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Ft m the fortifiiat*i ti a -iJ defence *f tl'j'.J
ftth */ tie Vailed S.u..j.
CO vc;.uoaxe
1 feel conniidence.that without extcr.five fortificati
on*, and proportionable military force* to garrifon
them, that bargrs, gallies or gun-boats, on the pre
ceding or improved plan, with the co-operation of
heavy moveabic batteries, which may be expeditiouf
Jy transferred fcom one part of a town or nty to ano
ther. by means of horfes, will form one moll econo
mical, durable and effectual mean* of defence, and
afford the bed fecurity to the objeds to be proted
ed ; and infupport of this opinion, 1 beg leave to of
fer the following confiderations:—
111. Such velTels as can either attack or defend,
may prove as offenfive in the retreat, a* in purfuits,
and can approach or avoid an enemy at difcretion.
2d. In calms, their oars will enable them to take a
ny ftation with fafety, which may be found moll ad
vantageous.
3d. i'heir mobility will enable them in ftnooth wa
fer to hang on the bosv cr ll*rn of a veflel, and avoid
its batteries.
4th. The>r lovsrnef* in the water, will enable them
to deliver their (hot on a horizontal range, or at a
finall elevation, which will give them more certainty
and effed
5th. I i calm weather they may, without hazard,
approach a vcffel at anchor in a ftreani to the point
blank, fertice of a 24 pounder, <550 yards, or of a
32 pounder 850 yards, a-id preferving a ftcady ftati
on, may giveiflfiel to every {hot without tail
Oth. In light breezes, with 'nils and cap,*, they tnay
preferve ihe fame diftance on the bow of a veffel,&
if purfued, may deliver a3 deftrudive a fire as if they
were ftationary.
7ch. Should they be hard prefTed, they may ef
cape in (heal water and renew the ad ion at difcre
tion.
8:h. In rough weather they may take ftation be
yond the fortic of the guns of a ftiip from whence
the fuperior elevation of their ovsn pieces may enable
them to deliver their tire * itH efted .
Oth. Taking advantage of eircumftances, they may
drive intruders from our bay, roads or rivers, and by
forcing them to fea, tnay relieve a blockade, nr ren
der it It fs dole, conllatit or pernicious.
10th. They may be employed during the calm fea
fon, to *"2nfport (lores or men Irorn one port to ano
th;r, with fafety, even fhouid an enemy be waiting;
and lailly, in time of peace eight out of ten may Le
laid up under cover, and with due attention, i. .lead of
Injury may be improved by aid for a number of years.
But to infure ihefe ends, it is abfolutely iudifpen
fihle that an officer of judgement, experience, activi
ty, zeal and con. age fhouid be appointed to the gene
ral . .mitnand of the flotilla of each poll. The im
mediate commanders of the vefltls fhouid be intre
pid and pcrfedlly acquainted w ith the condudl of them
in all eircumftances. The gunners and bomhadiers
fhouid be praClicallv, and perfectly inftrucled in all
their functions. 11k artillerifts fhouid be expert at
their duty, and the oarfmen lnould be adive and ath
letiC.
I have profefied my prediledlion for howirz.and
hope they may be experimented to afccrtain their
worth ; I am perfuaded they may be employed to
throw their fhell with great efTeff point-blank, or
with an deviation ; for we find at Gibraltar, in 1786,
targets of C feet fquare, ami of equal flrength and re
ftftance with the ftrongefl part of the largelt men of
war, was fired at out of a ten inch fea mortar, with a
charge of ten pounds of powder, the aim being point
blank, and the d-.flance 1.30 yards; the firfl lhdl
touched the top of the target, and entered the bank
behind, the fecond grazed lhot 3 yards, and went
through a lower corner of the objeCl ; the third took
efi'eCt in the cel,ter of the target, pafTed through it,
and entered the folid earth behind it .3 feet, and it was
with much fatfsfaClioti obferved, that is every iu
(tance th* fuzes were not alfecled, and the fhells ex
ploded notwithflanding they had parted through fnch
a mafs of wood, and were lodged fo deep in the
e-rth—and in 1762, at the f..me place, the firfl oh
fervable efledl on the Spanifh Armada after it had
been 10 times before the British batteries, were pro
duced by fl>ell« thrown from howirz point-blank,
fame of which flock in the fi.lns of the vertels, and
exploded, while others entered their ports, and agree
ably to the report of a Spanifh officer and boat’s
crew,who were captured during the aClion, killed
SO or -10 men every explofion.
The distance taken for the experiment of the 10
inch fea mortar at Gibraltar, feerm very (hort, and
w as intended to exemplify their application to naval
conflicts, Ir is difficult, if not impoffihle, to reduce
to a fixed role the range of a fhot or fhell, either with
a given elevation or point-blank, brcaufc it does not
depend merely on the calibre of the piece, or the
w eight ofrhe hall, but is ii’flu-nccd by the 1 t-ngth and
weight of a gun, the coiiflru&iou ofiis chamber, the
e\a5t rotundity and fmnothnefs ol the ball,the weight
a ,d couftruClion of the carriage, the flare of the ar
jiiolphere, and the quaky of the powder. But Tilke,
a.i Auftnau officer of repute, has, in ah:te w-»rh, g:
ven to an eight inch howirz, with a charge of 1-12
pounds ol powder, oi *y C‘J-2 yard*, for it* point-blank
range, '11 1 for the viu-r (bur equal to one degree eie
v-tion, and 5U0 yards lor 1“ 7.3 o! el- vaiion,-—
which will give but a fl'gl.t curv„timi to the
rt ght of the fhell, an ! of courfe will not fenfihly af
f.-fl i: i eroji’dlile forte or the certainty of it- direc
tion and its fh. ihnia, lie efl.imured from its v.eiphc,
being, when charged , In' y p >u.i !*.
