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Prom the Baltimore '1'eleg rap\
TI1E PRINTER.
Who is it—M gentle reader,” who,
1 h 't laboura hard in pleasing you,
Ry telling all tluU’s strange u;ul new ?
The Printer.
V/i'o is it brings you from afar,
Intelligence of bloody war,
Or feats of vornc immortal tar ?
The Printer.
"Who tells you of th* affairs of state,
W hilst legislators, legislate,
And are engaged in warm debate ?
The Printer.
Who is it, that with *tick and rule,
( haslises well the knave and fool,
And keeps in awe the party-tool *
The Printer.
I’.y whom is it that learning’s got,
And genius to perfection brought—
! reader, say—say, is it not
The Printer?
Sav, yc who always wish to know
lin> the concerns of nations go—
W ho do you for that knowledge owe ?
The Printer.
Ye politicians, too, can tell
Who makes you understand so well
Tli’ affairs on which you love to dw ell—
The Printer.
'I lien, in no case, should you delav,
r Though many do, from d«y to day)
V, »th punctuality to m
T he Printer.
TYPOGRAP1I1CUS.
Ft om the New-York Evening PoU,.iugust 5.
A GRAND RAI T,.
A short time Nince a young !i.<ly ofabout 18
.v*«rs old, by some means or other, found way to
the strong box of her uncle, a rich farmer, l.ving
hi New Jersey, and took therefrom about $ 5.100
Soon after she caineto this city, and commenced
life in a high stile ! She took up her residence
in the Bowery, and immediately set herself to
work to give a grand Supper and Ball. Between
three and four hundred dollars was expended in
T.icpton. Pound Cake and Confectionaries, and
tickets or printed cards of invitation were scut
around to upwards of four hundred males and fe
males. Such of her own sex as had not trinkets
to decorate their heads and arms, she supplied.
To the young lads, whom s he selected to be ma
nagers at the ball, she gave gold watches and
new suites of clothes. Matters tints arranged,
the party assemblednight before last,at the place
fixed upon in the Bowery, and commenced thc.r
sport, 't hey had not however, led down the
dance many times, before some unruly butcher’s
boys intruded themselves into the bail room, and
raised such a dust, that it became necessary for
the police ollicers to interfere, to preserve the
peace. As the watchmen entered the room, the
young men forced their way out of it from every
o itlet; leaping from the windows one upon the
utlier, until they all made their escape. The
girls did not come off so well. They were seized
together with whole baskets of cakes and bottles
of wine, and all taken to the watch house. The
next morning, when an examination was went in
to, it appeared that this young lady had expend
ed pretty near all the money she had taken from
her uncle’s strongbox. Those young men who
h- d partook of her liberal bounty, were stripped
of their clothes and watches, and the girls oftheir
bracelets and trinkets, and lodged in the police
office for 3afe keeping. This "timely detection
prevented the young’ lady and a young man,
who she had selected for her gallant, from visit
ing Philadelphia, which it was their intention to
set out fir early yesterday morning.
J'romja St. John (‘.■V. JJ.J paper.
Frederic ktow.y, July 11.
Ctptj of a letter from the High Sheriff of King's
County.
Kingston, Jmie 26th, 1315.
-My Dear Sir,
Having heard nothing from you since the
late Jail Delivery at King’s County, I beg leave
briefly to state to you some circumstances of the
conduct of the cr.minal Henry More Smith, since
his trial and sentence. After securing him with
strong c hains to his neck and leg.?, and w ith
handcuffs injail, lie continued beating the floor
with his chains ; hollowing day and night with
little intermission—making different sounds :_
sometimes with jinking lm chains, and some
times without, apparently indiile cut parts of Die
jail, insomuch that the jailer frequently sent 11.r
i..e, supposing he must be loose from Ins chains,
winch I conceived and frequently observed was
impossible, being far beyond the power of human
•’■length or invention in his situation—un i 1 the
51th of May,-when go.ng into the jail early in the
morning (after having examined his chains at 2
o’clock the day before) 1 found three finks of his
heaviest chain geperated, and lying on the Hour:
bemg part of the chain without thestaple. II. co.>.
tinned in the same way until the 2d of June, when
we found the largest chain parted about the mid
die, and tied with a string, which clearly proves
tiiat irons and chains are no security fbr him. 1
then put on him a light chain, with w Inch he has
been ever since. I never discovered him at work
at any thing, hut lie frequently produced efl'u. e.
or likenesses, very striking, i epit tenting his w.ft.
