Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1804-09-19 00:00:00

THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[VOL. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 183.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM—PAID IN ADVANCE.]
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1804.
[12 1-2 CENTS SINGLE.]
Advertisements, no exceeding a square in length, are inserted in this paper for seven ty-five cents the first time; three dollars for three weeks (6 times); and for every additional insertion thirty-three cents. Long ones in the same proportion—unless a special contract be made by the year.
FOR SALE, By Edward Hallam, At this Grocery Store, opposite the Swan Tavern. 5000 Wt. excellent Salt Potted Bacon. Patent Shot, by the bag or 100. Madeira, Teneriffe and Sherry Wines. Antigua, Jamaica and New-England Rum. Cognac Brandy and Whiskey. Philadelphia Porter, by the bbl. 3 doz. each. Coffee by the bag—Molasses by the hhd. Leaf & brown Sugar—Hyson & Imperial Teas. 9 by 11 and 10 by 12 Window Glass. Bar Iron, Irish Potatoes, &c. The above articles will be sold low for ready pay. April 28, 1804.
The subscriber has just received six thousand weight of first quality New-England Cheese, Which he will dispose of on moderate terms.
Nicholas Hallam, Two doors above the Swan Tavern, Richmond, has for sale, eight thousand wt. of American Cheese, Of the best quality, which he will sell on as good terms as can be bought in the state, by the single pound, or thousand. A constant supply of GROCERIES of the best kind—Also, A few bushels Northern POTATOES, for planting.
Committed to the jail of Albemarle county, a Negro Man who says he belongs to Mrs. Ragland in the county of Louisa, near the Green Springs, and that he was hired out to a Mr. Miller at the Iron Works over the Blue Ridge. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges and take him away, or he will be dealt with as the law directs. Sm. THOS. WILLIS, Jun. July 28, 1804. Jailor Albemarle county.
Westham Iron Foundry, NEAR RICHMOND.
The subscriber takes the liberty of informing the public that he has taken a lease and is at present working the above foundry; and having provided the best artists in that line from New-York and George-Town, together with Pig Iron of the first quality:—
Proposes to cast—Mill gudgeons & links of every description; also, cast iron wheels for the machinery of mills; Rumford, registered and plain grates; grate front and bottom grates; for Rumford fire places; large and small stoves; caissons and cabin stoves; Franklin stoves for wood or coal; kitchen grates, with crane and range complete; couch warmers; piano stoves and mantel pieces; cast railing of every pattern; plow shares and plow boards; cast waggon, coach, phaeton and chair boxes; scale weights from 1 to 60 lb; sash and clock weights; patent raw irons for smiths, on a very approved plan; backs, jams and back lays; nail cutting machines with screws complete; wheel-barrows; bowls; garden dits; cast iron anvils; fire dogs and hand irons of every description—together with any other article in the casting line, to a given pattern, at the shortest notice, by application at the furnace, or to
JAMES DUNLAP, in Richmond. 25th June, 1804. wsm P S Old Iron purchased by application as above.
HART and SOUTHGATE, Grocers and Commission Merchants, In the store lately occupied by Mr. BOULTON, opposite Mr. PLEASANTS' Printing-Office. MAIN STREET, RICHMOND. Respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have laid in a general assortment of GROCERIES and LIQUORS of the first qualities, which they are selling very low for ready money or produce at cash prices. Also, Queen's Ware, Patent Shot, Gunpowder, Indigo, &c. & Hare's Philadelphia bottled Porter, of which they have a constant supply, by the dozen or single bottle.
They have for sale, on Commission, CUT NAILS (from 3 to 20) by the cask or small quantities; also, a quantity of SOAL LEATHER, for Cash, or to be bartered for Wheat; and a pair of COLOGNE MILLSTONES, 3 feet 11 in. August 8, 1804.
WILL BE SOLD, For ready money, on Saturday the 15th of December next, if fair, if not, on the succeeding Monday,
A Tract of Land, Lying in the county of Chesterfield, near Swift creek mill, it being the same tract on which Mr. Francis Lockey, sen. dec. lived, supposed to contain two hundred acres more or less. The sale will take place on the premises. Any person or persons who have claims upon the above tract of land, are hereby notified to come forward with them previous to the day of sale: Also, all persons who have claims of any kind whatsoever against the estate of the said Francis Lockey, sen. are desired to make them known to us, for we intend as soon as possible to close our executorship, and after which this notice will be plead in bar to the payment of any claim or demand upon the estate.
ARTHUR AKEN, and } Executors ELAM LOCKEY, } for Francis Lockey, sen. deceased. 41 125*
A few copies of the New Edition of SOLOMON'S
GUIDE TO HEALTH, Are for sale at this office; where also is just received, a fresh supply of the celebrated CORDIAL BALM of GILEAD.
In Hanover County Court,
July 30th, 1805. John Clapton administrator of William Clapton, deceased, pit Against James Blackwell, William Macom and John Swann, defts In Chancery. THE defendant James Blackwell, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, it is ordered, that the said defendant, James Blackwell, do appear here on the fourth Wednesday in October next, and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively; and that another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, THO: POLLARD, D. C. H. C.
VIRGINIA:
At a Court held for Halifax county, the 31st day of May, 1804. Mary Walden, executrix of Samuel Walden, deceased, plaintiff Against Samuel Clay, executor of Richard Jones, deceased, who was executor of Thomas Eskine, deceased, John Blanks and Jesse Hood, defendants In Chancery. THE defendant Samuel Clay, not having entered his 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 he is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by her counsel it is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the fourth Monday in November 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 BARKSDALE, D. C. H. C.
Notice.
Valuable Lands for Sale. At Hanover Courthouse on Wednesday the 24th day of October next, will be exposed to sale, at Auction, TWO TRACTS OF LAND; one of them containing 775 1-2 acres more or less, and is commonly known and called by the name of BIRD'S TRACT; part whereof lies in Goochland, and part in Hanover. The other tract contains 100 acres, more or less, and lies in Hanover. The subscriber believes that the latter tract is commonly known by the name of TENNENT'S place. Both tracts adjoin each other, and will be sold together. These lands are about 22 miles from the city of Richmond, in a healthy situation, and an agreeable neighbourhood. The sale will be made by virtue of a deed of trust from Thomas Thompson and Jane Isabella Elwitt, and William Du Val, to George Yule, dated the 22d of March, 1798, and recorded in the General Court in June following, to secure the payment of a debt due from the said Thomas Thompson to Mordaunt Fearn & Co. and which deed of trust the subscriber was authorised to carry into effect, by a deed of assignment made between him and the aforementioned Thompson and George Yule, dated the 23d day of January 1798, and recorded in the General Court the 13th of November following. The terms of sale are one third of the purchase money to be paid down at the time of sale; one third in 12 months, and the other third in 18 months from the day of sale.—Bond and approved security will be required, as also a deed of trust upon the land, and a deed of conveyance with special warranty will be executed to the purchaser, by CHARLES COPLAND. Richmond, 10th Sept. 1804. wids
Negroes for Sale.
At Halifax Courthouse, on the 7th day of December next, the subscriber will sell, to the highest bidder,
Fifteen Likely Negroes,
Consisting of three valuable young fellows three women and their children. The terms of sale will be one half cash, and the balance payable in six and nine months. JOHN B. SCOTT. Sept. 10th, 1804. w4*
JUST PUBLISHED,
By Samuel Pleasants, Jun. and for sale, by the gross, dozen, or single, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond;
The Virginia Almanack
FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1805: Being the first after Bissextille or Leap Year Adapted to the latitude and meridian of Richmond.
Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, of
Hanover County, Virginia.
Containing besides the astronomical calculations—the Virginia delegation to congress; officers of the commonwealth; members of both houses of the state legislature; members of the privy council; judges of the superior courts; Quakers' general meetings; district and county court days in this state; a short mode of calculating interest; a number of useful recipes; tables of gold coin; the coins of the United States, established by law; an essay on various important agricultural subjects, by Joseph Cooper; original and selected poetry; anecdotes; maxims, &c.; Roads, from Richmond to Charleston, (s. e.)—from Richmond to the Sweet Springs—and from Richmond to Portsmouth (s. w.), &c. &c. A great allowance made to wholesale purchasers. September 8th, 1804. w17
A few Maps of Louisiana,
Mounted and Varished, for sale at this office.
For jaundice & bilious complaints,
WHEATON'S
Genuine Patent Bitters;
Price only 58 cents, Secured to him by Letters Patent from the President of the United States.
A MEDICINE extremely useful and efficacious for curing jaundice and bilious disorders, and removing that feeling, faint and distressed feeling at the stomach, difficulty of breathing, loss of appetite and sleepy, dull heaviness in the forehead of the day, weariness and trembling of the limbs, dizziness of the head, and yellowness of countenance, complaints so common to jaundice and bilious people.
Also, removing obstructions of the bowels, and of urine, cholicky complaints, pukings and purgings, indigestion, flat head ache, rheumatic complaints, &c. which arise from a collection of four bilious matter in the Roman, and at length restoring the constitution to strength and vigor.
They are also found very useful to carry off worms, and to cure rickety children, and may be used with safety in all constitutions, ages and sexes. The many cures that have been effected in New England, by the above medicine (as may be seen in the bills) prove the necessity of further recommendation.
