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WHEAT [NEW] 5 * Si 1 50
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FLOUR [FINE] * t S t 9 50
CORN, . 4 00
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Regimental Orders !
. City of Richmond, l»t Aug. 1810.
*rHE Officers of the 19th Regiment, and
1 of the Artillery ond Cavalry attached
to said Regiment are hereby notified and
required to meet their Brigade Major and
Inspector «pon the Capitol square. at 11
o'cl^vck ifi the forenooa, on the 17th, 18ih
and 19th day* of October next, for the
pur-poae of being instructed by hyp. ac.
cording to law. Each Officer wifiJiome
prepared with a musket and at leajRthree
blank cartridges on the 17tb and ljulf, and
with Bide arms only on the 19th.
A General Muster of tne 19th Regiment
wHI take place on the 20th of the same
month of October, for which purpose the
Officers and privates of said Reg '.ment
will parade upon the Capitol square at 11
o'clock in the forenoon ot the day. last men*
ttoned* completely equipped according to
law.
GEO- WM, SMITH,
Lt. Col. Ccmnnar.dant
of the 19th Keg. Va. Militia.
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"—r*-—
MH. GIRARDIN, having preferred
a situation on the hill for his esta
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UII3IJ 111^ Ul}
nr* HE SUBSCRIBERS can with pleasure
* assure their friends, that the business
of the Academy , whereof L. H. Girardm,
D. Doyle fc John Wood, have at present
the administration, will, from the Jst oj
Sept next, be conducted by them with tht
co-operation of Mr. Ciusolles, late a teach
er in the College of BAU.mora—a Fiend;
gentl-man of great acquirements as wel
in Classics and Mathematics as m his oa.
tive tongue. *
Tne «dvarit-igci* rusulting to youth fron
this Hssociatio i will be of great consequcrc*
to the inhabitants of R^cumond and its vi
cinity. More time And attention wiil at
applied to English, Latin and Greek Clas.
i>icv=::he fees for l'utlion reduced to a rea
sonabie standard, an 1 the mind be diiec
ted to u-efol and early practice, as well
as Theory* in Mathematical and ineixan
rile studies*. f
They w,ll limit to that number ^hich
may appear most reasonable to tme pn_
rents and themselves, the teaches will
ht equally responsible in their fppart
menis, excepting the French tlacher,
whose hours of attendance will be limi
ted.
In discipline, the same order and har
mony shall he preset ved in all depart
ments, that has, for nearly three years,
been kept up by 1). Doyle in his depatt
mentj it shall be neither indolently lax
nor tyrannically severe.
The prices concluded on as most rea
son ible, wiR be.
For English, including History, Geogra*
phy, Belles-Lettres, Book keeping^ and
Mathematics,—per quarter, 8 dolls.
For the above with Latin and Greek
langiinges,'SKlO dolls.
For Hindi Classes in Spelling Reading,
Writing and Grammar,*»f> dobs.
This establish!!) nt will have In view
utility, not ostentationssanu its object Will
be to give that kncwiet'ge of the Eiiglisn
L«iiju;igr, of the Classics, nud of the Ma<
thrtoatics, which will considerably ficiil.
t?te Hit completion of a collegiate educa
tion.
It must be apparent to all, that, where"
• a, the English, I,atm and Greek Classics,
as w 11 as Spelling, Heading, Writing
aistl Arithmetic, and for the most part.
Orography and the use of the GioOei
weie taught solely by JL>. Doylt^ for near,
ly two years in this Academy, when the
school was numerous, that, when an ad,
ditiouai teacuer of equal capability is ad.
ded, the number of pupils limited, and tht
fees for tuiiivin much diminished, lucre can
be little doubt of a respectable und lasting
patronage.
D. DOYLE.
K, DAbiNhV
August tf. t f
FK UN C HTUI 1ION.
Mr. HYACINTH CRUSOLLES,
LATELY frt;ro Msl imore College
!.e has taugnt the French ••'>##'ft
being now engaged n the Acaneunjfjftit
7L lJnyk and H. Dabney. has ti* \fno
ef iniwt rtiing the inhabitants of the city o
Kichiti'riid, that he will give private ies.
sons, .it the french language. Applicati,
enfc to be made to him at the Academy
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f lit--u 3 Cyclopedia,
} oo> 2/> “f
Is j«st Ilei-cived at this Office*
JUST PUBLISHED,
A%d fsr salt at this Office, the eighth edition
making hear twenty thousand copies
already sold, of the Life of
George Washington.
