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BY FLKTCHEH & TUI, I, It. LYACIlBITItC;, V A. WOXI AY. A PHIL, «, 1820. VOL« VII.—AO. 07.
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—. p.,» ,, per a i'll! val.l" •" ad ran-a—*. *»|
r ' It , . ... for » ter* time I'tu.1 m* month.
r will Mr ..... 'h":
HeK.I.ir.Miunl.UlUnP'trM.
u ,|| lie tanwted at S'1 ce»«a |>«r
« if" i‘‘ , T hr-t tune, and :I7 I-- -e„U for r.rb
, in tar M j fr i(ll .inl ine, mart lie paid for
' ;.::;".::!‘!"'l.Tr iu-eriimt, or the paynn ui am.. t.j
1'... ... pi r-ott ia l.yimlilmry.
n-1Mnttit erv 'I,dor. notoieaddiug two..piare.are to
, .rti‘4 fnt !*'■* dollar**
XT llllelfor* . >dr,...cd to the rditor. luu.t br J>.«<
,7rf. or lh.iv will not tie attended f
DR.TIMD ALL
Ol TKIts lii< arrvir.r* aa » jirnetir inner
Mftiii inp. f^c- «■ the inli»l»imni»°f Lynch
.anil it* vicinity. I In n-ol. n. o ,0
M, v.n, llii'cimlie Si Tyree, l.aniiiHMlon Mor
a , \, Mentions lefi will. O.fiM*! U.llmim,
„ her. will inert with |irom|d • < eoiioii.
April 2. * "_
Xe\N Arrivals*
( TST received a large assortment of Ink
|*,.«<W*. .I Liquid Ink in Bottles Kid
,|i r’s Intltdilile Ink.
...... i |r*HinleillV|i|>er Suttee
Minnly of Mo.re* K*.. <>l L"e
An mill linnii! *n|iplj nf Dr •* I.i.|i ml » ' ‘ If
I*i nted cs e water
\ kii2«-»n|»|tiy o' lm|ii.il f'limig- lilmkmg, in
i n*k« mill in l>r»t
..it n in l.iqni-l Blacking,
J «g iih < b1 Spruce.
, nZlu'i K*senre otSpruce,
Vliennm* celelirated lt>'li l tintin' e.'
A lt.•atnn’* i|n. Bitter*, Spice Bitters
. large iis-iirtinent of Tliennii.iiel<*r«, anil lly
ilrnini ter*, f"f piovii g Spirit* and Acids
V large mpply ol Pyroli jtnon* A i I, tor t nring
meat
\ tfu:;e twpl'lv of ground (ntigi'r. ground All
spictt and ground LhirU |\*p|»ci,Hii of Cay
enoe I’epper
\ large vipp v ol common and refill'd Koran
A go,ut sujvt •• I*ai ts while i.iid IVcucIi grta'ii
for w*ndow idimL
\ vet \ teii*»v<* assort ineof ol Varnishes
\ large suppl v id Im,wI l*o and »}fsii<h
KO|*(dV ol Liquid I’iti'h loi water vessels
A ho, •*! ciip»*r Cat’ll Soda and i atlaiic Arid
AUo, of *-al Soda
\nd a supply of Sumae
t M Arrow Hoot—nil Kinds
( H Pha deved Kim I>*• i K
<t| Pmnue and Holtdi Stator*
Ol \\ liter*—,uou»r»t*d col u Mini sizes
\ | vi* ol Sc.dl'i£ w ax and lead l\ »n:d*—all kinds
Am assoi tiiient of Bronze, viz : (iold. Silver aod
liras*
lat »e supply of ground and powdered Orange
I4 . I and (Jeulian, ol Sulptiunc. Muriatic and
.line Veins, and of V«pta Kortiyt
. |n Mipplv ol Carol Ilia Kink Hoof
fit thl a <1 I ■f ace ol Kennel Seed, vAi\
i>fi*'l»er with a L.rt it v uiely of otit r articles
noMSttally lowftr’CC*. H DWIKrf.
VI ueh ~).
jt’n'sh Drifts an 1 Medicines.
pTOi* o‘ffbei,lhns trifelv receive. I n^M \l,f,
■ L Htlflni<»nr.| sitpr-iy of FUK>H DRl’itS A
MKIUCIM.S, which makes his ASSORT.
M KN T verv complete. 11 * recci* «*s S Al \ I, I.
• ippltes h! most every week. * I v which moan-,
hi* stock. t hoi gh not the |, ARC BST, »*» a I w * \
lKI-SH Mil l j»iiHie.lent In meet any orilejs
that lie may he favored w ith.
TITOMAS I IMV\T,.
N. If. I’rescnplnn* b'itlfilR nM.n.bol to
hy Virginia Bred VOC Mi iHvNTLO • KN.
Jno. \
\VKllY h unt on. 'itiie f arm, npori |br
.had w ater* o! Appomattox, in Bucking
hit in. Hi’* Inn.i i« in the neighborhood of (lo
ver Hill,! remarkably well, produces to
MrconJtlie ltne-t quality, and h i* up.hi it a
very largo orrli o*d ol w'H! celecled ll'uit . foe
tract contain- d|0acres—IVr-ntis UHposed to
fmy, will aptdy to tlte *iihxi*,iin»*r or Col. Swinl.
Pattesoti, w bo lives adj diting the premis e
SAMI. P. CHRIS 11 AN
March 2. is
^aajttblSxrir’
Wl'. hive tlit-day received h iiiw of
highly finished Leghorns, much lo\v«
charged than any impwied this -ex-no.
MuKGK, ROBINSON 6i CO.
fan.5.
___„___
FOR SALE.
WISH to sell rny House and lot. situated
JL near the head of .Main Street, l<H) feet »•
Ijpvu seventh allev, and running thence south
de^reespvedst 8 poles, thence north 33 leg.
w®»t J<i feet, thence north 6*2 degrees, east H
i’°les to second street, thence south 3H degrees.
