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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Mineral spring farm for sale.—tii
sutircribrr (trending lo remove lo town, will
offer •( public sale, ou (lie premises, cn Monday, Ihe
30th day ot July, Ihs farm on which lie resides, near
Ibe Brcoke Turupik’, 4 mile* from Richmond, contain
ing 241 acre* r( land, about 60, nre in woods, the ba
lance, which i* cleared and enclosed, hng 20 acres of
rich low grounds, on the Brook Crick, which runs
through the larm. The Upland is very level, and ot
good quality, retain* manure welt, ai d Is adapted to
corn, whoat.oat*, rye, and ch'ver, and a large portion
of it admirably suited to berd’s-grass, is weil-ditched,
and may bo profitably converted into a meadow, to
which purpose, a pattof it is at present applied. The
Improvements are a convenient dweillng-housn, for a
large (amity, an office near the house, a frame smoke
house, and kitchen, negro houses, with shingled roofs
«od brick chimnier, an overseer’s Itause, in the farm
yard, which contains a well of excellent water, and is
enclosed with a close plank fence, and cedar posit, art
two large and convenient frame barns, with a house
for a wheat-machine attached to one of them, a car
riage-house and row of stables, with h.iy lofts and shal
tors, weather-boarded and shingled, all id good repair,
and capable of stabling 20 horses, and at tnsny cattle;
an excellent market garden, containing 6 acres en
closed with cypress paling and cedar po<is, a large tnd
well constructed ire bouse, within 100 yard* of the
pond, which, together, with the produce ot (be garden,
yields a considerable income. Gentlemen wanting a
summer retreat, will find this a desirable one, or p*r
sons disposed tb accommodate families, during Ihe rum
mer season, would doubtless find this a favorable situ
ation for the purpose, from tli* salubrity of Ihe air, ami
use of Ihs mineral spting. The situation itrsmarksldy
healthful,which ten year’s residence, with a large fam
ily, has abundantly proved.
The title clear and unincumbered. Terms made
known on the day o( sale. Those inclined to purchase,
are invited toviewilin premises.
After the sale of the lard, I shall di-pose cf such n«
g'oes as a residence in town will suable me lo dispense
with. Alio, the stork of horses, mult*, cattle, hogs,
sheep, waggons, carts, <t whaat-machine, wheat fan,
and farming utensils, a blood mere, and a splendid col’,
two years olr1, by Contention, out of a Tunoleon marc,
8cc. &c.
Applicition to be mode to Thomas Taylor, E*q. who
will conduct tho sate, or to the subscriber, residing on
the farm. JACOB M OK DECAL
Spring Farm, Henrico Co.
June 10. 9—>d.
mrOI'ICE.—Purruant 10 the provisions ol ihe last
ll wi'l and testament of Ihe hie Charier Woodson,
1 shall, as his Acting Executor, proceed to sell, »i pub
lic auction, on Wedn-tday, the I3ih day of July, 11 lair, I
if not the next lair day, the following valuable tracts i
cf land, via:—The tract railed Sanderson, lying on j
the South side cf Willi*’ River, and adjoining the same, |
in the county’ol Cumberland, containing upavinl* ol
100 acres, a greater part of whirh i« low grounds, equal
to any lands on that s'rearr:—Toe tract called Tho
mas*, adjoining the lands of Tarlton Woodson, Dsniel
Saudcrson, and others, containing 80 arrea, ol good
quality, the greater part ol which is in wood-:—The
tract called 1'aiius*, lying in the county of Bucking
ham, on the North sitli ot Rmdo’pli’s Cretk. and ad
joining the earn?, containing upwards c| 200 acres.
Also, one other tract, called Randolph’s Creek,
lyng on holh aides of the earn*, in the county of Rock
ingham, containing between 4 \nd 500 arres.
The eels of th* whole will t .ke place on that day,
at the li >u*« on S mder-on’s tract, and the terms will
be one-third in 12 months one-third in 2 years and the
remaining one-third in 3 years from tha day of rale.
Bonds and s-cority, with dee.Is of |rn-‘ on the p op ry,
will be required for the payments. The trust deeds not
to be in lo-ce until the !a*i t* ivm-rn Is due
TARLTON WOODSON,
•Acting Ex'or of Charles Woodson, d c'd.
’ June It) 9_w4«*
ran in: S ibscriber takes tins method ol iirurming ,
his friends and the public generally, that ha has
coininene-d the
CLO K & WATCH-MAKING BUSINESS,
0’intaitts reit 3 doors below Wortham tf\Mc(iruder'»
Where all or. cr.s in Ins line will lie punctually ami
faithfully attend,a.1 to. He trusts tha', I y a diligent at
tention to business, he wi l receive a liberal share of
public patronage.
O* Clocks and Watches repaired an! cleared at
short notice an-1 upon mo eri'e 'erms,
GEORGE KEE8EE.
I hereby certi'y that Mr. George K-esce has served
a regular term of A pr-ntice hin with ms in th- above
business, and cheerfully r. connneud him to die friendly
notice of the pub ic. JOHN HILL.
June 10. 9—4t
Hardwickhvili.e, June l<t, 1831.
fI^HE 8nb»crth-rs hava lo-ated 'h-*in*0‘ve» at this
M. place,one mile above iho S vi‘t I d m is,on Junn
Rtv r, on0 hundre-l tniles above Ri*hutond, and 42 be.
low Lynrhburg, within 12 miles o1 Buckingham Court-j
House, from which pl-tce there is a good level and j
smooth road out to all the neighboti'liood of Ihe Court
House. W« h«v- now hulll ami r-*dv for use, a hr/s
roomy Store Hums* and Lumber H mss, with a good
W s'shoti *- or sh It-r, pr-paf-d to r'co'v- a l-arge \
qnan'Ry of tobacco, and wh-at, every y»at: as well a*
to receive all articles, h at may bn going up or down the
river, to any p-rctm iir'r.g convenient on eilh-r title
They will attend to th* r-cciving and sen Vng off to any
place by the iiv r, any ar ielo sent to their care, as
avell aa receiv- on storage, a’ty and every thing sert to
them, and w I give *he ea’its«1 & quick**! information ot
the arrival, an ! will *«nd <h -m out to the owners by the
first safe chine . Th* r charges for th ir alt<-n’ioo to
the abor«, »hsll b j *sM«f -’ory to all who may 'liit.k
proper 11 patror. za them. They will send off all tobacco
sent to lh«tn, is qui*k a* prac i.-able. Tt|*y wish those
win s-n.l up or down, by the biatin-n, to strange the
boatman’s pay, »» i> w.l! not be at all lim»s convenient:
to advance Iht freight to them, ami th-y always eli'm
and demsn ’ fit, wh»n th« goods are d-llvrr*d. Par- j
ticular a'ten i m -hail b» paid to the weight and exami
lion of all things brought to the'r care, so as to detect
•ny thing tha! is done error/.
W. H. HARDWICK fc CO.
June 10- 9—It*
— Ran*-ay from fie *ub- j
' ing io Hanover county, on
On 14 h day ot J ncn-y la**, i nr-gro man nam"d P.-.
ter I think h • her e’tang'vt hi* ntm<> »o Sio , or roro*
Other name, a* he work-I for M>, Ztchariah Brork*
in Manchea.er ’wo month*, t»v h* name of Sam I
have no doubt but ho * in Kichmon or in (list neigh,
boti'hoo’; l.e may li'Ve gotten work on Hie Cmi. I o»
Rotl-road. P trr ir foil f <«t h gti, opare mad* vr»
ry black. Hi* Ion; ia about 13 inchea long, complain*
of being eick.y, *« sr) e*r<i>e (or hi* mtdit't hiring
him by ih* ttitnil i. anti wdl *tec«‘ye a etranger in (hat
way it h • can; ho ha* on hia right “hottM-r a Beg* w*n
that can*-* him to w.lk r*.h«r rcoptng, which *how#
vary plain thr ti<h hfa clothe*, f will giv. tho above
reward te »ny p»f'nn, that will deliver him to me n
H*oov»r (,’ irmiy. I forwarn *t| muter* of v*Me|*. and
all other p*r*on* Irom employing the *aid n*gro under
the penalty of h It-v. JOHN B. OR KEN.
