Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1807-03-24 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[XIVth YEAR.]
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[No. 1359.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1807.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
Table with 3 columns: Item, Price, Unit. Items include Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, Corn, Hemp, Iron, Bacon, Pork, Whiskey.
NOTICE IS HEREBY PUBLICLY GIVEN.
To all persons to whom the estate of James Harris, dec'd. (of the Mount) is indebted...
W. Haight,
UPHOLSTERER—FROM NEW-YORK, Has for sale, on the Main-street, nearly opposite the Old City Tavern, MATTRESSES & FEATHER BEDS...
We have lately received,
Table with 3 columns: FOR SALE, Item, Price. Items include 12 hds. sugar, 3000 lbs. green coffee, 10 hds. Antigua rum, etc.
UNITED STATES' COURT, FIFTH CIRCUIT, AND VIRGINIA DISTRICT, November Term, 1806.
Lewis Morgan and Hester Morgan, ex'r. and ex'x. of the last will and testament of Benjamin Morgan, dec'd.
THE deft. Frederick Augustus Kuhn, D.M. not having entered his appearance and given security according to a rule of this court...
THE deft. Frederick Augustus Kuhn, D.M. not having entered his appearance and given security according to a rule of this court...
FOR A FRESH SUPPLY OF
Church's Cough Drops Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary New-York and for sale at this office.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY JANUARY COURT, 1807.
Hobson & St. John, plaintiffs, Against Charles Matthews, Walter Irvine, John Irvine and Samuel Bransford, defendants.
ON the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant Matthews has removed himself without the jurisdiction of this court...
UNITED STATES' COURT, FIFTH CIRCUIT, AND VIRGINIA DISTRICT, November Term, 1807.
John and Jane Backhouse, adm'r. and adm'x. de bonis non, of John Backhouse, deceased, Against Richard C. Johnson, ex'r. of Thomas Johnson, sen.
LOUISA COUNTY, FEBRUARY COURT, 1807.
Lancelott Minor, comp't. Against John Hawkins and Thomas Shelton, defts.
THE defendant John Hawkins not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court...
TO THE PUBLIC
On Wednesday the first of April next, will commence the sale of WILLIAM PRICHARD'S Whole Stock in Trade;
PROSSER & MONCURE, v. M. Richmond, March 20. 1807.
CITY ELECTION
THE electors qualified by law to vote for common-councilmen and aldermen of the city of Richmond, are hereby notified to assemble on the first Wednesday in April next...
CONGRESS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13.
Debate on the resolution offered by Mr. Broom, to make further provision by law to secure the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus...
MR. BIDWELL observed that on a motion to refer this resolution to a committee of the whole, he thought it unnecessary to discuss the merits of the subject at large...
THE motion to refer the resolution under consideration is objectionable with me...
THE motion to refer the resolution under consideration is objectionable with me, because of the time at which it is made. The resolution itself was laid upon the table upwards of a week ago...
NEW VIRGINIA JUSTICE.
Containing the Duties of a 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.
LATEST FROM EUROPE.
The schooner Perseverance, capt. Messervy, arrived at Marblehead on Friday, the 6th inst. in 39 days from Bordeaux. He has brought papers down to the 21st of January.
FORTY-FIFTH BULLETIN OF THE GRAND ARMY.
PULTUSK, Dec. 30. 1806. The battle of Czarnowo, that of Nasielsk, that of Kuosomb, the affair of cavalry at Lopaczyn, have been followed by the battles of Golymin, and Pultusk...
BATTLE OF PULTUSK.
Marshal Lannes could not arrive opposite Pultusk before the morning of the 26th. All the corps of Beningsen were concentrated in the night. The Russian division which had been beat at Nasielsk...
BATTLE OF GOLYMIN.
While the corps of Beningsen was at Pultusk and beaten there, that of Buxhoeden joined Golymin at night. The division Panin of this corps which had been attacked the evening before by the grand duke of Berg...

single fault committed by the Russian general.
We have lost eight hundred men killed, and have had two thousand wounded. At length, finding himself master of the enemy's artillery, and all their positions, and having driven them more than forty leagues, the Emperor has ordered his army into winter quarters.
Before this expedition, the Russian officers declared that they had 150,000 men. Now they do not pretend to reckon half that number. Shall we believe their report before or after it?
LONDON, January 23.
TREATY OF PEACE.
Between his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, and his serene highness the elector of Saxony.
His majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, protector of the confederation of the Rhine, and his serene highness the elector of Saxony, anxious to provide for the final establishment of peace between their states have named for their respective plenipotentiaries, to wit: his majesty the emperor of the French, king of Italy, the general of division Michel Duroc, grand marshal of the palace, &c. &c. and his serene highness the elector of Saxony, count Charles de Boze, his principal chamberlain &c. &c. who after having exchanged their full powers, have agreed upon the following articles:
Art. I. From the day of the signing of the treaty, there shall be peace and perfect friendship between the emperor of the French, king of Italy and protector of the confederation of the Rhine, on the one part, and his serene highness the elector of Saxony, on the other.
II. His electoral highness accedes to the treaty of confederation and alliance, concluded at Paris, on the 12th of July in the present year; and by such accession he succeeds to all the privileges and obligations of the alliance, in the same way as if he were a principal contracting party to the said treaty.
III. His electoral highness will assume the title of king, and take his place in the college in the rank of kings, according to the order of his introduction.
IV. He cannot, without the previous consent of the confederation of the Rhine, in any case or for any cause whatever, allow a passage thro' the kingdom of Saxony to any army or corps, or detachment of troops, appertaining to a power not a party to the said confederation.
V. The laws and ordinances which define the several rites of the various forms of worship established in Germany, having been abolished by the effect of the dissolution of the ancient Germanic body, and moreover not being compatible with the principle upon which the confederation has been formed, the exercise of the Catholic worship shall, throughout the whole kingdom of Saxony, be fully annihilated to the exercise of the Lutheran form of worship, and the followers of the two religions shall, without restriction enjoy the same civil and political rights. This object is a particular condition with his majesty the emperor and king.
VI. His majesty the emperor of the French undertakes, that by the future treaty of peace with Prussia, the Cofthuller Kreis, or Circle of Cothuss, shall be ceded to his majesty the king of Saxony.
VII. His majesty the king of Saxony cedes to such prince as shall be named by his majesty the emperor of the French, and in that part of Thuringia situated between the principalities of Eichfeldt and Erfurt, a territory equal in revenue and population to the circle of Cothuss, which territory, so being as a point of union between the said prince, in full and entire sovereignty. The limits of this territory shall be fixed by commissaries appointed for that purpose, immediately after the exchange of the ratifications.
VIII. The contingent of the kingdom of Saxony, in case of war, shall consist in the whole of 20,000 men.
IX. During the present campaign, considering what has happened, the contingent of the kingdom of Saxony shall be 1500 cavalry, 4000 infantry, 300 artillery, and 12 pieces of cannon.
X. No contributions shall be levied after the signing of the present treaty.
XI. The present treaty shall be ratified and ratification exchanged at Dresden, in the course of eight days.
Done at Posen, December 11, 1806. [Signed] DUROC. CHARLES, COUNT DE BOZE.
NATCHEZ, February 10.
COL. BURR.
On Monday the 2nd inst. an adjourned Session of the Supreme court of the Mississippi Territory was held in the town of Washington, to which Aaron Burr was recognized to appear and answer such Bill of indictment as might then and there be exhibited against him. Col Burr appeared on the day mentioned in his recognizance, attended by his counsel William B. Shields and Lyman Harding, Esqrs. Agreeably to a senior facias , issued by the Hon. Tho. Rodney and Peter B. Bruin, a jury of 72 freeholders appeared in court, and on the day following 23 of their number were selected by the court as a grand inquest. The hon. Thomas Rodney then delivered to them a comprehensive and impressive charge, and the court was adjourned till ten o'clock the succeeding day—at which time Mr. Poindexter, the attorney general moved the court to discharge the grand jury. He stated that after examining the depositions submitted to him by the court, he did not discover any testimony which brought the offences charged against col. Burr within the jurisdiction of the courts of the Mississippi Territory; that the supreme court of the Mississippi Territory, was not a court of original jurisdiction, either criminal or civil, and could take cognizance only of points reserved at the trial in the respective circuit courts, where all criminal prosecutions must originate, according to the statutes of the Territory. He further observed that in order to secure the public safety, the territorial judges ought immediately to convey the accused to a tribunal competent to try and punish him, (if guilty of the charges alleged against him) which they might legally do, and thereby effectually prevent the contemplated military expedition against Mexico, and maintain inviolate the laws and constitutions of the United States. He therefore hoped that inasmuch as the attorney prosecuting for the United States had no bills for the consideration of the grand jury, that they would be discharged.
Col. Burr made several observations against the motion, and remarked that if the attorney general had no business for the grand jury, he had, and that therefore they ought not to be dismissed. On this motion the court was divided, Judge Bruin declared himself opposed to discharging the grand jury, unless Col. Burr was also instantly discharged from his recognizance.
