Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1809-05-16 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVIIth Year.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1654.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS,) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—Paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1809.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
List of Original Land Warrants for which Exchange Warrants have been granted, published agree- ably to an act of Assembly, passed the 1st of February, 1809.
   Name of Original Holder. Right on which Original War- rant is issued. Number of Original War- rant. Acres. Date. Names of Indorsers, Assignors and Assignees, as also, place of residence of those to whom exchange warrants have issued. Residence. Acres. Number.     James Winn Treasury Right 19191 5281 1/2 Sep. 6, 1783 Jn. Hedrick ass'ee of Jn. Higgens, who was ass'ee of J. Winn Isaac Henkle ass'ee of do. Oliver McCoy ass'ee of do. John Davis ass'ee of do. Wm. Donaldson ass'ee of do. John Higgens ass'ee of James Winn Pendleton ditto ditto ditto ditto Hampshire 500 500 200 500 1000 2281 1/2 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998   Thomas Shore ditto. 20145 16500 Oct. 22, 1783 Peter Hull, Jr. ass'ee of John Higgens, ass'ee of Francis Smith, ass'ee of Thomas Shore Same ass'ee of do. Thomas Tavenor ass'ee of do. Same ass'ee of do. Robert Given ass'ee of do. Andrew Johnson ass'ee of do. Edmund Morris ass'ee of do. Nicholas Gibson ass'ee of do. William Byars ass'ee of do. Thos. Norvell ass'ee of do. Pendleton ditto Wood ditto Bath ditto ditto Kanawha Randolph Washington Richmond City 2000 1000 500 500 2000 1000 1000 1000 1000 6500 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008   Joseph Ligon ditto 6674 500 Sept. 29, 1781 Alexander Campbell ass'ee of Jas. McDowell, ass'ee of Edmund Vaughn, ass'ee of Joseph Ligon Rockbridge 200 2009   Thos. Norvell ass'ee of John Higgens, ass'ee of Francis Smith, who was ass'ee of Thomas Shore. Exch. Treas- ury Warrant 2008 6500 Feb. 4, 1809 Archibald Rutherford ass'ee of Thomas Norvell Thomas Norvell Rockham Richmond City 1000 5500 2010 2011   Thomas Norvell Treasury Right 3596 1000 May 11, 1803 Reuben Norvell ass'ee of Thomas Norvell Amherst 190 2011   Philip Slaughter Exch. T. War. 913 130 Sept. 21, 1797 William Lewis ass'ee of Philip Slaughter Madison 49 2012   Moses Bostwick Treasury Right 8379 1592 April 3, 1782 Melchizedick Spragins ass'ee of Archer Robertson, admr. of Moses Bostwick, dec'd. Talifax 830 2013   George Nicholson Exch. T. War. 1635 55 1/2 June 6, 1804 George Nicholson Norfolk Boro' 32 1/2 2014  
EDWARD C. DAVIS, Reg'r.
Land Office, May 1st, 1809.
Richmond Price Current.
[CORRECTED WEEKLY.]
   CASH. D. C.     Tobacco, 5 00   Wheat, 1 08   Flour, super-fine, 6 00   Flour, fine, 5 50   Corn, 2 50   Hemp, per ton, 250 00   Iron, 120 00   Bacon 00 10   Whiskey, 00 44  
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the second day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the Commonwealth, the thirtieth.
AN ACT giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands, forfeited for the non-payment of taxes, to redeem the same.
[Passed February 1st, 1806.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That the proprietors of lands forfeited to, and vested in the commonwealth, by the non-payment of taxes, agreeably to the act, entitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth," may redeem the same by paying into the treasury of this commonwealth, on or before the first day of March, in the year eighteen hundred and seven, all arrears of taxes due thereon.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the passing thereof.
A Copy from the Roll—Teste, J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the first day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and six, and of the Commonwealth, the thirty-first.
AN ACT to amend an act, entitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth."
[Passed 20th January, 1807.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That when the taxes on any tract or parcel of land shall have been heretofore remained, or shall hereafter remain unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or parcel of land shall be forfeited to the commonwealth, and shall not be subject to location. Provided nevertheless, That the tract or parcel of land so as aforesaid forfeited, shall be subject to the redemption of the former rightful and proper owner at any time within three years after such forfeiture shall have accrued, upon payment of the taxes due thereupon, according to the following rules, to wit: That if the said taxes shall be paid in the first year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of twenty-five per centum per annum on the amount of the said taxes from the time they became due, until paid. If the said taxes shall be paid in the second year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of fifty per centum per annum on the amount of taxes due as aforesaid; If the said taxes shall be paid in the third year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, there shall be paid an interest of one hundred per centum per annum, as aforesaid; Provided also, That nothing in this act shall be so construed as to affect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unsound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased, on their paying all taxes due, with an interest thereupon at the rate of ten per centum per annum on the amount due as aforesaid.
All acts and parts of acts coming within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next.
A Copy from the Roll—Teste, J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol in the city of Richmond, on Monday the fifth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and eight, and of the Commonwealth, the thirty-third.
AN ACT providing for the redemption of certain lands forfeited by the non-payment of the taxes thereon.
[Passed February 6th, 1809.]
BE it enacted by the General Assembly, That all lands heretofore forfeited or hereafter to be forfeited to the commonwealth for the non-payment of taxes, by virtue of the laws now in force, shall be redeemable at any time within three years from the time when such forfeiture hath been accrued, or shall hereafter accrue, and until the first day of March next succeeding the expiration of the said term of three years, on payment of the taxes due thereon, with an interest of ten per centum per annum on each year's tax, from the time when the same became or shall become due, until the time of such redemption. Provided, nevertheless, That all lands heretofore forfeited, shall be redeemable in like manner, and on payment of the like interest, on or before the first day of March in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten.
Be it further enacted, That the auditor of public accounts, shall on or before the first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on or before the first day of March in every year thereafter, deliver to the collector of the taxes of each county, a list of all such forfeited lands therein, as on the first day of March preceding, had become irredeemable, which list shall be forthwith posted up in the most public place in the courthouse of the county.
Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday in August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and on the first Monday of August in every year thereafter, the collectors shall proceed, by public auction, at the door of the courthouse of each county, to sell to the highest bidder, each tract of land contained within the list of such forfeited lands, as were irredeemable on the first day of March in the preceding year, for ready money.
Be it further enacted, That if at any such sale, the former owner or owners of any forfeited tract of land so about to be sold, or any person for him, her or them, or in his, her or their behalf, with or without any authority or direction for that purpose, shall appear and pay the taxes due thereon, with interest as aforesaid, until the time of such sale, such tract shall not be sold, but an entry of such payment shall be made by the collector on the list aforesaid, and a receipt for such payment given to the person making the same in the name of the former owner or owners, and thereupon such land shall be taken to be redeemed, and the forfeiture accrued thereon, shall be, and the same is hereby fully waived and remitted.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the commissioner or commissioners of the revenue, annually, on the first Monday in August, to attend at the courthouse of their respective counties, and to take and make out a list of all the sales so to be made by the collector specifying the name or names of the former owner or owners, the sums paid and to whom sold, which list the commissioner or commissioners shall forthwith transmit to the auditor of public accounts, who shall charge the collector with the amount of sales appearing thereon.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector to pay annually into the public treasury, all such sums or sums of money as he shall receive by virtue of this act, deducting a commission of five per centum thereon, which payment shall annually be made on the same day on which the taxes collected in the same year shall be payable.
Be it further enacted, That the lists of sale so certified and taken by the commissioners, or either of them, shall be sufficient to charge the collector or his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators therewith, on any motion to be made to recover the same by the auditor of public accounts. And if any collector shall make default in the payment of any monies by him received, by virtue of this act, at the time hereby required, such collector, and his security or securities, his, her or their heirs, executors or administrators, shall be liable to all such fines, interest, damages and costs, and be recovered in the same manner as in case of a default in the payment of the commonwealth's revenue.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of every collector making a sale by virtue of this act, to make and execute to the purchaser a deed in fee simple for the lands purchased, reciting the cause of sale, and in every action or suit at law or in equity, in which a former owner or owners of any tract of land so sold and conveyed, his, her or their heirs, devisee, or other person or persons claiming under him, her or them, shall contest the validity of the sale so made, the onus probandi shall lie on the party so contesting.
Be it further enacted, That the commissioner
or commissioners for discharging the duties required of them by this act, shall be entitled to receive from the public treasury a commission of one and a half per centum on the amount of sales, on a warrant from the auditor of public accounts.
Be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the auditor of public accounts, at the public expense, to cause a copy of this act, and of an act passed the first day of February, in the year one thousand eight hundred and six, entitled, "An act giving further time to the proprietors of certain lands forfeited for the non-payment of taxes, to redeem the same, and also of an act passed on the twentieth day of January, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seven, entitled, "An act to amend an act entitled, "An act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes within this commonwealth," to be published, for six months successively in the present year, and for three months successively preceding the first Monday in August, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eleven, to be published in some newspaper of general circulation, edited in each of the United States, if any such there be.
And be it further enacted, That the duties enjoined by this act to be performed by the collectors, shall, where the sheriff is collecting, be performed by the high sheriff in person, and every purchase made, wholly or in part, by the sheriff or his deputy, or by any other person being a collector, or by any other person, wholly or in part, for the use of such sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being collector, shall be void and every sheriff, deputy sheriff or other person being a collector, making any purchase, either wholly or in part, for himself, or procuring any other person to make such purchase, wholly or in part, for the aforesaid, shall forfeit and pay the sum of $500, to the use of the public, to be recovered by bill, plaint or information, in any court of record having jurisdiction thereof.
This act shall be in force from the passing thereof.
A Copy from the Roll—Teste, J. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of the Rolls.
LANDING
From the Schooner Richmond, Isaac Seaman, Master.
