The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-05-29 00:00:00, page 4

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE,
On the cauaea of the mortality of the t/e
tachment at A. Orleans;
(Concluded)
if Ouse of represejytjitiv’es.
April 27, 1810.
(L) No. 1.
-instructions to th? military agent at iViru Orleans,
and amount of disbursements in that depart
ment.
The following instructions to A. D. Abrahams
the military agent at New Orleans, “ to procure
and deliver, on the order ol‘ the commanding nf
licer, such articles as he may deem ncceessary
for the public service,” was given by the Secre
tary of War, (general Henry Dearburne) on the
32th of Dec. 1808,
(L.) No. 2.
The Secretary of war, (Wm. Eustis, esquire,)
Mdy 4ih, 1809, wrote to A. McCulloch, and in.
formed him ol bis appointment as military agent
—A. D. Abiv.hams having resigned. This letter
contains many regulations for the agent’s obser
vance, in executing the ditties of his office The
«bove mentioned instruction is repeated, and the
following additional one given : " the expendi.
tures should be as economical as the good of the
»«nrice will permit. No article, it is presumed,
■will be required of you, but such as the nature
and- good ol the service actually demand. Should
it happen, however, at any time, that demands
•re made upon you to a large amount, the propri
ety of complying with which you may doubt, Sc
^*herc delay may not, in your judgement, prove
injurious to the public interest, you are to consult
this department.” It appears Mr. McCulloch
died in a few days after his arrival at NewOrle
•na : on which Major Zebulon M. Pik-, of the
•ixth regiment, was appointed by gen. Wilkinson,
•a successor to Mr. McCulloch, and continued to
discharge the duties of that office under the in
structions given to Mr. McCulloch, until the re
moval of the troops from the encampment at Ter
re au JBccuf.
CL.) No. 7 & 3.
The Secretary of War, in a letter addressed to
the committee, bearing date the 16th April, 1810,
says, “ representation being made by the accoun*
tant of this department that many articles in the
accounts rendered by Mr. A. D. Abrahams, the
military agent, were charged at extravagant pri
ces, the necessity of someot. which did not appear,
and the prices ol others being deemed exorbitant,
the military agent was informed on the 10th of
August last, that he was not authorized to com
ply with such requisition in future. This is the
ouly limitation ot the instructions before menti
oned, which has been made by this department.”
T his last instruction to the military agent, could
rot have reached him untd some time in Septem
ber last. The military agent, whenever he wan
ted funds, drew bills on the department of war,
Which were regularly paid.
(L) No. 4, 5, & 6.
^Disbursements in the quarter master und medical
and hospital Aepartnwnts, by A. D. Abrahams,
military agent.
On account of that part of the army stationed
at New-Orleans, and in its vicinity, between the
first of January and twentieth of July, 1809, (see
document K.) including payments made for the
charter ot a part of the vessel employed to
transport the troops to that place, g 55, 188 43
Disbursements made by major
Pike, on same account from 21st
July to Slslof December, 1809, 27, 474 73
. S 82, 663 16
The above sums embrace no part of
the expenditures made on the fortifications e
rectinjg at New-Orleans.
William Linnard, military agent at Philadel
phia, in his letter of the 31st of March, 1810,
states, that medical and hospital stores were
shipped on board the Hillsman ; that she sailed
from Philadelphia the 7th of January,' 1809:
•was detained by ice—sailed again the 5th of
March following, and arrived at New-Orleans
the 5th ol April, and delivered the stores the 7th
And 8lh.
(M) No. 1 & 2.
CLOTHING.
\ By the same letter from William Linnard, mi
litary agent, it appears, that the brig North Star
sailed from Philadelphia the 6th of July, 1809
with plothing for the troops—arrived at New
Orleans the 22d of August, and delivered (the
Aame iri three days after his arrival; which wa9
within twelve months of the time that the men
of that detachment had generally received their
clothing for the preceding year.
[Here follows the depositions Nos.l, 2, 3, 4,
5,6, 7, 8,9,10,11, and 12]
The committee, from a knowledge which they
have acquired of the climate of N. Orleans & of
the country surrounding it, and from the facts
stated in the depositions, tire of opinion, that the
mortality in the detachment ordered to New
Orleans, is to be ascribed to the following caus
es :
1- The detachment consisting of new levies.
