The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-04-13 00:00:00, page 4

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EOH THE EA'QUIHER.
TO THE PEOPLE OF VIRblNIA.
No. El.
The Committee next proceed as follows—
“ The manner of keeping the book* and
account* of the manufactory of arm*, t* calculated
to involve the concern in much perplexity. And the
state *J the institution and the general result*, can
not be ascet tamed in their present situation, with
out great labor, and then pe-haps not accurately—
to prove this, your Committee beg leave to refer to
the statement made by the superintend ant to a com
mittee of the House of Delegates last year—from
that it appears, that on the first day of October,
3807—9725 muskets with bayonets, had been fin•
ished. And from the books 9205, appears ts be the
actual number this variance between the super •
intendant's reports and the books, existed as early
as December 1, 1804. The reports state, that,
from the commencement to that ilay, 4635 musket*
r-ad been finished, the books state 4165 only 7‘
There is no act in the management of that insti
tution, of which the prejudiced framers of that
report do not complain.
The manner of keeping the books and accounts
at the Virginia manufactory of arms, wh ile I was
the superintendent, was adopted from the mode
pursued at the United States manufactory of
arms at Springfield, Massachusetts, which is the
oldest snd most experienced institution of the
kind in the union, ns ! have before stated. I
had made some alterations, which 1 thought
were improvements, and that methdd with those
improvements, waa the plan 1 pursued : and
which, in my judgment, (as well as in the judg
ment of others, who are excellent accomptanis
and book-kvrpers,) is the most explic:t (*. proper
mode in which the books and accounts of such •
munuiactory could be kept.
. But to shew, that the books and accounts were
improperly kept, the report goes on to state as
follows :—*• To prove this, your committee beg
leave to refer to the statement made by the an
ptrintendant to a committee ot the House of
Delegates last year—from that it appears, that
on the first day of October, 1807—9725 muskets
with bayonets, bad been finished. And from the
books 9205 appeals to be the actual number :
this variance between the superintendant’s re
ports and. the books, existed as early as Decem
ber 1, 1804” If by this variance between the
books and the reports, the committee were led
to believe, that the books had been improperly
kept, as they have stated, and also stated the
particular circumstances of that variance, aa a
proof of their having been improperly kept ;
how does it happen, that, in a subsequent part
*>f their report, (immediately below their pre
tended valuation of the arms,) they observe as
follows “ Your committee have taken the
number of mnskets finished, from the books, of
the institution, and have disregarded the number
staled in the reports, because on examination of
the payrolls filed in the Auditors office, it ap
peared that the books in that particular, gave the
true number,” lines this prove that the books
were improperly kept ?—It appears that the com
mittee compared the books, with the vouchers
in the Auditor’s office, and in the instance just
mentioned, found them correct; but if they had
found them wrong in any particular whatever,
would not these prejudiced reporters have pro
claimed it, and stated the idantical case in vjiich
they were wrong ? But to “ prevt" (as they
term it,) that the books were wrong, the com
mittee state their variance with the reports ; and
to prove that the reports were wrong, they state,
(from an examination ofthe payrolls,) that the
books are correct. I ask if this is a candid
and manly mode of investigating the truth l
I will now explain the cause of the variance
aihuled to by the committee, between the num
ber of muskets slated in my report to hive been
onartc ; and the number mentioned in the books
and payrolls, to have been f.ni*ketL
In the early operations ol that institution, I
had to superintend the erection of the manufac
tory ; the erection of the penitentiary j the erec
tion of the public warehouse on the canal ; and
the .operations of the manufactory of arms. Oc
cupied with those varioUs services, I had but lit
tle time for arrangmg the branches, and making
the proper division of labor, in the various pro
cess of making arms : moreover, the institution
was new, and it required some experience, to
enable us to decide upon the best measures to lie
pursued in its management.—It was not until
the year 1805, that we had the operations tolera
bly organized ; at the close of that year I made a
special and detailed report, of the whole cost, of
•very article manufactured in the preceding
year, including every expence ; which report
■was addressed to the governor, and was laid by
him before the J.egislature :—It commences
thus : “ Sir, I begieave to present you a state
ment . ot the speratioos of the manufactory of
arms in the year commencing with the 1st Dec.
1804, and terminating with the 30th Nov. 1805.
In farming this statement, I deem it proper to
present a more comprehensive and explanatory
view of the institution and the principles upon
Which it is conducted, than my annual reports
upon this subjeet have heretofore exhibited.”
