Virginia Argus (Richmond, Va.), 1807-06-13 00:00:00

VIRGINIA ARGUS.
[XVth YEAR.]
A FREE PRESS MAINTAINS THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE PEOPLE.
[No. 1351.]
RICHMOND:—PRINTED (ON WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JUNIOR, PRINTER TO THE COMMONWEALTH.
[Four Dollars Per Annum—paid in Advance.]
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1807.
[12 1-2 Cents Single.]
We have lately received, FOR SALE,
 12 bds. sugar  30 bds. do.  3000 lbs. green coffee  10 bds. Antigua rum  5 do. Windward Island do.  14 bds. N. E. rum  14 bds. do. do.  12 bds. molasses  8 casks Malaga wine  20 tiers & bds. whisky  4 pipes apple brandy  15 bds. do. do.  12 crates Liverpool ware assorted  19 do. stone do. 
We have also on hand,
 Iron  German, Crawley and Biased Steel  Race & ground ginger  Pepper  Alspice  FF & F powder  Shot, assorted sizes  French brandy  Rice  Cheese  Wrought and cut nails, assorted sizes  Stout  Class ware, viz. 1-2 pt. tumblers and decanters, assorted sizes  Hats  We daily expect to receive, a quantity of Sherry Wine, Window Glass, Copress and Alum, all of which articles, we will sell at a small advance for cash, approved paper or country produce.
Shapard & Lucke.
Richmond, May 1, 1807
By virtue of a deed of trust executed by the subscribers by John Henderson of the county of Albemarle, to secure the payment of certain debts therein mentioned and for other purposes, we shall expose to sale, by Public Auction, for ready money, before the door of the Tavern of Mr. Triplett T. Estes, in the town of Charlottesville and county of Albemarle, on the first Monday in July next, being Albemarle court day, John Henderson's interest in the following property, to wit:
One certain tract or parcel of LAND, on the waters of Hardaway river in the said county, containing by survey six hundred and sixty-six acres, adjoining the lands of Christopher Hudson, Henry Copeland and others.—Also, about six acres of LAND, in or near the town of Milton, on which there is a valuable mill-seat.—Also, an undivided interest in LOTS in the said town of Milton, his proportion being five lots.—Also, the life estate of Mrs. Elizabeth Henderson in and to the LAND and HOUSES near Milton, at present occupied by Mr. Thomas E. Randolph.—Also, 2,000 acres of LAND on Taylor's creek in the counties of Jefferson or Scott in the state of Kentucky.—Also, the interest of Hill Carter under the Will of Edward Carter, deceased, to certain LANDS in the state aforesaid, which interest the said Henderson purchased of the said Hill Carter.—Also, the interest of the said John Henderson as distributee of his father Bennet Henderson, dec. in and to a certain tract of LAND in the county of Scott and state aforesaid, supposed to be four hundred acres.—Also, the like interest in and to certain LOTS in the town of Milton.—Also, one BAY HORSE.—Also, a BOND executed by James L. Henderson to said John, for the title to certain lands in the state of Kentucky. As the residue of the money arising from the sale of the above-mentioned property is to be paid over by us to the proper creditors of John Henderson, authorised to receive the same, it would be to the interest of those creditors to attend the sale and force the property to its proper value.—Acting as trustees, we shall only convey the title to the above property vested in us as such.
James Lewis, Matthew Henderson, } Trustees. June 9, 1807. sw
WILL BE SOLD,
At Public Auction, at the Eagle Tavern, in the City of Richmond, on Thursday the 2nd day of July next, if fair, if not the next fair day thereafter, a valuable TRACT of
LAND,
Containing 160 acres more or less, lying in the lower end of the County of Louisa, whereon Thomas Wash now resides, and adjoining the lands of Messrs. John S. Smith, Joseph Eggleston and Henry Dickenson.
Six Months credit will be allowed the purchaser, on his giving a Note negotiable in the Bank of Virginia with an approved endorser or endorsers, and a deed of trust on the property to secure the payment of said note.
TAYLOR & BROWN, Trustees for the Creditors of Mr. Geo. Greenhow. Richmond, June 2, 1807.
FOR SALE AT THIS OFFICE, A FEW COPIES OF
A COLLECTION OF THE SEVERAL
Acts of Assembly
CONCERNING THE
Penitentiary
TOGETHER WITH THE
Rules & Regulations
Which have been adopted for the Internal Government of that Institution.
June 7.
Forty Dollars Reward.
RUN AWAY from the Subscriber living near New-Castle in the lower end of this county, on the 27th of March last, a Negro Man
B I L L Y,
About 50 years of age, and about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high; he is of rather delicate form, a little inclined to a yellowish complexion, and considerably marked in the face with the small pox; his hair rather inclines to be bushy, tho' not very long; He is a fellow of good understanding, a well informed mind, and very specious insinuating manner; he speaks rather quick and pert, and has a disposition to be very polite: He no doubt, will attempt to change his appearance, by altering his name, changing his hair for a wig, &c.—He is pretty well known in most parts of this state, as well as in the Carolinas and Georgia, as the waiting man and fiddler of Mr. Nicholas M. Johnson, of whom I purchased him—His wife lives in Richmond, where he has frequently been since his elopement; and he has also been a part of his time in Petersburg; and his wife has a daughter a free woman living in Norfolk, where it is probable he has been also—Tho' having so general an acquaintance, there is no knowing where he will keep himself.
ALSO, runaway, last evening, a Negro Man
C O L L E Y,
He had been runaway about two months and was taken up in Lunenburg, from whence he was brought and committed to Hanover Jail, and on his way home from thence, it was that he made this elopement. He is an African, about 50 years of age, about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high, is tolerably well formed, neither very delicate nor coarse, speaks broken, and when questioned discovers a degree of simplicity, which would induce a stranger to think him not far removed from idiotism. His wife belongs to capt. Wm. Brown in this neighborhood, about which place and Mr. Worley's quarter in King William, I understand he generally kept himself on his first runaway trip, until he started for Lunenburg. I purchased him from the estate of Mr. Robert Ellett, near col. Goodall's, in this county; where he had lived, as also in Lunenburg, at a quarter owned by Mr. Ellett. It is probable that he will try to skulk about this neighborhood, will aim for the neighborhood of Col. Goodall's, or for Lunenburg.
I will give 25 dollars for the delivery of Billy, and 15 dollars for the delivery of Colley, to me.
P. STREET.
Hanover, May 31, 1807.
ATTENTION!
THE members of the Richmond Cavalry are requested to meet at their usual parade ground near Mr. Adam Craig's, on Wednesday the 17th of the present month, at half past three o'clock, P. M. completely equipped.
By order of the Captain. BENJAMIN MOSBY, S er t . Richmond June 10.
Buckingham County, May Term, 1807. Daniel and Wm. Guer- rant, vs. Thomas Ballow, admin- istrator of Chloe Bal- low, dec'd.
THE defendant not having entered his appearance, and given security according to the rules of this court, and it appearing to the court that he is not an inhabitant of this state. On the motion of the plaintiffs by their counsel,—It is ordered, that unless the said defendant shall appear here on or before August term next, and answer the bill of the plaintiffs, the court will then proceed to take the same for confessed and decree the matter thereof accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some public newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively, & another copy be posted up in the front door of the courthouse of this county.
(A Copy.) Teste, R. ELDRIDGE, Jr. D. C. (w th *)
WHEAT FANS,
For Sale by
SAMUEL PARSONS & SON. June 8. 2w
POSTPONEMENT.
THE Sale of Col. Quartier's Square of Ground, advertised by us, for sale, on the 16th inst. is postponed until Saturday the 20th inst. when it will certainly take place.
TAYLOR & BROWN, V. M. June 8, 1807.
Just published & may be had at this office
Reports of Cases
ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA:
WITH SELECT CASES, Relating chiefly to Points of Practice, decided by the Superior Court of Chancery for the Richmond District.
PART I. VOL. I.
By Wm. W. BENING & Wm. MUNFORD.
*** TICKETS in the Second Class of the William and Mary College Lottery for sale at this office.
FROM THE AURORA.
AFFAIRS WITH ENGLAND.
THE official information, of the rejection of the treaty by our government, having been received by the British ministry, the middle of April, we may expect soon to learn in what light the rejection was viewed, and what will be the probable consequences. This intelligence will probably be brought by Mr. Monroe, who, it is understood, was actually to have left England in April.
The emissaries of England tell us, there will be no new treaty, but that if there should, it will be worse than that rejected—this is very candid; and the remark is founded upon a correct conception of the real hostility which the new ministry bears this country.
But, hostile as it is, and well disposed to do us every sort of injury, the ministry of England knows how necessary we are to that country and how dependent it is upon us;—policy therefore may induce them to make another shew of negotiation, whilst the present system of pillage and insult shall proceed unrestrained.
Whatever may be the present course adopted, it will be our duty to be prepared. For our own part, we anticipate a full measure of oppression—we cannot look forward to its cessation, until we command it by our own energy; if we wait for justice or forbearance from England, of its own will and motion, we shall find no other results but shame and mortification.
In our paper of Monday last, we endeavored to prove—
 1st. Our ability to resist and correct British outrage.  2dly. The inability of England to retaliate. 
No attempt has been made to weaken our positions, or to refute the facts, on which they were founded. We have called for enquiry and argument—but our opponents are silent. Let the cause be noted.
We shall now notice another and the principal assertion of the defenders of the British government. When we recommended a non-importation of British goods, as the best warfare we could pursue, we are answered—"the consequences of the suspension will be ruinous to American commerce, you derive immense advantages from trade with Britain."
The inconveniences of suspension, and disadvantages to trade, to America are not denied; we do not covet them; but we allege that the ruin must fall heavily on England—we can divert our trade, both export and import, Britain cannot get substitutes for American imports and exports—in this consists our superior advantage and power.
