The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-08-24 00:00:00, page 4

[BY AUTHORITY]
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
AN ACT
Regulating the Tost Office Establishment.
(coni xx ecu.)
Sec 18. And be it further enacted. That if
any person, employed in my of the departments
of the General Post Oflice, shall unlaw lull) de
tain,delay, or open any letter, packet, bap or mad
of letters, with which he shall be entrusted, or
which shall have come to his possession, 8c which
are intended to be conveyed by post,or ifany such
person shall secrete, embezzle or destroy any let
ter or packet entrusted to him as aforesaid^ and
■which shall not contain any security for, or as
surance relating1 to money, as hereinafter des
cribed, every such offender being thereof duly
convicted, shall for every such offence be fined,
not exceeding three bundled dollars, or impri-!
»oned, not exceeding1 six months, or both, ac-1
cording- to the circumstances and aggravations
Of the offence. Ami if any person employed as
aforesaid, shall secrete embezzle, or destroy any |
letter, packet, bag, orm.il of letters, with which '
he shall be entrusted, or which shall have ennie j
to his possession, and are intended to be convey |
ed by post, containing any bank note or bank '
post-bill, bill of exchange, warrant of the Trea j
sury of the United States, n »te of asatgninunt of!
Stock in the funds, letters of attorney for receiv I
ing annuities on dividends, or for selling stock in J
the funds, or for receiving the interest thereof, or
any letter of credit, or note for or relating to pav
nient of monies, or any bond or warrant, drait, '
bill or promissory lion , covenant, contract or a
greement whatsoever, for or relating to the pay
ment of money, or the delivery of any article of
value, or the performance of anv act, matter, or
tiling, or any receipt, release, acquittance or dis
charge of or from any debt, covenant, or demand,
or any part thereof, or any copy of any record of
any judgment, or decree, in any court of law, or
chancery, or any execution which may have is
sued thereon, or any copy of any other record, or
any other article of value, or any writing repre
senting the same ; or if any such person, employ
ed as aforesaid, shall steal or take any of the
same out of any letter, packet, bag, or mail of let
%ers, that shall come to his possession, he shall,
on conviction, lor any such offence be imprison
®d not exceeding ten years. Ami if any, who
shall have taken charge of the mail of the United
States, shall quit or desert the same, before he
delivers it into the post office kept at the termi
nation ol his route, or to some known mail car
eer, or agent ot the general post office autho
rised to receive the same, every such person so
offending, shall forfeit and pay a sum not ex
•eeding five hundred dollars for every such of
fence. And if any person, concerned in car
rying the mail of the United States, shall, col
lert, receive, or carry any letter or packet,or shall
aaiise or procure the same to be d nr, contra
ry to this act, every such offender shall forfeit &
pa> .for every such offence, a sum not exceeding
ftftv dol'ars
Sbc. 19. And be it further enacted. That if
any person shall rob any carrier of the mail of the
United States or other person entrustvd there*
'with, of such mail, or of part thereof, such of
fender or offenders shall, on conviction, be im
prisoned not exceeding ten years, and if con
victed a second time of a like offence, he or they
shall suffer death : or if in effecting such rob
be-y of the mail, tne first tune, the offender shall
■wound the person having custody thereof, or put
liis life in jeopardy, by the use of dangerous wea
pons, such offender or offenders shall suffer death.
And if any person shall attempt to rob the mail
r»l the United States, by assaulting the person
having custody thereof, shooting at him or his
horse or mule, or threatening him with dange
rous weapons, ami the robbery is not effected,
every such offender, on conviction thereof, ahull
be punished by imprisonment not exceeding three
years. And if any person shall steal the mail,
or shall steal or take from or out of any mail, or
from or out of any post office, any letter or pack
et, or if any person shall take the mail, or any
letter or park t therefrom or from any post of
fice, whether with or without the consent of the
person having custody thereof, and shall open,
emb zzlc or destroy any such mail, letter, or
packe t, the same containing any article of value,
or evidence of any debt, due, demand, right or
claim, or any release, receipt, acquittance or dis
charge, or any other article, paper or thing men.
tinned and described in the eighteenth section of
this act, or if any person shall, by fraud and tie
ception, obtain,hfrom any person having custody
thereof, any mail, letter or packet, containing a
ny article of value, or evidence thereof, or ei
ther of the writings referred to or n. xt above
mentioned, such offender or offenders, on con
viction thereof, shall be imprisoned not e xceed
ing seven years. And if any person shall take a
ny letter or packet, not containing any article of
value or evidence thereof, out of a post office,
or shall open any letter or packet which shall have
been in a post office, or in the custody of a mail
carrier, before it shall have been delivered to
the person to whom it is dire cted, with a design
to obstruct the correspondence, to pry into ano
ther’s business or secrets, or shall secrete, em
bezzle or destroy any such mail, letter or pack
et, such offender, upon conviction shall pay for
every such offence a sum not exceeding five hun
dred dollars.