This was my first report after the operations had
been systematically arranged, and I quote this
passage, merely to shew, that in my reports
made previous to that time, 1 had not detailed
the particular manner in which the operations
had been conducted—The annual report from
Tvh’ch I make this quotation is dated January
38th, 1806 : — It is the first in which I have ap
plied the term finithed to the muskets made at
that manufactory ; and the first which exhibited
the cost, as well as the number of every arti
cle made in each branch of the manufacture.
The other annual reports which 1 have since
made, contain similar information—all of them
were printed by order of the Legislature, and
may therefore, easily be referred to
For the information of those who are unac
quainted with the process of making arms ;
it may he proper to mention, that the labor ne
cessary to the making of a musket, is divided in
to many branches; the Inst of which, is called
finithing; which is,polishing the musket after
its being stocked The work done in every
branch of the manufacture, is placed in the hooka
of the institution, to th« credit of each person by
■whom it was executed ; and from those books
the payrolls for the payment of the artificer* is
made out- So that Iry looking into the books at
the. manufictory, or the payrolls deposited in the
Auditor’s office ; the number of any article,(such
for instance, as the number of barrels which have
been welded, the number of locks filed, the num
ber of muskets stocked, or the number finithed,) I
may be easily ascertained ; When the compo
nent parts arc fixed together the musket is made
though it be not finished, that is, ptlithed In my
•ailieat reports, when I mentioned the number!
of musket* we had “ manufacturedI stated the
whole number that were stocked, although a
part of them had not been polished, or finithed_
Thus in making out my reports which preceded
that ofthe 18th of January, 180$, above alluded
to ; I mentioned a greater number of muskets to
bsvy been *' manufactured** than were stated in
the hooka, to have been “finithed.” Ami this
■was the cause of the variance alluded to by the
committee But tsdierc was the harth of this ;
have a grci ter number of arms been p:dd for,
than w* e made ? The public voucher* prove,
that there hi* not : even t';e committee au«-r an
excmiuat'in of those vouchers, upon which the
fforey V as •paid proclaimed, that “ ihe hnoh
f'tuc thr :nir nu'nhrr ” The fact was ; 1 expect
tj that the lieno 1 Asseribjy were desire, s ol
J nowinglijw ma;<y rn^kets had been put toge
t'ler in the course ot Uic year, ami in those annu
el imports, 1 thought it proper to inform them ;
fr.r suppose thren thousand n»usk;ta had bscr.
stocked in the eonrr.e of the year, but for want
of men skilled ill finishing, none of them were
polished j if in such a case the Legislature
should require of me, what number of muskets
had been manufactured in the year ; should 1
answer that, none had been manufactured ? No,
the answer should be, that, three thousand had
been made ? for surely they were made, when
they were capable of b.'ing used as muskets, al
though not polished.
JOHN CLARKE.
EVENTS IN SPAIN*
• The approach of the French within ten miles
of Cadiz, appears to have surprised all but those
who think, soberly- What is the march from the
PyrenneesJto Cadiz, compared with the muroli
to the Danube, to the Isonzo, to the Vistula, to
Vienna or to Tilsit ; what is it to the passage of
the Alp*, or ol the Danube at Enlzemlorff ? The
battle «.f Talavem, in which HO,000 French could
bafHe 30.000 British combined in the same line
with 60,000 Spanish troops, should have taught
men pretending to ration..! faculties, that the des
tiny of Spain, however much the catastrophe
might be protracted, could not long exist or re
sist under such mental debility, such ignorance of
military principles, such politicians ns juntas
composed of iniquisitorial priests and heredita
ry imbecility. There are men so weak now as to
entertain the notion, that a city containing 80,C00
inhabitants in ordinary times, formed upon a bar
ren peninsula, without any water but such as is
derived from the casual rains or is transported in
boats, constantly employed plying between St.
Mary*!, a town at ten miles distance, can stand a
gaiist an army possessed of the main land, and
of the main w atering place. Let us see what is
the position of Cadiz in a historical and military
view.
It IS universally known that Cadiz is the anci
ent Gadtz of the Phenicians. That it was taken
and plundered by the British under the Esrl of
Essex, Sc. Hownrd, in 1596; that it was as abrupt
y and tganminiously abandoned. That the Bri
tish ag» in attempted to take it in 1702. under the
Duke of Ormond and sir George Rooke, with
much the same views as the British now protect
jt. They intended in 1702 to prevent its- falling
into the hands of the Bourbons, and to secure it
for the Arch Duke Charles, but that the Bourbons
then triumphed as they appear new destined to
fail every where ; and that the Duke of Ormond
and sir George Rooke quarrelled and quilled the
enlerprize.
