Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-11-30

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want of attendance. or danger of con-
dagrailon. The store of Messrs. Haiylt,
IN broadway, illuminated by the same va
por attracts much notice every evening;
and from the favorable reception this
useiui Improvement meets with, we anti
cipate the employment of the whole
length OF pipes laid down by the con-
tractor, ,(Nlr. Hare, of Philadelphia as
soonas the necessary apparatus can be
prepared and properly fixed in the bull
dings TO which itextends. 10.
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MiLLfARM SEMINARY This Seminary is situated
- IN stafford County, about seventeen miles from
Falmouth. II will commence The ensunr wear ON IN,
18TH January, and end the 18th December following
me course OF Instructions will include Orih0grGIhv
nega.g' Pe@manshp f,ahmctic Practical JIarhe
coMposition, and other incidental studies.
Inc terins Tor board aud tuition will be : 100 ~ per an
nm poarder finding his own bed and bedding
subscribers conscious of the high responsibility of
Instructors hone to give satisfaction all whose sons or
"aIos may I've committed to their care.
Grateful for the liberal patronage heretofore extended
tue, are ueSifous TO merit continuance Of the same.
CHARLES TACKETT,
WM. BARBER.
@ Idckcu is happy to nformhis friends ana the pub-
nc that his health is quite and thai Re Is new
able to attend to the duties his profession In his fa
mi's, Boarders will be accommodated.
November 10. 57wev
IGOR SALE.-HiH be sold, on Monday ibe Cd I,y -
. December next at thelate residence Of Mrs. ANN L.
Merdlth all her Stock of Horses Cattle Hogs yLc,,,
Nc al the Honsohold and Kitchen Firnitnrc PIgnfa
ltoH c.e"siS, carts, U0ggoH and Gcer-Also a Iirht
four wheel coACtiEE and Ha,ness--betwccn two and
thsee hundred bbls ocorn together with the crops of
'onuef shucks, &c The corn will be divided into lots
OF 10, To- or 20 barrels to suit purchasers.
" Tie same time and pface, will be sold a variety of
of Col Elisha Mcrdith. ~ ''N ''''e
Tile above sale will be continued from ,av to day pn,,
an tne hucesare disposed Of credit of six months III
ne allowed Tor all sums over ten dollars purchasers civ
lg bond with approved security to carry nterest
me Gaze II not punctally paid. Cash for all sums under
'eh uohais' REUBEN MEREDITH
,, fctipg administrator
1oe..loel ~. 59-w3w-
NfOW in the Press, and will be unfinished
10 y on tEe iSt December, 1916. THE HIS
Burk, and continued by SHELTON Jones and T..
Ii. Girardin. -
Aseries Ofuntoward and melancholy circum-
stances; mas long delayed the publication OF the
above Work, and its delivery to Subscribers
Soonatter finishing volumes of it. MIR. Burk
was prematireiy and fatally cut offin the prime
Oh me- ana at a moment when his naturally
powerful mind had derived additional vigor
from intense and vast researches Mr. SkoIton
Joneswa then induced to undertake the com
p!euon OF the task; but he died i'm the very
threshold oSthat undertaking. Sixty-fiye pages
only have issued from his brilliant pen; and
the printing ofthepart written by Mr.. Girard;n
has been retarded by difficulties no less hume
rous than Unexpected
The portion of the' History of Virpiniav
which tel to the lot of the last named gentle
man, embracing the chief political civil and
military tIapsactions of our great revolutionary
periods, is from the very nature of the subject
entitled TO decentralization. There are i'm the
human constitution principles which do not
permit MS TO behold, without deep and vivid in
terest, the arduousand glorious struggles which
history often presents TO our view. We mean
those struggles i'll which tr,.th commended with
error, virtue with protiigacy, freedom with ty-
ranny: We feel, even at this distant day. for
NJ Il a. n
niyriads of Persia-for the United Netherlands
resisting the despotsm and bigotry of entbralIed
and enthraing Spain-for the brave and yirtu
Gus swiss hurting defiance in the face of of proud
Austria. How powerfully then must our SYM
pathies be excited both as men and as citizens
when we see not ancient not foreign patriots
but our own beloved and revered forefathers
opposing with successful energy, systematic
anu wanton infringement of their natural
and their chartered rights creating a new
body pOlitic-in short, establishing by their
wisdom, and cementing with their blood that
political independence and those civil and reIi-
glouS Liberties, which we now so happily enioy
and which if we continue faithful to our Rich
destinles, no power upon earth, no foreign hos
tlllty, no domestic intrigue, shall ever Wrest
from our possession Surely if the pencil of
history has at any time delineated scenes cal
culated to attract our attention, and engage our
Sensiblllties, such scenes are to be found in the
present work Let us add, that i'm the prOsecu
ton of this laudal,le undertaking, the continual
tui iidS DctH pulueu DN Il StIlcL ana undertaking
regard for truth, animated by an indefatigabIe
ardor OF research, and by a generous desire of
perpetuating to the utmost of his indiyidual ex
ertlons, that glorious spirit, those admirable and
sacred principles, which dictated the measures
and accomplished the exploits, recorded i'm his
narrative. He has brought to light a mass of
interesting local facts detected and rectified
errors of misclievOus tendency; aud 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 and indeed
we can prduce in favor of the work a testimoni
al of much higher authority than ours. Mr..
JefersOns extensive historical collection was
kindly opened to the contributors researches
That distinguished patriot, whose zeal and abiIi
ties were so early and so efficiently displayed in
those yeryscenes which Mr. Girarolin undertook
to retrace, has, with his usual aiablity, conde-
seconded bread the manuscript, * bestowed ON
it his appreciation, in the following words
Thomas Jefferson returns to Mr.. Girardin
his ~. s. which Inc has read with great satisfac-
ton. And must express with sincerity, his |
peculiar qualification seeiug this portion of
American History, that of his native State so |
ably recorded for pOsterity."
Other Gentlemen, eminent in the literary |
world, have spoken in terms equally favorable |
of those parts of the HtnWation which have been
submitted TO { heir judgment-but we deem il |
to say more on this head The work |
viii soon be before the public. Let ii be |
tested by its intrinsic merits!
CONDITIONS.
The whole Work viii be comprised in Avo- |
lumes of large SvO. size, on fine paper with = |
new and handsome type. The 18th volume will |
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