Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1805-06-29 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[VOL. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
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RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum....paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1805.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
FOR SALE, THAT VALUABLE, HEALTHY AND PLEASANT SITUATION, ON which the subscriber at present resides, containing between five and six hundred acres, lying in Amelia county, near Geni to bridge. Terms made known by application to Wm. Murray. Grove Brooke, May 13, 1805. wtf
Tobacco Land for Sale. IN Amherst county, on Horsley's creek, 509 acres of rich tobacco land, formerly the property of Dr. Daniel Warwick, and known by the name of Wincanton—This land has the advantage of lying on the main road leading from Amherst courthouse to Waugh's ferry on James river, is a valuable stand for a country store, with a framed house for that purpose, entirely new and sufficiently large, having two rooms below and two above stairs, with a good brick chimney, and well underpinned with brick; also a lumber-house 16 feet square, with a cellar of its full size walled up with stone—there is also a taylor's and saddler's shop, and other out houses; likewise a tolerable good dwelling house, with three rooms below and two above stairs; a kitchen, dairy and other out houses within a mile of the store, suitable for a private family. On this tract of land there is about 75 acres cleared, all of which is fresh and in good order for cultivation; it has also the advantage of being only 7 miles from Bethel, where there is an inspection of tobacco, and within 18 miles of Lynchburg. As it is presumed no person will be inclined to purchase the above without reviewing the premises, they will be shown by Messrs. Taliaferro & Loving, who live within a few miles of Wincanton, and fully empowered to make sale, and the terms of payment may be known from them; as also on application to Gilliat & Kirby. Richmond, March 20, 1805. (wids)
The above tract of land and improvements, will be offered for SALE, at Amherst courthouse, on Monday the 15th July next, (being court day) on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months—a deed of trust will be required on the premises, or satisfactory security for punctual payment. Gilliat & Kirby.
HART AND SOUTHGATE, OPPOSITE the State House, at the Head of the Basin, Richmond—Offer for SALE, on the lowest terms, for Cash, Produce, or Negotiable Notes— French Brandy, Spanish ditto, Holland Gin, Antigua Rum, New England do., Peab Brandy, Apple do., Whiskey, Cider by the barrel, Brown & Long Sugar, Coffee, Tea, Chocolate, Spices, Molasses, Soap and Candles, Gunpowder, Patent Shot, Cut Nails from 3d to 20d, Corn, Meal, Bacon, Butter, Lard. And a great variety of other articles usually sold by Grocers. GOODS received on STORAGE—Country Produce and Imported Merchandise sold on Commission. chb wtf
ADVERTISEMENT. WHEREAS Daniel & William Guerrant, late merchants of the town of New Canton, by their deed dated the 9th day of February 1805, have assigned to us all their property real and personal, for the benefit of such of their creditors as shall agree to the terms of said assignment; and whereas we have appointed Wm. Guerrant our agent for the collection and settlement of the debts, and all other affairs of said concern, all persons having claims against said D. & Wm. Guerrant will present them to him for settlement, and all those indebted to them are requested to come forward and settle their respective balances, in bond or otherwise, in which case the utmost accommodation will be allowed them in the time and mode of payment; those who fail to come forward and close their accounts, may expect suits will be instituted against them, as the situation of the concern requires a speedy adjustment of its affairs. Saml. Anderson, Ed. Cunningham, Wm. M. Thornton, James Rea, } Agents. New-Canton, 6th May, 1805.
THE Trustees of the above mentioned D. & Wm. Guerrant, will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in the town of New-Canton, on the first day of July next, the following property, viz.
Eight likely Virginia born Slaves, A Single Chair, Harness, &c. and a valuable assortment of suitable GOODS for the present season, any part of which will be sold on very low terms by private sale, or a great bargain may be had, and a liberal credit given to purchaser who will take the whole stock on hand, by application previous to the day above mentioned, to Wm. Guerrant or the Trustees. Six months credit will be allowed the purchasers of the above property for all sums above ten dollars, on giving bond & approved security; lesser sums cash will be demanded for. wtf
DOCT. WILSON HAS removed his Apothecary Shop to the lower floor of the Bell Tavern, where he has a general supply of Medicines, Paints & other Articles in the Apothecary Line. He takes the liberty to observe, that he has not an article of medicine but such as he uses in his own practice. Physicians, merchants and others, who may be pleased to patronize him, shall be supplied on the most reduced terms. Persons of needy circumstances, by paying the retail prices of his medicines, will be prescribed for gratis. wtf May 14.
JUST RECEIVED, As S. PLEASANTS' Book-Store, Richmond, a very elegant assortment of the best PEN KNIVES, Which will be sold by the single to dozen Ready made PENS for sale here.
THE subscriber desirous to close his business, in this place as soon as possible, is induced to offer for sale, the following Valuable Property, viz: A convenient two story dwelling house, 24 feet square, having one room and a passage on the lower floor, two rooms on the second floor, and two good rooms in the garret, a cellar with plank floor, and divided into three apartments, one used for cooking; the yard inclosed with a brick wall seven feet high, the whole in good repair. This tenement is situated near the Bell Tavern on the cross street, leading to the rock landing, and is insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid. Eleven unimproved half-acre lots on Shoccoe Hill. 600 Acres military land in Kanawha county, on the waters of old town creek, a branch of Ohio River, being part of a grant made to George Muse, Adams Stevens, Andrew Lewis and others, in the year 1772. 25 Tracts of land in Montgomery county, containing 32,172 1/2 acres, the whole patented in my name, viz:
 4,000 Acres, surveyed 3d April, 1786, in Montgomery county, on Cole River.  3,080 Acres, surveyed 24th July, 1786, in the same county, on 16 mile creek, adjoining the late General Washington's survey, on Kanawha river.  3,064 1/2 Acres, surveyed 23d July, 1786 in same county, on the Loop waters of New river.  1,000 Acres, surveyed 13th May, 1786, in the same county, on the Ohio river.  3,210 Acres, surveyed 5th April, 1786, in same county, south of a creek running into Cole river.  2,138 Acres, surveyed 21st Feb. 1787, in same county, on Cole river.  520 Acres, surveyed 3d. Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Cooper's creek and Little Blue Stone.  1,300 Acres, surveyed 16th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of the south fork of Cole river, that heads against Guyandott.  95 Acres, surveyed 16th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Glade creek.  78 Acres, surveyed 8th Feb. 1787, in same county, on a branch emptying into Glade creek, on the south side of the same, and about one mile above the ford of the said creek.  500 Acres, surveyed 10th Feb 1787, in same county, on the north fork of Mud river, that heads against the Guyandott.  1,500 Acres, surveyed 12th May, 1786, in same county, on Ohio river.  2,000 Acres, surveyed 8th May, 1786, in same county, on Great Kanawha.  1,000 Acres, surveyed 16th May, 1786, in same county, on do.  203 Acres, surveyed 8th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head of Glade creek.  214 Acres, surveyed 7th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Glade creek, on the south side thereof.  135 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the west end of Joe's Ridge, and on the waters of Glade creek.  154 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on Joe's Ridge.  228 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on Joe's Ridge and the waters of Glade and Cooper's creek.  414 Acres, surveyed 22d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the second fork of Cole river, on the road crossing from Piney river, to Guyandott.  2,000 Acres, surveyed 26th Feb. 1787, in same county, under the big Pipe Stem Knob, and running down both sides of the creek.  416 Acres, surveyed 4th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Cooper's creek and Joe's Ridge.  380 Acres, surveyed 3d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Cooper's creek.  3,338 Acres, by survey 20th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the south fork of Cole river.  1,345 Acres, by survey 2d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Little Blue Stone, about half a mile north, from the white oak Lick.  Three tracts of land in Monongalia county, patented in my name, viz.  350 Acres, by survey 1st June, 1796, in Monongalia county, adjoining Matthew Rakey's land, and the Randolph county line, on the waters of Cheat River.  400 Acres, surveyed 20th Oct. 1797, in same county, adjoining lands of Abner Harper, above the mouth of White Day creek  400 Acres, surveyed 15th Nov. 1797, in same county, adjoining Peter Drage, on Finche's run, to include an improvement made in the year 1773.  1000 Acres, in do. on the west of Cheat river, above the lands of Thomas Butler.  800 Acres, in do. on Buffalo creek, on a pre-emption right of David Gray. 
 250 Acres, in Greenbrier county, on Little Deer creek, adjoining the lands of Joseph McClurg.  891 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 1st August, 1787, on the waters of Piney river, and Paint creek, waters of the Kanawha river.  435 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 30th June, 1786, joining the lands of Joseph Eaton, Richard Muse and James McCorkle.  230 Acres, in Wythe county, surveyed 4th Nov. 1795, on the Lead Mines Mill creek.  180 Acres, in Albemarle county, patented dated 5th July, 1787, on William Hill's creek, waters of Buck Island creek.  One undivided moiety of five lots in the town of Winchester, Nos. 89, 90, 100, 101 and 109. The above will be sold very low, and the terms made known, on application to WM. AUSTIN. Richmond, April 4th, 1805 wtf
By virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by William Davis, for the purpose of securing a debt therein specified to William Corneliu. Will be sold at the Eagle Tavern, in the town of Charlottesville, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the first day of July next, being court day. A Tract or Parcel of LAND Containing fifty four acres by survey, be the same more or less; lying about five miles from Charlottesville, & adjoining the lands of Farish Coleman, Christopher Wingfield, Robert Wheat, William Magehee and William Dunkum; there is on the land (only a small part of which is cleared) a Dwelling house, Kitchen and other out houses and an excellent spring of water. JOSEPH BISHOP, Trustee. June 4, 1805. wtf
LAND FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUCTION. Will be sold, to the highest bidder, at Powhatan courthouse, on Wednesday the 21st day of August next, (being court day) that valuable Tract of Land, whereon the late Mr. John Brown, dec. lived as a tenant, containing 564 1/2 acres, lying in the county of Cumberland, between the waters of Willis and James Rivers—about three miles from Columbia and eight from Cartersville. The clearing on the said land commenced about nine years ago, and has continued to the present year, now amounting to two hundred acres, well inclosed, and in excellent order for cropping. The rents of the plantation at one hundred per annum, has amounted to more than one hundred pounds annually, for several years past. It is under a lease for the present year, ending on the 25th day of December next—the benefit thereof, with the land, will be given up to the purchaser, on the day of sale, the purchaser paying one fourth of the purchase money down, and giving bond with approved security for the other three fourths, payable in three equal annual payments, carrying interest from the date, if not punctually paid. And as further security, a deed of trust on the land will be required. Persons who feel disposed to purchase the above property, may have a view of the same, by applying to Mr. Hole who lives on the place, or to Wm. Mayo of Cumberland. ROBERT MAYO. Powhatan June 15, 1805. wids
TO BE SOLD, AT the Woodbury Mills, in the county of Powhatan, on Saturday the 6th of July next, for cash, the following PROPERTY, belonging to the late firm of Price and Harris, viz: 1 Waggon and 6 Horses, 1 Iron Chest, and a pair of Scales and Weights, a Cow and Calf, the stock of Hogs, and a quantity of Plaster of Paris. Thomas Harris, jun. Surviving Partner. June 24th, 1805. rds
ADVERTISEMENT. WILL BE SOLD, on the second Saturday in next month, sundry SLAVES, household and kitchen FURNITURE—also, the Printing Utensils, Presses, &c. &c. The property of the late Capt. John Dixon. The terms of sale will be ready money for all sums under ten dollars, and for all sums over ten dollars, credit will be given of sixty days, the purchaser giving negotiable notes in the Bank of Virginia for the amount purchased. Sarah Dixon, Ex'x. Richmond, June 21, 1805. tds
TEN DOLLARS ARE offered for securing PEY. ATON, who absconded early in this month. He is about 25 years of age, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, very stout and fleshy, not very black, has a small scar on his nose, which is rather turned up, and has been accustomed, principally, to the care of horses, gardening, ploughing, &c. &c. His clothing was various; but he had been liberally supplied with the usual summer wear. It is supposed that he is lurking in Richmond. He was hired to Mr. Denenfrille, of Williamsburg, who will pay the above reward to the proper claimant. Williamsburg, June 21st, 1805. 3t
W. respectfully inform our friends and the public, that the imported horse WHIP, Will stand the ensuing spring season at Wm. Tompkins' in Albemarle, within sight of Mr. Dyer's store, 16 miles south of Charlottesville—clover pasture as good as any in the state in six different inclosures furnished by the subscribers, and further particulars will be made known by the commencement of the season. Edward Jordan. Christopher Hudson. William Tompkins. June 24, 1805. 2
BLANK BONDS For sale at this office.
