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FRANCE IN 1709 AND IN 1809.
(EXTRACT or A WORK NOT YET PUB.
LtSHEO.)
INTERNAL AD MINISTRATION.
Councils, ministers and intendants, such
were, in 1709. the intermediate authorities
between Lewis XIV. and his subjects. Be
sides the council of state, in which the most
important affairs were treated of, there
were a council of parties, or privy council,
occupied with business of less moment; a
council of dispatches, on the internal admin,
ist ration ; a council of finance ; a council of
conscience, and a council of commerce. It
Wv-uld be difficult to tell how many ministries
there were; but there were only four minis
ters; Pont Chartrain, Chamillard, Lavril
liere, and Torcy ; or five, comprising Des
marets, ccntroller general of the finance._
Pont. Chartrain was at once keeper of the
•cals, minister of the marine, minister of the
Clergy, and superintendant of the general!
ties of Paris, Soissons, Orleans and Poitiers.
Chamillard, minister of war, corresponded
with Lyonnais, Franche.Comte, Alsace and
Flanders. The other provinces were shared
between Lavrilliere, who was specially
charged with the affairs of tlie protestants,
and Torcy, minister tor foreign affairs. The
Inlendances differed among themselves, not
only from the inequality of ihe territories,
but even from the diversity of the functions;
for the pi ivileges of certain countries, and
their provincial states, modified the authoru
ties of the intendants; & the disorder which
reigned in all the local administrations, had
-ttt least nc uniformity in it. Here the may
ors were appointed by the King; there bj
the inhabitants; and to explain the play,or
tather the conflict of so many springs, to
»huw how the government of 1709 reached
or could not reach all the points of the ter.
ritory, all the elements of the population,
Jrou would fill with confused details an end.
ess volume, whereas you would give in a few
pages a very clear idea of our present ad.
xninisti atii n.
In 1709, education, which was almost e
very where cot.fided to ecclesiastics, was, as
It were, only a branch of the rtligious esta_
blMimont ; and although there were still
in Pdi is seme estimable teachers. Rollin for
in-tance, education, which was here and
there modified by local habits and by the
different statutes of the teaching corporati.
ous, presented no determinate system, and
exercised for the greaier part only an uuhap
py influence. The clergy, who thought
themselves menaced by the progress of
knowledge, applied themselves to retarding
it; and during 25 years, they obtained eve
ry day more success in that deplorable
einiggle. Most of the great writers who
had illustrated ihe reign of Lewis the XIV.
no longer existed in 170V, and were not re
placed ; Boilenu was extinguishing, and the
master-piece of Fenelon, then in disgrace,
was freely printed only beyond the frontiers
of France. The trade of French books was
more and more transferred to foreign coun
tries, and England assumed for some
time the nrst place in the Republic of let
ters.
Being now fertilized by the genius of Na
poleon, alt the talents are going to embellish
the long years of his reign. In the letters as
well as in the sciences, the branches already
rich will show themselves to be inexhausti
ble* and the branches which give hopes will
fceeJJ their promise. Careers which are on
ly pointed out will open in order toaggran..
Azc themselves; truths of which only a faint
glimpse has been perceived, will cdst a vi
vid light; and great works, which are still
only in the rough, will be accomplished; as
we already see finishing those edifices for a
long time imperfect, winch seemed to be on
ly the wrecks of a great century, and to
Wait for another to become immortal menu
(bents.
Su npluoos edifices u»d3rtaken by Louis
JilV. were interrupted at the end of his
reign, andesp< cially in 1709, a period of the
deepest distress. After the lapse of a cen
tury, ’he Emperor of the French comes to
raise up those sump:uo».s ruins, to finish
those half monuments and secure their im
(pnrtaliiy ; and -1 the glory of that Louis
XlV. perhaps there will one day remain on
ly wli tear, be unravelled in that o Napo* i
Iron. Hot what characterises the mouu
n ents ere ud bv the emperor, is their pub
lie utility. He builds, not palaces for his
Court, bu: bridges,quays and fountains for
l.is peop'e. He embellishes his capital only
by rendering it more regular, more comnio
di-us and more wholesome. He clears away
the obstructions which darken some quar
ters ; he builds new and spacious streets,
through which a pure air freely circulates.
I*, is true that some homage is due to the ar
tists employed by Louis XlV. and we can
not too earnestly propose them as models to
those of the present day. The magnificent
buildings of the 17th century do much more
honor to the architects than to the prince :
iray the useful monuments of the 19ih not
(lot only attest the eminent wisdom of
the sovereign, but also announce that talents
•worthy of Ilia reign executed bis august de
signs !
