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_ft»OUTKY.
" xucm v«t uMaiai umuoa.”
[Fro n tlie Snvaniiah Georgian!
UM38,
Written on teeing tin* do view on a foul, of a man guiding • amal
lu*et, with hia oy« fixed on a atar, and tlna motto, "SI Jt te ptrds
Js suit perdu.'’'
Tho temped howls, Ilia w"*oa awell high,
Uptrarda [ cait my nnxiuua eye,
And fix o»y g*zo aniidit tho atorm,
I'lion lh» bright and heavenly lorm,
Angel ol mercy i benm to a.ive ;
SonI tolling on the fnrioua wave,
My Itttla hark i.x surety pint,
Cti ! guide mo to main port of real t
Hhino on, and all my fear* lubduv,
"S Jt fa ptrds, Jt rau perdu."
To cutth the rny my r.chiny light
Shall pierce tlm gloomy nilata of night;
Hut II nmlilit tho driving atorm,
H.iik cloud* itiuul l hide thy clittoring for in.
In vain each awcllmg wnvn t btvud,
W hieli rnihai on w ith foirnlng rr-it;
*51 Id tho w ild breaker’ll lurioua roar,
O’nrwhelin'd I link to riaa no morn.
Shinn out to mo> t my troubled view,
" ®f Jt It ptrds, Je Suis perdu."
Then if I -atch the fainted gleam.
Onward I’ll mail, hencatli tlm beam,
And fad the winged waveiahall bon,
My lorm upon the midnight air,
*^or know rny bieiat one anxioua fear,
For I am into if tiiou art near,
l.aarl rmwtird then, whilo I pursue,
"Si Jete ptrds, Je suis perdu."
So mav the Star of Bethlehem beam
With lioly In it r a mildly gleam,
To guide my ioul with incrud light
Amulet tho glooin of crtor'i night ;
lie cheering ray ahull courage give,
|Midil eena of sloubt, my hope ahull live ■,
Though dink and guilty fnara may norm.
Bright p6cra above ita radiant form :
Though even liy nil, yet (ought by few,
•* Si Jt It ptrdj, Je suis perdu."
Within my heart the ii«edle liea,
That upward point* mo to the akiea;
Tho tide* may (well, the iueakora roar,
And threaten toon to whelm mo o'er :
Their wildoat fury I defy—
Whilo on that filar I keep my eye,
My trembling baik ehall hold Net way.
Still guidod by ita tacreil ray.
To whim bright beam i* homage due.
’ Si Jt fa ptrds, Je suis perdu."
Boon to illume those threatening ikiet,
I ho Sun of Riihtccuiueai lhull nao,
And on my aoul Ilia gloriea pour;
Securely thou my balk I'll moot
Within thnt port wheio all aie float —
The haven of eternal real.
onward, then, and guide me through,
"Si Jt It ptrds, Je suis perdu."
r,i8nd r°' tl,# ab°T# bottu‘iru' linog.—
-a. r lt . [From th« N. Y. Ameiir.an.1
Th* folW'inj tonehin- lines ere from the pen of Mrs. Florida
r*~!‘ and wero R.l.liPssr.i to hoi father, Gen. Adair, of Kentucky,
TuTTi S,a,e> "D<1 *« present a Member of Con*iess.7
*r5i *',y •ccomPa"ie» her liusbanrt, the honorablo Jos. M.
bl.l.k’ °ri u" . °7 f voJ,*° lo Europe, for ll.o benofit of her
?7?Ij T l° bM* ,wU,‘°* unil onrnest prujots of a wide circle of
RiAndf Accompany thorn.
Farewell to tl.ee, tend of my birth !
Though 1 leave thee to uendur efdr,
Thou art deeier to mo than the rest of the earth —
Aye ! dear os my own natal *t:u :
And though t should see tlicc not—evon for years —
l shall think of thee always, and often in teats.
I arowell to ihoo !—Inntl of my sire I
Abode of the brnve and the free,
If ever man cherish’d n patriot's firo
And worshipped liis country—’twas he i
O how could I pnrt from his lov'd — na'ive shore
If I fancied his arms would enfold me no more I'
Sweet Aomit of my mother !—farewell!
As His I recalled time with pride—
As Hers such fond thoughts on my memory swell
That utterance chokes with their tide.
If the thought ol her only thus thrills through mv heart.
Gould I see her once moro— should I over depart.
Blight cconn* of my childhood !—adieu!
Sweet haunts of my half open'd mind,
And ye sports ! Love and Youth, consecrated by you
Oh! how shall I leavo you behind f
To pnrt thus from brothers—from sisters—from friends—
c‘" °’"K<’0,8 imen'u?
_IWISCEIsLA NfEOUS.
THE ANONYMOUS LETTER.
To write an anonymous Idler is ungentlemanly : of that
there can be no doubl — nay, more, it is mean—dastardly_
skulking—depraved! But what could I dot Colonel
Plinth was about to marry his cook_.
To write an anonymous letter is degrading, to say (lie
least : it would require the skill ot a Sophist to render it
justifiable—perhaps; and yet when Colonel Plinth was
going to marry lii§ rook — ■ ...
A vixen—a pet feet Saracen of a woman behind his hack;
and he a man of nice honor—who had gained golden lau
rels at Seringapatam—an aid-de camp of Sir David Baird
—ray friend !_The intelligence had come like aihunder
Te jvrite an anonymous letter, except nndor the most
imperative circum-tanccs, is unquestionably atrocious. I
felt that, even positive as I was,—with most benevolent
intentions,—conscience—my conscience, as a gentleman
and an officer, would hesitate to approve of it. I paused
— 1 determined lo weigh (lie insltei well; but the convic
tion fell upon me like nti avalanche that not a moment was
to be lose! Colonel Plinth was on (he eve of marrvitur
his cook-. h
Rebecca Moggs! and he my brother in law—the tri
dowed husband of my sainted sister—a K. C. B.,a wearer
of four medals, two crosses, and the order of the golden i
flaeco—a man who had received the thanks of Parliament'
—the written approbation of my Lord Clive—two free
doms in gold boxes!—a man who, bad lie nobly fell on tlni
ramparts of i ippoo s capital, would have been taken home
in rum, and buried in St. Paul’s.
HU fragment—his living remains—(for he possessed
only one organ of a sort—having loat a leg, an arm, an
eye and nostiil)—had resolved on what I considered a sort
of demi-post-moriem match, with—what?
A blowsy, underhung menial, whpseonly meiit ron«i*t
ed in cooking mulligatawny, and rubbing with a soft fat
pulpy palm the worn..led ancle of bis partially efficient leg; !
the offspring of a Sepoy pioneer, whom my lovely and ac- ;
eompltshcd sister had taken from the breast of her dead ;
mother (the Woman—a camp follower—received an iron ;
hall in Iter brain Irom one ol I ippoo’s guerilla troops in the
jungle)—one whom Evadne bad brought up, with mater- I
nal care, in her kitchen;—a scullion!—Ami such a onu to i
be Colonel Plinth’s wile—to take the place or Evadne! !
Good God!
To write an anonymous letter is rather revolting ; much
tnay be said against it; it is oiim'i dernier resort: still u
ha» its advantages— and why neglect them?— Had Colonel
Plinth not been wlut he was—were lie hut a casual ac- ;
quaintancc ora mete friend—then indeed
But he was tny brother-in-law—my brother in arms—
in a word, Colonel Plinth.