Sec 20. And be it further enacted$ That if
any person shall rip, cut, tear, burn, or otherwise
Injure any portmantua, valise, or other bag used,
or designed to be used by any person acting un
der the authority of the post master general, or a
ny person in whom his powers are vested in the
conveyance of any mail, letter, packet, newspa
per or pamphlet, or shall draw or break any sta
pie, or loosen any part of any lock, chain or strap
attached to or belonging to any such valise, port
mantua, or bag, with an intent to rob or steal a
ny mail, letter, packet, newspaper or pamphlet,
or to render either of the same insecure, every
such offender upon conviction shall for every 9tich
offence pay a sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not exceeding thtee
years at the discretion of the court belore whom
such conviction is had.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That eve
ry person who from and after the passage of this
act, shall procure, aid, advise, or assist in the do
ing or perpetration of any of the act* or crimes
by this act forbidden to be done or performed,
shall be subject to the same penalties and pu
iiishments as the persons are subject to, who
shall actually door perpetrate any of the said
sets or crimes according to the provision ol this
act
.« Sec. 22. And he it further enacted, Tliat e
very pet son who shall he imprisoned l>y a judg
nient of court under and by virtue of the eigh
teenth, nineteenth, twentieth or twenty first
sections of this act, shall be kept at bard labor
during tl*eperiod of his imprisonment.
Sec. 23. And he it further enacted, That the
post matters shall, respi ctively, publish, at the
expiration of every 3 months, or oftener, when
the post master general shall so direct, in one of
the newspapers published at or nearest the place
■>fhis residence, for three successive weeks, a
list of all the letters remaining in their respective
offices, or instead thereof, shall make out a num
her of such list*, and cause them to be posted at
*uch public places in their vicinity, as shall ap
pear to thenrbest adapted for the information of
t e pities concerned r and at the expiration of
tin next three months, shall send such of the
letters as then remain on hand, as dead let
tr.rs, (o the general post office, where the same
a tali he opened and inspect' d ; and if any vmIiih
lib. pap* rs or matters of consequence shall be
found Ih i in, sh.ll be the duty of the post
nraalCJ general to UUUU such letter totbe wri
ter thereof, or cause a Jescsiptive list thereof to
be inserted in ore of the newspapers, published
at the place most convenient to the supposed re
sidence ot' the owner, if within the United States;
and such letter, and the contents, shall be pre
served to be delivered to the person to whom
the same shall be addressed, upon payment of
the postage, and the cxpence of publication.——
And if such letter, with its contents, be not de
manded by the pel son to whom it is addressed,
or the owner thereof, or his lawful agent, within
two years after the advertise m* nt thcieof as a
foresuid, the said contents snail be applied to
the use of the United Stales, until the same ahull
be reclaimed by the proprietor thereof. The
manner of such application to be s|>ecially stated
by the post master general to the Secretary of the
Treasury.*
Sec 24. And be it further enacted, That let
ters anti packeis, to and from the following offi
cers of the United Slates shall be received and |
conveyed !>y post, Tree of postage Each post
master, pi uvided each ol his letters or packets
shall not exceed half an ounco ill weight ; each
member ot the Senate, & each member &. Dele
gate ol the H'lutbof Representatives of the Con
if re 8 of the U ^S.; the Secretary of the Senate &
Clttknftlir House of Representatives, provided
each letter or pa krt shall not exceed two oun
ces in weight, ami dic ing their actual attendance
in aiiy -es.- ion of Congress and twenty d<ys af
t» r such session, and in case of excess of weight
that excess alone shall he piid for ; the Presi
dent ol the United Slates; Vice President, the
Secretaries of State, of the Treasury, of War,
ol the Navy ; the Attorney General ; tne Comp
Iroller ; Treasurer; Auditot ; Register ; Su !
pervisor of the direct tax for the district of S.
