Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1805-06-01 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS
[VOL. XII.]
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RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Five Dollars Per Annum...paid in advance.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1805.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
The subscriber wishes to sell for cash, or on credit til 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, Apr. 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 Durr 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 dense 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, houses 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, Apr. 30, 1805. 5w
FROM SOUTH AMERICA. THE BEAUTIFUL SPANISH HORSE, APPALUSIA. WILL stand the ensuing season, at my plantation on Chickahominy, near the new bridges, and will be let to mares at the moderate price of ten dollars the season, payable the first of Oct. next, but notes (to be sent with the mares) may be discharged by paying eight dollars on or by the 1st of August, when the season will end. Insurance fifteen dollars (notes sent as above, payable 1st March, 1806.) And four dollars cash the leap. In either case 25 cents to the groom, to be paid down. Mares will be fed with clover and lucerne gratis, and corn if required, at the selling price. I have no spare 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 two hundred dollars cash at a day old. A few mares were put to him the last season, (having bought him late) all of which proved with foal. BENJAMIN DUVAL. February 15th, 1805. tf
Geo. Watt HAS removed from the store he formerly occupied to a brick house on the cross street leading from the main street to Shockoe warehouse, where he has on hand and offers to dispose of on moderate terms, by wholesale. The following Articles, viz: Loaf and Muscovado Sugars, N. England, W. Island, and Antigua Rum, Cognac, Barcelona and Apple Brandy, Sherry and Malaga Wine, Coffee of a superior quality, Molasses, Ginger and Fig Blue, Young Hyson and Imperial Tea, 400 Sacks Liverpool Salt, Patent Shot, assorted sizes—And the remainder of his Stock of Dry Goods, consisting principally of articles suited to the present and approaching season, which he will either sell on a credit of 3, 6 and 9 months, for notes negotiable at the Bank of Virginia, with approved endorsers, or barter for Tobacco, Flour or Hemp. Cash given for Tobacco. Richmond, 22d March, 1805.
NOTICE. It is hereby given to the creditors of HOOPER & TOLSON, 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, } Assignees. William Temple, } Richmond, 12th April, 1805. tf
HENING'S New Virginia Justice, Containing the Duties of a Justice of Peace, &c together with a variety of useful precedents, adapted to the laws now in force. Also, forms of conveyancing, such as deeds of bargain and sale, lease & release, mortgage, trust, &c. FOR SALE at S. PLEASANTS' BOOK-STORE.
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.
BROKE away last evening, a large stout made blood bay HORSE , upwards of five feet high, 7 years old last spring, was shed all round about two months ago, but some of the shoes may now be off; he has a large head and small eyes, trots and gallops; if he has any other marks by which he might be distinguished, they are not recollected. He had on a saddle a good deal worn, with a hogskin seat and plated stirrups. The above reward will be paid on delivery of the horse and saddle to the subscribers. Pickett, Pollard & Johnston! Richmond, March 5, 1805.
ROBERT GREENHOW, MERCHANT in Williamsburg—has just received by the ship Dumfries 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
Valuable Property for Sale.
BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by Richard Dabney of King William county, to the subscriber, to secure and satisfy a debt due from the said Richard to Cornelius Dabney, administrator with the will annexed, of Owen Dabney, 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 Brood Mare, about 8 years old, by Lamplighter, two small horse Colts, about 2 years old, by Americanus, 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 Americanus. 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 Callicoes and Chintzes Laced Cambric Skirts Dumfies assorted Silk & Muslin ditto of various kinds Irish Linens India, English, French and Italian Silks Cotton Cashmeres and Nankeens Florentines and Satins, best kind Cotton & Silk Hose Picad Veils and Pic Nic Mitts Coloured Cambricks and laced ditto Silk gloves, thread, lace and edgings India Muslins of the first quality Black Crapes, and a General assortment of Ribbons Plain & coloured Mar-seilles Gold & Silver Bullion Superfine Cloths and Cameres A general assortment of Leghorn Bonnets Thicksets, Corduroys and Velvets Gentlemen's Leghorn Hats Bed Ticks and German Osnaburgs Together with a number of other articles too tedious to enumerate. JOHN MILLER & CO. Richmond, 8th May, 1805. tf
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. tfj
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 Rea of said place, who are legally authorised to sell and convey the same. ROBERT HILL. New-York, 1st Feb. 1805. tf
CASH will be given for Twelve or Fifteen BOYS,
From 7 to 15 years old.—Enquire of the Printer
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.
RUN away from the subscriber
about the 13th January last, a negro man named ADAM , about 23 years of age, of a dark complexion, about 6 feet high, has a small scar on his forehead; had on when he went away an osnaburgs shirt, short coat and pantalettes of blue plain, 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 harboured by his wife at this place. Whoever will deliver the said fellow to the subscriber living in Albemarle county near Charlottesville, shall receive a reward of Thirty Dollars, or if secured in any jail so that I get him again Twenty Dollars. JOHN CLARKSON. 23d Feb. 1805. tf
Just published, and for sale by S. Pleasants, jr. in an elegant pocket edition,
WATTS'S
PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS.
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 season, 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 Matchem, out of Mr. Pratt's old Squirt mare; her dam by Mogul—Camilla by Bay Bolton—Old Lady dam of Sterling by Palleine'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 Chamboon, Dragon and Pallafax; 7 paid forfeit. Second spring meeting he won the 3d class of the princes stakes of 100 guineas, beating Thunderbolt; 7 paid forfeit. And in the same week he received 100 guineas forfeit from Lord Grosvenor's Radamantus.
In 1792 he won £ 50 at Guildfield, beating Doge, Thunderbolt, Sarmagapam and Scout; the next day £ 50 at the same place, beating Cardock 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, Matrana, Rosalba, Chesnut colt out of Bobtail. Chesnut colt out of Rosemary, Humbug, Lazarus, Ragnier, Apollo, Gulliver, Tag, Louisa, Tipstaff, Mr. Heathcote's filly out of Reeves, Alchemist, Clodhopper, Grey filly his R. H. Lampadusa, Mars, Mary, Matrance, Bay filly Mr. Brown's, Grey filly Mr. Radcliff's, Tax, Tipstaff and Bobtail. Feb. 20, 1805. THOMAS GOODE.
WILL BE SOLD,
TO the highest bidder, on Monday the 3d of June next, at the late dwelling house of Col. John Jones, dec. Amelia.
About twenty-two likely Negroes,
Among which are some tradesmen, a good Cooper, rough Carpenter, Shoemaker and Blacksmith. One third of the above slaves will be sold for cash, the other two thirds on a credit of twelve months—Bonds with approved security for all sums above twenty dollars will be required of the purchasers; if not punctually paid, to carry legal interest from the date.
Likewise, on a credit of twelve months, will be sold, (approved bonds as above)
All the stock of Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Hogs, Household & Kitchen Furniture, Plantation Utensils, and a few barrels of Corn.
All persons to whom the estate of Col. John Jones is indebted, are requested to bring their claims forward on the day of sale, by David C. Jones, adm'r. 15th May, 1805. tds
THE HOUSE AND LOT,
ON Shockoe Hill, late the property of Robert Ellis, dec. The house has three separate tenements, and rents at present for ninety-five pounds per annum. The terms may be known on application to Thomas Norvell, or Haradin Davis. Should this property not be sold before the 15th day of June next, it will then be offered at public auction, for one third cash, and the balance in six and nine months. Thomas Winn. Goochland, 21st May, 1805. tds
IN pursuance of a deed of trust
from Thomas H. Drew, to Carter H. Harrison, bearing date the 10th December, 1787, will be SOLD, at Public Auction, at Fowler's Tavern in Cartersville, for ready money, on Saturday the 15th of June next.