He now produced an effigy of a man m perfect
shape, with his feature;, painted, and joints to all
his limbs, and dressed him in clothes that he had
made in good shape ami fashion, out of the clothes
that lie had tom ofr himself (being now naked)
which was admired for its ingenuity.
I Jus he would put sometimes in one position
And sometimes in another, and seemed to amuse
himself with it, without taking the least notice
of any tiling else i continuing in his old way hoi
lowing, without any alt nation, until the'13th,
\vlien tiie jailor informed me that he refused to
cut, and no doubt was sick—f went to see him
every day, f mud lit did not eat—nil the bread
sod other provisions conveyed to him lie ga< e to
his effigy, strung on a string and put into his
hands ; he Uy perfectly still day and night, and
took no notice of any tiling—would drink tea or
milk, which I gave him twice a day for 5 days ;
hetb' n refused to drink any thing for two days,
which made 7 days lie had cut nothing. |;i that
time he began to speak—would ask questions,
but w ould hold ho conversation. But the most
e.rtrounUnafy, the most wtukr/nt and tmiterlona
of all iu, tMt in this time he hid prepared,
ciTrrc ',t.nd nt once exhibited the most striking
picture of genius, art, tAste and invention that
ever wns, ami I presume cter will be produced by
tiny human person placed in his situation, in a
dark room, chained and handcuffed under sen
Imre of death, without so much St a r.ail or any
h ind of thing to work with but his hands; and
nuked, The exhibition is far beyond my pen to
describe. To giro you some faint idea, permit
me to say, that it consists often characters, men,
women and children—all made and painted in
the most expressive manner, with all the limb*
and joints of the human frame—each performing
different part* ; their features, shape and form,all
express their d■tffe^en♦ offices ami •nuat ftn, jn
Which they perform ; the ir dress is of different
fashions, and uniform to the stations in which
they act.
lo view them in their situations, they appear
as perfect us alive; each of their features ex
press the part they are to perforin, with the air
I and gaiety ot an actor on the stage. Smith sits
in his bed by the sideot the jad ; his exhibition
beginning about 2 feet from the Boor, ai-d com
passes the whole square of the ceiling. The up
permost is a man whom lie calls the Tamborine
player or sometimes Dr. Blunt, standing with all
i • pride anil appearance of a master musician s
his left hand akimbo, his right on his Tamborine
dressed in suitable uniform. Next him, below
is a lady genteelly dressed; gracefully sitting in
a handsome swing, at her left arm stands a man
neatly dressed in the character of a servant
holding the side df a swing with his right, bis
jettonlus hip in an easy pr.sturc, waiting the
lady s motion. On her right hand stands a man
gvntcely dressed, in the character of a rnllutit, in
graceful posture for dancing, beneath these three
igures, sit a young man and a voting girl (appa
rently about 14) in a posture of tilting, at each
end of a hoard, decently dressed; directly under
these stands ohc whom he colli Bonaparte, or
sometimes the father of his family; he stands
erect ; lus features are prominent; his checks
t e. his teeth while, set in order, his gums and
ips red lus nose shaded black, representing the
nostrils—his dress is that of the harlequin—inone
band he holds an infant, with the other he plavs
or beats music ; before him stands two children,
apparently three or four years old holding each
other Ly the hand, in the act of playing erdanc
mg, w it i .. man dressed in fashion xvno appears
m l‘‘c.character ot a steward, sometimes in one
situation and sometimes in another completes
the exhibition which you have at one view.—
l nen commences* the performance. The first
operation is from the Tamborine playeror mas
ter, who gives too or three single strikes on his
tan u or me that may be heard in any part of the
house, without, movinganvpart of his body, lie
ttien dances a fewsteps.gr acdully.withoul touch
:ug the tamborine; the lady is then swung* two
or three times by the slewaixl ; then tlie gidlsnt
takes a lew steps ; then the two below tip a few
.cusy, pieasam manner: then the
two children dance a l.ule, holding each other by
the hand j after this, Smith begins to sing or
H ,,|S, a hine, to which they arc to dance, at
winch the tatnhoiine s'r.kct and every one dan
ces to the tune, with motion, case and exactness
not to be described. Many have been the oh’
sen at ions of spectators; amongst shem an old
German observed, “ tliat when he was starving
tne seven days, l.e was making a league w,th the
Devil, and that he helped him ” All acknowledge
with me, that it exceeds every thine- that th'm
ever saw or imagined. H's |wh ilc conduct
twin the first has b.-en, and is one continued scene
or profound mystery. Me has never shewn any
1 ,a of knowledge ot his trial or present situation
—ne sccins happy—his irons and chains ar« no
apparent inconvenience, contented I ke a dog or
a monkey, broke to his chain; shews no more
idea oi any thing past than if he had no rccollec
t*l)n; 'n short,is a mysterious cliaracter, pos
sessing a mysterious art of invention, beyond
common capacity.
