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Europe.
r/“ AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
[Translated for the Freeman** Journal.']
SIF.GE OF GERONA.
Extracted from the Gerona Gazette of the
27th and 28th September.
On the 20th Sept, last, we promised to
give to the public a detailed account of the
brilliant action of the 19th, as soon as we ob
tained it: we are at len|jth enabled to do it,
and wish not to retard for a moment the sa
tisfaction; which is due to the public. By
extracting the news received by the Com
mandant-General Don Mariano Alvarez,
relative to the affair on the same day, and
combining the accounts which until now have
been received, with what we have witnes
sed, we are enabled to present the following
narrative :
. Notwithstanding it was more than a month
that the three breaches of Sta. Lucia, San
Christobal, and Alemanes, were practicable,
and the ruins frightful every where, in such
a manner indeed that scarcely one stone
hung over another; yet the enemy was not
satisfied, but redoubled his fire, directed to
the same places, and finished destroying the
barrack and atl the edifices in its vicinity.
They succeeded in extending and levelling
the breaches, piercing with holes the skele
tons of the houses, reducing them to powder,
with all the batteries of cannon, mortars,
and howitzers, which constantly oppressed
the air, and frequently discharging three or
four pieces at once, particularly during the
days and nights of the 17th, • 18th, and
19th. They also poured in a continual fire
of musketry under shelter of the parapets of
St. John, and very much incommoded our
garrison. Such incessant cannonading and
firing made considerable ravages in the walls
and within the city, making a horrible noise,
capable of intimidating any other breast ex
cept that of a Geronese !
Such were the operations of the enemy, at
the same lime making many military evo
lutions and various movements on our flanks
and rear, without doubt to secure the positi
ons taken by the auxiliary army, and to ob
tain information of its proximity or distance,
in order to act with a greater certainty of
not beine flanked.
On the day of the 19th he stationed the
greater part of his forces in the mountain of
Campdura and Mcnjuich, which by its lo
cality enabled them to effect their march
without being seen until the evening of that
day, when a column of 2000 men began to
file ofF by the road between Monjuich and
Torre oi St. Daniel, another equal to the
former marched from St. Miguel, & another
almost of the same force by the road of Mon
juich, observing at the same time some
movements of troops in the woods o' Palace.
The moment that the commandant-gene
ral was informed frsm the tower of the ca
thedral, and from other points, that the e
nemy was advancing with a quick step by
different routes to the breaches, to the gate
of Francia, and to the forts of Calvaeio and
Cabildo, he took such active and prompt
measures, with that steady serenity 8c cool
ness which is so natural to him, that notwith
standing the enemy thought to surprise our
garrison by his rapid and studied march, he
appeared evidently confounded Sc surprised
when he saw in a moment all our points
defended. The enemy undoubtedly imagined
that the short distances that separated us,
would not give time for preparations, or that
our forces and activity would be debilitated
by the extreme scarcity of provisions in this
place ; but he was soon convinced that our
spirit and patriotism is still the same as in
the first days of this eternal siege.
Having been for such a length of time con
tending with a cruel and artful enemy, whose
next designs were easily ascertained, not
only the garrison, but all the neighborhood,
was in continual readiness and alarm, in or
der to repair at a moment's warning to
wherever the voice of their worthy chief
should call them. ' •
i he drums beat to arms at four in tho
afternoon ; the alarm wai sounded from the
bell of Somaten; orders were received from
the General ; and with a discipline and ce- i
lerity capable of surprising Napoleon him
self, the troops hastened to their posts, viz :
The regiment of Ultonia, commanded by
Colonel Don Guillermo Nasch, to reinforce
the breach and barracks of Alemanes, with
part of the regiment of Baza, under the or
ders of its Colsnel Don Miguel de Haro,
distributing their forces mutually, to act al
ternately with the reserve, which was sta
tioned in the square of the said barracks, be
ing composed of part of the regiment of Bour
bon, commanded by its Colonel Don Jose de
la Yglesia, fifty men from each of the other
corps of the garrison, and the company of
reserve of the General, the guard of the
Commandant-General being of the regiment
of Ultonia ; all the ordnance of the corps to
the breach of Sta. Lucia, this post being
also reinforced with troops from the regi
ments of Bourbon, Baza, and other corps,
with its necessary reserve posted near the
gate of St. Pedro; to the breach of St. J
Christobal, part of the thirds of Vicnue
and Talarn, both being reinforced by the I
seconds of Barcelona, the company of gre
nadiers of lliberia.and the company of cru
sades of Ecclesiastics; at Saraccnas the
troops from the thirds of Talarn, which com
posed its guard, and from other corps of re
serve in its vicinity; at the gate ofl'rancia,
part of the regiment of Baza formed its
guard; the remaining garrison, witli the
companiesof regulars,crusades and all the
neighborhood, defended the bulwarks and
walls of the city. The illustrious co regi
mental Junta also assembled at their accus
tomed post, to attend to tiie occurrences,
and to tend the assistance that should be
considered necessary. The company of
Bta. Barbara, consisting of ladies and wo
men, were distributed in the most necessary
point* to administer all that belonged to
their institution, and invited by proclama
tion all those of the same sex, who voluntn
rily wished to employ themselves in soclia
ritable a task.
