Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1807-01-23 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XIVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1332.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1807.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
For Sale, A family of NEGROES, CONSISTING of a Man, his wife and five children. They will be sold on time for acceptances in Richmond.—Enquire of the printer. Jan. 13, 1807. 4t
WILL BE SOLD, FOR CASH, On the 18th day of February, 1807, at the present residence of William Clarkson, in the county of Albemarle, a certain tract or parcel of LAND,
Lyings in the said county, adjoining the land of Benjamin Robertson, James Herring, Benjamin Dowell, Milly Dowell, and Patience Dowell, and containing by survey forty-six and three-quarter acres, being the land conveyed to the subscriber in trust by John Dowell, to secure the payment of a debt due from him to John Key & Co. and for the payment of which the land will be sold, by JULIUS CLARKSON, Trustee. Jan. 13, 1807. tds
James River LAND FOR SALE.
ON the 17th day of February next, upon the premises, between 900 and 1000 acres, thirty-six miles above Goodland Courthouse, will be exposed at PUBLIC AUCTION , for ready money (or as may best suit the purchaser) on a credit of eight years, by equal annual instalments, with an advance of only two thousand five hundred pounds. Upon the premises are a new two story dwelling house, 36 by 20 feet, seven rooms, two above and two below, with a passage in each, a portico on one side and a poarch on the other; an excellent dry cellar of the above dimensions, together with a wing to the house; and all other necessary outhouses, new and built of the best materials, particularly the dwelling house, meat house, barn and granary. On this tract there are about four hundred acres of first and second rate low grounds; about one hundred acres of high land cleared, on which there is an orchard of about four hundred fruit trees, two hundred of which are choice grafted bearing apple trees, the balance peach and cherry trees. Five sixths of the cleared land is well enclosed and divided for cropping. In the low grounds there is about 40 acres to clear, which with the balance to cut, is well timbered. The plantation abounds with excellent water, having four springs of fine water convenient to the dwelling house and kitchen. The dwelling house is on a considerable eminence, commanding an extensive view above and below, and in a wealthy and agreeable neighbourhood: there is likewise on the main road, near the fork, leading to Cartersville and Columbia, a new built house, well constructed for a store or grocery, and adjoining the blacksmith's shop.—The purchasers will be required to execute bond with approved security, and execute also a deed of trust on the premises to secure the different instalments.—Also, FIFTEEN Likely Negro Slaves,
Consisting of men, women and boys, a few of which will be sold for cash, and the balance on a credit of one and two years, by instalments. Amongst them is an excellent blacksmith, a good cooper and coarse carpenter, a man weaver, equal if not superior to any in Virginia.—Eleven HORSES , amongst which are five elegant geldings, two of which are supposed equal if not superior to any on the continent in speed, from one quarter to one mile: the balance consists of five strong work horses and a valuable brood mare.—Ninety head of prime CATTLE , 70 head of prime SHEEP , stock of HOGS , elegant Mahogany HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE , together with other of the Household and Kitchen; on a credit of twelve months, the purchaser in each case giving bond with approved security to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. In case of failure, a private contract, (which will be made known in due time.) Application will be made to James B. Ferguson, esq. adjoining the premises, who will show the same in my absence. Likewise, on the 2nd day of March next, upon the premises, between 500 and 600
Acres of Land,
In the county of Bedford, on the waters of Otter river, equal, if not superior, to any high land in said county, on which is about 50 acres of fine Meadow Land, the greater part of which is reclaimed. Upon this land is a tolerable dwelling house and other convenient out houses.—Also, the stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, Plantation Utensils, &c. &c. Terms of sale, one half cash, the balance in 12 months, on the purchasers giving bond with approved security, to carry interest from the date, if not punctually paid, with a lien on the premises to secure the balance of the payment. The last mentioned tract of land will be shown to any person desirous of purchasing the same, by Major Joel Leftwich, convenient thereto. EDWARD BOLLING. Goodland, 18th Dec. 1806. tds
FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE, HENING'S
New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease and release, mortgage, trust, &c.
Private Academy.
DURING the ensuing year the Rev. G. H. DEVENISH will resume and pursue the professional instruction of youth, at the Sweet Springs. The extreme healthiness of the situation, the cheapness of boarding, the total exclusion from every opportunity or incitement to dissipation, and the singular advantage it enjoys of being visited by a number of literary characters, capable of inspecting and superintending its management, render this among the most eligible situations in Virginia for an institution of this nature, and are among the principal reasons which have induced him to make choice of this most delightful and advantageous place, as the seat of his seminary. His course of instruction will be divisible into two parts: The first will comprehend English Grammar, Geography with the use of the Terrestrial Globe and Maps, Elocution, Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Euclid's Elements. The greatest attention will also be paid to the study of the dead languages, where it may be the desire of parents or guardians. The second part will comprehend Logic, Political Economy, History, Composition and Ethics. It is his most anxious wish that a majority of his pupils may be composed of boys from nine to fifteen years of age, who will be continued under his direction till they shall complete the course. Under these circumstances he flatters himself it would be in his power to render permanent and substantial services, and to inspire his pupils with a love of virtue, knowledge and predilection for manly, useful and honorable sentiments and pursuits, which would exert a predominant influence over their future happiness and usefulness in life. He wishes to receive from 20 to 25 pupils. His charge for tuition will be 10 dollars per quarter, paid in advance, for boys under 15 years of age, and 12 1-2 dollars per quarter, paid in advance, for boys beyond that age. His charge for board, washing, candles and five (the fees of tuition not included) will be 20 dollars per quarter, paid in advance, for boys under 15 years of age, and 22 1-2 dollars per quarter, paid in advance, for boys after that age. Each boarder must furnish his own bed, or be subjected to an additional charge of 7 dollars per annum, payable as above, in case of having it furnished.—Parents who may wish to place their children under his direction will please make application to Messrs. GEORGE and ROBERT TURNER, Richmond, or to the subscriber at the Sweet Springs. G. H. DEVENISH.
N. B. THE Academy will go into operation the first Monday in February, 1807. The hours of public tuition in this seminary, will be from 9 o'clock every morning (Sundays excepted) till 1 o'clock, and again from 3 till 5 o'clock in the afternoon. No vacations that can possibly be avoided will be permitted, Mr. D. conceiving them equally injurious to the morals of the teachers and pupils. Sweet Springs, Nov. 22, 1806. w5t
W. HAIGHT, Upholsterer and Paper-hanger,
FROM NEW-YORK; RESPECTFULLY informs the inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has taken a house in the main-street nearly opposite the Old City Tavern, where he has for Sale, a large and elegant assortment of the following Upholstering articles, viz. 5000 pieces of French, English, Dutch and American Paper-hangings, with elegant Borders to suit; Fringes, Tosseis, Cords, Bed-laces and Curtain-bindings of different colors and qualities; Sophas, Settees, Easy-chairs; Hair, Moss and Flock Mattresses; Likewise, a large and fashionable assortment of MAHOGANY FURNITURE, made by the best and most approved workmen in New-York, viz. Side-boards, Bed-stands of different kinds, Dining-tables, with and without ends; Card-tables, Portable Desks, Satin-wood Ladies' writing-tables, Foot-stools, Wash-hand-stands, Butlers' trays, Secretaries with and without Book-cases, Letter-cases with tables, Knife-boxes and Music-cases, with a number of other articles too tedious to mention. Bed and Window Curtains made in the most fashionable style. W. HAIGHT, flatters himself that his knowledge in the above business, and the constant supplies which he shall receive, will entitle him to the patronage of a generous public. All the above articles will be disposed of on the lowest terms, for cash or negotiable notes. Live Geese Feathers, and Horse-hair, bought and sold. Richmond, November 3d, 1806. w3m
Charles Schaaff,
Skin-Dresser & Parchment-Maker, LATE FROM PHILADELPHIA; INFORMS the public that he has commenced the business in this city, on the street leading from the Market house by B. Tate's Tanyard; has now for sale, PARCHMENT and white Tanned SHEEP and LAMB SKINS of the best quality; also, SHEEP WOOL for hatters and spinning. He expects shortly to be able to supply a large quantity of Felt and Rorum WOOL, which he will sell on reasonable terms. Richmond, an. 15, 1807. w2h
SKETCH OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE, &c.—1806-7.
   Penitentiary System.     Criminals received. Crimes for which the culprits are now confined.   In 1800 21   1801 33   1802 44   1803 55   1804 41   1805 50   1806 39   Total 288   Discharged 152   Escaped 5   Died 14   Remaining 112        Of whom there are 88 white men—20 black men—2 white women—2 black women.   Since the institution went into operation 5 have returned for new offences.   Balance against the institution last year, from its interior operations, $3,060 33        Operations of the Manufactory of Arms.     Articles manufactured in the year ending with the 30th day of November, 1806, with the prices annexed to each.   1265 muskets with short bayonets 10 86 3   205 do. with long bayonets 11 1 0   579 pistols 7 52 0   852 cavalry swords 5 29 6   440 polished iron scabbards, lined with wool 2 78 4   161 artillery swords 4 30 5   158 set artillery sword tips for scabbards 52 2   84 rifles 17 3 6   Amounting, at the above prices, to 28,393 84   Component parts of arms on hand, Nov. 30th, 1806, value, 37,738 39   Stock of unwrought materials, on hand, same date, 18,763 62   Against which the institution is to be debited as follows, viz: D. 84,896 5   For component parts of arms on hand, Nov. 30th, 1805, 25,521 27   Unwrought materials on hand same date, 8,499 76   Expenses of the year ending 30th November, 1806, 50,875 2   D. 84,896 5  
MILITIA.
   Number of Militia in the commonwealth of Virginia, taken from the annual return for 1805.     General Staff. Field Officers.   Major Gen's. 4 Lieut. Colonels 98   Brigadier Gen's 19 Majors 189   Adjutant Gen. 1 Total of off.   Aids de camp 8 cers and pri-   Brigade Insp'r's. 19 vates of the   Infantry 73,144   Cavalry 2,556   Artillery 1,012  
The last returns are very incomplete, 5 regiments in the 3d division, and 2 in the 4th being deficient. The artillery returns are deficient more than one half, and the cavalry very imperfect.
PUBLIC ARMS.
