Norfolk gazette and publick ledger — Norfolk [Va.], 1810-09-14 00:00:00, page 3

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Broker, for an 1 ncdtosili^U-tgiKr the fendstno:
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for the first time .duringdhe week, were n«.t on’v
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•teddy hot comparatively improvetlv** H’b*' Const,
opened at 6*8 for money, and 68$ next account*
Bud left off $ UtUer. - ■ ft ^sste*;1
• Exclusive af ibe arcommmidtion derived from
./the increase of the dis ounts af-the.Mnk, other u.r.
aoge.nents^MVc taken place, which will contribute
In d ver^gHat degree, to revive end uphold mer
cantile cftdi# (In Friday evening a meeting was
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held, consisting of the principal bankets and nc'
^Chants of the city, for the pat pose of taking int .
.consideration the propriety >t(nl means of support
log such merchants its Were under temporary diffi
. cultjts, and deserving of usuistancev Among tin
banicels who attended the meeting were—Smith,
Payne & Smith; Masterm«n & Co.; Everett &
Co.; V«re, bruce & Co.; besidtsseveral blbers,
"and a number of,the most eminent merchants'.
After some discussion, it was determined that a
proposal should be made to the creditors of some oi
the houses under, embarrassment, to receive the lid
amount of their several demands hy foureq»*;il pay
, tnvnis, in bi’ls dlawn at six, twelve, eighteen am
twenty-inur months, heariiK* interest. This propo
sal wc.s immediately accepted, and a list of debts ana
assets, of wnicb tin, following is a copy, was laid
before the meeting:
‘ Debts
Assets.
Grave, Sharpe, Fisher,
& Fisheyl 503.0OU
632,542
0 0
15
'V* Rowlandson &
Bates, 285,898
7
10
330,444
10
Rowlandson,
Isaac & «’o. ,289,938
7
339,432
0 2
, Hard;, Ottley,
& co. 311,812
19
377,775
13
Jobo.Goodair, 381,952
12
487,209
9
£>,772,602 6 b’ £5.1 (17,tol 8 1i
Four of the most, respectable nurehaats in th"
. |inen trade have been selected to superintend the af
T^air* of the above parties, vis. Mr.'Richard Fori,
* Sir R. Graham, Mr. Shnw (of the house of Shan
. aiy^Flrtriiei)-and another whose name we have not
' '■ b«ti n able to ascertain.
,It is said that a sum of six millions, in Bank of
England notes, has beep transmitted to the country
. for the purpose of supporting the rredit of several !
country ,hanks. JU is abo said to lie in thecnuteui- i
plation of govi runt', nt to indemnify the Bank in the
* 1 issue of three millions, to be lent on colonial pro
duce, or other property, »s an accommodation at
•the present conjuncture, when public credit has re
.r{ , ceived so severe a blow.
. We understand that .meetings nf respectable in
habitants have been held at Exeter, and othet
; places 10 the West of England, at which a number
of banking houses made frank and unresetved dis
plays of the state of their property, by wt.ich it
'satistaetortly shewn tl,«.t they were possessed of
funds fully ml.qimie to istet the pT sent unprece
. dented junc ture, f'he coin- querns Las been, a ge
neral restoration of rottiidctKc. 1U that populous arid
,, wealthy part of tb. kingdom.
■ Paris, July 15. j
: I SE10E OF CIUDAD RODRIGO—June 27- |
Tr,r 3d rt tun, on the np’.t was prolonged as hi, |
as the walls of tko Convent of the Holy Cro'.s, an.: I
the 4ib was widened to the extrul of 15 tomes.— j
The work began in tVe left parallel was finished, I
and the 2u return *vas romrumced, and is making
good progress. T..e mortars >nd bnwitaeis played
the whole night upon th- body of ti.t place, the
suburb,'and the breach. S'.era! other quarters of j
; the town were set on fire. The enemy weie heaiu
£5 working to clear the breach.
.., Jane 28.
