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RICHMOND PRICES CURRENT.
D. C.
TOBACCO, 3 to 9
YUIUR-iVl’BRFINI, 8 50
mo. FINE, 8
BORN, PER BARREL, 4
WHEAT, 1 50
BACON!, PER LB. 00 • 12
'WHISKEY, PER GALLON, 0 67
IAK IRON, PER TON, 100 00
HEMP, PEI! TON, 150 180
gj- - -LU'i-P-L — -JU.*•-•
LAND FOR SALE.
T)URSUANT to a Decree, of the County
.^T Court of Hanover, will (positively) be sold
to ti e highest bidder, on the premises, on Sa
tur- a v, the 15th day of July next, A TRACT
OP LAND, belonging to the estate of the late
G-- orge Richardson, dec’d. containing one hun
dred wnd seventy-eight and a half acres, lying
in t!.e lower end of said County, on Chickahom
ony Swamp and twelve miles from Richmond ;
about one half of this is highland in arable or
der, well adapted to the culture of corn, wheat
and tobacco, with a large and never fading
orchard of various kinds ot apples and a small
orchard of peach trees ; the other nulf is low
land, part of which is reclaimed and fit lor til
lage. and the whole for strength anti fertility of
soil is exceeded by none in Virgin! ..—Bond
with approved security will be required of the
purchase, and a credit of twelve months allow
ed for one .half of the purchase money, eighteen
ntm.ths tor the balance The land will be
shewn to any one wishing to purchase, by Mr.
James Atkinson at Cold Harbor, or Mr. Jobn
Couch, near Kidds’ Milt
THE COMMISSIONERS.
June 28. 3t
(Ct The sale of the above property is unavoid
ably postponed until Saturday the i3lh day of
June next, when it will positively be sold with
out reserve.
NOTICE.
WILL be sold on Monday, the 1st day of
July next, on a credit of 12 months, at
the residence of the late Henry L. Biscoe, in
the Town of Manchester, 7 or 8D0 half boxes
Uigurs, made by experienced workmen, with
Brazil Tobacco.
PETER F. SMITH, Adm'r of
H. L. BISCOE, deed.
June 21. 4t
Mi CHARLES R. GREEN :
SIK, as you are not an inhabitant of the state,
or have no known place of residence, or any
kno.vii agent in the same ; I take this mode of
giving you notice, that, on Friday and Saturday
the 26:h & 27th of July, 1811, between the
hours .ften in the morning and four in the o
vening, I shall proceed to take sundry depo
sitions at the present dwelling iiouse of Mrs. Ma
ry B. Beech, in the county of Lunenburg, to be
read ns evidence in a suit in Chancery, in the
County Court of Charlotte, in which 1 arp Com
plainant and you arc Defendant.
Your Wife,
PHCEBE green.
Jup 14. - 8t^J
O PICE.—The subscriber wants to hire i
t.umber of l(^-or«rs for the James River
Comoruty. whose s rvices wiil be required for
3 o 4 mouths— To whom liberal wages will be
ffivt-iT, apply Vo the subscriber at the scale house
on the Basin.
H. MOSBY
June 14. tf
1 j OWYER’S White Sulphur SPRINGS,
2 '/ Greenbrier.—The Subscribers, the pre*
sent occupants of these Springs, beg leave to
return their thanks for the very generous encou
ragement which they received the last season,
snd to inform the public, that 'hey are now in a
fiitua;ion to receive company-that they have
•with miii.lt trouble ana very grfcat expence, en
abled hemselves to entertain comfortably, up
wards of one hundred persons, with their ser
vants. They have repaired all the former
buildings, ami have erected seventeen ik * lodg
ing houses, with plank floors, glass windows
and brick chimines ; they have also built a very
spacious dining house, having set apart the old
dining house for the entertaining of travellers ;
and have a'dded so largely to their stables, that
they can now stall upwards of an hundred hor
des They have laid in an abundant supply of
the best stores—from all of which, they confi
dently hope to give general satisfaction to those
who may visit their
FO U.YTA IN 0 F IIF.AL 1II!
A Post Office has lately been established at
these Springs, and a variety of Newspapers will
be taken from different parts of the U. S. lor the
amusement of tire visitors.
Wm. HERNDON & Co.
Greenbrier, june 18. tf
DOMESTIC WAREHOUSE.
