Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1799-12-06 00:00:00

The VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[No. 66 of Vol. VII.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[WHOLE No. 686]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR.
[FOUR DOLLARS PER ANNUM—PAID IN ADVANCE]
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 1799.
[TEN CENTS SINGLE.]
Auction & Commission BUSINESS.
THE Subscribers have removed to the house lately occupied by Mr. Thomas Hooper, two doors below the Eagle Tavern; where they intend carrying on the Auction and Commission Business under the firm of
Vandewall & Mosby.
Any thing committed to them in their line will be received and faithfully attended to. Advances in each will be made if required.
They have on hand for Sale, low for Cash or on 60 or 90 days credit,
 Best German Oznaburgs, by bale or piece  Droghedas, by the piece  Brown Irish Linens  India Cottons  Old Antigua Rum by the Hhd.  Northward ditto by the barrel  Molasses by the Hhd.  Brown Sugar by the Hhd. or Bbl. 
Markes Vandewall.
Benjamin Mosby.
Richmond, Oct. 28th, 1799.
N. B. Their stated days of sale are on Wednesdays and Fridays. V. & M.
Thomas Gilliat & James Kirby,
HAVING ENTERED INTO CO-PARTNERSHIP, UNDER THE FIRM OF
Gilliat & Kirby,
Inform their friends, that they have just received, per the HERCULES, from LIVERPOOL, a large supply of
 Kendal Cottons,  White and Coloured Plains,  Striped and Rose Blankets,  Yarn and Plaid Hose,  Manchester Stuff, &c. 
And are in daily expectation of receiving the remainder of their
W O O L E N S,
Per first ship from Liverpool, and a very extensive assortment of
FANCY and FASHIONABLE
GOODS,
By the ALEXANDER from London—All of which will be offered for SALE on moderate terms, either for Cash or Country Produce, or on a credit of six months.
They have also on hand, a large quantity of left
London bottled Porter, In casks of six dozen each, which will be disposed of on very low terms.
NOTICE.
IT is with much regret that the subscriber should again have occasion to notify those who have been a considerable time delinquent, that it is now impossible for him to grant them any further indulgence: therefore, it is necessary for all those who are in arrears and whose accounts have been long due, to make immediate payment to him, or to Messrs. GILLIAT & KIRBY, whose receipt will be sufficient for the same, or give such security as will be deemed satisfactory. Those who fail to comply with this request, funds will be instituted against them indiscriminately.
Thomas Gilliat.
Richmond, September 18. (t.f)
Forty Dollars Reward.
RUN away from the subscriber, living in Charlotte county, the 24th of March last, a likely negro woman named
NANCY:
About 28 or 30 years of age, large and lufly—had on when she went away a striped calico gown, a green durants skirt, a blue cloak, lined cap, and a broad-brim hat. Her teeth are remarkably wide apart before. She was raised near Charles City courthouse, the property of one Mr. Harwood; she afterwards belonged to a Capt. David Hol-loway, in the city of Richmond; she was also the property of one Mr. Jacob Abrahams in said city, who sold her to one Mr. Dejarnatt, of whom I purchased her. It is likely she may be about Richmond, as she lived there a considerable time, and is generally acquainted there. Any one that will deliver me the said Nancy shall receive the above reward, or by giving me such information that I get her again, shall be generously rewarded for their trouble by
James Brooks.
November 18, 1799.
Bail & Delivery Bonds. For sale at this Printing-Office.
FOR SALE,
VALUABLE
Slate Quarries;
LYING on James river, near the mouth of Slate river, about sixty miles above the city of Richmond, in Virginia; the quality of which has been proved by experiments made in Richmond and Ma-chester, and the quantity will not be doubted, when viewed by any one a judge in the article. The situation of these Quarries, immediately on navigable water, and their scarcity in other quarters, particularly in similar situations, giving almost the entire monopoly in this country to their owner under them an object worthy the attention of the enterprising and industrious.—The other property formerly advertised with these Quarries, being now disposed of, they will be sold on moderate terms (in proportion to their value) for bonds well secured, property in Richmond, public facilities, or any other thing that will produce a certain annua income, and ultimately insure the principal.
ALSO, WILL BE SOLD, About 400 acres of well timbered, unimproved, level, lively grain
LAND,
On James river, about seventy miles above Richmond, in the same way, and on moderate terms.
(F)
John Nicholas.
DOCT. JOHN LEMAYEUR, Offers to SELL one of the best Plantations,
Of the same size, on Dunlap's creek; containing 344 acres, on which there is 5 acres of clear land, with a good apple and peach orchard, and 15 acres of meadow, formerly belonging to Roger Morning, with a good Dwelling House, double Barn, and Stables, with all other necessary buildings. Also, TO RENT,
FOR 2, 3, or 5 Years, A PLANTATION, Adjoining the one where I now live—and several large and small tracts of
VALUABLE LAND, that he will also dispose of on good terms, in large or small tracts, to fit the purchasers.
John Lemayeur.
Mount Pleasant, 12th Nov. 1799. (b) N. B. The last mentioned tracts are situated in Greenbrier, Monroe, Liberty, and Botetourt counties.
M. M. MYERS,
Has on hand at the Store lately occupied by Messrs. Moody & Price,
 West-India Rum,  French Brandy,  Holland Gin in Casks,  Coffee,  Ginger,  Liverpool Salt in Sacks,  German Oznaburgs,  Writing Paper,  Window Glass, crown and common, 10 by 8, 11 by 9, 12 by 10. 
A QUANTITY OF
Hollow Glass Ware, CONSISTING OF
 Decanters,  Wine Glasses,  Pint, half pint and quarter pint Tumblers. 
A few Casks of Genuine
CABANISS'S
Chewing Tobacco, Which with a variety of other articles in the Dry Good & Grocery Line,
will be disposed of either by wholesale or retail at low prices, for Cash, Country Produce or Note at a short date.
Richmond, October 24th, 1799.
For Sale at this Printing-Office, Tables of Stamp-Duties.
ALSO—TABLES For receiving and paying Gold, according to act of Congress, calculated for the use of the Bank of the United States.
Blank Writs, Executions, Subpoenas, &c. May be had at this Printing-Office.
I FOREWARN all persons at their peril, from buying of John Glenn, or any other person, appointed by him, to sell, the following Negroes, to wit:
Nat, Will, Delphia, and two Children,
which negroes were sold to Austin Hewlett, and every requisite complied with; but since the death of the said Hewlett, the said Glenn, by fraudulent means, has got the negroes back again.—There is a suit, brought by me against the said Glenn, now depending in the high court of chancery, for the right of the said negroes, and until that is determined, I suppose no person would be justifiable in buying, without being indemnity secured in the title, as I conceive there cannot be a good title made.—The negroes are as follows:—Nat is about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years of age, five feet eight or nine inches high, of a bright yellow complexion, fruit made, and is now in the possession of the said Glenn, in New Kent county. Will is about twenty-five or twenty-six years of age, nearly the size and complexion of Nat, is with Matthew Glenn, the son of the aforementioned Glenn, who resides either in King and Queen county, or Gloucester, I do not know which. Delphia is about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, very yellow, of a medium size, with her youngest child, as I have been informed, is in the possession of a Peter Perry, who married the daughter of Glenn, and now resides in Richmond—Kans. Ralph, the other child of Delphia, is in the possession of Glenn, is about five or six years old, rather of a darker complexion than the rest.
