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LMW STORE » ¢
W. 1 Goﬂdo &3 Greceries.
| SAMFERL MavSHALL;
NO 24 Marketdtreet, one
@&'mgl‘ﬁfmy.@ades Tappan's
Bookflore, offcrs for sale- 2 complete assort
- meat W. 1, GOODS and GROCERIES, of
the veryibeflt guality—Among which ate
the following articles, viz. :
Young Hy'fon, i .l PJAS,
'?nyo: Skm-d '? Warrant:d of the
uchong, an 5 B
DR T oy bc/} quality
e ic s RO, ’
Rice; Cotton ; Flour; Rai
sing ; Gin; Brandy; Rumj; Molafles ; Mal.
_-mga Wiae (~Harrieh bt mavulaQured-To
bacco ; Loaf and Lump Sugar ; Chocolates
Cotton and Wool Catds ,;-Mou% and dipt
Candies ; Boxes Windsor Soap ; -Bed Cords;
Starch ; Caflia; Nutmegs; Mace: Cloves;
Ginger ; Boston and Newbury Suuff ; Pep.
per ; Cayenne; Allspice ;- Coffee; Spanish,
Spanish Float and Spanith lump Indigo;
Oatmeal ; a few boxes excellent Havanah
Sugars ; Sweet Oil in flafks ; Corn Brooms;
‘Sulpher; Roll Brimstone ; Logwood ; Red
wood ; Fauftick; Atlum ; Cepperas; Salt
Petre ; Frelh Lemons, &c. &c :
All the above articles, he war
rants to be of the very best quality, and as
they are all new goods he flatters himfelf
they will give generai fatisfadtion. B
Should any person be pleased
to favor him with théir cultom and after
trial of the articles, find them not to be so
gocd as recommended, he will take them
back and return their money. - May 4.
Isaac Waldiont %E
S HAS FOR SALE © . |
250 bbls. frethTuperfine Flour.
5o do fine do. - May 8.
REMOVAL. -
Nath’l Adams, Jr
l- I AS Removed to the Store
p% on the Parade, {ately occupied by
Maj. Larkin, where he has for sale, a gene
ral aflfortment of - Friloaty
W. 1 Goods 8° Groceries,
Of the best qualities and at the lowest prices
~Alfa 2000 bushels gnod Yellow CORN.
YR 2
FOR SALE BY :
. : 1
W. B. Norton & Co.
_ ' No. 3, Bow-treet,
Now landing frem sch. Dove,
310 bbls. fuperfine FLOUR,
6o half do. 7 do. ‘
ALSO—IN STORE,
1000 bushels CORN.
100 reams-Wrapping Paper. -
- May 8 :
PENMANSHIP.
S‘HOULD {ufficient encotr-
J agement. be given the subscriber in
tends opeming a writing School, at some
weonvenient place in town, in which he will
kﬂm& the Art of Writing fyflematicaily,
is method will be; to learn to . write by
rule and enable those of a suitable age, who
may attend his inftrdétion to write with a
¢onfiderable degree of elegance and ease, after
attending swenty four lgffons of one bour each.
Nothing need be said in proof of the pref
erence of this mode of Writing, ‘to acquire .
4 good and fafthionable handio a very thort >
time,bot that it is approved and recommend
ed by mal'(y of the firft literary chara&ers. -
As to his guafificationt to instruct, he would
not introduce himfeif, by boasting of a |
bundic” of * Recommendations from the
- characers in theé United States,” but
should any. after baving paid due attention,
find it to answer no valuable purpose, they
will.not be confidercd under obligation tg
P b T
Ledies and others who wish tg
-acquire a valuable accomplishment, so write
gracefully, with a finall expense, and in a
thort time, will find it an obje& to improve
“the present opportunity. } BLAKE.
~ Those who may be disposed
to favor Mr. Blake with their pafronage
are requested to ‘leave their names at "Mr.
