The enquirer (Richmond, Va.), 1807-01-03 00:00:00

The Enquirer.
PUBLISHED BY THOMAS RITCHIE, OPPOSITE THE POST-OFFICE.....AT FIVE DOLLARS PER ANNUM.....(PAYABLE IN ADVANCE.)
NUMBER 74.]
RICHMOND, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 3, 1807.
[VOLUME 3.]
Sales at Auction.
On Friday the 16th January next, will positively be sold by the Subscribers, on the premises at 11 o'clock A. M. for approved endorsed negotiable notes at 90 days:
FOUR valuable LOTS, containing by survey 1/4 of an acre each making the half acre Lot known in the plan of the city, by the No. 214, and nearly opposite to the Lot in front of the residence of William Hayes, Esq.
Dec. 27. PROSSER & MONCURE, Auc'rs.
Sales at Auction.
VALUABLE LOTS—FOR SALE, On a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months, On Tuesday the 13th day of January next, at noon, on the premises, will be offered for sale by public auction:
FOUR half acre LOTS adjoining each other, & forming what is usually called a square, described in the plan of the city, by the numbers 151, 152, 159 and 160.
Dec. 27. Darnley, Foster and Satterth, Auc'rs.
NOTICE.
ALL persons having claims against the estate of John Pendleton, dec'd. late of the City of Richmond, dec'd. are requested to exhibit them to either of the Subscribers as speedily as possible.
GEO. PICKETT, ROBERT POLLARD, CHAS. JOHNSTON, N. SHEPPARD, Administrators.
November 18. tf.
FOR SALE,
MILITARY CERTIFICATES: Bearing 6 per cent interest, receivable at the Treasury in discharge of taxes, due previous to the year 1798. Apply to THOMAS WILSON. Dec. 9. tf.
FOR SALE,
CLOVER-FARM, whereon I now live, laying in Louisa county, on the South Anna River, adjoining the Land of Capt. James Winton and Mr. Edward Garland, containing 309 1-2 acres; the plantation in good repair. On this Land are valuable meadows well set with timber and hew'd grass, and a great deal more ready prepared for sowing. There is a good Apple Orchard, with a variety of other fruit trees; there is a number of highly manured Lots with a very highly manured garden. The situation is a very handsome & pleasant one; the improvements are very convenient and comfortable and are insured. A great bargain may be had in this valuable property, the present crop of Tobacco will show the fertility of the soil. If it is not sold privately before Louisa January court, it will then be sold at public sale.
A small part of the purchase money will be required in hand, the balance to be paid in two equal annual payments. F. L. CAMPBELL. Louisa, Dec. 16. Raws.
REMOVAL.
THE Subscribers have removed their COMPTING HOUSE, from the Main-Street to one of David Bullock's Brick Buildings, at the lower end of the Basin, between the Tenements occupied by C. and T. Saunders, and Norvell, Witt and Bullock—where they continue their purchase of wheat as usual.—They also keep for sale a regular supply of Flour, Corn Meal, Hominy and Bran. THOMAS & AMOS LADD. 10 Mo. 3d, 1806. tf.
ANDREW JAMIESON'S
ALEXANDRIA CRACKERS, Now Landing.
A CONSIGNMENT by Mr. Jamieson, direct from the Bakery, of his far-famed excellent Crackers, in barrels, half barrels, and kegs. Also Superior Pilot-Bread, in bbls. and for sale, (at the Bakery price in Alexandria, and charges,) at the store lately occupied by Messrs. Granberry and Hancock, by JAMES SMITH. Who has in store, low-priced blue back lit Cloth, and assorted Flannels, which he will sell a bargain. Also India Piece Goods—cheap. Dec. 2. tf.
JOHN TEMPLE.
A GREAT Bargain offered in 735 acres of LAND, lying in King & Queen county, one & a half miles from York River, and bounded by Popotank Creek, the Lands of Captain William Shackelford and Zachariah Shackelford. This land is level, fertile and well timbered, with tolerable good buildings and excellent water.—The abundance of fish and oysters at the very spot, may also be mentioned as a great inducement to any person wishing to purchase. This Land may be had low for cash, or good bonds at short payment. For further particulars apply to John H. Smith, or to the subscriber. JOHN TEMPLE. Walkerton, September 26. tf.
JOHN TOMPKINS.
HAS received an assortment of GOODS consisting of FLANNELS, Coatings, Blankets, Rose and Duffel Drabs, Frize, Kerseys, Peanought, Cloths, Carments and Carpeting, Bombazettes, Swansdown, Patent Cord, Powder and Shot, Dowlas, Sheetings, Kerseys, Calicoes and Muffins, &c. &c. which he will dispose of on very liberal terms, by the piece or package. Nov. 14. tf.
THE General Meeting of the Mutual Insurance Company against Fire on Goods and Furniture in the State of Virginia, will take place at Fisher's Tavern in this City, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, of the second Monday in the next month.
Wm. H. FITZWYLLSON, P. A. December 20. tf.
MCCAY & COWAN,
HAVE received by the late arrivals from London, a large and fashionable assortment of Gold and Silver WATCHES, with a variety of articles of Jewellery and Silver Work. Also, an assortment of Watch Makers TOOLS and materials which are very general. All of which they offer at the most reduced prices for cash. December 18. tf.
THE FARMER'S VIRGINIA ALMANACK,
for the Year 1807, printed by Thomas Ritchie, is now for sale, by the gross, dozen or single, at the ENQUIRER Book-Store. Also—A General Assortment of Lawyer's and Sheriff's BLANKS, just printed.
FOR SALE,
NINE SHARES in the Manchester Turnpike Atto—Virginia Land Warrants, at every reduced price. THOMAS NORFOLL. The highest price will be given for Military and United States Land Warrants. T. N. Dec. 23. tf.
THE SUBSCRIBERS,
Having taken a House a few doors below the Bell-Tavern, offers for Sale, under the firm of WHITE & SHELTON,
A GENERAL assortment of GROCERIES, which they will dispose of on very moderate terms, for Cash, Country produce, or approved paper. ISAAC WHITE, JOHN S. SHELTON. December 23. tf.
SELLING OFF CHEAP.
M. & B. Myers, intending to decline the retail business, offer for sale, at reduced prices, the whole or any part of their present stock of DRY GOODS, Consisting of a variety of useful and fashionable articles—TO WIT:
IRISH LINENS, Flanders Sheetings, Oznaburgs, Heffians, Long-lawns, Linen and Cotton Cambricks, Superfine and second Broad Cloth, and Keymeres, Blankets, Coatings and Flannels, Bennet's and Fancy cords and Velvets, Swansdown and Molekins, Rich figured Satins, Silver-Muffins, Saracens; Italian Lutestrings, Cotton and Silk Chambrays of very handsome patterns. A few excellent silk Pelisses, Gloves and Hosiery, elegant Plumes, wreaths and fancy Head Ornaments, a variety of handsome Ribbons. Table Cloths and Napkins in sets. 3-4, 7-4 & 10-4 Diapers. A few sets of China in boxes of 40 pieces. Sets of Cut Glass Decanters, Wine and Tumblers, glass Bowls, specie-bottles, Hall Lamps, &c. &c. Those who buy with cash, will be allowed a very liberal Discount, which will be increased according to the augmentation of the amount of their purchase at any one time. On any sums of consequence, a credit if required, will be given of three to six months. The purchaser giving approved negotiable paper. For sale, also, as usual, a complete assortment of Dutch Bolting-Cloths. Dec. 11. eptf.
BELL TAVERN!!
THE Subscriber begs leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has taken the house in Manchester, formerly called the Rising Sun-Tavern, and occupied by Mrs. Leath, and having furnished himself with good Beds and the best of Liquors, Grain, &c. he flatters himself from paying particular attention, he will be able to give general satisfaction. ROBERT MCYRE.
N. B. A Waggon and six Mules, a good Riding-Horse, and a Jack of good flock—For sale. Manchester, Dec. 2. R. M. tf.
JOHN ALCOCK,
INFORMS the Citizens of Richmond, and the public in general, that he has moved to the City of Richmond, where he has opened a complete assortment of Merchandise, next door to Messrs. Poffler and Moncure's Vendue Store, and opposite the Eagle; consisting partly of the following articles:— LONDON Spring, Pannel and hand-Saws, Cast-steel and German do. Casteel Files of every description, Till Locks, brass and iron, Wood Screws of every size, 3d. 4d. & 6d. wrought Springs, 1d. & 2d. wrought Nails, 3d. & 3d. fine drawn Clouts, Saddler's Tacks of every size, Brass Nails, Straining & Girt Webb, Plated Bricole Bits assorted, Do. stirrup irons do. Brass mounted steel blade Squares, Brass and iron chamber door Locks of every size, Stock Locks of all sizes, Looking and Ladies dressing Glasses, Plated Moulding, Silver mounted Whips of every size, Carpenters & Joiners Tools of every description. Also, an assortment of DRY GOODS. Superfine Cloths and Callimerees, Bennet's Velvet and Patent Cord, Manchester Stuffs, Fashionable Silk Hosiery, Rose and Duffel Blankets, Coarse Linens, and a number of other articles too tedious to insert; all of which will be sold low. December 13. tf.
