The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-10-05 00:00:00, page 3

outrage has been committed. Theycollec
all the arm* & ammunition they can. Suet
nthe situation in which we are placed.—
Adieu, mv dear cousin. The constitution i;
to be founded on the basis of liberty; am
the Provinces invited to unite to form a gen.
eral Coug; ess. This has been the snlemr
cath of ad. To my dear country (Soccor.
ro) ; to her valor; to her misfortunes, wt
owe lhi» ievolution., Long li\e Spain in A
•merica—the d-ead of tyrants. Tell my
dear countrymen, that 1 adore them ; that
we are fiee thtough their valor and constan
cy. Let them be tranquil but vigilant.
Cakracas, Sep. 1.
Since the above was received by an ex
press, the confirmation of the events, ac
companied bv tlii* names of the individuals
who compose the Junta of Santa Fee, has ar
rived.
New York, Sep. 25.
Stile of Merino Sherfi —On Thursday, at
the country seat ot Francis B. VVinthrop,
Lsq. at Hornes H«»>k, at 11 o’clock, agreea
bte to previous notice given in the papers,
commenc'd the sale at auction by James
Seaton, of 215 MerinoSlieep of the Paulier,
Fiegretti and Aguirti breed. A numerous
assemblage of gentlemen breeders and a_
Tgricultuii s's from different parts of the coun
try were present. The sale lasted 5 hours,
during which time the whole flock sold for
57,000 dollars, averaging about 262 dollars
each. One of the rams was knocked down
at the enormous price of 910 dollars. A
mong the purchasers were Chancellor Liv_
ingston. John B. Church, the Messrs. Cru_
gars, Morgan Lewis, and Mr. Johnson, ot
Dutchess county, and many other gentlemen
of wealth and public spirit.—•Mer. At.lv.
Ntw Yoi<k, Sent. 28;
The Steam B<>-it arrived yesterday, in 27 hours
*om Albany, with passengers.
i3TIje inquirer.
RICHMOND, OCTOBER 5 lSlu.
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FOR THE ENQUIRER.
THE YAZOO DECISION.
No. II
—•-Fnglere pudor, rectuttique fidesque,
In quorum subiere locum, irandesque, do_
lique
Ji.Vd sque, et vis, et amor tceleratus ha.
Arndt.
Ip.osnoner had the Act of January 7, 1795,
'beijn promulgated by the Georgia Legisla
ture, than one universal burst of indignation
, broke forth among the people. The degra
ding and unexampled crime committed by
tft-Mr Legislators t ok a strong hold upon the
public opinion : and that virtue which, in a
new and agricultural state can only be sub,
dued by ignorance, was instantly put in nrio_
tion to vacate this gigantic fraud and con
sign to merited infamy, those of their legis
lators who had basely sold themselves for
Co d. The,grand juries of the state, every
where presented the act, and its infamous
authors (nj; a convention of the people
which met in the ensuing spring, was strong
\y addressed on the subject, and its table
groaned under petitions, memorials and re„
monstrances, imploring that body to pro
claim the fraud to the world, and to annul
the sale. For some fcau\e, however, not
known to the writer hereof, that work was
turned over by the convention! to the^succe..
ding legislature. This ' act of January 7,
1795, has been aptly compared by an elo_
qi-ijitt member of Congress, (bJ in point
of atrocity, to the South Sea bubble! in Eng_
la; d, or the Mississippi fraud in trance ;
h. . in truth, it far exceeds either of them :
in point of notoriety, and the violence of the
sms?Ucn it created, it has been likened, by
ano'iter able and intrepid oppose? of thisstu
pendoes fraud ( c) to the famous stamp*
act of Britain, or the act for blocking “up
the port of Boston. As well might a citizen
oi Uichm. nd have averred his ignorance, in
the summer ot 1803, of the rumor of Bur^'a
treason, when b-t was actually upon h:r. tri
al therefor in, the capital, as a citizen of
Geoigia co have pketended ignorance in tile
winter or spri:\~ of 1795. ci her of the re
port of the mon.tions fraud, which brought
that act into existence or of the actual verity
thereof. There was no honest man in that
state, who did not know of, believe, Sc con
demn the transaction, i /
nut tne knruvledge of these facts was not
Confuted tt» tlie people of the state of Geor
gia. Although the venerable. Mr. Findley %
11 espousing this iniquity in Congress, has
quibbled and prevaricated, bn;saying, that
he had never scet a Georgia Newspaper,
until he came to Congtess fd); it does not
follow that the important facts now In ques
tion, had not bten transplanted into the
newspapers, which even that gr.ntlerr.ah was
in the habit of reading : it does not fol"'’W,
that if he who was no spectator, & resided in
one of the m«.si interior situations in Arm
, ric q hail not seen a newspaper of the state
of Georgia, the same was the case with those
rapacious land mongers, in the 'own of Jins
ton, who had embarked their whole fortunes
in the stupendous speculation, on which the
columns of those Gazelles would he occupied.