,-ast 7() f(*ef to the beginning. The s» id piece
^>f ground Iteing pait of the lots known in the
jdm of the town by No. 8 > and 223. On this
,fh then* is a convenient d'vdliwg house, uud a
tno«u «*itr.i-t!ent g irilcn. There ts likewise on
In* lot a good tobacco manufactory, with tl».
crews and all fixtures necessary to carry on the
•Justness extensive'v. Theie are few lots in
*',w" more convenient or desirable than this, it
*s situated on main street, in a pleasant part of'
fuu,n, and in one of the be«t neighborhood*.
situation is healthy, water convenient, ami
in every respect a desirable resilience for a pi i :
family or a mao of bu-ines*. 1 will make
tprms accommodating, and will lake negroes in
part payment. For particulars, application
‘ ,ay he made to the sub-criher living on the
premises, or to the Editors of the Virginian.
SAME. LOVE.
Feb. 12
^OMMiasiOW BUSINESS.
HE subscriber informs his friend? and the
-B_^ public that he continues to do hud ness
0,1 Commission, and promises that no pains
s,ih11 he spared to give entire satisfaction to
, ■lontar* and Farmers who may confide to
-» management the sale of Tobacco, Flour, |
r other produce. His office will he kept at
Store of Messrs. .1. S. Halsey, nett door
• ** owthe Farmer’s Bank.
i» ?ArynKB3, jr.
t2m
I.ottcry and I'xchnn^t Office.
*|MIK luh»cribcr hiw. irnitK'i-ri Im |,oiler,
l and Kxchnwrc (Mice h, tlir house InicU
Iircil|ii«'il by Mr. M. While, nrnrlt «p|>n«iU
Messrs. John, William & Cns\v* || l»u,..
li W HK\VSON,
Sucre**or to ^ M. A? Co,
VveftU tiarAen iSeeA,
1^1 ARI,Y Y«*rk ( aldtage, Onion Ciov. s
4 Omni head do
Rfi dutch do.
Scarlet Radish
Kitrlv frame Cucumber
Long green do
Also, mi band, a general assortment of IVas.
B aiK.tk’c,
Medicine*, pilin'*. oil* and H\»» Mulls, &r. oppo
site the Post Office, tHr sale i*\
VV.VL I HOId O.MliK r,».
(HP For rent, tint upper ateiii-* of U.e house
ivh m riipi ; the mom> fne large and rnonmidi
Otis.
March 12.
_ _ _ __
Gentlemen’s Ready m irie Clothtn*', !
OF the I■••••.*» fashions, and of every descrip
lion, lit I lie low cut ravli pt ires. \ so. Inns
lm (sandshoes. For Imi gain in tt»e-e articles
please call al the F.inptt iitui <>J t'.nhinvs.
Next In the \ ogitil.tn OlUce. I
M «ich 12.
first arriral nf .yrinz( \nuls.
I f I s Loudon (jilic*M>, p,
0 tei us entirely new and i kgani
Superb wotk»*d Sw iss Mn-lios
Italian Lustring* Im-i quality
Super painted belt Kihbons. m vv Mvle
V\ xfered nod Oiamoud do
W ith n great many leading fancy rfkle
wliii.li «t at e drift mined »o sell a( such prices
•is will insure ra*isfartion.
M< K I E. KOI 1 ' SON 1 < i>
Virginia Viannliirtuml
* • NAILS'
i / kfeHK subscribers (agent- lm <ku. H.irvie)
have .Mi Ir.iml. ami will keep constantly a
l l»«»i# ami geneml H^soitnieot <d Cut Vnls, from
:i dy . toftiO dy. manufactured at 111** Uellei.de
Win ks,‘which they reeooinirml .!* equal to any
ill the country, tor elite at their S ore, oil Cary
:ill eel, Kicliitioud
run r:rr w Johnsjon.
Feb. 16. tZnid.'i
swaims a svim paNA
A Jnst received direel It mu the
: 4 mu v, a supply of r'waim'p genuine |’H"acea.
,,r ih«* reduced price of two dollars. \k<» sun
1,\ ftiei articles. THOMAS J IKJV’AL
\h r. H.
WT LI. *« !i ft'o•», .'JiM to r,Oci acre- of inich ur
e<l land, lying in Bedford county, three
j quarters of a mile from New London Academy
j .mil thirteen from L\ nebbing. If is well adapt
ed to the culture of Tobacco mi l the difVeieiit
’ sindol grain usually cultivated m tin- neighbor
Mood ; is well watered, and lies Phi. , than anv
;ra< t of its size in this part of the «mtiy. If ..
-o situated as to lie entirely exempted from da
mage by heavy rains or high wafer The terms
will be very nccoininifriatiiig ; say one. two
,ind three years, upon n small payment in ham!.
Enquire of the subscriber, one mile ami a ha!
1 south of New Loudon. ALLY W'STIN
j lan. 17
Female Ho mi nary.
MRS. RUSSELL
| ' Pi TITLI,V inform* the J.ailh * and
"‘ii» I* niPii nl I,Viirl»luir(», th.it tdi<> 1 a* o»
her School in the upper room* at Mr
j .fours - on main f'reef. icsr door t > fhe Viigi
I • *»*r?* Oilier. She frn» h«nthe various I,iterate
I ••ml t )• nameutal hi.uirhen of I i!m ation foi
; f otirjr ladie- end little nti#-*1* l\u t inu.ir »*t
| tfiition w-id he paid to their morals and fi • ir
manners. The prices are nil very low. . i,"
also return* her thanks fo thme *.* ho t pairo
• used l»• t ; and algo Impel ghe m«v continue to
merit th**ii pattoiiagr.
March JO. t«
The Noted Stud Horse
' | ;*> i\» mV mi I in I
I 11 € i* * i«• i . HllfJ
I \\ is to l»» decline
I hut i>n.iti"<4 , like
wi*-* . I (Vi to to fell
or In i ill n ill! Ini • lie
* ««‘;tHnti. f will $p|l h cl»cf»f» harffam
in him, Ink* Imt «• s nr jinml papri I Tie* ins,
app'v t*»tlir ii4*«• ft iI c*r a! AnihiTst co ir’lion !•
row HAT AN l». I a WKIJN.
March 19. \vl*»
mf AT It ASS M A k I \
X? IL subscriber, at the lower imi ol main
sliTrt. in addition toliis Hope and Twine m«U*
1115 Iniiiiif.-j*; makes and n pairs Curl’d llaii
Matrasses. VI*o makc« £huck Matijme*. a
cheap and comfortable article lor Minimi'? —and
would bethankfu! for an? job in that way,
which shall be d* on with neat lies' and despatch,
and on very »‘.•asonablt* fernn■«.
.f. H. ECHOLS.
