Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1806-10-29 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
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[No. 1307.]
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1806.
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FOR THE ARGUS.
Observations in opposition to the opinions and principles, contended for in a pamphlet called War in Disguise.
No. XIV.
Arguments in opposition to an alliance offensive and defensive with Great-Britain.
WE are now called upon to consider, and weigh well, the opinions of those who recommend or desire an alliance offensive and defensive with Great-Britain.
This is a question of more magnitude than will appear at a superficial view. It is one upon which our political and social character, as well permanency and national independence, inevitably depend. The views of the most intelligent and honest politicians, are as much opposed, as the extremes of good and evil. That which one recommends, another of equal endowments, equal claims to public notice, as ardently condemns. Hence our country is divided into parties. The public voice speaks in opposing strains through contradictory organs.
Indeed, it is impossible for the future views of American politicians, to be more at variance. The contest in Europe, is between two of the greatest nations of the earth; powerful in all the necessary means of war; irritated against each other by a series of events, which have derived their existence from remote antiquity. It is considered with the greatest concern, not only by those of the respective nations who reflect deeply upon the subject, but by every cool, dispassionate and insulated philosopher. In a state of things, if we forget the long train of causes, the British are not blamable for using all the means which circumstances may afford, to weaken the adversary, or to strengthen themselves. It is a duty which they owe to themselves under the imperious laws of self-preservation, to derive from the United States, and from all other nations, all the aids which it is possible to obtain. In this and in no other way they are justifiable. The errors which they have committed cannot be recalled nor forgotten. They are compelled to encounter the dangers of an inevitable situation. They must either oppose a powerful and much irritated and triumphing foe, in the full tide of unexampled prosperity, or descend from the exalted ground which they have heretofore supported. They must make conciliating propositions, bottomed upon the immutable principles of universal justice, equality of commercial and national rights, or meet the hazards which await them in the unequal contest. It is a contest which will be supported on the adverse side, by one hundred and fifty millions of people, by resources which are inexhaustible, and by talents which have never been surpassed.
The reader must not be deceived. There is no intention in these sentences to justify the rulers of Great-Britain, either for the past or the present. Something is offered, all indeed which the case merits to palliate their conduct, they have neither safety nor the most obscure hope to obtain it, unless they can procure powerful & collateral aids from other nations. They know this to be true, and therefore persevere in their endeavors, either to avoid or to avert the impending danger. They look therefore to the United States, and are considering their fears and dangers, justifiable to use all the means which may occur. But even though the people of the United States, should all at once as by enchantment, forget and forgive the many insults and injuries which they have received, and plunge headlong into the war as the ally or confederate of Great-Britain, the advantages which Britain would derive by the event would be too light and trivial, to afford substantial succor.
Europe confederated and resolved, either to reduce Great-Britain to justice or submission, would disregard such feeble aids which could be derived from the alliance, even though the people, with one consent, should surrender their independence, and once more voluntarily receive the yoke of subjection.
Urged by the laws of self-preservation, the rulers of Great-Britain as they have done, will seize & use every advantage which their naval superiority can afford. If they can offer a plausible palliative, 'tis well; if the excuse satisfies the injured party, so much the better; but be the events what they may, whether the United States are content or not, the rulers will proceed in that course which is dictated by their own hazardous situation, unless indeed, a sense of justice, or of prudence shall induce them to open the doors of conciliation; unless they will say that Europe shall be restored to peace—the seas to freedom—the world to tranquility—and that all mankind may be united and bound to each other by the immutable principles of benevolence and justice.
But even admitting that the state of things for the present, and the prospect for the future, were less dreadful for the British rulers, and it was possible for them to make, an effectual and permanent stand against their powerful and confederated foes; admit that the Americans, who might engage in the contest should partake largely in the honors and renown of a successful war, still it would behoove the Americans to stand aloof, to take no part in the conflict, to observe a fair, open, manly neutrality, and thus to entitle themselves as well to the applause of all mankind, as to the approbation of their own minds. The common principles of justice and prudence which are known to all the world, will prescribe
the propriety of such conduct, but if our understandings are so benighted, that this cannot be perceived, still there is another consideration, which if duly weighed, cannot fail to arouse the dormant and slumbering faculties of those Americans, who have weighed these important matters by the delusive impressions of irritated, increased or prejudiced feelings.
There are men, and they are neither few nor feeble who consider the designs of Napoleon, with the most fearful apprehensions—who believe that nothing less than the subjugation of the civilized world, will satisfy his insatiable ambition, and who therefore think, that the imperious ties of self-preservation urge us to form a treaty offensive and defensive with the British rulers. They, no doubt, do very honestly, but erroneously, believe that our own self-preservation is connected with that of Great Britain; and that every portion of aid, however small, which we may afford to Britain, in the momentous struggle, will react in our own favor. They look to the British fleets as the Ægis by which the United States are to be protected from the arm of Napoleon, and console themselves in the security which may be derived from their co-operation and protection.
If the proposition, to embrace the Federal organized system, be refused, by the Americans, it will bring upon the United States, the hostility of all the confederated powers. The Emperor Napoleon, as the efficient head of that organized system, will neither forget, nor forego the declaration which has been made in the face of all the world, or what is of more import, the enforcement, as far as he can, of the universal principles of equal commercial and maritime rights. The United States will be considered as devoted to the interests, projects and ambition of the British rulers, and therefore they will be attacked. In this event, the rulers of the United States will seek the aids and protection of the British fleets. They will vainly hope to preserve their independence and national honor, by the delusive and meretricious allurements, which are offered by a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive with the British rulers.
Such Americans, will be the unavoidable consequences, to be expected from refusing to become parties in an organized system, the object of which will be, to guarantee the freedom of the sea—and such will be the results of those projects and schemes, which are calculated to arouse the prejudices of the Americans against the Emperor Napoleon. Yes Americans! these are the impending truths, it is right that you should be admonished—that the precipice, before you advance to its edge, may be seen from a distance—that you may deliberately appreciate the tendencies and consequences of that conduct which you will be persuaded to adopt, before you shall entangle yourselves forever.
Forget, if you can, that you are independent—that you are a nation—that you enjoy rights and privileges, and that you are advancing with sure and rapid steps to strength, power and influence, such as will enable you, in a little time, to uphold your own rights, without the aids of the British fleets. It is only at the moment, when all these, & the concomitant advantages which are connected with them, are forgotten, when you can be persuaded to prostrate the whole at the foot of the British throne, and with all the humility of reclaimed and repentant vassals, will ask forgiveness for the past; and with dutiful submission, implore his most gracious majesty to be pleased, once more, to admit you among his obedient, dutiful and loyal subjects; and that he will be also graciously pleased to grant to your defenceless ports and threatened commerce, the aids and protection of his invincible fleets.
All the world knows that the British fleets are manned by impressment. The officers who execute this diabolical duty, ask no questions. They judge of a man's rights by his ability to render service, and after he is conveyed on board, the Cat-o'-nine-tails soon qualifies him for duty, whether he is willing or not. Now if the King of England behaves in this manner, to those who have all along been true and faithful subjects, is it believed, when he grants the prayer of such a petition, that he will not annex some other conditions, besides those which the petition itself may contain: or, it is not very likely, that he will, in explicit terms require, that the same means, (impressment) of supporting the navy, which are practised in England, shall be enforced in America?
At the very time when you are invited to submit to these humiliations and degradations, to oppose, you know not, what—to quarrel—you know not why, with France. The Emperor of France publishes to all the world, that he has—does, and will wage war with Great Britain, until he secures all that you pretend to want, the freedom of the seas, and an unshackled commerce. On the other hand, the British rulers tell you in the plainest language, and prove it by their conduct, that the seas shall not be free, that the privileges of commerce shall only be such as they, as the sovereigns or masters of the ocean, choose to permit or prescribe.
From this contrasted view it seems, that the advocates for the connexion with Great Britain, no matter by what name it may be called, pretend to fear the Emperor Napoleon, because he claims and enforces by all the strength of his empire and the weight of his character, all that the Americans ask. At the same time, some of the same persons, are anxious to entangle themselves with Great Britain, who refuses the justice which is claimed, and exercises the
most intolerable oppressions, in order to enforce their own usurped pretensions.
But even, if these irresistible truths did not exist—if there were neither such strong arguments in favor of Napoleon, nor that which is more strong against the British—the points of controversy between them did neither involve our national independence nor our commercial rights, still another question would occur, and that question relates to the cost and consequences of the alliance or other connexion, no matter by what name it may be called.
We are told that the annual expense of the British fleets, amounts to seventy millions of dollars. If the war shall be continued, it will be, not against France and Spain as heretofore, but against continental Europe. The force therefore must be increased, and the expenses of course will bear an adequate advance. It is reasonable therefore to presume, that the annual expense will be one hundred, instead of seventy millions of dollars.
If the Americans, by their conduct shall involve themselves in the quarrel, and find it necessary to seek the aids and protection of the British fleets, it will be reasonable to pay a proportion of the expense—and most likely the proportion will be regulated according to the population of each country. Great Britain, it is said, contains fourteen millions of people—America contains about seven millions, of course America will be required to pay annually, as long as the war may last, thirty-three millions of dollars, besides a great many etceteras which are the concomitants of war.
Thirty-three millions of dollars a year, &c. &c. &c. &c. in return for the aids and protection of the British fleets!! Before the Americans agree to this act of stupendous folly, it is proper that they should examine the motives which will prompt them to make so expensive a bargain.
When this question is impartially examined, every one will be constrained to say that there does not exist any possible motive, except suspicious fear, and a suspicion too, without the least reason, that Napoleon will, if he shall beat and overpower England, exercise the same power and dominion upon the ocean which the British claim, as an appendage of their Empire. Well then, if this be the worst, in God's name, why shall we dissipate thirty three millions of dollars a year to favor the tyranny of one set of usurpers in opposition to another, whose oppressions, nobody pretends to say, can or will be worse than those which now exist. At all events, British insolence and tyranny we are sure of, sure of, French clemency and generosity we may hope for.