I am almost ashamed to forward you so long a
tetter, upon tlie subject, and s<> uuintelllgible
1 think, if Icould have done justice in describing
t.ie exhibition, it would have been worthy a place
in the Hoyal Gazette, and better worth the at
tention of the public than all the wax work ever
exhibited in tins province.
I am, with due respect,
my dear sir your
very humble servant
T. Wettnore, Esq.
Attorney Gen.
WALTER RATES.
P. S. Wednesday the 28.
This morning 1 found he had added to his
work a drummer, placed at «-• left of his tambo
r. ne player, equal in appearance and exceeding
m performance, beats tlie drum witheithsr hand
or both occasionally to the time in concert with
the ti.mbor .ne, with perfect exactness, sometimes
sitiing, at others standing or dancing. lie had
also in a most staking manner, changed the po
s. tion oflns scene. The lady above ilescriheil
to he sitting gracefully in her swing,with so many
attendants and admirers, is now represented
swinging in a dejected posture, with a young
infant in her arms; l.er gallant has left her, and
has taken the young gu-l (before described, about
14) by the hand, with all the air of attention,
h ading her and dancing to the tune in concert
to the music to perfei-t exactness, representing
more than can l e described. On view of which
an old Scotchman observed, “some s»y he is mad
others he is a fool; hut I s av he is the *h,ir;>r;t
maul have ever seen ; his performance exceeds
mil evermet witu, ond I do not believe it was
e\ ci ctjiiallcd by the hands of mnn.f1 This even
ing a gentleman from Boston, (having heard the
above description) on view ing the performance,
declared that he could sav (as theqiieeu of Sheba
did) “ the half liad not been told,” and that lie
had been in the museum in Boston, which con
tained nothing that equalled it.
We have given an entire copy of the above
letter, which has exc toil our astonishment and
wdl probably, that of every other person
who has not seen the exhibition and performance
described in it. Those who are acquainted with
tlie shtrif know him to be incapable «>f stating
falsehoods, or attempting in any way to practise a
deception; will of Course give credit to the state
ment of facts, wonderful as they may appear to
be, which lie has made.
We trust wc shall he able, shortly to furnish
our readers with some further' particulars
oi the conduct of tins extraordinary man—
since he has been in the hands of justice_and
it would be a very des.rable tiling to truce
Ii '. i history back to earlier periods of life —_
lie is, we understand, a young man, perhaps
not more than twenty seven y ears old At the
timeofhis trial (in May last) lie appeared insane,
hut it was supposed to be feigned ; and it was
there stated that he ha 1 not been known to speak
one word for the four preceding months.
Extract of a letter dated Detroit, July 0.
*’ On the first of July fort Malden was
d ‘lirered over to the British, an<l the Ame
rican troops marched to this place. The
men who were enlisted for tlie war have
been mustered, paid, and discharged. On
the 5th July the troops left tins for Macki
naw under the command of colonel Butler.
Prince Saunders, the hlsck schoolmas
ter from Boston, who sailed to Kngland in
the ship New-Packet, has (according to
Boston accounts been treated by the Eng
li«h clergy and gentry at Liverpool, with
as distinguished honors and hospitality, as
the prince regent exercised towards the
legitimate sovereigns who last summer vi
sited London. Tills “ Mack* Prince w as
about to be introduced to the royal family.
But, whether Prince means to present re
monstrances against the enslavement of
Africans by tho British at Siena la one,
we are not informed. Possibly, the Prince
.nay be converted into a missionary to
convert the heathen, bond and free—to
the “ passive-obedience” part of Christian
ity ; the only purpose to which it is at
tempted to be perverted in Europe now a*
«V. T. Columbian.
VIRGINIA:
\t Un'es li«l>|«)| *m (he Clerk'* OfTie* of the Supe
r'or Cmtri nl Chanee’v foe the Richmond Dis
trict, the (Jjith day of June, 1 HI 3.
