Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1805-04-03 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[VOL. XII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1143.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1805.
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(By Authority.)
AN ACT
To amend the Charter of George-Town. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the second Monday in March current, the corporation of George-Town, in the district of Columbia, shall be divided into two branches; the first branch to be composed of five members and a recorder, and to be called the board of aldermen; and the second branch to be composed of eleven members, and to be called the board of common council men; which said two branches shall be elected as hereafter particularly provided.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That immediately after the passage of this act, and before the said day abovenamed, the present members of the said corporation shall meet at their usual place of meeting, and then and there choose by ballot, from their body, five persons to compose the said board of aldermen, which said persons, when chosen as aforesaid, shall compose the said board of aldermen, and be, and continue such, until the fourth Monday in February, 1806; and that the present recorder of the said corporation shall be the President of the said board of aldermen, until the time last aforesaid; that the other members of the said corporation, (except the mayor) shall compose the said second branch, called the board of common council men, and be, and continue such, until the time aforesaid, and shall choose out of their own body, a president, to be, and continue such until the time aforesaid; and when thus organised, said corporation shall have, exercise, and possess, all the powers and rights now vested in the said corporation, and to be herein and be by vested in them.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That the present mayor of the corporation of George-Town, shall be, and continue such, until the first Monday of January next.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That on the fourth Monday of February next, the free white male citizens of George-Town, of full age, and having resided within the town aforesaid twelve months previously, and having paid tax to the corporation, shall assemble at a place to be appointed, as hereafter directed, and then and there shall proceed to elect by ballot, five fit and proper persons, citizens of the United States, and residents of the said town, one whole year next before the said day of election, above twenty one years of age, and having paid a tax to said corporation, to compose the said board of aldermen; and shall also at the same time proceed as aforesaid, to elect eleven fit and proper persons, having the qualifications last aforesaid, to compose the said board of common council; the said board of aldermen to continue two years, and the said board of common council to continue one year; and the said mayor, together with such other fit persons as shall be named and appointed by the said corporation, shall be judges of the election, and the five persons voted for as aldermen, who shall have the greatest number of legal votes on the final casting up of the polls, shall be declared duly elected for the board of aldermen; and the eleven persons voted for as common council, who shall have the greatest number of legal votes upon the final casting up of the polls, shall be declared duly elected for the board of common council; and that the like election for aldermen be held on the fourth Monday in February, every two years thereafter; and for the said common council, on the said fourth Monday in February annually, forever thereafter.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted , That on the first Monday of January next, and on the same day annually, forever thereafter, the said corporation shall, by a joint ballot of the said two branches present, choose some fit and proper person to be mayor of the said corporation, and some fit and proper person, learned in the law, to be the recorder of the said corporation, to continue in office one year.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted , That the said mayor, before he acts as such, and the said recorder before he acts as such, shall respectively make oath before some justice of the peace, for the county of Washington aforesaid, in the presence of both branches of the said corporation, that he will well and faithfully discharge the several and respective duties of his office; and that each member of the said two branches, shall before he acts as such, in the presence of the corporation, take an oath to discharge the duty and trust reposed in him, with integrity and fidelity.
Sec. 7. And be it further enacted , That four members of the board of aldermen, and seven members of the board of common council, shall form a quorum to do business—The said corporation shall hold two sessions in each year; one to commence on the first Monday in March, and the other on the first Monday in December, with power to adjourn from day to day, to be held at such place as the mayor or his designate, not otherwise provided for by ordinance: Provided always , That the mayor shall have power, on urgent occasions, to convene said corporation, on application of at least five members, in writing, giving reasonable notice of such intended meeting.
Sec. 8. And be it further enacted , That each of the said branches shall judge of the elections, qualifications, and returns of its own members, and may compel the attendance of the members of each branch by reasonable penalties; and either branch shall have power to appoint their president, pro tempore, in case of the absence of the one duly chosen as aforesaid; any ordinance may originate in either branch, and no ordinance shall be passed, but by a majority of both branches, nor unless it shall pass both branches during the same session, and be approved of by the mayor, who shall sign the same, unless he objects thereto within forty-eight hours from the time the same is presented to him for signature, if he does so object, he shall immediately return the same to the said corporation, with his objections in writing, and if, on reconsideration, two thirds of each branch of the corporation, shall be of opinion that the said law ought to be passed, it shall, notwithstanding the objections of the mayor, become a law, and he shall sign the same; if the said mayor shall not return his objections to the same, to the said corporation, within the time aforesaid, it shall become a law, and shall be signed by him; the clerk of the corporation shall record, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, all the laws and resolutions which shall be passed as aforesaid, and deliver a copy of them to the public printer, to be printed by him for the use of the people.
Sec. 9. And be it further enacted , That in case the aldermen composing the first branch, shall at any time on any question before them, be equally divided, the recorder shall have the casting vote, and determine such question to the same effect as if the same had been determined by a majority of the aldermen present, and similar power is hereby given to the president of the second branch, in case of an equal division in that body.
Sec. 10. And be it further enacted , That it shall be the duty of the mayor, to see that the laws of the corporation be duly executed, and to report the negligence or misconduct of any officer to the said corporation; who on satisfactory proof thereof, may remove from office the said delinquent, or take such other measures thereupon as shall be just and lawful; he shall lay before the said corporation from time to time, in writing such alterations in the laws of the said corporation as he shall deem necessary and proper; he shall have and exercise the powers of a justice of the peace in the said town; and shall receive for his services, annually, a just and reasonable compensation to be allowed and fixed by the said corporation; no person shall be eligible to the said office of mayor unless a citizen of the United States of the age of thirty years, a resident of the said town for five years then last past, and unless he shall have paid a tax to said corporation.
Sec. 11. And be it further enacted , That in case of a vacancy in either branch of the said corporation, by death, removal or otherwise, of either of the members, a fit person or persons qualified as aforesaid, shall be elected by the people in the manner aforesaid, to fill such vacancy immediately thereafter, the mayor giving however at least five days notice of such election; and in case of the vacancy of the mayor or recorder, the said corporation shall within five days thereafter, as herein before directed, proceed to the choice of a fit person or persons, qualified as aforesaid, to fill his or their place.
Sec. 12. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to impose a tax not exceeding in any one year fifty cents in the hundred dollars, on all property within the said town; and the sessions of the said corporation shall be held as heretofore, until the said second Monday in March current; and the said corporation shall have, possess and enjoy all the rights, immunities, privileges and powers heretofore enjoyed by them; and shall be called by the same name as heretofore, and shall have perpetual succession; and in addition thereto they shall have power to regulate the inspection of flour, and tobacco in said town, to prevent the introduction of contagious diseases within said town and precincts; to establish night watches and patrols, and erect lamps; to regulate the stationing, anchorage and mooring of vessels; to provide for regulating and licensing ordinaries, auctions and retailers of liquors, hackney carriages, wagons, carts and drays with in said town and precincts; to restrain or prohibit gambling; to provide for licensing, regulating or restraining theatrical or other public amusements; to regulate and establish markets; to pass all laws for the regulation of weights and measures; to provide for the licensing and regulating the sweeping of chimneys, and fixing the fees thereof; to establish and regulate fire wards and fire companies; to regulate and establish the size of bricks to be made and used within the said town; to inspect the of salted provisions, and the size of bread; to sink wells, and erect and repair pumps in the streets; to impose and appropriate fines, penalties and forfeitures for breach of their ordinances; to erect work houses; to open, extend and regulate streets within the limits of the said town, provided they make to the person or persons who may be injured by such opening, extension or regulation just and adequate compensation to be ascertained by the verdict of an impartial jury to be summoned and sworn by a justice of the peace of the county of Washington, and to be formed of twenty three men who shall proceed in like manner as has been usual in other cases where private property has been condemned for public use; and they shall have the power of restraining, regulating and directing the manner of building wharves and docks; also to direct the manner in which the improvements thereon to be erected shall be made, so that they may not become injurious to the health of the town; in addition to the power heretofore granted to the said corporation by the act of Congress entitled "An act additional to an act entitled an act, intitled an act concerning the district of Columbia," of laying a tax of two dollars per foot front, for paving the streets, lanes and alleys of the said town, they shall have the power upon petition in writing of a majority of the holders of the real property fronting on any street or alley, if in their judgment it shall be deemed necessary, to lay such further and additional sum on each foot front on said street or part of a street, as will be sufficient to have said street or part of a street, lane or alley, so petitioned for; and the like remedy shall be used for the recovery thereof, as is now used for the recovery of the public county taxes in the said county of Washington; and they shall have power by ordinance to direct or order the paved streets to be cleaned and kept clean, and appoint an officer for that purpose; to make and keep in repair all necessary sewers and drains, and to pass regulations necessary for the preservation of the same.
Sec. 13. And be it further enacted , That the duties on all licenses to be granted as aforesaid, shall be to and for the proper use and benefit of the said corporation; and the said corporation shall have power to pass all laws not inconsistent with the laws of the United States, which may be necessary to give effect and operation to all the powers vested in the said corporation; and to appoint constables and collectors of the taxes, and all other officers who may be deemed necessary for the execution of their laws, whose duties and powers shall be prescribed in such manner as the said corporation shall deem fit for the purpose aforesaid.
Sec. 14. And be it further enacted , That the jurisdiction of the said corporation shall extend to the limits of the original plan of said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 15. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 16. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 17. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 18. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 19. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 20. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 21. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 22. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 23. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 24. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 25. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 26. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 27. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 28. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 29. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 30. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 31. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
Sec. 32. And be it further enacted , That the said corporation shall have power to lay a tax on the said town, and to such additions as are recognised by law; and that a survey as soon as conveniently may be after the passage of this law, shall be made, under the direction of the said corporation, ascertaining said limits, and a plat thereof made and returned to said corporation, which when approved of by them, shall be preserved and become a record.
this act shall commence and have full force.
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate pro tempore. March 3, 1805.
APPROVED, TH: JEFFERSON.
CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, January 31. DEBATE ON THE GEORGIA CLAIMS.
