Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1805-05-04 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[VOL. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[1152.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum...paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1805.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
FOR SALE, TWO LOTS, HANDSOMELY situated in the town of New Canton, on James river; on both are new and well built dwelling houses and offices; on one an excellent garden well enclosed, and the other containing one acre, with a good post and rail fence.—For further particulars enquire of Messrs. William Anderson and James Ita of said place, who are legally authorised to sell and convey the same.
ROBERT HILL. New York, 1st Feb. 1805.
NOTICE. THE COPARTNERSHIP OF Alban Gilpin & Co.
Is this day dissolved by mutual consent; those indebted to the said concern are requested to come forward and have their respective balances adjusted ready for payment—and those who have claims against them will make application to Alban Gilpin, Jefferson.
ALBAN GILPIN & CO.
THE former friends of Alban Gilpin are respectfully informed that he has commenced business at this place in his usual line, under the firm of
GILPIN, COCKE & CO. Jefferson, (Powhatan co.) April 1st. 1805.
Manchester Turnpike Company. NOTICE is hereby given, that a general meeting of Shareholders will be held at Mr. Brooks's Tavern in Manchester, on Friday the 10th day of May ensuing, at 11 o'clock, A.M. when and where it is expected the members will attend, punctually, on business of importance to the institution.
JAMES BRANDER, Clerk. 8th April, 1805.
FOR SALE, MY LAND, in the county of Surry, known by the name of SWAN'S POINT, containing about three thousand acres, situated upon James river nearly opposite to James Town and forty five miles below Petersburg. The tract is divided into two plantations each having the necessary improvements of barns, stables, &c. in thorough repair. On one is a two story brick building of five large rooms, but lately finished in handsome style, with every convenient out house for the accommodation of a genteel family. On the other, a wooden house of four rooms, well calculated for an overseer. There are upon the two plantations upwards of a thousand apple trees selected of the most approved kinds for brandy, cider and keeping fruit; all of which have been planted out about three years, and from the attention which has been bestowed upon them are now rapidly progressing towards perfection. The peculiar advantages of this place, fish and wild fowl, will contribute not a little to render it an agreeable residence to those who can enjoy health in the lower country. It is deemed useless to say more, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase would first see the property. The payments will be made easy by dividing them into such instalments as may be convenient.
John H. Cocke.
Ap. 18th, 1805. To be Sold, upon the premises, for ready money, on Monday the 24th of June next, agreeable to the last will and testament of Col. John Boswell dec. for the payment of British Debts.
BOSWELL'S ORDINARY, INCLUDING near three hundred acres of the adjoining Land. This Land is called the best for rearing in the state of Virginia below the Blue Ridge, lieuten the Green Springs in Louisa and is considered a good and growing stand for various kinds of business. Those having claims of the above description are requested to make them known to the subscriber, and whether evidenced by judgment, bond or open account.
JOHN MICHIE, Adm'r with the will annexed of Col. John Boswell, dec. April 15th 1805.
Advertisement.
To be SOLD, to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, IVY TRACTS OF LAND , belonging to the estate of Thomas Anderson, dec. viz:—One in Campbell county, of 400 acres, being on both sides of the main road, on the branches of Beaver creek; this tract to be sold at next April Campbell court, being the 8th day of the month. One in Buckingham county of 163 acres, lying on Gattoway creek; being the 11th day of the month; these two sales to be attended by Mr. Anthony Dibrell, who is hereby fully authorised to act for the executors of the said Thomas Anderson.
One of 430 acres, one of 147 acres, and one of 50 acres, lying in Buckingham county, the two former on the waters of Rock Island creek, and the latter one on Brong's ferry road. These three last tracts to be sold at next May Buckingham court, being the 13th day of the month. Bond with approved security will be required, to bear interest from the date, but if punctually paid the interest shall be remitted.
NATHAN ANDERSON, & ROBERT RIVES. Ex'rs of Thos. Anderson, dec. Albemarle county, Feb. 19th, 1805.
Notice,
THAT Mr. Anthony Dibrell of Buckingham county, is hereby fully authorised to make sale of one TRACT OF LAND , in Patrick, containing 5000 acres, lying on Dan river—three ditto in Grayson county, lying on the waters of Little Reel Island creek, one of a thousand acres each, & one of 500 acres; the said Dibrell will attend at next April Grayson court for the sale of the said lands for and on behalf of NATHAN ANDERSON. Albemarle county, Feb. 18th, 1805.
BROKER'S OFFICE.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS Opened a Broker's Office, opposite the Union Tavern, and over the Counting-house of Thomas and Amos Ladd. All business confided to him will be transacted with strict fidelity.
THOMAS NORVELL. Richmond, October 3, 1804.
The Celebrated Warm Springs IN VIRGINIA.
THE subscribers have taken a lease of ten years, of the highly celebrated MEDICINAL SPRINGS in the county of Bath, called the Warm Springs, so justly famed for their great cures & general relief in many complaints. They are now preparing every necessary comfort and accommodation to suit the amusements of those who have health (and to promote the recovery of those who want it,) and it is deemed necessary to make these things widely known, because complaints have heretofore been made against the entertainment which has been offered. Preparations are made for at least one hundred constant boarders, besides transient guests, for the accommodation of which, the subscribers will make all possible exertions; and they flatter themselves, that those who may place confidence in this advertisement, will not find the smallest cause for regret or complaint.
Robert & George Turner. March 28, 1805.
RUN away from the subscriber about the 13th January last, a negro man named ADAM, about 23 years of age, of a dark complexion, about 6 feet high, has a small scar on his forehead; had on when he went a car-ozanburgs shirt, short coat and pantaloons of blue plain, and common felt hat; he had sundry other clothing which it is supposed he carried with him, as they have not been seen since he escaped. He was purchased of Mr. Gabriel Tutt near Culpeper courthouse, by Mr. John Mullins, about 18 months past, of whom the subscriber purchased immediately afterwards; the said fellow has a wife at Dr. Claggett's, who resides at Culpeper courthouse; it is probable he may be harboured by his wife at this place. Whoever will deliver the said fellow to the subscriber living in Albemarle county near Charlottesville, shall receive a reward of Thirty Dollars, or if secured in any jail so that I get him again Twenty Dollars.
JOHN CLARKSON. 23rd Feb. 1805.
PRECIPITATE,
IMPORTED by Mr. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, last winter, full 15 hands and a half high; will stand at my stable in Chesterfield county, Appomattox river, 15 miles above Petersburg, to be let to mares at ten guineas a mare, two of which will be remitted if paid within the season, which will commence the 10th of March, & expire the 1st of August next. Board of servants gratis; mares may be fed with grain at two shillings per day. I have large and extensive pastures, divided in five different inclosures, that mares with foals may be kept distinct from barren mares. One dollar to the groom. No liability for accidents of any description.
PRECIPITATE was bred by Lord Egremont, foaled in 1787, got by Mercury (a son of Eclipse) dam by Hyslop, his granddam Maiden by Matchem, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare; her dam by Mogul—Camilla by Bay Bolton—Old Lady dam of Sterling by Pulcinella's chestnut Arabian—Rockwood Bustler.
PERFORMANCE. In the first spring meeting, 1790, at New-Market, when 3 years old, he won the first class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas each, beating Thunderbolt, Chanticleer, and Sir Pepper, four having paid the forfeit. In the same week he won the Bolton stakes of 50 guineas each, beating Chambeon, Dragon and Pallafax; 7 paid forfeit. Second spring meeting he won the 3rd class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt; 7 paid forfeit. And in the same week he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radamanthus.
In 1792 he won £ 50 at Guildford, beating Doge, Thunderbolt, Sarsaparilla and Stout; the next day £ 50 at the same place, beating Cardock and Gilpin. He also won the king's 100 guineas, at Lewis, beating Skyscraper at 5 heats, the 1st being 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 the following running horses in England: Johnquil, Petworth, Matrana, Rosalba, Chesnut colt out of Bobtail, Chesnut colt out of Rosemary, Humburg, Lazarus, Raginiere, Apollo, Gulliver, Tag, Louisa, Tipstaff, Mr. Hearstcote's filly out of Reeves, Alchymist, Clodhopper, Grey filly his R. H. Lampadusa, Mars, Mary, Matrance, Bay filly Mr. Brown's, Grey filly Mr. Radcliff's, Tax, Tipstaff and Bobtail.
Feb. 20, 1805. THOMAS GOODE.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
THE BEAUTIFUL SPANISH HORSE,
APPALUSIA,
WILL find the en- fusing fashion, at my plantation on Chickahominy, near the new bridges, and will be let to mares at the moderate price of ten guineas the season, payable the first of Oct. next, but notes (to be sent with the mares) may be discharged by paying eight dollars on or by the 1st of August, when the season will end. Insurance fifteen dollars (notes sent as above, payable 1st March, 1806.) And four dollars cash the leap. In either case 25 cents to the groom, to be paid down. Mares will be fed with clover and lucerne gratis, and corn if required, at the selling price. I have 20 spare stalls in a strong new stable, with substantial locks, where they may be kept of nights, but will not be answerable for escapes.
APPALUSIA is lately from South America, about ten years old, 15 hands high, of a beautiful snow white colour, and most elegantly formed. It is unnecessary to point out the great superiority of this excellent breed of horses for the saddle, harness &c. as it is generally known that they are well gaited, gentle, and the most hardy and thrifty horses in the world, and many live to be upwards of 50 years old.
APPALUSIA stood in Augusta the season before last, where he proved to be a certain foal getter, and many of his colts would have held for 200 dollars each at a day old. A few mares were put to him the last season, (having bought him late) all of which proved with foal.
BENJAMIN DUVAL. February 15th, 1805.
WONDER,
IMPORTED last fall was 12 months in the ship Monticello; will stand at my stable the ensuing season, and be let to mares at Six Guineas each, more the season, and a Dollar if not returned. He may be discharged with five provided they are paid by the first day of October next. As good pasturage as any in Virginia (with separate inclosures for mares and colts) gratis, and the greatest attention shall be paid them, but I will not be answerable for accidents or escapes.
PERFORMANCES.
In 1796, Wonder, then two years old, won the sweepstakes at York of 50 guineas each, for two years old colts, 8 stone, fillies 7 stone 12 lbs six subscribers, beating Lord A. Hamilton's brother to Rattray, and Mr. Lowther's b. c. by Diomed, out of Tulip, twenty to one against the winner. In 1797, when 3 years old, carrying 8 stone 7 lbs at Doncaster, he beat Mr. Sitwell's Commodore. 8 stone, the last half mile, for 100 guineas each. The same day he received forfeit from Mr. Baker's g. c. Hap Hazard, 8st each, 200 guineas each, 2 miles. In 1798, he won the great produce stakes at York of 200 guineas each, 5 subscribers, 4 miles. In 1799, he won the sweepstakes at Stamford, of ten guineas each for all ages, beating Mr. Heathcote's Warter, 8 subscribers, 2 miles. The same year he ran second in a sweepstakes at York, for 20 guineas each, 7 subscribers, 3 miles, beating Lord A. Hamilton's colt by Walnut, out of Nun's Hill Thomas Gascoigne's Maid of the Mill, and Abraham Newland, now called Cockfighter.
In 1800, for the York Oatlands, of fifty guineas each, he ran second to Cockfighter, allowing him seven pounds, bearing Mr. Cookson's Sir Harry, eleven subscribers, two miles. The same year, at Doncaster, he beat Sir George Armitage's Tartar, one hundred guineas each, four miles. The same year, he challenged Mr. Johnson's Sir Solomon, offering five pounds, five hundred guineas each, two miles.
