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kiCHMOSD •—Pa.eted (ou TSt»«fi and Fe.oaysj »y SAMUEL PLEASANTS, juitoR, Pr.mtee to tb« cokuouweelth ' ——
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[/■C.,r Dollar, ftr Annum—Paid in Advance] FRIDA r.XQHRMMn, 18I0. Li .. , -
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' Watch & Clock Maker,
DIRECTLY oppos e Mr. Wm, Gall's Store,
takes this method to inform his friends and
the pubic in general, that he still continues to
carry on his business in all its branches.
—HE HAS OK HAMD
some excellent BIGHT DAY CLOCKS, gold
and silver WATCHES, CHAINS, SEALS and
.l&EYfij &e.
N- B. Wanted immediately, an Apprentice to
Uie above business.
Richmond, Nov. 30, 1810. tf.
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>^TEGfIOES FOR SALE.. —In the town of
CarursvillCj on Saturday the 22d of Decem
ber next, will be offered for sale to the highest
bidder about
Thirty Likely Negjtoes^
consisting of men, women and chva^|atf|wcfly
belonging to the estate of Col. Msyt^CaWng
Con, det-rased, Cash will be expected for one
balf the purchase, and a credit of twelve mon m
drill be allowed for the balance, on the purchaser
entering into bond, with approved security, to
cafry interest from the date, if not punctually
paid JOHN ADAMS, Adm’r.
November 30th, 1810. tds. j
LAND FOR SALE.-M.The subscriber offers
for sale about
500 Acres of Land,
lying in the county of King William, near Pa
monkey river, atoning the lands of Btzil |
Brown, Dabney Tester and others. This land
lies wtll^ and for the culture of wheat ^tiAcmn
is equal if not superior to any land in t‘ eWjigh
bourbood ; convenient to Market being orab 25
miles from Hifchmond, and a water ca^jpfe >o
N -rfolk. 1 deem It unnecessary to meoTou pa»
ticolars, as any perion wishing to purchase wiil
fi' M view the same. The gmvUmeis above nam,
ed, wi'l sh' w the land i0 any perron that ap.
pises. I will make the payment agreeable.
JAMES CAMPBELT.j
Bedford county.
November 10, 1810. tf.
Richmond Turnpike Company.
AT a m- e’iog of the Direflors of the tail
Company on Thursday evening the 32d
N -vcmlier, 18J0. 4H
RIAOI.yi&O, That a rail of ten defers on
erch share in the said company he marJ and
that fi e doliavs thereof on each shr.r^ne pai'
to the Treasurer on th* firat day of January next,
®od tha* the wher five, on each share, be paid
to him on the tint day of March next.
Teste, . ‘ „
N. SHEPPARD, C k.
* 1 Mar,
FOR SALfe—On Thursday, Dec
19th, at the plantation of the sabxcri*
her. about 3 miles below Prince Edward Court*
bouse, from 8 to J5 ne m
IAkely Negroes ^
®f every description, as any in the ra'fc^On*
ki'f (ho purchase in c*«h—f'» the ba ance err.
d*t »il| Hr given for 12 monthij ih» ptr»rha«e
giving b' nd with approved security to bear in
teirsi from the da** if not jiuo^inally paid
, THRO’SK. B. McROHRRT.
November 19th, tQlO, t15D.
N. B. The above < ale postponed an'it Jan. 1st
TO BR SOLD-On the 12th day of Decern
bar n«x at Sandy Pointy the teat of thi
late William Lightfoot, on a credit of six months
AM the Personal Estate
of the decea^-t, which was conveyed ^mr h;
* deed of trust for the benefit of his tsildren
C'-nsis )ng of Hr,r,« Mo e» Ca t'erte»ep am
Ri p. a grat va ie'f of Rotttehald son Kitchei
Furri' a e. Among the stock of Horses are twt
Engliih 8 nds of the first biood, via Jack An
drews and Admiral Nelson—*sja, several higl
boo'lffl bro id Mi *ii one of them is an im
ported Mare, by Voloutee-, mo-her by Knows
M n«t of a foil Wooded Wild Air, Rond an
seend y will he required before the proper
L ty is taken srtv,
m WIM.I \M ALLEN. Tr-i.tee,
w* November 27^ 181& dtp.
AVSSSS^BU
Muscovado Sugar
GmiOL Pipes ; '
Impcrisl Tea by the Ch
Domestic MannfactarecT^arking
of. good quality by the Bolt
Bar and Hod Iron, assorted
Plough plates S(. Blistered Steel*
Prime, ScCargo Pork tk Beef in Bbls*
RALSTON & PLEASANTS.
Nov. 2T, 1810, (tf)
“fi'OQ K S,
fust Received andfor Sate at S.