From the Baltimore Evening Post. The advices by the Ardent, develop the views of the two European powers at war, clearer than on any former occasion; and as they are totally silent with regard to the continent, we may consider that co-operation which was expected, has either been withdrawn or refused. We were authorised by two or three of the last accounts to conclude that England & France must alone be engaged in this contest; and although there could be no doubt of the success of the former, were regular fighting to be the plan of operations, yet we are inclined to think that however weak a French fleet may appear when opposed to the same number of British ships of the same force, that the policy which they at present exhibit, will crown them with ultimate success. It is a question of the greatest importance to the world at large—how far success on the part of the French will oppose the rights of civilized nations? Retired at so great a distance from the noise of war, we cannot justly estimate its horrors and the distresses which it occasions; and it is most heartily to be wished that all the powers of Europe would combine against the two nations who are now filling the world with alarms, and beat them both into amity and harmony. It is true that peace, now, would soon be destroyed, and war would be speedily rekindled, were that happy event to occur.
It is a curious thought and one deserving the most minute investigation—what motive can be adduced why the French & English nations should discover such violent animosity against each other? We leave it to the reflection of those, who, without any proper ideas of political subjects, wish success to one of the parties without any reference to the consequences of their wishes being fulfilled.
Since the invention of gunpowder, those nations which can support the expenses of war longest, have generally been successful. War is carried on in a different mode from what it was formerly; and whilst the contest in the days of yore, was decided in a single battle—now, army after army are led to the slaughter with as much indifference and unfeeling apathy as you would destroy mice, and still the dispute is not ended.
Since England has been able to engross the greatest part of the commerce of the world, she has been so much enriched as to persist in war to the last, and until the American revolution and the last French war she was always successful; and so the Tories in England say she was in these instances. However she may have been competent to engage in the present contest (to allow some ignoramus , their own opinions—though it can be proved to be the reverse of what is fact) every relation teaches us that she is incompetent to support it with vigor, and consequently that the object which she has in view will not be attained. To compare small things with great; if two notorious braggarts engage in a manual or any other fight, who would separate them? it is for the good of society, they debilitate themselves, and render the peaceable harmless members more secure. Just so is it here. England has always wished to establish a system of arbitrary law. With respect to all commercial affairs she has laid down as incontrovertible positions, maxims which tend to exalt herself only, and to depress the citizens of every other country on the globe. France, aware of the importance of the advantages of which England, by force and manœuvre has acquired possession, wishes to wrest them from her power to grasp them herself. It is of no importance to the other powers who enjoys this assumption, so long as they are kept out of the security which ought to be left by every nation which sails on the ocean. Men who in other respects are worthy members of the fraternity of the globe, gravely tell us, that England has a right to examine every vessel which she meets, that she has a just right to capture every vessel although upon terms of peace with the nation under whose flag it sails, if certain articles are found on board; & that having persecuted her own natural born subjects, robbed them of their comforts, denied them their rights and banished them from their homes, she possesses a claim upon them still, being authorised to take them where she can find them, and have them "killed off" in her navy and army.
These propositions which are nothing less than a reductio ad absurdum , a profound absurdity, are most firmly believed by numbers in this country to be rights belonging to the British government, and that it is heresy not to admit these points of faith into our political creed. But we will place this in a more interesting point of light, by bringing the principle into practice in common life; and O! how lovely does this scheme of robbery and slavery appear.
A small village is inhabited by a few persons, who have a number of dependants, amongst these inhabitants are two distinguished fellows, always quarrelling; one of them having, on several occasions acquired the superiority, determines that on any future dispute all the wagons of the other residents, perfectly uninterested in the quarrel, which are going to his opponents, shall be stopped by his men if possible, and searched; and if there be any thing in the wagon which can be of any service to the other, he will take wagon and all, & give them to the villains who stole it. To these things the weak are forced to submit. In course of time, having become rich, overbearing, and oppressive with respect to his own servants, they resent it, and a part of them deny his jurisdiction, who being aided by others wishing to degrade this high aristocrat, are successful, and he is obliged to acknowledge their right to the liberties which nature gives; they, instead of having one man to rule over them and to manage their concerns, undertake it themselves and flourish. This induces the discontented to join the "rebels," as they are called, which strengthens and renders them formidable to the tyrant, who then determines to seize all his old servants if he can catch them—having adopted the idea, "once a slave, always a slave." Is it not the interest of the whole village to try to lessen his influence? Is it not proper in the other inhabitants to aim to destroy an usurpation, so incompatible with their rights, so contrary to their interests, and so subversive of the privileges of every member in society? And are they not justifiable in opposing force to force? Are they not praiseworthy for refusing an assumption so degrading? And are not the tyrant's dependants to be congratulated when they can escape from chains so galling, and from an obedience to laws which by the allurements of money sanction the commission of crimes which destroy the very bonds of social life.
This is nearly a representation of the present situation of England, and the rest of the world. When Oliver Cromwell, who with all his faults, was far superior to the corrupt blood of the Stuarts, had raised the meritocratic influence of the English nation to nearly its present station, he never contemplated that because it was necessary to guard his country's trade, it was proper to rifle the ships of others. This is a Machiavellian doctrine which accords with the views of all those who care not how others are impoverished and debased, so that they are enriched and exalted. It is an indisputable fact, satisfactorily proved by a perusal of the English history, that no peace can be expected until the present system of measures is altogether excluded from the government. But the blind fatality which at present hurries the ministry into acts the most opposed to the true interests of the nation, is a part of the grand scheme by which this world is to be benefitted, and rendered more virtuous and more happy. Amidst the various storms and tempests of the political horizon, the resigned observer stands unappalled, conscious that every event is under the control of an infinitely wise Being, who "makes all things work together for good."
Let us now turn our attention to France, who has just as little regard to the "rights of man," as the other powers—the one, by open violence, deprives and enslaves; the other by stratagem and art—England, careless, and fearless, robs her sons and destroys them without remorse—France effects her designs without the hatred of the governed, and "hoaxes" them into a compliance with the bold and ambitious designs of its rulers. With respect to the world at large, the other powers would gain nothing by the supremacy, and probably lose, so that it is to be wished that France should have no stronger influence than that which is necessary to secure a peace. The English having spent their money, groaning under burdens intolerable, and oppressed with taxes "which like the frogs in Egypt, come up into their houses, and bed-chambers, into their ovens, and troughs; and are upon the people, because all the borders are smitten with taxes"—were obliged to consent to pacification three years ago; but the itch for fighting is so great, the contempt of death so general, and the fear of hell so light, that after about one year's cessation, the nation must be doomed to misery; because Bonaparte looked contemptuously upon the old woman, Lord Whitworth. This train of ideas recalls to mind the following lines written about the conclusion of the last war, which place the subject in a correct point of view, and are most happily expressed, though the description is terrific—
"Thankless too for peace, (Peace long preserved by fleets and predomina sea) Secure from actual warfare, we have lived To swell the war-whoop, passionate for war! Alas! for ages ignorant of all His ghastly workings (famine or the plague, Battle or siege, fight through wintry snow) We, this whole people, have been clamorous For war and bloodshed, animating spirits, The which we pay for, as a thing to talk of,"

editors and not-combatants! no guess peculiar of a wrong unfeigned, peculiar on contingency, never dim and vague, too vague and dim to yield a justifying cause: and forth stoutly with big preamble, holy names, and adjurations of the God in Heaven! We send our mandates for the certain death of thousands and ten thousands! Boys and girls, all women that would groan to see a child full of an insect's leg, all read of war the best amusement of our morning meal! The poor wretches, who have learnt his only prayers from curses, who knows scarcely words enough to ask a blessing of his heavenly Father, becomes a fluent phrase-man, absolute And technical in victories and defeats, And all one dainty terms for fratricide , Terms which we trundle smoothly o'er our tongues like mere abstractions, empty sounds to which We join no feeling and attach no form, As if the soldier died without a wound; As if the fibres of his godlike frame Were gored without a pang; as if the wretch, Who fell in battle doing bloody deeds, Passed off to heaven, translated and not killed; As though he had no wife to pine for him. No God to judge him!—Therefore evil days Are coming on us, O my countrymen! And what if all avenging Providence, Strong and retributive, should make us know The meaning of our words force us to feel, The desolation and the agony Of our fierce doings!"