JOHN ALCOCK,
INFORMS his friends and the public, that he still carries on his CABINET MANUFACTORY in all its branches. He has removed his Ware-Room in the front house of William Alt's, Esq. and adjoining the Fire Insurance Office, where he has a large quantity of ready made work on hand, which he will sell low. He flatters himself that if any persons are in want of anything in the Cabinet line, they may be supplied. I am determined to have good warranted work done on the lowest terms. Any orders left at my Ware-Room with Mr. John Gray, my foreman, or at my store, shall be punctually attended to, and great care taken in delivering the furniture. December 13. tf.
THE Subscriber,
has taken the Store lately occupied by Granberry and Hancock, where he offers for sale at reduced prices, 3 Bales blue Cloths? A consignment from the 1 Bale assorted Flannels? Manufacturer. Also—A few bales of India piece Goods. JAMES SMITH. October 28. tf.
BURR MILL STONES, of all sizes; and
PLASTER OF PARIS, of an excellent quality, FOR SALE, AS USUAL, BY WILLIAM DAVIDSON, near the Market. [spft.] Dec. 4.
WANTED to hire, fifteen likely negro MEN
to work on the Richmond Turnpike, for which a generous price will be given. WILLIAM HALYARD. Dec. 27. tf.
JUST RECEIVED,
A FRESH Assortment of Claret Wines, Champagne, Moufoux by the box, Burgundy, Sautern, Vin de Grave, Lafitte, Muscat of Frontignac Wine Bitters—and also, a fresh supply of Olives, Capers, Anchovies, Cayenne Pepper, Mustard, Peppercorns, Raisins by the box, Almonds and Filberts. All kind of West-India Sweetsmeats; all kind of Confectionery—and different articles of Perfumery—For Sale by ALEXANDER PLAINVILLE. Richmond, Oct. 17. (2aw6m)
THE Subscriber,
having disposed of his Apothecary establishment, requests that all persons indebted to him, will call and settle their accounts. D. WILSON. (colf) November 31.
ALL persons having claims against the estate
of John Boswell, dec'd. of the Bowling-Green, are requested to make them known, that provision may be made for a final settlement—and that indebted must make immediate payment to JOHN HOOKES, and JOHN G. WOOLPOLK, Executors of John Boswell, dec'd. Jan. 26, 1806. tf.
JOHNSON & REAT,
JEWELLERS & SILVER-SMITHS, Have for sale at their store three doors below Messrs. Taylor and Brown's Vendue Office, and a few doors above the Bell Tavern, the following articles, viz:
PLATED Tea Pots, Sugar Dishes, and Milk Pans, Tea Urns, Caster Stands, Candle Sticks, Defert Dishes, Salt Stands, Table Spoons, Sugar Tongs, Goblets, Bread Baskets, Decanter Stands, and plated handled Knives and Forks.
Silver, Table, Defert, Tea, Soup, Toddy, Sauce, Mustard, and Salt Spoons; Silver Milk Pans, Tumblers, Sugar Tongs, Salt Shells, Pineapple Rims and Chains, Scissor Chains, Clock Chains, Hooks and Eyes, Netting Needles, Tooth and Ear Picks, Bodkins, Pencil Cases, Thimbles, Shell Snuff Boxes silver mounted; Fruit and Penknives.
Tortoiseshell Combs ornamented with gold of every size and description from 15 dols. to 50 cents. Gold Watch Chains, Seals and Keys of various patterns, elegant Pebble Seals, Pins and Gold Earhooks of different sizes and patterns. Miniature Settings of various sizes, Mourning and Fancy Lockets, Jet and Coral coloured gold mounted Necklaces, Jet and Garnet Necklaces plain and neat, Gold Neck Chains, Enamel and Mourning Bracelets; Gold, Cohoon, and Silver Sleeve Buttons; Gold Studs for the Sleeve and Collar; Plain, Stone, Heart, Dog, Collar, Topaz, Pearl, Cornelian and Mourning Rings, and Breast Pins of almost every description, all of which with an additional supply that they expect very soon, they offer upon the most moderate terms. They will also furnish any article in the plate line upon the shortest notice.
N. B. The highest price given for old gold and silver. December 2. eptf.
JOHN SOUTEGATE,
AT the house lately occupied by Messrs. Thomas and Anos Ladd, and directly opposite the Union Tavern, offers for sale, a pretty general assortment of
FALL GOODS,
Well worth the attention of country dealers.—Cash, country produce, or approved paper will be received in payment.
ALSO FOR SALE, AS ABOVE, London Particular, Madeira Wine in pipes; and a few boxes Martinique Cordials. October 23. (tf)
PICKLING VINEGAR.
OF superior quality, made from two years old cider—For sale by WILLIAM HART, Opposite the State House.
ALSO,
SALT, loose and in sacks, 30 Barrels cut HERRINGS, Brown SUGAR in barrels and by retail, COFFEE, TEA and other Groceries, Philadelphia bottled PORTER, Do. Draft BEER. September 19. eptf.
ENOCH SULLIVAN,
OFFERS FOR SALE, At his Jewellery Store, nearly opposite the Eagle, COMPLETE assortment of Gold, Gilt, Silver, Plated, Japan'd & Cutlery Ware, Urns, Tea-Pots, Sugar Dishes, Milk Pots and Spoons, Rims and Casters and bottle Sliders.
Silver Watches, Seals, Keys and Chains, and Watch Materials, Sand Crucibles, Ladies and Gentlemen's Morocco Pocket Books, and Purse, Glove Ties, elastic Garters, silk Purse, &c. Ivory and bone chessmen and boards, Backgammon Tables, Battle Doors and Shuttle Coeks, fatin wood Tea Caddies, Ladies & Gentlemen's dressing Cases, patent Supenders, hat Covers, &c. Guns, horsemen's and pocket Pistols, Swords and Dirks, sword Knots, Belts, Sabres, Epaulettes, military Feathers, &c. Flutes, Fifes, Drums, Violin Strings, &c. Powder, Flasks, shot Belts, bird Nets, gun Hammers and Flints, Whips, Canes with and without Swords, boot Jacks and Hooks, Spurs, Horse Phlemes, &c. Razors and razor Straps, shaving Boxes and Brushes, Violet and Windsor hair Soap, Powder, Bags, Puffs & Pomatum, tooth Powder, Effences, Reaves's Colors, tambore Needle Cases, Pins and Needles, Scissors and Thimbles, hair Lead and Slate Pencils, Ivory Paper Folders, letter Racers, &c. Ivory, Tortoiseshell and Horn Combs, goggles, Spectacles and Cases, key and curtain Rings, Inkstands, Tobacco and Snuff Boxes, Candlesticks and Snuffers, bread Baskets, Wasters, Tea Trays, Knives and Forks, Britannia Metal Mugs, Tea Pots, tea and table Spoons, glass globe Lamps for Halls, tooth comb, Cloths, hearth, Floor, scrubbing & shoe Brushes. With a variety of other articles connected with the above enumerated. Articles of Jewellery or Silver Ware, will be executed to pattern or description, with dispatch. Highest price will be given for old gold or silver. E. SULLIVAN. Nov. 7. tf.
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
FOR apprehending a negro man named WILL STUART or STUART. He left my house three weeks ago, is 6 feet three inches high, long meagre face, red eyes, speaks rapidly and with great confidence, aged about 50 years. He may attempt to pass for a free man as formerly. The above reward will be paid on delivering him here—or ten dollars for securing him in a country goal. Wm. LONG. Nov. 14. tf.
FOR SALE,
TWO likely young MALE SERVANTS, well acquainted with house business.—For terms, &c. enquire of the Printer. Sept. 12. (tf)
TO BE RENTED—The Tenement where
I now reside, and possession given in time. J. PENN. April 11. tf.
