Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1804-04-28 00:00:00

The VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[Vol. XII.]
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[No. 1147]
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DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Supervisor's Office, April 20th, 1804.
Notice is hereby given, that the transcripts required to be obtained by the subjoined Act of Congress, are already in this office, open to the inspection of all concerned; and will remain so in whatever hands the office shall be transferred to. This occasion is embraced to remind those whose lands may have been liable to be sold for non-payment of the direct tax, that the sales in this state, were carried into effect, generally, within the month of December, 1802—consequently the time of redemption will expire within December next.
E. CARRINGTON, Supervisor of the dist. of Virg.
AN ACT
Further to amend the act entitled "an act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States."
BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That it shall be the duty of the collectors of the direct tax, under whose direction, or by whom any tract of land may have been sold for non-payment of such tax, and where the time limited by law for the redemption of such lands, shall not have expired before the passing of this act, to transmit within three months after the passing of this act, correct transcripts of the lists of all the tracts of land or lots, which have been sold either in whole or in part, for non-payment of the said tax before the passing of this act, to the supervisor or to the officers to whom the duties of supervisor may have been transferred, or in case there be no such person, to the marshal of the district within which such lands may lie; and the said collectors shall likewise transmit to the same officer, within three months after the completion of any sale made subsequent to the passing of this act, similar transcripts of the lists of all the tracts of land or lots which shall, after the passing of this act, be sold, either in whole or in part, for non-payment of the said tax, which several transcripts shall, in every case, specify the tract or lot sold, in whole or in part, the quantity of land which has been sold; the time when sold; the amount of tax, charges and costs for which it was sold, and the amount paid by, and the name of the purchaser; and shall also designate all those tracts or lots which shall have been redeemed by the original proprietors, or for their benefit, in conformity with the provisions for that purpose heretofore enacted; and it shall also be the duty of the said collectors to pay over, within the time aforesaid, to the officer, to whom the above mentioned transcripts may have been transmitted, the amount of all the monies paid to them by or for the benefit of any original proprietor of lands or lots sold for non-payment of the tax, and subsequent to such sale redeemed in conformity with law, by or for such proprietor, which shall not at the time of transmitting the said transcripts, have been repaid by such collector to the purchaser of such lands or lots: And any collector failing to comply with the provisions of this section, or with any of them, shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars with costs of suit.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if any collector shall fail to transmit the transcripts required by the first section of this act within the time aforesaid it shall be the duty of the supervisor, officer acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, of the district within which the collection district of such collector may be, to prepare within six months after the passing of this act, from the lists or such other documents as may be in his possession, a similar transcript of the list of lands which such collector had by virtue of the second section of the act, entitled An act to amend an act, entitled "An act to lay and collect a direct tax within the United States," been authorised to sell for non-payment of the said tax; which list shall likewise specify in every case, the tract or lot described in the original assessment, and the amount of tax, charges and costs for which it was liable to be sold, and any supervisor, officer acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, failing to comply with the provisions of this section, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five hundred dollars with costs of suit.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the supervisors, officers acting as supervisors, or marshals, as the case may be, to exhibit the before mentioned transcripts, whether transmitted by the collector, or prepared by themselves; and also, to keep open the original assessment lists, and whenever required
within the time limited by law for the redemption of lands, or lots thus sold, to any person wishing to ascertain whether any tract of land, or lot, has been sold for non-payment of the tax, to receive, within the same period, from any person tendering the same, the amount of the tax, charges and costs for which any such tract of land or lot, has been sold, with the interest which shall have accrued on the same as fixed by law, and execute a receipt for the same; which payment, by whomsoever made, shall always be considered to be made for the benefit of the original proprietor: and to pay over, at any time, within the same period, when applied for, the monies and interest received from, or for any original proprietors, who shall have availed themselves of the right of redeeming their lands, agreeably to law, to the person who may have purchased the tract of land or lot, so redeemed, when the same was sold for non-payment of the tax, or to the representative of such person.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said supervisor, person acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, to file, at the end of two years after the completion of the sales of lands sold within their district, for non-payment of the direct tax, with the clerk of the district court within whose district such lands may lie, correct transcripts, similar to those prescribed by the first section of this act, of the lands or lots sold in whole or in part, for non-payment of the direct tax and which shall not have been redeemed by, or for, the original proprietor within the said two years; and also to pay into the clerk's office of said court, for the use of the purchaser, or his representatives, any monies remaining in their hands which shall have been paid by such original proprietors, as shall have availed themselves of the right of redemption: And it shall also be the duty of the said supervisors, officers acting as supervisors, or marshals, as the case may be, when any collector shall have failed to transmit to them, or any of them, the transcripts of the lists of lands sold for non-payment of the tax, as required by the first section of this act, to file with the clerk of the said district court the receipts given by such collector, either for the purchase money of lands or lots, thus sold, to the purchasers or for the redemption of the same, to original proprietors which shall have been delivered by the purchasers, or original proprietors, as the case may be, of lands, or lots, thus sold, to the said supervisors, officers acting as supervisors, or marshals, in the manner, and within the time prescribed by this act.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the several marshals for the time being, of the said district courts shall alone have the authority in all cases where the time limited by law, for the redemption of land sold, shall not have expired before the passing of this act; and are hereby authorised and required to execute deeds for so much of the said land and lots as shall have been sold to satisfy the amount of the direct tax, charges and costs due thereon, and which shall not have been redeemed by or for the original proprietor, within the time limited by law to the purchasers of such lands or lots, or their legal representatives: Provided however, and it is further enacted; That no such deed shall be executed except for lands or lots contained in the transcripts filed with the clerk of the proper district court, in conformity with the preceding section, or unless the purchaser of any tract of land or lot, sold for non payment of the tax, shall have filed within three months after the passing of this act, or within three months after such sale, with the supervisor, officer acting as supervisor, or marshal, as the case may be, a receipt from the collector for the purchase money, dated within thirty days subsequent to such sale, and specifying distinctly the original description of the land assessed and the quantity sold: And provided also, That no such deed shall in any case, be executed for any land purchased by or for a collector of the direct tax, and not contained in the transcript files with the clerk of the district court: nor for any land, although not returned as redeemed by the collector, which shall appear by a certificate, or receipt of the said collector filed with the supervisor, or officer acting as supervisor or marshal, as the case may be, before the completion of two years after the sale of such land, and filed by such officer with the clerk of the court, in conformity with the preceding section, to have been redeemed by or for the original proprietor by payment of the tax, charges, costs and interest to the said collector previous to the time limited by the first section of this act, for the transmission of transcripts by the collectors of the direct tax.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That where any lot or tract of land shall have been sold before the passing of this act, for non payment of the direct tax and for a larger sum than the amount of such tax, with the legal charges and costs, the collector of the said tax shall be account-
able to the purchaser for the excess of money paid by such purchaser beyond the amount of such tax, charges and costs: And deeds shall be executed in favor of such purchasers, only for so much of the land as shall bear the same ratio to the whole whole quantity of land sold, as the amount of the tax, charges and costs bear to the sum for which the land was sold: And whenever a deed shall be executed for a part only of any tract of land, not described previous to the sale, such part shall be laid off at the expense of the purchaser, under the direction of the district court, and in conformity with the instructions given to the collector, by the supervisor, or officer acting as supervisor, respecting the sales of lands sold for non-payment of the direct tax: Provided, That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any collector of the said tax, to sell more of any lot or tract of land than will pay the amount of such tax, with the legal charge and costs.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That for the services prescribed by this act, the following fees shall be allowed and paid by the party respectively, that is to say: To every supervisor for examining the transcripts of land sold, twenty-five cents; for receiving payment of the tax, charges and costs for which any tract of land, or lot, may have been sold in whole, or in part, fifty cents; and for filing a certificate or receipt of the collector or deposited by the purchaser, or original proprietor, six cents;
To the marshal of the court, one dollar for preparing and executing a deed.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. BURR, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate. March 5, 1804.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
Foreign Intelligence,
From papers, received at Boston, by the Minerva, to the ninth of March inclusive.
LONDON, March 6.
HIS MAJESTY'S DISPOSITION.
BULLETIN CONTINUED.
March 2.—His majesty is going on favorably.
March 3.—There is no material alteration in his majesty since yesterday.
March 4.—His majesty is better to day than he was yesterday.
March 5.—His majesty continues to make a very favorable progress towards recovery.
March 6.—His majesty is going on in a favorable way.
March 7.—His majesty continues gradually to recover.
March 8.—There is no material alteration in his majesty since yesterday.
March 9.—His majesty continues to go on in a favorable way.
PLOT AGAINST BONAPARTE.—ARREST OF MOREAU.
LEGISLATIVE BODY, PARIS, February 17. At two o'clock the counsellors of state Reignaud, De St. Jean D'Angely, Segur, and Berlier, were introduced.—Reignaud ascended the tribune, and read the following report made this morning by the grand judge to the first consul:
Report of the grand judge to government.
PARIS, 27th Pluviose.
"Citizen first consul, New plots have been framed by England; they were framed in the midst of the peace she had sworn to maintain—and when she violated the treaty of Amiens, she relied much less upon her force than upon the success of her machinations. But the government was watchful—the eye of the police followed all the steps of the enemy's agents, and traced the measures of those whom their gold or their intrigues had corrupted.
"At length the plan appeared complete; already, no doubt, they thought at London that they had heard the explosion of that mine which had been dug under our feet. At least the most sinister rumors were in circulation there and the most guilty hopes were cherished.
"All at once the framers of the conspiracy are seized—proofs accumulate and of such force and evidence, that they will carry conviction to every mind.
"Georges, and his band of assassins, had remained in the pay of England—his agents still overrun La Vendee, the Morbihan and the Cotes du Nord, and vainly sought for partizans—the moderation of the government and the laws had deprived them of them.
"Pichegru, unmasked by the events which preceded the 18th of Fructidor, year 5, unmasked more than any thing by that correspondence which general Mo-
reau had addressed to the directory—Pichegru had carried his hatred against this country into England.
"In the year 8 he was with Willot, in the suite of the enemy's armies, in order to ally himself with the brigands of the South.
"In the year 9 he conspired with the committee of Bareuth;—and since the peace of Amiens, he was still the counsel and the hope of the enemies of France.
"British perfidy associates Georges with Pichegru; the infamous Georges with Pichegru whom France had esteemed, and whom she long believed to be incapable of treason.
"In the year 11 a criminal reconciliation unites Pichegru and general Moreau, two men between whom honour ought to have placed an eternal hatred. The police seizes at Calais one of their agents at the moment he was returning a second time to England. That man is in the hands of the police, with all the papers which establish the reality of a reconciliation that would have been inexplicable if the ties of it had not been formed by crime.
"At the arrest of this agent, general Moreau appears for a moment agitated. He takes under hand measures to ascertain whether government is informed upon the subject—but every thing is still and silent, and restored himself to tranquillity, he conceals from government an event which was of a nature to excite their vigilance. He conceals it, when even Pichegru is called publicly to the councils of the British ministry, when with a degree of éclat he unites himself to the enemies of France.
"Government would not see in his silence any thing but the fear of an avowal which would have humiliated him, in the same manner as they had seen in his absence from public affairs in his equivocal connections, and in his more than indiscreet speeches, only ill humor and vain discontent.
"General Moreau, who was liable to suspicion because he treated secretly with the enemy of his country, who upon this more than legitimate suspicion, would have been arrested at any other epoch, was suffered to enjoy in tranquillity his honors, an immense fortune, and the benefits of the Republic.
"Yet events pressed.—Lajolais, the friend and confidant of Pichegru, goes secretly from Paris to London, returns from London to Paris, carries to Pichegru, the ideas of general Moreau, brings back to general Moreau the ideas and designs of Pichegru and his associates. The brigands of Georges prepare in the very city of Paris all that is necessary to the execution of their common projects.
"A spot is fixed upon between Dieppe and Treport remote from all uneasiness and all superintendence, where the brigands of England, conducted by the English ships of war, were to land without being perceived, where they were to find men bribed to receive them, men paid to guide them during the night from station to station agreed upon, and to bring them even to Paris.
"At Paris an asylum is prepared for them, in houses hired before hand, where are trusty guardians; they have them in several quarters, in several streets, at Chaillo, in the Rue de Bacq, in the Faubourg St. Marceau, in the —
"A first landing is effected—it was Georges, with eight of his brigands.
"Georges returns to the coast to assist at the landing of Coster St. Victor (condemned by the sentence passed upon the affair of the 3d Nivose,) and ten other brigands.
"In the early part of this month, a third landing is effected; it is Pichegru, Lajolais, Armand, Gaillard the brother of Raoul, Jean Marie, one of the first confidants of Georges, and some other brigands of that kind. Georges with Joyau, called d'Assar St. Vincent, and Picot, called le Petit, precede this third debarkation—the union is effected at the farm of la Poterie.
"A fourth landing is expected. The vessels are in sight; but contrary winds prevent their approach; but a few days passed since they made reconnoitering signals.
"Georges and Pichegru arrive at Paris; they are lodged in the same house, surrounded by some thirty brigands, commanded by Georges. They see general Moreau; we know the place, the day, the hour where the first conference is held. A second rendezvous was agreed upon, and does not take place. A third, a fourth, took place in the very house of general Moreau.
"This appearance of Georges and Pichegru at Paris, these conferences with General Moreau are established by incontrovertible and multiplied proofs. The steps of Georges and Pichegru are followed from house to house to those who assisted in their debarkation; those who in the dead of night, conducted them from port to port; those who gave them an asylum
in Paris, their confidants, accomplices—Lajolais their principal go-between, and General Moreau are seized. The effects and the papers of Pichegru are seized, and the police is following his steps with great activity.
