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ITT The following Article ie peculiarly interesting
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reviewed To an inhabitant q/ the tj. S., this pic
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traordinary interest.
CFRO At THE EDINBURGH REVIEW J
Tableau Physique des Regions Equatoriales, C-c 1
Par Alexandre dc Humboldt 4to. Paris, 1807, et
«W*
No name stands higher than that of Humboldt,
among the lovers of geographical and physical
science. In exploring the tropical regions of the
new world, this accomplished traveller hss dis.
played a resolution and perseverance that have
never been surpassed by any fbrmer adventurer.
Very few individuals, indeed, w< re better quali
fied than M de Humboldt, for executing that ar
duous undertaking. Zealous, active, vigorous,
imbued with liberal knowledge 5 skilled in ge
neral physicks, and particularly attached to chy
mistry, and its kindred branches ; possessing am
ple means of indulging his taste, while thirsting
after discoveries, and fired with emulation and
the generous passion of fame—he has directed
bis inquiries into every department of nature and
of society.
The mass of curious information which he pro
cured in those distant travels, and the su|ierb
collections which he was enabled to make rela
tive to different objects of science, far exceed a.
ny thing that has heretofore been achieved by the
exertions of an individual. Much interesting
light is thus cast on the history of our species ;
the limits of accurate geography are extended ;
81 tho stores of botany, zoology, & mineralogy are
enriched with immense additions. These invalua
ble acquisitions, classed under di»i;nct heads, un
to be brought out successively, in a style of exe
cution, unrivalled for elegance and splendour_
But the impatience of the public outruns the tar
dy pace of the printer and engraver. Some por
tions, indeed, of the composition have, at inter
vals, appeared ; hut they are still unfinished and
disjointed ; nor is the narrative of the voyage,
which will occupy five quarto volumes, even yet
begun. Three years have been already spent in
publishing what is now before us ; and perhaps
as many more will elapse before the whole shall
be completed. In this stage of its progress,
therefore, we trust that we shall gratify the cu
riosity of our readers, by sketching out a picture
of the general results.——-We shall afterwards
bave occasion to consider the details, and to Sub
ject the facts and observations to a critical exa
mination.* •
M. tie Humboldt is a Prussian gentleman of
good estate, who has devoted Ills time & his for.
tune to the pursuits of a liberal curiosity. Promp
ted by such motives, at the nge of twenty one, he
began to travel over Europe ; and in the space of
aix years he traversed Germany and visited Po
land, France, Switzerland, part of England, lta
ly, Hungary and Spain.——Returning to Paris in
1798, he was invited hy the directors of the nati
onal museum, to accompany captain Baudin in a
voyage round the world. M. Bonpland, of Ro
chelle, an excellent naturalist, and bred at the
muieum, was named his associate in the expedi
tion. But, unfortunately, the whole scheme was
abandoned, in consequence of the renewal of hos
tilities with Austria. .* j
Disappointed in tliis plan, Humboldt resumed
the project which he had entertained for several
years back, of visiting, as a philosopher, the
countries of the cast. In that view, lie was anx
ious to join the celebrated expedition which had
sailed to Egypt, whence he thought he could pro
ceed into Arabia, & crossing the Persian Gulph,
land on the English settlements on the shores of
India. But the situation of France, after the
battle of the Nile, was becoming every day more
critical. The Barbary powers now waged war
Against her, and the navigation of the Mediter
ranean was rendered extremely hazardous for a
ny of her vessels. Humboldt waited two months
at Marseilles, in the prospect of obtaining a pas
sage on board a Swedish frigate, which was ex
pected to convey the consul Skioldebrand to Al
giers. His patience, however, was at length ex
hausted ; and he proceeded to Spain, hoping to
find there a safe and ready communication with
the coast of Barbary. At the same time, he car
ried with him a considerable collection of philo
sophical and astronomical instruments, which he
had purchased in Englard and France
Cut a brighter prospect opent-d. After rest
ding some months at Madrid, Humboldt was, in
the most liberal and flattering terms, permitted |
by the court of Spain to visit her colonies in the j
New World. He immediately invited from Pa-'
ris, his friend Bonpland, whose profound skill in |
botany and zoology was equalled only by his in
defatigable zeal ; and, without a moment’s delay,
these eager travellers, in June, 1799, embarked
at Corunna, in a Spanish ship ; and having touch
ed at the Canary Isle9, where they climbed up to
view the crater of the peake Tcyde, they pursu
ed their prosperous voyage, and arrived in the
month of July at the port of Cumana, in South
America."