(Mr. Jackson's speech concluded.) My colleague near me (Mr. Clarke) with the same liberality which characterises his general conduct on this floor, has investigated the question of the legality of these claims; and contended it was most clear that the parties have no species of legal right—I am not disposed to go largely into this examination; the volume presented by the agents which is called a "profoundation of argument," is an able vindication of it—I will however notice some of its positions. In establishing his premises he assumes certain facts as conceded, which are denied in the most express and direct manner—first, that the claimants now before us, had notice of fraud when they purchased the lands in question, this notice he says was unquestionably given by the message of the President to Congress, and the proceedings in the House of Representatives. I have answered this assertion by a minute recapitulation of all the proceedings at that period; and I deny that they either express or imply fraud, or corruption in the remotest manner. They had notice by the presentments of the grand juries in the state of Georgia. Sir, I for one can declare I never saw those presentments in the newspapers; nay farther I never saw a Georgia paper to my recollection until I had the honor of a seat on this floor; they are not extensively circulated beyond the limits of the state, and the fact adduced by my colleague proves nothing—but (added the gentleman) here is fore-notice ; facts, sir, always defeat presumptions; it is not a principle admitted in law that because it was possible that the party might have obtained notice—the inference must be that he had notice.—And how is the fact of notice or no notice to be settled. My colleague well knows that if the United States shall sell any of these lands to individuals, and the claimants do, as they industriously will, contest the title; the proper process will be the action of ejectment, in which it is a principle than which no one is better established that the eldest grant must prevail. What then! why, sir, the settler will resort to a court of equity whose province it is to relieve against fraud, and he will charge in his bill in chancery, that his antagonist derived his title from the act of a corrupt legislature, and that he purchased from the grantees with notice of such fraud. The answer which is sworn to, expressly denies the notice, for, sir, the parties solemnly aver, they had no notice of fraud, or corruption, when they purchased, and a knowledge of their high characters leaves no doubt on my mind of its truth: and it is also a well settled rule in equity; that where the answer is responsive to the bill, it shall be conclusive ; unless contradicted by two positive witnesses, or one witness, and sir ng corroborating circumstances: where then is my colleague's doctrine of presumed, implied notice? They are, said he, pendente lite purchasers, and here the gentleman must have encountered a good old law maxim that "a purchaser for a valuable consideration without notice has a good title," unless he is a pendente lite purchaser—what, sir, pendente lite purchasers when they derive their title from the law of an independent legislature? the grantees armed with its official records! the great seal of state affixed! a solemn acknowledgment of the receipt of payment in their possession! That it can be assimilated to a lis pendens between A and B would indeed be a far fetch'd supposition—if any suit was depending, it was between the Georgians and their corrupt agents for abusing the trust reposed in them, not for exceeding their powers—as well might it be urged that if an individual give his agent full powers, and he sell his property at a shameful sacrifice; that a suit between such individual and his agent is to affect the property which he had power to sell.—My colleague declares his willingness to make provision for such claims as shall appear to have originated in purchases without knowledge of fraud, the alone are the claimants which I am willing to provide for; but as are solemnly asserted by the applicants that they are all in this situation. Is this House competent to a due investigation of 1500 claims? Sir, the whole period of a session will be inadequate to this object,

It is to get rid of the great difficulty which such an enquiry would impose, and more especially to remove beyond our reach the possibility of renewing the unpleasant discussion which this subject has produced, and which for the honor of my country I hope will never be witnessed again, that I am desirous to refer the question as to the cases which are deserving of compensation, and the extent of it, to commissioners to be selected by the President, in whom the utmost confidence can be placed. My colleague near me declared that no contract originating in fraud can ever be rendered valid by any after transaction. I will prove to him an exception to this rule, in the laws and judicial decisions of the state to which he belongs, and this, sir, will be sufficient to show that the universality of the rule cannot be contended for. In Virginia our laws declare that no bond given for a gaming contract can be available in law, that money won at gaming may be recovered in a suit brought either by the party losing or any other person who will sue for it, that all conveyances of land on that account shall be utterly void, yet under this law the high court of appeals have decided where a party gave a bond for the payment of a gaming debt, and assured a third person in the presence of the obligee that it was good, and he would pay it; which third person received the bond by assignment, he should be ever afterwards incapable of claiming the benefit of the statute, and that the debt should be paid. But I shall be told by the gentleman this is not a case analogous to the one before us; in answer to this, I will say, it is not necessary that it should be, it is a strong exception to his rule, and that was what I engaged to have—Mr. Speaker, strip this question of all extraneous matter, and what is it? plainly this—the United States are appointed trustees by the state of Georgia, to dispose of a certain designated fund which belonged originally to Georgia, and by the claimants it is contended was ceded to others, but which Georgia denies was a legitimate act. This fund as I have shown cost us nothing—we are requested, nay we have engaged to appropriate it for quieting, and compensating those claims thus contested, and to carry these engagements into execution, we are about to appoint commissioners of our own choice, with powers adequate to the object, and this act is denounced as a stupendous robbery; by an appeal to the people—be it so.—People of the United States, we invite your attention to this transaction, we confide in the purity of our motives which are influenced by considerations of justice alone; and we rely on you for an approval of our conduct. The persons whose claims are before us, are purchasers of land from the grantees of Georgia, for a valuable consideration without notice of fraud, those from whom they purchased were in possession of the law of Georgia ratifying the sale of grants, duly executed with all the solemn formalities—& of receipts for the purchase money—many of the claimants are among the most distinguished characters in the northern states, they had held, and then held, important offices under the state authority, and had taken an oath to support the constitution of the United States; which declares that full faith and credit shall be given to the acts & judicial proceedings of the respective states; their inclination as well as their oaths induced them to give full credit to them; it could not be presumed by them that the Representatives of a sister state, had been corrupted; and although the act of sale might have been indiscreet, and a bad bargain to the vendors; they knew also, that the constitution prohibited the states from passing any ex post-facto law, by which any title vested in others will be impaired—under these circumstances, they ask that we should give them a part of the property set apart for satisfying their claims, or permit their right to be decided before the judicial tribunals of the nation, and to grant this request is what a majority of the House of Representatives believe that justice, no less than sound policy dictates; and this is what we have been told, is a stupendous robbery—I rely on the policy of this measure, that alone is sufficient in my opinion to warrant the adoption of this report; we can now quiet these claims by a portion of the five millions; they may if not quieted recover fifty millions by the decrees of our courts of justice; this is a serious reason, in favor of the policy of the measure—last year, when, as my colleague alleged, the press was gagged, & a virtual sedition law was in force, he declared "let them get a decree of the courts in their favor, let them take possession of the property and I will expend the last dollar in the treasury, and sacrifice the last life in the nation to fight them out of the country, (here Mr. Randolph declared, loud enough to be heard, that he still said so) Mr. Jackson proceeded. The gentleman declares that he is still in the same mind, that these titles are to be trampled under foot by a lawless soldiery.—Is this true policy? God forbid, that my colleague, whose influence in this House, is equal to the rapacity of the speculator whose gigantic grasp has been described by him, as extending from the shores of Lake Erie, to the mouth of the Mobile, should make the nation think so. Sir; an enlightened and independent judiciary is the safeguard of the poor, against the tyranny of the rich, it is the safeguard of the citizen against the tyranny of his government.—In England, Sir, the virtue of the judiciary has, except in a few instances, been the only refuge of the subject against the gripings of tyranny—the judiciary there has been the pride and boast of that nation, and has excited the eulogies of this; our judiciary is the sheet anchor of safety, against popular fury, or the more destructive, though less violent attacks of usurpation. I look to it with veneration and respect, as the preserver of civil rights, and civil liberty; but if it is to yield to the power of an army, and its decrees, are to be reversed on the points of hiring, mercenary bayonets; then indeed, nought remains of liberty but the name, a phantom not worth preserving.—It is politic in the language of the President, to compromise these claims, "a prompt settlement too, of all existing claims within this territory, presents itself as a preliminary operation." It is politic, sir, on every ground, many eminent lawyers alike superior to the quirks, and quibbles of the law, as well as the heresy of making the law yield to a military force, believe in the legality of these claims, and if there is a pretext of law on their side, it will produce more injury than the value of the land, they are willing to take; I speak experimentally upon this subject—ten millions of acres of land, (by computation) in the district I represent, are claimed by persons called the Indiana company, by a grant from the six nations of Indians!—In the year 1744, a public treaty under the regal authority, was held at Lancaster, with those Indians, and at that time they ceded the whole of their title to all the lands within the chartered limits of the state; some years afterwards viz. in 1768, as an indemnity to a company of merchants for goods forcibly taken by the Indians, they ceded a large tract of land, bounded by the Laurel Hill, on the east, the Pennsylvania line on the north, the Ohio river, on the west, & Little Kenhawa on the south; to Trent and others. In 1779, this company petitioned the Virginia legislature, to grant them some compensation, this they refused to do, and they proceeded to pass sundry resolutions upon the subject, namely, that this grant to Trent and his associates, was null and void, that the exclusive right of pre-emption from the Indians, was vested in the government, and that they would vindicate its rights to their utmost power. Soon after the constitution was adopted, suit was brought against Virginia in the federal court, and in consequence of the amendment concerning the suability of the states, it was dismissed; various efforts were afterwards made by the company to obtain some allowance, and finally, they instituted a suit against us, in the Virginia circuit court of the United States, which is now depending. I presume from a reference to the dates of the grants, and the established rule that individuals cannot purchase the Indian title; every member of this House will join me in saying, that there is no chance of success for the company—yet, sir, the district attorney of Virginia, who my colleague on a former occasion, pronounced to be a gentleman of great legal learning, (which I also admit) has given an opinion in their favour, and he with other eminent lawyers equally as learned as himself are their counsel; the effect of the existence of this claim is, that a tract of country larger than Massachusetts, separated from the province of Maine, larger than Connecticut, New Hampshire, or Vermont, possessing the most salubrious climate in the United States, a most fertile soil, & temperature second to none in the Union, situated too on large navigable rivers—scarcely contains thirty thousand inhabitants; & even now in consequence of a renewal of the suit, our most valuable citizens are abandoning their homes, which are sold for much less than their value, and removing to a country where no such dispute can annoy them. Sir, if we had resorted to a compromise which they sought and urged, the allowance of their utmost demand, would have been much less than the injury we have so sensibly felt. Mr. Speaker, having taken this view of the subject, I shall now without the claimants have been denounced as violators, liars, hypocrites, and accessories to a stupendous robbery, which far out strips the petty larcenies of the federalists, vote for the reference of their claims, to commissioners; because I believe their respectful exercise of a constitutional right, the right of petitioning, is entitled to attention, and because I do not think they are base men, but abused in a cruel manner, whose lives refuse the charges made against them—and if I were permitted to address them upon the occasion. I would say, be not afraid of the shafts of slander, your characters are your shields, and I would add, in the language of a great man, who, after an attentive study of human nature, declared—
"Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, Thou shalt not escape calumny." (To be continued.) PHILADELPHIA, March 26. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, the petition and remonstrance of the subscribers, citizens of the said commonwealth, RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS, THAT, in the science of government, as well as in every other human art, or invention, experience is the best criterion by which to test its principles and its utility—that however beautiful and ingenious in theory any system of government may be, if in the practice it is found inadequate to the design for which it was intended, it is just and rational from time to time, as occasion may require, to alter and amend the same, until it shall have attained every degree of perfection of which it may be capable. We hold
as a correct principle, that the same power which framed the government, has the right to change, to alter & amend it—that this right is recognized by the constitution under which our government is at present organized. In the ninth article, and the second section, it is declared, "That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness. For the advancement of these ends, they have, at all times an unalienable and indefeasible right to alter, reform or abolish their government in such manner as they may think proper." The present constitution of this commonwealth has been in operation for nearly fifteen years, during which time, we conceive, experience has discovered several material imperfections, in that instrument, which require amendment. The first which strikes our view is in that part of the constitution which respects the legislative department of the government. By the sixth section of the first article it is directed that the senators shall be chosen for four years—hence it not unfrequently happens, that the people, having confidence in a man whose character has never been tried or developed in any public employment, elect him as a senator, whose conduct in the first session after his election may be such as totally to destroy the confidence his constituents had in him, and notwithstanding this, and however hostile his views, may be to their interest, he continues to legislate for them for the term of four years. In many of our sister states the chief executive magistrate is brought annually to the tribunal of the people, nor can we see any good reason why senators should not be brought to the same test—we hold it as a fundamental principle of a republican government, that the agents of the people should feel at all times their responsibility to those who have constituted them—that the will of the people is the paramount law—that the more representatives feel their responsibility, the more they will consult the will and the interest of those whom they represent. The executive department of the government, also, in our opinion requires amendment. The chief executive magistrate possesses a patronage too extensive to be consistent with the principles of liberty and the happiness and interest of the citizens.—Wherever there is patronage there is danger of favoritism, wherever there is favoritism there is danger of partiality, wherever there is partiality there is danger of injustice, and wherever there is injustice there must be injury and oppression. The almost innumerable lucrative appointments in the gift of the chief executive magistrate of the state, and which necessarily increase in the same ratio with its population, give him a patronage equal to that of the king of England—in proportion to the extent of patronage is the extent of his power & influence, this added to the negative he has on all laws, puts it in his power efficiently to control the acts of the legislature, to the utter subversion of that principle that the majority shall govern—we wish not to be understood as insinuating in the most remote degree that this power has been abused by the present executive magistrate, or that the present legislature, or any individual of it, is capable of being thus acted upon—all we mean, is, that this dangerous power does exist, and may be exercised whenever a less upright and virtuous governor is in office, and whenever we may be so unfortunate as to have a legislature of less stern integrity. Wherever there is this power we fear its exercise recollecting that in every human society, there is an effort continually tending to confer on one part the height of power and happiness, and to reduce the other to the extreme of weakness and misery—the intent of all good laws and constitutions are paramount to this effort, and to diffuse their influence universally and equally—but it is to be regretted that "men generally abandon in the care of their most important concerns to the uncertain prudence and discretion of those whose interest it is to reject the wisest and best of institutions, and it often happens that it is not till they have been led into a thousand mistakes in matters the most essential to their lives and liberties, and are weary of suffering that they can be induced to apply the remedy to the evils with which they are oppressed." Our attention, however, is more particularly and anxiously drawn to the judiciary department of our government, this anxiety is rendered more poignant by recent occurrences which we forbear to mention. The fifth article of the present constitution, declares, "that the judges of the supreme court and of the several courts of common pleas shall hold their offices during good behavior"—a provision which gives existence to a set of officers still further removed from responsibility, if not entirely above it—possessing powers it is contended, and which by a late decision seems to be recognized, of common law jurisdiction, equal to the enormous powers claimed and exercised by the courts of exchequer, king's bench and common pleas, under the British government, a government diametrically opposed to ours in its fundamental principles—powers, we conceive incompatible with, and hostile to our republican system, and the very idea of civil liberty—possessing a power, it is also contended, of deciding on the constitutionality of all acts of the legislature. Would to heaven, it were only apprehension, but we have witnessed an exercise of some of those