Pleasants' Book Store and
Printing Office,
The Refusal, a novel,
The Houses of Ostna and Almeira—or
Convent of St. Ildefonso, a tale, by Re
gina Maria Roche, anther of the Chil
dren of the Abbey, &.c^
My Uncle Thomas, a novel
Lidy of the Lake, by Walter Scott
A Sailor's Friendship, and a Soldier's Love *
The British Clceroesaor, a selection of the i,
most admired Speeches in the English j
Language, arrayed under three distinct '
heads of Popular, Parliamentary anil
Judicial Oratory—with historical Ulus*
(rations, 3 vols
Eloquence of the British Senate—being a
wuu^wuuu vi vuc uvov opccoii'.a ui iuc
most distinguished English, Irish, and
Scotch Parliamentary Speeches, from
the beginning of the rfcign of Charles I.
to the preaeut time, wish notes biogra
phical, critical and explanatory, 2 vols.
Newcomb's observations on our Lotd
Newcomb's English Harmony
Livingston on Sheep
Dana’s Sermons
Guide to Prayer
Touchstone of Sincerity
Lock Hospital, nr anew selection of Hymn
and Psalm Tunes
Mythology, or a history of the Fabulous
Deities
Valuable Secrets in ArtSj Trades, &c.
Milner’s Letters
The American's Guide—Containing the
Constitutions of the United States of A
merica, with the latest amendments—
also the Declaration of Independence,
articles of Confederation, and the Fed
eral Constituton, acts for the Govern*
ment of the Territories, Washington's
Farewell Addres, and the Inaugural
Speeches of the several Presidents.
Select Lives of Plutarch, containing the
most illustrious characters ol antiquity—
Abridged from the original for the use
of Schools.
The Register cf Arts, or a compendious
v>fcw of some of the most uselul modern
Discoveries aod Inventions.
Tucker’s Blackstone
Gass's Journal of the Voyages
vels of Capts. Lewis and Cl
Ennui—by Miss Mm >a Eugewo
Abbot’s Maratime Law
Essay cn Soap Making
Doom of Murderers
Aonlan Banquet, a selection of Poems
The Works of Mrs Chapone
Memoirs of Marmontel
Memoirs of Samuel Foote,
Barlow's Political Wtilings
Criminal Recorder
Cook’s Voyages
The Dier’s Assistant
The Wandering Philanthropist
Ella Rosenberg
Charlotte Temple
St. Clair, the Heiress of Desmond
(Horrors of St. Domingo
i Fatal Revenge, by Murphy
; Harems Assistant, pv >viiss lvigewortn
Rms, nr American Genius and Education
O pie's Simple Tales
Beggar Boy
Advertisement for a Husband
Gamesters
Father and Daughter, by Mrs, Opit
Exile of Erin
Abellino, the Bravo of Venice
Village Pastor and his Children
Romantic Tales, by Lewis
Dun Sebastian
Scottish Chief*
Theodore Cyphon
Peregrine Fickle
Select Novels in 9 Volg. containing
Do Valcourf, Nhcturoal Visit, Jane Tal
bot, Emmeline.
Select Plays in 6 Vols. containing
Cattle Spetre, Heir at Law, stranger,
Secret* Worth Knowing. Bobbery F#t*co
Cabal and Love, The Poor Gentleman,
Folly a* it Flies, The Secret, The Wheel
of Fortune, Wry to get Married, West
Indian, Mountaineer*, The Gamester,
Dougin**, Toe Mourning Hr id?, The Or
: pban, F.Urida, Caractacu3, San ton Ago.
ntst.es, Edward and F.lonoi a.
Sterne’s Work*, in 5 volt, containing hi*
Tristram Shandy, Sermons, Sentimental
1 Journey, The Koran, arid his letters
, Pope** Work*
1 loaephn*'* Works
' Immortal Mentor, nr Man’s unerring Guide
’ Xiimmn’man on Solitude
J Kurni* Works
I ooke’* Diversions of Hurley
. Marshall’* Life of Gen. Washington
I Ramsay’s Ditto
. Hurk’s History of Virginia
Carey’s Family Bible*, irom 4 to g IJ
Walker’s pronouncing Diction »ry
Johnson’s ditto.
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paten. Add if faith foil *httemi<Hi, 4nd con.
trant resolution, impartially to serve the pub.
lie^ can conaMtnce' a cthisir of reciorocal patron*
age, he U determined to 'maintain curb claim
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tn conducting the Press, as heretofore,
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partments. But we shall use our utmost
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in forming a proper estimate of public men
and measures.