   Muskets distributed among the main body of the militia 16,081   Allotted but not distributed 1,446   Sent to volunteer companies, from the armory, under the act of 1802 436   Total allotted and distributed 17,963   Muskets in the arsenal, exclusively of those stamped for the regiments 1,713   At the armory 4,765   Rifles at the armory 99   Total on hand fit for use 6,577   Muskets in the arsenal unfit for use, sent from the Point of Fork 7,000   Pistols delivered prior to 1806 — sent from the armory during the year 1806 191   Total distributed 726   Pistols at the armory (made there) — made at Philadelphia 320   256   576   Swords delivered prior to 1806 — sent from the armory during the year 1806 319   Total distributed 854   Swords at the armory (made there) — made at Philadelphia 1,083   254   Total on hand 1,337   Artillery and Grenadier swords in the arsenal 700   Acts of a public nature, passed December session, 1806.   1. An act concerning the attendance of witnesses in the inferior courts.   The clerks of the county and corporation courts are empowered to administer the oaths, and receive and order the attendance  
of witnesses at such courts, and to grant orders of attendance, in the same manner as clerks of district courts may now do, as to witnesses attending those courts.—(To commence the 1st of March next.)
2. An act to amend the several acts empowering securities to recover damages in a summary way.
When any court shall hereafter render judgment, on motion, in favor of a security or his representatives, against any principal and his representatives, for any sum of money or quantity of tobacco; such court shall allow interest from the time such money or tobacco shall have been paid by the security, till the judgment is discharged.
3. An act further to extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace.
When any debt or penalty exclusive of interest, or the subject in controversy in trover and conversion or detinue, shall not exceed $20, any one justice may determine it and give judgment, according to the principles of law and equity, for the principal and interest, or the value of the subject in controversy, with damages and costs, and a ward execution to be directed to any constable or other officer within the commonwealth, against the goods and chattels of the party, to be executed and returned as other writs of fieri facias; but no execution against the body shall be granted by a justice: Provided, that no justice shall take cognizance of an attachment where the sum demanded shall exceed $10.
The cause of action shall be stated in every warrant for debt, detinue or trover; which warrant shall be returnable before the same, or some other justice, at a certain day not exceeding thirty from the date.
On judgments exceeding ten dollars, exclusive of costs and interest, execution shall be stayed forty days, on the parties giving such security as the justice rendering the judgment shall approve, for the payment thereof with interest till it is satisfied — And if it is not paid within that period, execution shall be granted by such justice against the party and his security jointly, on which no security shall be taken.
Either party, where the debt, or subject of trover, or detinue, or damages exclusive of interest, shall exceed ten dollars, or the sum demanded on any penal statute shall exceed five dollars, may, within five days from the rendition of the judgment, enter an appeal to the next monthly term of the county or corporation court, giving such security as the justice rendering the judgment shall deem sufficient for the payment thereof, and all costs and damages in case it shall be affirmed.
The verbal acknowledgment of any security required to be taken by this act shall be sufficient, and the endorsement of the justice of the name of such security upon the warrant, on which the judgment is rendered, shall be conclusive evidence of such acknowledgment.
Appeals shall be tried in a summary way without pleadings in writing on the day to which they are returnable, unless good cause for a continuance be shown; and the courts shall decide the same according to the principles of law and equity.
Upon an affirmation, the judgment shall be entered against the principal and his security jointly, for the amount of the original judgment and costs of appeal, with damages after the rate of ten per centum per annum upon the whole amount of the original judgment and costs from the date thereof till payment, and execution thereon shall issue against both principal and security, to be endorsed, "no security to be taken." And if the judgment be reversed the appellant shall recover full costs.
Every justice from whose decision an appeal is prayed, shall on or before the day to which it is returnable, transmit to the clerk the original warrant, with the judgment and the name of the security endorsed thereon. And the clerk shall docket it; and be entitled to the same fees upon such appeals as are allowed to clerks of district courts for similar services.
Any person who shall be compelled to pay money as security under this act, or his legal representatives, shall have the same remedy against the principal and his representatives, by motion, for the amount paid with interest and costs, as other securities are entitled to.
When the constable or other officer to whom an execution shall hereafter be directed by a justice shall not be able to find goods and chattels to satisfy it, he shall make return thereof to the clerk of his county or corporation who shall docket the same. And the party shall be entitled to such writ or writs of execution for the amount due, as if the judgment upon which such execution issued had been rendered in court. And the same proceedings shall be had upon executions to be issued by the clerks under this act, and they shall have the same fees for their services, as in the case, of executions founded upon judgments rendered by a court of law.
Every justice shall have power to issue executions and subpoenas for witnesses, to be directed to the constable or other officer of any county within the commonwealth, where the party or witnesses resides. If any constable or other officer shall fail to make return of any execution to be directed under this act, on or before the return day—(which shall in no case exceed 60 days from the date) any justice, on ten days notice, upon motion of the party injured, may fine such constable or other officer, in any sum not exceeding five per cent. a month, upon the amount of such execution, counting from the return day.
Whoever shall bring any action or suit, if it shall appear, either by his own showing or the verdict of a jury, that a justice
had cognizance under this act, shall be nonsuited.
Lawyer's fees, upon appeals under this act, shall be the same as heretofore allowed upon petitions and summonses, to be taxed in the bill of costs.
If any constable or other officer shall hereafter receive any money or tobacco upon any execution hereafter to be directed by any justice, and shall not pay the same to the party entitled, on the return of such execution, the party injured or his legal representatives shall have the same remedy, by motion, for the sum received with interest and costs, against such constable or other officer and his security or securities, his, her or their executors or administrators, to which he would have been entitled against a sheriff for money received on an execution issued upon a judgment of a court of law. And the court or the county or corporation in which the bond of such constable or other officer is, or shall be deposited, shall have power to hear such motion, and to render judgment thereon.
Every court reversing a judgment of a justice, shall pronounce such final judgment, as, in their opinion, such justice ought to have rendered.
All acts contrary hereto, and particularly so much as relates to petitions for small debts, &c. are repealed. But all petitions undetermined before the commencement of this act, shall be proceeded on, as if this act had not been made. (To commence the first day of June next.)
4. An act declaring the law in cases of discount and offsets.
Upon the trial of any suit, in a court for any debt due, by judgment, bond, bill or otherwise, the defendant shall have liberty to make all the discount he can against such debt, and upon proof thereof, the same shall be allowed in court. (To commence the 1st of May next.)
5. An act to amend the act for reducing in oath of fidelity and oaths of public officers.
Any person refusing to take an oath in the manner the same hath heretofore been usually administered, and declaring religious scruples to be the true and only reason of such refusal, if he or she shall use the solemnity and ceremony, and repeat the formulary observed on similar occasions, by those of the church or religious society of which such person professeth to be a member, or to join in communion with, or shall use the solemnity and ceremony, and repeat the formulary which, in his or her opinion, is or ought to be observed on such occasions, according to the religion in which such person professeth to believe, he or she shall thereupon be deemed a competent witness, or be as duly qualified to execute an office, or perform any other act to the sanction whereof an oath is or shall be required by law, and shall be subject to the same rules, derive the same advantages or incur the same penalties or forfeitures as if he or she had sworn.—All acts within the purview of this repealed. (To commence from the passing.)
6. An act to punish certain thefts and forgeries.
If any person shall fraudulently obtain, or aid or assist in obtaining from the banks of Virginia, or any of its officers of discount and deposit, any bank or post note, or money, by means of any forged or counterfeited check or order whatsoever, knowing the same to be forged or counterfeited every such person on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary, not less than two nor more than ten years. If any person shall forge or counterfeit, or aid in forging or counterfeiting, or keep or conceal any instrument for the purpose of forging or counterfeiting the seal of the Virginia bank, ever such person, on conviction, shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary, not less than five, nor more than fifteen years. If any person shall steal or take by robbery from another any bond or post note, every such person, on conviction, shall be imprisoned in the Penitentiary, not less than three nor more than ten years. [To commence from the passing.]
7. An act concerning Idiots and Lunatics.
When the court of directors of the Williamsburg hospital shall for want of room or any other cause, refuse to receive any person sent to the said hospital, under the law now in force, the officer and guard to whom such idiot or lunatic, or supposed idiot or lunatic was entrusted shall carry him back to the magistrates before whom the examination was had, who are to give to the said officer and guard a certificate of the services performed, and of the distance he was sent: which certificate shall authorise the auditor to issue his warrant for the said services and travelling expenses, allowing five cents a mile for going to and returning from the hospital, besides ferrages, and allowing further to such officer four cents a mile for going and the same for returning for each idiot, &c. besides ferrages, to be paid out of any money in the treasury.
When upon the return of an insane person, to the county from which he was sent, it shall be necessary to confine him in jail, the jailor shall receive him, and be paid in the same manner as for prisoners confined for offences.
All expenses incurred under this act shall be reimbursed out of the estate of the insane person, if any; provided such person be found insane by the court of directors. All acts contrary hereto are repealed. (To commence from the passing.)
8. An act directing the mode of proceeding against decedents' estates and providing a mode of reviving suits in certain cases. Where on the default of the qualification of an executor or administrator, the estate of

A deceased person is committed by a court to the then sheriff, any creditor of the deceased may prosecute any action at law or suit in equity, against such sheriff, which he might have maintained against an executor or administrator, if one had qualified on such deceased person's estate; in which action or suit, the court shall render such judgment or decree as in ordinary cases; which if against the sheriff, shall charge the assets in his hands, and be paid by him under the order of the court either by discharging the whole debt, or if there be not sufficient property of the deceased, then in proportion to what other creditors shall receive under such order, and if the sheriff shall die before he has fully administered, the succeeding sheriff or sheriffs then in office, shall take into his hands the estate of such deceased, administer it, and shall in all respects, act as if he had been originally committed to him; and all suits relative to the said estate commenced by or against his predecessor may be revived by the same or his heirs: Provided the same could have been revived by or against an executor or administrator. Where an appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas depending, may be abated, by the death of either party, it may be revived by or against the sheriff, in the same manner that it might have been revived if an executor or administrator had qualified. Where any suit depending in any court of law or equity, is abated or shall abate, by the death of the plaintiff or defendant, it may be revived by a scire facias in the name of the sheriff to whom the estate may be committed as aforesaid; Provided , the same could have been revived by or against an executor or administrator: Provided that in case of a suit brought or revived against a sheriff, or an appeal, writ of error, or supersedeas revived against a sheriff as representing a deceased person as aforesaid, such sheriff shall not be liable to costs, in case a decree of judgment is rendered against him, unless he has assets to defray such costs, and if he has not sufficient assets, then the said plaintiff, appellant or plaintiff in error shall be liable for so much of said costs as the sheriff shall not have assets enough to pay. (To commence from the passing.)