WONDER was lamed in training in 1801, and has never since started. He was bred by Lord Fitzwilliam; is fifteen hands three inches high, ten years old last spring, full of bone, very handsome, and free from all natural blemishes. He is a dark chestnut, and is unquestionably as fine a horse as was ever imported to this country, and of as good a stock—and as a runner he certainly has exhibited well, having beaten Warter, Cockfighter, and Sir Harry, three of the best horses on the English turf. It will be observed, that his dam was got by Diomed, and he is perhaps as nearly like his grand sire, as it is possible for one horse to be like another.
WONDER covered two seasons in England, which strongly indicates his growing reputation as a foal getter.
PEDIGREE.
He was got by Phenomenon, out of the dam of Lord Fitzwilliam's Brown Fanny, by Diomed—granddam by Marske, Young Hag, I. Almanack's dam by Skim, Old Hag, Hydra's dam by Crab, Ebony by Childers, out of Old Ebony by Basto—Phenomenon was got by King Herod—his dam Frenzy by Eclipse, her dam by Engineer, granddam by Blank, Lass of the Mill by Traveller Miss Makeless by Young Greyhound, Partner, Woodcock, Croft's Bay Barb, Makeless, Brimmer, Dickey Pierson, son of Dodsworth, Burton Barb mare. Taken from the General Stud Book.
RICHARD BLAND.
Prince George, February 19, 1805.
N. B.
The season to end the first of August next, & commence immediately.—Servants boarded gratis—and mares fed with grain at the market price, if required. There will be a large new boat kept at Mr. Samuel Tyler's, directly opposite to my house, which will put mares over ferry free, and I will send them back.
THE members of the DISMAL SWAMP CANAL COMPANY,
either in person or by proxy, are requested to meet at the Hotel 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 delinquents in the payment of the quotas hereofore 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 day of meeting.
Thomas Newton, President. Aug. S. Slaughter, } Directors. William Vaughan, } Richard Blow, } Norfolk, 11th March, 1805.
CASH will be given for
Twelve or Fifteen BOYS,
From 7 to 15 years old,—Enquire of the Printer.
TO RENT,
AND possession given the 8th day of March next, a commodious dwelling HOUSE, now occupied by Mrs. Galt.—For terms apply to
David Lambert. February 22d, 1805.
MILLINERY.
MRS. BUCKNER having commenced business in Manchester in the line of MILLINERY & MANTUA MAKING, respectfully solicits the patronage of her friends and the public. She has on hand at present a small assortment of the articles necessary in that line of business, and shortly expects to receive from New-York an additional supply. All commands from the country will be faithfully and punctually attended to.
FOR RENT,
The large white House,
At Rocketts, formerly occupied by Mr. William Fenwick, and afterwards by Mr. Branton Craddock. For terms apply to Gallego, Richard & Co.
THE SECOND VOLUME OF
Pinkerton's Geography,
AND THE ATLAS,
Which completes the work, are now ready for delivery at S. Pleasants' Book-store. A few copies for sale—Price 15 dollars.
NOTICE.
Is hereby given to the creditors of Hooper & Tolson, against whom a commission of Bankruptcy has been issued according to law, that the commissioners and assignees of their estate will meet at their office in the city of Richmond on Saturday the first of June next at eleven o'clock, A.M. in order to make a dividend of their estate and effects; when those creditors who have not proved their debts must come prepared, or they will be excluded the benefit of said dividend.
Marcus Elcan, } Assignees. William Temple, } Richmond, 17th April 1805.
To be sold for ready money,
in pursuance of a decree of the circuit court of the United States, between Phineas Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others, defendants, in order to raise the sum of dollars 7000 40 cents, with the expense of sale,
A Number of Slaves,
And so much of that Valuable Estate, in the county of Campbell, known by the name of the OXFORD IRON-WORKS, as shall appear sufficient to raise the said sum of money and the said expenses, the said land being now in the occupation of the said David Ross, and the slaves aforesaid being on the said land. The sale will take place at the Oxford Iron-Works, in the county of Campbell, on Thursday the 11th of April next. The slaves are represented to be very valuable. The land is so well known as to render a description unnecessary.
Ben Mosby, D. M. for Jos. Scott, M. V. D. February 25, 1805.
At the request of Mr. Ross, the sale of the property above mentioned is postponed until Thursday the 9th day of next month.
BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D. April 8, 1805.
Gloucester Low Grounds
FOR SALE.
WILL BE SOLD, on the premises, for ready money, on the 24th day of May next, under a decree of the court of Gloucester county, two hundred and seventy seven acres of LAND, lying in the parish of Abingdon, and county of Gloucester. This land joins the lands of Colonel Thomas Lewis and John Seawell, Esq. of excellent quality for the production of corn and barley, lies extremely convenient to the Severn river, where fish and oysters are both abundant and excellent.
Thomas Lewis, } Commis- John Seawell, } sioners. John Lewis, } Joseph Cluverius, } March 20, 1805.
Geo. Watt
HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale,
The following Articles, viz:
Loaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum, Cogniac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Coffee of a superior quality, Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue, Young Hysop and Imperial Tea, 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt, Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And the remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp.
Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d March, 1805.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the late firms of
Buchanan, Dunlop & Co.
Of Petersburg;
Robert Pollok & Co.
Of Richmond; and
Dunlop, Pollok & Co.
Of Manchester,
Are hereby notified that James Dunlop, late a partner in the above concerns, has become purchaser of the outstanding debts; they will therefore be pleased to make payment to Mr. John Tompkins, residing in Richmond, or the subscriber, residing in Petersburg; who alone are authorised to make collections and grant discharges. Suits will be indiscriminately commenced against all who do not make payment before the first of February next.
JOHN DUNLOP, Attorney for JAMES DUNLOP. Petersburg, Nov. 15, 1804.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the subscriber about the end of Nov or early in Dec. a black servant named SAM, I believe about 19 or 20 years of age, very strong and likely for a man of his age. He was seen in the neighborhood of this place some time after he absented himself, but from his connections I have reason to suppose that he may be lurking about, or concealed by those connections in the counties of Powhatan or Cumberland. I will give the above reward if he is brought to me in this place, or ten dollars if secured in a jail so that I may get him.
Arch'd. Freeland. Manchester, March 16, 1805.
The subscriber wishes to sell for
cash, or on credit till the first day of January next, the
Two Brick Tenements,
Adjoining the house of Mr. Benjamin Mosby. JOHN PENDLETON. City of Richmond, Nov. 10th, 1804.
Valuable Property for sale.
WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on the third day of April next, at 12 o'clock, an undivided moiety in the two LOTS OF GROUND, formerly the property of Andrew Ronald, dec. fronting the basin of the James River Canal, near the centre of the city of Richmond, with an undivided moiety of all the valuable buildings thereon, consisting of a large three story brick building, eighty feet in length, with four separate tenements, twenty feet wide and forty-five feet in length, with five places on the first and second floors, roomy garrets in each, with large wheels fixed for hoisting and lowering packages, &c. with dispatch and ease, good dry cellars with five places in each; this house has been lately built and in good repair; adjoining is a well finished two story framed dwelling house, thirty-eight feet square, with two good cellars, with five places in each for cooking—in this house on the first and second floors are eight rooms and six fire places—also, a small two story Brick House with four rooms, with five places in each, convenient for a store or small family—Likewise, a small Wooden Building with a cellar built for a kitchen, and may be used as a shop—Also, two Stables and a Carriage House. The buildings except the kitchen, stables and carriage house are insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid; the lots front the basin on one side, and are bounded by Cary's street and the cross street leading to shockoe warehouse on two other sides of them, and are as convenient for commercial or other business as any in the city. The terms of sale will be seventeen thousand dollars in ready money, the residue payable the fifth day of August next, for which residue bond with approved security will be required. It is deemed unnecessary to state the great value of the above property to those who reside in this city, but for the information of strangers, the subscriber begs leave to state, that the aforesaid property is immediately opposite the lower part of the basin of the James river canal, where all the produce of the upper country is landed, and to any person desirous of carrying on the commission business extensively, perhaps is superior to any other place in this city.
William Austin. Richmond, 4th February, 1805.
From circumstances not attended to when the above valuable property was advertised for sale, the subscriber has postponed the day of sale, till Wednesday the eighth day of May next, when it will certainly take place, at 12 o'clock, on the premises, when one fourth of the purchase money only will be required in hand, and a credit of three, six and nine months given for the balance, the purchaser to give bonds and security to carry interest from the day of sale, and a deed of trust on the property to secure the payment.
Wm. Austin. 22d March, 1805.
TO BE RENTED,
For one or more years, and possession given the 15th of April next—a convenient
Store & Dwelling-house,
With three rooms below, and two above, with a fire place in two of the lower rooms, with a good dry cellar under them; a kitchen, smoke-house, garden, and two acres of land adjoining enclosed, part of which is well set with red clover. This tenement has been occupied for some years past by Messrs. Alban Gilpin & Co.; it is situated in a healthy and agreeable neighbourhood, is a fine stand for a country store, about 25 miles from Richmond, and not more than half a mile from the river, and in the midst of a fine wheat country.—For terms apply to the subscriber.
SAM. PLEASANTS. Powhatan co. 4th Mar. 1805.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE away last evening, a large stout made blood bay HORSE, upwards of five feet high, 7 years old last spring, was shot all round about two months ago, but some of the shoes may now be off; he has a large head and small eyes, trots and gallops; if he has any other marks by which he might be distinguished, they are not recollected. He had on a saddle a good deal worn, with a hogskin seat and plated stirrups. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the horse and saddle to the subscribers.
Pickett, Pollard & Johnston. Richmond, March 5, 1805.
WILL BE SOLD,
On the twenty fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and five, at William Clarkson's store in Albemarle county,
A NEGRO WOMAN,
About twenty years of age, named Aggy, and her two Male Children, Wilson and Albert, conveyed to the subscriber in trust by Philip Day, to secure the payment of a debt due Dabney Minor, per decree of record in the District court of Charlottesville. The subscriber being

"C'est par l'étude, que nous sommes, "Contemporains, des tous les hommes, "Et Citoyens des tous les lieux."
The other evening, I called on a friend, and from a glance as I entered his room, perceived him sitting in a dejected posture at a table—his head reclining on his arm. He arose hastily, and welcomed me, with great cordiality, and his countenance instantly brightened with a smile. He told me "he was glad I had come, for that he would as willingly be in Greenland, as be without company, that he had been lonesome, and knew not how to pass away the time, and that if I had no objection, we would play a game of Backgammon."
After my return home, I was reflecting on this trait, in the character of my friend, who is far from being an illiterate man, and on the disadvantages to which the mind is liable, that has not within itself, or will not resort to, the sources of its own gratification—when the following ideas occurred to me.
To a person who is partial to reading, the indifference of many, to the pleasure, and utility of which it is productive, is sometimes a subject of surprise. He is apt to think that if a desire of improvement is not sufficiently strong to recommend it, that a knowledge of the delight it affords him, would have that effect—delight pure and innocent—free from all those evils, so prejudicial both to ourselves, and to others, that are often consequent on the pursuit, and attainment, of not a few of the objects of human regard.
The man who occasionally withdraws his mind from the levities and tumult of society, and devotes it to books, becomes as my motto suggests, by a pleasing delusion of the imagination, the cotemporary of men in every age, and the inhabitant of every country. He may select what company he chooses, and if he associate not with the virtuous, the learned and the patriotic, the fault will generally be his own. He may form it of the religious, the moral, the gay, the witty and the humorous, and enter into, and retire from it, at pleasure, without that disgusting formality, and ceremony, commonly imposed by an intercourse with the world.
