The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1804-10-13 00:00:00, page 4

FOR THE ENQUIRER.
THE R A I X B 0 ir_No. IX.
ON THE CONDI TION OF WOMEN.
It is certain that the female fex arc he'd in
high elt iinat ion in Virginia, as well as in the
other civilized nations of the world, am] it is true
that the fpirit of the American ievolution has
in fome degree dell roved that unjult inequality,
which the laws of England have created between
the fexes. The fuperiofrity which was info
lently a (Turned by the male fex, has nlmoft en
tirely vanifhed before the light of reafon, white
the legifl iture of our (late-, by the (ingle ait of
annihilating the right of the elded fon to inhe
rit all the property of his father, and of dividing
it equally atnongft all his children, has blaflcd
the germ of family pride, and folemnly recog
nized the principle, that the male and female
fex are equal. But although we have done fom'e
thing in favour of the fex, yet an impartial ob
ferver of our manners and laws, will perhaps
find as much to blame as to commend. So far
from being able to hoaft that our women arc
the favourites of the laws, we mult be compel
led to acknowledge that a very unjuft partiality
is exhibited by them in favour of the men, and
that our manners are not better calculated to
exalt the fair to that point in the fcalc of focie
tv, to which they arc deltined to rife.
Let it not be luppofed that I am an advocate
for the unlimited extenfion of political rights to
women, or that I wifli to encumber them with
improper duties. I am aware that nature has,
eftablifhed a broad diftinCtion between the fex- j
es ; that there are certain fpheres of aCtion io
which females can never move, and boundaries
which they can never with propriety overleap.
Nature has nut endowed them with the (trength
of the warrior’s arm, and although in the hiftory
of pad times, there are fame ffcw isftnnces of
heroines, who have conducted armies to victo
ry, yet thefe are to be confidered as meteors,
whofe appearance defies the efforts of calcula
tion. Circumftances alfo of. an obvious kind,
mult neceffarily exclude them from a.'partici
pation in the cares and duties of political af
feinblies. And although many cogent rcafons
may with great propriety be urged in favor of
an extenfion of the elective franchrfe to the fe
male fex, yet I do not mean at this time to ad
vocate fiich a revolution in ourpolitical fyftems.
All that I at prefent contend for is, that the wo
men ought to have the fame civil rights as the
men, and that the lcgidature ought to extend
the fame opportunities of intellectual improve
ment to the one fex as to the other.
One would fuppofe, from the total filence of
the laws of Virginia on the fubjeCt of female
education, that our general aflembly had either
adopted the Mahometan notion, that women
J*ave no fouls, or the (till more romantic opini
on, that nature has infpired them with fuch an
over-proportion of genius that the labour of the
teacher is to them a matter of fupererogation.
It is unfortunately too true, that a great deal of
fupinenefs is difcoverable throughout the date
on the fubjeCt of public fchools, even for the
male fex. Many of our young men are fent to
diftant univerfttica to acquire the elements of
fcier.ce, and all ofthofc who are deftined to be
come members of the medical profeflioii, will in
vain fearch for a medical (chool in any pait of
Virginia. But we have not been totally regarfl
lels of the education of our young men. We
have a few colleges, ore of which will not yield
to her northern lifters in the acquirements of
her profelTors, or in the number of men of ta
lents who have ifiucd from her walls. Our
ftatute book abb abounds with laws eftablidiir.g
academies, at which the dead and living langua
ges may be acquired by young men ; but there
is not to be found a Angle public feminary, ami
hardly ; private one, in which the female mind
is furnifhed with an opportunity of increafing
its (tores of knowledge.
I cannot fuppofe that this apathy of the Vir
ginians towards female education, can proceed
from an opinion of their inferiority. The hifto -
ry of Europe, and each man’s perfonal obfcrva
tionmuft convince him, that fuch an opinion is
not founded on truth. We often fee in the fame
family, the girl equally quick in appreh-nfion
with the boy ; her memory as retentive, Sc her
imagination perhaps more alive to the beauties
of nature. In early life, there is fcarcely any
difference between them, and in thofe families in
which education is not an object of attention, the
equality continues through life ; but in a family
of a different deferiptiop, the pride & partiality
of the father loon begin to difpiay themfclves in
the different conduct obferved towards his fon
and daughter. The fan muft be prepared for
one of the learned profelfions, anil already the
phantom of glory begins to lire the imagination
of the fond father. He already anticipates the
period, when his fon Ihall be hatlcd as the de
fender of freedom in the fenate, or when the lit
tening croud (ball be delighted with his elo
quence in the forum. He accordingly fparcs
no expcnce to ftrengthen, improve, and polifh
the m'.nd of his foil, who, from the age of fcven
to twenty-two, is con (Ian. ly employed in draw
ing knowledge from the fountain of ancient li
terature, or modern fjience. In the mean time
the mind of his daughter is almoft entirely ne
glected j it becomes a barren wafte, in which
if a flower Ihould now and then fpring up,it wi
thers and perifhes for want of the care and Ikill
of an afflduous cultivator* For her no teacher
holds up the map of frienre ; to her view know
ledge does “ ne’er unroll her ample page.” Tiie
lamentation of Gray is perhaps more applicable
to the Virginia women, than to the inhabitants
of an Englilh hair.let :
“ Full many a fb-wer is born to blufh unfccn,
“ And waste its i'weetnefs on the delart air !”