We canuot, therefore, impute ei.hcr an ig
norance or an apathy, mi the subject of
Georgia newspapers to the purchasers in
question, especially as the before mentioned
Covenant* in their I)e^ds, and the message
«>f President Washington, to be hereafter
mote particularly stated, gave them warn
ing, that they had risque* and dangers to
encounter.
There are certain facts and principles
whmh every court of justice must judicially
kntfw and act upon, i here are certain no
torious at d historical tacts, which are as
well known to the courts, as even the prin.
ciptes of the law itself. No court of justice
eau shut jits eyes, for example, upon the facts
•>{ the unexampled circulation of newspa
pers in America, of .the perpetual trans
plantation ot important articles from one to
another, and of the great intercourse which
exists between the state of Georgia, and the
highly commercial town of Boston ; neither
ought the courts to pet mit parties litig.nt
before them, to cut them out of their kn >w
’edge, bv garbling the Stale of fads contain
e-! in the pleadings of mease depending be
toie them, whetr.er feigned >r real. N *r
• an at-v•court in the Union, affect an igno
(a) Sy the hoctwieni* and Debate* in
^.ongrem. i V(Jl of the Fnquircr, passim,
for this and he f*ilu*»ing fact*.
fh ) Mr. 'i M. iiundoljih—/inquirer 1
vol d.
fc) Mr. Joh- Rundol/ih~—-Enquirer 1
7 vi f>9, b.
'd ) Mr. Ft (it*//, t/tcech, ib. V5<*,
t ranee, thaWit. behoved every state,and eve
i ry citizen of edch s'ate. (as being highly in.
• terestrd therein,) to take notice of the pas.
> sage of the act'of 7th I niarv, 'Vs. The a”
I foresaid message of Washington, and the
. long and inveterate struggle which has ex
isted, and is yet kept u;> in Congress, ami
. in the Superior Court <.f the U. States on
this very important subject, afford a suffici
ent commentary upon the application of this
principle, to the case before us. The state
of Massachusetts and »l»e people thereof,
deeply inti rested ih this subject, on the
ground of rhe interest acquired to the union
by the cession of this territory by the state
of Georgia, anti of the danger to the public
peace resulting front the grants, under the
act of 179 ~ to a numerous horde of enter
prising and daring settlers and adventurers,
are not to be permitted therefore,, to say,
that this was a matter of indifference to
them ; and it behoves ail persons to take
notice, at their peril, of all notorious acts
which concern them.
It cannot be necessary to cite authorities
to shew, that courts of justice must ex ojffi
cio, judicially know and act upon, certain
notorious and important events ; events
which, ih fact, form the (lisrorv of th« na_
tion: 1 will however merely quote the case
of Savite v. Sarnie (e) in which it was
held that a court of equity ought totnkejudi
cral notice, of the general delusion the
nation, (England) w.is under, in the time
of the South Sea bubble, when it was thought
there was vastly more mnhey ih the Coun~
try than there was, which induced men to
put imaginary values upon e .'ates ; and upon
I this ground only, the court releived a pur_
, cha-ev from atx improvident bargain, on
forfeiting the deposit.—I will here stop to re
mark, that if the Supreme Court of tins U.
States hail not lost.sight of this indubitable, j
I ground of decision* they would not lor a rim I
ment have held rim an idea in the case of
Plctcher r>. Peck, that the Act of January 7.