When autumnal showers descend, and man retreats, from the "pelting of the pitiless" torrent, or in that dreary season, when nature is as it were bound in chains, and the storms of bleak December howl around his mansion, or when indisposition confines him, and produces a depression of spirits, without an acquaintance to converse with, he may by the narrative of the traveller be transported, from the inhospitable of his native clime, to regions arrayed in all the variegated charms of vernal beauty, and may feast his curiosity with the wonders of nature, the stupendous fabrics of art, and the novelty, and dissimilitude of the manners and customs of men. He may for instance ascend Aetna, and contemplate his wondrous mixture, of beauty and horror, of luxuriance & sterility, and from the aerial summit of this "Father of Mountains," enjoy a magnificent, a sublime prospect, bounded only by the imperfection of the eye,* or if he
* We soon after left Nicolosi and in an hour and an half's travelling (up Aetna) over barren rocks & lava, we arrived on the confines of the Regione Sylvosa, or the temperate Zone. So soon as we entered these delightful forests, we seemed to have got into another world. The air, which before was sultry and hot, was now cool and refreshing; and every breeze was loaded with a thousand perfumes, the whole ground being covered over with the richest aromatic plants. Many parts of this region are really the most heavenly spots upon earth; and if Aetna resembles hell within, it may with equal justice be said to resemble paradise without.
It is indeed a curious consideration, that this mountain should re-unite every beauty and every horror; and in short all the most opposite and dissimilar objects in nature. Here you observe a gulph, that formerly threw out torrents of fire and smoke, now covered with the most luxuriant vegetation; and from an object of terror become one of delight. Here you gather the most delicious fruits, rising from what was but lately a black and barren rock. Here the ground is covered with every flower; and we wander over these beauties, and contemplate this wilderness of sweets, without considering that hell, with all its terrors, is immediately under our feet; and that but a few yards separate us from lakes of liquid fire and brimstone.
But our astonishment still increases, on casting our eyes on the higher regions of the mountain. There we behold, in perpetual union, the two elements that are at perpetual war; an immense gulph of fire, forever existing in the midst of snows that it has not power to melt; and immense fields of snow and ice, forever surrounding this gulph of fire, which they have not power to extinguish.
—We arrived (at the summit of Aetna before sunrise) in full time, to see the most wonderful and most sublime light in nature.
But here description must ever fall short; for no imagination has dared to form an idea of so glorious and so magnificent a scene. Neither is there on the surface of this globe any one point that unites so many awful and sublime objects—The immense elevation, from the surface of the earth, drawn as it were to a single point, without any neighbouring mountain for the senses and imagination to rest upon, and recover from their astonishment in their way down to the world. This point or pinnacle, raised on the brink of a bottomless gulph, as old as the world, often drenching rivers of fire, and throwing out burning rocks, with a noise that shakes the whole island (Sicily.) Add to this, the unbounded extent of the prospect, comprehending the greatest diversity and the most beautiful scenery in nature; with the rising Sun, advancing in the East to illuminate the wondrous scene.
The whole atmosphere by degrees kindled up, and showed dimly and faintly the boundless prospect around. Both sea and land looked dark and confused, as if only emerging from their original chaos; and light and darkness seemed still undecided; till the morning by degrees advancing,
can view without melancholy, a degradation of the human race, not far removed from bestiality, he may travel through Africa, with Bruce and Park, undismayed by the dangers to which those intrepid, persevering and intelligent characters, were exposed.
If he prefer jovial company, Cervantes will introduce him to the renowned Don Quixote and his Squire Sancho, and that excellent judge of mankind, Monsieur Le Sage, to Gil Blas de Santillane and his comrades. He may also assemble round his fire side, the humorous Fielding, the sarcastic Smollett, and the goodnatured Goldsmith—They will keep his mouth continually on the broad grin, for he who is insensible to their mirth, must be one of those cold, phlegmatic mortals, whose muscles are as unsuscceptible of relaxation, as Iron or Steel.
Does he wish at any time, to converse with the votaries of the Muses? How numerous are the bards who will attend him, to delight, and to inform,
"To wake the Soul, by tender strokes of art, "To raise the genius, and to mend the heart."
But above all, Shakespeare, "fancy's sweetest child" shall open all the springs of the human heart, and he may drop a tear with him over the tomb of Juliet or laugh with him at the singular eccentricities of Sir John. Homer and Milton shall picture to him all that is beautiful, awful and sublime, and with the former he may set on Mount Ida, and view the "deathless acts" of his heroes, and listen to the shock of conflicting hosts and the contending powers of Heaven.†
The whole of the vegetable, animal and mineral productions, from "Indus to the Pole" are before him for investigation—or he may with Newton, and Herschel, view the structure of the universe, admire its beautiful symmetry, see other worlds revolving round other Suns, and wheeling in the immensity of space, with an undeviating regularity, till he form a more just conception of the power and wisdom of that being who preserves such numerous and immense bodies, in perpetual motion, uniformity and order, and his heart becomes "refined from what is grovelling," and expands with adoration and gratitude;—or whilst he contemplates the discoveries and inventions, by which philosophers have ameliorated the condition of mortality, and admires their ingenuity and penetration, he may be stimulated to exertion, the dormant capacity for experimental philosophy, and mechanical construction, may be awakened, and he may add another wreath to the glory of his country, by giving her another Franklin, or another Rittenhouse.
Does he wish to trace the advancement of the mind to civilization and political science, the volume of history is before him, with the treasures of Montesquieu, and others. He may compare ancient simplicity and virtue, with modern refinement. He will observe what a feeble barrier, the science of government (of which the ancients knew little, but which is now well understood,) sometimes opposes to the passions and ambition of men. "The flambeau of experience is held out to him, at which he may light his lamp." The causes of the decadence, and subversion of States, will form a curious and instructive theme, and from their downfall, he may learn how to protect the liberties of his own, and to protract its dissolution,—a dissolution, to which we are told by a decree of nature, the body politic as well as the body natural is subject.
Neither to the Forum, nor to the Senate, is he under the necessity of repairing whenever he would listen to the Orator—completed the separation. The stars are extinguished and the shades disappear. The forests, which but now seemed black and bottomless gulphs, from whence no ray was reflected to their form or colour, appear a new creation rising to the light; catching life and beauty from every increasing beam.—The scene still enlarges, and the horizon seems to widen and expand itself on all sides; till the Sun like the Great Creator, appears in the East, and with his placid eye completes the mighty scene—All appears enchantment; and it is with difficulty we can believe we are still on earth. The senses unaccustomed to such objects, are bewildered and confounded; and it is not till after some time that they are capable of separating and judging of them.—The body of the Sun is seen rising from the ocean, immense tracks, both of sea and land intervene; the islands of Lipari, Panari, Alicudi, Stromboli and Volcano, with their smoking summits appear under your feet; and you look down on the whole of Sicily as on a map; and can trace every river through all its windings, from its source to its mouth. The view is absolutely boundless on every side; nor is there any one object, within the circle of vision to interrupt it; so that the light is every where lost in the immensity.
The present C of this immense Volcano is a circle of about three miles and a half in circumference.
(Brydone's Tour through Sicily and Malta.)
† But when the powers descending swell'd the fight
Then tumult rose, fierce rage, and pale affright, Now through the trembling shores Minerva calls And now she thunders from the Grecian walls, Mars hov'ring o'er his Troy, his terror shrouds In gloomy tempests and a night of clouds; Now through each Trojan heart he pours With voice divine, from Lion's topmost towers; Above the sire of Gods his thunder rolls And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles; Beneath, stern Neptune shakes the solid ground The forests wave, the mountains nod around; Troy's turrets totter on the rocking plain, And the toss'd navies beat the heaving main, Deep in the dismal regions of the dead Th' infernal monarch rear'd his horrid head, Leapt from his throne, lest Neptune's arm should lay His dark dominions open to the day; And pour in light to Pluto's drear abodes, Abhor'd by men, and dreadful even to Gods. Such was th' immortals wage; such horrors rend The world's vast concave when the Gods contend.
[Pope's Homer's Iliad.]
tor. The energetic, impetuous, manly and mixed eloquence, of Demosthenes, of Chatham and of Henry, shall electrize and detain him in wrapt attention, to the thunder and to the music of the spheres." The magnificence and art of Tully, and of Curran, and the fire, the fancy, and the gay imagery of Burke, shall captivate and pleasingly enchant. Whilst thus engaged for the sake of pleasure, perhaps "some spark of their celestial fire" may inspire him, and at a future day, he may like them, rouse to noble actions, shield afflicted virtue from the lansa of oppression, paint in vivid colors the rapacity and atrocities of the merciless abuser of public confidence, unfold the designs of base intrigue, and drag forth to public execration and justice, the ruffian who secretly conspires and awaits the friendly moment, to plunge a dagger into the bosom of his country. A proficiency in literature, has frequently transmitted to posterity a fame as luminous as that of the most eminent statesmen and warriors, &c in our own state an acquaintance with various branches of literature and science, which unfortunately are grossly neglected, is requisite to the formation of the enlightened Legislator, and would prove a powerful auxiliary towards the obtention of that political superiority and pre-eminence to which our principal characters seem so generally to aspire.
How absurd then, ever to complain of the tediousness of time, when the means of acquiring pleasure and instruction, are before us, and honor, laudable ambition and the hope of emolument recommend an adoption of them! How much it is to be regretted that our countrymen who are far from being deficient in genius, should treat them with contempt or be too indolent to use them.
The preceding subject Mr. Editor, which it is to be feared has been too largely expatiated on, it will be perceived, and perhaps objected to is not new, but how difficult is it to find one, which has not been handled by periodical writers. Besides the repetition of remarks, may not only be excusable, but commendable, when the fault against which they were formerly directed, is again prevalent. Yet however stale, if any thing that has been said, shall incite even one of our youthful countrymen to study—if instead of "killing time" by too frequent a recourse to frivolous amusements, it shall induce the killing of him by a research after useful information, I shall reflect with pleasure, that my trite observations, have not proven entirely useless.
GRONOVIOUS. Richmond, December 16, 1804.
FROM THE RALEIGH (N. C.) REGISTER.
CHARACTER OF JOHN RANDOLPH.
"I venerate the man whose heart is warm, "Whose bands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, "Coincident, exhibit lucid proof "That he is honest in the sacred cause. "To such I render more than mere respect, "Whose actions say that they respect themselves." COWPER.
Those cold blooded philosophers who feel not the events of life may be the proper subjects of closet admiration. Originally without passions, or having by a continued series of endeavors effectually stifled them, the luke-warm partisan stops at every step to examine his road. He looks round with timid apprehension at every stir amongst the leaves, the least noise produces the most fearful alarms, and he soon becomes perfectly ridiculous from his causeless terrors and anxieties. His whole view is bounded by the narrow circle of self-interest; the least opposition, not only checks, but successfully bars his progress; and his life is one uniform scene of disquietude, irresolution and inconsistency. He resolves, re-considers, doubts, changes, and the spring time of action is gone while he is vainly attempting to summon courage to proceed. To-day is in the affirmative, yesterday he was of another opinion, to-morrow he will shrink from the question. Too indolent to examine with minute attention, like the sapient bird of night, his sight is just clear enough to confuse and embarrass, and affords him not the least assistance in perceiving danger, or pursuing the object of his desires. He delights in concealment, and under the dark covering of the night he winds along the crooked path which he believes to be the way to honor and preferment.
Not such is JOHN RANDOLPH. With a heart naturally warm, and a sensibility the most delicate, and the most easily excited, he hates or loves at once, he hates or loves entirely. His understanding, which nature herself had formed with the most ready perception, has been enlarged by the most extensive reading, methodized by the most liberal education, and invigorated by the severest and most continued application to study. Virtue with him is not mere good nature, but the offspring of good sense, and the parent of a most manly, enlarged and disinterested benevolence. His patriotism is the pure, the natural effusion of a heart overflowing with gratitude to the country of his birth, and of a mind filled with admiration of the blessings which every citizen, the youngest child of poverty in common with the richest India merchant, the poor old man who is toiling in yonder field for his daily support, equally with the proudest inhabitants of the metropolis, feels and enjoys. Bravery with Randolph is constitutional. He will not, he cannot endure the slightest insult with patience, and there is not to be
found the man who dares cast a blemish on his integrity.