9. An act to amend an act entitled, "An act to compel the attendance of witnesses before a single justice of the peace." When a person is summoned to attend as a witness before any magistrate of a county or corporation, to give evidence in any matter depending before such magistrate, and shall fail to attend, not having a reasonable excuse, he shall be fined by the magistrate before whom he shall so fail, in any sum not exceeding 5 dollars, to the use of the party for whom he was summoned, and shall moreover be liable for damages as now prescribed by law: Provided , that the witnesses so failing, may for good cause shown be excused, as heretofore. (To commence the 1st of June next.)
10. An act concerning impressions. Whenever it shall be necessary to impress any property for the use of the commonwealth, the officer or person impressing, shall apply to a justice of the court where the property shall be impressed, who shall cause it to be appraised by two disinterested, respectable house-keepers sworn for that purpose; and if the property so impressed shall be totally lost in the service of the commonwealth, the officer or person impressing it shall so certify: Which application and certificate shall authorize the auditor to issue a warrant upon the treasury for the amount, to be paid out of any monies therein. Should the property be restored to the owner, and he should conceive it had been injured, he may, within 5 days thereafter, call on the same persons who first valued it, if to be found, who shall be sworn to determine its value at the time it was restored to the owner, otherwise any justice in the county where the property was impressed, may cause two house-keepers to value the same upon such aforesaid. The justice or justices shall certify to the auditor, such first and second valuation, with their true dates, and the time such property was restored, who shall if the 2d valuation amounts to a less sum than the first, issue a warrant for the difference as aforesaid: Provided , that in all second valuations the hire of the property shall be taken into consideration by the appraisers. If the property shall have been injured by the officer or person impressing it, or any other person, whereby the state sustained an injury; any attorney for the commonwealth, in the county where such person resides, may, by motion on 10 days notice, recover the amount in damages before any court; but such person may have the motion tried by a jury: Provided he will not delay the trial. (To commence from the passing.)
11. An act to amend the acts concerning constables.
Every constable hereafter appointed, shall enter into a bond in such penalty, not less than 500 nor more than $1500, as the court appointing him shall direct, and in the manner and form now prescribed by law. The several county courts when they appoint constables under the act "concerning constables," shall lay on their county into as many districts as they may deem convenient, and assign one or more constables to each. And every constable shall confine himself, in the service of warrants and executions, to his own district and return all warrants to some place therein: any constable acting contrary thereto, forfeits 5 dollars, recoverable by motion, on 10 days notice, at the suit of him and his securities, or their executors, &c. before the court of the county where he was appointed. Any constable receiving a fee to which he is not entitled, or more than the legal fee, shall pay to the party injured, 3 dollars for every offence; and shall moreover be liable for double the sum so improperly received, to be recovered on motion as aforesaid.
12. An act to amend and explain an act entitled, "An act to reduce into one all acts and parts of acts relating to the appointments and duties of sheriffs." The first section of this act is intended to authorise the executive, for good cause shown,
to commission a sheriff whom he may not have applied for his commission within one month after his nomination, or given bond within two months after his appointment, see Rev. Code, Pl. ed. pa. 120. In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff or sergeant, the coroner is authorised to perform all the duties of the office, except the collection of taxes, levies, fines, forfeitures, amercements and officers' fees; and for neglect of duty is liable to the same penalties & proceedings, as in case of the sheriff.
(The first section of this act is intended to authorise the executive, for good cause shown, to commission a sheriff although he may not have applied for his commission within one month after his nomination, or given bond within two months after his appointment, see Rev. Code, Pl. ed. pa. 120.) In case of a vacancy in the office of sheriff or sergeant, the coroner is authorised to perform all the duties of the office, except the collection of taxes, levies, fines, forfeitures, amercements and officers' fees; and for neglect of duty is liable to the same penalties and proceedings, as in case of the sheriff.
(The third section authorises the deputy sheriffs, in case of the death of the high sheriff, to collect and make distress for levies, fines, forfeitures or amercements which may be due at the time of his death, and also all officers' fees, which may have been received by such high sheriff, or any of his deputies; and moreover gives the county court the same power of appointing a collector in case of the death of the high sheriff and his deputy, and imposes the same penalties, &c. on such collector as are prescribed by law in relation to taxes. See Rev. Code, Pl. ed. pa. 132, sec. 29, 30, 31.)
The same remedy is given against the securities and representatives of sheriffs, ser-geants and coroners as is given against the sheriff, officer or under sheriff or securities of such under sheriff by the 5th sec. of the act entitled "An act for further continuing and amending an act reducing into one the several acts concerning executions, and for the relief of insolvent debtors." See Rev. Code, Pl. ed. pa. 151, pa. 305.—See also, same book, ch. 176, sec. 8, pa. 325.—Sess. acts 1805, ch. 109, pa. 71.
13. An act to amend the act entitled, "An act to reduce into one the several acts concerning mills, mill dams and other obstructions of water courses."
(The first section of this act authorises the same proceedings to be had, by a person desirous to build a mill or other engine useful to the public, where the middle line between him and another, as if it wholly belonged to him or the commonwealth.)
The ninth section of the act to which this is an amendment, with the proviso thereto is repealed.—See Rev. Code, Pl. ed. ch. 105, pa. 198.
All millers shall well and sufficiently grind the grain brought to their mills for the usual consumption of the persons bringing it and their families, and in due turn as brought, and may take one eighth part for toll, where it is ground into meal and one half that toll where it is ground into hominy or malt. And every miller or occupier of a mill who shall act contrary hereto shall forfeit and pay $2 50 cents to the party injured recoverable before any justice of the county where the offence is committed. And if the miller be an indentured servant or slave, he shall, in lieu of the forfeiture aforesaid, receive for the first offence ten lashes, and for the second twenty; but upon a third conviction, the master of such servant or slave, or his overseer or agent shall pay $2 50 cents for every offence afterwards committed. Provided , that every owner or occupier of a mill shall have a right at any time to grind his or her grain for the consumption of his or her family; and provided also , that no miller shall be obliged to run more than one pair of stones for the purpose of grinding grain brought to his mill for the consumption of the person bringing the same and their families. (To commence from the passing.)
14. An act to amend an act entitled, "An act to amend the several laws concerning slaves."
When any inhabitant of this state shall have left or may leave it, with an intention of returning, and shall have carried or may carry any slave with him, he shall be at liberty to bring such slave back with him, on his return. Any person whose land extends across the boundary line of this state, or who cultivates land adjoining upon both sides thereof, may work and remove his slaves on either side at his pleasure; but no slave owned in another state, and so to be employed in this state shall be sold or otherwise employed therein. And any person an inhabitant of this state on the 25th of January last, may, within six months after the passage of this act bring into this state, any slaves and their increase since that day, whereof he was then and is now the real owner.
Any inhabitants of another state may employ their slaves in carrying their produce to market, or as travelling servants through this state. All acts contrary hereto are repealed. (To commence from the passing.)
15. An act concerning the abatement of suits and executors and administrators.
If either party in an action at law or suit in equity now or hereafter depending, shall die before final judgment or decree, such action or such suit shall not abate if it were originally maintainable by or against an executor or administrator; but the plaintiff or his executor or administrator may have a scire facias against the defendant his executor or administrator to shew cause generally why the action or suit should not be prosecuted to a final judgment or decree; and if the executor or administrator upon the return of a scire facias executed shall not enter an appearance, the court may proceed to a final judgment or decree as if they had appeared. And if the executor or administrator shall appear upon the return of the scire facias executed, or without a scire facias , voluntarily enter himself a defendant, in either case he may plead de novo , any plea which an executor or administrator may lawfully plead; or as the deceased party might have pleaded. And if such executor or administrator should not wish to plead de novo , or if no issue should have been joined or pleadings entered before the death of the testator or intestate, or if any interlocutory judgment or decree should have been entered in the lifetime of the deceased; and the executor or administrator
shall refuse to plead or not desire to set aside the interlocutory judgment or decree, the court shall proceed to a final judgment or decree for or against the executor or administrator in the same manner as if the original writ had been issued against him as such. And the cause shall remain in its place on the issue of an appearance docket, as the case may be; but the defendant, being an executor or administrator, shall be entitled to a continuance to the next term after that to which a scire facias shall have been returned executed, or at which a voluntary appearance was entered. Provided , that no executor or administrator shall be liable to answer any debt or damages out of his own estate, beyond the assets which may have come to his hands, in consequence of any false pleading, mispleading, or non-pleading, in any action now depending or hereafter to be brought. Nothing in this act shall prevent the court in which any such suit is tried from rendering judgment as heretofore, when it shall be found that the defendant hath sufficient assets, or for so much as shall be found to be in his hands. All acts contrary hereto are repealed. (To commence from the passing.)
16. An act to amend an act reducing into one the several acts concerning the court of Appeals.
The vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Paul Carrington, Esq. is not to be supplied; and the court is to consist of 4 judges until another vacancy shall occur; after which it is to consist of 5. As the seat of a judge becomes vacant, his salary is to be equally divided among the remaining judges, who are to hold three terms in a year, the first to commence on the 1st of January and continue 45 days, the second on the 1st of June, to continue 36 days, and the third on the 5th of October, to continue 45 days, unless the business at either term is sooner decided.
No appeal on a forthcoming bond is hereafter to be allowed, from a District Court of common law or chancery; but a writ of error or supersedeas may be awarded as heretofore; except that in no case shall an appeal or writ of error be granted in open court.