2. The insalubrity of the climate : the sum
iner and autumn of the year 1809 being unusually
•ick ly.
8 To tlie nature of the ground on which the
detachment was encamped at Terre au Bccuf,
»nd the detention of it at that place during the
whole of the summer t contrary, as the commit
the conceive, to the iristructions contained in the
letter of the Secretary of War, bearing date the
30th of April, 1809
4. To the want of sound and wholesome pro
visions and of vegetables ; the want of an hospi
tal & hospital stores and medicines.
5. The excessive fatigues to which the troops
were subjected in clearing, ditching and drain
ing the gr' und on which they were encamped.
C. To the want of repose during the night,
owing to the troops not being provided with bars
or nets to protect them from the annoyance of
musquetoes.
7. The vtant of cleanliness in the mmp, the
nature of the position rendering it almost imprac
ticable to preserve it.
8. The sick and well being confined to the
game tents, which neither protected them snffl.
eiently from the heat ofthe sun, nor kept them
dry from the dews and rains.
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRGINIA.
No. XIV.
The committee stnte in their report, that " os
the data oPtlicir calculations, they have taken the
• .Mount of money expended in carrying on the
operations,” fcr and it appears they have been
fcdVeimedaolrijfby * statement or the Auditor,
by the following quotation from their report, to
vit i “ Amount of money drawn from the Trea
sury, for the manufactory of arms from the first
•' '7 "f Msty, 1801, to the first day of October,
)du8, ss per Auditor’s statement, ft 261,622 C ) ”
Here, then, is the foundation upon wliie.li they
•a) they have rested their far-famed report. The
.Auditor’s statement is headed as follows: *' A
mount nf warrant, druwn fir the manufacturing
nrmt,from the let May, 1801, to l.t Oct. IWJH *
nt the end i* is signed, " s Sheoard, Auditor."
0ffJce* 31st I>e< co.her,
I ir i.rno.rni o! wnrran's f.y tpi,
»<>ent, •« S SW4 62J 60. Mu* did the eommu.ee,
before liny ventured to found iheir report upon
h*t ftciemtnt, examine and compare ii with tile
voucher* by which alone, it* authenticity could
be known, and satisfy '.hemselves that it was
correct > Uid they ascertain that g 264,632 60
were applied to " manufacturing arms,” as the
auditor’s statement expresses it ’—they did not—
they could not—for the fact did not exist. They
chose to rely upon this mere statement of the au
ditor, because, l suppose, they found that it sta
ted a much greater sum to have been applied to
“ manufacturing arms,” than had in reality been
, applied to that object. Upon the same ground,
11 might suppose, that if the auditor liad staled
u«ion paper, that a million of dollars had been ex
pended in making arms, the committee would,
without more scruple or examination, than they
I did exercise, charge the making ot arms with
that sum. It would, perhaps, have been better
| lor the institution, if the committee had directed
the auditor to make their report for them ; as I
do not suppose he would have attempted to value
or appraise the manufactured articles; but that
would have deprived the framers of that stupen
dous composition, ot the rich harvest of applause
which they expected, and have, perhaps, recei
ved from the credulous and uninformed.
From the distinction which the several appro
priation l .wsha j made, hetween the funds for
making amu, and the funds for completing the
manufactory of arms, it id evident that the seve
ral Legislatures which enacted them, intended,
that the establishment, with all its appendages,
apparatus, tools and furniture, should be comple
ted in every respect, without applying to that ob
ject, any part of the funds which were exclusive
ly appropriated for the manufacturing of arms_
otherwise they would not have appropriated se
parate funds to those separate objects : and had
those funds have been applied exclusively to the
objects for which they were appropriated, the
weakest member of the committee could have
found no difficulty in ascertaining the cost of the
arms. From the sum actually expended in the
making of arms, deduct the amount that the com
ponent parts of arms and materials on hand had
cost; and divide the balance, by the number of
arm*, &c. made, and their cost is ascertained._
But unfortunately for the institution, the funds
were not applied exclusively to the objects for
which they were appropriated. Over the dis
bursements of those funds, I had no control; my
duty as superintendent, required that I should ad
just and settle the accounts of the institution, &
present them to the Executive for their exami
nation ; but it was impossible for me to tell what
funds the auditor would issue his warrant upon
for their payment. . ,}
k w III be seen by the annexed certificate of
Mr. Joseph Jackson, chief clerk of the Audi
tor’s Office, and may also be seen by a refer
ence to the vouchers and documents upon which
that certificate was founded ; that the sum of
fifteen thousand six hundred and eighty nine
dollars and thirty eight and an half cents, of the
funds appropriated for making Arms, hare been
applied to other objects, to wit: to the purchase
of tools, bedding, iron work for fixtures, repair
ing old arms, &c.