All the arguments of this paper have been and are for peace—it has recommended delay, and even concessions, 'til this course has been called cowardly. The farmers and mechanics of America must at length agree with us that the cup of conciliation, or of humiliation, if the federalists will have it so, has been drained to the very dregs—but instead of promoting harmony and justice the contrary have been the effects. The federalists, professing to have the good of commerce at heart, recommend war, by which commerce would be ruined—we recommend that sort of warfare, which would preserve commerce, and secure its protection from the outrages which federalists say justify war. But if war must be had, it is the only course, to preserve our honor, then let it be carried on.
War, we know, would be an evil to both nations—it was estimated as an evil by those who declared the independence of America—they calculated the cost of war; and they found it not to be worth the price of submission to British tyranny. And, whatever the emissaries of England may allege, they will find, that Americans at the present day, are as much alive to the honor and interests of their country, as at any former period.
Should the present differences end in a contest to try which could do the other the most harm—the controversy will be placed exactly on the same foundation as that of 1775-6—and then let us consider which nation would suffer most in articles of real necessity—for on no other ground can it be placed. Let us then again enquire could we do without what she supplies, and whether she would not in six months be obliged to grant our demands from the want of what we supply.
We import from England—fine laced muslins—fine cambric do.—hats—shoes—hardware—linen goods—silks—calicoes—woollens—glass.
Neither laced nor cambric muslins are articles of necessity, they can be done without.
Hats and shoes—we can not only supply for our own use, but for exportation—the domestic manufacture would be promoted by a total prohibition of hats and shoes.
Hardware—exclusive of the articles of domestic manufacture, there is now in our store, a sufficient supply of foreign hardware to answer the demand of three years.
Linen goods—what we could not manufacture at home, we could import from Germany.
Silks are a luxury, they were never thought of by those who asserted our independence—but there are other markets besides those of England, from which they could be imported.
Of woollens and calicoes, there are large stocks on hand, sufficient for 12 or 18 months at least—a suspension of importation would render a future demand very trifling—our flocks of sheep and manufactures would be improved and increased—homespun would become American better than foreign cloths, which are not a necessity.
Glass—the manufactories of glass in New-York, Pittsburg and in Ohio, supply every article really necessary—they are multiplying and improving rapidly every year.
These are the articles of import from England, which we ought to, and can do without, in the event of further outrage, and for which she cannot get another such customer—they are not articles of necessity, we can do without them. Let us now enquire, what we supply in return.
We furnish flour, beef, pork, dried and pickled fish, cotton, tobacco, lumber and staves.
Every one of these is an article of real necessity—they cannot be dispensed with, nor can they be had elsewhere. The Baltic is shut, and she can get no provisions—our cotton supplies the manufacturers of England with employment—cut off the supply, and insurrection and starvation follow.
The West India British possessions give us sugar and rum—both of which we can do without—but the British islands cannot do without our flour, beef, pork, fish, lumber and staves—a stoppage of supply would in three months, place these islands in the condition of St. Domingo—they would be totally lost to England.
War or peace, the W. I. islands cannot do without us, they will maintain a trade, and the owners of plantations who reside in England well know it—the West India trading influence would of itself be enough to secure an acquiescence in our demands, if they apprehended a resistance on our part—that influence is perhaps the greatest commercial interest in England, the ministry dare not provoke its vengeance.
As to the situation of England itself—it never was so dependent as it is now—extremities dare not be hazarded with us—the population is now acquainted with the use of arms, that knowledge would give a confidence & a success to insurrection, in case the price of provisions were raised, as it unquestionably would, should Britain attempt to retaliate for, or to oblige us to relinquish, commercial restrictions. Formerly a few soldiers could keep thousands in subjection, but the case is not so now, it is boasted that every Englishman is now able to use a musket, and what would sooner command its use than the approach of a famine.
Such is the condition of Britain—it is our safety, it is that alone that has secured us from infinitely greater plunder than we have ever yet experienced; it is that to which we are to attribute our neutrality, for we would not otherwise have been suffered to enjoy a prosperous and peaceful commerce—the British ministry dare not now attempt to prevent our carrying a non-importation act into force, for the consequences would be as we have described them—war would produce famine and insurrection.
We repeat it, Britain cannot exist without the United States. We demand no more than justice, if it is refused, we must resort to non-importation—if this should provoke further outrage, we can raise the people of England in arms to crush their tyrants.
Such is your power, farmers of America—you do not want one article of real necessity from England—or considering the worst that could happen, you are ten thousand times better prepared for a contest than in 1775. What you suffered then you would again suffer, if necessary, but you are now independent in fact.
As for the retention of our produce at home it will be but of short duration at the worst—We shall soon have the British market opened, if we once determine to do something. Let us give the British agents and ministry a test of the injury each could do the other, if they are not certain of our ability—they deny the ability, or affect to consider our conduct impolitic, but this is deception; let those boastings be taken at their words.
The American government, if it puts the non-importation act into force, will have friends enough in England—the merchants as well as manufacturers, the traders to the West Indies and the owners of plantations, these will all join in clamouring in our favor—from national pride, or from the deceptive statements made in the federal prints here, they may not have called on the British ministry for a change of conduct, but the moment they consider us serious, we shall be upheld in all our demands—they will pursue their solid interest, and oppose every measure that shall tend to disturb the peace of the two countries.
Let our warm federalists endeavor to refute these positions, if they can—let them shew us how a non-importation act can do us more injury than service, how Britain can resent or punish us for putting the non-importation act in force. We assert and call for refutation—without the commerce and intercourse of America, Britain would go headlong to destruction.
From the Hartford (Con.) Mercury.
GREAT NEWS.
WE read in the federal papers that in this truly patriotic and enlightened republic of Connecticut, governor Trum-
bull is re-elected. "See how we apples swim!"
All the rest of the union pronounces Connecticut to be exactly the opposite of all this character, but who can best judge on this subject, the citizens of other states or our noble selves?
Little Delaware is about to leave federalism, so that all the patriotism, intelligence and republicanism of this great continent is to be concentrated in this narrow compass, equal in dimensions to the county of Trumbull, in the state of Ohio! What a pity that it could not be spread, so that every part of the union might have the benefit of it!
To be patriotic and enlightened would be hardly a blessing, if we were not also blessed with an overpowering sense of our superiority, and even this would be but a partial blessing, if we could not in every newspaper publish to the world how much we are beyond the rest of them.
When federalism abounded in the union, we were not so highly estimated as we deserved, but now the federalists of other states, even the Essex junto, look up to us as the last hope of expiring toryism, just as we look up to Russia, as the last hope of tumbling monarchy, or as we look, in these latter days to the Pope of Rome, as the only upholder of holy hierarchies and of the union of Church and State, which Mr. Webster justly honors with the name of toryism.
Like the mighty crash of meeting thunder have the late elections stunned our ears. Where are g. vernons Lewis and Strong? Gone or just going, by appointment of large majorities, to tell governor Gilman that federalism is found out, that new names cannot deceive, that neither constitutionalists, nor quids, nor American ticket brokers can succeed, that the head quarters of sound principles are now in possession of the enemy, that old sixty ten stories, and new sixty ten stories are no longer correct, that black Sal will serve no longer, that Park is discouraged, and that Selfridge is walking to and fro in the earth, a living monument of the safety, with which one man may shoot another in State-street!!
Do we dream or are we awake? Where is the great federal majority in Congress? Where are the federal heads of departments? Where is the glorious national debt, once rolling up like mountains on mountains, seeming to reach the skies? Where are the excise, the charming land tax, the stamp act, the army, the navy, the fat contracts? Where is the political bible of Mr. Adams?
Alas! all the glory of federalism is sunk in the abyss of democracy, and the best interests of this country are committed to men without talents, morals or religion. Turn out, federal shop boys, and young lawyers in this enlightened state, the most stupid & ignorant of you is wiser than the democratic Solomon with all his secretaries.
At the last election King and Pinckney had 14 votes. Mr. Jefferson only 162. Now mark the depravity of democracy: its leaders preferred 162 rabble votes to 14 nobility votes.
Federalists have been hitherto overdone with modesty. They have not told, thro' every minute of every day in the year, how patriotic and enlightened they are, Federal republicans!! I call on you to awake, and not to cease publishing your own excellencies. It is true that none will believe you: let them the fault stand to the charge of their disbelief, not to that of your supineness. A century of gasconade may place federalism within a century of where she might have been, if the interests of the many, instead of the glory of the few, had been the object of her exertions.
The following statement evinces the complete triumph of republicanism in the important state of Massachusetts. The government in all its elective departments is now democratic.
JAMES SULLIVAN elected Governor. He had 41 954 votes. And Caleb Strong, 39 226. Levi Lincoln elected Lieut. Gov. He had 41,645 out of 79,456. In the Senate, Samuel Dana, republican, has been elected President. He had 20 votes out of 39.
In the House of Representatives, Perez Moreton, republican, has been elected Speaker. He had 240 votes out of 331.
LITERARY INTELLIGENCE.
Dr. Akin observes in his Athaeum, No. 2, that Mr. Janson who has lately returned from America, has brought with him many interesting materials towards furnishing a complete Summary of the state of society and manners in that country; which will speedily appear in one quarto volume accompanied with a number of engravings.
Mr. Janson proposed at first to publish his work in a periodical form but has now determined to publish it in one volume which he calls, "The Stranger in America."
Mr. J. in a letter to a gentleman of Philadelphia, says, there is much said in his work of Philadelphia, and many public characters in the United States are introduced, and that he does not expect it will be reprinted in the United States, because he has mentioned truth* which should not at all times be told—From this we may conclude he intends to make a good British book.
* Probably untruth, which should at no time be told.

TRIAL OF Col. Aaron Burr.
THE arguments of counsel on important questions relative to the trial of Col. Burr, have swelled to a much greater length already, than was expected before its commencement.
On Wednesday last an uncommonly animated and eloquent discussion commenced on the subject of Col. Burr's motion for a writ of subpoena duces tecum, to summon the President of the United States to produce as evidence the original letter of Gen. Wilkinson (dated the 21st day of October, 1806, and referred to in his message to Congress in January last) together with copies of the orders which were issued by his directions to the naval and military officers of the United States, commanding them to suppress the conspiracy imputed to Aaron Burr.