powers, & an abortive effort made to control them. The records of the house of representatives exhibit daily proofs of the abuse of judicial power. Your tables are groaning under the weight of petitions praying redress from the abuse of power by judges and magistrates—all which we apprehend demonstrate a radical error in the fundamental principles of the establishment of the judiciary department—were their respective officers periodically brought to the tribunal of an election, or re-appointment, as in some of our sister states; we humbly conceive these evils would be obviated—we perceive with pain, men holding offices by a tenure so independent, daily abusing their power with impunity, and so shielded by the present constitution as to set the people at defiance. This evil therefore we apprehend imperiously calls for redress. Your remonstrants also conceive that the various complaints reiterated from every quarter of the state, of the delays of justice, and prayers for a reform of the judiciary system, can alone be efficiently redressed by a revision and amendment of that part of our constitution, & a simplification of court proceedings, so complex, prolix & expensive, as has obtained under that instrument; we are further confirmed in this opinion when we consider that your remonstrants, with numbers of our fellow citizens, have from year to year addressed you to amend the present judiciary system so as to procure and insure to us justice without sale, denial or delay—we have seen you earnestly endeavoring to comply with our wishes, and as often seen your honest and ingenious efforts prove abortive we believe, in consequence of the root of the evil lying so deep as not to be reached by any legislative act—that your hands have been tied by the constitution. We would further respectfully represent that it appears to us that this is a propitious season to remedy those evils—when the principles of republicanism are predominant, when the irritation and rancor of party spirit scarcely exist, when peace and tranquility at home and abroad, invite to calm, tranquil and dispassionate investigation. Deeply impressed with these views, we confide in hope that you will take such measures as to call a convention to revise and amend those parts of the constitution to which we have alluded, as you in your wisdom may deem proper and expedient. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO COMMODORE PREBLE. A sumptuous entertainment was prepared on Saturday last, at Mrs. Hardy's Hotel, in compliment to this distinguished hero. Thomas Fitzsimons, Esq. and General Francis Gurney, were requested to preside—The day was passed in the most pleasing hilarity—and every demonstration of esteem and attachment, which the occasion called for, was cordially given, and gratefully returned. The following Toasts were drank: 1. The United States. 2. The state of Pennsylvania. 3. The President of the United States. 4. The memory of Washington—spotless, splendid and immortal. 5. The Navy of the United States—an infant Hercules, the boast and bulwark of our country. 6. The Army of the United States—brave, disciplined and patriotic. 7. The memory of the heroes and patriots of the American revolution. 8. The constitution of Pennsylvania—respected and unimpaired. 9. Our Fair Country Women—their happiness our object, their smiles our reward. 10. The memory of Gen. Hamilton. 11. The Senate of the United States—may its deliberations always correspond to the justice and dignity of its late judicial proceedings. 12. The Judiciary of the United States—wise, virtuous and independent. 13. The memory of our gallant officers and seamen, who have fallen in the Tri-politan war. 14. The agriculture, commerce and manufactures of the United States. 15. The progress of science and religion. 16. A speedy release, and happy return to the brave tars, prisoners in Tripoli. 17. Our gallant guest—he reaps a grateful reward of his honorable services, in the esteem and affection of his country. By Commodore Preble. The city of Philadelphia, and its commercial interests. By the President. May the gallantry of our brave defenders, always receive its best reward—the approbation of their fellow citizens. BALTIMORE, March 26. A person, answering the description of Isaiah Martin, for whose apprehension three hundred dollars reward are offered under the Winchester head in this day's American, was yesterday apprehended through the vigilance of our police, and taken before judge Dorsey, by whom he was examined. He has acknowledged that he had been taken in custody and made his escape, but denies having committed the crime of which he stands charged. He has been safely lodged in Baltimore county jail for further hearing. WASHINGTON CITY, March 27. Having received from Commodore Preble, information that the Neapolitan government cannot possibly spare to commodore Barron, any of their gun boats for the ensuing summer, the SECRETARY OF
THE NAVY has issued orders for the equipment of TEN GUN BOATS to leave the U. States, so as to join our squadron in the Mediterranean about the 1st of July. Owing to the violent gales of wind that usually prevail on the coast of Tripoli before the month of July, gun boats cannot be used to advantage, or even with safety before that period. NEW-ORLEANS, Feb. 4. On Saturday last arrived in this city Dr. Hunter, who was appointed by the President of the United States, conjointly with Mr. Dunbar of Natchez, to explore the Ouachita river and its borders, on his return from his tour. These gentlemen have completed the object of their mission, and have procured materials for an accurate chart of the river, and the immediate country it passes through. The Doctor gives a flattering account of the country generally, through which he passed. He found a great variety of soil and situation—sometimes a low flat country, whose whole surface is overflowed by the river in the wet season—sometimes high and elegant, and at others broken, and rolling—but generally fertile and capable of the highest cultivation. He ascended the river about five hundred miles, and found it uniformly gentle and beautiful (the velocity of the current not being more than half a mile an hour) from 80 to 100 yards in width, and capable of being navigated with boats (with but few obstructions, which are easily removed) as high as the Little Missouri, a distance of 450 miles. The doctor, who is a chymist and mineralogist, found few objects worthy notice—Iron could not be found in sufficient quantity to justify the erecting a furnace, and no other mineral of sufficient consequence to be named. Coal was found at places, but not in abundance, and of a very inferior quality. The country abounds in salt springs, some of which are of equal strength with the water of the ocean. He visited the famous medicinal, or hot springs of Ouachita, and found them amongst the greatest natural curiosities in the country.—They issue from a hill or mountain, of upwards of 300 feet in height, and near 100 from its base; and on immersing the thermometer, it rose in some to 130, and in others to 150 degrees, Fahrenheit; the surface of the ground for some distance round, is so warm, as to be felt by the feet in walking over it, and snow melts on it immediately as it falls. The doctor is of opinion that they possess extraordinary medicinal virtues. From the information we obtained from Dr. Hunter, and of other gentlemen who have visited the Ouachita country, we are induced to believe, that there are but few parts of Louisiana that hold out greater temptations to emigrants. Situated on a fine river; a variety of soil; eligible situations; a pure salubrious atmosphere, & mild temperate climate; these are advantages of which few parts of the world can boast. TO JOHN MAGEE. As he can not residing within the commonwealth of Virginia, and having no known agent or attorney therein— TAKE NOTICE , that by virtue of a commission issuing out of the court of chancery for the district of Richmond, in a suit depending in the said court, wherein I am plaintiff and you a defendant, the depositions of John Gray, John Woodson and Chapman Stewart, and sundry other witnesses will be taken at the shop of Nathaniel Dandridge, near his dwelling house, in the county of Hanover, on the twentieth day of March next, and that if necessary, the said commission will be adjourned over to the 21st & 22d days of that month; the depositions so to be taken, to be read in evidence in the said case. JOHN HARRIS. Feb 7, 1805. 3* Government Security. NEW-YORK LOTTERY. No. III. for the encouragement of Literature, Begins Drawing on the EIGHTH DAY of APRIL next. 25,000 DOLLARS, 10,000 DOLLARS, 5,000 DOLLARS, HIGHEST PRIZES. The Scheme contains 33,000 Tickets, of which 9,913 are Prizes, less than two and a half blanks to a prize—Deduction fifteen per cent. At the session of the Legislature of the state of New York, on Monday the 13th Nov 1804, a Resolution passed the Senate, and was concurred in by the House of Assembly, that the drawing of the said Lottery be postponed until the Second Monday in April next, in consequence of the defalcation of one of the managers, and that the Legislature will GUARANTEE the PAYMENT of ALL the PRIZES in said Lottery. TICKETS And Halves, Quarters & Eighths, ARE TO BE HAD AT G. & R. WAITE'S PERMANENT LOTTERY OFFICES, No. 64, MAIDEN LANE, & No. 38, MARKET LANE. AT THE FOLLOWING PRICES. Whole Tickets Dols. 8 | Quarters, Dols. 2 37 Halves, - 4 23 | Eighths, - 1 50 But as the tickets and shares, have met with such an extraordinary rapid sale throughout every part of the United States, they will speedily advance in price. Distant Adventurers, by inclosing BANK NOTES of ANY DESCRIPTION, may have tickets forwarded them by post, to any part of the Union, by G. & R. WAITE, with the utmost punctuality; and the earliest intelligence sent of their success—CASH advanced for prizes as soon as drawn, or warranted un-drawn tickets exchanged for prizes during the drawing. For the satisfaction of adventurers in Richmond and its vicinity, G. & R. Waite will forward to the printer of this paper, the Managers Official List of Prizes, as soon as printed, when any gentleman can examine his own number.—Letters (post paid) will be duly attended to. New-York, Nov. 23, 1804.

RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Items include Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, Corn, Hemp, Iron, Bacon, Whiskey, Pork, Butter.
Delegates chosen to serve in the next General Assembly of Virginia. Henrico—Gervas Sturges & Joseph Selden.
BOSTON, March 20.
New-Hampshire Election.
We have received returns of suffrages for Governor, from 77 towns—in which the votes for Governor Gilman, compared with those given in the last March Election have increased about 80; and the votes for Mr. Langdon increased about 1800—The votes in the 77 towns were, this year, for Governor Gilman 6745; for Langdon 8429—As these returns are collected indiscriminately, from various parts of the state, we feel full confidence that Mr. Langdon is elected Governor of New-Hampshire for the ensuing year; by a considerable majority.
New-York, March 25.
Taking of Dominica confirmed.
Capt. Deshon, who arrived at this port on Saturday, in twenty days from St. Pierres, Martinique, confirms our account of the capture of Dominica by a French fleet from Brest, which he says consists of the Majestic of 120 guns, two ships of 80 guns, two of 74, three frigates, a schooner, and two transports, having on board a large body of troops, the number of which he was unable to ascertain. They had burnt down Roseau, and reduced the whole island, with the exception of one fort, which it was expected would not long hold out. Upon the arrival of the fleet an embargo of a week's continuance was laid on all vessels in the port of Martinique, and the Cleopatra sailed in two hours after it was taken off.
Capt. Deshon further assures us that he saw the above fleet pass St. Pierres on its way to Antigua, as he was informed. They expected to be joined immediately by a considerable reinforcement from Toulon consisting of fifteen sail of the line; and intended, as soon as this junction could be effected, to visit all the British islands in the West Indies.
Capt. Deshon pledges himself for the truth of the above information.
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in St. Pierres, Martinique, dated the 18th of March, to his correspondent in this city, received by the brig Cleopatra.
A French fleet from Rochefort, consisting of 5 sail of the line, 3 frigates, 2 brigs, with 3500 troops, arrived here the 19th of February, and sailed the next day for Dominica—They effected a landing at Dominica, and burnt all the houses excepting 4 in the town of Roseau; the merchants did not save their books or papers—The French met with opposition and found it impracticable to take the island—They evacuated it on the 27th February, and sailed for Guadalupe with 8 or 9 sail of British merchant ships & several small vessels which they fell in with and captured at Dominica—The merchants and inhabitants of Dominica have lost their all, and must be in a very distressing situation, as they had no intelligence of the arrival of the above fleet in the West Indies until they made their appearance off the town.
An embargo was immediately laid upon all vessels in the island of Martinique on the arrival of the French fleet, which lasted for six days.
In the ship Hare, from Lisbon, came passenger Joseph Rudemaker, esq. charge des affaires and consul-general from the Regent of Portugal to the United States, who informs us that the Spanish ports are opened; that intelligence had been received of the French fleet having sailed from Toulon, consisting of 15 sail; that the Brest fleet was also said to be out; and that the United States' frigate constitution, Capt. Rodgers, had left Lisbon three days before the Hare for the Mediterranean.
It appears from some bold and vigorous publications in the CITIZEN of New York, that a plan of corruption, such as was practised in establishing the funding system, and in promoting the Yazoo speculation, has been attempted and carried into practice in the legislature of New York. It will be recollected that a bank called the Merchants' Bank was established about two years ago at New York, at the head of which was the well known Oliver Wolcott; the legislature of New York aware of the pernicious purposes for which that bank was established, took the measures necessary to rescue the state from the designs which were contemplated upon the basis of that establishment; and time was given those concerned in it to settle their affairs.
Failing of a legislative sanction, by the ordinary means; they have resorted to the extraordinary; as the funding system was carried by the judicious distribution of
shares of scrip—or of the right to subscription, even without purchase or deposit; and as the Yazoo plunder was distributed for votes—the projectors of iniquity in New York resorted to the same means.
Mr. Chetham, editor of the Citizen, who had gone to Albany to ascertain the facts on the scene of action, thus expresses himself:
"The use of bribery and corruption in the senate and assembly to secure the passage of the bill, would be good and sufficient ground in the council of revision to reject it. And here let me remark, that the vilest system of bribery and corruption has been employed in both these branches. I do not state this on trivial ground. It would be infamous to do so, and I will venture to be rendered infamous if all that I have here said on the subject of bribery be not most satisfactorily substantiated. This this would be good ground to reject it in the council of revision. It was on the presumption of corruption only that chief justice Kent voted in the council of revision against the state bank. I say presumption , for before the legislature there were no allegations of bribery, and therefore no committee of enquiry appointed."
"Letters from Albany of the 20th inst. received by last night's mail, inform that on Monday last the testimony of the hon. Stephen Thorn, and Jedidiah Peck of the senate, and of col. German of the assembly against judge Purdy of the senate was read in the house, and on the motion to communicate it to the senate, it passed in the affirmative—Seven members only voting in the negative.—This testimony is that judge Purdy offered to col. German for example, fifty shares of the stock of the merchants' bank at par, in case he would vote for the act to incorporate it, that he should have 30 days after the passing of the act to fill them up, and that if at the end of that time it would be inconvenient for him to do so, an agent of the merchants' bank then in Albany would give him five pounds upon each share, making in the whole a bribe of two hundred and fifty pounds! the bribes offered to judges Thorn and Peck were of a similar nature."
(Aurora.)
MERCHANTS' BANK.—Several members of the New-York Legislature have deposed that offers of shares in said bank had been made to them if they would lend their weight and influence towards obtaining a charter. It was suggested to some that if they did not want the shares for their own use, they might afterwards dispose of them for 25 per cent. advance. In consequence of such attempts to influence the members of the legislature, the following resolution was passed in the house of assembly.
Resolved, That a committee of this house be appointed for the purpose of enquiring into the truth of those suggestions and charges, and that they have power to send for persons and papers and all other power incidental and necessary to detect and bring to light the said offences; and that they have leave to sit during the session of the house, and that they report their proceedings in the premises with all convenient speed.
The following are the gentlemen which form the committee, appointed by the house agreeably to the above resolution, viz. Messrs. W. Gilbert, W. Livingston, German, Arcularius, McIntyre, Silvester and Lush.
From the New-York American Citizen of March 25.
Letters received from Albany by Saturday's mail, written on Wednesday last, contain no decisive information of the fate of the bill in the assembly to incorporate the bank. The committee of enquiry were prosecuting the object of their appointment with assiduity and vigor. The house awaited their report.