   50 Boxes Raisins, 17 Hhds. Brown Sugar,   10 Boxes Soft Shelled Almonds, 25 Do. Molasses,   3 Casks Green Coffee, 5 Tierces Green Coffee,   19 Barrels prime Pork, and 75 Boxes Havannah Segars,   1 Pipe London Particular Madeira Wine. 3 Bales Welch Plains,   Family Flour in Barrels and Half Barrels,   Young Hyson,   Hyson Skin, and } TEAS.   Suchong }   10 Boxes Mould Candles,   FOR SALE by   Geo. Watt.  
FOR SALE.
BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by Sherwood Fowler, of the county of Cumberland, Will be SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on Saturday the tenth of June next,
100 Acres of LAND,
Part of the tract whereon the said Fowler now resides, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to pay a debt due John Chaffin, with cost and interest.
SAYMUR WRIGHT and JOHN WOODSON, Trustees.
May 11th, 1809.
LATELY PUBLISHED, And for sale by Samuel Pleasants, Jr.
THE VIRGINIAN ORATOR, BEING A VARIETY OF ORIGINAL AND SELECTED POEMS, ORATIONS AND DRAMATIC SCENES; To improve the American Youth in the ornamental and useful art of Eloquence and Gesture.
BY THOMAS E. BIRCH.
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES.
By Authority.
AN ACT,
To incorporate a company for opening the canal in the city of Washington.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled, That Robert Brent, Samuel N. Smallwood, Daniel Carroll of Duddington, John Law, William Brent, Frederick May, Elias B. Caldwell, James D. Barry, Griffith Coombe, and Geo. Blagden, or any five of them be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to open, or cause to be opened, a book for receiving and entering subscriptions for raising a capital stock not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each, for the purpose of opening the canal to communicate from the Potomac river to the Eastern Branch thereof, through a part of the city of Washington, and that one month's notice be given in one of the newspapers printed in Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, of the time and place of opening the said subscription book, and that the same be kept open until the sum of forty thousand dollars be subscribed: Provided, That no subscription shall be received unless the sum of ten dollars be paid into the hands of the persons authorised to receive the same, on each share subscribed for.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the aforesaid sum of forty thousand dollars be subscribed, the said commissioners, or any five of them, shall call a meeting of the stockholders at the city of Washington by advertisement in one of the newspapers printed in Washington, Georgetown and Alexandria, appointing a fit and convenient time and place of meeting; and the said stockholders shall proceed in person, or by proxy, to the election, by ballot, of a president and six directors for conducting the said undertaking, and managing the business of the company, for and during the term of one year from the time of their appointment.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said stockholders and their successors, from the time of the said first meeting, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, incorporated by the name of the "Washington Canal Company," and by that name may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, and may make all necessary bye-laws and regulations for the proper management of the business of the company; Provided, That the same be not contrary to the laws of the United States, or the laws in force in the district of Columbia.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said president and directors shall continue in office one year from the time of their election, and the directors may fill any vacancy which may happen in their own body during the term for which they were elected, and in case of the death, resignation or dis-
qualification of the president, they may elect a president to serve for the residue of the term; and the said stockholders, in one year after the day on which the election of president and directors shall be first made, and on the same day in every year thereafter, (excepting the same shall happen on Sunday, in that case on the day succeeding,) shall elect by ballot from among the stockholders, one person as president and six persons as directors; and the president and directors for the time being, shall give public notice in one of the newspapers printed in Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, for a new election, at least ten days previous to the expiration of the time for which they were elected, and each stockholder shall be allowed one vote for every share by him or her held at the time in said company; and any stockholder, by a written authority under his or her hand, and executed in the presence of two witnesses, may depute any other stockholder to vote and act as proxy for him or her at any general meeting.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the said president and directors so selected and their successors, shall be, and they are hereby authorised and empowered to agree with any person or persons, on behalf of said company, to cut the canal as laid down on the plan of the city of Washington, erect such locks, and perform such other works as they shall judge necessary for opening the canal aforesaid, and the forks thereof; and out of the monies arising from subscriptions, wharfage and tolls, to pay for the same and to repair and improve the canal, locks, and other works necessary thereto, and to defray all incidental charges, and also to appoint a treasurer, clerk, and such other officers, toll gatherers, managers and servants, as they shall judge requisite, and to settle their respective wages.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the treasurer of the said company shall, before he acts as such, give bond to the company in such penalty, and with such security as the said president and directors shall direct, conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of his office.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the said president and directors so elected, and their successors, shall have full power and authority to demand and receive of the stockholders, in equal proportions, the remaining nine-tenths of the shares, from time to time, as they shall judge necessary; and if any of the stockholders shall neglect or refuse to pay their proportions, within one month after the same shall have been ordered, the share or shares of such defaulter shall be forfeited: Provided, That notice shall be given, by advertisement, in one of the newspapers printed in Washington, Georgetown, and Alexandria, of the time when the same shall be ordered to be paid.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall not begin to collect wharfage or tolls, until the canal is made navigable for boats and scows drawing three feet water to pass through the same from the Potomac river to the Eastern branch thereof: And if at any time the said canal shall become obstructed, so that boats and scows drawing three feet water cannot pass through the same, from the Potomac river to the Eastern branch thereof, it shall not be lawful for the said company to collect any wharfage or tolls until such obstruction shall have been removed.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That every president and director, before he acts as such shall take an oath or affirmation that he will well and faithfully discharge the duties of his office; and any four of the directors, with the president, shall constitute a quorum for transacting any business of the company.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the shares in the said company shall be deemed personal and not real property, and transferable in such manner as the company shall direct, and that the shares held by any individual shall be liable to be attached or taken by fieri facias, to satisfy the debts due from any such individual, in like manner as other personal property may be.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That there shall be a general meeting

of the stockholders on the first Monday in June, and the first Monday in December, in every year, in the city of Washington, to which meeting the president and directors shall make a report, and render distinct and just accounts of all their proceedings; and on finding them just and fairly stated, the stockholders then present, or a majority of them, shall give a certificate thereof; and at such half yearly general meetings, after leaving in the hands of the treasurer such sum as shall be judged necessary for repairs, improvements or contingent charges, an equal dividend of all the net profits arising from the wharfage and tolls hereby granted, shall be ordered, and made to and among all the stockholders of the said company, in proportion to their several shares; provided, that if the net profits shall in any year, exceed fifteen per centum on the sum actually expended by the said company, in opening the said canal, and completing the same, the fifteen per centum only of the net profits shall be divided among the stockholders, and the excess shall be paid to the mayor and city council of the city of Washington, for the use of the said city.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That for and in consideration of the expenses, the said stockholders shall incur in cutting the canal, erecting locks, and in maintaining and keeping the same in repair, and in the enlargement and improvement of the same, the said company is hereby authorised to collect on all articles and materials landed on each side of the canal, from on board any boat or scow, or placed on either side of the said canal, for the purpose of being taken therefrom by any boat or scow, according to such rates as the president and directors may, from time to time, by their bye laws, order and direct: Provided, That the said rates shall, at no time hereafter, and in no particular, exceed the rates which are, or may be established by the owners of wharves in the city of Washington. And it shall and may be lawful for the said company to demand and receive, at the most convenient place, for all articles carried through the said canal, tolls not exceeding the following rates, that is to say: for each unloaded boat or scow twenty five cents; for each barrel of flour two cents; for each barrel of beef or pork two cents; for each barrel of whiskey or brandy three cents; for each hogshead or pipe six cents; and upon all other articles, packages and commodities, one sixth part of the amount of tolls allowed by law to be received by the Potomac company, at the great falls of the river Potomac. And the said company shall also have the exclusive right to establish a packet boat or boats upon the said canal for carrying passengers, and no other packet boat or boats, but such as are established or permitted by them, shall be allowed to carry passengers through the same for hire.
Sec. 13. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That all public property shall pass through the said canal free of toll, and also, that in case the said canal and one of the forks thereof, shall not be completed within the term of seven years from the passage of this act, in such manner as to admit boats and scows drawing three feet water to pass through the same, that the said canal shall revert to the United States, and all right and authority hereby granted to the said company shall cease and determine.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That the said company shall from time to time, whenever and wherever the mayor and city council shall order and direct, suffer bridges to be erected across the canal, and shall suffer the same, when erected, to be repaired: Provided, That every bridge so erected, shall be at least six feet above high water mark.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That the president and directors of said company, after the canal shall be opened and made passable for boats and scows drawing three feet water, shall annually, in the month of January, lay before the congress of the United States, a just and true account of their receipts and expenditures, with a statement of the clear profits thereof.
J. B. VARNUM, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JN: MILLEDGE, President of the Senate, juro tempore . February 16, 1809. Approved, TH: JEFFERSON.
NEW YORK, May 9. Extract of a letter from Captain W. Keating, to his friend in Portland, dated "Bordeaux, March 17th, 1809." "My ship was seized by the French government on the 10th of January last, and will, no doubt, be condemned."
ed. They have endeavored to conjure up a pretence for imprisoning me in common with many of my unfortunate countrymen, but fortunately thus far I have eluded their plans. I am very solicitous of going to Charante, in order to obtain a copy of my condemnation; but dare not for fear of imprisonment, and hazarding a fine of 2000 dollars. We are considered as prisoners of War, but not used so well.—Captain Osgood, of the ship Neptune, and another captain broke out of prison after three months confinement. There are eleven ships in Charante, in the same situation in which mine is; and six ships companies imprisoned at Rochfort—some of whom have been marched 700 miles, probably for safe keeping. There are besides, a great number of American vessels in different ports in France, condemned for having been spoken by the English."
May 10. The ship Richard, Capt. Ridgeway, arrived here last evening, in 13 days from St. Bartholomew. and Capt. R. informed us, that on the 17th of April at 8 P. M. the same capitulated to Admiral Cochrane after 2 days bombardment; that the French fleet of three sail of the line, & 2 frigates, under the command of Commodore Troude, from L'Orient, which were blockaded in the Saints, made their escape on the 16th; the frigates which were laden with provision, had got into Basseterre, Guadaoupe; and the line of Battle ships, had gone to Sea. The Island of Guadaoupe had been declared in a state of Blockade.
