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not accomplished the" order from the Spa
nish Junta, 7'hc Trench were ordered to
quit the colony in one month, without ex
ception, not evt n those who a* e married Co
Spanish women ; many who have been re.
si dent 17' to UO years. The execution of
this order vis. however, so repugnant to
the feedngs of many of the most rcspecta..
ble colonc.its, that they assembled and prc~
seated ar. c..' tressfnlt of energy and sett
timentsof humanity, in favor of those tin _
fortuna'e people ; and represented how
much the colony must suffer by sending in
to exile persons by whose indus'ry the co.
lony had risen in the proportion of 100 to
1000 : besides that by their exertions and
valor the colony hud been on one occasion
rescued front cap'll re.
1 he governor having weighed this rrpre
sentution, in a Jew days after issued An or«
tier qualifying the operation of the previ..
ous decree, and permitting to remain those
who had emigrated from hit. Domingo, per
sons employed in agriculture, mechanics,
those who have received special permission
from his ca holtc majesty, and (hose who
are married to Spanish women. This or
der has excited great gladness among the
Creoles . but it has mortified extremely a
few persons who wished to amass immense
fortunes upon the spoils of the unfortunate,
amounting to more than 700families.
Aurora.
Cofiy of the Records of sentences ftro
nounced in the Prize Court of Coftenha
Sett, established by royal authority.
M Y. K -Post.
On the 5th of July, 1810, 11 o’clock
forenoon, the court was held at the usual
place.
The following case was laid before the
court, viz:
Plaintiff.
Feddessen, master of a privateer.
Defendant.
Captain VVatges. commanding the Ship
Gosport.
The following sentence was pronounced.
Several irregularities have been found* in
the papers belonging to the ship Gosport
two witnesses have delivered a declaration,
“Which if wesuppostl them to lie true, lead to
the supposition that the intention of the voy
age as stated is false.
Upon the argument after mentioned, how.
ever, we are induced to pronounce the re
lease of the ship.
W ith regard to the irregularities in the
ship’s papers; such as, that the name of the
supercargo is not mentioned on the list ol
the ci ew, that notwithstanding t he consignee
of the cargo of the said supercargo is on
board, there exists only one copy ot the bill
r>f lading, when he and the captain ought
^\r.i nt them to have had one separately.
These failures we say are removed by the
rest of the papers
The witnesses mentioned we cannot allow
that degree of credibility as to overthrow 8c
undo the declarations of all the crew ; the
contents ot the Journal aiul tiie authenticity
ot the other documents. VVe therefore
judge to be ri%ht. the ship in question, the
Gosport, captain VVatges. together with
hei caigois hereby released, save however
that the expences before the court, and a
turn of 400 rix dollars to Mr. Feddessen
master of the privateer, are to be defrayed
out of the said ship.
In authenticity of the copy.
_ . * KINK.
( openhagen July €, 1810.
I hat this is a true and faithful transla
tion ol the Danish original sentence, witness
my hand and seal ot ollice. Copenhagen,
July 6.
FREDERICK SCHNEIDER,
Sworn Translator.
By a gentleman from ihe Muscle Shoals,
“We have learnt that Capt. James M’Don_
aid sand (.*p'.. John Regan's companies had
ai r ved at tile Rifle Camp a few miles above
the men h ot Elk River, from the canton
ment near Natchez, i he object for assem
tiling soldiers at the Rifle camp is conjee
tu:ed to he twofold ; first to remove intru
tiers on the Indian lauds, and secondly to o
r*-n a road to the Tombigbee. To effect tbe
first object Lieut. Tl (minus Ramsey has lelt
notices at several public places among the
settlers, requiring them to move off by the
15ih o» December next, otherwise the milita
ry were ordered to drive them off at the
point of the bayonet. The second object
imt direct y tc p isitively known but it is the
general impression ol the best informed of
tiie officers, that such will be tiicir employ
ment in the spring.
There may be another object in send
iv.tr « detachment of the army to this fttare
tIy*The Y.ikoo claimants have been insolent
of late—these bine coasts will make them1
something cooler-Clarion.
RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 14, 1810.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE ENqui.tER
Sir—It seems at leng h, that our Gov.
eminent has been offic tally informed of the
appointment of a gentleman to take charge
of the British interests in this country.—~
I mum confess myself so little conversant
with diplomatic distinctions, as to be unable
to scale the i a ent ot his powers from the |
title which lie assumes. Ii is confessed, I
however, that lie has neither the# rank nor
the same of a Resident Minister, or a mi.
tiister Plenipotentiary-but that Mr. Mo.
ner is, to occupy a subordinate grade, “ i/«_
til the appointment of Mr. Jackson's succes.
**or. ” Whether under such circumstances,
the digni y or the prirle of this country will
permit the residence of our minister at the
British Court, is one of those fjuestions which
is most s« rinusly addressed to the bosom of
the President. F >r my own poor part, I
would recall him inaiuntrr. The nation,
which pays another the respect of a minis
ter, is entitled »o receive it. The repre.
sentalive of the Amcricun Republic, will
weigh as nnch in M\e scale of honor, as that
of a King. And if ihe reasons, which are
assigned bv the “ British party” in this coun
try for such an arrangement, did really de
termine it in ihe royal Cabinet, the motives
of this recall would be increased. If that
cabinet pretends, that it is in vain lo send
a minister to this Country ; that we are in
flexible to all their claims ; that we uni
forrnly turn a deaf ear to all their proposi
tions, and seem determined income upon no
treaty with them ; I would express my re
sentnirnt at the insult, which such language
conveys. Is it upon ns, that a wilful perse
verance in the cause of injustice attaches t
/\fe w«j lo be charged by his majesty with
the sirs of his own cabinet f And if con turn a .
rT ^ deafness w ere to be sufficient reasons for
"I- ■■ 1 "• • t - — I. . • -./
a recall, what nation has bad more cause ol
complaint than ourselves ? We have dis
patched minister after minister, and one sett
of instructions after another, in the vain
hope ot obtaining justice. Jay, and Pink
ney, and King, and Monroe, and Pinkney
have danced attendance at the Court of St.
James’s, until they seemed to have been play
ing as the heroes of some tragic farce.—
Our just claims have been rejected—the
British have first stung us with an adder’s
sting, and afterwards turned an adder’s ear
to our complaints—-and the terms of a
tieaty have oeen shitted into such a variety
ot shapes, that Patience herself has been
put to the reck. In devising this motive,
therefore, for the procedure, the Federal
ists have, as uaual, assumed a justification
tor the British government, which truth and
their country’s honor would equally reject.
As to the recall of Mr. Jackson, the Na
tional Intelligencer confesses, that it has
been delayed rather too long-yet, it re
marks, that the measure has been accom
plished in such a manner as to evince a res
pect for the teelings of our government.—
Now, a*r, tar be it front ine to insinuate that
this article in the National Intelligencer is
to be considered as oificial-on the coii
trary, there is every reusnn tofiretutnc that
it is not—-the dignity as well as the good
sense of the Executive would equally forbid
such a supposition—but if we could for
one moment suppose, that it bears the stamp
of the executive mint, where is the honest
American, who would not fee! for the honor
ot Itis country ? Whose bosom would notbe
wounoed by such a declaration from men, to
wh, m we have entrusteffmar atf irs.in whom
we iiave reposed the utmost confidence ?—
I he National Intelligencer could not have
viewed this subject, with all the accuracy
which it deserves. It had better at once
screen itsell behind the privilege which has
been conceded to ev$ry writer, since the
days of II >mer—sometimes to nap a lit
tle
But, sir, is it necessary to prove by argu
ment, that the conduct of the British minis
«.ry lias really been insulting on this occasi
on? In what has this rtspect been exhi
bjted ? Not in the insults of Mr. Jackson
him self-—for this is not the point at issue.
Was it in the gracious manner in which the
marquis Welleslev received the requisition
for his recall ? Was it in his condescend,
tng to reply to that letter, at the end of
trvo months ■••and when this reply was at
Jength given, wax this respect manifested iu
its studied attefitpts to evade any declarati
on that an insult had been committed, or
was it in his anjeiety to recall Mr Jackson
in such a manneu, as would prove, the most
respectful to his 'feelings ?