Mr. Hay contended that a preliminary question ought to be decided; whether in the situation in which Col. Burr now stands, before any bill of indictment has been found against him, he could, as a matter of right, move for any subpoenas for witnesses in his favor.
The court consented that the previous question should be first discussed.
Mr. Hay then opened the debate, and endeavored to demonstrate that the motion made by Col. Burr was premature; that he stood before the court, at present, only as a person bound in a recognizance to answer the charge of a misdemeanor when it should be exhibited; that, no bill having yet been sent to the grand jury, no charge was yet exhibited against him; that as there was therefore no trial depending, he could not with propriety demand subpoenas for witnesses, although they had been issued to him by the courtesy of the clerk, and it was the usual practice to do so in similar cases.
compulsory process to obtain his witnesses, applied to a different stage of the proceedings, not to the preliminary measures which had been taken with regard to Aaron Burr; that the intention of that amendment was to secure a fair and impartial trial; but an examination before a magistrate or an enquiry before a grand jury was not a trial.
He suggested another difficulty, that no day could be appointed on which the process should be returnable. He acknowledged that on a motion to commit, a prisoner is entitled to examine witnesses on his behalf; but there was no such motion now before the court, though it would be made if Gen. Wilkinson did not arrive.
Mr. Wickham, on the other side, insisted that the motion was only made through a spirit of accommodation, for the clerk was bound to issue the subpoena at the request of Col. Burr.
Mr. Martin further stated that the opposition of the counsel for the U. States to this motion would leave an impression on the public mind that the President would be sorry if Col. Burr should prove to be innocent, because he had in his address to Congress prejudged and declared him guilty; that he had denounced him as a traitor, had let loose against him the bloodhounds of persecution, and hunted him into the toils; that the President had himself occasioned all the clamor against him, and ought not to be permitted to withhold any papers which might vindicate a citizen whose life was in danger; that, if he did withhold them, and Colonel Burr should be condemned, he would be a murderer, and so recorded in the register above.
He insisted that the circumstance that Wilkinson's letter to the President was confidential could not prevent its being disclosed as evidence in a criminal prosecution. He cited the Dutchess of Kingston's case, and McNally on evidence, p. 239, in support of this doctrine; and laid it down as a general rule that no secrets but those communicated professionally to an attorney could be lawfully kept on an occasion of this nature.
He said that he doubted whether the testimony of General Wilkinson would be correct; that he had already violated his oath to support the constitution, and was interested to establish the guilt of Burr to excuse himself. It was therefore peculiarly necessary to confront him with his letter.
Mr. Martin also observed that any inconvenience which might attend the production of these papers ought to be disregarded; because the law gave Col. Burr a right to demand them. But, in fact, there would be no inconvenience. They did not want the personal attendance of the President; he might comply with the subpoena by sending the original letter, and the copies required.
Mr. Wickham contended he was right as to Ogden's case, because it proved that subpoenas issued for a prisoner were not irregular. He acknowledged that no authority could be produced, for no such question as that made by Mr. Hay had ever been raised before.
Mr. Hay said he was willing to submit the question to the court. Mr. Botts read an act of Congress which proves the right of a person accused as well as of a person indicted to have subpoenas. The court seemed inclined to decide the point against Mr. Hay; but desired it to be reserved as a part of the argument on the main question, in the opinion of the court on which the previous question would be involved; and directed Col. Burr's counsel to commence their argument in support of their motion for a subpoena duces tecum to the President of the United States.
Mr. Martin then delivered a very animated harrangue, of which we are able to give only a brief abstract at present. It consisted in a great measure of impassioned declamation on the wrongs which he alleged Col. Burr had sustained, intermingled with sarcastic insinuations against Gen.
Wilkinson and the President of the United States. In the beginning of his argument he proceeded on the supposition that Mr. Hay denied that the President could be summoned as a witness in any case; but the Chief Justice having informed him that Mr. Hay did not contend for such a doctrine, but only that he could not be summoned to produce the papers requested; he acknowledged he had misunderstood that gentleman and proceeded to argue that those papers ought to be produced.
With respect to Wilkinson's letter to the President, he said it was wanted to confront him in case he should be introduced as a witness, and to show that he had given contradictory statements at different times concerning Col. Burr's transactions; that the affidavit filed by Col. Burr in support of his motion was sufficient together with the opinion of his counsel, that the letter was material to authorize him to demand its production.
Mr. Martin farther stated that the opposition of the counsel for the U. States to this motion would leave an impression on the public mind that the President would be sorry if Col. Burr should prove to be innocent, because he had in his address to Congress prejudged and declared him guilty; that he had denounced him as a traitor, had let loose against him the bloodhounds of persecution, and hunted him into the toils; that the President had himself occasioned all the clamor against him, and ought not to be permitted to withhold any papers which might vindicate a citizen whose life was in danger; that, if he did withhold them, and Colonel Burr should be condemned, he would be a murderer, and so recorded in the register above.
He insisted that the circumstance that Wilkinson's letter to the President was confidential could not prevent its being disclosed as evidence in a criminal prosecution. He cited the Dutchess of Kingston's case, and McNally on evidence, p. 239, in support of this doctrine; and laid it down as a general rule that no secrets but those communicated professionally to an attorney could be lawfully kept on an occasion of this nature.
He said that he doubted whether the testimony of General Wilkinson would be correct; that he had already violated his oath to support the constitution, and was interested to establish the guilt of Burr to excuse himself. It was therefore peculiarly necessary to confront him with his letter.
Mr. Martin also observed that any inconvenience which might attend the production of these papers ought to be disregarded; because the law gave Col. Burr a right to demand them. But, in fact, there would be no inconvenience. They did not want the personal attendance of the President; he might comply with the subpoena by sending the original letter, and the copies required.
Mr. Wickham contended he was right as to Ogden's case, because it proved that subpoenas issued for a prisoner were not irregular. He acknowledged that no authority could be produced, for no such question as that made by Mr. Hay had ever been raised before.
Mr. Hay said he was willing to submit the question to the court. Mr. Botts read an act of Congress which proves the right of a person accused as well as of a person indicted to have subpoenas. The court seemed inclined to decide the point against Mr. Hay; but desired it to be reserved as a part of the argument on the main question, in the opinion of the court on which the previous question would be involved; and directed Col. Burr's counsel to commence their argument in support of their motion for a subpoena duces tecum to the President of the United States.
if his evidence is such as may legally be admitted. He doubted not that, when the subject was fully understood, it would be found that the President's conduct had entitled him to the praise of his country.
Mr. M c Rae proceeded to examine the grounds of the motion for the production of the documents demanded. He objected to the affidavit of Col. Burr; that he had only sworn that the letter may be material; whereas he ought to have sworn that he believed it to be material; and moreover ought to have shown in what respect it is material. It was therefore too vague and uncertain, and not sufficiently special to support the motion.
He contended that Mr. Martin's rule concerning confidential communications was too narrow; that certainly the law would not compel Mr. Jefferson to reveal private confidential communications made to him in his official character. It was unnecessary to argue to prove that this doctrine is founded in the soundest policy.
He cited Marbury v. Madison, 1 Cranch 144, 166, to show that specific information ought to be given of the nature of the papers required. He said, if the President is to be summoned, it must be on the ground that he is in possession of the letter. If it is a private letter it ought not to be produced; if public, it is filed in the Department of State, and is not in the President's possession. It is not suggested that the president has any personal evidence to give; it therefore is not necessary to direct the subpoena to him, but rather (even if the doctrine they contend for is correct,) to the Secretary of State.
Mr. M c Rae remarked that the counsel for the prosecution would consent that a copy certified from that department, should be read if the court should be of opinion that the original letter is admissible as evidence. It had been said that Gen. Wilkinson might object to a copy; but the cause was not under his control; if he objected, it would be frivolous, for in a few days the original could be produced, which would prove the correctness of the copy.
Mr. Martin begged leave to make a single observation omitted before; that it was a familiar practice to get copies of the orders of government; particularly in trials of vessels for violating the non-intercourse laws; that in such cases where instructions given by officers of government were produced, the only question was whether orders violating the law could justify those acting under them; not whether such orders were admissible as evidence.
Mr. Botts next spoke, and was followed by Mr. Wirt on Wednesday, by Messrs. Hay and Randolph on Thursday, and by Mr. Martin again on Friday. Sketches of the substance of their speeches will be given in the next Argus.
THE news that Gen. Wilkinson has arrived at Hampton and may immediately be expected at this place, which was received by an express on Thursday evening, must be a subject of great joy to the Federalists and Burrites. They are now relieved from the vexation they have so often expressed at the prospect of his failing to appear; by which failure, they said he would escape the pain of meeting the penetrating eye of Col. Burr, and the shame of being publicly exposed as a false witness. We congratulate them therefore upon the pleasure they are about to receive from finding their arch-enemy Wilkinson fairly caught in the toils; at a distance from New-Orleans; the scene, (as they have called it) of his tyrannies, usurpations, and oppressions; which place he has (contrary to their expectations) had the temerity to forsake; and the audacity to come hither boldly to confront his enemies!
If they do not make a good use of him, now they have got him, they will certainly be very much to blame; but in case they should be disappointed, and should unluckily discover they have caught a Tartar; and if it should happen that some iniquities of their's, which they little expect to be developed, should be laid open; it will indeed be a lamentable thing; from which unfortunate catastrophe may the Lord deliver all good federalists, and friends of Col. Burr, but, above all, Col. Burr himself. Amen.
