Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1805-08-17 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[VOL. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[1182.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum....paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1805.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
Valuable Lands, For Sale. PURSUANT to the last will and testament of William Brown, dec. will be offered for SALE, on Tuesday the 13th October next, at the late dwelling house of the said dec. in Prince George county, two miles from Petersburg, that valuable
TRACT OF LAND. Adjoining the lands of Robert Bolling, Esq. containing by late survey 355 acres, 600 of which are now in woods, lies well, & the plantation in good order for cropping—This land is well adapted to the culture of grain, has a good dwelling and other houses, and is a healthy situation.
The peculiar advantages of this place from its contiguity to Petersburg, renders it an object worthy of attention to those desirous of owning that kind of property. It is deemed unnecessary to say more, as it is presumed those wishing to purchase will first view the premises. If more agreeable to purchasers, it will be laid off in suitable lots, and the payments made easy—but more particularly be given, if more agreeable to the purchasers, paying the interest annually—Bonds with approved security and a deed of trust on the land will be required by
Samuel Booker, Administrator with the will annexed. August 9th, 1805. wids
LINDLEY MURRAY'S SPELLING BOOK. Just received by Samuel Pleasants, Jr. and For sale at his printing office and Book-Store, Richmond.
An English Spelling Book, With reading lessons, adapted to the capacities of children, in three parts. Calculated to advance the learners, by natural and easy gradations; and to teach Orthography and Pronunciation together. BY LINDLEY MURRAY. Author of "English Grammar adapted to the different classes of Learners."
"An English Spelling Book from the author of the "English Grammar," will undoubtedly excite considerable expectation from those who have been in the habit of using the latter; and we doubt not that in process of time, the Spelling Book will have as many admirers as the Grammar has already obtained. We are glad to see that Mr. Murray has been careful in the right division of his syllables in his spelling; and that he has not followed the example of others, by introducing into his book a mass of irrelevant matter."—Imperial Review Oct. 1804.
"We have before had occasion to commend the useful labours of Mr. Murray; and this little work (the Spelling Book) is an addition to them, which from its ease, clearness and precision, will prove greatly serviceable to the reader age for which it is designed."—Monthly Mirror, October 1804.
"Mr. Murray's successful exertions for the service of youth, have been so often before us, with applause that we think it sufficient, on the present occasion, to announce the above publication; and to add, that it will not, in any manner detract from the well earned reputation of the author, in this department of literature."—European Magazine, Nov. 1804.
"With the great merit of Mr. Lindley Murray, in providing assistance for the instruction of youth, the public are well acquainted. He has now descended to the very elements of instruction, and with the same skill and judgment which he has displayed in his other attempts. We recommend to the public this most important little volume, as the only work with which we are acquainted in the English Language, for teaching children to read, written by a philosopher and a man of taste."—Literary Journal, Nov. 1804.
"Mr. Murray's elementary works have the sure merit of combining well directed efforts to train the infant mind to virtue with the best means of imparting instruction to it. In the Spelling Book before us, this is particularly the case, and we can therefore safely recommend it as the best work of this kind which has lately fallen under our inspection." Anti Jacobin, December 1804.
"We do not always think it necessary to employ our time in examining literary productions of so very humble a kind as Spelling Books. The name of Lindley Murray, however, whom we have more than once had occasion to commend, arrested our attention. We find his present publication divided into three parts. In the latter class are several useful things, not commonly found in such works: for instance Reading Lessons in Italian, Old English and Manuscript Letters; explanations of the sounds of the letters, distinguishing the long and short sounds of the vowels, and the anomalous sounds of all; and finally, rules for spelling, very clearly and distinctly expressed."—British Critic, December, 1804. June 21.
LAND FOR SALE, In Chesterfield county, on the waters of Falling Creek.
346 Acres of Land. There are about 200 acres cleared, which is under a good fence—the balance is in woods, well timbered—the wood land has never been pillaged. There is a tolerable good dwelling house, with all necessary out houses. The above land is within 8 miles of Manchester, 5 of the coal pits, and within 1 1-2 miles of the turnpike road, leading from Manchester to the coal pits. There is a tolerable good apple and peach orchard on the said plantation. As it is presumed that no one would purchase without first viewing the premises, a further description is unnecessary.
Charles Burton. July 25, 1805. wids
COURTNEY'S HYMNS. This day is published, and for sale at S. Pleasants' Book Store, Richmond.
COURTNEY'S SECOND EDITION OF HYMNS & SPIRITUAL SONGS.
This pocket Hymn Book contains one hundred and eighty one of the most approved Hymns, on various occasions, by different authors:—And one hundred and seventy eight pages of choice Spiritual Songs, admirably adapted to the various states and conditions of men. July 21.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF Lee's Genuine Patent Medicines, Is just received at this office.
Twenty Dollars Reward, FOR apprehending and delivering to me, or securing in any jail so that I get him again, ARISTOTLE, a bright mulatto man, with a long bushy head of hair, great part of which is grey; he is 41 years old, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high; he is a large boned fellow of thin visage, has a remarkable forefinger on one hand, which I do not recollect; the one half is black, the other half white; he is a sensible fellow, and will I do not doubt, disguise himself all he can, perhaps cut his hair, &c, change his name, and endeavor to pass as a freeman; he is a rough carpenter and a tolerable caulker, under whom enough of figures to set down any number with chalk; of an open smiling countenance when spoken to; his aim, I am confident, will be to get on board some vessel, bound to one of the northern states. All masters of vessels are forewarned from receiving him on board.
Braxton Harrison. July 29, 1805. wids
THE subscriber offers for SALE, the three tracts of LAND, hereafter described, which will be sold on very moderate terms, as he expects to remove from the state of Virginia. One tract lies on Staunton river, about 5 or 6 miles below Bibb's ferry, containing 220 acres of valuable low grounds, and from 5 to 800 acres of high land. The improvements are considerable, only such as will accommodate an overseer; the plantation is well calculated to employ about 8 hands to advantage. One other tract of high land, containing 300 acres, with a small plantation cleared, a good new dwelling house not quite finished. This tract lies about 8 miles from Bibb's, and about the same distance from Owen's ferry, and about 2 miles from where I live. One other tract, lying in Pittsylvania county, on the main road from Peytonsburg to Danville, containing 300 acres, esteemed a good situation for a store and tavern; on this tract is a good orchard and some other improvements. As I shall be absent from the state for some months, I have authorised Capt. Charles Scott, of Prince Edward county, and Maj. Henry E. Coleman, of Halifax, and either of them, to make sale of the whole or any part of the said lands.
John B. Scott. June 21st, 1805. wids
WHEAT FAN & WOVEN WIRE MANUFACTORY, No. 7, Bridge-street, four doors north of Griffith's Bridge, Baltimore.
WHERE are made and sold, WHEAT FANS, first quality; ROLLING and other SCREENS, for wheat, barley, flax seed, &c; HAND RIDDLES and SIEVES, for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, brick dust, flax seed, clover seed, cockle, lime, sand, &c; SHADES for Indian meal; WIRE SAFES, WOVEN WIRE for windows, &c. &c.
AMOS SMITH. (Formerly West & Smith.)
N. B. A good assortment on hand. Any of the above articles will be delivered in Richmond, (on short notice) at the same prices as at the manufactory (exclusive of freight) on the orders being left with
SAMUEL PARSONS & SON, Near the Basin, of whom the prices may be known—who have now on hand Wheat Fans, Wheat and Line Sieves, and Meal Sieves, &c. of a superior quality.
P. S. WIRE SAFES, and a few tons BAR IRON on hand.
11th Mo 1st, 1804. wif
BEST TURNIP & CABBAGE SEED, For sale at ISAAC JUDAH'S Store, Richmond. July 16, 1805. wids
VIRGINIA: In the Superior Court of Chancery, holden in Richmond.
BETWEEN Charles Yancey, Plaintiff. AND William Lipscombe, David Bullock, executor of John Bullock, Nelson Crawford, William Crawford, John Crawford and Charles Crawford, executor of David Crawford, and Robert Kimbrough, Defendants.
ON motion of the defendant Robert Kimbrough, by counsel, the court this thirty first day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, after considering the bill, answer of that defendant and exhibits, and hearing counsel in opposition to the motion, Orders, that the decree awarded the plaintiff from the commonwealth, be discharged, on the said Robert Kimbrough giving security in the penalty of two hundred dollars, conditioned for performing the decree of the court in this cause.
June the 8th, 1805.
On motion of the plaintiff by counsel, the court this eighth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, refer the accounts between the parties in this suit to one of the commissioners, to be by him examined, stated, settled, and to the court reported, with any special matters thought pertinent by himself, or required by the parties to be specially stated.
A Copy—Teste, Peter Tinsley, C. C.
COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, Richmond, July 23, 1805. wids
THE parties concerned are desired to take notice that I have appointed Monday the twenty-third day of September next, for carrying into effect the foregoing decree, upon which day, their attendance is required at my office, with their papers and accounts ready for examination and settlement.
Wm. Hay, M. C.
FOR SALE, THAT VALUABLE, HEALTHY AND PLEASANT SITUATION,
ON which the subscriber at present resides, containing between five and six hundred acres, lying in Amelia county, near Genito bridge. Terms made known by application to Wm. Murray. Grove Brooke, May 13, 1805. wids
BY virtue of a decree of the court of Chancery for the Richmond district, will be sold, for the benefit of Elisha Perkins, for ready money, on Monday, the 23rd day of September next, at Thompson's Old Ordinary, now in the occupancy of Mr. Edmondson.
A TRACT OF LAND, Lying in the county of Hanover, containing two hundred and seventy-five acres, being the tract whereon John Carter Littlepage now resides—Also, at the same time and place, and on the same terms, will be SOLD, the following NEGROES, to wit: Peter, Lucy, Scotland, Johnny and Charles—to satisfy the deed of trust executed by the said Littlepage, to Robert White, with interest and costs.
Thomas Starke, } Trustees. Samuel Richardson, } July 19th, 1805. wids
LAND FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
WILL be sold, to the highest bidder, at Powhatan courthouse, on Wednesday the 21st day of August next, (being court day) that valuable Tract of Land, whereon the late Mr. John Brown, dec. lived as a tenant, containing 564 1-2 acres; lying in the county of Cumberland, between the waters of Willis' and James Rivers—about three miles from Columbia and eight from Cartersville. The clearing on the said land commenced about three years ago, and has continued to the present year, now amounting to two hundred acres, well inclosed, and in excellent order for cropping. The rents of the plantation at one fourth per annum, has amounted to more than one hundred pounds annually for several years past. It is under a lease for the present year, ending on the 25th day of December next—the best of which, with the land, will be given up to the purchaser, on the day of sale. The purchaser paying one fourth of the purchase money, down, and giving bond with approved security for the other three fourths, payable in three equal annual payments, carrying interest from the date, if not punctually paid. And as further security, a deed of trust on the land, will be required. Persons who feel disposed to purchase the above property, may have a view of the same by applying to Mr. Hill who lives on the place, or to Wm. Mayo of Cumberland.
