The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1807-11-27 00:00:00, page 4

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fIN TfiK
HOUSE or REFRFSEKTATIVE?,
TUESDAY, November u>.
jJhite eti ihr IMl furtbir r.pprtf riatioK
for the fupport of lhe AVii>j.
COS T IS’UKO.
Mr. Quirry deeon d it bis duty to aflugn bis
jrtafons tor the vote be was about to give. The
Houfe would recoiled, that in the courfe of
proceeding which had taken place ytflerdav,
thin bill containing fo many appropriations,
and coming before the Houfe under fuch pern
liar cirs* mfiances, and a motion being made
for the committee to rife, he had a (Turned the
parliamentary right of aflring of the organ of the
Houfe, a few queftion*, in order to afeertain the
particular objetfs of thefe appropriations—
whether the amount of appropriations in the’
bill covered the whole extent of military llores
mentioned in the 1’ir fident't meflage, as bavin-’
been purchafrd, and whether they extended
overall the expenditures which had been made?
He had conceived that all the queflions he h id
nlked, were relevant to the fubjetf, and fuch
as he had a right to alk : he had exprefled no
drfapprobation of the appropriation or the ex
penditure which produced it, butTOerely afked
for information. There was no gentleman of
the committee of Ways and Means who pre
tended to illuminate the fubjefl : on the con
trary, not a collateral remark had been made.
It had been faid that he wilhed to overthrow
the bill, lleing placed in this Gtnation, he
deemed it his duty to add a few remark •- to Ihew
what were the real objcdls of his enquiries.
lie laid it down as a principle, and he called
«« gentlemen to contradict it, that this was a
■ particular rafe on our records; unprecedented as
he believed. The gentleman from Virginia had
anticipated his ideas on the fubjcdl ;—that,
though under former appropriations there had’
been mifapproptiations , there had been no in
fiance irt which there was not a previous ap
propriation. This was a new cafe ; a leading
cafe, for which there was no precedent. He
wilhed to know its patticulai circumltanccs,
how the faith and honor of the nation was
pledged, and how it had been done i He tho’t
he had a right to afle thi3. lie made the enquiry
for another reafon : in all cafes under t lie for
mer adminiltrarion, although mifappropriati
oii3 had been made, the whole procedure had
been avowed; it always appeared on the records,
from repot16 of the committees, or from feme
representation to the Houfe. As an evidence
of this Mr. Q. referred to a report of a com
mittee made on the 22d of May, 1791; in which
the committee cxprefsly faid,
" it lias occaliomlly happened, that the o
mifllou or delay of appropriations by law ren
ders it impofllhle to fatisfv, in regular courfc,
demands upon the Treafury, which have been
incurred purfuant to law, and the fatisfying ol
which is rlfential to the public fervice.
“ If fuch cafes, the courfc has been for the
Secretary of the Treafury to rtejneft informal
advances by the banks to the perfong to whom
the payments are to be made, to be reimburfed
when provifion is made by law. The account
of fueli advances are diftinct from that of the
Treafurer, and the advances are reimburfed,
when provifion is made by law, by warrants up
on the Treafurer.”
If that adminiftration were now in power
and the principles now prevailing, which wire
then juftified, he would have given them hia
function, beeaufe the courfe was obvious. But
in the report of the committee of inveftigation
made to the Iloufe in 1802, this proceeding had
been declared irregular; and the Secretary ot
the navy in his letter to that committee, had
exprefsly marie reprefentations of various er
rors in the treafury department, in applications
of money. This being the cafe, was it rot pro.
per that the Houfe fhnuld underfiand the mode
rn which this had b< en done? Whether any
money had hern drawn out of I he treafury, and
bow got at ? Mr. Q. had meant to caft no im
putation on the bill. There were two things
to be confidered ; one, the correct ne ft; of the
end, the other the corretfnefs of the means to
that end. He believed it had been proper, un
der all circumftances for the executive to ’take
mcafures for providing thofe means ; but did it
follow that the Houfe Ihould authorife them
without information on the fubjeft ? They
Ihould know the particulars; they Ihould afk
for them. Did the Iloufe know any thing a
bout it ? No. The gentleman from Maryland
who had juft fpoke had ftated that no money
bad been actually paid ; and yet the Secretary
of the Navy Hates explicitly “ We havecor.f/
ejucntly purtbafed all that has been offered for
fale at a reilonatde price.” What payment
had been made for the purchafe he fliould like
to know.
Mr. (). faid he had no objection to the ohjefl
of the bill ; but v idled to be enabled to give
bis full and peif. At approbation to themeafure.
At prefer.J he could only give a half wav alfent •
but could not t.v the whole courfe had been
corn At. If a y rrft-Alion were caft on this oc
call on, it that d be on the committee w fbad
reported tbe bill.