The enemy’s column, that arrived by the
Sort of the tower of Gcronellu, audaciously
attempted, by repeated advancements, an
entry through thespaciouj breaches of Ale
miMies and St. Christobal ; and benefming
by the first movemohts, some of them got
HZ far ns die n ighbnnng barracks, when a
party of the brave Ultonians came up, and
giving r*,e reward due to these audacious
follows, placed themselves in the breach,
first levelling with the grffund too French
officer, who, with gestures and c ries, invit
t.lh.iiro .. to victory. At length, a party
ot Bourbons, iogtl».cr with the ifcit.force
ments which our Genera’sent us, guided by
the celebrated Don Bias de Fournas, arrived
to the assistance of that post, a;»d not only
sustained them with incredible valour, hut
repulsed the •• Irreaiatiblew,” or in other
words, deprived the greater part of them
of Their existence ! Another column re
turned, reinforced with Westphalians, but
on meeting so firm a wall, although of/7 eah,
those who were left alive, retreated full of
fear. They repeated the attack a third and
fourth time, with frantic fury ; but all their
endeavors had no other effect, than that of
aggrandizing the glories of Gierona.
.No one can better explain a defence which
1 docs such great honor to the Spanish nation,
than Don Bias de Fournas, Colonel and com
mandant of the fourth divsion of mique
lets. i
The following is what he communicated
to the Commandant General of the van
guard :
. " Having been entrusted by your excel
lency with the defence of the breaches of
| St. Christobal ami camp of Alemanes, I
i have the satisfaction of acquainting you of
I the new glories attained by this garrison.—
j Yesterday, at 4'in the afternoon, the enemy,
i 2500 in number, having descended preci
j pitately to the town of St. Daniel, ascended
j the breaches with great fury, formed into
| two columns, and sent others to attack at
; the same time the breach of Sta. Lucia, and
the castles of Calvario /and Cabildo. The
drams beat to arms, and the bell of Soma
ten had alarmed all the city. Every one
was at their posts, and the orders of your
excellency were promptly executed. - and
soon facilitated the means cf opposing the
impetuosity of the enemy. The regiments
of Ultonia and Bourbon, hastening with their
chiefs and officers, were the first that were
stationed in the posts of the greatest danger :
the several detachments from the other
corps, either participated in that honor, or
setved as a reserve to replace each other
successively, and to reinforce the weaker
fioints. Notwithstanding the extension of
he breaches, the difficulties of the ground,
the terrible cannonading from the enemies
batteries, the continual discharge of mus
quetry from their parapets, awl the barrack
walls falling every moment with a horrible
crash, yet nothing could intimidate the va
liant defenders of Gerona, who with sereni
ty presented their uncovered breasts to so
many dangers. At length, after a contest
of two hours, we were enabled to repulse
an obstinate enemy for the third and fourth
time. In different points they succeeded so
fur in their enterprise, that their officers
longht hand to hand with ours in the very
breach, as happened with .fny Ueut. Don
Mariano Fur. An officer who presented
himself with seven soldiers on the breach
near the barrack, animating the rest to fol
low him, paid with his life for hir. temerity.