Having examined the vouchers in this office
by which money ha9 been paid for materials for
manufacturing arms, 1 hereby certify that the
whole sum drawn from the appropriations for
making arms, for the purchase of tools, bedding,
iron work for fixtures, repairing old public arms,
&c. between the first day of May, 1801, and
the 1st October, 1808, amounts to fifteen thou
sand six hundred and eighty nine dollars, 38 A
Cents.
JOSEPH JACKSON",
. Clerk of Accounts.
Auditor s Office, 30th
November, 18U9. 3
Besides this sum of g 15689 88$, improper
ly charged to the account of “ making arms,”—.
it appears from the Auditor’s statement above
alluded to, that hetween the 1st May, 1801 and
the 1st October, 1808, the further sum of nine
hundred and one dollars and thirty five and an
half Cents, have also been improperly charged
to the making of arms. The last mentioned sum
was expended in the purchase of timber, &c. for
the establishment, for stamping and preparing
arms tpr distribution among the Militia, for
Cast Iron work for th« machinery of the manu
factor^', for Csat Iron Anvil, and hammers for
the Tilt-hammer Forges ; for other expences re
lative to the erection of the buildings, and sun
dry other charges which have no more relation
to the making of arms than the expense of the
buildings themselves, nor tl>e ground upon which
they are seated. Some of these articles to the
amount of three hundred and ten dollars and
twenty nine cents, according to the Auditor’s
own statement,’ had already been paid for from
the contingent fund, and why he should after,
wards charge their.amount to “ manufacturing
armi,” 1. cannot comprehend. I here set the
dates of all the charges which form the said sum
of g 901 35$, as they are placed in the Audi
tor’s statement. The dates are as follows, to
wit1804. January 11—February 20—April 2
—1805, March 26—April 9—1806, February 1
—May 24—June 27—1807", May 20—June 20
—September 7—1808, August 9—August 9—
August 9—The following, according to the Au
ditor’s statement are to be found “ in the contin
gent fund bundles.’"-1804, March 21—1807,
September 7-September 7-September 7_
September 7—1808, January 4—March 21_
The vouchers referred to by these dales will
shew that a part of this sum ought to have been
paid from the funds appropriated for the erection
of the buildings, &c. and that the balance should
have been paid from the contingent fund, but
that no part thereof ought to have been charged
to “ manufacturing arms.”
There is also the sum of three thousand, five
hundred and twenty dollars and sixty three cents,
which the Auditor has i wick charged to *' ma
nufacturing arms,” and of course one of the char
ges must be improper. The entry of this sum
on the fourteen tli page of the Auditor’s statement
is made thus—“ 1803, October 11, J. Shoe for
bat and hoop Iron, &c. 8tc.—g 3520 63.” It is
here proper to remark, that before the com
meueement of the operations of the Virginia
Manufactory of Arras, the Executive had enter
ed into contracts for arms to be made in Phila
delphia—and general John Sliee of that city (the
gentleman named in this entry) was the agent of
this Commonwealth, whb transacted the business
in relation to those contracts : It was known be
fore the operations of the armory commenced,
as well as afterwards, that iron, steel, gun-stocks
and other materials ncce»*ary for making arms
could be purchased on cheaper terms in Piuladel.
phia, than in our own slate ( sums of money or
drafts for it,at sundry times, were therefore ti an*,
milted to gen. Shce, for that purpose. 1 here in
sert, from the Auditor’s statement, the date and
amount of each of the warrants issued for those
Sums—they are as follows, to wit:
1802, April 13th §398 52 for materials and
tools. July 20Ih § 203 24 for tool*. Sept. 23d
§ 1510 for gun-stocks smi irbn. 1803, March
28th, g 1600 for iron. 1804, January 24th, § l,.