James Hewlett, Surviving Executor of Austin Hewlett. New-Kent, November 25, 1799. (aw)
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars Reward,
For stopping the Villain!
RAN away on the 25th of July last, from the subscriber near this city, George,
a likely stout made mulatto man, 24 or 25 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, with a conspicuous scar under his left jaw, occasioned by a defective tooth, a large scar on the back of his right hand from the cut of a knife, and a small one inclining obliquely downwards in the middle of his forehead, occasioned by some accident when a child, flutters a little when about to speak, a bath of bad hair, rather thin, from the constant use of boots, and of rusty looks and temper, except when he chooses to force a deceitful smile.—He has served an apprenticeship to the barber's trade, knows a little of bookmaking, and is, when he pleases, a very complete domestic servant.—As he has several times travelled with me into the northern states, it is possible he may obtain a forged certificate of freedom, and endeavor to go that way, or towards Kentucky, where his mother and other connections are in the possession of a Mr. William Holland, whose name he sometimes affects to bear—and this is the more probable, as a short time previous to his departure he possessed himself of the means of travelling by forcing into my desk. If he is caught out of the state of Virginia, the above reward will be paid on his delivery to me at this place—if taken in this state and delivered, Fifty Dollars will be paid—and if secured in any jail so that I get him again, Thirty Dollars will be allowed. All masters of vessels are cautioned against affording the said runaway a conveyance out of the state, and all other persons against harbouring, employing or secreting him—as no expense will be spared in a rigorous prosecution of those who do so.
Richmond, Virginia, October 28th, 1799. JOHN MAYO. (t.f)
Notice.
On the Second Wednesday in December next,
Will be offered for SALE,
To the highest bidder, on a credit of twelve months, before the Eagle Tavern, in the city of Richmond,
5920 acres of Land
In the county of Bedford, and situated on the branches of Staunton river and Goose creek.
Also,
1140 acres of Land,
In three separate tracts, lying in Pittsylvania county, on the south side of Staunton river. It is said there is a valuable Copper Mine on some part of the last mentioned land. The Bedford tract lies within twenty two miles, the Pittsylvania within twenty six miles of Lynchburg. The aforesaid lands are a part of the estate of the late Jacob Rubenham, and pursuant to a power delegated by him in his will to his executors, are offered for sale by the subscriber.
Thomas Banks, Surviving acting Executor of Jacob Rubenham. Manchester, 26th Oct. 1799. (tdt)
FOR SALE.
A SECOND HAND COPY OF
BACON'S ABRIDGMENT, 5 volumes folio—in good preservation. Enquire of the Printer. November 18.
LATEST EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.
Translated from papers received by the Cabot, Captain Compton, arrived at Baltimore, from Embden.
ALKMAAR, September 22.
Our neighbouring villages have considerably suffered during the last engagement. Crabbenendam has been totally burnt; many houses in De Zyp, at Groot, Schoorl, Schoorl-dam, and in the Long Dyke, have been laid in ashes. The roads are strewn with slain, Russians, and some British, for whose interment we are now providing.
General Dumonceau has been transported to Amsterdam, where it was judged he would enjoy quietness and repose for his recovery. Yesterday and to-day we have been constantly engaged to pick up the strayed Russians, who hid themselves in the Berger woods and downs.
It appears now sufficiently clear that the intention of the enemy, was to drop the Russians along the shore and through the Downs, until below Ryncaud at tea, while the English, with a large force, should march up to the whole left wing betwixt two fires. But as the Russians now forced on betwixt Bergen and Schoorl, through the Duynen woods, they were immediately surrounded by the French; and while the English did not sufficiently attack the centre at Schoorl-dam, General Dumonceau, who commanded the same, embraced the opportunity of seconding the left wing, whereby not only the Russians suffered so enormously, but the English were prevented making a foray from Petten. It is therefore probable that the enemy being well beaten in his right wing, prevented his march by Schermerhorn to Alkmaar.
Amsterdam Courant Extra, September 23.
Schoorl, near Alkmaar, Sept. 21. "If ever there was any thing that could make the adherents of the flander bluff, it must be the horrid transactions of the day before yesterday. From the first time that the English had a footing on our shores, was this village in particular the unfortunate victim of their cruelties. The 19th instant is for us, and all inhabitants of this country, a day of mourning and abhorrence, and will remain a disgrace to the Orange party, to distant generations."
"Early in the morning of the 19th, was our village, which was then in possession of the French, taken by the Russians, and then retaken by the French; and in line, in the course of a short time, passed three times into the hands of the contending parties. Whenever the Russians, but for a short time, became masters of this village, they devoted themselves to plunder, murder, exacting money, and all the valuables the people possessed; but nothing could satisfy their rapacity—even after a great number of the unfortunate inhabitants had given up their all to these barbarians—after they had even broken open all the chests and lockers of the houses, and plundered them of their contents; and while the poor inhabitants on their knees, with folded hands, prayed for their lives, till these Russian monsters were rolled of so much malignity, or obeying the orders of the English, that not even pregnant matrons, hoary fathers, lisping infants, or beauteous maidens were spared! The matrons, in the face of their husbands and fathers, were violated in the most brutal and savage manner! and thus fell victims to their lust and rapacity! and after that, those who escaped the bayonet, were shot, or in a most shocking manner cut to pieces, and their mangled corpses left the most horrid and frightful spectacle, of which a vast many were sent to Alkmaar in waggons."
"A few whom the enemy left for dead, afterwards were able to crawl from the heaps of the slaughtered and endeavored to preserve the remaining sparks of life. by a retreat. Their dead bodies were found in the houses and cellars, as well of our village, as in several other scattered habitations, where the Russians had committed such cruelties, as are more the characteristics of wild beasts than of men! Cruelties and wantonness from which nature recoils with horror, and at which humanity trembles! This is the deliverance which the northern nations have brought to us! This is the reformation of religion and good order, which the Stadtholder and British general have ordered to us! Who is there but must tremble at the fate of those people whom the fortune of war may throw in the power of those tyrants."
"A French hussar who conducted to Alkmaar, some of the miserable women and children whose husbands and parents shared in the fate of the day, refused to accept a purse of money which was offered to him, as a recompense for his kindness; but being importuned at last submitted. What a contrast between this hussar and our wanton redeemers!"
"The brave French and Dutch, to whom the fortune of war was less favorable, and who have fallen into the hands of the enemy, although their number is small are treated most cruelly; some even after they had laid down their arms, were wantonly and cowardly butchered; what a difference between such treatment, to what they experience from us!"
NEW-YORK, November 25.
LATEST FOREIGN ADVICES.
Yesterday arrived at this port, in 26 days from Greenock, the ship Fanny, Captain Braine. By this arrival we have been favoured with London papers to the 19th, and Glasgow to the 4th October, from which we have selected the following important intelligence:
London Gazette Extraordinary,
Downing-Street, Sept. 24. The following dispatch has this day been received from the duke of York, by the right hon. Henry Dundas:
Head-quarters, Schagen Brug, Sept. 20.