It is Education not Mature which creates the
differetree between the texts. It is perhaps not
neceflary to dwell o* the propriety and impor
tance of improving the female mind. Although
they cannot lx* warriors, legiflatura, judjer, or
executive officers, there is no lit nation in hie in
which an improved undnfbinding is not an ufc
fui and delightful companion. Improve the
minds of your daughters, and they will make
their fons heroes and patriots. They will awa
ken the curioflty of their infant minds, and in
fpirrthcm with the love of wifdom and of vir
tue. And who can doubt that flu- fociety of
the fail would be infinitely more interfiling if
an equal degree of that labour which is em
ployed to adorn their perfons, were applied to
the cultivation of their intellr^tual powers?
Although I cannot entirely agree with Akenfuie,
tint
“ Mmd alone —
The {acred fountain in itfvlf contains
Of boauteou* and fublime ■ — ■■
Yet it is certain that ’the intelligence which
beams from the eye, throws .a lufrre on the
eountrmnce of beauty itfeif. Perhaps the low
tf iteof feie ice in Virginia, and th.* almofl tx
rlufive at* lition which hr* been devoted to po
lit rsand lav/, will afford ns a falisfattory rea
fon why the mind* of my fair country-women
have not afpired to literary excellence. fn
j nc-nnd Great Britain the women fliinr bright
ft an in the galaxy of literature aid licit nee. The
n T il* of the French revolution, and the writ
h.g» ofMr*. \Volftoi>ecnft, of Kina Hamilton,
MISCELLANEOUS.
From i he London Courier.
MIU jSsvBP^I Mix's PUBLIC BMUZFM7.
ilifs Angerftein’s public breakfaft, on Saturday la$,
at that delightfully plcafant village, called tbe
Wood Lunds, on Blackkcuth, was attended
hy upwards of COO faftiiodabics. T he compahy
began to arrive about half after two o’clock. Prom
that hour until half after four, the mod magnificent
equipages, confiding of phxton*, berounches, landaus,
laadaulets, and cjrric'.es, appeared in regular fucccffi
on. Wh.it added to the eflfecft of the fccne was, the
number of beautiful women fcatfcd on the dicky box
.e», all drefTtd in the nioft Gmple and becoming attire
pofhble. Frrim three until five the company prome
naded on the lawn, being entertained by the duke of
York’s Military band, and the Milanefe Minitrels,
who played alternately various charming pieces of mo
de, tiie erteift of which w„s confiderably heightened
by the echo from the woods. About four the confer
vatory was thrown open, and exhibited one of the fin
ed pineries ever beheld in this count! y, together
with orange and lemon trees of uncommon fize and
full bearing, and a profufion of the fined flowers.
About hall after five o’clock the company left this en
chanting place, being invited by Mr. Angerftein’s ac
complished daughter to partake the petit entertain
ment in thehoufr. Four rooms on the groiuid door
were fet apart for the breakfuft, and covers were laid
for about VdO. The tables were furr.ilhed with hot
bmps, and every elegant eatable which money could
purchafe. The wines corbited of Champagne, Cla
ret, Maderia; but ttie defcris attracted general no
tice and admiration.
