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The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-10-31
A LIST OF LETTERS,

Remaining in he Liberty Posi- QDice, on The
SON day of SEPTEMBER, 1919.
miss Thomas Arther, Thomas Arlher.
B--James 5. Bishop, Ben amIn Il. Bowles,
Wilson Bugg, Isaac Bond, James Bell =, Josh.
ma Burnett, Bedford CLERK :
C-Chares Crnig 2, John Cobhs.
D--Jas. ) Dhurd. oaruh T. Dillard, BENZ.
\ Donald Z, Wm. { D.Ison
E--Abner Eurly, lholaus Edgar, Mitchell
Ewing.
Fr-James Field, Henry Feathers, llarbert
Firth.
6-Reuben Gntry, james Goodman, Eli
Gilmore ,, Patrick 6leeson, lsaac Gross
H-Batle Harrison, joel or John Hall,
Samuel HollawHe, Edmund ilnYnes, Ezekiel
liill, Price Hopkins, Edward liutcher, Betsy
H1pkn 3
J--kloAard Jones, David Jones
L--James Lucas, Mary LeWnllin, George
lambert, Edmund Logw God, BegJa0tn Little,
William Lack, Henry Lane 2.
NJ Elizabeth Martin, Elizabeth Mead Ih0s,
Moore ?, Edward Norris :, Edmund Mills.
Thomas Mead, James Mari, Robert Miller,
Robert Nouns, Mr. - MeGlothlan, Jas.
McClain
N-Robert Memo
P--hilliam Patterson, VIM Phelps, Moaa
Peter Henry Payne.
Q-saml Quares, Capt. David W. Quarles
R-Timothy Rogers.
S--George l. SalnonS, CaWper Shelton
Joseph slawter, Alexander ST Clair, William
Snider James { Sfeptoc
T--Christopher Jameson, Jesse l.. Thomn
son, Nelson Tyler, silus layl }, JAS lay Ter
Capt Anderson Thomson.
V--John West Danl Wamack. John Witt
WILLIAM II. PORTER, T.. NJ
October IN ,y.(,u IN
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Notice.

TiE subscribers, as surviving executors
OF the last will aud testament, of Stephen
hamm, late of the county of Amherst dec d,
lake this mode OF informing the heirs and lie
gaiees OF the said lIamm, many of VI Rom are
the residents OF other states, TINT they will in
pursuance of the discretionary authority vest.
ed in them by the will Of their testator offer
to public sale on the premises, on Thursday
the 10Th Nov. next, all the personal estate Of
the said Hamm, on credit of II months, for
all sums over ten dollars. Those interested
"le requested pnnctually to AT on tLat &C
1"s,on, as 'hese ceedings ale intended a,
payment of the iegacies, heoueathed in said
will. As il is believed by the ensenlnrs lh.l
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Hhe real Estate

OF their testator, is of such value, thai il win
be necessary to sell it, in order To mike diyi
sion, under the act of assembly, in sach case
made and provided, notice is hereby given,
that application will be made TO Amherst
county court, for authority to sell the same
and the presence of the parties interested IS
especially desired on this account The sub,
Scrlbers are anxious TO CLOSE their adminisra
lion on the estate of their testaor, and there.
tore request the attendance of the parties n-
tefested, that no delay may be made in that OBJ
lect, JESSE BECK.
CHAS. MONDAY, La
L .. The terms of the sale will be for all
sums oi $40 and under it, cash for ai sums
over II II months credit, with bond and an.
proved security. Persons indebted to the Is.
tate, are requested 10 make prompt payment,
as longer indulgence cannot be given. Per.
sons having claims against The estate are re-
qnested to bring them forw ard for payment
Interest will be required from the date of tho
bonds II payment is not punctually made.
e { b Ears
July IS. w,1s II
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- 10 NeWn. Il.