One. ndvantage attending the public works
ordered by Napoleon, is to keep a multitude
of workmen from idleness and indigence, to
secure the subsistence of the laborious clas
ses, arid the tranquility of the o;hers. It
Vmh Id he too easy to draw a frightful picture
of the distress of 1709. It was the period of
a calamitous winter and a horrible famine ;
* scourge which may doubtless beattiibutcd
to nature, but for which governments are also
responsible, because they mav alway s fore
»re it, and at least soften it. The famine of
27f9 was no way constrained in its ravages;
nh ol stacle was opposed to the evil whicli it
Xnenaccil ; mediocrity every where became
penury and poverty extreme indigence_
The unfortunate sufferers (mind no asylum
but in hospitals, which, not withstands g their
Dumber and the riches of their ancient en
d ,wmeats, no longer sufficed for the heaps
©f victims, and exhibited only the rending
picture < f all human miseries, constrained
and envenomed by one another, and dispu
ting among themselves for the narrow beds
of pain and death. At present the organi
£'iti<>n of tha public succors is so complete,
<hat the emperor has not feared at length
to abolish that mendicity which,having ir the
tiiicldf* see become the most commit n pro
♦css on in Europe, was further among us the
hideous symptom of the rices of the admi
lustration.
I he famine of 170$ was far from having
in all the provinces causes merely natural ;
but the lands which nature would haveal*
lowed to he fertile, had been ill cultivate!,
ft several of them wo. a net at all. AgnuJl
tare languished like all the other branch-1
es of industry,since 1685, that is to say, since
the edict which by revoking that of Namz,
had banished from the kingdom so conside
rable a portion of the laborious population.
Never did the French soil or the French in-1
dustry produce le*s than during the last thir
ty years of the reign of Louis the Great._
At present notwithstanding the tenaci'y of
some deplorable habits, agriculture has made
an immense progress ; and in tho*e of our
provinces which were French in 1709. the
harvests have almost doubled. Industry has
improved all the arts ; it has created some
of them ; it has verified theories, simplifi
ed the methods, every where multiplied
and ameliorated the products. In these lat
ter times, the public exhibitions of these
products in every branch have spread the
most fertile emulation, and we think ?hat one
of these solemn exhibitions must in 1809,
draw upon fresh successes the looks and be
nefiis of government.
FO li THE EArQ U1RER.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
No. XVII.
I hare stated in my last number, that the cal
culations of thin committee would disgrace even
a school boy—this remark will be found correct,
by any person who will make the calculation : Iw
attempting to divide g 171,123 55, between 10,
395 muskets, they state that it “ brings each nuis
bet made, to the turn of g 16 42 cents t" Now,
a school iiuy, acquainted with simple division,
could have informed the chairman of that com
mit'.ee, who enjoys the honor of fabricating the
Wmle report, that g 171,123 55, divided between
1U395 muskets, would tn. ke each musket amount
to g 16 46 cents 2 mills, not g 16 42 cents, as
he has stated A school boy could also have in
formed the chairman, that the difference l»et ween
the amount of 10395 muskets at g 16 42 cents
each, and 10395 muskets, at g lo 75 cents each,
»s g 58 939 65 cents } not g 56,237 25 cents as
lie has slated.
T »e rep jet coivituv's—” estimating each gun
with ahajonit at \0^7S^fnrmhtch it appears thry
could be furnished by contract ” Uut did they show
th-* good utuskels with bayonets, could be obtain
ed at so little expence » 1 hey did not because
they could not The secretary at war, (as well
as I recidlect,) advertised in tne news-papers,
sometime in the summer or autumn of the year
1808, that he would receive proposals for the fur
nishing of muskets for the service of the United
States, at g 10 75 each. And during the time
of the sessions of this committee, it was often
mentioned as common rumor, that some contracts
had been made for muskets at that price. This
circumstance was immediately seized upon by
the committee to give weight and plausibility to
their misrepresentations; and they theiefore es
timated our muskets at that price : But if the
committee hud known any thing of the subject
upon which they were reporting, ihey could not
have been ignorant, that although muskets m<ght
be made by contractor*, for the Federal Govern
ment, for g 10 75, yet there are other expences
necessarily incurred, such as the expence of in
spectiou, ot removal, of taking to pieces, of pow
der and ball, used ir; proving them, of cleansing,
&c which would make them amount to upwards
ot g 12 each.