500 to purchase gun-stocks. June 23d ft 1000 to
procure iron. 1805, Jan. 10th § 3uOU to pur
chase iron & gun-stocks. 1806, nltarch 22 §582
cents 25, lor gun stocks. March 27lh g 1200 to
purchase musket and pistol stocks. 18o7, May
1 Bill g 191 08 for sundries furnished by J. Sliee,
All the articles ever purchased by (General Sliee
for making arms, in tne Virg. manufactory, were
purchased with the money drawn by the warran.a
here designated. With the remt,t<ncea made to
gen. Slice, he, from time to time, made purcha
»esof various articles, and occasionally forwar
ded his accounts, stating in detail, the kind, quao
tily and prices of those articles ■, these accounts
wnre lwd before the executive, and afterwards
carried to the audttoi ’% office, there to be filed m
vouchers: Bin in the particular c «se above alto-!
ded to, the auditor has not only charged the mo-!
nry f.Cnt to general Shec, to the account of “ m<i •
rti+fncturirg a. nw,” but In* has also charged ft j
3520 03 cehts worth of the articles purchased
with that money* ti»11 manufacturing armtS' so
tht» the skid 3520 dolls. 63 c.nts has, by the an
ditor, been twice laid upon the making of arm* ;
hia statement, in this instance, has moreover, a
tendency to induce a belief that 3520 dolls. 63
has been drawn from the Treasury, more than has
really been drawn.
JOHN CLARKE.
i-mi—i»r —
[BY AUTHORITY]
LAW OF THE U.Y1TED STATES.
AN ACT
To eteetalight house at the entrance of Scituate
harbor, a stone column on a spit of sand at the
entrance into Boston harbor, and a beacon on
Beachpoint near Plymouth harbor in the state
of Massachusetts ; a light at the entrance of
Bayou St. John into late Ponchartrain and two
lights on late Erie, and for beacons Cr buoys,
near the entrance of Beverly Harbor.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Re
presentative? of the United States of Amt
rrcn, in Congress assembled, That on the cession
of the jurisdiction of so much land on one of the
points forming the entrance of Scituate harbbr,
in the state of Massachusetts, as the President
of the United States shall ueent imflicicnt and
most proper for a light house, it shall be the
duty ol the Secretary of the Treasury to provide
by contract &r building of a light house of
stone thereon, arid placing it on the like esta
biishment with other light houses. The number
and disposition of the lights shall be such, as
may distinguish it from those of others.
Sec 2. And be it further enacted, Toat it shall
be the duty of the secretary of the Treasury, to
cause to be erected a column of stone, as a bea
con on a spit of sand, extending from Light
house or from the Great Brewster Island at the
entrance of the harbor of Boston, in the state of
Massachusetts, ol such form and dimensions as
he shalldeem necessary. And also to cause good
and sufficient buoys and beacons to be placed
for the safety of navigation, at or near the en
trance of the harbor of Beverlsy in Massachu
setts.. .
Sec. o. And be it further enacted. That one of
the two beacons directed to be erected on the
Stony Muscle bed, near Plymouth harbor, in
the state of Massachusetts, by an act which pas
sed the seventeenth of March, eighteen hundred
and eight, be and the same is hereby directed
to be erected on Beach point, near the said har
bor of Plymouth.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted. That the
Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is hereby
authorised to cause to be erected and establish
i Cr proper regulations, such a light as he
6hall deem proper and necessary, at or near the
entrance of Bayou St. John into lake Ponclur
train, in the Territory of Orleans ; ard such
lights as he shall deem proper on or near Bird
Island, and on or near Presq’ isle in Lake Erie
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That there
be appropriated eut of any monies in the .Trea
sury of the United States, not otherwise appro
priated, the following sums of money to accom
plish the purposes of this act, to wit:
For the erection of a light house, at the
entrance ot Scituate harbor, four thousand dol
lars ;
For the erection of a stone column on n spit of
sand, extending from Light house island at the
entrance of Boston harb ,r, three thousand five
hundred dollars;
And for the erection and establishment of
a light at the entrance of Bayou St. John into
lake Ponchartrain, two thousand dollars ;
And for the erection and establishment of two
lights on Lake Erie, one thousand six hundred
dollars ;
And for beacons and buoys near the entrance
of Beverley harbor, tue sum of fifteen hundred
dollars.
„ , ,, J b.varnum.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOHN GAILLARD,
■ Prcsioent of the Senate, pro tempore.
Approved,
JAMES MADISON.
Mayl, 1810.