We will tell Coleman what the federalists have had to do with Whitty's acquittal—they have been so incessantly proclaiming the weakness of our government, the dissensions of our citizens, and endeavoring to excite in the minds of foreigners such a contempt and disregard for our institutions and public acts, that some effect has been at last produced—the British, accustomed to hear themselves extolled and this country ridiculed and aspersed, calculate fully upon federal defence for any outrages whatever:—they have
no apprehension of hostilities, for the federalists represent our nation as cowardly; nor do they value newspaper declamation, since there are six to one of the prints published in our cities, well disposed and supported to defend and palliate British institutions and British insolence. There is not a well informed politician in England, that is not aware of the hypocrisy of the federal lamentation for Pierce—it was well known, that Whitty's acquittal would give no manner of disgust or mortification to men who pride themselves upon a servile devotion to the British interests—and the expectation has been realized, for one of the greatest stickers for and boasters of genuine federalism, very gravely passes over the acquittal of Whitty, by a shrug of the shoulder, and asking, "well, what have I to do with it?" If a French frigate had fired a shot into an American coasting sloop, that was within our jurisdiction, and killed an American seaman, what a different course would have been pursued—every impression would have been launched against the "French tyrant," "the usurper," "the Corsican murderer"—there would have been no recommendation to await the justice of the French government—and if after our government demanded justice, the Frenchman was acquitted, would Coleman look on with as much composure as he does now? Would he have delayed to hear grounds of acquittal? Would he not have held forth the exalts of two Americans as the very best evidence of the original outrage as well as of the iniquity of the subsequent sentence. Such, or much more violent, would have been the conduct of the federal party, if Pierce had been killed by any other one but an English captain—but there is a magic in this title, that makes the tongue of a federalist "a stringless instrument," and effectually quiets all complaints whatever—Aurora.
By the statements of the Secretary of the Treasury, it appears that sugar, tea, coffee and molasses to the following amounts were in the year 1805, imported into the United States, and actually paid duties, viz.
Table with 2 columns: Item, Amount. Rows: Sugar 68,046,865 pounds, Tea 3,354,381 pounds, Coffee 4,816,274 pounds, Molasses 9,226,446 gallons.
Yielding duties amounting to 3,118,304.
This statement enables us to estimate with tolerable correctness the consumption of these articles in the United States, whose use is so intimately connected with comfortable living. It does not follow that the quantity imported in any given year must have been consumed in that year, but as the articles enumerated are in constant demand, and three out of four subject to injury by being kept, we may safely compute the annual consumption as equal to the importation.
It will then follow, estimating our number at six millions, that each soul in the United States consumes per annum about Eleven pounds of sugar, Near one pound of coffee, About two thirds of a pound of tea, And one gallon and a half of molasses, Exclusive of the sugar and molasses made of domestic materials.
If we class individuals in families, each family will consume Ninety pounds of sugar, Six pounds of coffee, Five pounds of tea, and Twelve gallons of molasses. Is there any other people on the face of the earth who live so well?
Of these articles two are already produced in great quantities among ourselves. Independently of the products of the maple tree, which of itself properly cultivated, is perhaps capable of supplying our full demand, the sugar and Orleans, on a moderate computation, will, when under cultivation produce at least sixty thousand hogsheads; and such are the profits of this species of cultivation, that there is no doubt but that in a few years it will be greatly extended. No lands in America yield so large a profit. A great capitalist without any extraordinary trouble reaps an annual profit of 25 per cent. on his capital. Sixty thousand hogsheads are equal to sixty millions of pounds, which, valued at ten cents a pound amount to six millions. To this we are to add the value of the molasses. The territory of Orleans then, under good management, is nearly capable of supplying our full demand for this important necessary of good living, and this supply insures an independence of foreign powers to the amount of seven millions, which make about one sixth of our whole annual imports. Let those who still clamor at the acquisition of Louisiana show us the evil that counteracts this benefit!—Nat. Inq.
FROM THE BOSTON DEMOCRAT.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
We are happy in having it in our power to inform our patrons, and the public generally, that Mr. SILLICK OSBORNE is about to associate himself with this Establishment; and that the Editorial department will be exclusively under his direction. The Democrat and Courier will appear enlarged, and improved, on or about the first day of July—In the mean time we confidently indulge the hope that an increase of patronage will be offered, which shall place pecuniary embarrassments out of the question.
Republican Editors will confer an essential favor, by giving this notice one or two insertions.
FORGERY DETECTED.
(From the Boston Palladium)
[Some of our readers may remember, that about the beginning of the present year we extracted from a Philadelphia paper a curious account of certain writings found in a globe of marble dug up at Aleppo, from which it was inferred, that the Apocalypse or Revelations was written by Cerinthus and not by St. John. This account was given in a Philadelphia paper as a translation of an article from the Marseilles Gazette of the 20th October, 1806. A writer, under the signature of Cephas, commented on this narrative in the Palladium; and expressed his fears, that this story was transcribed from a French paper into some of ours to discredit the validity of the New Testament. Some gentlemen, who knew the discernment of editors of periodical papers, at this time, in Roman Catholic countries, doubted if such a publication ever appeared in a French newspaper. Among these was Dr. Waterhouse, who, being of the Marseilles Academy of Sciences, &c. wrote to one of his correspondents in that city, and enclosed the publications on that subject from our paper; and on Friday he received via Philadelphia, the following letter in answer to his queries:]
MARSEILLES, March 28.
SIR, "Immediately on the receipt of your letter of the 12th of January, I went to the printer and editor of the Marseilles Gazette, to inquire, agreeably to your wish, respecting the extract of a letter from a gentleman in Aleppo to his friend in this city" said to be printed in the Marseilles Gazette, of October 20, 1806. On examining the number of that date, there was not to be found

single word of the matter! I was... in my researches by M. Achard, the director of our public library, and perpetual secretary to our academy of arts and sciences. This is an old gentleman, endowed with much learning, especially in antiquities, and whose son is the printer and editor of the Marseilles Gazette. He assured me, that he had no recollection of any such article as appeared in the Philadelphia paper, and in the New England Palladium, purporting to be a translation from the Gazette of this city. We examined with strict attention, all the Gazettes from the first August until this day; and it is our opinion, as well as the opinion of many other gentlemen, that the piece which caused so much alarm in the timorous consciences of your countrymen, is an absolute lie—or has been published in some other paper; but of which we have no knowledge whatever.
"The vessel which carries this will sail tomorrow: or I would have annexed a certificate of Mons. Achard, and of the magistracy of this city, to support what I have said. I hope, however, that the minds of your friends of the clergy will be satisfied with what is said above. You are at liberty to use my letter as you think proper. I remain, &c. &c. LOUIS VALENTIN.
Dr. WATERHOUSE, Professor, &c. [Dr. Valentin is a learned and respectable physician, has been in the United States, is a member of our American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and well known to some of our most respectable citizens who have travelled in France.]
NORFOLK, June 9.
FRENCH PRIVATEER—on our coast.
This morning arrived the Sch't Manchester, Capt. Cropsey, from New York. Capt. C. gives the following account; That on Saturday last, being about three leagues S. E. of Hog Island, he was fired at and brought too by a small schooner which he took for a pilot boat, but which proved to be a French privateer, having a crew of 30 men, armed with muskets and cutlasses, and ordered along-side the English brig CRESC, Capt. Neven, which sailed from this port a few days ago bound to Liverpool, loaded chiefly with logwood, and which she captured in sight of Cape Henry; after putting the Captain and crew of the Crese and two lady passengers on board the Manchester, the privateer immediately made sail with its prize, being then in sight of the Melampus British frigate, lying at anchor off the Capes—Next day the Manche ter was brought too by the Melampus, who took capt. Neven on board, & then proceeded in pursuit of the privateer and his prize. The crew of the privateer behaved with marked civility to Capt. Neven and passengers, by letting them have their clothes and many other articles belonging to them.
PETERSBURG, June 10.
In manifestation of the high opinion they entertain of WILLIAM DUANE, Esq. for the important services he has rendered to his country, the republican citizens of this town, on Monday last, gave him a splendid dinner at Powell's; at which a number of excellent toasts were drank, and the utmost harmony and conviviality prevailed.
Departed this life on the 29th day of April last, Col. ARMSTRAD WATLING, of the county of Halifax, aged eighty years—"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace."
Foreign.
Arrivals at Boston and New-York, furnish London news to the middle of April; tho' not later than we had heretofore received, there are some particulars worth notice. An arrival at Salem, from Hamburg, brings news from that place to the 17th of April—the latest from the continent. The Salem federal paper gives the following paragraph respecting the battle of Eylau, &c.
"With respect to the events of war which had taken place between the French and Russians, it was difficult to judge of the truth from the Hamburg papers, as they are issued under the inspection of a French intendant. Of public & official statements there is generally a distrust, from the supposed policy of each party to conceal its own disasters, and to exaggerate those of the enemy:—private information is therefore often more relied on. From persons who had been at the theatre of war, and from the communications of the French officers themselves, it was well known, that tho' the French had maintained their military reputation in all the battles they had fought, yet that Bonaparte had at length met with an enemy that required the full exercise of all his genius and energy, and had received such a check as he had never before experienced. Persons who had visited both the French and Russian armies allowed that the former were vastly superior to the latter in military science and experience; but yet Benningsen had managed his means with such skill and judgment as greatly to harass and straiten the French, and to make them suffer severely from the rigors of the climate and the want of provisions, as well as from his arms. The dreadful accounts we have had of the battle of Eylau appear to have been no fictions; the destruction of human life in that awful scene has hardly been equalled in modern warfare. Benningsen's statement of the French loss in this affair seems not to have been far from the truth; for French officers who were in the battle acknowledged that they had between 30 and 40,000 killed and wounded: the Russian loss they state to be equally great, and it was confidently said that there were not less than 30,000 wounded Russians in Koningsberg; the conclusion was, that neither side could boast of having gained any distinguished advantage over the other in the action, though it was acknowledged that the Russians saved Koningsberg by it." The French head quarters remain at Osterode on the 3d April. There had been no action, but the movements of the French
right wing, under Massena, continued to indicate such an event as not far distant. Vast exertions were making to render the armies powerful in numbers and discipline. Jealousies, it was said, had arisen among the Russian officers, at having a foreigner (Benningsen) their superior. A letter from London stated that Bonaparte had sent a messenger to St. Petersburg, on a pacific embassy—and that the Russian minister had quitted London, dissatisfied at not receiving supplies necessary to enable his master to carry on the war.