Tne report continues—” This estimate does not
include the interest en the capital employed m e
reeling the buildings and furnishing tools and ap
parutus, mtich amounts to about g 170,000, and
the interest on mhich sum, mould amount since the
money mas drawn, to upwards of fc 60,000 ” Tne
mention in their repot t that they did not include
the interest, was intended to convey an'idea, that
they might with propriety have included it ; if
this were not the case, why did they mention the
interest at all i But so far from their not inclu
ding the interest on the capital employed for
”furnishing tools and appatatus,” as they have
stated, it is proven by the certificate of Mr. Jacic
son, and by the documents upon which his certi
ficate is founded, that the very capital itself, with
which the tools, &c. were purchased, was taken
from the funds for making arms, and it has been
shewn that all the money expended from those
funds, have, by the committee, been laid upon the
cost of the arms, so that in this instance, ihe ca
pital itself has actually been included The com
mittee have stated that the interest on dolls. 170
000, “ mould amount, since the money was dra « n,
to upwards ot doils 6o,0Q0 Tins statement
must have been founded upon mere conjeciurt,
and the vouchers in the auditor’s office will prove
it to be false. But <f the report hud been correct
as lo the amount of interest ; would it be rea
sonublc that the interest accrueing tor a number
of years on tbe capital expended in the erection
of an establishment in which perhaps, millions of
arms may be manufactured, should be laid on the
I cost of the few small arms made at the com
mencement of its operations, and even before the
establishment was completed ; more especially
loo, when it is considered that a considerable por
tion of the expence incurred in the erection of
or buddings, o- was applicable to the manufac
iuie ot camion, with which the muk.ng of small
a. ms had no relatioo. But if it was correct, to
add .lie interest in question to the cost of the
ii ms made at the time tbe committee were act
ing, it would have been correct to have added it
to U.c cost of the first musket manufactured ;
which would have made it amount to many thou,
sands of dollars. Would that give to the people
a correct idea ot the sum that would annually be
required from them tor the making of each mus
ket ?
I lie report also states—" As to the qudity of
the aims manufactur'd, your committee beg
leave to refer to that part of this report which
states the quality of the iron employed It is im
possible that the arms should be generally good,
though the wo. kmunship may he of the best kind’,
Vthen the materials of which they are composed
are unfit”
We here fi.id that the committee undertook to
report on the quality of the arms, not from any
experiment they had made to ascertain their qua
lity, but by the inference stated by them in rela
lion to the quality of the iron. if it had been
tiie wi»h ol the committee to ascertain the exict
cost uf the arms manufactured, would they not
have examined the documents and vouoners
which would have proven their real cost, instead
of resorting to an arbitrary ami shameful valuati
on of them : and it they had desired to ascertain
[ the real quality of the arms, would they not have
put them to the proof with powder and ball, in
; stead of resorting to the inference or rather the
I subterfuge, which they have advanced in relati
| on to their quality ? Hut for lesr of finding that
the arms had cost no more than 1 had stated, they
did not choose to resort to vouchers } and for
i fear that they should be found equal in quality to
i any arms whatever, they did not choose to prove
I them. Perfection was not to be expected m tiic
| eaily operations of the manufactory j hut the
arms made in the years 1807 and 18o8, the two
last years of my agency, were deemed at least «•
qud in quality, to the arms manufactured in any
other country : For the truth of this remark, I
refer you U> a report upon this subject, published
in the Lnquirer, of the 26th July, 1809, made oy
several honorable and intelf gent g tili -mrn v •. .
were ofBccis in our revolmtouary war, and than
whom perhaps, better judges or men of more
genuine integrity could not be found in the com
monwealth.
The committee finsfly conclude their report
with the following observations, to wit: " The
riHes appear totally unfit for any useful purpose
1 ne workman*!,i(, and material* combine to ren
der them very far inferior to wli#t rifles ought Ui
be, as to accuracy in oiro<wjng ibe shot, a.id du
rability in undergoing girvicc.
** The pistol*, though otherwise well executed,
yet being of the.calibre of muskets and larger
than ordinary pistols, render them unwieldy and
not so well calculated to answer the purpoles ol
J war.
** The swords are generally composed of fine
materials & well executed,in «ny of them are much
curved in their form, winch renders it difficult to
draw ur.d return them.**
Upon these several complaints, I shall merely
r*m»rk, that the first ludf.i d -*en m« n who could
he picked up ia the streets would make judges
fully us competent to decide upon the construe*
linn and quality ci' arms, as the half dozen on
the committee who voted For that report.
