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C O MMUNICATIO N.
TO THF. Ei'lTOR OF THF EnOVIRFR.
THE elegant e it rails y u have given from Dar
win’s life, induce me to believe that you v ill readily
give on a from hi* Botanic garden, which 1 have taken
the liberty to adapt by the change of ouo word on
ly, to the mexiofy cf Mr*. Cornilion, who w.sbu
r.ed yelterday .u this city. Driven from affluence in
her native country, !tie here eat the bread of induf
tyy, by curiiiag her elegant talents to th» prrfeAing of
feveral young ladies it. Mulic. I'nwe iri-J attention
bore her fine frame down ; lhe fell a vi&im to coiifci
eatious reClitude ; (lie will belong liuevitly lamented
by many, and I hope pitied by alL
July 19tiu
There her lad ronfart, dealing through the gloom
Of murmuring doyftors, gaze* on her tomb ;
Hangs in mute anguilh o’er the fcut-.'hcon’d hearfe,
Dr graves with trembling fly lo the votive verlc.
“ Sexton ! oh lay beneath this facred flirine
44 When time’s cold hand (hall clofe my aching eyes,
44 Oh, gently lay this wearied earth of mine,
w Where wrap’d ill night my lov’d Cornilion lies.
44 So (hall with purer joy my fpirit move
When the lad trumpet thrills the caves of death,
44 Catch the firft wliifpers of my waking love,
“ And drink with holy kifs her kindling breath.
44 The fpodefs fu:r, with blulh etherial warm
“ Shall hail with lweeter futile returning day,
44 Rife from her marble bed a brighter form,
44 And win on buoyant ftep her airy way.
44 Shall bend approv'd where beckoning hoda Ir.vite,
“ O.i clouds of Stiver, her adoring knee,
“ Approach with feraphim the throne of light,
44 And beauty plead with angel-tongue for me.
COMMUNICATION.
The following lines from the pen of Thomas
Aliore, the celebrated tranfl.itor and rival of A
nacreon, are written with exquifite tafle, fancy
and feeling. Never did Anacreon, or Petrarch,
or Prior, or Waller, in their happieft moments
of infpiration, warble a Tweeter drain. The car
it; enchanted by the flowing melody of the lines,
and the heart melted by the delicious tendernefs
of the fentiments. ’Tis a beautiful rofe-bud,
glittering with dew-drops. Etui lions fo elegant
are not merely ainufing : They purify and refine
the fineft feelings of the foul, pour balm “ into
the hurt mind,” and unlike the grofler pleafures
of fenfuality, “bring to their fwcetnef; no fatie
ty.”—’Tin worthy of infinite regret, that a po
et fo richly endowed, who blends in his lays the
gaiety of Anacreon with the* tendernefs of Sap
pho, thould in fume of his otherwife "enchanting
erfufions,
Give virtue f unds!, innocence a fear,
And wound the virtuous matron’s modest ear.
Do not, accomplifhrd young man, deem a
draneer, (who admires your exalted genius and
exquifite fenfibilitv,) impertinently obtrufive or
monkifhly auftere, when he prefumes to remind
fou, that a mufe like thine (hon'd never war
ble a drain that is not in ur.iion with the pureft
fentiments of virtue.
A LOVER OF POETRY.
* An alktfion is here made to fame a'erfes
• which appeared in the Port Folio, wider the in~
fcrlption of the irf.nni.vo hi kg.
From Poems publi/hed wider the a fumed name of
LiT-riF, by Moo at, the elegant translator of
Anacreon.
Sweet iady look not thus again,
Tr.ofe little* pouting fmiles recal
A maid remember’d now with pain,
Who was my love, my life, tr.y all.
Oh ! while this heart delirious took
Sweet poifon from her thrilling eye,
Thus would smf. pout, and lifp, and look,
And I would hear, and gaze, and figh.
Yes I did love her—madly love—
She was the dcarefr, Ik ft deceiver 1
And oft (he fwore (he’d never rove,
And l was dedined to believe her.
Then lady, do not wear the fmile
Of her, whofe fmile could thus betray :
Alas, I think the lowly wile
Again might deal my heart away.
And when the* fpdl that dole* my mind,
On lips fo pure as thine I fee,
] tear the* heart which flic refign’d,
Will err again and fly to thee*.
TO THE EDITOR or THE BF.ITISH PRF.S3.
