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r TO RENT.

sT>HE subscriber offers to rent for one OF,
more years, adjoining the place where
on he now lives, a Blacksmitb's shop, with
complete set of Tools, Dwellir 6 House in
comfortable condition, calculated for fami-
Nv, together with between three and four acres
ofvery rich land--From several years expc-
rience, / can with truth declare, that there
can be no better stand for blacksmith than
the enc now offered to let.
Thomas B. Moreland.
MARYLAND, Broad Creek, lawtf
December e.-u5.l )
NIB. IF don't rent the fine stand
will give good wages to = young man:
! With family.
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OH hurSdGy--HIf. q U4Ts. JEFFERNO.N'X
BENEFIT.
~ The THsArRE will close on Satur-
day, Sd of September.
~ Doors to be etea at s, andhertorHaAss
70 begin Precisely at-a quarter fast o'eiotk.
~ ddniuance---bor one doln~, fit .evsntY
yfue cents, gallery ysjiy cents.
TIT Boa Tickets TO be had ct tie bar Of
mr.. Gaasdy's hotel, and at the essee Of the
Daily Gazette.
Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-08-16

Extract Of a letter from 81. Pierres, 14arti-
,sique, dated July 10.
g Its now nearly month since the ba-
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

Capt Woodward enumerates seventeen A.
mericaD vessels condemned in France, three
remaining under seizure at Bourdeaux, five
Remaining uider the cmb:rgo, & two waiting
triai...-I6.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04
Nov. 4.

~ OTiCE.-By virtue of deed of TRUST, exc.
\ cuted hx {obt; WoadcDck, Ihe subscriber
vii offer Tor sale, 10 the highest bidder, at Ches-
crtield courthouse, on Mond4y the ninth Of Ia
nusry next, The tract of LIND 9bereoh the aid
Robert Woodcocls resides, ia Chesterfield coun-
y, containing two hu dred & four acres of land.
more or less, and adjoining the lands Of 4muel
Farmar, Ephraim Cartwright, Henv Woodcock,
Thomas Gregory, John Hancock, Enoch Adkins.
Mgrkc Farnar and S.muei Furmar. This sale
is made to satisfy debt OF one hundred and thir
ty-foui pounds eighteen shihngs and six-pence.
it being the balance due from two hundred and
ten pounds, with interest from the seventh of Ju,
ly one thousand eight hundred and eight due
rom the said Robert Woodcock 70 major VIM
free TROS. GRdVES,
NOV. 4. / H3wFi
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

TUITION-The ReY'd John e. Broken
brough proposes commencing School or
Church Hil! the Isl Monday in November. Ihe
several useful branches OF Literature. which he
ithmetic, English Grammar, Geography q His.
t3ry also, the dead Languages. His terrns for
he English per quarter, in advance arc, s. c.
For The dead Languages s g. Twelve boarIers
may be admitted for the moderate sum of r. as
e'ch per ann. Board, tuition and washing, in
cluded in that sum- No altertiGn shall be want
my towards the proficiency Of the Pupils com
mttcd 60 las charge. Richmond. Nov C5l1
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

pOAnDING HOUSE c, PRIVATE EN-
AZ IBRT.ffNAfENT, for Gentlemen & their
Horses, kept by John p Shields, at his Usual
stand, by the ganl., and in view of the capitol
Accommodations 70 usual, and prices as lJW as
the times will admit About 20 members of the
Assembly can be privately and agreeably situa
ted, as to lodging and board.
NOV. EoawSw]
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FOR TIE. lksuIRkR.
ToHisMosr rScrlI.ENr MAJESTY,
ag GEORGE THE lid.
az THE GRACE OF CON, KING &c. Sc. &c.

