Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1805-05-18 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
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RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
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SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1805.
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TO MRS. JOHN WATSON, sen. John Watson, Jr., Augustus Watson, Thomas Watson, and Elizabeth Young. TAKE NOTICE , that on the 9th and 10th days of July next, at the store house of Robert Venable in the county of Prince Edward & state of Virginia, I on my own behalf as well as agent for the complainants hereafter named, shall proceed to take the depositions of William Jones, Robert Venable, Charles Venable, Tarlton Woodson, John Simmons, Christopher H. Holland and others, to be read as evidence in the suit in chancery, brought in the said county court of Prince Edward, by Obadiah Jenkins and Sarah his wife, Littleberry Jenkins and Milley his wife, Josiah Hunt and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas E. Young, William Brizgwell and Mary his wife, William Hutton and Paulina his wife, and Rebecca Young, complainants, against each of you. I shall also on the 2d and 3d days of August next, at the dwelling house of Abraham Venable in the county of Fayette and in the state of Kentucky, proceed to take the deposition of Peter Le Grand, to be read as evidence in the same suit. Your obedient servt.
OBADIAH JENKINS. 20th April, 1805. ADVERTISEMENT. WHEREAS Daniel & William Guerrant, late merchants of the town of New Canton, by their deed dated the 9th day of February 1805, have assigned to us all their property real and personal, for the benefit of such of their creditors as shall agree to the terms of said assignment; and whereas we have appointed Wm. Guerrant our agent for the collection and settlement of the debts, and all other affairs of said concern, all persons having claims against said D. & W. Guerrant will present them to him for settlement, and all those indebted to them are requested to come forward and settle their respective balances, by bond or otherwise, in which case the utmost accommodation will be allowed them in the time and mode of payment; those who fail to come forward and close their accounts, may expect suits will be instituted against them, as the situation of the concern requires a speedy adjustment of its affairs.
Saml. Anderson, Ed. Cunninghams, Wm. M. Thornton, James Lee, } Trustees. New-Canton, 6th May, 1805. THE Trustees of the above mentioned D. & W. Guerrant, will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in the town of New-Canton, on the first day of July next, the following property, viz: Eight likely Virginia born Slaves, A Single Chair, Harness, &c. and a valuable assortment of suitable GOODS for the present season, any part of which will be sold on very low terms by private sale, or a great bargain may be had, and a liberal credit given to purchaser who will take the whole stock on hand, by application previous to the day above mentioned, to Wm. Guerrant or the Trustees. Six months credit will be allowed the purchasers of the above property for all sums above ten dollars, on giving bond & approved security; lesser sums cash will be demanded for. (BY AUTHORITY.)
RICHMOND ACADEMY LOTTERY. CLASS NO. II. 4000 Tickets at 10 dollars each. dolls. 40000 1 Prize of dolls. 10000 2 of 5000 5 of 1000 20 of 500 50 of 100 100 of 50 100 of 25 40000 First drawnticket after 500 are drawn, dolls. 500 after 1000 500 after 1500 500 after 2000 1000 after 2500 1000 after 3000 1000 after 3500 1000 after 3950 10000 The above Lottery will certainly commence drawing the first Monday in November, or sooner, if the tickets are sold. FOR SALE, TWO LOTS, HANDSOMELY situated in the town of New-Canton, on James river; on both are new and well built dwelling houses and offices; on one an excellent garden well enclosed, and the other containing one acre, with a good post and rail fence.—For further particulars enquire of Messrs. William Anderson and James Lee of said place, who are legally authorised to sell and convey the same. ROBERT HILL. New-York, 1st Feb. 1805. tf
FOR SALE, To the highest bidder, for ready money, on the 17th May next, at the dwelling house of Daniel Wilson, Jr. in the county of Amelia, by virtue of a deed of trust, executed to us by the said Wilson, to secure the payment of a sum therein expressed, to John Clinfin, the property therein contained, consisting of about 35 Negro Slaves, Nine Horses, and Stock of every kind—or so much thereof as will be sufficient to pay the said debt, interest and costs—and if the same should not be sufficient, the TRACT OF LAND, whereon the said Wilson resides, containing about 1300 acres, with all necessary houses, will be sold, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to pay the deficiency. Possession given of the land the 1st of December next, with leave to sow the next crop of wheat. I. P. Cocke, W. T. Eggleston, Geo. Scott, } Trustees. April 27th, 1805. tds CASH will be given for Twelve or Fifteen BOYS, From 7 to 15 years old.—Enquire of the Printer.
FOR SALE, The administration of the estate of Capt. John Hicks, dec. having been denied to the Sheriff of Hanover county—all persons concerned are requested to exhibit their claims to the next court to be held for the said county, in order that they may receive their respective proportion of the assets in hand. By order of the court. WILLIAM O. WINSTON, Late Sheriff of Hanover county. 7th May, 1805. 2w Manchester Turnpike Company. SHAREHOLDERS in the Manchester Turnpike Company, are hereby required to pay to James Brander, treasurer, the sum of three and one half dollars on each share, on or before the 1st of July next. By order of the Directors, James Brander, Clk. 13th May, 1805. tlj
FOUND, on Saturday the 2d inst. a Red Morocco POCKET BOOK, which the owner may get by applying to the subscriber and paying for this advertisement. James Bootwright, Richmond, March 4th, 1805.
FOR SALE, MY LAND, in the county of Surry, known by the name of SWAN'S POINT, containing about three thousand acres, situated upon James river nearly opposite to James Town and forty five miles below Petersburg. The tract is divided into two plantations each having the necessary improvements of barns, stables, &c. in thorough repair. On one is a two story brick building of six large rooms, but lately finished in handsome style, with every convenient out house for the accommodation of a genteel family. On the other, a wooden house of four rooms, well calculated for an overseer. There are upon the two plantations upwards of a thousand apple trees selected of the most approved kinds for brandy, cider and keeping fruit; all of which have been planted out about three years, and from the attention which has been bestowed upon them are now rapidly progressing towards perfection. The peculiar advantages of this place, rich and wild soil, will contribute not a little to render it an agreeable residence to those who can enjoy health in the lowest country. It is deemed infallible to say that, as it is presumed any person wishing to purchase would first see the property. The payments will be made easy, by dividing them into such instalments as may be convenient. John H. Cocke. Apl. 13th, 1805. 6w
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. BROKE away last evening, a large stout made block bay HORSE, upwards of five feet high, 7 years old last spring, was shod all round about two months ago, but some of the shoes may now be on; he has a large head and small eyes, trots and gallops; if he has any other marks by which he might be distinguished, they are not recollected. He had on a saddle a good deal worn, with a hogskin seat and plated stirrups. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the horse and saddle to the subscribers. Pickett, Pollard & Johnston. Richmond, March 5, 1805.
ROBERT GREENHOW, MERCHANT in Williamsburg—has just received by the ship Dunfries from London, and daily expects from Liverpool, his usual assortment of Tasty Spring Goods & Hardware, which he offers on moderate terms to his customers. May 11, 1805. 3w WILL be Sold, at public auction, on the 20th instant, or ready money, at Mr. Joseph Edmondson's Tavern, in Hanover county, SIX VALUABLE SLAVES, belonging to the estate of Micajah Butler, dec. consisting of two men, one woman, and three handsome mulatto boys. By the COMMISSIONERS. May 7th, 1805. tds Valuable Property for Sale. By virtue of a deed of trust executed by Richard Dalbey of King William county, to the subscriber, to secure and satisfy a debt due from the said Richard to Cornelius Dalbey, administrator for with the will annexed, of Owen Dalbey, dec. will be offered to SALE, on the fourth Monday in June next, at the courthouse of said county, to the highest bidder, for ready payment, in current money. SUNDRY SLAVES, Consisting of men, women and children, one Broad Mare, about 8 years old, by Lamplighter, two small horse Colts, about 2 years old, by Americane, the noted Stud. Horse called Hanover, one Wagon and Gear, and 3 Horses, one excellent Chair Horse about 9 years old, and one Bay Mare Colt, by Americane. GEO: WM. SMITH. Richmond, May 7th, 1805. 3w The subscribers respectfully inform their friends and the public, that they have received their Spring Assortment of Goods, Of the best quality and latest fashions, & will dispose of them on the cheapest terms for cash, viz: Printed Calicoes and Chintzes Dimities assorted Irish Linens Cotton Cambricks and Nankeens Crown & Silk Hose Coloured Cambricks and Laced ditto India Muslins of the first quality Plain & coloured Marcellas Superfine Cloths and Cambricks Thicksets, Corduroys and Velvets Bed Ticks and German Osnaburgs Together with a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate. JOHN MILLER & CO. Richmond, 8th May, 1805. tf
THE administration of the estate of Capt. John Hicks, dec. having been denied to the Sheriff of Hanover county—all persons concerned are requested to exhibit their claims to the next court to be held for the said county, in order that they may receive their respective proportion of the assets in hand. By order of the court. WILLIAM O. WINSTON, Late Sheriff of Hanover county. 7th May, 1805. 2w
PRECIPITATE, Imported by Mr. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, last winter, full 15 hands and a half high; will stand at my stable in Chesterfield county, Appomattox river, 15 miles above Petersburg, to be let to mares at ten guineas a mare, two of which will be remitted if paid within the season, which will commence the 10th of March, & expire the 1st of August next. Board of servants gratis; mares may be fed with grain at two shillings per day. I have large and extensive pasturage, divided in five different inclosures, that mares with foals may be kept distinct from barren mares. One dollar to the groom. No liability for accidents of any description. PRECIPITATE was bred by Lord Egremont, foaled in 1787, got by Mercury (a son of Eclipse) dam by Herod, his granddam Maiden by Marchmont, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare; her dam by Mogul—Camilla by Bay Bolton—Old Lady dam of Sterling by Pulleine's chestnut Arabian—Rockwood Bustler. PERFORMANCE. In the first spring meeting, 1790, at New-Market, when 3 years old, he won the first class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas each, beating Thunderbolt, Chanticleer, and Sir Pepper, four having paid the forfeit. In the same week he won the Bolton stakes of 50 guineas each, beating Chambeaux, Dragon and Pallasfox; 7 paid forfeit. Second spring meeting he won the 3d class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt; 7 paid forfeit. And in the same week he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radamanthus. In 1792 he won £ 50 at Guildfield, beating Doge, Thunderbolt, Sarmagapam and Stout; the next day £ 50 at the same place, beating Gaddock and Griffin. He also won the king's 100 guineas, at Lewis, beating Skyscraper at 3 heats, the 1st being a dead heat. After which he was so highly esteemed that he became a stallion in his Lordship's stud at 12 guineas a mare. This horse is the sire of the following running horses in England: Johnquill, Petworth, Marrana, Rosalba, Chestnut colt out of Bobtail, Chestnut colt out of Rosemary, Humbur, Lazarus, Raginier, Apollo, Gulliver, Tag, Louisa, Tipstaff, Mr. Heathcote's filly out of Reeves, Alchymist, Clodhopper, Grey filly by R. H. Lampadusa, Mars, Mary, Matrance, Bay filly by Brown's, Grey filly by Radcliff's, Tax, Tipstaff and Bobtail. Feb. 20, 1805. THOMAS GOODE.