SIR,
1 have the honour to inform you, hy a letter T re
ceived this morning from a correfponde it in Germa
ny that Dr. Olbers h >s difeovered a planet, which,
from it* immenfe fizc he h.’.s called Hercules. It is
three times the fize of Jupiter, and govs round the
Hun ir. the fpace of ill 1 years, hecuufe it is fuppofed to
ho 3,047,000,000 of miles from the Sun ; it looks to
the naked eye like a flar of the fixth magnitude, and
row i l the fign Gemini. Dr. Olbers ohftrved, on
thj 2 h of Dece nbir lad, that it moved, and on the
Grh of February, that it was a planet, attended by 7i
faicllii.es, one of which i> twice die fize of the earth.— '
1*. is inclined to tlv* plane of the ecliptic, in an angle of |
30 degrees. It is in 13 degrees nortn amplitude—it' 1
e *cei:.ritity is 1100, and the .‘•kin to an inhabitant of
the earth placed in it, with, our powers of vifion, would
appear no larger dun the fin died of the fixed liars.
CURIOSITY —A Chicken at the dwelling o'- Ma
jor William Kerr, on thy Fredorick-tow.i road, about j
thre miles from thi-- city, w. • a few d .ys fince hutch- !
r.l. having its neck, head and beak in natural form ; j
but from the (boulders to the tail it hod two bodies >
conjoined, four wing* cud four legs,all of perfect fym- ;
metry. We underflsind Mr. Kerr intends preferring ]
it to Mr. Fealy for h>. mufcinn, in liotv-s the Philo (in* ]
p'iical .Society, will bring into public view n developt • I
inept of the cauic of foftrange a Lulus Naturre.
[Halt. Pap.
“TERRIBLE TRACTORATION.”
T A vv H'orh, th* fsrodncl'.nn of an American
genius, in England, ha t !at dr been ttubUjhrtl in \
thh country, intituled “ Ternhhr TivuttoiMtioo.”
/: is written in the manner of l'"dibrnfst attorn
pan\ 7 by a tnnfs of ingenious and fat trim/ notes.
If' cannot better introduce il to the attention of
the taddic, than by copying the preface of the Ame
rican PuuHfhtrf]
[ Phi la. Out.]
PREFACE.
IN faying the prefi »t volume before Amen" j
emv, the publifhcr deems it neceTary to oPVr,
but one motive, its suprrtvrivF. mfp.it* |
Ar- a work of feitnre, liter iture, ,v ft, humour
rnd fpfire, he h.n the authority of (he firfl cii
tic«, tli.it it (kinds unrivalled among the pro
cJurtifir.s of the prcfnit ige. i
However fitCh 'eiit finch a uiotlke my be re
garded for the cx-rdon*. he had made in exprud
mfr rh" laMur* of *br printer, and the ettpenfc
he has in.iirr d in the embellifhrpenfv of the Cr«
giaver, it will be readily imagined with how
much more real the talk teas Undertaken, when
he found that he was like ly to hive the grafitt
< atfon ofbcirtg' the hrft to announce the very,
celebrated, but Hitherto unknown, u Ldu u ru>
Piirx. C vvstic,” to be an Atmriem:, a Citizen ;
of Vermont.
A few cirenmJknrees connect <1 with his hifto
ry, which have come to the publiihrr's know
ledge, he lhouid deem it an act of T ,cl*iceto
genius to withhold from the public.
The gentleman, to whom the world is indebt
ed for this performance, is Thomas Gatr.\
1'tsstsDLN, the ion ot a ivl’peiitable clergyman
of Walpole, New-Hamphino. In the ycat |
179 >, om autbei graduated at Dartmouth Col
lege, and loon atui moved to i’utbiid, in Vet-I
moot, where he commenced the ftudy of the '
law with a gentleman* of eminence in that pro- !
feilion, and with whom, if we arc not miliiifoibi- ,
ed, he was afterward connected in buitneis.
During this period, as \\ t-lt as during his refi- j
deuce at college, the Ye, a new 1 paper ot Dart- i
mouth, and the iva/vwcrV "V« k!y Mu/t um, a well |
known clothe paper of Walpole, were often en- I
Hvencd by his lprigbtly mule. His extreme dif- 1
hdcuce produced ahnoft a religious fcruplc a- |
gainft allowing his name to be attached to any |
of his pieces. To this caul’e mull be attributed
the circum fiance, of its not being generally
known to what Hard the public has been indebt
ed for leveral patriotic longs, and other very hu
morous pieces of his competition, which have !
had a general circulation and admiration tnrough
our country.
In the year 1801, Mr. Feflcnden was induced
to embark for London, chiefly with a view of
introducing an hydraulic machine, which, by fe
veral of his bell friends, who became Iharers in
the enterprizc, was regarded as a very impor- |
taut invention. He found, howcvcv, to his j
great mortification, on his arrival in London,
that his machine was already common there, and
of con lctj uence, every profpeCl of an emolument
from that fource vanilhed. Ambitious not to
return to his native country with the difgrace
of a defeat, lie gave ear to a project let on foot
by one of our countrymen, then in London, of
conitruftiiig a mill to be carried by the water
of the Thames. Several nu n of rank and influ
ence, among whom was the then Lord Mayor
of London, Sir William Staines, being patrons
of the undertaking, and other c:rcumftance8
holding out a reafonable prolpedt of great fuc
ccfs, Mr. Feflcnden ventured on a purdtafe of
one fifth of the concern.