JUST RECEIVED,
A FRESH Assortment of Claret Wines, Champagne, Moufoux by the box, Burgundy, Sautern, Vin de Grave, Lafitte, Muscat of Frontignac Wine Bitters—and also, a fresh supply of Olives, Capers, Anchovies, Cayenne Pepper, Mustard, Peppercorns, Raisins by the box, Almonds and Filberts. All kind of West-India Sweetsmeats; all kind of Confectionery—and different articles of Perfumery—For Sale by ALEXANDER PLAINVILLE. Richmond, Oct. 17. (2aw6m)
ROBERT JOHNSTON,
BEGS leave to inform his friends and the public, that he has removed his Store from the house he lately occupied opposite the Eagle Tavern, to one of Mr. Thomas Mitchell's new houses nearly opposite to Messrs. Taylor and Brown's Vendue Office, where he is now opening a general assortment of DRY GOODS & IRONMONGERY, which he will dispose of at moderate prices. N. B. He will rent or sell his Brick Tenement on Shockoe-Hill, adjoining to Mr. Robert Gordon's. October 7. tf.
ADVERTISEMENT.
THE Subscribers are very desirous of taking in WRITING of any kind during the winter evenings.
JOSEPH JACKSON. N. B. A few very handsome LOMBARDY POPLAR TREES for sale, at his place of residence, on hocke-hill. December 13. tm. J. J.
JAMES STRATTEN,
Taylor and Habit Maker, from PHILADELPHIA, BEGS leave to inform the gentlemen and ladies of Richmond and the country, that he intends carrying on the above business in all its various branches; being well acquainted with the newest fashions, he hopes from punctuality and affability to business, to deserve a little of their patronage, as nothing shall be wanting on his part to render satisfaction to customers; and for near workmanship, he pledges himself to have it done in the neatest manner.
JAMES STRATTEN, N. B. His residence is on the Main-Street Richmond, next door to David Logans. Oct. 17. 2awtf.
A VALUABLE FARM—FOR SALE.
I AM disposed to sell that valuable tract of LAND, whereon I at present reside, situated in the County of Amelia, on Smacks Creek, containing by estimation about 600 acres; on this tract is about 150 acres of high wood Land, well timbered, and of good quality, also about 50 acres of low ground heavily timbered and of prime quality, for Tobacco or grain. The improvements consist of a neat & well finished Dwelling-House with two rooms and a passage both below and above stairs, Kitchen, Dairy, Smoke-House, Barns, &c. It is deemed unnecessary to give a minute detail of all the advantages of this Land, it being presumed & requested, that those disposed to purchase will first view the premises.
TERMS—One third cash and the balance in 2 equal annual instalments. Possession will be given in time to sow a crop of wheat in the ensuing fall. Application to be made to the subscriber on the premises, by letter or otherwise. JAMES T. ROYALL. Amelia, Dec. 13. tf.
EDUCATION.
JAMES OGILVIE, will continue during the ensuing year, in the village of Milton, Albemarle, to prosecute with his pupils the course of Education, they have commenced, and is desirous to receive ten or fifteen more, provided they can be associated with the classes, of which, at this time his school is composed. The senior class are engaged in the study of Geometry, Natural Philosophy, History and Metaphysics. The second class will devote their attention to the Latin and French Languages, Euclid's Elements, and the philosophy of Rhetoric. The junior class will continue to study the Latin Language, Geography, Arithmetic and English Grammar. Exercises in Criticism, Composition and Elocution constitute essential parts of the course of instruction he pursues. His charge for tuition will be fifty dollars per annum. Every pupil will also be expected to pay two dollars and a half to defray the expense of rent, fuel, &c. The school will be opened on the 19th day of January, 1807. December 5.
West-Indies.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 22.
A gentleman, lately from Cape-Francois, has obligingly furnished us with the "Address of the Government D'Hayti to the commerce of neutral nations," which we have translated for this our Courier. He further informs us, that permission to trade is given to the subjects of every power, but to those of Napoleon. Frenchmen, who are the naturalized subjects of any other nation, are included in the permission; but while they continue their allegiance to the emperor of D'Hayti's great prototype in France, they are deemed enemies to his false majesty's government; in imitation of Bonaparte's conduct towards the princes of the house of Bourbon.
Translated for the Charleston Courier.
Address of the Governor of Hayti, to the commerce of Neutral Nations.
Scarcely had the inhabitants of Hayti freed themselves from the yoke of France, when they had to destroy another Hydra which they fostered in their own bosom. Now all their cares are directed to the cultivation of those precious commodities which the European merchants procure at a great expense, in the most remote climates. We have obtained by our constancy the reward of our painful labours. The treasures of our soil offer to your speculations the most happy prospect; our store houses filled with all the productions of the Antilles, only wait the arrival of your ships, to exchange your manufactures for those objects you might wish to procure in our climate. If a system contrary to the progress of commerce, has, until now opposed obstacles to its success, this disastrous influence will no longer be felt, the spell is off, the phantom has disappeared, and with it, the fatal illusions that enveloped it, have vanished away. Far from shackling commerce in our own ports, the government, that has just been renovated, offer you more facilities than is in the power of any other nation to grant. No matter under what colours you may appear, the guarantee of your property, the safety of your persons, the most scrupulous observance towards you, of the most equitable laws, are secured to you on the faith of the government. Permanent regulations dictated by wisdom; duties calculated upon the difficulties you may experience in reaching our ports, and collected with equity; great dispatch in the discharge and clearance of your vessels; men of probity at the head of the public offices, these are the changes you may rely upon. The government is well apprized that where there is no reciprocal advantage in the exchange of the respective commodities, there can be no commerce. They have already ordered the suppression of consignment by patents; of the privileges for the price of commodities; of privileges granted for the sale of coffee, as well as of the obligation of forced shipments of figs, cottons, &c. Every one will be at liberty to purchase or sell on the conditions that he will think most suitable to himself. Those regulations, begotten by infatuation and ignorance, will no longer circumscribe the extent of your speculations; your confidence will no more be shamefully imposed upon to favour individuals, who were as unknown to you as they were foreign to the good of their country; your friends, your agents alone, will have the direction and management of your properties, and the government promise you to grant them
all the protection they can with for. The bloody rage that has but too much marked the beginnings of a cruel reign, will no longer present to your affrighted eyes the sad spectacle of the renewal of past scenes. Come, Come with confidence to trade in our ports; come to exchange the product of your skill and industry with our riches, and be persuaded that you will never have cause to repent having trusted to our promises.
At the same time that the government do their endeavours to afford you the advantages of a brilliant commerce, they expect from your agents the same loyalty and good faith which will be practiced towards you; they likewise hope that the dastardly conduct of
of Louisa will find no imitators, and will not give them the pain of complaining that their too great confidence has been deceived. The ports of entry are the Cape, Fort Dauphin, Port-de-Paix, Gonaives, St. Mark, Port-au-Prince, Les Cayes, Jeremie and Jackmel, where you may, with security, land your cargoes and adventures with the certainty of a profitable return.
The well known punctuality of the government, in the fulfilment of their engagements, is a solemn pledge of the faithful execution of their treaty with you. Notwithstanding the misfortunes that have preceded our independence, and the disastrous wars they have occasioned, the means of the government have always been adequate to its wants. Such is the astonishing extent of our resources, that even the vices of the preceding administration, have not prevented the discharge of all its engagements.—Judge then, now, what will be both our expectations and yours, when prodigality will have made room for the most prudent economy, and that an equitable mode of collecting the revenues, will fix the rights of the government and secure those of private individuals. Hasten then to come and profit by these happy dispositions, which your correspondence and dealings with us can but strengthen more and more! Whatever may be the number of your vessels, whatever may be the extent of your speculations in our ports, do not fear being frustrated of a sure gain. An abundant crop, commodities already manufactured are ready for you; the certainty of the speedy sale of your cargoes is secured to you. Given at the Cape, the 24th of October, 1806, the third year of the independence of Hayti.
The Chief of the Government of Hayti, (Signed) HENRY CHRISTOPHER. By his Excellency the Secretary of the Government, (Signed) ROUANEZ, Jun.
Europe.
CHARLESTON, December 22.