Had he been a man who would listen lo reason—who
was open to conviction—to whom one might venture to
speak—why really
But he was hot as curry ; yet not deficient in sense ;
but dreadfully opinionated—tetchy—easy susceptible ol
feeling himself insulted—careful as to keeping Ins pistol
case in such s state as lo be ready at a moment’s notice—
a being inflamed in body, soul, ami complexion, by the spi- ;
ees and sun of (be burning East.
To remonstrate with him would have been absurd; he
would have cut me down wilit Ins crutch ;—lie had amass- |
ed three thouaand a year.
tinier sue mi circumstances—coimcioiis of Ins infatuation,
1 ceased to waver: (he mid sanctified (he moans; and 1
wrote him an anonymous letter.
She, of course, would make a point of having children—
end then where were my expectations.
Evadne, my sister, had never been a mother; the
Colonel was the only Plinth in the universe; and, posted
■s I waa—Evadne being the link—I naturally hadexnec
tations. r
Tossy nothing of being nine years my senior, he was a
wreck—a liery wreck, full ol combustibles, burning gradu
ally to the water’s edge.
The sun ol his happiness, would, as I felt, set for ever,
th» moment he married such a creature as Mogge— in
netely vulgar—repulsive—double chinned—tumid—pro
tuberant—
Social festivity was every thing to Colonel Plinth : hut
who would dine with him, If his ri-rlffvanl cook were fo
carve? Evadne * adopted —Larry the Trumpeter’s love!
— I couldn’t.
Therefore, undernsense ol overwhelming duty to Colo.
»*l Plinth, f wrote him an anonymous letter.
Every precaution wa« taken: the hand was disguised_
the paper such as f had never used; and, to crown all, I
dropped the important document in a distant and very out
of-the-way pm (office.
Contriousof perfect security—animated by the cause I
had espoused, I played away upon him from my masked
battery, with prodigious vehemence,— Reserve was out ol
the question; in an anonymous let'er (he writer, ol
course, speaks out; --this is its great advantage, I took a
rapid review of bi< achievements,—1 recalled the accom
plished Evadov to bis mind's <• ye — 1 contrasted her wiih
bis present inf«n led—Ltriy tfi« trumpeter fig ired in,
and the furcitilo expression as to ( Tsar's wife was not for
gotten, I rebuked- I argued—I ridiculed—1 svo.ned :— I
l appealed to Ids pride—| rm n'ionsd Ids p*>|w*n f bade
fttm consult a chcvnl glass, md a«k hiin»r|f if i)n> reflec
tion were that of .1 would-be-bride.,room I toM him
fttJw old fie was- '.vb *' the Indian triny would think u,
short, the letter carried upon the face of It the perfect
conviction ot a tldity-two pounder. Here and there I
was literally ferocious.
1 dined alone that day, and was taking my wine in the
| complacent consciousness of having done all in my power,
' when Colonel I'liuth knocked. Of course l knew his
j knock : it was always violent; but on this occasion rather
I less so than usual. I felt Hurried : he ascended, my acett*
; rate car detected a strange lootstop on the stair. Hastily
pouring out and gulping dow n a bumper, 1 contrived to
tally belore my liiend entered.
Commonly Ins countenance w as turbid— billowy_rtt
lus—the red sea In a smriti;—now it was stony—pale_
implacable: he was evidently white-hot with wrath. His
i **y® usually lurid as that ol a Cyclop* at the torge—was
cold—clear—icy; his look Iroze me—I li.wl seen him thus
belore—in the breach at Seringapitain.
His salute was alanningly courteous: ho begged leave
I to Intioduce a blend—it.iron Caliooz, n noble Swede in
the Prussian service. Never* belore had I beheld such
a niaciincl: w here could Plinth have picked him up?
The Baron, In very good English expressed Ills concern
: at making so valuable an acquaintance »s Major Moccasin
under such infelicitous circumstances. Colonel Plinth
j ,'*"1 hi cii insulted: tun as I had so long been his most v.v
I Inc I triend- -as those arms (his right and my left) which
had been so olten linked together, were mouldering, side
>> side, in tho same grave—as I was his brothm*-iu-law
Colonel l Itntli would accept of the amplest possible apdo
. »"y other man than Major Moccasin, Colonel
| ‘■'•tiili would have gone to extremities at once.
1 w as petrified duitug this speech, hut at its conclusion
j some sort of an inquiry staggered from my lips.
Baton Caliooz did not understand.'
I declared myself to be in the same predicament: would
be In* so good a.< to explain?
In reply, tbe Baron hinted that I must be conscious of
having written Colonel Plinth a letter.
1-eating that Plinth’s suspicions bad been moused, and
that this w as a ruse to trap me into a confession—reinem
beting my piecuulions— and lecling sure that nothing
could, by any possibility, be b.uuglil homo to me, unless
I turned traitor to myself—I denied the imputation point
blank! Indeed, what else could I do?
Colonel Plinth uttered an exclamation of bitter con
tempt, mill hohtded towards ilio door.
Baron Caliooz. banded me his card—nothing further
could be done—be hoped the friend whom I might honor
on tho occasion would sec him a* eaily as possible, in or
der to expedite the necessary arrangements.
I made a last effort. Advancing towards the door
where I Until stood, I begged to protest that I was inisti
licd that ho must he laboring under a mistake.
•‘A mistake!” shouted he in that tremendous tone,
which ones appalled the tiger-hcaitcd Tippoo—“A mis
take, Major Mocassin! There’s no mistake, sirrah! H ill
you deny your own hand writing?”
So saying he threw the letter in iny face and retiicd,
followed by Caliooz.
in another moment tho veil was torn asunder. Having
never before attempted an anonymous tetter, and acting
under the influence ot confirmed habit, I bad concluded
t , 'V*1 without disguise, in my customary terms:
*— I vur a ever, John Mocassin!!”
Note.
The loregoing paper was drawn up and sent to his cou«in
n Kentucky by Major Mocassin, a tew hours alter Colo
nel l linth and Baron Lahooz had quitted him. On the
msidu Of tho envelope appears the following:—1“Tis now
midnight— Rear Admiral Jcnkmson has settled every thing
with the Baron, to their mutual satisfaction: we are to be
on the ground by six in tho morning. Il l tall_•»
After considerable re*e*rch we have discovered (wo an
nouncements in the public prints which form valuable an
pondages to Major Mocassin's document. The first extract
is from a London journal published in 1819, the second
livni a Lath paper of two years later date
No. f.
••\e8terday nt Ids own residence in Wimpole St bv
•penal licence, Colonel Plinth, K. C. B. to Rebecca
Louizi Moggtf a native «»f Masulipatain. The Gallant
t-olonel went thiough the ceremony with his only remain
I mg arm tn a sling—having a low hours hcb.re exchanged
I both ot which took effect—with Major Mocassin.”
No. II.
" 1 he busy tongue of fame reports (hat a Gallant Major,
<T :0i:CrV.e<1 1 'i'sl'"c|io,», and lost an aim, under Sir Da
i Vid Hurd m the East Imlics, is about to lead to (lie altar
the dashing relict and sole legatee of a brave and affluent
■ro her officer who recently died at Cheltenham. A mu
tual attachment is supposed to have been long in exis
tence; for the bridegroom elect lougbt a duel on the lady’s
account with her late husband, on the vciy morning of (he
marriage Pecuniary motives may perhaps have influenced
, tiir one in giving her hand on that occasion to the Gal
lant aMajoi 9 more foitunatc rival.* \y# ^
John Randolph of Roanoke, was too remarkable
a man while living, not to be an object, now that lie has
so i ecently disappeared Irom the scene, or great and Ge
neral curiosity and interest. We consider ourselves for
tunate, there lot e, in being enabled by the kindness of a
friend, who was also an intimate fiiend of Mr. Randolph
to minister in soiho degree to tire gratification of this inte
lest by a scries ol numbers, in which some of the peculia
rities, the piquant sayings, the characteristic letters, and
even the > poetry# of Mr. Randolph, are embodied.