When we retrace the correspondence, &c. at the beginning of this war, we are inclined to indulge sentiments of the most bitter aversion to those who, for causes so trifling, should destroy the happiness of the world; and to those who love nothing so much as to hear of bull-dogs hunting men in Jamaica, the miseries experienced by the Irish patriots previous to their ar- rival here, and the reiteration of the scenes displayed on the plains of Marengo, or by that dignified murderer and hypocrite Nelson, at the mouth of the Nile, we re- commend the above poetical passage, as impressing on the mind truths incontro- vertible.
It is the policy of all the commercial nations to endeavour to procure the two rival and contending nations equal influ- ence—whilst the two fools will worry each other, at least while the people will per- mit their mad brained governors to do it, let us not be anxious about the event; ev- ery million they spend is for the securi- ty of the world, the benefit of the weaker nations, and the support of genuine liber- ty. Whilst they are intimidating each o- ther and wasting their strength, the Ame- rican farmer is enriching himself at their expense, and whilst they like two dogs are snarling and biting each other that each may possess the bone, we are eating the meat, and smile at their stupendous folly and stupidity.
The consequences of Dundas' peculia- tion will be more serious than were at first apprehended, and it appears to be the in- tention of the opposition not to spare Pitt, who has been charged with conniving at the impropriety of his worthy colleague. Nothing more is necessary to prove the patriotism of this long tried, and faithful servant of the public than the accounts pub- lished this day. By his exertions, he has contrived upwards of 600000. sterling per annum income for himself and his family out of the earnings of those whom he has oppressed, degraded, and tried to render perfectly wretched. It has been proved that the money which he has used might have produced a profit of £. 20000000 sterling—or nearly ninety millions of dol- lars, which may have been lost to the pub- lic, by the pretended anxiety of this unde- fied statesman, to preserve the peace of the nation.
Some years since when the Government carried their violent measures with so high a hand, an immense sum of money was expended in hiring tools from the Old Bailey to prove the criminality of Patriots whom they had never seen—probably ne- ver known, even by report. The trials in the year 1794 cost a very large sum. The number of witnesses engaged, the length of time which was consumed, &c. all help to display the various arts by which these servants of the Crown have managed to retain their situations in op- position to the will of all the judicious and considerate.
A later instance still occurs to recollec- tion in the history of Sir F. Burdett. When that stern defender of his country's rights, who has often made the whole mi- nistry tremble, was first elected to serve in Parliament, Pitt wished him very much to join the Ministerial phalanx. Every allurement, every bait which was likely to operate upon the mind of a young and ar- dent man were tried—but in vain. He was to be intimidated they supposed, and consequently made a tool of Lady Jones, his old Aunt—who had given him Rams- bury manor, worth £. 7000 sterling per annum, and persuaded her to threaten to alter her will if he would not steadily sup- port the ministry. This scheme likewise failed—Francis with the utmost contempt spurned at the idea of sacrificing his con- science for money, and told her she might do as she pleased with her fortune, and if she was determined to deprive his children of what they had a right to expect from her, he should be contented on those terms, as he never would give up his in- dependence to any man, and especially to Wm. Pitt.
When he was first proposed as a candi- date for the county of Middlesex, all the arts and schemes of the Ministry were used, and both the members were de- clared not duly elected. On the last occasion in July 1804, a circumstance which was the subject of ceaseless conver- sation during a whole month—when Mel- lish, Kemble, &c. applied to Pitt for assis- tance to support that greenhorned Main- waring, his reply was, that all the money and influence of the Government are
your service, make the best use of them possible—and although the sheriffs refused the electors' votes, and the govern- ment exerted all their strength, still the people have prevailed, and the friend of the "Rights of Man," holds his station and maintains his dignified character, ce- lebrated for his beneficence and his patri- otism. It is supposed that this election cost at least £. 15000 sterling, or almost seven hundred thousand dollars, and we presume the Government expended four of them—this is the secret service money —maintaining spies abroad and at home, procuring elections for the ministerial can- didates, buying the members of Parlia- ment, &c. &c.
It is the decided opinion of well inform- ed men who do not think superficially, that the subject of Dundas' thesis has ex- cited so much stir, as to force the admin- istration to retire. A correspondent of ours gives it as his conviction that the public work of Pitt, and some of his pre- sent assistants must soon cease for ever. And if Dundas' roguary should be the means of dismissing all the rest, we shall be almost tempted to forget his private faults on account of the public good which will follow. Harry has sung, "Who wants me?" for nearly 40 years past, the flexi- bility of his mind having been so constant, and its shifts so perpetual and well-timed, that during each administration he has held some responsible office under the crown; until, expecting what has since been developed, he procured a title and an additional salary, and is now exalted on the gibbet of eternal infamy. Pitt has had a giddiness in his head ever since he first became chancellor of the exchequer, which makes him forget what he once was, and the means by which he attained his high station. It is a very unfortunate thing for a prime minister to have what is called "short memory"—as it obliterates from his mind, all his old friends, all his former promises, and even his primitive good impressions.
Our next papers and letters from En- gland may be expected to bring much in- telligence on this head—the debates in the house of commons are extremely interest- ing to those who know any thing of Dun- das' character, or of the intimacy which has existed between him and Pitt; but as this can be the case with few only, a con- densed view of the whole is vastly prefer- able to whole papers filled with speeches, in which a very small portion of our readers feel any pleasure; and his is our reply to the question "Why do you not publish the debates on Lord Melville's case?" But we now dismiss this brilliant gem of arist- ocracy, this diamond of the first water of toryism, until we hear what Johnny Bull intends to do with him.
Some persons have disapproved of the character of Nelson in our paper—for its correctness we beg leave to refer them to the barbarous illegal murder of Caracciolo , to his unbounded licentiousness in pri- vate life, and to the first letter he wrote after the battle of the Nile: " Almighty God has ble-sed his majesty's arms ," or some similar expressions.
In writing of English affairs, and of En- glish public characters, we know whereof we affirm, and are not afraid to enter into a fair proof of our general positions. We are often blinded by the adroitious ap- pendages which some men have had joined to their names, and we scruple not to say, however unpleasant it is, to see the honest Dundas , the consistent Pitt , the gal- lant Nelson and the rest of the fraternity, depicted in their true light—that if men in the middling classes of life had com- mitted one thousandth part of the crimes with which they are chargeable, they would have received the judgment of the law for their demerits.—15.
PARIS, April 18. On the 12th their imperial majesties (Napoleon and Josephine) arrived at Ly- ons; and on the 20th will pass Mount Cenis, and afterwards repair to the castle of Stupinis.
The journey of their majesties, furnish- es a great number of anecdotes. While the emperor was walking through the Park at Brienne, he heard that an old wo- man still lived, who inhabited a small cot- tage in the middle of the wood, and whi- ther he had frequently repaired, while at the military school at Brienne, to drink milk. His majesty bent his way thither, and asked the old woman if she recollected Bona- parte? On hearing the name, the poor wo- man fell at the emperor's feet; he raised her up, asked her if she had nothing to offer him? " Milk an eggs ," answered she to the emperor; he took two eggs, gave the old woman assurances of his favor, and left her a purse of gold.
[The Paris wits say, since the emperor has furnished himself eggs, there can be no doubt of the speedy hatching of some great event.]
MARCH 29. Arts and Sciences—There appeared a few days since upon the sun, a large spot with nuclei , which I observed in 9 degrees north of the solar equator. It differs lit- tle from the beautiful spots which I made use of, in order to determine the sun's ro- tation, in the Memoirs of the Academy for 1776, and seems to confirm the disco- very I made at that time, by showing that there are some places in preference to o- thers where the large spots are formed. Perhaps they are mountains which collect and retain the scoria of this immense fur- nace. The parallel that is 9 degrees south of the solar equator abounds most in great spots. These spots with two nuc- lei , which have appeared at different pe- riods, seem to me to set aside the system
of volcanoes suggested by Mr. Herschel, there cannot be two volcanoes so near to each other, and yet remain without inter- mixture, and always separated by a slen- der thread of light.
DELALANDE.
LONDON, April 28. Admiral Trowbridge, in the Blenheim, of 74 guns with the Greyhound frigate, of 32 guns has sailed for the East Indies with 17 rich Indiamen under convoy. The expedition under gen. Craig, which has sailed consisted of 50 vessels, with 5000 troops on board; and very large quantities of ammunition, ordnance and stores of all description. Their destination is unknown.
It has long been the habit of Bonaparte to foretell his expeditions previous to their being set on foot. "I will be at Milan," by such a time, he once told the directo- ry; and he kept his word. Three months since the Moniteur cautioned us to guard Ireland, Dominica, Jamaica, Ceylon, &c. It now seems though the caution was ne- glected, that the French were in earnest. When Garrick & Rigby were living to- gether in Norfolk, they observed upon a board at a house by the road side, the fol- lowing strange description:—"A goose- hoored hear ." "Heavenly powers," said Rigby, "how is it possible that such peo- ple as these can cure agues?"—"I do not know replied Garrick, "what their pre- scription is, but I am certain it is not by a spell."
Not long since a gentleman near Man- chester, having occasion to see a neigh- boring friend called at his house, and was informed he was gone out. To save the trouble of calling again he expressed a wish to see the mistress, but she was also gone out. That no time might be lost, he requested to see the young master; but he likewise was out. Wishing, how- ever, not to go without accomplishing his business, on saying he would then walk in and sit by the fire till one of them return- ed, he was told by Pat "one of them return- ed, for that too is gone out."
BERLIN, April 5.
The French ambassador, M. Laforrett, has delivered here seven grand badges of the legion of honor . One has been pre- sented to his majesty, our king; the others to prince Ferdinand, the reigning duke of Brunswick, field marshal Muollendorf, count von Schultenburg Kyhner, baron Hardenberg, and count Haugwitz. Prince Ferdinand on the receipt of his presented the French ambassador with a valuable snuff box.
MADRID, March 23.
Our army in Galicia now amounts to 22,000 men; and we are assured, that it is destined to take possession of the har- bors and strong places of Portugal.
NEW-YORK, June 12.
The American from Liverpool, brings no later news than before received. Capt. Sisson, (the master) informs us, that a hot press for seamen took place at Liver- pool the 7th of May, the day he sailed. Letters received in town via New-Bed- ford yesterday, dated the 1st May, from Amsterdam, mention, that no change had taken place in that market, excepting Ca- rolina rice, which had declined to 68 gs. Extract of a letter from Havannah, to a mer- chant in this city, dated May 30.
"The sacrifices that have been made here by the Americans is astonishing— scarcely a single cargo has lost less than 25 per cent. and almost all of them 33 1-2 and 50.