The letters, however state, and they are from the correctest sources, that by order of the assembly the sergeant at arms had arrested a Mr. Sanford, a young lawyer from Delaware, for having offered to the members of assembly from that county a bribe to vote for the act to incorporate the Merchants' Bank. This Sanford, it is said, was employed by an agent of the Merchants' Bank to make and conclude bargains and sales!
In the Senate, judge Johnston of Dutchess, presented, on Wednesday last a resolution ordering old Purdy of Westchester to attend the house, and to answer to the charges of bribery and corruption which, upon the oath of Col. German of the assembly and the hon. Stephen Thorn of the senate, had been preferred against him. The consideration of the resolution was postponed until the following day.
It will now be seen whether Mr. Van Vechten, who has a character to lose, and who has hitherto with great zeal and uncommon assiduity and exertion headed in the senate a majority, some of whom are undoubtedly corrupt, it will now be seen whether this gentleman will exert his talents and hazard his character in the vindication of irrefutable charges of bribery and corruption. The dignity of the senate demands the expulsion of Purdy, and the safety of the people calls loudly upon the attorney general, after that expulsion shall have been effected, to prosecute him by indictment. A great and everlasting example ought to be made of faithless and corrupt public servants.
Verbal information from Albany as recent as Saturday last, received yesterday by water, informs that on that day the bill to incorporate the bank was still pending in the assembly, and that several unsuccessful attempts have been made
by its shameless advocates to pass the bill during the sittings and previous to the report of the committee of enquiry. It bodes favorable that amidst scenes of corruption unheard of in this state, perhaps unparalleled in the history of this or of any country, the opponents of the bill, the dread enemies of bribery, have been able thus far to succeed in parrying the efforts of the most hardened and desperate set of villains that ever tarnished the reputation or menaced the tranquility of a state. Judging of the future by the past, we may cherish a well founded hope that the virtuous opponents of the bill in the assembly will keep at bay its friends until the committee have reported. Thus premising I hold it to be impossible that the bill can become a law, even admitting that after the committee have reported, as they undoubtedly will report, a body of testimony of corruption the most damning to its unblushing friends, it should succeed in the assembly. With such testimony staring them in the face, the Council of Revision cannot, will not sanction it.
From the New Orleans Telegraphic.
Mr. BELURGUI. Sir—I request you will insert in your paper an experiment I have lately made which, if followed up by professional and men of talents, may become of infinite use to society.
From hearsay, which I did not credit, I having wounded a Turkey Buzzard, stuck a pin in each of his eyes, and was much surprised on perceiving, the day after, that his sight was as good as ever. I repeated the experiment on a second one, in such a manner as to preclude the possibility of it recovering its sight—the next day I was astonished on perceiving his sight, as good as on the preceding day. I observed that he kept his head under his wing all night; from thence concluded that the down in that part of his body contained the valuable matter which restored him his sight.
At that period I had a workman, named John Liver, who had been afflicted for a long time with sore eyes, accompanied with an inflammation so great as scarcely to be able to distinguish objects and threatened in a short time an extinction of sight: I procured down taken from under the Turkey Buzzard's wings, and applied it to his eyes, and found that they had (after the application of the first night) without any pain to him, discharged a thimble full of blood; he has continued the same application, and finds his sight perfectly restored.
I remain respectfully, Sir, your sincere humble servant, LAVERGNE.
Atakapas, January 8.
LEXINGTON LOTTERY.
THIRD DAY'S DRAWING.
500 Tickets were drawn this day (March 19th) among which were the following prizes.
Prizes of 30 dollars: No's. 138 2819 95 503 4503 1691. Wheel's gain this day 1056 dollars.—Total gain of the wheel 1542 dollars. The Managers postponed the drawing until the 6th of April.
CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL CHURCH LOTTERY. BALTIMORE.
Forty-ninth day's drawing.
1000 Tickets drawn this day. Prize of 2000 dollars—No. 10758, first blank after 300 tickets drawn this day. Prizes of 100 dollars—Nos. 251 1043 4047 8512 11882 12122 19219 20013. Prizes of 50 dollars—Nos. 174 2170 3334 6370 7782 10528 11254 12521 15472 19170. Prizes of 25 dollars—Nos. 3371 5766 9184 15192 17103 19415. 105 of 30 dollars, and 196 of 15 dollars. Total gain 2415 dollars. 300 tickets only remain undrawn.
MARRIED—On Saturday evening last by the Rev. Mr. BLAIR, Mr. BENJAMIN STETSON, Merchant, to the agreeable and much admired Miss NANCY LYLE, all of this city.
Notice.
INTEND leaving the United States for a few months.
RICHARD MASON.
Surry, March 23, 1805.
The Celebrated Warm Springs
IN VIRGINIA.
THE subscribers have taken a lease of ten years, of the highly celebrated MEDICAL SPRINGS in the county of Bath, called the Warm Springs, so justly famed for their great cures & general relief in many complaints. They are now preparing every necessary comfort and accommodation to suit the amusement of those who have health, and to promote the recovery of those who want it, and it is deemed necessary to make these things widely known because complaints have heretofore been made against the entertainment which has been offered.
Preparations are made for at least one hundred constant boarders besides transient guests, for the accommodation of which, the subscriber will make all possible exertions; and they flatter themselves that those who may place confidence in this advertisement, will not find the smallest cause for regret or complaint.
Robert & George Turner. March 28, 1805.
A FEW COPIES OF
CURRAN'S SPEECHES
FOR SUBSCRIBERS.
Are just received at this Office
Bricks for Sale.
THE subscriber wishes to sell about two or three hundred thousand BRICKS, which would be delivered at the Kilns near Mr. Ruthe Ford's, on reasonable terms. Also, for sale, about three hundred RED CEDAR POSTS of a superior quality.
WM. M'KIM. Richmond, Apl. 1st, 1805.
SWEET SPRINGS, MONROE COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
ROBERT DOUTHAT informs the public he will keep the Sweet Springs the two ensu'g Seasons and will be supplied with every convenience the situation of them will admit of, on his former terms. He has enlarged his Stables, and has improved his Houses and Cabins so as to make them much more comfortable than they were heretofore.—He will have an assortment of
DRY GOODS
suitable for the season.
Notice.
I HEREBY forewarn all persons from taking an assignment of a bond, executed by me to William Johnson, for the sum of twenty pounds due the 1st day of January, 1805, as I have discharged the same.
BENJAMIN JOHNSON.
April 1st. 1805.
The noted and much admired Ennisk Horse
KNOWSLEY,
IMPORTED in 1801, by William Lightfoot, of Charles City county; where he stood two years, the last year he stood at
Capt. Wm. Lewis's, in Dinwiddie county, male capital seasons, and proved himself a fair foal getter. He is a fine bay, fifteen hands three inches high, nine years old last May, in great perfection, and as to muscular strength and beauty, not inferior to any horse in the state. He is the only horse in this country that has won four king's plates in one year; this he did in 1800; See Racing Calendar for that year. Notwithstanding this & other unexceptionable evidences of Knowsley's superior worth, yet a personal view of him will be his best recommendation.
KNOWSLEY will stand the ensuing season at William Wood's in Albemarle county, ten miles above Charlottesville, to cover mares at six Guineas the season, for which notes will be expected, dishonourable by the payment of Twenty Dollars, on or before the 15th of September next; Three Guineas the leap, and Ten Guineas to insure a mare to be in foal, with One Dollar for each mare to the groom; which, with the leap money, must be paid when the mare is covered. Extensive pasture gratis, and servants sent with the mares boarded at 90 c. a week. Mares may be fed as directed at the market price of grain, and all possible care taken to prevent accidents or escapes, but no responsibility for any that may happen. The season will commence the 10th of March, and expire the 10th of August next.
WILLIAM WOODS.
JAMES KINSOLVING.
February, 1805.
P. S. Any gentleman putting six mares shall have one covered gratis.
PEDIGREE.—Given by Lord Derby in
the following words, viz:
"I do hereby certify, that the bay horse called Knowsley, late the property of the Prince of Wales, was bred by me. He was got by Sir Peter Teazle, out of Capella, and was six years old last May, and no more (Signed) DERBY, (S.SAL.) Knowsley, June 15, 1801.
Capella was bred by Gen. Packer, foaled in 1773, & got by Herod out of Miss Cape, by Regulus, Blackeyes, by Crab, Warlock, Galloway. See general stud book p. 40. Sir Peter Teazle was got by Highflyer in 1784; for same book, p. 182; Highflyer was got by Herod; see p. 201; and so on he may be traced thro' a nose line of ancestors for ages past without a single flaw in his genealogy, either on the male or female side.
This extraordinary horse ran with great credit at 2 years old; at 3 he proved successful, and to continued until the last of the year 1800. In 1801 he was purchased for me and sent to Virginia. In 1798 he won a sweepstakes of 20 guineas each for 3 year olds, 8 subscribers, once round the ground, beating Mr. Pierce's b c by Walnut, Sir H. T. Vane's Puff, Foxward, Sir H. Williamson's Stripling, Mr. Fletcher's agr c Campderdown, Mr. G. Compton's c Basso, and Lord A. Hamilton's b g by Spadille, out of Snow Drop; see Calendar for 1798. He also won the members' plate of 50 guineas for 3 and 4 year olds, beating Lord Derby's 4 year old colt. Omelet, 5 to 1 on Knowsley, who was then Mr. Field's property; see Calendar for 1798. He also won a sweepstakes for 3 year olds, beating Mr. Garforth's b c by Spadille, and Lord A. Hamilton's b c by Spadille; see Calendar for 1799.
In May 1799, York. On Tuesday May 28, a sweepstakes of 20 guineas each 7 subscribers, then the property of Mr. Walker, was won by Knowsley, beating Lord Fitzwilliam's c h Wonder, 5 years old, Lord Hamilton's c h by Walnut, Sir Thomas Calcoigne's Maid of the Mill, Sir John Robinson's b c Abraham Newland. On Thursday the 30th following, he also won the Rand plate of 50 guineas, for 4 year olds, beating Lord A. Hamilton's b c by Spadille, Mr. Garforth's mare Carolina 6 years old, Lord Belhaven's c h Master Robert 6 years old, Mr. Wentworth's Barbary, and Mr. J. Anson's gr h Little Scott, 5 years old; See Calendar for 1799.
In June 1800 (Guilford) the Prince of Wales owned him and won the King's plate for 4 year olds, of 100 guineas; to Rome 4 lbs. four mile heats, and beat Lord Done-
gall's b h by Potso's; See Calendar for 1800, p. 35. Winchester, July 8. His majesty's plate of 100 guineas, was run for and won by Knowsley, beating Lord Donegall's b h by Potso's 5 years old, and 6 f. Evelina's b h Asp. agus. 5 years old—6 f. to four on Knowsley. Lewes, August 12, 1800. The king's plate of 100 guineas, 4 mile heats, was won by Knowsley, beating Lord Donegall's c h Fu-leman, 4 to 1 on Knowsley. Thursday following he won a subscription of 10 guineas each, beating Mr. Durand's Bellissima and Mr. Ladbrook's Humbug; see Calendar for 1800-78 and 79. Litchfield, on Thursday, September 9, he won the king's plate of 100 guineas, 3 mile heats, for 5 year olds, carrying 8 stone 7 pounds, beating Mr. Heming's b h Ploro; ten to one on Knowsley. This horse cost me outstanding in this country upwards of £700 sterling, and even at this price it was with difficulty he could be obtained; for my agent informed me, he could have sold him for 170 guineas more than the original purchase, which evidently proves the high estimation he was in.
WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT.
CERTIFICATES.
We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify that we have bred colts from Knowsley, (or teen of his get) that they are of fine size and form, and from their present appearance did fair to make capital horses either for the turf or any other service. We also believe him to be as sure a foal getter as any horse in the state. Given under our hands, &c. January 1805.
John Coles, fr. Geo. W. H. Minge, Walter Coles Major W. L. Fox, Miles Selden, fr. Geo. Coles, Miles Selden, jr. James S. Seward, John Edloe, John Ch'riam, E. P. Chamberlayne, Hamill. Wilcox, John Roane, jr. Wm. Southall, C. Harrison, John Colgin, John Minge.
I do hereby certify that in the spring, 1803 I law and took particular notice of a number of colts, which were in pasture where the imported Siring then stood—a considerable portion of them by imported horses, among which were several of Knowsley's, and tho' they equal if not preferable to any that were there. Given under my hand, &c.
BRIGHUBERRY BROWN.
Albemarle, Jan. 1, 1805.
THE public are respectfully informed, that it is the intention of the subscribers to recommence the publication of The Political Repository, previous to the next session of the General Assembly of Virginia. The paper will probably appear on the first day of December next; and will be printed twice a week at five dollars per annum to be paid in advance.
ROBERT RICHARDSON.
Richmond, 1st. April, 1805.
VIRGINIA, TO WIT:
At a Chancery District Court held in Williamsburg, the 27th day of October, 1804.
John Ambler and William P. Harris, executors of William Wilkinson, p. 15.
Against
William Shermer, deft. THE defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the acts 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 their solicitor, 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 of the city of Richmond for two months successively, and noted at the front door of the former capital in this city.
A copy—Teste, NEW ROBINSON.
Sales at Auction.
Will on Saturday next at 12 o'clock, positively be SOLD on the premises, on a credit of twelve months, for a deed of trust on the property, or approved personal security—That
Beautiful & valuable Lot,
Known in the plan of the city of Richmond by the No. 543, and lying near to those lots of Wm. Hay, Esq. in front of his dwelling house.