THE administration of the estate of Capt. John Hicks, dec. having been denied to the Sheriff of Hanover county—all persons concerned are requested to exhibit their claims to the next court to be held for the said county, in order that they may receive their respective proportion of the assets in hand. By order of the court. WILLIAM O. WINSTON, Late Sheriff of Hanover county. 7th May, 1805. 2w
SHAREHOLDERS in the Manchester Turnpike Company, are hereby required to pay to James Brander, treasurer, the sum of three and one half dollars on each share, on or before the 1st of July next. By order of the Directors, James Brander, Clk. 13th May, 1805. tlj
NOTICE. IS hereby given to the creditors of HOOPER & TOLE, against whom a commission of Bankruptcy has been issued according to law, that the commissioners and assignees of their estate will meet at their office in the city of Richmond on Saturday the first of June next at eleven o'clock, A. M. in order to make a dividend of their estate and effects; when those creditors who have not proved their debts must come prepared, or they will be excluded the benefit of said dividend. Marcus Elcan, William Temple, } Assignees. Richmond, 13th April, 1805. tlj
Gloucester Low Grounds FOR SALE. WILL be sold, on the premises, for ready money, on the 24th day of May next, under a decree of the court of Gloucester county, two hundred and seventy seven acres of LAND, lying in the parish of Abingdon, and county of Gloucester. This land joins the lands of Colonel Thomas Lewis and John Sewell, Esq. is of excellent quality for the production of corn and barley, lies extremely convenient to the Severn river, where fish and oysters are both abundant and excellent. Thomas Lewis, John Sewell, John Lewis, Joseph Clivettus, } Commissioners. March 30, 1805. 2m
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand an offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale, The following Articles, viz: Loaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum; Cogniac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy; Sherry and Malaga Wine; Coffee of a superior quality; Molasses, Ginger and Pig Blue; Young Hysan and Imperial Teas; 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt; Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And the remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell at a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d March, 1805.
RUN away from the subscriber about the 13th January last, a negro man named ADAM , about 25 years of age, of a dark complexion, about 6 feet high, has a small scar on his forehead; had on when he went away an osnaburgs shirt, short coat and pantalettes of blue jeans, and common felt hat; he had sundry other clothing which it is supposed he carried with him, as they have not been seen since he escaped. He was purchased of Mr. Gabriel Tutt near Culpeper courthouse, by Mr. John Mullins, about 18 months past, of whom the subscriber purchased immediately afterwards; the said fellow has a wife at Dr. Claggett's, who resides at Culpeper courthouse; it is probable he may be harbouring by his wife at this place. Whoever will deliver the said fellow to the subscriber living in Albemarle county near Charlottesville, shall receive a reward of Thirty Dollars, or if secured in any jail so that I get him again Twenty Dollars. JOHN CLARKSON. 23d Feb. 1805. tf
PRECIPITATE, Imported by Mr. Lightfoot of Sandy Point, last winter, full 15 hands and a half high; will stand at my stable in Chesterfield county, Appomattox river, 15 miles above Petersburg, to be let to mares at ten guineas a mare, two of which will be remitted if paid within the season, which will commence the 10th of March, & expire the 1st of August next. Board of servants gratis; mares may be fed with grain at two shillings per day. I have large and extensive pasturage, divided in five different inclosures, that mares with foals may be kept distinct from barren mares. One dollar to the groom. No liability for accidents of any description. PRECIPITATE was bred by Lord Egremont, foaled in 1787, got by Mercury (a son of Eclipse) dam by Herod, his granddam Maiden by Marchmont, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare; her dam by Mogul—Camilla by Bay Bolton—Old Lady dam of Sterling by Pulleine's chestnut Arabian—Rockwood Bustler. PERFORMANCE. In the first spring meeting, 1790, at New-Market, when 3 years old, he won the first class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas each, beating Thunderbolt, Chanticleer, and Sir Pepper, four having paid the forfeit. In the same week he won the Bolton stakes of 50 guineas each, beating Chambeaux, Dragon and Pallasfox; 7 paid forfeit. Second spring meeting he won the 3d class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt; 7 paid forfeit. And in the same week he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radamanthus. In 1792 he won £ 50 at Guildfield, beating Doge, Thunderbolt, Sarmagapam and Stout; the next day £ 50 at the same place, beating Gaddock and Griffin. He also won the king's 100 guineas, at Lewis, beating Skyscraper at 3 heats, the 1st being a dead heat. After which he was so highly esteemed that he became a stallion in his Lordship's stud at 12 guineas a mare. This horse is the sire of the following running horses in England: Johnquill, Petworth, Marrana, Rosalba, Chestnut colt out of Bobtail, Chestnut colt out of Rosemary, Humbur, Lazarus, Raginier, Apollo, Gulliver, Tag, Louisa, Tipstaff, Mr. Heathcote's filly out of Reeves, Alchymist, Clodhopper, Grey filly by R. H. Lampadusa, Mars, Mary, Matrance, Bay filly by Brown's, Grey filly by Radcliff's, Tax, Tipstaff and Bobtail. Feb. 20, 1805. THOMAS GOODE.
THE administration of the estate of Capt. John Hicks, dec. having been denied to the Sheriff of Hanover county—all persons concerned are requested to exhibit their claims to the next court to be held for the said county, in order that they may receive their respective proportion of the assets in hand. By order of the court. WILLIAM O. WINSTON, Late Sheriff of Hanover county. 7th May, 1805. 2w
SHAREHOLDERS in the Manchester Turnpike Company, are hereby required to pay to James Brander, treasurer, the sum of three and one half dollars on each share, on or before the 1st of July next. By order of the Directors, James Brander, Clk. 13th May, 1805. tlj
FROM SOUTH AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL SPANISH HORSE, APPALUSIA, WILL stand the ensuing season, at my plantation on Chickahominy, near the new bridges, and will be let to mares at the moderate price of ten dollars the season, payable the first of Oct. next, but notes (to be sent with the mares) may be discharged by paying eight dollars on or by the 1st of August, when the season will end. Insurance fifteen dollars (notes sent as above, payable 1st March, 1806.) And four dollars each the leap. In either case 25 cents to the groom, to be paid down. Mares will be fed with clover and lucerne gratis, and corn if required, at the selling price. I have no foals falls in a strong new stable, with substantial locks, where they may be kept of nights, but will not be answerable for escapes. APPALUSIA is lately from South America, about ten years old, 15 hands high, of a beautiful snow white colour, and most elegantly formed. It is unnecessary to point out the great superiority of this excellent breed of horse for the saddle, harness, &c. as it is generally known that they are well gaited, gentle, and the most hardy and thrifty horses in the world, and many live to be upwards of 50 years old. APPALUSIA stood in Augusta the season before last, where he proved to be a certain foal getter, and many of his colts would have sold for 200 dollars each at a day old. A few mares were put to him the last season, (having bought him late) all of which proved with foal. BENJAMIN DUVAL. February 15th, 1805. tf
MILLINERY. MRS. BUCKNER having commenced business in Manchester in the line of MILLINERY & MANTUA MAKING , respectfully solicits the patronage of her friends and the public. She has on hand at present a small assortment of the articles necessary in that line of business, and shortly expects to receive from New-York an additional supply. All commands from the country will be faithfully and punctually attended to. tf
TO RENT, THE HOUSE & LOT, On Shockoe Hill, lately occupied by Mr. John Pendleton; now newly repaired and repaired, and in every respect fit for the immediate reception of a family, having all necessary out-house, &c. Apply to Benjamin Wolfe, adjoining the premises, or to Joseph Gallego April 22, 1805. tf
TO BE RENTED, For one or more years, and possession given the 15th of April next—a convenient Store & Dwelling-house, With three rooms below, and two above, with a fine place in two of the lower rooms, with a good dry cellar under them; a kitchen, smoke house, garden, and two acres of land adjoining enclosed, part of which is well set with red clover. This tenement has been occupied for some years past by Messrs. Alban Gilpin & Co.; it is situated in a healthy and agreeable neighbourhood, is a fine stand for a country store, about 25 miles from Richmond, and not more than half a mile from the river, and in the midst of a fine wheat country.—For terms apply to the subscriber. SAM. PLEASANTS. Powhatan co. 4th Mar 1805. tf
THE subscriber wishes to sell for cash, or on credit till the first day of January next, the Two Brick Tenements, Adjoining the house of Mr. Benjamin Mosby. JOHN PENDLETON. City of Richmond, Nov. 10th, 1804. 2w
Dissolution of Partnership. THE late firm of PRICE & HARRIS having been dissolved on the 21st inst. by the death of the said Price— NOTICE is hereby given to all persons indebted to the said firm, to come forward immediately and discharge their respective balances.—And all those having claims against the said firm are desired to bring them forward for adjustment on or before the 1st day of July next, being anxious to bring the business to a speedy close. THOMAS HARRIS, Jun. Surviving partner of the late firm of Price & Harris. Powhatan county, Apl. 30, 1805.
FOR SALE. If not sold by the 15th of June next, it will be leased from five to ten years, and possession given on the first day of July next, WOODBURY MILLS, Lately built of brick and stone, 50 by 42 feet, three stories high, with a durable stone dam, two pair Burr and one pair Cologne stones, with elevators, screens, bolting cloths, &c. on the most approved construction and now in complete order for business situated on a constant stream, in the midst of a delightful wheat country, in the county of Powhatan, only one and a half miles from James river, and 23 miles above Richmond. To the mill will be attached a lot of about 100 acres land, on which stands a commodious two story dwelling house and other necessary offices, handsomely enclosed, under a post and rail fence, with garden paled in, all new, being lately finished; a cooper's and blacksmith's shop, miller's house, house for the accommodation of the workmen, and excellent water very convenient for all purposes.—Terms may be known on application to the subscriber. THOMAS HARRIS, Jun. Powhatan county, April 30, 1805. 5w
TAKEN UP by the subscriber on his plantation in Powhatan county, a red HEIFER with a little white on both her hind feet, marked with an underlined on the right ear, and a slit in the left. Appraised to eight dollars. John Ligon. December 18, 1804. w3t
NOTICE. THE co-partnership of ROBERT GAMBLE & SONS, will be dissolved by mutual consent, on Saturday, the 11th instant. All persons indebted to the said firm, are earnestly entreated to make immediate payment to either of the subscribers. A compliance with this request will prevent the painful necessity of resorting to coercive measures. The books will be placed in the possession of Messrs. John and Robert Gamble jun. who are authorised to settle all accounts due by, or to the concern. RO. GAMBLE. JOHN G. GAMBLE. ROBERT GAMBLE, JR. Richmond, May 6th, 1805.
The subscribers take this method of informing their friends and the public, that they inc continue carrying on the mercantile business, under the firm of John & Robert Gamble, Jun. They are now receiving by the ship Bella , a choice selection of LONDON GOODS , and daily expected from LIVERPOOL , a general assortment of HARDWARE , &c. suitable for the season—which will be sold by the piece, package, or dozen, on the most moderate terms, for cash, merchandise country produce, or the usual credit to substantial and bona fide customers. They have on hand, Madeira and Sherry Wine, Cogniac Brandy, West India Rum, Whiskey, Sugar, Pepper, Alum, Copperas and Primstone, (in pipes, hds. and casks,) Cotton and Wool Yarns, Patent Shot, Steel, Bar Iron, Hollow Iron Ware, German Scythes, Cutting Knives and Whet Stones, Osnaburgs, Ticklenburgs and Brown Hessian, Suits, Cut Herrings, &c. They also possess large and convenient Brick warehouses covered with State , for receiving and storing Flour, Tobacco, &c. These gentlemen, who favor them with consignments, will find their charges reasonable, and may rely on their best exertions to afford satisfaction. The highest rates given for Bees Wax, good Bear, Deer and Otter Skins, and other shipping Furs. JOHN G. GAMBLE. ROBERT GAMBLE, JUN.