I ho first number is published to-day, and succeuive
numbers, which will extend tu eight or nine, shall appear
every other day. * r
Of the authenticity ami accuracy of these reminiscences
and extracts, our readers may he lully persuaded ; for, the !
gentleman who communicates them lor publication is
known to ns as ol tlie strictest honor and truth—though
as the fiiends lie often delights could, if we were at liber- I
ty to name him, attest a noted $torv tr!lrr:—J\' V hner ^
JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE. I
It is to be hoped, that some one oi the late John Ran
dolph s intimate Iricnds, « ho possesses the necessary quali
fications, will undertake to give Ins biography to the
world, l ie has been too remarkable a character, and has
lill.nl too large a space in public estimation, to be passed
over merrly with a few newspaper sketches, which will
soon he lost or forgotten. Such an aident and devoted ad
mirer ol Ids native Stale, who always exercised Ids blight
est talents in her defence, cannot surely long remain with
out a biographer in Virginia, which still abounds with dis
tinguished men. In the moan time, those who can relate
any characteristic anecdotes ol Mr. Randolph, may be ex
cused for indulging in such reminiscences.
It was my good fortune to cross the Atlantic with him
the fiist lime he went to England, and In pass some time
with linn in London; and I can unhesitatingly declare,
that I never travelled with so entertaining a companion:
nor have i ever met with his equal for diversity of know
ledge. If my memory were as good as Ids was, 1 could
wide a very amusing book of Ids sayings and anecdotes
historical, biographical, political, classical, theological,
&.C., but at it is not, I can only venture to relate a few of
tiie more striking circumstances which occurred whilst
we were together.
Tho first time I ever saw Mr. Randolph was the morn
ing on which we emhaiked in the packet ship Amity for
Liverpool, March 16, 1822.
I was introduced to him by a mutual fiiend, who casual
ly mentioned, at the moment, that I was an Irishman_
Shortly afterwards, Mr. It. came up and addressed me as
follows:—"I am very haj.py, Sir, to meet with an Irish
man, for I love your country, and admire her sons—and I
daughters loo, Sir. Miss Edge worth is my great favorite.
I know tier woiks almost t.y heart. By the way, perhaps
you ran solve a difficulty w hich has otlen puzzled me in !
the geography ol Ireland. Why is it, Sir, (hat in every
map of Ireland I have ever seen, the town of Ballinasloe
is placed on the wrong side of the river Suck?”
I * 011 in HOI lornear laughing at me singularity of the
question, whilst I replied—‘‘A* we ate to be fellow
passengers, Mr. Handolph, I may as well confess my ig
norance at once, by declaring that ( not only cannot an
swer your query, hut I really was not before aware (bat!
there wa- a river of dial name in Ireland, never haring i
visited Ballinasloe:” and I then asked—"How came you
to know the localities of Ireland so minutely?” "By
books, conversation, ami the blessings of a memory which
never forgets any thing,” he replied. In fact, we were
not two days together, before 1 discovered that he was in
tirnately acquainted with every part of England, Ireland,
and Scotland—not only as to cities and towns, but gentle
men’s country seal*; and he knew the history ofevery
celebrated horse-race and of every rare-liorse in England.
He was very fond el displaying his knowlrgo ol the most
minute (arts on these points, and it was very agreeable to
myself and the other passengers to listen to him.
Just before wo sailed, the Washington papers were re
ceived annoiiiu ing the defeat of the Bankrupt hill by a!
small majority. At the moment, I forgot that Handolph
had been one. of the most determined opponents, and I 1
spoke with the feelings ol a Merchant when I said to him !
— "Have yon beard the very bad news from Washington
this morning.' “No sir, replied he with eagerness, |
"what is it?” —"Why, sir, I am sorrow lo tell you that j
the House ol Hcpresentativcs have thrown out the Bank- 1
rupt bill hy a •mall majority.” “Sorry, sir!” exclaimed
he, and then taking off bis hat and looking upwards be
added most emphatically, "thank God for all His mercies!”
After i short pause be continued, "bow delighted I am to
think, that I helped to give that hateful bill a kick—yes,
sir, ibis very day week, I spoke lor three hours against
it, and my friends who forced me te make the effort, were
good enough to say that I never had made a more tiicceat
lul speech; it must have had some merit, sir, for f assure
you that whlslt I was speaking, although the A'orthern
mail mas announced, not a single member left his seat
tv look for letters, a circumstance which had occurred;
before during the Session!” I endeavored lo combat his !
objections to a Bankrupt bill subsequently, but of course !
without any success; he felt as a Planter, and was very J
jealous of the influence of Merchants as Legislators.
One of our company was an excellent chess-player, 1
and frequently challenged Handolph to a game, hut for a
long lime he refused. "1 have not played at chess. Sir,
said he, "lor seventeen years, and cannot recur lo the last !
game I played but with unpleasant feelings, for it lost me
a friend torever. "You have heard, I date «ay. ol my inti- j
mary with Mr Jefferson, but perhaps you don't know that
he took more pride in his skill at ebers than in any thing
else—very few indeed, tir, could beat him, and he eould
not endure defeat. 1 wa» aware of thle, and had alwayo
declined playing with him, because 1 was hie match, tin
j till one unfortunate evening, when he touched my Vir
ginian pride in ao pointed a way I could no longer reluae,
| and we ant down at the game : I soon cried ‘check-mate,’
! and lie never forgave me afterwards ! !’•
| Mr, Randolph had a largo box full of books with him
which he was taking to Koglaiui to get bound. I isked
I why he had not sent them to Philadelphia or New
j \ oik for that pm pose, “What, Sir,” said he, “patronize
I our \ nnkee task masters who have imposed such a duly
, upon lorcign books! never. Sir, nevet ! 1 will neither
wear what they make, nor eat what they raise, so long ns
, my nurse can get supplies from old England, and until I
can have my books properly bound south of ‘Mason ami
Oixon’s line,’ I shall employ John Hull!” One day at
dinner, the ( aptahi said, “.Mr. Randolph, wilt you allow
i me to help you to some codlisli ?” “No, Sir, it cornea
j from New England,” was Ids laconic reply. When he
| praised any northern man, it was always with this limits.
| lion—"He is llic cleverest man I know, north ol the l’o
j tomac !’*
On Sundays lie u«ed lo road for us a chapter in the Hihlc
or part ol the t. hin t'll service, ami uiiit be made an ex
temporaneous prayer: ami be never would permit any re
flections to bo cast upon religion without a veiy pointed
rebuke. He told me that lor many years he had been cor
; rtipled by the infidelity which prevailed amongst many of
tho leading politicians at Washington; but that in the year
1816, timing a severe lit ol illness, be had a remarkable
vi-ion, which completely dispelled the delusions umlei
which lie had surrendered his faiili, and that since then he
bail been a turn believer in Christianity. He shewed me
a letter which be w rote immediately alter this illness ad
| dressed to a bosom biend in Virginia, in which he gave a
i circumstantial detail ol Ins “ conversion,” as he always
termed it, and he even gave the wonts which were uttered
in bis cars by bis invisible monitor during the vision.