PROSSER & MONCURE, v. M.
Richmond, April 2, 1805.
A GREAT BARGAIN.
MAY BE HAD IN A
Likely Negro Fellow,
About twenty-six years of age. Enquire of Mr. Henry Foller in the city of Richmond, or the subscriber in Hanover county.
JOHN PARKER.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to the subscriber by Joshua West and Mary West, for the purpose of securing a debt herein specified to Andrew Woodley, will be SOLD by me at the Bell Tavern, in the city of Richmond, to the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 27th day of his present month (April).
The par of a Half-Acre LOT, Known and distinguished in the plan of the city of Richmond by the number 50, and lying on the east side of St. Christopher's, at the corner of the cross street opposite the courthouse. Bounds as follows, to wit:—beginning at the northeast corner of said par, thence running on the Rock river 90 feet, thence at right angles running in a said lot 57 feet, thence at right angles to the cross street 90 feet, forming a square or 90 feet each side 32 feet wide, including a small house and a well of excellent water.
DW. WINSTON, Trustee.
1st April 1805.
The above is a copy of a notice.
BANK BONDS
For sale at this office.

(By Authority.)
AN ACT
For the relief of the Widows and Orphan Children of Robert Elliott. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America...
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
A. BURR, Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.
March 2, 1805—APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making appropriations for carrying into effect certain Indian treaties, and for other purposes of Indian trade and intercourse. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America...
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of exploring the Indian country, and of ascertaining proper and convenient places for establishing trading houses...
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That for the purpose of establishing additional trading houses, with the Indian tribes, a sum not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropriated...
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 3, 1805—APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
Making provision for the widow and orphan children of Thomas Flinn. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America...
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 3, 1805—APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
AN ACT
To extend jurisdiction in certain cases, to the territorial courts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America...
NATHL. MACON, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
JOS. ANDERSON, President of the Senate pro tempore.
March 3, 1805—APPROVED. TH: JEFFERSON.
A NEAT ASSORTMENT OF Morocco Pocket Books Is just received and for sale at this Office.
TO PRINTERS.
Printing Materials for Sale.
LONG PRIMER, Pica, English, Double Pica, Two-Lines English, French, Four-Lines Pica, Five-Lines Pica, Seven-Lines Pica, Nine-Lines Pica, Thirteen-Lines Pica, Sixteen-Lines Pica, Nineteen-Lines Pica, Quotations, Foolscap and Demy, Chases, and Cases. PROSSER & MOUNCURE. Richmond, March 26, 1805.
RAN away from the subscriber, near the new store, in Buckingham, on 22d February last, a negro fellow named JESSE, formerly the property of Walter Irvine in New-Canton, and has run the river as a waterman from said place for 12 or 15 months past...
TAKEN up by Thomas W. Lewis, a brindle OX, with some white in his face, white legs, and a white list around his loins, in termixed with a number of small black spots, marked in the right ear with a half crop and swallow fork, supposed to be eleven or twelve years old...
A copy—Teste, JOHN NICHOLAS, C.O.A.
Johnson's Dictionary, Improved.
Just published, and for sale at S. Pleasant's Printing Office and Book-Store, Richmond, Price 3 dollars and 50 cents.
A DICTIONARY
OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE,
IN WHICH
The Words are deduced from the Originals, Ex-
plained in their different Meanings—and
Authorised by the names of the writers to whose
works they are found
Abstracted from the Folio Edition,
BY THE AUTHOR,
SAMUEL JOHNSON, A. M.
To which are prefixed,
A Grammar of the English Language,
AND
The Preface of the Folio Edition.
The whole improved by the
STANDARD OF PRONUNCIATION,
Established by the
Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of
JOHN WALKER,
Author of the Elements of Elocution, Rhyming
Dictionary, &c. &c.
THE improved edition of Johnson's Dictionary which is now offered to the public, has some advantages over every other that has heretofore appeared...
In noting the pronunciation, Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary has been the general guide...
In point of correctness, the editor considers himself justified from the unremitted attention bestowed upon the work...
That it is entirely faultless is not to be expected; but it is certainly free from many inaccuracies which appear in the various editions with which it was compared.
Also, just received, for sale as above, The Life of Sir William Jones...
Barlow's Medical Journal, vol. 1st part 24...
The Literary Magazine, Nos. 15, 16 and 17...
Virgil, Horace, Caesar, and Sallust, In usum Delphini, elegant American editions, lately published.
Gurney's Short Hand, Terrible Tractation, Trial of Lord Headfort, Burns' Works, Bodley's Husbandry, Pennsylvania Farmer, Darwin's Philologia, Zoonomia, and Temple of Findlay's History of the Insurrection in Pennsylvania...
Tolson's Law of Executors, Watson's Law of Partnership, Sir William Jones on Bailments, Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, Frugal Housewife, or complete woman cook, Plutarch's Lives, Large Testament, An elegant assortment of Ladies' and Gentlemen's Pocket-Books, from 75 cents to five dollars each.
W. WARDLAW, Is now opening at his shop on the Main street in Richmond, opposite Mr. Taylor's Vendue Office, a large Importation of
MEDICINES,
Received directly from London, also a general assortment of SURGEON'S INSTRUMENTS, SHOP FURNITURE, MECHANIC AIR MACHINES, PATENT MEDICINES, &c. &c.
It is his intention to keep, at all times, a supply of Genuine Medicines, sufficient to answer the current demand; which will be sold for cash or on the usual credit to those who will give him sufficient assurances of punctuality.
November 30th, 1804. wif
Foolscap & Letter Paper For sale at this office.
Scheme of a Lottery,
For the benefit of WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE
FIRST CLASS.
Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes 8000 Tickets at 10 dollars, 3 Prizes of 10,000, 60 of 500, 2,000 of 15.
Subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. or 12,000. Expense of drawing, 2,000. Dollars, 10,000.
SECOND CLASS.
Table with 3 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Prizes, Total Amount. Includes 1st Ticket drawn, Last drawn, 1 other Prize of 10,000, 59 other Prizes of 500 dollars, 2,000 of 15 dollars.
All tickets drawn blank may be renewed in the next class, at 10 dollars each; the price of all others will be 15 dollars.
All prizes of 15 dollars may be renewed for the next class, or paid, at the option of the person entitled. If they be not claimed within three months after the drawing commences, they will be considered as renewed in the second class.
The drawing to commence in the city of Williamsburg, on the _____ day of _____, under the management of James Madison, John Bracken, William Nelson, Robert Greenhow, Burwell Bassett, Robert Saunders, Samuel Tyler, Champion Travis, William Lightfoot, Littleton W. Tazewell, George Tucker and James Semple.
SECOND CLASS.
1,938 Tickets at 10 dollars. 59,390. 4,685 ditto at 15 dollars. 70,330. Dollars, 129,720.
Deduct loss on 2,063 tickets renewed at 2 1-2 5,155. Dollars, 124,565.
THIRD CLASS.
2 Prizes of 20,000 dollars. 40,000. 2 ditto of 10,000 dollars. 20,000. 3 ditto of 5,000. 15,000. 50 ditto of 1,000. 50,000. 1 ditto of 15 dollars. 155. Dollars, 125,155.
Deduct 10 per cent. 12,500. Expenses of drawing, 2,500. Sum raised, Dollars, 110,155.
TICKETS.
May be had of George Tucker, Thomas Taylor and Samuel Pleasants, Jr. in Richmond, Robert Birchett, and Watkins Leigh, Petersburg; Thomas Newton, Dr. Barrand, & Littleton W. Tazewell, Norfolk; Hugh Mercer, Fredericksburg; Henry Tucker, Winchester; Chapman Johnson, Staunton; and in all the towns in Virginia, and in many places in the country.
FOR SALE,
Two Tracts of Land;
ONE contains 400 acres, the other 300 acres, lying in Cumberland county, on Willis's river about 10 miles above the mouth and on the road that leads from Columbia to Cumberland Court house; they are well improved and in good order for cropping. Terms will be made known by the subscriber, who lives on the premises. JESSE THOMAS. 19th March, 1805. w4t
FOR SALE,
A new Gig & Coach, Very low, for cash.
Gigs, Chaises &c. furnished at the above shop on the shortest notice, and carriages repaired with neatness and dispatch. Richmond, 16th March, 1805. w4t
A PROPOSAL,
BY WILLIAM YOUNG BIRCH & ABRAHAM SMALL, OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA: FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, THAT CELEBRATED WORK, GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE: Together with MEMOIRS of the LIFE and WRITINGS of the AUTHOR. No book could be offered, which stands in less need of encomium and recommendation—It has been read in almost every European language—The history of the long and interesting period from the reign of Augustus to the taking of Constantinople, and the death of Mahomet the II. is no where else to be found in the shape of regular and wellarranged history. The Publishers presume to hope, that they do a service to their country in giving an Edition of it from the American press—They will briefly speak of their intentions, and the superiority of this edition. 1. It will be the most complete Edition of Gibbon extant.—Because it will be enriched with the Memoirs of his Life and Writings, written by himself.—This will be an addition to the London copy of nearly 200 pages. 2. It will be about one third cheaper than the London Copy. 3. It will be executed in the best style.—The Publishers, with confidence, recommend to the public an inspection of the books, published by them within the last three years.—They are, Russell's Ancient and Modern Europe, 7 Volumes—The Domestic Encyclopedia, 5 Volumes, and Tucker's Blackstone, 5 Volumes.—They promise not to degenerate. CONDITIONS. 1. It shall be printed from the last London edition, and be published in Eight Octavo Volumes, during the year 1805. 2. It shall be delivered to those Subscribers who take it in Volumes, at Two Dollars per Volume, in boards. Those who wait for the completion of the Work, may have it either at Sixteen Dollars in boards; or in a good and handsome binding, at Twenty Dollars; payable on delivery. It will be enriched with Two whole sheet Maps—One of the Eastern, the other of the Western part of the Roman Empire—A Map of the Western part of Europe and Asia adjacent to Constantinople, and an elegantly engraved Head of the Author. Subscription received by SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jr. Richmond. Ready made PEN'S for sale here.
HART AND SOUTHGATE,
MAIN STREET, RICHMOND,
Offer for Sale, low for Cash or Negotiable Notes, HOLLANDS GIN by the pipe or less quantity, New England RUM, by the Hhd or barrel, French BRANDY, Antigua RUM, WINES, &c. &c. CYDER by the barrel, Bar IRON and CASTINGS, Sole LEATHER, SPIRITS of TURPENTINE in 5 gallon jugs, CANDLES by the box, SUGAR by the barrel or retail, TEA, COFFEE, and a general assortment of GROCERIES, suitable for families and dealers, in town or country. Richmond, March 12, 1805. [wif]
Valuable Lands for Sale.
I WISH to sell a HALF SHARE in the Dismal Swamp Company—also, SHARES in the Canal from Albemarle sound to Elizabeth river—also, One Third of three Tracts of LAND, lying on Nansemond river near Suffolk, the three tracts amounting in the whole to about 1300 acres. Any person inclined to purchase may be informed of the terms of sale by directing a letter to the subscriber, leaving near the post-office at Lindsay's store, Albemarle county. 6w FRAS. WALKER.
Alexander Plainville,
CONFECTIONER,
RESPECTFULLY informs the inhabitants of Richmond, Manchester and their vicinity, that he has rented the
HAY-MARKET GARDEN,
For the summer season, where he intends to make it his study to try and please those who may favor him with their custom.
A Plainville being acquainted with the dressing of Cordials, making of Ice-Creams, &c. flatters himself that those who favor him with their custom will be entertained in a manner superior to that in which they have been heretofore by Mr. Prior.
All kinds of Wines, Liquors, Cordials, Ice-Creams, Syrups, &c. of the first quality, and moderate charges—Tea Parties accommodated with every thing suitable to please both the taste of the ladies and gentlemen—Relishes, Cold Snacks, &c. at the shortest notice—Barbecues occasionally as may best suit those gentlemen who choose to subscribe for them—Fire-Works, Music, &c. occasionally. The other entertainments as usual, with some alterations for the better. Ladies and gentlemen wishing to be accommodated with Ice-Creams, Cordials, Syrups, &c. without going out of the city, may be supplied at his house on the main street, where he has made every preparation requisite for their reception.
The Hay Market Garden to be opened every day at 2 o'clock, Sundays and Holidays excepted, when it will be opened in the morning, and continue open all day. Price of admittance 25 cents. P. S. ICE for sale at his Confectionery on the main street. March 30.
The Races
Will commence in Charlotte county at Price's Race Field, on Thursday the 9th day of May next and continue three days. First day for untried 3 and 4 year olds this spring, mile heats, entrance 30 dollars, half forfeit, weights agreeable to Newmarket. Second day for 3 year olds, only mile heats, entrance twenty dollars, half forfeit. Third day will be run for an elegant Gold Watch, Saddle, Bridle, Collar and Martingale, free for any horse, mare or gelding, one mile out, weights agreeable to Newmarket. Any gentleman wishing to enter a horse may do so by applying to Mr. Wm. Price of Charlotte county, or to the subscriber. The Races will certainly commence on the above day, as there are 4 horses already entered. 2w JOS. RUTHERFORD.
Hymns and Spiritual Songs.