(Hay l
SUM,ft A.V\) UATft.
/UHK sol iscnlier lias a large supply ol the
above mthdes, and ill sell them vciv
low ,vlf AU,hl)V
1) 26_ _
Npt. Turpentine aiifl Liiiseeu Oil.
reef 1 v.-a! 11 Jail supply ofSpi. Turpen
line nml Linseed Oil.
MOWED I)\\IDF.
.March 2,
VvvhAy VinriVtn SvvA.
TfVXV received by the subscriber, a choice
fttdec1 iou *‘t Kreali Garden Seed.
Cor sale tow h.V
T1I03. .1. Dliv M..
F>h.9 t»
1 copppf Still, Can and Worm
1 pair elegant Bronze Damps
The subscriber has the above for sale i\t
very reasonable prices, which he will sell for
cash, or barter for country produce.
H ADDISON.
Dee. 26. '*
Groat Bargains in Cloths
on hose who want Cloths, would find it In
M their interest tn call on the subscriber.
Me has mixtures, olive,s cliuet, super (f mid
dling blue iitiil black Cloths, nml I piece su
per Ermine b tie, anil one do. do. Electoral
htnek, which tie is determined to sell very
cheap. H. ALLISON.
Dec. 26.
8 A BUY'S best Chewing Tobacco, for sale
J by the subscriber, IlUWEL DAVIES j
Ian. I •
POET ItY.
“ No,I will weep no more—
Pour on ! I will endure." I./An
\
Spring hath it* flowers, lit* hour ofhloom.
It* balmy a»r* of odorous sigh ;
Awhile it hey shed their sweet perfume,
A little while, and then thee die.
And when as e'er that hour hath lied,
And w mil y florin* the *kv obscure,
When resell the Ivinpesf,still I said,
41 Pour on, I will endure !
'• otilhliath its pleasure* ; brightly benut
<t'» fancy's eye life s flowery ways ;
Ami love nod hope, and beauty's gleam,
f •ichnntnienf throw o’er distant day*,
i l have I «e, a ihof*• prospects fade,
I lion *h you'll had deem'd the promise sure ;
And midst file w hta of pestlin'? kb itf
" Pour on, I will endure !**
Man ntuy I i m I l eva I nowri
U >en phi ir»- «• cup l freely oimfYd,
\\ h •' b»y!)• #•*• f * -i-liine rr*i»ml me shone
l * tinted sorrow ,1 I ..ft# r drsu^hf :
Hu' d«*a,iU per*« Mill m shed
Jler pniMirioim *|. ift with aim too sure,
Mv heart hath wither’d, | mill.
I ' dr on I will rinline !"
I.‘ i- n vl-adow ! soon the son
) I hi i i nst it to the earth, shall set .
And man, a few brief glitssr* run
111' i »yJ and sorrows shall fofget.
\ • t there is hope, when I We lias fled,
t>? Idifst'il realm* and pleasures pure ;
Am! in 11, .i hope through life I’ve said
41 Pout on I will endure !”
The nnplic.ihilifv of flu* «mh«‘iju*i.t d',
frtl whs never stronger at nny time then at the
ft revet t :
i m; a\i> tiii; om.
!• riPinl Jo I Kw.Midst thou never O'O
When thou hast Be en in Washing!.ca n.
A set of jolly Hackney Coachmen,
Driving people up a in! ilow n .
AoilJntif NM diil thou ur«»*r mind
I lie cliildr# n ns these Heck* pa».*\l in .
II*»m so,m* would mi) and "et liehind.
A ml those who could n«»l rom-h would iv,
Ifa. C’nnrhtoeu, Cut behind. *
But then yon see the trick on*'. m» *,
1 nr no sooner do these dionount,
Than « ether side will Mini' jump *. *,
1 ni aII they kn Ted up such a rout,
A’ow this I "lies**'* the very cave
Wilh tome fj leer eiiildren, six feet high —
Thev visit to |tain cadi gainful place
And dim the f»eop|* with the cry,
<>: — ( it. antt rnt, behind !
from thr South' rn A grt'culhn i j.
SW l.i: I POTATO
I On Prnptiirfi!nig thr Sirtrl I otntn J,om sprouts
Itirhmmul Cmntly, tiro- Jnnuaty 21. IM2!1
1., aii tin-irinnih of February, on a I irh
I i.ieve of laud, mnUe beds two leet wide, at li>|i,
I (or what I* lies', piepare hot beds,) open two
I lorri,m s on earli i idgr or bed. t ill- your l.rgi
1 pula lies and pH 'hem, laying tin* split sub
! downwind* the middling size pi it nines plant
t ivlin i, p ant Hie piHHlnrs ueHrly tom h g cm h
nibs'i to li e fnrrnw, mill cover them ulimit tlin i
niches deep, by this means, von ill have fine
ilia 's fnr planting pal, by the la-1 of Apiil,
and in Mas , vliru we soinelunes bavr fine
shun' r«, Ihe -priiuls are lies! when planted be
lure they eoiinneitre In vine— In y are lo In
drawn Hull out n* ' on d • t nlibage pbuils,
Hies do not positively reipiire, as was tnrim-iiy
anppnseil.u wi t seasiiii to tet them mil in—a
Inti rahle season will do, anil have known li ein
to'sow alter a very Slight shower—vines air
much mail' difficult to gl"« than sprouts
11.. 1aiors raised alter tin- manner ere larg i,
and more almiid.oil than any other way. and
nil ilnerii'liiiti of thr suntpot ill or me Inst from
the sprouts I would u-:vis.- hall the taint vim
I,lien,I In plant, lo he pla led with the "potato
plan ing," lire other part ill spiouts. aiel .
Small |1HII in vines, for next year's " piaiilnip
1 advise bus as we cannoi get rain always when
tve want il, and lo iii niuge oaf whole crop in
spiimts would he difficult, I ii lit).
7 jIt. I■'sure, / if/
Xolt hi/ llio P.ililnr.— tVe shall," obliged to
an* ut mu n nilem or coi ritsp mill ills who have
practised the mode of lai-ing the sweet point.,
(roin spuat'-. mciiiioned by our correspond*m
1 \ lid, In give us further iiiloiinaliou on this
subject.