\fALUABLE PROPERTY—FOR SALE
v To be sold, to the highest bidder, for read'
money, on Friday, the 22d day of June next, a
the house called Napier’s Tavern, in the town o
Columbia :
A TRACT OF LAMD,
on the Rivanna river, in the county of Fluvanna
containing by a late survey, 334 acres, more oi
less, adjoining the lands of Cnarles Adams, Ri
chard Adams, Pleasant Bybee and others, beinr
land sold by E>uvid Ross to Abraham Shepherd
and conveyed by him, Shepherd, to us in trust
to secure a debt due to said Ross, as stated ii
said trust deed, viiich said debt has since beei
assigned by said Ross, to Henry E. Coleman -
We sell our right as trustees only.
CEO: HOLMANf)
TVm. PASTEUR, C Trustees.
JACOB NITERS, 3
May 22- wtds
r|'*EN DOLLARS HE W ARD—Ran away
Jl from the subscriber, in the county of Meek
lenburg, on the 8th of April last, a very bright
mulatto Negro Man named BILLY, supposed*to
be 23 or 24 years of age ; stout, well made—has
a lull face; 5 feet 9 or 10 inches high; his eyes
are of a grey or hazle colour ; his hair uncom
monly short for a man who is as white a* he is,
which he wears combed on the forehead, in imi
tation of the present fashion ; he has a small
scar on the forepart of one of his legs, a little a
bove the ancle ; fm cloathing is not recollected,
except an imported while fur hat, about half
worn, and a blue broad cloth frock coat ; He is
a good sawyer, and a rough carpenter, cooper &
fiddler. Bi.ly wns raised on the Potomac river,
in King George county, on the estate of Mrs. A.
Stith, where he may ba lurking, or he may en
deavor to pass as a freeman in some of the towns,
possibly in Petersburg, as he is acquainted with
one of Mr. K Bollmg’s negroes. It is necessary
to observe, that it is probable that he has a com
panion with him, a mulatto fellow of col. Georee
Terry’s, named Tom, who, I am informed, can
write i if this is the case, it is likely that he may
have a free pass. I will g;ve the above reward to
any person who will take up and put in jail, the
said negro, so that I get him again All masters
of vessels and others, are lot warned harboring or
carrying the aaid negro out of the slate.
GEORGE FIELD.
May 9. w4wp
I 111K 1 Y DULLAKS REWARD. Kana
A way from the subscriber, in Mecklenburg
County, aome time in tlie month of February
l»»t, a mulatto man alave named TOM
CHAVES by trade a ?blacksmith } he 19 about
5 feet S or 6 inches high, with straight black
hair, bow-legged and stoops 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 supposed to
have procured free passes under the n»meof
Mayo. Whoever will apprehend the said slave
and secure him in any Jail so that I get him a
gain, shall be entitled to the above regard._All
masters of vessels are forwarned from harbour*
ing of carrying Inm off,
GEORGE TARRY.
May 15._w«w.
IKON C Ab'i'lN l>9, of every description
(patterns Ireing furnished) will he executed
in tlie neatest manner, at the Founderj, attached
to the Virginia Manufactory of Arms
JOHN STAl’Liitt, buficriniendanr.
April H7, wbmp
A—• At ft Superior Cmirt of Chan
V eetTjboliUn xtthe C»(>ilnl, in th« City of
Richmond, the 12>» dkyof February, 1810.
J'*s*»* Smith anil Benjamin Mosby, executors
of Littleberry Mosby, tiec’il. Piaintijft.
Acmsjt
John Povatl, Edward Johnson, ‘itimuel Wohson
and Elisabeth bis wife, and Daniel Wilson a.id
Hcnrirttn his wife, DefewLntt
i ItC defendants, Diniel Wilion anil Henrietta
bis wife not having entered their appearance and
given security according to the art of assembly
anil the ruins ofthis court, and it appearing to the
satisfaction of the court, that they are net inhabi
tant* of this country : On motion of the plaintiff
hy counsel t It it ordered. That tl said defen
dants ilo appear here on the first day of the next
term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff ; ami
that s copy of this order be firth with inserted in
some newspaper published in the city of Rich
monil, for two months successively, and p'Htted
at Wie front door of .the Capitol, in the said city.
A Copy. Ttttc.
DOO 1 OR JUNES, purposes a steady re.
sidenre in the erty of Richmond, and will
erive a strict attention to such cases in Medicine,
Surgery or Mfdwifery, as may be entrusted to his
care.