"England wished to overturn the government, and by overturning it, to effect the ruin of France, and the abandonment of it to ages of civil war and confusion. But to overthrow a government supported by the affection of thirty millions of citizens, and surrounded by a strong, a brave and faithful army, was a task above the power of England and of Europe; hence England did not pretend to effect it, but by the assassination with the shade of a man whom the remembrance of his services still defend.
"I must add, that the citizens ought to feel no uneasiness. The greater part of the brigands are arrested, the rest have fled, and are warmly pursued by the police. No class of citizens, no branch of the administration is stained by a single suspicion.
"I shall not give more ample details in this report; you have seen all the papers; you will direct that all be placed under the eye of justice.
"The Grand Judge, Minister of Justice.
(Signed)
"REGNIER."
March 7.
An embargo has been laid at the custom-house upon all vessels bound to any other ports than the undermentioned, viz. Spain and Portugal, Mediterranean, America, Africa, East and West Indies.
March 8.
The embargo which we mentioned yesterday as having been laid on the port of London, extends to all the out-ports, except upon the convoys bound down channel. Various causes have been assigned for this measure, but the real one remains a secret with government. The embargo is not expected to last above ten days.
It is no longer to be doubted, that the French fleet have quitted Toulon. It would, indeed, be most desirable to the first consul to collect the whole of his ships from L'Orient, Rochester, Ferrol, and Toulon, in the harbor of Brest. They would then form a respectable fleet, not fewer than from 37 to 40 sail of the line, besides frigates. It is said that the Toulon fleet sailed from thence on the 28th January. Its force is variously stated; but it is generally supposed to comprise ten sail of the line. Lord Nelson is stated to have been off Majorca, on the 20th January, and that on the 23d he was off the Cape of Roses, the north-east point of Spain, and the direct line in which the French fleet will steer, should it be destined for the Atlantic.
It is said that Mr. Grey will, in the house of commons to-day, give notice of his intention to submit, on Wednesday next, a motion upon the state of the country. Such a debate will, of course, afford as wide a field as could be wished, for the fullest development of the principles and views of the different parties.
General Moreau has been taken up, and the police are in pursuit of Pichegru and Georges.
MOREAU'S CONSPIRACY.
We two or three days ago expressed an opinion that the plot discovered on the 16th ult. in Paris, was a plot contrived by Bonaparte, for the purpose of getting rid of a formidable rival, and a man who he was afraid to leave behind him, should it be necessary for him, for any length of time, to quit his capitol. In this opinion we are upon reflection more and more confirmed. Many of the circumstances attending the supposed conspiracy which have been officially given to the world in the report of the ministers of justice, are upon the face of them falsehoods, and we have no doubt that all the documents which will be brought forward to substantiate the charges against gen. Moreau will turn out to be deliberate forgeries. Our first opinion is very considerably strengthened by the fact, which, we believe, we are accurate when we state very positively, that gen. Pichegru, the man, who, in the report of the aforesaid minister of justice is represented as having been pursued from house to house, has not lately been out of England, and we know that on Monday night last, he spent his evening at the York coffee-house, St. James's street, at that time probably not even dreaming of the deep laid plot in which the Corsican despot makes him take so active and important part in the heart of Paris.
The Dutch papers say, that the chief consul has been twice at the theatre since he has played off his precious plot, and has been received with great acclamations. This was precisely the catastrophe which he wished to produce.
Moreau, it is said, has been very free of his remarks on the consular government. He lately observed, that of the

tree of liberty nothing was left but Pecore . This pun which implies either the bark or the Corseican , was not well relished at the Tuileries, particularly as it was recommended by truth as well as by humor . It is impossible to form any opinion relative to the affair in which Moreau has been arrested at Paris, but it is well known that Bonaparte viewed him with more jealousy than any other man in France. It is by no means improbable that the chief consul gradually removed all the troops who were likely to have espoused the cause of Moreau before he ventured to secure his person.
SCHIEDAM, February 24. An embargo has just been laid here, on the part of the French government, on all outward-bound ships, in order to prevent general Picchegru from escaping. March 9. The public curiosity has been excited not a little since the news of the recent plot against the consular government, to know the result, and to learn whether the intelligence was correct that state generals Moreau and Picchegru to have been guilty. Till farther accounts are received from France, the present anxiety cannot be removed and it must be considerably heightened by accounts received this morning from Deal, which state, that ANOTHER REVOLUTION, Has taken place in France inimical to Bonaparte. The news is said to have been brought over by a royalist general. How far it may be correct, we cannot take upon us to determine; but the thing is far from being improbable. We shall not indulge in conjectures, but content ourselves with subjoining the information that has reached us:
DEAL, March 8. "We have just received intelligence of a very important nature, which added to the late news from France, carries with it some degree of probability, especially as great bustle prevails at present among the shipping in the Downs:—A general and his suite attached to the monarchical party in France, who was some days ago received on board one of our cruisers from the heights above Dieppe, brings an account that a counter revolution has taken place in that country prejudicial to the interests of the Corsican usurper. "The whole naval department here are in the highest spirits; in consequence of this sudden change of affairs, all the ships, cutters and brigs ready for sea in the Downs have received orders to get under way immediately. Most of them have already sailed. Wind S. E. and by S. "The firing heard the other day was a salute at Boulogne; but on what occasion we have not yet learnt."
Last night dispatches were sent off express by a messenger from the admiralty to Plymouth for admiral lord Cornwallis, to be forwarded to him from that place by a fast sailing vessel. An express was likewise sent off to Ireland. All ships of every description have been ordered to be got ready for service as fast as possible. Every thing seems to show that some secret expedition is in contemplation. Last night we received Dutch papers to the 28th ult. The most important piece of information they contain is an open acknowledgment in The MERCHANT , that the Dutch officers who had been applied to, to take commands in the Batavia of Flushing, destined for the invasion of this country, have refused to accept of the appointments. This shews in what a hopeless light they view the whole undertaking. The Moniteurs are filled chiefly with addresses to the first consul, to congratulate him on his escape. No further mention is made of the conspiracy or of the conspirators in the official papers. Accounts from Vienna of the 4th Feb. state, that the greatest bustle prevails among the ministers of that court; that troops were in motion, and that every thing indicated an approaching change of affairs.
THE SECRET EXPEDITION. We announced on Tuesday the preparations which were making for an expedition against Boulogne, and some other ports of the enemy. These preparations have been followed by an embargo in our ports, and the execution of a vigorous and decisive measure is at hand. The plan of the intended expedition originated in Mr. Richard Phillips, of St. Paul's Church yard. That gentleman has, for a considerable time, proposed to government to close up and permanently blockade the ports of the enemy, by sinking at their entrances old ships of various burthens, filled with chalk or stones. By varying the number and size of those vessels, and by other contrivances adapted to the circumstances of the enemy's port, he considers it in the power of his country to render every harbor of France, Holland and Flanders unnavigable and totally useless. After mature investigation, the idea has been adopted by government, and a number of old ships, filled with Maidstone rag stone, are immediately to be sunk at the entrance of the harbor of Boulogne, so as to render it impossible for the enemy's vessels to come out, which have rendezvoused in that port; consequently nothing further will be to apprehended from an invasion in that quarter! The shallow and intricate navigation of the ports of Holland will afterwards be more easily choked up and ruined, exactly in the same manner, and by chaining numbers of heavy ships together,
Mr. Phillips deems it equally practicable to choke up the harbor of Brest and all the large ports of France, so that no ship of war can come out or go into them. During the war, these sub-marine blockades will be rendered permanent, by sloops or small ships being stationed off each port, to destroy the machinery with which the enemy may endeavor to raise the sunken ships. In short, the plan is as efficacious as it is simple; and the power which we exclusively possess to avail ourselves of it, results from the peculiar circumstance of our being the masters of the ocean; a dominion which this plan alone will enable us to perpetuate during any number of ages. We have, singly, to maintain our naval superiority, and the ports of every country, which may dare to insult us, are at our mercy. The malice and the rivalry of France will henceforward be harmless; we shall have nothing to dread from invasion, and the genius of Britain may enable her to bid defiance to a world in arms opposed to her!
THE object of the following quotations from the last edition of Bell's Surgery, volume 7th, will be understood applying to the case annexed. On the propriety of amputating in compound fractures, page 55. "In the course of my own experience, I do not recollect an instance of death having ensued from the operation alone, where the disease was of some duration, where it was advised, and it has often been performed where the patient was greatly exhausted, whereas many have died merely from the operation where it has been put in practice soon after the accident"—page 240—(on amputation)—"unless the operation can be performed immediately after the accident, it cannot again be admissible for a considerable time, for whenever a limb has become swelled and inflamed, it can never but with the utmost danger, be taken off till these symptoms subside"—again, on mortification, page 249—"The skin may be perfectly sound and may be free from pain, inflammation and swelling, and yet the deep seated muscles and other parts contiguous to the bone in a state of gangrene." Of this I have seen various instances—but even where the whole divided parts are found to be entirely sound, if the operation is performed while mortification is advancing, the disease seldom fails of seizing the stump—at least I never knew an instance to the contrary—and I have unfortunately been concerned in different cases where this practice was adopted"—again, page 251—"I would consider it as sufficient to wait till the mortification was completely stopped, but not much longer."
The case of R—d W—d aged between thirty and forty, on the 7th January. He accidentally received a load of shot through the upper part of his right arm—the loss of bone and muscular substance rendered it necessary to take off the limb in the joint of the shoulder—the patient would not admit it, neither was the operation advisable from the spasms, jerkings, swelling and inflammation which occurred almost immediately after the accident—notwithstanding the most approved treatment, these symptoms were on the fourth day succeeded by a deep and extensive mortification reaching above the shoulder. He immediately began and continued the peruvian bark, by taking two tea spoonfuls every hour—the limb was dressed with bark poultices, sprinkled with G. Myrrh, every six hours, though we diminished the quantity given and applied. Yet we did not quit the use of the bark till the 22d, when Doctor P. of Buckingham and Dr. L—g—n, of Warren undertook to operate in the shoulder joint—Ever since the year 1801, when I quit all pretensions to surgical operation. Dr. Morrison was perfectly understood, and was to aid (when convenient) in my stead, as he lived within a mile of this patient—He accordingly aided in the operation, which was performed on the 27th January, 1804. How soon we may take off a limb with safety after mortification has ceased, has never been decided—In this case the appearance in the skin had ceased on the 22d. Instead of a sanies or thin discharge from the wound, it was to appearance tolerable matter and the wound shewed a growth of flesh. Notwithstanding, the operator Doctor P. shewed the mortification very plainly, (to the spectators) was still in the muscular substance round the socket of the joint where the head of the shoulder was lodged, Doctor Logan and Doctor Morrison no doubt examined then , and on the succeeding dressings.—Though this case does not absolutely fix a criterion to judge of the precise period for operating after mortification has elapsed, yet as it throws light on the subject, instead of sending it the New York Medical Repository as was originally intended—please insert it in your Argus. L. M'LEAN.
The foregoing statement is correct—the spasms, swelling and inflammation, and mortification, came on in such rapid succession, that no room intervened to amputate. The operator, Doct. P. Pison, shewed the remains of the mortification in the stump, and I shewed the remains of the mortification on the first dressing. ROBERT LOGAN. February, 1804.
In the foregoing case, the remainder of mortification continued to the third dressing and no longer. When Doctor Morrison went to February Albemarle court, (1804) under the pretext of proving the
out of his patient, J. Lewis (former by mentioned)—He convinced some of his audience that R. Wood's arm never had been mortified, but that I had kept the case on hand to make out a long Bill —Yet with his usual consistency, he declared I had previously obtained a bond for a very considerable sum, under the promise of curing the wound. No such cure was ever thought of by any one but Morrison, whose cures are generally as radical as those by amputation—which in this case was the only proposed resource. The truth is, finding I should have to pay forty or fifty dollars for the immense quantity of bark used inwardly , and to dress the wound, as mentioned in the case, and as Morrison, whose forte is always to raise a dispute about my fees, would be busy, having broke ground within a mile of this patient, and he being jealous at not being employed, in the presence of witnesses, asked Mr. H. Wood how I was to be paid—He replied, "I will pay your account." In the public and unprovoked exclamation preached against me by Doctor Morrison, at Charlottesville, he is pleased to call this a bond, and for a very large sum. I have even the semblance of flattering any one, but when Drs. P—t—n and L—g—n undertook the operation, though one of the most difficult in surgery, I knew the patient was as safe in every point of view as he could be after such an accident—yet my giving up the case to them in a surgical capacity as well as medical, Doctor Morrison calls abandoning the patient. May I take the liberty of hinting to those who may employ Doctor Morrison, that they will be gainers by obtaining the favor of him to abandon every case in the manner and to the persons to whom I abandoned this. After the speech was recited to me by at least fifty of the Doctor's audience, who all seemed anxious to know more about it, I sent word to him, if he did not desist, I had no resort but answering in the public prints—but confident of his own prowess at the pen, and depending greatly on his counsel, the Doctor declined my proposals, but went to Buckingham court, where he expatiated more handsomely (if possible) than at Albemarle. If our Doctor has the right of proceeding thus , may not I be indulged in telling a few truths?—Yet after all I have mentioned of what he has said and done—nay, ten times as much, I will be gravely told, my answer to Morrison is from envy—this shall be examined.
"Let me have men about me that are fat, sleek headed men, and such as sleep of nights. Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look—such men are dangerous. Were they not such but able to fear, I know not the man I would dread sooner than that lean Cassius—I would he were but fatter! Such men as he are never at hearts ease, while they see another greater than themselves, therefore are they very, very envious."—(Shakespeare, J. Caesar.)
Let it for a moment be admitted that neither Caesar or the poet were judges of human nature—Say further that these lines do not apply (though they most certainly do) to myself and Doctor Morrison—Grant further (and it is more than you'll ask) that we fat, funny fellows are given to envy—Surely Morrison can never be the object.