We have at last seen the message of Bonaparte to the senate, entire. Its object is to call out the conscripts of 1808, for discipline and defence, at home. Among the paragraphs, suppressed by the British printers, at New York, are the two following—they are remarkable:— "We have triumphed over all our enemies. In the course of six months we have passed the Main, the Saal, the Elbe, the Oder and the Vistula: we have made ourselves master of the strongest places in Europe—Magdeburg, Hameln, Spandau, Stettin, Custrin, Glogau, Breslau, Schweidnitz, and Breisig.... Our soldiers have proved victorious in several battles; they have taken upwards of 800 pieces of cannon upon the field of battle; they have sent 4000 pieces of heavy artillery to France, 400 Russian and Prussian Standards, and made upwards of 200,000 prisoners of war. "Neither the sands of Prussia, the deserts of Poland nor the storms of winter—in fact nothing has been able to damp or extinguish their ardor for obtaining peace by their conquests, and by means of their triumphs, to their native country. Still our armies in Italy, in Dalmatia, and Naples, remain undiminished; our camps at Boulogne, in Brittany, in Normandy, and on the Rhine remain entire. Letters from Constantinople, to the 12th March, confirm the account of the failure of the British before that place. In consequence of the threats and attempts of the British, the sitting of the grand seignior's council had been made permanent, and the direction of military operations had been entrusted to gen. Sebastiani. The Turks manifested great ardor and unanimity.—The English merchandise, at Constantinople, amounted, it was supposed, to about fifty millions of rix dollars.—Aurora.
The official conduct of Mr Monroe is represented to have given great satisfaction to the mercantile class in London—it was their intention to invite him to a public and very splendid dinner, as a mark of respect for his efforts to promote a friendly intercourse between the U. S. and England.
THE FOLLOWING ODE
Was recited by Master C. K. Blanchard, at a Jubilee lately held at James Town, in commemoration of the first settlement of Virginia.
The Power that measures space and time, And robes the stars with light sublime, That guides with central force aright The rapid comet's fiery flight, That holds each orb in strong control, The God who taught the sun to blaze, And make it strike On mortal sight The fire of Heav'n's reflected rays, Sent the Sons of the East, To the Sons of the West, Taught the arts with the ray of mild evening to shine, To bless a New World with their radiance divine.
Warm from the wood, With hunting tir'd, A savage sought the cooling flood, And far, far off, the curling wave admir'd, And as he pac'd the lonely beach, Far as his piercing eye could reach, He thought he saw the pine trees dance, And on the wave erect advance! Again he look'd, and saw the trees, All wing'd, arriving with the breeze; And as he gaz'd with wild surprise, Borne on the food tide along, Moving in solemn silence on, He sees at last the stately ship arise. But when from forth the bursting side, He sees the lightnings glide, And hears the deep-mouth'd cannon roar, The rattling sounding, Noise rebounding From the rocks, the woods, the shore, Aghast! the red man flies and cries (Loud as the yell of Death can rise) To all the painted tribes around; That the "GREAT SPIRIT," fill'd with ire, Involv'd in smoke and clad in fire, Shook the whole earth with thundering sound. And raging threw the living lightnings round.
But ah! how soon the savage nations saw The sun's white offspring were but men; And as their mutual wants increase, While varying ties together draw, They frame a transient peace, And harmonize in vain. Nor 'mid the towering forest shade, Was the black hair'd indian maid, At all afraid, To see the graceful stranger move, Or hear his softest song of love, For, love bewitch'd, these real wood nymphs wild, Wav'd her white arm, and o'er the desert smil'd.
This, when the jealous savage knew, And saw beside The mounted city rise: To arms! to arms! he cry'd: To arms the warriors flew, And the shrill war song sounded to the skies; Whils! horror shrieking through the woods, Warn the white warriors to prepare, And brave the first rude shock of savage war. Our ancestors—a small but daring band, Led by a hero first in fame,
Cloth'd with courage, arm'd with flame, Against the hideous howling throng March dreadnought on; And in many a direful day, Driving far the foe away, Boldly claim the ensanguin'd land, Their conquering valor won. Driv'n from their usual haunts and floods, Far to their inmost shades and woods, The Indian Chiefs retir'd, With endless fury fir'd, Intent the web of woe to weave, Secret as death, and joyless as the grave. The plot's full time, matur'd, through many a year, At last drew near! And the notch'd arrow mark'd the day, That drew the furrowing tear, Which time can never wipe away! Revenge! Revenge! a thousand voices cry, Revenge! Revenge! the echoing hills reply!
Whilst the red tribes, in treach'ry strong, Relentless sweep along; And where the whizzing weapons fly, A thousand fathers, mothers die. Sons, sisters, children, fly in vain, Their lifeless bodies strew the plain, And as the infant smiles or cries, It sees the lifted stroke and dies. Behind the raging flames are seen, Where dwellings, fields and bodies blaze; And glaring 'midst the horrid gleam, The whooping blood-stain'd savage strays; Or, amid the fiend like throng, Drives the blasting ruin on; Till (quite complete the bloody plan) And desolation sits and mocks the works of man.
Soft voic'd pity from above, Fairest daughter of the sky! Bent with looks of grief and love, To th' chang'd earth her tearful eye. She saw the smoking ruins round, And all the arts of peace destroy'd; The groves and walks were ruin'd found, Which she with peaceful power enjoy'd. In each lov'd scene she hears faint sorrow call; Whilst o'er the hapless land, her tears beignant fall.
But now see, fair succour flying! O'er the wide Atlantic wave, Our few remaining sires to save, Every Indian force defying, Bringing comfort to the brave, Ship after ship amain! Men after men arr've! To drive The savage to his woods again. Whilst industry, wth force divine, With commerce, peace and power combine To seize the fleeting flying hours, And make them deck the fields with flowers.
And late where desolation walk'd, And late where glaring ruin stalk'd The towns, with loftier aspect rise, And loftier domes salute the skies, A million patriot sons are borne, A million fair the land adorn, And here, where e'rt the wild flow'r rose
Alone and undesir'd, See, where the blushing beauty glows: By every eye admir'd. For you, ye fair, to arms we fly, Or strike t'c sounding lyre, For you the soldier dares to die, And ye the bard inspire. Your smiles alone can bless the strain, Alone can make it last, Till a new century shall have pass'd; When friends, perhaps, may meet again, And sound the high-hung harp of love At the great Jubilee above.
* In all America, the white men have been called the Children of the Sun, as coming from the East.
Just Received, And for Sale on reasonable terms, 20,000 Weight of well cured BACON, Amongst which are 700 HAMS of a superior quality—Likewise, 15 Ton of IRON, Assorted with our usual assortment of PAINTS, OIL, &c &c RUSSELL & WALLACE, Richmond, 12th June, 1807.
In obedience to a decree of the County Court of Buckingham, There will be offered for SALE, In the county aforesaid, the 29th day of August next, on twelve months credit, on the premises,
A Tract of Land, Belonging to the estate of Robert Glover, dec. containing three hundred and thirty acres. BY THE COMMISSIONERS. Buckingham, June 8th, 1807.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, MAT TERM, 1807. Jones Gill, complainant. Against William H. Clayton and Clarissa his wife, and Mary Mosby Hales, an infant under the age of twenty-one years, defendants.
ON the motion of the complainant, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the defendant William H. Clayton is not an inhabitant of this state: It is ordered and decreed, that unless he shall appear here on or before August court next and answer the bill of the complainant, the same will then be taken for confessed as to him, and the matter thereof decreed accordingly, and that a copy of this order be forthwith published in some newspaper of the city of Richmond for two months successively, and another copy be posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county. A copy—Teste, R. ELDRIDGE, Jr. D. C.
THE subscriber requests leave to announce to his friends and the public, that he has recommenced the arduous and difficult employment of a teacher of the Classics...Geography...History...the Belles Letters...the principles of Natural and Moral Philosophy...Mathematics, &c. in the county of Chesterfield, at the house of Mr. James Ferguson, an instructor of great experience and capacity, with whom he has united. Should liberal patronage be extended to the subscriber, he purposes to devote the whole of his time and attention for four or five years next ensuing to the instruction of youth; and he can with safety say, that he brings with him to the task two most powerful incentives to a vigorous exertion of his faculties, v.z. a sincere desire to do ample justice to all his creditors....and a firm belief that the social and moral duties of man require of him, that he should contribute as much as he possibly can to the advancement of science, and the improvement & perfection of our common nature. Were it deemed proper or necessary, the subscriber could easily swell this advertisement by giving a pompous development of the system he intends to pursue; but he considers himself as principally addressing those to whom he is sufficiently known; and with regard to the public generally, he must candidly inform them that he asks no other patronage than what he is determined, by useful services, fully to pay for, and if possible preserve. The terms for board and tuition will be 120 dollars per annum, to be paid quarterly in advance...the pupils finding their own beds. The situation of the Academy is nearly equidistant from Richmond and Petersburg, and within 2 miles of the stage road leading from the one place to the other. The buildings are large & commodious, and the air and water, from long experience, have been found to be excellent. JAMES JOHNSTONE. Chesterfield county, 1st June, 1807.
Valuable Family Medicines.
Just received direct from the Patentees, and for SALE WHOLESALE and Retail, by SAMUEL PLEASANTS, Jr. Richmond, a large supply of the following very valuable Medicines, viz:
Dr. Cooley's Vegetable Elixir, or Cough Drops, Superior to any other medicine ever before invented, for all complaints of the Lungs, and has been known frequently to effect a cure after all other medicines have failed. It is to be hoped that all those who are laboring under Consumption and other diseases of the Lungs, will resort to this valuable medicine for relief—Price 75 cents a bottle.
Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious and Stomachic Bitters, Which have proved to extremely serviceable for a few years past in restoring weak and decayed constitutions of almost every description, and for removing all those complicated complaints so common in the spring season—For a common bitter to use in families none can excel them for pleasantness. To those that their excellent bitters are held in high estimation by Physicians of eminence—we need only insert the following extract of a letter from Dr. John Willcox a respectable Physician, and post-master at the city of Vergennes.