As an individual mixing in society with other gentlemen, he is affable, polite and agreeable in the highest degree. Not a word ever escapes which can wound the feelings of a companion, unless drawn from him by the conduct of others. His conversation though generally serious and instructive, is sometimes replete with wit, and sparkles with life. The most superficial observer would pronounce him to be perfectly the well bred gentleman. He pretends not indeed to those foppish fripperies, those smirking smiles, those pretty little accomplishments, those sweet enchanting grimaces, which have so much distinguished some of his com-patriots, a Rutledge, an Otis or a Van Ness. His breeding, his demeanor, his conversation, his whole deportment are those of a man and gentleman, not the affected graces of a dancing master. In his person he is cleanly, fashionable and genteel. His dress never runs into any awkward extreme, and neither provokes the laughter of the silly votaries of absurd and foolish fashions, or the malice of those who despise fashion entirely: but is always plain, convenient and neat. You see about him none of those minute attentions to trifles, in the adjustment of which many of our most renowned statesmen spend more time, than in preparing to elucidate the most difficult and important subjects of national utility. And on the other hand he avoids the more unpleasant and equally ridiculous extreme of ostentatious and slovenly negligence.
As an orator it may without fear of contradiction be asserted that he is now the first in our national councils. Superior to Otis and Bayard in the graceful and flowing rotundity of expression, unrivalled in the ease and propriety of his gestures, second only to Giles in the peculiar force, precision and strength of his manner, unaffected in his delivery, free from the theatrical cant of Governor Morris, and possessing all the simplicity and earnestness of Marshall and Harper, he cannot be heard without a conviction of the rectitude of his intentions. His method like his heart is clear, and lucid. He exposes the strong points of his subject to the light at once; he reasons, convinces and persuades; and the hearer is insensibly seized with that enthusiasm which it ought always to be the object of the great orator to produce. His eloquence is like the forked lightning, inveighing against the public defaulter, the corrupt judge, or the pretended patriot. "The guilty hear, and quake and tremble."
As a man he is virtuous, generous and humane. And it is the conviction that he possesses these qualities in the very highest degree which produces such an extensive effect upon his audience.
As a statesman, let the success of his measures decide what are his claims. And it will not be going too far to say that the highest honors this country can bestow will one day reward the merit of John Randolph. This is not the panegyric of an intimate personal friend, who looks up to him as a patron or a protector, but the sincere opinion of one who when reading the speeches and examining the conduct of Randolph, has often felt his heart expand with delight that he is
AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. April 18, 1805.
PORTRAIT OF ERSKINE.
(BY MR. AUSTIN, OF BOSTON.)
Erskine, Gibbs and Garrow, are the three most powerful speakers in the courts of law.
The person of Erskine is slender; his height not exceeding the common size; his complexion sallow; his hair dark; his face oval, and a little emaciated; the lower part of his forehead prominent, yet gradually retreating; his eyebrows full, a little perplexed, seated near his eyes, which are hazel, open and conciliatory; his nose narrow between the eyes, yet perfectly congenial, neither too large nor too small; his mouth gently closed, seeming ready to await the dictates of his tongue, yet not large enough to give his eloquence its just tone; his lips thin, meeting in union, and when irritated, rather inclined to retreat than project; his chin gently retreating, which, in conjunction with his forehead, bespeaks the man firm, yet modest; positive, yet ingenious.
His countenance, when in a state of repose, is prepossessing; but when he speaks, his gestures are rhetoric; his looks, persuasion; his voice, eloquence: in the glow of animation, commanding; but in the moment of passion, when self-convinced, he is pure intelligence; disdaining every by-road to conviction, he strips the cause of all its surrounding circumstances, places it on its own position; true to nature, paints it visibly to the eye, and buries in oblivion every interfering particular. Both judge and jury are prostrate in chains. It is the contention of principle, no matter whose, or what the interest, if heaven were concerned, it is still the contention of principle. Of all causes which could arise, the present seems to involve the deepest consequences: there is no distinction now between the great and the little, every thing but the point in question is forgotten; Erskine and his cause are sovereign over all. Now flows the fountain of justice, now are explored the recesses of iniquity, now are the deep foundations of fraud broken up. His eloquence becomes a torrent which sweeps away every mound which art or subterfuge had raised; no longer has the law a single hard feature; no perplexities, no uncertainties, no idle evasions! Saturnian Jove descends, with
his equal scales; cunning retires in shame; Oppression lets go its victim; and innocence is seated on the throne of equity.—At length, Erskine himself, by degrees, is forgotten, and forgets himself; he rises to an effort not his own, and sinks under superior feelings, while the judge and jury, convinced even to enthusiasm, are impatient to withhold the verdict.
Erskine will suffer nothing on being examined as a man: his profession has not defaced his original features of greatness. When engaged in a weak or unjust cause, he never sacrifices his hardihood of honor to the views of his client. He says all that ought to be said; yet never commits his own dignity by urging a corrupt principle. You see nothing of the attorney, Erskine is a counsellor: you see no partisan of petty advantage, Erskine is a gentleman.
He is serious or witty at pleasure, and, when the occasion offers, and he is disposed to descend, he can, like Roscius, turn off a case in pantomime. Among the thousand actions which are presented him, some appear, on trial, to have originated in mirth, and others in impudence; this Proteus is ready in a moment to throw off the professional buskin, and tread the sock.
I have followed Erskine to the house of commons, forming to my mind the attitude of a man, treading empires under his feet, and holding in his hands, the destinies of the world. If, in a petty court of law, he could move heaven in behalf of a poor orphan, or an oppressed widow, surely in presence of the British parliament, when the fate of nations is depending, the front of opposition must cower beneath his frowns, or follow in the wake of his triumphant path. But the moment he enters parliament he disappears. He is only one among five hundred. An Arab would never kill Erskine, unless he caught him in his gown, band and wig; with these he seems to put off his whole virtue. As a statesman Erskine is nothing. I do not say he is a great man in a little room; but Erskine, addressing twelve men, in a court of law, and in the British parliament, addressing the speaker in behalf of the nation, is not the same man. He commences, indeed, on a broad foundation, but ascends like a pyramid, and either produces an abortion, or attains to the point, and terminates where he should have begun. In parliament, he discovers nothing of that copious precision, that ascending order, that captivating fluency, that earnest conviction, which, at the bar, stamp him Erskine. In parliament, he labors with a harrow through the impediments of politics; now it catches hold of Pitt, then it interferes with a straggling limb of Hawkesbury, now it tears away the skirts of Addington, presently it is to be lifted over the body of Windham. He concludes, and the impression which he made, is already effaced.
* The English lawyers are dressed when in court, in a black gown, band and wig.
LETTER
From JOHN DUNNING, Esq., to a gentleman of the Inner Temple—containing directions to the student.
Lincoln Inn, March 3, 1779.
Dear Sir, THE habits of intercourse in which I have lived with your family, joined to the regard which I entertain for yourself, make me solicitous, in compliance with your request, to give you some hints concerning the study of the law.
Our profession is generally ridiculed as being dry and uninteresting; but a mind anxious for the discovery of truth & information, will be amply gratified for the toil, in investigating the origin and progress of a jurisprudence, which has the good of the people for its basis, and the accumulated wisdom and experience of ages for its improvement. Nor is the study itself so intricate as has been imagined; more especially since the labors of some modern writers have given it a more regular and scientific form.—Without industry, however, it is impossible to arrive at any eminence in practice, and the man who shall be bold enough to attempt excellence by abilities alone, will soon find himself foiled by many who have inferior understandings, but better attainments. On the other hand, the most painful plodder can never arrive at celebrity by mere plodding; a man calculated for success, must add to native genius an instinctive faculty in the discovery and retention of that knowledge only, which can be at once useful and productive.
I imagine that a considerable degree of learning is absolutely necessary. The elder authors frequently wrote in Latin, and the foreign jurists continue the practice to this day. Besides this, classical attainments contribute much to the refinement of the understanding and embellishment of the style. The utility of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, are known and felt by every one. Geometry will afford the most apposite examples of close and pointed reasoning; and geography is so very necessary in common life, that there is less credit in knowing, than dishonor in not being acquainted with it. But it is history, and more particularly that of his own country, which will occupy the attention, and attract the regard, of the great lawyer. A minute knowledge of the political revolutions and judicial decisions of our predecessors, whether in the more ancient or modern eras of our government, is equally useful and interesting. This will include a narrative of all the material alterations in the common law, and the reasons;—and I would always recommend a diligent attendance

on the courts of justice; as by that means the practice of them [a circumstance of great moment] will be easily and naturally acquired. Besides this, a much stronger impression will be made on the mind by the statement of the case, and the pleadings of the counsel, than from a cold uninteresting detail of it in a report. But above all, a trial at bar, or a special argument, should never be neglected. As it is usual on these occasions to take notes, a knowledge of short hand will give such facility to your labors, as to enable you to follow the most rapid speaker with certainty and precision. Common place books are convenient and useful; and as they are generally lettered, a reference may be had to them in a moment. It is usual to acquire some insight into real business, under an eminent special pleader, previous to actual practice at the bar. This idea I beg leave strongly to second, and indeed I have known but a few great men who have not possessed this advantage. I here subjoin a list of books necessary for your perusal and instruction, to which I have added some remarks; and wishing that you may add to a successful practice, that integrity which can alone make you worthy of it, I remain, &c. &c.
Read Hume's history of England, particularly observing the rise, progress and declension of the feudal system. Minutely attend to the Saxon government that preceded it, and dwell on the reigns of Edward I, Henry VI, Henry VIII, James I, Charles I, Charles II, and James II. Blackstone. On the second reading turn to the references. Mr. Justice Wright's learned treatise on Tenures. Coke Littleton, especially every word of Fee simple, Fee-tail, and Tenant in tail. Coke's Institutes; more particularly the 1st and 2d; and Serjeant Hawkins's Compendium. Coke's Reports—Plowden's Comments—Bacon's Abridgment; and first Principles of Equity—Pigott on Fines; Reports of Croke, Burrow, Raymond, Saunders, Strange, and Pierce Williams; Pauley's Maxims—Lord Bacon's Elements of the Common Law.
PHILADELPHIA, April 23. Invasion of St. Christopher's.