Hut perhaps1;, it was the delay which
marks the execution of this promise, in which
we are^ to read: this respect to our gi.vern„
muit. This pledgj.Vtr, was given in March,
and ti c Venus conies iu September to re.
deem it. . Was it iu the suffering of an insul
ting minister to abide amongst us for six
months —that we see this regard paid to
our feelings? Was it in the permitting of
this excresetice to remain so long upon the
body politic-playing the spy upon us. and
raising and rallying his party around him
while the sun has been passing
thiough hail the ^ >diac, he has run through
the eastern States -■ -playing the scent upon
their principal cities, even on the pro
ceedmgs of their legislatures ? It it for
these th.ngs, that we are to thank “his ma
jesty ?”
But the recall is not anounccd as in ordi
nary cases, in the c:..-* of Mr. Erskit.e, for
instance, thro’ the minister himself”—-that
is, because tne British cabinet did not please
to insult us most grossly, we must const
der it asa respect. The case of Mr Erskine
was essentially different-he had offered
us no insult, he had not been refused any
further communication with this government
But it would have been one of the grossest
insults for Mr. Jackson to have m,;de any
address whatsoever to our government, when
he had been informed that “no further com
munication would be received from him.”
But the recall has been announced “ di
rectly from the Sovereign”-and the king
or England hunsHf has written a letter to
Mr. Madison, What a vast condescension 1
I'htre are. however, some weak persons who
will lay a stress upon this circumstance—but
the days of priest craft & king craft are over.
1 lie times are past, sir, when it was suppo..
sed that the touch of the royal hand was an
effectual cure for the ATing's Evil_-and
with them, the mystic respect which was
paid to the signet, or signature of a King. A
letter from a King can no longer cure ihe
festering wounds of a nation I'hewordofa
sovereign is not now an equivalent for the
woes of a republic. It will not salve over
our wounded dignity-it will weigh not
one atom against the impressment of our sea
men. or the wounds of the Chesapeake_
For Heaven’s sake, let us not dance with hit
otic rapture because a king has condetcen..
ded to write to Mr. Madison-nor let us
be silly enough to think that this is to be a
cure for all our heartaches, and a solid proof
of his consiliaiory dispositions towards us.
Let us at least require some more substanti
al proofs of his justice.
Hut, tlic object of this letter, sir, it not so
much to animadvert < n 'he couduci. of**his
majesty,” as to tender a few hints to the
President—pet haps he may listen to them,
although they should pass through a news,
paper. You know, sir, that they ome from
the heart ami hand fit a man, who adores our
republican institutions; an admirer and un.
varying friend of our republican administra
lions; an early, ardent and sincere friend of
James Madison. I feel tbe-c sentiments,
from principle—for personally, I am uhac*
qtiainted with our republican Presidents.
Hut, sir, you must freely acknowledge, that
any declaration troin the governmuit. such
av has lately appeared in the Intelligencer,
would be calculated to wound the feelings of
the republicans, and came tlic friends of the
administration to droop and to despond_
Resides these, the retaining of Mr. Gallatin
in office, at all events, and the resolution not
to recall Mr. Pinkney, would strike them
with al arm—Each of these m*n has either
incurred the suspicion or lost the confidence
of tiie Republic;'ns-Let Mr. Madison
m >st seriously ) >ok to on the consequen
ces of employing them.
ZENO.
J'OR THE JiAQUIR KR.
KI( I!MONO THEATRE.
On Monrisy evening last, was preM uteri Hoi
"t ob. self g >nt Omeoy f t VAr Fottti to Fh; i. Th*
*'itv 'R Hiclmtond has teircely ever btlarr wit
uesSf d a th« atrical exhibition so elegantly finish
'd Tiif' parts were well cast, and sustained with
he Inght si spirit. Almost every character was,
n itself, a feast.
Mr Gn cn, in the character of Old Dorntnn
give us a picture ol s lather* winch thcslreunnng
• jrc9 of the audience, attested to be drawn from
nature. The variety and excellence ol tics gen
Neman's theatrical powers, entitle him to laurels
more rich and luxuriant than he has rv»r yet
worn. He has, indeed, been always highly es
teemed ns an actor ; yet we have » rcely been
just to him.