The important information, which we have received by the late arrivals from Hamburg, is a source of the most pleasing consolation to those, who, knowing the best interests of their country, are rejoiced at every check which the tyrant of Europe receives from the arm of lawful and legitimate authority. Although the French, by the immense superiority of their numbers, obtained the victory on the 14th October, yet, we may reasonably conclude, that it cost them more than any other victory which they have obtained; or, it is to be presumed, from the wonderful activity and perseverance of Bonaparte, that he would not have suffered his army to have remained idle after that battle, but would have followed up his victory by pursuing the retreating Prussians, and destroying them in their flight. But we find that this was not the case; they were permitted to retreat to Magdeburg, and Bonaparte marched quietly towards Berlin, which had been previously emptied of its public treasures. Such an event was anticipated; as it is unsurprising, it was not intended to defend it. From all the information which we have been able to collect, both from private letters and the Hamburg papers which we have examined, we see the Prussians undismayed, by their disaster, unconquered in their spirit, and unappalled with fear. They, every where, evince the most determined intention to persevere in the glorious contest in which they have engaged, and, by waiting for the arrival of the Russians, and by recruiting from their own people, while Bonaparte's myriads are checking Berlin, they will, we hope, be able to check the career of this enemy of the civilized world.—All accounts agree that the Prussians fought with unparalleled bravery, and particularly the cavalry, which it is said, performed prodigies in the field. Persons who have visited the field of battle, since the action, affirm, that it was not only literally covered with the dead, but that, in many places, the bodies were actually piled up together, as if designedly done. Such was the vigour of the Prussian operations, that, before the French received the reinforcement of Marshal Ney, they had taken one hundred and twenty-five pieces of cannon, and the issue of the battle appeared evidently to be against the French, but the arrival of 11,000 men, who were transported in carriages, that they might not be fatigued, changed the fate of the day, and they obtained by their numbers what they could not exert by their courage. The Prussian troops have proved that they are still deserving of that high renown which they obtained under Frederick 2. It is said that the French Cavalry were entirely cut up by the Prussian, who fought with the most desperate resolution and determined bravery. When Capt. Hufar left Crushaven, it was currently reported and believed that Bonaparte had been killed. The same report was also current at Hamburg. There were various accounts of the manner in which it happened, though all agreed that it had taken place. Some stated that he had been shot by some of the students in passing through Leipzig; others that he had been killed by the Prussian Hussars. Desirable as would be such an event, for the peace and tranquillity of the world, yet we cannot yield our belief that it has actually taken place. He almost appears invulnerable, leaving not even his best exposed.
The British had landed 25,000 men on the continent, and had taken possession of Hanover. The Prussian arms had been taken down from the public buildings and those of the Elector of Hanover reinstated. The Prussian troops had marched from Hanover to join their army in Westphalia. When the French entered Leipzig, they levied contributions upon the inhabitants, and all

the merchandise supposed to be British, was confiscated. The general opinion in Germany, was, that the battle was by no means decisive; that the fate of Prussia did not hang on so slender a thread; that a great and powerful people, affectionately attached to their sovereign and to their laws, cannot be conquered until the whole of them are extinct; that the people appear to be united in their hatred and detestation of Bonaparte's conduct, and equally as determined to perish beneath the ruins of their country, rather than to yield to the tyrant, and become supplicants at the foot of the usurper's throne.
In addition to the files of Hamburg papers which we received on Sunday, to the 30th Oct. we last evening received, by the brig An and Elizabeth , a file of Altena papers to the same date. By these papers we find that the Prince of Hatzfeldt had published, in Berlin, on the 21st Oct. that the garrison, under the command of his excellency the Count of Schu-lemburg, would withdraw from that city, as it was probable the French would soon enter it. He called upon the citizens to form a national guard and to submit patiently to the fate of war.
An Hessian army of 30,000 men has marched to join the Prussians.
SAXONY, Oct. 17.
Field-marshal Mollendorff was, agreeable to accounts, thrice wounded at the battle of Auer-stadt—He suffered himself twice to be dressed, returned heroic to the field of battle, and took the command of the army, after the departure of his Prussian Majesty—a part of which had marched towards Erfurt with the Prince of O-fenbach at their head.
The first attack in the battle of the 14th was made by his Prussian Majesty in person, with the corps of general count of Smettau.—A Swedish officer was likewise present, who was after-wards sent express to his Swedish Majesty.
It is said that the French have yesterday taken possession of Erfurt.
The Prussian Treasury was previously secur-ed.
BERLIN, Oct. 18.
Mr. Van Krusemark has returned from Peter-sburgh.—The Russian army has received orders to hasten their march.
RATZEBURG, Oct. 20.
The Swedish troops in the Duchy of Lauen-burg have been ordered to advance nearer to the Elbe, and to make a stand at that river.—Their head quarters is at Lauenburg.
MULHAUSEN, Oct. 23.
The corps of the Duke of Saxe Weimar, of 20,000 men, took no part in the action of the 14th, and had posted themselves near Magde-burg.
STETTIN, Oct. 25.
An express has just arrived from Berlin, giv-ing more favourable accounts respecting the Prussian army.
TRANSLATED FOR THE COURIER.
MUNDEBEN, (HAN.) OCT. 20.
Yesterday arrived here the brave Prussian Lieut. Hellwitz, of the regiment of Plotz, with his hussars, with which near Eisenach he attack-ed the French escort of 300 men, who had in possession the late Prussian garrison of Erfurt, (7000 men) which they were marching towards the French army—the escort was either cut down, or made prisoners, and the garrison liber-ated—they are now marching in here.
The Prussians have evacuated Hanover—Hameln is garrisoned and commanded by Gen-Ver Schiller.
The disfigured corpse of Prince Louis, of Prussia, covered with wounds, has been de-posited at the castle of Saalfeldt, till it can be re-moved to Berlin.
Another Prussian army of 50,000 men has as-sembled between Brunswick and Magdeburgh, and another battle was expected.
The Swedish troops have advanced towards the Elbe.
On the 17th, a convention was signed at Na-tenburgh, by France and Saxony—the troops of the latter were to abandon the Prussians.
All foreigners have been compelled to leave Magdeburgh—the French army was not far from it on the 22d, and sent in a trumpeter.—The Prussian army have passed over the Oder.
The French have ordered the merchants at Leipzig to deliver up all British property in four days.
On the 18th October it was stuck up at Ber-lin—"The King has lost a battle; the first duty of a citizen is quietness, and the Governor desires every body to conform thereto. The King and his Brethren live!"
The villages on the high road from Bamberg to the frontiers of Thurgovia, are mostly ruined and abandoned by their inhabitants. Several houses had 50 and 100 men quartered upon them at a time—the inhabitants gave what they had, and when all was finished, they bade adieu to their paternal roofs.—Beef costs at Cronach a guilder per pound.
CHARLESTON, December 19th. From Liverpool papers to the 30th Oct. received by the Connecticut, McClure.
(The last from England.)
LONDON, October 29.
Hostilities commenced on the continent on the 10th of October, between a corps of the Prussians under the Prince of Hohenlohe, and the French under Marshals Lefebvre and Berna-dotte.—250,000 Russians have entered Germa-ny, and are marching for the theatre of war.—20,000 infantry, and 5000 cavalry of British troops, are to be sent to the aid of the allies on the continent.
The Emperor of Austria has declared his neutrality. The Parliament of G. Britain was dissolved by royal proclamation on the 24th of Oct. The new Parliament was to assemble on the 15th inst.
The trial of Capt. Whitby was to be held at Portsmouth, on board the Gladiator.—He is to be tried "for a breach of neutrality, and for the murder of John Pearce, an American subject."
We have received, also, accounts from Ber-lin, of the 18th, stating, that the Queen had arrived there on the preceding evening, and again quitted the capital on the 18th.
The Duke of Brunswick is not killed; he was wounded by a grape shot at the beginning of the battle, in reconnoitring the position of the enemy. The loss in killed and wounded is es-timated at from 30 to 40,000 men, generals Mollendorff, Kalkreuth, Ruchel, Blucher, and Tauenzien, are amongst the number. The battle was fought at Auerstadt. The Prussian ar-my was on its retreat to Magdeburgh.
After the battle, the head quarters of the French army were transferred to Leipzig, and the advanced guard had actually taken posses-sion of Dresden.
Lord Morpeth, with his suite, arrived on the 18th at Hamburg. He came by way of Wei-mar and Brunswick.
The letters from Saxony had not arrived at Hamburg, but orders were come down from Magdeburgh to stop the sailing of the vessels up the River Elbe to Magdeburgh.
CHARLESTON, Dec. 25. Extracts of a letter, dated Havana, Dec. 11. "We have no news here, except that of the British forces having been defeated, at Buenos Ayres, and the place re-taken. This news is confirmed by the way of Panama. It is added a second attack was made at Montevideo, and that Sir Home Popham lost two of his ships; one sunk under a fort, and another lost in a severe gale of wind."
NORFOLK, December 29. Captain Garwee, of the Schooner Caroline, in 7 days from Matanzas, in Cuba, informs that about 16 days since, a British force entered the port of Barra-coa, and destroyed the place by fire. In consequence of which, the government of Cuba, fearing a similar attempt on Matanzas, had sent 3000 troops from Havana to that place. The expedition we under-stand was not accompanied by any troops, but consist-ing only of officers and seamen of the navy, and ma-rines.  Ledger.