The proteftion of the great, as is not urufual
on fuch occafions, not being continued long e
noygh to give the mill a fa’r experiment, and
our author bring the only man in the concern
po/Tefled of talent as well as character to take
the management of the eftablifhmcnt, the bur
then of the whole neceflaril** devolved on him ;
and we ur.derftanci there is rcafon to apprehend
that his great exertions have hitherto been but
ill requited. It is here that the tranfeendent
energies of his mind become mod apparent.
Amid the vexations, embai rafliuents and di
ftrafting cares with which this engagement con
ftantly harrafled him, he undertook, and within
the term of four weeks, a part of which was un
der the* influence of fevere ficknefs, which con
fined him to his bed, executed the firft edition of
this admirable work before us!
Another circumftance which we are compe
tent alfo to ftate, ftill further enhances his talents,
and wil! increafe the* aftonilhment of the reader.
Previous to his entering on the compofition of
this Poem, which was in February, 1803, he
had been during his re fide nee in England, through
his laborious and unwearied application to the
interefts of the mill, almoft a ft ranger to books,
and unknown to men of letters. Ilis fociety
neceflarily confiding of perfons interefted in the
concern, happened unfortunately to be a clafs
of illiterate men. who difgraced the rr."c of me
chanics and tradefmen, and who, to ufehisown
expreffion, were guilty of every thing but com
mon fenfe and common honefty.
This circumftance, it may well be conceived,
was little congenial to a mind of fuch integrity
as we are allured clillinguifhes bis own, and to
the feelings of fo fixed a foe to vice of every fpe
cies as isapparent in every page of this poem.
Indeed this volume, as was faid of a much lar
pcr one on another occafion, “ was written, not
m the foft obfeurilies of retirement, or under
the ihade3 of academic bowers, but amidft incon
venience and diftraftion, in ficknefs and in for
row.” Like poor Bloomfield, who often laid
down the awl to record the deeds of his Farncr’s
Bov, Fefienden often laid afide the broad axe
and the chiflel to indite the feats of his Can/
tic.
Before taking leave of Mr. Feffenuena niter
t'fting hiftory, we would juft ftate, that the flat
tering reception of this performance, among
men of letters in England, emboldened him to
comply with the advice of a friend, (the only
perfon indeed, i:i England, who knew him to be
the author of the book,) to Commit to prefs a
volume of criginnl Poems. The merits of
“ Terrible TraScration" having called forth the
high encomiums of Mr. Gifford, the very cele
brated author of the * Baviad and M.cviadthe
‘ Tranflntor of Juvenal,' See. the friend above
adverted to introduced them to each other,
which has produced for Mr. FefTenden a very
intimate and ufcftd acquaintance.
The volume of * Original Poems' are by this
period probably out of the profs, and we ftiall
venture to exprifi, our conviction that we lhall
find them, on the arrival of a copy in this coun
try of fiifticient merit to induce us to lay them
nlfb foon before the American public. Toth.it
work his name will be attached as the author of
‘ Terrible Trad ora lion' and necefTarily makea
him known to the inhabitants cf Grcat-Britian.
It was a circumftance which the publifher con
ceived would warrant him in the liberty he has
taken to announce Mr. FefTenden in America,
r.- ''he authoi of Lite work belore us, which lie
ha? hi'hcrto appeared felicitous to conceal.
The Metallic Tradtors, which, from the Title
Page, one might be led to fuppofe, conftituted
the entire fubjetft of the prefent work, will be
found, in reality, not to be the prime object of
the poet. Mr. FefTenden feems to liave con
ceived that, dwelling on the treatment Perkin
itm had received from a few characters of rather
illiberal propenfitics, there was prefented a good
opportunity to extend his wings, and occalion
ally perch on
--“ Evert idle thing
“ Which Famyfinds in her excurfive flight S'
In thefe fiighls he finds inftanccs, where the
man who difoovrrs an extra joint in the tail of a
tadpole, is immortalized bv many popular wri
te’? for the difeovery, whilft, by the fame claf3
of writers, other men, who give Velief to thou
fauds on the bed of fickntfs are rcpn Tented as
empirics and unworthy of countenance and pro
tection.
But without expatiating on the merits of the
Poem, which, in the FubTifber would be inde
corum ind unneceftivy, he may pi rhaps be per
mitted juft to that it h.'s been aforibed bv
various critics in England, to the pens of Mr.
Gifford, Dr. Wolcot, (alias Peter Find ir,) Mr.
