ol our Irtends and the nub
lie. r
Jy* The patronage which we have thus
far received, has been equal to our most
sanguine expectations j for which we cor—
anu as an cvu
deuce of our sincere wish to be as useful
anti interesting as possible, we have taken
upon us the toil ot issuing our paper on
Monday morning. A task, for the accotn
plishinent ot which, in due time for the
mails, we have to strain every nerve, liut
we ait requited in having it in our power
uy so doing, to give our readers the earli
est possible information. TUe truth of this
will he suiiiciendy clear upon a slight conj
suit ration of the following facts. On Sa
turday we receive the mail from Washing
ton City—and on Sunday evening that from
Ktchmond. We must therefore toil late
on Saturday evening, and rise before day
on Monday morning to accomplish our
purpose; inasmuch as the mails from
Lynchourg to Fmc-stle—to Lexington—
and to Chariottesviilv, ail leave this oetorc
'nine o'clock,- ol course our paper takes iti
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itest at a single glance, riiat we have a de.
xwWu advantage, in tins important point
over every other paper issued in thu uppei
Icounti y#
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slated, xirtKKN shillings a year.
SAMULL Iv. JF.NMNUS.
Lynchburg, Uct. U, 1M0. 4
r-rjUbT putiLisiihij,
And For Sale at b* i leasants’ Print
iug Oiiicc and Book i^orc,
BAILS’
Virginia Almanack
FOB 1811.
A 5kf,»h suppi-v nr Tnit ctu
IRATID
Gout & Rheumatic Drops
Jim received and tor sal# at this WiL«c.
BfcAin^-. ~==S^=*
^7ie IVind passtth over it, and it is gone.
I saw a 'dew drop, cool and clear,
Dance on a myrtle spray,
Fair colours deck’d the lucid tear,
Ltike those which gleam and disappear*
When showers and sunbeams plays
Sol cast athwart a glance severe*
And scorch’d the pearl away.
High cn a slender polished stem,
A fragrant lilly grew,
On the pure petals many a gem,
Glittered a native diadem,
Of healthy morning dew ;
A blast of lingering winter came*
And snapp’d the stem in two, \
Fairer than morning’s early tear,
Or lillies snowy b:uom,
Shines beauty in its vernal year*
Bright, spaikl ng, fascinating, clear*
Gay, thoughtless of its doom ;
Death breathes a sudden poison near*
And sweeps it to the tomb !
DRINK rO HER.
*Y THOMAS MOORK, ESQUIRE,
Drink to her, who long
Ha h waked the Poet’s sigh*
The girl who gave to song
What gold could never buy l
Oh | woman’s heart was made
For minstrels* hand alone,
By other fingers played
It yields not half the tone.
Then here’s to her, who long
Hath waked the pott’s sigh*
Tli>- girl who gave to song
What gold could never buy.
At Beau y’s door of glass
When Wealth and Wit once stood,
They ask’d her * winch might pass?’
She answer’d, * he who could.’
W ith golden key Wealth thought
To pass—but ’cwould not do ;
While Wit a diamond Drought,
Which cut his bright w.,y through.
Then here’s to her, vmo lung
Hath waked tne poet’s sigh,
The girl who gave to song
What gold could never buy.
The love, that seeks a home
Where wealth or grandeur shines,
Is like the gloomy gnome
That dwells in dark gold mines;
But, Oh 1 a poet’s love
Can boast a brigher sphere ;
Its native home’s above.
Though woman keeps it here.
Then drink to her, who long
Hath waked the poet’s sigh.
The girl who gave to song
Wuat gold could never buy,
EXTRACT
COMMUNICATED TOR THE ARGUS.
“ Of all the vices, the wickedness
and ingenuity of man have been able
to invent, there is none that furnishes
a more melancholy evidence of moral
degradation and depravity c! mind,
than the practice of swearing in coin*
mon conversation; because it is at
tended with no possible advantage or
pleasure. With respect to almost eve-1
»y other vice that can be named, it may
be easily traced to some passion in the
human breast; and in the momentary
pleasure attending the gratification, we
perceive the cause, though not an apo
logy for the crime. The Unchaste,
the Glutton, the Drunkard, the Adul
t#*r**r muu in rb»-ir tU.
✓
pleasure
|gence, and the strength of temptation,
• arising perhaps, from some constituti
onal bias. We may however venture
I to assert, whatever pre-disposition to
I certain vices may be connected with
particular constitutions, no person was
ever born wi h a propensity to swear
ing or blasphemy, or ever experienced
« moment’s pleasure from i\ To the
commssion of this crime, there is no
inducement. The swearer is neither
stimulated on the one hand by the hope
of profit, which anini it s the thief and
the j ambler; nor on the other by the
nror.pf ct of gratifying some bodily
sense or appetite, which influences the
glutton, t.:e adulterer, or the drunk
ard.