But again, Napoleon has confederated with the other powers of continental Europe, for the sole purpose of securing the freedom of the seas, and guaranteeing the tranquility of Europe. All that he asks or will ask, from the United States, is to give approbation and reasonable aid to the project, to withdraw from their intercourse with Great Britain, until that power, shall do justice to all the world. In adopting the plan of Napoleon, we shall risk nothing; we shall be required to pay nothing, without a correspondent benefit. In adopting the plan of Great Britain, we must commence, by a voluntary surrender of national independence, and then humbly claim and solicit that aid and protection, which, will not fail to seal with eternal destruction and disgrace the pride, honor and glory of our country.
In the pamphlet called "War in Disguise," it is admitted that the emperor Napoleon possesses inexhaustible means to carry on the war, without impoverishing the nation, or oppressing the people. The advocates for the continuation of the war by the British, do not pretend that the greatest successes which can be expected, will bring the war to a favorable close. They know that the means, and the energies, of the emperor Napoleon, will be multiplied and increased, and the natural inference from all this is, that the war will last as long as the British can find means to support it; that is, until they shall be vanquished.
And if they shall be vanquished, what will be the fate of the United States? Will they be able to resist that power or rather that confederation of Nations which Great Britain could not resist when aided by the United States? Or if Great Britain shall not be conquered, will not the United States lose all the trade of Europe, except that of Britain, and be moreover subjected to an annual increase of public debt, for the support of the navy only, of thirty-three millions of dollars? And such Americans, are the advantages which are in store in return for the aids and protection of the British fleets, or for the alliance offensive and defensive which is recommended as the best and perhaps the last anchor of our hopes. If there ever was a delusion or political heresy greater than another, surely, it must be this.
To conclude, war is incompatible with the true principles of republicanism, and can only be justified, when it is not only defensive but unavoidable. The people of the United States, professing to be simple and honest republicans, ought not to engage either directly or indirectly, either in the wars or disputes of the nations of Europe, until negotiation and conciliation have been in vain attempted, until war shall be forced upon them. Some occasions have indeed happened, which would have justified a declaration of war against Great Britain, but none, no not one, to authorise a similar declaration against France.
PACIFICATOR.
(To be continued.)
STORE OF Ironmongery, Hardware, &c. &c.
D MESSRS. Taylor and Brown's auction store, and next door to Doctor Wardlaw, have just received from England, a large and general assortment of
Ironmongery, Hardware, &c.
Amongst which are carpenter's, blacksmith's and other Mechanics' Tools; building materials of all kinds, such as Locks, Hinges, Nails, &c. Farmers and Household utensils, viz. Trace chains, Hoes, Straw knives, Grass Scythes, Sickles, Knives and Forks, Spoons, Grid irons, Smoothing irons, and irons, Shovels, Tongs and Pokers, coal Curriers and Sifters, Wire Fenders, Pots and Kettles, Steam kettles, Tea Lettles, Coffee Mills, Waffle irons, Warming pans, Tin in boxes, Iron and Brass wire, Bar lead, Patent Shot, Sheet iron, close and open Stoves for burning coal, fanning mill Wheels, Mill Saws, German Steel, Wright and cut Nails and Brads, Window Glass 10 by 8, 11 by 9, 12 by 10, 14 by 10, and 18 by 13. Sein Twine, Glue, Patent Windsor shaving Soap, an assortment of Brushes, with a great variety of other articles too numerous to insert. The above goods are laid in on the best terms for cash, & will be sold on like good terms for cash, country produce or approved paper at a short date.
Also, for Sale, a Consignment of Three
BALES
WOOLLENS,
Consisting of Blankets, 6-4 low priced blue Cloths, and red and yellow Flannels, at a moderate price and liberal credit for approved paper—an elegant gold repeating Watch, a bargain—Bolting Cloths. Richmond, October 21st, 1806. w4t.
Notice.
THERE will be application made to the next Assembly of Virginia, to raise the ferryage across James river opposite to Warren, in the county of Albemarle, to the opposite shore in the county of Buckingham.
October 20, 1806. w3*
A GREABLY to a decree of the Hustings court for the city of Richmond WILL BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, on the 4th day of November next, for the benefit of the legatees of Samuel Couch, dec.
FIVE-TWELFTHS OF THAT
LOT OF GROUND,
With the improvements, containing in the whole 41 feet front; now occupied by Edward Wanton, Joseph Myers and Walter Potter. The terms of sale, will be one half in hand, and the balance on the 1st day of March next, secured by a note, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with a good endorser.
MICAJAH CREW, Commissioner. 10th Mo. (Oct.) 17, 1806. 4t
T HE Subscriber will on the day above mentioned (4th of November) sell at AUCTION, SEVEN-TWELFTHS OF THE
LOT OF GROUND,
Spoken of in the preceding advertisement.
TERMS OF SALE.
Credit till the first day of April next; the purchaser giving an approved negotiable note with an endorser, negotiable and payable at the Bank of Virginia. But no conveyance of the property will be made, or possession thereof given until the note is paid, and on failure of payment of the note when it becomes due; the property will within one week after such failure (unless the subscriber shall then choose to extend the time of sale) be sold at auction for cash, and if on such sale, the property shall produce a sum less than the amount of the note and the expenses of sale; recourse will then be had on the note against the maker, and endorser thereof for the deficiency. But should the sum produced by the second sale exceed the amount of the note and expenses of sale, such excess shall be paid to the maker of the note.
CHARLES COPLAND. Richmond, 21st October, 1806.
T HE subscriber intending to remove to the county of Pittsylvania, will SELL, at public auction, on Tuesday the 28th instant, at the house in which he now resides, the chief part of his
Household Furniture,
Consisting of Mahogany dining, card and tea Tables, Presses, Sideboard, Sepha, &c. Japanned Chairs, various articles of Double Flint Glass, and Plated Ware with Silver edges; a few handsome Prints, &c. &c.
Six months credit will be allowed for all sums above 50 dollars, the purchasers giving notes, with approved endorsers, negotiable at the Bank of Virginia.
GEORGE TUCKER.
Richmond, Oct. 14, 1806. tds
A General Assortment of BLANK, CYPHERING, WRITING and MEMORANDUM BOOKS, for sale at this office.
FOR SALE,
ON A CREDIT OF SIX MONTHS, A PAIR OF LIVERY
BAY HORSES.
Enquire of the Printer.
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS it is represented to the Executive, that HARRICANE, a slave the property of Jesse Perkinson, of the county of Mecklenburg, convicted by the court of the county of Southampton, of burglary, and sentenced to suffer death for the same, hath made his escape from the jail of the said county of Southampton: I have therefore thought it, with the advice of the Council of state, to issue this proclamation, hereby offering a reward of THIRTY DOLLARS, to any person or persons who shall apprehend and convey to the jail from whence he escaped, the aforesaid slave Harricane. And I do moreover enjoin all officers civil and military, and exhort the good people of the Commonwealth to use their best endeavors to apprehend the said slave Harricane, and convey him to the jail aforesaid.
Given under my hand with the seal of the Commonwealth annexed, at Richmond, this 14th day of October, 1806. (Signed) WM. H. CATELL.
The said slave Harricane, is a shoemaker by trade; a short, thick negro, about 5 feet 5 or 6 inches high, and hacton (when he escaped) an iron collar about his neck, which was riveted very strongly and securely. He had ran away from his master some time past, and was apprehended in Norfolk, carried home and conned with the collar, but released himself and escaped with it on him, and in that situation was apprehended previous to his trial.
Thirty Dollars Reward.
DESERTED from this place, on the 12th inst. BENJAMIN WILLS, a soldier of the public guard, about thirty years of age, about five feet eight inches high, dark hair and eyes, fair complexion, and very large whiskers: he is a very well set man, and has in his possession some clothing which he received when in the United States army. It is very probable he may have gone down to Suffolk as he has some relations there, and money due him from them.
Also, DURHAM BRACK, who deserted on the 6th inst. about twenty years of age, about five feet 6 inches high, blue eyes and light hair, fair complexion: the clothing that he has taken with him is unknown; he is a native of North Carolina, or Granville county, and it is very probable he may have gone there as all his relations live there.
Also, THOMAS BENNETT, who left this place at the same time, about twenty-three years of age, dark complexion, about five feet six inches high, blue eyes and light hair, a carpenter by trade, and came from the county of Chesterfield, where all his relations live, but it is uncertain whether he will go there or not: he has taken with him the uniform of the guard and what other clothing it is unknown. Any person taking up the said deserters and delivering them to me or either of the officers of the said guard, shall receive the above reward, or for the delivery of either of them. ALEX. QUARRIER, C. P. G.
Henry Hovey, has for Sale, 13 BALES INDIA GOODS, viz.
  Alibab Emerties Gurrahs   Mow Sannas Gilla Hdkfs. and Checks   Jannah Sannas   Mammoodys   —ALSO—   10 Pipes Hollands 50 Hhds. Brown Sugar   40 boxes 8 by 10, 20 do. 10 by 12 window glass 20 qr. casks S. Wine   8 Hhds. Molasses 20 boxes Chocolate   50 lbs. Nutmegs 4 pipes old Cogniac   80 gross playing cards Brandy   30 boxes Cotton and Wool Cards 26 crates stone ware   40 bags Pepper 50 casks Lime   50 Hhds. Northern 16 casks Whale Oil   50 Bhs. Rum 50 boxes short Pipes   15 Hhds. Antigua Rum 500 lbs. refined Salt   Petre, and   A fresh assortment of Shoes 
Richmond, October 20, 1806. 3t
Twenty Dollars Reward. FOR taking up and securing so that I get him him again,
LEWIS,
A very yellow negro man, about twenty-one years of age, four feet eight or nine inches high, proportionably built, nothing notable in his countenance or speech, had on a short coat, overalls of nap't cotton, and ozanburgs shirt; he took off no other clothing known of. He was bought from the estate of James White, of Buckingham, near Ca-Ira; his mother belongs to Amos White of Hanover; his grandmother lives with a Mrs. Gray in Richmond, and his father belongs to a Doct. Shore, in or not far from Petersburg, as he says. No doubt he will make for some of those places for refuge, but I mostly suspect the latter, where, in all probability, he will endeavor to get in some vessel, and thereby make his escape. I hereby forewarn all masters of vessels and others, from carrying off, or harbouring the said slave, under the penalty of being dealt with as the law directs. JAMES TUCKER.