Mr. IV. stiffen faul, the queftion was is he un
dcrftood if, whether the Huufr would pit. *
law for df frayuig the extraordinary expellees
which h.id hern incurred in rnnfequencr of cer
tain events. To him the difeuflinu which had
taken place was the moft extraordinary which
he had ever witnefled. Inftead of coming tor
ward and opposing this meafnre, gentlemen
employ thcmfelve* in juftifying their conduct on
former oecafions, and ahufing the adminiftrati
on. If they w lh to arraign the executive or
any of its atfls, let them come forward in a min
fy manner, and lay a refolution on the table for
the purpofr : and not arraign their conduct,
while they famfrion t!ie meafnre. This was the
proper way, and if he were difpleafed with the
adminiftration it wasthe courfr which he would
pnrfnc. Was it fair for gentlemen who appro*,
td its conduct, to propofe meafurr* which
would caft a ccnfure upon every ftep which had
been taken ? He thought not.
The gentleman who had juft fet down, had
faid, that he wifhed fro concealment, he wanted
Information. Surely that gentleman had not
read the eftimate from the Secretary of thetrea
fury hid on tnrir tables } for in that he it.ijht
find ample Information ; it ftated the vtry#.ir
tir'es for which fhele expcnces had been incur,
ted. It had been faid there was no law to co
ver this expence : no perfon denied that* Was
it a queftion maferiai Jo the Houfr whether they
wer: paid for or not, or if paid tor whethf r out
of any particular appropriations ? Tl/e prices
given ior the particular artic.a; were ii t « n to
ihem ; there v/err merchants in the Hr mV who
knew what »hp prise of thefe artjcic* fb .*,i!<| lie ;
he prefumed that if „ny extraordinary prict
had been given, fume gentleman evuu d have
fait! (o<
It had been ft id that the Prefidcnt fhould
have cxWfd Congrris, and not have voi ded the
1 :w* of hi* country. He tho’t this the g reate ft
♦mergrricy that had ever occurred, ;,nd l! at wc
were now better prepared fodreidf on the im
portant i;ueJbon of peace or war, than at the
itnoment when the event had taken place which
railed them together. The court* which had
besn purfued, J l y all pru
t* ’ .. 'r • s ’ , ■. • ; • i t
’ ’cot rrefi, Y.sid ;f by this courfe w^r ha«l been
averted, the voice of the nation would approve
I y. The cafes which he had heart! cited did n«-»
: pp!y. for in the prefVr.t cafe there had been
; no improper application of public money ;
• what contrail* had heen nsa !e it was not for
j him to enquire, but it appeared that not a cent
i °f money had H»en drawn tcoiti the trvafurv
I wi’hout appropriation.
Mr. CfjtinJ/er remaiked that the gentlemen
from Maflachufett* and V irginia had argued
much on the fubjelt of this appropriation.
Their whole argument had gone . > fhew, that
it was ini proper to apjdy money to one pur
pofe which had been appropriated to another;
or at all to apply money which had not been
appropriated. It appeared to him that the p-e
fent cafe riiff- red very much from that of applying
money without previous appropriation ; there
h id been no money applied. The exigency of
,* he country, in the opinion of the Executive,
required thefe contrails to he made. They had
been made ; bur no money had been paid." The
gentleman from Maffachufetts wiflied to be
told the difference between paying tor an arti
cle and purchafing it: the diftinftion was obvi
ous—ail article may be pttrebafed to-day and
id for tomorrow. He mutt confefj that in
tins cafe he could neither fee mifuppropriation
or mifapplication.
Mr. p'ifh faid, he had underftond that there
were difeafes both of body and mind, which ad
mitted of no radical cure. The difpnfition to
find fault was one of thefe. The gentleman
from Maffachofetts bad complained that the
committee of Ways and Means had not done
tneir duty t lie wanted to know the prices given
for the ftveral articles before he could give this
bill his full a (lent. At prefect he was in Egyp
tian daikoefs; an nbfeurity fo great as lobe
tangible ; this being his fituation, it was doubt
ful whether any ray of light refieded by reafon,
could reach his optical nerve ; there could he
no doubt but his mind was clouded, for had he
read three lines more of the letter of the Secre
tary of the Navy to tne committee, a part of
which he had juft read, he would have found
the very information he wanted : « We have
confi quen-ly purchafed all that has been offered
for file at a reafon:.hie price. For that Hated
in the eftimate we have given different prices,
the lovvelt of which has been if;, and the highell
is cents per lb. I-or powder, cannon, cannon
“’FPrr« canvas ami cordage, we have con
traded ?t the ordinary market prices.”
