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[FOUR DOLLARS PXU AN MU*—PAID IN A3VANCI.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19thi >803. J-J2 j_o CENTS SIKGLK-J
THE SUBSCRIBER
AVING resigned the professorship
of the Stevcnsburg Academy, with a
view to pursue the business of juvenile in
struction on a more conspicuous and ex
trusive theatre, has at length selected the
City of Richmond, as presenting a pros
pect, in many respects auspicious to his
success. lie has taken a commodious and
airy house on Shock* Hill, in the vicinity
of which, sufficient accommodations for
any number of pupils may be procured*—
The charge Tor board will be from £ 3(3
to £ 35 per annum.—llis terms of tuition
will be forty dollars per annum for young
men above fifteen years of age, and thirty
dollars for boys under that age, the
first quarter to be paid in advance; the
Subscriber will be in readiness to rc
•Ciuye pupils on the second Monday in
w >»ry. The Several branches of know
KOpbscd to be taught arc Grammar,
* - etic, Natural History, Geometry,
a! Philosophy, Logic, Ethics, Civil
Kv.ibry and Political Economy, wjth a due
attention as the pupils become prepared,
to composition, criticism and general li
terature. The Latin and Greek languag
es have for some years made no regular,
part of the subscribers course of instructi
on ; hut as some knowledge of the Latin
language is by many conceived to he in
dispensibly necessary, and as the princi
ples of Grammar are perhaps best explain-.
ed and illustrated by coinpaving the
structure and analogy of two languages,!
the Latin language will be taught.
’ James ogilvie. ;
January 19.
YOUR letter relative to a resignation |
of the Professor':! chair in the Stevcnsburg
Academy, was laid before the Trustees at!
their last meeting. Thro’our communi-'
cation, please to accept, Sir, the warmest
thanks of the Trustees, as a small testi
monial of the high sense they entertain of
the eminent services which you have ren-!
tiered to the Instisution.—They contem
plate with infinite satisfaction, the im
pressive example you have exhibited to
your successors, as well by your polite de
partment to the Trustees, as by your sys
tem of academic Instruction. The har
mony that lias subsisted between your
self and your students, their rapid pro
gress, associated with their genteel and
manly carriage in the circles of social in
tercourse speak loudly in your behalf.
Wishing you a more brilliant and conspi
cous theatre for the display of your talents
and the exercise of your zeal in the promo
tion of literature, we, with real regard,
8cc. remain,
Your most obcclt. servts.
r. n. voss,
W. GRAY.
NOTICE.
r jr^HF. s <v.scrilK*’S, Trustee .; f Willi
iL Ad ‘ of New-Ce* will on
»he tw ttft *" April "
tic Av^lion. hr*
• "'S'
order of the twod of
/pay the further sum
tl< h khare to Daniel
ite said company, oti ot
eh next/
’ic first re pmithm are
na/es upon which the
«•* t. paid, Vi pi. he sor.n,
•’ tavern in Manchester on the
ix*.
’.UXIRL RZASLKY, Sec.
,. »&/.*. (t 1 M)
ls. SMITH
y informs the ladies of Rich
.. Manchester that she has rec.eiv
th« late arrivals from New-York, in
-;/t» to her former supply, a small as
cut of
** '‘sonable Millenary,
COX SISTIMG 07
Lc'a'nwn Bonnets, Cocjpjelicot and Black
V el vet, do. Gold and Silver Plumes, Gold,
Silver and Steel Wreathes, Snrsinct Rib
bon*, See. &c.—Also Indies K1D and MO
ROCCO. SHOES.
Bills of Lading
g C >
May be had at S. PIcasiJnts’sliook-Storc*
f\ T
9
TO MAST&R nuil.DF.nS.
a new Theatre
I* designed to !>r built on the I.ot of Ground on j
Sbockoe Hill, where the old Theatre formerly j
stood, now the property of Mrs. West. The
funds necessary for the completion thereof is raised j
partly by subscription and partly from the private '
funds of the proprietor. Those disposed to un- f
dertakc the building, or a part thereof, are re
quested to send in their proposals immediately to
Mr. Meriwether Joncs, who will shew the
plan, anil from whom more particular information
may be acquiied.
Teh. 1st, 1803. |
N. B. The subscription for the above building
is still open. ;>w
N ~0~ T l C E. "
In Hie case of THOMAS E. PLKjMjiJW'Sy
A B A N K R U P T.