SIR, IN my dispatch of the 16th instant, I acquainted you with my intention of making an attack upon the whole of the enemy's position, the moment that the reinforcements joined. Upon the 19th, every necessary arrangement being made, the army moved forward in four principal columns in the following order:—The left column, under the command of lieutenant gen. sir R. Abercrombie, consisting of two brigades of the 18th light dragoons; major gen. the earl of Chatham's brigade; major gen. Moore's brigade; a major gen. the earl of Cavan's brigade; first battalion of British grenadiers of the line; 6th battalion of light infantry of the line; the 23 and 55th regiments under col. Macdonald, destined to turn the enemy's right on the Zuyder Zee, marched at five o'clock in the evening of the 18th. The column upon the right, the first commanded by lieutenant gen. D'Harnan, consisting of the 7th light dragoons, twelve battalions of Russians, and major gen. Manner's brigade; the second, commanded by lieutenant gen. Dundas, consisting of two squadrons of the 14th light dragoons, two brigades of foot guards, and major gen. Prince William's brigade; the third column, commanded by lieutenant gen. sir James Pulteney, consisting of two squadrons of the 14th light dragoons, major gen. Don's brigade, and major gen. Cote's brigade, marched from the positions they occupied at day-break, the morning of the 19th. The object of the first column was, to drive the enemy from the heights of Camper Dyne, the villages under these heights, and finally to take possession of Bergen; the second was to force the enemy's position at Walmenhuyfen and Schoorl-dam, and to co-operate with the column under lieutenant gen. D'Harnan; and the third, to take possession of Ouds Carpel, at the head of Lange dyke, a great road leading to Alkmaar.
It is necessary to observe, that the country in which we had to act, presented, in every direction, the most formidable obstacles. The enemy upon their left occupied to great advantage, the High Sand Hills, which extend from the sea in front of Petten, to the town of Bergen, and was entrenched in three intermediate villages. The country over which the columns under lieutenant generals Dundas and sir James Pulteney had to move for the attack of the fortified posts of Walmenhuyfen, Schoorl-dam and the Lange Dyke, is a plain intersected every three or four hundred yards by broad deep wet ditches and canals. The bridges across the only two or three roads which led to these places were destroyed; and abatis were laid at different distances.
Lieutenant general D'Harnan's column commenced its attack, which was conducted with the greatest spirit and gallantry, at half past three o'clock in the morning, and by eight had proceeded in so great a degree as to be in possession of Bergen. In the wooded country which surrounds the village the principal force of the enemy was placed, and the Russian troops advancing with an intrepidity which overlooked the formidable resistance with which they were met, had not remained that order which was necessary to preserve the advantages they had gained; and they were, in consequence, after a most vigorous resistance, obliged to retire from Bergen, where I am much concerned to state, lieutenant general D'Harnan and lieutenant general Dundas were made prisoners, the latter dangerously wounded) and fell back upon Schoorl-dam, which village they were also forced to abandon, but which was immediately retaken by major general Manner's brigade, notwithstanding the very heavy fire of the enemy. Here this brigade was immediately reinforced by two battalions of Russians, which had co-operated with lieutenant general Dundas, in the attack at Walmenhuyfen,

by major general D'Oyley's brigade of guards, and by the 35th regiment under the command of his highness prince William. The action was renewed by these troops for a considerable time with success; but the entire want of ammunition, on the part of the Russians, and the exhausted state of the whole corps engaged in that particular situation, obliged them to retire, which they did in good order, upon Petten and the Zyper Slays.
As soon as it was sufficiently light, the attack upon the village of Walmenhuyzen, where the enemy was strongly posted with cannon, was made by lieutenant general Dundas. Three battalions of Russians, who formed a separate corps, declined to co-operate from Krabbendam in this attack, commanded by major general Sedmoratzky, very gallantly stormed the village on its left flank, while at the same time it was entered on the right by the 1st regiment of guards. The grenadier battalion of the guards had been previously detached to march upon Schoorldam, on the left of lieutenant general De Harman's column, as the 3d regiment of guards, & the 2d battalion of the 5th regiment, had been to keep up the communication with that of lieutenant general Sir James Pulteney. The remainder of lieutenant general Dundas's column, which after taking possession of Walmenhuyzen, had been joined by the 1st battalion of the 5th regiment, marched against Schoorldam, which place they maintained, under a very heavy and galling fire, until the troops engaged on their right had retired at the conclusion of the action.
The column under lieutenant general Sir James Pulteney proceeded to its object of attack at the time appointed, and after overcoming the greatest difficulties and the most determined opposition, carried by storm the principal post of Ouds Cappel at the head of the Lange Dyke; upon which occasion the 40th regiment, under the command of colonel Spencer, embraced a favorable opportunity which presented itself of highly distinguishing themselves.
This point was defended by the chief force of the Batavian army under the command of general Daendels. The circumstances, however, which occurred on the right, rendered it impossible to profit by this brilliant exploit, which will ever reflect the highest credit on the general officers and troops engaged in it: and made it necessary to withdraw lieutenant general Sir James Pulteney's column from the position which he had taken within a short distance of Alkmaar. The same circumstances led to the necessity of recalling the corps under lieutenant general Sir Ralph Abercrombie, who had proceeded without interruption to Hoorne, of which city he had taken possession, together with the garrison. The whole of the army has therefore re-occupied its former position.
The well grounded hopes I had entertained of complete success in this operation, and which were fully justified by the result of the three, and by the first successes of the fourth attack upon the right, add to the great disappointment I must naturally feel on this occasion: but the circumstances which have occurred, I should have considered of very little general importance, had I not to lament the loss of many brave officers and soldiers, both of his majesty's and the Russian troops, who have fallen.
The gallantry displayed by the troops engaged, the spirit with which they overcame every obstacle which nature and art opposed to them, and the cheerfulness with which they maintained the fatigues of an action which lasted without intermission from half past three o'clock in the morning until five in the afternoon, are beyond my powers to describe or extol. Their exertions fully entitle them to the admiration and gratitude of their king and country.
Having thus faithfully detailed the events of this first attack, and paid the tribute of regret due to the distinguished merit of those who fell, I have much consolation in being able to state, that the efforts which have been made, although not crowned with immediate success, so far from militating against the general object of the campaign, promise to be highly useful to our future operations. The capture of 60 officers, and upwards of 3000 men, with the destruction of 16 pieces of cannon, with large supplies of ammunition, which the intersected nature of the country did not admit of being withdrawn, are convincing proofs that the loss of the enemy in the field has been far superior to our own; and in addition to this, it is material to state, that nearly 15,000 of the allied troops had unavoidably no share in this action.
In viewing the several circumstances which occurred during this arduous day, I cannot avoid expressing my obligations I owe to lieutenant generals Dundas and Sir J. Pulteney, for their able assistance, and also to mention my great satisfaction at the conduct of major generals his highness prince William, D'Oyley, Manners, Burrard, and Don, to whose spirited exertions the credit gained by the brigades they commanded is greatly to be imputed.
Captain Sir Home Popham, and the several officers of my staff, exerted themselves to the utmost, and rendered me most essential service. I feel also much indebted to the spirited conduct of a detachment of seamen, under the direction of Sir Home Popham and captain Godfrey of the navy, in the conduct of three gun boats, each carrying one twelve pound carronade, which acted with considerable effect on the Alkmaar canal; nor must I omit expressing my acknowledgements to the Russian major
generals Essen, Sedmoratzky, and Schu- torff.