Here they found the prices which were given
tor fa.tpetre ; the other articles were pure ha fr < 1
at the market price. Did the gentleman wifh
the lloule to return the letter to the Secretary,
to afk what the market prices were? Sureiy
not. Mr. F. conceived the only quefiion now
was whether it was expedient to make the* an
propriation, (it was at their option)or withhold
it. Tlie money had not been paid. The Pre
lulent had lold them that he made the purchafe
m, his own rcfponfibility ; yet the gentleman
trom MafTicluifetN thought the money was ac
tnally paid hecaufe purchafe implied payment •
the gentleman ought, as a profeflional man!
have found a very plain diftindion between pur.
chale* and payment. The fame gentleman had
fud, that the F.xeeutive in the prefent iuftance,
had exceeded the powers delegated by the con
flitution much mure than had been done by his
favorite adminiftration in the cafe cited by the
gentleman from Virginia (Mr.Randolph.) * Mr
F. thought very differently. In that cafe money
appropriated for one objed was taken from it
and applied to another ; in the prefent cafe no
money had been drawn from the treafury • no
money had been paid. 7 *
The gentleman from Virginia had reminded
them ot the meafure* adopted the tirft feffion
of the 9th Congrefs, to which he attnbuted the
j late outrage committed by a Britifh fhip on one
■ of ot,r public armed vefTels. Mr. F. called ud
I on the Houfe to decide whether the meafures
j tnen purfued provoked, or the condud of the
1 tl'*n m.,norit5' Congrefs invited this outrage •
: that minority which endeavored to diftrad and
| weaken the counfel of onr government, who
I declaimed agamft all oppolition to Britifh ufur
pation, and declared, that the Britifh navy was
the only barrier between us and univerfal def
potiim. Thefe things circulated and were read
w.th avidity in that country, and no doubt in
duced that nation to believe that there was a
ftroiig party in this country in her favour, and
that flit* might intuit us with impunity. But
thank God! laid Mr. F. the indignation exprefT
cd by the country on the late on-rage will con
fallen them °f thC Crr°r i0t° Which thtT bad
Mr. Vpham afked the patience of the com
mittee, while he made a few remarks He be
lieved that there was a general concurrence of
opinion, that the executive had no right to an
propriate money for .-ny objed not authorifed
by the legtdature ; the legiflature had not nu
thorihd the making contrads or piirchafrs *
hut as the general principle of appropriation
was not contrfted, it became aqueftion whether
more good or evil would have refnlrcd from
calling Congrefs together previous to making
! ,h<y preparations. Upon a whole view of the
Itibjed, and as it was neeefl'iry to fend a vefl’el
with d'fpatehca to England and allow time for
• Is return, it was perhaps better for the Preh
dent to ad as hr had done.
He believed that it was unanimouflr agreed
by the nation, that if the Englifb government
had direded the fearch of a national fhip, it •
” , ", » no queiuoi) but
in aggreffion hid been committed by fearching
a national fh p by force ; and it appeared from
the letter from admiral Herkely tocaptain Hum
phreys, that it was done by order. This being
an encroachment on the laws and ufages of na
tions, be cud not with it to be underflood that
he thought it improper to make tliefe prepara..
tioriR to referd it. But if they permitted their
officers to make contracts unauthorifed, if the
legiflriture were not to examine into and feru
tinixe thefe things, they ought conceive they
had a right toa<*t in thu manner, and it would
become a matter of courfe for them to do fo.
Ar to the general principle then, there could
be no qu rft ion ; but he believed with the gen
tleman trorn Virginia, that there might bea cafe I
| where it would be neceffary lo make preoar,a-1
I bons before the Icgiflature could be called •
i anrl in that cafe there fliould be no fort of re’1
| Instance to fan^lion fuch mrafures; at the fame
j tithe, were it poflible, it might be fafer to call!
| Congrefs together.
! Under every cirrumflancg of the cafe, how-1
[ever, he was inclined to believe that the cxecu !
j tive bad a-fled cnrreflly in this cafe ; at the fame
, time that he thought rh.-rc was no impropriety I
i in malting enquiries as r,. particulars. con !
r'ude.l by declaring that tie fliould vote for the
bill.