VERGENNES, October 23d, 1804. Sir, I have been one of those who never put much faith in patent medicine until of late, but much acknowledged from actual experience, that I have received more benefit from Dr. Rawson's Bitters, than from all the medicine I ever before took: I have been very unwell with a flow remittant fever. I am, &c. JOHN WILLCOX, M. D.
Dr. Lee's (Windham) Bilious Pills, Which have proved to eminently useful for these 12 years past in all Bilious Complaints, Indigestion, Jaundice, Dropsies, Debility, Head aches, Costiveness, Female Complaints &c. Their virtues are too well known to need comment in an advertisement.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Thompson's Aromatic Tooth Paste, Which whitens and preserves the teeth, gives an agreeable smell to the breath, and cures the scurvy in the teeth and gums; it may be applied at all times without in the least injuring the teeth: The very great and extensive sale this medicine has met with be speaks its intrinsic worth.—Price 50 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Anti-Bilious Pills, or Family Physic, A medicine which no family ought to be without, as those Pills are useful in every complaint where purges are necessary; they are certain to operate in a short time without occasioning the least pain or griping.—Price only 25 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's Celebrated Worm Powder, The most proper medicine that can be given to children to destroy Worms, & to remove crudities of every kind from the first passages.—Price 50 cents a packet.
Dr. Rawson's (Genuine) Itch Ointment, The most certain and safe application for that disagreeable complaint called the Itch, of and now in use. It also cures all kinds of eruptions on the face or skin is very agreeable in smell leaves the skin smooth & beautiful, it may be applied at all times with the greatest safety.—Price only 42 cents a box.
Dr. Rawson's much celebrated Worm Powders, Which have proved very effectious in dislodging and expelling worms from the bowels of children, they are also a gentle purge, and the most proper physic that can be given to children to remove crudities of every kind from the first passages—ample directions accompany each package—50 cents.
Finckley's infallible remedy for the Piles. A certain cure for that disagreeable complaint 50 cents a box.
Dr. Cooley's Rheumatic Pills, Good in all Rheumatic complaints—Price 24 cents.
Very particular directions accompany each of these valuable medicines.
PLAIN DISCOURSES ON THE LAWS AND PROPERTIES OF MATTER; Containing the Elements or Principles of Modern Chemistry; With more particular details of those practical parts of the SCIENCE most interesting to mankind, and connected with DOMESTIC AFFAIRS. By Thomas Ewell, M. D. of Virginia. * A few copies of the above are for sale at S. Pleasants' Book-store.
REVISED CODE.
SECOND VOLUME.
THE SUBSCRIBERS to the SECOND VOLUME of the REVISED CODE and the public in general, are respectfully informed, that with a view to render the work in every respect worthy of the public patronage, large fonts of entirely new type composing every description of letter necessary for such a work, were at an early period, ordered from the foundry of Messrs. Binny and Ronaldson, at Philadelphia. An unexpected delay in complying with that order, has produced a correspondent delay in the publication of the book; but the materials are now shipped and will no doubt be received in a few days. The patrons of the work may be assured that ample compensation will be made, by the superior style in which the typographical part will be executed, and the additional matter which will be comprehended in the volume. For, besides embracing every subject stated in the prospectus, it is intended to insert the Acts of the next Session of the General Assembly. Except those Acts, the volume will be completed before the meeting of the next Legislature; after which a very short period will elapse before it is ready for delivery; and with all those improvements it will be furnished to subscribers at the original price. To non-subscribers, however, the price will be considerably advanced. May 1, 1807.
PROPOSAL BY SAMUEL PLEASANTS, JR. FOR PUBLISHING BY SUBSCRIPTION, VOLUME SECOND OF THE
REVISED CODE; CONTAINING
AN APPENDIX,
In which will be inserted, I. Such Public Acts as have been omitted in the last edition of the Revised Code. II. A compilation of the several laws for the establishment of the James River, Potomac, Appomattox and Dismal Swamp Canal companies; in all of which the state has an interest. III. Acts for the establishment of the Mutual Assurance Society against fire on buildings of the state of Virginia. IV. Laws concerning the Northern Neck. V. A Table of Fines Forfeitures, Penalties and Amusements, designating such as are to the use of the commonwealth; such as go towards lessening the county levy; such as belong to individuals; and such as are appropriated to any particular object. VI. Acts for establishing Turnpike roads. VII. Acts authorising the erection of Toll Bridges. All the Acts comprised in this volume, have been carefully collated by a gentleman of the bar—Notes of reference to former and subsequent statutes, are annexed to each chapter, and a copious INDEX will be given at the end of the work.
TERMS.
I. It shall be printed on an entire new type, of a size larger than that used in the last edition of the Revised Code, published in 1803. II. The paper shall be of good quality, and the book, when bound, will form a volume of large octavo, to match the first volume of the same work. The number of pages cannot be ascertained, though it is expected, from the matter of which the book will be composed, (there being one hundred and two new chapters in the continuation from 1801 to 1806, and upwards of one hundred omitted acts) that it will contain nearly as many pages as the last edition. III. The price to subscribers will be FIVE DOLLARS, to be paid on delivery of the book—to non-subscribers the price will be considerably increased. ** Subscriptions are received by the publisher in Richmond.
SUBSCRIBERS to the second volume of the Revised Code of Virginia Laws (now printing) who have not yet procured the first volume, will be furnished with the latter at the original subscription price, SIX DOLLARS.
PUBLISHED BY SUBSCRIPTION, DR. REES'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA, OR Universal Dictionary of Arts & Sciences. IN TWENTY VOLUMES QUARTO. CONDITIONS.
THE work will be printed in large quarto, with new types, cast for the purpose, on a superfine wove paper, each volume will contain from eight hundred to a thousand pages. A half volume, in boards, will be published regularly every two months, PRICE THREE DOLLARS, PAYABLE ON DELIVERY. Between six and seven hundred plates, engraved in a superior style of elegance, will be comprised in the course of the publication, by far a greater number than is to be found in any other Scientific Dictionary. ** To Subscribers. The seven first half volumes are ready for delivery at the Book-Store of Samuel Pleasants, jun. Richmond, March 19.

MATTRESSES. CAN be had on very short notice. MATTRESSES of all sizes & kinds, agreeable to order, in the large corner white house, opposite the Old City Tavern, two squares below the Market Bridge—BEDS made & MATTRESSES repaired.—Horses TAILS & MANES purchased. Jno. S. Pleasants.
FOR SALE. My tract of Land, In Powhatan county, containing between nine hundred and a thousand acres, and lying within two miles of the courthouse, and on both sides of Fine creek. This tract of land would be sold entire, otherwise laid off in lots to suit purchasers. Any persons inclined to purchase, it is expected with first view the premises—any further description is deemed unnecessary. For terms apply to the subscriber, living on the premises. SAM. BASKERVILLE. Powhatan, Jan. 4th, 1807. tf
Advantageous Establishment. THE subscriber, because of circumstances which have lately occurred in his family, wishes to admit a partner in the business of the Henrico Gun-Powder Works, about a mile and a half from Rocketts, or to sell his rights in the same: Said works are so nearly completed, that they will soon be in operation, and the manufacturer who is engaged to manage the making of the powder, understands the whole art so as to make it equal to any imported. None need apply for a share who cannot advance soon $1000, and employ their resources in the course of the business; there is a fair prospect that said works will be a very advantageous establishment; for further particulars apply to HUGH WARDEN Richmond, 1st May, 1807. tf
Valuable Property FOR SALE. BY virtue of a deed of trust executed to us by Peter F. Archer, for the benefit of John G. Jefferson, WILL BE SOLD FOR CASH, on the premises, in the county of Amelia, on the 10th day of July next, a Valuable Tract of Land Called Fox-Harbour, containing by estimation above 650 acres, lying on both sides of the road leading from Pridesville to Beville's Bridge. Also the following SLAVES or such of them as can be had, Simon, Dilsey and her three children, Leonard, Sam, Phill, Sukey and her three children, Davy, Sarena and her two children, Phoebe and her two children, Joe, Tom, Bristol, Murrer and her three children, or so much of the said property as shall be sufficient to satisfy the purposes of the said deed of trust. The sale will continue from day to day till it is completed. A minute description of the land is thought unnecessary, as it is imagined that those inclined to purchase will view it and judge for themselves. JOSHUA CHAFFIN, } Trustees. WILLIAM CASSELLS, } WILLIAM BENTLEY, } May 28, 1807. tds
TO RENT, A Neat House, IN the Falling Garden, sufficiently large to accommodate a moderate sized family, either by itself or with the following profitable property, to wit:—An ice-house 20 feet by 18 and about 12 deep, well filled and pounded down with good clean ice—a bath-house, which if well attended to will yield a handsome profit; and also may be accommodated with a small or large part of a garden. The above property will be rented either for the season, say six months, or for a longer time, and possession given immediately. Good security will be required for the rent. Enquire of JAMES LOYNES, on the premises. 3d mo. 16th, 1807. tf
RAN AWAY, BOB, a negro man belonging to the estate of John Gunn, dec. he has been going at large for some time about the city of Richmond. I will give a reward of FIVE DOLLARS upon delivery of said fellow to the subscriber. JOHN TURPIN. Richmond, May 29th, 1807. tf
FOR SALE, SEVEN HUNDRED ACRES OF FIRST RATE SOUTH WEST MOUNTAIN LAND, FORMERLY a part of the estate of the late Col. James Madison, and lying in Orange county, within forty-five miles of Fredericksburg, and seventy-five of Richmond. The above tract of land is generally considered the best tract of high land in the county for tobacco, corn and wheat, and will produce from ten to fifteen bushels of wheat to the acre without manure or any other aid. There is a sufficiency of meadow land on it, and most of it reclaimed. It is under good fences, and in the course of the year I shall put on it a tolerable dwelling house and an excellent barn three stories high, with a stable in the lower one, with a wheat machine on the Scotch model. Another tract of LAND, lying in Amherst county, on Harris's creek, within six miles of Lynchburg, and containing five hundred and five acres, being part of a tract formerly belonging to Col. Hugh Rose, dec. This tract is considered of equal quality to any land, in a neighborhood generally esteemed the best soil for tobacco in Amherst. Any person inclined to purchase the land in Orange, will apply to the subscriber residing on the premises; and for the land in Amherst, to G. A. Rose, of Lynchburg, or to Mr. Landon Cabell, of Amherst. Negroes (in families) will be taken in exchange for either or both of the above tracts of land. ROBERT H. ROSE. Orange, April 8th, 1807. 3m