The following defcription of the feene of the a-j
hove feftivity is given by a gentleman prefent;
“ Being invited to Mifs Angrrftein’s hreakfaft, at
Woodland*, her father's beautiful feat on Blackheath,
1 was among thu firll of the company that arrived, as
I was anxious for an opportunity to enjoy, at leifurc,
thi* rural feenery of the place, to rr.c always the moft
grateful part of fuch entertainment*. It fo much fur
pafled my moft (anguine expectation, that I hope e
ven * defcription, fuch as 1 atn capable of writing,
may not prove unimereftiug to your reader*. Wood
land* is fitr.ated upon the left of Charlton Hill, and
commands a moft enchanting and pi&urefi|ue view ot
the Theme* from Limehoole to l.ong Reach, a great
part of Ellex, Romford, Buintwood, Ac. to an ex
[ tent of between forty and fifty tnile*. The vicinity of
I .ondon doe* not a (Turd fo rural and divetfified a
ftene. It combines every thing to gratify the moft
| poliflied tafte ard poetic fancy. The honk is a white
modern ftpiare building, in the conllnnftion of which
ornament i» judicioidVy confuited, without fact ificing
utility. On your approach you pal* through two
g ites, the fecund of which opens into a fir peat ire
»v*lk, bordered with the moft beautiful frets, fhruh*,
and flower*, hie h cordu&s yon to the front of the
honfe the afpedl of which is N. E. and the feite
moft iotercftlVig and commanding. From this point,
diverge various Terpentine walks, bordered with rofts,
myrtles, and all th'e other tribes of the moft fragrant
*nd beautiful (hiub* and flowers, the perfume of
rhich (ideal the jt with their delicious odour*. One of
tliele lead# to the confervatory. Tlii*,; am told, Js ore
of MiioSt**•«!, >nd others ;:i Erg-and, at once
refute the dogma of the inferiority of the fe
male mind, and prove how high it 13 capable of
l'oaring. The legillature of ourftate will confer
J great honor on thenafclves, by conftarttly turning
I their attention to the education of both fexes.—
! from the view which I have taken it appears evi
• dent,that, he eflfortswhichhavebcenmadetoedu
eate our youth, have been exclulively favoura
ble to the male fe*s and that our habits are equal
ly partial.
When we examine our regulations refpecting
property, we fliail probably find that the fame
partiality pervades a great part of our fyftem.
The reciprocal rights of the hufband and wife,
acquired by marriage, will clearly prove iny po
fition. The hufband is entitled, as tenant by
the Curtefy, to all the lands of his wife during
his life, if the wife has had a child at any time
during the marriage ; but if Ihe has never had
a child born alive, he is deprived of any portion
of her lands. On the other hand, when the huf
band dies, the wife is entitled to one third only
of his land during her life ; but this right cxifts
whether (lie has childien or not. Although I
pretend not to be (killed in the fcicnceof calcu
lation, it 13 obvious that, in a country where ear
ly marriages are faftiionable, at lead nineteen
out of twenty of thofe who are married, arc blef
fed with children. Virginia huibands have
therefore nearly *ti equal chance to poffefs, dur
ing their lives, the whole of the lands of their
wives, Which the latter have of one third of the
land3of the former. Whatever may have been
the original caufe of this diftinCliou, it is certain
that it has long ago ccafed, and I cannot but
think that if the cafe had been reverfed, and the
common law had been more favorable tp the
women than the men, our legiftature would
have difeovered that it was an odious diftinCtion,
originating in feudal barbarifm, and fnpported
by prejudice and fclfilhnefs. The favour (ltewn
to the male fex is (till more obvious in the re
gulations refpc&ing perfonal property. The
more a country increases in commerce, the more
doet. its perfonal property increafe in value, and
hence the fuhjeCt becomes daily of more impor
tance in Virginia. By marriage, a hufband ac
quires an abiolutc right to difpofe of the whole
of his wife’s perfonal eftate during his life, and
by his will may deprive her of the whole of it.
If, however, Ihe choofes, within a year, to claim
a legal (hare of it, (lie is entitled to one third ;
.and the fame provifion is made for her in cafe
of the inteftacy of her hufband. When (lie has
no child, inflead of one third, her portion is one
half. Let it be remembered alfo, that thcic is
one unfortunate fpecies of perfonal property in
Virginia, to which the hufband acquires an ab
folute right by marriage, but in which the wife
can only claim the above mentioned proportion
for her life, even although the whole may have
been originally hers. The obvious tendency of
theft* regulations is to keep the fair in a ftate of
entire fubjeCtion to the ftronger fex. It holds
out a tempting lure to avaiice, and expofes the
unfufpicious to the arts of the mercenary. I
have heard of fome inftances in which its opera
tion has placed a fting in the bofoms of the inno
cent, and brought affliction and defolalion to
th<* mnnfions of the virtuous.