ROBERT MAYO. Powhatan June 15, 1805. wids
ADVERTISEMENT.
WHEREAS Daniel & William Guerrant, late merchants of the town of New Canton, by their dated the 9th day of February, 1805, have assigned to us all their property to real and personal, for the benefit of such of their creditors as shall agree to the terms of said assignment; and whereas we have joined Wm. Guerrant our agent, for the collection and settlement of the debts, and all other affairs of said concern, all persons having claims against said Daniel & Wm. Guerrant with respect to him for settlement and all those indebted to them are requested to come forward and settle their respective balances by bond or otherwise, in which case the utmost accommodation will be allowed them in the time and mode of payment; those who fail to come forward and close their accounts, may expect suits will be instituted against them as the situation of the concern requires a speedy adjustment of its affairs.
Saml. Anderson, } Trustees. Ed. Cunningham, } Wm. M. Thornton } James Rea }
New Canton, 6th May, 1805.
THE Trustees of the above mentioned Daniel & Wm. Guerrant will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in the town of New Canton, on the first day of July next, the following property, viz:
Eight likely Virginia born Slaves, A Single Chair, Harness, &c. and a valuable assortment of suitable GOODS for the present season, any part of which will be sold on very low terms by private sale, or a great bargain may be had, and a liberal credit given to purchaser who will take the whole stock on hand, by application previous to the day above mentioned, to Wm. Guerrant or the Trustees. Six months credit will be allowed the purchasers of the above property for all sums above ten dollars, on giving bond & approved security; lesser sums cash will be demanded for.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber, by Samuel Wood, to secure the payment of a debt due to Rives, Murphy & Co. as expressed in said deed now of record, in the county court of Albemarle, will be exposed to public SALE, on the premises, on Saturday the 14th day of September next.
The following Property, to wit: One negro man named Aaron, one mulatto boy named Sandy, forty head of Hogs, with their ears foxed, five head of Cattle, with the same mark except one that not recollecting, two dark bay Mares, three Feather Beds & Furniture, or so much thereof as will be sufficient to discharge the debt, interest and cost.
Daniel Higinbotham, Trustee. August 7th, 1805. wids
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN, from the subscriber on the sixth instant, at Albemarle Court house, a LARGE SORREL MARE, BRIDLE & SADDLE; 5 or 6 years old last spring, branded (I. C.) on the near buttock; she has a knot on one of her hind legs, which is on the back of her leg; her flesh marks I do not recollect particularly. I believe both of her hind feet are white. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver the said mare to me, living within six miles of Charlottesville, and will give 20 dollars for apprehending the thief.
JOHN CARR.
AMERICAN CASTOR OIL, FOR SALE at the Apothecary Shop of Dr. Wilson at the Bell Tavern, the quality greatly superior to the common kind.
Richmond, August 14th, 1805.
TICKETS In the Second Class of the Richmond Academy Lottery for sale at this office—The drawing certainly to commence in November.
FROM THE AURORA.
THE YAZOO SPECULATION.
No. V.
The voice of the country is heard, the indignant tones of reprobation penetrate the remotest corners of this land—the sense of the country is awakened to the dangers to which it has been exposed, and from which as if by a miracle it has escaped—the people have seen all that was hostile to the republican system combined with all that was worthless, which had made republican principles the passport to their unsuspecting confidence—the Gunn and the Glasscock —the Longs and the Longstreets are no more, they are "gone to their account," but the Elliots and the Amees , the Harpers and the Lyons , the Grangers and the Dana survive them—and the iniquity of the founders of the Yazoo fraud is received as an inheritance by their heirs and successors.
We have not delayed the discussion of this subject merely through convenience, since we took it up originally. We had expected before this time a number of illustrative documents, which though we shall to a certainty yet be possessed of, we already hold official documents, fully competent to the discussion of the subject, and to the establishment of every point, which involves the iniquity of the transaction.
In the former numbers which we have published on this subject, we have taken it upon grounds which we apprehend have not been touched by any former writer, nor by any public character that we have the least recollection of; and if we have not mistaken, the force of the arguments which we have produced, have shown that independent of any presumptive plea or pretended title which might be set up by Georgia, and to which from a spirit of accommodation, the United States might have lent a partial ear, that no valid or real title could exist in the speculator, under the constitution of the United States, in equity, law, or according to the law of nations—to any land within the limits of the United States.
1. Without the consent of the Indian tribes who were in possession. 2. Without the concurrent authority of the United States or through their grant by law.
The Yazoo speculation! none of the numerous and stupendous projects and schemes of public aggrandizement by public authority are generally known under that name, had a shadow of title from the United States, or from the Indian tribes—beside these, a vast extent of the very lands speculated upon, were already claimed under titles from foreign nations which by the solemn obligations of treaties we are bound to make good.
This was the state of the territory as to public rights, when the vast project of iniquity was conceived; when a system combined of corruption, plunder and destruction was arranged and put in motion.
It is our purpose now to call public attention more particularly to official documents, than to any reflections of our own; but wherever elucidation is required in the course of the exhibition of documents, we shall not hesitate to go aside to make them—we shall give them—and if the people disregard the facts which we shall show, and through their indifference or neglect of such a subject—we shall indeed be apprehensive that the reproach which is constantly cast upon them by corrupt or ambitious men is in some measure founded.
The fraud we are about to expose—was in its various stages supported by the following execrable stratagems—emissaries were sent among the Indian tribes—ammunition, arms and money were distributed among them—and for what? To bring down the Indian, upon the white inhabitants of the frontiers—and they were brought down—hundreds of families were massacred—and for what? In order to diminish the value of the lands—to testify the people of Georgia—and to afford an opportunity for speculators to obtain the territory of those Indians by a vote of the legislature of Georgia under the conjoint operation of horror at the Indian savages and the temptations of lucre.
We can prove by the most satisfactory evidence that Gen. Gunn , one of the great architects of the fraud, did boast of these massacres on the frontiers of Georgia as one of the means by which the speculation was sustained; and that the same means were to be resorted to, to seduce the United States into a recognition of the title obtained under this terrific system; more execrable than the "guillotine or the scaffold" names that even the echo of which reverberate in the ears and convert the downy pillows of Yazoo speculators into pillows of thorns.
The Yazoo speculation was consecrated by the massacres of the frontier inhabitants of Georgia.
The United States was saddled with the burden of the expense incidental to the defence of the frontier against these inroads.
The speculation was carried through the legislature by the palpable and proven corruption of every member of the legislature who voted for it.
It will be time enough for us to argue the question of morality, when the advocates of this fraud have shown us that the sanctification of fraud is a part of our system of government.
It will be time enough for us to argue the question of right in a legislature to purloin the public property of their fellow citizens—much less the property of the union in which the legislature of Georgia held no more than their proportionate share in the union.
We hold it that no legislature—no government has a right to do wrong; we hold it to be an indisputable principle that every act founded on fraud is null & void by the very operation of that fraud; and we hold it to be essential to the future freedom, peace and glory, of this republic—that the nation by its omnipotent voice condemn and annihilate the Yazoo speculation as an act of national safety—security—morality, and republican justice.
We shall now proceed to narrate the progress of the iniquity from its origin to the present time—for this purpose we shall uniformly refer to the official documents.
In a report laid before congress on the 10th of February, 1803, by commissioners appointed in pursuance of "an act for the amicable settlement of limits with the state of Georgia," &c. we find that the first interference of the state of Georgia, with any part of the territory now called the Mississippi, (within which the Yazoo speculations all lie) was by "an act of the 7th Feb. 1785, laying out a tract of country extending along the Mississippi river from the 31 degree of N. latitude, to the mouth of the Yazoo river, to which the Indian title had been extinguished"—this tract was called the county of Bourbon ; but the act establishing this county, "was repealed by the same legislature of Georgia on the 1st of February, 1788."
These acts therefore are no more than mere historical incidents, which like the hours have passed away, leaving no other effect than the record that they were.
The legislature of Georgia, however, by what inducements, will be shown, did again, on the 21st of December, 1789, pass "an act for disposing of certain vacant lands or territory within that state," by which it was enacted, that two tracts of land, comprehending together, the whole tract of country lying between the Mississippi and Tombigbee river, and extending from the parallel which crosses the Mississippi at the mouth of Coles creek (about 31° 45') to the northern boundary of the state, together with a third tract lying on the Tennessee river, shall for two years from and after the passing of that act, be respectively reserved as a fire emission for three companies, called the South Carolina Yazoo , the Virginia Yazoo , and the Tennessee company , for which these companies were to pay within two years into the treasury of Georgia the following sums:
"South Carolina Yazoo 66964 dolls. "Virginia Yazoo 93741 "Tennessee 46375
207580
This was the first infamous grand speculation, which gave name and temptation to those more comprehensive projects of corruption and avarice, which we are now engaged in disclosing. This speculation was accomplished by a trick upon the state; much of the same character as the trick upon the soldiers of the revolution. It was projected by the speculators, of whom some were also concerned in the soldier's certificate speculation, that the depreciated paper money, of which there were great quantities abroad, should be collected into the hands of the speculators at its depreciated value (which was in some cases 1 for 500) and palmed upon the state at the nominal value—that is the state was to be paid for the land with this paper and were to receive credit for 500 dollars, where the paper was really worth no more than one dollar for every nominal five hundred.
The two first of the above companies lodged a considerable nominal amount of this depreciated paper in the hands of the treasurer of Georgia, and within two years they tendered the whole amount (nominal) in the same kind of paper. The state of Georgia refused to submit to the fraud, and the Virginia company withdrew the whole amount of its deposit.
But the South Carolina company was composed of "sterner stuff," they determined to have a little law for it, and instituted a suit in the supreme court against the state, which was foreclosed by an amendment made to the constitution relative to the suitability of states, for it was found that speculation had made its way to the courts of justice.
Of the character of this speculation and those that followed, the best picture we can give will be from a presentment of a

grand jury of Chatham county, in which the city of Savannah stands, at the October term of 1796.