The port of Cadiz, consists of two bays, one
within the other The city, surrounded by mi
litary works, stands on a body of rocks, which
form irregular clusters above water, at the extre
mity of a Jong sandy ledge or neck of earth, co
vered at times with water, apparently the allu
vion ot the several small rivers within the bay,
which have been thrown out and resisted by the
reaction of the Atlantic sea, and form a kind of
natural causeway from that part of the land of
Spain, called the island of Leon, from east to
west; the west end being the scite of the city_
Exactly wcetof the castle of St. Catalina, which
iorms the outer extremity of the military works
®f Cadiz, is the point or town of Rotas, on the
main land where there is a Urge mole, and an
antique castle. These two points about five
miles and a half apart, form the chops of the bay
of Cadiz. . 3
. 1 shore within Rotas is steep and rocky, as
is the promontory of Cadiz, and surrounded by
ledgts of rocks of wltich many are visible above
water, and many concealed. From Rotas, the
shore bends ofF to the north east, and several
rough roads lead to the towns and villages in the
neighborhood. A little more than a mile from
Rotas, is the battery la Gallina ; and two miles
irom Rotas, o» a point of a rocky eminence, is
another called la Puntilla, which cover the rivu
let called Saludo, which is the first that falls into
t ie bay on the north-west side from this point
thj main land takes a more eastwardly direction,
and some smaller rivulets fall into the bay, which
| are covered by the batteries of la Bermcsa and
la Arenilla. Three miles nearly east of the Pun.
tilla battery is a much larger point of rocky and
elevated ground, upon which is a larger military
work, presenting to the water eight several bat
teries, with some smaller out works j this little
fortress is called the castle of St. Catalina ; but
is not to be confounded with the works of the
same name, on the promontory tract of Cadis.-~
This point is however, little more than three
miles from the Bastion, on the north west side of
Cadiz, called Boluarte de Candalaria. The point
of the town of Rotas and this point of St. Cata
lina, form what is called the bay of Bulls.
The depth of water on the entrance of the har
bor between Rotas and Cad.2, graduates from S
on both tides to 11 and 12 fathoms ; averaging
for the three central miles 1L Between the Pun
tilla and Cadiz, it averages in midchannel from 7
to 9 fathoms ; but near Cadiz the ledges of rocks
render it dangerous to approach within a mile ;
so that the channel is on the north west side of
the bay, tinder the distant range of those barriers
we have described ; wittrin about a mile of St.
Catalina, on the north side, nbove described, the
ledges of rocks approach from Cadi* two miles
in a north west direction, and irregularly from a
mile to half a mile in width ; so that the distance
between the point of land at St. Catalina, and the !
ledge, called la Gakra and El Diamante reduces
the main channel to about a mile. There is a nar
row but dangerous channel, south east of these,
and north west of the greater Jedge of la Frajle
which nearly circumscribes the north west faces
of the works at Cadiz and the exposed rocks of
Lns Puercr.3. .
i he batteries ot St. Catalina, command the
main channel, a circumstance that is very impor
tant according to the recent advices, because it
is little more than a mile and a half from Port St.
Mary’s, which stands on a small river of the same
name due north of St. Catalina.
Si. Mary’s owes all its importance to Cadiz, as
it is the place where persons coming from the in
terior of Spain embark for Cadiz, and from
whence Cadiz receives ail its water ; toe usual
expenditure of water averaged 1500 cask* per
day, and boats were constantly employed in that
aervice.
The river of St. Mary’*, or Guadsletd, runs
from north to south into the hay of Cadiz, the
town stands on its west bank, and over the river
is a bridge, which leads eust by a circuitous road
of better than a mile to ilic river of San Pedro,
over which there is also a bridge, where one road
turns otr to the south towards the promontory on
which stands the castle of Matagordo ; which
is Within half a mile of the castle De Puntales,
which projects from the Peninsula on which Ca
diz stands ; these two fortresses cover and com
mand the narrow passage from the outer to the
inner harbor. The water under Matsgordo is
from 5 to 6 fathoms ; under Puntales 3 to 4 £ fa
i* .»ms.