April 24.
•wtf
VIK.OiNl.iV—At .1 superior C..um .,f Ciun
cerv, hnlilen at the Capitol, in the city of
Richmond, the 15th day of February, 1810
William Triplett, ' P/amtif
Acai ' s r
William Garrard and Frances his wife, late
Frances Bu'lett, James Huteand llth n his wife,
late Helen Rullett, William B.irnes md Surah his
wife, late Sarah Bullitt, *1 horns* J. B-dlctt and
Sophia Bitllett, devisees of Cuiiibei-l Bulictt, de
ceased, Defendants.
THE defendants, Thus J Bullett,' Ik William
Garrard and Frances his - i»e, nat having enter
ed their appearance, and given seeni ‘.y accord
ijigto the act of assembly, and lie rules ofthis
court, and it appearing to the satisfy -tion of tlie
court, that they are nrtt inhabitant* of this conn
try ; on motion of the plaintiff, by counsel ; It
is ordered. That the said defendants do appear
here on the first day of the next term, and an
swer the bill of the plaintiff'; and that a copy of
this order be forthwith inserted in some newspa
per published in the city of Richmond, for two
months successively, and posted at the front
door of the Capitol in the said city.
A Copy. Teste,
PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
April 13.
w8w
Notice—all persons indebted to the estate of
Peter Pieinet, late of New-Kent, are cal
led on to make immediate payment, and those
having claims, to present them, properly authen
ticated, on or before the 15th of September next
—after which, this notice will be plead in bar
STEPHEN H. LACY,
Acini’r vsith the to/// annexed
May 15.••
Blf virtue ot a trust deed executed by Tn S.»n
ders, to the subscribers, to secure the pay
ment of a debt due John Lackland & co. will be
offered for cash—to the highest bidder, at David
Levans & Co’s store, in Buckingh .m county, 8
NEGROES ; Harry, Squire, Will, Anthony,
Rhoda & her two children, Sam, Hercules &
Mary, to answer the purposes of said deed on the
seventh day of June next.
• JOHN SANDERS, CLABON WEST.
May 15, 1810 _ w3«H
Battersea paperm£els.- tuom: «. •
wish to encourage the manufactures ot then
own state are informed, that they can be suppli
ed with Paper Manufactured in Petersburg, in
any quantities
PRICKS AS FOLLOWS:
Fine Litter Paper Vellum,
£ 4
Do. do. Laid,
4
50
Fools Cap No. 1.
374
Do. No %.
374
Do. No 3.
12J
r*
Folio Post Vellum,
50
Do. Laid,
*
Fine Printing Medium,
50
Do.
50
Excellent Wrapping Paper, *
124
(Ej* A liberal discount made to wholesale pur
chasers. * _ ,
Orders for any of the above qualities, address
ed to the subscribers, executed at the shortest
notice.
, . BANISTER & C6.
August 4. wtf
BY virtue of a deed of trust duly executed
and recorded, will be sold at Buckingham
Court House on the second monday in August
next (being court day) twenty or thirty valuable
SLAVES, among whom are several tradesmen ;
such as roughCarpenters, Shoemakers, Weavcis
&c- Terms of sale, one half cash, the qthermo;
ety payable the first day of January fallowing—.
Bond with approved security will be required
for tha last payment. Af tbe same lime and place
will be offered 400 acres'of I.AND lying about
S-ven or eight miles above the said Court House ;
terms the same as for the Slaves.
BY THE TRUSTEE.
May 8. wlSwfl
BY virtue of a decree of Essex county court
wherein Archibald McCall is plaintiff, and
Catharine and Molly Loyd are defendants, the
undersigned a9 commissioners appointed by the
decree, will expose tC sale, to the highest bidder,
according to tbe direction of tbe said decree, a'
tract of LAND, in the county aforesaid, lying in
the parish of St. Ann, whereon Thomas Loyd r«.
sided, and commonly known by n>tmo, Loyd’s.—
This sale will lake place on the 15th day of June
next, and if any thing should happen to prevent
the sale on that day, it will be continued to the
next day.
JOHN JONES,
Wm. fisher,
JOHN P. LEE.
May 15.