From a St. Christopher's Courier, of March 13. On Tuesday morning, the 5th inst. a squadron of the line of battle ships appeared in sight, which proved afterwards to be the force that had been at Dominica, ten or twelve days previously, and consisting of the following ships, viz. Ships Guns. Le Majestueux, commanded by Admiral Mesnilin, with Gen. Grange on board commander of the land forces. 120. Le Magnanime, 74. Le Suffrein, 74. Le Jemappé, 74. Le Lyon, 74. L'Armide, 44. La Gloire, 44. L'Indefatigable, 44. Le Lynx, 16. L'Adour (brig) 16. Le Moucheton, (schr.) (do.) About 12 o'clock, the frigates having anchored with the transports, and with springs on their cables, and the line of battle ships laying too a breast of the town, a shot was fired at Fort Smith, when the flag was immediately struck. The two small forts to windward and leeward of the harbor, being unable to make any essential resistance, the militia having gone early in the morning to re-inforce the garrison of Brimsstone Hill, and no protection for the town of Basseterre, either in troops or British men of war, any resistance was deemed ineffectual, to so formidable a force. A few gentlemen who remained in town assembled, & appointed a committee to go off to the French commander, to obtain the best terms in their power for the inhabitants of Basseterre, with its dependencies, and for the estates throughout the island. The committee consisted of the following gentlemen: The hon. John Garnet, Speaker of Assembly. Ulick Burke, John Macnamara, Clement Caines, John Bryan, and Daniel Sharpe, Esquires. Mr. Pitcher, understanding something of the French language, offered his services, if they could be considered useful, and accordingly accompanied the committee: as did also Mr. Male. As no flag of truce appeared from the enemy, but preparations were observed for landing troops, the above gentlemen went off, with a flag of truce, and were received on board the Le Jemappé, where general Barbot, chief of the expedition, demanded to hear our proposals. He enquired for the President, to treat with him, but appeared satisfied on being informed that his honor was at Brimsstone Hill. He also enquired what number of troops were on the island, but the committee assured him they could say nothing on that subject. The terms of capitulation proposed, for the inhabitants of Basseterre, and its dependencies, with the estates throughout the island, were— 1st. That they shall retain their laws, as far as the same relate to their persons and properties, during the war. 2d. That their persons and properties shall be safe, and taken under protection of the French government. 3d. All forts, batteries, arms and ammunition, within the power of the inhabitants above described, shall be delivered up to the French government. General Barbot then remarked, that a contribution should be levied, and hostages required for its fulfilment, but directed the committee to go on board the Majestueux, to the admiral, and general in chief; and said that he would land immediately, with only a small detachment of troops, which should not enter the town, but take advantageous positions, at a small distance from it—Mr. Caines requested permission to accompany the troops in landing, for the purpose of explaining to the inhabitants of the town, that no violence would be committed, in the first instance; but that the troops would be fixed out of Basseterre, till the committee agreed upon terms with the commander in chief. The committee, on being introduced to the Admiral and General, were received with po-
liteliness, and were informed, that the French were sorry to make war upon the defenceless inhabitants of West India towns; that the French government was desirous of peace, but that the English government preferred war, which consequently exposed us to their invasion. The terms, as before mentioned, were read to the Gen. and Admiral. General Le Grange replied, that they would now inform us, categorically the terms they demanded were, viz. The surrender of the merchant shipping in the road. The occupation by their troops of the two small forts, of Smith and Bluff point, and A contribution of a million of Livres Tournois, to be carried on board the Majestueux, by nine o'clock the next morning. The gentlemen of the committee, not knowing the value of the French currency, requested to be informed how many thousand pounds sterling it would be. The Admiral and General did not know, but after making some enquiries, they directly said, and repeated it three or four times, that it was five thousand pounds sterling. The committee, considering this demand as lenient and moderate on the part of the enemy, and that their moderation was occasioned chiefly by our making no unnecessary resistance or destroying the shipping, returned on shore, accompanied by Mr. Ducrocq, the French commissary. In the boat he endeavored to calculate the precise sum demanded, and then explained that the sterling sum was considerably more than had been mutually understood. On the return of the committee ashore at four o'clock, general Barbot marched his troops up to Taylor's Estate, where he fixed his head quarters. He demanded the treasurer and collector; a guard over the custom-house, and Mr. Colin's house, as also some troops to occupy the two forts. Mr. Colin attended general Barbot, who ordered him to produce 5000G. sterling in money by 8 o'clock the next morning. The committee went up to general Barbot, and made a representation to him on the subject of the contribution demanded. He replied it mattered not; that he had received positive orders to levy a contribution of nothing less than a Million of Livres, and that he would enforce these orders; that if the sum was not raised by nine o'clock in the morning, it should be doubled until the next day; and, if not then completed, the whole of the French troops should be landed, the town and country given up to plunder, and afterwards the town be demolished by the line of battle ships. He said, that this contribution was not to be considered as levied on the inhabitants themselves, but by the French government, on the English government, which would indemnify us for our losses. In addition to this, he declared he must have 5000G. sterling separately from the collector, and 200 000 Livres (nearly 10,000G. sterling,) as a compensation for the troops already landed, and under his orders. The committee, after all this, naturally viewed the colony as destined for inevitable destruction. On Wednesday morning, the 6th inst. many of the inhabitants of the island, finding the prudence and necessity of the case, raised as much money as possible from their families & acquaintances, and carried it to the house of Mr. Macnamara, where the officers had been hospitably provided for, in all respects, and where they waited to receive the money.—At 11 o'clock, it amounted to 11,320G. currency, (about 6000 guineas) in dollars, joos, doubloons, guineas, &c. Several merchants produced large sums, with a spirit suitable to the occasion, and were assisted by other individuals of the community. General Barbot then sent a file of soldiers, with a message enquiring what sum was raised; and saying, that if a considerable augmentation was not made to it by 6 o'clock in the evening, the town and country would be given up to military execution. He then told the collector, that as he had not produced the 5000G. sterling in cash, he would now demand double. From the absolute impossibility of raising this sum, recourse was had to the negotiation of it by bills. Accordingly Mr. Coffin, the collector, drew on general Mathews, (who was on a visit to the island from America,) for 10,000G. sterling, in favor of general Barbot, which bill was accepted by general Mathews. He then gave his own bills on the American Consul in Paris for the amount which was demanded by general Barbot. By this aid of general Mathews, and by his personal representations, he is to be considered as having rendered essential service to the colony. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a guard having been placed over Messrs. Garnet, Burke, Bryan, Sharpe, Macnamara and Pitcher, they were carried on board L'Armide frigate, where Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Bryan were detained as hostages, and the four other gentlemen were carried to a considerable distance at sea, on board the Majestueux, where they arrived about 8 o'clock. General Le Grange addressed them with marks of displeasure, said that he was extremely dissatisfied at the smallness of the sum raised; that he was certain there was a great deal more money in the island, which was withheld by the planters and others who had retired to Brimsstone Hill; & that he would compel those now in his power to be answerable for its being produced for him. He then demanded, that 23,000G. sterling more should be brought on board L'Armide at 8 o'clock the next morning, and that the committee should be permitted to go on shore to raise it. The gentlemen then frankly stated to the general their absolute inability, as private gentlemen, to pledge themselves to the performance of such a contract, because such a sum could not be raised, by any possible exertions on their part, as very little more specie could remain on the island; and their honor, that the commanders judged of us probably, by the planters in their own country of Martinique & Guadalupe; where many opulent proprietors resided, who sold their produce for money, and consequently often kept large sums in their houses; that the planters in this island were not similarly circumstanced, as their sugars were principally remitted to England; and explanations were candidly given of the plan upon which their properties were generally conducted.—Gen. Le Grange still appeared dissatisfied; and, as the gentlemen who were negotiating could not possibly undertake to produce the sum demanded, they were ordered below into the lieutenant's cabin, with the threat of being carried away from the island, as well as board L'Armide. After an hour, or an hour and a half had elapsed, the committee were again ordered into the presence of the admiral and general, where they were addressed by general Barbot.—He said, that the commanders would consent to lessen their demand; and that we must make an offer of what sum we would pledge ourselves to bring on board by eight in the morning. The committee tried to conciliate the commanders, by the truth and candour of their assertions; that they must throw themselves upon the generosity of the general, as they would not presume to make an offer they might be unable to realize. Gen. Barbot soon after said, that he would not have any further parley, but that he would deliver his ultimatum in "two words"—that the gentlemen must pledge themselves to carry on board 2,000 guineas, by 8 o'clock precisely; that the town should then be saved from destruction, and no injury committed. The gentlemen, tho' without the certainty of success in
this particular, yet considering it reasonable, in comparison with prior demands, and considering in the honor, the activity, and spirit of patriotism, which they knew many worthy individuals of this island to possess, then undertook at their own risk, that the demand should be complied with, on their parts. That if they did not succeed by the limited time, they would as men of honor, return on board the Majestueux and submit to the will of the admiral and general. It was then ten at night; they entreated as long an indulgence as possible, and one hour longer was granted. Permission was requested to allow Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Bryan to accompany the committee on shore, but the former only was consented to. On returning in the boat, Mr. Ducrocq permitted that the money should be carried on board L'Armide, instead of the Majestueux; but if there was any want of punctuality the town should be cannonaded and we must take the consequences. The committee landed at one o'clock in the morning, and never had gentlemen greater reason to be gratified at placing confidence in their fellow-citizens, than they experienced till 9 o'clock. To praise individuals, is unnecessary; in discharging an honorable duty, they must feel conscious satisfaction, and wish for no other panegyric. By great and zealous exertions, the coin was procured by 9 o'clock; when it was carried off, accompanied by Mr. Garnet, Mr. Macnamara, and Mr. Pitcher, on board L'Armide, which lay a great way off. They were received by capt. Louvet and Mr. Ducrocq, with expressions of approbation, at the honor and fidelity, with which the engagement had been complied with. On assurances being given that the money was correct, they refused to count or weigh it; and said the committee were then free, and might return on shore with safety. Mr. Ducrocq, whose conduct had been mild and liberal, during two days ashore, and who had mediated between the general in chief, and the committee, was then requested in the name of those gentlemen, to accept a gold watch, as a small testimony of the esteem in which his character was viewed, and as executing his orders with lenity, and the good manners of a gentleman, and an officer. Nor will we be so ungracious as to withhold the tribute of praise from our enemy altogether. We are bound to admire the conduct of those, who, as having the ascendancy at present in these seas, have exercised it with so much mercy, magnanimity and moderation; thereby softening the usual rigors of war. To the commanders of the expedition, this praise is justly due; as well as to general Barbot; the aid-de-camp Baylin, Mr. Ducrocq, and many other officers, whose names we are unacquainted with; and who prevented the soldiery, from any kind of irregularity whatever. By this compromise for our present safety, we have to thank Almighty God that we have escaped the numberless horrors, inseparable from general plunder and desolation. Our towns and estates have escaped conflagration, and pillage, and now stand as before the arrival of the enemy; which may be considered as a happy issue from the alarming situation in which we were placed, for 3 days. The coin is almost entirely carried out of the island, and some measures will, no doubt be taken, to encourage the importation of a fresh supply. At 12 o'clock on the 7th, the squadron departed, and went to Nevis, where they obtained 4,200G. currency, landed no soldiers, and behaved with the utmost politeness. They demanded at first, 20,000 guineas. During the two nights the French were here, several robberies were committed in town, and at Sandy Point, by the licentiousness of some negroes. Mr. Pitcher's stores were broken open both nights, and linen goods and others, were carried off, to a large amount. Mr. Bradley's, and some others also, shared a similar fate. Two negroes were shot by the militia in Sandy Point, while at plunder. The day after the French landed, the cannon at the forts, as well as three field-pieces, that were found in town, were spiked, and the carriages of the latter burnt in the square. The same day they commenced setting fire to the different ships and vessels that had fallen into their hands, and brought with them from Nevis, viz. Ship Twins, capt. Peake, ran on shore, and burnt. Ship Lady Jane, Halliday, capt. Chivers, do. Brig Nelly, capt. (Mr. Shipley's) do. Those carried off or destroyed in this island, were: Ship Caroline, capt. Hayes, with a quantity of sugar on board, as well as a part of the sugar taken from the Matthew and put on board her, carried off. Ship Matthew, capt. Young, burnt. Lady Nelson, capt. Bonner, do. Thesis, capt. Smith, do. Capt. Grierson, laden with coffee and cotton, do. Ship Ossipee, capt. Penniston, (Mr. Bradley's) do. Mr. Dawes's sloop Eclipse, do. and A Spanish Polacre, prize to his majesty's cutter King's-Fisher, on shore, but will be got off. April 25. SHIP CHINA. We are concerned to state, that our expectations of yesterday, relative to the probable safety of this valuable ship, are not verified by this day's advices. Part of her crew came up to town in a pilot-boat, and inform us, that after getting off the bank, she sunk in 8 fathom water. Thus has property to the amount of 400,000 Dollars been totally lost to the city; one of the greatest losses our commercial community has ever sustained. April 27. LOSS OF THE SHIP CHINA. The ship sailed from Batavia the 9th of December, with a cargo of sugar and coffee, worth not less than 500,000G. On Sunday, the 21st inst. they took a pilot on board, and at eleven o'clock that night, she struck on the five fathom bank, about five leagues from our capes—she soon carried away her rudder, towards morning she drifted off, and they let go an anchor, but when hoisting the anchor it broke, and the wind coming on at N. W. she drove on the bank again, where about three o'clock on Monday she bilged, and soon had five or six feet water in her hold; by this time they had several pilot boats along side, when they removed whatever they could of their baggage and cargo to the amount of about 700 bags of coffee on board the pilot boats. She was got off no less than three times, and as often drove on again, when it coming on to blow a gale, on Wednesday morning, the pilot boats with the crew were obliged to leave her—a person who was in the last boat that left her on Wednesday at 12 o'clock,
says she was then off and drifting towards the main. By the account of this person, it is most probable, her sails, rigging and some other matters may be saved, should the weather continue moderate. The United States has been unfortunate in the loss of ships from Batavia in the last season; this being the fourth, within six or eight months, viz. the Samuel Smith and Canton, of and for Baltimore; the Maryland for New-York, and the China, of and for this port.—To these we may add also, the capture of the Manhattan, for New-York, taken by the British, as a loss in part, for should she be cleared, the detention and expenses will no doubt be very heavy. It is conjectured that the loss sustained by those concerned in the above five vessels will be little short of two millions of dollars, and to the revenue of the United States, had they arrived safe they would have added between 2 and 300,000 dollars.