A Life how useful lu his country led !
How lov’d, while living !«— how rever’d, now
dead'
Ye living Sires ! with pleasure all attend,
And read the History of your Gloricu9 Friend
Lisp! lisp his name, ye Children yet un orn .
And with like deeds, your own bright lives
adorn.
BY TftE REV. M. L. WEEMS,
Formerly Clergyman of Mount Vernon
Parish, and intimate with the grey*
hair'd veterans of the last cen
tury* who were the play*
maces and companions
oftnc great Wash
ington from his
t childhood.
RECOMMENDATIONS,
■ V EMINENT DIVINES, JUDOEs AND OENB.
RAL].
‘■‘It is a surprising fact that even the A.
merie.an People know but little of George (
Washington. They hare indeed heard a
great deal of his Public Life ; of his Mili
tary Character, and Political Talents, but
hardly any thing of his private Life and
Virtues.
11 Many intelligent persons have ardent*
ly wished to see a faith*ul a6count of these,
not only as a de(u of gratitude to him, but
as a fine example to our children.
“The Author has performed this task
in a very satisfactory manner. His Artec*
dotes of Washington present the supreme
excellence of religion, with the transcen
dant dignity, charm and usefulness of tht.
respective virtues in domestic, civil and mi
litary scenes. The moral sensibility an^
^iiiuo " • ■ w%. a TV IHO tUV. II^UI V CT VI
imagination of his readers. His descrip..
live fancy paints the occasional scenes ot
Nature in pleasing views ; while his flash
es of comic wit give an agreeable relief i(
the mind, and render the serious truths
.nore impressive, especially on the young
oeader.”
NICHOLAS COLLIN,
Miniver of the Swedes Church,
r hi lade if hi a.
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CRITICISM.
*r I am hippy to have it in my power, to re.
cm mend the bii’ory of the priva • life ot Gem
tVashittgton, by Mr Wremi, »nd a dent y nope
may nave an cx en.ive circulation. (: it a
• ork that should be in the possession of eve y
‘■rfstm, ar d -»i I r^rtv.miv aflfor i pleasure. u«
all to the lover of Gcnlutt, as to every Ameri
vu Patriot.
JACOB RIHH,
Judge of the Court of Common Pica^ Pena,
sylvaniu.
•f I have read, and read again your publicati
on, the life of VViih ngton; ami you will noi
understand me at acknow e'-ging n to be with
out defects, when 1 take notice only o; hi
excellencies t the. e indeed are very grea i=e
Y'ta have combined with great felicity, the one
ml and the pleasantes-ninorical information,
end amusing anecdote. You have drawn from
both urns ot tears, and of mirth ; frtlVV3iK)<
den nans: ion we have the pathetic, mod the
comic j and both irresistible. Your s ile i;
el ways perspicucut, and occasionally n- ble ; in
, i'ght. of imagery j and richne-i ol ejfpreg-.ienj
citing to he sublime. But the great excellence
of yoar book, is the moialiiy of the sentiment.
I do not knoA a better to pu into the hands of
young persons to raise the mir.d to political and
moral virtue. It oughp to t>e introduced into
schools, anJ o be in every family.
H. H. UttAC&EK RIDGE,
One of .he Judges of the .•supreme oou. t,
*« l have perused the Life of Washington,
wri by Mr M L. Wetms, tormer y ilectui
: of Mount Vern n parrsh
I *•' The author baa rea.ed this great iubjeit
(twits ail the actions of Washington to the en.
, lOuragement of virtue, by a c»r«uul application
of nume.oui exerr.piiff.a i n» drawn nutn th-:
conduit ol tho to ,ndei of our Kvpublic from
bn earliest life No Liograpner mo e deserve*
applause than he whoje cr.ief purpose is to en.
tie* the young minrf to the aff.ctionate love ol
virtue, by peijonit; ir.g it in the character most
dvati* these States.
" 1 wish, through yotnr paper,* to comment1
to pub ic noiice this virtue i anting book.ese The
fathers of famines can put notr'St.c nv-i c likely
to correct falte notions and toconnrm good prin
cipes, into the hands ol their children. I
ought to be the grt.ersl present from father t«
**n as soon as the young mtnd is capable o
uudtfstandtrg the subject —.While admwn g th'
.plcedor of the exaleu LhaActer, he rou u im
perceptibly, learn, that “ virtue only can text
.u true greatness/*
H. LEE.
Major General Army, U„ States.