Mr. Young exhibited the character of young
Domton, with a vivacity and intelligence whi.-It
gives us the promise of a banquet throughout the
Season. We hope that the example oi spirit and
nature wliicli lie has set in genteel comedy, will
he followed. The tragic strut ar.d deep-toned
declamation are too ficquent on ou; stage. Some
of our actors stem to tluuk that it requires a hol
low voice, and a dragging, solemn enunciation,
to give emphasis and effect to a striking sent!
ment. There cannot be a greater mistake ; and
it is wonderful that they do not th.-maelves ob
serve the superior eflect which is produced upon
the audience, when one such sentiment escapes
in the manner of real life and conversation Is
not the stage intended to represent real life, and
can the illusion ever be so strong and so line as
when the dialogue is carried on exactly after that
manner which we sec constantly around us ?—
For Heaven’s sake, let us have no more vault to
tied awful ranting—no more drsggmg and draw
ling oyer the best pass tges of a poet, until all
their fire dies, and all then- spirit evaporates Our
actors have certainly read the criticmn which
Fielding puts into the mouth of Partridge, in his
novel of Tom Jones—yst they satin to have mis
taken the compliments and censures of that cri
tic ; to suppose the compliments real, when they
are only ironical, and the censures sincere when
they form tile finest panegyrick. Thus when Car
rier, m Hamlet, sees the Ghost, the workings of
nature which he exhibits, impart the contagious
tremor to the frame Si voice ol Partridge, tdie de
clare* it is no acting ; for he should have done so
exactly himself, if he had seen a ghost-rli.it
when ilie King, according to the manner with h
prevailed upon the London stag , before the acra
of Garrick, begins to square ‘himself and strut
and rant. Partridge is entirely relieved Irom all
ins sympathy, ami exclaims, with great delight,
“ »*‘t that’s it—any body may see, that is acting
as if it were not the chief business of an actor to
make us forget that lie is acting.* We will not
make a personal application of these hints ; a
good natured man has no pleasure in censure ; but
he begs that the peiformers will, themselves,
compare their voice & manner with that of nature
around them & of themselves, when offthe stage,
| & they will find it easy to make the application*.
| Let them only ask themselves lbr one moment,
vviiai it is that givss Mr 1 wails the just success
i which he enjoys ?—It is the unaffected ease and
nature with which he enters into his character.
In Goldfinch, on monday night, he deserved end
received the highest applause ; tlte character
was not caricatured, it «va» nature’s self; it
wras neither degraded by buffoonery, nor distor
ted by affectation, but exhibited with a just and
beautiful precision. This gentleman eeitainly
stands unnvalledjin the line of characters in which
he has shewn himself here : we have had others
that have attempted them, but in the hands of
Mr. Twaits, they have a new air & internal_
It istasy to discern, through the lowest charac
ter .which he personates, the superior intelligence i
i which directs Ins action.
Hut what shall vo say of Mrs Young when
in the character of Sophia, she cune bounding
on the stage in all the eflulgenec of beauty St with
j all the graces sporting around her? Could she
i have seen the electric stroke of delight which dar
| ted through the house, she would in |,e, turn
have hud i least. Never was the character bet’
ter supported either on this, or the other 3 Ac cf
the Atlantic. She - us a picture of rustic
wildness, simplicity and innocence, which every
hearer felt to be true t<» the life and whi^i, ren.
dered her one of the most interesting beings on
earth. When she came leaping ovet the chord
when she twirled her handkerchief into the form
ofa baDfc and dandled it on her knee, when sil
ting on the floor, she opened her plumb cake
and drew forth the v.ler.tine, when utter wards in
. jealousy he lore.tie Valentine to p:--.. s
threw .t on the floor & burst into teurs.in irj
every incident which belonged to her part, sbe
st-med to us to hit it with inexpressible felicity
We congt atulate the c.ty on such an acquisition
to the Theatre.
* Art est cclare at tem.
SNAPPED PIPE STEMS.
The Continental Sjstem begins to tell in
deed.-Look at the- list of bankruptcies
which have taken place in Great Hi itain
and Ireland-in the country banks as well
a* among he merchants—see the embar
ras ment and alarm, which pervade the
commercial world —Is this the boasted pros,
pemy of British commerce? Are tlnse
the fine traits which the Chancellor of ihe
Exchequer*drew in such glowing colours
to the last Parliament? True—the British
may export 55 millions-but do they
sell, what they export? Is there none sa
cnficed at bad maikets? None ot it seiz
ed in enemy’s ports? None of it stopt at
snuigg mg entrepots? Where is he differ
ence between sending them to Heligo land
or keeping them in Eng land*
The merchants will lose, in two ways—ei
ther by the sequestration of their cargoes
in the continental ports—or by the shutting
of these ports, and the consequent depre
ciation of the property. Those who specu
late deeply, and give high prices, must of
course topple, when theirgoods are either
seized tn port or shut out of them. In ei
thcr case, the Continental System tells.—
I he former case show* u* to what extent
the British merchants have carried their i
smuggling schemes, and how shamefully I
they have counterfeited the flag and papers I
ot tins country-In the latter view'these •
failures are lutclv to increase-*_as the t i
venues of trade are daily dosing_-he !
ports of the Danes are-hutting up—and the |
restrictions in Holland must be increased
in consequence of its late political changes’.