Captain R. further informs, that on the 29th of April, a letter was received in St. Bartholomew, from a very respectable place in S. K. which stated that the King of Sweden had been assassinated by his subjects; and that Swedish vessels were not admitted to an Enry, with any descriptions of cargoes, in any of the British Islands.
Destructive Fire.—About 5 o'clock yesterday morning, a fire broke out in Chatham street, a few doors above the arsenal.—It is said to have originated in a house occupied by Mr. Warner. In a few minutes, it communicated to the adjoining buildings, and extended its ravages to Tryon Row and Augustas street in the rear. About 25 buildings were consumed. The principal sufferer, with respect to property, is Mr. Lounsbury, Tobacco-merchant. Perhaps no fire has occurred in this city for many years which has produced so much real distress. Although the actual loss of property (with the exception of Mr. Lounsbury's) is not great, yet most of the families who inhabited the houses in Tryon Row and Augustas street, are poor, and have lost their all. However, and strip of furniture and clothing, they have claims upon the public liberality which should not be withheld.
PHILADELPHIA, May 9. THE TRIUMPH OF VIRTUE! Yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock the marshal of the district went to the New Prison and informed general Bright that he had received a pardon from the president of the U. States, for him and his men. The general requested to see it and read it to the men, to know whether it was so worded that they could honourably and consistently with their duty as Pennsylvania militia, accept of it. On perusal, it was found to be freely and voluntarily the act of the President, without any solicitation on the part of the prisoners or their friends, and that the language was, in every respect, unexceptionable. These facts being satisfactorily ascertained, the pardon was accepted. It remitted the fines, as well as dispensed with the further imprisonment.
The welcome news was soon spread abroad. Captain Rush's light infantry company, and captain Uhle's rifle company assembled in complete uniform, at the prison, with a promptitude which did them honour. The prison was crowded within and without. At a little after eight o'clock the line of march was taken up in the following order.
A trumpeter, and light horse. Captain Uhle's rifle company. A section of the Philadelphia Blues. General Bright supported by his aids, majors Christian and Simmonds and accompanied as a friend by the marshal. Officers of the Brigade and Legion, in and out of uniform, in sections of five. Messrs. Westfall, Cole, Atkinson, Hong, Phyle, Wilkins, Ogden and Knipe. The Philadelphia Blues, their band in the centre. Members of other volunteer corps in uniform. Citizens in sections of five.
The streets were very much crowded, but no accident happened, as they were well lighted by the many large candles which were carried. The Procession marched down Arch street to Fourth, up Front to Race, down Race to Front, up Front to Vine, down Vine to Water street, to the house of general Bright. The most perfect good order prevailed during the whole march, which was enlivened by the popular airs played by the Band and the Files and Drums. About ten o'clock the Procession arrived in sight of general Bright's, where it was greeted with three hearty cheers, from the multitude there assembled, which was returned, with interest, by the thousands who accompanied the militia. On the general and his men entering his house the air resounded with loud huzzas. The
band having played Jefferson's march, and a profound silence being obtained, major Lewis Rush, as officer of the night, proposed three cheers for "general Bright and his men," the words had not died upon the general ear, when almost every head was bare, for every hat was waving, a drowsy voice shouting huzza! huzza! huzza!
The band then played Yankee Doodle, after which major Rush proposed three cheers for "the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;" they were instantly given, with a loudness and hearty good will, which bespoke the sincerity of the hearts from which they came, Huzza, huzza, huzza! Encore, encore, encore! Huzza, huzza, huzza!
The band struck up Washington's march, which being concluded, the major proposed "the rights and laws of Pennsylvania; six cheers for those who supported the one and obeyed the other." This proposal was received with joyous shouts and followed by the band's playing "Hail liberty, s'preme delight." The volunteer corps and the citizens then marched off.
WASHINGTON CITY, May 8. We have the pleasure of communicating to the public, at the instance of General Turreau, the Minister Plenipotentiary of France, the following official document relative to a subject interesting to science & humanity. It is particularly worthy of the notice of such physicians in this country, as have written or contemplate writing, on the nature of the croup.
MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR. The Minister of the interior, Comte de l'Empire , having considered the notice decreed on the 21st July, 1807, for the competition opened by order of his Majesty the Emperor and King on the subject of the disorder known under the name of the CROUP, after having consulted the Medical College at Paris—decrees as follows; ART. 1. The Time fixed on the 1st January, 1809, for the competition upon the subject of the Croup, is prorogued till the 31st July in this year. ART. 2. Those physicians who have already addressed their treatises to the French Minister, may withdraw them, if they think proper, for revision. They need only note the time of sending memoirs and the motto or device with which they are prefaced or headed as a distinctive mark.
(Signed,) CRETET. Paris, 17th January, 1809. True copy. TURREAU, Min. Plen. from France May 11. Extract of a letter from Washington, dated May 2, 1809. "Archibald Lee, Esq. of this town, a staunch Federalist, goes out as messenger with dispatches from our government to England. He will take the stage from this to-morrow morning for Norfolk, where he will take a swift sailing vessel and make the best of his way to England."
[There is an error in the preceding, which in my place, it is proper to correct. Mr. Lee is not an especial bearer of dispatches. Bound to Europe on his own particular affairs, he called (as I presume any gentleman would have done in a similar case) on the Secretary of State, stating his intended voyage, and offering his services as bearer of any dispatches or letters government might wish to forward. In this way he took charge of letters to be delivered in England, without any compensation or official appointment for that particular purpose.]
On Tuesday last the President of the U. S. and the Heads of Departments partook of an elegant repast at Alexandria, by special invitation. On this occasion, the new brig over the Potomack, was first past in carriages.
LOST, ON Thursday evening about three o'clock, between Rockets and the Market House, A Silver Watch, No. 9353, B Richardson, London. I will give a liberal reward to any person who will deliver it to me or to Mr. COLLINS, at the corner of the Market Bridge. Thomas Jones, Jr. May 12, 1809.
I OFFER FOR SALE, THE PROPERTY where I now live. THE improvements are all new, in good order, very convenient for a family. Persons inclined to purchase will please apply to Mr. THOMAS TAYLOR or myself. If a sale is not made privately before Friday next, it will then be sold at Auction, on the premises, on credits of 4, 8 and 12 months, the purchaser giving a note negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with an approved endorser for the first payment, and notes of the same description or a deed of trust on the property for the other instalments, as may be most agreeable to himself. N. Sheppard. May 15, 1809. ON the same day, will be SOLD, at auction on the premises, THE UNIMPROVED CORNER LOT On the hill, nearly opposite Mr. Hylton's and back of Samuel Bell's lot. A credit of six months will be allowed for this, the purchaser giving a note negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with an approved endorser. N. Sheppard. B. Sheppard. May 15, 1809. (2.)
Virginia Argus. RICHMOND. TUESDAY, May 16, 1809. CONGRESS.
THE attention of the public seems to be directed with considerable anxiety to the approaching session. It would indeed have drawn forth every feeling of solicitude and alarm if the state of things were the same now as at the time of the adjournment of the last Congress. But as they are not, it is unnecessary to enter into the painful speculation what they would have done—whether they would have continued the non-intercourse law—declared war, or have submitted. We congratulate our country in having escaped this hazardous trial of her honor and prosperity. From the temper of the last congress, we should unavoidably have been impressed with the most gloomy anticipations. But the cloud has passed by & at present the sun-shine of peace brightens our prospect. What then will engage the attention of the approaching congress? They cannot facilitate the adjustment of our differences with Britain. The English party will no longer have it in their power to indulge their temper of scurrility against the administration as before infected with French influence and British hatred . This favorite theme of obloquy against Mr. Jefferson and Mr. Madison can no longer exist. The charge has been even disproved with great force and animation by Great Britain herself. What then will they spend their rage and fury upon? They surely will not have the effrontery to continue their abuse against the embargo and the non-intercourse. Because at all events the credit is due to the last measure (according to the admission of the British minister) for the present amicable face of things. No scheme of hostility a great Britain will become the subject of debate, so that in this point of view the temper of parties will not be excited. They will however find out some mode for the purpose of abusing and embarrassing the administration. They will portray the character of Great Britain in the most insinuating style. That she has behaved with true magnanimity and justice in offering us the most ample reparation that our pride could require, while on the other hand they will ingeniously bring into contrast the odious and domineering figure of France. And this entirely for the purpose of hurrying us into immediate war, before indeed we shall have known the determinations of Bonaparte since the change of conduct on the part of Britain. This will no doubt be the darling scheme of the English party and the great advocate of the British cause . The dear object of an alliance with Britain in case of war with France will render their exertions animated and unrelenting. It requires no prophetic inspiration to foretell with confidence that this will be the course of the anti-Republicans and the anti-Madisonians.
*Picking. THE late attempts of the federalists to wheedle and coquette Mr. Madison into their own party are no less singular than ridiculous. Their extravagant speculations upon the belief of his turning out to be a federalist in principle , convince us that altho' they may be vanquished by truth and argument, they will always indulge themselves with HOPE —"the sad privilege of despair." Hitherto they have abused him as being wanting in firmness and energy, and opposed his election because he was devoted to the principles of the preceding administration. But now it seems they recognise in him the charming features of federalism, and are prepared to offer their incense of adulation. These prospects may bloom for a while in all their felicity, and if the federalists derive satisfaction and happiness from them, we could wish their delusion to continue. Even the doughty editor of the Freeman's Journal has suffered his imagination to entertain him with the ROMANCE of FEDERAL ASCENSION , under the auspices of the present administration. If they can console themselves with these "Airy Nothings," we shall really admire their happy faculty in being able to do so, while, at the same time we can never envy their unreal pleasure . From whence, we fain would enquire, are these calculations drawn? Has any act of Mr. Madison's life, much less his three months administrations, given rise to them? Or, is it merely a political finesse to try the powers of flattery? Hence, it would seem that the federalists and minority-men are about to take different directions. The one to caress and persuade Mr. Madison into federalism, the other to abuse, and if possible, to force him into it. Thus, he will alternately be obliged to encounter flattery and opposition.