\\ e h ive III t a iTKiie valuable esculent than
tins euinmuu toot, or one that cnnlt iluttes mote
largi ly to Hie comfort "f our laborer*, to tlieji
cliildn n's, or, in fact, to that ol our own cltil
ill on lliiin Ihe swret |i"lalo. I ’ the sop port
ol i,or-lock, it '* invaluable lively met hod,
Ihdefme. nt IIICIeasing its productiveness, and
especially "I bringing il in earlier in Ihe sea
s hi, i- cl gri at importance, and we intrent all
our tenders and eonespnndenls lo assist in
the iiiiprovtmrnt nf tin old, ns well as Ihe inlro
iliiflion ol new crops.
Why would il be more diffictill lo manage a
whole crop as sprouts ’ Wo presume princi
pad v because Hie planting is more tedious. If
this is the case, would it not be of advantage
I,, introduce the mode followed in Ihe west of
England in planting out field cabbage* 3 That
is as follows —
u | tiead of a dibble, a imHtnek is used in
making tliv holes- Tint brum! end, or back
part nt the tool i* struck down into the sod,
eight or nine inches deep, more or les , accor
ding to ili*- size ol die plants ; the handle hi
j„g pressed downwards so as to fin in a varan
cy behind the blade The root* of the plant
ore inserted in it, and the tool carefully with
drawn without ruffling the fibre* of the root
The plant is then raised into an upright pos
ture, and the soil is pressed with the loo-, in
order to bed the fibre* close to Ihe plant. The
plants are carried by a boy, who puls a .ingle
plant into the man’s hand, at tlu inslant he is
,-eodv to insert il. The man keeps his *ye
r.jn«unfly upfi hit au k. 0 •• titan plant* a
quarter ol an »pi*a h day, th"« inserting twelve
immlietl planet three tret a - pm t, without n
traordinary ejarlion ’* J. U.
PKAK Tlr'.KS.—If »• really surprising, J
•tya n *ciertt |c writer, in alltltinn tt* th# grail
t<&ef pe«rt /mi a quince dock, that Kiiglith
gardener! ih'juld *«* long have neglected the
practice, witch hn« long been followed in
France, &, InWhich the in cllcnce ot French
pears in in a jlwt degree in lie attributed. Tlia
quince tiied a stock, hat the property ol
pointing the ptitwth ol the peart, and forcing
to protbire Jlyaring hrancliea instead of nrtile
ones, and til accelerating the maturity nl flu* 1
fruit. No tifHlI garden should contain pear
tree* grafted in nn\ illnr wnyf n-*r mii\ large 1
gardens \\ iiljmif them In n rontlderab'e eiteiit !
f.V<ip Monthly .VflHr
f'OI.T? • -I f i '•»» h.'.ir it luncuted that 1
our breed of h »r»e« ii-*o b id.—But I am con- ■
vlffTi-d, n« nur roll nn» mafia gad, it \x r h•»«•
nny n'her breed we slum 1*1 make it appear to
br a* mean as onr nvx n. *1 not xvorne. Tb# a
Inisinc «d colts in the first wither, it the prilic
(Ml ran*# of their proving cn Imd. f or onr
<Hjrrn"i» celdton allow theif colt* any food
betide# li.n ho.I that is nut always the bent
Old. !>i> lliHMh. y seldom (ml bring • time I
in llieit i?tnw!Ii in tbe first whiter to stub a
degier, that ii ey never pet the Setter oI il \
r«»li that I* t .Ird late, •InHild in# be Weaned
ti I I*. br.iHiy "i March, and shimM have oat*
duriinr the who!** of ibv winter. In *ome
C Miiuti *h*a »t*•• v allow a young < oil fifteen bush
i I * We need noi grudge to feed •hem with
meal, oats mid bran, I.* sides best of the clover
l»av—ho* ibex will pav for it in growth. Af
t'*r the first xvin'i-r, im v w ill need no entraor
*i»ioty feeding till tbev are rinxvn up. W ere
the i»box''e dirert «»n observed. xve should coon
•re an iuiprovrm. at i our breexj of liorvec.
They would rn|,.;»,«d doing mm b grea
ter •revive ii. f ! Id.• ly tn li-dd nut to it nun Ii
greater Age. | V. /.' f'armnr
iTtr.NUi mi: i non ok i k\nspi.\n t
INC?.
Ourin: <l\ w.sitlier. tho gardener* of Pain
do not wi-it i n n ii as inns generally d« hot
as«onnhB their crop* r*rpii'«* teionviutr, il *
done in i fir f. it low log matin') II iving r|m«eii
the spot »iiev v <*M water tb*’ fop, mid iiiliui d»
ntelv di;f n tm-K r, cud Mlcrwaidx \\ i*e
fre*h *mt •• .* t n soon •• it is dry enough, h
in raked, mui 11.plant# put io xvithnut nnv re
gnid to tin* mid ii:*v «uu tin ■ < ntitimte to water
the bed three *o four times n day, until 'lie
plant0 luue t.:\ru rout, ft is ‘inpi i«i bow
win trttmm • ird, ige*, &; e, w ill tie well looted
t• v fiiieli 1 * iiitmu. -i id xvitb what vigor they
grow a. • r the fn t shower of tain Whut would
biM-e In e.| tin* stole nt curb pi nits hnd they i
ntaioed in t •,*«*.! lied? They would luive
d* <\'ii ea Ii oilier :thei* (i j| leave-, xvould h ive
dropji. d ..jfi, and|jcm rid deliilitv xvould have l.d
1 lowed, not i-.ay tn be removed ■ toil by llu*
('renrJi neafinent not n b illWill to* lent. Now.
it ix e eocfeidCrMlie principle, it i« finply the.
fbat ex i*i v pl.n||fpla« ed hi (hr xun in water will
l oi no way flat*, nod the roiitinueil wet flute of
j tiie bed for tht) /jr-t lew day is* fiimlar to u ;
I h. ‘dec, the pie eiire ol the »iin rniitribiitec
l poweilolly to tli. rooting, ol the plants.