A TRACT OF LAND,
CONTAINING 1500 acres, be the same more or less, lying in the county of Campbell, on the branches of Hill's creek, now in the possession of Mr. Philip Payne, who will show the land to any person disposed to purchase. Under an impression that those who wish to purchase will view the premises, it is deemed unnecessary to say much of the quality; suffice it to say, that it is esteemed a very valuable tract, great part of it capable of producing excellent tobacco. ROBERT C. HARRISON. PETTON HARRISON, Ex'rs of C. H. HARRISON, tds May 23, 1805.
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From the National Intelligencer.
Examination of the question "In what does true republicanism consist?"
[CONTINUED.]
Proceeding to the periods for which the officers of the respective states are appointed we find the terms of office to be as follows:
The Chief Magistrate is elected in
 New Hampshire—for one year.  Massachusetts—one year.  Rhode Island—one year.  Connecticut—one year.  New York—three years.  New Jersey—one year.  Pennsylvania—three years.  Delaware—three years.  Maryland—one year.  Virginia—one year.  North Carolina—one year.  South Carolina—two years.  Georgia—two years.  Vermont—one year.  Tennessee—two years.  Kentucky—four years. 
We also find the legislative bodies chosen for the following periods:
The Senate, or the smaller branch, is elected in
 New Hampshire—for one year.  Massachusetts—one year.  Rhode Island—one year.  Connecticut—one year.  New York—four years.  New Jersey—one year.  Pennsylvania—four years.  Delaware—three years.  Maryland—five years.  Virginia—four years.  North Carolina—one year.  South Carolina—four years.  Georgia—one year.  Tennessee—two years.  Kentucky—four years. 
The House of Representatives is elected in
 New Hampshire—for one year.  Massachusetts—one year.  Rhode Island—one year.  Connecticut—6 months.  New York—one year.  New Jersey—one year.  Pennsylvania—one year.  Delaware—one year.  Maryland—one year.  Virginia—one year.  North Carolina—one year.  South Carolina—two years.  Georgia—one year.  Vermont—one year.  Tennessee—two years.  Kentucky—one year. 
And we find the judiciary appointed for the following periods:
In New Hampshire—not fixed by the constitution.
Massachusetts—during good behavior.
Rhode Island—one year.
Connecticut—not fixed by constitution.
New York—during good behavior.
New Jersey—seven years.
Pennsylvania—during good behavior.
Delaware—do.
Maryland—do.
Virginia—do.
North Carolina—do.
South Carolina—do.
Georgia—three years.
Vermont—not fixed by the constitution.
Tennessee—not fixed by the constitution.
Kentucky—during good behavior.
On the period, therefore, of office, we discover a great diversity of opinion, as well in the republican as in the federal states. Indeed it appears that the periods are in general shorter in the latter than in the former states.
It follows from this view that, altho' a republican is the enemy of all political establishments under which permanent offices are created, and filled by individuals irresponsible to the nation, yet that as to the degrees in which a departure from this principle is expedient, great diversity of opinion exists. Whether the period of office shall be for six months, for a year, for two years, for three, for four or six, seems to have been viewed by the framers of our constitutions as a matter of detail, and as not affecting the great and vital principle of responsibility to the people. Indeed, in many of our constitutions, the judiciary hold their offices by a tenure only limited by life, and alone subject to abrogation on impeachment for misbehavior. Nor have there been wanting, among our ablest statesmen, advocates of this institution. Indeed a recurrence to the time of adopting the federal constitution will show that this feature of it was as boldly extolled by republicans as well as federalists, as any which it contains; and it will be likewise perceived, that taking it as their model most of the states, who subsequently changed their constitutions, introduced into them the same principle. This does not prove the principle to be correct; it can only be tested by a full experience of its effects; but it does prove that men, with the best mo-
tives and most enlightened minds, have sanctioned it, and that however erroneous it may be, it is to be considered as an error of the head, and not of the heart. That it is erroneous would seem to appear from the dangerous assertions of power made by the judiciary, which, if carried into full practice, could not fail to prostrate all the other departments of government; from its anomalous nature to every other political institution established among us; and from its natural tendency to lead to innumerable abuses. Still, though we may admit these remarks to be accurate, and agree that this organization of the judiciary requires radical alteration, when we come to details, how various shall we find the provisions, either in existence, or as suggested by theoretical writers. In some of the states, the election of the judges is annual, in others they are chosen for a number of years. In some states they are chosen directly by the people; in others by the chief magistrate, and in others by the legislative bodies. In some states their compensations are not liable to diminution; in others they may be varied at legislative discretion. If we consult the theories of political writers, we shall perceive a still wider difference of sentiment.
What can we infer from all these facts, but that the organization of the several political departments admits of varieties so endless, and is a work so delicate and difficult, as naturally, if not necessarily, to create great diversity of opinion in minds equally enlightened and virtuous? It will be seen that this diversity has existed from the earliest periods of our national existence until the present day; nor can it be expected to cease until a long lapse of years shall have solved many political problems by a more extensive experience than the American people have yet had.
In the mean time what motion do these considerations more emphatically dictate than an amicable toleration of opinions, however various? If my object is reform: if it is my sincere conviction that a change is required in the constitution under which I live, I have a right, it is my duty to open my mind to the freest enquiry, and to enlighten, as far as is in my power, the minds of my fellow citizens; to expose what I deem error, however venerable from time or the weight of authority. But let me not forget that the right I claim is common to others; and that they who hold different opinions from me may demand the exercise of it with the same justice that I do. Let it also ever be remembered that a mere difference of opinion, so far from being an evidence of hostility, is often the strongest criterion of friendship, and that the interests and attachments of individuals may be the most indissoluble and sincere, although their opinions on speculative points widely differ.
With regard to the mode of removing officers, though there does not exist so wide, there still exists a considerable difference. Under most of the state constitutions, as well as under the federal constitution, the chief magistrates and members of the legislature hold their appointments for limited terms, during which they are not removable by those who appointed them. They can only be dismissed from office by an expulsion from the body of which they are members, and in some instances by impeachment. The greatest existing diversity on this point appears in the different judiciary provisions in force in the respective states. The Judges are removable in
 New Hampshire—By impeachment.  Massachusetts—do. or address to Governor of two Houses.  Connecticut—No. const. provision.  Rhode Island—do.  New York—By impeachment.  New Jersey—do.  Pennsylvania—By impeachment, or address to Governor of two thirds of both Houses.  Delaware—do.  Maryland—For misbehaviour, or conviction in a court of law.  Virginia—By impeachment.  N. Carolina—do.  S. Carolina—do.  Georgia—do. or by address to Governor of two thirds of both Houses.  Vermont—By impeachment.  Tennessee—do.  Kentucky—do. or by Governor on address of both Houses. 
[To be continued.]
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 Pridesville, 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. JOA. EGGLESTON. RICH'D N. VENABLE. EDWARD MONROE. April 16th, 1805. tdm

FOR THE VIRGINIA ARGUS.
Some remarks on the following extracts from Buffon's Natural History Vol. I taken from a Father's Letters to his Daughter.
To give an explanation of the universal deluge and of its physical causes; to pretend to give a detail of what passed during this great revolution; to conjecture what effects have resulted from it; to add facts to the sacred writings, and to draw consequences from these interpolations; is not this a presumptuous desire of scanning the power of the Almighty?
"You must acknowledge that the deluge could not possibly be the effect of any physical cause; you must regard it as an immediate operation of the Deity; you must content yourself with what is recorded in scripture; and you must above all, avoid blending bad philosophy with the purity of divine truth."
