Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-19

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Nuiich.T hose who are inde5,ed 70 ~,
Tor purchases at his sale will DE Mind 4,
nin ~ toshatan courthouse Monday tie I'd l,y ~
'''ee''oef next ana discharge their bonds.
Peters5nry. Napcrsbsr u. - 49,. an
WANTS SITUATION as an assistant to- the land sur
w veyors young man. who has been in the nroc,cc
for some time, and who can come well recon- n,endrd
ssmqn,rc ut this Office.
October q. 4s2awtf
Vie noasss Let on the of and oh siTceis
on Sbochoe Ill., now occupied by the Subscriber are
for sale-They have every convenience for large family
No,.,,,.~e JAMES BROWN, jr.
EOACHLACE, &C.. The Subscriber oe-ent
- Tor nanuiactOfy of Coach Lace Fr;ue,s
lass 3, iHftiae, &c. will keep on hand general
assortment otthose articles for sale, at the man.
utactory prices.
Nou. sfLas HAYES, Market bridge.
NovemDer2. stiff
CIV in the Press, and will be pubiished
IN on the LIST December, 1916. THE HIS
aORf OF fRGINI4-Commcnced biz Iobn
iBulk, and continued by Shelton Jones and L.
Ii. Girardin.
series ofuntoward and melancholy circum.
stances, has long DELAYED the publicafior of the
above Work, and its delivery TO Subscribers
ooonafter finishing volumes of it. Mr. Burk
was Prematurcly and fatally cut offin the prime
't ne, and az moment when his naturally
powerful mind had derived additional vieor
from intense and vast researches. Mr.. SHELTON
Jones was then induced to undertake the com
piciion CT the task but lie died in the very
threshold cfthat undertaking. Sixty-five pagas
oniy have issued from his brilliant pen; and
n tfrsae. -
mas been retarded by difficulties no less nume
rous than unexpected
The portion OF the" History of virginia.
which fell to the lot of the last named gentle
Iliau, embracing the chief, political, civil and
military transactions ofOur great revolutionary
periods, is from the very nature OF the subject.
ehttled tonationalattelltion. There are in the
human constitution principles which do not
permit us to behold, without "A deep and vivid in
ierest, the arduOusaild glorious STRUGGLES which
history often presents to our view. We mean
those STRUGGLES in which tn. th commended with
error, virtue with profiigacy, freedom with ~
ranny; we feel, even at this distant day, for
republican Greece armed against the invading
myriads of Persia-for the United Netherlands
resisting the despotisIn and bigotry of CENTRALIZED
anu enthralng Spai--tOr the brave and yirtu
Gus SWISS hurting defiance in the face of of proud
hustIidi HOW powerfully, then, must our sym
Patmes DE excited both as men and as citizens.
when we see not ancient, not foreign patriots
but our own beloved and reyered forefatbers
opposing with successful energy q systematic
ana wanton infringement of their natural
and their chartered rights creating a new
body politic--in short establishing bv their
wisdom, and cemeDting with their blood. that
political independence and those civil and reli-
glous liberties which We now sn happily eniov
no power upon Sal Tia,
fifty no domestic intrigue, shall ever wrcst
from our possession Surely if the pencil of
history has at any time del,neated scenes cal
culateo TO attract our attention,and engage our
present work Let us add, that in the prosecu-
Z; on of this laudable undertaking. the continue
tor has been guided bya strict and UNDERWRITING
regard for truth, animated by an interchangeable
agdoT OF research, and by q generous desire OF
pcrpetuating TO the utmost ot hisindividuai ex-
ertions, that glorious spirit, those admirable and
sacred principles, which dictated the measures,
and accomplished the exploits, recorded in his
narrative. He has brought to light a mass of
Interesting local facts; detected and rectifIed
errors of nschievous tendency; and all along
adapted his style TO the inherent grandeur and
dignity of his subject. The extracts from his
part of the History already before the public,
must we trust, Justify our opinion aud, indeed
we can prducc in favoro the work, Il testimcni-
all of much higher authority than ours Mr.
Jefferson's extensive historical collection was
kindly opened to the continuators researches.
That distinguished patriot, hose zeal and abiii-
tiesware so early and so efficiently displayed i'm
those verysccnes which Mr.. GTar,lin undertook
to retrace, has, with his usual aiiabiIty, condo.
seended to read the manuscript, * bestowed on
it his appreciation, in the following words:
"Thomas Jefferson returns to Mr.. Girardin
his M. s. whichhe has read with great satisfac-
ton Aud must express with sincerity, his
peculiar qualification seeing this portion of
American History, that of his native State, so
ably recorded forposterity."
Other Gentlemen, eminent in the literary
world, have spoken in terms equally favorable
ofthose parts ofthe coitinudti0nwhici have been
submitted to heir judgment-but we deem it
UNNECESSARY 10 say more on this head. The work
viii soon be before the public. let it be
tested by its intrinsic merits!
CONDITIONS.
The whole Work will be comprised in 4 vo-
lunIes of large $40. size, ON fine paper with a
new and handsome type. The 4th volume will
contain about GOO pages--the three volumes al
ready published fall little short of that quanti-