In the square of the barrack three of the
enemy jverished. who had penetrated thus
tar; and four others who intended still to
ascend, notwithstanding that their columns
had retreated, met their grave under the
i ums or a wall.
“ It would be impossible to detail all the
great actions that will render this day me
morable, and those that I might name in
particular, would be the first to exclaim in
favor of their companions. All, animated
by the presence of your excellency, fighting
in the presence of a city, which, by the tri
umph it has obtained in its defence, has be
come Che true country of each of them ; all
have complied with their duty and with
their glory. I cannot omit mentioning that
the company of reserve of the general, and
many other neighbors, mixed in the lines
with the greatest enthusiasm ; and that the
intendant Don Carlos Beramendi always
present in every action that was underta
ken, ascended the Tower of Gironella ac
companied by the commissary of war Don
EstifanioRuiz, where the captain of artille
ry Don Sebastiano Gerona, being wounded
and the corporal killed, assumed the com
mand, until the arrival of the officer who
came to reinforce his garrison.
“ The loss of the enemy was very consi
derable, 300 were killed, among whom one
colonel was found in the vicinity of the
breaches.
“ At the time this was going forward in
the breaches of Alemanes and St. Christo
bal, the enemy’s column that descended by
the road of Monjoich halted before the
breach of Sta. Lucia, which was command
ed by Don Rudolfo Marshall, colonel of the
regiment of Ultonia. I he enemy keeping
up a brisk fire, endeavored to enter it, and
was twice repulsed with great loss by the
intrepidity of our soldiers. They attacked
with terrible fury ; but notwithstanding
their desperation, they could not overcome
the constancy of our champions, who, with
out giving room for confusion, very common
1,1 cases, cnecKeu me impetuosity of
the enemy. A colonel, who had the auda
city to place himself in the crest of the
breach, soon received the reward of his te
merity. The sub lieutenant Don Manuel
Clcrcy, who commanded the parapet of the
breach, with nine grenadiers from his corps,
and as many soldiers from the thirds of
Vicqne, soon dislodged them from the wall
with that order and serenity so iinlural to
him. The captain of the first thirds of
Vicqne, D n Antonia Codina, who had
charge of the howitzur, was wounded, and
the remaining troops stationed in the steeple
of the church, (where Don Rodolfo Mar
shall was mortally wounded) windows and
other parts of ihe edifice, keeping up an
incessant fire, assisted the defenders nearest
the breach.
“ The fort of Calvario was also attacked
by a column of ‘2C0 or 30b men, who advan
ced as far as the three breaches made in it;
the *itdor with which thov were received
was such, that they fled precipitately, car
rying off many of the wounded, and aban
doning the ladders and implements with
which they intended to make the assault.
“ A'he lieutenant Don Joseph Campo, who
commanded a party composed of 34 men,
destined to sustain the point of the tower of
Gironella, not having been able to re-unite
his remaining force, in order to benefit of
the moment, went out by the gate of So
j rerro, and dislodged the enemy from the
heights of the fort of Gabildo. The enemy
then being flanked on the left, and foresee
j»»S that he would be cut off on the right, de
scended precipitately to the houses in the
vicinity of the tower; 40 of the enemy
began to form a parapet in the road that
leads from the ye houses to Condestahle, and
many others were already lodged in them.
I’ite ardor with which our troops attacked,
put a stop to the forming and defence of the
parapet, cost the lives of many, and caused
the rest to save themselves by flight.
“ 1 his f»oint being disincumbered, tha
party directed their fire against those who
assaulted the breach of Ale nanes. Thee
i emy immediately formed themselves into a
compact body, snd, being aluo protected by
i the walls of (he tower, could not l>e dis- i
lodged; but those of the enemy engaged
with the breach, 300 in number, fled in a pa-j
nic, at which time a body of their reserve
was discovered equal to that whicnfled from
the assault of the breach of Aleman**, con
cealed near the fountain of Calvario, and
following the example of the rest. The
firing not being sufficient, our soldiers threw
stones to wound those, who breathless fled
in consternation. The commandant of the
party by his monceuvres pretended to have
more men than he really had.