Let cur merchants, therefore, be upon their1
gu,t.d-bewaie how they trust the totter- !
tog tor ones of British traders.
It isnnw evident from the state of the
I market, how comparathely small would be i
our trade, if we were Confined to the Bru 1
t sh markets—and how much our com. '
men e has been injured, bv the sm'igglhm
of British merchants. We are snut out
train certain avenues of trade, because - the '
abuses of our documents are detected, and
the true and false are involved in indiscri- I
initiate proscription.”
Text--The liritish have a thousand
shifts of war afloat on the Ocean;
( o it me x r-And 4«> liritish merchant' \
men have been taken by the enemy, off the
Aaze ofAorway—'hese vessels were “ un
drr the protection ” of a Jiri'ish Gun
bng f*rctuj protection indeed! And is
th's /he convoy, which is furnished to Hr/„
ii*h comm rcr, by their thousand ships of
war J Is a detachment of more than 42
mrrrhan'men tu he sent lo an enemy's coast,
under the convoy of a single Gun bri/r ? _
There must be criminal neglect, somewhere.
tm -1— aj. ^ x-l■-? 9
W ANTS EMPLOYMENT— a Clerk Uriah.
. *• c situation in a Counting-House or Of
noe—he will be recommended by l4 very respect
Hie merchant of this city A line addressed to
<> E. and left at the Enquirer Office, will he at
I entled to. Sept 14.
(FOR THE ENQUIRER.)
LINES
Addretted to a voting Lady, who rrqitrtted a friend
to ttrcept i White Violet, at a Peace-Offering,
for a tlight neglect.
And dors Eliza then suspect
That her * remissness’ or * neglect,*
Dispirits, me or offend ?
An.d does she think that I require
H'-r plea for pardon ! or dcs're
The homage of my friend ?
While in your gentle heart 1 know.
Exists fair virtue’s tervid glow.
Its g t It 1 cannot see «
Nor do 1 wish you to atone,
For injuries I’ve never known,
By offerings paid to me.
Yet pleas’d, your little gift I take,
I’ll pr ze it for the donor’s s ike,
A sacred pledge of peace ; \
And may it’s recollection prove,
A cement ol our mutual love,
And hid it never cease.
The * little blossom’seems design’d
To indicate the ties that bind
Your faitbltd heart to minx :
It s col*in.s. tair as mountain snows,
Denot. the purity that glows
In friendship’s flame divine
Yet all ! how transient is the flower,
Short liv’d, and wiihei ing m an hour.
Its beauties pas* away :
Blit soft affection in my breast
Thro* ev’ry scene of life shall last,
And never can decay.
Yet tlio* the flowrel’s vernal bloom,
Too soon must meet it’s hapless doom,
It hi. ssoms not in vain ;
Long may its pleasing thoughts impart,
And long imprinted on my heart,
Its memory shall remain.
For when through Time’s succeeding year*
The annual bloom of spring appeals,
I II call this hour to view :
And when within the flnw’ry vale,
I see the modi si Violet pale,
’Twill bid me think, of you.
_ G H
l&irljmoiiD eijcariT*
On Fr.day Evening. Sep■ 14, will be presented, a
celebrated Di imt, in three acts, interspersed
with bongs. Dunces. &c as pet for me d at me v i ■
riout then ties on the contitunt, with more ap
p.ausr than <m other modern production, called,
THE FOUNDLNG OF 1 HE FOREST.
With new aha elegant Scenery, Decorations, &c
To which will he added, the musical entertainment
of' /
MY GRANDMOTHER;
THE LIVING PICTURE.
„ The public are respectfully informed, Mrs.
PLACIDEs B E X A FIT, will take place on
MouiUy evening.