DR. CHURCH’S COUGH DKOPS
A medicine unequalled by any other it
tho world since first discovered by Docto
Church; it hss restored to health man;
thousands of the most emaciated objects
both asthmatic and consumptive, tha
' werr ever known to exist both in Europe
1 Autcrica sad the West-Imb***, and ofiei
( when every other medicine had Lien usci
without effect; and the most arr.tnXt of tlv
.acuity consult'd in vain. It is\ saver
‘ vigti, speedy, and elfcclusl remedy in cs,
tarihs, shortness of brenth, tickling in th<
throat, tightness in the chest, wh<jcpitt|
cough, sor* throats, wheezing.*, eonge.«let
phlegm, spitting of blood, sotencss uf tlv
ot cast and stomach, Jxc. sstmas and con
sumptions, anil all disorders of the breas
and tangs.
Sold (by appointment) at S. Pleasant!
Pending Office, K.chtnoad,
VINEYARD LOTTERY.
•Begin Drawing October 29th.
THE Scheme exh:b'tt nearly four times j
as m ny Crpital Prizes as any other
Lottery advertised to be drawn this year,
viz.
1 Prize of • 13 040 Dollars.
1 of 8 ooo
1 of 4 000
2 of 1 oo0 >•
i , or 15oo
8 of 1,000
10 of 500
10 of ?U0
12 of ?00
Besides a great many inferior Prizes.
Superior advantages of the Vineyard
I Lottery otjer any other that wTI be drawn
this year—
1st—The Vineyard Lottery has on!# two
and a quarter blanks *o a priz*. M
2d—The Vineyard Lottery has Yearly
four times as many Capital Priz es as any
other Lottery now advertised u> be drawn
this y*ar.
3d—The prizes in the Vineyard Lotte*
ry will be paid in the short space of Thir
ty Days after the drawing, whilst all o.
ther Lotteries that will be drawn this
year will not be paid till sixy days after
the drawing is over.
Lastly—The price of T'ckets in the
V.neyard Lottery Is considerably less than
any other T.elects now f, r sale,
2C7* Tickets, for sale at the ArgusOffice.
Valuable Land for Sale*
BY virtue of a deed of truH, of r«-c»>»d
in Goochland court, execu eri by Gi
deon Musve, andSti-aniA his wile ;pi
Thomas Kcotford, Warner Lewis and
VV'ii-m G. Puindex.tr, to aecure-'lhe
payment of several sums of Money then •]
• i specified, and intended *o he stcuitd
t:ue to Elijah May, WILL BE bOLD oi.
lie piemises, to the highest bidoew lor
eaay money, on me twcr.'y ninth oi
'eptember nexi, one TRACT oi 4^R
EL of LAND, lying in the counJf <
\1 cchland on-he litile Byid Creek ad.
■ mrg ha Lands of Thomas Milie j
George Toler, James >crugg* and \V*; '
l am Gto.ge, containing s'X hunditt
ac fs, be the same mote or iesa. It i
belirved that the tide to this 1 nd i3 mdis
pu.able, but aCbng as a t'Uslee, i shn
convey f.n.'y such tile as vested in rot b;
virtue of sa d deed of tius .
William G. Poindexter.
August 34th, lslo. * C d »
Valuable Land for Sale.
jlY virtoe of a dted of trust of record
in Gonchiafc) court, execu ed by*G\
deon M<*»sie to Beipmin Andcr&onj John
S. L e, and George Woodson Payne
WILL BE SOLD) to the highest biddci
for irady Money, on «he premises, on
the twenty ninth day of Sep.embq^ncxt
one TRACT or PARCEL cf ITpND,
ijring in the county of Goochland, v-^re< n
the said Gideon JVLssie now live Jb >n
tdining by estimation five hundred ac es
or so much ot said trad as will be suffi
cient’to pay the cum of seven hunched
and itn dollars and righty three cents,
ari’h lawful interest thtreon from the
30th day of January (80S, due to Augus
in Bailey, assignee of Elph May, who
was assignee of Archibald Bryce, and ;ht
expence*. of recording «*id deed, and ca .
rpng the same into effect It is believeC
that the tide to this land is indispu’.ubtc
but acting as a tiuslee, 1 shall convey
only such title as vested in ir.e by viriut
of said deed of trust.
BENJAMIN ANDERSON.
A"gust 24.h, 1810. 1 d s
'Lands and Negroes
for sale.