The rest of the year was spent in visiting the
coast of Paria, the Indian missions of Chaymas,
and the provinces of New Andalusia, New Bar
celona, Venezuela, and Spanish Guyana. Leav
ing the Canaccas in January, 1800, Humboldt &
Uonplund visited the charming vallies of Aragua,
and the great lake of Valencia, or Taearigun,
which, in its general appearance, resembles that
of Ceneva, hut has its hanks clothed with all the
luxuriant vegetation of a tropical climate. In
Cura, one of its islets, lie found, cultivated, a
species of solatium, which yields wholesome &
pleasant fruit. From P.irto Cabello, our travel
lers, directed their course southwards, crossed on
horseback the vast plains of Calaboza, Apure &
Orenocco. They next traversed the famous Lla
nos, an immense succession of deserts, stretch
ing near two hundred miles on a dead level, ab
solutely destitute of springs or rivulets, and only
covered with a tall rank herbage. Over this de
sedate and pathless expanse, they journeyed for
whole days, without meeting a single shrub, ora
solitary cabin to refresh the eye ; while they suf
fered, besides, extremely fi-om the intense confi
ned best, which ros<» to 110 or 115 degrees of
Fahrenheit’s *c.ale. At St. Fernando, on the ri
ver Apure, they began a most fatiguing navigati
on of more than three thousand miles, which ihey
performed in canoes } and took the chart of the
country through which they passed, by help of
chronometers, and observations of Jupiter’s ti
teliites or lunar distances- Sailing down the A
pure, '!iey next entered the Orenocco, at the 7th
degree of north latitude -, and remounting this
noble stream, they passed the cataracts of Ma
pnrea and A tores* and reached th<* conflux of the
Guaviari. Thence they ascended the small river*
Atabapo, Jt.amini arid Tcmi. From the mission
of Santa, they passed over lan.l to the sources of
the famous Uioi Negro. About tinny Indians
were employed to csrry the eanot s, through lolty
forests, to the creek of Pemichin. Following
the rurrci.t, our travellers now shot into the Kio
N' gro on which they descended to Fort Saint
Charles. From this point again, they remounted
by the Cas*i<julari to the river Orenocco, and
thence to tho volcano cf Dai,ft and the mission
of F.amerahla Ifut the Guaica, an independent
tribe of Indians, of u vciy lair complexion and
most diminutive statute, yet extremely warlike,
prevented Humboldt anti his companion from
reaching the source# of the Orenocco. From F.s
Tniralda* our travellers descended on the swelling
stream toils mouth, This navigation down the
Oeenoi ■ C, was i>*e most paiulul and oppressive.
Tl i y sirffeitil from Want of provisions through
I' a d«), anti were drenched with torrtmi* of
ram during the night. Fo'cedlo seek shelter,
in September, 180i, though the rainy season
was not yet over, Humboldt and Bonpland began
their journey to Quito. They crossed the An
des of Quindiu, a chain of mountains partly co
vered with snow, yet bearing in profusion, the
storax, the wax palm, the passion-flower, & the
bamboo. For the space of thirteen days, they
were obliged to travel on foot over dreary, track
less swamps. Arrived at Carthago, in the fine
vale of Cauca, they ascended along the banks of
the Choco, meeting in their progress with roun
ded masses of basalt, greenstone and fossil wood.
From Buga they passed to Popayan, the capital
of the province and seat of a bishoprick, planted
at the foot of a porphyritick hill, near the volca
nos of Purace and Solara, in a most charming 8c
picturesque situation, and enjoying a delightful
temperature from 68 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit's
•cale. Thence they advanced through the dan
gerous d«fdes of Almaguer, (avoiding, however,
the pestilent vale of Patia) to the town of Pasto,
built on a beautiful plain, besides a volcano whose
summit is at times covered with snow. Crossing j
the Rio Guaitara, by a bridge thrown over a ra
vine which is more than half a mile in perpendi
cular height, and forms altogether one of the
wildest and most magnificent sites in Vue Andes,
they journeyed over the level, cultivated country
of Pastos, fertile in European grain, though ele
vated 9,300 feet above the sea, and reached the
village of Tulcan, not far from a castle of the In
cas, beside the rock of Romichaca. From this
point, they pour descended ; and having crossed
ths vale of Cliota, which, though only two miles
wide, is nearly a mile in depth, and again the t ale
of Guallabamba, half a mile deep, and of a suf
focating heat, our travellers arrived, in 1802, at
the. celebrated city of Quito.