Iludd. i iford, See. but fo.tlie gr^t honour of A
merican genius, and that bard in particular,
who never i»efore was beyond the atmofpherc of
the Green Mountains, it was generally remark
ed, that the writings of neither of thofe gentle
men had evinced fo much ^/cience as this author
ciifplays.
4 N a t M A n > t ("fnipx/iv, be
falls gnat accompli fhments as a lawyer, is etni-!
iientTy diftinpuilhcd for fuperior ;diattimeitf» in
the high walks of both feience and literature.
The Editor docs not believe that this Poem
is yet to be f und in the Book-Stores of slic/o
tttonJ.
ft rot ChriflopJber (da.tflie the fame .lothot
who is f(> ken of in the Biflon Palladium of July
17 lb it the following terms ?
V.'e are happy in being able to inform our i
readers that the author of “ Ca t,lie's Petition
3c c. a work highly celebrated in Europe, has re- |
tuicd to his native country. We have fume tn- I
couragement to hope, that the effufions of his
pen will frequently decorate the columns of the
Palladium. Hr has brought with him “quips
and cranks and wreathed {"miles,*’ and perhaps j
will introduce our readers, occafionally, to
“laughtcr holding bothher lider.” We will veil j
tore to predict, however, that whofoever is a- |
mong the factious and unprincipled, will have
nothing favourable to anticipate from the play
ful feverity of his faliric Mufe.
^-•sa
A cure for the bite df a mad dog, by Dr. De
Moncta, phyfician in ordinary to his Polifli nn
jefty. 'J'i.e d.xttor advifes to cover the wound
with freffi earth, or with fnuff, to imbibe the fa
liva of the.animal, and then to wafli it with wa
ter. At the fame time, warm half a pound of
butter, in four times as much vinegar ; .and
when the wound is cleared, apply a comprefa
of linen, ffeeped in that mixture, and moiften it |
very often with the fame for nine days; after j
which time you may fsfely remove the com-:
prefs, and cure the wound in the ufual way. Du- j
ring the time the vinegar is ul'ed outwardly the '
patient mu ft take it \ifualiy four times a day, in •
dofes of an ounce and one half of vinegar warm
ed, with a little freffi butter ; and his common
drink, for at len.fl fifteen days, muff be pure wa- '
ter, with a little vinegar, and juice of citron, i
Strong liquor is extremely hurtful, at is any e- '
motion of anger or impatience. Plethoric pati
ents may l»e blooded ; but this precaution the
author regards as little neceiTafy. Dr. De Mo
neta, has ufed the fame remedy againfl the bites
of vipers, amt other venomous reptiles, and al
ways with fuccefs. He has prevented the hy
drophobia in more than fixtv people ; am!many
other phyficians, who have followed his method,
have found it equally efficacious—It is reamak
ablc that in Italy, vinegar has alfo been lately ,
di{covered to be a remedy for this dreadful dif- ;
order.
It gives us confiderable pleafure to ftate, thr.t Alex- '
ander M-Clure, efq. who'arrived a few days ago from
the Eaft-Indtes, iu the fiiip Horizon, has not been in
attentive during his abfence, to the inten.-fts of this
country ; for during his ftay at the Me of France, Mo
zambique, and at the Cape of Good Hope, he, with
great pains, collected a variety of feeds of ufeful plants,
which have not heretofore been introduced into this 1
country. The mot) valuable amongft thefe, *.ve htlieve
to be the feed of die Bourbon Cotton, which is in fuch !
requeft amongft the Er.ghih manufacturers, as to in- ,
duce them to give nearly double the price for it that •
is given for the belt Cotton railed in this ftate. We I
underftand that Mr. M‘Clure intends to diftributc this
feed amongft fome planters here and in Georgia, with
a requeft that they will ufe their endeavours to culti
vate itaud naturalise it to our climate.
He has alfo brought in with him as curiofities, a
number of Birds, either elegant in their plumage or ‘
celebrated for their notes. And the lovers of exquifite
Wine may now be gratified with a tafte of the far
famed Conftamia Wine, which is produced by one
Vineyard only at the Cape of Good Hope ; Mr.
M'Cluic nasaconUderabJe quantity of it : formerly
tins delicious juice was nearly wholly engrafted by the
Dutch Government, who diftributed it in prefents to
the crowned heads and potentates of Europe ; what
little was for fale could not be procured in Atnftcrdam
at a left price than a guinea for a pint bottle—When
at the Cape, Mr. f.I'Clure received as a great favor a
fow with pig of the Ctiinefe breed of hogs, this breed
is a finall fpecies of fwine but the flefii is as tender as
a chicken and is efteemed a great delicacy. We trufl
that Mr. M'Clure’s well intended exertions will entitle
him to the thanks of the cotton planters in the Sou
thern ftates and that fociety will conlider him as a
mongft tiiofe who have endeavored to be of fervice to
ft* [Chari. City Uaz.