Carolina ; Superintendant ot Indian trade ; Pur
veyor ; the inspector and Paymaster of the Ar
my; accountants of the War and Navy Depart
ments; Postmaster General ; and the assistants
Post mister General ; John Adams, a former
President of the United States ; and Thomas
Jeflerson late President of the United States ;
and they all may receive their newspapers by
post, free of postage : Provided, That the mem
bers ot the Senate, and House ot Representa
tives. Secretary of the Senate and Clerk ol the
House ot Representatives, shall receive their
newspapers, tree of postage, only during any
session ot Congress, and twentv dava after the
(xpiration ot the same ; And Provuled, That no
letter or packet from any public officer shall be
conveyed by post, free of postage, unless he sh ill
trank the same, by writing his name and office
on the outside of such letter or packet, and un
til he has previously furnished the post master of
the office where lie shall deposit the same, with
a specimen of his signature.
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted, That if a
ny person shall frank letters, other than those
written by himsell, or by his order on the busi
ness of his office, he shall on conviction thereof,
pay a fine often dollars : Provided, That the Se
cretary of the Treasury, Secretary of State, Se.
cratary of War, Secretary of the Navy, and Post
master General may frank letters or packets on
official business, prepared in any other public of
e»'n 1,10 absence of the principal thereof. And if
any person, having the right to receive his let
ters tree of postage, shall receive enclosed to
him any letter or packet addressed to a person
not having that right, it shall be his duty to re
turn the same to the post office—marking there
on the place from whence it came, that it may
e charged with postage. And if any person
shall counterfeit the hand writing or frank of a
n> person, or cause the same to be done, in order
to avoid the payment of postage, eacli person so
offendmg shall pay for each such ofTence fifty dol
ls ec 26. And be it further enacted, That eve
ry printer of newspapers may send one paper to
each and every otner pi inter of newspapers with
in the United States, tree ot postage, under such
regulations as the Postmaster General shall pro
| vide.
■ Sec 27. And be it further enacted, That all
newsp-p rs conveyed in the mad shall he under
cover, * pen at one end, and charged with a pos
, tage >t one cent eacli, for any distance not more
than one hundred miles, and one and a half ceuts
for any greater distance: Provided, That the
postage ot a single newspaper from any one
place to another in the same state, shall not ex
ceed one cent; and that the Postmaster Gene
ral shall require those who receive newspapers
h> post, to pay always the amount of one quar
ter’s postage in advance. If any person employ
ed in any department of the po,t office shall im
properly detain, delay, embezzle or destroy any
newsp per, or shall p-.rmit any other pe. son to
do the like, shall open or permit any other to open
any mail or packet of newspapers not directed to
the office where he is employed, lie shall on con*
i v,ction thereof* forfeit a sum not exceeding fifty
dollars for every such off nee. Anil if any other
person shall open any mail or packet of newspa
pers, or shall embezzle or destroy the same, not
; being directed to himself, or not being authorised
to receive or open the same,he shall, upon convic
tion thereof, pay a su n not exceeding twenty
dollars for every such offence And ;f any person
shall take or steal any packet, bag or mail of
j newspapers from or out ol any post office, or from
any person having custody thereof, such person
shall, on conviction, be imprisoned not exceed
ing three months for every such offence, to be
kept at hard labor during the period of such im
prisonment. If any person shall enclose or con
ceal a letter or other tiling, or any memorandum
in writing in a newspaper, or among any pack
age of newspapers, which he shall have deliver
eel into any post offi e, or to any person tor that
purpose, in order that the same may be carried
by post, free of letter postage, lie shall forfeit the
sum ol five dollars tor every such offence : and
me letter, newspaper, package, memorandum,
or other thing, shall not Le delivered to the per
son to whom it is directed, until the amount of
suii-le letter postage is paid for each article of
which the package shall be composed. No
newsp pers shall be received by the postmasters
to be conveyed by past unless they are suffici
cntly dried and enclosed, in proper wrappers,
on which, beside the direction, shall be noted
the number of papers which are enclosed, for
subset ibers, and the number of printers. The
Postmaster General, in any contract he may en
ter into for the conveyance of the mail, may
authorise the person with whom such contract
is to be made, to carry newspapers, magazines
and pamphlets, other than those conveyed in
the mad. When the mode of conveyance and
the size of the mads will admit of it, maga
zines, and pamphlets may be transported in the
mail at one cent a sheet for any distance not
exceeding fitly miles, at one cent and a hall
•or any distance over fifty U not exceeding one
hundred miles, and two cents lor any greater
distance. •
Sac 28 And be it further enacted, That the
Po»t master general be authorised to allow to
the post masters respectively such commission
on the monies niising from the postage* of let
ters and packets as shall be rfdrquue to their re
spective services and expenses : Provided That
the said commission shall not exceed thirty per
cent, on the first hundred dollars collected in
one quarter, and twenty five per cent, on a sum
over one hundred and nut more than three him
di^rd ; and twenty per cent, on any sum over
•iiiir hundi-ed and not exceeding two thousand
dollars ; and eight percent, on any sum collect
ed, being over two thousand four hundred d< 1
lar» ; . x, ept to the post masters who mny be
employed in receiving and dispatching foreign
m^ds, whose compensation may be augmented,
not ex o< t ding twenty five dollars, in one quartet,
and excepting lo the post master a at offices
where the mail is regularly lo arrive, between
the hours of nine o'clock at night and five o'clock
in the morning : whose cominiwon on the first
hundred dollars, collected in one quarter, may be
increased to « sum not exceeding fifty per cent.