J Doors to be opened at 6, and performance
to begin at 7 o'clock
r,'*' T:Ca'U ? hadat Mr- Da™'* pt in ting
OJice, and at the Theatre.
S-pt. 14 _ lt
IJUdi.lC S A LI' Wilt positively be sold, willi
A out reserve upon in, prwm.ses, on (In 28:.
[H September (inst ) :>45 acres of PRIME
LAND, abou 35 acres of which an nov- in cm
tivction : the res.due abounds in good building &
other timbers ^
Also, fb'Alf' AND GRIST- MILL, six miles
distance trom Kichin >ud lying on tic Westhum
creek, between the Three Chopped anil River
r°‘“U f Croi.,s now supposed to pro
du< e 300 Ha rel« corn, 20,too wo:g,.t fodder &.C
Sic -S,x HORSES, two MULES,some C AT
1 LEand HOGS, three WAGGONS, and plan
tat ion TOOLS. Should it be preferred, the land
can be divided into four lots to advantage, or sold
in one entire tract—Cash or young negroes will
be required for a considerable part of the pur*
cnase money It is deemed unnecessary to give
a more particular description of the above pro
perty, as those inclined to purchase will no doubt
fust view the premises
SPOT, WOOD LIPSCOMBE.
S_e^ _ui*_
1"*HE Suhs.inbeis offer for ^fe, five hundred
sens ol LAND, lying on Rappahannock
r,'ller’ 1> 01 "‘dlesex, between Rose
gill and UTrandm, called Black Walnut. Theplan
‘a.t‘°n,is‘n * K‘*od stateo, cultivation, great nurl
sc.ng Lnl i.H m convenient lots, and highly 'ma
nured f ir tobacco. The situation is healltiy, com
rnanus in extensive view of the river, and sflbrds
libli, oysters, wild fowl and venison, in their res
pecuve seasons-The buildings consist of a
small dwthirghousc, two barns and several other
convenient houses Part of the plantation uteii
sils, thestoex of cattle and the crops, m.,y be hau
with the land if required. An iiioispuuble tide
will be made, liberty of seeding wheat the *>:• -
s ;nt fall granted, und pi ss Ss.m given on the Is
Jan. next.
All just claims against the late Ralph Worme
ley, Lsq will he received <s cash Fur terms *,>
ply to Mr. John Chew, Fiedericksburg, or to the
subscribers,
ELKAXOR WORMEI.EY,
„ e XALRII WOkMKLeY.
RosegH Sept. 14 w4w
No I E — cu.m 1 ag .1 si myself will als . be ta
Ken tor partot tiie uoove mentioned Land.
__ X wo R ME LEY
1-1 °,R SALt—A j\egre Girt, 14 years of:,ge,
X brought up to house business, »n excellent
nurse tor children, tolerably handy at needle
work .addicted to no vice. A purchaser in town
is preferred—the person who buys her will r*n
ten percent, on her price annually, if disposed to
''rf. *'er' Application to be made to Mr. John
Miller, at the market bridge
Sept 14. * lf
3 N CHANCEity"-At a q.mrTe’rly curT
, r;ru;.ed a,,d held f,*p *"•*■ & CZ:
t> . at the Court house, on Wednesday the 1 Vi
of August, 1810 y 10111
■Jh'r7* n,;00kl"«; Jaytor. "ml Ann l,i,
wdc, Ehz ibetli Oajle and George Gayle, infants
under the age of twenty one years, by Phil,,,
G.levvood litetr Guardian and next friend, Wil
liam G.yle and Josialt Gayle infanta, under
the age of twenty one years by Philip C.te
wr?0<i ih*'p *»end, and Sarah Ann stu-!
art and Ei.zab. th Stuar t ... the *g,vof 1
twenty-one years, by Edward Wright their Gu .r- 1
dian and next inend,
Against Plaintiff,
John G.vle If.x’or of Mvtihew Gavle de,’d
KG“>,e’‘“ «*.
The defendants, Matthew Ga'e &. l! r i)
Gayle, not hsv.ng entered their app ,„.i
given security according to the act of ;.ss „,b v
and the rules of this Court, and ft appe .ring p.
tic- SKtisfr.ction of the court, that they *,* n. t
inhabitants ot ti.e commonwealth : It u ortlreil
1 hit flie and defendants, Matthew G.«yl-& { •
hert 1) Gayle, do appear here on the r»c«. .1
Monday in November next, and answer the bill
< • the pUmti.T*, and that a copy of this order lie
tout,with publish.d insomr public news paper
pi mttil in the C.'y of Kichimnid, for t a o mom a
succfttsiv. Iv, and that another copy be posted
at Hie front flow oi this court-house.