LIKewise,
Wheaton's patent Itch Ointment,
Price only 50 cents
The only medicine in the world which will certainly cure the ITCH, without having in it any thing either dangerous or disagreeable; it being composed wholly of ingredients never before discovered or used in that disorder.
One box cures a person, and there need be no waiting after the use of it, as the skin is generally but cleaner and smoother.
ALSO,
Rawson's celebrated Bitters & Lee's
genuine Windham Antibilious Pills.
The above medicines are for sale at this office.
NOTICE.
Application will be made to the next General Assembly, praying that an act may pass to vest in the subscriber, the right of the Commonwealth to a lot in the town of Charlottesville, No. 50, which formerly belonged to Th. West, dec.
FREDERICK GAUDIN. Charlottesville, July 20th, 1804. [w3m]
THE delinquent Share-
holders in the MANCHESTER TURNPIKE COMPANY are hereby notified, that all shares upon which a requisition shall be due on the third Friday in October next, will on that day be sold as the law directs, at Zach: Brooks's Tavern, in the town of Manchester, between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock. It is requested that those who may have purchased shares from the original subscribers, where transfers have not been made, do notify the Treasurer of the number of shares so held, and the persons from whom they may have purchased the same, on or before the 3d Friday in October, otherwise they will be sold on that day, in the name, and for the benefit of the original subscriber.
JAMES BRANDER, Clerk & Treasurer. 10th Sept. 1804. t310
The subscribers agree to
for a SWEEPSTAKES over the Pridesville Course, in Amelia county, on Thursday the 8th of November next, with Cots and Fillies three years old this spring, and no more, carrying on each 36 lbs. entrance fifty dollars, half forfeit. The subscription to close the 25th day of October next. The Cots and Fillies to be accurately described at the time of entering. To run one mile heats. Entrance to be made by personal application, or letter directed to the subscriber, living at Pridesville. Three colts already entered. JAMES TOWNES, Jr. Amelia, 10th Sept. 1804. tf
Taliaferro & Dickenson,
Offer for Sale on very low terms,
Antigua Rum by the Hhd; Teneriffe Wine by the Pipe; Sherry by the gr. Cask; Loaf and Brown Sugar by the Hhd or Barrel; best green Coffee by the Bag; Imperial, Young Hyson and Hyson Tea by the Chest; Molasses by the Hhd; Earthen and Glass Ware by the Crate; Liverpool Salt by the Sack; Cotton Cards by the Box; Pepper, Ginger and Pimento by the Bag; Wrapping Paper by the Ream; Mustard by the Doz; India Muslins by the Piece or Bale, &c. &c. Richmond, 14th September, 1804. tf
Taken up by James Kerr
of Albemarle county, an ESTRAY COW, near John Watson's store, rather inclineable to be of a red colour, with a small white spot in her forehead, also two under her belly; she has a crop and a slit in her right, and a slit in her left ear—appraised to twelve dollars.—Taken up by the said Kerr on the 1st day of May, 1804. A copy—Teste, JOHN CARR, D. C. H. C.
TO RENT,
Till the 27th May, 1805,
THE TENEMENT,
Near Mr. Wythe's, on Shockoe Hill, lately occupied by Mr. L. BURROTT—For further particulars apply to
WILLIAM M-KIM. Richmond. Sept. 8th, 1804. tf
NOTICE.
Is hereby given, that I shall be ready to receive PROPOSALS for furnishing the Public Guard with RATIONS, until the first day of October next, on or before which time, all persons desirous of engaging in that business are desired to come forward. THO: UNDERWOOD. Richmond, 29th Aug. 1804
Just received and for sale at S. Pleasants' Book-Store, near the Bridge,
THE FOLLOWING GENUINE
Patent Medicines.
Hill's Balm of Honey, Torignton's Balm, Godfrey's Cordial, Essence of Peppermint, Sarsa Opodeldoc, Oriental Cerate, for the cure of outward burns, scalds, sore legs, &c. obdurate eruptions, &c. British Oil, Hooper's Female Pills, Anderson's Scott's do. The celebrated Specific Pills, for the cure of the outward and inward Piles.
FROM THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
To the PEOPLE.
THE DEFENCE.
No. II.
The nature of the executive duties of a great nation is such as not to admit of discharge by one man. They are so various and extensive that the exertions of an individual, however splendid or mighty, are inadequate to the task of fulfilling them. Although, therefore, the theory of the government vests in the President the whole Executive power, qualified in some instances by the advice and consent of the Senate, yet it is no less manifest, from the legal provisions established than from the reason of the thing, that a division of power was contemplated among subordinate agents. Hence the establishment of four great departments, each possessed of a supreme control over a circumscribed sphere of delegated powers. The government was no sooner put into operation than laws passed establishing the departments of State, of the Treasury, and of War; and as soon as the public exigencies required a Navy, a law was passed establishing the Navy department.
At the head of each of these departments the President was required, with the approbation of the Senate to place an individual, whose continuance in office should depend upon his pleasure. Laws passed from time to time, defined the duties, as well of these officers, as of those placed under them. These laws were, in several cases, so many limitations of the Executive power of the Chief Magistrate. They devolved specific duties upon subordinate agents, and left only to him a general superintendence, divested of all discretion. Even the responsibility of appointing proper officers is divided with the Senate, who are possessed of the right of rejecting any candidates offered by the President; as instances may occur, and probably have occurred, in which names have been proposed by him, as much from a knowledge that they would be acceptable to that body as from his own estimation of their qualifications.
It is not the object of these remarks to derogate from the responsibility of the President. It cannot be denied that his powers are vast, and, of consequence, that he should be held under a rigid responsibility. It is only meant to show that this responsibility is not absolute; and that all the measures of the Executive government in their various details are not to be considered as his. It is true; however, although he does not possess an absolute control over the acts of subordinate agents, he yet does possess the efficient power of removal and of thus preventing a continuance, though he may not have been able to prevent the first occurrence of misconduct.
It is apparent, from this feature of the government, that much depended upon the character of the men called upon to fill offices, and particularly of those on whom are devolved the superintendence of the four great departments. To the Secretary of state is immediately committed the conduct of foreign relations, on which the peace and commercial prosperity of the nation depend; to the Secretary of the Treasury is committed the management of the whole resources of the government; and to the Secretaries of War and Navy are committed all the duties attached to these mighty engines of national defence. Besides the distinct discharge of these great duties, these high offices in conjunction with the Attorney General as members of the Cabinet, are called upon to advise the President in all cases of great moment, and to co-operate in the taking effectual measures in every interesting crisis of affairs. From these considerations, the formation of a ministry has been deemed under all governments a work of the greatest delicacy and difficulty; and so arduous as to have been reputed a criterion of the talents of the man at the head of public affairs. In proportion to the freedom of the government, does this difficulty increase; for, under free governments, it is not only necessary that men of talents should be appointed, but likewise that they should enjoy the confidence of the people, without whose hearty co-operation it is impossible for such a government to be efficient or respected.
When, therefore, the present chief magistrate assumed the reigns of government it was with no misapplied solicitude, that the nation looked forward to the designation of these great officers of state. Madison was called to preside over the department of State, Gallatin over the finances, Dearborn over the War department, and Smith over that of the Navy; while Lincoln was named Attorney General.
All these men entered office with pure hands, and with a reputation for personal worth, which even suspicion had not dared to impeach. All of them had acted a conspicuous part in the public ad-
cerns, and had thus exposed themselves to the severe ordeal of party. During the whole of this fiery trial, inflamed by the rancor and malice of party, however prodigal the reproach cast upon their public conduct, no one laid to their door a single act derogatory to the purest integrity. Men, neither affluent nor poor, their deportment was equally free from the arrogance of wealth and the meanness of poverty. From the humble ground of assuming citizenship, they had risen to the first distinctions in their respective states by the exertions of their own talents. It is not surprising that the nation, with conspicuous joy, welcomed the induction of such men into office.
It will not be unprofitable to dwell a few moments more on this branch of our subject. Of all the duties assigned to executive agents those attached to the department of state are the most important. From their peculiar nature they require a mind, not only of the first lustre, but likewise one regulated by habitual prudence. He who discharges them should, moreover, be possessed of the public confidence. A man more eminently combining these qualifications, was not, perhaps, to be found than Madison. Devoted from his earliest years to the public service, he had diligently improved his time by mingling the exercises of the closet with active duties. Unfettered by any profession, and regardless of wealth the whole vigor of a mind, imbued with great natural acuteness, had been uninterruptedly directed to political researches. Having occupied, for several years, a seat in the old Congress, he was named by his native state a member of the illustrious body that formed the Constitution, under which we now live. In this body, in which many distinguished men were satisfied with the silent co-operation of voting, Madison outstripped all competition. The splendor of this triumph can only be appreciated by recollecting that among his coadjutors were a Franklin, a Hamilton, a Wilson, a King, and a Dickinson. This superiority arose, no less from the penetration of his genius, the soundness of his judgment and the extensiveness of his information, than from the candor of his mind and the conciliation of his temper. These attainments earned him a leading agency in the formation of the Constitution, a greater part of which is ascribed to him than to any other member of the body.