The subscriber (Robert Gamble, sen.) avails himself of this opportunity to thank his numerous friends for the very large share of patronage he has received in the mercantile line—and hereby tenders to the public his future services as a Commission Merchant . He flatters himself, his long experience (with other circumstances unnecessary here to mention) entitles him to the confidence of those who may have business of that nature to transact in this city—assuring such of his best exertions to merit approbation. Those who yet remain indebted to the late firm of Gamble & Grathie, of Staunton of Gamble & Temple, Robert Gamble & Co. and Robert Gamble of the City of Richmond, are once more earnestly requested to make immediate payment of their respective balances. Such as continue regardless of this last notice cannot expect longer indulgence. RO. GAMBLE. Richmond, May 6, 1805. ep3w wtf
NOTICE. ALL persons indebted to the late firms of Buchanan, Dunlop & Co. Of Petersburg; Robert Pollok & Co. Of Richmond; and Dunlop, Pollok & Co. Of Manchester, are hereby notified that James Dunlop, late a partner in the above concerns, has become purchaser of the outstanding debts; they will therefore be pleased to make payment to Mr. John Tompkins, residing in Richmond, or the subscriber, residing in Petersburg; who alone are authorised to make collections and grant discharges. Suits will be indiscriminately commenced against all who do not make payment before the first of February next. JOHN DUNLOP, Attorney for JAMES DUNLOP. Petersburg, Nov. 15, 1804. (ff)
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RUN away from the subscriber about the end of Nov. or early in Dec. a black servant named SAM , I believe about 19 or 20 years of age, very strong and likely for a man of his age. He was seen in the neighborhood of this place some time after he absented himself, but from his connections I have reason to suppose that he may be lurking about, or concealed by those connections in the counties of Powhatan or Cumberland. I will give the above reward if he be brought to me in this place, or ten dollars if secured in a jail so that I may get him. Arch'd. Freeland. Manchester, March 16, 1805. tf
BROKER'S OFFICE. THE SUBSCRIBER HAS Opened a Broker's Office, Opposite the Union Tavern, and over the Counting-house of Thomas and Amos Ladd. All business confided to him will be transacted with strict fidelity. THOM. NORVELL. Richmond, October 3, 1804. tf
NOTICE. WILL be SOLD, on Saturday the 18th of the present month, for ready money, upon the premises, One Half-Acre Lot of Land, With its appurtenances, lying and being in Scuffletown, within one mile and a half of Richmond, being the same on which Chas. M. Calisher resides.—The sale will be made by virtue of a deed of trust to me from the said M. Calisher, to secure certain sums of money due to Mr. James Bootwright. WM. MANN, Trustee. Richmond, 6th May, 1805. ids A NEW EDITION OF CURRAN'S SPEECHES FOR SUBSCRIBERS. Are just received at this Office.

From the London Monthly Magazine. MEMOIRS OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE. (Concluded.)
Thus was the most noble and most ancient council in Europe annihilated by the puerile frenzy of a mushroom duke; a council instituted by Alfonso XI. and the conquerors of the Moors in the end of the 14th or beginning of the 15th century; a council too from whose bosom sprung some of the most wise and salutary laws, conceived in a genuine spirit of humanity, justice, and I would say liberty, were the word intelligible. The ancient council, which pointedly admonished the Emperor Charles V. and which repeatedly checked the sanguinary ambition of the Philips, is now no more. True, another under the same name has been called into existence, but it serves only to embarrass the shield of the Prince of Peace, and not to protect the rights and the immunities of the nation. The war with France commenced and during the time that the Spanish soldiers continued advancing into the French territories they behaved with uncommon bravery, often fighting and conquering with two to three. The discordancy in the cabinet councils occasioned them to receive orders to retire immediately into the Spanish territory, and to act for the future on the defensive only. This order struck a panic through the whole army; and they conceived themselves insulted and betrayed, and never after fought with inclination or courage. The frontier towns fell before the French almost on their approach; and there remained no alternative to save the country, but by making peace. This the short-sighted Duke thought could not be brought too dear under the circumstances, and consequently made a treaty, the folly of which posterity will lament. By this treaty the Spanish territory was curtailed; St. Domingo and Louisiana were delivered up to France; and an article was concluded, by which Spain was to furnish France with so many ships of the line, well equipped, whenever the latter power should be at war; and also to pay, support and clothe 35,000 French soldiers to protect Spain whether in war or peace. For this treaty the besotted Charles IV. made our hero "Principe de la Paz, y Capitan General de los Exercitos Españoles por Tierras por Mar;" giving him at the same time new dominions, and the revenues of several ruined monasteries. Hitherto the impropriety of the Prince's conduct seems the natural consequence of his ignorance; but as his power and titles increased, his character appears marked with traits of treachery, cruelty and tyranny which never can be erased. I allude to his treatment of Don Gasper Melchior de Hovelanes; a man of taste and genius; a philosopher, statesman and agriculturist, not inferior to any other in Europe.
He originally courted, admired and became the assumed friend of this philosopher, and afterwards, without any other cause than his superior talents, which were uniformly directed by wisdom and penetration to the renovation of his unhappy country, became his most cruel and inveterate enemy, condemning him causelessly to a miserable prison in Mallorca, where he was precipitated from the first secretary of state, denied all communication with his friends (even with his wife) and the use of pen, ink and paper, and where he still drags out a miserable, solitary existence. The cruel and unjust sufferings of this most worthy man will forever stain the character of our hero with infamy and detestation. His conduct to two other respectable characters, but of less notoriety, was equally criminal and ferocious, falsely accusing them of partiality to the English.
About this period, his whimsical marriage with one of the princesses royal took place. His power now being absolute, and quite independent of the queen, his contempt for her increased daily; which she perceiving, and never being able to discover whether he was married, proposed to her Manuelito (a diminutive of great tenderness in Spanish,) in the public levée, to marry one of the princesses, then present, to whom she pointed. The prince answered, "that he was always ready to receive the favors of her majesty;" and the then archbishop of Toledo (an Italian) being present, the nuptials were celebrated immediately. This was the completion of his power.
At the re-establishment of the Pope, he obliged the bishops of Spain, who enjoyed the authority of Popes in their respective districts, during the interregnum; to tender their obeisance to the new Pope, who in return constituted him Protector of the Holy Catholic faith; & the archbishop of Toledo, who celebrated his nuptials, was translated to Rome with a cardinal's hat. The present archbishop of Toledo and primate of Spain, Louis de Bourbon, is his matrimonial uncle. On the declaration of the unprovoked and unjust war against Portugal, our hero placed himself at the head of the soldiers, as generalissimo of the army; but his principal and only achievement was the breaking up some convents of women, and dispersing the nuns throughout the country; a conduct not very consistent with a protector of the Catholic faith.
Whilst we view his political character, we behold it studded with errors, crimes, and occasionally traits of benevolence; but from his private character we shrink with horror and disgust, at his endless and unlimited debaucheries, unparalleled in any Christian age or country. By amour he acquired his power and honor, and by
amour he is determined to hold them. Fathers, mothers, husbands, brothers, will cheerfully conduct their daughters, wives, or sisters, if somewhat handsome, to the attention of our prince, in order to procure places & pensions from government. Every Spaniard expects a place or pension, and he conceives, with justness such means are the most likely to succeed. A handsome woman, of address, indeed, seldom fails to procure either her father, husband, brother, or other relative, a place, but at what a price! It is common to see six or seven of these helpless victims in his saloon every morning, with whom, in proportion to their beauty or charms, he regales himself in succession. This is a melancholy picture but is not the less just. It is however a lamentable proof of the danger of satire, and had Cervantes never written his inimitable Don Quixotte, a queen would never have dared to dispatch her emissaries to search for gallants, much less a prince have dared to establish a seraglio in the capitol of Spain; nor would cabronazos have had any other existence than in words. Quixotte is an innocent and amusing work to an English reader, but has proved fatal to the Spaniards. Happy would it be for Spain, had she still knights errant in lieu of cabronazos; her chief towns would not then be desolated by pestilence and famine, nor her degenerate sons sunk into debility and premature old age. Notwithstanding, among those of education, there is still modesty in the men and chastity in the women.
Of this prince we shall only add, that he is still a tender and attentive husband to his first wife, for whose relations, as well as his own, he has made the most complete provision. To his second he is by no means unkind. To the queen he is dreadfully severe; determinedly thwarting all her schemes, and depriving her of every vestige of regal authority.
This unhappy woman, who, whether as it is said, she be subject to an infirmity of nature, or whether from an abandoned principle, the natural consequence of an Italian education, must be classed with a Messalina, that has greatly injured Spain. Her private memoirs have been published, and said to be authentic by those who ought to know; but as it is a work, were it possible, more scandalous than that of Cleland, oblivion is its only desert. To account for the contempt and ill usage of the prince to her it has been supposed that she had in some unguarded moment of pleasure proposed to him the death of the king or some such desperate expedient; otherwise it is thought, he never would have dared to treat her in the manner he does. The king, simple man, knows nothing, nor minds nothing but fowling, to which he is extremely attached, and is an excellent marksman. The queen is devoted to the searching for gallants, and the prince conducts the government, and creates new nobles as he thinks fit. He is not really an enemy to learning, as he has been accused; but his schemes to protect have been badly conceived, and proved equally fatal to the progress of knowledge.
An instance appears in the absurd privilege given to the late Don Joseph Cavanilles, whose pupils only were permitted to fill the professors' chairs in the different universities and public schools; all others, even those of prior information, not disciples of Cavanilles, were prohibited being professors of botany. Cavanilles resided a long time at Paris, where he acquired more cunning and intrigue than philosophy, and his great labors consisted in reducing (improperly) the classes of Linnaeus to fifteen. Such have been the left-handed efforts of the prince to protect learning and to encourage the arts and sciences. Of his manners they are strongly marked with provincialism; at first violent and impetuous; then cool, repentant, and meditative; and in fine, passive, yielding and friendly. He is a very able bodied man, at present very corpulent; of a figure more agreeable from its strength than beauty; of the deportment of a man of business rather than that of a courtier or philosopher; and a mien more strong than noble. He is not destitute of talents, yet he rarely shows that depth of perspicacity or shrewdness which uneducated men of strong minds, generally evince. His levees are regularly and numerously attended by the first nobility of Spain; and he is not wanting in attention to the fair part of his visitors. He is, however hated and feared by the ancient grandees, whose privileges he has greatly decreased. In short, his ignorance, his pride, and his debaucheries, have ruined and disgraced his country, and cannot be held in too great detestation. His annual income, has been estimated at upwards of 250,000 sterling, but is probably much more.
* I do not believe that either our language or morals would be benefitted by a translation of the word, yet as curiosity may be more dangerous than truth, it means "men who sell their wives' favors."
FROM THE CONNECTICUT HERALD. MESSRS. PRINTERS, As the winter has been more severe than usual, and attended in some of our large cities, with sufferings of the poor, which have excited an uncommon solicitude in the public; and as various conjectures are formed as to the frequency of such occurrences in past years, and the comparative degree of cold in different winters, I take the liberty to throw together a few facts which I have collected relating to this subject; extracted mostly from the first volume of my History of Diseases—in which are inserted all the accounts of remarkable seasons which
I could find. In general it may be observed, so far as my investigations have extended, that winters of the utmost severity, like those of 1731 and 1730, do not exceed three, four or five in a century; but extreme seasons, both for heat and cold, have in every period since the date of our earliest histories, alternately succeeded each other. In the year of our era, 400-401, the Euxine Sea was covered with ice, for twenty days—and in 762 the same sea was frozen to a distance of a hundred miles from land, and the ice and snow accumulated to a depth of thirty or forty feet. On the breaking up of this ice, large masses were carried into the straits and thrown against the walls of Constantinople, so as to injure them. In two or three instances, the Venetian gulf has been covered with ice, since the Christian era.
The winters of remarkable severity in America, mentioned in our annals, are the following:
1607-8. The severity of this season was one of the causes which broke up the settlement at Sagadahoc, under Mr. Popham.
1641-2. Boston bay was covered with ice, and loaded sleds passed from the islands to the town—The ice extended to sea as far as the eye could reach—The snow was deep—Chesapeake bay was also frozen.
1683-4. This was a winter of the severest kind in Europe, and severe in America. But I have no very particular account of the season in America.
1697-8. This was a winter of remarkable severity. Hutchinson, in his History of Massachusetts, vol. 2, page 101, note, mistakes in calling it the year 1696.—It was the following winter, as appears by Kalm and other authorities. It was the coldest, says Hutchinson, that had been known in America. "Sleds and sleds loaded, passing great part of the winter from Boston to Nantasket, and great losses in trade were sustained."