I transmit herewith returns of the killed, wounded and missing. I am, Sir, yours, &c. FREDERICK.
P.S. Not having yet received returns of the loss of the Russian troops, I can only observe, that I understand their loss in killed, wounded and missing, amounts to near 1500 men.
Return of killed, wounded and missing. Total—1 lieut. col. 2 captains, 2 subalterns, 1 staff, 2 sergeants, 109 rank and file killed; 7 lieut. cols. 6 majors, 15 captains, 15 subalterns, 20 sergeants, 2 drummers, 345 rank and file wounded; 22 sergeants, 5 drummers, 463 rank and file missing.
Return of officers, killed, wounded, missing and taken prisoners.
Grenadier battalion of guards—lieut. colonel Morris and capt. Gunthorpe, killed; col. Waybayard and capt. Neville, wounded. 3d battalion of the 2d guards—lieut. col. Cook, wounded; lieut. col. Dawkins and capt. Forbes, wounded and taken prisoners; capt. Henry Wheatley, wounded; ensign Oyley wounded and taken prisoner.
1st battalion of Coldstream guards—lieut. col. Cunningham, wounded.
1st battalion of 17th foot—major Grey, major Cockburne, captains Grace and Knight wounded; lieut. Wickham, missing, supposed taken; lieut. Wilson and ensign Thompson, wounded.
2d battalion of the 17th foot—major Wood and lieutenant Saunders, wounded.
1st battalion of the 40th foot—ensign El- colm, killed; major Wingfield, captains Dancer, Thomson, Gear, Myers, & lieut. Williams, wounded; captain O'Dennell, missing.
2d battalion of ditto—capt. Trollope, wounded, since dead; captains Dancer and Thornton, and lieut. Macpherson, wounded.
1st battalion of the 5th foot—lieut. col. Oswald and major Hay, wounded; major Pitt wounded and taken prisoner; capt. Manary, ensigns Wilkinson, Deane, and Jones, wounded.
1st battalion of the 9th foot—lieut. Wood- ford and quarter-master Holles, killed; lieut. Smith wounded and taken prisoner; lieuts Grant and Rothwell, wounded. 2d battalion of the 9th foot—capt. Balfour, killed; lieut. colonel Crew, wounded; ensign French, wounded and taken prisoner; ensign Butter, missing.
56th regiment of foot—captains King and Gilman, and lieut. Prates, wounded. N. B. Lieut. Rowad of the Royal navy, wounded; 4 seamen killed; 7 seamen wounded.
Three hundred and fifty rank and file of the first battalion of the 35th regiment cannot exactly be accounted for, from the nature of the action, from the regiment being sent immediately to the Helder in charge of prisoners; but it is much feared that nearly one hundred are killed, and the remainder wounded and missing.
The return of the Royal artillery, received since the general return was closed.
Five gunners, 4 gun-drivers, 3 additional gunners, killed; 1 lieut. Eligie, wounded and taken prisoner; volunteer John Douglass wounded; 8 gunners, 6 gunner-drivers, 4 additional gunners wounded; 7 gunners, 9 gun-drivers, missing.
(Signed) ALEX. HOPE, Asst. Adj. Gen.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
Tuesday September 24.
His Majesty came to the House about 3 o'clock, and being seated on the throne, the Usher of the Black Rod was sent with a message to the House of Commons, commanding their attendance in the House of Peers. The Commons being come hither accordingly, his Majesty was pleased to make the following
SPEECH:
“My Lords and Gentlemen,
“I HAVE called you together at this unusual season, in order to recommend it to you to consider the propriety, of enabling me, without delay, to avail myself to a further extent of the voluntary services of the Militia, at a moment when an increase of our active force abroad may be productive of the most important and beneficial consequences.
“We have seen the happy effects of the measure which you adopted on this subject in the last session; and the forces which I was thereby enabled to employ have already displayed, in the face of the enemy, a courage, discipline and steadiness, worthy of the character of British soldiers.
“In the short interval since the close of last session, our situation and prospects have, under the blessing of Providence, improved beyond the most sanguine expectation. The abilities and valor of the commanders and troops of the combined Imperial armies have continued to be evidently displayed. The deliverance of Italy may now be considered as secured by the result of a campaign, equal in splendor and success, to any of the most brilliant recorded in history: and I have had the heart-felt satisfaction of seeing the valor of my fleets and armies successfully employed to the assistance of my allies, to the support of our just cause, and to the advancement of the most important interests of the British Empire.
“The kingdom of Naples has been rescued
from the French yoke, and restored to the dominion of its lawful sovereign, and my former connections with that power have been renewed.
“The French expedition to Egypt has continued to be productive of calamity & disgrace to our enemies, while its ultimate views against our eastern possessions have been utterly confounded. The desperate attempt which they have lately made to extricate themselves from their difficulties has been defeated by the courage of the Turkish forces, directed by the skill, and animated by the heroism, of a British officer, with a small portion of my naval force under his command; and the overthrow of that relictis and perfidious power, who, instigated by the artifices, and deluded by the promises of the French, had entered into their ambitious and destructive projects in India, has placed the British in that quarter, in a state of solid and permanent security.
“The vigilance, decision, and wisdom of the Governor-General in Council, on this great and important occasion, and the tried abilities and valor of the commanders, officers, and troops employed under his direction, are entitled to my highest praise.
“There is, I trust, every reason to expect that the effort which I am making for the deliverance of the United Provinces will prove successful. The British arms have rescued from the possession of the enemy the principal port and naval arsenal of the Dutch republic; and although we have to regret the loss of many brave men in the subsequent attack against the enemy, whose position enabled them to obstruct our progress, I have the strongest ground to expect that the skill of my generals, and the intrepidity of my troops, and of those of my allies, will soon surmount every obstacle; and that the fleet which, under the usurped dominion of France, was destined to co-operate in the invasion of these islands, may speedily, I trust, under its ancient standard, partake in the glory of restoring the religion, liberty and independence of those provinces, so long in intimate union and alliance with this country.
“While you rejoice with me in the events which add so much lustre to the British character, you will, I am persuaded, as cordially join in the sentiments so justly due to the conduct of my good and faithful ally, the Emperor of Russia; to his magnanimity and wisdom, directing to so many quarters of Europe the force of his extensive and powerful empire, we are in a great degree, indebted for the success of our own efforts, as well as for the rapid and favorable change in the general situation of affairs. I have directed copies to be laid before you of these engagements which consolidated and cemented a connection so consonant to the permanent interests of my empire, and so important at the present moment to every part of the civilized world.
“Gentlemen of the House of Commons, The ample supplies which you have granted to me in the course of the last session, will, I trust, so nearly provide for the exigencies of the public service, even on the extensive scale which our present operations require, as to enable me, without further aid, to continue those exertions to the close of the present year: but in order to afford you the convenience of a longer recess, I recommend it to you to consider of providing for the expenses which will be necessary in the early part of the ensuing year; and with this view I have ordered the proper estimates to be laid before you.
“My Lords and Gentlemen, “In pursuance of your recommendation, I judged it proper to communicate to my two Houses of Parliament in Ireland, at the close of their last session, the sentiments which you have expressed to me respecting an incorporating Union with that kingdom. The experience of every day confirms me in the persuasion that signal benefit would be derived to both countries from that important measure, and I trust that the disposition of my parliament there, will be found to correspond with that which you have manifested for the accomplishment of a work which would tend so much to add to the security and happiness of all my Irish subjects, and to consolidate the strength and prosperity of the empire.”