17. An act concerning the proceedings in chancery, &c.
The judges of the chancery district court may, in vacation, direct an account to be taken; and decide any points on which the commissioner may doubt; but without arguments of counsel, except by consent of parties. No appeal shall be granted in any chancery cause, till a final decree, unless the court should deem it necessary, in order to prevent a change of property, under an interlocutory decree. If the record of appeal from an inferior to a superior court of chancery be not sent up, before or during the second term after granted, it shall be dismissed with costs, unless good cause be shown. If the defendant in a chancery district court does not file his answer within 3 months after bill filed and service of subpoena, the bill may be taken for confessed, and proceeded on, as upon an attachment executed. In suits against absent defendants, the court may order publication in any newspaper in the commonwealth. The May term of the chancery district court of Richmond, shall hereafter commence on the 1st day, and the September term on the 5th. Commissioners in chancery are allowed the same fees for copies (where no special allowance is made by the court) as the clerk of their court, to be taxed in the bill of costs, and collected as clerks' fees. Clerks for the chancery district courts, are also allowed the same fees for executions, and taxing damages and costs, as clerks of the district courts of law. (To commence the first of April next.)
18. An act concerning juries and veniremen, authorises the court to make an additional allowance to each of the latter, not exceeding $1 25, for every day's detention after the first. All allowances heretofore made by the courts for the expenses of veniremen detained, shall be liquidated by the auditor, and a warrant granted on the treasurer for the amount. (To commence from the passing.)
19. An act, "Giving power to the county courts to establish ferries, &c." transfers to that tribunal the powers heretofore exercised, on that subject, by the legislature. The application must be advertised at the courthouse door for two successive courts, and decided when a majority of the whole justices of the court are present. The details of this act are too minute for insertion.
20. "An act to empower the executive to appoint persons to collect the arrears of taxes." This act authorises the executive to appoint agents to collect the arrearages of taxes, &c. prior to 1802, and to allow them not less than 7 1-2 nor more than 25 per cent. commission.
21. An act "Concerning District Courts and assigners of bonds, &c." provides that when the General Court shall fail to sit, and allot the judges to the districts, the former allotment shall prevail. Where a cause is removed by habeas corpus or certiorari , it is to be proceeded on from the stage in which it stood in the inferior court. An action is given by an assignee against a remote assignor of a bond, &c. but the defendant may avail himself of any defence which he might make against his next immediate assignee. The Richmond District Court, of common law, shall hereafter commence on the 28th of March and August, and sit 15 days. (To commence 1st of April next.)
22. An act concerning "executions, &c." directs that the courts, in May and October annually shall fix the allowance for supporting slaves and live stock taken in execution; provided that the daily allowance shall not exceed 20 cents for each slave, 17 cents for each horse or mule, 9 cents for each head of horned cattle or hog, and 6 cents for each sheep or goat. A person taking the prison rules for 12 months shall be recommitted to close jail unless he pays the debt, or is discharged under the insolvent debtor's act. (To commence the 1st of May next.)
23. An act concerning the "penitentiary," abolishes the board of inspectors and vests in the executive the powers heretofore exercised by them. It also repeals the law allowing a commission to the keeper upon the purchase or sales of articles; but authorises the executive to contract for clothing, diet and materials necessary, and
to allow a reasonable compensation. The physician is to attend, at stated periods, and make out the sick list; and none are to be exempted from labor except such as he places thereon. (To commence from the passing.)
24. An act "respecting the militia, &c." authorises the officer to whom application is made for an arrest to determine whether the offence is cognizable before a military tribunal, and directs that the charges shall be supported by affidavit; it also limits the arrest to acts committed within two years before the application. A conviction of an officer of felony, or misdemeanor punishable by stripes, or confinement in the penitentiary; or of perjury, forgery or vacates his commission.—Where the officers of cavalry, artillery, light infantry or grenadiers have, or shall fail to keep the number of their company to one half, for the space of a year, the executive may supercede them by issuing commissions to others. Officers of artillery and cavalry are hereafter to attend the training of the officers. None of the volunteer companies shall hereafter consist of more than 75 men. An officer hereafter commissioned who does not qualify for his commission within one month after he receives it, shall be considered as having vacated it. (The remainder of this act respects the collection and distribution of the public arms, under the act of the last session, where it has not already been done. It also makes provision by which officers shall account with their successors for arms placed in their hands for distribution. Additional penalties and a more summary mode of proceeding is prescribed for the non-delivery or destruction of public arms.)
25. An act to amend the act "more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes on lands, &c." declares that on the non-payment of the taxes they shall be forfeited to the commonwealth, but not subject to locatation—and may be redeemed by the former owner within 3 years after the forfeiture, by paying the taxes and 25 per cent interest the first year, 50 per cent the second, and 100 per cent the third.
26. An act, "concerning the distribution of public arms," directs that all the arms at Richmond, except 3,000 muskets, and a small proportion of rifles and cavalry arms, shall be distributed by the executive. Additional fines are imposed upon those who refuse to receive arms, or suffer them to be lost.
List of Private Acts, continued from the Argus of the 9th inst.
53. An act incorporating trustees of the Hal-lerian academy. 59. Establishing several series and encasing the rates of two former ones. 55. Authorising Samuel Pleasants, jr. to publish a collection of certain public laws of this commonwealth and for other purposes. 56. Authorising John Nozam to build a toll bridge over Tyger valley river in the county of Monongalia. 57. Incorporating a company to build a toll bridge over Great Hunting creek, in the county of Fairfax. 58. Establishing the width of certain streets in the city of Richmond, and for other purposes. 59. Legalising the proceedings of the court of Pennsylvania county and for other purposes. 60. Concerning John Williamson and Elijah Frank in, inspectors of tobacco at Rockets' Warehouse. 61. Concerning Philip Woodson. 62. Re-enacting William Conner's right to the commonwealth to a certain lot of land in the town of Lexington. 63. To repeal an act entitled an act for clearing and repairing the waggon road from the state road to or near the mouth of Little Kanawha river. 64. Giving the assent of this state to an act of congress for laying out and making a road from Potomac river to the state of Ohio. 65. Annexing the county of Albemarle to the district for which a chancery court is directed to be held in Staunton. 66. Concerning the militia of the city of Richmond. 67. Suspending further a judgment obtained on behalf of the commonwealth against the administrators of Benjamin Branch, and other purposes. 68. Changing the manner of electing common council men of the city of Williamsburg. 69. An act to amend the act concerning the navigable canal from Roanoke to Meherrin river in North Carolina &c. 70. Authorising the county court of Lee to appoint persons to solemnize the rights of matrimony. 71. Concerning the Dismal Swamp Canal Company. 72. For paying the officers of the General Assembly, &c. 73. To amend the several laws concerning the Nottoway tribe of Indians. 74. Authorising Robert Caldwell and John Coulter to erect a mill dam at the lower end of Willow Island, &c. 75. Placing Peggy Gies on the pension list. 76. To appropriate the public revenue. 77. For disbursing the public guard, after the first day of January, 1808. 78. Concerning the militia of the town of Portsmouth. 79. Imposing taxes for the support of government.
To make room for the foregoing general sketch of the proceedings of the Legislature, we have been compelled to leave out of this day's paper, a number of articles of intelligence, &c. which will be given in our next.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29. In consequence of the Proclamation of the President of the United States, and the act of the legislature of this state, the militia under major general John S. Gano, were called, and a considerable number volunteered—others were drafted to actual duty, to the number of 120 men, a third part of which were stationed on the bank of the Ohio. Several boats were examined and discharged. On Sunday night, some very suspicious boats made their appearance and were brought to. The next morning they were examined, and although much suspicion existed respecting certain persons in the boats, yet on investigation, they produced two certificates from officers on the Virginia side of the Ohio, and no legal evidence could be obtained by which the agent for the state could be authorised to detain either the boats or persons; since which time nothing has transpired to excite alarm. On Christmas day capt. Stoddart arrived at Newport, opposite this town, with 120
troops of the United States, which with the detachment of militia, will preclude the possibility of any boats descending, without being noticed.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
Cincinnati, Oct. 7th, 1806. HENRY DEARBORN, Esq.
Sir, I have the honor of transmitting you the enclosed resolution, which you will be pleased to lay before the President of the United States, and you will much oblige, Sir, Your most obedient, Humble servant, JAMES FERGUSON.
Cincinnati, Oct. 7th, 1806. The first troop of dragoons attached to the first brigade, first division of Ohio Militia, view the hostile appearance of foreign troops on our lines and boundaries as a prelude to war, and we do therefore resolve, That Captain Ferguson be requested to make an offer of our services to the President of the United States, and to inform him we shall hold ourselves in readiness to march wheresoever he may direct at a moment's notice.
(A true copy.) By order of the troop, JAMES FERGUSON, Capt. MATTHEW NIMMO, Sec'y.
Washington, Dec. 3d, 1806. Sir, Your letter of Oct. 13th to the Secretary at War, enclosing a resolution of the 1st troop of dragoons attached to the 1st brigade, 1st division of the Ohio militia, offering their services to their country, and to be in readiness to march at a moment's notice, wheresoever its interest may call for them, has been communicated to me.—Always a friend to peace, and believing it to promote eminently the happiness and prosperity of mankind, I am ever unwilling that it should be disturbed, as long as the rights and interests of the nation can be protected. But whensoever hostile aggressions on these require a resort to war, we must meet our duty and convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies. Whether our difficulties with Spain will issue in peace or war, is still uncertain; and what provisional measures shall be taken for the latter alternative, is now under consideration on the legislature. The offer of service which the patriotism of your company has now made to their country, is a pledge that it will not be withheld in whatever form the national councils may authorise its use. Accept my thanks, on the public behalf, for the readiness with which this honorable tender has been made with my respectful salutations and assurances of great consideration. TH: JEFFERSON. CAPT. JAMES FERGUSON.
Cincinnati, Dec. 23. It appears that our legislature has in a spirited manner taken up the business, which, for some weeks past, has agitated the public mind: we mean the expedition planned by Col. Burr and his associates.—At the commencement of the session, they passed "An act to prevent certain acts hostile to the peace and tranquility of the United States, &c." giving extensive powers to the governor, which he has in part delegated to a gentleman in this town.—Since the act has been made public, part of the militia has been called out, and stationed on the Ohio, the more effectually to aid the person appointed to carry the law into effect. Boats have been strictly examined, but no discoveries have yet been made. It is to be lamented energetic measures had not been sooner resorted to, as the object of Burr and his associates would, in that case, have been completely detected. On last Sunday night week, Bienenhasset with four keel boats, armed with military stores, passed this town, and every friend to his country must regret the guards had not been sooner placed so as to have subjected him to an examination before he proceeded farther. Since the passage of the act above alluded to, information has been given upon oath, that a great number of boats are building at Waterford, on French creek, on the Chetogue lake; and on the waters falling into the Alleghany river; that they are to be manned with a small number of men in each, the better to conceal the object which is an attack upon the Spanish settlements in Mexico—they are to contain salt, which should they be stopped, they will assert they are carrying to market; that the number of men already engaged in this enterprise exceeded 20,000; that the command of the expedition was to be given to col. Burr, and that the place of meeting was to be somewhere in the vicinity of Lof- us heights, on the Mississippi. Such we understood, is the substance of his affidavit, furnished by a gentleman of veracity, who spurned at the offer of being made a captain in the above expedition.
