Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1804-04-07 00:00:00

The VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[Vol. XI.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1130]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1804.
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Advertisements, not exceeding a square in length, are inserted in this paper for seventy-five cents the first time; three dollars for three weeks (6 times); and for every additional insertion thirty-three cents. Long ones in the same proportion—unless a special contract be made by the year.
The Celebrated English Stallion,
WHIP,
By Saltram, two years old, foaled from London, will stand the ensuing season in Charlotte county, 8 miles above the courthouse, and four below Cole's ferry, on the main road leading from Danville to Carter's ferry and Richmond, at Six Guineas the season, but which may be discharged by Five, provided the money is paid by the last day of July, at which time the season will expire. Nine Guineas to insure a mare in foal, and Three Guineas the single keep, and in either case one dollar to the groom, to be paid when the mare is first covered. A note sent with each mare for the season money will be expected.
WHIP is a beautiful bay horse, ten years old next spring, of great size and strength, being 15 hands 3 inches high. Let it now suffice to say, it is generally thought by all that have seen him, his equal for beauty has seldom if ever been seen in America. His dam was got by King Herod, which was also the dam of Mr. Calvert's Arlet, Mr. Wilson's Duchess and Mr. Durand's Kitty. Cat a Dash, all very fancy mares—his granddam by Oronooko, his great granddam by Cartouch, out of an Arabian mare—Oronooko was got by Crab, out of Miss Slamerkin by True Blue, Lord Oxford's Dun Arabian—D'Arcy, Black legged regal mare—Oronooko is the sire of the granddam of Potous & full brother to Black and all Black, the sire of Tating's Polly, who was the dam of King Fergus, Cartouch, by Bald Galloway, Cripple Barb at Hampton Court, Makeless, Place's White Mark—Dowdorth, Layton Barb—Cartouch is the sire of the granddam of Flinnap and Florizel—Saltram was got by Eclipse, who covered at 200 guineas the season, his dam Virago by Snap, his granddam by Regulus, out of a full sister to Black and all Black—Saltram was formerly the property of his royal highness the Prince of Wales, and was thought to be the best runner of his time. He won several large stakes, among which was the Derby in 1783, beating Dungannon, Volunteer, Phenomenon, Gonzales and several others—He is the sire of Whiskey, who won at three years old, 4650 guineas; also of Whip, Royalist, Peeping Tom, General, Coiser, Sylph, Septim, Caroline, Tiffany, Lawruffina, St David, Sprightly, Queen of Sheba, Spanhaway, Rofe, Sweeper, Cyrus, Coal, Merchant, Pick Pucker, Oscar, Ambrosio, Pretty Patty, and several others, all first rate runners. WHIP was the first favorite for the Derby in 1797, and no doubt would have won it, had he been well enough to have started. He was found to have so much speed as to be able to give many colts of the same year from 20 to 30 lbs. The first time he started he won the sweepstakes of 20 guineas each, at Alcot, for three year olds, and afterwards the three year old plate at Reading, beating Mr. Dolphin's Hickwall by Woodpecker, Mr. C. Bunbury's Wrangler by Diomed, and several others. At five years old he won the four year old plate at Alcot & a plate at Brighton, beating Combatant and gave him 22 lbs—Whip ran the week before for the cup at Oxford, against Diamond, Stickler, Johnny and Oaklands, and was supposed to be winning when he ran out of the course—He also won the sweepstakes at Canterbury, which was the last time he started, having fallen lame. Several of his races were won at three heats—Whip gave Coiser 21 lbs and beat him in his trial, and never lost a race that he ran where there were heats. After Whip fell lame (which was in the year 1798) he was kept as a covering horse, and stood in England at five guineas the season. I have in my possession a certificate from under Mr. Durand's hand of Whip's blood. The stud books & calendars are also in my possession, which any gentleman may see on application.
Good and extensive pasturage gratis, extraordinary well enclosed low grounds and high, well watered, well let with clover, & nearly all kinds of grain. Gentlemen who wish to have their mares fed (which is given up by good judges to be the best scheme) shall have as much as they can eat at 15d. per day, in strong stalls made in the pasturage under a grove sufficiently large for a mare and colt to eat, safe from being disturbed by other nags. I will not be liable for escapes or accidents of any kind, but will pay strict attention to every gentleman's mares in rotation—Whip stood in Prince George county the two last seasons, and covered largely upwards of 100 mares each
season, notwithstanding there were 12 imported horses that stood within 60 miles of him, I will take £ 40 for the season of 60 mares provided the money is paid by the last day of July.
EDWARD JORDAN. THOMAS JONES, sen. March 16, 1804.
Certificate—At the request of Mr. Edward Jordan, who has lately purchased the imported horse Whip, I do certify that the said horse has stood for the two last seasons within 3 qrs. of a mile of my residence, that I have seen in the pastures attached to his stand, during the last season, several colts & fillies at a time (at least a dozen in number) got by him, equal, and in my opinion superior in point of form and size to any equal number I have ever seen, got by other horses—I also believe him to be as sure a foal getter as any horse in America. Any gentleman in this neighbourhood who may accord with me in opinion, will do me more than justice to the reputation of the horse and also oblige Mr. Jordan, by adding their signature.
GEORGE RUFFIN. Prince George County, Dec. 11, 1803. Edward Ruffin, Peter Bipp, John Avery, Thomas Gault, Reace Holliday, Brigs Rowan, Van Leonard, Jas. T. Hubbard, Edward Markes, Jesse Heath, John Jones, Wm. Cole, John Markes, Roger Atkinson, Thos. Guy, Wm. Glover, Thos. Morrison, John Bate, Sterling Gurr, James Carleton, John L. Hunt, Silas Gregory, Jas. Ford, Geo. Cole, Isaac Hill, James Cooke, W. Bipp, Fed. R. Bate.
THE CO-PARTNERSHIP OF Tompkins & Thornton, is this day dissolved by mutual consent. All persons indebted to them, are requested to make immediate payment, and those who have claims against the concern, may on application have them adjusted. HARRY TOMPKINS WILLIAM M. THORNTON.
Harry Tompkins and Henry Harris, having commenced business in trade, under the firm of TOMPKINS & HARRIS, inform their friends and the public, that they have commenced business in the house formerly occupied by Tompkins and Thornton, where they intend keeping a constant supply of GROCERIES.
Richmond, 15th March, 1804. N. B. They wish to receive produce on storage, and sell on commission.
At a meeting of the Commissioners appointed by the Legislature of this Commonwealth, to receive subscriptions in the city of Richmond, under "An act for incorporating the BANK OF VIRGINIA"—present, Edward Carrington, (Chairman,) Joseph Gallego, Robert Pollard, George Jefferson, P. N. Nicholas, John Brockenbrough, Thomas Rutherford, Benjamin Hatcher and James F. Leitch.
1st. Resolved, that Books be opened at the Capitol, on the first Monday in May next, to receive subscriptions pursuant to the said act. 2d. Resolved, with the consent of the Treasurer of the state, that the payments be made in the Treasury office, and that the persons so paying, upon exhibiting the Treasurer's receipt, shall be admitted to subscribe their names on the commissioners' books. 3d. Resolved, that Edward Carrington, Joseph Gallego and John Brockenbrough be appointed a committee to notify the foregoing resolutions in two public gazettes of this city, once a week, from the present time till the first Monday in May next.
EDWARD CARRINGTON. JOSEPH GALLEGO. JOHN BROCKENBROUGH. 15th March, 1804. [wtd M]
* For the mutual accommodation of the Treasurer and the persons meaning to subscribe, the Treasurer will receive the money at any time previous to the day appointed for opening the Books by the commissioners.
THE SUBSCRIBER IS YET DESIROUS TO SELL HIS
Valuable Tract of Land, Lying in the upper end of Powhatan county, on both sides of Deep creek, being 12 miles from Carter'sville, 2 from Appomattox river, less than one from the great Buckingham road and 42 from Manchester.
The country is well regulated in its police and sociable in the manners of its inhabitants. To these local advantages may be added that the soil is fertile and well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, Grain and Grass. The mansion place is healthy, with dwelling houses and other offices to accommodate a large family.
It is supposed to contain about 1500 acres, of which 300 are valuable low grounds, 100 reclaimed for cultivation and the rest under heavy timber. Little more need be said to those inclined to possess a landed estate of easy access to Richmond and Petersburg by the Turnpike and Navigation.
This land will be laid off in 2 or 3 convenient lots, and offered to public sale at Powhatan May Court, being the 16th, at 12 o'clock; for 1-4th payable at Christmas next, when possession will be given, and the remainder in equal annual payments, to carry interest from the time of possession, with approved personal and real security. The land and proposed allotments will be shown by Mr. David Macey on the premises.
WILLIAM MAYO. Henrico, March 15th, 1804. wtds
TO BE SOLD, On Wednesday next, at public sale, all the subscribers'
Stock on Hand :
Consisting of an assortment of Looking Glasses, and a handsome collection of Pictures, in elegant gilt frames, with an assortment of Barometers and Thermometers, and an assortment of Spectacles—Likewise an assortment of Maps, and a great variety of Toys of different descriptions. The sale to take place at their store, near the Market house. As they are about to remove to Philadelphia, the above articles will be sold very cheap. GEATANO CETTI & Co. April 3d, 1804. [21]
Just received direct from the Patented and for Sale by
SHAPARD & LUCKE, RICHMOND,
The following Valuable Family Medicines, Which they are also forwarding to the following persons, viz.
Virginia—Thomas H. Watson, Cartersville; Thomas Wyatt, Lynchburg; John Gilliam & Co. Cumberland; Thomas Miller, Bedford; Moses Norris, Columbia; Samuel Shelton & Co. Warren; Zachariah Hall, Powhatan; John Peyton, Milton; Isaac Caruthers & Co. Lexington; Benj. Christopher Morris, Staunton; Richard Rankin, Augusta (Jennings' Gap); Peter Crawford, Louisa; Henry H. Dickinson, Caroline; Robert Warburton, Williamsburg; Barclay & Barclay, Aylett's Warehouse; Capt. Lewis Booker, Essex. North Carolina—Major James Vaughan, Wilmington; Norwood & Blackwell, Granville; Thomas Webb, ditto.
Dr. RAWSON'S
Anti-Bilious and Stomachic Bitters,
Prepared by Thomas H. Rawson, New London, Member of the Connecticut Medical Society, for which discovery he obtained a Patent, signed by the President of the United States, July 24th, 1802, agreeably to an Act of congress.
THE celebrity and demand for these Bitters, and unqualified letters and certificates of their singular virtues and effects, as well from eminent Physicians as others of the first respectability, daily received by the Patenteer, from all parts of the union, proves them experimentally the greatest discovery ever yet made in the healing art. The following are some of the most prominent complaints in which these Bitters are efficacious, and to universally admired, viz.
Indigestion, Dysenteries, Head aches, Gravel, Lowness of spirits, Dyspepsies, Bilious complaints, Worms, Jaundice, Stones, Rheumatism, Female complaints
And all that train of complicated complaints common in the fall and spring seasons.
They remove by their stimulating effects the two extremes of colic and relaxed habits of body, procure a strong appetite and digestion, dispel to biliousness and lividness those persons who before taking them were melancholy, low spirited, and trembling, and remove those dull, unpleasant sensations, so disagreeable to be borne. Price 50 cents.
Dr. RAWSON'S
Patent Anti-Bilious or Family
Physic.
THESE Pills produce the most sensible and far reaching effects on the Bilious passages, and discharge with facility and ease all kinds of bilious Concretions, and experience proves them superior to any other physic for
Bilious & Yellow Fevers, Coliciness, Cholic's, Female complaints, Dizziness, And for destroying Pains in the Stomach & Bowels, Worms in the bowels of children.
In great Colds and sudden attacks of disorders, an early use of these Pills often produces the happiest effects.
Families living remote from skillful Physicians might always to be provided with my Pills and Bitters, as their reasonable application by discharging congections and giving tone to the bilious passages, oftentimes prevent the most serious and formidable maladies, and when taken agreeably to directions have produced wonders in the cure of Fevers and Agues, so prevalent in new countries and low and marshy villages.—Price 25 and 37 1/2 cents a box.
Dr. RAWSON'S
Itch Ointment.
THIS Ointment has a remarkable ascendancy over every other composition heretofore discovered, for cleansing and beautifying the skin. Pimples and all kinds of Eruptions on the Face and elsewhere, and Cutaneous disorders of almost every kind, are radically cured by this Ointment. It cures the Itch in a short time with safety, and ease.
This Ointment is very agreeable in smell, it leaves the skin smooth and beautiful, and may at all times and on all occasions be used agreeably to directions, without in the least endangering the patient's health.—Price 42 cents a box.
Tyce's Ditto, price 50 cents.
Dr. RAWSON'S
Worm Powders.
A Medicine which for efficacy and safety in its operation stands unrivaled. The most authentic proofs and respectable authorities of its astonishing virtues and surprising effects in extreme and alarming cases of Worms, may be seen at the places of sale.—Price 50 cents a package.
Genuine Aromatic PASTE,
For the Teeth and Scurvy in the Gums, Prepared only by J. THOMPSON, New-London, Connecticut.