'pHE subscriber bring about to remove
1 from this state, offers for sale, a valu.
abic
* Tract of Land,
Lyiniin the county ot Prince Edward, on
Ithe waters of Spring Creek, containing
4,440 acres by an old survey. This .and
will be divided in any way to suit purcha.
I sers. A small part af the purchase money
wil!»be required in band, anti the balance
in three equal annual pay men's ; b.-nds with
approved securi'y *nd a deed of trust wp.
. on the land to ensure punctual p .yniem,
will also be required. VVII be -odd, al
* public auction, on the tenth day ot lfrAem,
‘ ber next, if fair, if hot, the next (fiWday
, at the above mentioned p'ace, 89 wOMbci)
NEGROES as any in Virginia, coups? ny
[ of males and females, of ail ages and dcs.
jCnptions. Among ?ht m a ttlacksinuh, wht
J is young and healthy—a wheelwrigh =~,
j good cooper and carpenter. Terms for flu
. negn es; one fourth in cash, and the »>al.
" ante 1*be paid m twelve months. Bondi
, with unexceptionable security to bear ime,
rest from the datCj if not ptmcuaily p id,
;) wdl be required, and eight per c.m pn
J annum wilt be deducted for cadi. All per.
'sons to whom the subscriber is indtbict
§ may expect payment a, soon alter thesah
* ot he above property is efftettd as may
j be convenient for them to apply,
»i -Richard Kidder Randolph.
! August Ji.t, 141Q,
TO BE LET.
In search of a lodging Dick wandeiM a.
long,
His eyes to »he right and left rollings
In hopes they might see some genteel
lo king b II,
Which might prove the ne plus of his
strolling.
At length he beheld* water'd over a knock,
er.
A paner of longitude scant,
“ A singil bak rome, for a singil young
man.”—.
Cries Dick, juat the thing that I want!
Ha haps, is admitted i a sprightly young
*‘rl
Conies forth his kind pleasure toknow t
Trip1* smiling before him up three pair ol
stairs
" The singil bak romert for to show.
D ck admir'd her white neck, her oeat
ankle, and shape,
Her eyes that beam'd love's kindling
spiri.j %
Twin'd his arm r^und her waist, and jo.
comely exclaim’d
f‘ Are yuu my dear girl, to let with it i’
She replied wi'h a smile most enchanting.
Iv s*» et i,
V\ »ie«e mir'h love, and wit held theii
throne.
■‘.The room** to be left for a shilling c
week. 6
But I in o be let, sir, a'one.”
From the Pennsylvania De mocrat.
CHRISTIANITY REVEKSEp,
Being & summary or Lord Chtsterfie.d*
Creed.
i .1*. ... - _i i • _ ,
- wvn « w v..n ui n »oi m i"
ject r f my hopes ami morals; am
hat the little prctiin**'** ot life will an
| -aver ail the ends uf human existence
I brliev# th t we are to succeed a
all things by the graces i»l civility am
Attention ; that th* re is no sin bu* a
gainst good manners ; and that all rt
ligion and virtue consist in ouiwar*
appearance.
1 believe, that a’l women are chil
dren, and all men foots, except a fee
cunning pe»>p r. who see thro* the reit
and make their use of them.
I believe that hypocrisy, fornicati
on, and adultery, are within the line
of morality ; that a woman may bi
honourable when she has lost her hon
our, and virtuous if she has lost hei
virtue.
This, and whatever tlse is neces
sary to obtain my own ends, and brim
me into repute, I resolve to follow
»nd to avoid all moral offences—sucf
as scratching my head before com
pany, spitting upon the floor, and o
mittirg to pale up a lady's fan. Anc
in thi* persuasion I will persevere
without any regard 10 the resurrectioi
of the body, or life everlasting. A
men.
Q. Wilt thou be initiated intc
ther-e principles ?
A. That is my inclination.
Q. Wdt thou 4:eep to the rules o
me emesterruiti moran y r
A. I will ; Lord Chesterfield be'
ing my admouisher.
Then the officiating office;
shall say .*
Name this child.
A. A fine gentleman.
T. hen he shall say t
l introduce thee to the world
the flesh and to the devil, tha
thou maycet triumph over all awk.ird
ness, and grow op in all politen* ss
that thou mayest be acceptable to th
ladies, celt bn. ted. for r fined breeding
able to speak Frmi h and read Italian
invested with some, public sup«fou
merary character in a fjreign country
Sri inm pari ament, perhaps into th
privy council, and that, when thou at
dead, the letters to thy illegitimat
ofTspting may be published for the in
fttructifin ol all sober tamilies.