CHILLICOTHE, Jan. 1. Extract of a letter from Judge Nimmo to a senator from Hamilton county, dated Cincinnati, Dec. 19, 1806. "We are all busy and confusion here, in consequence of the act, "to prevent certain acts hostile to the peace and tranquility of the United States and this state." The governor was so obliging as to commission me, to act upon it, in his room, here; and in consequence of which, two companies of militia, and the light infantry company, have been ordered out, consequently equipped and stationed along the river, so that it is impossible for a boat to pass, without examination. Unfortunately, Bienenhasset, with four keel boats, has escaped—he passed here on Sunday evening last, before the guards were put on the river."
At a meeting of a number of the citizens of Muskingum county, at the courthouse, on the 26th of December, 1806, after the adjournment of the court, for the purpose of expressing the public sentiment on the important subjects, which have for some time agitated the public mind:—Isaac Ful-on-esq. was chosen chairman, and Samuel Herrick, esq. secretary, when the following resolutions were universally agreed to:

Resolved, That this meeting, viewing with concern, the agitation of the public mind, respecting certain reports which are spread abroad, relative to the unusual preparations which have been made on the western waters for an expedition against the dominions of Spain, adjoining the United States and its territory, think it a duty they owe to themselves and their country, in this public manner, to express their decided disapprobation and abhorrence of such attempts, or any other which may tend to disturb the peace and harmony of the United States.
Resolved therefore unanimously, That we will, to the utmost of our power, exert ourselves to detect and defeat any of the schemes of combining or organising any of the citizens of the United States for the purpose aforesaid.
Resolved, That we will support the present administration of our government, in such measures as they may adopt, to check or defeat the same, with our lives and fortunes; being satisfied that under the present administration, we enjoy every blessing which the best of governments can afford.
Resolved, That the above resolutions be signed by the chairman, and attested by the secretary and transmitted to the printers of Chillicothe and Lancaster, for publication.
JESSE FULTON, chairman. Teste, SAMUEL HERNICK, Sec.
LEXINGTON, (K.) Dec. 25 The last accounts from Frankfort stated the legislature to be still in conclave.
The governor is said to have ordered out 500 militia, to be stationed at different points on the Ohio, to intercept suspicious boats attempting to pass.
A gentleman direct from Cincinnati, states, that a number of men were stationed there, and two or three barges in the stream, to stop all boats from passing, until a satisfactory account of them should be given. He further states that several boats, supposed to be a part of Burr's flotilla, had been detained above, on board of one was Mrs. Blannerhasset, her husband having succeeded in descending the river, with about 16 boats. He further informs, that a company of troops were on their march, to protect the arsenal at the mouth of Licking.
Col. Burr, the source of alarm, which produced all these precautionary movements, was, it is said, at Gen. Jackson's, 16 miles from Nashville, on Wednesday last.
Extract of a letter, dated Fort Adams, Nov. 17th, 1806. "The war on the other side of the river is at an end, as you will see by the enclosed general order."
"The troops in this quarter, except one company at Natchitoches, and a small detachment at this place are ordered to New Orleans—every piece of ordnance, all the ammunition and other warlike stores and implements, are immediately to be moved off down the river."
"The companies of Boote, Schuyler and Swann, are also ordered to Orleans from the Mobile."
"A requisition has been made for 500 militia of this territory, to march for Orleans in 20 days from the 11th inst."
"We have no conjectures as to the object of this sudden and unexpected movement of the troops; the general will be here to-morrow, and perhaps we may get some light on the subject."
FRANKFORT, Dec. 25. The legislature of this state closed their doors several days in the course of the last and present week, in consequence of some confidential communication from the Executive. It is presumed to relate to the expedition in which col. Burr is said to be engaged. An act to prevent unlawful warlike enterprises has passed, both houses—and orders have been dispatched to different places on the Ohio, to detain the boats now descending it. Detachments of militia have been ordered out for that purpose.
It is reported that several boats passed the falls 2 days ago under the command of Mr. Blannerhasset, of Marietta, and supposed to belong to col. Burr and his associates. It is also said, that several more have descended the Tennessee.
NEW-YORK, Jan. 12. Capt. McDonald of the brig Thetis, who arrived here last evening from New Orleans, which place he left on the 9th Dec. informs us that an embargo was laid on all vessels in the harbor the day he sailed, in order to procure seamen to man the gun boats; that col. Burr was expected to be at Natchez on the 20th Dec. with 2000 men, and that 4000 more were to follow him immediately; that New Orleans was to be attacked, and that Gov. Claiborne had called a meeting of the merchants and other citizens, to obtain their assistance in defending the city, and that the Orleans battalion of volunteers had received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's warning.
Mr. J. L. Donaldson, passenger in the Thetis, is the bearer of dispatches from Gen. Wilkinson to our government.
WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 16. On Wednesday an elegant DINNER was given to CAPT. MERIWETHER LEWIS, by the Citizens of Washington, as an expression of their personal respect and affection, of their high sense of the services he has rendered his country, and of their satisfaction at his return in safety into the bosom of his friends. Among the company were Mr. Chouteau, Mr. Provan- chere, the Mandan Chief, several officers of government, members of Congress, and strangers of distinction. A general regret prevailed at the absence of Capt. Clark, the friend and associate of Capt. Lewis, for whom the Dinner had been delayed for several days in expectation of his arrival in the City.
ROBERT BRENT, Esq. presided; supported by CAPT. TINGLEY and COL. WHARTON as Vice-Presidents.
Capt. Lewis was received with the liveliest demonstrations of regard. Every one
present seemed to be deeply impressed with a sentiment of gratitude, mingled with an elevation of mind, on setting down, at the festive board, with this favorite of fortune, who has thus successfully surmounted the numerous and immense perils of a tour of nearly 4 years, thro' regions previously unexplored by civilized man.
After partaking of the gratifications of a well spread table, the following toasts were drunk; interspersed with appropriate songs and instrumental music:
1. THE PEOPLE—Virtuous and brave; uncorrupt and incorruptible.
2. THE CONSTITUTION—The ark of our safety, that will outlive the blackest storms.
3. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES—May he receive the award of science, and the thanks of his country, for the fruits of those labors we are now assembled to celebrate.
4. CONGRESS—Wise laws will ever be cheerfully obeyed by an intelligent people.
5. WASHINGTON—Who, undaunted in adversity, & moderate in prosperity, possessed the zeal of a Patriot, and the wisdom of a Sage.
6. FRANKLIN—A name identified with Science and Liberty, with private virtues and public duties.
7. COLUMBUS—Our happiness the proud trophy of his daring spirit and prophetic wisdom.
8. THE UNITED STATES—Who, by respecting the rights of her native children, has inspired them with reverence for her power, and affection for her laws.
9. The Red People of America—Under an enlightened policy, gaining by steady steps the comforts of the civilized, without losing the virtues of the savage state.
10. The Council Fire—May it long continue to diffuse a general warmth, without consuming those who surround it.
11. SCIENCE—Which, animated by the enterprise of the American mind, has made the desert to blossom and the wilderness to smile.
12. UNION—May it be immortal! Honor to its friends—infamy to its foes.
13. PEACE—Our choice and our hope.
14. The MILITIA—An armed nation in the day of danger.
15. The ARMY and NAVY of the U. S.—Satisfied with maintaining peace, but prepared at a moment's warning to unfurl the terrors of war.
16. Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures—Their interests, like those of the independent sovereignties they enrich and unite, are one and indivisible.
17. The District of Columbia—Unrepresented in the national councils, may she never experience the want of a national patronage.
On Capt. Lewis's retiring. Capt. MERIWETHER LEWIS—Patriotic, enlightened, and brave; who had the spirit to undertake, and the valor to execute an expedition, which reflects honor on his country.
Capt. CLARKE, and the other brave companions of Capt. Lewis—Their patriotic and manly perseverance entitles them to the approbation of their countrymen.
The memories of captains Cook, Bou-gainville, & other circumnavigators, whose perilous enterprises and indefatigable labors have so much enriched the world in the science of geography.
VOLUNTEERS. By Capt. Lewis—May works be a test of patriotism, as they ought of right to be that of religion.
By Mr. Barlow—Victory over the wilderness, which is more interesting than that over men.
By Gen. Mason—Man, in his most ennobled attitude, encountering danger and want for the good of his country.
By Mr. Fulton—The American Eagle—When she expands her wings from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, may she quench her thunder in both.
By Mr. T. M. Randolph—My actions, not eloquence, be acknowledged, as they are in fact, the true proof of talents.
By Mr. G. Clinton—The cardinal objects of the Federal compact—the common defence and the general welfare.
Volunteer—May those who explore the desert never be deserted.
At an early period of the entertainment, the following elegant and glowing stanzas, from the pen of Mr. Barlow, were recited by Mr. Beckley:
ON THE DISCOVERIES OF CAPT. LEWIS. Let the Nile cloak his head in the clouds, and deft The researches of science and time; Let the Niger escape the keen traveller's eye, By plunging, or changing his clime. Columbus! not so shall thy boundless domain Defraud thy brave sons of their right; Streams, midlands and shorelands illude us in vain, We shall drag their dark regions to light. Look down sainted sage, from thy synod of Gods; See, inspired by thy venturous soul, Maekenzie roll northward his earth-draining floods, And surge the broad waves to the pole. With the same soaring genius thy Lewis ascends, And, seizing the car of the sun, O'er the sky-propping hills and high waters he bends, And gives the proud earth a new zone.