It will be recollected that when this constitution appeared it received violent opposition. Among those who met and repelled this opposition Madison was the foremost. His pen and his voice were actively engaged in its defence. In his own state, he had to contend with the thunder of the most eloquent man of America, supported as it was feared, by a majority of the Convention. The instrument was not without imperfections; they were pointed out; and he had not only the magnanimity to acknowledge, but the patriotism to engage, as far as his influence extended, to have them removed by amendments. Virginia ratified the constitution; as did the necessary number of states. It went into operation. Madison not unmindful of his promise, proposed and carried many of the most important amendments called for by the correct jealousy of the friends of liberty.
After effecting this great object, he participated in all the leading arrangements of the government. The time soon came in which the spirit of party, and with it the spirit of persecution, entered the legislature. He met it at its first onset; and however unable to subdue, he resisted the excesses to which it led. The memorable alien and sedition acts and the British Treaty found no where a more enlightened or vigorous opponent. Such, however, was the infatuation of those days, that his great efforts, and those of his co-patriots were fruitless; and ambition menaced, by daring steps, the subversion of liberty. He retired from a body unworthy of his virtues and talents; resolved to make one more effort, through the medium of the states, to arrest the impending danger. Every one remembers the celebrated report and the resolutions of the Virginia legislature on the measures of the general government. They are a monument of profound talent & exalted moderation, of firmness tempered by mildness. They excite on turbulent passion, they awaken no narrow prejudice; but dispassionately address the understanding and subdue it by the force of argument and truth. This was the production of Madison. Its effects were astonishing; and it is no unjust derogation from the splendid performances that at that period irradiated public opinion, to say this was the most luminous. Having discharged this duty he retired to the tranquil scenes of contemplation and rural life; when the voice of friendship and the dawn of a new political era called him to a more extensive sphere of usefulness. How he has discharged the duties of his station, will soon appear.
CURTIS.

One great complaint against the present administration, is the dismissal of some officers, and appointing others in their room: That any complaint should exist on this score is altogether unreasonable, for I believe the number of governmental officers in the U. States, who are federalists, bear a greater proportion to the republicans who may hold an office, than the federal representatives in congress do to the republican representatives. If this be the case, which I will venture to assert, there certainly should be no complaint against the President on this score, for this shews he is milder to them, and favors them more than the people themselves would do, if those officers were chosen by suffrage. And as to the principal officers of government, every man must see the necessity of their harmonizing with the administration; on that nothing need be said. But even if all the federal officers had been displaced, even those of midnight appointment, I do not conceive why it should be the cause of murmur with the American people. If we are come to this, that our government is become a government of lourdes and fishes , then such a thing might be reasonable. But of what consequence is it to me or my neighbor, who the postmaster general be, in case he does his duty faithfully? Does it make a straw of difference with us whether his name be Habersham or Granger, whether it be Joseph or Gideon, and the same with every other officer. It is folly, absurd folly, to suppose that those things can in the smallest degree affect the welfare of the nation, or the happiness of the people. Our constitution never would have conferred the power of filling those places on the executive, if it had been thought by those who framed it, that any dangers would have resulted to liberty from the exercise of it. We hear as much bitterness and wrangling for offices, as if there were places of emolument for us all. Good God, to what height will folly sometimes aspire! Our country affords very few places of profit, and the fewer the better for us. Such places must always be supported by the savings of our industry. Much better is it to enjoy the fruits of our labor in the bosom of our families, than give them to support a profligate placeman who will receive them without even thanking us for them. The present administration, acting up to the principles of freedom, has abolished a numerous train of officers which were of no use to the nation, farther than to oppress and enslave it. The filling of these places occupied the last moments of Adams' political life, until the clock struck 12, when his honor, glory and power passed away on the wings of the moment, and John would have received more of our thanks, had he dropped to sleep, than by busying himself at so late an hour. The system of the present administration is opposed to that delusion and ignorance on the part of the people, and that tyranny on the part of the rulers, by which the human race have been so long and so miserably oppressed. In these days of freedom and illumination, when we look back at the dark ages of the world with astonishment, their ignorance and misery are the principal things which strike our minds. At the former we are amazed, at the latter apalled; and even if we take a glance over the Atlantic, and view the civilized and polished nations of the age running the race of madness, goaded on by tyranny to war's havoc and mutual destruction, must we not be impressed with the duty we owe to ourselves, to our country and posterity, to stand boldly forward as freemen, to prevent the growth of principles, which lead to such miseries and calamities. It is somewhat singular that a republican government being the plainest and most conformable to the laws of nature, should be the last in being reduced to perfection. Man has been successively tortured under various systems, and he has at last to rest his limbs under this. One time he has acknowledged and worshipped a sovereign Pontiff, who held the keys of Heaven and Hell; and who for torturing and oppressing him in this life, promised him a better hereafter. Again he placed himself at the foot of his fellow creature, on whom he impiously bestowed the appellation of the most high; and at length he joins his fellow man, and lives on the equality which nature and God ordained. Against this beautiful system which is alone calculated to preserve our happiness, do the enemies of the present administration eternally war. Could the clouds of superstition and the wrath of monarchy, become the favorites of republicans, all political enmity would cease, and we should be amalgamated into one. In a party where so much political and moral depravity exists, it would not be amiss, to see of what it is composed; in this analysis we shall not pretend to define the vast varieties of simples with which the subject abounds. A few must suffice. Is there an advocate for heavy taxes, standing armies, a national debt, an alien and sedition laws? He is an enemy to the present administration. Is there a man who wishes to see the great bulk of mankind trodden under foot as the beast of the field? He is an enemy to the present administration. Is there an impotent wretch, with a heart steeled to humanity, who can view with gratification contending tyrants goading on millions to mutual destruction, till even death himself becomes surfeited? He is an enemy to the present administration.
It there a man who venerates the Gothic institutions of despotism, formed in the days of superstition & ignorance; can he view with reverential adoration the blood cemented sabres, hear with renewed delight the clanks of the chains and the moans of the captives? He is an enemy to the present administration. Is there an adopted citizen, who has been raised under the wing of tyranny, and taught to worship his masters as the immaculate angels of Heaven, and whose mind has not had a sufficiency of intrinsic greatness to soar above the grovelling ideas, faithful like the spaniel who kisses the foot that spurns him? He sneers at the republican establishments of the country and damns the present administration. Is there an old Tory who invoked Heaven to consume with its lightning, and earth to swallow in its bowels the heroes who fought for our liberty and established our independence, who in 1775 would have dyed his hands in the heart blood of our Washington, but who now worships his shade for a cloak to his villainy? Mark him! he is an enemy to the present administration. He tiger est: hunc tu Romane caveto. Is there an overbearing aristocrat, who looks with contempt on his fellow creatures, to whom fortune may have done less for, than himself, who imitating the refinements and trappings of nobility, contends the republican simplicity of his native country? Mark him! he is an enemy to the present administration. Is there a cunning hypocrite who has the gospel of Heaven on his tongue, and the poison of Hell in his heart; who before the eyes of the world holds forth christian charity and meekness, but in private preys with more than tyger ferocity on the character of his neighbor? He is an enemy to the present administration. Of such are the pillars of that party composed, that has sworn eternal enmity to liberty. This consideration should induce honest men, who yet adhere to it, to make a candid acknowledgment of their error, and fly from the standard of delusion and reproach. To such we hold forth the hand of fraternity and love. Freedom is never cruel, never persecuting—she only requires of her new votaries to cast away their false Gods and brazen images, to divest themselves of prejudice, superstition and hypocrisy, in order to be admitted into the temple, where nothing impure or unclean may enter. August 25. ULYSSES. From the North Carolina Messenger. Several British ships of war continue to cruise before the harbor of New-York, capturing, ill-treating, and detaining our vessels, impressing their crews, and sending some of them to Halifax, N. S. Our readers will see in this conduct something more than casual injury arising from the ordinary course of the war, and our access to those seas where it is carried on. Months have elapsed since this conduct was commenced; and all its features discovered that the commanders of the British ships are governed by rigorous orders from their superiors. It has therefore become an affair of high political consequence. We have no doubt but our executive has taken the direct measures to assure itself of the motives which have directed the violence of the British government; and that it will act with becoming energy in countering it. Should the cab net of Great Britain, presuming upon the weakness of our naval force, the economical conduct of our government and the forbearance of former times, determine to contract our connections and alliances so as to suit their policy, it will become our duty to stop their progress by every means in our power. We had better suspend for a season our commerce upon the ocean, than submit to the mercy or the controul of every maritime power whose interest may be profited by it. If Great Britain is resolved on forcing our compliance with her wishes in any respect, she will find herself mistaken. We have the advantage of her in the means of retaliation. She may think herself safe in having stipulated by treaty, that in case of a war we shall not confiscate the property of her subjects; but if she commits spoliation, that stipulation cannot bind us to abstain from indemnifying our own citizens from that property, when in our power; since she is equally bound with us, by treaty, not to commit depredations on our property. We can, too, forbid the entrance of her manufactures: and, should war be the inevitable consequence of her system towards us, we can carry it on with the most fatal effects against her commerce all over the world. The Pitt administration will undoubtedly carry on a different species of warfare from that of their predecessors. The premier has always pursued the system of Cromwell for subduing the commerce of all nations to the arbitrary regulations of Britain. It is by the ascendancy she has acquired on the seas that her national greatness is secured. If she loses this ascendancy, while under her present load of debt, she must become bankrupt. No wonder then that our commercial prosperity and threatening competition should excite his envy, and subject us to violence. But it cannot be the interest of Great Britain to excite our hostility. While we will permit her aggressions she will be benefited—If we retaliate, she will feel for her folly. War, with its attendant misfortunes, is what we cannot contemplate without the most sincere pain; we hope it will never be undertaken by our government without the most pressing necessity. Remonstrance and peaceable negotiation, are the means which it ought always to resort to in the