"A certain cargo of dry goods that left New York some time before me, his whis- pered will lose something less than 50 per cent. The merchants and every body else have been completely gulled by the government, with respect to duties; ever since the opening of the port they have promised to reduce them to 15 per cent. and yesterday it was decreed that the du- ties should continue as formerly, viz. 32 1-2 per cent. on every thing imported; but they say that some few articles con- sidered of the first necessity will be val- ued 5 per cent. less than formerly—but no one can enumerate one of these articles; and it is the general opinion that it is no- thing more than a trick. It would be an act of charity to give publicity to these facts, which may be implicitly relied on; for some of our young American mer- chants settled here, still continue to soli- cit consignments from America, every one of which must be absolutely ruinous."
French and British Fleets.—From the acc- ount received yesterday respecting the hostile one scarcely knows what to think. The Tou- lon squadron with an energy that does it credit, ( See est de beste opus dicere ), improved the op- portunity for putting to sea, and lost no time in prosecuting its voyage to the West Indies. But arrived there, instead of following up the advan- tages obtained—instead of pushing forward to reap the golden harvest which the British islands in their unprotected state presented, the combined squadrons lie dormant for upwards of a fortnight in the harbour of Fort Royal without attempting a single island or making a single effort. The squadrons arrived at the above place on the 25th ult., and had not sailed on the 1st instant.
The ship Pomona, Andrews, of Newbury port, was spoken on the 5th inst. near Newport bound to New-York. She sailed from London on the 9th of May, and may be hourly expected.
Captain Clark, of the ship Two Sons, arrived at Newburyport on Friday last, in 26 days from Nantz, informs, that Mr. Livingston, the late American Minister at the Court of France, with his family, were at Nantz; and that they intended to sail passage in the ship Mississippi, which was to sail for New-York in two days af- ter Capt. Clark's departure.
THE BRITISH FLEET.—The account given by Mr. Herschel, worth resigned his fleet at Jamaica to the command of Admiral Dacres, and himself sailed for En- gland. Since that period, Adm. Dacres has been cruising among the islands. On the 6th of April, Admiral Cochrane arrived with a rain forcement of 6 sail of the line and 3 frigates. Adm. Dacres has now it seems returned to Port Royal with his own fleet, and the whole of Admiral Cochrane's, excepting the Northumber- land, which is gone to Barbadoes. We state these facts to show the probability, that Adm- ral Dacres may have collected, from the various stations in the West Indies, and from Halifax, a force equal to the one mentioned by captain Ray from Jamaica.
June 22.
IMPORTANT.
Capt. Brown, of the schooner Roger Williams, arrived here yesterday, in 14 days from St. Bartholomews, gives us the positive assurance that a British fleet of 18 sail of the line had arrived at Barba- does on the first of June, under the com- mand of Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton, who was to be joined immediately by Ad- miral Cochrane with 6 sail of the line.— The squadron under Sir Richard is that lately commanded by Admiral Lord Nel- son, who is said to have returned to En- gland on account of the ill state of his health.
Capt. B. further informs us that another French and Spanish fleet from Ferrol and Cartahena, consisting of 36 sail (14 of which were of the line) having 12,000 troops on board, had arrived at Martinique, from whence they were to proceed against Antigua and Trinidad.
[Sir Richard Bickerton, was a rear ad- miral under Nelson, and is on board the Royal Sovereign, of 100 guns.]
By Capt. Thompson, in 13 days from St. Croix, we are informed that news was received there the day before he sailed, that a British fleet of 17 sail of the line had ar- rived off St. Lucie; and that another French fleet, consisting of 14 sail of the line, had arrived at Martinique. Captain T. says the above news was believed at St. Croix.
Captain Fowler, of the schooner Mari- ner, left Martinique on the first of June, at which time no second fleet had arrived there, as reported by Capt. Brown.
MARIETTA, June 6.
The following melancholy occurrence took place a few days since, on the bank of the river Ohio, near the mouth of Big Sandy in Kanawha County.
The son of a Dr. Hampton had married (not long since) the daughter of Col. Sorridge, and had taken her to reside with him at his father's house. Col. Sorridge having been informed that Dr. Hampton mistreated his daughter, had threat- ened to chastise him in case he did not change his conduct. It happened that they met on Sun- day at the usual place of assembling on that day for public worship; after divine service was en- ded, Col. Sorridge concluded to call on his daugh- ter, whom he had not seen for some time, and was walking up a short lane, which led from the river to Dr. Hampton's house: when he was within thirty yards of the door, Dr. Hampton stept out with his rifle, and said to Col. Sorridge, you are near enough, and immediately dischar- ged it at him: the bullet went through the body of Col. Sorridge, who expired about two hours after. The distress of the son and daughter cannot be described. The daughter beheld her murdered father bleeding and breathing his last, while the husband unable to console her, had a still more distressing scene to witness—a fa- ther and a Murderer, bound before his eyes and dragged to prison, in all probability to end his life on a gallows.
Col. Sorridge declared previous to his death that he had no intention of injuring Dr. Hampton.
RALEIGH, (N. C.) June 24.
The Circuit Court for this District ad- journed on Friday last after having finish- ed the business brought before it. The cause of the Earl Granville's devisees, which has excited so much public expec- tation in this state, came on to be heard upon the motion made at December term to strike out the demurrer to the evidence; And after argument of counsel, the Dis- trict Judge delivered his opinion at consi- derable length, stating the progress of the cause, the ground of the motion, and the reasons for his opinion; and concluded by saying, that the Plaintiff demurred im- properly—that the Defendants joined in the demurrer improperly—and that the whole impropriety should be stricken out and an alias nre facias awarded. This being the judgment of the court, the cause will of course be referred to a jury again; and it is believed, will be tri- ed at the next term. The continuance at this term was granted at the instance of the Plaintiff's counsel, who were not pre- pared for an argument to the jury.
The Chief Justice gave no opinion upon that motion, nor does he intend to deli- ver one on the main question. He stated from the bench his reasons for his declin- ing: saying, that at a former term he en- quired of the counsel if this case depend- ed upon a construction of the treaty of peace; that if it did, he should give no opinion, because he had formed an opin- ion upon that subject so firmly, that he did not believe he could change it; and as that opinion was formed when he was ve- ry deeply interested (alluding to the cause of Lord Fairfax in Virginia) he should feel much delicacy in deciding the present question; but upon being informed that the treaty of Peace would make no part of the case, he felt himself freed from that delicacy, and intended to deliver his opin- ion. It seemed, however, that upon the argument, the defence assumed the prin- ciple of alienage, thereby involving the case with the treaty of peace, and made that question an important point. The only part of the case on which he entertained any doubt was the confiscation laws; and as he could not satisfy himself that the plaintiff was included in those laws, he could not consistently with his duty and the deli- cacy he felt, give an opinion in the cause.
BLACK BEARD.
[From M c Kinnen's Tour in the West In- dies.]
The account given by Mr. M c Kinnen of John Teach, the famous pirate, known in the Bahama's by the name of Black- Beard, is extremely entertaining; and shows that at a period much more re- cent than the age of the Buccaneers, the trade of depredation was carried on sys- tematically, and to an enormous extent, in the Charabean seas. This freeboot- er lived in the reign of George the se- cond.
"This extraordinary man had united in his fortunes a desperate and formidable gang of pirates, styling himself their com- modore, and assuming the authority of a legitimate chief. Under a wild fig tree, the trunk of which still remains, and was shown to me in the eastern part of the town, he used to sit in council amongst his banditti, concerting or promulgating his plans, and exercising the authority of a magistrate. His piracies were often car- ried on near the English settlements on the coast of North America, where he met with extraordinary success. Perhaps in the history of human depravity, it would be difficult to select actions, more brutal and extravagant than Black Beard's bio- grapher has recorded of him. As the nar- rative to which I allude is generally cre- dited, and bears strong internal evidence of truth, it may be amusing to mention a few particulars of a man who was for some time considered as sovereign of this island."
"In person as well as disposition, this desperado, who was a native of England, seems to have been qualified for the chief of a gang of thieves. The effect of his beard, which gave a natural ferocity to his countenance, was always solicitous to heighten, by suffering it to grow to an im- moderate length, and twisting it about in small tails like a Ramillies wig; whence he derived the name of Black Beard.— His portrait in time of action is described as that of a complete fury; with three brace- s of pistols in holsters over his shoul- ders like bandoliers, and lighted matches under his hat, sticking out over each of his ears. All authority as well as admi- ration amongst the pirates was conferred on those who committing every outrage on humanity, displayed the greatest audaci- ty and extravagance. Black Beard's pre- tensions to an elevated rank in the estima- tion of his associates, may be conceived from the character of his jokes."
Having often exhibited himself before them as a demon, he determined once to show them a hell of their own creation. For this purpose he collected a quantity of mate- rials between the decks of his vessel; when kindling the flame and shutting down the hatches upon his crew, he involved him- self with them literally in fire and brim- stone. With oaths and frantic gestures, he then acted the part of the devil, as lit- tle affected by the smoke as if he had been born in the infernal regions; till his companions, suffocated and fainting, com- pelled him to release them. His convivial humor was of a similar cast. In one of his excursions, whilst heated with liquor, & sitting in his cabin he took a pistol in each hand; then cocking them under the table, blew out the candles, and crossing his hands, fired on each side at his companions: one of them received a shot which remained him for life. His gallantry also was of the same complexion as his vein of humor. He had 14 wives if they may be so called. But his conduct towards one of them ap- pears to have been too unfeeling and un- manly to admit of description.
[From the Baltimore American.]
THE FARMER.
Having suffered greatly by insects destroying the plants in my garden, and particularly cucum- bers, and having also learned a remedy for the evil, you are requested to publish the following, for the benefit of the public.
Last year I was more unfortunate than com- mon in the loss of my cucumber plants, three suc- cessive crops having been wholly cut off. F- owards the end of June, having heard that a row of turpentine would preserve them, I planted a seed, the fourth time, & as soon as the plants began to get forward, I procured the spirit mixed with about the same quantity of water with which I lightly touched the ground round the plants; and the consequence was that nei- ther the bugs nor worms molested the vines, and my crop of cucumbers was as good as any I ever had.
AN OLD FARMER.
FROM A LONDON PAPER.
SINGULARLY PROLIFIC EWE.