Barham Hooker, surviving partner of the mrtvau
tile firm of Booker ^ Morton, Pliint’jf,
. 1 fains t
Julio \Vilojr,E'!i-.li Antlin, Kntncis Anderson, S:>m
nel Wallace and Elizabeth K. hs uife, formerly
1 .lir.aheth h. Anclin, J hn II. Amelin, and Jo
8e|»h h, Assclin, wli’n.h Khzabt-th E, John C, ami
Joseph E art- children of Francis Asselin. dec’ll,
the •••id Joseph living on burnt by Samuel Wal
Dfimlunt*. 1
® , i . defendant John C. Amelin not linring en
tered bin xitpcaiance and given security according
to the act ol assembly and the rules of this coni 1°,
anti it appearing by Siitn.lsctory evidence, that be is
not an iiili.ibituut or this country: It is ordered,
1 list the (leloml.tiic tin appear here on the first dyy
•iv 1,8 "f*,* term and answer the bill of tl.e pliin
t‘" • "'V* l*‘at a of this order be forthwith in
scrteil it, some newspaper published in the city ol
ltic.,mo;u., f«-r two months successively »nd posted
at the Iront door of the capital, iu the sui.1 city.
A copy.—Teste,
If'in. IV. llening, C. C.
__Augmt 2. ° 8>y
VIRGINIA;
At Itules I,olden in the Clerk’s Office of the Supe
rior Court of Chancery for the Richmond Dis
tnct, the 2fllb day of June, 1815.
H.iUtrsby Ual'ew, Plain:iff,
JlramH
l) ivid R Patteson and Reuben II. IMtcson, execu
tors ot David l’attCHon, who was surviving execu
tor of Thom is llallew, and Jesse W. Thomas
and Meekv Ins «ife, Thomas Ballew, William Hal.
lew, Dorothea .'atmdersoa and Eli/abetli Bui.
!?'”• , „ . fivfiwlunt,.
INK defendants Jesse W. Thomas and Meekv
Ins wile, Thomas Ballew and William liallcw, not
having entered their appenrnnee and given security
according to the act of assembly and tiie rules of this
court, mid it appearing by a t rfnetory evidence, that
they are not inhabitant: of tliis country : It it or
rlerc.l, That the Maid defendants do appear here on
the first day oi the next term and answer the bill ol
the plnintifl ; and that a copy of this order be forth
with inserted in some newspaper published in the
c.ty ot Richmond, f. r two months successively and
posted at the trout door of the copilot, ir. the said
city.
A copy.—Teste,
tVvu IV. Hating, C. C.
_ 8w
August 2.
VIllGINIA:
At Roles bolden in the Clerk’s ORlc<* of the Pune
rior Court of Ch.nicxv for i|,„ Idchrom.d Dis
tnct, t!,c litit.li d.iy ol Ju..e, 1815.
Johu Uell, Plaintiff,
. Ti Jlgainst
John u. 1) .vies, Defendant
I IIE defendant nol h:\vi,• i<» entered his appear
ance and Riven sr.urity according to the art ol'i.s
and the roles of this court, ami it appeals i.g
'»• satisfactory evidence, that he is not an inahit .nl
o! ihis counfy : ft i, ordered. That the said defen
•h»"t do appear liere on the first day of the next
term and answer the h.ll of the plaintiff; and that
a copy ot thia Order lie forthwith inserted in some
newspaper published in the city of Richmond, for
t« o luauilu successively and posted at the front door
ot Uie cupitol, in the said city.
A copy.—Teste.
f Fim. IF.JIening, C. C.
. August 2. ° Siv
VIRGINIA: ~-—
At ltu.es holdeii in the Clerk’s Office or the Rnpe
r.nr Court of Chancery for the Richmond Dis
tnc , the‘iOth day of June, 1815.
n.ibert Cnmphell, Plaintiff
Against
William O. Winston, late Slicrift'of Fr .nover coun
ty, to who n the estate of John Nicks was com
»!««*«» >»y N*’! °ourt of the said count)’, Hubert
Ilick3 And violin II cks, infant children of tlic sail!
John Hicks, deceased, hj Peter Nelson, their
guardian, Robert Duncan, and Edmund, John,
Robert. Si,s„n, 1‘alsry, ,.,,*1 Nancy Duncan, in
fant children of the s .id Robert, assigned their
guardimi, to defend them in this suit, Nathaniel
h D..Hum and Sally his wife, late Sally Hick*.
William Jones, and Benjamin 11. Ford, Jlefts
TI IF. defendant Ik njamiu B. Ford, not In,vine
entered his appearance and gjv-.-n security according
to the act of assembly and the rules of this court,
nnd it appearing by satisfictory evidence, that be is
not an inhabitant of thin country : It in o'Ulrretl
That the said defendant do appe r here on the first
,_the ",cx,t and answer the bill of the
plaintiff j and that a copy of this order be forthwith
inserted in some newspaper published in the city of
Richmond, for two months successively «.,d posted
at the front door of the cupitol, in the said oiiv
A copy.-— Teste,
ft m. fi. Ileninz, C. C.