The accounts which Kalm received from old people who recollected that winter, agree with Hutchinson's. Wagons loads of hay were carried across the Delaware below Christina.
Kalm, vol. 1, pages 403, 412. 1708-9. This was a winter of the greatest severity in Europe. The 14th of Dec. is mentioned by Hutchinson to have been the coldest day ever known in the English colonies—but I can find no further account of the weather in America.
The great snow in February, 1717, was as remarkable a phenomenon as ever was known in America, the snow rising to a level of eight or ten feet, according to the best accounts I have been able to obtain—but the winter in general was not severe.
1723, was remarkable for the greatest tempest that could be then recollected—and the highest tide in Massachusetts, which did incredible damage—filling all the cellars in Boston in the lower part of State street. But of the cold I have no account.
1735-7, is mentioned in almanacks as a severe winter—but far short of
1740-1. This winter is recollected by many persons still living, and its severity is generally compared with that of 1780. But this is an error. In 1780, York River, says Mr. Jefferson, Notes, query 7, was frozen at York town, so that people passed on the ice; whereas in 1741, it was not frozen. We may therefore fairly conclude, that the severest winter of the last century was
1779-80—When the Chesapeake was completely covered with ice as far south as the mouth of the Potomack, and when Long Island Sound was covered with ice from end to end, so that excepting in one or two places, no water could be seen, any where between New Haven and New London, where the sound is 6 or 7 leagues in breadth. For six weeks loaded sleds and squadrons of horse passed on the ice from New York to Staten Island and New Jersey.
Since 1780, we have had several cold winters—as 1783-4, 1785-7, 1787-8, 1796-7, and the two following—but all these fall short of the present winter—this however, falls far short of several which I have described, particularly of 1641-2, 1697-8, 1740-41, and 1779-80—which appear to have exceeded all others in this country from the first settlement. In the present winter, the sound has not been frozen, and I have not heard that any teams have crossed the rivers from New York to Long Island, much less to Staten Island. Nor has Boston Bay been covered with ice—at least I have seen accounts of the arrival of vessels every week at that place. Hence it appears, that the present winter is a severe winter of the second rank, and by no means to be compared to the four noted hard winters abovementioned. The present winter did not begin so early as that of 1780 by three weeks, nor has the cold been so intense and continued. In January and February, 1780, the mercury fell below 0 twelve days—and seven days to 7 degrees under 0. On these days, it stood one morning at 13, another at 16, and another at 20 below 0. But the present year it has fallen only once to 16 degrees in the same place, and one other time to 9 degrees.
The month of February, 1784, exhibits a longer duration of extreme cold than even 1780; for from the 10th to the 17th, the thermometer was every day from 12 to 20 degrees under cypher—a phenomenon not paralleled in 1780. But the whole winter of 1780 was the coldest, and probably has not been equalled in our climate, unless by the winters of 1642, and 1698. N. WEBSTER.
CHARLOTTE CORDEE, ASSASSINATOR OF MARAT. Translated from the French of M. du Broca.
Charlotte Cordée was born at St. Saturnin des Lignerets, in the year 1768. Nature had bestowed on her a handsome person, wit, feeling, and masculine energy of understanding. She received her education in a convent; but, disdaining the frivolous minutiae of that species of education, she laboured with constant assiduity to cultivate her own powers, and hourly strengthened that bent of her imagination towards the grand and sublime, which accorded with the inflexible purity of her manners, while it fitted her for that perilous enterprize to which, at the age of 25, she fell a self-voted sacrifice.
Her love of study rendered her careless of the homage that her beauty attracted, and her desire of independence caused her to refuse many offers of marriage from men to whom her heart was indifferent. But even philosophy and patriotism could not always render the breast of their fair and heroic disciple invulnerable to the shafts of love. The young and handsome Belzunce, major en second of the regiment of Bourbon, quartered at Caen, became devoted to her, and succeeded in inspiring her with a passion as virtuous as profound. This young officer was massacred on the 11th of August, 1789, by a furious multitude, after Marat, in several successive numbers of his Journal, called L'Ami du Peuple, had denounced the unfortunate Belzunce as a counter-revolutionist.
From that moment the soul of Charlotte Cordée knew no happiness, and reposed only on the desire of vengeance upon him whom she believed to be the author of her misery.
Her hatred of Marat became yet more vehement after the events of the 31st of May, when she beheld him who had decreed the death of Belzunce now master as it were of the destiny of France; while the deputies, whose principles she loved and whose talents she honored, were proscribed and destitute fugitives, and looking vainly to their country, to Frenchmen and the laws to save them from the outstretched sword of tyranny. Then it was that Charlotte Cordée resolved to satisfy the vengeance of her love, and snatch her country from the grasp of the tyrant.
To execute with perseverance and caution that which she had planned upon principle, was natural to the determined and steady mind of Charlotte Cordée. She left Caen on the 9th of July, 1793, and arrived about noon on the third day at Paris. Some commissions with which she was charged by her family and friends occupied her the first day after her arrival. Early on the next morning she went to the Palais Royal, bought a knife, and, getting into a hackney coach, drove to the house of Marat. It was not then possible for her to obtain an audience of him, though she left nothing unessayed that she thought likely to influence in her favor the persons who denied her admittance.
Being returned to her hotel, she wrote the following letter to Marat—
"Citizen—I am just arrived from Caen. Your love for your country inclines me to suppose you will listen with pleasure to the secret events of that part of the republic. I will present myself at your house, have the goodness to give orders for my admission, and grant me a moment's private conversation: I can point out the means by which you may render an important service to France."
In the fear that this letter might not produce the effect she desired upon Marat, she wrote a second letter, still more pressing, which she intended to carry with her, and leave for him, in case she was not received. It was expressed as follows—
"I wrote you this morning, citizen Marat, Have you received my letter? I cannot imagine it is possible you have, when I find your door still closed against me. I intreat that you will grant me an interview to-morrow. I repeat, that I come from Caen—that I have secrets to reveal to you of the highest importance to the safety of the republic. Besides, I am cruelly persecuted for the cause of liberty. I am unfortunate; to say that, is sufficient to entitle me to your protection."
It was unnecessary to present the second letter; for, when Charlotte Cordée arrived at the house of Marat, between seven and eight in the evening, and spoke impressively of her desire to see him, to the woman who opened the door, Marat, who heard her from his bath, where he then was, concluded it was the person from whom he had received the letter of the morning, and ordered that she should immediately be admitted.
Being left alone with him whom she intended to immolate to the manes of her lover and the injuries of her country, and sitting close by his side, she answered with the most perfect self-possession his eager questions concerning the proscribed deputies that were at Caen. He demanded their names, with those of the magistrates of Calvados, all of whom she named accurately. While he wrote memorandums of their conversation upon his table, Charlotte Cordée measured with her eye the spot whereon to strike; when Marat having said that all these deputies & their accomplices should presently expiate their treason upon the scaffold, her indignation received his words as the signal of vengeance; she snatched the weapon from her bosom, and buried the entire knife in his heart! A single exclamation escaped the miserable wretch—"For me!" he said, and expired.
Tranquil and unmoved amidst the general consternation, Charlotte Cordée, as if she proposed to atone for the murder however she deemed it necessary, by a
public death, did not even attempt her escape. She had received several violent blows on her head from a neighbor of Marat, the person who ran into the room on hearing the news of his assassination; but when the armed force arrived, she put herself under their protection. An officer of the police drew up minutes of the assassination, which she cheerfully signed, and was then conveyed to the prison of the Abbey.
Calumniated, abused, and even personally ill-treated by the faction of Marat, she was three days exposed in her dungeon to all their insults and ill usage, before she was brought to trial. During this interval, she had found means to write to her father, imploring his forgiveness for having thus disposed of her life without his concurrence.
It was in the presence of the men appointed to decide upon her death, one should have seen Charlotte Cordée, to have felt the grandeur of her character. The records of the trial, and her own letters, give but a faint picture of her noble and dignified deportment. If she spoke to her judges, it was neither with the wild energy of a demoniac, nor did she affect the language of innocence; it was with the self-satisfaction of a voluntary victim, who feels it natural to devote her life to the salvation of her country, who did not welcome death as the expiation of a crime, but received it as the inevitable consequence of a mighty effort to avenge the injuries of a nation. While the curses of an incensed and prejudiced people resounded on all sides, she betrayed neither scorn nor indignation. When she looked upon the angry multitude, her eyes expressed a generous pity for the sufferings and delusion of her countrymen. If she despised the men who sat in judgment on her life, she forbore to insult them; but replied to their reiterated questions with a composure and presence of mind that astonished them: while her face and person were animated with the bloom of youth and beauty, her words were graced with the eloquence of a sage!
The defence made by her counsel deserves to be recorded here for its peculiar propriety in her circumstances.
"You have heard," said her counsel, altogether confounded by the courage she had displayed, "the answers of the prisoner: she acknowledges her guilt; she even acknowledges, in a very deliberate manner, her long predetermination of the event. She has not suffered any of the most revolting of its circumstances to pass unnoticed by you. She confesses the whole charge, and does not seek in any manner to justify herself. This immovable temper, this absolute desertion of herself in the very presence, I may say, of death: this absence of all remorse; these are so far from being natural, that they can only be resolved into that political frenzy, which places a poignard in the hands of a maniac; and it is for you, citizens jurors, to determine what weight this consideration ought to have in the balance of justice."
After the tumult & loud applauses that followed her condemnation had ceased, she addressed herself to her counsel—
"You have defended me," she said, "in a manner as generous as delicate; it was the only one that could have rendered me that service which was in your power: accept my thanks and my esteem. These gentlemen inform me that my property is confiscated; but there are some little debts to pay in my prison; and as a proof of the esteem I bear you, I give the performance of this my last duty into your hands."
The hour of her punishment had drawn immense crowds into every avenue to the place of execution. When she appeared alone with the executioner in the cart, in despite of the constrained attitude in which she sat, and the disorder of her dress, (for, with a littleness of malice, they had despoiled her of every thing that could contribute to the decency of her appearance) she excited the silent admiration of those even who were hired to curse her. One man alone had courage to raise his voice in her praise: he was a deputy from the city of Mentz—his name was Adam Lux. He cried—"She is greater than Brutus!" He published the same sentiment, and signed his own condemnation. He was shortly after guillotined.
SALES AT AUCTION.
SIX MONTHS CREDIT.
AGREABLE to the last will and testament of Mr. Jacob Bockius, will be SOLD, on Friday the 31st inst (May), at the house formerly occupied by said Bockius in this city,
5 very likely & valuable Negroes, 4 of which are men, and well acquainted with the Tanning business, the other a woman, accustomed to house business—2 Cows and 1 Heifer—one Double Chain and Harness—one Horse, Saddle & Bridle—one Iron Chest—Likewise, some excellent Household and Kitchen Furniture.
BENJAMIN TATE, Ex'rs of JOHN PROSSER, S.J. Bockius. May 10, 1805. ids
THE subscriber regrets that he should again be under the necessity of requesting those having claims against the above estate, to bring them forward for payment—and those indebted to the estate will please make immediate payment, or suits will be instituted. JOHN PROSSER.
SALES AT AUCTION.
On Wednesday the 22d instant, will be Sold, THE HOUSE and LOT,
ON Shockey Hill, formerly belonging to the late Mr. Samuel Dobie. The terms of sale will be one half cash, the remainder in two annual payments, to secure which, a deed of trust upon the property must be given by the purchaser. THOMAS TAYLOR & CO. V. M. Richmond, 6th May, 1805. ids
FAMILY BIBLE.
SUCH of the subscribers to Carey's Family Bible in Virginia, as intend to take the books, are requested to apply for them at S. Peasants' Book-Store, Richmond, before the 18th of June next, at which time all those remaining will be returned.

Delegates chosen to serve in the next General Assembly of Virginia.
Amberst, William H. Cabell, David S. Gariand.
DOCTOR WILLIAM B. HARE, is elected member of the Senate of this commonwealth for the district composed of the counties of Albemarle, Buckingham and Fluvanna.