The following JketcbcSy refpefling the country and j
nation of the CkoAnws are taken from letters ,
written by Silas Dinfrnore, Efq. Agent for Go- )
oernmerit, and now refrding -with that nation. •
To a private friend.—[Boil. Repertory.]
April 84, 1804. Cboll aw Nation.
“ Haying already given you an account of
what this country does produce, I will now give
you an account of what it is capable of produ
cing. And firil of the neceflary articles. Maize
orlniari Com, rye, wheat, barky, beans, peak,'
potatoes, both Irifh and French, every fpecics of
hortulan plant known in New-England, Sc fome '
that will cot grow in that climate. To the a
bove lift of neccfTary vegetables, may be annex- !
ed a proportional quantity of beef, pork and I
mutton, milk, butter and cheefe. For raw nia- i
terials of clothing—fkins, wool, cotton, flax and
hemp. When this country opens for fett lenient, •
it will differ much from mofl new fettlements if
there he not a governmental demand, equal to !
tlie produce of the laft mentioned article, to
purge off the ufual influx of rafeals. Many of
the inconveniences of life, not absolutely necef- '
f.iry to our fubtiflence, are included in the above
lift: tl.ofe con cnicnces which approach nearer
the luxuries are as follows ; fruits, viz. ftraw
berrics, currants, whortleberries, plumbs of va
notis kinds, every fpecics of grape, and in the
Southern pirts tic orange, and perhaps the
Hme ; the tig in greateft perfection in every
part ot the country. Peaches could be produ
ced in greater abundance than apples in New
England. Apples might n1fu be produced but
not fo well as in the more Northern climates.
Sugarcane grows very well towards the gulph,
and in general produces, where cultivated, a
profitable crop. At prefent, however, the cul
ture of cotton fupercedes every thing in many
parts, and will continue to do fo, as long as the
high, demand for it continues. From the grape i
the various wines and brandy, may be produ- j
ccd j from the cane, fugar, mol a (left and rum ;
from peaches, a moft delicious, highly flavoured
brandy, and from the grains the different quali
ties of maltpiquor and whilkey. The black mul
berry is the natural growth of the rich lands, |
and the white mulberry might be cafily introdu- ■
ced. Silk might be manufadured equal to any
part of the world. Animals of life, pleafiire and j
•port may he increafed with great cafe : as Hor
fes, floats, Antelopes and Deer. The waters i
do not abound in filh, though at this place we i
get a partial fupply. Iron abounds in the conn- j
try, and from the numerous licks, it is probable '
la It may be made. It is not to be underftood
that all the land :n this country is good. There
is a large proportion of inferior quality, and the
water tcarce in fuinmer.”
CHARACTER OF A CHOCTAW.
** for the charader of thefc people, colled all
the vices pofuble for ignorant people to commit,
with a certain portion of the itioft amiable vir
tues* heighten the coutraft, by uniting compla
cency .-fnd tenrienief* with the moft obdurately
vindictive temperament ; (hake all togither and
take out a dole fufticient to hang a white man,
uul you have a Cbsxdaw/*
’l*hs chi.'sfrom the Ofuge nation cf b'diaftt/tvith
that king wt are informed, will arrive in town to
day, from the Federal city. ! The following deicrip
tit*n of thefe flrangi>r» will give our readersfome *uea
ot their perl ::s and uilpofitiorjj, but what may excite
their turiofi'y much more, is u military anecdote
which was related to u-t i»y an intelligent gentleman,
this inorniug!—Their king, with 1.5 w arrior*, fume
year* ago, intercepted a Sp-nilh convoy with ingo.s,
*g°*ugactofs the isthmus oi Darien, and loaded tiie.n
lelves with tire rich booty ; they were, however, af
terwards overtaken by fupcrior force, and obliged to
furrender their tre.diire. With 500 stand of muiker.
they tiiink they could become purveyors to the mint
of the United Siati s, a:rd fupply it, in }>rofulion, with
ingots from the Spa-iidi mine*!
Salt. Fed. Caz>
rail tf a letterfram !i' 'ajbirgto.iy la lie Edit an cf the
American.