The post mister general may allow to the post-1
masters respectively, a commission of fifty per |
cent, on the monies arising front the p istageof
news papers, magazines and pamphlets ; am!
to the post masters, whose compensation shah
not exceed five hundred dollars, in one quarter
• wo cents for every free letter delivered out o«
the efii e, excepting 3uclt as are for the post mas
ter himself ; and each post master who shall be
i vquired to keep a register of the arrival and de
parture of the tuads, shall be showed ten cents
for each monthly return which he makes there
of to the /reneral post office.
Sec 2'J. And bt it Jurthtr en ictrd. That if sin
post master or other person authorised tc* receive
the postage of letters and packets shall neglect
or refuse to render his accounts, and pay over to
the post master general the balance by him due at
tile end of every three mouths, it shall be the du
ty of tile post master general to cause a suit to be
commenced against tlie p- non or persons so
neglecting or refusing ; aiul if the post m .sler
general shall not cause such suit to be coijwne»>c.
ed within six month-, from the end of every such
three months, the balances line from every sii -o
d hiicjuent shall be charged to and recoverable
from tiie Foil master general. That all suits
which shall be hereafter commenced for the re
every of debts or balances due to *he general
post oifice, whether they appear by bond or oh
ligations made in the name of the existing or any
pieceding. Post master General, or otherwise,
shall be instituted in the name of the “ F ist mas
ter general of the United States.” That certi
lied copies under tiie Seal of the general post of
fice, of the accounts curr-mt of ll*e several post
masters, after tiie same shall have been exatnin
ed St adjusted at tint office, shall be admitted as
evidence in all suits brought by-tiie Post master
General for tiie recovery of balances or debt due
from post masters, and in like m innei copies of
such accounts current as are lodged in tiie oili e
of ihe Register of the Treasury, certifi d by the
Register under tiie seal of liis oifice, shall bo ad
mitted as evidence.
Sec 30 And be it further enacted That if any
post master, or other poison, wu > shall receive,
ami open, or dispatch mails, shall negh ct to ren
der accounts thereof for one month after the time,
and in the form and manner prescribed by law,
and by the Post master General’s instructions
conformable therewith, he shall fn-feit double
the value of the postages which shall have arisen
at the same office in any eqn d portion of time
previous or subsequent tberi to ; or in case no ac
count shall have been rendered at the lime of lii*
al of such case, then such sum as the court and
jury shall estimate equivalent thereto, to be re
covered by the Post master General in an action
on the case.
Sec. 31. And be it further enacted, That all pe
cuniary penalties and forfeitures incurred under
this act, shall be one half for Hie use of the per
son or persons informing and prosecuting for the
same, and the other half to the use of the United
States.
f To be continued. J
VIRGINIA, to xoit:—At a Chancery District
Court,held at the former capilol, indie ci
ty of Williamsburg, the 22 J day of July, 1810
John Laird, Plt'Jf
Against
Carter Mitchell, executor of Robert Mitchell,
Priscilla Mitchell, John Y. Chism and Sarah Ins
wife, Tasker Carter Quinlan, an infant ; John W
Belfield, and Frances T Ins wife, Harriet Peck,
Harriet Lucy Maund, John C Peck and Emanuel
Peck, infants ; Spencer Ball and Betty L. his
wife, Sophia Carter, Robert Berkley and Julia
his wife, Thomas Ap Jones, Sarah J Jones, Eli
zabeth Jones and Jane Jones, infants, aiul Geoige
Carter, Dtfu
ON the motion of the pi lintiff by his counsel
Carter Mitchell is assigned guardian to the infant
defendants, Tasker Carter Quinlan, John C Peck
and Emanutl Peck, and Walter J .nes, to die in
fant defendants, Sarah J Jones, Eii^toetli Jones
and Jane Jones, to def nd thm in tins suit, and
the defendant Sophia Carter, not having entered
her appearance and given security according to
the acts of assembly, and the rules of this court,
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court
that she is notan inhabitant of this Country : On
the further motion of the plaintiff'. It is ordered,
that the said defendants do appear here on tin 1st
day of April term next, and answer the *bdl of
he plaintiff. St that a copy of this order be forth
with inserted in some news paper of the city of
Richmond, for two months successively, and pos
ted at the front door of the former capital in this
city.