1795, could conve> a title to the lands gran
ted: the unparralletird corrupti. n by w Uich
that act was procured, is as well known to
ail the people in Amctica, the judges not
rAorjjitu, as was me delusion atoresain in
England, and ought to be' acted upon as a
case in which /iurfif«/ar .evidence was en"
tirely a matter of supererogation. »
Aim her principle of grea* importance in
this case is. that the lex loci, (and with it,
all the a’tending facts and circumstances,)
which ipp’.ies even to personal contracts
(f)'.emphatically applies, on account of the
locality ot the subject, to contracts respect
*ng land. On thislground it is. that a Will
made ip another country, respecting land ly
ing in England, must, in order to pass such
land, have the number of witnesses required
by.the laws ol England (g),—On this prin
ciple 'lien, the citizens of Massachnset s
cahiio claim to stand on higher ground, in
respect of ignorance of the fraud, than the
people residing in Georgia : they shall,
quoad hoc, be considered as residing within
the state ol Georgia.
But I-need not s ickle tor the last menti
oned principle in the case before us. The es
sential facts in '.liis case, were as well known
in the state ol Massachusetts, as in that of
Georgia. They were proclaimed load Ame
rica, by their President, on the 17//; Feb.
1795-It was decided by the Superior
Court ot the U. States, in the case of 7'albot
v. Seaman fhj that the marine ordinan
ces ot a tort igo country, promulgated by the
executive, may be read in our courts, with,
out further proof or authentication. On this
principle, the facts mentioned in the said
message, ought to have been acted uport by
the courts, and noticed by the people On
the 17ih Feb. 1795, before any' purchases
could possibly have been made in Boston,
and lo.ig before any, in fact, v/ere made.
President ll'ashington stated in a message
to Cong'ess, which then held its sessions in
P/dtadrlphia, that he had received this (and
another) act “ for appropriating and selling
“ the Indian lands within the state of Geor
“ gia ; that these acts although not official
“ ly certified, had been transmitted in such
“ a manner, as to leave no doubt of their
'* authenticity” : the message adds that
*' these acts embrace an object of so much
“ magnitude and in their consequences no
“ deeply affect the peace and interest of the
° Uni t'd S'aien, that he had deemed it ne
“ cessary to lay them before Congress” ( i ).
This message to say the least, shews the
probability of a flaw, in a“ document neces
sary to the deduction of the title” : it was
undoiibted‘y sufficient at least to put purclia.
sers •• upon an enquiry,” and consequently
amounted to a good notice in Equity under
the authorities clud in my Iasi Number In I
vain, therefore, did the advocates of the
Y >zoo claims in* the house of represeota
sives of the U. States, fcff-ct to say, that
this message ina.lt Ho sfiectfic mention of the
fraud, by .vhich that act was brought into
existence. . ’l'hcit i& not m*ce\**ary, under the
foregoing principles of decision. But the
case does not stop here. - This subject being
referred to a special committee of the house
of representatives, that Committee reported
oh the 2G Feb. 1796, “ That the president
“ be authorised to obtain a cession from ihe
“ sta c of Georgia, of their claim to the
*' whole or any part of the land within the
” i're9<*nt Indian boundary” (the land now
•in controVefsy.)and a hill passed that
Iriu-e put -.atit thereto, on the 2r/ of March
1795 (l;), Tliij bill, it is true, was not cai
ried into a lav/ a: that session, for want of
time, ;h mg i such art act was subsequently
passed : but this solo Tin report of aC"mrnit
tee. and pas3 >gc of a bill by the house of re
preseiilalivcS of America, made almost be
fore it wan possible that any sales of the land
in question could havt been made in Boston,
was a sufficient notice to put chasers, and to
the world, that the title under the act of
Georgia was not entirely peifeet and inde
feasible.
On this subject of notire, it is here impor
tant to remark, that v/ttile the act in questi
on passed in Georgia on 7 Jan. 1795 ; while
•.hat sti'e immediately- resounded with re
ports of the frauds which the legislature had
basely given into, in the passage of the act;
while in the S/iring of\705 tins subject was
solemnly brought before a convention of the
Staie, by the remonstrances of the people,
and bf.rame the subject of its long, animated,
and public deliberations; while the alien
lion of the whole American people was cal*
ltd to the suhjrct, by their president, as ear
lv asth** \7(h of Feb, ’95 ; while tlie subse
queue measures taken thereupon in Con
gross, as aforesaid, »e"e matter* of the
greatest notoriety and publicity, and deeply
(*) i Pre. IVm». 746.