\/I / 1IEREAS a commission of Bank- ■
VV ruplcy, founded upon the a£\ of the i
Congress of the United Slates, passed on
the 4th clay of April, 1800, entitled “an ;
aft to establish an uniform system of Bank- '
ruptcy throughout the United States,” hath j
heeh awarded and issued against Thomas j
F-. Pleasants, late «f the county of Louisa, ]
and district of Virginia, and he having been j
declared a Bankrupt, is hereby required to !
surrender himself to the commissioners in !
the said commission named, or a ma- I
jor part of them, on Friday the 4th, arid '
on Thursday the 17th days of February j
next, and on Friday the 1 lt*h day of March, j
ensuing, ut 10 o’clock in the forenoon of
each day, at the Commissioners* office, in
the city of Richmond, held in the house
lately occupied by Robert Bollard, Esq.
on the cross street loading to the bason.
ami then and there make a full disclosure !
and discovery of his estate and effects ; j
when and where the creditors of the said i
bankrupt, are to come prepared to prove J
their debts, and at the second to choose
an assignee or assignees of his estate aud ;
c(Teels, and at the IusVstUing the said Bank- ;
rupt is required to finish his examination, •
and the creditors are to assent to, ordte- !
cent from the allowance of his certificate, j
All persons indebted to the said Bankrupt,;
or that have any of his effects in their i
hands, are not to pay the same hut to whom j
the Commissioners shall appoint.
ROBERT BROOKE,
Secretary to the Commia&iomrc. j
Commissioners’olTice.Rich- }
monel, Jan. UTlli, 1803. y j
NOTICE,
/.v run case of JjtM&S THOMPSON.\ '
A BANKRUPT.
WHEREAS a commission of Bark- !
rtiptcy founded upon the a£t of the :
Congressof the Ur.itedStates passed on the
•1th day of April, 1800, entitled “ An a€t
to establish an uniform system <*f bank
ruptcy throughout the United States,”
! hath been awarded and issued against
James Thompson, merchant of the city of ;
I Richmond, and district ofVirginia, and he
. having been declared a bankrupt, is hereby
! required to surrender himself to the Com
j lr.issioners in the said commission named,
I or a major part of them, on Friday the 28 th
" of this present month, (January) on
1 iy the 5lh day cf February, and on
' ‘he 8th day of March next, at 10
.e forenoon cf each day at the
ers otticc in tlie city ot Kich
in the house lately occupied
polhml, Esquire, on the cross
ig to the bason, and then and
j-c a full disclosure and discovery
tstate and effects; when and where
chc (^editors ot t!ic said bankrupt are to
> come prepared to prove their debts, and at
the second sitting to choose an us3ignee
• or assignees of his estate and effects, and
j at the last sitting, the said bankrnpt is re
quired to finish his examination, and the
j creditors are to assent to or descent from
the allowance of his certificate. All per
sons indebted to the said bankrupt, or that
have any of his eTe6ts in their hands, arc
not to pay or deliver the same but to whom
the Commissioners shall appoint.
ROBERT BROOKE,
Secretary lo the Commissioners,
Commissioners’ Office, Rich- ?
mond, Jan. 18, 1808. 5
Notice.
WILLIAM iir MAItY COLLEGE,
February 5th, 1803.
Mr. L. H. Giraiidin is appointed, in
this College, Teacher of the Modern Lan
Ruages, and Lecturer in Geography and
Civil History.
The acknowledged respectability of
Mr. Girarditi, both on account of his ex
tensive literary acquirements, and unex
ceptionable moral character, renders the
opportunity, which is now presented, of
being well instructed in those useful bran
ches of knowledge, of much importance
to.the youth ; and it is hoped that many
will avail themselves of it. The appoint
ment may also be considered us promising
a ya!uable accession to those sources of
improvement which the College previous
ly afibrded.
IJy order of the President and Pto
fessois. (Sw)
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
Shaparcl & Luc he,
dissolved on the lstinst. by mu
ff tual consent. The books and pa
pers are in the possession of William Sha
pard, who alone is authorised to settle the
business of the concern. All persons in
debted to the partnership, are requested to
make payment to him as soon as possible,
and such as have claims against it, will ap
ply to him for payment.-The business
in future will be conducted by William
Shapard on his own account, as heretofore,
and he hopes by care and attention to pre
serve a continuance of the support here
tofore granted him by his friends and the
public. In addition to his usual assort
ment, he has lately received, a quantity of
IRON, MOLASSES, SHOES, OZNABURGS anil
rolls, all of which, with the former, he is
disposed to sell on moderate terms.
Richmond, January 21, 1803.
Robert anti Allan Poilok
& Co.