I his letter, ’ s.in^he to me, “contains nothing but the
truth, strange as it may appear to you,’ and it would make
mp miseialde to doubt i:!” Whilst conversing on this
subject, lie told me that the lale Mr. Pinkney ol Haiti
more had assured him, just previous to his death, of his
unshaken belicfin the trutlisof Christianity. Ol Mr. Jef
ferson, however, lie gave a very different account, which
I can now readily believe after having read his letter* al
though at the time (1822) I thought Randolph was too
| strongly prejudiced against him.
Something New.—An Indian Temperance Society
—Nncc writing the paragraph ol yesterday, on Indian li».
temperance, we have been lavorcd by a gentleman of this
city, wiib a highly inloresting communication from Sene
ca, New \ork, dated April 8th, 1833. It gives an ac
count of a grand Convention oj the Christian Indians of
that State, February I3th,on the Alleghany Reservation,
which continued several days, and was attended by
several American Missionaries and by the Rev. Mr.
C owlesot Napoli di Romania (in Greece.)
Among the subjects discussed by this convention was
1,0 expediency of appointing a Court for granting di
I fi°rCr k m S0,"e. accor‘ling to Scriptural principles,
I there being no law among tho Indians to take cognizance
i ol such matters. “
1 he debate was wholly Indian, and being uninterpret
, cd, our informant, though present, is unable to report it.
l ie result, however, was, that five judges were appoint
ed—one from each Reservation—to sit as a court semi-an
nually, try all complaints ol adultery, set oil all the pro
perly owned in common to the innocent parly of the two,
and preclude the guilty from any subsequent marriage.—
I Ins ingenious contrivance, in regard to property, was de
vised by the Indians, altogether without suggestion from
any other source.
We pass over (he Church Report, with tho remark on
ly that Cattaraugus was represented by a person entitled
Deacon \\ bile, whose history is very remarkable. He is
kJVk .ITi1"' 0r !crt \ra* °"«> t,ut 'va* taken prisoner
y the Indians m bis boyhood,so young that he easily lost
all knowledge of English. “ And now,” says our cones
pomlent, •• til respect to color, language, habits, &c., ho is
i ' P01 f"cl. I,ul,an. His blue eyes, and hair a shade lighter
than theirs, were all that would excite suspicion of even
, an intermixture of white blood, though his children might
| readily be mistaken for full bred whites. ®
The General Indian Temperance Society held
] its anniversary on Friday afternoon of the Convention
; week. Some remarks on the importance of a reform
I among the tribes were made by the President, Nishauca
| uent, commonly called Seneca White, and the Reportsof
I ir.rr.:1 read. It appears that
I me Alleghany Reservation, where there are about 700
Indians, there arc now 160 Temperance members, acces
sions during the year, 42; dismissions, 8; deaths Ironi
drinking, 3.
ion 1 Cattaraugus the population was between 300 and
400, membeis 130, accessions 6, dismissions 19, deaths one.
On the Bullalo Reservation, population 1,000, members
107, accessions 35, dismissions 7, doatlis none. At Tane
if tiudi, population 600, members 40, accessions 8, dismis
sions 2, death one. Tuscarora was not reported, but in
cluding what is known of the state of temperance there,
the total would be, population 2,900, members 607, acces
sions 91 , dismissions36, deaths by drinking 5. Much sick
ness and suffering. «evpr>l of crime and imprison
ment. *n<! one ol murder, owing to the use of whiskev
were detailed in the reports. 3'
“The Report was followed by a brief but spirited ad
dress from the Vice President, Oliver Silverhecls, in rela
tion to the fatal rtlccts of intemperance as exhibited by
tho report, in which he commented upon the horrors of a
drunkard’s death; the grief of friends, the indelible stain
upon his memory, and the utter hopelessness of his pros
pects for eternity. In the close, by su appeal to the re- !
suits of tho year, the succossof the society, but especial- !
ly the crime and death produced by drunkenness, tie so
lemnly and powerfully enforced (lie necessity ol perse
vering, strenuous effort to lice their nation from this bane
ful scourge. Mr. Cowles followed him with an appropriate
and impressive address, and the society adjourned. In ad
dition to the usual olficers, twoagenls were appointed to
visit semi-annually every village and neighborhood on all
the Reservations, to arouse and unite the energies of all
against the common enemy; and the committee ol each
reservation were instructed to take up collections for de- I
(raying the expenses of their agency.”
We apprehend our readers will excuse us for giving'
these proceedings at some length. They aro altogether
extraordinary, and may well be regarded with equal sa
tisfaction and surprise.— Halt. .Mcr. Journal.
Printer’s Enterprise.—The N. Y. Gazette stales,
lint in (he establishment ol the Harpers ol New York,!
there are seventeen presses, uad one worked by horse i
power, which equals the work of six or seven common pres- |
ses; and that the persons employed in their stereotyping, j
printing and bookbinding departments, are 150 in num
ber.
Since this subject is started we will take the liberty to
add, on wb.it we consider good authority, (bat the printing
ol the establishment costs $100, and the paper $200 a day;
that they employ a considerable number of workmen out
of their own quarters; that they turn out oil an average,
every dry in the year, a book of (lie Family Library size;
and (bat (lie postage bill of the firm, is about one thousand
dollars per annum.— Ib.
University ok Maryland.—At a late session of
the Trustees of the University, some changes were made
ill tho Faculties, which arc expected to produce a bene
ficial influence upon the progress of this institution.
l’rofcs*ors Me Dowell ami linker having resigned, tho
professorship of "The Institutesot Medicine," was abolish
ed; whereby the nuinberofehairs in the Faculty of Physic,
is reduced to six. llobley Ihm^liaon, of iho University
of Virginia, was appointed Professor of Materia Mediea,
Tierapcutiea, Ily^eine and .Medical Jurieprudence. We
learn ho has accepted the appointment.
Some other modifications were made in the duties of the
Professors; by all which improvements, it is expected,
medical education will be rendered more complete, and at
the same time come cheaper to the atudenls.
The Faculty ot Law was also re-organized. The title
and duties of tho former Professor of Law were so altered
as to confine him to "The Law of Nature and Nations,
and the Civil and Admiralty Law.” Two other Professor
ships were established.
A Professor of the Constitutional and Statute Law of
the United States, and of the several Stales, and the Law
of Evidence and Practice, as modified by that Law ; and
a Professor ot “The Common l.aw, (including Equity,) and
the Law of Evidence and of Practice.”
The Faculty ol the Arts and Sciences is to receive the
early and earnest attention ol the Hoard of Trustees with
a view to improve the condition of (he Academical de
partment, and to give stimulus and additional support to
the Collegiate department.—Halt. Pat.
Delaware lireakwater.—This is one of the most stu
pendous, but a*, the same time most successful enterprizes
tiinlet taken by the government. No douht is now enter
tained ol its complete efficiency in affording that protec
tion so much required by our commerce. A few years
will complete the lireakwater, and when finished, it will
form a secure harbour large enough for the anchorage of
sixty vessels. Upwards ol a mile of the break water is I
now above water—130,000 loads of stone are contracted j
for the present year; and every exertion will be made to
urge tins noble enterprise to a speedy conclusion.—Penn
aylvanian.