Potomac, Ohio, Missouri had felt, Half her globe in their circuiture comfret; His long curving course has completed the belt, And tamed the last tide of the west. Then hear the loud voice of the nation proclaim, And all ages resound the decree: Let our Occident stream bear the young hero's name Who taught him his path to the sea. These four brother floods, like a garland of flowers, Shall entwined all our states in a band, Conform and confederate their wide spreading flowers, And their wealth and their wisdom expand. From Darien to Davis one garden shall bloom, Where war's wearied banners are furled; And the far-scenting breezes that waft its perfume, Shall settle the storms of the world. Then hear the loud voice of the nation proclaim, And all ages resound the decree: Let our Occident stream bear the young hero's name, Who taught him his path to the sea.
VIRGINIA ARGUS. RICHMOND: FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1807.
The Legislature of this state having finished the business before them, closed the session on yesterday. The titles of the acts passed, with a brief abstract of the contents of those of a public or permanent nature, are given in this day's Argus.
Extract of a letter from a member of Congress, to a member of the General Assembly, dated Washington City, Jan. 16.
"We are assured, the Legislature of Kentucky, on receiving satisfactory evidence of the designs of Burr, immediately passed a law similar to that passed in Ohio—that 500 militia were immediately marched to the Ohio and other points—The messenger, who gave the information to the Kentucky Legislature, proceeded immediately for Tennessee—I hope he has arrived in time. By a private letter from General Wilkinson, it is stated, that he apprehends a naval force will be sent from Jamaica—his assurances are such, that he has dispatched a fast sailing vessel, with remonstrances to the Governor, against it."
"We have nothing new from Europe—it is time we knew the result of our negotiations.—General Adair is certainly one of the conspirators, and was so when a Senator in Congress."
CURIIOUS PHENOMENON. There are few subjects within the sphere of natural philosophy, which are involved in more obscurity, than those which relate to the various changes of the atmosphere. This element underwent a change on Monday morning last, which was different from any we recollect to have witnessed. The sun rose after the snow with great lustre, the atmosphere was uncommonly clear. About half after 8 o'clock, the Thermometer of Fahrenheit, from being a little below the freezing point, suddenly fell to 26, and continued at that point for almost half an hour. This change in the temperature of the atmosphere was accompanied by one in its aspect. The earth became suddenly enveloped in a fog of uncommon density, resembling smoke. How shall we account for the circumstance of the fog? It is generally observed that when the atmosphere is in a foggy state, the temperature is rather warm to the senses, and of that kind, which is generally termed relaxing. But in this instance it was attended by a degree of cold which we believe, in this place, to be quite unparalleled. The cold was of too short duration, to be observed by those who were within doors, but to those who were without it was almost intolerable.
Mr. Andrew Gregg, is elected senator in congress, for six years, from the 4th March, in the room of Mr. George Logan. (Phil. pap.)
The New-York Gazette of the 13th, inst. says—The brig Hannah, Coonell, arrived last night, but not in so short a passage as reported by the Pilot. We have Hamburg papers to the first of November. If they contain any thing new, extracts shall be given to morrow. A passenger in the brig informs, that part of the French army had entered Berlin; and that the King of Prussia, with considerable force was at Magdeburg, where he was waiting the arrival of the Russian army, when another battle was expected.
A NEW PAMPHLET is about to be published, in which the dangers of the enormous influence of the executive power, under the constitution of this state, the pernicious effects on the morals and integrity of the representative chambers, the aptitude to corruption, and the total inefficacy of many of the public offices, authorised by that instrument, to the accomplishment of the purposes for which they were intended, are pointed out with much force, and great simplicity, and perspicuity—it is to the honor of Pennsylvania the production of a plain farmer. We were requested to receive subscriptions for it, but as no price is mentioned, we can only state that the author seeks no emolument from it, and requires that so many be subscribed for as will defray the expense of the printing. For ourselves, we can say, that with the single exception of SAMPSON against the Philistines, we have not seen anything in the pamphlet form, which ought to be more generally diffused and read than the manuscript—Au ra.
THE FIRM OF J. Joseph & Co. HAS this day dissolved by mutual consent—all persons indebted to the late firm are requested to make payment to Mr. L. Joseph, who only is authorised to receive the same, and grant receipts. J. Joseph. Wm. Warner. Richmond, Jan. 12, 1807.
POSTSCRIPT CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FRIDAY, January 16.
Mr. J. RANDOLPH. In the President's message, at the commencement of the session, he announced to us as follows: "Having received information that in another part of the United States a great number of private individuals were combining together, arming and organising themselves contrary to law, to carry on a military expedition against the territories of Spain, I thought it necessary, by proclamation, as well as by special orders, to take measures for preventing and suppressing this enterprise, for seizing the vessels, arms and other means provided for it, and for arresting and bringing to justice its authors and abettors." So long, said Mr. R. as the illegal movements of these persons were supposed to be directed against a foreign nation, although the interest of the U. S. and their honor too required that prompt and decisive measures should be taken for suppressing their designs, yet I believe there is no gentleman in this house, but will agree with me in the opinion that the U. S. and this house in particular, could not feel so deep and lively an interest against a conspiracy of that kind as against one for the subversion of the union, and perhaps of the liberties of those who compose it. I have waited with anxious solicitude for some information in relation to this subject, that might be depended upon;—for some official information. I contented myself for a long time with the belief, inasmuch as no information had been given to the house, that there were imperious reasons connected with the public welfare which forbade a disclosure; but the aspect which affairs have taken on the Mississippi is such, that I can no longer reconcile it to my sense of duty, as the independent representative of an independent people, to rest satisfied in that state of supineness and apathy in which the house has been satisfied to remain for the six or seven weeks past. Sir, from the information I have been able to collect, and it is such that I am obliged to place great, if not implicit reliance on it: it does appear to me, that if the government of Spain is in any wise concerned in these measures, it is concerned not as the defendant, but as the plaintiff;—as the aggrieved party, and not as he on whom the aggression is made. So long as I was induced to believe that by withholding correct information from the legislature the substantial interests of the nation would be more essentially subserved than by laying it before them so long, though not without reluctance I acquiesced in its being withheld. But from the hostile appearances on the Mississippi, it seems to me that the state of things is such as requires the most prompt and efficacious measures for securing the union. The bubble is said to have burst, and there no longer remains any reason why the information in the possession of the executive ought to be withheld. But to guard against all possible objection I have endeavored so to frame the motion as to do away any objection arising from this consideration. It does appear—from the newspapers it is true—but under a much higher sanction than is generally attached to information received in such a channel—it does appear in evidence under the sanction of an examination before the legislature of Kentucky that ever since the peace of 1763 Spain has incessantly labored to detach the western people from the union; that subsequently to the treaty of San Lorenzo she has carried on intrigues, and in the most fallacious manner withheld according to its stipulations in order to excite a spirit in the western country subversive of the union; that she has equally made a proposition of the most flagitious kind to several leading characters in Kentucky and as I believe elsewhere. It appears, indeed that she has never lost sight of this object; and I believe she never will lose sight of it so long as she shall find materials to work upon, or a shadow of hope that she will succeed. It appears to me that she has found those materials; that they are of the most dangerous nature; that they are now in operation; and that, perhaps at this moment while I am addressing you, at least for a time, the fate of the western country may have been decided.
Sir, this subject offers strong arguments, in addition to the numerous reasons presented during the present session of Congress to justify the policy avowed by certain gentlemen during the last session, so highly condemned; and if I am correctly informed, the other branch of the legislature are now acting on that policy so condemned and decided.
[Mr. Sp. said it was not in order to allude to the proceedings of the Senate] Mr. J. RANDOLPH—I shall say no more on that point, but I will say this in relation to our own proper business. We have had a bill before us authorising the President to accept volunteers. A member of the committee, with whom this bill originated, and with whom I had the pleasure of concurring, in many connected and domesticated with the secretary of war, did make a proposition before that committee, substantially the same with that rejected the last session—to augment the military forces to meet the pressing exigencies of the times and which I presume must have had the sanction of that officer. Is there a man in this House who at this day doubts, that if the government—I mean the executive and legislature—had taken a manly and decisive attitude towards Spain, and instead of pen, ink and paper, had given men and arms—is there a man who believes that not only Spain would have been overawed, but that those domestic traitors would also have been intimidated and overawed who plans threaten to be so dangerous? Would any man have dreamt of descending the Mississippi at the head of an unprincipled banditti, if New Orleans had been fortified, and strong fortifications erected in its neighborhood? What did we then hear? Money, dollars and cents! Is there not now every reason to believe, especially when we consider the superintendence under which the expenses are incurred, that the saving of the campaign on the Sabine and the saving of the costly measures taken, by the commander in chief on his own responsibility, would have been equal to the expense of raising and maintaining for one year the additional force proposed at the last session to be raised. There can be no doubt but that on the principle of economy, without taking into view the effect on the union, the United States would have been gainers. A spectator, not in the habit of reading our public prints, or of conversing with individuals out of doors, but who should draw his ideas of the situation of the country from the proceedings of this house during the present session, would be led to infer that there never was in any nation a greater degree of vanity or vanity or union, at home or abroad, in the United States at this time; and yet not the fact? That the United States are not threatened with external war, with conquest and treason, the more alarming from its not being defined. And yet we sit and adjourn and sit, take things as school boys as we are bid, and ask no questions. I can recollect this line of conduct to my ideas of duty of a member on the floor. Among state authorities, there appears to be one it has acted with a promptness and decision does it great honor. Yes, the youngest member of the federal family, has been found to be the first to warn us of impending danger, while eldest members are sleeping, snaring and cozening over their liberties at home. Under this view of the subject, I beg leave to offer the following resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the United States be and hereby is requested to lay before this House any information in possession of the Executive, except such as he may deem the public welfare to require not to be disclosed, touching any illegal combination of private individuals against the peace and safety of the union, or any military expedition planned by such individuals against the territories of any power in amity with the U. States; together with the measure which the Executive has pursued and proposes to take for suppressing or defeating the same.
[The resolution was carried by a very considerable majority. The debate, which occupies nearly seven columns of the National Intelligencer, shall be concluded in our next.]