SHOES. THE subscribers, under the firm of J. W. DENNIS & Co. have just received from the northward, a large supply of SHOES, which they warrant newly made, and of the best materials, viz: Gentlemen's superfine Shoes. do. fine do. Negroes coarse do. Lady's and Misses' leather Slips and Brunsricks. Boy's and Children's Shoes. Lady's & Misses' Kid } & Morocco Slips with assorted colors, and without heels. Children's Morocco Shoes, do. Together with a general assortment of GROCERIES and fashionable BONNETS, all of which they offer at a reduced price for cash, produce or acceptances in town. J. W. DENNIS. BENJAMIN DENNIS. Richmond, April 23, 1807. tf
Notice. THE Debtors to the late firm of GILLIAT & KIRBY are hereby informed, that THOMAS GILLIAT alone is empowered to receive payment of the debts due to that concern. All persons having demands against them are requested to apply to Thomas Gilliat, and those indebted to the firm are earnestly requested to come forward without delay, and discharge their respective debts. For JOHN GILLIAT & SELF, THOMAS GILLIAT. JAMES KIRBY. Richmond, 25th May, 1807. 3m
VALUABLE LOTS FOR SALE. ON Wednesday the 10th of June next, will be SOLD, at auction, on the premises, if not previously disposed of at private sale, that beautiful Square of Ground, Belonging to Col. Quarrier, and now occupied by him. For the convenience of purchasers, it is divided into Thirteen Lots, some of which are improved with dwelling houses and every convenience for families, and all of them are well situated, either for business, (being near the basin of the canal and public warehouse) or for the residence of families, having good prospects and a free circulation of air. A plan of the above property may be seen at the office of the subscribers, to whom, or to Col. Quarrier, all persons desirous of purchasing at private sale, will apply. Terms made known on the day of sale. TAYLOR & BROWN, Auctioneers May 8, 1807. tds
ROBERT McDOWELL, RESPECTFULLY informs the public that he continues to keep entertainment at the Red House in Jennings' Gap, sign of the Spread Eagle, situated in the forks of two roads, 12 miles from Staunton and 21 miles from Harrisonburg, leading directly to the different Mineral Springs in the back country. His house is large and airy, with plenty of lodging rooms, well furnished with good Beds. Liquors of the best quality. Also good Stables, to hold upwards of thirty horses, well furnished with Hay and Grain, and an excellent Hostler, &c. He flatters himself by his assiduity to please to give general satisfaction to those who call on him. May 11th, 1807. 6w
MAP OF VIRGINIA. THE subscribers to the MAP OF VIRGINIA, are respectfully informed, that some copies of the work are now ready for delivery, and may be furnished by calling on Mr. JOHN PUMFREY, Stationer and Book binder, whom we have appointed our agent for the city of Richmond. No time shall be lost to furnish the whole of our subscribers as well as purchasers. THE PROPRIETORS. Richmond, May 13, 1807. 1m
FOR SALE, Opposite Colonel Mayo's new Buildings, 4th, 3rd and 2nd proof Antigua Rum in hds. of the crop 1805—Imported early 1806 New England Rum in hds. and barrels 1 pipe very Superior Holland's Gin Rye Whiskey in barrels Loaf and Brown Sugar in Ditto Coffee by the barrel or bag Beef and Pork in barrels Irish Potatoes in ditto, suitable for table or planting Potomac Shad and Herrings, Stone Lime in large and small casks. And a general assortment of GROCERIES, &c. &c.—which will be sold low for Cash, good paper, or exchanged for country produce, by JOB GREENE. Richmond, 27th May, 1807.
The subscribers having purchased the Stock of Dry Goods OF GILLIAT & KIRBY, and taken the store lately occupied by them, will carry on the business under the firm of KIRBY, DRAKE & TAYLOR. They will sell low for cash or on a short credit to punctual customers. JAMES KIRBY. RIVERS DRAKE. EDM: TAYLOR, jr. May 29.
Notice. ALL persons are forewarned from using or taking Sand from the Sand-Bar, called Court's, without the previous consent of the subscribers, who are alone authorised to sell or appropriate the same. For the convenience of those who incline to purchase, we have authorised Mrs. Court to act. Any sale or contract which she may make will be ratified by us. Samuel M'Crack, } Trustees Pleasant Younghusband, } Richmond, 22th Feb. 1807.
Lesueur & Saunders Are now receiving and will constantly keep a large supply of Bar-Iron & Castings, Of superior quality. Feb. 2d, 1807. tf
PRICES OF Nails, Brads & Sprigs, MANUFACTURED at the Penitentiary, and for sale by NICHOLAS HALLAM, agent for the Commonwealth, a few doors above the Swan Tavern, Richmond. CUT NAILS.  Wholesale. Retail.  3d. 12 1-2 cents. 13 1-2 cents per pound.  4d. 11 1-2 12 1-2  6d. 10 1-2 11 1-2  8d. 10 11  10d. 9 1-2 10 1-2  12d. 9 1-2 10 1-2  20d. 9 1-2 10 1-2  CUT BRADS.  8d. 9 1-2 10 1-2  10d. 9 10  12d. 9 10  20d. 9 10  WROUGHT NAILS.  6d. 12 13  8d. 11 1-2 12 1-2  10d. 11 12  12d. 11 12  20d. 11 12  20d. 11 12  Spikes of all sizes the same price as 30d nails. 3d.—50 cents per thousand—4d. 67 cents per thousand—6d. 84 cents per thousand. Also, for sale as above, a variety of Plantation Utensils, such as Plough-irons, Harrow-teeth, Axes, Wedges, Chains, &c. SHOES Of all sizes made of the best materials, may be had on the most reasonable terms. Where also may be had a general assortment of well chosen GROCERIES. May 13, 1807. tf
TEN DOLLARS REWARD. RUNAWAY from the subscriber living in Henrico county, on the 20th instant, a negro man named BILLY; it is likely he will call himself BILLY GRIFFIN, about 33 years of age, a common black, supposed to be five feet 11 inches high, straight and well made, with a scar on one side of his face near his nose, he speaks fierce when spoken to, walks upright. His clothes are not worth mentioning, as I expect he will change all of them except his shirt, which are home spun cotton. I expect he will harbor about the Forge in New Kent county, as his wife lives there. He is well acquainted in Richmond and Charles City, about Col. Bradley's. Any person delivering said slave to me or secure him in any jail, so that I get him again, shall receive the above reward and all reasonable charges paid. All persons are forewarned from harbouring him at their peril. THEODORICK CARTER. Henrico county, May 22d, 1807. 3w
HARDWARE, IRONMONGERY and CUTLERY STORE. BREAM & FOLLET, AT the sign of the ANVIL, Main Street, Richmond, have received by the latest arrivals from England, a large and general assortment of Hardware, Ironmongery and Cutlery, which they will sell by wholesale or retail, low for cash, or on a short credit, for approved security; AMONGST WHICH ARE— Waldrons of prime Corn & Grass Scythes; Sickles, Weeding Hoes, Garden Hoes and Rakes; Spades & Shovels; Trace Chains, Blacksmith's Bellows, Anvils, Bick Irons, Sledge and Hand Hammers; Vises, Screw-Plates, Files and Rasps, Carpenter's Jointer's, Cooper's, Currier's, Saddler's, Silver Smith's, Watch Maker's and Shoe Maker's Tools; Locks, Hinges, Nails, Brads, Tacks, Screws, Brass Mounting for Cabinet Makers, Steel-yards, Scale Beams and Weights; Tea Kettles, Skillets and Spiders; Pots and Kettles; Bell Metal Kettles and Skillets; House Bells, Grid Irons, Frying Pans, Waffle and Wafer Irons; Smoothing Irons, Block Tin Coffee Pots, Britannia Metal Tea Potts, Britannia Metal Table and Tea Spoons; Coffee and Corn Mills; Knives and Forks; Pen and Jack Knives; Scissors, Razors Razor Cases and Shaving Boxes; Ivory and Horn Combs; Curling Tongs, Razor Hones, Glazier's Diamonds, a few dozen of elegant silver mounted and plain green and white handled Table and Desert Knives and Forks; Table Steels, Butcher's Steels and Knives; Brass and Iron Wire; Tin in Boxes, Sheet Iron, Sheet and Bar Lead; Patent shot, Gun Locks, Flints, Bear, Wolf and Fox Traps; Screws and Bails for raising mill stones, Mill Gudgeons and Inks; German Steel, Marbles, Nova Scotia Grind Stones, Window Glass, with a great variety of other articles in the above line, too tedious to enumerate; of which a constant supply will be kept, and sold on terms worthy the attention of those who wish to purchase. Also for sale 50 kegs FF Gun Powder, 15 Barrels Liver Oil, Bolting Cloths, Glue, and a general assortment of Brushes. Richmond, 21st May, 1807. 4w
FOR SALE, MY LANDS in Cumberland county, lying on Appomattox river, joining the lands of Mr. William and George Skipwith; this Land is equal if not superior to any Land in Cumberland county, off James river, it contains 607 acres, one half of which is covered with fine timber of every description. There is on this land a decent DWELLING HOUSE, and between four and five hundred bearing apple trees of choice fruit. One third of the money will be expected when a title is made, the other two thirds may be divided into two annual payments. Mr. Jefferson Bake or Mr. William Skipwith will show the land to any person wishing to become a purchaser. FRANCIS EPPES. Chesterfield, June 3, 1807. 4w
Notice. THE subscribers, under the firm of J. W. DENNIS & Co. have just received from the northward, a large supply of SHOES, which they warrant newly made, and of the best materials, viz: Gentlemen's superfine Shoes. do. fine do. Negroes coarse do. Lady's and Misses' leather Slips and Brunsricks. Boy's and Children's Shoes. Lady's & Misses' Kid } & Morocco Slips with assorted colors, and without heels. Children's Morocco Shoes, do. Together with a general assortment of GROCERIES and fashionable BONNETS, all of which they offer at a reduced price for cash, produce or acceptances in town. J. W. DENNIS. BENJAMIN DENNIS. Richmond, April 23, 1807. tf
Patent Iron-bound Boots, Bootees, and Shoes. JOHN BEDFORD, PHILADELPHIA, RESPECTFULLY informs the public in general, and Store-keepers in particular, that he is now prepared to supply them with the above valuable goods, wholesale and retail, on moderate terms. Shoemakers, also, may be supplied with patent-rights, on easy terms, which they will find it highly their interest to obtain, as they can, by this improvement, make four times the quantity of shoes, with their usual number of hands: for example, the usual work of three men, is only three pair of common shoes per day; whereas, in the improved way, three men, with the assistance of a boy, can make from twelve to fifteen pair per day. Thus the advantages resulting from this improvement, are evidently of the most essential importance: in the first place, three-fourths of the labor is saved: in the second place, half the leather is saved, (for one pair of shoes, made in this way, will wear as long as two pair, made in the usual way) and, in the third place, there is a saving of flax (at the rate of one pound, to twenty-four pair of shoes) they are also much more waterproof than the others, and easier mended. These are well ascertained facts, proved by actual experience. The patentee therefore hopes, that an improvement, fraught with such important public utility, will not only engage the attention, but the encouragement of every friend to the infant manufactures of this country. It may not be amiss to remark, that the country Shoemaker, in particular, may derive incontestable advantages from this improvement, as he can supply his customers in one-fourth of the time he has usually devoted to that purpose, and have the other three-fourths for the cultivation of his farm, or other avocations. Price of patent-rights, for the country, 100 dollars. For states, districts or towns, in proportion. Applications may be made to the Patentee, or to Mr. Jacob Harrison, Richmond. 3m Feb. 12, 1807.