There is one other law which has always ap
! penred to me to be repugnant to the heft feel
! ings of human nature, and by which the fex is
moil cruelly and unjuftly degraded. No perfon
can doubt that the mother has in genera) a more
tender aftc£tK>u for her infant offspring than the
father. In this country it is particularly true,
for while our men too often roam from flower
to flower, our women are, with the conftancy of
Penelope, devoted to the welfare of their fami
lies. What then (hall we think of a law, which
authorifes the father on his death bed, to de
prive a virtuous wife of the guar<\ifm(hip of hia
child, and to transfer it to the moft worthlefs of
the creation. This law is certainly founded on
an improper opinion of female weaknefs, or a
falfe idea of female virtue. If carried into com
plete opt ration, it would bring difeord into eve
ry family, and fill every humane heart with woe.
I do not intend to enquire at prelent into the
effects which a change of our lav/3 and manners
refpeCling the fair fex, would produce. It is
fufticicnt if I have proved, that although we
have done much, much remains undone.
II.
By a letter from Dr. De Carre of Vienna, to a
Phyncian in London, are informed, that, “ Dr.
Valli who inoculated hirnfelf with the plague, in or-,
der to try whether the Vaccine is a preventative of
tlio* s_ 'aj-p^ar», at Li.gtl. lalten the
plague, but it is cxpe&ed he will recover.”—-Til
iocb, Fo!. 17 fb p. 28S.
The Court of Sefiion in Scotland lately gave judge
ment in the following cafe.—
Bums, the celebrated I’oct, had written fevcral
letters, which he addrefled to a Lady, whom he
chofv to diftir.^uilh by the name of Claripda. Thefe ;
letters found tneir way to the public, and being deem
ed by the friends of Burns in n6 fhap$ honorable to
his memory, they applied to the Court of Seflion for
an interdict and prohibition of fale.—.The abflradt
qneftion decided Ky the court was, whether even on
the fuppofitiori of a confent by the receiver, letters can
thus he puhlifr.ed without the confent of the writer,
pr (after his death) of his representatives ? The judges
were decidedly of opinion that the receiver of a letter
&as no right to pnblffh it without the confent of the ’
writer or of his reprefentatives after his death ; and
therefore granted a perpetual interdict againff the pub
lication and lh!e of Burns’s Letters to Ciarinda.
The following occurrence is faid to have ta
ken place during the Emperor’s journey to
Boulogne :—Having arrived at 6 o’clock in the
monlfrtg at Abbeville, from St. Cloud, to which
place he travelled without; halting, be pafled
through that town ; hut at about half a league
beyond it, he ordered his carriage to ftop at the
door of a mean houfe in the commune of Bugny,
kept by a man of the name of Detaminier, a
blackfinith and publican, who being alarmed at
fuch a train, hid hirnfelf in hie troodhoufe.
His wife v, r.s aikedif fr»e had a cow, to which
having anfwered in the affirmative, a filver
porringer was handed to her, and fhc was or
dered to milk the cow into it, in doing which
fbe gave mapy diverting proofs of her embar
rallmcnt. She was ordered to boil the milk and
fome cofFee, which was previoufly prepared,
was mixed with it. The Emperor alighted
from his carriage, and a table and a foldingchair,
which is always carried with iiim, were placed
before the door. When lie had break fatted he
ordered the matter of the houfe to be called who
was difeovered in his hiding place, and brought
forward, keeping faft hold of his hat, that he
was endeavouring to take off. The emperor
took notice of him, thanked him for the accom
modation he had given him, and ordered him
a prefent of 60 livres. His neighbours loon
flocked round him, each with his congratulati
on. Ton ha vcfen the Emperor ! What a hap
py feV.oou ! What did he fay to you ? His inn
was full for the whole day.—[Lon.pap.
EARLY WHEAT.
The following account of the early, common
ly here called the Virginia Wheat, has been
obtained from the date of Virginia, where it
lirft appeared.
In the year 1787, a Mr. Ifbele, of the county
of Caroline, purchafed a quantity of mixed
wheat of a merchant, and having fown it, acci
dentally obferved, when his wheat was in flow
er, a tingle ear aimoft ripe ; he conceived it
might be a different fpecics. To determine
this, he carefully prtferved the wheat produ
ced from this folitary car, which foon multipli
ed to filch a degree as to conftitute a large por
tion of the wheat fown in Virginia. Its ufe con
tinues to be very extentive, audits reputation
holds good.
It is found lefs liable than other wheat, to h*>
deftroyed by ruft or fmut ; which may perhaps
be owing partly to the lownefs and nakrdnefs
of the draw, which more freely allows the afti
oti of the fun and air* and partly to its filling
and ripening in a cooler f-afon, for it comrs for
ward two weeks at lead fooner than ntherwheat.
Heiee rim* Vwfniv t he riyiWr has »Ttivcd to 3 ve
getative date, it is never sailed by that enemy.