Hanov»r, Jnn* 10. 9_j *
r11HK SEASON OF Tl MOEEO>Twii| r'ipir. on
■- the 2T*J n day of (hi> rnnn h (J in-) and perton*
who hay* rent tntr~fto him. w:l much oblige me hy
depositing to ray cr d t, the amotin* of the re non keep
ing, Str. in ei her of the Raok* at Richmond, Norfolk,
Ftt<!orick*btir/, or in -he li nk of V rgmf« in p.trr*
burg, or, or bcfire that Urn*, which will * va them
2<» per cent on (’«• amount of the ****<n. Term* aa
advertf*ed wer* $30 wi»h an allowance *t 20 percent,
to tiior* who pi ll within the «ea*on, $75 inrti'anee,
payable when the property wa« changed or aieertdr.ed
to he in leal, one dollar to th • gro im, and 23 eenla par
dav Ur 'a*dlng. JOHN MlNME.jr.
Juna 10. 9—w9t
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE.
THE V sitors and Guvernots of JVilliam 4‘ Ma
ry Collenc are rerpecifuily rstniud-d that the
4th of July i« it e day of Iboir regular annual meeting,
at which tim- a lull board is »»ru«*tly desired, as busi
ness of vital importance to the iutcrest of the College
demands its coustdi ration. JOHN PAGE
Rector.
June 10 9—2wtl*J
t.UOCERlK'i AND DRY GOODS.
DAVENPORT, ALLEN & Co., Auctioneers and
Commission Merchants, Richmond, offer for sale
320 hhd* W. I. «n«l N. O. leant Sugar
40 bbls Porto Rico do
100 do Loal and Lump do
2D boxes steam refined loaf
60 do Havana White Sugar
20 hhd* New Orleans Rum
10 •• Antigua do
6 pipes Cognac Brandy
H '• Holla: ds Gin
130 hhd* New Orleans Molasses
100 “ West India do
350 bags Java and Green Coffee
800 quarter ca-ks Malaga Wine
10 box it Champaign do
16 sacks «oft-»h-rli A:monds
6 ceroon* Spanish I >digo
GOO reams Wrapping Paper
600 “ Writing do
50 bids mrss and prim. Beef
70 •• Tanner’s Oil
1 Pipe Oliv* do
40 bhds and ti'rces Limp do
80 bbl* Albany A!*
100 du Baltimore Whiskey
100 half boxes Window Glass
20 box*s Sperm Candle*
400 bbls No. 3 Matkerel
200 cask* cut nails
40 cases Fur Hits
Cbocolat-—Fig Blue
Pepper. Pimento, &e
DRY GOODS.
135 pieces Gun and aupeitine black, blue, mixed
and fancy colored Broad Cloths, trora $1 50
to $8 00 per yard
Cas-umeres, Cassiuntts, D.illings, and superior
Natik ins
60 piece* b-own Linen—for pantaloons
4 cases Roum Cassimeres
9 “ colored Cambric*
62 •• I >w-pticed and superior Chints Prints
7 " Gingham and Baniste
6 «• Indigo blu* stripes and Plaids
4 bales B id»h Omaburgs
1 do Ticktinburg
1 do Bnsiap*
12 do NavVine*
7 do I rut. Shell Combs
Also, a large assortu.ent of sup-rior and common gilt
coat aod vest buttons, pearl shirt buttons and stud,
hardware, cutlery, fenders, shovel and tong*, brass ai d
steel pan*, perfumery, eoap., &e. &c.
Jure 7 8—s»6t
JOHN VAN LEW wtl continue business In the
hou-e firmrrly occupied by John Van Lew, &. Co.
wt eve he will receive in a day or two, by (be ill p An
netie Walls, direct Irotn Liverpool,a largo assortment of
Hardware, Sad llery and Cutlery, among which are
Weeding hoes of nil size*,
Trace chains of different kind?,
A large assortment ot Auvils and Vices,
Siug'e and double-barrel percussion and tlint guns,
some very el'gattt,
Single barrel Hint and percussion pistols,
Dixon and Long Britannia tea pots,
do Cream pots to match do
i • do Sugar dishes to tn&.ch do
ON HAND.
An assortment of Anchor Bolting Clolhs of all
numberr. June 3. 7—3t
A MOST DESIKBLE RESIDENCE FOR SALE.
I wish to sell the Estate adjoining the City of
Richmond, called Belviderc, containing seventeen acres
Land, with dwelling and other Houses, calculated for
the arcommodation ot a large family. 1 his property
h s in bearing, and approaching that state, a selection
, of Fruit Trees and Grape Vines, of nroro than an hun
! 'Red varieties; and, beside a garden ot two acres, high
ly manured, with extensive and very productive As
paragus and Strawberry Beds, the brick walls by
which the whole 17 acres are enclosed and subdivided,
afford borders for early vegetables, equal in extent to a
large garden, and admirably adapted to such a purpose.
The lands not employed in gardening, are full rich for i
that or any other culture, to which an owner might in
| clinc to devote them, and il desirable to a purchaser;
- six acres, not within, but adjoining the enclosure, will
| he cmhraced in the sale. Persons disposed to pur
chase will please apply to Mr. Thomas Taylor, in
Richmond, or the subscriber on the premises.
WILLIAM ANDERSON.
I May SI- 6— tf
I TOR SALE —The Subscriber being anxious to re
move to the West, offers his well k o* n farm,
j (Sweet Ha l,) in the lower part of King William eotin
! for sale. It contains 400 acres of high land, and
j BOO ol marsh—a great portion ot which can be re
claimed, with very little expense. The high laud is equal
; f° 8Ry in I hi a s*ction ol country'. The imprev-men's
j are good. A Barn, thirty-eight by twenty ferf, and
negro quarter*, have ten built lit the last year. • A
iniou'e i.escrjption of the elegance, the many conve- ;
niences and advantages cf this place, is deemed mine- ;
oesfvr\ ; aa it is prrstunab'e, none will ptirchaie before i
viewing, nr m.-k itg particular rt qulries respi-c'ing the 1
si;.- - — Should his valuable Ertale not be { rivately sold
b»!o-e the 4th diy of August next, on that day, (if
fair, if not th> first fa r d?y thereafter.) it w llbe oiler
nil to the highest bidder, on the promises.—At the same
p ate and time, will also be sold, all of his household
j and ki'chrn furtii ure, farming utensils, sod s'oek o I
! -very description — For further particular', ant lv to
« WILLIAM RUFFIN.