THE only Medicine in the world that will with safety, ease and certainty, cure the Scurvy in the Teeth and Gums. This Paste cleanses the Teeth and purifies the Gums of any foulness, or acid corrosive humours; it braces and strengthens the fibres of the Gums, so that they adhere close to the Teeth; it likewise makes the Teeth appear white and beautiful, and takes off all disagreeable smells from the breath, which generally arise from Scurvy Gums and bad Teeth. The Public are cautioned to be on their guard against purchasing a spurious kind of Paste, made by one S. H. P. Lee, of New-London; his spurious kind is of a dirty brown colour in rough tin boxes. The genuine kind is of a lively red colour, in neat powder boxes, and each direction paper signed by J. Thompson the only Proprietor, in his own hand writing. Where also may be had, Dr. RAWSON'S
Anti-Bilious Patent Pills.
LEE'S
Genuine Windham Bilious Pills,
PREPARED by Samuel Lee, jun. of Windham, in the State of Connecticut; for which discovery he obtained a Patent signed by the President of the United States, April 30, 1796, agreeable to an Act of Congress.
THE numerous puffing impositions upon the public, and statements of remarkable cures never made, yet certified by feigned names, or by persons unacquainted with the nature of disease, and the effect of particular medicine, render it difficult to do justice to the Public, in offering sufficient motives to make trial of the virtues of this invaluable medicine.
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REMOVAL.
WILLIAM D. WREN,
COACH AND HARNESS MAKER,
BEGS leave to inform his friends in particular,
and the public in general, that he has removed
his shop to the place formerly occupied by
Greaves, Holton & Greaves, coach-makers, and
opposite the Governor's, where he will continue
to carry on his business in all its various branches.
W. D. WREN returns his thanks to his friends
generally for the encouragement he has hitherto
met with, and hopes that by his assiduity and
steady attention to business, to merit their further
patronage. He can also assure them that he has
on hand, a large quantity of well seasoned timber,
which (with the assistance of some of the best
journeymen in this state) will enable him to
furnish carriages of the best quality, and on the
shortest notice, with punctuality.
N. B. W. D. W. is in daily expectation of a
large quantity of COACH LACE, which, with
what he has on hand, will make a general assortment,
suitable for country coach-makers. As he
receives it direct from the manufactory, he will
have it in his power to sell at very moderate prices.
March 16, 1804. W3N
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive,
that Joseph Caldwell and Robert
Pearson, confined for horse stealing, and Cullen
Demory, confined for murder in the second degree,
have (the two former for the second time) escaped from the penitentiary. 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 for each of the convicts so escaped, to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey them or either of them to the penitentiary. And I do moreover require all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the penitentiary aforesaid the said Joseph Caldwell, Robert Pearson and Cullen Demory.
Given under my hand with the seal of the commonwealth annexed at Richmond, this 31st day of March, 1804.
Signed, JOHN PAGE.
Joseph Caldwell, convicted of horse stealing at the district court of Washington, May 1802; born in the county of Charlotte, 5 feet 11 inches high, 21 years old, fair complexion, dark hair and blue eyes, has a bad countenance, and when spoken to cannot look you in the face.
Robert Pearson, convicted of the same offence at the district court of the Sweet Springs, October 1802; born in the county of Botetourt, 6 feet high, 29 years old, fair complexion, dark hair and blue eyes, very thin visage, and has a down look; also has the appearance of bad health.
Cullen Demory, a dark mulatto, convicted of murder in the second degree, at the district court of Suffolk, May, 1801; born in the county of Southampton, 5 feet 8 1-2 inches high, 27 years old, black hair and black eyes, and very thin visage.
Caldwell and Pearson made their escape from the penitentiary the 16th of April last and were retaken in the counties of Botetourt & Washington, and were both tried for escaping and sentenced to two years additional confinement; the former by the district court of Washington in Sept. last, and the latter by the district court held at the Sweet Springs in Oct. following.
By the Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive that Israel Wilkinson, who was committed to the jail of the district of Staunton, charged with horse stealing, hath escaped from the said jail: I have therefore thought fit with the advice of the council of state to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of fifty dollars to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the said district jail of Staunton the said Israel Wilkinson. And I do moreover require all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of this commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend and convey to the jail aforesaid the said Israel Wilkinson.
Given under my hand with the seal of the commonwealth annexed at Richmond, this 31st day of March, 1804.
Signed, JOHN PAGE.
Israel Wilkinson is about 24 years of age, upwards of six feet high, and large in proportion, has dark red hair, which is commonly kept tied, though it is not very long, and has some few grey hairs in his face; he wears a blue roundabout, a blue surcoat, nearly new, striped pantaloons of olive colored select or fancy wool, and a thin summer waistcoat, but not particularly recollected.
The public are respectfully informed that the business heretofore carried on by John Pumphrey, will in future be carried on under the firm of
PUMFREY & FITZWHYLSONN.
Richmond, April 4th, 1804. 5-*
Public notice is hereby given, that the Court of Hustings of the City of Richmond will at the next court to be held for the said city on the second Monday in next month, proceed to appoint one fit and suitable person, to be Inspector of Manufactured Tobacco within the city aforesaid, for the term of one year; by virtue and in pursuance of an act of the last session of Assembly, entitled, "An act to amend an act, concerning the manufacture of tobacco."
(By order of Court)
AND S. STEVENSON, Clerk.
March 28, 1804.
For Sale—The Tenement opposite the present residence of John Hopkins,
East-End of the street.
LIST
Of Acts passed at the First Session of the EIGHTH CONGRESS of the United States.
 1. An act to enable the President of the United States to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the thirtieth of April last; and for the temporary government thereof. Approved 31st October, 1803.  2. Making provision for the payment of claims of citizens of the United States on the government of France, the payment of which has been assumed by the United States, by virtue of the convention of the thirtieth April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic. Approved 10th November, 1803.  3. Authorising the creation of a stock to the amount of eleven millions two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the purpose of carrying into effect the convention of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States of America and the French Republic, and making provision for the payment of the same. Approved 10th November, 1803.  4. Making an appropriation, for carrying into effect the seventh article of the treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation, between the United States and his Britannic Majesty. Approved 16th November, 1803.  5. To repeal the act intitled, "An act to allow a drawback of duties on goods exported to New Orleans and therein to amend the act, intitled, "An act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage." Approved 25th November, 1803.  6. To repeal an act, intitled "An act to establish an uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States." Approved 19th December, 1803.  7. For laying and collecting of duties on imports and tonnage within the territories ceded to the United States by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, one thousand eight hundred and three, between the United States and the French Republic, and for other purposes. Approved 24th February, 1804.  8. To incorporate the Directors of the Columbian Library company. Approved 31st January, 1804.  9. Relating to the recording, registering and enrolling of ships or vessels in the district of Orleans. Approved 25th February, 1804.  10. For the relief of Paul Coulon. Approved 25th January, 1804.  11. For the relief of John Coles. Approved 14th January, 1804.  12. Making appropriations for the support of the military establishment of the United States, in the year one thousand eight hundred and four. Approved 14th February, 1804.  13. Making appropriations for the support of the navy of the United States during the year one thousand eight hundred and four. Approved 31st January, 180, 1804.  14. For the relief of the captors of the Moorish armed ships Meshouda and Mirbuba.  15. Further to amend the act, intitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States." Approved 3d March, 1804.  16. Supplementary to an act, intitled "An act to incorporate the inhabitants of the city of Washington, in the district of Columbia." Approved 24th February, 1804.  17. Continuing for a limited time the salaries of the officers of government therein mentioned. Approved 20th February, 1804.  18. For the relief of certain military pensioners in the state of South Carolina. Approved 3d March, 1804.  19. For the relief of Samuel Corp. Approved 25th February, 1804.  20. To provide for light houses and buoys in the cases therein mentioned. Approved March 16th, 1804.  21. To amend the charter of Alexandria. Approved 25th February, 1804.  22. Making appropriations for the support of government for the year one thousand eight hundred and four. Approved March 14th, 1804.  23. To allow drawbacks of duties on goods, wares and merchandise transported by land, in the cases therein mentioned. Approved 3d March, 1804.  24. To revive and continue in force an act, intitled "An act for the relief of the refugees from the British provinces of Canada and Nova Scotia. Approved March 16th, 1804.  25. Declaring the assent of Congress to an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, therein mentioned. Approved March 16th, 1804.  26. Making an appropriation for carrying into effect the convention concluded between the United States and the king of 

tures, praying a remission of their punishment. Charles Bishop and — Dunlap, against whom warrants were likewise issued, are now going at large, openly defying the municipal authority. These two, it is said, were the principals in this atrocious violation of order and the good of society. It is hoped, however, that the vigilance and activity of our police officers, will, ere long, drag them to condign punishment.
NOW IN THE PRESS And will be published the first of May, a New Work, entitled MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DOCTOR DARWIN, With Accounts of his Friends, and Criticisms on his Writings—By M c NA SEWARD. This Work was published on the 7th of Feb y last, in London, and is now reprinting at the Classic Press, in Philadelphia. It will be comprised in one octavo volume of about 400 pages, on a super-fine wove paper—Price in boards, one dollar eighty-seven and an half cents. Subscriptions received by S. Pleasants, jr., April 6.
I give public notice to all persons that have any claim against the estate put in the hands of William Evans and Caleb Baker, by John Rodnett of Buckingham county, as trustees, for the benefit of his daughter Esther Anderson, during her natural life, which will appear on deed recorded in the district court held at Prince Edward on the 5th day of April, 1796. CALEB BAKER, of Prince Edward county, Trustee.
ROBIN REDBREAST, A FINE bay, fifteen and a half hands high, imported from England last spring, will stand the ensuing season at my stable in Chesterfield county, on Appomattox river, 15 miles above Petersburg, to cover mares at twenty-five dollars the season, for which notes will be expected, dischargeable by the payment of twenty dollars on or before the first day of October next; ten dollars the leap to be paid when the mare is covered, with one dollar for each mare to the groom. Good and extensive pasture gratis, having nearly one thousand acres of high and low land in six different inclosures, under strong fences, besides several cover lots. The greatest attention shall be paid to mares left in my care, but will not be liable for accidents or escapes.
PEDIGREE. ROBIN REDBREAST was got by Sir Peter Teazle, his dam Wren, by Woodpecker, his grand dam Puffin, (Sir Peter's dam) by Snap, his great grand dam Miss Cleveland, by Regulus, his great great grand dam Midge, by a son of Bay Bolton, Bartlett's Children, Honeywood's Arabian, dam of the Two True Blues. (Taken from the general stud book.)
PERFORMANCE. In 1800 (the only year he ran) at Bridgnorth, June 18, 4 mile heats, for four years old, he won the maiden plate, bearing Mr. Day's Ragimor, by Precipitate, and Mr. Carr's Prospect. The next day, at the same place 4 mile heats, he came in first and first, but lost the race for the want of a few ounces in weight the last heat. At New-Castle, July 34, he won the members purse of £50 4 mile heats, bearing Mr. Harrison's Trumpator, & distancing Sir T. Mostyn's Hedera. At Nantwich, July 10, he won the town purse of £50, beating Mr. Smith's Sultan, and distancing Sir T. Mostyn's Hedera. At Warwick, Sept. 2, he won his majesty's plate of 100 guineas, 4 mile heats, beating Lord Donegall's Fugleman, and distancing Mr. Tharm's Marquis. He won the purse at Litchfield, Sept. 11, 4 mile heats, beating Lord Donegall's b. h. by Poëto's, and distancing Mr. Brooke's Baron Nile, Lord Oxford's Victoria and Mr. Cox's Cocoa Tree. He was never beaten 4 mile heats except at Bridgnorth, as above stated, where, although it was given against him, it was evident that he was much the best horse.
THOMAS GOODE. March 1st, 1804
The Broad Rock Jockey Club Races will commence on Tuesday the 8th day of May next, and will continue for 4 days—the 1st day the Jockey Club purse of dollars. 400, four mile heats—21 day the Proprietor of the Field's purse of dollars. 200, three mile heats—3d day the Jockey Club Cup of dollars. 100 value, two mile heats, free for all ages, no person permitted to start for the cup but members of the club, and for their only benefit—4 h day a Sweep Stakes for 4 years old colts and fillies, two mile heats, entrance dollars 100, half forfeit; subscription to close on the 15th day of April; 4 subscribers or no race; the weights and rules for those races are agreeable to the Richmond Jockey Club rules—weights as follows: aged horses 133 lbs; 6 years old 128 lbs; 5 years old 118 lbs; 4 years old 105 lbs; 3 years old 90 lbs. Mares and Geldings allowed 5 lbs. The Treasurer for the club requests the members to be pointed in paying up their subscription on or before the day of running. THOMAS CHEATHAM, Tr.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB are requested to meet at the Broad Rock course, the day preceding the Jockey Club Purse, at 4 o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of making some regulations for the different days running. We the subscribers holding lands adjoining to and near the city of Richmond and the James river canal, having for a length of time suffered numberless depredations on our property in timber, wood, stock and inclosures, by divers persons, under the various pretences of fishing, fowling, shooting and hunting, do hereby notify, forewarn and forbid all persons whomsoever, from trespassing on our said property, or that of either of us, under the aforesaid pretences, or in any other way whatsoever, having determined from unavoidable necessity to prosecute all such trespasses without respect of persons.
W. Fontaine, John Harvie, J. Robinson. Richmond, April 2, 1804. A NEAT ASSORTMENT OF Morocco Pocket Books Is just received and for sale at this office.
The Virginia Argus. RICHMOND: SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1804. On Monday last, Gervase Storrs and Joseph Selden, Esq's, were elected delegates to serve in the next General Assembly of this commonwealth, for the county of Henrico.