JUST received and for Sale, on consignment,
from the Manufactory of Cut Tacks and
Br.<ds (or Sprigs,) viz.
100 m 3d
214 — 4 do
200 — 5 do
201 — 6 do
209 8 do
30 — 12 do
oO —- 16 do
5U m 1-2 Inch.
10 — 58 do
50 — 3 4 do
2 0—78 do
50 — 1 do
50 — 1 1-4 do
20 — 1 :j-4do
50 — 2 do
The above are of excellent quality and a con
stant supply expected* by
D. J.BURR.
June 21. _ 3w
“ NOTICE.
WILL be sold on a credit of 6 months, on
Tuesday the 9th day of July next, at the
Shop occupied by the late I)r. W. Watts, all
his Stock of Medicine, the purchaser giving
bond with approved security to
D ANL. WEISIGEK, Adm'r of
W. WATTS.
Manchester, June 21. 4t
Twelve thousand Cypress Palings for Sale,
Sj> terras, apply opposite JoOnson's Ware
house .
D WEIS1GER.
p R j N T | j* G,
or BVSCY DKSCKIMIOH, XHATLY KXCCUTBr.
V THIS Off ICE.
JVOTfCE.
THE present Clerk of the superior court of
Chancery, for the District of Williams
burg,having notified to me that he should certain
ly resign the office, on the 15th day of the next
month—1 shall on that day proceed to appoint
bis successor.——I* is worthy the attention of a ,
gentleman well qualified.
SAMUEL TYLER.
Williamsburg, Jun- 25- 5t
---I
Dissolution of co-partnership
—In consequence of the death of r. Ro
bert Pollok, the business lately carried on in this
place, under the firm of Pollok & Tredway, is
dissolved. Those .vho have claims against the
said firm are requested to apply to Thomas
Tredway fornayinent,to whom those indebted
are requested to make payment
THOMAS TREDWAY,
Surviving partner of
POI.LOK. tk TREDWAY,
ALL AN POLLOfc, ex?or.
of the last Will of
ROBERT POLLOK.
Manchester, June 25.
Those still indebted to the late firm of Pollok,
Tredway fc Co. are requested to come forward
ami make arrangements, for the speedy payment
of their respective debts, as after the long in
dulgence already granted, we shall be under
the necessity of using coercive measures atraimu
all those who fail so to do
T-IOMAS TREDWAY,
ALLAN POLLOK,
Surviving partners in this Country of
POLLOK. TREDWAY, & Co.
I take this opportunity of announcing, to all
those still indebted to the late firm of Robert
and Allan Pollok 8* Co. that unle ss they come
forward and male*, speedy nnd satisfactory ar
rangements, for the payment of their respective
debts, suits shall be immediately instituted
ALLAN POLLOK,
Surviving partner in tfus Country of
ROBEKT 8c ALLAN POLLOK, St Co.
Richmoud, June 25. tt
NOTICE—A petition will be presented to
the next General Assembly, praying that
.an Act may pass for establishing a Turnpike
from the City of Richmond, in a straight -and
direct course to the Brook Tavern, on the Fred
ericksburg road, about 7 miles ab ve the said
City.
June 14. w2m
THIRTY CRATES well assorted Queen’s
Ware,
3 hogsheads glass, do.(
1 do. do. splendidly cut,
Elegant China and Liverpool dining s£tB
Do. do. & do. plates, dishes &.c
Do. do. Tea arts, together vritli a great variety
of select articles of China, Glass & Queens ware
—also a ncv) supply of fine &. coarse hats, direct
from the Portland Factory, warranted inferior to
none, just received by the subscriber, end will
be sold on the lowest terms for cash, or satisfac
tory acceptances, at the shofosale and retail
China Store adjoining Mr Brown’s Vendue
House.
JOHN D 1111,1.A Jf h
N. B. Ware of every description, repacked at
short notice.
June 7. if
Bt.JfJAMI.N DUVAL, '
AT the Sign of the GOLDEN MOR.
T A R,Richmond,returns thanks to his cus
tomers for past favors, and earnestly intreats all
those indebted to him to call and settle their res
pective accounts, as lie is anxious to close iiis
former business. Having taken his ton Fhilip
into partnership in his medicine slore. It will be
carried on in future under the firm of
BEJfJAMIJf DUVAL Cf SOW;
Who have just received a large supply of fresh
DRUGS, Medicines, Paints, Dye-Stuff, &c
most of which being bought with cash, they
are enabled to sell at low prices.