We understand, that Mr Bowdoin, minister to the court of Madrid, has taken passage for Spain in the ship Baltic, which will sail from Boston in a few days.
The following pleasing intelligence is copied from the Boston Gazette, of the 6th inst.
We are happy to learn that the passengers and crew of the ship Jupiter, who embarked on board the long boat, fell in with several fishing schooners soon after they parted with the yawl, and are happily rescued from their perilous situation.
Mr. Gilbert J. B. Smissart, one of the passengers, arrived in town yesterday, from Marblehead, where he was on board a vessel, who received him from one of the fishing boats. He informs, that the people, preserved with him, were all in health, and distributed among the several fishing vessels on the banks.
Extraordinary Change.
A letter from a gentleman in the congressional district, formerly represented by Mr Griffin, writes to one of the Editors of this paper that Mr. Bache, has been elected by a majority of upwards of eight hundred votes; and that Accomack, which has been heretofore almost unanimously for Federal men and measures, gave the republican candidate a majority of more than one hundred. This is one of the most astonishing revolutions in politics, that the history of popular elections present us with. At the preceding election, Mr. Griffin was chosen by a majority of 33—Republican gain in two years, between eight and nine hundred!! [Pet. Inchr.]
The Editor of the Political Observer justly remarks on the absurdity of Federalists in lauding the merits of Mr. Elliot's discernment and integrity, and at the same time, pouring out the most violent abuse against the President. How does the case stand? Mr. Elliot, say his Federal panegyrists, has corded views of men and things, & his opinions & assertions are entitled to full credit and confidence. The President, says Mr. Elliot, deserves every praise—is a man "eminent for talents and patriotism," for distinguished and irreproachable, public and private virtue. The President, aver these champions of Elliot's sense and judgment, is corrupt and unprincipled—stained with every vice and meriting the most hearty execration. Now if Mr. E. is right, the Federalists are wrong. The Federalists declare that Mr. E. is correct—and of course, that they themselves are either liars or dupes. Mr. E. is their own witness—they cannot except to his testimony—and the whole of that testimony is to be taken together.
Elliott, the trimming representative from Vermont, denies that he has changed, and accuses the majority of the republicans with changing. This is like the soldier, who, being reproached for firing after the rest of the company, declared it was their fault for firing before him. [Vinton Amer.]
The following is given as the political character of the immortal Sir William Jones, by his late Biographer.
If the political opinions of Sir William Jones, at any period, have been censured for extravagance, it can be remembered, that he adopted none, but such as he firmly believed to arise out of the principles of the constitution of England; and as such he was ever ready to avow and defend them. His attachment to liberty was certainly enthusiastic, but he never speaks of tyranny and oppression, but in the language of detestation:—This sentiment, the offspring of golden feelings, was invigorated by his early acquaintance with the republican writers of Greece and Rome, and with the works of the most celebrated writers of his own country; but the whole tenor of his life, conversation and writings, proves to my conviction, that he would have abandoned any opinion which could be demonstrated irreconcilable to the spirit of the constitution.
With these principles, he ever refused to enlist under the banners of any party, which he denominated faction, and resisted the influence of private friendships and attachments, whenever they involved a competition with his regard to the constitution of his country. These sentiments may be traced in his correspondence and publications, and they are sometimes accompanied with expressions of regret, arising from the impossibility of reconciling his political principles to the bias of his inclination, towards individuals.
In a letter to Lord Althorpe, he says, "As to America—this I know, that she amply transcends all other nations in the scale of political happiness, and that she will never be dragged or hamstrung out of their liberty."
In another letter he says, "On the people depend the welfare, the security and the permanence of every legal government; in the people must reside all substantial power; and to the people must all those, in whose ability and knowledge we, sometimes wisely, often imprudently, confide, be always accountable for the due exercise of that power with which they are for a time entrusted."
To Dr. Price, from India, he writes in 1790 "I had flattered myself with a hope of making a visit to our venerable friend at Philadelphia, before the retreat I meditate to my humble cottage in M. d'Essex; but God's will be done. We shall meet, I devoutly hope, in a happier state."
Sir was the character of one of the greatest and best of men—and such the love of liberty with which he was always inspired.
COW POCK.—It appears from the last report of the original vaccine pock institution, that the portion of failures in cow pock inoculation, to give security against the small pox, does not amount to more than 50 out of 250,000; and that of these failures, ten have not been substantiated by admissible and adequate evidence. [Greenock pap.]
A person who got a share of a capital prize in the present Lottery, being told that he had at length stumbled on Fortune, replied—"Not so—I was down in the world and fortune kindly stumbled over me." [London paper.]
A person of the name of Wood happened to call his son a tender-headed fellow. "You say true," replied the son, "for I am a clip of the old block." [ib.]
From a London Paper.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Saturday, February 23.
Sitting at Guildhall, before Lord Chief Baron MACDONALD.
DISOWNED QUAKERS.
FINCH v. BADGER, COX, STURGES, AND OTHERS.
In this very interesting cause the Plaintiff and Defendants were of the Society of the People called Quakers, and the action was brought to recover a compensation in damages from the Defendants, for assaulting and falsely imprisoning the Plaintiff, on the 16th day of January, 1804.
When Sergeant Williams had proceeded a short way in his opinion, the Lord Chief Baron interfered, and earnestly put it to the parties, whether they had not better submit all matters in dispute to a reference, than to expose what might turn out of a trifling dispute as to forms, among men whose characteristic is that of peaceable and quiet demeanor. The parties, however, differing as to the mode of adjustment, the cause proceeded, and disclosed the following facts:
The Plaintiff, Mr. Henry Finch, lived at Reading, in Berkshire, he was born and bred a Quaker, and from his early manhood until he was sixty years of age filled the most honorable stations in that Society. In the year 1797, at a quarterly meeting of the Society, two members were proposed to be expelled, as Sergeant Williams stated, having been found guilty by their Synod of paying tithes without a distress being levied. Mr. Finch having undertaken to apologize for their conduct, so displeased part of the Friends, that they succeeded in prevailing on the majority to "disown him," which is a kind of proscription, not from attending the religious part of their worship, but having any concern in the management of the temporal or charitable part of their economy. In this way matters stood until the quarterly meeting of the friends held in Bishopsgate street, on the 16th day of January, when Mr. Finch presented himself at the Meeting-door for admission. It should seem that his visit was not unexpected, as the six Defendants were stationed, three at each door, to oppose him. It was in vain he was informed that the quarterly meeting being on discipline only, and not on worship, and he being disowned, had no right to enter; he still persisted, until Mr. Badger took him by the collar, & pulled him from the door down the passage, where he held him for a minute or two, and let him depart. This was the sum and substance of the assault and false imprisonment.
Sergeant Selloh, Mr. Plomer, and Mr. Dauouee, were retained for the Defendants, Mr. Plomer conducted the defence; & the whole resolved itself into one point, viz. Whether the society had a right to disown or disavow Mr. Finch? and if they had, were they warranted in keeping him out of their meetings by force? It was held they had, the meeting, not being at that time for religious worship, but for regulating the economy of their affairs, providing for their poor, &c.
A Mr. Harrison, an eminent dealer in the tea trade, in the course of his evidence, clearly defined the religious and moral principle on which the Society of Friends act, and that in a way so perspicuous and interesting, as to call forth the highest compliments from the Bench.
His Lordship, on the Plaintiff's own showing, was of opinion, that he had no right to force his way; that he was an intruder, and that therefore the action could not be maintained. He was accordingly non-suited.
The Court was crowded with persons of this persuasion, who all appeared highly interested in the event, and pleased with the decision.
WILLIAM & MARY COLLEGE LOTTERY, New drawing in Norfolk.
Table with 4 columns: Prize Amount, Number of Tickets, Price per Ticket, Total Tickets. Includes First Day, Second Day, Third Day, and Fourth Day results.
[The humour and moral of the following piece which originally appeared in the Political Barometer, should entitle it to a place with Esop's Fable of the Old Man, his son and the Ass.]—F. Museum.
The public, some writers say, is a being with many heads, and consequently possesses as many different minds, as those can amply testify who are the servants of its will, among whom, printers perhaps are the chief Butlers and Bakers. 'Give us more foreign intelligence,' says the news-monger, and let domestic politics alone. 'Battle the feds; dash away at the demos,' cries the politician: 'A fig for your foreign intelligence, unless you can send Emperor Bonaparte into England up to his knees in blood. We do not want to hear about ships spoken at sea—a courier passing through Hampergoscumperdam'—Mar-
shal Heiterskeller holding audience with his serene highness, the landgrave of Lumberdeguillon, or the marriage of count Wadislewatte with her ladyship the duchess of Winkum-Squinkum; let your paper detail such important advices. 'Hit the federal or democratic editors,' exclaims the third; 'nothing I like so well as squabbles among editors; there is some fun in that.' 'Let us have another novel,' says Mrs. Frizzle, 'I like novels monstrously, especially if there is something scorching in them; I wouldn't give a cent for the papers if they hadn't a novel in.' 'Novels!' says old Grouse—'Nonsense! give us something about farming; tell us how to destroy the Hessian fly, or something about lining cyder, or wheat upon clover.' 'I like novels too,' says Miss Simper; 'but besides them I want a good deal more poetry, and a number of queer stories about Ann Needtoes; I love to read them terribly.' 'All wishy-washy,' says Jack Galloper, 'give us the sport of the turf; tell us about the race between Madam Scratchum [Thornton] and Mr. Strikefire [Faint] and her challenging him after she got beat; that's the dandy.'
Thus might we go on almost ad infinitum, and describe the modes which Mr. Public points out for us to be guided by, in conducting our paper; and in answer to all this, we can only say, that although we consider our own method best, yet as soon as they can all agree upon one plan, we will cheerfully adopt it, and until then, we trust we may be permitted to jog on in the old way of giving a little of every thing, which we consider the most important; for
"If all the land was paper, And all the sea was ink,"
It would still be impossible for us to comply with all the demands of the public, until in those demands the public could become more united.
REMARKABLE.
We are credibly informed, as incredible as it may appear, that a poor family from one of the eastern states, lately passed through Albany on their way to the western country, for the purpose of cultivating an extensive farm which had been given to them. This family consisted of a man, his wife, and twenty-four sons! 20 of whom were born at ten births. They had been married only 13 years. Our informant adds, that so great was the curiosity of the people in and about Albany, that hundreds crowded to see them—one gentleman presented each of the sons with ten dollars—and presents of various kinds were heaped upon them. [N. York paper.]
ANECDOTE.
A Courier being ill, and deeply in debt, told his confessor, that the only favor he had to ask of God, was, that it would please him to prolong his life until he discharged his debts. The confessor, believing that he had a real design to pay them, replied that the motive was so good that there was reason to hope God would grant his request. "If God was to favor me so far," said the sick, (aside to one of his old acquaintance) "I might be certain never to die."
MARRIED—On Wednesday the 8th inst. Dr. JAMES T. HUBARD, of Petersburg, to Miss SUSAN WILLCOX, of Buckingham county.
On the same evening, Mr. GEORGE MARKHAM, to Miss ELIZA EVANS, daughter of Dr. Evans, all of Chesterfield.
At Limerick, (Ireland,) THOMAS KELLY, aged eighty-nine, to BRIDGET MADIGAN, aged fourteen years.
At London, the EARL OF ORMOND, to Miss CLARKE, daughter of Price Clarke, Esq. This Lady, who is only sixteen, has a fortune of Eighty Thousand Pounds, in cash, and a clear estate of Eighteen Thousand Pounds per annum.
At Butterwicke Lincolnshire, (Eng.) Mr. T. WOOD, of that place, to Mrs. DODSON of Saxton. The united age of this happy couple is one hundred and sixty three years! She is the bridegroom's fifth wife, and he her third husband.
MR. & MRS. PETICOLAS'S ACADEMY.