first instance. This last resort ought only to be tried when all others have failed. But if there is on the part of Great Britain, a settled determination to bind us down to her arbitrary principles, and lay us under her insolent restraints, we hesitate not a moment to pronounce, that war with her would be preferable to submission. From no nation on earth can we suffer more by submission: Against no nation on earth can we offer resistance with greater hope of success. We suppose measures are now taken to learn the actual disposition of the British ministry. Should they determine not to relax in their insolence, we hope congress, on their first meeting, will shut our ports against the admission of her manufactures, and authorise reprisals to be made upon her property for any depredations her government, or her people, may commit upon us. We shall feel many difficulties from the decision; but we shall eventually reap infinitely more advantages. Our domestic manufactures will then gain an existence, which such an event seems necessary to produce: our maritime independence will be secured, and our prosperity be placed in future beyond the reach of foreign nations. NEW-YORK, September 10. By the Oneida Chief, Captain Kemp, which arrived here on Saturday, in 48 days from London, we have received London papers to the 17th July. Nothing important has transpired since former dates. The Morning Chronicle of the 16th states that all the battalions of guards in the metropolis had received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at an hour's notice. Paris journals to the 6th had been received, but utterly barren of intelligence. Late advices from India confirmed the accounts of the injury which the British trade was sustaining from the squadron of Linois in the Indian seas. A gentleman who had lately arrived from the Cape of Good Hope says, that prior to his coming away on the 4th of April, the Cape was almost in a state of open insurrection. The inferior classes, almost to a man, were ready to rise in favor of the English if they were to come there. The utmost force at the Cape was 2,000 men, but they were so badly disciplined, that it would not require half that number to take possession of the place. By the Oneida Chief, London accounts to the 18th July, have been received at the office of the Morning Chronicle. The intelligence, though some days later than former accounts, does not relate any event of particular moment. The invasion was as usual daily expected. One paper which pretends to private and authentic information, expresses itself in the following terms:— "It appears from the recent and authentic accounts which we have received from the French coast, that the exertions of the enemy are redoubled, and the preparations nearly, if not quite, complete. The force on the French coast is immense, and ready for embarkation. We could also give most decisive reasons, why Bonaparte cannot much longer defer the expedition. The enemy depends on his numbers—he will probably choose a calm for evading our blockading squadrons, and as the passage is short, he expects that, while one part of his flotilla is engaged, the greater part will escape into shoal water, and effect a landing. The descent will be made at several points. We are not of opinion that Bonaparte will come in person. He will, at least, not come with the first division. On the contrary, it is more probable that he will dispatch, with the first division of the army, young, expert, and enterprising officers, who can succeed each other in the command, should any misfortune happen. We are led to remark on the report that the coronation of Bonaparte is postponed to the 9th of November. If credit is to be given to this story, it must be regarded as a rouse de guerre; for we know that, for the special reasons to which we have alluded above, the expedition against the British islands is to take place before that time. It would, therefore, be impossible, whether Bonaparte embarks himself, or whether (as we rather believe) he only superintends the embarkation, and waits the event on the coast, to attend, under those circumstances, to the ceremony of a coronation. On the whole, we are satisfied that the people of this country, and the Volunteers in particular, cannot, at present, be too much on the alert, if they have any regard to their properties, their families, or even their own existence." From our latest papers we find accounts of continual skirmishes between the French Flotilla off Boulogne and the British squadron. The firings had been so heavy and so continual as to induce at Deal the opinion of a general engagement. The utmost alertness of course prevailed on the English coast, signals for preparation were made, and under the direction of Gen. Moore the troops had been kept under arms night and day during the 13th and 14th January. A London paper of the 18th says, "We have received some advices from the coast by which we find that the firing in the direction of Boulogne was renewed on Monday morning at an early hour, and continued almost incessantly during the whole of the day. By the help of telescopes upwards of two hundred of the enemy's vessels were observed to come out of the harbor, but not beyond the protection of their batteries, while 14 sail of our ships of war were seen about 4 miles from the shore,
to the eastward of Boulogne, not having sufficient wind to act, it being calm all day. A convoy of the enemy's craft consisting of 12 sail of brigs and luggers, went along shore from Calais and Boulogne, supposed to be laden with stores, and the firing for the most part, proceeded from the batteries protecting them from a few of our cruisers. About two o'clock they reached their destination, the opposing vessels not being able to go sufficiently close in shore to intercept them. The enemy's flotilla is now regularly formed in divisions, and were in motion the whole of Monday practicing a variety of manœuvres—Our troops along the coast are constantly on the alert, and every necessary precaution is taken to guard against surprise." In Great Britain. The levy money for recruits had been raised for the cavalry, to sixteen pounds eleven shillings sterling: and for infantry, &c. to nineteen guineas. Volunteers from the army of reserve for general service, to be allowed a bounty of ten guineas. An expedition was reported to have been fitted out and camp equipage for 15,000 men shipped on the 16th July. Its destination unknown. The whole amount to be raised in Great Britain, to answer the expenses of the current year, as proposed to the House of Commons, amounted to 77,846,1791. sterling, and the receipts which were to meet this demand, stated at 76,073,9301. Deficiency 1,772,248. The protest of the count de Lille, (Louis XVIII) copied from the Mouiteur , is stated to have been spurious. It was reported that the British government contemplated raising the blockade of the Elbe. NEWPORT (R. I.) August 30. On Tuesday last, the Freemen of this state met in their respective towns, for the choice of members of Congress, and representatives to the general assembly. Gen. Joseph Stanton, and Nehemiah Knight, Esq. were the congressional candidates, and were supported without federal opposition. In this town, the following gentlemen were unanimously elected representatives to the state legislature, viz. Constant Taber, Nathaniel Hazard, Paul M. Mumford, Simeon Martin, Enoch Hazard, Thomas Peckham. In Portsmouth, the republicans have, for the first time obtained a complete victory. Robert Lawton, esq. was chosen Moderator by a majority of nine votes. After which the following gentlemen, (all republicans) were appointed delegates to the general assembly with very little opposition (the federalists retreating almost instantly from the contest,) viz. Nicholas Easton, Samuel Pearce, Thomas Corey, Jun. Stephen Slocum. We have not received information from many of the towns, but presume that federalism continues to "look up," in this state, as usual. ANAPOLIS, Sept. 5. Farmers Bank of Maryland. On Monday last the books for receiving subscriptions to the Farmers Bank of Maryland were opened, in this city—and on Tuesday (the second day,) were closed, 2574 shares having been subscribed, being 74 more than were allotted for this city and county. We are confident, from the information we have received, that had the books been kept open the third day, the number of shares subscribed would have exceeded three thousand. At some other places, appointed to receive subscriptions, the allotted number of shares have not been subscribed. WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 12. Extract of a letter from a gentleman in New Hampshire to his friend in this city. "A chief cause of the increase of republicanism in this state, is an attempt which originated with the Essex Junto, to encourage a threat of a separation from the southern states, on account of the Virginia prepond. race in our political scale. But the people regarding every man as an enemy, who dares even to hint at a separation, have become disgusted with the Junto for this their recent madness. This general regard for the Union made the motion of Mr. Wright as much detested here, as at Washington; for whenever we split on the question of the Local Head every thing else may be considered as equally liable to be trifled with. When the Greeks gave up Athens as their local head, they soon gave up Ali. But we are sorry to hear that no lot can be bought with you under a dollar the square foot. You ought to be more reasonable." The writer of the above is respectfully informed that the best lots can be bought at a quarter of a dollar the foot and often out-lots at or under three cents the foot, which is less than one fourth the price in any other principal city of the union. NATCHEZ, August 14. By a gentleman arrived here yesterday, from the neighborhood of Bayau-Sarah, we have been favored with the following information. "That Mr. Nathan Kemper, with a party of about 30 men, with colors flying and horns sounding, marched from the neighborhood of the line of demarcation between this Territory and West-Florida, on the 7th inst. against the fort of Baton Rouge, on their way, they