The same attention heretofore paid in select
*.ng medicines of the best quality and receiving
non< in powder, will be strictly observed, and
they! tter themselves, to merit the encom-age
f their friends and the public generally.
May 17. 6t—lawtf
JVQ TICE.
A PETITION will be presented to the next
General Assembly, on behalf of the Com
mon-Hall of this City, praying that an act may
pass empowering the Comm»n-Hall to lease, or
otherwise dispose of, as may be most expedient
for the benefit of the said City, the public com
mons within the limits thereof.
By order of the Commtn- Hall.
Wm C. WILLIAMS, President.
way 24 w2m
A l Ji A U II H R \v A J\ T K li.
AN tiiit-xp- cted accession of pupils to the
SMITHFIELD ACADEMY, has lender
ed another teacher necessary-A gentleman
well qualified to teach the classics, and of unex
ceptionable character for morality Sc correct ha
hits, will meet with the tmut liberal encourage
ment. A communication directed to the trus
tees, living in Smithfield, will be promptly at
tended to—The services being immediately wan
ted, the sooner an application is made, the more
agreeable. A clergyman would be preferred.
Smithfield, Isle ol Wight County.
June 7. tf
CIFTY DOLLARS REWARD-Runa
way from the subscriber, on the night
of the 9th inst.- — A mulatto man named
John, alia* John White, he is rcmsiKaMe like!)
--upwards of six feet high, ab« *.v 22 to 23 old
—his hair inclined to be straight—be is very
sensible, can read and I believe write—he for
merly belonged to Mr. Benjamin Drew o*
Smithfield, and se.rved him as a house servant,
and was »s lam informed an extraordinary good
one s He carried with him—a <irab surtout coat
better than half worn--with pockets at the soli -
—a black close bodied do. one pair white
woolen pantaloons of Virginia ?-loth. One do.—
blue do.—one do. blue plains—one vest striped
in imitation ofswans down. Ho no Soubt w
attempt to pass tor a fire m*n, Ct, probably will
be lurking about Petersburg or fts vicinit)
where 1 am told a free woman lives with whon
he had taken up some time, past—or perhap.
gone to Smithfield, where his (nother lives
All masters ol vessels abd others are caution. *
against conveying away or in any way barbom
Ing the said fellow at theft- pet ti.—1 will give t
above reward ; if secur< d in any goal in the stat<
so that 1 gel him again—and lorly doilura if ta
ken & secured out ut the slate.
P. S. If brought home, *li reasonable charges
will be paid in addition to the abovp reward
Win'. YOUNG.
; Richmond* April Ip. tf
LA.\D FOR SALE.
OY virtue of* decree of the Superior Cour*
•f of Chancery for the Richmond Disirict,_
will be offered for Sate at Cumberland Court
House, on Monday the 22d July next, (being
Court d^y) that valuable TRACT OF LAND
belonging to the estate of Petri field Trent, dec
containing by estimation, ?83 acres lying in the
county of Cumberland, on Willis river and ad
joining the town of Caira, fur the purpose of
rsising a sum of money therein mentioned, due
and owing to the estate of Alexander Trent,
dcc’d. Tl e contiguity of this land to he town of
Cairn j where themisa Merchant Mill, which
will no doubt, in a short time he in complete re
pair, and consequently will require a large quan
tity ol wheat &c., as well as tobacco inspection
—and being rit the head of the navigable waters
of Willis’s river, refrdtfr itobe of the most d»
si Table tracts of Sand in tf)al part of the coun.
try. Add d to these, the lapii is of excellent qu J
ity, and well adapted to tfte culture of t-.bacco
wheat, corn, &c.
Previous to ttie day of Lie. tliis land will bo.
laid oft in lots, and sold td suit purchasers—.nd
the ter ms of jule lib?r:.l. on!) one third will r>«;
required when the deed is r.:.,de, and one, two
and three years for the balance Bends and ne
cufity will be demanded,'crured hy a deed of
tiuat if required by the
COMMISSIONERS.
June 25. t.In
TO PRINTERS.