LONDON, September 24.
This forenoon an express arrived at Mr. Dundas's office from his Royal highness the duke of York, with the account of a battle having taken place in Holland on Thursday last, near the village of Bergen, a little way to the northward of Alkmaar. The Russians had volunteered to assist the French lines, which service they marched forward to execute on Thursday morning. The battle was long and bloody, but the result was favorable to the allied army, 4000 French and Dutch are stated to have been taken prisoners, and a great number of both killed and wounded. Our loss was chiefly with the Russians, and the Russian general in chief is stated to have lost an arm, and to have remained a prisoner with the enemy.
The whole loss of the enemy is reported to be above ten thousand. These dispatches were brought to Yarmouth by the sloop Logger , which left the Texel on Sunday morning.
October 1.
HOUSE OF COMMONS, September 30.
Colonel Gascoigne brought up a petition from the merchants of Liverpool, praying relief for the West-India merchants; the object a mere temporary loan to meet the present exigency, arising from the great quantity of West-India produce on hand. Half a million was the sum asked for, and two millions and a half of produce was now lying dead in the single port of Liverpool. There were now 190,000 hogheads of sugar on hand, and yet a trifling demand. He concluded with moving leave to lay said petition on the table.
To a question from the speaker, colonel Gascoigne said, the merchants would give ample security, that no eventual loss should fall on the public. Mr. Pitt thought the difficulty a serious one, and the case one of those few in which the house ought to grant relief.
The bill to enable his majesty to avail himself of the further service of the militia went through a committee. On the question for going into the above committee, Mr. Jones conceived it would be a species of tending to keep the Dutch fleet if we did not succeed in restoring the Netherlands.
Mr. Tierney thought also, that the getting the fleet, as we did, bound us to pursue the plan for the relaxation of the navigation act, notwithstanding which difficulties should arise.
Mr. Pitt said there was no such engagement, though, in honor, we were bound to use every exertion for that effect. At the same time he took that opportunity of declaring, that nothing had happened to lessen our assurance of success, for that, since the short time the subject was last discussed, advice had been received from our fleets, that they had been received in more than one or two towns as deliverers, and that the standard of the ancient government was erected.
The report of the militia bill was then brought up, and ordered to be received to-morrow.
On the motion of Mr. Pitt, the house then resolved itself into a committee of supply, on which the following resolutions were moved and agreed to.
That 12,000 seamen including 22,699 marines, be granted to his majesty for the service of two lunar months, commencing the 1st January 1800—A sum of 444,000. for wages for the same, at the rate of 11 17s. per man, for the above period. A sum of 456,000. for maintenance at the rate of 18s. per man—A sum of 720,000. for wear and tear of ships at the rate of 31, a man per month—A sum of 60,000. for ordnance, at the rate of 51 per month—That a sum of 3,000,000. be granted to his majesty to pay off the exchequer bills issued, in consequence of the exchequer loan bill of last session, and payable on the first day of the session.
The report was then brought up and ordered to be received to-morrow, and the committee of supply deferred till Wednesday. Adjourned.
Mr. Pitt, in addition to what he had already said relative to the intelligence from Holland, mentioned, that the advice from our fleets stated that at every place where the people of the country could show their real dispositions, they were sanguine in favor of the Stadtholder, and manifested the greatest joy and exultation.
[The readers of the Ancient will pay the attention which it deserves to this assurance from the British minister. If Mr. Pitt could have specified any such towns, we should have heard their names. All the Dutch Gazettes and private letters agree that the English are behaving in Holland just as they did, before our own eyes at Manchesters, in the last war, when they burnt twelve hundred hogheads of tobacco.]
LONDON, Sept. 30.
On Friday night an overland dispatch was received at the India House from Bombay, the contents of which, we are informed, relate to the further operations of the governor general, the earl of Mornington, and lord Clive the governor of Madras, in the Mysore country. The treasure found in the bullion depot, a few cows from Seringapatam, affords a hope that a vast quantity of specie, in gold mohurs, pagodas, and rupees will be collected. The princes, sons of the late Tippoo Sultan, were tolerably well reconciled to their fate at the date of this dispatch. The principal officers of Tippoo's Dubar were employed in rendering complete statements of the revenue of the country, under the inspection of the British government.
September 28.
Suarrow has removed his head-quarters to Turin, for the purpose of securing the Piedmontese frontiers, of covering any attack from the Valais, and of keeping open a communication with Switzerland.
Klenau is advancing against Genoa, but the badness of the roads is an almost insuperable obstacle to all rapidity of movement.
In Switzerland the allies possess no force capable of making an effectual stand against the French. After some hard fighting on the 30th and 31st ult. Hotze has been driven behind the Irth, and the French are preparing, it is supposed, to advance against the Grisons.
The plans of the archduke in advancing into Suabia have not yet developed themselves. It is said that the Austrians are proceeding towards Mannheim. It is not clear that Philippsburg has yet been relieved, nor that the army under general Muhler has re-crossed the Rhine. On the 6th, a French corps of 5000 men crossed the Rhine to proceed to the Black Forest; a second corps was to follow. On the 13th, the French retired from Heidelberg to Mannheim, but not in consequence of any defeat. The news from Holland is not of so late a date, by some days, as that of which we are already in possession. A column of ten thousand French troops is arrived at Dorn.
The movements of the Prussian troops begin to be rather more active than they have been for some time past. A body of Prussians, but not a strong one, is on their march towards Rees. It is to be encamped between that place and Emmerich.
The Emperor of Russia gives as a reason, for prohibiting all intercourse between Danish subjects and the Russians, that the Danish government has tolerated revolutionary societies.
But the most important intelligence, at least to this country, brought by the mail, relates to the commercial state of Hamburg. Our readers are acquainted with the numerous failures which have lately taken place in that city, occasioned in a great measure by enormous speculations. Six houses failed between the 18th and 20th, one of them a very large house, which had considerable dealings with England, Holland, America, Spain, Denmark, Russia, Naples, & France. This calamity has roused the attention of all the Hamburg merchants, who have had several meetings. It was first proposed to follow the plan adopted a few years ago in this country: viz. the issue of commercial bills, but this proposal met with opposition. It was at length determined to form a commercial fund of relief, to which some of the most respectable houses in Hamburg have subscribed one million and a half of marks. It is hoped that this remedy will be effectual.
General Moreau was still with the army of
Italy on the 21st Fructidor (September 7). He published a declaration that day, that the city of Genoa was in a state of siege.
A Dutch battalion of 140 men, who first gave way in their army in the affair of the 10th, are dismissed, and 14 persons, officers and privates, are to be shot for misconduct.
September 29.
On Monday evening at eight o'clock, colonel Baillie of the guards, landed at Yarmouth. He came over in the Martin sloop, commanded by captain Sinclair, with further particulars from his royal highness the Duke of York of the affair of the 19th ult.
