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CASH.'
D. C.
TOBACCO, : : t t t 5 00
'wheat [new] s t s ; 1 40
FLOUR [SUPERFINE] S , I 9 00
FX.OUR [FINE] - s S S » 8 50
ebRN, , . |. • . 4 00
HE MP, PER TON, , . . 250 00
xiroN, t . ... . 110 oo
ft&CON^ . • . . • 00 13
tthiurUy* ... . . 00 60 j
XNtWi.reouuBg.iiUO .'pJ-Jii.!" as-L- jjl’—
Merino Sheep !
tiUST Arrived in the. Schooner Grey.
* hound, Capt, Baxter, from Lisbon,
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN
Merino Sheep,!
which were Shipped .by Win; Jarvis, Esq.
U. S. Consul.
fThey vriil be landed to.mrrrow and
pastured at Fair Field," where they .may ^
be seen.—For terms of sale and other par..'
ticulsrs apply to •
SAMUEL MYERS.
Sept. 21, 1*10. t f
tfoR SALK.
the plantation in Chesterfield county,
the residence of the late Mr. Francis
Eppes dec'd. will be sold on the 10th day
October next to the-highest bidder, about
twenty valuable Negroes, consisting of men
women and children—among them is a good
carpenter, and a good-miller.— A»so the
stock of horse?,* mules, cattle, i»he«<p and
hogs, a neat coachee and harness lor four
horses, a sic- and harness the olantation
tools, some household and kitchen furni_
tore—amongst the horses are two vn'ua
.. Me brood mares—Mary Gray the dam of
' Wonder and Palafox—a bay Mare out o*
Mary Gray, by Dare Devil. The stock of
Cattle and sheep are equal if not superior
to any in V-rg-nia. Cash w»ll be required
for all sums of thirty dollars or les*—* for
nil purchases exceeding thirty dollar'* a
credit ot twelve months will be allowed,
on the pui chasers giving, bonds with the
most approved security— interest iiom the
daie of the bonds will be demanded if they
are nut punctually paid*
John Y\ f Eppes,
& > Ex'ors.
Jerman Baker, 3
Sept. 15th, 1810*
At the same time and place may be ,
purchased of the representatives of the !
lute Mr. Eppes, that valuable plantation !
called
EPPIMG TON,
Lying no Appomatox River abrut 24 miles
above Petersburg, containing one thousand
»0 *s, about four hundred of iriuch are in
woods, Mr. Childers, manager on the
plantation, wdl shew it to those d sputed to
piSrcha- e.
fifty Dollars Reward.
T? AN AWAY trom the Subscriber last
^ Christmas, a negro maa by tba name
. C E A S A R,
of n tolerable black complexion,-between 5
and 6 feet high, about thirty years cid^hc
la a likely sensible artful h llow, w ih a
pleasing counlinanceT apt to ft (bile or Jouvft
iw Colonisation, the inside of Urn upper lip
fp|t»a «ut mc.ie than common, he lus a
f|t’«ntity of whelks on his back, and home
mi his breast occasioned by the whip. 1
rMnot describe his clothes, x& he changid
ihem before he left iho neighbourhood.
VViutn he started (or New.Rent cronty to
My. i'hnrr* * Claiborne**, wham I bought
h in olj wiitn he arrived in January Dst,
Mr.-Cu borne luiteatf of tending mm u
nir, jut him to work In his plantation and
Jrspthim in his employ near five nu nthu^.
henvoverhe inlorintd me of ite-I applied
but the NVgt n got out of the Wav— Iihtn sold
him to a Mi. Joltn Parish of New.K.-nt
at EltHnm, in n sham to try to get mm,
bt< in tatn. I will give the above reward
if delivered to me at home in Camubcll
county, S.'Juuton Elver, Eiooku ot
twenty Dollars, to secure him in jad «o l
gei bun. * *
JOHN BMOOKE.
fiept. 10th, 1310. 3 w p.
BY virtue of a deed of Trust executed
to ns for the pnrpose ol securing the
ysytpent of a certain sum of money due
tr&m Jr.hn F. Hamm to John Joter, wdl l>e
Sold, at Taim villej on SatiwrUy the 13th
day of October next^ for r~r.dy money,
J’r-ur hundred and thirteen acres ol
lying 1n the county of Amelia, about three
m W*s below Paiuovlliw —also five Nti*
OKOKS, (io w»f,) Jitkj Edith, Thomas,
Jenny ami Jumcn.