The extremities of the right and left parallels
were carried to within less than 80 toisesof the top J
«f the glaris. ..Tire b.itteri.s that bad been da mug ,
‘ yd were repaired, end a new one begun, 00 winch
12-pounders will be innutited to play upon the
if Suburb on .the leit. Bombs and howitzer shells
were thrown, and different quarters ol the town con
tinued on fire.
vCJon* 29.
: . At d^^^reak, the batteries continu'd their fire j
apon the 1 rearh in the Jrv:sse brucit, and for the
i purpose qf ruining the works and the interior of the j
place. Another powder magazine, blew up, sod
’’ w«h it « considerable quantity of bombs and bow
'*itzer shells. Several'quarters of the city still con
twwed burning, and the enemy's fire was slackened.
‘a* •% ^t two " ' lock, orders were sent to the hatteiies
to cease firing, for the purpose of sending in s flag
,,’of truce'to summon the Governourto surrender.
- ' clSt/OM/tons t9 General Kerrattv, Gmrrnour cf Ciu j
... .. dad Hodrign. .. - ' j
The summonses which ! have previously had
the honour to address to yon, and to which you re
plied. in. the negative, have compelled me to resort
.to such formidable means, as most convince you
that the fortress, of which the government is con
6ded t«|jtou, must inevitably lie soon reduced to the
,last extremity. ,Ilis serene highness the princeol
Essling, command-r in chief of the aimy of Portu
gal, who is present, and whose honour ami humani
ty are well known, orders me, sir. to send you this
, , last suijnrfcohs. I fee! pleasure in doing justice to
v your excellent defence, and the cotfrage shewn by
the troops that compose your garrison ; bntlhes*'
.considerations, always so favourable in the opinion
the French arnuts, are lost to you, if you hence
,'^fqrtb persist in prolongjm^a useless d<-f< nee ; nn l
' i^his highness the prince. *^pl;ls»ling, though with re
gret, will be compelled to treat you with ail the ri
£Qur authorized by the laws oi war. If you had
hopes of beMfiksnocoured by Iht English, you at
,doubtless, h^hla time, undeceived. Must you n o
in fart, be convinced, that if such had been their in
tjntion, they would not, in order to- its execution,
h^yewaited until Ciudad Rodrigo should he reduced
"fw«s present deplorable.condition. Your situation.
' be'hssured. sir, caufn't henceforth hut become wors*
ou tyiye in chopif. between an Jppnourable capitc
atioo and tiieftvrn,|j&|yeiigi>ancc'of a victorious nr
Jat
” my1., t' request will give nie an aiuwei,
and positively mfuun me which you will prefer.—
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‘ .¥ forty-aioe years scryice, i cannot but
know the laws of war. and niy military dut ies.
“ The,fortress o{Ci«4*'l Rudrigo «s not in astute
»• capitulate, mria there any breach formed tn it
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that might cuntpel it to do so.
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your excellency to continueyour nperationgf»gwin«t
‘ place. 1 o*n nl myself, Irom motives of huma
nity, and When emu/nstanreti ni ike it my duty, up
ftly for terms nf tapitulatioo, after seeding iny ho
nour,*'tv bioh is deafer to ms than ltfeJz^
“ But as the officer sent by ytut e^ellenfV haf
given me to drtderstand that your generosity might
gft to the length nf permitting qie to Seudd is patch
es to the Euglisflfcn. Wellbigion, I will accept that
proposition. Until the return pf tbs courier to hr
dispatched, things shall remain in ttain yun, andap
< ording lo the answer of the English. General, 1.shall
make lo your exollericy the requisite overtures.
“ I have honour to be, &e.
(Signed) “ ANDREde KERRASTY."
The pnni p of Essling uot having thought pro
per to grunt the Governour’s request, for permissron
to write to lord Wellington, the tiring was recom
menced.
■ ,By This Day’s Mail.
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Baltimore, September 10
FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.
