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CASH.*
D. C.
tobacco, : : its & 00
'WHEAT [NS\v] : : C 1 40
TLOTIK [superfine] t p l 9 00
houi [pike] * : : » 8 jo!
Corn, . • . . . 4 00
HKMP, PER TON, ... 2$0 00
IRON, . ...... • 110 00
BACON, . , . . • 00 12
whiskey, . ... . . 00 63
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m*jUST PUBLISHED,
And For Sale at S. Pleasants* Print
ing Office and Book Store,
BATHS’
Virginia Almanack
FOR 1811.
It contains, besides the usu
al astronomical calculations, made for
the latitude and mrredian of Rich
mond, a great variety of useful and en
tertaining matter.—i?Cf°A liberal al*
lbwauce to Wholesale purchasers.
wA ■ ■ — ■ —■ 1 —1 ' ' " - ■ ■ l>
Wk. MICHAEL MENTON, of the
City of New York,
TAKE NOTICE that f Khali en the thud day
of OS .bcr nex"^ between the h--urs of ten
•’clock in l’ie foreno 'n *nd six o’ci >ck in the
Afternoon of tbit ila~' proceed to take the tffi
davit* of J^r.cs Lsecfc, Ann Bowen andSsmu.
•I Henrv « the house of Thomas Pulling in the
4 itv of ML'.hhUiml in tbit state to he teaJ as
evidence In the i'ljunflion now lUpending in the
CO»m*Y court of Hi'ttMCO, wherein 1 am pl<int.ff
and Redmond P. Barry, yourself and IVi.lia si
Dxvidjoit'i administratrix, are defendants.
ALEX. HARE.
Richmond, September 12; 1610.
NOTICE —My wife M*y W*l iamton has
abse>veri herself fr-mi toy bed and t>oard fo.
the tilth time, without ar.y provocation on m>
pari that 1 kn vr of—l thcrci.'re take thij me.
thad of noifytng and forewarning all pinout
frem taking an assignment from her In oiy a&ra?
or on my account, as I amdet. unload to pay no
account or accounts cr demands of her transacti
ons \vr;.t*oe$cr—and I further notify tha? she
the said Mary Williamson, shall be at liberry to
return to my bid an'db -ard at any tiino »he may
think Draper, or b»>a‘d ill ^ny otn-ir pi See- ai h*;i
•wn ri»k and no? mine, ail am, as before obscr
volrf oete. mined to pay no accounts of that kina
whatsoever.
v She at her elopement took off two negu gi.la
by the names of Aggy and Rhode—s af o f.»rc
warn all persons f. ;>tr. buying, hiring or harboring
taid i.cgi.»esrf o»- Way will hi dealt with as the
iaw directs.
John Williamson.
Hanover, august 20, lSlO. 2p
"13 y virtue of a decree of the superior c^u-t of
chancery tor the Richmond district, pronoun,
ced cn the 26th June. 1810, in a suit then Ciei s
in depending, wherein V/ite* Sclden was plaib
tifl and k-^me 3;r.o».!i defendant, we thal|, on
J/r.nday the twenty, firt of OAobci next, b fore
the t.ont do'r of the la e dwelling l,once of L'.s
me Smock, at>:.'Ut one mile from the cny of Rich
mond, S4.1 a* nub'.ic auction, on a err dir of threu
and -ix motub* m much of the TRACT ut!
land, cai;*a
FAXR FIELD,
Whereon the said Smock lately' rciided as will
raise the rum of eigiuctn hundred pound^ with
in>erc«t thereon at ,ix per cent, per annum.
*rom me 13m 01 jnnc, loin together w:ta
th« cos»r.
The a.id w'll be laid out in lots to suit pur.
aha’ers. Bond wuh approved security will Lfc
rcqtvr^’il^ and as ah addition secuti.y a (Led. of
t»u»; On ihc loi. will be taken.
" James Wood.
«. William Mayo.
Richard Adam3<
John Adams.
Riehtncnd, Cth September ldlO. td-.
~HQr PRESSED -
BLANKS.
For Sale Stf S. Pleasants* Printing
Ollice, Richmond,
A great variety of BLANKS, execu
ted in a very superior atvle of ele
gance, a# 6v.e paper; amongst
them are
B»1U of Exchange, siting Bank Stock
Bills of Lading' for dlttuuai.
Negotiable Notes, Kar.k Chocks.