Imitation op Nature—When Rmealon rebuilt (he
Eddystono lighthouse, he took much time in considering
the best method of grafting his work securely on the solid
rock, and giving it the form best suited to secure stability;
and one of the most interesting parts ot his interesting ac
count, is (hat in which ha narrates how he was lead to
choose the shape which he adopted, by considering the
means employed by nature to produce stability in her
works. The building is modelled on (he trunk of an oak,
which spreads out in a sweeping curve near the roots, so
as to give breadth and strength to its base, and again awella
out ns it approaches to the bushy head, to give room to the
strong insertion of the principal boughs.
The latter is represented by a curved cornice, the effect
of which is to throw off the heavv seas, which being sud
denly checked, fly up, it is said, from 60 to 100 feet above
the top of the building, and thus to prevent their striking
rtje lantern, even when they teem entirely toenekwe It_
| l he efficacy of thie construction la such, that after a storm
and spring-tide. of unequalled violence, in 1762, in which
the greatest leers were entertained at Plymouth tor the
safety of the lighthouse, the only article requisite to re
pair it, was a pot of putty, to replace some that had been
washed Irom the lantern.— Gallery of Portraits with .Me
moirs.
There are two letters («ays the National Gazette) at the
Post Office with the following supeiscriptions:
To Michael llarry from Castleyan
Pensilvauia
working at the Canal with a horse &c.
The other—
To Miss Ann Cumings
at her Aunt Smith’s in Jersy.
[Fiom the Ohio Atlas.] „ I
hat a change has taken place in the business on the
l.ake within a few years! Then Walk-in-the-Water
walked alone on the dancing waves of Erie. Now, see
I the list ol beautiful boats, which find constant employment
between liulfalo and Detroit.
Steamboat Entcrpiise, Cant. Fox; Sheldon Thompson,
Patterson; William Penn, Wright; Superior, Pease; Ohio,
Titus; Niagara, Standard; Henry Clay, Norton; William
Peacock, Wilkins; Pennsylvania. Flccharty; Uncle Sam,
Sty lea; New York, Miles.
The Entcrprize, Peacock, Niagara, and Wm. Penn, con
"Mute the evening line between Cleavcland and Hulfalo,
leaving each port every evening at 9 o’clock. The other
boats form the morning line between Uiiiftlo and Detroit,
stopping at Erie and the ports west. Cleaveland will
have two boats daily to and from Detroit. Resides these,
the George Washington, Capt. Walker, will be out in
Juno. The Washington measures over 600 tons, is about
200 feet in length, and will be propelled by two low pres
sure engines of 80 horse power each.—A new boat is on
the stocks at Hlack Ro*k, not yet christened. The Michi
gan is a new boat expected out in June, from Detroit.
This is a large boat, and is intended to be second to none
on the lake tor speed and convenience.
7 he New York Gazette gives the following number of
Emigrants, which departed for the United States during
the last year, from the single port of Ureinen :
To Raltimore in60 vessels, - - 7,864
New York in 25 vessels, . . 2,026
Philadelphia, ... 285
Charleston, S. C., ... 97
New Orleans, . . - 20
Total, . . . 9792
tojiMKRCE AND inAifvracTurks The ship Com
merce sailed yesterday for Valparaiso, with a very valua
ble cargo, consisting ol a thousand packages domestic cot
ton goods, silks from Canton,drugs from Asia and Europe,
&c. &c. .Such a cargo (and there are hundreds such) il
lustrates the manner in which all branches of business
sustain each other, and how a free intercourse between all
parts ol the world promotes the welfare of every part.
The expediency ol such a voyage depends very much on
the facility with which all (he articles composing the car
go can be obtained, and in the desired quantities.—Hut for
the silks and the drugs, the domestics could not be ship
ped, nor the silks but for the domestics and drugs. But for
an assortment nothing could be done. Our commerce is
feeling already the enlivening effect of a perfectly free
system in this most important particular. Free goods can
be exported in the quantities desired; but dutiable goods
must be taken in fixed quantities, often much larger than
are desirable, in order to secure the return of duties. Free
goods can be sent on ship board at any moment, and just
before the vessel sails, whereas in the case ol dutiable
goods it is necessary to get an inspector, make entries,
swear at the Custom House, and a dozen other things,
which cause great delay and expense. Upon the whole!
we are getting along admirably; and*ill (he while learning
a most excellent lesson upon the benefits of cherishing in
disrritninately all sorts of industry_JY. Y. Journal of
Commerce.
A Perishable Cargo.—The enterprise of the Yan
kees is proverbial. 1 heir ships visit every part of the
globe, and they are adding every day to the great variety
of articles of trade with other nations. The ship Tuscany
is now about sailing from Boston for Calcutta, and has ou
board a cargo of Ice. It is compactly stowed in the low
er hold, surrounded with tan, which is well known to be
a non-conductor of heat, and great care has been taken to
exclude the external air. If this cargo should arrive there
safe.it would doubtless command in that sultry climate an
enormous price. But we would venture to say that the
idea ol transporting such a perishable commodity, so many
thousands ot miles, in the course of which the Equator
must be twice traversed, would never enter into the head
of any other being than a Yankee.— Lowell Journal.
James River If Kanawha Impiovement.—Although
we have not received the final result of the deliberations
of the bankf, the stockholders of which met on Monday
l.st and adjourned until Tuesday, yet our information is
sufficiently satisfactory to assure our readers, that not a
doubt remains of their subscribing (he million of dollars to
this improvement. We scarcely know how to congratu
late our readers upon this cheering prospect. The work
will go on—nothing can prevent it—the Old Dominion
wil. bs herself again—and her citizens miv rest contented
in the land of their birth. “Clip your hands all ye people,
shout with voice of gladness,’’ for the gloomy cloud which
has long obscured our march to wealth and greatness, has
disappeared, and a glorious sun at last illumines our path.
Real Estate has been for some time gradually, but stea
dily advancing in our valley. Let the landholders through
out the whole James River country now be cautious how
they part with their freeholds. The commencement of
this improvement, independent of its contemplation, will
greatly enhance the price ol real estate wherever the in
fluence of the work can be felt.— Lexington Union.
[ r rom the u eatern Pioneer. ]
Agricultural.—Farmers who wish to fertilize
their land in the most advantageous way would do well
to sow it iu clover. It makes the best of bay, the beat of
pasture, and manures the land in the cheapest, most dura
ble, and most profitable manner. If you wish it lor hay,
it will yield from one and a half to two and a half tons
per acre, ot the best quality. Horses, cattle, and sheep
will winter as well on good clover hay with plenty of salt,
as they will on other hay with corn to boot. The pasture
is worth as much as the same number of acres tended in
corn, cledr ol expenses. And lastly, plough it up, turn
ing under a good swath when the seed is ripe, and it will
seed itself, and at (he same time enrich the land to the va
lue of two dollars per acre, if not more—for clover, when
growing raises and pulverizes (he soil, and makes it more
prolific than it naturally is, even wiihout ploughing under
a swath. I wo years since I sowed twenty acres with clo- ;
ver seed, which at that time was soeded with wheat._ i
Last June I cut one and a half tons per acre—deduct one !
hall for cutting and putting up, leaves fifteen tons, seven- '
ly-five dollars, at five dollars per ton. Again, about the
middle of last September, I mowed the second, or seed
crop, which yielded about one and a half bushels ofj
seed per acre, about twenty-five bushels of which I have !
got out and cleaned, worth five dollars per bushel, equal
to $125—the expense of the seed was about $50, which
deducted from the above sum, leaves $76 gain on (he se
cond crop, which added to (he first crop, makes the sum
of $150, or $7 50 per acre nett profit iu one year, and
the soil two dollars per acre better.
HORATIO BANES.