Humboldt could at length repose from his fa
tigues, and enjoy the pleusures of hospitality and j
refinement, surrounded by the grandest produc- j
tions of nature. He remained about 8 months I
in the kingdom ofQ^iito, making different ejtcur- i
•ions to the neighboring volcanos, and the lofii-1
est summits of the Andes. After three several :
attempts, he twice succeeded, at imminent ha-1
zardof his life, in reaching the peak of the era- j
ter of Pichinca, carrying with him the requisite I
philosophical instruments to the height of 15,940
feet above the level of the sea. He next vis.ted
the porphyritick mountain Antisana, from which ,
rises a crater, in the midst of perpetual snow, at1
an elevation of 19,150 feet above the sea The
mouth of the volcano of Cotopaxi was found to be I
only 260 feet lower. j
It was now resolved to attempt a still more ar-1
tluoiis journey. Humboldt, Bonpland and Car- j
los Montutar, son of the Marquis of Salvaalegre,
a youth, whose ardent love of science had led;
him to accompany them since their first arrival
at Quito, set out, near midsummer, for the vol- j
cano of Tunguragua, and the Nevadodel Chim*i
bora 7.0. They traversed the frightful ruins of,
Kiobomba and other villages, destroyed, on the |
7th of February, 1797, by an earthquake, which !
in a few moments swallowed up more than forty i
thousand persons. Passing a noble group of:
porphvritick columns, they crossed the Puela :
by a bridge of cord3, and climbed to the Cuchil-!
la de Guandisava, a sharp ridge of burnt rocks,'
which, before the dreadful earthquake, were j
covered with a fine forest of odorous cedar—.
From that base, they estimated the volcnnick
cone of Tunguragua to have the height of 13,500
feet above the sea. At last, after incredible ex
ertion, they reached, on the 23d of June, thej
eastern slope of Chimborazo, and planted their :
instruments on a narrow ledge of porphyritick >
rork, which projected from the vast field of un- j
fathomed «n >w. A chasm, 500 feet wide, pre-1
vented their further ascent. The air was redu
ced to half its usual density, and felt intensely •
cold and piercing. Respiration war. laborious ;
and blood oozed from their eyes, their lips and
their gums. They cloud on the highest spot li
ver trod by man. Its height, ascertained from
barometrical observation, was 3,48 > feet greater
than the elevation attained in 1745 by Conda
mine, and 19,300 feet above tho level of sea._
From that extreme station, the top of Chimbora-1
7.n was f Mind, by trigonometrical measurement, j
to he 2,140 feel still higher.
Having finished their interesting observations, j
our travellers descended to the region of vege- '
tation, ai.<« followed nearly the great chain of j
tha Andes A train of fi!teen or twenty mules
lollowcd with their baggage. Skirting the high
savannahs ofTiocaXas, they advanced to Sitzm,
in iheparamt or woody desert of Assuay, and
crossed the mountains by that dangerous pas
s ige. In their route to Cuenca, they saw the
ruins oftlio palaces of tbe Incas, and other monu
ments of ancier.l, Peruvian grandeur. Proceed
ing through the village of Cumbe, near the great
paruw.a of Sarar, in which tbe SUtily ♦ n>lttstom,i
and,(be embothrium are growing at an elevation
ot 12,000 feet, they passed the fine cascade of
Uduchapa, by a roail of half a mile in perpendi- i
culai descent ; and. traversing the vale of Sara
fipirii, which if 2/*00 feet lower ( --n the nd|Ou>
ing wilderness, and forms altogether one of tin
richest scenes in the Andes, they entered L»xa,
a town famous for its commerce in the best s(,r.
of quinquina, or Jesuits’ bark ; the tiers produ
or a miserable aubsUtence among the woods,
they were incessantly tormented by musquitoes
and countless varieties ot noxious and loathsome
insects Nor yet could they venture to procure re*
lief, by bathing their parched bodies in the flood,
since voracious crabs & crocodile* watched them
on every side. After escaping such complicated
evils, and the dangerous effects of the exhalati
on* fomented under s burning sun, Humboldt. &.
Boupiand returned to Cum ana, by the plains of
Gari, and the mission of the Caraihs, a race of
men quit* distinct from any other, and perhaps,
next to the Patagonians, the largest & stoutest in
the known world.