A Copy
anty ROBINSON, C C.
July 27._xs .v
VIRGINIA, to v>it—At a Oluncery District
Court, held at the former capilol, in the
ci'y of Williamsburg, the thirteenth day of April.
1810. ‘
James Elliott, Plt'ff
AcAI.VsT
Richard B Lee, administrator with ihe wii|
annexed of Richard Lee, Willoughby Newton
and Sally his wife, who was the widow of t ie
said Richard Lee, Thomas Jones and Miry his
wife. John Smith and Letitia his wife, and Kicar
da Lee an infant, which Mary, Letitia and Kicar
da are children of the said Richard Lee, D f'ts
ON the motion of the plaintiff, by Ins counsel
the defendant Willoughby Newton, is assigned
guardian to the infant defendant R cards L* e, to
defend her in this suit, and the defend mts John
Smith and Letitia bis wife, not having entered
their appearance, and given security according to
the acts of assembly and the rules of tins court,
.nd it appearing to the satisfaction of the court,
that they are not inhabitants of this country : On
the motion of the plaintiff-, by his counsel, It ts
ordered. That the said defendants do appear here
on the first day of the next term, and answer the
hill of tlie plaintiff, and that a copy of this order
be forthwith inserted in one of the Ric’ mond
news papers, for two months successively, and
posted at the front door of the former capitol in
this city
4 Copy.
ANTY ROBINSON, C C.
J»ty 27. w8w
IN CHANCERY—Tappahunnock, Essex In
tervening Court, continued and iteld on the
20tli day of J une, 1810.
John Jones, Compi't.
A « A i ns r
Andrew Allen and John E Craw, Dej'tt.
CAME the complainant, bj Ins attorney, and
it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that
the defendant Andrew Allen is Hot an inhabitant
ol this state : On the motion of the complainant,
it tt or tiered, That he appear here on the first day
of September court next, and answer the com
plainanl’s bill, and that a copy ofthis order Ihj in
netted in some public news paper, printed in the
city of Richmond, for two months successively,
and that another copy hereof be posted at t.ie
fiont door of this court house.
A Copy Test.
IVtn II MATTHEWS, o. c.
JOHN P LEE, c. E. c c.
_J"1v 77 w8w
| v OAL LAND FOE SALE — By virtue of
a deed of trust, executed to the aubscriber,
by William Elly son, alias Moody, in order to
secure the payment of a sum ol money due to
Ni col son and it h, * ill he sold to the highest
bidder, for ready money, at Z tchariah Urooks’s
Tavern, in the town of Manchester, on Monday
the lbth of September next, one fifth part of a
tract of COAL LAND, lying in the county of
Chesterfield, on Falling Creek, commonly known
and designated by the name ot Wooldridge ami
Ellyson’s pits
Wm n CL ALIKE, Trustee,
Manchester, August 10. 6t1^
BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to tt»e
(subscribers, by Wm. M.iyo, deceased, lute
of the county (d Po v. Iiui.m. and of record in the
ourt of the said county : Will be ufftred lor t.ue,
'or casli, on the l~fh day of October next, at tne
tourt bouse ol said county—one certain tract ur
nar-'.el of LAND, situate, lying and being in the
comity aforesaid, and containing l»v survey, 200
'•res, it being that part ol the trad cnuiainin.;
he improvements, on which the said M iy a tin*,
jierly resided For the purpose of indemnify mg
Ureti Randolph ami *.i L'.gmt, vvit, were sc
unties f.,r Uie said Win V! .yo and t.is son Uj.
■nel Mayo, against the payment of a certain auin
of money, recovv red (gains them in the aforesaid
court, for the benefit of tne distributees of l l.o».
T. S\t ann, dec’d
The tillj vested in us as trustees only will be
conveyed to the purchaser.
JO i/V Li GOV. \
JA MLS P>J1N DEXTER, j * * uttces.