i full.-.'..: theft- thou.di"-with great deference,being
rnnfcion* ' { ;r> incapacity to do juflice to ti.e f;u»
jvcl, an ! in the* hope their defect may b- viewed
with an indulgent eye; y I a:,, f> w 11 allured of
the founihiefs of mv di-dlri e, that, wiih a fn:? able
flotilla and the pre; I'lrin.-i, premifed, I m uM have
ini hcfitail^n to i—zu. !_ r../ reputation on the ru
fuh.
(Sisn«d) _ J. WILKIN ON.
BRIDGE S.
’To tie Editor of the Mercantile Auictijhr.
SIR,
I fhould feel particularly era lifted by the vahjuble
ai-.d important information the pi.bite ntay acquire
through the medium of yout intelligent paper, by the
infertile.1 of the foilo vim; 1 riof nbl’t'i va inm, relative
to the late general rlcfti u»”! ion and downfall of Bud
ges, particularly cxpi i imo J in the l.allerii Staten,tht
van ft; »,f which li..t (ax ufual) been attributed to the
i, ».,Sry f.di, '1 raiit,and breaking up of the Ice in tbofe
parts, l ot i ' * wor d has been laid of, (neither dot, it
aoj e-ronce t < have entered into the minds of thofu
«,,.i..m ' ■) .he la'iientahle mru'iiflance of the truly
del, ivr re of the whole fyftfcin of BriJjes here
tofore adopted.
It ,.. an • :..!eninhh-trn'h, that no Science <>f equal
va.a: h* been tru.teJ it): itl* a»r eion than that of
J’.i.d.i At chit t*4l ure : Irute we infer origin tea the
ca > i ( the election in P.i i.'.ure fo inadequate to, fie
t very ' nli* unfui'ah’.. tor ti a important ends and
, v t ii) • quireJ in Bridgi-s which every
y. ar .-.re | imiii;, to tuifkilful inventors their infufftci
cn^v :o ivithf'ao.l »ht* t itntal t fn. di» of winter It-afom,
re ••tilai ly t<> ho ex' -d accurdm• to the common
co irl • •<! naiuie. This being tiie cafe, doe- ndt the
late ,ilarn.nu{ r.vvaPation ofbrtwetn L’f'aud :>d Brui
ts, having been thrown down, or carried away in
oru lV.it'""• prove dm. al.w-:ively to every candid &
itrlii.'iuti perfon, that Ionic thing i. amifs in the for
n il ;,»n of - flru.nur* tluibcafily alb “.id, and !n.„J|y
callx I r an invention poflV-lfing fuperiur properties to
j, , ,i, j .1 iecite.1, which lhall be fully competent t >
v : t.a:..l all to which it can poPibly be expofed, and
i! i may i rtveot in future the like definition and
1«.. oi property b.-ing «xprrieuced hy the return i.f
i ,,01- a mini vifttora. Rain, \ce, Ac. which h.thrrtj
l.*v» i r»vcJ Let sit I j powerful, but vicltrte-a* alfatl
r.Tf, whenever oppufcJ to that #.<* • 7t*»,
llleJji i/e, Jtj%r ‘m,J, iveai j J (.'V.IMM** llructure (or ra
ther ni.il* of materials in the frittered formation of
which have been (ported fo ninny ludicrous and pue
rile ideas. I 'Mruii.a Bridge with l’lers, (couicqiientiy
with more than one archj built on the ulual, worthy
to he reprohured form, a paiatel width from itid to
end of horizontal flirface, which for w ant of lo i.Tvn
tial a quality in the formation thereof as a brace has
ever proved incimiptialile with the fundamental bul
*ark* or la*s of architecture, I mean llienqrh ; and
to which caule, in a great meafnre, may brf^attribti
ted the rum ot fo many of tiiefe fdly formed ttruc
tures, many ct which no doubt have been invented
by mere fpecul.ttive theories in arcluteilure, who
never have entered into the laborious iludies of that
lublnne Art, but who notwithfltiiiding are ever rea
dy on all occafoils when an invention ha* luccecdod,
to aferibe to theinfelvcs the laurels width alone be
longed to the experimental Artift from whom they
have lucked their information, and borrowed cr flo
len, their Mechanical (kill, and who conceive the
right of judgement a.; wholly centering in thcinle'.ves,
and not fo n-.uch in the ikilful and experimental ar-ill
who fees the- end of all hi* invention* from their be
ginning. I fay thefs perfens often afluitie this prero
gative, though they have never applied rhetrdalves to
the arduous Audit j of tlie important fubject, (except
perhaps over a bottle of wine, which, according t<>
the excellence of the hquor, fo has been the flrn-gtli
of their whimC^al imagination, as difplayed in tlie
unmatured invention of thofe things they little utider
tlood.) Hence we fee Bridge* of ludicrous form eredt
ed, which, like unto the morning cloud and early dew
have quickly vamthed away at the lint re-ling ot a
few cakes of ice xgiitdl their piers, or crulhes, and
as Siiaktfpear exprefTes it, lias left the
‘ Unfkilful inventor to behold his vafl created
Curt.