A few months' repose was necessary to recruit
their enfeebled strength.——O tr travellers next
proceeded to the island of Cuba, and had nearly
■uffered shipwreck in their passsge. There they
remained three months ; during which interval
Humboldt settled the longitude of llavaniiah,
and assisted the planters in constructing stoves
for the preparation of their sugars It was his
intention, at this time, to go to Vera Crux, and
thence by Mexico and Acapulco to the Philippine
islands, in the view of returning, if possible, by
Bombay and Aleppo, to Constantinople-—But1
f. lse reports with respect to the sailing of cap
tain Buudin, induced him again to change his
route
To guard against the risk of accidents, Hum
bcldt now transmitted his collections and manu
scripts directly to Eurcpe. In March, 1801, lie
hired a small vessel, with which he sail 'd from
Batabano for Carthagcna ; but owing to continu
ed calms and adverse currents, the Voyage pro
ved uncommonly tedious, and he arMVed too late
in the season for crossing the isthmus of Pana
ma, and reaching Guyaquil or Lima, where he
had expected to meet with the French circumna
vigator. This schame was therefore abandoned,
and Humboldt being very desirous of becoming
acquainted with Mutis, celebrated American
naturalist, and of examining his superb collecti
on, resolved to proceed to his residence in the in
[ toriov of the country. Our travellers plunged in
to the woods of Ttirbago, and tracing up the
banks of the fine river Magdalena, reached the
village of Honda ; and pursuing their journey
through tall forests of oak, mrldstoma and chin
conct, they arrived at Santa Fe de Bogota, theca
pital of tbs viceroyalty of New Granada, situated
on a beautiful plain at an elevation of 8,700 En
glish feet above the level of the sea. Every thing
here was calculated to gratify the taste, 8t trans
port the imagination The mine9 of Mariquita,
St. Ann and Tipaquira, lay in the neighborhood ;
the natural bridge of Scononza, composed of
three fragments of rock, disrupted by an earth
quake, formed a striking object ; and the tremen
clous cataract of the Tequendama, which falls
from a height of COO feet, presented one of the
grandest spectacles in nature.
Uur travellers visited the mines of Moran and
Oyamel, where the ancient Mexicans quarried
the obsidian, for the manufacture of stone
knives and hatchets Pursuing their journey,
\ir\\Sar / de hi Madre de Dios, or the
Well of the Virgin, a cavern in the limestone
rock From which issues the river Capula. They
next proceeded by Quireturo and Salamaucay o
ver fertile plains to the city of Guanaxuatb, cele
brated for the richest silver mines in the world,
fhe single mine, of Valenciaua yields an annud
produce of half & million sterling, and affords its
proprietor a revenue of 130,0001. The mouth < f
the pit i# elevated only 180 feet above the plain
of Mexico : but its shall lias the enormous depth
ot 280 iathoms, the mean temperature being 81
degrees. ,
At Los Joares, a flat stretch of ground on the
neighboring mountains at the height of 8 TOO
feet aboveJ.e level of the sea, tl.e Indian dealers
in snow dig ponds for collecting ice, from the
month of December to that of April. On their
return from Guanaxuato, the travellers passed
through the valley of St Jago to Valladolid,the
capital of the province of Mechnacan, the most
fertile and delightful of New Mexico. They
bent downwards from Pcscuaro to the plain of!
| M“lpays, near the coast of the Pacifr k Ocean,
i and had the courage to descend almos) to the
bottom of the crater of the great volcano of Jo- I
rullo, and to collect its gaseous products at the
! depth of 130 feet. Returning to Mexicu by the !
plain of Toluca, they mw the trunk of the fa- I
1 mous hand leaved uec, or cheirostemdn p:ata-\
uotdes, the only individual found in New Spain,
t and which is of immense antiquity and nine yards
in circumference. They climbed to the highest
peak of the adjacent mountain, and found it to be
15,180 feet above the level of the sea Its era
ter was formed into a URe, at an elevation of a
bout 12.000 feet, from which there flowed a
river having only the temperature ot 48 de
grees
1’he toils of Humboldt and his companions
were now drawing to a close. In the months of
January and February, 1804, they made excur
sions to the Nevado, or snowy height, of Izucci
hmatl, whose summit is 15,710 feet above the
sea ; to the Puebla de 1 ,* Angeles, the capital
of an intendancy ; to Cholula, a city at the foot
of the famous ancient pyramid, and thence, to
the Llano de Tctintpa ; from which plain, the
entire elevation of the crater of P po rate-pet!,
or the Smoky Mountain, was ascertained to be
lr,ro5 teet; and, lastly, to the square top of
the mountain behind Perole, at t,.e height of
13,425 feel. They halted at the city of Xalap
pa, m a charming climate, and a situation roman
tically beautiful: near which ris s, at the height
ol 17,390 feet above the level of the sea, the
snowy pe:tk of Orizaba, called, in the Mexican
language, the Star Mountain, from the distant
appearance of its flame Thence they proceed
ed to Vera Cruz, and emb.uk ;d lor Havannah
Having made their arrangements, they sailed,
in the month of July, to Philadelphia ; and after
a stay of some months in the United States, they
finally recrosaed the Atlantick, and arrived sal:
in Prance, after ;>n absence of six years animated
by glowing prospects, but full of anxiety,fatigue
and danger.