July 17. \»3 n
i^HORNSBURY FOH S LE OR. iiVA NT
t his advantageous, well improved, a. tl
agreeable place, is I n sale on advantage us
lernia to h purchaser : the owner being dciei niin
ru to remove to the wes- ward this fall, or as
soon as lie can dispose of it, cither by sale or
rent, (hut wdlprcfei the form -r.) and settle his
business in Virginia, will sell it at a reduced
price for cash, or on a short credit, his own p»
l>er will be received and preferred to cash It
is deemed unnecessary to give a^liscripnon of
the LAND, as it is presumed no person will
imrehase without viewing it. The houses are
situated immediately on the near road, lately o
pencil between Fredericksburg and Richmond,
distant Id miles from the former, ami 46 from the
l .tter, the nearest by ten miles, and which til
timilelv must be established ns the great Mail
iM.o., between those places, as it must be consi
dcred too great a waste of public money to con
tinue to send the mail ten miles out of the way,
at die usual price for transportation. It has been
kept as a house of Priv:.*e Entertainment for
some time, and ’lie subscriber has found it from
the publi • patronage In has received, worthy his
notice The emoluments and advantages of the
Host Ollice here, and its contiguity to Roger’s
M Us, which are not more than a quarter of a
mile, arc also advantag s f some consideration.
The buildings are well calculated for tavern uses,
the dwelling house contains ten rooms and four
closets, the stable has a carriage room and stalls
f ir 20 horses, a large kitchen, meet house and
servants tiouses, a large garden well pailed in,
and an elegant yard decorated and shaded by
tracs of various sftrts, such as the Locustj Lorn
b.u dy Poplar, Aspin, Kentucky Coflee,,& Weep
ing Willow, beside a v.irii ty of fruit trees j there
is of this land, between 200 and 250 acies, and
there are also adjoining, several hundred more
tor sale Persons wishing to purchase or rent,
can know the terms by applying to the subscri
ber on the premises, or General John Minor, or
Robert Stunard, Esq. of Fredericksburg, either
of whom will conti act with a purchaser or te
nant in my absence.
JOSEPH POLLARD Jr.
August 10.
*4
TpUou'in^ v auu./.e l^uAu., t„ .e
1 County oj biuvtinnti upon exten.-ive credit,
are worthy the attention of the Farmers and Plan
THOSE Lands contain about twelve thousand
acres, a great part of it situated on both sides of
Cunningham Creek, aiul its brandies—This is a
large never failing stream on tiie south side ot
the Kivattna, which is the North Fork of James
River, the rest of the Land on the North side of
sanl River on both sides of Balenger Creek ; the
whole laud has been recently resurveyed and divi
ded into small tracts to accommodate purcha
sers, and for each tract (here is a correct plat.
Flie soil in general is suitable foe the usual ag
ricultural productions ot the country, and parti
culat ly for W lieat and 1 obacco—The climate
is extremely healthy, '< cjuuily so as Mountain
F u rns—The whole is well watered by excellent
springs and small streams : not one of the farm*
will ne more than six or seven miles from he
navigation of the South and North branches of
J .tnes River most of tln-m much nearer —The
principal part of this land is well timbered and
the surplus of the new grounds with little labor
may be turned into money, there bring a constant
demand for it at the different towns upon the
River, and particularly at Kiohm md—Cunning
bam Creek and its bran, lies affords many good
ttilt seals and the stream never fails—-Ualenger's
Creek though smaller, is a good stream, and af
fouls some excellent mill seats ; one very near
the bank ot the river.—Toe centre of the land is
six or seven miles from the town of New-Cant«if
12 miles fr on toe town of Milton, 18 miles from
the town ol Columbia, 25 mdes r-.m me town
ot C;». ersviltc ; each ol those towns are upon
the rivers and a Tobacco inspection at each, lor
which there is a good market, as also f... Corn,
Wheat, and other produce—»tis about 65 miles
from the city of Richmond ; the navigation sale
and good, and die Ireigl.ts very moderate
For the accommodation of people desirous of
viewing the Lands, the surveyor of the County,
Vlu Peter H W we, is engaged to atied at
Fluvanna Court H Mtsefrom an l kferthe 1st day
ot July next, every Monday and Tuesday, until
the (lay of sale, to shew toe land; Mr. John
UL k, living near the centre of'it will be ready
hir the same purpose, at his own house, every
Wednesday and Thursday ; Mr. Christopher
Clark who is equally convenient, will he ready
for the like purpose to attend every Fri
day and Saturday : this arrangement is made to
prevent disappointments or delays to people com
me a distance
1'lie sale wdl commence at Fluvanna Court
House on Monday the 6lli day of August next,
-Old continue day by day until finished.—Tbe «nr’
veyor of the county, who bus been frequei tly o
vei t!ie lands, svill attend during the sa.e to give
information to purchasers in such particulars as
relates to his official duty The titles are un
qu stionable, and a general warrantee will be
made to the purchasers.