The brig Blanrhy, rapt. Cotton, arrived last e
vernng in 55 days from Algiers. An embargo was
laid on at, Algiers on the 14th July, in consequence
of an Algerint frigate and brig being about to sail
.nr Smyrna ; the brig Expectation, of Philadel
phia, would go under their convoy ; live French
privateers laid there with their sails unbent. The
srh’r Jacob Gettig was fapturrd 2fith June by a
French privateer and ordered for Franre ; it was re
ported she was retaken by admiral Cotton’s squad
ron, cruising off Toulon and Marseilles, consisting
of 17 sail o! the line and 12 frigutesi
'1 he Blancby was sent from Algiers to Marseilles
with the I'renrh consul, in consequence of a mis
understanding between the D-*y and himself. Left
at Marseilles 25lh May, ship Henry & Francis,
Wire, of Boston; schr. --, Foster of Beverly!
both under detention. > .
The Blancby has brought a fine Arabian borse
for Dr. Thornton, of Washington, and some choice
sheep for the President of the United States. She
ulsn brings despatches from Consul Lear to govern
ment- [Coffee House Books.']
• ’ Boston, Sept. 7.
I PRACTICAL COMMENT,
On the Alliance, Friendship, and protection of Buo
naparte.
Extract of a letter from a mercantile house of greet
respectability in Rotterdam, to a gentleman in
this town, dated 13th July, 1810.
“ Our form of g.iverment has again changed._
The king has abdicated the throne, and 11 it said,
.has gone to America. To day the French liloniteur
lufoims us, that we are incorporated into the
Fr. n. h empire. All goods of colonial produce mus t
pay fifty ;,tr cent, on the value; and are then per
mined to he sent into France. Two thirds of the
puhlirk debt is ANNIHILATED ; and the retnnin
e® one third is consolidated, and brought upon the
Great Book of the pullick debt of Fiance."
Lomov, July 28. '
GALLANT EXPLOITS.
Government have received the following intelli
gence :--Capt. Maurice of the Arethtsa, having on
the 25ih ult. hud a communication with the Junta
of Galhcia and Asturias, took on board his st ip
and other vessels 500 Spaniards, under a Spanish
general, and secured the whole coast of Spain from !
Bayonne to Cape Ortegal. He destroyed 200 French
men ; spiked 100 pieces of ettnnon, and took San
tarn, but whs unable to• make himself master of
Guslars. All this was effected without the loss of a
man. The Spanish force we took on board was in
creased by 800 Spaniards, who were rescued from
the enemy during this dashing expedition.
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CAPTURE OF AN ENGLISH CONVOY. j
A letter from Vice Admiral Douglas, dated Yar
mouth, July 2(itb, to the admiralty office, gives an
account of the rapture of a fleet of merchantmen
of 42 sail, off the Nore of Norway, by 5 Danish
brigs and 2 schooners. The fleet was convoyed by
the Forward, gun brig.
FRENCH LICENSED AMERICAN VESSELS.
A Pari* paper of the l6th July, states that forty
American vessel* have been licensed, by die emperor
to proceed to the United State*, und bring to France
cargoes of cotton for ti e use of the manufacture*.—
The penalty of confiscation is to follow any corn,
rminiration with a British port. Some vessels were
also to be licensed to import Cochineal and Indigo,
under a similar penalty. & Beware of traps /
Occurrences in forcing the Spaniards to accept of Jo
'stph 'Buuttaparlt as king,
The report of the trench gen. Suchet’s detailed
account of the siege of Lerida, says, on the 12th,
seven batteries played Irons 8 in the morning, and at
10 at night two redouble, on a flat height, called
(•iurden, and a horn*work in Iront of }he town, were
carried by assault. From one redoubt a few of the
Spaniards escaped ; those in the other were driven
into the interior angle, and “ massacred without quar
ter.” The town was stormed the next day, and at
7 in the evening, by 8 .breaches in one of the basti
ons ; t»nd, isfier some fighting in the streets, the
greater part ol the population, including women and
children, and stated in all at 40,000, took refuge in
the castle, crowding every house and court, and
even the ditches. A discharge of shells from mor
tars and howitzers nas directed upon the castle'
during the night, arid at 10 next morning the white
fag was displayed upon the bastion of the gland
f*trt, and articles of capitulation wfrp agreed upon..