On Wednesday last the annual election of officers to serve as Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen and Common Councilmen, took place in the several Wards of this city. The republican ticket in Monroe Ward was carried by a majority of two to one. In Jefferson Ward seven of the eight candidates on the republican ticket were elected with ease. No opposition was made to the federal ticket in Madison Ward. The general result is fifteen republicans to nine federalists.
JEFFERSON WARD. Geo. W. Smith. John Dixon. Robert Mitchell. Humphrey Dabney. Samuel Pleasants, jr. David Lambert. Benjamin Tate. John Adams. MADISON WARD. Robert Pollard. Henry S. Shore. Edward Carrington. Samuel Paine. George Pickett. Wm. Richardson. James McClurg. George Fisher. MONROE WARD. William Du-Val. William McKim. William Mosely. William Price. John Robinson. Alexander Quarrier. Samuel McCraw. Anderson Barrett. The members returned as above, yesterday assembled themselves at the court-house, agreeably to law, and elected by ballot from among themselves, the following persons, to serve during the ensuing twelve months:—
ROBERT MITCHELL, Mayor. WILLIAM DU VAL, Recorder. WILLIAM MOSLEY, President of the Common Council. ALDERMEN. David Lambert, } Jefferson Ward. John Adams, } Henry S. Shore, } Madison Ward. Edward Carrington, } George Fisher, } Anderson Barrett, } Monroe Ward. Alexander Quarrier, }
COMMUNICATION. A hint to the Ministers and Vestries of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and also to other Christian societies. Passing through one of the middle counties the other day, I was agreeably surprised at finding, that a plan for the benefit of the Pr. Ep. Church was very warmly supported by some of its most respectable members. The plan was, that a company should be formed, consisting of as many as chose to subscribe, for the purpose of purchasing tickets in the College Lottery at Williamsburg; and the prizes drawn, to be appropriated to the support of the church in that county. It appears to me, that the idea was worthy of a public communication; and that many parishes might, very probably, follow so laudable an example, as soon as it was made known.
NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIONS. The editor of the Farmer's Cabinet, a neat and well edited federal paper, printed at Amherst, after publishing returns of votes for Governor, from 65 towns, makes the following remarks—which evidently prove, that the cause of federalism is "looking up in that State." "Altho' we cannot vouch for the correctness of the above statements, we believe they may in general be relied on. By giving in opposite columns the votes of this year and the last, our readers will perceive at one view the loss and gain of each candidate. It needs no comment; nor does it require the spirit of prophecy to predict a change in the administration of our state government the present year. Whether Mr. Gilman or Mr. Langdon are chosen to fill the first office of the state, almost certain it is that in the next House of Representatives there will be a republican majority." In the above 65 towns, last year Mr. Langdon had 3380 votes—this year 4823—Mr. Gilman last year 5028—this year 5582; decrease of Gilman's votes 246—increase of Langdon's votes 1445. By returns from 33 towns, in yesterday's Centinel (not published in the Cabinet) Mr. Langdon has 2169 votes, and Mr. Gilman 2084—giving the latter gentleman in 99 towns, a majority of 137 votes only. Salem Reg.
LATE FROM LISBON. Capt. Hills, who arrived a Boston on Monday, the 19th inst in 24 days from Lisbon, informs that no expectations were entertained when he sailed, that either Spain or Portugal would be involved in the war.—The British Consul had arrived at Lisbon, from Algiers—He mentioned that Commodore Preble was proceeding to make an attempt to burn the Philadelphia, which still remained aground.
We have it from undoubted authority, (says the Baltimore Telegraph) that M. Pichon, minister from the French government, residing in the city of Washington, has been recalled; and that a person has arrived, who is immediately to fill his place.—We are at a loss to conceive the object of this sudden and unexpected measure, but time will no doubt develop it.
C O P Y Of a letter from capt. Bainbridge, to commodore Preble, dated Tripoli, Barbary, 12th November, 1803. SIR, I had the honor of writing to you on the first and sixth instant from this place, giving an account of the loss of the United States frigate Philadelphia, late under my command. I now transmit you further particulars of that unhappy event:
the following bearings were taken from the place where the ship grounded. The westernmost of the small rocks which from the harbour, W. by S. 1-2 S. the steeple of the Mosque near the Danish consul's flag-staff S. W. by W. fort English to the east of the town S. W. Bearing taken by the point of compass. When the ship grounded, her head was N. E. After giving up the chase of the pursuit of the cruiser, and bearing off shore, striking on the rocks was as unexpected to me, as if it had happened in the middle of the Mediterranean sea; immediately laid all sails abaft, run all the guns aft, sounded and found a sufficient depth of water astern, and a small distance from each side. A consultation of the officers was called, when it was unanimously agreed to heave the guns overboard and start the water; this was done as expeditiously as possible, and a fire kept up at the gun-boats from our stern and weather quarter guns; in firing the lower stern chasers, the stern caught fire, which was put out without much confusion; the gun-boats carrying brass eighteen and twenty four pounders were keeping up a fire against us, but directed their shot at our masts.—Finding that the guns and water did not lighten her sufficiently, the officers were of opinion that the fore-mast should be cut away, which was done, but without the desired effect. A reinforcement of 5 more gun boats coming upon our lee-quarter, where it was impossible for us to fire a gun, except down in the water, and the weather guns could not be depressed sufficient to heave within the distance of the boats. At 4 P. M. every hope was fled of our being able to get her off, and not the least power whatever of injuring our enemy, and saw no alternative but our eventually becoming prisoners to Tripoli; a council of the officers was called, when they were unanimously of the opinion that it was impossible for us to get her off the rocks, and that continuing in our situation would only be sacrificing lives without affecting our enemy, or rendering the least service to our country. In such a dilemma, too painful to relate, the flag of the United States, was struck. I trust that a want of courage can never be imputed where there is no chance of resistance.—Distressing indeed to brave minds to be obliged to surrender without having had an opportunity of defence. Some fanatics may say that blowing the ship up would have been the proper result. I thought such conduct would not stand acquitted before God or man, and I never presumed to think I had the liberty of putting to death 300 souls because they were placed under my command, and those persons who argue thus, to have been in our situation would no doubt have had very different ideas.
Although I feel conscious that my conduct will bear the nicest investigation, yet I am no stranger to the censures of an ungenerous world, and the regrets and mortifications which are incident to a change of public opinion, which does not always follow meritorious exertions; and an accident, although occasioned by circumstances which no prudence could foresee or valor control, may weigh against years of arduous services; yet I have a consolation in believing that my friends are too sincere to let adversity of fortune change their opinion.
I have the honor to be, Sir, With the most sincere respect, Your obedient servant, WM. BAINBRIDGE. Commodore Edward Preble, commanding the U. S. Squadron, Mediterranean station.
It will be satisfactory to the friends of Mr. Macdonough, midshipman, to learn that he was not on board the Philadelphia at the time of her capture, having been, some days previous, transferred by commodore Preble to the schooner Enterprise. (Nat. Intel.)
L E T T E R. From Mr. Cathcart, American consul at Leghorn, to capt. Orme, who arrived at Salem last week, dated, "Leghorn, December 16, 1803." "The enclosed packets contain copies of letters from Tripoli informing us of the loss of the United States frigate Philadelphia.—She ran on a bank abreast of the harbour at 11 A. M. on the 31st of October and kept up a brisk cannonade with the gun-boats of that regency until 4 1-2 P. M. when failing in their efforts to get her off they surrendered to superior force. The officers and crew are in captivity; but the former are permitted to remain in the American consular house, in consequence of my having paid the rent in anticipation for four years before I left that place." "The officers and crew had been plundered of every thing, and are consequently in want of every necessary of life. I have forwarded a credit for their present maintenance until provision is made for them by government—and shall procure a change of clothes for them with all possible expedition." "As it is of great importance that intelligence of this deplorable event should reach the seat of government with all possible expedition, I request you to forward the enclosed by the first vessel from Barcelona, and if none should be ready to sail immediately for the United States, to immediately enclose it to Mr. Kirkpatrick, our consul at Malaga, requesting him to forward it from his place by the most direct conveyance." "On your arrival in America it would be of use to publish an extract from this letter, in order that the relations to the unfortunate sufferers may be informed of their real situation, and at the same time to offer to those who are in circumstances to make remittances to their friends, my service gratis, as thereby they would save commission and other charges generally made on such occasions. Wishing you a pleasant passage, I am, sir, your most obedient servant."
LIBERTÉ, AULA MORT. GOUVERNEMENT D'HAÏTI. ARRETE. Au Quartier-Général du Port-au-Prince, le 14 Janvier, 1804, an 1er de l'Indépendance d'Haïti. Le Gouverneur-Général, considérant qu'une grande quantité d'indigènes noirs et jaunes, genissent dans l'étendue des Etats-Unis d'Amérique, retenus par défauts de moyens: arrete. Il sera alloué aux capitaines Américains, une somme de quarante gourdes pour chaque individu qu'ils transporteront en ce pays. Veu et entend que ledit arrete soit imprimé public et alliche, et qu'un exemplaire en soit adressé directement au Congrès des Etats-Unis d'Amérique. Le Gouverneur Général, Signé DESSALINES. [TRANSLATION.] LIBERTY, OR DEATH. GOVERNMENT OF HAÏTI. ARRETE. Head quarters, Port-au-Prince, Jan. 14, 1st year of the Independence of Haïti. The governor-general, considering that a great number of native blacks and men of color are suffering in the United States of America, for want of the means of returning: decrees, There shall be allowed to the captains of American vessels, the sum of forty dollars for each individual they may restore to this country. He orders, that this decree shall be printed, published, and posted up; and that a copy thereof be immediately forwarded to the Congress of the United States. By the Governor-General, Signed, DESSALINES. From the (Boston) DEMOCRAT.
STATE OF ENGLAND. The affairs of Europe begin to wear an aspect greatly interesting. His Britannic Majesty is so seriously indisposed, that but little hope can be entertained of his recovery; what the consequences may precisely be, of his demise, during the existing state of things, no man can be presumptuous enough to declare, but a very momentous alteration, in regard to the serfdom of the crown, if not in regard to its disposition, as to war and peace, will necessarily ensue.—The Heir apparent has lived, since his emancipation from the Royal nursery, in a sort of half smothered hostility with the Pitt faction, of which the Grenvilles are an emanation, but possessing if possible, an increased portion of haughtiness and repulsion. The PRINCE OF WALES has been personally insulted by Pitt , on various occasions; and it is believed that he has been an obnoxious agent between his Royal Father and himself. The inclinations of the PRINCE , are of a manly, decided, generous nature, and though perhaps he has not been the most prudent man, that ever lived, so far as the leading passions of the heart, are engaged, yet, even in his eccentricities and foibles, there was always a latent principle discoverable, which indicated that a great and sympathising soul was involved. If we may be allowed to judge of the qualities, he will possess, as a King, from the analogy of his qualities as a subject, we think there is something, that may authorise us in expecting, that he may approach, in his government, as nearly to a Patriot King as the vile elements of the Constitution, over which he may preside, will admit. His companions. —It is a trite adage that a man may be known, by the complexion of his associates; judging thus of the PRINCE , we are more pleased with the Survey , than otherwise.—The most influential members of his Cabinet, as selected by himself, are Mr. Fox , the venerable LORD THURLOWE , Mr. SHERIDAN , Mr. ERSKINE (His Chancellor) and EARL MOIRA , who, it is thought has more ascendancy over his mind than any other person; to these are occasionally added, the DUKES OF NORFOLK, DEVONSHIRE and BEDFORD ; EARL CROMONDELEY , Mr. TIERNEY , and his Attorney and Solicitor General. His Politics. —The politics of the Prince have been always supposed as rather favorable to the cause of popular right, and this inference has been naturally drawn from the political feature of those gentlemen, to whom he has given his confidence; how far an accession to the imperial dignity may change his mode of thinking, remains to be tried, as human nature is rendered more easily amiable, in a state of subordination, than a state of command.—Yet, as far as our perception goes, (and we have had some opportunities of knowing his habits) we believe that he will be found a much better and abler man, as a sovereign, than the courtly knaves and sycophants, who have polluted his father's reign, have seemed willing to admit.—There have been more pains and arts used to undermine the reputation of the Prince , by the adherents to Pitt , than were ever exercised towards any gentleman, of his rank; and it is an honest deduction in his favor, to say that there are
not many persons, who would have had a sufficient stamina of honor to have survived such reiterated calumnies.—We do not write this to suggest that the Prince has no faults, we only mean to offer it, as our weak opinion, that his character is altogether benignant in its source and liberal in its operations. It is believed, that he has never evinced, in his most communicative moments, any strong desire to hold the reins of government, but would be more contented to enjoy himself, as a private person, unshocked with the trappings and incumbences of office, and not responsible for the observance of any other forms, than those which are requisite for the maintenance of a gentlemanly deportment.
As there is some hazard of the continuance of the civil and religious national ordinances, in these days of peril; to the superb Monk and the partial Magistrate , it is probable that the heads of the different parties, (we mean those who are anti-republican) may endeavor to effect a coalition, for the preservation of those distinctions and privileges, which are the exclusive heritage of those members of the Church and State, who are allowed by immemorial usage, to plunder and insult the community in the same instant.—To bring this about, there may be crowds of Nobility and Prelates at his Royal Highnesses levee. "Who formerly made mouths at him, But would now give a hundred ducats, For his picture, in little!"