With a countenance on which malignant stupidity is pre-eminently depicted—deaf, short sighted, and left handed, above all , with a heart surpassed in baseness only by the weakness of his head, in whom can he excite envy? Surely not in me. His conduct towards myself and others in the case of Wood, is most glaring. I solemnly declare I know of no impropriety in the treatment of that case, unless it was Morrison's prescription, and tho' I have never seen it, its being concealed out of charity, bespeaks it ridiculous enough. If we examine his conduct in the case of Milly, we will find ample room. Doctor Logan, Morrison's old school fellow, lives within a few steps of Mr. Robertson's—Morrison had to pass Logan and saw him thrice in his way to and from Robertson's. I was at Robertson's when our Doctor passed, but having watched his opportunity in his sneaking, underhanded manner called in our absence and told Mr. Robertson—What? For this I appeal to any one of common intellect—The woman was in the state of Tom Jones, when Partridge told him "it would take a clever fellow to keep him from getting well."
In this state the tale must have been bad enough to induce any man to adopt Morrison's remedy. Had our doctor's head been able to co-operate with the dictates of his heart, he would have proceeded something like the following: Knowing the mercury was still in force and would complete the cure, he would have furnished a large supply of hul pants , or in plain English, bread pills, with great cautions not to use more than two or at the very utmost three, in twenty four hours, or the pure element, spring water, with a long Latin title, fifteen or twenty drops and seldom repeated.
By a masterly management of something like the foregoing, considering the impression made on Mr. Robertson, Morrison's views (so long and so ardently pursued) of disgracing us altogether , however unjustly, were nearly attainable, but alas! tho' the heart was depraved, the head could not keep pace, and he prescribed pocoon !
Search bedlam and find, if you can, a greater proof of insanity—Its effects in this very instance, would have induced any other man to call a halt—But, No! Ask John Diggs, of Amherst, ask Cobbs, of Buckingham, but there would be so
many to ask that as I am already tired enumerating names and cases I will pause. Appropos!—Talking of cases our doctor has been to Boaz Ford, to Thomas Patteson and to Clifton Garland for certificates, Clifton is to prove he has one eye left, that scarifying the eye and throwing burnt alum into it, is the best cure for fever, and because the fever did not fail on both eyes, it was not a fever, but a delusion.—Bravo!
It is certainly proper to work by rule, but whether it be in a rule like Doctor Morrison's, which for ten years has been the reverse of right, is perhaps not so generally admitted—that his treatment of fever, which constituted ninety nine hundredths of his practice, has been by wrong rule, is beyond dispute. It was bleeding in the chill, and on the fever's going off proving destructive, that forced him to the practice by camphor, snake root, bark, opium spirit, and always blisters in the beginning of fever; above all, whenever fever approached the lungs, pocoon . The appearance of the blood taken, instead of taking it in the hot stage, was that , indicative of nervous fever; there are certain situations near marshes and mill ponds, will be productive of bilious fever; but these are curable, as the common inflammatory kind. The bad effects of M—'s plan in these cases, and the good effect of bleeding and suitable evacuations, shews the cases were certainly not of nervous fever. We know cases where people have recovered under Doctor M—'s treatment—it was where they bled a gallon at the nose, and would in spite of the doctor and every one, drink cold water, and expose to cold air, and one or two blisters produced strangury. The old saying is a just one; "one swallow does not make summer." Tho' death came after death, still the same practice was continued exactly. You'll say like the seamen—"Why not try her on the other tack"—but no, the bleeding and purging tack had been already tried with a vengeance—and besides its effects were more immediate and conspicuous —so it was better to jog on slow and sure, and trust to critical days , which certainly arrived; and critical enough they were. This afforded daily visits for months, a gossipping, granying kind of attendance—the bill always in Latin, apothecary fashion, which I hope the Doctor hereafter will change, as many of them are now before me specifying the bulk of certain medicines I have so often mentioned. Let the Doctor hereafter charge medicine and prescription, as some mischievous person may bring forward these bills as proofs of malpractice ; pardon this digression—we shall proceed to prove the cases and the rule mentioned. L. M'LEAN.
Albemarle, 1st April, 1804.
Dr. Sir, IN answer to yours;—when I was called on this winter to Mr. J. Lewis's family, I was informed that the two negroes which died, took black Snake-root, Camphor and other things of that kind, and nothing else—the remaining two were using the same medicines and were getting worse—I immediately directed them to quit it, and to be bled and purged—with I said accordingly. The blood was sizy . They got well. Mr. Lewis afterwards sent for me in his own case, which was an inflammation in the bowels, with violent fever: I immediately bled him freely, and used purgative medicine—in every bleeding and on using the medicine, he peculiarly mended. When Doctor Morrison was called in he altered the practice for that he used on the negroes; as we totally disagreed, and he being the oldest hand, I gave up the case to him. Doctor Logan was afterwards called in; he saw the end of it, and can inform you of the balance. I bled Lewis four or five pints in two or three days. J. B. RAWLINGS. Teste, W. W. Albemarle, January, 1804.
Dr. L. M'Lean, Albemarle. Albemarle, February, 1804.
Dr. Sir, I HOPE never to be called on any further in the case of Mr. John Lewis, who died of a fever with an inflammation of the bowels, which terminated in mortification. When I came to his aid on the 25th Dec 1803, he had hiccup, black vomiting, cold sweats and delirium, all at intervals He was taking a decoction of Bark, Camomile flowers and black Snake root freely, and Camphor at intervals. I tried other things, but it was too late. As to the case of Mr. Clifton Garland it was the ophthalmic state of fever, and curable as such. As to one eye only being affected it does not change the fever, (which I examined)—In the pleuritic state of fever, it is still equally curable by the lancet, and suitable remedies, whether both sides are pained or not—we always find only one side affected with pain & inflammation—it is the same in the state of fever with tooth-ache, affecting only one side of the jaw, though curable by general remedies without any local or topical applications. On a more enlarged scale this doctrine is illustrated in the case of Milly at Mr. William Robertson's, Warren—It was by pressure on one side only that matter was ejected by the mouth; had we trusted to opening and letting out matter between the ribs it would have only aggravated the complaint. This was a fair, open state of fever, and as in every case of fever the weakest part must admit a greater proportion of it, or must be more sensibly affected: so in this case the lungs being the weakest, admitted the greater proportion; the matter could not have been formed without previous inflammation, which must have been preceded by fever. The Fox Glove could not have answered after frequent and copious bleedings. We gave such quantities of Mercury as raised a fever from that medicine, and higher than the first, which, of course, removed the first fever: the gums being swelled and inflamed for eight weeks, brought the determination from within outwards, and from the lungs to the gums, which is a safe practice: in the mean time the sore in the lungs healed, and the general fever was cured on the general plan; which, being done, certainly constituted a cure. Mr. Robertson afterwards gave some vegetable substance of a heating nature; which was a prejudice; he after a few days gave up the use of it, on my remonstrating on the subject. Why not publish this case as well as the case nearly similar treated by Fox Glove at Dumfries? as no offence or reflection is meant on or against any person whatever, and as I desire that no one may take exception to, or criticise on what I have
said, you are at liberty to make what use you please of the foregoing. I am, Sir, yr. hum. servt. ROBERT LOGAN. Teste, J. B. Rawlings. Dr. L. M'Lean, Albemarle.
* Doctor Logan might have added that in imitation of nature, scarification , issues, blisters and venesection are used to weaken a part, purposely to invite disease from those more important to life: thus, a sprained wrist, knee or ankle will become swelled and inflamed from general fever, but because both wrists, knees and ankles were not sprained. We will scarcely admit the cure of the general fever is by scarification. L. M'LEAN. Albemarle, April, 1804. P. coon.
Mutual assurance against fire on buildings.
By those who were opposed to this philanthropic institution, it has been held out, that if a large fire was to happen at Norfolk, it would ruin the members of the society. Now there has as great a fire as possibly could be expected, taken place—and including the several fires which have occurred in Berkeley, Frederick, Spotsylvania, Louisa, Prince George and Gloucester, still one Quota, that is, one premium the same as paid on entering is sufficient to replenish the funds: this shews that what they advance is fallacious. Notwithstanding the enormous destruction at Norfolk, the society has funds enough to pay every one of the sufferers; and the Quota which the members pay now, forms a complete fund to answer against future losses—which may insure them for many years to come, perhaps for ever. As the insurance is increasing the funds will be so strong, that great losses indeed must happen before another Quota be necessary—the interest will be so considerable, that if in a few years no great losses happen, it will augment the funds rapidly, independent of the new insurances which no doubt will be made. The society has been extraordinary unfortunate; if all the houses in the state had been affected in the same ratio, it would be at the rate of upwards of 6,000 houses per annum in this state. Now as it is well known, that on an average throughout the state, hardly more than fifty buildings per annum burn—this shews that this society has in the most extraordinary manner been afflicted; therefore it is reasonable to hope, that in future the losses will not be so great as they have been, but that they will be much less. As the system is now, and will be better understood, the insurance no doubt will keep increasing. It is devoutly to be wished that the people would rise en masse and insure all (which in time they will); there being upwards of four hundred thousand buildings in this state, the contribution would then be a mere trifle, perhaps not more than ten or fifteen cents for each house per annum. On an average of years hardly more than one out of every ten thousand houses is yearly, in this state destroyed by fire—then so as the insurance increases, the funds augment as one to thirty three, and the risk increases only as one to ten thousand. Some complain of paying a Quota, but they ought to consider that we cannot always prevent fires, and that their own houses might have been included. Notwithstanding the enormous and extraordinary losses, I cannot see the great hardship complained of—when a man who owns a brick house in the country, worth one thousand dollars, who entered in the beginning of the institution, paid on entering nine shillings per hundred dollars, then he has been insured going on nine years, of course at the rate of one shilling per 100 dollars a year; for the Quota he paid, is or will only be absorbed by the fire which happened last February; when abroad it would have cost him upwards of fifty four shillings during that period. Then taking even the premium and Quota together makes it only three per cent, when abroad he would have paid 9 per centum; and how much more pleasing is it that we keep the money here, and succour our unfortunate fellow citizens. Considering the dreadful calamity which raged at Norfolk, where the tender heart who would not cheerfully contribute to aid those unfortunate people, and the more so when by that contribution they do a charitable act, and secure at the same time their own property. W. F. AST.
Richmond, April 24, 1804. The Printers in this state will no doubt insert the above in their papers for the information of the public at large and the members of the society in particular. Taken up by Elisha Betts, Living in Prince Edward county, at Moore's old ordinary, a SORREL HORSE, seven years old last spring, all four feet white, with a blaze face, banging mane and switch tail, about four feet nine or ten inches high, no brand perceivable. Appraised to seventy dollars by SAMUEL WOOTTON. NATL. JACKSON. Before me, Wm. WOOTTON. A copy, Teste, Benjamin Watkins, D. C. January 25, 1804.
NOTICE. THE subscriber having removed from Petersburg, and taken the house lately occupied by Dr. JAMES HENDERSON, offers his services as Physician, &c. to the inhabitants of Amelia and the adjacent counties, and assures them that he will at all times be pointed in his attendance. FNO. R. ARCHER. Amelia, 23d April, 1804.
Strayed from the subscriber on Saturday last, A Likely Sorrel Mare, About five feet and an inch high, five years old, has a white spot in her forehead and her ears and fetlocks trimmed. Whoever will return her to me, in Manchester, or give me any information respecting her, shall be well compensated for their trouble. DAVID LARRANCE. Manchester, 25th April 1804. (3t)
At a court of directors of the hospital for the maintenance and cure of persons of unacut minds, held at the said hospital in Williamsburg, the 22d day of April, 1804. Ordered, That it be notified in the Virginia Argus, that at present the cells in the lunatic hospital in the city of Williamsburg are appropriated for male patients are all occupied, and consequently no more males will be received until further notice. WILL. RUSSELL, C. C. D.
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 GARDNER will hear of an advantageous situation on application as above. None of opposite character need apply. April 23, 1804.

The Virginia Argus.
RICHMOND:
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1804.
MEMBERS chosen to serve in the next General Assembly of this Commonwealth. Norfolk borough, Littleton Waller Tazewell.
Hanover, John Bove, Bathurst Jones. Charles City, George W. Miage, James Walker.
Cumberland, John Hatcher, Jerman Baker. Botetourt, Beale, Martin M'Ferran.
Pittsylvania, Thomas H. Wooding, Daniel Coleman.
Richard Brooke, Senator for the district of King William.
FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
No. 1.
The sons of riot flow Down the loose stream of false enchanted joy To swift destruction. On the rankest soil The gaming fury falls: and in one gulf Of total ruin, honor, virtue, peace, Friends, family, and fortune headlong sink.
Nothing could be more surprising to a man divested of local prepossessions, and ignorant of the manners of polite society, than the prevalence of gambling in the enlightened state of Virginia.
Whence does it originate, would he hastily exclaim? Upon first observation he would necessarily conclude the Virginians were not sufficiently enlightened to perceive the pernicious tendency of gambling; or perceiving it, they did not possess that energy of mind which is essential to our acting in conformity to the deductions of our understandings.
Did not the evidence of his senses contradict the suggestions of reason, it would have been impossible to convince him we had not acquired information sufficient to afford inexhaustible topics of instructive and rational conversation. From this view of the state of our society I am disposed to believe our citizens do not distinctly foresee the consequences of this deplorable vice. Man may be considered in a double point of view; first as an individual pursuing his own interest as distinct from that of society; secondly, as a member of society, the condition of which, his actions prompted by benevolent motives tend to ameliorate. Consequently there are two principles operating upon the mind of man which regulate his actions. Prove to individuals their conduct is incompatible with their own interest, although conducive to the happiness of society, you immediately reverse the actions of a considerable number of men. Prove to individuals their conduct is incompatible with the public good, although conducive to their own interest, you immediately enlist under the banners of the public the disinterested and patriotic minority.