We are heartily sorry, that so many,
and such violent dissenttons exist in our
country. Unanimity of sentiment and har
mony of effort in conducting the afta.ra of
btate, are always desirable, and particu.
larly so in times of public danger. We
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rious obligation, to exclude every thing of
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slapder of another. Private reputation,
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dress themselves |0 the public with the
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people,” and afterwards presume to eo
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desty—we are determined not to trouble!
cur readers with personal contention, fa
mily bickerings or neighborhood broils—*
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drnce of our sincere wish to be an useful
and interesting as possible, we have taken
uj.on us the tint ol issuing our paper on
Monday morning. A task, for the accom
plishment of which, in due time for the
mails, we have to strain every nerve. But
Mre are requited in having it in odr power
by so doing, to give our readers the earli.
esc possible information. The troth of this
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side ration cf the following facts. On Sa„
turd^y we receive the mail from Washing
ton Citys*and on Sunday evening that from
Richmond. We must therefore toil late
on Saturday evening, and rise before day
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and to Charlottesville, all leave this before
iflne (/clock t ot couirte our paper takes it!
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over every other paper issued intheuppei
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Lynchburg, Oct. 3, 1810. 4t
1 0 R E N r,
THE Upper Apartments adjoining mi
Book .St or-., They consist of
rooms, with a fire place in each, and 1*91
airy passages.* A Iso, attached to the pr*
mlses, are a Kitchen and Cellar,i-san!
within s »w feet of thpdoor, is a fountah
of good Spring Water from the Blood
Run, 1*0.
Samuel Pleasants, »>.
{ Oct, 8, ^ ft fj
' ■■ - - —— LL-!
In th* Allegorical Pantomime of Pinderel
'•* *■ lhc blowing sweet and moral lit*,
tie Song.
Comfoxt damsel \ why that sigh }
Heaven in kindness, sends ns *nrroW<as»
Patience^ damsel} Heaven is nfgh,
Brighter prospects greet to-morroW.
Weigh’d down by *#th passing show’ry
Lowly droops the lilly’s head—
AmJ»rg d with rain, the tender flow’r
• Pensive sinks, its beauty fled.
Rolls the dark storms, far swey>
See-a livelier hue is given j
The illly glitter* doubly gay—
The drop that pi eas’d it catne from Ilea
vett. . r
MAN TO MAN.
A person of the name of MJttf jr, in h1s
walks used frequently to id«h a gentleman
who was known to be disordered in his in.
tellrets, but whose conduct had always been
Inoffensive. It happened one day tlvat the
madman met him on a narrow c»usrwny,
and having a large stick in his hand, when
he came up to Mr Mann, he made a sud
den stop, and fix ng one rad of the stick
oo the ground, while he held the other end
with both his hands sternly pronounced,
‘ Who are you sir ? The otherffiot all a
lo.med, and willing to sooth his assailant
by a pun, replied “Why, sir, I am a dou
ble man ; Man by name, and umr by na.
ture.’ ‘Are you so, sir, says the insane
person,—• Why I am a man b*:s de my.
self, and we two will fight you two, upon
wh.cli he knocked Mr Mann into the ditch,
and deliberately walked off. j ;
From the National Aegis,
(i BRITISH INFLUENCE.”
Incoatcs'ih'c Evidence or the Exigence of •
M Erittsh Party in America **
WILLIAM COBBETT,
Consistency, openness and fairness
are the characteristics which republi
cans justly claim ar their own. How.
ever an open and direct course of p'o
litical conduct may, occasionally, be
misrepresented, and incur occasional
censure ; in the end, it will always be
found most beneficial to the in teres a
of truth, and most accordant with the
general sentiment. Every thing which
belong/ to federalism, considered as
» party distinction, partakes of dupli.
city. Its very name, as they use it,
is an imposture. L Its principles are
not these which they act upon.—\yt«
intend to prove this, by the best evi
dence of which the subject will admit.
The great searcher of hearts alone can j
know it exclusively. In every human j
investigation we are, of course, liable
to error. It is an incident of our na
tur e.
Everyman, who recollects any
thirfg of the political history of our
country, rtmembeits the unprecedented
popularity of the works of Peter Por
cupine (Wm. Cobbstt) among the fed
eralist?, The sale of his pamphlets
was unprecedented, the praises be
stowed on him, for the greatest part
of his career, the most extravagant
which could be conceived. ThL
praise, this patronage, were exclusive*
ly by the federalists- Against them
therefore he is a sufficient witness,
His testimony is In the nature of a
contention, urn-1 _
tno, when he wa* in no circumstance!
of duress, and under no inducement
to prrvaricadon or falsehood. Now
what is the picture YVm. Cobbetfcgivet
of federalism in Amerita. TKfe fol.
lowihg extracts are from tha sixth
numUfr of the first volume of Cobb^u’
works ;
44 At the close of the war, every
one bilirved that if we could secure
the exrlusive tT2de of America, that
there was nothing lost by the contest
hut the difficulty lay in securing that
trade. France our natural enemy
Ci. rmany to whom America, is in.