(f) 3 Burr 1077-2 iVaob. 282.
(S) ‘3 f>r. Il'ms. 294 Cop/nn v. Co ftfi in
-2 fonb 445
Ch ) 1 Crunch. 2.
(i J See the Message-Enquirer 1 Vot'
89, h.
( k ') Hnf nircr 89, h.
affected all the American people, and would
consequently be duly attended to by them ;
while all these fac's ('osay nothing of vari
ous others,) and particularly the free circu
lation of newspapers in our country, gave an
earlv and damning notire to afl »he world of
the objections to t» e act of 1795. from a date
coeval with its existence, and continued up to
the present time, the safes to the specula -
t is in Host on were not made till Jan. 7, '96
\ ClJ\ few days only before that act was
I actually rescinded by the Georgia legists
(ture ! I-1 will conclude this part of the
subject hy saying, with a respectable mem
her of Congress from this state (m ) that as
a suit brought against the original grantees
in a remote county court of the sta'e of
Georgia, would have been'a sufficient notice
to all the world, of the objections to the Act
of J in. ’95 according to the acknowledged
principles of desision in our courts of equity,
so undoubtedly ought the snfterixsr fiubltcity
of the facts and circumstances I have rfow
endeavored to detail.--If these do not sa
tisfy all the world, ('he supreme court itself
not excepted.) that there was no man, wo
man or. child in Ain i ich, ignorant of ths
great and crying objections which existed a
gainst the purity and force of the said Act,
neither would the testimony of one, (techni
cally and fo- molly given,) were he even to
arise from the dead!
CAMDEN
(l) llc/iort of Comrs. U. States—Hn
yuirrr 1 Vot 63 b
(m) Air Chr. Clarke.
— *
37* 1 his is (he way in which ouf flag is
used.
C Richmond, Saturday
Morning, 29th September, 1810.
John I hompson, Jonas Vanberry, Peter
Swanson and John Frederick Falck, seye
rally declared that they are mariners, and
atrivod at Rocketts the day before yesterday,
in a schooner which is sometimes called
" 1 be Patriot ot London,” and at other
limes “ The Mary of Boston.”
'lhatsa'd schooner had onboard British
colors and American colors, under the one
and the other of which she has sailed since
they hav& been on board ; she has also two
Sets of papers or shipping articles at least;
the one of which purports her to be a Bri
tish vessel, and the other an American ves
sel.
I hat Richard Billing, who is on board,
calls himself the owner of said schooner_
says he is an American—is married, and
has a family in Loudon ; in which place he
has resided more than 20 yfcars last past.
I bat when the said schooner uses Ame
ricaii.colors, the said Richard Billing is ic
cogmzed and reported to all passing vessels,
as 'lie master or commander, and the said
schooner as an American vessel at sea sails
under American colors.
: That when the said' schooner sails under
Britisu colors, or clears from or enters a Bri
tish port, one Robert Martin, who is on board,
is called and' recognized as her master and
commander, because .lie said Robert, as they
understand is a British subject-at other
times said Martin is known & acts as the
mate. . -•i
I'bat said schooner cleared and bailed
from London on the 19 .h Feoruary last for
Cadiz wheve she arrived on th» 7 h Mu'di.
1 h it alter being at sea, she assumed Ame
rican colors—and rubbed out the name “ The
Patriot of London” from the stern of the
boat—entered the bay of Cadiz under Ame
rican colors, but findoig the British posses
sed there, hoisted British colors. . That at
sea,- and a day- or two before they arrived
at Cadiz, they-, were seized, and by threats
of being put on beard a Man of War, they
were Compelled to sign another and differ
ent set of articles than they had first signed
at London.
. That John Thompson obtained from R.
S. Hackley, American Consul at Cadiz, a
protection which on 26'h Fe'). was taken
from him on board said schooner by said
Billing, who fs still retaining and refuses to
restore it. * .
That in like manner at Cadiz, 8con board
said Billing took from Swanson his protecti
on as a Swede and withholds it.
I hat said schooner took from London
some Gin and Porter—and Bale Goods—
part of which was disposed of at Cadiz, and
what was not-ther\ disposed of has been bro’t
to this place—That after she entered the
Capes of Virginia, and had a pilot on board,
the coverings & wrappers of the Bales were
changed -old marks were obliterated or
ripped iff and thrown bway—-and new marks
put on—and larger Bales made into smaller.