This ewe is aged five years and eleven months and has within these four years forty-nine we- produced 20 thriving lambs. At the first year- ing she had two lambs; at the second year, a the third, three; at the fourth three; at the fifth four; and at the sixth, four. She is only half bred, the property of Thomas Berland, farmer, by whom she was reared upon the lands of Win- dyhill, parish of Galston, the property of the Rev. Arch. Laurie, minister of Loudoun. Mr. Hodgson, of Consey Foot, near Leawick, in Cumberland, has an ewe living, either 32 or 33 years of age. She has had a lamb annually for 29 years. In 1803 she was so late as the 12th August; but last year, at the usual time, in Ap- ril—This surprising animal is now quite blind. At Oram, in the parish of Montogom, Somerset, there are living, in one family, a father and wife, of the name of Edin, whose united ages are 186; a son and a daughter 140; which in all amounts to 326 years. In domestic animals, they have a blind dog 26 years, a raven 60 years, turned grey, and a horse 53 years old—the aggregate of the whole making 449 years.
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CIVILIZATION OF THE INDIANS.
On no topic can the mind of an American dwell with more complacency than the conduct of his government to the aborigines of the soil. In surveying on the records of impartial history, the origin and progressive steps of conquest, we contemplate the darkest picture which the development of the human character exhibits. It is here that we behold the unmitigated and destructive force of the worst passions, uncontrolled by humanity, unchecked by policy. Power, avarice and lust, which under other circumstances keep each other in check by mutual collision, here united pour in one mighty torrent, sweeping in its impetuous course whatever opposes their indulgence. Whether we cast our eyes to the east or the west we behold the same hideous and awful spectacle; unoffending and happy nations enjoying the bounties of nature, cut off by the sword of the inexorable conqueror, or doomed to abject slavery!
Under the auspices of these rare and honorable principles the intercourse with the natives commenced, and has with but little variation, been since conducted. The conduct of the European settlers may, in the first instance, have been in a great degree, the offspring of weakness. But to the honor of the American character, in proportion as the nation has acquired strength, has she manifested a spirit of philanthropy, indulgence, and even generosity to the natives. Commissions of the unfortunate situation in which they were placed, exposed, from an inevitable necessity, to the gradual dispossession of their lands, there has prevailed but one sentiment, that it became our duty, by every means in our power to lighten their sufferings, and, while we deprived them of the soil, to give them, if possible, an equivalent.
Hence has arisen a system of intercourse, under which solemn treaties are formed, by which the natives surrender to the United States their rights to portions of soil, & receive in return from them temporary gratifications or permanent subsidies. With the growth of the national resources this system has been extended; and it has not been deemed unworthy of the philosophic spirit that now presides over the cabinet to employ the best means of gradually attaching the Indians to the pursuits of civilized life. Already the effects of these efforts have become manifest; and have effectually disproved the generally received opinion of the intractability of the savage state to the arts of civilized life. The recent and authentic statements, which have been published, prove that the task is not half so difficult as has been imagined. They demonstrate that the success entirely depends on the means. They prove that the Indians, so far from being insensible to the comforts of civilization, are gradually & steadily embracing them; and that some of the tribes have already made no inconsiderable progress in agriculture and domestic manufactures; so much so that many families are well dressed, with the habits of the civilized state, made by their own industry. Among the evidences of this interesting fact, we have before us several specimens of cloth of a good substantial texture made by Cherokee squaws, which were sent to Mr. Cocke, a Senator from Tennessee, as an evidence of the progress of their improvement, as well as of their regard for a friend and benefactor. We have also before us several letters, received by that gentleman, from young Indian women, written in their own hand writing—The writing is perfectly legible, and by no means bad. We cannot resist the gratification of presenting a transcript of two of them to the reader. (Nat. Intel.)
SIR, Your letter of this date is now before me. In answer to it you may assure yourself, I will with pleasure furnish you with a sample of our manufactory. Probably the next time you pass this way I shall be able to show you a better specimen. Wishing you better health and an agreeable journey home. I remain Sir, Respectfully yours, &c. Gen. William Cocke.
Cherokees, Dec. 28th, 1804. DEAR SIR, We have the pleasure to acknowledge the favor of your friendly letter of the 14th ulto.—In answer to it we must confess we are more than pleased to find, that our worthy friend Gen. Cocke, approves so highly of our small progress in manufactory.—Should we again have the pleasure of our friends company at our wigwam, probaby he would discover we have not procrastinated in our industry. But as it pleased the Deity to place our ancestors in this part of the Globe where there was no opportunity to get instructions, but from them, we are to be excused if we make an error, but are thankful he has given us a talent, and we wish to make use of it, viz. not to bury it in the seas of oblivion. Venerable Pater, we hope you will be so courteous as to visit our dwelling when you are travelling through our country, that we may have the pleasure of your company, for instance you are capable to judge of our advancements in manufactory, &c. We are Dear Sir, respectfully Yours.
Among the numerous features which characterize the policy of the present administration of the general government, there is none that will descend to posterity with more eclat, than the enlightened humanity and friendship with which the aborigines of the soil are treated. In the measures pursued for the promotion of their happiness will be discerned a spirit of pure and active benevolence; and in the means made use of towards effecting civilisation, will be seen a policy at once simple and profound, such as circumstances require, but such as has in other nations never been practised. Hitherto force has usually been embarked in every enterprise for reclaiming the savage state. Let us say conquerors, first inspire the savages with terror, and then they will lend a willing ear to our advice, and obey our precepts. Little did these men know of the human heart! Little did they appreciate the stubbornness of the materials of which it is formed before it has learned to bow beneath the yoke of usurpation! Hence all their proud schemes have perished without success! And they have ended, at once, in the destruction of the innocent and the entire abortion of their hopes.
May the lessons which America teaches sink deep into the hearts of princes, and may they learn that policy, no less than justice, inculcates the duties of forbearance and mercy. It may add to the interest of this merited tribute to the enlightened policy of our government to give a short outline, drawn by the correct pen of Robertson, of the very different system pursued by the Spaniards in planting their colonies in this quarter of the Globe.
The first visible consequence of the establishments made by the Spaniards in America, was the diminution of the ancient inhabitants to a degree equally astonishing and deplorable. I have already, on different occasions, mentioned the disastrous influence under which the connection of the Americans with the people of our hemisphere commenced, both in the islands, and in several parts of the continent, and have touched upon various causes of their rapid consumption. Wherever the inhabitants of America had resolution to take arms in defence of their liberty and rights, many perished in the unequal contest, and were cut off by their fierce invaders. But the greatest desolation followed after the sword was sheathed & the conquerors were settled in tranquility. It was in the islands, and in those provinces of the continent which stretch from the Gulf of Trinidad to the confines of Mexico, that the fatal effects of the Spanish dominion were first and most sensibly felt. All these were occupied either by wandering tribes of hunters, or by such as had made but small progress in cultivation and industry. When they were compelled by their new masters to take up a fixed residence, & to apply to regular labor; when tasks were imposed upon them disproportioned to their strength, and were exacted with unrelenting severity, they possessed not vigor either of mind or of body to sustain this unusual load of oppression. Dejection and despair drove many to end their lives by violence. Fatigue and famine destroyed more. In all those extensive regions, the original race of inhabitants wasted away; in some it was totally extinguished. In Mexico, where a powerful and martial people distinguished their opposition to the Spaniards by efforts of courage worthy of a better fate, great numbers fell in the field; and there, as well as in Peru, still greater numbers perished under the hardships of attending the Spanish armies in their various expeditions and civil wars, worn out with the incessant toil of carrying their baggage, provisions, and military stores. But neither the rage nor cruelty of
people of Mexico and Peru, as the inconsiderate policy with which they established their new settlements. The former were temporary calamities, fatal to individuals; the latter was a permanent evil, which, with gradual consumption, wasted the nation. When the provinces of Mexico and Peru were divided among the conquerors, each was eager to obtain a district, from which he might expect an instantaneous recompence for all his services. Soldiers, accustomed to the carelessness and dissipation of a military life, had neither industry to carry on any plan of regular cultivation, nor patience to wait for its slow but certain returns. Instead of settling in the valleys occupied by the natives, where the fertility of the soil would have amply rewarded the diligence of the planter, they chose to fix their stations in some of the mountainous regions, frequent both in New Spain and in Peru. To search for mines of gold and silver, was the chief object of their activity. The prospects which this opens, and the alluring hopes which it continually presents correspond wonderfully with the spirit of enterprise and adventure that animated the first emigrants to America in every part of their conduct. In order to push forward those favorite projects, so many hands were wanted, that the service of the natives became indispensably requisite. They were accordingly compelled to abandon their ancient habitations in the plains, and driven in crowds to the mountains. This sudden transition from the sultry climate of the valleys, to the chill penetrating air peculiar to high lands in the torrid zone; exorbitant labor, scanty or unwholesome nourishment, and the despondency occasioned by a species of oppression to which they saw no end, affected them nearly as much as their less industrious countrymen in the islands. They sunk under the united pressure of those calamities, and melted away with almost equal rapidity. In consequence of this, together with the introduction of the small pox, a malady unknown in America, and extremely fatal to the natives, the number of people both in New Spain and Peru was so much reduced, that in a few years the accounts of their ancient population appeared almost incredible.
Mr. Jefferson.—It has been reported, and it is to be believed, from the moderate deportment of Mr. Jefferson, and from concurring ideas, that he will have the magnanimity to decline the continuance of the high office of President of the United States, at the expiration of his present solemn engagement to the nation. Although this act of public virtue should be regarded as a brilliant instance of self-denial, even in the career of an honorable and philanthropic ambition; we find, from miserable conviction, that even a disposition to recede from the well-managed authority, cannot silence the calumnies of those arrogant and ambitious men, who are sleepless in their endeavors to annihilate our civil and religious liberties! Before this generous disposition was in currency, he was charged with an insatiable desire of power; now it has become probable, that he will nobly forego that power in opposition to the common voice of his grateful country; the anglo-federal faction are but changing the tone of their obloquy, and charge that to his policy which is only cognizable, by his honor and truth. What shall we urge to these inexorable enemies of human right and happiness? What argument can we urge to remove the sting of their unworthy prejudices? Mr. Jefferson's offences towards the Tories of the United States consists in the uniformity of his labors to sustain the glory of his fellow citizens, who are the legitimate objects of his government; and for this benevolent consistency his political enemies will never forgive him while he smiles on them; so unfortunately true is the maxim of Dryden;
Forgiveness to the injured does belong: As they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. To have methodised, extended and consolidated the freedom of his country; is the least of his merits. He has gained the empire of opinion! He has proved to an admiring world and his grateful fellow citizens, that he lives to enlighten and soften the condition of the human race: to make his official authority subordinate to the happiness of others: and while the shafts of calumny are flying about his deathless name, he journeys onward to a glorious immortality, evincing the folly of his enemies in the triumph of his character.