The attorney general then withdrew, and the grand jury were directed to retire to their room, who in the course of the day returned with sundry presentments, [for which see Tuesday's Ar-
gus] We deem it necessary to remark that these presentments were not founded on any bill exhibited to the grand jury, and that being negative, they met no further attention than a mere perusal.
On Wednesday evening, the grand jury were discharged, and Col. Burr demanded a release from his recognizance—this the court refused. He did not appear in court on Thursday morning, as was expected, and in a day or two, it was reduced to a certainty, that he had made his escape.
BY ROBERT WILLIAMS, GOVERNOR OF THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas AARON BURR, esq. late vice-president of the United States, was bound in recognizance to appear at the supreme court of this territory, himself in the sum of five thousand dollars, and two securities in the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars each, "to answer any bills of indictment that might be found against him," and to continue to appear from day to day, until dismissed by the said court, to which he has failed to comply with, and as it appears has made his escape:
I do, therefore, issue this my proclamation for apprehending the said Aaron Burr, esq. and by the powers and authorities which I possess, will pay or cause to be paid, to any person or persons who will take the person of said Aaron Burr, and cause him to be delivered to me at this place, or to the president of the United States, the sum of two thousand dollars.
Given under my hand, at the town of Washington, this 6th day of February, 1807.
ROBERT WILLIAMS.
ADDRESS
To his excellency Robert Williams, governor of the Mississippi territory.
The legislative council and house of representatives of the Mississippi territory, beg leave to tender you their cordial congratulations on the arrival of yourself and family in this country.
During the period of your absence, the political horizon of the territory has worn a dubious and menacing aspect. We have witnessed the disposition of our Spanish neighbours to reach the standard of their monarch within the limits of the acknowledged territories of the U. S. the citizens received this daring outrage with becoming indignation, and with the zeal and promptitude which forms the peculiar characteristic of free men, took up arms against those hostile invaders, and after receiving assurances that our national rights were maintained, returned again to the bosom of their families. Those military preparations had scarcely ceased to reverberate, until our ears were assailed by rumours from one end of the continent to the other, warning us of an association of citizens, said to be arming and equipping themselves under the direction of an artful and enterprising leader, having for their ultimate object a dismemberment of the western states and territories of the U. S. from the union. We saw the gathering storm and prepared to meet it with becoming fortitude; at length the time approached when it became necessary to act in maintaining the empire of the law. The citizens repaired to the post of danger with a firmness, which we trust will meet the approving voice of the nation.
Amidst the conflict of these tumultuous occurrences, we are happy to assure you that the executive department has been conducted in a manner honorable to the officer who filled that station, on ad interim , and highly promotive of the general wealth.
From a knowledge of the attachment which your excellency has always manifested, for law, order and good government, as the basis of civil and political rights, we imbibe the fullest confidence, that no exertion will be wanting, which falls within the pale of our official functions, to maintain the honor, prosperity and independence of our common country.
Influenced by these considerations, we offer you that support which is due to virtue and patriotism.
Speaker of the house of representatives.
Representatives' chamber, Jan. 27. 1807.
EVERARDY R. GRAYSON, CLK.
JOSHUA BAKER, president of the council, Council chamber, Jan. 27. 1807.
Ateat, JOSHUA DOWNS, Sec'ty.
REPLY.
Gentlemen of the legislative council and house of representatives.
I have read with lively emotions, your affectionate address of yesterday. Be pleased to accept my sincere thanks for the pleasure you manifest on the arrival of myself and family in the territory.
While we view with just indignation the aggression of foreign enemies, and the machinations of internal foes, the promptitude with which our citizens turn out to repel both, is calculated to afford us real satisfaction; and I fondly hope that the zeal and patriotism exhibited by the people of this territory, in the scenes which have lately passed, will ensure to them both at home and abroad, that portion of praise so justly their due. It also affords me peculiar pleasure to find that the officer who has conducted the executive department through those stormy periods, has deserved so well. His great reward will be in the thankfulness of his fellow citizens.
I should prove unfaithful to my own feelings, were I to conceal the pleasing sensations excited by the confidence you express in my attachment, "to law, order and good government," and a determination "to maintain the honor, prosperity & independence of our common country." In these are comprehended the great cardinal duties both of the citizen and officer, and ought to be pursued with an undeviating step.
Accept, gentlemen, my warm acknowledgments for the support which you tender, and allow me to offer you in return assurances of my confidence in your zeal to promote the public good.
ROBERT WILLIAMS. Washington, Jan. 28, 1807.
Legislature of the Mississippi territory.
The two houses of the general assembly appointed a committee to wait on the hon. George Poindexter, and notify him of his election to the congress of the United States, who made to the committee the following reply.
GENTLEMEN—I received with emotions of gratitude and respect, the notification of my election, as a delegate from this territory to the congress of the U. S. After a residence among you for several years during which time, I have been principal-
ly engaged in the public service, nothing could have contributed more to my gratification than the sanction of the enlightened representatives of that community whose welfare has in part, been committed to my care and management.
The task assigned me is indeed an arduous one; various reflections lead to a conviction, that it may still become more important and difficult, and I almost despair of meeting the just expectations of the people, whose interest I am deputed to represent; but whatever of talents, whatever of information, or industry I may possess, shall not fail to be called forth, in promoting the advancement of our common prosperity and independence.
Accept gentlemen, for yourselves and both houses of the general assembly, my warmest acknowledgments for the high confidence you have conferred to me, and the assurances of my best wishes for your individual happiness.
GEO. POINDEXTER.
Messrs. Fitzpatrick, Caller, & Sessions.
FROM THE N. Y. COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.
Mr. Lewis—The information which was given by the president to a committee of the senate, relative to the British treaty, having been incorrectly stated, I deem it my duty to lay before the public, through the medium of your paper, a faithful account of what took place, and which is derived from a source of unquestionable authority.
At eleven o'clock, on Tuesday night the 3d inst. the senate sent two of its members Dr. Mitchell and Mr. Adams, with a committee on the part of the house of representatives, to enquire of the president whether he had any further communications to lay before them. At this time no copy of the treaty had been received by the executive. Mr. Erskine the British minister, had however, received by the last British packet a copy from his government, which arrived at Washington on Tuesday, and by him been handed over to the president a few hours before he was waited on by the joint committee.
In answer to the enquiry of the joint committee, the president replied that he had no further communication to lay before the two houses; he would inform the gentlemen of the committee, however, not officially but for their private satisfaction that he had seen a copy of the treaty. That it was so exceptional that he should not lay it before the senate—that it contained no stipulation to protect all persons and property sailing under the American flag—and that an article was added to the treaty, after it was signed, which declared—that if the United States submitted to the blockading decree of Bonaparte, Great Britain reserved to herself to counteract its effects by a full exertion of her belligerent rights any provision in the treaty not herewithand. In other conversations he is said to have declared he would return the treaty to London immediately for further negotiation.
In this conversation nothing was said respecting an official note from the British to the American commissioners, stating the course Great Britain agreed to pursue relative to impressments of our seamen, and which was recently forwarded to Messrs. Monroe and Pinkney.
It ought to be observed, that on the last day of the session of congress there is a great degree of haste, hurry & confusion—and that the copy of the treaty from Messrs. Monroe & Pinkney with their reasons for agreeing to it, had not then come to hand. It is not, therefore, surprising that Mr. Jefferson acting from imperfect information, and irritated with the pressure of business, should have made a precipitate declaration on a subject that required, in a peculiar degree, grave and solemn deliberation. We ought rather, with a spirit of candor, to suppose that, instead of persisting in a measure that all men will deem indiscreet & dangerous, he will, with a full sense of the awful responsibility he is under, see himself seriously to reconsider this important question, and finally determine to lay it before his constitutional advisers—the senate of the United States.
A. B.
BALTIMORE, March 16.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman of unquestionable character, dated New-Orleans, 17th February, 1807.