P. 64. "May we not conjecture, that a Comet falling into the body of the Sun, might drive off some parts from its surface, and communicate to them a violent impulsive force, which they still retain?"
P. 65. "We may therefore conclude, that all the planets have probably received their centrifugal motion by one single stroke."
"The Earth and Planets when they issued from the Sun, were totally composed of liquid fire."
"The planets issued from the Sun in the form of torrents, the motion of whose anterior particles must have been accelerated by those behind, and the attraction of the anterior particles would also accelerate the motion of the posterior!"
Buffon's Nat. His. Vol. I.
MY DEAR DAUGHTER,
AS I know that your love of philosophy, and your vivacity of temper may lead you into conversations with some persons, who in this age of reason, may mislead your judgment in some interesting subjects of philosophical enquiry, I think it becomes me, as your friend, to give you such an insight into what I think are the errors of the philosophers to whom I allude, as may enable you either to confute them, or at least to come off unsoiled by their pernicious opinions.
But that theory you may venture to affirm is far less credible than any thing stated by Moses; nay, infinitely less, as Moses attributes the existence of the earth to an Almighty creative power, of consequence adequate to the effects ascribed to it—whilst Buffon attributes its formation and motion in its orbit, to inadequate causes, the blind and unknown powers of percussion, of comets on the Sun, and gravitation of parts of the Sun broken off; the former, that is percussion, applied as he supposes to the Sun, "by a comet falling into it, so as to drive off some parts from its surface, and to communicate to them a violent impulsive force which they still retain."
labor very hard by wild hypothesis to carry back the origin of the world to so remote a period, as to bewilder imagination, and induce his readers to believe it eternal? Ask him also, who made his comet? And if that was created, which could produce such extraordinary effects, why might not the earth be created and placed in its proper orbit, and at once rendered habitable, as Moses said it was by the same astonishing power, which created Buffon's comet?
The rain water, after the deluge, might have acquired a greater refractive power by its taking up more carbon or denser substances in the ascent of vapours, than before the intimate mixture of earth and water by the deluge, and the breaking up the fountains of the great deep.
The rays of light might have received some additional matter, by their attraction, from the different gases of which the atmosphere, after the deluge, was composed, when passing through it, so as to encase their refrangibility, or even to produce it.
FROM THE AURORA.
SPECULATIONS ON FOREIGN POLITICS. What is the object of the secret expedition?
Why does Russia send a force to corfu? Wherefore did Bonaparte send an army so early in the last year to the extreme of Italy?
What can be the objects of the Toulon fleet—the Brest fleet—the Ferrol fleet? Do the ships of the northern powers go unmolested, since we no longer hear of their capture?
Have the French really emissaries in Asia, and are they the authors of the wars between the British and Mahrattahs?
These and twenty other questions each of them involving interesting enquiries, puzzle politicians and suspend the gaping lips and wide opened lids of curiosity.
As we do not pretend to more than conjecture, on all those various questions, not being in the secret, we can only form our opinions upon a comparison of the various circumstances of preparation on all sides, with the probable purposes and ends that might be accomplished by the operations of war in a given direction.
From all that has appeared through the medium of public prints, it would seem that early in the last year or during the winter of 1803-4, a plan had been concerted, to be provisionally executed or suspended, as the success or failure of intermediate negotiations should determine.
Tenders appear to have been made of a very alluring nature to Russia, of succour and countenance to the realization of some of the plans of Catherine II. in the Grecian
Archipelago. It would appear, that Russia was inclined to take such steps as she might think proper for the gradual advancement of her views, without laying herself under any obligation for the prosecution of hostility, should there be no continental co-operation against France.
On the other hand the French cabinet appears not to have been indifferent or uninformed of the design; for the landing of the third Russian division at Corfu, was the signal for the march of a numerous army into continental Sicily, and the occupation of the most commanding maritime positions on the Adriatic and in Calabria; and this force continued to be augmented until the Russians ceased from landing their troops.
During this period, General Brune the French ambassador to the Porte, had excited alarms in the Divan, and caused a suspension of measures which were apparently produced by the influence either of Russia or England. The Porte assumed a forti explicitly neutral, in consequence of an intimation that a different conduct would occasion two French armies to take possession of the opposite shores of the Dardanelles.
The Neapolitan monarch whose disposition cannot be supposed naturally favorable to the views of France, was by the awful presence of French troops reduced to the same course of policy as the Porte, to prevent the menaced occupation of insular Sicily.
But it will be asked how were operations in this quarter to be conducted—and for what end?
The obvious conjecture is that as Russia could not be seduced by any temptation in the northern part of Europe; and as the fate of her armies in Holland, Italy, and the Grisons furnished memorials too solemn to be disregarded, that the intention of aggression in the Mediterranean was only meditated by the projectors of the plan, as necessarily leading to a more general eventual war—while at the same time, it was to disturb France at the point most remote from Britain, and thereby release her from the intense restraint of a perpetually menaced invasion on the shores of the channel.
The negotiations to produce a coalition on the continent of Europe have failed—(obviously)—for had there been any success or the prospect of success, the interests of the cabinet of St. James were too much involved to conceal any measure calculated to encourage their own hopes, or to induce indirectly more favorable dispositions in other powers.
Failing in the effort to engage Russia by negotiation, it is probable that the secret expedition , like that which sailed during the last war with excusiv powers—to menace Ferrol, Cadiz, &c. and finally to proceed for Egypt, that this expedition will also sail with similar powers; possibly the long projected attack of Dalrymple upon Cadiz, may be attempted, or the information obtained by Sir James Pultney may be made better use of; that after menacing Carthagena or bombarding it, finally the troops may occupy Sicily: or be thrown ashore on the Morea as a means of temptation to Russia.
No solid or durable service could result to Britain from such a project; it may be said; but this remark would equally apply to the whole war, which is in fact an enterprise undertaken to court fortune, which however much it has flattered, has constantly deceived the British politicians.
The end to be obtained then is the protraction of the crisis of her fate—and the vain expectation that some sudden stroke of fortune —incidentally or accessorially, should destroy the French power by the death of its present extraordinary chief.
The various squadrons in the ports of France and Spain, beside the convenience and efficacy which the work of naval construction and repairs can be conducted in various arsenals, extend also the sphere of political resistance & menace—while the Toulon fleet by its manoeuvres, engages the squadron under Nelson, the ports of Cadiz and Ferrol engage the fleet of Sir John Orde, & Brest occupies wholly what is called the channel fleet;—mean while the harbor of Rochefort, left only to an occasional cruise—enables France to expose the vain pretensions of those who affect to cover the ocean—the colonies whose riches have covered the suburbs of London with artificial basons and warehouses at an expense of more than the amount of 50 years revenue of the United States—are exposed to ravage and tribute, and were the French so disposed, to inevitable capture!
The notes of menace, and the array of armies on the coast of France, create no extra expenditure, the cost of cunning contrivance, and of printing in a Paris newspaper is all that is required by France so excite an alarm that costs immense sums both in expense and in loss of labor to England; the march of an army to the coast costs no more to France than the march of the same army to different quarters or cantonments, which all nations with large armies are forced to make in order to prevent a too strict attachment between the soldiers and the citizens.
land in October 1804, and must now be completed or nearly so; six of these ships of the line and 10 frigates were building expressly at the expense of France.
These operations are covered by the menace of invasion. France obtains both time and experience, in the ship manufacture, while the navy of Britain is exposed by the necessity of a constant system of naval blockade to all the disadvantages of the actual wear and tear, and expenditures of a naval war.