As to the rifles, they were made by some of
the most skillui nflemnker* I could procure
from Lancaster in Pennsylvania, a place famed
fir the g >od quality of the r»fl-s m .de there , &
the rifles made by tlmsc men, at the Virginia ma*
nufactory of arms, have been much admired for
their good quality and cons*ruction by the most
experienced and best riflemen.
ine pistols carry n inv.skft ball, and arc some*
what larger than the CWininn pistols, but they
are so much preferred, time the officers ofthr ra
vulry who have al\v.i\s had it in their power to
receive the smaller kind, since ve commenced
the ranking of the I ivger, (there being both kinds
at the armory,) invariably chose the large Pis
tols.
The cavalry s words were made somewhat in
imitation of the Turkish sabre ; they are ipore
curved than common swords. Th .se like the
Urge pistols, were so much preferred, that ullho*
there were a great number of the common horse
man’s swords at the armory, the officers of ca
valry would never receive them when they could
obtain the curved swords. As the curve of the
last mentioned sword, accords with the circle
oesertbed by the hand in drawing and returning,
those operations are more easily pi t formed with
the curved than with the straight sword.
Only one subject of the p ,rt remains unno
ticed It is, indeed, the most important; I mean
tiiat which reflects on my personal integrity ; but
as this has been made the ground of a suit.gainst
me, which is now d<*;>endiHg b< lore the general
court, I am advised by my council, that it would
he in law, considered as a coot nipt of tiiat couit
to publish any thing on that subject, which might
give a bins to the public mind. I ;dn no lawyer:
but I confess it seems strange to me, that the le
gisl&ture should have published their report, c-l
culated to fix and rivet a prejudice against rue,
on the public mmd, if such a publication, in an
individual, would lie deemed a contempt. It is
surely much more likely tb it a prejudice should
be produced by the official report of a legisla
ture, than bv the defensive animadversions of the
individual In this, .,s in every other part of their
proceedings, therefore, I have too much reason
to complain of injustice and oppression : yet 1
look with pleasing confidence to a jury of my
countrymen, wAo toill hear alt the tviUei.$e ; who
will have no popularity to promote, by crushing
an individual; but who, on the contraiy, will de
rive as much pleasure from restoring his reputa
tion to the ground which it ought to occupy, as o
tlie s have liad in traducing it.
Thus, fellow citizens, have I exposed the false
hood and deception of the report made by the ac
ting members of that committee ; I mean- the
small pottion of the committee who never failed
t<> attend its sittings, through the whole course of
tiiat unusually long session of the Legislature,
and who, by the extreme and unremitting parti
ality shrwn in the discharge of the duties which
they had contrived to get the Legislature to as
sign to them ; and the strong hostility manifested
by them against me, excited in the minds of the
more numerous and patriotic pait of that commit
tee, such sentiments of abhorrence and disgust,
that they seldom attended its sittings. In conse
i quenre of which, about half a dozen men of a
| committee composed of up wards of twenty merit
. bers, were enabled to carry to the House, one 61
i the most flagitious reports ever presented to a
j legislative body. One of those constant aftn
dints ofthe committee vote- (as a legislator) for
preventing rifles from being made at the manufac
tory established by the commonwealth, fi>r tlie
solo purpose of making arms ; and afterwards,
I (being a blacksmith,) contracted to make them
! himself, and applied to me by letter, to know if he
coaid he furnished from the Virginia manufacto
ry of arms, with locks to be attached to tiis rifles.
And another of those constant attendants or tins
committee, on the same d .y, or perhaps the next,
i after that on which the report was laid before the
house, became a candidate foi a master urmo*
i rer’s place, which was vacated bv the report for
which he voted, both in committee and in the
House ; and lot occupies that office at the said
m*nufact< ry *t this tim-;. vVithout impmi-iga.
ny improper motives, I only ask where was'the
u iic.ary i*i tins proceeding /
Having at length waded through this polluted
stream, andhaviijj proved the falsehood and de
ception of that nctfuious report, permit me to re
m <rk, that it is to be fomented, as one of the
greatest of evils, and is highly injurious to the
prosperity and welfare of our country, that ma
ny of the most artful, inirigueing and worthless
men in the community, con .rive u> get them
selves elected to our Legislature ; who, while
they profess great zeal f ,r the public good, and
i pretend to be great uconomist* of the public mo
rn y, squander thousands upon thousands, and ss
cr.fi e the best interests of our country nt the
ahrine of their own popularity and self-aggran
dizement; to promote which, they often desrend
to mrans loo contemptible to be even suspected
by Itooest and patriotic men ; and if you continue
to entrust such men with your dearest and most
valuable rights, it will noi merely end in the des
truction of our public institutions, but also, of
the government itself.