THE subscribers to the Book of Hymns & Spiritual Songs, intended to be published by J. Courtney, Jr. are respectfully informed, that, notwithstanding a severe indisposition which totally put it out of his power for the space of many weeks to attend to any kind of business, in addition to many unavoidable delays, the work is now in the press, and from the number of hands which are employed, he can with certainty say, that in the course of a few weeks the book will be ready for delivery.
On a perusal of this valuable collection, the reader will readily perceive, that great pains have been taken to render it one of the most useful books of the kind now extant. A number of people, preeminent for their piety, prefer the Hymns and Spiritual Songs of Dr. Isaac Watts—Others prefer Rippon's, whilst many admire Wesley's and Lady Huntington's hymns. To these it may be necessary to observe, that, in the present selection, partiality has been carefully avoided, while the beauties of all the foregoing authors have been collected, so as to render this book suitable to every denomination of Christians, either for private or public Worship. In this publication there will appear a large and beautiful selection of Spiritual Songs, which, at considerable trouble, and some expense, have been obtained from almost every state in the Union. It is the design of the subscriber to strike off several thousand copies of this work, which may be attended with almost too great a risk for an individual, in his circumscribed situation. But, from a desire of affording every one an opportunity of perusing this book, and from a sincere wish to see the prosperity of Zion, he thus ventures his all, while he hopes that his labours will not fail to meet with a suitable reward. The book will contain upwards of three hundred and fifty pages, handsomely printed, on good type, and on paper of a superior quality. JOHN COURTNEY, JUN. Richmond, March 20th, 1805.
P. S.—In the last edition printed by Dixon and Courtney, a number of inaccuracies escaped unnoticed. This will not be the case in the present performance. The book, when ready, will be advertised and sold by the subscriber, at the printing office of the Virginia Gazette—For copies handsomely bound and lettered, the price will be one Dollar; and for those bound in a plain tho' neat manner Seventy Five Cents. The Printers in Petersburg, Lynchburg, Staunton, Lexington and Fredericksburg, are requested to give the above a few insertions in their respective papers.
TRIAL OF JUDGE CHASE.
It is the intention of the editor of the National Intelligencer, to publish in a volume the proceedings on this interesting trial at full length, with as little delay as circumstances will admit.
The extent of the work cannot at present be ascertained with any precision. It will, however, probably exceed 500 pages of quarto.
It shall be published in boards, at a price not exceeding 50 cents for an hundred pages.
Gentlemen desirous of securing copies are requested to leave their names with the editor—and the printers of newspapers will confer a favor by inserting this advertisement a few times.
March 13 (3t)
TO RENT,
AND possession given the 8th day of March next, a commodious dwelling
HOUSE, now occupied by Mrs. Galt.—For terms apply to
David Lambert. February 22d, 1805. (f)
TO BE SOLD,
Pursuant to a deed of trust executed to me by the late Henry Randolph, Esq. to secure the payment of certain sums of money in the said deed, acknowledged to be due from him to Lyle and M'Crede, merchants,
A Parcel of Land,
Situated in the county of Chesterfield, within the distance of four miles from Manchester, and estimated to contain about three hundred and fifteen acres. This land, commonly known by the name of Scott's tract, or the Camp tract, will be set up for sale, to the highest bidder, on Wednesday, the first day of May next, between the hours of eleven A. M. and two P. M. at Zach. Brooks's tavern, in Manchester, on the following terms, viz. one third of the purchase money to be paid down one third in six months, and the remaining third in twelve months from the day of sale.—Bond and security will be required for the punctual payment of the credit instalments, on which payment being made, a proper conveyance will be executed by
JOHN HEVENINGHAM. Chesterfield, March 15th, 1805. idg
WONDER,
IMPORTED last fall was 12 months in the ship Monticello; will stand at my stable the ensuing season, and be let to mares at Six Guineas each
for the season, and a Dollar to the groom; but may be discharged with five provided they are paid by the first day of October next. As good pasturage as any in Virginia (with separate inclosures for mares and colts) gratis, and the greatest attention shall be paid them, but I will not be answerable for accidents or escapes. PERFORMANCES. In 1796, Wonder, then two years old, won the sweepstakes at York of 50 guineas each, for two years old colts, 8 stone, filies 7 stone 12 lbs six subscribers, beating lord A. Hamilton's brother to Nation, and mr Lowther's b. c. by Diomed, out of Tulip, twenty to one against the winners. In 1797, when 3 years old, carrying 8 stone 7 lbs at Doncaster, he beat mr Sitwell's Commodore, 8 stone, the last half mile, for 100 guineas each. The same day he received forfeit from mr Baker's g. c. Hap Hazard 8 stone, 200 guineas each 2 miles. In 1798, he won the great produce stakes at York of 200 guineas each 3 subscribers, 4 miles. In 1799, he won the sweepstakes at Stamford, of ten guineas each 13 subscribers, beating mr Heathcote's Warter, 8 subscribers, 2 miles. The same year he ran second in a sweepstakes at York, for 20 guineas each, 7 subscribers, 2 miles, beating lord A. Hamilton's colt by Walnut, out of Nun, sir Thomas Gascoigne's Maid of the Mill, and Abraham New and, now called Coflighter. In 1800, for the York Oatlands, of fifty guineas each, he ran second to Cockfighter, allowing him seven pounds, beating mr Cookson's Sir Harry, eleven subscribers, two miles. The same year, at Doncaster, he beat Sir George Fitzwilliam's Tartar, one hundred guineas each, four miles. The same year, he challenged Mr. Johnson's Sir Solomon, offering five pounds, five hundred guineas each, two miles. WONDER was named in training in 1801, and has never since started. He was bred by Lord Fitzwilliam, is fifteen hands three inches high, ten years old last spring, full of bone, very handsome, and free from all natural blemishes—He is a dark chestnut, and is unquestionably as fine a horse as was ever imported to this country, and of as good a stock—and as a runner he certainly has exhibited well, having beaten Warter, Cockfighter, and Sir Harry, three of the best horses on the English turf. It will be observed, that his dam was got by Diomed, and he is perhaps as nearly like his grand sire, as it is possible for one horse to be like another. WONDER covered two seasons in England, the first at two and the last at five guineas, which strongly indicates his growing reputation as a foal getter. PEDIGREE. He was got by Phenomenon, out of the dam of Lord Fitzwilliam's Brown Fanny, by Diomed—granddam by Marske, Young Hag, Launian's dam by Skim, Old Hag, Hydra's dam by Crab, Ebony by Childers, out of Old Fanny by Basso. Phenomenon was got by King Herod—his dam Frenzy by Eclipse, her dam by Engineer, granddam by Blank, Lass of the Mill by Traveller Miss Makeless by Young Greyhound, Partner, Wootton, Croft's Bay Barb, Makeless, Brimmer, Dickey Pierson, son of Deds worth, Burton Barb mare. Taken from the General Stud Book. RICHARD BLAND, Prince George, February 14, 1805. kw
N. B. The season to end the first of August next, & commence immediately.—Servants boarded gratis—and mares fed with grain at the market price, if required.
TUCKER'S BLACKSTONE.
This day is published and ready for delivery to subscribers, in Virginia, at S. Pleasant's Book Store, Richmond.
BLACKSTONE'S COMMENTARIES,
WITH Notes of Reference to the Constitution and Laws of the Federal Government of the United States, AND OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA: IN FIVE VOLUMES. With an appendix to each volume, containing extracts upon such subjects as appeared necessary to form a systematic view of the Laws of Virginia as a member of the Federal Union. BY ST. GEORGE TUCKER, Professor of Law in the College of William & Mary, and one of the Judges of the General Court, in Virginia. JUST RECEIVED, At S. Pleasant's Book-Store, Richmond, a very elegant assortment of the best PEN KNIVES, Which will be sold by the single or dozen.

Virginia Argus Extra.---April 3.
TO RENT OR LEASE, FOR TEN OR TWELVE YEARS,
A Lot of LAND,
No. 31. in the town of Manchester. Enquire of Dr. B. Du-Val, or,
Wm. Richardson, Jr.
February 22.
To be sold for ready money,
in pursuance of a decree of the circuit court of the United States, between Phoebe Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others, defendants, in order to raise the sum of dollars 7000 40 cents, with the expense of sale.
A Number of Slaves,
And so much of that Valuable Estate, in the county of Campbell, known by the name of the OXFORD IRON-WORKS, as shall appear sufficient to raise the said sum of money and the said expenses, the said land being now in the occupation of the said David Ross, and the slaves aforesaid being on the land. The sale will take place at the Oxford Iron-Works, in the county of Campbell, on Thursday the 11th of April next. The slaves are represented to be very valuable. The land is so well known as to render a description unnecessary.
Ben Mosby, D. M. for
Jos. Scott, M. V. D.
February 25, 1805.
THE members of the DISMAL SWAMP CANAL COMPANY,
either in person or by proxy, are requested to meet at the Hotel in Norfolk, on the first Monday in May next, to elect a President and Directors, and on other business of importance to the company. Notice is also given to those who are delinquents in the payment of the quotas heretofore called for, that unless they make payment of their respective balances on or before the said day, that their shares will be sold on the Tuesday following the above day of meeting.
Thomas Newton, President.
Aug. Slaughter, } Directors.
William Vaughan, } Directors.
Richard Blore, } Directors.
Norfolk, 11th March, 1805.
Valuable Property for sale.
WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the premises, on the third day of April next, at 12 o'clock, an undivided moiety in the two LOTS OF GROUND, formerly the property of Andrew Ronald, dec. fronting the basin of the James River Canal, near the centre of the city of Richmond, with an undivided moiety of all the valuable buildings thereon, consisting of a large three story brick building, eighty feet in length, with four separate tenements, twenty feet wide and forty-five feet in length, with fire places on the first and second floors, roomy garrets in each, with large wheels fixed for hoisting and lowering packages, &c. With dispatch and ease, good dry cellars with fire places in each; this house has been lately built and in good repair; adjoining is a well finished two story framed dwelling house, thirty-eight feet square, with two good cellars, with fire places in each for cooking—in this house on the first and second floors are eight rooms and six fire places—also, a small two story Brick House with four rooms, with fire places in each, convenient for a store or small family—Likewise, a small Wooden Building with a cellar built for a kitchen, and may be used as a shop—Also, two Stables and a Carriage House. The buildings except the kitchen, stables and carriage house are insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid; the lots front the basin on one side, and are bounded by Cary's street and the cross street leading to the warehouse on two other sides of them, and are as convenient for commercial or other business as any in the city. The terms of sale will be seventeen thousand dollars in ready money, the residue payable the fifth day of August next, for which residue bond with approved security will be required. It is deemed unnecessary to state the great value of the above property to those who reside in this city, but for the information of strangers, the subscriber begs leave to state, that the aforesaid property is immediately opposite the lower part of the basin of the James river canal, where all the produce of the upper country is landed, and to any person desirous of carrying on the commission business extensively, perhaps is superior to any other place in this city.
William Austin.
Richmond, 4th February, 1805.
From circumstances not attended to when the above valuable property was advertised for sale, the subscriber has postponed the day of sale, till Wednesday the eighth day of May next, when it will certainly take place, at 12 o'clock, on the premises, when one fourth of the purchase money only will be required in hand, and a credit of three, six and nine months given for the balance, the purchaser to give bonds and security to carry interest from the day of sale, and a deed of trust on the property to secure the payment.
Wm. Austin.
22d March, 1805.
THE SIXTH AND LAST VOLUME OF WARNER & HANNA'S
Select Plays
Is just received at this office—where a few complete sets of the work in elegant binding are for sale.
Bail and Delivery Bonds
For sale at this office.
TO BE RENTED,
For one or more years, and possession given the 15th of April next—a convenient
Store & Dwelling-house,
With three rooms below, and two above, with a fire place in two of the lower rooms, with a good dry cellar under them; a kitchen, smoke house, garden, and two acres of land adjoining enclosed, part of which is well set with red clover. This tenement has been occupied for some years past by Messrs. Alban Gilpin & Co.; it is situated in a healthy and agreeable neighbourhood, is a fine stand for a country store, about 25 miles from Richmond, and not more than half a mile from the river, and in the midst of a fine wheat country.—For terms apply to the subscriber.
SAM. PLEASANTS.
Powhatan co. 4th Mar. 1805.
The Scottville Spring Races,
WILL commence on Monday the fifteenth day of April next.—First day will be run for the Jockey Club Purse of £100. three mile heats—Second day the Proprietor's Purse of £50. two mile heats—And on the third day a Sweepstakes, for three and four years old, two mile heats, entrance fifty dollars. The subscription will remain open until the evening preceding the first day's race; any person wishing to enter may do so either in person or by letter directed to Mr. Samuel Marshall.
Carrying the following Weights.
7 years old, 133 4 years old, 100
6 do. do. 126 3 do do 90
5 do. do. 117 3 lbs allowed mares & geldings.
JOHN HASKINS, Treasurer.
March 9th. 1805.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE away last evening, a large stout made blood bay HORSE, upwards of five feet high, 7 years old last spring, was 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 2, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given, That
separate proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary for the Department of War, until 12 o'clock at noon of the first Wednesday in June next, for the supply of all rations that may be required, for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of October 1805, until the 30th day of September 1806, both days inclusive, at the following places, viz.
First, At Niagara, Detroit, Michilimackinac, Fort Wayne, Chicago, Swan Creek, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of Ohio, and territory of Michigan, and at any place or places within the Indiana territory north of the 41st degree of north latitude.