I _[ Hit pn
J litdford. I i in min/ Ruft 1N21I
) JOHN fMtOWN and Tlininii* VV. Itrnwii, I nf
VV ilh.tm If Hrmvn and \\ illlum If nri, minim i*l r
i of llem \> Hurt. i'i i > a*ed, llrftr. In f 'luim *-i t.
i 'I In- di-li-ndunt VV • Ilium I(. Brown, not h/ivmy i mo • i d
J h inM ifnin '-ami invi ti rei-'itlt ureordiny to ilo- n> t
<1 \ i inlny and th« mle* of till- • --ml. nnrl It appearmy
i i.v • all fiietury evidro. •• llml lie i« not tin itihahitimt of
| Hu* r-ounlryi |l in onlf-md that tin mid doleud.iid do
S 11 * j • * ii hereon III* lirM day nftlie in\t ii-nn mid un
| -w rr the Idll of the plaint if)itlld (hat u ro|>) of this «.r
d»-r In* forthwith hif*ert#d m •■■.nil m vv*p apt a printed in
i f o' town of f.viiclihnrp for nvn I'lontlm **m t e*iov*dv, ronl
J pn*fnd at fin* front door • »f tin- i nnrthoiOM- of thin fonii
It \
Copy—Ten#, it c mitciif.i.In r.
Fell r». _w.'iiiVt
III dflti <! IV b. Ifnlts. |H2*C
\ (’ll VS. Will ri.I.I N. -nivnniy part nor of /fin. ami
t'.ii* VViii'i-l. _v roinpl'iiiiant, .!■ aimi If'in. II Hrown mid
W in ll'.ri, adinr. of ilem v llnii.'!»■»• deft*. In Cham r
rv.
The defetnlant Win M I'.rmvn, nut Imviny entered In*
appe i'-alien ami yi\i-ii »i-« nri: \ n « online to tin- in f id
I V eddy nod tIii- rule of i rourt. nml it uppmirinir
! «af!*l'artory evWIrore dm* be isnotiiii inhabitnut of
j f M!• rulintf v ; Ir I, />».!. I l.rtt lln Mjinl di-li-ndunt ilo
ippi-ar h'-rr on :li • lir i 1 .. <.i in \t Man h Iitiii and mi
«*-r the hill ot'fin- ■ ■mp|n! and that a ropj oft hi* or -
f r l.-■ fiirthwith ..I m mme ie-w ■‘papei p in'ed in
' *o\vn of l.\uelih.i v f-.r ♦« o inontli-*ai - **uvidy, and
;.o*l I I Ih'1 front (hair of 'in1 f-oiirllion -e in the »nid
minty A copy—']>•;. II « M1H II1.1.I., It l .
I- eh. f». W«!lll50
% I KtiINlA.to wit Vi ii i onrt ln-l«l for II ilif.ix roun
/ t v tin 2’id duy ol l»i-« I - • Inditli I’n -iou, pltf.
yain*t Flfimnt; Maynard, John S Olio, and Will mm IU
lUnkn. deft*.
IN CllANCr.lt V
Tim defendant*. Kb mmy .M i>nnrd mil John H
<ila*H not liavn ;• entered their appearnm •' and yi\en *e< n
ritv m I'oiiling to Hie m l r.| \*-rinb|\ and t||e tllle.-ol till*
ronrt, and it appearin' to tin *at.'fa< (toil of the rourt
that tin * -iii- not inhabit u i' of ihi- finmiunw rallh . on
(liolmn of tile plailitlll l#\ inilinll.il I olderfd lli.it llo
* lid defendant* I 1'HtiliI VI trod and John ,w
<«l ilo ipprer heri on tie -Ith Monday m
Mar. !i nr jtt, and nn*uir i!i hill fifth' phnutiil Thru it
ropy of U>1 • i 1 drr Iff fi»i thw Ith llfo rli i! in *one-nnwnpit
pel piltfil-ill-d iii till- low II id l.viir iliiiry lor two itnnil h*»
*io . «■ **iv»Jy, nml pod-(. at tin frontdoor of ihe eotirt
llmise oftliiM ' o.ink\ i.:i *ni|ie roilft dav
A ■ • ! UM BOLT, D»c
Jan 'Si? 2in-lli
M» v*rs. IS iflitt/n Shelton, jr. Janies M.
Dana f, jr. Jeans Htnndeiivr, Jtsit
ftutliUy, fjonard Daniel, Hit hunt
S. id hr, i /minus V. 11 it haul a ml
Samui l (ttn/antl.
/• ! VKK M) IK K. I'Mt I »hu|l,oo the .‘{Hi
.'-1. dev <f Apt il, ni»«J AfPl da y of M«v nmi.
til tn# i hvei n Hoiim* of T)r. Powell, fit Am*
lit rttl Cotii i Il'MtPn, pf‘»t ei d lo ink** the ilopofi
Iioii* ot siioil. y wiliie*«i ii1 11111«•*.» tlt^r fflmll tie
so«m#i InUeti. ilmt fin the 2d dny of Vlnv next,
at llitr lnvei o 11‘HlPe of I lent y I*. Hudoi.al
; lirtliel, tilke I lie ill ponllioriB id KlllllJi v w |m yt ,
nml on ti.i »th dav <d May licit, nt the I rank
I iii 11 file | m »he it", n <»* I.v ne III hi i £, t.ike l lie ill
position', i t M'.oh v witm-Hpe* all of wl.irfiiite
to In- lead a* rM'l* • cw ii I tie trial of a Pint now
depending nml nodi icrniioed in the Superior
| Court .">1 (‘Imn't’ty tor Ih# Lynclilitng |)ipiru l#
in whieli I mm I’liiinhflT, nnd you nic Del’rn*
dams. \.nos A«
Ali< filUACD UOBF.HTSON.
March 2<»
^ *
F. have a few handsome Liverpool |)i
nine; Sells complete, which we are of
fering very low. Also, a splendid assortment
l ea China, embracing every rjuality and puce.
We invite the attention of our friends and the
public to the above
McKKE, ROBINSON & Co.
Jan f>.
tVHUN'ft.
JUDKINS specific remedy for the cure ol
Corns. White Swellings, Sore Legs and
Ulcers Schirrus or Glandular Tumors, (eilons,
Rheumatism, Sprains, Bruises, Tetters, Chil
blains, &iC.
Just received bv
THOMAS J. DUVAL
Ocf, f3.
IMIlJTKlb.
MK ll'.H 1 11 SON »N|. 1 III CO.NVKN MON
T'i I Ik hUlnr of the Crnlivtl of Iht Ini It ft
SIK In flu* ye pi* iHlfl, I published a scutes
oflet'er* addr* **ed fn l he people of Virginia on
the subject of reforming mir ‘'late (bniiliftlttwn.