44 Profane sweating is too generally
c* nsldered as an rnfft oce of the most
venial kind, and'altogether below no
tice. Hut thi•* is the language of fol
ly aftdinconsideratlon ; for if the ques
tion be lx mined on the ground o
- reason or revelation, it v. ill appear t<
be a if in of pecuJt r aggravation as i
respec's tl.e Deity, and of great mi *
« i iefasit re* pecta our fellow creatures
When, in the decalogue, ihcft, adult**
tv, perjury* or murder are forbidden
tt-e words used, arc, “thou rhal: no
stea,’&c. But when prof »ne swear
in ^ is forbidden, it is in I an purge vast
7 ly tntfr pointed and emphr/i:, It i
•Wiittenp “ tiiuu shall uot alee the c.>tst
s'
oi the Lord thy God in vaia and a
reason is here added, which is np: the
case in the other commands ; as if 'o
shew a greater degree of transgression,
and certainty of punishment—f-r the
Lord will not hold him guiltless* that
is, according to a Hebrew mode of
expression, he will most assuredly pun
ish him “ that taketh his name in vain.*
In short, if the guilt of an action be
enhanced, by the entire absence of
temptation to vice, and the utter ex >
elusion of all pleasure in the comtr.is*
sion of »in; this practice oT profane
(swearing and blasphemy justly merit*
th 'tMhe most dreadful thunders of
Heaven should be poiuted against it*
M It is universally admitted that
oaths are the grand cement of the so*
ciai compact; from the highest officer
of government to the constable of a
county, the qualification of an oath is
indispensably requisite to the execu
tion of the trust-—all make a solemn
appeal to God, the ‘searcher of all
hearts, to testify to their truth and sin
cerity. Now as oaths are the only
security, we have, for the preservation
of life and property, whatever tends to
weaken the sense of the obligation of
an oath on the conscience, must be
pernicious to society, and consequent
ly greatly mischievous to our fellow
creatures. But, the continual use of
oaths on the most trivial occasions, in
jests, and often when those jests hav-a
no foundation iu truth; must tend to
lessen the sense of the binding effect
of an oath on the conscience. Tits
general profmation of the name o£
God by oaths and cursing, must una
voidably diminish that awe and reve
rence of the Supreme Being, which
gives a binding effect to oaths, and
guards against perjury—.the practice
of profane swearing is therefore cer
tainly very greatly injurious to socie
ty.”
If then the practice of profane swear
ing and blasphemy, offers no prospect
of gain, and no gratification of sense
—it it be forbidden by God under the
sanction of most certain.punishment—
and if it is mischievous to our fsllow
creatures—if it is repugnant to every
maxim of politeness and good breed
ing, and is indeed brutally rude. If
profane swearing and cursing is a
breach of good manners before a fe
male—if the heart of the pious man
is wounded to hear his sovereign fa
ther, friend and benefactor treated with
the highest irreverence, profanity and.
insult; what apology can any man have
for.indulging such a practice ? It might
be supposed that none could be found ;
but like every other vice, it has its ad
vocates and apologists, vet they arc
driven to a miserable shift, they at
tempt to excuse this degrading prac
tice, by saying, that they mean no harm
—that th.-y have fallen into the habit
without knowing it, and cant shake it
off. Yet, the most profane swearer
conquers this habit, if he sits a: the
Council board, in the Legislative Hall,
or is brought before a court of justice
—There are possibly some Judges,
who without knowinc it. and without
meaning any harm, have fallen into
the commission of this crime, yet we
never heard of a Judge so far forget
ting what he deems to he decent and
proper, as to swear fiom the brnch —
if the Judge means no harm—1t hr
swears generally without thinking of
it, why does he not commit the crime
while srting in his judicial character i
Whether the offence be viewed as 4
gainst God, the community, or agaimt
decency and propriety; the same re.
yerence is due to God at all times an 1
in all 9 tuations—the same regard to
the welfare of the community is d ie
irom ea h member di it, oiider all pns.
sible circumstances—and the roles of
decorum and good breeding should
equally operate on the same individu
al, in a cabin, and on the judicial bench,
or in the legislative hull. But that
none give wav to this practice, while
in the exercise of public and official
duties, clearly shew/ that, they do not
\ Utlicve, there is no harm in it—it ha
1 oit be the apology, the benefit of this
c apology should also be extended to the
■ Habitual slanderer, iyar ar.d'Urunkard
. —nay, an old and hardened thief, who
- >y frequent repetition oF his crime,
1 md d-«iroy< d all srr se cf shame and
t remorse, has ol*o lit* claim to jumii
- a ion, under the apology of the in4t«.
- nre of habit*
s “ 1: is deeply to be deplored thnt so
- nany persona of iuteftigeuce, oi «oia«
* /