Powhatan county, Belle-Meade, Oct. 15, 1806. 3w Bail and Delivery Bonds For sale at this office.

Advantages of union, with an inquiry into the compatibility of republican government with an extensive territory. (CONTINUED.)
It is to one or other of these causes, or to their collective force, that we must ascribe the destructibility, as well as the actual destruction, of most of the confederacies which have heretofore existed. These causes are principally artificial, and are to be traced to some false steps taken by man towards the advancement of his interest.
Let us now enquire whether nature has made the interests of these states less homogeneous than art. Here fortunately our path is even less intricate than that we have just trodden. For, while the actions of man are, for the most part, a tissue of vices or errors tending almost invariably to division, discord and misery, nature, obedient to the will of a beneficent deity, uniformly leads to union, harmony and happiness.
The natural causes of division, if there are such, must flow from a diversity in the characteristics of the country, the soil and the climate, or from the great extent of the confederacy. There are no natural causes of division which may not be traced to, or be comprehended in these.
There may, perhaps, be countries contiguous to each other, between whom nature has opposed insurmountable barriers either to an intercourse of their inhabitants or to the general superintendence of a common government. Such barriers may be found in a chain of impassible mountains, in immense swamps or deserts, or in bold streams of water, only crossed with extreme difficulty.
The soil of adjacent countries may be so different as not only to produce little in common, but likewise so dissimilar, that one country shall produce little which is wanted by the other. The last circumstance is, however, barely possible. In this case there would be few natural inducements to union.
Or, lastly, the climate of contiguous countries may be so different, as to produce a character and course of habits totally opposed. Altho' the hues of character in approaching the dividing line may become homogeneous, yet the general character and habits of the people of the two countries may be so radically opposite, as to have few points of resemblance. The one people may be martial; the other pusillanimous; the one plain, the other ostentatious in their manners; the one simple, the other luxurious in their modes of life; the one industrious, the other indolent. If all this should be the result of climate, as, according to certain writers, it might be, it would be irrational to indulge the expectation of a cordial or permanent union of people possessed of such dissimilar characteristics.
Let us then enquire whether any of these considerations are applicable to the people of the U. States; and, in the first place, examine whether any insurmountable barriers exist?
There is no country of equal extent on the face of the globe, better, or indeed so well watered as the United States. There are few rivers in the old quarters of the globe, whose sources are so distant from their mouths, or which are navigable for so long a course. There is consequently no country either so united or capable of being united by means of natural and artificial internal navigation. The collections of water are so immense, and so advantageously situated that we may expect, with the progressive resources of the country, to see the most stupendous canals cut, uniting long rivers flowing in opposite directions, and taking their courses to different and distant seas.
The Mississippi, according to Morse, is navigable for above three thousand miles above its mouth, while several of its tributary streams may be ascended an almost equal height. The Ohio is navigable as high as Pittsburg, which is two thousand three hundred miles from the gulf, and where ships of a great burthen not only may, but actually have been built. While the Atlantic waters to form a union with the Western only require a portage of about fifteen miles.
The rivers which take their sources in one state almost invariably pass through others, the same state sometimes commanding one, and sometimes both banks; thus forming the strongest ties of union, inasmuch as both states are equally interested in their undisturbed navigation. The Connecticut river passes through the states of Connecticut, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont: the North river thro' New-York and New-Jersey; and can easily be united with the lakes in Vermont, Pennsylvania and Ohio: the Delaware passes thro' Pennsylvania, New-Jersey, New-York and Delaware: the Potomac through Maryland and Virginia; and the Ohio thro' New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Kentucky: Receiving in its course, says Scott, a great variety of navigable rivers. The principal are Muskingum, Little and Great Kenhawa, Sandy, Sciota, Little and Great Miami, Licking, Kentucky, Salt, Green, Wabash, Cumberland and Tennessee. The rapids are situated 703 miles below Pittsburg, and are the only "obstruction in the navigation of this river." The Susquehanna through Pennsylvania, New-York and Maryland; and the Savannah thro' South Carolina and Georgia.
All these streams, bold as many of them are, so far from being opposing barriers, are the strongest chords of union that nature could have formed. They lead to and maintain a constant intercourse, every stage of which implies a state of mutual dependence.
In confirmation of these remarks, it will not be deemed uninteresting to present the following extracts. Pinkerton, in his late system of Geography, says:—
"The Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron, in this point of view, form one large inland sea, which might be called the sea of Canada, or that of Huron. This expansion of water, as already mentioned, is of great extent: for according to the French charts that part of this sea which is called Lake Superior, is not less than 1500 miles in circumference. The greater part of the coast seems to consist of rocks and uneven ground, like those of the sea of Baikal. The
water is very pure and transparent; and the bottom generally composed of large rocks, which are probably calcareous, as are the rocks which form the pavement of Erie, and some of the other lakes. There are several islands, one of which called Michigamme is about 60 miles in length: the savages suppose that these islands are the residences of the Great Spirit, or Manitou. More than 50 rivers fall into this lake, some of them of considerable size, but the geography is far from being perfect. The banks of a river on the northwest abound with native copper. The chief fish are sturgeon and trout; the latter being caught at all seasons, and said to weigh from 12 to 50 pounds. But we are not able to refer the animal to its proper species. This part of the sea of Canada opens into the lake Huron, by the straits of St. Mary, or rather St. Marie. About 40 miles in length, and in some places only one or two miles in breadth; with a rapid towards the north western extremity, which may however be descended by canoes, and the prospects are here delightful. The storms on this large expanse of water are as dangerous as those on the ocean, the waves breaking more quick, and running nearly as high. The circumference of that part called Lake Huron is said to be about 1000 miles; and on the northern side are some islands called Manatulan, implying the place of spirits. Another short strait leads into the third lake called Michigan, also navigable for ships of any burthen. When the population of North America shall have diffused itself towards the west, these lakes may become the seats of flourishing cities, and of arts and sciences now unknown in Europe. Their latitude corresponds with that of the Black Sea, and the gulf of Venice. From the descriptions it does not appear that these lakes are ever impeded with ice.
"The lake of Winnipeg or Winipic may well aspire to the name of an inland sea: but it yields considerably to the great Slave lake, or rather sea, a recent discovery, from which Mackenzie's river, extends its course to the Arctic ocean. The Slave Sea, according to Mr. Arrowsmith's map, is about 200 miles in length, by one hundred at its greatest breadth. The geography of this lake is rather imperfect; and it is not improbable that other large lakes may be found in the western regions of North America, which remain unexplored.
"The smaller lakes shall be briefly described in the divisions of territory to which they belong. It may here suffice to observe that there are probably above 200 lakes of considerable size in North America; a singularity which distinguishes it from any other portion of the globe. A theorist might perhaps consider this an additional argument for the novelty of this continent; but the recent creation of America is one of the dreams of indolent philosophers.
"In the ancient continent the rivers and mountains are usually confined within the limits of some great state, to which of course the description becomes appropriated. But in America these features are on so great a scale, that they pervade immense territories divided among distinct nations, whence it would be difficult to assign a just arrangement. The river of Amazonas, for example, pursues a long course in Spanish America, and an equal extent through the Portuguese territory. The river Mississippi, or rather Missouri, belongs in part to the United States, and in part to Spain or France. Amidst this uncertainty, it seems preferable to describe the chief rivers and mountains under the general heads of North and South America.
"Length of course: seems universally and justly considered as the chief distinction of a river, which becomes noble as it were by the extent of its genealogy, while the great breadth and depth of a short stream issuing from a lake would deserve little attention.
"Mississippi.—In this point of view the Mississippi is the most distinguished among the rivers of N. America; its source having already been traced to 3 small lakes above lat. 47 deg. and it enters the sea in lat. 29 deg. after a comparative course of about 1400 British miles.
"The following account of this noble river is principally transcribed from Mr. Morse's system of American geography, and from the writings of Carver and Hutchins:
"The Mississippi receives the waters of the Ohio and Illinois, and their numerous branches from the east, and the Missouri and other rivers from the west. These mighty streams united are borne down with increasing majesty through vast forests and meadows, and discharged into the gulf of Mexico. The great length and uncommon depth of this river, says Mr. Hutchins, and the excessive muddiness and salubrious quality of its waters after its junction with the Missouri, are very singular. The direction of the channel is so crooked, that from New Orleans to the mouth of the Ohio, a distance which does not exceed 460 miles in a straight line is about 836 by water. It may be shortened at least 250 miles, by cutting across 8 or 10 necks of land, some of which are 30 yards wide. Charlevoix relates that in the year 1722, at Point Coupee, or Cat Point, the river made a great turn; & some Canadians, by deepening the channel of a small brook, diverted the waters of the river into it. The impetuosity of the stream was so violent, and the soil of so rich and loose a quality, that in a short time the point was entirely cut through, and travellers saved 14 leagues of their voyage. The old bed has no water in it, the times of the periodical overflows only excepted. The new channel has been since scoured with a line of 50 fathoms, without finding bottom. Several other points of great extent have, in like manner, been since cut off, and the river diverted into new channels.
"In the spring floods the Mississippi is very high, and the current so strong, that it is with difficulty it can be ascended; but this disadvantage is remedied in some measure by eddies, or counter currents, which are generally found in the bends close to the banks of the river, and assist the ascending boats. The current at this season descends at the rate of about 5 miles an hour. In autumn, when the waters are low, it does not run faster than 2 miles: but it is rapid in such parts of the river as have clusters of islands, shoals and sand banks. The circumference of many of these shoals being several miles, the voyage is longer, and in some parts more dangerous than in
the spring. The merchandise necessary for the commerce of the upper settlements, on or near the Mississippi, is conveyed in the spring and autumn in batteaux, rowed by 18 or 20 men, and carrying about 40 tons. From New Orleans to the Illinois the voyage is commonly performed in 8 or 10 weeks. A prodigious number of islands, some of which are of great extent, intersperse that mighty river. Its waters, after overflowing its banks below the river Berville on the east, and the river Rouge on the west, never return within them again, there being many outlets on streams by which they are conducted into the bay of Mexico, more especially on the west side of the Mississippi, dividing the country into numerous islands. These singularities distinguish it from every other known river in the world. Below the Berville the land begins to be very low on both sides of the river, across the country, and gradually declines as it approaches nearer to the sea. The island of New Orleans, and the lands opposite, are to all appearance of no long date, for in digging ever so little below the surface you find water, and great quantities of trees. The main, boches and breakers, as well as islets, which have arisen out of the channel, within the last half century, at the several mouths of the river, are convincing proofs that this peninsula was wholly formed in the same manner. And it is certain that when La Salle sailed down the Mississippi to the sea, the opening of that river was very different from what it is at present.