"I must acknowledge that Burr is the most consummate scoundrel and artful liar I ever had an acquaintance with. The inclosed proclamation of Governor Williams will show you that he has run for it. I send you some scraps of his talent for lying, by which he has amused and deceived the good people of the Mississippi Territory, until he took his measures for effectuating his escape. Burr says he has a Portfolio, and by which he is to damn Wilkinson; but this Portfolio is in the possession of his daughter, and contains, he says among other things, Wilkinson's receipt for 100,000 dollars!!! Where did Burr get that sum? And what has Wilkinson done with it? for neither have been remarkable for possessing much of the precious metals: Yet, silly and improbable as this lie was, there were people at Natchez who affected to believe it, the better to aid Burr in deceiving those whose duty it was to hold the traitor secure. What was the fact? That Wilkinson, from his small means, actually advanced Burr one hundred and fifty dollars at St. Louis, which has never yet been repaid. His own damnable letters to Gen. Wilkinson by his associates Swartwout and Bollman, he now says are the fabrications of Yrujo! D—n him, I did believe that he would have gone to the stake sooner than to have descended to the vulgar baseness of telling palpable lies. A radical change has become indispensably necessary here in the public offices. The quondam friends of Gov. Claiborne have said in open court, that they did not confide their plan to him, because "he was too feeble and unworthy of trust."—Brigade Major Col. Kerr (of the militia) who fled from Bengal for his virtuous deeds, was taken by the hand, fed & clothed by Claiborne. This man has been tried for high crimes, &c. &c. Although the proofs, from men of honor, were as lucid as the beams of the sun, he has been acquitted—and how? by a jury which could not agree. In the course of this trial Judge Workman, who stands indicted for the same crimes, and was admitted to plead in behalf of Kerr, declared that "he was the author of a secret combination for the purpose of revolutionizing Mexico;" and Doctor Watkins, the Mayor, when giving his testimony in favor of Kerr, averred that "he was a member of the same combination, which was bound to secrecy by oath." Workman is also a fugitive. He edited a
paper at Charleston, and came here literally a beggar, and yet is a man of talents. Claiborne fed, clothed, and made him a judge with a salary of 2,000 dollars per annum; and how has he acquitted himself for those multiplied acts of benevolence?—Why, he has declared to Lieut. Murray that "Claiborne's heart was as black as his hat." Why did he thus insult the Governor? Because Claiborne refused to draw out the militia, and array them against the General and the troops of the United States, to protect this outlandish judge; and two or three of his brothers in iniquity: And yet, for arresting such fellows, and preventing the horrors of civil war, is poor Wilkinson blasted by the denunciations of those very men who have invariably denounced the government for its want of energy. A copy of the deposition* of Ensign Small I now send for your amusement, and that you may better form an opinion of the consummate art that has been employed to promote this nefarious enterprise. What has become of Burr? This I cannot answer. Some think that he has escaped to the Spaniards."
* This deposition is in the possession of the Editor of the American, and shall appear to-morrow. It is an interesting document, and shews to what daring lengths the conspirators had proceeded. We regret that its length and the time at which it was received, preclude it from to-day's paper.
WASHINGTON CITY, March 18.
Advices are received from New-Orleans as late as the 17th of February. From these and other sources of information, it appears that all was tranquil at New-Orleans, and that a relaxation had taken place in the measures adopted for defending that place.
The following statements will exhibit the course pursued towards Burr at Natchez.
There is the best reason to believe that his object was to precipitate a trial, and of consequence to get an acquittal, after which he could not be tried again for the same offence. This would, indeed, have been a triumph. In this, however, he has been defeated; and when the necessary proof shall be collected he may hereafter be prosecuted and brought to justice.
In the mean time his escape proves, either that he was afraid to meet a full enquiry into his conduct, or that he still has objects in view which required his presence to further. Every effort on the part of Gen. Wilkinson to take him had failed; and no one was able to say what had become of him, or whether he had fled.
The public will unquestionably be astonished at the presentment of the grand jury. It has, however, been the misfortune of the Mississippi territory to have been long divided by parties as well of a personal as political nature, and it is very probably, in some measure, to this circumstance that we owe this strange act. But let it be recollected that the measure was taken entirely on negative testimony; that the attorney of the district, considering the court as not possessed of cognizance of the case, declined acting in the business. As it was from this quarter alone that evidence against Burr could be rationally expected, of course the jury must have been confined to ex parte evidence virtually exculpatory to him.
It is said that Burr's flotilla of fifteen boats had moved from their station off Cole's river; but that some of them had been destroyed, and others considerably injured, by a high wind that sprung up.—Nat. Intel.
FOR SALE,
And possession given the 1st of January next,
A valuable tract of Land,
In the county of Albemarle, on the waters of Moore's creek, containing 600 acres—The soil is equal to any in the country for the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco—the advantages it possesses make it a desirable situation, it being within two and a half miles of Charlottesville, six of Milton and four from the President's manufacturing mill. On this tract there is a good new two story dwelling house, with other necessary houses, sufficient for the reception of a genteel family; the plantation is in good order for cropping. Any person inclined to purchase, may know the terms by applying to William Galt, in Richmond, or the subscriber, in Milton, who will show the land, and treat for the same.
DAVID ANDERSON.
February 11, 1807. 4w
N. B. If the above mentioned tract of land is not sold before the 6th day of April next, being Albemarle court day, it will that day be sold at public auction, before Triplett T. Estes's tavern in the town of Charlottesville.
FOR SALE,
A valuable tract of Land,
IN the lower end of Buckingham, lying on Buffalo creek, adjoining the lands of Mr. James Wilson and Mr. Copland, containing upwards of one thousand acres, being in a populous and wealthy neighborhood and within three miles of C-F-Ira.
A sufficient quantity is opened to work ten hands to advantage—the greater part being yet to clear, abounding in excellent timber, and affording from four to five hundred acres of prime tobacco land.
Mr. Moses Scott living on the premises will show the land to any one inclined to purchase. For terms apply to the subscriber.
SUSANNA WILCOX.
Chellowe, 16th March, 1807. 2m
COMMITTED to the jail of Hanover county, a negro woman as a runaway, who says her name is TEMPY, and that she is the property of Thomas Cawthorn of Spotsylvania. The owner is requested to pay charges and take away said slave.
THE JAILOR.
Hanover courthouse, Mar. 16, 1807. tf
For Hire—A MAN,
Who is well acquainted with the management of race horses. For further information apply to Mrs. Sarah Gunn, Richmond Hill, or to
JOHN TURPIN, sen.
Feb. 21, 1807. 3t
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND;
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1807.
THE alterations made in the Laws of Virginia by the last General Assembly, may be considered, as they respect, first, the administration of justice in civil cases; secondly, the code of penal laws; thirdly, the public police; and, lastly, the revenues of the state. On each of these subjects, in compliance with our promise to the readers of the Argus, we shall now make a few observations.
It cannot be denied that the session of Assembly, which commenced in December, 1806, will be ever memorable for the improvements introduced into the administration of justice in controversies between man and man. The act "To extend the jurisdiction of justices of the peace," particularly, tends to prevent the delay and expense which has hitherto attended the recovery of small demands, by substituting the summary and expeditious remedy of a warrant, under proper regulations, in the room of the long-neglected, and therefore tedious and expensive mode of proceeding by petition and summons. We trust our fellow citizens will no longer have reason to complain that a greater length of time was requisite to obtain a judgment on a plain bond for fifteen dollars, than in a disputable suit for five hundred. The leaden slumber of a petition docket, which in many counties, was not awakened more than once or twice in two or three years, will no longer be a theme of just reproach against the magistrates. It has been said by some that the right of appeal from the sentence of a single magistrate, which the new law allows, will produce the same inconveniences; but that opinion was evidently founded in prejudice, and derived from a hasty and inaccurate view of the various parts of the system intended to be established. The provision in the act by which a stay of execution for forty days is given in the judgment of a justice of the peace, for a sum exceeding ten dollars, exclusive of costs and interest, must effectually remove all temptation of appealing from any such judgment, except in cases where the party against whom it is rendered shall think himself really aggrieved. The magistrate too, being aware that he has not the power of absolutely and uncontrolably deciding the controversies before him, but that if he should commit injustice, his errors or his iniquities would be exposed in an examination before the court of the opinion he has given, will probably be much more cautious and considerate of the propriety of his judgments, than he otherwise would have been. As those judgments, moreover, are to be pronounced according to the principles of equity, which every man of plain sense is capable of understanding, and are not to be fettered or perplexed by the rigid rules of the common law, we may presume they will generally be correct. Appeals, therefore, in such cases, must necessarily be extremely rare, unless the people of Virginia should prove to be so uncommonly and unaccountably litigious, as voluntarily to subject themselves to heavy costs, by appealing, merely for the purpose of plaguing their adversaries, without any possibility of advantage to themselves; which cannot be expected. As the appeal is to be tried at the court to which it may be returnable, unless good cause be shown by either party for a continuance, a defendant who should appeal, without any just cause, from the judgment of a justice, would act with great absurdity; since, in all probability, the delay which might be obtained by appealing, would not be greater than the stay of execution allowed him without it; and would burden himself besides with damages and costs. The consideration, also, that after a decision should be had, on such appeal, no stay of execution would be granted, and that no security is to be taken on the execution issued thereupon, will certainly have great weight with every man having the least regard to his own interest, and effectually discourage him from appealing, where his grounds of objection to the judgment are not strong indeed. The system, therefore, appears to be as well organised as possible to accomplish the end proposed, of a speedy and cheap administration of justice. The stay of execution ought not to be objected to by creditors, since it will have the good effect of preventing appeals for the sake of delay, and of often obliging them to get security for debts that might otherwise be lost; and since no security is to be taken on the execution afterwards issued against the debtor and his security jointly.
An act "Concerning constables," which may be considered as auxiliary to that extending the jurisdiction of justices of the peace, has wisely authorised the courts appointing them to increase the penalty of their bonds as far as fifteen hundred dollars; has directed the several counties to be laid off into districts, and one or more constables to be assigned to each, whose duty it shall be to confine themselves in the service of warrants and executions to the limits of their respective districts, and to return all warrants to some place therein. This arrangement will compel the constables to do their duty, prevent the people from being harassed as heretofore, by warrants, requiring their attendance at inconvenient distances from home, and greatly facilitate their trial and proper decision.