We further present those abominable and iniquitous grants of pine barren land which have been palmed upon foreigners and northern citizens, the plots of which have been generally decorated with timber not found on them; and most of the pretended tracts sold, are not in existence, to the injury of the character of the state and the honest citizens thereof; nine tenths of whom, behold the speculation with the utmost abhorrence, considering the measure calculated to injure their reputation, and to cheat the unwary; or to add to the pelf of a few men, who are void of principle and honor, and who would sacrifice their country and its rights, to increase their own property. We are sorry to say, that among these characters are those high in office in the United States, and two judges thereof, to wit: James Wilson, of the supreme court of the U. States, and Nathaniel Pendleton, of the district court of this state, together with James Gunn, senator from this state to congress, have been foremost in influencing the legislature, which passed the pretended Yazoo law, bartering the rights of this state, and the most fertile tract in the United States, for a mere song, and which, if it was deemed to be legal those concerned have sold for ten times as much, which the state, by proper management, might have put into her treasury. We congratulate our fellow citizens, however, on the virtue of the last legislature, which declared the said pretended sale, constitutionally null and void, as well as fraudulent and corrupt—and we hope our fellow citizens at large, will now exhibit their virtue, by sending such men only to the next legislature, as are known to be free from speculation, and will respect our rights, by continuing and confirming the annulling law. It is only by a firmness of conduct, in the citizens at large, on this important occasion, that our rights can be respected in congress and at home—that this species of gambling, can be discountenanced, and speculating sharpers be defeated; which is as much to be desired, on account of morality and our rising generation, as the future repose of society and the reputation of our growing community.
We further present on this head, the attempt of Alexander Moutrie and others, to drag this state into a federal court to answer a suit in equity under a former pretended Yazoo sale. We abhor both speculations alike, and we recommend to the officers of the state, who may have been served with copies of the bill filed in the said suit, to make no answer thereto, until the meeting of the next legislature, who, we hope, will remonstrate to congress on this subject. We cannot suppose the state liable to be tried, and in this case we hope she will preserve her dignity, by refusing an answer, particularly in a court where the judges have been guiding the last speculation, and were she consequently can expect no justice. We hope that the amendment to the constitution unanimously entered into by congress, against the suability of a state, will not be leaped over, to answer the most infamous speculation.
On this spirited and expressive presentation of the citizens of Georgia, we shall not attempt to offer any further illustration—in our next number we shall go into an history of the grand iniquity which has menaced the people with a civil war, entered congress by corruption, undermined the foundations of public justice, assailed the morals of the nation, and menaced the government of the union with disgrace and destruction.
FROM THE ENQUIRER.
COMMUNICATION.
Address to "A COUNTRY STOCKHOLDER."
In your address to the President and Directors of the Bank of Virginia, you have in truth assumed a fictional signature in that of a stockholder. It would betray even greater folly than is exemplified throughout your production for a real stockholder to endeavor by misstatements to depress the value of his own property. An effort to circulate reports by saying they are already in circulation, may be very artful, but it certainly is not very honorable or very ingenious. Whether the inconsistencies of your reasoning or the errors of your statements predominate, I leave to yourself to determine; and shall proceed to follow you in some of your meanderings.
If the name of Col. Carrington gave so much stability to the bank why did you not sell out your stock immediately on his resignation? At that time it was at eight per cent. above par; several months after that gentleman withdrew from the board of Directors, it rose to 16 per cent. so that it may be fairly concluded that the price of stock did not depend very much upon his services. I doubt very much however whether he has authorized you to report that his resignation was in consequence of a disapprobation of the proceedings of his colleagues. Nor is it probable that Mr. Tazewell has assigned such a cause for his resignation. Other motives at least have been uncharitably attributed to these gentlemen; it has even been hinted that a certain degree of mortification at not obtaining the presidency of the bank and of the office of discount and deposit at Norfolk had some little effect upon those two great pillars of the institution.
To a common and unenlightened difference, between the circumstances of the Bank of Virginia, & of the Union bank of
Maryland would appear infinite. Instead of one month, the operations of that bank commenced four months before the operations of the bank of Virginia and at least nine months before those of the offices of discount and deposit. The directors of the bank of Virginia had to provide every thing for four establishments: those of the union bank for one establishment only. Even with the immense resources of the bank of the United States, they have only established their offices from time to time as their funds would warrant. The directors of the bank of Virginia had no choice: They were bound by the act of incorporation to set their several offices in operation within a limited time, and that before it could be possible for the profits of the mother bank to defray the expenses of the establishments. The profits of the first 6 or 9 months were in fact employed in paying the expenses of the branches; and those being completely defrayed, there can be no doubt that the subsequent profits have been gradually accumulating, and will furnish a dividend of 4 or 4 1/2 per cent. on the first of January. But will it not bring a blush into your cheek when you reflect that you, at the same moment, censure the directors for not declaring a dividend and for issuing too many of their notes? This is indeed laying them on the bed of Procrustes; if they are too long you lop them off, if too short you stretch them. They must declare a profit, but they must not use the means of making that profit. For how was the profit to be obtained? was it not by lending out money? and what sum of money were the directors to lend? their own notes or gold and silver? That the notes have been returned upon them rapidly only proves that the circulation is a limited one, and that no extension of the capital of the bank can be beneficial until the circulation shall become more extensive.
With respect to your denunciation of the Virginia assembly for prohibiting the circulation of private bank notes, as it is impotent I shall pass it over without a single comment.
The cause of the depreciation (which is as much exaggerated in your production) of Virginia Bank-Stock may certainly be explained without supposing any mismanagement on the part of the directors. The astonishing avidity with which the shares were subscribed for is notorious. In the towns the merchants used all the means in their power to procure them. Owing to the extreme pressure upon the commercial world, arising from causes totally unconnected with the bank; they are now compelled to dispose of them. The merchants at Norfolk in particular have experienced a combination of forward events almost unparalleled. An immense amount of property has been destroyed by fire: the sums required to replace the buildings are enormous: thro' the liberality of the government, the duties of the last year were suspended and double duties are now to be paid; added to these there is no foreign demand for our produce, a great proportion of which is in the hands of the merchants. In this state of things it is impossible for them to spare so much of their capital, as is vested in stock, out of their trade. The consequence is that a great deal of stock is at once brought into market, and the inevitable effect must be a depression in the price. This was foreseen by the sagacious Mr. Gallatin, when he sold the bank stock of the United States to Mr. Barron, for which he has been loaded with obloquy by his political enemies from Maine to Georgia. There can be no question but that as soon as the shares of the bank of Virginia fall generally into the hands of country gentlemen, who will hold them not as a subject of speculation, but as a safe resting place for their money in a way to produce a regular annuity, or into the hands of large capitalists, who may be no longer under the necessity of selling for their immediate use, the price will rise to a level with that of any other bank shares in the union.
Your statement relative to the discontent of the "country people" at not obtaining silver dollars in exchange for notes, is probably not correct. They must have at all times been able to procure specie of some sort, or the credit of the bank would have been at once destroyed. Their "sound sense" would soon convince them that it was impolitic in the bank and injurious to the country to pay out silver dollars when there were vessels lying in James River for the very purpose of carrying the dollars to the East Indies. If they possess this "sound sense" then they would readily receive gold in exchange for those notes which you wish to assimilate to "war paper money."
Your very strong condemnation of the directors for not receiving the notes of other banks only evinces your ignorance of the operations of a bank. What injury to the institution can arise from refusing other bank notes? Those who have payments to make into the bank, will in that case necessarily offer Virginia notes or specie, and it is just as convenient to take up the notes which may be returned with the specie as with the notes of other banks. It is true that it may be attended with more risk and trouble to the customers of the bank to force them to bring specie from the north, in return for produce, instead of the bank notes, but the effect would be the same to the bank, because the amount must be the same, with this difference only that the bank has then the risk of taking counterfeit notes.
If your statement of the amount of Virginia notes lately brought from Baltimore be true, no other inferences can be drawn than that the circulation of the notes is
very limited, and that our merchants have been greatly indebted to that town, or have purchased a large quantity of goods there. In either of those cases, no blame can attach to the directors provided they have been judicious in their customers and were prepared to meet this exigency. The only obligation on them, is to lend the money to responsible persons, and never to issue notes to a greater amount than they can readily take up. The course the notes will take depends exclusively upon the course of trade, and is not under the controul of the directors. That they have been discreet in their loans can only appear by referring to their protest book. That they have been partial in the distribution of the money can only be known to themselves and their officers, and as a friend to the corporation I confidently hope that no house will be so much "enthralled with the bank" as to verify your prediction of bankruptcy.
Your next charge is their "astonishing and unheard of curtailment of discounts," and in your simplicity you refer, by way of confirming the fact, to their advertisement of one discount day in the week instead of two. As one is the half of two, you sagaciously concluded that only half of the sum could be discounted in one day that was before discounted in two. Look again at the advertisement and you will perceive that the duration of this change is confined to the months of August and September, when several of the directors are absent, and when it would be difficult, without imposing too much on the remaining directors, to form a constitutional board oftener than once in the course of the week.
It may probably be true that the bank of Virginia has curtailed its discounts since the establishment of the departments. Before that period almost the whole capital was lodged in its vaults. It has now been divided, and the necessary consequence must be that the discounts will be curtailed at the bank as they are extended at the departments. Of this the merchants at Richmond cannot complain, because they were apprised of the necessity of it.
In what manner the directors of the bank of Virginia have done "incalculable mischief to the country" by depressing the price of produce I am at a loss to conceive. Although the discounts may have been lessened at Richmond in consequence of a division of the capital, yet I presume they have been increased at all the departments collectively in a much higher ratio, so that the country at large must have derived a benefit instead of an injury. It is just as rational to blame the directors of the bank of Virginia for plentiful harvests abroad or a sudden peace in Europe as for the depression in the price of country produce. When there is a foreign demand, a bank gives activity to trade by loans of money and thereby increases the competition amongst merchants, but, with the exception of occasional and momentary speculations, the value of our produce will be generally regulated by the demand of other countries, whether we have fifty banks or no bank at all.
Charges and denunciations are easily made: to support them is often very difficult. They may, however, serve your purpose by exciting some degree of disgust to the present institution, with the view to another establishment more congenial to your feelings and to your projects. Your strictures on the influence of the state in the bank, will, if noticed at all by the legislature, only serve to confirm that body in the propriety of retaining its power lest it might perchance fall into the hands of such upright and public spirited men as yourself. The stockholders I trust are not to be deluded by your glaring misrepresentations.
BANCO.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
HAGUE, June 4.
The articles, respecting the abolition of trade between England and Holland, were publicly ratified by their High Mightinesses, on the 31st ult.
LONDON, June 12.
A few private letters were received in town yesterday from Holland, to the 6th inst. inclusive.