Mav 6_ 131—wide
LAN Id M)K SALK.
| rSlIIL Sut urribrr wishing to remove to the Western
-BL Country, effor* for sale bl* I md, lying about two
mile* he'ow Louisa Court House, on the Main S age
Road, had ng from the Ci'y of Rirhmond, on which
I’l.u titiou th-re i* si'uated a good Hrick House, finish
j ed about too year* part, wnh sin rooms, a passage run
| ning throng li it, and a cell 1 r containing one large dining
i tooin, and ano'ber for a kitchen, with comfortable out
i hoii'es. The above mentioned Tnc«, contains about
four hundred and ninety acres.of which one hundred Sc
twenty acres have been lately cleared, and i* well adap
ed to the cul ure of corn, wheat, and Inhere •; the b*l
ancs i» in woods, and is remarkably well timbered, h
lies in the g Id r gi«n of Louisa, has a well of excellent
j watei in me yart, beside* spring*, which are entirely
! convenient, and is siMnfed in a good neigbb'rhood.
The above mention'd situation, is good for a Tavern,
a f’rtv iic R,-»ld -nr", for a Professional Gentleman, o- (or
I a Carriage Mik*r, C bioet M-k-r, or any other Me
! chanic, h ii g well Timbered, a* Timber i« very rearer
i in its vitiuity.
At -bo same time and place, will he sold, two hall
acre lot*, situated adj ir.i.g the Hotel at Loui-a Court
House, with a Shore House Sic. on each lot. There is
a Mail Stage that runs by the said C tirl Hoti*-, twice
every w» k. to 'he ci y of Richmond. L visa Court
i rlou'e, (the village,) i« among the best Stand* in the
country, for in rcbandhslng, as there i* a great deal ol
! cash business dne th “r»-.
A further description of 'he Property i* deemed tin
j necessary, a* ii is expected Hist those who wi h to j nr
| cha«e will view the premi-e* before the a.le.
If the above Property I* n< t sold before th*second
Monday In July nest, I* will he offered at public ufo on
, tha' day, at Louisa Court H u*e, it being court day.
It 1 should sell priva’ely, previous to July Louisa
Court, the pub! r sh II be no l6ed.
M v i f 2 w7l ALEX INDER LEVY.
WAS committed to thejillol Vork County a* a
runaway, on 'he 2d day of August 1880, a light
mulatto mao, who call* himself Hubbard SriQjl-, Mr,()
states that he was born free in the coun'y Isfo o' Wight,
in the Sts'e of Virginia He is 5 he* 10 in- he* high,ha*
a 'car uo the hack psrt of his left fog, just above the
joint, appear* to be about 22 years of »g-, iu*fy, | ght
hatr, whi'e or grey eves, and *ays he is a ditcher by
trade.—It I* rumoured I believe, that he i* a tlave.
I tie owner of said follow is desired to eome forward,
rove hi« property, p*y hi* eha-ges.snd tske him away ,
or he will be dealt with a* the law direct*.
W,M. VAIL, Jailor of Vork County,
M > »» l-w8w
LAND FOR SALK.
TglHE subscriber offer* for sale, tit tract of La-d,
lying iu l'owbatsn county, oil Appom f,ex river,
about eighteen mile* ahovo Genito, three be lew Cle
uuLt Town, ant! twelve above ibe Court-house, »(|j lin
ing tlic land ol Coa:let Eggleston, Kubrrd WVktra,
Hugh French, act! other*. The tract contains about
eight buttled scrct; he'ween two and three hti t!r> <1
ol which a-e cretk and r.v-r low-grounds of iciy » x
eellent quality, equal to nny on Appomattox riv.-r.
Sumo cl the river low-grounds are y»*t unclean d. The
high 'and is in a gcod slat* for cultivation, and the pn-.
clia-er will have it in hi* power to ser-d from 120 to
160 bushels ol wheat, or good rotn end tob icco land.
The wood land is w- li-timbered, ami more ihm a mil
tjcwncy for the support cf the pUntat ou, indepenilent
ly ol the uncleared low groun J«. The itnpiovcmeui*
consist cf an overseer’s house and »-o >d negro quar
ter*, an escellen- new gianary soil threshing machine
attached to it, and tobacco barns sufficient for curing
twenty or thirty thousand w-ight ol 'obsrro. A y
p*rso*i wishing loves the Lnd, will at any lin-o b.*
shown it by my briber, C. Eggleston, who livr* ad
joining, or Mr. Hiigh F etich, who at present occupies
i*. Tl e purchaser wi!l b» showed the privil- g • cl
seeding a crop of wheat this fall. Should 'he above
described land be not suonrr rohl privately, uo ire ol
which will be given, it Will b- «.-ld publicly, to tlie
highest bidder, at Hugh French’* Tavern, on th: Rock
ingham road, twelve tnil-« above Powhatan Court
Hutt e, on Thursday, the 1'8 h day ol August, if fair,
If not, the uext fair diy. The terms shall lie accom
modating. ai.d will tie made known cn the day of ra'e,
or on application to the s ibscriher residing in Amelia
county. WM. EGGLESTON.
May 20. 3—wtta
I^OK SALE, EXCHANGE OR RENT —1 _ ^tlTr
tor Sslo off Tract of Land, about 5 miles Iront
Culp.-prr Court Unite, containing upwards of 700
acres, of poed quality, originally tobacco land, has plen
ty of timber, aad amougst the best watered Farms in
the county—it adjoins the Glebe, the lands of M-esis.
Ramlolph, Foote, and Rjckner. Also—183 e.cr»t in
Henrico, about 2 or 3 nnles from Richmond, vrh*-s the
S camboats la: d, entirely in wood, chiefly yellow pine.
1 understand that thirty and tliirtj-five cordt of
wootl may be cut to the acre tlitot ghou'. Al-o—8 or
10 vacant lots near Rocketts. 1 would tak » good bonds
in payment, or exchange it a* so much, for a small firm
on the salt-water. I would dispose ol or rent to a good
tenant, the principal part of my residence—*ay 1000
acres—a part of which is in clover. Upon this tract is
a small dwelling, ai-< bar line timothy meadows, which
yield about 100,000lb« hay rnnually. The purchaser
ran be accommodated with 40 negroes ol good charac
ter, and a* likt*ly as any in Virgiuts, stock, &c. Com
munications (post paid) addressed to S'-vensburg Post
Office, will be attend'd toby JOHN THOM.
R.-rry Hill, uear Sievenshurg, Culprp w, Virginia.
June 7 8—»8,*
C"i LOUCESTER LOW GROUNDS FOR SALE —
R By the Inst will ol (he late Dr. Guns l) an, the
subscriber* are authorized to sell, »i d they now cff r
for rale, his valuable Estate, lying on Ware River, in
the county of Glocester, in the State ot Virginia, about
three miles from the Coutt House, containing 950 acr»*,
1 nearly tile while of '» Ich is low ground, and about
750 acres are cleared, and in a high stair ol cultiva
tion. well a lapted to the giowth ol Indian Coro, Whea',
and Barley There is a spacious Dwelling House, and
all other uecereary rut bouses, in good repair, on this
Estate, situated on the hank ol the River—F,_-h at d
Oyatera of the b-st quality are taken in sight ol the
Hou«e. A more minute description is deemed un
necessary, as it presumed any person wishing to pur
chase will hrsl examine the premises, which will be
D on n by the manager Mr. G. W. Billups A putchaser
el the land can be accommodated with as many eLvsa
as he may require to cul ivate it, an t also tin (arming
u'ensils and stock of every description. The time of
payment will bo made to suit the purchasers. For fur
ther particular*, a leiier addieased o Christopher Tomp
kins, at Mathews Court House, Va , will meet due at
tention. CH’R TOMPKINS, } Eierutots ol
JOHN D. JARVIS, > Gains Dean,
HENRY W. TABB,) decM.