JfOR SALE, tj»e TPPE on which tin- pa.
per is pruned, fiuitcsou k Brevier_
A great bargain may be had, by immediate ap
plication to Hit Editor.
Jund 7. 1
SUPERFINE CLOTHS i—The Subscribers
have just received by the Anacreon from
London, on consignment, two Bales best qual
ty, which they will sell low by the Bale or Piece
or Cash.
Wm : COLOUHOUN, & Co.
April 9, 1811. tf
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SHEEP AND CLOTHING.
The following preface tola London edi_
(ion of Mr. R R 'Livingston’s • Essays
on Sheep,’’ is that to whict we alluded on
Saturday, arid is from t/i; pen of fVii.
CoBBE'fr—Thai same Pete/ Porcupine, who
tier formed so conspicuous ft part in the fro
motion of abuses in this country, similar to
(hose w/iich he now labor) to destroy in his
own —.SUltORA.
PREFACE.
The following work ik, in my opinion,
well calculated to be useful to any proprie
tor of sheep and particularly to an one
who is desirous of raising a (lock of Men
nos. It is, besides, lull of curious matter,
and the reading of it produces the pleasing
Effect of bringing us, as it were, into a
tountry. whtcl we have only heard oj be
tore. But, tnat which most s;,ongly re
co .niendeu »* to1 nie, and which induced me j
:o re-pubhsh u was, mat «. oon.pi«t«-iy Cf*i. I
iledthe \t;r;, import n question, uaine > :
whether the American mutes could dis
pense with European wool and woollens ;
iques'ion of very gnat inteiest to .he
world in general, and to England in paui
:ular.
Having never 6een, in any part of Ame
rica, an assemblage of sheep woithy of the
lame of flock ; and having irom h^bit, al„
ways looked upon grass yields, and downs
ind turnip fields as In. iug indispensably ne
pessary to me rearing uno keeping of aheep,
in any considerable number; i ga ve it as
my opinion, about three years ago(,vhtn
writing about the then dispute with America)
tha the Americans never could do without
wool from other countries, si ting that lor
:he w-nt of winter herbage and turnip
Helds,' which they could not h .ve for teed,
n winter, on account ot the deep snows,
;hey had it not in their power to k£ep
iheep in number sufficient to supply them
with aleutlr part ot the wool rtquisite tor
heir various uses. But, upon reading a
French work by C. I\Lastkyrie* enti.
ded “ A History of the introduction of Spa
" nish Sheep into the different states of
Europe &c iSTc,” I tound thar my no
tion of the absolute necessity of grass or
Hr nip fields, in winn , was quite erryne
ous; and. that the very finest fuck of sheep
n all Europe, were kept at house during
five, and sometimes six, months in the year.
[ found, that in Saxony, in Silesia, in Den
mark,.to Sweden; I found, that in all these
countries, it was the invariable practice to
keep the sheep at house and yard, like
vxeu or other cattle, all the winter; and, I
* I so found, that, under this treatment, the
merino race of she p as well as others,
bad succeeded perfectly well. I now find,
loo, that the very finest wool known to
the English manufacturer comes from
■saxony; into which country the breed ot |
Spanish sheep has been introduced only
forty-six years at the longest ; that is to
say, a little more than twice the length
of time that the present war has been eonur
[>n.
When I learnt, that flocks of sheep conld
he kept for whole winteis, year after year,
in houseu and yards, led upon straw, haulm’,
dried leaves, horse chesnuts, hay, and pota
toes; and. when I percsived, that these
flocks not only livkd but increased most
wonderfully, and that they sent to England
even rifJKH wool than any that ever was,
or that ccuid now be, obtamed from Spain;
when I perc< ived this, I could entertain no
doubt of the piacticaoiliiy of multiplying
slieep to any exient in the American states’,
where animals of e\ery kind are uncoin
monly prolific, and where all the above
mentioned means of wintering are found in
-uper ibunfi nice. Before, therefore, 1 saw
Mr. Livingston’s Essay, I was lolly con
vinced, that, ii the Americans did not spee
dily become independent of all other coun
tries for wool and woollkms it must be
entirely their »wn fault.