T4w
Dissolution of partnership.—
The partnership of Still 8c Brooke is this
day dissolved by mutual consent—all claims on
the said firm will be discharged on application
to Richard Brooke, and all debts due to the
concern nre to be paid to him only—he alone
being authorised to give receipts or grant dis
charges.
BARTLETT STILL.
RICHARD BROOKE.
The business hereaf ter wdl be conducted by
the subscriber—Who having obtained licence as
an Auctioneer will attend to the sale of any spe
cies of property in the City or County, on t.ie
shortest notice—-And any consignments rrude to
him will be thankfully received and punctu
ally attended to.
He hopes from the experience he has had in
the business, and the unceasing attention he is
determined to pay to promote the interest of
those who may favor him with their custom, to
merit a share of public patronage.
RICHARD BROOKE.
May 18. epdw
IN pursuance of an ORDINANCE, to amend
the Ordinance to prevent Dogs fmm going
at larga in the city of K-chmond. Notice is nere
by given, that no dogs will be permitted to run
at large, m the saiu citv, between the first day of
next month, and the frfia^aih day of September
next
May gg- VI5J
IT'OR SALIi—A likely Nkc.ro Gnu,, about
hfteen years old—euuune at tins office
May 19. tf
VALUABLE LAND TOR SALT. —The
subscriber will sell, and give immrd ite#
possession, of that well known est te, called
Blenheim, situated on the south west mountainsr
in the county of Albemarle, containing bv Isle
surveys, two thousand eight hundred and nmotf
icres : this Land is peculiarly well •dapied to tl.«?
growth of Wheat and Tobacco, and considered
equal in fertility to any adjacent thereto, if
about six miles from Milton, from which piers
there is an essy navigation for batteanx to the cil V
ul Richmond. On the premises is starve enmmodi
inis dwelling House, which, from the elfg.vnce o*
its situation, and other advantages, tuak.es it %
desirable residence for a genteel family. It will
be sold entire or divided, to suit purchasers -»■—
Further particulars made known b\ Captain John
Harris, Albemarle county, Mr. James Patton*
Alexandria, Messrs Macdonald and Kidelv, Bal
timore, or j, ROs*jf
Who wishes to sell Land in the counties’of
Culpepper, Fauquier, Spotsylvania and Caroline,
also Houses ami Lotts, pleasantly and advanta
geously situated on the Hill and Mainstreet, in
the town of Federicksburg.
Fredericksburg, Virginia, May 1. tf
1 ’’O Ht bOt,f>, at 10 o’clock on Saturday, ther
A 19th inst that truly elegant and
VALUABLE PROPERTY,
on t!ie East side of Hay Market Square, (imme
dnudyt adjoinlnng the public gardens) belonging
to Mr South wick, together with hid
household FURNITURE,(made in Philadelphi
a) and erj'tal, in point of materials and workman
ship. to htiv in ibis country—Also, his silver «nd
P'*u ^ware. ki chin furniture &c. Persons desir
ous of purchasing by private sale, may call any
time previous to the dav of sale.
SAMUEL SOUTH WICK
N B All persons indebted to me are requested
«° come forward and make payment, and all
those who 1 am indebted to are requested to come
forword and receive payment. Capt. J. F. Price
will be authorised to receive any payment in my
absence.
_May 15.
tf
Manchester turnpike company
— The subscriber wants to purchase fivr?
prime MULES, for which a liberal price will be
allowed : And he would hire for the residue of
the year, two Negro Men, and two Boys, capable
of driving carts. ?AS. BRAHDER, CCk.
May 15. 5t
rpHOMnS S. POPE, lias removed his Shop
X to the house lately occupied by Mr. Thos.
Diddep, on the Cross street, leading from the
Main street to Shockoc Warehouse, where he
hopes by attention anti punctuality, to merit the
patronage of his friends and the public generallv
May 15. * tfT
KMOVAL.-THOMAS DIDDEP, grate
tul for the liberal support he has experien
ced in his trade, respectfully ink: ms his custo
mers and the Public generally, thut he has re
moved his Tailor’s Shop to the main street ad
joining Robert Belt’s , saddler, and opposite Dr,
Duvall's apothecary shop, where he will thank
fully receive any business in his line, and hopes
by attention ami endeavors to please, to merit a.