Tappan's Book-store, where the conditions
may be known. . © . Mayß
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‘have not paid their taxes for the year ;-,809
. «that unless they previoully pay the fame
‘to me, so much of Taid'land as®will pay the
fame and all legal charges will be fold at
gublc vendue st the honfe of Joleph Has
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MARK L BUMIER, he Being uader
Guardianihip, S 4SS noc pay any. debrs
of his contrachigg S . - Gev o
s S4ME-IL LANGDON.
Portfmonth, May %, 1810. S
e e e e e P e T T
- FOR SALE, -
A LOT%ia\ndElex{anﬂy
-4 B fitvated on the south fide of Broad
~ street—apply to - JOSIAHZ GAINS
T NOTEE. i
; f’l BE creditors on,&ﬁ’:é effate
; v of the lage Mo AT Ty N e
Lo o BB SR g Rl
2 Capt."Reyron W’&ﬂf),
of Portimufith, deceased . are hereby inform
‘ ‘cdjh:‘at arerurn of the claims as allowed by
* the Commiflioners, has this day been madsz
- to/the Honoralde Nath’l Rogers, Judge of
Pobate, for the rounty of Rockingham.
; A DUNLAP, Acminiftrator.
¢ April 39, 1810.
[onH ST T eTR R
/ ;
| Laws of the U. States.
f BY “AUTHORITY.
-\ The New Commercial Law.
\% AN ACT ’, :
C\thcrning the commercial intercoufe be
. \tween the United States and Great Britain
' 'wnd France and their depcadencies, and
| % for other purpafes P
i BE[T ENACTED By tfe/./Senai.‘e ond ' oufe
g" Reprofontatives of the United States of
. America in ‘ongrefs affembizd "Chat from and
after ohe paflage of tins 2& no British or
. Frénchiarmed veflel {Kall be permitted to
| enter the harbors or waters under the jurif
- Qi@iom -of the United. States; but every
‘z Briiiﬂl and French armed veflel is hereby
- dinterdi®ted except when they shall be for
. ced in \by distress, by the dangers of the
£ lea. or\whcn- charged with defpatches or
- bufiueisifrom their governmeant, or coming
! as a pullic packet for the conveyance of
| letters ; \n which cases as well as in all
. others, when they {hall be permitted to en
. ter, the c\mmandiug officer shall immedi
. ately repolt his- veflei 1o the colle@or of
| the diftri@, @ating the obje& or cauies of
\ his entering the harbors or waters of the
' United States ;oane thall take such position
. therein as shall be atligned him by such col
- lector and fhali contorm himfelf, his v el
- and: crew, to fueh regulations refpedting
- bealth, repaire, (upplies. ftay;-intercourie
- and dcparture, as thall be fignified to him by
- the said colle@or, under the authority and
- directions of the Piefident of the United
States. and not conforming thereto shall be
§ requircd todepart from the United States.
| Sec. 2. dnd be it Surther enaéted, That
- all pacific intercourie with any interdicted
~ foreign armed vefiely, the officers of ‘crew
thercof, is hereby forbidden, and if any per
son shall afford anyaid to such armed veflel,
cither in repairing her, or in furnithing her,
her officers or crew -with supplies of any
kind or in any manncr whatioever. or if any
‘pitot thall «shit in navigating the said armed
veflel, contrary to this prohibition, unlels
for the pucpof: of earrying her beyond the
limits and jurisdiction of the United States,
the person or. persons so offcnding, shall
“ be liable to be bound for their good beha
vior and shall moreover forfeit and pay a
sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, to
be recovered upon indictment or informa
tion, in any court of competent jurifdi&ion ;
one moiety thereof to the Treasury of the
United States and the other moiety to the
person who thall give information and pros
ecute the fame to effe@® : Prowided, that if
the profecuiion shall be by 2 pubiic officer
the whoie forieiture fhail accrue to the
Freafury of the United Siates. . |
- -Sec.'3 And be it further emafled, That
all the penalties and forfeitures which may
have becn incurred woder the adt entitled
“ An a& to interdid the commercial inter
tou fe between the United States and Great
. Britain and Frané: and their dependencies,
and for other purpose: ” iaft mentioned, and
aifo ali the ‘peng.lttcs and forfeitures which’
-may bave been iacurred under the act fay
ing an cmbargo on all thips and vefltls in
-the ports 2nd harborg of the Unired States,
of uader any of the {everal acts supplement /‘
ary thereto, or toeanfarce the fame, or under’
the a@s 1o interdiét the commereial, inter.