Such a state of things in which the tardy war of menace requires an annual expenditure of at least 50,000,000 £ sterling—from a nation one eighth of whose population is actually on the parish, or in other words supported by funds extracted in a different manner from the political funds, out of the pockets or out of the labor of the rest—such a state of things cannot in the natural order of human existence endure long.
This state of things is felt, though concealed from the open glare of observation and discussion: the merchants of Sweden and Denmark, proceed unmolested to the ports of France and Spain, with unsearched cargoes, and the temerity which would fly in the face of nature through envy, or of sound policy through the delirium of varice and power, is compelled not only to recal but to deny the issue of peremptory orders for the obstruction of American commerce with colonies which cannot exist without them.
The Jamaica news and the advices from the other islands are a severe retrive on the Sheffield policy, and on the publications of the British consuls here and at New York. The governor of Jamaica it appears positively says that he cannot open the trade with the United States, "because he has no instructions from his majesty's ministers;" yet the consular publications tell us that things remain on their old footing.
The infatuation of Pharoah was not greater than that which appears to prevail in the counsels of George III.—in this case the object appears to be to spite the United States, and to accomplish this miserable impulse of envy, they will starve the West India Colonies—while the French are at the same moment laying the colonies under enormous contributions!
Meanwhile France by her diplomacy more profound than in the days of the Capets, and more effective and feared than in the proudest days of Louis XIV. renders the north of Europe quiescent by the medium of Prussia; and opens the avenue to a reconciliation with Russia, the very admission of the overture at once determining the disinclination of the latter power to a military contest.
By the same agency negotiations are opened with the Porte, on the other hand Austria is secured and flattered by an extension of the Italian frontier of the ancient Venetian cession, to the banks of the Adige, which operates as a guarantee, in favor of France for the neutrality of the Germanic emperor.
The politics of India, promise to afford much more exercise for political curiosity than we were disposed some time since to expect or believe. We do not believe that the war in India has been produced by French emissaries. Had not our local politics so much and indispensably engrossed our attention, we should before now have given a more particular account of the Mahrattahs, than has ever appeared in the United States.
BALTIMORE, May 25.
WEST-INDIES.
We have received this morning a most interesting article from the West-Indies—Admiral Cochrane, on the 18th ult. was off Jamaica, in pursuit of the Rochefort squadron, which, on the 19th, was spoken in lat. 34, 12, long. 50, steering E. being 16 days sailing ahead of the English fleet.
That the English masters of the seas, with a fleet not surpassed in numbers by any other power, or even by many of them combined, should suffer a squadron to escape from France, carry on their predatory plans to the damage of the islands and then permit them to return in safety to port, (which will most probably be the case,) will excite the risibility of all Europe.
With regard to these states, it is to be hoped, that as the fleets appear to have fled, they will not return. This must have much influence upon our trade to that quarter, and will permit our merchants to resume their business in the West-Indies with their wonted activity.
This circumstance fully authenticates the idea that the other French fleets are still in Europe. The French admiral, it ap-
pears to us, would not have left the West-India station had there been any ground to expect another fleet from France; and as no other object has been accomplished than aiding the French in the City of St. Domingo, and taking from the English islands a sufficiency to pay the expenses of fitting out and transporting thither a body of troops, with a trifle for the captains and sailors, we cannot suppose that it was intended that other fleets should join the Rochefort squadron—and the probability therefore is, that the West-Indies will be again open to trade, except the pillages of privateers, &c. which, not being authorized by the nations under whose flag they sail, can be considered in no other light than as pirates, whose object is to steal as much as they can, without any discrimination.
An intelligent correspondent, who has already made use of the " American News ," a new work lately published in this city, & who wishes to see it more generally introduced into schools and put into the hands of youth, has so strongly desired our insertion of the preface, that we could not refuse immediate attention to his request—and we most cordially join with him in recommending it to all our youth who would emulate the " mighty dead ."
Baltimore E. Post.
Biography is that species of history which records the lives and characters of remarkable persons. When truly given, it is the history of Man as he is , wherein we contemplate, for our instruction, the virtues or the vices of those who are described: we trace the progress of good men with pleasure, and we behold the crimes of bad men with detestation.
If chronology and geography be the eyes of history, biography must be its grand feature, its vital principle. In ancient story, we read of the ambition of Alexander and Cæsar—in modern annals, we are shocked with the crimes of Cromwell and Robespierre.
It is true, that the personages described in the following pages are all natives of this country, but their lives are so connected with its discovery, its improvement, and its advances to maturity as a nation, that they could not be omitted in a book which professes to give, for the instruction of the youth of America, biographical history of its most eminent characters.
To the rising generation it is expected that this volume may be of much use. Whilst it lays before them the principal outlines of the history of their country, it presents for their example the actions of some of their most celebrated citizens—of those who first explored and settled these desert shores; who, by their intrepidity and talents, have accelerated the progress of civilization and government; and of those who sought for the liberties, and, at length, achieved the independence of America.
In point of order, every citizen of America ought, first, to be well acquainted with the history of his own country—the interesting and instructing annals of England must necessarily succeed—then may follow those of Greece and Rome—From these volumes may be obtained all that is useful in history; and, let it be observed, that from an impartial study of history may be learned almost every useful lesson.
From this collection, may the young reader, whilst he acquires the first rudiments of historical knowledge, learn to emulate the illustrious personages herein recorded—may it teach him to practice virtue, and venerate religion.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1805
We learn from a gentleman who left Paris the beginning of April, that Mr. Livingston our minister at Paris, had returned from Italy, and was to sail from Bordeaux for New-York in all April. (Phil. Gaz.)
The America, of Baltimore, from Alexandria, has been taken by a French privateer; each of her crew received one hundred lashes, by order of the French captain.
On Monday evening between 4 and 5 o'clock, James Alner, formerly a general in the revolutionary army, and lately superintendent of the State Prison, was found suspended by a silk handkerchief from his bed post. We understand he left a prayer behind him desiring, that his name should be erased from the list of American officers. N. Y. Daily Adv.
JURIES.
There is no branch of the administration of justice more important or difficult than an impartial selection of jurors. In civil cases our property, and in criminal cases, our lives, reputation and liberty are placed in their hands. In the trial of suits between man and man, entirely unconnected with public considerations, there is no great danger of partiality in the officers ordinarily vested with the power of designation. It is principally in cases of a political nature, where the reigning administration feel an interest in crushing an enemy, that juries are packed. This is a danger which strikes immediately at the liberty of the press by exposing the conductors of public prints to fine and imprisonment, and which, in cases of treason, jeopardizes even life itself. For instance:—under the federal judiciary the marshals of the respective districts are appointed by the President of the United States, and invested with the power of returning jurors. If then a President shall be actuated by improper views, how easy will it be for him to fill those offices with men who will be the ready instruments of his views. But without ascribing corrupt motives to rulers, it may be laid down as a general principle that a correspondence of sentiment and object will exist between those who appoint and those who are appointed, and that consequently the actions of the latter will be the same with those which would characterize the former under similar circumstances; and that if rulers should entertain a spirit of persecution or intolerance, those appointed by them will not be exempt from it. Such, in fact, is the influence of prejudice and party, that it too often prostrates the intellectual powers of the wisest men, and makes them the unconscious tools of principles which their dispassionate judgments would condemn. Party may be compared to war. Each side enlists its forces and takes the field. Army meets army. Hostilities ensue; and it is then too late for the soldier on one side to discriminate between the characters of his adversaries. His murderous instrument is aimed alike at all without respect of persons. Every good man, every true republican ought to be on his guard against the ascendancy of feelings which are the more apt to steal insensibly upon us from their connection, in the first stages of their existence, with virtuous sentiments. Hence the patriot citizen desires to possess power, that he may use it for the good of his country; and in the glow of virtue never imagines that he will become the victim of feelings which he reprobates in others. He never dreams that he, in his turn, may abuse that very power which he has successfully wrested from another for no other reason but because he had abused it. Still such is human nature, that the best men may fall into an abuse of power.