Ditto with powrr Seamen’s Manifests,
of At*nrn»y *n. 6tc. fcc.
n-xert, for depj.
LATELY PUBLISHED,
AVD rOR SAtr AT TUIi OFFICII.
THE
Virginian Orator.
Being a vari* ty of Original fc Selected
PecMSy O rations, fc? Drartlauc Scenes t
To improve the Anieticau youth iu
the orn..ir.tMital and uaOul ait of
E LOQU E N C E «c G ES I U H E.
1 Bt i'uoF< as £. Ejract*.
Notice ro farmers and mil
lers is hereby given, that I have
ju«.t received from Philadelphia, two of
Oliver evans* patented screw
MILLS, a perpendicular and horizontal
f*rm, in cast iron metal of the hardest tem
per. I have car tied the screws to the pub
lic armory for the inspection of gentlemen
farmers and millers who desire to use them,
where I can have others cast for sale. The
Screw Mills of either form will be sold at
the moderate price of 6A Dollars, including
the patent fee of tweuty dollars. These
screw mills have been found northwardly,
where they are much in use, to be a very
profitable machine, to farmers in breaking
the corn and cobb together, to tnable their
stock to consume tbe whole substance with
ease and benefit. It has been ascertained
that two barrels of corn ahd cobb broken
together by these sere ws_ are fully equal to
three barrels given in the usual way.
A |»o, for breaking Plaster of Paris in small
lumps for grinding in mills for manure i
Also, those who are in the hab-t of distil
ling spirits, may extract an additional quan
tity from corn and cobb broken together.
It must be acknowledged by all, that stock
would noc eat the cobb by degrees as they
generally do, were it not for the nourish
ment they receive front it, The screws may
be put »n motion from a mill at small ex
pense, and tarmers may give them motion
by a crank similar to a gr ndttone, The
patentee of these screws has authorised me,
Ids a*jent, to make such alterations in the
constructions is to giind small hominy,
but these alterations must not affict the two
grand principles of the invention. Having
had some experience of mdl operations^ I
will choose bolting cloths lor millers Vne
best in this markets The public moy be
assured I will serve them with plea<ure,
and hope to share their command*, which
will be punctually attended to by tluiv meat
obedient,
JOHN MOODY, Agent
for Oliver Evans n. Virginia und all the
Southern States.
iticnmomi, svugust uau, icio. wot
We, whose names are hereto euhscribrd,
have examined and insptcied two Screw
Mills, or Corn and Puister breaker*,
. . d to be invented by Mr. Oliver b.vans^
at Pit Unde I phi a, sent to the care of Mr
John Moody of ibis City, and according to
our opinions we think, these M •chine* wil;
answer the purposes intended very weil»
and be useful to the pubhc~and we ffee*
ly recommend them.
J. PRYOR,
OEO. WM. SMITH,
.JNO. STAPLED.
Richmond, Sept. 7th, lSlO.
0S~ 1 have got a sett of Moulds made
to cast the perpendicular Strew Gen*
Itcmcn nuy be supplied at the Armory
with that kind now. The Moulds tor the
Hor.zoutal Sticw will soon be made.
J. MOODY.
JUST PUBLISHED,
And for sale at this Offic?,
A NEW AND PLAIN SYSTEM
OF
ARITHMETIC.
BY ELIJAH H. HEX ERICK.
Of UCCiClH&BAM COUNT*.
RECOMMENDATIONS*
Demonstration I deem necessary in an
'elementary treatise on any branch of the
Mat hematic* ; but, as the demonstrative
method is pursued in very few schools, I,
epon comparing Mr E. H. Hendrick's A_
ruhmetical Tiuaties with other works on
'fh» £*rn». Ullhi«l<l on. inrf.ii.cil tn
-J-, - --- —--—
nt-ntl it as one of the best systems of A.
tithe tic that have fallen within niy ibicrva*
ion, and to dcclaie n>y high opinion of it,
as f«r n, it respects lueicanliic purposes,
anil other practical uses.
L. fi. G1RABDIN.
Academy, Richmond, Fco. 6, 1810.
I have examined Mr Elijah li. lien.,
drick’s “ Mew and plain system of Ant* *
metic,” and shall hereafter prefer it to a„
ny practical work of the kipd extant, on
account of its judicious arrange men. with
respect to mercantile purposes, and other
practical uses. DAVID DOYLE.