continuance of favor
Richmond, Ma> S. cp3m
JUS 1 RECEIVED, and b'OR SALE—first
door above the Engie-Ta\em :
Old Port, Claret on«. Madeira Wines,
Gun-Powder, Imperial and Young Hyson Teas,
50 Bbls. and two hluls. Appie Brandy,
‘20 Kbis Caruther’s double distilled and reclifie'S
Whiskey,
12 HhcL>. and 10 barrel* New-Orleans Sugar,
20 Boxes New-York fallow Candles,
15 Do. Spermaceti Da.
lO Bbls. Linseed 0.1,
7 llhds. Treakic,
1 Do. and 1 Crate Bottles,
25 Lbs-ires.' Nutmegs,
50 Bushel, flush Clover and Timothy Seed
3 Hampers freso S»tlad Oil,
10 Dutch Cases white gik bottles,
10 Boxes well assorted Glass,
And in daily expectation of receiving SOcr.ite*
of Liverpool green and blue edg*-d Wares, Pas
sage Lamps, Candle Shades, &c See.
EDIVARJJ HALL AM.
March 16. eotf
Cheap shoes.—amos alley, «‘t the
Ntv\ York Shoe Store, hex door to J &, R.
Gamble-—has just ri ce- etl in im. spr ug alioes a
a large and general assortment of ladies moroc
co of the mosi fashionable kmd, g ntlei.iens*
slioes and pumps, missus’, childrens’, Sic — All
which will be soul very low, retailed or whole
sale for cash or bartered for flower.
N. B., Country Merchants will please tn call
at the above place, where good bargains may be
had M:»j At 8t
IN CHANCERY, In Richmond hiiiiinfft
Corn- , November 18ut, 181‘J.
G-b. kl Ralston, Plaintiff.
AC*! K5T
William j, »ng, administrator ef James Dunloja
dec’d and U ilia D inlap, Mary Anne Dunlop
and Janies D:ml<.)>, infant children and heirs of
liie said James Dtmt >p, by I’homus Wilson ilieit
Guardian, & DarimdaW, Foster ami SutcheH,
_ Iiefendants
THIS cause came on this day, by cunstnt of
partiss, to be heard, on the bill, answers of all the
defendants, sundry exhibits filed and wij argued
by counsel: on consideration whereof; It is de
creed and ordered that unless the defendants, the
infant heirs of the saiu James Dunlop, do pair
to the plaintiff the aura of three thousand t wo
hundred and thirty dollar*, three cents, with in
terest thereon, to be computed after the rate of
six percent per annum, from the 17th day of,
March, 1806, within three months from this day,,
that then their equity of redemption in the lands
in the mortgage mentioned, be forever foreclo
sed, and in default of such payment, that the
Sergeant of the city do proceed to sell the same
to the highest bidder, for ready money, after ha-i {
ving advertised the time and place of sale fiv
three weeks in some one of the Richmond
newspapers, and out of the proceeds of the sale,
that he first pay the cost and charges of the sale
and then pay to the plaintiff his said demand, sad
the residue, if any, bring into Court, such sale
he made subject to the dower of Esthsr Dunlop,
widow and relict of the said James Dunlop, de
ceased, and that he make conveyance to the pur
chaser accordingly, and make report of his pro
ceedings to the court, in order for a final decree.
A copy. T. C. HOWARD, Clerk.
In conformity with the foregoing decree, will
he sold on the premises on the ninth day of June
next, for cash, the HOUSE AND DOT therein
mentioned, at present occupied by Foster and
Satchell us a Vendue Store, containing twenty
three feet six inches front, on the mainstreet, run-*
ning back one hundred feet, as mentioned in the
oio.lgMgt. JOHN F TRICE,
Sergeant of the City of Richmond.
Msyll ld(,
PHE Subscriber transacts commission bust
A ne*9—be bus for sale on consiemmcnt—
CUT HERRINGS,
WHISKEY,
QUEEN’S WARE,
HAVANNA SUGARS;
ROBERT GAMBLE.
Richmond, May 18. jm
b’OR SALE—The Tract of Land and Mill, ia
A Hanover County, where the subscriber now
lives, containing about 300 acres, in about 1*
miles of Richmond—the mill is valuable, it be
inp supplied by a constant stream, known bv the
name of Crump’s Creek —The plantation ha*
about 1000 choice fruit trees planted out, sou,*
of them befpnnlnjj to bear. For further p4rt.<
culars enquire of
JOHN M’CAUL.
Richmond, May 18th, Ittltf. «