It appears that they do not mean to incur
this blame ; for, the whole Country seems
i<» be animated with .he desire of rearing
sheep chit fly for the sake of he wool, as
will clearly appear from Hie tacts stati d oy
Mr. Living ton. Ind- id, the cic.im
stance ct this Essay having been fmpUih
rd by order of' the legislature of A’t'VJ
York, ami at the fntblic exfience, professed,
lv, (as Will be seen from the subjoined re
solution of the two houses, j upon the ground
°t public utility ; this circumstance alone
is quite conclusive as to the fact, that the
increase ot sheep and of the manufacture of
wohl, are become objects of great public in
terest in America; rbjects in the acconu
plishmcnt of which they will have been
powerfully assisted by the measures ntlop..
ted against their commerce by the govern
ments of England anti France, who, very
likely, were wholly unconscious, that they
were Ih this case, acting under the guidance
of the genius of freedom.
It is, I think, manifest, from the following]
pages, that, in three or four years, at the j
most, America will be able to supply herself]
w:ih wool, ant! also with woollen clot it ,
and that even now, if it should become nc_ ;
cessary, she could do very well without im
porting any wool or woollens from ahy
part ul the world. This is a great event.
It »s a grfeat change in the affairs of nations,
liic Ymcr.cans, who, until now 'have beeif1
obliged to look to I'KcLANii chiePy lor
coats, made of wool that came from Spain;
ten millions of people who got the princi..
pal articles of their wearing apparel in
this round-about way, will now grow those
articles upon their own lands, and will keep
at home, tor the feeding of doth makers,
those articles of ft od, which they used to
raise in order to pay England ml Spain for
manufacturing and for wool. The intetiL
gem readei will be at no loss to perceive how
great must be the advantages of thischanee
to the American states, a change which
that country owes to the tolly and tyranny
of othei governments.
But tiiis change, favorable as I hope it
may prove, to the interests of mankind in
general, could not have been so rapidly pro_
ducetl, had it not been for the actual iuva
sion of Spain by the Emperor Napoleon,
who, without intending it, perhaps, has by
this invasion scattered the inestimable flocks
of Spain over the face of the earth. N t
the Spanish monarchy only, but the Spa
nish nation has he broken ufi, dispersing
its goods and chattels to all who were m a
condition to take them away. It* pictures
and us plate and its jewels, all its valuable
moveables, are, long ago. divided amongst
its invaders ; ns flocks have been driven
out, shipped off, or devoured ; its houses, j
utter having been pillaged, have, in no small j
proportion been levelled With the ground;!
<miu vuc grouuu useir is all that seems to'
Wave any security of remaining; Yet, a.!
midst all this ruin, amidst his general 1
wreck of society, it is much to he question,
ed, whether the great mass of the people in
Spain are not an well, and even better off,
than they formerly were; for, what interest
had they in the flocks which composed the
riches • f their country * What knew they
of those flocks, but in as much as they were
a scourge to themselves > The exclusive
property of the privileged orders, i.nt only
.van it impossible tor rh^ cultivator of the I
land to obtain any share in the benejit ari
sing from these fl-cks but lie was cornfield i
Led to assist w iliou' payment in iheii sup.. |
port, by throwing open his fields and his!
garde n to be devoured by thein in their pe
riodical jt/urne-ys from one part of the conn :
try to tlie other !* With this fact before ■
him, what man, who is not either a vruntl
or willing slave, can regret that these flocks I
ha.vr necr. dispersed i Aiul 1 think i must
be peculiarly gratifying to the American
farmer, to see raised m his own fields and !
fas . ioned under his own happy roof, that1
coat, by his former mode of obtaining which ■
he used to enri.r. and-abet the owner t
those flocks whose ravag-s iusured'hungei
as well as Ltdness to lie miserable pea
sant of Spain.
I a n awar- that there are many p r.