An’.nil 2 • k i
VIUGIM -—-—
At Rules holden in the Clerk’s Office of the Supe
rior Conti of Chancery for the Richmond Dis
*rict, the 2fith day of June, 1815.
F.liz 'both Hallow, Plaintiff,
.1 gainst
David Patteson and Reuben B. Patteson, executors
ol David P«i tesou, who was executor of Thomas
ballew. dec d, Jesse W. Thomas and Meeky his
wife, I bora as liall-w, William Fallow, Bnttershy
IJ .IIew, and Dorothea S. Sauitderaon, Deft's.
'I'llB Detendants Jesse V/. Thomas nnd Aletky
Ins wife, I homas UhKcv and William Bailew, not
having entert'd their appearance and given sccurty
a-cording to the act of assembly and the rules of
this court, and it appearing by satisfactory evidence,
that tliry are not inhabitants of this country : It is
orderstl, Flint ‘.he said defendants do appear here on
the first day of the next term and answer the bill of
• he p'ainlifi; and that a copy ol this order hu forth
with insert d in some newspaper published in the
ci.y ol Kielunoi.d, for two months successively a.«l
posted at the front door of the enpilol, in the said
A copy.—Teste,
tFiii. IF. Ilening, C. C.
8 wr
August 2.
v UiUiiNiA: -
Ar Kules holden in the Clerk’s Office of the Supe
rior l/'ourt «.t Chancery for tfe Richmond l>is
tru t, tin* .nth (Uy of Jane, 1815.
Cluabcth Arthur, widow of James Arthur, dec’d,
- . Pluintiff,
~aga*nat
Willi in Syilnor, hum Woodward, one or the re
presentatives of Jesse Wood ward, deceased, Jesse
Woodward, and George Woodward and Benia
roo. Woodward, iwo of the heir, of Beni,,,,,..
»VoOi|\ianl, ilcociiittt, I hoin.tA WofxlwMN, ,lo
(eph G<#od w »I, and Mary Woodlief his wife, l):.vid
ToSje,f,n‘! M"?h* »Lnly, Hfcndnitt.
1 MI. def. ml intsJctsc Woodward,George Vi'ood
waiil and Benjamin Wort : ward, not having entered
their appearance and given security according to the
act ol assembly and the rules of thin court? and it
appeal in* by satisfactory evident, that they are
not mhabitai-ts ot this country : It in ordered, That
wn: said defend anti do appear I,ere on the first d iy
>* the neat term and answer the loll of the tilaintilfs
and that a « jpy of this order be forthwith inserted
m some newspaper published in tha city of U.ch
inqpd, f»r two months successively and posted at
the front door of the capitol, in the said city.
A copy.—Testa,
IVin. fV. C. C.
^Angnst 2.__ Sw
FlFlMr DOLLARS RLWARD.
nl .ftl .lt ri’l) from a detachment oe the 3d Hi fie
Hegiment, ttationrd in Hanover count", State
of Virginia, V/UHLES RHODES, 5 fit high,
18 gttw* of age, bo in in Orange. Count)/, JY. C.
but dark eyet, dark hair, dark completion, and
by trade a batter—had on -when be deter ted, hit
Unfmm. It it probable he trill tell hit uniform the
fir it Opportunity. If borver will apprehend the tail l
t larlct Hhoib't and deliver /mm to any officer in the
l/iuted State*’ army, thall receive the above reward
and all rcatonable expencet.
JOHJV PEJMLRTO.Y,
Lieut, oil It,fie Ilegt.
June 28.
VIRGINIA: !
At Uulcs holdrn In the Cltil’i Office nf;he Supe
rior Court of Ch .im-i v for tin* Richmond D.s
trict, llie 2Clh day of June, 1S15.
Beniamin W. Hite, administrator of Joseph Dun
u»at», deceased, I>laintijP,
J! trains t
John Chamhtess, and William F. M. Cnrtv, n/iat
Henry llunsraan, Dtfr infants.
i * IK subpoena, ml rmieni/'im ft t'frfrm tl?n<lutn,
awarded in this cause, util being returned executed
on the defendants, and they not ' nine entered
their i«i»).ear^nee and given securi y according to the
act ol assembly h*kI the rules of tins court, and it
appealing bjr satislm- my evidence, that they are
n' t inhabitants of this country : It is ortLn rd, That
tiie said detendanta do appear here on the first day
ot the next term and answer tlio hill ol the plaint ft',
und shew cause if any they can, against the revival,
bv the said prneesn sought; and thut a copy ofiliis
order be Ini thuith inserted in tome newspaper puh
linlicd in th - city of Richmond, for two months hiiu
cesshrely, ami posted ut the front door of the cat.U
tol m tue saul city.