The object of the present essay, therefore, will be to shew that the practice of gaming diminishes the quantum of national and individual happiness. That men may be seduced from their distant and important interest by the allurements of a temporary and frivolous advantage, is too obvious for illustration. This, however, can only pappen where they are too ignorant to know their true interest.
When an individual seats himself at a gaming table for the purpose of improving his circumstances, he may calculate with the highest degree of probability, that ruin eventually will arrest him in his career, and grim poverty hideously stare him in the face!
Is there a man so presumptuous as to suppose himself the most skilful at any particular game? Is it not probable he will be entangled by some more wary gamester? Does any one entertain so presumptuous an expectation as that fortune, blind Goddess, will select him as her favorite? If there are such men, permit me to ask if the winning a few dollars is an adequate compensation for an irreparable impairment of constitution? A total extinction of sensibility? And the deplorable perversion of corporeal and intellectual energy?
To give a faint idea of the horror with which I view this detestable vice, I shall attempt to describe the situation I once found a particular friend of mine, whose soul long since, "has passed that bourne from which no traveller returns." The scene is still fresh in my memory; every circumstance still present to my imagination.
Three long years had elapsed since I beheld the healthy and ruddy countenance of the companion of my youthful studies and the participator of my innocent sports. A few months after my departure from the residence of my relations, a letter informed me of the marriage of my friend. Just heavens! what sensations of delight thrilled through the sinuosities of my soul, when I anticipated the pleasure I should enjoy in the social intercourse of this amiable pair. Judge of my sensations, when on my return, I was informed by his wife, then the mother of two fine boys, that he was initiated in the horrid arts of a gamester, and had been absent for three weeks. Without waiting for further enquiries, I immediately went in search of him. In the evening of the following day I arrived at an old tavern, whither I had been directed. There was something about the appearance of this antiquated mansion, that savoured of melancholy. Chill forebodings damp my spirits! Having enquired for Mr. ****, and being told he was within, I alighted, clambered up a filthy staircase, entered a room, in which the first object that struck my eyes, was the emaciated sha-
dow of a once vigorous and robust youth. With difficulty I recognized the altered features of my friend. His wan cheek was supported by his left hand, while his right grasped the dishevelled hair that shaded his high and ample forehead. Agitated and motionless. I stood rooted to the floor. The hollow eyes of my friend remained rivetted to one spot until I placed my hand gently on his shoulder; at which he started and vehemently exclaimed, "take all I have—Do with me as you will—I am worth nothing." He then fell full length on the floor. No pen can describe, no imagination can figure to itself, the tremendous agonies which then rent my soul. I saw the vacant and distracted eye of once the most amiable man, refuse to recognise his friend, and mistake me for a venal, merciless and brutal gamester. In the agony of distraction I seized his hand, rivetted my eyes upon his countenance, and called aloud upon him to know me. My well known voice, and recollected features, awakened his senses. Feeble, languid and insensible to external objects, he was conveyed home, and in a few weeks death afforded his agitated mind a peaceful assylum. Alas! the distress and subsequent calamities of his unfortunate family, I forbear to describe!!!
For the future, when any man thinks of gaming, let him only ask himself, "have I an innocent wife, or any little babes at home, that deserve my care?"
ATTICUS.
A CARD.
On Monday evening last the ladies and gentlemen of this city were highly gratified at the Theatre, by the exhibition of a play, performed by a company of young gentlemen, for the benefit of the free school: the play was the Point of Honor. The after piece Love al-a Mode. It would be doing great injustice to the merits of the young gentlemen concerned, not to take public notice of the characters. The part of Colonel St. Franc was supported by a gentleman of the name of Buers, who performed it in a style equal to any thing that we ever witnessed. The Durimel of Mr. Murray was chaste, elegant and pathetic. The Valcour of Mr. Chilton was lively and interesting. Steinburgh by Mr. Woodson was performed in a very masterly manner. These were the principal characters—we must not, however, omit doing justice to the gentlemen who performed the parts of Mrs. Melfort and Bertha, the former, Mr. Scaton, exhibited that maternal anxiety for the future happiness of her daughter, that mothers in general ought to feel; whilst the latter (Mr. Glynn) feeling the sensibility of the character, seemed to breathe the pure spirit of disinterested love; in short, Bertha was the most interesting male figure we have ever seen in petticoats. The after piece was well received and well supported. The gentleman, (Mr. Lord), who performed the part of Sir A. M'Sarcasm, seemed quite at home in the Scotch dialect. Beau Mordecai was decent. Squire Groom seemed not to be up to the New-Market Lingo. Sir Calaghan O'Bralaghan (Mr. Le Moyne) was admirable, he spoke the brogue in as pretty a style as if he had been a son of St. Patrick. The part of Charlotte by Mr. Briers (the gentleman who performed St. Franc in the play) was still a greater proof of his talents. In short, the whole of the performance exceeded any attempt of the kind we have ever known, and we sincerely wish the same company may, at a future period perform for some such laudable purpose; when we prophecy a crowded and brilliant audience will attend, to promote their patriotic intentions.
Richmond, 27th April, 1804. NEW-HAMPSHIRE ELECTION. The republican prints declare Mr. Langdon to be elected governor; while, the federal prints declare Mr. Gilman elected. The official declaration of the votes will be made in June. (National Intelligencer.)
VERY LATE!
NEW-YORK, April 21. The ship Fanny, captain Taylor, (a regular trader and fast sailing vessel) arrived at this port last evening in 32 days from Greenock. She left there on the 19th March, and brings London news to the 15th, four days later than any previous European advices. We owe it to the politeness of captain Taylor, who obligingly favored us with his latest papers, that we are enabled to lay before the readers of the Mercantile Advertiser this morning the following brief abstract:
LONDON, March 14. The Bulletin of to day is as follows: "Queen's House, March 14. His Majesty recovers daily." [Signed as usual.] This morning we received a series of the Moniteurs to the 7th instant.
The accounts which we yesterday inserted relative to the apprehension of General Pichegru, is genuine. We find it given verbatim in the official journal of the 29th ult. There is not the slightest notice taken of General Moreau's arrest, nor have any measures been adopted that tend to shew the line of conduct which the First Consul intends to pursue with respect to this illustrious victim of his jealousy and despotism. The grand object of the French government is to implicate, by every possible means, this country in the conspiracy imputed to Pichegru, and we already discover the activity of its re-
searches in looking for proofs from a re-collection of rumors, reports, conjectures and surmises, in various parts of the world. Letters and extracts of letters to this effect are given in the Moniteurs, for the purpose of shewing that the assassination of Bonaparte had been long determined.
A Gottenburg Mail arrived yesterday, letters by which bring accounts from Holland, by way of Hamburg, of the 26th Feb. stating that artillery, provisions and every requisite for 150,000 men, are in complete readiness; that the whole force may be put in motion within forty eight hours; and that it is fully expected that the expedition will sail in the middle of March.
The embargo lately laid on all vessels bound for the Baltic, Sweden and Denmark, we understand, has been ordered to be removed.
Fine flour, 43 to 45s. Price of Stocks this day, at one o'clock, Consols 56 1-2 57—Omnium 1 1-2. PRICE OF AMERICAN STOCKS AT LONDON, March 13.
3 per cents. 56—8 per cents. 108 109. Old 6 per cents. 89 90—New 6 per cents. 89 90—5 1-2 per cents. 91, 91 1/2, with Div. from Jan. 1—Bank Stock. £129 £130 per share, with Div. from Jan. 1.
DOVER, March 13.
Since my last very heavy firing has been heard in the direction of Boulogne; but it being very thick weather, nothing could be seen from our hills, and no news has been heard from our blockading squadron; but last night three of the enemy's gun boats were seen standing in for the Downs with English colors above the French. The firing has been very heavy again to day; and it being quite calm and thick, we have heard no news of the result; it is supposed that the enemy have made a movement to come out in the Roads.
A Paris paper of late date mentions, that Mr. Thuro is appointed minister plenipotentiary to the United States, and that Mr. Petrie (supposed to be the gentleman formerly consul in the state of South-Carolina) is to attend him as secretary of legation.
IT has lately been asserted in the anti-republican papers in New York, which are without a single exception devoted to the interest of Mr. Burr; and it will undoubtedly be reiterated for purposes the most mischievous, "That the President has declared that the fate of the New-York election was perfectly indifferent to him, and that he had equal confidence in both parties."
We are enabled to give to this bold and audacious falsehood, the most unequivocal denial. OLIVER PHELPS, whose intrigues and artifices are well known to us, did obtain an interview with the President on the 16th of March last; and after asserting various falsehoods, in relation to the probability of Mr. Burr's success, desired to be informed by the President, "in what light the adherents of Mr. Burr, would be regarded by the present national administration, whether as friends or enemies?" To this very honorable, and very consistent gentleman, the President gave the following reply:—"That with the divisions of REAL REPUBLICANS, the national administration could have nothing to do, but that they could not consider the little band as making any part of the real republican interest; it was impossible that any portion of that interest could have patronized such a paper as the MORNING CHRONICLE, or such a book as ARISTIDES."
We hold in our possession proof of the above conversation, derived from a source the most pure and unquestionable. To any REAL REPUBLICAN we will shew our evidence; and we cannot but trust, that among all those who have been in the habit of reading our columns, however they may differ from us in our incubations, there are none who will discredit or disbelieve our most solemn declaration to the verity of this relation as derived from a document thus in our possession and ready to be shewn.
Well may we then ask of our republican friends, who have magnanimously aided in effecting the late happy changes in our national and state administrations, to pause, seriously to pause, before it be too late, in bestowing their suffrages on the head of that LITTLE BAND, on the patronizer of the MORNING CHRONICLE and the infamous ARISTIDES; all of whom are considered by our illustrious JEFFERSON, as forming no part of the REAL REPUBLICAN INTEREST. Have you, republicans, labored to erect republican administrations, for the mere purpose of demolishing them?—Forbid it honor, forbid it virtue, forbid it patriotism. (Albany Register.)
SCOTTVILLE RACES.
19th April, 1804. First day, three mile heats, in 6 m. 11 s. Wade Mosby's mare, Amanda, 1 1 Col. Hoomes' horse, Schedoni, 2 2 Wm. Randolph's horse Chevalier, 3 4 Col. Holcomb's horse, Leopard, 4 dist. Wm. Ball's horse, Vidil, 5 dr. Second day, two mile heats, in 4 m. 6 sec. Wade Mosby's horse, Sertorius, 1 1 Col. Hoomes' horse, Young Cortorant, 2 3 Wm. Ball's, B. F. Juno, 3 dist. Col. Holcomb's horse, Dragon, 4 2 (11)
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
Domestic Encyclopedia, Are requested to call or send for their copies, which are now complete, and ready for delivery at S. Pleasants' Book Store.
Academical Exhibition.
THIS evening, at four o'clock in the afternoon, the junior classes in J. Ogilvie's school will undergo an examination in the Capitol, in some of the elementary parts of literature: specimens of elocution in prose and verse will also be exhibited. The parents of the young persons, whom J. Ogilvie has the happiness to instruct, and the citizens of Richmond generally, are respectfully invited to attend. April 28, 1804
The sale of six Negroes, advertised in the first page of this day's extra Argus, to take place at New-Castle on Saturday the 5th of May, is postponed to Monday the 7th of May. THE COMMISSIONERS.
Notice is hereby given to such as it may concern, that from the scarcity of pro-ender and other causes, the price of his Oak Wood will be advanced 25 cents in the load after the first day of May. Wm. MAYO. April 25, 1804.
A few Pamphlets
Concerning the LAWS against GAMING and GAMESTERS, are for sale at the Book-stores of S. Pleasants, jr and W. Pritchard.
PROPOSALS
For carrying the Mails of the United States, on the following Post Roads, will be received at the General Post-Office, in Washington, until the 15th day of June next, inclusive. IN VIRGINIA.
44. From Clarkburg by Buchanan Settlement to Randolph c. h. once in two weeks. Leave Clarkburg every other Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Randolph c. h. by 6 p. m. Leave Randolph c. h. every other Tuesday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Clarkburg by 6 p. m. 45. From Kenhawa c. h. by Point Pleasant, Gallipolis and the Salt Springs to Chillicothe once in two weeks. Leave Kenhawa c. h. every other Friday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Chillicothe on Monday by 10 a. m. Leave Chillicothe every other Monday by 2 p. m. and arrive at Kenhawa c. h. on Thursday by 6 p. m. 46. From Marietta, Ohio, to Wood c. h. once a week. Leave Marietta every Tuesday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Wood c. h. by 6 p. m. Leave Wood c. h. every Wednesday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Marietta by 6 p. m. 47. From Lancaster c. h. to Kilmarnock once a week. Leave Lancaster c. h. every Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Kilmarnock by 11 a. m. Leave Kilmarnock every Monday at 1 p. m. and arrive at Lancaster c. h. by 6 p. m. 48. From Prince Edward c. h. by Lester's Store, Wheeler's Springs and Campbell c. h. to New-London once in two weeks. Leave Prince Edward c. h. every other Saturday at 6 a. m. and arrive at New-London on Sunday by 6 p. m. Leave New-London every other Monday at 8 a. m. and arrive at Prince Edward on Tuesday by 6 p. m.
IN NORTH-CAROLINA.
49. From Danville, Va. to Lenox-Castle, North-Carolina, once a week. Leave Danville every Monday at 6 a. m. and arrive at Lenox-Castle by 6 p. m. Leave Lenox-Castle on Tuesday by 6 a. m. and arrive at Danville by 6 p. m.
