The Globe (Washington D.C.) 8 March 1838

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ROWTON, WINNER OF THE GREAT ST LEGER -- This celebrated imported race-horse and stallion will cover, and be limited to sixty mares, at my stables, Hick's Ford, Virginia, at $100 the season, and $150 insurance, with one dollar to the groom. He has recovered from his attck of rhematism, and is remarkably lively, and in high vigor, a beautiful chestnut horse, without white, fully five feet two inches high, and for correct proportions and elegance of form, carriaige, model and action, he has no superior, being inimitably beautiful and high formed. Every care and accomodation will be furnished for mares, of all descriptions, with or without foals; but I will not be responsible for accidents or escapes. Mares shall be well fed, without any stint whatever, for two shillings a day, and good pasturage and board for black servants gratis.
As a race horse, he was a least equal to any horse of any age, and, in the opinion of many excellent and disinterested judges, he never had his equal on the English turf. Mr. Sam. Chifney, the celebrated josckey, considered the best judge of the world, assured me had never seen his equal, more especially as a four-mile horse; and in his opinion his brother, the Scotts, Howe, and very many of the best judges, riders, and trainers fully concurred. He won the largest and best St. Leger (ninety-seven subscribers) ever run for, and a large number of other races, and proved himself a good at four miles, under heavy weight, as any other distance.
When he won the St Leger, he beat Voltaire, Sir Hercules,, and sixteen others, taking the "front situation at very tremendous and severe pace, answering the whip at last with promptitude and truth," and winning "without being headed." I can allude to but few of his races now, but refer to his handbills.
When three and four years old he was never beaten at all; and when five years, he was beat once only by The Saddler, whom he afterwards beat twice easily; and this year he beat as sine a field of horses as ever started four miles, making play throughout, among them Medora, Laurel, Jenny Mills, Stotforth, and Don Pedro. When five years old he won one-third of the great York subscription, thirteen subscribers, two miles, carrying one hundred twenty-two pounds, in the unprecedented time of three minutes thirty-two seconds, beating Windcliffe and several others.
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CASH FOR NEGROES
I will give the highest cash proce for likely Negroes, from ten to twenty-five years of age.
Myself or agent can at all times be found at the establishment formerly owned by Armfield, Franklin, and Co., at the west end of Duke street.
GEORGE KEPHART pg 2 col 3
DESTRUCTION OF THE LONDON ROYAL EXCHANGE
On the night of the 10th January, the Royal Exchange was totally destroyed by fire. Besides the building, upwards of L50,000 worth of goods in the shops round the exchange, also fell prey to the flames. The whole of Lloyd's books are saved.
We copy from the Great Metropolis some account of the building, its costs and uses.
(***Transcribers note--either they copied the dates wrong or the original wasn't historically accurate. Prince Rupert died in 1682. Perhaps the laying of the foundation was in 1674.)
The Royal Exchange was rebuilt without loss of time. On the 23d October 1694, Charles the Second laid the base of the column on the west side, as you enter from Threadneedle street. In eight days afterwwards, the foundation stone of the column on the east side of the same entrance was laid by the Duke of York, afterwards James the Second; and on the 19th of the following month, the first stone of the eastern column of the entrance from the south was laid by Prince Rupert. Teh new building was finished in rather less than two years; and was opened on the 28th September 1696. The entire expenses...Continued** pg 2 col 4