courfc between the United States and Grear
~Britain and France and theit;'dcpé‘(trdcnci-cg,
~and for other purposes, thall berecovered
and diﬂfibutt‘d{,‘: and may be remitted in the
« manner provided by the said a@s refpeflive
~lysand in like mangér as if thefaid acts had
_continucdan ful! force andeffe@. .
/SeC. 4.0 And be it Surther enalled, fl‘ha't‘;
in case exther Grear Brifain or Fradce shall,
- before thethird day of March mext, so re
~vokeor modify her ediéts as that they shall
ccaie to violate the meutral commerce of
the United States, which sack the President
- of the U. ?u@ ‘declare by proclama
‘tion,and it the o "hcrﬁti’{)’n'” fhail not with
~in three months thereafter, fo’ revoke or
- mocify her cdicts in‘-s.l'i%,chf; then the
third, fonrth.. filth, sixth, seventh, ﬁ%}fth;-
" pingh, tenth and cightecnth fedions of the
adk, entitled &An 4to interdiét the com.
sipercial intercourle-between the U States
and Great Britain and France and their de
- pendedcies, and for other purposes,” shall
from fmf;whﬂ'*?@;,maf eil
" GF ceviced dud Bata. fll toree ood ey,
_ from the moﬂwaga*m aforefaid,
-so far as relates totlie dominions, colonies’
and dependenciin and to_the articles, the
growth, produce or manufallure of the do.
| minions; colonies and- depende ncféwt'gs
/ nation thus refuing or acgleding to revoke
-or Medify he? edicks in the manner afore-.
said: - And the zeßeictions imposed by this
OAI - e o ™ AR TN RBT st STt oy oTR L e ) TSN S T
“TUESDAY, MAY 13, 1810.
‘agt, shall, from the date of such proclama
‘tion, cease and be discontinued in relatien
to the nation revoking or modifying hier de
crees in the manner aforefatd.
; J. B. VARNUM, .
o Speaker of the Houft of Representatives,
JOHN GAILLARD,
President of the Senate pro tempore, .
- May 1, 1810.~APPROVED, :
efg et (JAMES MADISON.
AN ACT |
To amend an ad, entitled ¢ Ao a& for the
cltabiifhment of a Turnpike Company in
the county of Alexandria, in the Diitiit
nf Columbia.” & G
E W EBNACTED by 'ghe, Teno%e and
B. Houlz of Representatives Jﬂ}%ﬁw@%ﬁfa}&f
&f. Bmerisiise - Copprefs affombled, Ahay it
thall and may be lawful to andafor the pre
sident and direCors> of the Wafhingt¢n and
Alexandria Turnpike Company; in ab cafcs
where stone, gravel, earth or sand, niay be
nceeflary for making or rcﬁh‘ing the YVath
ington and Aléxandria Tu¥npike road, and
the president and directors of the Wahing
ton and Alexandria turnpike company can
not agree for the fashic with the owners
thereof, it shall and may be lawful f¢r any
cne of the judges of the circuit courtf:f the
district of Columbia, upon applicativn by
the said president and dire@ors or any per.