"The nearer you approach the sea this truth becomes more striking. The bars that cross most of these small channels, opened by the current, have been multiplied by means of the trees carried down by the stream, one of which, stopped by its roots or branches in a shallow part is sufficient to obstruct the passage of thousands more, and to fix them at the same place. Astonishing collections of trees are daily seen in passing between the Balize and the Missouri. No human force is sufficient to remove them, and the mud carried down by the river serves to bind and cement them together. They are gradually covered, & every inundation not only extends their length and breadth, but adds another layer to their height. In less than ten years time, canes, shrubs and aquatic timber grow on them, and form points and islands which forcibly shift the bed of the river.
"Nothing can be asserted with certainty respecting the length of this river. Its source is not known, but supposed to be upwards of 3000 miles from the sea as the river runs. We only know that from St. Anthony's falls in latitude 45 deg. it glides with a pleasant, clear current, and receives many large and very extensive tributary streams, before its junction with the Missouri, without greatly increasing the breadth of the Mississippi, though they do its depth and rapidity. The muddy waters of the Missouri discolor the lower part of the river, till it empties into the bay of Mexico. The Missouri is a longer, broader and deeper river than the Mississippi, and affords a more extensive navigation; it is, in fact, the principal river, contributing more to the common stream than does the Mississippi. It has been ascended by French traders about twelve or thirteen hundred miles, and from the depth of the water, and breadth of the river at that distance, it appeared to be navigable many miles further.
"From the Missouri river to nearly opposite the Ohio, the western bank of the Mississippi is, some few places excepted, higher than the eastern. From Mine au Fer to the Berville the eastern bank is higher than the western, on which there is not a single discernible rising or eminence for the distance of 750 miles. From the Berville to the sea there are no eminences on either side, though the eastern bank appears rather the highest of the two, as far as the English turn . Thence the banks gradually diminish in height to the mouth of the river, where they are but a few feet higher than the common surface of the water.
"The slime which the annual floods of the river Mississippi leave on the surface of the adjacent shore, may be compared with that of the Nile, which deposits a similar manure, and for many centuries past has insured the fertility of Egypt. When its banks shall have been cultivated, as the excellency of its soil and temperature will equal that of any other part of the world. The trade, wealth and power of America may at some future period depend, & perhaps centre upon the Mississippi. This also resembles the Nile in the number of its mouths, all issuing into a sea that may be compared to the Mediterranean, which is bounded on the north and south, by the two continents of Europe and Africa, as the Mexican bay is by N. & S. America."
"Ohio.—The Ohio is a most beautiful river. Its current gentle, waters clear, and bosom smooth and unbroken by rocks and rapids, a single instance only excepted. It is one quarter of a mile wide at Port Pitt; 500 yards at the mouth of the Great Kanawha; 1200 yards at Louisville; and the rapids half a mile in some few places below Louisville, but its general breadth does not exceed 600 yards. In some places its width is not 400, and in one place particularly, far below the rapids, it is less than 300. Its breadth in no one place exceeds 1200 yards, and at its junction with the Mississippi, neither river is more than 900 yards wide."
"Mr. Morse proceeds to state the precise measurement of the length of the Ohio, with all its windings, from Port Pitt to its junction with the Mississippi, amounting to 1188 miles. The inundations commonly begin with April, and subside in July. A vessel drawing twelve feet water might safely navigate from Pittsburg to the sea. Two considerable rivers unite to form the Ohio, namely the Monongahela, and the Allegheny, both of them subservient to navigation. The last of these rivers rises in the states of New-York and Pennsylvania, the first in Pennsylvania and Virginia."
"From the preceding ample description, which the great importance of these rivers to the prosperity of North America authorises, it appears that, setting aside the capricious distinctions of the savage tribes, the Missouri must be regarded as the chief river which constitutes what is called the Mississippi. Measured on the same merely comparative scale which has been adopt-
ed to give a general idea of the length of the rivers in Europe and Asia, the Missouri or Mississippi will be about 2000 miles in length. The great River of St. Lawrence is far inferior, being chiefly remarkable for its breadth. In South America, the Maranon, or the river of Amazonas, measured on the same comparative scale, will be found to be about 3500, and the Rio de la Plata about 1900. In the same comparative way, measured on the accurate planisphere of Mr. Arrowsmith, the Kian Ku exceeds the Missouri, and rivals the Maranon, which last is probably also rivalled by the Ob. Some descriptions have arisen on this curious subject, as the large rivers in America have been computed by actual navigation of the whole navigation of the whole, or a part, in which every winding is taken into the account; while the length of those in Asia has been merely assumed from the general appearance in maps, without due attention to the innumerable deviations. A favorable climate, and other circumstances, render the American rivers more navigable; the Ob being impeded by ice, and the Kian Ku by the Alpine rocks of Tibet."
"St. Lawrence. The noble river of St. Lawrence is universally regarded as the second in North America, being not less than ninety miles wide at its mouth, and navigable for ships of the line as far as Quebec, a distance of 400 miles from the sea. N. or Quebec it is five miles in breadth; and at Montreal from two to four. Though there be some rapids, yet this grand river may be considered as navigable to Kingston, and the Lake Ontario, 743 miles from the sea. It is difficult to define the precise source of the St. Lawrence, though that name be generally confined to the river issuing from Lake Ontario; while the Niagara, which flows from the Lake Erie, is regarded as a distinct stream. As in Asiatic geography the Angara is traced from the sea of Baikal, without assuming the Selenga as a further source, so by analogy the St. Lawrence cannot be traced beyond the lake Ontario, nor can geographical usage permit it to be traced to the lake Superior; and far less, with certain writers, to the lake Winipic, which, according to the best maps, has no communication whatever with what has been above called the sea of Canada, consisting of the joint lakes Superior, Michigan, and Huron. The length of the St. Lawrence may therefore be about 700 British miles, the breadth being the grand characteristic."
"The other chief rivers in North America are the Saskatchewin, the Athabasca, the Ungava or Mackenzie's river, the Rio Bravo, which flows into the gulf of Mexico; that of Albany, which joins Hudson's Bay; Nelson river and Churchill river are also considerable streams which flow into that sea; but their geography is far from being perfect. The same observation must be extended to the Oregon, or great river of the west, which confined by a chain of mountains, runs south, till by a western bend it joins the Pacific. But the discovery of the western regions of America will doubtless disclose some considerable streams in that quarter."
"But the most important, and even astonishing fact relative to the great rivers of North America, is that their sources arise in the vicinity of each other."
"From the best accounts, says Pinkerton, that can be obtained from the Indians, we learn that the four most capital rivers on the continent of North America, viz. the St. Lawrence, the Mississippi, the river of the west, have their sources in the same neighborhood. The waters of the three former are said to be within thirty miles of each other, the latter is rather further west."
"This shews that these parts are the highest lands in North America, and it is an instance not to be paralleled in the three other quarters of the globe, that four rivers of such magnitude should take their rise together, and each, after running separate courses, discharge their waters into different oceans, at the distance of more than two thousand miles from their sources. For in their passage from this spot to the bay of St. Lawrence, east; to the bay of Mexico, south; to Hudson's bay north; and to the bay at the straits of Anian, west; where the river Oregon is supposed to empty, each of them traverses upwards of two thousand miles."
"In a subsequent part of the same work we are presented with the following account of the principal rivers of the United States."
"The Mississippi, besides the celebrated Ohio, pervading the centre of the United territory from east to west, receives many other considerable streams, among which is the Illinois, which waters extensive and fertile meadows. More northern streams, flowing into the Mississippi, are the Wisconsin, the Chipewyan, and the river St. Croix. The noble stream of the Ohio receives from the north the Muskingum, the Sciota, Great and Little Miami, and the Wabash: from the south the Great Kenawha, the Kentucky, the Green River, and above all the Cumberland and the Tennessee; while the country on the west of Georgia is watered by several streams which join the Gulf of Mexico."
"Among the numerous rivers which flow, on the east, into the Atlantic, may be mentioned the litany stream of St. Croix, the Penobscot, the Kennebec, the Saco, the Merrimack, the Connecticut, a long and distinguished stream, which gives name to the state, but which yields in length and grandeur to the Hudson river, which rising from several lakes in the northern parts of New-York, flows into the ocean near the flourishing city of that name. The river Delaware, which washes Philadelphia, being joined by numerous streams, is more remarkable for its width than for the length of its course. The Susquehanna is distinguished by both these attributes, and after a long and circuitous progress forms the chief tributary stream to the bay of Chesapeake; which also receives the Potomac, the Rappahannoc, York river, and James river. The Potomac is not only distinguished as the seat of the new capital, but for its irrigation through the Blue Ridge of the Appalachian Mountains, being first joined by the Shenandoah, a considerable river from the south. The range however consists of broken rocks, and the scene is thought to yield greatly in sublimity to the passage of the Lauricocha or false Maranon, through the
Andes, worn into perpendicular walls of stupendous height and length. Further to the south the chief rivers flow west into the Ohio and Mississippi. But the Black water and Staunton join the Roanoke inlet; and Pamlico sound receives a river of the same name. That of cape Fear, the Pedee, the Santee, the Savannah, and the Altamaha of Georgia, close the list of the chief rivers of the United States."
"And on the subject of Lakes, we have the following statement:"
"Lakes. Besides the great lakes which form the northern boundary, and which have been already mentioned in the general description of North America, there are some considerable lakes in the northern parts of the United territory. Those on the west have been little explored. The small lakes called Cedar, Little Winnipeg and Leech, supply some of the principal sources of the Mississippi."