made prisoners of John O'Connor, Esq. (an alcade) and capt. Pintedo and Terry. They arrived on the following morning about day-light near the fort. The Spanish commandant, (apprehensive of their intentions) had posted a piquet of 18 or 20 men, who hailed the party as they approached; they immediately answered by a volley from their rifles, which dispersed the Spaniards, two of whom were observed to fall. Kemper returned on the following day, with his party, to the Bayau-Sarah, he has established his head quarters near the house of Mr. William Cobb. The following is an exact copy of a paper which is posted up at the quarters of Kemper, and at several other places through the country. For a people to be free it is sufficient that they will it: we the undersigned, citizens of West Florida, send these present greetings. WHEREAS the despotism under which we have long groaned, has grown into an insupportable burthen, and as it is long since admitted, men are born with equal rights, we the undersigned inhabitants of that part of the dominion called West Florida, have resolved to throw off the galling yoke of tyranny, and become freemen, by declaring ourselves a free and independent people: and by supporting with our lives and property that declaration, and we do by these presents, invite our fellow sufferers throughout the province aforesaid to repair to the standard to aid in effecting our common emancipation; we pledge ourselves solemnly to each other, and to our fellow men interested in the events; to avoid as far as practicable the effusion of blood (save that of our common enemy) and in all cases shall private property be held sacred. So soon as our emancipation is effected we will offer ourselves to some government accustomed to freedom. Those who set up in opposition to our operations for the purposes aforesaid, will be received as our common enemy, the enemy of mankind and of liberty, and will be treated accordingly. Given under our hands on the south side of the line of Demarcation, in the province aforesaid, this first day of Floridian Freedom. August 7th, 1804. An informant, further adds, that Messrs. O'Connor, Pintedo and Terry were liberated, on the return of the party, who exacted their parole of honor, to take no active part against them during the continuance of the contest. LAND FOR SALE. WILL be sold to the highest bidder, on the premises, on a credit of twelve months, on Friday the 12th October next if fair, if not, the next fair day, the TRACT OF LAND, Whereon the late Mrs. ELIZABETH WILKINSON resided, containing (by estimation) 339 acres, lying in the upper end of New Kent county, about twenty miles from Richmond, on the stage road leading from thence to Williamsburg. The improvements are a good Dwelling house with four rooms below and two above stairs; a good kitchen, meat-house and other convenient out houses, also a handsome young Peach and Apple Orchard. A further description is deemed unnecessary, as it is supposed those who wish to purchase will view the premises previous to the sale. Bonds with approved security will be required to carry interest from the day of sale. The liberty of sowing small grain this fall will be allowed the purchaser. Possession to be given the first day of January next, by EDMUND P. WILKINSON. September 17th, 1804. tds. NOTICE. WAS offered me for sale, the 9th instant, a French GOLD WATCH, by a negro man by the name of Garland, who says he belongs to Mr. Thomas Tinsley, of Hanover—Judging the said watch to have been stolen, I kept it in my possession with a view that the right owner may have it again. Any person giving the particulars of the watch, and paying for this advertisement, may receive the said watch. WILLIAM CROZER. September 17th, 1804. 3c Orange County Court, August 28th, 1804. Peter Lora, Against George Dundore, Andrew Griner and James Lundrum, defts. The defendant George Dundore not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state On the motion of the complainant, It is ordered, that the said defendant George Dundore, appear here on the fourth Monday in December next and answer the bill of the complainant; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, REYNOLDS CHAPMAN, Clk. Orange County Court, August 28th, 1804. Peter Lora, Against George Dundore, and Margaret Miller, Caty Miller, and John Miller, heirs of Henry Miller, dec. defts. The defendants not having entered their appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the complainant, It is ordered, that they, the said defendants, appear here on the fourth Monday in December next, and answer the bill of the complainant; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, REYNOLDS CHAPMAN, Clk.

The Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND:
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1804.
RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Items include Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, Corn, Hemp, Iron, Bacon, Whiskey.
We are advised (says the National Intelligencer) that Andrew Moore declines accepting a seat in the Senate of the United States...
The votes of one hundred and thirty-two towns of New Hampshire, give the following votes for representatives in Congress.
Table with 2 columns: Ticket, Votes. Tickets include Republican, Federal, Republican majority.
The subscriptions to the Bank of Potomac have all been made. Nat. Intel.
PHILADELPHIA, September 11.
COMMERCIAL.
In consequence of the failure of crops in Spain the price of flour in this country has taken a sudden & very considerable rise...
EXTRACT.
Bordeaux, June 25, 1804.
The exportation of all sorts of grain and flour from this country to Spain and Portugal being now permitted...
We shall have an immense harvest and vintage this year. Wines and Brandies in particular are looking down.
Federal Consistency.—It is strange, that the federalists, now execrating Mr. Burr, when they were so anxious to choose him President...
The New York Daily Advertiser says—“it is rumored that M. Jerome Bonaparte, and his little Baltimore beauty, have taken French leave...
JEROME BONAPARTE.—A report has been prevalent for a few days, that Jerome Bonaparte and his lady have embarked for Havre on board the ship Thomas.
The Vice-President of the United States (says a late Georgia paper) arrived, we understand, a few days since at St. Simon's...
A letter from Marietta, state of Ohio, dated the 26th ultimo, and received by a gentleman of this place, says—“I have received information from a gentleman...
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
MR. PLEASANTS,
IT seems very inconsistent with reason, that a great many who call themselves men of honor, should be so misguided as to mistake the true meaning of the word...
A truly honorable man would disdain to take the advantage of one of the weakest of his fellow mortals; or to plant the ranking thorn in the breast of an unprotected, and defenceless orphan.
I was led to these observations from hearing something concerning the conduct of a gentleman, famous for his noble achievements in that sublime art, seduction.
Perhaps the guilty & detestable wretch may (casting his eye over your paper to amuse himself, and drown the painful effects of reflection) behold in this piece his likeness as in a mirror...
JULIANNE.
From the Baltimore Telegraphic. In your paper of the 6th inst. I read, with the utmost satisfaction a piece entitled, “Portrait of Bonaparte;” which does honor to the author for his talents and correctness throughout.
When in 1799, Bonaparte seized the reins of government, Pitt's policy had succeeded so far as to raise against France the most powerful monarchs of Europe.
What constitutes the basis of policy? is it a profound knowledge of the human heart? and can that man, (a man of impenetrable reserve) be supposed to be a stranger to it...
A man destitute of domestic or social affections—of religious, moral or political principles, unless favorable to his interest—assuming the mask of clemency...
magnanimity, and even patriotism, when occasion requires—to whom crimes are the common resources, when all others fail...
When a man has attained the supreme degree of power, when he over rules every thing by his own will—and when the memorable words liberty and republic assure to him the maintenance of his authority...
MOREAU,
For this age of corruption, is a more extraordinary man than his rival; for he has been exalted to the climax of authority and has not ceased to be virtuous.
LUDOVIC.
* Bonaparte massacred the citizens of Paris, the 4th October, 1795, at the affair of St. Roch, and for his reward a few months after, was nominated general in chief of the army of Italy
CORRECT MEMORANDA
Table with 2 columns: Name, Date. Names include Charles I, Charles II, Louis XVI, Napoleon.
A MAMMOTH SNAKE.
Strange if True!—An old gentleman of venerable appearance passed through this country a few days since, and gave to a number of our citizens the following information:
That he was from the neighborhood of the Cayuga lake, and just as he started on his journey, he saw a man who informed him that two men were fishing on the lake...
“Fierce as ten furies Terrible as Hell!” that the fishermen with more than ordinary courage ventured near enough to reach him with a rifle ball, and both firing at once fortunately dispatched him.
The people of the neighborhood were immediately called together and the Aquatic Mammoth drawn in triumph to the shore.
On an admeasurement it was found to be 103 feet 4 and an half inches in length and his size was proportionably great.
There is an old tradition that a monster of the kind described, long inhabited the lake, and they believe it still continues there; they had an idea that it was an evil spirit, and as such they worshipped it.
MAMMOTH HORN!
Extract of a letter to one of the Editors of the Petersburg Intelligencer, dated, “MARIETTA, (Ohio) 26th August, 1804.
About six weeks ago, a Horn of very gigantic size, was carried up the Ohio, on its way to Philadelphia. It measured in length 9 feet 7 inches; in circumference 22 1-2 inches, weighing 144 lbs.
A mother and a widow in pursuit of a lost son, humbly requests the printers in the United States to publish, that if CHARLES BROWN, thirteen years of age, who left York, in Upper Canada, on the 13th April last, to cross the lake in a bark canoe...
TO CYDER MAKERS.
GENTLEMEN, If you wish for a rich delicious liquor, wherein to refresh yourselves after the fatigues of labor—if you wish on a leisure hour to regale yourselves and your friends...
WHEREAS a most cruel and atrocious Murder has been committed on the body of a White Female Infant, on or about the evening of the 10th, or on the morning of the 11th inst...
to the mill for grinding see that they are clear from sticks, leaves, and every kind of filth: when you lay up the cheese let no water be put with it; but wet your straw in the juice of the apples or what is by some farmers called poma or pomis.
New casks or those which have never had in them any thing but spirits are to be preferred, but at any rate let the casks be clean. If the cask has before had cyder in it, put into it a couple of buckets of water, then bung it up tight...
AGRICULTURAL.
FROM THE NEW-BEDFORD COURIER.
A method of Heading Cabbages in the Winter. Last fall, at the usual time of taking in Cabbage, I had a number that were well grown, but which had no appearance of a head.
MIDDLEBORO', June 22, 1804.
MARRIED, on Monday last, Mr. WILLIAM FRENCH, of Richmond, to Miss MARIA B. DUVAL, of Henrico county, only daughter of the late Col. Daniel Duval.
“Highly Important.”
THE Republican printers throughout this state are requested to state in their papers, that the Election for the Electors of a President and Vice-President of the United States, will be held on the First Monday of November next...