\V ra. W. Hening, C. C.
August 9.
\Vau Depahtmzmt, July 5th, 1815.
NOTICE IS HEKEHY GIVEN,
FllH.V I separate proposals will be received at
B. the office of tlie Secretory for the lXpart
ment ol War, until 12 o’clock at noon of Sutttr
ti.iy the last Day of December nest, for the gup
plv o* all ration.! that may be required for tlie use
ol the United States, from the 1st day of June,
181o, inclusive, to the 1st day of June, 1S17, with
in the states, territories and districts, following'.
Viz : °
1st. At Detroit, Michilimscklnac, Fort Wayne,
Chicago, and the.r immediate vicinities, and at
any place or places where troops are or may he
stationed, marched or recruited, within the ter
ritory of Michigan, the vicinity of the Upper
Lakes, and the state of Ohio, anil on or adjacent
to the waters of Lake Michigan.
^IUI* p«acc or places where troops are
or may be stationed, inarched or recruited, with
in the states of Kentucky and Tennessee.
3d. At any place or places where troops are or
mayTbe stationed, marched or recruited, within
the Illinois, Indiana and Missouri territories.
4th. At any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in tlie Mississippi territory, the state of Louisiana,
and their vicinities north of llic Gulpli of Mex
5ih. At any place or places where troops are
or may >>e stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the districtol'Maine and state of New-llamn
sliire. 1
6th. At any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched o: recruited, with
in the state of Vermont.
7th. At any place or places where troops are
or may he stationed, marched or recruited, within
the stated Massachusetts.
Hth. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, vitli
in the states of Connecticut and Khode-Island.
9th. At any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the state of New-York.
10th. At any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, within
the state of New-York, south of the Highlands,
and including West-Point.
Util. A*any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, mavched or recruited, with
in the state of New-.Tersey.
12tli. At any place or places where troops are
Or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in lbe state of Pennsylvania.
loth. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the states of Delaware, Maryland, and the dis
trict of Columbia.
l^th. At any place or places where troops arc
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the state of Virginia.
loth. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited, with
in the state of Nortfi-Carolina.
16th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, marched or recruited with
in the state of South Carolina.
17th. At any place or places where troops are
or may be stationed, inarched or recruited with
in the state of Georgia.
A ration to consist of one pound and one quar
ter of beef,or three-quarters of a pound of salted
pork, eighteen ounces of bread or flour, one gill
of rum, whiskey or brandy, and at the rale of
two quarts of salt, four quarts of vinegar, four
pounds of soap, and one pound and one half of
candles to every hutuh ed rations. The prices of
the several component parts of the ration shall
be specified, but the United States reserve the
right of making such alterations in the price of
of the component parts of the ration aforesaid, as
shall make the price of each part thereof hear a
just proportion to the proposed price of the whole
ration. The rations are to be furnished in such
quantities, that there shall, at all times, during
the term of the proposed contract, be sufficient
for the consumption of the troops for 6 months in
advance, of good and wholesome provisions, if
the same shall he required. It is also to be per
mitted to all and every of the commandants of for
tified places or posts, to call for, at season.', when
the same can be transported, or at any time, in
case of urgency, such supplies oflike "provisions
in advance, as in the discretion of the commander
shall be deemed proper.
It is understood that the contractor is to be at
the expense and risk of issuing the supplies to
the troops, and that all losses sustained by the
depredations of the enemy, or by means of the
troops ofthe United States, shall be paid by the
United States at the price of the article captured
or destroyed as aforesaid, on the depositions of
two or more persons of credible characters, and
the certificate of a commissioned officer, stating
the circumstance of the loss, and the amount of
the articles for which compensation shall Lc
claimed.
The privilege is reserved to the United States,
of requiring that none of the supplies, which may
be furnished under any of the proposed contracts,
shall be issued, until the supplies which have
been, or may be furnished under the contract now
in force, have been consumed.
A. J. DALLAS,
Acting Secretary of H'nr.
w8w
July 8.
LAND FOR SALK.