The contracts for the routes numbered from 27 to 43 inclusive and from 55 to 69 inclusive, are to be in operation on the 1st day of October next, and continue in force for one year. The contracts for the routes numbered from 44 to 54 inclusive, are to be in operation on the 1st day of October next, and continue in force until the 31st day of March, 1805.
NOTES.
1. The Post-master General may expedite the mails and alter the times of arrival and departure at any time during the continuance of the contracts, he stipulating an adequate compensation for any extra expense that may be occasioned thereby. 2. Fifteen minutes shall be allowed for opening and closing the mails at all offices where no particular time is specified. 3. For every thirty minutes delay (unavoidable accidents excepted) in arriving after the time prescribed in any contract, the contractor shall forfeit one dollar; and if the delay continues until the departure of any depending mail, whereby the mails defined for such depending mail lose a trip, an additional forfeiture of five dollars shall be incurred. 4. Newspapers as well as letters are to be sent in the mail; and if any person making proposals, desires to carry newspapers, other than those conveyed in the mail, for his own emolument, he must state in his proposals for what sum he will carry with the emolument, and for what sum without that emolument. 5. Should any person making proposals desire an alteration of the times of arrival and departure above specified, he must state in his proposals the alteration desired, and the difference they will make in the terms of the contract. 6. Persons making proposals are desired to state their prices by the year. Those who contract will receive their pay quarterly, in the months of August, November, February and May, in one month after the expiration of each quarter. 7. No other than a free white person shall be employed to convey the mail. 8. Where the proposer intends to convey the mail in the body of a stage carriage, he is desired to state it in his proposals. 9. The Post-master General reserves to himself the right of declaring any contract at an end whenever three failures happen which amount to the loss of a trip each. 10. The contracts for the above routes are to be in operation on the first day of October next, and are to continue in force for two years. GIBSON GRANGER, POST-MASTER GENERAL. General Post-Office, Washington City, February 23, 1804. one sixt
VIRGINIA:
At a Superior Court of Chancery, held in Richmond, March the 13th, 1804. Between William Harvey, plaintiff, And William Johns and Henry Clayton, defendants.
The defendant William Johns 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 do appear here on the first day of the next September term and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forth with inserted in some newspaper in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the Capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c.
RICHMOND James River Company.
AT a meeting of the President and Directors of the Richmond James River Company, on the 24th day of March, 1804. Resolved, That the Share Holders pay to Robert Pollard, Treasurer, the sum of Five Dollars on each share on or before the first day of May next. Extract from the minutes. ROBERT POLLARD, CLK. March 26, 1804.
At a Court continued and held for Middlesex county, at the courthouse in Urbanna, on Tuesday the 27th day of March, 1804.
James Campbell, complainant. Against Charles Collier, John Quarles ex'r of John George, dec. and Benj. Faulkner adm'r. debonum of Wm. Didlake, dec. defendants.
The defendant Charles Collier 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 commonwealth: On the motion of the complainant by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the fourth Monday in August next and answer the bill of the complainant, that a copy of this order be forth with inserted in some public newspaper published in the state for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county: And it is further ordered, that the other defendants, Quarles ex'r &c. and Faulkner, adm'r. &c. do not pay away any money or effects in their hands, owing or belonging to said defendant Collier, until the further order of this court. Copy—Teste, JOHN CHEW, Junior, D. C. M. C.
At a Court continued and held for Albemarle county, the seventh day of February, 1804. Charles L. Lewis, plaintiff. In Elizabeth Henderson and Charles Henderson, def's. Chancery.
On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is ordered, by the court, that the slaves of Elizabeth Henderson be attached, and the said slaves are to be kept by the sheriff until the defendant or his agent give bond and security in the penalty of two thousand dollars to be approved of by the sheriff with condition that the defendant Elizabeth Henderson perform and abide by the decree of this court, to be hereafter pronounced in this cause, and if the defendant or her agent fail to give such security, that the sheriff still detain said slaves, and make report to the next court in order for a further decree. A copy—Teste, JOHN NICHOLAS, CLK.
Pinkerton's Geography.
THE Subscribers to the revised edition of Pinkerton's Modern Geography are informed that the first volume is just published by JOHN CONRAD & Co. No. 30, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. The publishers have used their best endeavors to make the work deserving of the very liberal encouragement afforded to it by the public, and equal in all respects to the English quarto edition which sells for nearly three times the price. The geography of this country is revised and considerably augmented by Dr. Benjamin Smith Barton, the American maps are drafted by Mr. Samuel Lewis, principally from actual surveys, and engraved by Harrison, Lawton, and Tanner; a careful attention has been paid to correcting the press, to binding and to every thing that would induce to the publishers the approbations of their subscribers. Subscriptions will be received by S. Pleasants, jr. at twelve dollars per copy until the work is completed, when it will be raised to fifteen dollars.
Character of Pinkerton's Geography from the New Annual Register, for 1802. "Mr. Pinkerton may well say that this Geography is digested on a new plan. It forms its real y. an a. a, in the science, or rather, for the first time scientifically arranges that which till now was pulled off no scientific caterea whatever. Mr. Pinkerton is a most attentive investigator; he is not satisfied with blindly copying from his predecessors; he has examined for himself, his authorities moreover so far as we have been able to trace them are of the highest repute; and that he has examined for himself, he sufficiently proves by offering for the first time his references to the eye of the reader."
"Curtailing the usual introductory routine of the planetary system, its laws, phrases and terrestrial influence, and the political history of the various countries he describes, he has properly supplied their exuberance with that which is an integral and essential part of Geography, although hitherto never admitted into publications upon this subject, the history or progressive political changes of the States that pass in order before him, accounting for the rise and variation in the names of their different districts—their appropriate meteorology, soil, agriculture, botany and zoology. The maps and charts are delineated with peculiar precision; they are the joint production of Messrs. Arrow-smith and Lowry, and to these the author principally refers in all his verbal descriptions, as with strict justice he may, for a more clear and definite comprehension of the large rivers and mountains that occur to him in his progress."
LOST.
On Tuesday evening the 11th inst. was lost from the subscriber's horse a VALLEE, in which were contained several articles of clothing and declarations to the amount of thirty dollars, and several other papers, which can be of no use to any person except the owner. Whoever has found the said vallee, with its contents, shall be handsomely rewarded. At all events, the person who has found it, will please to send the papers for insurance to the post-office in the city of Richmond, directed to Mr. Wm F. A. principal agent to the mutual insurance company of Virginia; which no doubt will be done, as the declarations for insurance can be of no use to any person except the gentlemen who have declared for the same, and as the consequence may be serious, I hope the papers for insurance will be returned, at all events. PHILIP P. JONES. Richmond, April 17, 1804. (3w)

Robert Gamble & Son, Are receiving by the ship FAME and other arrivals from Europe, a general assortment of MERCHANDIZE, Suitable to the season—which they are disposed to sell on moderate terms for cash, country produce, or to punctilious customers, on the usual credit. Having a large and convenient WAREHOUSE, calculated to store flour, &c. those who may confide country produce to their care, are assured, that their endeavors will be used to give general satisfaction, and their charge for storage, &c. will be reasonable.
Richmond, 17th Oct. 1803
The Broad Rock Jockey
Club Races will commence on Tuesday the 8th day of May next, and will continue for 4 days—the 1st day the Jockey Club purse of dollars 400, four mile heats—2d day the Proprietor of the Field's purse of dollars, 200, three mile heats—3d day the Jockey Club Cup of dollars 100 value, two mile heats, free for all ages, no person permitted to start for the cup but members of the club, and for their only benefit—4th day a Sweepstakes for 4 years old colts and fillies, two mile heats, entrance dollars 100, half forfeit; subscription to close on the 15th day of April; 4 subscribers or no race; the weights and rules for those races are agreeable to the Richmond Jockey Club rules—weights as follows: aged horses 133 lbs; 6 years old 128 lbs; 5 years old 118 lbs; 4 years old 106 lbs; 3 years old 90 lbs. Mares and Geldings allowed 5 lbs.
The Treasurer for the club requests the members to be pointed in paying up their subscription on or before the day of running.
THOMAS CHEATHAM, Tr.
March 29, 1804.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB are requested to meet at the Broad Rock course, the day preceding the Jockey Club Purse, at 4 o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of making some regulations for the different days running.
The subscriber will receive
until the 14th day of next month, at the public manufactory of arms, PROPOSALS, for furnishing the commonwealth of Virginia, for the Cavalry there, six hundred pair of HOLSTERS, and six hundred SWORD BELTS.
He will also receive, until the above date, proposals for erecting a HOUSE in the city of Richmond, for the preservation of public Ordnance.
March 20th, 1804. JOHN CLARKE.
All persons indebted to
the estate of Edmund Potter, dec. late of this city, are requested to pay their respective accounts to the subscriber immediately. And those having demands against the said estate, are desired to bring in their accounts properly authenticated for settlement, to
SARAH POTTER, Ex'x.
Richmond, April 12, 1804.
TO BE SOLD,
For ready money, in pursuance of a deed of trust, from David Ross Esq in order to raise the sum of 5,974 dollars 59 cents, with interest at 5 per cent from the 12th September, 1803, till payment, it being the balance due on the three first installments, of a debt due from the said David Ross, to the trustees of James Dunlop, dec. under a decree of the High Court of Chancery and secured by deed of trust, the following
Lands, Lots and Tenements,
Or such part of them as may be necessary to the sum aforesaid, with the charges and expenses of sale—an Estate or Plantation in Goochland, called Coles, containing by estimation, fifteen hundred acres, the same more or less, lying on the waters of Byrd creek, and purchased by the said Ross, of the representatives of William Cole and of John Hughes, and adjoining the lands of Richard Adams and S. Richardson, according to its known boundaries as held by the said Ross; also, an Estate or Plantation, or any greater part of which is in the county of Fluvanna, known by the name of Mount Prospect, containing by estimation twelve hundred acres, more or less, adjoining the lands of James Charles and Joseph Hayden; also the following Lots in the town of Columbia and county of Fluvanna, to wit: Lot No. 63, on which the Warehouse is built, and Lot No. 75, on which is a store, now or late in the occupation of J. Forbes, and Lot No. 74, now or late in the occupation of J. Strother.
The sale will take place at John Napier's tavern, in the town of Columbia, on Saturday the 19th day of May next, and the lands and tenements aforesaid, will be set up in that order which shall appear best to suit the purchasers, and most beneficial to the parties in interest.
JOHN WICKHAM, } Trustees.
BEN. MOSBY, } GEO. GREENHOW, }
Richmond, April 17, 1804.
The Subscribers having
mutually agreed to separate and forever remain apart as man and wife, the public are thus requested to take notice that the undersigned Robert Campbell is not to be liable, or in any manner responsible for any debt hereafter to be contracted by the undersigned Ann Campbell, or otherwise accountable for her conduct—it having been mutually agreed by articles of separation that each of us shall in future be and remain absolved from all the ties of matrimony as fully, completely and effectually, as though they never had been solemnised, as far as the laws, usages and customs of the commonwealth will admit of.
RO: CAMPBELL.
ANN CAMPBELL.
Teste, JNO. WALKER.
Richmond, April 10, 1804.
Richmond & Columbia Turnpike Road.
The books for receiving subscriptions to carry into effect the above laudable and useful institution, will remain open in the counting-room of Robert Gamble & Son, conformably to the act of assembly, till the first day of May next.
Subscriptions to the Staunton Turnpike Road will also continue to be received at the same place, until the time before mentioned.
Richmond, 18th April, 1804.
NOW IN THE PRESS
And will be published the first of May, a New Work, entitled
MEMOIRS
OF THE LIFE OF DOCTOR J. ARVIN,
With Anecdotes of his Friends, and Criticisms on his Writings—By ANNA SEWARD.
This work was published on the 7th of February last, in London, and is now reprinting at the Classic Press, Philadelphia. It will be comprised in one octavo volume of about 400 pages, on a super fine paper—Price in boards, one dollar eighty-seven and an half cents.
Subscription received by S. Pleasants, Jr.
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The VIRGINIA ARGUS Extra.
[Vol. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1147]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM—PAID IN ADVANCE.]
SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1804.
[12 1-2 CENTS SINGLE]
HARTFORD, (Connecticut,) April 12.
REPUBLICAN FESTIVAL.
At a numerous and respectable meeting of republicans of the town of Hartford, held at Mr. JOSEPH PRATT'S, April 5, 1804—it having been agreed at a previous meeting to celebrate the important acquisition of Louisiana, in this city on Friday the 11th of May next—And the following Address to our republican friends in this state being read and unanimously approved, the clerk of the meeting was requested to sign the same, and cause it to be published in the American Mercury.
To the REPUBLICANS OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
It is the duty of men to rejoice and to be glad, when providence is blessing them with distinguished testimonies of his goodness. Every year is yielding new proofs of the wisdom, which placed Mr. Jefferson in his high office: his peaceful ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA stands at the head of these proofs. Wishing to harmonize with our republican brethren throughout the continent, we have united our annual Festival in honor of the election and administration of our President, with the National Festival in honor of that event—to be celebrated in the city of Hartford, on FRIDAY, the 11th of May next, being the day succeeding the general election.
On that day we will Rejoice.
That while other nations are involved in the horrors of war, and while the slaves of kings and tyrants are shedding each other's blood in the idle cause of energetic government, we are at peace, enjoying the fruits of our labor—increasing our means of prosperity—extending our territory—respecting our own suffrages and laws, and exercising the highest portion of popular sovereignty. All the principles of our revolution are now fully recognized, the will of the people is the supreme law of the land, and the number of those, who have mourned over these things, while we have rejoiced, is constantly diminishing.