An act "Concerning the attendance of witnesses in the inferior courts," which requires the Clerks of the county and corporation courts to administer the necessary oaths, and to receive and enter the attendance of witnesses, in like manner as the clerks of the district courts now do, will have an excellent effect in expediting the progress of business in the inferior courts. The throng of witnesses at the clerk's table claiming their attendance and totally interrupting the trials of causes in the county and corporation courts, has been universally considered as a great inconvenience, which hereafter will happily be avoided.
An act "Concerning the abatement of suits, and executors and administrators," is also of vast importance. Various attempts had been made at former sessions, of the Legislature to prevent the abate-

ment by the death of the parties, of such suits as might originally have been maintained against his executor or administrator. It had long been considered as a grievance that the man who had brought a suit for a just debt, should in certain stages of the controversy lose all his costs, by the death of his adversary. This evil is now at least remedied, and the law on that subject fixed on the principles of reason and common sense, to the great saving of time, expense and litigation. Another most important clause inserted in that act is, that no executor or administrator shall be liable to answer any debt or damages, out of his or her own estate, beyond the assets, which may have come to his or her hands, in consequence of any false pleading, mispleading or non-pleading in any action now depending, or which may hereafter be brought or prosecuted against him. This provision lops off at once one of the most pernicious branches of the common law of England which grew in the soil of Virginia. The distresses and dangers to which executors and administrators have hitherto been exposed in this state, have been too intolerable to be borne with patience, and too thickly set to be escaped by any but persons deeply skilled in the knowledge of the law. Many honest men have been entrapped and ruined merely by their ignorance of the proper method of pleading, and by the difficulties in which, without any fault on their parts, the estates they represented were involved. We may with propriety congratulate our countrymen on the happy event of the annihilation of those oppressive absurdities, and the complete establishment of the principle of equity that executors and administrators are to be responsible only for the assets which have actually come into their hands. The perplexities and embarrassments which have hitherto attended the performance of those necessary trusts are thus in a great measure removed, and honest men will be enabled to do their duty in the simplicity and integrity of their hearts, without the necessity of being guided by a crafty lawyer in every step they may take.
(To be continued.)
THE very able speech of Mr. EPPES on Brown's resolution has thrown considerable light on the mysterious conduct of Gen. Wilkinson. His observations on the difficulties which might have attended the trials of Bollman, Swartwout and others at New-Orleans, demonstrate that the General may have acted in this bold and energetic manner, under a persuasion that the prisoners could not have been safely tried at that place, in consequence of the expected approach of Burr, or that no provision in the law existed authorising the courts there to try persons accused of treason against the United States. Gen. Wilkinson might therefore have been induced by the best of motives (viz. a desire to save his country) to seize those men and send them away from a scene of action, where they may have had many partisans, and where their presence might have been mischievous, in case their coadjutor Burr had advanced with any considerable force. A difficulty, however still remains, which the General, or his friends, ought to explain; that is,—for what reason did he send Gen. Adair and Mr. Ogden to Baltimore in custody, without transmitting with them, at least a statement of the evidence which had had sufficient weight with his own mind to induce him to arrest them. Under the circumstances, in which he stood, we do not pretend that he was not justifiable in acting without strictly legal evidence. Strong, or even, probable suspicion, ought, perhaps, to have been sufficient; but the evidence, such as it was, which gave rise to that suspicion, ought, at any rate, to have been furnished; that the prisoners might have been retained in custody until better testimony could be procured. Instead of this, it appears he did not even send forward his own affidavit; and those men of course were discharged, as nothing appeared against them.
It may be, that the guard, to whose custody they were entrusted, was guilty of some neglect or disobedience of the general's orders. We are therefore willing to suspend, until better informed, our opinion relative to his conduct on that occasion; but, for the sake of his reputation are clearly convinced that a satisfactory explanation concerning it ought to be given to the public without delay.
The tales of the arch traitor, Aron Burr, and of his confederates, against the character of the General, ought to have no weight with rational men; but such parts of the transactions of the latter as are known to have actually taken place, should, nevertheless, be fairly investigated; since, in a free country, no man is above responsibility to the laws, and every citizen ought to be compelled to give a faithful account of his conduct, so far as the public interest is concerned.
Mr. PLEASANTS,
I BEG your permission to throw out to our fellow citizens, in your Argus, such hints, occasionally, as may serve to keep them on the watch with all the eyes of Argus. On the present occasion, I call on them for the vigilance of Argus. I mean to watch the state of our affairs, at home and abroad—at home, respecting Burr's plots, and the plots of a federal or anglo-monarchical-aristocratical faction—and abroad, our affairs which have been supposed capable of an adjustment by our ministers, Monroe and Pinckney.
With respect to Burr's affairs, let them not be lulled into a dangerous state of security; believing (as all those would persuade them to believe, who wished success to any one of the projects attributed to him) that his views were harmless and honorable—Let them rather be on their guard. Let them carefully avoid discouraging such communications as Genl. Wilkinson and Eaton gave. Let them consider what might have been the consequence, had those gentlemen supposed that their information would be derided, merely because the early exertions of the executive blasted all hopes of success, and gave time for the crafty conspirators to countermand the marching orders; the meeting at their intended place of rendezvous, and to disperse and divest themselves of every instrument which could exhibit an hostile appearance. Let our citizens recollect how long it is since certain
federalists were charged with boasting of the trouble Burr would give to the executive. Let them consider what Wood stated in his Western World , and his prevarications in his Atlantic World ; and in addition to all this, let them remember, what a formidable party there is in the United States, which wish to plunge them into a war with Spain, that they might be thrown into the arms of Britain, and who would therefore support, if they had an opportunity, Burr's attack upon Mexico. Indeed, this same party is so hostile to our present administration, and so desirous of a more energetic government, that they may well be suspected of wishing success to Burr's plot of seizing on the president, and dismissing the congress. Let them recollect what Hamilton and Dayton said, of giving them good government at the point of the bayonet, and that had Burr's plan been as well organised when the federalists attempted to make use of him to rid them of the republican Jefferson, how powerfully he would have been supported by that faction. Let them recollect these things, and that Britain, France and Spain would be pleased to see a revolution in the U.S. in favor of monarchical & aristocratical principles, and that Britain and Spain have long been intriguing to separate the western from the eastern states. I say, let our fellow citizens consider these circumstances, and they will see, that the "danger has not yet passed," but is still hanging over them, and to be arrested, must be watched with the eyes of an Argus . Let them not hear with patience, therefore, any one condemn the honest, patriotic zeal of Gen. Wilkinson. If they do, let them be assured, that the time will come, when no officer will venture to make the only effort which can save his country, and that the time is fast approaching, when it will be safer to join a treasonable conspiracy, than to reveal the secrets of a traitor. Let our fellow citizens consider, that they, as the sovereign in these United States, stand on the same ground as the king does in Britain; and that the suspension of the act of Habeas Corpus , is as necessary to the preservation of their sovereignty, as it is to the preservation of the royal authority in Britain. And that therefore, Gen. Wilkinson knowing that Burr's plot was treasonable, had every reason to believe that the Habeas Corpus act would be suspended—nay, he had reason to think it was in fact suspended there, as he, Burr, pushed on to New Orleans, there could be no chance of trying his accomplices there. For my part, had I been Gen. Adair, and as innocent as he declares he is, I should have been pleased with the vigilance and spirited exertions of Gen. Wilkinson. I should have congratulated my country on seeing it capable of crushing a daring conspiracy, unrestrained by legal quibbles, and a contemptibly erroneous application of a law intended to preserve the people from a tyrant's oppression. Yes, fellow citizens, I think it better that fifty innocent men should be suspected of treason, and denied the benefit of the Habeas Corpus act, than that one traitor should escape conviction and punishment. It is an amiable but erroneous maxim of Sir Matthew Hale, I think, "that ten guilty persons had better be acquitted than one innocent person should be executed." For the ten guilty persons generally come to the gallows at last, after doing infinite mischief to the innocent, and leading to destruction hundreds of badly disposed persons. But what regard can any one have for our country and its happy constitution, who would discourage such communications as were made by Genl. Wilkinson and Eaton, and such exertions as were made by the former, to crush what he knew was a damnable treasonable conspiracy against the United States? Yes, he knew it, and some of Burr's friends foolishly have charged the general with betraying the secret confided to him—whilst others believing that he would co-operate with Burr, announced to the world the capture of New Orleans. All Burr's friends, and even his son-in-law, Mr. Alston, confess, that he had resolved to attack Mexico, in case of a war with Spain—and, Adair declares, that Burr calculated with certainty, as well from the policy of the measure , at this time, (mark this citizens,) as from the positive assurance of Wilkinson, who seemed to have the power to force it in his own hands, (that is to force his country into a war with Spain, France, Holland