AT a board of Directors
of the Bank of Virginia, on Thursday the 13th of September, 1804. Resolved, that the operations of the Bank commence on Monday, the 8th of October.
CONFECTIONARY.
ALEXANDER PLAINEVILLE, Respectfully acquaints the public in general, and the citizens of Richmond and its neighborhood in particular, that he has commenced the CONFECTIONARY and CORDIAL DISTILLING business...
HENING'S
New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c. together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force.
100 Dollars Reward.
WHEREAS a most cruel and atrocious Murder has been committed on the body of a White Female Infant, on or about the evening of the 10th, or on the morning of the 11th inst...
A WISH. BY MRS. RADCLIFFE. Mine be the abbey's wild retreat, With park and wood surrounded wide, Where grass should form a verdant seat, And field flow'rs shed their scented pride:
The abbey, where the armor'd hall Should own the painted window's light; The oak grown walk, where rooks should call, Returning from their evening flight:
The river lost among the trees, The torrent rushing down the steep, Groves, where the summer's sighing breeze In moon-light night might tempt to sleep:
There, through the lawn's path I'd rove, And stop to catch the vista's gleam; Led by the valued youth I love, I'd watch the sun's expiring beam.
O! on his arm I'd range the wood, Or, lonely, in the park I'd read; Or frequent seek the shaded flood, Rousing the young deer with my tread.
And as the moon in autumn's night, Silver'd the fallen leaves, and cast Along our path a track of light, We'd roam, nor fear the howling blast.
The leafless trees; the thick strewn path, May call uncheck'd the thinking sigh; And the loud wind's destructive wrath May warn us that we both must die.
But then the rolling orbs above, The starry concave, would proclaim, That other world's should see our love, And sanctify the glorious name.
ANECOTES.
Lord Falkland, the author of the play called The Marriage Night, was chosen very young to sit in Parliament; and when he was first elected, some of the members opposed his admission...
Some time after the conclusion of the late war, a young American was present in a British play house, where an interlude was performed in ridicule of his countrymen.
The subscriber being about to leave this state, requests all those who have claims against him to bring them forward for payment...
TO BE SOLD.
To the highest bidder, on Wednesday the 26th day of December next, at the late dwelling-house of Sharp Lamkin, dec., in this county, a very valuable
Tract of Land,
Containing by estimation 142 3/4 acres more or less, lying on both sides of Reedy creek; there is on the said land a two story dwelling house with a kitchen, smoke house, dairy, weaving house, overseer's house, and several valuable out houses...
All persons having any claim or demand against the said estate, are requested to exhibit the same to me before the said sale, and those who are indebted are desired to make immediate payment.
P. S. Part of the cultivated land will be sowed in wheat this fall.
TO BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder, on the premises, on Monday the 8th of October next;
MY LOT,
IN the town of Columbia; on which is a two story dwelling house, at present occupied by D. D. Nutt; a store house occupied by David Johnson & Co. with stable and gardens...
Twenty Dollars Reward, OFFERED for a negro by the name of SAMUEL, who ran away from the subscriber on the 1st instant—he is a stout chunky well made fellow, about 24 years old...
George Fisher, Henry S. Shore, Alexander Quarrier, Anderson Berret. Powhatan, Sept. 15, 1804.

Notice....The office of su- ervisor of the revenue, for the district of Virginia, being discontinued, and the unliquidated balances of the said office transferred to me, the collectors of the direct tax & internal revenue, whose accounts have not been finally adjusted and paid, are hereby informed, that they are now requested to call at my office, in the city of Richmond, without delay and pay the balances due to the United States. And those whose bonds have been filed in the district of Virginia by authority of an act of Congress for the United States for non-payment of the direct tax, may redeem such bonds, by paying to me within the time limited, the principal, costs and fees as the law directs.
As most of the above-mentioned lands were sold in Dec. 1802, the privilege of redemption will continue until December next. The money received by me for the redemption of the said lands will be returned to the purchaser, with interest at the rate of 25 per cent. per annum on the purchase money, to the day on which it may be paid to me. JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D. June 27th, 1804.
To be let, on building Leases, three beautiful, airy and elevated situations for dwelling houses. To any gentleman in the mercantile line, or other occupation, who wishes a pleasant and agreeable residence for his family, either of these sites would be truly desirable, as they are contiguous to the scene of active business, at the same time that they are removed from the dust and bustle of the town. Enquire at this printing-office. An experienced, sober and industrious GARDENER will hear of an advantageous situation on application as above. None of opposite character need apply. tf April 23, 1804.
4439 Acres of valuable LAND, In the south of Kentucky, the greater part military, will be SOLD for good bonds, or exchanged for property in the state of Virginia. Enquire of the printer. Dec. 26th, 1803
Plaster of Paris. I have just received from Nova Scotia, a cargo of PLASTER OF PARIS, said to be of the best kind, which I will sell on reasonable terms. SAMUEL PAINE. May 14, 1804.
MADEIRA WINE, Of a superior quality, which we offer for sale by the hogshead and quarter cask. GLEASON & JEFFERSON. Richmond, 13th July, 1804. (tf) Teasdale, July 22nd, 1804.
BELOW is a list of three hogsheads of TOBACCO, which have lain in this Warehouse upwards of two years without being claimed, which the law requires shall be advertised to be sold at the expiration of three months, at our Courthouse, Fauquier county. You will please advertise accordingly. I. H. No. 225 642 115 527, April 3, 1801. M. F. G. 370 1135 135 1060, June 13, 1801. Do. 372 1118 122 996, June 13, 1801. COULTER & HAMPTON, Inspectors at Colchester. To the Printer for the Public. 3m
TICKLE TOBY Will stand the next season, at my stable in the upper end of Chesterfield county, five miles from Good's and Bevil's Bridges and twelve from Gen. Smith's. The terms, his pedigree and performance will be made known before the season commences. THOMAS BRANCH. tf
I AM INCLINED TO SELL, The TRACT of LAND I live on, lying in Hanover county, 14 miles from Richmond, and about 5 from Hanover Town and New Castle. By survey the tract contains two hundred and twenty-seven acres. The buildings are comfortable and in good repair; with a good barn, stable, &c.; a large and extensive garden of two acres of ground, well enclosed, with sawed palings, on a declivity of twenty feet perpendicular, laying westerly to the sun. There is not a more healthy spot between the mountains and the sea. This place is particularly recommended as a retreat in the sickly season, either from the lower country or towns of the state. The sale will take place publicly at Hanover Courthouse, on the fourth Wednesday in October next, being the first day of the court of the county. In case the land is sold, I would then sell the CROPS, STOCK, &c. and perhaps some NEGROES. SAM'L RICHARDSON, Jr. 3d September, 1804 tds
Notice. ALL persons indebted to the estate of JOHN DAWSON, dec. of Amherst county, by bond, notes or otherwise, are requested to come forward immediately and discharge the same. And those having claims against the estate, are also requested to bring them forward legally authenticated, that they may be discharged. JOHN S. DAWSON, Administrator of JOHN DAWSON, dec. August 10, 1804. 3m
Forty Dollars Reward. RAN away from the subscriber last night, a negro man named BILLY, about 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, straight and well made, about 22 years of age, bushy hair, rather light complexion, and has lost some of his teeth before. He has waited in my house for nearly four years; he formerly belonged to Peter Heiskell and John Bowyer, and was sold by Bowyer to Mr. Brooke of Fincastle, and ran away from him and was gone nearly 12 months and was caught in Hanover, where he had been secreted in a quarter. He took with him sundry clothing, a striped surcoat coat with yellow buttons, and lined with red home made linen shirts; a grey mixed broad cloth cap, newly made, in the fashion; white cambric pantaloons; several waistcoats; a round jacket and pantaloons of dark blue-birded velvet, with yellow buttons, the lining home made linen; boots and shoes. I will give 40 dollars if taken out of the county and brought home, and 20 dollars if taken and secured in any jail so that I get him again, and 10 dollars if taken in the county and brought home. J. EDMONDSON. Staunton, Aug. 29th, 1804. 3w
Foolscap & Letter Paper For sale at this office.
WANTED TO HIRE OR PURCHASE, A WET NURSE Without a child of her own. Enquire of the Printer. PRIVATE TUTOR. A YOUNG MAN qualified to teach the Latin, Greek, and French languages, who can be well recommended, wishes to undertake the tuition of a small school, in some genteel private family. Further particulars may be known by letter directed to Lindsay's Post-Office, Albemarle county, and addressed to F. M. (tf) 7th August, 1804.
Notice to Distillers. WANTED, A MAN who understands the Distilling Business in all its various branches—for such a one great wages will be given. For further particulars apply to the Editor of this paper. N. B. A Single man will be preferred. tf
Cologne Mill Stones. THE subscribers have for sale a few pair of COLOGNE MILL STONES MACMURDO & FISHER. Sept. 10th, 1804 4t FOR SALE, A very likely Negro Man, Who is an excellent Sawyer. Apply to THOS. TAYLOR & CO. v. m. Sept 3d, 1804 tf
Notice. THE LOCKS near this place will be shut on Monday the 24th instant, and continue impassable until a set of new Gates can be put up, and the Locks repaired, which will require from two to three weeks. Due notice will be given of the time they will probably open, after the work commences. ROBERT POLLARD. Richmond, September 6, 1804.
