I hand herewith a/c sales your ten Hhds: Tobacco, at the best prices I could obtain, in presence of a large company of purchasers—

Eccept Nos 2. & 4. of the T.H. Tobacco, every Hhd: was too soft, & had a funky smell, the Tobacco was also short, with the above exception, & some of it poor, & deficient in substance—the B.C.’s were by no means as well managed as the TH’s, but neither as well assorted as they might have been, but still there is a great improvement upon last year, & I hope by the next crop, there will be no fault in management or order.

I forwarded by a Waggon yesterday, to the Care of Messer: Wolfe & Raphael Charlottesville, a bundle of Books from Mr Ritchie of this City, which I wish safe to hand.

The Canal is now so low that an empty boat cannot pass—