JOHN CLARKE.
C Mr Clarke'$ Pit ce$ concluded J
r | ' Hl£ parties wiio have bad cases reforrred to
*■ me from the Federal ami Chancery courts,
vi id be pleased to apply to Masier Commissioner
Forrester, for any bunks anil pajiers which remain
in my office, who will deliver them to such per
sons as may be properly authorized to receive
them. He will attend to any cases, which m <y
be unfinished at the end of the present terms of
these courts, unless the courts or the parties o
therwine direct. wm jiaY.
June 12. w2.v
BY virtue of a deed of trust hearing date 8th
day of April, 1806, and of record in Gooch
land county court, executed by William Johnson,
of Goochfond county, ami Sdly his wif*, to the'
subscribers, to secure the pajrnent of six hen
dred pounds, to Kendall Lee of the county o
Fluvanna, payable by eiju d instalments, annually,
commencing from the 2S li December, 1805:—
Will lie exposed to sale, at Public Auction, at
Goochland court house, for ready money, on the
16th day of July next, that being Goochland ct.
day,
A TRACT OF LAND,
Lying on the waters -if Lickinghole creek, in the
county of Goochland, containing by estimation,
three hundred fourteen and one half acres, be
the same more or less, and bounded bv the land
of Shadrach Vaughan, Dtiguid M>ms & others,
it being the tract of Land, conveyed bv Kindall
Lee, to the said William Johnson, by deed of e
(jualdale, with said deed of trust, or to much
thereof, as will be sufficient to pay and satisfy
Charles Smith, asaigm-e of Thomas Wells, join ,
who was assignee of Kindall Lee, the sum of two
hundred pounds, with interest from 2idi day of
December, 1808, it being the last instalment, in.
tended to be seemed by anid deed of trust. We
shall convey such title only as we bold as trus.
tees.
h'ARNEH 1. KIT IS. -)
WILLI A M XtO KHO IT, C Trutter,.
GEO. WOODSON PAYE t S
5ur.e 5. wjw?
HIRTY DOLLARS REWARD. Rail
way from the subscriber, in Mecklenburg
County, lome time in the month of February
• ant, a mulatto man slave nimed TOM
CHAVES by trade a blacksmith j he is about
5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, with straight black
hair, bow-1* ggtd and stomps in his shoulders,
his nose turns up, and when spoken to, is very
apt to snuff. He went off in company with
a mulatto fellow, by tne name of Billy, belonging
to Mr. George Field.—They are snp|>osed to
have procured free passes under the name of
Mayo. Whoever will apprehend the said slave
and secure him in any Jad so that 1 get him a
gain, shall be entitled to the above reward.—All
masters of vessels are torwamed from harbour
ing or carrying him off.
GEORGE TARRY.
May 1 5.
wbw.
PROVISORY NOTICE.
THE Subscriber intending lo mure liis fam
ily to Richmond, ha* rented Mr. E. Han
dolph’s house, near the Capitol. In that house,
he will, from the first of September next, con
Unite his professional labours, on the folio wine
plan.
The Subscriber himself. aided if nece9?.ary,
by a person of competent abilities, will (each the
ancient and modem languages usually taught,
civil history, and what constitutes the literary
and moral course. He may, in the spring, lec
ture on Botany, to a select class every Saturday
afternoon J
Al. tlie hranclies of Uie Mathematics, Tlieo
retinal and practical, togeth«r with Natural
Ph losophy, and drawing will be taught by Mr.
John Wood.
The Eig*i*h branches, viz : Reading, Writ
'nd» Cyplierir g, Grammar, Comjmsition, Geog
raph), Etc will be taught by an able instructor,
whose attention and time sbull be chieHy, per
haps exclusively devoted lo said branches
The Subscriber pledgo*. himself to Parents
and Guardians for a systematic, regular, and 1
; scrupulous observance of ihc above plan. Young
j Ladies snail be taught in an airy end convenient
I apartment, entirely detached from the rei-t al the
.school. In sever d important respects, Mrs Gi
j rardin will extend her attention to die female
department Young ladies miy be instructed
in Music at the Academy, where an instrument
shall be provided for the purpose. The choice
of teachers in that branch, siiJl be loft to Pa
rents and Guardians.