and Italy) "and this continued to be the object of Col. Burr, until he heard of the shameful and venal bargain , made by Wilkinson at the Sabine river." Attend to these expressions, fellow citizens, and you will discover: 1. them Adair's mortification at the disappointment of his wishes and expectation, that Burr would at least be furnished with a plausible pretext for invading Mexico. But can any one really believe that had not the president's proclamation, and the virtuous, energetic exertions of the state of Ohio, given a serious check to his receiving any supplies from above, and the patriotic determination of Kentucky, Tennessee, and the Mississippi Territory, cut off all hopes of furnishing troops with necessaries below, and had not Gen. Wilkinson and the governor of New Orleans, sworn to oppose him, and were actively engaged in making preparations for a vigorous resistance by land and water; I say, had not Burr found himself in this unexpected, embarrassing situation, can any one really believe that he would have waited for a war with Spain, to serve as an apology for his invasion of Mexico, if Mexico was his object, as his friends say it was? But as this expedition to Mexico, Adair acknowledges could not be undertaken, but in case of war with Spain, and that even (although in his opinion so desirable in sound policy) his sagacity enabled him to foresee would not take place, and Burr's discernment and deep foresight must have satisfied him also, that it would not happen. Why then did Burr send Dr. Bollman to Gen. Wilkinson, informing him that he had six thousand men, and that he could have had double the number if they were necessary? Does not this confirm what Gen. Eaton said Burr told him, of his project of separating the western from the eastern states, and what step so necessary to give any chance for success to such an enterprise, as seizing on New Orleans, and imposing on the Spaniards and the Spanish government, a belief, that he had been authorised by the president of the United States to invade Mexico; but that whilst they, with the assistance of
their allies, might chastise the eastern states for their perfidy to Spain, he would revolutionise the western states? Had Wilkinson, Eaton, Truxton, Preble and others, entered hastily into Burr's views, the navy and army been seduced, and had the marine corps and Burr's accomplices, in and near Washington, seized on or assassinated the president, and seized or dispersed the members of congress, who would not consent to overthrow the government; and had the western states been as ambitious, and as fond of change as Burr was, what could have saved our country? The Yankees, as Eaton said, could, in a few weeks, it is true, march to Washington and hang Burr, if they were there. But it is probable that they would not find him there—the protector would hold himself in readiness to sally forth, when necessary, from a stronger position. He would be in his strong hold at New Orleans, till his allies George the 3d, and Charles the 4th, at least, if not Napoleon the 1st, had recognized his authority, & rendered it prudent for the Yankees to look to their own state and keep their troops at home. Some have laughed at Eaton's account of Burr's project of " assassinating the president, and turning congress neck and heels out of doors, seizing on the treasury and navy, and declaring himself the protector of an energetic government ;" but all this would, in fact, be necessary to the execution of the plan of invasion and conquest of Mexico; or, of holding New Orleans, and revolutionising the western states; or, at any rate to that of giving an energetic government to the United States. For in vain would Burr seize on and plunder New Orleans, invade Mexico, or prevail on the western states to declare themselves independent, or attempt to give to all the states the energetic government he had in view, if he should leave the president and congress of the United States, possessed of all their present powers and dispositions, and uninterrupted in the performance of their respective functions. The power of the union is such, that it could crush him, even if he had his " twelve thousand choice souls " in New Orleans. And the United States would have Spain as her friend, and her allies as friends, also, to aid in overwhelming him, if even possessed of Mexico. The honorable conduct of our government towards Spain, would endear it greatly to her; and, however, well pleased the British government might be to see a revolution in these states in favor of monarchy, she would not find it her interest to assist Burr in an attempt to produce it, when Spain and France were our allies, both of which countries would, in that case, be well enough satisfied with the energy of our present government.
There is no inconsistency as some at first sight may suppose, in saying that the same monarchs of Europe, who would be pleased with the destruction of our present government, and would acknowledge the authority of the usurper, would also be pleased, to see an insurrection suppressed, and a revolution prevented which in its progress would probably deprive them of their colonies in America, and to deprive them of which, the constitutional executive of the U. S. could prove to their conviction, was a favorite object of the leader and principal supporters of the insurrection and rebellion. Here it may be said, that you have shown the impracticability of executing such projects as have been attributed to Burr, and you justify our disbelieve of Wilkinson's and Eaton's deppositions. But to this, you may reply, fellow-citizens, that it has only been shown that they were impracticable unless attempted in the manner proposed to Gen. Eaton, and prosecuted as proposed to both Wilkinson and Eaton; and you may add, that the sudden disappearance of the conspiracy, is a confirmation of the truth of what those generals and Dr. Rogers have related. It is true, the undertaking was an arduous task, but well suited to the daring adventurous spirit of Burr, and not above the aim of thousands of those who wish "to have an energetic government ," a " government on liberal principles ," none of your niggardly democracies ." (See the deposition of William Rogers.) Burr's combination of plots, shows his address and cunning, he endeavored to procure the assistance of Spain, to revolutionize the western states, and of Britain to effect both, the conquest of Mexico, and the disunion of the United States: he relied on the ready co-operation of many virtuous citizens in his invasion of Mexico, as he had induced them to believe that he had the secret sanction of our government, and he had the good wishes of all those who hoped for a separation of the western from the eastern states, and for their commercial connection with Britain and Spain, and the guarantee of their independence by those two powerful nations; at the same time, he assured the timid peaceable land-jobbers, that, all he had done, was merely with a view of drawing out after him, as great a number as possible of persons to settle the vast tracts of lands which he and his friends possessed in the country to which he was going; trusting each person with so much only of his plan, as after sounding them by himself and friends, he saw would be most agreeable to them, respectively enjoining secrecy by the obligation of an oath on all those to whom he communicated the most important parts of his military arrangements, and kept himself prepared to seize on N. Orleans, if Wilkinson would lend him his aid; to pass through it, borrowing all the money it contained in its bank, &c. on his route to Mexico, if only unopposed by Wilkinson; or, to conceal all his military apparatus, forbid the meeting of his " choice souls ," and instantly like gen. Adair become a simple farmer. Burr understands the constitution and laws of the U. States respecting treason too well to apprehend any serious consequences from a prosecution for that crime, and therefore ventured to go on with his projects as long as he did. And possibly, when he has seen, that although there has been no insurrection any where to support his measures, there has been discovered almost every where, a strong symptom of prejudice against the man who blasted his hopes of success, and remarkable sympathetic tenderness for his accomplices, he may resume the execution of his plan, and call on the Spanish general to assist him in taking New Orleans, and in being revenged on Wilkinson. He may persevere in his declaration to the Span-
ards, that he had the secret encouragement of the president of the U. States to invade Mexico, but that his own secret intention was to seize on New Orleans, as the best means of separating the western states from the eastern, and indeed of enabling him to effect a complete revolution in the government of the United States. And for this purpose, after his mock trial and acquittal he may slip off and join the Spanish troops on the Sabine , and call on his thousands to meet them at New Orleans. Or, if the plunder of Mexico was a more agreeable object to him, and he could rely on the co-operation of the British government to effect that first, and then the erection of his and their favorite form of government in the United States, he may, by force or treachery, get possession of N. Orleans, repulse the Spaniards, and with the assistance of the British from their West-India islands invade Mexico. The citizens of America should be called on to watch Burr, and every tory and federalist in the United States—and our fellow citizens of Virginia should be conjured to watch over their dearest interests at the approaching election of representatives to serve them in congress and in their state legislature—Let them elect no man who was a friend to Adams's administration, who approved of the sedition and alien acts, or, who now condemns Wilkinson and Eaton, and makes light of Burr's conspiracy. In my next number I will call their attention to the state of our affairs with Britain, and suggest to them the surest means of bringing her proud king to his senses with respect to the U. States. In the meantime, I remain their friend and yours.
A VIRGINIAN.
Richmond, March 14th 1807.
On Saturday last John Wood, editor of the "Atlantic World," published at the city of Washington, was served with a writ, at the suit of John Beckey, Esq. clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States, for a libel. The following paragraph which was published in the 5th No. of Wood's "World," seems to be the ground for the prosecution:
"In the memoirs of John Beckley will be found several amusing anecdotes, of a certain native of England, who affects American patriotism in the highest degree; but notwithstanding, did not disdain to be an humble tool of governor Blount, in his British conspiracy."
The reader will perceive that Mr. Beckley is accused of being a conspirator, in terms which any man may comprehend.
It therefore became him to vindicate his good name against the foul aspersion; not only as a gentleman, but as an officer of the government. In the pursuit of this vindication Mr. Beckley has taken the true course, by appealing to the laws of the land.
Baltimore American.
MARRIED—On Saturday evening last, Mr. JOHN SHELTON, Merchant, to Miss SARAH BOYCE, both of this city.
DIED—On Saturday last, Mrs. HAY, the amiable wife of GEORGE HAY, Esq. of this city.
CUSTOM HOUSE—RICHMOND.
ENTERED.