AWE subscribers will pay the above re-
ward for experimenting aud securing in a
ny jail within this state, THREE NEGRO
FELLOWS, or $40 for either of them, who
nbsconded from us ON the morning of the l1lh
inst. near New London. They were recently
purchased near Fredericksburg, and will most
likely attempt to return to that place. ISAAC,
one OF the fellows, % or % years old, tnll aud
slim, has scar on his forehead. WILLIS, an
other, about l9years old, a likely smooth faced
fellow, no particular marks recollected.-
WILLIS, again. about II years old, with a
scar on his right cheek bone, occasioned by a
burn. Should they BIZ aplrehendcd near this
place, Gynchhurg,) ON their being lodged in
the county or corporation jail, Joseph Echois
will pay the reWard-if elsewhere, we live
near Nashville, Tennessee, at which place "a
ny communication To us will be received
DAVID II. " NRDEN,
JAMES X. BOSLEY.
Oct II. tC2wll
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JAMES MONROE
GEORGE GRAHAM

Com r Of the General Land Office.
u Printers authorized to publish the laws
oil the I. states in the states of North Carroll
na, south Carolina, Virginia, Ohio Indiana,
Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, and
territory OF Arkansas, and Pittsburg, in Penn
S!.Van'a, are requested TO publish the fore
going proclamation once a week until the
safes take place, and send their accounts ire
ce'Pied) to the General Land Office Tor pay
ment
Aug. 10. lawts55
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Notice.

I HAVE been appointed agent to collect
4 the debts due, and TO settle the business
of the late firm of .ncKet, Mcen, & GrttnuaH
and as am very DESTROYS of closing The same
Immediately, respectfully invite those in
dcbied To t'at firm to call at the counting
room of W. Mckee 4 j. G. Meem, and adjust
the same without delay
JOHN G. MEM.
October IL II w3w
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Also, at the same time and place will be-
exposed, to public sale, agreeaby to the pro.
visions OF the fourth section Of the act, passed
on the 24'h day Of April, 1920, entitled i" An
act making further provisions fer The sale Of
Inc public lands such lands situate within
lac above mentioned townsphips as have be-
come forfeited to the United States pricr 10
the lst of October, 1920, for failure TO com
p''te the payment within The period prescrib-
ed by law.
The sales will open with the lowest num-
oered section, township, and range, and pre-
ceed III regular numerical order.
owen under my hand, at the City of Wash
'h9'on' ,h's Eth day of August, 1928.
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HOTEL.

IuiE subscriber begs leave ia. thank his
L friends, aud tue public generally Tor the
LIBERAL patronage he has received during the
ast three yeas # the Uu.on Hotel, where
ruin the smallnezs OF the house a1fd Stables,
re va % lily able 10 accommodate them a.
ne wished, and haein; taken for tern ri
wears. that we'll Known, commodi1as aud lie.
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10000 DOLLS.
CO II Z N, $

LOTTERY aud E1ohsnge oihce, Ia, Mafkel.st
BALTIMORE.
Where more capital przes have been sold
than al any other Office ~ America.
Orders from any part Of the lniied STATES
ty mail tno.t paid or by private eon'cHhneta
enclosing the cash or prizes IN any at the Bal
t,a,nrr Lotteries will meet the same pfamll
aud panctaal attention, As II on person" aps
plira,ion addressed 10
II. COHEN, 1r--Baitmore.
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IN CUANCERY
The defendant, William Smith, not having
entered his appearance and given security ac-
cordlng 10 the act Of Assembly and the rules
of this court and il appearing To the satistac-
uon OF the court thai he is not an inhabilBh
Of this Commonwealth, On motion of the
complainant, by his attorney, II IS Ordered,
that be appear tere on the second Monday in
December next and answer the complainant S
bin, and that copy Of this order be forth
with published in the LynchbTg Virginian
for eight weeks successfully, and published nj
the front door of the court house OF the said
county ON some court day.
copy--Ieste
DEnn =
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July %.
by the President oJMe United States 4:

By me President yhe United States:
N pursuance of law, |, JAMES MoNRor,
President OF the United States, do hereby
'criafe and ma Ike known, that a public sale
van he held at the Land Office at Franklin, in
me state OF Missouri, on the first Monday in
December next, for the disposal of such Of
'he lands situate within the district of How.
ara county, in said state, as have been relin-
n'Shed to the United States prior to tie lst
aay oil October le2l, under The provirioDs Of
The act passed on the I'd day of March, 1921,
entitled An act for the relief Of the purcha-
Sers OF public lands prior TO the LIST day Of
July, $50, as are situate in the following
described townships and fractional townships,
y'ns norm o. ht Missouri Rirer, and west OF
the filth principal meridien, viz
In tUNflShIu = tn s I'M hi,t,
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ERA.EkiA.S N0VEil,