From the National Intelligencer . IMPROVEMENT IN AGRICULTURE. Descriptions of the Companion or Gang Ploughs —invented by Mr. JOE SMITH of New-York state, perhaps the greatest improvement on agriculture that ever yet has been exhibited in the United States now appears to the public view. The COMPANION PLOUGH is calculated to turn two furrows at once either to the right or left, and will require, in breaking up upward ground, two yoke of oxen, or equal strength of horses. This plough will perform double the work, with the same team and in the same space of time, that any single plough yet invented can do; while it saves the labor of two men. The expense of the plough does but very little exceed the ordinary ploughs, and is about equal, or rather less in weight. It is calculated to work a single furrow, like ordinary ploughs, or double as the planer may choose: and is fitter for all kinds of land. In cross ploughing or seeding it requires only the ordinary strength of team. The GANG PLOUGH is calculated for cross ploughing and seeding only—and turns from two to six furrows at the same time. It will require three horses or the strength of three, to work it with ease; but it saves the ordinary labor of six men. Mr. Smith has deposited the original plan of these ploughs at the office of the Department of State and secured the patent right. A complete plough on the construction above described, will be seen in Georgetown at Mr. Barney's, in a few days. The gang plough is made on the same construction as the companion plough. The inventor believes the advantages the public will receive from this improvement will engage their patronage to the works.
* * * Wanted immediately at this office, as an APPRENTICE to the PRINTING BUSINESS , a YOUTH of respectable connections, from thirteen to fifteen years old.
Advertisement. THE subscriber and sundry of the inhabitants of the county of Richmond and Westmoreland, intend to apply to the county court of Richmond on the first Monday in May next, to order the road to be discontinued which leads from the road going to Nomoncy ferry at Mrs. Hall's, by the subscriber's old mill, towards Westmoreland courthouse, as far as the line that divides Richmond from Westmoreland. RICH'D PARKER. March 20, 1804.
The members of the Dis- mal Swamp Canal Company, either in person, or by proxy, are requested to meet at the Exchange in Norfolk, on the first Monday in May next, to elect a president and directors, and on other business of importance to the company. Notice is also given to those who are delinquent in the payment of their quotas heretofore called for, that unless they make payment of their respective balances on or before the said day, that their shares will be sold on the Tuesday following the above mentioned day of meeting.
Thomas Newton, } Aug. Slaughter, } Wm. Vaughan, } Directors. Richard Blax.
By orders of the directors, Wm. Chas. Lee, Clk. &c. D. S. Canal Co. 23d Mar. h. 1804.
JUST PUBLISHED, And for sale at S. Pleasants' Book Store, THE LETTERS OF CURTIUS, WRITTEN BY THE LATE JOHN THOMPSON, OF PETERSBURG: TO WHICH IS ADDED A SPEECH, Delivered by him in August, 1795, on the British Treaty. WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE. : the winter blast of death Kills not the buds of virtue: no, they spread Beneath the heavenly beam of brighter sun Thro' endless ages into higher power. THOMPSON'S SEASONS Foolscap & Letter Paper For Sale at this office.

Robert Gamble & Son, Are receiving by the ship FAME and other arrivals from Europe, a general assortment of MERCHANDIZE, Suitable to the season—which they are disposed to sell on moderate terms for cash, country produce, or to punctilious customers, on the usual credit. Having a large and convenient WAREHOUSE, calculated to store flour, &c. those who may confide country produce to their care, are assured that their endeavors will be used to give general satisfaction, and their charge for storage, &c. will be reasonable.
Richmond, 17th Feb. 1803. VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE The Corner Brick Tenement in this city, in the occupation of Messrs Ellis & Allen, Judith & others, forming three floors, with cellars and accommodations for three families—also three kitchens attached to it, with all other appendages. Mr John F. Price will show the boundaries of the land, also, the various conveniences. This situation for mercantile business is far recommended itself, that any further description or comment upon it is thought unnecessary. Those who are disposed to purchase will be pleased to make application to the subscriber between this and the 10th of next month, and it not sold by that date at private sale, it will be offered at public sale for ready money. Should the subscriber be absent a few days in the mean time, Jos. Gallego and Jos. Scott, Esqs. or either of them, will have adequate powers to conclude an agreement, which will be duly confirmed and ratified by DAVID ROSS. Richmond, 20th March, 1804.
RICHMOND James River Company. THE Richmond James River Company want to HIRE TWENTY NEGRO MEN for the balance of the year, and to employ an OVERSEER to take the management of them. None need apply but such as come well recommended for respectability of character and capacity for the task. They would purchase eight or ten likely NEGRO MEN or LADS, that are under good character, for which a liberal price will be given in cash. ROBERT POLLARD. Richmond, March 19, 1804.
Juvenile Instruction. THE Senior Class in J. Ogilvie's school have commenced the study of Criticism, Ethics and Metaphysics: an analysis of the principles of Political Economy and Government will conclude this part of the course. Young men who have not had an opportunity of studying these branches of science, (of all others the most important to such as aspire to literary, legal or political eminence,) will probably find the manner in which they are taught in this school, peculiarly calculated to facilitate and expedite their progress. The senior class is at present composed of seventeen young men; but as J. O. communicates instruction on these subjects entirely thro' the medium of Lectures, eight or ten additional students, would extend his utility and increase his emoluments, without imposing upon him much more labor than he at present undergoes. Richmond, March 9th, 1804.
Sports of the Pit. A MAIN of twenty-one Cocks will be fought at Sussex court-house, on the 2d Tuesday in May next, for One Thousand Dollars. The subscriber will use his endeavors to have the best accommodation. At the same time and place, will be offered for sale, eight or ten Negroes, consisting of a valuable man, three or four plough boys, and five girls—they are remarkably likely and compose one family; also, a valuable pair of young, well matched grey horses. GEO. DILLARD. March 19, 1804.
A Young Man is in want of a situation in a store, or as a clerk. Apply at John P. Shields' tavern, where he may be seen.
FOR SALE, THE ESTATE, CALLED VARINA, LYING on James river, in Henrico county, twelve miles from Richmond, and about the same distance from Petersburg. The quantity of land about 820 acres, of which 500 are of the best quality in the state for wheat, lying in a gentle and uniform slope entirely above floods, completely free from stumps and all obstructions to the plough, yet continuing in strong heart. The remainder is mostly, rather uncommonly high and firm, tide marsh, about one fourth cleared: 10 or 15 acres completely surrounded by a good bank of clay, which has been extended, with the view of reclaiming the whole, as far as about two thirds of the requisite distance. The wood which can be carried almost from the stump on board large sea vessels upon two spars, for the distance of three fourths of a mile along the skirts of the forest, will pay all the expenses of reclaiming many times over. A part which was formerly reclaimed from the tide, proved dry enough for tobacco, and brought several immense crops of it without showing a possibility of exhaustion. The marsh abounds with that tall and fine natural grass, the hay of which is thought by numbers preferable to timothy. A few valuable Negroes raised on the place, viz. three men and a woman, also about a score of cows and oxen of the Ampthill and Boynton breed mixed, some other stock, about a score and a half of Spanish ewes very nearly pure Merino's blood, and 100 barrels of corn, will be left on the place. The tenant is bound to furnish seed and sow a full crop of wheat, about 100 acres, in due time. The estate will be shown to visitors, by Mr. Moses Bates and Mr. W. Radford, living upon it. Mr. George Jefferson of Richmond, or Mr. Thomas Estlin Randolph, will make known the terms to applicants, and will either of them conclude a bargain, which the proprietor will ratify. December 30, 1803.
FOR SALE. On Friday the 27th day of next month, will be sold to the highest bidder, at Dunkirk, in King & Queen county, A Tract of Land, contiguous to said town, and containing 1040 acres—800 acres of this land are low grounds on Mattaponi river, and compose a hand some plantation in good order for farming—the remainder consists of high land adjoining, of good quality, and has on it a commodious dwelling house, besides a valuable orchard of peach and apple trees. At the same time will be sold several improved LOTS in the town, on one of which there is a convenient tavern, with stables and a garden. The property will be sold collectively or separately as purchasers may wish. The land will be shown to any person, on application to Mr. Samuel Fannery, who resides near it. One third of the money will be expected in hand, and the balance in three annual payments. THOMAS MILLER. Powhatan, March 17, 1804.
By Authority. Scheme of a Lottery. TO BUILD AN ACADEMY IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND. 1 Prize—last drawn ticket, having a blank to its number, Dollars. 20,000 1 do. 10,000 1 do. 5,000 1 do. of 1,000 make 5,000 5 do. of 500 2,500 10 do. of 200 2,000 20 do. of 100 2,000 100 do. of 50 5,000 250 do. of 30 7,500 420 do. of 25 10,500 1,500 do. of 20 30,000 3,000 do. of 15 45,000 1 first drawn ticket after 1,000 having a blank to its number, 250 1 do. after 2,000 do. 250 1 do. after 3,000 do. 250 1 do. after 4,000 do. 250 1 do. after 5,000 do. 500 1 do. after 6,000 do. 500 1 do. after 8,000 do. 500 1 do. after 10,000 do. 500 1 do. after 12,000 do. 500 1 do. after 13,000 do. 500 1 do. after 14,000 do. 1,000 5,325 prizes, 150,000 9,675 blanks—not two to a prize. 15,000 tickets at 10 dollars each, 150,000 N. B. Prizes subject to a deduction of 15 per cent.
This lottery has been authorized by the Legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purpose of erecting a seminary of learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars in addition, for defraying the expenses attendant on drawing the lottery. Citizens of the first respectability have been selected as trustees, and they have pledged themselves to use their utmost exertions to carry it into effect. The scheme has the advantage of giving to each adventurer, a chance for some very large prizes, whilst the proportion of prizes to blanks, is so great as to invite the friends of the intended institution to participate in the lottery, with very little risk of their becoming losers. The treasurer of the state is to be appointed to receive the money for the tickets as they are sold, and to pay the amount of the prizes to the fortunate adventurers. It is believed that the above considerations will induce a rapid sale of tickets, and the drawing will commence as soon as a sufficient number shall be sold to authorize it—which it is believed will be on the second Monday in December next. Richmond, January 31, 1804.
TICKETS to be had of Robert Pollard, Doct. John Brockenbrough, Jr. Wm. Price, (Reg.) Samuel Pleasants, Jr. and William Pritchard. BURR MILL-STONE MANUFACTORY. THE subscriber takes this mode of returning his thanks to his former patrons, and informing the public in general, that he has (by desire of his friends) re-commenced the MANUFACTURING OF BURR MILL-STONES; and having furnished himself with a supply of the best materials, and having had sixteen years experience in the business, in Baltimore, Petersburg and Richmond, hopes to be able to give satisfaction to his employers. The stones he will warrant to be as good as any in the United States. Any orders left with Capt. William PENROCK, Norfolk; Capt. William CHAMBERS, Staunton; Mr. William HAY, Wythe county, or Mr. Robert MOORE, Petersburg, shall be duly attended to, and country produce received in payment, at the customary prices. TWO APPRENTICES will be taken to the above business, and short time required. WILLIAM DAVIDSON. Richmond, Jan. 10th, 1803.
Valuable Property. The subscriber offers for sale, that valuable unimproved Lot of Ground, Situate on the main street in the city of Richmond, containing about sixty six feet in front and running one hundred feet back, on the cross street leading to the basin of the canal, & immediately opposite to the corner stores now in the occupancy of Messrs. Pickett, Pollard and Johnston, and that of Mr. Charles Spencer. The numerous advantages attending this property needs no comment, its situation being in the centre of business renders it an object for public or private employment, and is perhaps the most eligible in this city for either. Any person desirous of purchasing will be treated with privately on application at any time between this and the first day of May next, and if not sold previous to that day, the same will be offered for sale at public auction, on the fifth day of that month, and the terms thereof made known. JOHN MENENRY. Feb. 15th, 1804.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. UN away from the subscriber on Saturday the 19th of February, 1804, a dark mulatto man called BILLEY, 26 or 27 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high, has a thick head of hair, which he combs up, and little inclined to be bow legged, is very polite and conversational, and no doubt will attempt to pass as a free man; he is a good water and an excellent hostler, the latter occupation he is very fond of. I have reason to believe he will make for the country of Fauquier, having a brother in that county the property of Mr. Pickett; his dress consisted of a round blue jacket, with blue and drab pantaloons, a pair of boots and a leather hat, and carried off other clothes. I will give the above reward to any person who will deliver him to me in Henrico county near Newcastle, or secure him in jail so that I get him again. All masters of vessels and others are forewarned from carrying him out of the state on their peril. THOMAS BLAKEY. Feb. 21, 1804.
NOTICE. THAT BOOKS will be opened on the first Monday in next month, (April,) in the coming room of Robert Gamble & Son, at 12 o'clock, for receiving subscriptions to the "Richmond and Columbian Turnpike Company." Those who may become subscribers, are hereby notified that the first day of May next, conformably to the act of assembly, is designated for the General Meeting of the Share holders, for the purpose of appointing Directors. By order of a meeting of the managers, held at the Eagle Tavern, in Richmond, 21st March, 1804. RO. GAMBLE, Chairman. March 26, 1804.
NOTICE. ALL persons having bonded claims against the estate of the late Gen. JAMES A. BRADLEY, are requested to bring them forward without delay, to SAM'L. BUTLER, Ex'r. Surry County, February 8th, 1804. COURTNEY'S COLLECTION ON Hymns & Spiritual Songs, Are for sale by the dozen or single, at S. Pleasants' Printing Office.