Advices received there from various quarters, seem to induce the writers to believe, that a negotiation for a general peace will shortly be set on foot. A merchant expresses himself on this subject in the following terms:
"We have, for a length of time, been perplexed with reports of peace, to no purpose; but if the accounts which daily arrive here from different parts are to be depended upon, that happy event is not far distant. Since the establishment of our new constitution, our Grand Pensionary is almost in the daily receipt of dispatches from France, and he speaks with the greatest certainty of a negotiation being on the eve of commencement; but as for its ending in peace, he says, that will principally depend upon England. Whilst some of our merchants were our merchants were in conversation with him the other day respecting the new code of laws, to prohibit all commerce between this country and England (now passed into a decree, and officially announced) he expressed a sincere hope that there would not be long any occasion to enforce them, as the Emperor of Russia and his Prussian Majesty had taken some pains to set on foot a negotiation for a general peace, and were likely to succeed with the concurrence of England. He trusted their good intentions would not be
frustrated by the obstinacy of that power. Should, however, that prove the case, the Emperor of Russia has intimated that he will break off all connection with the British Cabinet, which he would be sorry to do whilst it acted consistently."
"It is confirmed to us, in various ways, that his Imperial Majesty has (through the interference of Prussia) granted passports for M. Novosiltzoff to proceed to Paris which he has done ere this. This circumstance has caused an unusual stir, and infused a more general joy here than has been felt for some time."
Upon these letters, and of the rise in Exchange Alley to which they have given occasion, we shall permit ourselves a very few reflections. It is extremely easy for stock-jobbers in this country to cause such letters to be sent hither from abroad, and it is extremely easy, for the French government to cause such reports to be circulated abroad, for political purposes. It is impossible for any person of common observation, and common intellect, to give credit to them; and, after all, what do they amount to, but that the French usurper may possibly attempt to deceive or distract us, and any Continental Powers disposed to co-operate with us, by fresh overtures of pretended pacification; "If England be not obstinate!" that is, in plain words, if England be prepared to accept the yoke of Bonaparte; if she will submit to his laws, he will graciously grant her them; and if she will not, Russia will abandon her. If it is possible for any one to become the dupe of such a political forgery as this is, it is impossible to pity, and absurd to reason with him.
SALEM, August 5.
We are happy to learn, that the fishermen who have been impressed on the Banks have been liberated. Six of them have arrived in this town. Every generous effort was made for their recovery, and with success. The British consul in Boston, gave his official aid, and the vessel was sent from this town, and the papers addressed to the Governor at Halifax. Such persons as were discovered to be citizens of the United States, have been given up. The poor fishermen have no redress for detention, and the loss of the season.
BOSTON, August 5.
Capt Jenkins, arrived here yesterday in 33 days from Cadiz, informs, that he understood at that place, that the U. States' gun boat, No. 3, was cut out of Gibraltar, by the Spaniards, on the supposition of her being an English vessel; but on discovering their mistake, was immediately given up. Capt. J. also informs, that Gen. Moreau and family had actually taken passage on board the ship New York, bound for Philadelphia, to sail next day.
Capt. Jenkins heard nothing of a rupture between this country and Morocco.
NEW YORK, August 3.
CONGRATULATORY COMPLIMENT.—On the arrival of his Excellency, ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON, at his seat in Clermont, the citizens of Saugerties, anxious to tender a tribute to his distinguished services, came to a resolution to wait upon him in a body, with their congratulations on his return. In consequence of this resolve, the following note was, on the 15th ult. addressed to Mr. Livingston, in behalf of the inhabitants.
"SIR, I have the honor to inform you, that the citizens of Saugerties, feeling themselves happy on the agreeable news of the arrival of yourself and family at your seat, after your long absence—feeling also grateful for the distinguished services you have rendered to our country—and willing to offer you their testimonials of esteem, have it in contemplation to do themselves the honor of paying you a congratulatory visit, on Wednesday next accompanied by a new company of Rangers, should the arrangement be agreeable to your Excellency. I respectfully wait your reply. At the request of the vicinity."
I have the honor to be, sir, Your most obed't humble serv't, P. HASBROUCK.
Robert R. Livingston, Esq." To which Mr. Livingston returned the following reply.
Clermont, July 15, 1805.—"SIR, I feel very much flattered by the polite attention of my fellow citizens of Saugerties, and will with pleasure receive their visit on Wednesday, however, I must beg you to apologise for the confusion in which they will find me as we have not yet been able to arrange ourselves after a long absence. I am, sir, with much regard, Your most obed't humble serv't, ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Peter Hasbrouck."
A agreeable to the arrangements made, the citizens of Saugerties assembled at 2 o'clock, P. M. The company of volunteer Rangers formed and escorted them to the ferry. About 3 they arrived on the east bank of the Hudson, and marched on to the green in front of Mr. Livingston's house, where a piece of ordnance had been previously placed. The company were immediately waited upon by Mr. Livingston, in company with his Excellency Governor Lewis, when reciprocated salutations took place. After the firings were gone thro' with, the company were invited to an elegant dinner, and the remainder of the day was spent in a manner highly agreeable to the party.
August 5.
GENERAL MOREAU.
Captain Howland of the ship Washington, arrived at New Bedford on the 28th ult. informs that General Moreau was still
at Cadiz, and it was said that he would remain there as long as he could with safety; he did expect to have come out in the Washington, and went so far as to get the terms, and had his lady on board to see the accommodations, but on receiving a letter from Paris, gave up the voyage.
August 9.
Arrived, brig Integrity, Funk, Jamaica 25 days; and schr Reynard, Chester Baracoa 15 days; left there schr Martha and Mary, Ford, who had sailed a few days before for St. Jago de Cuba with a full freight, but was taken by a Spanish felucca privateer, and brought back—cleared and to sail again in 5 days. July 13, the brig Susannah, Turner, of Philad. for Jamaica, was brought off the harbour; the capt. taken in the privateer, but being ordered out the next morning it was supposed that capt. Turner was put on board his brig, and allowed to proceed.
The privateer Mobileme, of 2 guns and 50 men, has taken an English privateer of 5 guns and 40 men, supposed to be a tender, and brought her into Baracoa the 15th of July.
Capt. Dorr, from Antwerp who arrived at Boston on Monday last, was boarded from a boat off Dover, the 24th June, and informed there was nothing new or important in England.
August 10.
By the ship Adriana, Ricketson, from Cadiz, we are informed, that Gen. Moreau and family were to leave Cadiz in 6 days, for Philadelphia, in the ship New York, Capt. George; that gun boat, No. 3, which was captured by the Spaniards, had been condemned, after having a trial; that a rupture between America and Spain was supposed to be at no great distance, and that Cadiz was closely blockaded, no vessels being permitted to enter with provisions. The ship Gen. Union, Lord, of New York, sailed in company for Barcelona.
Captain Barber from Havanna, informs us that a number of French and Spanish privateers infest the south coast of Cuba, and have made sundry captures of vessels from England bound to New Orleans. They have also made some captures upon the north side, and carried them into Porto Caranas, a small port 20 leagues to leeward of Havanna, where they plunder them of all the valuable part of the cargo, and then burn the vessels. When he sailed there were in the harbor of Havanna 10 or 12 small privateer schooners under French colors, in readiness for sea. Their destination unknown.
FROM ENGLAND.
Through the medium of captain Duplex, who came passenger in the ship Hercules, from Liverpool, bound to Philadelphia, as far as Nantucket, and from thence in the ship Adriana, we have received from our correspondent in Liverpool our regular files of London and Liverpool papers. From the lateness of the hour when they were received we have been able to give them only a cursory perusal and to make but few extracts. Great exertions have been made to put the channel fleet on the most respectable footing, so as to enable them to cope with the combined fleets, and to send detachments wherever they may be found necessary. It would appear from the speech of the king of England, that strong expectations of active co-operation, on the part of the northern powers, are still entertained. The Ligurian republic has been united to the already unwieldy and gigantic empire of France, and by adding an immense extent of sea coast, and a considerable number of shipping, opens new prospects to the ambitious Bonaparte, who aspires to be master of the seas as well as the continent. Thus has finally perished the republic of Genoa, so famous once for power and opulence, for military and naval achievements. A. Doria, a lineal descendant of Andrew Doria, was one of the senators, who hastily prostrated his country at the foot of a foreign despot. The English arms in India are completely triumphant. Holkar has been driven to his last retreat, the fortress of Burapore, & so confident is the British general of reducing the place, that he has refused all terms of capitulation.
PARIS, June 15.
The new order of knighthood of "The Iron Crown," is to consist of 500 knights, 100 commanders, and 60 great officers; 200 of the order of knighthood, and 25 places of commanders, are to be conferred upon an equal number of those French officers and soldiers who have distinguished themselves in the battles by which the Italian kingdom has been established.
The motto of the order of the Iron Crown will be—"God has given it unto me; woe be unto him who dares to attack it." It is to be suspended from an orange ribbon with a green border.
By letter from Bayonne, of the 6th of June, the important news from the Isle de France, received by the vessel Gravin Van Chancios is communicated; namely, that admiral Linois has made himself master of twenty English ships, ten of which are said to belong to the East-India company.
HUDSON, (N. Y.) August 6.
Great News! Rain! The most interesting and important occurrence to our readers in this quarter we can announce, is the commencement, on Wednesday evening last after a drought of 38 days, of a continued and effective fall of rain—a blessing to the parched earth and its hungry inhabitants. While in the country the farmers are foddering their cattle as in the depth of winter, in the city our market

does not furnish us with a single vegetable, and the state of the gardens is such as scarcely to promise any reasonable or adequate supply. All we could get was potatoes from N. York at $2 per bushel, and onions at 1s per bunch, while scarcer, a bean, cabbage, beet, squash, cucumber, &c. &c. appears. And we must wait till the scorched and perishing plants shall revive and produce some of the usual varieties and bounties of the season. Wheat, however, has fallen from 18s. to 10s. per bushel; an important consideration to purchasers of the staff of life.
PHILADELPHIA, August 8. The ship Annawan , capt. Holmes, arrived here yesterday evening, left Liverpool on the 7th June.—June 23, long. 21, 30, was brought too by the British frigate Cerberus , of 40 guns, and boarded by an officer, who informed us, that off the Western Islands they had engaged and captured the new French frigate Ville de Paris , of 44 guns, after an action of three hours and an half, and sent her for England; the English frigate suffered considerably, and lost 17 men killed and 25 wounded, among the killed was the first Lieutenant, and the wounded the captain. The Ville de Paris was bound to the West Indies with dispatches for the combined fleets.
NORFOLK, August 13. [Notwithstanding we doubt the veracity of the following, (although it is not improbable) we give it a place.—It was received here on Sunday by an arrival from Barbadoes.]