Are now receiving by the' late arrivals from
London a,id JJvcrfiool, a general
(ueortntcnt of'
DRY GOODS,
Suited to tbe present and afrfroaebin? season :
which they offer Foa Sale on n out rate terms
THEY ALSO HAVE FOR SALE,
tfest Green COFFEE,
/.V BAGS on 7*/£.7CES.
BUCHANAN & POLL OK,
Of P.-trrjburg, and
ROBERT POLLOK & Co.
Of jlTfricbeitrry
ARE also now opening their supplies of FALL
and WINTER '.0011$.
Richmond, 2Hth Stpt. 18oA
BY virtue of a dcrice of the high court of chan,
eery hcldep at Richmond, in a suit wherein Na
thaniel Burwell is plaintiff, end the devisees cf
Hugh Neh n, dec. defendants, wiilho SOLD,
on the fourteenth of March next, on the pre
mises—a valuable stone
MERCHANT MILL,
In Ilanover county, on Sou.hanna river, about
twenty miles from Richmond, in a good neigh
bourhood for procuring wheat; together with tW.r
three hundred and eighty to four hundred acres of
LAND, mere cr less. The mill has been for a
number of years occupied by Mr. Micajah Crew,
who will shew the pro'tcrty and give any infor
mation required. Tire land is well adapted to
farming. By consent of the plaintiff three yean
credit will be allowed f r one thousand four hun
dred and forty-three pounds fourteen shillings and
seven |xjnce of the purchase money, with interest
at six per cent, from the time of sale on the same
lreing secured hv a deed ot trmt with relinquish
ment of dower if required. The balance is to be
paid :n cash a* the ’ime of sale.
FRANCIS WALKER.
CARTER BERKELEY, CCom'rs.
WILLIAM NELSON, jr >
Feb. 7'h, 1803. (tds)
NOTICE.
1 In theca.ic of MANSFIELD WAT KIN I
A BANKRUPT.
WHEREAS a commission of bank
ruptcy, founded upon the aclof the
Congress of the United States, passed on
the 4lh day of April, 1800, entitled, “ an
n-t to establish an uniform system of bank
ruptcy throughout the United States,” hath
been awarded and issued against Mansfield
Watkins, late of the county of Mecklen
burg, and district of Virginia, and he hav
ing been declared a bankrupt, is hereby
required to surrender himself to the com
missioners in the said commission named,
or a major part of them, on Friday the
22d day of the present month (February,)
on Saturday the 5th and on Tuesday the
22nd days of March next, at 10 o’clock in
the forenoon of each day, at the commis
sioners office, in the city Richmond,held
in the house lately occupied by Robert
Pollard, Esq. on the cross street leading
to the basin, and then and there make a
full d isr.losurc and discovery of his estate
and effects, when and where the creditors
of the said bankrupt are tocome prepared
to prove their debts, and at the second sit
ting to choose an assignee or assignees of
his estate and effects, and at the last sitting
the said bankrupt is required to finish his
examination, and the creditors are to as
sent to or dissent from the allowance of
his certifica*e. All persons indebted to
the said bankrupt, or that may have any
ot his effects in their hands, are not to pay
or deliver the same but to whom the com
missioners shall appoint.
RO nHUT BROOKE,
Secretary to the Commissioners.
Commissioners Office,?
Richmond, Feb. 3, 1803. $
Bj.ank Bonds
F»r »»l« at (hi* BritaingOJpae,
BURR MILL-STONE j
MjtJWPjcTonr.
, THE subscriber takes this mode of returning his
thanks to his former patrons, and informing the j
public m general, that he has (by d-sirc of his '
friends) fb-commenccd the MANUFACTURE
, ING of BURR MILL-S TONES ; and having
• furnished himself with a supply of the licit ma- ,
; teriall, and having had sixteen years experience .
j in the business, in Baltimore,' Petersburg and 1
| Richmond, hopes to be able to give satisfaction 1
| to his employers. |
The stones he will warrant to be as good as a-1
( ny in the United States. j
j Any orders left with Capt. Wii.mam Pun--'
| mock, Norfolk; Capt. William Chambers,!
j Staunton; Mr. William Hay, Wythe county, I
or Mr. Konv.R r Moore, Petersburg, shall be du
; ly atieni'’ snd country produce received in
i payment, • customary prices.
5p™ ‘ APPRENTICES will lie taken
■ to the abov business, and short time required.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON.
Richmond, Tan. 10th, 1S03. (tf)
N. B. FOR SALE, PLAISTER of PARIS,
in stone or ground, for the improvement of laud,
with direiiions for the use thereof.