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS. IN the last Argus, I gave you a general demonstration of the proposition respecting a cart wheel, which has of late engaged the public attention. I shall now afford you a geometrical one, since you have been so obliging as to have a diagram cut for that purpose. If a wheel A C B D*, revolve along a plane A B, the lowest point A, or that in contact with the plane, at the commencement of the motion, will move with less velocity than the upper point B, or that diametrically opposite for the first ninety degrees, or from A to C; but afterwards A will move quicker and B slower. In more general terms, any point in the lower semicircle D A C will move slower than a point in the upper semicircle C B D.
Let the wheel be supposed to revolve until it has accomplished half a revolution, so that the lower point A has arrived at A and the upper point B at B. Let A A be the path described by A in its motion, and B b B, the path described by B. Thro' the centre E, draw the line C E D parallel to the tangent at A or at right angles to B A cutting the paths of A & B in a and b. It is a proposition well known in geometry, that each of the curves A a A, & B b B, is a semicycloid equal to twice the diameter A B of the generating circle. Therefore these semicycloids are equal to each other, or the points A & B during half a revolution of the wheel, have moved over equal spaces. But the space B b, which B has described in a quarter of a revolution, is greater than the space A a, which A has described in the same quarter. For join B D, then by a property of the cycloid (V. Hutton's Mathematical Dictionary, Emerson, M'Laurins and Cavallo) A a or B b is equal to twice B D, and twice B D is greater than twice B E the radius of the wheel, or than B A the diameter, but A a is equal to twice B A, therefore A a is less than B b; and it has been proved that B b is greater than B A, therefore A a is less than B a, that is the point A has moved over a less space than the point B during a quarter of a revolution, wherefore A has moved with less velocity than B, during the first quadrant of its motion, and in the same manner it may be demonstrated that any other point in the lower semicircle, moves slower than any other point in the upper semicircle, therefore, &c. Q. E. D.
The same may be demonstrated geometrically without the cycloid by the law of motion. Let the wheel A C B D be supposed to be stationary; but to revolve as a mill wheel. Then the motion of B may be supposed to be compounded of two motions, one in the direction of B E, and the other in the direction of B A tangent to the circle at B. In like manner the motion of A may be resolved into two motions, one in the direction of A E, and the other in the direction of A F, a tangent to the circle at A. But B A and A F being equal and contrary to each other, the wheel neither has a progressive motion, or a retrograde motion, but merely a rotatory motion. Again, if the wheel be not stationary, but urged by a horizontal force along the plane A B, at the same time it revolves round its axis from B to D. Each of the points B and A is urged by the same force in the same direction, but being at the same time acted by the two equal and opposite forces B A and A F; the motion of B along the plane is more progressive than A, therefore B moves swifter than A.
Cor. 1st. If the wheel A C B D be supposed to have a progressive motion from A to B, and at the same time to revolve about its axis from B to C in a contrary direction of a carriage wheel; and in a plane perpendicular to the horizon, then the under point A will move with more velocity than the upper point B.
Cor. 2d. If a wheel move from South to North in a plane parallel to the horizon, and at the same time revolve about its axis from East to North, then all the points of the Western semicircle will move slower than the points of the Eastern semicircle.
Cor. 3d. If a wheel move from South to North in a plane parallel to the horizon, and at the same time revolve about its axis from West to North, then all the points of the Western semicircle will move swifter than the points of the Eastern semicircle.
Cor. 4th. If a wheel have a progressive motion from South to North, and at the same time revolve about its axis in a plane perpendicular to the horizon, either from East to West, or from West to East, then all the points of the wheel will move with equal velocity.
With respect to the proportion, which the velocity of A bears to the velocity of B, in different points of the quadrant A C; I found from a calculation by the method of fluxions, that the velocity of the upper point B, is to the velocity of the under point A; as twice the chord of the arc of the circle, over which A or B may have moved, to the difference between twice the diameter, and twice the chord of the supplement of that arc.
A very remarkable corollary is therefore deduced; and which may be supposed at first to contradict the truth of the proposition, that every point in the under semicircle moves slower than its corresponding point in the upper semicircle. The corollary is this; that the velocity of A at the point of contact with the plane is actually the same with the velocity of its opposite B; but the smallest arch which A afterwards describes, the velocity changes. For before A describes any arch, there can be no chord—therefore the two ratios are equal. Wherefore it may be demonstrated that if the point D moves round the under semicircle D A C, while its opposite point C moves over the opposite semicircle that the greatest difference in their velocities will be in the points bisecting the quadrants D A and A C; but exactly at the points A and B their velocities will be equal.
I shall now proceed to apply these principles, to the motion of the earth round the sun in the plane of the ecliptic; and to point out generally the various phenomena which must necessarily result; and will demonstrate that not only the tides, but the storms at the equinox, the trade winds and other winds, the rains, as also animal and vegetable life are considerably affected by the difference of velocity in the two hemispheres of the globe.
In the first place with respect to the motion of the earth round the sun. Although every point of a wheel describes, as it revolves along a plane, the curve called the common Cycloid, yet the points of the earth describe curves different from the common Cycloid, but of the Cycloidal species. In the common Cycloid, the base is equal to the circumference of the generating circle, and the axis is equal to the diameter of the generating circle. But the cycloids which the points of the earth form are different. The proportion between their axis & base, depends upon the proportion between that space of the earth's orbit over which she moves in twenty four hours, and the circumference of the globe; and as this proportion varies in different points of her orbit; the species of cycloid generated must

also vary. But that species which the earth describes, are of the most elongated kind; for the circumference of the earth's orbit is nearly 570 millions of miles, and the circumference of the earth itself only 24,863 miles. Therefore upon calculation the proportion between the axis and base of those cycloids which the earth describes, will be found to be nearly as 1 to 63.
The difference of velocity in the two hemispheres of the globe, during her diurnal rotation, varies considerably from another cause. The axis of the earth is neither perpendicular nor horizontal to the plane of the ecliptic; but makes an angle with it of about 66° 32'. Also, the axis always remains directed to the same star, while the earth describes an ellipse round the sun; but to ascertain the change in the difference of velocity from this cause, requires calculations which the present time or the scope of this essay does not permit.
In the next place with respect to the tides; what particular effect, the difference of velocities of the two hemispheres may produce, I have not yet ascertained; only can demonstrate, that they must be affected, if the opposite sides of the earth move with different velocities, for it is shown in Sir Isaac Newton's Principia, that as the equatorial parts of the earth move quicker, they will recede farther from the axis of motion; and enlarge the equatorial diameter. Besides, the truth of this theory has been demonstrated by actual measurement. There are, as like causes produce similar effects; a difference of velocities in the two hemispheres of the earth must also produce a difference in the gravitation of these parts. Wherefore, as the principles demonstrated in the second book of the Principia, the waters which encompass the globe will be highest on those parts of the earth, which move swiftest. Also, since it has been ascertained from the same principle, that bodies near the poles are heavier than those towards the equator; and that a pendulum which vibrates seconds near the poles, vibrates slower near the equator. In like manner all bodies must be heavier for twelve hours of the earth's rotation, than for the other twelve. Also, a pendulum must vibrate slower for the one half of the diurnal rotation, than for the other half. Again, since the muscular force of animals remains the same; while their gravity changes; it likewise follows, that the human species, with all animated nature, must be more powerful for twelve hours in every rotation of the earth round its axis.
A circumstance here presents itself, which I have frequently heard, but never credited, and used to treat as a phenomenon, only of superstition; although now I perceive that a species of plausible argument may be offered in its support. The circumstance to which I allude is this—That some persons are said to be able by suspending a key or other weight across their thumb, to denote the particular hour of the day. It may, therefore, be possible, that the muscles of some individuals are so irritable by the change of gravity, as to produce this phenomenon.
That the storms of the equinox, the trade winds and other winds, must be affected on the same principle as the tides, is evident; but in what particular manner it is impossible to determine without much time, labor, and calculation—I shall therefore close the subject at present, by noticing one remarkable phenomenon in astronomy; which appears to me more capable of being solved by this theory, than any other—I mean the spots in the sun.
The most rational opinion which has been advanced on this subject, is by Dr. Wilson, of Glasgow, in the 64th volume of the Philosophical Transactions. The Doctor supposes that they are hollows in the surface of the luminous body. That the vast body of the sun is made up of two kinds of matter very different in their qualities; that by far the greatest part is solid and dark; and that this dark globe is encompassed with a covering of some resplendent substance, which ebbs and flows like the waters on the surface of this earth, and consequently cause these hollows periodically (as several of them have been observed) to appear and disappear.
The greatest objection which has been started to the Doctor's theory is, that no cause could be assigned for the ebbing and flowing of this igneous liquid on the sun, but if we suppose, with Dr. Maskeline, that the sun has not only a rotatory motion about its axis, but a progressive motion with its attendant planets through the regions of space; then every difficulty will vanish.
Manchester Academy, 14th May, 1809. J. W.
NOTE.—Let the point C, be supposed to be the point of the wheel diametrically opposite to D, one half of the circle being only represented in the plate.
FOR THE ARGUS.
MR. PLEASANTS, IT CERTAINLY evinces a deplorable state of helplessness in a community, when the faithful execution of a law, whose object is the general welfare, excites admiration and astonishment. But when public spirit is at this point of depression, it becomes a social duty to bestow upon its first efforts to rise, the applause to which it is entitled.
You will therefore oblige a subscriber by permitting your useful paper to be the vehicle of his individual approbation, to the surveyor of the first 15 miles of the road from Richmond to Goodland court house, which exhibits the first example of a spirited and faithful execution of the law for repairing the highways that has ever been witnessed by one who has seen the greater part of his native state of Virginia.