FREDERICK-TOWN, (M.) April 26. General Wilkinson and his lady arrived in town on Tuesday last, and on Wednesday morning continued their journey to the westward. The General is on his way to St. Louis, in the territory of Upper Louisiana, to take upon himself the duties of his new appointment.
It is understood that Col. Burr intends to take a jatens to the westward the ensuing summer, to solace himself in the wilds of Louisiana, among the Hamadryads and the Sylphs— To sport with Amaryllis in the grove, Or with the tresses of Narea's hair — His horses, which had been stationed here during the past winter, left town on Wednesday morning last for Pittsburg.
FOR SALE, The Tract of Land, WHEREON I now live, containing by estimation 444 acres, lying in Cumberland county, on the main Buckingham road, 5 miles below the courthouse, about one third of which is well enclosed and laid off into three equal fields now in a good state for cultivation, being but little gullied or washed. The improvements consist of a dwelling house 30 by 24 feet, two rooms below and two above stairs, with two good brick chimneys; two excellent barns, and all necessary out buildings; there is on this land about 600 fruit trees, consisting of peach and apple. Persons disposed to purchase will be shown the land on application, and the terms made known. Christopher Robinson. 22d April, 1805. 3*
Buckingham County, March Court, 1805. Gabriel Fuqua, vs. Francis and William Mose, defts. In Chancery. UPON hearing the bill of the complainant, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant Francis Mose, is not an inhabitant of this state: It is ordered and decreed, that unless the said defendant Francis, do appear here on or before May term next, and answer the bill of the complainant, that the same will be taken for confessed; and that a copy of this order be published for two months successively in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond, and another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of the said county. A Copy—Teste, Rolfe Eldridge, jr. d. c.
TO RENT, THE HOUSE & LOT, ON Shockoe Hill, lately occupied by Mr. John Pendleton; now newly painted and repaired, and in every respect fit for the immediate reception of a family, having all necessary out-houses, &c. Apply to Benjamin Wolfe, adjoining the premises, or to Joseph Gallego. April 22, 1805. if
FOR SALE, On the most reasonable terms for cash, the following LAW BOOKS. Of the best London Editions. Bacon's Abridgement, 5 vols. Salkeld's Reports, 2 do. Peer William, 3 do. Coke's do. 7 do. Blackstone, 3 do. Burrows, 5 do. Jacobs' L. Dictionary Wood's Institute Fitzherbert N. Brevium Enquire of the Printer. Horseman's Conveyancer. Orphan's Legacy Gilbert's Law of Evidence. Ditto Devises Vattel. Hawkins' Pleas of the Crown. Dalton's Justice.
A BLACK WOMAN Wanted, WHO understands washing and cooking; one from the country would be preferred. Enquire of the printer. Richmond, April 26th, 1805. 4t 25,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, HIGHEST PRIZES.
Lottery Adventurers In Richmond and its vicinity, are respectfully informed, that the New-York Lottery
IS NOW DRAWING; AND those gentlemen who wish to purchase Tickets, by remitting the Cash in New-York, Philadelphia, or Branch Bank Notes of any state, in letters (post paid) directed to the permanent Lottery Officers of G. & R. WAITE, No. 64 and No. 38, Maiden-Lane, may have Tickets forwarded them, warranted undrawn, properly testified to be so; or if the 25,000 Dollar or 10,000 Dollar prizes are drawn at the time the remittance is received, the money, if requested, will be faithfully returned. Present price of Tickets and Shares. Whole Tickets Dols. 8. 1/2 Quarters, Dols. 2 1/2 Halves, - - 4 1/2 Eighths, - - 1 2/3 But as the drawing progresses, and the high prizes remain in the wheel, the price will advance. A list of all prizes drawn will be sent to the Editor of this paper weekly. New York, April 9, 1805. if
VIRGINIA ARGUS. RICHMOND: SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1805. Delegates chosen to serve in the next General Assembly of Virginia. Elizabeth City, John S. Westwood, Charles R. Mallory. Madison, William Madison, Robert Hill. Campbell, Th. M. Clark, D'ni. B. Perrow. Amherst, Wm. H. Cabell, James Garland.
The drawing of the William & Mary College Lottery commenced on Wednesday last at the Exchange Coffee-House in Norfolk.—Tickets are for sale at this office.
James M. Garnett is elected a member of Congress, for the district composed of the counties of Caroline, Essex, King William and King & Queen, (in room of Col. Anthony New, resigned) without opposition.
Col. Morrow, a republican, is elected for the Berkeley congressional district, by a majority of 99, in place of the former representative, Major Stevenson, a federalist.
Life of Washington.—Proposals are advertised in Massachusetts for publishing, by subscription, "An Essay on the life of George Washington, commander in chief of the American army through the revolutionary war, and the first President of the U. States of America, by the Rev. AARON BANCROFT, of Worcester, Massachusetts." The work is to consist of one large octavo volume of about five hundred pages, with a portrait of general Washington. The price two dollars in boards. The Farmer's Museum speaks of Mr. Bancroft as a scholar, a man of sound judgment, from whom the public may anticipate, without fear of disappointment, a work of authenticity and int. rest. U. S. Gaz.
PITT and COBBETT. We occasionally entertain ourselves by running over COBBETT's Weekly Register. In all his recent attacks on Mr. PITT we have met with nothing more singularly forcible than the following passages:— (Phil. Gaz.)
"On the subject of the Volunteer System, for instance, I think myself a much better judge than Mr. Pitt. I know more of the training of soldiers; more of their tempers and manners; more of their feelings and motives in all their various situations; more of the organization, the economy and discipline of a battalion; not only more of all this than Mr. Pitt now knows, but more than he ever can know as long as he lives, if he lives for 40 years longer, and continues with his corps all the time. Yet, because he has chosen to clothe himself in scarlet, to gird his waist with a sash, to hang a sword upon his thigh, to put a cockade in his hat, and call himself a colonel, I am to hold my tongue, or, at least, am to wag it only in approbation of his military schemes, though exactly contrary to the evidence of my senses, lest, by speaking my mind, I should "weaken his power," and thereby possibly hasten the loss of his place. If, during the administration of Mr. Pitt, I show that the nation has declined; that the liberties of the people have been greatly abridged; that the poor rates have been more than doubled; that confidence has been destroyed between landlord and tenant; that the only effectual check upon the Bank has been removed; that the country has been inundated with paper, while gold and silver have disappeared; that paper notes down to the amount of a few shillings in England, and so low as sixpence in Ireland, are in circulation; that the country has been degraded in the eyes of the world; that she has abandoned her allies; that she has abandoned even her own honors won by our fathers; that her enemy has been exalted above her; and that she is now trembling on the verge of destruction: if I say this, I am, according to this new doctrine, guilty of a heinous offence, but, if I prove it, there are not in the world means sufficient to inflict on me torment adequate to my deserts."
"The blind suppies and a Federalist." A boy in a neighbouring town had the good fortune a few days since, to fall heir to a litter of puppies.—A federal Lawyer made application to the boy, to purchase one of them—and among other questions, asked him what breed they were—The boy replied, that they were then Federalists, but in nine days would be Republicans.—National Regis.
NOTICE. THE Laws of the Legislature of Virginia, passed concerning the Mutual Insurance Society, and the new Constitution, Rules and Regulations, are printed and ready, at the office, to be delivered to members of the said society. As every member ought to have them, and I have seldom opportunities to send them, they are hereby requested to apply for them—as people from different parts of the state come frequently to this place, to save postage, they may request them to call for them. However, so as I can deliver them to some person, or to the agents of the different towns and counties, where they may be had on application. W. F. AST, Principal Agent M. A. S. The printers of this state are requested to insert the above once. April 30. Agreeable to a former advertisement, will be SOLD, on Monday next, at the courthouse door, 43 hogheads of Upper Inspected TOBACCO, For Cash. Williamson & Mosby, Inspectors at Shockoe Warehouse.

VIRGINIA: Court held for Halifax County, the 25th day of February, 1805 John Griffin, plaintiff Against Daniel Sizemore, George Sizemore, Solomon Sizemore, John Sizemore, William Sizemore, William Sizemore, Mary Sizemore and Joseph Sizemore, heirs and represent- atives of John Sizemore, dec. James Baird and William Baird, defendants. THE defendants John Sizemore, William Sizemore and William Baird, not having entered their appearance and given security agreeable to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendants do appear here on the fourth Monday in August next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, John Darksdale, d. c. h. c.
At a Quarterly Court, held for Prince Edward County, March the 18th, 1805 Archibald Fuqua, plaintiff Against William George Walker, executors, &c. of George Walker, dec. and the said William, David, Ben, Jacob and Nancy, and their mother Priscilla Walker, and John Atwell, defendants. THE defendants David, Ben, Jacob, Nancy and their mother Priscilla, not having entered their appearance and given security according to an act of the General Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendants, David, Ben, Jacob, Nancy and their mother Priscilla, do appear here on the first day of July next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, BENJ. WATKINS, d. c. h. c.
VIRGINIA: In the Superior Court of Chancery, held in Richmond. Charles Purcell, plaintiff And John Mayo, defendant. ON motion of the plaintiff, by counsel, the court, this twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, refer the accounts between the parties to one of its commissioners, to be by him examined, stated, settled, and to the court reported, with any special matters thought pertinent by himself, or required by the parties to be specially stated. A copy—Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c. Commissioner's Office, Richmond, April 9, 1805. THE parties are desired to take notice, that I have appointed the twenty-seventh day of May next to commence the account directed by the annexed decree order of the court: On which day they are requested to attend at my office in this city, with their accounts and vouchers ready for examination, and with copies of the court papers. [writ] SAMUEL GREENHOW, M. C.
At a Court of Quarterly Session, continued and held for Surry county, March the 28th, 1805. Caufield Seward, plaintiff AGAINST Joseph G. Bailey and Micajah Blow executors, &c. of Michael Blow, deceased, Thomas R. Blow, William Bailey & Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Blow, George Glasser and Nancy Bailey, infants of the said Joseph G. Bailey, and Polly his late wife, late Polly Blow, Susan and William Blow, infants and orphans of Henry Blow, deceased, by the said Joseph G. Bailey, their guardian, Lucy Blow, orphans of Samuel Blow, deceased, by Thomas R. Blow, her guardian, which said Thomas, Elizabeth, Polly, Henry and Samuel were children of Priscilla Blow, deceased, who was a legatee under the will of William Drew, deceased; John Spratley and Sally his wife, late Sally Hart, Polly and Polly Hart, orphans of William R. Hart, deceased, by James S. Lane their guardian, which said Sally and William R. were children of Martha Hart, Charles Gray, James S. Lane and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Gray, Robert Harrison and Charlotte his wife, late Charlotte Preston, daughter of the late Ann Thomas, deceased, Dolly Hamilton, late Dolly Evans, Robert McIntosh, junior and Sally Drew his wife, late Sally Drew Evans, which said Dolly and Sally Drew are daughters of the late Rebecca Evans, deceased, the said Martha, Charles, Elizabeth, Ann and Rebecca, likewise legatees under the will of the said William Drew, deceased, defendants. THE defendant Charles Gray, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of the General Assembly of Virginia and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this Commonwealth: On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is ordered , that the said defendant do appear here on the fourth Tuesday in August next and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in the Virginia Argus for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of this courthouse. A copy—Teste, JOHN FAULCON, c. s. c.