BY IsDInEertoSs, rIsD nrnEcrIoNs OUT"
Skakesoe0r.
May't ricssc your sf..e:o.s Majesty. behold
Ar Aaas1ie bard, approach yo,ir ,yracious sight,
He brings, ms true, no Haslng gifts of gold, /.
he eT,nSs' tbs tr;ie, NJ slood-tiaged jewels :
Yet, let him bask moment In Inv biaa,.
And Oh indulgellt hear his iafai laws.
5ard, bard ! hear thee cry. what. what. b,,, hi
Tnou art Democrat. away, away, s,
From, Eom PiySinni-thou'rt a beast, beast.
My fa;'afAE subjects re net ti.ere--No, no,
Az :'--s-r, Pkg, h.'ii cell Clee.oa
He'll tell thee, my strong g.cu:id i, III the r;
Yes, ycs--ThoSe then, tbs. ai.,,.Tre;ted 'bao, my
Bow with t Pkg now--to gsli and me.
oh be not angry, Sire, toy incline-
l.. f-S-ss, rs = INDUSTRIOUS friend nine
ihoitit Ac.ice believe it, bnr indeed lii rue
. Ny Va 'se ''1t .ong since. wit.ther Tyre, a 10 d
VI So. e!est e.: Sc sang iordnn a, ~ ode---
ft"ise rom the he.Ht-usie that winch sing
..ort was he here, he would not fill to say,
indeed ne may De s. tius,cd"-kh,g'! Il, may.
Fhou ssy'st, again, 4iu2qtst and s;.crr. sire
t!iot say 81, that no nese subjects thou mast
Zen, who prefer hy Interest, to ,heir ossn-
Mn, vino vow spill thcir blood, to prop thy
THRONE,
And 'li tiny dear t,erryat:-c> secure We.
yes, yes, their ley 4ty vii. iiEd q VENT
La Mister L. ;sue, and Mstet -
The fragrant Sc Ste 'mcd" Tobacco i4iciv sent
10 give yourt!agrant Mate, "a iragrans oiieh-
cor tSouid be passing impueut, God Knows,
T. sting 1cr royal Qieenship's R9y4i Nose
EN- Oh thy sacred heart cspana!
re On oJ.t5t. etch u.y - red hani!
y: lew gUineas too I'm nici, IN want:
ihose precious things that pesr Try face,
ABOUT a half a hushei--snuid they stlce
hiy rustic ceii--t,ey'd make me gaiiy chaunt.
Make me-, through federal tFumpets pou: mvIays,
ana IN Tie name ut Ply, soupd ths prsis
Draw forth my sword. Cmy per-, } wijb courage
too,
And spill my dearest blood, Cthat's ink } cor
you.
Wen thou oeuehsatest to cry. Go-What'st shy
namci
Bard Ay Bard we'll go-go then as thou
visit:
h''e no money-I'm SO poor Ga shame y
but - - shall put thee on The Hst
SEDLEY.
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cHAn1rsro n, October 1e.
Extract Of htter from the hoa5rab.e S.r5:;es Fer.
grove, dateE St Gierg's' OCT z.

Extract Of n ktter from the hoa5rab'e t3,ss !fer-
g,ove, dase!' st. 1fery's Or. 2.
&c Ere this, you must have heard ofthe melan-
choiy situation, o. nIs chg. OWING 10 t,e iito.i
ton OF most indignant fever, from vessel Ian
ding two seaincn, sick with the fever one of
when, died soon after, and from that the
disease has spread to most alarming degree.
On It's being asccrtaied that the fever spread-
ing, the inhabitants ilcd to The country, many
could, bit unfortunately too many remained,
as VIII be seen by the list of the victims. We
have buried since the i0tii flast month, "A per-
Sous, 50 of whotn have died since the 2Sth Of
same month. The list kept by the Committee OF
Health, lies before mt from it. can state, that
nf 62pcrsons seized with the fever, 81 are iii their
graves, and come OF the Survivors dangerous A
mOnG TIC victims who have fallen, is valuable
Friend, Robert a 'Frlane, esq our Post Muster,
who died on the 5th inst. after illness oi three
days. There doe. not now remain in town more
tl,sn 20 well white persons. have lost my ne
pliew Mrs. S. has been very i'll, and four others
OF NY ismity, but I'll recovering Pcyton
Skipwtl'; esq died on the ID inst on Climber
land Island, al The prevailing fever, taken IN town.
The disease that now RACES here, has every ap-
prafprcc of the yellow fever, that visited NeWS
York and Philadelphia four years past. The first
attack is by q pain o-ei' ,& eye hroWs, in the
ba<k, chill and vomiting every one %I.1 rave
dice, have had the black vomit, bleeding at the
nose aud mouth S:xnew cases the last "a hours,
ending 1t ~ O'Clock yesterday have not heard
oil any this morning, and only ono death
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04
ON4MUWyC.lTyOW.
PREMEUMs, are aaycrti8ed f5,. The .folio7y-
rig grand discoveries in he Political