“Tlf Ofsg- Indians who lately arrived in this city,
wtre. on i ueiduy eleorted by the prefident and fsve
* J1 officers of the general government to the navy yard
for the parpofe ol viewing the U. S. frigate United
orate*. ChefapeaSe, Adams, and General Gre-ne,
now lying in the Eastern Branch. As tlu-y were
strangers to any thing of the kind, it was cxocCled
they would have t:\prtlTecl a great degree of furprize
at the fight ox a large vefTel of war ; but it is a trait
very extraordinary ixi ihofe men, not to leeni lurprized
at any object, however great, which may meet their
eye. Upon their arrival near die navy yard, they
were met by the Italian band, and conducted towards
the vcifels, w here a leder.il l.ihite was fired. Imme
diately upon the drfcliarge of the first gun, the iigtxal*
ai.tl Hags of die different nations agreeably to previous
arrangement, were hoLted in a moment, but without
exciting ir. them the least emotion, except an exprefli
on oliatisf.ictionatthismarkofdisthnSionlhewn them, i
They are very much plealed with the attention
paid to them by the government, and endeavor to e
vmce it by a relpectlul demeanor to the officers and
citizens generally. They are stout, well made men;
and though •‘counted1’ very ferocious, have the au
pearance of he.ng the mostpolijbedyAm; I have ever
leen. k ou will be able to form a more correct idea
of them as they will fliut tly vifit Baltimore and from
thence proceed to Philadelphia, New-Vork and per
haps to Boston.
* nave ncnvcu ir.eir preterits 110m govern
ment, and are friendly difpofed.
In order to Ihew their gratitude to the citizens of
this place, for their polite attention, a circular piece
ground was iucloled yesterday afternoon, in which,
at thefetting of tie fun, they preferred the inhabitants]
with a new fpecies of entertainment—the war
dance. Of this I can give you no idea ; therefore I
will not attempt it. They were painted, and drefled
in their -war habits. A numerous and refpaftable
company were prcfent, amounting, it is fuppofed, to
near 3,000, among whom were the prefident of the
United States, and many of the officers of the general
government. The light \va3 novel, and of coune gave
general latisfactiou.”
Literary Intelligence.
Thomas Campbell, author of the Pleafures
of Hope, is writing at London an Allegorical
Poem, il hi ft rati ve ofa feries of defigns, by one
ot the Princefles—Tlic fubject is Cupid turned
Volunteer.
Rofcoc has commenced printing his life of
Leo X. It is faid that it will make four volumes
quarto.
. Southy is engaged on a Hiftory of Portugal.
Walter Scott, editor of the Minftrcil'y of the
Scottifli Border, and writer of feveral fpirited
Poems, is about to publifh a Poetical Romance,
called “ The Lady of the Minftrel.”
Brigade Major Lambton, in the Britifli Eaft
India Company’s lervicc, has completed the
meafurement, in the Eaft-Indies, of an acre of
the meridian of the earth, foeflential, by a com
parilbn with (iinilar meafurements now carry
ing oti in England and Spain, and lately execut
ed in Lapland, for determining the exadt dimen
sions of the globe. It appears that by means
of a feries of triangle, whofe triangles were de
termined by a large and very accurate theodo
lite, lately made by Cary, he found the diftance
of two ftations, north and fouth of each other,
to be 108,777 Englifli miles, and by careful and
repeated obferva?ion of the ftars, at each of the
ftations, with a zenith fedlor, made by the late
juftly celebrated Ramfden, he found their dif
ference of latitude to be 1,582,342 degrees from
which he Concludes that one degree on the me
ridian, or line from north to fouth, whofe mid
dle point is in 12 degrees 32 min. north latitude,
is equal to 60,495 Englifli fathoms, or 5C,7C2,8
French toifes. From a feries of triangles at the
fame place, in a direction eaft and weft, lie finds
th.* length ofa degree perpendicular to the me
ridian, or caft and weft, to be 61,061 Englifli fa
thoms, or 57,293,9 French toifes.
The Eaft India company have liberally deter
miried to have the triangles extended through
feven or eight degrees of latitude for the ftill
more accurate determination of the lengths of
degrees in thofe latitudes ; and this is intended
to form the bafts of a lurvey of the country, li
ir.ilar to the grand furvey of England, carrving
on under Major Mudge.
An extraordinary cafe in the annals of population
deferve-, to be made public—In the cpachy of Tambus,
in Ruflia, were born in the year 1303, 26,746 boys,
21,998 girls, together 48,744 children, married 10,825 I
couple, died, 10,026 males 9,23,3 females, in all
19,2o9; that is, the hirihs exceeds the deaths by
29,485, far more than half.
'in -■ -r> iran -n i ■ « ,,, . ......
VALUABLE HOUSES Sc LOTS.
THP StBiCMRF.R OlfFKS FOK SALK OK KFXT,
’ i ’HAT hand Come BRICK TENEMENT in '
A which he at prefent re tides, beautifully fituated 1
on Shockur Hill, a fhert distance from the Capitol, in (
a very healthy and agreeable part of the city. The'
houle (built of tbc beat materials A quire new) is 33 by
37 feet, two story high, in which arc feven good j
rooms and a ten foot paflage the whole width of the !
houle, with convenient clofct9, and a cellar inferior !
to none in this city ; attached to winch are two half \
acre Jots, one or both of which m*-j be had with tha !
houfe.