Further particulars relative to rules, prices,
shall speedily be communicated in a circu
lar to the persons concerned.
A Gentleman of high character, !*oth as a seho
ltr and ajur at, contemplates delivirmg Lee-pres i
on Eloquence, Ethics, and Law. This circum- i
stance promises infinite advantage to the eeuior
students.
L- H. GIliARDIN.
Richmond june 1,1810.
P. S. The Parents and G turdians of Youth
now at the Academy are respectfully invited to
continue them under the joint tuition of i. II.
Girardin, D. Doyle, and J Wood, until the first
of September next. The charges as justice
requires, shall extend only to tuition actually re
ccived, that is, to the period from the expira
tion of the different quartets now running to the
first day of September
Wanted, by a person in Richmond, an able 8t
respectable Teacher of those branches which
constitute a liberal course of English education ;
viz. Spelling, Reading, Writing, Grammar, j
Composition, Mercantile Arithmetic, Gscgra- !
pny, Etc. Tlie terms will be such as 10 render ilie i
situation desirable.—Apply ul th.s office.
Richmond, junc 5 wow
C< uN-potvDEit ?■—T'-«- p,
■ RICHMOND iXfWDZti MILLS, offer;
f ir Sale, oy the k«. g or la q i .nli'y, c and FI*'
Gun Powoer, glazed .u»d Ullg aied ; war.aiu d
equal to any imported, and on reasonable terms
Retailers at liberty to return me powdc;, if
not approved. A*piv to
JAMES BR01VN, Jr Or, '
David j. burr
M-iy 22_2av 2w?. L.*.vir !
BY virtue of a deed of trust Uuiy cXt . ui«d
ami recorded, will be sold at Buckingham
Gou t House on toe second monday in August1
n« xl (being court d..y) twenty or f irty valuable
si, AVn.S, among whom are sevtiai tradesmen ;
£ucb as rong .Carpenters, Shoemakers, Weavers
. &-c Terms of sal**, one half cash, the other mo
j **ty payable the fi.-st day .»f J mu ary (< liowiug_. !
Bond with approved secur.ty will be required '
for ills last payment At the same time and place
will be off. red 400 acres of LAND lying about
seven ore ght miles above the s .i 1 Court House;
terms the same us fur 'be SI ve*.
BY THE TRUSTEE, j
May 8 ._wldw^f 1
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to mi
by Hartshorn Kuisey, to secure the p>,y
lHciil of one hundred and six dollars, due lo », #
se Bennet, with interest fr m the third day o; be
cember, 1808, will be said for cash, at public sale
at the court house of Mason county, and slate o
Virginia, on tlie lest Saturday in July ntxt, fui
hundred and seventy five acres cl L.1ND, lyin;
and being in said county of Mason, adjoining t!i
lands of Joseph McBride and otb -rs
1 HO BIAS ILOG, Trust re.
June 1. wlbw
VALUABLE PROPERTY—FOR SALK.
To be sold, to the highert bidder, for read}
money, on Friday, the 22d day of June next, at
the housecnlled Napier's T.,v«.m, in tiie town ol
Columbia :
A TRACT OF LAJVD,
on the Rivanna river, in the county of Fluvanna ;
containing by .-i late survey, 3.34 mes, more 01
less, adjoining the lands of Charles Adams, Hi
chard Adams, Pleasant By bee and otht rs, being
land sold by David Hoss to Abraham Shcpher i,
and conveyed t>y him, Shepherd, to us in trust.
Insecure a debt due to said K iss, us stated in
said trust deed, which said debt has since been
assigned by said Ross, to Henry E. Coleman_
We sell our right as Irtnee* only
GKO: 1(0L VAN
IVm- PAS i'iil/ft, C Trustees.
J ICOD ilYERS, 3
Miy 92. wtds
LAW IIUOKS —Joim it. Jones, nearly*"p
posite to >he Eagle Tavern, has just reciev
e<l a supply of Law Bt.oks mongst which are,
Coke upon Littleton i 8 vols. Evst Reports, 9
vols Bmney’g Reports, 1 vol. Robertson's ad mi
rally’s reports, 6 vols Bee’s admiralty Reports
aid all others, that are in general use; which
he will sell on the m >st reasonable terms : -
Nev: Publications
He has also received the following New.
Publications;—Dobson*, Life of Petr.ucb, 2 vols
handsome po .k^t editions j—Elegant pocket e
ditionsof M trmion, by ScottW rn Tell, trans.