Amelia, < pt. i.- *t
N or 1C E.
rT'HF. Bub'oriber has rented and removed
hi« Counting Room ‘to the large new
Brick Lurciberhouse, neap Shochoe Ware
i house, and lately occupied by Mr. Jamn
C. Aulhony. This Houte is calculated to
Slore upwards of 5p0 Hhds of TobgcCc
and several Thou- ml Barrels of Flour -
it is situated cmtvrruent. to the Bavin ol
(hr Canal, and rendered secure from Fite
by being covered w.tlt Tile.
1 nOMAS CUY.
Richmond; 20th Sept 1810 3 in
Notice to farmers anu mil*
■LEltS u hereby, ^ivm,’ that I h.,vc
just received /rom Phiiairlphm, two of
OLIVER EVANS’ PATENTED SCREW
MILLS, a perpendicular and hor’zontal
form, in cast iron metal ol the hardest .e/n.
per. 1 hovecairicd the screws to i he pub
lic armory (or the inspection of gentlemen
farmers nnd mi.iers who desire to use them,
where'I can have others, cast iat-.rih*. The
Screw Mills ol either tor.n will be sold at
the moderate price ef 65 D-illars, including
the paient fee ot twenty dollars. These
screw mills hove hcert f.'ur.d northwardly,
where they ate much in use, to be a' verv
profitable machine, to farmers in breaking
the cum and c^bb together, to enable the r
stock to consume the whole substance w.th
ease and b-nefir. It has been ascerta>ncd
that two b i r»ls of corn and cebb broken
together by». these screwy are Itttjy equal to
inme barrels given in the usual way.
A!*o, for brt-Hking. Plaster of Paris in small
lumps for g indmg hi mills fur manure *
Also, tabse wno are in the habit of dis/ti!,
bog spirits, may extract an additional quan
tity from corn and cub bruki n together.
It must be acknowledged by -h, that stock
would not ear tne cobu by uegr-e» as they
generally do, w re it nut tar the nourish
ment they receive from .t. The screws m. y
be pul in niutioa item a mill at sin-11 »x.
penst, and tarmers m^y give tnem motion
oy a crank simii tr ro a gr nd-»tone, The
pa entee cf t..ise screws has authorised nie,
his agent, to make sucn alterations hi (lie
constructions as to grind small hominy.
Otr. tutse attrrations must not affJctiiie two
gran 1 firinctpies of tt.d invent!on. Hav-.n,
had some experience of mill opeiutions, I
will choose bolting cloths lor millers th
bes’ in ibis market. Toe public may be
assured 1 will serve them with peasurt.
aix* hope to share thor commands, which
will be punctually attended toby their mns
obedient,
JOHN MOODY, Agent
for Oliver Evans hi Yirfcjtaa abd all the
Southern States.
Richmond, Auj.uit 23d, 1810, w6i
We, whote names are hereto subscribed’
have examined and inspected two Screw
MMo, ot C».rn and planter breakers^
surd lo be invented by Air. Oliver C.V-.ui,
Cl Piiiladeljihirt, sent to the care of Air
John Mo riy of ♦hi* C:r> , and according to
our opinions we tmnk tnese Miiriiact wdi
answer the purposes intended very wiil=>
and t>o useful to the public and we free,
iy recommend them.
J. PRYOR,
GEO. \YM. SMITH,
j NO. STAPLE b.
Richmond, Sept. Tib, 181U
97" I have got a sett of Moulds made
to cast the pt rpindir.utar Screw Gen*
ilemert mijr be supplied at the Armory
with that kind now. The Mould* for Hie
Horizontal Screw will soon be mode.
J. MOdDY.
Description how to set the Screw Mill,
to work in Grist Mills, or to woik
them by hand.
THE pcrpendice'ar Screw Mill stand1
right on, the Mill Stones an! is at.
cached to the cock, head of the spindle o
A mill stone by a spindle made of wroughi
Iron, coup id to the lower end of tn<
Screw 1 he Hopjv-r is let into two pie.
ces cf timber, theue two pieces are screw,
ed to the sides of two pcs s, one ri ch bid.
t e stcues, the Hopper is also screwed
down to the side pieces tiir.t embrace it—
y<« must km w that the stones run th<
fight way- to suit the Screw.