"Champlain. On the east the most important lake is that of Champlain, rather resembling a wide river, which flows into that of St. Lawrence, and supplies an easy communication with Canada. The Champlain is the boundary between the states of New-York and Vermont, being in length about seventy-five geographical miles, while the breadth seldom exceeds four or five; and it terminates in the broad river called Chambly or Richelieu, which falls within the limits of Canada. Lake George, at the southern extremity of Champlain, approaches within a few miles of the Hudson river, so that a canal might be opened at no great expense. Besides many small lakes southwest of the Champlain, there are several other lakes in the same direction, and also in the state of New-York, as the Oneida, the Cayuga, the Seneca, the Conesquaga, &c. These, though not very considerable in magnitude, are of great importance in facilitating the conveyance of produce through an immense extent of territory."
(To be Continued.)
NEW-YORK, Oct. 18.
General Mercau is expected in town in a few days. He has taken a house in Broadway, and intends to make this city his future residence.
FREDERICKSBURG, October 24.
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
The Rappahannock Jockey Club Races commenced on Tuesday last.
First day—4 mile heats, 470 dollars. Mr. B. Willis's b. m. Maid of the Oaks, 1 1 Mr. R. Wormsley's g. h. Paragon, 2 2
Second day—2 mile heats, 255 dollars. Mr. T. Dixon's b. m. Cora, 1 2 1 Mr. B. Willis's b. m. Queen Mab, 2 3 3 Mr. James Smock's s. h. Mr. Bang, 3 1 2 Mr. John Hoomes' b. m. Miss Eagle, bl. Mr. H. Lewis's g. f. 4 dis. Mr. John Taliaferro's b. h. Bedford, 5 dis. * Carried 11 pounds over his weight.
Third day—3 mile heats, 332 dollars. Mr. H. Battalle's b. f. Sally Nailer, 1 1 Mr. T. Dixon's b. f. Miss Gaines, 3 dr. Mr. J. Hoomes' b. h. Young Peace-Maker, 2 3 Mr. J. Ferneyhough's b. h. Spread Eagle, 4 2
NORFOLK, Oct. 20.
Captain Chase, who arrived in Hampton Roads on Saturday last from Liverpool, on the 12th instant, spoke the brig Fame from Rotterdam, bound to Providence, (R. I.) which she left the 10th September. The captain of the Fame informed captain C. that for some time before he sailed, the strongest expectations of peace were entertained, but that a few days before he sailed, the prospect was entirely changed; accounts from Paris had been received which banished every hope of peace, and nothing but a continuation of the war was calculated upon.
PETERSBURG, October 24.
The FALL RACES over the New-Market course, commenced on Thursday last.—The inclemency of the weather, however, lessened considerably the sports of the turf—each day's race was attended with heavy and incessant rains. The first day's Sweepstake was won by Mr. William Johnson's chestnut sorrel colt Stump the Dealer. Second day, Jockey Club Purse of $ 600, was won by Mr. Johnson's mare Carolina.
This day there will be a Match Race, one quarter of a mile, for 500 dollars.
SALE OF LAND.
THE following tracts of LAND, to wit: one containing 300 acres, situate in the county of Louisa, known by the name of Turner's, formerly the property of John Mitch, adjoining the lands of Anthony Winston, J. Ambler, Samuel Waddy, Sr. and George Davis, and is about nine miles below the courthouse. This land is well adapted for the culture of corn, wheat and tobacco, on which are improvements suitable for a family, with as good a spring of water as any in the county. Any person disposed to purchase will be shown the premises on application to Mr. John Waddy who lives adjoining, or the subscriber in Richmond. The terms of the Louisa Land, is one third in 3 months, one third in 3 months thereafter, and the other third in six months thereafter. It will be Sold privately at any time between this and November Louisa court next, if not sold before that time, then and at the said courthouse, it will be Sold at public Sale by Mr. John Waddy of said county, or the subscriber in Richmond.
ALSO, one other tract in the county of Hanover, containing 123 acres, about three miles from New-Castle, and adjoining capt. Robert King, on the main road leading from Richmond to Blackwell's Neck. Terms of sale will be six months for one half, and the other half in six months thereafter. This Land will be shew by the subscriber. Approved security will be required.
WADDY TURNER, Agent for the Legatee of NATHL. TURNER, Dec. October 20, 1806.

RICHMOND PRICE CURRENT.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Price. Items include Tobacco, Wheat, Flour, Corn, Hemp, Iron, Bacon, Whiskey.
By late advices from the Mediterranean, we learn that war has been declared between the Bey of Tunis and the Dey of Algiers...
Gabriel Christie, Esq. has been appointed Collector of the Port of Baltimore.
THE SHIP NEW-JERSEY. The case of this ship, better known by the title of the case of Nicklin and Griffith...
A pamphlet has just appeared, it bears the imprint of Philadelphia, it is a fervid and indignant reply to the publications against Mr. Armstrong.
COBETT ON PEACE. "It is truly surprising, that men should, upon meeting one another, ask: 'do you think there is any hope of peace?'"
The total amount of unredeemed Public Debt of Great Britain, was on the first of February, 1806, £547,160,561.
It seems to be generally concluded, that whatever was the Kentucky conspiracy, it was dictated by causes which time has removed without evil effects.
The measures of peace have long been the pleasure of the United States. From the dawn of our revolution it was a lesson to the Union to involve the American people in no disputes of Europe.
roll the ball of Empire westward. The States of Europe are contemporary powers. They are children of the same generation.
The Kentucky Conspiracy has assumed a new form. While the "World" informed us of what might or might not have happened many years ago...
SMOOTH READING. When preparation became necessary in Holland for the reception of their new King...
Why is it, that federal papers, particularly the Boston Repository, are telling us of the aggressions of Spain...
While enumerating the iniquities of all nations, except Britain and her allies, towards us, these papers tell us, that "If Great Britain falls, there will be but one power, and that power will be our master."
What is the meaning of all this? Is there no meaning? Are these observations made only to make even Columns in federal papers?
Why are we lately assailed with this unceasing din? Why are we told over and over again that Britain falls we must follow...
Recur to the present frequent exclamations of federalists, that Great Britain only stands between us and subjugation...
If a neighbor takes great pains to tell me that James and John are my enemies, and that if these once get the mastery over George they will enslave me...
And if a party of men tell us that France and Spain insult and abuse us, and that if France conquers England we are lost...
I was once amused with a scene in a certain Comedy, which exhibited two persons, who were mutual enemies. A pretended prophet, in whom they both confided...
It seems as if our federal prophets had a similar design on England and America—as if they wished to effect an alliance equally strong and indissoluble...
BONAPARTE. From the Massachusetts Spy. I send you the following extract for publication. It originally appeared in a South Carolina paper of September, 1806...
deaths, and was supposed to be authentic. The former sentiments of that extraordinary man will amuse the speculative...
EXTRACT. "You soon depart for the western and I for the eastern hemisphere. A new career of action is open before me...
"Cultivate union, or your empire will be but a Colossus of gold, fallen on the earth, broken in pieces, and the prey of foreign and domestic Saracens."
EARLY PRACTICE. The first proof which the late Mr. Tomkinson, lawyer of Nantwich, in Cheshire, gave of that professional acuteness...
Supper came in due time, and the lawyer invited a bevy of his brethren who were at the same inn, to partake with him...
In the morning, when all the travellers were assembled in the great parlour, and preparing to depart...
FROM THE CANANDAIGUA REPOSITORY. A method to improve Seed Corn. I have been in the habit for a number of years, of selecting the best ear of the two which grow on a single stalk of corn...
After pursuing the experiment for three years, and establishing the fact in my own mind, I communicated it to my neighbor...
A communication to the Editor of the Baltimore Evening Post, on farming, concludes thus:
"Even my servants have got into this ridiculous habit of farming. I addressed one of them the other day, with Sam how does the dinner table look?"
Two sailors passing along a tailor's shop, observed a tailor at work with his coat off—and having the back of the waistcoat patched with different colors of cloth...
CUSTOM HOUSE—RICHMOND.
ENTERED. Sch't Weymouth, Weymouth, New-York. Dolphin, Dickens, Stonington. Providence, Beckwith, Baltimore. Three Friends, Fisher, Philadelphia. Sloop Two Sisters, Ricketts, Egg Harbor. Little Jim, Godwin, Norfolk. CLEARED. Sloop City Maria, Storer, New-York. Sch't Rainbow, Caulk, Baltimore. MARRIED—on Thursday evening last, by the Rev. John Lindsay, Mr. ALEXANDER GEORGE, to the amiable Miss Polly GARTHRIGHT, both of Henrico county.
DIED—On the 19th inst. Capt. ELISHA LEAKE of Goochland county.
A list of non-residents lands in Kentucky, advertised to be sold to pay the arrears of taxes due thereon, may be seen at this office, by any person interested.
DELINQUENT subscribers to the ARGUS, are earnestly solicited to settle their respective balances as early as possible.
The heavy expense lately incurred by the Printer in procuring New Types, &c. &c. for the establishment, must be his apology for this urgent call on his customers...
THE subscribers under the firm of DARMSDATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL, have opened an
Auction & Commission STORE. At the foot of the Bridge, where they will sell publicly on every Wednesday and Saturday morning. JOSEPH DARMSDATT. JOHN FOSTER. JOHN SATCHELL.
AT PRIVATE SALE. 40 hogsheads } BROWN SUGAR 56 barrels } 2 pipes London Particular Madeira Wine 6 tierces Old Apple Brandy 8 pipes Hollands Gin 2 cases German Sheetings 2 do. do. Dowlas 1 do. do. Platilias 1 do. do. Hessians 1 do. do. India Cottons. And by the first arrivals from Liverpool, they will receive a large supply of COARSE WOOLLENS and CROCKERY WARE. DARMSDATT, FOSTER & SATCHELL. Oct. 30, 1806. 4to
SALE at AUCTION.
THIS DAY will be SOLD by the Subscribers, without reserve, for notes at 60 days negotiable at the Bank, with approved indorsers, 20 Hogsheads } Good SUGAR, 30 Barrels } 25 Barrels SHAD. 30 do. HERRINGS, 1000 lbs. SOAL LEATHER. Darmsdatt, Foster & Satchell. 30th Oct. 1806.