on n.sin street. (of which he " i'll take posses
Ion on the FRI day of November nesD aud
nasing made arrangement, 10 furnish il with
very necessary, most desirable 10 travellers,
that this seciien Of the country will afford,
aud being determined 10 spare no pains for
the ae0omn odation ri those v 10 may favor
him with their custom, he hopes to receive
share Of public patronage.
JOHN HANCOCK
Oct d ltw2m g
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VvNst Sale OF A.ana.
Y a,uahle Tract Of NAND,

known by the name OF Vause's, or white
house, Containing by estimation, 500 acres,
more or less, lying and being in the said
county of Montgomery on the south fork OF
Roanoke, and the waters thereof. The sub
scrihers will convey no other title than that
vested in them 10y said trust daed
II. CRAIG, ! 1-..,#
WIN b. CHARLTON, i'"Nt'es
October 10. wtds 10
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Vrust SaAe W NIAEN.

n No hhN VI A."
NY virtue of deed of trust ex"cuted'to
kb the subscribers on The 18th day OF june,
lS22, by Joseph hing, to oecnre the payment
oi sum OF money tfcrein mentioned, due 10
Robert and james King, and OF record in the
clerks olhcc OF Montgomery county we shpll
proceed 10 sell, Ter ready money, on the pub
lie square, in the town of Christiansburg, on
the 4th day OF November next, ii being Mont
gomery court day, that well kno"n
Yract or parcA W ,.AND
called Vanse's, OF the White house plantation,
tying in the county OF Montgomery, on Mea
dow creek, branch OF the south fork OF Roa-
nokc, and on the south fork of Roanoke aud
containing, by survey, 500 acres. Acting rs
trustee, we shall convey such title only as is
vested III Us by said trust deed
WILLIAM h. CHARLTON, ! T...,..
THOMAS BOWER, ''''o'e
October 10 wtds 10
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Beverly Bawram ndmr. ofJohn + Stegall,
deed. William Smith and Nancy his wife,
John 6ennett and Elizabeth his wife,
n.CoudauIs =
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Oct rs.

pY virtue of II deed of trust executed to
- the subscriber and George ". Turner,
hy Reuben Pendleton, bearing date 9th NAV
1922, and duly recorded in the clerks Office
OF the county court of tmherst, will be sold
to the highest bidder, for ready money, at the
dwelling house OF the said Pendeton, on FRI
DAY the 80 day of October next,
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HsprY September County Court, 1923.
John Thompson, Compt.
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NITIfJ rosiinrl, he sold. To- the high-
w 81 builder. IN trida, tbe 2lih al this
ir,srHl mcntt., lOelober) Il TAR, II not Ia.
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Oct II
The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1821-1823, 1823-07-23
AUSTIN DENNY.
Worcester, July 3, 1923.
CONDITIONS.

The MASSACHUSETTS YEoMAN will be pub.
lshed every Wednesday morning, on fine pa
per, of the medium size, with new type, from
the press of Mr. WILLIAM MANNING, who is
about establishing a new Office, for the purpose
Of Book-Printing. 1t will be of the usual
form, but have &C running title" and be pag-
ed, with the design Of furnishing, at the end of
the year, an Lldsr to the most important ar
tic!es.
Price, per annum, 81 rs. payable IN adranee.
To those who prefer not to pay in advance,
50 100, payable at the expiration Of the year
or 81 IS, if not paid within three months after
the year.
Subscribers who receive their papers from a
Post-Rider, will make their payments to him,
and with him their contracts will be consider
ed as existing.
Companies may receive the Paper on the
usual terms.
Payments in advance will he expected inn
mediately after the publication Of the first
number, which will be issued on the Sd of
September next, unless publick notice be
given 81 a different day. l
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POETRY
Communicated for the spy.1