Fhe loss o! the French is stated at 200 killed and
500 wounded ; that of the Spaniards generally at .
1200. Tbyre were tired upon the place during the
tnege <>00 cannon balls and 3000 mortar and bow
ilaer.shells. <»•>. *>
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Owners and Occupi^rs pf Htfusesand’
Ii9t» on Main-street, from old Bank-street to Me-*
W. Herron’s western boundary on the sold street,
will please take notice that in ten days from this date,
they will be called on for an advance of one dollar
per foot for every foot of groundthey bold on aatd
atreet for paving the same. ,, .v - j
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N'ORIOLK.FRIDA
i#ro.
ARTictEf. . Pfr.,
'rim To Hemark.
1*ACON, Ham. U». T
«*y,
8<*f> jPrfipe , bbl. " 11
. ‘ 12 . :■>’
M«i-. , '••• jj
*•>,.. •• r
Brandy, Fr. 4 th p. ■ 9
•«, 2*11
t» Pearh ' ' 7
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k-*’ ■■ •!«
', „ Apple, • „ _ P . .
7$ ■"
Bread, Pilot lOOlb. 7
50 ,.v ,*
Navy, 6
Candles, Mould lb.
19 r
4* ;' . . -
Sperm.
Coroa, Carraras
Coffee, VV. India
17 20
Cordage, lOOlb. 18
Cotton, Geo.Upland lb.
14 15
Sea-Island
28 • 1
Duck, Ravens bolt. * 18
Russia 28
Holland
None
f No. l to 7, English
Flour, Sop. l,bL 9
50 10. >■ ••
Fine 9
50. v , *
K Middlings 8
50
Fish, Cnd, dry quin. 3
50’ /. \ ■ ■
Herrings bid. 4
25
Fustif k ton. 30
33 .-.Vv
Gin, Holland, 1st p. gal. 2
-V! -/ ■**.'*
N. E. 1st p. 1
Grain, Corn bush.
75
80
Hemp, Russian ton. 450
Hides, Dried lb.
10
11
Hog’s Lard,
12
Iron, Apierirr.nref. ton. 110
Swedish 115
Logwood, Bay 40
Camp. 50
Mahogany, Bay sq. ft.
12J
15
Molasses, gal.
v?.
50
Peas, Black-eyed bus.
Pepper, __ lb.
Pimento,
25
Pitch, bbl. 4
Pork, Cargo Northern 15
Prime l(f
M.ss 20
Raisins, cask. 8
ditto, box. - 5
R;ce, lOOlb. 3
75
Rosin, bbl. 4
Kuu>,Jamaica,4ih p. gal, 1
8
Antigua, 3d p.
90
Conn .ry.
65
Salt, Turk’s-Island, l-HS.
i
50
St. Uhes,
doll
45
Live; pool,
60
Cadiz,
40
Sugar, Muscovado lOOlb. 9
11 50
Hav. P.rovn, 10
White, 12
Shingles. Cyp. 22 in. M. 3
50
Staves, W. O. hhd. 30
| Rough.
t barrel 20
hhd. 28
drawn.
do. red oak 18
Tar, bbl. 2
50
Tobacco, Rich. lOOlb. 5
8 .
Peteisburg, 5
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Rappa. 4
Turpentine, bbl. S
50
Whiskey,
65
Wines, Madeira pipe. 250
350
Lisbon, gal.
Teneriffe, 1
1 25
Sherry, 1
37 J
• . Malaga, , * 1
25
Premiums of Insurance on American Property.