THE INADMISIBLE PRINCIPLES OF THE KING OF ENGLAND'S PROCLAMATION
of Oct. 22, 1807—Considered, BY THE LATE PRESIDENT ADAMS. THURLOW, when he was Chancellor, hazarded a saying to a committee of the city of London, that the practice of impress-
ment of seamen was legal; but the committee answered him respectfully, but firmly, tho' in the presence of the king in council—"We acknowledge the high authority of your Lordship's opinion, but we must declare that we are of a very different opinion," and their answer appeared to be applauded by the nation.
Piracy gangs are continually opposed and resisted at sea, by the sailors, whenever they have the means or the least hope of escaping. Navy officers and men are sometimes killed, and their is no inquisition for their blood. As little noise as possible is made about it. It is known to be justifiable homicide to take the life of an assailant in the necessary defence of a man's liberty. There is not a jury in England who would find a verdict of murder or manslaughter against any sailor, on land or at sea, who should kill any one of a press-gang in the necessary defence of his liberty from imprisonment. Press-gangs on shore are often resisted by the people, fired on, some of them wounded, some times killed. Yet no inquisition is made for this. The practice is held in abhorrence by the men of war's men themselves. The boatswain of the Rose frigate, after the acquittal of the four Irish sailors who were prosecuted in a special court of Admiralty at Boston, for killing a gallant and amiable officer, Lieutenant Panton, said "This is a kind of work in which I have been almost constantly engaged for twenty years, i. e. in fighting with honest sailors for their liberty. I have always suspected that I ought to be hanged for it, but now I know."
Since I have alluded to this case, it may not be amiss to recollect some other circumstances of it. A press-gang from the Rose, commanded by lieutenant Panton, with a midshipman and a number of ordinary seamen, visited and searched a merchant ship from Marblehead, belonging to Mr. Hooper, at sea. The lieutenant enquired if any English, Irish or Scotchmen were on board? No satisfied with the answer he re-entered, he prepared to search the ship from stem to stern. At last he found four Irishmen retired and concealed in the forepeak—With swords and pistols he immediately laid siege to the enclosure and summoned the men to surrender. Corbett, who had the cool intrepidity of a Nelson, reasoned, remonstrated, & laid down the law with the precision of a Mansfield. "I know who you are. You are the lieutenant of a man of war, come with a press-gang to deprive me of my liberty. You have no right to impress me. I have retreated from you as far as I can; I can go no farther. I and my companions are determined to stand upon our defence—Stand off." The sailors within and without employed their usual language to each other, and a midshipman, in the confusion, fired a pistol into the forepeak, and broke an arm of one of the four. Corbett, who stood at the entrance, was engaged in a contest of menaces and defiances with the lieutenant. He repeated what he had before said, and marking a line with a harpoon in the salt, with which the ship was loaded, said—"You are determined to deprive me of my liberty, and I am determined to defend it. If you step over that line, I shall consider it as a proof that you are determined to impress me, and by the eternal God of Heaven, you are a dead man." "Aye, my lad," said the lieutenant, "I have seen many a brave fellow before now." Taking his snuff box out of his pocket, and taking a pinch of snuff, he very deliberately stepped over the line and attempted to seize Corbett. The latter, drawing back his arm, and driving his harpoon with all his force, cut off the ear of the lieutenant and laid him dead at his feet. The Rose sent a reinforcement to the press-gang; broke down the bulk head, and seized the four Irishmen, and brought them to trial for piracy and murder. The Court consisted of Governor Bernard, Governor Wentworth, Chief Justice Hutchinson, Judge Achmuty, Commodore Hood himself, who then commanded all the ships of war on the station, now a peer of the British Empire, and twelve or fifteen others, counsellors of Massachusetts, New-Hampshire and Rhode Island. After the trial, the President, Governor Bernard, pronounced the judgment of the court, that the action of the prisoners was justifiable homicide, and in this opinion the whole court was unanimous.
The sailor who was wounded in the arm brought an action against the midshipman, and Commodore Hood himself interposed and made compensation to the sailor, to his satisfaction, after which the action was withdrawn. Such was the impressment of seamen, as it stood by law before our revolution. The author of my text, then, carries his courtly complaisance to the English government, farther than the Governors Bernard & Hutchinson, and even than Lord Hood carried it, when we were a part of the British empire. He thinks, that, as every nation has a right to the service of its subjects, in time of war, the proclamation of the king of Great Britain, commanding his naval officers to practice such impressments on board, not the vessels of his own subjects, but of the United States, a foreign nation, could not furnish the slightest ground for an embargo! It is not necessary for me to say that any thing could furnish a sufficient ground for an embargo, for any long time; this, I leave to the responsibility of our President, Senators and Representatives in Congress. But, I say, with confidence, that it furnished a sufficient ground for a declaration of war. Not the murder of Pierce, nor all the murders on board the
Chesapeake, nor all the other injuries and insults we have received from foreign nations, atrocious as they have been, can be of such dangerous, lasting and pernicious consequence to this country, as this proclamation, if we have servility enough to submit to it.
What would the author of my text have advised? Would he counsel the President to stipulate in a treaty with Great Britain, that his navy officers should forever hereafter have a right to visit an American merchant ships, and impress from them all English, Scotch and Irish seamen? Would he be so good as to explain the distinction between ships of war and merchant ships? Are not merchant ships under the jurisdiction and entitled to protection of the laws of their country upon the high seas, as much as ships of war? Is not a merchant ship as much the territory of the United States as a ship of war? Would the author of my text advise the President and Congress to acquiesce, in silence, under this proclamation, and permit it to be executed forever hereafter? Would not such time and silent acquiescence as effectually yield the point and establish the practice, if not the law, as an express stipulation in a solemn treaty? If the U. States had as powerful a navy as Great Britain, and Great Britain as feeble a force at sea as ours, would he advise the President either to concede the principle by treaty or acquiesce in it by silence? Does the circumstance of great power or great weakness make any alteration in the principle or the right? Should the captain or crew of an American merchant man resist a British press-gang on the high seas, & in defence of their liberty, kill the commander, & wound him, & then make their escape and after returning to Salem be prosecuted, would the writer of my text, as a judge or a juror, give his judgment for finding them guilty of murder or piracy? Although the embargo was made the watchword in our late elections, the votes, in our great nurseries of seamen, for example, in Salem, in Marblehead in Barnstable, Sandwich and other places on Cape Cod, in Nantucket and the Vineyard and other places, seemed to show, that our seamen preferred to be embargoed, rather than go to sea to be impressed.
No doubt, it will be said, that we have nothing to do with the question in England, concerning the legality or illegality of impressments. This is as long as they confine the law and the practice to their own country, to their own ships and their own seamen, is readily acknowledged. We shall leave them to justify their own usages, whether it is a mere abuse or a legitimate custom, to their own consciences, to their own sense of equity, humanity or policy. But when they arrogate a right, and presume, in fact, to transfer their usurped power to foreign nations, or rather to Americans, whom they presume to distinguish from all other foreign nations, it becomes the interest, the right, and the indispensable duty of our government to enquire into the nefarious nature of it in England, in order to expose the greater turpitude of it, when transferred to us, as well as to oppose and resist it to the utmost of their power; and it is equally the duty of the people to support their government in such opposition to the last extremity.
Permit me now to enquire, what will be the effects of an established law and practice of British impressments of seamen from American ships, upon the commerce, the navigation and the peace of the United States, and, above all, upon the hearts and minds of our seamen.
In considering those innumerable dangers, from wind, and seas, rock, and shoals, to which all ships are exposed, in their voyages, the owner and master must sit down together, in order to determine the number of seamen necessary for the voyage. They must calculate the chances of impressment, and engage a supernumerary list of sailors, that they may be able to spare as many as the British lieutenant shall please to take, and have enough left to secure the safety of the ship and cargo, and above all, the lives of the master and crew. They know not how many British ships of war they may meet, nor how many sailors the conscience of each lieutenant may allow him to impress. For the lieutenant is to be judge, jury, sheriff, and jailor, to every seaman in American vessels. He is to try many important questions of law & of fact—Whether the sailor is a native of America; whether he has been lawfully naturalised in America. Whether he is an Englishman, Scotchman or Irishman; whether he emigrated to America before the revolution, or since? Indeed, no evidence is to be admitted of any naturalization by our laws, in any of the states, since the revolution, if before. In truth, the doctrine of the inherent and indefeasible duty of allegiance is asserted, so peremptorily, in the proclamation, that the lieutenant may think it his duty to impress every man who was born in the British dominions. It may be the opinion of this learned judge, that the connection between the king and subject, is so sacred and divine, that allegiance cannot be dissolved by any treaty the king has made or even by any act of parliament. And this pious sentiment may subject us all to impressment, at once. This, however, en passant.
The lieutenant is to order the captain of the merchantman to lay before him a list of his crew; he is then to command the crew to be ordered or summoned, or mustered to pass in review before him. A tribunal ought to be erected. The lieutenant is to be the judge, possessed of greater authority than the chief justice of any of our states, or even than the chief justice of the United States. The midshipman is to be clerk, and the boatswain sheriff or mar-
shal. And who are these lieutenants? Commonly very young gentlemen, the younger sons of wealthy families, who have procured their commissions to give them an honorable living, instead of putting them apprentices to trade, merchandise, law, physic or divinity. Their education, their experience, their manners, their principles, are so well known, that I shall say nothing of them. Lord Keppel said that he knew the maxim of British seamen to be, "to do no right and receive no wrong." The principles of the officers, I believe to be somewhat better; but, in this, they all seem to agree, officers and men, and their present ministry seem to be of the same opinion, that the world was made for the British nation, and that all nature and nations were created for the duty and omnipotence of the British navy.
It is impossible to figure to ourselves, in imagination, this solemn tribunal and venerable judge, without smiling, till the humiliation of our country comes into our thoughts, & interrupts the sense of ridicule, by the tears of grief or vengeance.