Bridge Town Gazette Extraordinary. Four o'clock, Tuesday Afternoon, 23d of July. Defeat of the Brest Fleet. A report has just reached us, received by L'Esclair , King's Schooner from St. Kitt's and which has been communicated to Rear Admiral Cacherane, of the DEFEAT OF THE BREST FLEET by Admiral Gardner.—This is stated to have been derived from Martinique, where it was communicated by a frigate in 22 days from France, and inserted in the Gazette of that Island—and was confirmed by a corvette which arrived the day following, stating that Admiral Gardner had taken Six sail and sunk Three of the Line . L'Esclair spoke an American vessel from Martinique, which corroborated these accounts, and added, that it was generally believed at Martinique.
On Friday evening before sun down, five white men and ten negroes made their escape out of the Borough goal.—We learn that 3 of the whites and 8 of the blacks are retaken and committed to their former lodgings.
From Barbadoes papers received by capt. Young, of the sch'r. Harriet. BARBADOES, July 23. Private letters by the last packet mention with confidence, an extensive change in the ministry; it is said that the whole of the Addington (Sidmouth) party goes out, and that Mr. Pitt's old colleagues, the Grenvilles , succeed;—Mr. Spencer is at the head of the admiralty, and the marquis of Buckingham to be president of the board of control. We cannot but view such a change as giving those energies to Mr. Pitt's administration, which the Adingdon influence has but too long palsied, but which we may now soon hope to find again acting with its wonted vigor and decision.
June 20. The following message from his majesty, was last night brought down to the house of commons by Mr. Pitt. A similar one was delivered to the house of lords by Lord Hawkesbury.
GEORGE REX. His majesty thinks proper to acquaint the house of commons, that the communications which have taken place, and are still depending between his majesty and some of the powers of the continent, have not yet been brought to such a point as to enable his majesty to lay the result of them before the house, or to enter into any farther explanation with the French government, consistently with the sentiments expressed by his majesty at the opening of the present session. But his majesty conceives, that it may be of essential importance, that he should have it in his power to avail himself of any favorable conjuncture for giving effect to such a concert with other powers, as may afford the best means of resisting the inordinate ambition of France, and may be most likely to lead to a termination of the present contest on grounds consistent with a permanent security and interests of his majesty's dominions, and the safety and independence of Europe. His majesty therefore recommends it to his house of commons to consider of making provision for enabling his majesty to take such measures, and enter into such engagements as the exigencies of affairs may require.
GEORGE REX. This interesting communication may in some degree affect the nature and tendency of the motion this day in both houses of Parliament on the state of the nation. Mr. Gray is to move the consideration of it in the house of commons, and Lord Carysfort in the house of Peers.
Ten Cents Reward. RUN AWAY from the subscriber some time in the month of December last, my apprentice boy, JOHN JONES—between 19 and 20 years of age. Any person delivering the said boy to me shall receive the above reward, but no expenses paid. Charles Moffet. New Canton, 12th August, 1805, w30sp
VIRGINIA ARGUS.
RICHMOND: SATURDAY, AUGUST 17 1805
TO THE INHABITANTS OF JEFFERSON WARD.
CAN you tamely and with taciturnity submit to every act of the Common Hall, however repugnant to your interests, or calculated to sap the germ of your recuperating prosperity? Dose on for a time, and shake off your fatal lethargy, when it is too late, and thereby testify your own impotency.
The repeal of the ordinance relative to the extension of the Market Square and Streets, is a flagrant breach of faith, and fraught with mischief. When congress were acting on the resolution for the removal of the seat of government from Washington, one of the arguments most relied on, used in opposing the measure, was, "that upon the plighted faith of that body, individuals became purchasers of property" there, that the removal of the seat of government thence, would reduce the value of that property, and thus would those suffer most, who were most entitled to the consideration of congress, by their confidence. And who can positively assert that no purchases were made in consequence of the ordinance here alluded to, upon those parts of the streets contemplated to be extended—nay, who could have imagined that so august a body as the common hall, would have rescinded an important law on the capricious appearance of an anonymous hand-bill, under the signature of 'A Citizen,' (the fallacy of whose data having since been shown by another, under signature of 'A Citizen of Old Town')—and disregard the reasonable petition of a number of citizens of known merit and respectability.
Such glaring inconsistencies and ridiculous instability in our corporate body, can only be accounted for by a collision of interests.—Is it not time then, that we should be prompt, to see to ours? Have not the members from the hill already too great an ascendancy in this important council? Do they propose any measure, it is sure to obtain, whether the abolition of salutary laws for your benefit, or proposing new ones for theirs, success is equally certain. How is the unparalleled prosperity of the hill, above that of this ward, possessed, as it is, of all the advantages arising from its contiguity to navigation, else to be accounted for? The capitol, public offices, and the bank are in the upper end of the city—The bay scale must also be there, notwithstanding the distance from market.—At the time of its erection, it was thought by many to be a preparatory step towards having a public market there. If your representatives were to present themselves in a phalanx, opposed to some measures of a local nature, proposed by those from above, they might be taught that reciprocity would be best to promote their wishes. Interest is the liver that moves the world—it is the grand stimulus of human actions; like gravitation its laws are universal. If an individual assists in making a law, he will consult his own private interest—and as the repealing act had a tendency to thwart a measure manifestly calculated to give permanency to the market where it stands—those who might wish to have it in another situation, nearer their property, (thereby enhancing its value) were no doubt zealous for its repeal. The consequences of these acts, perhaps, were seen by some who wanted the power to prevent them—and those who might have had weight enough to oppose them with success, were either absent, or perhaps, did not discover the design. This, no doubt, will be frowned upon by some persons, but the facts are too strong not to warrant the deductions—The writer disclaims every thing that might have a tendency further to promote envy and strife, but should a certain system of measures be pursued, as heretofore, he will not incur the censure of a disapproving countenance, by suffering them to pass entirely unnoticed.
A CITIZEN OF THE WARD.
* That every street be made to carry off its own water, if practicable, in compliance with the charter of the city, & not suffer it to run from ten or twelve streets into one stream, to the annoyance of many persons, through their cellars, tearing up foundations, &c.
† This single article cost near 1600 dollars—when an opposition was made to placing it where it now stands, the advocates of the site held out the profits it would yield from the canal, as a justification—but those profits seem to have existed only in imagination.
Captain Williams, of the Greyhound, from St. Domingo, informs us, that the Emperor Dessalines arrived at Cape Francois on the 17th ult. from Port-au-Prince.—On the 14th of July three British ships of the line, and 6 frigates, passed the Cape bound to Martinique, to join the other British forces.
(N. York Pap.)
American Squadron. —By the brig Edward and Mary , from Algiers, we learn that the frigate John Adams , Capt. Shaw, had left Gibraltar in company with four gun-boats, and proceeded up the Mediterranean—the other three gun-boats had proceeded up the Straights some days previous. (Ib.)
ing on have a pacific appearance—unless the declarations of the French and English papers are allowed to be of any weight, which oppose circuitously all idea of such an event: the one avows, the treaty of Amiens as the basis of peace, the other deny any kind of agreement with it; if both parties are firm, no peace can be expected—and at all events, there can be no war on the continent of Europe for several months more. Procrastination in this case is the friend of humanity.
The various movements of the French have excited considerable alarm in Great Britain, and a stagnation of trade has been the consequence—private advices however received at this office say, that the manufacturers are in a more prosperous situation than last year, and that a sensible increase of trade is left—this may be accounted for however, by the extraordinary diminution for the two last years, as well as an increase in the demand.
The following passage is extracted from a letter received by the Editor.
"The manufactures are certainly in a better state than they were last year—the demand is increased, and the profits greater. Many of the poor who were out of employ, have now a plenty of work, and although the situation of our public affairs is against very great exertions; yet we hope the present revival will not droop again. Great talk is now excited respecting the invasion, those who pretend to be best informed say, we shall have a visit from the French—and this will not benefit trade."
"Lord Melville as you had reason to expect from my last, is in disgrace for his peculating dishonest conduct. He is to be tried for a misdemeanor in consequence of the vote of the House of Commons which passed by a small majority. Adington's friends opposing the ministry on the division. This is an act of justice to the laws of the country which none hardly expected would have been executed against one so high in favor and office—a report is again circulating that the French fleet is out, and that ours is so dispersed some at one place, and some at another, that we have not a sufficient force to oppose it. Our West-India merchants look very gloomy—for they entertain strong fears for the safety of the West India islands."
"Our crops promise well, though we had a very cold unfavourable week about the middle of May, which it was feared had done vast injury; but we hope that the damage is not so great as was at first expected."
In English affairs the most prominent object is Lord Melville—and one cannot but pity an old man who has enjoyed so much power & patronage—when we see him thrown from his exalted station and especially for crimes of public robbery—he has survived all his grandeur to be covered with infamy and contempt.
The invasion is talked of but we expect is not intended seriously to be put in execution at least until John Bull is a little more tame—his horns are very strong as yet.
The interference of Russia on the subject of peace may possibly produce accommodation—there are several reasons why the belligerent powers should make peace if they could bend their pride to reason; not a very common practice—especially with kings and courts. We must wait with patience the next arrivals, or the arrival of news so late as the middle of last month, before the result of Mr. Novozoff's mission will be known, and probably not so soon—it appears that much depends upon the communications which he has to make. But let us view our own country—and rejoice that whilst the nations of Europe distress and debilitate each other—we are increasing in an unexampled degree, in plenty, prosperity, and the enjoyment of all the blessings of the "rights of man."—Ball. Ev. Post.
The hostile disposition which the king of Sweden has, for sometime, evinced towards France, is said to have arisen from his having discovered a secret project of the French government, to the courts of Petersburg and Vienna, for the partition of his territories. The refusal of the Grand Signior to acknowledge the Emperor of the French is accounted for in a similar way.
FROM THE AURORA.
In the Barbadoes Mercury, of the 23d June, there are the following assertions or facts interesting to Americans who go to sea:
"It is with much concern we have a gain to notice the disregard which some of our officers of his majesty's ships shew to the rights both of individuals and this community."
"Another outrage was committed last night which certainly claims the interference of our civil authority, and should perhaps be now more rigorously executed as in this instance it would be in behalf of neutrals trading to the country and detained by a necessary embargo."
"Several American captains were forcibly taken on board the Hipomenes , detained all night and very unbecomingly treated. The arrival of admiral Cochrane will give the party aggrieved an opportunity of redress, or by making it known to the governor, from both of whom they will no doubt receive ample satisfaction."
"I only wish to put this article on record and to hint that I do not think much satisfaction is to be expected from admiral
Cochrane; for you may recollect that he is the same Cochrane who commanded the British frigate Thetis , and of whose depredations, our government complained to the government of England—a foruare complaint for Cochrane , for he was promoted, and is now an admiral—I think I have said enough.