Second, At South West Point, Tellico, Knoxville, Nashville, and within the Cherokee nation between Tennessee and Georgia, and on the Tennessee river, and on the road between said river and Nashville; and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the states of Kentucky & Tennessee.
Third, At the garrison near Vincennes on the river Wabash, at Fort Massac, New Madrid, Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas, Natchez and Fort Adams, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited in the Mississippi territory, except the county of Washington, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory south of the 41st degree of north latitude & fifty miles east of the Mississippi river.
Fourth, At St. Louis, St. Charles, Kaskaskia, Cahokia, & at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the territory of Louisiana north of New Madrid, and at any place or places in the Indiana territory within fifty miles east of the Mississippi river and south of the 41st degree of North latitude, Fort Massac excepted.
Fifth, At New Orleans, Plaquemines, Point Coupee, Oachera, Natchez, Appomattox, Attakapa, Fort Stodder, Fort St. Stephens, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the territory of Orleans, or in the county of Washington in the Mississippi Territory, and at any place or places on the west side of the Mississippi river below Arkansas.
Separate proposals will also be received as aforesaid for the supply of all rations, which may be required for the use of the United States, from the 1st day of January 1806, to the 31st day of December of the same year, both days inclusive, within the several states herein after mentioned, viz.
Sixth, At Fort Wilkinson, Cockspur Island, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Georgia, and on the Indian boundary between Georgia and the Creek nation.
Seventh, At Charleston, Rocky Mount, on the head waters of the Santee, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the states of North and South Carolina.
Eighth, At Norfolk, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Virginia.
Ninth, At Fort M'Henry, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Maryland and the district of Columbia.
Tenth, At Fort Mifflin, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, east of the river Susquehannah, and within the states of New Jersey and Delaware.
Eleventh, At Pittsburg, Carlisle and at any
place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Pennsylvania, west of the river Susquehannah.
Twelfth, At Fort Jay, West Point, Albany, Schenectady and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of New York, Niagara and its dependencies excepted.
Thirteenth, At Fort Trumbull, Fort Wolcott, and at any place or places where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Fourteenth, At Fort Independence (Boston harbour) and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within the state of Massachusetts, the town of Springfield, and the district of Maine, excepted.
Fifteenth, At Portsmouth, Portland, and at any place or places, where troops are or may be stationed, marched, or recruited within the state of New Hampshire and the district of Maine.
Sixteenth, Proposals will also be received as aforesaid, for the supply of all rations, which may be required by the United States, for the troops which are or may be stationed, marched or recruited within the town of Springfield in the state of Massachusetts, and for the armourers and other persons employed in the United States armoury at that place, from the 1st day of January 1806 to the 31st day of December in the same year, both days inclusive.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quarter of Beef, or three quarters of a pound of Pork, eighteen ounces of Bread or flour, one gill of Rum, Whiskey or Brandy, and at the rate of 2 quarts of Salt, four quarts of Vinegar, four pounds of Soap, and one pound and a half of Candles, to every hundred rations. The prices of the several component parts of the ration shall be specified; but the United States reserve the right of making such alterations in the price of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as shall make the price of each part thereof bear a just proportion to the proposed price of the whole ration. The rations are to be furnished in such quantities, that there shall at all times, during the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient for the consumption of the troops at Michilimackinac, Detroit, and Chicago, for six months in advance; and at each of the other posts on the western waters, for at least three months in advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if the same shall be required. It is also to be permitted to all, and every of the commanders of fortified places and posts, to call for, at seasons when the same can be transported, or at any time in case of urgency, such supplies of like provisions in advance, as in the discretion of the commander shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to the troops, and that all losses sustained by the depreciation of an enemy, or by means of the troops of the United States, shall be paid by the United States at the price of the articles captured or destroyed as aforesaid, on the deposition of two or more persons of creditable character, and the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating the circumstances of the loss, and the amount of the articles for which compensation shall be claimed.
The privilege is understood to be reserved to the United States of requiring that none of the supplies, which may be furnished under any of the proposed contracts, shall be issued, until the supplies which have been or may be furnished under contracts now in force, have been consumed; and that a supply in advance may be always required at any of the fixed posts on the seaboard, or Indian frontier, not exceeding three months.
H. DEARBORN, Secretary of War.
March 8. (11m)
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.
NOTICE.
ALL persons indebted to the late firms of
Buchanan, Dunlop & Co.
Of Petersburg;
Robert Pollok & Co.
Of Richmond; and
Dunlop, Pollok & Co.
Of Manchester,
Are hereby notified that James Dunlop, late a partner in the above concerns, has become purchaser of the outstanding debts; they will therefore be pleased to make payment to Mr. John Tompkins, residing in Richmond, or the subscriber, residing in Petersburg; who alone are authorised to make collections and grant discharges.
Suits will be indiscriminately commenced against all who do not make payment before the first of February next.
JOHN DUNLOP,
Attorney for James Dunlop.
Petersburg, Nov. 15, 1804.
The subscriber wishes to sell for
cash, or on credit till the first day of January
next, the
Two Brick Tenements,
Adjoining the house of Mr. Benjamin Mosby.
JOHN PENDLETON.
City of Richmond, Nov. 10th. 1804.
Tickets in the Wil-
liam & Mary College Lottery are for
sale at this office.
FROM SOUTH AMERICA.
THE BEAUTIFUL SPANISH
HORSE,
APPALUSIA,
WILL stand the ensuing season, at my plantation on Chickahominy, near the new bridges, and will be let to mares at the moderate price of ten dollars the season, payable the first of Oct. next, but notes (to be sent with the mares) may be discharged by paying eight dollars on or by the 1st of August, when the season will end. Insurance fifteen dollars (notes sent as above, payable 1st March, 1806.) And four dollars cash the leap. In either case 25 cents to the groom, to be paid down. Mares will be fed with clover and lucerne gratis, and corn if required, at the selling price. I have 20 spare stalls in a strong new stable, with substantial locks, where they may be kept of nights, but will not be answerable for escapes.
APPALUSIA is lately from South America, about ten years old, 15 hands high, of a beautiful snow white colour, and most elegantly formed. It is unnecessary to point out the great superiority of this excellent breed of horses for the saddle, harness, &c. as it is generally known that they are well gaited, gentle, and the most hardy and thrifty horses in the world, and many live to be upwards of 50 years old.
APPALUSIA stood in Augusta the season before last, where he proved to be a certain foal-getter, and many of his colts would have sold for 200 dollars cash at a day old. A few mares were put to him the last season, (having bought him late) all of which proved with foal.
BENJAMIN DUVAL.
February 15th, 1805.
PRECIPITATE,
IMPORTED by Mr. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, last winter, full 15 hands and a half high; will stand at my stable in Chesterfield county, Appomattox river, 15 miles above Petersburg, to be let to mares at ten guineas a mare, two of which will be remitted if paid within the season, which will commence the 10th of March, & expire the 1st of August next. Board of servants gratis; mares may be fed with grain at two shillings per day. I have large and extensive pastures, divided in five different inclosures, that mares with foals may be kept distinct from barren mares. One dollar to the groom. No liability for accidents of any description.
PRECIPITATE was bred by Lord Egremont, foaled in 1787, got by Mercury (a son of Eclipse) dam by Herod, his granddam Maiden by Matchem, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare; her dam by Mogul—Camilla by Bay Bo son—Old Lady dam of Sterling by Palleine's chestnut Arabian—Rockwood Butler.
PERFORMANCE.
In the first spring meeting, 1790, at New Market, when 3 years old, he won the first class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas each, beating Thunderbolt, Chanticleer, and Sir Pepper, four having paid the forfeit. In the same week he won the Bolton stakes of 50 guineas each, beating Chamboon, Dragon and Pallafax; 7 paid forfeit. Second spring meeting he won the 3d class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt; 7 paid forfeit. And in the same week he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radaman hus.
In 1792 he won £50. at Guildford, beating Doge, Thunderbolt, Sarmagatam and Stork; the next day £50 at the same place, beating Cardock and Griffin. He also won the King's 100 guineas, at Lewis, beating Skyscraper 3 heats, the 1st being a dead heat. After which he was so highly esteemed that he became a stallion in his Lordship's stud at 12 guineas a mare. This horse is the sire of the following running horses in England: Johnquil, Petworth, Marana, Rosalba. Chestnut colt out of Bobtail. Chestnut colt out of Rosemary, Hamburg. Lazarus, Ragulier, Apollo, Culver, Tag Louisa, Tipstaff, Mr. Heathcote's filly out of Reeves, Alchymist, Clodhopper, Grey filly his R. H. Lumpadosa, Mars, Mary, Matrance, Bay filly Mr. Brown's, Grey filly Mr. Radcliff's, Tax, Tipstaff and Bobtail. Feb. 20, 1805.
THOMAS GOODE.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
RUN away from the subscriber about the end of Nov. or early in Dec. a black servant named SAM, I believe about 19 or 20 years of age, very strong and likely for a man of his age. He was seen in the neighborhood of this place sometime after he absented himself, but from his connexions I have reason to suppose that he may be lurking about, or concealed by those connexions in the counties of Powhatan or Cumberland. I will give the above reward if he is brought to me in this place, or ten dollars if secured in a jail so that I may get him.
Arch'd. Freeland.
Manchester, March 16, 1805.
BY virtue of a deed of trust made to the subscriber by Nathaniel Burton, the 8th day of February last, for the purpose of securing a debt due to Arthur Nunnery, and all charges attending the execution of the trust—will be sold, to the highest bidder, at Buckingham courthouse, on Saturday the 28th day of April next, for the best price that can be obtained in crop or in cash of Nicholas's inspection, or its value in money at the current cash price.
A certain Tract or Parcel of LAND, lying in the county of Buckingham, on both sides of the great creek of Slate river, containing two hundred and twenty five acres, and adjoining the lands of Nathaniel Burton, Barnet Nursery, Elizabeth Saunderson, Edward Massey and Benjamin Burton.
JAMES MURPHY, Trustee.
March 13th, 1805.

Private Entertainment. THE subscriber has taken a lease of five years, for the well-known and commodious house in the city of Richmond, long occupied by Mr. Richard Crouch, which is situated on the street leading from the main street by the Governor's, and is near the ven. Mr. Prosser and Moncure. He is provided with an excellent stable, which shall be constantly supplied with forage of the best quality, where he will receive Horses at Livery, and the utmost attention shall be paid to these horses which may be committed to his care. The long experience which the subscriber has had in this kind of business, and the general satisfaction which he has given to those who have favored him with their custom at Manchester and other places, authorises him to hope, that he will not only continue to receive the patronage of his former friends, but likewise the countenance and favor of the public at large. He also proposes to take in about 20 BOARDERS, on reasonable terms, and begs leave to assure those who may favor him with their patronage, that every attention and exertion shall be used to give entire satisfaction. And the subscriber also offers his services to sell horses on commission. In all cases where he may be employed to do so, he will charge the owner no more than the actual cost for the support of such horses. PETER MOSELEY.
Advertisement. To be SOLD to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, FIVE TRACTS OF LAND belonging to the estate of Thomas Anderson, dec. viz:—One in Campbell county, of 400 acres, lying on both sides of the main road, on the branches of Beaver Creek; this tract to be sold at next April Campbell court, being the 8th day of the month. One in Botetourt county of 160 acres, lying on Cat-tail Creek; this tract to be sold at next April Botetourt court, being the 11th day of the month; the two tracts to be attended by Mr. Anthony Dill, who is hereby fully authorized to act for the executors of the said Thomas Anderson. One of 400 acres, one of 147 acres, and one of 30 acres, lying in Buckingham county, the two former on the waters of Rock Island Creek, and the latter on the waters of the Main Road. These three tracts to be sold at next May Buckingham court, being the 13th day of the month. Bond with approved securities will be required, to bear interest from the date, but if punctually paid the interest shall be remitted. NATHAN ANDERSON, & ROBERT RIVES. Exors of Thos. Anderson, dec. Albemarle county, Feb 18th 1805.
Notice. THAT Mr. Anthony Dill of Buckingham county, is hereby fully authorized to make sale of one TRACT OF LAND, in Patrick, containing 5000 acres, lying on Dan River—three tracts in Grayson county, lying on the waters of Little Reel Island Creek, one of a thousand acres, one of 300 acres; the said Dill will attend at next April Grayson court for the sale of the said lands for and on behalf of NATHAN ANDERSON. Albemarle county, Feb. 18th. 1805.
WILL BE SOLD. At Public Auction on Saturday the 20th day of April next, at the Rawleigh tavern, in the city of Williamsburg that valuable plantation, called
YARMOUTH, lying in James City county, on Chickahominy river, ten miles from Williamsburg. The improvements are, a two-story brick house with two rooms and a passage above and below, portions on each side, a large and capacious barn, and 3 other out-houses. The whole tract including an island in view of the house, high and low land, with marshes, contains about 2700 acres, scarcely one third of which is cleared. Two thirds of the island is arable, which, with the land adjoining the house, is of superior quality. Adjacent to the island are two bold and navigable creeks with convenient landing to each. The range for cattle is very extensive and the marshes and meadows will supply an abundance of hay. Fish and fowl, in their respective seasons, may with ease be obtained at your door. The orchards, consisting of the greatest variety of all kinds of fruit selected with care, are now in their prime. The terms of sale are one-third cash, the balance in one, two and three equal annual payments. PEYTON RANDOLPH, Jr. For Exec. Exrs.