Hiedfrom the French of Florian ;—Memoirs of,
Frederick and M irgaret Rlopstack translated
from tt»e German;—John of Lancaster by
Cumberland ;—Letter from the Mountains—
Zion's Pilgrim ;—Parent’s assistant, or stories
for Children;—Loiter on the genius &di po
tions of the French Government, including a
view of the Taxation of the French Empire,
The 6th vol. of the transactions of the American
Piiil'isopbical society.
Bookbinding, in all its branches as usual
Orders from the country, executed with
promptitude and fidelity.
jnse ,5. _ tv4w
I^WO or three Young Lathes, (from the conn*
X try,) whose parents wish them biitciited by
any seminary of learning, in Richmond, maybe
Accommodated with BOARD, in a respect aid*
family, For part,cuUis, apply to the Editor ot
,he Enquirer.
June 4. wtf
NOTICE —Those to whom the er’ate of Sw
uiuel Woodson, dechl lute of Goocld tudl
county, is indebted, will be pleased to biing f«>
ward tlnir claims properly authenticated, that
provision may be made to discharge the same —
Those who are indebted to the estate, are request?
ted to make payment immediately, as the snu.»ti
oii of said estate is such, that no indulgence CMS
be given.
Wm MILLER. ?
WARN Eh LEWIS, 3 Lxccur
Tors.
Gooolduivd, June 12. w4w4
T°el?™N & RE AT—yKtrULLXRS aw
J i>lLl ER~SMITHS, at the Crescent Sirw*
nearly opposite the EagleTavem, ligve just de
ceived, a supply of articles in their line, win*
in addition to their former slock, renders -thek
assortment very complete, consisting of Pearl Jk
Topaz Breast-Pins, Earings and Bracelets, Ha
ted Castors, Bread Baskets, and Candlestick*.
Jewelry or Plate furnished on the shortest no
tice, to any patterns. Orders from their trie i Am
will be attended to with their U3Uul punctuality
(O’ Tiie highest price given for old Silver s*
Gold.
June 1.
tf
Valuable land for sale—Th®
subscriber will sell, anil give immcdbisa
possession, of that well known estate, calU-fc
Blenheim. wiu.'led on the south west nii.tmi^.^
in tnc county of Albemarle, containug by Lve
surveys, two thousand eight hundred and niiutiy
seres: this Land is peculiarly well adapt'd to lii#
growth of Wheat and Tobacco, ami cunsirievi
t qual in fertility to any adjacent thereto., n«.
about six miles from Mdtog, f..m which pL-nat
there is an easy navigation for balteaux to the ■char
yl Richmond. On the premises is a large ccnimtdtb
ous dwelling limne, which, from the elegance
its situation, and other aUvant.-ges, m Acs Jn&
desirable residence f»c a genteel Untidy. ItwiJ*
he sold entire ordivid* aJ. to suit purr iiasers_
Further particulars made known hj CapUin Jia*»
Harris, Alin marie county, Mr. J unes Putting
Alexandria, Messrs Macdonald and Kiddy., lR»i
timore, or J. \
Who wishes to sell Land in the counties <dT
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania und Cardimr,
also Houses and Lotts, pleasantly and advaiu*
geottsly situated on the Hill and MaiusUtttf.ia
the town of Federickshing.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1 \f
! T i> hereby agreed, that all contracts dr ca—
fi partnerships existing between L. II Gtrww
«Ln anj D. Doyle, as well as between L U Co
la! din, D Doyle, and John Woml, is jo-lit
e hers of the school, commonly kno.vn ibvalha
name of Girardin’s Acudeniv. cease tn id
the first day of September, 1310. As wits
our hands Ulis29lh of May 1810.
1* H GIHARD1T3,
DAVID DOYLE,
JOHN WOOD,
June 5.
IN consequence of the separation which aril
takeplace on the first of next September be
tween L H Girardin, D Doyle, and j.nia
Wood, the undersigned will jointly fromsi^
date, continue to teach young ladies and gjiute
nitai in tile same buddings in which the s.vt*«a
was before kept, with uninterrupted ae«^»ic
pr.ratc apartments as heretofore.