" The loss that this valiant party caused
the enemy, exceeds 80 killed, and many
wounped ; among whom one captain was
killed by thy first sergeant of the regiment
of Ultonia, Juan Negrinini, whose sword he
delivered to the commandant, and three
subalterns, 51 muskets, 2 ladders, and 6
pikes were also taken.
“ The enemy in the skirt of the Mountain
Palace, having stationed one cannon nnd a
howitzer to protect the fire of a party of
12 men, who were posted in a commanding
position, endeavoved to incommode the bul
wark of la Merced ; hut neither his fire nor
the discharge of the pieces, which extended
in front of that part of the city, had the least
dFcct. This party/ t the enemy was obli
ged in the course of a short time to aban
don this point with the loss of one killed and
two wounded. All the breaches were til
led with dead bodies and spoils of the ene
my, as also the paths leading to the Cabil
do, Calbario, and Monjuich. The rage of
opr garrison was such that every shot thev
f'ved was so many deaths. Their fury and
jhoiror was so great on seeing the vile slaves
'fcf the usurper so near them, that they did
not always make use of their muskets; for
the muscular and -trong arms of our soldiers
and peasantry hurled on their heads the ve
jry stones that were loose in the breaches_
1 l'ne musketry from the Cnmpanario and
the Church of St. Pedro, and the fires from
thcSarracinas, and batteries and forts of
the cathedral, did considerable damage._
The numerous columns of the enemy in
their precipitate flight were so diminished
and maimed, that they would hardly have
been recognized bythyse who had seen them
advance to the attack. Three colonels and
many officers were killed at the feet of our
invincibles, and others laying in the ditches
and cross ways, shewed at what price they
bought their vain attempt. According to
the calculation of many deserters and pri
soners, there were above 800 of them killed.
• ki cut numiicrs w'nintieu,
When our commandant general had or
dered the defence at all points, even to pre
pare lamps for illumination in case the en
emy should continue the attack at night,
guided by his valour and activity, he went
to give lresh spirit to our worthy defend
ers by his presence. From thence he went
to the breach of Sta.Lucia, which was attack
ed; then- to Sarracinas, which flanked the
breaches of St. Christohal and Alemanes,
to which he repaired with promptness, as
on the theatre of honor, in consequence of
the great obstinacy evinced by the enemy ;
he arrived at the hottest part of the action,
and beholds our heroes forgetting their fa
tigues, and disputing among themselves the
places of the greatest danger, seeing at
their side a chief heedless of clanger, full of
honor and patriotism, who by his wise men
stires had foreseen evfery occurrence, and
without forgetting the other points, where
he gave his orders by means of his adju
tants as cases required, observed each and
every post. Our general, inspired by his
zeal, was in the midst of the greatest dan
ger, and it was with difficulty the officers
and soldiers prevailed on him *o retire,
which heat last did, after applauding the
energy of the officers and the valor of the
soldiers, and in particular gave thanks to the
chiefs of the different corps, to the compa- j
niesof the Crusades, to the corps of reserve,
and to the female corps of Sta. Barbara, I
which visited the breaches, carrying the ;
refreshments afforded by the charity of the j
neighbors, and accompanied the wounded !
to the hospitals.
The many exploits effected on that me
morable day, cannot be made known. They
were not called so, as their frequency and
repetition deprived them of that name. At
every step they attacked the enemy with
the greatest boldness, without waiting for
any protection. Our soldiers, thirsting af
ter F rench blood, did not give a second
blow. Enraged at seeing the temerity of
the French, they rushed upon them and
gave them the reward due to their audaci
ty. The enemy being thus humbled, at last
refused to advance except when forced by
their officers at the point of them swords,
who were at length confounded with them in
the disorder of their flight, and returned
vexed to their general Verdier, to give him
...W.J .VT. „.b.. IU V..V.I pi H1C.