| 7oo,kz. >.------e --------
For a '.asiouul Sho, re, intended to wipe
cut from the pages OF History and tile me-
mories OF Americans, the glorious deeds OF
the American Revolution, the bioot: which
was shed and the sacrifices which were en-
dured In resisting the tribute and encroach-
mentS ct Grcat-Britain. The destruction
OF the Tea at Boston must particularly be
obiiterated.---It is intended to prepare the
american people fora system of commercial
taxation on all their exports and the pro
lJector will receive as the reward Of his inge-
nulty, the first years tribute on Virginia %
bacco or D Carolina acknowledgements to
be- immediately given in TO the British M
ni8fer nogv ~ Washington.
For the discovery OF the best method fer
laying the atmosphere, & those who breathe
| IT. under contribution-The British govern
ment have nearly succeeded in usurping the
dominion over the element of Hafer, and sub
ljecting every nation, that uses the seas TO
tribute.--it is proposed 20 extend the same =
| deasot conquest to the clemens. of Air. Pro-
lJect9r,Ss"ill deliver in their schemes to the
brigsas Board of Admiralty at London. For
the ittfss$h' OF the 6cst discovery, there will
be awarded 100 pictures of his Royal Ma
jesty, set in Gold
For a political Mirror, in which the peo
pie OF the y. States shall see the real cha
racter OF Tlsir Statesmen msrcpresented &
distorted s;ssSfM seeing which, they must mis-
take the ifSSe for reality. 1t is required
10 be one ofsthe virtues Of this mirror, that
Key should appear in the garb Of all Anne
fican patriot; and Pickering profound
| statesman that the defamation Of Randolph
E, should appear of more consequence than the
sri'viccs of Madison; and that the latter
should appear weak an infant, as igno.
rant of the laws of nations as Barbarian,
and as unfit to hold the Office OF a Constable
| Proposals to BE received at the court 81
St, James s, and many of the political ofTic-
, es in the u. s.
/ For the best Thesis on the subject Of hoE-
! fcaf cODabinatioHS--- proving, that when two
| parties understand each other as to a course ot
measures, there is no understanding between
/ them; that when there is Il co. operation be-
tween them, on common grounds, there is
no coalition and that proposition 20 con
ciliate with the federal politicians is The very
| best way of promoting the union of the Re
publicans. This dissertation to Ue received.
NOT a hundred miles from the Capitol of Viz
| ginia--Jhe Prize, n Fco'5 Cap to embel-
lish tic headof the Protector
MARRIED, on Wednesday Fveninr, the 26t
! October, BY til. Revd. .T9ht Byac&ei, Mr. ions
GooDhIL, TO Iic tr'i!y anlable and much admi
red Miss MtuTnA BUnwELL DIGGes, both oil
| Williamsburg.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