11 was m pamphlet form. I eneloted t« Mr
.leflertmn 11 tnpv * I tbis pamphlet, requesting
Ins opinion on the subject. In answer to which,
I receive I bis highly interesting letter of the
Iitiii Inly, 18Iti. I lihnrtly after wmfe to Me
JedVfson, requeMiug pei mission to publish this
letter, in answer tu wliich I received his letter
of 15th September.
\ mi will discover that I whs laid under the i
nu»st solemn injunctions not to puldiish these (
truly able andlofcrettitig letters ; but sinee dir
death ul Mr- .(> fleison, I have consulted n |
number nflhem »st Intelligent individual*, who
me of opinion, that it is my ilitty now to give
them to the people for their consider allow, and
that it cannot now he considered a breach ol
good faith to pubhih them, n» tin* whole oh .
ject of this great and vrnerahb* man appear* *1 '
to be to guard npalnsf being drawn inton pub
lie and personal discussion of this important
subject Nor can bis memory poi«itdy be in
jui. 1 l»v the publication on the contrary, i*
will add. if any addition ran be made, to the ,
traiiscendant character ot this great a«po*He of
the freedom and happiness of his fallow ctli
I'l* ns
\ on will beiewith receive (he letters, which
you are at liherl\ to pnldisfi, I am most re
spot tfnlly \ oili It bold,
SAMUr.l. KKRrilKVAL.
I rederii k < ’minty, Va N**v. 21,18.0.
t'opv uf a l.rtter rn’i’ivfd by S kcrrhfrnT. r*q.
dated
*' iMm/irrUn, .full/ 1*2. IH|(>.
' SIR -I «I»*4v received yum lav i of lime
I !. w nh u i ipy r»f the lellern mt lb** railing u
I nilven•inn, mi w ldi:li von ate p|e|i«ed In mhK
imv opmi'in. I IlMvr lint been in the habit nl
m unions n’-i’ivi' imi mu 11111* «*t, nnr n| '>111
I* fling up inv opinion** within my own doublet;
mii Hie emti nt v, wl ilr in public turvio rape
. iuHv, I have thonglii the poblir enfit ed tn
; 1 rankn■*• . u"d niliiirite'v in know w b in tbrv
« tllploved- imi I mu Miuv fi'lm il I inmgninv
elf a« a pnM-eiig* i wnli confidence to tlio-M- 11
the Jn <*i*• nt Iii Imi. tmd .nd bill for rrdl, pence
! mid good will. I be ipieitinn v*Ml propone n**
j equ I 1 ••pve*’**o(ntion. ban bei nine a party our,
01 which I with to lake no |uihlir nliftrr, yet, if
; if In* niltrd fur your imvii miti fardnn only, ami
i not to he quoted liebu P 'he public, I have no
| motive to withhold t* 041 d flic |c«a from vo**, a**
if coincide- with ynur own. At 11*«• iiirth of
1 our repuldi* , I coiniivitted that opinion to the
wot hi 10 the iliimtflit of a <‘uiiRtitiitiofi inmrttrd
i 11 • tin* Note* ***i \ irginin in which a piovimon
I wav iu«e 1 fed for a 1 cpn • nt 1 • 1 <*m pei tnunently
1 1 qoii1 I he >nl il*' V of the *ohjcrt el that tun
in- lit ml oof me*ptp unco of self got ernifir "I
oei iMinne I prod* tlepat Ini r. in that dianght
from gettuine republic on 1 iiiimIih. In truth, itir
iiloiKe*. ol iiion *ichv had mo inMrli filled nil the
‘time of politic t! 1 ootf inolntinn that wo non
; itted * m i y thine rcpiihlnm whirh wa« not
j mount 1 hv. we hid out \t» penetrated tn tile
• niothei pniirii I 1 h t gnvei nonmi* are icpnhli
ran only in proportion MM they nobody the will
nt llietr pentib-. .md f'P" ute it llctiie, our
In 1 roiitiifotinti* Irol 1 rally tin bfpjlnc ptiuri
j pie hi • It in, hut e> pencil •• end r* lb 1 lion
lia v hut mote mid more «tjnfirmrd me in the
pill Iicular unpmlain e of the equal feprepeiita
fion i'i"o ptnpnm d f fo that point t -en | mo
eoliiciv 111 kfuiliniriit w ith ynttr Icfteis ; and
(oily lauu nt fliai 11 fm y light nl y uur pHinph
let preveiitd their appe 11 nor- 111 1 lie neoNpa
per a, where alone tlu-v would b" grurtnllv
read, mid prothi' 1* gee* nil 1 H rt —Tile pi«n lit
vacancy fnn of oilier itinHcr would give flietn
place in eve* v paper, and firing flic quculion
home to ev**> v iiihiik Collin ioncr
Ibit equality of r* presentation, in bo'h holt
ne- of toir legi-hr ore id nut tin* only repuldi
can lierrpy in the fi»**t cumy «*I «nir tevolution
hi v pai iul* at formmk' a a ndiititfion. lor let if
he agreed that ft government is fepuliliratt in
proportions every member computing it Ini*
j hid equal von, in the ilir* rtion of it* concern*,
' (not indeed 10 person. winch would he impuif
IiohMc bet olid 'hr Inni'd of n city, < r a actall
I 1 owiimIuj■ hut) by rrpreten'Mliven rhoden bv
! Iiiutdclf. -ml 1 etpoi*mblf* tn bint nt short pet 1
[ o'U and let os bring fo I *e ledt of 111 • d canon
i every him h of ' in < otididiiliutt,
Iii Hu* I.«ln'n>r. die House of Reprssi n'e
lives is ehnveu In I* - linn helfthe people, ami
unf at all tn p,fM m (ion tn those who tin choose
I lie Senate ai >■ so I loore 'lisurnporlionuti'. anil
fur long terms u I irrespun* ihilitv. In the It
eculive, the (invei nnr i< rniirelv Indefieitdrtd
ol the choice of tin* prop? , it ml of the 'r cnfltinl ,
— tl , council • ipnillv «n, anti nl hc-t hut n filiii
wheel in a waggon In the Jtidiciarv, the
pnho-s nf tl e high' si marts are dependent no
in mi' Inil iheniselves. In England. where nulg
Ml u ere limin' I anti rfinnvHhle nf the will u| an
heerdilary et -relive, from wliieh hraneh must
miirule was f. a'Cil, Mini lias II. wnl, u wax n
great point gann-il. hy fixing them fur life, tn
mnhu them independent nf the Executive, Hut
in a gov**i miicnt Intiude'l un the puhhe w ill,
thi- piineiple upeialev in un np|" »il" direcli in,
nf.. . eainsl lh.lt will 'I here Inn lie V writ
Midi remox'ahle no .1 .ruiieni e nl die Exicu
live and Legi*latixe In,inches ; hm we have
made ibein iiidepemlent of the ualinn iHelf,
Ihiw sie irremovable lull bv llieir own hudy
1,,I III,v depravities id conilnrt, and even hy
their own hudv fin the iinherihlies nf dill,age.