Schr. Dolphin, Perry, Norfolk Regulator, Sears, Baltimore Harriet Edwards, ditto Bartholomew, Crawford Norfolk Clothes, Jewell, New York Sloop Bruiser, Green, Norfolk Millar, Sipple, ditto Hope, Neighbors, ditto Bessy, Bowen, Baltimore Schr. Little Will, Orphant, Philadelphia Sloop Astrea, Pryer, New York Schr. Rebecca, Tyler, Baltimore Hunter, Snyder, New York Sloop Ann, Snow, Bermuda
CLEARED.
Sloop Chancellor, Butler, New York Columbia, Williams, ditto Morning Star, Gray, Philadelphia Sally Ann, Hicks, New York Schr. Jane, Pearson, Philadelphia Bartholomew, Crawford, Boston Regulator, Sears, Baltimore
NOTICE.
Extract from an Ordinance passed by the Common Hall of the City of Richmond, on the 17th December, 1806.
2. And be it further ordained, that every person residing within the city, who is owner of slaves shall annually in the month of March register with the commissioner of the city taxes all the slaves in his or her possession designating their names, ages and sexes, and that all persons residing within the city or its liberties who hire slaves by the year, shall in like manner in the said month of March register with the said commissioner the names of all slaves hired by him or her, and the names of the person or persons of whom the same shall be hired: And any person or persons who shall hire slaves from others who shall fail to make such register, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar for each slave hired by him and not registered. And all owners of slaves who shall fail to make registry of such slaves according to the directions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar, which penalties shall be recovered by warrant before any magistrate, one moiety for the use of the informer, the other to the benefit of the city.
Pursuant to the above section, I shall attend at the office of Mr. Nathaniel Sheppard in this city, for the purpose of carrying it into effect—in my absence Mr. Sheppard will act for me.
JOHN BROOKE, Com'r.
Richmond, Feb. 24, 1807.
New Books
JUST RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE. Geographical Compilation, 2 vols. Cumberland's Memoirs. Memoirs of Master BATTY, the young Roscius. Life of William Pitt. American Edition of the New Edinburgh Dispensary. Buchan's Advice to Mothers. A complete assortment of the Latin Classics, handsomely printed and done up in uniform binding.
POSTSCRIPT.
FRANKFORT, (Ken.) Feb 27.
Extract of a letter dated town of Washington, near Natches, 9th February, 1807.
After stating the proceedings of the court, the writer adds—"It seems that he (Burr) went to his boats on the Mississippi above Natchez a few miles—harrangued his people, told them that he was obliged to leave them—that he could not now comply with his promises to them—but assured them that they should have the lands he had promised on the Washita—that it would be some months before he should see them again; but, that they should not be disappointed. It is reported, but I know not on what grounds, that he then crossed the Mississippi accompanied by one Ashley, who was formerly of the party of Philip Nolan. I have been inclined to think that he is still in this neighbourhood. Three of his company have been arrested, viz. Mr. Bianhasset, Mr. Davis Floyd, Mr. Rolston—on the ground it is said of information given by persons formerly in the scheme, stating the intention to seize Baton Rouge, and probably Fort Adams. They are not yet finally committed for trial. The party seems to have frittered away to nothing—and many people ignorant probably of the real views of Mr. Burr will be most materially injured.
Never, perhaps, did an enterprise of such vast extent, and aided by such a concentration of intrigue, talents and energies terminate in effects so truly contemptible. A Spanish officer came to Mr. Burr ten days ago from Pensacola. His friend governor Folch, after forbidding the passage o. the U. S. troops from Fort Stoddart to N. Orleans, to arrest the progress of Burr, has come into the settlement of Baton Rouge to make an idle parade of resistance. Possibly the ex Vice President may next shew himself there—But let him shew himself where he will—if from the scattered embers of a fallen faction, he ever revives in a shape formidable to the safety or tranquillity of the United States,—he will be a Phoenix indeed.
In addition to the intelligence, received in the papers we learn; by capt. Messervy, that Bonaparte arrived in Paris, about the 20th Jan. that he was collecting more troops, and putting into requisition as many as he could find; that 14,000 men were required from Bordeaux, to join the grand army in Poland—That there had been several recent actions with the Russians and that in the last battle, when each army consisted of 140,000 men, the Russians gained the advantage.—Boston Gaz.
Sales at Auction.
On Wednesday the 25th inst. will be sold, on the premises,
19 Valuable Lots of Ground,
Adjoining the south side of the land belonging to the Poor-house; a plan of which may be seen on application to the subscribers. One of the lots is a convenient dwelling house of wood, with necessary out-houses. The attention of the public to this desirable property is invited, the proprietor being determined to sell great bargains.
One fourth of the purchase money will be required in cash—the balance on being properly secured may be made payable at such periods as the purchasers may wish. TAYLOR & BROWN, v. m.
19th March, 1807.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Thomas C. Fletcher, of the county of Albemarle, to secure the payment of a sum of money therein expressed, due John Goddard, of Baltimore, I shall offer for sale before the door of Triplett T. Estes, in the town of Charlottesville, on the fifteenth day of April, for cash, one negro girl, named Judith. The subscriber being only Trustee will convey the title vested in him as such.
JOHN KEY, Jnn.
March 23d, 1807. w2||
Land for Sale.
THE Subscriber is desirous of Selling his tract of Land in the county of Powhatan, on Appomattox river, (which is now navigable to within two miles of Petersburg) twenty-eight miles from Richmond, and thirty-two from Petersburg; containing four hundred and forty-four Acres. There is on this land a valuable MILL, now in good repair, with a permanent stone dam, situated on a constant stream of water, running immediately through the land. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is presumed any person inclined to purchase, will first view the premises. The terms will be such as to suit the purchaser and may be known by applying to the subscriber living on the premises.
CREED HASKINS.
P. S. I would also sell another tract, situated about one mile from the above tract, on Skinquarter creek, containing three hundred acres. The quality of this land is equal if not superior to any in the neighborhood, and has a large proportion of valuable meadow Land.
The terms may be known by applying as above.
CREED HASKINS. wtf
March 7th, 1807.
To the Public.
THE Subscriber has removed to an house near the upper end of the Town on the Street leading from the Capitol square. He continues to practise law in all the Superior Courts held in the City of Richmond, and also in the District Court of Brunswick. His Clients may rely on his utmost assiduity and attention to the business entrusted to his care.
WM. MUNFORD.
THE SUBSCRIBERS TO SCOTT'S UNIVERSAL GAZETTEER, May be supplied by calling on Michael Grantland near the Market-house, or at Seaton Grantland's Book-store opposite the Bell-Tavern.
MICHAEL GRANTLAND.
12th March, 1807. w3||
*** TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office.

Sales at Auction.
Will be SOLD, by the subscribers on Tuesday the 14th day of April next, on the premises,
THE HOUSES AND LOT, at present occupied by Thomas Underwood, esq. consisting of an excellent brick dwelling house, smoke-house, carriage-house and stable, all lately built and in complete repair; the lot well enclosed. One half the purchase money payable next Christmas, and the balance payable the Christmas following, for bonds with approved security, with a deed of trust on the property to secure the punctual payment of the money.
At the same time and place will be sold four or five excellent HOUSE SERVANTS, together with several NEW FURNITURE, for bonds with approved security, payable next Christmas.
PROSSER & MONCURE, Auctioneers. Feb. 23, 1807.
I SHALL, in pursuance of a decree of the County Court of New-Kent, sell, at the Cross Roads, in said county, on Tuesday the 24th day of March next,
The following Slaves, To wit: Hannah, Levina and one unnamed Child of Hannah, belonging to the estate of Thomas Dixon, dec. on a credit of six months. Bonds with good security will be required for the purchase money.
JONES R. CHRISTIAN, Com'r New-Kent, 22d Feb. 1807.
WILL BE SOLD, At Public Auction, On the seventh day of April next, sundry
Valuable LOTS, With and without improvements, lying on the Main-street, passing through Adams's Valley, and a short distance from the Market-House—consisting of A lot, on which is erected a neat two story brick house, completely fitted for a grocery, and the accommodation of a family; fronting on the main street about 25 feet, and running back about 280 feet to Adams's canal—Four unimproved lots, 25 feet each, front, adjoining each other, fronting on the same main street, and running back about 230 feet to Adams's canal.—These latter lots are separated from the lot on which stands the brick tenement, only by Mr. Samuel Bell's lot.
To give a further description of the above valuable property, is deemed unnecessary. Its advantageous situation, arising from its contiguity to the market—its situation immediately on a populous road, even now, & promises soon to be the greatest inlet to the heart of the city, with the increasing value of landed property in the neighborhood, promise that few similar opportunities will offer hereafter for making such valuable purchases.
The terms are, a credit of 6, 12 and 18 months, the purchasers giving bond and security, together with a deed of trust on the property to secure the faithful performance of their contracts—which bonds and other securities must be made to the satisfaction of Messrs. Prosser & Moncure, who will conduct the sale.
THOMAS PULLING. Richmond, 18th Feb. 1807.