I will tell the LAND I now live on in Chesterfield
county, containing, by estimation,
SE VENT Y-T WO AC RES,
More or less—The situation is Ugh, healthy and
agreeable, and improvements good for the accom
modation of a moderate sized family. From this
land, and in the centre of it too, 1 have raised up
wards of 200,000 bushels of dijl f. at ibffrreni
periods—for the last Jive years it has not been work
ed. '/’hat it contains large bodies of excellent Coal,
there can be little doubt ; being bounded by John
Mnrchic, Cunliffe an > /tuck, on the .Yorth, the
Falling Creek on the Fas', and the Falling Creek
Coal-Mines, owned by //. Ifetli, on the Smith, and
by the heirs of J‘l. Wooldridge, on the Fust,
/ shall require about one-fourth of the purchase i
money in hands for the balance time will be given \
to suit the purchaser, on the amount bring satisfac
torily secured. To say any more as to the land,
prosftect of coal, Uc. is deemed rtrrnccessary, as
those ilesirous to purchase trill doubtless view the
property—they will please appb/ to me on the fret.
mines. T//OMFSUJY BLUJYF.
Chesterfield, May 17. tf
Tin-. Sl'Hsi:r.IT!T*Tt
UA^ INC declined husmv.s in the Verc-mtH#
1irr^o» ,,Uc,,tioaexclusively u>
COMJ'rsSHLY JilfSLYKSS.
"Wr™} P*!!1 ' ards on the Basin and 0«nsl
wliicli he will let fertile deposit of Coals Also
a Lot enclosed, lying' on both sides <>t the Canal*
“C:J ll’.e upper Lock, for the reception of Haiti *
scantling’, Stc. *
He will receive proposals until tiie first d.yof
',U!*a "ex,» lor tiie building of from twelve tos.*
tcon three storv Brick Store and Lumber lit,usee
at the water’s edge, on the Basin and Canal, on
ground rent or lease. The advantages those
building s,tes possess, render them worthy thr
atlw.itton of merchants and others, posseVinrr
capital. ARCHKLAUS HUGiiF.S.
A',nl ,3- wGm
V ALUABLE LANDS FOIl SALE.
mtfWU6<)5 acres */valuable
... —■ w t •‘•UL...4
:u., in the county of Culpepper, lying on tie
Sul'' “fFUli ' (ghly improved
■with lnnldmgtt orchards and meadows. The tract
vnUbedsvsdett into four lots, to suit purchaser, ,
giving ncr.r.y an equal quantity nf meadow murid.
17 , ) ?nd™^> * each tot. It lies a.Mu
ten irn/es Mow Culpepper courthouse, five milt*
Jrom Atevensburg, twenty-eight miles from Frede
a7tJ,/7’ tl7!f ,nUc*fr*m the 'if Washington
. laxandna, ami ninety miles from the city of
m a rich and populous neighborhood.—
wheat ** P^Xci'torhl ,l'hipte<l to the culture of
when, corn, and tobacco, and will produce cue cl
‘f- / ttrn»r'-' a'ul rr'1 nml ~-hi!c clover, without the
, V 1 “ufler °f Pans; though the clover is much
improved by the application of Plait ter, from the
V 77777*thUt,h,n>e bccn ma,le- Should the land
in sold, the purchaser may be furnished with from
7r0J7!U'Cr hnrYl,;jl ba' reh °r cor"> •maty head
of sheep, from ha[f to three quarter blooded Afrri
no* fifty head of hogs, eight gomlworh horses, two
I/ J eoj n ceil, several high bred mures anj c-dts, and
plantation utensils of every description, 'll,e land
‘I'ljoimng on the south, that elegant seat of captain
John l horns, and on the north, that of Charles Car
ter, esq. 1 here is a valuable Sulpher Spriur in
the vicinity of tlhs farm, (oh rapt. John Thom's
plantation,) whose efficacy in curing diseases ofva
nous him.,, has been often established beyond a.