1 A naked fubjedt to the weeping Clouds,
* And wade, for churlilh Winter’s tyranny.’
From circumrtances that have come under my no
tice, I obferveJ it as no uncommon thing to hear
men of all deferiptions, from the higheft to the low
ed tlnls, aflert their capability of erefling fuitable
edifices for all kinds of ules. Hence arifes the little
need of the experimental artifls of the prefetit day.
But, alas ! we often wirtiefs the confequences attettd
•tig on fucli felf taught builders. But I would fur
ther remark, that thofe acquainted with the niarhe
matick principles of architecture, are not man;, ami
yet fewer are they who will upon any Angle occafiott
endure any labot iotts llretch of thought. But as my
intention i* net only to point out the abfurdity of
plans, on which Bridges have heretofore been creel
ed, but more particulatly to make known a remedy,
in every i'cnle of the word Suitable. I (lull pal's on
to enquire what are the needful properties a Btidge
fltould polTefs. to render it a conflftent flrudlure, ca
pable of rclifting the attack of every foe oppnfed
with certainty and fuccel*, and to enfure durability
to this moll valuable of all flrudlure*; and iu the
fu ll place would obferve, that the firfl excellence re
quired in a bridge is Strength.
Hem. roi a oruige wmcu cannot it ana, However
btatitiful, will boalt its beauty but a fhort time.
Quefl. How is it to be obtained ?
Aks. By an ingenious formation of a bridge with
a fingle arch, part of the grand model ol which may
often be fecti in the heavens. The fecoud excellence
in abridge is durability, by which the 1 "t-culation is
made profitable and fecure :
Item : For however great the interefl a bridge
may at liril pay on each fltarc, it will Ipeedily feel a
confiderablc deduction, as foon as the ltrudture has
need of repairs.
Quefl. How is this to be acquired ?
Anf. By a good and well bounded foundation for
the hutmentbof confident fhape to rvflupon; a faith
ful feie&ion of materia'* and fkilful life of the fame.
The third excellence in a bridge i* a complete a;com~
mcdjtiun, not only for paffengers over its furface, hut
alio a thafle prefervatiou of the navigation for (hip
ping to faii under, wherever it is nteded:
Item : For however well a bridge may anl'wcr
the end in all other rcfpeCts, yet if in this particular
the navigation be injured, it will prove an *vil that
will mar the whole, and merit the in venter the juit
indignation and contempt his baneful llruCturc has
entitled him to.
Quefl. How is this important circumflance tube
procured ?
A. By erediing a bridge with a fingle arch, as be
fore oblerved, of fufiicient altitude, let the Ipan of
the river or lake he what it may, capable of admit
ting as large veiTeis as the depth of water would al
low to faii under ; the rife or afcenfion of road over
furface to he reduced to an eafy and realonable pitch.
The fourth excellence netdful in a bridge is cbcjpnrfs,
in the befl l'enfc of the word.
Item. This circus.illance with many perfons has
been erroneouily undcrllotxl to be the fmallcfl funi
a bridge or article of any kind may coll m the firfl in
ftance, and would he tiie firfl quefliun with them m
flcad of the fourth or lull, namely, what i* the now
cheapen plan, as to price, and not what will be the
cheapefl plan in the end, by its excellence of accom
modation and duration, and afford the bed (peculation
at lafl.
Q. How ia this!a3 circunvftance to be accomplifk
ed ? I aulwer, by building a bridge either of tin- bed
feledled timber the State can afford, or ol done or
call iron, upon Inch it.controvertible mathematical
principles oi fclf fupport, that the timber centre,which
lias a! way s been nlcd to credl arches upon, and w hich
lias «if«.er>i coll half as n>uch as the whole llrudlure,
will not be needed : and all'o that thole delulive and
txpenfive articles, called piers or crutches, may with
'propriety be dilpenled with : and that will alfo,
by its ingenious and confident formation, tr.fure
llrengtli and durability that neither ice, cr any other
article, can poiiibly throw down or demolilh ; and
that wi:l anlw-cr ail ti e grand and important ends
hr dges originally were deligned to produce. This,
St tliis alone,is the kind ol Ln.lge 1 conceive worthy
tlie future attention of the public toeieCl. lint i:
nay be ulked how is a bridge polfeffmg ail thef* tru
ly valuable excellencies (you have now recited) col
1. itively, ro be obtaintd ? I a..lv.tr, by building a
bulge wholly on my pats ; i j luyi of invention, with
tba btll mat rials, eithei ol t.mhex, (lone or call iron,
w hich v. ill prove not only to pollefs all and every the
cxrr!Jence:i above recited, but a..o many more truly
valuable confi.lcrutions not litre enumerated, and
which from its grand and confident mathematical for
mation, will bid defiance to every foe, and th.it no
th; 'g but the Iiui.giry teeth of time can ever deftruy
or bring to ruin.