Academy, Richmond, February 8, IdiO
It may alio be necessary t*> state lhai
the above work ba» been highly rccom.
.mended-by Doctor Samuel IV.. Jennings
I formerly'of the Nev' London Academy,
Joshua League, Ls^. oi i'rince Edward—
ft. B. Woodson, V/w». of CuwbtiiaiK], nm
several other literary character#,
July 16th, 18 id.
Country metenants and others who wisl
to purchatc. to sell »£*hj, wilt be allwwei
a liberal discount.
Fresh. Medicines y
DRUGS. PADVTS. fcrV.
TMR Subscriber has Just Received a fresh sop
pl> of Medicines, Drugs, Rain's, Perfumery
jtife. which, added to his termer sleek,Complete
i hw assortment, and renders it very extensive.
Physician*, country store kc»per», Hatters
(I’airtars, and other persons wan mg any thin|
| in Kts litiCy wdl be supplied on very tnotlcrst
I terms.
BKAJJMIH DUV.1L.
Richmond, June 2CtU. ltflO.
w 3 w o f 3 t.
I*it inru o. in all its various branches
neatij ex* tuted at the Arg<it Jifitc.
4
*OR THE A KG US'.
FROM THE CLUB*
September 8th, 1810.
Oitr fratfcrni’y has received such a
number' of communications already,
from female as well as male corres..
pondents, that we have it in contem
plation to appoint a special committee
of selection. Until such a committee
is instituted, however, the productions
of our communicants will be laid be
fore the Club it large For examination.
We have, thus far, made but little pro
gress in our adjudications of merit or
demerit; and, with the exception of
the following spuightly performince,
we have inspected no piece of litera
ture furnished by strangers that has
not been in part condemte l.- The
young tadv writes so agreeablv, that
we heartiiv wish her a handsome and
sensible husband. *
rs-i
Rtthmohd, August 30M, 1810*
Dear Z,
*• You comical, crooked little
rogue, yon ; I am sure you are little,
*nd therefore don’t pretend to deny it.
So, you thi k beaux are men of learn
irg turred inside out? O Gemini!
how droll Old Twiakle the astronomer
woulTl look, if his dress were like his
'mind. He would shew us a face l’ke
a full moon ; a coat of cerulean ; a milkv
[wav waist-coat ; a pair of Mercury
‘•■mell clothes; with stars for buttons :
Then, what an odd creature would an
arithmetician be! Stuck all over with
figures ; and breeches pockets made of
multiplication tables. But for my
part, if the men of knowledge should
determine to mak- their outsides the
c 'unterparts oftheir intellectual accom
[plishments, I am resolved to keep
company with none but poets or pain
ters. And. indeed to tell you the
truth, Mr. Z'g-Zag, I think, of these
two descriptions of persons, I shall
hiefly confine myself to the poets.
The painter (if g<md at landscapes')
might be amusing; but as to the por
trait-makers, jf they arc such horrible
daubers a-* Some I have seen, I shan’t
endure them ; and one of that profes
sion must be very expert at taking
likenesses, or I eould never think ol
marrying him : But the poet,—the
sweet, precious, darling poet!—who
can resist him ? By the wav, I must
let you into a secret* A rhymer who
heard me express my preference ol
poets, sent me the subjoined Verses,
with his compliments, and an intima
tion, if Ijvouhl make him happy, he
would render his dress conforma
ble to his rhymes. I have come to no
decision as yet; but, if you choose, you
may print this letter Zi the verse3 too.
Your9,
BELINDA BOUNCER.
TH*. f HIF.MJ THAT 1 L^VC.
Can aught be more sweet than the rose ot
the vale,
Or aught he more pleasing to v'ew ?
Can aught l»e more pure than the brisk
weslern galr.,
Or yield more delight as wc spread the
white bail,
To visit our country anew ?
Yes l the Frtend th,\t i love more
sweet than the rose,
In beauty more fsir to the eye ;
More pure than the zephyr as freshly it
blows.
Will yield more delight than the bark
as It goes,
And points to a home that is nigh.
Can aught be more soft than the Harp’s
plaintive sigh,
When touch’d by the Zephyr’s light
! breesc,
‘ More serene than the blue of a mild sum.
mtrN sky.
As the Morn’s borrow’d radiance illu
mines on high,
Or beams through the green shady
trees !