FOR SALE, A LIKELY, YOUNG AND VALUABLE House Servant, OSTLER AND CARRIAGE-DRIVER. Virginia Bank Stock, or approved Notes or Bonds, due to become due before the 20th of next month, would be received in payment.—Enquire of the printer. Richmond, Jan. 21, 1807. 3t
Land & Negroes for Sale. By virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Thomas Randolph, to secure the payment of a debt due Isaac H. Coles, I will sell, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the dwelling house of the said Thomas Randolph, on Monday the 16th day of February next, one hundred and fifty acres of LAND, lying on Appomattox river, in the county of Amelia, being a part of the land on which the said Thomas Randolph now resides, and known by the name of MONVANS. Also NINE NEGROES, viz. Ned, Jess, Kitty, Alexander, Dandridge, Spencer, Sukey, Richard and Caroline, or so much of the said property as will be sufficient to discharge the debt mentioned in the deed. J. COLES, Jr. January 23d. 1807. (tds)
NOTICE. By virtue of a deed of trust, a parcel of choice NEGROES consisting of ten Men, that have been accustomed to live in the upper country, and as likely as any in the commonwealth, will be offered for Sale to the highest bidder, to satisfy a debt due Capt. Page, esq. by the Messieurs Deane's, at Cumberland courthouse, on Monday the 26th of January next, (being court day); a credit of twelve months will be allowed, the purchasers giving bond and approved security. It is agreed by the parties that the subscriber shall act for the trustee. SAMUEL TAYLOR, Jr. Nov. 17, 1806. wtds
POSTPONEMENT. In conformity to the wishes of all the parties concerned, the sale of the above mentioned NEGROES is postponed until the Fourth Monday in March next. SAMUEL TAYLOR, Jr. Agent for the Trustee. January 16, 1807. wtds
Valuable property for sale. PURSUANT to a decree of the Worshipful Court of Hastings for the City of Richmond—the subscribers will expose to sale, on the twenty-eight day of February next, on the premises, for CASH, the
HOUSE & LOT, In said city, formerly the residence of Jas. Rind, dec. and for some time occupied by Jedediah Allen. On this lot, which is well enclosed, there is a very good Dwelling-House, which has recently undergone a thorough repair, a new Stable, other convenient Offices, and a very good Garden, all which render it a desirable habitation for a family. Previous to the sale, Mr. Allen who lives on the premises, will show them to any person desirous to become the purchaser. Edmund Randolph, John Adams, Philip N. Nicholas, John Foster, Richmond, Jan. 15, 1807. tds
JUST RECEIVED FOR SALE, In addition to our extensive assortment of BAR-IRON, a quantity of SHEP-IRON, NAIL-RODS, and best polished WAGGON-BOXES. We have also received several Too Broad Bar-Iron, Suitable for plantation use. RUSSELL & WALLACE. Richmond, Jan. 19, 1807. 3m
Notice. THE subscriber requests all indebted to him by bond or on open account, to discharge their respective debts. This notification is given in consequence of his declining the mercantile business in Manchester, and intention to remove; the necessity of an immediate compliance will be by those who wish to avoid law suits. COLIN MACRAE. Manchester, 19th Jan. 1807. 2t

ANDREW JAMIESON'S Alexandria Crackers.  NOW landing, a consignment by Mr. Jamieson, direct from the Bakery of the famed excellent CRACKERS, barrels, half barrels and kegs. Also PILOT BREAD.  And for sale at the bakery price in Alexandria, and charges at the store lately occupied by Messrs. Granberry and Hancock, by JAMES SMITH, who has in store low priced BLUES sack, Blue Cloth, and assorted PLAINVELS, which he will sell a bargain. Also NEW PRICE GOODS very cheap. Richmond, Dec. 1, 1806.
FOR SALE. THE LOT & HOUSES whereof John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides; it is a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for Family use; a Well of good Water, newly fixed and a Garden lately laid out in a Wavy House and Garden under the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river of extending a wharf.  Also 371 1-2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken.  Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie and Captain Todd's lots. For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2.
FOR RENT. THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. P. PLEASANTS JR.—Possession may be had by the last of this month Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 3d 1806.  DESIGN the ensuing year with the aid of a qualified teacher to attempt the Tuition of 15 English—Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic. His attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their mode be neglected. The price will be £28 each Scholar finding her own bed—15d. of the price to be paid in advance. Gerard Banks. Ganchland, 27th Sept 1806.
Thirty Dollars Reward. DESERTED from this place, on the 14th inst. JAMES LOWNES, a soldier of the public guard, about 28 years of age, five feet 7 or 8 inches high, fair complexion, with red hair and large whiskers, with blue eyes. It is unknown where he will go, as he is very fond of spirits. Any person taking up said deserter and bringing him to this place, and delivering him to me, or either of the officers of the said guard, shall receive the above reward. ALEX. QUARRIER, C. P. G. N. B. All masters of vessels are forbidden from carrying him out of this place. A. G. Richmond, Nov. 18th, 1806.
FOR SALE, A Tract of Land, SEVEN miles below Richmond, belonging to the estate of James Rees, Esq. containing 67 1-4 acres, upon a credit of 1, 2, and 3 years, equal payments. The sale to be on the premises, on Thursday the 5th day of February next. Possession will be given on the purchaser's giving bond and approved security, and a deed of trust upon the property, by MILES TURPIN, Exr. of Lucy Redford, dec. Jan. 6th, 1807.  N. B. All those indebted to the said estate are requested to make immediate payment; and those having claims are desired to bring them forward, properly authenticated. M. T.
FOR SALE, 70 3-4 Acres of Land, FOUR and a half or five miles from this place—about 25 or 30 acres of which are cleared and well enclosed—There is on the place a small Dwelling House, a log Kitchen, a log house not quite finished, a small Apple Orchard, a young Peach Orchard, and an excellent Garden. For terms apply to Mr. J. West, or to the subscriber living in Cumberland. JOHN SEAYRES. Cumberland, Jan. 13, 1807.
JUST RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE, Jefferson's Manual Constitution of the United States Dawson on Female Education Moore on Female Education Blair's Lectures Stephen's Exercises English's Nisi Prius Ainsworth's Young's and Entic's Latin Dictionaries Sallust Delphini Horace do. Ovid do. Virgil do. R. Brinsmade's Rhetoric Cicero's Orations, with translation Lucian's Dialogues Greek Grammar, Lexicons and Testaments. Jan. 29.
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN. and for sale by the gross, dozen, or single, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond; The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807; Being the third after Bissextile or Leap Year. Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond. Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Hanover county, Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county Courts throughout the state list of roads, &c. &c. &c. a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers.
WHEREAS some time past, I purchased a piece of land in Goochland county, of one William Lovell, for which I gave him two bonds, one for eighteen pounds, payable the 25th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eight, the other bond for 27 pounds, payable the 25th of December, one thousand eight hundred and twelve, and as the said Lovell has gone away without making me a right to the said land agreeable to bargain, I do forewarn all person or persons in trading for the above mentioned bonds, as I do not intend to pay them unless I get a right agreeable to bargain. WM. SHEPPARD. 9th November, 1806.
BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the eighth day of January, in the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America, William W. Hening and William Munford, of the said district, have deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as authors, in the words following, to wit: "Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia: with select cases, relating chiefly to points of practice, decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District. Part I. Vol. I. By William W. Hening and William Munford."  In conformity to the act of the congress of the United States, intitled "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and also to an act intitled "An act supplementary to an act, intitled, An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned. And extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical, and other prints." WM. MARSHALL, (L. S.) Clerk of the District of Virginia.