A V\ iitzrx Production—Mr. Benjamin B. Pri
chard, a native, we believe, of Madison county, but for
many years past a citizen of Montgomery, tarried a time 1
in Maysviile last week, and created no little curiosity,
particularly among the children, because of his enormous
bulk.—He is 12 years of age, six feet 1 inch high, and
weighs 483 lbs.—He is communicative, gentlemanly in
his deportment, and appears to be well-informed. His
health is good, but his superabundant flesh has heroine
burdensome, and he has gone in pursuit of a physician to
deplete him.—.Maysviile (Ky.) Eagle.
Capt. Reuben Bradley of this county weighed the
fleece of four ol his sheep, and the result was as follows :
9 1-2 pounds from one, 9 pound* from another, and seven
pounds each, lor two others. The sheep were the com
mon ones of this country.—Abingdon Republican.
T AND FOR SALE.—The subscriber offers foreale the
MJl tract of land on which ho resides, lying in the Green
Springs’ neighbourhood, on the waters of the South Anna
River, and containing by estimation 960 acres.
A large portion of (his land is first-rate low grounds, and
being situated in ono of the best neighbourhoods in the
State, offers great inducements to persons wishing to in
vest capital in that kind of property.
Intending to move to the West, the subscriber will sell
a great bargain in the above land ; one third of the pur
chase money being paid in cash, and the balance in two
equal annual instalments.
The situation offered for sale by the subscriber, will af
ford a handsome summer retreat for any one who wish
es to retire from the lower country, or towns: as the build
ings are very comfortable, the water very good, excellent
garden and yard, an orchard of choice fruit, first rate mea
dow, and a good productive farm, good stock of cattle,
sheep and hogs; all of which, can be had upon moderate
terms.
Letters on the subject, addressed (o the subscriber, New
ark P. O., Louisa, will be promptly attended to.
THOMAS WASH.
November 18. 66— lal9t”
tU* The above lands will be sold on the 13th July, 1833,
if fair, if not, the next lair day, (Sunday excepted,) at pub
lic auction, without reserve, on the tanna stated in the ad
vertisement above. X. WASH
M"'1 V__ 109—laftda*
JO.'IN W MUNFORf), Attorney at 1mw, having
located himself at Columbus, Stale of Ohio, offers his
professional services to hit friends and the public. He
has been a resident of (hat State, in the Virginia Military
District during the last year, principally occupied in at
tending to tha landed interests of non-residents. Any
land business entrusted to him will be attended to. He
will remain in this City for a abort time, where he may
be conferred with.
Richmond, May 28th, J833 6—w4w
RED SULPHUR SPRINGS.—These waters art
•totaled in the county ol Monroe, thirty-eight tnilee
from the While Sulphur and Sweet Spring*, and aixteeu
miles from the Salt Sulphur. Notwithstanding the rude
•tate of improvement which has existed here, the waters
have gained a celebrity, especially for the cure of con
sumption, which no other water.has ever yet attained. >Ve
extract Irom the able work of Dr. Bell, on •• Baths and
Mineral Waters,” a brief account ol its powers, to Iho cor
rectness of which many living witnesses can testify.
“The Red Sulphur is peculiarly adapted to affections of
the chest, or to speak more definitely, to pulmonary con
sumption in all its stages. In the early stages ol pulmo
nary disease, 1 esteem these waters as efficacious—1 had al
most said, as quinine in intermittents. Their effect on the
puse is very remarkable. I recollect distinctly a case in
which the I meet tailed entirely to keep the pulse down,
that was entirely under the controul oi these waters. 1
have (not once or twice, but often,) seen the cough, hectic
lever, diarrhoea and night sweats entirely subside under
the use ot them. The pulse I have known reduced from
one hundred and rourtoeighty in twenty.fourhours, while
tiie strength was evidently improved, and the digestive
organs enabled to perlorm their functions with increased
vigour. *
Hie water is sedative, alterative, diuretic, and diapho
retic. Dyspepsia, chronic diarrhoea, dysentery, chronic
rheumatism and gout, dropsy, gravel, liver affections, ute
rme diseases, neuralgia, erysipelas, and other cutaneous ai
lections, scrofula, worms, and several other chronic dis
eases, are usually under the control of these waters.
I lie propnetor (who will continue to reside in Rich
mond,) has committed to the undersigned the management
ol the establishment. I lie improvements, to be complcled
before the opening of the season, will enable him to accom
modate from one hundred and thirty to one hundred and
fifty persons, in a style equal to any other establishment
in tiie mountains. The aspect of the place is entirely
changed. A spacious Hotel, oiio hundred and twelve
by lorty -two ieet lias been erected, which witli its exten
sive porches and balconies, will a fiord much com fori and
accommodation. It isdivided into a drawing-room, diuiug
room, ball-room, and several suites of family rooms. Ma
ny other buildings have been erected, and improvements
made, which it would be tedious to enumerate.
Baths affording water of any temperature desired, will
always be in readiness.
The beds, matrasses, bedding, and table furniture aro
all new and ot the best quality.
The most celebrated cook in Virginia has been engaged
—and indeed ill the servants have been selected with
great care.
A select library of miscellaneous works, together willi
periodicals, newspapers, &c. will be furnished;
Music will be engaged, and such other amusements
provided as are calculated to promote rational enjoyment
and recreation.
The best liquors, wines, groceries, and supplies of ali
kinds, have been provided in abundance.—The stables
have been extended, and first-rate ostlers engaged.
The roads will be good, and the eastern mail will arrive
daily in Tour-horse coaches, by way oi the other Springs,
stages arrive three times a week irom Wythe court-house,
which will enable travellers from the south and west to
come in. by a direct route.
The undersigned assures the public, that his utmost ex
ertions will be used to give satisfaction to his guests.
1°-_ _fH8—w6w] WM, VASS.
' BlHfc following Stakes are now open, to be run for
over the Fairficlil Course :
A Sweepstakes for colts and fillies, 3 years old, to run
next Fall Meeting, $200 entrance, h. f., two mile heats,
four or more to make a race, to close 1st August, to which
are several subscribers.
A Sweepstakes for colts and fillies, 3 years old, to run
next Fall Meeting, $100 entrance, h. f., mile heats, lour
or more to make a race, to close 1st September, to which
are several subscribers.
A Post Sweepstakes, free for all agos, to run next Fall
Meeting, $200 entrance, p p., two mile heats, four or more
to make a race, to close 1st September.
A Sweepstakes for colts and fillies, then 3 years old, to
run Spring Meeting, 1335, $100 entrance, h. f.,mile heats,
four or more to make a race, to close 1st January, 1834.
A Sweepstakes for colts and fillies, then 3 years old, to
run Spring Meeting, 1836, $200 entrance, h. f., mile heats,
four or more to make a race, to close 1st January, 1834.
A Sweepstakes for colts and fillies, then 3 years old, to
run rail Meeting, 1835, $200 entrance, h. (., two mile
heats, four or more to make a race, to closo 1st January,
1834.
A Sweepstakes for colts and fillies, then 3 years old, to
run Fall Meeting, 1830, $200 entrance, h. f.. two mile
heats, four or more to make 'a race, to closo 1st Jan., 1834,
A Produce Sweepstakes for colts ami fillies, to he drop
ped Spring ol 1834, to run Spring Meeting 1837, $100 en
trance, h. I., mile heals, four or more to make a race, to
close 1st January, 1831, io which are several subscriber?.
A Produce Sweepstakes for colls and fillies, to be drop
ped Spring ol 1834, to run Fall Meeting of 1837, $200 en
trance, h. f., two mile heats, four or more to make a race,
to close 1st January, 1834, to which are several subscribers.