Ye are to take care that this chile
wht n of tiroper age, be brought t
court to be confirmed.
l O & CE Ab Ail — From Snllusi
A critic has observed, that he wcul
rather have been the author of th
following passage of Sallust, tha
of all the Philhppics of Cicrrc
From th s pass ge came the use c
the antithesis, which we frequmd
meet with^ in the deliheatton c
cluiacur, tn metUro hiscoiic^
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“ They (i. e. Cato and C as ir,)
were nearly equal in family, ,gc ard
'lnquente. Tbry were equal iu j
p-reatness of mind an I in renown. j
Y t their quali ies were dilf reutv **
Ccasar obtained he name of a gre..c
man, by i is munificence, ar.d by ■ u >
ferriog benefi s; Cato bv the iutegri
7 O' his life* The one became ilius*
trif'tis by his mildness and his merciful
disposition. Severity added dignity
to the other. Ceasar acquired, glory
by bestowing, by relfeving, by foi giv
ing—Cato by giving nothing. In the
one there was a refuge for the unfor
tunate, in the other destruction for the
wicked.
•* The facility of the one, the, firm*,
ness of the other, was.pfais. d. Cea
sar acquired the Jiabit of laboring, of
watching, of neglecting his own pri
vate concerns, of attending to those of
his friends. He wished for a great
empire, an army, a new war; wbne
his talents might Ire displayed*_The
study and the desire of Cato consis
ted in modesty, propriety, but chiefly
in severity of manners. He con ended
not with the rich, in riches, in the f:,c- *
t o >, with the factious ; but in firm
ness with the brave ; ia modesty with i
the innocen . He preferred r.itlurto *
be good, than to app-^r *o ; ;,nc! the
less he sought renown, the more i.r,
pursued him. "
ANECDOIES.
A lady v^fco is a srorg sdvocata
^»r the r:ght3 of woman, iviug tngr
S* d in a dispute wit • a gentl man, us
f hilt •it' « a I *,, __ l ■
- -- ~ ’ f* V..SW.4 >T \J ,*IJL
l»e in even respect to opetent to take
e field against an army of m n, “sup
pose I had the command of 10,000
/omen, each of whom had received a
military education, ard you comman
ed an arms of men qual i.« number/,
how would you get an advmt: ge su
perior to what you might obtain over
the same number of men “ Madam,
( eplied he) 1 would keep from a gen
ral engagement; I would make pro
positions of peace, and during the m a>
ti, the male anu female officers
oldiers must frtqi endy meet to set
tle the conditions ; the const quenca
would b?, that at,he end ofc^ght or
nine months, when all of you ought to
he ir, the fitld, you would be m the
straw.
An Irish gentleman, at a tavern i»v
London, w.th some of his friends,
?atd, “ I have been ill three days, that
is yesterday, to-da\ a, d to morrow.7*
This caused a loud laugh iu the com*
, pany, which gave so t. uch r /Fence to
the Hibernian, that he declared that
, c°ul I hrir.g a man to prove it,
i which was his mistr. ss’s niece <1
A person meeting an acquaintance*
» ''who was in a great hurrv)a-*k< d in n,
“ whether hia sister had a son or a
daughter ?** answered, “ hy rr y 3oul
F f dn nnt Irnmu lulmtki.. T __ ... i
or an aunt !”
i
r FIRE AT CONSTANTIOPLE.
Extract of a letter from an American
at Constantinople, to a gentleman in
Boston, dated April 21, 18io.
’ M Yesterday n fire broke out in st
1 Pera, one cf the division of the sub
’ urbs, un?l to the N. and E. of Cor.
* stan inople. It nged wit i <he great -
: est degree of rapidity, and presenter! '
.! truly u rr fli sight to the spectators.
’A? 11 o’cl xk it extended nearly n
* I mile, and formed one continual flume „
^ | nor was any st ?p put to it until u.Wc,
8 when some stone building* topped »r>.
1 some measure it* rapid progre? s, and
c about midnight its ravages) vi r- near
ly ar an end, The distress of the m-*
habit*' 'tis very great. It is m,>p«.soii
’ that iOjOOO are now in the fields and
u burial ground* with the little ihuv wera
a Is to snatch from the destr cave e
lmrrr* . It is auppo rd that a»>out
. 3000 build.ngs were entirely consani-^
ed.” <
l lor bate,
A Young Bay Ktfrse.
HE is a tolerable Riding Horse, aid
draws well in any kind o „
riage* Entjou'c •£ 'he l*,m tr«