After reading the details of the battle in Holland, it is a great consolation to receive assurances from his highness that its result promises rather to be useful than injurious to the object of the campaign. We know too little of military affairs to perceive on what his highness's opinion is founded. If we were to indulge the apprehensions which ignorance suggests, we should view the battle of Thursday last as a mortal blow to the hopes of reducing Holland. It appears we have been repulsed by an army certainly inferior in numbers in an attempt to march forward, though we were successful on three points out of four. This event will inspire the enemy with courage; and their numbers and our difficulties will increase.
PARIS, 22 Fructidor, Sept. 8.
The Arts—Some valuable curiosities, collected at Rome, have lately arrived at Paris. The Pope's collection of medals forms a part of this convoy. These medals are methodically arranged in caskets, which are formed of very fine wood, carved with much taste, and adorned with Papyrus, etc. etc. and other ornaments in gold. There are three or four boxes full of manuscripts, among which there are some of Dante's, with commentaries; some of Virgil's, with notes; letters & dissertation of Galileo, Leonardo de Vinci, &c. &c. Other boxes contain Etruscan vases. They have not yet been completely opened; but it is known the vases are those which decorated the library of the Vatican, the paintings on which are highly interesting, whether we consider them with regard to the history of the arts, or of antiquity. There are besides the beautiful types of the Oriental characters of the Propaganda. This is the only collection of the kind in the world.
Among the principal houses which have been plundered and burnt on the French being driven out of Naples, are the following, viz.
Princes—Staliana, Della, Recca, Stronglo, Mariconuova, Angri, Belmont. Dukes—Del Popolo, Tarrento, Cafano, Accadi, Delle Torre, D'Andria. Marquises of the first rank—Littizia, Battilora, Filamarino, Auletta. Marquises—Littizia, Ballitoro, Rosa.
Except the princes of Belmonti, who is supposed to have escaped with Macdonald, all the other individuals of the above named families were massacred. The duke Della Torre, and his brother, the Abbot Filamarino, the Duchess Del Popolo, and other nobles, were dragged through the streets, and then burnt alive. Eighty five, consisting of the younger sons of Noble families, and monks of mount Oliveto, took refuge in the Monasteries of St. Pietra and Majella, where they fortified themselves, but were all killed in one day; the above families had their houses sacked and then burnt. A great number of merchants, among whom were Sig. Manna, Cuomo, and Recca, were also killed. They burnt forty people, consisting of lawyers, physicians, and other partizans of the French. A considerably greater number daily are either suffocated, hanged, or thrown to the dogs.
The princes of Moliterno and Rocca Romano were elected generalissimos of the Neapolitan forces, but the latter does not say what became of them. Of those who were hanged among the ecclesiastics is named Monsignor Camboni, bishop of Capri. The families of the members of the new government, whose names are detailed, were also put to death, after suffering every species of cruelty, &c. After all this, the Neapolitans sing Te Deum !
EDINBURGH, October 1.
The expedition against Holland was undertaken for the avowed purpose of restoring the ancient order of things, and of rescuing the United Provinces from the influence of the French. This effect was to be produced by the active co-operation and assistance of the Dutch themselves, who, we were assured, were impatient to throw off the yoke of France. The military force that was sent was strong enough to have induced the people to have expressed that impatience, and to have declared themselves—Have they done so? It is absurd to say that they were repressed by the French force in that country; because, in the first place, we are assured by the Ministerialists themselves, that the French are only in the proportion of one to three to the Dutch troops; and in the next place, it is allowed that the great majority of the men who have fought against our's were Dutch. Have there been serious insurrections in any part of the Provinces? We have not heard of one—We have read indeed of a partial attempt of the Orangists, on the tide of Guelderland, but no force joined them, and the insurgents themselves were disarmed and dispersed by the Prussians, who informed the Dutch Commandant of Arnhem, that they would take care such scenes should not be repeated. This is a most important fact. It shows not only the

JUST RECEIVED From LEE & CO's Patent Medicine Store Baltimore, and for Sale at this Office,  HAMILTON'S  CELEBRATED WORM LOZENGES  WORMS, WHEN generated in the human body, being the cause of many internal al- flections, equally fatal to the constitution of men, women and children; the proprietor of THESE LOZENGES, recommends to all classes of persons a perusal of the follow- ing useful information.
DESCRIPTIONS OF WORMS, AND THE SYMPTOMS BY WHICH THEY ARE KNOWN.  Worms, with which the inhabitants of North America are most commonly afflicted, may be said to be of three descriptions, by the Latins called TENIA, TERES and ASCARIDES.  The TENIA or TAPE WORM, so called from its flatness and resemblance to tape, is from two thirds of an inch to 40 feet in length, and has from one joint to six hun- dred; their symptoms are various, but are generally accompanied with pains about or below the stomach, pains in the head and thighs, loveliness of spirits, and an irregular appetite. These are the most dangerous to be afflicted with, as they frequently, by their great irritation, occasion fits, convulsions, and all its train of alarming symptoms.  The TERES or ROUND WORM, is from two inches to a foot in length; may be known by pains in the stomach or bow- els, a disagreeable smell of the breath, itch- ing in the nose, an unhealthy look, or a gnawing and grinding of the teeth when sleeping.
The ASCARIDES, so called from their continual motion, are small white worms, with sharp pointed heads; are known either by a pain and emp inels at the stomach when fasting, or by a disagreeable, trouble- some itching, which is often taken for the piles.  Persons having any of the symptoms that are thus described, may with propriety have recourse to HAMILTON'S WORM DE- STROYING LOZENGES: it being a medicine, independent of its singular efficacy as a vermifuge, so perfectly innocent & mild in its operation, that if no worms exist in the body, it cannot injure the youngest infant; and so far from disagreeable to take, like most other medicines, it is so inviting in appearance and so pleasant in taste, that chil- dren are generally fond of it.  The cures these LOZENGES have ef- fected on persons from infancy to old age, are not only extraordinary but numerous; and so well authenticated, as to impress a very candid enquirer with the conviction of the virtues of this medicine being unquell- ionable.
RECENT CURE  Selected from many hundreds in possession of the proprietor, who is likewise for the inspection of the curious several specimens of worms of uncommon sizes, one of which measures four yards and three quarters in length.  ELIZABETH HADLEY of Howard Street Baltimore, was dreadfully afflicted with the Tape Worm for nearly two years, which rendered her totally incapable of attending her family, producing the most excruciating pains in her back and side, with loss of ap- petite, continued sickness at the stomach, and wasting away and weakness of the bo- dy: the best medical advice was followed in vain, till hearing of several surprising cures performed by Hamilton's Worm De- stroying Lozenges, she was induced to try them, the second dose succeeded in bring- ing away the worm in several pieces, which measured in the whole between four and five feet in length—She is now rapidly recover- ing from her former grievous complaint, and wishes to do all in her power to extend the knowledge of this invaluable remedy.  JAMES HADLEY. (Sold in Boxes at ONE DOLLAR, and in Packets at HALF A DOLLAR.)