I'he FrieHo that i love than the blur
more serene,
More bright than the Stars’ twink.
ling rays ;
More soft than the sighs of the harp wher
at e’ei.,
. The gales bear the notes to the maidei
unseen,
And whisper the lover’* *ad day*
Paint all the bright charms which thi
* world can array,
Kven those in the regb ns above }
Tell of rose*,=!tcf harps,—of Zephyrs a
ri-y.
Thry are nought to The raism
THAT I LOWe, W.
If ** Vy.” dresses in a style Correspond,
mg with hi* scm.mcnt., it >s thought b<
w II prove a very ptetty na*te lor Mis:
i ii'-twetf. X.
From the LYNCHBURG STAR.
_ I
.. •
The last western Mail brought the
following communication & 1-tter ad
dressed to the Editor cf the Star from
Mr. Benjamin Henfrev, dated Salem, i
Uottetourt, 31st Aug. 1810.
As the information contained may ,
prove a public benefit, we consider]
the article entitled to immediate no- i
tice.—Mr. H. exhibits two views—]
hjs own and that of J. Cooper of New
Jebsey* of machines to take the pumice
out of Cider. His own explanation
will probably without the figure convey
a sufficient idea of his machine. The
false bottoms are 12 inches apart—The
lower one, 8 inches from the j>ottom ;
The upper 10 inches from the top.—
The pipes 5 and 6 are inserted the one
above the first false bottom, the other
above the true bottom.
HENFREY’S PLAN*
1. A large Tub.
2. A Funn-l into which the Cyder'
must b-; p~u ed.
3. A tube that must go thro* both the
false bottoms.
4. A false bottom^ to be bored full of
holes with a large size shingle gini
blet.
5. A pipe for the Cvder to run off at.
6. Another pipe to draw off what re
mains of the Cyder.
The 10 inch part is to be open.
The 12 inch do. is to be filler] with
coarse washed sand from any run oi
_J
Notr; There mu3t be two of the
false bottoms ard both must be bored
full ot holes—and a fcoarse cloth must
be laid upon the bottom one, and then
the sand must be pressed down until I
12 inches thick—another cloth must !
then be laid upon the top of the sand
-and another round board, full
of holes, must be fastened down upon
the cloth- -—the machine is^hen tom
plete.
The advantage that my plan has over
Mr Cooper’s is, that3ome of the very
liue pumice may pass down thro’ the
sand by having the whole weight of
the Cyder above, which cannot take
place by my method as the Cyder after
passing down the funnel rises -up thro*
the sand and runs oIT at cock 5 and is
very clear from any pumice ; in fact if
care is taken there wont be any left in
the cyder at all.
Doct. Guauam,
Sir,
As this is so fiine a year for
fruit* particularly Apples—I have thcA
that it might answer a valuable purpose
to many who have large orchards, to be
informed of an improvement that I
have made upon Mr. Cooper’s ma
chine for taking out the pumice, my
plan has been tiied by several, and
much approved—Seeing that you are a
warm friend to every useful improve
ment I have concluded to scud the
annexed plans, which if you can des„
tribe without a drawing in ay be of u:.e
to many who have large orchards—Ik
particularly jf you will give some ex
tracts Irom your Kucyciopedia oa ihe
subject of Cyder.
1 now beg leave to inform you that
I have a work in hand, viz—A new
system of .mineralogy, the title of which
will be the Minor’s, Farmer’s and Me
chanic’s Pocket Book—which 1 hope
to be ready to print this winter—Will
you have the goodness to inform me
if it would suit you to undertake the
printing, as 1 have some thoughts of
(coming to your Town this winter to
iind you stone coal, and could at'end
ito the printing ol my work, and con.
duct the search for coal at the same
time.
1 noticed that you mentioned some
thing about the importance of Gy psum
in y our paper some months ago, from
which 1 conclude that it will give you
satisfaction to be infoi med that I dis
covered a valuable quarry of that high«
, ly useful i' incral three years ago or
the North l?oik of Uolston— and about
8 miles Kast ol the late William King’i
: bait works. The Dutch Parme.s it
Wythe county, have already greatly
unproved their land by using it, and
recently I have discovered a quarry ir
Ht dlord some of which has been grounc
and is cow under trial.
A kiod providence has thrown sc
, vcral other valuable tr.iues ift m> wa]
this year.