How great and grand a spectacle to sec
these warriors combatting, whose nourish
ment only consisted of wheat or beans with
out any other sauce than a little oil or an
ounce of pork, and even for this they were
indebted to the unheard of generosity of this
neighborhood, who deprived themselves of
their own food, to give it to the soldiers who
were without bread, without wine, to ena
ble them to support their dangerous service,
enclosed in an everlasting chain ol risks,
and abandoned to a disastrous fate. It is on
these occasions that their country should re
port its favors and premiums for the conso
lation of so many unfortunates who have
sacrificed their e: :stence for his tender
mother. Now it will be manifest to the na
tion that the eHorts she is making for her
salvation and glory have not been in vain.—
But we will leave to a wise and illustrious
government to discern and weigh in a just
scale the successes and exploits, to reward
them according to their merits. By the en
closed statement will be seen the loss sus
tained on our part on that afternoon. The
names of our deceased patriots are indeed
worthy of being eternized on Uie heart of
every Spaniard, and engraved on pillars of
brass. *
To the opproVmm of the French nation,
Spanish humanity ought to be made known
on these occasions, and particularly after
the last assault.
'1 lie sub-lieutenant Don Antonio Bivern,
and the lieutenant Don Jose Campo, united
their companies and reviewed the breaches
and neighuouring fit Ids; they sVuldored at
the sight of so many dead bodies ; among
whom they found a wounded soldier entire
ly naked, who had been stripped by a mi
quelet who thought him dead, which he
pretended in order t » avoid being killed by
h s companions or by our soldiers: he raid
that in such cases their own soldiers kill
those thpy cannot cat ry ofT, and their officers
informed them that our peasantry gave no
quarter. T4ie person who stripped bun was
present, and t iking off his clothes, dressed
him, procured water to quench his thirst,
and U ok him under his charge until the fol
lowing day. Thus, they went on collecting
the wounded, and in the morning sent them
to the hospital. They also went to the assis
tance of a captain, wounded at the foot of a
breach, but on returning they found him
dead.
[It nas been reported in some of the Ame
rican papers, that CJerona had surrendered.
We are authorised to state, that, by the last
accounts received from Spain, Gerona had
not surrendered.—Freeman's Journal.
T N CHANCERY.—In Chesterfield Countv
JL Court, November loth, It>09.
Thomas Smith, Plaintiff, vs. Stephen E am
and Judith Bass, Defendants.
This day came the plaintiff by James Robert
son, jr. esquire, his attorney, and it appearing to
the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant
Elam is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth,
It is ordered, that the said Elam do enter his ap
pearance in this suit on or before the second
Monday in January next and give security for
performing such decree as the court may here
after make in the premises : It is further order
ed, that the defendant Bass, out of the effects in
her hands belonging to the defendant Elam, do
retain sufficient to satisfy to the plaintiff the sum
of £9 6? 9d with six percent interest thereon
Imm the 8th day of January 18U7, until paid, and
S 9 Srtcts. costs, and also the costs of' litis suit,
aiiu that a copy of this order he published in some
newspaper in the city of Richmond for two months
successively, and at the front door of the court
house of this county.
A Copy. Teste,
P- POINDEXTER, n. c.
December 16. wbw
VIRGINIA.—June General Court, liftiS.
v 'J'lte Commonwealth, agonstjosiah M*
Clenegen, Def’t—upon :ut adjourned case from
the District Court, held at Morgan Town.
Tue Court aru unanimously of opinion that
where an indictment or presentment is found by
a Grand Jury against any person far a misdemea
nor, to which the law lias affixed an infamous or
corporal punishment, that the court before whom
such presentment or indictment is found, may
in its discretion award a Capias in the first in
stance, and that upon indictments and present
ments of an inferior nature, such Court ought,
after two ventre Facias’s have been returned
not found, to award a Capias.
It is therefore ordered, that it be certified to
the Morgan Town District Court, that a Capias
ought to be awarded in this case.
Published by ot dec of cou' t, Nov. 1899.
. PEYTON DREW, C. G. C.
January 16. Iaw8w
1JN i/HAN At a Court held for Cum
berland County, the 22d day ot January, 1S10.
Bernard buns. Plaintiff—Against Jesse Johns,
Defendant.
On hearing the bill and other exhibits in this
cause, it is ordered, that the plaintiff retain in his
hand and possession the negro slaves Critty and
her child Malander, in the bill mentioned, until
the further order of this court, and that the plain
tifi be served with a copy of this order ; and it
appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the
defendant Jesse J»hns is not an inhabitant oftnis
state, on motion of the plaintiff by hi3 counsel, It
it ordered, that the said defendant do appear
here on the first day of April Court next, and an
swer the bill of the plaintiff, or the same shall
there be taken as confessed and the matters there
in decreed accordingly, and that a copy of this
order be forthwith inserted in some one of the
newspapers published in the city of Richmond
for two mollis successively and posted at the
front door of the courthouse of this county.