The road from the bridge of St. Pedro forks
off from the northward to the little town of Pu
erta Real winch stands at the west aide of the
inner bay above the canal of Trocadero, which
canal has two fathoms water j the island is form
ed by part of this promontory, on which stands
a very formidable work, called St. Louis, halt a
mile east ot Matsgordo, and nearly three quar
ters of a mile Irom Puntales. This fort was nuilt
by the celebrated French admiral Dugsy Troui
m.
The importance of Port Louis is the greater,
because the channel passes under that work, anti
hall a mile distant, in the inner harbor, there is
not more than 1 and 2 fathoms walei ; and the
channel continues not more than a quarter of a
mile wide up to tl»e arsenal of Carracas, which
is three mdvs north east of Fort Louis, and on
the main land ; the arsenal of the Carracas is the
principal naval *nd military d< pot, particularly «<
artillery, of all Spain ; here the galleona, as well
*• the naval force, were laid up in docks equal to
ttiy i& tav AviU i U<* W*t<* appeaiS ly btj lotiU
cd by the confluence of a great number of small
streams which joining with the Sj,u Pedro, take
its n&me and form a deep stream, which tunning
into the inner harbor, ami another branch south
eastwardly into the ocean, give the denominati
on of Island of Leon to the land which is connec
ted with the peninsula of Cadiz ; on this island
near to the royal arsenal is the palace of M. Car
los, and the handsome town of Illia, standing on
elevated ground, where the junta are said to have
chosen their temporary re sidence.
From ltlia a military road leads to the neck of
land or causeway on which is the actual road to
Cadiz, and roust be distant from Cadiz about five
miles. The circular battery covered the approach
to this causeway ; but it appears that the cause
way which was only occasionally overflown at
high tides and south winds, has been cut, and a
ntilitry losse, protected by batteries, erected on
the Cadiz side to defend the causeway, which is
not more than a quarter of a mile wide, for more
, than a mile ; and for two miles not quite a mile j
until the read approaches the rear of the suburbs
and the castle of Puntales
A beautiful suburb, with numerous churches,
stand on the neck of land outside of the city ; the
main entrance to which, is defended by regular
works, in the best style. The main ro.td is co
vered by two large batteri s, in li e manner of the
re-entering angles of a horn work, which give a
cross fire with each other, and with a crown
work in advance of the ditch ; a central bastion
en-cavalier to the crown work is covered in the
rear, by another range of batteries less oblique ;
and these by traverse and enfilading buttaries.
The rest of the works of Cadiz, ace adapted to
the formation and relative powe'* of the several
pcitions ; and are too numerous to admit of par
ticular notice.
Cadiz lias undergone some improvements but
not so many as it required. The space allotted
for the city confined by die ocean and hay on
three sides, does not admit of the mom for mar
ket s, ware houses Sic. usual in other cities ; its
substantial aliment as well as its water therefore
is brought in from day to day ; and should its re
sources from the land be cut off, no resources
will be left but from the sea. The streets are
! narrow, 8c as has been well observed, having no
land to build upon they build in the air ; and
as they have little or *10 air below, their houses
are built flat rooted, and on their tops they take
their recreations.
Some idea may be formed of the city of Cadiz,
by the aurface which it occupies and the width of j
the streets. The streets r.re generally from 18
to 20 feet wide, having on each side a footway ;
of about J to 6 feet wide of square stones ; the I
centre of the street or carriage way, will not of
course admit more than one carriage to pass at a
time ; the carriages are therefore few in number,
and the streets are constantly kept clean ; and
filth of no kind suffered an instant to remain ;'
in the carriage way at short distances, are large
square stones perforated and so placed as to
carry off water, through drains, into the bay or
sea. All articles of merchandize are carried by
men, thus a pipe of brandy is carried bv eight
persons, four of whom carry a pole on each side,
two before and two behind; and the article to
be carried is suspended above the ground upon
slings or cords attached to the pole*.
From the main gale of entrance, as the city is
approached from the causeway in a direct line,
to the extremity of the island'is about 3 miles ;
one mile of that distance is not more than
half a mile wide ; and on it are established the
military barracks- The town house, prison, and
the cathedral terminate this narrow part ol the
city, thence the platform expands, so that the
rest of the island forms nearly a quadrangle of
two miles by one mile and a half, the outer line
of which and the projecting points are occupi
ed by military works.