SOVEREIGN OINTMENT FOR THE ITCH.  An infallible and immediate cure, at once without a particle of mercury or any other pernicious ingredient in its composition. It is universally esteemed the most safe and pleasant, as well as effect- ual remedy ever discovered, and may be used with the greatest propriety by pregnant wo- men, or on the youngest infants. (In Boxes at three quarters of a dollar each)
OSBORN'S IMPROVED ESSENCE OF MUSTARD.  Eminently containing the medicinal proper- ties of that celebrated anti-rheumatic, com- bined with the most powerful and vivifying stimulants—prepared in pills, and in a flu- id state for external use. The pills strengthen the tone of the stomach, remove cold or windy complaints, promote the circulation of the blood and intestinal peristalsis, and by throwing off the redundant humors of the body in this salutary manner, effectually relieves the most inveterate rheumatism, gout, palsy, dropsy, &c. The fluid Essence is warm and penetrating, nature excels every other application for sprains, bruises, white swelling, numbness, and rheumatic pains, and has effected more cures than all the medicines ever before made public.  A single bottle or box (or both as the case may require) will prove a complete remedy in slight or recent complaints, and has never been known to fail when persisted in to ei- lect a permanent cure in any case whatever. This Medicine will be found on a analysis to contain more than three times the
quantity of the pure and medicinal part of Mustard, than is found in any other prepa- ration pretending to similar qualities, whi- ther American or imported. (Price one dollar, each bottle or box.)  CHURCH'S GENUINE COUGH DROPS.  DR. HAHN'S FEVER PILLS, for pre- venting bilious or yellow fever.  DR. HAHN'S MOSCHETOE TINC- TURE.  TASTELESS AGUE and FEVER DROPS.  PATENT INDIAN VEGETABLE SPECIFIC, for the cure of Venereal Com- plaints. Dec. 2.
Important Object of Speculation  THE Subscriber proposes to SELL, and give immediate possession, that pleasant seat, called  POWHATATAN,  Lying on James River, adjacent to the city of Richmond, containing about 3000 acres, bordering on the river three quarters of a mile, and extending outwards nearly in form of a parallelogram; it is well watered and timbered with a vast deal of fine pine and white oak, convenient to which on the same estate is lately erected a valuable Manufactur- ing and Saw Mill.  The quality of the land is generally adapted to the culture of grain, and some parts of it would produce good tobacco. The im- provements on it are, one of the most com- modious and best built Brick Houses in the state, with an excellent Ice-House, and such Offices, and Fruit Trees, as are usually at- tached to the like premises. There is some very good Meadow Land under improve- ment, with two Fisheries.  This estate possesses many other advantages, which cannot be enumerated in an advertise- ment, but will readily occur to an observer, some of which are, the many handsome sites for building in view of Richmond, and some of the most convenient water lots contiguous to Rockets, for wharves and ware houses, which, judiciously laid out, would meet a ready sale at a much higher price than now held. One fifth of the purchase money being paid down, an extensive credit will be allowed for the balance, on a punctual payment of interest.  Also,—A very valuable Tobacco and Grain Plantation in Powhatan county, on Deep Creek, containing about 1500 a- cres, 300 of which are excellent low grounds, and a great portion of that reclaimed into a- rable and meadow, from which natural grass enough might be annually cut to support 50 head of cattle. It lies in a desirable neigh- bourhood, about 45 miles from Richmond, with good dwelling and out-houses, two miles from the Appomattox and twelve from the James River navigation. Upon a contract for these lands being concluded, 30 or 40 Negroes, with Stocks of every kind, will also be sold.  WILLIAM MAYO, Jun. October, 1799. [f f]
TEN DOLLARS REWARD.  RAN AWAY  From the subscriber living in the lower end of Goochland, near Tuck- ahoe, on the 25th of August, a negro wo- man named  CREASY,
but who generally calls herself NANCY WHITE. She is of a light complexion, round full faced, and very likely—about twenty years old; had on when she went off an India cotton petticoat and short gown and a felt hat. I purchased her in Rich- mond some years ago of William Robert son, and I expect she is lurking about Rich- mond, Manchester, or probably got to Pe- tersburg, at which place she has connections or acquaintances, particularly at the two last mentioned places. Any person who will deliver the said runaway to the subscri- ber, or secure her in any jail and give him information thereof, shall receive the above reward.  Edward B. Jennings. Goochland, Nov. 14 1799. (w.)
For Sale at this Printing-Office,  TWO LARGE AND ELEGANT Engravings,  With their KEYS, [By JOHN TRUMBULL, Esq.]  One representing the BATTLE at BURRER'S HILL and DEATH of Gen. WARREN, June 17, 1775. The other, the DEATH of Gen. MONTGOMERY, in the ATTACK of QUEBEC, Dec. 1775. They are in handsome GILT FRAMES—Price EIGHTY DOLLARS.
—Where also may be had— [Price One Dollar, in Boards.]  BURK'S HISTORY OF THE Late War in Ireland,  WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE  United Irish Association  From the first meeting at Belfast, to the landing of the French at Kilala.
BOOKER'S Patent Threshing Machine.  EXPERIENCE has enabled the subscriber to introduce several material improve- ments in the construction of his Patent Threshing Machine; he has contracted the size, and rendered the whole more simple, whereby it is less liable to get out of order, & may be erected & wrought by less skillful hands than formerly. It is now so reduced in size & joined together, that the largest may be taken down without injury and removed in a common waggon—the sizes are to varied that one or other will suit any Farmer, being made from two to five feet drums. The different sizes will thresh nearly in proportion to the length of their drum—a four feet drum machine will certainly with ease get out clean from the straw one hundred bushels of wheat, of middling quality in one day, some now in use have threshed above two hundred bushels in a day, but the quantity threshed will depend a good deal on the qua- lity of the grain and length of straw as well as management in the operation. In conse- quence of the above mentioned improve- ments, the subscriber is enabled to furnish them at his shop in Richmond, at the fol- lowing prices:
A two feet drum machine (the large wheel excepted) at 24 Dollars, a three feet do. do. do. 33 a four feet do. do. do. 40 a five feet do. do. do. 50  The large wheel is so simple, that any carpenter can build it from having had a slight view of one.  Or where the employers choose to build on their own farms, they finding all materi- als and board for the workmen, a two feet drum machine (in- cluding large wheel) at 24 Dollars, a three feet do. do. do. 33 a four feet do. do. do. 40 a five feet do. do. do. 50  For those that choose to build for them- selves, he will furnish the small machinery, viz: wheels, whirle, &c, for a two feet drum ma- chine complete. 7 dolls. & 6 cents. 6 dolls. do. for a three feet do. 8 9 do. for a four feet do. 9 14 do. for a five feet do. 10 15  Bands are not included in the foregoing prices, different persons choosing bands of different materials, as well as of different fi- zes; but the subscriber decidedly recom- mends raw hide bands, for the making of which he will give directions, or will furnish them at twenty cents per lb. a band for the three feet machine ought to weigh about 60 lbs.  Licenses for using Booker's Patent Thresh- ing Machines, are not included in the fore- going charges, they will be granted at the following rates:    For a two feet drum machine,  10 Dollars    a three feet do. do.  14    a four feet do. do.  18    a five feet do. do.  21    Early applications by those who intend furnishing themselves with machines for next crop, will not only insure such as will be well executed, but will also much oblige the subscriber by enabling him to make ade- quate preparations in laying in materials and engaging proper workmen to execute what may be necessary in good time, for want of timely applications it was not in his power to build as many as were called for in the latter end of last summer.  The patentee would dispose of his patent right in some of the distant counties, and in the other states.  WILLIAM BOOKER.