FAIRFIELD RACES.
First lay, a Cup, value 5 gu'fleas—was won by
Co|. Sehlen’s b h Sir Harry, 8 years old, beating
Mr Mi -go’s b b —Mile heats.
Joeky Chib Purse— 4 mile heats
'V R. Jonnson’s Maria, 4 vears, 981bs. 4 3 3 11
W Wynn’s Malvina, 5 do 108 5 4 2 S 2 I
J. Minge’s Sir Alfred 4 do 100 . 0 0 11’
W Mushy's Du roc 4 100 0 .0 f j
Ceil Chainberlayin ’s Teazle 4 98 3 f
Tiriie—lsf Heat Pm 14^—2nd 8 1G- 3rd? ;
52—4 It 8. 37—5tli 8 49.
H7 In the 2d day’s race, this regular thing
occurred—1 hat the two first v/ere dead Heats
between Duroc and Sir Alfred
Proprietors Purse—3 mile heats. «
W. Mostiy’s c It. Itatruy aged 1261 s 1 J
J. Mingo’s b. m. Termagant 4yrs ( I t 93 3- 2
G n. Cliamberlaync’s b. m. Frovider.ee
4 do 100 2 3
Time—1st Heat 6m. 2s—2d 6. 14.
* Distanced, f Drnxvn. •
TO THE EDITOR OF THE EN^OIR-ER :
Sir,
The following piece is the production of a
very young man. Shot.' 1 you think it deserv
ing, you may give it a place in your paper :
EPILOGUE
** • ' ■ ' *■
•i tO THE
tragedy of Douglas.
/ ' * '> i • :
The woods and wilds with melancholy glortm,
Now silent inout n aroand Matilda’s tomb.
Gloft’d is the eye where’ mild yfF. ctiefi henmM,
From which the tear of tender pity stream’d j
Cold the pure heart which love and friendship
warm’u,
S 1 *nt the tongue whore mornftil accents charm’d
0 ! ahe is tone ; the lovely child of woe !
Fit** pride ol II kftr *►•*, in death lies low!
Y >ung Nofv-11 )o,lhe flothful Shepherd’s charge, I
Who roam'd the pliins and ntouiilain height*
at large;
Wlios noble heart with mirtial ardor fl un\l,
Wlnit heroes ami embattled hods wre nam’d ;
fie too h,.s fall’ll ! in youth’s and beauty’s bloom,
Nor can War's cltflgor wake him from the tomb.
In vain the rolling (1 od Ins childhood spar’d ;
to vain w..» he Lord Douglas' heir declared i
That arm which vanquished the barbarian band,
ind freed from fre nd waste Ilia native land ;
That arm which »nw#te. llie base af mates dead,
And pour'd Ins virtu* tts vengeance on their head,,
1 Had I.c but liv’d, had oticu bull'd afar
The quiv’ring spear, and Ramin; brand of war; |
And guided with a strong, imperious rein
The fiery wsr steed milling o’er the plain.
Bright on the field hb helmet would hsve
gleam’d.
And wide around the bloody torrent stream’d :
h’ -‘stord the shrinkingeucmv devour ;
And slinking battlements should own Id* pow’r.
But ah 1 lie fell the victim of Glenalvon’* art,
Wno from his secret ambush pierc’d Ins heart.
I ho’ like a towering pine the villain i s- ,
And wave his bloody locks amid the skies ;
Anil r*«r his head w itli an insulting air;
And Heav n itself, and it’s drrad.Vcsigeuncr dire,
Hr se ds and stamps his own destrunion sun*.:
For when Heav’n’s patience will no more en
dure j
Whes’gainst hb impious breast the holts art
driv’n;
Amrz. <1, and like an oak by lightning riv’n,
He falls ! * monument of wrath divine,
No nv-rr in power and tinsel I’d w-alth to shine 1
And should you see our skits with clouds o’er
cast ;
And should you hear the clarion's dreadful
blast,
May e»~h one fed a Norvai’s patriot rage,
And rush like Randolph in the tk-ld t’engage, j
And when the sword and bayonet gleam afar,
Rous’d by the kindling horrors of the war,
May every Hero with gigantic stride,
Spread terror, death ami (l>r. dation wide 1
Alike prepar’d for instant;death, or life,
May every soul t well ’midst the jarring st) ife
Married, On Monday evening lust, by the
Rev d y J} Bmir, 1) Siim trl Pleasants, of
Fowhutan, to .vtiss Margaret T. J. Heth, of
Cm is, Henrico county.