“V / are about two hand ed acres o f mea*
now land on this fanu, thirty acres of which are
had down m timothy, and about ten in clover.—
7ri",'7 b77°° /""uL’cdami Wit babels ofwhe it
■ red d tins fill, on fresh and manured land. Should
,h:'rl not bc soM before the 1st of October next, it
rni e,,r7 °Vt t0 awft trnW- Mould it be sold,
o'"! fifth of the purchase money will be expected to
ie paid, when the deeds are made,- a credit for the
/' “',.cc fld Jc 'tjlotvcd in four annual payments,
bearing interest from the date. .1 mortgage or deed
i.tsl will be required, to secure the payment of
the purchase money. ]’rafterty in or near Jiich
mond, or young Negroes, at a fair valuation, wiU
he received in part payment.
for terms, apply to capt. John Thom, John Strs*
‘her, esquire, 0J Culpepper count,,, to Mr. Thomas
Heasley, who resides on the farm, or to the subscri
ber, who, also, offers for sale
11,000 ACRES OF LAND,
Lym- in (he State of Kentucky :
together nth six unimproved LOTS in the dry of
IVashwgton, eligibly situated, undone J.ot in the
same atu, handsomely improved, and now in t/w oc
cupancy of capt. Crabb. As to the terms on which
this latter property may be purchased, enquire of
capt. Samuel „Y. Smallwood, of the city o Washing
ton, or of the subscriber.
NICHOLAS VOSS.
July 26. . ^ tj
joo dollars reward.
ffc ^SEK | ED/i’oni a Detachment under my com
if).. ,nallJ'> stationed in Hanover County, t.ue
Soldiers of the third Rifle Reriment.—
,^„0i: VJiri:yi.JVES' 6fcet %*» 35 years of age,
y rey eyes, dark hair, dark complexion and by pro
q;yw'-;w,.
/•/HI- DID T1AY,
of atfe; ha zle eyes, dark hair, dark complexion and
by profession a carpenter v«s enliuJd in JYorth
uo rotina.
™ ab.ovs rffsard ■“’M be given for efiprehend
'"f the above Deserters and delivering- them to any
JOHjY PEJYDLETOjY,
, Ueul. 2d 1 life fleet.
June 23. J A
150 DOLLARS REWARD.
nESEKTEI) from Camp Pendleton, Hanover
county, three soldiers:
lSJl.dC CT1R rIS, five feet four inches high,
dark eyes, dark hair, sallow completion, by pn 1
fession a farmer, and v.-as enlisted in North Cur. -
lina.
77/0.1/.7.S' J't.W f.T, five feet eleven inches
hipr'b dui k blue eyes, light hair, and bv profession
a farmer, and was enlisted in North Carolina.
JO/I.Y C.1RR, five .>ct ten inches high, 2#
yeai-3 of age, blue eyes, dark hair, fair complex
ion, was enlisted by Colonel Hamilton, North Ca
rolina, Surry county; it i.i expected that the above
deserters have gone the route towards North Ca
rolina,and whosoever will apprehend theabovc de
serters, and deliver tliem to anyj^jfficer in the
United States’army, shall receive the above re
ward—or FIFTY for either of them.
JOlf.Y pe.ydeetd.y,
Lieut. 3d Rife Rrz*.
August 5. ' «
.vr:;v goods, -
WE wish to inform the Citizens of Richmond
and the Public generally, that we arc fust
opening a pretty general assortment of 1)UY
COOIM, in one of Messrs. John and William Mil.
lnr’s vr. w T*r»K.n exts, next to tile Market bridge,
Tliosc wish.r.g to purchase, will find it to their
interest to call, as we are determined to sell on
the most accomodating terms.
DAVI1) & Wm. KYLF..
July 10. if
FALLING OJiBDKY LOTS,
FOR SALE.
We will sell on Thursday the 17th of August
at half past 4 o’clock P. M. on the premises iui.
dcr the management of Messrs. .Ins. Ilrown Jp.
nod W. Finney, six lots of ground, four of which
lay near the Fish Tiiarket immediately back of
Di^Adams’s buildings; the other two lads join
thBpd I .umber House immediately hack of the
Argus Office. This property from ds contiguity
tojtlte principal street for business promises u> lx*
very valuable ; its situation, as the market House
is contemplated to lx- extended to P. Str< 11 upon
which the property fronts, w.II render it an ob
ject, worthy the attention of those who wish to
purchase. Each of the four lots fronts ?0 f -et o.»
K street, anrl runs back HO feet. The other lots
front also 20 Icct on F street. The purchasers
will have a -warranty rfftrf/elfditctl to tlum, by
0 m. <y Caleb Loivnes.
August 12. ‘ tils.
•A. II. Terms of srde are ow> third ca-:h
one third ftisirly, and one third at ninet♦
days ; approved negotiable notes will be vey
r/nirnl.
ft T* A petition will be prenented by
sundry inhabitants of Henrico and tlnocii
jaml coin ties, to the C. neral As-ernbly at,
it’s next HC.-taion, praying the pa, nge of a
law, incorporating it company ntithortscHI
to ronder Tuckalioc-crcck navigable,
i August 12.
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