Far all its cleanliness, Cadiz is indebted to
count O’Reilly, who during the period that he
was governor of Cadiz, and at the head of the
Spanish ordnance department, devoted his time
to the military school which he established at St.
| Mary's, 8c to the pavement, neatness, Si general
, police of Cadiz ; he also extended cultivation on
the causeway leading to Illia. Count O’Reilly
had brought the celebrated engineer Bournin,
from France, to preside over the military school,
and it was under his guidance the causeway was
rendered .more commodious than before. O’
Reilly had also proposed introducing a running
stream of water into Cadiz, bnt the instability
of courts, generally disguised under the instabi
lity or caprice of fortune, removed O’Reilly from
| a station in which he had distinguished himself
too much by his incessant activity and useful la
bors, lobe agreeable to men without the dispo
sition to be useful. Cadiz is therefore doomed
to pay annually, near an hundred thousand dolls,
for water ; and even the fountains of St. Mary,
at some times prorve inadequate to the supply.
When the duke of Ormond summoned the
fortress of St. Catalina, in 1702, it was comman
ded by the duke of Vilhdaras, his answer to the
summons was—“ I will follow the example of
my ancestors who never owed their elevation to
the exile or blood of their kings.” The duke
took the hint, as meant to reproach him for the
desertion of the Sttiarts, sent word to the Spa
nish commandant that he would hang him ;
die Sp .niard, with admirable gravity, sent ibis
reply—” It is much the same tome, whether I am
hanged for keeping or for giving up the fort ;
hut 1 prefer dying by the hands of my enemies
than ot nay friends.”—Aurora.
VIRGINIA.—At a Superior Court of Chan
cery, holden at the Capi'ol, in the city of
Richmond, the first day of February, 1810.
Joseph Field, administrator of Betsy Field, de
ceased, his late wife, who was formerly the re
lict of John Knox, deceased, Plaintiff.
Aoains r
William Dent, administrator of George Dent,
and John Shumate, junior, and Joseph Shumate,
Defendant*.
THE Defendant, William Dent, not having
entered hi ) appearance and given security accor
ding to the act of assembly, and the rules of this
court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of ifoe
court, that lie is not an inhabitant of this country,
on motion of the plaintiffby counsel, It it order
ed, That the said defendant do appear here, on
the first day of the next term, and answer the
bill of the plaintiir; and that a copy of this or
der he forthwith inssrted in s»me news paper
published in the city of Richmond, lor two months
•successively, and posted at the front door of th«
Capitol, in the said city.
A Copy. Tette,
PETER TINSLEY, c c.
March 30. w8w
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RAN-A\VAY,yi#i» the Subscriber, in the city
of Richmond, on the 20th of October last, a
Negro Man named BILLY, supposed to be about
five feet nine or ten inches high ; stout, well made,
a little bow-lcged, hat a full fate i about twenty
years of age/ was purchased of Cyrus Curt is of
Northumberland County ; was raised in Lancaster
County, on the Curritoman plantation by Mr. Car
ter i he is called by the negroes of that place, wait
ingman Billy .- Ae i; well acquainted at Shirley, on
James River, where it is likely he ts lurking at this
time.
I will give the above reward if secured in jail
in the City of Richmond, or sixty dollars if seen
red in any jail is the state of Virginia, and infor
mation given to Joseph Carter, of Richmond, or
John Winn, of Charlottesville.
T//OS. WINN, Jr.
October 27. r-(trn
A WATCH FOUND.'—\ WATCH has been
found, and deposited with Capt. William
McCabe, who will d-liver it to the person giving
a satisfactory description of the piece, and paying
the expence Of advertising.
April 4. w4vr
IRGINt.V— Al a Superior Ccur» of Chse. ,
eery, holdcn at the Capitol, in . he city of
Richmond, the first day of February, 1810
Thomas Crutcher & Sebert Crutcher, Charles
Foushee and Lucy hi* wife. Benjamin Ficklin ?«,
Susanna Ids wife, Robert Crutcher, administra
lorof John Foushee, and Sarah Foushee, Eliza
beth Sneed, Coleman Crutcher, William Crutch
er, and Robert Crutcher, Henry Crutcher, Mar
garet Tune man, Achilles Sneed, administrator of
Mary Sneed, Sarah Crutcher and Sunsfield Pitts
and Elizabeth his wife, Plaintiff*.
Against
Thom ».s Crutcher, execute- c.f Thus. Crutch
er, dec’d. Christopher IRackburne and Reuben
Chapman, Defendant*.