W. E. S. An American Skipper
The disposition for Travels never was more awakened or encouraged, and indeed never were the means and the motives so rich or so various. Among other travellers we hear of Mungo Park , who landed at Goree in March last, upon his second tour in Africa. Whatever diligence the traveller may employ in his first tour or voyage, every circumstance assists his qualifications for the second attempt, and we always follow him with increased expectations.
Africa has been visited within a few years on all its shores. It has been lately penetrated beyond any former accounts; and great expectations are formed from the perseverance of adventurers. Discoveries are not confined to the interior: even the shores have not been accurately described. Clarke informs us, that the western coast of Africa has been observed with attention, and the most western promontory is found to be Cape-Verd, and not Cape-Blanco, which is placed in 17° 12' W. The centre of the island of St. Thomas, by many observations, is placed in 6° 36' E. which, in the largest charts, has been placed in 10° E. long. and the coast of Guinea is found to be reduced in its true light, 68 leagues.—All the coast to the southward has been redressed as far as the Cape of Good Hope.
Discoveries abroad have assisted to encourage discoveries in the vast countries subject to the United States. The letter of Captain Lewis is before the public. It was accompanied with specimens of earth, salts and minerals, with a chart and journals. Good hopes appear to be entertained of a safe arrival at the Columbia river, and of a passage to the Great Ocean.—Indians from different tribes, were on their way to President Jefferson, and the necessary precautions were adopted for the best success of the expedition. (Salem Register.)
The house of Reinhard, at Amsterdam, has failed for 4 tons of gold, or 400,000 guilders.
The Norwich Courier of the 7th, says: "We learn, that a French frigate is cruising within Montauk Point, waiting for the Bermuda brigs which lay at New-London, with stock on deck, ready for sea."
Prohibition of English Commerce.
From the Leyden Gazette (French) of June 7th, we translate the following article respecting the late act of the Batavian Republic, prohibiting all commerce with Great Britain.
"The publication relative to the Commerce with Great Britain, decreed the 31st of May, by the existing Legislature of the Batavian Republic, is very singular and particularly interesting. It prohibits entirely, and in the most severe manner, all direct navigation between this Republic and the Enemy's country, and prescribes the strictest precautions against all indirect exportation from Great Britain of warlike & naval stores & provisions; likewise against the importation in any manner whatsoever, either by land or water, of all produce of the industry of England."
Having perused the several articles decreed, on this subject, we find the substance of them contained in the above paragraph, and that the instrument only goes into the details and recapitulates all the circumstances necessary to be particularly mentioned, in order as far as legislative acts can prevent all possibility of evasion. (Repertory.)
The researches which have been made for some years past at Pompeia, in the Neapolitan territory, have been attended, it appears, with great success. The king and queen of Naples lately visited this subterranean town, and were shown, amongst other new discoveries, an ancient edifice in which had been found some very beautiful vases, medals, musical instruments, and what is much more valuable a bronze statue of Hercules, killing the famous hind in the chace. The design and composition of this group are unequalled. Some very fine paintings have also been found in the same edifice one of which represents Diana surprised by Adcon. The colouring of Diana equals any thing that Titian has ever produced, and the piece, in short, will stand a competition with the most esteemed paintings in our museums. Paris Argus.
Letters, of the 14th May from Alicante, state, that the celebrated Tulien , the man, by whose intrepidity the monster Nobepierre was hurled from his throne, was about to pay the debt to nature in that city. He was not expected to survive many days the effects of a dropy in the chest.
In one of the ships of the fleet that sailed lately from Falmouth for the West Indies, went passenger a lady and her seven Lap Dogs, for the passage of each of which she paid thirty pounds, on the express condition that they were to dine at the cabin table, and lap their wine afterwards. Yet these happy dogs do not engross the whole of their lady's affection as she has also in Jamaica forty cats and a husband!!—London pap.
A gentleman lately dining on a very tough piece of beef, began scratching his plate with his knife; and being asked the reason, replied, to see his teeth on edge.
DIED—At his seat in Hanover, Mr. NATHANIEL THOMPSON, in the 75th year of his age.
WILLIAM & MARY LOTTERY.
Williamsburg, July 27, 1805. The Commissioners of the Lottery for the Benefit of William and Mary College, think it necessary to make known to the adventurers in the first class that course which they have resolved to pursue, in consequence of those circumstances which have baffled their attempt to conduct the drawing to a close satisfactory to all concerned. Such a close, the Commissioners had reason confidently to anticipate, as they had committed the drawing to Gentlemen, whose probity is so well known, and whose zeal in the interests of Literature merits their warmest acknowledgments. But, though it is not always within the province of human foresight to guard against occurrences the most untoward; it is always within the power of honest intentions to pursue that course which justice requires.
For that course the Commissioners have laboriously sought. They have not only weighed, in their own minds, the pretensions of those who oppose, and of those who contend for a redrawing; they have not only given their respective claims the most impartial investigation; but anxious to be guided by the best legal information which could be collected in a case so perplexed in its own nature, and at the same time, so interesting to many, they have resorted to several eminent law characters. Their opinions are at variance. All of them, however, have concurred in recommending a submission of the case to that Tribunal, in whose decision all must acquiesce. This recommendation will be followed without delay. A suit has already been commenced by one of the favorite adventurers.
The Commissioners on their part, will not impede the progress of the suit, but will solicit a decision of the Court of Appeals, during the ensuing term. The decision as to one prize, will establish a principle applicable to all prizes, and will furnish a rule for the conduct of the Commissioners. If payment be adjudged, the drawing is completed; if the contrary be decided, the redrawing will commence immediately after the decision is received. Signed, by direction of the Commissioners, JAMES MADISON, Chairman.
T. BRUFF, DENTIST, INVENTOR AND PATENTEE, of the perpendicular extracting instruments, from Washington City, having met with good encouragement, continues to offer his services a little longer to the ladies and gentlemen of Richmond and its vicinity, as his only opportunity of serving them. Persons in the country, who wish to supply themselves with his Dentifrice, are requested to make timely application, as he sells from 3 to 4 boxes almost every day. As the public have been frequently imposed on by practitioners who did not understand their business—the certificate of doctors Currie and Foushee, which these gentlemen have favored him with will he presumes, satisfy those who may want information of his ability. He has a room at the Swan, where a list of his prices may be seen at the bar. Richmond, August 15, 1805.
TO BE RENTED.
THE subscriber being solicitous to discharge, as soon as possible, the remainder of the debts due from the estate of William Hopkins, dec. will proceed on Wednesday the 25th day of September next, to rent, for five years, to the highest bidder, on the premises,
That very Valuable Tavern, known by the name of "Mrs. Hopkins's Tavern," together with the dwelling house, a convenient small store house, stables and other out houses—and also the tract of LAND on which the said houses are situated, containing upwards of 300 acres, the said land being well calculated for the culture and production of all kinds of grain, and being also about 20 miles from the town of Manchester, on the main Buckingham road, leading from Richmond to the western country. The person or persons who may be desirous of renting the premises, will come prepared to give bond and security for the payment of the said rent quarterly, as it may become due, and possession will be given on the first day of December next. Should any person feel a disposition to contract for the rent of the above property at any time previous to its being leased publicly, he or they will be kind enough to make it known to the subscriber, as soon as possible, as there will be time to sow a crop of wheat. Samuel Marshall, Adm'r. Powhatan, August 13th, 1805. w4t
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of Richard Reynolds, dec. of the county of Henrico, are requested to bring them forward, on or before the first day of February next, properly attested. Also,
All those having claims against the estate of John Radford, dec. of said county, are requested to bring them forward immediate; and those indebted are requested to make immediate payment. Peter Sharp, acting Ex'or of John Radford, who was Ex'or of Richard Reynolds. August 15th, 1805. w4w
Just received and for sale at S. P. P. P. Printing Office and Book Store, Richmond,
Austen's Travels Percival's Almanac Principles of Eloquence, containing Hints to Public Speakers—by T. Knox—also Jerningham's Essay on the Eloquence of the Pulpit in England. Eccentric Biography, with plates On, or the History of Threefingered Jack Ainsworth's Dictionary Gilford's Juvenal Juvenile Letters Geographical Catechism Grandpre's Voyage in India Swedenborg's Works Cowper's Life The Expositor; or many Mysteries unravelled—delimited in a series of letters between a friend and his correspondent: comprising the Learned Pig, Invisible Lady and Account Temple—Philosophical Swan—Penetrating Spy Glasses, Optical and Magnetic, and various other curiosities on similar principles—Also, a few of the most wonderful Feats as performed by the art of Legerdemain; with some reflections on Ventriloquism.

NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the late firm of Buchanan, Dunlop & Co. Of Petersburg; Robert Pollok & Co. Of Richmond; and Dunlop, Pollok & Co. Of Manchester, Are hereby notified that James Dunlop, late a partner in the above concerns, has become purchaser of the outstanding debts; they will therefore be pleased to make payment to Mr. John Tompkins residing in Richmond, or the subscriber, residing in Petersburg; who alone are authorised to make collections and grant discharges. Suits will be indiscriminately commenced against all who do not make payment before the first of February next. JOHN DUNLOP, Attorney for James Dunlop (if) Petersburg, Nov. 15, 1804.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS Opened a Broker's Office, Opposite the Union Tavern, and over the Counting-house of Thomas and Amos Ladd. All business confided to him will be transacted with strict fidelity. THOM. NORVELL. Richmond, October 3, 1804. Forty Dollars Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber living in Granville county, North Carolina, in March last, two bright mulatto fellows; one by the name of BARTLEY, about 35 years of age, has but little to say, and appears to be very humble, he is a tolerable good Shoemaker and Cooper, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, and he is a well set negro. GEORGE is about 23 years of age, about 6 feet high, spare made, but a very active negro, fond of drink, and a very forward saucy fellow. I expect they have obtained free passes and will endeavor to pass for free negroes: it is probable they are lurking about Manchester, Richmond or Petersburg; they were seen in Manchester a few days past. Any person taking them up and confining them in jail, so that I get them, shall have the above reward, or 20 dollars for either, paid by the subscriber. LEWIS HENING. June 5th, 1805.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it appears by the inquisition of the Coroner for the county of Berkeley, that JOSEPH THRUSTON and JOHN THRUSTON, late of the said county, are charged with the murder of Barney Riley; & information has been received by the executive, that the said Joseph Thruston and John Thruston, have fled from justice: I have, therefore, thought fit with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this proclamation—hereby offering a reward of Two Hundred Dollars, for apprehending and conducting before the Coroner, or a Justice of the Peace, for the said county, or said Joseph Thruston and John Thruston the One Hundred Dollars for either of them, in order to their examination, touching the said murder; And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of this commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and conduct before the Coroner or a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid county of Berkeley, the said Joseph Thruston and John Thruston, that they may be dealt with, as in such cases, the law directs. Given under my hand as Governor, with the seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 19th day of June, (L. S.) in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the commonwealth the twenty ninth. (Signed) JOHN PAGE. TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE away last evening a large stout made blood bay HORSE, upwards of five feet high, 7 years old last spring, was shot all round about two months ago, but some of the shoes may now be off; he has a large head and small eyes, trots and gallops; if he has any other marks by which he might be distinguished, they are not recollected. He had on a saddle a good deal worn, with a hoggish seat and plated stirrups. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the horse and saddle to the subscribers. Pickett, Pollard & Johnston. Richmond, March 5, 1805. FOR SALE, TWO LOTS, HANDSOMELY situated in the town of New-Canton, on James river; on both are new and well built dwelling houses and offices; on one an excellent garden well enclosed, and the other containing one acre, with a good post and rail fence. For further particulars enquire of Messrs William Anderson and James Rea of said place who are legally authorised to sell and convey the same. ROBERT HILL. New York, 1st Feb. 1805.