SMALL-POX.  The Magistrates of the county of Henrico, having granted Licence for the Inoculation of the Small-Pox,  AT the Houses belonging to the Estate of JOHN TABB, Esq. deceased, (in the vicinity of Richmond) the situation of which is high and airy; we beg leave to in- form all those who wish to avail themselves of the benefit from Inoculation, that we are now ready to receive Patients.  The terms will be very moderate, and made known on application to either of the subscribers.  WILLIAM FOUSHEE. J. H. FOUSHEE. Richmond, October 28th, 1799. (t f)
LOST OR MISLAID,  A Black Leather Trunk of Books, CONTAINING among others, Hume and Smollett's History of England; the Bee; the Spectator; Dibden's Musical Tour; Smith's Wealth of Nations; Johnson's Lives of the Poets, &c. The trunk was put on board of the Sophia, capt. Fellinden, bound for Peterburg and Richmond, about three months ago, and is supposed to have been taken to Richmond by mistake. Any in- formation respecting the Trunk or Book, will be thankfully received by Mr. WILLI- AM PRITCHARD, Richmond, or Messrs. Ross & DOUGLAS, Peterburg. November 25th, 1799.
JUST RECEIVED,  And for Sale at S. Pleasants' Print- ing-Office,  A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF  MEDICAL BOOKS.  As they are second-hand, and the owner wishes to dispose of them as soon as possible, they will be sold very cheap. August 13.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,  Several journeymen  TAILORS,  who shall receive the highest wages given in this city. Apply to JOHN CUNNINGHAM. Richmond, Nov. 11, 1799.
Thomas Rutherford and Co.  Have received, per the Molly from Liverpool, an additional supply of White and Brown  Irish Linens.  They have also still on hand, a small assortment of  Blankets, Kendal Cottons, Cloths, and Flannels,  Which as they are now anxious to close sales of these articles, they will sell at a reduced advance. Richmond, 15th Nov. 1799. (1 m)
FOR SALE,  The tract of Land  WHEREON I now live, containing 433 a- cres, lying in the upper end of Chesterfield county, on Skinquarter creek.—There is land enough cleared to work seven or eight hands to advantage, great part of the cleared land is fresh and in good order, thirty or forty acres of which is fine meadow land, all that is clear is fine tobacco land.—There are on the premises, a good Dwelling House, 28 by 18, Kitchen with two rooms, Meat- House and Dairy, likewise a Stable, good Gran- aries, and Tobacco House.—Liberal payments will be allowed the purchaser, and the land seen by ap- plication to the subscriber.  Joseph Mosely. Chesterfield, June 25th, 1799. (cp ff.)
In Council, June 25, 1799.  THE Executive of Virginia will receive Proposals either for the importation from Europe, or for the manufacturing with- in this state of  4000 Stand of Arms  to be delivered at Richmond in the course of the present year, each stand to consist of a musket, the length of the barrel to be three feet eight inches, and to see a ball of the size of eighteen to the pound, a double bri- dled lock, upon the best construction, neat brass or iron mounting, steel ramrod, and to be well stocked with black walnut, and a bayonet one foot five inches in the blade. Proposals will also be received for supplying six hundred pistols, houghs, swords, scab- ards and belts for the equipment of caval- ry.  By order of the Executive, A. BLAIR, c. c.
Notice.  JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Taylor,  FROM New York, respectfully informs the citizens of this Commonwealth, that he will commence business on Monday the 7th of October, at a house near Mr. Bowler's Tavern, where all business in his line will be carried on in a manner which he hopes will give general satisfaction.—Fashion of the seasons will be particularly attended to.  Richmond, Oct. 4th, 1799.
10 Dollars Reward.  RAN AWAY from Fredericksburg on the 5th of August, 1799, a ne- gro woman named
BIDDY,  formerly the property of Mr. Thomas Wal- ker, dec. of Richmond—She is pretty well known in that place—She has a husband belonging to Mr. Nicolson, a rope maker by trade—& I suppose she is lurking some- where about that place—I will give the above reward for lodging her in any jail, so that I get her again. It brought home to me in Fredericksburg, I will pay all reasona- ble expenses, exclusive of the reward. Al- l persons are forewarned harboring her at their peril.  WILLIAM JAMES. Fredericksburg, Oct. 15, 1799.
This day is Published By SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jun. And for Sale at his Printing Office, a few doors above Bowler's Tavern,  THE VIRGINIA  ALMANACK For 1800.  Great allowance made to wholesale purchasers. October 21, 1799.
Bartlett Still  Has received by the late arrivals, and is now opening,  A Complete Assortment of  FALL AND FANCY GOODS  Of the newest Fashions,  CONSISTING of Kendal Cottons White and coloured Plains Rose and striped Blankets, Flannels Cloths, Kerseymeres and Baize, Striped, plain and twill'd coatings, Swandown and Marseilles w. coatings Manchester Stuffs and dimities Cotton, silk and yarn hollery Calicoes and Chinizes Indian tafities and lustrings Sattins, persians and pealings Silk and kid gloves Camel hair shawls and cardinals Nelson's flag handkerchiefs and plumes Laces, edgings and silk zones Linens and cambric Russia drilling and sheeting Ticklenburg and British osnaburgs Bed tick, Dowlas and filias  A general assortment of  HARDWARE and CUTLERY, amongst which are  Pearl and Metal BUTTONS, Whips, Canes, Brushes, &c.  CROCKERY and  WINDOW GLASS.  The above well chosen ASSORTMENT will be offered for sale, very low, For Cash, Country Produce, or on the usual Credit.  IMPERIAL TEA, Warranted good and cheap. Richmond, October 14, 1799.
PROPERTY AT BATH FOR SALE—VIZ.  A HOUSE and LOT and five acres of LAND:  The house and buildings are almost new —the house has five rooms on the first floor, and five on the second, including an inclos- ed Piazza of Venetian blinds: On the lot are also a very good Coach House for two carriages, Stabling for four horses, Smoke House, &c. together with a very well laid out and productive Garden and Shrubbery, comprised in a close board fence, was new built in 1796 and 1797.  ALSO, 20,000 Acres of LAND in Harrison county, on the waters of the Elk and Little Kanawha Rivers, surveyed in 1784.  2,500 Acres of LAND, like- wise in Harrison county, on Hughes's Ri- ver, surveyed in 1784.  1,200 Acres of LAND, in Kentucky, on Second Creek, above the mouth of the Bock Fork, within 10 miles of Bardstown, Jefferson county, surveyed 9th June, 1784.  For further particulars and terms of sale, apply to JOSEPH GALLEGO. June 24, 1799. (EF TV)
PROPOSALS,  FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION A NEW WORK, ENTITLED,  The Prospect before Us;  OR, An Impartial Examination of the Principal Features of the Federal Government; including an expla- nation of the instant necessity for a New Census.  But, Sir, it has an awful squinting; it squints at MONARCHY!  P. HENRY.  Subscriptions for this publication, price one dollar, are received by the Author, at the office of the Examiner; by S. Pleasants, jun. at the office of the Virginia Argus; by J. Lyon, at the office of the National Magazine, in Richmond; and by all others entrusted with propostals.
Maps of Kentucky AND THE North Western Territory; —ALSO— PLANS OF PHILADELPHIA AND BOSTON, For Sale by the Printer hereof. Oct. 15.  SHERIFF'S BLANKS May be had at this Printing-Office.