This hasty and imperfect anticipation of the
narrative of Humboldt will render such observa
tions more intelligible, vs we have to make on
the results of his memorable travels. In a sub
ject so much diversified, we will not pretend to
follow any precise plan : but will endeavor, ac
cording to the best of our judgment, to combine
the more interesting facts which are contained
m the disjointed materials now before us, inchi
ding the fragments recently imported from the
continent. To the work named at th* head of this
article, we may join a sin ill tract, entitled
Tableaux de hi Nature, which was published in
the Get man language, and afterwards, under the
author'# eye, translated, with considerable addi
lions, into French. Some detached pieces will
asiist us in filling up the oo'lin«s. For the sake
of greater persp cuity, we shall dispose our re
marks into four distinct classes.
CTobe continued. J ,,
iUlSU I.IMliNv.—Just received and for sale,
by Benjamin Iv.robal!, 4 boxes 4 4 and 1 do
7 8 Irish I, mens,cost from 22d to 4a 10J sterling,
extremely low charged. »
Sept. 28. w4w
HR IN t I N G,
or every osscnir nomratly ex£cut«o
AT THIS OFFICE.
dug which, shoot up from the micaceous schist
of the neighboring mountains, at a height from
eleven to fifteen thousand feet above the sea, *%
where the medium temperature ranges b .-tween
60 and 70 degrees. Continuing their route thro’
a succession of native villages, amidst grove; of
ar.oita ehilitnoya and wild citrons, and insight of
the scattered vestigea of Peruvian palaces, they
descended to the bed of the Culaco, iu a narrow
vale, at the vast depth of 4.200 fret} and, pres
sing forward through plantations of sugtr ouics.
they mounted again to the forest of Cliulnc.a
nas, near immense yuins-of the oattis of the In
cas, and, crossing the chain of mountains not
far from the groat causeway which those princes
had constructed,at the height of two miles, along
the ridge of the Andes, from Cusco to Assuay
and Caxarnarca, they advanced to S in Felipe,
having, with infinite difficulty, saved their in
struments and collections, as they were obliged,
in the space oF three days, to ford, nearly Hiirtv
times, the Guancahamba. Alter a rapid descent
of more than a mile in perpendicular, they came
to an Indian hamlet; and, journeying sometimes
through orange groves, they took canoes on the
Chavmn, an:l at length arrived, in the province
of Jacn, at the falls of Rentema, on the left bank
of the river Amazons, only 1,240 feet above the
level of the sea.
Embarking on Uut noble stream, Humboldt
and his companions s iled as far as the cataracts
of Temeperda ; nod then shaping their course to
the southeast, over the Cordiltere, by the famous
silver mines of Chcta, they reached the town m
Caxarnarca, in the midst of a plain which yields
prod gvms crops of barley though at an elevati
on of 9/370 feet. Aft-r s one -descent on tho
western slope of the Amies, they descried with
delight bbc great Pacific Ocean ; and, skirting
along its _n.»ked and sterile shores,' the tempera
ture of the air, in the month of October, being
only 70.*and that of the w.dev 61 degrees,they'
reached Lima, the capital of the viceroy ally ut
Peru.
In that «ity, Hiijfcbolift' rested some months,
highly pleased with the Spirit add int'T.igetu-.c of
its inhabitants At the port of Calls-•, tte had
the fortune to observe the emersion of the transit
of Mercury over the disk of the sun——From
Lima, our travell-rs went by sea to Guyaqutl,
and thence thev werq carried in a frigatec:il ter a
very quick passage, to Acapulco, in thr. kingdom
of New Spain. They found the inhabitants
sickly 8t wretched, under a climate remnrlcibjy
sultry and noxious ; but different reasons irdu
ced them to spend a twelvemonth in that go
vernment In April 180 >, they made an excur
sion from Acapulco to I'a-sco, the seat of the no
ted mines, in a region clothed with oaks and
pines, and tree-ferns, and yielding, at the height
of 6.000 feet, abundant crops of wheat & barley.
A short journey now brought them to the weal
thy and famous city of Mexico, built on the site
of the ancient Tenoclititlan, between the lakes of
Texcuco and Xocliimilc.o, which have conside
rably decreased since the Spaniards drained the
adjoining country, mid opened the canal of Hue
huetoca. It is encircled with alleys of trees, b
with Indian villages ; and, at no great distance,
are seen two volcanick mountains crowned with
eternal snow. Mexico, standing 7,475 feel a
bove the level of the sea, enjoys u mild climate.
Us mean temperature being only 624 degrees of
Fahrenheit’s scale.