The Horizontal Screw Mill is set be
tween two pieces one ott each side of iwc
post»-=-Scrtws go through these pieces, anc
through the Scicw Mill Hopper, with foci
screw bolts to hold it firm to its place—
this Screw in a Gust Mill must have iu
n otion, by whee a from the end of tht
•crew, and may stand any direr/inn from
the bu nesah *e us convenient. The broket
Coro he Cobb, or plaisier, may be conveyta
m a spout to the ston-s to grind to uny
fineness, wanted for stonk, Distilling or Mu,
mire. This Screw may be put in motion
by a hand break, and a Hy wheel oi wood
about 3 feet diameter, let on the end ol
the Screw, whah will enable one person
to bieak the soi.stances as steel nominy
I Mi'ls so wonted m any pluniaticn destitute
inf water works. or it m»y have motion by
! one Hot so, or by au Ox at a small ex.
| pence.
i i hope the pobl c will rrceive considers.
1 bte advantages by tur ut |siy of time >itt.
I chines, whah will high y gratify their
Must Obi. amt
very Humble Svrvt.
Joint Moody.
Richmond, Sept. 17th, 1810,
PRiNriNO in ail It* variety neatly cx>
i ccutsti at t'nia otact.
• .uagi'-il-i—«■_!_.■ j^gge
On pleasure arising Crora Public
. VVorslup.
TO MARV.
“ How de*r to pious sosls the day,
Which bids them to the church repair l
How sweet to cast their cares away,
And meet their Heavenly Father there,
O how I love that place of rest*
Where mingling with the peaceful traio.
Devotion nils the yielding breast,
And soft emotions ble'ss her reign,.
If such the happiness that •springs
From prayer'and praise in union sweet,
Wt»at must we fes*i when angel's wings.
Shall waft us to the Saviour’s feet •
That Heaven must be a blessed place •
My Mary’s gentle sighi declare ;
And when I view her lovely fac",
O how my soul eXpat.ales there J
Ves, Mary, when in thy bright eyes
Devotion’s rising beams i see,
Foiul fancy follows to the skies,
To learn if angels look like thee/*
Foafac couxamt.
MONITOR.
—‘‘Set thme heu3e io. order; for ththi
Shalt die.”
2 Kings xx 1
THE reader will remember on
tvhat occasion, to whom, and upon
whose au.bori'y, these solemn words
were spoken ; and how mightily they
nitected one of the erreatest and heat
naeu then living; insomuch th.it h$ turn*
ed his lace to the wall, prayed earnestly
for life, and wept sore—But why did
g od Xiezekiah weep? VVhv wept
he at being toid of the near approach
i»f an event, which he before knew was
inevitable ; an event too, that to him
personally would be gain ? Could that
nan fear to die, who, solemnly ap.
p aliog to God, was able to say,
Remember how I have" walked be
fore thee in truth, and with a perfect
heart, and have done that which is
good in thy. eight No ; he Was af
flicted for those he should feave behind
him : hia heart had been set in order;
but not his house perhaps.—During
the fourteen y ars he had already
reigned, he had done much for the
church cf God, much for the welfare
of the kingdom he governed; and
wished to do more. He had begun a
glorious reformation, and earnestly
desired to see.it brought to a greater
degree of perfection. Alio, he had,
in common with other men, family
ties and interests that engaged him,
domestic affairs, which pn-adventure
were in too perplexed a state to be
I«-Te to others to settle them.—fierce
(at least in parr) the extreme agitati
on and grief he manifested, when he
thought himself “ deprived of the re
idue of his years,” and that he should
behold man no more with the inha
Jbitants of the world.”
! Wc are journeying on through this
! world, and need no prophet to tell us
I v ..~ " 7 w. y •■•HT puv n
final period to our journey, and fix us
| in that world, from whose li mits “nc
1 traveller returns.” The first thing
. needful, is to prepare to enter the aw
ful threshold of the invisible world, b)
a faithful application of the remedies,
and dill gent use of the means, which
the Gospel has provided for our fallen
nature; the next is, to keep all our
matters in such a posture as to be rea
. dy to leave our families, our relations
and fellow travellers, at the shortest
notice, and with least inconvenience to
them.—Suffice it at present to touch
upon the last of these points only.