THE Defendant, Thomas Crutcher, not hav
ing entered his appearance and given security ac
cording to the act of assembly, and the rules of
this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of
the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this
country : On motion of the plaintiffs, by counsel,
It i* ordered, That the said defendant do appear
here, on the first day of the next ter n, and an
swer the bill of the plaintiffs ; and that a copy of
this order be forthwith inserted in Rome news
paper published in the city of Richmond, for
two months successively, and posted at the front
door of the eapitol* in tne said city.
A Copy. Te*te,
jtETER TINSLEY, e. c.
«arch 30. w8w
IT'OR SADr.— An elegant Philadelphia made
. GIG and HARNESS ; five tierces of Tan
ner’s OIL : Also, wishes to purchase » pair of
well broke carriage HORSES ;bays will be pre
ferred* Enquire of the subscriber, or in his mb- i
ssnee, of Mr. M Judah.
C. H. SAUNDERS.
March SO. tf
r HE subset-ber has employed as uuomf me
Latin anil Greek languages, Mr Lewis At
kinson, who, henceforward, will cn operate with
him in the education of youth. Their plan of
which, embraces the Latin, Greek, French and
English languages, including several particular'
branches of Literature, Arithmetic and Mathe
matics. Each teacher will attend regularly to his
own department of the school. They wish to re
ceive several boys in adefition to their present
number. Also, a class of girla ; but at no time
shall their seminary be crowded. They propose
to have public examinations, quarterly Their
vacations shall neither be long nor frequent.
Price for tuition, g 40 per annum, to be paid
quarterly, in advance, without any deduction for
vacations. CHILES TERRELL.
N. B Mr. Atkinson’s capability to teach the
Latin and Greek languages, is certified by Mr.
Nelson, professor of Wingfield Academy in Han
over county. The certificate may be seen by ap
plication to the subscriber.
April 3. __w3wfl
JAMES RIVER LANDS FOR SALE—I
offer for sale, a valuable Plantation, situate in
Bermuda Hundred, immediately in the conflu
ence of James and Appomattox rivers, containing
by an old survey 756 acres ; it reaches up James
river to the port anil ballast bank, including near
ly all the wharfage ground. About one half of
the tract is cleared and the other half in woods.
This plantation will always delight and reward
the farmer ; three hundred acres, or thereabouts,
of flat land in the fork, on account of a superior
anility, has been rated very high ; it would be
iflicult to obtain land on James river above or
below the falls better adapted to the culture of
corn, wheat and tobacco. The fields are under
substantial fences, mostly new. The buildings
consist of a comfortable small dwelling house,
with four rooms, newly done up ; an excellent
overseer’s house vvi.h a brick chimney and two
rooms plaistered, a large granary with a wheat
machine on an improved plan ; a large tobacco
barn nearly new, dairy, smokehouse, negro hous
es, &c. This place possesses the advantages of
a thriving yeung apple orchard, many other ex-!
cellent fruit trees ; navigation to Petersburg, e
levcn miles, to Richmond fifty, distance by land
twenty three miles only, and a good fishery.
There is a plenty of meadow land, also a marl
i bank of excellent manure supposed to he inex
haustible.
The wharfage ground can be easily and expe
ditiously improved at a moderate exnence, and if
properly improved would instantly become the i
resort of the Richmond shipping interest, and an I
important place of deposit for that growing com
mercial city. Mr. Cullen Adams, my manager
at the Hundred, will at any time shew the pre
mises. For convenience, I shall leave my terms
with his excellency John Tyler, and Daniel L.
Hylton, esq. of Richmond—as these gentlemen
have been long acquainted with the Hundred, I
take the liberty of referring to them for further
information.
1 also offer for sale a valuable little FARM of
.500 acres, situate on Appomattox river, adjoining j
the lands of Mr. Jermsn Baker, Mr George [
Skipwith and Mr. Edmund Eggleston in Cum- I
Borland county ; for this tract I should require
one third of the purchase money to be paid down '
and the balance in two annual payments. If no .
private sale is previously made, I .shall on this !
Tract, expose it at public sale, to the highest
bidder, on the 23d day of June next, and on the
payments already mentioned.
ARCHIBALD THWEATT.