| tie pisl e « ul the inferml enuri* me self elm
sen, ini' Ini life, Hi d p. I peiunie their own Inn
11v m sin ee-sinn Imem , «n lhal n I 11 mi nine
posvgsviii.e if * elf of the bench nf n rnntifv ran
never be broken up, but hold llieir county in
rhinos forever indissoluble. Yet these justices
m e the real executive, nswell as juciriary in
all our ininur anil nn.sl nrdinarv concerns;
they tax us nl will, fill the office nl Sheriff, the
most imiMiriant nf all the Executive offices of
the county ; name nearly all nur military lea
ders, which leaders once named are remova
ble, Iml hy themxelve*. 1 he .lories, our Judg
es of all fact, and nf law, when they choose 11,
tyr nut selected by the people, nnr aim liable
In them ;—they are chosen hy no officer named
by the court audexeculive t hnseii, iliil I say?
pil lied up by the Sheriff Irnui the luungings of
the court yard.after every tlnng respectable has
retired from if—wln re then is our republican
ism lo be found? Not mi one constitution cer
ininly, Inn merely in llm spirit ol our people,
that would oblige even a despot lo govern us
lepublicanlv ; owing to Ibis spirit, anil tn no
thing in the" form nl our eunsiitiilion. all things
have gone well. Hid •?'•« fact, 10 triumphant.
!y mi-quoted by the enemies of reformation, i,
mil the truit of nur constitution, but has pre.
vailed in spile of it; »"r fniiclioneries have
done well because generally honest men : if a
ny were not so, they femeil tn shew it
But'it will lie seid it it easier In find faults
than to amend them. I do not think the r n
tnendmenf sn difficult es is pretemleil ; only
lav down true pr nciples, and adhere lu them
ilitlexiblv. Do not be frighleiied into their
surrender by the alerms ol the timid, nr the
croaking* ol weahh against the ascendency of
the people. Jfriperience be called for, appeal
;o tbs' of our ir> or 2i' governments for 40
'ear-, mid a how m» wlteie M.p people |inT,
■lone hall Ihe rnirrhiefin time Intly ycnra, |hn»
ft nngle deipni eould have done in n tnigle
yenr ; or hew here half rhe rinir and rebel
Imni.llie rrimer and the ponhiimenta «ahictt
hftve taken plftee in any "ingle iiltlion, under
Uingty government during ihe mine . frei inj,_
I’helriie Inundation ol repiihlican g tern men*
it the erpiftl rigid of every • iiirrn in Ida perron
mid property, and In their manat nont Try
liyllill na ft Inlley, every pruvien ■>. nf our rnnaii
lniinr,and afte il'It liftog" du. i-i|y on Ihe will
of Ihe people i reduce ■ >. i UegiilalHre lo a
rnnvenleni ininii'er for loll, Ion o deity ilngtif
• ion; let every man who fig lua or pnya, exer
gue hia jirtt mid equal right in Ilnur elerlion
•iilnnll them to nppiolmlion or rejection nt
alifir' Iniervala: I.el Ih* Ktecutive he rlioaen in
Ihe midp wny, mhl (nr the aairte teim, liy llioae.
ii Imip ngeiii he Ii lo ; ,ind lenvr no (green
of II rnunell In hind whirl, i0 tkulU Imm reapou
aihility II hha ' em thought Hint the peopl •
■nr in I mini eieol elyg'ina if judge" framed jr
ihr lair, hut I do noi know that thia ii true
and if doiihifol, <ve ahonid follow principle
In a hia aa in ninny ,.|har plitctloni, they would
he guided try reputation, which would not ei
oftenei p> rlinpa fhftn the prraeni mode ol ap.
pointriieiil. In one tlnlr of Ihe Union nt len«i
il hnr heen long tried mill willi the oioal xaio
factory •nrrri.a The judge* nf CouneetlciH
Imre heen choaen hy il.ft people every an
mnnlln for nearly l«n irniuriei. and I helievc
th rehet hardly evei heen ftu iiiplftug. uf
rhange ; an poueiju' i« Ihe cnrli of ineeaann'
icapmi ihildy. If prij iilice nmvever, dm ived
from a mountriiiea* inniitiitinn. t» m»!| fn pn
v n 11 Hgnlt**t III** vital elective | nucipla of otir
own, ttnd if th© rxi-'ing example amnnp nut
reive* of peimdlcnl election nf judge* hy
people hi- *till ini trotted, fn u« nt least nof
adopt the evil anil reject flu- good of ti e ICnc
l|«li pr* rrd"n' , let it* r* tain nmnvnhil'y on
file rnnmrren-e nf the F.iectitive find Jegid
live tnnarhfo, find n«»mi etmn hy Hie excen
tiv* ah ti ; no ' Itiatt It in office i* an eiectt
tlvi•finn no i ’’n give it in fhe legi 'nfirt e, n
we do. in n vi dull' n nfilte principle of tM*
p •» u' ion *d |»■•wer- It uervert th« m. mbcf*
fi'nm rom-r tier* hy t"mp*n ion to iflligu* for
office ih *n»*‘Ut rf nm1 t a corrupt barter of
vote- ; and destroy* ic pouuhillty by dividing
it anion*' » imdfittide ti* leaving nominatlmi
in it* proper place atom « < *• entive function*,
the piiociplr* of the divtnh lion nl power i*
p «•* i\ed, and rc*pon»ildlify neiph* with if<
henvb-it (nice on tin- »ingle head. *1 he nr^an
(ration td our t mm*v lulmm i*lrntlnii may lie
tlionghf moie difficult, I nf follow piinupjc
and the knot untie** Hxrlff divide the counties
into ward* of «m Ii ire a* tf *1 every ci'ieen enn
i«t(*nd when called mi and net in person, n->
tribe them the g'vcritment of their droid* in
alt filing* relating to tH©"*eUe« e*clu*iVely <.