We will Rejoice,
That from the western borders of this state to the setting sun, our cause has gloriously triumphed, except in the small state of Delaware, where an equal representation prevents an expression of the public will—that two states in New England are highly republican—that New Hampshire is on the eve of restoration—that republican light progresses in Massachusetts, and that Connecticut will not remain much longer a monument of the error of opinion. Our numbers in this state are more than equal to our opponents: the terrors, which prevent a demonstration of this fact, are abating.
We will Rejoice,
That the federalism of this state has never sought to conquer us by kindness, or to soothe us with promises—that it has in no instance respected the voice of the majority of our country or the character of the President—that it has vilified the name and the advocates of democracy, and has yielded an inexorable opposition to the general government, till the people have been convinced that federalism is not a congregation of sound principles, operating uniformity for the good of society, but an association of men for their own personal aggrandizement.
We will Rejoice,
That alarms about religion were continued to be sounded, till the best friends of religion discovered and abhorred the impiety of using it as a political engine—and that no real christian now suffers apprehension that we seek its injury, or that it can be weakened by any human power. We rejoice that the clergy continued to attend proxies and to interest themselves publicly against a part of the people, who supported them, till the tolerance of those people was made manifest, and till the clergy discovered that their adherence to political parties would ruin their professional influence. Few of that profession remain, who will require any longer to be disposing of their religious influence for the benefit of any set of candidates.
We will Rejoice,
In the real strength of our cause, which has been advancing us, without any artificial aids against all opposition.
We venerate, as sincerely as the federalists, the character of President Washington, but we ask nothing in his name, nor do we invoke his ashes. We respect, as much as the federalists do, religion, steady habits and good government, but we ask nothing for our professions. Our ancestors were as pious and venerable as those of the federalists, but we claim nothing on their account.
We have not in our management the whole power of the state government without any constitutional check.
We have no systematic alliances with the families of clergymen and magistrates.
We have no offices in our gift.
Our lawyers cannot appoint all the judges and justices, before whom they appear as advocates, nor can they be judges in the Supreme Court of errors, nor can they plead before the courts, of which they are judges.
None of the military offices are at our disposal.
We can neither make new election laws, nor can we break up the steady habits of an old election law, in order to intimidate the weak and to place our creatures in the chair to preside and to count votes given for and against themselves as candidates.
We have no Senators and Members of Congress, dependent for their places on the management of a few of us, and bound to obey us or to lose their seats.
We have no aid from the thousands of our brethren of full age and capacity, who pay taxes, do military duty, and labor on highways, but who are deficient of that portion of property, which in this state distinguishes a freeman from a slave.
We have no cities, which we have incorporated with a host of officers at our command—we have no privileged banks or turnpike companies, or other monied institutions under our control—we have no colleges nor academies reared and fostered by us from the monies of the State.
We have no missionary society, nor associations, nor public dinners at our command—no titles of excellency or honor annexed to our candidates. We have not 12 Newspapers under our control. We cannot appoint Fasts and Thanksgivings just previous to proxies. We have not the treasury of the State at our disposal, nor have we any privileged orders or aristocracies to contend for us.
Whatever of wealth, of patronage and power can be combined against us has been opposed to us. Supported alone by the strength of our cause, exhibited in the wise measures of Mr. Jefferson's administration, we have increased, we have advanced, and WE SHALL PREVAIL—therefore will we rejoice.
We will Rejoice,
In the unity of sentiment and action, with which the republicans of this State have advanced with their principles. In our addresses to the people we have not vaunted of faith or infidelity. We are like the federalists, made up of different materials, but we unite on the subject of government in a firm, systematic, and intelligible opposition to the politics of this State, as they respect the general government and our interior concerns. Under the last administration we exposed fairly that train of measures, which, protected by a sedition act and a standing army, and sustained by enormous expenses and accumulating taxes, hazarded all the blessings of our revolution. We expressed freely our abhorrence of that political system, which professing to be republican, was highly aristocratic, and was daily tending to that favorite point of federal perfection, A PRESIDENT AND SENATE FOR LIFE.
The voice of our country has declared that we told you the truth. The people of our country have no attachment to the mighty plans of political enthusiasts: they prefer the blessings of their own firesides and the fruit of their own vines, to the idle pageantry of national glory and of balanced energetic governments. When Mr. Jefferson was advancing to the government of the union, we expressed plainly his pretensions and the salutary consequences of his being elected. The federalists denounced him and his political system, and alarmed the people with a prospect of demolished churches, of entangling alliances, of wild uproar and anarchy. Not one of their predictions has been verified, his measures and the voice of our country have pronounced that we declared the truth. In our opposition to the government of this state we have not been actuated by improper zeal for the places held by federalists. We have no want of respect for the private characters of those federal men in office, who are generally esteemed good men. We wish to replace many of the valuable steady habits, which have been dismissed by men in place.
We would have the old election law, as it formerly was. WE WOULD HAVE THE CLERGY DEVOTED SOLELY TO THE WORK OF THEIR LORD & MASTER—We would have the Lawyers confined to their profession, except when the public voice shall call them to a seat on the bench of our Courts, or to a seat in Congress: We cannot admit the propriety of their being legislators, especially in the Council, where the power is confined to a few.
We rejoice that our object is becoming daily better understood, and that the people can be no longer persuaded that we wish to introduce anarchy or atheism. We have no interests distinct from those of the body of the people. We wish our rights and property to be protected by good laws, and we have no interest in destroying those forms of faith and worship,
which have made men wiser and better. Our union on such rational principles is a source of Joy.
We will Rejoice
In the election of President Jefferson, and in the whole course of his administration, especially in that most distinguished act, which crowns all his other measures, the ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA, without waste of blood or the imposition of an additional tax—a measure, which, while it opens a new world to industry and enterprise, is giving occasion of festivity throughout the Continent.
We will Rejoice
In the unanimity with which a choice of Candidates has been made, for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the next four years, and in the sure and certain prospect that the nomination will meet a triumphant support.
We will Rejoice
That the day has arrived when " Republicanism means something ," and that republicans have only to know their own minds, in order to insure the success of all their measures, for the perpetuation of their principles, and the happiness of their posterity throughout many generations.
With such occasions of joy we can all unite on the day of our festival, in grateful acknowledgment, that God hath not dealt so bountifully with any other nation.
Per order of the meeting, HENRY SEYMOUR, Clk.
Extract of a law passed at Chillicothe, State of Ohio, February 18, 1804.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio, That all lands the property of individuals within this state, shall be chargeable for the state expenses to be levied and collected in such manner and proportion as herein after directed.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That land shall be rated and classed in the manner following, that is to say; first, second and third rates, and the rule to be observed in classing of land shall be as follows; when a greater part of a tract shall be superior in quality to second rate land it shall be denominated first, when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to first rate and superior to third rate it shall be denominated second rate, and when a greater part of a tract shall be inferior to second it shall be denominated third rate land, taking into view the situation and surface of the earth as well as the quality of the soil. First rate land shall be taxed at seventy cents, second rate at fifty cents and third rate at twenty six cents, and it is hereby made the duty of every resident proprietor owning land chargeable as aforesaid, on the fifteenth day of April annually, when thereto required by the clerks of the respective townships to be an accurate list of such land in which and such resident proprietor or proprietors shall list all and every tract of land he, she or they claim within this state, specifying the quality, quantity, range, township, section and county, if known and whether holden either by patent, deed, entry or other evidence of claim.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That all persons not residing within this state and holding lands within the same except lands lying between the Scioto and little Miami rivers called the Virginia military lands shall have the same entered for taxation either by themselves or their agents in the form aforesaid with the clerks of the court of common pleas in and for the county within which the same shall be situate, on or before the first Monday of June next, and it shall be the duty of each clerk of the court of common pleas to make out two alphabetical lists of all lands so entered with him, one whereof he shall retain in his own possession, together with the original entry, the other shall be by him delivered with a general alphabetical list of all returns to him made by the several township listers within the county to the commissioners of the county by the second Monday in June annually.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of each collector, by the third Tuesday of December annually, to pay into the treasury of this state the full amount of all taxes contained in his duplicate and not transmitted to the auditor in their schedules, of which payment or such part thereof as may be made the treasurer shall give his receipt, which receipt the collectors shall deliver to the auditor, upon the delivery whereof he shall give his receipt for the same to the collector and which shall be a voucher of the payment so made, and if any collector shall not have paid or shall have not delivered the treasurer's receipt as aforesaid, the auditor is hereby required within fifteen days to make out an account of the sum due from each delinquent collector and transmit said account to the clerk of the court of common pleas of the proper county, whose duty it shall be to issue a summons to the coroner, commanding him to notify the collector and
his securities to appear at the succeeding term of the court and shew cause, if any, why judgment should not be rendered against him at the suit of the auditor, and the court of common pleas are hereby required to enter judgment against such collector and his securities on the return of the said summons, the same having been served by leaving a copy thereof at the usual place of abode of such collector and his securities, for the amount of the account by the auditor transmitted and ten per centum damages on such sum unless such collector or his securities shall produce the auditor's receipt of the payment of the account aforesaid, then in such case the court shall dismiss the suit upon the collector or his securities paying reasonable costs, and in case judgment shall be rendered, the clerk shall issue execution thereon in due form of law, directed to the coroner returnable in thirty days, and the coroner when he shall have collected the amount of execution or such part thereof as may be, he shall within twenty days, pay the sum so collected, into the treasury of this state, of which payment the treasurer shall give his receipt, which receipt the coroner shall deliver to the auditor and take his receipt, and the payment so made shall be by the auditor carried to the credit of such delinquent collector, and the coroner shall be allowed lawful fees and twelve cents for each mile's travel to the treasury from the seat of justice in his county, to be levied and collected by him from such delinquent collector or his securities.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted , That the collector for the Virginia military district shall from and after the first Monday of August annually, collect and receive all taxes of non-residents charged with taxes upon his duplicate, and in case payment be not made by the first Monday of December, said collector shall charge all delinquents with a penalty of twenty five per cent. on the taxes of all delinquents, and it shall be his duty within ten days thereafter to make out and deliver to the auditor a schedule from his duplicate of all the taxes that shall not have been paid by the time aforesaid, and the auditor on receiving the schedule shall charge the collector with the said penalty on the amount of all the taxes contained in his schedule.
Sec. 29. And be it further enacted , That the collector of each county shall at least fifteen days before the first Monday in December yearly, keep open an office for the receiving of taxes at the seat of justice in the several counties either by himself or his deputy, who shall without fail attend each and every day from the hours of six in the morning until eight in the evening.
(3w.) THO: GIBSON, Auditor for the state of Ohio.
JAMES SEABROOK, MERCHANT TAILOR, HAS just arrived from Philadelphia, with an elegant and well chosen assortment of SPRING & FANCY GOODS,
Which he will open in a few days, at his shop, a few doors below the Market, and sell on moderate terms.—He purposes also, making gentlemen's clothes, in the neatest and most fashionable manner—and the greatest attention, and strict punctuality, shall be observed on his part, to give satisfaction to those gentlemen who shall favor him with their custom. A correspondent in Philadelphia, will furnish him with every change in the fashions.
April 21, 1804. tfe.
The subscriber begs leave
to return his grateful thanks to his friends and the public in general for their past favors, and takes the liberty of informing them, that he has lately removed from Meadville to Halifax court house, and has opened a house of entertainment where Capt. John Clay lately resided; which he intends keeping in such a manner as he presumes to hope will give general satisfaction to all those who may please to favor him with their custom. The pleasant situation of this place, the excellent cool water so very convenient and may always be had fresh, in a few moments—together with the new addition to the house which he has added, and is nearly completed, will he hopes render it an object to all those who wish to consult their own happiness.
He assures the public that he keeps excellent Wine, and an assortment of Ardent Spirits of good quality. He has very commodious Stables with plank floors, which he intends keeping well supplied with good forage and an attentive white hostler. These advantages, together with the particular attention which he means always to bestow, will, he flatters himself, ensure him that part of the public patronage which his exertions merit.
W. RAWLINS. Bell Tavern, Halifax court house, 7th April, 1804. (3w)
WILL BE SOLD,
To the highest bidder, on Saturday, the 5th of May, at New Castle, in Hanover county,
Six Likely Negroes,
The property of Nathaniel Cobb, dec. consisting of a Man, a Woman and four Children. They will be sold separately, on twelve months credit, the purchasers giving bonds with approved security, to carry interest from the day of sale, if not punctually paid.
By the COMMISSIONERS. Hanover, April 20th, 1804. 2c
THE SUBSCRIBER IS YET DESIROUS TO SELL HIS
Valuable Tract of Land,
Lying in the upper end of Powhatan county, on both sides of Deep creek, being 12 miles from Cartersville, 2 from Appomattox river, less than one from the great Buckingham road and 42 from Manchester.
The county is well regulated in its police and sociable in the manners of its inhabitants.
To these local advantages may be added that the soil is fertile and well adapted to the culture of Tobacco, Grain and Grass. The mansion place is healthy, with dwelling houses and other offices to accommodate a large family.
It is supposed to contain about 1500 acres, of which 300 are valuable low grounds, 100 reclaimed for cultivation and the rest under heavy timber.
Little more need be said to those inclined to possess a landed estate of easy access to Richmond and Petersburg by the Turnpike and Navigation.
This land will be laid off in 2 or 3 convenient lots, and offered to public sale at Powhatan May Court, being the 16th, at 12 o'clock; for 14th payable at Christmas next, when possession will be given, and the remainder in equal annual payments, to carry interest from the time of possession, with approved personal and real security.
The land and proposed allotments will be shewn by Mr. David Maxey on the premises.
WILLIAM MAYO. Henrico, March 15th, 1804. wids
Valuable Land for Sale.