The very essence of republicanism consists in the creation of energetic restraints against its abuse. This then is the propitious season, when the power of the nation is wielded by our best citizens, whose ruling motives are the public good—this is the season for securing the great rights which distinguish us from other communities.
An unexceptionable mode of designating jurors has long been a great desideratum. Such a mode, perhaps, cannot be devised. But it may certainly be approached. Different experiments may be tried, and their results may furnish us with the materials for future judgment.
In this point of view we cannot avoid expressing our satisfaction at the experiment about to be made in Pennsylvania. It was naturally to be expected that a great state, if not unrivaled, at least unsurpassed, for the morals, industry and enterprise of her citizens, a state which, from the first dawn of her independent existence, had, under the auspices of the venerable Franklin, laid the foundation of her prosperity on the basis of equal rights, and which, through her progress to wealth and respectability, had found no reason to change them; it was naturally to be expected that such a state would not long remain inactive in devising a proper mode for selecting jurors. Accordingly we find, that at the last session of her legislature an act passed, which directs that in future, in every year, previous to the meeting of the courts, the sheriffs and county commissioners, all chosen by the people, the former triennially and the latter annually, shall select from the list of taxable citizens, the names of a sufficient number to serve as jurors at the several courts in that year, and place them in a wheel, from which they shall draw a sufficient number of names for the ensuing court. Every sheriff and county commissioner is required to take the following oath: "I do swear (or affirm) that I will use my utmost endeavors and diligence in making an impartial selection of persons for jurors, and that I will not suffer partiality, favor or affection, hatred, malice or illwill in any case or point whatever, relating to the selection, drawing and returning of jurors to influence me; but that I will in all respects conform to the true intent & meaning of the acts of the General Assembly, in such cases made and provided."
From the number of jurors as above selected twelve are directed to be drawn by lot for the trial of a particular cause. Each juror is entitled to one dollar payable by the county; and the law is enacted for three years.
Previously to the passage of this act the whole power of selecting jurors lay with the sheriff in common cases, or the clerk of the court, an officer appointed by the Governor during pleasure, in special cases. The change made is assuredly for the better. But it is, in our opinion, but a step towards the ultimate point to which this reform should be carried. A jury cannot be considered as impartially selected, which is designated by one man or by a few men, who may be, and indeed generally are, partial on some subjects. The prevalence of a principle, not depending for its enforcement on the discretion of any one, can alone insure an impartial jury. We trust, therefore, that Pennsylvania will not consider herself as having fully done her duty; but that she will proceed still further in the good work she has undertaken.
Without pretending to very extraordinary research on this interesting subject, may we be permitted to sketch a plan for obtaining impartial juries.
1. Let all the citizens between the ages of 25 and 50 who can read and write, be enrolled, and the names of a competent number be annually drawn by lot, amounting, say for each county, to 36.
2. Let the court at its first session in each year name 12 citizens who shall serve as jurors for the period of a year commencing twelve months thereafter.
3. In constituting a jury for a particular case, let 9 citizens be drawn by lot from the first class, and 3 from the last.
By this means the advantages of selection will be obtained without danger. So far as respects the 9 jurors selected they will be plain, honest, unprejudiced men; while their 3 coadjutors, named by the court, may be expected to be men of superior understanding and information, qualified to enlighten their brethren, without being able to control them; and the selection by the court being made a year before the trial of suits by the jurors selected by them, will generally prevent their designation being made through any partial or corrupt motives. Nat. Intel.
Amongst the papers written by Sir William Jones, was found the following prayer, composed by him on the first day of the year 1782, about 15 months before his embarkation for India, and more than 12 years before his death. A PRAYER.
Eternal and incomprehensible Mind, who, by thy boundless power before time began, created'st innumerable worlds for thy glory, and innumerable orders of beings for their happiness, which thy infinite goodness prompted thee to desire, and thy infinite wisdom enabled thee to know; we, thy creatures, vanish into nothing before thy supreme majesty; we hourly feel our weakness; we daily bewail our vices; we continually acknowledge our folly; thee only we adore with awful veneration; thee we thank with the most fervent zeal; thee we praise with astonishment and rapture; to thy power we humbly submit; of thy goodness we devoutly implore protection; in thy wisdom we firmly and cheerfully rely. We do but open our eyes, and instantly we perceive thy divine existence; we do but exert our reason, and in a moment we discover thy divine attributes; but our eyes could not behold thy splendor, nor could our minds comprehend thy divine essence: we see thee only through thy stupendous and all perfect works; we know thee by that ray of light, which it hath pleased thee to reveal. Nevertheless, if creatures too ignorant to conceive, and too depraved, to pursue, the means of their own happiness, may without presumption express their wants to their Creator, let us humbly supplicate thee to remove from us that evil, which thou hast permitted for a time to exist, that the ultimate good of all may be complete, & to secure us from that vice, which thou sufferest to spread snares around us, that the triumph of virtue may be more conspicuous. Irradiate our minds with all useful truth; instil into our hearts a spirit of general benevolence; give understanding to the foolish; meekness to the proud; temperance to the dissolute; fortitude to the feeble hearted; hope to the desponding; faith to the unbelieving; diligence to the slothful; patience to those who are in pain; and thy celestial aid to those who are in danger; comfort the afflicted; relieve the distressed; supply the hungry with salutary food, and the thirsty with a plentiful stream. Impute not our doubts to indifference, nor our slowness of belief to hardness of heart; but be indulgent to our imperfect nature, and supply our imperfections by thy heavenly favor. "Suffer not,
we anxiously pray, suffer not our prayer to prevail over innocence, nor the might of the avenger, over the weakness of the just." Whenever we address thee in our retirement from the vanities of the world, if our prayers are foolish, pity us; if presumptuous, pardon us; if acceptable to thee, grant them and, all powerful GOD, grant them and, as with our living voice, and with our dying lips, we will express our submission to thy decrees, adore thy providence, and bless thy dispensations; so, in all future states, to which we reverently hope thy goodness will raise us, grant that we may continue praising, admiring, venerating, worshipping thee more and more, throughout worlds without number, and ages without end! Jan. 1st, 1782.
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DEATH. Departed this life on Saturday the 25th inst. MRS. ANN LIGHTFOOT, spouse of Wm. Lightfoot, esq. of Sandy Point. As a proof of this lady's worth, the transient visitor, who now records her death, received from the affections of her immediate connections, and a numerous train of distressed domestics, a conviction which, at such a moment, could not in him have been the impressions of false conceptions: But above all, the extreme effects produced on a most charming and affectionate daughter, who had watched over the distressing scene of protracted illness, with sleepless care and trembling solicitude, proved the irreparable loss to that most tender & delicate part of this worthy and respectable family. The effusions of friendship here mingling with the severest pangs of family distress, are alone to be appreciated, or at least may be excused, by those whose misfortune it has been both to witness and experience some similar calamity. They ought, however, to act as an awful and daily lesson to all, on the mournful subject of the imperfection of all earthly happiness, and teach us to prepare ourselves for a better and more undisturbed existence; whence alone, from such a cheering prospect of eternal life, we can look on & view such temporary evils, with consoling confidence; in scripture, truth triumphantly exclaiming, "O death where is thy sting! O grave where is thy victory!" Whence too, the husband, son, & even the still more tender fair one, should repress all their griefs & repose their confidence, in the superior bliss of their departed friend and benefactress. To repine at such loss, we should consider, is at once selfishly to prefer our own temporary happiness here, to that of the eternal prosperity of our friends in a far better life to which they are removed. Nat. Intel.