I therefore take this opportunity mofl refpe£lful!y
to inform th.4 public of tlic United Mutes, that after
a long porfe-vering attention, and alliduoun lludy,
combined with the experience of many years in the
l»itnce of architecture, have matured the aforelaid
I important invention,to which no bounds of fiumion,
! !• caiity of cirtumll. icc, llrength or fpace, can poffi
’ blr bt for, and which 1 humbly conceive will he ac
; !. inwledged by all pofft fling the fmalleft (hare of can
J dour and common abiliti*-, that may explore the fame,
I to be fupai i<»r in evt-iy ft life of the word to any plan
for a bridge ever fuhmittfd to the public ; and having
| had the honor to lav the aforelaid invention before
• bis Excellency the 1’refi lent, the Hon, the Secretary
of State and the Attorney Or.ncral of the IT, S. they
have fo fully approved the fame, as to iffue me the
1 gl*iil of lett«r» patent, ivti.lt ftitvlng r drived, I would
j moil e.uneftlv ucouimerid to the public at large, and
j more particularly tin fe immediately concerned in the
i direction of Lr ilges -bout tn be erected, to (lay their
j hands, and proceed no further till they have mature
ly ixamii.ed the lupetior properties and excellencies
ol tl.i» my invaluable invention for bridges.
Alfo patent arches for buildings of any kind, which
may be built of any fhape.fpa or ditnenfinns, where
by ,.ny weight of wall may be fupportrd and freured
In tn being thrown down by the fatal effects of fire,
and alfo w ithout depending on the abutment of ad
joining lioufcs.——I am, lie, yours, & the public’s
Obedient Servant,
TH03. POPE,
! 'I'ftt ini-enlcr, arcl. ittfl, lr* l.in^f-a^ tirdtnrr, aV. Yoti.
) W. B. The aforefaid Thomas Pop# may b?t*n
l fulled with, by a lipe vt nu;,fi:at.vt- (o that effect,
•Erected No :iO, V'all-ftrevl, or ‘112 Greenwich*
Brett, N. York.—He intent!* fliortly ivt puLliih a
treat:le on Bridge Architecture.
From Paris Papers* receii'ttl nt the ojp.st t’.e
Philadelphia Rtgijler.
MANHEIM, March 1G.
The Munich Gazefts have lately publiftied fome
intt reding details on the con verlation which the rec
tor «»i the nniverlity of Eeiplwick, Dr. Erhard had
lately with H. M. the Emperor Napoleon. NVe ex
tract the following pmilages from it for the inlomiati
o« of our readers.
“ I imagined,” fait! Dr. Erhard, “ that Napoleon,
furrounded by hi* generals, would receive tu cooly,
fay a lew words to us and then diimifs U* I was,
however, much niillaken. Alrhoiiah previoufly in
formed b> tliofe acquainted with him, that he deteit
cd flattery,! had prepared m\ lelf tt> fay foniething
obliging to iiim. Introduced by an adjutant, we en
tered hi* chamber, where lie was ahme. He ap
proched us :n an rafv manner, and enquired who we
were: the tone in w hicli he alked tins queltion, im
mediately difpt lied all our apprehenfioiis<>f a humi
liating treatnunt. On preferring to him Mr Prullt,
profelTur extraordinary of mathematics at Eeiplwick,
I added that lie was one of the heftpupilsof profiilbr
Hindeburg. The emperor immedately entered into
a difeuflion concerning the nature and advantages of
tin* pioftllbr’H calcu’arions, and appeared much
fatikfied with the enlightened manner in which Mr.
I'rafle fpoke of if, and with the frank tie f$ with which
this gentleman ai.fwered feveral ohjeCliotis made by
the monarch, W. .'. then addreffnig himfelf tome,
obferved. “ Your univernty has the honor of hav
ing pi -duced the immortal l.eibnitz.” lie then
fpoke of this celebrated German with an ardour
which fhotved that he looked on him a* fuperinr to
Newton. “ Does the philofophy of Kant,” faid the
emperor again,prevail alfo in your utiiverfiry ?”—
Sire anl e ered !, hitlierto we liave granted noex
rhiiive privilege to any }>hilof(>phical feCl. “ But
Katit m already out of fafhion. who is the favorite at
pr^'ent ?” He has had feveral fucceffors, who liave at
tempted todifplace him, and perhaps the new eft fyf
tem, or the neweft phr„feology, is already oil the
point of falling to the ground. As to ourlelves, we
I ave conceived it our duty to bring up young men
for the fervice of humanity and the date, itillead ol
of making them dreamers and fools. A lublime
mind elevates itfelf to fpeculation, not by repeating
the new fatigled lyftem of a profeffor who wifhes to
ditlinguilh himfelf from his brethren. All our ef
forts are directed againft the fpirit of ledaries.”—
“ In that relpeCl. you are in the right," returned the
emperor,*• that it is alfo my opinion.”—He after
wards I poke of Gall, and madeonthe fyOem, of this
profeffor, of which he entertains no very favourable
opinion, leveral very juft and witty remarks. “ !
di.uht,” laid he, “ whether nature works fo clumftly as
lor Gall to penetrate her intentions- 1 am not fat
lied with the manner in which Gall explains the
movement of the brain. 1 efleem the- fpirit of o'o
lervaiion, tint l tntapprove the method o! It ruling
[ courles, which is incomparable with the dignity of a
man of learning.”—The monarch then vnuchlafed to
a(k me lume particulars concerning the fund of
our academy. He bellowed great commendations
on the elector who has transformed the convents into
Icieutific inllitutioiis. He recommended as to take
great care of thefe inflitutions, which frequently pro
duced gruat men. The emperor was altoiulhed at
the great number of our univerfities and at the me
diocrity of their revenues. “ I am fond,” added his \
majtfly, «• of great eftabliihments which produce at
the fame time fomething great.” He entered into
highculogiunts on thofe I Paris, Bologna and Mi
lan, where (it is his own exprrflion)“ »chere the mu
fes inhabit palaces into width one enteis with ref
pi Cl." “ Governments,” fa id he. “ought publicly
to ttflify their elteem lor the kiei.ces, in order to
make them be rtlpeCled by the people.” When I
obfcived tlia: the number of fiude.its had dimimihed
during the war, hts majefty repled, “ It mull have
bet n through fear, you muft bid them take cour
age.”