May 10. 122—* 6m
V1RU1NIA MILITARY LANDS. ~
CoLUMiius, Onio, April 7 .h, 1831
fllHE undersigned, Counsellors at Law, h.g leave
h to give notice to iho claimants ai.d original own
era cf Virginia Military Lands located in OjIO, that
they will proseru'e any and all rights to ihess land-,
which may beconfilml to them, with a* little delay an
' possible, and !or a reasonable compensation.
Matty thousand acre* ol these lands were sold for
taxes in the y nr* 1804—5—6 -and 7. and the origh al
* proprietors or their Ivrs, suppose tbetc tele ihete-oia
wholly lost, by reason ol said ssla. This is a mistnk-;
i the sale of land !or iax-s in O .io, are g-nt-rally void.
Our residence is al the seal of government, where we
have ready access lo die Records of all sal-s ol land*
I for taxes, and we will promptly give a v informvion
required in relation to lands in this S ah, which may
j be obtaiued in the pubi c offices nr o herwi e.
ORRISH PARISH anl
LYNE STARLING, Jr.
April 29. Il9-w6-n
HENKY O. MIIJOLE'ON, renti ng in Froir
ricksburg, Va, offers hi* services *o per-on11
who wi*h to hav e iheir Western Virginia land* •erur
| «ri. By the nr # oMhe Iasi Virginia Legislature, rvMch
are publi'h?d lr»r the it Jorti.a'iori ot those co'.c.-rnerfj
i 'he iinpnr aneo of immediate attm’ion to the paynen
of the taxes due rn Iheir lands wi I be considered.
Persons holding land* can g-t tnfcrinat on of vr'ial
lax :s due by comnionlca inc with me a’. F.edcrlrk
i bufg, Va. — A certitic't» r| deposit in ar y epa*le*piy
. ing bank in the United S.aies, will be appl|« d itnmrdi* j
wtfly to the discharge ol arrearages fjr tax, or !o any
I other t udness transaced,
H- will ron'inu* to give his personal *rrv;c.-s, eight
; mouths in thr year, t« ihe management nl lar.d* o- ott er
i business, wear ot the All gbany Moun'ain*: will l avr
; binds arcurately rcsurvayed, and attend in person to
i inek* sate*.
Nutthern Mtrrhar.'s and other p*r*rns wishing any
business transatti 11s negotiate. ; debts colct*-d nntl
I on led lo-, in any part of Virginis, may rely on the
j ii*o«t satisfactory nnd prompt despatch.
My compensation rliail be modrra'e. tolm piid after j
the rendering of setvir>s. In tlie investigating of land
fi les, and n. ';ing rale*, | ain willing to contia.l 'or
a portion 11 the laud secured, t.r 'he proceeds ol s.les—
but in all instacee*, all arr.arag.s i t lax-'S must l.e
provided (>e. I keep an Office lour month* in the
year, in Frederick-burg, Va.: and eight mon'h* in
j l.-wnburg,‘(Jreenbrier Coun'y, Va. My cerrerp n
'deni* will dirert to Fredericksburg, Ur h; tiesiti.rec
t month*, post paid.
As I am stronger to many who may r*ad thi* adver
| irem*t t, I ef«r *r» Jim M tra o. Jjt n 8. & C. Well
! Ofd, J »hn Piielt St Co., John Hcoit. and William Jack
•on, Jim , all ef Fred-nrk burg; Rob rl O iv. r an.'
K H Moete,B I'imore, B. Mark H.chtrJr, Phii.d I
phis; and Silas Wood of N. York.
HENKY O MIDDLETON
May 18. __ _ I-u
HM| A R8H AL’ti SALE Ob UOO HLAND LANDS
•iv-M. Pursuant to a decree of Ihe Superior Court of
Chancery for the distrirt ot Fredcritknburg, pronotinc
ed on the 2.0th rlay ol September, 1830, in the case of
| .lackson Mills va. Joseph Stephens adm’r of Newton
; Stephens, and others, I snail, on Saturday (the 25th day j
j ol the present month June 1831) oiler lor sale, at public
I auction, to the highest bidder, on Ihe premises, “the |
| Land and appurtenances in the bill and proceedings men
tioned, which are particularly describ d in a deed of re- I
cord in Uoochland County Court office, ho ning date the
2!>lh of September, 1810, from Willian S. Bates and
Wile, to Newton Stephens," upon the following term*
to wit: lor ready cash so far a* is necessary to raise the
amount ol the principal sums of money, interest and cost*
mentioned in said decree, and the costs attending said
—*nd as to th6 residue of the purchase money, a
credit of twelve months, taking bond with good security,
and a deed ol Trust on (lie land to secure the purchase
money.
The above tract of Land lies near Mrs. Tinsley’s in
the upper end ol Coochlaitd.-—
JOHN CJUEHKANT, m. s. c .c. n. n
June 3. 7~»R*. Or One of fils Deputies
r y 111 1 • lor -ale. I,,* Ilie III , I
o ot Urhsnna, Middle'** county, c n which !• ,
Tavern and S ore hou-e, with all necessary hou**
for both branches o' busiots*, a good garden fee
Person* wishing t> purchase «re rec|ti* ted to view u.r
property. Trims will be made ar.eommoJs i»r
I M*y 17. ta4<v* THOS JONES
CARY ROBINSON—Comm IHION MUCUANT, i
NEW YORK.
Advance made on consignin'uts *o tb» a^ove addre «.
h>’ LANCASTER. DENBY, & CO
•Li e 7. 8-4
r|Lil >1 SALK.—By virtue ot a Deed of Trust exe
I. cuted to tho Subscriber by Robert Mosby . nd
W ile, lor curtain purposes therein specified, which deed
is dated on the lOih March, 1831, and recorded in the
Hiislinpjs Court ol the City of Richmond, 1 will sill,
at Powhatan Court-House, on Wednesday, the 15th day
nl the p’esent month, tliat being Powhatan Court day,
at public auction, to tlie highest bidder, a certain
TR \t T OF LAN D in said County, adjoining the lands
ol Isham Ball, B. Truebearl, a'd the estate ol Aim Has
kins, dec’d containing by survey two hundred undfifty
arris.
No objection exists, it is believed, to the title—but
such only as is vested in me as Trustee will bo conveyed. 1
Terms liberal, and made known at sal '.
W YN DHAM ROBERTSON,
June 3. 7—tds Trustee.
(I F The obstacle that caused the Sate «J ihe above j
property to be postponed when last advertis’d, being
now removed, no disappointment ved be feared.
|_ iv. n.
BRI STOIC ESTATE, in the county of Prince
IVtlliam, FOR SALK.—In puieusnca ol thr :
power vested in ihe President and Diiectors of ihr 1
Lit rarv Fued, by an Act »f the Gsperal Assembly,;
paved 25 h February last, authorizing the sale of the ,
B.isrce Tract ol Lind, in tho county ol Princa Wil- :
liam, proposals «v|ll be rec-iv«d by ih» said Pr.-sidetit
aud Directors for ihe whole, or a-.y portion ot the sa;d i
trarh until the lOlh day ol O tuber next.
The annexed extracts from the law, will shew th- I
conditions required of the puri-baiere.
Persons ittcrmg piopwnlr, will consult their own
convenience in living the i.israhnents ol the purchase i
money.
The Brisloe Tr >cl contains hy sttrv-y 0,494 arrss,
the greats r pari oi which is uml-r lessee, which
will expire in ihe year 1849 an I winch are siihj-ct to
an annual rent of a' out 25,000 pound* of Tobacco.
By order of th- President and Director* of the Lite
rary Fund. J BKONVN, Jr. 21 Aud.