BENJAMIN DU VAL, At the sign of the Golden Mortar, Richmond. HAS just received a very large and extensive assortment of fresh MEDICINES, SURGEONS' INSTRUMENTS, DRUGS & DYE-STUFFS, PAINTS of all kinds, OIL, VARNISHES, PUTTY, &c.
HATTERS' MATERIALS, CONSISTING OF
Hatters' Irons, Crude Tartar, Logwood, Bacon Irons, Coppers, Bow-String, Virdegrea, Linings, Fustick, Galoons, Spanish Indigo, Tassel Bands, Oil of Vitriol, Rubbing Dishes, Aq. Fortis, Stampers, Quicksilver, Trenchers, &c.
Which added to his former Stock, completes an assortment that was never equalled, in his line of business, in this city. He thanks his customers for past favors, and hopes to merit a continuation of their custom. His former attention to the quality of his Medicines, importing them in their crude state, that he might be able to judge of their quality, and powdering and preparing them under his immediate inspection, have contributed to his present establishment; and opposition he presumes will not relax his exertions to give general satisfaction in future. His experience for more than 12 years past, as a Apothecary and Druggist in this city, added to a small stock of Medical Information acquired before, enables him, he thinks, to form a tolerably correct judgment as to the quality of Drugs and Medicines, although he cannot boast of honors conferred on him greater than the confidence of numerous and respectable customers. In regard to his wholesale prices, he promises to furnish each of his wholesale customers with a printed price current, as soon as possible, and feels himself confident in their approbation, knowing that no one in this state can afford to undersell him. This he intends to do, not to get others' customers from them, but to secure his own. Any articles that may be ordered and not approved of as to quality, may be returned if in good order, and in a reasonable time. Richmond, May 30, 1805. (3w&wtf)
ADVERTISEMENT. WILL be offered for sale, on Friday the 7th day of June next, at the dwelling house in Hanover county, of the late Mr. Samuel Scherer, dec.
All the Personal Estate, Of the decedent, consisting of a number of valuable slaves, horses, cows, sheep, hogs, household and kitchen furniture; also a quantity of WHEAT FANS, a WING LOOM, and a variety of TOOLS. The terms of sale will be six months credit for all sums above ten dollars; bond and approved security will be required, and if not punctually paid interest will be demanded from the day of sale; sums under ten dollars each must be paid. Hannah Scherer, Adm'x. George Scherer, Adm'r. May 29th, 1805. tds
HART AND SOUTHGATE, OPPOSITE the State House, at the Head of the Basin, Richmond—Office for SALE, on the lowest terms, for Cash, Produce, or Negotiable Notes. French Brandy, Chocolate, Spanish ditto, Spices, Holland Gin, Molasses, Antigua Rum, Soap and Candles, W. Island do., Cempower, New England do., Patent Shot, Peach Brandy, Cat Nails from 3d to 20d, Apple do., Corn, Whiskey, Meal, Cider by the barrel, Bacon, Brown & Leaf Sugar, Butter, Coffee, Cakes, Tea, Lard, &c. And a great variety of other articles usually sold by Grocers. GOOD$ received on STORAGE—Country Produce and Imported Merchandise sold on Commission. est wtf
Valuable School Book. JUST PUBLISHED, AND FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, [PRICE $1 50.] A NEW SYSTEM OF MODERN GEOGRAPHY, OR A GENERAL DESCRIPTION Of the most remarkable Countries throughout the known world; Their respective situations, extent, divisions, cities, rivers, mountains, soils, and productions; their commerce, manners, customs, laws, and religion; Together with their principal Historical Events, and Political Importance in the great Commonwealth of Nations; Compiled from the most modern systems of Geography, and the latest Voyages and Travels; and Containing many important additions to the Geography of the United States that have never appeared in any other work of the kind. ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT MAPS, Comprising the latest discoveries, and engraved by the first American Artists. BY BENJAMIN DAVIES. JESSE HOLLINGSWORTH & SON, COUNTY WHARE, HAVE FOR SALE, Imperial Teas, in qt chests and } Of late im } boxes, } portations } Hyson, } and first } Young Hyson, } quality. } Hyson Skin, } Long and Short Yellow Nankenees Cogniac Brandy, 4th proof, old and fine Jamaica Rum Sugar Molasses Salt Cologne Millstones, from 3 ft. 3 in. to 4 ft. 9 in Hand ditto Plaster of Paris Bar Iron and Nail Rods Castings Millington and Crowley London Steel German and Country ditto Baltimore, May 24, 1805. 8t
TAKEN up by Thomas Brooks, near Gooch and courthouse, a bright bay HORSE, supposed to be six years old last spring, about four feet eight inches high, bob tail and roached mane, white feet all round, small saddle spots, has the appearance of a wart on his breast, and on his near fore leg near the breast, no perceptible brand, trots and canters well—appraised to sixty dollars. Given under our hands the 11th June, 1804. Will Gray, Henry Gray, Joseph Gray. Goochland county, to wit:—Sworn to before me, the day and year above written. Wm THOMAS ROYSTER. A copy: Teste, WM. MILLER, C.O.C. FOR SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed by John Mullens, jun. to me, to secure the payment of a debt due Brown, Rives & Co. will be Sold, to the highest bidder, for ready money, at William Michie's, on Thursday the twenty-seventh day of June next, sundry Property, viz. One tract or parcel of LAND, lying in this county, containing 30 acres, adjoining the lands of Samuel Whims, John Rodes, jun &c—One Negro Woman named Lucy, and her Child, one Negro Woman named Sarah, one Negro Woman named Betty, and one Negro Fellow named Davy, &c. agreeable to deed of trust Martin Dawson, trustee. Milton, Alb. co. May 24th, 1805. 4w
NOTICE. ALL persons having claims on the estate of John Digges, dec. are requested to make them known to Wm H. Digges, on or before the 25th day of November next, who will make provision for payment. This notice will be plead in bar by the executors against all claims that may be demanded of them after that date. Wm. H. Digges, } Ex'rs. John Digges, } Amherst, 4th May, 1805. 4w
Tickets in the William & Mary College Lottery, now drawing in Norfolk, warranted undrawn after the eighth day, are for sale at this office. 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 "Henrico 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 Stolen, I will give ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for such information as may lead to a conviction of the culprit. SAML. MCRAW. Richmond, May 17, 1805. tf
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. tf A FRESH SUPPLY OF Lee's Genuine Patent Medicines, Is just received at this office.
FROM THE MIDDLEBURK MERCURY. MESSRS. PRINTERS. The following old Song, I do not recollect to have seen in print; and, as it was occasioned by the Battle of Monmouth, it may give "the joy of grief" to some of your readers, who remember the blood and carnage of that ever-memorable day. It will remind some, too, that of the many brave men who fell at Monmouth, nothing now but "their green tombs are seen by the mariner, as he bounds on the waves of the north." A. SONG—Tune, "THE TEMPEST."