For Sale,
TH AT ELEC AMT AMD FERTILE FARM, CALLED
The J Foods Farm,
Formerly the property of Richard Randolph, Esq.
of Curies ; containing three hundred acres of first
qurditied high land, and two hundred, acres of
swamp land rf superior quality, from the land be
ing much higher than swamplands in general on
Janet river. About fifty ac-es of this iandis al
. «*»•.** .11 cui a, aim |
:he wlule may he reclaimed at an inconsiderable
c':i *nr.e and node equal to any meadow of grazing
; lun i in America, 'i his land is on James river,
twelve miles above ijity Point; any produce there
from rnzy L*f;cirriM by water to Richmond, Pe
i tershurg or Norfolk, with ncrrly the same ease.
} There was a considerable crop of Indian com,
j oat t and hay made on this farm last year, and may
i be purchased with the farm. There are I lObti
Tn Ism' when* sown thereon, which promise* a
I fine crop. The purchaser may take immedia e
, possession, or next fall. For further particulars
. enquire of
TAYLOR 1st BROWN, v. ms.
! Richmond, Jr 5, 1803. f fj {
■—--— --LJ—j
Wants Employment,
A SINOl.R ALl.Y, f
j ho ha t for some years been engaged in tht
V k 17 IO N OF TOUT' H, would be willing
[ to undertake a public school, or serve as Tutor to
i a private family, after the 10th of May nrvt —
■ He professes teaching the English Language
I Grammatically, Writing, Arithmetic, Geometry
T rigonomhry, Algebra, Mensuration, Gauging
Surveying, Navigation. GvogTuphv, the use ul
. the Glebes, Elements of Astronomy, and Fer-Mi
^onE and Adams’ Philosophy, so far as can's.
done without apparatus j It. provided with a pair
of 12 inch Globes, aatl sundry other Instruments.
Books £tc. He car. l.c .veil recommended as ft>
sobriety, assiduity, and attention—Letter* p.->st.
i :‘g,: l>»id. directed t-. H. R. S. to the Post-Office
, at Buckingham Court-house will be punctually at
: tended to.
| January 10th, 1?03.
: _ TO JIE SOLD,
j To the highest bidder, agreeable to an art of the
, General Assembly in that case made & provided]
A valuable Mill,
On Appomattox river, at Clement Town, in the
j county of Amelia, late the property of Isham Cle
! m-tit, dec. The sale (will take place at Clement
1 own, on Thursday the lFthday of March next.
The terms of sa e wil) be one third part of the
purchase money to be]paid the 25th lay of lie
ermber. 18* >, one ottyr third the 2 nh of Decern
her, 1304, and the remaining third 1805.—This
mill works two pair of Cologn mil! stores and cne
I ..r_» iit manuia.'.u- I
: n,,g. And ir, situated in in exceeding good neigh- ■
| bourhood for custom.
At the same time and place will be SOI.D,
pursuant to an order of Amelia court, 346 acres
of LAND, adjoining the above mill, belonging to
•be said estate, subject to the widow’s dower;
alv>, a well improved LOT in Clement Town_
Toe payments for the land * ill be the same as a
bovefor the mill, and twelve months credit will be
given the purchaser for the lot.
By thb COMMISSIONERS.
=0*53
P. .9. ALT, persons having claims against the
estate of the aforesaid Isuam Clement, dec. are
required to make them known on or before the 17th
day of March next, as a distribution of the estate
w»U *ake place immediately after, and this notice
will he plead in bar against all persons who may
fail to make their claims known by that time
SAMUEI. FORD', ? Acting
PINK 1). BOOKER, \ Adm'rt.
Feb. 1, lfi03. (5w)
Shanks &; MacRae,
IN ADDITION TO S VARIETY 0 7 I
GOOD S,
ryF.I.L selected and adapted o the Fal and
] ¥¥ Winter season, have rce ved by the Re
onion from Liverpool, and the Octavi a from
London, the balance of theit ASSORTMENT,
which will be sold wholesale o* retail, on usual cre
dits and at moderate prices, to men of established
punctuality..
Manchester, 17th 0£lobrr, 1902. (tf)
■ .. .— »■ - _
JUST PUBLISHED,
i ’
; By s. Pleasarts, Jtni.
' AND 70R SAT.K AT HIS PUNTING 07FH1R
AND HOOX-STOK7, ItCIIVOND
( Price tvja ahiliingi a nut hree pence.)
Every man his ovn Doctor;
O R,
l rilK POOH PLAX lKIl'S 'UrSICUXt
THE GENUINE PATENT SCOTCH,
OINTMENT,
VyHICH for pleasantness, safety, expedition,
ease and certainty, is infinitely'superior to a
ny other medicine for the cure of the
ITCH.