Mediterranean Passports. NOTICE is hereby given, that it has been deemed expedient to change the form of the Mediterranean Passport issued to vessels of the United States; that from the eighth day of July next, those of the new form will be issued at the custom houses to every vessel, for which application may be made on a compliance with the terms prescribed by law and surrendering the former passports of which she may be possessed, if any, in which latter case no fees will be required for the exchange; and that by an arrangement agreed upon by the Barbary powers, with whom we are at peace, either the old or the new form of passport will be sufficient to protect the vessels of the United States, from capture until the 1st of July 1805, after which the old form of passport will be unavailable and the new one alone in use. Department of State, } 23d of May, 1804 }
The printers of the laws of the United States are requested to insert the above in their Gazettes twice a week for the space of six months, and the Collectors of the Customs to keep copies of it pasted up in their offices. June 1 6m
Family Flour. A CONSTANT supply of FLOUR, of a superior quality, for family use, kept for SALE, by GEORGE WATT. Richmond, 5th March, 1804. tf
Robert Greenhow, MERCHANT IN WILLIAMSBURG, Has just received, by the Commerce, Capt. Bowers, direct from London, a SUPPLY OF Useful & fashionable Goods By the Brutus, Capt. Lance, who is daily expected from Liverpool, his Woollens, Ironmongery, &c. will be received.
All of which, being purchased with cash, from the manufacturers themselves, will be found good in their respective kinds; and as such offered on as low terms as they can be afforded, to his friends and countrymen, whose orders will always meet with his wonted attention. August 25th, 1804. 3m
Valuable Property FOR SALE. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by Richard Dabney of King William county, to the subscriber, to secure and satisfy a debt due from the said Richard to Cornelius Dabney, administrator with the will annexed, of Owen Dabney, dec. will be offered to SALE, on the fourth Wednesday in September next, at Hanover county courthouse, to the highest bidder, for ready payment, in current money. GEO: WM. SMITH. Richmond, August 27th, 1804 tds
SUNDRY SLAVES, Consisting of men, women and children, one Brood Mare, about 8 years old by Lamplighter, two small Horse Colts about 2 years old by Americannus, the noted Stud Horse called Hanover, one Wagon and Gear, and 3 Horses, one excellent Gaited Horse about 9 years old, and one Bay Mare Colt, by Americannus. GEO: WM. SMITH. Richmond, August 27th, 1804 tds
TO HIRE, For the remainder of the year, an excellent House Servant. Enquire at this office. August 21st, 1804. tf
The subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public that they have farmed the noted and much admired English horse, KNOWSLEY, (The property of William Lightfoot, esq. of Charles City), to stand the next season at William Wood's, in Albemarle, ten miles above Charlottesville. The terms of covering will be made known in due time. KNOWSLEY will be at his stand by the 15th of the present month. WILLIAM WOODS. JAMES KINSOLVING. September 3d, 1804.
Tickets in the William & Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office. Purchasers to the number of ten tickets may be accommodated with a credit of sixty days from the commencement of drawing.
(By Authority.) SCHEME OF A LOTTERY, CLASS NO. I. To Build an Academy in the City of Richmond.
3750 Tickets at 10 dolls. each. dolls. 37,500 1 Prize of dolls. 5000 dolls. 5000 1 do. 2000 2000 5 do. 1000 5000 5 do. 500 2500 10 do. 300 3000 20 do. 100 2000 1500 do. 12 18000—37,500
1542 Prizes. 2208 Blanks. 3750 Tickets at 10 dolls. each. 1st drawn ticket having a blank to its number after 2000 tickets are drawn, dolls. 1,000 Do. after 2300 do. are drawn, 1,000 Do. after 2600 do. are drawn, 1,000 Do. after 2900 do. are drawn, 1,000 Last drawn ticket, 5,000 This Lottery has been authorised by the Legislature of Virginia, for the laudable purpose of erecting a Seminary of Learning in or near the metropolis of this state. With this view, it is contemplated to raise 20,000 dollars, and 2,500 dollars in addition, for defraying the expenses of drawing, &c. The Trustees to ensure success, have divided the Lottery into four distinct classes, so as to raise the sum contemplated by an annual Lottery, for four years, to raise every year 500 dollars, that the work may progress; it is expected that the present Lottery may be drawn by the first day of January next. It is hoped that gentlemen who have purchased Tickets in the Richmond Academy will still hold them, as the division of the former Lottery into four classes was deemed necessary by the trustees to insure success to so useful an institution. The town of Boston (to the honor of its citizens) has public schools in which are about sixteen hundred pupils. The flourishing and increasing city of Richmond cannot boast of one public school. The Trustees of the Richmond Academy, have about thirteen acres of ground, nearly one half is accepted as a donation, and the remainder they have contracted for, on which they intend to erect the Academy. The site is elevated, healthy and beautiful. If any gentleman who has purchased tickets is dissatisfied with dividing the Lottery into four classes, if he returns the tickets the money will be repaid, provided they are returned in ten weeks from this day. Doct. William Foushee, William Du Val, William Price, (Registrar), and George Tucker, are appointed by the Trustees to sell and dispose of the Tickets, who are authorised to appoint agents for the above purpose. * Tickets may be had of the said committee, of Doct. John Brockenbrough, jr. Samuel Pleasants, jr. and William Pritchard. Richmond, Sept. 1st, 1804. 3w
Surry Jockey Club. WILL be run for, over the course at Surry Courthouse, on Thursday the first day of November next, THE SURRY JOCKEY CLUB PURSE of THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS three mile heats.—And on Friday, the PURSE of the Proprietor of the Course, of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, two mile heats. All persons wishing to start horses, &c. for the latter purse, will be required to pay an entrance of twenty dollars, except members of the Club, and from them an entrance of eight dollars will be expected.—The weights of the course are as follows: Aged Horses 130. 6 Years Old 120. 5 Years Old 110. 4 Years Old 100. 3 Years Old 80. CHARLES H. GRAVES, Secretary. A meeting of the Club will be held at Mr David Price's Tavern, on the evening preceding the first day's race. Surry Courthouse, 1st Sept. 1804. tN.
The day following the above races (Saturday) will be run for over the same course, a SWEEP STAKES for three and four year old Colts, entrance fifty dollars, half forfeit, two mile heats, carrying the weights of the course. The subscription for which will be kept open until the Friday before. Stables and litter furnished race horses as usual, gratis. DAVID PRICE, proprietor of the course. Surry Courthouse, 1st Sept. 1804.
Notice, Is hereby given, that on Saturday, being the eighth day of September next, at Brooks's tavern, in the town of Manchester, I shall proceed to sell, at Public Auction,
The following Property, To wit:—Five unimproved LOTS in the town of Manchester, designated and known in the plan of said town by the Nos 23, 24, 34, 54 and 86.—Also, one TRACT, containing 2 3/4 acres, adjoining the said town, near to the canal.—Also, one other LOT, in the said town, with the improvements thereon, being part of lot No. 60, near the entrance of the turnpike road, and lately in the occupancy of Thomas Glover—conveyed to me in trust, by Henry Robertson, to satisfy a debt due to Mr James Dawe. Terms of sale, one half in hand and the residue on a credit of twelve months, with a trust upon the property for the punctual payment thereof, and interest from the day of sale. LEIGHTON WOOD, Trustee. Richmond, 21st Aug. 1804. tds
The sale of the above mentioned property is postponed until Thursday the 20th inst. when the same will certainly be made, weather permitting. September 8th, 1804. The Races at Charlottesville will commence on the 10th day of October next. The first day a SWEETSTAKE for Colts of 3 years old, two mile heats, 4 Colts entered. The subscription will continue open till the 20th of next month, fifty dollars entrance, and half forfeit if those entering fail to run. The second day the purse of the CHARLOTTESVILLE JOCKEY CLUB, for 200 dolls. the four mile heats—and on the third day the purse of the owner of the field, two mile heats. The racing will be regulated by the rules of the Club. August 25th, 1804. w3t A NEAT ASSORTMENT OF Morocco Pocket Books Is just received and for sale at this Office.
TRAVELS IN GREECE. PROPOSALS, BY JACOB JOHNSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THE TRAVELS OF ANACHARSIS THE YOUNGER, IN GREECE; During the Middle of the Fourth Century, Before the Christian era; WITH NOTES AND REFERENCES. BY THE ABBE BARTHELEMY, Keeper of the Medals in the Cabinet of the King of France, and Member of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Lettres. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH. First American, from the Fourth European Edition. IN FOUR VOLUMES.
The work now offered to the American reader exhibits a complete view of the Antiquities, Manners, Customs, religious Ceremonies, Laws, Arts and Literature of Ancient Greece at the period of its greatest splendor. A knowledge of these has hitherto been only attainable by a laborious perusal of writers who have been little solicitous to join entertainment with instruction. The TRAVELS OF ANACHARSIS, on the contrary, are so written, that the reader may frequently be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention and fancy; till his eye glances to the bottom of the page, when he perceives there is scarcely a sentence, and not a single fact or circumstance, but is supported by the authority of some ancient author. The amazing number of these quotations may, perhaps, at first sight, seem to have been unnecessary, and to have more the appearance of a parade of erudition, than to be of any real utility: but it is to be remembered that, at the same time that they must be highly acceptable to the man of real learning, by enabling him to refer immediately to the original Author, they are extremely useful, nay, we may say, absolutely necessary, even to such readers as can never be supposed to have a very intention to consult the authorities quoted; as they clearly show that such an idea, or such a circumstance is not merely a decoration or the offspring of the fancy of the author, but immediately taken from some ancient writer, and therefore perfectly accordant to the general scope and plan of the work.