WHILST, in peaceful quarters lying, WE indulge the glass till late, Far remote the thought of dying, Hear, my friends, the soldier's fate: From the summer's sun, hot gleaming, Where the dusky clouds arise, To the plains, where heroes' screaming, Shouts and dying groans arise. Recitave.—Halt! halt! halt!—from ev'ry rank here, Mark you dust that climbs the sky! To the front rank close that long rear; See! the enemy is nigh! Platoons! move to proper distance, Cover close each rank and file; They will make a bold resistance: Here, my lads, is glorious toil! Now, all you from downy slumber Rous'd to softer joys of love, Wak'd to pleasures without number, Peace and ease your bosoms prove: Around us roars Bellona's thunder; Ah! how close the iron storm! O'er the fields pale ghosts now wander; Pass the word there—form! lads, form! Recit.—To the left display the column! Front, halt! dress! be bold and brave! Mark in air yon fiery volume!— Who'd refuse a glorious grave? Ope! your boxes—quick! be ready! See! our light Bobs gain the hill! Courage, boys! be firm and steady; Hence, each care—each fear lie still! Now the dreadful cannon, roaring, Speak loud terror to the soul; Grape-shot, wing'd with death, fast pouring Ether rings from pole to pole. (Sing, See the smoke! how black and dreary! Clouds sulphureous rend the sky: Wounded, bloody, fainting, weary, How their groans ascend on high! Recit.—Firm, my lads!—who breaks the line there? Oh! can brave men ever yield? Glory, danger, now combine here: None but cowards quit the field! To the rear each gun is mounted; Close the breach, and quick advance! All your former deeds, recounted, This day's merit shall enhance! Now, half chok'd with dust and powder, Fiercely throbs each burning vein. Hark! the din of arms yet louder: Ah! what heaps of heroes slain! See! from flank to flank, wide flashing, How each volley rends the gloom! Hear the trumpet!—ah! what clashing! Man and horse now meet their doom. Recit.—Bravely done, each gallant soldier! Well sustained that heavy fire! ALEXANDER ne'er was bolder:— Now, by regiments, retire! See! our second line moves on us; Ope! your column—give them way, Heav'n, perhaps, may smile upon us; These may yet regain the day! See! each second line engaging, Charging close, spread carnage round! Fierce and furiously raging, Angry heroes bite the ground. Hear the souls of brave men, dying, Call for vengeance as they die! Frowning still, the dead and dying Seem to threaten as they lie. Recit.—To the left, obliquely firing! O be ready—level well! Who would think of e'er retiring? See, my lads—these volleys tell! Hark! by heav'n, the dragoons flying! How their squadrons fill the plain! Check them, boys—you fear not dying! Sell your lives, nor fall in vain! Now our left wing they are turning: Carnage has but just begun! Desperate now, 'tis useless mourning: Farewell, friends—adieu each one! Fir'd to die, we scorn retreating— To the shock our breasts oppose, Hark that shock!—the signal's beating; See! with bayonets they close! Recit.—Front rank, charge! the rear make ready! Forward, march! reserve your fire! Now take aim! fire! be steady! March! march!—see, their lines retire! On their left our light troops dashing, Now our dragoons charge their rear! Shout! hazza! what gallant clashing! They run! they run!—hence banish fear. Now the toil and danger's over, Dress alike the wounded brave: Hope again inspires the lover, Old and young forget the grave. Sieze the canteen—poize it higher— Rest to each brave soul that fell! Death, for this, is ne'er the nigher:— Welcome, mirth—and fear farewell. TO RENT. A BRICK HOUSE, adjoining the old City Tavern, well calculated for a Dry Goods Store. Apply to Gallego, Richard & Co. May 29th, 1805. Ready made PENS for sale here.

Fisher & Lesueur, HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SUPPLY OF GROCERIES, VIZ.    Muscovado Sugar  to, Cloves, Nutmeg,    Best Green Coffee  Mace and Cassia,    Double and Single re-  Madder, Brimstone,    need loaf Sugar  Allum & Copperas,    Retail molasses & trickle  Spanish and Bengal    Old Antigua, Jamaica  Indigo    Santacruz, St. Kitts  Spermaceti Oil    Old Cognac Brandy  Coloring    Holland Gin  Pickled Salmon and    Madeira, Port, Sherry,  Codfish    Teneriffe and Main-  New York Candles &    ga Wine  Soap    Round Port & Claret  Gunpowder    Caldwell Fraser & Co's  Shot from 1 to    superfine Chocolate  B B    Young Hyson, Such-  Thomas Leiper's Snuff    ong, Imperial, and a  Marcouba ditto    few canisters con-  Porter Corks    taining 1 1/2 lbs.  Gin Cases    Gunpowder Tea  Demijohns    Scotch Barley  Cut quart and pint De-    Fresh Oil and Olives  qts.    Basket Salt  Plain qt. & half pt. do.    Fresh Mustard  Plain and cut, half pint,    Spanish Segars  pint & qt. Tumblers    Martinique, Noyau &  Cur Jelly Glasses    Box Raisins & Almonds  China Bowls from pint    Race and ground Gin-  to 6 quart    ger, Pepper, Pimen-  Tea and coffee Cups &    also, a quantity of  Saucers    German Oznaburgs & Ticklenburgs,  Patent Night Lamps.    All which were selected for this market, by James Fisher, and will be sold, wholesale and retail, on moderate terms. Richmond, March 27, 1805. wtf
WHEAT FAN & WOVEN WIRE MANUFACTORY, No. 7, Bridge street, four doors north of Griffith's street, Baltimore.  WHERE are made and sold, WHEAT FANS , first quality: ROLLING and other SCREENS , for wheat, barley, flax-seed, &c.; HAND RIDDLES and SIEVES , for coal, corn, barley, wheat, rye, oats, meal, brick-dust, flax seed, clover seed, cockle, lime, sand, &c.; SLIKES for Indian meal; WIRE SAFES ; WOVEN WIRE for windows, &c. &c.  AMOS SMITH, (Formerly West & Smith.)  N. B. A good assortment on hand. Any of the above articles will be delivered in Richmond, (on short notice) at the same prices as at the manufactory (exclusive of freight) on the orders being sent with  SAMUEL PARSONS & SON, Near the Basin, of whom the prices may be known—who have now on hand, Wheat Fans, Wheat and Lime Sieves, and Meal Sieves , &c. of a superior quality.  P. S. WIRE SAFES, and a few tons BAR IRON on hand. 11th Mo. 1st, 1804 wtf
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 highland 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*
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for Prince Edward county, March 19th, 1805.  Thomas Yuill, son, and heir at law of Thomas Yuill, deceased, and also executor of the said Thomas Yuill, deceased, Pltfs.  AGAINST  James M'Mackin, John M'Mackin and Robert Downes, Defs.  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: It is ordered , that the said defendants James M'Mackin and John M'Mackin, do appear here on the first day of July 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.
Buckingham County, March Court, 1805.  Gabriel Fuqua, complt. In Chancery.  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, Rolf Eldridge, jr. d. c.
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 as a good and growing stand for various kinds of business. Those having claims of the above description are requested to make them known to the subscriber, and whether evidenced by judgment, bond or open account.  JOHN MICHE, Adm'r. with the will annexed of Col. John Boswell dec. April 15th 1805. rds  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 JOHN ROBERTS .  JUST RECEIVED, M s . Pleasant's Book-Store, Richmond, a very elegant assortment of the best  PEN KNIVES, Which will be sold by the single or dozen.
VIRGINIA: In the Superior Court of Chancery, held in Richmond.  Between Charles Purcell, plaintiff. And 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, referred 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 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.  SAMUEL GREENHOW, M. C.
At a Court of Quarterly Session, continued and held for Surrey county, March the 28th, 1805.  Causefield Seward, plaintiff.  AGAINST  Joseph G. Bailey and Micajah Blow executors, & of Michael Blow, deceased, Thomas R. Blow, William Bailey & Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Blow, George Glaister and Nancy Bailey, infants of the said Joseph G. Bailey, and Polly his late wife, late Polly Blow, Susan and William Blow, infants and orphans of Henry Blow, deceased, by 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 Drew, deceased; John Spratley and Sally his wife, late Sally Hart, Patsy 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 M'Intosh, 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 Drew, 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: It is ordered , that the said defendant do appear here on the fourth Tuesday in August next and answer the bill of the plaintiff; and that a copy of this order be forthwith published 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. c.