The terms of payment are, one fourth ready
money, in every instance ; and if a greater pro
portion be paid, a discount wdl be made tbe re up
on ; the balance to be paid in three equal in....,I
ments, and trust deeds upon the land itself taken
as security
The sale will be conducted under the particu
lar agency of Major Geo Iiolman and Mr Jacob
Myers, who will bn prepared with the necessary
deeds and ready to xecute them upon receiving
the first payment in c.ish DAVID KOS5.
Richmond July 27 ■ wbw
1 rib# S ties lit the LAND above men
tioned are postponed until the 18tli d..y of *>ep
ti mber next, when the same will certainly lake
place in tne very same manner as above mention
ed l he sales of those I#ands were first adver
tised to be applied to two securities given upon
the same, the first to Messrs. Maemurdo and
F.sber, the second to William C. Williams ; the
fi. si h ivmg been billy discharged and ex mera
,«.d on the l.P.h <1 y of tins month, and the con
veyunce to Macmur.lo and Fisher taken up, and
iht ir former daiins duly vested in Mr. William
C William* hy their deed upon record The
public are informed that the sale will be cot,due
ltd with the consent of all concerned, who wi '
by themselves or agent attend and concur then
hi, affording to those who may incline h, pur
chase Ike most satisfactory evidence of.,nun
questionable title. j> 1105s
.MtLNCH TUITION-.#, HjZZZ Jru'
i *<>»•«», •■lely f '»||| B dtimore College, wn. re
»e has taught the French Langu ge. being ,„JW
engaged in the Academy wi-|, p Doyle an<l K
Dabney, has the honour of informing the inhabi
tints of the City of Richmond, tiial' he wd, g ve
private less ms i.) the French language.— A It
cation to b -m idi to liuu at the Academy. *
August 3. e,nf
PROPOSALS
For carry it, z MAILS on the fbU'Kiv*
roads, iui/1 be receive J a: the Gen
enil Fust Office, until thr }„•/
day </ October next, m
elusive.
IN VIRGINIA.
1. TTU,9M. M-U'Unsburg lo Rerkeley S' ri«r*
b Virginia. 1 6 0
Lp.tVA TVl I_
_ Leave Mai tuuburg every other Tlutr*d«y .t
U rkt‘l •>• h> It;,
rk-.ley Spring* every uther Thin
f> „i ^ fi m 't,U *rrive Ht M»rtin*burg by tf
2 From N%w York to Lovington.Va once iu
two week-i ° ~
r^j -v ?„?
~-a
3. From Hudson’*. ... Kenlww* county, by
Wards, Juurihin, Catlettsburg, Greenup c h
h°and°F|S m‘ ’ Ya,*ceb"r>* Saltworks, jJwis c'.
, F*«nj!*«tf»burK, to M.llersburg, U.r..ce ly
Mount sterling, ti.c Olympian Spring, Catletts*
S?wJcdS,“"4,1,1 Wsud3’ »ui£:.riSu.
I.eavu Hudson’s every other Wednesday at 6
we4ckvX>m U,“U'1 l° G'leS h once in ‘wo
Leave Union every other Monday nt Gam
and arrive at Giles c I, by 6 p ,« Leave G.lea
Uniiin b73Tm y al 6 ~ *”d< — «
tWo weel?8.F“‘Cit3Ue’t0 SwCCt SPrIn«3’ once
Leave F.ncastle every other Monday at 6 <*
w and arrive at Sweet Springs by 6 6 Leave
Sweet Springs every other Tuesday at G a m
and arrive al b ineastle by t» p. ,K. 3
6 Front Charlotte c. I, by Rough Creek
Ctmiv.b, Reed s store h Falling river, to Can.p
Deil c. ii. oiler' in two weeks. 4
Leave Cliarl«:r- c. b every other Monday at
I ?'* u! “d arTnVe Hl 9am!,b*-“ c- «>n Tuevl iv
by 10 ,i. m Leave Campbell c h. every other
\w,:^4lfi7?mnd arriveaL
! we7ek!r0m Ph,lii> ii W Hicksf;,rd» once in twtf
Leave Hicksfbrd every other Wednesday at
; 6 a w and arrive at Philips’s by 11 u m Leave
IMi.t ps ssame day at 1 m. & arrive ul Hicks
j lord U) ti p ,n.