2ad. Be it fuither enacted, That it ahall b* the dn'y
of the said Prciid:ut nt.d Director*, to require of th
purchaser or purchasers of the said Tract, bonds wbh
•iillicient personal security, payable to the said Presi
dent and Directors, together with a deed or deeds of
trust on the estate so sold, to secure ih* payment of the
purchase money end interests, which bond* so taken,
.-hall bear inti rest from the date there of. And all person*
who shall tail to pay into the Treasury annually, wi.h
in six mouths after the taui* shall become du-, the in
terest which may accrue on their said bonds, shall for*
hit all claim to ti e credit given on their purchase*, and
the principal shall thereupon become due, and b- r*
roverable by the said President and Directors, with all
j interest in arrear, by mo'ion to the General Court, on
| ten day’s notice of Ihe time of m&kiDg ruch motion, *r
the payment thereof enforced, by proc erling on ti e
deed or deeds of ‘rust aloretaid, at the discretion of the
•aid PreMd-nt am) Director*.
3rd. Be it further enacted, That all pt-rions becom
ing purchaser* of land, uc.d«r the provisions of t.i*act,
I shall have tha privilege of paying the amount of the
purchase money at any lim*.
4ih This act thall be in force from '.he passing
I thvr-of.
i May 27. 6—2iwtlO.hO-t
Ttte K liters of the National Intelligencer and Alex
andria Phoenix, will please publish the foregoii g ad
| vertiiemeiit, twice a week until the IOth Orb ntx',
| rod send th< ir bill* to ihe 2ml Auditor’s Olli re lor
j payment.
; THIO THE PUBLIC—A new and useful. 1m
i JS- jrovrmint on Mills,—Some time during the
| month of July or August U»i, I constituted and ap
pointed Dr Stone ot Virginia, my Agent, to sell and
j cl I •pose <>l Ih* Patent Right of mv late discovery of a
new and useful improvement on Si ill?—and my friend,
the Doctor, having faded to write me where he is, or
how he come* on, and believing that my in'erera may
sutler from delay, I have, therefore, revtk'd my pow
ers of Agency to him, not Irom any want of confidence
| in his honesty and integ-iiy, but fro-n a conviction, -hat
, the business ii not suited to hi* engagements—The
Public wiM, therefore, tak** notice, that sa d Pjwera ft
Attorney to him, the said Doe*. Slone, is revoked—and
tbatCb trie* L-ppef, Erq. of Savannah. Georgia it ap
pointed in his place, my Agent for the N ,r-h -rn Stale?.
JNO. HOUGHTON,
June 7 8—4 * of Greensboro', Ge rgia.
rilHUST SALE OF LAND —By virtue of a Deed
JH. ol Tru u ex«*ci ted by 'Grorve Robertsor, of
the county of Ain-lir, to the late K itnuiid Harrison,
or liI< legal 'epressn'a.ivr, on the 9 li dav of September,
1822, and duly recorded In the Cletk’- Ortie- of a'orc
satd county, for certain purpose# therein specifisd, will
be sold to the higfiest bidder, on (be premise',on the 8th
day cl Jt.ly n.-x’, for ra-h, (hat Tract or parcel of Lied
on which the said George Rober son reside*, in the
aforetatd county of Amelia, lying on the river Ao
pomat'ojr, 112 mile* above the j inch n ol the said ri
ver atid Fiat Crotk, 4 miles below Ganito, containing
by estima'ion two hundred and fifty nrr*s mcr* or lea*,
with a sufficiency ol wood land, I).celling Haute, and
other oiit Houses, a healthy at.d pleasant situation and
an agreeahl- N 'ghbourhood, Tt.e *u' rcribrr being 'he
1 gal repreaentatiVA of the late K'tnttnd Harrison,
the Trustee will only convey jueb t tie ai he the Trus
ter was vested w-i h, though li« h-lie "e it to b« ind g.
putable. NATHANIEL HA PRISON, Ex'or
oj Edmund Harrison dec'd.
■'«»« «■ 8—w4w
Somerset. the Land and residence of the late Flenja
tnine Grymes, in the county of Kins George
FOR SJl L X.
of a deed of trust, duly executed by
•aid G.yin-s, in I i< life lime, xnd recorded in
lilts Clrik'*> Ollier- of eaul County, I -hall proceed to sell
for cash, lo the Mg'-nst bidder, mi ilie preml.ss, the
above named tract < I lend, on the 14 h day ol July next,
or »o much ihcreo* a* may he necessary lo -asi.fy and
discharge a Halm, together with ell o h r incidental
expenc *. wlii. h Abram 13 H->o*, Sr. lias against said
Gryme’a Land, as oi o of his -eeurite* to a Bind exe
ruled in H-nry Gardiner, ds*’J. ol Charlea C-un'y,
Mary'aud, and Irr which the *a>d dtrd of trust was
originally 'XCH'ed—I shall only convey such Idle a«
is vested in me as t ustee, bn* I believe the title lo he
unquestionable. D. LEWIS, Tru«lee.
May 7. 1881,__2-wide
O I l( E—Rtnaway In in the so serib-r on (he H h
instant, a negro man by the tiatnot f J tm |» Dn,
ra’bsr above the u-usl rix! o. Ntigro tr.ei , light yet ow
complexion, straight black hair, and bi.irk eye»; ins
ha* tak'H away all of hi* clothing, and I think s muk
ing h s tvaj to aotne Ir e state, I th ok it probable lie
may l are gone in tbs neighbourhood of!) ckliy, Liu
ca-'er eouu'y, a* I t* fn'het is owned by J.ia»ph I3.il ot
| »id place nu t county. All owners or inae’er* of ves
® ate It rw .rued from aiding or carrying him away
I »t the peril of tl.e law.
I will givt, a i*ward of ten dollars, if t.,ken in the
county, ti'te n do'lar* if taken in south r lomi’y, and
forty duller-, if taken out ol the S ate.
JOHN S. TEMPLE.
M«y 8L__ H-u
C1li4RKE'8Paf(nf Threshing Machine— i <>. ut
/ derslgned having puftlbaaed the p .. *-n t lor
coun'les of Granville, Orange, Person, Caswell and
Kueklnghsrn. Norih Carolina, >ske tlii« n e hod ol n,_
lormt'-g the Farm-r of three C tt- ties, that lie wi I be '
grrspared to sell individual or eouu'y rights, 'or h- us- i
f li s most v•*.:(i i> |e machine, by application to him in ■
H I fax muMy, Virgima, where he purpmes having I
on« In complete op-ra ion, by harvest, when ir* utility !
may be tested. And the Citizms of Hulls* nr* re-i
-pec fully Informed, Ilia in connection with Mr, Philip
i Hotter 4it, he hope* o be preoarci by h if vest to fur
| nidi a- many machine# as in>y ha wan ed, and he
, Irkes tins opp-rrtun ty of warning all p< rrone against
lie iiiltii’geinent of iteriglt.
Apt it 2rt. IIS-wSw THOMAS EASLEY.
rillN AND I HON.— Ills Subscriber k ep, c. n
■- sUrnly on hsiifl a supply of Tin Plat# in box**;
also » good assortment of singl •, double and treble rul -
ed sheet Iron, fio.ip Inn fioin 7 m 2 inches, box Irr,
for Coach-makers, small round and square rods, for
trace chains a d other purposes, plain g scroll, tire
round and iquare Lin ol vsfluu* ,ix-»s. Kx ra »ix<s ol
I-n I'late and Iron, ordered with di--mteh from the
Northern maikote, JOHN N. GORDON
I fuoe 7. *_8,
^ bn ^ ir mx*
FRANCE.