Pursuant to the foregoing advertisement, the subscribers will proceed to sell the above mentioned property on the day aforesaid, precisely at 11 o'clock in the forenoon of that day, on the premises, agreeably to the terms therein specified.
PROSSER & MONCURE, v. m.
Land for Sale.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by William Tear, to secure the payment of a debt due James Murphy and company, I will SELL, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at Amherst courthouse, on Saturday the 28th day of March next, a tract of LAND, lying in Amherst county, on the branches of Naked creek, within one mile of the courthouse aforesaid, containing 320 acres, being the tract on which the said William Tear now resides, and known by the name of the Tan-Yard—being only interested as trustee, for the benefit of others, I will only warrant the title of the said tract of land, as to myself and those claiming under me.
JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM, Trustee. Warminster, 18th Feb. 1807.
IN consequence of an error in the above advertisement, the word Tear being taken for Tear , the sale of the above tract of land is postponed until Saturday the eleventh day of April next, at which time it will certainly take place.
John Higginbotham. March 9, 1807.
WANTED,
A DISCREET industrious Woman, as a house-keeper—one who can come recommended for her integrity, will meet with liberal wages by applying at the Bell Tavern.
February 12th 1807.
JUST RECEIVED & FOR SALE,
In addition to our extensive assortment of BAR-IRON, a quantity of SHELF-IRON, NAIL-RODS, and best polished WAGON-BOXES.
We have also received several Ton Broad Bar-Iron, Suitable for plantation use.
RUSSELL & WALLACE. Richmond, Jan. 19, 1807.
MATTRESSES.
Can be had on very short notice, MATTRESSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the large corner white house, opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the Market Bridge—BEDS made & MATTRESSES repaired—Horses TAILS & MANES purchased.
Jan. 1st, 1807. Jno. S. PLEASANTS.
NEW YORK STATE LOTTERY,
Authorised by an act of the Legislature, and payment of prizes guaranteed by them, POSITIVELY commences drawing in the city of New York, on the second Tuesday in June next.
THE CAPITAL PRIZES ARE 1 of 25,000 DOLLARS. 2 of 10,000 DOLLARS. 2 of 5,000 DOLLARS. 2 of 2,000 DOLLARS. 6 of 1,000 DOLLARS.
And several of 500, 200, 100, &c. &c.—Less than 2 1-2 blanks to a prize. The FIRST drawn ticket every FIFTH day will be entitled to a capital prize; and the SECOND drawn ticket EVERY DAY, will be entitled to 200 dollars.
TICKETS,
HALVES, QUARTERS AND EIGHTHS, ARE NOW SELLING AT WAITE'S
TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY OFFICE, No. 64 and No. 38, Maiden Lane, New York.
By enclosing bank notes, of any description, (post paid) to G. and R. WAITE, tickets and shares will be punctually returned by post, to any amount, and the earliest advice sent to adventurers of their success.
During the drawing, WAITE's weekly printed prize list will be sent to the printer of this paper, and to the post master at Richmond; and at the conclusion of the drawing, will also be sent, the managers' printed prize list, for the satisfaction of distant adventurers.
At the above offices, have been sold in the late lotteries, prizes amounting to a sum, exceeding 300,000 dollars.
Present price of tickets, Seven Dollars, but will advance as the drawing approaches. Prize tickets in the late New York lotteries taken in payment.
New York, March 10, 1807.
FOR SALE, ON WEDNESDAY THE 25th of MARCH,
Two Negroes,
All the Household and Kitchen Furniture, &c.
Of the estate of James Shields, deceased, on Shockoe hill, and at a brick house of John P. Shields in Du-Val's plan. The above property will be sold at six months credit for all sums above five dollars, upon the purchasers giving bond with approved security, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid to the administrator. There will be hired out, several NEGROES until Christmas next, on the same day and at the same place. I request all those indebted to the estate to make immediate payment; and those who have claims against the same to bring them forward duly authenticated for examination and settlement. It is hoped that prompt attention will be paid to this notification, as the subscriber is anxious to prepare for the creditors, and close his administration upon the estate.
JOHN P. SHIELDS, Adm'r. Richmond, March 10, 1807.
LOST OR MISLAID,
Three Certificates of Funded Debt of the United States, viz. No. 413, Deferred Assurance debt, dated 30th June, 1792, for $ 401 54 No. 669, ditto, same date, 169 47 No. 303, Public debt, 30th June, 1791, 500 00
In all, $ 1071 01 In favor of Francis Charlton of York Town, Virginia, and issued by John Hopkins, Commissioner of Loans. This public notice is given, that new certificates may issue to replace those that have been lost.
JAMES BROWN, Atty. for Mary Charlton, Ex'x. of Francis Charlton, dec. Richmond, 12th March, 1807.
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to me by Peter Worsham, we shall proceed to sell, for cash, at Thomas Perkins's store in Amelia county, on the 21st inst. all of the Property specified in said deed, consisting of a
Tract of Land,
Containing 50 acres more or less, lying near Green's old store, and adjoining the lands of Hector McNeal and Wm. Howlett. One likely Negro Man, by the name of Sam; two Horses, ten head of Cattle, and the Household and Kitchen Furniture, belonging to said Worsham, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to satisfy said deed of trust and cost attending the same. Acting as trustees, we shall only convey the title vested in us.
George Scott, Thompson Scott, John Jeter, } Trustees. Amelia, March 3d, 1807.
Upper Appomattox Company.
AN ELECTION OF TRUSTEES will be held at Painville, on Tuesday the 14th of April. The shareholders are requested to be punctual in attending, either in person, or by proxy.
Jos. Eggleston, Edmund Harrison, Edward Mumford. March 9th, 1807.
Lesueur & Saunders.
Are now receiving and will constantly keep a large supply of
Bar-Iron & Castings,
Of superior quality. Feb. 2d, 1807.
Stray Mules.
STRAYED off the commons of this city, TWO MULES, of light colour, with a scar on one of their noses, occasioned from a halter; supposed to be three years old this spring; no other marks that I recollect. I will give Ten Dollars for the delivery of them, or such information that I get them again.
DAVID CORBS. Richmond, March 14, 1807.
WILL BE SOLD, On the premises, without reserve, to the highest bidder, between the hours of 11 and 12 o'clock, on Monday the 30th inst.
The following Property,
Viz: One two-story brick house 42 by 20 feet Single wood, 32 18 Four do. do. Smaller.
All neatly finished and calculated for dwellings, seated on handsome and well enclosed lots on Shockoe hill, in the City of Richmond, known in Du-Val's plan as No. 101 and No. 102, surveyed by Wm. G. Payne.
Terms of payment—1400 dollars in cash on the day of sale; 1050 dollars on the 25th of June, 1807; half of the residue on the 14th of August, 1807, and the balance the 14th of August, 1808—To which satisfactory titles will be made when the money is received.
ARCH'D. PLEASANTS, Jr. March 5th, 1807.
WE have removed to the house formerly occupied by Messrs. DONALD MACKENZIE & Co. nearly opposite the Bank. JAMES & JOHN DUNLOP. Petersburg, 3d March, 1807.
LANDS for SALE.
THE Subscriber will dispose of TWO SMALL
Tracts of Land,
in Powhatan county, detached from the one on which he lives, upon very reasonable terms:—One of them containing four hundred and twenty acres, lies immediately in the fork of the North & South branches of Fine Creek, partaking of the flat land of both, to the amount of about thirty acres—This land is rich; above one half is in woods; and mostly of that of the first rate tobacco land. About one hundred and twenty acres of that which is cleared, is now under cultivation and produces Corn and Wheat uncommonly well. There is on this tract, a comfortable Dwelling-House, lately built, two rooms below and two above, with a fire-place in each room, also some Negro Houses, and other convenient out Houses. Possession may be had next fall, with the privilege of sowing wheat thereon in proper time. Any person inclined to view the land, may have it shown to them by Capt. LITTLEBERRY STOVALL, who is living on the premises.—Part of the money will be required in hand, and the balance in twelve months from this date.
The other TRACT lies near the Buckingham road, on the North side, about four miles below the courthouse; known by the name of TOWN HILL; and possesses the most beautiful and elevated site in the lower county, presenting to the view several ranges of mountains. This place, from its situation, was never known to fail of fruit; besides, a number of Old Fruit Trees of various kinds—there is lately planted thereon, an Orchard of Peach Trees, and another of Apple of choice Fruit. This tract contains two hundred and seventy acres, about one half in woods, has a comfortable Dwelling-House thereon, two rooms below and two above, with a fire-place in each room below. This land is no less valuable for its fertility, than for its healthy and delightful situation, and the advantage of Fruit. A great bargain may be had in this tract on the same terms of the other.—This land will be shown to any person by Mr. SLEAD, living on the premises.
If these tracts of Land, are not sold before April Powhatan court, they will be offered for Sale to the highest bidder, when the terms will be particularly made known. W. BENTLEY. Powhatan county, Jan. 20th, 1807.