I of tne line*! in Ptighmd. It i» about three hundred (
feet long, by fifty feet wide. 1 uever faw fo great a
variety of ex»Kicc Moft o^them were perfectly new
to me. They con filled of ihrubs and flower*, deem
ed the moft curious and beautiful produi? ions of the
of flood I lope, Botany Bay, India, Egypt, Ta
nia, and Algiers, all in fuli bloom, and in all the luxu
riance they could boaft in their uativc beds. Indeed,
the race of curious ihrubs and flowers, in every cli
mate of the torrid zone, has here a reprefentstive.
Continuing your promenade to the left, you proceed
along beautiful meandering paths, the edges of which
are embroidered, with (hruba and dowers, fome grow
ing in pots, others in beds, controlled and diverfified
with exquifite taftc and judgment. Turning to the
right, I next direded my flops towards the kitchen
garden, of which I heard a great deal. The firft ob
ject that folicited the attention on my way, was a hot
houfe, the flowery produce of which difpofed in pots,
adorned the path* by which I approached it. On en
tering it, 1 was ftruck with the profufion of gropes,
in all the tints, from the moft delicate green to the
richtft purple, h inging in luxuriant clutters, and with
the broad and beauteous foliage and fpreading bran
ches of the parent vine, forming a folid and continu
ed ceiling. From this charming fj>ot, a gravel walk,
of about a quarter of a mile in length, conducts you to I
the bottom of a hill and affords in its progrefs a
moft interelling view of the front of the houfe, the
lawn, the Thames and the adjoining villages. Here !
you enter the kitchen garden, a fpace of four acres, di- 1
vided into compartments, filled with every fpecies of
efculer.t vegetables and al<ounding with ftrawberries,!
cherry trees, &c. Of the cherries the bleeding hearts
were the hrgell I ever faw. At the bottom of i
the garden is a pile of glafs conGfiing of ten |
ranges of hot houfes filled with grapes, pines,,
melons, peaches, neilarines, apricots, &c. The hot- >
houles are heated by ftoves ; of a curious and peculiar 1
conjcru&ion, for which Mr. Angtrftein h;-s obtain- '
cd a patent, and are not ufed in any other hot-houfc
in Use kingdom. The heat is regulated by thermo
meters, of which each houfe is fupplied with one. j
BeGdesthe garden, this valley contains a ftill more in- I
terefting fcene, confitling of a beautiful dairy in chafte
rui al {implicit)", with the pans of milk arranged
Upon the various {helves ; a curious grotto, and a
farm-yard, in the centre of which is a jet aeau, cool
ing and refre(hing the air with its strpan>s, and pre
fenting a beautiful piclure as they played in the fun
beams. Upon my return to the houfe, 1 paffed
through the large orchard well stored with fruit trees.
From thence I vifited the American plantation, called
fo irom *ts contents, which conflsts entirely of the
most curious American fliru’ps and flowers, collected,
with infinite care, and great expence, from every part
of that continent. This was to me the most interest
ing fcene of all this diverfified pidlure. It was a new |
kingdom of botany, to which I was a perfect stranger.
I had almost forgotten to mention one article with
[ which I was much pleafed. It is a large bafon, fitua
led between one of the houfes and stables, into which
all the rain that falls upon the roofs of all the furround
ing buildings is conveyed by pipes, and forms a refer
voir, from which all the hot-houfes are fupplied with
water.—'This I was told, was the device of Mr. Stew
art, the principal gardener, whofe tafte, care, and {kill
difplayed in every part of this moft delightful fcene,
arc entitled to the higheft praife. It was near three
o’clock, and on my return, I approached the houfe,
when I «us {truck with the novel appearance of the
walks which I had fo lately traverfen. They prefen
ted an entirely new fcene, befpangled in every directi
on, with groups of the fplendfd company, the greater
part of whom had arrived.— The fweet melodies
which pervadad the moft diftant part of the fcene, now
broke in louder founds upon die year.—As I reached
the door die duke of York’s hand, in full uniform,
were playing “ Gvdfave tL; W,’’ every note of which
was echoed andreverbarated through the furrounding |
hills and dales, in deeper and ftill more mellow bar- !
irony.
i If vegetables er.tmft much of their food from
the rtruofphei e,»8 the expcrin • its of Dr. Prieft
ly feem clearly to prove, and if more of this
food is obtained when the air is condenfed witii
a degree ofnioifture, than when it is highly in
a flute of rarefaction, it refwlts that this wheat
cannot impoverifli the foil fo much as otliMfpo
ciesr-B^caufe it comes to maturity before the
heats of iummer have driven down vegetables to
pafture themfelves almoft cxclutivdy on the
ftore of food abfolved by the earth.