’Ptite,
fl PO. rOLLAKl), o.g.
■>CJ>. 14. <*8*
WILLIAMSBURG rEMALE AC\DE>
MY unde t! die.. tion
A. I' !.K n KE r fifes tor at vn. dern la i’uares
in the College of IVilli.im ,t id ,'.t ,
G. Blackhoun Pto/iss-jr oj tnuthetnaticis
in the saute College
The pui.lick are reside*t idy informed tiv t
itie course v ui -omme- ce O toi»..v I5:h an.fend
August 15Ui fotleving ; p; .cuts whv <{< ,„t
to wi.Jidraw.nin. • l «Mren may Con*in..a
|hem in the vacation when liie u acftsrs , Qt
lea .e town
Mr. Plunkett teaches the French Langin^e,
Mustek. Dt-ncing, &c. - •n m
Mr. liUckouj’ii conducts the £ r'.uh denart
meat. ** '
Puhlick examinations, for the satisfaction of
patents •*nJ gua..*uns, w ill e held in F, hm ,,y.
aiul in August i the impot i.Mice i?f thear *ht*ri *
properly conducted, is acknowledged ny dl w;,o
Invemny experience in the business of instruc
tion
i he local advantages [ Williamsbui g as 4
place of education tor young ludies -re obvious,
boarders will be taken by h jew Sadies m the
town whose .n-tc-mal c re and r.„l..r srK;:ely car.
not fid ot oeutg hiyhlv useful to young lemale*
residing >Vith them.——
Wtieii 1 undertook, tit conjunction with Mr
Plunkett, to establish a system of female .-duca
t.on m \\ illiamsburg, it was not my intention to
receive very young pupils, ignorant of the firs**
rudiments c»t knowledge. I wish those who enl
ter in future to be able to spell, read and write
and to knew something of numbers ; circum!
stances do not pci mit me to devote my time & a‘
tention to elements, which may be acquired in
tl.e ordinary schools. My lessons this year hav*
comprehended a complete course of English
grammar ; the first volume of Blair’s Lectures -
Grecian, Roman, English and American Huto
17 ; a very extensive course of Geography an
cient and m .dern ; use of the Globes, Mans &c
as much ot A drnnnniy St of almost every branch
of Natural Philosophy us can be understood
by popular methods of illustration, and without
mathematical investigation; one day in eveiv
week has been latterly devoted to Arit im-itic.-!.
I •'ball end, the ensuing course, for such as are
sufficient*y -dvancccl, some minor branches ofrhe
mathematics, such as Algebra, Geometry, Sphe
rics, Ur.. 1 know there are some to whom this
course, for a young lady, w ill appear strange, i
not absurd ; but the experience of ten years in
Virginia, and of a mu. h longer period in other
countries, has taught me that fern .les are, m ma
ny instances, at least as capable of acquiring that
k nd of learning winch demands patient hvesti
g.o 1011, as Che other sex. I was apprized at tl.a
commencement of the school, that 1 should bate
to encounter many of those difficulties e.«nu»r.n
P. all those who incur the charge of innovation hy
deviating irom tl.e beat n road : these hi.v-, how
ever, proved less foi mid.ible than I 1. ,d antic, u
ted ; I have persevered ir. my plan, fully convin
ced ot its utility ; the school i,4s gradually pro
cessed, and I hav« the satisfaction to know'hat
it is approved by persons of acknowledged taste
and judgment. I have endeavored to render it
worthy of their pationage, by bestowing on those
Committed to my care, the same kind and degree
i °* attention which 1 devote to my own children
my anxiety for who-;- education, and my dr oair
ct seeing it accomplmhetl in the way which l‘ap
proved, were my primary inducements to form
the establishment.