Mr. So fin would detain the Committee but
a moment ; he only rob- to drop a few hints as'
to the extraordinary nature of thi* debate, it.
tl ? coUrfc of which the proceedings of the firfti
feffion of ti.e '«;h Congrcf*had been brought in-i
to vi/ w ; as they had been brought forward foj
r.r.he would bring them ftill lurther info view.!
it the leel;. gs < ; number- were fo be barrow.1
ed up, and what they had thru fan! introduced ■
•it tins time, lie wuttld inform the gentleman
tnm Virginia, who had undertaken to quote
words which hid been ufed at that time, that!
he too was in pofl'cflion of word* then ufed by
inrn. Who had been »ccefl'»ry to the pieft nt |
tit nation ; \V as it not tin* conduct of the mi-1
tiority who were then and now are in a\i un
derhand wav impeaching the condjft of the
Executive ? He would aft:, and fnbmit thequef
tion to the people of the U. S. whether the Ian-1
R’.i *ge which had been juft quoted by the pen
tleman from Vermont, had i >t conduced to
this rifiilt ? Such words as thefe—that the bat
tle of Trafalgar prevented the fleets of France
and Spain from levying rontrilvitiooL on our
commerce in our own fens, that if we Mended
the minifter of the Britifh nation, he wouhl put
forth his ftrength, and make us feel it, that he
would cover the ocean with vrfTeltt of war, that
the Britifh would hurn our fraport towns, ami
drive us trom the fea-coaft over the mountains !
I.rt the good people of the IJ. S. fay whether
it was obfet vafioi'8 of this nattire which he had
noted down ami had in his polft lfion, coming I
from a member on the floor of Congrrfs, or
whether the prudent mealures of the Prefident
had a tendency to bring about the prefent trou
Mrs. Mr. S. wilhtd the people to pronounce
who were the true friends ot the liberty and
piofperity of the IJ. States.
Mr. 1). R. Williams. I have remained Blent
to this late period ot the debate, expecting the
mforc ation which I am anxious to obtain,
would have been extrofled by the inquiry of
others; nor (hould I have now rifen, fiadnot
the queftion been repeatedly called for from fe
'era! parts of the Hor.fe. I am fearful it will
be taken before I can be gratified with that
which I folicit. To the courtify of the gen
tleman from Maryland (Mr. Montgomery) I
make mv application—he is a member of the
committee of Ways and Means, appears bell
informed on the details of the bill, and indif
putably his told us more this day, than we weit
favored with vefterday. I hope, lir, I am not
t(> rmrk\*c| ;\nd noted as an opponent of the
adminiftration, nor .13 in the remotrft degree
attempting to alTail the purity cf executive mo.
ttves, in making this requeft ; yet, it appears
from cxpreflioni; which have efcaped the gen
tleman from Nnrtli-Carolina(Mr. VV. Allton)St
fome others,this may be the fatft, ar.d that the
Cty of mad dog, opponen^totheadtniniftiv.tion,
is to lie directed againft every one who llnll
*e fo hardy, a3 to alfc more information rela
tive to tliis momentous fubjeCt, than precifelv
fo niucli as the committee has thought proper
to give. T i the moft ordinary cafes, tins IToufe j
■.fu nut m me datk,ar.c! j
I Impr ir never will • hut on a fulijeA of the laft I
importance, involving a facred, a cnnftitutionai j
queflion, it is infinitely more important that wc j
lltould proceed underftandingly. The gentle
man from North-Carolina will allow nie fiy
it is particularly his duty, with the other mem
bers of this committee, to furnifh all the infor
mation required, as he is now one of the prin
cipal characters on whom the Iioufe is made to
re'y t »r filial knowledge. There is one item in
this bill which has efcaped notice and which,
to me, appears very extraordinary. We are a
nout to make the appropriation for a deficiency
of 87,500 dollars incurred by the purchafe o!
timber for the Navy, fays the bill, and yet there
is no rcfponliblc pcrfoti making the demand
no document on the table relative to if. There
is a funi limilar to this in the e ftimate from the
fecretary, it is tree, but that is alledged to have
been paid for timber for gun-boats. Appropri
ations heretofore have bien perfectly diftindt,
for thefe two objects, and fo they ifhould lie'
now. I was mu h furprifed yefterday, that the
ulual accuracy of the gentleman from Connec
ticut (Mr. Dana) had totally failed him, while
fpeaking °f this timber for gun-boats. The gen
tleman improved it a3 an occafton of triumph,
and he will permit me to fay he triumphed tx
ceffively, that this meafure which he had pro
pofed at the laft feflion of Congrefs, but which
was then rejected, was now like to pafs, through
the fame Iioufe, with an overwhelming majori
ty ; becoufe, as he obferved, it is now" prefent
ed to us under the aufpices of- the higheft au
thority in the government. The gentleman is
completely miftaken, there is no Inch recom- i
mendation in the mellage, no fuch rcfponfibiliiy '
as therein aflumed. The fobjedt of gun-boats '
is mentioned but twice in lhe mellage. In the !