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, plaintiff.  AGAINST  William Elmore 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, Betsy 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 the court that they are not inhabitants of this state: It is ordered , that they appear here on the first day of August 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.
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: 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.
DOCT. WILSON HAS removed his Apothecary Shop to the lower floor of the Bell Tavern, where he has a general supply of  Medicines, Paints & other Articles In the Apothecary Line.  He takes the liberty to observe, that he has not an article of medicine but such as he uses in his own practice.  Physicians, merchants and others, who may be pleased to patronize him, shall be supplied on the most reduced terms.  Persons of needy circumstances, by paying the retail prices of his medicines, will be prescribed for gratis. May 14. wtf
At a Quarterly Court continued and held for King & Queen county, at the Courthouse, on Friday the 18th of November, 1803.  Edmund Lyne, plaintiff.  Against  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: It is ordered , that the said Robert Gayle do appear here on the first day of March 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, WILL. TODD, D. C. C.
To Messrs. John Watson, sen. John Watson, jun. 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 hereinafter 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, Josias Hurt and Elizabeth his wife, Thomas E. Young, William Brightwell and Mary his wife, William Hutton and Tabitha his wife, and Rebecca Young, complainants against each of you. I shall also on the 22nd and 23rd 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 obdt. servt.  OBADIAH JENKINS. 20th April, 1805. w4t
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 Daniel & Wm. Guerrant will present them to him for settlement, and all those indebted to them are requested to come forward and settle their respective balances, 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, } Trustees. Ed. Cunningham, } Wm. M. Thornton, } James Rea, } New-Canton, 6th May, 1805.
THE Trustees of the above mentioned Danl. & Wm. Guerrant , will offer for sale, to the highest bidder, in the town of New-Canton, on the first day of July next, the following property, viz.  Eight likely Virginia born Slaves, A Single Chair, Harness, &c. and a valuable assortment of suitable GOODS for the present season, any part of which will be sold on very low terms by private sale, or a great bargain may be had, and a liberal credit given to purchaser who will take the whole stock on hand, by application previous to the day above mentioned, to Wm. Guerrant or the Trustees. Six months credit will be allowed the purchasers of the above property for all sums above ten dollars, on giving bond & approved security; lesser sums cash will be demanded for.  wtf
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, 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. (wids)  THE above tract of land and improvements , will be offered for SALE , at Amherst courthouse, on Monday the 15th July next, (being court day) on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months—a deed of trust will be required on the premises, or satisfactory security for punctilial payment.  Gilliat & Kirby.
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 garet, 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 crofs street, leading to the rock landing, and is insured in the mutual insurance company against fire in the state of Virginia, and the premiums paid.
Eleven improved 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 Mule, Adams Stevens, Andrew Lewis and others, in the year 1772.  25 Tracts of land in Montgomery county, containing 32,172 1/2 acres, the whole patented in my name, viz.  4,000 Acres, surveyed 3d April, 1786, in Montgomery county, on Cole River.  3,080 Acres, surveyed 24th July, 1786, in the same county, on 16 mile creek, adjoining the late General Washington's survey, on Kanawha river.  3,064 1/2 Acres, surveyed 23d July, 1786 in same county, on the Loop waters of New river.  1,080 Acres, surveyed 13th May, 1786, in the same county, on the Ohio river.  3,210 Acres, surveyed 3th 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 south side of the same, said about one mile above the ford of the said creek.  500 Acres, surveyed 10th Feb. 1787, in same county, on the north fork of Mud river, that heads against the Guyandott.  1,500 Acres, surveyed 12th May, 1786, in same county, on Ohio river.  2,000 Acres, surveyed 8th May, 1786, in same county, on Great Kanawha.  1,000 Acres, surveyed 16th May, 1786, in same county, on do.  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 fourth 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 Rukey's land, and the Randolph county line, on the waters of Cheat River.  400 Acres, surveyed 20th Oct. 1797, in same county, adjoining lands of Abner Harper, above the mouth of White Day creek.  400 Acres, surveyed 15th Nov. 1797, in same county, adjoining Peter Drage, on Finche's run, to include an improvement made in the year 1773.  1000 Acres, in do. on the west of Cheat river, above the lands of Thomas Butler.  800 Acres, in do. on Buffalo creek, on a pre-emption right of David Gray.  250 Acres, in Greenbrier county, on Little Deer creek, adjoining the lands of Joseph McClurg.  891 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 1st August, 1787, on the waters of Piney river, and Paint creek, waters of the Kanawha river.  435 Acres, in Montgomery county, surveyed 30th June, 1786, joining the lands of Joseph Eaton, Richard Muse and James McCorkle.  230 Acres, in Wythe county, surveyed 4th Nov. 1795, on the Lead Mines Mill creek.  180 Acres, in Albemarle county, 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  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 undercut & hole in the left—taken up the 27th day of December, 1804—Appraised to thirty six dollars.  Acopy—Teste, JOHN NICHOLAS, c. a. g.
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES, Are for sale at Dr. Wilson's Apothecary Shop, opposite the Bell Tavern, to wit:  RED and white Lead, Verdigris, Spanish Whil low, Blue Smalt, Brown Pink, Rose Pink, Lake 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
WILL BE SOLD, By virtue of a decree of the superior court of Chancery for Richmond district, on the 15th June next, at twelve months credit, on the premises, a valuable MILL SEAT and ten acres of LAND, on Powhite creek, about two and a half miles from James River and about eight miles from Manchester—on this seat was formerly a mill, and in a good neighborhood for grist.  By the Commissioners. 23d May, 1805 (3w*)
NOTICE, IS hereby given to all those who are indebted to the estate of Robert Moseley, dec. to come forward, and discharge their respective accounts, as indulgence will not be farther given—And all those having just claims against the estate are requested to bring them forward well authenticated for settlement, on or before the first day of August next, as this notice will be plead in bar against any claim whatsoever that may be brought in after that time.  ROBERT MOSELEY, Adm'r. of Robert Moseley, dec. Buckingham, May 11th 1805. w3t
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 Genl to bridge. Terms made known by application to  Wm. Murray. Grove Brooke, May 13, 1805. wtf
SURVEYOR'S OFFICE. J. WOOD, Mathematical Surveyor for the city of Richmond, informs those persons who may desire to have any Lots surveyed or divided, to apply at his house opposite to Mr. Copland's Shockoe-Hill: and when from home, to leave a card either there or at Mr. John Moody's the corner of the square.  All other surveyors are prohibited by an ordinance of the Common Hall from surveying any squares or lots, or running lines within the city bounds under the penalty of the legal fees of the city surveyor for every offence.  May 24. 3t
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. (1f)
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 connexions I have reason to suppose that he may be lurking about, or concealed by those connexions in the counties of Powhatan or Cumberland. I will give the above reward if he is brought to me in this place, or ten dollars if secured in a jail so that I may get him.  Arch'd. Freeland. Manchester, March 16, 1805. rf
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. rf
RUN away from the subscriber living in Granville county, North Carolina, about the first of February, a likely MULATTO 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 BRIGHT MULATTO 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. rf
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 punctilially attended to. rf
TO RENT, THE HOUSE & LOT, ON Shockoe Hill, lately occupied by Mr. John Pendleton now newly painted and repaired, and in every respect fit for the immediate reception of a family, having all necessary out-houses, &c. Apply to Benjamin Wolfe, adjoining the premises, or to  Joseph Gallego. April 22, 1805. rf