son authorifed by them; by warrant under
his hand and seal, to command the marthal
of the f2id diftri&k to summon a ]u? of tl)ir
teen difintere fied persons qualified to fefve
as petit jurors inthe f4id circuit court, to
megct at the place where {uch materials may
be, on some day notmore than ten after the
daic of such warrant and to give the otI)i:r
pariy five days notice of the time and place,
if such party be found within the diftriét of
Coluwmbia, and'if any of the said jgrors
fhouid fail to attend at the said time and
place,the marshal may immediately summon
talefmen in the place of those who arg ab
fcnt, and shall administer an oath to the said
jurors or talefmen as the case may be, fuﬂly
and impartially to value the said mat¢rials,
thercof (hall sustain by the taking tliercof
and to aflefs the damage which the qwner
by the said president and direGtors, yhich
valdation and aflefiment of damages made
by-the said jurors or a majority of fhem,
{hall be signed by the f4id marfbal art the
jurors, or so many of them as fhall-bgree
thereto, and be returned to the clerk of the
said court for the county of Alexandria, to
be by him recaorded, and shall be conclusive
between the parties ; and a copy thereof
shall be delivered to each of the parties who
may be réfident int the said difkrict of Co
lumbia, and the sum so awarded and affefl
ed being paid.to the said clerk of the said
court, for the ufeofthe pertyentitled-there~
to, the said president and direCtors may
proceed to take and carry away the said
materials so valued for the purposes afore
faid, and the said president and direcors
shall pay the said marshal five doilars for
his service in fammoning and impannelling
the said jury and taking and teturning said
inquest, and two dollars to each of the said
jurors so {worn. .
Sec, 2. And be it further enaited, That
the préfident and directors aforcfaid may
remove their toll gate from the bridge that
is made across ‘Four Mile Creek, and place:
the fame and colleék the tolls of their said
road and bridge. on any part of the said
road ; Provided, That the said to!l gate {hall
not be placed any nearer to the town of Al
exandria, than where it now stands, nor
more than half a mile from where it now is.
Sec. 3 And be it further- enafled, That
it thall’and may be lawful for the president
and directors of the said company or a
majority of them, to agree with the owners
of any ground, to be occupied by the neces
sary toil houses and gates, for the right
thereof, or in case of disagreement, or in
case the owner thereof shall be a feme cov
ert, under age, non compos;or out of the
diltriét, then the fame shall be condemned
and paid for in the {amt manner, and fub
jeck to the fame conditions as is provided
by the aét to which thisis a supplement,
for condemning the lands through which
the road was to be condufied : Provided,
The quantity of land o condemned, does
not exceed half an acre S
Sec.q. And be if furtber enacled, That
to enable the said company immediately to
complete and render fufficient the said road,
according to the true, intent and mcaning
of the r‘a’% recited ad, it shall and may be
lawful for the Stackholders of the said com
naaqy.,,a_,t,%y : general meeting at which a
majority, of Them ia-perfon or by proxy
thall be present, to increase thé number of
fhaces, ta such extent as shall be necessary
to accoﬁ%’liﬂ; the work on the road afore
faid, as now laid out, and to demand and
reccive the monies subscribed for such
shares in the like manner and under the
like penalties, as therein provided, for the
original fubferiptions. R Y
B VERNUM, s
- Speaker of the House of Representatives, -
T JORN GRILEARD, > o 5 T
R President of the Senate pro tempore.
-~ April 25,1810.— aPPROVED, ~ .
. ... _ JAMES MADISON
~/* BIOGRAPHIGAL SKETCH OF = .
GENERAL JOHN STARK.
~“ON the memorable 17th of June,
on the heights of Charlefiown, the
British soldiery, for the £rf time had
Zo Sonteng ik Jres sieiolon
‘markmen frogy the woods of New.
Ii Jampthire. ¥ Ajthough hisuntutored
warriors had ot been taughtto move
like machines, . yet they were not
ftrang xz&m:omadfﬁ%ﬁ
in producing its effect. ladeed ft is
l well knswn that the freemen then as:
fembled for the defence of their coun
} t:y formed but the materials of an
army. Although Gen. Patpam bad
the nominal command, that was all.
i On the evening of the 16th hefent a
- party to raile 2 redoubt on Banter
Hill, but through some mifander.
| standing they went to Breed’s Hill.