Petersburg, 16tli March, 1810. 8t
'pHE SUBSCRIBERS have for sale—First
JL and second quality brown Sugar, in Hhds.
and barrels,
Loaf Sugar in barrels,
l’rimf green Coffee in hogsheads, barrels Sc bags,
10 Hogsheads Antigua Hum,
15 Boxes Imperial Tea,
5 Qjarter casks Madeira Wine,
5 Do. do. L P. Teneriff'e Wine,
10 Do. do. Sherry Wine,
8 l)o. do. Malaga Wine,
10 Hogsheads prime Molasses,
20 Barr"ls rectified Whiskey,
50 Boxes Raisins,
20 Boxes Chalk Pipes,
10 Boxes Mustard, 10 bags Pepper, 10 bags race
Ginger, 15 boxes Window Glass, 8 by 10, 20
kegs I.eiper’s Snufi', 1 ton Shot, German 2c Blis
tered Steel, 8 boxes Brimstone, writing 8c wrap
ing Papcr, 400 saeks salt, 10 hhds. stone Ware,
15 boxes Spanish Cig»rs, 20 boxes Soap, and 150
Grind Stones. Allot' which will be sold on mo
derate terms, for cash, country produce, or ap
proved paper.
WHITE & SHELTON.
Mlirch 20. tr
FOR SALE, at the Vendue Office of the
Subscriber,
30 hhds. } ., , „
20 bbls. $ Muscovado Sugars,
10 hhds Philadelphia Loaf Sugar,
20 hhds Antigua Rum,
4 pipes real Cognise Brandy,
20 bbls Apple Brandy,
Hare’s Beer in barrels and half barrels,
600 sack a Liverpool ground Salt,
Green Coffee in bags, barrels and tierces,
A quantity of Seine Twine,
Imperial, Hyson, Young Hyson, Hyson Skin,
and Souchong l eas,
20 boxes brown Soap,
Raisins in boxes and kegs, and many other
articles.
JAMES BROWN, r. Aue'r.
March 2. tf
Bj*OR SALE—517 acres of LAND, in »!i—
county nl Kelson, on the bead waters of
Tye River, first rate tobacco land. As to its si
tuation, enquire of Col. Joseph Shelton, of Nel
son county, who has a power to dispose of the
same or to T. //. EjKOSSR./L
March Jf- , ep4w
- I
J*-tct Tirctr.’T’r? Am rc7 sale —rrst
do#** above tli* E:tgle-'F«vcm :
OU1 Port. Claret on<l Madeira W me#,
bun■ Powder, Imperial and Young Hyson *Teny,
50 Bbl*. and t wo li^ds. Apple Brandy.
20 libls Carir.tier’s double diAilkd -nd reet'fia^
Whiskey,
12 Itlids. ami 10 barrels ^ew-Orlenr*# Sugar,
20 Boxes New-York Tallow Candles,
15 l>n Spermaceti Dj.
10 Uhls. Linseed Oil,
| 7 Hhda. Treakie,
1 Do. and l Crate Bottle*,
25 l.ba. fresh j*u*tnega,
30 Bushels fresh Clover and Timoth* Seed,
3 Hampers fresh Sallrul Oil,
10 Dutch Cases white gilt bottles,
10 Bn*-* well assorted Glass,
And m daily expectation of receiving 3° crates
of Liverpool green and bine edged Wares, Pas*
sage Lamps, Candle Shades, &c. fcr.
EDWARD HALL AM.
March 16._ eptf
NOTICE.—-All persons who hare anv claims
against the late John Harri*. dec*d. of the
City of Richmond, are requested to bring them
forward immediately—and those indebted to said
estate, must make immediate arrangements for
discharging their respective balances.
W. D. WREN. AJtn'r. of
JOHN HARRIS, Dec'd.
March 13, ep2m
PENITENTIARY STORE,
AND
DOMESTIC WAREHOUSE
DJ. BURR, in addition to the articles mi.
• nutaclurcvj at the Penitentiary, offers for
sale an assortment of GOODS of HOME MA
NUFACTURE, vis :
Fine and coarse H ATS or every description.
A regular supply of Cotton CLOTH, on con
signment from the Providence M anufsrtory, and
will be sold by the piece at the mill prices, viz :
Bsdtickino, Stripes, Checks St Plasm
Cloths, Spun Cottom, single and double,
home made Li xen Sheetivg.
RICHMOND GUN POWDER by the keg,
warranted of superior quality.
PHILADELPHIA PORTER St ALE in
casks and bottles, and BEER in barrels.
Harness Leather, Wax Calf Skins, Boot Legs,
Coloured and Black Roans.