It is found that clover, and where there is no
clover, the weeds, fucceeding this wheat furpafs
the growth of clover and weeds, fucceeding o
ther kinds, fo greatly, that the fuperior luxuri
ance in riiftinguifhable, almoft as far as they can
he fan ; and though this fhould be attributed
to tlie removal of the forward wheat earlier
than the other, yet it mull have a prefervative
influence upon the fertillity of the foil. It is
found alfo that before this wheat is cut the
growth of clover, Town upon it, is greater than
among other wheat, and it alfo comes up better,
which may perhaps be afcrilxd to the lownefs
of the wheat.
The quantity of ftraw in proportion to the
grain is about one-third lefs than that of other
wheat. It is generally cut with a feythe. The
grain both before and after the wheat is cut is
lefs liable to injury from rain than other wheat,
I becaufc the ftrawdries fafter, and is got in foon
rr—The fliortnefs of the ftraw alfo prevents its
lodging.
| The ear is about one-third fhorter than that
of common wheat, though the product per acre
, is not lefs ; and this wheat is almoft invariably
> the l*eft filled and tile heavieft. The grain is
' harder than other wheat—It produces flour as
well both aR to quantity and quality as the large
white wheat. Cc.v. Courant
Iniercfling to Farmers.—Solomon White of
Hudfon, N. Y. has obtained of Mr. Abraham
IIeufled,jun. of Virginia, the right of vending
in this and the neighbouring ftates, his fecrct
directions for deftroving the He/fian Fly in wheat.
We underftand that Mr. White will fell Tingle
rights, or by counties, in the States ofNew-York,
M^flachufetts, Connecticut and Vermont. A
bond of fecrecy is required of every perfon who
purchafes a right. As the charge is trifling, we
deem the difeovery of confiderable importance
to farmers.
i [Mr. H. lives in Richmond. If be will produce
fatisfahlory certificates of the efficacy of bis me
thod, the Ed. of the Enq. will fpare no pains to
circulate his difcovery.~\
MEDAL AWARDED
“ Extraft from the Minutes of the Philadelphia
Company of Boolfellers, September 7th,
1804.”
On Motion Rtfolved,
That the Gold Medal offered by the Philadel
phia Company of Bookfellers, for the greateft
quantity of Printing Paper, not lefs than ten
reams, manufactured of other Materials, than
linnen, cotton, or wollen rags, be awarded to
Mr. Win. Young, of The Delaware Paper Mills,
for eleven reams of excellent Printing Paper,
manufactured from American Mulberry Roots
and Bags made of Guma Bark.
Refolved,
That in the opinion of this company, Wm.
You no deferves public patronage for the very
laudable exertions he has ufed in difeovering
fubftitutes for the articles ufually employed in
the manufacture of Paper and for the -verygreat \
variety of Papers he has produced, manufactur
ed from articles not hitherto generally ufed for
that purpofe.
Signed,
MATTHEW CAREY, Prefdr.it.
Attest,
Wm. BRADFORD, Ses'ry.
[ff'e ha;ye already prefented cur readers with
an eloquent ext raft from the equally infruftivc
and in/erefing novel of Hugh Trev or. I: was
the very ajfcfting memorial of the wrongs and
woes of Hit mot, which he bad composed in a
moment of intolerable difpair. The following
lines are aJfo fitppofed to have been written by bis
pathetic pen, and are truly worthy of that praife
and admiration, which Holcroft has diftated to
the hero of his tale. It is Hugh Trevor who
fpcaks, and introduces them by the following eu~
logium on the c ha rafter of his friend. j
—One morning T was meditating on the fubjeCt, and
recolleCtipg thofe early days when, gathering the
firft fruits of genius, I was taught by him to diftinguiQi
and enjoy the beauties of its emanations, and the fub
Hmity of its flights. His affeCtion for me, though
but a boy, had induced him to give me fome fhort po
etical coinpofitiom of his own. I was reading them o
ver, with ftrong feelings, partly of forrow end partly
of indignation, at the folly and injuilice of a world
that could overlook fuch merit. One of them in par
ticular, which I had always admired for the fimple
yet pathetic fpirit of poetry in which it was written,
I was then perufing. It was the following—
I.
Ho ! Why doft thou fhiver and fhake,
Gaffer-Gray !
And why doth thy nnfe lock fo blue }
* 'Tis the weather that’s cold ;
’Tis I’m grown very old,
And my doublet is not very new,
Well-a-day !’
II.
Then line thy worn doublet with ale,
Gaffer-Gray ;
And warm thy old heart with a glafs.