A new work fram the pen of Thomas Paine, has
juft made its appeareiue n New-York, entitled,
*■ Examination of the Paffages in the New Tella
ntent, quoted from the old, and called prophecies
concerning Jefus thrift. To which is prefixed, an
Efi'ay on Dreims, (hew iug by what operation of the
nund a dream is produced in fleep, and applying the
lame to the account of dreams in the New-Tefta
menr ; with an Appendix containing my private
thoughts of a future tlate, and remarks on the con
tradictory do&rine in the books of Matthew and
Mark.”
LAND TOR SALE.
If^ill be fold, to the bigbejl bidder, for ready money, on
the f.remifet, on the 'Jnd of May next,
' 1 HE inter* ft which John Bayn- hath in a Trail
1 of LAND lying in Louifa county near Todd’s
millx containing by estimation one hundred acres; laid
Bayne’s inttreli, being an ellate for the life of Elifl.a
Purington fubjrdt to the llipulafions and reilridlions
expreiied in a deed of leale from faid Purington to
faid Bayne, a copy of which may be feen on the day
of fale. This (ale wdl be made by rirrue of a deed
of Trufl, executed to the fuhfcriher by John Bay ne,
to fecure the payment of a funt of money due to Tho
mas Mitchell. JOHN GAR l U, rrupee.
April 24. oawtdf.
IT> The above fale is poflponed till Tuefday the
16th June next. J. C5. Ttuf.ee.
ADVERTISEMENT.
y WISH to fell my PLAN TATION in Powhatan
JC county containing f)4*> actes, lying on Cutterwood
creek, one-third of the laid Trail in woods, 1 luppole
150 aertsof it is good creek low-grounds, the whole
is well adapted to the culture of torn, wheat and to
bacco, and the plantation in good order for cropping.
Pi'fleffim may he had at Chrillnus next, with the li
berty of l'c-wing grain. One-third of the ptirchafe mo
ot y in hand, and the ballance in two equal annual pay
ments; alfo ono other trail iti the county of Amelia,
lying on the waters of Well creek,adjoining the Lards
of Dr. Hardaway, John Clements and Mr. Diem,
containing 500 acres, one hah in woods, ail of which
is good tobacco Land, payments as abovr. A •fur
ther particulars is deemed unnect-fiary, a» it is prefu
nted tl.e pur Ji«l'er would wilh to view the faid Lands,
Tl.e trail in Amelia will be lhewo by the Overfetr,
and the Tr-it in Powhatan by the Proprietor.
EDWARD .VXVELEY.
Pawhatan-, April 20. caw2m,
FITZWI1YLSONN 13 POTTER,™"
Have juft received from London, a large lupply **
s r si r i o x si r r.
which, with the (lock formerly on hand, makes up an
extenfive allot tment of
tl^RITINO Paper, for blai Books, of all fizes,
> V ami of the very firll quality,
Various kinds of foolfcup and letter Paper,
Hot-prcfTed poll, gilt and plain,
Elegant emboffid and plain viliting Cards,
Drawing Books, Pencils and Water-Colors,
Genuine Writing, Marking and Copying Ink,
Ftejh Ouills, Sealing-Wax and Water*,
Chi Ilmen and pitying Cards,
iMrsovr.o Globe*,
Excellent 1’en-krnve*,
A large coiieilion of Mufie,
Fafhionable Paper-hangings, Arc fkc.
Their flock of Day-Book-, Journal* and ledgers,
and of o>her Blank-Books, lor County Courts, She
riffs, and private Gentlemen, is very extenfive, and
warranted of the bell matt rial*.
They have alio an aiToi tmi.it of School-Books, of
approved edition*, and fume ePeemcd work* on the
different lubjedsof Law, PhjCc, L'lv.nity and Mil
| cellaneous Literature,
May i *y 1 a vc 3rtv
Mr. WILLIAM lilCMl'SCN,
Su,
As yu jrr net an inhabitant oftfis /late, and y fit a
gent is unknown to rr.., vu will pltaje to
' PdKE NO TICE, that l fiiall.on Friday the 10th
I ol July iuxt.ar the lioule of Mr. Hugh Flinch,
in the County ol Powhatan, between the hour., ol
nine o clock in the loreuoon and live in th* aftw
nonn, proceed to taki ilie depofition*of J. .ft- Duviu
port, Oilvol Burton, Bartly Cox, and others, in a luit j
in Chancei y, now depending in Luniuhurg County
Court, where you aic plaiutiiT, and Jofiah Thump
Ion, ixecutor ol Joliah Fhompiou, dic’d, and niyfeif
defendants, at which time and place you or your a
gent will plealc to attend,
SARAH THOMPSON.
Powhatan, May lit. luwltn^J,
I JE I I-R V DANIF.L, redding in Falmouth
» will practice 1 AW in the County Courts of tituf
lord, Spottly Ivaiiia and Culpepper ; and in the l)il.
tnol Court, of Fieutricklburj and of the Hay-M*r
ke;.
May CG. oawtf.