1 1 he Post master G. neral may expedite ths
m-‘,u a,,!‘ a,ter t'»e times for arriv..! ai.d depir
tuie at any time during the continuance of ,«e
contract, he previously stipulating ,n adequate,
compensation lor any extra expense that may be
occasioned thereby 1
2. Fifteen minutes sli 11 he allowed for open
mg and closing , he mail, at all offices where ju»
pai'tiruiar lime is specif! d.
J For every thirty inunites delav (unavoida
ble accidents excepted) in arriving alter the
timea piescnbtd in any contract, the contractor
shall forfeit one dollar , and if the delay continue
until the departure of any depending raaiL
whereby the mails destined lor such depending
mail lose a irif>, a fud’eitufe of double the a
mount allowed for carrying the m ul one trip
shall be incurred, unless it shall be mads to ap
pear that the delay was occasioned by ulia
vo.dalile accident ; in which case the amount
of pay tortile trip, will in all cases, be forfeited,
und reta lied.
4. Persons making proposals are desired to
slate their prices by the year. Those who con
tract wiU vecewe their pay quarterly_n the
mouths ot F bi nary, May, August and Novem
ber, one month alter Uie expiration of each quar
ter i
5 No other than a f ee white person shall be
exnloycd to convey die mail.
6 IVucre the proposer intends to convey the
mail in the body of a stage carriage, lie is desir
ed to state it in his proios.il*
7■ l he Post-master Genera! reserves to him
self the right of declaring any contract at tn end*
whenever one failure happens, winch ifinou nsto
the loss ofa trip.
8 The contracts for the mules No l to 29
-re to >e in operation on the ti st day of January
u xt, and continue until th J jih „f September
1811, and for the remaining routes to t>e in ope
:;‘,*on hi the same time and continue until March
31, 1812.
GIDEON GRANGER,
fum mas-er General.
General Post-otfice,
IV.ishington City July lu, 1S1U.
August 17_ lawGw
I > Y virtue of a deed of tr.is,, oe .ring dau. uie
S J 8 li day of August 1807, and recorded ira
tu<- General Court ; \V II be sold for ready mu
ney, on 1 hurst] ,< * I - ’2'h of July next, the
lois if no us as.
Near Bclvidere, now in the occupancy of Mrs.
1 tice. 1 lie sale will take pu.ee on the premi
ses, at 11 o'clock, a m
A B VHNIB LB, >
SAMUEL McC&AlV, \ lntste{»
I'ine 8 wtl2July
The sale of the above mentioned property h»9
been postponed, until Saturd .y the 8th day of
September, when it will positively taka place
at the htigle 'Laxern.
It consists of h well-improved sejuare of L'tu
under good enclosures, a Dx*tl,n^ Itvute (m.!t
of the most durable materials.) with live rooms
on out <1 .or and two good ones in the basement
Story, a brick kitchen, carriage house and sta
ble, and a good smoke house ' The situation i*
healthy & beautiful, and would f>e rendered ve
ry convenient lor a person in business below tho
Capitol hill, liy putting a bridge OVer the Cai'id
near Mr. Kutherlord’s mills.
A B V.
S McC.
August 3.
InwtSi.
\t Al.UA.ULli LAND FOR nLk. — Will
V be offered for sale, on tfie I7iu day of Sep'
lember n< xt, being E-sex emrt, in the town of
T ippali »nnock, to the highest bidd r, u TRACT
LAND i ontainmg 529 acres, lying within
one mile and a halt of toe town.-There is a,
good overseer’s house, with a barn and every
house necessity for a farm on this tract ; the
whole entirely new— Aim, another TRACT nil •
joining the town, containing 240* acres, will |,e
sold on the same day. Tie sc lands are of ex
cellent quality, and well situated for Faming —
Possession will be g ven on the l>t of January
1^11, at which time, one third of the money
must be paid, anil the balance in one and two
years, to be secured by a deed of trust on thc»
land—the purchaser to have the privilege of sow
ing wheat, the approaching lull.
THUS mtUCKCNBKOUGH,
Tappahannnck, August \f. 1 • -vtds
Vf VDEIR-v WINE, believed to be of the ve>
iVl. ry best quality—lor sale by the F.pe ov
Hogshead.
GIBSON O JEFFERSON.
june 19. If
t'* UN-PO .V DER !—The proprietors of too
* RICH MONO FOWDKR MILLS, offer
lor sale, by the keg or larger quantity, F and t F
tJun Powder, glazed and ungia.cd ; w.iir^i .(
equal to any imported, and on reasonable tmin,
Retailers at liberty to return the powder, if
not approved. Apply to
JAMES BROWN, Jt. Or.
DAVID J. BURR.
May 22. 2*Wv'wUl4wif \