- T'wo hundred of these men were de
tached from Stark’s regiment. A re--
- doubt was thrown up in the course of
-the night, but was so unfkilfully doge,
that t' y «would have been: better
-withost it. .It was a'midund ef-carsh
about five fe«t high, and a leve! on ije
top of avout eight feet wide, upsn the'
summit of the hill ; so that it made a
complete cover for the Britith troops
as they ‘afcended the hill—for the
musketry within the redoubt could
not be made to bear upon them un
less they flood upon the top of the
mound of earth. General Stark has
always called it a Pound, from its
nearer resemblance to that' than a for
tification. _ -
~ Early in the morning of the 14th,
Stark detached his lientenant colonel
(Wyman) with 300 t’noi‘e, and him
felf with his major went forward to
view the Pound. Soon after they ar
rived there, the Britith cannon began
to play upon them from Boston.
They saw their whole regiment would
soon be wanted, and they immediately
returned to the encampment at Win.
ter hill. On their return they found
Wyman with his party in the valley
betweer Winter and Plowed hills lying
down to reR. They were again put
in motion, but went to the right,
where Stark saw no more of them till
after the a&ion. Stark took the re
mainder of his regiment and repaired
to the scene of a&ion with all poflible
expedition. In his way he passed Gen.
Putnam in conversation with Col.
Gerrifh ; and althcugh P. noticed, he
gave him no direftions. Stark was
joined by his 2co men that had Borne
their part of the fatigue of the night,
and took his Ration on the left of the
‘Pound,between that and Myfie river,
where they found a rail fence advan.
tageouily situated on a‘direé line from’
the Pound to My#fic river. Here they
likewise found hay that had been cit
the day before, with which they in a
few minutes made a breast work by
Atufing it between the rails of the
fence. Stark paraded his men behind
this-hay battery, and took a station
himf{elf on a small eminence a little in
advance of the right of his line, where
he had awiew of his regimient and the
Pound. The effe& produced by them
beliind the bay satrery is. well known,
and will never be forgotten. , T wice
the sons of frecdoth silenced the fire of
the {laves. Fain would they have fol
lowed them ; but their Colonel had
seen such scenes before—he kept the
whole ground in view, and forefaw
the fate of the Pound. Added to
this, ammunition was expended, and .
they had but few bayonets. When.
he shewed to them that the Pound had
given up; they were very ready to
obey his orders of a [peedy retreat.
Gen. Stark bas told me that he was
the lat man that left the groand, and .
that he had but one man killed. .
There were various reports of the Bri. |
tith loss, from 800 to 1,200, How- .
ever, it is probable that more than 2
“thousand fell before the hay battery.
Those that were impounded on the
top of the hill were fired by the fame
Apirit 'of bravery ; but from the want
_of fKill in their engineer, they were.
deprived of the- power of displaying
- 'After the evactation ‘of Boston,
Stark went to the northern pdf¥s with.
~ Gen: Gates ; but did not go info
- Canada, for he had . oppofetl the ex
- pedition of Montgomery with all his_
-reasoning powers. Gen. Gatesand
‘Col. Stark had long beeh upon the
- intimate terms of brothers 3 they com
~ monly addressed each other by their
given names—they bad both been
taught the art ‘of (war in the fame
" school and their mode of warfare was
the fame. Neiher had Been accuf
tomed to defeat. The fiudy'of these
' plain men was to. vanquish their ene
- coat, the soldier’s firut, or an., &ﬁm
horse, bore but lttle weight on their
S R e R ST R
" Stk s mot lefsin the. councll
thbm inahe feld. of g
| Inthe fall of '76, a_{mall party of
EE B s apyee Eake belore
" Ticonderoga to take {oundings of the.
{Two nox.Ls._péx,,aNNﬁMj
depth of the water. gmmﬁ@ﬁ"f‘
pe& of attack, Guates summoned a
council of war. There were }l\‘.ﬂ? no
officers whn had hM& jafin " £ vice
except Gates and Stirk. = Oates took
Stark afide,and the tallowivg * «u zue
ehfued B o
Gates, What do you think of it,Juhn?