MR. P. lately returned from Philadelphia with his family, respectfully informs the Ladies and Gentlemen of Richmond and its vicinity, that he has removed to the commodious house formerly occupied by Miss Robbins, nearly opposite Mr. Copland's office on the Capitol Hill, in which he intends to open an ACADEMY for the instruction of young Ladies.
Mr. P. returns his sincere thanks to his friends and the public, for the encouragement and patronage he has heretofore met with; and hopes from the general satisfaction he has given, his endeavors will be crowned with success. Mr. COX, lately teacher in several Boarding Schools in Philadelphia, will undertake the tuition of English Grammar, Elocution, Epistolary Style, History, Geography and Use of the Globes, Mythology, Writing, Arithmetic, &c. with every thing appertaining to a polite English Education, together with Drawing and Painting. Mr. P. will attend to the tuition of the French Language, Vocal and Instrumental Music, on the Piano—and Mrs. P. to the branches of Artificial Flowers and Plain Sewing. If necessary, a Dancing Master can be procured.
N.B. MR. PETICOLAS Repairs, Tuning and Teaching the PIANO FORTE. MINIATURES painted in a handsome style, and good likenesses warranted. Mr. COX will also attend Ladies and Gentlemen at their own houses, in the branches of Drawing and Painting. Richmond, 15th May, 1805.
THE subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public at large, that he has obtained a commission for the exercise of the duties of a NOTARY PUBLIC, in and for this City; and that any business committed to him shall meet with prompt dispatch. Saml. M'Craw. Richmond, 17th May, 1805.
DOCTOR WILSON
HAS removed his Apothecary Shop to the lower floor of the Bell Tavern, where he has a general supply of Medicines, Paints & other Articles in the Apothecary Line.
He takes the liberty to observe, that he has not an article of medicine but such as he uses in his own practice.
Physicians, merchants and others, who may be pleased to patronize him, shall be supplied on the most reduced terms.
Persons of needy circumstances, by paying the retail prices of his medicines, will be prescribed for gratis. May 14.
RUN away from the subscriber, a Negro Fellow, calling himself JACK SMITH—He is about five feet eight or ten inches high, stout and well made, and remarkable dark complexion, generally wears his hair tied behind, and has lost one of his upper fore teeth. I expect he is now lurking about Richmond, and being a very artful cunning Fellow, will endeavour to pass as a free man. Any person securing said negro in any jail shall receive Ten Dollars reward, and Twenty Dollars if delivered to me in Amberst county, near Lynchburg. HENRY ROBINSON. May 10, 1805.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Shareholders in the Upper Appomattox Company, that an election of Trustees will be held on the 14th day of June next, at Pridessville, in the county of Amelia—and as an election cannot take place without a majority of the Shareholders, those who cannot attend in person, are requested to authorise some person to vote for them. JO. EGGLETON, RICH'D N VENABLE, EDWARD MUMFORD. April 16th, 1805.
TAKEN up by Christopher Hudson, two estray STEERS, four years old last spring, entirely red in colour except a white spot in the forehead of one, and a white spot where the head and neck of the same joins; marked in the ears with a swallow fork in the right, and an underlick & hole in the left—taken up the 27th day of December, 1804—Appraised to thirty six dollars. Acopy.—Teate. JOHN NICHOLAS, G. A. C. w3.
FOR SALE,
THAT VALUABLE, HEALTHY AND PLEASANT SITUATION, On which the subscriber at present resides, containing between five and six hundred acres, lying in Amelia county, near Genito bridge. Terms made known by application to Wm. Murray. Grove Brooke, May 13, 1805.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
LOST, on Saturday last (in Henrico Court House, or in the streets between that and the residence of the subscriber,)
A BUNDLE OF PAPERS,
Marked "America May Term, 1805" Within this bundle, were Manifests for twenty hogsheads of Tobacco, sundry Accounts, Notes and other Documents, relative to suits depending in that court, and were subdivided into six bundles, and marked 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th day. Those papers cannot be of any possible utility to any one except the subscriber and his clients—the Tobacco mentioned in the manifests having been some time since delivered by the Inspectors at Shockoe warehouse, and shipped.
Upon a delivery of those papers I will give the above reward, and ask no questions in relation to them. But if St. Len, I will give one HUNDRED DOLLARS for such information as may lead to a conviction of the culprit. SAML. M'CRAW. Richmond, May 17, 1805.
RUN away from the subscriber living in Granville county, North Carolina, about the first of February, a likely MULAT FELLOW, about 23 years old, 5 feet 10 or 11 inches high, spare made, and I do expect he will try and pass for a free negro; he frequently ties his hair, and is a very forward talkative fellow, fond of drink—Also another BRIGET MULAT FELLOW, about 35 years old, he is a slow motioned fellow, has but little to say, but is a sensible arch fellow, about 5 feet 10 inches high; I do expect they are both together, and if possible will pass for free fellows. They have gone northwardly. Any person apprehending and confining them, or bringing them home, shall be handsomely rewarded by the subscriber. LEWIS HENING. May 7, 1805.
25,000 Dollars, 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, HIGHEST PRIZES.
Lottery Adventurers
In Richmond and its vicinity, are respectfully informed, that the
New-York Lottery
IS NOW DRAWING;
AND those gentlemen who wish to purchase Tickets, by remitting the Cash in New York, Philadelphia, or Branch Bank Notes of any state, in letters (post paid) directed to the permanent Lottery Officers of G. & R. WAITE, No. 64 and No. 38, Maiden-Lane, may have Tickets forwarded them, warranted undrawn, properly testified to be so; or if the 25,000 Dollar or 10,000 Dollar prizes are drawn at the time the remittance is received, the money, if requested, will be faithfully returned. Present price of Tickets and Shares.
Whole Tickets Dols. 8 | Quarters, Dols. 2 12 1/2 Halves, " 4 12 | Eighths, " 1 25 But as the drawing progresses, and the high prizes remain in the wheel, the price will advance.
A list of all prizes drawn will be sent to the Editor of this paper weekly. New-York, April 9, 1805.
JUST RECEIVED AT THIS OFFICE,
Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 of Birch & Small's edition of Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, now publishing by subscription.
Baron's Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal.
The Literary Magazine for Feb. 1805.
Skeneate's Works.
Armstrong and Green's Poems.
Burns' Poems.
Gray's do.
Compton's do.
Goldsmith's do.
Pope's do. Ap. 19.
Valuable Medicines.
PUBLIC confidence has never been more liberally and firmly reposed, and perhaps in no instance more justly, than it appears in the efficacy of HAMILTON'S WORM LOZENGES, prepared and sold, wholesale and retail, by RICHARD LEE, No. 56, Maiden-Lane, New York. And in Richmond, (only) at S. Pleasants' Printing-office.
The proprietor has lately presented to the public eye the testimony of the Hon. A. C. Hanson, Chancellor of Maryland, the Rev. Mr. Molther, and of other distinguished and respectable characters. The following cases, of more recent occurrence, are now respectfully submitted.
Copy of a letter from Mr. Henry Ackerman, Brick-layer, Magazine-street, near Broadway, Jan. 24, 1804.
SIR—it would be ungrateful were I to withhold my testimony in favor of Hamilton's Worm Destroying Lozenges. I had been between five and six years past much indisposed, and latterly often tormented with severe griping, and pains of the bowels, troubled with offensive breath, and with violent feverish fits, and other obvious symptoms of worms; but frequently hearing your Worm Lozenges recommended in cases similar to mine, I determined on a trial of them, as my last resource. The first dose evacuated twelve or fourteen feet of a tape worm; two other doses were taken which brought away a quantity of matter like broken skins and pieces of worms. I suppose the tape worm, voided at different times must have exceeded forty feet. The almost incredible benefit I received from this medicine, induced me to give a dose to a child of mine who was pining and sickly: it produced the same good effect in this instance, expelling a worm of a different kind, from nine to twelve inches long, and at the same time restoring a good state of health. I remain, Sir, yours, &c. HENRY ACKERMAN.
To Mr. Richard Lee, FOR SALE AS ABOVE.
Hamilton's Essence and Extract of Mustard.
A safe and effectual remedy for acute and chronic Rheumatism, Gout, Rheumatic Gout, Palsy, Lumbago, Numbness, White Swellings, Chilblains, Sprains, Bruises, Pain in the Face and Neck, &c.
"AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE."
For the prevention and cure of Bilious and Malignant Fevers is recommended.
Hahn's Anti-Bilious Pills.
The operation of these pills is perfectly mild, so as to be used with safety by persons in every situation, and of every age.
Hamilton's Elixir,
A sovereign remedy for Colds, Obsolete Coughs, Asthma, Sore Throats, and approaching Consumption. To Parents who may have children afflicted with.
The Hooping Cough.
This discovery is of the first magnitude, as it affords immediate relief, checks the progress, and in a short time entirely removes the most cruel disorder to which children are liable. The Elixir is so perfectly agreeable, and the dose so small, that no difficulty arises in taking it. From LUTHER MARTIN, Esq. attorney general of the state of Maryland.
ORALMAN—I comply with your request in stating my opinion of Hamilton's Elixir. It has been used in my family for two or three years past with uniform success whenever colds, coughs, or similar complaints have rendered medicine necessary. I have myself found it an excellent and agreeable remedy for a very painful and troublesome affection of the breath, accompanied with forefeits, and with obstructed and difficult breathing. On these accounts, I do not hesitate to recommend Hamilton's Elixir as a valuable medicine, and deserving public attention. LUTHER MARTIN.
HAMILTON'S
Grand Restorative,
Is recommended as an invaluable medicine for the speedy relief and permanent cure of the various complaints which result from diffipated pleasures—juvenile indiscretions—residence in climates unfavourable to the constitution—the immoderate use of tea—frequent intoxication, or any other destructive intemperance—the unskillful or extensive use of mercury—the diseases peculiar to females at a certain period of life—bad lyings in, &c.
Hahn's true and genuine
German Corn Plaster,
An infallible remedy for corns, speedily removing them, root and branch, without giving pain.
The Genuine Persian Lotion.
So celebrated among the fashionable thorough-bred Europeans, as an invaluable cosmetic, perfectly innocent and safe, free from corrosive and repulsive minerals (the basis of other lotions) and of unparalleled efficacy in preventing and removing blemishes in the face and skin, of every kind—particularly freckles, pimples, inflammatory redness, scurf, tetter, ring worms, fan burns, prickly heat, &c.—The Persian Lotion operates mildly, without irritating that natural, insensible perspiration, which is essential to health; yet its effects are speedy and permanent, rendering the skin delicately soft and clear, improving the complexion, and restoring the bloom of youth—never failing to render an ordinary countenance beautiful, and a handsome one more so.
The Restorative Powder for the Teeth and Gums.
HAHN'S GENUINE EYE WATER, A sovereign remedy for all diseases of the eyes whether the effect be natural weakness or of accident, speedily removing inflammations, deductions of rheum, dullness, itching and films on the eye; never failing to cure those m-ladies which, frequently succed the small-pox, measles and fevers, and wonderfully strengthening to weak light. Hundreds have c. . . . . excellent virtues when nearly deprived of light.
Tooth-Ache Drops,
The only remedy yet discovered, which gives immediate and lasting relief in the most severe inflammations.
The Anodyne Elixir,
For the cure of every kind of head-ache.
The Damask Lip-Salve.
Infallible Ague and Fever Drops,
For the cure of Agues, Remittants and Intermit-
tant Fevers.
Thousands can testify their being cured by these drops after the bark and every other medicine has proved ineffectual: not one in a hundred has had occasion to take more than one, and numbers not half a bottle.
Prepared and sold by Richard Lee, No. 56, Maiden-Lane New York, and at S. Pleasants' Printing office, Richmond.

PATENT WINDOW-SPRINGS.