A Sweepstakes for colts ami fillies, then 3 years old, to
run Spring Meeting, 1831, $100 entrance, h. f., mile
heats, four or more to make a race, to close 1st January.
1JJ4, to ivliioh 4AVAral aubacribers.
(lentlemen wishing to subscribe to any of the above
Stakes, will please inform
KlCIlAItD ADAMS, Proprietor.
June _9—w8t
f |1U LtASb, FUR A TERM OF YEARS.—The sub
scriber lias lo let, for a term of years, three valua
ble low ground plantations, on James River, in the county
of Amherst, viz. one now held by Capt. Geo. Markbain,
three miles below the flourishing town of Lynchburg,
having a comfortable dwelling house, and containing about
150 or 160 acres of low grounds, divided into three shifts,
and plenty of tobacco-lot land to ensure a good crop—one
now held by Bernard Booker, Esq., a mile or so' below,
having a good and convenient dwelling house," a good
frame barn, an orchard of about 80 healing apple trees,
and containing about 180 acres of low giounds, with a
small high land field attached—one other plantation, next
adjoining below, with a log dwelling of three rooms below
stairs, and containing 170 or 180 acres land, mostly low
grounds. All these plantations are highly productive, and
divided in like n.ajiner as the first. Also, two very eligi
ble farms, ol good high land, in the neighbourhood in
which I reside, near Willi-*’ Mountain, in the county of
Buckingham—the largest having some good creek bottom,
and susceptible of the live shift system, sufficient for eight
or ten hands, with a very good and convenient frame
dwelling and other out-houses; the smallest adapted to a
lorce ol five or six hands, on the five shift system, with a
, small frame dwelling house. For health anil fine water,
these last plantations cannot be exceeded. The* lie from
six to eight miles above the town of Ca Ira, where there
is a tobacco inspection, a manufacturing mill, several stores
and mechanics’ shops, and good boatage to Richmond.
Gentlemen desirous of renting good firming lands, in
healthy and agreeable neighbourhoods, convenient to good
markets, arc invited to examine them and judge for them
selves. LEN-EUS BOLLING.
May 81_ _ 7 —w3t
Fit TY DOLLARS REWARD uill be given by tha
subscriber, for the apprehension, if found out of the
State, oi I wenty Dollars it within the Stated ol a negro man
named Harry, who eloped about last July from his estate.
He was purchased some years past from Fulcher of Rich
mond, where perhaps (ie may be now lurking. His height
is about five feet eight inches—bis age thirty—he has a
downcast look, and his right foot turns out a little.
WILLIAM MITCHELL,
For Jnmea Harbour, Jr.
Hampstead, Orange, Vn.. Jan. 25. 1833. at
Meaara. Harksdale Crawley ami Traoin Hooka /
TH |AKE Notice, that on tl a 1-lth day of June, 1833 at
M. the house of Hezekiah McCargo, in the connty’ol
Charlotte, we shall proceed to take the depositions ol Isaac
as y* i Koberl Wof)re> James II. Jeffress, Robert
W Moseley, and others, to be read as evidence on the trial
of a suit now depending in the County Court of Charlotte,
wherein I am complaiirant and you ire defendants.
MARY A. CRAWLEY, who sues by
John tluchaanon, her next friend.
M*y U _ _ 2—w4wr*
fifCOTTSVILLE PROPERTY FOR SALE—WIH bo
^ sold, on Friday, the twenty-first of June next, in (tie
Albemarle, that large and commodious
Brick Building, belonging to the estate ol Dr. Tandy Mor
ris, dec d. I his house is situated in the business part of
the town, and is sixty-six feet boot, and thirty deep—two
stories above the basement story, amt is so constructed as
to accommodate a large family—furnishes one good store
room-well adapted to the sale of Dry Goods—and n Lnm- !
her or Storage-House, twenty six by thirty feet—two slo- j
ries'high, with excellent cellars. This house has been
built within the last three years, and is in good repair,
with the necessary out houses. It will he divided so as
to suit purchasers, if thought advisable oh the day of sale. !
Terms.—Three equal payments, at six, twelve, and
eighteen months;—the purchaser giving bond with ap- :
proved security, and a lien on the property lo secure the I
payment of the money.
Also—Two other unimproved Lots in said town. These
lots will be sold on a credit of six months, Ihe purchaser
giving bond with approved security.
BEVERLEY STAPLES, Adm’r
with thewill annexed, of Dr. Tandy Morris
M«r M._ y 7—w Iw
I A N I) F OR SALE.—The subscriber offers for sale the
i , g™ ?n 1*® livcr, in ihe county of f Vanover,on
Lhickahominv Swamp, 10 miles from the city of Richmond,!
and 8 from flanover Court House, containing 413 acres;
200 acres first quality mud land—the balance second bot
tom, of good quality. The high land Is in good farming
condition, and in a state of rapid improvement. There is
an extensive bed of shell mail, running nearly through the
centre of the farm. To a physician wishing to pursue his \
professional duties, the situation would afford a good stand
. OUSTAVl/S V. JONES.
June II. 10-wSw* |
ON Monday tit* 18th f ebrnary, tha Stag* Coach from
Richmond to Fredericksburg will commiocs run
niog dally, and arrive the same evening at Washington
City by the splendid Steam-boat Sydney.—-From Wash
ington, to Baltimore aud Philadelphia, the lines will com
mence on the same day. Travellers from the North sad
South will find no delay. E. PORTER &. Co.
February 19. 92_tf
VA^UAHLfc: JAME8 HIV ER~LaND FOR SALE.
1 he subscriber, wishing to remove to the South, of.
lers lor sale his tract ol land in Hock-castl* Neck, on
James River, forty miles above Richmond, end four be
low Lartersville, containing seven hundred and odd acres :
of winch two liundred and twenty and a half acres are of
first-rate low grounds : the high land, (about two hundred
acres ol which is in timber,) is of good quality. The im
provements consist or a comfortable two story dwelling
house, having a large passage and six rooms. The barn
and stable are large and substantial, being both built of
rock. The barn u two story high and very capacious,
having a hrst-rate threshing machine attached to it._
1 here are also every other necessary out-house, such as
tobacco houses, negro quarters, See. &c. I am authorised
to say by my family physician, (Doctor Nash.) that this Is
as healthy a situation as any on James River. He hee
been practising iu my family for the last six years, and
Ins accounts havo not amounted annually to more than
five dollars, lermswillbe made accommodating and to
suit the purchaser. ®
1 refer those who may wish to obtain any information
respecting (his yt’uable estate, to Randolph Harrison, Esq.
Senr.,ol Cumberland, to James B. Ferguson, William Sal
mon, or Win. S. Fowler, ol this county, aud to Peter Col
tom, of Richmond. 1 would also sell a small tract of lain}
on the Cartersville road, and about one mile from th*
above tract, containing two hundred and fifty acres, hav
ing also a comfortable dwelling house, good barn, stable,
,,lace wou,d 8 professional gentleman,,
with a family—particularly a physician, as there is not one
in the county nearer than twelve miles to it.
„ ...... TARLTON FLEMING.
Goochland, April 10th, 1833. 4_W4W*
BOYDTON FEMALE SEMINARY.—The vaca
tionol this School, in future, will take place in De
cember and January. Experience has proven to the In
structors, that very little study can be done by young La
dies, in the short and cold days of winter. The session
will bo one ol ten mouths, commencing the first of day
February, and ending the fourth Thursday ol November.