WAR DEPARTMENT, Feb. 8th, 1804. Notice is hereby given, That separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until the eighteenth day of May next ensuing, for the supply of all rations which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October, 1804, until the 30th day of September, 1805, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz. First. At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackanac, Chikago, Fort Wayne, the post on the Miami of the Lakes, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Ohio, and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude. Second. At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Tennessee and Kentucky. Third. At the garrison near Vincennes, on the river Wabash. Fourth. At Fort Massac, near the mouth of the Ohio, Kaskaskia, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Indiana territory, south of the 41st degree of North latitude, (Vincennes excepted.) Fifth. At St. Louis, New Madrid, and any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited in Louisiana, north of the settlements on the river Arkansas. Sixth. At Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez, Fort Adams, Fort Stoddart on the Mobile, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the Mississippi territory, and on the road between Natchez and the Tennessee river, (the post on said river excepted.) Seventh. At New Orleans, and any place or places on the Mississippi river, below Fort Adams, and at Opelousas, Natchitoches, and at any other place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in Louisiana, not before mentioned, or provided for. Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January, 1805, until the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several states herein after mentioned, viz. Eighth. At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation. Ninth. At Charleston, Rocky Mountain, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of South and North Carolina. Tenth. At Norfolk, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Virginia. Eleventh. At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia. Twelfth. At Fort Mifflin, Pittsburg, Carlisle, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Thirteenth. At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New York, (Niagara excepted.) Fourteenth. At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. Fifteenth. At Fort Independence, (Boston harbour) and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of Massachusetts (the district of Maine excepted.) Sixteenth. At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine. A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of beef or three quarters of a pound of pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill of rum, whisky or brandy, and at the rate of two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four pounds of soap, and one pound and one half of candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the rations shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price for the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackanac, Detroit, Niagara and Chikago for six months in advance, and at each of the other posts on the western waters for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same be required. It is also to be permitted to all and every of the Commanders of fortified places or posts to call for at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in the case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the Commandant shall be deemed proper. It is to be understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depredation of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable characters, and the certificate of a commissioned officer stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed. The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed, and that all supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the Sea board or Indian frontiers, not exceeding three months. H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War.
LORENZO Dow, wishes without delay, to inform the public, that through the misunderstanding of his friends, his appointments as published in the Virginia Argus, clash with another course published by his direction. He therefore gives notice, that he will follow the route appointed by the Argus till he comes to Richmond—thence from Richmond he intends to make his way to Norfolk, and from Norfolk to Alexandria agreeably to the appointments made by Dr. Hall and the other Methodist preachers of those parts. March 23, 1804.
THE public are hereby informed, that the subscriber is prepared with an excellent scene, which will be employed the whole of this season, at the well known SHAD & HERRING FISHERY, at Varina, twelve miles below Richmond. The road that leads to this fishery, is plainer and better, than the road leading to any other fishery on James river below this city. His prices for fish will be as follows: Thirty-three shillings and four pence per hundred for shad, or six pence a peck for a smaller quantity. For herrings, twenty shillings per thousand. He will keep a regular supply of salt and barrels for the accommodation of those that may be disposed to purchase fish by the quantity. MOSES BATES. Henrico, March 20, 1804.
By virtue of a deed of trust, executed on Christian, Jr. of the town of Duiguensville, and county of Buckingham, to the subscribers, for the purpose of securing the payment of a certain debt, due from the said Christian, Jr. to the late concern of Dunlop, Pollok & Co. will be SOLD, on the premises, on a credit of twelve months, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid, on the first Saturday in May next, to the highest bidder, a certain piece or
Parcel of Ground, Lying in the said town of Duiguensville, on which is a dwelling house, store house and lumber-house—for the purpose of satisfying the aforesaid debt, with interest and costs attending the execution of this trust. Bond and good security will be required of the purchaser, with interest from the date. JOHN FLOOD, I. FREELAND, } Trustees. March 17, 1804.
A PROPOSAL, BY WILLIAM YOUNG BIRCH & ABRAHAM SMALL, OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THAT CELEBRATED WORK, GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Together with MEMOIRS of the LIFE and WRITINGS of the AUTHOR. No book could be offered, which stands in less need of encomium and recommendation—It has been read in almost every European language—The history of the long and interesting period from the reign of Augustus to the taking of Constantinople, and the death of Mahomet the II. is no where else to be found in the shape of regular and well arranged history.—The Publishers presume to hope, that they do a service to their country in giving an Edition of it from the American press—They will briefly speak of their intentions, and the superiority of this edition. 1. It will be the most complete Edition of Gibbon extant.—Because it will be enriched with the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, written by himself.—This will be an addition to the London copy of nearly 200 pages. 2. It will be about one-third cheaper than the London Copy. 3. It will be executed in the best stile.—The Publishers, with confidence, recommend to the public an inspection of the books, published by them within the last three years.—They are, Russell's Ancient and Modern Europe, 7 Volumes—The Domestic Encyclopedia, 5 Volumes, and Tucker's Blackstone, 5 Volumes.—They promise not to degenerate. CONDITIONS. 1. It shall be printed from the last London edition, and be published in Eight Octavo Volumes, during the year 1804. 2. It shall be delivered to those Subscribers who take it in Volumes, at Two Dollars per Volume, in boards. Those who wait for the completion of the Work, may take it either at Sixteen Dollars in boards; or in a good and handsome binding, at Twenty Dollars; payable on delivery. It will be enriched with Two whole sheet Maps—One of the Eastern, the other of the Western part of the Roman Empire—A Map of the parts of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople, and an elegantly engraved Head of the Author. Subscriptions received by SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jr. Richmond.
FOR SALE. An Elegant Coach, And HARNESS, complete, for four horses, may be had at a great bargain, on application to A. MYERS, near the bridge. Richmond, Feb. 11, 1804.
4439 Acres of valuable LAND, In the south of Kentucky, the greater part military, will be SOLD for good bonds, or exchanged for property in the state of Virginia.—Enquire of the printer. Dec. 26th, 1803. TO RENT, A THREE STORY BRICK HOUSE, Near the Market bridge, well situated for a dry or wet goods store, with good accommodation for a family.—For further particulars enquire of the Printer. Richmond, March 2, 1804. Family Flour. A CONSTANT supply of FLOUR, of a superior quality, for family use, kept for SALE, by GEORGE WATT. Richmond, 5th March, 1804. A man who writes a plain hand, is in want of employment. A line addressed to A. B. and left with Mr. Samuel Pleasants, Jr. will be attended to. March 9, 1804. The business heretofore carried on under the firm of ROBERT POLLOK & Co. in this place, will from the first of April next be conducted under that of POLLOK, TREDIVAT & CO. Manchester, 28th March, 1804. Lawyers' Declarations For Sale here.
Fairfield Races. ON Monday the 30th of next month, will be run for over the Fairfield course, a sweepstakes for colts four years old, two mile heats. Five colts are entered at 300 dollars each, and the subscription closed: weights agreeably to the rules of the Jockey Club. On the same day the "Fairfield Jockey Club CUP" will be run for, two mile heats, free for all ages. The horses to be bona fide the property of members of the club. On Tuesday the first day of May, the Jockey Club Purse of 400 dollars, will be run for, four mile heats. On Wednesday, the Purse of the proprietor of the course, three mile heats—weights as follows: Aged horses, 133 lbs.—6 years old 123 lbs.—5 years old, 118 lbs.—4 years old, 106 lbs.—3 years old, 90 lbs.—Mares and geldings allowed 3 lbs. The treasurer takes this opportunity of reminding delinquent members, of the necessity of forwarding the amount of their subscriptions previously to the commencement of the races. March 23d, 1804.
Valuable Property FOR SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by Richard Dabney, of King William county, to the subscriber, to secure and satisfy a debt due from the said Richard to Cornwells Dabney, administrator with the will annexed, of Owen Dabney, dec. Will be offered to SALE, on the first day of Hanover county court, in the month of April next, at the courthouse of the said county, to the highest bidder, for ready payment, in current money. SUNDRY SLAVES, consisting of men, women and children, one Brood Mare, about 8 years old, by Lamplighter, two small Horse Colts, about 2 years old, by Americanus, the noted Stud Horse called Hanover, one Wagon and Gear, and 3 Horses, one excellent Chair Horse about 9 years old, and one Bay Mare Colt, by Americanus. GEO: WM. SMITH. Richmond, March 26, 1804.
A Number of Lots, Intersected by commodious streets, crossing at right angles, running due North and South, by East and West, agreeably to a plan deposited at Mr. Samuel Pleasants' Office. This land lies upon the margin of James river, and adjacent to that part of Richmond called Rocketts. The advantages of this property will present themselves to any person who will view it. The channel runs very near the bank, & that so high as to be entirely safe from freshes. Valuable warehouses are already erected near this spot, and there can be no doubt that the rapid increase of population and commerce of Richmond will render it desirable, both as a place of residence, and of business. It is known that the canal which has been accomplished at a considerable expense, and must shortly be communicated with tide water, & the improvements for land carriage, afford the means of conveying to this place the productions of an extensive & fertile country heretofore carried to the northern markets for want of these facilities; and if properly managed, must make it the important point of junction between the Eastern and Western people, as well as a depot as a market for produce, coal and foreign merchandise. The legislature have lately incorporated a company for deepening the channel of the river, so as to bring ships of 300 tons burthen, to Rocketts. And have also established a bank on extensive principles, which must greatly increase commercial enterprise. These important considerations contribute to render the property now offered for sale an object of attention to the Landlord, Merchant and Mechanic. The terms of sale will be one fourth for approved notes, in 60 days, the residue on bond payable the 1st Jan. next, to carry interest if not paid punctually, and no title made until the bond shall be discharged. A discount of 6 per cent on the last payment, will be allowed for ready money. WM. MAYO. Powhatan, Feb. 24th, 1804.
The subscriber will receive until the 14th day of next month, at the public manufactory of arms, PROPOSALS, for furnishing the commonwealth of Virginia, for the Cavalry thereof, six hundred pair of HOLSTERS, and six hundred SWORD BELTS. He will also receive, until the above date, proposals for erecting a HOUSE in the city of Richmond, for the preservation of public Ordnance. JOHN CLARKE. March 20th, 1804.
Notice is hereby given, that on the first day of June next, we intend to close the administration of the estate of Edmund Toney, dec. and this advertisement will be plead in bar to all claims which may be brought against the said estate after that date. EDM'D TONEY, } Adm'rs. JOHN TONEY, } Powhatan, March 24, 1804.
Westham Iron Foundry, NEAR RICHMOND. THE subscriber takes the liberty of informing the public that he has taken a lease and is at present working the above foundry, and having provided the best artists in that line from New York and George Town, together with pig iron of the first quality: Proposes to cast—Mill gudgeons and links of every description; also, cast iron wheels for the machinery of mills; Rumford, registered and plain grates; grate iron and bottoms, for Rumfordizing fire places; large and small stoves; caissons and cabin stoves; Franklin stoves for wood or coal; kitchen grates, with crane and range complete; coach warmers; plain stoves and mould plates; cast railing of every pattern; plow shares and plow boards; cast waggon, coach, phaeton and chair boxes; scale weights from 1 to 60 lbs.; sash and clock weights; patent raw irons for smiths, on a very approved plan; backs, jams and back lays; nail cutting machines with screws complete; wheel-harrow bowlers; garden hoes; cast iron anvils; fire dogs and hand irons of every description—together with any other article in the casting line, to a given pattern, at the shortest notice, by application at the furnace, or to JAMES DUNLAP, in Richmond. 24th March, 1804. P.S. Old Iron purchased by application as above.
JUST RECEIVED, At S. Pleasants' Book-Store, Richmond, a very elegant assortment of the best PEN-KNIVES, Which will be sold by the dozen or single.
NOTICE. ALL persons having bonded claims against the estate of the late Gen. JAMES A. BRADLEY, are requested to bring them forward without delay, to SAM'L. BUTLER, Ex'r. Surry County, February 8th, 1804. COURTNEY'S COLLECTION ON Hymns & Spiritual Songs, Are for sale by the dozen or single, at S. Pleasants' Printing Office.
NOTICE. THAT BOOKS will be opened on the first Monday in next month, (April,) in the coming room of Robert Gamble & Son, at 12 o'clock, for receiving subscriptions to the "Richmond and Columbian Turnpike Company." Those who may become subscribers, are hereby notified that the first day of May next, conformably to the act of assembly, is designated for the General Meeting of the Share holders, for the purpose of appointing Directors. By order of a meeting of the managers, held at the Eagle Tavern, in Richmond, 21st March, 1804. RO. GAMBLE, Chairman. March 26, 1804.

The VIRGINIA ARGUS Extra.
[Vol. XI.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1150]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM—PAID IN ADVANCE.]
SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1804.
[12 1-2 CENTS SINGLE]
[By Authority.]
AN ACT
Errecting Louisiana into two territories, and providing for the temporary government thereof.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That all that portion of country ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies south of the Mississippi river, and of an east and west line to commence on the Mississippi river, at the thirty third degree of north latitude, and to extend west to the western boundary of the said cession, shall constitute a territory of the United States, under the name of the territory of Orleans; the government whereof shall be organised and administered as follows:
Sec. 2. The executive power shall be vested in a governor, who shall reside in the said territory, and hold his office during the term of three years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States. He shall be commander in chief of the militia of the said territory; shall have power to grant pardons for offences against the said territory, and reprieves for those against the United States, until the decision of the President of the United States thereon shall be made known; and to appoint and commission all officers, civil, and of the militia, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. He shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
Sec. 3. A secretary of the territory shall also be appointed, who shall hold his office during the term of four years, unless sooner removed by the President of the United States, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the governor, to record and preserve all the papers and proceedings of the executive, and all the acts of the governor and legislative council, and transmit authentic copies of the proceedings of the governor, in his executive department, every six months, to the President of the United States. In case of the vacancy of the office of governor, the government of the said territory shall devolve on the secretary.