fir ft place they are thus fpoken of. “ The gun- I
boats too, already provideii, have, on a "’like
principle, been chiefly aDigucd to New-York
New’Orleans and the Clicf.ipeake. Whether'
our moveable force on the water, fo material;
in aid of the defeufive works on the land,
Ihould be augmented m this or any other form,
is left to the wifdum of the legiflature.” Again
—“ Expellees alfu unprovidid lor, arofc out of
the necelfity of calling ail our gun boats into
adtual fervicc,” &c. Thus it appears, this ob
jedl of expenditure is no where alluded to in the
imlf/igc, for it will not be contended, they ar*>
considered “ fuppleinents to our exiltiog flock”
of military ftores. The Chairman of the com.
mittee of Ways and Means has afked of the
Secretary of the navy, and alked loufcly too,
for fuch information as he may deem material ;
and the nnfwer of the Secretary which muff
be pn fumed to contain all the information re-j
quired, is as filent about thefe S7,000 dollars !
worth of timber as the mellage itlelf. Upon
what authority then is this item introduced,
this article which, no body acknowledges,
which no one 13 refponlible tor ? I would rat her
afk if it is not altogether a ini ft ake- in the efti
mate ? It feems, a millake not lets monftrous
than this world be, is acknowledged to have
been committed ; fer afforedly, it would be a
lets erior to -inmate umncr tor the repairs of
veflVIs than 6-1,000 lbs. of (beet iron. 1 voted
again ft the purcbafe of timber at the laft feflion,
1 fee tio reafon to change that vote, and will
therefore vote a gain ft it now, as f certainly fliad
on ail occalions, againR any meafure, under a
ny circumflances which (hail have for its objedt
an tncreafe of the navy.
Mr. Mppei faid he did not rife for the purpofe
of entering into a difeuflion of qudtions not
conncdted with tiie paffage of the bill. lie
thought it important the public (hould corredtly
underfland the grounds on which this appropri
ation was called tor. That money ought not to
be drawn from the treafury unlels p*-cvioul]y ap
propriated by law, was a facred conftitutional
principle—a principle which he would always
fupport, and to (ecurc which he would go as
far as any member of the Houfe. He did not
confider th it on the prefent occalior, this pi in
tiple, fc» facred to tepublicans, had been viola
ted—What was the (late of fadts on the prefent
otcafion ? At a time when the pi blic peace
was violated, the Executive on its own rdponli
bility, had authorifed contracts for articles of
the tirtt ncceflity : Articles, cfleotial in the event
of war to fupport the honor and maintain the
independence of the nation. Among thefc ar
ticles—the materials for making gun powder,
for which there was a prefling and urgent nc
ceflity. The contradls tor the material* for
powder and the contradls for timber were not
authorifed by anyexifting law. The r.rifis was
one which demanded an immediate fupply of
fuch articles as were deemed eflentia! fur de
fence. Both the materials for powder and the
timber were confiderrd as absolutely neceflarv.
The Executive did not hefitate to aflunie h
refpoofi Nitty which the emergency required.
Contradls were authorifed for articles deemed .
tlfcntial for the public fafety, and on the meet- •
ii>£ of the National Legislature a commuuic\d.. j
nn.V is to Hie jronrfc pprfuetl. He h id
Ontccl on a former day his ideas fully a.r |<» ihr
other articles in the appropriation, and how fir
they were authotifed by the exifting laws. lie
did not confider it m-ceflary at prefent to exa
mine the tjurftion whether tliefe articles ought
at once to have been Iccurcd by contract after
ithe outrage on the Chrfaprake on the 22*J of
June, or whether Cocgref* ought fir ft to Inve
been convened. The L> Kill dure when pofiefl
ed of all the circumftanees which attended that
tranfaClion muft decide, whether the emergency
juftified the courlc ptirfued ; how far a found
difcrelion has been rxercifrd in nduming this re
fpoufihility ?^ And whether the engagements
thus entered into ought now to be completed ?
(Debate to be concluded in our next-)
FOR SALK.
T'H,«T. Tn .know,‘ ^ Vid«»We FARM, nn
Mr r°n,»'r,r the property Of
. I ho*. Warkms, dec d. about M miles from R ch
nioud, cot,taming .MG at.. s ; a very confidence rart
” valuable fwamp Land, a part of which is reclaimed
and now in meadow, horn which I have been credi’
hly informed, that Mr. Watkins in his life time, ct
upwards of 100 ton in the year ; there is about 120
...•re? orthe fwamp Land now i„ timber ; and could
. rt‘ci.uined at a very incnliderahle expence, tonufee
It produce at load double the quantity of hav, t!,at
has been formerly cut. Thor,, j, a co,ifider.d.!equan
tuy of cedar 01. die high Land, and » believe full fuf.