FOR SALE,
Next door to Mr. William Temple's, Allum Salt, & New-England POTATOES, Of superior quality. Also—A General Assortment of
GROCERIES,
Good of their kinds and low in price, which will be sold for cash, or exchanged for country produce, by JOB GREENE. Richmond, March 6th, 1807.
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY COURT, JUNE 9th, 1806.
Lyle and McCredie, Plaintiffs } In vs. } Chancery Samuel Farmer, Defendant, } THIS day this cause came on to be heard on the bill and exhibits; and the decree nisi, heretofore entered up in this cause, having been returned executed, and the defendant failing to appear and answer the bill of the complainants, the court doth order and decree, that the defendant be foreclosed his equity of redemption; that the conditional decree be confirmed, and that Cornelius Buck, John Murchie, David Paterson and Charles Graves, or any two or more of them, do sell at public auction, the land and premises mentioned and described in the complainant's bill (reserving the wife's right of dower therein) for ready money, having first given three weeks previous notice of the time and place of such sale; and from the proceeds thereof to pay unto the complainants, the sum of sixty two pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence, current money of Virginia, with legal interest thereon to be computed after the rate of six per centum per annum, from the 22d day of September, in the year of Christ one thousand eight hundred and three, until paid; and also their costs by them about their suit in this behalf expended; and the over-plus, if any, return to the defendant. And the said commissioners are ordered to make report of their proceedings to court, under this decree, in order to a final decree.
Complainants' costs, $9 01. Copy, teste, Thomas Watkins, Clk.
By virtue of the above decretal order, the land therein mentioned, will be Sold, on the premises, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Saturday, the 28th of March next.
Cornelius Buck, John Murchie, David Paterson. Feb. 28d, 1807.
WILL be Sold, at Amherst courthouse, on the 28th day of March next, by virtue of a deed of trust executed by Richard Davenport, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. as in said deed expressed, SIX NEGROES, viz: Anthony a boy, Peter a boy, Isabel a woman, and her three children, Eliza, Julian and Hannah—the terms of sale mentioned in said deed is cash, and the title to the above property hath been decreed by the superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District, to be in the said Richard Davenport; but being only interested as trustee for the benefit of others, will only convey title to said property as vested in me by said deed of trust. MARTIN DAWSON, Trustee. Milton, 21st Feb. 1807.
TO RENT,
THE TENEMENT,
Lately occupied by Mrs. Whitaker, in an agreeable, retired situation, and very convenient for a family. Richmond, March 2, 1807.
WILLIAM M'KIM. Richmond, March 2, 1807.
The Imported Horse,
PAUL,
Is a beautiful sorrel, fifteen hands three inches high, remarkable for his elegance, beauty, strength and fine bones: Will stand the ensuing season at my plantation in Powhatan county, on James river, three miles above the Mannakin town ferry and about the same distance below Jude's ferry, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, but may be discharged by the payment of eighteen dollars if paid by the first day of November next, with half a dollar to the groom. Good and extensive pasturage gratis, but no liability for escapes or other accidents. The season will commence on the first of March and end the first day of August next.
This beautiful horse PAUL, was raised by the Prince of Wales, and got by his horse Saltam, who was got by O'Kelly's Eclipse, his dam, Virago, by Snap, Paul's dam, Fanny, was got by Matchem, her dam, the Old Squirt mare, of as great fame as any mare in the kingdom. Several certificates of Paul as a good and sure foal getter may be seen at his stand. THOMAS HARRIS, Jr. Millwood. Feb. 27, 1807.
N. B. Mares may be fed at 2s. per day if the money is sent with them. T. H.
GOUTY,
IMPORTED last fall, by Brown & Rives, will stand the ensuing season at my stable in Amherst, five miles from New-Glasgow, at twenty-five dollars the season, dischargeable by twenty, if paid by the first day of October next.—The season to commence the first of March and end first August.—Mares may be covered by the leap at twelve dollars, paid at the time of service; or forty dollars to ensure them in foal, payable first day of January next—one dollar to the groom in every case.—Good and extensive pasturage, gratis, but no liability for accidents or escapes.
GOUTY is a beautiful bay, ten years old, in high health and vigor, five feet three inches high, full of bone and muscle, fine points and elegant form. He was after many months research selected by Mr. Weatherby (author of the racing calendar and general stud-book) as one of the best horses that could be procured in Great Britain. In a letter from him he says there never was a higher bred horse shipped from Great Britain or any other country.
GOUTY was got by Sir Peter Teazle (unquestionably the best stallion now in England) his dam the famous Yellow Mare by Tandem; granddam, Perdita by Herod; great grand dam, Fair Forrester by Sloe; great great grand dam by Forrester; great great great grand dam by Partner; Crott's bay Barb; Maceless; Brimmer; Son of Dodsworth; Burton Barb, Mare.
GOUTY run but three times, owing to an injury he received in the fore leg— 1st, in 1799, for the Darby stakes, for three year olds, won by Archduke. 2d, in 1800, sweepstakes, for all ages, with 25 guineas added out of the racing fund—won by Gouty, beating Fugleman, Vivaldi, &c. &c.
3d, New-Market July meeting, £ 50, by subscription, won by Sorcerer. ROBERT RIVERS February 10th, 1807.
Notice.
ALL persons are forewarned from using or taking Sand from the Sand-Bar, called Coutts's, without the previous consent of the subscribers, who are alone authorised to sell or appropriate the same. For the convenience of those who incline to purchase, we have authorised Mrs. Coutts to act. Any sale or contract which she may make will be ratified by us. Samuel McCraw, Pleasant Younghusband, } Trustees Richmond, 20th Feb. 1807.
Removal.
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.
Removal.
DOCTOR JENNINGS has lately removed to Col. Callaway's large white house in New-London, where he still holds himself in readiness to serve his friends and the public in the line of his profession. He has also provided the necessary supplies, for accommodating decent travellers in a private way.
As the most of his former pupils have now nearly completed their studies, two or three others might have admission. The tenement which he formerly occupied, is to be let on a moderate rent. 30th January, 1807.
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 Fine 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.
BOOK BINDING,
IN all its variety, is executed by the subscriber, at the Argus printing office and book store, with punctuality, neatness and dispatch, and in the most modern, improved and fashionable stile.
Printed Books bound in the most elegant and substantial manner, in morocco and calf, full gilt and lettered—also, in sheep gilt, and plain.
Blank Books of every description, ruled to any pattern, and bound with the latest improved spring and patent backs, and Russia bands & parchment corners, which add much to the strength of the books and ease and convenience of the writer.
Orders from the country will be thankfully received and punctually attended to as above.—Old books re-bound.
WILLIAM LOWNES. Richmond, Feb. 16, 1807.
WANTED,
AN APPRENTICE to the Book Binding business. A youth of respectable connections, who can come well recommended—none other need apply. W. L.
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, on Thursday the 16th day of April next, at Chinquapin Church, in Amelia, one hundred and fifty acres of LAND, lying in 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 MONROE. Also, NINE NEGROES, viz Ned, Jesse, Kitty, Alexander, Dandridge, Spencer, Sulcy, 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. March 2, 1807.
TO RENT,
A Neat House,
IN the Falling Garden, sufficiently large to accommodate a moderate sized family, either by itself or with the following profitable property, to wit:—An ice-house 20 feet by 18 and about 18 deep, well filled and pounded down with good clean ice—a bath-house, which if well attended to will yield a handsome profit; and also may be accommodated with a small or large part of a garden.
The above property will be rented either for the season, say six months, or for a longer time, and possession given immediately. Good security will be required for the rent. Enquire of JAMES LOWNES, on the premises. 3d mo. 16th, 1807.
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.
** To Subscribers. The five first half volumes are ready for delivery at the Book-Store of Samuel PLEASANTS, Jm. Richmond. March 10.
LAW BOOKS
JUST RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE.
Saunders' Reports, vol. 1. Subscribers will please apply for their copies. Fonblanque on Equity, 2 vols. Bacon's Abridgment, 7 vols. Equity Pleadings Assistant, 2 vols. Coke on Littleton. Law Grammar, or an introduction to the theory and practice of English jurisprudence.
The Trials of William S. Smith and Samuel G. Ogden, in the Circuit Court of the U.S. for the New-York district, in July, 1806—with a preliminary account of the proceedings of the same court against them in the preceding April term, A general Abridgment of Cases in Equity, &c. 3 vols.
Burn's Law Dictionary. Mitford's Pleadings. Lawyer's Magazine.
WHERE ALSO MAY BE HAD, Durnford and East's Reports, 8 vols. East's Reports, 6 vols. Espinasse's Reports. Dallas's Reports, 3 vols. East's Crown Law, 2 vols. Dyer's Reports. Bosquequet and Puller's Reports, 3 vols. Buller's Nisi prius. Burrow's Reports, 5 vols. March 16.
Wanted a Situation,
EITHER in a Counting-house, or behind a Counter—A young Man who has been bred to the Mercantile business, and come well recommended, a line addressed to A. Z. and left at Cabellaburg post office, will be regularly attended to. March 10, 1807.