THE SUBSCRIBER wishes to sell for cash, or on credit till the first day of January next, the Two Brick Tenements, Adjoining the house of Mr. Benjamin Mosby. JOHN PENDLETON. City of Richmond, Nov. 16th, 1804. BOOKS, Just received and for sale at S. PLEASANTS' Book Store. Story's Pleadings Marshall on Insurance M'Nally's Evidence, 2 vols. Espinasse's Reports, 3 vols. Bosquequet and Putter's Reports, 2 vols. East's Reports, 3 vols. Jones on Bailments, superior edition Peake's Evidence Barton's Equity Chitty's Reports Powers of Solitude Priestley's Lectures, 2 vols.
WAS committed to the jail of this county, on the 24th day of February last, a negro man who calls himself BOOKER, and says that he belongs to a Mr. Ezekiel Walden of Northumberland county, but appears to be at considerable loss to tell whether in Maryland or this state. He says that he left this county in April, 1804, in pursuit of his wife, which had been sold—He is a stout well made fellow, about 22 years old, appears to have gone by water, and says that he sailed in the schooner John, to and from Baltimore. The said negro is now hired out agreeable to law. His owner is desired to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away. David Price, 3m Keeper of the jail, Surry courthouse.
TO RENT, THE HOUSE lately occupied by Thomas Gilhat, and immediate possession given—Apply to Gilliat & Kirby. Richmond, June 28, 1805. WHISKEY. TALIAFERRO and DICKIN- SON, near the bason, keep a constant supply of Whiskey, distilled west of the Blue Ridge. Richmond, June 5, 1805. 3m.
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe ware house, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale, The following Articles, viz: Leaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum, Cognac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Coffee of a superior quality, Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue, Young Hysan and Imperial Tea, 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt, Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And The remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d March, 1805. MILLINERY.
MRS. BUCKNER having commenced business in Manchester in the line of MILLINERY & MINOTA-MAKING, respectfully solicits the patronage of her friends and the public. She has on hand at present a small assortment of the articles necessary in that line of business, and shortly expects to receive from New-York an additional supply. All commands from the country will be faithfully and punctually attended to. FOUND, on Saturday the 2d inst. a Red Morocco POCKET BOOK, which the owner may get by applying to the subscriber and paying for this advertisement. James Bootwright. Richmond, March 4th, 1805. THE following hogheads of Tobacco, remaining in Todd's Warehouse unclaimed, will be sold, the first day of September next, King and Queen court agreeable to law, viz. Nov 5th, 1799, John Walden, 1 W. No. 3 1108 122 936—March 28th, 1800, Anthony Seal, A. S. No. 55 1023 133 890—April 25th, 1800, Moses Pruitt, M. P. No. 87 1113 107 1006—May 16th, 1800, James Page, L. P. No. 95 1346 132 1214. GABRIEL DIX. BENJ. JOHNSON. June 1, 1805.
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the estate of the late Thomas Price, and Mill cent Price, his wife, of Powhatan county, will please come forward and settle their respective balances on or before the first day of September next—and all those who have any demands a gainst said estate will bring them in by that period, legally authenticated for adjustment, as no farther regard will be paid to any claims thereafter. SOME VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD AND KITCHEN FURNITURE. Six prime milch COWS, a likely young NEGRO BOY, by trade a miller, a very handsome NEGRO GIRL, about 16 years old, will be SOLD at the Woodbury Mills, in this county, on Friday the 23d of August next, if fair, if not, the next fair day. A credit of 9 months will be given on all sums above 10 dollars, on giving bond with approved security, bearing interest from the date. Gottlieb Runge, Adm'r. With the Will annexed. Powhatan, July 20, 1805. tds
LAND FOR SALE. IN pursuance of an order of the High Court of Chancery for the Richmond district, will be SOLD, at public auction, on Monday the 20th day of September next, if fair, if not, the next fair day, on the premises, a valuable TRACT OF LAND. On the Little Bird Creek, in the county of Goochland, belonging to the estate of the late William Anderson, of London, dec. and known by the name of MASS' IES, containing by a late survey 2312 1-2 acres, divided into four lots of nearly equal extent. About two thirds of the tract is now in woods, which is good tobacco land, and the part cleared has been but little worn. Terms of sale, will be one fourth in ready money, and three annual instalments for the balance. Bond with approved security, and a deed of trust upon the land will be required, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. Those inclined to view the land before the day of sale, will be shown it by Mr. George Toler, or Mr. William Toler, adjoining, who can give information of the manner in which the lots are laid off. Benjamin Toler, Agent In fact for the ex'ors of Wm. Anderson, dec. Hanover, July 20, 1805. tds
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale, at the printing office and Book Store of Samuel Pleasants, Jr. THE DEBATES, AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS OF THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION. Subscribers to the above work are requested to call or send for their books without delay. June 19
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS it duly appears to the executive that GEORGE DILLARD, charged by the inquisition of a coroner with the murder of Henry Williamson, late of the county of King and Queen, hath fled from justice—I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of One Hundred Dollars, to any person or persons who shall apprehend the said George Dillard, and convey him before the coroner or a justice of the peace for the county aforesaid, to be committed to jail for examination, touching the said murder. And I do moreover enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said George Dillard, that he may be dealt with as, in such cases, the law directs. Given under my hand as Governor, with the seal of the commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 5th day of June, in the (L. S.) year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the commonwealth the twenty ninth. (Signed) JOHN PAGE.
GEORGE DILLARD is five feet eight or nine inches high, tolerable fair complexion, short black hair, dark eyes, well set, and some what droops in the shoulders, slow and a bit of speech and of a smiling countenance when speaking, about twenty four or twenty five years of age; when he absconded, he rode a large sorrel horse, about five feet high, some white feet, large white spot in his forehead and a snip on the nose. STRAYED OR STOLEN FROM the commons of this city, on Thursday the 27th ult.—A BLACK HORSE, with a small white spot in his forehead, hanging mane and switch tail, about four feet ten inches high, supposed to be six years old last spring—he is a compact well made horse—A liberal reward will be given on delivering the said horse to Mr. Nathaniel C. Linscombe of Hanover, or to the subscriber in Richmond. Spotswood Lipcombe. Richmond, Shockoe Hill, July 5, 1805. if
TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC VENDUE, At Gadsby's Hotel, in Alexandria on Monday the 16th day of September, at 12 o'clock at noon. ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, late Presley Thornton, Esquire's, situated in Northumberland county, Virginia, lying immediately on the Potomac River. The following description is given of this property, by persons well acquainted with it:—It contains 2,500 acres, 1,700 acres of which are the most valuable low grounds on the river, between 3 and 400 acres heavily timbered, and the remainder very high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for the cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious Brick Mansion House and two Offices, a large Brick Stable, valuable Barn, Cow House and many other out houses. The Orchards and Garden contain a number of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Baltimore, Alexandria and Norfolk. There are two good mill seats for grist and saw mills on the estate, and plenty of cedar and chestnut timber for which an excellent market may be found at the City of Washington. The terms of sale are—one fourth cash, one fourth in one year, one fourth in 18 months and the residue in two years from the day of sale. The payments to be secured by bonds, with mortgages on the premises, and to be on interest from the day of sale. For further information, application may be made in behalf of the subscriber Thomas Hobson, to Richard Peters, Jun. attorney at law in the city of Philadelphia, or to William Lewis, in the same city, (Philadelphia.) THOMAS ROBINSON W. LEWIS. June 19, 1805. tds
TO BE SOLD. FOR READY MONEY, in pursuance of 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, in order to raise the sum of 13000 Dols. with the expenses of sale, that Valuable Estate, in the county of Campbell, known by the name of the Oxford Iron Works, Containing eighteen thousand and seventy four acres, more or less—And in order to raise the further sum of 3665 Dollars 66 Cts. Will be Sold, at the same time and place, the STOCK OF EVERY KIND, as well the Stock on the different plantations, as that appertaining to the estate for carrying on the business, WAGGONS, TEAMS, &c. The Sale will take place on the premises, on the 17th day of September next. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. July 5, 1805. tds
LAND FOR SALE, OF THE LATE WM. CROWDER'S ESTATE, DEC. ON Saturday the 14th of September, at Paineville, in Amelia county, two tracts, in said county—one containing seven hundred and ninety acres, lying on both sides of Stock's creek and near Appomattox river, within three miles of Col. Skipwith's manufacturing mills, and five from Maj. Mansford's where the river is navigable to boats. This land is well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco, and in good order for cropping, with every necessary out house thereon, for the reception of a family—a good apple orchard, excellent water, and a healthy, agreeable neighborhood—a sufficient quantity of the land is cleared to work from ten to fifteen hands. The other tract lying near Flat creek, containing one hundred and thirty three acres, now in good order for cropping, sufficient to work four or five hands—The improvements are a small dwelling house, a good granary & tobacco houses, a small apple and peach orchard. Possession will be given the first day of January next, and the purchaser to have the privilege of sowing wheat immediately after the sale—One third of the purchase money must be paid down, the balance in two equal annual payments. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchaser, to bear interest from the date if not punctually paid, to the executors. It is deemed unnecessary to give further descriptions, as it is presumed those inclined to purchase will view the premises, which will be shown by Allen Jeter, who lives near to both tracts. ALLEN JETER. EDWARD WEBSTER, Ex'or. DABNEY MILLER, Ex'or. June 22d, 1805. tds Ready made PENS for sale here
TO RENT, A Brick Lumberhouse, on the bason, FOR SALE, German Ozenburgh, by the piece or bale. Genuine Miedeck Claret, of the Vin-3 In cases of age of 1801, 30 bottles Soturn Wine of the vintage of 1801, 30 bottles. A few dining and desert sets of elegant French China. The above Wines are such as can be particularly recommended having been laid in last September, at Bordeaux, by one of the partners, then on the spot, who took uncommon pains in the selection. Pickett, Pollard & Johnston. Richmond, July 22, 1805. 4w
RICHMOND BATH. THE SUBSCRIBER HAS AT CONSIDERABLE EXPENSE, ERECTED A BATHING HOUSE At the Falling Garden, CONTAINING four rooms—each has a Bath, and supplied with Hot and Cold Water, which is now ready for use. The terms will be 2s. 6d. for a single Bath, or one dollar for three times—and to prevent mistakes, none will be admitted without a Ticket, which may be had at my house at the Falling Garden—Two children may bathe for one ticket. A man is provided to give constant attendance at the Bath; and if the encouragement should warrant the expense, the plan is intended to be enlarged. James Lownes. 7th Mo. 20th, 1805. if N B. No admittance for people of colour.