Set thine house in order —I*ive,
day by day, with your family, with
your wife, with your husband, with
your children, with yopr neighbours,
as knowing not but the present day
may be your last. Whatever rema ns
undone, which it is in > our power to
do for the best interests of your fami
lv, of your neighbours and acquain
tance, or ol community at large, tin it
quickly. II you have any acts of kind,
nesn and compassion to execute; it
you have committed inju>ie-» which
ought to he repaired ; if you have re
ceived injuries which ought to be for
given; if friends or relations are at
variance, whom by a seasonable inter,
position it would he ea*y to reconcile ;
if those you most es'eem and love
stand in need of advice, of reproof, of
assistance, of support”-thes<, and
ttbatsoevtr good thing else, of am
name or nature, “thine hand fiade.h
to tie, do it with all thy might.”
Set thine house in order.—Keep
your worldly affairs carefully arrang
ed. See chat all your accounts stand
exact and fair ; and let none of them
remain lor a long while un«ettled. En
deavour to keep even with your busi
ness* by always doing, if possible, thfe
business of the day within the day.
Be careful tohave your secular mat
ters, of every description, in such or
def} that hot ouly yourself but others
can fully Understand them, and that
there be no room left .for bitter con
, tendons and expensive law-suits eon
Icerning them, after you are in the
grave.
Set thine house in order.—If a Will
be necessary to an equitable distribu
tion of your estate; if any of your fa
mily or friends would suffer wrong,
should you happen to die intestate, or
it family discord would- be the likely
consequence-then neglect not to
make a Will, while you are in health.
Put it not off to the period of decline
and sickness, both because one has e
nough else to do upon a death bed, and
because pejr-chance you may die with
out a single hours notice. Many an
estate has the Monitor seen melted
away in the settlement, the widow and
and the orphans robbed of their rights ;
and many a family too embroiled in
(sharp domestic disputes ; and all for
the want of seasonable care and pre
caution;
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
It is full time to apply an antidote
to the profligate spirit, that has been
so long actively employed in traduc
ing the America i came. If there if
:my virtue, any honor, any spirit ii
the public, they should cover with
contempt the unprincipled wretcfi,
who strives, by the propagation o
endless falsehoods, to subvert those
ientimenta and Convictions, that are a
mong all nations the immutable foun
• la'ions of whatever is great and use
ful. In a free government much lati
tiide should he allowed tb political
discussion. The coaducf of public,
men are the legitimate tdpics of in
ves igation, and their motives may bt
freely arraigned. But when this li
berty, deserting these thrmrs, sports
with national character, and aims at
destroying patriotism, the main spring
of all free institutions j when it libois
to blacken and depreciate every thing
native that is virtuous and ncble, and
to instill a preference for foreign in
stitutions and habits, it is time for the
indignant frowns of an abused people
to punish the calumniators, by with
drawing their support, and marking
them as fit objects of the general con
temnt.
-4
This in hot the cause of a party,but
of the nation. The opposition is ai
most as much interested in it as the
friends of the administration. The in
terest is common : For whatever set
of men or party may triurtnph for a
t'me the nation still remains. The
same difficulties and trials await it. In
the succession of events there will he
dangers within and perils without,
which will call for co-operation and
exertion, and for an active and ener
getic use of all the means in our pow
er to maintain our independence and
our rights. In vain will this call be
made upon a people degraded in their
own eyes. The honor appealed to
will be found to be a shadow, or the
empty dream of past times. The spi
rit invoked will be dead.
The individual who thinks meanly
of himself is incapable of generous sen
tinient* or heroic fictions. However,
he may deceive himself, he Is cpnsi
dered by others as a slave, and will
act, and he treated "like « slave b\
them. If the individual is thus d:*gr*
ded, how much more so must a natii n
be, that forms *uchao estimate, evert
trait of whose chara< ter irf fashioned
by public sentiment? Why was tht
infant, which drew his breath in ih
proud cia\s of Greece nnd K >me, rear
ed to hardihood and heroism? It was
because the universal sentiment of hi*
country wa3 lofty snd unbending. Ji
was because the cradle in which hr
was rocked was that of a Hercules * it
was because his mother1* milk hired,
his little Vein* with the rich bl-»r»d that
llowrd fresh f;hm the heart of his fa
jther. I*. those d ys every thing ph.
aical a^U meud conspired to make ih#
infant a man in the beat sense r,f the
word. Tbe germ of freedom had ex
panded with a vigor that repelled ;.il
those little sickly sensibilities that so
often cons'1 gu to premature dehiji y r
destruction Weaker1 subject*. It s’j-uck
its roots amidst raging storms, and
consequently s:ruck them the deeper;
Hence arose a stately and noble super*
structure, that endured for many age-*
and which history still exhibits amo' g
the most speodid n o nutr.eats of vir*
tue* power an J greatness.