‘ Nay but credit I’ve none ;
And my money’s all gone;
Then fay how may that come to pafs ?
Well-a-day !’
III.
Hie away to the houfe on the brow,
Gaffer-Gray;
And knock at the jolly prieft’s door.
* The prieft often preaches
Againfl wordly riches;
But ne’er gives a mite to the poor,
Wcll-a-day !’
IV.
The lawyer lives under the hill,
Gaffer-Gray;
Warmly fenc'd both in hack and in front.
' He will faften his lock’,
And will threaten the flocks,
Should he ever more find me in want,
Well-a-day!’
V.
The ftp ire ha* fat beeves and brown ale,
Gaffer-Wray;
Ami the feafon will welcome yon there.
'Hi* fat betwes and hi* beer,
And hi* merry new year,
Are all for the fluih and the fair,
Wcll-a-day P
VI.
My keg is hnt low 1 cotifef*,
Gaffer-Gray;
What then ? While if lafts, man, we’ll live 1
The poor man alone,
When he hear* the poor mean.
Of his morfe! s rroriel wifi girt,
WelUa-day P
J AMF.S MAI :cCN. <.:r.t.iy c/Slate if the
L'nit.U SlaUt.
' "BLIC NOTICE i» hereby given, in purfiumee
• • the Adi of Congreft palled on the 2t'rh M
j latl, entitled “ An a cl fupplcmemary to the acl, en
titled ** An adl relative to the eledirm of a Prcfi Art
• and Vice-Prcfldent of the United State.,. rt:d .
1 ii'g the officer who Hull r.dl as Prefid.mt, in r -f- 0f
vacancies in the offices both of Pitlident and Vice.
Prefident.”—That the amendment propofed, durin-r
the lad feflion of Cotigreis, to the Conllitutioti of the
j United State's, rcrpeilin't the manner of voting for
| Prelident and Vice-PMident of the Ui.ired s, h is
, been latified hv the Legiflatures of three-fourths of
the feveral Rates, to wit: by thofe of Vermont,
Rhodc-13a»d, New-York, New-ferity, Peimfylvania,
Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Tenoef’ee,
North-Carolina, South-Curolina and Oeorgia, and has
thereby become valid as part of the Confutation of
the United States.
Civen under my hand at the City of Wafhing
ton, this twenty-fifth day of September, ] &04.
(Signed)
JAMES MADISON.
The Prirter %r the Lire, cf the United State, are re
• qvcJii-Jto puhliji the above notljkatisn ar.d tie annexed Unu
t-jree timet in their Gazettes.
AN ACT,
Supplementary to the art, entitle J “ An afl relative tr the
el eft ion Of a Prefident and Vice-P ref dent of the Unit
ed States, and dedarino the officer nvhejhedl a Cl a, Fre
ftdent, in cafe of vacancies in the offices loth of Prefident
and Vice-Prefident.
r>F. st mailed, by the Senate end llcufe rf Pr’rrcfl/ita
eftlf Unit'd States of America, in Conarefs rfemUed,
| 1 hat whenever the amendment prepofed*during the
1 prefent fefiion °f Congrefs to the conditution of the
I , State*> refpefting the manner of voting for
j Prefident and Vice-Prefident of the United States,
fliall have been ratified by the legiflatures rf three
fourths ofthe feveral dates, thcfecretary of date (hall
i forthwith caufe a notification thereof to he made to
i the executive of every date, and lhall alfo caufe the
| fame to be publifhcd, in at lead one of the newfpr
. pars punted in each date, in which die laws of the
| United Stales are annually puhlifned.—the executive
I authority of each date (hall caafe a tranfeript cf the
dud notification to he deliveied to the eleftors appoint
ed for that puipofe, who lhall fird thereafter meet in
fuch date, for the cleftion of the Prefident and Vice
P< c.iaent of the United Srates; and whenever the faid
el?aors fhall have received the faid tranfeript of no
tmcation, or whenever they (hall meet more than
five days fubfequent to the publication of the ratificati
I on of the above mentioned amendment, in one of
the nev/fpapers of the date, by the fecrctary of date,
they fhall vote for Prefident and Vice-Prefident ofthe
United States, rcfpeftivcly, in the manner direfted
by the above mentioned amendment, and having made
and figned three certificates of all the votes given by
them each of which certificates fliall contain two dif
ftinft lids, one, of the votes given for Prefident, and
the other, ofthe votes given for Vice-Prefident; they
fhall leal up the faid certificates, certifying on each,
, that lids of all the votes of fuch date given for Prefi
dent, and of all the votes of fuch ftate given for Vice
Prefident, is contained therein, and fhall caufe the faid
certificates to be tranfinitted and difpofed of, and in
every other refpeft aft in conformity with provifi
ons of the aft to wich this is a fupplement. And c
verv other provifion of the aft to which this is a fup
plerr.ent, and which is not virtually repealed by this
aft, dial! extend and apply to every cleftion of a Pa
nder,t and Vice-Prefident of the United States, made
m conformity to the above mentioned amendment t«
the conditution of the United States.