COMMUNICATION. '***“*
A number of those ValuoH* anim:-»S*
the real Merino sheep, have lately tv-hfii
imported into this country frotn SpuiA.
They ought to be considered as a trea
sure bf the first magnitude. It is
therefore respectfully and earnestly re.
commended to agricultural gentlemen,
who may become possessed of these
«heep, tb discourage crossing the breed,
and to endeavor to perpetuate the real
Merino race in this country. If thct«
hints should be promptly and generally
attended to* we may expect in a lew
years to see the Mcriub slices* xcludiiu'
all others*
If, however, crossing the breed is
persisted in, a lew years will serve \o
cause the race of Merinos to be no lon
ger known. A few hundreds of MeH
nos must eventually be lost in inter
mixing with the thousands of other
sheep now in the country, unless a com
plete separation of the species is patri
otically persevered in. The importa
tion of Meripoc cannot last long. Ei
ther France or S;>ain will soon put.am
end to it. It were to be \v shed that
the Agricultural Societies wo\ild take
this important subject into considera
tion.
ECT* The print* rs of papers thr ugh
out the United States* are requesucl
to publish the above and make it a»
generally known As is possible.
Fr. Jo jrna1.
Philadelphia, Sept. 7.
MERINO SHEEP.
Great at'em ion and a very laudable
«*■* appear now' t« be engaged in the ia.
tfoduction of this vr.luat le animal through
out our country. Farmer#, and gentlemen
of fortune, having *ur&l pursu.t*, are c?»« t
ly becoming sensible of the value aad im«.
portance of this stock. Ti.e peculiar ami
in other respects unlortumte situation ol
Spcin, has tendered the acquisition of
thc-ro less c fficuit, and of course the un.
portat'on h.HS become trore m nierou3.
! The first considerable ra’t tot k place >es»
terday at the Mtrch ms* C- ff e HouecT
A flock, which had been for some time m
possession of Messrs. Fireman and Hess.
im>rej auctioneers, we-e struck off at the
subsequent price* with g eat avidity.
[Well authenticated docu'mntSj prov ng
the genuineness of the blbod* Wtre exhibi
ted ut the t me of sa e.
No. 1S200 No. 10 gl95 No. 39 gl85
2 280 11 255 20 165
3 370 12 375 21 160
* 315 13 230 22 105
5 300 14 4t0 23 255
6 140 15 235 24 3*0
7 120 36 360 25 150
S 200 17 140
9 230 18 250
[Phil. Gcz.]
FROM THE AURORA.
I THE VINE.
' -
The sens n for planting vine3 is cow'
at ham]; at the vineyard fourteen
miles from this city, after a co rae of 20
years experiment upon vines oJ all ili
mates and descriptions, it is found that
j the vine best adapted tp this climafe,
and which will produce a fine claret or
i red wine, is that of the Cape of Good
Hope, generally known by the name of
Constant!.), end from this plant we may
calculate to produce at no remote day,
wine, brandy, tartar, Sic. sufficient for
the whole consumption of the tenth
nent.
This plant never fails to. hear, it is
not affected by mil lew, nor by the colds
of winter uor the heats of summer. li
the language of the vineyard, ihispluoc.
weeps or bleeds about the 20 h Ma’ch,
; in this latitude, it is in leaf about ih<#
i first of May, in flower on the 6th Jutu ,
j and the fruit is formed on the 4ih Jtfly -t
I the fruit is ripe on the 10 h of Scpico
ber. The berries are moderately 1«H y c,
inclining to an oval or olive shape, t in-,
colour a bright chocolate or dark j/ ,tr
ple,and form handsome bunches, f he.'
, plant is a prolific bearer, 'i he lc.a.fu
: a medium size, and has five lo;ea.
Grapes of this plant arc now beoorri
ing abundant in our market,
( The season for plduttag should hr
improved-—and plants iui be lv.u> in
any quantity at thu vineyard i ta,
Springmill,
When the hvnis on board th© Rn^fva
man ul war Repulse of 74 guns, lyio:; ,t
Malts, were lately piped upon ri ick —«
vivid sheet lightning patted along It,
struck near one hundred men dva l,
A Ie*ter Imio vico admiral Dc-j;i - *
confirm* the news oi ihe Um*h hri£S Uw,
h-vtog cap ured +2 sail Jun.-i.th o«ci.
1 ybantiTten oi Norway.