TERMS. I. The first Edition in America of Anacharsis's Travels, will be comprised in four volumes octavo. II. It shall be printed on handsome wove paper and a new type casting for the purpose. Each volume will contain about 400 pages. III. The price to subscribers per volume bound and lettered, will be two dollars: in boards 1 dollar and 75 cents, to be paid on delivery of each volume. The European edition sells at 12 dollars per set. IV. There shall be a handsome map of Greece given with the first volume, to be executed by one of the first engravers. Subscriptions received at S. PLEASANTS' printing-office and bookstore, Richmond.
Scheme of a Lottery, For the benefit of WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE. FIRST CLASS. 8000 Tickets at 10 dolls. 80,000 2 Prizes, dolls. 10,000 20,000 60 of 500 30,000 2,000 of 15 30,000 80,000 Subject to a deduction of 15 per ct. 12,000 Expense of drawing, 2,000 Dollars, 10,000 First Ticket drawn, Dolls. 500 Last drawn, 10,000 1 other Prize of 10,000 59 other Prizes of 500 dolls. 29,500 2,000 of 15 dollars, 30,000 Dollars, 80,000
All tickets drawn blank may be renewed in the next class, at 10 dolls. each; the price of all others will be 15 dolls. All prizes of 15 dollars may be renewed for the next class, or paid, at the option of the person entitled. If they be not claimed within three months after the drawing commences, they will be considered as renewed in the second class. The drawing to commence in the city of Williamsburg, on the 1st day of June, 1804, under the management of James Madison, John Bracken, William Nelson, Robert Greenhow, Burwell Bassett, Robert Saunders, Samuel Tyler, Champion Travis, William Lightfoot, Littleton W. Tazewell, George Tucker and James Sempie.
SECOND CLASS. 5,938 Tickets at 10 dolls. 59,380 4,685 ditto at 15 dolls. 70,275 130,310 Deduct loss on 2,062 tickets renewed at 2 1-2 5,155 Dolls. 125,155 2 Prizes of 20,000 dolls. 40,000 2 ditto of 10,000 dolls. 20,000 3 ditto of 5,000 15,000 50 ditto of 1,000 50,000 1 ditto 155 125,155 Deduct 10 per cent. 12,500 Expenses of drawing, 2,500 Sum raised, Dolls. 10,000 Ticket first drawn, Dolls. 1,000 Ticket last drawn, 20,000 One other prize of 20,000 Two ditto of 10,000 20,000 3 ditto of 5,000 dolls. 15,000 49 ditto of 1,000 49,000 1 ditto 155 Dollars 125,155
TICKETS May be had of George Tucker, Thomas Taylor, and Samuel Pleasants, jr. in Richmond; Robert Birchett, and Watkins Leigh, Petersburg; Thomas Newton, Dr Barrand, & Littleton W. Tazewell, Norfolk; Hugh Mercer, Fredericksburg; Henry Tucker, Winchester; Chapman Johnson, Staunton; and in all the towns in Virginia, and in many places in the country. A FEW COPIES OF Lorenzo Dow's Dream: ALSO, A SERMON Preached by him in Norfolk, are just received and for sale at this office.
Valuable Land for Sale. THE subscriber wishes to sell the TRACT OF LAND, whereon he now resides, in Chesterfield county, situate ten miles from Richmond, with two of James river, and about fourteen from Petersburg. This tract, independent of the many advantages arising from its local situation, has particular claims to the attention of any genteel family who may wish to obtain an agreeable seat contiguous to either of the above named towns. It contains about one thousand acres; four hundred of which are supposed to be cleared, and have been for some years in cultivation. The soil, in point of fertility, is equal, if not superior to that of most of the land in the neighbourhood. The buildings are a large and well planned two story dwelling house with wings, an excellent kitchen and every other necessary out house sufficient for the accommodation of a large family. The terms of sale will be one fourth of the purchase money in hand, and the balance in three annual instalments. Bond and security, together with a deed of trust on the property, to ensure punctual payments, will be required. ARCHIBALD BOLLING. Chester Grove, Aug. 1st, 1804. w10 WORTH THE ATTENTION OF BUILDERS AND OTHER IMPROVING GENTLEMEN.
Stephen Brown, GUN-SMITH, &c. NORTH MARKET STREET, RICHMOND: HAVING purchased Kennedy's patent right of using and vending to others to be used in this city, and the counties of Henrico and Goochland, his invention and improvement of fastening, raising and supporting Window Sashes by Springs and Knobs; proposes to supply gentlemen upon the shortest notice, with any number of those patent springs, with their latest and most complete improvements, at the price of fifty cents a piece, ready fitted and adjusted to the sash; or at thirty cents, if taken from the shop. This abatement of sixteen cents is allowed to any gentleman who may prefer to have them set in by their own workmen, as the work is trifling; the abatement will be found to be liberal. Builders and others, who may require a quantity of those patent springs, will be accommodated with a generous allowance, on taking them by the gross. The above invention, for its utility, convenience and cheapness, will instantly convince any person who may examine it, that there was never any thing invented for the purpose, which could in any degree bear a competition with it. The former manner of fastening sashes by small bolts, and raising and supporting them by pulleys and leaden weights, was not only exceedingly complex, difficult and expensive; but was also liable to many accidents, as the wearing or breaking of a cord or pulley, &c. would prevent the whole machinery from performing its expected functions, and would require more expense in repairing alone, than would purchase the new invented patent spring. This spring will act as a safe bolt to prevent the window from being opened by rising from without, and by just touching the spring it may be raised from within to any convenient height, where it will rest with as much safety, as if it were supported by a pillar. It is not surprising that an invention so useful, which is at once so simple and so convenient, should prove a temptation to some thoughtless workmen, who had not considered the consequences, to vend a spurious kind without authority. Such a mean conduct I have already detected, owing to the extreme badness of the work; and to complete the pitiful fraud their trash has been set into the windows in my name!! But as I have paid one thousand and fifty dollars for the exclusive right to use and vend this patent within the city of Richmond, and the counties of Henrico and Goochland, I shall not fail to prosecute to the utmost rigour of the law, any person who shall in future attempt such a contemptible fraud. In order to secure gentlemen from any imposition in the above articles, the initials of my name (S. B.) shall be struck on the white metal knob, affixed to each of the springs, and those who are engaged to fix them in for me, shall be furnished with a written authority, and every such spring shall be WARRANTED by me. STEPHEN BROWN. N. B. Any orders for the above, will be received and punctually attended to if left at my shop as above, or at Mr Pritchard's Book store, where the model may be seen. Old Weights and Pulleys, or any Old Metal, will be received in payment. S. B. July 9, 1804. tf
Doctor Wilson, HAS taken (as a temporary residence) the house lately occupied by Doct. Adams, opposite the Bell-Tavern, and intends to combine the Apothecaries business with the practice of Physic. He is now opening a part, and expects by the next arrivals from Philadelphia, a fresh and very general assortment of MEDICINES, And other articles in the Apothecaries line, which will be sold on the lowest terms. Orders from the country, Recipes, &c. will be carefully attended to. Richmond, 25th June, 1804. w6m
LAND and NEGROES FOR SALE. Two hundred and ninety eight acres of land in the county of Cumberland, lying on both branches of Trewalt run, about two miles above the courthouse—about one third of this land is well timbered, and equal in quality to the best high land in its vicinity, it is well supplied with good water, and the situation is remarkably healthy; the buildings on it are tolerably convenient and at a small expense might be made comfortable for a family—there is a remarkable fine apple and peach orchard, and several other kinds of fruit trees thereon, which seldom miss bearing, and on the main road from north to south, which passes through it, there is a large distillery, malt-house, cellar and granary, well constructed to carry on the distilling business extensively. Also, for sale a Distiller, a Man Cook and some other valuable Slaves, together with the stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep and Hogs, Carts and Farming Utensils, with some Household and Kitchen Furniture. If the above property is not disposed of by private sale before the 25th day of September next, the whole will then be set up on the premises, to the highest bidder, at public sale. Cash will be expected for all sums under twenty dollars, and on all purchases exceeding that sum, a credit of twelve months will be allowed, on giving bond with approved security, to bear interest from the date, which will be remitted on receiving punctual payment of the principal—a deed of trust on the land will be required to secure the payment of the purchase money. If agreeable to the purchasers, the Distiller, Slaves, &c. and forty acres of land adjoining, will be sold separately—but if not sold in this way, the Slaves, Boiler and Distilling Utensils will be set up separately, to the highest bidder, on the same terms as the other property. The premises will be shown to any person wishing to purchase, by Lawrence Carllie, who resides thereon. LAWRENCE CARLLIE. JOHN & ED. CUNNINGHAM, July 30, 1804. w6t