Sec. 4. The legislative powers shall be vested in the governor, and in thirteen of the most fit and discreet persons of the territory, to be called the legislative council, who shall be appointed annually by the President of the United States, from among those holding real estate therein, and who shall have resided one year, at least, in the said territory, and hold no office of profit under the territory, or the United States. The governor, by and with advice and consent of the said legislative council, or of a majority of them, shall have power to alter, modify, or repeal the laws which may be in force at the commencement of this act. Their legislative powers shall also extend to all the rightful subjects of legislation; but no law shall be valid, which is inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or which shall lay any person under restraint, burthen, or disability, on account of his religious opinions, professions or worship; in all which he shall be free to maintain his own, and not burthened for those of another. The governor shall publish throughout the said territory, all the laws which shall be made, and shall, from time to time, report the same to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress; which if disapproved of by Congress, shall thenceforth be of no force. The governor, or legislative council, shall have no power over the primary disposal of the soil, nor to tax the lands of the United States, nor to interfere with the claims to land within the said territory. The governor shall convene and prorogue the legislative council, whenever he may deem it expedient. It shall be his duty to obtain all the information in his power, in relation to the customs, habits, and dispositions of the inhabitants of the said territory, and communicate the same, from time to time, to the President of the United States.
Sec. 5. The judicial power shall be vested in a superior court, and in such inferior courts, and justices of the peace, as the legislature of the territory may, from time to time, establish. The judges of the superior court, and the justices of the peace, shall hold their offices for the term of four years. The superior court shall consist of three judges, any one of whom shall constitute a court, they shall have jurisdiction in all criminal cases, and exclusive jurisdiction in all those which are capital; and original and appellate jurisdiction in all civil cases, of the value of one hundred dollars. Its sessions shall commence on the first Monday of every month, and continue till all the business depending before them, shall be disposed of. They shall appoint their own clerk. In all criminal prosecutions which are capital, the trial
shall be by a jury of twelve good and lawful men of the vicinage; and in all cases, criminal and civil, in the superior court, the trial shall be by a jury, if either of the parties require it. The inhabitants of the said territory shall be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus; they shall be bailable, unless for capital offences, where the proof shall be evident, or the presumption great; and no cruel, or unusual punishments shall be inflicted.
Sec. 6. The governor, secretary, judges, district attorney, marshal, and all general officers of the militia, shall be appointed by the President of the United States, in the recess of the Senate, but shall be nominated at their next meeting for their advice and consent. The governor, secretary, judges, members of the legislative council, justices of the peace, all other officers, civil, and of the militia, before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take an oath or affirmation, to support the constitution of the United States, and for the faithful discharge of the duties of their office; the governor, before the President of the United States, or before a judge of the supreme or district court of the United States, or before such other person as the President of the United States shall authorise to administer the same; the secretary, judges, members of the legislative council, before the governor; and all other officers, before such persons as the governor shall direct. The governor shall receive an annual salary of five thousand dollars; the secretary, of two thousand dollars; and the judges, of two thousand dollars each; to be paid quarterly out of the revenues of import and tonnage, accruing within the said territory. The members of the legislative council shall receive four dollars each per day, during their attendance in council.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That the following acts, that is to say:
An act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States.
An act, in addition to an act, for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States.
An act to prevent citizens of the United States from privateering against nations in amity with, or against citizens of the United States.
An act for the punishment of certain crimes therein specified.
An act respecting fugitives from justice, and persons escaping from service of their masters.
An act to prohibit the carrying on the slave trade from the United States to any foreign place or country.
An act to prevent the importation of certain persons into certain states, where by the laws thereof, their admission is prohibited.
An act to establish the post-office of the United States.
An act further to alter and establish certain post roads, and for the more secure carriage of the mail of the United States.
An act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States.
An act, in addition to an act, entitled, an act for the more general promulgation of the laws of the United States.
An act to promote the progress of useful arts, and to repeal the act heretofore made for that purpose.
An act to extend the privilege of obtaining patents for useful discoveries and inventions to certain persons therein mentioned, and to enlarge and define the penalties for violating the rights of patentees.
An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned.
An act, supplementary to an act, entitled, an act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned, and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
An act providing for salvage in cases of recapture.
An act respecting alien enemies.
An act to prescribe the mode in which the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings in each state shall be authenticated, so as to take effect in every other place.
An act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes.
An act for continuing in force a law, entitled, an act for establishing trading houses with the Indian tribes. And,
An act making provision relative to rations for Indians, and to their visits to the seat of government, shall extend to, and have full force and effect in the above mentioned territories.
Sec. 8. There shall be established in the said territory a district court, to consist of one judge, who shall reside therein, and be called the district judge, and who
shall hold, in the city of Orleans, four sessions annually: the first to commence on the third Monday in October next, and the three other sessions, progressively, on the third Monday of every third calendar month thereafter. He shall in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and powers, which are by law given to, or may be exercised by the judge of Kentucky district; and shall be allowed an annual compensation of two thousand dollars, to be paid quarterly out of the revenues of import and tonnage accruing within the said territory. He shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside, and keep the records of the court, in the city of Orleans, and shall receive for the services performed by him the same fees so which the clerk of Kentucky district is entitled for similar services.
There shall be appointed in the said district, a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid six hundred dollars, annually, as a full compensation for all extra services. There shall also be appointed a marshal for the said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees to which marshals in other districts are entitled for similar services; and shall moreover be paid two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services.
Sec. 9. All free male white persons, who are house keepers, and who shall have resided one year at least, in the said territory, shall be qualified to serve as grand or petit jurors, in the courts of the said territory; and they shall, until the legislature thereof shall otherwise direct, be selected in such manner as the judges of the said courts respectively shall prescribe, so as to be most conducive to an impartial trial, and to be least burthensome to the inhabitants of the said territory.
Sec. 10. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to import or bring into the said territory, from any port or place without the limits of the United States, or cause or procure to be so imported or brought, or knowingly to aid or assist in so importing or bringing any slave or slaves. And every person so offending, and being thereof convicted before any court within said territory, having competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit and pay for each and every slave so imported or brought the sum of three hundred dollars; one moiety for the use of the United States, and the other moiety for the use of the person or persons who shall sue for the same; and every slave so imported or brought shall thereupon become entitled to, and receive his or her freedom. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to import or bring into the said territory, from any port or place within the limits of the United States, or to cause or procure to be so imported or brought, or knowingly to aid or assist in so importing or bringing any slave or slaves, which shall have been imported since the first day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety eight, into any port or place within the limits of the United States, or which may hereafter be so imported, from any port or place without the limits of the United States; and every person so offending, and being thereof convicted before any court within said territory, having competent jurisdiction, shall forfeit and pay for each and every slave so imported or brought the sum of three hundred dollars, one moiety for the use of the United States, and the other moiety for the use of the person or persons who shall sue for the same; and no slave or slaves shall directly or indirectly be introduced into said territory, except by a citizen of the United States, removing into said territory for actual settlement, and being at the time of such removal bona fide owner of such slave or slaves; and every slave imported or brought into the said territory, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall thereupon be entitled to, and receive his or her freedom.
Sec. 11. The laws in force in the said territory, at the commencement of this act, and not inconsistent with the provisions thereof, shall continue in force, until altered, modified, or repealed by the legislature.
Sec. 12. The residue of the province of Louisiana, ceded to the United States, shall be called the District of Louisiana, the government whereof shall be organised and administered as follows:
The executive power now vested in the governor of the Indiana territory, shall extend to, and be exercised in the said District of Louisiana. The governor and judges of the Indiana territory shall have power to establish, in the said District of Louisiana, inferior courts, and prescribe the jurisdiction and duties, and to make all laws which they may deem conducive to the good government of the inhabitants thereof: Provided however , That no law shall be valid which is inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States, or which shall lay any person under restraint or disability on account of his religious opinions, profession, or worship; in all of which he shall be free to maintain his own, and not burthened for those of another: And provided also , That in all criminal prosecutions, the trial shall be by a jury of twelve good and lawful men of the vicinage, and in all civil cases of the value of one hundred dollars, the trial shall be by jury, if either of the parties require it. The judges of the Indiana territory, or any two of them, shall hold annually two courts within the said district, at such place as will be most convenient to the inhabitants thereof in general, and shall possess the same jurisdiction they now possess in the Indiana territory, and shall continue in session until all the business depending before them shall be disposed of. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the Indiana territory to record and preserve all the papers and proceedings of the governor, of an executive nature, relative to the district of Louisiana, and transmit authentic copies thereof every six months to the President of the United States. The governor shall publish throughout the said district, all the laws which may be made as aforesaid, and shall, from time to time, report the same to the President of the United States, to be laid before Congress, which, if disapproved by Congress, shall thenceforth cease, and be of no effect.
The said district of Louisiana shall be divided into districts by the governor, under the direction of the President, as the convenience of the settlements shall require, subject to such alterations hereafter as experience may prove more convenient. The inhabitants of each district, between the ages of eighteen and forty five shall be formed into a militia, with proper officers, according to their numbers, to be appointed by the governor, except the commanding officer, who shall be appointed by the President, and who, whether a captain, a major, or a colonel, shall be the commanding officer of the district, and as such shall, under the governor, have command of the regular officers and troops in his district, as well as of the militia, for which he shall have a brevet commission, giving him such command, and the pay and emoluments of an officer of the same grade in the regular army; he shall be specially charged with the employment of the military and militia of his district, in cases of sudden invasion or insurrection, and until the orders of the governor can be received, and at all times with the duty of ordering a military patrol, aided by militia if necessary, to arrest unauthorised settlers in any part of his district, and to commit such offenders to jail to be dealt with according to law.
Sec. 13. The laws in force in the said district of Louisiana, at the commencement of this act, and not inconsistent with any of the provisions thereof, shall continue in force until altered, modified or repealed by the governor and judges of the Indiana territory, as aforesaid.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That all grants for lands within the territories ceded by the French Republic to the United States, by the treaty of the thirtieth of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and three, the title whereof was, at the date of the treaty of St. Ildefonso, in the crown, government or nation of Spain, and every act and proceeding subsequent thereto, of whatsoever nature, towards the obtaining any grant, title or claim to such lands, and under whatsoever authority transacted, or pretended, be, and the same are hereby declared to be, and to have been from the beginning, null, void, and of no effect in law or equity: Provided nevertheless , That any thing in this section contained shall be so construed to make null and void any bona fide grant made agreeably to the laws, usages and customs of the Spanish government to an actual settler on the lands so granted for himself, and for his wife and family; or to make null and void any bona fide act or proceeding done by an actual settler, to obtain a grant for lands actually settled on by the person or persons claiming title thereto, if such settlement in either case was actually made prior to the twentieth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three: And provided further , That such grant shall not secure to the grantee or his assigns more than one mile square of land together with such other and further quantity as heretofore hath been allowed for the wife and family of such actual settler, agreeably to the laws, usages and customs of the Spanish government; and that if any citizen of the United States, or other person, shall make a settlement on any lands belonging to the United States, within the limits of Louisiana, or shall survey, or attempt to survey, such lands, or to designate boundaries by marking trees, or otherwise, such offender shall, on conviction thereof, in any court of record of the United States, or the territories of the United States, forfeit a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and suffer imprisonment not ex-
ceeding twelve months; and it shall, moreover, be lawful for the President of the United States to employ such military force as he may judge necessary to remove from lands belonging to the United States any such citizen, or other person, who shall attempt a settlement thereon.
Sec. 15. The President of the United States is hereby authorised to stipulate with any Indian tribes, owning lands on the east side of the Mississippi, and residing thereon, for an exchange of lands, the property of the United States, on the west side of the Mississippi, in case the said tribes shall remove and settle thereon; but in such stipulation, the said tribes shall acknowledge themselves to be under the protection of the United States, and shall agree that they will not hold any treaty with any foreign power, individual state, or with the individuals of any state or power; and that they will not sell or dispose of the said lands, or any part thereof, to any sovereign power, except the United States, nor to the subjects or citizens of any other sovereign power, nor in order to maintain peace and tranquility with the Indian tribes who reside within the limits of Louisiana, as ceded by France to the United States, the act of congress, passed on the thirtieth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and two, entitled "An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes, and to preserve peace on the frontiers," is hereby extended to the territories erected and established by this act; and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated by law, is hereby appropriated to enable the President of the United States to effect the object expressed in this section.
Sec. 16. The act, passed on the thirty first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and three, entitled "An act to enable the President of the United States, to take possession of the territories ceded by France to the United States, by the treaty concluded at Paris, on the thirtieth day of April last, and for the temporary government thereof," shall continue in force until the first day of October next, any thing therein to the contrary notwithstanding; on which said first day of October, this act shall commence, and have full force, and shall continue in force for and during the term of one year, and to the end of the next session of congress which may happen thereafter.
NATL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JESSE FRANKLIN, President of the Senate, pro tempore. March 26, 1804.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
General Assembly, begun and held at the Capitol, in the City of Richmond, on Monday the eleventh day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and two, and of the commonwealth the twenty-seventh.