NOTICE. MESSRS. Robert King and Charles Croughton and Robert King, James Thompson and Thomas Ravenhill, John Edie, Conrad Laub and William Davidson, Executors of James Short, deceased—Take notice, that I shall proceed to take the following depositions at the times and places hereafter mentioned, to be read as evidence in two suits now depending in the Chancery Court for the Richmond District, in which suits I am plaintiff and you are the defendants, to wit, at the tavern of Mr. Norris, at Fauquier courthouse, on the 30th day of June in the year 1807, between the hour of ten in the morning and sun-set of the same day, I shall take the depositions of Mr. John Love and Mr. Josiah Watson, sr. and others. At the tavern of Paul Verdier, at Orange courthouse, on the 6th day of July, 1807, between the hour of ten in the morning and sun-set of the same day, I shall take the deposition of Charles Noel and others. On the thirteenth of July, 1807, between the hour of ten in the morning and sun-set of the same day, I shall take the deposition of John M. Rose at his dwelling house in the county of Buckingham, and on the 29th day of July, 1807, between the hour of ten in the morning and sun-set of the same day, in Brunswick courthouse, I shall take the deposition of Abner Newman and others. ROBERT H. ROSE. Richmond, June 1st, 1807. 4w
Royster & Bohannan, Respectfully inform their friends and the public generally, that they have just received a general assortment of GROCERIES, Which they will sell low for cash, country produce, or good notes at sixty days— AMONGST WHICH ARE— Brown Sugar in hds. & Tumblers, pint and half pint Loaf Sugar in do. do. Decanters, quart and pint Jamaica } RUM Antigua } New England } Best Cogniac Brandy } London Mustard Holland Gin } Rice Country do. } Madeira } Sherry } Malaga } Dry Lisbon } Hibbert's } Stout and Porter } Writing Paper } Brown do. } Nutmegs } Indigo } Allum } Salt Petre } English Gun Powder } Shot, assorted } Richmond, April 1, 1807. tf
At a Court held for Cumberland county the 23d day of March, 1807. James Morton & Company, Comp'ts } against } Drury Watson & John Bibb, Defts. } THIS day came the plaintiffs by Henry E. Watkins their attorney, and the defendant Drury Watson not having entered his appearance and given security according to an act of assembly and the rules of this court, and it appearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said Drury is not an inhabitant of this state: On the motion of the plaintiff by their counsel aforesaid, It is ordered, that the said defendant do appear here on the first day of July court next and answer the plaintiffs' bill, and that a copy of this order be inserted in some newspaper published in the city of Richmond for two months successively and posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county on some court day. A copy—Attest, SAM. HOBSON, D. C.
Church's Cough Drops Is just received from the Proprietor's Dispensary New-York, and for sale at this office.
The Imported Horse, CITIZEN, A most beautiful brown bay, fifteen hands one inch high, remarkable for his great beauty, elegance, strength and muscle, with excellent bone and sinew: Will stand the ensuing season at my stable in Chesterfield county, on Appomattox river, fourteen miles above Petersburg, ten from the courthouse, fifteen from Bevil's bridge, and three from the Exeter mill on Appomattox; and will be let to mares at the moderate price of forty dollars, ten of which will be remitted if paid within the season, which will commence the 10th day of March, and expire the 10th of August. Very extensive and most excellent high and low ground pasture, well enclosed, gratis, but no responsibility for accidents or escapes; servants' board gratis. Mares may be fed with corn at the neighboring price, if required; but gentlemen wishing their mares tended must send the money with them, or else it cannot be done. One dollar is the groom for each mare. CITIZEN is a remarkable sure and excellent foal-getter and with my care will scarce fail in a single instance: This is something worth the attention of breeders, as the loss of a season with a good mare is apt to be felt. He is an excellent blooded horse, and is nearer a lied to the Godolphin Arabian than any horse in being, and possesses more Arabian ess. Refer to his PEDIGREE. CITIZEN was got by Pacolet, (Pacolet by Bank, one of the best sons of the Godolphin) his dam Princess by Turk, (Turk by Regulus) his granddam Fairy Queen by Young Cade, (he by Old Cade, and he by the Godolphin) his great granddam Bouth's Black-eye, by Crab, out of the Warlock Galloway, by Snake. Bald Galloway Curwen bay Barb Taken from the General Stud Book. THOMAS GOODE.
From the above pedigree it is seen that by his dam and sire, Citizen is related to the uncommon stallion the Godolphin Arabian in the third degree; which must be acknowledged is nearer than any horse in America, or even in the world; and agreeable to the description in the stud book given of the Godolphin, he is as much like him, being only one inch higher, and lacking only a few white hairs on one heel. Including the above immediate crosses from the Godolphin, Citizen has twenty Arabian crosses, and nearly as many Barb crosses, as traced from the stud book; so it may be justly said, he is as near being an Arabian as a horse can be, who was not brought from that place, and of this his looks will fully convince the world when they see him. Citizen was a most excellent racer, having won nineteen races, fourteen of them four miles, and six of them were won at three heats, beating the best horses in England; his colts are now running in great credit in England, proving themselves of equal bottom to any horses in that country, winning many four mile races, at three and four heats. He is sire of Nautilus, Pacolet, Citizen, Dapple, &c. &c. His colts in this country, are large, fine and promising, and no doubt will turn out well when proven. The first of his getting will be two years old this spring. Citizen was purchased by Mr. Barkdale formerly of Petersburg, and sent to general Caney of North Carolina, where he stood three seasons and covered upwards of 100 mares each season, although he stood at the same stable. Mr. William Barkdale's letter, and other papers relative to him, speaks too highly of this horse to be omitted; however they cannot be inserted in a publication like the present, but will be shown with pleasure to all persons wishing to see them. THOMAS GOODE. March 2, 1807. oawtf
Military Land for Sale. THE subscriber wishes to sell or exchange for property in Virginia, the following tracts of Military Land, viz. one tract of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED and SIXTY-SIX ACRES, in the state of Kentucky, situated on Cumberland River, about eighty miles above the mouth of the river, about the same distance from Nashville, and twenty-five miles from Christian court house. ONE THOUSAND ACRES in the state of Ohio, situated on the Little Miami river, and within a small distance of the Ohio. The following tracts are all situated on Paint Creek, and within fifty miles of Chillicothe. One tract of Five Hundred Acres, one of One Hundred and Forty, one of Eight Hundred and Ninety, one of One Hundred and Ninety-four, one of One hundred and Seventy-six. Also one moiety of a tract of One Thousand Six Hundred and Sixty-six Acres, situated on Whiteoak Creek. I will also dispose of a tract of One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Acres, in the county of Harrison, in this state, situated on the Little Kanawha. For terms apply to the subscriber, near Genito Bridge, Powhatan. SAMUEL JONES. Amelia, May 16, 1807. oaw2m
Hat Manufactory. THE subscriber returns his most grateful thanks to his friends and the public in general, for past favors, in his line of business, and takes this method of informing them that he has removed his Hat Manufactory to his residence at Mount Prospect, near Bacon Branch. His sale store is at the old stand, on the main street, nearly opposite Col. Robert Gamble's where he has on hand, a large and general assortment of HATS, Of various descriptions.—Being convinced from the retired situation of his manufactory, and the excellence of his workmen, that he can have his work better executed than in the heart of the city, and flatters himself from a strictness to business, to merit a continuance of their custom—he assures them that nothing on his part shall be wanting to give general satisfaction—A general supply of hats is kept at the manufactory for the convenience of the people residing in the country. The highest price given for all kinds of FUR. SOLOMON MARKS. Richmond, May 7, 1807. w3m
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 and release, mortgage, trust, &c.
FOR SALE AT S. PLEASANTS' BOOK STORE, HENNING'S