h DF GA1ION-Thc Subscriber intends to
- contne his sc dOoI the ensuing wear. at
tie Sreen Springs in Louisa county, ,ytern.s
curse "'I.li'.cal2n, embracing tire Latin, Gro, 4,
French and English Languages VIII CONNIE ace
on the 9Th OF January. This healthy situ,t.an
catlre!y removed fom ever, kind sc vice. ofitrs
2aitcullr advanta ses TO 6 ntlemen vino i've il,
toWas, zoo commonly the seats Of ,iissns,,,, |
Or TIE unhealthy parts Of the Iower country ard
wish TO have thc': sons .ducated without .ocr.-
T'nS L,e rIsqne OF hay.ng their morals corrr,toj
or leIr health i,npa ed. The subscriber Iii
pa the SIRE, - ttcntion, both ~ the morale HI
eldeajpn . his pupils, wbici he viii be y shjn ~
u 90 al ali tines HEHone will be admittc. IL
eepi such a. i've with inintlle boarding ha1se
''t ~ 20" H4'fris, eXc1siv>iy ,,r Tux. aoSs9,-
mo Il n o tn, Buys. The s,lis..p,llr--Il1 III a
m bi;a'ion, prol,I.cd test''noniais of his
'deoton & ga" iiiica-ions ~ a Tutor, which VIII
pon applica ION, oe enclosed 70 uny ,,ersoo wish,
( to ci' rust pulls to MS care TIE rtns VIII
be, For board { % per anlum, each Il =, .t.l.
i dir has own "cl( washing lud III ..dinf1 r 4
md tuition K / > Inc apif - n ci.asse q, -
p'i'i al he ~prat on oS mo CHS, and the o.
cher at the end "t!.- yeur. yslsseio,.l Mi be,
admitted for. siOrter rrm tnan one wear rsose
genlcn,. who mt nd 80 commit ,nci.. solfs or
wards to the "are ui Inc s,,bsrrib ~ will please
20 notify him Of Il by ttcrs directed TO MIN. at
Lindsay's Post OE.cc Albem4rle county
FhINCiS f N iURl.
Nov a. lawfaoTl
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DuBLlC SALE The subscriber intending
to remove to the Western country, some
lime the ensuing year, viii positively sen, at
public auction, upon the premises, on the second
.Iondayin Decembcr next, ttc tract of LAND
IN which he lives, lying ~ tie county of HCnfico,
on Westham creek, containing 345 acres, with a
Saw and Grist Mill only about thirty acres of
this tract is cleared, from which one crop only
has been gathered. One other tract containing
100 acres, separated from the fret named Land
by the three chopped roads this last named tract
is entirely wood Land Also, all his household
and Eitchcn FURNITURE, among which is,
some excellent M.hogany--S Several likely Virgil
MIA born Slave s--the stock of Cattle Hogs about
1900 or 1000 weight of Pork, four Horses, five
Mules, two Waggons and Geer and the panta.
ton Tools. And ON the 2nd Saturday in the same
month (Dcc) will also be sold upon the premi-
SEES, a half acre lot of Land lying and being in
the city Of Richmond, on Shock.c Hili, known by
the No. 718-Also, part Of half acre Lott, adj
joining Mrs. L. Page. Terms 81 sale made known
on the day. Any person inclined to view the pre-
misses, viii be shewn them by the subscriber.
All persons having any demands az inst him, " n
make application without deisy.
SP0TSW0OD LIPSCO1fBE
Westharn, NOV. T. f2awuis1
XET AE1ED as a H0USE-KEEFER in q
| w large family. a discreet irtusrious woman.
! TO one VINO can come recommended rs such, ve-
lry liberal wages will be given. Enquire of tho
Priutgr. tov. g.. E3wl A
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

~ ATTENTION The members of the
R1cHMoNp RIFLE VoLuvrgGns. are hereby
commanded To- meet on tie Capitol Square to-.
nso,roI0 NqyAiEg, precisely at II o'clock; with
Rifles clean, and conn t4teiy equipped
b order Of the CAPTAIN.
Nov 4. IfL1
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