Mr. Plunkett and myself hat s uniformly coin,
cided m opinion respecting the plan and conduct
of the School, and we believe that, to proceed
with advantage, through 'ill the branches winds
mo system embraces, uis indispensably necessa
ry to attend two courses; Nothing can indeed
he more unreasonable than to expect that any - n.
lid knowledge of these Sciences can be g ioi-d in
afew mouths: Mr Plunkett thinks that dome,
I including theory and practice, requires at least
| the application Oftwo years ; a few trifl.up tunes
i <niy ire learned in a short time, but cxe« ution on
Hie Pi n» I urte or on almost any other instru
ment, must be the result ol mum exercise ; lit
deem* it needless to say any thing of French ; e.
very 01 e. knows that the acquisition of a lordjrn
language must hr s work o! time In giving tins
intimation to the ptthlic, we are inttuen ed by cor.
: rec< motives Weld reluctant that young udie»
should go Irom o.ir school mere acivlists : anxi
ou . to impart to *hcm the genuine principle* «,f
; knowledge, in order that they may hereafter culti
; vstc the sciences, U find in then, a real source f
j phis^re thioughout their future lives ; we wisit
• sufficient time for the purpose. We do not a
dopt lire silly tiles, thst we arc to finish the r dura
tion of h young lady ; we desire, therefore, that
hose who become our pupils, will, for their own
advantage, continue with ns one course at least.
1 intend to linnt my department to twenty pu
pils » a gr atcr m.m'.er is inconsistent with my
collegiate and other duties, and to obviate the iu^
cassity of forming too many classes, I wish them
to commence at us ear>ya period .fu.e '•f,ur<e .a
possible. G HQ JiLJCKBtfKX
.'September If.
( ^ ...
Mathlm atic ai* schoot.—wi}././.
AM AND MAHi' COLL KG 11 —-Wi.
a view to the dillusion of uteiul lean me \ ve
been induced to take, as Oriv.ne scholars. *fhw
0» those wliom I thought likely t .docn d.t to the
Colli ge s I can alter 1 to tour or five the eiihu
ing course ; those who are really imlustri us
\nd whose parents are particular!/ solicitous for
th».r imi rovement, may av-l U„ involves of
tlii!i pm ilepr.
Ancient and Modern Ceograpby, an ’ as much
cl History as is neoesvariiv connect d therewith
are important branches of s juvenile tduca’ion!
with which our youth are often b o srperfi!
cunly acquainted ; for these I shall f„rm a. lass
>t a sufficient number ofpupils are inten d by
their parents ; twwquarters devoted to tins mir
poso, during tlie intervals ofil, regular eolicgi. '
ale exercises, will serve to give a general view
or tht whote.
1+ bes been found necessary to nv.ke some «»
legations in the matlu m.ilic d emVse, the s*b rt
i tmiy thut onr students geo-rally remain at CoU
XiyH-, anil the strangely defective state ofinvpa
rationin which many of them rommenci their
stud < s in my classes, have Compelled me to re
ject much of the ancient method of Jem vnst ra
tion, and many tilings in modern roathematteks
which are more properly objects of speculation
than of utility Hutton’s and Bonnvcastle's
works come nearer to the plan I wish to pursue
m the junior class, than those of any other writ
ter. By compressing the minor branches, and
by adopting in general simple andconviiichig, ra.
l.ier than more scientific and elaborate models
ot elucidation, I have been abic to dispense with
a great part of the usual routine, ami in conse
quence. to introduce Fluxions and Astronomy,
a knowledge of which is iu»iv, by order of the
bociety, necessary to obtajn a degree ; f have al
so made room for the application of mithrmat
»cks to other .mportant subjects : b.i» how
ever strenuous the exertions of an individual ma.
I>e, he can cflect little until those who atieny
the lectures are, in some degree, prepared til
understand them : many of those who enter thio
department come ignorant of Arithmclick, AIs
gebra, and Geometry ; some wholly un .
t il with the form of a mathematical demonstra
st ra t ton ; what progress they can mske in the
higher sciences, under such circumstances it is f
unnecessaiy to &. te. Pare nts who feel real anx,
U ty lor the file of their sons, and who wish to •
sec them return to the paternal house in poss »«
sum of an the advantages which this institu. on
is calculated to afford, would greatly f*ciP» t
their unp, ,viment by giving them a good |!! , !*!
I ogeot iHe eleme nts stieii as the more difficult
numerical lules, common Algebra and a
books of iautlid. ;
G. BLACKBUHjf
Mathematical trc.Ua*ar. '■
Williamsburg, Septembe 11