THE subscriber offers for sale 2442 acres of LAND, lying on Roanoke river, in the county of Mecklenburg, and generally known by the name of the Oconeechee.
The uncommon fertility of this tract of land, and its advantageous situation, by which it is convenient to the improving navigation of the river, together with the liberal credit on which it is to be sold, must make it a very important object to those who are inclined to purchase lands. The quantity of low grounds in the Oconeechee island, which is separated from the main land by a small and narrow stream, is 364 acres, and on the main land adjoining about 150 acres, all of which is of excellent quality. By far the greater part of the remainder of the tract is very rich, being well adapted to the cultivation of tobacco, corn, wheat, &c. A large proportion is in woods and heavily timbered. The whole tract is at present divided into three tenements, leased to several tenants, whose leases will expire in three years from the first day of January next. The tenements are in a tolerably good state of improvement, and the rent amounts to £124 per annum. The subscriber will sell the whole together, or either of those tenements separately, as may best suit the purchasers.
The terms of sale are, one sixth part of the money to be paid on the first day of January next, and the balance in five equal annual payments, bonds and good security being given, and the punctuality of payment ensured by deeds of trust on the land. On Oconeechee Island, and at the end of Baker's Island, opposite to it, are 2 fisheries, belonging to the subscriber, and to be sold with the land, which have been accounted the best on the river, and with the labour of a few hands, a short time, might now be made valuable. A farther description of this land, and its improvements, is supposed to be unnecessary, as persons desirous of purchasing will naturally chuse to view it, and judge for themselves. If the whole tract, or any of the tenements, should not be disposed of by private contract, before the 17th day of September next, it will be sold on that day, (being the 3d Monday in the month,) if fair, if not, on the next fair day, at the store of Wm. Birchett & Co. adjacent to the premises, at public sale, to the highest bidder, on the terms above mentioned. An accurate plot of the land will be shewn, and unquestionable titles made to the purchasers by
WM. MUNFORD. Richland, Mecklenburg Co. April 11, 1804.
Advertisement.
BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed to the subscriber for the purposes therein contained, will be sold, at public auction, for cash, on the Eagle tavern, in the city of Richmond, on the 11th day of May next, a TRACT OF LAND lying in the county of Northumberland, known by the name of Mount Sion, supposed to contain seven hundred acres, being the same land that was formerly owned by Catesby Jones, dec.
WM. PRICE, Trustee. April 17th, 1804. tds
P. S £600 of the purchase money will be expected on the day of sale—a credit will be given for the balance of the money of eighteen months. W. P.
FOR SALE.
A handsome Mulatto Boy, About 13 years old—He is under an excellent character, and will be sold low for cash. Enquire of the printer hereof. Apl. 6, 1804.
A Bar-Keeper Wanted.
ONE who can come well recommended will meet with a place in a large Tavern, and very high wages will be given, together with liberal encouragement—for terms apply to
ROB. & GEO. TURNER. Bell Tavern, Richmond, 20th April, 1804.
Richmond, April 10th, 1804.
Mr. PLEASANTS, BE pleased to publish the following advice of Council, for the information of the officers concerned.
I am, sir, your obt. servt.
SAM. COLEMAN.
IN COUNCIL, March 17th, 1804.
IT IS ADVISED,
That each company of Cavalry raised, or hereafter to be raised, in this commonwealth, be deemed complete whenever for such company, there shall be inlisted thirty-two men rank and file; that no troop of Cavalry shall in number exceed sixty-four, such troops excepted as now exceed that number.
DANL. L. HYLTOM. Clerk of the Council.

The beautiful high-blooded horse,
PRECIPITATE,
FULL fifteen hands and a half high, a fine sorrel, handsomely marked, of big bone, and great muscular strength and power, evidently denoting the true English running horse—will stand at my stables, at Sandy Point, in Charles City county, at six guineas the season, and a dollar to the groom; but the season may be discharged by the payment of twenty dollars, on or before the 10th day of October.
Extensive, rich and productive pastures, well enclosed, in various apartments, from which no mare can easily escape, as well on that account as from its physical situation. Servants found gratis; but no liability for involuntary escapes or accidents.
This celebrated horse, whose name is so truly applicable to his character, was bred by Lord Egremont, foaled in 1797, got by Mercury (a son of Eclipse,) dam by Herod, granddam by Matchem, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare, is undoubtedly one of the best horses ever imported into this country, and is now thought by many gentlemen, who have travelled some distance to see him, superior; though he has so lately crossed the sea, that it cannot be expected he should have gained his pristine form and beauty.
He is truly such a horse as Virgil describes of a fine one—an eye large, black and full of fire, bold as the Lion, active as the Greyhound, and in all his movements either, he rushes forward like a thunderbolt, and hesitates at nothing.
In the first spring meeting 1799, at New Market, when three years old, he won the first class of the Prince's stakes, of 100 guineas each, beating Thunderbolt, Chancler, and Sir Pepper, four having paid forfeit. In the same week, he won the Bolton stakes of 50 guineas each, beating Chambeo, Bragan, and Palafax—seven paid forfeit. Second spring meeting, he won the third class of the Prince's stakes, of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt—seven paid forfeit. And in the same week, he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radamantus.
In 1792, he won 50 at Guildford, beating Doge, Tamerlane, Serinapam, and Stout. The next day 50 at the same place, beating Caddock and Griffin. He also won the King's 100 guineas at Lewes, beating Skyscraper at three heats, the first being deemed a dead heat; after which he was so highly esteemed, that he became a stallion in his lordship's stud, at 12 guineas a mare.
This horse is the sire of Jonquil, Petworth, Matranna, Rosalba, chestnut colt out of Bobtail, chestnut colt out of Rosemary, Humbug, Lazarus, Ragnier, Apollo, Gulliver, Tag, Louisa, Tipstaff, and many others of great fame now in training.
I purchased him myself when in England last fall, at the sale of Richard Watt, dec. where a complete stud of his get were sold at Auction, at prices far beyond what was common, to wit, yearlings from 90 to 220. sterling—a printed list of which I now have in my possession, to be seen at any time.
For character and performances, see Racing Calendar from 1790 to 1792 inclusive, Sporting Dictionary, page 188, vol. 2, printed 1803—William Taplin, author.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT. March 19, 1804. wimly*
The High Bred Imported Horse
SILVER,
NOW in high health and vigour—will stand at my stable in the county of Dinwiddie, about two miles from the courthouse, the ensuing season, commencing the 1st of March next; and will cover mares at TWENTY DOLLARS , payable the 1st of October next, which may be discharged by the payment of five Pounds, if paid by the 1st day of August next, at which time the season will expire. TEN DOLLARS the single leap, to be paid when the mares are covered, and TEN POUNDS to enforce a colt, to be forfeited if the mare is parted with before it is ascertained whether she be in foal or not. Excellent high and low ground pastures gratis, and gentlemen may have their mares fed with grain if required at the current price. Servants boarded gratis, and particular attention will be paid to the mares, but I will not be responsible for accidents or escapes.
PEDIGREE.
SILVER is a beautiful Dapple GREY, five feet two inches high, full of bone, proportionable shape, symmetry, and fine action, as it is a pure and excellent fast getter:—He was got by Mercury, who was got by Col. O'Kelley's Eclipse, out of a Tartar Mare; his dam was the famous Herod Mare, bred by Lord Millington; his granddam Young Hag, by Skim; his great granddam Hag, by Crab; his great granddam Ebony, by Childers; his great great granddam Ebony, by Balo; his great great great granddam by the Byerly Turk; his great great great great granddam by Leeds's Arabian.
PERFORMANCES.
SILVER , in the second October meeting, 1793, carrying 84, beat the Duke of Bedford's Golden Rod, 84, 2lb. one mile, for 50 guineas. In the second spring meeting, 1794, 84, 3lb. he beat W. Taylor's St. George, 84, 7lb. two miles, for 200 guineas.—In the second spring meeting, 1794, 84, 5lb. he beat Mr. Howorth's Anthony, 84, 5lb. half mile, for 100 guineas.—In the July meeting, 1794, he won 60 gs. two miles, beating the Duke of Grafton's Scapula. Lord Oxford's Bruiser, Lord Grosvenor's Excellency, Lord Clermont's Paymaster and Lord Egremont's Scapula.—In the first October meeting, 1794, 84, 3lb. he received 20 guineas from Lord Egremont's Scapula, 84, 7lb. one and a half miles, for 200 guineas.—In the second October meeting, 84, 2lb. he won a dead heat with Lord Egremont's Scapula, 84, 1lb. one and a half miles.—In the second October meeting, 1794, he won a handy cap plate, two miles, beating the Duke of Grafton's Gaudian, Lord Egremont's Cinnabar, Sir Charles Bunbury's Robin Gray, Mr. Taylor's Halcyon, Duke of Queenbury's Bay Filly, by Diomed, and Lord Richfield's Quailva- ca.—In the Craven meeting, 1795, 84, he beat Lord Darlington's St. George, 84, 6lb. a mile, for 300 gs.—In the first spring meeting, 1795, he won the main of the Gaudian plate, 200 guineas, each two miles, beating Mr. Wilson's Bennington, Mr. Holme's Gabriel, and the Duke of Queenbury's Pecker.—In the Houghton meeting, 1795, 84, 4lb. received forfeit from Mr. Bowe's Volunteer colt, 74, one mile, for 100 guineas.
I have the General Stud Book and Racing Calendars for '93, '94 and '95, and certificates from a number of respectable Gentlemen, to prove what is above asserted of Silver.
WILLIAM TUNSTALL. February 12th, 1804. (over) I. J. N. B. Notes of hand will be expected with the mares put by the season, for Twenty Dollars, dischargeable as above. W. T.
VIRGINIA. At a Superior Court of Chancery, held in Richmond, March the 12th, 1804.
BETWEEN Price and Sandridge of the city of Richmond, plaintiffs, AND Alexander S. Outlaw, junior and Alexander Outlaw, senior, defendants. 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 country: On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel, It is ordered , that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next September term, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city.
A Copy, Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c.
At a Quarterly Court held for Prince Edward county, March 19th, 1804.
BETWEEN Josiah Hurt, Judith Cason and Fuqua Beasley, administrators and administrators of Benjamin Hurt, deceased, plaintiffs, AGAINST Zachariah Arnold and Obadiah Hurt, defendants.
THE defendant Zachariah Arnold not having entered his 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 he is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiffs by their attorney, It is ordered , that the said defendant Zachariah Arnold do appear here on the first day of May court next and answer the plaintiffs' 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, BENJAMIN WATKINS, n. c.
Pursuant to a deed of
trust executed by William Meredith, sen. to the subscriber, to secure a debt due by said Meredith to Norton Goodman, both of Cumberland county, will be offered for sale, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on Tuesday the 8th of May next, at Capt. James Anderson's tavern in Cumberland.
CARTER PAGE, Trustee. April 9th, 1804. w3r
A Parcel of LAND,
Lying on both sides of Bearbranch, adjoining the lands of Wm. Wright, and containing fifty acres. Persons desirous of purchasing will be shown the land on application to Wm. Russell or Wm. Wright, both convenient to the same.
CHARLES NOE, D. S. For P. Fulkerson, S. L. C. w3m
Advertisement.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by William Amblor, and recorded in the county court of Fluvanna. For the purpose of securing the payment of a debt due to Col. Richard Morris and David Bullock, will be sold, at public auction, for cash, on the premises, on the 28th day of April next.
One Tract of Land,
Lying in the said county of Fluvanna, containing by the said deed, one thousand one and one acre, being the same land conveyed by deed from said Morris and Bullock, to said Amblor, of record in the said county of Fluvanna, and on which the said Amblor lately resided, or so much of the same as will be sufficient to satisfy and pay the balance due on said deed of trust, and the attendant costs and charges.
JOHN QUARLES, & Wm. LAURENCE, } Trustees March 29th, 1804. wids
All persons having any
claims against the estate of Dr. George Gilmer, dec. are requested to exhibit them as soon as possible after this advertisement will be plead in bar of any not produced within the time limited by law.
GEORGE GILMER, Ex'r. April 10, 1804. w4t
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS OPENED A
Grocery Store,
In the next house above the Eagle Tavern (the property of Mr. Temple) where he has for sale, SALT, COGNAC BRANDY, HOLLAND GIN, ANTIGUA SPIRITS, LOAF and BROWN SUGAR, COFFEE, IMPERIAL and YOUNG HYSON TEA, PEPPER, ALL-SPICE, GINGER, NUTMEGS and other SPICES; SOFT SHELL ALMONDS, QUEEN'S WARE, DEMIJOHNS, and sundry other articles, which he will sell very low at wholesale or retail, for cash or country produce.
DANIEL TRIPLETT. October 11, 1803. w12m Cash given for TOBACCO, FLOUR, or FLAX SEED.
Satisfactory Proofs OF THE EFFICACY OF Doctor Church's COUGH DROPS.
A medicine unequalled by any other in the world, since first discovered by Dr. Church; it has restored to health many thousands of the most emaciated objects, both Asthmatic and Consumptive that were ever known to exist both in Europe, America and the West Indies, and often when every other medicine had been used without effect, and the most eminent of the faculty confuted in vain. It is a sovereign, speedy and effectual remedy in Head Aches, Catarrhs, Shortness of breath, Tickling in the throat, Tightness in the chest, Hooping Cough, Sore Throats, Wheezing, Congested Phlegm, Spitting of Blood, Soreness in the breast and stomach, &c. &c. AS THMAS AND CONSUMPTIONS, AND all disorders of the breast and Lungs. Further proof of its efficacy, with a list of upwards of one thousand attested cases of cure, may be seen at the place of sale.
Copy of a letter from Captain HENRY.