EDUCATION.
THE subscriber respectfully informs the public, that he will continue his School at his house in the lower end of Albemarle county, where he teaches the Greek and Latin languages, the English language Gramatically, Composition, and the Rudiments of the Mathematicks.
His price for boarding and tuition, where scholars find their own beds and furniture, is twenty-eight pounds for ten months, one third in advance, the balance at the expiration of the term—Two months of the year, May and October, are allowed as vacation. Where washing and mending are done, his price is thirty-two pounds, terms as above—For tuition alone his price is eight pounds; one half in advance, the balance at the end of six months.
Parents who place their children under his instruction, may rest assured, that particular attention will be paid to their morals, and every assistance afforded to promote their learning. To accommodate parents who feel disposed to educate their daughters, I would board six or eight little girls. JAMES G. WADDIL. October 7th. 1806.
GERMAN GOODS,
Just received from Bremen, consisting of LINENS. Osnaburgs Rowan Sheetings Ticklenburgs Dowlas Twilled Sacking Platilias and Hessians & Rolls Bielefeld Linen.
Glass Ware.
Quart, Pint and Half Pint DECAN-TERS—Pint and Half Pint TUMBLERS, BOHN & HUBNER. Oct. 21, 1806. 6t
"DISCOVERIES OF LEWIS AND HIS PARTNERS IN LOUISIANA." A fresh supply of the above interesting work is just received and for sale at this office. October 25. if
LOST,
SOME time ago, between Mr. Thomas Taylor's auction store, and Rocketts, the following papers, viz: two notes which were given by Mr. Blackwell of Hanover, to James Blackwell, the guardian of Polly Blackwell, and by him endorsed to me, amounting to about twelve pounds; one on Benjamin Walton of Henrico, one on Elisha Hazlegrove of Hanover, one on William Parkinson of Newkent, one on Thomas Eldridge, with other notes and papers which are not at present recollected. Among the above described papers was a bank note of ten dollars.
I do hereby forewarn all persons against taking an assignment on the said notes, and I will give a reward of twenty dollars to any person that will deliver the above described papers, or in proportion to that sum for any part of them. The particular sums and dates of the above notes are not so perfectly recollected as to be particularly described. No questions shall be asked of the person who shall deliver the papers, and the above reward will be paid by the subscriber. WADDY TURNER. Richmond, 22d February, 1806. 2t
N.B. The subscriber has also lost a bond on William Jones, with F. Bibb security for the sum of £55 19 1-2; but he is not certain that it was among those above mentioned.
FROM THE PORT FOLIO.
The following verses are quite sufficient to vindicate Mr. Moore's pretensions to genius. He is addressing a very young lady, who is supposed to have expressed her regret that she was not professedly skilled in science and literature:
Never mind how the pedagogue proses, You want not antiquity's stamp; The lip, that's scented with roses, Oh! never must smell of the lamp.
Old Chloe, whose withering kisses Have long set the loves at defiance, Now, done with the science or blisses, May fly to the blisses of science.
Young Sappho, for want of employment, Alone o'er her Ovid may melt, Condemn'd but to read of enjoyment, Which wiser Corinna had felt.
But for you to be buried in books, Oh Fanny! they're pitiful sages, Who could not in one of your looks Read more than in millions of pages!
Astronomy finds in your eye Better lights than she studies above, And music must borrow your sigh, As the melody dearest to love.
In ethics 'tis you that can check In a minute their doubts and their quarrels, Oh! shew but that mole on your neck, And 'twill soon put an end to their morals.
Your arithmetic only can trip When to kiss and to count you endeavor, But eloquence glows on your lip When you swear that you'll love me for ever.
Thus you see what a brilliant alliance Of arts is assembled in you, A course of more exquisite science Man never need wish to go through.
And oh! if a fellow like me May confer a diploma of hearts, With my lips thus I seal your degree, My divine little mistress of arts.
NOW READY FOR THE PRESS, And will be published immediately after the next session of the General Assembly, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun. VOLUME SECOND
REVISED CODE;
CONTAINING A collection of all such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a public and permanent nature, as have been passed since the session of 1801; to which will be added such Acts of the same nature as may be passed at the session of 1806.
TOGETHER WITH
AN APPENDIX,
IN WHICH WILL BE INSERTED, I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code. II. A compilation of the several laws for the establishment of the James River, Potomac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Canal companies; in all of which the state has an interest. III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia. IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck. V. A Table of Fines, Forfeitures, Penalties and Amercements, designating such as are to the use of the Commonwealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particular object. VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads. VII. Acts authorising the erection of Toll Bridges.
All the Acts comprised in this volume, have been carefully collated by a gentleman of the bar—Notes of reference to former and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
TERMS.
I. It shall be printed on an entire new type, of a size larger than that used in the last edition of the Revised Code, published in 1803. II. The paper shall be of good quality, and the book, when bound, will form a volume in large octavo, to match the first volume of the same work. The number of pages cannot be ascertained, though it is expected, from the matter of which the book will be composed, (there being ninety-five new chapters in the continuation from 1801 to 1805, and upwards of one hundred omitted acts) that it will contain nearly as many pages as the last edition. III. The price to subscribers will be Five DOLLARS, to be paid on delivery of the book—to non-subscribers the price will be considerably increased. * * * Subscriptions are received by the publisher in Richmond.
FALL GOODS.
J. H. I. COHEN,
Second door below Mr. S. Peasants Book Store, Has just received a fresh assortment of FALL GOODS, consisting of Striped & Rose Blankets; Superfine and Second Cloths; Coatings; Friezes; Cassimeres; Flannels; Negro Cottons; Plains and Halfblacks; Ladies' Bath Coatings; Bombazines; Wool Bows; Durants; Calimancoes & Vests; Thickers; Velvets; Fancy Cords & Corduroys; Constitution Cords; Patent Cord Velvets; Sarsaparilla do; Men's & Women's Silk, Cotton & Worsted Hosiery; Men's Hats & Clogs; Silk & Cotton Chemisettes; Calicoes; Chimneys; Cotton and Linen Cambrics; Irish Linens and Lawns; Fancy Muslins; SCARLET BOMBAZETTES for children; Black and Colored en shaves and Lustings; a few elegant Soft Cape Handkerchiefs; for the head; Satin Damask and Serge Silk Shawls; Black and Oriental do; Pink Pied Muslin Handks; Bandanas; Madras and Romal do; Thread Laces and Edgings; Cabbages; Lace Sleeves and Muffs; Ladies' extra Silk and Kid Gloves &c. &c. all of which are sold on the most moderate terms. Richmond, October 9, 1806.

MARY. BY CLIFTON, AN AMERICAN POET. THE morn was fresh, and pure the gale, When Mary, from her cot a rove, Pluck'd many a wild rose from the vale, To bind the temples of her lover.
As near her little farm she stray'd, Where birds of love were ever paiting, She saw her William in the shade, The arms of ruthless war preparing.
She seiz'd his hand, and ah! she cried, Will thou, to camps and war a stranger, Desert thy Mary's faithful side, And bar thy life to every danger.
Yet go, brave youth! to arms away! My Maiden hands for fight shall dress thee; And when the drum beats far away, I'll drop a silent tear, and bless thee!
The bugles through the forest wind, The wounded soldier's call to battle, Be some protecting angel kind, And guard thy life when cannons rattle.
She said—and as the rose appears, In sun-shine when the storm is over, A smile beam'd sweetly through her tears, The blush of promise to her lover.
Dr. Johnson's Recipe for Indigestion and Lubricity of the bowels. "Give me leave, who have thought much on medicine, to propose to you an easy, and I think very probable remedy for indigestion and lubricity of the bowels:—Take an ounce of dried orange peel finely powdered; divide it into scruples, and take one scruple at a time, in any manner: the best is, perhaps, to drink a glass of wine after it. If you mix cinnamon or nutmegs with the powder, it were not worse; but it will be more bulky, and so more troublesome. This is a medicine not disgusting, not costly, easily tried, and if not found useful, easily left off. Do not take too much in haste; a scruple once in three hours, or about five scruples a day, will be sufficient to begin, or less if you find any aversion. Best without sugar: if syrup, old syrup of quinces, but even that I do not like; I think better of conserve of sloes."
FROM THE NEW-JERSEY JOURNAL. MR. KOLLOCK. Supposing that it will be interesting to the farmers of this neighborhood, I wish to inform them through the medium of your paper that a Pumpion has been raised by Mr. Niemcewicz of this place which measures 5 feet 4 inches in circumference & weighs 88 lbs. 1-2. As this vegetable is of a peculiar species and the gentleman who raised it is desirous of improving the produce of this part of the country, he will gladly furnish any farmer (desirous of planting it) with a few seeds. A SUBSCRIBER. Elizabeth-Town, Oct. 9th, 1806.
"Discoveries of Lewis and his Party, in Louisiana." A few copies of the above interesting work, just received, and for SALE, at the Post Office, Williamsburg, and at this office. May 5, 1806.
NOTICE. THE price of TUCKER'S BLACK-STONE after the first of January, 1807, will be twenty two dollars and fifty cents. The subscribers to that work who have not yet taken their copies, will not after that time be entitled to the subscription terms. Philadelphia, July, 1806. 11st Jan
TICKETS in the third class of the Richmond Academy Lottery, for sale at this office.
MARSHAL'S SALES. TO BE SOLD, to the highest bidder, for ready money, under a decree of the court of the United States, for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, between Princess Bond, attorney for the creditors of Ezekiel Edwards, plaintiff, and David Ross and others defendants, in order to raise the sum of twelve thousand six hundred and fifteen dollars and thirty three cents, due and payable the first day of July last, and expenses and charges of sale, that valuable and well known estate, in the county of Botetourt, called FORT LEWIS—stated by the said Ross to contain 2608 acres. The sale will take place on the premises, on the 14th day of November next. Also, under the said decree, and upon the same terms, will be SOLD, at the Oxford Iron Works, in the county of Campbell, or the 15th of the same month, a number of VALUABLE SLAVES. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. September 26, 1806. tds
At the request of Mr. Ross, the sale of the land above mentioned, called Fort Lewis, is POSTPONED until the 29th day of NEXT MONTH, when it will take place, at the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond—and the sale of the negroes is postponed until the 6th day of DECEMBER NEXT, on which day it will take place at the Eagle Tavern aforesaid. BEN. MOSBY, D. M. for JOS. SCOTT, M. V. D. October 16, 1806.