THE above works is this day published, and may be had at Samuel PLEASANTS' Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond. Jan. 13, 1807.  BY VIRTUE of a decree of the county court of Albemarle, pronounced in the case of Micajah Chiles' executors against Menden Mills, will be SOLD, for ready money, on the premises, on the 16th day of February next.  The Houses and Lot in the town of Charlottesville, formerly the residence of Micajah Chiles—ALSO on the premises on the 17th day of the same month, a certain tract or parcel of LAND, supposed to contain five hundred and sixty seven acres, being the land whereon the said Menden Mills now resides, situated in Albemarle county, about 12 or 13 miles above Charlottesville, on or near the road leading from Charlottesville to Amherst courthouse—The above mentioned property will be sold for the purpose of satisfying the above mentioned decree by the COMMISSIONERS.  The above property was to have been sold in last month as formerly advertised—the sale was then postponed at the request of Mr. Mills, but will certainly take place at the time now mentioned. Jan. 7th, 1807. tds
NEW PUBLICATIONS. The Stranger in Ireland, OR A TOUR In the Southern and Western parts of that country, In the year 1805. By JOHN CARR, Esq. of the honorable society of the middle temple, author of a Northern Summer or travels round the Baltic; the Stranger in France, &c."  "ORIGINAL ANECDOTES OF FREDERICK the GREAT, King of Prussia, and of his family, his court, his ministers, his academies, and his literary friends—collected during a familiar intercourse of twenty years with that prince; translated from the French of D. THIEBAULT, Professor of Belles Lettres in the royal academy of Berlin—in 2 vols. price four DOLLS.  Few works have been presented to the public so justly esteemed in Europe and America as this. The Author has delineated the character of this great man in a manner so ingeniously that no person can read it without feeling a gratification which few works are calculated to produce in a similar degree."  "Life of William Pitt, Late prime minister of Great Britain, with Biographical notices of his principal Friends and illustrious Contemporaries."  "Charnock's Memoirs of Lord Nelson."  "Moore's Epistolary Odes, and other Poems."  "The Revolutionary Plutarch, or anecdotes of the Bonaparte Family."  A few of the above interesting works are just received & for sale at this office
FOR SALE, My tract of Land, In Powhatan county, containing between nine hundred and a thousand acres, and lying within two miles of the courthouse, and on both sides of Pine creek. This tract of land would be sold entire, otherwise laid off in lots to suit purchasers. Any persons inclined to purchase, it is expected will first view the premises—any further description is deemed unnecessary. For terms apply to the subscriber, living on the premises. SAM. BASKERVILLE. Powhatan, Jan. 4th, 1807. tf
For Sale, BY VIRTUE of a deed of trust, executed by Samuel Adams, for the purposes therein mentioned, the Tract of Land, Whereon the said Adams now resides, lying half a mile below Cumberland courthouse, on the Buckingham road. The situation is a good one for a publican or mechanic of any sort. The said tract contains 28 3-4 acres and is well improved, that is to say, a good Dwelling-House, Kitchen, Stable, Garden, and sundry other necessary improvements. The sale will take place on the premises, on the 31st day of January next—Cash will be required of the highest bidder, by SAMUEL HOBSON, Trustee. Dec. 22, 1806. tds
30 1-2 Acres of Land, Lying on the Buckingham road, and immediately opposite to the above mentioned tract. This land was sold by him as trustee to a deed executed by the Messieurs Deanes to Joseph Gallego, upon this express condition, that no deed would be executed until the whole of the purchase money was paid; and the said Samuel Adams being anxious to discharge the debt, has authorized him to sell the same, and apply the proceeds to the payment of his bond to Joseph Gallego, which will become due on the 15th inst. in the first place, and the balance, after deducting the necessary expenses, &c. to be placed as a credit to a judgment obtained by Joseph Gallego against Samuel Adams and others, in the county court of Powhatan. M. B. POTIAUX. January 8th, 1807. tds
NOW READY FOR THE PRESS, And will be published immediately after the next session of the General Assembly, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUN. VOLUME SECOND OF THE REVISED CODE; CONTAINING A collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as have been passed since the session of 1801; to which will be added, such Acts of the same nature as may be passed at the session of 1806. TOGETHER WITH AN APPENDIX, IN WHICH WILL BE INSERTED, I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code. II. A compilation of the several laws for the establishment of the James River, Potomac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Canal companies; in all of which the state has an interest. III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia. IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck. V. A Table of Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and Amercements, designating such as are to the use of the Common-wealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particular object. VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads. VII. Acts authorising the erection of Toll Bridges.  All the Acts comprised in this volume, have been carefully collated by a gentleman of the bar—Notes of reference to former and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
TERMS. I. It shall be printed on an entire new type, of a size larger than that used in the last edition of the Revised Code, published in 1803. II. The paper shall be of good quality, and the book, when bound, will form a volume in large octavo, to match the first volume of the same work. The number of pages cannot be ascertained, though it is expected, from the matter of which the book will be composed, (there being ninety-five new chapters in the continuation from 1801 to 1805, and upwards of one hundred omitted acts) that it will contain nearly as many pages as the last edition. III. The price to subscribers will be Five DOLLARS, to be paid on delivery of the book—to non-subscribers the price will be considerably increased. * * * SUBSCRIPTIONS are received by the publisher in Richmond.  ON Monday the 16th day of February next, will be SOLD, at the tavern of Haley Cole, in the county of Chesterfield, for Cash, Five Negroes, to wit: Two women and three children, conveyed to me in trust by Richardson Harris, to secure the pay-ment of a debt due to William Trabue, assignee of Lyle & McCredie, and the expense necessarily incurred in carrying the said trust into execution. RICH'D. B. GOODE. 3d Jan. 1807. tm
FOR SALE, My tract of Land, In Powhatan county, containing between nine hundred and a thousand acres, and lying within two miles of the courthouse, and on both sides of Pine creek. This tract of land would be sold entire, otherwise laid off in lots to suit purchasers. Any persons inclined to purchase, it is expected will first view the premises—any further description is deemed unnecessary. For terms apply to the subscriber, living on the premises. SAM. BASKERVILLE. Powhatan, Jan. 4th, 1807. tf
MAY be purchased on a long credit, and low terms, the TENEMENT On which the Subscriber lives, situated on Church-hill, within about one half mile of the Richmond market—Containing two acres of ground, well enclosed and highly improved. The buildings consist of a large and well constructed Dwelling House, Laundry, Kitchen, Dairy, Smoke-House, two Stores, Brick-Office, Coach-House, Barn, and Stable. All these buildings are well finished, and in complete order for the accommodation of a large and genteel family; who may have easy access to all the advantages of the city, and live as retired as they could wish. JOHN ELLIS. Dec. 29th, 1806. tf
MATTRASSES. CAN be had on very short notice, MAT-TRASSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos. Darnadant's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store.—Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattresses worked over. Jno. S. PLEASANTS. Dec. 5, 1805.
"DISCOVERIES OF LEWIS AND HIS PARTNERS IN LOUISIANA." A fresh supply of the above interesting work is just received and for sale at this office. October 25. tf
THE LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN'S POCKET ALMANAC, FOR 1807, IS JUST RECEIVED & FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE. The Ladies' Book Contains, An Almanac, ruled pages for memorandums, observations and engagements, also for monies received, paid or lent, for every day in the year, select pieces in prose and poetry, new & celebrated songs, a marketing table and several useful tables. The Gentlemen's Book Contains, An Almanac, ruled pages for memorandums, and cash accounts. Government of the United States, Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, Commissioners of Loans and Agents for Invalid Pensions, Federal courts of Law, Departments of the Federal Government, Land Officers, Patents, Ministers, Consuls, &c. to and from foreign nations, Military establishment, Table of the pay and subsistence of officers, of the Navy, List of officers of the Navy, Marine corps, Navy agents, Navy yard at Washington, List of the whole naval force of the United States, Duties payable by law, extract from non-importation act, list of officers of the Customs, Light Houses, several useful tables. December 24.
PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION, DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA, OR Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences, IN TWENTY VOLUMES QUARTO. CONDITIONS. THE work will be printed in large quarto, with new types, cast for the purpose, on a superfine wove paper, each volume will contain from eight hundred to a thousand pages. A half volume, in boards, will be published regularly every two months. PRICE THREE DOLLARS, PAYABLE ON DELIVERY. Between six and seven hundred plates, engraved in a superior style of elegance, will be comprised in the course of the publication, by far a greater number than is to be found in any other Scientific Dictionary.
WILL be SOLD, for cash, on the twenty-fourth day of the present month, at the house of Robert Draffen, containing by estimation seven hundred and twenty-two acres, be the same more or less, being the tract of land on which the said Draffen now resides, and adjoining the lands of George Dovers, Thomas Garth, sen. &c. lying on the waters of Ivory creek in the county of Albemarle.—Also, two NEGRO MEN, Sancho and Squire, twelve head of Cattle, five head of Horses, fifty head of Hogs and five Feather Beds and Furniture; conveyed to me in trust by said Robert Draffen, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. and for other purposes, as in said conveyance expressed.—Being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey title to said land vested in me as trustee. FLEMING TURNER, Trustee. Milton, 1st Jan. 1807. 3w
WILL be SOLD, for cash, on the twenty-third day of the present month, at the house of John Mullens, jun. A tract or parcel of Land, being the tract on which the said Mullens now resides, and adjoining the lands of Daniel Brown, James Harrison, &c. supposed to contain two hundred acres, be the same more or less, conveyed to me in trust by said John Mullens, jun. to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. &c. as in said conveyance expressed.—Being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey title to said land vested in me as trustee. MARTIN DAWSON, Trustee. Milton, 1st Jan. 1807. 3w
Notice. The business heretofore carried on in this place under the firm of Walter Irvine & Co. Has this day mutually expired. Those who have claims against said concern, will please bring them forward for adjustment; and the debtors are earnestly requested to make payment as soon as possible—indulgence has already been liberally granted. Walter Irvine & Co.
The business in future will be conducted under the firm of Irvine & Pittman, Who intend keeping a general assortment of Dry Goods & Groceries, Which they will sell on liberal terms for cash, or usual credit. Walter Irvine. Thomas Pittman. New-Canton, 1st Jan. 1807. 3w
THE PARTNERSHIP OF A. HEWES & CO. Dissolved the 31st of December, 1806. The business in future will be done by Job Greene, Who will discharge the debts due from the concern, and to whom those indebted will make payment. J. Greene. A. Hewes, Jun.
J. GREENE has removed from the store occupied by A. Hewes & Co. to the store formerly occupied by Henry Toler, jun. & Co. where he will keep for sale, a general assortment of GROCERIES, &c. &c.  J. GREENE. January 1st, 1807.
Marshal's Sales. WILL be SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States for the fifth circuit in the Virginia District, between Phineas Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross, and others, defendants—THREE Valuable Plantations, In the counties of Pittsylvania and Bedford, upon Staunton and Pigg rivers, stated in the deed of trust in the proceedings mentioned, to contain three thousand acres, more or less, but supposed to be considerably more extensive, comprehending all the lands that on the 5th day of June, 1785, belonged or appertained to the three plantations known by the name of the Mountain plantation, mouth of Pigg River plantation, and the Fryings-Pan plantation. A more particular description of which will be given on the day of sale. The sale will take place at the Eagle-Tavern in the city of Richmond, on Tuesday the 24th day of February next. Also, at the Oxford Iron Works in the county of Campbell, on Tuesday the third day of March next, will be sold under the said decree, upon the same terms, a number of very valuable SLAVES. BENJ. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. Jan. 8. eptds.
SUBSCRIBERS TO SIDNEY ON GOVERNMENT, Are informed that the work is ready for delivery at this office—A few copies for sale. GENTLEMEN who have never read this celebrated performance may form some idea of its intrinsic worth and importance to our country, by perusing the following extract of a letter (to the editor,) from his Excellency the President of the United States. Washington, Dec. 13, 1804. Sir, YOU ask my opinion on the subject of publishing the works of Algernon Sidney. The world has so long and so generally sounded the praises of his "discourses on government," that it seems superfluous, and even presumptuous, for an individual to add his feeble breath to the gale. They are in truth a rich treasure of republican principles, supported by copious and cogent arguments, and adorned with the finest flowers of science. It is, probably, the best elementary book of the principles of government, as founded in natural right, that has ever been published in any language—And it is much to be desired in such a government as ours, that it should be put into the hands of our youth, as soon as their minds are sufficiently matured for that branch of study. Should you proceed to the publication, be so good as to consider me a subscriber; and accept my salutations and assurances of great esteem and respect. TH: JEFFERSON The Revd. Mr. Weeks. October 4.
Will be sold for CASH, To the highest bidder, at public auction, in the town of Charlottesville, at the tavern of Triplet T. Estes, on the tenth day of February next, A tract or parcel of Land, Lying and being in the county of Albemarle, containing six hundred acres, at present occupied by James Rosen, and adjoining the lands of John Watson, John Gilliam, Jr. and &c. conveyed to me in trust by Matthew Henderson, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives and Co. The sale will be made in conformity to said conveyance, and being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, I will only convey title to said land vested in me as trustee. MARTIN DAWSON, Trustee. Milton, Jan. 1, 1807. 3w
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