"High on a splendid seat, which far outshone"
"Henley's gilt tub, or Flecknoe's Irish throne"
The lieutenant examines the countenance, the gait & air of every seaman. Like the sage of old, commands him to speak, that he may know him. He pronounces his accent and dialect to be that of the Scotch, Irish, West Country, Yorkshire, Welsh, Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, or Sack. Many native Americans are the descendants of emigrants from all these countries, and retain a tincture of the language and pronunciation of their fathers and grandfathers. These will be decided to be the king's subjects. Many will be found to be emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants, from Germany, Holland, Sweden, France, Spain, Portugal or Italy. These will be adjudged by the lieutenant not to be native Americans.
(To be continued.)
From the Monitor.
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
FOREIGN.
The garrison of Sagastiz passed through Bayonne, from Spain, in all March last; it consisted of many thousands, among whom were 1500 monks; the French account say, as they arrive they are conducted to the banks of the Adour, stripped of their rags, scoured clean, & new clothed. The Russians are menacing Sweden with an invasion from the island of Aland, and the British are sending succors to king Gustavus. Troops continue to be embarked from England on foreign service. The Prince Adolphus Packet from New York, it is said, was going into Halifax on the 27th ult. Lord Gambier, with five British sail of the line, has joined the squadron which was watching the Brest fleet in Rochfort waters. Forty one vessels for the United States and British America, were advertised in a Liverpool paper on the 23d of March. The mayor of London, on the 23d of March, lowered the price of bread one penny per peck. The Baltimore Federal Gazette of May 8th says, "We were favored by a respectable mercantile friend, with the perusal of a letter dated Havana, 24th April, and written by an intelligent American gentleman. This letter states, contrary to former advices, that though the administration have been three weeks in session, and altho' the duties, were once supposed to be fixed, yet every thing still remains uncertain. The writer was just informed by an intelligent Spanish merchant, that the import duty on flour was fixed at 8 dollars. The bakers, under that impression, waiting arrivals. Very little flour had arrived for the two last weeks. The writer, from being unable to procure from government a list of import duties on a consignment of leather, &c. &c. actually landed and sold, is confirmed in his belief that no specific rate of duties was formed at that date."
DOMESTIC.
The steam boat of Mr. Fulton drives on a very lucrative business between New York and Albany; on the evening of the fourth instant she arrived at the former from the latter place in 26 hours, with between eighty and ninety passengers. The hon. G. W. Campbell, late member of congress, assigns as the reason of his declining a poll for a re-election, his feeble health. A passenger in the ship U. States, which has arrived at Alexandria, informs, that the English had commenced the bombardment of the Saints a few days before he sailed. The three French men of war that escaped from the Saints, had succeeded in getting into Guadaloupe and landed a supply of provisions and men, and had sailed again from that place. The morning the ship sailed a gentleman came on board and informed that a vessel had just arrived from Saint Thomas, which brought accounts of the capture of St. Domingo by the British. It was expected that Guadaloupe would not hold out long, the British had commenced the bombardment. The ship Two Marys, Riley, of New York, and the brig Edward of Philadelphia, with their cargoes, were condemned by the council of prizes at Paris, on the 21st of December 1808. An appeal was made for the two Marys to the council of state, who have confirmed the decision, and both vessels and cargoes were definitely condemned about the first of March last. The legislature of Ohio, (says a late Kentucky paper) consisted at the last session of thirty-three justices of the peace. The "New Jersey Telescope," a federal print, is transferred from the former proprietor to Mr. Thomas Blauvelt. The legislature of Rhode Island convened on the 3d of May at Newport. A Boston federal print observes that "An augmentation of the commercial character of the national capital will have a salutary effect on the opinions and feelings of members of congress from the interior;" we are happy in being enabled to say, that Washington city is rapidly increasing in that respect. The Baltimore "Federal Gazette," of May 8, says it is currently reported that the governor of Maryland (Wright) has resigned. The "Missouri Gazette" of April 5, 1809, says—"Last Friday lieutenant
Pryor arrived here from the River du Mouin, and confirms the report of the hostile intentions of the Winnebaggos. The Manitue, or Prophet, for whose apprehension governor Harrison some time since offered a considerable reward, is also busy in stirring up the savages against the United States; he is a half blood, and received his education in England. Some bands come several hundred miles to confer with him. Belts of Wampum are passing through the villages on and near the river Missouri and Mississippi, and in fact, there exists strong apprehensions of an immediate Indian war. The band of Sankies who visited this place a few days ago, stole eight horses from the settlement on Wood river, on their return home; a party of twenty men have gone in pursuit of them." On the 3d of April, 1809, Meriwether Lewis, esq., governor of Upper Louisiana, issued general orders from his head quarters at St. Lewis, wherein after reciting that "Information has been received from several sources, too respectable to leave a doubt of the fact, that there is a certain band of Winnebaggos alias Puants, now residing on the Illinois river, and detached in small parties in several places within that territory, who together with some dissolute bands of their neighboring tribes, have associated themselves for the purpose of attacking Fort Belle View on the Mississippi, & waging war on the northern frontier of the territories of Louisiana & Indiana," he ordered that two companies of dismounted volunteer riflemen, consisting of seventy, including officers, be immediately enrolled, organized, armed, and equipped for service, in the districts of St. Louis and St. Charles. These companies are to be designated the Louisiana Spies, to engage for six months, unless sooner discharged, to furnish themselves, and to be received on the following terms, to wit: They are to engage for six months, unless sooner discharged, & will furnish themselves with the usual arms and accoutrements of riflemen; they will serve as a corps of militia, subject to the orders of the governor and commander in chief of the territory, and are to perform duty, which may be, by him deemed necessary for the defence or protection of the frontiers of Louisiana, and the adjacent frontier of Indiana. While in actual service they will receive the same pay and rations, which are allowed by law to the regular troops of the United States, and are to be furnished with ammunition at the public expense. Col. Auguste Couteau, of St. Louis, and Col. Timothy K. Boy of St. Charles, are directed to dispatch the adjutants of their respective regiments to communicate this order to the several captains within their districts, & to take such other measures as they may deem expedient to give it immediate & extensive circulation. Maj. Wm. Christy, is appointed to command the Louisiana Spies, stockade works to be defended by block houses are to be erected, and all good citizens are called upon to be active and vigilant in the fulfilment of their duties for the protection of the frontier. On the tenth of April following Governor Lewis issued further general orders, wherein he states that extreme reluctance had been manifested by the young men of Louisiana to volunteer their services agreeably to his previous order of the 3d, and orders, that the militia of the districts of St. Louis and St. Charles, who were directed by the general order of the 28th November last to be organized, armed and equipped, within those districts, as their proportions of the requisition made by the secretary of war, on the territory of Louisiana, as her quota of one hundred thousand militia, repair to their respective rendezvous; those of the district of St. Louis, were to rendezvous at the town of St. Louis on the 19th of April, and those of the district of St. Charles at the town of St. Charles, on the 20th, armed and equipped, as directed by the order of the 28th of Nov. last. Col. Couteau and Kibby were to cause the order to be punctually and promptly executed within their respective districts. The lieutenant colonels, or commanding officers of the militia, within their several districts of the territory, were without loss of time to take such measures as they might deem expedient, to cause each company of militia, in their respective districts to be divided into six classes. When the companies should have been thus formed into classes, the several captains or commanding officers thereof were to cause a roll of the same to be made out, expressing the name and class of each individual, and forthwith transmit the same to the major commanding them, by whom they were to be forwarded to the lieutenant colonels of the districts, who were to require the same to be deposited in the offices of regimental adjutants. The volunteer companies are exempt from the foregoing regulations. The first and second classes of each company, were to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's warning. On the 6th April, 1809, governor Lewis issued the following proclamation, "Whereas information has been given me, that certain intruders are settling and making improvements at and near Roger's town, or Shawanoe village, on the river Merrimack, in the district of St. Louis, and at and near the Cherokee and Delaware towns on the river St. Francis, in the district of New Madrid, on the lands of the U. S. without any pretence of right or title for so doing; And whereas, discontented and disturbing with most probably arise, from forming settlements so near the tribes of Indians inhabiting said towns or villages now established; and the peace and tranquillity so happily subsisting between the United States and those tribes, be thus wantonly interrupted;—Now therefore, to prevent the same, I have thought proper to issue this my proclamation, hereby requiring the said intruders on the public lands of the United States, at the towns and places aforesaid, or within five miles of either of the same, to depart therefrom at their peril—And I do also require the sheriffs of the respective districts aforesaid, in the event of this requisition not being punctually complied with, to return to me the names of said intruders, in order that they may be proceeded against according to law."
Fifa & Casa Executions, For sale at this office.

One Thousand Pounds WANTED, FOR the interest of which, a plantation of 500 acres of valuable land will be given, until the money is refunded. Nearly 100 acres are rich low grounds, now in cultivation lying on navigable water, the improvements new and very good, in a healthy and desirable country. Enquire of the Printer. September 8, 1809. if
IN COUNCIL, January 20, 1809. PROPOSALS will be received by the Executive for manufacturing three hundred and ninety Rifles during the present year, being the number directed by law to be provided annually, including the deficiency of last year. Extract from the minutes. DANL. L. HYLTON, Clerk of the Council.
MATTRESSES OF ALL SIZES AND KINDS, MADE and repaired, agreeably to order, in the large wooden house opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the market bridge, Richmond. J. S. Pleasants. May 31, 1808 if
NOTICE. By virtue of the last will and testament of Pleasant Younghusband, dec. WILL BE SOLD, To the highest bidder, on Tuesday the 13th of June next, at the courthouse of Botetourt county, being court day, One Tract of Land, Containing 254 acres, more or less, it being the same tract of land deeded to Pleasant Younghusband by Thomas M'George and Judith his wife, as by indenture bearing date the 2d day of July, 1800, on the following terms, to wit: one third cash, one third in twelve months, and the remaining third in two years. Bonds with security, to carry interest from the date if not paid in three months after they become due and a deed of trust on the land to secure the two last payments, will be required. ELIZA T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Administratrix SAMUEL P. PARSONS, Adm'r. With the will annexed. 2d mo. 17th, 1809. tds
N. B. The above sale is postponed to Botetourt August Court. E. T. YOUNGHUSBAND, Adm'x. S. P. PARSONS, Adm'r. 4th mo 6th, 1809.