sons who will lean, with so r., .v, that Ann*. 1
rica is becoming, i not ac'ua'ly become,in
dependent of England. Such is not’the
feelings with which I have learnt the fact,
being o. op.nion. that what ruts genet ally
been called commercial greatness may be j
fairly numbeted amogsl the most giurvousl
of our country’s calamities. And, indeed, 1
it does appear to me to require a prett)
complete perversion of intellect, to make-1
merr regard such a traffic as that which)
has existed between America and England,
as conducive to the happiness of their peo
pie Is there not, upon the taCe of it, some
thing offensive to reason in the proposition
that the mutual tiufifiincvs of two nations
is promoted by the clothing of the one be
ing made by the other in return fov food
supplied to the latter bv the former; and
that this interchange lakes place across a
sea ol 3,000 miles broad—while, at the same
time, each nation has the mcansof making
the whole of its own cl -tiling, and raising
the whole of its own food within its own
territory f What we receive from Ameri
ca, in payment of our cloth is the produce
of her lands. We sell our wool and the
caosr oj our manufacturer* tor the produce
of American land*. Now, why not employ
this labour upon our cium lands, and produce
thereby (as we can as far a her com modi,
tics aie useful to us) those articles we now
receive from the American lands > And
why should not she keep her total rt home,
for the use of those persons who might be
employed in making her the articles she
now gets from us? This is the true view of
it. Arien may load the subject as much as
they please with fine sounding terms «ndc
pithets ; but, at last, to this it comes ; th •;
we employ clothiers to make coats for Un
American farmers, and America employs
farmers to raise food ior our clothiers ; and
that this is going on, while v c have land
whence to raise more food than sufficient
for all our people, and wnile America has
ample means of raising wo,,! and of making
coats for all her people. If, indeed, it was
impossible to make Cloth in America, and
’ I have heard of hut one efecicn of of
fire union to exceed this / and that Is the inm
Stance which 'hr Rf-vd. Mr. Buchanan
fC^vcs us of the p,.or/uo/i/e in the Western
Islands o'. Scotland being com fie tied to rear
and Jced Inr children uj th> ricn ; and al
co to give part 01 their goods to their Lund
lord's bride ut the time of her marriage!
also impossible to raise food enough i' Ii.ru
gland lor our people, 1 siiould be ready to
ackimw lr»!i-(» 'he ext hai.gi to be advanta
geous, though citrrit tl on at a cist nee of
3.000 milt s, wit.i at! the expellees and un
certainties of maritime commerce Hui, si
tuated as tlu* two coiiiMr.es ate, esich pus-,
sessing Vvitliiu itseli ample tneatis of being
independent of the oilier, it appears to me>
that the exchange operat* s, and can ope
rate, solely to the advantage of monopoli
zing individuals and companies, who thrive
not Ironi adn>ini->tering to the neucHSities of
the two countries, hut Ironi the supplying ot
wants solely created by lolly.
I here is another ligh*, in which the
change now taking place, is ot great impor
tance. It will, tor awhile at least, diminish
the power of taxation. The American far
imu now pays, upon Ids co.t, not ouiv al 1
the duty laid oil by his own government,
but all the duty laid on by I,.reign govern**
ments. f lie arm ot foreign governments
can never reach his coat, it t.ised. and vvove
in his own country , amt as to his own go
vernment. it will be at least some years be
fore it will have power to tax he produce
oftheiand or any domes ic manufacture_
so that, as Mr JJvingmon has shown, the
American farmer will obtain bisco.it nt a
third fw.rt of the cxficnce that ,t has hither
to cost him i while he will have tin* >a is
faction to reflect, that he is no longer -ch.d
by the labor of the ragged and lie naked,
that he does not owe these, which are a
mongst the greatest ot hts comb rt-, to the
ingenuity and the toils ot misciy; that,
“ For him no wretches, barn to work and
“ w< ep,
“ Pi»R -i»e loom, or tempt the dangerous
deep ”
When we reflect on the vices and mise
ry, on tiie degradation of the human ch:i*>ac
ter, generally attendant on a su t iring
hie, it is impossible no. to fed pleasure at
.he piospect ot .i diminutien t.-1 muri’ime c m
nterCv. It may be said,that men enter vo
iuntartly on board of merchant ship* So
Uu y do into ihe stews and the g.-mir.g
house, -iiid into every thing (hat ends 17a
corrup itm ot morals and to .he pr- ducin * of
unhappiness and dishonor U ceriamt? is
the business of indivi:U..U to ve sist temuta
ion nit it is the busine s of governments
and, indeed, their du y to lessen, as much
as possible, the number and the strength .»f
temptations to vice. The first du v of a go
-—win* nve
under it are happy ; and, ..1 c urse, i is
i. s du y to pi event , or. a. east, io di.c u
r .ge, by all the menus in us puWer tin* es
tablishment. orgrov tti, ot those profevVr :is *
oi callings, ivhicii trom <. xpe. ience. have
been- found io produce vice . nd misery Ir.