Communicated for the Spy.1
Lines Wriiten in memory of Mr.. Peter Waldo,
late Of Cherry TalIey, NJ Y. and formerly
member Of The Collegiate Institution al
.4nahsrst, Mass. ioho died at augustine,
(E. F.) February 20, 1928.
CHILDREN of science! spirit has fled;
spirit that sorrow has often invaded
Pay your last rites at the tomb of the dead,
The lonely memorial of joys that are faded.
Son of Religion the smile has decay'd,
That beam'd DER his face at the mention Of
heaven;
Low in the dust, where his relicks are laid,
Bereft of a soul, that to Jesus was given.
Spirit of friendship, that tenderly glows
At the accents of love and the voice of af-
lection
Let not a murmur disturb the repose
OF form so endear'd to our fond recollec-
ton.
Pure be the sigh, that we breathe DER his
clay,
As the light that now brightens in beauty
around him;
Pure AS the dawn of eternity's day,
Or the chaplet of love that so lately has
crown'd him.
Peace to the pillow, where WALDO reclines,
And peace to the spot, where his dust is re-
posing;
Dear to our hearts is the how'ret that twines,
Where earth's brightest beauties in silence
are closing.
Sweet is the voice that is heard from the tomb,
Where the form once so lovely is peaceful
ly sleeping
1t tells Of a morning when glory shall bloom,
And ecstacy glow in the eyes that arc
weeping.
Heaven can but blossom on earth's lonely
shore
1t waits till the Spirit of God has trans
planted
its embryo beauties, where rapture no more
BY sin is destroyed, or by sorrow is daunted.
There is the spirit of WALDO at rest;
10 peace he retir'd, from the worlds wide
commotion:
Heaven is the shelter, the home Of the blest,
A Saviour their theme, their employment
devotion.
Children of science when time has decay'd,
And earth sunk in ruin and wide devasta-
ton;
Then may We meet him in glory aray'd,
Unite in his joys, and partake his salvation:
c. A. r.
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VIcuon OF hndIng that security. which
nothing about us can give, and which
nothing about us can take away. To
this BEING we can lift up our souls, and
on him we may rest them, exclaiming in
the language of the monarch of Israel,
=" Before the mountains were brought
forth, or ever thou hadst formed the
earth and the world, even from ever
lasting TO everlasting thou art GcD.''-
I" Of old hast thou laid the foundations
of the earth, and the heavens are the
work of thy hands. They shall perish,
but thou shalt endure; yea, all Of them
shall wax old like garment, as a YES
ture shalt thou change them, and they
shall be changed; but THOU art the
same, and thy years shall have no end"
Here then is support, which will
never fail: here is a foundation, which
can never be moved-the everlasting
CREATOR of countless worlds, " the high
and lofty ONE that inhabiteth eternity"
What sublime conception lie inhabits
eternity, occupies this inconceiyable du-
ration, pervades and fills throughout this
boundless dwelling. Ages on ages be-
fore even the dust of which we are
formed was created, He had existed in
infinite majesty, and ages on ages will
roll away, after we have all returned to
the dust whence we were taken, and
still He will exist in infinite majesty, liv-
ing in the eternity of his own nature,
reigning in the plenitude of his own ON
Impotence, forever sending forth the
word which forms, supports and gov
erns all things, commanding new Great
ed light TO shine on new created worlds,
and raising up new created generations
to iuhabit them.
The contemplation Of this glorious at
tribute of GoD is fitted TO excite in our
minds the most animating and consoling
reflections. Standing as we are, amid
the ruins of time, and the wrecks of
mortality, where every thing about us is
created and dependent, proceeding from
nothing, and fastening to destruction,
we rejoice that something is presented
to our view which has stood from ever
lasting, and will remain forever. When
we have looked on the pleasures Of life,
and they have vanished away; when
we have looked on the works of nature.
and perceived that they were changing :;
on the monuments Of art, and seen that
they would not stand; on our friends.
and they fed while we were gazing
on ourselves, and felt that we were as
fleeing as they-when we have looked
on every object TO which we could turn
our anxious eyes, and they have all told
US that they could give us no hope nor
support, because they were so feeble
| themselVes-we can look to the throne
OF God; change and decay have never
reached II; the revolution of ages has
never moved ii; the waves of eternity
have been rushing past il. but it has re-
NAMED mistaken; Tie waves of another
eternity are rushing towards it, but it is
hxed, and can never be disturbed.
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MISCELLANY.
SALEM, JULY Z.
.Sz/SZ0Z,7J<