A Bank Note ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, taken from a black boy, who called himself James Smith, and says he found it in the street, not thinking it proper to let the boy keep it, I detained it for the proper owner, who may have it, on giving satisfactory evidence of his or their right to it and paying the expense of this advertisement. JOHN McDONALD. Richmond, March 10th, 1809. tf
Just received and for sale at this office, A FEW ELEGANT PORTRAITS OF JAMES MADISON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, Engraved by the celebrated EDWIN, from a painting by Mr. STEWART.
A. L. Philips, & Co. Opposite Jacob Johnson's Book Store, Main Street, Richmond, have just received an Extensive Assortment of DRY GOODS, Among which are Chintz and Calicoes. Bumbazettes and Bumbazettes. 4-4 6-4 9-8 Cambrics. Calimancos & Duprouts. 6-4 Figured, do. Fine Bat as and other 6-4 & 4-4 Laced, do. India Cottons. 6-4 & 4-4 veined, do. Cotton and Linen 4-4 & 7-8 Checked, do. Checks. 6-4 & 4-4 Figured Leno. Superfine Cloths and no Muslin. Casemires. 4-4 Plain, do. do. Long Square & Eagle 10-4 & 4-4 & 4-4 Leno. Top, Tortoise Corners no Shawls. Long Square Top and 6-4 Muslin, do. Dressing Horn, do. 4-4 & 6-4 Mull Mull. Thread and Cotton Laces, Muslin. Ribbons, Cotton 4-4 & 6-4 Jacquet do. Balls in Boxes, Nun's 4-4 & 6-4 Book Muslin and hks. Gingham, assorted colors. 9-8 4-4 & 7-8 Cotton Black Lustings. Shirtings, Irish Linens, Brown Holland, Dowles, Silk Italian Silks. Umbrelles, Sewing Red, Yellow, Brown and Blue Bandana Silks of all colors, Pant and other Sus- penders, Silver Wat- ches and other Jew- elry, Silk & cotton Hosiery, Split Straw Bonnets, Knives and Forks, Plated and Gift Cast Buttons. do. do. Vest, do. Pins and Needles And a variety of other articles too tedious to mention, all of which we offer at wholesale or retail for cash or approved notes at a short credit. Country produce taken in payment, and will allow good prices for Tobacco. May 4th, 1809. if
A Stock of Dry Goods, OF from 3 to 4000 dollars worth, are offered for sale on advantageous terms, for cash, produce, or on credit. Apply at this office. Richmond, March 16th, 1809. (tf)
FOR RENT, In a central part of this city, a few GENTEEL ROOMS, With a kitchen, stable smoke house, &c and an elegant pump of water. Enquire of the printer. if
The Subscribers, Take leave to inform their friends and the public in general, that the EAGLE TAVERN, IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND, WILL hereafter be conducted under the immediate management of GEORGE TURNER, they having formed an engagement for this purpose. They entertain the most sanguine hopes that their unremitting exertions will entitle them to patronage and favour. Every comfort which necessity may require, or which taste may suggest, will be procured with avidity and pleasure. They are determined, if possible, to render the EAGLE in every department of their business agreeable to their guests, and a pleasant abode to the stranger. Their solicitude upon this score has induced them at considerable expense to make some important changes in the arrangement of the rooms. They feel a great share of confidence in assuring their friends that they will meet with every convenience and attention that a house of this character is calculated to afford. Their Bed rooms are furnished with an entire new set of beds and furniture, with a suit of curtains to each, and the floors covered with carpets. Their stables are large and commodious (which will always be furnished with a full supply of the best provender the country affords) stands within twenty steps of the house, with a pump of excellent water at the door, for the purpose of watering and washing the horses. They take leave further to state, that a COFFEE ROOM has lately been established in one of the rooms of the Eagle, in which the news papers from all the principal towns on the continent are to be seen. With these advantages, and these determinations in which they are resolved never to relax they can but hope for the most flattering success. George Turner. James S. Smithers. N. B. The printers throughout the United States who now direct their papers to James S. Smithers, are requested to insert the above one week, and in future direct to TURNER and SMITHERS. G. T. J. S. S. (3w) May 1st. 1809
Wm. McCAY, Watch & Clock Maker, In consequence of the late fire, has removed To the next House above his former Dwelling, on the Main street; Where he continues to MAKE and REPAIR all kinds of WATCHES and CLOCKS, as heretofore. Grateful to his numerous friends for the great encouragement he has hitherto experienced, he will omit no exertions to merit their future support. He has on hand, an assortment of JEWELRY and SILVER WORK, for sale; & constantly keeps good workmen employed, to execute in the newest style, and on the shortest notice any orders in the above branches, with which he may be favored. W. M. C. has also erected proper furnaces, with every necessary apparatus, for the purpose of CASTING BRASS to any given pattern; and has in employment some of the most skillful founders, or casters of Brass to enable him to complete all orders in that line, in the very best manner. N. B. The highest price given for old Gold, Silver, Copper Brass and Pewter. May 4th, 1809. 6w
SELECT SPEECHES, FORENSICK and PARLIAMENTARY, With Prefatory Remarks. By N. CHAPMAN, M. D. In this selection will be found the most celebrated speeches of Lord Clatham, Edmund Burke, Lord Mansfield, William Pitt, the elder and younger, Sir Robt. Walpole, Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Fox, Mr. Curran, Mr. Thomas Erskine, Mr. Wilberforce, H. Grattan, &c. &c. The work is adorned with handsomely engraved portraits of Burke, Curran, Sheridan, Fox, and Pitt. tf
Richmond Turnpike Company. At a meeting of the Directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company, on Friday evening, the 21st of April, 1809 Resolved, That a call of five dollars on each share of the holders of shares in the said company be made; and that the same be paid to the Treasurer on or before the 21st day of next month. To obviate many inconveniences which have arisen and which may hereafter arise, the board agree to the following: Resolved, that when the shares of delinquent holders are advertised for sale, the name of each holder, with the sums thereto annexed, as due, shall be published. (A copy) N. Sheppard, Clerk. (21st May.)
LAND for Sale. By virtue of a decree of the county court of Louisa, will be Sold to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, on the premises the 19th day of May next, if fair, if not the next fair day, (Sunday excepted) that valuable Tract of Land, on the South Anna river, where John Perkins died seized, (subject to the dower of Mary Perkins, widow of said John, deceased,) supposed to contain three hundred and eighty acres. This land is well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco. Any further description is deemed unnecessary as it is presumed that no person will purchase without first having viewed the premises, which will be shown by Henry Chiles, Esq. adjacent thereto, or by the subscriber on Roundabout creek. JOHN PERKINS, acting ex'r. of JOHN PERKINS, decd. The above sale is postponed until the 29th of May w/it JOHN PERKINS
Upper Appomattox Company. An election of Trustees will be held at Painville, Amelia, on Saturday the 10th day of June next. The shareholders are requested to be punctual in their attendance, either in person or by proxy. Jos. Eggleston, R. N. Venable, Edward Mumford, Edmund Harrison, John Wily, Superintendents. May 5th, 1809. 1m
To the Public. As there is a report in circulation that I am about to quit Richmond, I beg leave to inform the citizens that it is without foundation; my intention is to remain here and TEACH MUSIC as usual; having met with the approbation of all in whose families I have taught. I tender them my thanks for their good opinion on my abilities. JOHN J. ABERCROMBY, at Mr J. P. Shields's near the Bank. May 8 1809. 3t
To Rent or Lease, The Mills in the county of Goochland, commonly called by the name of the Dover Mills; Situated on James river, about twenty miles above this city. These Mills are in good repair, furnished with two pair of BURR and one pair of COLOGNE stones, and all necessary apparatus. For terms, enquire of Mr. MAYO C. WATKINS, living in the county of Goochland, near the Mills, or of the subscriber, living in the city of Richmond. [w6t] Thomas Rutherford.
RAGS. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINNEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
JUST RECEIVED FROM NEW YORK, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A FRESH SUPPLY OF CHURCH'S & LEE'S GENUINE Patent Medicines. INCLUDING Worm Lozenges, Cough Drops, Restorative Balsam, Hamilton's Elixir, Essence and Extract of Mustard, Hahn's Antibilious Pills, Ich Ointment, Eye Water, Eye Salve, May 11, 1809. if
WANTED TO PURCHASE, Two Good Milch Cows. Enquire of the Printer. if
MALTHUS ON POPULATION. THE first American edition of this valuable work is just published, and may be had at this office. It is in two large octavo volumes, very handsomely executed by Mr. Weightman, of Washington City. Subscribers will please call or send for their copies. HOSTLER WANTED. A liberal price will be given FOR A Good Hostler, At the Bell Tavern, either by the month or year. Richmond, 27th April, 1809. tf
FOR SALE. In consequence of a power vested in me by a deed of trust executed on the 14th day of March, in the year 1808, by the late William Nee, of this city, in order to secure a sum of money therein mentioned, due unto Mr. William Cook, I shall on the premises, between the hours of 12 and 2 o'clock, on Wednesday the 31st inst. proceed to sell that highly improved TENEMENT, on which the said Nee resided. The sale will be made subject to the law passed the last Session of Assembly of Virginia, entitled "An Act concerning executions and for other purposes" - and the deed from me a special one, as trustee only. E. W. TRENT, Trustee. May 4, 1809. tds
To Rent, And possession given immediately, THE TENEMENT At present in the occupancy of Mr. William Nee, and directly back of the Hon. Creed Taylor's. Apply to EDWARD W. TRENT. May 4 1809. tf
FOR SALE, A Tract of Land, LYING in the upper end of Nottoway county, on the waters of Sailor Creek, containing by survey 112 acres, with improvements sufficient for a small family. This land is well watered and lies well. For terms apply to the subscriber, living in Henrico county. John Woodfin. May 2d, 1809. tf
NOTICE. I HEREBY forewarn all persons from crediting my wife Ann Glopton Lightfoot, on my account, as I am determined not to pay any debts of her contracting - she having left my bed and board without any provocation. I also forewarn all persons from harbouring her, as I shall prosecute such to the utmost rigor of the law. Wm. Lightfoot. Charles City, May 6, 1809. 6tp
Richmond Turnpike Company. THE subscribers are hereby notified, that their annual general meeting will be held at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, on the first Monday in next month, at the hour of 10 o'clock in the forenoon, that being the day appointed by the Charter for such general meeting. N. Sheppard, Clk. May 6, 1809. tdm
NOTICE. HAVING been informed that Bernhardt Florence Hautelmann intends to dispose of the property which I possessed previous to my marriage with him, I have thought proper to give notice to the public, and do hereby inform all persons whom it may concern, that Bernhardt F. Hautelmann entered into a contract prior to his marriage, which divests him from any right to dispose of the property. Mary Hautelmann. May 5th, 1809. w4p
NOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINNEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
To Rent or Lease, The Mills in the county of Goochland, commonly called by the name of the Dover Mills; Situated on James river, about twenty miles above this city. These Mills are in good repair, furnished with two pair of BURR and one pair of COLOGNE stones, and all necessary apparatus. For terms, enquire of Mr. MAYO C. WATKINS, living in the county of Goochland, near the Mills, or of the subscriber, living in the city of Richmond. [w6t] Thomas Rutherford.