JUST PUBLISHED, By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun. and for sale by the pros., dozen, or single, at his Printing-Office and Book-Store, Richmond; The Virginia Almanack, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1807; Being the third after Bissextile or Leap Year Adapted to the Latitude and Meridian of Richmond. Calculated by BENJAMIN BATES, Of Hanover county, Virginia. Containing, besides the astronomical calculations, officers of Government, members of the Senate and House of Delegates, times of holding the superior & county Courts throughout the state, list of roads, &c. &c. &c. a great variety of useful and entertaining matter. ** Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers, September 13th, 1806.
BILLS OF LADING May be had at this Office.
NOTICE. THE subscriber being about to remove to the western country, hereby gives notice, that he will SELL, at a public auction, on Monday the 10th day of November next, at the place of his present residence in this county, about one hundred barrels of INDIAN CORN, the growth of the present year; three or four hundred bushels of OATS; some WHEAT; FODDER, of several kinds;—about three thousand weight of PORK; stock of CATTLE, SHEEP and HOGS; household and kitchen FURNITURE; plantation TOOLS, and UTENSILS, and various other articles, not deemed necessary to enumerate. The terms will be made known on the day of sale. Halifax county, October 4th, 1806. 3w Robert Terry.
M'CAY and COWAN, HAVE just received by the late arrivals from London, a large and fashionable assortment of WATCHES, with a variety of articles of JEWELLERY and SILVER WORK—Also, an assortment of WATCH MAKERS TOOLS and MATERIALS—which with their former stock, renders their assortment very general—all of which they offer at the lowest prices, for cash. Richmond, October 9th, 1806. tf THE subscribers, Brewers of Porter and Ale, in Philadelphia, desirous of extending the consumption of their liquor in Richmond and the neighboring towns, will afford a complete supply of every article, and all the information necessary for carrying on a Porter Cellar, in the said place, on receiving sufficient security for final payment. Application to be made to them in Philadelphia, or to Messrs. Macmurdo and Fisher. P. Hare & Son. tian. August 8th, 1806.
FOR RENT, AND possession given immediately, the HOUSE and LOT, belonging to the estate of William Elliott, dec. on the hill near the Swan tavern. The house is very convenient for a genteel family, with a good garden, smoke house, &c. For terms apply to William McKim, or ROBERT HYDE, Acting Executor of Wm Elliott, dec. Richmond, October 6th, 1806. tf
THE Subscriber has accommodations for twenty-five gentlemen of the Legislature. He has also stabling for as many horses. ALEX'R. QUARRIER. Richmond, Oct. 15th, 1806. tf
WILL BE SOLD, TO the highest bidder, at New Kent courthouse, on Monday the 24th of November next, for cash, Twenty Likely Negroes, Among which are eight or ten, consisting of boys and girls between the ages of six and sixteen years—the balance men and women, not exceeding forty years of age. The above negroes will certainly be sold on that day, if fair, if not, the next fair day, for what they will produce. ARMSTEAD RUSSELL. October 9th, 1806. tds|| *** Gentlemen who hold subscription papers for the new and improved edition of FERGUSON'S LECTURES, (which is nearly through the press) are requested to forward to the office, as early as possible, a list of the names at really obtained. The subscription will be kept open till the work is published. October 9.
FOR SALE, Opposite the street leading to Col. Mayo's Bridge. 20 ton Philadelphia iron assorted 20 ton Swedish ditto, square and flat bars German and blistered steel Spermaceti and Linseed oils Yellow ore and white lead Window glass, 8 by 10 and 10 by 12 Patent shot by the bag and retail Double and single F gun powder Cut and wrought nails all sizes Cotton and wool cards, &c. &c. We have still on hand a few barrels good cut Herring, and a few thousand weight Isle of Wight Bacon—With a general and good assortment of GROCERIES. RUSSELL & WALLACE. October 14, 1806. 4w
GREENHOW & COLE, MERCHANTS in Williamsburg, most respectfully inform their friends and countrymen, that by the ships Father and Sons from London; the Laura and the Juno, from Liverpool; they have received a select, and well chosen assortment of useful, and fashionable GOODS; Particularly adapted to the demands of the times—They are purchased with ready money, from the manufacturers themselves, with whom Robert Greenhow has long been in the habit of dealing, and whose custom to preserve, they have manifested particular solicitude. Being thus obtained good in their respective kinds, and on the very best terms; they will be sold as low as possible for cash, and at their usual credit, to punctilious customers. October 10th, 1806. 2m
ON Tuesday the 4th day of next month at the dwelling house of the subscriber, will be exposed to public sale, a variety of HOUSEHOLD & KITCHEN FURNITURE, also, a Waggon in good repair and gears, and one or two horses, and two milch cows. On Monday the 10th day of the same month on the premises, will be sold or rented, MY HOUSE, nearly opposite to Mr. Wm. Rose's, and situated on the main-street—unless privately rented or sold before that day. And at Hanover court here, on the first day of the court in next month, will be rented, the farm about two miles distant from that place, called HICKORY HILL, containing about 300 acres of LAND, and having on it a convenient dwelling house with 5 rooms, and closes and cellars, and other convenient houses, and a variety of choice fruit trees. The terms of sale, or renting, will be made known on the several days, by GEO. WM. SMITH. October 14, 1806.
TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery are for sale at this office.
$50,000 a single ticket may gain. NEW-YORK STATE LOTTERY. No. V. For the Promotion of Literature, and other purposes. To commence drawing on the second Tuesday in December 1806, and 600 Tickets to be drawn each day until the whole is concluded. Prizes payable 30 days after. The excellency of the present scheme is universally acknowledged to exceed any yet offered in the United States. THE CAPITAL PRIZES ARE 30,000 Dollars, 20,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, 2,000 Dollars, Besides several of 1,000, 500, 250, 100, &c. &c. The whole subject to a deduction of 15 per cent. In this scheme there is a possibility for one Ticket to draw 50,000 Dollars. Notwithstanding the great number of capital prizes in this Lottery, there are less than two blanks to a prize. TICKETS AND SHARES. FOR SALE AT G. & R. WAITE'S TRULY FORTUNATE LOTTERY-OFFICES. No 64 & No. 33, Maiden-Lane, New-York. AT SEVEN DOLLARS EACH, but will advance as the drawing approaches. By enclosing Bank notes (post paid) to G. & R. WAITE, Tickets and Shares will be punctiliously returned by post, to any amount, and the earliest advice sent to adventurers of their success. The public are requested to remark, that the drawing of the New-York Lotteries is managed in so correct a manner, as not to be subject to error. The time of drawing, and payment of prizes is punctilious, and guaranteed by the State Legislature. Schemes at large enclosed with Tickets—The many Capital Prizes sold by G. & R. W. in former Lotteries, (lots of which will also be enclosed) it is presumed, will be an additional inducement to distant adventurers to purchase of them. 3m
Racing at Surry Courthouse, WILL commence on Wednesday the 5th November, and continue three days. First day, a Post Sweepstakes for Colts and Fillies, two years old, and the advantage mile heats, carrying each a feather; entrance TWENTY DOLLARS, ten colts entered and subscription closed. Second day, the Surry Jockey Club Purse of THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, three mile heats. Third day, (Friday) the Proprietor's Purse of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS, two mile heats. All persons who start horses for this purse will be required to pay the sum of TWENTY DOLLARS, except members of the Club, and from them an entrance of EIGHT DOLLARS will be required. The weights of the course are as follows: Aged horses, lbs 130 6 years old, 120 5 years old, 110 4 years old, 100 3 years old, 86 CHARLES H. GRAVES, Secretary. Agreeable to the rules of the club, a meeting will be held at Mr. David Price's, on Wednesday evening, the 5th November. Good stables and litter furnished race horses gratis, by DAVID PRICE, Proprietor of the Course. Surry county, 8th September, 1806. tR
FOR SALE. THE Lot & HOUSES where-on John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are a three story Dwelling House, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted and a Garden lately pulled in, a Warehouse and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf. Also, 271 1/2 Acres of well timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mason's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken. Also, a LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to Thos. Newton. August 2. tf
FOR SALE, MY LAND, in the county of Goochland, whereon I now live, containing 600 acres; well situated, lying within two miles of James river, and five miles above Goochland courthouse. It is well improved, and in fine order for an ensuing crop; it is well adapted to the culture of tobacco, corn & wheat. A farther description is thought unnecessary, as it is presumed the purchaser would wish first to view the premises, which (in my absence, will be shown) by Capt. Humphrey Parish, or Mr. Whitehead Ryan, who live adjoining thereto. I will undertake to sow thereon 30 or 50 bushels of wheat in good order. And in case of sale of the land, I will likewise sell the crop thereon of every description, together with the stock of cattle, hogs, and sheep, household and kitchen furniture, plantation utensils, &c. The terms of sale for the land, will be one third cash, & for the balance three equal annual instalments, on giving bond with approved security, carrying interest from the day, if not punctiliously paid. Young negroes will be taken (if approved of) in payment for a moiety, at least, of each payment; a deed of trust will be taken upon the premises to secure the three last payments. The personal estate will be sold on a credit of twelve months on giving bond with approved security. And the price of the land made known on application to the subscriber. Craddock Vaughan. 16th Sept. 1806. Gw
A BARGAIN MAY BE HAD IN A Chariot, Harness and Pair of Excellent Horses. Enquire of the primer. Richmond, August 2, 1806. tf
MATTRASSES. CAN be had on very short notice. MATTRASSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeably to order, in the corner house, same square, below Mr. Jos. Darnstadt's, near the market, and next door to Mr. Jacob Johnson's book store.—Also, BEDS furnished, and old mattrasses worked over. Jno. S. Pleasants. June 5, 1806.