Such, in those days* w's the proud
trophy of patriotiam !—of a proper if i 1
rection given to public sentiment}
whose concerttred force* once set in
motion, swells like the mountain tor
rent, and sweeps all before it.
How different would have been the
result, had the prectp ore and leader*
of those times debased and huroilia'.td
the public mind. There is every pro^
babiiity that Home would have become
a nation of robbers, instead of a nation
ol heroes} and the world never have
received the bright legacy, which, e
vert in her ruin, she bequeathed to a be
nighted world.
Her example should shed light on
our course. Rome, under h.-r r* puhj
lican system, was* in many sirtking
respects, in the same situation we now
ar?i In numbers and Wealth ami the
arts* she w*s greatly inferior to other
powers. So are we. They laughed
at her pretensions to sove reign power.
S:> they do at oufe. They ridiculed.
iiimuiiwti ami ucpiciuicu hCl CIJU*
racier. So they do ours.
Did she sink beneath tfc;3 accumu
lated acorn* injus'ice, ami bu rage ?
In preportion, as they thought* or sd
ft-cted to think, meanly of her, did sL t>
fall in her own esiiittation, or remit
her. tfforts? No. 7’he irijusiice cf
others awaken; d her sleeping e'nergh 8,
which she hurled on the heads ol her
-*;nemies, whom she soon taught by a
mournful experinree to respect thu
little band of fieemen, which they had
so recently despised. How did she,
in the infancy of her power* accom
plish this? By unanimity—No Ro
man dared to question the public vir
tue and power, without sealing his
own disgrace or ruin, v. ithout being
s amped as a fool or a villain. Ht
was at liberty to arraign the conduct
or virtue of any ruler however eleva
ted ; but the character of the nation wad
inviolable ; sr.d when 6he had once a
dopred her course of measures in re
lation to every foreign power, it wool t
have been considered treason to t.tke
p*rt against the common wealth* and at
its expense to eulogise or uphold the
proceecii gs and character of a rival
r enemy.
it was in.s that placed the hbcrttva
of Rome upca o stable foundation, and
insurtdher unrivalled triumphs over
all her enemies. Her arm, raised us
it too often was against her.'elf, was
one and indivisible against her ene
mies. It owed its terror and effect to
her union and patriotism.
This mighty result was ibeoffjprrg
of public opinion, which, when eft-bo
died and virtuously directed, so hap
pily supersedes the necessity of law%
What then was accomplished, may
be effected now by the same means. If
the object was great and noble then, ia
it Ies9 so no\* ? What uere the liber
ties of a Roman compared to these of.
an American citizen ? What was
Rome, physif.'lly considered, eompar*
ed with the American continent?
Ftllow.citizens, you have higher
motives than rny other people ever
had, to maintain jour independence,
to oh*ri.,ti your righjs, |o preserve
your character. The world has r.orr
belore behrld so happy and virtuoso
a n: tion. No nation has ever existed,
more honestly entitled to telfre<tp*c%
i'hi* is the master sentiment, on wh*<u
all that is great and gro l in national
cnaracter must be bast d. ft is not
o.dv its foundation, l ot likewise i*«
m .st efficient sh eld. Clurish it,
hen, 1 beseech you, as of inestimable
value. I do a./t call upon you, like
t't;- Romans, to stigrr.atrze the whole
foreign world at barba visits, It is not
necessary to undervalue others. A’I
that is requisite is :o appreciate your
selves. Ji'scountenance the pt->*titui
cd pen that labors to destror the elas*
tici y of tlits sentiment. I- okMipo*
nun tli it guides it either a> a dome*
tc incen'Jijry or a forcizr. hir lit*.
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