French War against Don Miguel—Russian Inso
lence and Cruelty towards Poland— Correspondence
from St. Petersburg—Stole of Ihe Polish Question
—Aftw Words on Belgium.
To the Editor ol the l«ondon Morning Chronicle.
Paris, 24ih April, 1830.
Sir :—TL-r Moni eur of 10 day app-i«e* us, that our*
Goveromrnt have at leng'b f-lt ih-« necessity of de
m-inding sa i lacticti Iroin the Porlugue-e Government,
lor its indolent conduct toward-* France, and lor it« bru
tal behaviour to French citizen*! The Melpomene »n‘
lh< Arm id* have sailed lor the T-tgus to jom the Etuiy
niioti and th- Eagle, which s-e already there ; and it i
Don Migtiol ri a l rot apoirgiso, rspren* contrition at d 1
rogre*. indemnify the sufferer a for the pa-t, and give |
s-curi y f< r lb* future, he iniist retire lio.n Portugal in
a f w weeks, acd reek an A») lutn in the II t-l of if-r
ex*Dey of Algier*.
This Intelligence willrtir* your *pi. |t»—cheer your
miml—*ep«y you for coin* of the anxieties of ycur
tl-sily occupations, and a-mie you. that although the
French Government doa* not fuilv understand and act
up to :hs principles of ihe July revolt! it n, still that w«
are marching. This intelligence, you will rm.etr.ber,
is official; and, therefore, there will tin r.o doubts or
I " Pa” as to lb* intentions of our Cabinet But what
will Spain »sy to tbi* ? Will the Mn-'rid Gov-.n.menl
venture to counsel Don Miguel o return eatial-iction ;
anjjo duly French vengeance and F.eneh ;»rma l Some
anJWcr thia question in h* »fti unlive, an I tell u* that
M. Harcour, otir Ambassador in Spain, has st-heitrd
1 Ins r. call, an I that Colonel d’O alia, under a pretext ol
' g'*ing to Grenada to vi it hi* lath-r 1 is shout to re
turn to his owu Court. 1 give you ihese rumors of the
hour, without attaching to them u.uch importance.—
Should ill* statements he confirmed by lac:*, then
! I* rat c-» must send a fleet to Cad-z, and ao army to Mi
j drill, and Ferdinand will h* dethroned, the Cortes re
established, a d liberty triumph. It Spain, or the Span
j.'-i Gt vernineut, shall not in'ei ni-ddle, then the Po;tu
g'tsse affair w.h be se tie 1 In a 'e»v hours, and the Mp *.
|j-ired boy,” who broke hi* laith tv th tho Courts ol Pa
ri* and London, will b* dethroned by two French tri
, gates ami two biigs. I like very much the idea of cn
: 'y sending two brig* to h • Tagus. There is en honest
sort o' intolenee about i1, which pleas** me vastly.—
I Two br g* and two frigiles are em ugh to strike terror
I inlo the breast of the Duke of Cadaval; and those (our
pieces of tri-cot red bunting, which will ll tat in th
breexe, will he a cheering signal :o P.irtuf un-e P tri
ois, and will assure them that th*- cause of Liberty is
j uot yet lost on if • shorts ol the Tagus.
, 1 tin Utncial (*<*zetie of S', r tertburg h** j«i?t re-tch
| «d me, and now lies b-lore it e. I* contains an into
; lent and cruel erjitla on ihe subject of Poland. Tit* j
W.-.vn aud the gentr>us " i-krizyueckt” had proposed 1
to Marshal Dieb.tsch to prevent lb- effusion ol blood, i
and endeavor lo arrage the i flair* of Poland by mutual
couc-a*ion«. Thi* was on the 3let March The same
d»y Diebiixch replied to General Gnim.ar, that be
migh: inlotm the Polish G.nerul that tl.e I'rr.pnrot
would forgive all that had paired, on condition of an
i immediate and total submission ; but that he would re
,c>ive ro piopotiiiou* which were not preceded by th«
aubmiasiou of the Folia to their King end M tsier ! -
, When this reply was communicated, a copy was Irani
i milted to Si. Peieributg, a. d the Einpttor received it
with approbation, and exp,ei?c<l hi* determination to
act up to the epint and letter if Hr* reply. Accord
ingly, cn the 6ib ids-., an article wa» immediately pub
lishsd in the OtTLial (itz -ltt, in which allusion i. tusue
to the proporal* for an arrangement, wirrh is trraied
I wih routumeiy, aid even alf-cted indignation; the
j Pili»h nation is called “ Une Poignea de facUeux •”
those who made the revolution ar.- rai l to “ lot m part
ot a Society of Di-rorgr-g-ie*. who send Mi sion.riea
• very wher* 10 *ow discord and anarchy;” aud in con
cl it *> nn, the R )«sinn Government say;—
” Lv devoir eat de leur teutr leie ; el la Rnriie, rn
arretant la turhullcnco de* Insurrection*, auri atcompii
i tin devoir envers ell.-insme, Co In me env«r« Jo tnoude
civilise."
Tha plain English of which is, that the Emperor Ni
ch las is resolved on “ putting down" all R volution*
; and ail Io-.urreelion*, and on re-e-talduhing the reign
j of Despotism, th principle.cf ih. Holy Alliance, .ml
, 'be Treaties of 1811 and 181o ! This i« a dilfi tilt ta--k_
>’ will require II-ritilean efforts, and all the Rursiau
Empire must arm fo acrompiidi if. Rut will the E n
I P'ror succeed .’ No, n >, *ve havr- no fear c-f that. But
l h« may sacrifice human life- devastate fruitful valley*
i—»nd offer up thousand* of victims on Hie altar of |>«
| own bigotry aud intolerance ’I t* true, that when this
Oilicial r-ply wa* mad- nt St. IMer«burgh tv the offer*
ot a compromise. Hie E tioeror had not learnt that Hu.
‘‘poignre de far.itu* ! !!” of w hem h« speak* with
such disdain, had ma*- 12,000 Kturij.i prisoooie on the
: 1 *t and 21 ol April. ’ 1 i* itne, he had not thru learnt
ihat Lithuania wa- in revolt—H at bis army bad been
oblig-d to retrea: —and ihat defeat ttMer defeat had Mi
, the Pole* matters uf their own much-loved country.—
Perhaps Hit* iofmatitn may iDdtire him to alter hi*
j pat-rnal intention* ‘ lowa-ds hi* erring and wicked
| children,” though you w:l! jo-reive, from the following
I extract front a private letter I have received from that
capital, that to the day it was written, no *crt ol cltang*
had been effact-d in the Emperor’* views aud intrn
, lion* :
“ St. Pr.TERsuuno, ./Ipril 7, 1831.
j ^he offi-iat G ze'.te 1 enclose you, will explain
, that 111) hope* of nil ar r mgein-nt with Poland area! an
end.—The Emperor I* dissatisfied with the am Hi pr- -
gre»» made ; but I a n convince I, ihat it it be neressa
ry *o ici.d army after Briny, it will be done, wen year
Mt*r yetr, until P la d shall f>e exterminated, or until
Pitland shall stif.init. You r.m rn >er Hie lir.t cam
n iignof Dehtltrh ngair •( the Porte «. as r ot tiicrev*.