PROPOSALS
^\7 *,c renuveil by the Executive till the
c.„.flr‘l da>' {,f J01** "««, for a Aipply ol FREE
‘ 1 E ‘df MARBLE, ill the rough ft ate, to be
delivered at the Penitentiary, in the city of Rich
mond. Marble from the quarries in Virginia would
be preferred, but there will be no objection to receiv
ing it from other places.
Pcrlotis wifliiug to contrail will fpccify the fize
and quality, and tl.e price by the ton, as well as the
cubic foot.—Apply to
DANIEL L. HYLTON, C/crloftle Council.
^Apnl iJ4. lawtlflj.
fit aiicnoiu
On Turf by the June next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoons
will befold at public auction, attic late dwelling-boufe
ej I’r. 'fames Currie, Jeccafid, all his
14 °USbHOLD b- Kitchen FURNITURE, a
X X Carnage, a pair of carriage a„d two riding Hor
les, three male and two female houle iervar.ts, a
fboemaker and a man at prelent bound as an ap
prentice to the black fmith’s bulinels. A flock of Li
quors, confiding ,,f i half pipe and fome demijohns of
firfl quality old Madeira, and part of a pipe old Sicily
Vine, French Brandy, &c. &c. ahogfheadof M..L1T
es and fundry other articles. Six months credit will
he allowed on all funis above fifty dollars, the purclia
fers giving notes negotiable in the b:nk of Virginia
with approved tndorfers.
Thole having claims agaittfl the late Dr. Currie, are
dedred to bring them in properly authenticated, and
h;s debtors are requeued to make immediate payment
ROBERT GORDON b* ?
JAMES CURRIE, f Admtniflt atari.
Ma>~ J--_' tdf.
tiie public
are b.r.ij cautioned from pur.bafmg tie two foUcruing
Tobacco Motes, <y/a .
/ vNE infpetfted at Trent’s Ware-houfe, in the
' ,lanl(: °f J°bn Gregory, N°- 195, weighing
Srofs 1510, nett ia<J2—the other infpedled it the
lame Ware-hoafe, and in the name oi' Edward Jones,
weighing grok 1690, nett 1518. As
the,e "otes were taken from the pofftfilon of the fub
fenber by loaie unknown villain, on the night of the
lfitli inltant, thole notes were contained m a black
mrrocco pocket hook, covering feveral Lond* and
executions, executed by differeut ptrfons to Robert
ivnittaHvi, uiij Ciiriftiau. Alfo, feveral bonds, exc
cmed to the fubferiber, viz- one bond on Thus Pal
mar, of lv-0 dollars, and one on John fiord, of iO
dollars; uifo, one executed to Dudley Hunt, by Ricii
»rd I hoinplnn, oi 28 dollars—one from Wm. Hord
to Wm. W. Mafon, of 7/. 2/ CJ. and a great ma
ny different papers that I do not recoiled. Alio, a
fait ol cloths, viz. one walnut die coat, one dimity
waificoat, one paii blue ante wove p.-iuulaan*, uul
linen fliiit, t>iie cravar, and ot.epnr blue mixed locks.
Ali the(2 -i-.-ii-. ---1 ... _ oi red lea
ther faddle-bags, with the fubferiber’s name on tlic-m
—there was ailo two 20 dollar Virginia banknotes,
in the laid pocket-book. Any perfon delivering the
faddie-bags tome or Mr. Chaucullar H. Saunders of
Richmond, with the whole of the contents, (hall re
ceive the reward of the above two banknotes, with
an additional fum of twenty dollars.
ROBT. SAUNDERS.
I-un-nburg, May 22. ep3w.
JAMES RIVER
LANDS FOR SALE.
OR fale, 1 1 /Oacrtsof I.and lying in the county
of Atnherif, 12 mi.es from Jamts P.ivcr, where
ir is navigable to the City of Richmond—Two thirds
of this tradt is prime tob-cco Land, and is inferior to
none for the production of corn, Wheat, &c. afford
ing a I efficiency of meadow Land and a Jt-firi.hle Mill
[ ft^t, it lies convenient to two manufadlor.ng Mills_
The purchafer can have poflelliou the firfl of Decem
ber next, u ith the priviledge of feeding ftnall grain
the enfuing fall. The Land will be ffaewn by my
brother Alexander B. Rofe, Efq. in whofe occupancy
it is for the prefent year. One third of the purchafc
money will be required in hand, the balance m four
annual payments. If not fold before, it will be of
feted at Public fale on the 7th July next, on the pre
mil'-s, upon ihe above terms. Tor further particulars
apply to the fubferiber. HENRY ROSE.
Alexandria, May 22.
N. 2. Letters by pofl will meet with regular atten
tion.
HARDWARE, IRONMONGERY,
AND
CUTLERY STORE.