TO RENT, THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr.—Possession may be had by the last of this month. Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 3d. 1806. tf
REMOVAL. H. DABNEY has removed to the house on the Main Street, nearly opposite Mr. J. Darnstadt's and next door to Mr. W. Mitchell's brick building. Where he offers for SALE a general assortment of GROCERIES, on reasonable terms, for cash, or produce only. A consignment of snuff in packages of any size, from 15 to 60 lbs., will be sold below the usual price of that article. Richmond, August 11, 1806. tf
A. HEWES & CO. Have for sale, at their store, opposite the Market, Salt in sacks Jamaica and Antigua Rum New England Rum Port & Sherry Wine Old Cogniac Brandy Loaf and Brown Sugar Molasses Coffee of superior quality Alexandria Crackers Rhode Island Cheese Imperial Tea Herrings and Shad Alexandria Beer in bbs English Walnuts Pepper Nutmegs Allspice Mace Cloves Starch Fig Blue, &c. &c. &c. A general assortment of CROCKERY and STONE WARE, and Rhode Island LIME. Richmond, July 4th, 1806. tf
REMOVAL. THE Subscribers have removed their COMPTING HOUSE, from the Main Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Basin, between the Tenements occupied by C. and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Wirt and Bullock—where they continue their purchases of wheat as usual—They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran. Thomas and Amos Ladd. 10 Mo. 3d. 1806. tf
NOTICE. WHEREAS in consequence of the death of Robert Burton, the partnership of BROWN, RIVES and Co and of the different branches of that House, at Norfolk, Caira, Bent Creek, Lynchburg, New Market, Warrenton and Milton, will terminate, agreeable to the several articles of copartnership, at various periods, between the first day of August 1st, and the first day of January next; this is to give notice to all persons interested that the business of each establishment will be closed immediately after the time limited for its expiration. JAMES BROWN, ROBERT RIVES, Surviving Partners of BROWN, RIVES & Co. Richmond, 1st October, 1806. The business carried on by Brown, Rives and Co will be continued by the subscribers under the firm of Brown and Rives, and the stores at Caira, &c. furnished with their usual supplies. JAMES BROWN, ROBERT RIVES. Richmond, 1st October, 1806. 4w
Valuable Property for Sale. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us, by Peter F. Archer, for the benefit of John G. Jefferson, will be SOLD, for cash, on the premises, in the county of Amelia, on the 24th day of November next, that valuable TRACT OF LAND, called Fox Harbor; containing by estimation about 660 acres, with more than one third uncleared, a great part of which is prime Tobacco land, laying on both sides of the road which leads from Piversville to Bevilleville bridge—Also, the following SLAVES, Simon, Dicer and her three children, Leonard, Sam, John, Phil, Sukey and her three children, Day, Sarah and her two children, Phoebe and her two children, Joe, Tom Big, Tom, Bristol, Murrice and her three children, or so much of the said property as shall be sufficient to satisfy the purpose of the said deed of trust. The sale will continue from day to day till it is completed. A minute description of the many advantages which would attend the purchase of the aforesaid tract of land is thought unnecessary, as it is imagined that those inclined to purchase, will view it and judge for themselves. JOSHUA CHAFFIN, WILLIAM CASSELLS, } Trustees. WILLIAM BENTLEY, } Oct. 9th, 1806. tds
EDUCATION. THE Subscriber's present engagement, as a Tutor in the family of Doct. George Evans, of Chesterfield county, will end on the 1st day of January next; at which time he would willingly listen to proposals for establishing an Academy, or other public seminary in some populous, healthy and otherwise eligible neighborhood in the state of Virginia. His plan would embrace the following branches of instruction—The Greek, Latin and English languages grammatically—a regular consecutive course of historical reading, accompanied with a knowledge of Geography and Chronology—the Delta Letters, with a careful perusal of the best Authors, in the three languages above-mentioned, with a view to criticism and composition—Arithmetic, Book-keeping, Surveying and the practical branches of the Mathematics. The talents of the Subscriber, (such as they are) the attention with which he has discharged the various, delicate and difficult duties of a Teacher, and the system he has pursued, with the success attending it, are all sufficiently known to, and have happily met the approbation of a great many respectable and competent judges, of literary merit in the eastern and middle parts of this State. To those who know him not, he respectfully asks permission to say, that for the last twenty years of his life, he has labored, with arduous application and perseverance, to improve and expand his own mind and the mental faculties of others, and that he now, though with unfeigned diffidence, believes himself capable of rendering public and permanent services to the youth of a country, in which he has spent more than half the number of years he has lived, and the usefulness, happiness and prosperity of the citizens of which country, he shall never cease to pray for, and to the utmost of his abilities promote. Of himself he has said as much as the occasion demanded, and he cherishes a hope it will not be found that truth or propriety required him to say less. Letters addressed to the subscriber, to be left at Goochville, or the Richmond Post office, will be duly attended to, and should an engagement be entered into before the 15th of January next, public notice will be given thereof. James Johnstone. Chesterfield county, 13th Sept. 1806.
TO RENT, THE BRICK HOUSE, at the Falling Garden, at present occupied by S. Pleasants Jr.—Possession may be had by the last of this month. Enquire of the subscriber, near the premises. JAMES LOWNES. 10th Month, 3d. 1806. tf
DESIGN the ensuing year, with the aid of a qualified teacher, to attempt the tuition of 15 Females—Grammar, Geography & Arithmetic will be taught. Strict attention will also be paid to the composition of the Scholars, nor will their morals be neglected. The price will be £23 each scholar finding her own bed—1-6th of the price to be paid in advance. Goodland, 27th Sept. 1806. Gerard Banks. tf
JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A PAMPHLET, Containing Sketches of the HISTORY of FRANCE and ENGLAND—And an account of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, Emperor of France, from his birth to the battle of Austerlitz—price 3s. April 28, 1806. tf
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they are receiving from London, Liverpool, and different ports of Holland and France, an extensive & very general assortment of MERCHANT DIZE, adapted to the approaching season; which they will sell by the bale, package, or piece, on the lowest terms, for cash, country produce, or approved notes. Those Goods being carefully selected, by one of the partners who went to Europe for the purpose, they flatter themselves, will give general satisfaction, and that country merchants and others will find it their interest to deal with them. They have for rent THREE BRICK WARE HOUSES, covered with slate, laying on the street leading to Mayo's Bridge, opposite Messrs. Brown, Rives & Co. Those houses will be fitted up at the shortest notice for stores, if required. John & Robert Gamble, Jun. Robert Gamble, Senior, continues to do business in the line of a commission merchant, Richmond, 15th Sept. 1806. w2m
DOCTOR WILSON Has just received at his shop, opposite the stores of Messrs. John and Robert Gamble, and Mr. Neil McCall, a general assortment of MEDICINES. He offers them for sale on lower terms than they can be procured at any other house in Richmond. He has on hand a variety of Painis, Varnishes and Oils—Also Spirits of Turpentine and Turpentine Varnishes by the Barrel at unusually low prices. Richmond, 10th September, 1806. w3m
A FRESH SUPPLY OF MEDICINES, Have just come to hand, at the Apothecary Shop, on the main street (Shoemaker Hill)—They are offered for sale on as low terms as they can be procured at any shop in Richmond. FALL GOODS.
THE subscribers respectfully inform their friends, and the public, that they are receiving from London, Liverpool, and different ports of Holland and France, an extensive & very general assortment of MERCHANT DIZE, adapted to the approaching season; which they will sell by the bale, package, or piece, on the lowest terms, for cash, country produce, or approved notes. Those Goods being carefully selected, by one of the partners who went to Europe for the purpose, they flatter themselves, will give general satisfaction, and that country merchants and others will find it their interest to deal with them. They have for rent THREE BRICK WARE HOUSES, covered with slate, laying on the street leading to Mayo's Bridge, opposite Messrs. Brown, Rives & Co. Those houses will be fitted up at the shortest notice for stores, if required. John & Robert Gamble, Jun. Robert Gamble, Senior, continues to do business in the line of a commission merchant, Richmond, 15th Sept. 1806. w2m
United States Court, fifth Circuit, and Virginia District, May term, 1806. Sam. Pleasants the younger, executor of Thos Pleasants, the younger, who was the executor of Jacob Pleasants, deceased. Against, James Garnet, only surviving assignee of the estate and effects of John Ellis, who was at the time of his death a bankrupt, Cornelius Buck, agent, and attorney for the said assignee, Richard Adams and Thos. Underwood, late of the house of Adams and Underwood, John Laprade, executor of Anderson Peers, Thomas Fleming Bates and Arthur Campbell, Defendants.
IN CHANCERY. On the motion of the plt by his attorney, It is ordered, That the deft, Buck, do file with the papers in this cause, on or before the first day of the next term, a letter said to be in his possession, from John Ellis to Jacob Pleasants, dated in the month of January or February, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, requesting him said Pleasants, to purchase a vessel, &c. and the deft. Garnet, not having entered his appearance, and given security according to a rule of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that he is not an inhabitant of this district, It is ordered, That the said deft. do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the pls. bill, and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the newspapers published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city; and It is further ordered, That one of the commissioners of this court do examine, state, and settle all matters in account between the parties in this cause, and make a report thereof to the court, stating such matters specially as either party may require or be think pertinent. A Copy—Test, WM. MARSHALL, Clk.
Commissioner's Office, Richmond, Sept. 13th, 1806 THE parties concerned are desired to TAKE NOTICE, that I have appointed Wednesday, the twelfth day of November next, for stating the accounts requested by the foregoing decree, upon which day their attendance is requested at my Office, with their papers and accounts, ready for examination and settlement. WM. HAY, M. C.
Just Received at S. Pleasants' Book Store, Moore's Poems War in Disguise Answer to Do. Bible's Archives Manual of Parliament. tary Practice, by Mr. Jefferson Underwood on Children Cheselden's Anatomy Sacred Mirror Easy Instructor Thoughts on the sub- jest of Naval Power in the United States Chemical Pocket Book Chapman's Chemistry Gin vol East's Reports Last's Crown Law Leonora, a new novel by Miss Edge-worth The Gamblers, a novel, by Carolina Matilda Warren.
THE SECOND VOLUME OF CHASE'S TRIAL, By SAM'L. H. SMITH. Is just received, and ready for delivery to subscribers at this office. A few copies of the work complete, for sale a one. tf