An Act more effectually to provide for the payment of taxes upon lands within this commonwealth.
[Passed 29th January, 1803.]
WHEREAS numerous inconveniences and losses have accrued to this commonwealth, from the want of an adequate mode for the selection of lands to the payment of taxes: And whereas it is a principle in well organized governments, that property should be held subject to the purposes thereof:
BE it enacted, That when the taxes upon any tract or survey of land shall have remained unpaid for the space of two years, such tract or survey of land shall be forfeited to the commonwealth, and subject to location, according to the terms prescribed by an act entitled "An act for reducing into one the several acts concerning the land-office, ascertaining the terms and manner of granting waste and unappropriated lands, for settling the title and bounds of lands, directing the mode of proceeding, and prescribing the duty of surveyors," so far as the said act applies to waste and unappropriated land, and not to forfeited land; and title thereto shall be acquired by the said loss of tract or survey of land: Provided nevertheless , that the tract or survey of land so as aforesaid forfeited, shall be subject to the redemption of the former rightful and proper owner, at any time within one year after such forfeiture shall have accrued, upon the payment of the taxes due thereon, with interest upon the same from the time they became payable.
And be it further enacted , That at any time within six months after the annual return of the list of insolvents or delinquents for the non-payment of taxes upon land into his office, the auditor of this commonwealth shall cause this act to be published for three several times in the gazette of the printer of this commonwealth, and in some newspaper of general circulation, published at the seat of the general government: Provided always , that nothing in this act shall be so construed as to authorise the location of any lands within the purview of this act, before the expiration of the time limited for the redemption thereof; nor to affect the rights of infants, femes covert, or persons of unsound mind, until one year after the disabilities shall have ceased.
All acts and parts of acts, within the purview of this act, are hereby repealed.
This act shall commence and be in force from and after the first day of March next.
(A copy from the Roll.)
S. PLEASANTS, Jr. Keeper of Rolls. READY MADE PENS For sale at this office.

VIRGINIA:  A Court continued and held for Halifax county, the 24th day of August, 1803. Isaac Malley and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Cook, Robert Carter and Unity his wife, late Unity Cook, John Cook, Edmund Cook, Jarrett W. Cook, Elizabeth F. Cook, Richard Claiborne in right of his late wife Sally Cook, Patsey Cook and Rebeckah Cook by Elizabeth Cook their guardian, and Richard Cook by Isaac Malley his guardian, heirs and legal distributees of John Cook, dec. plaintiffs AGAINST Henry Cook, administrator of John Cook, dec. defendant  T he subpoena in this cause having been duly executed, and the defendant failing to answer the plaintiff's bill within the time by law prescribed after the filing of the same: Therefore, on the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, the said bill is taken for confessed; and it is decreed and ordered , that the plaintiffs recover against the said defendant the sum of one hundred pounds current money, the value of the land in the bill mentioned, unless the said defendant shall shew cause to the contrary at or before the next quarterly session to be held for the said county in November next, he being first duly served with a copy of this decree. A Copy. Teste, BERRYMAN GREEN, D. C. H. C.
VIRGINIA:  A Court continued and held for Halifax county, the first day of December, 1803. Isaac Malley and Nancy his wife, late Nancy Cook, Robert Carter and Unity his wife, late Unity Cook, John Cook, Edmund Cook, Jarrett W. Cook, Elizabeth F. Cook, Richard Claiborne in right of his late wife Sally Cook, Patsey Cook and Rebeckah Cook by Elizabeth Cook their guardian, and Richard Cook by Isaac Malley his guardian, heirs and legal distributees of John Cook, dec. plaintiffs AGAINST Henry Cook, administrator of John Cook, dec. defendant  I t appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is Ordered , that the decree entered in this cause on the twenty-fourth day of August last, be made final, unless the defendant appear and shew cause to the contrary at or before May court next; and that a copy of the said decree and this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond, for eight weeks successively. A Copy. Teste, BERRYMAN GREEN, D. C. H. C.
Taken up by Rob't Grad- dock in Amelia county, some time in August last, one pied STEER, supposed to be about 10 or 11 years old, marked with a swallow fork in each ear, has a scar on his back and the appearance of being used to the yoke—appraised to four pounds by us Thompson Scott, Archer Neil, John Mitchell. Dec. 8. 1804. w3m  Notice.—All persons hav- ing claims against the estate of Samuel Cobb, dec. late of Chesterfield, are requested to make them known on or before the first day of May next. Those who fail to expect that every legal use will be made of this notice, as I wish to finally settle the accounts of the administration by that time. JOHN COBBS, Adm'r. 19th March, 1804. w3m
Advertisement.  T AKEN up and committed to the jail of Washington county, a runaway negro man, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, supposed to be between 30 and 40 years of age, says his name is JERRY, thin visage—had on when bro't to jail a drab colored coat, blue overalls, and with him a number of clothes, among which is a broad rib'd dimity jacket. He says that he belongs to John Walker a Cherokee Indian, and was sold to the said Walker by a Mr Teel of Tennessee. He was committed to the jail of this county the 11th day of December last. The owner is requested to come and prove his property, pay charges and take him away JAMES LONGLEY, Jailor. Washington county, Virginia, } Jan. 9th, 1804. w3m
JOHN WINSTON and STANHOPE  ROYSTER.  Take this method of informing their friends and the public in general, that they have just commenced the  Hatting Business, in the city of Richmond, on the main street, opposite the Bell Tavern, where they intend carrying on the same in all its various branches—they assure the public their commands shall be attended to with punctuality and dispatch, and hope from their assiduity to merit a share of their patronage. November 5th, 1803. [e6m]
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS OPENED A  Grocery Store, In the next house above the Eagle Tavern (the property of Mr. Temple) where he has for sale, SALT, COGNAC BRANDY, HOLLAND GIN, ANTIGUA SPIRITS, LOAF and BROWN SUGAR, COFFEE, IMPERIAL and YOUNG HYSON TEA, PEPPER, ALLSPICE, GINGER, NUTMEGS and other SPICES; SOFT SHELLLED ALMONDS, QUEEN'S WARE, DEMIJOHNS, and sundry other articles, which he will sell very low at wholesale or retail, for cash or country produce. DANIEL TRIPLETT. October 13, 1803. w12m
Cash given for TOBACCO, FLOUR, or  FLAX SEED. Louisa County Court, December 13th, 1803. Ludlow Bramham, plaintiff AGAINST John Boswell Johnson, Thomas M. Johnson, William Johnson, Patrick Michael and Dorothy his wife, Jane Johnson and Ann Johnson, defendants.  I t appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant John B. Johnson, is not an inhabitant of this state, and he not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court: On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is ordered and decreed by the court, that he do appear here on the first day of May next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some public newspaper in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste. WM. G. POINDEXTER, D. C. H. C.
HAMBLETON,  Bred by the Duke of Grafton, a beautiful bright bay, near sixteen hands high, of high form and elegance, rising thirteen years old, in good health and great perfection, imported last spring by William Lightfoot, Esq., of Charles City county, and now his property, will stand the ensuing season at the subscriber's, in Charlotte county, five miles below the courthouse, and three from Boulton's old stores, to cover mares at Six Guineas the season, for which a note will be required, dischargeable by the payment of Twenty Dollars, at any time before the 10th of August next, when the season will expire, with One Dollar to the groom for each mare, paid at the stable door.—Good and extensive pasturage, well enclosed, with a creek and branches running through, the flat land affording as good forward pastures as any in this part of the country, gratis. Servants that may be sent with mares will be boarded without charge, and mares fed, if required, on reasonable terms. The utmost attention paid and care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible for any that may happen. HENRY LESTER. March 5, 1804. w3m
PEDIGREE.  H AMBLETON was got by Dungannon (one of the best sons of O'Kelly's famous Eclipse, who was esteemed to be the best horse of his day, and covered at fifty guineas,) his dam by Snap, sired to Jupiter, bred by Mr. Cross 1775—her dam (young Marske's dam) by Blank, Stirling, Miss Maguet, by Partner, Greyhound, Curwen, Bay Barb, Lord D'Arcy's Arabian, Whetstone, old Montague mare. Thus it appears he descended from the best running stock in England.
PERFORMANCES.  T his horse ranks very high as a racer, both for speed and bottom, as he proved successful in twenty races before he left the turf, four of which he walked over, none venturing to start against him. In 1794 at Hambleton, Yorkshire, on Wednesday May 14th, he won a sweepstakes of ten guineas each, for 3 year olds, six subscribers, two miles, beating Mr. Bethell's b. f. by Magnum Bonum, Pierce's b. f. by Young Marske, Turner's Confederacy, and Craddock's ch. c. Leicester. At York he won 50 for three year olds, beating Lowther's b. c. Griffin, Crompton's ch. c. Ambush, Shepherd's Madcap, Clinton's b. c. Cedar, and Garforth's ch. c. even beating on Ambush against the field. At Manchester in June, he won 50 for three year olds, two mile heats, beating Foreigner and Loyalist. At Stockton September 20th, he won a sweepstakes of twenty guineas each, five subscribers, then Sir H. Williamson's property, formerly Mr. Hutchinson's, beating Highlander, out of Wren, and Turner's Delpine. In 1795, Hambleton won five times, to wit—a handicap plate of 50l. two mile heats, at four years old, beating Insect, Blackberries, and Watkins's b. c. five years old. At Edinburgh July 20th, he won his majesty's plate of 100 guineas, four years old, four mile heats, beating Pychald—and on the 23rd walked over the ground for 50l. all ages—and on the 24th 50 guineas for all ages, four mile heats, beating Gregson's b. h. Archer, 6 years old, Mr. Peacock's ch. g. Farmer, and Mr. Wilson's Greeping Kate. At Dumfries in October, he won 50l. beating Lord Darlington's b. m. Constant. In 1796, Hambleton won at Kelso, 5th October, a purse of 50 guineas, beating Mr. Baler's Black Cock. In 1799 he won eight times, to wit—at Middleham, in Yorkshire, a sweepstakes of 10 guineas each, five subscribers, 3 mile heats, beating Merry Lad and Arthur. At Edinburgh on Wednesday the 26th, 50 guineas for all ages, beating Eliza Fox and Bersey. On Friday 28th, the ladies subscription purse of 50 guineas, beating Fletcher's Jane. At Montrose in Scotland, August, he walked over the ground for a 50l. plate—and also walked over the ground for a subscription of 50l. At Kelso October 16th, for a plate of 50 guineas, he walked over the ground—and also his majesty's 100 guineas given to the Caledonia Hunt, for any horse, &c. carrying 12 stone, four mile heats, then six years old, he won against Mr. Wentworth's Trinbush, Piermont's Trimmer aged, and Kincaid's Hector aged—and Saturday following a purse of 50l. given by the Hunt, free for any horse, &c. beating Farewell and Roliker. At Carlisle he won 100 guineas of Mr. Sitwell, beating his b. f. by Meteor. In 1798, he won at Edinburgh, August, 50l. for all ages, beating Maxwell's Arab, and Mr. Maule's Hippopotamus. At Montrose he won a plate of 50 guineas, for all ages, beating Pinforth and Contrador. See the Racing Calendars for the foregoing years. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. The beautiful and thorough bred Horse,
DUNGANNON,  Imported by John Tayloe, Esq., of Mount Airy, WILL stand the ensuing season, at my house, in New-Kent county, and will cover mares at the moderate price of Four Dollars the leap, and Twelve Dollars the season: which may be discharged by the payment of Eight Dollars, if paid by the 10th of August, at which time the season will expire. Good and extensive pasturage gratis, but I will not be answerable for escapes or other accidents. Mares may be fed at the usual price of grain, and servants boarded, gratis. WILLIAM MEAUX. (w2m) Near Holt's old Forge.
PEDIGREE. I do hereby certify, that the Bay Colt I sold John Tayloe, Esq., of Mount Airy, was bred by me, and is now three years old: was got by Dungannon: dam by Conductor: granddam (Flirt) by Squirrel: great granddam (Helon) by Blank: great great granddam by Crab, out of an own sister to Old Partner. P. O'KELLY, (Seal) Dated Gannon, Middlesex, Sept. 1st, 1797.
Life of Washington. SUBSCRIPTIONS for this valuable work are received by Samuel Pleasants, Jr. Tappahannock, May 14, 1799. JOHN TAYLOE.