hwient to fine the greater parr „r plantation in
On tins plantar ion, is a tolerable- g.od dw. lliicg-houft,
rttchrn and a very good ban*, with W-ral outboufet
tor lha n^ro.S; .dfo, an excellent young apple <>r
., 7 , :0° hearing tree? independent of the
onl orchard, -o luo mor- of th,- Kef, frim. a„J about
•A)° Prarh *«:??. I- leftcd from the hr ft kind, with ., 1
v.iu tyot pears, chi-ri icr, and all , f which are choice
l herc is slfi. oo ibis plantation, a very vv lalde
m!; •eat,I r 'V,,'rl‘ t,U'r* w:w fonnerly a good grift
m,‘‘, '‘,n' ‘'format ion, tiled tor. reive from .'(»r.i
OO hamNH toll corn, per annum, l.aft year ! erec- !
ted a new nnUhoi.fi. on it, with a c.iifiderahie part |
lire running year, fihiihed, and for about 100 dol
larr <xPen* c the nii-‘ could he committed. Fnv plan
tations in this country, pnfUis more natural advantag- !
es, the whole oftfte meadow can be watered from !
thr null ft ream. This farm i? worthy the oh- j
j-.- •. i .y perlori who is oJ farming, ami cm !
fce 3S preduftive as any in the hate, for the i
number of aerrs it contain?. I am facufied, to any ;
man, who would turn his attention to making of hay,
the prod.,ft of that article nlone, would he from i to !
oOJ pound- annually, independent of corn and wheat : !
to any yc-Jon inclinable to pnrehafe this Urm, I will
give a ere.tn ol years on paying down j. of {he
chafe money, on fecuring the balance by a deed of
trull on the preinitcs.
„ DANIEL L. HVLTON.
Nov’ _ la« -1 w
WILL BE SOLD,
To the higheft bidder, on Wednefday the 2d day of
December next, if fair, if not, the next lair day, at
the dwelling-houfe of the late David Tsttelnn! in
the county of Buckingham, about four miles below
the town of Warvninfter,
'2 TWENTY-FIVE NEGROES, on a credit of
H one, two and three j ears. The above Negroes
are uncommonly valuable, and known to be fo, by
n.oft of the neighbors. Bonds «ith approved fecuri
ty will be required. It is deemed neceffary here to
mf-rt, that the Legatees, are not expe&edto purchafe
much, if any, of the above property.
REUBEN B. PATTESON,
Only nfling Ex'r. of liuvid Faltefcn, dic'd
Oift 23. J m
• ocwouf.
HOUSES FOR SALE OR RENT.
THE Subfcriber is authorised to Rent or I.-af
feveral commodious TENEMENTS on Sh ick. rr
I l.H, belonging to Maj. Wm. Du,Val, and to the
eftate of the la:e Geo : Wythe, fome nfthofe Tenr
mentsare well calculated for (lores, others for private
dwellings—He wifhes to fell or leaf- feveral vuMa
ble 1 r.sn.MEN rs in the neighbourhood of his Jure
refidence, the prices of which will he moderate and
time given for the payment.—For particular* enquire
oi Air, \\ ui. l>awlon, or to
_. . , Wm. TRICE.
Richmond, Oaoher 30. law.’-n.
an iNTEUF.srixn svujF.r.r.
fOur Schools, lor the molt part, pas not the final
left attention to the formation of the h.*.K, lor if is
i o part of their plan. But. it i, not a/-art of tbeir
f-hn, it an unfit donah!t fault: it is i had li:»n that no
perfon can difeover the id. a ol Udily im/rtvrtnf, in
the compound idea exprcfT. d hy the word Scteo!.]
Salt man.
{'’HE Subfcriber having detached his p-rfonal at
. tention from every other ptirfuif, in order to car
ry into rfitv'l an interfiling plan <>f education,in which
he is individually concerned, will on the itMi inlinnt,
•pen his SCHOOI. for the reception of w.,/- pupil-'
from fvt to involve year, of aog. The eftabiif.imenr
of habitual, robtill health, and the devclnpement of
the perfect growth,ftmigth and adlivity of the body,
hy proper exercile. will obtain the fame attention as
the cultivation of the head and heart; and parents,
who, in prnpofing to give their children a liberal e
ducation, delire to render them virtuous and healthy,
as well as enlig h’ened, are invited to enquire into the
nature and merir of the fnbfcriber’i arrangementr.
i he pupils will be hoarded at £ r, per quarter, with
a credit of twelve months, or a difcouut of 25 per
cent, for cafh. The tuition will be as ulual, £ .3 per
quarter, payable in advance. More detailed informa
tion may be had on application by letter, or other
wife, to L. ANDERSON, P. 1,1. IViUiamJburg.
Nov. 17. oawtlothDec
HAT bf SHOE STORE.
The Sulferiber bat lately received a large fub h 'v of
hats, * J
— Of aim oft every description—
And Hat Trimming!. A general assortment of La_
D1ES ilf GENTLEMEN1*
SHOES.