BREAM iif F 0 LL £ T,
AT THE Slow Of TIIE ANVIL, MA1M-STP. TET,
H f C II M fi fS O’.
lueve received by lie Liltst at rivals from England, a
large and general assortment of
Hardware, ironmongery if cirr
, which they will fell by wholcfale or
i retail, low for cnfh, or on a fh< rt credit, for appro
ved feuirity, amongfl which are, Waldrons, prime
j Corn if Grafs Scythes,Sickles, Weeding Hues, Oar
. <Jen I Iocs t5 Rakes, Spades if Shovels, t race Chains,
Mack-Smith's Bellows, Anvils, Brick Irons,.Sledge if
Hand Hammers, Vifes, Screw Plates. Files if Rafps,
Carpenters, Joiners, Coopers, Curriers, Saddlers, Sil
ver Smith ., Warch makers if Shoe-makers Tools,
l.ocks, Hinges, Nails, i rads. Tacks, Screw*, Brafg
Mounting for Cabinet makers, Steelyards, Scale
Beams if Weight?, Tea Kettles, Skillets if Spiders,
Pot* if K ttles, Bclmetal Kettles if Hmife Skillets,
Bells,Grid Irons, Frying Pans, Walfle if Waferlrt r.s,
Smoothing Irons, Plod; ’1 in Coffee P.its.Britania me
td Tea pots, JJritania me al Table if 'l ea Spoons,
Coffee if Corn Mills, Knives if Forks, Pen if Jack
Knives, Sciflors, Razors, Razor Cafes if Shaving
Luxes, Ivory In’Horn Combs, Curling ! ongs, Razor
! lories, Glazier* Diamonds; a few dozen of elegant
fiivtr nr /tiled [f plain green if white handles table
iv d< fert Knives if Forks, I jble Steels, Butchers
Steel-, if Knives, brafs if iron Wire, Tin in boxes,
Sheet Iron,Sheet if Bar I.etid, Patent Shot, Gun
l.ocks, Flints, Bear, Wolf if Fox Traps, Screw if
Ik: • * for railing Mill Stones, Mill Gudgeons if Inks,
f ■erman Steel, Marbles, Novafcotia Grii.dttones, Win
dow Glaks. with a great variety of other articles in
the above line, too tedious to enumerate : of which
a conftant lupply will be kept if fold on terms wor
thy the attention ol thole who willi to purchafe.
At. so:—I nr lale, .“0 kegs F. Gun-Powder, In bar
rel* i.ivcr Oil, Bolting Cloths, Glue, if a general ul
forti- ent of Ln:llit3.
May 12G, 4W,
A OF. VERAL r1tSUR7 MB V/ Of
B LA N K S,
rou SALE AT TitfS Off ICE.
TlRGINlA, to -n.it .
.1: a Chancy ltijirift Court, l,,din tie Cil. -j
l.arjlmg, tic an. it Jay of April, .oyu.
Benlkin H Hilliard
againfl,
ArmiUead Hilliard and Reuben Jones, j,,., ,
rl''Hi‘. defendun. ;(r'\v> u| Hilliard, not havii
,.* I a • ... uuigivenfecurityaccord
•Img to tn- kiiU ..1 , m.. My ru|„of th|,
»-oui t. ami lt appearing to the i.mU.lm,, t,f t|,e COurc
tlw he bimt an mil ,l.itmr ,.f mi« country, nnrhemo
tmnof the Plaint ill. I,v In* conned . It is ordered that
the laid delmdant do .,.p. . r Imre on the firll day of
the nextttr.n and ai.fw.r tin* bill of ti e Plaintiff, Sc
that a copy of this order bt lorthuitli mierted in
lome new!paper of Uie City of Richmond, for
months luccelhvely, and polled -t ihc front door of
the former capital m this city.
A C»pv.
ANTHONY ROBINSON, «r. c
May 26.
7 out* Jill.
ANOTHER NEIV STORE!
JOHN KING,
Rcfpetlfully infirm, Re public, that hr bat commenced
vtjinefi in tbi, City, the f.,unJ gu,r ,U
Eagle-Tavern, oppoftt to AT,ft,. F,,f,
and Al on cur, j Trendue Of.,, t then
bt it noise opening a general af
fortmceit oj fajhionable
SrRING is? SUMMER GOODS,
1^* •• ~*Moxa iruicH jrr.
i. .I.EGANT I.MIO and./, colours, fi-ured and
Jaconet Polices plain,
walking drtifrs, <■ Calicoes and Chintzes of
Do do.CircauunRobesentire new patterns,
mid Petticoats, -ASpider Net Sleev.* and
I)o. do. fewed Cain-*:. Mitts. p.c Nic do.
brie vemed Spencers, d- K.d and Beaver Gloves,
bpamfti Mantles, Impe-O g,|k ,j0
rial Shawls, <> Laced veils,’ Ribhors,
Damalk Satin (bawls, Har- d Cotton and Thread La.es,
mis do. Ginghams, Cotton &. Silk
Cambnck I.aced do. and *> Chambrays.
a variety of other “C* Italian Silks, Sarcenets Sc
lhawls, *> Pelongs,
Veined Uripe Cambric, < Irilh Linens,Long Lawns,
Plan, and veined Uripe £ LineuC.mbric.Hcdthk,
0 . ^Satin Toilinet.M rleillts
jatm Itripe and fnrig’d do f and Plorentine Veftin
Spider Lace ft ripe do. £ Silk and Cotton Bandan
Aloweven figured do. J nas, Madras Handkfs.
Fancy Mull Mnfiins, ^Cambric and other Din.i
Sp.derNet., Iami...ur.J ; tie«, L.dia Cottons,
Habit Handkerchief* Cotton and Silk Hoiiery,
and Caps, I Cotton Cafinterei, Su Jtr
Flain and figured do. X fine Cloths,
Columbian Net, ^Parafols, Umbrellas, plain
1 rincefs Royal & Queen’s and fancy Comb*,
_ .T’ -0 A variety of Bonnets and
Briillrl s Lace, Turkey . Hats,
Gauze, Beo.jrd do. ^ Kid and Morocco Shoes,
Italian Crape, aflhrtcd ike. Z-c. &c.