Valuable Property for sale. THE subscriber wishing to turn some real property into more active use, would sell on terms highly advantageous to the purchaser, A TENEMENT, On the cross street near the Mason's Hall, pleasantly situated for a family. To RENT—A STORE & COUNTING ROOM, a few doors below the market-house, at present occupied by Benjamin Hooper. Possession will be given the 16th of May. The stand is for a grocery inferior to but few in the city. M. Grandland. April 11th, 1805.
Charlotte Court, 5th March, 1805. Thomas R. Comer, infant son of Dorothea Ragland, who was the daughter of Edward Ragland by Moore Comer, his father and next friend plaintiff AGAINST William Palmer and Sally his wife, late Sally Ragland, Thomas Ragland, Nancy Ragland, William Bowler and Polly his wife, late Polly Ragland, Biddess and Agness his wife, late Agness Ragland, Betsey Ragland, and I. Clarke and Elsey his wife, late Elsey Ragland, defendants. THE defendants John Clark and Elsey his wife, not having entered their appearance according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is ordered , that they appear here on the first day of August court next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be inserted in one of the Virginia Gazettes for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of the said county. A copy—Teste, Thomas Read, clk.
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for Prince Edward county, March 19th, 1805. Thomas Yuill, son, and heir at law of Thomas Yuill deceased, and also executor of the said Thomas Yuill, deceased, Plaintiff AGAINST James M'Mackin, John M'Mackin and Robert Downes, Def'ts. THE defendants James M'Mackin and John M'Mackin not having entered their appearance and given security according to an act of the General Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendants James M'Mackin and John M'Mackin, do appear here on the first day of July court next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, Benja. Watkins, d. c. h.
Fisher & Lesueur, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SUPPLY OF GROCERIES, viz. Muscavado Sugar to Cloves, Nutmegs, Best Green Coffee Mace and Cassia Double and Single re- Madder Brimstone, fined loaf Sugar Alum & Copperas Retail molasses & trinkle Spanish and Bengal Old Antigua, Jamaica, Indigo Santacruz, St. Kitts Spermaceti Oil and N. E. Rum Coloring Old Cognac Brandy Pickled Salmon and Holland Gin Codfish Madeira, Port, Sherry, New York Candies & Teneriffe and Malaga Soap Ga Wine Gunpowder Bottled Port & Claret Patent Shot from 1 to Caldwell Frasure & Co's B B superfine Chocolate Thomas Leiper's Snuff Young Hyson, Souchong, Imperial, and a few canisters containing 1 1/2 lbs. Gunpowder Tea Scotch Barley Fresh Oil and Olives Basket Salt Fresh Mustard Spanish Segars Martinique, Noyan & Bordeaux Cordials Box Raisins & Almonds Race and ground Ginger, Pepper, Pimento, ALSO, A QUANTITY OF German Osnaburgs & Tickenburgs. All which were selected for this market, by James Fisher, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on moderate terms. Richmond, March 27, 1805. wif
WHEAT FAN & WOVEN WIRE MANUFACTORY. No. 7, Bridge-street, four doors north of Griffith's Bridge, Baltimore. WHERE are made and sold, WHEAT FANS, first quality; ROLLING and other SCREENS, for wheat, barley, flax-seed, &c.; HAND RIDDLES and SIEVES, for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, brick-dust, flax-seed, clover seed, cockle, lime, sand, &c.; SHAKES for Indian meal; WIRE SAFES, WOVEN WIRE for windows, &c. &c. AMOS SMITH. (Formerly WEST & SMITH.) N. B. A good assortment on hand Any of the above articles will be delivered in Richmond, (on short notice) at the same prices as at the manufactory (exclusive of freight) on the orders being left with SAMUEL PARSONS & SON, Near the Basin, of whom the prices may be known—who have now on hand, Wheat Fans, Wheat and Lime Sieves, and Meal Sieves, &c. of a superior quality P. S. WIRE SAFES, and a few tons BAR IRON on hand. 11th Mo. 1st, 1804 wif THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND, In Halifax county, lying on Staunton river, containing about nine hundred or one thousand acres (as it is believed). By a late survey there are two hundred and twenty-five acres of low grounds; the high land was not surveyed at that time. About one half of the purchase money will be required in cash; the payment of the remainder may be postponed one or two years. John B. Scott. Halifax, April, 1805. w2m*
Patent Window Springs. THE subscriber has lately purchased John Hooker's new and useful invention in Window sash springs, for the counties of Henrico & Chesterfield. This plan for raising and supporting windows far surpasses any heretofore offered to the public, and is not more than one eighth part the expense of weights and lines. Gentlemen wishing to make use of so great a convenience may be satisfied of its utility by calling on the subscriber near the courthouse in Richmond, or on Benjamin Taylor, carpenter, where they may see a model, showing the principle, & where all persons within the counties aforesaid may be supplied with any quantity of springs, or have them set to their windows at the shortest notice. SEWAL OSGOOD. Richmond, April 9, 1805. w4r JUST published and for sale at this office, the PENNSYLVANIA FARMER: Being a selection from the most approved treatises on HUSBANDRY, interspersed with Observations and Experiments. By JOE ROBERTS
THE Copartnership of TOMPKINS & HARRIS, was dissolved on the 16th inst. by mutual consent. Those indebted are requested to make immediate payment; and those who have claims will call for their adjustment. HARRY TOMPKINS. HENRY HARRIS. Richmond, 23th March, 1805. THE business heretofore carried on by Tompkins & Harris, will be continued by the subscriber, who will be glad to furnish his friends as usual. The debtors to the several firms in which he has been engaged are earnestly requested to make payment, to enable him to close those partnerships. The balances due to John & Harry Tompkins, and to Tompkins & Thornton, have stood too long to entitle their debtors to further indulgence.
HARRY TOMPKINS. Richmond, 28th March, 1805. w6t* THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, Are for sale at Dr. Wiltam's Apothecary Shop, opposite the Bell Tavern, to wit: Red and white Lead, Verdigis, Spanish Whiting, Spanish Brown, Umber, Naples Yellow, Blue Smalt, Brown Pink, Rose Pink, Flake White, Gold Leaf, Liquid Gold Size, Copal and Spirit Varnish, Camel's Hair Pencils, Yellow Ochre, Litharge, Sugar of Lead, &c. &c. Also a quantity of Salt Petre. He wishes to rent a stand for an Apothecary's Shop in the neighbourhood of the cross street leading to Mayo's bridge. 26th Dec. 1804. wif
An Extensive Field for Speculation, IS offered in the sale of the POWHATAN ESTATE, which lies contiguous to the lower limits of Richmond, contains 3090 acres of land, borders near a mile on James river, and runs 5 miles back. The principal part is free grain land, covered with valuable timber, convenient to a saw-mill erected thereon, which has cut 1700 feet per day, and connected with a grist-mill and manufacturing mill, on a constant stream, with 2 pair of stones. There is a small Farm, with a commodious brick mansion, ice house, the usual offices, and 2 fisheries. It has many elegant sites for building, furnished with good water, commanding views of the city, falls and shipping, which lie opposite to them. There is a beautiful level already laid out into lots, at right angles, on the river. The peculiar advantages of this property are multiplied by a late act for the establishment of an inspection of Tobacco on it, and the act for uniting the upper and lower navigation by locks, which as the proper point of junction render it valuable for store-houses.
Few persons are unacquainted with the political importance of Richmond, as the capital of the most influential state of the union, nor its commercial advantages from the immense quantities of coal, flour and tobacco, which pass through its market—and will it be necessary to add? that these advantages will be shortly increased by the western produce brought through the Kanawha to this navigation and deposit; to be thence shipped directly abroad, when the contemplated improvement of the lower navigation shall be complete. It is submitted to monied men to consider whether a purchase by shares either to sell out or improve parts of this growing estate, would not in a few years afford a certain and handsome remuneration for their attention; being free from those contingencies to which many institutions are liable. In such an establishment the proprietor would willingly participate. A liberal credit will be allowed the purchasers on payment of interest, and farther particulars made known by applying to Mr. Robert Atkinson near Petersburg, Mr. Alexander Fulton Baltimore, Messrs. Prosser and Moncure Richmond, or the subscriber on the premises. W. MAYO. Powhatan, near Richmond, } Virg. April 20, 1805. w6t The Editor of the National Intelligencer is requested to insert the above once a week for six times, and transmit his account. W. M.
THE subscriber desirous to close his business, in this place as soon as possible, is induced to offer for sale, the following Valuable Property, viz: A convenient two story dwelling house, 24 feet square, having one room and a passage on the lower floor, two rooms on the second floor, and two good rooms in the garret, a cellar with plank floor, and divided into three apartments, one used for cooking; the yard inclosed with a brick wall seven feet high, the whole in good repair. This tenement is situated near the Bell Tavern on the cross street, leading to the rock landing, and is insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid. Eleven unimproved half-acre lots on Shockoe Hill. 600 Acres military land in Kanawha county, on the waters of old town creek, a branch of Ohio river, being part of a grant made to George Muse, Adams Stevens, Andrew Lewis and others, in the year 1773. 25 Tracts of land in Montgomery county, containing 32,172 1/2 acres, the whole patented in my name, viz: 4,000 Acres, surveyed 3d April, 1786, in Montgomery county, on Cole River. 3,080 Acres, surveyed 24th July, 1786, in the same county, on 16 mile creek, adjoining the late General Washington's survey, on Kanawha river. 3,064 1/2 Acres, surveyed 23d July, 1786 in same county, on the Loop waters of New river. 1,000 Acres, surveyed 13th May, 1786, in the same county, on the Ohio river. 3,210 Acres, surveyed 5th April, 1786, in same county, south of a creek running into Cole river.
THE subscriber desirous to close his business, in this place as soon as possible, is induced to offer for sale, the following Valuable Property, viz: A convenient two story dwelling house, 24 feet square, having one room and a passage on the lower floor, two rooms on the second floor, and two good rooms in the garret, a cellar with plank floor, and divided into three apartments, one used for cooking; the yard inclosed with a brick wall seven feet high, the whole in good repair. This tenement is situated near the Bell Tavern on the cross street, leading to the rock landing, and is insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid. Eleven unimproved half-acre lots on Shockoe Hill. 600 Acres military land in Kanawha county, on the waters of old town creek, a branch of Ohio river, being part of a grant made to George Muse, Adams Stevens, Andrew Lewis and others, in the year 1773. 25 Tracts of land in Montgomery county, containing 32,172 1/2 acres, the whole patented in my name, viz: 4,000 Acres, surveyed 3d April, 1786, in Montgomery county, on Cole River. 3,080 Acres, surveyed 24th July, 1786, in the same county, on 16 mile creek, adjoining the late General Washington's survey, on Kanawha river. 3,064 1/2 Acres, surveyed 23d July, 1786 in same county, on the Loop waters of New river. 1,000 Acres, surveyed 13th May, 1786, in the same county, on the Ohio river. 3,210 Acres, surveyed 5th April, 1786, in same county, south of a creek running into Cole river.