And whereas, the above mentioned amendment may
be ratified by the legiflatures of three fourths of the
d.ites, and thereupon become immediately valid, to all
intents and pnrpofes, as part of the conditution, on a
any fonear the day fixed by law for the. meeting of
the eieft_-s in the feveral dates, that the eleftors lhall
not in every date u? apprifed of the faid ratification,
aed may vote in a manner no longer conformable
with the conditution, as amended, whereby feveral
nates might he deprived of their vote in the cleftion
of a Prefident and Vice-Prefident ; for remedy where
of,
Sec. 2. P.t it further emsfled. That the eleftors who
lhall be appointed in each date for the cleftion of a
Prefident and Vice-Prefident of the United State,
lhad at every fuch cleftion, unkfa the-/ fliali have re
ce.ved a tranfeript of the notification of the above
mentioned amendment to the conditution, or unlefs
they (ban meet more than five days fubfeq.ient to the
publication ofthe faid ratification bylhe Secretary of
State, in one ofthenewfpapers of the ftate, voteforPrtfi
dent A Vice-Prefident ofthe U. S in the following man
ner, that is to fay: theylhallvotefortwoperfor.s as Pre
ndent and Vice-Prefident, in conformity with the fird
jeftion of the fecond article of the conditution. And
m other refpefts aft in conformity with the provifi
ons of the aft towhichthis aft isa fupplement; Sc they
lhall iikewile vote for one perfon as Prefident, Sc ferone
perfon as Vice-Prefident, in conformity with the a
bove mentioned amendment of the Conditution ; and
in other refpefts aft in conformity with the provifi
ons of the fird feftion of this aft. Put thofe certifi
cates only, of votes given for Prefident and Vice-Pre
fident of the United States, fliall be opcneH hv t))(.
prefident of the Senate, for the purpoie of beimr
counted which fliall contain the lid or lifts of votes m
ven ,nconformity with the Conditution, as in force ou
he day fixed by law for the meeting ofthe eleftors,
by whom the faid votes fliall have been given
Sec. S. And be it further, enafhd. That whenever,
by the provifions of the fecond feftion of this aft
it fliall be the duty cf the eleftors for any ftate to’
vote in conformity, both with the conditution, and of
the propofed amendment thereto, the executive autho
rity of fuch date fhall caufe fix lift, „f the names of
the eleftors ofthe ftate to he made and certified, and
to be delivered to the faid eleftors on or before the
ay fixed by law for them to meet and vote lor
Prefident and Vice-Prefident, and the fan! eleftors
lhall enclofe one of the faid lifts in each of the certifi
cates by them made and fealed, in conformity to the
provifions of this aft, and of the aft to which this is a
fupplement.
NATHl. MACON,
Speaker of the llofe of Reprefentativte.
JESSE FRANKLIN,
, . . „ ,o Pr'j'dent rf the Senate, pro-tempore.
March 2C, 1S04, r *
Approved,
TH : JEFFERSON.
NEAL NELSON,
BOOT if SHOE MAKiJFACTUREJ',
MAIN-STREET, RICHMOND,
E. annexed cvr, can be fitted
with Pont* or Shoes as well as if they were on the
.A—the Ier,~rh of the Poot.„..C—round the
CalL...B—the pitch of ditto—D—round the heel and
'r,flrp F.—round the inflep—G—acrofs the ball of
the foot. Fix the heel ajjalnft a perpendicular, and
flick a knife at the end of the preat to -—fet down in
f'jrures the number of inches and quarters, in the dif
ferent mcafures. June 30. epO:n.
A PETITION will beprefented to the next Gene
ral Affcmbly, to eftablifh a FERRY from the
lands of Peter Rust, in Richmond County, to hV
the laid Rusi'i lands in Effex County.
September 15. — [3mep.
"IVLoots & Shots
*•'* t0 any pattern or falh
ion, equal in point of Ma
ttrials and Workman
• hit to any in general ufe.
Kr Imported Boors and
Shots, of the firfl quality
and newt ft f.tfhion, for f«Ie
• Gentlemen at a dis
tance, w!*o ; re difpofed to
j, forward me their meafure,
* hy paying attention to the