'i .ie prices sh.dl be reduced to ten dollars gars
quarter, for the English branches, consist iwgiaff
Spelling, Reading, Writing G -ography, Hkeu
rv, Belt « I,cures. Mercantile Arithmetic; ao£
the useful practical braAch.es of muthem&Urss
5 >ok Keeping anti the me of the Giooes_anafia
whit h
t ue Latin and Greek languages, or ciiiaur^.
v. iltbe taugtit for » 2 Dullm-s Sj Cts jicr <aeuir—
ter ^
1 heo’-jacts ancl advantages of this comtecaiw*
wdl, in duo time, i>e more fully explained in it
Card, which will bj; circulated for that purpose—
DAVID DOYLE.
IUCHARD D-ULNEY.
Richmond junc 5, g
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR S/iLK.
Toe subscriber is authorised to sebwdse
large &. com mod ous BRICK. HUlLUlKUiin
the Main Street on Shnckce Hill, at preseus <o-—■
cupi.-il >y Mr. Hivaluin—Also, the small BRICK..
HOUSE, next above the one in which Mr. iti—^
y.duin lives, and the two WOODEN TEJMt—
ME NTS between the last mentioned house
Mrs. Braxton's—For paiti 'ul .rs enqui.-e -of
TIIOS TAYLOR.
M v 29, 1810 if
f J E.VRJVAL —THOMAS D D.iEP, grat:e
i.L ful for the liberal sup. on i.c h-s ripetiior
ced in his trade, respectful!) mf unis his ent.o
mors and the Public ge i*rally, tiiat he has se>
moved his Tailor’s Shop to the main street :ES
joining Robert Li li’s , ssildler, and oppon.tie Dr,
Duvall’s apothecary shop where he will to <m.
fully receive any bus'iiess in his line, and in. pc*
by attention ano -n<l« avors to please, to merit a
continuance of favor
Richmond, M«) 8
ei 3m
') AN-AWAY.—Five d >11 irs reward will
iV given to anv «->ne who will bring Itninr my
ne, ro boy 1VILSOS’, or inform me wm re ho a
so tn.*t I m y j*rt him, lie has been away since -,?*e
I tier end ef f‘V!>. last, lie is a brlgiil non ,Uo
about 15 ypurg old, »bou' 4 feel 4 inches Irjj'u —
1 .*.n» o( opinion lie is Iru or* d in Uns ciiy, »*r
Manchester, as lie lias bcrn upe.teiliy 9*'eo us
both places. 1 ■■.xpect be has hired himself to
some tobacco f.ctory, and prob iMy at tempi* to.
p .ss ns a frt e boy, or a »ys it :« with my ap.no
t‘Oii. My reason for suppo i g -*0, is, that ah"ut
2 year* ago lie ra 1 away, and hired himself to.
a Tobacco Stem me. y.
D JiORRlUGTOV.
M .y 25
if
tj111J iV HYLSO.N N Sc Pl'l l"I i. H, have jnsti
*- received from London, by w;>y >.f N Y *1
a Urge supply of articles, which added t<» tin£
former stock, makes up a vi rv extei aive assojt
ment. It consists principally of
Writing P >pers, of various «i* s and quMVtie*
Cotinunjr Home, Chamber & pocket ink Sunt'*.
Excellent Pen K lives and Razors
(>Rice i-ea's, Wax and Wafers
Drawing Books and W -tor Colours
Petit iU and Ind'a Bobber
Violin Bows, li <ir and strings
Mus e and Mimic Books
Ladies' and Gentlemens’ Pocket Books j
Travelling and other trunks
Pl-iying and visiting Cards
G ild Leaf
Tooth Brushes with silver wire
Chess Men and Boards
BackgammonT ibles, Durable St Japan Ink
School Books, Family Bibles.
They have on hand, a large simply of day hooks.
Journals and Ledgers, Bill Books, Blank Note*
and Checks, Record and Sheriff's Books, Pape*
Hangings for houses, &.c. &c. ike.
June 15. 4W
PUBLIC AUCTION.On Tuesday next,
will he sold at Public Auction, at the hous*
lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Gilliat—-all his
Household and Kitchen FURNITURE : Also,
an elegant ClIARKlOT and Harness.
Terms of sale ' ■ All sums under 50 dollars,
cash > above 50 dollars, six months credit Note*
with approved endorsers will be req-ured.
THUS. TAYLOR, Auc'r.
june 15. _ 'it
r ■ HIE Office of the High Constable, for the ci
1 ly, is removed to the office f rmerly occu
pied by the iHte Capt. William Richardson, oi
the street leading to Mayo’s bridge, and itnoudi
itely opposite the Kiairg bun Tavern. Hours of
<t tendance, from 9 kill 1« o’tdcck each day.
June Ij.
is