FIR SALE-The PLANTATION, on
which 1 now reside, in the county of King
William, containing 312 acres, within sight of
Hanover Town, and adjoining the Lands of War
ner Worm ley and others
A lso—The crop ot Cons. Foddsk & Stock
of every Wind, may be had with the Land—there
will be from 30 to 40 bushels of prime Wneat
sown this fall—Posesssion may be had in Ja
nuary next
Presuming that no person will purchase with
out V e wing the premises, ltouceive it unnecessa
ry to s iy any thing respecting this irvtly desirable
httlo Farm— miy that there is a good Dwel
ling and every necessary Out-House, for the
convenience of a family witli a good Garden, &
a well of excel'rut water.—•Application to
John or Charles Basher, of Richmond, or to. the
subscriber, wilt be atten ied to.
GIDEON BOSHER.
October 12. wtf
IN CHANCERY.—Fluvanna. County Court,
September 25th, 1810.
Moncrivtt’* Hid, administrator with the will
annexed of Robert liill, duc’d.
Again re
John Forbes and Patrick Williamson.
Drf'ts.
Tiie D fendant, Williamson, not having enter
ed his appearance and given security according
to the act of assembly and the rules >f this court,
and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court,
that lie is not an inhabitant of this country : Oil
the motion of the plaintiff, by his counsel ; It u
on/creJ, that the said defendant, Willi .mstm, do
appear here on or b.tfore the first day of Decern
bercouit next, anil answer the plain) ifPs bill, St
that u copy of this ordf r he forthwith inserted in
one o' the Richmond news-papers, and continu
ed tor two months successively, stud another co
pv posted at the front door of the court house of
j this county.
A Cifiv
J TIMBERLAKE, Jr. v. c. r c.
October 12 . w8 1[
DANCING ACADEMY,
y. DARRAC
ETURNS thanks to those who hive honored
Uiini with their confidence, & respectfully in
forms his friends and the public in general, that
tie has removed his D vicing Academy to the up
per apartments over Messrs. Hawkms and Al
den’s Shoe Store in the main street nearlj-oppo
site Benjamin Kimb ill’s Store, where he conti
nues to leach the art of dancing in its various
parts.
Mr T>v-i\ic flitters himselfto meet the appro
batiou.cf those who may honor him with their
patronage, for neither care or trouble tv-ill be
sparedby him to teach properly & in as a short a
time as possible
Ladies will be* taught on Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday—Gentlemen on Monday, Wednes
day and Friday every week—he informs also that
his practicing balls will take place once every
week. . •
• J* Any ladies or gentWmen desirous to take
private lessons ofj. Darrac, ntthe places of their
residence, will be punctually attended tc.
N B. Application to be made to him at his dan
cing academy from 9 to 12 o’clock every duv.
September 28 \« 4 ikj
ij'OR SALE—Five hundred acres of excel
lent LAND, lying in Middlesex County a
few miles distant from Urbanna, and bounded
by the lands of Philip S. Grymes dec’d. Wm
Burke and others. About two hundred acres of
this land are cleared, and fit for immediate cul
tivation. Also a trac^ of 205 acres con tig: Oils
to the above, known by the name of Rich Neck,
which is extremely fertile and abounds with ex
cellent timber The facility of going to market
and in the acquisition of all the benefits of the
Rappahannock River is an additional considers
t'on to render this property valuable—The terms
| wih he made known upon application.
THOMAS C. HOOMES.
! King St Queen C. H September 28. w4w1f
VALUABLE LAND—FOR RALtL.-1 ue
subscriber wishes to di.posc cf his military
LANDS, in the state of Kentucky, containing a
■ k,*ut odtiy acres, lying on Big Barren river, which
affords a good navigation, and situated in the
county of Barren ; there cab be no objection to
the quality of the Land, a considerable proporti
on of which are Ln\V Grounds, and lying contigu
ous to Nashville, Tennessee, being only 50 miles
distant ; wliich silbrds a good trade. A bargain
will be sold in the Land, or I will barter for lands
in this state, such as may suit. For further par
ticulars, apply to the subscriber.
l'.DMUND liOOKLR.
Jamestown, Prince Edward, Aug 51. wSw^I
IN CHANCERY.—rr*-At a quarterly court,
continued and held for King &. C^peen Coun
ty, at the Court house, oh Wednesday the 15ih
of August, 1810.
Thomas Gayle, Brooking Taylor,’and Ann his
wifr, Elizabeth Gayle and George Gayle, infants
under the age of twenty one years, by Philip
Gatewood their Guardian and next friend, Wil
liam Gayle and Joaiah Gayle infants, under
the age of twenty one years by Philip G ite
wood their next friend, and Sarah Ann Stu
art nad Elizabeth Stuart infants, under the age of
l wenty one years, by Edward Wright their Guar
dian anil next friend,
Plaintiff's.
Aga INST
John Gayle Ex’or. of Matthew Gayle, dec’d
Matthew Gayle, Robert D. Gayle and George
Buckner, ' Drf’ts.