The supposition of his conditional offer to fill a more unimportant department of the state, in a succeeding administration, has not escaped the tooth of malice. What can be nobler than this evidence of moderation in prosperity, which Tacitus calls, "bounding our desires by discretion," and which, continues that luminous ancient, "is the most difficult effort of the mind." When it is criminal to be modest,—when it is a proof of arrogance to stoop voluntarily from the pedestal of authority into the vale of subordination,—when it is disreputable to be practically moral; then, and not until then, can the honor of our President be wounded by such puerile instances of spleen, and the ravings of faction. Yet even these traits of petulance form causes for our rejoicing. Happy nation! to possess a ruler so invulnerable in character; and happy must that people be, where the privileges of examination and censure of magistracy are only limited by that fluctuating sense of right and wrong, which the wise and the estimable will always regulate with due delicacy. Those who are unwilling
bation, cannot b felicity of their nature; even the principles of liberty must perish, if public gratitude denies its offerings to virtue. From New Orleans to St. Croix we are inundated with detraction; the coming hours only change the features of the villainy, but they do not abate the virulence of these foul endeavours. Every man is denounced an enemy to the Almighty, and his hallowed attributes, who will not set his seal to the destruction of his country's liberties; the freedom of the press is perverted to the most diabolical uses, and principally directed to the overthrow of these privileges which these base men so glaringly violate. Humanity is taught to shudder at the approaches of philosophy by illiberal miscreants, who have neither morals in the mind, nor charity in the heart: by seditious writers and fanatic preachers, who make a base calculation of the effect of corruption on human weakness and systematically pursue an attack upon public credulity in order to uproot the very germ and foundation of independence and mutual felicity; who take the name of God in vain, and make the angels tremble at the impious excesses of their hypocrisy.—Were it asked for what purpose all this devilish mischief is perpetrated? we would answer, that it was in the horrid hopes of introducing the forms, expenses, and episcopal harlotry, of the British monarchy, which might give titles to the vain, and bribes to the corrupt, at the expense of their nation's dignity; although it is well understood, that if they were to revile the sovereign of that despotic kingdom (as Mr. Bigelow emphatically called it) in the same degree that they pour their obloquy on Mr. Jefferson, every man of the party would be chained down in a dungeon to moan out his existence without commiseration. (Bost. Chron.)
Extract of a letter from a respectable commercial house in Lisbon, to another in New York, dated May 2d. "Since our last advices the continued and abundant importations of grain from France, the beginning of those from the Mediterranean, the certain advices of considerable purchases in the north of Europe, the occasional supplies from America, and the flattering appearance of our own crop, having altogether had a more sudden and important effect upon our market than we ever remember to have experienced. Very little more than a month ago we sold flour at fifteen dollars and a half per barrel on board, and wheat rather higher in proportion. The nominal price is now from 10 to 11 dollars."
"In Spain, flour which was lately at 22 dollars, is now unsaleable at 15; and we are afraid much money will be lost at your late high prices. Very few of our dealers will buy at any rate. The case is nearly the same throughout Spain."
The British sloop of war Saillante, of 28 guns, was captured off Martinique by a frigate of the combined French and Spanish fleets.
On Monday the 17th inst. the American company of Booksellers met at New-Ark, agreeable to adjournment, to hold their annual fair.
The legislatures of Massachusetts and New Hampshire are in session. Mr. Strong's speech was of length, sentimental and conciliatory: we presume it is his last. If all the votes in Massachusetts had been allowed Mr. Strong would have been elected by only about 600 votes, and a republican lieutenant-governor chosen. Governor Langdon's speech was firm and patriotic; and he will be honorably seconded by a republican legislature—after so many years of federal domination in New Hampshire.—Bee.
COMMUNICATION. Whether our excellent president does, or does not, decline being re-elected, after the expiration of the present constitutional term, there cannot, we presume, be the least glimpse of hope for the tory faction. It will never, we trust, be in their power again to impose another president upon the people: They could not bring forward a federal character that would receive more than 12 or 14 out of 162 electoral votes for president. In no country perhaps, in so short a period, were a party so completely beaten, and reduced from a large and commanding majority, to a very small and "contemptible" minority. TWO STATES only, out of the SEVENTEEN, being decidedly federal. Alas, federalism! thou hast been tried in the balance, and found wanting.—Bost. Demo.
REMARKABLE PERSONAGE. Don Jeze Cordero Periora, arrived in town last week from Portugal, on a visit to the Portuguese ambassador. This gentleman is 27 years of age, and 21 inches in height, elegantly formed. He will be presented to his majesty and the royal family by his royal highness the duke of Sussex, to whom he had the honor of being known at Lisbon. The Portuguese charge d'affaires raises the done erect on his hand, and carries him about the house, and wraps him in a Spanish mantle while he conveys him from his excellency's hall that brings him at his apartments in Hanover street, Hanover square. It is said he
LOUIS HARDI LE BLANC, a Frenchman, was sentenced to the state prison of New York, for life, at the late court of Oyer and Terminer, for forging and uttering counterfeit bank notes. He declares himself a near relation to the Emperor Napoleon; but produced only his own assertion, or word of honor, in support of his imperial claim.
Mr. FOWLE, the fortunate holder of the ticket No. 17199 (25,000 dollar prize) purchased at G. and R. Waite's Lottery Office, is, we understand, a taylor by profession, in Baltimore.—It is a singular circumstance that the next highest prize was the property of a gentleman of the same profession in this city.—M. Ad.
The following is copied from Goddard's Pennsylvania Chronicle, (No. 196) from Oct. 8 to 15, 1770.—
"Salem, Sept. 25, 1770. "Miss Namah Leach, of Beverly, who was in this town a few days since, excited the curiosity of numbers to see her, as a very remarkable instance of avarian stature, being but about 25 inches in height. She is 52 years old."
Anecdote.—A number of unfortunate convicts having arrived at the place of execution, one of them who was very inattentive on the occasion; had a gentle rebuke from the pious ketch, which he received with a sang froid so perfectly at his ease, that he asked ketch, "if he had any commands where he was going?" Jack, in reply, thanked him for his civility, and told him, he "believed he must trouble him with a line,"—and at that instant, clapped the halter about his neck.
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE LOTTERY, Now drawing in Norfolk. TWENTY-SEVENTH DAY. Prize of 500 dollars—No. 1254. Prizes of 15 dollars—Nos. 38 143 234 463 505 130 834 5453 2224 7684 2085 7033 5484 3062 2369 5743 4938 4574 1934 3046 7128 2415 1060 7741 3381 1277 2000 4321 1419 5330 2699 4163 2385 4800 6762 6025 2886 5606. TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY. Prize of 500 dollars—No. 3852. Prizes of 15 dollars—Nos. 90 720 865 262 354 795 898 654 102 937 3175 1613 5690 2702 1677 7954 2475 3937 7279 2653 7577 3390 4953 1423 2307 6845 5293 2357 7708 6823 5931 6534 5542 6004 3138 1747 7970 2374 6395 2684 5067 3190 5593 4843 2615 2199 4308 5393 4894 5658 2313 7004 3655 2549 6298 5764 6987 7638 2682 4274 4179 2510 6317 58 3449 4599 5323 3396 7449 1203 6717 1658 1839 6968 7757 1145 4821 7093 3404 6499 2960 5804.
The Clergymen of the City of Richmond of all denominations are requested to solicit donations to the Free School from their respective congregations on Sunday the 30th inst. to aid that useful and charitable institution. By order of the Board, WM. DU-VAL, President of the Board of Trustees for the Richmond Free School June 24th, 1805 The above request will be duly attended to at the Capitol. John Buchanan, John D. Blair.
JUST PUBLISHED, In a handsome 12mo. vol. and for sale at this office, THE THIRD EDITION OF THE LETTERS OF THE BRITISH SPY: Originally published in the Virginia Argus, in August and September, 1805. June 27, 1805.
TO BE SOLD, AT PUBLIC VENDUE, At Gadsby's Hotel, in Alexandria, on Monday the 16th day of September, at 12 o'clock at noon.
ALL THAT TRACT OF LAND, late Presley Thornton, Esquire's, situated in Northumberland county, Virginia, lying immediately on the Potomac River. The following description is given of this property, by persons well acquainted with it.—It contains 2,500 acres, 1,700 acres of which are the most valuable low grounds on the river, between 3 and 400 acres heavily timbered, and the remainder very high land extremely productive. The soil of this tract is equal to any in the state for the cultivation of corn, wheat, tobacco, timothy and small grain of all kinds. On this tract are a large commodious Brick Mansion House and two Offices, a large Brick Stable, valuable Barn, Cow House and many other out houses. The Orchards and Garden contain a number of valuable fruit trees, and the waters abound with excellent fish and oysters. It is situated about a day's sail from Baltimore, Alexandria and Norfolk. There are two good mill seats for grist and saw mills on the estate, and plenty of cedar and chesnut timber for which an excellent market may be found at the City of Washington. The terms of sale are—one fourth cash, on fourth in one year, one fourth in 18 months and the residue in two years from the day of sale. The payments to be secured by bonds, with mortgages on the premises, and to be on interest from the day of sale. For further information, application may be made in behalf of the subscriber, Thomas Robinson, to Richard Peters, jun. attorney at law in the city of Philadelphia, or to William Lewi in the same city, (Philadelphia.) THOMAS ROBINSON, W. LEWIS. June 19, 1805.
TO RENT, THE HOUSE lately occupied by Thomas Gilliat, and immediate possession given—Apply to Gilliat & Kirby. Richmond, June 28, 1805 Mr. Peicolas Professor of Music, has for a A NEW GRAND PIANO FORTE. Apply at his residence opposite Mr. Copia office on the Capitol hill. Richmond, June 4th, 1805.

NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the late firm of Buchanan, Dunlop & Co. Of Petersburg; Robert Pollok & Co. Of Richmond; and Dunlop, Pollok & Co. Of Manchester, Are hereby notified that James Dunlop, late a partner in the above concerns, has become purchaser of the outstanding debts; they will therefore be pleased to make payment to Mr. John Tompkins, residing in Richmond, or the subscriber, residing in Petersburg; who alone are authorised to make collections and grant discharges. Suits will be indiscriminately commenced against all who do not make payment before the first of February next.