ADMIRAL NELSON,  EIGHT years old last spring, a beautiful well formed brown bay horse, imported last fall by William Lightfoot, Esq., and now his property, fifteen hands three inches and a half high, full of strength, health and vigor, and inferior to no horse either for speed or bottom: of fine bone and made and unequalled activity: Will stand at my stables this season, in Powhatan county, 20 miles above Richmond, on James river, and will be let to mares at Three Guineas the leap, paid down, and Six the season, with 4s 6d to the groom; but the season may be discharged by the payment of 20 dollars on or before the 1st November. The season will end 1st August. Good and extensive pastures gratis, and servants found while attending their mares. No responsibility for involuntary escapes or accidents. This horse has not run many races, but his performances will sufficiently justify the opinion of Lord Grosvenor and his son, who certify that they considered him the best three year old in England, which may be seen under their hands and seals. In October 1798, at New-Market, he won a sweepstakes of 1400 guineas, 12 subscribers at 200 guineas each, half forfeit, colts carrying 8 stone 8lbs fillies 8 stone, beating Sir Harry, Mr. Cockerell's b. c. by Sir Peter, Mr. Perrin's b. c. Young Javelin, Sir Francis Standish's ch. c. Split Pigeon—5 to 4 against Admiral Nelson, 7 to 4 against Sir Harry, 6 to 1 against Split Pigeon, and 10 to 1 against Young Javelin. In 1799 he won a sweepstakes of 1600 guineas, 14 subscribers at 200 guineas each, beating Lord Egremond's b. c. by Preceptor, out of Bob Tail, Mr. Perrin's b. c. Javelin, and Mr. Golding's Boaster—3 to 1 on Admiral Nelson. In 1800, he got so much injured in his practice that he did not come on the turf again until 1803, when he won a purse of £50, 4 mile heats, beating several fine horses—See Sporting Magazine for this year. P. D. I. G. R. E. E. ADMIRAL NELSON was bred by Lord Grosvenor, got by John Bull, and foaled in 1795; his dam Olivia, by Justice; her dam Cypher by Squirrel out of Fribble's dam, by Regulus.—See Supplement to the Stud Book, page 51. JOHN HARRIS. N. B. Notes for the six guineas must be sent with the mares. w3m
SILVER,  NOW in high health and vigour—will stand at my stable in the county of Pittsylvania, about two miles from the courthouse, the ensuing season, commencing the 1st of March next; and will cover mares at TWENTY DOLLARS, payable the 1st of October next, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Pounds, if paid by the 1st day of August next, at which time the season will expire; TEN DOLLARS the fine leap, to be paid when the mares are covered, and TEN POUNDS to ensure a colt, to be forfeited if the mare is parted with before it is ascertained whether she be in foal or not. Excellent high and low ground pastures gratis, and gentlemen may have their mares fed with grain if required at the current price. Servants boarded gratis, and particular attention will be paid to the mares, but I will not be responsible for accidents or escapes. P. D. I. G. R. E. E. SILVER is a beautiful Dapple GREY, five feet two inches high, full of bone, proportionable shape, symmetry, and fine action, and is a sure and excellent foal getter: He was got by Mercury, who was got by Col. O'Kelley's Eclipse, out of a Tartar Mare: his dam was the famous Herod Mare, bred by Lord Millington: his granddam Young Hag, by Skin; his great granddam Hag, by Crab; his great great granddam Ebony, by Childers; his great great great granddam Ebony, by Balto; his great great great great granddam by the Byerly Turk; his great great great great great great great granddam by Leeds's Arabian. PERFORMANCES. SILVER, in the second October meeting, 1793, carrying 8st. beat the Duke of Bedford's Golden Rod, 8st. 2lb. one mile, for 50 guineas. In the second spring meeting, 1794, 8st. 3lb. he beat W. Taylor's ch. c. George, 8st. 2lb. two miles for 200 guineas. In the second spring meeting, 1794, 8st. 3lb. he beat Mr. Howorth's Anthony, 8st. half mile, for 100 guineas. In the July meeting, 1794, he won 60 gs. two miles, beating the Duke of Grafton's Grouse, Lord Oxford's Beaufit, Lord Grosvenor's Excelsior, Lord Clermont's Paymaster and Lord Egremond's Scapula. In the first October meeting, 1794, 8st. he received 20 guineas from Lord Egremond's Scapula, 8st. 7lb. one and a half miles, for 200 guineas. In the second October meeting, 8st. 2lb. he ran a dead heat with Lord Egremond's Scapula, 8st. 4lb. one and a half miles. In the second October meeting, 1794, he won a handy cap plate, two miles, beating the Duke of Grafton's Garland, Lord Egremond's Cinnabar, Sir Charles Bunbury's Robin Gray, Mr. Taylor's Helmet, Duke of Queenferry's Bay Fly, by Diomed, and Lord Tichfield's Quetlavaca. In the Craven meeting, 1795, 8st. he beat Lord Darlington's st. George, 8st. 6lb. 4 miles, for 300 gs. In the first spring meeting, 1795, he won the main of the Oatlands (take, 200 guineas, each two miles, beating Mr. Wilson's Beaufitington, Mr. Holme's Gabriel, and the Duke of Queenferry's Pecker. In the Houghton meeting, 1795, 8st. 4lb. received forfeit from Mr. Bowe's Volunteer colt, 7st. one mile, for 100 guineas. I have the General Stud Book and Racing Calendars for '93, '94 and '95, and certificates from a number of respectable Gentlemen, to prove what is above asserted of Silver. WILLIAM TUNSTALL. February 12th, 1804. (owt + J.) N. B. Notes of hand will be expected with the mares put by the season, for Twenty Dollars, dischargeable as above. W. T. Just received and for Sale, at S. Pleasants' Book Store, A REPLY TO ARISTIDES, BY JAMES CHEETHAM. Author of the Narrative, the View, Antidote to Wood's Poison, &c. &c. Also, a few copies of a Pamphlet, entitled REMARKS ON THE "Merchants' Bank," Respectfully submitted to the Legislature of New York—By JAMES CHEETHAM.
PRECIPITATE,  FULL fifteen hands and a half high, a fine sorrel, handsomely marked, of big bone, and great muscular strength and powers, evidently denoting the true English running horse—will stand at my stables, at Sandy Point, in Charles City county, at six guineas the season, and a dollar to the groom; but the season may be discharged by the payment of twenty dollars, on or before the 10th day of October. Extensive, rich and productive pastures, well enclosed, in various apartments, from which no mare can easily escape, as well on that account as from its physical situation. Servants found gratis; but no liability for involuntary escapes or accidents. This celebrated horse, whose name is so truly applicable to his character, was bred by Lord Egremond, foaled in 1797, got by Mercury (son of Eclipse,) dam by Herod, granddam by Matchem, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare, is undoubtedly one of the best horses ever imported into this country, and is now thought by many gentlemen, who have travelled some distance to see him, superior; although he has so lately crossed the sea, that it cannot be expected he should have gained his pristine form and beauty. He is truly such a horse as Virgil describes of a fine one—an eye large, black and full of fire, bold as the Lyon, active as the Greyhound, and in all his movements either; he rushes forward like a thunderbolt, and hesitates at nothing. In the first spring meeting 1790, at New Market, when three years old, he won the first class of the Prince's stakes, of 100 guineas each, beating thunderbolt, Chanticleer, and Sir Pepper, four having paid forfeit. In the same week, he won the Bolton stakes of 50 guineas each, beating Chamboee, Dragon, and Palafox—seven paid forfeit. Second spring meeting, he won the third class of the Prince's stakes, of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt—seven paid forfeit: And in the same week, he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radamanthus. In 1792, he won 50l. at Guildford, beating Doge, Thunderbolt, Seragapam, and Stout. The next day 50l. at the same place, beating Cerdock and Griffin. He also won the king's 100 guineas at Lewes, beating Skyscraper at three heats, the first being deemed a dead heat; after which, he was so highly esteemed, that he became a stallion in his lordship's stud, at 12 guineas a mare. This horse is the sire of Jonquil, Petworth, Matranna, Rosalba, chestnut colt out of Bohail, chestnut colt out of Rosemary, Hamburg, Lazare, Ragimier, Apollo, Gulliver, Tag, Louisa, Tipstaff, and many others of great fame now in training. I purchased him myself when in England last fall, at the sale of Richard Watt, dec. where a complete stud of his got were sold at Auction, at prices far beyond what was common, to wit, yearlings from 90 to 220l. sterling—a printed list of which I now have in my possession, to be seen at any time. For character and performances, see Racing Calendar from 1790 to 1792 inclusive, Sporting Dictionary, page 188, vol. 2, printed 1803—William Taplin, author. WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. March 19, 1804. w1m]
DRUID,  A CHESNUT, elegantly formed, near sixteen hands high, twelve years old—His performances have been equal to any horse in England, as will appear by reference to the Racing Calendars.—He will be let to mares at SIX GUINEAS the season, which may be discharged by the punctual payment of Twenty Dollars during the season: Three Guineas the leap, to be paid down; and Ten Guineas insurance, and One Dollar to the Groom in each case—the insurance money demandable, if the property of the mare be changed after the first of August next, at which time the season will expire.—Good and extensive pasturage, and the board of boys sent with mares, GRATIS; but I will not be responsible for escapes or accidents. Mares will be fed on moderate terms, if required, for which the money must be sent. THOMAS BRANCH. February 22d, 1804. DRUID was bred by Earl Grosvenor, and got by Petrooosooooo, (son of Eclipse,) his dam (the famous Maid of Oaks) by King Herod; his granddam, Rarity, by Matchem; his great granddam, called Snap-Dragon, by Snap; his great, great granddam, by Regulus; his great, great, great granddam, by Basset's Childers; his great, great, great, great granddam, by Honeywood's Arabian, out of the dam of the two True Blues. DRUID started (for the first time) at New-Market, in the Craven Meeting, 1793, for a Sweepstakes of 500 guineas each, (4 subscribers) and ran a dead heat with the Duke of Bedford's Top Gallant, brother to Sky Scraper, who the same day beat Lord Egremond's Gohanna for another Sweepstakes. In the same Meeting, Druid won a Sweepstakes of 1000 guineas each, (3 subscribers) beating the Duke of Bedford's Hydra. In 1794, New-Market Craven Meeting, Druid won a Sweepstakes of 500 guineas each, (3 subscribers) D. I. beating the Duke of Bedford's Top Gallant; and in the same Meeting won the second class of the Oatland Stakes of 50 guineas each, (21 subscribers) beating Kit Carr, Excelsior, Buzzard, Coriander, Gohanna, Heroine, Patriot, and several others. In 1795, he only started once, being used chiefly as a trial horse. In 1796, New-Market first Spring Meeting, he won a Sweepstakes of 200 guineas each, (4 subscribers) beating Mr. Churchill's Poet, and giving him 18lbs. the two middle miles. The day following he won a plate of 50l. beating Lord Sackville's Silver, Mr. Wilson's Eliza, and Mr. Lord's Malesperner, the round course, 4 miles. Eliza afterwards won the King's Plate, and a great subscription at York. In 1797, Druid won the second class of the Oatland Stakes, beating Viret, Spread Eagle, and many others. He also won the main of the Oatland Stakes, beating the famous horse Benington. In 1798, Druid won a 50l. Plate at New-Market; beating Sir C. Bunbury's Grey Hound and Mr. Gauden's mare, the round course—and won the Duke of Marlborough's Plate at Oxford, beating Mr. Lade's Truss, 3 mile heats. w3m
ESCAPE,  IMPORTED from London, will also stand at the Bowling Green, at 3 Guineas (and half a Dollar) for each mare. He is a horse of fine size, with several excellent racing points, and as high bred a horse as need be wished for. He was got by Precipitate, a horse of great repute, out of a full sister to the famous stallion Buzzard. Escape was a horse of good speed, for which see the Racing Calendars. JOHN HOOMES. Bowling Green, February 22d, 1804. w1m
Bartlett Still, IS OPENING A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF  FANCY GOODS, In the house lately occupied by Mr. William Mewburn, next door to Messrs. Ellis & Allan, viz. Chintzes and Calicoes; Luce Cloaks and Veils; Fine Laces and Edgings; Lustings and Satins; Silk Muslins; Italian Crapes; Feathers and Flowers; fashionable Ribbands; Silk and Cotton Trimming; Satin Umbrellas; Gloves and Glove Ties; Moleskin Vest Patterns; Plaid Ware and Jewellery; Fine Guns and Pistols; Gold and Silver Trimming, new patterns; Gunpowder Tea and Spanish Segars, of a superior quality. N. B. B. S. offers his services to his friends and the public to transact  Vendue & Commission  BUSINESS. Those who may please to favor him with their business may depend on good treatment, as great exertions will be made to give satisfaction. PRODUCE and GOODS STORED and delivered on the shortest notice. w6m Richmond, 14th Dec. 1803.
Louisa County, February  Court, 1804. Henry Carter and Fanny his wife late Fanny Clarkson, Joseph Dudd and Lucy his wife late Lucy Clarkson, Thomas Jones and Catherine his wife late Catherine Clarkson, John Clarkson and James Clarkson, Charles Clack, Francis Bolges and Elizabeth his wife late Elizabeth Clack, Stephen Foster and Nancy Foster by Thomas Gardner their guardian and next friend, Sally Johnson, Benjamin Johnson, Polly Johnson, Charles Medlock, Susanna Medlock by Joseph Stanford her guardian and next friend, William Fordon and Anne his wife late Anne Medlock, William Hailey, Charles Hailey, Agatha Hailey, Henry Hailey, George Hailey, Mary Medlock, Agatha Medlock, and George Medlock, heirs of George Medlock, deceased, against John Dickinson, Frederick Harris and William Turner, defendants.
T he defendant Dickinson, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that said Dickinson is not an inhabitant of this state: It is ordered and decreed by the court, that the said Dickinson do appear here on the second day of May next to answer the complaintants' bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some of the Richmond newspapers for eight weeks successively, and published at the front door of this courthouse on some court day. A copy, Teste, JOHN POINDEXTER, c. c. The subscriber offers to sell a great bargain in that  Valuable Property, Lying in the city of Richmond and opposite Byrd's warehouse at present occupied by Mr. Thomas Burgess—there is near an acre of land, a good dwelling house, kitchen, &c. It is considered to be one of the best lands in the city for a tavern or grocery store. Any person inclined to purchase will in my absence, apply to Mr. Thomas Burgess, or Mr. Louis Pruchart, who will show the premises. G. W. TRUEHEART. Hanover county, March 7, 1804. w3m
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