Domestic.
A STATEMENT Of the amount of deposits of the public Money in the United States and other banks for the last three years.
DECEMBER 28, 1806. —Referred to the com-mittee appointed yesterday, on the petition of the president and directors of the Manhattan company of the city of New-York.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. Dec. 20th, 1806.
SIR, I have the honor to transmit herewith a re-port prepared in obedience to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the 8th inst. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, Sir, Your obedient servant, ALBERT GALLATIN. The honorable, the speaker of the House of Representatives.
REPORT.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives, of the 8th inst., respectfully
REPORTS:
That the receipts into the Treasury have a-mounted During the year ending on the 30th day of September 1804, 11,574,211 04 During the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1805, 13,611,758 96 And during the year ending on the 30th day of September, 1806, 14,975,800 53 40,161,765 53
That of the abovenmentioned sums the following sums, consisting of drafts in favor of individuals, on collectors and others, and of advances made by them, have not passed through the medium of banks, viz.
During the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1804, 655,244 58 During the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1805, 508,877 76 During the year ending on the 30th Sept. 1806, 468,034 47 1,632,156 81
That all other monies paid into the treasury during the above-mentioned three years, were paid and deposited by the col-lectors and other persons, into the following banks, that is to say.
In the bank of the United States at Philadelphia, and its sev-eral offices of discount and de-posit at Boston, New-York, Baltimore, Washington, Nor-folk, Charleston, Savannah, and New-Orleans, During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 10,391,915 50 During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805, 12,303,875 99 During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806, 13,600,688 12
In the bank of New-Hampshire
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 1,465 81
In the bank of Hartford,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 107 10
In the bank of Albany,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 2,013 53
In the bank of Providence,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 160,050
In the Roger Williams bank, Rhode Island,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 62,000
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805, 259,500 01
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806, 190,561 12
In the bank of Newport,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 506,061 15
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805, 47,365 97
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806, 82,900
In the office of discount and deposit of the bank of Pennsylvania, estab-lished at Pittsburgh,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 225,781 93
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805, 486,825 45
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806, 477,669 89
In the bank of Colum-bia, district of Colum-bia,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 25,052 96
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805, 16,400
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806, 37,296 93
In the bank of Alexandria,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1804, 2,013 66
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1805, 53,314 75
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806,
During the year ending on 30th Sept. 1806, 114,050
Amounting altogether to Dollars. 40,161,765 53
That the monies thus deposited have been drawn from time to time, in order to discharge the public expenditures, and have also some-times been transferred, as the public service re-quired, from one part of the union to another, and from one bank to another; so that the bal-ances, actually deposited in the several banks, have fluctuated from week to week, and from day to day; a circumstance which renders it impracticable, without great delay, to give a precise statement from which to deduce the average balances or permanent deposits in each bank.
That the annexed table exhibits the balances which were actually deposited in each bank, on the last days of every quarter of the three years aforesaid, being the days on which the Treasurer's accounts are periodically settled by the accounting officers of the treasury; but that the largest regular payments being made by the treasury towards the end of each quarter, it follows, that the balances, particularly in the bank of the United States and its branches, have generally been greater than is there exhibited.
And that taking that table as the basis on which to form an estimate, it appears that the average balances in the several banks, in which public monies are now deposited, which bal-ances may be considered as the permanent pub-lic deposits in such banks, have, for each of the three years aforesaid, amounted to the following sums, that is to say,
In the bank of the United States and its several branches, as above mentioned, During the year ending 30th Sep-tember 1804, 4,217,899 85 Do. 1805, 3,509,526 46 Do. 1806, 3,821,423 28
In the bank of Pennsylvania and its branch at Pittsburg, During the year ending 30th Sep-tember 1804, 157,847 82 Do. 1805, 348,295 53 Do. 1806, 315,858 39
In the Roger Williams bank, During the year ending 30th Sep-tember 1804, 62,000 Do. 1805, 84,884 56 Do. 1806, 47,460 43
In the Newport Bank, During the year ending 30th Sep-tember 1804, 23,572 08 Do. 1805, 36,769 26 Do. 1806, 28,418 89
In the bank of Columbia, During the year ending 30th Sep-tember 1804, 39,837 89 Do. 1805, 28,951 89 Do. 1806, 37,862 34
 In the bank of Alexandria,  

Miscellany.
It is a lamentable fact, that whilst the American people are incomparably the freest on the globe, they should be so completely eclipsed in the attainments of science by the most enslaved nations of Europe. When shall we ascend to such a spirit of philosophical discovery, as is exhibited in the following
Extracts from the labours of the Mathematical and Physical classes of the French Institute during the year 1805.
Almost all the sciences which engage the attention of the society have this year made curious and important acquisitions; and, as is usual, chemistry has obtained the most considerable and most numerous.
Count Rumford has examined heat under a new point of view. He has endeavoured to determine the force of the solar rays to produce it. The degree to which it is carried when its rays are concentrated by means of a burning glass is well known: but is their real power thereby augmented? or does the effect arise from their acting in greater number on a smaller space? To ascertain this, Count Rumford invented a reservoir of heat, which is nothing else than a metal vessel filled with water having a thermometer immersed in it: it receives the solar rays on one of its faces, which is blackened, and the water it contains acquires a certain degree of heat. Count Rumford suffers these rays to arrive sometimes in a parallel direction and sometimes concentrated by a magnifying glass; but bringing the latter nearer or making it recede in such a manner that the rays shall strike on a greater or less space of the surface of the vessel, though their quantity continues always the same. The water in the reservoir always acquires the same degree of heat nearly in the same time. Hence the power of the rays to produce heat is always proportional to their quantity whether they are concentrated or not; or, what amounts to the same thing, the heat produced is proportional to the light absorbed.
It has long been believed that the heat of the earth does not all come from the sun, but that it is indebted for a great part of it to some focus concealed in its interior part: this is the old hypothesis of Descartes, which Buffon afterwards made the basis of other systems. M. Perton, sent by the Institute, as naturalist, with captain Baudin during his voyage of discovery, has made an extensive series of researches to ascertain the truth of this fact. He examined with an ingenious apparatus the temperature of the sea at different depths, and he everywhere found that it is colder the greater the depth. This result, agreeable to that before obtained by English navigators in other seas than those traversed by M. Perton, seems to destroy entirely the idea of a central fire. It is even probable that the deepest abysses of the sea are always frozen, even under the equator, in the same manner as the summits of the highest mountains.
M. Biot has made a curious experiment in regard to the heat forced from bodies by compression. Oxygen and hydrogen gas, when merely mixed at the ordinary degree of the pressure of the atmosphere, have need, in order to combine, of the action of the electric spark. When put together in a condensing machine they combined merely by the heat which was disengaged, and abandoned one to considerable at the time of their combination that the machine burst every time the experiment was repeated.
Common air, the medium in which not only the greater part of the phenomena of chemistry but those also of organic life take place, cannot be studied too carefully by philosophers. Its degree of purity, that is to say, the proportion of oxygen it contains, is one of the most important points that can be examined. Messrs. Humboldt and Gay-Lussac have compared the different means hitherto invented for measuring this proportion, and have shown that the best of all is that of Volta, which consists in burning hydrogen gas. A hundred parts in volume of oxygen are necessary to saturate two hundred of hydrogen, whatever be the pressure and temperature. In this manner one may discover the hydrogen contained in any air whatever, even if it form only a three-thousandth part.
We must leave also to time the confirmation of a discovery made, in a letter from Florence, to have been made by M. Pacchiani, professor at Pisa, of the radical of the muriatic acid, one of the most important questions, without doubt, that still remain to be resolved in chemistry. M. Pacchiani asserts, that he transformed water into oxygenated muriatic acid by taking from it a part of its oxygen by means of the Galvanic pile. The muriatic acid then will be hydrogen at its minimum of oxidation; the oxygenated muriatic acid, hydrogen in the middle state; and water, hydrogen at its maximum of oxidation.
Indigo furnishes a similar matter, and still more abundantly than animal matters. Messrs. Haussman and Walcher had observed it for some time. Messrs. Fourcroy and Vauquelin suppose it to be produced by the disappearance of azote, and by the combination of the hydrogen and carbon of the flesh with a superabundance of oxygen furnished by the acid. They suppose that the yellow matter which tinges the bile, and that which colours the skin and the urine during the jaundice, is produced also by some combination of oxygen with the fibrine matter of the muscles, or with that of the blood.