l.i'iMict? choxrn hy Ih« nuelve* in each, <i rmnfo
tile, a mMitai v comp nv, a pa'role, a school
the cate of their own pour their own pnrfioj,
of the public road*, the choice of one m uior>
jttror* I • *e» ve in *ume ronrt. end the detlve
ry, within lhei» i-wu ward* nf Iheir own vole#
for nil elective officer* of tiigher ipher", will
relieve lie c uuty admiidtftn lion nf netiilynll
it* himim *will have ii Uelici done, and hy
making **ve*y cifir.en an acting nibrr of the*
j ('oven mcnf, end In ♦»**• ••Ifi e* nearc* and wolf
J infer"*'ing #o him, will atiach him hy nh «fr«mp
"*t feelieg* to th" iudenomh tire o( hit country
end it * lepnhltcaii con* I'ntnui I be jnxticrji
tiim ( Ihmcii by every ward, Would con*fi(iife
f*• "• »»oty r«»-ir», would do if* judiciary lm*i
11"**, dire« t road* and htidgi •», lev y county and
poot rate*, and aifmitliRter ill the matter* of
common intered to tin* a bale county. Their*
w.ird*, called township*, in New Foglitnd are
tlo vi'al principle of iheir government*, and
Iumc proved t^"in*elve* th.' wige*t invention c
ver devi*ed 1»v the w it of man fur the perfect
exercise of *"lf pot eminent and lor • !* prefer
valion. We should thus iiiandml our govern
in«*nt into— I 1 lie General Federal Republic,
lbi nil concern* foreign and federal. *2, That
of the Stale for what relate* to out nfi/rri* e*
rhlMvrly. M. '1 he county republic* for the dlt
tic* at d concei nti of the county , and d. The
Ward Iti public*, for flic tmall, and vet ntirner
on* and iote-»• ting cottcetn* of tfie neighbor
hood ; and in gov* ntmenf. a* \1 rll as in aferv
other lm*ines* of life, it i* by division and snh*
division of dotic* nh ne, ihi*t ail mailer*, great
and Mnall, can he managed to perfecion. and
the w hole i« cement*d by giving to rveiy rifi
/en pei*oimllv o part in the administration of
th*- public affair*.
The mm ol the-e amendment* i-- J. general
• iidiMgi—2 eq nl ri pre*eji'a'ii>n in rhe legj*
I "me—II mi executive rhonen by the people
—4 Judge* elinivenf rein mid.-—5, julllCPJ,
jiirui* nml ■ In-rifi* elerlivt—ft. * ml divitinnx,
nml 7. peib tin it I ninrnilntt nl* o the constlln
t inn >*l hnvetli.ois 1 1111 f Ihe*e, a* loii' e heasfn
nl nine iliiii'iit, lor ro' niilerHlinn nml correc
tion • nml theii object i* m scone sC|| govern
irirul hy Ihe lepiihh/nm in ol our cun • i111 f ion
a* wdl a* by the rpirit nl the people : and it in
10 iiouri h and perpetuate that spirit. t am not
among ihoie who Irur the people '1 hey. and
lint il. • lirli. me onr dependence for n o imu d
fri cilion ; and, to prenerv ll.ro indrpefulrnre
we must lei our ruler* load 11* with perpetual
deht, we nm** rnalie nm . ieetion Itetwei n tea fl
awy Olid tibrrty, nrpra/i/iien nnii lervihit/c If
I wr run into nucli delu*ii we inn*1 lie tiixgtl in
our niertl and ill our diiuk, 10 1 nr ip ee -ariex
j mid our eomfuri*, in mu inborn anil our a
iiioo iiif iin, lor our r uling* and oor i:ree4x, n <
Ihe people ol Kn 'land are, our | euple, hlie
them, mint come In labor Iti hour- m 2 1. giie
1 lie earuitii ■ rtf Iflol them- 10 the government
Ini llirir ilehl* and daily i*pr.i«n-: ; and the Ifiih
being in*. (Been! lo affuiil 11* bread, we mu**
live, a* they now do, on O'lton al and pntntoei
have nn tint- In think, 110 meant nf cempg tit«
iiiimianager* 10 account ; hug be ghid in obtain
snljM'lence by hiring inir0(/\!t lo rivet their
chain* nn (lie fleekj 'foiirWlb w itiflcrar*. Our
land lioldri* too. itke iheir*. 1 el win ng indeed
the title and «teward>l i|i ofenintr* railed iheir*
but held really 111 nu*t for the timiiirv, mint
waiuler, like |liei|i, in fori igu rnuntrie*,
he conienled with pi mu v, idmciiiitv , exile, and
the glory of I tie nation. Tbit ex. mph rend* '
to it* the military lemon that private fortune*!;>
are destroyed by public, a* well as liy private
exirfivaganre And Ion t* ibeii udrnrynf all hu
mail governmenl*. A depariine from pimriple
in one illtlan e, loo nines a ) rererlen1 tor a 2d,
tlia'2il Inra 4d, k. toon lilllli hulk id ll.e*. cietv
iireduted 10 lie meie nu ninnlon* nl mi«ery, in
have unirniihilily lefilliiil f.r *ionuig*i. suffering
Then begin* indeed Ihe In hum emu mm in otn
nia, which noine philosophers, observing to be
so general ill llii* world, have mi* alien it for
Ihe until' nI, instead ol the abusive slate of ntnn
and the toie' urse el this frightful Irani, i* pub
lic Deb! Taxation fnllnw* thnl, and in it* train
wri ichrdne*; and oppression.
Snnic men look n. ConxlUulinn* with lanrii
moni',n* reverence, and deem them, like Ihe
ark of the ravenanl, too saered lo be touched—
They mcribe lo Ihe men of a preceding ag> a
w isdoin more than human, and suppose what
they did lo be beyond amendment I knew Ilia!
age well ; I belonged to it, and labeled with il
11 deserved well of il* country; il wax very like
the present, hnt without the eaperience of the
proem ; and 40years eaperience in govern
ineol i» worth a century of hook rending ; and
llii* they would *ay Ihemielvex, were they tp
rile from the dead. I am rertainlv not no nd
vocate for frequent and untried change* in law*