may so happen, that, without employing a
considerable number of'lhe cinzei s u: a
state upon the waters, the iiulepende. ,c« of
the state itsdt would tie endangered In
such a case the government lumo choivG ;
but tlm is not ifie situation ot An ur ea
who stands in need of lirtie mamiine ■ roe
for her Uetence, and who, after a uin-ii.a
Inin ot her foreign commerce, would reiiu re
still less, because she would Imvt Ics*
pn.gto protect, and tier sea ports would oe
come an objec* oi itss importance.
t he la ge towns also, those numerous as.
semblage-of people which ire 1< r . • u by
maritime commerce, constitute an nil ht>
extent ot wliicli is hardly to be culcuia ed.
Aooi.e will deny, that vice and wretched
ness choose populous cities 11 then lav one
abode ; that there no smut, part of the c ui
ses ot a! the miseries ol mankind are en
gendered ; and ilia., oi all Uescup mils of
population, that of a st,. pmt . the wmst.
L.et any man who has a mind formed tor
serious reflection, only walk thiougli he
streets and alleys in the neighborhood of
shipping. 1 he whole ot a s. a-port ow
picsents a P!l ure sufficiently disgusting*
but, as we approach the water’s e"^, we
maw near the bn:. ,, rhe casks, ibe boxes
the wharves, the nghtets. ..nd tut ships;
.lit aspect ol tvu') tiling. < .imate . r ina
nin.au , grows more and more n ...h me'
every sound fc.ow* more ,ml more hideous;
all is a scene oi wrangling, ivpaci'y Vio
Jer.cv, insolence, deceit, bribe i, pe.mrv
ii. l.i and disease. It is impossible, there*
mi l-, tor a .• an of right mind, not t . L.c with
pleasure, any change i„ the ..ff.„r* ol the
world; r.f natural tendeney o. winch change
is to Vcni.tr s . h.ige and increasing a c. un.
tiy as /M«encu imw.prudent yf others, and
oi cruise, to prevent u.e Cnr.up i,,„ „f hec
people by collecting vhen. together in sea
P'-n town* : and as to u-. 1 arn ihonughhr
convinced, tnat Hie s? me cause will operate
TTJxi Tv a,lvwn,p«ei a»d that, in the
endy all that I’n.nre is ,.ow doing as lo
commerce, will b- lotind to have con riout
of En d mdC““H,'e-nt *Ufe,y anr| happiness
hr ", iv.’vvcvc, matter of joy or rcretv
the./(/cn>, that the dependence of Aineri
ea upon Imi tope, is m v« at annul; :,mj> m_
deid, political cirtum tomes seen. lothi'-at
en an rod even id the mtereouree T, js r
rlnmld regret, because an inurcourse be
twen nations m lies .nice of an inceast ng
knowledge, winch ha> always been n* fa
vorable to the Irtidon. and happiness o£
mankind, as .1 Rfeat, monopoliiiiig, combi
B,s,8, «1»«cu utmg, taxing, loan-jobbing conit
merce, has been hostile to every thing r„a
is patriotic, libn.d Hn«l just. Yhis son \2
Commerce■ so different from that which To
petud and kept „p the enlightening inter
tonioc between nations, ,3 alwnr,. *nti ....
ways will be, the last ally c- d^pot sn l
wl.e.cser to be bmod, in whatever .h r*
unde: whatevt r sham nam, * or outward ail?
pea. antes UK accursed tiling may exis, i»
; 11*1* sort of commerce is nm only a f8st Ai
>:r of",'r':.. p«n..p..
powerful ally ; am. I canm-t disguise hat
111 ?ves VKfy %n*i p easure to stt , ]
! • hail the r;,,t bef re' no. ,haj «t JS?
>te, this all corrupting rommero, v n cfx
I was fast growing up in America, balm*
j received a dead y blow ; and, , f that b , w
|11 S lh*< small part , f the n,t,
Mdut to the author of this work.
In the i c-priir inj', esp.-ciaily tow* ,|s hr
close, Where Mr living* on gives a, c ,
count o. his own actual experiments . A
speak* At expend* and of to., p,, u *
pri.ee find anuunte, I li lVe tho-m £ ,
»Ct,M,ry to tu’-u tta rorrency, «h&hX io*n*