A Copy. Teste,
CHRISTOPHER WOODSON, n c c c.
January 30. w8wH
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January 20. wlf
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Any person wishing to purchase will apply to Mr
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authorized to sell the same.
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r|''HE four Tracts of LrtND lately advertised
Jl bv the subscribers for sale at Fluvanna J 1
miary court last, not having been sold in conse
quence of the badness of the weather, will cer
tainly b* sold to the highest bidder, for cash, on
the fourth Monday in this month, at Fluvanna
courthouse, it being court day.
JOHN q_U ARLES,
Only acting Executor of Duncan Me Lauchlan.
DAVID KOSS,
The surviving partner us to his right.
February k. wdwti
FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD,
RA N- A WAY, fro .1 the Subscriber, in the city
of Richmond, on the 20th of October lust, c,
Negro Man named HILLY, supposed to be about
five feet nine or tm inches high ; stout, well made,
a little bvn-leged, hat a full face y about twenty
years -<r age; was purchased of Cyrus Curtis of
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ter 1 he is called by the negroes r,f that place, wait
ingman Hilly : hr is well acquainted at Shirley, on
f/nines River, where it is likely hr is lurking at this
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red in any jail in the s' ite of Yirgmia, and infor
mation given to yosrlth Carter, of Richmond, or
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THUS. WINN, ffr.
October 27. vcm
IJ*OTl SALE, thr Wfowm<* P/fOPKlf’n n
. the Town of \Vay iv-?,borough, viz;
J"The Tavern occupied by iVilli-tm Brown—
The House contains ten rooms and five fire nhu*' ,
witl> a |H»rtico in front j a I rge complete Stow -
Iloose adjoining, a celb.r under the whole, and a
log kitch-n on ;« lot opposite, a stable 60 by S'*
•eet. Tlic Intilidings (kitchen excepted) are
frame, put ttp about five or six years: Also the
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a Tavern. The garden ground is of the first
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two acres, together, with or without, ns might
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foresaid property All the roads leading from
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and being situate in a popular neighborhood, is
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bert Porterfield, who also offers ron sals, the
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IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.
No. 164—1200 seres on the Ohio, at the month
of Delaware Creek.
No. C;j4—1333 1 3 acres on the Ohio, adjoining
the above, he.
No. 317—1200 acres on Delaware creek, ndjoin
ing James Curry, he.
No. 319—1200 acres on said cree'- adjoining No.
317, he.
No. 394—12o(> #'-.•••« on Hunting creek adjoining
John Bf.ytop, !tc.
No. 513—1200 acres adjoining YVm. Campbell's
entry, he. near the lands reserved
fora town on the Mississippi.
These locations are specially made, copies of
wh’ch, together with copies of all ihe military*
entries made below the Tennessee, certified lry
|he principal surveyor of the military lands, aro
in my possession. Il lias been stated to me that a
great portion of the above lands are of the first
j quality ; & that neck of land bounded by the Ten
nessee river, the Ohio, tile Mississippi and the
Tennessee line, has been generally represented
by those who have explored it, to possess superior 1
local advantages to any tract of equal extent in •
the western country. The Indian claim to the
Lands in question is now about to be extinguish
ed, commissioners being appointed for that pur
pose, when those lands will unquestionably be of
good value.
Ai.so, 844 acres on the S. \V. side of the
Cumbt Hand, one i«> two miles below tlie town of
Eddyville—This tract fronts on the river 433
poles, part of the low ground, which is extensive,
is heavily timbered ; and from the quantity of
earlli eaten by wild animals at the river bank and
sundry places in the l iw ground, from my own
view and the opinion of others, it probably con
tains as rich a body of salt, as any yet discovered
in the state of Kentucky.
Also, 489 1-3 acres adjoining the back line of
the above These tracts were patented in tin*
year 1787.
IN THW STATE Or OHIO.