ALSO, FOR RENT OR LEASE,
A f.nall, neat, two-ftory BRICK TENE
MENT , (in the neighbourhood of Mr. Thomas Ru
therfoord) containing five good rooms, puflages, clo
fets, Ac. Ac. with the requisite out building*, and a
good well of water.
AND FOR SALE,
Several handfomc unimproved HALF-ACRE
LOTS, eligibly fituated on the Hill.
tdT A great bargain may be hail in any part or the
whole of the above property offered for fale, and libe
ral credit given for the greater part of the money.—
For farther particulars, apply to
SPOT8WOOD LIPSCOMBS.
July 21._ts—tf
IRISH LINENS & SHEETINGS.
I’HE fnhfcribers btnvju/trefeiveda few Boxes
of 7-fl and 1-1 IRISH LINENS, and
s 1 SHEE TINGS from B Ifajl, <&bieb they will
l< H on moderate terms.
ELLIS ijf ALLAN.
Richmond, July 7, 1*04. ft\<w )
H r bnve recti-ved a small additional fufiplvof
MADEIRA WINE,
OE .1 fuptrior quality, wTifc h we offer Car fale
by the hugflieael and quarter-calk.
Gihuos in’ yt'FFKKtdR.
July 1«. eptf
ADVF&T ISF.MtNT*.
Cn tt.r Ttb Jay of Sef>ie:nler next, t+i tbe u*:t
u n't i<i‘ig bottfe of (left* fahn tledgti, Joe. <. v
Lbiypawamft, near f'l-.itij, HILL HE
SGI l), on a credit of r.uebi'e nic./tbj, at yttbr
Hr flic, to the biybeji bidder,
rWO TRACTS of LAND, fitintrin Prince. ~
i I Wiliam county, coutainii g about twelve * err.
j J: i-il acres., oi good quality, \vc II t ir.b :red ;*r«l iinj-ro
I vtd, a?.da large proportion of it low s rounds IV.itable
for meadow, siifi, about 25 LIKELY SLAVES,
| and all the other perfonal property of the eflate oi’ the.
I..id i ledge*.-Bord awl approved leevrity, torre
tht r with a mortgage on the land fold, vill be i ei’Ut
red oi the purchaler* The l.uid will be fold in tract*
or lo:», as m»y be most likely to produce ti c Lett piu.e.
SETII CO ITS, ‘ l E*;:..tcrj ,/ f:u
ISIIAM E. H EDGES, i H br!,
Ch’ppawamsic, Joly .‘J, I 'M l. eSttls—21
AT A QUAHTEKLr COUtf COHTItIUKt) ANO I! * r »
roH rRUicr. xnivAUD rr, ji/.v ihc b'.uy
1 SCI.
WILLIAM WHITE, & Co. Plaintiff*
AGAINST
THOMAS GIBSON & ROBERT 1 ^ „
B. GIBSON, J Defendant*.
tx c/i.txcFxr.
THE defendant Thomas Gibfon not having
entered bis appearance and given lecuritv accctd*
ing to an sCl of the General Afftmhly and »H<* rrle« of
this court; and it appearing to the fatiafa&ion of th«
aourt that he is not an inhabitant of thus Rate : on the
motion of the plaintiffs, by their rounli •, it is ordered;
lhai the feid defer.J ot Thomas Gibfon do appear here
on the Erft day of Aug nil court next, and art-vet the
plaintiffs’ bill; and that a copy of this Cn’cr he fourth
with inlierttd i.i (bine one of the public Utwfpupsrk
printed in the c-.ty of Ri hiuand for two mouths iuccef.
lively; and ulfo polled at the front door of the court*
honfe of this county.
A Copy. Telle,
benjamin Watkins, d. c.
_'eSd.n—1C
r ks /v o ./■/ r.j
A TRACT OF LAND,
7 N Powhatan county, on Appomattox River,
* where it is na vigable, known by the name qf
APCauPj Quarter, containing 420 acres : this
land lies about four miles from the Court Houfe,
and is well adapted to the culture of Tobacco,
/mall grain and corn. Samuel IVoodfor, whs
lives near the laud, vrllfhcw it to any p erf on w.»
may wifh to purebafe.
If it is not fold before tin- tfl of September next,
I 'ball fell it upon that day to the highcfl bidder,
at VAoodfon's Tavern, near theprendf s.
jomn r. price.
Richmond, May 30,1804. [ 1 awtalf 2i/:a.