Dear Sir, In the year '95, I had the misfortune to break a blood vessel, which was succeeded by a severe complaint on my lungs, cough, shortness of breath, and spitting of matter and blood, with every other disagreeable symptom of a disorder of the lungs; indeed so afflicting was this disorder, that I could not rest at night, nor could walk 200 yards in the day, without stopping to cough and rest myself a number of times. This disorder continued to increase upon me, until I was much wasted in body, and exceedingly weak. Seeing your advertisements in the public papers, early in the last summer, I commenced taking your justly celebrated cough drops, which I persevered in the use of, for some time; I have now the happiness of informing you my lungs are perfectly sound; I have no shortness of breath, or spitting up of matter or of blood; my cough is a little troublesome in the morning, but no other time.
I am Sir, Yours ever respectfully, WILLIAM HENRY. Garden-Street. New-York, April 3, 1799. New-York, July 10, 1798. To Dr. CHURCH,
SIR,
For upwards of twelve years I have laboured under a severe cough, shortness of breath, spitting of matter from my lungs, and often clotted blood, until at length I was so reduced as to be unable to walk across my room, and owing to the violence of my cough and shortness of breath could get no rest day or night. Hearing of your excellent medicine, the Cough drops, I procured a bottle; I took a dose as soon as I got it, from which I found instantaneous relief, and by continuing it for three days, I bled God I am restored to perfect health. As I believe you have been the instrument in the hands of Providence by saving my life, I most intreat you to publish this for the benefit of any who may be in my situation, as I am confident it is one of the best medicines in the world for those complaints.
I am, Sir, your grateful servant, NICHOLAS STAGG. Little Robinson Street
Copy of a letter from an eminent Surgeon,
To Dr. CHURCH.
SIR, It is with much pleasure I congratulate you on that important discovery, your Cough Drops, and request that you will send a further supply without delay. The favorable reports brought to me the two last winters of their speedy and good effects, in the relief and cure of Coughs and Asthmatic complaints, induced me to employ them in my practice which I have done with much satisfaction to myself and benefit to others.
It is the good opinion I entertain of your medicine can recommend it to public notice, beyond what it has acquired you are at liberty to make it known. Indeed I should hold myself unjust to you and uncharitable to mankind did I not with great willingness acknowledge that I believe it to be one of the best medicines employed in Pulmonary complaints. I sincerely wish you may derive every emolument the medicine entitles you to.
I am, Sir, your very humble servant, ROBERT PORTER. Tottenham-court-Road, Dec. 17, 1796. Prepared (only) at Church's Dispensary, No. 13, Front street, near the Fly market, New-York and sold by appointment at Samuel Pleasants's book Store, Richmond, Virginia.
Westham Iron Foundry,
NEAR RICHMOND.
THE subscriber takes the liberty of informing the public that he has taken a lease and is at present working the above foundry; and having provided the best artists in that line from New-York and George Town, together with pig iron of the first quality:
Proposes to cast—Mill-gudgeons and Inks of every description; also, cast-iron wheels for the machinery of mills; Rumford, registered and plain grates; grate front and bottoms, for Rumfordizing fire places; large and small stoves; cabouzes and cabin stoves; Franklin stoves for wood or coal; kitchen grates, with crane and range complete; coach warmers; plain stoves and mould plates; cast railing of every pattern; plow shares and plow boards; cast waggon, coach, pheton and chair boxes; scale weights from 1 to 60 lb.; sash and cloak weights; patent taw irons for smiths, on a very approved plan; backs, jams and back-lays; nail-cutting machines with screws complete; wheel-barrow bowlers; garden ditto; cast-iron anvils; fire dogs and hand irons of every description—together with any other article in the casting line, to a given pattern, at the shortest notice, by application at the furnace, or to
JAMES DUNLAP, in Richmond. 24th March, 1804. w3m P. S. Old iron purchased by application as above.
ARCHDUKE,
LATELY imported from London, was got by Sir Peter Pexall, (the first Stallion now in England) his dam Horatia by Old Eclipse, (undoubtedly the first Stallion of his day) his granddam Countess by Blank, a famous son of the Go-dolphin Arabian, with many other excellent crosses.—A horse of better blood than Archduke was never raised: He is full brother to Mr. Peazle and Stamford, both in high repute, and so are the 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, Greybeard, Horatia and Delpini—all capital. This is well known to every gentleman acquainted with the Racing Calendars and General Stud Book of England. Archduke is a dark brown horse, full 15 hands high, has a deal of bone with great powers, a good share of beauty, and in the prime of life. He made his appearance on the turf at three 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 Gifford, Sir F. Handforth's brother to Spread Eagle, Mr. Heathcoat's Vivaldi, Mr. Cockfield's Expectation, the Duke of Grafton's Vandal, Lord Oxford's Dart, (now his Lordship) Lord Grosvenor's colt by Pot-8-Os., out of Snippon's filly, 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 freed, run two races more with very good horses, and altho' he was beaten, he came in well. The above is the whole of his racing.
Archduke will stand the ensuing season at the Bowling Green, at 7 Guineas (with a Dollar to the groom) for each mare; which may be discharged, any time before the first day of August next, by the payment of 5 Guineas. The season will commence on the first day of March next, and end the first of August following. A great abundance of good pastures, gratis, boys boarded at 10s. 6d. per week, & corn furnished at the market price for mares that are to be fed, for which the money must be sent, or it will not be had. Great attention paid the mares; but no responsibility for accidents or escapes. Notes for 7 guineas, to be discharged as above mentioned, must accompany the mares.
ESCAPE,
IMPORTED from London, will also stand at the Bowling Green, at 3 Guineas (and half a Dollar to the groom) for each mare. He is a horse of fine size, with several excellent racing points, and as high bred a horse as need be wished for. He was got by Precipitate, a horse of great repute, one of a full sister to the famous Stallion Buzzard. Escape was a horse of good speed, for which see the Racing Calendars.
Bowling Green, February 22d, 1804. w10t P. S. Mares producing a certificate of their having won a purse or sweepstakes of 200 dollars value, 4 mile heats, or bred the winner of one, shall be covered gratis. J. H.
JOHN WINSTON AND STANHOPE
ROYSTER,
Take this method of informing their friends and the public in general, that they have just commenced the
Hatting Business,
in the city of Richmond, on the main street, opposite the Bell Tavern, where they intend carrying on the same in all its various branches—they assure the public their commands shall be attended to with punctuality and dispatch, and hope from their assiduity to merit a share of their patronage.
November 5th, 1803. [ecfm]
At a meeting of the Com-
missioners appointed by the Legislature of this commonwealth, to receive subscriptions in the city of Richmond, under "An act for incorporating the BANK OF VIRGINIA"—present, Edward Carrington, (Chairman,) Joseph Gallego, Robert Pollard, George Jefferson, P. N. Nicholas, John Brockenbrough, Thomas Rutherford, Benjamin Hatcher and James F. Leitch.
1st. Resolved, that Books be opened at the Capitol, on the first Monday in May next, to receive subscriptions pursuant to the said act.
2d. Resolved, with the consent of the Treasurer of the state, that the payments be made in the Treasury office, and that the persons so paying, upon exhibiting the Treasurer's receipt, shall be admitted to subscribe their names on the commissioners' books.
3d. Resolved, that Edward Carrington, Joseph Gallego and John Brockenbrough be appointed a committee to notify the foregoing resolutions in two public gazettes of this city, once a week, from the present time till the first Monday in May next.
EDWARD CARRINGTON. JOSEPH GALLEG. JOHN BROCKENBROUGH. 15th March, 1804. [w11m]
FOR THE MUTUAL ACCOMMODATION OF THE TREASURER AND THE PERSONS MEANING TO SUBSCRIBE,
the Treasurer will receive the money at any time previous to the day appointed for opening the Books by the commissioners.
THE SUBSCRIBER IS DESIROUS TO SELL HIS VALUABLE
TRACT OF LAND,
Lying in Cumberland county, on both sides of Deep creek, six miles below the courthouse, fifteen miles of Catersville and forty-eight of Richmond. The soil of this land is fertile and well adapted to the culture of tobacco, corn and wheat. It is supposed to contain about six hundred acres; a good dwelling house and other necessary houses. Any person inclined to purchase may apply to the subscriber living on the premises.
(w6*) WILLIAM ROBSON. April 9, 1804.
FOR SALE,
A Negro Woman,
A good Cook; washes and irons well. Also, a little BOY, about eleven years of age. For terms apply to Mr. John P. Shields or Mr. L. Bishop. Richmond, April 17, 1804. (w2*)
FOR FREIGHT OR CHARTER.
The Schooner RESOLUTION , a strong vessel, of about one hundred and ten tons burthen. Apply to SAMUEL PAINE. 20th April, 1804.
JUST RECEIVED,
At S. Pleasants' Book-Store, Richmond, a very elegant assortment of the best
PEN-KNIVES,
Which will be sold by the dozen or single.
The famous high-blooded English horse,
HAMBLETON,
Bred by the Duke of Grafton, a beautiful bright bay, near sixteen hands high, of high form and elegance, rising thirteen years old, in good health and great perfection, imported last spring by William Lightfoot, Esq. of Charles City county, and now his property, will stand the ensuing season at the subscriber's, in Charlotte county, five miles below the courthouse, and three from Boulton's old stores, to cover mares at Six Guineas the season, for which a note will be required, dischargeable by the payment of Twenty Dollars, at any time before the 10th of August next, when the season will expire, with One Dollar to the groom for each mare, paid at the stable door.—Good and extensive pastures, well enclosed, with a creek and branches running through, the flat land affording as good forward pastures as any in this part of the country, gratis. Servants that may be sent with mares will be boarded without charge, and mares fed, if required, on reasonable terms. The utmost attention paid and care taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible for any that may happen.
HENRY LESTER. March 5, 1804. wtf
PEDIGREE.
HAMBLETON was got by Dungannon (one of the best sons of O'Kelly's famous Eclipse, who was esteemed to be the best horse of his day, and covered at fifty guineas,) his dam by Snap, sister to Jupiter, bred by Mr. Cross 1773—her dam (Young Marske's dam) by Blank, Stirling, Miss Maguett, by Partner, Geyhound, Curwen, Bay Barb, Lord D'Arcy's Arabian, Whiteside, old Montague mare. Thus it appears he descended from the best running stock in England.
PERFORMANCES.
This horse ranks very high as a racer, both for speed and bottom as he proved successful in twenty races before he left the turf, four of which he walked over, none venturing to start against him. In 1794 at Hambleton, Yorkshire, on Wednesday May 14th, he won a sweepstakes of ten guineas each, for 3 year olds, six subscribers, two miles, beating Mr. Bethel's b. f. by Magnum Bonum, Pierce's b. f. by Young Marske, Turner's Confederacy, and Craddock's ch. c. Leicester. At York he won 50l. for three year olds, beating Lowther's b. c. Griffin, Crompton's ch. c. Ambur, Shepperd's Madcap, Clinton's b. c. Cedar, and Garforth's ch. c.—even betting on Ambur against the field. At Manchester in June, he won 50l. for three year olds, two mile heats, beating Foreigner and Loyalist. At Stockton September 29th, he won a sweepstakes of twenty guineas each, five subscribers, then Sir H. W. Williamson's property, formerly Mr. Hutchinson's, beating Highflyer, out of Wren, and Turner's Delpini.—In 1795, Hambleton won five times, to wit—a handicap plate of 50l. two mile heats, at four years old, beating Insect, Blacklegs, and Watkins' b. c. five years old. At Edinburgh July 20th, he won his majesty's plate of 100 guineas, four years old, four mile heats, beating Pyebald—and on the 23d walked over the ground for 50l. all ages—and on the 24th 50 guineas for all ages, four mile heats, beating Gregson's b. h. Archer, 6 years old, Mr. Peacock's ch. g. Farmer, and Mr. Wilson's Creeping Kate. At Dumfries in October, he won 50l. beating Lord Darlington's b. h. Constant.—In 1796, Hambleton won at Kelso, 5th October, a purse of 50 guineas, beating Mr. Baler's Black Cock.—In 1799 he won eight times, to wit—at Middleham in Yorkshire, a sweepstakes of 10 guineas each, five subscribers, 3 mile heats, beating Merry Lass and Arthur. At Edinburgh on Wednesday the 25th, 50 guineas for all ages, beating Eliza Fox and Betsey. On Friday 28th, the ladies subscription purse of 50 guineas, beating Fletcher's Jane. At Montrose in Scotland, August, he walked over the ground for a 50l. plate—and also walked over the ground for a subscription of 50l. At Kelso October 16th, for a plate of 50 guineas, he walked over the ground—and also his majesty's 100 guineas given to the Caledonian Hunt, for any horse, &c. carrying 12 stone, four mile heats, then six years old, he won against Mr. Wentworth's Trimbush, Piermont's Trimmer aged, and Kincaid's Hector aged—and Saturday following a purse of 50l. given by the Hunt, free for any horse, &c. beating Farewell and Rolloker. At Carlisle he won 100 guineas of Mr. Sirwell, beating his b. f. by Meteor.—In 1798, he won at Edinburgh, August, 50l. for all ages, beating Maxwell's Arab, and Mr. Maule's Hippopotamus.—At Montrose he won a plate of 50 guineas, for all ages, beating Pitfourth and Contrafact. See the Racing Calendars for the foregoing years.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
NOTICE.
MY retail customers are particularly requested to call at my Medicine Store and pay off their accounts as soon as possible, many of which have been standing open for many years, and the trouble and expense of copying and presenting (sometimes again and again) applying and sending to their houses many times before they can be seen (and then often often without effect) is only to be concieved by those who have had the experience.
I return thanks to my customers in general, and hope to merit a continuance of their favors, but in return them in future to save me the trouble of booking small matters, being determined no longer to continue filling my books with such entries.
I hope my wholesale customers who are delinquent, will see the propriety of calling as