Stark. 1 think if they come, we
must ficht them. B _
Gae'w Plho, Jobr) Tell me what
yoiir opinion is ferioufl L 7k
- Stark. My opinion is, tha. they
will not fire 2 shot against this place
this season ; butiwhoever is here next,
“Thaty rer ’k - abecenncil, and
Gates icld»wp.ﬁgﬁim had faidecthat
there would .not be a shot fired a
gaiol-them at that time. - This being
the firlt doubt {nggeled of *an imme
diate attack, it produced much sur
prise—many offered to lay bets of it.
Stark gave his reafoms, that it was so
near the time of year when the Lake
would be frozen, that their survey of
the Lake could only be in preparation
for another feafon—for they w-uld
never make an attack uponi Ticonde
roga as a time when, if fucceistaly
they could not im.oediately: pursue
the advantages of their vi®ory. This
proved to be the case
Soon after this, Washington orders
ed Stark to join him. in Penfylvania 3
and about the time of hig arrival, the
former beganto contemplate his at
tack on Trenton. On the 24th of
December, 76, he called 2 council.
Stark was not present atthe firß of
the meeting ; but when he arrived,
Wathington told him the business of
the council—viz. To take into confid~
eration the be mode to be pursued
under existing circumstances. Stark
said, ““ Yoor men have long been ac
customed to place dependence upon
spades, pickaxes and hLoes for fafety:s "
but if you evér mean to eftablith the
Independence of 'the United States,
you must teach them to put confidenee
in their fire arms ” Washington an
swered, That is what we have agreed
upon : we are to march tomarrow
for_the attack of Trenton ; you are to
command the right wing of the ad
vanced guard and Gen Green the left.
Stark obfarved that he could not
have been better suited: The result
of this affair is well known.
~ At the close of the cdmpaign, Stark
returned to New Hampfhhire upon
parole. On his arrival he ascertained
the truth of a report he had heard
before he left the army, viz. That
Congress had degraded him by the
appoinitment of Col. Poor asa Briga
dier. He went immediately to Exe.
ter, where the Legislature was then
fitting, and afke.i a resignation. They
endeavored to persuade him to with
draw his request, but in vain. He
told them ° that ¢ an officer who
would not Rand for his rank would
not Rand for his country.” How
ever, he engaged, in case 2n attack
was made 5{)00 ‘New Hampthire, he
should hold himfelf in readineis for itg
defence. He informed them .of the
dangerous situation of Ticonderoga;
an retired to his farm as a private
erlimemi ~ ke
e .y CAN DA, - - |
The following is-a 0 extract of a letter to
‘2 gentleman in Philadelphia, dated at Mon
treal, the 22d March. 3 g
. *The poft' from Quebec, on Monday
latt, was flopped by express order from fir
James Craig, the courier arréfted, and all
the letters ordered for inspection = The
E“& truth has not .?gt rc.zc.be.d, ‘t‘his
place, bg:’ lam happy to fay t}ga{" it is very
tertain several miembers of the faze boufe of
- effembly ~are now in Quebee goal, in conse
quence of a ditcovery of a seditious corres
pondence. -} am very glad It(thc difcoves
ry) has taken plack for hiberty here is car
ried to licentiousness, and. from the highest
“Canadian to the lowest a severe check is ab-
Aolutely necessary.—-It s {zid that o dires?
“coryefpondence with France bas been-discovered Tt
is my real opinion that this provioce, is as
completely organized as any revolutiegary -
- Remarkabie Geopyap ical I RP e
oS The iﬂ'anc}' of Boﬂ'&:‘n‘;gogpbl;“gnf;a’ éz“o;ne. '
times called Seal island, at the ‘weftern ex.
tremity. of Table Bay has entirely difippear
-ed beneath the waters. A convulifion was
felt at Cape Town, in December, only two
\eagues iftant, by ‘which forhe damage wa
s Tappaled hat he catthauiké extcpdsd o
~Boffen. _The island *%Wlﬁoﬁ in
-leny ?mﬁmmwbm dutch,
eA 5 A K g e, i
of 2.4 mén ou: Boflen and:it. was ploved
25 placeof bunihincr for srimipas, N
hoiffed on the'approackof any veflely