BANK OF VIRGINIA. THE Shareholders are hereby notified, that the fourth installment will become due on Saturday the 6th of April, and will be received at the Bank, and at the Offices of Discount and Deposit at Norfolk, Petersburg and Fredericksburg. Certificates of Stock will after that day be issued on application at the Bank. March 6. 1805.
The Tract of Land, Which belonged to the said Richard L. Lacy at the time of his death, on which Edmund B. Lacy at present resides. This land is situated about 5 or 6 miles below Providence Forge, and within one mile of Chickahominy river, on an eminent hill, where you have an extensive view of the river—the tract contains by estimation one hundred and ninety six acres, the land to be received by the purchaser to be quantity more or less; there are a tolerable dwelling house and out houses on the land. The sale will commence at 12 o'clock. John H. Christian, Trustee. March 9th, 1805.
Pinkerton's Geography, AND THE ATLAS, (Which completes the work,) are now ready for delivery at S. Pleasants' Book-store. A few copies for sale—Price 16 dollars.
CASH will be given for  Twelve, or Fifteen BOYS, From 7 to 15 years old,—Enquire of the Printer.  MAP OF VIRGINIA. PROPOSALS, FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, A MAP OF VIRGINIA, FORMED FROM ACTUAL SURVEYS, AND THE LATEST AS WELL AS MOST ACCU- RATE OBSERVATIONS. BY JAMES MADISON, D. D. PRESIDENT OF WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE.
To which will be added, A MAP of the greater part of the state of Ohio, from actual surveys, including the whole of the Virginia military tract;—with all that part of the state west of the Ohio river, to the Indiana boundary line. The north-east corner of the Map will be ornamented with an interesting View of the City of Richmond. The size of the MAP will be five feet six inches in length, and three feet eight inches in breadth. An ingenious and skillful engraver is engaged to execute the work, in a style not inferior to any similar work in the United States.
CONDITIONS. The price to subscribers will be eight dollars, neatly mounted, colored and glazed.—One dollar, (to lighten the great expense of publication,) to be paid on subscribing. To non subscribers, the price will be ten dollars. [COPY RIGHT SECURED]
In offering the above work to the public, the proprietors are sensible that excellence is not of ten attainable; but with candor and truth, equal-ly remote from arrogance and partiality, they can say, that they conscientiously believe it has a just claim to the confidence and patronage of the people. A Map of Virginia has been long and anxiously looked for: None has been published, on the plan of the one now offered, for many years. The labor, expense, and apparent difficulties, in accomplishing so interesting a work, have deterred several from the arduous undertaking. The proprietors, finding that most of the other states had recently given encouragement to similar productions, and entertaining a high sense of the real dignity and importance of Virginia, embarked in the business, from a well-grounded belief that the magnitude and utility of the work, would insure, if accompanied a remuneration. And while Virginia is powerfully stimulated with the love of science and virtue, they hope and believe she will view domestic productions, which prove pre-eminently useful, with a generous pride. Those gentlemen who take subscription papers, are desired to return them to the subscriber in Petersburg, by the first day of May. The maps will be ready for subscribers in the course of the ensuing summer. WILLIAM PRENTIS.
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 Baughman.
RUN away from the subscriber about the 13th January last, a negro man named ADAM about 23 years of age, of a dark complexion, about 6 feet high, has a small scar on his forehead; had on when he went away an osnaburgs shirt, short coat and pantaloons of blue jeans, and common felt hat; he had another other clothing which it is supposed he carried with him as they have not been seen since he escaped. He was purchased of Mr. Gabriel Tait near Culpeper courthouse, by Mr. John Mullins, about 18 months past, of whom the subscriber purchased immediately afterwards; the said fellow has a wife at Dr. Claggett's, who resides at Culpeper courthouse; it is probable he may be harboured by his wife at this place. Whoever will deliver the said fellow to the subscriber living in Albemarle county near Charlottesville, shall receive a reward of Thirty Dollars, if secured in any jail so that I get him again Twenty Dollars. 2nd Feb. 1805. JOHN CLARKSON.
To Undertakers. THE subscriber purposing to erect some Brick Buildings on the Market Square in the course of the present year, invites proposals from undertakers until the middle of April next; the plan of said buildings and the mode of payment will be made known on application. JOHN SEABROOK. 11th March, 1805.
FOR RENT,  The large white House, At Rocketts, formerly occupied by Mr. William Fenwick, and afterwards by Mr. Braxton Craddock. For terms apply to Gallego, Richard & Co.
FOR SALE,  TWO LOTS, HANDSOMELY situated in the town of New Canton, on James river; on both sides, on one an excellent garden well enclosed, and the other containing one acre, with a good post and rail fence.—For further particulars en-quire 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.
TRAVELS OF ANACHARSIS, THE YOUNGER, in GREECE, Are respectfully informed that the work is now ready for delivery at S. Pleasants' Printing-Off.
Upper Appomattox Company. IN pursuance of an order of the Trustees, at their last meeting, the 14th Sept. 1804—Will be SOLD, at Powell's Tavern, in Petersburg, the 15th day of April next, ALL SHARES of the first subscription, on which a balance may be due at that time, without discrimination. T. PRIDE, Clk. & Receiver. 9th March, 1805.
NOTICE. INTENDING to take my departure for London, on or before the 20th April next, all those who have any claims against me will render them to Gillam & Kirby for adjustment and payment. Thomas Gilliam. March 9th, 1805.
Richmond Academy Lottery. THE subscriber being appointed by the Trustees to collect all monies due on the sales of Tickets in said Lottery, requests those indebted for the same to make immediate payment to him at the Land Office. Prizes will be taken in discharge of any money due the Trustees, or for tickets in the second Class.—He is authorised to pay all prizes after the 15th May next. WILLIAM PRICE. March 22d, 1805.
Gloucester Low Grounds FOR SALE. WILL BE SOLD, on the premises, for ready money, on the 24th day of May next, under a decree of the court of Gloucester county, two hundred and seventy-seven acres of LAND, lying in the parish of Abingdon, and county of Gloucester. This land joins the lands of Colonel Thomas Lewis and John Seawell, Esq. is of excellent quality, for the production of corn and barley, lies extremely convenient to the Severn river, where fish and oysters are both abundant and excellent. Thomas Lewis, John Seawell, John Lewis, Joseph Cluverius, } Commissioners. March 20, 1805.
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shackle ware-house, 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 Madeira Wine,  Coffee of a superior quality,  Molasses, Ginger and Fig-Blue,  Young H. tea and Imperial Tea,  400 Sacks Liverpool Salt  Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And  The remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond 22d March, 1805.
NOTICE. THE subscriber intends shortly to leave this state for Europe, where he means to spend the summer months. He invites those persons who may have claims against him to call for payment—he also urges the necessity of closing all outstanding accounts due him, and therefore requests those indebted to him to discharge their respective accounts without delay. L. Wercq.
BY AUTHORITY.  RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY.
CLASS No 11. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each. dols. 40000    1 Prize of dols. 10000   5 of 1000 5000   20 of 500 10000   50 of 100 5000   100 of 25 2500   100 of 25 2500   227 40000   First drawn ticket 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 soon-er, if the tickets are sold.
Land for Sale. THE subscriber offers for sale eleven hundred and ten acres of LAND lying on the waters of Cunningham and Briery creeks, in Albemarle and Fluvanna. This land is well timbered, and the turnpike road from Richmond to Staunton runs nearly through the centre of it. Also, another TRACT, surveyed in the year 1755, containing two hundred and thirty five acres, lying on Carey's creek, in Fluvanna. As there is a good Mill Seat on this tract which is well timbered with pine, &c. a Saw Mill might be erected on it with ease, and attended with considerable profit. It is situated near the Fork Ordinary and within six or eight miles of New Canton. Great bargains may be had in these lands and the payments made easy, by giving bonds with approved security. D. M. WHARTON. Powhatan C. H. March 24, 1805.
WATTS'  PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. Just published, and for sale by S. Pleasants, in an elegant pocket edition.
HATS & SHOES. AN ASSORTMENT just received and for sale by JUDSON & BURR, Second door above the Eagle. ALSO, 3 Bales INDIA COTTONS, 1 Case 4-4 fine IRISH LINENS, 2 Tons country refined BAR IRON. March 26, 1805.
THE CELEBRATED HIGH BLOODED ENGLISH HORSE, OSCAR, FULL sixteen hands high, imported by me last summer, after having seen him the year before, and satisfied myself as to his reputation, is now in fine health, full of vigor and muscular strength, and will be let to the best bidder, the ensuing season, at my stables, in Charles City county, Sandy Point, at Six Guineas the season, which may be discharged by the payment of Five Guineas, on or before the tenth day of August next; Three Guineas the lease, and Ten to insure a foal; A Dollar to the groom. Pastures as extensive as any in the state, and inferior to none, for fine natural grass, especially the white clover, which abounds to a wonderful degree in the months of April, May and June, as also after harvest, that succession of crab and other grass, which so plentifully takes place here, will be afforded, with entertainment for servants, free from charge. No liability for involuntary escapes, nor will I be responsible for any injuries or accidents which may not be the result of wanton neglect or abuse, as I here give my word to the public, that no pains nor assiduity shall be wanting on my part to render satisfaction, without respect to persons, to every gentleman who thinks fit to send mares for the season. This very extraordinary stallion, cost me, when landed in this state, greatly upwards of one thousand pounds, and without meaning to detract from the merits of any other, I can safely venture to say, is the most perfect horse in Virginia; for the most critical observer has not yet been able to discover a single defect or blemish in him, either as to activity, strength, or beauty. Nothing can excel him in the neck, ear and eye; So bold, gay, and full of fire is he, that he fascinates in spite of prejudice, every beholder, that instant he is brought into view. I would endeavor to give a full description of him, for the satisfaction of those gentlemen who cannot conveniently visit me, but in the attempt I might do him injustice, and therefore, I invite the most scrupulous examination of him, even by those who think themselves competent judges in this respect, and I do not fear the result. In short, I will not be deemed extravagant to say, he is, of his kind, the best effort of nature. OSCAR is a dark brown, was got by Saltram, the best horse in his day (who was the sire of Whiskey, and many good racers—his dam by High Flyer—grandam by Herod—great grandam (M. Middleton) by Regulus—great great grandam (Camilla) by a son of Bay Bolton, Bartlett's Cinders, Honeywood's Arabian, dam of the two True Blues. In 1798, at New-Market, at three years old, he won a handicap sweepstakes of 15 guineas each, two year old course, bearing Lord Clermont's b c by Dromator, Mr. Howarth's b c Mouse, Mr. Adams' b c Cypress, Mr. Watson's b c Duplicity; two to one on Oscar. At Lambourn, he was second best, four mile heats against Heart of Oak and others, running three heats. In 1799, he won the Oatlands Stakes of fifty guineas each, (10 subscribers) bearing Lord Grosvenor's ch f Lady Bull, Mr. Rathbone's b c Warner, Sir F. Standish's b c Stamford, Mr. Durand's Play or Pay, Mr. Cookson's b h Ambrose, Lord Clermont's b h Ainator, Lord G. Cavendish's b h by Jupiter. The judges could only place the first five. 2d May, the same year, he won at Brackett Hall, 50l. for all ages, heats about one mile and a quarter, bearing Sir Charles Bunbury's Combatant, 4 years old, Mr. Bowis's Saddler, 5 years old. In October, he won the Oatlands stakes, of 30 guineas each, (18 subscribers) bearing Mr. Tharpe's b c Chippenham, Mr. Williamson's b c by Buzzard, out of Rachel, Lord Clermont's Amalia, Lord Grosvenor's ch f Lady Bull, Sir C. Bunbury's Wangler, Sir F. Poole's b f by Dragon, Mr. Howard's Spectator, Mr. Lambroke's Humbug. The judge could only place the first 3. In 1800, at New Market, April 14th, he won the Craven stakes, of 10 guineas each, across the Flat, at 4 years old, carrying Batone Pds, free for all ages, bearing the Duke of Grafton's b c First Fruits, Lord Clermont's b c by Meteor, Mr. Cookson's b h Diamond, Mr. Coventry's b c Veltair, Mr. O'Kelley's Grey Pilot, Mr. Durand's Ramachandra, (late Princess) Mr. Dashwood's Play or Pay, and Sir F. Standish's b c by Sir Peter, out of Storage. The judge could only place the first five. Even betting, Oscar against the field. In the same month and place, he won a subscription plate of 50l. bearing Mr. R. Heathcote's ch f Georgiana, Mr. Mallet's b f. Cuitz, Mr. O'Kelley's Antrim, Lord Clermont's ch c Vernal, Mr. Golding's b c by Balloon, Mr. Travis' Balanna, Mr. Perrin's Pizarro, and Lord Grosvenor's ch c by Buzzard. The judge could only place the first three, 7 to 4 on Oscar. He was second best for the King's plate of 100 guineas, for four years old, carrying 11 stone, running against Sir F. Poole's Worthey, by Pot-8o's, and Sir F. Standish's b h Stanford, 5 years old. In October, New-Market, he received forfeit of Mr. Heathcote's Warner, for 500 guineas, across the Flat, half forfeit. For these remarkable instances of speed and bottom, in so young a horse, I refer the reader to the Racing Calendars for 1798, '99, and 1800.
William Lightfoot. Sandy Point, February, 1805. w155y N. B. The Season will commence immediately.  BLANK BONDS For sale at this office.