Messrs. Fourcroy and Vauquelin have employed themselves also on the analysis of milk; and their researches have greatly simplified the theory of it. They have discovered that the acid which is developed in it, and which was considered to be of a particular nature, is nothing but the acid of vinegar modified by some animal substances and some fats which it holds in solution. Milk, according to them, must be considered as a mixed liquor, consisting of a great deal of water and of two kinds of matters, some of them really dissolved, as sugar, mucilage, muriate and sulphate of potash, and acetic acid; others merely suspended, as the matter of cheese, that of butter, and the phosphates of iron, lime and magnesia.
These indefatigable chemists have carried their researches to a phenomenon of disease in vegetation, interesting by its singularity, and long known by the damage it occasions. They have endeavoured, in consequence of a memoir presented to the Institute by M. Girard Chastanier, to determine the nature of the foul in wheat. They have found in it an oil of a green colour and of the consistency of butter; phosphoric acid, in part combined with magnesia, and lime, and ammonia; charcoal, and a vegetable-animal substance perfectly similar to that produced by the decomposition of the gluten of wheat by putrefaction. They thence conclude that the foul is a refulidum of farina decomposed by putrid fermentation, and suppose that it arises from a superabundance of animal matter, and a not hot and moist temperature at the time of sowing, or when the grain is in flower. If agriculturalists should acknowledge that these circumstances determine in reality a greater quantity of foul, it might be possible to prevent, in some cases, this scourge.
Messrs. Fourcroy and Vauquelin have analysed likewise a mould found at the depth of more than fifty feet in some desert islands of the South Seas, and which is employed as a remedy on the coasts of Peru, where it is called guano. This analysis has so great a resemblance to that of pigeons dung, that there is reason to believe, with Mr. Humboldt, who brought this guano to Europe, that it is nothing but the excrement of birds, which frequent these islands in immense numbers. This substance, as may be seen, is an object of very limited utility; but chemistry has long endeavoured to procure one to agriculture which would be of more universal importance, namely, sugar extracted from
* This reasoning is very inconclusive. For, if the earth contains heat that does not come from the sun, the water which it warms must ascend to the surface, being less dense than that which is colder, and consequently more dense. — Editor.
and various plants. We gave an account, at the time, of the extracts of M. Archard, of Berlin, to obtain it from beet-root. M. Proust, a celebrated Spanish chemist, has extracted it from grapes; he has given a detail of the whole process in a memoir sent to us from Madrid: hitherto, however, his sugar has neither the whiteness nor the hardness, and has not entirely the taste of the sugar made from the sugar cane.
According to recent intelligence from Germany, the process of M. Achard has been there much simplified; and this problem, so interesting in the present state of society, and which can scarcely fail to change the state of nations, is not far from being solved.
M. de Cossigny, a correspondent, has endeavoured to get more directly to this result. He is of opinion that the sugar cane might be cultivated in the southern provinces of France. It has, indeed, been cultivated at Nice for some time without producing sugar; but he asserts that this was owing to the juice being extracted too late, and to its having already undergone fermentation when boiled. He made very good sugar from canes cultivated in the Jardin des Plantes, but in a hot-house.
The following is extracted from a series of letters, not long since published by Lord Grenville, and written by the celebrated Earl of Chatham to his nephew Thomas Pitt, Esq. (afterwards Lord Camelford) then at Cambridge. These letters are short; they are uncommonly simple; they are evidently the effusions of a mind, occupied by superior cares, and that suffers itself to unbend only for a moment. But if they are short, they are terrie; if they are simple, they still contain profound maxims of practical conduct and such strong incitements to the acquisition of knowledge, as much improve and inspire every ardent and ductile mind. But what avail the most ingenious efforts, when cast away upon a wild and barren soil! Marcus was a fool in spite of Cicero's letters: Lord Chesterfield's correspondence could not dignify the understanding of his son: and Lord Camelford came forth one of the most dissipated men of England and perished in an insane duel.
LETTER III. Bath, Jan. 12, 1754.
MY DEAR NEPHEW, Your letter from Cambridge affords me many very sensible pleasures; first, that you are at last in a proper place for study and improvement, instead of losing any more of that most precious thing, time, in London. In the next place, that you seem pleased with the particular society you are placed in, and with the gentlemen to whose care and instructions you are committed: and above all I applaud the sound, right sense, and love of virtue, which appears through your whole letter. You are already possessed of the true clue to guide you through this dangerous and perplexing part of your life's journey, the years of education; and upon which, the complexion of all the rest of your days will infallibly depend: I say you have the true clue to guide you, in the maxim you lay down in your letter to me, namely, that the use of learning is, to render a man more wise and virtuous; not merely to make him more learned. Mademoiselle Virtue; Go on, my dear boy, by this golden rule, and you cannot fail to become every thing your generous heart prompts you to wish to be, and that mine most affectionately wishes for you. There is but one danger in your way; and that is, perhaps, natural enough to your age, love of pleasure, or the fear of close application and laborious diligence. With the last there is nothing you may not conquer: and the first is sure to conquer and inflame whoever does not strenuously and generously resist the first allurements of it, left by small indulgencies, he fall under the yoke of irresistible habit. Viranda est improba Siren, Desidia, I desire may be affixt to the curtains of your bed, and to the walls of your chambers. If you do not rise early, you never can make any progress worth talking of; and another rule is, if you do not set apart your hours of reading, and never suffer yourself or any one else to break in upon them, your days will slip through your hands, unprofitably and frivolously; unpraised by all with you to please, and really unenjoyable to yourself. Be assured, whatever you take from pleasure, amusement, or idleness, for the first few years of your life, will repay you a hundred fold, in the pleasures, honours, and advantages of all the remainder of your days. My heart is so full of the most earnest desire that you should do well, that I find my letter has run into some length, which you will, I know, be so good as excuse. There remains now nothing to trouble you with but a little plan for the beginning of your studies, which I desire in a particular manner, may be exactly followed in every title. You are to qualify yourself for the part in society, to which your birth and estate call you. You are to be a gentleman of such learning and qualifications as may distinguish you in the service of your country hereafter: not a pedant, who reads only to be called learned, instead of considering learning as an instrument only for action. Give me leave therefore, my dear nephew, who have gone before you, to point out to you the dangers in your road; to guard you against such things, as I experience my own defects to arise from; and at the same time, if I have had any little successes, in the world, to guide you to what I have drawn many helps from. I have not the pleasure of knowing the gentleman who is your tutor, but I dare say he is every way equal to such a charge, which I think no small one. You will communicate this letter to him, and I hope he will be so good to concur with me, as to the course of study I desire you may begin with; and that such books, & such only, as I have pointed out may be read. They are as follows: Euclid; a course of Logic; a course of experimental Philosophy; Locke's Conduct of the Understanding; his treatise also on the Understanding; his Treatise on Government, and Letters on Toleration. I desire, for the present, no books of poetry, but Horace and Virgil: of Horace the Odes, but above all, the Epistles and Ars Poetica. These parts, Nocturna verstate manu, verstate diurna. Tully de Officiis, de Amicitia, de Senectute. His Catinarian Oration and Philippics, Sallust. At leisure hours, an abridgement of the History of England to be run through in order to settle in the mind a general chronological order and series of principal events, and succession of kings; proper books of English history, on the true principles of our happy constitution, shall be pointed out afterwards. Burnet's History of the Reformation, abridged by himself, to be read with great care. Father Paul on beneficial Matters, in English. A French master, and only Moliere's Plays to be read with him, or by yourself, till you have gone through them all, Spectators, especially Mr. Addison's papers, to be read very frequently at broken times in your room. I make it my request that you will forbear drawing, totally, while you are at Cambridge; and not meddle with Greek, otherwise than to know a little the etymology of words in Latin, or English, or French: nor to meddle with Italian. I hope this little course will soon be run through: I intend it as a general foundation for many things, of infinite utility, to come as soon as this is finished.
Believe me, With the truest affection, My dear Nephew, Ever yours, Keep this letter and read it again. Trade in Ice.
In the hon. Assembly of the Province of Jamaica on the 30th October, a petition was presented from William Tuder, junior, and James Savage, citizens of the United States, stating that, after numerous experiments and much reflection, they are convinced that they can, with proper cautious, transport ice to tropical climates, and also preserve it there; that the introduction of that article into the island of Jamaica will be attended with the most salutary effects; and
that it is a commerce entirely new and never before carried on by any nation or individual; and praying that the house will grant them the privilege of importing ice and snow into that island for the period of ten years, exclusive of all others, except the subjects of the united kingdom of Great-Britain and Ireland. Referred to a committee.
Such is the state of despotism in Morocco, that, during the last three hundred years, not a village has been built, a city enlarged, a bridge erected, or a harbor formed in the whole kingdom!