MUTOAL ASSIJ RANCE OFFICE,
R i chs: o ten, Jul r '2d, 1 so n
rT',HE very extraordinary Fires that have taken
JL place fir.ee the Inftitution of the Mutual Infur
ance againfl fire on goods and furniture in the (late of
Virginia, renders it neceffury to call a quota from each
member who was infured previous to the 2.°.d of Fe
bruary laft.--The Board of Directors therefore ro
folve, and it is hereby required, that each member in
fured as aforefakl Ihall pay to the Caihirt- General of
this company in Richmond on or before the firft day of
Oftober next, one full quota, that is to fay, the full a
maunt of premiums as expreffed iu their refpttftive po
lices.
A compliance with this requisition v. ill rrii.llate t! j*
funds agreeable to the intention of the lav/ and the
rules and regulations of this company, and thereby
enable them to pay for Ioffes in future—and where it
is confidered that many of the members have been ir
fured more than fix years for premiums which do not
average more than 3 per cent; the advantages of this
humane lu'.liti'tinn will r.o doubt be properly appreci
ated.;—Pundluality is expedled, and when the mem
bers of this Company advert to the Incorporation adl *
they will fee the r.eceffity of a ftridl compliance wifh
the above rtquifition. It is however pleating to tefledl
that we have luccoured the diftreffts of fo many of our
fellow creatures, who might have been reduced to
poverty, and had they not infured in this Company
they might not have infured at all, while our own pro
perty has been at the fame time infured for lefs than
half as much as it would have coll had we iulured elfo
where, notwithftandir.g the moll extraordinary £rt«
that were ever known before in this State.
Benjamin duval, preGdent m. i. c.
* As each member has been furnifhed with a Copy
of .the Conftitution Rules and regulation of the Com
pany by referring to which, they will fee the Incorpo
ration a cl.
The printers in this ftate are reqnefled to in-<
fert the above once a week for four weeks in their
refpe&ive papers._July 18. law4w
riKunviJi :
AT A SUPERIOR COURT OR CHANCERY, HOLDEN IN
RICHMOND, MAY 19. 1804.
BETWEEN
JOSEPH C. BRO\VN, RICHARD B. 7
GOOD£ & WILLIAM BROWN, \
AND
ROBERT OMBERSON, Defendant.
ITUS caufe, by confcnt of parties, came on
this nineteenth day of May, in the year of our
lord one thoufand eight hundred and four, to be heard
on the bill and anfwer, and was argued by council:
on conlideration whereof, the court adjudgeth and de*
creeth, that, unlefs the defendant on or before th<;
twenty-foui tli day of July next, pay to the plaintiff
William Brown, one thoufand four hundred dollar*,
with interefl thereon, after the rate of lix per centum
per annum, to be Computed from the twenty-fourth
day of January, one thoufand eight hundred and three,
till payment,and the coll* expended by the plaintiffs
in profecuting this fuit, that Jofcph C. Brown and
Richard B. Goode, after giving three wpeks notice in
o..v oi moic of tiie Richmond newfpapcrs, do expofe
to public fa!e hy audlion, for rc.dy money, the Hal/
Acre Lot of Land, with the Appurtenances, lying in
that part of the City of Richmond called Roc!t-ts,d< -
fignated in the plan of the faid city hy the number
(£07) two hundred and feven, which had been con
veyed in trull by the defendant, to the foren.imed
Jolepli C. Brown and Kichr.rd B. Goode, forthepur
pofe as isalledged in the hill and admitted by the an
swer, of fccuring the forefaid principal money and in
tereft, the deed for w hich hath 1 een deftroyed as isal
f<» ailcdged and admitted ; arid out of the money a
riftng from the laic, pay to the plaintiff, V/illiam
Brown, the faid principal money, iniereft and cofl-;
and the furplu*. if any, after deda&ing the expends
attending the fate, pay to the defendant, and report
theii proceedings in exerution hereof to the court.
A Copy. Telle, l'ETER TINSLEY, c. c.
I DO confcnt am* reipicft, that the commi(Borera
named in the above decretal order, do proceed to car: y
the fame into cfTcft on Wednel'day the 1ft da) of Au
gufl. next. t",,
ROBERT X OMBERSON,
mark.
Tefte, Of or or M*Cr rnir..
Nhinchrjler, July 19, 1K<>4,
?Ft BY thvdonfent and reqimft of Robert Omber
fon, we lhall proceed to .SELL the
LOI & APPURTENANCES
mentioned and deferifed in the ah.»ve d*rr?t>! ori'ef,
(ipoii the terms therein mentioned, on Wrdr.tfd,'. the
1ft day of Au^ujf next, ftpoti the premifes, l>e~wee*
the hours of 10 and if of the clo< k.
JOSEPH C. BROWN.
RICHARD B. GOODF-.
Jn,7 21' ep.1t
t> BILLS op /.ADING, SHF.RIFF'j BLANKS,
BLANK BONDS, *Hc. {fc.
FOR SALE AT 1 Hifl OFFICE.