THE subscriber has lately purchased John Hooker's new and useful invention in Window-springs, for the counties of Henrico & Chesterfield. This plan for raising and supporting windows far surpasses any heretofore offered to the public, and is not more than one eighth part the expense of weights and lines. Gentlemen wishing to make use of so great a convenience may be satisfied of its utility by calling on the subscriber near the courthouse in Richmond, or on Benjamin Taylor, carpenter, where they may see a model, showing the principle, & where all persons within the counties aforesaid may be supplied with any quantity of springs, or have them set to their windows at the shortest notice.
SEWAL OSGOOD. Richmond, April 9, 1805. w4t
Fisher & Lesueur, GROCERIES, viz.
 Muscovado Sugar  Bear Green Coffee  Double and Single refined loaf Sugar  Retail molasses & trickle Old Antigua, Jamaica, Santaruz, St. Kitts and N. E. Rum  Old Cognac Brandy  Holland Gin  Madeira, Port, Sherry, Teneriffe and Malaga Wine  Boiled Port & Claret  Caldwell's & Co's superfine Chocolate  Young Hyson, Souchong, Imperial, and a few canisters containing 1 & 2 lbs.  Gunpowder Tea  Scotch Barley  Fresh Oil and Olives  Basket Salt  Fresh Musard  Spanish Segars  Maviniique, Noyau & Breda Cordials  Box Raisins & Almonds  Race and ground Ginger, Pepper, Pimento.  to, Cloves, Nutmegs, Mace and Cassia, Madder, Brimstone Allum & Copperas, Spanish and Bengal Indigo, Spermaceti Oil, Pickled Salmon and Codfish, New York Candles & Soap, Gunpowder, Patent Shot from 1 to B B, Thomas Leiper's Snuff, Marcouba ditto, Porter Corks, Gin Cases, Demijohns, Cut quart and pint Decanters, Plain qt. & half pt. do. Plain and cut, half pint, pint & qt. Tumblers, Cut Jelly Glasses, China Bowls from pint to 6 quart, Tea and coffee Cups & Saucers, Patent Night Lamps.
ALSO, A QUANTITY OF German Oznaburgs & Tichlenburgs. All which were selected for this market, by James Fisher, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on moderate terms. Richmond, Mar 27, 1805. wtf
WHEAT FAN & WOVEN WIRE MANUFACTORY,
No. 7, Bridge-street, four doors north of Griffith's Bridge, Baltimore. THERE are made and sold, WHEAT FANS, first quality; ROLLING and other SCREENS, for wheat, barley, flax-seed, &c.; HAND FIDDLES and SIEVES, for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, brick-dust, flax seed, clover seed, cockle, lime, sand, &c.; SHAKES for Indian meal; WIRE SAFES; WOVEN WIRE for windows, &c. &c.
AMOS SMITH. (Formerly WEST & SMITH.) H. B. A good assortment on hand. Any of the above articles will be delivered in Richmond, (on short notice) at the same prices as at the manufactory (exclusive of freight) on the orders being left with
SAMUEL PARSONS & SON, Near the Basin, of whom the prices may be known—who have now on hand, Wheat Fans, Wheat and Line Sieves, and Meat Sieves, &c. of a superior quality. P. S. WIRE SAFES, and a few sets EARTHEN IRON on hand. 11th Mo. 1st. 1804. wtf
POMFREY & FITZWYLLSONN, BOOT BINDERS & STATIONERS,
MAIN STREET, RICHMOND. HAVE now on hand, and offer for sale, on the very lowest terms, a general assortment of STATIONERY, consisting of—All kinds of Writing Sealing Wax, Wafer, Paper, Ink, Powder, Japan Ink, Pens, Quills and ready made Pens. Also, a great variety of BLANK BOOKS, adapted to the purposes of Merchants, Traders, Merchants, Sheriffs, Public Officers and Private Gentlemen; made of the very best materials, in a handsome and substantial manner, and warranted. May 7, 1805. S4t
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for Prince Edward county, March 19th, 1805. Thomas Yull, son, and heir at law of Thomas Yull, deceased, and also executor of the said Thomas Yull, deceased, Pl'ts. AGAINST James M'Mackin, John M'Mackin and Robert Downes, Def'ts.
THE defendants James M'Mackin and John M'Mackin not having entered their appearance and given security according to an act of the general assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants James M'Mackin and John M'Mackin, do appear here on the first day of July court next and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, Benja. Watkins, d. c.
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for Buckingham county, March 19th, 1805. Gabriel Faqua, complt. Francis and William Mofs, defts. UPON hearing the bill of the complainant, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court, that the defendant Francis Mofs is not an inhabitant of this state: It is ordered and decreed, that unless the said defendant Francis, do appear here on or before May term next, and answer the bill of the complainant, that the same will be taken for confessed, and the matter thereof decreed accordingly; and that a copy of this order be published for two months successively in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond, and another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of the said county. A Copy—Teste, Rolfe Eldridge, jr. d. c.
At a Quarterly Court, held for Prince Edward County, March 19th, 1805. Archibald Faqua, plaintiff. William and George Walker, executors, &c. of George Walker, dec. and the said William, David, Ben, Jacob and Nancy, and their mother, Priscilla Walker, and John defendants. THE defendants David, Ben, Jacob, Nancy and their mother Priscilla, not having entered their appearance and given security according to an act of the General Assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendants, David, Ben, Jacob, Nancy and their mother Priscilla, do appear here on the first day of July court next, and answer the plaintiff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond, for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, BENJ. WATKINS, d. c.
VIRGINIA: In the Superior Court of Chancery, held in Richmond. Between Charles Purcell, plaintiff. John Mayo, defendant. ON motion of the plaintiff, by counsel, the court, this twenty fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five, refereth the accounts between the parties to one of its commissioners, to be by him examined, stated, settled, and to the court reported, with any special matters thought pertinent by himself, or required by the parties to be specially stated. A copy—Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c. Commissioner's Office, Richmond, April 9, 1805. THE parties are desired to take notice, that I have appointed the twenty seventh day of May next to commence the account directed by the annexed decree order of the court: On which day they are requested to attend at my office in this city, with their accounts and vouchers ready for examination, and with copies of the court papers. [wttm] SAMUEL GREENHOW, M. C.
At a Court of Quarterly Session, continued and held for Surry county, March the 28th, 1805. Caulfield Seward, plaintiff. AGAINST Joseph G. Bailey and Micajah Blow executors, &c. of Michael Blow, deceased, Thomas R. Blow, William Bailey & Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Blow, George Clauser and Nancy Bailey, infants of the said Joseph G. Bailey, and Polly his late wife, late Polly Blow, Susan and William Blow, infants of the said Joseph G. Bailey, their guardian, Lucy Blow, orphan of Samuel Blow, deceased, by Thomas R. Blow, her guardian, which said Thomas, Elizabeth, Polly, Henry and Samuel were children of Priscilla Blow, deceased, who was a legatee under the will of William Drow, deceased; John Spradley and Sally his wife, late Sally Hart, Parry and Polly Hart, orphans of William R. Hart, deceased, by James S. Lane their guardian, which said Sally and William R. were children of Martha Hart, Charles Gray, James S. Lane and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Gray, Robert Harrison and Charlotte his wife, late Charlotte Preston, daughter of the late Ann Thomas, deceased, Dolly Hamilton, late Dolly Evans, Robert McIntosh, junior and Sally Drew his wife, late Sally Drew Evans, which said Dolly and Sally Drew are daughters of the late Rebecca Evans, deceased, the said Martha Charles, Elizabeth, Ann and Rebecca, likewise legatees under the will of the said William Drow, deceased, defendants. THE defendant Charles Gray, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of the General Assembly of Virginia and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this commonwealth: On the motion of the plaintiff by his counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendant do next and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in the Virginia Argus for two months successively, and that another copy be posted at the front door of this courthouse. A copy—Teste, JOHN FAULCON, c. s. e.
Charlotte Court, 5th March, 1805. Thomas R. Comer, infant son of Dorothea Ragland, who was the daughter of Edward Ragland by Moore Comer, his father and next friend. AGAINST William Kilmore and Sally his wife, late Sally Ragland, Thomas Ragland, Nancy Ragland, William Bowler and Polly his wife, late Polly Ragland, Bledsoe and Agness his wife, late Agness Ragland, Betsey Ragland, and I. Clarke and Elsey his wife, late Elsey Ragland, defendants. THE defendants John Clark and Elsey his wife, not having entered their appearance according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by his attorney, It is ordered, that they appear here on the first day of August court next and answer the plaintiff's bill; that a copy of this order be inserted in one of the Virginia Gazettes for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the courthouse of the said county. A copy—Teste, Thomas Read, clk.
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE, A TRACT OF LAND, IN Halifax county, lying on Staunton river, containing about nine hundred or one thousand acres (as it is believed). By a late survey there are two hundred and twenty-five acres of low grounds; the high land was not surveyed at that time. About one half of the purchase money will be required in cash; the payment of the remainder may be postponed one or two years. John B. Scott. Halifax, April, 1805. w2m*
Bail and Delivery Bonds For sale at this office.
VIRGINIA In the Superior Court of Chancery, held in Richmond, March 18th, 1805. Between Lucy Cockran, executrix and Francis Irwin, executor, and devisees in trust of the last will and testament of David Cockran, deceased, William Cockran, Lucy Cockran, an infant by George Slaughter her next friend, and George Slaughter and Catharine his wife, plaintiffs. And William Craig, defendant. THE defendant not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country; on the motion of the plaintiffs by counsel, It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of the next term and answer the bill of the plaintiffs; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and posted at the front door of the capitol in the said city. A copy—Teste, P. TINSLEY, c. c.
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for King & Queen county, at the Courthouse, on Friday the 18th of November, 1803. Edmund Lyne, plaintiff. Sally Gayle, Matthew Gayle, Thomas Gayle, Robert Gayle and Ann Gayle, defts. THE defendant Robert Gayle, not having entered his appearance and given security according to the act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that he is not an inhabitant of this country; on the motion of the plff. by his attorney, It is ordered, that the said Robert Gayle do appear here on the first day of March court next and answer the plff's bill; and that a copy of this order be forthwith inserted in some one of the public newspapers printed in the city of Richmond for two months successively, and also posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A Copy—Teste, WILL. TODD, D. C. C.
FRANCIS FOLLET, Has removed to the store lately occupied by Mr. George Watt, nearly opposite the Magic Tavern—where he offers for sale, low for cash, an assortment of Hardware, Jewellery, &c. AMONGST WHICH ARE—
 GOLD, gilt, silver, plated, japanned and Cutlery Ware; gold and silver Watches, Watch Materials, Ladies' and gentlemen's Morocco Pocket Books, Glove Ties, Elastic Garters and Girdles; Coral, Wax, Wax and Glass Beads; Ivory, bone & wood Chess Men; Backgammon-Tables, Battle Doors and Shuttle-Cocks, Flutes, Fifes, Guns, Gun Locks, Pistols, Swords, Sword Belts, Sword Knots, Epaulettes, Military Feathers, Sportsman's Bags and Knives, and common and agate Flint, Whips, Canes, Umbrellas, Boot Jacks, Spurs, Razors, Knives and Straps, Shaving Boxes and Brushes, Cutting Tools, Powder Bags and Puffs, Violent and Shaving Soap, Pomatum, Tooth Powder and Essences; gentlemen's Mahogany dressing Cases and travelling Desks, Reeves's Colors for drawing and painting of different sizes, Hair, lead & slate Pencils; Slates, Ink Powder, Wafer, Quills, Paper Folders, Counting House Seals, Iris Stands; ivory, horn and tortoise shell Combs; Ladies' ornamented tortoise shell Dress Combs, Sleeve Buttons, Jewels, Harps, Fish Hooks, Pins and Needles, elastic and common Knitting Needles, Tambour Needles & Cases, Thimbles, Spectacles and Cases, surveyors' Compasses and Chains, and mathematical Instruments, in Cases, Pocket Compass Dials, Glass Globe Lamps for halls, elegant Brass And Irons, and Shovels, Tongs and Pokers, Coal Scoups, Bellows, Smoothing Irons, Grid Irons, Copper & Iron Chafing Dishes, Soft & Hard Wafer Irons, post & box Coffee Mills, iron & brass Candlesticks, Key Rings, Cork Screws, Cloak Pins, floor, hearth, scrubbing, white wash, cloaths, tooth and shoe Brushes; Britannia metal table and tea Spoons, Britannia metal Tea Pots, Frying Pans, Pots and Kettles, Fire Grates, Mill Saws, Hand and Pannel Saws, Turkey Oil Stones, Gimblets, shoemakers' Tools, Brick Trowels, Shovels and Spades, Locks, Hinges, Screws, Nails, Tacks—With a great variety of similar ARTICLES, too numerous to enumerate. 