f'u; but the E i poror did not abandon bU m ention —
'■"t pvoseemed Ih - !irv. year the *«rond campaign with
sigt a' vucc-.-s rile Emperor believe*in hi* rotil that
ho i* the tepre.eiuative of God on earth, to prevent
the exteuejou of whal he rail* ‘ impious and disorderly
principle*,’and lu- r»»ver despa r* ol reslorit g * order’
; even lo Franc*. | do not tell you that he will ail inpt
| to Co this in the present afat* ol Europe ; but te.y ort it
■ that il we should have caltn I r a inotuent in Poland,
Helgitim, end Italy, he would *t.-oii find * et„,t (0
'quarrel with b ratio-. I think some bad nsiv* hi* a r -
! r,Ve,l tn-day from the Rti*«iao army ; bit* it will m-l-e
i no difference in the views an I d-wunur a'ion of the
; L.nperor. Ha I a* appoined Dirt it*rb to be the Gov
j ern r of Poland, aud tha ruor* ob-lineto *b«i| be r
: »i*t lice, the er a'rr I rro will ba u-ed—but he will
1 u '* Ui.nippy Polan.i! destined, I tear, to ha
i blotted out fr..m tho Chert ot Europe. She may sus
tain Tor along whil- «n mi'qual «o flisi—but If Kruice,
! Austria. and flreji It I'am, shall to a-«*t her’
'She must ho eventually crushed; lor t’e Emperor
- will never jiel.l, so long as he can command an nr
I n,y lpvy «axe*. The Kusm.ui old Aristocracy en
courage him in (his resolulion, and Ihe other classes
|,n t*"" v”1 Empire dare not speak of politics at all.*’
« his extract from the letter in question is most im
portant 1 It is written by one who loves liberty, and
wishes success to the Cause; hut ho is too well in
| binned not to know, that the Kussi.tii Autocrat will
! not abandon, without a I ng and desperate struggle
bis a'lcmpt (o restore all things in Euiope to ihe
looting of the treaties of 1811 an l 1813. He'ore he
I ran do (Ids his heart will break with disappointment;
hul he'ore Ins heart shall break, he will inflict mise
ry and woo on lens ol Ihois.mdi ol his hapless vie
[ tims, *
Ij t us not, then, deceive ourselves es lo the state
of the Polish question ! It France and Ureal Hri ain,
or France and Austria will not interfere to obtain the
! recognition ot the Independence of Poland, by the
Emperor of Russia, Poland will he exposed to'a wat
ol extermination, on the part of its •• Father” and
i ‘ Prince !”
Eel us, then, pray end beseech the Pi|t|«h and
j French t ahhiel*, in (lie fMtne ol Imrriaiii y — pc.rtr*
ord r—justice—virtue, and religion to send envoys
Ol Ambassadors to W« .j» j t„ ,h0 j»oe, W(„,
at least as much justice as the Helgians ; and now
the Russians are driven hark by the Polish nation,
and repelled, noi liy a poigneu da faclletix ! ’ but l.y
Ihe whole population, let us In plore l^orti Urey, and
Implore Easlmlr I’crier, to require a suspension ol
srni«, and to protest against a new Kttssian expedi
tion, destined to overthrow the hopes, an I extrrmiiHte
the existence of (he wh le Polish people, Ihe Ituv
siahs maintain, that as sixty millions are stronger than
three million*, so eventually a'ler several expeditions
md several w ars, tl e Poles will he rompell d to sub
mil or will he reduced lo a helpless remnant ol wo
men and rhiMr. n. Hoi will Kir.-pe allow ot this wa
ot * x urn nation.' For iho srk s even of Otslhtaiolr g p*»r.
with Russia and peace wt li Prussia, will England end
France al otv three tniliioi.s ol people to be graded
y | ut to death? * 1 cannot l-cli. vo tht*. It la I,. -
I'O'-ibli*. I h-n l’dnd will be lov— bul otherwise
Poland may be exterminated. 1 entiest you, bu
|ei| o you are with ih* moat imp riant quediou of R- -
lortt;, t.o to a i w ibis I’o'ish r.a'ur to escape your
sWet.ihw. P.ea* upon tlio Bri' ait K:t g and tbeBri
irb G„v ruui-i.t li e nece-tdty for diploia'ie inter*
erenee. N now i* the m< m- n ; b-b.r* a summer
csutpa go is co.i.iur need and auo’her arti y nrgauizd.
Ttie Pules have not eteru .1 resources. They have
risen to a man, an.) proved ih-ir courage, tiiagtiaoi ni*
ty. I n'riotisin, vutbu-ia in, I. ve of liberty and virtue.
| I tie I?- s-ian* are d le* d, ur d • Ii - P.l s are succe-a*
| ul« But, btlieve n.e, I t,y no rneaos at ease. I
•in <1 fhghtt d anil lull of hope; but it io because I ex
pert that the san.e principles wifi he now applied to the
Poliah quea.ion ms ure-e applied to di- B igiaii R-vidn*
(inn. Uli ii Prince Frednirk was driven Irom B-us
s"ls. anil An'werp was uu-uccess ul!y bombardei),
France and England in.edered—required a suspension
of itr:u«, ai d ark owlnlged ;h«< iniepen rue* ot B *
fiittn.— Now Dit-b.l-ib ha- been def-at*-d, Pi up a bar
been bu.nl,and a '‘polgnee t!e I clieuti” b t* uriird cult
*o be a naliou of h< reus. Now, then, let Bri'isti and
French Knvoya h • h- nt to Warsaw, and in a trw weeks
-fierwjrd- the P li b Revob.'-i m w>|i have I ruinated.
Before die d fral ol be Hus-i in iru.y, the Pales waul.I
have at kuowledg d the Euporor ag King. N iw, it
houtd not l e asked or e xpect d tor t.-c-n. Poland
bou ii u«w lie a la g-, independent. Sc powerful King
dom—and bu< liie balance cl European |owerbepro*
«er> ed
And now f«r a f w wcrJr ns to B- Igiuiii!! A depu
te inn has proceed'd to your ci'V Io* tlie avowed pur
pose of iiivitiuv she* 1' ince of Saxe C burg 'o bec> inn
their King. T te depipa it»*\ i* compos-d ol it dividusis
of various parties—and s.m « ol -.btiii are snngume e*
n<uigb to believe that his Uglifies* w.ll accept the of
fered Tbtone. 1 can no i believe tb.n tie will—and Io*
hi* own sake, at d for the ,-uke of B. Ig'iim, I hope h#
will no*. The Prince is nriftocrauc.it; tbe revoiuil.n
is not so. Tne P.ii.re ta more Piur-ian or Atis.r.an in
bis habits amt seounient* ban be i- B.-I^inn or Fr. neb.
Ol eouise the Brig1 ns ars loi *o. The P i.ce i- a
f’rotestaut. Tbe Belgians are Catholics. This was
|‘'the beginning ol torrews”iu Belgium under the dy
nasty ol the N,*“*'r», and it would be ihe «sire under
'.bat of the Sf.xe Cot'ourg*. The siipotuiincnt cd t,e
Pringi* would create Uupiea*atii feelings bstweeu tbe
, trench -ud English p*opt« Tbe liartnoiiy and union of
• ibese two powerful unions ought uot to be thus dis
turbed. To Ihe Uleuts m:d integriy of tbe Prince-here
can b-tjo olij tenon; but the French M.match reject'd
• be C'iowq in the name of hi# eon, lest he should ofleml
England, *ud now lei a resl’y British Prince (tor from
bis connexion n i.h the Crowu ha is duly si) rej:ct
the Ciotvu for bimr.l?, for l is acccpance would pro*
j dtiee uii.’rust, jealously, and much uneasines# ill
France. I *o further than this : the Belgian people do
riot desire this comma'ion He war never a candidate
; with tbe millions. Ho w»» only discussed incidentally;
but be «vss nt once put aside, not f.oiu any disre-pecl
! to hi. family, character, or alliance#, but simply be*
i caus» oil and wacr do nut atu If ornate. lie would tie
1 ver he elec’ed by the Bslgian nation — and lie wr t!d
j never rule over au uuited aud devot'd p op's. 1* Bel
> giuni ia not at present to t,e re-unitcd to Fiance, it Lai
i better become a Republic; but, first ot all, it vliould
, settle the question with .be Ivmg of Holland—of "whxt
| is Belgium ?”