Il ANDING from the Schooner R1chnoND,
81 at Testers new Wharf;
% Crates Eartheh Ware,
81 Hads Muscovadp Sugar,
II 10 Green Coffee,
. Bales WoUleIs,
~ SYc ~ 100 bags Salt, IS a!ds Mnlass.
es, 20 tcrces green Coffee. quarter casks Shey
~, 5 pipes Gin, 50 boxes Segars. s bags Race
Ginger. Souchong. Hyson Skin and Voting ~ ,oa
Tea For sale by GEORGE WAIT.
NOV. 4. Lu]
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October %

Yesterday wds The day appointed fnr laying the
Corner Stone oftie New Budding, intended as
a commencement the buildings that arc to be
erected ~ the SoUTH- CARoL1HA HONE SPuN
CoAPANY, for the Manuc"tory To common
orttc This patro; cundc:taki q grand Pr1ce' :
sion was formed (pot i'avng lie order OF the
Procession at hand, we viii not at; einpt TO de
scribe it at proseit) half oicr / o'clock it mo
we'd from the Exchange, and we believe we can
say VITA truth, t',at 1t no period has this Guy
witnessed more pleasing view Of the civil and
military blended. When the Procession arrived
at tue spot where thc building is 10 be erected,
thc Corner Stone, with Ia Silver Plate init, inscrb-
ed with tive date, &c. was laid, with the usual &C.
rimonics, Ivy Che Right WorshipfiA Doctor JAMES
LYMAN, and the Right Worsnpiul WILLIAM
LouSItroN SMIrH Esq. Grand Masters Of
the United Grand Lodges of South CarH!ii'a, at
tended BY the several Lodges under their ju'is-
,ictlOn III the city, ard number of transient bro
tren. httcr this ceremony was finished, an o.
ration was delivered Ey the Hon WILLIAM
LovcHTox Smith; in the course OF which, W
tie most stricSng manner, he paintcd out the
benefits End advantages that, in all probability
would sTisc to our country trGm this patriotic ~
stltHtion, and tic rnutudcs Of Others ~ the
hatu,e, now going on in &c United States. SO
feclingy did lie describe tie utility they would
be of, in rendering Independent ofiorciGn ms
tons, tiat erefy blcast present, best IN union
with tile speakers and when it VS. finished,
the re : Grated applause 1.-THE immense concourse
Of citizens that surrounded him, showed how
highly they had been gratfed by tho brilliant
display OF oratory they had been favored with
The Procession returned to the Exchange and
then separated. Citg Gazette
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wi.t Che monop,ly--,this. na zion. instead 81