| debtvd lor the most industrious par
of her citizens ; and the Ea*t Indies
from which we are not able to exclude
them, are manufacturing nations whicl
were Hkely to shat e in die trade of tha
great continent. Nothing remainec
from G. Bd am but to endeavor tr
gain an influence in the founcils ofhei
la'e colonies ; now become indepen
♦lent stairs. «
Again—“ When the federal consti,
lution was ratified, the majority of al
l. parties jotted in the general joy. TN
I monarchists thinking they l]ad gainet
[rhe first step towards royalty ; am
I die republicans imagining they hat
i "«»olidat«d the republic. Th
f first session or two of congress passer
over with little jaring : but such i
state of things could not be cxpeciet
to continue long in any popular assent
btj\ The monarchists on the one hand
began to shew * disposition to in
crease the power of the president—-it
the same time the republicans, jealous
ot fha* power, «n(ira/ored to promote
the interests of the people; whilst
our ministry ever attentive to the in*
terest of the empire thought it pro
per to attempt to conciliate the minds
of Americans towaids England and
Englishmen ; and as a pa> t ot the same
system to sow the seeds o? discord
between Americans and F cnchmen.
This could only be dune bv nvansof
the press, it was about this period
that I acrivod in Philadelphia, vrh rs
I attended congress daily ; obtained
a little knowledge of the leaders of
each party t and meditated on my
future method of attack on the repub
licans. to make the name of Eng
lishman a friendly sound-*—*o recom
mend an imitation of our government*
our fashion*, our propensities ; and
finally to make, them pay a tribute to
England through the medium of h t
manufactures, whs the object nearest
nay heart for this purpose France,
Frenchmen, republicanism, and all
their partisans, were from thence for
ward to become the objects of my
keenest sntire.”
In speaking of Mr, Bache, tbs
grandson of Dr. Franklin, and at ih .t
time editor of the Aurora, he says—4* £
too* auvantage to represent him and
his party as pensioners of France, a
battery that did great execution—
and which was seconded by Robert
G. Harper, Otis, Rutledge, and Da
na, in congress. This atiack we kept
up with unceasing assiduity until alL
America was convinced of its truth
and the Aurora, the name of and e
ven the words republic and republican
became so odious and were used as *’*>
terms of reproach. If in ^11
taAs, I had been as well seconded as
in this, and the black cockade busU
ness, an h i editary first magistracy
might now have ruled America, and
•in alliance offensive a*>d defensivy
with Great Britain would have pro
tected that country from foreign in
sults. • •• /•; '. s ’ . %: '
Again—“ Thrf political engine which
we call addresses, and which has been
so successfully used here to give a bi
as to public opinion, was resorted to
and found extremely efficacious ; and
to give a more sudden impulse to our
system, that I hit upon the lucky idea
of mounting ti e black or English
cock4^—I was imm^iiately followrd
by ail the English p the federal
ists, and ail ihe weal^Hnded and ti
morous, even amongW republicans,
I had hopes by this means of bringing
matters to a crisis; and did not
doubt, but an engagement would taka*
place between the men with, and
those without cockades. In this,how
eVcr I was disuppoinetd. The repv b
icans were determined to rerr.aiy
quiet, notwithstanding the insult?, and
provocations welconstantly gave them
ai fcverv nnnmtimWi;
Again-“ The opposition to thw
war system, by the republican mem
bers of congress, was too strong to
wai rant John Adams in coin# an\r
greater lengths than he did; and too
weak not to give great hopes that ho
would finall) succeed ; what could not
be accomplished by f,ir argument,
was attempted by alarm, and persecu 7
ttotw At raising the fir t, Out frieo jr
Harper (Robert O- Harper) had 9 ’
excellent talent The public mind v 1
kept in suspense—and no sooner J '?
he lost the end of flue clue, thy u
found another which led him iir 0 ,
with false bottoms, ladks f tu *
. and tai'ors shops. -oilettes,
1 Again—“ £t was in vy
, fhe p etenaions of those xv * *?
: Stood forward In the revof *? Wh~, ^
, had he*» active and # l™1™* Thf*
; interest* of America * **?!ve to ,he
l easy whatever mighi ’ h#. l* w'f? n<*
> to command the a :nf *!r ta,ent*»
■ that their compand on, } ence? or
. 'ell thejm not Z imX "L J!f?°uM
affairs of that c, u th*
, equally rndey iroreP * th<!y had
I hence «Ae ot'.<rjn .l° * "5#*^P»te ;
! partie. Whiehf"^
I the reMblic.of,ppC„2l'X,!“*
| .•roDg /.l, and ,n have .hi, V.1 H '**
I on their eMe t been,,,* repubiicm’^*
stbntiooa ware already formed tiir7 ’?*
' °‘i' t?? 1 ,h"«r**‘*tnuX8^
I if "—W being ,X bX "VJl
- phi »•>•«««which
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