Tltc defendants, Matthew Gale &. Robert D
Gayle, not having entered their appearance and
giv.-n security according to the act of ussemb y
and the rules of this Court, and it appearing to
the satisfaction of tf,e court, that they are not
inhabitants ot the commonwealth : It is ordered,
That tli: said defendants, Matthew Guj le & R(».
bert 1) Gayle, do appear here on the second
Monday in November next, and answer the bill
of tiie plaintiffs, and tlih a copy of this order be
forthwith published ins >me public news paper,
printed in the City of Richmond,for two months
succcssivt-ly, and that another copy be posted
at the front door of this court-house.
Teste,
RO POLLARD, c o.
Sep 14. w8wH
]SJO ' H21-. —Uy virtue of a deed of trust, ex
cutrd Ijy David »V Sharp, to John Treelv,
dec d hearing dale 6di of December, 1802, and
record d in the county court of Hearico, on the
6th of December, 1802. for the purpose of secu
ring the payment of4 500 due to ltobt Vaughan,
jr. by instalments in the. manner expressed m the
said deed, to wit : 4 2 -0 on tlie 7th day of June,
1801, with interest thereon from the 7ih day of
junt*, 1802, and the further sum ot 4 250 on the
7th day of Jour, I8j0, wi ll interest thereon from
i tli June, 1802, till |Jau1, and the costs and rjtsr
ges necessarily incurred hycairying the said trust
mtu c-flect : I’he subscribers will sell, to the
lughes* bidder, for ready in iftey, at the Ct bouse
ot Henrico county, on the first Monday ia Dec.
next, (b' ing tjenneo county court day) 484 acres
of LA HD, more nr less, lying in the county of
Henrico and bounded by the lands of Thomas
Friend,-Bu Pm, Joseph BViley, Wm. Han
dolpn and J «mes Uiver.
The above deed of trust is entitled to a credit
of 4‘J4 0#. bd. p ud on the 1st September, 1804,
and the land wdl be sold for the purpose of ob
tabling the baUnce due thereon.
yo HU A CHAFFIN,
, GKOtfGE SCOTT,
JSxtcuto-1 of John Trrelf
Sept. wHw^[
B L A N K S,
SJ \COBS will sell very low, by the trunk or
• Inle, the following xrt>cl, « :
& aupeiQiG Cloths
2 il» >U' inl Bankets
1 «1o B ickutK Gr-en
4 Trunks Caliicoe*
JTspt. 23
VOit S \l,E—j valuable MERC MAN t and
X; SAW MILL t situated in lb* county of
London on Goose creek j of a mile from v. bore
it empties in lh<- Potomac 4 miles from Leesburg,
35 from Alexandria and about the same distance
Irom George Town ; in the midst of the lipesv \
wheat country of Virginia. The main road from *'■
Leesburg to Alexandria, passes within one mile
of the mill, and the boats that navigate the Poto
mac come up to the Mill, which affords -great
opportunity of procuring wheat, by means o! the
river, at all seasons, mid a great facility of sending
flour to market by water to George Town and
Alexandria The Mill-House is built of atone 50
feet by 34, two stories and foils* floors, and wot ks
two pair of stones. The machinery, which is of
j the most approved construction, is in good repair,
j The saw-mill, is oftlie odinary size &. works 1 saw
j —With the Mill, if suitable to the purchaser, may
j be had 10 or 20 acres of Land, on the side oftlie
! creek on which the mill stands, and on the oppo
site a tract of Land, containing about 280 or 300
acres, of good quality and well timbered The
excellence of the stream of Goose creek, at thisi
place ; the abundance of wheat grown in the vi
cinity ; the facilities of water navigation ; and the
general and rapid improvements of'this part of
Ibe stat- hold out great inducements to a person,
of activity and [pit it, inclined to vest his money
in property of this description, F ir further par*
| ticulars apply to VVM HP ENT, Jr.
■Near Aquia jt'ost OjJl:er Virginia.
July 31. ep2imfcafilf
NOl ICE.— All persons who have claims a
giinst the Estate of Phter Tinsley,
deceased, are requested to send in their accounts
immediately to the subscriber, and all those in
debted to said estate are inueated to makta
sptcdv payment to
JAMES BROWN, Jr. AJm'r.
October 9 if
WANTED, to purchase or hire, n good Cook,
for which cash will be given. Enquire at
this office.
October 5. tf
LAND FOR SALE.— rhe subscriber wished
lo dispose of a tract of LAND, containing*
1700 acres, and situated on Pisealeway Crock, in
the county of Essex. The plantation is common
ly called Bathurst, and has many .desirable qua
lities. He deems a description of the farm use* #
less, as purchasers will examine it The subscri
ber will accommodate any disposed to pnrcliH6«
with it generous indulgence, and Ins terms may
b ■ known by application to Mr. John W Btlfield
ol Belmounl, Richmond coilntv*
TUGS. JONES.