The following statement of the Sales of Public Lands, is taken from a Statistical Manual for the U. States, just published by Samuel Blodget—viz. from the opening of the Land Offices, to the 30th October 1803, the total sales were 919,724 acres, for 2,248,509 dollars, and the rest as follows:
   Annual Sales. Total Lands Sold.   Years. Acres. Proceeds.     1803 199,080 919,724 2,248,509   1804 373,611 1,293,335 3,020,260   1805 619,266 1,912,602 4,866,313   1806 473,211 1,001,258 2,985,813   5,267,671  
By the rate in which these sales were increasing, it appears, that the whole of the debt would have sunk in the Land Offices in about ten years, if the government would defer from returning the money due on our Stocks held in Europe, by re-loaning the amount due by instalments, and suffering the whole to be received for acres, like checks on a Land-bank. Thus above 4 millions would be saved annually, to the country, for agricultural and commercial purposes; and thus usurious interests would be lessened one half in less than two years. If we add to this, the aid that such a capital sum would afford to our Banks, and the consequent profit, life and vigor, and punctuality in trades, besides the averaged profit or gain on the capital, the whole would be of incalculable importance.
The reason of the falling off of the last year's sales, from the rate of the preceding returns, is in part owing to the imprudent prohibition of further purchases with certificates of the public debt, and partly to the annual drains sent in money and bills to pay off our public debts to Europeans. Phil. pap.
The persecuted Pig of the following Ode, is an apt emblem of the oppressed people of Europe; alias , the Seine of Edmund Burke.
From the Annual Anthology. ODE To a PIG, while his Nose was being bored. Hark! hark! that Pig—that Pig! the hideous note, More loud, more dissonant, each moment grows— Would one not think the knife was thro' his throat? And yet they are only boring thro' his nose. You foolish beast, so rudely to withstand Your master's will, to fill such idle fears! Why, Pig, there's not a Lady in the land Who has not also bored and ring'd her ears. Pig! 'tis your master's pleasure—then be fill, And hold your nose to let the iron thro'! Dare you resist your lawful Sovereign's will? Rebellious Swine! you know not what you do! To man o'er every beast the power was given, Pig, hear the truth, and never murmur more! Would you rebel against the will of Heaven? You impious beast, be fill, and let them bore! The social Pig resigns his natural rights When first with man he covenants to live; He barters them for far-far-fy delights, For grains and wash, which man alone can give. Sure is provision on the social plan, Secure the comforts that to each belong: Oh, happy Swine! the impartial way of man Alike protects the weak Pig and the strong. And you resist! you struggle now because Your master has thought fit to bore your nose! You grunt in flat rebellion to the laws Society finds needful to impole! Go to the forth, Piggy, and deplore The miserable lot of savage swine! See how the young Pigs fly from the great Boar, And see how coarse and scantily they dine! Behold their hourly danger, when who will May hunt or snare or seize them for his food! Oh, happy Pig! whom none presumes to kill Till your protecting master thinks it good! And when, at last, the closing hour of life Arrives (for Pigs must die as well as Man), When in your throat you feel the long sharp knife, And the blood trickles to the pudding pan; And, when at last, the death wound yawning wide, Fainter and fainter grows the expiring cry, Is there no grateful joy, no loyal pride, To think that for your master's good you die? THEODERIT.
Pursuant to a deed of trust executed to us on the 26th of November 1805, by Fleming Cayce, to secure money due to John Lockland & Co. we finally proceed to sell to the highest bidder for ready money, at Cumberland court-house, on Saturday the 31st day of January 1807.
ONE Negro Man named Stepney (a good Black Smith) and the residue of a Negro Woman, Nancy, and her three children, Anne, Harriott and Sally—after a former deed, covering them for the benefit of John Gilliam & Company, is carried into effect.
BERNARD LEWIS, Surviving Trustee. Cumberland, January 1.
FOR SALE, THE Tract of LAND whereon I now live, containing by a late survey three hundred and fifty four acres lying on the Brook near the Brook Bridge and within six miles of the city of Richmond, will be offered for sale on the 16th day of next month on the premises.
The terms are one thousand dollars cash and one half of the balance on the first day of October next, and the residue on the first day of October 1808. This Land lies well and abounds in Cedar, but as it is supposed those who are inclined to purchase, will be desirous of viewing the Land, it is deemed unnecessary to say any thing as to the advantages of situation and soil.
DARNEY WILLIAMSON. January 1.
FOR SALE, TWELVE SHARES in the Bank of Virginia upon easy terms. Enquire of the Printer. January 1.
WANTED immediately, ten ton of clean Merchandise Hemp, for which a liberal price will be given in cash. PROSSER & MONCURE. Dec. 20.
COOK SHOP, AND OYSTER HOUSE. GEORGE WATSON, has removed from the House adjoining the Union-Tavern, to the first Cross-Street above the Eagle-Tavern, leading to the Basin, where he has opened a COOK SHOP and OYSTER HOUSE for the refreshment of his friends and customers, at all hours of the day, and till 10 o'clock at night. Having procured a good French Cook, he will furnish good Soup, Beef Steak, Mutton Chops, &c. &c. & the best OYSTERS that can be procured in Richmond. Nov. 14.
NOTICE. THE Annual Meeting of the Stockholders, in the BANK of Virginia, for the purpose of appointing Directors of the Bank, and the several offices of Discount and Deposit, will be held in the City of Richmond, on Monday the fifth of January next. JOHN BROCKENBROUGH. Dec. 5.
CASH will be given for a Negro boy of good character. One from 16 to 20 years of age, and raised in the country would be preferred—Apply at this office. Dec. 30.
NEGROES FOR SALE—ON CREDIT. We be positively sold, to the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, on Tuesday the sixth day of January next, at the Tavern of John R. Brewer, in this town.
THE SLAVES belonging to the estate of William Cole, dec'd—who were advertised to be sold on the 18th of this month; but which sale did not take place, because from the inclemency of the weather, the excessive badness of the roads, and difficulty of travelling, so few persons attended at the place appointed, that they themselves deemed a sale improper.—These Slaves consist of men, women, boys and girls; are twenty-eight in number, very likely and valuable, and believed to be as well disposed as any slaves in this country. There are among them several very stout and likely men and women accustomed to labour in the field, some handsome boys and girls, a good coopersman, a good carriage-driver, a young fellow who has been working for some time under a black-smith—a good cook, two good weavers and ironers, and several other good house servants. Bonds with approved security will be required of the purchasers, to bear interest from the date, but the interest to be remitted if the principal be punctually paid—and the bonds to be executed before any of the slaves shall be delivered, on the sale considered valid. For most of the slaves (perhaps for all) a discount to the amount of their purchase will be allowed credits bearing judgements and costs against the estate.
DAVID ROBERTSON, Surviving executor of William Cole, dec'd. Petersburg, Dec. 22.
TO RENT, THE TENEMENT on the Main-Street, at present in the occupation of Mr. Daniel Warrick. Enquire of CHARLES SPENCEN. WHO has for sale, a very general assortment of Carpenter & Blacksmith Tools of excellent quality, some Tennant, Pannel, Hand, Whip, Greave and Mill-Saws, of refined Cast Steel, Sine Twine and Superfine flour of Midford—together with a great variety of articles which will be sold very low. Dec. 25.
MARSHAL'S SALES. By virtue of a decree of the Court of the United States for the fifth circuit in the Virginia district, pronounced at the May term, 1806. John Somervill, Plf. against David Roff, Defs. WILL be sold to the highest bidder, for ready money, so much of a TRACT of LAND, lying on James River, in the county of Chesterfield, and commonly called and known by the name of the Falls Plantation, as will raise the sum of seven hundred and twenty-six dollars and thirty-seven cents, and the costs. The sale will be had on the premises on the 20th day of January 1807. JOSEPH SCOTT, M. V. D. Dec. 13.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, UNDER THE FIRM OF LESUEUR & SAUNDERS, Inform their friends and the public, that they will continue the COMMISSION business, lately done by C. & T. Saunders. They promise the strictest attention to the interests of those who may favor them with consignments. They are now receiving a general and extensive assortment of GROCERIES, which will be offered for sale, Wholesale and Retail, on the lowest terms and usual credit, in the store lately occupied by Messrs. William M'Kinzie & Co. opposite the Vindus Office of Messrs. Prosser & Moncure—among which are the following articles:
 BROWN SUGAR of superior quality, Ditto ditto second ditto, Ditto ditto Coffee, Salt in Sacks, Molasses and Treacle, Pickled Salmon, Scotch Barley, Madeira, Port, Sherry & Malaga Wine, Fresh Muscatel Raisins & Currants, Soft Shelled Almonds, Copperas, Saltpetre, English F F Gunpowder, Patent Shot, well assorted, Hibbert's Brown Stout and Porter, Bell Spanish Segars, Caldwell, France & Co's Superfine Chocolate, New-York Candles and Soap, Spermaceti Candles,  Bar Iron, German, Crawley's & Blistered Steel, Antigua & Jamaica Rum, Very Old Antigua Rum, Holland Gin, Cognac Brandy, of very superior quality, Race Ginger, Pepper, Pimento, Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves & Cinnamon, Fresh London Mustard, in small boxes, Bell Flotant Indigo and Fig Blue, of superior quality, in boxes of 20 lbs. each, Fresh Capers, Oil, &c. Fresh Gunpowder, Tea in Cannisters, Ditto by the lb. Young Hyson do. of the first quality, N. England & Bullock's Chees. 