1000 acres on Deer creek, about 3 miles from
its mouth ami about 9 or 10 miles from the seat
of government, includes an old Indian town, lies
600 poles on the creek, affords an excellent midi
seat and a number of never failing spring*, per
haps from 5 to 600 acres of low ground, part of
which is heavily timbered, part prairie, a consi
derable portion of which is inclosed and under '
cultivation, some timothy meadow, fruit trees
planted, and other improvements made On the
high land are two large groves of sugar maple.
1000 acres of high land near D .roy erode, a- *
bout three miles from the Sciotaand perhaps 25
miles from the seat of government—I his trai t
lies extremely well, is covered with a heavy
growth of oak, hickory, walnut, cherry, &c.
2000 acres on Mud river or its waters, entered
second rate ; a true description is shortly expect
ed.
333 1-C acres on Whiteoak creek, not f.»r from
the Ohio, entered second rate. Its true descrip
tion, together with that of two other small tracts,
is also shortly expected.
I am desirous of selling the above lands alto
gether, or they will he soul separate'y for c:>su,
well secured bonds or other negotiable paper, c.r
part payment may lie made in lands below, or in
the adjoining counties above the blue ridge. The
terms will be made known by application to
ROBERT PORI*.liFIELD.
Augusta County, (Va.j Fob. 6 2»wtf
MARSHAL'S SALES.
BY virtue of a decree of the court of the U
nited States for tiie fifLli circuit in the Vir
ginia District, pronounced on the 27' h day of
Novcmher, tt'-.e thousand eight .hundred and nine,
in the name of the United States, plaintiffs, a
gainst Thomas Muse and Elliott Muse, heirs artd
devisees of Hudson Muse, deceased, defendants,
in Chancery : will be sold for ready money, on
the premises, on the 26th day of February next,
if fair, if not, the next lair day, tile several fracts
of LAN 1) lying in the county of Middlesex, viz.
Eight hundred and fifty acres of Land called
Hamstead or Hamnstcad Tract; another tract
containing t wo hundred and fifty t wo £*. three 4t!is
of an acre,called Bachelor’s, a.small tract called
Ball’s, containing twenty five acres, and a Mill
Seat called Hamstead Mill Seat, of which Lands
the said Hudson Muse died seized, to raise cer
tain sums of money in said decree mentioned.
The sale will commence at the mill seat first, and
be continued until the sale is completed.
WILLIAM MANN, D. M
FOR
JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D.
January 27. (Feb. 1), 1810. 2/ >v3w
WANTED immediately, one or two good
workmen at the Coach-making business :
to master workmen liberal w:<ges will be given
by Messrs. Wren & Robinson, just below the
Swann tavern,on Shocku; Hill, Richmond.
February 8, 2awtf
NOTICE—The Executive will receive pro
posals for making Carriages to mount Can
non, until the 10th of March next, according to
a model to he exhibited here, or so described as
to be understood by the undertaker.
Attest,
SAMUEL COLEMAN, a. c. c.
Richmond, Feb. 8. eptlOM.
APPLICATION will bemads to the Presi
dent and Directors of the Bank of Virgi
o;a to renew certificates of stock Nos. 2809 and
3019 standing in my name on the books of tli«
' Bank.
G. NEWTON.
January 4. 2uw6\v«|
TVj OW IS THE TIME ! The ingenious piecti
-i-N of mechanism called the MICROCOSM.
I will be exhibited for a few days longer, in a larger
chamber next to tbe Post Office—The proprie
tor most grateful to the ladies and gentlemen of
Richmond, for having been favored f their visit11,
is now soliciting the patronage of those who
have not bad the opportun-ty to see this curious
effort of human ingenuity.
Admittance from 9 o’clock in the morning ti'l
2. 25 '•ents ; & with music, which will be from 4
till 9 in the evening, 31 1-4 cents.
Smocking segars is not allowed, when ltdie *
are in the room.
Richmond, Feb. 7th, 1810.
NOTICE.
A LL persons are hereby forew.irred fiotr*
/ hunting, fowling, fir.limg,« r otherwise en
tering and trespassing upon my hinds at /Vet.
C<utu and Spring Garden, in du county of flam
ver.
SrPKrCEH ROANE
Spring'Gar'.en, Febr.ia y 8,