To and from Gre&t-Britain, Ireland,
Portugal and Spain, without the
Streipbt6 of Gibraltar, . . , 3j rt 4
Ports in the North Sea and Baltick, 10 a 17$
In the Mediterranean, . . . , ' 7j a 15
Gibraltar, Madeira, Canaries, A lores,
.and Cape de Verd Islands, . , ’ a 4
British and Neutral Windward Isl
ands, from Barbados to St. Tbo
was,. 3 't 3J
Jamai'-a and Honduras, .... 4
Porto Rico, . ,. S|
M.iv.inna and other Port* of Cuba, 3 a 3J
City of St. Domingo, ..... 4
Persia, India, and China, .... 5 a 5j
Coasters, . . . . . . . . . lj a
PRICES OF STOCKS.
Virginia Bank 120, scarce.
Not folk Marine Insurance Company, 12j per cent.
advance, in steady demand. « " ■
United Slates Bank, none in the market.’
Exchange on Londun, 422-j^j dols. for £\00 sterl.
'Ve propose to give a price-rorrent once eve
ry week ; and to render it correct and useful, we so
licit the aid of our mercantile friends, without
which we have no hope of making it so.
II any of our friends should discover an article
wrong quoted, we shall he thankful to be informed
of it, and the error shall he corrected: by which
means, a reference may be made to the price-cur
rent, at a distance, with confidence. *
Sow landing on Hurray's Wharf, from the Schooner
Caroline, from the City of' St. Domingo,
Prime Green Coffee in bags and bbls.
do. Spanish Tobacco,
Large sir.r Mahogany Logs, Li gnu mv it*, and
Hog Skins. *.t -r . For Sob by., _ _ ■•-:i ;;%■
* : ■'' uj* V v>a Peter Desnoe, ,y 1
^ V - ; v No. i3, Campbell's Wharf.
; Sept. 12. ; ■■ v1. ' . ■ . tf , ' ■ ■ ■/■■■,v :
190 bbls. Columbian Mills FLOUR
'lit
‘ t»f very superior quality
400 barrels Corn, ' •
New^Yortt
S50 do.
. 40 do. Mess'Beef,
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50 bales Upland Cotton, sopertor quality, * 4
170 ton Swedish Bar Iron, assorted,
100 barrels Tar, 10,000 wt. Gfera Coffee, M
Jamea River Tobacco,/ttc. kc. -■;> m
'farljiilr *«- *• . *>
w“ . ..rtgjfotzn&lflits
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5rhrf W.rfglrtMjdfri^r*)* frdtf ClwTertn*^
i Ship P“c*hon<tidS TfttiopkiW*, of lhiiport,lMf •r-' ■ {.■£
need at Philadelphia from London. • ' ;
port op NORrbtit akd poET&bptii;
t ;CUSTOM-HOOSE-.E«rT*Ml»1^“ • ,
Ship ColumliM, Belt, „. -:;... - .
Brig John L. Keais,. Bay ton, jJ,'.; LieboSifofe.i''-'
. - Ci,EARjti>, '
Skip Thomas. Beard,. pMim.fXr?
Caledonian, Nash, j/”*. |Kg*,'-'r*
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" f Jamaica.
Fatne, Pent hat,
Brig Rover, Isaac,
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Cork.
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The Packet stoop MART ANN',
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Cfipt. Foster, will take Freight for New York if of. H
fared this day or to-morrow j if not, yrilV jspjt; for
Peter shorg on Sunday, add touch here os his retara. |
Sept. 14.
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races.
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Norfolk and Portsmouth Jocf^fpftik
'f . :'■ Races,* _ gw. w . *
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Will commence on Wednesday the SenMk
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November next.
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/'»>*f /Joy.