JOHN DUNLOP, Attorney for James Dunlop. Petersburg, Nov. 15. 1804. (if)
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
Runs away from the subscriber about the end of Nov or early in Dec. a black servant named SAM , I believe about 19 or 20 years of age, very strong and likely for a man of his age. He was seen in the neighborhood of this place some time after he absented himself, but from his connections I have reason to suppose that he may be lurking about, or concealed by those connections in the counties of Powhatan or Gumberland. I will give the above reward if he is brought to me in this place, or ten dollars if secured in a jail so that I may get him.
Arch'd. Freeland. Manchester, March 16. 1805. (if)
BROKER'S OFFICE.
THE SUBSCRIBER HAS Opened a Broker's Office, Opposite the Union Tavern, and over the Counting-house of Thomas and Amos Ladd. All business confided to him will be transacted with strict fidelity.
THOM. NORVELL. Richmond, October 3, 1804. (if)
Forty Dollars Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber living in Granville county, North Carolina, in March last, two bright mulatto fellows: one by the name of BARTLEY , about 35 years of age, he has but little to say, and appears to be very humble; he is a tolerable good Shoemaker and Cooper, about 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, and he is a well set negro. GEORGE is about 23 years of age, about 6 feet high, spare made, but a very active negro, fond of drink, and a very forward saucy fellow. I expect they have obtained free passes and will endeavor to pass for free negroes; it is probable they are lurking about Manchester, Richmond or Petersburg; they were seen in Manchester a few days past. Any person taking them up & confining them in jail, so that I get them, shall have the above reward, or 20 dollars for either, paid by the subscriber.
LEWIS HENING. June 5th, 1805. (if)
TO RENT,
THE HOUSE & LOT, ON Shockoe Hill, lately occupied by Mr. John Pendleton; now newly painted and repaired, and in every respect fit for the immediate reception of a family, having all necessary out-houses, &c. Apply to Benjamin Wolfe, adjoining the premises, or to Joseph Gallego. April 22, 1805. (if)
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it appears by the inquisition of the Coroner for the county of Berkeley, that JOSEPH THRUSTON and JOHN THRUSTON , late of the said county, are charged with the murder of Barney Riley; & information has been received by the executive, that the said Joseph Thruston and John Thruston, have fled from justice: I have, therefore, thought fit with the advice of the Council of State, to issue this proclamation—thereby offering a reward of Two Hundred Dollars, for apprehending and conducting before the Coroner, or a Justice of the Peace, for the said county, the said Joseph Thruston and John Thruston, or One Hundred Dollars for either of them, in order to their examination, touching the said murder: And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of this commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend and conduct before the Coroner or a Justice of the Peace for the aforesaid county of Berkeley, the said Joseph Thruston and John Thruston, that they may be dealt with, as, in such cases, the law directs.
Given under my hand as Governor, with the seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 19th day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the commonwealth the twenty ninth. (Signed) JOHN PAGE.
THE heirs of Gibson Cleveuds,
are hereby notified, that there is in my possession a Negro Woman and Child, recovered by suit in this court, which they are desired to take away. CHARLES MERIWETHER. Halifax, June 13th, 1805. (if)
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE away last evening, a large stout made blood bay HORSE , upwards of five feet high, 7 years old last spring, was shod all round about two months ago, but some of the shoes may now be off; he has a large head and small eyes, trots and gallops; if he has any other marks by which he might be distinguished, they are not recollected. He had on a saddle a good deal worn, with a hogskin seat and plated stirrups. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the horse and saddle to the subscribers. Pickett, Pollard & Johnston. Richmond, March 5, 1805.
FOR SALE,
TWO LOTS, HANDSOMELY situated in the town of New-Canton, on James river; on both are new and well built dwelling houses and offices: on one an excellent garden well enclosed, and the other containing one acre, with a good post and rail fence.—For further particulars enquire of Messrs. William Anderson and James Lea of said place, who are legally authorised to sell and convey the same.
ROBERT HILL. New-York, 1st Feb. 1805. (if)
Just published, and for sale by S. PLEASANTS, Jr. in an elegant pocket edition,
WATS' PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS.
BY AUTHORITY. RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY.
CLASS N o II. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each. dols. 40000 1 Prize of dols. 10000 1 of 5000 5 of 1000 20 of 500 50 of 100 50 of 50 100 of 25 40000 227 First drawnticket after 500 are drawn, dols. 500 after 1000 500 after 1500 500 after 2000 1000 after 2500 1000 after 3000 1000 after 3500 1000 after 3950 10000
The above Lottery will certainly commence drawing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold.
The subscriber wishes to sell for cash, or on credit till the first day of January next, the
Two Brick Tenements, Adjoining the house of Mr. Benjamin Morby. JOHN PENDLETON. City of Richmond, Nov. 10th. 1804. (if)
Surry County, Virginia, 6th June, 1805. WAS committed to the jail of this county, on the 24th day of February last, a negro man who calls himself BOOKER , and says that he belongs to a Mr. Ezekiel Walden, of Northumberland county, but appears to be at considerable loss to tell whether in Maryland or this state. He says that he left this country in April, 1804, in pursuit of his wife, which had been sold.—He is a stout well made fellow, about 22 years old, appears to have gone by water, and says that he sailed in the schooner John, and from Baltimore. The said negro is now hired out agreeable to law. His owner is desired to come forward, prove property, pay charges and take him away.
David Price, Keeper of the jail, Surry courthouse. THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public at large, that he has obtained a commission for the exercise of the duties of a NOTARY PUBLIC, in and for this City; and that any business committed to him shall meet with prompt dispatch. Sam'l. McCraw. Richmond, 17th May, 1805. (if)
W H I S K E Y. TALIAFERRO and DICKIN- SON, near the basin, keep a constant supply of Whiskey, distilled west of the Blue Ridge. Richmond, June 5. 1805. (3m)
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale,
The following Articles, viz: Loaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum, Cognac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Coffee of a superior quality, Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue, Young Hyson and Imperial Tea, 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt, Paint Shot, assorted sizes.—And The remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d March, 1805.
The subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have received their
Spring Assortment of Goods, Of the best quality and latest fashions, & will dispose of them on the cheapest terms for cash, viz: Chinese Laced Cambric Shawls Dimities assorted Laced Cambric Shawls India Linens India, English, French Cotton Cambrics and Italian Silks Nanskeen Florentine and Satins, Cotton & S. H. Hose best kind Coloured Cambricks and Pic Nic Laced ditto Mitts India Muslins of the Sil Gloves, thread, lace first quality and edgings Plain & coloured Mus- Black Crape, and a seilles General assortment of Superfine Cloths and Ca- Ribbons simeres Gold & Silver Bullion Tickets, Corduroys and A general assortment of Velvets Leghorn Bonnets Bed Ticks and German Gentlemen's Leghorn Osnaburgs Hats. Together with a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate. JOHN MILLER & CO. Richmond, 8th May, 1805. (if)
Manchester Turnpike Company.
SHAREHOLDERS in the Manchester Turnpike Company, are hereby required to pay to James Brander, treasurer, the sum of three and one half dollars on each share, on or before the 1st of July next. By order of the Directors, James Brander, CLK. 13th May, 1805. (11)
MILLINERY.
MRS. BUCKNER having commenced business in Manchester in the line of MILLINERY & MANTUA-MAKING , respectfully solicits the patronage of her friends and the public. She has on hand at present a small assortment of the articles necessary in that line of business, and shortly expects to receive from New-York an additional supply. All commands from the country will be faithfully and punctually attended to. (if)
CASH will be given for Twelve or Fifteen BOYS, From 7 to 15 years old,—Enquire of the Printer
HENING'S
New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease & release, mortgage, trust, &c. FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK-STORE.
TO RENT. A BRICK HOUSE, adjoining the old City Tavern, well calculated for a Dry Goods Store. Apply to Gallego, Richard & Co. May 29th, 1805. (if)
LAND FOR SALE.
IN pursuance of an order of the High Court of Chancery for the Richmond district, will be sold, at Public Auction, on Monday the 15th day of July next, on the premises,
A Valuable Tract of Land, On the Little Bird Creek, in the county of Gloucester, belonging to the estate of the late William Anderson of London, &c. and known by the name of Mussie's; containing by a late survey, 2,312 1-2 acres, divided into four lots of nearly equal extent; about two thirds of this tract, is now in woods which is good tobacco land, and the part cleared has been but little worn. Terms of sale will be one fourth in ready money, & three annual instalments for the balance. Bonds with approved security and a deed of trust upon the land will be required, to carry interest from the date if not punctually paid. Those inclined to view the land before the day of sale, will be shown it by Mr. George Toler or Mr. William Tolson, adjoining, who can give information of the manner in which the lots are laid off.
BENJAMIN TOLER, Agent in fact for the Executrix of William Anderson. Hanover, 3d June, 1805. (tds.)
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it duly appears to the executive that GEORGE DILLARD , charged by the inquisition of a coroner with the murder of Henry Willmore late of the county of King and Queen, hath fled from justice—I have therefore thought fit, with the advice of the council of state to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of One Hundred Dollars, to any person or persons who shall apprehend the said George Dillard, and convey him before the coroner or a Justice of the peace for the county afore said, to be committed to jail for examination touching the said murder. And I do moreover enjoin all officers, civil and military, and exhort the good people of the commonwealth, to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said George Dillard, that he may be dealt with as, in such cases, the law directs.
Given under my hand as Governor, with the seal of the commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 5th day of June, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and five, and of the commonwealth the twenty ninth. (Signed) JOHN PAGE.
Fifteen Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the subscriber living in Amherst county, four miles below the courthouse, on the night of the 17th inst. a negro man named MAJOR , who was formerly the property of a Mr. Hide (merchant in Orange county,) afterwards sold to George Quinshbury, then to the subscriber. Said negro is about 22 years old, yellow complexion, full face, thick lips well set, bow legged, about 5 feet high very short fingers, with a scar on his left hand below the finger joints—Also, another scar against his eye, and one of his fore teeth out; he had on when he went away an ozambray shirt and pantaloons, and carried with him one pair striped breeches, a grey coat and pantaloons, and a blanket. He took with him a likely sorrel horse, with a star in his forehead and a small stripe down to his nose, shod before, and I believe is branded with a C on his thigh. Said negro is well acquainted in many parts of Virginia, being formerly Mr. Hide's waiting man. He has a wife and children in Orange county at the said Quinshbury's, and I suppose he will be lurking about that place.—Whoever will apprehend the said negro and return him with the horse, to the subscriber, shall receive the above reward, and all reasonable charges paid by James Stevens, Jr. Amherst county, May 18, 1805. (6w)
FOUND,
on Saturday the 2d inst. a Red Morocco POCKET BOOK, which the owner may get by applying to the subscriber and paying for this advertisement. James Bootwright. Richmond, March 4th, 1805.