Wanted to Hike, by the year, a good
COOPER
February 13 tf
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE —
On Wednesday the 18th day of April en
suing—Will he sold at Public Auction, near the
premises, that beautiful and most desirable situ
ation belonging to Mr Jedediah Allen, near the
property of Mrs. Craig—it has on it a handsome
frame Dwelling-House, with a good kitchen,
smoke-house, dairy and stable, a well of the best
water in the city of Richmond.
The Lott contains one acre, having been ori
ginally two half acre Lotts, and has the advan
tage of being bounded on three sides by streets,
is highly improved—having a falling garden in
front and a very extensive and beautiful garden
at the back of the house—and for agreeablcness
of situation and salubrity ot air, m.ty be estimated
among the best in the City.
Six, twelve and eighteen months credit will
be given, by giving notes with approved endor
sers, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, and a
deed of trust on the property to secure the pay
ment ef the notes.
STILL & BROOKE, Auers.
Richmond, March 27 tds
Williamsburg. \9th Match, 1810.
rPHE ANNUAL MEE TING of the Propri
fi etorsof the Dismal Swamp Company, will
be held at Suffolk, on the Slh day of May next,
being the second Tuesday. And it is earntsvly
requested that the members will be punctual in
their attendance, either personally or by their at
tornies.
WILLIAM NELSON,
JOHN BRACKEN, [
COR Rl N GRIFFIN, f Managers.
JAMES HENDERSON, J
.. Wflt*r I) 27. 4w
In Council, March 28./, 1810.
NOTICE—In pursuance of an act of the Ge
neral Assembly, passed at the last sessi
on : Notice is hereby given, that a sale of the
PUBLIC PROPERTY,
at the Point of Fork, will take place, on Thurs
day the 24th day of May next, on the premises,
on a credit of twelve months. Bond and security
to he approved by the Executive, will be requi
red. For information respecting the *?operty,
enquireof Doctor John Wdlsof Fluvanna coun
ty
SAMUEL COLEMAN, a.c. c.
March 27. 8w
In Council, March 19, 1310.
NOTICE—That the Executive will receive
proposals nntil the I5ili of April n^xt, fop
furnishing the Prisoners in the Penitenti rv, with
rations for one year, commencing the 16th of the
said month of April next.
Attest,
SAMUEL COLEMAN, a c c.
March 23.
Wr ILL BE SOLD, on the premises, t. :'->e
highest bidder, on Thursday, 19th Apiil
next, that large and commodious
BRICK LUMBER HOUSE,
Situate on the Cross sire i, leading to the Basin
— Also, that unimproved LOT, joining, say from
40 to 50 feet front, extending hack totheE gle
yard, 85 fret. The whole to be sold separate or
jointly , on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months_The
purchaser giving bonds with apnrvved < urity
ROBERT DAVIDSON.
March 30
FOR RENT, or le ase, and immediate
possession given—\Iy I/'JUSF.. near Hie.
Washington Tavern, and fronting the Cnpitol
Square. This tenement is pleasantly situated,
and in every respect well calculated for the ac
commodation of & genteel family. For terms,
be. apply to
EDWARD HALL AM.
April 3. tf
James River LO W-GROUN OS— For *ai«
The subscriber intending to leave the state,
will sell, to the hightest bidder, on the 10th day
of May next, on the premises, his tract of LAND,
in the county of Amherst, whereon Jesse Spin
ner resides : containing one hundred and fifty s
cres of Low Grounds, and about four hundred of
llijjhUnd. The low grounds arr entirely re
claimed, and in'fine order for the culture of corn,
wheat, tobacco, he. The high land ia yet in
woods, but much of it admirably suited for To
bacco. The improvements arc calculated for se
curing a crop . Among many other advantages
of this Land, n ferry and mill seat, m»y be enu
merated j and its contiguity to the Oxford iron
works & Lynchburg, rendering corn a very salea
ble article at all times. Terms are two thousand
dollars cash, and two thousand the first of each
succeeding January, till the balance be paid
which must be secured by a deed of trust on th©
Land.
ROBERT MAYO.
April 6. eplM.
\,\r ANTED immediately, one or two good
V ▼ workmen at the Coach-making business;
to master workmen lilieral w«gr* will be giv>
by Messrs. Wren b Robinson, jp-t below i; e
Swum tavern, on Shock *-Mill, Richmond.
February» 2,iwt*