Your obedient aervant, O. P. Q
FK\NCE.
Insurrection *»» Lithuania ami Imperial Ukase of
the Despot ^Yichota*—JVeu>s from Poland
To the Editor of the London JMorninji Chronicle.
Paris, April 27th, 1831.
Toward* the north pari ut Europe i- a count, y called
LitljURiis, wi.jcli i# as large at that pari o! tbr (Juitcd
- kingdom of (»raat Britain an I I,eland called England.
It wan in olden tune* a distinct nabon, governed by it*
(irand Dukes, and an 300 ,idles long and 250 mi!-»
l broad. In the sixteenth century n was united to Po
j sand, and baa ever a nee, with a small exception, b»
, longed to i’, until, hy the ti iquitoti- conduct ol ih<*
1 Empress Catharine, in the eight* eutb, aid by the «ean
daloo* treaties o’tb- holy alliance in (be uinetsmth
i ceidury, both it a- d Poland h.tve been by force united
to 11 u-i.i ! Before those tit jus at d dull -neri aieaenr**,
Polaud w«* governed by an el-cttv« Monarrh, end
Lithuania had tier -bar- in the nomination, ft D
b und-d on the South by Y’olbyni.>, on the weal by.LIf*
tie P .’land, I*. Ischia. Piut«i*,an.l Samogilia.ou lit- north
t>y C.iuiUud and Kiitaia, and on the east by Bosnia.
I I ha country is Hat but ‘ettil-. It produce* corn, ho
] uey, wood ami wool. I.a hori-is ere celebrated, Ls fo
re*ts extensive, a-.d there is norea-on ivliy the people
should i ol be happy, but that they are oppressed# Tbs
j p-aaente and the gi-«i n»a*s of tho people are kept in a
I eleie of the most abject va-ealage, and their ideas, man
• nert, drers, and actions are those of beings who dare
not think for fear of offending their (-overrun. Their
j nobility are divided iuio two classes—those who are
' rich ami overbearing, and fho-e who are pro: and di>*
contented. The poor nobility act a* n sort of superior
domestic* to the weafthy,and ore treated with contempt
and brutality. The capital ol Lithuania is Wilna,
which i- by no mrau* an inconsiderable or second-rate
eity in Eu*op". Although it ivu exposed io the l.iet
e*-n*ury to two entifi *gralion*—one by fire, and the
other by I'gblnh g—it* palaces are stiil splendid—its
churches still magnificent; and, although it has net ri
cained its former grandeur, ye!, as a eity, Wilna i« by
! no mAans unworthy of attention. It is to this country
and thi* capital that I am about, for awhile, to direct
I your attention; and I am shout asking you to extend
I your pjiy, y nr interest, yrur sympathy and your good
wishes to ho-u who dwell on th-t auks of the Dueiper,
: 'he Dwics, «nd the Neiinru.
Tim pea-ant* ,n l people are ignoMnt and oppresreJ.
—-They are oppre**-d hy the sm-l; nobility,who require
! gifts and Contribution*, as a reward for nbta-iog ll.w
piirrnsgs cr protection of tl>« richer | r.iprio ors ar.cl
1 tha birds of tlm si it. They are oppress-d hy ihe weal*
| tl y nobility, « hod-mind large rente—cons.aot person*
al set vice rnd attention—dm! all tho*e ernreasions
whieh w-r* formetly ma'e in England and Francs ty
'hr vassal* >u their “good Lord-.” They ar- taught to
I believe that it i* of no u«e to read, to think, or to con
gregate together. H < k* are ran ; newspapers are un
known; sud ot lv sort of likertv w fiirh i* enjoynd, is
j ‘hat P‘**”»»ed by dm Jews, who have the right to cuD
; tivat* the soil,
Il.eoctii'y are gtioranf aid »»Vii*.o, lover* of detpo
iiin, and averse to m provemer • . 1 lie people are re
fuaed all their dem wd», and the Noble* owalder ihat
lieir only *eeurity ror «i»,.i in ilirir in manning t'.e *«-.
ml Mate of thing* in •hi- country. Th» Hiutiao f*nv«
*rnn en< ha* hitherto bean too happy n -ncnurage rnth
eentiinent*} and whilat it be* ground the people lo pow
der, and n ade #-v~n th-« Lithuanian* revolt, it h*«
*ong' i tn maintain it* infl jr.nee by aeeuriug, at all prj
c-*, the allegiance r.f Ibe wealthy I-.rde. But ol m«
year* lh*» aye'in-h** Rome what chang-d Toe de
<nand» of ifn N->bla*ori «t»e (Itivernniem tiave been re
( ,iad — addi'kntl irnpo*t* have been levied—the ton*
of Ibe nobility have been t*ti«n -way to war—and the
Ariatoereey of wealth, which knew no bound* lo lla
freatne*#, bae fell liaeli humbled and oppre»e«d. The
poorer nobil ty have enromag-d |> i» fueling. They
h-va ad/erled lo * It* former hirtnry of Lithuania, when
•be w»* govern >d by tier own gran! Dukeo, and when
rvet- more lit’ rly -be a*«i*l-d at Ibe election* of l*o
h-li K i*. 1' i» feeing t f ifi niiahctitn hi# gradual
ly iner**c*d. I'• ii«‘rnre bn* been kitOWo •' 8'. Ps
ier«bi rgb; bill tbo<» who were claiurroue ware airan
! <**d or dr>vin d — »eut to JLheri-— or eniia'.ed in the
' ’ervl-e of l1 a n i!i>ary Coio'.l** I which t- aoi'ber wo.d
for alow death I
The wcal by pobl’i v have at length, f-lt that, In pro
e*«# ol thr.e, they would become alave*—that the in
erra'b g <1 inmde ol Ibe fi'i**i*n O tvernmenl would
nd in ih. ir min—*n l itiey whrtveie ihemaelva* ty
rant*, have b-gtin to daeire emancipation. Tue poor
n it d 'y, «bo have ev-ry thing to gain and no ti ng to
lo*o 'y a R-vo'ntion, have worked up. n the mind* and
ia**i.»n* ol ibe pcaaant* end people—and have even
•li it io h i.i *vh. ih r Ihey would not a**l«f in obtain
ng the ind'o-ndenca ol Lithuania Though dull,
heavy, inanimate, the word “Libery’’ ha* drnrk a
af.ord wtneti ha* n«v>-r b*fnr* b»en touched, ard itioae
who n» vet dreampt of hi* fbing heller >han a atiperior
va**»lage now fuel that they airmen.
The f e vobi'lofi in Pul md l a I err v d at (he r|gh‘ mo
in' n‘. The P»l|<h I ■ we have aided the I* i||*h R*vo
'him j end the L'*fm mlan .1 >»» are | r -pared to a*aiat
that couirn-need tn IVt;na. The cuec*«-ei of tl.e Pole*
have in-i-ire I h--n wun hope, and the n-tn from
'V ar * w h»* raiaed II. ir murage. At length Ihey havo
Jrl«*n. The vealthy rn/bh-e demand free mall ntfone—
the r gbl of gove;n<ng tj« it,cel vet—of baring their