IRISH LINENS, &c.
WE have received by the late arrivals an extensive assortment of 7-8 & 4-4 IRISH LINENS, 5-4 IRISH SHEETINGS, 3-4 & 8-4 DIAPERS and DIAPER TABLE CLOTHS.... Which in addition to other goods, are offered for sale at our usual low prices. GILLIAT & KIRBY. Richmond, June 14, 1805. (4w)
RUNAWAY from the subscriber, a negro fellow by the name of NICHO LAS ; he is about 28 or 30 years of age, he carries a variety of clothes with him, so that it is not in my power to describe them; sometimes wears his hair tied; is a stout, likely black fellow. I lately purchased him of Mr. Charles Smith of Louisa, who has for several years past hired him out about Charlottesville & Richmond. He has a white wife, named Polly Luck, who lives in Milton, where I expect he is harbored—I will give 20 dollars besides what the law allows, for delivering him to me in Albemarle county, near Hart's store. (3w)
THE following hogsheads of To-
bacco, remaining in Todd's Warehouse unclaimed, will be sold, the first day of September, King and Queen court, agreeable to law, viz: Nov 5th 1799. John Walden, I. W. No. 3 1108 122 936—March 28th. 1800, Anthony Seal, A. S. No. 55 1025 133 890—April 25th, 1800, Moses Pruitt M. P. No. 87 113 107 1005—May 16th, 1800, James Page, I. P. No. 96 1346 132 1214. GABRIEL DIX. BENJ. JOHNSON. June 1, 1805.
A FRESH SUPPLY OF Lee's Genuine Patent Medicines, Is just received at this office.
THE subscribers JUDGES of
the GENERAL COURT, have pursuant to law allowed the Judges of the respective DISTRICT COURTS as follows: William Nelson, Jun. & Robert White, Esqs. to the districts of Winchester, Hardy and Montgomery counties; John Tyler and Paul Carrington, Jun. Esqs. to the districts of Richmond, Petersburg, Brunswick courthouse and Suffolk; Edmund Wirgson and Archibald Stuart, Esqs. to the districts of Prince Edward courthouse, Franklin, Washington courthouse, & the Sweet Springs in Botetourt county; Joseph Prentis and Richard Parker, Esqs. to the districts of Northumberland, King & Queen, Williamsburg and Accomack courthouses—and Joseph Jones and Francis T. Brooke, Esqs. to Staunton, Charlottesville, Fredericksburg & Hay market districts at the next succeeding terms thereof.
Witness our hands and seals this twelfth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and five John Tyler, (Seal) Jos: Jones, (Seal) Wm. Nelson, Jr. (Seal) Francis T. Brooke, (Seal) Published by order of the Judges. [Im] WILSON ALLEN, c. s. o.
WILL BE SOLD,
On Saturday the 20th July next, for ready money, upon the premises,
ONE TRACT OF LAND, Containing by estimation two hundred and forty five acres more or less, lying and being in the county of Buckingham, and joining the lands of Darby Bondurant, James B. Couch, the Widow Tapscott and Fanny Bondurant. This sale will be made by virtue of a deed of trust to me, from Francis Amos, bearing date the twentieth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and two, to secure the payment of fifty six pounds, three shillings and three pence, due to William Walker, of Albemarle county, with lawful interest from the date thereof, and the expense of recording and selling the same. The subscriber being only interested as trustee, will only convey the right vested in him by the aforesaid deed of trust. John Staples, Trustee. Warren 9th June 1805. (2w)
WILL BE SOLD,
For cash, in the town of Milton, at the house of John Watson, on the 15th day of July next,
One Tract or Parcel of Land, Containing by estimation 500 acres, be the same more or less.—Also, an undivided one tenth part of the lands and tenements of Bennett Henderson, dec'd lying and being in the town of Milton and adjacent thereto.—Also, the following Slaves, to wit: Hannah, a negro woman, Patrick a boy, Amy, a negro woman, Dick a negro fellow, and the children of Hannah, herein before named.—Also, the children of Amy herein before named, which said property is conveyed to me in trust, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. and as acting under said trust only for the benefit of others, I am only to be considered bound to convey the title vested in me as trustee. Martin Dawson, Trustee. Milton, 11th June, 1805. (4w)
VALUABLE LAND FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale, 1374 Acres of Land, in the county of Pittsylvania, about 6 miles from the courthouse and 48 from Lynchburg. About one half of this land is good tobacco land, the other fine for farming—it is all well watered and timbered, having a bon stream passing from two and one half to three miles, through the centre of the land, and intersected by a number of fine branches, and affords equal if not superior summer range for stock, to any land in this part of the country. There is on this land three plantations convenient to each other, sufficient to work six or eight hands to advantage, situate about 1 mile from a Grist and Saw Mill. I will divide the purchase money into four equal payments, the first to be paid on conveyance and delivery of possession, the others to be paid annually, and likely negroes will be received in payment at each price. This land may be divided into two or more tracts, if convenient to purchasers, and is well situated for the convenient settlement of several families. It is presumed, that further description would be needless, as any person inclined to purchase, must wish to view the premises and judge for himself. Any person may see this land by applying to me, on it. ROBERT LOVE. Pittsylvania, June 7th, 1805. (3w)
For Sale, a Lot of Ground,
NINETY-FOUR feet in front, & 68 feet deep, with a house 36 feet in front and 18 feet deep. The above property lies on the cross street below the courthouse. Cash will be expected for one half, and a liberal credit will be given for the balance. A good title will be given to the purchaser. The above mentioned property will be sold on the first Monday in July next. Joshua West, Trustee. Richmond, June 19th, 1805. (tds.)
NOTICE.
WHEREAS I executed my bond to Geo. Quinshbury, on the 7th day of May last, for £142 10s payable the first day of December next this is to inform the public from taking an assignment of the abovenamed bond, as I am determined not to pay it, the said Quinshbury having fraudulently obtained the said bond from me. JAMES STEVENS, Jun. June 10th, 1805. (3w)
Valuable School Book.
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, [PRICE $1 50.] A NEW SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, OR A GENERAL DESCRIPTION Of the most remarkable Countries throughout the known world. Their respective situations, extent, divisions cities, rivers, mountains, soils, and productions; their commerce, manners, customs, laws, and religion. Together with their principal Historical Events, and Political Importance in the great Commonwealth of Nations; Compiled from the most modern systems of Geography, and the latest Voyages and Travels—and Containing many important additions to the Geography of the United States that have never appeared in any other work of the kind. ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT MAPS, Comprising the latest discoveries, and engraved by the first American Artists. BY BENJAMIN DAVIES.
LINDLEY MURRAY'S SPELLING BOOK.
Just received by Samuel Pleasants, Jr. and for sale at his printing office and Book-Store, Richmond. An English Spelling Book, With reading lessons, adapted to the capacities of Children in three parts. Calculated to assist the learners, by natural and easy gradations, and to teach Orthography and Pronunciation together. BY LINDLEY MURRAY. Author of "English Grammar adapted to the different classes of Learners."
"An English Spelling Book from the author of the English Grammar," will undoubtedly excite considerable expectation from those who have been in the habit of using the latter; and we doubt not that in process of time, the Spelling Book will have as many admirers as the Grammar has already obtained. We are glad to see that Mr. Murray has been careful in the right division of his syllables in his spelling; and that he has not followed the example of others, by introducing into his book a mass of irrelevant matter."—Imperial Review, Oct. 1804.
"We have before had occasion to commend the useful labours of Mr. Murray; and this little work (the Spelling Book) is an addition to them, which from its ease, clearness and precision, will prove greatly serviceable to the tender age for which it is designed."—Monthly Mirror, October, 1804.
"Mr. Murray's successful exertions for the service of youth, have been so often before us, with applause, that we think it sufficient, on the present occasion, to announce the above publication; and to add, that it will not, in any manner detract from the well earned reputation of the author, in this department of literature."—European Magazine, Nov. 1804.
"With the great merit of Mr. Lindley Murray, in providing assistance for the instruction of youth, the public are well acquainted. He has now descended to the very elements of instruction, and with the same skill and judgment which he has displayed in his other attempts. We recommend to the public this most important little volume, as the only work with which we are acquainted in the English Language, for teaching children to read, written by a philosopher and a man of taste."—Literary Journal, Nov. 1804.
VIRGINIA:
In the Superior Court of Chancery, holden in Richmond, March 18th, 1805.
Between Lucy Cockran, executrix and Francis Irwin, executor, and devisees in trust of the last will and testament of David Cockran, deceased, William Cockran, Lucy Cockran, an infant by George Slaughter her next friend, and George Slaughter and Catharine his wife, Plaintiffs. And William Craig, defendant.
THE defendant 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 plaintiffs by counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste. P. TINSLEY, c. s. o.
United States of America, fifth circuit, in the Virginia District, May term, 1805. Anselm Lynch, adm'r &c. of Charles Lynch, dec.
AGAINST Robert Donald, Andrew Donald, Thomas Donald and Alexander Donald, surviving partners of James and Robert Donald Def'ds.
THE defendants not having entered their appearance and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this district; On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants do appear here on the first day of the next court and answer the plaintiff's bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published 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. Will. Marshall, CLK.
WHEAT FAN & WOVEN WIRE MANUFACTORY,
No. 7, Bridge-street, four doors north of Griffith's Bridge, Baltimore. WHERE are made and sold, WHEAT FANS, first quality; ROLLING and other SCREENS, for wheat, barley, flax-seed, &c.; HAND RIDDLES and SIEVES, for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, brick-dust, flax-seed, clover seed, cockle, lime, sand, &c.; SHAKES for Indian meal; WIRE SATES; WOVEN WIRE for windows, &c. &c. AMOS SMITH. (Formerly WAT & SMITH.)
N. B. A good assortment on hand. Any of the above articles will be delivered in Richmond, (on short notice) at the same prices as at the manufactory (exclusive of freight) on the orders being left with SAMUEL PARSONS & SON, Near the Basin, of whom the prices may be known—who have now on hand, Wheat Fans, Wheat and Line Sieves, and Meal Sieves, &c. of a superior quality. P. S. WIRE SATES, and a few tons BAR IRON on hand. 11th Mo. 1st, 1804. (wif)
Foolscap & Letter Paper For sale at this office.