* • i
dT" The Rev’d J. Mmter intends to preach on
Sunday next, Oct 7, in the R.chmor.d Capitol, at
.»o’clock in the afternoon.
A LIST OF LETTERS
Remaining in the Post OJfire, at Richmond Ci'y,
on the 3!)th a'.iy of September, I BIO.
A—Sami. G. Adams Christopher Anthony &.
John Allen Co.
John Armstrong Miss Constance Austin
Col. Uicli’d Admns Aiciander S. Anderson
Robert Ansart
B— flavid Brumell Mrn. M«rv A. -Stasliy,
Charles Bennett rare B. Berry.
Benjamin Berry David Boswordi
Squire Brown, black'} George Erister
man J 3 Eli Bennett
Arctrd Burns J. BLlia.iy
Amos Bums Jessee Bowles
Isaac Burrow John B Bowen
Win. K. Bur well Thomas Baker
David Briggs, jr Miss Sarah Brown
Anderson Barrett Thomas Bmfoi d.
C— Bowler Cock Mrs Ann Criugan
Mrs. E. Campbell John Cioptnn
Robert Craig Beverley Cooley
Charles Cocke J din II Ciark
J B Culling Governor Claiborne
Francis Clarke Major J. Clarke.
D—YVm Dandridge Win Daniel
Mi-a Scana A. L'an-Major W. Duval
d ridge Mrs Ne.iy Dixon
Mica j ah Davits, jr. Mr.-Uerretor
Wm A G. Dade Nathaniel Davidson
! I “bn Dove Joseph Daniortli.
i Richard Dunlavy
I £—AllrcdO Eggles Captain Wm- Ellis
J fo“ YV in. Eldridge.
I Thomas Epperson
F—Cul W Fontaine Miss Polly Foot
Ileubin Francis Archibald Freeland
; VVm Fontaine, jr. Miss Salty P. Frayser.
1 . G—Willis Godwin Charlus Good
Benjamin Giddins Alban Gilpin
Richard Graves Byrd George
John Green . • Elizabeth Gant*, j
J.<m s Gray •
j , «,
H— J. N. Hagenaw Captain John Hall
Peter Hull Addison Harrison
John Hill Airs. Elia ibeth Hith
John Hibbard James Hagarty
Capt Isaac Hal! Benjamin Harrison
Wm Holman J. YV. Kigganbotharrt
F. Harrison [r Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins
George Harris Doctor Hoomts
Thomas H. Hudson YY'm. Hewlett
James Hooper Nicholas Hallam
Anthony YVayne Hay-Richard Hughs
ruau Cul T Harris.
Moses H. Hanna
1 •
J—Capt James John- YVilson James
son J t .nes Jones
Garland James John James, jr.
Robt C.Jenning3
AT—Col. Henry KuhnMrs. Deborah Kay.
Ralph Kitclmm
• L— David Login W. G. Lyford
William Littlepage Wilshire M. Lewis
Henry R Lee Capt A Lee.
James Littlepage
M—Robert Miller M >ses A Mvers
Judah Myers . Thomas B vfartin 4
IIvmail Marks Henry Mettrtrt
Capt W McLellan Jr Mrs. Ann S Mitchell
Will.am McKim Henry M Moitit
Right Hon. G n MeaddJoseph Mayo
Joseph B. irriman James Morgan
//—Monsieur Noblet J imes Nixon
John Nicholson Henry Nazro
Col John Nicholas
P--Sarah Priddy Thomas Price
Lews B Pierce Watson Patmon
Mrs Lucy Price William Price
J'Pleasants ' , Mr. John Purse
Mr, G. Picot Mann Page
Mins Lury Ann W. David Price
Pope Hodolph PcteweP.s
Jonn Parkj Samuel Phinney.
1(—W II. .Kichard-Sammd Robertson
son Doctor ft. II Rose
Mrs Lucy Rore Thomas R Routes
Abnei P. >oina»n Monsieifr Roussel.