ALSO, FOR SALE, Kid, Morocco and Leather Slippers; Men's fine and coarse Shoes and Boots; Hair and Leather Trunks; Fancy and Windsor Chairs; Earthen Ware, in crates, assorted; Spanish Flannel Indigo; Patent Blue Powder and Shot, prime Pork, New-York Inspection; pickled Herrings in small kegs, of a superior quality for family use. w2
JUST received and for sale at the Book Store of JACOB JOHNSON, Richmond—
 Marshall on Insurance, a new and valuable work, dolls. 6 00  Extracts from the Writings of Erasmus Fencelon, Archbishop of Cambray, with his Life, 75  Life of Wm. Cowper by W. Haley, 2 vols 3 50  Lectures on Diet & Regimen, by A. P. M. Willich, 2 50  Cowper's Poems, handsome edition, 3 50  Lady Guion's ditto, 40  Johnson's Dictionary, new ed. improved, 3 50  Maternal Instruction, or Family Conversation, 1 00  An extensive assortment of Instruction and Amusement for Children.  A liberal price will be given for clean Linen & Cotton RAGS, by the large or small quantity, and as an important manufacture depends upon this article, it becomes an act of public benefit to save every rag in the state—let the servants be encouraged for their own benefit to keep a bag as a place of deposit for the rags as they are made, and a short time will convince every housekeeper that the trouble will be small, the profit certain. 5th Mo. 10th, 1805. w3t 
TO JOHN MAGEE, A person not residing within the Commonwealth of Virginia, and having no known agent or attorney therein—
TAKES NOTICE, that by virtue of a commission issued out of the court of chancery for the said district of Richmond, in a suit depending in the said court, wherein I am plaintiff and you are defendant, the depositions of Samuel Harris and others, witnesses, will be taken at King & Queen courthouse on Monday the 10th of June next, and that if necessary, the said commission will be adjourned over to the 11th and 12th days of that month; the depositions so to be taken to be read in evidence in the said case. May 8th, 1805. JOHN HARRIS. w3t*
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, Are for sale at Dr. Wilson's Apothecary Shop, opposite the Bell Tavern, to wit:—
 Red and white Lead, Verdigris, Spanish Whiting, Spanish Brown, Umber, Naples Yellow, Blue Smalt, Brown Pink, Rose Pink, Flake White, Gold Leaf, Liquid Gold Size, Copal and Spirit Varnish, Camel's Hair Pencils, Yellow Ochre, Litharge, Sugar of Lead, &c. &c. Also a quantity of Salt Petre.  He wishes to rent a stand for an Apothecary's Shop in the neighbourhood of the cross street leading to Mayo's bridge.  26th Dec. 1804. wtf 
An Extensive Field for Speculation, IS offered in the sale of the POWHATAN ESTATE, which lies contiguous to the lower limits of Richmond, contains 2000 acres of land, borders near a mile on James river, and runs 5 miles back.
The principal part is free grain land, covered with valuable timber, convenient to a saw-mill erected thereon, which has cut 1700 feet per day, and connected with a grist and manufacturing mill, on a constant stream, with 2 pair of stones. There is a small farm, with a commodious brick mansion, ice house, the usual offices, and 2 fisheries. It has many elegant sites for building, furnished with good water, commanding views of the city, falls and shipping, which lie opposite to them. There is a beautiful level already laid out into lots, at right angles, on the river. The peculiar advantages of this property are multiplied by a late act for the establishment of an inspection of Tobacco on it, and the act for uniting the upper and lower navigation by locks, which as the proper point of junction render it valuable for store houses. Few persons are unacquainted with the political importance of Richmond, as the capital of the most influential state of the union, nor its commercial advantages from the immense quantities of coal, flour and tobacco, which pass through its market—and will it be necessary to add? that these advantages will be shortly increased by the western produce brought through the Kanawha to this navigation and deposit; to be thence shipped directly abroad, when the contemplated improvement of the lower navigation shall be complete. It is submitted to monied men to consider whether a purchase by shares either to sell out or improve parts of this growing estate, would not in a few years afford a certain and handsome remuneration for their attention; being free from those contingencies to which many institutions are liable. In such an establishment the proprietor would willingly participate. A liberal credit will be allowed the purchasers on payment of interest, and farther particulars made known by applying to Mr. Robert Atkinson near Petersburg, Mr. Alexander Fulton Baltimore. Messrs. Prosser and Moncure Richmond, or the subscriber on the premises. Powhatan, near Richmond, 2 Virga April 30, 1805. wgt
The Editor of the National Intelligencer is requested to insert the above once a week for six times, and transmit his account. W. M.
THE subscriber desirous to close his business, in this place as soon as possible, is induced to offer for sale, the following Valuable Property, viz:
 A convenient two story dwelling house, 24 feet square, having one room and a passage on the lower floor, two rooms on the second floor, and two good rooms in the garret, a cellar with plank floor, and divided into three apartments, one used for cooking; the yard inclosed with a brick wall seven feet high, the whole in good repair. This tenement is situated near the Bell Tavern on the cross street, leading to the rock landings, and is insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid.  Eleven unimproved half-acre lots on Shockoe Hill.  600 Acres military land in Kanawha county, on the waters of old town creek, a branch of Ohio River, being part of a grant made to George Muse, Adams Stevens, Andrew Lewis and others, in the year 1772.  25 Tracts of land in Montgomery county, containing 32,172 acres, the whole patented in my name, viz.  4,000 Acres, surveyed 3d April, 1786, in Montgomery county, on Cole River.  3,080 Acres, surveyed 24th July, 1786, in the same county, on 16 mile creek, adjoining the late General Washington's survey, on Kanawha river.  3,064 Acres, surveyed 23d July, 1786 in same county, on the Loop waters of New river.  1,080 Acres, surveyed 13th May, 1786, in the same county, on the Ohio river.  3,210 Acres, surveyed 5th April, 1786, in same county, south of a creek running into Cole river.  2,138 Acres, surveyed 21st Feb. 1787, in same county, on Cole river.  520 Acres, surveyed 3d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Cooper's creek and Little Blue Stone.  1,300 Acres, surveyed 16th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of the fourth fork of Cole river, that heads against Guyandott.  95 Acres, surveyed 16th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Glade creek.  78 Acres, surveyed 8th Feb. 1787, in same county, on a branch emptying into Glade creek, on the fourth side of the same, and about one mile above the ford of the said creek. 
BLANK BONDS For sale at this office.
500 Acres, surveyed 10th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the north fork of Mud river, that heads against the C. indent.
1,500 Acres, surveyed 12th May, 1786, in same county, on Ohio river.
2,000 Acres, surveyed 8th May, 1786, in same county, on Great Kanawha.
1,000 Acres, surveyed 16th May, 1786, in same county, on do.
263 Acres, surveyed 8th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head of Glade creek.
214 Acres, surveyed 7th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Glade creek on the south side thereof.
135 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the west end of Joe's Ridge, and on the waters of Glade creek.
154 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on Joe's Ridge.
228 Acres, surveyed 6th Feb. 1787, in same county, on Joe's Ridge and the waters of Glade and Cooper's creek.
414 Acres, surveyed 22d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the second fork of Cole river, on the road crossing from Piney river, to Guyandott.
2,000 Acres, surveyed 26th Feb. 1787, in same county, under the big Pipe Stem Knob, and running down both sides of the creek.
416 Acres, surveyed 4th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the waters of Cooper's creek and Joe's Ridge.
380 Acres, surveyed 3d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Cooper's creek.
3,338 Acres, by survey 20th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the south fork of Cole river.
1,345 Acres, by survey 2d Feb. 1787, in same county, on the head waters of Little Blue Stone, about half a mile north from the white oak Lick.
Three tracts of land in Monongalia county, patented in my name, viz.
350 Acres, by survey 1st June, 1796, in Monongalia county, adjoining Matthew Rurkey's land, 4th the Randolph county line, on the waters of Cheat River.
400 Acres, surveyed 20th Oct. 1797, in same county, adjoining lands of Abner Harper, above the mouth of White Day creek.
400 Acres, surveyed 15th Nov. 1797, in same county, adjoining Peter Drape, on Finche's run, to include an improvement made in the year 1773.
1000 Acres, in do. on the west of Cheat river, above the lands of Thomas Butler.
800 Acres, in do. on Buffalo creek, on a pre-emption right of David Gray.
250 Acres, a Greenbrier county, on Little Deer creek, adjoining the lands of Joseph McClurg.
891 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 1st August, 1787, on the waters of Piney river, and Paint creek, waters of the Kanawha river.
435 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 30th June, 1786, joining the lands of Joseph Easton, Richard Muse and James McCorkle.
230 Acres, in Wythe county, surveyed 4th Nov. 1795, on the Lead Mines Mill creek.
180 Acres, in Albemarle county, patent dated 5th July, 1787, on William Hill's creek, waters of Buck Island creek.
One undivided moiety of five lots in the town of Winchester, Nos. 89, 90, 100, 101 and 109. The above will be sold very low, and the terms made known, on application to Wm. AUSTIN. Richmond, April 4th, 1805. wtf
Tobacco Land for Sale.
IN Amherst county, on Horsley's creek, 509 acres of rich tobacco land, formerly the property of Dr. Daniel Warwick, and known by the name of Wincanton—This land has the advantage of lying on the main road leading from Amherst courthouse to Waugh's ferry on James river, is a valuable stand for a country store, with a framed house for that purpose, entirely new and sufficiently large, having two rooms below and two above stairs, with a good brick chimney, and well underpinned with brick; also a lumber-house 16 feet square, with a cellar of its full size walled up with stone—there is also a taylor's and sadler's shop, and other out houses; likewise a tolerable good dwelling house, with three rooms below and two above stairs; a kitchen, dairy and other out houses within a mile of the store, suitable for a private family. On this tract of land there is about 75 acres cleared, all of which is fresh and in good order for cultivation; it has also the advantage of being only 7 miles from Bethel, where there is an inspection of tobacco, and within 18 miles of Lynchburg. As it is presumed no person will be inclined to purchase the above without reviewing the premises, they will be shown by Messrs. Taliaferro & Loving, who live within a few miles of Wincanton, and fully empowered to make sale, and the terms of payment may be known from them; as also on application to Gilliat & Kirby. Richmond, March 20, 1805. (wtda)
The above tract of land and improvements, will be offered for SALE, at Amherst courthouse, on Monday the 15th July next, (being court day) on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months—a deed of trust will be required on the premises, or satisfactory security for punctilious payment. Gilliat & Kirby.
To be Sold, upon the premises, for ready money, on Monday the 24th of June next, agreeable to the last will and testament of Col. John Boswell dec. for the payment of British Debts, BOSWELL'S ORDINARY, INCLUDING near three hundred acres of the adjoining Land. This Land is called the best for wheat in the state of Virginia below the Blue Ridge, lies near the Green Springs in Louisa and is considered a good and growing stand for various kinds of business. Those bearing claims of the above description are requested to make them known to the subscriber, and whether evidenced by judgment, bond or open account. JOHN MICHIE. Adm'r with the will annexed of Col. John Boswell dec. April 15th. 1805. wtf
JUST published and for sale at this office, the PENNSYLVANIA FARMER: Being a selection from the most approved treatises on HUSBANDRY, interspersed with Observations and Experiments. By JOB ROBERTS.