Dr. JOHN HAYES, OFFERS his professional services to the inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity May 9th, 1809 3t
Jacob Fackler, HAS removed from Richmond to Saulton, where he in end permanently to reside. He has placed in the hands of Mr. Stevens m. his attorney, a list of debts due him, from persons residing in Richmond and the adjacent counties with positive instructions, to bring suits indiscriminately against all those, who may be in arrear after the first day of June next. Payment's made to Mr. S. will in all cases be good. Richmond, May 5, 1809. 4t
ADVERTISEMENT. STRAYED or STOLEN, From my lot, on the night of the 4th instan', A Dark Sorrel Filly, ABOUT fourteen hands high, with a blaze in her face, her hind legs are white half way up, a long tail, badly grown for her age, being four years old this month. She is had some from her hips forward, and discovers her hoof, which is of the best in the state; was go by Pre- cipient, whom she favors in mark & color. I will give 20 Dollars to the person who will restore her to me, and 30 Dollars more for the apprehension of the thief, so that he may be brought to punishment. John Tyler. Richmond, May 8th 1809. if
RAN AWAY From the subscriber, at Four Mile Creek Ferry, A Negro Man, named BOB, ABOUT 20 years of age, 5 feet 11 inches high, a slender made, black complexion, had on when he went away, negro cotton waistcoat and breeches, barefooted, ragged, his toes next his big toes are the longest. I will give Six Dollars to any person that will deliver him to me at Four Mile Creek. Samuel Grimshaw. May 9th, 1809. 4p
LOST or MISLAID, A few days ago, An Accepted Order, GIVEN by Richard Allen dec. on Wilson Allen, of Richmond, in favor of Robert Robinson, of New Kent, of $80, with a credit on the back of 40 dollars, at two payments. Whoever will deliver the said order to me in Richmond, shall be liberally paid for the same. Mr. Wilson Allen is hereby cautioned against paying the said order, to any person or persons except Robert Robinson or myself. A Turner. May 9th, 1809. 2
HOUSES and LOTS FOR SALE. By virtue of the last will and testament of Robert Means, deceased, will be sold, to the highest bidder, at public auction, on Tuesday the 23d instan', the following LANDS and TENEMENTS, in the city of Richmond that is to say: Some Wooden Houses and a piece of Land opposite to Crouch's Tavern, on the street leading up by the Governor's. A House and Lot upon the Basin. A moiety of another house upon the Basin, and the third of the Lot belonging to it. The Tenement where the testator lived, and a naked Lot of Land adjoining to it. Part of a naked Lot of Land lying between the dwelling house of Augustine Davis and the Basin. The sale will commence at the house where the testator lived and will be adjourned to the other tenements successively, until the whole are sold. 12 months credit will be allowed, the purchaser to give bond and approved security, together with a deed of trust upon the property, to ensure punctual payment of the purchase money. DANIEL CALL Ex'r of the last Will and Testament of ROBERT MEANS, dec'd Richmond, May 11th, 1809. tds
NOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINNEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
NOTICE. HAVING been informed that Bernhardt Florence Hautelmann intends to dispose of the property which I possessed previous to my marriage with him, I have thought proper to give notice to the public, and do hereby inform all persons whom it may concern, that Bernhardt F. Hautelmann entered into a contract prior to his marriage, which divests him from any right to dispose of the property. Mary Hautelmann. May 5th, 1809. w4p
NOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINNEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
To Rent or Lease, The Mills in the county of Goochland, commonly called by the name of the Dover Mills; Situated on James river, about twenty miles above this city. These Mills are in good repair, furnished with two pair of BURR and one pair of COLOGNE stones, and all necessary apparatus. For terms, enquire of Mr. MAYO C. WATKINS, living in the county of Goochland, near the Mills, or of the subscriber, living in the city of Richmond. [w6t] Thomas Rutherford.
NOTICE. THE SUBSCRIBER WILL PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR LINNEN or COTTON RAGS; (For the VIRGINIA MANUFACTORY.) AND will contract with country Storekeepers for all they may be able to collect, which will be paid for in cash, on delivery at my store, near the Courthouse; where may be had a general assortment of GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, & PATENT NAILS. WILLIAM FARR. Richmond, 22d Jan. 1809. w12m
Virginia: At a Superior Court of Chancery holden at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, the eighteenth day of February, 1809. Robert H. Rose, Plaintiff, AGAINST Joel Bennett and Tandy Bowcock, assignees of Richard Barbour, late a bankrupt, now deceased, Thomas Barbour father and heir of the said Richard, John Thomas, Robert King, Charles Crouughton and William Davidson, Executors of James Short THE defendant Robert King not having entered his appearance and given security according 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 plaintiff by counsel it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city. A Copy-Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
Virginia: At a Superior Court of Chancery holden at the Capitol in the City of Richmond, the eighteenth day of February, 1809. Robert H. Rose, Plaintiff, AGAINST Joel Bennett and Tandy Bowcock, assignees of Richard Barbour, late a bankrupt, now deceased, Thomas Barbour, father and heir of the said Richard, John Thomas, Robert King, Charles Crouughton, and William Davidson, Executors of James Short. THE defendant Robert King not having entered his appearance and given security according 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 plaintiff by counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term, and answer the bill of the plaintiff, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city. A Copy-Teste, PETER TINSLEY c. c.
Virginia: At a Superior Court of Chancery holden at the Capitol in Richmond, February 27th, 1809. John M. Walker, Administrator with the will annexed of John Christian deceased, James Paterson, the same John M. Walker, Administrator of Joyce Christian deceased, and the said John M. Walker and Susanna, his wife, sole heirs of the said Joyce Christian and George Smith, and the said John M. Walker, Executor of Lucy Duiguid, deceased, and George Christian and Joyce P. his wife, George E. Duiguid and Elizabeth his wife, and Lydia Duiguid, heirs of the said Lucy Duiguid, deceased, Plaintiffs. AGAINST Elizabeth Patterson, Executrix, and George Christian, Executor of Peter Patterson, deceased, and Martha Patterson, Elizabeth M'Reynolds, Charles Patterson, Peggy Patterson, Polly Patterson, Peter Patterson, Jenny Patterson, Henry Patterson, Fanny Patterson, and Patterson and Charles Bacon, son and heir of Nancy Bacon, late Nancy Patterson, children and heirs at law of Charles Patterson, deceased, and devisees of the said Peter Patterson, deceased, Mary Ann Patterson, widow of John Patterson, deceased, Charles Phelps and Molly, his wife, Lewis Dawson, and Lucy his wife, Samuel P. Christian, and Nancy his wife, Samuel Patterson and John Patterson, infants, by the said Samuel P. Christian, specially assigned their guardian, heirs of the said John Patterson, deceased, Defendants. ON motion of the Plaintiffs, by counsel, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendants Elizabeth Patterson, Executrix, and Martha Patterson, Elizabeth M'Reynolds, Charles Patterson, Peggy Patterson, Polly Patterson, Peter Patterson, Jenny Patterson, Henry Patterson, Fanny Patterson, Patterson, and Charles Bacon, heirs of Charles Patterson, deceased, and devisees of Peter Patterson, deceased, are not inhabitants of this country, it is ordered that the said defendants appear before this court on the first day of the next term, and shew cause, if any they can, why the suit lately depending between William Duiguid, and Lucy, his wife, John M. Walker, Administrator with the will annexed, of John Christian, deceased, Joyce Christian, widow of the said John Christian and James Patterson, plaintiffs, and Charles Patterson, Defendant, which hath abated as well by the deaths of the said William Duiguid, and Lucy, his wife, and Joyce Christian, as by the death of the said Charles Patterson, & the proceedings therein had, should not stand and be revived against them in the names of the present plaintiffs, and be in all things in the same plight and condition as it was in at the time of the abatement, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A Copy-Teste, PETER TINSLEY, c. c.
MESSRS. Joel Bennett and Tandy Bowcock, assignees of Richard Barbour, late a bankrupt, now deceased, Thomas Barbour, father and heir of the said Richard, John Thomas, Robert King, Charles Crouughton, and William Davidson, executor of James Short, deceased, Take Notice, that on the first day of June next I shall move the court of chancery for the Richmond district, to direct a commission to issue from the clerk's office of the said court to be directed to commissioners then in the said court to be named, residing in the state of Tennessee, to take the depositions of sundry witnesses who also reside in the said state, to be read as evidence on my behalf in my suit depending against you in the said court of chancery, and where you may attend to take a survey to be made of the said court to order in Tennessee, taken up under two warrants, numbered 2258 and 2259, by Robert King of Tennessee, and sold to Richard Barbour by the said King, in order to ascertain the said King's title thereto. w4t Robert H. Rose.