Essex County, Sept 28. tf
WILL,"be sold lo the highest bidder on tilts
'premises0*1 tin 1st M md «y in Dec. next,
THREE THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND
in the C unity ol Henrico, within six mles of the
City of H-iclim tin!, and mi e:ich side ofth* Stage
rosd leading from Kiciunond to Fredericksburg,
on the waters of the Brook Run. The land on tins
west side of the road will be laid ofTin lots from 10.
to 30P a'res: oil t’;*s part of the land is a manufac
turin'^ & sawmill Tne East side and t*n which
the dwelling house -stand's.'ih one lot containing
between 6Q9 and J’OO acres It is thought unne
cessary to give a description of the above proper
ty. as it !«• prerumed, purchasers will form their’
own ‘opinion of its prestnl orfutuu .value Term*
of sale,one third Carlqone third in twelve months,
the balance, in two years : bonds with approvedl
security, with Deeds of Trust on the land, wilk
be required of the purchasers
T H i'KOSSER.
Sep 25, 1310._t f3
NOTICE — The sitWriber has rented, and
removed his Cpuhiing Room to. the l.rge>
new Brick Lumber House, near Slidckoc W-.re- •
Hntihe, and lately occupied by Mr. Junes C An
thony This house is calculated to store up
wards of 500 hogsheads of Tobacco, and several
thousand barrels of flour ; it is situated Convent
enl to the basin of the canal, and rendered secure
from fire by being covered with til**.
THOMAS GUY.
Richmond, Sep 21. 3m
2^0 be sold on Monday the 221 Oct >!>erjthe
* personal e state of John Swan, dec’d a his
late residence : Terms of sale 12 months credit
witli bond and Approved security for all .mma over
len dollars, and under ten dollars, cash Persons
hiving claims on the estate, will present them on
or before the day of sale : those indebted will
be pleased to settle their accounts.
The LAND will be rented on shares or other
wise, to suit those inclined to rent-m3 some
good crop.negroes to hire, deliverable at Christ
mas
There will be sold, at the nine time and nn
Hie same terms, a small invoice of Sadler’s tools,
entirely new.
JOHN T. SWAN, Ad’vir.
With the vtill annexed of
Jan v Swav, aec'd,
Powhatan, Ort, 4 ;.|s
GERMAN OZNABURGS AND TICK
LEN BURGS,
IMPORTED in the Sclioot.fr Norfolk, from
Tonningen. For sale by
Wm R ROW if Cr Co.
October 9 8t
"VT OT'ICE —That l>v virtue of n d'tdof d ust"
executed to me, for the purpose of securing
certain sums of money therein mentioned, due to
Wm Hooker, from M ss Franc s Glinn, I shall
on the first. Monday in November next, being the
first day of Henrico Quarterly Term, before the
front door of the said court house, expose to sale,
by public auction, upon a credit of ninety days,
the purchaser giving a note negotiable and paya
ble at the bank of Virginia, with one or mon ap
proved endorsers f The HOUSE and l.OT, in
this city, upon Shock® Hill, near the Federal
Spring, and which Lot, or parcel of Ground, in
No. 119—being the same property which was
sold and conveyed by W m. & George Hooker to
the said Glinn.
SAMUEL McCRAW, Truster.
_Scp».2l8_ _ t<ls
r ■'“-WENTY DOLLARS REWARD. Elop
, I od from Mr James Smito, about the mid
oleol May last, a slave, named SAIVT, who had
been employed for several years past in that geo
fit-man*# Bake-House.
S A M ig about I wenty four or five years of age,
low of stature, and not very bulky j of youthful
app«ar*ncc, a dark complexion, a countenance
with an Incessant smile, approaching to a grin,
and thereby discovers a fine set of teeth, w-hich
he is not a Rule fond of shewing He is slow of
speech, and when spoken to suddenly or quick
ly, stammers and hesitates exceedingly._His
cloth*s not recollected.
Some lime in August last, a note was given
him by the Subscriber, (who then wished to dis
pem of him,) to lookout for a purchaser—-It
m-rely purported the terms" to any person re
siding in Richmond, or it’s neighborhood .
And as he has the note still in possession, hc=
will probably, under pi e'enee of seelting a mas
ter, endeavor thereby to effect his escape out ol
the State.
All masters of vessels and others are, there
fore, forbid, at their peril, harboring or carrying
him off * 1 *
Flic above reward will Re given, and *1! rea
sonable charges allowed, if brought bn k in sal
ty to
, JOHN KING
Richmond, July 10. U‘
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