ALSO, French Brandy in Pipes, Northern C’liecfe
in do. Mould Candles in boxes. A conflant
fnpply of Philadelphia bell bottled Porter, Ale and
Cyder. D. J. BURR.
Two doors above the Eagle~Tavcrn.
Nov. 17. oawftw
STORAGE
OH THE EASIN’, IN RICHMOND.
^p’HE Subfirriber having erefled large and conimo
A diom 1,U M BER-HOUSKS near the lower end
of the Bafin and on the margin thereof, propofe3 to
take in country produce on florage, on the mod rea.
fonable terms : His buildings are fo fituated as to ad
mit fd flour being delivered from the boat* to the Lum
ber-houfe without the rSpeuceof drayage or injuring
the barrels with mud.
Pickett, Pollard Jtid JolmOon will undertake to fell
any produce commi'ted to my care, where the own
ers require it.
A regular fupply of Corn, Meal and Ifcmminy, will
be kept for fale at the above 1 .umber-houfes, and coir
Rant attendance given by my agent.
CEO: PfCKETT.
Richmond, Nov. JO. lawlw
FOR SALE,
Thnt Large. 1',finable and Well Built
BRICK LUMBER-HOUSE, lately the property
of Meflr*. Wm McKenzie 'if Co. "Ofeet from,
feet deep, and three Rories high, fl oated on the
naci; ilree: leading from the iiafin, nt..r!» oppoine to
the houfe lately occupied by Mr. Johti Henry.
Ti>e terms will be liberal and convenient to the
purchaser. App.y to TAkLOR Is* BROWN.
Nov. 20. lawtf. ,
JOHNSON'S riiiClNtA almanac.
FOR SALE,
BT THE GROSS, BOZEN, OR SINGLE,
NKxr door to koistkr et.vn noHanKA!t*st
JOHNSON’S VIRGINIA
ALMANAC,
l-OR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1803 :
Being Bee textile, or Leap-Year.
Containing, befides the ufual matter for an Almanac
The Agronomical Calculation, to the Latitude and Mere*
, dian of Rich mend.
OiSI. CO. oattSm,
In purfuanceofa decree in Chancery, made by the
Court of the U. States for the Sth circuit, in the .Jjfi
trift of Virginia,at the Nov. term, in the year Isos,
we (ball expofe to Public Au&ion, at the time and
place heri iiiairer mentioned :
J nV°,' »C\CTS. in the county of Goochland,on*
.4. on Beaver Dam Cteelc. containing 0 hundred a
cres ; and the other called Little-Maud, containing 10
acres, at Goochland c-urt hou!„. on the , „„rt day
thereof, on the 3d Mon.lay in January, 1808 The
dower of the widow of VVm. Ronald, will be fir!! del
(hided, and the conditions,on which the f.dd land are
direded tinder the foul decree, will appear therein and
w,ll be communicated rthe day oflale. The terms
of payment-will he as follows • one fourth of thepur
chale money m !,* paid it. r-fii, and the remaining
three fourth* in three equal i .ftalments of fiT. »«■ eiv?
and *:?htrcu months credit. In all other rel'peA* Ui
atorefaid dtcree will he purfiird.
V/M BERKELEY,-)
JO SIAM fl.I.lS, (.
"Wm. MANN, S c
Nov’ ,G- o.w?ai.
ELLIS if ALLEN,
AV.K OPENING AN EXTENSILE ASSORTMENT OK
FALL if FASHIONABLE GOODS,
(Sele^ed hy one of the partners.)
RecA-jed by the Cali e from Leaden and l1 X urccTP r s •
front Liverpool:
-vi/w*/.V'.av H
Br.'iT London fupcrfme and e\*r, fopt-rfim* Cb’njk
and fupcrline double and (ingle mined Ker.ey
meres, 1
Patent Prince’s Cords.
Royal patent Satin Velvet?,
Nett Pantaloons,
Quiltings, Toilette's Spanifli, Marvells, Orcalban
Strip**?, and rich tiffue bilk. fj:l;
Black Florentine* and Moleflcins i.v v,
Gentlemen’s Vandykes,
Worded, cotton, filk ::•? An; :,!:* ii >;V,
Ladies gaufe and worfl* <1 <.'■>.
Plain cotton & laced Clocks n *. ti on ! ':*-. > ilrong,
Black cotton and word'.1 ]*:rr>.
Gentlemen’* fafoiongbli ,. i-fats
Hcillans’ Boots and urep P\m ,,,
Elegant Cambric J?rone« Pal . ..
Sarcenetts, Crapes and ' yen am* imp . i 1 S}..ts>
Italian Silks and Chambrays,
Cambrics and Mullins,
Fawn, Crinifon, Negor a X India Man;-ire, G-1 A- 1-1.