What gave peculiar novelty to the
performances in the Westinghouse, on
Friday last, was the novel, interesting
and candid remarks of the venerable
Col Pickering preparatory to the read
ing by him of the Declaration of In
dependence. The Colonel commenc-
ed by stating, that he had acceded 10
the call of his fellow-citiZens to read
the Declaration of independence, in
order that he might lay before them
some interesting information on the SUBJ
ject, in his possession. He first CON-
mented on the propriety Of anniversary
celebrations, and their early origin
with the feast of the passover observed
by the Jews, in commemoration of the
deliverance of their offspring from
that destruction which overwhelmed
the children of their oppressors. He
then gave a concise statement of the
motives which led to that declaration,
and the measures that were taken first
TO avert its necessity, and to prepare for
its hearty adoption and support. That
petitions and remonstrances were ex-
hausted, without producing any sus-
pension of the determination of the ar
bitrary councils of England, TO 6 bind
us in all cases whatsoever, without our
consent" That these, though unavail-
ing at st. James's, had their effect at
home. That then the publick mind
was gradually prepared for this deci-
siVe measure, and foreign auxiliaries
sought. That no foreign State was
willing to aid US, unless with the view
TO lessen the power of Great-Britain
and that therefore every step short of
Independence, would have precluded
foreign assistance. The Colonel then
proceeded TO give an account of the
manner in which this subject was in
troduced into Congress. He stated that
there was no man living able 10 give
50 good an account of it as the vener-
BILE John Adams that he had written
to him in the last August on the subject.
and he now gave the facts obtained from
the Declaration, was made on the 10th
of June, 1776, by Richard Henry Lee,
from Virginia, the largest of the thir-
teen United Colonies, who was author
lied to make it by the votes of his con-
stituents, the Assembly of Virginia.
DIR. Adams seconded the motion, Mas
sachusetts being at that time the second
State. The Colonel here alluded to the
ability and zeal of President Adams in
through this measure. He
observed of him, that he possessed that
I" bold and daring SPIRIT" without which
no revolution could be successfully ac-
complisbed. A committee of FIVE was |
appointed on the subject, consisting of |
Mr.. Jefferson, Mr.. Adams, DR.. Franklin,
Mr.. Sherman, and Mr.. Livingston. Mr.. |
Jefferson, though the youngest on the |
was Chairman, he having
me vote more than Mr.. Adams. That
lr. Jefferson had come into Congress
18th great reputation as writer-and
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although he was silent member of
that body. yet he was most useful on
committees, and felicitous in his writ
ings. That Mr.. Adams had made use
Of every exertion to procure votes for
Mr.. Jefferson, in order 10 place him at
the head of the committee. That the
committee met and appointed Mr.. JEFF
ferson and Mr.. Adams subcommittee
That Mr.. Jefferson urged on Mr.. Ad-
ans TO write the Declaration, and Mr..
Adams urged Mr.. J. TO do it. That
Mr.. Jefferson at last consented, and the
next day submitted the original draft,
as it was presented to Congress. That
Mr.. Adams thought the only objectiona-
bic part of it was that in which George
Ill. was styled tyrant-that he con-
sidered that as too PERSONAL---VERY. he
only considered him such officially, and
that he was deceived and misled by his
Cabinet. He did not, however, state
any objection to Mr.. ]. as it was after
wards to be submitted to the whole COM
mittee, and the feelings and temper of
the people were fully up to the tone of
the Declaration. That he thought
some of the most beautiful passages
were afterwards striker out by Con-
gress, particularly that in which it was
enumerated as one of the evils of our
Colonial state, that the Parliament had
refused to allow the Colonies TO prohib-
it the importation of slaves, and had
thus entailed upon them the evils of a
slave population: The subcommittee
afterwards reported to the committee,
who did not suggest single alteration
or amendment. The committee then
reported the Declaration to Congress
on the 1st of July, l776 it was dis
cussed and amended on The Cd, Sd and
4th of July, and adopted on the latter
day about quarter of the reported
Declaration having been stricken out.
Mr.. Pickering differed from Mr.. Adams
in opinion, and thought the Declaration
improved by the amendments. In this
opinion of Col. chickering's, we most
readily concur, as we consider nearly
every alteration made by Congress,
with the exception of those in relation
to slavery, as real amendment TO that
instrument. Most Of the ideas in the
Declaration had been repeatedly main
tanned in previous papers, especially in
a Declaration of Rights in Massachu-
sets, penned in a lucid interval by
James Otis, and pruned and polished by
Samuel Adams. That great credit
however, was due to Mr.. Jefferson fol-
the ability of the compilation, and we
heartily accord the same degree Of
credit to the candour Of Col. Pickering.
Reg.