Frederick Y Ro.ldcy G H Rogers
S—John Staples Mrs Martha Spencer
Robert Spencer Patrick Swetell
William 6 Smith Mrs Miry Smith
Robert B. Sample S-untiel \V Sayre
Beverly C Sunni: d John P Svdnor
Isaac. Sadler" William Stewart.
Richard Sommers
T— Ezra Talmage Alexander S Turner
John Tabb Warner Thom 3
1’m lip I abb George IvCitli Taylor
Doctor P. Thorhton Creed Taylor
Anthony Turner Mrs. fanny Peters care
Jam 9 Tcrnan Mrs Lucy Taylor
James T .yl->r James G. Taylor.
Reuben Turner
U—Thomas Under-Jsmes Vaughn
wi.dd Rosetta Vannet
V/— Lester WheelerJohn Walker
Mrs Sophia Woltb Doctor James Warrcl
Palsy V/ha try John Whitlotk
Mrs Mary Whitter Warner \Villiarra
Benjamin Wolfe John Will*
Charles Word Mis Sarah Woodson
Job White • Capt. George While
Surah Williamson Madame Werq
Louis Washington George Walton
William Webb Thomas Williams
Paul H. W.lkms Mrs Ami Winston.
Z—Charles Zehmer.
\1 'ANTED IVIM £ DIAI’I lY—— A Young
v V Man, of respucahle connectiona, about It
or 20 years of age, to attend in u Dry Good St ore,
who writes * good hand ; one from the couihry
£woiiU(he preferred. , Apply at thi* oflicc.
Oct»|>er A 4
Uiclmtolib CDearvr/
On Thit uifniHg, Octotor relit be presented, the
Vttieh adsnirej C-tn </•• of
TOWN AND COUNTRY;
M
WHICH DO YOU LIKE BES7\ *
To which will be added, the favorite Musical
t '.irce o f
THE CHILDREN IN THE WOODS.
"* here will hr- a perfhrman'e to.morrow p
vening, lining the Inst until the 22d of tins nioiub.
• rickets to he hadct Air. Duvu's printing
Office, ar.d at ti e Tueatte
Oct. 5. ' It
SALES AT AUCTION. ‘
JUS I RECEIVED mi(l will be sold positively
without reserve, at the Vendue Ofhcc of the
subscribers, or> this day at 3 o’clock.
1 n.tte containing 30 pieces elegant India Dimi
ties,
1 23 do. 7 8 Cotton Stripes,
! ub Puilir U Hsmjkercli’fs.
* 1-45 t!oz. Mens’ Brown Cotton
I lose,
* --— 302 ready make patent waist
coats,
11 dozen Spades,
I bale containing 10 piece, 7 8 Ginghams,
10 do. 6 4 Mulls—
And one Cate containing,
No.! h -2 2 Plain portable Writing Desks,
5 8c 8 2, Brass corded • do
1 — "to 2 1 }o do
O & 11 2 p > do
<* 1 Do do
y I Do do
y 1 Do do
*0 1 Do • do
These goods are just imported.
1 einis of sale 90 days credit for all stmts of
O 50 and upwards, undei ^ 50 cash.
PROSSER O MORTURE,
' Auctioneers.
October jt
''I TWENTY DOLLARS RaWARD-RIn.
•R away from the subscriber, on the :*8th ult.
a likely hlv.-k negro fellow, name.! BILLY or
WILLIAM, about20 years of age, 5 fi*et 4 in
ches high, high forehead, large eyes, and looks
very fierce when spoken to, and l .zy inclined._
lie had on when he weift away, a Virginia cloth
shirt, black tur hat, short brown cloth coat,a \el
low Mcrsailles waistcoat, (slit near the lappet) a
pair ot blue cloth psiilaioons or white dimity do.
aiul a pair of back strap boots.
It is supposed lie will lurk about Richmond a
few days, and will endeavor to get to Petersburg
or Alexandria; where he formerly resided wiur
Mr. Mutter, to whom he formerly belonged——
The said fellow runaway about tlie beginning ot
last August, and was lurking about Petersburg*
(attending to the Theatre) pretending that hi*
master was gone to the northward, and had per
mitted him to go yt large till lie returned I hava
no doubt bu* he will endeavor to pass for a frets
n-tgro, and will produce s-.ine false paper to that
effect, as he has done helbrc Wboev -r will ap
prehend said negro or confine him in any jail sts
that I get him again, tlra.ll receive tlie above re
Ward (
All masters of vessels and others are forwarn
eu from harboring said f llow.