Maroons of different colours. Spider V t Babon,
ReJtox Lyitfeand Barawclm Muffs ami Tippet?
Ladies bed kid Shoe?,
l.ynterick 3*id York-Totvn Gloves,
1-d Iriflt Linens, .5—t Sheetings, I.r.ng Lawns, and
hmt lriih Diaper and Damalk table Cloths,
Irifh and Wench Cambrick?,
Briiflell’s Carpets and Rugs,
Coatings and Cloths, Flannels, and ready made Great
Coat?, Peblfe’s, Surtout Cor!s and Small Cloatbcs,
&ic- &L-. &c. which they will fell very low for caffs
n on a (horc credit to good cuftomers.
Oil. 20. epltiijkoawlni
FALL GOODS.
X IC HA R n J1 R o 0 X F,
If.it y.tfi received an ehgant oj.rtmcxt of GOODS, <.rA
culated /» the enfuhtg feit fon, Conft/ling of—
SurrariNc London Cloths and Kerleytneres,
Second l>o Do Do
Superfine and fecund quality Coatings,
1 Hi Cloth? Plains an*l Kendall Cottons,
R • ** and Ma'rlt Coat Blankets,
V. bets, VHvavrr.s, 1 Vince’s and Prefident’s Cord,
c,iik and \a orbed Watl! coalings <s|f various kinds,
G.iitleinen and 1 .aides Silk. cotton it vvorltcd llofery,
Silk Velvet?, aiforted colours, *
f ’rape* <!• do do
Rarcenetts do do tfo
Lutelliiugsdo <lo do For Dresses.
!>,*. Ribbons, S Irifh Linens and Lawns,
bi’k & Cotton Ginghams, ' lriih Sheetings,
Cotton Chambrays, j German Linens,
t allien and Chiutzs, \ Shirting Cottons,
Elegant P.obcJ and fnort ? Dimities and Cambrick
1 >refl'e*, S Dimities,
Plain A figured Lent/?, ^Carpetings atiil 11 tart It
Do do mill’d Mullins. ^ Ruges,
A handfome affornnenr of Kid and Morocco Shoes,
A few pair t f elegant Coflltr and white top Bouts.
Ali i f which he will fell at the moll reduced price
for tafli.
Odtoher IO. ,f
MORE C HEAP GOODS
T OHM KING, again refpeiffully informs his ruf
J comers and the public, that he has juft received, by
the late arrivals from Philadelphia and New*York : *
general aflhrtment of—
FASHIONABLE Is* SEASONABLE GOODS.
Which are now opening at his Store, the fecontl door
below the Eagle-Tavern ; where they may h.,d
upon as good terms, for cafti, as at any mini nine* in
the City. November f>.— ——» ;>>f
WILLIAM TF.MPLC,
Has received ly the ship Herschrlt /sort T '< jeep (and I
Calpe front I. o'td n,
AN extenfive fuppty of MERCHA NiZZ.r, f.T.ti
ble to the prefent and approaching fealoii. which
he will fell low.
Oifi. 10. tf
THE SUb.SCUlllF.RS
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A SUPPLY OF
COLOGNE MIL I.-S TONES,
op tsiprup. an r tizp.t,
\^THICH will be dilpolcd of for Cash or
\ V approved negotiable Notes at (50 days.
TAYLOR (5* BROWN.
June 10 tf.
MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY
r a mHF. annual meeting of Stockholders will he held
X at Mr. Brooks’s tavern in Manchefter, on the
firft Monday in December next : .Special matters of
bufinefs important to to the inf»r»(l of the company
require a full meeting; hence it is expelled,that iuch
members as cannot attend in pcrlon will appoint de
puties to a& lor them.
JAMES BRANDFR. Cue.
Nov. 13. tdM.
JOHN’ ALCOCK,
Informs lit friends and the fail-lie rt large, that he hat
juft rrttiv.-J, an l Is now opening, re\ / d-,<,r to XTrffru
Proffer and Moncure’t vendue, o large ufortmrnt of
M F R c II A N D I '/. F,
CONSISTING or TUP rot.f.OWINf; ARTICLES •
CM A RPENTF.RS and joiners Fools, iron and fteel
A Locks and Hingr«, for Foufe work and cabinet
Warr. I alfo cltv on my
C A BINE T MANUFACTORY,
a* nfual, adjoining the fire inforancr office, rid have
on hand three thonfand dollars worth of furniture, Sn
iffled in the belt workman-like manner and in the
neve ft fuftiioti. Alfo, w:ndfor Chairs. I will fell all
of the above goods, very lev h.r culti, *r good papef
at a (hurt date.
Sept. 5. ep:f.