The Jockey Clab Purse of 400 dollan, four mil*
heats. .- -.» ;•. . \
^Second Day,
A Ladies Parse of 100 dollars, one mile hrntf, the -r ■
tiest three mi five—entrance 30 dollars, with catch
riders. - '■
Third Day. ‘ , , ■
The Proprietor's Ptnse of 200 dollars* twt**i»8fr'‘■■ 3
heats, weights agreeable to the rules of the.courseyi/: ’
N. B. 1 he ground is inline order} good stables* >4 ,
straw, fee. found near the race ground gratis,* and ■
those gentlemen owners of race horses with their at- &
tendants, will pass the bridges free of ;
•..:■ / - ■, - ■ i he Treasure!*.. ,,
. September 14. *y tdr 1*t/T It?.?
Landing thia day, 'll
Choice Butter, put up in smail keg?
for family use—"0 boxes Soap. is. 3^ ,#
And in Store, " 'Sfel''’1 3
30 barrels Beef, No. 1 am! 2, Boston JhspeCflBBLf
3 bales India Cottons—*For S^le by
Ham & Shannon;
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for $erfe, Freight, or Chd
The fast sailing copper*
Ship WOODROP SIMS, *
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Captain Haynes, Can be ready to recetre a cargo fag
one week. f ' ■
/"or Safe on fioarrf aa/rf S/St>, Aer CARGO of
Lisbon Salt, and 30 Merino Sheet
For terms apply to the Captain, niw* ; f
■c Shanks^ Bin ford*
Who have for Sale,
Flour, Tobacco, Pork, Tin Plates, SheetJra^* fog,’
September 14.
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For Sale at PubHek Auctifn^ Jfo^.
Morro w at 13 o'Clock, on Commerce-Streetf%harfii>>
The good y.,.’ jfe.
Schooner MIND WELL,
-BtijjrhdmJ 18 tons, newly sbeathrd, • '
and ready for the re«ption of a cargo, six y*}r*Hl*
old, and will be sold without reseryfrto close a eon- f
cevn—Inventory to l>e seen at the Counting-House of
Moses Myers & Son. >4;
September 14. •.
AUCTION.
StJ
On Saturday th(^i 5 th September, ai'v
lO.o’Ckxk, at Lee’s Wharf, '
„ THE 1 ■■>.:•» •.* ;,v -
Schooner NANCY, 'S'.-'.' 4
.^.Burthi-n 90 tons, full built.'auiuUe
tor a river craft. Terms, Cash. . 'ig&fc. ■
September 13. rA^ • -
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Postponed Safe.r ;t- ^
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DUKE OF KENtpf
Will bj Sold at Publirk Aurtiitnjlpii
On Monday, the Seventeenth I®.
At XI o’Clock as she bow lavs at Taylot’efwbarf.
The British Ship DUKE OF KENT/aiibttbar
tackle, apparel, &c. as she arrived from sea.Iflbiia
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ship is well found and coppered to the bend^not
loug sihce in London ; it is* presumed that she will
$
stow upwards of SM hogshead* of Virginia’tobacco*
Her inventory to be seen at Messrs. Atipistcad 8c
Kelly h, and terms made known eh the day of «Iy
Bobert Dickson
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September ?«
tda
150 Gross BOTTLES.
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For Sale on tiuM* *W Colutnldo. $£ (
.•4 liooert MeUttmta.
September 12. .a-• ■■■o
efWfat-vsy **■ -
Merino Sheep.v r
r, a---.. -. • . •
Jmfiortca in the Shift Wbodreft Siriu^ Wssiflr
19 Merino HAMS and 51
warranted of the true Merino breed, of the Csbaaa
»<* Mpfe«or to any other *
Merino Sh^L spin, being part of the locks dt 4
tBCl- ^”“ce* U®lt ^ D* Godm liMw
breedfj which was purchased by him of thnCurthn. ‘
sian Friars in the. year U96, aid remained na hi* *
possession upward* of ftjrteen years without ^
admixture of blood i ctrufcatM id gatipn maybe" >
£** "* W}|MU""*t~Kta»* sold prmoneM WJRD- M
NESDAY the 2d (^October next, tbey w|itp«'j^
-- - acredhofs^iK^
day be exposed to Mhpoksateen
***** far appeoedewdemd paper.
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