1 here will be a semi-annual examination, on the 21st and
2 2d of June.—Expences payable half iu advance, the ba
lance at the end ot Jive months.
Board and Tuition in all branches, for 10 months, $130 00
Board aud Tuitiou in English brandies only, 100 00
Tuition in English branches, including a course
ol Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy. 20 00
Tuition in Music, r 30 „0
Drawing and Painting, 10 00
French or Italian, 10 qo
Scholars may enter at any period of the session, and shall
pay only Irom the time ol entrance—no deduction to be
made for absence, except in cases of sickness.
Mrs. Kingman will give private lessons iu Oriental Tint
ing, Embroidery, and Guitar Music.
n , ..... H. A. GARLAND.
Boydlon, Mecklenburg Co., May 14. 6—lawtlstJuIv
Valuable real estate for sale.—The
subscriber, determined to retire from agricultural
pursuits, will sell two valuable P arms, lying in York coun
ty, and immediately on the banks of York river, and con.
tiguous to navigation: one farm, is of fertile, low lands,
containing 720 acres; about 300 acres are open and arable,
the balanco fertile, and heavily timbered, with lofty, va*
luable pine and oak; the distance to navigation, not a half
mile. I lie other farm isol high laud, adjoining the town
of York, extending to the margin of the river, and con
taming G30 acres: of these, 200 acres are in woods, chief
ly clionut and pine—‘.upon this farm, large bodies of rich
marl have been discovered, and a quarry is now opening,
Irom which the subscriber is extensively manuring with
marl; these marl beds arc lound in various parts of the
farm, contiguous to each licld. The farms will be shewn
to any persons wishing to purchase. Personal property,
now upon the farms, will he sold with them; and the grow
ing rrops, if desired. Terms made known, (and conve
nient) upon application to THOS. GRIFFIN
17‘ [3—w4w] Ol York Town.
PUBLIC SALE OF VALUABLE ROANOKE
LAND.-*The Subsciiber having positively deter
mined to move to the Southwest next Kail, will sell on the
premises, to the highest bidder on Monday the 12th day of
August next, if lair, if not the next lair day, his Tract of
Land, situated in Mecklenburg county, on the south side
of Roanoko river, six miles south ol Boydton and twelve
miles below Clarksville : containing Eight hundred and
thirteen Acres—Eighty acres of which are creek and river
bottom. The upland is of excellent quality—well adapted
to the produce of the country- 100 bushels of Wheal may
be sown to advantage the ensuing season on this estate;
winch is within one mile ol an excellent Manufacturing
P lour mill. On the tract is a comfortable, convenient
Dwelling House, and necessary out bouses. Many other
great advantages might be enumerated, but it is deemed
unnecessary. A great bargain may be had in this land,
lor Negroes orC^.ii, if early application be made. Other
ivise it will be sold on the day above mentioned, to the
lushest bitlder, Terms. One (bird of the purchase money
cash, the balanco in two equal, annual payments. The
land will be shewn by my brother, John Y. Taylor, living
within three miles of the premises or myself. *
„ GEORGE T. TAYLOR.
Mecklenburg, May 27. 7_w..i.
IN CHANCERY—Virginia.—InChesterfield Coun
ty Court, May 13th, 1833:
Chastain Jackson and Martha Jackson, infants of tender
years, who sue by their father and next friend, Peter H
Jackson, Plaintiffs,
against
Christopher B. Cogbill, William Smith, also William
Cogbill, an infant ol tender years, by the said Christopher
H. Cogbill, his guardian ad litem, Defendants.
I he defendant, William Smith, not having entered his
appearance and given security according to the Act of As
sembly, and the rules ol this Court, and it appearing to the
satisfaction of the Court, that lie is not an inhabitant of
this Commonwealth—On the motion of the plaintiffs, it is
ordered, that the said defendant, do appear here on or be
fore the second Monday in August next, and answer the
bill ol the plaintiffs; and that a copy ol this order be forth
with inserted in some newspaper printed in the city of
Richmond, for eight weeks successively, and another copy
posted at the front door of the courthouse of this county.
A Copy.—Teste. LAWSON NUNN ALLY, D. C
M»y21 _ 5—w8w
MT EG ROES.— I his is to inform my former acquaintances
and the public generally, that I yet continue in the
Slave Trade at Richmond, Virginia; and will at all times
buy, and give a lair market price for young Negroes. I
live on Shocker Hill, near the Poor-house, where appli
cation is desired to he made. Persons cither in (his Stale,
Maryland or North Carolina, wishing to sell lots of Ne
groes are particularly requested to forward their wishes
i to mo by mail to this place; ami also, persons living near
Richmond, having one er more lor sale, will please in
lorm me of the same, which will be immediately attend
ed to. Persons wishing to purchase lots of Negroes are
j requested logive me a call, as I keep constantly on hand
at this place a great many lor sale, and have at this time
the rise ol one hundred likely young Negroes, consisting
ol boys young men and girls: among w hich are several
very valuable bouse servantsof both sexes; and I will sell
at all times at a small advance on co*t, in lots, to suit pur
chasers. Persons from the Southern States, wanting to
buy a choice lot of slaves will do well to call on‘me, as I
I shall he able to furnish them at any lime; and gentlemen
in the South or elsewhere, who may wish to rommuni
rale on this subject, are respectfully requested to forward
Ihvir letters to me at Richmond, which will be duly at
tended lo. I have comfortable rooms with a jail attach
ed for tlio reception ol Negroes; and persons coming to
this place to sell slaves can bo accommodated, and every
attention ificcessary will be given to have them well at
tended to and when it may be desired, tire reception of
the company of gentlemen, dealing in slaves, will con- •
veniently and attentively be received. My situation it
very healthy and suitable for the business.
April 19. [112—wtl] LEWIS A. COLLIER.
AMEUA SULPHUR SPRINGS The MbMiibtr)
at these well known and justly celebrated Medici
nal Springs, lias, from the frequent solicitations of his
friends and the public, just fitted up large and commodious
buildings,for the accommodation ol Invalids, and all other
persons who are desirous of availing Iheinselvos ol their
virtues, and a healthy situation during (lie ensuing summer
and autumn.— His residence, from its elevated and airy
situation, is as healthy as the country affords.— He deems a
comment upon the medicinal virtues ol the waters, as en
tirely unnecessary} and regards them as well attested by th#
largo conrourse ol persons who resorted lo them for
their health, when entertainment could lie had in Iho
neighborhood. He pledges himself, as regards his table,
bedding, stables, kc. to spare no pains In promoting the
ease and comfort of persons who fivor him witli their
patronage.
U’ lie flatters himself that with untiring assiduity and
very accommodating terms, he will he aide lo give entire
satisfaction. FRANCIS A. W ILLSON, Jr.
Mey 84. 6—wl2t*
Afeeere. Jlarkeilale Crawley, .Mary Jl. Crawley, and
Trade Hrooke :
rfllAKE Notice, that on the Mih day of June, in the
.1. year of 1833, at the house of Hezckiah McCargo, in
the counfy of Charlotte, we shall prorred to take the depo
sitions of Isaac Overly, Maj. Robert Moore, Jas. H. Jef
fres«, Robert W. Moseley, and others, to lie read »s evi
dence on the trial of a Suit now depending in the County
Court of Charlotte, wherein we are complainants and you
are defendants. HILLERY MOSELEY, 8en.,
HILLER Y MOSELEY, Jon.,
JENNINGS M. JEFFRES8.
May. II 2— wlw*