Tobacco Land for Sale. IN Amherst county, on Horsley's creek, 509 acres of rich tobacco land, formerly the property of Dr. Daniel Warwick, and known by the name of Wincanton—This land has the advantage of lying on the main road leading from Amherst courthouse to Waugh's ferry on James river, is a valuable stand for a country store, with a framed house for that purpose, entirely new and sufficiently large, having two rooms below and two above stairs, with a good brick chimney, and well underpinned with brick; also a lumber-house 16 feet square, with a cellar of its full size walled up with stone—there is also a Taylor's and saddler's shop, and other out houses; likewise a tolerable good dwelling house, with three rooms below and two above stairs; a kitchen, dairy and other out houses within a mile of the store, suitable for a private family. On this tract of land there is a bout 75 acres cleared, all of which is fresh and in good order for cultivation; it has also the advantage of being only 7 miles from Bethel, where there is an inspection of tobacco, and within 18 miles of Lynchburg. As it is presumed no person will be inclined to purchase the above without reviewing the premises, they will be shown by Messrs. Telliferros & Loving, who live within a few miles of Wincanton, and fully empowered to make sale, and the terms of payment may be known from them; as also on application to Gilliat & Kirby. Richmond, March 20, 1805. (wids)
The above tract of land and improvements, will be offered for SALE, at Amherst courthouse, on Monday the 15th July next, (being court day) on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months—a deed of trust will be required on the premises, or satisfactory security for punctual payment. Gilliat & Kirby.
2,138 Acres, surveyed 21st Feb. 1787, in same county, on Cole river. 520 Acres, surveyed 3d, Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Cooper's creek and Little Blue Stone. 1,300 Acres, surveyed 16th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of the South fork of Cole river, that heads against Guyandott. 95 Acres, surveyed 16th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Glade creek. 78 Acres, surveyed 8th Feb. 1787, in same county, on a branch emptying into Glade creek, on the south side of the same, and about one mile above the ford of the said creek. 500 Acres, surveyed 10th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the north fork of Mud river, that heads against the Guyandott. 1,500 Acres, surveyed 12th May, 1786, in same county, on Ohio river. 2,000 Acres, surveyed 8th May, 1786, in same county, on Great Kanawha. 1,000 Acres, surveyed 16th May, 1786, in same county, on do. 263 Acres, surveyed 8th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head of Glade creek. 214 Acres, surveyed 7th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Glade creek, on the south side thereof. 135 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the west end of Joe's Ridge, and on the waters of Glade creek. 154 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on Joe's Ridge. 228 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on Joe's Ridge and the waters of Glade and Cooper's creek. 414 Acres, surveyed 22d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the second fork of Cole river, on the road crossing from Piney river, to Guyandott. 2,000 Acres, surveyed 26th Feb. 1787, in same county, under the big Pipe Stem Knob, and running down both sides of the creek. 46 Acres, surveyed 4th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Cooper's creek and Joe's Ridge. 380 Acres, surveyed 3d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Cooper's creek. 3,338 Acres, by survey 20th Feb. 1787 in same county, on the south fork of Cole river. 1,345 Acres, by survey 2d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Little Blue Stone, about half a mile north from the white oak Lick. Three tracts of land in Monongalia county, patented in my name, viz: 350 Acres, by survey 1st June, 1796, in Monongalia county, adjoining Matthew Rukey's land, and the Randolph county line, on the waters of Cheat River. 400 Acres, surveyed 20th Oct. 1797, in same county, adjoining lands of Abner Harper, above the mouth of White Day creek. 460 Acres, surveyed 15th Nov. 1797, in same county, adjoining Peter Drage, on Finche's run, to include an improvement made in the year 1773. 1000 Acres, in do. on the west of Cheat river, above the lands of Thomas Butler. 800 Acres, in do. on Buffalo creek, on a pre-emption right of David Gray. 250 Acres, in Greenbrier county, on Little Deer creek, adjoining the lands of Joseph McClurg. 891 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 1st August, 1787, on the waters of Piney river, and Paint creek, waters of the Kanawha river. 435 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 30th June, 1786, joining the lands of Joseph Eaton, Richard Muse and James McCorkle. 230 Acres, in Wythe county, surveyed 4th Nov. 1795, on the Lead Mines Mill creek. 180 Acres, in Albemarle county, patent dated 5th July, 1787, on William Hill's creek, waters of Buck Island creek. One undivided moiety of five lots in the town of Winchester, Nos. 89, 90, 100, 101 and 109. The above will be sold very low, and the terms made known, on application to WM. AUSTIN. Richmond, April 4th, 1805. wif
TO RENT OR LEASE, FOR TEN OR TWELVE YEARS. A Lot of LAND, No 31, in the town of Manchester Enquire of Dr. B. Du-Val, or Wm. Richardson, jr. February 22.
FOUND, on Saturday the 2d inst., a Red Morocco POCKET BOOK, which the owner may get by applying to the subscriber and paying for this advertisement. James Bootwright. Richmond, March 4th, 1805.
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY. CLASS NO. II. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each, dolls. 40000 1 Prize of - - - dolls. 10000 1 of - - - 5000 5 of - - - 1000 5000 20 of - - - 500 10000 50 of - - - 100 5000 50 of - - - 50 2500 100 of - - - 25 2500 40000 227 First drawn ticket after 500 are drawn, dolls. 500 after 1000 - 500 after 1500 - 500 after 2000 - 1000 after 2500 - 1000 after 3000 - 1000 after 3500 - 1000 after 3950 - 10000 The above Lottery will certainly commence drawing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold. FOR SALE, To the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 17th May next, at the dwelling house of Daniel Wilson, jr., in the county of Amelia, by virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by the said Wilson, to secure the payment of a sum therein expressed, to John Chaffin, the property therein contained, consisting of about 35 Negro Slaves, Nine Horses, and Stock of every kind—or so much thereof as will be sufficient to pay the said debt, interest and costs—and if the same should not be sufficient, the TRACT OF LAND, whereon the said Wilson resides, containing about 1300 acres, with all necessary houses, will be sold, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay the deficiency. Possession given of the land the 1st of December next, with leave to sow the next crop of wheat. I. P. Cooke, W. T. Eggleston, } Trustees. Geo. Scott, April 27th, 1805. t15
SUFFICIENT attention not having been paid to a late request made by the Commissioners, appointed to conduct the Lottery, for the benefit of William & Mary College; "That all persons holding tickets for sale, should make a return of their sales; together with the tickets remaining unsold, to Robert Greenhow, esq. of Williamsburg." They are again earnestly urged, to return without delay, the tickets unsold, and the cash received, to him the above said Robert Greenhow of Williamsburg, B. W. Leigh, esq. Petersburg, George Tucker or Samuel Pleasants, esqrs. Richmond, or Wm. Newsum, esq. Norfolk—as the drawing of the Lottery will commence in Norfolk, during the first week in May—and as it is deemed necessary that the future sales of Tickets be confined to the towns above mentioned; Notice is hereby given, that no sales will be made after the first of May by any person or persons; except by the gentlemen before mentioned, or by one of the Commissioners. April 22, 1805. 5t
THE public is hereby notified that some of the Cells of the Lunatic Hospital in the City of Williamsburg are now vacant for the reception of patients. By order of the Court of Directors. WILL: RUSSELL, c. q. March 28, 1805. sw
The high bred English Stallion, ARCHDUKE, IMPORTED from London by John Hooper, esq. of the Rawling Green. Was got by Sir Peter Teazle, (the first stallion now in England) his dam Horatia by old Eclipse (undoubtedly the best stallion of his day) his granddam Countess by Blank, a famous son of the Godolphin Arabian, with many other excellent crosses. A horse of better blood than Archduke was never raised; he is full brother to Mr. Teazle and Stamford, both in high repute, and so are his whole flock. Countess (his granddam) has bred some of the best horses that have appeared on the British turf. She is the dam of Vizard, Cobfeare, Achilles, Greyhound, Horatia and Delpini, all capital. This is well known to every gentleman acquainted with the racing calendar and general stud book of England. Archduke is a dark brown horse, full sixteen hands high, has a deal of bone and great powers, a good share of beauty and in the prime of life. He made his appearance on the turf at 3 years old, and did not run after that year. He won a sweepstakes of 100 guineas each, beating several good horses; also the Derby stakes, beating lord Egremont's Gilebert, fir F. Handish's brother to Spread-Eagle, Mr. Heathcote's Vivaldi, Mr. Cookson's Expectation, the Duke of Grafton's Vandal, lord Oxford's Daz (now his Lordship's) lord Grosvenor's colt by Portia's out of Snipton's sister. And several other very fine colts. The Derby stakes are considered the first in England, and gives the winner great credit. He fell lame shortly after and was bred, run two races more with very good horses, and although he was beaten, he came in well. The above is the whole of his racing. ARCHDUKE will stand the ensuing season at my stable in Orange county, about 6 miles below the courthouse, at twenty dollars, with half a dollar to the groom, for each mare. The season will commence the 15th day of March next and end the 1st day of August following. A great abundance of the best of pasture gratis. Boys boarded, at 10s 6d per week and corn furnished at the market price for the mares that are to be fed, for which the money must be sent. Great attention paid the mares, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes. Notes for twenty dollars must accompany the mares. FRANCIS TALLIFERRO. February 15, 1805. w8t
TO RENT OR LEASE, FOR TEN OR TWELVE YEARS. A Lot of LAND, No 31, in the town of Manchester Enquire of Dr. B. Du-Val, or Wm. Richardson, jr. February 22.
FOUND, on Saturday the 2d inst., a Red Morocco POCKET BOOK, which the owner may get by applying to the subscriber and paying for this advertisement. James Bootwright. Richmond, March 4th, 1805.
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY. CLASS NO. II. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each, dolls. 40000 1 Prize of - - - dolls. 10000 1 of - - - 5000 5 of - - - 1000 5000 20 of - - - 500 10000 50 of - - - 100 5000 50 of - - - 50 2500 100 of - - - 25 2500 40000 227 First drawn ticket after 500 are drawn, dolls. 500 after 1000 - 500 after 1500 - 500 after 2000 - 1000 after 2500 - 1000 after 3000 - 1000 after 3500 - 1000 after 3950 - 10000 The above Lottery will certainly commence drawing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold. FOR SALE, To the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 17th May next, at the dwelling house of Daniel Wilson, jr., in the county of Amelia, by virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by the said Wilson, to secure the payment of a sum therein expressed, to John Chaffin, the property therein contained, consisting of about 35 Negro Slaves, Nine Horses, and Stock of every kind—or so much thereof as will be sufficient to pay the said debt, interest and costs—and if the same should not be sufficient, the TRACT OF LAND, whereon the said Wilson resides, containing about 1300 acres, with all necessary houses, will be sold, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay the deficiency. Possession given of the land the 1st of December next, with leave to sow the next crop of wheat. I. P. Cooke, W. T. Eggleston, } Trustees. Geo. Scott, April 27th, 1805. t15
SUFFICIENT attention not having been paid to a late request made by the Commissioners, appointed to conduct the Lottery, for the benefit of William & Mary College; "That all persons holding tickets for sale, should make a return of their sales; together with the tickets remaining unsold, to Robert Greenhow, esq. of Williamsburg." They are again earnestly urged, to return without delay, the tickets unsold, and the cash received, to him the above said Robert Greenhow of Williamsburg, B. W. Leigh, esq. Petersburg, George Tucker or Samuel Pleasants, esqrs. Richmond, or Wm. Newsum, esq. Norfolk—as the drawing of the Lottery will commence in Norfolk, during the first week in May—and as it is deemed necessary that the future sales of Tickets be confined to the towns above mentioned; Notice is hereby given, that no sales will be made after the first of May by any person or persons; except by the gentlemen before mentioned, or by one of the Commissioners. April 22, 1805. 5t
THE public is hereby notified that some of the Cells of the Lunatic Hospital in the City of Williamsburg are now vacant for the reception of patients. By order of the Court of Directors. WILL: RUSSELL, c. q. March 28, 1805. sw