Which from the great care b. flow. d in the felefti
<-n in Philadelphia and New-York, and th*ir rcirark
able chcapuefs. for Cafi, he flatters hin.fdf that he
Ihall merit a lhare ot the patronage of the inhab;*
tants of Richmond and its vicinity.
May -C«_' er^t
In purfuance of a D» ( ree in Chancery, made by the
Cot:r: of the United States, fur the fiftn circuit, in
the did rid «f Virginia.at tlie Novembr term, in
the year 1806, »r (hall expole to Public Anttion,
at tite times and places hereitiafrt r tncnn n d_
1TIE Fp, *.crs of Land following: ’Fiat is r®
fav, one tract, in the county of Powhatan, n! ei ir
on William Ronald,now deceuied, liv.d, containing
fifteen hundred acres, and alio cite ocher irsdt in the
fame county of Powhatan, containing forty-four
:u res, pttrehafed by the laid William Ronald, lrum F.
Woodfon, at Powhatan Com t-houfe, on the coutt
day thereof,in the month of Tone, in the prelent vear
1807, bring the 17th day of that month - rod all®
tw.» tracts, in tne county ol UoOcMaim, .,„r un Leaver
dam creek, containing nine hundred acres- ,u”
other called Littl-dfland, containing ten’acres at
Goochland court-houfe, oti the court day thereof on
th.- 15th day of June, l«;o7. The dower of ihe wi
dow nr the faid William Ronald, will be firO de
duced, and the conditions, on which the faid land
are direiKd under the faid decree, will arp, ar therein
and wdl be communicated on the days of fa|e. The
terms of payment will be as follows—one fourth of
the purchafe money to be paid In caflj, and ti e re
maining three fourths in three equal indalments of
fix. twelve and eighteen inonthscrcdit. in all other
r-.lpedls the aforeiaid decree will be purfued
Wm. BERKELEY,)
J 031 AH 1 I.LIS, Ulcn’rs.
Wm. MANN, )
Slpril 2S. 1 aivldf.
ten dollars reward,
And all Uoal and reesfcr.oble charges paid, for appre
hending and h inging tv the fiitjcnter, near Char
iot te foil le, Alletnarle, or for fecuring him in fame jail,
and giving me information thereof b\ ptjl, to Charlotte]
'ailIt,
A Small alack nt.c.ro man,named BILLY,a
li.i-. U ILL, about $0 years of age. 5 feet 6 or 7
inches high, he has a fmall fear over one of his eyes,
walks vr.-y awkward, which is occasioned by his
turning his toes very much out—he appears tobe lame
W’heti he walas——he is an ill looking, fellow, rather
a bulh-y hoad of hair, which he fonu-times ties, and at
times rather impertinent : he is a rough h.-wer, and
an excellent fawyer, having Wen employed at that
bufineL for ten nr twelve years part ; he left Char
lotte fville about Chrilhnas lad, and was on the 20th
January following committed to Rockingham jail,
which he broke in a few days, and has’not been
heard of ftnee. It is flipped-, d he will make toward*
Winchefter, or Hobb’s-11,.,e, v. here he was raift d in
ilit- Brockeiibfough family, but he has not been a
mong them for the lail 10 or 12 years; lie vriii pro
bably change his name and clothes, the latter ol
which were when lie ran away, a blanketing great
coat, and a grey coloured round co.it and pantaloons*
David watts, fen.
May 15. law Sir,
I tN DOLLARS REWARD.
Strayed or f.Jrnfront Mr Francis T.,\tc, in Richmond
on the ni’bt ij Turfd.ty, the alb infant,
\I.IKF.IA HAY MARE, about five fe< t one
it.cli high, nine y nr* old thu fj»ri ig, branded
on her near buttock. J. R. C. npv iy food all round,
,ur r'gbt ey Lt.ly njiirid, Jin*fo.ne fuddle (pot*
near l.er (boulders, long nick’d u.i.and th« hair ta
ken off from the lower part of litr nt - k by a collar.
Whoever will deliver tht above n.are a Mr. F. : ay
lor, in Richmond, or the lubfrribir living in thelow
t r end of Hanovt r, Ihul! receive tin dollar* reward, or
the half of it will be given to ar.y perfmj who w ill
give me !u<.!> information as may enable me to get
her ELISHA MERIDt FH.'
Hanover, May 19. UU&oawtf.
NOTICE.
H tit l-fold, nt public ant-lion, on it'editfday lie lltbtf
June n xl, at tits him of Ca Jra, in Cut.iLr/ard
i §unty;
r I HEperfonal ptoprrtyof the lute Dr, Wm. ]
X foil; This property cenfirt* chiefly of a f Win*
Horfe, Saddle and Bridle, a Silver Watch, lon e Me"
ilical and other Book*, a linafl afforimeiit of Medic ire*,
and a fit of ftirgual inftrutnents.— Twelve month J
credit will be given oti the falet, and bond* with fecu
rity required.
Thole w ho arc indebted to the ellate of Wm. john
fon, are requeued toadjull their account*, with Mr.jno.
Lac ..land, a merchant 111 La Ira, and to m-ke put ment
to him, or to Conte prepared for .1 frali-ment with th*»
fubfetiber, at the time ar.d place above mentioned ; &
thofe who have claim* agamlf the eft ate, are defuitl
to exhibit them as lye:: 21 poffible.
C-JOHNSON, Adm'e.
^a)r Me v»*Ul.