It is so certain in its operation, that it has ne
ver faiied in any one instance whatever of eti'cftu
.illy curing that disagreeable disorder in one night,
by one application only, though app'ied to
•iVe.ir a Million of Pc none in Jiurope and America. .
It docs not contain the least particle of Met*
cury, («e tbe affidavit) but may be applied with
the greatest safety to the most delicate ladv du»
ring pregnancy, or the tendercst infants.
It is necessary that every person in a family,* *
house or school, having caught the infciOion,
should have a box of the ointment, and each be
dressed with it the same night, as the person cur-'*
cd will »>c subject to take the inferior! again iin
mediately. One bo.x is a cure for a grown person,
and divided cures two children.
affidavit.
James Church, late resident at the Disrvn
sary City Koads near Finsbury Square, Apothe
cary and Man Midwife, maketh oath before me,
that the Medicine, invented and prepared by him!
called the “ Scotch Ointment, for the cure
of the Itch in four hours,'* does not ccn*ain *lie
cast particle . f Mercury, or any other pernicious
ingredient whatever—but is perfeflh safe for use
an the most delicate person. ‘
. CHURCH.
Sworn at the Mansion House,
London on this 10th day of A *.
pril, 17‘J7, before me,
BROOK WATSON, Mayor.
Prepared only at Church’s Dispensary' lgr
From Etret, New-York. and sold bv appJintn etU
at S. Pleasants’ Printing office ai.d lioo'.-sn ,e
and take notice, at no other place in Richmond.
Junt received and for ante at X. PUascutt*
Book-Store, near ihe Arrrfw-* •
THE FOLLOWING GENUINE
Patent Medicines.
Hill’s Balsam of ho- obstinate erupti
ng or 3, Sec. &c.
Turlmgton’s Bal- British Oil
Sl:ra Hooper’s Femr.ie
Godfrey’s Cordial Pijis
Essence of Pepper- Anderson's Scctts
mint ditto
Steers Opodeldoc The celebrated Spe
Oi iental Cerate, lor cificc Pills for the
the cure of out- cure of the out
ward Piles,Scalds ward and inward
sore legs, burns, Piles.
TO US SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTloJi~
Pursuant to a decree of the Circuit Coart of the
United Sates for the District of Virginia,
Those Valuable Estates
[n the county of Chesterfield, late the propert * of
Archibald Cary, esq. dec. known by the names of
A.MPTIIILL, CHESTER HILL, k KINGS
LAND SLASHES, with the
AN PTH ILL MILLS.
The rale will take place at the liable Tavern
1 the city f>f Richmond, on Mo.tdav tn** 31st of
February next. The terms of sale will be one
fourth part of the purchase money in cash, and
he other three fourths in three eqsial annual pay.
item;, bearing intercut from the day of sale, the
and to remain bound in tha hands of the purcha
sers respectively for the balance of the purchase
itoney, and to be again sold if the several purcha
sers fail to make payment.
It is proposed to sell the A mpthill and Chester
Hill tracts ami the mills separately. The mills will
have a small piece of land annexed to them. The
Kingdand Slashes will be soldi.t one entire trac;,
nr rlivi(L*il slq. mi- K#*ct auU
This property bring well known, it is unneces
sary to describe it particularly; it may, however,
he proper to mention, that it includes several hun
dred acres of rich James riverlow grounds, which,
with the valuable merchant rr dl s and orher build
ing", and its situation in the vici*>»»}■'• r JHcnittoihif,
render it an oMfn well worthy the attention of
purchasers. For further particulars enquire ©f
Messrs. Macmvrdo fk Fisiicr.
B> f'v CO MMISSIONRRS.
Richmond, 4th jnn. 1803. [tds]
JCjR* From the dHRcul y of compleating the
surveys, *he above sale is postponed till Monday
the 4th day of April next, when it will take place
agreeable to the above advertisement.
15jh February, 1303.
M fcl L E S
OF THE BEST QUALITY,
For Sale.
Apply to Nath ami Kt. Thompson, or in
his absence, to Capt, Joh* Lester, at
Rocketts.
February 16, 1803. (2I|)
JUST RECEIV ED,
And formic at S. Pleasant*’ Printing.Office
and Book-Store,
A FRESH SUPPLY OF
VALUABLE BOOKS;
amokgit ten ten ark,
I'h- new [British] Annual Register, 31
vols.
I he Monthly Mirror, 13 vols.
Stewart’s Elements of Philosophy
Furgtison's Astronomy
Espinasse's Nisi Print
Powell on Contrails
Fourcroy’s Chemistry, 8 vols.
| Caesar’s Commentaries* ftuddiman’s Ru.
diments, &c.
’ January 33.