^ , SIMPSON MORRIS
October 5. r
I>. DENNIS having commenced his Semina
R * • > heretofore spoken of near the Swan Ta
vern, respectfully solicits the patronage of his
friends and the public fie teaches writing and
Arithmetic, ti e Engl sh language grammatically*
Astronomy, Natural ,«nd Moral Philo-opby, Ge
°grapli>, Surveying and book keeping, for 25 &
pc r annum, and promises to pay the most unre
mitting attention to the moral as well ;.s intel
lectual improvement of such pupils as may ho
confided to his care. J
N. B Having establiahed a regular boarding
house he will continue to receive boarders at 150
S per annum, allowing breakfast, dinner, suppeo
and lodging, or 4 9J per week. ,
October 5. .
HPlVr.NTY DOLLARS REWARD.--Fop
•*•-. apprehending and securing in gaol or deli
vering to the subscriber residing in Albemarle*
thougn frequently to he found in Richmond, my
two negro fellows GEORGE U WATT, or ten
dollars tor either of them. G- orge is * tail strait
made fellow of'pleasing countenance and light
complexion,-about twenty cigh’ years of age, for
merly belonged to a Mr. Crump of New Kent:
county in which neighborhood he will probably
aim to go ar-d conceal himself after lie leaves the?:
neighborhood of Richmond • Watt is a bright
mul.4t > abopt .•thirty years of age of low stttMiro
and Well made and lisps a little m his speech,
he left my boat on Saturday the 29th Sen. aiul l
expect is now lurking about Rirhmond. George
left me tlie 8th Sep and perhaps may he yet in.
the neighborhood of Richmond as 1 hear he was
at Fairfield on Saturday last*
t ROBERT LEWIS.
Oct 5. w4vfl
1U Ih_- sold cin Monday the 2Jd Octobci t!»©
personal estate of John Swan, dec’d a* Ids
late residence : Terms of sale 12 months credit
with t-ond and approved security for all sums over
ten dollars^ and under ten dollai s, cash. Persona
having claims on the estate, will present them on
or he lore the day of aide : those indebted, w.l#
be pleased to settle their accounts.
1 he LAND will be rented on shares or other*
wise, to uit those inclined to rent—-and some
good crop negroes to hire, deliverable at Christ
mas . y
There will be sold, at the same time and or»
the came terms, a small invoice of Sadler’s tools*,
entirely t jw.
JOHN T. SWAN, A'W.
With the nsill annexed of
joiiN Swan, itee’d,
Powhidan, Oct. 4 tds
' I 'IIK Subscriber begs leave to inform t »e ci
fl. ti/.ensof Richmond, that Mr Richard Dab*'
ney, lately connected with Messieurs Girardin,
Do>le and Wood, will open SCHOOL at his (th®
subscriber’s) School House, on Monday n«xt,
the 8th of October, lie wiil instruct his pspilsf
in Rendinfr, Writing and Arithmetic, ns also ir»
die Greek and Latin languages ; at the rate of 40
dollars a year for the two laiter, and thirty dol
lars n year for the three former The first rpiar
te|-*s tuition is requested in advance, and thereaf
ter payments will be expected only as they lie
con. due. M; Dabney restricts himself to 20
s t.olars i slid the subscriber will do every thing
i” I is pow er to pi omote the success of the school*
l>V forwarding, as far as he can, the improvement
of the St hoot in literature and good morals, !”
both of which, he has reason to believe, that V t.
D.ihtlry hilhst If will pay the stiietest atter i ,,, *
I lie school is intended for male scholars oof .__
v'irdi ;■ a think pcopr r to encourage ttiis Sr ho>-»|
wtl please to apply to Mr Dabney, or tb ^ s..s'
scriber,
_ , JOHN D BJ.A\p
O*toher 5. j,
V\T A NTEl), to purchase or hire, * f Coot
. ' wh'ch cash wdl Ire given. Lnquiie at
this r>flier. • ‘
f 1-t r/*., C
BLANKS,
• of rvrrv Drscrii r rtow, '
FOff SAf,K AT /'/V/,y 9FFW.t,
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