JOHN L. LESUEUR, C. H. SAUNDERS. October 10.
DISSOLUTION OF CO-PARTNERSHIP. THE COPARTNERSHIP of C. and T. Saunders, is dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due by the concern will be adjusted and paid by Leueur and Saunders, who are alone authorised to settle all claims due to and by the concern. C. H. SAUNDERS, TARTON SAUNDERS. Nov. 11.
N. B. Those indebted are requested to make immediate payment as no further indulgence can be given. LESUEUR & SAUNDERS. Nov. 22.
FOR SALE, THE LOT and HOUSES whereon John Hamilton, Esq. the British Consul, resides: on it are three other Dwelling-Houses, an Office and Kitchen, and other necessary Houses for family use; a Well of good Water, newly fitted, and a Garden lately pulled in, a Ware-House and Cellar under it; the remains of a Wharf, which will make a good foundation to build on; with all the privileges of lots situated on the river, of extending a wharf.
Also—271 1/2 Acres of well-timbered LAND, with a good Fishery on Willoughby's Bay, taking in the mouth and part of Mafon's Creek, where the best of Oysters and Fish can be conveniently taken.
Also—A LOT in Smithfield, between Mrs. Purdie's and Captain Todd's lots.—For terms apply to THOMAS NEWTON. August 22.
SALE OF SHARES IN THE RICHMOND TURNPIKE COMPANY. In pursuance of a Resolution of the President and Directors of the Richmond Turnpike Company, passed at their meeting held at Edward Hallam's Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on the 10th day of this month: WILL be held at Auction, on the Eagle-Tavern, in the said City, on the 14th day of next month, all SHARES belonging to delinquent Stockholders in the said Company. N. SHEPPARD, Treasurer. December 13.
JAMES WORRALL, HAS lately received a general and carefully assorted stock of Drugs, Medicines, Paints, Patent Medicines, &c. &c. which he offers for sale, at the first corner store, above the Eagle Tavern, lately occupied by Messrs. Pickett, Pohard and Johnson. His articles have been selected of the best quality, and will be put up with the greatest care and exactness, on the lowest possible terms. The whole of his compound medicines, have been made by himself, with the most scrupulous attention, to the directions of the different Pharmacopoeias. Physicians favouring him with their prescriptions, and country Merchants with their orders, may depend on their being executed punctually and with dispatch. N. B. He has lately received from Dr. Solomon's agent, at New-York, a fresh supply of those invaluable medicines, the Balm of Gilead and Anti-Jampeces gines. November 28.
TO be sold to the highest bidder on the premises on Tuesday the 10th of February next, agreeably to the will of Lyne Shackelford, dec'd. THREE hundred and seventy acres of LAND lying in the upper part of Mathews County, pleasantly situated on the Piankatank River, commanding an extensive view of the Chesapeake, and affording the finest Fish and Oysters in abundance. The Land is of good quality, lies level, is well watered and the form almost a regular square, two sides of which are bounded by the river and a navigable Creek, so that one half of the Land may be said to be enclosed by water. The improvements are a commodious Dwelling-House, two story high, Kitchen, Smoke-House, Overseers House, Barn, &c. a very handsome young Apple Orchard of about four hundred trees of well-selected fruit. Twelve months credit will be allowed the purchaser on giving bond with approved security to carry interest from the date which shall be remitted on punctual payment.
WM. CHAMBERLAYNE, Exec'r. N. B. Any person wishing to view the above, will apply to Mr. Spark, residing on the Land. Dec. 11.
Having been disappointed in selling my Land in Surry County, some time past advertised in this paper, I NOW offer for sale the FARM whereon I live, containing six hundred acres, situated on the fourth bank of James River, five miles above Smithfield, & thirty-five from Norfolk. The elevated situation of this place gives a prospect of the River ten miles across and thirty miles on the opposite shore, and perhaps in titles it to the most beautiful water prospect on any river in the state. The advantages and luxuries, that, with very little trouble, can be drawn from this source in abundance, are not only convenient but substantial to large family. There are extensive orchards of well chosen apple trees on the Land, and a well selected assortment of offspring and summer fruits, grafted and inculcated. Ten years residence on this place with a large family has proved it as healthy as elsewhere, and for two or three years past, we have been much more so, I flatter myself that a view of the improvements and soil will not disappoint any person desirous of making a permanent settlement on the River, (for such are not often offered for sale.) The terms will be made accommodating to the purchaser. RICHARD COCKE, Isle of Wight, Dec. 20.
THE SUBSCRIBERS, HAVE taken the new Brick TENEMENT fronting the cross street leading from Col. Mayo's Bridge, and opposite Messrs. John and Robert Gamble's where they offer for sale under the firm of ISAAC WINSTON & Co.
 Old Madeira Wine, Old Sherry do. Bell Cognac Brandy, Do. Antigua Rum, Do. Holland Gin, Hibbert's Brown Stout, Do. Porter, Claret of superior quality, Bell Spanish Segars, Leaf Sugar, Gunpowder, Imperial, Young Hyson, and Souchong, Bell Green Coffee, First quality Chocolate, Do. do. Brown Sugar, 2d do. do. Molasses, Salt in sacks, Rice, Patent Shot, English F.F. Gunpowder, Brown Soap, Mould Candles, Northern Chees, Ground Ginger, Black Pepper, Allspice, Salt Petre, Alum, Brimstone, Copperas, Glue of superior quality, Fig Blue, Starch, Bengal Indigo, London Mustard, Dizon's Beef do. Cayenne Pepper, } Olives, } Caper, } Anchovies, } Nutmegs, } Mace, } Cloves, } Cinnamon, } Barley Sugar, } Sugar Candy, } Barley Sugar Killer, } Sugar Almonds, } Brandy Preserves, } Box Raisins, } Soft Shell'd Almonds, } Currants, } Pearl Barley, } Playing Cards, } Bottle Corks, } Putty in bladders, } Bar Iron assorted, } Nail Rods, } German Steel, } Blistered Steel, } Plain qt. Decanters, } Do. Wine Glasses, } Qt. Tumblers, } Pt. do. } Half pt. do. } Green pocket Bottles, } Elegant Globe Lamps, } Window Glass 10 by 12, } Do. 8 by 10, } China Coffee cups & saucers. 
N. B. Having supplied ourselves with more than two-thirds of the above articles with cash in Philadelphia, we are enabled to dispose of them on the most moderate terms, for cash or country produce. ISAAC WINSTON, JOHN BAUGH. Nov. 11.
CASH will be given for 50 to 100,000 Red Oak BARREL STAVES & HEADING, by SAMUEL MYERS, WHO OFFERS FOR SALE, A well finished Philadelphia made CHARIOT, with Plated Harness, which, being second hand, will be sold very cheap. December 16.
TEN Dollars, independent of legal charges, will be given for apprehending BOB HICKMAN, a dark mulatto man about 25 years old. He was hired to Harry Habb, Esq. at the Coal Pitts, from whence he eloped. I believe that he was raised in King William county, where I understand he is now lurking; after leaving the Coal Pitts he was some time about Manassas, where he was once or twice taken, but effected his escape. The above reward will be paid to any person who will deliver him to me in the city of Richmond. DANIEL WILSON. December 2.
FE subject respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has commenced carrying on the Blacksmith and Carriage making business at the shop formerly occupied by Anderson's Mill, at the corner leading from the Main-Street to the Bank. Horse shoeing will be executed in a superior manner by an experienced hand. Gentlemen owning horses in this city will find their interest to enter their horse by the year, and their custom is respectfully solicited. All kinds of Blacksmith work will be done at short notice, and warranted. Fashionable Gigs and Chaises made, and all kinds of repairs done in the carriage making line at reasonable rates, and in the neatest manner. CHARLES BOSHER. December 22.