bcirg robbed, iscn";.hch
We never expected any other effects from
the embargo, til .htiiat oar national prosperi-
tvwor'd be the better secured that u.en ac=
cesu.o..c,. 90 large profits on hazardous voy-
ages. would look during an embargo to the
situation in which they must be placed at a
general peace, when those large profits must
cease and that they wonld turn their at
tention 10 the production at home of all that
is necessary to secure MS against the caprice
ortyrannv of any foreign nation.
We never believed that rho British Co
ycrnment would abandon single title of the
ground they assumed---we rather supposed,
aud we still believe, that unless a jannne or
az RESURRECTION should force the government
into rational measures from necessity-that
we, shall neither obtain redress-ncr even
restoration OF the civil csagrs that we're con-
s;sIcrcd as the law q! nations four wears ago.
We believe that the government OF En-
gland will e:n;roach as far moro as she can on
tiic usaycs cf nasians-and chat the menace
az not11estiAg aaih &1i on tie ocean with
on, herpcrmiSsion. viii be ATTEMPTED and put
il, fnrcc riyidlv as is practcab.
Lex the h,rcirgs of RG7.d and Earcidy
shew that the policy of England has not a,t-
thpri>ed every assertion and inference that
We have made now, and have uniformly made
for wears past.
lending an eai'to reason, Justice, or iibcrali-
ty,-encrease in hgr aggrav,tions and wrongs
tho h:rclingsS st England speak ministerial
Language III ou, scapertsi; tho -i-Ssuits Of A
me,ica, and tie injuries done MS by the Bri-
tish pratical squatiroDs are pariated ; the
scendaious orgies of London tavern are re-
pcn.csl with eHnltasion, when they display
contempt or hatred for American peace and
Merry. There appears to be only one mea-
SIRE consistent with the dignity and virtue
:. az
course scith any nation that is guilty ofsuch
outrogeS-to make it felony to hold any cor
rcspondence or intercourse, with nation that
violates all sociai, moral, and Gull rights
and makes an insidions war by its emissaries
and IT'S gold, upon the peace and indcpGh-
dehce Of the whole world.....Aurora.
WAsHINGToN, Oct. 81.
The British minister, Mr.. Erssine, has ar
rived in this city.
The Hope brings dispatches of a late date
from beth France and England, which will
mo doubt be laid before Congress, in detail
and be soon published as that body meet this
day week. In the mean time, it may not be
impropc; to repeat, ,hat the terms offered
by our government, which, as far as we haze
bees able to obtain them, have been faith
filiy given 10 the public, aud which have cx-
torted even the APPRECIATES, of ne federal
lists, arc such as will, if not accepted, rally
every American citizen round his govern
ment....Nat. I,t.
Capt, Woodward enumerates seventeen A.
merican vessels condemned in France, three
remaining under seizure at Bourdeaux, five
remaining uider the embargo, & two waiting
triai..-I6.
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MARRIED, on Wednesday Fveninr, the 26th
October, BY The Revd. I3lr Byae&ei, Mr.. JOINS
GooDhLL, TO thc trii'y anabic and much admi-
Williamsburg.
The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-04

WASHINGTON, Oct. 81.
The British minister, Mr.. Erskine, has ar
rived in this city.
Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-07

tic TIC cctrr.on trufnpeter Mo:
;,ortsnsc to what he makes pab:;e ss.sesno!A
IS dcslscd merely from ne place & = spp'sAs
or i..c duties assigned him io perfo - oseups
not therefore sr.nrei'ended that W.. AA
sais on tLis cse;.sien by that m NO mas been
make any other OF s,soAs err impre ssa0ef vii
public mi q than Nss nssee by the w. 0nhs
Wien . l.ndsd 70 the putdie through ,ba 'sals
um Of part! Or Eireling hss sgap e. 1s med,
With regard to the objee.;.s,s 49,,
subject before ycu they seem e, ~ = 10Th.
in errcr, and IN not Attending; 10 :, '0aassd
standing the object of the embar~. Slase
objected that this bill is intended IL Il 4 8
as non-interecurse Till. The .as
was certainly intended 10 erers,a ,4'sfs
non-espcrtation law no man ever ~ !
this otherwise we could rot w.. s'Dlsi
merchandise at lone; and ii is impor orr on
prevent its bciEs exported by l;nd as y; .
water. The object Of this law Is to do -
justice TO all darts Of TIE union, and NJ. .Ya4
nit those in one part to have nars. pr
which those in another part are dens't y
and that operating to defeat the very cE. .,s !;
the embargo. No honest man can with i,S'a
do injustice; he could not wish to favor asa
part of the country at the cxpcnce Of all W. ~
rest.
Mr.. Campbell said he had not part;cu,,,
attended to the details of the bill, the n,;a, ?
pie he considered correct, which vas ;am.t.
the embargo lear equally On all parts Of nv
union. TIE member frcr: New York ,;i
We were rivetting chains on the people. H
sir, said Mr.. G. we, ire net rivet,inp cb,;,s
on them, We are using cur best endesvo,la
sindicatc their rights; but those w..'o oppose
the true interests of their country en- s,ery
occasion in their power are riye;dny on
themselves chains Of infamy that they can
never shake off.