Land, Lots & Slaves, for Sale. ON Thursday the 22d of August we shall offer for SALE, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond, the following Property, for Cash, conveyed to us in trust from Messrs Daul and Wm Guerrant, for payment of a debt due to Gilliat and Kirby, one improved LOT, in New Canton, No. 9—one improved LOT, in New Canton, No. 18—two male and four female SLAVES—also, a tract of LAND, in Buckingham county, containing 303 1-2 acres, more or less, known and distinguished in Dr. John Adams's general map by the number five. Rivers Drake, } Trustees. Hugh F. Norton, } tds. August 6th, 1805.
A PERSON acquainted with the POTTERY or TILE making business will meet with encouragement on application to the printer. August 23, 1805. if AS I find considerable leisure in my time, which I wish to devote to the most useful purposes, I shall be glad to take up on myself, the TUITION Of ten or twelve young gentlemen, from nine to twelve years old, in the principles of the Latin Grammar, Geography, use of the Globes, History, Writing and Arithmetic. The terms will be moderate, and the greatest care and attention shall be paid to their morals. JOHN HEATH. Richmond, August 5, 1805.
FOR SALE. A VERY VALUABLE KITCHEN SERVANT, Who understands Cooking, Washing and Ironing excellently well—about forty years of age and is as healthy and active as a girl of seventeen. Enquire of the Printer. Richmond, August 5, 1805.
TIMOTHY SEED. THE subscriber opposite the Bell Tavern, in the cross street second door from the corner, has just received, from Philadelphia, a few Tiers of fresh TIMOTHY SEED, which he will dispose of at a reduced price for cash or country produce. G. Peirce. Richmond, August 7th, 1805. if
BY virtue of a deed of trust from Thomas Callis, to secure the payment of certain sums of money therein expressed, will be SOLD, on the premises, for ready money, on Monday the 23d day of September next, A TRACT OF LAND, In Hanover county, formerly the property of David Anderson, known by the name of Anderson's Old Store, at present occupied by the said Callis, containing 654 1-2 acres, more or less, so much thereof as will pay and satisfy the balance of 3431 11s. 10d. together with interest still due on the said deed of trust—also, the expenses of carrying the same into effect. Charles J. Macmurdo, Trustee. Richmond, 3rd August, 1805. tds
BY virtue of my office, as agent and treasurer, appointed by the commissioners of the Lottery, for the benefit of William and Mary College—I now call upon and enreat all those who have had tickets to dispose of, and have not yet made returns, to come forward without delay and invest me with the cash or specialties, which they may have received for tickets, thus by them sold. The point to be submitted to the decision of the judiciary, can have no influence on the present requisition; and it is hoped, will not be urged, as at all operating against their immediate compliance herewith. Ro. Greenhow, Agent and Treasurer. Williamsburg, August 7th, 1805. 2w
Notice—To the Public. WHEREAS I executed two bonds to Wheatheston Preston, in December, 1804, for twelve hundred pounds of Tobacco each, for purchase of a tract of land, one payable in December, 1805, and the other in December, 1806—this is therefore to forewarn any person or persons whatsoever, from taking an assignment of the said bonds, as I am determined not to pay them, without being compelled by law, as the bargain was revoked between the said Preston and myself. Joshua Irby. Halifax C. h. 3d August, 1805. 2w
TAKEN UP by the subscriber living in Fluvanna county, on the Three Notched Road, at the place called "The Old Well," some time in April last, as an Estray, a PIED BULL, unmarked, about two years old, appraised to four dollars and fifty cents. HENRY MARTIN. July 26th, 1805. 3*
NOTICE is hereby given, that a petition will be presented to the next General Assembly, for the privilege of erecting a Toll Bridge across Pamunkey river, near the place where a bridge now stands, commonly known by the name of Littlepage's. Richd. Taylor. August 1st, 1805. wfm
To be Sold, for Cash. I AM requested by David Patteson, Jr. to expose for sale, as trustee, the whole or so much of the PROPERTY, in the trust deed conveyed, bearing date the 27th February, 1804, consisting of the following slaves viz. Jack, a lad—Tom, a boy—Kate and her three children—Billy, Sally and Henry, Sukey and her two children, named Fanny and Jefferson, as also, Molly, a girl—in order to satisfy a debt due from the said David Patteson, Jr. to Benjamin Hatcher, agreeably to the tenor of the said deed—which sale will certainly take place on the 28th day of September next, at the dwelling house of the said David Patteson, in the town of Manchester. George M'Credie, Trustee. Manchester, 9th August, 1805.
To be Sold, for Cash. I AM requested by David Patteson, Jr. to expose for sale, as trustee, the whole or so much of the PROPERTY, in the trust deed conveyed, bearing date the 16th day of April last, consisting of the following slaves, viz. Jack, a lad—Tom, a boy—Kate and her three children—Billy, Sally and Henry, Sukey and her two children, named Fanny and Jefferson, as also, Molly, a girl—in order to satisfy a debt due from the said David Patteson, Jr. to Lyle & M'Credie, agreeably to the tenor of the said deed—which sale will certainly take place on the 28th day of September next, at the dwelling house of the said David Patteson, in the town of Manchester. James F. Leitch, Trustee. Manchester, 9th August, 1805.
THE subscriber anxious to discharge every just debt which he owes, will, at the same time and place, offer for SALE, for ready money, the residue of his PROPERTY, For the benefit of his creditors, consisting of Household and Kitchen Furniture, 2 good Horses, and sundry other articles. Dav. Patteson, Jr. Manchester, 9th August, 1805. tds
JUST RECEIVED, From Dr. Church's Dispensary New-York, and for sale at this Printing-Office, a fresh supply of the following
Patent Medicines: CHURCH'S COUGH DROPS, A medicine unequalled by any in the world, for the cure of coughs, colds, asthma & consumptions. PATRIOSA LOZENGES, For the voice, hoarseness, colds, coughs, &c. &c. CHEMICAL ESSENCE AND EXTRACT OF MUSTARD, For the cure of the rheumatism, gout, rheumatic gout, palsy, white swelling, chilblains, &c. ANODYNE ESSENCE, for the head-ache. VOLATILE TINCTURE, for the tooth-ache. THE BOTANICAL TEA. INFALLIBLE GERMAN CORN PLAISTER, For the cure of corns. CHURCH'S ANALYPTIC FEMALE PILLS, SCOTCH OINTMENT, Cures the most inveterate itch in four hours without Mercury. EYE SALVE, for all disorders of the eyes. ANTISCORBUTIC TINCTURE, For the teeth, breath, and scurvy in the gums. ESSENCE OF SCURVY-GRASS, For preventing and curing the sea & land scurvy. VERMIFUGE LOZENGES, For destroying worms in children & grown persons. ANTISPASMODIC ELIXIR, For the cure of all kinds of Fits. CORDIAL RESTORATIVE BALSAM, For nervous disorders, debility, inward weakness, &c. &c. VEGETABLE LOTION, For the face and skin, freckles, sun-burns, prickly heat, ring worms, tetter, &c. &c. DR. CHURCH'S ANTIPHLOGOUS PILLS, For the cure of malignant and bilious fevers, dyspepsia, jaundice, costiveness, acidity, cholera morbus, gravel, indigestion, loss of appetite, and all disorders of the head, stomach and bowels. THE GENUINE PATENT ALTERNATIVE PILLS, For the cure of scurvy, cutaneous disorders, the venereal disease, &c. HOOPER'S FEMALE PILLS. ESSENCE OF FESPER MINT. ALSO, DR. CHURCH'S TREATISE ON THE VENEREAL. Containing plain and easy directions for the speedy and effectual cure of that disease in both sexes; whereby any person may cure themselves at a small expense—price half a dollar.
ROBERT GORDON & Co. HAVE imported by the Jason, just arrived from Madeira, and now landing at Rocketts, a quantity of Wine from Murdoch, Masterton & Co. the house from which they have heretofore had their supplies of this article—Also a parcel from Scott & Co. They have every reason to hope that both these parcels will prove to be very fine, being assured by the shippers that better never has been sent to the United States. They are likewise just receiving a few pipes, hds. and qr. casks of Red Port, of the first quality, and have on hand a parcel of Dry Lisbon Wine, both imported by themselves—direct from Oporto and Lisbon. Their general assortment of goods is very complete, amongst which they have—12,000 lbs. of Copper, in bottoms and sheets of all dimensions and weights, suitable for stills; a fresh supply of Bolting Cloths, from No. 2 to 7; a quantity of Superfine Blue and Black Broad Cloth of first rate, at 8 dollars per yard; and Irish Linens from 5s. sterling cost, to low priced. August 13. 2w w4.
BELL TAVERN APOTHECARY SHOP. DR. WILSON has just returned from Philadelphia and New-York, where he laid in under his personal inspection, a general supply of MEDICINES, &c. of the latest importation and of the best quality—among which are Peruvian Bark, Opium, Jalap, Calomel, Rhabarb, Castor Oil, American and West-India, Pocket Instruments from 12 to 25 dollars per case, Elegant Dissecting Instruments in cases, Elegant Tooth Instruments, for cleaning the teeth, in cases, Trocars with and without cases, in sets, Silver and Elastic Catheters, Female Catheters on a plan much improved. Also—a variety of PAINTS and Dutch LINTSEED OIL—warranted to be of the best quality and fair prices. Richmond, August 14, 1805. BLANK BONDS For sale at this office.